Of Dreams and Realities

Carl Gustav Jung Quotes of Dreams and Being Awake

Somethings worth reflecting and acting upon where necessary.

• "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
• "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
•  "Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own."
• "If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."
• "Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people."

Carl Gustav Jung 91875-1961), was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He broke off his professional relationship with Sigmund Freud after working with the latter to found his own school, which is analytic psychology.For many years Jung investigated about the human personality, especially the spiritual and unconscious aspects. He identified introversion and extroversion as basic personality types and stressed the importance of personal self-discovery for a healthy personality development.

Loneliness Blues

Although what others do to us can make us lonely sometimes, loneliness is something inside of us. We can be alone but not lonely, instead, enjoy our solo moments – listening to our favourite music, drifting to our favourite beaches, visiting our local library or bookstores reading our favourite author’s current bestseller, or simply watching an exciting TV show in the comfort of our living room.

Loneliness is when we feel as if nobody cares or wants to be with us.

Sometimes when we are lonely or feel lonely, we ignore what others say or do if it disagrees with what we think is true.

When loneliness creeps in, as occasionally it will, perhaps we should turn inwards and be a healthy company to ourselves. I know ... it is easier said than done.

We can make ourselves busy by doing some things we love to do.  Before we know it, our loneliness is dispelled, we can even forget why we feel lonely in the first place.

For now, it's really that occasional loneliness blues ... that part of life that has to be faced.

Putting Life Puzzle Together

Even as a child, I've always been fascinated by puzzles - jig-saw, crosswords, trivia quizzes. Challenged, more like it.  Lately, I've been enjoying Sudoku, and slowly, have started going back to a bit of crossword puzzles.  They are exciting deviation from stress or work overload, a diversion or a cooling effect when life gets murky. Or when health is under repair.

Remember as children when we worked on our jig-saw puzzles? Two or three more pieces left. The anxiety of not being able to complete the perfect fit… The occasional annoyance. The challenge to persist. Patience. Persistence.

Eventually, completion of the whole puzzle. The excitement of seeing the complete picture is always a wonderful feeling, come to think of it, no matter what spectrum of our ageing life we are in. Young or once young.

As adults, a lot of of our challenges seem hard to fit together in the big picture, but if we look at them in the positive way round, and in the correct order, it’s most likely, we'll work out the complete pattern.

A random thought before midnight…