I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life. Carl Jung
Jung split from Freud because he thought Freud didn't take account of people's spiritual nature. (Actually Freud probably split form Jung.) Nota, I think that Jung was saying that as we move into maturity and toward our destiny with death, we begin to think of a religious outlook. Jung was saying that failure to find some form of spiritual outlook means that people continue to have unresolved problems.
So what do you think he means here, Ron? That everyone over 35's problem has been finding a religious outlook on life? Or failing to?
ReplyDeleteJung split from Freud because he thought Freud didn't take account of people's spiritual nature. (Actually Freud probably split form Jung.) Nota, I think that Jung was saying that as we move into maturity and toward our destiny with death, we begin to think of a religious outlook. Jung was saying that failure to find some form of spiritual outlook means that people continue to have unresolved problems.
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