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“Man cannot stand a meaningless life.”
This is the answer the renown and revered psychologist Carl Gustav Jung gave to the final question posed to him by the British interviewer, John Freeman, in 1959. I offer here my transcript of the final nine minutes of the … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Philosophy & Psychology, The Mind, The Self
Tagged belief, Carl Gustav Jung, death, good and evil, John Freeman
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What to do With the Rest of My Life…
Let us suppose, for the purpose of conversation, That I will live no longer than did my father, A few days past his eighty-seventh birthday. I am now less than half-way past seventy-eight. No, no, I feel perfectly well. I … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Memoirs
Tagged Beethoven, Brahms, Conrad Pavellas, death, Gardening, life, retirement, The News, weltschmerz, work, Writing, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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