> > Ed, but it seems that you don't seem to have lost your curiosity. I > > wonder: have you taken a look into Jung's exploration of the > > unconscious and the archetypes, one of which is the "God image"? > > A long time ago, yes. But to be honest, it just didn't resonate.
Maybe I'm just slow, but it took a lot of time/effort/motivation to understand what the heck he was talking about. I love learning interesting stuff, but that excursion was the hardest reading assignment I ever took on. I did it because I felt like I really needed to understand human nature, and he did not disappoint. > Bill, I'm nearly 50 years old. I was consumed by such thoughts when I > was younger and still burdened by the weight of being raised with > the God myth, and wanted answers to the sorts of deep questions we > all wonder about. > But I'm satisfied with what I've come to learn > after all those years; I don't still feel the need to constantly > question things. After you've done that for a few thousand times and > you come up with the same answers, you stop feeling the need to keep > going through that. If you honestly and sincerely don't feel the need, then I certainly agree there isn't any point to looking for answers to questions that don't even exist. > One of the benefits of not believing in an afterlife is > that it makes you constantly aware of the limited amount of time you > really > do have, and so you want to try to optimize that time as best as > possible. Spending it revisting the same old things is not my > idea of the best use of that time. I see our psyches as a form of (psychic) energy that exists independently of our bodies. We also pass on our collective unconscious to our children. Bill > -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
