""No tree can grow to Heaven," adds the ever-terrifying Carl Gustav Jung, psychoanalyst extraordinaire, "unless its roots reach down to Hell." Such a statement should give everyone who encounters it pause. There was no possibility for movement upward, in that great psychiatrist's deeply considered opinion, without a corresponding move down. It is for this reason that enlightenment is so rare. Who is willing to do that?"
- Jordan B. Peterson, Twelve Rules For Life, p. 180
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.If you read the book of Revelation in the Bible it says that trees grow in Heaven.
nicknotes
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Apr 24, 2018
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Everything must have its opposite. So, every good thing comes as a counterbalance to a bad thing. In this statement by Jung, it might mean that one must know Hell in order to reach toward Heaven. Similarly, no mud, no lotus... Many ways of expressing a similar statement.
Julie808
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Apr 24, 2018
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Hmmm... ok.
cava:
Yes, I think so like the swing of a pendulum, a continuum of points going in opposite directions.
Perhaps, but I'm skeptical. That's one I'll haveto roll around in my head a bit to see I can find examples where that doesn't apply.
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