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The Practice of Listening
Dr. Jung advised me to spend most of my time alone, have a separate room in the house to be used for nothing but inner work, never to join any organization or collectivity.
He indicated that though it was true that I was a young man, my dream was of the second half of life and was to be lived no matter what age I was.
When such a dream comes it is to be honored whether the time or circumstances are convenient or not.
Dr. Jung told me that the unconscious would protect me, give me everything that I needed for my life and that my one duty was to do my inner work…
He said that it was not the least important whether I accomplished anything outwardly in this life since my one task was to contribute to the evolution of the collective unconscious.
— Robert Johnson
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Your inner purpose is to awaken. It is as simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on the planet — because it is the purpose of humanity. Your inner purpose is an essential part of the purpose of the whole, the universe and its emerging intelligence.
~ Eckhart Tolle
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In the end we will only be transformed when we can recognize and accept the fact that there is a will within each of us, quite…
