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Carl Jung on the Fallacy of Setting (Specific) Intentions

Carl Jung on the Fallacy of Setting (Specific) Intentions

“How little we still commit ourselves to living. We should grow like a tree that likewise does not know its law. We tie ourselves up with intentions, not mindful of the fact that intention is the limitation, yes, the exclusion of life. We believe that we can illuminate the darkness with an intention, and in that way aim past the light. How can we presume to want to know in advance, from where the light will come to us?”

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