Five rules of life

Rule #1: What You Refuse to Face Will Control You

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung

Rule #2: Your Persona Is Not Your Self

Jung warned about the danger of the persona—the mask you wear to be acceptable.

Your job title.

Your reputation.

Your “put-together” identity.

Rule #3: Meaning Is More Important Than Happiness

This rule offends modern self-help.

Rule #4: You Must Integrate Your Shadow—or It Will Sabotage You

The Shadow is the part of you you disown:

  • jealousy
  • selfishness
  • aggression
  • ambition
  • vulnerability

Rule #5: Individuation Is Lonely—but Non-Negotiable

Individuation—the process of becoming who you actually are—is Jung’s central idea.

Carl Jung’s Five Rules of Life

Quote: when you see the elephant’s tail…

When you see the elephant’s tail…

..you know the worst of things have passed,

and you are through to the good again.

I heard this quote in a TV series called: Friends and Neighbors (on Apple TV). It appealed to me due to the other quotes about elephants i.e. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

They say an elephant never forgets…and the proverbial elephant in the room.

For me ‘seeing the elephant’s tail’ means there is probably another elephant coming behind the first elephant 😀

Winter is coming…

Winter in Australia is pretty mild compared to other countries, but for me Winter is a problem because I suffer from hyperhidrosis. This means I sweat a lot all the time, and when the weather is cold I’m wet and cold. Doesn’t matter what I’m wearing. I just sweat all the time.

I wouldn’t have issue with Winter except for this condition.

I walk to the library and when I get there the back of my head is dripping wet.

I recently went out taking photos at night time, and when I got home all my clothes were wet including my jacket.

Everything had to go into the washing machine.

I have to wear two kinds of deodorant. One on the skin (under arms), and another on the clothes (under arms). If I don’t do this I smell like a polecat. It’s due to the fact I’m always wet.

The only time I don’t sweat is when I’m asleep.

Gavin.