ketvirtadienis, kovo 07, 2013

Peter Birkhäuser

The first step in making an omelette is breaking the eggs.
While a firestorm rages over the earth, and all seems to be destroyed, there is a new being hidden in the depths, a new life which will emerge in the "fullness of time."
"The eyes of the centuries are upon you."
"How can anyone see straight when he does not even see himself and the darkness he unconsciously carries with him into all his dealings?"
"There is no light without shadow and no psychic wholeness without imperfection. To round itself out, life calls not for perfection, but for completeness; and for this the 'thorn in the flesh' is needed, the suffering of defects without which there is no progress and no ascent."
"If God is kind, he will send us a neurosis."
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable, and therefore not popular."
Wisdom looks out over a dark world, in which there is only a glimmer of light. But the wisdom symbolized by this huge owl is there for all who have eyes to see.
"Man needs difficulties, they are necessary for health. The serious problems in life are never really solved. If ever they should appear to be so, it is a sure sign that something has been lost. The meaning and purpose of a problem lies not in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly. This alone keeps us from petrificationand stultification."
Like the phoenix, new life emerges from the ashes.
Šie ir kiti Peter Birkauser darbai su Jungo bei Dean Frantz komentarais yra čia