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This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Purpose as Service to a Self-Led Future

JAN 8, 202671 MIN
This Jungian Life Podcast

Purpose as Service to a Self-Led Future

JAN 8, 202671 MIN

Description

<p><strong>You&#39;re invited to our free Dreams for Change seminar on Sunday January 18th. </strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLDreamsforChange" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Sign up here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>*****</p><p>Modernity promotes endless techniques to optimize goal-setting and productivity. Yet most of us race from one task to the next, telling our friends how busy we are, secretly knowing we lack direction. This conversation defines Self-led purpose as an orientation to a future beyond our ego needs. This can align our tasks with Individuation even as we face seductive collective agendas. When we look outside for purpose institutions and communities are all too ready to supply meaning, but at what cost to our inner life.</p><p><strong>You might ask yourself:</strong></p><p>What distinguishes a vocation aligned with Psyche from a purpose imposed by status, ideology, or fear?</p><p>Why does the loss of futurity feel like nihilism, and when does purpose become a path to fanaticism?</p><p>What does Individuation require when collective belonging offers meaning at the price of autonomy?</p><p><strong>You’ll learn:</strong></p><ul><li>How repetitive commitments can still carry meaning.</li><li>Why purpose as futurity is a defense against nihilism.</li><li>When initiation and suffering act as engines of aliveness.</li><li>The difference between Eros-driven devotion and power-driven crusades.</li><li>Jung’s warning about mass movements and false gods.</li></ul><p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p><p>Divine Madness</p><p>The Deptford Trilogy</p><p>The Undiscovered Self</p><p>The Red Book</p><p>The Three Feathers</p><p>Forrest Gump</p><p>The Ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart</p><p>Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors</p><p><strong>Read along with the dream </strong><a href="https://thisjungianlife.com/purpose/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>HERE</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>LOOK &amp; GROW</strong></p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLdreamschool" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join THIS JUNGIAN LIFE DREAM SCHOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLpodcastideas" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Do you have a topic you want us to cover?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLPatreon" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://this-jungian-life.printify.me/products" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We&#39;ve got totally NEW MERCH!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/senddream" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We’d like to take a crack interpreting your dream.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>If you’ve been struggling in the dark, trying to find the keys to unlock your dreams, help has arrived. Order your copy of <a href="https://a.co/d/5ixb5mD" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door.</p>