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Quote of the week: Jung on belief

Doonesbury cartoon by Gary Trudeau

 ”The word ‘belief’ is a difficult thing for me. I don’t believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don’t need to believe it.”

Carl G. Jung

All knowledge is hypothetical in nature and hypotheses lend themselves far more readily to change upon receiving new evidence than the notion of belief .

The only arena in which belief should be applied is self-belief. This is because we are almost never objective in analyzing evidence about ourselves. We form beliefs, often negative, and seek evidence to concord with our conclusion.

However, if we form a postive belief about ourselves in spite of all the perceived evidence, that belief affects our actions, habits and thinking and hopefully becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

The only question that remains is how big dare you dream?

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