Knowledge of the fundamental basis of psychic phenomena helps us understand something as extraordinarily complex as the human psyche in a clear and accessible way. And since, as has become clear, the fundamental basis of all psychic phenomena is desire, the most direct path to knowing and working with them is to become conscious of the primary form through which desire manifests – our emotions.
“On the one hand, emotion is the alchemical fire whose warmth brings everything into existence and whose heat burns all superfluities to ashes (omnes superfluitates comburit). But on the other hand, emotion is the moment when steel meets flint and a spark is struck forth, for emotion is the chief source of consciousness. There is no change from darkness to light or from inertia to movement without emotion.”
— C. G. Jung, “Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype,” CW 9i
To one degree or another, we are immersed in various emotions throughout our entire lives. When these emotions become stronger and more painful, it is a sign that it is time for awareness. They function as a red flag, calling us to pause and to understand the hidden psychic content that has caused them to arise.
The assignments and texts in this Program teach you precisely this form of understanding. They help you recognise the disturbing emotional factor and thus gain the capacity to change what torments you. Only the unconscious has power over us.
