The Healthy Man Does Not

It Seems As If It Is Only Through An Experience Of Symbolic Reality That Man, Vainly Seeking His Own “existence” And Making A Philosophy Out Of It, Can Find His Way Back To A World In Which He Is No Longer A Stranger.

There Is, How­ever, A Strong Empir­i­cal Rea­son Why We Should Cul­ti­vate Thoughts That Can Never Be Proved. It Is That They Are Known To Be Use­ful. Man Pos­i­tively Needs Gen­eral Ideas & Con­vic­tions That Will Give A Mean­ing To His Life & Enable Him To Find A Place For Him­self In The Uni­verse. He Can Stand The Most Incred­i­ble Hard­ships When He Is Con­vinced That They Make Sense; He Is Crushed When On Top Of All His Mis­for­tunes, He Has To Admit That He Is Tak­ing Part In A ‘tale Told By An Idiot.’

I Am This Bundle Of What Has Been, And What Has Been Accomplished.

Meaninglessnes S Inhibits Fullness Of Life And Is Therefore The Equivalent To Illness. Meaning Makes A Great Many Things Endurable--perh Aps Everything.

The General Function Of Dreams Is To Try To Restore Our Psychological Balance By Producing Dream Material That Re-establishes, In A Subtle Way, The Total Psychic Equilibrium.