Eastern Practices and Individuation Quotes

“There is, therefore, no logical inconsistency between seeking the numinous through psychological individuation or by immersion in any Eastern practice; that greater dimension of human potential lies in both. It explains so clearly why Jung turned to the East for analogies to explain the Self. Eastern practices and Jungian psychoanalysis can then be said to naturally augment each other, as they turn the mind toward an exploration of inner truths, the only possibility for balance in an often dark and confused world.”
― Leslie Stein, Eastern Practices and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts

“The reasons for the differences between the hesitant and the emerging mystic are speculative. It could be that those who give attention to that dimension do so because of developmental issues and resultant complexes, perhaps as a reaction to overwhelming trauma, or even arising from a deep pathology. It also could be, more benevolently (and, in my view, more accurately), an inexplicable higher-order calling, an innate aesthetic subtlety, and a consequent desire for the refinement of consciousness. This may be brought on spontaneously or even by a momentary glimpse of that which touches the spirit, a vague hint that there may be that exciting, yet remote possibility of a more expansive reception to that mystery.”
― Leslie Stein, Eastern Practices and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts

“The reasons for the differences between the hesitant and the emerging mystic are speculative. It could be that those who give attention to that dimension do so because of developmental issues and resultant complexes, perhaps as a reaction to overwhelming trauma, or even arising from a deep pathology. It also could be, more benevolently (and, in my view, more accurately), an inexplicable higher-order calling, an innate aesthetic subtlety, and a consequent desire for the refinement of consciousness. This”
― Leslie Stein, Eastern Practices and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts