Topic: How Studying Carl Jung Can Give You a Healthy Psyche

The next interview that I would like to share with you are with some individuals who focus on ways to incorporate having a healthy mind and spirit into your life.

Eugene Crowley: I taught high school English Grammar and World Literature for 32 years in Chicago’s public schools. I like mythology very much. I am acquainted with Celtic, Norse, Egyptian, Babylonian, Hindu, Buddhist, and American Indian mythologies.

When I studied for my Master’s in Psychology, I identified with Carl Jung who used mythology as a tool for his patients in therapy. Jung’s archetypes or universal behavior patterns identifies many of the roles that we often play: the warrior, lover, the healthy king, mother goddess, the trickster, the wise man, and the orphan. Jung’s goal for his patients was self-actualization, another name for awaking the spirit or being re-born in the spirit. This is our true reason for being.

I decided to live a more healthy life when I studied Jung. I was near the age of 35, and Jung indicated at that age individuals should become more introverted and attune to their spiritual sides.

An “aha” moment occurred after I realized Jung’s approach to his self-actualization was the same idea that the ancient Egyptians had in their commanding man to know himself.

That was the order for self-development or self-knowledge. The reason for being is to know the self as a spiritual being endowed with the inexhaustible gifts of the spirit.

Our goal is to awaken our true self and become a service to humanity.

I hope this interview excerpt provided you with some Everyday Healthy Foods.

If you want to learn more about everyday exercise tips, then the Reasons for Being book and community website are for you. The rest of the interview with Eugene is available in the Reasons For Being Healthy book available at Amazon.com. Click here to purchase on the Amazon website. (This leads to an external website).