As Montaigne said, the peasant has a profound indifference and a patience toward death and the sinister side of life; and if we say that this is because of his stupidity, then “let’s all learn from stupidity.” Today, when we know more than Montaigne, we would say “let’s all learn from repression”—but the moral would have just as much weight: repression takes care of the complex symbol of death for most people.
Misfortune or stupidity on the collective level resulted in mass famines.
Conscious of our Shadow, we can control, channel, and integrate it. Aware of what we have lost, we can reconnect to that part of ourselves that has sunk into the Shadow.
The following are four clear and practical steps for achieving this.
See the Shadow: (...) take note of any particular one-sided, emphatic traits in yourself. Assume that
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Misfortune or stupidity on the collective level resulted in mass famines.
Tolstoy
I found that for people of my circle there were four ways out of the terrible position in which we are all placed. The first was that of ignorance. It consists in not knowing, not understanding, that life is an evil and an absurdity.
People of this sort ... have not yet understood that question of life.... They see neither the dragon that awaits
“Hannah.”
Close. Is this really Ian Floyd? Sounding close?
Impossible. My brain has frozen into stupidity. It must really be all over for me. My time has come, the end is nigh, and—
“Hannah. I’m coming for you.”
My eyes spring open. I’m not dreaming anymore.
