“I had dreamed once before the problem of the self and the ego. In that earlier dream I was on a hiking trip. I was walking along a little road through a hilly landscape; the sun was shining and I had a wide view in all directions. Then I came to a small wayside chapel. The door was ajar, and I went in. to my surprise there was no image of the Virgin on the altar, and no crucifix either, but only a wonderful flower arrangement. But then I saw that on the floor in front of the altar, facing me, sat a yogi – in lotus posture, in deep meditation. When I looked at him more closely, I realised that he had my face. I started in profound fright and awoke with the thought. “Aha, so he is the one who is meditating me… He has a dream and I am it.” I knew that when he awakened, I would no longer be…”
— Carl Jung, ”Memories, Dreams & Reflections” (via heartmindawakening)
(Source: heartbloodspirit)
