Kingdom of Heaven Anthology
He who wishes to take the Kingdom of Heaven by storm, to conquer and eradicate evil by force, is already in the hands of evil. Carl Jung, Conversations with C.G. Jung, Page 47.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a primordial condition like Paradise, but it is later in time and cannot be reached by regressing, only be going forward. We do not know whether our present order is final. At another level a new creative solution may be required. Carl Jung, Conversations with C.G. Jung, Page 39.
He said “My kingdom is not of this world.” But “kingdom” it was, all the same. Carl Jung, C.G. Jung Speaking, p. 97.
Social welfare has replaced the kingdom of God. Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Pages 534-537.
“Therefore strive first to know yourselves, because ye are the city and the city is the kingdom.” Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 654; Cited by Carl Jung; Letters Vol. 1, Pages 523-524.
To reach the Kingdom of God is the last stage in a Christian meditation, but our Buddhist text, unlike Christian- ity, goes a step beyond the saintly multitude. Carl Jung, Modern Psychology, Page 22.
Transitions between the aeons always seem to have been melancholy and despairing times, as for instance the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Egypt (“The Dialogue of a World; Weary Man with His Soul”) between Taurus and Aries, or the melancholy of the Augustinian age between Aries and Pisces. Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 229-230
These [UFO] symbolisms, which are cropping up everywhere nowadays, paint a picture of the end of time with its eschatological conceptions: destruction of the world, coming of the Kingdom of Heaven or of the world redeemer. Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 476-477
The author shows an amazingly sympathetic knowledge of the introvert of the thinking type, and hardly less for the other types. . . . Jung has revealed the inner kingdom of the soul marvelously well and has made the signal discovery of the value of phantasy. His book has a manifold reach and grasp, and many reviews with quite different subject matter could be written about it.” Sonu Shamdasani, Introduction 1925 Seminar, Page xi
The Kingdom of Heaven is within ourselves. It is our innermost nature and something between ourselves. The Kingdom of Heaven is between people like cement. Carl Jung, Visions Seminar, Page 444.
To reach the Kingdom of God is the last stage in a Christian meditation, but our Buddhist text, unlike Christian- ity, goes a step beyond the saintly multitude. Carl Jung, Modern Psychology, Page 22.
Carl Jung: Heart of Heaven is used synonymously with Tao.
It is characteristic of the Western mind that it has no concept for Tao.
The Chinese sign is made up of the sign for ” headand that for “going”.
Wilhelm translates Tao by Sinn (Meaning).
Others translate it as ” Way ” Providence or even as ” God as the Jesuits do.
This shows the difficulty.
Head” could be taken as consciousness, and 64 to goas travelling a way, and then the idea would be: to go consciously, or the conscious way.
This agrees with the fact that the Light of Heaven ” which 4 wells between the eyes ” as the ”
Heart of Heaven is used synonymously with Tao. ”
Essence and life ” are contained in the Light of Heaven and according to Liu Hua-yang,
are the most important secrets of Tao. ”
Light ” is the symbolical equivalent of consciousness, and the nature of consciousness is expressed by analogies with light.
The Hui Ming Ching is introduced with the verse:-” If thou wouldst complete the diamond body without emanations,
Diligently heat the roots of consciousness1 and life.
Kindle Light in the blessed country ever close at hand, And, there hidden, let thy true self eternally dwell.”
These verses contain a sort of alchemistic instruction as to a method or way of creating the ” diamond body which also appears in our text, ” Heating ” is necessary ; that is, there must be a heightening of consciousness in order that the dwelling place of the spirit can be ” illumined.
But not only consciousness, life itself must be heightened.
The union of these two produces ” conscious life According to the Hui Ming Ching, the ancient sages knew how to bridge the gap between consciousness and life because they cultivated both.
In this way the immortal body is ” melted out and in this way ” the great Tao is completed “. ~Carl Jung, The Secret of the Golden Flower, Page 94-95
