{"id":150890,"date":"2010-04-29T07:14:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/in-the-dried-puddle\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:47:02","slug":"in-the-dried-puddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/in-the-dried-puddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jung and the “Dried-Up Puddle”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cOh, those obedient, diligent, and healthy people\u2014they always remind me of those optimistic tadpoles that, cheerfully wagging their tails, bask in the sun in some crowded rain puddle\u2014the shallowest of all puddles\u2014without even suspecting that by tomorrow, it will have dried up!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 C.G. Jung, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”<\/i><\/p>\n

When you are deeply immersed in the suffering of the world’s impermanence<\/b><\/a>, and your own\u2026 When you can no longer run from the truth of the body and depression<\/b><\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

When your Ego has become smaller than the smallest grain of dust<\/b><\/a> in the cosmos, and you no longer have the strength to wag your tail cheerfully\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026then comes the temptation to compare yourself with those who are \u201cobedient, diligent, and optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t.<\/b><\/p>\n

Nothing can be done about dried-up puddles. However, you can look for the Path back to the Ocean<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cOh, those obedient, diligent, and healthy people\u2014they always remind me of those optimistic tadpoles that, cheerfully wagging their tails, bask in the sun in some crowded rain puddle\u2014the shallowest of all puddles\u2014without even suspecting that by tomorrow, it will have dried up!\u201d \u2014 C.G. Jung, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections” When you are deeply immersed in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[659,687,683],"class_list":["post-150890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-intelligence","tag-carl-gustav-jung","tag-depression","tag-spiritual-transformation"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t