I went to the opening night lecture and premier of C.G. Jung’s Red Book a couple of weeks ago and have not stopped thinking about the man and his work since.

The Red Book is a large, red, leather-bound journal Jung laboriously assembled over the course of his adult life. The journaling and sketches happened primarily between the years 1914–1916, but the transcription of his active imaginations into an ornate calligraphic script and illustrations of eastern-inspired mandalas, took a lifetime for him to complete. Jung poured everything he had–consciously and unconsciously–into the Red Book. It is a masterpiece: one man’s attempt to understand Transformation (Enlightenment? Transcendence?) from a psychological, not merely spiritual, point of view. And yet, when he was done, he ended the work with this postscript; “I did this as well as I could,” a neat piece of humility in the face of the enormity of the effort. Continue Reading »

Dreams can change the world…and a business overnight.

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I had a dream last night that will change the direction of my business altogether.

In the dream, a man who had previously been a good-for-nothing Romeo appeared after a number of years to make amends with a former girlfriend. The change in him was remarkable to the woman and all of her friends. Where he had previously been obsessed with shallow good times and empty living, he was now grounded, calm, genuinely happy, and sure of his intentions. They marveled. They speculated about the catalyst. It was clear that his path was different. Continue Reading »