"[Jung] preferred to let things develop in their own way. 'Don't interfere!' was one of his guiding axioms, which he observed so long as a waiting-and-watching attitude could be adopted without danger." ~Aniela Jaffé, Jungian analyst, From the Life & Work of C.G. Jung, p. 102
"This attitude of Jung's was the very reverse of indolence; it sprang from a curiosity about life and events that is characteristic of the researcher." ~Aniela Jaffé, Jungian analyst, From the Life & Work of C.G. Jung, p. 102
"They happened and he let them happen, not turning his back on them but following their development with keen attention, waiting expectantly to see what would result." ~Aniela Jaffé, Jungian analyst, From the Life & Work of C.G. Jung, p. 102
"Jung never ruled out the possibility that life knew better than the correcting mind, and his attention was directed not so much to the things themselves as to that unknowable agent which organizes the event beyond the will and knowledge of man." ~Aniela Jaffé, Jungian analyst
"[Jung's] aim was to understand the hidden intentions of the organizer, and, to penetrate its secrets, no happening was too trivial and no moment too short-lived." ~Aniela Jaffé, Jungian analyst, From the Life & Work of C.G. Jung, p. 102
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