Ask which way you are naturally growing right now.

What it means

Instead of forcing a plan on yourself, look at where you are already being drawn. Jung asked this of every patient. It is a good question to ask of yourself.

The source

"Ask which way you are naturally growing right now." Carl Jung said it in Collected Papers (1917), ch. XV 'The Conception of the Unconscious'. Translated by Constance E. Long, 1917.

"The question is: what at this moment is the natural direction of the growth of this individual?"

Constance E. Long, 1917, Collected Papers (1917), ch. XV 'The Conception of the Unconscious'. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "Ask which way you are naturally growing right now." mean?

Instead of forcing a plan on yourself, look at where you are already being drawn. Jung asked this of every patient. It is a good question to ask of yourself.

Who said "Ask which way you are naturally growing right now."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Collected Papers (1917), ch. XV 'The Conception of the Unconscious'.

What is the original wording?

The question is: what at this moment is the natural direction of the growth of this individual? (Constance E. Long, 1917). Translated by Constance E. Long, 1917.

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