"However, there is also an attainable goal, and that is the development and maturation of the individual personality. And since we are convinced that the individual is the bearer of life, we served life if we succeeded in making even one tree fruitful among the thousand that remained unfruitful. However, those who try to nurture everything that wants to grow will soon find that weeds always grow the fastest and soon cover everything. That is why I think that the noblest task of psychology in our time is to serve the goal of the development of the individual without interruption. Our efforts follow the efforts of nature in that the individual can develop the fullness of his life, since life can only find its meaning in the individual, not in a bird sulking in a gilded cage.
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Carl Gustav JungAll Translations
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However, there is also an attainable goal, and that is the development and maturation of the individual personality. And since we are convinced that the individual is the bearer of life, we served life if we succeeded in making even one tree fruitful among the thousand that remained unfruitful. However, those who try to nurture everything that wants to grow will soon find that weeds always grow the fastest and soon cover everything. That is why I think that the noblest task of psychology in our time is to serve the goal of the development of the individual without interruption. Our efforts follow the efforts of nature in that the individual can develop the fullness of his life, since life can only find its meaning in the individual, not in a bird sulking in a gilded cage.
""Van azonban elérhető cél is, ez pedig az egyéni személyiség fejlesztése és megérlelése. És mivel meg vagyunk róla győződve, hogy az egyén az élet hordozója, az életet szolgáltuk, ha sikerült egy fát is gyümölcsözővé tennünk az ezer terméketlenül maradt között. Aki azonban arra törekszik, hogy mindent fölneveljen, ami csak nőni akar, hamarosan rájöhet arra, hogy mindig a gyom nő a leggyorsabban, és hamarosan elborít mindent. Ezért gondolom, hogy a pszichológiának az a legnemesebb feladata jelenünkben, hogy az egyén fejlődésének célját szolgálja szakadatlan. Igyekezetünk a természet igyekezetét követi abban, hogy az egyén kibontakoztathassa élete teljességét, hiszen az élet is csak az egyénben lelheti meg értelmét, nem pedig az aranyozott ketrecben gunnyasztó madárban."