Modern man is estranged from being, from his own being, from the being of other creatures in the world, from transcendent being. He has lost something—what, he does not know; he only knows that he is sick unto death with the loss of it”. The mysterious, absent element is a deep and abiding immersion in communal ties. In all of its varied and protean forms, love is the tether binding our whirling lives.
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyWhen one accepts the solitariness of his journey there is no companions possible and he is in that existential world where things simply “are”. In this realm there is no happiness or unhappiness in the usual sense but only that state of being that is correctly called Ecstasy.
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyCreativity in a man is directly linked with his inner feminine capacity for growth and creation. Genius in a man is his interior feminine capacity to give birth; it is his masculinity which gives him capacity putting that creativity into form and structure in the outer world.
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyA man creates out of his restlessness; a woman creates by knowing what always was
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyOne form of seduction is to wring pleasure from an experience in advance. The origin of the word is instructive: happiness stems from the root verb to happen, which implies that our happiness is what happens. Simple people in less complicated parts of the world function in this manner and exhibit happiness and tranquility that is a puzzle to us. How can a peasant in India with so little be happy about be so happy? These people know the art of happiness, contentment with what is.
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyTo feel is the sublime art of having a value structure and a sense of meaning—where one belongs, were one’s allegiance is, where one’s roots are. To mood is to be in the grips of the feminine part of our nature, to be overwhelmed by an irrational element that plays havoc with a man’s outer life. The feminine side of a man is to connect him within the depths of his inner being and to make a bridge to his deepest self.
He: Understanding Masculine PsychologyPlease be good to your own hermit quality or the born hermit in your circle of friends.
He: Understanding Masculine Psychology