Aptitude can show calling, but it isn't the only indicator. Ineptitude or dysfunction may reveal calling more than talent, curiously enough. James Hillman More Quotes by James Hillman More Quotes From James Hillman In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a vocation. James Hillman calling past thinking Food is so fundamental, more so than sexuality, aggression, or learning, that it is astounding to realize the neglect of food and eating in depth psychology. James Hillman psychology fundamentals food Many people nowadays who discover that they have a major symptom, whether psychological or physical, begin to study it. They get drawn very deeply into the area of their trouble. They want to know more than their doctor. That's a curious thing, and not at all the way it used to be. James Hillman doctors want people If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. James Hillman change hurt inspirational My war - and I have yet to win a decisive battle - is with the modes of thought that and conditioned feelings that prevail in psychology and therefore also in the way we think and feel about our being. Of these conditions none are more tyrannical than the convictions that clamp the mind and heart into positivistic science (geneticism and computerism), economics (bottom-line capitalism), and single-minded faith (fundamentalism). James Hillman heart war thinking We are driven by the results of the Big Bang, billions of years ago, which eventually produced life, which eventually produced human beings, and so on. But me? I'm an accident - a result - and therefore a victim. James Hillman bangs victim years Words, like angels, are powers which have invisible power over us. James Hillman invisible angel I've found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness. James Hillman psychology emptiness ideas We need to get back to trusting our emotional rapport with children, to seeing a child's beauty and singling that child out. That's how the mentor system works - you're caught up in the fantasy of another person. Your imagination and their come together. James Hillman emotional imagination children You may not become a celebrity. You may even experience lots of illness or divorce, or unhappiness. But I think there is still a thread of individual character that determines how you live through those things. James Hillman divorce character thinking We vote for Perot. We think he's a great, marvelous, honest man. We send money to his campaign, even though he is one of the richest capitalists in our culture. Imagine, sending money to Perot! It's unbelievable, yet it's part of that worship of individuality. James Hillman individuality men thinking As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. James Hillman body parent soul In the cosmology behind psychology, there is no reason for anyone to be here or to do anything... I'am an accident - a result - and therefore a victim... if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes.... or, if you look at it from the sociological perspective, I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result . James Hillman race class past Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods. James Hillman childhood determined way My goal is to create a therapy of ideas, to try to bring in new ideas so that we can see the same old problems differently. James Hillman goal trying ideas In the cosmology that's behind psychology, there is no reason for anyone to be here or do anything. James Hillman cosmology psychology reason Any symptom can force you to go deeper into some area. James Hillman symptoms deeper force We must look back over our lives and look at some of the accidents and curiosities and oddities and troubles and sicknesses and begin to see more in those things than we saw before. It raises questions, so that when peculiar little accidents happen, you ask whether there is something else at work in your life. James Hillman raises-questions oddities curiosity It's the only way we can get out of being so human-centered: to remain attached to something other than humans. James Hillman humans way So when you consider the archetypal, historical, and cultural background of whatever you do, it gives you a sense that your occupation can be a calling and not just a job. James Hillman historical jobs giving
