We think of present events
As being caused
By past events
And therefore
We tend to regard ourself as
The puppets of the past
As driven along
By something
That is always behind us
Now, to overcome this impression
It's very simple
You begin again with an experiment
Approach the world through your ears
If you shut your eye
And make contact with reality
Purely with your ears
And you will realize
That the sounds you are hearing
Are all coming out of silence
As being caused
By past events
And therefore
We tend to regard ourself as
The puppets of the past
As driven along
By something
That is always behind us
Now, to overcome this impression
It's very simple
You begin again with an experiment
Approach the world through your ears
If you shut your eye
And make contact with reality
Purely with your ears
And you will realize
That the sounds you are hearing
Are all coming out of silence
If you want to find a true folk religion in our culture
Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
"Healing may be called," Jung says
"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life
Jung, Jung, Jung
I want to read
A passage from one of his lectures
Which I think is
One of the greatest things he ever wrote
And which has been a very marvelous thing for me
People forget
That even doctors have moral scruples
And that certain patients' confessions
Are hard even for a doctor to swallow
Yet the patient does not feel himself accepted
[Chorus]
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
And yet, the patient does not feel himself accepted
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
I want to read
A passage from one of his lectures
Which I think is
One of the greatest things he ever wrote
And which has been a very marvelous thing for me
People forget
That even doctors have moral scruples
And that certain patients' confessions
Are hard even for a doctor to swallow
Yet the patient does not feel himself accepted
[Chorus]
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too
And yet, the patient does not feel himself accepted
Unless the very worst of him is accepted too