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As Carl Jung stated “ As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being”.
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As Carl Jung stated " As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being". Reflecting on what it is to be a person raises profound questions which have been very much the concern of two major psychological perspectives: the psychoanalysis and the humanistic psychology. Some of this questions are: Why do we act and feel in the way we do, how far are we open or fixed to change, if we can change aspects of who we are how we can do it or how can we make sense in the subjective worlds in which we exist. As we will see both perspectives will approach these matters and will focus on the subjectivity, exploring aspects of our inner life. The major contributors to these perspectives are Sigmund Freud who created psychotherapy and psychodynamics at the...
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