James Hollis: A Summons to a Deeper Life

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

James Hollis is a licensed Jungian analyst and the author of many books on personal development and the search for meaning. His works include What Matters Most, Why Good People Do Bad Things, and Through the Dark Wood. With Sounds True, he has published Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with James about what it means to "grow up" in a contemporary society that infantilizes its citizens. They talk about how to recognize the summons of our deep psyche and the steps we must take in order to answer it. James explains that the greatest obstacles to attaining spiritual maturity are fear and lethargy, and describes the inevitable periods of darkness that we will encounter along the way. Finally, James and Tami discuss why it's important to our development that we choose meaning over happiness. (67 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Dr. James Hollis.
0:45.0	James is a graduate of Zurich's Young Institute, a licensed union analyst,
0:52.0	and the author of 13 books including finding meaning in the second half of life
0:57.5	and what matters most living a more considered life.
1:03.0	What sounds true, James has written a new book called
1:07.0	Living and Examined Life,
1:10.0	Wisdom for the second half of the journey,
1:12.0	where he offers an essential guidebook for anyone at a crossroads in life.
1:18.0	In living an examined life, he guides the reader through 21 areas for self-inquiry and growth, while inspiring
1:28.6	a life of personal authority, integrity, and fulfillment.
1:34.0	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:36.3	James and I spoke about how our deeper psyche
1:40.3	summons us and how we must listen when we get this summons.
1:45.0	We also talked about how when we go through dark periods of devastation,
1:51.0	what James calls swamplands, there's always a task hidden in the swamp.
1:58.8	He also talked about why it's particularly hard to grow up in our contemporary culture,
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