As mentioned above, earlier this fall the Center was chosen to be the recipient of a collection from the congregants at Evanston's Unitarian Church, for which we're truly grateful!  That brings to mind that there are many groups and organizations, ranging from yoga studios to religious communities, that make donations to non-profits in their communities.  Are you a member of such a group that might donate to an organization like ours?  If so, please give Pat Cochran a call (847-475-4848 x243) to explore this further.  Thank you!

Join us for a festive evening of delicious food, drink, and celebration of the vitality of the Center

Please RSVP to 847-475-4848 x221 or jung@cgjungcenter.org by November 29

Kinship libido--which could still engender a satisfying feeling of belonging together. . . has long been deprived of its object.  But, being an instinct, it is not to be satisfied by any mere substitute such as a creed, party, nation, or state.  It wants the human connection.  That is the core of the whole transference phenomenon and it is impossible to argue it away, because relationship to the self is at once relationship to our fellow man, and no one can be related to the latter until he is related to himself. . . .  Individuation has two principle aspects: in the first place it is an internal and subjective process of integration, and in the second it is an equally indispensable process of objective relationship.  Neither can exist without the other, although sometimes the one and sometimes the other predominates.  (CW 16, para. 445, 448)

I must admit, this is a rather abstruse and difficult quote, but it gets at my main point: that the process of becoming whole and being the essence of what you were born to be must include our relationships with each other.  In fact, Jung is saying here that the process of individuation is actually fostered by our relationships with others.  And not just relationships based on "creed, party, nation, or state."  While our wish to belong often brings us close to those who share similar points of view, if that is the only thing that connects us, it is a poor stand-in for a "human connection."  In my own personal experience, human connection brings me closer to another and at the same time, closer to myself, and that accords with Jung's view here.  We at the Center are truly thankful for all the human connections that are cultivated here!