While I think the point you make overall is nice, you fall into the same trap I see a lot of jungians fall into, as looking at Myths as just psychics phenomenons. You for example cite a hindu myth, which you understand right, in the sense that it points out the importance of devotion to GOD. But later you say that we have to find our own Krishna as religious belief, is not possible in a secular world, not understanding that God in this story is not meant as an "Archetype" or something interchangeable, but simply as the highest transcendence. Ironically trying to defeat nihilism, you presuppose that the world ("as it is") is meaningless, as we are the ones to give it meaning.
Upper_Requirement_97 t1_j6n20sv wrote
Reply to Happiness is an essentially nihilistic ideal — it is the best goal to follow when there is nothing else on the table. A meaningful life on the other hand can embrace more of life including struggles and suffering because it is oriented towards a higher ideal by thelivingphilosophy
While I think the point you make overall is nice, you fall into the same trap I see a lot of jungians fall into, as looking at Myths as just psychics phenomenons. You for example cite a hindu myth, which you understand right, in the sense that it points out the importance of devotion to GOD. But later you say that we have to find our own Krishna as religious belief, is not possible in a secular world, not understanding that God in this story is not meant as an "Archetype" or something interchangeable, but simply as the highest transcendence. Ironically trying to defeat nihilism, you presuppose that the world ("as it is") is meaningless, as we are the ones to give it meaning.