{"id":3271,"date":"2021-08-27T20:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2025-03-18T00:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:31:07","slug":"the-adventure-of-being-human-beyond-the-myth-of-biological-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/the-adventure-of-being-human-beyond-the-myth-of-biological-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventure of Being Human: Beyond the Myth of Biological Salvation with Polly Young-Eisendrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4117\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3271-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3271-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"jungianthology-72-young-eisendrath-adventure-of-being-human-669.mp3\">Download<\/a> (83.8MB) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode is the opening lecture of a weekend given by Polly Young-Eisendrath. It contains a 1-hour lecture followed by an hour of Q&amp;A. From the seminar description:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/669image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/669image.png 306w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/669image-153x250.png 153w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/669image-92x150.png 92w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/669image-64x105.png 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">We all sense a connection with the source that underlies our existence, whether or not we recognize it as such and we all wish to identify with something larger than ourselves. Some feel this as a spiritual yearning, while others wish for fame or celebrity or the knowledge of a larger truth. The spiritual isolation and materialism (both economic and philosophical) of our times make it difficult to find trustworthy methods from institutional religions, non-traditional approaches, psychology, or philosophy for seeking knowledge of this source. However, our desire to help others (and ourselves) and our willingness to love deeply and authentically can offer the common ground through which we can find this knowledge, but it requires a dedicated understanding of our own suffering and its transformation.<\/span><\/p><p>Instead of seeking such insight into our subjective lives, we Americans embrace popular myths of biological salvation and pharmaceutical soothing. It?s not just that we seek instant solutions to complex problems, rather we have lost our taste for the adventure of human life, replacing it with ideals of economic and biological ?security? and hopes for absolute control of our diet and health.<\/p><p>This program offers a critique of this contemporary myth of biological salvation and presents accounts from psychoanalysis (Jungian and otherwise) and Buddhism of how embracing our limitations can open the path to transformation and lasting contentment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weekend continues with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=65&amp;product_id=247\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=65&amp;product_id=247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part 2 &#8211; Living and Loving in the Human Realm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Building on the presentation&nbsp;<em>The Adventure of Being Human<\/em>, this workshop investigates the challenges of human life through an exploration of our difficulties with perfectionism, the three types of suffering we encounter, and the ways in which love challenges us to develop a true discipline of our hearts. Among other things, this program explores mythologies, the Human Realm (from Buddhism), the inner critic of perfectionism, the value of the human sciences, and the differences between the two major sciences of subjectivity: psychoanalysis and Buddhism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was recorded in October 2001, so there is some discussion of the 9\/11 attacks and related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: In the Q&amp;A portion, questioners were not microphoned and so the volume was very low. We&#8217;ve increased the volume, but they are still somewhat difficult to understand against the background noise, and back-and-forth is somewhat disorienting because of the frequent changes in amplification.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300-247x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" width=\"162\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300-247x250.jpg 247w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300-64x65.jpg 64w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Young-Eisendrath-Peony296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD<\/strong>&nbsp;is Clinical Associate Professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical College. She is a psychologist and Jungian analyst practicing in the mountains of central Vermont, where she lives and writes. She has published thirteen books, many chapters and articles that have been translated into fourteen languages. Her books include&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pOpWQX\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pOwhMe\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Resilient Spirit: Transforming Suffering Into Insight And Renewal<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2rjSBi2\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Gifts Of Suffering: A Guide To Resilience And Renewal<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pDg9Bb\" target=\"_blank\">Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to Be Wanted<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2qkH0B7\" target=\"_blank\"><em>You&#8217;re Not What I Expected: Learning to Love the Opposite Sex<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#d9dcdf\">Thank you to everyone who has shared a little about themselves. 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Your support enables us to provide free and low-cost educational resources to all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Links<\/span><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/young-eisendrath.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/young-eisendrath.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polly Young-Eisendrath&#8217;s Website<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/category\/speakers-authors\/young-eisendrath-polly\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/category\/speakers-authors\/young-eisendrath-polly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polly Young-Eisendrath on Jungianthology<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=54\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=54\" target=\"_blank\">Polly Young-Eisendrath at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Books<\/span><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pOpWQX\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance<\/em><\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pOwhMe\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Resilient Spirit: Transforming Suffering Into Insight And Renewal<\/em><\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2rjSBi2\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Gifts Of Suffering: A Guide To Resilience And Renewal<\/em><\/a><br><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2pDg9Bb\" target=\"_blank\">Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to Be Wanted<\/a><\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2qkH0B7\" target=\"_blank\"><em>You&#8217;re Not What I Expected: Learning to Love the Opposite Sex<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" id=\"block-d5b19bc1-f71b-401b-be76-f50a376ac608\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-95e46a9a-55db-43df-b620-7845f4304c70\">\u00a9 2001 Polly Young-Eisendrath. 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