experience. Thus the individual can always resort to renewal from the very
source of creativity.
This is what Taoists call returning to the "root of heaven and earth," from
which extradimensional vantage point it is possible to experience higher
enlightenment right in the midst of the mundane world.
If this can be accomplished in reality, there is no reason why psychic
events such as extreme mood swings or personality changes should assume
control of individuals to the extent of becoming crippling handicaps. Even
if this practice is understood in theory alone, it can still offer a perspective
on human psychology that will allow for an objective and nonjudgmental
approach to the understanding and treatment of mood and personality
extremism.
Jung's reasons for warning people away from golden flower practice
were ostensibly based on what he perceived as cultural incompatibility.
It was his belief that Europeans of his time lacked the proper psychological
basis for the yogic practices of Chinese, Indian; and Tibetan religions.
Therefore Jung thought it only reasonable that Westerners should not
imitate Eastern methods; and he underscored his point with a proverbial
Buddhist warning about incorrect use of practices.
Jung quarreled not with the method of the golden flower, but with the
Western attitude toward technology of any kind. His remarks on the
