"La iluminación no es imaginar figuras de luz sino hacer visible la oscuridad."
— Carl Jung
Simplified Meaning:
This saying means that true understanding doesn't come from dreaming about perfect or ideal things. Instead, it comes from facing and understanding difficult or hidden problems. Imagine you have a messy room, and it’s dark, so you can’t see the mess. Enlightenment is like turning on a light to see and deal with the mess rather than just imagining that the room is clean. In real life, this means recognizing and confronting our fears, mistakes, or things we don’t like. For example, if someone has a fear of speaking in public, true growth happens when they face that fear by practicing and slowly getting better at it, not by just wishing they were a great speaker. This approach helps us grow and improve by dealing with reality rather than ignoring it. So, in your daily life, try to face problems head-on and learn from them instead of avoiding them or pretending they don't exist.