“Our attitude must be like that of the mountain pine… It does not get annoyed when its growth is obstructed by a stone, nor does it make plans about how to overcome the obstacles. It merely tries to feel whether it should grow more toward the left or the right, toward the slope or away from it. Like the tree, we should give in to this almost imperceptible, yet powerfully dominating, impulse – an impulse that comes from the urge toward unique, creative self-realization. And this is a process in which one must repeatedly seek out and find something that is not yet known to anyone.”
—Marie-Louise von Franz, Man and his Symbols
Marie-Louise von Franz was one of Carl Jung’s closest followers. Her contribution to the book Man and his Symbols is the chapter titled The Process of Individuation.