.. come to understand why the East believes in the possibility of self-liberation … through introspection and the conscious realisation of unconsious compensations, it is possible to transform one’s mental condition and thus arrive at a solution of painful conficts … there is a hitch .. for a man cannot produce these unconscious compensations at will .. rely upon the possibility that they may be produced
whenever and wherever the unconscious fails to co-operate (which is something we never think of and always take “co-operation” for granted) .. (Western) man is instantly at a loss, even in his most ordinary activities. There may be a failure of memory, of co-ordinated action, or of interest and concentration; and such failure may well be the cause of serious annoyance, or of a fatal accident, a professional disaster, or a moral collapse. Formerly, men called the gods unfavourable; now we prefer to call it a neurosis, and we seek the cause in lack of vitamins, in endocrine disturbances, overwork, or sex
from “The Difference Between Eastern and Western Thinking, 13”, (The Portable Jung, Joseph Campbell