C.J. Wounded Healer of the Soul Overview

I bought this book last week and very much enjoyed it. It is a biography of Carl Jung, written by Claire Dunne. It neatly captures his path and it takes the reader through Jung’s life journey, along with his ups and downs.

Similar to some of C.J.’s works, this book is filled with artistic images. These visuals are beneficial for readers, as they help create associations with the text. At times, they even add a magical quality, transitioning the reader between “consuming art” and “consuming text,” which can inspire deeper thought.

As usual, I’ll provide a brief overview here.

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Lunyu (Conversations)

I recently read this book. This is a book by Confucius’ students – he himself never did any writings. There are many translations of the books, and while none of them are perfect, I found these quotes to be my favorite ones.

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Power of Habit overview

I’ve bought this book some time ago and only recently spent time reading it. Overall it is a good book – reading it made me think of my habits and also the habits of my close ones.

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Philosophy of Software Design overview (and rants)

Recently I spent some time reading this book that a coworker suggested. My overall feeling is that it’s a good book. The first 40% of pages can be triggering (makes some strong statements), but then some of those are rejected later, as expected in a philosophy book 🙂

My take is that I think this book should be literally read in a group. The best outcome of it was just discussing it with my coworkers or ranting about it (find <rant> in this post).

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Read People Like a Book

I recently bought another psychology book at the bookstore. As I read it, I thought of myself, and the people I interact with daily and how some principles do or do not apply to me and them.

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