How to be happy though human / by W. Béran Wolfe.
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the tree of love, chokes its branches, and withers its
roots. When it thrives, it kills love and the beloved, and
enslaves the object of love, thereby making love
impossible. When it fails, it brings unhappiness to both.
Love cannot exist except between equals; and jealousy
degrades and vilifies the person who is being jealously
guarded. It does not effect its purpose in holding the
beloved against his will, but it does come back and
maim the lover, body and soul.
With this description of the major character traits and
some of the popular misconceptions of their meaning,
we close the chapter on the tools which the personality
utilizes in attaining its individual, unconscious goal.
The reader who has followed our method will be able to
analyse and understand other character traits, personality
twists, other patterns of conduct, which the limitations of
this study preclude our examining in greater detail.
To understand any given character trait you must fit
it into the dynamic unity of a human pattern moving like
a planet in its orbit, through a definite pattern between
the childhood situation of inferiority and the imagined
goal of superiority, totality, security, and peace.
If you would understand the meaning of any particular
character trait, observe what happens to the environment
after the expression of it. Try to identify yourself with
the man or woman who is using that particular tool and
try then to reproduce the situation and the end in which,
and for which, you would not only use that same tool,
but use it in the same way. Analyse the pre¬
dominant dynamics of your own approach to the problems
of life, and if you find yourself running away from the
battle, take courage, and look reality in the face. Polish
up your sense of humour, realize your neighbour is in
the same predicament, and make a fresh start.