The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn g…

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The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (2012). Man and His Symbols, p.105, Dell
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