Jung noticed that growth often stalls at a genuine conflict — two truths, two desires, that won’t resolve. The temptation is to collapse the tension by choosing one side or numbing out.
Instead he urged us to hold both consciously, without forcing a solution. Held long enough, the psyche tends to produce a third thing — a new attitude neither side could reach alone. He called this the transcendent function.
Name two opposing pulls in you; hold both, without deciding, for a few breaths.
What pair of opposites are you being asked to hold right now?