C. G. Jung
believes that we need to go through three births in our lifetime. The first is
our physical birth, then the
birth of our Ego, and spiritual birth of Consciousness. In accordance with
that fact, we also undergo three phases of development in our life. In the
first third of our lives, emphasis is on our bodily growth, in the middle phase
of our lives our Ego grows, and the last third of our lives is the period of
our internal development. While at the first two births the most important
thing is the maximum exploitation of the opportunities offered by the external
world. In the third phase, however, the emphasis shifts on our internal
development potentials. Unfortunately, the majority of people will never
experience the spiritual birth for various reasons. Let us examine the possible
reasons for that, to find out what factors prevents spiritual birth in us.