Stalin was an intellectual. Hitler was a failed artist. The world must beware when those that attempt to self-actualize fail. When they are filled with frustration and self-loathing, they escape the reviled self by being born again in a mass movement, usually as a follower, but occasionally as a leader by Stalin and Hitler.
We must train our young to individuate, but if they fail, or give up, they will be desperate characters. What we must tell a young Hitler or a young Stalin is that the individuator that is a winner is the one that never quits trying. He will strive and strive for a lifetime, and most of the time some level of artistic success will be enjoyed.
We must never quit growing. We must get up each day and go at it again. Even if we cannot grow or cannot be as brilliant as we desire because our ambition runs ahead of our talent, it does not matter to God, so it must not matter much to us. God forgives us for not exceeding will flair. It is enough to try, try and try. That is pure individuation. That takes real will, courage and commitment over a long period of time. If we try that hard, on our 53rd birthday some flash of genius and its expression on canvas should avail itself to us and for us.
We must keep at it. We do not want self-haters that failed at individuating, joining or leading a mass movement, which is nothing but a huge group that is hot in acting out its cruelty and evil.
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