February 6th, 2026

Living with Sanity in
Insane Times 

"Or Just Living Today"

The 37th Rule of Love 

Below

 

Carl Jung

He believed that during times of collective madness, maintaining sanity required embracing the totality of one’s psyche—including the shadow—and focusing on personal, inner growth rather than getting lost in external chaos. 

Key principles from Jung on maintaining sanity include:

• Individuation as Safeguard 
• Embrace the Shadow
•  "Welcome" Your Madness
  
•  Withdraw from Collective Hysteria
• The Power of Myth and Meaning
• Focus on the Present 

Rainer Maria Rilke 

Maintained sanity during the "insane", chaotic, and war-torn times of the early 20th century by 

• Fostering an internal, spiritual, and artistic life
•  Embraced both beauty and terror. 
  
• Transforming external chaos into inward depth, 
•  "Live the questions" and 
• Find meaning through patience and deep emotional experience rather than seeking easy, short-term solutions. 

Christianity 

offers several pathways for maintaining mental and spiritual sanity during chaotic or "insane" times,

•  centering on reliance on a Higher Power rather than cultural conformity. 
• Renewing the mind through investigation , 
• Anchoring one's life in Universal sovereignty rather than personal control, 
• Serving others.
• Be the "Salt" in the World:
• "Reason Together" with Your Higher Power: 
• Find Quiet Places: 
• Maintain Discipline and Routines:

The 37th Rule of Love 
By Shams of Tabriz

God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on Earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.