Bounded in a nutshell and a king of infinite space: the embodied self and its intentional world.
The Journal of analytical psychology June 1, 2015 Warren Colman
The paper argues that developments in phenomenological biology, particularly the enactive approach of Maturana and Varela, offer a way to reconsider synchronicity and the self. This approach breaks down the Cartesian division between mind and world, viewing meaning as a function of how an organism engages with its environment. The self is inherently embodied and engaged with material, cultural, and social worlds, yet infinitely extended through imagination, enabling adaptation to diverse environments. Understanding other animals requires immersion in their environmental milieux, while understanding other humans requires recognizing that different socio-cultural milieux create significantly different worlds of meaning and experience.