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one thing is sure a great change of our
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psychological attitude is
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imminent that is certain why because we
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need more we need more psychology we
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need more understanding of human nature
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because the only real danger that exists
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is man
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himself he is the great danger and we
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are pitifully unaware of it we know
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nothing of man far too
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little his tyy should be studed because
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we are the origin of all coming
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evil have you ever felt like something
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inside you is holding you back
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sabotaging your best efforts what if I
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told you there's a hidden side of your
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personality lurking in the shadows
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influencing your every move through
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synchronicity this hidden side is what
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Carl Yung calls the Shadow the shadow is
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a part of our unconscious mind that
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contains all the aspects of ourselves we
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reject or deny including repressed
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desires instincts weaknesses and parts
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of our personality we consider negative
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or undesirable these hidden traits
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influence our behavior and emotions in
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ways we often do not realize to truly
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understand the impact of the Shadow
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let's delve deeper into how it forms and
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affects our lives Yung tells us in his
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collected works psychology and religion
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unfortunately there can be no doubt that
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man is on the whole less good than he
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imagines himself or wants to be everyone
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carries a shadow and the less it is
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embodied in the individual's conscious
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life the blacker and denser it is if an
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inferiority is conscious one always has
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a chance to correct it furthermore it is
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constantly in contact with other
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interests so that it is continually
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subjected to modifications but if it is
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repressed and isolated from
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Consciousness it never gets corrected
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everyone carries a shadow and the less
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it is embodied in the individual's
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conscious life the blacker and denser it
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is if an inferiority is conscious one
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always has a chance to correct it but if
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it is repressed and isolated from
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Consciousness it never gets corrected
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and is liable to burst forth suddenly in
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a moment of unawareness ultimately it
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creates an unconscious barrier
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undermining even our best intentions
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often revealed through meaningful
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coincidences the shadow forms through
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societal Norms personal experiences and
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repression from a young age we learn
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which behaviors thoughts and emotions
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are unacceptable to our family and
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Society pushing these traits into our
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unconscious mind for example a child
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told that anger is bad might repress
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their anger making it part of their
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Shadow the shadow holds various
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qualities strengths and potentials if
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left unexplored these aspects can lead
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to a diminished personality creating
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unconscious obstacles that hinder the
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development and expression of these
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positive traits understanding that
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everyone carries a shadow helps us
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recognize its profound impact on our
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lives next let's explore the different
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types of Shadows beginning with the
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personal
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shadow in analyzing a patient you uh
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make uh typical uh experiences namely
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there is a s of typical way in which the
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integration of
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Po takes
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place Nam the this the average way is
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that
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um through the analysis of dreams for
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instance you become acquainted with the
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contents of the cultures I already told
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you
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this to begin is all personal material
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now that we've introduced the concept
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let's delve deeper into the different
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types of Shadows well the ego is
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supposed to be the representative of the
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real person but as I say for instance in
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the case where B knows of a but a
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doesn't know of B yeah in that case one
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would say the ego is more on the side of
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C because the ego has a more complete
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knowledge and a is
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uh a split of personality you see when I
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say self then you must think of I myself
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because that is only your
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empirical self and that is covered by
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the term ego ego but when it is matter
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of the S then it is matter of a
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personality that is more complete than
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the ego because the ego is only consist
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of what you are appr of Y differenti
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Ates between the self and the ego the
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ego represents our conscious identity
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while the self is a more comprehensive
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and complete representation of our
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entire personality including both
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conscious and unconscious
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elements now that was a very serious
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thing to me because what else then you
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see
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and I hated that fellow and that was the
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the only man I could have killed you
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know if I had met him one at a dark
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corner I would have shown something of
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what I could do did you often have
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violent thoughts about people when you
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were young no not exactly only when they
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got mad well then I beat them up and did
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you up and get
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mad not so often but then for good you
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were you were very strong and big I
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imagine yes I was pretty strong and you
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know Reed in the country with those B
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boys was rough kind of life and and I I
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would would have been capable of of of
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violence I know I was a bit afraid of
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it so I I rather try to avoid the
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critical situations because I didn't
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trust myself once I was attacked by uh
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about seven boys and I got mad and I
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took one and just Swang him around with
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his legs you know and and and beat down
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four of them and then they they were
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satisfied Yung is reflecting on his own
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capacity for violence and aggression
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during his youth he acknowledges his
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strong emotions and physical
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capabilities but also his fear of losing
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control leading him to avoid situations
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that could provoke violent behavior is
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Shadow now that we understand the basic
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concept of the Shadow let's explore
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Jung's model of the psyche further I
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wonder if you would uh mind telling us a
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little bit about how you uh through this
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term Persona well this is
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a a practical concept we need in
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elucidating people's
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relation um I
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noticed with my patients particularly
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with uh people that are in uh in public
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life that they have a certain way of
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presenting themselves so the Persona is
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partially uh
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the result of the demands Society has
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and on the other side it is a compromise
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with what one likes to be or with what
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or as one likes to appear
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say now this is not the real personality
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in spite of the fact that people will
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assure you that it that is all quite
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real and quite honest yet it is not
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now such a uh performance or
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say the performance of the
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Persona is quite all right as long as
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you know that you are not identical with
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the way in which you appear in yung's
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model of the psyche there are various
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personified structures that interact
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with one another in our inner world two
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of these the Persona and the anima
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animus are relational the Persona
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relates to the external world and the
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anima animus to the internal world the
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ego which is primarily body based and
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may be understood as the executive part
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of the personality stands alongside the
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shadow together the ego and the shadow
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are Central to our identity the anima is
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the feminine aspect present in the
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unconscious of men it represents the
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inner feminine side and influences men's
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interactions with women and their own
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emotional life its opposite the Animus
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is the masculine aspect present in the
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unconscious of women it represents the
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inner masculine side and influences
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women's interactions with men and their
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own assertiveness and reasoning to
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understand how our unconscious mind
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shapes our reality let's hear from Jung
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on the interplay between personal and
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Collective
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Shadows TI has two conditions two
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important conditions one is the envi
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Environmental influence and the other is
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the given fact of the the of the psyche
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as it is BN the self is really a term
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that designates the whole personality
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because the whole personality of man is
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Indescribable he his Consciousness can
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be described his unconscious cannot be
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described because the unconscious as I
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must repeat myself is always unconscious
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and this is really unconscious really
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does not
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KN and so we don't know our uh our
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unconscious personality we have hints we
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have uh certain ideas but we don't know
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it really nobody can say where man
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ends that is the the beauty of it you
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know it's it's very interesting Yung is
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emphasizing that our unconscious
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personality remains largely unknown to
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us despite occasional insights he
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explains that the psych is shaped by
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both environmental influences and
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inherent psychological factors present
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from
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birth well
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chiefly his purely personal approach and
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his disregard of uh the historical
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conditions of man you see we depend
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largely upon our
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history uh we are shaped through
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education through the of the parents
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which are by no means always
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personal they were prejudiced or they
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were influenced by historical ideas or
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what I call dominance
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and and that is a most decisive factor
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in
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Psychology we are not of today or of
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yesterday we are of an IM men's age Yung
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is discussing his disagreement with an
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approach that focuses solely on the
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personal aspects of psychology
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neglecting the historical and Collective
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influences he emphasizes that our psyche
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is significantly shaped by historical
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context parental influence and societal
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Norms which are deeply ingrained and
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impact our psychological development
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let's now take a closer look at the
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personal shadow in the collected works
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of CG Yung volume 9 part 2 ion Carl Yung
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says closer examination of the dark
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characteristics that is the
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inferiorities constituting The Shadow
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Shadow reveals that they have an
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emotional nature a kind of autonomy and
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accordingly an obsessive or better
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possessive quality these are usually
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aspects of the personality which one
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tries to hide repress and deny to
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oneself and others because they are
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things which one has no wish to be
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failing to recognize and deal with our
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shadow can lead to significant problems
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think about a time when you felt an
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intense irrational emotion was it really
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about what was happening at that moment
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or was it something deeper let me know
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in the comments the shadow is most
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visible when one is in the grip of
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anxiety or other emotions for example
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under the influence of alcohol one may
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suddenly blurt out a hostile remark
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during a friendly conversation when we
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do not want to assimilate what we
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despise we project it onto others many
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people refuse to recognize their Shadow
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so completely that the ego is not even
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aware of Shadow behavior and thus has no
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possibility of commanding it under these
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conditions the shadow is is autonomous
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and may Express itself in inexplicable
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moods irritability and cruelty and so uh
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the the psychical events are facts are
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realities and when you observe the
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stream of images
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Within You observe an aspect of the
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world of the world within because the p
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you know if you understand it as a
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phenomenon that takes place in soall
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living
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bodies
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uh then it is a quality of matter as our
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body consists of matter we discover that
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this matter has another aspect namely a
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pyic aspect let's now explore the
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positive aspects of understanding our
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shadow from the book CG Yung speaking
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interviews and encounters When You
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observe the world you see people you see
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houses you see the sky you see tangible
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objects but when you observe yourself
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within you see moving images a world of
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images generally known as fantasies yet
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these fantasies are facts you see it is
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a fact that a man has such and such a
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fantasy such a tangible fact that when a
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man has a certain fantasy another man
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may lose his life or a bridge may be
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built these houses were all fantasies
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everything you do here all of the houses
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everything was fantasy to begin with and
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fantasy has a proper reality this should
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not be forgotten fantasy is not nothing
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it is of course not a tangible object
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but it is a fact
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nevertheless there is an impersonal stum
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in our p and I can tell you an example
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we had a p a
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patient in the world he was quiet but
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completely dissociated schizophrenic and
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he was
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in the clinic already for over 20 years
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he had come into the clinic as a matter
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of fact being a young man a little
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CL and there's no particular education
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and once I came to the war and and he
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was obviously excited and called to me
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took me by the label of my coat and led
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me to the window uh and said now now you
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must see now look at it look up at the
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sun uh and see uh how it moves see you
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must move your head too like this and
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then you will see the the follows of the
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Sun and you know that's the origin of
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the
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wind and you see how the sun moves As
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you move your head from one side to the
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other now of course I didn't understand
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that all I thought there you are he's
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just crazy uh and but that case remained
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in my mind and four years
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later uh I came
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across uh a paper written by the German
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umoran who had dealt with a with the
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so-call mitas litery a part of the Great
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Parisian sorcer papos
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and there he U produced The U um a part
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of the soal M ly
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namely uh say there after the second
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prayer thou will see the how the disc of
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the sun
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unfolds and you will
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see hanging down from it the tube
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the origin of the
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wind and when you move thy face the face
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to the regions of the East it will move
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there and if you move your face to the
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region of the West it will follow
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you and instantly I know I knew now this
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is it this is the vision of my patient
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but how could you be sure that your
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patient wasn't unconsciously recalling
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something that somebody had told you oh
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no quite out of question because that
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thing was not known it was in a in a in
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a magic papos in
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Paris and it wasn't even published it
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was only published four years later
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after I had observed it with my patient
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and this you felt proved that there was
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a an unconscious which was something
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more than personal oh well that was not
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a proof to me but it was a hint and I
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took the hint yes these examples are
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crucial because they highlight Carl
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yung's deep understanding of the
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unconscious mind and how it affects our
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behavior and perceptions by showing that
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fantasies and dreams have a tangible
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reality Yung stresses that the
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unconscious is not just a storage place
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for forgotten or repressed thoughts
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instead it is an active and Powerful
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part of our psyche that significantly
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shapes our experiences and actions this
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helps us understand that our inner world
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is just as real and influential as the
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external world we see around us
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throughout his writing Yung refers to
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the importance of developing awareness
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of the shadow in Psychotherapy and its
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projections in the individual's life
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although the shadow is usually perceived
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as negative it can also be positive in
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fact exploring our shadow gives us
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access to many positive qualities Yung
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explains to us with these quotes from
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the collected works of CG Yung volume 9
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part two the first of these is the
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shadow that hidden repressed for the
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most part inferior and guilt-laden
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personality whose ultimate ramification
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ations reach back into the realm of our
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animal ancestors and so comprise the
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whole historical aspect of the
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unconscious if it has been believed
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hitherto that the human Shadow was the
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source of evil it can now be ascertained
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on closer investigation that the
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unconscious man that is his shadow does
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not consist only of morally
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reprehensible Tendencies but also
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displays a number of good qualities such
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as normal instincts appropriate
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reactions realistic insights creative
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impulses Etc man is not complete if he
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is not conscious of uh that aspect of
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things so is see a man is not complete
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when he lives in a world of statistical
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truth he must live in a world of his
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biological truth that is is biological
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Tru that is not uh um nearly satis
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speaks it is the the expression of what
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he really is as what he feel himself
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these explanations highlight yung's
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views on the Shadow and the self
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emphasizing the importance of
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acknowledging and integrating all
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aspects of our personality to achieve
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psychological
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wholeness one of yung's closest
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collaborators Mari Louise Von France
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writes in man and his symbols part three
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the process of individuation the
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realization of the Shadow the shadow is
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not necessarily always an opponent in
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fact he is exactly like any human being
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with whom one has to get along sometimes
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by giving in sometimes by resisting
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sometimes by giving love whatever the
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situation requires the shadow becomes
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hostile only when he is ignored or
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misunderstood well they in Practical
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life they emerge but the personal Shadow
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is the personal shortcomings of uh
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things which every human being could be
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conscious of which is not archetypal and
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therefore not a mystery for instance
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such things as Greed for money or
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jealousy jealousy is one of main aspects
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of the Shadow or laziness sloppiness uh
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unrelatedness sentimentality and whatnot
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inferiorities which everybody has but uh
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prefers not to know about as to the
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personal nature of the unconscious the
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personal quality of the unconscious in a
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given case where you take an
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ex well his unconscious has then an
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introverted quality because all the
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extroverted qualities are played in
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Consciousness and and
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in has qualities the the same
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uh that gave me a lead of the diagnostic
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value it
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uh it help me to understand my patience
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both Marie Lise Von France and Carl Yung
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collectively stress that acknowledging
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understanding and integrating the shadow
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a complex emotional and personal part of
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our unconscious is essential for
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achieving psychological wholeness and
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self-awareness to better understand this
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let's visualize the shadow imagine your
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Shadow as a dark figure following ing
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you around at first it seems
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intimidating but as you turn to face it
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you realize it's just a part of you that
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needs understanding and compassion for
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instance a person might believe that
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being assertive is being rude or
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aggressive losing the qualities of
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confidence and the ability to speak up
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for himself in an honest and respectful
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way which in turn may lead to less
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proactivity make it more difficult to
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get a raise or job promotion struggle
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with money and so on so when a person
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encounters an assertive person deep down
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he feels resentment and guilt which
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makes his shadow blacker and denser
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these valuable aspects ought to be
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assimilated into actual experience and
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not repressed it is up to the ego to
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give up its
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Pride because your un conscious is in a
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compensat relation to
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Consciousness and
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uh and after a while you get the full
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picture and if he has a full picture and
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uh has the the necessary moral
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stamina well then we can be
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cure but in the end it is a moral
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question it is the
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manifestation of the situation of the
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uncons look back from the uncons to put
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this into practice let's talk about
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actionable advice for shadow work to
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start your own shadow work try keeping a
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journal write down moments when you felt
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a strong emotional reaction and reflect
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on what might have caused it over time
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you'll start to see patterns that reveal
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your hidden Shadow observe your
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emotional reactions throughout the day
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when you notice a strong reaction take a
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moment to pause and ask yourself what
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triggered it write down your
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observations to identify
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patterns we also encounter our shadow in
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our dreams as a person of the same sex
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as the dreamer it is what seems to be a
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criticism of our character from the
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unconscious an inner judge of your own
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being that reproaches you and the result
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is usually embarrassed silence we must
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identify the contents of the Shadow and
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integrate them into our
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personality it is a
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regular uh
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observation
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that when you talk to an individual and
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this individual gives
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you
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um
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insight into its
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uh inner preoccupations interests
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emotions the other was uh hands
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over uh his uh personal
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complexes then you get slowly and near
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really into the
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situation of a of a sort of
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authority u a point of you become a
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point of
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rence Yung suggests that by confronting
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and integrating our shadow we can
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transform these repressed aspects into a
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source of inner Authority and
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self-awareness becoming a point of
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reference for our own personal growth
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let's now explore how to integrate
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Shadow aspects into our lives through
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the analysis of dreams for instance you
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become acquainted with the contents of
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the unconscious this is the process of
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the realization of the Shadow also known
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as Shadow work
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here Begins the painful and lengthy work
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of self-education one must enter into
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long and difficult negotiations with the
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shadow a work we might say that is the
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psychological equivalent of the labors
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of
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cyphus through Shadow work one can
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observe one's Shadow outwardly by
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watching one's emotional reactions and
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being radically honest about one's
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interactions with others and inwardly by
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exploring one's dreams before we delve
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into the fascinating ways our shadow
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manifests in our lives let's first
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understand how this hidden aspect
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intricately weaves into the very fabric
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of our identity in Carl yung's collected
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works volume 13 alchemical studies Yung
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tells us that one does not become
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enlightened by imagining figures of
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light but by making the darkness
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conscious the latter procedure however
00:26:48
is disagreeable and therefore not
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popular with a deeper understanding of
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our identity it's time to witness the
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shadow in action let's explore how this
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concealed part of ourselves manifests in
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everyday behaviors and
00:27:02
decisions understanding our shadow is
00:27:04
crucial but it doesn't have to be a
00:27:06
daunting task it can be a fascinating
00:27:08
journey of self-discovery this allows
00:27:10
one to become enlightened and reduces
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the Shadow's destructive potential not
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so much as it were by Waging War against
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the darkness but by bringing the
00:27:19
darkness to the light the light to the
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darkness from Carl Jung's collected
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works volume 12 psychology and Alchemy
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there is no light without Shadow and no
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psychic wholeness without imperfection
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however scary or dark it is to confront
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our shadow finding truth brings relief
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discernment of the truth is the process
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of authenticity a painstaking excavation
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into the depths of our being to explore
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possibilities and limitations
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distortions the Buried and often
00:27:47
forgotten parts of ourselves and
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abilities most people however are too
00:27:52
indolent to think deeply about even
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those moral aspects of their behavior of
00:27:56
which they are conscious let alone to
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consider how the unconscious affects
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them here's another actionable step you
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can take in your daily interactions
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practice being radically honest with
00:28:07
yourself if you feel irritation or
00:28:10
discomfort reflect on whether these
00:28:11
feelings might be related to your shadow
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look for synchronicities that may
00:28:16
provide
00:28:17
insights now that we've covered the
00:28:19
personal Shadow let's explore the
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collective
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Shadow the shadow can also consist of
00:28:25
factors that stem from a source outside
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the individual's personal life here is
00:28:30
when we stumble upon the collective
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Shadow the dark side or the unknown or
00:28:35
little known aspects of a society and
00:28:37
culture it consists of that which
00:28:39
opposes our shared and Collective values
00:28:41
to understand this better let's look at
00:28:43
the broader implications of the
00:28:45
collective Shadow archetypal ideas
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stream of archetypal ideas that goes on
00:28:52
through one individual through the
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centuries you see it it it's it it it is
00:28:59
like a continuous stream and that comes
00:29:02
to the daylight in the great Ms say in
00:29:05
in political movements or in spiritual
00:29:09
movements
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um for instance in the time before
00:29:15
Reformation uh people dreamt of the
00:29:20
great change and that's the reason why
00:29:23
such great Transformations could be
00:29:25
predicted yeah uh if uh somebody has
00:29:28
been clever enough to see what is going
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on in people's mind in the unconscious
00:29:36
mind would be able to predict it for I
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have predicted the Nazi rising in
00:29:42
Germany through the observation of my
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German patients they had dreams in which
00:29:48
the whole thing was
00:29:50
anticipated and and is considerable
00:29:53
detail the collective Shadow a vast and
00:29:56
often horrifying aspect of human life
00:29:58
inflicts immense harm on both humanity
00:30:00
and the natural world leaving lasting
00:30:03
effects across Generations manifesting
00:30:06
through projected Darkness violence
00:30:08
oppression and denial of responsibility
00:30:10
it emerges in Wars genocides and
00:30:13
cultural deaths this pervasive yet
00:30:15
elusive interdimensional Force breeds
00:30:18
atrocities persecution and widespread
00:30:21
suffering hiding under seemingly
00:30:22
benevolent actions like language
00:30:24
enforcement outwardly it shows as
00:30:27
physical suffering poverty and crime
00:30:29
while inwardly it Fosters self-hatred
00:30:31
depression and a desire for Revenge
00:30:34
causing others to endure similar
00:30:36
suffering let's dive deeper into the
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collective Shadow and its relation to
00:30:41
evil the collective Shadow has long been
00:30:43
labeled as evil akin to the devil in
00:30:46
Christian tradition where possession
00:30:48
strips away one's Humanity replacing it
00:30:50
with a demonic nature for Yung the
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primary response to such evil lies in
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the Relentless quest for self-knowledge
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and whole Ness each individual must
00:31:00
recognize the full spectrum of their
00:31:02
capabilities knowing both the extent of
00:31:04
the good they can achieve and the
00:31:06
potential crimes they are capable of
00:31:09
committing you know every society has
00:31:12
Collective problems Collective
00:31:14
convictions and so on now we are very
00:31:18
much influenced by them because you
00:31:20
belong to a certain political part to a
00:31:22
certain confession and and that can be a
00:31:28
serious determinant of your behavior now
00:31:31
as as personal conflict doesn't touch
00:31:33
upon it it's no question it doesn't
00:31:37
appear but the moment you transcend your
00:31:41
personal sphere and come to your un
00:31:44
personal determinance say to the
00:31:46
question a political question or any
00:31:49
other social question uh which really
00:31:53
matters to you then you are confronted
00:31:56
with a collective problem then you have
00:31:58
Collective things when there is an issue
00:32:00
known in a particular society it can be
00:32:03
called a shadow issue if there is
00:32:05
evidence of denial projection and a lack
00:32:07
of taking individual and Collective
00:32:10
responsibility therefore taking
00:32:12
responsibility morally politically and
00:32:14
spiritually is particularly crucial the
00:32:17
courage with which we bear our Darkness
00:32:18
frees others from having to carry it for
00:32:20
us to illustrate let's discuss dealing
00:32:23
with the past and taking
00:32:25
responsibility to respond to massive
00:32:27
historical suffering Wars genocides
00:32:30
holocausts and pervasive oppression the
00:32:32
effects of which persist we must learn
00:32:35
much as human beings denial often
00:32:37
connected with a wish to get on with
00:32:39
things and put the past behind us is the
00:32:42
most common approach and usually the
00:32:44
first
00:32:44
reaction many attempts have been made to
00:32:47
deal with painful pasts through public
00:32:49
apologies repentance reparation payments
00:32:52
pilgrimages to places of suffering Etc
00:32:54
but how do we integrate the shadow
00:32:56
deeply and broadly Within in a
00:32:58
population rather than symbolically
00:33:00
through leaders or
00:33:01
policies remembering and speaking the
00:33:04
Unspeakable is a painful process for
00:33:06
victims perpetrators bystanders and
00:33:09
Witnesses such a process is successful
00:33:11
or reasonably complete once pain outrage
00:33:14
betrayal suffering and all other
00:33:16
feelings have been voiced and heard and
00:33:18
responsibility has been taken truth
00:33:21
telling is both the most desirable and
00:33:23
feasible way to Grapple with a difficult
00:33:25
past the world hang
00:33:28
is on a thin
00:33:31
thread and that isy of
00:33:36
man assume that uh certain fellows in
00:33:42
Moscow lose their nerve or their
00:33:48
commense for a bit and the whole world
00:33:53
is in Fire and Flames
00:33:58
it is nowadays we are not threatened by
00:34:00
Elementary
00:34:01
catastrophes there's no such thing as an
00:34:04
ageb that is all man's doing we are the
00:34:09
great danger psyche is the great danger
00:34:12
what if something goes wrong with the
00:34:15
psyche see and so see it is demonstrated
00:34:21
to us in Ouray what what the power
00:34:24
psyche is of man how important it is to
00:34:27
know something about it but we know
00:34:29
nothing about it no nobody would would
00:34:32
give credit to the idea that uh the
00:34:36
psychical
00:34:38
uh processes of the ordinary man have
00:34:42
any importance whatever one example of a
00:34:45
terrible Mass psychosis represented by
00:34:48
the collective Shadow is systemic racism
00:34:50
and police brutality where deep-seated
00:34:53
prejudices and personal biases escalate
00:34:55
into widespread discrimination and
00:34:57
violence Ordinary People Under certain
00:35:00
conditions participate in or tacitly
00:35:03
support actions they wouldn't normally
00:35:06
consider the personal Shadow is the
00:35:08
bridge to the collective Shadow thus
00:35:11
solving one's inner conflicts personal
00:35:13
Shadow is crucial to avoid unconsciously
00:35:15
falling into the collective Shadow often
00:35:17
revealed through synchronicities by
00:35:20
doing so one can influence others
00:35:22
benefiting society as a whole
00:35:25
suppose um
00:35:28
um um a patient comes
00:35:32
to to that to that level or uh that his
00:35:38
conflict begins to become really very
00:35:41
serious that
00:35:44
this
00:35:46
his mind might
00:35:49
suffer then he can have a
00:35:53
collective the question is how can we
00:35:56
Face the collective shadow we must first
00:35:58
confront our personal Shadow by engaging
00:36:00
in thorough and challenging
00:36:02
self-examination being truthful in our
00:36:04
interactions monitoring our emotional
00:36:06
responses and analyzing our dreams this
00:36:09
process prevents us from becoming
00:36:11
unwitting victims of our shadow and
00:36:12
unconscious projections allowing us to
00:36:15
uncover and harness the positive traits
00:36:17
within us ultimately enriching our lives
00:36:19
and those around us by acknowledging the
00:36:22
collective Shadow we can avoid its
00:36:24
influence and take responsibility for
00:36:27
addressing ignored issues and the
00:36:28
absence of personal and Collective
00:36:30
action embracing our Darkness with
00:36:33
courage not only brings relief to others
00:36:35
but also ensures that we confront and
00:36:37
rectify the past preventing the Shadow
00:36:39
from intensifying and history from
00:36:42
repeating
00:36:43
itself you see everyone who says that
00:36:45
I'm a Mystic you know
00:36:49
uh is just an
00:36:53
idiot well he doesn't understand the
00:36:56
first word of of fact col up
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