Carl Jung's The Shadow: Become Who You Are Afraid To Be

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TLDRThe text explores Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow, which represents the hidden aspects of our personality that we often deny or reject. This unconscious part influences our behavior and emotions, making it crucial to understand and integrate these traits to achieve psychological wholeness. The discussion includes the importance of recognizing both personal and collective Shadows—societal issues stemming from shared human experiences. Engaging in practices like self-reflection and understanding emotional reactions can help individuals confront their Shadows, leading to personal growth and preventing historical patterns from repeating.

収穫

  • 🧠 Understanding the Shadow reveals hidden aspects of our personality.
  • 🌌 Everyone carries a Shadow that influences behavior and emotions.
  • 📖 Shadow work involves self-reflection and emotional observation.
  • 🤝 The Persona reflects the social mask we present to others.
  • 🌍 Collective Shadow consists of societal issues affecting communities.
  • ⚖️ Embracing the Shadow fosters psychological wholeness.
  • 🕵️‍♀️ Recognizing the Shadow can prevent unconscious behaviors.
  • 💬 Engaging in honest interactions is vital for self-awareness.
  • 🔍 Understanding Shadow traits can enhance personal growth.
  • 💡 Dreams can be a window into our unconscious mind.

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    The inevitability of a significant change in our psychological attitudes arises from our need for deeper understanding of human nature, as we often remain unaware of the dangers posed by our own nature. This lack of awareness can hinder our personal growth and awareness.

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    Carl Jung's concept of the 'Shadow' represents the hidden aspects of our personality that we reject or deny, such as repressed desires and negative traits. This Shadow significantly influences our behavior, often in ways we do not recognize, leading to unacknowledged barriers that affect our intentions.

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    The Shadow's formation is deeply connected to societal norms, personal experiences, and the repression of unacceptable emotions. Jung states that everyone carries a Shadow, which becomes darker the less it is acknowledged, potentially leading to sudden outbursts of repressed emotions.

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    Jung emphasizes the importance of differentiating between the 'ego' (the conscious identity) and the 'Self' (the complete personality encompassing both conscious and unconscious elements). He reflects on his own experiences with emotions and urges to explore how they inform our personalities.

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    Jung introduces the concept of 'Persona', the social mask that adapts to societal expectations, and contrasts it with the 'anima' and 'animus', representing the feminine and masculine aspects of the unconscious respectively. He discusses how these elements interact within our psyche, shaping our identity.

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    The exploration of the personal Shadow not only reveals our shortcomings but points out the valuable qualities we often suppress. Recognizing these traits can lead to greater psychological wholeness and understanding of our emotional triggers and experiences.

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    The discussion shifts to the collective Shadow, representing the darker aspects of society and culture that contradict collective values. Jung advocates for individual self-awareness as a path to confronting the collective Shadow, thus fostering responsibility and healing in both personal and societal contexts.

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  • What is the Shadow according to Carl Jung?

    The Shadow is the hidden part of our unconscious mind that contains aspects we reject or deny, such as repressed desires and negative traits.

  • Why is it important to understand the Shadow?

    Understanding the Shadow allows us to recognize its impact on our behavior, fostering self-awareness and personal growth.

  • What are the different types of Shadows?

    Shadows can be personal, reflecting individual traits, and collective, representing societal issues.

  • How can one engage in Shadow work?

    Engage in Shadow work by journaling emotional reactions, analyzing dreams, and monitoring interactions to identify patterns and triggers.

  • What is the role of the Persona in Jung's model?

    The Persona is the social mask we present to the external world, shaped by societal expectations, distinct from our true personality.

  • What does the Collective Shadow refer to?

    The Collective Shadow consists of societal and cultural aspects that oppose shared values, leading to issues like violence and oppression.

  • How does the personal Shadow connect to the collective Shadow?

    The personal Shadow influences our participation in collective issues, making personal awareness essential to avoid societal pitfalls.

  • What can happen if one ignores their Shadow?

    Ignoring the Shadow can result in unconscious negative behaviors and hinder personal development.

  • What is the significance of embracing the Shadow?

    Embracing the Shadow fosters psychological wholeness and allows for the integration of both positive and negative traits.

  • How does Jung suggest one can illuminate their Shadow?

    By bringing awareness to unconscious aspects through shadow work, reflection, and honest observation of emotional reactions.

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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
  • 00:17:10
    there and if you move your face to the
  • 00:17:13
    region of the West it will follow
  • 00:17:16
    you and instantly I know I knew now this
  • 00:17:20
    is it this is the vision of my patient
  • 00:17:24
    but how could you be sure that your
  • 00:17:26
    patient wasn't unconsciously recalling
  • 00:17:28
    something that somebody had told you oh
  • 00:17:30
    no quite out of question because that
  • 00:17:32
    thing was not known it was in a in a in
  • 00:17:34
    a magic papos in
  • 00:17:37
    Paris and it wasn't even published it
  • 00:17:40
    was only published four years later
  • 00:17:42
    after I had observed it with my patient
  • 00:17:44
    and this you felt proved that there was
  • 00:17:47
    a an unconscious which was something
  • 00:17:49
    more than personal oh well that was not
  • 00:17:51
    a proof to me but it was a hint and I
  • 00:17:54
    took the hint yes these examples are
  • 00:17:56
    crucial because they highlight Carl
  • 00:17:58
    yung's deep understanding of the
  • 00:17:59
    unconscious mind and how it affects our
  • 00:18:01
    behavior and perceptions by showing that
  • 00:18:04
    fantasies and dreams have a tangible
  • 00:18:06
    reality Yung stresses that the
  • 00:18:08
    unconscious is not just a storage place
  • 00:18:10
    for forgotten or repressed thoughts
  • 00:18:12
    instead it is an active and Powerful
  • 00:18:14
    part of our psyche that significantly
  • 00:18:16
    shapes our experiences and actions this
  • 00:18:19
    helps us understand that our inner world
  • 00:18:22
    is just as real and influential as the
  • 00:18:24
    external world we see around us
  • 00:18:26
    throughout his writing Yung refers to
  • 00:18:28
    the importance of developing awareness
  • 00:18:30
    of the shadow in Psychotherapy and its
  • 00:18:32
    projections in the individual's life
  • 00:18:35
    although the shadow is usually perceived
  • 00:18:37
    as negative it can also be positive in
  • 00:18:39
    fact exploring our shadow gives us
  • 00:18:42
    access to many positive qualities Yung
  • 00:18:45
    explains to us with these quotes from
  • 00:18:46
    the collected works of CG Yung volume 9
  • 00:18:49
    part two the first of these is the
  • 00:18:52
    shadow that hidden repressed for the
  • 00:18:54
    most part inferior and guilt-laden
  • 00:18:56
    personality whose ultimate ramification
  • 00:18:58
    ations reach back into the realm of our
  • 00:19:00
    animal ancestors and so comprise the
  • 00:19:03
    whole historical aspect of the
  • 00:19:04
    unconscious if it has been believed
  • 00:19:06
    hitherto that the human Shadow was the
  • 00:19:09
    source of evil it can now be ascertained
  • 00:19:11
    on closer investigation that the
  • 00:19:13
    unconscious man that is his shadow does
  • 00:19:16
    not consist only of morally
  • 00:19:17
    reprehensible Tendencies but also
  • 00:19:19
    displays a number of good qualities such
  • 00:19:22
    as normal instincts appropriate
  • 00:19:24
    reactions realistic insights creative
  • 00:19:27
    impulses Etc man is not complete if he
  • 00:19:32
    is not conscious of uh that aspect of
  • 00:19:40
    things so is see a man is not complete
  • 00:19:45
    when he lives in a world of statistical
  • 00:19:48
    truth he must live in a world of his
  • 00:19:52
    biological truth that is is biological
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    Tru that is not uh um nearly satis
  • 00:20:00
    speaks it is the the expression of what
  • 00:20:05
    he really is as what he feel himself
  • 00:20:10
    these explanations highlight yung's
  • 00:20:12
    views on the Shadow and the self
  • 00:20:14
    emphasizing the importance of
  • 00:20:15
    acknowledging and integrating all
  • 00:20:17
    aspects of our personality to achieve
  • 00:20:19
    psychological
  • 00:20:21
    wholeness one of yung's closest
  • 00:20:23
    collaborators Mari Louise Von France
  • 00:20:25
    writes in man and his symbols part three
  • 00:20:28
    the process of individuation the
  • 00:20:29
    realization of the Shadow the shadow is
  • 00:20:32
    not necessarily always an opponent in
  • 00:20:35
    fact he is exactly like any human being
  • 00:20:37
    with whom one has to get along sometimes
  • 00:20:39
    by giving in sometimes by resisting
  • 00:20:42
    sometimes by giving love whatever the
  • 00:20:44
    situation requires the shadow becomes
  • 00:20:47
    hostile only when he is ignored or
  • 00:20:49
    misunderstood well they in Practical
  • 00:20:51
    life they emerge but the personal Shadow
  • 00:20:54
    is the personal shortcomings of uh
  • 00:20:59
    things which every human being could be
  • 00:21:02
    conscious of which is not archetypal and
  • 00:21:05
    therefore not a mystery for instance
  • 00:21:07
    such things as Greed for money or
  • 00:21:11
    jealousy jealousy is one of main aspects
  • 00:21:15
    of the Shadow or laziness sloppiness uh
  • 00:21:20
    unrelatedness sentimentality and whatnot
  • 00:21:23
    inferiorities which everybody has but uh
  • 00:21:28
    prefers not to know about as to the
  • 00:21:32
    personal nature of the unconscious the
  • 00:21:35
    personal quality of the unconscious in a
  • 00:21:38
    given case where you take an
  • 00:21:41
    ex well his unconscious has then an
  • 00:21:46
    introverted quality because all the
  • 00:21:48
    extroverted qualities are played in
  • 00:21:50
    Consciousness and and
  • 00:21:53
    in has qualities the the same
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    uh that gave me a lead of the diagnostic
  • 00:22:03
    value it
  • 00:22:05
    uh it help me to understand my patience
  • 00:22:09
    both Marie Lise Von France and Carl Yung
  • 00:22:11
    collectively stress that acknowledging
  • 00:22:13
    understanding and integrating the shadow
  • 00:22:15
    a complex emotional and personal part of
  • 00:22:18
    our unconscious is essential for
  • 00:22:20
    achieving psychological wholeness and
  • 00:22:22
    self-awareness to better understand this
  • 00:22:24
    let's visualize the shadow imagine your
  • 00:22:26
    Shadow as a dark figure following ing
  • 00:22:28
    you around at first it seems
  • 00:22:30
    intimidating but as you turn to face it
  • 00:22:33
    you realize it's just a part of you that
  • 00:22:34
    needs understanding and compassion for
  • 00:22:37
    instance a person might believe that
  • 00:22:39
    being assertive is being rude or
  • 00:22:41
    aggressive losing the qualities of
  • 00:22:43
    confidence and the ability to speak up
  • 00:22:45
    for himself in an honest and respectful
  • 00:22:47
    way which in turn may lead to less
  • 00:22:50
    proactivity make it more difficult to
  • 00:22:52
    get a raise or job promotion struggle
  • 00:22:54
    with money and so on so when a person
  • 00:22:57
    encounters an assertive person deep down
  • 00:23:00
    he feels resentment and guilt which
  • 00:23:02
    makes his shadow blacker and denser
  • 00:23:04
    these valuable aspects ought to be
  • 00:23:06
    assimilated into actual experience and
  • 00:23:08
    not repressed it is up to the ego to
  • 00:23:11
    give up its
  • 00:23:12
    Pride because your un conscious is in a
  • 00:23:15
    compensat relation to
  • 00:23:17
    Consciousness and
  • 00:23:19
    uh and after a while you get the full
  • 00:23:22
    picture and if he has a full picture and
  • 00:23:26
    uh has the the necessary moral
  • 00:23:30
    stamina well then we can be
  • 00:23:34
    cure but in the end it is a moral
  • 00:23:40
    question it is the
  • 00:23:42
    manifestation of the situation of the
  • 00:23:44
    uncons look back from the uncons to put
  • 00:23:47
    this into practice let's talk about
  • 00:23:49
    actionable advice for shadow work to
  • 00:23:52
    start your own shadow work try keeping a
  • 00:23:54
    journal write down moments when you felt
  • 00:23:56
    a strong emotional reaction and reflect
  • 00:23:59
    on what might have caused it over time
  • 00:24:01
    you'll start to see patterns that reveal
  • 00:24:03
    your hidden Shadow observe your
  • 00:24:05
    emotional reactions throughout the day
  • 00:24:07
    when you notice a strong reaction take a
  • 00:24:09
    moment to pause and ask yourself what
  • 00:24:11
    triggered it write down your
  • 00:24:13
    observations to identify
  • 00:24:15
    patterns we also encounter our shadow in
  • 00:24:18
    our dreams as a person of the same sex
  • 00:24:20
    as the dreamer it is what seems to be a
  • 00:24:22
    criticism of our character from the
  • 00:24:24
    unconscious an inner judge of your own
  • 00:24:26
    being that reproaches you and the result
  • 00:24:29
    is usually embarrassed silence we must
  • 00:24:31
    identify the contents of the Shadow and
  • 00:24:34
    integrate them into our
  • 00:24:36
    personality it is a
  • 00:24:38
    regular uh
  • 00:24:40
    observation
  • 00:24:42
    that when you talk to an individual and
  • 00:24:48
    this individual gives
  • 00:24:51
    you
  • 00:24:53
    um
  • 00:24:55
    insight into its
  • 00:24:59
    uh inner preoccupations interests
  • 00:25:04
    emotions the other was uh hands
  • 00:25:09
    over uh his uh personal
  • 00:25:14
    complexes then you get slowly and near
  • 00:25:18
    really into the
  • 00:25:20
    situation of a of a sort of
  • 00:25:25
    authority u a point of you become a
  • 00:25:28
    point of
  • 00:25:30
    rence Yung suggests that by confronting
  • 00:25:32
    and integrating our shadow we can
  • 00:25:35
    transform these repressed aspects into a
  • 00:25:37
    source of inner Authority and
  • 00:25:39
    self-awareness becoming a point of
  • 00:25:41
    reference for our own personal growth
  • 00:25:44
    let's now explore how to integrate
  • 00:25:45
    Shadow aspects into our lives through
  • 00:25:48
    the analysis of dreams for instance you
  • 00:25:50
    become acquainted with the contents of
  • 00:25:52
    the unconscious this is the process of
  • 00:25:54
    the realization of the Shadow also known
  • 00:25:57
    as Shadow work
  • 00:25:58
    here Begins the painful and lengthy work
  • 00:26:01
    of self-education one must enter into
  • 00:26:03
    long and difficult negotiations with the
  • 00:26:05
    shadow a work we might say that is the
  • 00:26:08
    psychological equivalent of the labors
  • 00:26:10
    of
  • 00:26:12
    cyphus through Shadow work one can
  • 00:26:15
    observe one's Shadow outwardly by
  • 00:26:17
    watching one's emotional reactions and
  • 00:26:19
    being radically honest about one's
  • 00:26:21
    interactions with others and inwardly by
  • 00:26:23
    exploring one's dreams before we delve
  • 00:26:26
    into the fascinating ways our shadow
  • 00:26:28
    manifests in our lives let's first
  • 00:26:30
    understand how this hidden aspect
  • 00:26:32
    intricately weaves into the very fabric
  • 00:26:34
    of our identity in Carl yung's collected
  • 00:26:36
    works volume 13 alchemical studies Yung
  • 00:26:40
    tells us that one does not become
  • 00:26:42
    enlightened by imagining figures of
  • 00:26:44
    light but by making the darkness
  • 00:26:46
    conscious the latter procedure however
  • 00:26:48
    is disagreeable and therefore not
  • 00:26:51
    popular with a deeper understanding of
  • 00:26:53
    our identity it's time to witness the
  • 00:26:55
    shadow in action let's explore how this
  • 00:26:58
    concealed part of ourselves manifests in
  • 00:27:00
    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
  • 00:27:12
    the Shadow's destructive potential not
  • 00:27:15
    so much as it were by Waging War against
  • 00:27:17
    the darkness but by bringing the
  • 00:27:19
    darkness to the light the light to the
  • 00:27:21
    darkness from Carl Jung's collected
  • 00:27:23
    works volume 12 psychology and Alchemy
  • 00:27:26
    there is no light without Shadow and no
  • 00:27:28
    psychic wholeness without imperfection
  • 00:27:31
    however scary or dark it is to confront
  • 00:27:33
    our shadow finding truth brings relief
  • 00:27:36
    discernment of the truth is the process
  • 00:27:38
    of authenticity a painstaking excavation
  • 00:27:41
    into the depths of our being to explore
  • 00:27:44
    possibilities and limitations
  • 00:27:45
    distortions the Buried and often
  • 00:27:47
    forgotten parts of ourselves and
  • 00:27:49
    abilities most people however are too
  • 00:27:52
    indolent to think deeply about even
  • 00:27:54
    those moral aspects of their behavior of
  • 00:27:56
    which they are conscious let alone to
  • 00:27:58
    consider how the unconscious affects
  • 00:28:00
    them here's another actionable step you
  • 00:28:02
    can take in your daily interactions
  • 00:28:06
    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
  • 00:28:14
    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
  • 00:28:21
    collective
  • 00:28:23
    Shadow the shadow can also consist of
  • 00:28:25
    factors that stem from a source outside
  • 00:28:28
    the individual's personal life here is
  • 00:28:30
    when we stumble upon the collective
  • 00:28:32
    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
  • 00:28:48
    stream of archetypal ideas that goes on
  • 00:28:52
    through one individual through the
  • 00:28:55
    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
  • 00:29:11
    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
  • 00:29:31
    on in people's mind in the unconscious
  • 00:29:36
    mind would be able to predict it for I
  • 00:29:39
    have predicted the Nazi rising in
  • 00:29:42
    Germany through the observation of my
  • 00:29:44
    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
  • 00:30:38
    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
  • 00:30:52
    primary response to such evil lies in
  • 00:30:54
    the Relentless quest for self-knowledge
  • 00:30:56
    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
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    confront our personal Shadow by engaging
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    in thorough and challenging
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    self-examination being truthful in our
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    interactions monitoring our emotional
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    responses and analyzing our dreams this
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    process prevents us from becoming
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    unwitting victims of our shadow and
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    unconscious projections allowing us to
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    uncover and harness the positive traits
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    within us ultimately enriching our lives
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    and those around us by acknowledging the
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    collective Shadow we can avoid its
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    influence and take responsibility for
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    addressing ignored issues and the
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    absence of personal and Collective
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    action embracing our Darkness with
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    courage not only brings relief to others
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    but also ensures that we confront and
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    rectify the past preventing the Shadow
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    from intensifying and history from
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    repeating
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    itself you see everyone who says that
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    I'm a Mystic you know
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    uh is just an
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    idiot well he doesn't understand the
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    first word of of fact col up
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    [Music]
タグ
  • Shadow
  • Carl Jung
  • Psychology
  • Unconscious
  • Self-awareness
  • Persona
  • Individuation
  • Collective Shadow
  • Emotional reactions
  • Personal growth