I used to think the most influential thinkers were:
Einstein, Nietzsche, or Freud.
Then I found the father of analytical psychology, who said: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.”
5 ideas from one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century: 🧵
"When one imagines a psychologist, they may bring forth images of an old man in a lab coat injecting rats with drugs."
Carl Jung loved alchemy, studied seances & the paranormal and listened to the ramblings of schizophrenic patients
This gave Jung a unique to life around him.
Carl Jung loved alchemy, studied seances & the paranormal and listened to the ramblings of schizophrenic patients
This gave Jung a unique to life around him.
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This fascination with alchemy & projection would shape his later theories.
Jung regularly fantasized about a citadel that would shield him from the world.
Inside, he found his two personalities:
• The societal Jung
• The timeless self-connected to all life
He later named these the Ego and the Self…
Jung regularly fantasized about a citadel that would shield him from the world.
Inside, he found his two personalities:
• The societal Jung
• The timeless self-connected to all life
He later named these the Ego and the Self…
1/ We must face our shadow to be whole.
Individuation means integrating the conscious & unconscious.
• Analyze your dreams.
• Make your implicit self explicit.
Become a way for the "cosmos to know itself."
Individuation means integrating the conscious & unconscious.
• Analyze your dreams.
• Make your implicit self explicit.
Become a way for the "cosmos to know itself."
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2/ "I realized the figure was my own shadow brought into being by the little light I was carrying." - Carl Jung
Jung saw our conscious mind as a small light. Our unconscious is the vast shadow it casts.
Jung saw our conscious mind as a small light. Our unconscious is the vast shadow it casts.
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3/ “To grow, we must shine a light on our shadow.”
Jung split with Freud in 1913.
• He then explored his own subconscious for years.
• He heard voices in his head.
• Spirits occupied his house.
Instead of freaking out, he studied it.
Jung split with Freud in 1913.
• He then explored his own subconscious for years.
• He heard voices in his head.
• Spirits occupied his house.
Instead of freaking out, he studied it.
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4/ We share the same inner building blocks.
Jung's model of the mind:
• Ego - Your sense of "I"
• Self - Your complete potential
• Personal Unconscious - Bridge to deeper layers
• Collective Unconscious - Species-wide inheritance
Jung's model of the mind:
• Ego - Your sense of "I"
• Self - Your complete potential
• Personal Unconscious - Bridge to deeper layers
• Collective Unconscious - Species-wide inheritance
5. Uniting the ego & self is the key to wholeness.
We all wear a persona—a social mask. On social media, it's our highlight reel. But it often clashes with our true selves.
Jung also spoke of the shadow. It holds all we hide from.
We all wear a persona—a social mask. On social media, it's our highlight reel. But it often clashes with our true selves.
Jung also spoke of the shadow. It holds all we hide from.
7/ Fulfill your unique path: "There's only one way—your way.
• Do not compare.
• Look into yourself.
• All other ways deceive you.
You must walk how is yours." - Carl Jung, The Red Book
Embrace what makes you different. Become who you truly are.
• Do not compare.
• Look into yourself.
• All other ways deceive you.
You must walk how is yours." - Carl Jung, The Red Book
Embrace what makes you different. Become who you truly are.
Carl Jung's 7 ideas to become your true self
• Jung explored the unconscious unconventionally
• Shine light on your "shadow" to grow
• Jung's "creative illness" birthed transformative ideas
• Archetypes shape our personality
• Unite ego and self for wholeness
• Face persona and shadow to be whole
• Individuation integrates conscious and unconscious
• Follow your unique path to become yourself
• Jung explored the unconscious unconventionally
• Shine light on your "shadow" to grow
• Jung's "creative illness" birthed transformative ideas
• Archetypes shape our personality
• Unite ego and self for wholeness
• Face persona and shadow to be whole
• Individuation integrates conscious and unconscious
• Follow your unique path to become yourself
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