Face Your Dark Side- Carl Jung and the Shadow

"Only below can the fiery fountain of life be found." by Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy

Shadows have more than just animal instincts, flaws and weaknesses. Also here are the strengths of character that we have repressed because of our poor upbringing and adaptation to an ailing society. For example, some deny their intelligence, creativity, decisiveness, and ability to defy corrupt authorities. Shadows exhibit not only morally reprehensible tendencies, but also many good qualities, such as normal instincts, appropriate reactions, realistic insights, and creative impulses.

On the one hand, the shadow is unhappy and reprehensible weakness, but on the other hand it is instinctively healthy and a prerequisite for higher consciousness. Carl Jung argues that tapping into the bright side of our shadows requires more than just observing what lies deep in the shadows. We should consciously integrate our shadowy elements into our characters so that we can express ourselves in everyday life or.

As Jung's famous disciple Erich Neumann argues, “Recognizing and accepting shadows require more than just the willingness to do so.” You must see the brother or sister of darkness and bring him back to his suppression state. He suffers like a prison inmate. It's about giving them the freedom to participate in their lives. Reconnecting with the positive side of your shadow, minimizing the impact of that negative side, and integrating it all into your conscious self-consciousness creates a personality that tends toward the ideal of wholeness. Jung believed it was mentally healthy.

As we approach perfection, we become more attractive to others. This is because people are instinctively distrustful of those who appear too good and identify with themselves too much. We know that beneath a bright personality lurks a dark and dangerous shadow. Much more attractive is the perfect character, the human being as a whole, who knows not only his strengths, virtues, and possibilities of good, but also his weaknesses, shortcomings, and possibilities of evil.

The shadow belongs to the totality of the personality. The strong must be weak in some way, and the wise must be stupid in some way. Otherwise, he is too good to be true and falls into poses and bluffs. Isn't it an age-old truth that women love the weakness of a strong man more than the strength and the foolishness of a wise man more than the cleverness of a wise man? Her love wants the whole man.

As we face the challenge of facing the shadows, we too will help heal a divided world. Because when we face the shadows, we withdraw our projections and no longer participate in the rampant scapegoating by political opponents and people of different races, religions, ethnicities and genders. Jung believes that if you imagine a person brave enough to withdraw all these projections, he is one who is aware of a rather dark shadow. Such a person imposes on himself new problems and conflicts. That in itself has become a serious problem, because now you can't say they're doing this or that they're wrong, and you have to fight.

Too many people are aware of all the problems of society and of others, but are unaware of the deeper problems within themselves. They are unaware that they are two halves, and until they confront the Shadowside they will only increase the animosity and division of the modern world. “He who faces his shadow knows that all that is wrong in the world is within him. or did the real thing.” It is part of a huge unsolved social problem of our time. How can you see clearly when you can't see yourself or even the darkness you carry unconsciously in all your dealings? "