@ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn Truth matters to the way we speak. Don't get annoyed someone corrected the wrong in something. Practice makes perfect, right? So take that constructive ass criticism you man child.
@Nikki Pettway Could you share how you came to know 'everything' about yourself? I can't figure it out and need some help with knowing myself entirely.
@Jess Vermont Personally I think this is an important point to bring up, for instance, some people may be redwood trees, and as such reach the heavens through their wholesomeness and goodness, and ability to bond with others and hence grow "sideways" as opposed to underground.
@Nikki Pettway Jesus, that's impressive. If it really true, then you are the first human being ever. You have my commendation. I am so far from even being highly functional. Just to clarify, both of my comments have been snide. I am sorry, I don't think this is a good thing but I really felt like doing it. I hope that you can both find happiness. Unfortunately I cannot really relate to you, only to the words that you have written down.
The quote is flawed. Cause saints only have a past. As they are almost exclusively given sainthood post mortem. Most saints are also necromancers. With the miracle that occurs around their death being normally necrotic in nature.
The point is not to exterminate the *EGO,* ergo ceasing to exist. The point is to tame it, have it under control and be aware of the differences between selfishness and unconditional virtue.
The goal as defined by Carl Jung is to approximate the ego (center of consciousness) as close as it can to the Self (center of the personality- unconscious). It’s about assimilating aspects of oneself that has been eschewed or fragmented through adverse personal, societal, and psychic events.
@@andinika6129 pretty much yes. Batman faces the fears of his childhood and the joker lets the pain of his childhood and his life define who he is and acts on his worse impulses.
“Don’t fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.” - Charles Bukowski
Don't be afraid of your demons otherwise you give them power, learn from them and learn that even in the darkness there is light. There's always value in everything, it's simply up to you how you see things.
This reminds me of a book I read, "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream" which discusses how we all have a dark side but only the people who act on it are considered bad
According to the Bible we are all sinners but must be born again In faith. If this is what you mean by dark side, those who have been born again don’t need to do shadow work
I tried being authentic to one of my friends once (by authentic here i mean the real me, the good and the bad part of myself), and it doesn't feel good, like being naked in the public. Being authentic towards ourselves is simple (at least for me), but to others is hard. Sorry for my bad english
@@alexarreola1194 it's not merely that people will work to destroy the authentic, but that certain social process outside our control work to guarantee it. It's the same reason politicians rarely admit their mistakes. Opposition candidates will use any admission as leverage and so as a society we end up in cold-war with truth as the weapon, rather than as the key that sets society free and improves things. Edit: fucking spell correct.
I'm certain that I was raised to be a "sage-like" individual. Always behave. Never act out. Be a good example. Think of others before yourself. These things were repeated to me over and over as I was growing up. It was only in junior high that the shadow started to manifest. After years of denying myself, and then denying myself any way of expressing such "selfishness", it became internal. Thinking that others were valuable and I was not. It took me until 4 years after I graduated to get help and embrace what I hid; to embrace the anxiety that plagued me for all my life. TL;DR, even if you constantly try to act good, there will always be recoil from it. The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows.
I was speaking with my friend the other day about our shadow selves and how I'm slowly starting to recognize the darkness in myself and that instead of trying to suppress it or exorcize it, we can recognize it and use what it wants to achieve something good. The shadow self may come from a dark place but if you recognize it and use it, it can help you reach new heights
Between The Lines may you perhaps give a concrete example? Because I really am trying to deal with my inner dark side and address it and use it for the better too.
@@r3b0rn_mike117 An example would be your dark desires. Say you're creating something, and you want it to get really popular, the reason you want it is because "it can spread the message of positivity and change more lives." But there's a secret reason is that you want to get famous, get rewards, and elevate yourself in the social hierarchy. Finding this shadow reason for wanting to do something instead of just sticking with the light side, will be more powerful and you're getting all parts of you aligned with accomplishing the goal. There's not this secret desire that you aren't recognizing or giving it's due. You can recognize that this shadow desire is a real desire and figure out how to integrate it to help further the mission of whatever you're creating
I feel my dark side as it likely is for a lot of people is a repressed sexuality - I find it hard to have enough sex in a relationship or when single. I guess my solution is to not repress, to jerk off whenever is needed and to seek a connecting, loving relationship where I can explore sexuality and many other areas more fully.
Fear can break you in ways you cannot imagine but never let it break your heart. Once the heart is broken by fear you become evil, the irony of love is you risk breaking your heart that will inevitably lead down a dark path.
Can you also make the video on "individuation".. how to positively integrate the SHADOW in our personality. Instead of repressing how can we positively integrate this shadow , appreciate your help on this , thank you
It's quite simple, get in a position that you can be cruel if you need to, just do fighting sports which are effective in dealing with situation like these, kravmaga, Jujutsu etc., MMA, hiit training for your nervous system.
As Rihanna once sang “I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed, get along with the voices inside of my head” Personally, I’m learning how to become best friends with the Demons that reside inside of me, they aren’t so bad I see... 🖤🌹
I meet my shadow when I lose my patience and my blood starts boiling. I will then get physical and I won't stop until I realise I am going to do something I'll regret.... Thankfully after I learned about the shadow I was able to control it.
Ray C. Lozano , Sadly Ray you are correct! But we as humans have developed in to a Blame everybody else society. So fewer are waking up and (sadly) even fewer are willing to grow up. I predict that in the next 20 to 30 years we will have evolved ( evolved being the wrong word) in to a society that TOTALLY depends on the state for moral and social direction!. Some would say that the UK is already well on the way to becoming a Nanny State.
@Nikki Pettway Hi Nikki, forgive me I am somewhat confused by your reply . If you mean I am an old fart complaining ( you could be correct :O). ) If you mean that this situation is ongoing for many, many years ( my guess) then you are correct to a point, however what was once stupidity has sadly become Sublimely Stupid over time!. Mind you I guess both are apt :O)
"My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized. That is to say, it is a power in you to which you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes completely dangerous to the position you’re trying to hold." - Joseph Campbell - Fits perfectly i guess. Thanks for this amazing channel!
That's the Ego, your enemy who hides in the place you'd least expect. The Ego, is a 'devil god' which gives permission to do the most heinous acts in the name of a 'cause'.
Siegmund Freud also had a psychological model for this: The human mind is like a house, filled with furniture and things. Your conciousness is a candle that brings light to the items in the house, to some of them, but not all of them and not all at the same time. The things in the darkness are still present but you cannot see them.
Its like when Yoda fights his shadow. "Part of me you are, yes, but power over me you have not. Through patience and training it is I who controls you... my darkside you are, reject you I do."
Oohh I've had these experiences and realizations, looooottts. I've never known the extent of my shadows till I've gone through the journey of awakening. It was intense and I was on the verge of being schizophrenic. Prior to this, I identified myself with the spiritual communities and whenever I would unwittingly adhere myself into the box of "goodness" I would dream of floods meaning my subconscious was leaking into my consciousness. My day to day life instead, would collapse. I would get more irritable. The more I tried to be "good" the more bad circumstances appeared and the cycle begins. My shadow would creep in, trying to be noticed, and my mind would repress them. The resistance will be physically felt because I would felt pain on my knee and when the force is intense, both knees. There was one time, I thought of myself I am so good and holy that I saw evilness all around me. Judgments towards other people such as they were less conscious and beneath me and such. I was all for "love" and I unconsciously judged when I heard people raising their voices, they were barbaric in my eyes. One night I dreamed I was saying unto others "all for love, all for love" and a mirror appeared. When I looked at it, my eyes were covered in dark up and when I looked down, I was wearing a bigger shoes. It was not fitting lol.
"If you bring forth that which is within you, that which you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth that which is within you, that which you do not bring forth will destroy you." -- The Gospel of Thomas
@@lillysnet9345 I believe the idea would be; recognize(bring forth) your shadow self(that which is within you), if you want to even have a chance(that which you bring forth -shadow self-will save you((the recognition that it is within you, within all of us)) Alternatively the non recognition of your shadow self will inevitable lead to your downfall. (If you do not bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you -your shadow self-will destroy you) it seems there is no way around it. So confront it. Identify, understand, accept, maybe even integrate on some level. But don’t repress or ignore.
There is a popular japanese role playing game series called Persona, about a bunch of characters with flaws who face their own shadow in order to build bonds with other characters around em by using their inner persona to defeat the shadow. Each character has a tarot card that represents their trait and persona, your character starts off as the FOOL arcana. This series helped me get into Jungian psychology and I think more young people should play it!
you did not mention another side of "good guys".....by getting to know whats evil, you tend to get a hold of what is "good" in life and what to live for....and ofc only thing that can stop an evil person.....is a good person....
In Wicca, the process of growth involves a lot of meditation. One of the practices is communing with your shadow self. It's a semi dangerous meditation, because you can lose yourself within your own mind if you do it incorrectly. But if done correctly it is one of the more enlightening experiences you'll ever have. It opens the door to accepting yourself and your duality as a whole creature of this planet. In the end no one is perfect and they should never strive to be. What we should strive for is self acceptance in both positive and negative. Because that forms the whole and completes our cycle. Once you can come to terms with the other you it can be used as a weapon or as protection against other negative influences. Because in all honesty, the darker half is way more volatile and quick to respond. Something like that can be harnessed to protect others and grants your lighter half the power to do so. I say embrace the hatred, rage and violence and make something beautiful come of it rather than allowing it to escape and cause harm.
no it's not. I like, appreciate and desire night probably more than day. Often during day i feel down and empty, but what comforts me is that i know everything will be better at night, at night i start to feel alive again
@@dvajstdevet950 @ollvi but in certain geographies nights are way shorter than the day (vary throughout the year). Maybe this is your case that you started to appreciate nighttime more than the daytime. Luckily, in my place nighttime is the same as the daytime.
I love this because actually I have discovered recently that I feel way more free showing things that people may not be comfortable with, than repressing those. Not only free, I feel genuine and less "weird", actually. Because at least I admit my flaws, I understand who I am, what I like and what I don't, and I don't deny it to myself. Sometimes I even believe that showing the parts that may look like negative traits, is also a way to canalize the things you have inside. If you admit you get so angry sometimes you could hit the one who offended you, just to give an example, it is more likely that the actual desire of hitting the person fades away. Because you were able to put it in words. I believe, that way you make your shadow smaller and if something explodes someday the damage won't be as severe.
Bro, I kid you not I have been thinking about this constantly for the past month, I have thankfully already found peace with myself and vanquish undesirable traits, but the back of my mind is always thinking for example; why am I writing this comment? Is it because I want some people to see me as superior? Do I look down upon others because of how far I think I have gone on my self journey? Blah blah, however this self questioning is crucial into understanding yourself and your awareness of how you come off to others. I find it enlightening. Thought provoking video
I don't remember where the quote is from, but it highlight a very real pitfall of this process: "The quest to overcome your ego is, paradoxically, the greatest ego trip of them all."
We live in a society where things like that are considered morally reprehensible not knowing that it's inherent to everyone, only those who once embraced it know how painful it is to hold it back. It's really mental.
This hits really home. Sometimes I would really have dark thoughts, which are really evil and destructive and I thought to myself how can I think about these things. I would say these thoughts are not a part of me, but it does worry me sometimes that I would come up with such ideas, but thanks to your video I realized it was my shadow who wants to be destructive.
I find going to church regularly helps me enormously, takes away negative thoughts and helps me with anxiety. Gives me peace of mind and an inner happiness. This is written from the heart, a great sceptic at times.
Your videos are always so calm and you are so wise, When you share How wise you are you make other people wiser like me for example! Really keep doing what you do because you make alot of People see from other perspectives and that’s a really useful abillity to have. Keep up the amazing work. All the love to Einzelgänger ❤️❤️
Thank you Marius for your kind words. I wouldn't consider myself wise... I just love wisdom (like most of my subscribers I think) and turning things I find valuable into content. Anyway, I'm glad people like it!
Einzelgänger I’m a 15 year old litsening to your yt videos and dude it’s amazing at My Young age that i have so much knowledge just of your videos, I always tell My friends to litsen to you aswell and i tell them important stuff that you teach me and your other subscribers, man i just want to spread some love to you beacause you are literally making people more open minded with your information. Youre just amazing bro but anyways i wish you all the best and i guess i’m just gonna go back to being one of the others in the sea of subscribers on your channel ❤️
Itchyscrotum Balls I’m maybe not wise but i learn more and more about life by watching great channels like this, i would consider myself becoming wiser
Years ago, when I embarked on the path of self-understanding, I joined a therapy group with the intention of finding out how other perceive me. To this end I was lavish with my feedback, negative and positive, of others. Here's the thing, rarely did they reciprocate. I think this was down to fear. Most people don't want the light to shone on the cracks and fissures of their psyches. The more narcissistic we become, the less we want to know the truth about ourselves and others--hence this modern day, ubiquitous phenomenon of false attributing and smearing. So many are fragile and woe betide anyone who doesn't agree with their positions. Monsters are becoming ever more fearsome.
I have embraced my shadow but I do not let it consume or control me. It's there when I need it to deal with other shadows that try to challenge or hurt me. But most of the time, I deal with good people who also don't allow their shadows to overtake their senses, so the vast majority of the time, my shadow is dormant. But it's always there when I need it.
@Daniel Southerland wow i agree, it often surfacing after i met up with my friends, or chatting thru internet, and after it done i feel that hollow coming. Like its shouting of how superficial the relationships are. You are right about parents-child love, and the self-love also help tremendously
I like how you included Alan Watts, he spoke a lot about this subject, it's definitely, both one of my favorite subjects, with one of my favorite thinkers. This is also why i like to think that, we are not inherently good, and through effort we gain our virtues.
Yes, the positive aspect of my shadow self is creativity, I'm glad you mentioned this in the end. Not all shadows are negative. I have suppressed creativity, because my abusive upbringing in a small town in Austria didn't allow for that. I love Carl Jung, I love his work, and I love what he has to say about God. He kept a knife that was shattered by supernatural forces, for the rest of his life. And when asked if he believed in God, he said, no, I don't believe: I KNOW.
"Everyone has a black dog and a white dog inside them, it's the one they feed the most that gets the biggest" ---story told by an elder to his grandson in Native American culture I refer to my "shadow" as Beastie, I've come to terms with it as an INFJ it helps me to strive to be a better version of myself. Not the self I want to project to the world, the self I really am, the self I want to be, the self I choose to be. There is no "Good vs.Evil" in the world, the good and evil is within us. What our character dictates us to do is what defines us. You are the choices you make, you can choose to be good or bad, it's up to the individual.
As one coming out of a depression, the so called shadow is one of the few constants in my mind. I and the abyss have looked into each other for some time and I believe myself to be a monster, always seeking redemption for sins uncommitted. I'm a good man at heart and I locked it away to protect it. Now I need to bring it back. I am familiar with those deep dark thoughts. I can be violent, swallowed by pent up rage and stricken by past grief. Its a dark place to explore but I feel I have to if I am to be me again
I can’t put in words how much your videos are influencing me and awaking curiosity about starting the path of getting to know my own values, principles and own self . It is definitely an endless or perhaps the most accurate term would be life-long journey . After finding myself so lost these past years , philosophy gave me a direction and a will. I discovered your channel not long ago but definitely was kind of a gate to the information that I was looking for and needing. Thank you so much 🙏
Love this. So many people who are criminalized by society can be liberated by knowing this info and many in the society who judged them can be educated.
As far as the leaves reach to heaven is as far as the roots reach to Hell. Yin/Yang. Can’t truly appreciate an air conditioned room without walking in from a hot sweltering, summer day.
There is no becoming one with my shadow, it's the complete opposite of my other side. I love and I hate, I empathize and I despise, I help and I hurt. There is no joining with it and there is no middle ground, there is only taking turns with who is in control at the time, my compassionate moral self or the monster. It's tiring attempting to keep the monster caged in the basement of my mind when he always finds a method of escaping. If I could hand over full control to the monster I would just so I could rest.
I haven’t gotten a real nightmare where I was scared since I was about 8 years old. But since I was about 13, I started turning into a monster (in dreams) that devoured the nightmarish demons that lurked in my dreams. It feels like I became a nightmare to my nightmares. I always looked the same whenever I was defending myself in my dreams. All black like a shadow but with a white face mask with jagged, thorn-like teeth and empty eyes. This isn’t to sound edgy or anything. I’ve just had these dreams and figured I’d share it here. It even matches my name “Delano”, a dark but positive name. I guess it can relate to the dreams as it has a dark image but it’s not evil, just like how the night is as precious as day. I’ve been trying to research dreams and piece it all together to understand it more. I find it pretty interesting what the mind can do, and how much of our life we can shape by dreaming. These experiences certainly have helped me in many ways.
For me...what i portray to people is not what i believe about myself. It is in fact, the shadow that i feel and recognize. I'm always fighting with myself however, because i dont want to be dark. I just know i am. I judge people and try to understand them simultaneously and use this understanding of myself to to seem wise to feed my ego so i feel better because I'm really always angry or depressed.
@@earnyourimmortality it's all i have at this point. I know no other outlets. I don't have any true friendships that dont hold some sort of their version of what kind of perfect person they expect me to be. I feel like i want to snap on people sometimes but i also dont want to hurt anyone psychologically or emotionally. I'm tired of suppressing myself so others can be at ease.
@@arianadonis4099 if your friends are not true look for new ones & if they need to be snapped on let them have it! Especially if they're not being considerate of your feelings.
This channel is affecting my thoughts and behaviors in a really good way. Besides all that, it helps me improve my English. I really appreciate all your efforts. Greetings from Turkey!
Awareness of your total, complete nature is a big step toward real maturity. The one person we Must be honest with is ourselves. Congratulations. However I would caution you about loving your 'dark' side. e.g. alcoholism or drug abuse. Awareness is the goal.
Not just be aware of it... but understand it and where this behavior comes from. You obviously are not supposed to take drugs, alcohol or do anything like that. Perhaps think of it like a wild animal that you have to tame and understand in order to control it. Loving and accepting it is also important for it is also a part of you. It also brings more inner peace. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. [...] “ Matthew 5:43 - 5:45
video made me emotional. gave me space to be okay with what lurks beneath. i know about what's below the surface. have felt bad about it. but have been doing the "looking", the work, to steadily integrate what i think, feel, am urged by, into a complete me. the work is *never* complete. thankyou for an amazing video
Excellent observations. Since it is very difficult to heal oneself, perhaps we project onto others so we might see ourselves and thus have the opportunity for transmutation.
This is what I've been trying to tell close people all along and I'm happy to see someone studied and proved it right. There's nothing shittier than someone who pretends to be good and forces to be good, the shit smell comes out for those aware.
Mike Tyson said in an interview "Everytime I walk to the ring I'm scared. Scared of losing, scared of getting humiliated. I fear the other guy. He might be the one, he might finally the one to send me down failure I always feared." Is that his Shadow behind his soul piercing stare, wall breaking punch, his powerful mind games ?
@@lorenzoe.leonard4160 I appreciate the correction sir...no offense taken. Einzelganger's vid reminded me of Assassins Creed thats why I thought about that motto.
I feel that to often we all gotta wear masks to keep ourselves in the loop with society; there’s few people we can really open up to and remove our masks around. To those people, I say thank you. You’re wonderful.
The Stoics believed that you are only as good as you put your efforts towards. Virtues are rewards themselves, and there is no need to think about your “what ifs” or “ dark sides”, just do your best daily and make the wisest choices for yourself and others, and you will not be controlled by your shadow at all. That was Carl Jung’s concern and the stoics had the answer to a happy life not living in the shadow. Temperance is key. Key to be happier with yourself for not acting on from your Shadow which doesn’t help you or society at all. Jung came up with the “shadow self” after he dreamt he killed his own coworker. If anyone is concerned about their Shadow, learn and study Stoicism.
Jung has always appealed to me over the much pushed Freud. It just seems more logical. If you dare to confront the monsters and cast them into the abyss, hallucinogenics can be very useful tools. Also, many of the so-called monsters are not monsters at all, just thing you need to confront the evil in other people. I do not believe that any of what the Nazis did was anything else than just conformity and cowardice. Some may have acted out their hate, but most just did not dare say anything.
You sir, you're getting my donation as soon as I get my funds up. Keep doing the good work. You're impacting more lives than you will ever imagine 🙏🏼❤️
I won't lie… I came here because is your video on Taoism, I stayed for your stoicism content, and I keep coming back for everything else. Great video! I really like your philosophical content and how you draw comparisons between different schools of philosophy, or between philosophy and cognitive psychology. Keep up the great work!
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This is scary! Before watching this video, i was standing in my kitchen thinking about my evil and good side, saying to myself that I was more evil then good most of the times and thinking why this was so? After I had finished preparing breakfast, i walked into my living room grabbed my phone and thought " let me see what's on UA-cam today" then this video was the first one that caught my attention. 😐...
Watching this,I had no idea I even had a Shadow self, sometimes I'm not even aware of it's existence, although now that I think about it,In order to live a meaningful life one must be Comfortable with one's own Shadow and not be Oblivious to what it's trying to show you
Inside me, and all of us, is life, a being that has survived and evolved over a billion years. That being has experienced so much hardship, death and disappointment over that time, and never once has it ceased to find love and pass on the torch of life. I am an awakened animal of this earth and I will never forget any of my bloody herritage. No matter how civilization and morality progresses. Inside me is a raging loving beast that will become anything it needs to survive.
I wanna feel the change consume me, Feel the outside turning in. I wanna feel the metamorphosis and Cleansing I've endured in My shadow My shadow Change is coming. Now is my time. Listen to my muscle memory. Contemplate what I've been clinging to. Forty-six & 2 ahead of me.
This is my story, if anybody sees this, please take your time and read a little bit. :) I have repressed so many of my qualities, when I was young, for over 15 years I have been studying myself in the solitude and time alone, while staying in my room, avoiding social interactions. Now I am 21 years old, I have accepted my demons and exploit them in seeking success. When I look back, i remember always being bound to social norms, or what you would call "the persona" , basically I was lying to myself for who I really was. At one point it was okay, but one day something happened...something deep inside was whispering to me "Are you really that weak?", "Why do you allow others to define how you should behave!?" then it broke me... At the age of 12 years old, I started isolating myself even more, filled with hatred, struggling to find an answer to questions I had about myself in general. Then one day, I was being bullied as usual, something inside of me snapped & I did not resist the feeling. Something I was not aware of took control over me, i nearly ended up breaking the bully's head with a chair, while being overwhelmed with the desire of revenge...thus confirming the thing about ignoring your shadow. Even now I am still studying myself, while allowing my shadow to emerge, without repressing it nor denying it's existence, and this conscious decision was the correct one. (30th November, 2019)
After watching this I was reminded by the words of Maynard James Keagan: In my shadow My shadow Change is coming through my shadow My shadow's Shedding skin I've been picking My scabs again Thanks Einzelgänger keep up the great work
46 & 2 is actually inspired by Carl Jung, and by a higher conscious human kind, a 44 chromosomes one, we the 46 whom are in balanced beings, and new coming 46+2 whom has a mental mind yet a collective consciousness. Search on it if interested. Is really something🤟🏻
A well done presentation of the shadow. Thank you for your efforts. I am still struggling to make peace with my own shadow. The demons that I left unchecked for so many years throughout the time of my life.
I always used to call that shadow simply "Darkness" but I've been aware of it even as a child. I know that I am capable of awful things, if I really want to but I still consciously choose that light over darkness. I think that if I ever lose everything and everyone I care about, I have a pretty big chance at turning into that monster you spoke of, especially that this darkness always attracted me.
This video made me remember one of Jung quotes which says : "no tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell"
@ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn Truth matters to the way we speak. Don't get annoyed someone corrected the wrong in something. Practice makes perfect, right? So take that constructive ass criticism you man child.
Qabballah/Qilipoth
@Nikki Pettway Could you share how you came to know 'everything' about yourself? I can't figure it out and need some help with knowing myself entirely.
@Jess Vermont Personally I think this is an important point to bring up, for instance, some people may be redwood trees, and as such reach the heavens through their wholesomeness and goodness, and ability to bond with others and hence grow "sideways" as opposed to underground.
@Nikki Pettway Jesus, that's impressive. If it really true, then you are the first human being ever.
You have my commendation. I am so far from even being highly functional.
Just to clarify, both of my comments have been snide. I am sorry, I don't think this is a good thing but I really felt like doing it.
I hope that you can both find happiness. Unfortunately I cannot really relate to you, only to the words that you have written down.
“Every Saint has a past, and every sinner has a future” - Oscar Wilde
Astronomia yeup
- Metallica
The quote is flawed. Cause saints only have a past. As they are almost exclusively given sainthood post mortem.
Most saints are also necromancers. With the miracle that occurs around their death being normally necrotic in nature.
TheTechiemoses That’s Not was Meant .. everyone obviously has a past...
@@TheTechiemoses Don't over think it.
"A gentle and reasonable being can be transferred into a maniac or a savage beast" Yeah, traffic in the city does that to people.
Exactly 🤣 shape-shifting into a werewolf form is the answer 🤣
Or vasto lorde
hahaha true that!
I count myself lucky to live in a suburb at the edge. Living in the city is all downsides to me.
evil people are not UNREASONABLE...
Every man needs his shadow...to keep other men's shadow from the door.
Torgo1969 never heard it put like that, and won’t forget this truth
@@derekhughes5730 It's from the magnificent miniseries True Detective: Season One. "The world needs bad men. We keep other bad men from the door."
Nice nod to True Detective S1
"Trust No One" unless under false pretenses.
@@Torgo1969 Ok, Uh True Detective is FICTION. But a nice good feel quote.
The point is not to exterminate the *EGO,* ergo ceasing to exist.
The point is to tame it, have it under control and be aware of the differences between selfishness and unconditional virtue.
Wise words😌
The goal as defined by Carl Jung is to approximate the ego (center of consciousness) as close as it can to the Self (center of the personality- unconscious). It’s about assimilating aspects of oneself that has been eschewed or fragmented through adverse personal, societal, and psychic events.
Yes! Thank you. Point is to conquer the ego and not snuff it out. Take care all!
@@slypkc1218 But selfishness is not the one and only cause of all human actions
Where to draw the line between survival instinct, ego, social instinct, and unconditional virtue?
Just like the joker said:
"All it takes is one bad day"
Nah not really; takes a few bad days not just 1
yes but the joker also made a choice just like batman did.
yeah, isn't joker an example of strong repression of the shadow, resulting in what he becomes.
@@andinika6129 pretty much yes. Batman faces the fears of his childhood and the joker lets the pain of his childhood and his life define who he is and acts on his worse impulses.
@@zacw812 I mean, he's quoting The Killing Joke, not the movie. Different points of view on the character.
“Don’t fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.”
- Charles Bukowski
4 months late but such a beautiful quote thx man.❤
Your demons will wash your brain if u sit too much with them say hello and go
I’ve actually have been quite comfortable, if not close, to my shadow for about 3 years now. We are awesome, and powerful by the way...
Don't be afraid of your demons otherwise you give them power, learn from them and learn that even in the darkness there is light. There's always value in everything, it's simply up to you how you see things.
@@heyyooo7776, time is an illusion of sorts, so there isn’t really any ‘late,’ especially for those who patiently wait... (just sayin’)
"We all wear masks, metaphorically speaking!"
--Jim Carrey, The Mask
Haha, I had to think about that quote constantly when I was writing the script.
Should've quoted the old dude since he said it first.
Technically too...when there is air pollution.
@@EndravenMusicChannel Ben Stein
Ssssssssssssmokeeeennn...
This reminds me of a book I read, "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream" which discusses how we all have a dark side but only the people who act on it are considered bad
According to the Bible we are all sinners but must be born again In faith. If this is what you mean by dark side, those who have been born again don’t need to do shadow work
@@angelacasein7059 Nah religions are just successful cults, remember to take responsibility for your own problems but still love yourself.
Very "Jekyll and Hyde", I agree 100%
🤡@@angelacasein7059
It's nice to see something different from stoicism. I love it!
Stoicism?
Glad you liked it! I think most people come here for my Stoicism content, so it's always a bit of a gamble to put something different out there.
😂😂😂
@@Einzelgänger I'm one of those people who comes to your channel for Stoicism. But your non stoic content is also great!
@Jeff Peate It must've been darkness that made you post this dumb ass comment. It doesn't fuckin matter what you call it, the points are still valid.
If there was no Yin, there would be no Yang. That is the way of the Dao. 如果没有阴，就没有阳。 这就是道的方式。
💎
Lazy mans philosophy barely a religion
The Way that is said to be the Way is not the Way...
U enjoy journey to the West aswell?👀
@@phillipconnor7596 But still a way that may become the way by any way. Eh?
Being authentic towards ourselves and others is one of the hardest things to do.
Yes, because a lot of people don't want authenticity. And everyday they will work to destroy it.
Hard indeed, but a thing worth pursuing.
If you're authentic to yourself you won't have to try to be authentic to others, you simply will be ☺️
I tried being authentic to one of my friends once (by authentic here i mean the real me, the good and the bad part of myself), and it doesn't feel good, like being naked in the public. Being authentic towards ourselves is simple (at least for me), but to others is hard.
Sorry for my bad english
@@alexarreola1194 it's not merely that people will work to destroy the authentic, but that certain social process outside our control work to guarantee it.
It's the same reason politicians rarely admit their mistakes. Opposition candidates will use any admission as leverage and so as a society we end up in cold-war with truth as the weapon, rather than as the key that sets society free and improves things.
Edit: fucking spell correct.
I'm certain that I was raised to be a "sage-like" individual. Always behave. Never act out. Be a good example. Think of others before yourself. These things were repeated to me over and over as I was growing up. It was only in junior high that the shadow started to manifest. After years of denying myself, and then denying myself any way of expressing such "selfishness", it became internal. Thinking that others were valuable and I was not. It took me until 4 years after I graduated to get help and embrace what I hid; to embrace the anxiety that plagued me for all my life.
TL;DR, even if you constantly try to act good, there will always be recoil from it. The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows.
I am in therapy for about two weeks now. This topic really hits home. I might just have gotten a deeper understanding of my problem. Thank you.
Yuri Tarded good luck
Good luck to you friend. Keep moving forward and never give up on yourself.
Hope you're fine, man.
How is it going so far?
listen to Jordan Peterson on youtube
I was speaking with my friend the other day about our shadow selves and how I'm slowly starting to recognize the darkness in myself and that instead of trying to suppress it or exorcize it, we can recognize it and use what it wants to achieve something good. The shadow self may come from a dark place but if you recognize it and use it, it can help you reach new heights
Between The Lines may you perhaps give a concrete example? Because I really am trying to deal with my inner dark side and address it and use it for the better too.
@@r3b0rn_mike117 An example would be your dark desires. Say you're creating something, and you want it to get really popular, the reason you want it is because "it can spread the message of positivity and change more lives." But there's a secret reason is that you want to get famous, get rewards, and elevate yourself in the social hierarchy. Finding this shadow reason for wanting to do something instead of just sticking with the light side, will be more powerful and you're getting all parts of you aligned with accomplishing the goal. There's not this secret desire that you aren't recognizing or giving it's due. You can recognize that this shadow desire is a real desire and figure out how to integrate it to help further the mission of whatever you're creating
Between The Lines how would you recommend such an integration be done in this situation?
That is entirely dependent on the desires of your particular shadow. Mine cannot be used for any good, trust me.
I feel my dark side as it likely is for a lot of people is a repressed sexuality - I find it hard to have enough sex in a relationship or when single. I guess my solution is to not repress, to jerk off whenever is needed and to seek a connecting, loving relationship where I can explore sexuality and many other areas more fully.
Fear can break you in ways you cannot imagine but never let it break your heart. Once the heart is broken by fear you become evil, the irony of love is you risk breaking your heart that will inevitably lead down a dark path.
Can you also make the video on "individuation".. how to positively integrate the SHADOW in our personality. Instead of repressing how can we positively integrate this shadow , appreciate your help on this , thank you
I would be happy to
^ Seconded
Einzelgänger we all would love that. So hard to find a good source for shadow integration
You should read Robert Greene’s book ”Laws of Human Nature”
It's quite simple, get in a position that you can be cruel if you need to, just do fighting sports which are effective in dealing with situation like these, kravmaga, Jujutsu etc., MMA, hiit training for your nervous system.
"Don't tame your demons, always keep them on a leash."
Arsonists Lullaby.
Fuck that. You missed the point. Merge with them. They are you
"Tame your demons, don't keep them on a leash"
Yes Hozier
@@bomcstoots1 it's a song
“Humans are that which are capable of the most goodness, while simultaneously capable of the most evil, and everything between.”
-Me (AFAIK)
As Rihanna once sang “I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed, get along with the voices inside of my head”
Personally, I’m learning how to become best friends with the Demons that reside inside of me, they aren’t so bad I see... 🖤🌹
That's the idea ;)
How do you do it
I meet my shadow when I lose my patience and my blood starts boiling. I will then get physical and I won't stop until I realise I am going to do something I'll regret.... Thankfully after I learned about the shadow I was able to control it.
Throw in a few scraps to the shadow. Some meat and bones to make it happy.
Use it.
"I'm bad. And that's good!
I will never be good and that's not bad.
There's no one that i'd rather be.. than me."
-Wreck it Ralph
True 💜 , btw we got the same pp
@@ushamgr4588 Ai FTW ✌✌
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Integral Theory. It’s not enough to be enlightened. You also have to wake up and grow up.
Ray C. Lozano , Sadly Ray you are correct! But we as humans have developed in to a Blame everybody else society. So fewer are waking up and (sadly) even fewer are willing to grow up. I predict that in the next 20 to 30 years we will have evolved ( evolved being the wrong word) in to a society that TOTALLY depends on the state for moral and social direction!. Some would say that the UK is already well on the way to becoming a Nanny State.
@Nikki Pettway Could you please explain? Do you think the humans who lived before us were all idiots?
@Nikki Pettway Hi Nikki, forgive me I am somewhat confused by your reply . If you mean I am an old fart complaining ( you could be correct :O). ) If you mean that this situation is ongoing for many, many years ( my guess) then you are correct to a point, however what was once stupidity has sadly become Sublimely Stupid over time!. Mind you I guess both are apt :O)
@Nikki Pettway Thank you Nikki :O) I guessed that was your point and of course a valid one at that!. Phew, feeling less old now :O)
you have no idea what enlightenment is whatsoever
People in the customer service have the darkest shadows since they are always forced to put on a happy demeanor regardless of inner turmoil
As a former costumer service employee at a bank, I can confirm!
Neat theory. U might be onto something.
Yep!
@@PHOTOLOIART how so?
PHOTOART
Come on John, respond to Photoart!
You need more subs man, you've been helping me man. Thank you.
Thank you Knight and great to hear. I'm already very grateful for the subs I have gained so far by the way!
"My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized. That is to say, it is a power in you to which you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes completely dangerous to the position you’re trying to hold."
- Joseph Campbell -
Fits perfectly i guess. Thanks for this amazing channel!
That's the Ego, your enemy who hides in the place you'd
least expect. The Ego, is a 'devil god' which gives permission
to do the most heinous acts in the name of a 'cause'.
"Knowledge is the cause of all suffering in this world"
-Literally me
@@Ace4573 Or lack thereof
@@timursultanov4564 Yeah I lack of knowledge is how people are controlled. It's definitely the lack I agree with you
Siegmund Freud also had a psychological model for this: The human mind is like a house, filled with furniture and things. Your conciousness is a candle that brings light to the items in the house, to some of them, but not all of them and not all at the same time.
The things in the darkness are still present but you cannot see them.
Its like when Yoda fights his shadow.
"Part of me you are, yes, but power over me you have not. Through patience and training it is I who controls you... my darkside you are, reject you I do."
Ive watched way too much yoda meme videos and I can't help by laugh.
I was just thinking that. Thank you for posting it.
@@Jdabomb93 united we stand, divided we fall, my brother.
Oohh I've had these experiences and realizations, looooottts. I've never known the extent of my shadows till I've gone through the journey of awakening. It was intense and I was on the verge of being schizophrenic. Prior to this, I identified myself with the spiritual communities and whenever I would unwittingly adhere myself into the box of "goodness" I would dream of floods meaning my subconscious was leaking into my consciousness. My day to day life instead, would collapse. I would get more irritable. The more I tried to be "good" the more bad circumstances appeared and the cycle begins. My shadow would creep in, trying to be noticed, and my mind would repress them. The resistance will be physically felt because I would felt pain on my knee and when the force is intense, both knees. There was one time, I thought of myself I am so good and holy that I saw evilness all around me. Judgments towards other people such as they were less conscious and beneath me and such. I was all for "love" and I unconsciously judged when I heard people raising their voices, they were barbaric in my eyes. One night I dreamed I was saying unto others "all for love, all for love" and a mirror appeared. When I looked at it, my eyes were covered in dark up and when I looked down, I was wearing a bigger shoes. It was not fitting lol.
"If you bring forth that which is within you, that which you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth that which is within you, that which you do not bring forth will destroy you."
-- The Gospel of Thomas
I never understood this...
@@lillysnet9345 I believe the idea would be; recognize(bring forth) your shadow self(that which is within you), if you want to even have a chance(that which you bring forth -shadow self-will save you((the recognition that it is within you, within all of us)) Alternatively the non recognition of your shadow self will inevitable lead to your downfall. (If you do not bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you -your shadow self-will destroy you) it seems there is no way around it. So confront it. Identify, understand, accept, maybe even integrate on some level. But don’t repress or ignore.
There is a popular japanese role playing game series called Persona, about a bunch of characters with flaws who face their own shadow in order to build bonds with other characters around em by using their inner persona to defeat the shadow. Each character has a tarot card that represents their trait and persona, your character starts off as the FOOL arcana. This series helped me get into Jungian psychology and I think more young people should play it!
I was looking for this comment 😂
@@mysterygamerkid192 lool well it is a niche game so its not like everyone mentions it!
"When the situations and circumstances are met you'll find out your true nature and capabilities." - Kavi Jackson
"How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?!" - Tyler Durden.
you did not mention another side of "good guys".....by getting to know whats evil, you tend to get a hold of what is "good" in life and what to live for....and ofc only thing that can stop an evil person.....is a good person....
In Wicca, the process of growth involves a lot of meditation. One of the practices is communing with your shadow self. It's a semi dangerous meditation, because you can lose yourself within your own mind if you do it incorrectly. But if done correctly it is one of the more enlightening experiences you'll ever have.
It opens the door to accepting yourself and your duality as a whole creature of this planet. In the end no one is perfect and they should never strive to be. What we should strive for is self acceptance in both positive and negative. Because that forms the whole and completes our cycle.
Once you can come to terms with the other you it can be used as a weapon or as protection against other negative influences. Because in all honesty, the darker half is way more volatile and quick to respond. Something like that can be harnessed to protect others and grants your lighter half the power to do so.
I say embrace the hatred, rage and violence and make something beautiful come of it rather than allowing it to escape and cause harm.
I’m familiar with this, in passing. Could you possibly point me towards further info in how to properly approach this type of meditation?
Continuous inner monologue is a process many people do not actually have.
M S how do you know that?
Like NPCs?
Ofc, not everyone is introverted by dominance.
...but Day is more appreciated and desirable than Night. And yet, they both contribute in making a balance.
no it's not. I like, appreciate and desire night probably more than day. Often during day i feel down and empty, but what comforts me is that i know everything will be better at night, at night i start to feel alive again
@@ollvi I understand. I wrote what I think is a popular and general opinion among people. I didn't speak on my behalf. I do enjoy nighttime also.
Dvajst Devet the dark is much more beautiful to me..I hate the light
@@dvajstdevet950 @ollvi but in certain geographies nights are way shorter than the day (vary throughout the year). Maybe this is your case that you started to appreciate nighttime more than the daytime. Luckily, in my place nighttime is the same as the daytime.
I love this because actually I have discovered recently that I feel way more free showing things that people may not be comfortable with, than repressing those. Not only free, I feel genuine and less "weird", actually. Because at least I admit my flaws, I understand who I am, what I like and what I don't, and I don't deny it to myself. Sometimes I even believe that showing the parts that may look like negative traits, is also a way to canalize the things you have inside. If you admit you get so angry sometimes you could hit the one who offended you, just to give an example, it is more likely that the actual desire of hitting the person fades away. Because you were able to put it in words. I believe, that way you make your shadow smaller and if something explodes someday the damage won't be as severe.
Bro, I kid you not I have been thinking about this constantly for the past month, I have thankfully already found peace with myself and vanquish undesirable traits, but the back of my mind is always thinking for example; why am I writing this comment? Is it because I want some people to see me as superior? Do I look down upon others because of how far I think I have gone on my self journey? Blah blah, however this self questioning is crucial into understanding yourself and your awareness of how you come off to others. I find it enlightening. Thought provoking video
Everybody constantly struggles with stuff like that.
@@thenew4559 Yeah, I figured, still interesting what others think about it
I don't remember where the quote is from, but it highlight a very real pitfall of this process: "The quest to overcome your ego is, paradoxically, the greatest ego trip of them all."
@Magnolia Trees in the Meadow I see your point of view, thank you.
Inside each person is a beast, who is waiting under the lock for the right moment when the chains are weakened to show himself.
@@PHOTOLOIART troll much?
We live in a society where things like that are considered morally reprehensible not knowing that it's inherent to everyone, only those who once embraced it know how painful it is to hold it back. It's really mental.
This hits really home. Sometimes I would really have dark thoughts, which are really evil and destructive and I thought to myself how can I think about these things. I would say these thoughts are not a part of me, but it does worry me sometimes that I would come up with such ideas, but thanks to your video I realized it was my shadow who wants to be destructive.
I find going to church regularly helps me enormously, takes away negative thoughts and helps me with anxiety. Gives me peace of mind and an inner happiness. This is written from the heart, a great sceptic at times.
Your videos are always so calm and you are so wise, When you share How wise you are you make other people wiser like me for example!
Really keep doing what you do because you make alot of People see from other perspectives and that’s a really useful abillity to have.
Keep up the amazing work.
All the love to Einzelgänger
❤️❤️
Thank you Marius for your kind words. I wouldn't consider myself wise... I just love wisdom (like most of my subscribers I think) and turning things I find valuable into content. Anyway, I'm glad people like it!
Einzelgänger I’m a 15 year old litsening to your yt videos and dude it’s amazing at My Young age that i have so much knowledge just of your videos, I always tell My friends to litsen to you aswell and i tell them important stuff that you teach me and your other subscribers, man i just want to spread some love to you beacause you are literally making people more open minded with your information.
Youre just amazing bro but anyways i wish you all the best and i guess i’m just gonna go back to being one of the others in the sea of subscribers on your channel ❤️
Itchyscrotum Balls I’m maybe not wise but i learn more and more about life by watching great channels like this, i would consider myself becoming wiser
Itchyscrotum Balls Oh ok i learn by watching videos and by experience aswell
Years ago, when I embarked on the path of self-understanding, I joined a therapy group with the intention of finding out how other perceive me. To this end I was lavish with my feedback, negative and positive, of others. Here's the thing, rarely did they reciprocate. I think this was down to fear. Most people don't want the light to shone on the cracks and fissures of their psyches. The more narcissistic we become, the less we want to know the truth about ourselves and others--hence this modern day, ubiquitous phenomenon of false attributing and smearing. So many are fragile and woe betide anyone who doesn't agree with their positions. Monsters are becoming ever more fearsome.
17 years in customer service really did reveal my shadow. Finally left yesterday.
Good for you!
Hope you’re doing well now!
I have embraced my shadow but I do not let it consume or control me. It's there when I need it to deal with other shadows that try to challenge or hurt me. But most of the time, I deal with good people who also don't allow their shadows to overtake their senses, so the vast majority of the time, my shadow is dormant. But it's always there when I need it.
Could it be that "hollow and lonely" feeling that we feel in our chest is our shadow self crying out because it gets repressed and ignored?
@Daniel Southerland wow i agree, it often surfacing after i met up with my friends, or chatting thru internet, and after it done i feel that hollow coming.
Like its shouting of how superficial the relationships are. You are right about parents-child love, and the self-love also help tremendously
Daniel Southerland you’re projecting. You’re example isn’t applicable to my life experience.
"Wise minds are influenced by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by instinct." Marcus Tullius Cicero.
I like how you included Alan Watts, he spoke a lot about this subject, it's definitely, both one of my favorite subjects, with one of my favorite thinkers.
This is also why i like to think that, we are not inherently good, and through effort we gain our virtues.
Yes, the positive aspect of my shadow self is creativity, I'm glad you mentioned this in the end. Not all shadows are negative. I have suppressed creativity, because my abusive upbringing in a small town in Austria didn't allow for that. I love Carl Jung, I love his work, and I love what he has to say about God. He kept a knife that was shattered by supernatural forces, for the rest of his life. And when asked if he believed in God, he said, no, I don't believe: I KNOW.
calming to watch and educationally beneficial
"Everyone has a black dog and a white dog inside them, it's the one they feed the most that gets the biggest"
---story told by an elder to his grandson in Native American culture
I refer to my "shadow" as Beastie, I've come to terms with it as an INFJ it helps me to strive to be a better version of myself. Not the self I want to project to the world, the self I really am, the self I want to be, the self I choose to be. There is no "Good vs.Evil" in the world, the good and evil is within us. What our character dictates us to do is what defines us. You are the choices you make, you can choose to be good or bad, it's up to the individual.
Dog racist
Just kidding
Thanks for the quote and that what you said is so deep and true. INFJ here as well.
INFJ too. Good on you.
“All it takes is one bad day.”
”When the chips are down, these “civilized” people... they’ll eat eachother.”
- *Joker*
As one coming out of a depression, the so called shadow is one of the few constants in my mind. I and the abyss have looked into each other for some time and I believe myself to be a monster, always seeking redemption for sins uncommitted. I'm a good man at heart and I locked it away to protect it. Now I need to bring it back. I am familiar with those deep dark thoughts. I can be violent, swallowed by pent up rage and stricken by past grief. Its a dark place to explore but I feel I have to if I am to be me again
I understand you.
"Take care, lest in casting out your demons you exorcise the best thing in you." - Nietzsche
I can’t put in words how much your videos are influencing me and awaking curiosity about starting the path of getting to know my own values, principles and own self . It is definitely an endless or perhaps the most accurate term would be life-long journey . After finding myself so lost these past years , philosophy gave me a direction and a will. I discovered your channel not long ago but definitely was kind of a gate to the information that I was looking for and needing. Thank you so much 🙏
Dude... You are getting better and better at what you do! This is very insightful!
Love this. So many people who are criminalized by society can be liberated by knowing this info and many in the society who judged them can be educated.
"A little boredom can be a dangerous thing."
-unkown fan of deathnote
When I'm watching your videos I find myself hoping the video just never ends. So much knowledge and so soothing. Thank you kind sir for what you do.
Thank you, I appreciate it :) Glad that you enjoy them!
As far as the leaves reach to heaven is as far as the roots reach to Hell. Yin/Yang. Can’t truly appreciate an air conditioned room without walking in from a hot sweltering, summer day.
Instead of just life-advice a video about deeper things. One of your best videos so far and i appreciated it.
Homer Simpson: *wow the Germans really have words for everything*
And yesterday I looked the exact episode in Fox, hahaha!!
@@NCC-0000 lololol Schadenfraude was the word right
@@charmedprince it's Schadenfreude
@@benco41 thanks for correcting
@@charmedprince my pleasure
There is no becoming one with my shadow, it's the complete opposite of my other side. I love and I hate, I empathize and I despise, I help and I hurt. There is no joining with it and there is no middle ground, there is only taking turns with who is in control at the time, my compassionate moral self or the monster. It's tiring attempting to keep the monster caged in the basement of my mind when he always finds a method of escaping. If I could hand over full control to the monster I would just so I could rest.
Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes back.
-Nietzsche
I wonder if Churchill ever pondered something along those lines.
If only I had a penny for every time someone quoted that phrase.
@@thenew4559 Most people don't even know what it means.
-Jesus of Nashville
Most people also don’t realize that the reason he said “God is dead” is because we killed him with religion
This is sooooooo accurate!!! I really needed this. Thank you. I need all your videos. You are amazing.
"We live in a society"
-Joker 2019
I haven’t gotten a real nightmare where I was scared since I was about 8 years old. But since I was about 13, I started turning into a monster (in dreams) that devoured the nightmarish demons that lurked in my dreams. It feels like I became a nightmare to my nightmares. I always looked the same whenever I was defending myself in my dreams. All black like a shadow but with a white face mask with jagged, thorn-like teeth and empty eyes. This isn’t to sound edgy or anything. I’ve just had these dreams and figured I’d share it here. It even matches my name “Delano”, a dark but positive name. I guess it can relate to the dreams as it has a dark image but it’s not evil, just like how the night is as precious as day. I’ve been trying to research dreams and piece it all together to understand it more. I find it pretty interesting what the mind can do, and how much of our life we can shape by dreaming. These experiences certainly have helped me in many ways.
For me...what i portray to people is not what i believe about myself. It is in fact, the shadow that i feel and recognize. I'm always fighting with myself however, because i dont want to be dark. I just know i am. I judge people and try to understand them simultaneously and use this understanding of myself to to seem wise to feed my ego so i feel better because I'm really always angry or depressed.
Me too
Your honesty is truly admirable
@@earnyourimmortality it's all i have at this point. I know no other outlets. I don't have any true friendships that dont hold some sort of their version of what kind of perfect person they expect me to be. I feel like i want to snap on people sometimes but i also dont want to hurt anyone psychologically or emotionally. I'm tired of suppressing myself so others can be at ease.
@@arianadonis4099 if your friends are not true look for new ones & if they need to be snapped on let them have it! Especially if they're not being considerate of your feelings.
This channel is affecting my thoughts and behaviors in a really good way. Besides all that, it helps me improve my English. I really appreciate all your efforts. Greetings from Turkey!
All this time i always rejected that part of me but somehow i want to love it no matter how dark it is
Awareness of your total, complete nature is a big step toward real maturity. The one person we Must be honest with is ourselves.
Congratulations. However I would caution you about loving your 'dark' side. e.g. alcoholism or drug abuse. Awareness is the goal.
Not just be aware of it... but understand it and where this behavior comes from. You obviously are not supposed to take drugs, alcohol or do anything like that. Perhaps think of it like a wild animal that you have to tame and understand in order to control it.
Loving and accepting it is also important for it is also a part of you. It also brings more inner peace.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. [...] “ Matthew 5:43 - 5:45
Same
I sometimes may or may not enjoy the ratver dark thoughts i have
video made me emotional. gave me space to be okay with what lurks beneath.
i know about what's below the surface. have felt bad about it. but have been doing the "looking", the work, to steadily integrate what i think, feel, am urged by, into a complete me.
the work is *never* complete.
thankyou for an amazing video
Excellent observations.
Since it is very difficult to heal oneself, perhaps we project onto others so we might see ourselves and thus have the opportunity for transmutation.
This is what I've been trying to tell close people all along and I'm happy to see someone studied and proved it right.
There's nothing shittier than someone who pretends to be good and forces to be good, the shit smell comes out for those aware.
Mike Tyson said in an interview "Everytime I walk to the ring I'm scared. Scared of losing, scared of getting humiliated. I fear the other guy. He might be the one, he might finally the one to send me down failure I always feared."
Is that his Shadow behind his soul piercing stare, wall breaking punch, his powerful mind games ?
Navaneeth Jayakumar ooh I never thought about it that way! 💯
Such a well produced video, congrats! 👏
"The closer you stand to the light, the larger your shadow becomes."
I am so extremely grateful my shadow expresses itself through making music, martial arts, and in solitude.
I've been watching ur vids for quite a while now but this one is so different from the rest.
*NULA E REALE TUTO E LECITO*
great vid.
*Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito.
I don't want to sound like an asshole but I wanted to correct, I'm Italian and this is the right translation.
@@lorenzoe.leonard4160 I appreciate the correction sir...no offense taken. Einzelganger's vid reminded me of Assassins Creed thats why I thought about that motto.
I feel that to often we all gotta wear masks to keep ourselves in the loop with society; there’s few people we can really open up to and remove our masks around. To those people, I say thank you. You’re wonderful.
*"Is this a personal attack ?"*
The Stoics believed that you are only as good as you put your efforts towards. Virtues are rewards themselves, and there is no need to think about your “what ifs” or “ dark sides”, just do your best daily and make the wisest choices for yourself and others, and you will not be controlled by your shadow at all. That was Carl Jung’s concern and the stoics had the answer to a happy life not living in the shadow. Temperance is key. Key to be happier with yourself for not acting on from your Shadow which doesn’t help you or society at all.
Jung came up with the “shadow self” after he dreamt he killed his own coworker.
If anyone is concerned about their Shadow, learn and study Stoicism.
Jung has always appealed to me over the much pushed Freud. It just seems more logical.
If you dare to confront the monsters and cast them into the abyss, hallucinogenics can be very useful tools. Also, many of the so-called monsters are not monsters at all, just thing you need to confront the evil in other people. I do not believe that any of what the Nazis did was anything else than just conformity and cowardice. Some may have acted out their hate, but most just did not dare say anything.
That's a very interesting perspective. It crossed my mind before but I never deeply analysed it.
Cowardice should be Chief amongst the great vices weaknesses and evils
Good relations with your mother I have
You sir, you're getting my donation as soon as I get my funds up. Keep doing the good work. You're impacting more lives than you will ever imagine 🙏🏼❤️
Make friends with your darkness, ride the dragon.
I won't lie… I came here because is your video on Taoism, I stayed for your stoicism content, and I keep coming back for everything else. Great video! I really like your philosophical content and how you draw comparisons between different schools of philosophy, or between philosophy and cognitive psychology. Keep up the great work!
The *Shadow* was there in the old world. Now we, have the *Light* a hidden persona off good, in thieves and criminals.
I am Carlos, a Peruvian 19-year-old boy, let me tell you here in my city is not that common to find this kind of info, vids, etc. So far I've been listening to your content like 6 months more less, I find this channel really impressive and productive, aside from sharing quite useful and wide different sort of ideas and perspectives, as well as other disciplines, thoughts, some bits of other fields. I strongly consider that would be great if by any chance you could add some of 'what' made you develop the video, like enhancing us in a far bigger way to pursue the very first thing you possibly saw then though. Have a nice week
This is scary! Before watching this video, i was standing in my kitchen thinking about my evil and good side, saying to myself that I was more evil then good most of the times and thinking why this was so? After I had finished preparing breakfast, i walked into my living room grabbed my phone and thought " let me see what's on UA-cam today" then this video was the first one that caught my attention. 😐...
Watching this,I had no idea I even had a Shadow self, sometimes I'm not even aware of it's existence, although now that I think about it,In order to live a meaningful life one must be Comfortable with one's own Shadow and not be Oblivious to what it's trying to show you
hidden intentions always reveal themselves in the end!🤪
Inside me, and all of us, is life, a being that has survived and evolved over a billion years. That being has experienced so much hardship, death and disappointment over that time, and never once has it ceased to find love and pass on the torch of life. I am an awakened animal of this earth and I will never forget any of my bloody herritage. No matter how civilization and morality progresses. Inside me is a raging loving beast that will become anything it needs to survive.
I wanna feel the change consume me,
Feel the outside turning in.
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured in
My shadow
My shadow
Change is coming.
Now is my time.
Listen to my muscle memory.
Contemplate what I've been clinging to.
Forty-six & 2 ahead of me.
Such stupid song is for stupid people
I was going to leave the same comment lmao!
Adrian Christiadi Sihombing why so angry?
Grr, I don't like the song so because you do you're stupid!
This Adrian guy is an amazing idiot
This is my story, if anybody sees this, please take your time and read a little bit. :)
I have repressed so many of my qualities, when I was young, for over 15 years I have been studying myself in the solitude and time alone, while staying in my room, avoiding social interactions.
Now I am 21 years old, I have accepted my demons and exploit them in seeking success.
When I look back, i remember always being bound to social norms, or what you would call "the persona" , basically I was lying to myself for who I really was.
At one point it was okay, but one day something happened...something deep inside was whispering to me "Are you really that weak?", "Why do you allow others to define how you should behave!?" then it broke me...
At the age of 12 years old, I started isolating myself even more, filled with hatred, struggling to find an answer to questions I had about myself in general. Then one day, I was being bullied as usual, something inside of me snapped & I did not resist the feeling. Something I was not aware of took control over me, i nearly ended up breaking the bully's head with a chair, while being overwhelmed with the desire of revenge...thus confirming the thing about ignoring your shadow.
Even now I am still studying myself, while allowing my shadow to emerge, without repressing it nor denying it's existence, and this conscious decision was the correct one.
(30th November, 2019)
After watching this I was reminded by the words of Maynard James Keagan:
In my shadow
My shadow
Change is coming through my shadow
My shadow's
Shedding skin
I've been picking
My scabs again
Thanks Einzelgänger keep up the great work
Temple Peterson 46&2
Nice and yes
46 & 2 is actually inspired by Carl Jung, and by a higher conscious human kind, a 44 chromosomes one, we the 46 whom are in balanced beings, and new coming 46+2 whom has a mental mind yet a collective consciousness. Search on it if interested. Is really something🤟🏻
Keenan 😊
A well done presentation of the shadow. Thank you for your efforts. I am still struggling to make peace with my own shadow. The demons that I left unchecked for so many years throughout the time of my life.
That was fascinating! I will do more research on the Shadow.
listen to Jordan PEterson
I always used to call that shadow simply "Darkness" but I've been aware of it even as a child. I know that I am capable of awful things, if I really want to but I still consciously choose that light over darkness. I think that if I ever lose everything and everyone I care about, I have a pretty big chance at turning into that monster you spoke of, especially that this darkness always attracted me.
I think it's still up to you that you don't turn into a monster even if you lose everything
I'm seeing Joker this and Joker that, meanwhile, I already knew about The Persona and The Shadow from the PERSONA SERIES, HAHA!
Our Joker is better.
I thought this was extremely well done in explaining the shadow. Thank you!