Tiger Paint I really have shadow and I am now aware a bit after I watched this Shadow Integration. I don’t know how to release it but its actually now festering on how I treat people around me.
Mark David Mallorca you’re not alone man, trust me... the thing is, you don’t need to try and release it. All that needs to be done is to develop your awareness of those shadow parts that you/we all have. Most people when they get angry, they’re unaware that they’re angry. Just watch your anger, witness it and know that it is a human characteristic. But by being aware of it, you get to decide how much it gets fed, what is gets fed and how often. You’re all good man! 👍🏼
Your shadow is literally inverted strengths, or repressed emotions and desires that are forcing themselves into your awareness because you reject them. Your anger can be channeled into standing up for yourself assertively... your existential crisis can be channeled into finding and making meaning. Your desire to fight can be channeled into pursuing martial arts. How can you turn your darkness into light? And why is it in darkness?
That’s just the American thing they do they give something a name even if they don’t understand & if it’s named a certain name people will always react a certain way.
@Sanne 🌱🐍 think of it as a base form like goku & vegeta we have are base desires & to get over that we train & conquer our minds & release control to control ourselves
Taken from tempest I guess, maybe Act 5 Scene 1 where Prospero confronts Alonso and company and introduces them to Caliban (his slave, offspring of an evil witch with a disfigured body)
I think there's duality between the light and darkness such as the human consciousness.. the shadow all the acquired negativity or the stuff that doesn't meet the standards of your persona. If you don't bring your shadow to the light then your persona will be tainted by the darkness
Step 1) Stop thinking of it as evil Everything in the shadow is a positive, helpful element (in some capacity), or it was until you repressed it, ignored it and tormented it into becoming a monster. Setting yourself up to fight against it as if it were an external demon will only empower it more -- you cannot beat yourself mentally with force in the same sense you can't pick yourself up off the ground. Instead figure out what healthy thing you turned into a monster and start nursing and loving it back to help. A God ignored is a demon born.
@@vinny5638 you can't tickle yourself. Tickle depends upon surprising the nervous system and if you tickle yourself, your brain knows what you're doing...so no surprise.
This is a very important subject that modern society really needs to hear right now. We live in a society of perpetual repression where, instead of admitting to our true nature as animalistic creatures and just accepting who we are as beings, we constantly seek to fit the world and societies into this idealized version of how we think we and it, should be, instead of just accepting the harsh reality as it is. The issue with this is that this idealized version of us and our world is not realistic and does not compute with who we really are in our primal nature. Because of this, the mask of social conformity grows bigger and bigger, meanwhile, the suppression only grows deeper and deeper roots. Deep down inside, we secretly long for outlets that allow us to "take the mask off" or outlets that give us an opportunity to vicariously live through some other form of being that taps into our true nature, thoughts, and desires. This (along with other contributing factors) has led to a lot of the escapism behavior that has become rampant in our current times. A lot of Robert Greene's books give insight on this very idea. Over time, I have developed an understanding of how this suppressed, dark, side of ourselves fits into our lives and the world as a whole. As I mentioned, a lot of it has to do with learning to first accept the harsh realities of our nature and, by way of domino effect, the world. You must seek and find meaning and understanding in how this darkness fits into the picture. Once you do, you begin to see the reasoning for what I have come to acknowledge as, necessary evils, and then you see things from a broader perspective and understand the balance of everything. There are many dark characteristics that are deemed "wrong" by society, that are, in fact, very necessary to harness within yourself - especially as a male. Anger, selfishness, heartlessness, aggression, arrogance, immaturity, manipulation, etc. All of these are traits are needed at different points and in different situations as you move through life, and in the pursuit of becoming a wholesome, well-rounded, individual, you will need these in your arsenal just as much as any characteristic that is deemed admirable by society. A lot of this ties into the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang, and also the teachings of Niccolo Machiavelli (I think it is necessary to reach back in time to gain a better understanding of these things, as our ancestors were more in touch with their primal and dark selves. The average human of today could never teach us about our darker personality traits because we are too busy trying to hide, deny, and run from its existence. This is exactly why I say that videos like this, and books like Robert Greene's, are ever that much more important in today's times). If you look at the philosophy behind the book/film, Fight Club, it also touches on these very same ideas, the character contrast of light and dark, being portrayed through Brad Pitt's and Edward Norton's characters.
Spot on. This is why the male suicide rate is high, because we're constantly told our normal behaviour is toxic and encouraged to be girly and submissive. All being done on purpose of course...
As a young teen I realised I'm probably f'd up. Over time when I'm angry I will lash out uncontrollably and sometimes have dark fantasies of murder. Slowly after learning philosophy I learned to accept my anger and environment. I'm a good 17 year old now.
Hahahah same, I grew up and the anger is till there. Taming that anger taught me to pause, get into a cool head angerless state, and then think on how to react. I take hours, even days to pay attention to my dark side's "ideas" before acting. Sometimes those ideas great and improvable, and most of the times are just discarded. In fact, people who don't know me that much wonder how can I remain calm under intense pressure or injury from people's bullshit, they actually believe I am a peaceful person. After listening to my shadow, I usually come up with some great sassy response, or some quiet plan to come on top in one fell swoop, without getting into legal trouble or being unethical. Just remember, many decisions cannot be unmade, so pause and think. Stay legal, stay ethical, stay safe!
Everything passes. That is the most important thing to remember. Anger, fear, love, etc... the most interesting thing is to ask yourself why your initial response is what it is and if you believe there is a more "healthy" way of responding, and trying to fashion yourself towards a more positive way of being.
Yah... heard somebody say that the cute little kitties have the identical hard-wired instincts as the 300 pound versions, meaning, if they weighed 300 pounds and were hungry, they'd eat you regardless of how much you imagine they "love" you.
I didn’t feed my cats for a day and they were getting violently angry: it was an eye opener. It’s amazing what we can project onto things; our hopes, fears, desires...everything.
Today I acted out of selfish desire and ended up pissing somebody off. But man did it feel good. There was a strange satisfaction I gained from it, I can't explain.
@@jlauren91 I talked about Tolle because he is my favorite autor, and because he talks about him in the vid. But mindfulness comes from Buddhism and Hinduism, which came long before Jung, or even Stoïc philosophers. It's still intersting, because I guess Jung didn't know so much about buddhism, but get to the same conclusion. Just a guess though, maybe he was inspired by buddhism.
@@madoris5522 Of course Jung knew about buddhism, he was one of the most knowledgeable men that ever lived. It might sound like an overstatement, but read his books, it's incredible
@@madoris5522 Jung did research deeply about the Buddha and he said that the Buddha, Jesus, Lao Tzu and another one whose name I forget were his most favorite spiritual leaders.
When I did my Shadow work course there were specific steps to use when we were ‘triggered’ or ‘fucked up’ to help integration. I use these everyday now which has allowed for more peace and less chaos in my life.
Taming the shadow is an act of transformation. Madness is a part of me and I embrace it, as I wouldn't be who I am without it. I've experienced its self destructive power in trying to deny it or covering it with shame. In acknowledging it, I mold it into fuel for my creativity, and intense anger has been honed into a tool in the form of drive and determination to aid my life goals. ... In an "acceptable" way, of course.
Acceptance and awareness without acting on it - is the key when facing our dark side 🌚🌗. Because when our shadow is of the radar, we can’t monitor it, let alone control it. So we will never know when it suddenly lashes out towards ourselves or the outside world. “What you accept you go beyond” -Tolle Wow this is pure wisdom. Channeling your shadow towards positive activities that actually help you become your better version. Namasté and thank you. 💕
Sorry for your loss and good that you're taking the time you need. Totally respect that you're taking care of what's more important at this challenging time.
Wow dude, awesome that you managed to build a bridge between David Goggins and the shadow. His teachings are something that I've listened and found inner peace and strength from. My vision of these things is more clear now.
My approach. Maybe help someone: Step 1: realize yo have a shadow. In your subconscious. Journaling, reflection and brutal honesty with yourself help to uncover this unhealthy patterns. Step 2 : Do not resist, accept. It’s part of the human spirit. Many wise men have discovered this dark side of human nature. It’s the same black horse from Plato’s chariot allegory. Step 3: love it and forgive it. A wise me said once: “love your enemies (…) If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? “ shocking! Because you are your enemy! It’s not outside. Step 4: you start to reconcile with yourself, the exterior world and increase your inner strength.
For what it’s worth, my whole life I’ve been a generally aggressive person. Learning about this early on and recognizing it has allowed me to channel this and to exercise and business pursuits. Integration is key! I can usually just flip it on with the switch if I listen to some sort of hard-core music which makes working out as easy as deciding to just put on my running shoes and ear buds. Idk just my 2 cents
Chikatilo is a most dreadful example of when a person grows suppressing all his dark side, becomes insecure, anxious, afraid of everything, as a result abused by everyone and eventually falls under an influence of his inner shadow which consequently grew out of control and became a bloodthirsty beast ready to destroy and dominate the weak. Not sure that my theory is right though.
Marcus Kane Sr. from Twisted Metal 2, 3, Black, and Head-On is another example, with Needles Kane, aka Sweet Tooth being a Jungian Persona Shadow to Marcus.
As far as I understand, a shadow is not an evil part of me. It is a immature selfconcept or bundle of thoughts and feelings that come forth of this immature selfconcept. This selfconcept is build on experiences in my youth or in past lifes that are not understood by the psyche at that moment and are surrounded by fear and other emotions. Because of the inability to handle the fear at that moment, due to immaturity, my psyche has pushed the whole thing in the subconscious, to be dealt with it later. When it comes up in later life, it will always be surrounded by the emotions that were present at the moment it was pushed away. In order to 'so called, integrate' this shadow the emotions and thoughts that accompany them need to be dealt with, but now from a matured perspective. The shadow will come up in dreams or be mirrored by other people as for me to get acquainted with it, since it is in the shadow where I can't see it. In the time my psyche offers this shadow to me in order to shed light on it, I will firstly resist it because of the fear that accompanies it, thus giving myself a change to push it back in the subconscious. Integrating it merely means becoming more and more aware of it by accepting it to be there. And dealing with all the emotions, especially the fear by being willing to feel it all and find out it doesn't wipe me out as the fear tries to make me believe. Rather the opposite is true, it frees me and leaves me more light and more whole.
I love my shadow because after I embraced it, the some “acting upon” activities I may or may not do regarding the shadow, I act without guilt and have a higher awareness. I used to operate on the level that I should feel things based on external opinions, but that is no longer the case. I can look to myself and be my own best friend because I don’t judge myself anymore. I can admit what I can do and it’s very empowering to myself. I use Law of Attraction to attract what I want and recently something was made available to “act upon” that my shadow was interested in. I indulged in it, but I was also aware of what the limit should be. The shadow agreed. It’s a beautiful thing.
I think the idea of integrating your shadow is to integrate your darkside anyway. So no matter what you do, you integrate the darker aspects of yourself to create a holistic whole. The ultimate goal is to reconcile the self into full understanding of oneself shadow of the unconscious integrated in the conscious self. Jordan Peterson has an 8 minute lecture floating around about integrating your dark side that approaches this very well. If you fear the unknown of the darker sides of you, however, you may never know your potential to become.
I see my shadow, but I cannot access it. I crave it and envy it, and it wants to get out, but it just can't escape the cage. It's snarling and barking, filled with rage and hunger. It desires the flesh of its own, it desires mine. My ego wants to die, so that I can become manifest. I will be heard, I will be acknowledged. I will not be denied. Expression is invariable.
We all have dark shadows. During the Middle Ages Rembrandt painted his portraits using two thirds dark and 1/3rd light. The impressionists came along and it was 2/3rds light and 1/3rd dark. This was accomplished with the masterful harmonizing of color. We should attempt to do the same. Life is art. And art is life.
So i'm trying to understand my shadow. What I have repressed since childhood? What makes me angry? What bothers me? Why I portray as moral or good things? What you showcased was helpful to some extent.
Great video! Introspecting into oneself definitely helps understanding our actions, fears and motivations. When we have control (maybe not control, but at least familiarity) of those thoughts, we have a clearer mind to find purpose in life.
I am sometimes conscious of my shadow, and it is terrifying. It is nihilistic, wants me to destroy myself and the world. While I am a feminist and love and respect women, my shadow is misogynistic and wants to dominate and have power over them. I aspire to a good happy productive life, but my shadow wants me to live in misery, used by people for drug money and become a crack addict. Aspects of it are coming out more and more, I hope the more of Jung I read the more it will help integrate this darkness.
You need to introspect, sit down comfortably and face yourself. I don't know your Life but i think i was in the same psychological situation, the worst is yet to come. What is your age if you don't mind ?
Ultimately you hate yourself for feeling this way when you shouldn’t. Dive deeper into your negative feelings. Such as why do you feel the need to control women? Is it because you see things in them that you see in yourself that are uncontrollable and you want to “help” them? So perhaps your shadow may be telling you that you need more discipline in whatever aspects of women that you focus your negative feelings on. Your shadow is simply your conscience telling you that something within you isn’t being addressed. You’re interpreting those emotions into women and the world. I have the opposite problem: I am of the traditional belief that men have a certain hierarchical responsibility for women. I live in a place filled with broken men that abuse women or praise them as Goddesses. It is neither. Neither gender is better and we are here to serve each other based on our individual and genetic strengths. I have pity for them but at the same time a deep anger at them for simply using women to quell their insecurities and avoid dealing with themselves. It is so selfish and it destroys you and your community. Women do this too, of course. But I only place the blame on men because we are psychologically in tune with a Logos that most women aren’t. Men are more subconsciously and consciously interested in becoming the hero archetype than women. As such, it is ingrained into us to face challenge. We think that means out in the world, and it absolutely can. But the direction of conquer should be yourself by how you interact in the world. Ultimately these weak men continue destroying themselves and in turn destroying women. When the dominant hierarchy falls, it all falls. Logos brings with it leadership qualities. Denying yourself the opportunity to be an example for both sexes is one of the worst things a man can do. Both men and women are lacking direction for different reasons. But knowing you can be a leader will naturally have both men and women following you without you having to fight to keep them in your life. You must first and always conquer yourself. Then there will be no need for control. People will latch to you and everyone involved benefits by having control by your example. So in a sense control is both expelled in all parties or held by your example. Either or.
Male feminists are denying their own masculinity and want to lead women deep down, because it's natural. Women are more attracted to men who are dominant.
@@TheAeoxEternal I certainly feel my body and brain and mind are not my own, they feel like enemies that control me and put me through suffering. I want to control then utterly, so pain, suffering, anxiety, fear and self destruct button are all under my Dominion.
I think if somebody describes their shadow as evil and hellish, he probably shouldn't do shadow work on his own. Most of us don't have the tools and the skills to work with such serious issues. He should preferably get good professional assistance. But of course, acceptance and awareness is the way to go.
Hi- Thanks you for posting another awesome thought-provoking video. I don't see the shadow as evil, I see it more as a protector that is no longer needed. The disowned qualities that exist in the shadow are parts of ourselves that we hid away because they were too delicate to survive, or too precious to lose. So, we tucked them into the safety of the shadow and then forgot about them. Suppressed and neglected, these qualities withered and festered. Becoming toxic in captivity they adopted the qualities of their opposite. The loving sweetness of a child hidden away, neglected and forgotten turning into frustration, anger and rage. If we look carefully we can see how our thoughts, emotions and projections are guides to what shadow element is seeking our attention. And, if we are lucky, the present moment will provide us with the opportunity to bring it into the light. For me, integration is not about "accepting" this "evil" part of yourself. It is about understanding that there is a neglected unloved part of yourself that is reaching out for your attention. It may seem dangerous, horrible and scary, but that is just because it has been in the dark for too long. Working to integrate your shadow is about you loving you and realizing that you are exactly where you need to be. The following Rilke quote is my guide to integration of the shadow... “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
Integrating the evil part of my shadow side taught me to help transmute others demons and making peace with it and doing both made me a like a spiritual wizard. It took over 10 years, but was so worth it.
This may have just saved me. I've been struggling with this for awhile and this will help me on the right track. Thank you. Perfect timing to subscribe to your videos is with this subject.
I went on a weed edible trip yesterday. I felt chest pain (not for the first time and, likely, from acid reflux, my doctor says) and my anxiety skyrocketed. I saw the face of Death as clearly as I now see UA-cam. Then I thought, "How do I know for sure that my next breath won't be my last one? I don't". I very much wanted to live. Yet I know that is not under my control. I guess mortality is what I'm working on integrating. I'm doing that by accepting that I don't know when my last breath will be and that's alright. I can think about/focus on other things instead of circling that bottomless pit.
I considered calling an ambulance once during a mushroom trip because I no longer could feel my heart beating. It took me some seconds to realize how insane that thought was.
You're hitting the nail on the head. Even if your next breath is your last, it'll all be okay. Why? Because when you die, all the problems and tribulations of your mortal coil suddenly won't apply anymore. What to eat tomorrow? What does Joe down the street think of me? Is my comment going to be liked? Doesn't matter, because you'll be dead any problem applicable to life will not have any bearing on you. This is something reported by people who have had actual clinical near death experiences. A sudden realization of the weight of the world being lifted from their shoulders. I feel this applies no matter your view on death. Reductionist view of consciousness produced by the brain? Well, then when the lights go out, and existence fades, then nothing will bother you anymore, yes? Awareness ends, and thus, awareness of suffering and bliss. An empty void of solace with nothing to perturb it. Spiritual view of the brain acting as a consciousness transceiver? Well, to me that seems even better than the above, given that finding the acceptance that you're already having a rapport with will only benefit you in such a situation. You'd not only be aware of the joke of mortal problems, but also be able to integrate yourself properly into your DMT death-dream. Anyway, sorry for the ramble. I wish you luck in your endeavors.
@@istivanp8747 Yeah, psychedelics removed my fear of death completely. I once had a salvia trip where I met 5 dwarfs at a control panel. I suddenly realized that we do not in fact exist, but are just made up characters in a story made for others enjoyment. The grumpy one said "He knows now, we can't let him go back". One of the others said "Don't worry, no one will believe him anyway. It left me very anxious, but after a while I realized that it does not matter anyway. The only existence we have is here, and it does not matter what layer of the "onion" we are in, there are infinite layers of reality. That feeling that reality consists of layers like in a onion is very typical of salvia. I don't do salvia anymore as it always brings me back to the same place, and there is nothing more for me to get there.
@Jaime Ares Life is what you make it. Would it be a meaningless life if you were a mighty warlord or something? Would you be satisfied if your name was remembered in history books? Life is only meaningless because you find no meaning in what you are doing at the moment. Humans need adversity and challenges to grow. So if you are dissatisfied with your life, change it! You can stuff some things in a backpack and leave tomorrow, and make a completely different life for yourself, you can influence your own future. If you only wonder what death is like, but don't fear it, then you can live. Who could stop a person who does not even fear death? As I can draw logical conclusions from current events, I know there is a massive world war coming, numerous revolutions and rebellions. You will have your chance to shine, to show what you are made of and do something worth remembering. We all die, but the important thing is how we live. Personally I am fed up with living in chains and will take the first chance to tip the bucket over.
@Jaime Ares What is it that you HAVE to accept? I have got up and left several times during my 50 years here. Even though it at the time seemed like the world was horrible, that I had no way out,......the only thing I really feared was uncertainty and change. Once I made the change everything was great,.....until I felt the desire to do something else again :D People react to you based on the signals you give off. If you feel you are unremarkable and unimportant, people will treat you like that. If you don't respect yourself, people will not respect you. Try out some acting, make up a backstory, dress accordingly, have an attitude that reflects it, go somewhere no one knows you, and see how people treat you differently. You must accept what you can't change, but you can in fact change most things about your life. I guess the clue is to know what you can change at this moment. Life is bloody long, and a lot of it feels like just treading a hamster wheel, but in between all the cloudy days there is beautiful sunshine. I am guessing you are relatively young.
Since I'm diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and Antisocial Personality disorder (basically a borderline sociopath) I can't stop thinking and addressing of how evil I am. Not in a way of self pity, but I'm truly scared of inflicting serious harm to someone someday. And although I have had ambulant therapy for 5 years and I'm pretty self aware, it's a daily struggle for me to keep my insanity in my head and not acting to it. Because if I did, I already had committed suicide or killed someone, or hurt someone in such a way that I was locked up in prison for a long time. The last few years I just let 'it' rage inside my head and I'm aware of it. And try not to suppress it. It's more like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In some way I can control it if it stays inside my mind. But the delusional episodes are tough. Bouncing from sanity to insanity and back draws my energy to a low point. And therefore I'm not socially active. I avoid people in public. And changes, harm, and conflicts of any kind causes me a lot of stress and I'm likely to get a psychose where I continually overthink and discuss thoughts and actions. Things that has happened or what possibly could've happened. It's so terrible exhausting that I turn into a grumpy sad loner without anybody left. Love is such a thing that can cause severe pain and hurt and therefore I reject it in such a way that it can physically hurt me. That's why I love nature, small things, simple things, like watching birds, flowers, nature in general. It can't hurt my feelings... Living like this isn't really a living, I tell you. It's a daily struggle to survive. There is no solution to this problem. Because I'm aware that I'm the problem and solution the same time. And I just don't have the guts or strength anymore to fight this endless and unfair battle inside my mind. I'm fighting myself, and trying to heal it in the same way. Realising this, I gave up a long time ago. I'm alone in this battle. And there's nothing that I can do to overcome this disease... It will kill me, in the end...
Yes, Christianity wants us to be aware of the evil within ourselves and seing our own shortcomings. See Matthew 7, 3-5. It makes one more mindful of his actions as well as more humble
Fear breeds ignorance, love breeds understanding. Something we hate/fear we will never seek to understand and our ignorance will make us powerless against it. Something we love we will seek to understand, and understanding a thing is to have power over it. Hate your demons and they will control you, love your demons and you will control them. Interesting how Christianity and Satanism came to the same conclusion on that one, guess people are not as different as they'd like to believe.
Daniel You are right, and wrong in the same time :) Satanist's belief is more honest, and fits to human nature. Check LaVey's book(Satanic Bible) if you didnt. Their philosophy is fabulous.
Daniel, personally I would like to see evil as some illness or poison one takes in. Indeed, both taken to excess is destructive, but what if we took in just enough to understand it. We would learn to be immune to their more potent effects, no?
I have experienced very dark emotions too. It helps to see them as side effects of unconscious wrong conclusions in the soul, conclusions drawn when we experienced traumatic experiences growing up. Or side effects of unfelt negative emotions that were suppressed because we felt guilty about them.
Even if you didn't live any traumas, even if you had lived a perfect life, with all perfect experiences, surrounded by all warm and pure love every single day you would still carry a shadow. And such shadow would be just as devilish, just as evil and just as dark as it is today.
My shadow has been brought into the light. I have done violence against bad people on a professional level, but only to stop violence. I am aware of my capacity for violence, yet it is only a tool. Reckoning with my self has been an intense journey. I know when and how to use my shadow self to better the world around me not for myself but for others. Using what is buried deep inside ones self to save another, even an enemy is the truest act of love.
The most difficult aspects of psychic integration are the emotions associated with these FEELING TONED COMPLEXES, as we call them. Emotions are very difficult to deal with and involve great suffering for the person. This is where the conflict lies, with a highly charged emotional complex. As Jung had always stressed over and again in his writings, these issues cannot be solved by a clever intellect, like that involved in moving pieces on a chess board. Here he differentiates between the AESTHETIC ATTITUDE with that of JUDGEMENT. The former is merely an intellectual analysis, and produces poor results, since one simply watches his drama, but does not actively participate. Only through an act of judgment upon himself which he makes a morally binding obligation to himself can he hope to come to terms with his division and hope to integrate his personality. He and I both are the first to trash all of these theosophical movements that believe that it's all a matter of THINKING, when it is really a matter of FEELING. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE SUFFER AND SO PEOPLE TRY TO AVOID THIS ISSUE BY AN INTELLECTUAL APPROACH. Nothing changes and the Shadow is not integrated. Evidently, I've taken the masters words to heart and have become a master myself. HAVE A NICE DAY
Your Channel really helps me to maintain peace through my Self Evolving Process whenever I feel a lil' insecure 'bout the direction I turned my Life to. Thank you infinitely for that. Your Impact is far greater than u might realize. :')
The Shadow must not be accepted but must be wielded. Accepting one's Shadow and acting on its command will do no good to anyone. It must *not* be jailed or ignored or else get ready to face rebellion. One must carefully trick the Shadow into thinking that it is given the centre stage when in fact it is actually being ruled by the Ego. This is how one will not get into argument with their Shadow for not letting it out and with the world for not keeping the Shadow in.
"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it." - Genesis 4:7 Do not repress your evil, do what is right, and master it.
Recognition of the existence, the depth and the potential of the shadow is a revelation in itself and an excellent starting point. Integration is another matter altogether. The "shadow" is as intrinsically an aspect of our very being as our lungs are for our body. "Integration" in the sense of which we talk about it here, is more to bring forth it's inherent value and become a "whole" or balanced person for oneself in a particular cultural context and to become a source of "wisdom" for others to draw upon and work towards the same. Expressed in the cold language of words, it rather lacks integrity, depth and value, for although words are helpful, they are not "it", they merely point toward "it" in their coarse and bumbling way. "Though I pour an ocean of words upon you, yet it profit you not"
This is very interesting. Partly because, for example, there is a fine line between implementing dominance effectively and becoming vile. It's very hard for people to stare into the obis and not go mad
There's this anime called Ajin, I think, it came about right when I first started looking into what the "shadow" is and wow. The creator MUST have researched Jung
Ancient spiritual philosopher Ibn Arabi refers to the evil shadow as the ego. He also states that you should not completely ignore and deprive the ego completely. For if you abuse it unjustly, it may lash out at you.
This hit me. I am new to alchemist topics. Anyway, it's been close to a year that all of the sudden my ego left me. It felt like some weigh was lifted, no longer need to pretend, no longer need to please.. I thought I was in the right track. I did not force anything it just happened.. Any advice?
Shadow is not an evil. It's your denial of the evil. What you are afraid to see and admit it as a true. You are more likely to do it and not call it evil. It could be narcissism in disguise, denied rage. When you say I'm not that way, it means you probably are. People around you can also help you recognize that, so listen closely.
The one thing I take issue with here is the characterization of a cat as 'cruel and murderous' -- I think cruelty implies _intent._ To the cat, a mouse is a mobile toy that squeaks -- unlike us, a cat doesn't have Theory of Mind, it can't comprehend a mouse as being a living, feeling entity. A cat will just as enthusiastically catch and play with a feathered squeak toy, if the owner twitches it around like a live animal. So while a cat simply enjoys a game of chase and catch, whether it be something alive or manufactured, a _human_ who does the same thing -- catches and torments a mouse or bird to death -- does so knowingly, and likely enjoys the act _because_ the creature is alive and can feel. So comparing a cat to a human's shadow to justify calling it a 'natural urge' seems disingenuous, or at the very least, unfair to cats...
bacchante1 I think cats do realize they are living things though. They just have a limited understanding of their own excessive force as being bad or harmful. If you’ve ever seen or read Of Mice and Men, the character Lennie Small is similar to how I envision the logic of a cat to be. Not harmful by nature, though harmful in the end by the perceptions of others, due to their own inability to perceive their strength and ferocity as harmful, when in fact it is.
I feel that as a man sometimes in life you have to do things that other people think as "bad" and be ok with it. Follow positive values and sometimes be an animal. Embrace it.
The consolidation is the hard process. In War, I've been a monster. I could see all the evil but not disturbed by it. I understand it as very human /human nature.
The main tool of the government is violence and coercion under threat. I think your association is reasonable. Strength is not part of this however as woman may be evil if they have power, but they really don't need strength. How hard do you think it would be to beat the shit out of Hillary Clinton for example?
@@Willy_Tepes you got it all wrong. I didn't mean that evil comes from power, I meant that power comes from evil. and I didn't mean 'strength' in a purely physical sense, rather, I meant that as a general ability to act and assert one's interests. it's evil because life is a zero-sum game - if I win, then somebody must lose, in one way or another.
When I allowed space for my demons and really listened they became teachers, mentors and guardians. In my view this is the primary purpose of meditation. Not guided, headphone escapism. But literally staring at a wall and not moving. Peace thru integration. It is not quick and easy. But it will change you forever.
Absolutely! The joker is a great movie. Regarding the Joker, first spoiler alert, Don't read this if you don't want the movie to be given away. The Joker was absolutely about the shadow. Remember the scene where he got fired and he just stood there with this weird smile on his face? His mother gave him the nickname happy. He didn't find out till later that he had been horribly abused by his mother and stepfather. He thought his mother was just a poor victim to the world.He was trained to give up his own life to take care of her regardless of his dissatisfaction and lonliness. You know how after he did something violent he felt good? There is power in the shadow. The problem was he was unconscious of his shadow. He didn't know that there was something inside him that needed to stand up for himself. He didn't even know that he was so victimized. If he would have had help to find out about his horrible victimization by his mother and step father then he could have consciously made choices about it and created a life where he could stand up for himself and not hurt others by making conscious choices. But his mother was a drug addict and an abuser as was his stepfather and they lied to him and play the victim that he had to save. And make happy my smiling and doing what they wanted even while he was being abused. He was trained to smile even when he was being horribly abused. He was trained by punishment to repress anything besides happiness. That's why his reactions to things seem so weird and why people abused him because instead of being angry in moments where he felt fear or he didn't like what was going on around him his unconscious reaction was to laugh. He fantasized about having a powerful life but his ability to stand up for himself had been oppressed and repressed down into the shadow so he was unable to do it. The wiring in his brain was conditioned to react to particular situations according to what he was punished into reactionary Behavior. It's conditioning like Pavlov's dogs ring a bell the dog salivate because they know the Bell is associated with food. The Joker Associated expressing negative emotions with the pain of torture and Punishment so he stopped himself before he did it do 2 the wiring in his brain cleaning an equation that look like this: Express negativity= pain. Be happy = the only possibility to be safe from pain. When someone has a large, dense or prolonged repression of a trait, emotion, behavior or personality characteristic then the acting out of it can become very extreme. One of two things can happen with the shadow either someone has a complete inability to express that aspect of personality or they're acting it out all the time but blaming someone else (projection) because they are in denial ( taught to negatively judge expression of that aspect) that it exists within them self. When he was a child when he naturally expressed dissatisfaction with something he was tortured. He was trained that anything other than being happy would not be tolerated and so even though his parent wasn't doing it anymore he was continuing that conditioning that he learned within himself. He was unaware of his shadow because his repression of dissatisfaction and attachment to identifying himself as happy was all he was allowing himself. That is why a dense Shadow is a recipe for evil. When people finally let their Shadow explode they blame others for their own actions because the pain and fear a punishment would be too great to see oneself as doing something other or being something other than they were trained through punishment to be.
Do you really want to meet your shadow? Think of *The Person* you absolutely despise, yet simultaneously envy if you're completely honest. A person that if you described to others they would find your hatred irrational, if not totally comical. Now meditate on this person, not in anger, but as an nature observer attempting to make first contact with a feral beast. Be patient... Visualize this person is just a blank canvas that your shadow prefers to paint on, the picture it paints is pure communication from your shadow to your ego. Your shadow projection on to this person will reflect some very painful truths, and inconvenient facts about you - to you. This confrontation with the shadow can be so wounding to the ego, that it isn't uncommon for another entity to immerge so that the ego may maintain Psychological integrity. Some call this entity an *alter-ego.* David Goggins confronted his shadow and named it *_"Goggins"._* He communicates with "Goggins" as a totally separate entity. This is an example of an individuated pysche that has integrated its Shadow.
It's not only your personal shadow that lies beneath the surface, it's also the collective shadow spiraling down towards the depths of hell eternally. There might be no absolute evil that could ever be conscious, it's constantly revealing more terror. That is the essence of the archetypes
@@TheBlackYoshi100 Good point. The collective shadow projects an *‘us-them’* split. Suspicion and hatred of the other group (‘them’) may soon follow. This is how select populations are made into enemies or scapegoats. When truly destructive and emotionally volatile shadow material is placed onto a group or nation, civil and world wars are formed. Jung called these forms of the collective unconscious *‘psychic epidemics.’*
Wow! So my most important take on this (at least for me) is becoming the observer, to 'see' the tendencies to good or bad would include judgment and that judgment itself 'is biased' so..... only to observe is my take from this.Thank you! This was so interesting
2:24 that hit me very hard and it was unexpected, it also happens to me, that I hate, and I really mean that I HATE corrupt people Does that mean that I could easily become corrupt if I find myself in a position of power?
My first encounter with my shadow was about a month ago and it was very dangerous I felt that I was out of control, and thankfully there was people around me or I could have harmed my self or others , however the traumendou amount of energy was amazing, since then I've been working on my shadow but now I have more dangerous and violent tendencies.
To me, the shadow is only evil for as long as it isn't integrated. The whole idea of someone rejecting it, comes from one's definition of bad vs. good. In an absolute sense, good and bad have no meaning. We are just made up of traits and behavioral inclinations that aid in survival and reproduction, i.e. evolution. This is a process that stands outside of morality, and hence our traits and behavioral inclinations are outside of morality. Morality comes into play if we consider what to do with these traits and behavioral inclinations in the context of happiness. And I believe each and every trait and behavioral inclination, including those in the shadow, can aid happiness if yielded under the right circumstance. Once integrated, the shadow thus becomes a potentially positive tool. It is all about when and when not to act on it. Moreover, simply ending that internal struggle relieves a lot of stress.
You never fully integrate it, and that's the point. Everything you said is malarkey and a product of your shadow disguised in a very clever way. It's a lifelong process that never reaches a resolution. Your commitment to the integration is what really matters. Sounds almost as dumb as when people say they got rid of their ego, all while bragging about their experience and style of yoga. Read my first comment. Your a smart guy, it should help.
@@ethangauthier2550 I agree it's a life long process. I might have worded myself as the whole shadow being integrated and being a single tool, but I actually mean it in a bit-by-bit sense. So yes, committing to the integration is important, and it reduces bit-by-bit (never ends…) the internal struggles.
When you can see spirits in your sleep and as you wake up,and be comfortable with the darkness. It might sound cool to some people,until you start seeing some shit
Yes! Transmute your shadow into an effective and productive part of your being. Turn your inner demon into your guardian and protector. Find ways to make it work in your favor. And thus, it will never become an out-of-control monster. In this life, we all must learn to love all aspects of ourselves. The good, the beautiful, the bad and the ugly. Thanks for making this video.
Aika Papa a monster is only a monster when it has power over you. Understand the monster, become friends with it. Learn to appreciate it and give it a new purpose. Love the inner enemy and it will become your best friend. For instance, instead of casting Demons back to hell. The Buddha took them under his wing. He showed them the way to enlightenment and they ventured to it on their own. Found enlightenment, too. And they became Buddhas themselves. As a gesture of gratitude and respect and appreciation. In return, they protect the Buddha and spread his teachings. The monster can be used proactively in your own life. The energy is there. It will find a way somehow. Are you brave enough to channel it and bend it by your will? Or rather will you bend to its will, and allow it to come out, take control over you? To damage the world and in the process to damage yourself? There is another way... Would you rather acknowledge it and shine light upon it? To give it purpose by which to help you grow? A wild vine can grow and branch out on its own. Surround a tree and kill it, in the process. But it can also be grown on the wall to surround its contours and adorn it. Which constitutes a fence to protect from intruders. The power to make either outcome become a reality. It’s in our own hands. It always has been there. For we, are the ones who chose to do something proactive about it or not do anything and let it run its wild course. It’s our choice in the end... The value in this lesson is priceless. And only death can take that power away from our hands. Before that however, it is up to us.
Are things like self-doubt, procrastinating & insecurity also to blame because of a lack of shadow integration? Or do I just lack the strength to push myself through these forces? I really need to know
Refusing to accept and 'collar' one's shadow can easily lead to severe mental disorders, such as Cluster 'x' personality disorders. It is also I suspect, a leading cause of recreational drug and prescription abuse.
What is interesting, is a lot of people like to Identify Evil vs Good. We are beyond the concepts of Good and Evil or should strive to be. But if everything must be identified as such…What determines something being Evil? Cynicism (extreme Selfishness) is the only thing that comes to mind. And Good? Understanding that we exist as a Collective, so Altruism (with being Guided by sufficient reason) is what should be deemed as Good.
I dont really believe my shadow is evil personally. He is me , "the other" . He was screaming in anger last night and I woke up screaming curses . I have been having alot of nightmares.
Dragon Ball Z explored this concept when they first introduced Piccolo.. the earth watcher Kami wished to rid himself of his evil and split himself in two.. king Piccolo being the evil half
similarly, akuma and gouken were raised by goutetsu (master of good & evil) to embrace their evil side (akuma) and good side (gouken) as an experiment in Street Fighter; both sides alone are similarly powerful forces if pushed to their potential.
I personally a very empathetic person. However I am sadist as well I like emotionally torture, but only when it comes to narcissists/sociopaths. I hate harming empathetic people, but I deeply enjoy harassing narcissists for example - ones who harass mostly harmless empathetic people and are afraid to get close to ones who see their true nature. There's a term an empowered empath. I enjoy helping kind hearted people and create a healthy environment around my by helping others. However I learned to completely cut my empathy when it comes to dark triad people. And have no shame to admit it. I become a narcissist to a narcissist if it can be described like that.
Guys, acceptance of your true nature is the right thing to do. And think about what is good and what is bad, and who decides it? I had prejudge about satanism(its LaVey's ateistic satanizm, more like how to tame your true nature, psychology) before i started reading about LaVey's work. I advise you to read his Satanic bible pdf. They pick the symbol of satan because they defend human nature and strongly disagree with other religious ideas which are not honest about human nature at all. Even if you are gonna disagree to something, make sure you know what you are disagreeing with. Im a logic guy, and that book was not talking anything but logic... Life is full of surprises.
I love watching this channel, it's content teaches so much in a very good way. The narrator's voice is really nice to listen to. Thank you very much Einzelganger. Are there any other UA-cam channels that create videos about philosophy and theology that teach you like this channel ?
"What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
"You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed."
Frederick Douglass
Probably to be born good, even though good and bad is learnt.
Somebody played Skyrim too much
Hey someone's gotta wash the dishes. I dont mind.
Parthuunax
Understand your evil, then you’ll know what it means to be good.
Understand your shadow and release your trauma. Become whole again.
@@TigerPaint92 😊
Tiger Paint I really have shadow and I am now aware a bit after I watched this Shadow Integration. I don’t know how to release it but its actually now festering on how I treat people around me.
Mark David Mallorca you’re not alone man, trust me... the thing is, you don’t need to try and release it. All that needs to be done is to develop your awareness of those shadow parts that you/we all have. Most people when they get angry, they’re unaware that they’re angry. Just watch your anger, witness it and know that it is a human characteristic. But by being aware of it, you get to decide how much it gets fed, what is gets fed and how often. You’re all good man! 👍🏼
Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.
--David Goggins
Wow.
David Goggins is so profound and pure, in my opinion.
Your shadow is literally inverted strengths, or repressed emotions and desires that are forcing themselves into your awareness because you reject them. Your anger can be channeled into standing up for yourself assertively... your existential crisis can be channeled into finding and making meaning. Your desire to fight can be channeled into pursuing martial arts. How can you turn your darkness into light? And why is it in darkness?
That’s just the American thing they do they give something a name even if they don’t understand & if it’s named a certain name people will always react a certain way.
@Sanne 🌱🐍 think of it as a base form like goku & vegeta we have are base desires & to get over that we train & conquer our minds & release control to control ourselves
“This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” (William Shakespeare)
Taken from tempest I guess, maybe Act 5 Scene 1 where Prospero confronts Alonso and company and introduces them to Caliban (his slave, offspring of an evil witch with a disfigured body)
I saw your videos, what do you mean by Dark Arts ?
@@Hgulix62 Seduction and manipulation.
@@PowerMatrixAnime - More like, Social Art or Art of influence ..?
If you leave the shadow in darkness, it’ll only grow
Nice.
The darkness is the shadow 😂
We all have bad tendencies, that’s bc we are born bad and need to become good
@@angelacasein7059no we are nor, that is your shadow speaking.
I think there's duality between the light and darkness such as the human consciousness.. the shadow all the acquired negativity or the stuff that doesn't meet the standards of your persona. If you don't bring your shadow to the light then your persona will be tainted by the darkness
Step 1) Stop thinking of it as evil
Everything in the shadow is a positive, helpful element (in some capacity), or it was until you repressed it, ignored it and tormented it into becoming a monster. Setting yourself up to fight against it as if it were an external demon will only empower it more -- you cannot beat yourself mentally with force in the same sense you can't pick yourself up off the ground. Instead figure out what healthy thing you turned into a monster and start nursing and loving it back to help.
A God ignored is a demon born.
A god ignored is a demon born.
I could write a story about that. Nice. Quoting that.
Kinda like ya cant tickle yourself? Sry
... I'll just show myself out
@@kymberlynnethompson9306 what do you mean you can certainly tickle yourself right?
@@kymberlynnethompson9306 lol I can kinda tickle myself only accidentally on the roof of my mouth, or a little bit on my foot 🤷🏾♂️
@@vinny5638 you can't tickle yourself. Tickle depends upon surprising the nervous system and if you tickle yourself, your brain knows what you're doing...so no surprise.
This is a very important subject that modern society really needs to hear right now. We live in a society of perpetual repression where, instead of admitting to our true nature as animalistic creatures and just accepting who we are as beings, we constantly seek to fit the world and societies into this idealized version of how we think we and it, should be, instead of just accepting the harsh reality as it is. The issue with this is that this idealized version of us and our world is not realistic and does not compute with who we really are in our primal nature. Because of this, the mask of social conformity grows bigger and bigger, meanwhile, the suppression only grows deeper and deeper roots. Deep down inside, we secretly long for outlets that allow us to "take the mask off" or outlets that give us an opportunity to vicariously live through some other form of being that taps into our true nature, thoughts, and desires. This (along with other contributing factors) has led to a lot of the escapism behavior that has become rampant in our current times. A lot of Robert Greene's books give insight on this very idea.
Over time, I have developed an understanding of how this suppressed, dark, side of ourselves fits into our lives and the world as a whole. As I mentioned, a lot of it has to do with learning to first accept the harsh realities of our nature and, by way of domino effect, the world. You must seek and find meaning and understanding in how this darkness fits into the picture. Once you do, you begin to see the reasoning for what I have come to acknowledge as, necessary evils, and then you see things from a broader perspective and understand the balance of everything. There are many dark characteristics that are deemed "wrong" by society, that are, in fact, very necessary to harness within yourself - especially as a male. Anger, selfishness, heartlessness, aggression, arrogance, immaturity, manipulation, etc. All of these are traits are needed at different points and in different situations as you move through life, and in the pursuit of becoming a wholesome, well-rounded, individual, you will need these in your arsenal just as much as any characteristic that is deemed admirable by society. A lot of this ties into the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang, and also the teachings of Niccolo Machiavelli (I think it is necessary to reach back in time to gain a better understanding of these things, as our ancestors were more in touch with their primal and dark selves. The average human of today could never teach us about our darker personality traits because we are too busy trying to hide, deny, and run from its existence. This is exactly why I say that videos like this, and books like Robert Greene's, are ever that much more important in today's times). If you look at the philosophy behind the book/film, Fight Club, it also touches on these very same ideas, the character contrast of light and dark, being portrayed through Brad Pitt's and Edward Norton's characters.
Spot on. This is why the male suicide rate is high, because we're constantly told our normal behaviour is toxic and encouraged to be girly and submissive. All being done on purpose of course...
@@Hero_Of_Old wow thats a very interesting connection you have found here. This could really be true
As a young teen I realised I'm probably f'd up. Over time when I'm angry I will lash out uncontrollably and sometimes have dark fantasies of murder. Slowly after learning philosophy I learned to accept my anger and environment. I'm a good 17 year old now.
Knowledge is power
Hahahah same, I grew up and the anger is till there. Taming that anger taught me to pause, get into a cool head angerless state, and then think on how to react. I take hours, even days to pay attention to my dark side's "ideas" before acting. Sometimes those ideas great and improvable, and most of the times are just discarded. In fact, people who don't know me that much wonder how can I remain calm under intense pressure or injury from people's bullshit, they actually believe I am a peaceful person. After listening to my shadow, I usually come up with some great sassy response, or some quiet plan to come on top in one fell swoop, without getting into legal trouble or being unethical. Just remember, many decisions cannot be unmade, so pause and think. Stay legal, stay ethical, stay safe!
@@soapmctavish8821 your situation is almost similar as mine. Good luck mate
Soap McTavish “Don’t just do something, stand there.” -Rumi
Everything passes. That is the most important thing to remember. Anger, fear, love, etc... the most interesting thing is to ask yourself why your initial response is what it is and if you believe there is a more "healthy" way of responding, and trying to fashion yourself towards a more positive way of being.
Cats: cuddly and murderous. I've never heard a better description.
Yah... heard somebody say that the cute little kitties have the identical hard-wired instincts as the 300 pound versions, meaning, if they weighed 300 pounds and were hungry, they'd eat you regardless of how much you imagine they "love" you.
I didn’t feed my cats for a day and they were getting violently angry: it was an eye opener. It’s amazing what we can project onto things; our hopes, fears, desires...everything.
I once met my shadow on a drug trip. We had an amzing conversation. Life has been ever since amazing.
Make a video about it
@BeetleBUMxX How does this work?
NukuNuku what was the Dose?
What was the drug and dose?
Sjk Rofl mushrooms? lol
To keep good alive you have to know all of the devil’s dirty tricks, and to know those you have to keep him in you always.
Is this a quote or you made it man?
Vic I think it’s me - or the devil in me!
“What you accept, you go beyond!” I like that!
If I don't integrate my darkness in a healthy manner, darkness will integrate me.
Today I acted out of selfish desire and ended up pissing somebody off. But man did it feel good. There was a strange satisfaction I gained from it, I can't explain.
It's crazy how the Carl Jung's way to welcome, accept and be friendly with our dark side is close to mindfulness/Tolle teachings.
@@jlauren91 I talked about Tolle because he is my favorite autor, and because he talks about him in the vid. But mindfulness comes from Buddhism and Hinduism, which came long before Jung, or even Stoïc philosophers. It's still intersting, because I guess Jung didn't know so much about buddhism, but get to the same conclusion. Just a guess though, maybe he was inspired by buddhism.
@@madoris5522 Jung actually studied that. He visited India and was fascinated by Mandalas in his late years.
@@madoris5522 Of course Jung knew about buddhism, he was one of the most knowledgeable men that ever lived. It might sound like an overstatement, but read his books, it's incredible
@@TheBlackYoshi100 Thank you, I will.
@@madoris5522 Jung did research deeply about the Buddha and he said that the Buddha, Jesus, Lao Tzu and another one whose name I forget were his most favorite spiritual leaders.
*To see light, there has to be darkness.*
To see this comment, it must be *bold*
@@Sarah-rf5rj Haha good one!
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Light within the darkness, and darkness within the light. It’s balance in a visual sense.
the blind trying to lead the blind.
To see darkness, there has to be light.
When I did my Shadow work course there were specific steps to use when we were ‘triggered’ or ‘fucked up’ to help integration. I use these everyday now which has allowed for more peace and less chaos in my life.
What are they?
Yea i need these too haha
Can you please elaborate. This is exactly what I would like to know.
Please know Einzelganger is also a fuckin awesome teacher
What are they?
Taming the shadow is an act of transformation.
Madness is a part of me and I embrace it, as I wouldn't be who I am without it. I've experienced its self destructive power in trying to deny it or covering it with shame. In acknowledging it, I mold it into fuel for my creativity, and intense anger has been honed into a tool in the form of drive and determination to aid my life goals. ... In an "acceptable" way, of course.
9:04 What you accept, you go beyond - Thanks !
Acceptance and awareness without acting on it - is the key when facing our dark side 🌚🌗. Because when our shadow is of the radar, we can’t monitor it, let alone control it. So we will never know when it suddenly lashes out towards ourselves or the outside world. “What you accept you go beyond” -Tolle
Wow this is pure wisdom. Channeling your shadow towards positive activities that actually help you become your better version.
Namasté and thank you. 💕
Sorry for your loss and good that you're taking the time you need. Totally respect that you're taking care of what's more important at this challenging time.
Carl Jung, Eckhart Tolle and David Goggins? Three of my favourite human beings. You earned yourself a sub.
Wow dude, awesome that you managed to build a bridge between David Goggins and the shadow. His teachings are something that I've listened and found inner peace and strength from. My vision of these things is more clear now.
My approach. Maybe help someone:
Step 1: realize yo have a shadow. In your subconscious. Journaling, reflection and brutal honesty with yourself help to uncover this unhealthy patterns.
Step 2 : Do not resist, accept. It’s part of the human spirit. Many wise men have discovered this dark side of human nature. It’s the same black horse from
Plato’s chariot allegory.
Step 3: love it and forgive it. A wise me said once: “love your enemies (…) If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? “ shocking! Because you are your enemy! It’s not outside.
Step 4: you start to reconcile with yourself, the exterior world and increase your inner strength.
For what it’s worth, my whole life I’ve been a generally aggressive person. Learning about this early on and recognizing it has allowed me to channel this and to exercise and business pursuits. Integration is key! I can usually just flip it on with the switch if I listen to some sort of hard-core music which makes working out as easy as deciding to just put on my running shoes and ear buds. Idk just my 2 cents
Chikatilo is a most dreadful example of when a person grows suppressing all his dark side, becomes insecure, anxious, afraid of everything, as a result abused by everyone and eventually falls under an influence of his inner shadow which consequently grew out of control and became a bloodthirsty beast ready to destroy and dominate the weak.
Not sure that my theory is right though.
Marcus Kane Sr. from Twisted Metal 2, 3, Black, and Head-On is another example, with Needles Kane, aka Sweet Tooth being a Jungian Persona Shadow to Marcus.
As far as I understand, a shadow is not an evil part of me. It is a immature selfconcept or bundle of thoughts and feelings that come forth of this immature selfconcept.
This selfconcept is build on experiences in my youth or in past lifes that are not understood by the psyche at that moment and are surrounded by fear and other emotions. Because of the inability to handle the fear at that moment, due to immaturity, my psyche has pushed the whole thing in the subconscious, to be dealt with it later.
When it comes up in later life, it will always be surrounded by the emotions that were present at the moment it was pushed away. In order to 'so called, integrate' this shadow the emotions and thoughts that accompany them need to be dealt with, but now from a matured perspective.
The shadow will come up in dreams or be mirrored by other people as for me to get acquainted with it, since it is in the shadow where I can't see it. In the time my psyche offers this shadow to me in order to shed light on it, I will firstly resist it because of the fear that accompanies it, thus giving myself a change to push it back in the subconscious.
Integrating it merely means becoming more and more aware of it by accepting it to be there. And dealing with all the emotions, especially the fear by being willing to feel it all and find out it doesn't wipe me out as the fear tries to make me believe. Rather the opposite is true, it frees me and leaves me more light and more whole.
I subscribe to this. It can be evil, though, butthe primary situation is what you described. This is shadow integration without the culty shit.
Humans have capacity for both good and evil
This line hits hard after watching this video
I love my shadow because after I embraced it, the some “acting upon” activities I may or may not do regarding the shadow, I act without guilt and have a higher awareness. I used to operate on the level that I should feel things based on external opinions, but that is no longer the case. I can look to myself and be my own best friend because I don’t judge myself anymore. I can admit what I can do and it’s very empowering to myself. I use Law of Attraction to attract what I want and recently something was made available to “act upon” that my shadow was interested in. I indulged in it, but I was also aware of what the limit should be. The shadow agreed. It’s a beautiful thing.
Hello. How did you embrace your shadow?
I shall get a notebook and write everything I'm learning from this channel.
Thank you!
Write it friend
I think the idea of integrating your shadow is to integrate your darkside anyway. So no matter what you do, you integrate the darker aspects of yourself to create a holistic whole. The ultimate goal is to reconcile the self into full understanding of oneself shadow of the unconscious integrated in the conscious self. Jordan Peterson has an 8 minute lecture floating around about integrating your dark side that approaches this very well. If you fear the unknown of the darker sides of you, however, you may never know your potential to become.
It was a relief to find that I no longer needed to battle the evils of the world, I need only battle the shadow within
I see my shadow, but I cannot access it. I crave it and envy it, and it wants to get out, but it just can't escape the cage. It's snarling and barking, filled with rage and hunger. It desires the flesh of its own, it desires mine. My ego wants to die, so that I can become manifest. I will be heard, I will be acknowledged. I will not be denied. Expression is invariable.
We all have dark shadows. During the Middle Ages Rembrandt painted his portraits using two thirds dark and 1/3rd light. The impressionists came along and it was 2/3rds light and 1/3rd dark. This was accomplished with the masterful harmonizing of color.
We should attempt to do the same.
Life is art. And art is life.
So i'm trying to understand my shadow. What I have repressed since childhood? What makes me angry? What bothers me? Why I portray as moral or good things? What you showcased was helpful to some extent.
Great video! Introspecting into oneself definitely helps understanding our actions, fears and motivations. When we have control (maybe not control, but at least familiarity) of those thoughts, we have a clearer mind to find purpose in life.
I am sometimes conscious of my shadow, and it is terrifying. It is nihilistic, wants me to destroy myself and the world. While I am a feminist and love and respect women, my shadow is misogynistic and wants to dominate and have power over them. I aspire to a good happy productive life, but my shadow wants me to live in misery, used by people for drug money and become a crack addict. Aspects of it are coming out more and more, I hope the more of Jung I read the more it will help integrate this darkness.
You need to introspect, sit down comfortably and face yourself. I don't know your Life but i think i was in the same psychological situation, the worst is yet to come.
What is your age if you don't mind ?
Ultimately you hate yourself for feeling this way when you shouldn’t. Dive deeper into your negative feelings. Such as why do you feel the need to control women? Is it because you see things in them that you see in yourself that are uncontrollable and you want to “help” them? So perhaps your shadow may be telling you that you need more discipline in whatever aspects of women that you focus your negative feelings on. Your shadow is simply your conscience telling you that something within you isn’t being addressed. You’re interpreting those emotions into women and the world.
I have the opposite problem: I am of the traditional belief that men have a certain hierarchical responsibility for women. I live in a place filled with broken men that abuse women or praise them as Goddesses. It is neither. Neither gender is better and we are here to serve each other based on our individual and genetic strengths. I have pity for them but at the same time a deep anger at them for simply using women to quell their insecurities and avoid dealing with themselves. It is so selfish and it destroys you and your community. Women do this too, of course. But I only place the blame on men because we are psychologically in tune with a Logos that most women aren’t. Men are more subconsciously and consciously interested in becoming the hero archetype than women. As such, it is ingrained into us to face challenge. We think that means out in the world, and it absolutely can. But the direction of conquer should be yourself by how you interact in the world. Ultimately these weak men continue destroying themselves and in turn destroying women. When the dominant hierarchy falls, it all falls. Logos brings with it leadership qualities. Denying yourself the opportunity to be an example for both sexes is one of the worst things a man can do. Both men and women are lacking direction for different reasons. But knowing you can be a leader will naturally have both men and women following you without you having to fight to keep them in your life. You must first and always conquer yourself. Then there will be no need for control. People will latch to you and everyone involved benefits by having control by your example. So in a sense control is both expelled in all parties or held by your example. Either or.
Male feminists are denying their own masculinity and want to lead women deep down, because it's natural. Women are more attracted to men who are dominant.
@@Hgulix62 35, I hope worse isn't to come, it be better to integrate this shadow asap
@@TheAeoxEternal I certainly feel my body and brain and mind are not my own, they feel like enemies that control me and put me through suffering. I want to control then utterly, so pain, suffering, anxiety, fear and self destruct button are all under my Dominion.
I think if somebody describes their shadow as evil and hellish, he probably shouldn't do shadow work on his own. Most of us don't have the tools and the skills to work with such serious issues. He should preferably get good professional assistance. But of course, acceptance and awareness is the way to go.
Hi- Thanks you for posting another awesome thought-provoking video. I don't see the shadow as evil, I see it more as a protector that is no longer needed. The disowned qualities that exist in the shadow are parts of ourselves that we hid away because they were too delicate to survive, or too precious to lose. So, we tucked them into the safety of the shadow and then forgot about them. Suppressed and neglected, these qualities withered and festered. Becoming toxic in captivity they adopted the qualities of their opposite. The loving sweetness of a child hidden away, neglected and forgotten turning into frustration, anger and rage.
If we look carefully we can see how our thoughts, emotions and projections are guides to what shadow element is seeking our attention. And, if we are lucky, the present moment will provide us with the opportunity to bring it into the light. For me, integration is not about "accepting" this "evil" part of yourself. It is about understanding that there is a neglected unloved part of yourself that is reaching out for your attention. It may seem dangerous, horrible and scary, but that is just because it has been in the dark for too long. Working to integrate your shadow is about you loving you and realizing that you are exactly where you need to be. The following Rilke quote is my guide to integration of the shadow... “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
Integrating the evil part of my shadow side taught me to help transmute others demons and making peace with it and doing both made me a like a spiritual wizard. It took over 10 years, but was so worth it.
Will watch later, commenting just to help the algorithm notice it Xd
Good person
yeah imma do da same
Ditto
Would like to know how this algorithm business works.
The shadow is haunting you ;)
This may have just saved me. I've been struggling with this for awhile and this will help me on the right track. Thank you. Perfect timing to subscribe to your videos is with this subject.
I went on a weed edible trip yesterday. I felt chest pain (not for the first time and, likely, from acid reflux, my doctor says) and my anxiety skyrocketed. I saw the face of Death as clearly as I now see UA-cam. Then I thought, "How do I know for sure that my next breath won't be my last one? I don't". I very much wanted to live. Yet I know that is not under my control.
I guess mortality is what I'm working on integrating. I'm doing that by accepting that I don't know when my last breath will be and that's alright. I can think about/focus on other things instead of circling that bottomless pit.
I considered calling an ambulance once during a mushroom trip because I no longer could feel my heart beating. It took me some seconds to realize how insane that thought was.
You're hitting the nail on the head. Even if your next breath is your last, it'll all be okay. Why? Because when you die, all the problems and tribulations of your mortal coil suddenly won't apply anymore. What to eat tomorrow? What does Joe down the street think of me? Is my comment going to be liked? Doesn't matter, because you'll be dead any problem applicable to life will not have any bearing on you.
This is something reported by people who have had actual clinical near death experiences. A sudden realization of the weight of the world being lifted from their shoulders.
I feel this applies no matter your view on death.
Reductionist view of consciousness produced by the brain? Well, then when the lights go out, and existence fades, then nothing will bother you anymore, yes? Awareness ends, and thus, awareness of suffering and bliss. An empty void of solace with nothing to perturb it.
Spiritual view of the brain acting as a consciousness transceiver? Well, to me that seems even better than the above, given that finding the acceptance that you're already having a rapport with will only benefit you in such a situation. You'd not only be aware of the joke of mortal problems, but also be able to integrate yourself properly into your DMT death-dream.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble. I wish you luck in your endeavors.
@@istivanp8747 Yeah, psychedelics removed my fear of death completely. I once had a salvia trip where I met 5 dwarfs at a control panel. I suddenly realized that we do not in fact exist, but are just made up characters in a story made for others enjoyment. The grumpy one said "He knows now, we can't let him go back". One of the others said "Don't worry, no one will believe him anyway.
It left me very anxious, but after a while I realized that it does not matter anyway. The only existence we have is here, and it does not matter what layer of the "onion" we are in, there are infinite layers of reality. That feeling that reality consists of layers like in a onion is very typical of salvia. I don't do salvia anymore as it always brings me back to the same place, and there is nothing more for me to get there.
@Jaime Ares Life is what you make it. Would it be a meaningless life if you were a mighty warlord or something? Would you be satisfied if your name was remembered in history books? Life is only meaningless because you find no meaning in what you are doing at the moment. Humans need adversity and challenges to grow. So if you are dissatisfied with your life, change it! You can stuff some things in a backpack and leave tomorrow, and make a completely different life for yourself, you can influence your own future.
If you only wonder what death is like, but don't fear it, then you can live. Who could stop a person who does not even fear death?
As I can draw logical conclusions from current events, I know there is a massive world war coming, numerous revolutions and rebellions. You will have your chance to shine, to show what you are made of and do something worth remembering. We all die, but the important thing is how we live. Personally I am fed up with living in chains and will take the first chance to tip the bucket over.
@Jaime Ares What is it that you HAVE to accept? I have got up and left several times during my 50 years here. Even though it at the time seemed like the world was horrible, that I had no way out,......the only thing I really feared was uncertainty and change. Once I made the change everything was great,.....until I felt the desire to do something else again :D
People react to you based on the signals you give off. If you feel you are unremarkable and unimportant, people will treat you like that. If you don't respect yourself, people will not respect you. Try out some acting, make up a backstory, dress accordingly, have an attitude that reflects it, go somewhere no one knows you, and see how people treat you differently. You must accept what you can't change, but you can in fact change most things about your life. I guess the clue is to know what you can change at this moment. Life is bloody long, and a lot of it feels like just treading a hamster wheel, but in between all the cloudy days there is beautiful sunshine. I am guessing you are relatively young.
Since I'm diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and Antisocial Personality disorder (basically a borderline sociopath) I can't stop thinking and addressing of how evil I am. Not in a way of self pity, but I'm truly scared of inflicting serious harm to someone someday. And although I have had ambulant therapy for 5 years and I'm pretty self aware, it's a daily struggle for me to keep my insanity in my head and not acting to it. Because if I did, I already had committed suicide or killed someone, or hurt someone in such a way that I was locked up in prison for a long time.
The last few years I just let 'it' rage inside my head and I'm aware of it. And try not to suppress it.
It's more like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
In some way I can control it if it stays inside my mind. But the delusional episodes are tough. Bouncing from sanity to insanity and back draws my energy to a low point.
And therefore I'm not socially active. I avoid people in public.
And changes, harm, and conflicts of any kind causes me a lot of stress and I'm likely to get a psychose where I continually overthink and discuss thoughts and actions. Things that has happened or what possibly could've happened.
It's so terrible exhausting that I turn into a grumpy sad loner without anybody left. Love is such a thing that can cause severe pain and hurt and therefore I reject it in such a way that it can physically hurt me.
That's why I love nature, small things, simple things, like watching birds, flowers, nature in general. It can't hurt my feelings...
Living like this isn't really a living, I tell you.
It's a daily struggle to survive.
There is no solution to this problem. Because I'm aware that I'm the problem and solution the same time.
And I just don't have the guts or strength anymore to fight this endless and unfair battle inside my mind. I'm fighting myself, and trying to heal it in the same way.
Realising this, I gave up a long time ago.
I'm alone in this battle. And there's nothing that I can do to overcome this disease...
It will kill me, in the end...
Jesus said resist not evil. That means don't give evi it's power through resistance. The less resistant you are the less power it has over you.
Yes, Christianity wants us to be aware of the evil within ourselves and seing our own shortcomings. See Matthew 7, 3-5. It makes one more mindful of his actions as well as more humble
Fear breeds ignorance, love breeds understanding. Something we hate/fear we will never seek to understand and our ignorance will make us powerless against it. Something we love we will seek to understand, and understanding a thing is to have power over it. Hate your demons and they will control you, love your demons and you will control them. Interesting how Christianity and Satanism came to the same conclusion on that one, guess people are not as different as they'd like to believe.
Daniel You are right, and wrong in the same time :)
Satanist's belief is more honest, and fits to human nature. Check LaVey's book(Satanic Bible) if you didnt. Their philosophy is fabulous.
Daniel, personally I would like to see evil as some illness or poison one takes in. Indeed, both taken to excess is destructive, but what if we took in just enough to understand it. We would learn to be immune to their more potent effects, no?
Ray Diaz What if your definition of evil is wrong in the beginning?
*denial is the ultimate comfort zone.*
real. examination of our conscious and unconscious denials is highly indicative of our shadows.
duality can be a tricky thing :)
I have experienced very dark emotions too. It helps to see them as side effects of unconscious wrong conclusions in the soul, conclusions drawn when we experienced traumatic experiences growing up. Or side effects of unfelt negative emotions that were suppressed because we felt guilty about them.
A lot of my shadow work has been trying to understand where I allowed trauma to mold me. Releasing the anger and sadness is key.
Even if you didn't live any traumas, even if you had lived a perfect life, with all perfect experiences, surrounded by all warm and pure love every single day you would still carry a shadow. And such shadow would be just as devilish, just as evil and just as dark as it is today.
@@josefromspace what causes this?
@@jaysonmuzuruk6604 human nature
My shadow has been brought into the light. I have done violence against bad people on a professional level, but only to stop violence. I am aware of my capacity for violence, yet it is only a tool. Reckoning with my self has been an intense journey. I know when and how to use my shadow self to better the world around me not for myself but for others. Using what is buried deep inside ones self to save another, even an enemy is the truest act of love.
What is your profession? Can we talk? /Leona
The most difficult aspects of psychic integration are the emotions associated with these FEELING TONED COMPLEXES, as we call them. Emotions are very difficult to deal with and involve great suffering for the person. This is where the conflict lies, with a highly charged emotional complex.
As Jung had always stressed over and again in his writings, these issues cannot be solved by a clever intellect, like that involved in moving pieces on a chess board. Here he differentiates between the AESTHETIC ATTITUDE with that of JUDGEMENT. The former is merely an intellectual analysis, and produces poor results, since one simply watches his drama, but does not actively participate. Only through an act of judgment upon himself which he makes a morally binding obligation to himself can he hope to come to terms with his division and hope to integrate his personality.
He and I both are the first to trash all of these theosophical movements that believe that it's all a matter of THINKING, when it is really a matter of FEELING.
BUT THIS IS WHERE WE SUFFER AND SO PEOPLE TRY TO AVOID THIS ISSUE BY AN INTELLECTUAL APPROACH.
Nothing changes and the Shadow is not integrated.
Evidently, I've taken the masters words to heart and have become a master myself.
HAVE A NICE DAY
By accepting our dark side,(shadow) and surrendering we go behind mind thoughts!!
Your Channel really helps me to maintain peace through my Self Evolving Process whenever I feel a lil' insecure 'bout the direction I turned my Life to.
Thank you infinitely for that.
Your Impact is far greater than u might realize. :')
The Shadow must not be accepted but must be wielded. Accepting one's Shadow and acting on its command will do no good to anyone. It must *not* be jailed or ignored or else get ready to face rebellion. One must carefully trick the Shadow into thinking that it is given the centre stage when in fact it is actually being ruled by the Ego. This is how one will not get into argument with their Shadow for not letting it out and with the world for not keeping the Shadow in.
"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it."
- Genesis 4:7
Do not repress your evil, do what is right, and master it.
Recognition of the existence, the depth and the potential of the shadow is a revelation in itself and an excellent starting point.
Integration is another matter altogether.
The "shadow" is as intrinsically an aspect of our very being as our lungs are for our body.
"Integration" in the sense of which we talk about it here, is more to bring forth it's inherent value and become a "whole" or balanced person for oneself in a particular cultural context and to become a source of "wisdom" for others to draw upon and work towards the same.
Expressed in the cold language of words, it rather lacks integrity, depth and value, for although words are helpful, they are not "it", they merely point toward "it" in their coarse and bumbling way.
"Though I pour an ocean of words upon you, yet it profit you not"
This is very interesting. Partly because, for example, there is a fine line between implementing dominance effectively and becoming vile. It's very hard for people to stare into the obis and not go mad
"Thank you for watching" the most satisfying thing I could here.
There's this anime called Ajin, I think, it came about right when I first started looking into what the "shadow" is and wow. The creator MUST have researched Jung
was watching the other day and thought the same
Ancient spiritual philosopher Ibn Arabi refers to the evil shadow as the ego. He also states that you should not completely ignore and deprive the ego completely. For if you abuse it unjustly, it may lash out at you.
This hit me. I am new to alchemist topics. Anyway, it's been close to a year that all of the sudden my ego left me. It felt like some weigh was lifted, no longer need to pretend, no longer need to please.. I thought I was in the right track. I did not force anything it just happened.. Any advice?
@@malenyluna5275 you exercised mushin; to fully express this requires sitting still for however long is required
Shadow is not an evil. It's your denial of the evil. What you are afraid to see and admit it as a true. You are more likely to do it and not call it evil. It could be narcissism in disguise, denied rage. When you say I'm not that way, it means you probably are. People around you can also help you recognize that, so listen closely.
The one thing I take issue with here is the characterization of a cat as 'cruel and murderous' -- I think cruelty implies _intent._ To the cat, a mouse is a mobile toy that squeaks -- unlike us, a cat doesn't have Theory of Mind, it can't comprehend a mouse as being a living, feeling entity. A cat will just as enthusiastically catch and play with a feathered squeak toy, if the owner twitches it around like a live animal.
So while a cat simply enjoys a game of chase and catch, whether it be something alive or manufactured, a _human_ who does the same thing -- catches and torments a mouse or bird to death -- does so knowingly, and likely enjoys the act _because_ the creature is alive and can feel.
So comparing a cat to a human's shadow to justify calling it a 'natural urge' seems disingenuous, or at the very least, unfair to cats...
bacchante1 I think cats do realize they are living things though. They just have a limited understanding of their own excessive force as being bad or harmful. If you’ve ever seen or read Of Mice and Men, the character Lennie Small is similar to how I envision the logic of a cat to be. Not harmful by nature, though harmful in the end by the perceptions of others, due to their own inability to perceive their strength and ferocity as harmful, when in fact it is.
I feel that as a man sometimes in life you have to do things that other people think as "bad" and be ok with it. Follow positive values and sometimes be an animal. Embrace it.
The consolidation is the hard process. In War, I've been a monster. I could see all the evil but not disturbed by it. I understand it as very human /human nature.
for some reason I always associated evil with power and strength.
The main tool of the government is violence and coercion under threat. I think your association is reasonable. Strength is not part of this however as woman may be evil if they have power, but they really don't need strength. How hard do you think it would be to beat the shit out of Hillary Clinton for example?
@@Willy_Tepes you got it all wrong. I didn't mean that evil comes from power, I meant that power comes from evil. and I didn't mean 'strength' in a purely physical sense, rather, I meant that as a general ability to act and assert one's interests. it's evil because life is a zero-sum game - if I win, then somebody must lose, in one way or another.
@@arsenii_yavorskyi Okay
Alan Watts described something similar to this as "the element of irreducible rascality." Though it may be a bit different it's a similar concept.
Fascinating subject. I'd love to hear more about the shadow & integration in future videos.
When I allowed space for my demons and really listened they became teachers, mentors and guardians. In my view this is the primary purpose of meditation. Not guided, headphone escapism. But literally staring at a wall and not moving. Peace thru integration. It is not quick and easy. But it will change you forever.
I wonder what the world would be like if everyone integrated their shadow
Absolutely! The joker is a great movie.
Regarding the Joker, first spoiler alert,
Don't read this if you don't want the movie to be given away.
The Joker was absolutely about the shadow.
Remember the scene where he got fired and he just stood there with this weird smile on his face?
His mother gave him the nickname happy.
He didn't find out till later that he had been horribly abused by his mother and stepfather.
He thought his mother was just a poor victim to the world.He was trained to give up his own life to take care of her regardless of his dissatisfaction and lonliness.
You know how after he did something violent he felt good?
There is power in the shadow. The problem was he was unconscious of his shadow.
He didn't know that there was something inside him that needed to stand up for himself. He didn't even know that he was so victimized.
If he would have had help to find out about his horrible victimization by his mother and step father then he could have consciously made choices about it and created a life where he could stand up for himself and not hurt others by making conscious choices.
But his mother was a drug addict and an abuser as was his stepfather and they lied to him and play the victim that he had to save. And make happy my smiling and doing what they wanted even while he was being abused.
He was trained to smile even when he was being horribly abused. He was trained by punishment to repress anything besides happiness.
That's why his reactions to things seem so weird and why people abused him because instead of being angry in moments where he felt fear or he didn't like what was going on around him his unconscious reaction was to laugh.
He fantasized about having a powerful life but his ability to stand up for himself had been oppressed and repressed down into the shadow so he was unable to do it.
The wiring in his brain was conditioned to react to particular situations according to what he was punished into reactionary Behavior.
It's conditioning like Pavlov's dogs ring a bell the dog salivate because they know the Bell is associated with food.
The Joker Associated expressing negative emotions with the pain of torture and Punishment so he stopped himself before he did it do 2 the wiring in his brain cleaning an equation that look like this:
Express negativity= pain.
Be happy = the only possibility to be safe from pain.
When someone has a large, dense or prolonged repression of a trait, emotion, behavior or personality characteristic then the acting out of it can become very extreme.
One of two things can happen with the shadow either someone has a complete inability to express that aspect of personality or they're acting it out all the time but blaming someone else (projection) because they are in denial ( taught to negatively judge expression of that aspect) that it exists within them self.
When he was a child when he naturally expressed dissatisfaction with something he was tortured. He was trained that anything other than being happy would not be tolerated and so even though his parent wasn't doing it anymore he was continuing that conditioning that he learned within himself.
He was unaware of his shadow because his repression of dissatisfaction and attachment to identifying himself as happy was all he was allowing himself.
That is why a dense Shadow is a recipe for evil. When people finally let their Shadow explode they blame others for their own actions because the pain and fear a punishment would be too great to see oneself as doing something other or being something other than they were trained through punishment to be.
strong vid. deep content. keep up the good work brother.
Do you really want to meet your shadow? Think of *The Person* you absolutely despise, yet simultaneously envy if you're completely honest.
A person that if you described to others they would find your hatred irrational, if not totally comical.
Now meditate on this person, not in anger, but as an nature observer attempting to make first contact with a feral beast. Be patient...
Visualize this person is just a blank canvas that your shadow prefers to paint on, the picture it paints is pure communication from your shadow to your ego.
Your shadow projection on to this person will reflect some very painful truths, and inconvenient facts about you - to you.
This confrontation with the shadow can be so wounding to the ego, that it isn't uncommon for another entity to immerge so that the ego may maintain Psychological integrity.
Some call this entity an *alter-ego.* David Goggins confronted his shadow and named it *_"Goggins"._* He communicates with "Goggins" as a totally separate entity. This is an example of an individuated pysche that has integrated its Shadow.
It's not only your personal shadow that lies beneath the surface, it's also the collective shadow spiraling down towards the depths of hell eternally. There might be no absolute evil that could ever be conscious, it's constantly revealing more terror. That is the essence of the archetypes
@@TheBlackYoshi100 Good point. The collective shadow projects an *‘us-them’* split. Suspicion and hatred of the other group (‘them’) may soon follow. This is how select populations are made into enemies or scapegoats.
When truly destructive and emotionally volatile shadow material is placed onto a group or nation, civil and world wars are formed. Jung called these forms of the collective unconscious *‘psychic epidemics.’*
I really enjoy this UA-cam channel it’s liberating as there is much junk on UA-cam. Thank you for making these thought provoking videos :)
Wow! So my most important take on this (at least for me) is becoming the observer, to 'see' the tendencies to good or bad would include judgment and that judgment itself 'is biased' so..... only to observe is my take from this.Thank you! This was so interesting
I´m I the only one that expected a flying bag in the end?
I needed to hear this. Thank you!
Many Thanks! Beautifully Said and Powerfully Done.
Awesome video man! I always appreciate your videos and watching youtube ads until end.
Extremely insightful. Great job! Congratulations.
2:24 that hit me very hard and it was unexpected, it also happens to me, that I hate, and I really mean that I HATE corrupt people
Does that mean that I could easily become corrupt if I find myself in a position of power?
My first encounter with my shadow was about a month ago and it was very dangerous I felt that I was out of control, and thankfully there was people around me or I could have harmed my self or others , however the traumendou amount of energy was amazing, since then I've been working on my shadow but now I have more dangerous and violent tendencies.
How did you start working on it?
@@AuspiciousHuman I opressed it again
Great video. Thanks. It is important information. It will improve the world if people become aware of this.
To me, the shadow is only evil for as long as it isn't integrated. The whole idea of someone rejecting it, comes from one's definition of bad vs. good. In an absolute sense, good and bad have no meaning. We are just made up of traits and behavioral inclinations that aid in survival and reproduction, i.e. evolution. This is a process that stands outside of morality, and hence our traits and behavioral inclinations are outside of morality. Morality comes into play if we consider what to do with these traits and behavioral inclinations in the context of happiness. And I believe each and every trait and behavioral inclination, including those in the shadow, can aid happiness if yielded under the right circumstance. Once integrated, the shadow thus becomes a potentially positive tool. It is all about when and when not to act on it. Moreover, simply ending that internal struggle relieves a lot of stress.
You never fully integrate it, and that's the point. Everything you said is malarkey and a product of your shadow disguised in a very clever way. It's a lifelong process that never reaches a resolution. Your commitment to the integration is what really matters. Sounds almost as dumb as when people say they got rid of their ego, all while bragging about their experience and style of yoga. Read my first comment. Your a smart guy, it should help.
@@ethangauthier2550 I agree it's a life long process. I might have worded myself as the whole shadow being integrated and being a single tool, but I actually mean it in a bit-by-bit sense. So yes, committing to the integration is important, and it reduces bit-by-bit (never ends…) the internal struggles.
@@mysterion9686 you may be on to something, trust your intuition. Maybe your a super hero afterall ;)
When you can see spirits in your sleep and as you wake up,and be comfortable with the darkness. It might sound cool to some people,until you start seeing some shit
Yes! Transmute your shadow into an effective and productive part of your being. Turn your inner demon into your guardian and protector. Find ways to make it work in your favor. And thus, it will never become an out-of-control monster. In this life, we all must learn to love all aspects of ourselves. The good, the beautiful, the bad and the ugly. Thanks for making this video.
Aika Papa a monster is only a monster when it has power over you. Understand the monster, become friends with it. Learn to appreciate it and give it a new purpose.
Love the inner enemy and it will become your best friend.
For instance, instead of casting Demons back to hell. The Buddha took them under his wing. He showed them the way to enlightenment and they ventured to it on their own. Found enlightenment, too. And they became Buddhas themselves. As a gesture of gratitude and respect and appreciation. In return, they protect the Buddha and spread his teachings.
The monster can be used proactively in your own life. The energy is there. It will find a way somehow. Are you brave enough to channel it and bend it by your will? Or rather will you bend to its will, and allow it to come out, take control over you? To damage the world and in the process to damage yourself?
There is another way...
Would you rather acknowledge it and shine light upon it? To give it purpose by which to help you grow?
A wild vine can grow and branch out on its own. Surround a tree and kill it, in the process. But it can also be grown on the wall to surround its contours and adorn it. Which constitutes a fence to protect from intruders.
The power to make either outcome become a reality. It’s in our own hands. It always has been there. For we, are the ones who chose to do something proactive about it or not do anything and let it run its wild course.
It’s our choice in the end...
The value in this lesson is priceless. And only death can take that power away from our hands. Before that however, it is up to us.
Powerful and enlightening content. Much love from Israel 🇮🇱
Thank you Joel!
Are things like self-doubt, procrastinating & insecurity also to blame because of a lack of shadow integration? Or do I just lack the strength to push myself through these forces?
I really need to know
Refusing to accept and 'collar' one's shadow can easily lead to severe mental disorders, such as Cluster 'x' personality disorders. It is also I suspect, a leading cause of recreational drug and prescription abuse.
True.
Gute Arbeit Einzelgänger, weiter so 💪🏽
What is interesting, is a lot of people like to Identify Evil vs Good. We are beyond the concepts of Good and Evil or should strive to be. But if everything must be identified as such…What determines something being Evil? Cynicism (extreme Selfishness) is the only thing that comes to mind. And Good? Understanding that we exist as a Collective, so Altruism (with being Guided by sufficient reason) is what should be deemed as Good.
I dont really believe my shadow is evil personally. He is me , "the other" .
He was screaming in anger last night and I woke up screaming curses . I have been having alot of nightmares.
Dragon Ball Z explored this concept when they first introduced Piccolo.. the earth watcher Kami wished to rid himself of his evil and split himself in two.. king Piccolo being the evil half
Interesting that we know of this topic since long ago and due to what? Watching anime!
Don Majio ... God bless Goku
similarly, akuma and gouken were raised by goutetsu (master of good & evil) to embrace their evil side (akuma) and good side (gouken) as an experiment in Street Fighter; both sides alone are similarly powerful forces if pushed to their potential.
I personally a very empathetic person.
However I am sadist as well
I like emotionally torture, but only when it comes to narcissists/sociopaths. I hate harming empathetic people, but I deeply enjoy harassing narcissists for example - ones who harass mostly harmless empathetic people and are afraid to get close to ones who see their true nature.
There's a term an empowered empath.
I enjoy helping kind hearted people and create a healthy environment around my by helping others. However I learned to completely cut my empathy when it comes to dark triad people. And have no shame to admit it. I become a narcissist to a narcissist if it can be described like that.
This is still a widely unexplored topic as far as modern examples. Still discovering many new examples in myself
Guys, acceptance of your true nature is the right thing to do.
And think about what is good and what is bad, and who decides it?
I had prejudge about satanism(its LaVey's ateistic satanizm, more like how to tame your true nature, psychology) before i started reading about LaVey's work. I advise you to read his Satanic bible pdf. They pick the symbol of satan because they defend human nature and strongly disagree with other religious ideas which are not honest about human nature at all.
Even if you are gonna disagree to something, make sure you know what you are disagreeing with.
Im a logic guy, and that book was not talking anything but logic... Life is full of surprises.
This feels like a jailbreak but in human version.
It is the light that casts the shadow. Namaste.
Thank you for this, I feel my mind is more clear.
Thank you so very much for these videos - they are so enlightening and helpful.
I love watching this channel, it's content teaches so much in a very good way. The narrator's voice is really nice to listen to.
Thank you very much Einzelganger.
Are there any other UA-cam channels that create videos about philosophy and theology that teach you like this channel ?
New thinking allowed is a great channel!
Academy of ideas is just as amazing as this channel