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Francis
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« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2011, 02:25:45 PM » |
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In Jung-speak, the shadow is a metaphor for a repressed subconscious complex. The conscious persona says, "that's not who I am or want to be"
I remember talking to a dude in a bar about football. He looked like a big guy so i asked him if he ever played. He said that he had tried it but that he "didn't like who he became" when he really got into it. I took it that he meant, there is a savage bloodlust side of him that was activated during play, that he saw and didn't like. Though, I didn't quiz him on the details, for obvious reasons.
If we are striving to be a certain type of person, then we tend to resist and repress elements which we think are blocking our progress. But what you resist, you become, eventually. There are unintended consequences associated with every action. The shadow complexes represent the unintended consequences of building a personality.
"The self-regulating function of the psyche implies that the unconscious counterbalances the one-sided tendencies of the conscious [mind]. ~ Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion by Leeming, et al.
You can never do merely one thing.The law applies to any action that changes something in a complex system. The point is that an action taken to alleviate a problem will trigger several effects, some of which may offest or even negate the one intended. ~ Garrett Hardin
Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. ~ Whitman
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