Carl Jung and The Achievement of Personality

[@academyofideas]

As some of you have requested, I’ve started to reference the paintings used in the videos. For more Jung, check out Carl Jung and The Shadow: gum.co/jung-shadow. Check out previews of subscriber videos you can access by supporting us on Patreon: academyofideas.com/category/subscriber-videos/ Be sure to share and like, and subscribe to us on Minds! - www.minds.com/academyofideas.

[@rumenigpires]

Great! You could reference the books where the quotes come from too. It would be a great help. Thanks for the videos!

[@academyofideas]

+Rumenig Pires It's all from the same chapter of the same book which I mention at the beginning of the video.

[@PitBigGuns]

Academy of Ideas, I'm really enjoying your content, and I'm an elitist, so keep that in mind hahahah, I would like to ask you though, how and where do you study ? (not limited to Philosophy)

[@BedroomView]

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[@fntime]

Why would you ask that?

[@vickiebosley6371]

Thank you this helped me alot. I just recently dropped all 12 steps of AA. I'm 120 days sober today.

[@and.rew.tran.]

Wow, congratulations, Vickie!! I am so happy for you, we are rooting for you along the journey 😃

[@TheVMbros]

Hope you are still walking the path of sobriety. If so, congratulations! If not, don’t feel guilty. It is very difficult. Start again and keep making progress. Trust yourself and listen to the voice within that propels you towards achieving completion :)

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I realize it's 2 years later, but I wanted to wish you well. I too have dropped AA and have been forging my own path.

[@jasonfoster6075]

Still sober?

[@CaptainSoftboy501]

I want to cry so badly. Thank you for these videos. Thank you for your work. These could not apply more to my life right now. I won't explain cause it'd take forever, but just know I'm grateful. And hopefully, when I'm financially stable and able, I will donate to this because I know this channel I definitely worth the investment to keep alive. Thank you again for these 💕💕💕

[@ericheine2414]

Well that's fine for everybody else.

[@jda1627]

Amen!!!! I was just about to leave a comment like this

[@phoenixzappa7366]

I hear you Maria.

[@jonashjerpe7421]

How are you know Maria? Transformations are not exactly a walk in the park. Jung spent a long and arduous time with his own individuation. How is it unfolding for you?

[@andrepierre900]

It is even more noble to donate when you are financially not as state

[@Elvan.Productions]

Personality in this context is spiritual awakening and connection with the higher self. After spiritual awakening the isolation journey or call is clear but some try to go back to state of sleep because the journey is lonely and hard

[@JPeraltavideos]

@悲哀G.o7 well, it depends on what you define as God. I would like to know what kind of god you are talking about.

[@jean-marclamothe8859]

J Peralta you are answering to a Chinese name but I don't see nothing written by him...where is he?

[@jean-marclamothe8859]

Elvan 08 ; i agree with you on that my friend. I began following one 25 years ago and it been long and tough. I've thought several time that it would have been easier to go back and living less aware or less awake but even if I tried was futile as I'm sure you know yourself because once an opening had been made there's is little chance you can regress and the reason is simple. You cannot lie to yourself like it the past, the process is underway . Anyway even if I could feel alone many time I don't regret my choice as it's the only valuable way to live my life now.

[@didotantranzino8756]

@@jean-marclamothe8859 you'll be fine, just, dont forget to trust time

[@surmeetsingh6856]

I have been following the channel for years and have learned more from this channel than any book I have ever read. Thank you Academy of Ideas for keeping me intellectually stimulated. I also love the fact that you are a Nietzsche and Jung fan. Your channel has made me appreciate the two more than ever before.

[@RedElm747]

I'd say you're not reading the right books then.

[@hammeringhank5271]

This channels great, but if you're into Nietzsche and Jung the most you can learn about Nietzsche and Jung is by reading the work of Nietzsche and Jung

[@johnstewart7025]

I know Jung studied Taoist literature. I like the idea that while the Taoists value the "spontaneous" and natural, that Jung's project of actualizing the self and the personality could be conceptualized as spontaneous and natural. For instance, if I feel an emotional tug of the heart to go do something to fulfill my personality, that would be following the Tao, I like to think.

[@odin1313]

it is, I remember reading from Jung that our of all oriental religions, he admired Taoism the most.

[@TheReaper569]

you didnt read any good books then.

[@junaidesse]

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[@ruthielalastor2209]

"For when new conditions not provided for by old conventions arise, then panic seizes the human being who has been held unconscious by routine... and with equally unpredictable results." Too real. Many a time have I taken a course of action I was not proud of as it did not feel like it was mine.

[@renanmachado1674]

You have no idea how much you are impacting others ppl life with these videos

[@tekiwi]

From a soul who is still living his own life and has experienced this path in its fullest thus far I can honestly say from the depths of my heart and soul that In today’s current world this is the single most important video on the entire internet today. Thank you Thank you Thank you !!

[@beingsshepherd]

Hmm, A cursory look at your channel reveals a penchant for wearing corporate logos.

[@viwerwairwai]

This has got to be the most important one I've watched.

[@jesusjimenes]

Learning about this gave a bit of tranquility to my soul, as if even if am alone, there are other people alone as well

[@KozmicKarmaKoala]

I am very alone and it most definitely because people are so mediocre. I am 55 . Consider your loneliness to be Solitude, a path of growth and you will overcome it. *~:)

[@danieledemedici3217]

And together we are not alone.

[@matthewnodar7298]

"They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone." -Billy Joel, Piano Man

[@and.rew.tran.]

The great paradox...We are alone together :)

[@didotantranzino8756]

Look around fam, conscious people gather in every city. The nightlife is usually the place to be :)

[@SophiasIchor]

"It's a privilege of a lifetime being who you are." - Joseph Campbell I'm starting a philosophical channel as well. The world needs more philosophy. More love of Sophia.

[@fntime]

Why would you start a 'philosophical channel'?Actually the world needs less 'philosophy' I'll explain if you do.Not looking to argue, but my nositrals are 'smelling shit' :)There was a great TV on Direct TV, "Dogs & Philosophers Not Welcome"Which are you?

[@hammeringhank5271]

Seems like philosophy is on it's dying breath. It needs to be revived

[@chooha]

>The world needs more philosophy >Is a delusional pseudo scientist moron

[@strato5135]

@@hammeringhank5271 There are only so many ideas and permutations of their themes. Psychology is the new Philosophy. It is an art and a science. It is in bed with philosophy. We need psychology and philosophy to be commensurate.

[@ciaran6309]

you go sophia i see potential

[@lorraine8962]

I’ve never been a follower and have always felt different because of it. This is a liberating explanation.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

"With great personality comes great responsibility. "

[@MrAkshay8opeth]

Thank you uncle zen.

[@DarkAngelEU]

A sensible taste in fashion is one of the stated requirements to achieve great personality, I'd say.

[@TheVMbros]

@@DarkAngelEU Well, in today’s western societies we view people who have a “sensible taste in fashion” with certain admiration (even if that’s not always the case). By caring about their appearance and presenting themselves in a fashionable manner, they portray an image of order… which humans very much crave.

[@beingsshepherd]

Eh? Fashion is a form of conformity. And _sensible_ implies approval by the commonplace mind also. _All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident._

[@IIISWILIII]

Best video I've seen in a while and so relevant for me... I feel vindicated in a way. I abruptly left my well paying job and career of 10 years. No plan formed just a burning desire in my soul that I could no longer ignore. I started my own business and I have been struggling ever since. But it is worth it. Everyday is mine, everyday a new adventure. I'm the captain of my own ship.

[@kjocturnaddd]

Another quality video from you guys. Loving the theme of authentic individuality vs. herd conformity that runs through your channel.

[@kimberknutson831]

It is impossible for me to express how much this material means to me. Thank you. : )

[@earnyourimmortality]

This might be my favorite video ever. It resonates with me completely. Conformity has its place but it isn't my cup of tea. Most people would define personality completely opposite of how it's described here. Personality to them is the mask they present to others lol smh

[@SouthSideChiTown]

My personal perspective, finding yourself and realizing your higher potential and purpose put you on a road by yourself as it is an individual Journey we all must make. That's where I'm at right now. No desire for higher education, just fostering and developing my skills and intelligence. No desire for a relationship, I don't need anyone to complete me.

[@xPURPLExKILLERx]

You are my favorite philosophy channel. Thank you so very much for uploading and doing what you do. I prefer your channel out of the others.

[@internalchild6437]

Carl Jung bought me to this channel

[@PektusGolf]

I found that... nietzche and I has the same personality’ after a friend shared some information about him...I search him on KZbin and read some of his books, I couldn’t understand much. Then I found you! Since young, I wasn’t taught anything due to not having any parents.... I learned many things from watching people’s behavior... i was told I may like psychology by reading Carl jung or niettzche .. you’ve helped a lot!! I am fascinated by psychology and thanks to you for explaining many things!!

[@imwritingapoemaboutit]

wow, thank you so much for this video. This is something I needed to see, especially since as of late it is easier than ever to be expelled from the "herd" so the prospect of being yourself is scary, but is all the more necessary. Love your videos!

[@coreycox2345]

I did not hear this part of Jung until now. I like it. Thank you.

[@lordapophis5723]

Never before have more true words been spoken. Carl Jung- Not the hero we want, but the hero we need!

[@MsGnor]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing! Wonderful Carl Jung intro. Much appreciated xx

[@FranciscoJimenez-yb3yc]

I have recently discovered that I have no personality and I had taken steps in developing one the part where it talks about people mockin hit me I felt that and thought it was just in my head I know begin to think differently

[@JWcked]

I looove the Jung videos..he is my personal favorite person of all time 😊

[@hughmillerstudio30]

This is really remarkable and exactly what I needed today. Many Thanks!

[@sumkin5]

So clear and so compactly explained, thank you. Watching this video is like reading Nietzsche's Zarathustra only with another authors name. But the benefit of reading Jung is that you will have easier times to grasp what he has meant.

[@themolf2899]

On your way to a hundred million subscribers, you are now one closer ; )

[@PacificNWesty]

Always enjoy your content. The “Individuation process” seems to result in the sense of being completely alone and outside of the collective entirely, as a state of mind. We must physically exist among the group, so balance is essential. I often wonder about the ability to function well and retain a healthy balance within society while developing as an individual. A life long process, perhaps.

[@peggyharris3815]

I'd be interested in how Jung defines "need" and "necessities" in the development of personality. (time stamp: 1:34)

[@and.rew.tran.]

I once heard this quote that may relate to your question: “People change (develop their personality) when the pain of not changing is GREATER than their pain of changing.”

[@mariomills]

I havent met anyone in real life contact who are or in process of spiritual awakening...thank god for youtube bc now I realize that I am not alone but merely isolated

[@jonashjerpe7421]

I recommend you to meet an enlightened master rather early on. It is very important to see and feel what the trajectory of such a magnificient journey might be.

[@johnnyroycerichardsoniii3273]

GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT KZbin CHANNEL !! Thanks so much !

[@dialmformowgli]

Best channel on youtube. Thank you for all the great work.

[@buffy_animator_illustrator]

Thank you. I feel a little less crazy after hearing this. Or at least a little more at peace with what sometimes feels like crazy.

[@caleblabord8551]

Great work my man, I always learn so much from these videos. My one tip, would be to add some calming music to the background. I feel like this could be a great boost for your growing audience. Wishing you all the best, well done.

[@nasiefh5669]

My problem when I watch your Chanel is that on every other sentence my mind wonders on its implications and I completely lose track🥲. Great work accumulating powerful ideas in a world so weak

[@untonyto]

Always uplifting, so encouraging. Everything is okay.

[@janskeet1382]

Nicely done. So hard to talk of these things but you it do well. A bridge is made with its feet on many piers and its transcendent road points on. The ideas are held but lightly. Lest someone ask for the moon but you find them hanging off the end of your finger. Good use of well chosen quotes and sense that this is not to be achieved, more that the freeing up and letting go of our internal and external goals up in a way that grants us the eternal now that in looking for, we could never find.

[@rawdips7697]

best channel . my favourite. keep on the good work.

[@Explvcit]

thank you so much for making your content. i've just bought your videos about the shadow & am so excited!

[@woahxzoo9450]

this channel is soo coool! good work dude i love the topics you speak on i wish my psychology class actually talked about stuff like this rather than spewing a bunch of bullshit definitions to kill my desire to actually learn about concepts, school is shit ...

[@ashutan2130]

What confuses me about supposed "individual personality" is that no matter what you're always conforming to something. We can't not pick up traits from others, if i went and read all the great philosophers i would just be conforming to different ideas. And yet i still enjoy listening to the words.

[@agggg3524]

The hero goes to the underworld and confronts chaos. Dragon, treasure. He dies and reborns stronger rising again to the world, bringing order.

[@sashawhitehead7378]

PS: I awoke this morning thinking in correlation to this very understanding.I was thinking about how to express certain concepts and began to see a jig saw puzzle that reached further than the eyes could see ( universal scale), yet I held one piece in my hand that could speak to the all other pieces and gain a perception of the whole. It was all golden, yet there were many layers of subliminal 'luminous landscapes' that lay beneath it. Similarly, if we achieve this one 'true' piece of ourselves- of individuated personality, then we can perhaps speak to the whole person and gain insight from this in enhancement and exponential power of being- who we are? Like magnification, and become quite magnificent!

[@lorenzoamaro1335]

That is as real as things can be. I think it is necessary to consider that isolation does not mean to be, but to feel, alone and imposible to be understood by others.

[@raphbiss1]

Brilliant ! Thanks for the references, your videos contain an endless wealth of psychological, philosophical as well as artistic material

[@ThyReturner]

Great video and work as always. Insightful and highly inspirational.

[@sashawhitehead7378]

Dear Carl Jung, with that wry smile in his eyes, and such a profound offering to us all to have his succinct well constructed writings and research available. Thank you. I am in agreement with all the words written here and would like to add a proposition? I was speaking with a pastor once and innocently came out with that' the holy spirit was the Person of God' as collective of All traits and unified as One within the Light of Spirit- it cannot be the person'ality' - as it is not 'of' or like the Person in part -as it is the wholeness of person in totality. While Our greatest achievement is to achieve personality in its fullness within our individuality. Does that make sense to anyone else? One master design, many computations - but meaningful one in Spiritual nature.

[@Kokopoulos]

Beautiful 💕 Thank you for this! I quite enjoy these lectures

[@desbell7431]

👏👏👏 thank you for your presentations 🙏

[@Donnnny2010]

Going with the flow of collectivism is becoming more and more normalized to avoid ostracism

[@arturkvieira]

This Channel is amazing. Keep It up!

[@Rinka277]

this resonates so deeply with me.

[@annamermaid2918]

I am an only child and an introvert. This has been the story of my life.

[@listenear9189]

Have you managed it, any tips?

[@elburko9453]

Wow. Be on your toes America and true to our core principles, liberal, moderate, and conservative. We survive together in our rich diversity or not at all.

[@theon276]

This is just amazing, especially with this whole corona virus going on, it really makes you think.

[@gogalaurentiu1]

Great work that you are doing man !

[@thinkneothink3055]

Someone should start an online group for people who fit into this category. It can be a very lonely and trying road...

[@EricDenny]

A great idea! It is much needed. Question is, how can we know who belongs?

[@robertpingleton545]

From shadow to shine FB group

[@a-rod1527]

FB groups are resourceful but unfortunately is susceptible to societal corruption, given its nature.

[@mitshabi]

We here in india ., strong cultures and families itself provide the backbone to negative forces. Parents, friends , teachers help to cope up for vulnerables. Kindness is supreme idea . Understanding totally is the second. So religions taught us to be kind. I agree many religious ideas are foolish but not so foolish to ignore it completley.

[@jonashjerpe7421]

@Stan matthers How about you, Stan? Have you resolved all of your fears? Are you a truly liberated soul, a rare one? I have been through the terror, but the fears are not yet entirely left behind.

[@TJMKRK]

Best channel in youtube. I can identify with the content of your channel. Good job!

[@EricDenny]

This video is about me. It explains my life choices and my insistence on suffering since quitting college to find "my own path". Were it not for the internet, I would think myself entirely alone as the only individual in a worldwide herd of mindless droids. Even now I wonder if all reality is some product of my imagination. As I have never met anyone, or had a real-world experience where I have encountered another genuine personality as I myself have. I acquired it at great personal cost and without any yet realized benefit. For me, it has been only a curse. but I feel it is more important than the happy ignorant bliss of the herd. However, so far, it's worth is unknown to me or anyone else. I suppose the shit must hit the fan of our society before my individuality gains purpose? Should I wish for such? Isn't that selfish? Is my "personality" nothing but my own arrogant self-centered superiority complex? How would I know if I had ever met another personality? How do I know if my own is actually genuine? If it is, why has it been hated, tortured and abandoned by my wife, friends, family and even my own children despite having/showing nothing but love for all of them? If I have developed a genuine personality, it is as rare as it appears to be and as important for human-kind as Jung claims, then what do you suggest I do with it? Because now, with my 40th birthday approaching, I have less than I did the minute I was born...

[@jonashjerpe7421]

What a powerful post you shared! I am 44. Have been consciously onto the path of self-realization for about 11 years. One part of the journey is about understanding when it is completed. From the point of completion you can grow endlessly. I felt called very early on to meet several enlightened masters. That helped me a lot to geige my development. There is a guy called Paul Ferrini who has a twelve step road map concerning the spiritual transformations that we progress through on our way to self-realization. Recommended!

[@abhishekdwivedi2036]

Its just grew better with your explanation :)

[@satnamo]

Alexander Grothendieck is convinced that each person has a “mission” and that an important part of this mission consists of finding one’s self, of recognizing one’s own self. Only through this search are a person’s creative powers liberated, for they are ordinarily suppressed in many ways through the constraints of society and through inner torpor, which prevent their unfolding. ``The only God is silent. And when He speaks, it is in such a low voice that nobody ever understands.''

[@zftrampage5183]

Thank you for these videos!

[@lifechallengs2315]

thank you sooooo much for making such important and complex ideas understandable for noobes like me :) i cant thank u enough

[@thinkneothink3055]

I really appreciate your videos!

[@cahore1509]

Fantastic work yet again

[@RiuukiCZ]

I feel like this 'call for personality' is the reason why people are into superheroes so much. (Super)heroes are basically 'personalities' incarnate. Batman is a perfect example of this. He achieved 'personality' (like many superheroes) through severe adversity - the death of his parents and his feeling of guilt. That instilled in him his own 'law' which is similar to the law of the society he's in, but he takes it much more seriously. He isn't afraid to fight for this law in ways that are far out of social convention. He isn't just one of the herd but a kind of leader. I think many people see this and naturally gravitate towards admiration and wanting to be like him or other (super)heroes for that matter.

[@klaus2913]

You are dead on. It's called the 'hero's journey'. Everybody who wants a fulfilling live will go through this journey. Being a fool and becoming a master. Slaying the dragon and finding the treasure. ...

[@rocketassistedgoat1079]

I've long thought superheroes: appeal to Nietsczien slave-moralists who can't handle the truth, which is if you want a bad guy gone: you call in a NATO airstrike. But WAAAA, can't handle that: let's call Batman.

[@jackwiseley6248]

Love the videos, would be interested to see one discussing satre and his theory on "the look" and why hell is other people

[@ibnamin9388]

I wish this video had ended with Jung’s words: “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”

[@kennashley953]

This was one of the first of your vids o watched five years ago

[@tiunchampion9681]

We’re all out here, when we feel alone just remember your people are out there feeling they are the only ones too…

[@davidb.3450]

Great video! Do you guys have any recommendations on Carl Jung's work and how to apply it in a practical way? Thank you!

[@wynstansmom829]

David B have you taken a personality test online? I began with the classic Myers-Briggs MBTI model. There is a thriving online community of MBTIers, Socionic types et al. You can find these tests at Truity, 16Personalities and quite a few others and they are free. I have MBTI playlists on my channel (Not selling anything or creating content) if you want to peek behind my Intj curtains.

[@Joeonline26]

Jung’s thoughts on the achievement of personality seem to have a Nietzschean flavour to them. I guess it’s unsurprising given the influence of Nietzsche’s works on Jung

[@denniskamanda1628]

You've helped so many thank you

[@MrScottLi]

Please please please do a video on "The Redbook"

[@jamiem5504]

this is fucking genius. thank you so much for making this more available for the general public lol wow

[@maxgrosidsky5476]

Collectivist ideologies are about uniting people around the common goal, not about devaluing the individual.

[@ternon83]

I am grateful.

[@stevenbaker799]

It is the spiritual awakening that really hurts myself

[@ตาลวิภาวี]

Finally, you stop thinking that i lie, this video knowledge is what i am having a problem with,

[@poeljixton]

excellent video!

[@bgoodfella7413]

Jung is saying we need to be loners to be ourselves because when we are with other people we aren't really ourselves.

[@samd5216]

Be a loner for a while .. at least until you're able to complete the process of individuation, integrate your shadow and develop your personality.

[@DK-rd2bd]

He is saying that in the process of becoming an individual a person comes to the realization that they are distinct from others. It's like leaving the womb, or leaving a childhood home, or saying goodbye to parents. The departure is lonely but hopefully a brief passage into self-realization and the recognition that nothing has been lost and everything has been gained. It is always easier to remain cloaked within the collective, to never leave, but if we do not individuate we sacrifice both creativity and freedom.

[@Onlyinjoburg]

He is also saying that when you are in the midst of a group of people, do not act or converse subconsciously but be aware of every action you make. You do not need to be on the side of the majority to be right!

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

He's not saying that at all my buddy, but I commend you for taking the journey of trying to understand him :)

[@jasonhathhorn3655]

@@bobwilkinsonguitar6142 That's correct. Loneliness and isolation are a side effect of the undertaking--which I'll mention goes on in a particular type of person, even if they don't understand what is happening at all. This person may experience a deep anguish, sadness, and loneliness for years (a true "dark night of the soul"); but if the path is not abandoned, it will lead to the greatest treasure one can attain. One then re-engages with the outer world in a totally different way, sharing the bounty of his/her treasure with the world.

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

This is fantastic stuff. So awakening, However, I am puzzled by Jung's use of the term 'his law'. What exactly is the individuals 'law'?

[@P.Rose_frmchrchst]

Great Video. Thanks alot!

[@_medtalk_2738]

Thank you 💕

[@jerrymarshall2095]

My daughter went off to college and came back with no personality,she weighed her words,and actions against a program.

[@limitless1692]

interesting video being an individual is a good thing

[@jedjedjedjedjedjed]

This is the best fucking channel, your work is appreciated, thank you!

[@nfmaster4851]

As always a great video!

[@qlaycells7899]

How this guy is able to have this gigantic bank of quotes usually amazes me, is he reading 24/7?

[@anaclaudiacarmo8937]

I can now understand my total loneliness and astray from the World... "In the world but not of it"

[@jean-marclamothe8859]

In some religion in India they would have called that the the awakening of the true self. This self is kind of covered by another entity created by Manas ( the mental part of the brain and chitta ( the memory ) they create ahankara or the Ego or false self. My know how on this is small but those concept have been invented thousands of years before Jung ( that doesn't altered his beautiful work).

[@iShineOrlando]

So good! Thanks

[@keepcalmcarryon3358]

This is rather pertinent now and always, it appears

[@hacun3jr]

Can someone give me an example of someone in history who has achieved this whole personality which Jung speaks of? Very curious.

[@iamthewalrus.]

Buddha maybe?

[@scottkraft1062]

Me

[@frankolm2795]

Thank you