"Integrate" Your Anima: The Most Advanced Lecture on YouTube

[@seanboi]

Just want to say well done to the extremely talented Pauline for the beautiful illustrations.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks John, very kind of you. Best Wishes, Pauline 🙏

[@Tommy-ev2vl]

I’m a rapper with some college classes in basic psychology, why do I binge watch lectures? Bc the information structure in America and the world is broken and I can gain more by smoking weed and KZbin than I could paying 50k every 3 semesters

[@JungToLiveBy]

Very well reasoned and rational 🙏

[@AnirudhMurali9999]

There are pros and cons to that, and the cons, outweigh the pros in the current world. I'm curious, how would you earn your money to survive without a college degree or some specialized knowledge in any field?

[@Earthstarsky]

Why is smoking weed necessary for learning? Lol

[@cybertron1000s]

Nothing to do with education, most people couldn't give a rats ass about academia.

[@grosey11]

Ha ha, if you’re retired like me, this keeps the mind sharp !

[@95TurboSol]

Wow you freaking knocked this one out of the park! Please continue this teaching style, it just clicks in such a profound way. I sat here and listened for 44 minutes straight and didn't even move from my seat once. I can't wait for the next lectures!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi TurboSol James will be narrating from more of mine and Pauline’s work very soon. Glad you enjoyed it, it’s from the forthcoming Personal Myth Guide. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@sven8880]

I listen to this video when I don't feel like reading the chapter in The Personal Myth Guide, it is very helpful, thanks! I remember when this video came out, I listened to it while solving a jigsaw puzzle in my room on the floor. Now, a year later, I understand the Anima much better.

[@newcures7813]

Thank you, James. Great summary! When I first started watching the JTLB videos, I definitely did not understand the anima and animus. I had the basic misunderstanding of “inner woman/man”. And that was definitely a stumbling block. I also had never considered how male and female children would have different experiences in regards to the initial development of their relating functions. Watching this video, I’m thankful to have such a better grasp on this than when I first discovered you all. Thank you!! 🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, @newcures7813, James did an excellent job in narrating our work. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline

[@MeaningSeekerPod]

I just watched my second video from this channel and wasn't impressed with Steve in it, however I was in this video. Very clear and we'll thought out stuff. Bravo.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Dead Man Vlogging, thank you for your kind words, Best Regards, Steve🙏

[@Action_Savage_]

24:23 "If his mother has been too containing, or even sexually possessive, the boys Anima can become frozen at the oedipal stage, despite instinctive pressure to separate. His relating function through the principle of "what is within, so too is without" will internalize this paralyzing possession by the mother and effect both his inner relationship to himself and his outer relationships to women, to society, culture and even to the natural world." This is hitting the target for me. I will definitely be buying the book now. Thank you all for your work.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @Action_Savage_ thanks for sharing your insights. I'd suggest that you consider joining our Discord community, which is a very helpful and supportive environment for people researching their own experience through personal development. There are thousands of posts available to read, and I myself contribute regularly, and interact with the Discord members, on their journey. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@ethanGuitar]

Stunning video, beautiful.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers Ethan, as ever, many thanks, Kindest Regards, , Steve🙏

[@deathsheadtarot8888]

This is AMAZING!! I can hardly wait till you put out the video on integrating the Animus 🤗 I immediately went and pre ordered a copy of this handbook 😁

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Death’s Head Tarot, many thanks. Books on the Animus h Pauline snd an additional one by me, on the Anima, are underway. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@johanromslo5811]

Would you like to do a short video on what it means to first deal with Freudian stage, then Adler , then Jung? Also, maybe a video including where to start reading Freud and Adler, like you did in the video with where to start reading Jung? Thank you!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Johan, that’s a great idea, will do. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@DarkLight-nj4py]

Well done James! Bravo 👏 . Looking forward to hearing more from you And watching previous videos. 👏 keep up the amazing content.

[@JungToLiveBy]

James will be narrating much more of our work very soon, as he did here , and getting involved directly with us in other projects, as before. Glad that you’ve enjoyed it. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline 🙏

[@mthunzidhlamini8257]

So in other words, I should ask that girl in my class out??😉

[@JungToLiveBy]

Why not…. Good luck and best wishes 🙏

[@TheNormallyOpen]

Thank you, looking forward to the release of the book. My current understanding is that if one were very introspective, a bit of a day dreamer, prefers own company etc. then he could be 'suffocated' by the anima, and the work is to build a conscious and lucid Ego structure that stands between the World and the Anima? I am close to fifty and have a teenage daughter, I would love to hear Pauline's perspective on Fatherhood. Thank you again, all the best.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi TheNormallyOpen Pauline says that she’d be delighted to film on Fatherhood. We’ll schedule it with James. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@aidanocp]

Really fantastic. So helpful for self-understanding

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers admin, Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@TrinityForceOne]

I must have missed something the first time I listened to this... and the second time and third. Well, at least in the sixth or seventh time through I finally noticed a few things I was skipping over.

[@JungToLiveBy]

The allegory of a life 👍

[@craig567]

Finally the ancient secret in the open. Alchemical wedding, ross cross mysteries revealed. , rock in roll :) Keep up the good work. Warning you got to lose your marbles to make a pearl

[@JungToLiveBy]

It’s even stranger than that because it’s simple 🙏

[@craig567]

@@JungToLiveBy "its the woman in you that makes you want to play this game" - cowgirl in the sand, "she just wants to love himself" -nirvana. I love the song lyrics lol

[@Ruffwun]

My mother rejected me as a child and still am rejected by her. My relationships with women are pretty much non existent as I'm experiencing the same patterns spill out towards the opposite sex.. Also I've had many opportunities with women sexually but I've rejected them.. i want to integrate the feminine so that i can be whole again and be a healthy man. Any thoughts ?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Danny, it'll be hard work, but, if you want to sort this, then take the path. Our Discord is a great place to find a supportive community of peers, going through similar things, and many others. They work hard, and make great progress. We ourselves contribute every day. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@ograzebrook]

I'll need to listen to this again I think. James, have you ever asked Jordan Peterson if he wanted to have a chat on your channel? I bet he'd be interested in what you had to say, but mainly I'd just find it exciting to watch.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Owen my friend. We’re now on another platform 360 Wise TV and Media and will be interviewing lots of people from different therapeutic disciplines and creative industries . I’m not sure that Jordan Peterson’s work and ours are on the same page. Thanks for your kind words, Steve🙏

[@leonhauptmann3301]

Leitmotif is pronounced 'light-motif', great video.

[@1yanyiel]

Can a pathological integration of the anima affect sexual development? I’m very new to this way of looking at jungian ideas. So if the anima is primordially a “relating function” of the man with the social world and himself; external and internal (starting with the mother), can this function be developmentally distorted so we can see weird relations within the sexuality of the individual? (Including taboo sexualities) If so, what kind of pathologies can arise from it? I’m trying to understand sexual pathologies from its biological root (“instinctive pressure”) through the development/integracion of the anima complex in a man’s life. I’m not sure if all the ideas are coherent, but i’m new to the channel and I hope my question makes sense

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Yanyiel77, in short, yes, but the individual context is decisive, which is why the narrative through line of the Personal Myth needs to be understood. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@Adriana.Oliveira14]

Could you please check the option Include automatically generated subtitles in the channel videos?

[@ceyhunabdullayev1442]

Thanks for detailed and deep information. İ am going to psychoanalysis . İt is almost 4 years and more than 1100 sessions. There is no emotional change, however i unterstand most of my symptoms and their causes. But it is too difficult to explore more deeper details. And i am losing my hope sometimes, i am 26 years old. İ don't lose my years with these process, but i know it is the most important thing in my life i think. What do you think about psychoanalysis. İs there any way for integration and whole understanding of my emotions and psyche and change the way of functioning of my psyche? Thanks for your time.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @ceyhunabdullayev1442 , thanks for sharing your experience in psychoanalysis. You haven't specified which school of analysis you have been undergoing (i.e., Freudian or Neo-Freudian, Post-Freudian etc) or Jungian (Classical, Developmental, Archetypal etc) or indeed any other. That said, they all tend strongly towards very lengthy and involved 'therapy' with some making an attachment to the analyst (the 'transference') the core of the analysis. If, you are content with the length of time, and frequency of sessions, with the in-going result being 'no emotional change' , then that has to be your choice and your decision. 4 years in a 'heritage' analytic tradition, is not unusual, indeed I know of people who have spent up to 13 or even 20 years in such a process. If the people concerned are content with that, then I would have nothing to say about their specific circumstances. However, as a general view, based on my own 44 years of professional practice, I would regard it as malpractice, to create and maintain a transference attachment to a therapist, with no emotional progress, for the patient. There are countless examples of patients achieving quick results, by addressing the emotional (affective) and instinctive levels of their being, and this is very possible, and routinely achievable, from within a psychodynamic framework. I don't know the specifics of your history, or the therapy that you have been undergoing, and I would not suggest that you make them known publicly, but in psychoanalytic processes that continue for extended periods of time (as you have reported about your own) the attachment to the analyst becomes the definition of the problem the patient suffers from. Indeed, this is actively generated by psychoanalysts as an artefact of their method, on dogmatic grounds. From the patient's side of things, they can become so anxiously attached to the pseudo-relationship with the analyst, (pseudo as in not being real-world adapted) that they have great difficulty in separating from it. 'If' you are in such a situation, then the main task for you would be to re-orientate yourself to the natural progression of your life-span development, away from the artificial container of a manufactured dependency. 'If' however, you are content, as such, with your experience, then that is an adaptation by consent, to such a relationship. I wish you the very best for yourself, both now, and going forward, into the future. Kindest Regards, Steve 🙏

[@rasputinnicholasii4310]

Do you believe that getting the personal myth handbook and doing the exercises correctly and truthfully can actually resolve complexes and heal you?Or is it more of an exercise that could help you find the root causes and then through therapy with a depth psychologist find the final resolution of the problem.Great and very informative and helpful video as always.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Rasputin NicholasII, the book is an outline of a self-analytical process. It’s hard work, but that’s what true Depth Psychology is all about. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@milamilamana]

Please do one for animus next 🙏🏻 just found your amazing channel, I’m on a binge!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Yes 👍

[@AbsoluteScotch]

If DNA is the foundation of the biopsychosocial being, then what is the genesis of the electromagnetic impulse that vibrates the DNA molecule?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Morphogenetic (Sheldrake)

[@icephoenix1024]

Thanks for this mate.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers, Steve🙏

[@theme542]

Appreciate these videos!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings🙏

[@mildmanneredmercifulmouse1839]

Is the guide book a hard copy or e-book ? Or is it available either way ? Am i able to order a hard copy (through the link) and get postage to Australia ?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Yes, print copy is available on Amazon 🙏

[@frankoskovia]

Hey guys, when does the enrollment for the cadre 3 of your IPSA start?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Frank, it will be in June. We will start advertising in late Feb/early March. All the best, James

[@nasherbuenafe253]

Is there a released date for personal myth guide yet? 🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

28th February at midnight UK time it’s doubled in size hence the delay

[@stu7399]

This needs more diagrams - or changing into a seminar format. But thanks, i got something from it.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @stu7399 , if you check out the most recent dozen or more videos on the channel, you'll find this same topic covered in a lot of depth, with animated graphics and seminar style format mixed in with dialectic and Q&A style material. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@stu7399]

@@JungToLiveBy thanks! I found "Man and his symbols" an absorbing read (1978 efition).

[@JungToLiveBy]

That’s a good edition, I’ve still got mine from 1977 👍

[@zero-tension3180]

James is a genius

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks Projeckt Northgate. He did a great job presenting mine and Pauline’s work, which we’re sure you understand. We’re proud to be mentoring his professional and personal development at IPSA. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@10000diamondeyes]

What exactly does it mean that a man will treat an outer woman almost exactly the same as he treats his unconscious mind? I've heard Robert A. Johnson say something similar.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @10000diamondeyes, mothers (or in loco mater), act as a male child's anchopr during the process of his personal reflexive self (Ego) differentiating out into adaptive relationship, both to the external world, and to the background of the psyche. If he has trust in his relationship to his imprinting female caregiver, he will likely be trustful of his 'unconscious'. If not, he will likely be fearful and suspicious of it, and ot be given to superstitious, fanatsy based relationships both externally, and internally to his psyche. Men who hurt or harm, women, without any cause, usually fear their unconscious. You'll find the confirmation for this in Jung's works. Kindest Regards, Steve

[@10000diamondeyes]

@@JungToLiveBy Steve, Thank you so much for your response. Extremely helpful to me. I've been working on and studying my anima (and just general self/personality development). And this is so helpful. I have your "IPSA Collected Works Volume 3: Discover Your Personal Myth: Ultimate Handbook." Just needed some help clearing things up.

[@andreav318]

When is the animus video?

[@cryptzzz1188]

I'm considering purchasing the Personal Myth Handbook. Is it in PDF only? If so, is there a plan to release a printed version in the nearest future?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi CryptZZz the print copy is available on Amazon 🙏

[@cryptzzz1188]

@@JungToLiveBy I've bought a digital version, thanks :)

[@imperialeagle564]

This is difficult to follow,any advice?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Imperial eagle, you could try our Discord Server, study more, for longer, find other sources, or even move on altogether. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline🙏🙏

[@latentessence]

is that you, James?

[@JungToLiveBy]

It is Jame narrating, yes.

[@Tommy-ev2vl]

Is it weird that a video about becoming a more grounded man has 44:04 as the time? 🤷🏽‍♂️🥴

[@sabirko1765]

Will this episode be available on apple podcast?

[@JungToLiveBy]

It should be, I’ll check with James🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Sabirko, yes it is 👍

[@mjolninja9358]

LETS GO

[@Squiderrant]

Hi this is great, but I would love some videos aimed at women. Particularly women that may be animus-possessed. Thank you!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Squidderant, there’s a lot coming up where a James will be narrating from our work including on the Animus. Kindest Regards, Steve 🙏

[@Tommy-ev2vl]

💙❤️💚

[@eliyabarzel9871]

לדעתי שירי אהבה מבוססים על אנימה ואנימוס

[@strongbow217]

What if your to alpha to integrate it

[@JungToLiveBy]

Chances are you’d be wasted - by definition ‘too’ suggests too much. Darwinian selective pressures would incline ‘too-Aloha’ who couldn’t therefore ‘relate’ to be used up in war, violence or simply out competed reproductively and psychosocially by better adapted males. Too much is always too much, so finding an adaptive bandwidth is always a better thing. Kindest Regards, Steve 🙏