Wonderful Life: Leaving The Cave

[@JungToLiveBy]

Pauline and I just wish to say that we are deeply moved by the stories shared here in the comments section. Love and Blessings, and deepest Respect 🙏🙏,

[@wernersmit2425]

The 3 cave videos came at exactly the right time it is as if it is explaining my current life choices and guiding me at the same time.... with doors literally opening with no explanation. Thank you Steve and Pauline

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks Werner, that's very kind of you, Blessings to You, and Respect for Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@sharonjohnson2309]

So very needed as I am stepping out of the cave once again this very day. The positive and negative emotions are there, my mind is questioning and my heart is pounding, but I am taking the steps. Thanks for the support from afar!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Sharon, to You and for Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@robin-vt1qj]

Settling for the fact that once single relationship cannot furfill all of your needs, each person does so in a unique way but not totally :)

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks Robin, we’re intended to be social, even if introverted. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauljne🙏🙏

[@robin-vt1qj]

@@JungToLiveBy reading my mind

[@nathanwilliams-prince3127]

Many years ago I found myself starting to realize that I had been in a cave and it was quite dark, but that there was a way out which I was already moving towards, and things were getting brighter. As I left the cave, the months that followed felt like I was adrift at sea. It was cold and lonely, however I also felt very free and hopeful about the future. I know I had left the shores of a land which was not conducive to my life, and despite being adrift at sea, I was very excited and full of wonder about what distant shores of life I would discover. This music video and the words shared by you Steve and Pauline really resonated with me. Thank you and blessings and encouragement to all who find themselves in the in-between!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Nathan, the future of the profession is in good hands with your generation. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@sloppy_hand]

this video was the best one so far, so sublime, specially when watched while in the depressing times of transitioning between life's situations....

[@MRLITERALLYEPIC]

Absolutely loving the intro. I have been trapped in this cave for years because I thought the only way to enjoy life is to not take it seriously and I ended up belittling every important aspect of life. This series on the trickster has helped me make sense of why I am suffering, I used to think that my stance in the world belittled everything that made mankind suffer, turns out I have been belittling myself which then caused a lot of suffering and introversion.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi PissedOffCamel, wisdom like that, earned, through life, will benefit you and others, down the coming decades of your life. Thanks for sharing, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@avertingapathy3052]

I can relate, I think, heaping shame on has a numbing effect on one's soul and knowing that all of what was invested in you will go to waste in the moment of self-destruction and resentment over something valid is really therapeutic. I mean isn't that the reason many young and gifted men refuse to participate in a society that sees them as walking time bombs or oppressors in training. Not romanticizing the traditional days, they were hard, and many were probably crushed by guilt over high expectation form the tribe or were forced to lose best part of themselves if they didn't meet certain norms, but this here is another form of hell that's worse through uncertainty and lack, freedom in all direction and emptiness within.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Music used: Black - "Wonderful Life"

[@Zach0451]

What a pleasant surprise. Around Christmas time last year, I went to visit my aunt and uncle deep into the heart of West Texas. One night I went out in the garage with my uncle and we listened to his favorite music on a jury-rigged stereo system while he chainsmoked cigarettes and mused about the human experience. He's a guy who's worked long hours in the oil fields his entire life to provide for his family. Very little education, heart of gold, quite ordinary. This song, along with Kate Bush's entire discography among other things, were his favorites. "Something about music man, it just makes you feel stuff you can't quite put into words, you know?" He said. This in my mind proves the model at IPSA independently from it and goes to show the power of music in conveying a message. Uncanny too that he happens to enjoy some of the same music showcased on this channel.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Hobofrodo, thanks for sharing that deeply human, but transcendent story, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@josephanglada4785]

I hope I made friends while I was younger and had a chance to meet more people. Now I'm basically single and friendless and the 30s, but regardless, I'm trying to see it as a chance to find a way to be happy in a graceful way that does not depend on others or my past. So far I've found some glimpses.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Joseph, keep going, you'll achieve your goals. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@gabegould9197]

That song really hit!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Gabe, yes, its incredible, really wonderful. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline 🙏 🙏

[@newcures7813]

Thank you both! After posting this morning on the discord, I decided to rewatch this. It was good to be reminded that sometimes the way forward requires a bit of a valley. I realize that the way life is beautiful now is often quite different than the way life was beautiful then. There is a thread of beauty in life, and sometimes I miss today’s beauty when I try to hold too tightly to “yesterday’s” beauty. The recipe for creating beauty seems to sometimes require a dash of the bitter sweet. Blessings 🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings @newcures7813, thank you for posting, both here, and on Discord. Your Discord post was particularly moving, and helpful to everyone. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@newcures7813]

@@JungToLiveBy - So grateful to you all 🙏 - You all have been such a blessing to me. As I’m sure you know, yesterday was Independence Day here in the States, and I definitely felt (and feel) a deeper sense of inner freedom and connection to the “roots” of my being. 😁

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings 🙏🙏

[@sarahe.8639]

Great video, thanks for sharing this conversation. From my personal experience of "leaving the cave", that sense of loss and urgency to fill that gap with something else after following someone's ideas definitely was difficult to finally detach from.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Sarah, thanks for sharing, your on the path to your own Individuation, Blessings and Respect, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@nuni6158]

The guru of my life knew the myth of the cave very well, and acted as a liberator... leading me into the cave of his projections. The message in this vid is something else. Thank you Mr. and Mrs Richards for drawing the horizon.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again N Uni, thank you so much for your kind words, and sharing your experience, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@Ruturaj22]

I really liked the intro music! thanks!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi gang gang, its brilliant, very emotive. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@iHomer0007]

I still remember that feeling, stepping out of the cave for the first time. As Pauline described, it's bittersweet. Bitter because of the weight of the past but also sweet because you are finally free and only now can realize that you weren't before.. It's not euphoria, feels more like shedding weight and being able to move freely again after a long time, not knowing where to go yet but possibilities lurking everywhere, almost within reach. There's a calmness to it, that everything is going to be alright, now that the fog has lifted and you can see the sun again, which was there all along behind the clouds. The video does a great job of conveying that feeling together with the music, thanks for sharing, I haven't seen it before. Another song that conveys that feeling for me is Dandelion by Audioslave. Powerful content as always

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, iHomer0007, thanks for sharing your insights, they show depth of personality and potential, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@johnmackenzie654]

On my journey, I took a break from the JTLB channel. When I was last following it my head was still dominating - I was still intellectualising myself. During my break (and by going out in to the world again) I rediscovered my heart and this video was the perfect way back to the JTLB channel. I can relate to all the things said in the post and it gives me the additional encouragement I need to continue my journey out of the cave. Thanks Steve and Pauline.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks John, all our Blessings and Respect, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@zemog1025]

A wonderful life requires constant gratitude.

[@rationalmystic5]

Deep gratitude. This came to me at the perfect moment in my life. Love your work. Love your humanity..... ...love OUR humanity.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, jaguarfocus, Respect to You, Steve and Pauline 🙏🙏

[@lexiconartist5004]

On the subject, "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran encapsulates the same idea well... Having to return to an ordinary life after chaos.... and learn how to achieve inner balance and tranquility.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again LexiCon Artist, music is so important, and effective, in painting the color palette of emotion. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline 🙏🙏

[@levi1272]

I have become addicted to this song, such a good feeling! A beautiful teaching you give us. Being one-sided in your development through the feeling of elevation that intellectual ideas can give can be such a prison. It feels like standing on a rock while the rest of the world is lava, like being a king in the underworld. An absolutely terrible kind of elevation! Good to be reminded that life in all its aspects (!) can be wonderful.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again levi1272, that's beautifully described, and reflects a deep understanding. Thank You, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@liamsilveira4757]

Very serendipitous… I’ve been feeling like it’s time for me to leave home…

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Liam, your birthright is the far horizon, and beyond that known to your ancestors. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@andresilva1431]

It is a wonderful life! Riding your pacing and leading of the whole narrative you're producing is a joyful experience :) Thank you for another affective and beautiful video.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Andre, and thank you, for the good work you do with those who suffer, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@dr.terencelaverdure]

First of all, what an awesome song and artist! As someone who has been practicing Buddhism for 28 years I have warned many nieve yet open humans about "the guru biz" as I have called it for decades. Your right Steve Buddha famously stated that the first noble truth is that life is suffering yet the second truth is needed to be stated that the suffering in due to ego clinging. So reduce ego dependence as a mode of finding yourself and painful situations are not so full of suffering. Of course after being a patient care attentent in a Cancer hospice years ago there is truly sufferings, yet getting attached to annoying minutae and suffering over trivial details is surely a depressing way of perception and experience. Pauline mentions children made me think of a realization that the reason time subjectively flows quickly for older people is that they no longer engage in the intrinsic joy of experiencing life as a novelty. As a cognitive practice I encourage people to be in awe of life, time can flow slowly in a wonderful way when we relax into a natural dynamic. I meditate on a clock to practice slowing time down, relax while observing the second hand, fully engage the mind and the second hand slows down. I cultivated this skill because as I age I want my experience of time to flow slowly as death comes quickly to the aged mind. Back to Guru's for a moment, wow do true believers get angry when I tell them there "hero" is an antisocial sadistic narcissistic A hole. Think Chogyam Trungpa, Sai Baba and now this Sadhguru charlatan, let alone all of those "social influencers"...Yeesh. Really when we leave the cave we need to first build a bullshit detector in the modern era, in the Paleo era it was a bow and arrow. Thanks for the engaging videos and not pulling the punches when it comes to con men and women.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Namaste, Dr. Terence Laverdure, thanks so much for sharing your experience, its very much appreciated, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@artvandelay3922]

This song appears when I'm walking around the shopping centre - mean to go home and listen again but always forget. Love it

[@NilSatis1983]

Come for the psychology Stay for the music

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again NilSatis, in every meaningful way, they're the same... Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@keytoexit]

I'm in this process right now. I haven't watched the preceding videos on the subject, but the thumbnail of this one called to me and the content is spot on. Honestly, what i'm going through feels like a life or death situation. Either I stay in this soft cage and wither away, or I get up, go through the open door and cross the sea to a new life. It feels scary to leave the familiar, especially since I'm doing this on my own. Something tries to gaslight me into believing I'm insane just for considering the escape. All of this is very confusing, and emotions are intense. As I'm typing this now though, I feel calmer and more trusting of life/myself. There's still much uncertainty, but that's okay. The way is there for me to walk. Thank you sincerely, Steve and Pauline. You give me strength.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @keytoexit, Thanks for your comment. Blessings and Respect, to You, and for Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline.

[@onlyrealstuff9704]

Thank you for this video.

[@adamandeve1712]

Wow, this song& video encapsulates so much, as you said Pauline, “in a gentle way “, life can be wonderful, build up ego strength, update your self concept, grow on the edge….it does work!!!🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, both, Adam and Eve, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@Ancestrally-Guided]

This one really hit home thank you guys! I'm going to get a copy of the personal myth. I heard in a video that Carl jungs works helped explain steve to himself and this is exactly what your videos and work is doing for me so thank you so much. Steve and Pauline make a great and complimentary duo and I love seeing James soak up all the knowledge and apply and grow and also to hear his perspective in things its a beautiful dynamic to watch. Thank you you three!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @leefletcher8489, thank you for your very kind words, and support for the channel. We really appreciate your comment, it helps inspire us to do more. Respect & Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline

[@sanfransoho]

I was a child. I don't understand the song at all. But the song went straight into my heart. I was fascinated. It was so beautiful but it hurt. Hurt in good way. I couldn't stop listening The song always came back in my life.

[@superstitiousstoic6810]

The Synchronicity.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Yes, indeed. 🙏

[@TheNebulon]

Yuliya, your words about transcending imaginary attachments was just what I needed. I'm at an extremely crucial point. Thank you.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks, I’ll pass your kind words on to Pauline. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@gus8310]

What helped me was that I finally got sick of having to follow rules or ideas. I said to myself, I have this one life, why on earth would I spent it trying to be someone else’s ideal.

[@JungToLiveBy]

The whole world lies beyond the cave-mouth.

[@john1107]

"Reordering of libido". Insanely on point. Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thank You John, Blessings and Respect, for You and Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@ernitis1304]

Thank you for this video. This describes my situation very well. It’s been painful but worth it, as I finally got a great peer group and am actively interacting with the world. It’s reassuring to know that progress is being made even if I don’t feel super great yet… The point about a child-like wonder and preparation to embrace life at its fullest hits home as well. A lot of symbols and the affect behind them, in my personal myth, point me to embracing a more optimistic (and some complexes I had would say “naive”) point of view of life. I’m ready to dare to dream again as I did long ago. But this time, bringing those dreams to reality 🙏💪 Thanks again.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, ernitis, the future is yours. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@paulmessis1094]

I kind of feel this way right now, I've kind of boomeranged in and out the cave, so this video is helpful.

[@newcures7813]

Thank you so much for your videos as always. I do a lot of public speaking, and this week I have been talking about spring and the transition from the cold, dark winter into a more vibrant, higher energy time of the year when things bloom and flower open. I see the shedding of illusions kind of like a thawing process. It’s a weird feeling to melt out of a long period frozenness, much like it’s a bit blinding to see the light when we’ve been in the cave for so long... While not all of our iciness may not be completely gone, we begin to feel the phase change and remember what it’s like to be like water again, flowing and carving our way thru the earth, hopefully nourishing the life we come in contact with. Of course spring is associated with rebirth, and with rebirth it seems to me there’s both a newness and a reconnection with something ancient and familiar. It’s like meeting yourself for the first time... Staying in the bud is comfortable, until that moment of kairos when nature is beckoning us to flower. As Jung talks about in his writings on the Development of the Personality, “a good thing is unfortunately not a good forever, for otherwise there would be nothing better”. We hold onto our hibernation as long as possible bc it’s warm and safe but eventually there is a stirring so great that we must awaken, stumble toward the light, and hopefully go frolicking amongst all of life. 🌼

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks New Cires781, metaphor is very powerful in bringing about 'timed release' change towards health and well being. Thank you for sharing, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@IprenKills]

Oh wow that was really beautiful and well put. Also, can we just appreciate Steve and Pauline for taking their time to acknowledge each and every comment here. It feels like love reading through this comment section

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, Idraell, that’s very kind of you say, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline 🙏,

[@newcures7813]

@@IprenKills - Thank you for your kind words. I'm also amazed at how they take their precious and valuable time to give each of us strangers on the journey a personalized golden nugget of their expertise and wisdom. I can imagine this channel will continue to grow and flourish. Very grateful for them. All the best to you too, Idraell.

[@cryptzzz1188]

Metaphore of the cave was so helpful to me lately... I want to thank you, deeply. So many destructive currents on the path, sometimes these simple metaphores hit more than heavy theory. Again, thank you for your work

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, @cryptzzz1188, thank you for sharing your insight, and your understanding of that simple, but powerful resonance. Metaphor, by-passes the Ego, and unpacks meaning, deep within. Kindest Regards, Steve

[@tuwheratiaihaka2744]

When you comment on leaving the ‘illusion’ of gurus in the past, and you walk out the cave, where there is a transitional state of between leaving the past behind and moving forward, reminds me of the bardo state in the PDF booklet you sent to me Steve, about “The Lions Roar”. It’s a moment in time where there is no time, nor space, and you catch the illusion in action and you destroy it. I’ve had tantric meditation experiences where there has happened, and the feeling that comes after you’ve destroyed the illusion is somber but also enlightening, because you start to see what the shadows in the cave are and that they’re really an illusion, while also you can see the Sahara dessert starting to opening up. Besides meditation, I’ve had to let go of many things that I thought was me, but turned out it wasn’t me. And many of the things I thought that weren’t me, were actually me. And in the state in which you destroy the illusion, the transitional phrase is quite hard, but the most beautiful. There is so much heart and love that goes out to you guys for destroying the inner illusions cast the shadow on the cave walls, but instead to help open up the world to us. It’s a wonderful life indeed.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks Tuw, you're part of the new generation, who will make a difference in the lives of those who needlessly suffer, including those yet unborn, who will benefit from the work you're doing now. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@thyself8004]

The one book that truly helped me step out of the cave was “The Prophet” by Khalil Gibran. That book was the antidote to my self destructive nihilistic philosophy and made me realize that life was beautiful and full of meaning and worth living. “The Prophet” espouses no introverted armchair philosophy, each page urges the reader the go out into the world and experience its bounty. That book changed my life.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Jake, Blessings and Respect for You and Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@FOXARUS]

Fantastic video

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers Fox, that’s very much appreciated, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline 🙏🙏

[@ALEXANDERCRETA1]

Beautiful pictures many memories

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi ALEXANDERCRETA1, thank you, its a very special video, by Colin Vearncombe (Black) Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@user-vi3sz3fg2r]

Right where I am. Thank you :)

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers, d, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@smugmonkey6147]

Not a cognitive no, but an instinctive one. Such an important distinction. Many thanks again. Blessings

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again @smugmonkey6147, yes, you've definitely felt into that very important distinction. Blessings and Respect, Steve & Pauline

[@sven8880]

Thank you for making this video, it is very inspiring! :)

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Sven 8, thanks so much for your kind words, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@ho11owbone]

brilliant dialog. i have so much i would like to say about this topic, but i dont know how to say it through this medium. so i will just say thank you.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks You, Josiah. Blessings and Respect to You, and for Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏.

[@inlov33]

Idea to numbering podcasts/ for ease of reference :) Ty for your work

[@inlov33]

This video is highly applicable to my post Covid life. .. the innocence has been replaced with Truths...or truths ....in grieving....in regenerating...

[@Παθεια_Γνωστικα]

I'm amazed with that song, especially in this beautiful morning. At the same time, I've been thinking recently about separation from mother. I tried once, but it didn't work, because obviously I wasn't prepared. During those times, I felt extremely empty and forlorn, though it was a necessary experience to feel. And yes, I liked to watch some gurus, even following some religious ideas. But later I found out that they were misleading and they had contexts of those meanings and ideas. Without proper contexts those ideas seem to be following in the wrong direction, it's like gambling with words, where the wrong word is used, the whole «gambling» seems to be ridiculous in the wrong way. However, with trying to order things, without any «forced enlightenment», because obviously better to make small steps, going forward cautiosly. And remembering that everything takes its time. Some knowledge can be ripe to some time, I mean this process can't be forced. You can scream or yell at plants - either fruits or vegetables, but they wouldn't be ripe due to that action. It's like nature's way, probably. Forgot to add, recently I've started experiencing also some psychosomatic component, like coughing, which may represent an urge to breathe fully, without any restraints. Though, I smoke, that feeling of need to breathe more, has showed itself recently. At the same time, it's like a need to move forward. Hence, I've found this video, started «cleaning my life» and have a feeling to go further. So, basically, those feelings and synchronicities go to the same direction, including that somatic feature.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Penumbrum Obscurum, you're working hard in the vineyard... Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline🙏🙏

[@Παθεια_Γνωστικα]

@@JungToLiveBy thank you!

[@avertingapathy3052]

I got out of the cave to after Jordan Peterson's recounting of a bible verse or thereabout about a good mother necessarily failing. If you go, you'll lose your body out there, if you stay, you'll lose your soul. After a year of working a stupid job, I have lost a bit of both. Now back in the cave. Wish I was joking, but I think my trickster function took over. I was semi mindful of it the whole time but continued with the self-sabotage. Not sure what if anything can be done. I'm just numb now and can leave the cave, but with a soul that has been bruised and tattered, there really is not much reason to see anything a lot of my ideals have been subsumed in the fire. Something about the idea of the fate puts you in the position where your options are limited but you deliver the blows with your own hand? Maybe this was some kind of unconscious initiation or self-punishment, but I think I've truly bit own nose to spite my face and those who tried however poorly to help. The scariest is, I'd be content with riding this out until my remaining family passes and I end my days. I know we aren't supposed to blame ourselves for repetition compulsions but I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive myself for this.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @avertingapathy3052 many thanks for your post, and your insights gained from long and hard experience. This is not ‘Jungian advice’ its not even ‘advice’ as such, it’s a view, taken from a perspective, that includes long personal and professional experience. Any starting point, must root on firm ground. That firm ground should be an ‘Ego-position’ clear enough ‘to itself’ that it establishes a boundary between itself and others, externally, and one that interacts ‘homeostatically’ to the non-Ego conscious, of the ‘un-conscious’, within. The ‘idea’ of this is the first step, the doing of it proceeds from that. What should follow, is an audit of the time-line (the through-line) of your life. You’ve done some of this already. However, its both normal, and usual, for all sorts of everyday maladaptations to accrue along this time-line, which we tacitly or implicitly, ‘identify’-with. These are the ‘Identified-With’ Complexes, that occupy our Self-Concept - which is that extension, of our Ego, that reaches back as far as our conscious and unconscious ‘personal’ experience goes. Complexes then, are the sum of our dynamic adaptation, to the demands of our life, at any given time in the present, that keep us attached to their original formation in the past (Complexes, like the past, and like to insinuate to us, that the past, is the present). However, there is another ‘past’, one that is not ‘personal’, one that reaches back to every successful adaptation our species, and specifically our ancestors, ever made. These ‘instinctive’ adaptations, are more than only that, they are ‘anticipations’ - that is ‘expectations’ for our life, that are encoded into our genome, and its related ‘fields of information’. These are on timed-release, and rehearse themselves, before instinctive-pressure from the genome, releases them in full. Complexes, form around the instinctive pressure to actualize. They initially form protectively, through basic [psychodynamic processes, but can become so unconscious, that they attain a degree of autonomy (independent action). The conditioning effect of protective action, to avoid negative results of instinctive pressure, is under ideal conditions, adaptive. However, it can become so exaggerated (over-amped) that Complexes start to determine the Self-Concept’s reflexive consciousness, of itself. When the Ego attempts (often under increased instinctive or h[per-rationalized pressure) to challenge or set aside the Identified-With, Complex(es), they act to innervate the Ego with a heightened drive state (anxiety) that is in effect, a psychological auto-immune reaction. In other words, the Ego is seen as a problem to itself, and so the Complexes invest it with negative-conditioning libido (Free Energy). The Ego will then seek solutions, often in psychosocial ‘representations’ (such as pop-psychology internet gurus) and other such things, which get co-opted to ‘confirming’ the Complex(es) rather than the positive, and intended, anticipations of the genome. Once you understand the ecology, and its dynamics, you can then start to dis-identify with Complexes, and free-up your healthy instincts, and the intended scenarios (Meta-Instincts) for the genomic release of your potential. So, no ‘advice’, only a view, based on long familiarity with the positive intentionality, of a life. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@NilSatis1983]

Go out and have a sensory experience… what does that even feel like

[@NilSatis1983]

I don’t want that to sound facetious or sarcastic but, without leaning into typology too much, as I know you warn against, I’m intuiting with thinking, I walk around and my thinking works like this “that reminds me of The Stoics, Nietzsche, Marxist alienation, capitalist exploitation, Mill’s theory of utilitarianism, this guys a “feeler”, she’s an “intuitive”, I’m getting anima complex vibes… and so on…” everything I do is filtered through that, I could go through the whole gamut of philosophy while ruminating on whether or not to tip a bar maid while ultimately settling for convention when I inevitably do leave a tip. Rarely I’m “in the moment” except sometimes when in with other people at parties or events but that’s when my trickster behaviour comes out, my jokes, my charm, the flirting, the piss taking. Ugh it’s a f****** mine field isn’t it

[@paulatreides0777]

The warmth of the sun on your face, the feel of the wind, the sound of the forest, connect with a pet, its a start works for me.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Paul Atreides, engagement is relating, just as you suggest, Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again NilSatis1878, the unfamiliarity, of being newly familiar with our nature, is like the change of a season. It starts before we really notice, but, soon we're a part of it. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏 🙏

[@NilSatis1983]

@@paulatreides0777 fear is the mind killer 🤔