Carl Jung & His Approach to the Psyche - Dr Kevin Lu

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In this talk, Dr Kevin Lu will explore Jung’s model of the psyche, with special attention to the definitive concepts differentiating analytical psychology from Freudian psychonanalysis. In particular, the talk will critically assess Jung’s formulation of the archetypal Self, which acts as the end goal of the individuation process.
While critiques of Jung’s search for universal patterns of human experience and action - which in turn may have limited his appreciation of the influence exerted by social and contextual factors - are duly noted, Dr Lu suggests that the true contribution of Jung’s psychology cannot be divorced from one of its major limitations: it seeks to say something both general and specific about the human condition. What Jung yearns for is not an imitation of old, worn out patterns, but a creative engagement with them that allows us to experience the fullness of life in all its complexities.
Dr Kevin Lu, PhD, is Director of Graduate Studies and Director of the MA Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Jungian Studies.
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[@LunaLu-00]

"Until you make unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate" Carl Jung

[@jenimckenna3801]

You’re an excellent teacher, and just as importantly, an excellent listener. Thank you

[@walshamite]

John Freeman's conversation with Jung (BBC 1959, it's here on YT too) kind of complements the present talk. I lived through the 1950s and that meeting is redolent of a world that is passing away, in which, for example, respect and attitudes to the elderly was different, and the recognised authority figure was much less likely to be challenged, but thankfully, Freeman was never over-awed by his subjects. The abreactive method seen in word association is akin to that other pop psychology revelation of the unconscious, "the Freudian slip", giving away the hidden thoughts tied up in our complexes.

[@Emomomotional]

This was absolutely incredible and both your mind and his are beautiful.

[@JeraTruthspeekherRebirth11]

The Self everyone seeks is within. It's the God that is within you. When you are seeking the truth, you are on your path. Don't get stuck Following the blind. All is in darkness in this world. You know nothing until you are in the Experience State of Being. The 3 states of Man are innocence, experienceand imagination. Also known as Son( innocence). Experience(Father). Imagination( Holy Spirit).

[@whynot5568]

Amen Fam! I knew I would meet others that know about these amazing truths!

[@JeraTruthspeekherRebirth11]

@@whynot5568 Yes. There are many who finds the Way. Every New Age There is a different embodiment of God that is Sent to tell the truth. I Am He in female robe.

[@scottease1]

In timeless wisdom all things which appear collapse into the No-Thing from which and in which they appear. This No-Thing is called by many names. All of which are descriptive labels. It is That which eminently transcends any attempt to encapsulate it with language because language conveys objective implications to that which is utterly non objective . It is not grasped by thought although all thought is comprised of it. It is grasped and known only by Itself as Itself through and in itself. It is Infinite in its eminent totality of Aware Being. You are that . Only That . That which in timeless wisdom collapses all time into now and all space into here... Which is labeled present . infinite aware eminent presence..

[@Lissa11638]

I met a Gnani Purush & received self realization from him. For all seekers...look up Akram Vignan, the stepless path to realization!

[@catherinewacker141]

Amazing...

[@insookchoi4727]

Kevin Lu delivers excellent lectures. It will be good to see more of his lectures online.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

You are more than just right. You are righter, perhaps rightest. Most rightly right of all. I agree with you and I ain't wrong! 👍

[@derrickh4394]

This is easily one of the most concise and informative lectures on Jung that I’ve ever seen. So good!

[@eternalstudent7461]

"Herman's Head" ..fun to hear it mentioned! 🙂 Excellent lecture 👍🏻

[@rodolfopereira2142]

Congrats, Great work!

[@graciela_digitalnomad]

Excellent lecturer I feel so grateful for being able to watch your lectures. Thank you 🙏

[@Thebusysuperhuman]

Really like Jung’s ideas even if some are dated, his mind blows my mind and Dr Li is a great lecturer

[@nikkoosiones520]

2021, this is amazing thank you Dr. Kevin Lu

[@yvonne.p]

fantastic!! 😉 seriously thank you for this!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@ImBABYJANEHUDSON]

Dr Lu is a wonderful lecturer!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

You're about as right as a wrong man ain't righter. Righter than most. Rightest of all. The rightly right right of all! Well done!

[@doctorcofrin851]

Thank you!!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@sabiaknows]

Thank you. Excellent

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@perun814]

The first thing u noticed in Jung’s office was books from Freud and Dostoyevsky

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Books given to him by both of them, and signed too.

[@waynevanrensburg8037]

2022, Thank you 😊

[@WarrenByrdSpeak]

Great teaching💥💥!!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Bang!

[@jimpicard1991]

Correct, Kevin.

[@shivalichopra2902]

36:49 leaving this here to take notes later.

[@mariafitts]

I’m definitely neurotic and as I get older it’s getting more obsessive. I find myself going to grocery stores arranging vegetables and fruits or department stores arranging clothes or doctors offices arranging business cards… the other day I notice I do it right in front of people while speaking to them, it’s like I’m two people. Sometimes I see myself doing things almost automatically without thinking

[@michellegalvan4923]

Thank you 🙏💕🕊️😘

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@deborahmichaels7458]

Clear & engaging, Thank you

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@alexusforeman5842]

Absolutely amazing!!!!

[@DJSTOEK]

More please

[@jg3094]

1:04, awareness is key.

[@dougridgway7570]

Smart man

[@anitacarrier9386]

Would complexes (when refering to people), then be a conclusive subjective perception of anothers character traits? As I find myself saying g to my ex partner you just like my sister, and yet his character is very different, but sometime his behaviour shows identical similarities.

[@robertthomas4234]

The mic is not suited to the task! Common problem with KZbin videos. Gnnn!!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Have you ever used a bullet mic for harmonica? Or, a bullet mike?

[@robertthomas4234]

@@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt of a type favoured by Don Baker, you mean? Oh! The penny just dropped! Maybe one moaneth but the point is not only valid, but necessary; when the point can't be heard it kinda doesn't work, ya know?

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

@@robertthomas4234 Oh no, not Donald Kebab Baker, but lil' Walter. Your point was even more devastating played acoustically. The audience here simply sizzled in its own fry. But I ain't gonna moan no more. They are caught in the complex of my web.

[@robertthomas4234]

@@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt Give it socks!!

[@justincase963]

Right!

[@1123RYANJAMES]

Does the word association test actually help with responding to corporeal demands, when ubiquitous impermanence threatens to obscure what kind of permanence exists in real life? Just making sure I use the right purpose, instead of misuse analogies.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

No, unfortunately it doesn't. Reality is eternal impermanence.

[@mattisajackass]

right

[@chearmstrong6616]

Me and Carl Jung share the same birthday 7-26

[@ikaeksen]

Trees are roots both ways -.-

[@TheWhitehiker]

Let's pronounce Jung's name correctly!

[@h.a.s.42]

Exactly. Thank you! It is terrible to hear people who've studied Jung extensively pronouncing him "Young". Awkward.

[@TheWhitehiker]

@@h.a.s.42 it means young, but that's no excuse.

[@rodralph824]

Not much point in asking the audience if you can’t hear the response

[@martin-hall-northern-soul]

How's Dr Kevin managed to study Jung for so many decades without ever opening the door to meet his personality number 2?

[@JW-me7ps]

❤

[@peter-jac4143]

Very interesting topic but the absence of microphones in the auditorium makes the presentation horrifying 😵‍💫

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Horrifying? Do you understand what horror is?

[@cutepanda6459]

22:40 34:00

[@melfordgopaulsingh9012]

The archetype is the Sun, the light of the world

[@rodralph824]

Why ask audience?

[@michealcurrie8272]

The biggest sculpture in the Vatican, Rome. Is a bronze acorn.

[@bababablok6371]

lapsi errshet bukur kur ti mendo pozitivisht per boten njerzimin shtazet dhe natyren

[@tonykehoe123]

Apart from the plastic bottle on the mic , I found this presentation to be quite reasonable…

[@islabee5266]

And the fact he says “Right?” many, many, many times.

[@flaviapaiva2676]

😍😍😍😍

[@applesnicolle5144]

Thanks to Carl Jung ditching Freud !

[@bababablok6371]

grabitqaret lindin grabitqar dhe vdesin grabitqaret

[@meditateforbliss9382]

According to Hinduism human suffering will not persist and can achieve Kaivalya through Yoga contrary to Jungian philosophy.

[@Unvaccinatedpureblood]

Does it work?

[@abel7741]

@@Unvaccinatedpureblood You have to try to know

[@matthewkopp2391]

Jung’s philosophy is different from Hinduism, but has similarities with kaivalya. First Jung was an idealist in the sense of Kant, Plato, Pythagoras, and said that the psyche is not bound to the restrictions of time, space and material. He would say that a union of the ego and the self would result in less suffering that it can extinguish neurosis and psychosis. But Jung’s emphasizes returning back to a new persona and broader awareness after one experiences that. A lot of Hindu philosophy does not. In fact many Indian gurus are celebrated for maintaining this state. As far as no suffering upon return. I think Jung would say that one would no suffer needlessly but still have basic life dilemma but that is easier with a relationship with the Self.

[@Unvaccinatedpureblood]

@@abel7741 I have but limited time in this life

[@abel7741]

@@Unvaccinatedpureblood presumably that’s just illusion. On a serious note length of life doesn’t matter, how much can you experience when you escape the mental condition called time?

[@1123RYANJAMES]

Out of all words used with a marker, "sexy" was the only word he's wrote way too fast. Maybe it was an "id" instinct he's confidential about, but IDK anyway.

[@bababablok6371]

te mesosh bukur po ngadal libri hy ne koke po mendo aty jo diku tjeter

[@ronaldoferreira594]

Toooo many "Fantastic!". Interesting. Is this just a Language from a type of Culture? Or?

[@chrisloveys2873]

Floating like liquid...

[@kusheran]

A definition of self that does not include the ecology is not sustainable.

[@alinebaruchi1936]

Vem com a mamãe. Vai amar a imunologia brasileira, sim

[@melfordgopaulsingh9012]

The collective unconscious is in reality the Sun, all nations revere it in different forms of worship

[@barrensammi7906]

To the weekend university!!! Stop stealing other people logos with the college cap That is somebody else logo that is trademark you are going to get sued!! Jerk!!

[@sheilaperkins1155]

;)

[@swissrootful]

fantastic in every second sentence is not approbriate

[@TheDarkzebra09]

Do you mean “appropriate”? It’s a linguistic habit. That’s all. Like someone saying “do you know what I mean?” After every second sentence. It is not in reference to the body of the lecture. Therefore I think your comment is irrelevant. It has no relevance to the amazing content of this lecture

[@amberrosetoyou]

Someone has to complain it’s the nature of things. This was a great lecture thank you!

[@alexfostes4021]

Unless if you are British / live in the UK

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

@@TheDarkzebra09 "approbriate" is bait which lures lecturers into the academic halls that trap the minds...

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

@@amberrosetoyou Thank you for saying thank you. Because I wanted to say thank you too, but you beat me to it. But that's ok, because I wanted to say it too, and you said it first and you said it very well. Weller than I would've. Thank you. Seriously!

[@jameslabs1]

Lecturer’s and academic types overuse the word “so.” Very f%#&in annoying!

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Rise above it and forgive them. Forgive the academics for failures.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

Rise above it and forgive them. Forgive the academics for failures.

[@h.a.s.42]

Not more than pronouncing his name "Young". Awkward.

[@atiqrahman7289]

This speaker is probably psychiatrist. His presentation is with certain oddities ---- that is common with psychiatrist.

[@mikhailgorbynov8779]

If not read! And they did not listen to the audio book K. Jung ! That teaching is useless!

[@h.a.s.42]

Please don't call Jung "Young", it is terrible. Especially from people who've studied him extensively, hurts the ears. When you spend 10 years studying some subject as the depth psychology, you should learn the pronunciation of the name.