Wed your Anima by creating a 'vessel' for Her (Psychological Masculinity)

[@firstnamelastname6738]

From what I understood: make a bridge for the Anima that lets you accept it through art, internal dialogue or general creativity. For the time being I will meditate and try to refine my ego at first. My gut feeling tells me that a dialogue with the Anima and ''trial empathy'' would be more effective but at the moment I am too controlled by emotions and the way I am perceived by others. I think with time it can get easier but for now it is too early. Shouldn't rush as you mentioned yourself. But I will say this was one of the most entertaining and fascinating videos I've seen in a while. Very interesting!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @firstnamelastname6738, many thanks for sharing your very valuable insights and experience. We will be releasing a long and very in-depth JTLB Video on the 'Anima-Animus' very soon. We hope that you enjoy it every bit as much as this one. We've also covered a lot on this topic in other recent videos on the channel. Keep in touch and let us know how you get along. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@firstnamelastname6738]

​@@JungToLiveBy I ended up coming back here to learn about the Anima again and forgot I commented here. I found some interesting findings though, I was trying to figure out my issues in regards to shadows and maybe repressed parts of myself. I came back to the topic of anima again and started researching how it works and what it does. I think I came to the conclusion that I have a very dense Anima repression. I have had issues and paranoia with people but mostly people of the opposite sex which in-turn is very likely due to my upbringing with toxic female figures from my mother to my aunt and school teachers. I want to mention as well that I repress my emotions like smiling and crying in-front of people cause I have trust issues. (I only smile if I find something that can boost my ego like humor) I tried to get in contact with my anima as a test by writing on a notepad, I got some words at first and eventually it just ended up evolving into a full on assault on me. I was being name called and shamed for being a ''weak man'' and ''a coward''. I didn't take it personally but I was finding it amusing at the time due to the confusion of it all. I got messages in my head from my anima that said something on the likes of ''What is so funny? Why are you laughing?''. She then continued attacking me by saying:''Ihateyouihateyouihateyouihateyouihateyouihateyou'' I asked my Anima if it is possible that she was a cause for my gut issues and she said ''Yes I am the cause of 80% of your gut issues''. When I visualized the image of her when closing my eyes she looked almost EXACTLY the same as the dark demon Anima with the hanging head necklace and bear in mind this was BEFORE I saw the picture of it as a representation. She was going back and forth between the looks of a green woman and back to the demon almost ''tiki'' look to her face while she was grabbing her own mouth and pulling down in anger. It was a pretty insane look. To cut it short, eventually the communication stopped and the anima archetype if that is what it is called told herself she was ''going to bed'' and didn't want to talk anymore. For some weird reason I became much more calmer and noticed I got better sleep throughout the night. Much less paranoia and even more energy as well the next day as well as barely if no negative thoughts about myself. Of course temporary as it came back to some extent today but still. It was a weird experience. I am having issues getting back into contact as I'm not receiving much replies but my gut feeling says I should not force it out. I've started to write in an ''Anima Journal'' for myself to try to build up a relation and connection with that torn off part of myself. I had to put as a note that ''It is very important that you treat your Anima with respect rather than just an ''abstract'' or ''concept'' '' like you mentioned in order for my ego to not gain control and see it as fleeting or a waste of time. I hope my comment was of any value and maybe educational. For me this is self induced therapy but it is very interesting nonetheless. As always thanks for the hard work and the amount of information and content about the internal mind. It is truly insane how much of a universe the brain really is.

[@juniperstardust5549]

I recently discovered that most of my problems stem from the fact that I've rejected my anima my hole life, thank the universe I've started my path towards growth, thanks to people like you who are guiders and teachers.

[@Lifelover-zj3oo]

Let us know how you're doing, if you feel like it. 🙂

[@yashthakare2059]

Steve, Pauline & James are doing huge service to humanity by making these vidoes... Period

[@practicaljung9743]

Blessings to you, unidentified, geek. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@umerwani1178]

Who else was looking for soulmate n end up degree in psychology 😅

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @umerwani1178, oftentimes the rationalization of a broken heart, or perhaps just the perplexed cogitations of someone who can't figure-out what the heck the other biological sex, is.

[@pathfinder1488]

That's what happened with me😅

[@socalbeeremovalandrelocation]

You would make a great comic

[@krejziks3398]

I was looking a way "out" and i ended up with knowledge so vast i never dreamed about... I read all from Freud, Jung, von Franz, Bible, vedas... It's insane how thirsty i can be for knowledge when depressed and seeing no way out, i must have very strong will to live i wonder if i got that from my mother who is now in her 70s but survived throughout her life rape, incest, famine, poverty, abuse, war etc...

[@JF-cd5hc]

Lol, yup.

[@darylhiggs9100]

I've been stuck in a literal hell for the last 3 years, these videos in half a day have helped more than anything else. The idea on an anima possession was so freeing. The enlightenment gained from 3hrs of your content has already given me so much clarity and direction. Thank you so much for your contribution.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Daryl Higgs, and Respect to You, and, for your Personal journey. Kindest Regards, Steve and Pauline🙏

[@francesco3772]

Hope you're doing good after 3 more years! ❤

[@individuationportal]

Wow. Never heard it said like this. I think I actually did this in the form of Pick-Up (going up to strange women on the street, introducing myself and asking for their numbers), which turned these woman from mere objects of my desire (who existed only in my mind) to real human beings (who I was relating to, even if very briefly). The experience of doing this again and again (with the ritual humiliation of rejection) was pretty energetically transformative.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, @individuationportal, thank you for sharing your journey, and the insights gained from your experience. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline🙏🙏

[@andrewshantz9136]

I’ve had much the same experience

[@puercoespineta]

Happend likewise to me, I didnt know at the time that I was doing it for that porpouse.

[@individuationportal]

so much richness in this clip. I'm gonna have to listen to it a few times and make notes. Thank you very much for posting

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, @individuationportal, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@TheTalemaster]

I have been struggling in an interpersonal relationship for 2 months, dealing with emotions so overwhelming that my work, family members and friends have also been hurt. I've sensed the cause was something that welled up from within me; a truth I had been ignoring. Before this happened, I dreamed it would, but pridefully ignored and misinterpreted it as favourable. Then it actually happened. I was so crushed that I had to leave work. This video has finally explained to me what happened. The person close to me touched off an extreme neurosis by unwittingly opening a repressed flood of truths linked to my Anima and various other unconscious things. I've been slowly calming the emotions, learning to feel instead, and this video helped me see so much more clearly what to do. I'm a left-handed male, much more in touch with my feminine side than a "traditional" male. As a result, I was misinterpreting what proper Anima-integration is. Because my masculine 'vessel' is weaker, the Anima I was integrating only resulted in more chaotic, unmanagable emotions. Through Steve's explanations, I now understand what the proper vessel is. I am slowly re-integrating my Anima, and I have to say it feels utterly weird! It is not what I expected, it certainly is uncommon due to my handedness, but the result speaks for itself: truth is slowly emerging, a sense of calm, and more importantly, balance. Thank you both so much. Jung's loving creativity shines on through you!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks for your kind words, Respect and Best Wishes , Steve and Pauline🙏

[@dante.nathanael]

I absolutely loved this. I was always afraid of life and the "risks" of exploring my own potential due to it being so seemingly individual and grandiose for me and all the levels society I (perceive) live in, but now that I'm picking up respect for myself, and acting it out, from the way I wake up to the tone of my voice and every word that comes out of it, I'm excited to see how much is there to do and overcome. Thank you for another insightful video.

[@practicaljung9743]

Our pleasure, Dante Nathanael, my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your insight. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@billybobjocrabb7095]

Sooo, most of my life has been very sleepless, disassociated and exhausted. I was anxious, slightly depressed and incredibly analytical and logical. Constantly analysing my internal and external processes. Then I had a dream in which a woman/cat was not only trying to hunt and kill me, but was mauling me to death(very intense). I recently attempted to apologise to my anima and visualise and “talk” to it. This seems to have worked and most of my problems have gone away, I’m sort of in disbelieve that it’s worked.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Billybobjo crabb, thanks for sharing. Respect to You and for Your Journey, Kindest regards, Steve🙏

[@Ledhoven]

9:50 polarities brilliantly expressed.

[@Hanipingo]

I've been building a better relationship with my anima and I've already saw the first results: the relationship with almost everyone I know is improving. But now I must focus on the "vessel" you told.

[@azanyahyisrael101]

This is continuing to be more and more insightful with the more experience you have going on I love it

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Azanyah Yisrael thank you so much for your comment, its very much appreciated, Kindest Regards, Steve👍

[@eduardosimurgisrael4663]

Thank you! I now realize that my anima had been speaking to me in my dreams since I was young. She was locked out by my family and discriminated as second class. I am an illegitimate child and I had to keep this secret from everyone. Having my authentic self locked out. I have been experiencing individuation and my anima keeps appearing in dreams. ( I am no expert just learning as I go) Usually they have the same theme. Always laying down together in different scenarios but never consummating the sexual act because their is always some type of excuse or something that prevents it. I am hoping to find out what that is. I believe this recurring dream is trying to tell me something. Thank you for this videos and the advice you gave us to begin with Man and his symbols. I was reading Psychological Types but Man and his symbols was great advice to get an introduction. Thank you! and by the way for my birthday I will be buying CJ on Nietzsche. I am love Nietzsche. I was so thrilled when you made me aware of its existence!

[@Tangi_ENT]

I appreciate this mini-lecture. It was extremely Jargon heavy so there was little I was able to grasp fully. Some noteworthy ideas I have left with is that it is not just me that needs to trust the unconscious but also the unconscious must learn to trust you. This open communication thing is the tricky part. I have no clue how to properly engage and have been doing it by instinct. This non-judgemental part is extremely hard to do. One can easily say " I accept this message" when shown negatively salient experiences. However when shown the positive, we can get swept away and lost in fantasy. That is also a form of judgement. Hopefully this comes as an example of what you were saying of polarities cancelling each other out making you lose the greater lesson. There is much I still wish to learn, for I do not even comprehend 60% of what you were discussing. I wish I could join the discord but I am not in a position to be able to pay for private communities at this moment. I do appreciate the teachings. Best of wishes to you all.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @Tangi_ENT, everything worth learning, takes time to understand. ‘Jargon’ is just the unfamiliar, if we take time to learn, then it’s no longer un-familiar, and what seemed like ‘jargon’ now opens out into a wider and deeper connectedness to things we didn’t know before. It’s like this in any endeavour in life. You can take your time and study what’s been made available or you can move on. That’s your choice, and whichever option you choose, will shape the outcome you achieve, in the longer term. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@moons_mind]

Fantastic overview of the underlying systems that help lead to positive change. I knew about the significance of setting intentions over goals, but totally overlooked the importance of respecting the unconscious. Definitely gives me clarity as to why I've been stuck with bad habits for years of trying to kick them. Some of my maladaptations are fucked haha

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi again Moons_Mind, my friend. Thanks for sharing that. A fact often overlooked is that the the unconscious is not the Ego. It has different dynamics and a different adaptive purpose. Communication with the unconscious is most efficiently achieved through collaboration, not confrontation. If confrontation is deemed necessary, then something has already gone wrong. In the absence of trauma, maladaptive conditioning by others, or genetic predisposition, the vast majority of problems originate in the attitude of Ego consciousness. The first step in communication with the unconscious, is to signal respect as this lowers the compensatory pressure from within. It also prepares the Ego to encounter and assimilate new information. It equates to openness. As a system, the psyche prefers self-regulation, over a maladapted equilibrium (a neurosis), which arises when the Ego dysfunctions. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@maltsday]

9:54 So important, it should get an own time stamp. Ideas can't lead to transformation unless they are experienced directly. Especially for analytical thinkers. 17:30 aswell, really important point.

[@Sandalphon444]

Thank you for your contributions

[@practicaljung9743]

Thanks Hammond, our pleasure, Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@ItsLotto]

Wooow! You have opened my mind even wider. Im ready

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @ItsLotto, thanks for subscribing, and thanks too for your kind words. Blessings, Steve & Pauline

[@imogen.magenta]

Thank you JTLB. By ‘create a vessel’ to contain/interact with the unconscious, do you mean simply create a strong ‘you’ in the real world that is clear about who you are, your values, your boundaries and needs, etc? Or would it also be creating a kind of avatar representing ‘you’, which incorporates the above but is say visual and symbolic that you then offer to your unconscious as a representation of your positive intentions to interact and learn. ‘Create a vessel’ is a shorthand for a lot of stuff I imagine and it would be good to have it unpacked if possible 🙏🏼

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi Magenta, great question. It could be either or both. They're both contextually valid, with the context being the personal equation of the individual, as it stands, at any one time. External action is the path of least resistance to the extrovert and an internal imago, as you describe it, likewise the path of least resistance to the introvert. There's a case to be made for going with that path, or indeed to do the opposite. it all depends on the stability of the individual and the cost to the person of going against the natural flow of adapted energy.

[@imogen.magenta]

Practical Jung thank you 👌. I think I will do both as I feel the need for both - at different times and in different circumstances.

[@Benzoperidol]

Thanks a lot for the help and guidance... Im a 26yo male, recently i had my first long term relationship and it was so chaotic... She slept with another man during the initial months of our relationship because i wasnt very commited and she got scared i was going to hurt her. At first i handled it very well and wanted to forgive her, and didnt had much trouble with that. Then i went to a 3 month trip to europe and we talked everyday, but this thing that happened started to bother me so much. I was crying all the time, my trip became something very different of what i thought it would be, it was hell. Then i came back and my relationship with her turned into something else, way more dark and hateful. We broke up and i feel so guilty, because i wasnt able to manage my emotions during my trip and came back with a very low self esteem and she wasnt able to stand by my side on that. We tried to make it work, she tried to help me but couldnt. I used to be a very stable guy, happy and all... Now ive been crying for 8 months, very confused by all of this, heartbroken and filled with remorse. My therapist says it was a possession of the anima, but im really confused. I dont know what to do with all of this that is happening to me. Im still crying a lot, even though im meditating every day, painting, working out, not using drugs or alcohol and speaking with family and friends everyday. Could you guys give me any guidance into what i can do or what happened to me? Im having so much trouble accepting this chapter of my life. I miss her, i had never felt so much love for someone, she was very caring for me and im scared im never gonna meet anyone like her. I wish i could have just forgave her, and dont know why i couldnt and became this kind of crying manchild that lost her attraction. This makes me feel guilty and hate myself, sometimes even thinking about ending it all... I loved her, but something took control of me. Please, if you can, help me with any advice. Im truly desperate. Thanks again for all your work.

[@eliaskv932]

I Hope you’re doing better man. As someone who went through something extremely similar, I wanna tell you that you need to stop blaming yourself. Betrayal is hard to forgive, even if it was in the early stages of a relationship. It consumed me too. I had to face reality, And reality is that my conscience would have never let me live in peace if we were still together. Nightmares, anger, it wouldn’t have stopped no matter how much I loved her. Make no mistakes. She cheated instead of communicating her concerns with you. Stop putting her on a pedestal and thinking she did nothing wrong. With time, you will start loving again, just hang tight. :)

[@wandaad]

Trust is fragile. She betrayed your trust and by doing so she did not deserve a second chance. But you gave her a second chance and you "handled it well" which really means you avoided conflict and in doing so you betrayed yourself. By connecting with her every day while you should be out enjoying yourself, you kept betraying yourself and the part of you that wanted to restore your inner integrity got more and more upset and impatient with you. That's why the betrayal became an issue and rightly so. You deserve loyalty, to begin with from yourself. Love yourself, don't believe thoughts that hurt you, if they hurt it means they are not true. Every "no" brings you closer to the "yes" and you will have a wonderful relationship with a beautiful woman who is willing to take it slow enough for you to commit more and more. Take care, go for a dance and treat yourself to a big cheesecake. You're awesome ❤

[@ga5691]

infj, 47yo male here. recently , in a dream i had a woman came up to my wise old man companion with a knife stabbing him on the shoulder. following, i drove a truck to run her over yet a few meter before her i stopped and got off to talk to her. this dream forced me to search meaning and i found this video. now it feels like i have to consider this perspective.thank you for sharing this video.

[@dlgm161]

Fascinating, but it was too advanced conceptually for me at this stage. Hoping you create more videos on this. Thank you in the meantime!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks David, really appreciate your support, Kindest regards, Steve.🙏

[@ograzebrook]

Having experienced a complex triggering a possession of, what seemed to me to be, my alter ego, by my unconscious biological instincts, I can attest to the caution being given in these videos, and their authenticity from the perspective of my own experience.

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi again Owen Grazebrook, many thanks for sharing that very valuable insight. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@ograzebrook]

@@practicaljung9743 you're welcome. In case you are interested, it manifested in some very aggressive behaviour (related to a painful memory/emotion) with multiple caricatures fluidly being played out, sometimes with a comedic element (more mockery). This is why it felt in retrospect that it was the alter ego being used to express via different alter egos I've developed over time. It was a very strange experience and nothing like I had experienced before.

[@ryleygriggs9840]

What does this mean?

[@ograzebrook]

@@ryleygriggs9840 which bit are you referring to? Can you elaborate the question?

[@ryleygriggs9840]

@@ograzebrook The "complex triggering a possession of, what seemed to me to be, my alter ego, by my unconscious biological instincts," bit. There's a lot of terminology I don't get.

[@danielljacob8882]

This video opened my mind

[@frankoskovia]

Plain and simply amazing - step by step, hence, it is possible to move into a new state of regulation. The intentionality that one's ego emits in order to bring about a new and desired adaptation of the until then idiosyncratically configured unconscious, made me wonder if the following syncretism would be appropriate. I'd think of something akin to a mechanism which I'd frame as a "POSITIVE cAMP signal" (leaning on Rossi's "Psychobiology of mind-body healing" here). I am aware that cAMP itself is a stress signal. Following this particular train of thought, my understanding of Steve and Pauline's explications would be, that to me it is as if the signalled intentionality by the ego/vessel would act as if a "POSITIVE" cAMP signal (so, no reaching out because of a calamity and the calling forth of other amoebas in order to rescue the cell like in the cAMP itself) is given, but rather the calling for a positive change. The calling for a positive internal change is then kind of drawing out other, "molecules" of the psyche that are somewhat similar to the ego, which is the initiator of the proceedings. However, these "molecules" are of a different kind and need the ego's effort in order to assimilate to it. When these other molecules perceive that the signal is backed up in its 'firmness' and seriousness by the will to act out the positive change in the outside world (by the ego), the unconscious's onset may become more probable and the launching out of inerta, to bring about the ego's desired change will probably not be for nothing, in its own perspective (because its efforts are backed up by the trust that the ego will use these changes to optimal adaptation in the future). That way, the formation of a new "organism", that is the vessel, the relating function is facilitated. It builds with every sincere call (every self-hypnosis for example) to bring more of these "molecules" together, that is, relating builds by relating to oneself itself. Both, ego and the unconscious, will have a job to do. Both will have to facilitate the slow process of bringing energy into motion. What will be within, will, too, be without.

[@frankoskovia]

For context, here is the stanza of Rossi's book, in order to hopefully make myself a little more clear: “When food is abundant, this slime mold exists as a free-living, single-celled amoeba. When food is scarce, each amoeba sends out cAMP as a stress signal into the environment. When other free-living amoebae receive this signal, they are attracted to its source. In this way, these amoebae communicate, find each other, and form a community of beings. They then clump together to form a multicellular organism - the slug - which can then survive in the changed environment to eventually produce spores that can resists even complete drying out and survive until it rains again. Each spore then becomes a free-living single-cell amoeba again until the environment dries out, forcing the development of a multicellular slug for survival. What we are seeing here is a critical evolutionary step between single and multicellular life; the invention of communication during the stress of a changing environment was necessary for adaptation and the evolution of all the higher forms of life. As a stress-signaling molecule, cAMP became the communication link that made the evolution of the higher multicellular forms of life with their large bodies and brains possible. It is fascinating to realize that this same cAMP molecule is still active as a ‘secondary messenger’ within every cell of our brain and body. Further, it becomes especially active when we are under stress; cAMP still retains its original evolutionary function of signaling that there is a danger, a stress, in the surrounding environment.” (p. 149)

[@frankoskovia]

Obviously, I am lacking the biology skills, so I just reframed what I thought to be a kind of "reversed" cAMP-signal, and invented a "POSITIVE cAMP signal". Just to clarify. 🙏

[@ILikeFeelingElectric]

God bless. Thank you so much for sharing this content!

[@practicaljung9743]

Blessings to you: I Like Feeling Electric. our pleasure, Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@billbill825]

Keep it with the amazing work going. Great episode! Cheers.

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi again Bill Bill, thanks so much for your kind comment. We're developing more material across several different platforms. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@Breathoffreshair88]

Phenomenal! Wow Thankyou I forgot I asked for the next thing I watch to be life changing information and this video was the next thing I watched and it’s life changing absolutely phenomenal I’m so happy Thankyou awesome stuff wow love it

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks, @Breathoffreashair, hope that you find our other videos on the Anima just as interesting and helpful. Watch out too for our upcoming videos that will cover related topics. Everything is connected, as an informational-field phenomenon, just as Jung held, in his concept of 'unus mundus'. Kindest Regards, Steve

[@deanhettig1920]

I had to listen to this one over and over again... lol a lot of info packed in one video

[@JungToLiveBy]

Cheers Dean Hettig, very much obliged. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@valimg1184]

Mr Richards! You've blown the door wide open for change.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, @valimg1184, Respect to You, and for Your Journey, Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@DennisAdams-p1e]

So take on the jiu jitsu class because it is scary and it will give great experience....im on it

[@DennisAdams-p1e]

Also to add. I paid attention the black belt. He said this when he was competing. Oh he was a guard puller ( means they lay on the floot) my instincts said...he doesn't know how to defend himself, neither he has learned to say no, nor boundaries that his own mother has dismissed him with. This was like a whoosh. Anyway, he teaches to control from the top, when control and the greatest fighters comes from the floor in humility. Anyway, I told him no, for a photo and his eyes dilated. I'm yet to go back, I've been ill. Despite being only a white belt, I will say, 30 seconds you have to to get me to tap, I will keep it simple and he will try and make it complicated. I will ask the best jiu jitsu fighters to line up, by theory, they all train his philosophy and me, the other way around. If he doesn't get me to tap, the on looking fighters will begin to question themselves and rush, rather than see the impending lesson that is coming. It makes sense to me, I'm sure it will to you. Tomorrow I will go in, do this and reclaim my respect and off the others too. I'm scared but I feel it is what the unconscious wants.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, @DennisAdams-p1e - good work ethic👍 Keep us updated on your progress. Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@DennisAdams-p1e]

@@JungToLiveByHi, I'm only my third session. I said "Lads, wait, let's try this,let me see if you can make me tap, one after another, the guy who runs the classes said " Are you joking"? To which I replied no, the class was about 6, two of them were big men, asking them not to take it easy on me. Anyway, I managed the first not to get tapped, second I got tapped but managed and octopus submission on him, don't ask me how, then I got arm barred rapid ( russ went I'm actually a black belt) the rest I just got total beat downs and fought as best as I could. The instructor said "This mindset is insane, I've nothing but respect for it" all shook my hand. I said I will probably give it another go when the class is bigger to which he responded "you're crazy". What they didn't know is back in may, I walked from north wales to Kettering on virtually nothing 185 miles in 15 days, then I went as far as the Syrian border on my universal credit. Paris -Serbia - Sofia -Istanbul -Syria where I attempted to cross and almost died. Here is the big thing. I was trapped in the airport for 9 days ( 9) I got sick and was helped by a traveller called ELIJAH, then I eventually got a flight paid by someone called GABRIEL.....go figure :) I then come home and discovered my purpose, the wound being heal or helping those to help themselves.

[@mrpedv]

Hey 8:15 - 8:55. is this internal projection? sometimes I think that I am aware of my projections, but I think what you describe here is really what is happening instead. I can fall in the trap of thinking that I see my projections, but a projection is really unconscious (right?). Is it normal to realise a projection, and then getting a "hang up" because of this lack of understanding? and instead of putting it away, being caught up in internal projection as a mirage effect.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @DjPedabeats, yes indeed, it is, Thanks for your comment, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@donniblanco5239]

Awesome 🙌🏻

[@paulmessis1985]

Steve/Pauline & James, any chance of a full video on some Kinetic Tantra exercises to begin with or at least some links to recommended materials.

[@matth9657]

New intro is LIIIIIIT

[@bradleylishman1755]

I have taken so many notes! Thank you!

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings @bradleylishman1755, glad that you're enjoying the video. We have a follow up to this one, 6.5 hrs long, fully time-stamped kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnyQY3qijJWZnJo Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@taaayooos]

Fabulous video much love

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @teodor6835, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline🙏🙏

[@kractopus7383]

Thank you very much for this channel

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings Kractopus7, Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@meditationamsterdam]

One of the very few videos ive seen on this level

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thank you, @meditationamsterdam, we very much appreciate your comment. Please consider checking out this video on the Anima-Animus kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnyQY3qijJWZnJo Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@FOXARUS]

Thank you for helping me change my life

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @FOXARUS many thanks for your continued support for the channel these last 3 years, thanks too for your very kind words. Our Blessings & Respect, to You nd for Your Journey. Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@mkb9570]

Omg ,thank you for this

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, Mkb, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline🙏🙏

[@holisticcoaching7020]

Hello! Another insightful video, have been watching this one regularly to digest all inside. i wanted to ask, perhaps a basic question, but what is meant by the platonic form in this context? many thanks, Thomas

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, @holisticcoaching7020 (Thomas) many thanks for your kind comment. Re the Platonic Form, we have covered this in detail in other videos, and it features in a great deal of depth, in our 'Personal Myth Guide.' Kindest Regards and Beste Wishes, Steve & Pauline.

[@metaphysiiickz]

Wow. This is sooo important

[@JungToLiveBy]

Thanks for your support, it’s very much appreciated. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@The_Mentorship_initiative]

Can women have an anima or do they just have the animus as their counterpart?

[@Retrogamer71]

3:30 past ego states and building personal myth.

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again Retrogamer71, thanks for providing the timestamp. Kindest Regards, Steve🙏

[@moons_mind]

Would you guys be willing to do an episode on modern day feminism, transgenderism, political correctness, etc? I would be interested to see the long term effects these types of ideologies would have on civilization. I find myself to be politically moderate, but fear the long-term repercussions of these more extreme ideologies. There's a quote that says "A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean" that I fear is quite fitting for current times. Also, James do you have any plans on releasing Lilith for the Kindle?

[@nge1556]

I'd watch this, too, with extreme interest

[@sthompson3341]

Hello Steve, Can the anima and the high priestess be considered the same thing; perhaps the high priestess is an analog of the positive anima?

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi S Thompson, yes, in classical Jungian terms, the Anima can be considered as likely to be represented as an image of a high priestess. As both serve a function of 'relating' there is certainly overlap. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@outsiderofficialmusic]

Hi, what would be some real life example of projecting the ego back into the unconcious... Love the show! Thanks Seán

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi again Outsider Official, my friend. Essentially, this would involve 'reification' of dynamic and natural processes to the extent that the Ego looks inside and sees itself, and its fictions and complexes, rather than what is actually there. There's a huge difference, for example, between what Jung described following his psychophysiological investigation of complexes, as being systems that act as if they were 'partial' personalities, and, what the humanistic and transpersonal schools of psychotherapy refer to as 'sub-personalities'. Reification to the extent of 'creating' sub-personalities, only further dissociates and divides what is already dissociated and divided. As Jung said 'Analysis must be followed by synthesis'. Jung's partial-personalities does not refer to multiple personality disorder or to schizophrenia, although, complexes as such are active in both clinical situations. The usual problem is in otherwise 'normal' people, indulging in fantasy, and thinking themselves 'psychonoughts' only to get into a delusion, created by internal-projection. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@jungtolivebyafterdark]

Hi again Outsider Official, my friend. Essentially, this would involve 'reification' of dynamic and natural processes to the extent that the Ego looks inside and sees itself, and its fictions and complexes, rather than what is actually there. There's a huge difference, for example, between what Jung described following his psychophysiological investigation of complexes, as being systems that act as if they were 'partial' personalities, and, what the humanistic and transpersonal schools of psychotherapy refer to as 'sub-personalities'. Reification to the extent of 'creating' sub-personalities, only further dissociates and divides what is already dissociated and divided. As Jung said 'Analysis must be followed by synthesis'. Jung's partial-personalities does not refer to multiple personality disorder or to schizophrenia, although, complexes as such are active in both clinical situations. The usual problem is in otherwise 'normal' people, indulging in fantasy, and thinking themselves 'psychonoughts' only to get into a delusion, created by internal-projection. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@oleghrozman4172]

Oh wow! This is just great!

[@practicaljung9743]

Hi again Olegh Rozman, thanks for your continuing support. Kindest Regards, Steve,

15:00 that explains the last 6 years of my life....

[@AtlantisIslander246]

So the "Hegaelian polarities" blending are a negative form of cause and effect basically?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi again, @JUMPINGJUPITERIAN, thanks once more for your continued support or the channel and our work, these last 2 years. In this context, the Hegelian dialectic, can, engender closed-loop cognitive reductionism through repetitive polarization. The Socratic dialectic, in its originating context, was more intuitive, with affect-connection and a somatic resonance. Kindest Regards, Steve

[@AtlantisIslander246]

Your welcome. Thanks.

[@africanzungu7350]

Deeply appreciate the content you guys create. What would be some resources for looking into tantra?

[@soapmode]

How do you work on the platonic form, please? The platonic form of the anima?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @soapmode, a proper answer would be too long for a KZbin post. There other videos on the channel and there's a thriving Discord Comminity where this is worked through.

[@valentinasof]

Is there an equivalent video for women and their animus?

[@paulatreides0777]

My own personal myth is looking more like a horror story 😂😂😂

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Paul, its good to move on, which is the driving force behind our Personal Myth, Personal Myth - Personal Equation - Individuation. Kindest Regards, Steve.

[@thejetsonslol]

@5:35 are you speaking of the martial arts such as jiu jitsu or tai chi ?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi @thejetsonslol , thanks for your question. Specifically, it was 'Kinetic Tantra' which is Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan, so neither Jiu-Jitsu (Japanese or Brazilian) nor Tai-Chi, although both do of course have great advantages in terms of athleticism and or culture. It is possible to 'build a vessel' by augmenting more 'psychological;' methods with movement (of any disciplined kind) but ideally, it should be a method that has been formulated to integrate both. so that it doesn't collapse only into movement in a general sense or even competition, as in a sport. To get the context-specific benefit out of Tai-Chi, it'd need to be done as a fully integrated physical and transcendent practice. Tai-Chi takes a lot of time and a teacher who understands and can deliver such an integration. The Tibetan Kinetic Tantric arts are very rare, and are often concealed 'Inside the Gate' (as esoteric practices fronted by the more obvious exoteric or physical culture). Nevertheless, it is possible, you will need to develop the active intentionality to build the vessel, and explore the psyche as it superpositions both with the body, and the transcendent. It is not only 'cognition' that needs to be understood as 'embodied'. The idea of embodied cognition' as proposed by philosophers and neuroscientists in the West, is a compensation for the cognitive reductionism that underpins those disciplines. Affect is also embodied, so too all direct sensory experience (interoceptive and exteroceptive) and the virtual modelling of experience. Intuition too, collapses into embodied representation. The West has a problem understanding anything that it can't 'think' about in abstract terms, so it necessarily divides into polarized opposites, or collapsed singularities. If they understood the superpositioned nature of consciousness, they wouldn't have needed to propose their tentative understanding of an embodied consciousness, or indeed, their reductive, Ego-focused modelling of 'mind.' Their tacking-on of Eastern 'Mindfulness' absent the cultural context that created it, is an attempt at compensating for the failures of their Cognitive-Behavioural reductionism. The natural 'psyche' engages directly with its superpositioned extension, beyond reduction, into either mind, or body, by instinct. Kindest Regards, Steve 🙏

[@ankitaraj1212]

Why anima gets angry and what happen when she get angry???

[@spectranwolfinfusion]

So Im a musician and have been writing alot recently on my own internal and external perspectives of the world. The trouble is, I sometimes feel emotionally numb and empty. Im unsure what I can do to further work at this

[@alium2417]

please someone reply to this

[@JungToLiveBy]

Hi Hermit Ix suggest you join our Discord Server, there’s a large and very supportive community of peers who have worked through this kind of thing

[@firefrog101]

Great lecture. I am sill new to Jung and have only scratched the surface. some of these terms like "relating Structure" and "vessel" are still unfamiliar to me. Where could I look to gain a better understanding?

[@christopherebhabha]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you!

[@nickbosman5]

Hey Steve and Pauline, what’s your opinion of Edward Edinger? And what do you think of his Aion series?

[@caninecaregroomer8030]

Love this! This may perhaps be considered a 'woo woo' ish, question, however I am curious to know - can an intense/passionate encounter/ relationship with the opposite sex ignite the anima/animus discovery and journey within self (if one choses to voyage it)? If so - would this be representative/equal to the 'spiritual' twin flame? And can you still continue on that path/voyage, and achieve individuation with a different being than the original who ignited the process? Also, what are your views on unprovoked Kundalini Awakening, and does it have anything to do with content of this video?

[@paulatreides0777]

Jess K short answer yes

[@abhishekjain725]

Would love to hear more on this

[@khadidjaalya2627]

Ive exeprienced the same thing, Ive always rejected my anima even if Im a woman, I met someone who trigred my anima side, and its been a hell of a journey, its been 5 years, noticed some change but growth takes time...

[@rulamagic]

I didn't understand what you meant with measuring your relationships with other people externally and with yourself internally. What do externally and internally mean here?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Intra-psychically and inter-psychically. - within (subjective internal, reflexive) external (psycho-social) between self and others.

[@tonizlato]

Great content! Any books you've guys written? Would love to read them!

[@TimThomas-mn2xh]

Most advanced avaliable in all the world

[@JungToLiveBy]

Blessings, @TimThomas-mn2xh, Kindest Regards, Steve & Pauline 🙏🙏

[@badmen1550]

21:53

[@rstallings69]

I'm sure this is misspelled bu he mentioned "Shivroes pendulum" can someone spell this for me so I can search it?

[@JungToLiveBy]

Chevreul’s Pendulum

[@pedroruan3766]

❤

[@JungToLiveBy]

🙏

[@thecultofarkvoodle6719]

You use very big big words

[@JungToLiveBy]

Yes, the very long and deep experience, behind the very big ideas, themselves behind the 'very big big' words, means that its inevitable. In depth psychological work, with people, face-to-face. words are part of a much bigger 'field' of communication. Words are not enough, but in absentia of the full-field inter- relationship, then they have to do.There's no experience without the gaining of it.