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The shadow: What is this curious dark element that follows us like a saurian tail and pursues us so relentlessly in our psychological world? What role does it occupy in the modern psyche? The persona is what we would like to be and how we wish to be seen by the world. It is our psychological clothing and it mediates between our true selves and our
... See moreRobert A. Johnson • Owning Your Own Shadow
“Powtarzanie tego samego procesu, dokładnie w tej samej formie każdego dnia, jest dla mnie ważne. Jest to forma hipnotyzowania siebie. Aby osiągnąć stan głębokiej koncentracji, potrzebuję regularności”.
Przemek Gerschmann • Haruki Murakami: siła prostoty i obsesji, czyli jak biegać, pisać i żyć
The passivity induces a hypnotized flow state in the user. You don’t have to think, only react. The content often reinforces this thoughtlessness.
Kyle Chayka • Essay: How do you describe TikTok?
Dark Night of the Soul (Dover Thrift Editions: Religion)
amazon.com“The urge to become what one is is invincibly strong, and you can always count on it,” wrote Jung, “but that does not mean that things will necessarily turn out positively. If you are not interested in your own fate, the unconscious is.”2
Joseph Lee LCSW • Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams
dreams and 🌓 unconscious
While the Zeigarnik effect highlighted the tension and memorability of unfinished tasks, Ovsiankina's research delved deeper into the subsequent behaviors this tension fostered. Specifically, her studies demonstrated that when individuals were interrupted during a task and later given free time, they displayed a strong inclination to return to and... See more
Maria Ovsiankina • Ovsiankina effect
Zeigarnik effect vs Ovsiankina effect
An unpredictable “luck of the draw” plays its part in who we are. In Plato this random cause was named Ananke; the formidable goddess of necessity, she defied reason and, in Plato’s myth, governed the lots our souls selected. And it was called Tyche and Moira, who are personifications of fate. From Roman times into the Renaissance this principle
... See moreJames Hillman • The Soul's Code
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And the moment you rest in presence, even if it’s only for a split second, the union of opposites is already complete.