Shadow Work
Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior. – Carl Jung
Shadow Work
Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
TOP 10 SHADOW WORK QUOTES | A-Z Quotes
the power of the shadow, its capacity to possess us (“He is not himself today”)
The Jungian Shadow - Society of Analytical Psychology
Trying to suppress a thought pushes it to the mental foreground, psychologists have argued, and turns it into a chronically accessible filter through which one views the world.
Projection
Research on social projection supports the existence of a false-consensus effect whereby humans have a broad tendency to believe that others are similar to themselves, and thus "project" their personal traits onto others.[39] This applies to both good and bad traits; it is not a defense mechanism for denying the existence of the trait within the... See more
Psychological projection
Projection - algorithmic echo chambers, the need for touch points of differing views and opinions - a broader perspective allows for more accurate conclusions
The shadow and projection
How is the shadow encountered? Almost always in projection onto some other individual/family/group etc. This means that I see in an other something I do not like; this tends to keep happening. I may begin to notice that a lot of other people are rather greedy, for example. And I may begin to feel censorious or judgmental... See more
How is the shadow encountered? Almost always in projection onto some other individual/family/group etc. This means that I see in an other something I do not like; this tends to keep happening. I may begin to notice that a lot of other people are rather greedy, for example. And I may begin to feel censorious or judgmental... See more
The Jungian Shadow - Society of Analytical Psychology
the urge is cast into the shadow- only to show itself when the environment is safe from judgement
Carl Jung and the Shadow: a Guide to the Dark Side of the Mind - Arts of Thought
These shadow aspects are formed, have no chance to be healed, reconciled, or acknowledged.. then they go underground and fester. They manifest in environments of secrecy - an abusive relationship, the dark web, behind closed doors, in hushed voices, or in “judgement free” aka accountability free environments (e.g. Epsteins list, MAGA as a community based on groupthink)
“the thing a person has no wish to be” [CW16, para 470]
The Jungian Shadow - Society of Analytical Psychology
Jung wrote, "All projections provoke counter-projection when the object is unconscious of the quality projected upon it by the subject."[29] Jung argued that what is unconscious in the recipient will be projected back onto the projector, precipitating a form of mutual acting out.
Psychological projection
Reflection - We view ourselves through our place in the world - our relationships, circumstances, how we interact in the world - without a firm sense of self we can take on others projections as our identity because we dont recognize them as projections. The best defense is a good offense - establishing a resounding sense of self via self reflection, shadow work, self awareness, boundaries, integration, etc. When we know ourselves fully we’re able to deflect projections easily - like a stranger on the street telling you you’re stupid - there is no context for that conclusion