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So nice to know and discover you, Jordon..! This is the first video of yours that I saw today and loved it and had a good first impression about your expertise. I am hoping one day I can avail of inner work sessions and mentorship services offered by you.. I am from India, Mumbai; I am suffering from mild ocd and would like to know if your courses can help in relieving symptoms of ocd or completely eliminate the problem.. God bless..! I 🌺🌸🌸🌷🌺🌸🌺🌸🌸🌷
I struggled with depression and isolating myself, after some heartache and loss of inner joy, when in my early twenties. When sat on the bathtub with a knife in my hand, I realised I couldn’t do it. Some part resisted. That was fascinating. It took me some time of inner work, without guidance, through visualisation journeys and dialogue with the subconscious, that finally one day I lay in bed and my own face appeared inches away from me. Clear as chrystaline awareness. Every line on my face, we just watched eachother deep in the eyes in silence. After some time my face disappeared. I woke up while being wide awake, drew back the curtains after 2 years, called my work and school I’d be rejoining efforts, and my depression finished that very moment. Unbelievable.
the opposite is true - looking inside bubbles you in and makes you self-obsessed. Our psyche is telling us lies and lies and even more lies. We need to dismantle it and observe what is really going on around us, before we turn everything into nonsense with our "interpretations". direct perception is the only way out.
On that pine cone, each scale carries 2 seeds, and each cone has many scales. So the cone never becomes a tree, but each carries the potential to become many trees. For some pine species, the cones lie dormant until being awoken by a forest fire, then the seeds awaken to repopulate the land. There is a lot to pine cones.
I'm currently doing active imagination with my psychologist and let me tell you, its probably the most useful thing I've ever done in my life. The amount of unconscious issues I was having is almost mind boggling. I would definitely recommend to anyone interested. Great video by the way. Hopefully I'll see a new one soon.
I love hearing this, and love hearing that you're making progress inwards with your psychologist! I know what it feels like - sometimes staggering - to begin exploring unconscious realms. Huge respect to you for not only persisting with a professional but also searching out for videos like this as supplement! I'm currently on a TH-cam content break while focusing on 1-1 client work, and putting a teaching schedule together, but I'm active everyday on Instagram (@thorntontheory) Would love to connect with you!
When I was a child I remember telling someone I wanted to be an artist when I grew up, but due to financial necessity I went into a life of straight officework jobs from a young age for many years. Now I've retired, even though I still have a strong family commitment to meet, what spare time I get I'm throwing myself into art and when I finish a small painting or artwork for my weekly online challenge, it SO lifts my mood. I feel I am honouring my child within. So true.
This is exactly what I needed to hear , these past few weeks I've been re taking meditation and practicing letting go although wonder how would I bridge the gap between the unconscious and awareness. You video was an eye opener
It's my pleasure - I have plenty more videos (of far higher quality) on similar topics if you're interested in taking some of these shadow work concepts further!
Nice explanation and ty for the book recommendation. I got into A.I by mistake during a meditation on a certain subject. I found myself into a foreign space having a conversation with a strange character. And it all starts from there. I'm mostly concerned about if there are side effects to this because it can also get very intense and dark. Jung gave some warnings, considering he was sleeping with a gun under his pillow yikes...
Blindly (or even hopefully) roaming around unconscious territory can be incredibly destabilising, for sure. I've had my own unsettling experiences which is why I would never advise 'just doing' shadow work with minimal understanding of the territory itself - we need to be cautious, even if it's unlikely that most people will encounter particularly spooky elements. I'm glad you are taking precautions, and hope you find value in the reading suggestions, plenty more in the description of my videos too!
Hey sister - thank you for the kind words! This channel is in hibernation for a little, but I'm still active every day over on Instagram! @thorntontheory
I often got told I was the most optimistic person others had met... I was like Why Arent YOU?? (Owning Now my Starseed Essence I Stand in my Truth at deeper layer ha they couldnt Be like me.. I AM to Teach them) As are you! We are the Seers. Recognising we are EACH Cocreating Heaven to Earth United and Your Truth is Soul Food for my Heart Portal. SERVE JORD. SERVE. X
I’ve come back to video 1 after discovering you a few days ago just to see the change and evolution you’ve gone through first hand, because I struggle so much in identifying and validating my own change, it’s a concept I can barely even fathom in terms of human experience. This is helpful beyond measure
13:50 "Similar to other states" " you know what to do". This is my first video on this whole "shadow work" topic. Do you reccomend any videos concerning the "invitation" phase of the process? Am I lacking any pre requirements or should I litteraly just wait for my unconsciousto arrive?
Thank you for doing this work and for making these videos. I have gone through this journey myself for over three years now and it truly has made a significant and fundamental change deep within my perception (or connection honestly) of self, universe, and God.
Absolutelt smashing it Jord. Absolutely EPIC episode. I KNOW how Absolutely KEY imagination IS AS IT IS ALL...! IAM so Proud of this Episode. It is Divinr
I create stories. Recently I starter doing active imagination and my characters started appearing and talking to me. The last time I did it, three days ago I think, I were very worried about something on my personal life. This worry were doing harm to me, and I knew it, but I couldn't get rid of it. Then, I did the active imagination. Generally doing active imagination helps me to concentrate and keep my calm and relaxed state, so I did it. Then something unexpected happened. A figure that I didn't expected appeared on on my active imagination, one of my villains. I thought that a hero would be the one who would be able to help me to put myself together, but it was the villain. And the contact I had with he and his ideas helped me to abandon all my worries and to focus on my future, my destiny. This was an interesting experience. I generally see this character as something similar to my Shadow. He is similar to what I would be if I were evil, and his reasons are the reasons I would have if I were evil. It were surprisingly interesting to see that he could inspire me as well.
This sounds like a powerful and transformative experience, thank you for sharing! Inspired by the evil - now that's a fascinating shift... as long as it's balanced with the light, hey? Happy inner working, and thanks again for sharing this!
The unconscious is your guide. Your unconscious possesses knowledge. But not wisdom. Wisdom is not knowledge. Wisdom awakes when you are free of self-consciousness wich includes the unconscious. Knowledge is the result of experiences. Wisdom is not the result of experiences. It's important that the conscious can communicate with the unconscious. This is only possible if you live in harmony. A method of living in harmony is something nonsensical. You can listen to the hints of your subconscious. But not talk to your subconscious. A medium can talk to her guide, but that's something entirely different. The self-consciousness is selfish and pursues it's own interests. So is the subconsciousness. The division between the conscious and unconscious is imaginary. It's a whole.
I am so grateful your video was recommended!! You’re the first person to intellectualize what I’ve already been practicing.. mediocrely Lol Thank you for the confirmation, and instruction to take it to the next level. God bless!! 🙏
Thank you, Captain. This is only the beginning too - my current Inner Work series has for more depth than this old video, check it out if you're interested!
Very well said. Thank you for this! And I love Johnson, I have every one of his books I can get my hands on. Inner work was a game changer for me. Love that book. Inner gold was up there as well.
Appreciate you taking the time to comment, Craig! Yes brother! I've got 7 or 8 Johnson's myself haha! Inner gold sounds interesting, who is the author?
Jordan . I came across your contributions to our wounded society with so much great help , so clear, insightful and intelligent , so loving and profound how you journeyed this path and give us your jewels . You are a precious young man who has much to give . I am a new member here if your little tribe . You are the kind of man we need many many of in this changing paradigm . Keep showing the way , you have a very important task in living amongst us . With deep appreciation . Esther Marion
The eyes and the voice that you use to transfer these messages is raising the consciousness of the listener. Spiritual people are beautiful inside and out. The authenticity is the SHIT! No amount of fitness, or body care, or projection of an image can surpass a person who is authentic and living from the center of his being.
@@jordanthornton Maybe. I am fascinated with Adlerian and Jungian psychology. The Red Book is absolutely eye opening and active imagination is something I really relate to. Definitely following your channel starting today. Great content. Keep it going! 🙏
Just found this and thank you for posting it. I used to talk to them as a teenager, but then I got afraid and shut them out. I'm trying to find them again because I need to be whole. It was the darker aspects that surfaced that made me retreat. I didn't want to know. But the world is dangerous. You need those aspects to survive. I also really appreciate what you said about lucid dreaming. I've felt the same way for years. You cannot learn from something where you are basically a god, in complete and utter control. I'll definitely give these rules and this ritual a try.
You are most welcome, Jungian concepts blend so well with Tarot and readings. Glad to be an additional resource, and wishing you the best with your continued service on your channel!
You mentioned something that i did to quit smoking. I grabbed the last box i bought, crumbled it in my hands and threw it away. I haven't smoked since.
The initial difficulty I have with the approach you present is that it is expressed in a conceptual framework which is relatively ancient. Consider for example the conceptual framework operative in the following dialog: th-cam.com/video/JEx63WzpXO0/w-d-xo.html Where would one find a re-conceptualization of 'Shadow Work' expressed in a conceptual framework aligned with those preferring a scientifically-informed modern understanding of brain and mind? Does such a re-conceptualization exist? Is it even possible?
"You're only imagining things" or "You're making things up" is taken out of context in my opinion. Those sayings are typically used in conversation that don't have much to do with creative imagination, rather they are a defensive tactics in an argument of sorts. Just a thought. I really enjoyed your video, by the way. I just didn't think those were valid points. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Hey, thank you for your comment my friend! Super encouraging! I'm relaunching on TH-cam on January 21st next year! Spent the last year focusing on research and client work, but I'm active on stories on Instagram almost every day! Check me out @thorntontheory, if you want!
I've been feeling that most people meet their subconscious when they meet me... and they fling it with anger right at my heart not realizing what they're doing...or losing.
Yes, there's always an element of projection in social interactions - but perhaps the inner work could be taking a closer introspective look at the shadows or parts which are actually corresponding to the projections you receive? Sometimes it can be shocking to realise what was there beneath the surface!
Amanda, this is the most bizarre algorithm find of the year hahah, thank you for sharing! What got you searching for Jung's writing talents in the first instance?
thank you for this. depression has been killing my mind, i barely think in words anymore and my mind feels so empty. i think doing this will strengthen my connection with the subconscious and Thoughts again. thank you.
Thank you for your attention and taking the time to comment and let me know, brother! Appreciate the kind words & support - wishing you the best with your inner journey ahead!
@@arvzatulov5356 Nope, unfortunately not! I've been focusing on research and supporting clients 1-1 - although I've been active on Instagram, you can check me out if you like! Hope you're well, my friend!
Great video and it quite resonates after the fact. I wonder if what has happened to me is more common yet not spoke about. To make a long story short I didn't realize that my invisible friend as a child was literally what I might consider my higher-self as I've come full circle with it. It was literally like having one foot on both sides of the door until societies biased reality slammed that door. Society began to force me to relate and associate reality on it's term and being a child I fell in line. It was like all the stuff that I use to know without doing the work was in the way society teaches was forced to take a back seat especially in school. Fast forward things would still come in a way but It was like doing double duty having gotten it my way and now having to present in society's way and all that was required of it. Many amazing and strange things along the journey that I really thought nothing of until a little over 10yrs ago in my 40's we were back. It's hard to even explain as I was learning about so many things on inner work that I guess it was time and everything was leading up to my higher-self being made known to me and reminding me of the invisible friend which I had forgotten about and barely remember. There is a balance and I learned quickly that I don't have to do all the work anymore and we still joke about it. It was just something out the blue and I was told we'll handle it and it often put me in the mind of the phrase "let go, let God" and I did. Still to this day sometimes I'm just like "take care of that" and it would be taken care of. That's when I realized that moving ahead too fast is not an option as everything has to be brought to us in the form of experiences. I started to see how so many were living through other's experiences and not having their own and not really progressing. It's like borrowed or stolen magic, it never last but the real magic from within can never be taken away. I thought the floodgates would just open up and everything would be made known but that's not how it works and I started to realize that all the answers would eventually come at the proper time through an experience. Knowing this make you see this reality through a different lens and makes even the mundane of situations quite new and refreshing. Most of the things shown to each of us will probably be on a more personal level and not quite relevant to anyone else or at least that's in my case. It's like being at the beginning of a maze and having someone whisper in your ear that we already made it out and instead of trying to figure it out on your own you say lead the way. It doesn't mean that everything will be rainbows and roses but you now look a life's situations through a non biased lens and only as an experience to fulfill our purpose. At first it's like being a kid in a candy store and even though you're told all the candy is yours you stuff yourself with all the possibilities until you look at yourself and say are you done. We're so busy trying to rush through as though was is you can ever be taken away that we forget to enjoy the experience and that's when we slap ourselves. It makes you realize that regardless of all we've been through we wouldn't change one second of it because of where we are right now. There's so much more but you probably haven't even read all this and sometimes it pours out as if there's something important to get across and who knows maybe this is for someone. Going to check out more of your series as most things I start to run into come in the form of confirmation and stands out like a sore thumb. This is the greatest time to be alive yet some of us don't realize it and I can understand that as everyone's situation is different and some challenges seem insurmountable. Maybe this was just for me but I was told we came here for this to live it in the NOW and experience on a different level than already know and to live in it and not just through it. I sense just as in a vibration or frequency wave there are going to be a lot of ups and downs for some but in the end it's all well worth it! Good luck on your journeys and to all those on the path we're here to help one another so you don't have to do this alone and that's something I have to keep telling myself so I play my part. To anyone who made it this far remember eventually you won't have to move mountains because the mountains will already know to move! 🙏❤🙏
An absolute masterpiece of reflective writing here, thank you so much for taking the time to share publicly! I want to honour this extract in particular: "It's like being at the beginning of a maze and having someone whisper in your ear that we already made it out and instead of trying to figure it out on your own you say lead the way." You've said it wonderfully, and the visuals are powerful. Apologies I can't reply to more of your comment, there is so much here!
Yes, the maze part hits home, I’m currently lost and see others have made it through and I wish to get there but am banging my head against a brick wall.
@@MWorsa pretend the maze has grass walls instead which with alittle trimming around the walls with your own bare hands.. you'll reach out the other side... Or... Realize the maze is your own creation and just .. decide to dissipate it. Just. 💥 Let the walls down. Shake it off. ... 😳😳😳🤔
Have you read Dolores Cannon books or listened to her videos on TH-cam? She says that she gets in touch with the Self, which is not the unconscious. She goes beyond the unconscious. She is a hypnotherapist. By the way, I am so happy I found your channel. I am enjoying a lot. Thank you for the great content.
Great! Damn i need therapy. Listening to this led to some collisions in my head/being/soul. Language itself. My first language was italian. The italian boy was killed. American was the acquired impostor language. Of the approaches you propose, i find more in the nonverbal. I cannot help the storm in my brain the instant god is mentioned. I grew up atheist and condemning organized religion. Some weird stuff happened in young adulthood that caused me to question the atheism. The belief i came to is a pagan one, there's many entities, and they're not all loving. Up to us to gravitate to love. I don't comprehend how there's one god who's the boss. I noticed recently the italian word for god, dio, doesn't elicit the hostility, evoking instead a memory of dark marble columned chamber illuminated by small candles.
Do you hear your normal thoughts in your head in your voice/ are you a sensing personality type? It's confusing when people say "you're gonna hear a voice" because a lot of us don't even hear our own voice in our heads when we think/ don't have an internal language based dialogue, but think in more symbolic/intuitive/visual/graphical/geometric/color/etc ways that we then translate to language when we need to communicate it or write it down but can be pretty rational otherwise. The first tends to correlate with dominant sensing types, or types who may be intuitive but have masculine sensing per objective personality system. So when we don't even hear our own voice in our heads, I'd think that the archetypes wouldn't express as voices either, unless other people who do active imagination and don't have auditory language based thoughts do actually hear the archetypes' voices. Also do you think Jung actually heard voices? Does he ever mention having an internal dialogue? He was an intp with feminine sensing
For ye hath not true faith of themselves, and continue to dwell and besiege on the past and future. When in action that is the will of your spirit. Signs and symbols rule the world, not words and laws, and when one lets go of words and acts upon himself he may find a startling find. Take the steps of a Man for a day and you will find it rough. Take the steps of a Man for a Month and you will find discipline. Take the steps of a Man for a year and you will find it body-wrenching. Take the steps of a Man for a Decade and you will find Spirit. Take the steps of a Man for a Century and you will find a Monument. That is the answer I believe you're looking for.
Thank you for your presence. This clarified a lot for me in my journey. I didn't realize that this is what I have been doing in quite this way. Thank you for the pine cone symbolism as well. This video sparked me into understanding things a bit deeper and it was quite "on time" for me, or divinely timed as I'd rather say. You have quite an energy that sits well with me. Thank you for linking the science with the experience for me. I'm grateful. 🙏 "You are you and I am I, but we are One." Thank you for the mirror I needed. I'll be watching more of your content.
I have heard about the book of Carl Jung called the "the Red book" but i never knew what is about. Years before that, i have been having visions, whenever I'm about to go to sleep, while still awake(usually just having a conversation with myself or making up a scenario on my head) and then suddenly i see an image appear right before my eyes (totally not telated to the conversation or the scenarios i was thinking of) I have seen very strange things, from hugging a women in a place i have never been, seeing odd looking monsters trapped in some sort of basement, seeing a Raven at the university i study in, with huge wings , an old man wearing all white handing me a beautiful book, decorated with gems ect. Later on, out og curiosity, i started reading the Red Book, and to my surprised he was talking him having very similar experiences with himself and his patients as well. I still cannot determine all of the visions i had based on their meaning.
Jordan ..Thanks for being --- you know I had many experince when something inside hold me nad make me sit and listen to inside voice .... once i had something coming about my inner wounded child which needed my attention and she wants to cry a lot ...I sat with her listened to her sow her side felt what she is feeling it was imp to listen like mom ... but one more thing I have done I have shown her other side of story ...others feelings of people in same scene ...to bring total nutral light on that moment ... after that I had very vulnurable heart ..i cry very aftern and on small reason I can feel that inner child is on serface ..and needing love attension which I seek outside .. I think I made some mistake in listening or handling inner child .. what you will suggest ..
I don't know much about western systematic approach inside mind like in the study of psychology so I'm here to learn but I was born in Indian continents and I do have deep understanding of hindu and Buddhist philosophy on mind .this methods is another way to Vipassana meditation but before talking to your unconscious always remember the truth that human is naturally violence, sexually active, have millions way to lies .as unconscious unfold itself don't teach him to be non violence , don't teach him to control sexual feelings and don't try to trick with lies because it's the truth. further as you move to higher dimensions forget the method because method creates additional burden. be like the bulb and switch so in a flash you can enter and exist from the mode .finally always position your occipital awareness to your nose and breathe 。so your mind have a location or place to sit and observe everything in front of you.
I have been doing Active Imagination, but mainly focused on my shadows: parts of me I dislike. 95% of the time they are hurt or are tired of doing their jobs and they need my help. Most of the times, we reach an agreement to work as a team. I use humor and a lot of love. I realized LOVE is the cure-it-(almost)-all remedy. The universe, the world and life moves because of love. I would consciously choose what part of me I would be connecting with, but from this video, it seems that I can just connect with whatever shows up. I personally use Open Awareness meditation to connect and these characters or sub-personalities almost always have a shape: a gem, a video game character, an animal...
My heart felt that one, thank you for taking the time to comment - it's great to connect, and I hope you enjoy the videos I've put out so far! More Inner Work lessons on the way!
Bro you literally exposed everything I do on a daily as I wrestle and have fun with my inner self or selves almost none of it is ever scripted. Never knew it was called active imagination. It really helps in knowing my self more and outlining what I needed to do to create appeasement with my self.
My pleasure to provide these reflections - there's so much to be explored within this space, I've got plenty more videos on this channel featuring similar themes to support you if you're interested!
Yes, I actually have dark brown eyes - this is all digital trickery lol (In all hilariousness, I do have 'sharp blue eyes' but they are also damaged from too much time on screens as a kid and I need to wear contact lenses hahah - hope you're having a marvellous day, my friend!)
Eyes are windows to the soul.. what is within is manifesting without . Much love and light. We are pure energy / spirit having a physical experience. All are one working for the greater good of the All. Blessings are those whom are awaking the many. Great Channel.
Wow Jordan, it's a pleasure to meet you! Honestly I'm only 8 mins into the video but I'm captivated! Thank you for the reading recommendation, I will definitely get that inner work book. I'm impressed with the way you introduced active imagination to us, I'm calmly excited to witness more of your content! Do you do collaborations?
‘Calmly excited’ hahah - love it! Appreciate these words, plenty of better videos on here now too. In regards to collaborations, not currently. I’m focusing my energy on my own projects for the foreseeable future!
Yea I can be quite excitable with new ways to explore myself, this is way of being eager in an aware state! I've learned excitement narrows the awareness, while in states of calm it expands! I completely understand energy is vital in birthing! I'm currently undergoing the cultivation of one myself! If you do happen to get a moment and if the thought crosses your mind, I'd love to talk with you, if time permits! Please know this isn't a solicitation or a request for your services or anything I'm just genuinely curious 😅
As I listen and receive, the awareness is, that this conversation is already naturally occurring, on its own, without anyone having to "do" it. It is the conversation, or relationship between Self and self. Or, as the mystics say, Self to self. Self speaking to itself, touching itself, tasting itself, becoming itself. There is one, the programmed conversation, which is based in the repetition of the separation myth. and this is recognizable as self talk, or self criticism, or keeping one at a distance from oneself. And then there is the discovery of the inner dialogue, which recognizes itself, falls in love with the recognition of itself, has a continual love affair with itself.... More like an undressing, or unveiling of what obscures the naturally, intimate dialogue rather than the active creating of a dialogue. But perhaps it depends on the person, how it unfolds, how it is discovered. 🙏
@@jordanthornton The pull to engage what you have naturally inspired is a sincere pleasure for me. I often smile at myself, feeling compelled to share before a video,a person completes their message. And in this, I can share "prematurely" because of having received so much treasure (in myself, the other and what occurs in the field between, no matter the physical distance) In so few words, gestures and expressions put forth, I feel lit and cannot contain myself. And, upon further viewing (and some patience!), I've become aware that your offering is such grace and wonder for those newly in conversation with themselves, and gifts many (the comments below speak) with direct tools, activating the deepest longing for self/soul connection. I recall this occurring for me very spontaneously at one time earlier in my journey, the inner dialogue, while having been so devoted to self inquiry. What you offer, and how you offer is such potent magic. There really is, for me, no greater magic and beauty than the alchemical power we all share of falling into reality with the Self. Thank you for your earnest and open offering to so many. 🧡
@@wilderheartland3920 This feels like one of the most heartfelt and deep appreciation comments I've received this year - thank you so much for your words. They land, and I'll keep doing what I can to share more of this important work!
@@jordanthornton I am so happy that my words land for you. It is a beautiful feeling for me to also experience the reflection of being recognized and acknowledged. Thank you. I did post this response earlier, as well unassumingly offering my email address, and then realized that TH-cam flags and removes comments containing email addresses. If you feel the natural movement to connect more deeply via email or elsewhere (I don't do much with social media), I am open. I am just now gently stepping out with my own offerings and find your expression and availability to others inspiring the movement.
Holy shit .. I have been so good at using my imagination ALL THE TIME... Wow... I have divulged myself in maybe one of the most mishandlings of my own imagination. As you mentioned the tyrant it was so easy for my unconcious mind to bubble up the tyrant and damn... As fresh as that iteration is it felt good to hear it out. My man you opened a doorway I haven't even thought of using with my imagination. 🙏🙏🙏
Yes! I love to hear this - keep growing that muscle! It's an absolute pleasure - I hope you enjoy some of the other videos here where I expand on these concepts far more!
I just ordered that book. I remember hearing or reading about active imagination back in the 70s. It sounds really interesting. Thank you for the video.
You'll love this work, consider checking out my shadow work playlist for more updated information on this entire process. It's far superior to this old video, and you'll find some more hyper relevant reading too.
I had a somatic breathwork session… it was meant to be a reset. However I went deeper. I heard a voice and am unsure what voice it was? I did invoke my shadow as an intention but wasn’t sure if it was inner child or shadow? It said….. “Angela trust me, why won’t you trust me?!” Was quite matter of a fact! Told me to take off the mask and stop people pleasing…. It left me feeling very confused. Initially I had clarity but for the rest of the day I cried…. Was this my shadow or inner child? Xxxx
Well done on making progress here, I wouldn't be able to give you answers but check out my latest shadow work video on active imagination to get some more here. Good luck.
I'm trying to figure out which archetype I'm meant to have a dialogue with. I'm assuming inner child, but I know that it's mostly the shadow version of the everyman archetype I'm struggling with. Will i just know?😂
Holy cow! I knew I had a wounded inner child but didn't reoloze I have been living from that prospective!! I took the tyrant, duck taped it and locked it in a closet that only I can access when needed because all aspects are essential for the whole. 😮 Thank you so much!!
I have just tried it and what it resulted in: 1. I was stuck in contradiction of trying to listen and preserve balance at the same time, but, logically, if you mostly listen then there is no balance 2. I completely lost consciousness and ended up in a dream that told me that I should just erase myself, as if I'm some kind of worst criminal to ever live...
Hi, I just found your video today. I love it, thank you! 😊 I don't know if it sounds a bit... I'm not sure what really! Please could you give me some help with words to use for making the request/ intention? I'd really appreciate it, I've started practising simply sitting, meditating, in silence and have built to 40 minutes, I have been meditating over thd last two years, but mostly guided ones. I might be over thinking,... but It will help me with my confidence, to know what words to say! I'm going to listen again now🌻🦋
Hey Roz, I have another video on my channel which demonstrates the parts work process which you might be interested in! It's linked at the end of this video! It can take time to open these spaces for sure, but keep going!
I like your content - but you should make it clear that you are basically recapping inner work by robert johnson- you mention the book but you dont make it clear that you are mostly summarising his book
Sure, I agree. This was one my first long-form videos I've ever made, and I hadn't got it all figured out back then. Strange that it did so well - big respect to Johnson.
Powerful images and editing Jordan. Beautiful! I am beginning to deal with shadows, slowly becoming aware of emotional patterns and traumas. Almost every video you publish resonates with me. Thank you!
Paulo, it’s my absolute pleasure. Love sharing this work and making it accessible to people like yourself! Thank you for taking the time to comment and let me know! 🌲
TH-cam recommended this video from 3 years ago and the transformation is so obvious. Everything seems to have changed, starting with your voice depth, talking speed and ending with the half empty bookshelf behind you (that seems to be the biggest change). From this perspective your growth and inner work is even more impressive and noticeable. I wonder what the next recommendation will be for me to see yet another transformation you’ve undergone through years.
@@jordanthornton I certainly do, and I’m already loaded with a lot of ideas that are waiting to be realized this year, and some of them are inspired by your videos, so thanks for that ✨
Go for it, Brian. Its exciting work! I have another video on my channel which demonstrates the process in real-time - “how to talk with your unconscious mind” - it’s linked at the end of this video!
You could pass as Henry Cavill's brother, just saying. Other than that, this video has surely been expansively well made. I'm new to your channel, and the drill is to binge watch.
@@jordanthornton you best believe I took notice of that when I started binge watching it. So mucj information to filter and absorb, but I'm not complaining. Thank you for the quality work! Also, what a powerful voice you have.
This might be my way back in, so to speak, since I rarely dream like I used to [greatly influenced by medication, hormones, etc.]. In my later 30's, when first trying out a [then] new anti-depressant, it was like a Pandora's Box [but a good one, mostly] that opened up the dream world, particularly with lucid dreaming [even shapeshifting characters, species, etc., a Jungian feast]. This happened for a period of, at least, one year. I had several lucid dreams and learned NOT to control them [but EVERYone goes through that phase, don't they, LOL?!]. I actually look back on that with the thought that that less mature phase, that playful, excited part that wants to just have fun with it, is just part of the initial process and can be a good thing AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET STUCK THERE, lol]. In fact, it was a great way to sort of experience so much that was repressed. Truth is, lucid dreaming brings an incredible opportunity to practice courage and face your demons without having to put yourself in actual physical danger [even though it can still FEEL like it, in the dream, sometimes even despite knowing [the inner witness] that it is "merely" a dream....hence the courage!]. It can be immensely powerful! I don't know if, in some of those dreams, I was in contact with some guide or merely my higher self. I just knew that, if I paid attention, I could learn a lot! Facing your demons in the dream can be so transforming....dream characters & monsters changing right before your very eyes. It is so incredible. One dream could be like 6 months worth of therapy! It goes right to the core. Steven LaBerge [sp?] has some great books/audios [and probably great Y-T's, ha] about lucid dreaming and practicing recommended exercises [at that time] definitely enhanced the ability to lucid dream [and learn not to so easily get sucked right back into the dream, which is always a bummer]. Even in times you get "sucked back in", however, the dream material can be highly beneficial if you are willing to take the time to explore it [and it DOES take time and effort, sorry to add, but can be well worth it!]. However, even when not lucid dreaming, I learned to remember dreams full of rich & valuable material. As you stated or indicated, however outstanding or alluring the dream material may have felt, what a waste if we let the teaching of it slide by. That was also the attitude of f John D. Goldhammer, PhD [remember that name!]. I attended one of his dream workshops back in the early 2000's [hard to believe that is so long ago, already!]. He is the author of this book I highly recommend to anyone who is serious about doing dream work [maybe I am not to state titles here ?]. I remember saving a couple of baffling dreams; one I never imagined I could even begin to make sense out of, until after applying recommended concepts [basically, a way to explore, or ask YOURSELF the right questions; a self-guiding way to determine your own dream symbology]. In that respect [keeping in mind to read and utilize only what description feels right, in terms of what you actually feel and how that fits in your dream], let me share the name of another author whose book I found incredibly helpful: Patricia Troyer.
Thank you so much for sharing such a well-worded and exploratory comment - I enjoyed reading about your experience, and am sure others in the comments section will too!
@@jordanthornton Likewise, thanks for your inspiring videos and the platform to share and learn from :) Like it or not, we are all in this together and "Wherever you go, there you are," haha!
10 years into shadow work, amazing insights into self, communication with spirit and guidance from angels.....but still full of conflict and ignorance, still suffering and still confused. Beginning to wonder...WHY?
I can’t talk to my unconscious. Unless I actively choose to say something in my mind in the same way I would talk out loud it is 100% silence in my mind. No images either. I just know what I’m thinking in the same way you just know 2+2=4.
The unconscious is temporary and it's content is released, purged, and integrated during spiritual awakening and integration process. Active imagination is a good technique provided the unconscious or Dynamic Ground is in the repressed state. Once one integrates the unconscious, which takes decades, the Self or Divine Core is revealed and it's Divine Spiritual energy begins to flow through the Being and enlighten the person.The understanding of what the unconscious is in fact, changes profoundly when one has achieved Soul Realization. The unconscious and its dark energies and wounds become de-potentiated and healed and a person becomes a fully conscious, spirit filled individual. Even the archetypes become depotentiated and integrated and no longer threaten the ego with possession. Projection falls away as a delusion. The outer world becomes a world of hallowed resplendence...literally. One's perception radically changes as the modes of perception are purged, healed, and integrated and Spirit now lights up the consciousness unencumbered and no longer darkened by the trauma, wounds, and complexes of the unconscious. The unconscious falls away and one becomes fully conscious and filled with effulgence, bliss, and ecstacy. Even so, tools like active imagination, dream interpretation, prayer, and meditation are indispensable until one reaches the Soul Realized stage. The Soul is magnificent and excellent in every regard.
When I have a feeling (trauma) and I cannot place it, what it actually is, what emotion it is or where it originates from, I ask my self / inner parts / subconcious if they are willing to visualise it. Then I pause my concious thougts for a few seconds (meditation like state) and let go of the outcome / answer (if I am preoccupied with what I want it to be, it does not work). More often than not some scene / idea / concept / animal appears that explaines the pain. I can then ask questions about it, like: is it rejection? And I get a yes or no. Really helpful. Then I can proceed with dialog to facilitate healing.
I've meditated for 10 years. I have tried active imagination several times. Not once I've received answers that I seek almost desperately now. I've tried everything and I know how messed up I am. It feels like this happens only to me which makes me feel even more alone. If anyone has an insight on this issue, I'll be happy and grateful to read you.
Just did this and damn… that was fascinating. It wasn’t just one part , but a few archetypes came up which was very interesting to say the least . I need to keep doing this
@@jordanthornton I would be very careful, I know too many people who have lost their grip on life on this route, especially when "substances" come into view. Dreams and imaginations are weightless - anything can happen in a dream, you can slide from A to Z in no time and without any effort. There are aspects of reality that are completely reliable and won't go away, even when you refuse to believe in them - those are the best - the "rough ground".
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This has been the most helpful listening in ages!!! And I’m going to try this now ❣️🙏🙏✌️
So nice to know and discover you, Jordon..! This is the first video of yours that I saw today and loved it and had a good first impression about your expertise. I am hoping one day I can avail of inner work sessions and mentorship services offered by you.. I am from India, Mumbai; I am suffering from mild ocd and would like to know if your courses can help in relieving symptoms of ocd or completely eliminate the problem.. God bless..! I 🌺🌸🌸🌷🌺🌸🌺🌸🌸🌷
It's the authenticity in this passage for me! Someone who's genuinely set out to change the world! Love it! 🙌🏽♥️🙏🏽
Podes explicarme como es tu método? Y su objetivo? Gracias.
I struggled with depression and isolating myself, after some heartache and loss of inner joy, when in my early twenties. When sat on the bathtub with a knife in my hand, I realised I couldn’t do it. Some part resisted. That was fascinating. It took me some time of inner work, without guidance, through visualisation journeys and dialogue with the subconscious, that finally one day I lay in bed and my own face appeared inches away from me. Clear as chrystaline awareness. Every line on my face, we just watched eachother deep in the eyes in silence. After some time my face disappeared. I woke up while being wide awake, drew back the curtains after 2 years, called my work and school I’d be rejoining efforts, and my depression finished that very moment. Unbelievable.
I’m glad that you chose to stay, and that you’ve been doing this meaningful work. Sending you my best 🌲
Glad you made it and are still with us. Your vision and your story is very interesting. Peace and blessedness.
Beautiful and inspiring story.
I’m happy that you chose to stay . What an amazing experience. I hope you are continuing to thrive in life 🙏🏽
This world is better with a soul like yours in it ❤
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks
outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -Carl Jung
It's a quote with a profound meaning.. Thanks for sharing.. 🌸🌸
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the opposite is true - looking inside bubbles you in and makes you self-obsessed. Our psyche is telling us lies and lies and even more lies. We need to dismantle it and observe what is really going on around us, before we turn everything into nonsense with our "interpretations". direct perception is the only way out.
I got into this in the early 2000's. It is nice to see the younger generation grabbing it
Always standing on the shoulders of giants, and great practices endure! Thank you for commenting!
Same! & I had no idea it was a thing! Till last week.
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On that pine cone, each scale carries 2 seeds, and each cone has many scales. So the cone never becomes a tree, but each carries the potential to become many trees. For some pine species, the cones lie dormant until being awoken by a forest fire, then the seeds awaken to repopulate the land. There is a lot to pine cones.
Beautiful information, I didn't know this fact about the forest fires - thank you Stuart!
I'm currently doing active imagination with my psychologist and let me tell you, its probably the most useful thing I've ever done in my life. The amount of unconscious issues I was having is almost mind boggling. I would definitely recommend to anyone interested.
Great video by the way. Hopefully I'll see a new one soon.
I love hearing this, and love hearing that you're making progress inwards with your psychologist! I know what it feels like - sometimes staggering - to begin exploring unconscious realms. Huge respect to you for not only persisting with a professional but also searching out for videos like this as supplement!
I'm currently on a TH-cam content break while focusing on 1-1 client work, and putting a teaching schedule together, but I'm active everyday on Instagram (@thorntontheory) Would love to connect with you!
I would love to connect with you. Thanks
@@fknyamab8125 Look forward to hearing from you! Have a marvellous remaining day!
When I was a child I remember telling someone I wanted to be an artist when I grew up, but due to financial necessity I went into a life of straight officework jobs from a young age for many years. Now I've retired, even though I still have a strong family commitment to meet, what spare time I get I'm throwing myself into art and when I finish a small painting or artwork for my weekly online challenge, it SO lifts my mood. I feel I am honouring my child within. So true.
This is exactly what I needed to hear , these past few weeks I've been re taking meditation and practicing letting go although wonder how would I bridge the gap between the unconscious and awareness. You video was an eye opener
It's my pleasure - I have plenty more videos (of far higher quality) on similar topics if you're interested in taking some of these shadow work concepts further!
Nice explanation and ty for the book recommendation. I got into A.I by mistake during a meditation on a certain subject.
I found myself into a foreign space having a conversation with a strange character. And it all starts from there.
I'm mostly concerned about if there are side effects to this because it can also get very intense and dark. Jung gave some warnings, considering he was sleeping with a gun under his pillow yikes...
Blindly (or even hopefully) roaming around unconscious territory can be incredibly destabilising, for sure. I've had my own unsettling experiences which is why I would never advise 'just doing' shadow work with minimal understanding of the territory itself - we need to be cautious, even if it's unlikely that most people will encounter particularly spooky elements. I'm glad you are taking precautions, and hope you find value in the reading suggestions, plenty more in the description of my videos too!
“For the pain you are willing to endure, to learn, will be met with greater healing, in measure.”
Hello favorable person. I’m here to help the algorithm and meet god. Really like this channel so far. I’m excited to see where it goes.
Hey sister - thank you for the kind words! This channel is in hibernation for a little, but I'm still active every day over on Instagram! @thorntontheory
I often got told I was the most optimistic person others had met... I was like Why Arent YOU?? (Owning Now my Starseed Essence I Stand in my Truth at deeper layer ha they couldnt Be like me.. I AM to Teach them) As are you! We are the Seers. Recognising we are EACH Cocreating Heaven to Earth United and Your Truth is Soul Food for my Heart Portal. SERVE JORD. SERVE. X
You know, normally I don't care for guys who are better looking than me, but you're so calm and knowledgeable it doesn't even matter. Good video man.
Glad you found value here, many more newer videos exploring these kinds of topics at greater depth - enjoy!
@@jordanthornton Thanks man. I'll give you 'subscribe'. I'm tearing through all the Jung and Nietzsche content I come across right now.
I’ve come back to video 1 after discovering you a few days ago just to see the change and evolution you’ve gone through first hand, because I struggle so much in identifying and validating my own change, it’s a concept I can barely even fathom in terms of human experience. This is helpful beyond measure
Thank you for coming back and giving yourself permission to the process. Stay steady here.
13:50 "Similar to other states" " you know what to do".
This is my first video on this whole "shadow work" topic.
Do you reccomend any videos concerning the "invitation" phase of the process?
Am I lacking any pre requirements or should I litteraly just wait for my unconsciousto arrive?
Check out my latest video - it's on exactly this topic, but better! Should help massively.
Thank you for doing this work and for making these videos. I have gone through this journey myself for over three years now and it truly has made a significant and fundamental change deep within my perception (or connection honestly) of self, universe, and God.
Alex, thank you! It's great to hear that you're on the same path, and I'm happy to connect with you :)
Absolutelt smashing it Jord. Absolutely EPIC episode. I KNOW how Absolutely KEY imagination IS AS IT IS ALL...! IAM so Proud of this Episode. It is Divinr
I create stories. Recently I starter doing active imagination and my characters started appearing and talking to me.
The last time I did it, three days ago I think, I were very worried about something on my personal life. This worry were doing harm to me, and I knew it, but I couldn't get rid of it.
Then, I did the active imagination.
Generally doing active imagination helps me to concentrate and keep my calm and relaxed state, so I did it. Then something unexpected happened. A figure that I didn't expected appeared on on my active imagination, one of my villains. I thought that a hero would be the one who would be able to help me to put myself together, but it was the villain. And the contact I had with he and his ideas helped me to abandon all my worries and to focus on my future, my destiny.
This was an interesting experience.
I generally see this character as something similar to my Shadow. He is similar to what I would be if I were evil, and his reasons are the reasons I would have if I were evil. It were surprisingly interesting to see that he could inspire me as well.
This sounds like a powerful and transformative experience, thank you for sharing! Inspired by the evil - now that's a fascinating shift... as long as it's balanced with the light, hey? Happy inner working, and thanks again for sharing this!
What you experienced is probably related to the jugian shadow
@@dominusbalial835 yes, that was what I was refering to as my Shadow.
The unconscious is your guide. Your unconscious possesses knowledge. But not wisdom. Wisdom is not knowledge. Wisdom awakes when you are free of self-consciousness wich includes the unconscious. Knowledge is the result of experiences. Wisdom is not the result of experiences. It's important that the conscious can communicate with the unconscious. This is only possible if you live in harmony. A method of living in harmony is something nonsensical. You can listen to the hints of your subconscious. But not talk to your subconscious. A medium can talk to her guide, but that's something entirely different. The self-consciousness is selfish and pursues it's own interests. So is the subconsciousness. The division between the conscious and unconscious is imaginary. It's a whole.
Thank you for leaving this comment and sharing, there's a lot of truth in here I agree with!
Thankyou I also agree with what you've said here 🇬🇧
I am so grateful your video was recommended!! You’re the first person to intellectualize what I’ve already been practicing.. mediocrely Lol Thank you for the confirmation, and instruction to take it to the next level. God bless!! 🙏
Thank you, Captain. This is only the beginning too - my current Inner Work series has for more depth than this old video, check it out if you're interested!
@@jordanthornton I most definitely will! Thx again for sharing ur genius!!
Very well said. Thank you for this! And I love Johnson, I have every one of his books I can get my hands on. Inner work was a game changer for me. Love that book. Inner gold was up there as well.
Appreciate you taking the time to comment, Craig! Yes brother! I've got 7 or 8 Johnson's myself haha! Inner gold sounds interesting, who is the author?
Jordan . I came across your contributions to our wounded society with so much great help , so clear, insightful and intelligent , so loving and profound how you journeyed this path and give us your jewels . You are a precious young man who has much to give . I am a new member here if your little tribe . You are the kind of man we need many many of in this changing paradigm . Keep showing the way , you have a very important task in living amongst us .
With deep appreciation . Esther Marion
Thank you so much for such powerful words, Esther! Really humbled, and happy to appear at this time in your perception!
You put it so well..! You expressed Jordan's talent so nicely..! 🌺🌸
The eyes and the voice that you use to transfer these messages is raising the consciousness of the listener. Spiritual people are beautiful inside and out. The authenticity is the SHIT! No amount of fitness, or body care, or projection of an image can surpass a person who is authentic and living from the center of his being.
Powerful insight - perhaps! 🌲😉
@@jordanthornton Maybe. I am fascinated with Adlerian and Jungian psychology. The Red Book is absolutely eye opening and active imagination is something I really relate to. Definitely following your channel starting today. Great content. Keep it going! 🙏
@@alchimiaspiritului Great taste - love these perspectives & synthesis. Happy to receive your attention & will keep providing more
Just found this and thank you for posting it. I used to talk to them as a teenager, but then I got afraid and shut them out. I'm trying to find them again because I need to be whole. It was the darker aspects that surfaced that made me retreat. I didn't want to know.
But the world is dangerous. You need those aspects to survive.
I also really appreciate what you said about lucid dreaming. I've felt the same way for years. You cannot learn from something where you are basically a god, in complete and utter control.
I'll definitely give these rules and this ritual a try.
I agree with a lot of what you’re saying here - absolutely! A great book to read too!
Thanks for this video, clears a lot. Jung is a reference for me and to be able to apply this knowledge in our everyday life is the whole point.
You are most welcome, Jungian concepts blend so well with Tarot and readings. Glad to be an additional resource, and wishing you the best with your continued service on your channel!
You mentioned something that i did to quit smoking. I grabbed the last box i bought, crumbled it in my hands and threw it away. I haven't smoked since.
The initial difficulty I have with the approach you present is that it is expressed in a conceptual framework which is relatively ancient. Consider for example the conceptual framework operative in the following dialog:
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Where would one find a re-conceptualization of 'Shadow Work' expressed in a conceptual framework aligned with those preferring a scientifically-informed modern understanding of brain and mind? Does such a re-conceptualization exist? Is it even possible?
"You're only imagining things" or "You're making things up" is taken out of context in my opinion. Those sayings are typically used in conversation that don't have much to do with creative imagination, rather they are a defensive tactics in an argument of sorts. Just a thought. I really enjoyed your video, by the way. I just didn't think those were valid points. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Hey there. Just found your channel. I hope you'll upload again.
Hey, thank you for your comment my friend! Super encouraging!
I'm relaunching on TH-cam on January 21st next year! Spent the last year focusing on research and client work, but I'm active on stories on Instagram almost every day! Check me out @thorntontheory, if you want!
@@jordanthornton Awesome. Thanks for the info and im looking forward to seeing new vids in January. 🙌
@@SometimesIdream333 Thank you for your attention - wishing you a marvellous autumn in the meanwhile!
I've been feeling that most people meet their subconscious when they meet me... and they fling it with anger right at my heart not realizing what they're doing...or losing.
Yes, there's always an element of projection in social interactions - but perhaps the inner work could be taking a closer introspective look at the shadows or parts which are actually corresponding to the projections you receive? Sometimes it can be shocking to realise what was there beneath the surface!
@@jordanthornton I agree. There's got to be a time when individuation is realized by the mirror.
I searched how did Jung write so well and this came up.
Amanda, this is the most bizarre algorithm find of the year hahah, thank you for sharing! What got you searching for Jung's writing talents in the first instance?
This was super helpful and cleared up a lot, I now have a way to connect with and begin to understand my unconscious :) thank you so much
My pleasure - I've got plenty more shadow work videos on this channel if you're interested in further resources, practices and reading suggestions!
thank you for this. depression has been killing my mind, i barely think in words anymore and my mind feels so empty. i think doing this will strengthen my connection with the subconscious and Thoughts again. thank you.
You are most welcome, sending strength and support for your journey.
🙏🏼 Perfect timing. I needed this. Thank you kind soul.
It's my absolute pleasure, Emily. Thank you for taking a moment to comment and let me know - lights me up :)
Bless you bro, thoroughly enjoyed your delivery of this delicious topic. You've got yourself another subscriber!
Thank you for your attention and taking the time to comment and let me know, brother! Appreciate the kind words & support - wishing you the best with your inner journey ahead!
@@jordanthornton thank you my friend, and the very same to you!!
@@jordanthornton no new videos since a year?
@@arvzatulov5356 Nope, unfortunately not! I've been focusing on research and supporting clients 1-1 - although I've been active on Instagram, you can check me out if you like! Hope you're well, my friend!
Great video and it quite resonates after the fact. I wonder if what has happened to me is more common yet not spoke about. To make a long story short I didn't realize that my invisible friend as a child was literally what I might consider my higher-self as I've come full circle with it. It was literally like having one foot on both sides of the door until societies biased reality slammed that door. Society began to force me to relate and associate reality on it's term and being a child I fell in line. It was like all the stuff that I use to know without doing the work was in the way society teaches was forced to take a back seat especially in school.
Fast forward things would still come in a way but It was like doing double duty having gotten it my way and now having to present in society's way and all that was required of it. Many amazing and strange things along the journey that I really thought nothing of until a little over 10yrs ago in my 40's we were back. It's hard to even explain as I was learning about so many things on inner work that I guess it was time and everything was leading up to my higher-self being made known to me and reminding me of the invisible friend which I had forgotten about and barely remember.
There is a balance and I learned quickly that I don't have to do all the work anymore and we still joke about it. It was just something out the blue and I was told we'll handle it and it often put me in the mind of the phrase "let go, let God" and I did. Still to this day sometimes I'm just like "take care of that" and it would be taken care of. That's when I realized that moving ahead too fast is not an option as everything has to be brought to us in the form of experiences. I started to see how so many were living through other's experiences and not having their own and not really progressing. It's like borrowed or stolen magic, it never last but the real magic from within can never be taken away.
I thought the floodgates would just open up and everything would be made known but that's not how it works and I started to realize that all the answers would eventually come at the proper time through an experience. Knowing this make you see this reality through a different lens and makes even the mundane of situations quite new and refreshing. Most of the things shown to each of us will probably be on a more personal level and not quite relevant to anyone else or at least that's in my case.
It's like being at the beginning of a maze and having someone whisper in your ear that we already made it out and instead of trying to figure it out on your own you say lead the way. It doesn't mean that everything will be rainbows and roses but you now look a life's situations through a non biased lens and only as an experience to fulfill our purpose. At first it's like being a kid in a candy store and even though you're told all the candy is yours you stuff yourself with all the possibilities until you look at yourself and say are you done. We're so busy trying to rush through as though was is you can ever be taken away that we forget to enjoy the experience and that's when we slap ourselves. It makes you realize that regardless of all we've been through we wouldn't change one second of it because of where we are right now. There's so much more but you probably haven't even read all this and sometimes it pours out as if there's something important to get across and who knows maybe this is for someone.
Going to check out more of your series as most things I start to run into come in the form of confirmation and stands out like a sore thumb. This is the greatest time to be alive yet some of us don't realize it and I can understand that as everyone's situation is different and some challenges seem insurmountable. Maybe this was just for me but I was told we came here for this to live it in the NOW and experience on a different level than already know and to live in it and not just through it. I sense just as in a vibration or frequency wave there are going to be a lot of ups and downs for some but in the end it's all well worth it! Good luck on your journeys and to all those on the path we're here to help one another so you don't have to do this alone and that's something I have to keep telling myself so I play my part. To anyone who made it this far remember eventually you won't have to move mountains because the mountains will already know to move! 🙏❤🙏
An absolute masterpiece of reflective writing here, thank you so much for taking the time to share publicly! I want to honour this extract in particular: "It's like being at the beginning of a maze and having someone whisper in your ear that we already made it out and instead of trying to figure it out on your own you say lead the way." You've said it wonderfully, and the visuals are powerful. Apologies I can't reply to more of your comment, there is so much here!
I appreciate the both of you. Very. Very much.
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Yes, the maze part hits home, I’m currently lost and see others have made it through and I wish to get there but am banging my head against a brick wall.
@@MWorsa pretend the maze has grass walls instead which with alittle trimming around the walls with your own bare hands.. you'll reach out the other side... Or... Realize the maze is your own creation and just .. decide to dissipate it. Just. 💥 Let the walls down. Shake it off. ... 😳😳😳🤔
Jordan. Transcript this💗 everytime I hear us New Earth Leaders on camera IAM like.. this is a Transcript 🤩😘👌
prayer:
- perfect health
- abundant wealth
- true love
Have you read Dolores Cannon books or listened to her videos on TH-cam? She says that she gets in touch with the Self, which is not the unconscious. She goes beyond the unconscious. She is a hypnotherapist.
By the way, I am so happy I found your channel. I am enjoying a lot. Thank you for the great content.
Dolores Cannon is a well-known teacher, yes! Haven’t studied her personally, but have heard good things
… when I talk to God I know he understands..says sit by me and I’ll be your guiding hand.
Peter Green (Founding of original Fleetwood Mack)
Great! Damn i need therapy. Listening to this led to some collisions in my head/being/soul. Language itself. My first language was italian. The italian boy was killed. American was the acquired impostor language. Of the approaches you propose, i find more in the nonverbal. I cannot help the storm in my brain the instant god is mentioned. I grew up atheist and condemning organized religion. Some weird stuff happened in young adulthood that caused me to question the atheism. The belief i came to is a pagan one, there's many entities, and they're not all loving. Up to us to gravitate to love. I don't comprehend how there's one god who's the boss. I noticed recently the italian word for god, dio, doesn't elicit the hostility, evoking instead a memory of dark marble columned chamber illuminated by small candles.
Do you hear your normal thoughts in your head in your voice/ are you a sensing personality type?
It's confusing when people say "you're gonna hear a voice" because a lot of us don't even hear our own voice in our heads when we think/ don't have an internal language based dialogue, but think in more symbolic/intuitive/visual/graphical/geometric/color/etc ways that we then translate to language when we need to communicate it or write it down but can be pretty rational otherwise. The first tends to correlate with dominant sensing types, or types who may be intuitive but have masculine sensing per objective personality system. So when we don't even hear our own voice in our heads, I'd think that the archetypes wouldn't express as voices either, unless other people who do active imagination and don't have auditory language based thoughts do actually hear the archetypes' voices.
Also do you think Jung actually heard voices? Does he ever mention having an internal dialogue? He was an intp with feminine sensing
For ye hath not true faith of themselves, and continue to dwell and besiege on the past and future. When in action that is the will of your spirit. Signs and symbols rule the world, not words and laws, and when one lets go of words and acts upon himself he may find a startling find.
Take the steps of a Man for a day and you will find it rough.
Take the steps of a Man for a Month and you will find discipline.
Take the steps of a Man for a year and you will find it body-wrenching.
Take the steps of a Man for a Decade and you will find Spirit.
Take the steps of a Man for a Century and you will find a Monument.
That is the answer I believe you're looking for.
Absolutely incredible Jordan. Flow mate. Organised . Blimey. Effort! Yaaaas🙌 INCREDIBLE SERVICE.
Emily, if the world had as much as passion as you for this video, then apathy would be extinct in a single day hahaha - Thank you!
Thank you for your presence. This clarified a lot for me in my journey. I didn't realize that this is what I have been doing in quite this way. Thank you for the pine cone symbolism as well. This video sparked me into understanding things a bit deeper and it was quite "on time" for me, or divinely timed as I'd rather say. You have quite an energy that sits well with me. Thank you for linking the science with the experience for me. I'm grateful. 🙏 "You are you and I am I, but we are One." Thank you for the mirror I needed. I'll be watching more of your content.
I have heard about the book of Carl Jung called the "the Red book" but i never knew what is about. Years before that, i have been having visions, whenever I'm about to go to sleep, while still awake(usually just having a conversation with myself or making up a scenario on my head) and then suddenly i see an image appear right before my eyes (totally not telated to the conversation or the scenarios i was thinking of)
I have seen very strange things, from hugging a women in a place i have never been, seeing odd looking monsters trapped in some sort of basement, seeing a Raven at the university i study in, with huge wings , an old man wearing all white handing me a beautiful book, decorated with gems ect. Later on, out og curiosity, i started reading the Red Book, and to my surprised he was talking him having very similar experiences with himself and his patients as well. I still cannot determine all of the visions i had based on their meaning.
Glad you know the way back if nietche abyss
Abraxas swims with U
Robert Johson - He She We was also fabulous what traction Jungian ideas give us to stand on...
I’ve read that Johnson book 📖 so good 😊
Incredible, right? Have you read any of his other books or other Jungian studies? It's a fascinating place to explore.
Jordan ..Thanks for being ---
you know I had many experince when something inside hold me nad make me sit and listen to inside voice ....
once i had something coming about my inner wounded child which needed my attention and she wants to cry a lot ...I sat with her listened to her sow her side felt what she is feeling it was imp to listen like mom ...
but one more thing I have done I have shown her other side of story ...others feelings of people in same scene ...to bring total nutral light on that moment ...
after that I had very vulnurable heart ..i cry very aftern and on small reason I can feel that inner child is on serface ..and needing love attension which I seek outside ..
I think I made some mistake in listening or handling inner child ..
what you will suggest ..
your blessed buddy I is what I been missing Jose silva dr Gilbert you my attention sir
Jordan this content is absolutely incredible!
I don't know much about western systematic approach inside mind like in the study of psychology so I'm here to learn but I was born in Indian continents and I do have deep understanding of hindu and Buddhist philosophy on mind .this methods is another way to Vipassana meditation but before talking to your unconscious always remember the truth that human is naturally violence, sexually active, have millions way to lies .as unconscious unfold itself don't teach him to be non violence , don't teach him to control sexual feelings and don't try to trick with lies because it's the truth. further as you move to higher dimensions forget the method because method creates additional burden. be like the bulb and switch so in a flash you can enter and exist from the mode .finally always position your occipital awareness to your nose and breathe 。so your mind have a location or place to sit and observe everything in front of you.
I have been doing Active Imagination, but mainly focused on my shadows: parts of me I dislike. 95% of the time they are hurt or are tired of doing their jobs and they need my help. Most of the times, we reach an agreement to work as a team. I use humor and a lot of love. I realized LOVE is the cure-it-(almost)-all remedy. The universe, the world and life moves because of love. I would consciously choose what part of me I would be connecting with, but from this video, it seems that I can just connect with whatever shows up. I personally use Open Awareness meditation to connect and these characters or sub-personalities almost always have a shape: a gem, a video game character, an animal...
I see your pure energy, I subscribed immediately ✌🏾
My heart felt that one, thank you for taking the time to comment - it's great to connect, and I hope you enjoy the videos I've put out so far! More Inner Work lessons on the way!
Your passion for human potential has made this video, and pursuing active imagination, so inspiring. Thank you!
Nothing more interesting - so much to explore!
Also ... I can't seem to manage to do this while awake ( yes I am a lucid dreamer ) only in my dreams
you need to do like a meditation or hypnosis recording of some type...your voice is incredible
Appreciate it, although I’m focusing on videos for sure! Not my thing 🌲
Bit it’s like your having a dream? So enveloping ? You feel you’re there? Or like common imagination
Thanks for sharing this knowledge ♡
Somewhere between common imagination and a dream, yes. More engaged and 'active'! Appreciate your comment, Fatima.
Bro you literally exposed everything I do on a daily as I wrestle and have fun with my inner self or selves almost none of it is ever scripted. Never knew it was called active imagination. It really helps in knowing my self more and outlining what I needed to do to create appeasement with my self.
My pleasure to provide these reflections - there's so much to be explored within this space, I've got plenty more videos on this channel featuring similar themes to support you if you're interested!
Breh your eyes look like your soul is as deep as the unconscious mind. Might just be the camera and the filter you did although
Yes, I actually have dark brown eyes - this is all digital trickery lol
(In all hilariousness, I do have 'sharp blue eyes' but they are also damaged from too much time on screens as a kid and I need to wear contact lenses hahah - hope you're having a marvellous day, my friend!)
Eyes are windows to the soul.. what is within is manifesting without . Much love and light. We are pure energy / spirit having a physical experience. All are one working for the greater good of the All. Blessings are those whom are awaking the many. Great Channel.
Wow Jordan, it's a pleasure to meet you! Honestly I'm only 8 mins into the video but I'm captivated! Thank you for the reading recommendation, I will definitely get that inner work book. I'm impressed with the way you introduced active imagination to us, I'm calmly excited to witness more of your content! Do you do collaborations?
‘Calmly excited’ hahah - love it! Appreciate these words, plenty of better videos on here now too.
In regards to collaborations, not currently. I’m focusing my energy on my own projects for the foreseeable future!
Yea I can be quite excitable with new ways to explore myself, this is way of being eager in an aware state! I've learned excitement narrows the awareness, while in states of calm it expands!
I completely understand energy is vital in birthing! I'm currently undergoing the cultivation of one myself! If you do happen to get a moment and if the thought crosses your mind, I'd love to talk with you, if time permits! Please know this isn't a solicitation or a request for your services or anything I'm just genuinely curious 😅
As I listen and receive, the awareness is, that this conversation is already naturally occurring, on its own, without anyone having to "do" it. It is the conversation, or relationship between Self and self. Or, as the mystics say, Self to self. Self speaking to itself, touching itself, tasting itself, becoming itself. There is one, the programmed conversation, which is based in the repetition of the separation myth. and this is recognizable as self talk, or self criticism, or keeping one at a distance from oneself. And then there is the discovery of the inner dialogue, which recognizes itself, falls in love with the recognition of itself, has a continual love affair with itself.... More like an undressing, or unveiling of what obscures the naturally, intimate dialogue rather than the active creating of a dialogue. But perhaps it depends on the person, how it unfolds, how it is discovered. 🙏
Beautifully captured, thank you for taking the time to write this and share. Great language.
@@jordanthornton The pull to engage what you have naturally inspired is a sincere pleasure for me.
I often smile at myself, feeling compelled to share before a video,a person completes their message. And in this, I can share "prematurely" because of having received so much treasure (in myself, the other and what occurs in the field between, no matter the physical distance) In so few words, gestures and expressions put forth, I feel lit and cannot contain myself. And, upon further viewing (and some patience!), I've become aware that your offering is such grace and wonder for those newly in conversation with themselves, and gifts many (the comments below speak) with direct tools, activating the deepest longing for self/soul connection. I recall this occurring for me very spontaneously at one time earlier in my journey, the inner dialogue, while having been so devoted to self inquiry. What you offer, and how you offer is such potent magic. There really is, for me, no greater magic and beauty than the alchemical power we all share of falling into reality with the Self. Thank you for your earnest and open offering to so many. 🧡
@@wilderheartland3920 This feels like one of the most heartfelt and deep appreciation comments I've received this year - thank you so much for your words. They land, and I'll keep doing what I can to share more of this important work!
@@jordanthornton I am so happy that my words land for you. It is a beautiful feeling for me to also experience the reflection of being recognized and acknowledged. Thank you.
I did post this response earlier, as well unassumingly offering my email address, and then realized that TH-cam flags and removes comments containing email addresses. If you feel the natural movement to connect more deeply via email or elsewhere (I don't do much with social media), I am open. I am just now gently stepping out with my own offerings and find your expression and availability to others inspiring the movement.
Holy shit .. I have been so good at using my imagination ALL THE TIME... Wow... I have divulged myself in maybe one of the most mishandlings of my own imagination.
As you mentioned the tyrant it was so easy for my unconcious mind to bubble up the tyrant and damn... As fresh as that iteration is it felt good to hear it out.
My man you opened a doorway I haven't even thought of using with my imagination.
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Yes! I love to hear this - keep growing that muscle! It's an absolute pleasure - I hope you enjoy some of the other videos here where I expand on these concepts far more!
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Thank you for sharing man! It is really helping me move through my own BS so I definitely will be watching more 🙏
@@ghosteddenial9538 Awesome, feel free to message me on instagram if you want any extra recommendations too!
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I just ordered that book. I remember hearing or reading about active imagination back in the 70s. It sounds really interesting. Thank you for the video.
You'll love this work, consider checking out my shadow work playlist for more updated information on this entire process. It's far superior to this old video, and you'll find some more hyper relevant reading too.
Algoritm picking up finally.
I had a somatic breathwork session… it was meant to be a reset. However I went deeper. I heard a voice and am unsure what voice it was? I did invoke my shadow as an intention but wasn’t sure if it was inner child or shadow? It said….. “Angela trust me, why won’t you trust me?!” Was quite matter of a fact! Told me to take off the mask and stop people pleasing…. It left me feeling very confused. Initially I had clarity but for the rest of the day I cried…. Was this my shadow or inner child? Xxxx
Well done on making progress here, I wouldn't be able to give you answers but check out my latest shadow work video on active imagination to get some more here. Good luck.
I'm trying to figure out which archetype I'm meant to have a dialogue with. I'm assuming inner child, but I know that it's mostly the shadow version of the everyman archetype I'm struggling with. Will i just know?😂
Keep going - maybe check out some of the other videos on this channel, go into archetypes often!
Your voice sounds like carl sagan ❤
Holy cow! I knew I had a wounded inner child but didn't reoloze I have been living from that prospective!! I took the tyrant, duck taped it and locked it in a closet that only I can access when needed because all aspects are essential for the whole. 😮 Thank you so much!!
I have just tried it and what it resulted in: 1. I was stuck in contradiction of trying to listen and preserve balance at the same time, but, logically, if you mostly listen then there is no balance 2. I completely lost consciousness and ended up in a dream that told me that I should just erase myself, as if I'm some kind of worst criminal to ever live...
Thanks for being here, check out the new shadow work playlist to continue these kinds of practices in way more detail. You'll love it.
Hi, I just found your video today. I love it, thank you! 😊 I don't know if it sounds a bit... I'm not sure what really! Please could you give me some help with words to use for making the request/ intention? I'd really appreciate it, I've started practising simply sitting, meditating, in silence and have built to 40 minutes, I have been meditating over thd last two years, but mostly guided ones. I might be over thinking,... but It will help me with my confidence, to know what words to say! I'm going to listen again now🌻🦋
Hey Roz, I have another video on my channel which demonstrates the parts work process which you might be interested in! It's linked at the end of this video! It can take time to open these spaces for sure, but keep going!
I like your content - but you should make it clear that you are basically recapping inner work by robert johnson- you mention the book but you dont make it clear that you are mostly summarising his book
Sure, I agree. This was one my first long-form videos I've ever made, and I hadn't got it all figured out back then. Strange that it did so well - big respect to Johnson.
Starts at 12:00... No, 13:40.... No, actually it doesn't start... 🤔
You’re right - it’s all a big trick 😉
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Too much of him, too little of IT!
(Greets from UK)
Thank u
@@geoffreynhill2833 Can always go ahead and purchase + read the book suggested, my man!
BLESSED BE THE ALGORITHMS❣☺🔥
Powerful images and editing Jordan. Beautiful! I am beginning to deal with shadows, slowly becoming aware of emotional patterns and traumas. Almost every video you publish resonates with me. Thank you!
Paulo, it’s my absolute pleasure. Love sharing this work and making it accessible to people like yourself! Thank you for taking the time to comment and let me know! 🌲
TH-cam recommended this video from 3 years ago and the transformation is so obvious. Everything seems to have changed, starting with your voice depth, talking speed and ending with the half empty bookshelf behind you (that seems to be the biggest change). From this perspective your growth and inner work is even more impressive and noticeable. I wonder what the next recommendation will be for me to see yet another transformation you’ve undergone through years.
Shared this to my IG - thanks for inspiring a reflective moment. 2024 is looking great for us, and I hope you feel that too 🌲
@@jordanthornton I certainly do, and I’m already loaded with a lot of ideas that are waiting to be realized this year, and some of them are inspired by your videos, so thanks for that ✨
Sucks I couldn’t find the pdf for Robert Johnson inner work 😢
Have you considered something called purchasing a hardcopy? Most books costs £10 or less on Amazon, you can even go second-hand - you won't regret it!
When I've had lucid dreams they've been weird. A bit halloweenish.
Good video, I think I wanna try this it seems logical kinda lol
Go for it, Brian. Its exciting work! I have another video on my channel which demonstrates the process in real-time - “how to talk with your unconscious mind” - it’s linked at the end of this video!
Thank you, there is so much practical knowledge in this video 🙏
My pleasure - glad you found value!
What if it's just one repeated phrase ? ( Someone appeared and kept saying f u to me none stop )
You can work with that - keep going deeper and good luck 🌲
You could pass as Henry Cavill's brother, just saying. Other than that, this video has surely been expansively well made. I'm new to your channel, and the drill is to binge watch.
Quality only improves as the videos progress - so much more value in the newer videos, enjoy!
@@jordanthornton you best believe I took notice of that when I started binge watching it. So mucj information to filter and absorb, but I'm not complaining. Thank you for the quality work! Also, what a powerful voice you have.
This might be my way back in, so to speak, since I rarely dream like I used to [greatly influenced by medication, hormones, etc.]. In my later 30's, when first trying out a [then] new anti-depressant, it was like a Pandora's Box [but a good one, mostly] that opened up the dream world, particularly with lucid dreaming [even shapeshifting characters, species, etc., a Jungian feast]. This happened for a period of, at least, one year. I had several lucid dreams and learned NOT to control them [but EVERYone goes through that phase, don't they, LOL?!]. I actually look back on that with the thought that that less mature phase, that playful, excited part that wants to just have fun with it, is just part of the initial process and can be a good thing AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET STUCK THERE, lol]. In fact, it was a great way to sort of experience so much that was repressed. Truth is, lucid dreaming brings an incredible opportunity to practice courage and face your demons without having to put yourself in actual physical danger [even though it can still FEEL like it, in the dream, sometimes even despite knowing [the inner witness] that it is "merely" a dream....hence the courage!]. It can be immensely powerful! I don't know if, in some of those dreams, I was in contact with some guide or merely my higher self. I just knew that, if I paid attention, I could learn a lot! Facing your demons in the dream can be so transforming....dream characters & monsters changing right before your very eyes. It is so incredible. One dream could be like 6 months worth of therapy! It goes right to the core. Steven LaBerge [sp?] has some great books/audios [and probably great Y-T's, ha] about lucid dreaming and practicing recommended exercises [at that time] definitely enhanced the ability to lucid dream [and learn not to so easily get sucked right back into the dream, which is always a bummer]. Even in times you get "sucked back in", however, the dream material can be highly beneficial if you are willing to take the time to explore it [and it DOES take time and effort, sorry to add, but can be well worth it!].
However, even when not lucid dreaming, I learned to remember dreams full of rich & valuable material. As you stated or indicated, however outstanding or alluring the dream material may have felt, what a waste if we let the teaching of it slide by. That was also the attitude of f John D. Goldhammer, PhD [remember that name!]. I attended one of his dream workshops back in the early 2000's [hard to believe that is so long ago, already!]. He is the author of this book I highly recommend to anyone who is serious about doing dream work [maybe I am not to state titles here ?]. I remember saving a couple of baffling dreams; one I never imagined I could even begin to make sense out of, until after applying recommended concepts [basically, a way to explore, or ask YOURSELF the right questions; a self-guiding way to determine your own dream symbology].
In that respect [keeping in mind to read and utilize only what description feels right, in terms of what you actually feel and how that fits in your dream], let me share the name of another author whose book I found incredibly helpful: Patricia Troyer.
Thank you so much for sharing such a well-worded and exploratory comment - I enjoyed reading about your experience, and am sure others in the comments section will too!
@@jordanthornton Likewise, thanks for your inspiring videos and the platform to share and learn from :) Like it or not, we are all in this together and "Wherever you go, there you are," haha!
@@jordanthornton [I only have to re-edit about 100x to cut through all of the inner garble, ha, but I get there eventually, lol].
Thank you for sharing this! I'm beginning with A.I today
10 years into shadow work, amazing insights into self, communication with spirit and guidance from angels.....but still full of conflict and ignorance, still suffering and still confused. Beginning to wonder...WHY?
I can’t talk to my unconscious. Unless I actively choose to say something in my mind in the same way I would talk out loud it is 100% silence in my mind. No images either. I just know what I’m thinking in the same way you just know 2+2=4.
thank you
You are the Carl sagan of psychology
Welcome to the channel - I hope you enjoy the books here 🌲
The unconscious is temporary and it's content is released, purged, and integrated during spiritual awakening and integration process. Active imagination is a good technique provided the unconscious or Dynamic Ground is in the repressed state. Once one integrates the unconscious, which takes decades, the Self or Divine Core is revealed and it's Divine Spiritual energy begins to flow through the Being and enlighten the person.The understanding of what the unconscious is in fact, changes profoundly when one has achieved Soul Realization. The unconscious and its dark energies and wounds become de-potentiated and healed and a person becomes a fully conscious, spirit filled individual. Even the archetypes become depotentiated and integrated and no longer threaten the ego with possession. Projection falls away as a delusion. The outer world becomes a world of hallowed resplendence...literally. One's perception radically changes as the modes of perception are purged, healed, and integrated and Spirit now lights up the consciousness unencumbered and no longer darkened by the trauma, wounds, and complexes of the unconscious. The unconscious falls away and one becomes fully conscious and filled with effulgence, bliss, and ecstacy. Even so, tools like active imagination, dream interpretation, prayer, and meditation are indispensable until one reaches the Soul Realized stage. The Soul is magnificent and excellent in every regard.
When I have a feeling (trauma) and I cannot place it, what it actually is, what emotion it is or where it originates from, I ask my self / inner parts / subconcious if they are willing to visualise it. Then I pause my concious thougts for a few seconds (meditation like state) and let go of the outcome / answer (if I am preoccupied with what I want it to be, it does not work). More often than not some scene / idea / concept / animal appears that explaines the pain. I can then ask questions about it, like: is it rejection? And I get a yes or no. Really helpful. Then I can proceed with dialog to facilitate healing.
I've meditated for 10 years. I have tried active imagination several times. Not once I've received answers that I seek almost desperately now. I've tried everything and I know how messed up I am. It feels like this happens only to me which makes me feel even more alone. If anyone has an insight on this issue, I'll be happy and grateful to read you.
Imagination leads to a beautiful reality 💞
Well said - I agree :)
Your wonderful 💎
I am in constant communication with God. The only problem comes when I don’t like his answers to my questions. That is, my ego doesn’t.
I have a real thirst for this knowledge, I guess that's why your channel was recommended to me.
I already know how. Thanks.
Excellent 😅
Just did this and damn… that was fascinating. It wasn’t just one part , but a few archetypes came up which was very interesting to say the least . I need to keep doing this
"talking with your subconscious" is a recipe for going nuts
It done without caution and structure, yes. But there are many ways to remain grounded during this process without going crazy haha
@@jordanthornton I would be very careful, I know too many people who have lost their grip on life on this route, especially when "substances" come into view. Dreams and imaginations are weightless - anything can happen in a dream, you can slide from A to Z in no time and without any effort. There are aspects of reality that are completely reliable and won't go away, even when you refuse to believe in them - those are the best - the "rough ground".
ah i see it now
I have JUST stumbled over your videos 🤗 I love your material already. thank you 🙏