Shadow Work with Active Imagination - Jungian Psychology - Carl Jung
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- Shadow Work with Active Imagination - Jungian Psychology - Carl Jung
This video is all about the process of Shadow Work to reintegrate the personal Shadow through the process of Active Imagination. The Shadow is the counterpoint to the Ego in the Jungian Psychological model where all repressed traits are stored outside of the light of consciousness.
So, when reintegrating the Shadow through Shadow Work we want to extend our awareness into areas of our awareness that we habitually ignore and repress. In this way, we can solve the problem of repression by making ourselves more whole through acceptance of all of our opposite traits.
This is where Active Imagination comes in. In being able to converse and interact with repressed aspects of the personal unconscious, we create a bridge to integration.
Though the theory of the Shadow originates with Carl G. Jung, I share my own perspective on the shadow along with my personal experiences with reintegration and overcoming repression.
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Today, I attended your free training. The content was really great. However, the way you were narrating the content, it felt as if it had a monotone in it. It feels as if you are a very logical person who is giving reasons to teach your point of view. However, people want to feel emotions when they watch a video. They want the emotional spikes - like a funny story, a painful fact that creates sorrow, and the ups and downs of life. Study inflection and deflection which is taught in sales, you will understand what I am trying to say. The reason I am saying that is, in marketing, it is taught that people buy because of emotions they feel and then justify their decision with logic. If you are not able to build emotional certainty in people, and you show them your webinar where they feel you are detached, robotic and cold, they will not buy from you. Lastly, see the youtube channel of the following TH-camrs- Owen Cook and Teal Swan. These two people are also very logical and have a high IQ, but they teach in an emotionally appealing manner. Also, be excited about your life. You have a strong discerning mind, but you don't have the sweetness of emotion. I had a similar problem 2 years back. I could not understand that the biggest power human beings have is the power to connect their hearts with others, the power to love. Thanks.
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Probably the best explanation of Jungian Active Imagination I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely agree 👌
Makes sense. I judge people who are always asking for help. But thats only because i had no one to ask for help as a kid so i had to figure things out. I realize that im envious how they have no"shame". Shame seems to be the root issue
So rare to see someone who so clearly understands so much about the human mind and emotion! You usually have to look back decades or centuries for a speech this clear & knowledgeable
I love your soothing energy. I was deeply stressed out by an exam I have in a day but I'm now reconnecting with myself realising how insignificant an exam really is in my journey and I'm learning to deal with that stress. I've told myself just passing it would be enough for me so that I can get in touch with more important things in my life. Society has deeply screwed up our priorities.
amen to that
Unbelievable! Can I even watch one of your videos without having my mind blown! You are doing a service to humanity, Thank you!
You are an incredible contributor and communicator. Informative, effective, efficient. Thank you for being you.
I had to rewind certain parts several times, it was that good. thank you for this!
Holy hell! i was already doing something similar to this. i thought i was nuts.
Thanks for explaining it to us :)
who said your not still crazy
You sound like Joe Gatto.
No your mind is a genius
The information, articulation, and demonstration of Jungian psychology here is extremely well done!
6:31 active imagination introduced
I came to know about your channel after watching a video on shadow work on Einzengänger, and I found that truly informative. And, I appreciate this one too, your explanation is awesome...
Thank you, I really appreciate this "shadow work" series
"Keep becoming more you" 🔥
I was just bout comment that, it's a great catchphrase!
Yes indeed, if you feel animosity towards someone you should always check if there is a shadow aspect of yourself operating. These things are an opportunity to learn about yourself. But there could be other things happening as well. As an excessively empathic person I would feel other people’s feelings and it was very confusing, especially if they were projecting their shadow onto me. It took me a long time to sort it out and I still don’t handle it very well, only by retreating as I don’t always feel safe. People who are not wired too be that empathic don’t believe how confusing it can be, but its true. And then there is introjection of someone else’s shadow if you are in an abusive situation.
All in all, it is extremely worthwhile to sort out what is your shadow and is it even your own shadow or what has been put on you.
So bravo Emerald!
Excellent. You’re an articulate and brilliant speaker. Thank you!
You are amazing. I wish I heard this so many years ago. Once again YOU ARE AMAZING ❤️❤️❤️
Basically, putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is how it’ll make us less judgmental and more understanding of other people actions. But, in my opinion, loving ourselves doesn’t necessarily let us do that. Other than that, everything you said was straight and to the point. 🖤
l like the way you explained active imagination, the different ways to do it and the concrete examples. simply great.
Extraordinary explanation. Deep and yet easy to understand, thank you!
Emerald, thank you for this video. I recently had a powerful dream with negative connotations that I have been struggling to understand. I am going to use this in an active imagination session and see if I can gain some clarity. As well, I love your suggestion of creating that session alone with the representation of someone whom you judge as I'm starting to understand the concept: that which I judge is a facet of my character that I am subconsciously rejecting. I strive to become whole and in tune with myself and perhaps enlightened! So much of your video content resonates with me and I thoroughly enjoy your channel!
I'm so glad and grateful I found this video
Good day Lass, Thank you for what you do. I’m chatting with a Jungian therapist presently to help me thru my current stage in life. I’m 70 and unlearning and relearning many aspects of life and how I fit in. Your videos help to clarify and add understanding to my journey. Keep up the good work. Patrick. (AKA, Shadowwriter)
Thank you for the encouragement! :)
It can be dangerous not open yourself up to your deeper nature , if you start becoming ill time to go deep on yourself . I think i learned this the hard way years ago , it always great to hear your knowledge Emerald .
You're a natural at this. Very helpful info! Thank you 👍
Looking forward to practicing this exercise. I love the way you explained it.
No dislikes in this video. One of its kind.
Hello, Emerald. It was happy to meet you and learn from you today. See you soon again and thank you for all you do. 😘
I really enjoy your presentation of these complex topics, thank you.
Thank you! :)
That was fantastic! A lot of great information. Thank you.
This was really helpful. Every time I find something in someone else that I disdain I have to re-examine myself and get to the root of why.
Wow Emerald...im finding my inner child (Judge Reinhold quote) more and more as i hear your messages...thanks for another very well done video
You're welcome and thank you! I'm glad that my videos have been helpful! :)
Omg thank you so much! That was so clear and helpful!💗
I was looking for something like this explanation for such a long time
awesome !!! thank you for getting me educated in all things Jung !!! excellent teacher.
Did some today. Safe to say I was suprised. The shadow rebuked me and then embraced me.
I find your video's so helpful in ways that my psychotherapist is not. I really appreciate your ability to provide useful tips to navigate this journey called life.
I really like the simplicity of this technique. I have ordered a few books on the subject as it is rather fascinating. To think is to creat and if by thinking deeper, clearing out old unproductive thoughts can be done with this method then I look forward to enjoying the process and the results.
Thank you so much. I was grappling with understanding these internal dialogues. I have a philosophy concerning how I use them, but really don't understand how to connect prosperously. I am getting closer because of dissections of a specific integral subject such as this one. I have suppressed them for so long, although I see so much value in them. You explained it perfectly for me. It was as though you were speaking directly to me concerning what I was curious about. Perfect. Absolute truth.
you are SO talented!! incredible explanation!
Such a complicated process explained in a substantial, beautiful way. I feel like you perfectly understand what you're talking about :)
hey! this is really well explained and helpful. thank you!!
Genuinity and understanding seems to be the common factor among similar lessons
You are really powerful today ...
Great video, I was already practicing past memories like trying to look on the situations without judgement or trying to understand the background of my judgement in the situation. And this video has solidified my process of doing it. Again great video and hope to see more of your content!
I agree totally with what you said you hit the nail on the head many times about judgment and particularly about how shadow is the inverse of ego.
Your explanations of Jungian concepts are probably the most articulate I've heard or read. Where did you train?
Thank you! Just read some books some years back and did a lot of introspection. Most of what I share is what comes to me as insights.
I agree 100 !!! :-)
I really loved your approach to describing step-by-step how to use active imagination. My therapist was the one who recommended your videos to me and I have watched several. This video in particular is helpful because I do have someone who I very much dislike, and who my therapist suggested I do active imagination with. So now I know what I'm looking for. Also, I would love to see an Archetype video on the Puer Aeturnus.
Thank you! Iam dealing with prenatal and early childhood-trauma and your explanations bringing my stuff finally on a good way. Discovered your channel just recently, but there is already so much more progress than in compare with so much other stuff I tried out!! Thank you!! What I dont get, how it is related with self-judgement, like that kind of judgement which excludes other people (like I judge myself for being fearful, but at the same time it appears more like compassion, if I see fear in others..).
Thanks Emerald, you always bring me something useful to improve myself. Appreciate your wonderful work.
Thank you and you're welcome! :)
This was very helpful. Thanks!
I think I once did this accidentally. I thought what I saw was nonsense and only realized the message months later. Fascinating stuff.
Thanks so much for the heart!
You’re videos are great! Thank you so much!
Wow so lucky, discovering your channel. Ty so much for your clear concise explanation!!!
This video got your channel subscribed. Thanks for sharing.
It's amazing as humans what a powerful and effective imagination we have! That we can imagine ourselves into mental and emotional balance! Thanks for sharing this technique!
You're welcome! :)
saying that this is an eye-opener is a lightly said statement
I have been doing this active imagination from my childhood without even knowing it was to help me integrate my shadow.
Same here. I was doing it since age 5. And I didn’t find out about Active Imagination until my mid-20s.
Thanks fo this! Reminds me of something I did for a little while about 25 years ago. There was a person I interacted with on a daily basis who seemed to have a problem with me and I sensed it might go sideways if not dealt with. So I don't know what got me to do what I did next but it was similar to what you've described in this video. I imagined interacting with him and I let myself react totally freely towards him. It resulted in learning more about myself as well as more about his unconscious and conscious motives. Then, I was surprised to see that he , in real life, seemed to be at peace with me. And that was the end of it.
It's interesting how we naturally gravitate toward these integration processes. I've been doing this process ever since I was a little kid. I only recently found out what Active Imagination is though. So, it's like an intuitive pull toward individuation.
me quedó muy claro; hay muy poco material en español. Muchas gracias
It’s truly amazing how you’ve combined logic with intuition and have come to such a realisation at such a young age. Will you ever be willing to telling your story of enlightenment?
Thank you! But I am not presently enlightened. I've had a couple of glimpses, but I definitely live my life from ego still.
The Diamond Net intresting. I got an enlightening experience. It was in peace, but my ego habits came back slowly. I got depressed but saved myself just as it crept up with my own ego. Individuality and using ones own mind is vital. It’s about reshaping ego into active positive mentality of motivation, cos if we just week enlightenment, all motivation dies, and it’s just not gonna be helpful if we are to live in a society. Osho is a perfect example of an enlightened man egos ego was still in passive state. Sadhguru is the opposite. A positive active ego is more important than enlightenment to me. One must love the ego with the true self. Meditation is just for recharging. The desire for enlightenment is truly dangerous, and the the experience is wonderful, it’s not the end goal, cos we live in society. Jordan Peterson is an example also of an active ego. If he realised his true self, but not seeking it as end goal, he would defeat his depression.
The Diamond Net there’s one more level left befor complete enlightenment, it’s the inner child. The primordial instinct for attachment form the fear of the unknown and death. One it realises all is one, there is no need to hold on cos there’s nothing fundamentally to let go. There’s nothing to fear, the mentality in the first place is what created the illusion of psychological suffering.
Great presentation! Very clear and to the point.
as always we love our diamond
Thank you so much, this is wonderful!
Excelente, realmente me ayudó y ahora quiero ver cada video
Thank you for the value and fluency of the explanation
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Thanks a lot. Been trying to figure out how to frame what I've been doing for a while
So you can basically integrate the shadow by simply ceasing identification with the ego? Great insight.
wow you have a way of explaining stuff to understand better
Very good explanation.
Excellent video, thank you!
I have so many elements, archetypes within me, that fight with each other, contradict each other or work together. It's really fun lol. You explain this very well. I made my schizophrenia conscious. I have like 70 elements, archetypes and they become more and more. Do you have a similar experience of collecting such elements, archetypes?
was waiting for this!!!!
this explains so much. Thank you.
This viedo made mi happy af lol. Thanks for the veido
Fascinating stuff
It's possible that I've misunderstood this and I am open to being cured of my ignorance. But I can't help feeling that this is a uniquely female perspective on "judgement" as a concept with the view that we too often judge ourselves harshly and that we should be kinder to ourselves.
To continue the example of parenthood: I might create an egoistic construction of myself as a father that's based on kindness and gentleness. But when I did the uncomfortable shadow work, I realized that, despite my warm and fuzzy thoughts about myself, I was on many occasions (as a result of conditioning from my own upbringing, dynamics within my marriage, or stressors from my professional life) anything but kind and gentle and instead, needlessly harsh and coarse.
I confronted this aspect of my true self and judged myself very harshly. It was only then that I could move past the delusion of the ego, see myself as I truly am, and work towards being a better and more authentic version of the parent I wanted to be.
Judgement and discrimination were in some sense a necessary part of that journey since judgement is the weighing of a situation and discrimination is the separation of one thing from another. My shadow was too well hidden by my ego that I had to draw it out into the light, hold it in front of me and decide, "this is a part of me. But it does not define me."
So appreciated!
Thank you 😊
@theDiamondnet didn't Jung say that using active imagination in relation to a person in your life isn't advised? Im not sure where I read or heard it but I was wondering about your thoughts on that? Thanks.
Thank you because your videos are clear, interesting and smart. It is both a lot of work and spiritual achievement. I wish the best continuation for you and all watchers.🙏
Such good stuff, Emerald. Powerful video, thank you.
Thank you and you're welcome! :)
Thank you Emerald for your thorough and truthful explanation. I admire your videos. Making Jung concepts so easy to understand is a difficult task.
My question, how to differentiate dealing with my shadow as you explained, and dealing actually with a father and mother who ruined my life for various reasons, and hurt me a lot.
Thank you
Great explanation, thank you.
Thank you they was very good
True happiness and motivation for living in society is about finding a balance between true self and ego self. Individuality is vital.
Well, it comes to a difficult situation when you put yourself far off your narcistic parents and family.
But it's possible really forgive them - even when you were crippled by trauma and unable to live functionally for years. It doesn't mean you have to deal with them again, but you don't carry this package around with yourself and you're free of it.
There is a part in the unconscious, which as well want to control people and be the punisher and emperor, a demon - whatsoever. If you have some conversations with this thing, you realize, that it has your face and then you explain it, that it gets power and can be an emperor in the inner world a bit, but just when it sticks to my values and not on costs of myself or other human beings. Because this part really wants to get that, it will give you the energy it was holding back and put it into your goals and values.
But there are many of these creatures, many are good, but some are just bad at the beginning, they try to scare you while you're in this conversation state and create horrible scary pictures. It's important to have a self with good boundaries already when you do it, otherwise these parts can take over and overwhelm your system.
Thank you 🙏🏽
Great video!
I wonder if Maladaptive Dreaming would be considered Active Imagination. I tried to find some articles related to my question but unfortunately I didn't. By Maldaptive Daydreaming I mean when I am bored or alone I would make sceneries depending on the mood or about certain moments in day to day life or some moments from a tv series or movie. Sometimes I would be the MC other times I would be just a NPC.
This is so clear and very helpful to me
Thank you! :)
Superheroes are the contemporary pantheon of external archetypes.
Yes!!!
Lmfao, i do this with "my dad" in my mind all the time, and over time however not by any active effort of my own i have come to realize that what i represent him as in my mind is more a representation of myself than it is of him... Good video.
Same, I actually realised I was being very unfair to my dad lol. I think projection is very strong from son to father for some reason
@@falcodarkzz My dad was a raging religious fanatic who would punish me disproportionally for the smallest of things he found to be ungodly... Hej has worked Hard for & earned that spot in My mind
From personal experience I can say that many though certainly not all of the emotionally sensitive people are so( or perceived to be so, for the ones who are not could become so labeled, if they are continuously put in the same situation forcibly as the former find themselves in naturally and which I describe here, eventually) because they don't have a sense of humor, a smart alec argument here, a one liner there, an ability to belittle an adversary with a sarcastic remark, etc., (I'm in a mental fog right now, I hope i have put across my point in as much as you could finish of the list with a few more).
Humans have advanced by Jungian transformation of primitive violent combativeness to a pugnacious 'civilised/cultured ' language or rather the luxurious use of language skills- more than the intended purpose of language skills which were merely to facilitate accurate communication.
Thus, if lacking the above , i.e , the 'superfluous ' uses of language, the man(to not complicate evolutionary development of the 'She') he will take the 180 degree turn to emotionality! Just watch closely any debate/ interview , how many times experts/ masters/ gurus including scientists (custodians of the scientific method) would retreat to these language skills of sense of humor, for one, there are other 'arts' of language too, albeit , sometimes sneakily. And those who colorlessly accept their folly/ wrong argument, etc, end up high and dry , which repeated over and over again leads to loss of many of the essential ego 'props' required to survive the Battlefield Society.
This argument could be tested on the future highly advanced A.I. (which may or may not lack those skills).And, could be used to analyze the prevalence of and/or resorting to fanaticsm, systematic violence,aka,.. ,etc.
From, the last point and the crux of this video, a question begs to surface from the deepest crevices of humanity at large and from my own, our deep rooted hatred and loathing of one particular religion, what does it imply?
Thank you.
does active imagination really work in terms of self development? comparaing to nlp and other technologies
Thanks for the wonderful video, I had just stumbled across Jungs Red Book two days ago so the timing matching with my own curiosity could not have come at a better time. I'm curious if you think this would pair well with interacting with dream symbols as I have had a difficult time coming to an understanding with many of their meanings. Thanks again!
Excellent!! Thank you!
Thank you! :)
Seems like the thing is, if you're doing this when thinking of another person, they have widely varied experiences that you might not be able to imagine, let alone understand.
Hi Emerald, great vid, as usual.
Please link me to the vid where you speak on the current rise of the collective shadow in terms of CG Jung's rising ´´black tide´´ (ie, the fashion for taking moral high ground and ´´shutting down´´ ..´´bamn´´ .. those who do not align with the current virtue-signalling liberal politically corrected hegemony) .. thanks!
Very interesting
It's an eccellent explanation. But I am left with a question.What if the person I dislike is morally reprehensible to me, for example a sociopath ?
Came here to ask the same!
If you do a shadow work you will realise that you have that kind of dark side too
And about your question it could be that you remind of them their suppressed shadow self that could be reason why they treat you poorly
And others reasons could be too. For example you might intentionally or unintentionally hurt them in the past and they just couldn't let go of it
You should try to analyse situation and a person from every angle possible
Should one use archetypal gods for active imagination? It is advised to use human figures because it can psychically affect them .