Thanks Adam, and welcome! I'm glad they're helpful to you, that's always good to hear - keeps me motivated to keep working on them for sure. Stay tuned, I have a Practical Individuation series on the way, it's going to be a big one.
I find watching JP and CY videos fairly complex - much complex words, at a quick speaking pace for me. U describe the concepts more simple and easy to digest - the examples are brilliant. Thank you:)
Thank you Rock, I appreciate that! I'm very glad these videos are helpful to you, it's great to hear - I'll keep uploading and hopefully keep getting better (:
Sorry John, I missed this and a few other comments somehow, glad it showed up in the "haven't responded" feature. You're welcome, and thank you for that, I really appreciate it.
My man, you missed the chance to mention Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. I really liked the part of "Practical Shadow work and examples". The other parts felt like an introduction for next episodes, which I guess it was your intention. Looking forward for Part 2 and 3. Nice job :)
Hey Idir, thanks for the comment, I appreciate it - and glad you liked the video (: I still haven't read The Interpretation of Dreams, but really should. Would his dream interpretation methods jive with jungian thinking (or maybe supplement it in some way)? I know there's a decent amount I wouldn't agree with, but the man was sharp, worth a read for sure, especially if it would help with shadow integration. And yeah, lol - that's a really good point and I'll tell you why. I wanted to give a good refresher and intro to shadow work to help people who are still a bit shaky on the subject, and for those who are only just starting to learn about it. Initially this series was going to be a single long video, but then I realized there was a lot more I wanted to cover, and split it into 3 parts. So the intro and refresher do actually take up more of this video than is ideal (roughly a third) - next time I'll make sure to cut it down to the proper size. Good news is, the next two shadow work videos in the series are filled with practical methods and examples; less theory, more step by step, "how to."
Thank you, glad you liked it! Finishing editing tomorrow's video now (practical individuation; communicating w/ the Self and Anima, self talk examples and methods from pro athletes, JP, Jung, Christ)
Hey QQQ, great question - Practical Shadow Work & Examples - Part 2 will be live in a couple days (this Thursday), and Part 3 the Thursday after. Both of these videos have more practical methods and shadow work/integration examples than this video, which had a few good ones but was largely introductory.
@@qqq111444 I'm glad to hear it! Thank you for letting me know, it's very motivating to know these videos help, even in a small way (let alone in a bigger way). I'm looking forward to publishing practical shadow work part 2 and 3, and many others like them in the near future.
@@JoshRueff youre welcome. I feel the world needs more of this. Especially boys and young men. There is a vast void that exists today that did not exist before. Our young boys and men are drowning in it. When you put things out like you do, you fill the void so they can stand
I’ll never listen to Jordan Peterson on what he has to say about shadow until he deals with his own. If there’s anyone who has the most dysfunctional shadow it would be Peterson
@@Jillybear265 well, to clarify, anyone who is dysfunctional is so because their shadow plays an integral part. As you may know, the shadow (which Peterson often talks about in his lectures) is where we repress all our unresolved negative feelings about ourselves because we don’t want to admit we have them. By bottling them up, it only makes our lives worse i.e. dysfunctional because we waste a lot of energies defending them by denying them. These unconscious unresolved negative feelings turn us to selfishness, arrogance, being cruel, sadistic and greedy- among many other negative emotions. When we are called out for these behaviors, we not only deny them, we project them on the accusers as a way to avoid accepting the truth about ourselves. But Behaving badly is not so much the problem. It’s our unwillingness to admit we behave that way. In Peterson’s case, he has his share of repressed feelings as Dr. Gabor Mate said in a video. Peterson has a lot of unresolved anger and it manifest itself when he talks about liberals and woke ideology. No doubt, woke ideology is out of control but why does Peterson get so angry about it? Does he get angry too with his clients in therapy? Would he be able to counsel a flaming liberal without anger? A good psychiatrist would know how to set aside his political and religious beliefs in order to see his client as objectively and dispassionately as possible. So if Peterson really cared, he’d be striving to find ways to understand human behavior in ever increasing ways instead of passing judgement on liberals and conveniently being mum about conservatives as if they are beyond reproach. Take for instance Trump. We already know, as a psychological fact (from a coalition of psychiatrists) that Trump is a demagogue. But why isn’t Peterson as mad about it as he is of liberals? If there is anyone who knows what a demagogue is, it’s Peterson. In my mind, this is unforgivable. He knows who Trump really is but won’t say anything because many people following Peterson don’t want to hear about it. Understandably so, but this is just one of many reasons why I don’t trust Peterson, on what he has to say about politics, religion, and Society.
@@ctuagent247 I'm not sure what you mean by an arrival point but my take on it is this: we, as humans, are not yet self realized i.e. our emotional, psychological, and spiritual stage of development is in a state of arrested development and we don't know it. We assume we are normal because we see others as relatively normal when in reality there is no such thing as being normal. The reason why we are not developing ourselves to higher stages is because the world we live in is not conducive to it. What we feel, think, and believe is NOT who we are. It is instead a product of our cultural conditioning since childhood. So to know who we are in an authentic way is not for the fainthearted because it means giving up all that we were told as being true. As Krishnamurti said (which you will never hear Peterson say it) *_"Freedom is a state of mind - not freedom from something but a sense of freedom, a freedom to doubt and question everything and therefore so intense, active and vigorous that it throws away every form of dependence, slavery, conformity and acceptance. Such freedom implies being completely alone. But can the mind brought up in a culture so dependent on environment and its own tendencies ever find that freedom which is complete solitude and in which there is no leadership, no tradition and no authority?"_* From his book, "Freedom From the Known"
@@GnosisMan50 I agree with pretty much everything you said here. Freedom isn't just a state of mind however, it is also a state of morality. If we live as moral individuals, we will have a free society in the aggregate. If we live in ignorance of morality, we live in war, terror, disease, crime, theft, and poverty. On the other hand, freedom IS a state of mind, because everything within our reality field is a state of mind, as per the first Cosmic Law of Alchemy. So in the aggregate, we are experiencing the terrible things we do because enough people haven't started the path on an individual level. Once we do, we will start to experience true Freedom in society, not this dirty dishwater nonsense the govt and religion preach as freedom. What I meant by "an arrival point" is people will tend to start this path of self-actualization/betterment, make one accomplishment, and then plant their flag saying "Here, and no further!". These are the types you see claiming they've opened their third eye, when they don't even know what the first eye is. There is no such thing is completing shadow work. It is a constant process, because life has trauma and struggle all throughout, not just during our childhood. Constantly becoming the best version of our Self requires constant shadow work upon ones Self. So to boil it down, beware of those who claim they have arrived/completed the journey, because they probably have never even started.
I listened to this twice, worth it.
Glad to hear it ( :
Your videos are exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much.
Thanks Adam, and welcome! I'm glad they're helpful to you, that's always good to hear - keeps me motivated to keep working on them for sure. Stay tuned, I have a Practical Individuation series on the way, it's going to be a big one.
I find watching JP and CY videos fairly complex - much complex words, at a quick speaking pace for me. U describe the concepts more simple and easy to digest - the examples are brilliant. Thank you:)
Thank you Rock, I appreciate that! I'm very glad these videos are helpful to you, it's great to hear - I'll keep uploading and hopefully keep getting better (:
Exactly what I need at the moment. I have been looking for a video that talks about ways to integrate the shadow, for a last few days.. thank you
You're welcome being human, I'm very glad it helped you. And thank you for the comment, I appreciate it (:
I want to thank you for helping me on this journey. Good Job man
Sorry John, I missed this and a few other comments somehow, glad it showed up in the "haven't responded" feature. You're welcome, and thank you for that, I really appreciate it.
My man, you missed the chance to mention Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. I really liked the part of "Practical Shadow work and examples". The other parts felt like an introduction for next episodes, which I guess it was your intention. Looking forward for Part 2 and 3. Nice job :)
Hey Idir, thanks for the comment, I appreciate it - and glad you liked the video (: I still haven't read The Interpretation of Dreams, but really should. Would his dream interpretation methods jive with jungian thinking (or maybe supplement it in some way)? I know there's a decent amount I wouldn't agree with, but the man was sharp, worth a read for sure, especially if it would help with shadow integration. And yeah, lol - that's a really good point and I'll tell you why.
I wanted to give a good refresher and intro to shadow work to help people who are still a bit shaky on the subject, and for those who are only just starting to learn about it. Initially this series was going to be a single long video, but then I realized there was a lot more I wanted to cover, and split it into 3 parts. So the intro and refresher do actually take up more of this video than is ideal (roughly a third) - next time I'll make sure to cut it down to the proper size. Good news is, the next two shadow work videos in the series are filled with practical methods and examples; less theory, more step by step, "how to."
I'm just started reading Marie Von Franz about dreams. Synchronicity no doubt.
No doubt - crazy how that works. Thanks for the comment! And great book, would love to hear what you think of it when you're done.
This is the best channel I'm learning everyday thanks for your hard work...
Thank you Luis, I appreciate that! Very glad to hear that these videos help, makes it very worth it for me.
Well I'm going to have Me and My Shadow stuck in my head for the rest of the damn weekend.
Lol, you and me both Pheeno.
This is extremely helpful, thank you again.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment Kalin.
Active imagination video? Thanks for the great content!
OH thank you! I totally forgot lol... It's in there now, description and video. Aand I appreciate the comment, glad you enjoy it!
great video! looking forward to more
Thank you, glad you liked it! Finishing editing tomorrow's video now (practical individuation; communicating w/ the Self and Anima, self talk examples and methods from pro athletes, JP, Jung, Christ)
I've dealt with my own shadow and another's shadows also since the other is a reflection.
DEMPSEY ROLLLUU gotta do it with the japanese accent like from Hajime no Ippo. Nice video.
Haha thanks Ayoub, I appreciate it
Great vid
Thanks Ilia, much appreciated!
thanks
You're welcome! And thanks for the comment Samuel, I appreciate it
Who is talking at the beginning of the video
Jordan Peterson (:
👌🏼👍🏼👌🏼👍🏼👌🏼
Where is part 2 and 3?
Hey QQQ, great question - Practical Shadow Work & Examples - Part 2 will be live in a couple days (this Thursday), and Part 3 the Thursday after. Both of these videos have more practical methods and shadow work/integration examples than this video, which had a few good ones but was largely introductory.
@@JoshRueff Ok thank you. This video was immensely helpful to me. I look forward to part 2 and 3
@@qqq111444 I'm glad to hear it! Thank you for letting me know, it's very motivating to know these videos help, even in a small way (let alone in a bigger way). I'm looking forward to publishing practical shadow work part 2 and 3, and many others like them in the near future.
@@JoshRueff youre welcome. I feel the world needs more of this. Especially boys and young men. There is a vast void that exists today that did not exist before. Our young boys and men are drowning in it. When you put things out like you do, you fill the void so they can stand
The book?
Sorry, which part of the video?
"The Language of Creation" it looks like
@@zhulia Ah, that's it - thanks Zhulia
I’ll never listen to Jordan Peterson on what he has to say about shadow until he deals with his own. If there’s anyone who has the most dysfunctional shadow it would be Peterson
Why is he dysfunctional?
@@Jillybear265 well, to clarify, anyone who is dysfunctional is so because their shadow plays an integral part. As you may know, the shadow (which Peterson often talks about in his lectures) is where we repress all our unresolved negative feelings about ourselves because we don’t want to admit we have them. By bottling them up, it only makes our lives worse i.e. dysfunctional because we waste a lot of energies defending them by denying them. These unconscious unresolved negative feelings turn us to selfishness, arrogance, being cruel, sadistic and greedy- among many other negative emotions.
When we are called out for these behaviors, we not only deny them, we project them on the accusers as a way to avoid accepting the truth about ourselves. But Behaving badly is not so much the problem. It’s our unwillingness to admit we behave that way. In Peterson’s case, he has his share of repressed feelings as Dr. Gabor Mate said in a video. Peterson has a lot of unresolved anger and it manifest itself when he talks about liberals and woke ideology. No doubt, woke ideology is out of control but why does Peterson get so angry about it? Does he get angry too with his clients in therapy? Would he be able to counsel a flaming liberal without anger? A good psychiatrist would know how to set aside his political and religious beliefs in order to see his client as objectively and dispassionately as possible. So if Peterson really cared, he’d be striving to find ways to understand human behavior in ever increasing ways instead of passing judgement on liberals and conveniently being mum about conservatives as if they are beyond reproach. Take for instance Trump. We already know, as a psychological fact (from a coalition of psychiatrists) that Trump is a demagogue. But why isn’t Peterson as mad about it as he is of liberals? If there is anyone who knows what a demagogue is, it’s Peterson. In my mind, this is unforgivable. He knows who Trump really is but won’t say anything because many people following Peterson don’t want to hear about it. Understandably so, but this is just one of many reasons why I don’t trust Peterson, on what he has to say about politics, religion, and Society.
What makes you think there is an arrival point?
@@ctuagent247 I'm not sure what you mean by an arrival point but my take on it is this: we, as humans, are not yet self realized i.e. our emotional, psychological, and spiritual stage of development is in a state of arrested development and we don't know it. We assume we are normal because we see others as relatively normal when in reality there is no such thing as being normal. The reason why we are not developing ourselves to higher stages is because the world we live in is not conducive to it. What we feel, think, and believe is NOT who we are. It is instead a product of our cultural conditioning since childhood. So to know who we are in an authentic way is not for the fainthearted because it means giving up all that we were told as being true.
As Krishnamurti said (which you will never hear Peterson say it)
*_"Freedom is a state of mind - not freedom from something but a sense of freedom, a freedom to doubt and question everything and therefore so intense, active and vigorous that it throws away every form of dependence, slavery, conformity and acceptance. Such freedom implies being completely alone. But can the mind brought up in a culture so dependent on environment and its own tendencies ever find that freedom which is complete solitude and in which there is no leadership, no tradition and no authority?"_*
From his book, "Freedom From the Known"
@@GnosisMan50 I agree with pretty much everything you said here. Freedom isn't just a state of mind however, it is also a state of morality. If we live as moral individuals, we will have a free society in the aggregate. If we live in ignorance of morality, we live in war, terror, disease, crime, theft, and poverty. On the other hand, freedom IS a state of mind, because everything within our reality field is a state of mind, as per the first Cosmic Law of Alchemy. So in the aggregate, we are experiencing the terrible things we do because enough people haven't started the path on an individual level. Once we do, we will start to experience true Freedom in society, not this dirty dishwater nonsense the govt and religion preach as freedom.
What I meant by "an arrival point" is people will tend to start this path of self-actualization/betterment, make one accomplishment, and then plant their flag saying "Here, and no further!". These are the types you see claiming they've opened their third eye, when they don't even know what the first eye is.
There is no such thing is completing shadow work. It is a constant process, because life has trauma and struggle all throughout, not just during our childhood. Constantly becoming the best version of our Self requires constant shadow work upon ones Self. So to boil it down, beware of those who claim they have arrived/completed the journey, because they probably have never even started.