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The Self – Its Dramatic Paradox

When I understood what I’m about to share, I experienced a dramatic shift in my understanding of psychology. Not only that, everything that has ever happened in my life acquired a new perspective. I constantly see people using the term “Self”, but I rarely see someone discussing its polarities. Let’s begin with a quote: […]

About Coming Back – The Illusion of Time

Recently I’ve wondered a lot about our perception of time, and how we have this illusion that it’s strictly linear and causal. By the time you read my first paragraph, my words are already in the past, and as you read this sentence, you’re watching the “future” unfold. There really isn’t a “now”. This illusion […]

Realizing your Personal Myth – “The task of tasks”- C.G. Jung

What is your story? “So I suspected that myth had a meaning which I was sure to miss if I lived outside it in the haze of my own speculations. I was driven to ask myself in all seriousness: “What is the myth you are living?” I found no answer to this question, and had […]

Tales of Projection and Its Dangers

Today I’d like to demystify what projection really means, and nothing better than to tell some stories about it. Well, first of all, we need to understand that our psyche has the tendency to split and dissociate. And precisely because of that, the phenomenon of projection is possible. Another thing is to realize that we’ll […]

“Where your fear is, there is your task” – C.G. Jung

“Where your fear is, there is your task” – C.G. Jung This quote reminds me of so many times I felt weak, and not up to the challenges life was throwing at me. For a long time, I ran away from my own Soul and tried to pursue paths that weren’t my own. Common paths […]

The Dangers of having Gurus and Masters

Let’s begin with a quote from the volume 7.2: “The disciple is unworthy; modestly he sits at the Master’s feet and guards against having ideas of his own. Mental laziness becomes a virtue; one can at least bask in the sun of a semi-divine being. He can enjoy the archaism and infantilism of his unconscious […]