A Journey Into The Mind A Journey Into The Mind Of… Of… Carl JungCarl Jung

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

Who is Carl Jung?Who is Carl Jung?Carl Jung was born in Kesswill Switzerland (1875). As a child he was interested in history, archaeology, and philosophy.He studied medicine at the University of Basel and discovered he had a passion for psychiatry. He became a psychiatrist as it gave him the opportunity to study both the spiritual and factual sides of the world.For 9 years he was an assistant physician at a Psychiatric HospitalHe studied Schizophrenia extensively.

His Early Career…His Early Career… In 1907 Jung went to Vienna to In 1907 Jung went to Vienna to

meet Freud where they studied meet Freud where they studied along side each other for a number along side each other for a number of years. They developed their own of years. They developed their own theories and corresponded through theories and corresponded through letters.letters.

They came to parting ways because They came to parting ways because Jung disagreed with Freud’s belief Jung disagreed with Freud’s belief that the sexual component was the that the sexual component was the only part of the human personality. only part of the human personality. Jung also felt Freud was too Jung also felt Freud was too narrow-minded about his views on narrow-minded about his views on the unconscious mind and dream the unconscious mind and dream interpretation. Freud’s main interpretation. Freud’s main theories were that our sexual libido theories were that our sexual libido controlled our unconscious controlled our unconscious thoughts and when dreaming it was thoughts and when dreaming it was our sexual thoughts that controlled our sexual thoughts that controlled the content of these dreams.the content of these dreams.

His Early Career His Early Career Cont.Cont. His first ideas were His first ideas were

published in published in Psychology Psychology of the Unconsciousof the Unconscious (it (it contained much about contained much about mythological content and mythological content and listed parallels between listed parallels between myths and psychotic myths and psychotic fantasies).fantasies).

He went on to develop his He went on to develop his own theory called own theory called analytic psychology, for analytic psychology, for half a century he wrote half a century he wrote religiously about religiously about personality in regards to personality in regards to symbolic, mythological, symbolic, mythological, and spiritual views. and spiritual views.

His Early Career His Early Career Cont.Cont.In his personal life he In his personal life he spent much of his time spent much of his time deep in self-discovery.deep in self-discovery.

In 1921 he published In 1921 he published Psychological TypesPsychological Types included his perspective of included his perspective of different personality types different personality types and the relationship and the relationship between the conscious and between the conscious and unconscious.unconscious.

His Major His Major Theories…Theories… ··Focused on the unconscious Focused on the unconscious

and conscious mind…he and conscious mind…he believed that the unconscious believed that the unconscious played more of a role in played more of a role in controlling our thought controlling our thought process (especially during process (especially during dreaming)dreaming)

·The collective unconscious ·The collective unconscious was also more dominant was also more dominant factor in the development of factor in the development of human personalityhuman personality

His Major Theories His Major Theories Cont…Cont…

··He believed in two He believed in two personality typespersonality types·Introvert – someone ·Introvert – someone who keeps to themselves who keeps to themselves and is emotionally self-and is emotionally self-sufficientsufficientExtrovert- someone Extrovert- someone who is outgoing and use who is outgoing and use their psychological their psychological power to draw people power to draw people towards themtowards them

A Final Word on Carl A Final Word on Carl Jung…Jung…

·    Jung’s theories and beliefs are still used amoung therapists today·    Much of his work can be applied to dream interpretation·    Due to poor health he retired and started teaching in 1947 He died in Zürich 1961

The chacras according The chacras according Carl JungCarl Jung

I've read Carl Jung's Western Consciousness and Eastern Insight (Ways to integration, Psychology of Kundalini Yoga - Indian saints - the I ching - Zen-Buddhism) and well, it's fascinating! I've read the best description of the chakras

rr4 PRINCIPLES ON THE PATH OF 4 PRINCIPLES ON THE PATH OF VIPASSANA MEDITATION (ONE OF THE VIPASSANA MEDITATION (ONE OF THE MANY WAYS TO LIBERATION): MANY WAYS TO LIBERATION): 1. Mindfulness.. Cultivate and deepen and abide in 1. Mindfulness.. Cultivate and deepen and abide in a skill of being attentive in the now. Have a skill of being attentive in the now. Have continuity of awareness, instead of gaps. 2. continuity of awareness, instead of gaps. 2. Equanimity. Be accepting of the way whatever Equanimity. Be accepting of the way whatever makes you feel. Don't fight with feeling, if you fight makes you feel. Don't fight with feeling, if you fight feeling you fight yourself. 3. Relativity. Don't be too feeling you fight yourself. 3. Relativity. Don't be too judgemental of yourself. An attempt to be more judgemental of yourself. An attempt to be more mindful, have more equanimity and consistency mindful, have more equanimity and consistency than usual is ok. 4. Consistency. Even if you than usual is ok. 4. Consistency. Even if you encounter the blisfull or the demonic, which could encounter the blisfull or the demonic, which could happen along the line, just observe mindfully as happen along the line, just observe mindfully as everything else.everything else.Then the purification will continue. Even if fear Then the purification will continue. Even if fear comes up, the generic phenomenon of fear - the comes up, the generic phenomenon of fear - the phence - that is arising without any reason, phence - that is arising without any reason, observe the fear.observe the fear.Because you're close to going beyond the limited Because you're close to going beyond the limited identity. All along the vipassana path if you apply identity. All along the vipassana path if you apply these 4 principles, you will always have the answer these 4 principles, you will always have the answer for what to do.for what to do.

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