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A Preview Summary of Type Research A Theoretical Research In Progress

“Type Development in Depth: Thoughts from C. G. Jung & Diverse Indigenous People

regarding how and why people develop (or not)" Jeff G Hart, Ed.D.

What is Depth? What does it mean to Go Deep, Deep Into Type Development? All this depends on the individual, one’s awareness of Type, awareness of self, one’s awareness and belief in Depth, and one’s perspective of development. Can an individual learn about Type, Depth and Development, or must this simply be experienced? Many North American Tribal Elders talk about “being well traveled”, following the way of the sacred medicine lodge. C. G. Jung talks about stages of development, the stages of life. Stages of Development, The Stages of Life, The Arc of The Sun, The Arc of Life “Four” was significant for most indigenous Tribal people of early North America: The four winds, four directions, four stages of man… Four colors and the symbols within these colors still have much significance regarding the life of these Tribal people and other indigenous people throughout the world. The Mdewakanton Dakota Shield illustrates the significance of “four” (Figure 1), the circle with the cross (⊕). It also represents the seven feathers of the Seven Council Fires. Many indigenous Tribal people prayed, seven generations ahead, for all children, the most important of the 4 stages of life (Figure 2). C. G. Jung thought that adults continue to develop throughout their life spans. He formulated four stages of development (Figure 2): - Childhood: (birth to puberty) Childhood has two sub-stages. The archaic stage…sporadic consciousness…the monarchic stage…the beginning of logical, abstract thinking…ego starts to develop. - Youth: (puberty until 35 – 40) Maturing sexuality, growing consciousness, realization that the carefree days of childhood are gone forever. People strive to gain independence, find a mate, raise a family. - Middle Life: (40-60) Realization…you will not live forever creates tension. If you desperately try to cling to your youth, you will fail the process of self-realization. Introverted tendencies explored…often religion. - Old Age: (60 and over) Consciousness is reduced. Jung thought that death is the ultimate goal of life. Realizing this, people will not face death with fear, but with a hope for rebirth. Return to unconsciousness. Figure 2 also shows physical life (the arc of life), often referred to as consciousness. The other half of the circle, what many indigenous people call spirit world, Jung talks about as unconsciousness.

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Living in Two Worlds: Physical and Spiritual, Conscious and Unconscious, Going Deep Indigenous Tribal people, with whom I have had many conversations and have read many books about – talk about the challenges of living in Two Worlds (Figure 3). They talk about the “white man’s world” and their world of Umonhon, I’santi, Winnebago Hochunk, … Families today live in a physical world of many challenges – pain, hunger, forced religions, loss of identify... The spiritual world of prayers and ceremonies are often forgotten – sundance, sweat lodge, dreams, going out on the hill.” One elder says, “We need to learn how to live again.” Many Tribal elders say, “We need to become more aware of who we are and where we come from…Dreams are part of the culture, they always mean something, [because they come from] the spirit world within. At one time we didn’t have to think about all this [physical] stuff.” Jung went on his journey beginning in 1912, which lasted for about 7 years. Jung wrote much about this in The Red Book, later in The Undiscovered Self (1957), and he talks about it on the DVD The World Within. Jung was dancing between two worlds: physical and spiritual, conscious and unconscious, Freud and Jung - which is most likely why he chose his more in depth journey of development. We must go deeper into ourselves, our own world within, on a journey of development, into the unknown of our own unconsciousness. No matter what our diverse environment might be, no matter what we have heard from the conscious world, no matter what our Type, we can go on a deep journey of development. There are choices, different paths, illustrated by the Four Spiritualities Mandala (Figure 4), from Archetype of the Spirit, P. T. Richardson (2007).

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Opening Our Minds One of my Tribal friends commented regarding all these things, “People are scared to talk about this, about these things. They ask, “What do we do with this?” He goes on, “Let the spirits in, rediscover our unconsciousness, and all our relatives (mitakuye oyasin)… Look at your life. Are you happy? Live in an environment, so you can hear your inner voice… Go up on the hill. They will always listen.” Jung said, “We are only deeply unconscious of these facts, because we live all by our senses and outside of ourselves. If a man could look into himself, he would discover it,” (The World Within, 1957).

This material was first presented at the 2015 BAPT Conference at Studley Castle, UK. Participants had conversations about Type Development in Depth, discovering parallel

thoughts between C. G. Jung and Diverse Indigenous People. – Dr. Jeff G Hart, jeffcapone@aol.com

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