When a light is shine to a person, people can him or her clearly. You cannot hide anything, but look behind and a shadow is standing right behind. The shadow self or known in psychology as the personal shadow is an assertion that everybody has another personality deep within them. First formulated by Carl Jung. It has been developed by his followers, some of them are Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams. The shadow self is a personality hidden to the outside world, either by design of the person or by chance. Zweig and Abrams theorize that for people to fully know who they are, and for them to understand the world around them, one should be in touch with his or her shadow self. They explain that a way a person can see his or her shadow self is
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An individual running wild is not hard to stop. It can be restrained, it can be talk to, it can be stop. But how about a person within that person. How can someone tame a shadow? James Hillman, a Jungian analyst says, “The unconscious cannot be conscious; the moon has its dark side, the sun goes down and cannot shine everywhere at once” (qtd. in Zweig and Abrams 325). Hillman is trying to stress that the shadow self is a part of one self, however accessing it is not as same as talking to another person. Self and the shadow self is 2 faces of the same coin, but even the heads and the tails cannot ever see each other. Jungian analysts suggest that shadow self often are projected by the person to other people they come into contact with. They see characteristics that are opposite to them and they feel annoyed by it or irritated. But Jungian analyst suggests that this happen because individuals see their shadow self in others. Other say that the shadow self manifests in the day-to-day ordeal that people are experiencing, examples are, the exaggerated feelings that people have to others, the negative feedback from others, people impulsive acts, even the jokes people laugh at. Jungian analyst believes this are all manifestation of the shadow self. It is good to think that it can only manifest to that level. Sometimes, the shadow self can show in a much more level no one can imagine. And it is scary to think that anyone can just blow their lid if the shadow self is not checked. Analyst suggests to own the shadow. Embracing it will lead to a more peaceful life. If everyone can do that mankind can be spared to other crimes against humanity. Collective shadow of humanity results to mankind’s dark marks in time. From the Salem witch trials, The Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan. This are all collective shadows of individual transforming into a big cluster. To prevent this from happening humanity must look within them and internalize
An individual running wild is not hard to stop. It can be restrained, it can be talk to, it can be stop. But how about a person within that person. How can someone tame a shadow? James Hillman, a Jungian analyst says, “The unconscious cannot be conscious; the moon has its dark side, the sun goes down and cannot shine everywhere at once” (qtd. in Zweig and Abrams 325). Hillman is trying to stress that the shadow self is a part of one self, however accessing it is not as same as talking to another person. Self and the shadow self is 2 faces of the same coin, but even the heads and the tails cannot ever see each other. Jungian analysts suggest that shadow self often are projected by the person to other people they come into contact with. They see characteristics that are opposite to them and they feel annoyed by it or irritated. But Jungian analyst suggests that this happen because individuals see their shadow self in others. Other say that the shadow self manifests in the day-to-day ordeal that people are experiencing, examples are, the exaggerated feelings that people have to others, the negative feedback from others, people impulsive acts, even the jokes people laugh at. Jungian analyst believes this are all manifestation of the shadow self. It is good to think that it can only manifest to that level. Sometimes, the shadow self can show in a much more level no one can imagine. And it is scary to think that anyone can just blow their lid if the shadow self is not checked. Analyst suggests to own the shadow. Embracing it will lead to a more peaceful life. If everyone can do that mankind can be spared to other crimes against humanity. Collective shadow of humanity results to mankind’s dark marks in time. From the Salem witch trials, The Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan. This are all collective shadows of individual transforming into a big cluster. To prevent this from happening humanity must look within them and internalize