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Bonesmasher18
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Carl Jung talked about the ego, the shadow, the persona (the dark side of the personality which includes anger), the Self and said that the goal of life is individuation, which is the integration of all these into one's life. It is the merging of the conscious and unconscious. As a man of the right, Jung was actually a supporter of the German Reich and "viewed regression as a necessary step towards individuation" (that is, the mass killing of Jewish civilians was to him the integration of the shadow).
The least one could infer was that Jung talked about seeing oneself above just the ego but also all the elements of the unconscious of a universal nature. We see many parallels of this statement in other religions.
In religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, however, they teach that anger is a demonic quality which should be avoided. From a Jungian perspective, this would be detrimental, as to avoid being angry when such complexes and instincts which originate in the personal and collective unconscious is essentially to repress it. Jung said that repressing unconscious elements is a bad thing and can lead to neurosis.
Either way, regardless of your belief, one must question from both perspectives why such elements as the ego and anger existed in the first place, and why God created them if they were so bad. From a Jungian perspective, the instincts of rage, anger and storm (the Wotan archetype) reside in the unconscious, and are therefore something you cannot consciously change but were born with. In this sense it would make a lot more sense to say we evolved from tribal peoples, than to say we were created by God, would it not?
Also, why does the ego exist in the first place if it is a bad thing? I get that the persona exists because that is what society forced upon us from a young age: it exists to allow us to fit in and function in society. But if ego is such a barrier to self improvement, self-realization, e.t.c. to so many people then why does it exist or was created in the first place? Can the existence of the ego be tied to the symbolism of the fall of Atlantis by the practice of dark magic, or the fall of Adam and Eve from the tree of life caused by their disobedience to God?
The least one could infer was that Jung talked about seeing oneself above just the ego but also all the elements of the unconscious of a universal nature. We see many parallels of this statement in other religions.
In religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, however, they teach that anger is a demonic quality which should be avoided. From a Jungian perspective, this would be detrimental, as to avoid being angry when such complexes and instincts which originate in the personal and collective unconscious is essentially to repress it. Jung said that repressing unconscious elements is a bad thing and can lead to neurosis.
Either way, regardless of your belief, one must question from both perspectives why such elements as the ego and anger existed in the first place, and why God created them if they were so bad. From a Jungian perspective, the instincts of rage, anger and storm (the Wotan archetype) reside in the unconscious, and are therefore something you cannot consciously change but were born with. In this sense it would make a lot more sense to say we evolved from tribal peoples, than to say we were created by God, would it not?
Also, why does the ego exist in the first place if it is a bad thing? I get that the persona exists because that is what society forced upon us from a young age: it exists to allow us to fit in and function in society. But if ego is such a barrier to self improvement, self-realization, e.t.c. to so many people then why does it exist or was created in the first place? Can the existence of the ego be tied to the symbolism of the fall of Atlantis by the practice of dark magic, or the fall of Adam and Eve from the tree of life caused by their disobedience to God?
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