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The psyche is a closed system
This means that all of our emotions and always one that proves adequate to the
beliefs are still there even if we decide nature of the content projected —it must
to ignore them in the moment. They offer the content a “hook” to hang on.”
don’t leave us. They stay within us but We are not imagining things. People will
become invisible to us. In mythology, be expressing certain characteristics or
this is represented by the Greek god acting out behaviors often in an extreme
Hades, or the Roman god Pluto, who form especially when they are around us
wore a helmet that made him invisible to in particular - not necessarily when they
mortals. Hades, God of the Underworld, are with anyone else! That is why we can
represents our darker thoughts, our guilt easily see it, and it is annoying to us.
and shame, obsessions, compulsions and
beliefs about ourselves which are hidden We may unconsciously choose the same
from consciousness until we resurrect kind of partner, friend, or boss several
them and bring them up from below. times before we begin to recognize that
we are the common denominator in these
Whatever we deem too negative to challenging experiences with others. You
express, whatever goes against our will know you are headed toward healthier
highest ideals will be conveniently relationships when you begin to reflect on
projected out into the world. Jung says, just what these opposites are doing in your
“Experience shows that the carrier of the life and what the Universe and your own
projection is not just any object but is unconscious wants from you.
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