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fluctuate from high to low depending Only in this painful way is it possible to
on the environment; tending to become gain a positive insight into the complex
chameleon-like which confuses even them. nature of one’s own personality.”
Possessing a strongly negative imagination, Carl G. Jung, Vol 14, Mysterium
they sometimes overreact emotionally, Conuinctionis, paragraph 706
deciding that others are rejecting them
or being aggressive towards them. Going When we take this information seriously,
into victim mode and becoming crab- we become more of who we are. We change
like, they will withdraw emotionally to on the inside. This, too, is one of those
protect themselves. They can become paradoxes in life. We want to be loved for
unconsciously pushy, distant, moody or who we are, and yet we are always growing
pouting when they don’t get their way. and changing. No one stays the same for
Their partner ends up feeling like they are very long. Going into ourselves to discover
walking around on eggshells to adapt to what is in our unconscious is the way
this constant touchiness. we will bring forth the light. Light being
synonymous with conscious awareness.
Usually taking on way too much Only those who can see both sides can
responsibility for family, they can be make ethical choices without extremes in
drained from all the over giving they their personality taking over. Then, when
do. Their biggest challenge is to create confrontations and problems occur, as they
boundaries and realize all the giving they inevitably will, we can find balance in the
do stems from a distinct fear that if no middle, which is the holy place.
one needs them, they will be abandoned.
To be continued …
“This process of coming to terms with the
Other in us is well worthwhile, because Rebeca Eigen
in this way we get to know aspects of our
nature which we would not allow anybody
else to show us and which we ourselves Schedule a Consultation
would never have admitted. It is very
important to fix this whole procedure
in writing at the time of its occurrence,
for you then have ocular evidence that
will effectively counteract the ever-ready
tendency to self-deception. A running
commentary is absolutely necessary
in dealing with the shadow, because
otherwise its actuality cannot be fixed.
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