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“Since it is universally believed that man abandonment One way to realize
is merely what his consciousness knows of which was an we are caught in a
itself, he regards himself as harmless and emotional shock
so adds stupidity to inequity. He does not to our system. shadow complex
deny that terrible things have happened This experience is that it will show
and still go on happening, but it is always will have a lot up in irrational
‘the others’ who do them. And when such of emotional outbursts of
deeds belong to the recent or remote past, energy formed
they quickly and conveniently sink into around it, thereby emotion that will
the sea of forgetfulness, and that state of becoming a bewilder us.
chronic wooly-mindedness returns which complex that our
we describe as ‘normality.’” ego cannot absorb into consciousness.
Jung says complexes can also be formed
Some parts of us are easily recognized and by “a moral conflict that derives from
some take much longer if they are ever the apparent impossibility of affirming
realized at all. The unconscious (the Self, the whole of one’s nature.” Therefore,
God within, Jung preferred the term the our complexes behave like splinter
Imago Dei) will generously bring to us personalities and will act as if they have
repeating patterns until we start to question a life of their own. One way to realize we
ourselves and realize, this has happened are caught in a shadow complex is that
to me before. What does my unconscious it will show up in irrational outbursts
want from me now from this experience? of emotion that will bewilder us. Why
It is only reflection and journaling that can is this bothering me so much? is a good
keep us in dialogue with our unconscious question to ask ourselves.
who is consistently with us all the way,
supporting us to evolve emotionally, Edward C. Whitmont in his book, The
psychologically, and spiritually. Symbolic Quest, says,
It is the emotional coloring that will tell
Emotional Outbursts Trigger us whether or not we are caught in a
Our Complexes projection. Since a projection is always
the visualization of a complex, it makes
itself felt by a strong affect charge. In plain
The shadow is itself a complex of energy, English, whenever a projection is involved,
a split-off part of the psyche that has it “gets” us, it “gets under our skin.” Our
remained autonomous. A complex is reaction is affect-determined and we
formed when something happens to
us in our childhood — an emotional are therefore unable to react adequately
to a person or situation; we can neither
trauma, an illness, physical abuse, or
accept nor modify nor leave that person or
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