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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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