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We can choose not to involve ourselves in

        shadow work. We can buy more stuff, eat
        more, drink more, shop more, swap one
        relationship for another. There is a plethora

        of outer world distractions to assuage
        our pain and feelings that we are missing

        something important. Yes, ourselves!
        Even money, success or power can only
        temporarily satisfy, but all eventually

        becomes empty when we do not establish a
        relationship between our ego and our Self.











                                                               The Transpersonal Center —

                                                               The Self

                                                               “There is in the unconscious a

                                                               transpersonal center of latent
                                                               consciousness and obscure intentionality.

                                                               The discovery of this center, which Jung
                                                               called the Self, is like the discovery of
                                                               extraterrestrial intelligence. Man is no

                                                               longer alone in the psyche and in the
                                                               cosmos. The vicissitudes of life take on new

                                                               and enlarged meaning. Dreams, fantasies,
                                                               illness, accident and coincidence become
                                                               potential messages from the unseen

                                                               partner within whom we share our life.”
                                                               — Edward F. Edinger, Preface, Encounter
                                                               With the Self




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