notes

• {1.1b1} we change our self-definition with evidence
• {1.3b} complexes are the basis for projections
  • {1.3b1} a complex is a split fragmentation of the self that distorts our perception of reality
• {1.3c} the shadow
  • {1.3c1} shadow integration
  • {1.3c2} shadow work
  • {1.3c3} the body as a shadow
• {1.3d} neurosis is the tension created by self-division and fragmentation
• {1.4a} one must unravel their personal myth
  • {1.4a1} pistis is loyalty to your inner law
  • {1.4a2} god as the greatest amount of libido
  • {1.4a3} archetypes are a way of organizing a set of things you might experience
    • {1.4a3a} mother and father archetypes
    • {1.4a3b} eros and logos
    • {1.4a3c} puella aeterna and puer aeternus are stuck in a childish worldview
      • {1.4a3c1} provisional life
  • {1.4a4} symbols are containers of meaning that unite the conscious and unconscious
• {1.4b} individuation is an ongoing process that requires being able to balance the demands of our inner and outer worlds
  • {1.4b1} individuation requires psychological emancipation
• {1.5} jung's model of the psyche
  • {1.5a} conscious attitude
    • {1.5a1} psychological types are the foundation for conscious attitude
      • {1.5a1a} introversion and extroversion are ways of understanding the world depending on your relationship with objects
      • {1.5a1b} the four functions of consciousness
        • {1.5a1b1} sensation function
        • {1.5a1b2} thinking function
        • {1.5a1b3} feeling function
        • {1.5a1b4} intuition function
        • {1.5a1b5} personality development is supported by developing the four functions
  • {1.5b} the personal unconscious
• {5.2b1d} frameworks create a fixed lens
• {5.6} flow is a state of complete absorption in an activity in which your skills perfectly match the challenges
  • {5.6a} follow resistance and put yourself in situations that demand growth
• {7.10b} three types of happiness

highlights

• anyone who refuses to experience life must stifle his desire to live
• attitude is the readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way
• consciousness is primarily an organ of orientation in a world of outer and inner facts
• every object is in endless connection with a multiplicity of other objects
• getting in touch with the unconscious has a disintegrating effect on the personality
• i regarded this as the task of tasks
• it's only possible to craft a new sense of identity by backing it up with actions
• life calls us forth to independence
• meaning is experienced within the relationship with the soul
• meaning lies in being fully immersed in something deeply valuable and putting it in service of other people
• our attitude toward the unconscious will determine how we experience a complex
• people who are living the provisional life are constantly impelled to explain how the circumstances of their life... conspire to prevent them from living a normal responsible existence
• the more you sustain the paradoxes the more solid your convictions become
• the shadow holds the key to uncovering our hidden genius
• the unconscious is the matrix of all primal religious experience
• to compensate for this mediocre life they're abducted by the intoxicating realm of possibilities
• truth is nothing if it cannot live
• your own path you make with every step you take