Clique para português The Purpose of Life I always thought that our purpose in life is the search for happiness. But Jung, infinitely wiser than I am, claims that the goal is not happiness, but meaning. In old Greece, Aeschylus already suggested that the Gods guide us to wisdom through suffering. We need wisdom […]
Neurosis
Psychological Suarez Bite
Clique para português Psychological Suarez Bite FIFA World Cup in Brazil Suarez bite. FIFA world Cup IN Brazil. Uruguay playing against Italy, a decisive game. Suarez bit Chiellini, risking exclusion from the match. Why? In some articles in this blog, I called the attention to the fact that humans are not always rational. We think […]
Artistic Creativity
Clique para Portugues Where does artistic creativity come from? The inspiration to produce an art work arises from the unconscious, full of ideas that the author may be unaware of. The talented artists have easy access to the deeper levels of the psyche, where they meet the material for their masterpieces. Their work is to give form […]
Little Prince on Puer Neurosis
(Clique para português) Little Prince on Puer Neurosis Wisdom of the Little Prince (5) Antoine admiration for the Little Prince increased when he showed him his first drawing. The hat was immediately recognized as a boa digesting an elephant. The elephant as a symbol carries positive as well as negative connotations. In Africa, it is […]
Jung on Psychological Types -Basic Concepts of Jungian Psychology
(Clique para português) Jung on Psychological Types Jung said that human beings act and react differently from one another. He classified them into two attitude types: the Extraverts and the Introverts. Extraversion The attitude that characterizes certain persons that have more facility to deal with persons and objects external to the psyche. Introversion The attitude that […]
Jung on Psychological Projection – Basic Concepts of Jungian Psychology
(Clique para português) Jung on Psychological Projection Psychological projection was defined by Jung as an unconscious transfer of subjective psychic elements onto an outer subject – person or object. An example can clarify this definition. Suppose someone perceived – right or wrong – his father as tyrannical. As an adult he may have the tendency […]
Jung on Psychological Inflation – Basic Concepts of Jungian Psychology
(Clique para português) Jung on Psychological inflation psychological inflation is a situation in which the individual thinks he is better than he really is. He sees himself almost as a semi-god, thinking that he can perform actions well above his capacity. Inflation describes a feeling of power in which we are blown up by an […]
Jung on Neurosis – Basic concepts of Jungian Psychology
(Clique para português) Jung on Neurosis A neurosis is a situation of conflict between incompatible desires of the Ego and a complex of the unconscious, or if you prefer, a daemon that lives inside our unconscious mind. Jung used to say that we don’t cure them, but they eventually cure us. When we work to […]
