Active Imagination - Carl Jung's Most Powerful Technique for Exploring the Unconscious Mind

Active Imagination is a transformative practice developed by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, that offers a path towards attaining wholeness of mind by accessing the unconscious. By engaging with the unconscious mind and fostering open communication with it, individuals can uncover and integrate aspects of themselves that may have remained hidden or repressed.

In our modern society, which tends to over-emphasise left-brained thinking, active imagination can be a lifeline of self-realisation and healing. If you’re not familiar with this wonderful technique, I’m glad that you are about to discover the benefits it offers. And if you are familiar, I hope this video article and the guided exercises I’m sharing on YouTube will help deepen your practice and bring you greater benefit.

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[makeitconscious]

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[Will__years_ago]

Its unbelievable the comments are so negative. The world is split so hard. One with a perspective of beauty and understanding the other perspective of negativity and ego. Thank you so much for this video, please continue to do what you do. Much ❤️

[Paulo]

This is amazing.
I cant' believe I am not alone in this.
After realizing how lost I have felt for years, I have come to practice meditation for some months now, and more recently dedicating more time to I Ching readings.
Today it was the first time i spontaneously had an active imagination exercise, and I could tell how much work there is to be done in order to clean up my headspace.
Honestly it's refreshing to know there is such a community dedicated to these practices, I am glad I'm not alone in this. As I've silently wished before in my journal entries... To all my fellow adventurers searching for yourselves in this world, I wish you the best of journeys!

[dram]

I have personally found that taking a journey into your subconscious to be an incredibly challenging experience. This is because it causes you to face the guilt, trauma, and regrets, that you have been repressing.

[jimaustin]

If you’re new to this kind of thing but feel any pull to look further, I’d say go for it!

As a practitioner in a different but totally congruent path of knowledge, I can say “It works!” How it works for you and where you’ll go with it will be totally unique to you in your life. IMHO looking and working down a line of knowledge like this can be life changing … best of wishes!

[DominicBalan-txnd]

I love how you choose to talk in video. With small pauses between 3-4 words, it feels like i receive information faster

[lomigreen]

The Divination Arts❤ No one can really know the value of their own individuation Our imagination is real and necessary for finding the answers.

[KE-xjvm]

This is my first exposure to the concept of active imagination and I now realise I do it already and love doing it, but felt like it was not ideal because of the meditation context. Though we shouldn’t need permission to think, I feel like this video has given me the permission to pursue my own practice! I found this especially interesting because I also practice tarot, so I love the idea that I can combine all 3

[jujumulligan]

Jung's work is remarkable and definitely one of the most important coming from the western world in his time. His work is significant today as an important tool to integrate our lost selves. His writing can be difficult to read and absorb at times, but programs like this can help us understand his concepts. Thank you for sharing this valuable video.

[nickspitzer]

Good tone, good thought/speech ebb and flow. Will listen again. Didn't watch much just listened in the back ground as I prepared tea and prepared to rest. Im having difficulty with grief and vision of a life with living its difficult i don't actually know what i want i know more about what i dont want. If that makes sense some people just know exactly what they want its crazy to me there are so many choices.

[VanStubbs]

thank you. I was distressed because I was typing out the experience and dialogue when all I wanted to do was just be immersed in the experience. This was so helpful

[rosemarydunaif]

Thank you for this channel! I have just started this practice and so happy that you have guided sessions. Your voice and the art work are fantastic. Keep doing this important work.

[zakthomas]

You don’t really go into detail about “active imagination” enough, honestly it sounds like a 100 words essay stretched into a 500 page book. Especially with you saying “active imagination “ 1000 times. Great video, love the analogies but if this was more than just a 5 min topic stretched into 30 min for more than a purpose of just extended watch time, more of the video should be on what active imagination is specifically. And Not just the 1-3 min intro you gave it, which didn’t really touch on anything specific btw. May blessings come your way, we appreciate the content 🙏🏽

[value_your_inputs]

i was very attracted to all the bg images in this video. fascinating artwork to say the least.

[brandonmckean]

I began doing divination somewhat spontaneously a few years ago, by a method of reading words in images. A kind of pareidolia. At the time it lead to alot of fantasy and some delusion. I had let go of the delusion and the divination, but I have recently allowed myself to engage in it again, with my rational mind more firmly grounded. Relating it to this practice of conversing with the unconscious and active imagination is reassuring. It can be healthy and useful and not just some madness that beset me.

[Chris-yfzs]

2:50 shadow room exercise & emotional integration meditation

[Anadorado]

I love the artwork in this video. It’s symbolic and thought provoking. Almost like a visual meditation in and of itself 😊 thank you for sharing about active imagination. I had never heard about this type of meditation before. After trying to survive off solely eastern style mindfulness meditation and not getting very far in my spiritual journey, I’m excited to try this practice and see where it can take me. I started a practice of High Magick recently and this practice should align nicely with that ☺️

[ejenkins]

Amazing job lad im 55 uneducated and you bring a sparc of hope.
I didnt heed his bloody warning about following him. Got lost for a while until i seen his interview.
CGJ

[michalmichalski]

Is it just me or does this video never actually explain HOW this type exercise is supposed to be done?

[IntuitArt-rbbr]

Knock knock knockin' on Beings back Thanks for this