Carl Jung - Why Your Dark Side Is Your Friend (Jungian Philosophy)

In this video we will be talking about why your dark side or your shadow side is your friend. from the philosophy of Carl Jung. He found his own school of psychology, called analytical psychology and his philosophy is dubbed as “Jungian philosophy”. Jung’s most famous theory is ‘the individuation process.’

Carl Jung became immensely famous for his theory on ‘the individuation process’ - an almost step by step plan that seeks to fulfill your psyche’s potential by trying to make the unconscious conscious. The most important part of the unconsciousness to focus on for this practice is what Jung called ‘the shadow’, or your dark side. The shadow contains all the aspects of yourself that you’d rather not have and are in denial about, your bad traits and darkest side. The shadow is what you try to pretend you don’t have, even to the point of convincing yourself. Examples of traits the shadow could house are explosive anger, jealousy, envy, greed, pride, laziness, vanity, and so on...

Generally, we tend to be completely unaware of our shadow: it’s in our unconscious. But the suppressing of your unconsciousness is exactly what sustains unhappiness, inauthenticity, and misery. While you might think your shadow sounds more like your enemy than your friend, in this video we’ll explain why that’s not true; why you should consider your dark side your friend. Here’s why your dark side or your shadow side is your friend -
01. Your Dark Side Can Reveal Your True Self
02. Your Dark Side Can Give You Advice
03. Your Dark Side Can Help You Be Unique
04. Your Dark Side Can Fight You
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope that this wisdom on why your dark side or your shadow side is your friend, from the philosophy of Carl Jung will be helpful in your life.

Carl Jung, together with Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, is one of the 3 founders of psychoanalysis which is a set of psychological theories and methods aiming to release repressed emotions and experiences - in other words, to make the unconscious conscious. Jung was born in Switzerland in 1875 and died in 1961, leaving behind great works in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, psychology and religious studies. Jung had Freud as a mentor for a good part of his career but later he departed from him. This division was painful for Jung and it led him to found his own school of psychology, called analytical psychology as a comprehensive system separate from psychoanalysis. If classical psychoanalysis focuses on the patient’s past, as early experiences are very important in personality development, analytical psychology primarily focuses on the present, on mythology, folklore, and cultural experiences, to try to understand human consciousness. One of the most important ideas of analytical psychology which Jung founded is the process of individuation, which is the process of finding the self - something Jung considered an important task in human development. While he did not formulate a systematic philosophy, he is nonetheless considered a sophisticated philosopher - his school of thought dubbed “Jungian philosophy”. Its concepts can apply to many topics covered in the humanities and the social sciences. A good part of his work was published after his death and indeed there are still some articles written by him that to this day have yet to be published. Some of his most important books are: “Psychology of the Unconscious”, “Man and His Symbols”, “The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious”, “Modern Man In Search of a Soul”, “The Psychology of the Transference”, “Memories, Dreams, Thoughts”, and “The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious”. Besides being a great writer and a researcher, he was also an artist, a craftsman and even a builder. His contribution is enormous and there is a great deal we can learn from his works.

Research/Writing: Lisa Hentschke

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[PhilosophiesforLife]

Carl Jung said: “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious”.

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[martialcat]

I always imagined my shadow as a mistreated animal. When I worked at the shelter I used to handle dogs, cats and horses which where highly mistreated by their previous owners. But to help those animals you need to see past their fassade of fear and anger towards humans and treat them with kindness and allow them to be themselves once again. And then they start to love you even more for the kindness you gave them. You can't get your own bad side out of you by hitting it and cast it away. Like those animals it will just get frustrated and uncontrollable. But by loving it, it will give you so much more in return. Today it feels like my shadow and I are a team of some sort. I listen more to it and try to understand how it feels and by doing that I figure myself out. It tells me when I have to get cautious with another human thus I stay at a healthy distance from that one. But I also can ease my shadow if I let someone new in my life for my dark side now can trust my light side. And that's what it is. Unconditional trust and love for every part within me.

[hannegeyik]

Where is the Jungian community? As a Jungian Analyst, I personally need to thank to this channel for telling Jung's ideas with such a great quality and in an understandably clear way. Appreciated 🎉👏🏽

[ks-mhgi]

The line dividing good and evil cuts through every human heart. - Alexandr Solzhenitzyn.

[spiritofMongan]

great lyrics from a song by Livingston " Its not the Devil at your door; its your shadow on the floor"

[dragondreamjln]

I want to say what’s in Shadow can be our good traits too.
It is what we have repressed.
It is not about good and bad.
We can see in our modern world that many people have a psyche that is only focused outwardly and missing the internal connection.

[gkky]

Find and maintain the balance...
Nothing is infinitely good or bad...
It's the perception and doing the right thing.

[howmxpi]

A tree can't grow to heaven if its roots don't reach down to hell.

[Real-StoicJourney]

Order to befriend Your Shadow you have to look past the discomfort of your bad traits and consider them truly and objectively once you know it's what's been holding you back.

[rnbkhqg]

Know yourself so you can be yourself. This includes knowing your shadow. I appreciate this video!

[zeroatlast]

when I was in my first year in high school, a teacher make all students to write what they want to be when they're older, and then the teacher, read it all one by one. I wrote that I wanna be a musician, the teacher ask me why, and all the students is laughing, someone's said, "music is supposed to be just a hobby not a career". Fast forward I graduated from college and the covid hits. I became a freelance video editor. after covid gone I got interviewed by a local tv station, she asked me " what's your vision in your career? you applied to become video editor, any senior position do you want to achieve? " I said " I don't know " and the she suddenly asked me "what do you want to be? I subconsciously said " an artist " what kind of artist? she replied, and then I said "a musician". I don't know why I reply with such an answer, in a job interview. After reading Jung I realized she triggered my shadow, my repressed desire to become a musician. And I don't get the job obviously. But now I started writing and releasing music, while still being a freelance video editor to pay the bills.

[xoexgmn]

"Your perception of me is a reflection 🪞 of you" 💚

[rnbkhqg]

Journal writing, meditation, and painting are very helpful.

[nipachowdhury]

yes. everything is me. whatever is dark or light (negative or positive).

[WisdomOfTheAncient_Official]

This video really opened my eyes to the importance of acknowledging and befriending my dark side. Jung's insights on the Shadow show how confronting and understanding our hidden traits can lead to true self-awareness and growth. Embracing all parts of myself, even the uncomfortable ones, is essential for becoming my most authentic self. Thank you for this enlightening content!

[robertengland]

The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. (Palpatine, the worst dark side guy).

[PhạmPhúc-on]

Worth pondering what you said. Wishing everyone a pleasant and happy day ❤❤❤

[Mastrninamarie]

This was the most informational video I've watched regarding our shadow. Thank you for posting! 💛

[gracesanity]

What l never knew about myself...did hurt me very badly. I am both dark and light. Suffering for me brought up repressed compassion. I was always so angry and resentful. My inner Bestie and l have met. What a pioneer woman l am and did not know it.

[crookedzebrarecords]

Great information :D Awesome on the video narration, you got the "deep shadow voice" to go along with describing the shadow. Great job!