그림자 통합하기: 고대의 지혜와 남성성의 재발견: 그림자의 통합

### 그림자 통합하기: 심리적 온전함과 남성적 힘으로 가는 길
* 🧠 고대 그리스인들은 신과 친밀한 관계를 맺었으며, **인간 내면의 힘을 죄악이라기보다는 신성한 것**으로 여겼습니다.
* 👤 칼 융은 자아의 무의식적 부분인 **그림자를 통합하는 것**이 심리적 온전성의 열쇠라고 믿었습니다.
* 😈 우리 대부분은 평생 억압과 부정의 산물인 **자신의 그림자**를 인식하지 못합니다.
* 🔥 그림자 작업은 **자신에게 솔직해지고 본능이 숨 쉴 수 있는 건강한 공간**을 만드는 것입니다.
* 그림자를 통합하려면 내면에 숨겨진 진정한 잠재력을 표현할 수 있도록 **개인의 힘을 키우는 것**이 필수적입니다.
* ♂ 현대 사회에서 남성적 특성이 위축되고 음지로 물러난 지금, **강력한 액션을 통해 남성성을 되살리는 것**이 중요합니다.
* 🌿 진정한 자기 인식은 **자신의 생물학적 본능과 자연스러운 본능에 부합**할 때 가장 잘 얻을 수 있습니다.
* 💪 권력을 추구하는 것은 마초적인 남자가 되는 것이 아니라 **자신의 마음과 교감하는 '야성적인 신사'**가 되는 것과 같습니다.

고대 그리스인들은 신과의 원초적인 관계와 심리적 온전함을 위해 자신의 그림자를 통합해야 할 필요성을 느꼈습니다.

the ancient Greeks produced a golden age of achievement in almost every domain of life. They are remembered as exceptional and sophisticated, but we forget there are also crazy barbarians. You see, the Greeks, like most of our Pagan ancestors, walked around in perpetual religious rapture that was primal and wild beyond our imaginations. For instance, the god Ares would possess heroes in war, inspiring superhuman performances. Lovers were raptured by Aphrodite and lust, and love dianis led initiates to the brink of madness and divinity. The Muse Sayang through poets. Socrates was animated by a Damon, and the Oracle of Delphi was the mouthpiece of Apollo. Genius was not something a man was, it was something that possessed man, and the whole Greek civilization was constantly possessed by different gods in tragic and ecstatic celebrations. This was ancient paganism: an inspired and intimate relationship with deities, and honestly, it might be healthier for man's psyche than anything that came afterwards. We think of paganism today as

some primitive explanation for the forces of nature, but I'd argue it was a more advanced understanding of the forces within man. The key point here is that to the Greek, the forces within man were held as divine rather than sinful. There was none of the mod repression and cognitive dissonance. Even for the philosophers, there was a lived experience of myth. Physicality and religion were meshed into one. Each instinct, each inspiration, was a god moving through their bodies. And Hades, they sure were free and vital because of it. It was only with the advent of Platonism and then Christianity that the natural man became evil, the demon became a demon, and man was taught to hate himself. The glory of Earth was replaced with the glory of Heaven. This denial of nature and repression of biological instincts has created a great disease within mankind. Friedrich Nietzsche shouted about this disease of life denial from the rooftops, while Carl Jung, following in his footsteps, colored in the problem with more detail. Now I'm

not here to rip on Christianity. In fact, my name is Christian, and although I follow a more esoteric version of Christ, I still love a lot of that religion. I'm only here to remind you of what was lost from the ancient world and what still lives in your Shadow, and that is paganism. Carl Jung was a prolific psychologist of the 20th century. His whole aim was to help create psychological wholeness in individuals, and this was done by integrating what he called The Shadow. The shadow is the unconscious part of the self. It is created when instincts and drives are repressed, when parts of our natures are denied, and our talents remain untapped. This mass of unrealized potential and energy, when unintegrated, rules our lives from the darkness. And the interesting thing about this Shadow is that most of us aren't even aware of it. And the forces that lurk within it is the product of lifelong repression and denial. For instance, maybe your primal wildness was frowned upon by your parents, so you

suppressed it perhaps your ambition and and competitiveness was deemed bad by those it threatened your creativity sexual vitality and raw expression were never encouraged people spent years indoctrinating you to act certain ways you have abandoned parts of yourself that didn't feel accepted and most of all you have spent your whole life ruled by hidden fears and inhibitions that keep you small this is why you feel stifled conflicted and maybe at War within the unaccepted parts of you do not just disappear they Retreat to the unconscious mind and dictate Your Existence quote until you make the unconscious conscious it will dictate your life and you will call it fate Carl Young becoming more conscious and integrating the shadow is the only path to wholeness and flourishing but it should be noted doing Shadow work can be dangerous it unleashes the Deep Powers within the psyche and biolog ology and this can destroy individuals and communities just as much as it liberates that is why most religions and societies have imposed such rigid moral laws man

couldn't be trusted to commune with the gods anymore. But as the prophet n proclaimed, it is time to move Beyond Good and Evil. This does not mean to go out and kill people and become a deranged hedonist, or even to renounce Christianity. It means going Beyond Broken Social inventions, facing the dark parts of your psyche, and creating the most vital expression of you possible. This is difficult but necessary to do; otherwise, it will be absolutely catastrophic in the end. Because as of now, the shadow is winning. Just call to mind the image of millions of young men eating frozen meals in dark rooms, jerking off to porn, and playing Call of Duty video games all night. I've been there myself. Our biological instincts are denied by society and woefully unrefined. Most men are stunted, repressed, and disillusioned with life. They live in fantasy worlds because they have no Outlets. We feed them Aderall and anti-depressants to make them fit into our broken ways. Addiction, loneliness, suicide, depression, anxiety, and obesity.

are rising to epidemic levels, increasing every year, and this is not just a problem for boys. So many of our people in the west are walking shadows, living unrealized lives of comfort and conformity. Yeah, we have less violence, but people are now at war inside themselves. Each individual pays a hefty cost to appear civilized. So I asked the question, how can we return to our natures and integrate the shadow that modern society creates? Quote, destroying the passions and cravings merely as a preventative measure against their stupidity today, this itself strikes us as merely another acute form of stupidity. We no longer admire dentists who pluck out teeth so that they will not hurt anymore. And that brings us to part three, integrating the shadow. Shadow work is about being honest with yourself and creating healthy space for your instincts to breathe. But honesty takes power. The more personal power and strength you accumulate, the more honest and free you can be. I realized that quite starkly last week when a couple of beautiful

women were grinding all over me at a concert. There's a part of my psyche that wants to be lost in the ravishment of lust and love. It's funny, my parents might be watching this, but it's true. We all have it. The ancient Greeks personified this force as Aphrodite or Eros, and she was full of divine energy and danger. This shadowy power gripped me, but it didn't feel dirty like masturbating in a dark room. It felt vitalizing and embodied, so I let it loose. I danced with otherworldly energy, and it felt psychedelic. There were voices in my head the whole time that said, Don't grab her that way, What will other people think, You are too much, etc. Those are the voices of social conditioning, and I was like [ __ ] that. I'm free, and I choose to let Aphrodite sing, and the girls loved it. I felt more alive than ever, and then I left and I found new women to dance with. I don't highlight this to brag, but to recognize.

there are latent forces in our psyche as powerful as Gods. those shadowy forces can only be integrated when we build enough power to meet them. only with power can we be honest and free. guess what for many years there I envied the guys that danced with hot girls and threw them all around. I resented women for not choosing me. I told myself I don't want that and that lust is wrong. basically I made excuses and blamed others. all of those feelings of resentment desire and jealousy were signs that I needed to do Shadow work AKA I needed to become more powerful honest and free. so I did. I learned to dance. I developed courage and confidence in many areas of my life. I sat with the darkness of heartbreak and loss and suffering. I shed my skin over and over again and grew into a more mature man. and guess what people sense this integration. the only reason girls dance with me is because they feel my freedom. they trust me and I trust myself. and perhaps Aphrodite trusted me as well.

because she deigned to reveal herself for just a moment, and that moment of ecstatic expansion was unlike anything I've ever experienced. There's a reason that deities in the old tales only reveal themselves to heroes. Heroes are the ones who do the work, who can hold the energy, and that's what shadow work is about - doing the work so you can build the power to meet yourself. Let me repeat that: shadow work is about building the power so you can meet yourself. It is only increases in power that allow you to express the true potential hidden inside. This is what almost every psychologist and YouTuber is missing. Yes, shadow work does involve self-awareness, hugely awareness of the denied parts and repressed aspects of your psyche, but sitting in therapy talking about your demons is not shadow work. Mastering your demons into a powerful expression of authenticity is the end goal of integrating. Your shadow is not conceptual or he at all, it is simply to realize what your biology and nature are trying to produce, namely the most unique

and powerful expression of you possible to do. Shadow work is to participate in that part. Four Reviving masculinity. We were once wild barbarians confronting the dangers of nature hunting and War on a daily basis. Death and loss and pain were a constant reality that we had to face. Leaders rose to power based off their strength of arms and force of personality. For almost all of human history, men were warriors first and foremost. It is what developed their masculinity. Today, society tells us those traits are bad and not important anymore. Because of this, masculine qualities have been stunted and retreated to the shadow. This is why most men lack a backbone. They lack a masculine edge. They are nice guys, and that's okay because being nice is has trained into them since birth. But they are no longer dangerous, vigorous, or formidable. They're out of touch with their biological nature and are unconsciously punished for it by women and the whole world. Again, my argument is Shadow work is not done in your head, especially masculine Shadow work. It is

done through becoming more powerful in life. It looks like letting loose in the wild, taking exciting risks, starting MMA classes, becoming strong, being more assertive and bold in how you interact, feeling those impulses towards aggression and glory, and channeling them into greater character strength and action. It's time to stop smothering yourself in sadness and pleasures and weak feelings, and go conquer life. Do hard [__] with other guys, challenge each other, compete, fight, and hell, maybe even cry together, and then celebrate like raving barbarians all night around the fire. That is what our ancestors have done forever up until us. Most modern men live in the shadows of repression because they are completely at odds with their natural biology, manhood, and Brotherhood circles, and this is the message most therapists completely [__] miss. Please send this to them. And if you want an experience like the one I just described, there's a link below to join my next men's Retreat. It's going to be a wild initiation. Part five five.

self-awareness. Most people start the discussion of Shadow work here, but I think this is faulty. True self-awareness is best earned when you are in alignment with your biology and your natural instincts. Or else, how could you really be honest with yourself? If you're a shell of a human, how can you make accurate assumptions? You must have real experiences of being alive, or else all your self-analysis is in vain. This is why power and powerful experiences come first in Shadow work. But now let's discuss some of the caveats and other guidelines for integration. First off, the quest for power does not look like becoming a macho man. It looks more like becoming a Savage gentleman who's in touch with his heart. And that's because it takes great gentleness and compassion to excavate the depths of who you are. And it's going to be painful. The painful experiences are what open you up, and they're highly valuable because of it. Courage comes in many forms, as I talk about in my book. Often, the most

courageous thing for men to do is let go when everything goes to [ __ ] to face yourself in your own darkness when your heart is breaking, and then rise heroically into life. That is what deepens your character and liberates repressed emotions. Your Shadow is full of repressed emotions, insecurities, dragons, and tender parts that will never become whole if you condemn them. As Carl Young said, condemnation is the opposite of understanding and leads to fractures in the psyche rather than wholeness. Loving awareness coupled with power is the great guide to truth. I know many men that appear manly on the outside, perhaps they're disciplined and goal-oriented or whatever, but they lack depth of heart and character. They think they are integrated, but they haven't even started. Two pieces of advice for those on this path: take the hard and scary actions that build power, and then refine yourself with others. Shadow work cannot be completed alone; you'll just become a dark mess or red-pilled egomaniac. Comrades and Brotherhood.

circles are essential to refine you and provide feedback, and also a large amount of my own shadow work happened in a committed relationship with a great woman. The eye can't see itself, as a saying goes. It's why we need brothers, and we need relationships beyond all those caveats I just mentioned. The main thing again is to just start being bold, being dangerous, and action-oriented. This is hard and uncomfortable, but it develops your character and masculine edge. This is so damn important. It's so important because you can only be honest with yourself when you have personal power and integrity. Also, women are attracted to you based off your edge of masculinity, and other men respect you for it. Is he a savage gentleman, an embodied badass? That is what everyone looks for unconsciously in a man, and it's what your shadow holds for you. The more I integrate the masculine traits, the more doors open to me, the more skills I acquire, and the more confident, relaxed, and free I become. Nature rewards developed masculinity, as does everyone's subconscious mind.

yet this is one of the most missing and repressed things in our society. If you want to become confident, be courageous. If you want to be free, be courageous. If you want to become more powerful and whole, start being courageous. Fear and inhibitions block people their whole lives. They create the boundaries around your Shadow. Most die without ever realizing the depths of potential hidden inside. Don't be one of them. Live your heroic Saga like the ancient Greek do. The shadow work of power and awareness and reveal the Glorious self hidden within the Divine Madness. Go slay your dragons, dance with gods, and become a totally liberated human being. That is Shadow work in the deepest sense. Hey, wisdom Warriors. So there's a lot of philosophy out there on the internet, but if you're ready to integrate these ideas and come into ecstatic embodiment, I invite you to our first men's retreat in the beautiful mountains of Colorado. There's a link in the description to apply and learn more. If you're not interested in having one of the best experiences of your life.

then you can just click here for a decent one and watch one of my favorite videos on and ancient Greece. I'll see you over there. Peace.

Why shadow work is about POWER - Carl Jung and Ancient Greek Paganism

Wisdom Warriors

그리스의 이교도 유산과 심리학에 미친 영향

고대 그리스인들은 인간 내면의 힘이 신성하다고 믿으며 신과 더욱 친밀한 관계를 맺는 원시적이고 거친 종교적 휴거를 믿었습니다.

이 이교도 신앙 체계는 자연적인 본능과 억압된 욕구를 중요시했으며, 이는 나중에 칼 융이 제안한 심리학의 그림자 개념에 영향을 미쳤습니다.

그림자는 본능과 미개발 재능의 억압으로 형성된 자아의 무의식적인 부분을 나타내며, 궁극적으로 어둠으로부터 우리의 삶을 지배합니다.

그림자 수용하기: 온전함과 번영으로 가는 길

사회가 자연스러운 본능을 억압하면서 내면의 갈등과 심리적 고통을 유발하고, 정신 건강 문제와 성취되지 못한 삶이 증가하고 있습니다.

그림자를 통합하는 것은 어렵지만 개인의 성장과 사회적 제약으로부터의 해방을 위해 매우 중요합니다.

그림자를 수용한다는 것은 자신에게 솔직해지고 자연스러운 본능이 번성할 수 있는 공간을 허용함으로써 궁극적으로 더 큰 개인의 힘과 자유로 이어지는 것입니다.

아프로디테의 힘을 받아들이다: 자기 발견의 여정

한 남자가 콘서트에서 내면의 욕망과 아프로디테의 에너지의 힘을 받아들이는 것에 대해 성찰하며 더 깊은 자유와 정직함을 느낍니다.

그는 우리 정신의 그림자 세력을 통합하려면 내면의 힘을 키우고 필요한 감정 작업을 해야 한다는 것을 인정합니다.

이러한 그림자 작업 과정을 통해 그는 더욱 성숙하고 진실한 개인으로 변모했으며, 궁극적으로 다른 사람들의 신뢰를 얻고 황홀한 확장의 순간을 경험했습니다.

남성성의 부활: 권력과 그림자 작업을 포용하라는 부름

현대 사회에서 남성의 남성성은 억압되어 힘과 자기 주장이 부족해졌습니다.

남성의 그림자 작업에는 삶의 힘을 받아들이고, 위험을 감수하며, 인격의 힘을 키우는 것이 포함됩니다.

진정한 자기 인식은 자기 분석만으로 이루어지는 것이 아니라 실제 경험과 자연스러운 본능과의 조화를 통해 이루어집니다.

섀도우 워크에서 힘을 추구하는 것은 자신의 진정한 자아를 발굴하기 위해 온화함, 연민, 용기가 필요하기 때문에 자비로운 '새비지 신사'가 되는 것입니다.

남성적 그림자 수용하기: 개인적 성장으로 가는 길

남성은 억압된 감정과 불안에 직면하는 것이 인성 발달과 정서적 해방에 매우 중요하므로 이를 권장합니다.

그림자 작업의 과정에는 힘을 키우기 위해 대담하고 무서운 행동을 취하고 관계와 커뮤니티를 통해 세련미를 추구해야 합니다.

남성적인 특성을 개발하고 그림자를 통합하는 것은 개인적인 성장과 성실함으로 이어질 뿐만 아니라 남성의 존경과 여성의 매력을 얻게 해줍니다.

개인 역량 강화를 위한 용기를 품다

두려움과 억압은 잠재력을 제한할 수 있으므로 용기는 자신감, 자유, 개인의 힘을 키우는 데 필수적입니다.

'그림자 작업'을 받아들이고 내면의 투쟁에 직면하는 것은 자신의 진정한 자아를 드러내는 데 핵심적인 역할을 합니다.

콜로라도 산속에서 열리는 남성 수련회 초대는 이러한 아이디어를 통합하고 개인적인 변화를 경험할 수 있는 기회를 제공합니다.