The Purpose of Suffering: Towards Self-Knowledge | Mapping The Shadow
This episode explores the vital role suffering plays in psychological development and transformation. Far from being unnecessary or a glitch in existence, suffering serves as an essential guardrail in the development of self-knowledge.In this episode, I cover:- Why suffering is not a glitch but an energetic necessity in existence- The dangers of trying to 'eliminate' suffering- The two kinds of pain: the pain of harm and the pain of release- Why spiritual bypassing and pharmaceutical approaches fail- How meaning transforms our relationship with suffering- The connection between suffering and freedomThis is part of an ongoing series exploring Shadow Mapping™ and Shadow Dialectics - a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological dynamics and transformation.🎓 Go Deeper with Shadow Work:- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com-------------------📚 Additional Resources:- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real🎧 Podcasts:- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs📱 Connect With Us:- Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/1682899242067996- Instagram: instagram.com/makeitconscious- X: x.com/makeitconscious
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Evil's Self-Contradiction: The Dissonance Loop Explained | Mapping the Shadow
This episode continues our exploration of evil by examining its inherently self-contradictory nature. Despite appearing powerful, evil contains the seeds of its own destruction through flagrant contradiction at every level.In this episode:- Why evil is marked by profound internal dissonance- How Schelling described evil as "the self-consuming and always annihilating contradiction"- The concept of the Dissonance Loop and how it manifests in everyday life- Jung's insights into inflated consciousness that "dooms itself to calamities"- Why hypocrisy isn't just a symptom of evil but its fundamental characteristic- How evil attempts to "bend the absolute to the particular" and why this inevitably failsThis is part of an ongoing series exploring Shadow Mapping™ and Shadow Dialectics - a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological dynamics and transformation.🎓 Go Deeper with Shadow Work:- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com-------------------📚 Additional Resources:- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real🎧 Podcasts:- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs📱 Connect With Us:- Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/1682899242067996- Instagram: instagram.com/makeitconscious- X: x.com/makeitconscious
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Understanding Evil & Morality: The Ultimate Aim of All Shadow Work | Mapping the Shadow
This episode explores the challenging but crucial topic of evil and morality within shadow work. Despite a cultural obliviousness to evil and what it is at core, we all have an archetypal understanding of it at the unconscious level.In this episode:- Why deeply understanding evil and morality is the natural endpoint of shadow work- How Jung's view that "everything that becomes too old becomes evil" applies to our psychological patterns- Schelling's profound insight that evil is the use of freedom to violate freedom- Why hypocrisy is the fundamental sin- The concept of the "Dissonance Loop" and how it manifests in everyday life- Why even our highest virtues contain the potential for evilThis is part of an ongoing series exploring Shadow Mapping™ and Shadow Dialectics - a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological dynamics and transformation.🎓 Go Deeper with Shadow Work:- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com-------------------📚 Additional Resources:- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real🎧 Podcasts:- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs📱 Connect With Us:- Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/1682899242067996- Instagram: instagram.com/makeitconscious- X: x.com/makeitconscious
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Defense or Offense Mechanisms? | Mapping the Shadow
This episode examines the true nature of defense mechanisms, revealing how what is often dismissed as psychological "defense" serves a vital role in the development of self-knowledge.We explore:- Why defense mechanisms aren't inherently negative- The crucial distinction between defense and offense- A recap of the eight kinds of projection and recognition- How defense becomes offense when used to violate freedom- Why projection and empathy are intimately connected- How defensiveness serves growth when properly understoodThis is part of an ongoing series exploring Shadow Mapping™ and Shadow Dialectics - a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological dynamics and transformation.🎓 Go Deeper with Shadow Work:- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com-------------------📚 Additional Resources:- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real🎧 Podcasts:- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs📱 Connect With Us:- Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/1682899242067996- Instagram: instagram.com/makeitconscious- X: x.com/makeitconscious
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The Mechanics of Projection | Mapping the Shadow Series
This episode examines the mechanics of projection beyond its conventional understanding in shadow work, revealing a comprehensive framework for understanding how we perceive ourselves in the world.This episode explores:- Why the standard "it's just your projection" narrative is insufficient and self-contradictory- The fundamental mechanisms behind how the mind renders experience- The relationship between projection and empathy- The Projection Matrix: an 8-fold system accounting for conscious/unconscious, light/dark qualities, and wholesome/unwholesome intentions- Why we don't only project shadow qualities - but also aspects relating to our conscious positions- How projection can serve both self-knowledge and self-avoidance- The connection between projection, negation, and the dialectical processThis is part of an ongoing series exploring Shadow Mapping™ and Shadow Dialectics - a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological dynamics and transformation.🎓 Go Deeper with Shadow Work:- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com-------------------📚 Additional Resources:- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real🎧 Podcasts:- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs📱 Connect With Us:- Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/1682899242067996- Instagram: instagram.com/makeitconscious- X: x.com/makeitconscious
Welcome to Make it Conscious and join me, Max Chegwyn, in a discussion of all things self-knowledge. Calling on the insights of great thinkers from western philosophy and depth psychology, this is a show about freedom, duality, responsibility, self-hood, mystery, and what there is.
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