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We are still as much possessed by autonomous psychic contents as if they were Olympians. Today they are called phobias, obsessions, and so forth; in a word, neurotic symptoms.

the quality of our relationships to others is a direct function of the relationship we have evolved with ourselves, which in turn has generally resulted from the internalization of our relationships with the Primal Others.

Accept the fact that you are accepted, despite the fact that you are unacceptable

We could define the shadow functionally as "that within myself with which I am uncomfortable."

t has been said that violence is the language of the inarticulate.

No one is angrier than someone doing "the right thing" and secretly wishing for something else.

Rarely is this progression welcomed as a chance for personal growth, or as an opportunity to know who, really, is the Other, if not the one we thought we'd hooked up with. Quite the contrary, we resent the formerly loved one for having now, maliciously, become unlovable.

Taking responsibility for ourselves is the greatest terror of our journey, and the greatest gift we can bring to the Other.

I used to have a fantasy that somewhere there was a Big Book of collective wisdom called
What To Do When
. It contained the prescribed solution to all life's problems. Whenever you found yourself in a conflict you could just look it up in the book and do what it said

Obviously, only if one's fear can be made conscious can one expect to evolve.