energy

energy is eternal joy
William Blake

Like Einstein dematerialized our understanding of the physical world, Jung dematerialized our understanding of the psyche. The physical energy that Einstein saw as underlying all matter came to be paralleled in Jung's work by a conception of psychic energy, which, like physical energy, was open to many kinds of transformation through conscious and unconscious activity. Hence Jung's holistic view of the psyche as a universal phenomenon that is ultimately part of a transcendental reality linking mind to mind and mind to nature.
One of the most distinctive features of Jung's analysis is his emphasis on the role of "archetypes", which literally means "original pattern". At the most basic level these are defined as patterns that structure thought and hence give order to 'my world'.
Archetypes are structures of thought and experience, perhaps embodied in the structure of the psyche or inherited experience, which lead us to mould our understanding of the world in a patterned way. A constructed reality, which keeps us from seeing the real world.
Archetypes can be seen as "living ideas" forming new interpretations; as "basic plans", giving our experiences a specific configuration; as "organs of the prerational psyche or "inherited forms and ideas" which are given a contents or substance during our personal life. Providing the energy to undertake things.
Jung demonstrated how these archetypes are found in dreams, myths, and ideas of primitive, ancient, and modern man. For Jung these archetypes shape the way in which we "meet ourselves" in encounters with the external world, and are crucial for understanding links between conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche. Jung's work has major implications for understanding how people enact reality. We can influence the reality we live in, instead of only playing the part -we think- is expected of us. This is what is called enactment.
So learning about the world must needs imply learning about myself. This demands an open attitude and the willingness to learn from my mistakes.

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