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picture 28 Dec 2008 @ 20:22, by Susannah


We project our own shadows onto suitable screens
and rage at the images and cry at the scenes
it's everything I'm not, It's unfair and untrue
whereas the shadow contains the un owned bits of you

To honestly face whats projected outside
and own it as ours, means nothing to hide
we take back our power and then can begin
to realise the truth, the control panel lies within

We don't see our shadow but others often do
and though hard to face up to, many times it is true
that often we're guilty of the behaviour we hate
our 'unconscious' projected, we take up as bait

Words and Image - Susannah Bec

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"The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others."
- Carl Jung

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Projection is an unconscious psychological mechanism.

Whenever a person is convinced that the awful qualities seen in another person have nothing to do with him or herself, a projection is mostly likely being engaged. This does not mean, however, that these qualities are not present. It merely means that they probably exist, to some extent, in the person observing them.-

Link: What is projection - [link]

As with all unconscious contents, the shadow is first experienced in projection
This means that an unconscious quality of one's own is first recognized and reacted to when it is discovered in an outer object. So long as the shadow is projected, the individual can hate and condemn freely the weakness and evil seen in others while maintaining a sense of righteousness.

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28 Dec 2008 @ 20:55 by a-d : Hmmmm.....
Idonno', Susannabe....if I would give as much credit to this particular part of "what Jung said"!.... this is very Freudian and always giving Upper Hand to the one who spits it out first!
Do you give up YOUR (personal) ability to see shit when and where it happens -or do you just with no question/ing take on "Oooh... It's , must be me me...if I see it... Iiiii did it.... NOT the one I saw doing it" . IMHO this is yet one of those"Psycho-Truths" that belong to this category: "Not all is truth that masquerades as such!" ( Svenska Domar reglerna/1540 )

If something doesn't hold its LOGIC regardless what angle observed, then it isn't LOGIC at all, but SOMEBODY's FABRICATION/s to give advantage to the Agrressor; the one spitting it out first... as a verbal AMMO against The Someone who is pointing out the Agrressor's atrocities!

" Projection is an unconscious psychological mechanism.
Projection according to Carl Jung, occurs when a person sees in another qualities they themselves possess. This phenomenon goes on daily in most relationships and encounters.

Whenever a person is convinced that the awful qualities seen in another person have nothing to do with him or herself, a projection is mostly likely being engaged. This does not mean, however, that these qualities are not present. It merely means that they probably exist, to some extent, in the person observing them.-

Link: What is projection - [link]

As with all unconscious contents, the shadow is first experienced in projection
This means that an unconscious quality of one's own is first recognized and reacted to when it is discovered in an outer object. So long as the shadow is projected, the individual can hate and condemn freely the weakness and evil seen in others while maintaining a sense of righteousness."

sooo.... whaduthink? (about what I said here? ) Does it make sense to you --or???

BTW, I like your Pic. Great Art-Work !  

28 Dec 2008 @ 21:25 by susannahbe : Yes...
I do see what you are saying and no I don't advocate an 'oh, it must be me' attitude. But I do think that it is healthy that when something affects us on a level that 'presses our buttons' to be honest with ourselves and check and see if 'that' whatever it is, is something that we too are doing in our world, however small or unconsciously that may be.

By facing ourselves, (we are all a mixture of dark and light) and cleaning up our own 'shit' it can and will benefit the whole.

Facing shadows by its very nature is not something the human psyche likes to do or it wouldn't have it's 'shadow stuff' hidden out of sight of its 'conscious mind'.

Thanks for the compliment on the picture :-).  

28 Dec 2008 @ 21:44 by mortimer : When you Spit
Its different when done with cool connection. When its a reaction its just not effective. Its different when a shadow is not engaged, its like swinging at the wind. And most important...Unless one is aware of their own shadow, they cant calculate their opponents shadow.


Consider the difference in self defense. If somebody is charging me and I am angry. Then I am not at my best and I am just wasting energy. You just cant spit as good when you angry.  

28 Dec 2008 @ 21:51 by quinty : An interesting question,
and projection is common enough. Forcing, if we're to be honest, us to ask ourselves how often we individually do it?

And how many fantasies of our own making do we see out there? How many shadows expressing ourselves?

Fear, I think, is a big motivator for much behavior. Some experience it more than others but to some extent it influences all our lives. Fear leads to violence and there are many forms of fear, both mental and physical. Combine fear with fantasies and you have a lethal concoction.

Is there such a thing as "objectivity?" Can we step aside from ourselves to look all about us with no sense of relative immediacy? To do so one would have to be God. We are trapped in our own relativity. But why not? After all, we wouldn't want to look at the world from the perspective of a frog: who, as we know, is surrounded by giants.

D. H. Lawrence once said "a theory of human relativity would have been more valuable." What an intriguing idea!

Look at the history of philosophy. Looking back at all the great names no one really agreed with anyone else. Everyone saw the overall perspective differently. It all comes down to the old basic question, "what is truth." Is it possible to know the truth with any certainty? Anyone honest with himself will admit he has been wrong many times in his life.

I think I see a lot of projection in politics nowadays. A lot of shadows thrown up against walls. Bush let a lot of that out cheered on by the Christian fundamentalists. Anyone believing in the “Rapture” can believe anything. Many spooks out there, hobgoblins coming to get us. The Muslim hordes among others. Communists once held that spot. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any terrorists but let’s not over-inflate and allow our fears to drive us crazy.

Thanks for allowing me to philosophize a little. (Some would say bloviate. But what the heck.)  

28 Dec 2008 @ 22:14 by mortimer : takes one to know one
Well said!  

29 Dec 2008 @ 02:03 by a-d : I haer you, guys
THANKS Everybody, each, for your --added-- viewpoint. I hate to say, though, :Yeahh, heard ALL the argument pro -and con this Subject!.... need to do some own intro-spec... I think is thee most important in all moments, but.... it isn't enough to explain what we see happening around us everywhere we look. I also think that all psychology ACCEPTED and chosen to be/come MAINSTREAM Psychology is ANGLED just like all the rest of their "Science"...Of course, by very Nature of making things credible there HAS TO always be so & so much REAL Truth mixed in!.... if not, the lie/deception would be immediate!
I personally like to be very restrictive with any OFFICIAL psychology; I've seen the destruction of it on confused, mislead people far too much, to even consider it as "viable" despite some truth mixed in as "Spice".
Of course, we always "hate" to see things in others we self did at some point and no longer do with the attitude: I was able to overcome this'n'that, so why the hell not you too!? I'll make up an example here: If I used to steal then I came to realize how wrong it was and stopped.Now I hate to see other people go on stealing, knowing that the "habit" is overcome'able... Then I have a fit when catching my Best friend doing some stealing. Of course I will have a fit about it! It doesn't mean I still steal. Most often it means the opposite. So, when Someone then "blames" me for stealing just because I point out when my Friend did so. that does NOT make ME the thief (any longer, ) does it? Hope I'm making sense here... *!*...

The Psychological PROCESS of PROJECTION is real... THAT is not my question at all...ONLY how it is applied as realistic reality -or worse: AS BLACKMAIL TOOL!
Now... look into Politics how much this phenomenon is used as a tool!...You find it practiced )almost= daily here on NCN by...well... none mentioned, none forgotten as we say in Swedish.
We humans, as a GROUP, have not even started to apply TRUE Psychology yet into our World at large, only private people, who have risen from the Mire to start the PAth to recover their own true Self, can see the trend of Psychology that is really our Divine ME versus the injured one..and what the effects of the injuries makes us to --or makes us do.

(this is just my shorthand /outer parameters, for a BIIIG subject! : ) ))

Yes,Susannahbe, you mention the JOY Frequencies..Yes... it is all a question what frequencies we are in /come from...what our "Tune" /ability to judge TRUTH is!  

29 Dec 2008 @ 03:53 by mortimer : gossip
I too was making images today, named this file gossip-1.bmp








gossip-crossroads.bmp

 

29 Dec 2008 @ 04:20 by vaxen : Nice...
Memories, Dreams and Reflections. Animus and Anima. Dark light synthesis. Projecting the deep within onto others is a reality for sure. Part of the overall quantum Verse we share. The fractalic of being in a projection projecting itself everywhere from within the within within the within. Love y'alls comments and a heartfelt thanks to all. And the pics are super too!  

29 Dec 2008 @ 20:33 by susannahbe : Thanks everyone
for the comments and the pictures too :-)  

1 Jan 2009 @ 11:21 by jazzolog : Beautiful Entry
and nice comments from everyone too. Is your website still in operation, Susannahbe?  

1 Jan 2009 @ 12:26 by susannahbe : Thanks for your comment jazzolog
No at present my gallery website is not online. My very old homepage is still floating around somewhere on the net, but as I have no access to update or delete (which I would do a lot of!!) no link to that either.

A very happy new year to you :-)  

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