## notes
- [[{1.1b1} we change our self-definition with evidence]]
- [[{1.3b} complexes are the basis for projections]]
- [[{1.3b1} a complex is a split fragmentation of the self that distorts our perception of reality]]
- [[{1.3c} the shadow]]
- [[{1.3c1} shadow integration]]
- [[{1.3c2} shadow work]]
- [[{1.3c3} the body as a shadow]]
- [[{1.3d} neurosis is the tension created by self-division and fragmentation]]
- [[{1.4a} one must unravel their personal myth]]
- [[{1.4a1} pistis is loyalty to your inner law]]
- [[{1.4a2} god as the greatest amount of libido]]
- [[{1.4a3} archetypes are a way of organizing a set of things you might experience]]
- [[{1.4a3a} mother and father archetypes]]
- [[{1.4a3b} eros and logos]]
- [[{1.4a3c} puella aeterna and puer aeternus are stuck in a childish worldview]]
- [[{1.4a3c1} provisional life]]
- [[{1.4a4} symbols are containers of meaning that unite the conscious and unconscious]]
- [[{1.4b} individuation is an ongoing process that requires being able to balance the demands of our inner and outer worlds]]
- [[{1.4b1} individuation requires psychological emancipation]]
- [[{1.5} jung's model of the psyche]]
- [[{1.5a} conscious attitude]]
- [[{1.5a1} psychological types are the foundation for conscious attitude]]
- [[{1.5a1a} introversion and extroversion are ways of understanding the world depending on your relationship with objects]]
- [[{1.5a1b} the four functions of consciousness]]
- [[{1.5a1b1} sensation function]]
- [[{1.5a1b2} thinking function]]
- [[{1.5a1b3} feeling function]]
- [[{1.5a1b4} intuition function]]
- [[{1.5a1b5} personality development is supported by developing the four functions]]
- [[{1.5b} the personal unconscious]]
- [[{5.2b1d} frameworks create a fixed lens]]
- [[{5.6} flow is a state of complete absorption in an activity in which your skills perfectly match the challenges]]
- [[{5.6a} follow resistance and put yourself in situations that demand growth]]
- [[{7.10b} three types of happiness]]
## highlights
- [[anyone who refuses to experience life must stifle his desire to live]]
- [[attitude is the readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way]]
- [[consciousness is primarily an organ of orientation in a world of outer and inner facts]]
- [[every object is in endless connection with a multiplicity of other objects]]
- [[getting in touch with the unconscious has a disintegrating effect on the personality]]
- [[i regarded this as the task of tasks]]
- [[it's only possible to craft a new sense of identity by backing it up with actions]]
- [[life calls us forth to independence]]
- [[meaning is experienced within the relationship with the soul]]
- [[meaning lies in being fully immersed in something deeply valuable and putting it in service of other people]]
- [[our attitude toward the unconscious will determine how we experience a complex]]
- [[people who are living the provisional life are constantly impelled to explain how the circumstances of their life... conspire to prevent them from living a normal responsible existence]]
- [[the more you sustain the paradoxes the more solid your convictions become]]
- [[the shadow holds the key to uncovering our hidden genius]]
- [[the unconscious is the matrix of all primal religious experience]]
- [[to compensate for this mediocre life they're abducted by the intoxicating realm of possibilities]]
- [[truth is nothing if it cannot live]]
- [[your own path you make with every step you take]]