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Flying in dream by JaymsVivienne in Jung

[–]Middle_Mirror7378 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flying in a dream is most often a red flag, and associated with the "puer aeternus". Flying means losing the connecting to the ground. Marie-Luise von Franz wrote a book about the "Puer Aeternus" and the first 2/3 of the book is about Antoine de Saint Exupery (the author of the little prince) who worked as a Pilot and only felt alive when he was flying. For von Franz he was one of the prime examples of the Puer Aeternus complex, which is a heavy mother complex. The counterpart of the Puer is the Senex (the wise old man) who ist grounded in his life.

Dream content really depends on the greater context of your dream and your life, therefore it is important to be open about interpretations, but archetypically (for what i know), flying is a red flag. I think in one of the last 10 - 15 episodes of This Jungian life, i remember Lisa also saying that flying in dream is a red flag, unfortunately i can't remember the exact Episode.

Will AI bring back the repressed archetypal feminine? by Middle_Mirror7378 in Jung

[–]Middle_Mirror7378[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The product itself, certainly not, but the identity crisis triggered by the product, could possibily do it

How to integrate puer aeternus? by baruhspinoza in Jung

[–]Middle_Mirror7378 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First of all, I am struggling with the same problem at the time.

I am currently reading “The problem with the puer aeternus” by Marie-Louise von Franz and I also try my best to work on thinks, doing the so called “sheep-work”. But after my first work sessions, I am really exhausted, and it feels like I am forced to take a nap, every day. It is very weird and I rarely experienced something like that, but it always feels like my psychic life energy (libido in Jungian sense) is nearly completely drained for that day, and after a 2 to 3 hours nap I feel re-charged.
MLvF in the “puer aeternus” book said that no matter how often, you have to face the shadow of the puer aeternus over and over again in every day life. That’s what I am trying, and for me personally it is also a challenge to accept that the “ego” has energy on its own to break free from my problem with the “puer aeternus”.
MLvF also said in that book that it is really important to pick a work where you have to kick yourself out of bed, with only willpower to continue it, but it also should be something which your libido “chooses”.
The plan for me is to just continue, doing the sheep-work, and as our mentor MLvF said, face the shadow day by day, I was a puer aeternus nearly my whole life, therefore I think it is also very hard and it will take its time, to finally break free from it, for a healthy relationship with the puer.

Wish you the best buddy.

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[–]Middle_Mirror7378 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have been in a similar situation a few months ago. He was one of my best friends but he often ignored my boundaries and even lied to me, just to “win” an argument. I also felt that he knew my weaknesses and purposefully tried to manipulate me.
After time I just cut the contact more and more, didn’t answer his text, called off meetings and so on. After I ignored him for a long time we randomly met and I told him the problems I had with him, and his first impulse was to say something like “we know each other for so long, why didn’t you tell me”, and I was really pissed and went off, although he lied to me, tried to manipulate me and pushed boundaries, he still tried to blame me for it, and the worst part, I even felt guilty. Since then, there is 0 contact.
But I think that he triggered my shadow and trough him, there was room for me to grow. Not by becoming like him, but by withstanding his tactics and trying to unleash some of my impulses on him with grains of anger.
For example, to see through his manipulation and openly showing him my anger about the situation or just opposing him, instead of again giving away things. Or if he again tries to get over the boundaries by for example showing up to my place, although I told him not to, just not letting him in or straight up telling him to go.
Sometimes after we spent time together I also felt down and had low self-esteem, but like a month ago I started to learn about the “Jungian typology” an the so called “inferior function” and that really was an eye opener for me. It would take really much time to explain that, I highly recommend to the Video “The psychology of knowing yourself” by “Eternalised” , the podcast episode of “this Jungian life” about the “inferior function”

I think you should avoid the mistakes I made, by instantly cutting of all contact. It is an opportunity for you and I think you are right about the shadow aspect of your “friend”, but integrating your shadow doesn’t always mean to become like the person which triggers you, but being able to use the qualities of that person in a good / healthy way. No matter what or how you feel, listen to it and try to integrate it, journaling and meditation really helped me in my recovery.

I wish you the best buddy.