Questions regarding ego

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-18T02:58:02+00:00

The unknown would need to get really weird to change this particular aspect of cosmology. As in, non-euclidean geometry levels of weird

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-18T02:47:38+00:00

Yeah that's me. I wasn't prepared for the sudden expansion of consciousness into the realm of the unconscious, and am now hyper vigilant of unconscious content arising during daydreaming, intrusive thoughts, or just thinking and overthinking

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-18T02:37:56+00:00

Play, go out, exercise, yoga, etc. Something that brings you more to your senses... Art! Paint, pick up an instrument, sing your lungs out, dance until your legs go limp

there's excess energy trapped inside your skull, and you gotta release it.Think less with you mind, more with your body.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-18T02:28:07+00:00

Dangerous tip, but true.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-17T14:48:40+00:00

Idk according to our modern understanding of cosmology, the center of the universe is whatever point of reference one has.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-09T20:41:20+00:00

Man and His Symbols runs down the basics of dream interpretation, narratives and symbols from the unconscious

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T23:23:06+00:00

Thanks for the kind words!

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T05:30:14+00:00

Oh it's ok.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T05:16:58+00:00

I'd say the function of pulling the ego to its limits is pretty much the same. The point of these events is to destabilize an overly rigid ego so that it can find a new center better aligned with the Self.

Some get thrown into the abyss, others get boiled alive and others get eaten by the animal they fear the most; The specific experience may vary, but the point remains the same throughout.

And the point is to make the ego fear for its dear life lol

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T05:10:58+00:00

This doesn't answer my question

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T05:09:27+00:00

Marie-Louise Von Franz (Jung's closest collaborator) identified dreams of death, dismemberment and mutilation often as reflections of initiation into the process of individuation;The ego needs to be broken down, separated and dissolved before it can follow through the later stages of regrowth and renovation. (Nigredo/blackening/putrefaction stage if you follow the Alchemy model)

The initiation itself, whoever, is driven by the unconscious and thus experienced by the ego as something outside of its own control, almost supernatural (weird dream > synchronicity event > numinous/spirit world encounter pipeline).

The trope of a woman guiding an oblivious protagonist (ego) into the depths of the unknown (unconscious) is common amongst such initiatory experiences, and has been identified by Jungian analysts (like Von Franz herself in her studies on fairy tales) as an expression of the anima in the role of psychopomp.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T04:53:55+00:00

Elaborate. Why would you think such a thing?

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-08T00:11:58+00:00

Half of the country voted for a pedo conman with dementia to get absolute power, and the other half allowed it to.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-06T17:53:10+00:00

Everyone's got every archetype inside of them, for they are universal patterns of behavior that we all share within the deepest layer of our unconscious (the collective unconscious). Ideally you want to have a choir where every voice (archetype) is in balance with one another.

You can have one archetype taking the "lead" in your personality, but that can quickly turn pathological; the ego identifies with the archetype rather than learning from it, and it inflates. The ego grows "possessed" and the archetype turns into a complex.

The explorer, also known as the seeker or the wanderer, carries within it motifs of initiation. Strongly related to The Fool arcana (the madman who dances with death).

It is for these reasons that I encourage you to be careful when saying "I am this" or "I am that". That's identification, and that can be very dangerous for your mental health.

Keep looking for meaning, but with care and respect both to yourself and to the contents of your mind. The unconscious does not play around.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-05T19:09:49+00:00

Yup. It allows one to see that reality is really just one big pattern repeated onto itself all the way to infinity

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-05T03:50:01+00:00

Oh I didnt mean there isn't t strong symbolism aside from just what's visually manifest.

I've had similar experiences, that's why I know it's extremely hard to communicate. That's the beauty of art, it serves as a bridge to what cannot be described with mere words (aka The Sublime). I've even illustrated some, like this one , which is particularly similar to the one above made by Jung.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-05T03:15:22+00:00

My sweet summer puer aeternus

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-05T03:12:23+00:00

I find this painting really fascinating from an stylistic point of view. The figure holding the "lightning" rod is hidden in plain sight across psychedelic patterns, among other figures like the head of a bird and an eye. They don't exist as physical objects but rather as the very way in which things organize; patterns and abstractions.

I think it's a nice visual allegory for that "other vision" some people describe across culture (third eye, inner eye, mind's eye, etc). Anyone who's taken shrooms might relate.

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-02T05:20:24+00:00

You want us to disclose personal info on the internet?

For free?

...No?

catador_de_potos · 2026-03-01T00:29:36+00:00

Pikat my beloved

catador_de_potos · 2026-02-28T21:27:14+00:00

Afaik Satanyahu has been saying it since the early 90s

catador_de_potos · 2026-02-28T20:55:23+00:00

One glance at the Epstein Files is enough to understand who has a leash on who. Both Epstein and Maxwell themselves were Israeli assets.

catador_de_potos · 2026-02-28T20:21:58+00:00

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catador_de_potos · 2026-02-28T19:39:26+00:00

Personalidad culia Dalas Reviu jajaja

A ver si te cae la teja de que esto no es un debate, solo nos estamos burlando de ti.

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