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Thank you for the great content but I'd like to make one quick comment. The Alayavijnana we describe in Buddhism is the Universal (collective) Consciousness, which Jung may be referring to as the Unconscious. The manas (7th) is described to be the "individual-oriented consciousness", "ego"...more of a function than an entity of illusory mind. The truly Enlightened (Pari-Nirvana) transcends beyond this (Alayavijnana) to "The One-ness", "The Source", "The Buddha-Nature", "God", etc, named but cannot be conceptualized. (Words do get in the way of explaining something that can't really be conceptualized)
@@noself-onlykarma An average human cell has 100 trillion atoms. A human body can be… 37.2 trillion cells. (You)... are the very same space Inside- every single atom creating... Everything- Eye (think) I see as solid That is God (& why God needs you)
@@noself-onlykarma so... is the rain that falls from space, on your body, or becoming part of your body... air from plants, in your body, or energy becoming your body
as someone who grew up with multiple mental problems, i was and still surprised that Buddha already 'solved' my problems 2500 years ago better than modern psychologists. I've attended counseling, hypnoterapies, a psychiatrist etc. Learned about psychology as well . So desperate for help because i was suicidal most of the time, i turned my direction from modern psychology to buddhist 10-days meditation retreat. It was a life-changing experience because it worked even though i need more time to progress. Started to read the buddha's suttas and i was mindblown about the accuracy of his description about (my) mental state . It's a shame that no one in Wikipedia wrote that Buddha Gautama is the true founding father of psychology.
Very few people in the world have access to the therapies you describe, or can afford to pay for them. Buddhism is far less expensive. Of course access to a library or the internet is still out of reach for many people across the world, and few can afford a retreat, few can drive to a Buddhist centre; but for those of us with access to a lot of these luxuries; access to the teachings of Buddhism is open to us.
@@kathrynmoores4146 Do you need to pay for the Buddhist meditation retreat? The most of genuine Buddhist retreat centers are free of costs. Google Vipassana meditation Center ( S N Goenka) , they are free for the beginners. These centers are run on donations
I’m happy that you too have benefited from the teachings - Buddha Shakyamuni as just a historical figure was pioneer - He can definitely be called the first psychologist, much more even as a pioneer, a true example of promoted oneness of human being leaving behind any distinction of caste, creed, color and gender all of which existed and still do!! Peace and happiness too all 🙏✨
I don't want to sound dramatic but this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on Carl Jung and Buddhism, you presented everything coherently and in a beautiful way, thank you.
This juxtaposition of two of the most meaninful intellectual/psychological/spiritual influences in my life (Jung/Buddha) is one of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips. I really enjoy the aesthetic and content of your videos. It's heartening to find profound and insightful content like this. Thank you. Please keep creating!
This was profoundly good. I’m in full agreement with the other commenters who say that this might be one of the best videos on RUclips. I always adore a cross pollination of thinkers because of the depth of knowledge and the audacity it takes to engage in such an original piece of work and I think you nailed the landing on this one. I know a lot about Jung and a good deal about Buddhism and am coming from this with a head full of thoughts. The fact that the video itself was immensely beautiful original and engaging just made the whole thing even more amazing. Kudos on an amazing piece of work
I believe that the Mahayana concept of dependent arising describes the deepest levels of the collective unconscious. No phenomenon can exist without the entirety of all other phenomena.
The awareness of contrast within the cosmos mutually arises with the manifestation of the self. For the monk whose mind is thus released; exist or does not exist, both exist and does not exist, neither exist nor does not exist, do not apply
A brilliant video which describes the links between Buddhism and Jung. I have been a practising Buddhist since 1980, and because I first became familiar with Jung's ideas around 1970, I naturally and inadvertently combined the concepts of Buddhism with Jung. In Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy (HQ International and Varanasi India) and Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy (HQ Switzerland and International) there is much description of The Akashic Records. The Akashic Records seem to be synonymous with Jung's Collective Unconscious at a national level, world wide level and cosmic-galactic level. I don't believe everything Madame Blavatsky and Rudolf Steiner write, but on a number of points they are spot on. I like Buddhism so much because I can withdraw using meditation into the 8 Buddhist Janas. Greetings from the UK.
@@dayelu2679 My experience is it works but you must adhere to the Buddhist Teaching to get results. And the study of the subject in itself constitutes Samadhi. (Concentration.)
Between Buddhism, Taoism and Jung, you have everything you need to have a balanced approach to spirituality, shadow work and meaning to existence. Thanks for the video ❤️🙏
As a long time student and practitioner of the Budda’s teaching I must say that I’m enjoying your videos as they present the Buddha’s teaching as I have studied from the scriptures. Thank you for your work. I’ve already shared your videos with my friends.
This is a good write up and I enjoyed how you delved into this deeply. I would love to see you explore the collective unconsciousness from Jung in the future. Great work! It's a very high-production and captivating video on the subject.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Jung's psychology is very dear to me and it would be an exciting challenge to do a whole video on the collective unconscious. I could cover the main archetypes, the complexes, the idea of wholeness... this is a great suggestion @Tommy Lee!
There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
I'm experiencing and searching in books the things you are talking about 2 years now and i have to say that your content is so pure and u are giving very good details to the subjects in just 20'mins or so. Good job! channels like this boost the collective mind of the internet with wisdom for people to find it.
Thank you for the touching comment - and for following my work for so long! Your support really makes a difference in helping me continue to do what I do.
There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
I'm amazed. This is without a doubt the best explanation of the five skandhas that I've ever encountered, and I've been studying Buddhism now for more than 20 years! It's so transparent and understandable, something I've been searching for for many years and have finally found here. A big thank you!
Your videos are incredibly insightful, and I appreciate your narration and explanation style. I struggle with a short attention span, so it can be challenging for me to watch long videos. However, I genuinely wished that this particular video was longer because it was so engaging. Please continue producing such excellent content, and I appreciate your efforts. Keep up the good work, brother! ❤️
You’re kind as ever, Ujjwal, thank you! I will keep trying to make the best video I can, and it feels greatly encouraging every time I see a new comment from you :)
"The sane outnumber the insane... a desperate arguement if ever there was one..." Thank you!! As someone who was put in a psych ward and called "schizo-affective" when I had a most profound spiritual awakening, this was balm to a tortured soul...
Such a great marriage of western and eastern thought! I particularly love the modified perspective of the yin and yang symbol. I applaud your endeavor and express a profound gratitude for this wonderful gift!!🙏
Very interesting and well presented. I Paused the video at 15:08 because it occurs to me that you may have missed an important aspect of Jung's thought on the unconscious when you state that 'every action causes an opposite reaction in the unconscious' a formulation that needs to be further explored. My ideas on this are that the unconscious does not derive from a 'neutral state' but is continually attempting to fit experience and thought into a coherent narrative that justifies our actions and values. As such it attempts to eliminate or neutralise thoughts, ideas, experiences that do not fit into this 'self-narrative' and eventually the contradictions this produces force some of this material to the surface in the form of dreams and nightmares (desire, jealousy, guilt, fear, anxiety). Therefore, one might argue that the unconscious as Jung formulated it is not merely a repository but a force that possesses its own ethical purpose(s). And in this sense, I believe it is fair to argue that Buddhism grasps for the concept of 'karma' to justify its own ethical precepts which are otherwise baseless. (If all suffering is a product of the mind, rather than e.g. a product of injustice, then it is not a moral issue that we can or ought to act upon).
The unconscious is when the soul visits another dimension and the little segments that one remembers are called dreams. Dreams have very little importance. Falun Dafa is the Great Way.
TLDR: Both Carl Jung and Buddhism emphasize the importance of understanding the mind, with similarities in their concepts of the unconscious and the need to break the habit of identifying with thoughts, leading to the discovery of the collective unconscious and the recognition of the need to free sentient beings from suffering. 1. 00:00 🧘 Carl Jung and Buddhism both emphasize the importance of understanding the mind, with similarities in their concepts of the unconscious and Buddhist meditation aiming to break the habit of identifying with thoughts. 1.1 Carl Jung and Buddhism share a belief that understanding the mind is crucial for human well-being, leading them down similar paths of investigation and discovering there is much more to the mind. 1.2 This video compares Carl Jung and Buddhist concepts of the unconscious, starting with the Buddha's view of consciousness as a phenomenon that arises when sense organs and sense objects come into contact, with the mind being an additional sixth sense organ. 1.3 Buddhist meditation aims to break the habit of identifying with thoughts, and the Buddhist theory of consciousness presents it without any notion of a subject or self, comparing it to fire that depends on sense objects and sense organs, and there is no reason to assume that the six types of sense objects we perceive are the only ones that exist. 2. 03:59 📝 Our perception of the world is limited by our sense organs, and the illusion of an objective external reality comes from our shared hardware and software. 2.1 Our everyday experience is subjective and limited by our sense organs, and the Buddha believes that our bodies are our world. 2.2 Our limited resources to perceive and understand the Universe means that our clearest perception of the world can only be a low resolution representation of it, and the illusory feeling that humans perceive an objective external reality comes from the fact that we all have the same hardware and software. 3. 06:03 🧠 Jung and yogachara Buddhists believe in the existence of an unconscious/Storehouse Consciousness that accounts for our experiences and behavior, which cannot be explained by sense organs and sense objects, and even advanced meditators cannot permanently extinguish desire, hatred, and ignorance. 3.1 Jung explains how a man's childhood trauma with his cold and unloving mother can trigger his behavior towards women even after she is no longer present, which cannot be explained by the theory of sense organs and sense objects. 3.2 The Buddhist School of the yogatara discovered that even the most advanced meditators could not permanently extinguish desire, hatred, and ignorance, as their stream of consciousness would re-emerge after deep states of meditation. 3.3 Both Jung and yogachara Buddhists believe that there must be an additional region of the mind, which they respectively call the unconscious and the Storehouse Consciousness, that connects and keeps track of all our momentary experiences and accounts for the facts of reality. 4. 09:22 🧠 The unconscious is vital for the existence of the self, as experiences are stored until triggered to arise to the surface of consciousness, leading to the development of a sense of self that can be reinforced and repeated in the future. 4.1 The self can only exist because of the unconscious, as consciousness is momentary and experiences are stored in an unconscious storehouse, according to the yogachara Buddhists. 4.2 The ego, or sense of self, is vital for making sense of the world and experiences eventually sink down into the unconscious until triggered to arise to the surface of consciousness, as exemplified by a boy who bullies others and develops a sadistic sense of self that gets imprinted into the storehouse of the mind. 4.3 A person's childhood memories of being bullied can lead them to become a tyrannical boss in the corporate world, reinforcing their sadistic sense of self and increasing the likelihood of repeating this behavior in the future. 5. 12:20 🧠 Jung discovered that dreams reveal uncomfortable truths about ourselves that our unconscious seeks to balance with our conscious mind, which the yoguchara model of the mind overlooks. 5.1 Buddhists use metaphors of rainwater and seeds to explain how our actions and experiences become habits and shape our present and future, but Carl Jung discovered an additional aspect of the unconscious that Buddhists never came across. 5.2 A man has a dream where he sees his reflection committing violent acts, leading him to observe his behavior at work and realize how much of a jerk he is towards everyone. 5.3 Jung believed that our dreams reveal uncomfortable truths about ourselves that our unconscious seeks to balance with our conscious mind, while the yoguchara model of the mind overlooks this entirely. 6. 15:14 🧠 Jung believed the unconscious was a source of wisdom and discovered the collective unconscious, which contained elements beyond the personal unconscious. 6.1 Jung saw the unconscious as a source of wisdom and guidance, leading him to discover the collective unconscious, which he believed was the source of the contents that Consciousness could not account for. 6.2 Jung observed that some of his patients' dreams contained obscure elements from world culture and literature, leading him to believe in an even deeper region of the mind beyond the personal unconscious. 7. 17:24 🧠 The collective unconscious is the birthplace of individual psyches and allows for collective experiences, with both Jung and Buddhism recognizing the need to free sentient beings from suffering. 7.1 The collective unconscious is a great storehouse of psychic content that is common to all people and animals, and is the birthplace of all individual psyches, allowing for collective experiences such as enlightenment, Nazi movements, protests, and revolutions. 7.2 Actions arise from and contribute to the collective unconscious of all sentient beings, which must be freed from suffering, as recognized by both Jung and Buddhism, with the concept of the bodhisattva reflecting this idea, and while Jung attempted to give a scientific expression to this idea, there is much more to explore in both Jungian and Buddhist theories of mind. 8. 20:09 🧠 Your mind is more mysterious and complex than it seems, and what we call "I" is just the tip of an iceberg that goes so deep it might end up being what we call God.
Very interesting introduction. I remember George Shearing, a well-known pianist (1919-2011), who was born blind, saying that it was a misconception that those who did not have sight could see black; he said blindness was like trying to see with your arm.
One of the best videos I have ever watched. The similarities and differences you were able to point at shows the level of research and hard work you did. The ending was beautiful where you mentioned the Mahayana vow and an idea of everything being interconnected which might as well be a fact.
I feel very lucky to have come across this video of yours. I will re-watch it, since it has a depth which I feel I can hardly grasp at once. Thank you from the collective and concious mind, and from the instance which holds and is aware of it 🙏
All living things go through four stages. Birth, growth, decay and death. The earth is now going through its fourth stage but Falun Dafa explains everything.
Ken Wilber is pretty strict is saying that no single spiritual tradition that's over a thousand years old actually knew of the Ego ( western term) nor the subconscious ( Jung) . We can see this because several enlightened teachers while highly adept spiritually, still sexually violated their disciplines, died from alcoholism or committed other acts which seem counterintuitive ( just look at the bhuddists in myanmar ) This isn't to take away from the Bhudda or bhuddism, but only within the past 100 years have we only understood how trauma lives in the body and how Meditation can actually be dangerous for certain people which is why Both Meditation AND western transpersonal therapy combined can actually benefit each other.
Always good to learn about C. G. Jung he followed so much Alchemy, native Americans, African & Buddhism, taoism. This somehow reminds me how the late Alan watts put things across. 👍
Having cPTSD, I've studied its neurochemical causes and how to alleviate the symptoms that interfere with my every day actions and misguided self-awareness. The Buddhist teachings, while using different terms and Eastern words, seem to be in close agreement with the neuroscientific and biochemical underpinnings of how the mind experiences, processes, and stores memory, both traumatic and non-traumatic. Triggers are caused by faulty processing in the brain, where traumatic events are not processed properly by the unconscious mind and put into long-term memory storage. They remain in the eternal present, never being properly processed by the traumatized brain. It all seems very 'woo-woo,' but my experience bears out the truth of these deeply mindful precepts.
Bro aside from the amazing visuals, the lecture is probably one of the deepest I have ever heard. on the topic It's like a profound secret is being revealed to me. Thank you, and personally I would love it if you made a vid on Geeta and Upanishads as well in this amazing style.
This video was so helpful. I have been a practicing Buddhist for years and I still learned so much from this. Your explanations are clear and easier to understand. Thank you
There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
All living things go through four stages. Birth, growth, decay and death. The earth is now going through its fourth stage but Falun Dafa explains everything.
Thank you Seeker, I love the depth and breadth of Buddhism. When I started chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and reading the Lotus Sutra it opened my mind to a much broader reality than I had ever conceived. So many questions were answered. Your videos are excellent! Happiness, peace and love!
In this short video, I came to a better understanding of the distinctions between the conscious, personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. Thanks for the knowledge!
Thankyou for such a splendid wander, good to watch something of content on you tube. the imagery was elegant and understated, your presentation engaging . Once again thank you
Like you mentioned Jung has been accused by some of " mysticism". When asked about this, his collaborator Marie Louise von Franz said that Jungian psychology is more like a type of wisdom, similar to Taoism. It would be interesting if you made a video comparing Jungian ideas and Taoism.
i was born in a Buddhist family and i have been a very dogmatic Buddhist following the rules and chanting very seriously until i was mesmerized by a book named power of subconscious and conscious mind. i was so mesmerized that i wanted to look further in the conscious thing and it took me to the real gem i already had from the moment i was born , the Buddhism. Now i value Buddhism beyond dogma , beyond faith to logic and science. I love every bit of Buddhism. NAMO BUDDHAYA.
Uncommonly clear weaving of concrete examples, images, and humble insights delivered with rare absence of attachments. Thank you for your efforts to illuminate our troubled era.
What an Amazing Amazing! video 👏👏 your grasp and summarising such profound discussion in 20 mins is just incredible! I specially love the Bodhisattva vow - maybe they truly understood that liberation of all sentient beings is truly the Only way out - thank you
All living things go through four stages. Birth, growth, decay and death. The earth is now going through its fourth stage but Falun Dafa explains everything.
I believe it is also fair to say that if the 'unconscious' is to some extent merely a 'way of conceptualising' the organisation of the psyche, the collective unconscious is also, to some extent merely a way to describe that aspect of the psyche that appears to be universal amongst humans, or that contains information about primordial, historical, biological, physical and cosmological states. None of this precludes this information being somehow 'baked into our genes or pointing to sensory equipment unknown to modern science'. We must keep in mind that the mind-body dualism is very much a product of language and thought. It is possible to argue that mind and body are not actual distinct and separate entities at all. Perhaps the space that separates us physically from each other so that we conceive of ourselves as distinct is not so impermeable. Or perhaps human minds come up with similar ideas, forms, shapes, experiences and values because of how our sensory equipment evolves, or how our societies are organised. We do after all have many experiences in common, despite our differences as individuals and groups: birth, death, illness, aging, a desire for meaning, etc. And so I would argue that the 'collective unconscious' is again not some sort of magical record (Akashic) but refers to experiences that we share due to the fact that we are subject to similar conditions. Share even with animals and plants. And this includes experiences that we interpret as being on a microscopic as well as a cosmological scale.
One of my favourites ever, it has furthermore increased my inclination towards spirituality. May the Buddha and his teachings continue to influence all sentient beings throughout generations and I hope the same for Carl Jung as well. ❤
Thank you for your insightful comparison! I've studied directly with Thich Nhat Hanh, and see the correlation between Jung's concept of the collective unconscious with the teachings on store consciousness from the buddha. You presented your concepts very skillfully. For your readers, may I recommend Thich Nhat Hanh's book "Transformation and Healing", which is Thay's commentary on the Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, including exercises anyone with interest can practice.
Wow, what an honor to have studied with Thay… I keep returning to his recorded teachings whenever life gets too complex and difficult. And thank you for the book recommendation, I hadn’t heard of it!
@@seeker2seeker You're so welcome! In this book in particular, there are exercises to practice regarding awareness of eye consciousness, etc. Yes, I was so lucky to have studied in his presence He was extremely generous. I am still studying with his teachings and in regular sangha practice. I don't know where you are. There may be a local plum village sangha near you. Thay often said it is much easier to practice with a sangha.
The Buddhism philosophies made reference in the video are mostly reflection of Mahayana Buddhism, whereas more in-depth explanations and definitions on Consciousness and Unconsciousness can also be found in Theravada Buddhism. There are much more related materials explained in Theravada Buddhism Abhidhamma Pitaka, particularly on mind and consciousness.
This is an awesome lecture, I’ve listened to it several times. I have strong, all be it anecdotal, evidence for the existence of the collective unconscious. Years ago when I was doing a lot of flying I had a recurring dream that involved decision making in a very specific and dangerous situation, and the event dreamed though seemingly realistic was something that would never happen in waking life flying. However it was scary enough to make a strong impression every time I dreamed it, probably 3 or 4 times. Some years later I was reading a book written by a fellow with similar interests who was also a pilot, I was amazed when he described in great detail having the exact same dream. Clearly could not be a coincidence but there was no explaining it. A few years later after puzzling about the mystery I did some internet research and found a dream interpretation site that described the dream and claimed that it is known to be experienced by pilots. I don’t think there is any mechanism known to western science that can explain this observation. However, existence of some common yet occult information source that is accessible by the unconscious mind would allow this phenomenon to occur. I tell my children it’s a mistake to think we can see everything that’s going on in this world and I believe it. Great video, keep up the good work.
I agree with Tasmanian, this is an awesome video. Beautifully put together, superbly narrated with exquisite content. Fascinating, joyful, ......"good as gold". Ki pai - well done
U have to check the vajrayana path of Buddhism and look beyond Mahayana which deals with dreams and the unconscious especially in the dream yoga which is one of the six yogas of naropa. And what Jung called seat of wisdom has also been completely explored in vajrayana Buddhism where it’s called “ Rangjung yeshe”. Also the “collective unconscious” has also been explored. In vajrayana it’s simply can be compared to “vajradhatu” or indestructible space. Also, the liberation of collective consciousness wouldn’t have terrified the Buddhists at all. The apex of vajrayana called “pure perception “ talks about this itself. I loved your video but please elaborate more in future.
Hey simeon! Such a great content! It must be fate and luck of mine and others to watch such quality content.However,Can you make a proper video on meditation,science behind samadhi and such states of consciousness and how to perform meditation according to ancient buddhist manner(in present day)? Love you from nepal❤ And as always we will always support you.❤
Hey there, thank you for the kind comment! Actually, one of my main courses while studying Buddhist Studies at university was on Buddhist meditation. So, I have lots of resources on that. This is definitely a topic I am going to do a video on and when I do, I will mention you in the video :)
Truth is a nod along. Out of silence, clarity. Greater clarity through challenge. Non attachment is the only refuge from slings and arrows. Your voice is amazing. This channel will grow very large. If you sold stock I would invest if I had extra money.
I just got my philosophy license degree academic article (thesis) graded. It's based on Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka Budhism and Jung's Conception of the psyche as the mirror of the world. I am very excited for this. Wonder if it'll touch on Hesse's Siddhartha
Science is about objectivity. Spirituality, subjectivity. The inner knowledge of how "my" mind works requires to be in touch with my own personal "reality" as it is now. Every being manifests a unique experience, beyond labels, definitions and concepts. The collective unconscious calls for the collective conscious, but every human case is different, for every experience is different. Also, besides the mind, there are emotions and feelings which cannot be placed in its origin, to the realm of the mind alone and which are important to learn about ourselves. I enjoyed your video. Thank you very much for offering such material.
A nice video. Thanks. Collective unconscious or memories of previous lives? According to Buddhism, it is precisely the deposit-consciousness Alaya (what in the West is called the unconscious) that migrates from one life to another, continually being reborn. This dynamic explains the factors that led Jung to postulate the existence of the collective unconscious.
This is probably one of the best RUclips videos I have ever seen. It is a gem and worth watching multiple times. Interesting-- I had just written a few weeks ago these two haiku about the individual: A tree in late Fall Does it believe it is dying? Awakens in Spring -------- Perhaps our bodies Are like the leaves of a tree Going through seasons
All living things go through four stages. Birth, growth, decay and death. The earth is now going through its fourth stage but Falun Dafa explains everything.
Something I learned from reading Freud a long time ago is that there is a distinction to be made between the unconscious and the subconscious. The unconscious cannot be made conscious; things like heart rate, blood pressure, hormone secretions, etc. These still have an important influence on the conscious mind. The subconscious can be brought into consciousness through experience, talk therapy, and self-reflection. They should not be used interchangeably as they have important differences.
My own understanding. In the ancient past, there was no split in the conscious and unconsciousness. The unconscios is known. However, the mind got habituated and become fixated on certain focus aka grasping and desire.. And the dichotomy occurs. During extreme deep meditation, when the conceptual human mind is suspended, the unconscious reveals unobscured. .. and the dynamics of lives are seen clearly and as knowing prior to ideas and language. In the far future, these split will be gone.
Man absolutely amazing, a phenomenal video on psychology carl Jung i never see anything like that vey organized mindful perfect explanation and everything. You rock
i enjoyed and leaned from your video. your philosophy is on point even the Buddhism that a lot of westerns misinterpret. though "a bat has no organ for sight" i suspect you've never seen a bat up-close. 🙃😋 my experience as Buddhist monk in asia showed me that, while the Buddha didnt focus on teaching about the unconscious but the practice of Vipassana certainly leads one to connect with their unconscious/shadow and beyond (e.g. accessing memories and samskara from past lives). 18:10 i think it is an overstatement to say the Buddhists would be terrified of this concept. he taught that we are all One rather than we are all connected by collective unconscious. the distinction between subject and object are part of Maya, illusion, just like your leaves on the tree metaphor ❤🙏 👋 PS a side note on your physics metaphor; dark matter is the result of including only gravity and ignoring electromagnetism, a force many powers of ten stronger than gravity (hence why so much "datk matter" is required to "fudge factor" the equatios in their incomplete model). dark energy isn't undetectable any more than a tree in the daytime is...one just has to open their eyes to see it. ❤ your video, thank you for sharing it with us! #subbed
Completely agree, brother. Thank you sir for throwing some more light on a philosophical tension of opposites that has lived with me for years. Love it. I believe the various deities are beings that reside in the unconscious that buddhists look to for guidance; the unconscious is an inhabited place of persons, the spirit world or otherworld of animists. I think the view of everything as beings / Being makes the most sense at the end of the day. There truly is only one Truth in many expressions and languages. The more I study schools of thought the more I can detect the common Truth they are trying to express and disregard the rest.
Loved your video, it really made sense now since I've read Jung but haven't seen how it was connected to Buddhist concepts of self, conscious and unconscious. However since I am Indian, it is really hard to understand when some words are pronounced incorrectly. I can understand your phonetics may not such words/pronounciation but since you are eager at learning I'd recommend you to pronounce jñan as Ga-ya-n; ज्ञ is pronounced as gya rather than ja/jya. Again, thanks for this amazing video. ♥️
0:39: 🧠 The work of Carl Jung and Buddhism both emphasize the importance of understanding the mind for human wellbeing. 5:24: 🧠 Perception shapes our reality, and traumas can continue to affect us even when the triggering factors are no longer present. 10:56: 🧠 The mind consciousness, or ego, plays a crucial role in making sense of the world and can lead to deluded behavior. 16:21: 🧠 Jung's greatest discovery was the collective unconscious, a deep region of the mind that contains all human experiences and is common to all people. Recap by Tammy AI
A bat *DOES* have sense organs for sight… my apologies for not correcting this in the edit! 🦇👀
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Thank you for the great content but I'd like to make one quick comment. The Alayavijnana we describe in Buddhism is the Universal (collective) Consciousness, which Jung may be referring to as the Unconscious. The manas (7th) is described to be the "individual-oriented consciousness", "ego"...more of a function than an entity of illusory mind. The truly Enlightened (Pari-Nirvana) transcends beyond this (Alayavijnana) to "The One-ness", "The Source", "The Buddha-Nature", "God", etc, named but cannot be conceptualized. (Words do get in the way of explaining something that can't really be conceptualized)
@@noself-onlykarma An average human cell has 100 trillion atoms. A human body can be… 37.2 trillion cells. (You)... are the very same space
Inside- every single atom creating...
Everything- Eye (think) I see as solid
That is God (& why God needs you)
@@noself-onlykarma so... is the rain that falls from space, on your body, or becoming part of your body... air from plants, in your body, or energy becoming your body
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Well done 👍 maestro 👨🏫
as someone who grew up with multiple mental problems, i was and still surprised that Buddha already 'solved' my problems 2500 years ago better than modern psychologists. I've attended counseling, hypnoterapies, a psychiatrist etc. Learned about psychology as well . So desperate for help because i was suicidal most of the time, i turned my direction from modern psychology to buddhist 10-days meditation retreat. It was a life-changing experience because it worked even though i need more time to progress. Started to read the buddha's suttas and i was mindblown about the accuracy of his description about (my) mental state . It's a shame that no one in Wikipedia wrote that Buddha Gautama is the true founding father of psychology.
Don't worry about social medias! You realized and benefited from this , that is the best outcome!
Please heal for the better .. your very words helping people but your victory is your personal case and we wish for the best
Very few people in the world have access to the therapies you describe, or can afford to pay for them.
Buddhism is far less expensive.
Of course access to a library or the internet is still out of reach for many people across the world, and few can afford a retreat, few can drive to a Buddhist centre; but for those of us with access to a lot of these luxuries; access to the teachings of Buddhism is open to us.
@@kathrynmoores4146 Do you need to pay for the Buddhist meditation retreat? The most of genuine Buddhist retreat centers are free of costs. Google Vipassana meditation Center ( S N Goenka) , they are free for the beginners. These centers are run on donations
I’m happy that you too have benefited from the teachings - Buddha Shakyamuni as just a historical figure was pioneer - He can definitely be called the first psychologist, much more even as a pioneer, a true example of promoted oneness of human being leaving behind any distinction of caste, creed, color and gender all of which existed and still do!! Peace and happiness too all 🙏✨
I don't want to sound dramatic but this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on Carl Jung and Buddhism, you presented everything coherently and in a beautiful way, thank you.
Thank you, Jungian psychology and Buddhism are two of my greatest passions and I’m glad you enjoyed this!
I had a friend, a professor of psychology, who thought that the concept of the unconscious was bogus.
Best reality based explanation of unconscious I've seen.
Good Work
I agree completely.
'When the student is ready the teacher will appear."
Thanks for the lesson - exactly what I needed to hear, at the right time.
This juxtaposition of two of the most meaninful intellectual/psychological/spiritual influences in my life (Jung/Buddha) is one of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips. I really enjoy the aesthetic and content of your videos. It's heartening to find profound and insightful content like this. Thank you. Please keep creating!
Agreed 💯
This composition is well articulated
Well said. My thoughts exactly.
This was profoundly good. I’m in full agreement with the other commenters who say that this might be one of the best videos on RUclips. I always adore a cross pollination of thinkers because of the depth of knowledge and the audacity it takes to engage in such an original piece of work and I think you nailed the landing on this one. I know a lot about Jung and a good deal about Buddhism and am coming from this with a head full of thoughts. The fact that the video itself was immensely beautiful original and engaging just made the whole thing even more amazing. Kudos on an amazing piece of work
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I believe that the Mahayana concept of dependent arising describes the deepest levels of the collective unconscious. No phenomenon can exist without the entirety of all other phenomena.
We are all in this LIVING together 🙏🏼❣️
The awareness of contrast within the cosmos mutually arises with the manifestation of the self. For the monk whose mind is thus released; exist or does not exist, both exist and does not exist, neither exist nor does not exist, do not apply
Keep doing this kind of content, seeker. We're all together on this mysterious journey!
A brilliant video which describes the links between Buddhism and Jung. I have been a practising Buddhist since 1980, and because I first became familiar with Jung's ideas around 1970, I naturally and inadvertently combined the concepts of Buddhism with Jung. In Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy (HQ International and Varanasi India) and Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy (HQ Switzerland and International) there is much description of The Akashic Records. The Akashic Records seem to be synonymous with Jung's Collective Unconscious at a national level, world wide level and cosmic-galactic level. I don't believe everything Madame Blavatsky and Rudolf Steiner write, but on a number of points they are spot on. I like Buddhism so much because I can withdraw using meditation into the 8 Buddhist Janas. Greetings from the UK.
Any tips on Jhanas?
@@dayelu2679 My experience is it works but you must adhere to the Buddhist Teaching to get results. And the study of the subject in itself constitutes Samadhi. (Concentration.)
Between Buddhism, Taoism and Jung, you have everything you need to have a balanced approach to spirituality, shadow work and meaning to existence. Thanks for the video ❤️🙏
@@eradicate630 Taosim has much much more to explore into. Keep learning 👍
Excellent
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As a long time student and practitioner of the Budda’s teaching I must say that I’m enjoying your videos as they present the Buddha’s teaching as I have studied from the scriptures. Thank you for your work. I’ve already shared your videos with my friends.
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This is a good write up and I enjoyed how you delved into this deeply. I would love to see you explore the collective unconsciousness from Jung in the future. Great work! It's a very high-production and captivating video on the subject.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Jung's psychology is very dear to me and it would be an exciting challenge to do a whole video on the collective unconscious. I could cover the main archetypes, the complexes, the idea of wholeness... this is a great suggestion @Tommy Lee!
There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
Wonderful work!
Having Eternalised comment on my video must be some sort of a rare unlockable achievement... thank you for the support!
I'm experiencing and searching in books the things you are talking about 2 years now and i have to say that your content is so pure and u are giving very good details to the subjects in just 20'mins or so. Good job! channels like this boost the collective mind of the internet with wisdom for people to find it.
Thank you for the touching comment - and for following my work for so long! Your support really makes a difference in helping me continue to do what I do.
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There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
I'm amazed. This is without a doubt the best explanation of the five skandhas that I've ever encountered, and I've been studying Buddhism now for more than 20 years! It's so transparent and understandable, something I've been searching for for many years and have finally found here. A big thank you!
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Your videos are incredibly insightful, and I appreciate your narration and explanation style. I struggle with a short attention span, so it can be challenging for me to watch long videos. However, I genuinely wished that this particular video was longer because it was so engaging. Please continue producing such excellent content, and I appreciate your efforts. Keep up the good work, brother! ❤️
You’re kind as ever, Ujjwal, thank you! I will keep trying to make the best video I can, and it feels greatly encouraging every time I see a new comment from you :)
"The sane outnumber the insane... a desperate arguement if ever there was one..." Thank you!! As someone who was put in a psych ward and called "schizo-affective" when I had a most profound spiritual awakening, this was balm to a tortured soul...
You are not alone 🙏🏼
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@@zanewalsh1812 Thank you!
I share that experience and am doing wonderfully and happy. I hope the best for you. We are all with you!
I am sure you are/were also addict
Such a great marriage of western and eastern thought! I particularly love the modified perspective of the yin and yang symbol. I applaud your endeavor and express a profound gratitude for this wonderful gift!!🙏
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Very interesting and well presented. I Paused the video at 15:08 because it occurs to me that you may have missed an important aspect of Jung's thought on the unconscious when you state that 'every action causes an opposite reaction in the unconscious' a formulation that needs to be further explored. My ideas on this are that the unconscious does not derive from a 'neutral state' but is continually attempting to fit experience and thought into a coherent narrative that justifies our actions and values. As such it attempts to eliminate or neutralise thoughts, ideas, experiences that do not fit into this 'self-narrative' and eventually the contradictions this produces force some of this material to the surface in the form of dreams and nightmares (desire, jealousy, guilt, fear, anxiety). Therefore, one might argue that the unconscious as Jung formulated it is not merely a repository but a force that possesses its own ethical purpose(s). And in this sense, I believe it is fair to argue that Buddhism grasps for the concept of 'karma' to justify its own ethical precepts which are otherwise baseless. (If all suffering is a product of the mind, rather than e.g. a product of injustice, then it is not a moral issue that we can or ought to act upon).
The unconscious is when the soul visits another dimension and the little segments that one remembers are called dreams. Dreams have very little importance. Falun Dafa is the Great Way.
Thanks! Love your work my friend.
Thank you, I appreciate this!
TLDR: Both Carl Jung and Buddhism emphasize the importance of understanding the mind, with similarities in their concepts of the unconscious and the need to break the habit of identifying with thoughts, leading to the discovery of the collective unconscious and the recognition of the need to free sentient beings from suffering.
1. 00:00 🧘 Carl Jung and Buddhism both emphasize the importance of understanding the mind, with similarities in their concepts of the unconscious and Buddhist meditation aiming to break the habit of identifying with thoughts.
1.1 Carl Jung and Buddhism share a belief that understanding the mind is crucial for human well-being, leading them down similar paths of investigation and discovering there is much more to the mind.
1.2 This video compares Carl Jung and Buddhist concepts of the unconscious, starting with the Buddha's view of consciousness as a phenomenon that arises when sense organs and sense objects come into contact, with the mind being an additional sixth sense organ.
1.3 Buddhist meditation aims to break the habit of identifying with thoughts, and the Buddhist theory of consciousness presents it without any notion of a subject or self, comparing it to fire that depends on sense objects and sense organs, and there is no reason to assume that the six types of sense objects we perceive are the only ones that exist.
2. 03:59 📝 Our perception of the world is limited by our sense organs, and the illusion of an objective external reality comes from our shared hardware and software.
2.1 Our everyday experience is subjective and limited by our sense organs, and the Buddha believes that our bodies are our world.
2.2 Our limited resources to perceive and understand the Universe means that our clearest perception of the world can only be a low resolution representation of it, and the illusory feeling that humans perceive an objective external reality comes from the fact that we all have the same hardware and software.
3. 06:03 🧠 Jung and yogachara Buddhists believe in the existence of an unconscious/Storehouse Consciousness that accounts for our experiences and behavior, which cannot be explained by sense organs and sense objects, and even advanced meditators cannot permanently extinguish desire, hatred, and ignorance.
3.1 Jung explains how a man's childhood trauma with his cold and unloving mother can trigger his behavior towards women even after she is no longer present, which cannot be explained by the theory of sense organs and sense objects.
3.2 The Buddhist School of the yogatara discovered that even the most advanced meditators could not permanently extinguish desire, hatred, and ignorance, as their stream of consciousness would re-emerge after deep states of meditation.
3.3 Both Jung and yogachara Buddhists believe that there must be an additional region of the mind, which they respectively call the unconscious and the Storehouse Consciousness, that connects and keeps track of all our momentary experiences and accounts for the facts of reality.
4. 09:22 🧠 The unconscious is vital for the existence of the self, as experiences are stored until triggered to arise to the surface of consciousness, leading to the development of a sense of self that can be reinforced and repeated in the future.
4.1 The self can only exist because of the unconscious, as consciousness is momentary and experiences are stored in an unconscious storehouse, according to the yogachara Buddhists.
4.2 The ego, or sense of self, is vital for making sense of the world and experiences eventually sink down into the unconscious until triggered to arise to the surface of consciousness, as exemplified by a boy who bullies others and develops a sadistic sense of self that gets imprinted into the storehouse of the mind.
4.3 A person's childhood memories of being bullied can lead them to become a tyrannical boss in the corporate world, reinforcing their sadistic sense of self and increasing the likelihood of repeating this behavior in the future.
5. 12:20 🧠 Jung discovered that dreams reveal uncomfortable truths about ourselves that our unconscious seeks to balance with our conscious mind, which the yoguchara model of the mind overlooks.
5.1 Buddhists use metaphors of rainwater and seeds to explain how our actions and experiences become habits and shape our present and future, but Carl Jung discovered an additional aspect of the unconscious that Buddhists never came across.
5.2 A man has a dream where he sees his reflection committing violent acts, leading him to observe his behavior at work and realize how much of a jerk he is towards everyone.
5.3 Jung believed that our dreams reveal uncomfortable truths about ourselves that our unconscious seeks to balance with our conscious mind, while the yoguchara model of the mind overlooks this entirely.
6. 15:14 🧠 Jung believed the unconscious was a source of wisdom and discovered the collective unconscious, which contained elements beyond the personal unconscious.
6.1 Jung saw the unconscious as a source of wisdom and guidance, leading him to discover the collective unconscious, which he believed was the source of the contents that Consciousness could not account for.
6.2 Jung observed that some of his patients' dreams contained obscure elements from world culture and literature, leading him to believe in an even deeper region of the mind beyond the personal unconscious.
7. 17:24 🧠 The collective unconscious is the birthplace of individual psyches and allows for collective experiences, with both Jung and Buddhism recognizing the need to free sentient beings from suffering.
7.1 The collective unconscious is a great storehouse of psychic content that is common to all people and animals, and is the birthplace of all individual psyches, allowing for collective experiences such as enlightenment, Nazi movements, protests, and revolutions.
7.2 Actions arise from and contribute to the collective unconscious of all sentient beings, which must be freed from suffering, as recognized by both Jung and Buddhism, with the concept of the bodhisattva reflecting this idea, and while Jung attempted to give a scientific expression to this idea, there is much more to explore in both Jungian and Buddhist theories of mind.
8. 20:09 🧠 Your mind is more mysterious and complex than it seems, and what we call "I" is just the tip of an iceberg that goes so deep it might end up being what we call God.
Oh wow, this is very well made! I like the place you took me, thank you.
Very interesting introduction. I remember George Shearing, a well-known pianist (1919-2011), who was born blind, saying that it was a misconception that those who did not have sight could see black; he said blindness was like trying to see with your arm.
One of the best videos I have ever watched. The similarities and differences you were able to point at shows the level of research and hard work you did. The ending was beautiful where you mentioned the Mahayana vow and an idea of everything being interconnected which might as well be a fact.
I feel very lucky to have come across this video of yours. I will re-watch it, since it has a depth which I feel I can hardly grasp at once. Thank you from the collective and concious mind, and from the instance which holds and is aware of it 🙏
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Ken Wilber is pretty strict is saying that no single spiritual tradition that's over a thousand years old actually knew of the Ego ( western term) nor the subconscious ( Jung) . We can see this because several enlightened teachers while highly adept spiritually, still sexually violated their disciplines, died from alcoholism or committed other acts which seem counterintuitive ( just look at the bhuddists in myanmar ) This isn't to take away from the Bhudda or bhuddism, but only within the past 100 years have we only understood how trauma lives in the body and how Meditation can actually be dangerous for certain people which is why Both Meditation AND western transpersonal therapy combined can actually benefit each other.
Always good to learn about C. G. Jung he followed so much Alchemy, native Americans, African & Buddhism, taoism.
This somehow reminds me how the late Alan watts put things across. 👍
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Having cPTSD, I've studied its neurochemical causes and how to alleviate the symptoms that interfere with my every day actions and misguided self-awareness. The Buddhist teachings, while using different terms and Eastern words, seem to be in close agreement with the neuroscientific and biochemical underpinnings of how the mind experiences, processes, and stores memory, both traumatic and non-traumatic. Triggers are caused by faulty processing in the brain, where traumatic events are not processed properly by the unconscious mind and put into long-term memory storage. They remain in the eternal present, never being properly processed by the traumatized brain. It all seems very 'woo-woo,' but my experience bears out the truth of these deeply mindful precepts.
Bro aside from the amazing visuals, the lecture is probably one of the deepest I have ever heard. on the topic It's like a profound secret is being revealed to me. Thank you, and personally I would love it if you made a vid on Geeta and Upanishads as well in this amazing style.
Thank you Samir, I'm happy this video made such an impression on you :) The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita are definitely topics I aim to cover.
This is such a great production and such clear teaching such a treasure to find!
Thank you for making and sharing this fascinating topic.
This video was so helpful. I have been a practicing Buddhist for years and I still learned so much from this. Your explanations are clear and easier to understand.
Thank you
There is no collective unconsciousness. The soul is either awake or asleep. When one is asleep, the soul visits other dimensions. Falun Dafa explains creation in great detail.
Thank you for this insightful video! You have to make a follow up series in this theme please! Looking forward to the next❤
New to your channel. Became a fan and here to stay. Thank you for your videos.
Welcome and thank you for your support!
it is a great work! And thanks for the "what you seek is seeking you". This has made me so emotional.
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Thank you Seeker, I love the depth and breadth of Buddhism. When I started chanting
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
and reading the Lotus Sutra it opened my mind to a much broader reality than I had ever conceived. So many questions were answered. Your videos are excellent! Happiness, peace and love!
This channel and Eternalised are fantastic repositories of wisdom and thought-provoking content. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for this clear presentation of a deep and vital topic...our unconscious.
In this short video, I came to a better understanding of the distinctions between the conscious, personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. Thanks for the knowledge!
Great video. As far as the difference of Jung and Buddha, it may be beneficial to do a comparison between Jung and LaoTzu
Thankyou for such a splendid wander, good to watch something of content on you tube. the imagery was elegant and understated, your presentation engaging . Once again thank you
Like you mentioned Jung has been accused by some of " mysticism". When asked about this, his collaborator Marie Louise von Franz said that Jungian psychology is more like a type of wisdom, similar to Taoism. It would be interesting if you made a video comparing Jungian ideas and Taoism.
So well presented, well done. Appreciate your insight and wisdom.
i was born in a Buddhist family and i have been a very dogmatic Buddhist following the rules and chanting very seriously until i was mesmerized by a book named power of subconscious and conscious mind. i was so mesmerized that i wanted to look further in the conscious thing and it took me to the real gem i already had from the moment i was born , the Buddhism. Now i value Buddhism beyond dogma , beyond faith to logic and science. I love every bit of Buddhism.
NAMO BUDDHAYA.
And with that, I gained clarity. Thanks Seeker.
Wow. I always enjoy encountering new concepts within familiar topics. Probably your best video yet!
Uncommonly clear weaving of concrete examples, images, and humble insights delivered with rare absence of attachments. Thank you for your efforts to illuminate our troubled era.
I really like your simple, elegant explanations. Thank you!
What an Amazing Amazing! video 👏👏 your grasp and summarising such profound discussion in 20 mins is just incredible! I specially love the Bodhisattva vow - maybe they truly understood that liberation of all sentient beings is truly the Only way out - thank you
I do like your analogy of us all being leaves of the same tree. This video is the first I have seen and it was just up my alley, thank you!
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Excellent video. Great summary. Enjoyed it very much. Thank you kindly
Great, insightful...One of the best videos i came across...Thanks a lot for your great effort..
I believe it is also fair to say that if the 'unconscious' is to some extent merely a 'way of conceptualising' the organisation of the psyche, the collective unconscious is also, to some extent merely a way to describe that aspect of the psyche that appears to be universal amongst humans, or that contains information about primordial, historical, biological, physical and cosmological states. None of this precludes this information being somehow 'baked into our genes or pointing to sensory equipment unknown to modern science'. We must keep in mind that the mind-body dualism is very much a product of language and thought. It is possible to argue that mind and body are not actual distinct and separate entities at all. Perhaps the space that separates us physically from each other so that we conceive of ourselves as distinct is not so impermeable. Or perhaps human minds come up with similar ideas, forms, shapes, experiences and values because of how our sensory equipment evolves, or how our societies are organised. We do after all have many experiences in common, despite our differences as individuals and groups: birth, death, illness, aging, a desire for meaning, etc. And so I would argue that the 'collective unconscious' is again not some sort of magical record (Akashic) but refers to experiences that we share due to the fact that we are subject to similar conditions. Share even with animals and plants. And this includes experiences that we interpret as being on a microscopic as well as a cosmological scale.
One of my favourites ever, it has furthermore increased my inclination towards spirituality. May the Buddha and his teachings continue to influence all sentient beings throughout generations and I hope the same for Carl Jung as well. ❤
This is soooo well aligned. LOVE IT!
Thank you for your contribution to our mind.
Eagerly waiting here for more videos from you
Thank you for your insightful comparison! I've studied directly with Thich Nhat Hanh, and see the correlation between Jung's concept of the collective unconscious with the teachings on store consciousness from the buddha. You presented your concepts very skillfully. For your readers, may I recommend Thich Nhat Hanh's book "Transformation and Healing", which is Thay's commentary on the Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, including exercises anyone with interest can practice.
Wow, what an honor to have studied with Thay… I keep returning to his recorded teachings whenever life gets too complex and difficult. And thank you for the book recommendation, I hadn’t heard of it!
@@seeker2seeker You're so welcome! In this book in particular, there are exercises to practice regarding awareness of eye consciousness, etc. Yes, I was so lucky to have studied in his presence He was extremely generous. I am still studying with his teachings and in regular sangha practice. I don't know where you are. There may be a local plum village sangha near you. Thay often said it is much easier to practice with a sangha.
The Buddhism philosophies made reference in the video are mostly reflection of Mahayana Buddhism, whereas more in-depth explanations and definitions on Consciousness and Unconsciousness can also be found in Theravada Buddhism. There are much more related materials explained in Theravada Buddhism Abhidhamma Pitaka, particularly on mind and consciousness.
This is an awesome lecture, I’ve listened to it several times. I have strong, all be it anecdotal, evidence for the existence of the collective unconscious. Years ago when I was doing a lot of flying I had a recurring dream that involved decision making in a very specific and dangerous situation, and the event dreamed though seemingly realistic was something that would never happen in waking life flying. However it was scary enough to make a strong impression every time I dreamed it, probably 3 or 4 times. Some years later I was reading a book written by a fellow with similar interests who was also a pilot, I was amazed when he described in great detail having the exact same dream. Clearly could not be a coincidence but there was no explaining it. A few years later after puzzling about the mystery I did some internet research and found a dream interpretation site that described the dream and claimed that it is known to be experienced by pilots. I don’t think there is any mechanism known to western science that can explain this observation. However, existence of some common yet occult information source that is accessible by the unconscious mind would allow this phenomenon to occur. I tell my children it’s a mistake to think we can see everything that’s going on in this world and I believe it. Great video, keep up the good work.
Many Thanks! Very interesting video!!
Thank you too!
Blessed to be here. Thank You. My device must be listening to my thoughts.
That was very interesting. Thankyou. It only goes to show what an extraordinary person Jung was.
He really was…
I agree with Tasmanian, this is an awesome video. Beautifully put together, superbly narrated with exquisite content. Fascinating, joyful, ......"good as gold".
Ki pai - well done
What an amazing video! Thanks for sharing ❤
This is THE VERY BEST VIDEO I have chanced upon!! Thank you
Very insightful buddy, im grateful for you.
So glad to hear from a extremely vivid point of view, you create masterpieces brother! May your legacy live forever. Love from India!
U have to check the vajrayana path of Buddhism and look beyond Mahayana which deals with dreams and the unconscious especially in the dream yoga which is one of the six yogas of naropa. And what Jung called seat of wisdom has also been completely explored in vajrayana Buddhism where it’s called “ Rangjung yeshe”. Also the “collective unconscious” has also been explored. In vajrayana it’s simply can be compared to “vajradhatu” or indestructible space. Also, the liberation of collective consciousness wouldn’t have terrified the Buddhists at all. The apex of vajrayana called “pure perception “ talks about this itself.
I loved your video but please elaborate more in future.
Hey simeon! Such a great content! It must be fate and luck of mine and others to watch such quality content.However,Can you make a proper video on meditation,science behind samadhi and such states of consciousness and how to perform meditation according to ancient buddhist manner(in present day)?
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Hey there, thank you for the kind comment! Actually, one of my main courses while studying Buddhist Studies at university was on Buddhist meditation. So, I have lots of resources on that. This is definitely a topic I am going to do a video on and when I do, I will mention you in the video :)
Truth is a nod along. Out of silence, clarity. Greater clarity through challenge. Non attachment is the only refuge from slings and arrows. Your voice is amazing. This channel will grow very large. If you sold stock I would invest if I had extra money.
I just got my philosophy license degree academic article (thesis) graded. It's based on Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka Budhism and Jung's Conception of the psyche as the mirror of the world. I am very excited for this. Wonder if it'll touch on Hesse's Siddhartha
please keep producing more videos like this, i know the views are not very much on this video but this was 10/10
Science is about objectivity. Spirituality, subjectivity. The inner knowledge of how "my" mind works requires to be in touch with my own personal "reality" as it is now. Every being manifests a unique experience, beyond labels, definitions and concepts. The collective unconscious calls for the collective conscious, but every human case is different, for every experience is different. Also, besides the mind, there are emotions and feelings which cannot be placed in its origin, to the realm of the mind alone and which are important to learn about ourselves. I enjoyed your video. Thank you very much for offering such material.
Dude, your job is amazing! thank you!
A nice video. Thanks. Collective unconscious or memories of previous lives? According to Buddhism, it is precisely the deposit-consciousness Alaya (what in the West is called the unconscious) that migrates from one life to another, continually being reborn. This dynamic explains the factors that led Jung to postulate the existence of the collective unconscious.
This is probably one of the best RUclips videos I have ever seen. It is a gem and worth watching multiple times. Interesting-- I had just written a few weeks ago these two haiku about the individual:
A tree in late Fall
Does it believe it is dying?
Awakens in Spring
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Perhaps our bodies
Are like the leaves of a tree
Going through seasons
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Just phenomenal. You have yourself another subscriber. I hope you continue your work.
Something I learned from reading Freud a long time ago is that there is a distinction to be made between the unconscious and the subconscious. The unconscious cannot be made conscious; things like heart rate, blood pressure, hormone secretions, etc. These still have an important influence on the conscious mind. The subconscious can be brought into consciousness through experience, talk therapy, and self-reflection. They should not be used interchangeably as they have important differences.
Thank you for sharing your videos. ❤
excellent content. am blessed to have come across this video. thank you.
My own understanding. In the ancient past, there was no split in the conscious and unconsciousness. The unconscios is known. However, the mind got habituated and become fixated on certain focus aka grasping and desire.. And the dichotomy occurs. During extreme deep meditation, when the conceptual human mind is suspended, the unconscious reveals unobscured. .. and the dynamics of lives are seen clearly and as knowing prior to ideas and language.
In the far future, these split will be gone.
Great video, absolutely loved it.
I’ve watched this 3 times and will no doubt watch several more times. Please, more like this. 20:26 20:26
"what you seek is seeking you" Love it! Subscribed
Man absolutely amazing, a phenomenal video on psychology carl Jung i never see anything like that vey organized mindful perfect explanation and everything.
You rock
i enjoyed and leaned from your video.
your philosophy is on point even the Buddhism that a lot of westerns misinterpret. though "a bat has no organ for sight" i suspect you've never seen a bat up-close. 🙃😋
my experience as Buddhist monk in asia showed me that, while the Buddha didnt focus on teaching about the unconscious but the practice of Vipassana certainly leads one to connect with their unconscious/shadow and beyond (e.g. accessing memories and samskara from past lives).
18:10 i think it is an overstatement to say the Buddhists would be terrified of this concept. he taught that we are all One rather than we are all connected by collective unconscious. the distinction between subject and object are part of Maya, illusion, just like your leaves on the tree metaphor
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PS
a side note on your physics metaphor; dark matter is the result of including only gravity and ignoring electromagnetism, a force many powers of ten stronger than gravity (hence why so much "datk matter" is required to "fudge factor" the equatios in their incomplete model). dark energy isn't undetectable any more than a tree in the daytime is...one just has to open their eyes to see it.
❤ your video, thank you for sharing it with us!
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Ah, that bat slip-up will continue to haunt me for some time... Thank you for the thoughtful comments and I'm glad you liked the video!
@𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐝 apologies
A great talk, very inspiring!
Phenomenal content presented with great artistic style. Your graphics are beautiful & sublime.
Thank you kindly!
excellent work, fascinating how you relate these thought theories with deep reasoning
Indirectly shines a light on the origin of many physical maladies. One of the best videos on the internet. Period.
Great snapshotting on the insight’s of CJ and ancient’s on human and universal wisdoms --thank you for the concise interpretation and perception
Completely agree, brother. Thank you sir for throwing some more light on a philosophical tension of opposites that has lived with me for years. Love it. I believe the various deities are beings that reside in the unconscious that buddhists look to for guidance; the unconscious is an inhabited place of persons, the spirit world or otherworld of animists. I think the view of everything as beings / Being makes the most sense at the end of the day. There truly is only one Truth in many expressions and languages. The more I study schools of thought the more I can detect the common Truth they are trying to express and disregard the rest.
Wonderful work, thank you!
Loved your video, it really made sense now since I've read Jung but haven't seen how it was connected to Buddhist concepts of self, conscious and unconscious. However since I am Indian, it is really hard to understand when some words are pronounced incorrectly. I can understand your phonetics may not such words/pronounciation but since you are eager at learning I'd recommend you to pronounce jñan as Ga-ya-n; ज्ञ is pronounced as gya rather than ja/jya.
Again, thanks for this amazing video. ♥️
Great recording would love to hear more on the archetypes, and the other thing that you reference about recordings fascinating
WHAT A GREAT, INSIGHTFUL VIDEO!!!!! THANK YOU MANY TIMES FOR PRODUCING THIS!
0:39: 🧠 The work of Carl Jung and Buddhism both emphasize the importance of understanding the mind for human wellbeing.
5:24: 🧠 Perception shapes our reality, and traumas can continue to affect us even when the triggering factors are no longer present.
10:56: 🧠 The mind consciousness, or ego, plays a crucial role in making sense of the world and can lead to deluded behavior.
16:21: 🧠 Jung's greatest discovery was the collective unconscious, a deep region of the mind that contains all human experiences and is common to all people.
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Excellent, clear and concise. Hopefully this will assist in this troubled time
Makes me want to know more. Much appreciated.
amazing video dude, fantastic explanations keep up the great content
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