Carl Jung Research Paper

Often times viewed as an opposite of Buddhism, there is psychology. Most forms of psychology and Buddhism can barely interact and tend to form complex relationships. This is a different story for Jungian psychology and Buddhism. To understand Jungian psychology, it is important to learn about Carl Jung. Carl Jung was a psychologist who lived during the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. He is known to be the creator of analytical psychology, which emphasizes the importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness. Jung grew up feeling both special and inadequate and due to his nature, he ended up creating a personality within himself, known as his personality Number Two, which was his authentic self that brought about refuge. Though Number Two was a safe place for Jung to hide, often times this personality was fragile and elusive, so most of the time Jung had to settle for personality Number One, the fake personality that satisfied the people around him. Due to these two personalities, Jung was in constant turmoil throughout his childhood.

The collective unconscious is what describes the part of the psyche that owes the existence exclusively to heredity and is common to all human beings. The personal unconscious, the opposite of the collective unconscious, contains all the material that the individual has forgotten or repressed, this usually applies to memories. Jung also developed the theory of archetypes, the contents of the collective unconscious which are analogous to instincts. Along with the archetypes, Jung developed the idea of the self. The self is the most important archetype and it is the organizing, guiding, and uniting principle that gives the personality direction and meaning. Jung also created individuation, a process of ongoing continuity of development and integration of the