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Greek God Hermes, Archetypes And Myths, Unconscious Personality,Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence

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Greek God Hermes

The Greek God Hermes is the archetype of change being brought into our lives. It is the energy of fluidness and openness and receptiveness of change.

The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

To recognize Hermes active within your life look for…

  • quick, agile mind
  • always on the move
  • likes to find own way to succeed
  • broad range of interests and ideas
  • doesn’t like to be tied down

    • Possible drawbacks to living the Hermes archetype…

  • oblivious to what might be unacceptable
  • never settles or settles very late
  • learns many skills but masters none

  • unwilling to commit because of lure of next
    possibility

    • This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen.

    If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait
    you own.

    If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact me, I would love to help.

    Greek God Hephaestus, Archetypes And Myths, Unconscious Personality

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    Greek
    God Hephaestus

    The Greek god Hephaestus is the archetype within human beings that urges the creation of beautiful and functional objects.

    The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

    To recognize Hephaestus active within your life look for…

    • introverted and intense personality
    • potentially creative and totally dedicated to life’s
    • focused on life’s work to the exclusion of other areas
      of life
    • creates functional and/or beautiful things

    Possible drawbacks to living the Hephaestus
    archetype…

    • feels an outsider
    • not part of the ‘in’ crowd
    • feels rejected by society’s values
    • if doesn’t find gratifying work or is not true to
      creative abilities then will have no natural outlet for deep emotions

    This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen.

    If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait you own.   If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact me, I would love to help.

    Greek God Dionysus, Archetypes And Myths, Unconscious Personality, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence

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    Greek
    God Dionysus

    The Greek God Dionysus as archetype is an unusual pattern in that it is apparent in spiritually evolved mystics as well as murderers.

    The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

    To recognize Dionysus active within your life look
    for…

  • Sensual; likes to experience the world through all the
    senses.

  • Cries easily or at least is not able to suppress
    emotions like other people are taught.

  • Tendency to fall in love with boys and girls

  • Internal conflict that makes living in the ordinary
    world difficult.

    • Possible drawbacks to living the Dionysus
    archetype…

  • Feeling invalidated and out of step with others

  • Doesn’t fit easily into the culture of goal setting,
    working hard and long to achieve academic or material success.

  • Highs and lows, mood swings and extremes of feelings.
  • Prolonged or catastrophic mid-life crisis.

    • This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen. If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait you own.   If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact me, I would love to help.

    Gold In The Shadow, Shadow Work, Shadow Self, Shadow Projection, Human Shadow

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    Discover Gold In The Shadow And

    Change Your Life

    What Is The Gold In The Shadow?

    The gold in the shadow can be understood by seeing that just as we protect our sense of self by denying that we possess ‘bad’ qualities, we also do not fully acknowledge that we have ‘good’ qualities.

    Your sense of self, your self-image contains certain traits and anything that does not fit into this picture you have off yourself, or anything you wish was not in the picture is called your shadow.

    Shadow Gold Unlocks Your Potential

    When you see someone who has desirable qualities, watch and notice if you think this person is somehow more special than you.  If you feel infatuated by them or you put them up on a pedestal in your mind then you are projecting positive qualities onto them.

    You can notice if someone has positive qualities and not be projecting.  It is placing them above you in your mind that is evidence of your shadow, as Carl Jung termed it.

    What Do I Do With This?

    Just the same as you would do with negative qualities you project onto others, you need to go within and be brutally honest and find instances or areas of your life where YOU have these same qualities.

    They will be there it is just you will have minimized them in your mind.  You might project amazing traits onto a musician but deny the same level of genius in your cooking ability.  Cooking comes so easy to you you think it is no big deal.

    Well the musician finds it easy to play music and it is no big deal to her either.  We each are given talents and skills in different areas and it is for you to embrace these.

    Your inner peace and self-esteem will change immediately for each trait you re-own, embrace and love.  These positive traits are said to be the shadow gold.

    Gemini Moon Sign, Gemini Traits, Astrological Moon Signs

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    If You Are A Gemini
    Moon Sign

    A gemini moon sign will have primarily the following traits. Your self-esteem and personal and spiritual growth comes primarily from you acceptance and letting go of any emotional reaction to being labeled something.

    Have a look at the list and notice anything which you resist, i.e. it doesn’t fit in with your self-image or you wish it wasn’t part of you.

    – Charming

    – Witty

    – Irritable

    – Moody

    – Inquisitive

    – Nosy

    – Curious

    – Bored quickly

    – Talkative

    – Flexible

    – Constantly on the go

    – Worry more than average

    – Sociable

    – Organized

    – Versatile

    – Adaptable

    – Like change

    – Enjoy adventures

    – Enjoy freedom

    Then go through all the other astrological moon signs and work your way through those also.  We all posses the ability to display every trait so your sense of self-acceptance and self-esteem is dependent on you embracing all the gemini traits from this moon sign list, and all the other 11 as well.

    Dr John Demartini, Demartini Method, Improving Your Self-Esteem

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    Wisdom Learned From Dr
    John Demartini

    Dr John Demartini created and teaches the Demartini Method. A powerful way to resolve anxiety, trauma, sadness, grief, shame, guilt and any possible emotion that is holding you back from living an inspired, beautiful life.

    In 2008 I first heard about Dr Demartini.  It was a year after my second reading of The
    Dark Side of the Light Chasers     by Debbie Ford, a book which made a huge change to my understanding of why people feel bad about themselves and have low self-esteem.

    A friend gave me a DVD of Dr John Demartini talking about his tough early life.  He was from a loving family however he had learning and physical difficulties and drifted aimlessly once leaving school until he met an old man in a yoga class.  This old man, Paul Bragg, guided him and the rest of the class through a meditation and from that night Dr Demartini’s passion for learning and understanding began.

    When I looked into his work further I was quite astounded to read and hear that he too had realized the importance of doing shadow-work and had done a similar exercise to me, but a lot more intense.

    I know I felt a persistent unease within all my life until I started this internal work on myself.  I wanted to discover who I really was, what I am gifted at and what I can let go of worrying about.  Would you like to live like that also?

    Listen to a great explanation below from Dr John DeMartini of why this kind of work is powerful at improving your your self-esteem.

    Whereas I had gone through books, learning materials and reference material to catalogue around 1,000 personality traits, and test myself for any reaction or resistance to owning them, he had apparently gone through the entire dictionary!!!  I never thought of doing that!

    He says there are about 4,600 traits he got from the dictionary and I assume he worked on each one.

    His work was not only from the point of view of feeling better about himself but he also got copies of biographies of successful people and highlighted the traits that they displayed in achieving their greatness.

    Dr John Demartini is passionate about all areas of human behaviour and achievement.  Part of his study was into quantum physics and the realization that there really is nothing missing from our lives.  It is our conscious mind that is unable to see everything and how it all relates and so knowing this he devised The DeMartini Method.

    I lent a friend my copy of his book The Heart of Love and she said it made such a change to her life reading it and doing the exercises.  I hope it does for you too.

    Elsewhere I have talked about personality traits that we do not accept and love about ourselves show up for us as an illusion in other people.  We really think they are that way, but in reality that person’s behaviour or personality provide us with a hook that shows us what we need to work on to love and accept about ourselves.

    The more personality traits that you accept and love about yourself the more you will leave low self-esteem behind and you can get on with living a meaningful, inspired life.  This is one aspect of the many great teachings Dr John Demartini provides.

    Demartini Method, Breakthrough Experience, Self-Esteem Worksheets

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    How The Demartini Method Helps You

    Dr John Demartini created The Demartini Method. It is one of the most powerful ways to improve self-esteem that I know of.  Scroll down to watch a two-minute video from YouTube on The Breakthrough Experience, which uses the Method.

    It is a holistic healing method to resolve all sorts of emotional issues and can help you find your life purpose.

    The crux of The Demartini Method and The Breakthrough Experience is shadow-work as coined by Carl Jung the great psychologist.

    It is one of the ways to improve self-esteem that leaves all the others
    behind in my opinion.

    In His Own Words

    The Demartini Method is

    – A systematic pre-determined series of mental questions directed toward the objective of assisting an individual to feel present, certainty and gratitude.

    – A procedure that neutralizes an individual’s emotional charges, balances his or her mental and physical reactions, opens his or her heart and clears his or her mind.

    – A continuous thinking process and writing action repeated over a course of time that results in a resolution of dis-equilibrated perceptions.

    – A reproducible science enabling individuals to discover the underlying order governing their apparent daily chaos.

    I discovered Dr John Demartini only after I had coincidentally done a lot of the work on myself that he teaches.  My path lead me down via other teachers and it wasn’t until I had discovered the power of shadow-work that I was told about Dr John Demartini.

    I eagerly read some of his work and attended two of his talks and watched two DVDs and sure enough he was saying the same things that I KNEW were awesome at setting us free from out programming
    and unresolved issues – even if we don’t know we have them.

    Dr Demartini is considered by many to be one of the great minds and of course he could explain a lot more than me about why this was powerful.  After studying physics, philosophy, theology, metaphysics, psychology, astronomy, mathematics, neurology and physiology he created worksheets that you can work through on your own, or to get the most benefit attend his two-day seminar called The Breakthrough Experience.

    The benefit of attending the live event is that you have Dr John Demartini himself and any number of people he has trained to help you work through the worksheets.  People have reported dramatic changes and a resolving of old issues and pain that they have carried for years and years, most often since childhood.  This leaves you to live the life you are destined to live.

    The Breakthrough Experience is held many times a year throughout the world as Dr Demartini travels constantly.

    Capricorn Moon Sign, Capricorn Traits, Astrological Moon Signs

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    If You Are A Capricorn
    Moon Sign

    A capricorn moon sign will have primarily the following traits. Your self-esteem and personal and spiritual growth comes primarily from you acceptance and letting go of any emotional reaction to being labeled something.

    Have a look at the list and notice anything which you resist, i.e. it doesn’t fit in with your self-image or you wish it wasn’t part of you.

    – Risk adverse

    – Likes safety and security

    – Hard on self

    – Private

    – Organised

    – Efficient

    – Practical

    – Patient

    – Responsible

    – Difficult to show affection

    – Overly worrisome

    – Ambitious

    – Strong willed

    – Desire knowledge

    – Dislike being idle

    – Rarely shows emotions

    – Eager to learn

    – Materialistic success desired

    Then go through all the other astrological moon signs and work your way through those also.  We all posses the ability to display
    every trait so your sense of self-acceptance and self-esteem is dependent on you embracing all the capricorn traits from this moon sign list, and all the other 11 as well.

    Ares Greek God of War, Archetypes And Myths

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    Ares

    Greek God Of War

    Ares Greek God of war is the archetype of masculine power and aggression without rational thought of the effects or consequences.

    The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

    To recognize Ares active within your life look for…

    • acting instinctively without thinking of consequences
    • having passionate and intense reactions including rage and anger
    • living within the body, intensely emotional and expressive
    • ruled by emotional and physical reactions

    Possible drawbacks to living the Ares archetype…

    • lack of ability to be ‘the watcher’; the non judgmental observer of self and actions
    • lacks ability to rationalize and select choices; simply reacts like a robot
    • doesn’t fit in with rules and regulations
    • doesn’t plan or take long term view

    This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda-Bolen.

    If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait you own.  If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact me, I would love to help.

    Apollo the Sun God, Archetypes And Myths, Unconscious Personality

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    Apollo
    The Sun God

    Apollo the sun god is the archetype of the one who finds life quite easy and enjoyable. Goals are realistic and worked towards logically and persistently but lacks drive to make it to the top.

    The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

    To recognize Apollo active within your life look for…

    • Curious and inquisitive about the world
    • successful at anything the mind is put towards
    • wants to master skills
    • lives more in the mind and thoughts rather than body
      and emotions

    Possible drawbacks to living the Apollo archetype…

    • Inability and unwillingness to connect emotionally and
      intimately
    • More concerned with own thoughts and judgments than
      emotions and communicating with others
    • In later years may find all that was important up until
      then is now meaningless.

    This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen.

    If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait you own.

    If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact
    me, I would love to help.