"The Shadow Self"

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In chapter IX, the autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections explains in great detail Carl Jung’s spiritual and intellectual awakenings focusing on his travel, dreams and experiences. Even though most people never want to recognize the 'other' within themselves, his work was to explore “the shadow self;" an unconscious and undesirable aspect of the personality which one tends to reject or remain ignorant of.

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Two of his visits were Arabian North Africa and India, both of which he experienced an internal battle between his conscious and unconscious regarding his outlooks concerning said places. His encounter with Arab culture had struck him with so much overwhelming force that he even confronted vivid dreams afterwards, the same went for India. He thought these dreams revealed, or had a meaning which unraveled his true feelings towards these journeys. 

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The difference between these two visits was that North Africa's stop was planned and India's was made at the spur of the moment. Nonetheless, both places had an impact on him and influentially contributed well to his search for "the shadow self." India gave him the experience of an alien, highly differentiated culture while North Africa gave him a perspective on those people who were so differently constituted from himself. Through observation, he begins to understand the distinctions between his and their cultures, religious beliefs, and other socially accepted views.

Traveling opens the mind, increases knowledge, and widens perspective. Some aspects of the personality can only be realized and appreciated through traveling. This exposure intensifies the awareness of one's identity and hopefully awakens an inner dormant part of one's mind, "the shadow self."