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To further explore this integration, reflecting on personal patterns can yield valuable insights. Questions such as "What aspects of myself do I hide?" or "What qualities in others trigger strong emotional reactions in me?" help illuminate the relationships between our conscious actions and unconscious motivations.
Jung's approach emphasizes not the elimination of the Shadow but its integration. Engaging with our disowned aspects constructively can reveal their protective purposes and potential positive expressions. The aggressive impulses we once denied can become healthy assertiveness, while repressed wildness might transform into creativity.