Özüm Demirel
@ozumdemirel.bsky.social
Psychotherapist
Depth Psychology & Consciousness Studies
Özümle Bilinç Yolculuğu @ spotify
Wesleyan University-Psyc-BA
Columbia Univ-Clinical Psyc-MA
CIIS-Transpersonal Psyc-PhD
Executive Member of IPPA
📩rubedoegitim@gmail.com
Depth Psychology & Consciousness Studies
Özümle Bilinç Yolculuğu @ spotify
Wesleyan University-Psyc-BA
Columbia Univ-Clinical Psyc-MA
CIIS-Transpersonal Psyc-PhD
Executive Member of IPPA
📩rubedoegitim@gmail.com
The inner world is not separate from the outer. Liberation begins within, but it does not end there.
A new world rises
when we refuse to serve the old gods of fear and domination,
and choose instead to stand,
fully human, fully awake.
#handsoff #collective #revolution #individuation
A new world rises
when we refuse to serve the old gods of fear and domination,
and choose instead to stand,
fully human, fully awake.
#handsoff #collective #revolution #individuation
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The inner world is not separate from the outer. Liberation begins within, but it does not end there.
A new world rises
when we refuse to serve the old gods of fear and domination,
and choose instead to stand,
fully human, fully awake.
#handsoff #collective #revolution #individuation
A new world rises
when we refuse to serve the old gods of fear and domination,
and choose instead to stand,
fully human, fully awake.
#handsoff #collective #revolution #individuation
The tyrant is not just a figure of history or politics. It is a psychic force that lives in all of us.
To confront it is not merely personal work,
but an act of collective revolution.
Every shadow faced is a chain broken.
Every truth spoken is a wall cracked.
#confrontation
To confront it is not merely personal work,
but an act of collective revolution.
Every shadow faced is a chain broken.
Every truth spoken is a wall cracked.
#confrontation
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The tyrant is not just a figure of history or politics. It is a psychic force that lives in all of us.
To confront it is not merely personal work,
but an act of collective revolution.
Every shadow faced is a chain broken.
Every truth spoken is a wall cracked.
#confrontation
To confront it is not merely personal work,
but an act of collective revolution.
Every shadow faced is a chain broken.
Every truth spoken is a wall cracked.
#confrontation
But let’s be clear: To carry a shadow is human.
But to enact it at the expense of others—to harm, to oppress, to destroy life—is a choice.
Psychological insight is not a justification.Whoever harms life must be held accountable.
Awareness deepens responsibility, it does not erase it.
But to enact it at the expense of others—to harm, to oppress, to destroy life—is a choice.
Psychological insight is not a justification.Whoever harms life must be held accountable.
Awareness deepens responsibility, it does not erase it.
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
But let’s be clear: To carry a shadow is human.
But to enact it at the expense of others—to harm, to oppress, to destroy life—is a choice.
Psychological insight is not a justification.Whoever harms life must be held accountable.
Awareness deepens responsibility, it does not erase it.
But to enact it at the expense of others—to harm, to oppress, to destroy life—is a choice.
Psychological insight is not a justification.Whoever harms life must be held accountable.
Awareness deepens responsibility, it does not erase it.
If we do not bring light to the shadow—both within us and around us— the faces and names of tyrants and victims will change, but the cycle of oppression will continue.
Consciousness, both personal and collective, is not just healing. It is revolutionary.
#shadowintegration
Consciousness, both personal and collective, is not just healing. It is revolutionary.
#shadowintegration
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If we do not bring light to the shadow—both within us and around us— the faces and names of tyrants and victims will change, but the cycle of oppression will continue.
Consciousness, both personal and collective, is not just healing. It is revolutionary.
#shadowintegration
Consciousness, both personal and collective, is not just healing. It is revolutionary.
#shadowintegration
The tyrant is born from what we repress, the disowned force exiled to the unconscious,
then cast outward onto leaders, enemies, and strangers.
Whether in the personal or collective unconscious, what we bury does not die.
In the dark, it grows teeth.
#shadow
then cast outward onto leaders, enemies, and strangers.
Whether in the personal or collective unconscious, what we bury does not die.
In the dark, it grows teeth.
#shadow
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The tyrant is born from what we repress, the disowned force exiled to the unconscious,
then cast outward onto leaders, enemies, and strangers.
Whether in the personal or collective unconscious, what we bury does not die.
In the dark, it grows teeth.
#shadow
then cast outward onto leaders, enemies, and strangers.
Whether in the personal or collective unconscious, what we bury does not die.
In the dark, it grows teeth.
#shadow
The tyrant archetype demands submission, not integration.
An autocrat who enforces order and stability at all costs…and takes pride in the sterile certainty that grants him control, even as it strips vitality from the psyche…
#tyrant
An autocrat who enforces order and stability at all costs…and takes pride in the sterile certainty that grants him control, even as it strips vitality from the psyche…
#tyrant
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The tyrant archetype demands submission, not integration.
An autocrat who enforces order and stability at all costs…and takes pride in the sterile certainty that grants him control, even as it strips vitality from the psyche…
#tyrant
An autocrat who enforces order and stability at all costs…and takes pride in the sterile certainty that grants him control, even as it strips vitality from the psyche…
#tyrant
In Jungian terms, this is archetypal possession: when the ego loses its center and no longer mediates between the conscious and unconscious. It serves the archetype.
What begins as a defense against chaos becomes a force of psychic rigidity and destruction.
#egoinflation
What begins as a defense against chaos becomes a force of psychic rigidity and destruction.
#egoinflation
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
In Jungian terms, this is archetypal possession: when the ego loses its center and no longer mediates between the conscious and unconscious. It serves the archetype.
What begins as a defense against chaos becomes a force of psychic rigidity and destruction.
#egoinflation
What begins as a defense against chaos becomes a force of psychic rigidity and destruction.
#egoinflation
When ego inflation occurs—whether in the personal or collective psyche—the individual identifies unconsciously with the archetype of power.
The result is the emergence of the tyrant: a psychic phenomenon rooted in the shadow and driven by a dissociation from the Self.
#archetype
The result is the emergence of the tyrant: a psychic phenomenon rooted in the shadow and driven by a dissociation from the Self.
#archetype
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
When ego inflation occurs—whether in the personal or collective psyche—the individual identifies unconsciously with the archetype of power.
The result is the emergence of the tyrant: a psychic phenomenon rooted in the shadow and driven by a dissociation from the Self.
#archetype
The result is the emergence of the tyrant: a psychic phenomenon rooted in the shadow and driven by a dissociation from the Self.
#archetype