According to Robert Johnson, a Jung analyst and author, Carl Jung was often asked whether humanity would survive. Here’s what Robert had to say regarding this question: “People often asked Dr. Jung, ‘Will we make it?’ Referring to the cataclysm of our time, he always replied: “If enough people do their inner work.”

Now, if the average person in the West listened, they might have a hard time understanding how the “inside job” will help the planet. In fact, the term “inner work” may not mean anything to them.

Self-alienation

Someone like this is likely to live in a very extroverted society; focusing primarily on what is happening externally. As a result of living in such a place, it will be normal for them to have a weak connection to their inner world and a strong connection to what is happening in the outer world.

When it comes to what’s going on inside of them, this could typically be something that is a mystery. Furthermore, it may not even occur to them that they have both a conscious and an unconscious mind, and that it is the latter that has the greatest impact on their life.

A natural response

With this in mind, if they wanted to change the world, it would be perfectly normal for them to try to change what is happening ‘out there’. Focusing on what’s going on inside and dealing with it would be seen as a total waste of time.

What is also likely to influence this is that one will see himself as nothing more than an observer of his reality. Therefore, if you are separate from everyone and everything and do not have an effect on what is happening ‘out there’, changing your inner world will not help the planet.

No time for games

According to their perspective, the only way they can change the world is if they do something. Playing with what’s going on internally won’t have the same impact as getting involved in politics or being an activist, for example.

There will be many other people who are trying to change the world, which will validate what they believe. Throughout their lives, there is also a strong chance that they have been endlessly receiving the message that money and power are necessary to change the world.

Bad advice

So for someone like that, what Carl Jung said will be of no use to those who really want to change the world and serve their fellow man. For people like this, they will need to go out and do their part.

Given Carl Jung’s understanding of human nature, an answer like this is unlikely to surprise him. After all, he said that “people will do anything, however absurd, to avoid confronting their own soul.”

A deeper look

If human beings are merely observers and their inner world has no effect on their outer world, then changing their inner world would have no effect on the outer world. Doing “inside work” to change the world would, of course, be distracting and prevent the actual work that needs to be done from getting done.

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However, what if this is nothing more than an illusion and that what happens ‘out there’ is an expression of what is happening internally? However, not only in people’s conscious minds, but also what is happening in their unconscious mind?

Cause and effect

Therefore, if someone has an active effect on their reality and is not a mere observer, it will be essential that they do “their inner work”. If they do not do this, what is within them will continue to co-create and sustain the disharmony and dysfunction that is ‘out there’ and they, along with most of their peers, will see it as out of place. of your control.

As Carl Jung once said: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it destiny.” In this case, what humanity as a whole has not made conscious will direct their destiny and most, if not all, will see it as fate, the wrath of mother nature or an act of God, for example.

Self-victimization

Therefore, as a large part of humanity does not understand the connection between the inner and outer world, a large part of the population will continue to believe that someone or something is doing things to them. When in reality, the external world will be reflecting what they need to resolve within themselves.

When it comes to the “internal work” that must be done to change what is happening externally and ensure the survival of the species, it will be related to work through the baggage that each person has collected during their adult life, childhood. years, while they were in their mother’s womb, what their ancestors and past life trauma passed on to them.

The journey of the warriors

Getting in and working through the layers and layers of pain that have built up is not easy; it is much easier for someone to try to change what is happening “out there”. The challenge with this is that while this can be done with the best of intentions, they most likely come from a place of resistance, and what is resisted is what will often persist and even grow.

This is not to say that doing things in the external world is a waste of time, but if one does not take care of his own baggage and comes from a place of resistance, his actions will not be as effective as they would be. be it otherwise. And if you have a great need to make the world a better place, you will want to be as effective as possible while on this earth.

Conclution

That said, while “inside work” may sound a bit airy and seem like nothing more than a distraction from what really needs to be done, it is incredibly important. Ultimately it shows how much effect each individual on this planet has on the world.

Lastly, when someone makes the “inner world”, he will have less need to avoid himself. Then it will be easier for them to do things that really serve the planet, rather than just doing things that are really a way of keeping their own pain at bay and avoiding themselves.