Keywords
Relatedness: relationships, sharing a common identity, being alike, compatibility, reciprocity, siblings or kindred spirits, friendship, familiarity, girl or boy next door, comparison
Normality: fitting in, adapt, acting according to social norms, develop a persona, blending in, equality, egalitarian, following trends, peer pressure, influence, assimilation, conformism, imitation, copying, everyman, mainstream
Community: finding one's tribe or place in the world, family, clan or gang, group identity, sticking with one another, me too, rallying others, empathy, support, brotherly love, following the crowd, losing one's identity
Normality: fitting in, adapt, acting according to social norms, develop a persona, blending in, equality, egalitarian, following trends, peer pressure, influence, assimilation, conformism, imitation, copying, everyman, mainstream
Community: finding one's tribe or place in the world, family, clan or gang, group identity, sticking with one another, me too, rallying others, empathy, support, brotherly love, following the crowd, losing one's identity
Examples
Movie Clips & Videos:
You were my best friend, It's our own people – The Americans,
10 Signs You May Come From An Emotionally Enmeshed Family
10 Signs You May Come From An Emotionally Enmeshed Family
"Furthermore, the shadow is exposed to collective infections to a much greater extent than is the conscious personality. When a man is alone, for instance, he feels relatively all right; but as soon as 'the others' do dark, primitive things, he begins to fear that if he doesn't join in, he will be considered a fool. Thus he gives way to impulses that do not really belong to him at all."
–C.G. Jung, Man and his symbols p.175
Podcasts:
To Be Different Find Who's Like You (Creative Pep Talk),
Bubble-Hopping and Bonus Catch-Up (Invisibilia),
Michelle Phan: The Original Internet Influencer (Without Fail),
Searching for Utopia: Intentional Communities (Life Examined)
To Be Different Find Who's Like You (Creative Pep Talk),
Bubble-Hopping and Bonus Catch-Up (Invisibilia),
Michelle Phan: The Original Internet Influencer (Without Fail),
Searching for Utopia: Intentional Communities (Life Examined)
Writings:
Fitting In Is Human: Forcing Someone To Fit In Is Oppression,
Agnes Martin on Resisting the Urge to Be Alone, No Time to Think,
Why We Conform, The Myth of Unique Identity,
Battling Our Same-Different Instinct
Fitting In Is Human: Forcing Someone To Fit In Is Oppression,
Agnes Martin on Resisting the Urge to Be Alone, No Time to Think,
Why We Conform, The Myth of Unique Identity,
Battling Our Same-Different Instinct
Arranged Marriage, Dating, Friendship, Girl Next Door, Average Joe,
Compatibility, Reciprocity, Mirroring, Conformity, Groupthink, Habitus,
Herd Behavior, Egalitarianism, Collective Identity, Need for Affiliation,
Belonging, Cultural Assimilation, Minority Influence, Social Influence,
Social Connection, Mass Marketing, In Group and Out Group
Compatibility, Reciprocity, Mirroring, Conformity, Groupthink, Habitus,
Herd Behavior, Egalitarianism, Collective Identity, Need for Affiliation,
Belonging, Cultural Assimilation, Minority Influence, Social Influence,
Social Connection, Mass Marketing, In Group and Out Group
But what did he see in the clear stream below? His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck’s nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan’s egg. He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him.
Tarot: Justice
Mythology: Castor and Pollux, Echo, Supreme Swan, Lady Justice
Alchemy: Knight of the Double Fountain (Splendor Solis)
Mythology: Castor and Pollux, Echo, Supreme Swan, Lady Justice
Alchemy: Knight of the Double Fountain (Splendor Solis)
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