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The individuation process, created by Carl Gustav Jung, is defined as the process of discovering the own inner-self.

This process also provides guidance to answer the universal question Who am I?. Before going deeper into the process, the author explains basic psychological terms. The Ego is defined as the nucleus of consciousness, which functions to give a persons uniqueness. The conscious is integrated with personal thinking and will, whereas the unconscious is the hidden self of a person which constantly work on the conscious to maintain a persons balanced state. There are two kinds of unconscious: the Personal and the Collective unconscious. The Personal Unconscious consists of personal perceptions, thinking, memories and emotions. The Collective, on the other hand, is common inherited characteristic that manifest in a person. In Jungian psychology, these inherited pattern, thoughts and symbolic images, are derived from past collective experience. Those images and thoughts are called archetypes. The archetypes are part of the unconscious, thus works constantly on the conscious and take shapes when they are perceived. They create a frame of thoughts upon which information will be filled in by the conscious depending on personal perception. As usually mistaken with the Ego as it is, The Self guide the Ego, the Conscious and the Unconscious to create unity among them, thus counted as an Unconscious archetype of order and unity that give a persons identity. Individuation is later defined as the process of making the Self conscious and perceiving it fully to understand the persons identity. This process is inherent and grow from the inside that nothing external can revoke it.The individuation process starts with becoming conscious of the Persona archetype. The Persona is the appearance of our inner-self. Everyone is expected of something from the society and vice versa which is not really who they are. This results in us creating a role to play that compromises with the society. Anything behind this role is privacy. The Persona is essential for a living, but identifying this too much would result in losing of ones personality. After the

Persona is the Shadow, which is said to lead to pathological behaviors when overlooked and under-experienced. The shadow is a part of the inner-self that is againsts a persons will and wish. It consists of ideas and desires that are not accepted by the society. The Shadow is usually repressed and oppressed, but is superbly dangerous when it breaks through the barriers. After looking into the Shadow, we look into the Anima. The Anima is the female image inside a man which consists of moods, feelings and perception of the world. The Anima is shaped by the first woman the man encounter, usually his mother. It is essential that the Anima is healthy, or else the man would be effeminate and weak. The Anima project itself in the woman that attracts a man, which is inaccurate and misleading. The Anima affects a mans moods and feelings, usually with negative results when left uncontrolled. Similar to the Anima is the Animus. The Animus is the male perception in a woman. The Animus makes a woman desires for power and forms prejudices of how things should be. The Animus is formed by collective experiences rather than one particular encounter. After the Anima (Animus), the Old Wise Man and Great Mother appear in men and women respectively. The Old Wise Man is the gifted person that a man claims to be. It gives feeling of extraordinary power and intelligence which is difficult to resist. The Old Wise Man is corrosive since it slowly forces a man to over-work and(or) act higher than his true ability. The Great Mother archetype is perceived as a woman with unlimited love and energy to help and protects everyone that is considered her children, who are unable to function alone. After making out all aspects of personality, a person needs to perceive those aspects original form and develop unity to all aspects. The Self is more of an awareness of a persons distinguished features and connection with the world. It gives a sense of unity and tolerance of life as it is comparing to the personal desired state. The educator plays an important

role in the development of a childs personality. It is required that educators could see the imbalance aspects of a child and help to balance it, through recognition and promotion.

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