eeling in his conscious mind will be an intuitive,sensation type unconsciously. As we studied in class, this balance, whichcompensation provides us with, is healthy. It prevents our psyches frombecoming neurotically unbalanced. We need to have a little Peter and Jackin all of us. Opposition exists everywhere in the personality: betweenthe persona and the shadow, between the persona and the anima, and betweenthe shadow and the anima. The contest between the rational and irrationalforces of the psyche never ceases either. One's integrity of "self" canactually determine whether or not this opposition will cause a shatteringof a personality. Must personality always by a house divided againstitself, though? Jung thought not. There can always be a union ofopposites, a theme that looms very large in Jung's writings. DYNAMICS-------- The psyche is a relatively closed system that has only a fixed amount ofenergy also called Values, which is the amount of energy devoted to acomponent of the mind. There are some channels into the psyche throughwhich ene rgy can enter in form of experiences. If the psyche were atotally closed systems, it could reach a state of perfect balance, for itwould not be subjected to interference from the outside. The slighteststimulus may have far-reaching consequences on one's mental stability.This shows that it is not the amount of energy that is added, but thedisruptive effects that the added energy produces within the psyche. Thesedisruptive effects are caused by massive redistributions of energy withinthe system. It takes only the slightest pressure on the trigger of aloaded gun to cause a great disaster. Similarly, it may take only theslightest addition of energy to an unstable psyche to produce large effectsin a person's behavior. Psychic energy is also called Libido. It is notto be confused with Freud's definition of libido. Jung did not restrictlibido to sexual energy as Freud did. In fact, this is one of theesse...
