Ikigai

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Before embarking on Jungian Analytical Psychology, there needs to be a warning against too much striving with personality assessments. The best way to individuate, or to develop your MBTI personality type, is to enjoy yourself and to take pleasure while making those changes. That pleasure can be called many things but I grouped it under the Japanese term Ikigai, which roughly translates into "reason to live/exist/be."

This review goes beyond the concept and drills down into the Psychology of Flow, The Law of Attraction, The Opponent-Process Theory, Meditation, and the challenges we have in being happy while bumping into everyone else.

Intro: 0:00
The Problem with Self-development and Striving: 2:28
Ikigai: 17:18
Blocks to Flow: 31:12
Visualization: 38:21
Overview of Flow: 1:06:12
The Opponent-process Theory: 1:40:19

Video and photos from Pexels and Wikipedia. Audio from Audioblocks.

Resources:

Ikigai: Giving every day meaning and joy - Yukari Mitsuhashi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780857835406/
Ikigai - Héctor García: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781786330895/
How to Ikigai - Tim Tamashiro: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781633539006/
Awakening your Ikigai - Ken Mogi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781615194759/
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology: The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9789402405514/
The Essential Law of Attraction Collection - Esther & Jerry Hicks: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781401950040/
The Opponent Process Theory of Acquired Motivation - Richard Solomon: https://gettingstronger.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Solomon-Opponent-Process-1980.pdf
Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader - Herminia Ibarra: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781422184127/
The Experience of Meaning - Jan Zwicky: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780773557437/
Ikigai chart: https://singularityhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ikigai-chart-reason-for-being_1088160854.jpg
Letting Go: https://rumble.com/v1grbjr-mindfulness-letting-go.html
Flow: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html
How to motivate yourself - Freud and Beyond: https://rumble.com/v1gv3zl-how-to-motivate-yourself-freud-and-beyond.html
Orwell's final warning - Picture of the future - TJOP: https://youtu.be/9k_ptxWsadI
Abraham Hicks - When you do this they will come to your level: https://youtu.be/Z1NEM3g0xL4
John Vervaeke - How To Deal With Losing Friends As You Develop - Chris Williamson: https://youtu.be/DSPJKuX5Cno
Jordan Peterson - How To Deal With Losing Friends As You Grow - Chris Williamson: https://youtu.be/ApoxLQuk06s
“We live in a time when smart people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.” - Sky News Australia Suspended - Alan Jones: https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/alan-jones/the-challenge-to-free-speech-is-real-with-youtubes-sky-news-australia-suspension/video/033e5f39dfc58cd93242906366f09a99
How to Appreciate Art: https://rumble.com/v1gvlhb-how-to-appreciate-art-psychology-of-things-22.html
The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html
Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html
Gabriele Oettingen, gives Noah a Consultation using the WOOP App. on Swarfcast Podcast: https://youtu.be/74o2xP1aIpU
The Psychology of Thinking About The Future - Gabriele Oettingen: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781462534418/
Rethinking Positive Thinking - Gabriele Oettingen: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781617230233/
Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780671244224/
How to speak your desires into reality - Neville Goddard: https://youtu.be/XJTzcdpfHx8
The Art of Focus - Christina Bengtsson: https://youtu.be/xF80HzqvAoA
New Year's Day Guided Meditation: https://rumble.com/v1gvmab-new-years-day-guided-meditation.html