Souls are simply aspects of ego splintered off from Mae and Jin, the two original gods. They began with no ego at all, you know. But as they gained awareness of themselves, each affirmation of something they were created a denial of something they weren’t. This created a polarity, a split between themselves and something that became a new ‘soul’–an un-being that gave that shadow voice. One god, declaring himself to be good and denying that he was evil, split into two parts–one good and one evil–because each god is both good and evil. Each part, as it gained awareness of itself and declared itself this or that but denied that it was the shadow of each new identification, split into more and more pieces–creating an exponential birth of new souls.Colleen Chen
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In this quote, Carl Jung talks about how souls are shapeless pieces of the ego which started out as one god. Each of us is made up of this original god, yet at some point we split off into our individual personalities. Each part of that original god then created an identity of its own, but that identity kept some aspect of that original god.
Source: Dysmorphic Kingdom
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