I have been reading about the true self which is how we are when we are born and we are supposed to be free and happy but we get told not to do things,told to do things we dont want, smacked, judged, controlled, shamed for being alive. The shame remains inside the brain/body having learned from parents and school and it becomes automatic, judging and controlling us from the inside. 'It' learns do do things to avoid abandonment from parents and the true self underneath is constantly screaming to reconnect with us, which is the fear we feel, so we drink, smoke, party, distract ourselves from the true self fearing the shame but wanting to reconnect. It is like having a small child and constantly ignoring it and or abusing it and it is screaming and you cant stand the noise and distract yourself. All it wants is love and no more shame and this conflict is going on in our minds unconsciously. On the surface we have cravings,copulsiveness and addictions that seem to have no reason to be there. I think what they call the ego is a screaming frightened and abandoned energy reacting to inner and outer shame. It's emotions and energy are constantly being suppressed and drugs are a powerful way to release it by force. If we can do what we truly want without any fear or judgement and notice when we feel shame from within and the feelings that come with it we will feel happy without needing anything from out there. There is a cure from all this dysfunction, that is all it is! :)
Brilliant! What you just said...amazing. Somehow I doubt Metallica wrote this song about the concept you just mentioned (maybe, who knows?), but wow. That is so true...sad but true in fact! Where did you hear that?
Brilliant! What you just said...amazing. Somehow I doubt Metallica wrote this song about the concept you just mentioned (maybe, who knows?), but wow. That is so true...sad but true in fact! Where did you hear that?
LOL thats the same thing that i learned through my path of non-religious enlightenment. And from listening to the rest of the album, i have to say that your explanation is extremely accurate to this song. Thank You for explaining this so i didnt have to.:-)
LOL thats the same thing that i learned through my path of non-religious enlightenment. And from listening to the rest of the album, i have to say that your explanation is extremely accurate to this song. Thank You for explaining this so i didnt have to.:-)
I knew it was something like this, and why I was so fascinated by it. Basically, it's sung from the perspective of the unconscious, which is sometimes synonymous with the inner child. Innocent and impulsive, the inner child wants it needs met, but struggles with the higher conscious world's demands of work, stress, complexity and the issues that arise from not being able to have those met, further tormenting the unconscious until it surfaces from this repression through destruction and addiction.
I knew it was something like this, and why I was so fascinated by it. Basically, it's sung from the perspective of the unconscious, which is sometimes synonymous with the inner child. Innocent and impulsive, the inner child wants it needs met, but struggles with the higher conscious world's demands of work, stress, complexity and the issues that arise from not being able to have those met, further tormenting the unconscious until it surfaces from this repression through destruction and addiction.
@mermade27 yes I think you are correct and more specifically what they are describing the battle against is us. “Look inside open your eyes…I’m you. Sad but true.” They’re talking about the shadow self in Jungian psychology and I think that’s what you just described either consciously or unconsciously.
@mermade27 yes I think you are correct and more specifically what they are describing the battle against is us. “Look inside open your eyes…I’m you. Sad but true.” They’re talking about the shadow self in Jungian psychology and I think that’s what you just described either consciously or unconsciously.
I have been reading about the true self which is how we are when we are born and we are supposed to be free and happy but we get told not to do things,told to do things we dont want, smacked, judged, controlled, shamed for being alive. The shame remains inside the brain/body having learned from parents and school and it becomes automatic, judging and controlling us from the inside. 'It' learns do do things to avoid abandonment from parents and the true self underneath is constantly screaming to reconnect with us, which is the fear we feel, so we drink, smoke, party, distract ourselves from the true self fearing the shame but wanting to reconnect. It is like having a small child and constantly ignoring it and or abusing it and it is screaming and you cant stand the noise and distract yourself. All it wants is love and no more shame and this conflict is going on in our minds unconsciously. On the surface we have cravings,copulsiveness and addictions that seem to have no reason to be there. I think what they call the ego is a screaming frightened and abandoned energy reacting to inner and outer shame. It's emotions and energy are constantly being suppressed and drugs are a powerful way to release it by force. If we can do what we truly want without any fear or judgement and notice when we feel shame from within and the feelings that come with it we will feel happy without needing anything from out there. There is a cure from all this dysfunction, that is all it is! :)
Brilliant! What you just said...amazing. Somehow I doubt Metallica wrote this song about the concept you just mentioned (maybe, who knows?), but wow. That is so true...sad but true in fact! Where did you hear that?
Brilliant! What you just said...amazing. Somehow I doubt Metallica wrote this song about the concept you just mentioned (maybe, who knows?), but wow. That is so true...sad but true in fact! Where did you hear that?
LOL thats the same thing that i learned through my path of non-religious enlightenment. And from listening to the rest of the album, i have to say that your explanation is extremely accurate to this song. Thank You for explaining this so i didnt have to.:-)
LOL thats the same thing that i learned through my path of non-religious enlightenment. And from listening to the rest of the album, i have to say that your explanation is extremely accurate to this song. Thank You for explaining this so i didnt have to.:-)
I knew it was something like this, and why I was so fascinated by it. Basically, it's sung from the perspective of the unconscious, which is sometimes synonymous with the inner child. Innocent and impulsive, the inner child wants it needs met, but struggles with the higher conscious world's demands of work, stress, complexity and the issues that arise from not being able to have those met, further tormenting the unconscious until it surfaces from this repression through destruction and addiction.
I knew it was something like this, and why I was so fascinated by it. Basically, it's sung from the perspective of the unconscious, which is sometimes synonymous with the inner child. Innocent and impulsive, the inner child wants it needs met, but struggles with the higher conscious world's demands of work, stress, complexity and the issues that arise from not being able to have those met, further tormenting the unconscious until it surfaces from this repression through destruction and addiction.
@mermade27 yes I think you are correct and more specifically what they are describing the battle against is us. “Look inside open your eyes…I’m you. Sad but true.” They’re talking about the shadow self in Jungian psychology and I think that’s what you just described either consciously or unconsciously.
@mermade27 yes I think you are correct and more specifically what they are describing the battle against is us. “Look inside open your eyes…I’m you. Sad but true.” They’re talking about the shadow self in Jungian psychology and I think that’s what you just described either consciously or unconsciously.