ON-DEMAND COURSE

Shadow from an Eastern and Jungian Perspective

Jungian Psychology
TEACHER
Ashok Bedi
TOPIC
Archetypes
Format
4 class course
DURATION
4 hours 

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Learn to see the light within the shadow

How can we see and deal with the ugly, frightening parts of ourselves? How should we respond to darkness in others?

In this on-demand course Dr. Ashok Bedi, a Jungian Analyst and popular teacher, blends Jung’s depth psychology with a Hindu perspective on the shadow. A skilled psychiatrist and native of India, Bedi has broad experience in both worlds. He relates classics of Hindu and Western literature along with true crime stories to portray the universal dynamics of shadow. He offers spiritual hope from the East and West, as well as practical tips for spotting the shadow and knowing what to do with it within us and around us.

Face what’s blocking the light in you and the world. You’ll find the light behind it.

Course Description

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Dr. Ashok Bedi is a colorful story-teller, skilled analyst and sweeping philosopher. In this wide-ranging course Bedi offers many illustrations of shadow dynamics. The Bhagavad Gita, Puranic heroes and anti-heroes, Oscar Wilde’s “Picture of Dorian Gray”, the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Carl Jung and Krishna all take their place on the stage. The common thread is the tension of opposites in the psyche, the play of light and shadow.

In this course Bedi begins with the Western perspective on the shadow. We learn the personal shadow is mostly colored by parental complexes. He touches on the Jungian idea of scape-goating and projecting shadow on a cultural level. 

He continues with an Eastern perspective on the Shadow, which offers another path to deal with the Shadow. The East transcends the duality of the good and evil and considers them as aspects of the totality of the individual and the divine. This is amplified in the Bhagavad Gita in Krishna’s wonderous dialogue with Arjuna. 

Ashok Bedi also talks about three classic Eastern responses to outer manifestations of shadow. Lord Rama acts as a warrior, Krishna acts as a trickster, and Ghandi models the spiritual anchorite response. 

Bedi concludes with two gripping stories of shadow events. A true crime killer and Hindu mythology illustrate the twists and subtleties of when light meets dark. He invites us to explore the mystery of the Shadow and its creative, and transformative impact on healing the individual and the dark side of our contemporary culture.

A companion guide provides a glossary, Dr. Bedi’s article on The Lion-Man Avatar, and bullet points toward a New Ethic.

This program is ideal if you want to be able to

  • Learn about the personal, cultural and collective levels of shadow from the perspective of Western analytical psychology.
  • Approach the Eastern perspective on good and evil through the Bhagavad Gita and ancient Puranic tales.
  • Understand classic Hindu ways of managing the shadow at the individual and cultural level.
  • Learn to discern the exploiter/victim dynamic (within you and around you)
  • Recognise the movements of the shadow in contemporary events and classical literature.

Course overview

What you will receive

*You will receive a certificate of completion, but it’s not from an official accrediting body. Please check if it will be accepted by the organization you wish to use it with.
4 video & 4 audio recordings
Companion Guide
Auto-generated subtitles
Certificate of completion*
Available in English

ABout the teacher

ashok bedi

Ashok Bedi is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry and a Training Analyst at the Jung Institute of Chicago. Trained in India, the UK, and the US, he is interested in the frontiers of spirituality and healing and where the mind, body, soul and spirit meet.

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