The Unconscious Roles that Rule our Lives

Eric Stone
8 min readJan 10, 2022

Below the obvious façades people hide behind, are a multitude of archetypes. These archetypal roles inhabit people’s souls, and naturally their everyday behaviours — at home, at work, socially and personally.

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“It is ignorance that makes people serious.” Amy Stone

Archetypal Behaviour Patterns

Surprisingly, it seems that today, everyone has become a political journalist. Millions of individuals have proclaimed themselves as serious chroniclers of their time. Like real experts, they push their opinions, ideas, and agendas on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and the likes, without much regard for the facts, or the truth.

Because of these platforms, everyone is an authority and a specialist. Why it appears relevant is because these roles originate from unconscious archetypes. They have taken the collective unconscious hostage. Furthermore, a feeling or an opinion is not a fact. Nor is a consideration, an idea, or a perspective a fact either.

Why does it matter?

In life, we exist at two levels. One is conscious and the other unconscious. Our conscious self has no direct access to what the unconscious does. As an example, what you want “consciously” is irrelevant. What you think you are doing, is equally irrelevant…

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Eric Stone
Eric Stone

Written by Eric Stone

In personal growth & development, great outcomes come from authentic shifts in perspective! These essays aim to catalyze awareness and empower creative thinking