# Libera Mente ## Posts - [“Mind Becomes Matter”: How Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions Create Reality](https://liberamente.co.uk/mind-becomes-matter-how-thoughts-emotions-and-actions-create-reality/): How you react to what happens is how you experience life. Once you know how your thoughts, emotions and actions create your experience of reality, you come to understand that life does not happen to you; it happens for you. - [The Magician: Esoteric Tarot Meaning](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-magician-esoteric-tarot-meaning/): The Magician card means something is in the making, but asks you to consider how you make it. - [The Fool: Esoteric Tarot Meaning](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-fool-esoteric-tarot-meaning/): The Fool card in tarot may signify new beginnings, but the beginning of what? Let's go deeper with esoteric symbolism. - [Fear of Criticism — A Perception That Holds You Back ](https://liberamente.co.uk/fear-of-criticism-a-perception-that-holds-you-back/): Do you find yourself making excuses to not do something where there is a risk of failure, rejection or humiliation? Yep! It's highly likely that you have a fear of criticism - [What Is Perfectionism? Are You A Perfectionist?](https://liberamente.co.uk/what-is-perfectionism-are-you-a-perfectionist/): Most of us want to achieve excellence in certain areas of our lives. Striving for excellence is a positive quality that can contribute to success and fulfilment. The problem begins when perfectionist tendencies are accompanied by shame, guilt, humiliation or embarrassment. At that point, it’s worth asking why you need everything to be perfect. - [Superiority Complex: My Ego's Better Than Your Ego](https://liberamente.co.uk/superiority-complex-my-egos-better-than-your-ego/): Do you, or do you know anyone who has a persistent need to make it known how great you are, to establish yourself as being more capable, more intelligent or more successful than others? This is a tell-tale sign in someone with a superiority complex. - [How to Spot People-Pleasing Behaviours](https://liberamente.co.uk/how-to-spot-people-pleasing-behaviours/): People-pleasing behaviours are driven by anxiety, guilt and shame. That’s not to say kindness and caring is wrong. But it is important to make the distinction between helping someone because you genuinely care and feeling as though you have to help for one reason or another. Because oftentimes, that one reason or another is a subconscious drive you’re not even aware of. - [Self-Loathing: 4 Practical Ways to Heal Self-Hate](https://liberamente.co.uk/self-loathing-4-practical-ways-to-heal-self-hate/): Do you ever have a persistent sense that something about you is fundamentally inadequate—that you're not good enough, worthy enough, attractive enough, capable enough or deserving enough? Maybe you get frustrated when things don't go your way, or you react angrily to situations that make you feel disrespected, humiliated or betrayed. - [What Is An Inferiority Complex?](https://liberamente.co.uk/what-is-an-inferiority-complex/): When you have an inferiority complex, seemingly innocuous comments can stir intense emotions. - [The Three Voices in Your Head: Understanding the Self-Ego Axis](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-three-voices-in-your-head-understanding-the-self-ego-axis/): The three voices in your head are also conceptualised with the image of the devil whispering into one ear and the angel into the other. - [How To Use Esoteric Symbolism For Self-Development](https://liberamente.co.uk/how-to-use-esoteric-symbolism-for-self-development/): This article provides you with an in-depth exploration of how to use esoteric symbolism for self-development. You will learn how to interpret esoteric symbolism and why esoteric symbolism should be used instead of exoteric symbolism. - [Esoteric Symbolism: The Secret To Life](https://liberamente.co.uk/esoteric-symbolism-the-secret-to-life/): How it works is that the number zero is potential, and one is a new cycle arising from an idea, desire, aspiration or understanding. Think of this using the numeric scale of 0 to 9; 10 is the end of the first set of numbers and reverts back to the beginning because the zero is in 10. Zero and one again - [Esoteric Symbolism Vs. Exoteric Symbolism: What’s The Difference?](https://liberamente.co.uk/esoteric-symbolism-vs-exoteric-symbolism-whats-the-difference/): Esoteric symbolism reveals a hidden part of your nature which is not accessible to the conscious mind, a part of your nature that is repressed and unconscious. - [Understanding Dissociation: What It Is and Why It Happens](https://liberamente.co.uk/understanding-dissociation-what-it-is-and-why-it-happens/): Dissociation exists on a spectrum — from the mild, everyday kind almost everyone experiences occasionally to more intense forms that you physically notice. You may lose focus whilst you're driving, or you may experience a total disconnect in neural activity. The latter can significantly disrupt daily life. - [The Fragmented Personality: Dis-Membered | Re-Member](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-fragmented-personality-dis-membered-re-member/): Every time you feel anxious, get angry when you don't get what you want or avoid a difficult conversation, it's because a part of you is missing. - [The Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism: The Art of Good Decision-Making](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-noble-eightfold-path-in-buddhism-the-art-of-good-decision-making/): The Noble Eightfold Path can be used to develop skills for making better decisions. What to know how? - [What Did Abraham Maslow Mean By Deficiency Needs?](https://liberamente.co.uk/what-did-abraham-maslow-mean-by-deficiency-needs/): Deficiency needs arise from a lack of something. Maslow argued that deficiency needs operate on a logic of absence: you feel them because something is missing. Hunger arises because you lack food. Anxiety arises because you lack safety. Loneliness arises because you lack connection. - [Three Minds: Conscious, Subconscious, Superconscious](https://liberamente.co.uk/three-minds-conscious-subconscious-superconscious/): Understanding the contents of the conscious mind involves becoming familiar with the three distinct voices in your head — the Self, the ego and You, the observing I, or Third I. The three voices are all aspects of your personal consciousness, but they are running on different programs — different In-Formation. The ego is your actual self, the Self is your ideal self, and the Third I is your authentic self. - [Carl Jung's Model of the Mind: Ego, Self, Archetypes and Complexes](https://liberamente.co.uk/jungs-model-of-the-mind-ego-self-archetypes-and-complexes/): One of the central discoveries in Jung's model of the mind is that unconscious contents become autonomous. They have a life of their own and influence how you think, feel and behave; what you eat, what you do and how you react. - [Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious: What Is The Self-Ego Axis?](https://liberamente.co.uk/carl-jungs-collective-unconscious-what-is-the-self-ego-axis/): There are three voices in your head. The ego, the Self and you. Which voice do you listen to and which voice is making your decisions for you? - [Struggling To Love? You Might Have Avoidant Attachment Style](https://liberamente.co.uk/struggling-to-love-you-might-have-avoidant-attachment-style/): You want to be in a relationship, but you’re afraid to speak with members of the opposite sex. Or maybe you’re in a relationship, but you don’t love your partner. You want to love them; you try to love them, but you can’t feel love. If this sounds familiar, you might have an avoidant attachment style. - [The Keys To Decision-Making And Taking Action ](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-keys-to-decision-making-and-taking-action/): Decision-making can be tough. Taking action can be even harder. - [How the Nervous System Works: How Your Environment Programs Behaviour](https://liberamente.co.uk/how-the-nervous-system-works-how-your-environment-programs-behaviour/): One of the most important things to understand is that your nervous system is the cause of maladaptive behaviours. The information processed by neural networks is causing you to be unhelpful, negative and destructive and it creates problems, challenges and conflicts. - [Integrating Archetypes:  Life-Coach Yourself](https://liberamente.co.uk/integrating-archetypes-life-coach-yourself/): Integrating archetypes enables you to heal emotional wounds. By emotional wounds, I don't necessarily mean emotional trauma such as abuse or a severe accident. - [Messiah Complex: The Drive For Importance](https://liberamente.co.uk/messiah-complex-the-drive-for-importance/): The Messiah Complex is a psychological pattern in which a person develops an exaggerated sense of responsibility — usually for an ambitious and worthy cause in the community or the world, but most often in a relationship. It is most evident in people who are convinced they are uniquely destined to save, rescue, or fundamentally transform others. - [Jonah Complex: The Fear of Success](https://liberamente.co.uk/jonah-complex-the-fear-of-success/): The underlying motivation for the Jonah Complex prompts you to unconsciously self-sabotage opportunities for success. Maslow described this as an ambivalence towards becoming the person you are meant to become. - [Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs — The Traits You Need to Thrive](https://liberamente.co.uk/maslows-hierarchy-of-human-needs/): Humans have needs; physical, psychological and emotional. - [CBT v Depth Psychology: Which is the Best Therapy?](https://liberamente.co.uk/cbt-v-depth-psychology-which-is-the-best-therapy/): Which is the best therapy: CBT v depth psychology? Find out more in this article. The answer will surprise you! - [The Ruler Archetype: Owning the Power to Choose](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-ruler-archetype-owning-the-power-to-choose/): No matter whether decisions are big or small, it is usually the Ruler making the decision. It takes information from other neural networks — other archetypes — and makes a decision in accordance with the information you have to hand. - [The Philanthropist Archetype: How To Be Selfless](https://liberamente.co.uk/philanthropist-archetype/): In its fullness, the Philanthropist archetype is imbued with unconditional love, which enables you to be selfless. This is the part of your personality that gives because giving feels natural. - [Warrior Archetype: The Power To Change](https://liberamente.co.uk/warrior-archetype-the-power-to-change/): This part of your personality is battle-hardened, the source of aggression. But when developed, you have learned to harness aggression and convert it from a potentially destructive force into a constructive response. A healthy Warrior doesn’t use aggression or power for violence. You use to push back against ego-resistance and stand in your personal power when your opinions or personal integrity are challenged by others. - [The Trickster Archetype: The Great Revealer](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-trickster-archetype-the-great-revealer/): When you think of the Trickster archetype, it’s natural to relate this part of your personality with the part of the psyche that plays tricks on you. It’s often thought of as a disruptive force. However, its chief purpose is not to simply create chaos, but to expose the false beliefs and deflate the ego. The function of the Trickster archetype is to shatter illusions and reveal the truth of reality. - [The Sage Archetype: How to Awaken Your Inner Knowing](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-sage-archetype-how-to-awaken-your-inner-knowing/): When the Sage is developed, you become less vulnerable to manipulation because you learn to question what you are being told, and challenge your own view of the world when additional information is made available to you. - [The Lover Archetype: The Force Behind Your Addictions](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-lover-archetype-the-force-behind-your-addictions/): Contrary to popular belief, the Lover archetype is not primarily about romance. Whilst developing meaningful relationships does fall under the influence of the Lover, this archetype is a binding energy that develops attachments: passions, desires and cravings for the things you love. - [The Hero Archetype: Turning Resistance into Courage](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-hero-archetype-turning-resistance-into-courage/): When you feel resistance from the ego, it is the energy of the Hero which motivates you to push through it. This force takes action and gives you the impetus that drives you forward. - [The Explorer Archetype: Answering the Call to Self-Discovery](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-explorer-archetype-answering-the-call-to-self-discovery/): Busybodies, gossips and small talkers have an undeveloped Explorer. Delving beyond surface-level topics is too uncomfortable, so you stay in a world that feels safe because it’s easy to grasp. - [The Everyman Archetype: The Desire to Belong](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-everyman-archetype-the-desire-to-belong/): Do you often go to places with your mates that you don’t like? - [The Divine Child Archetype: The Gift of Inner Peace](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-divine-child-archetype-the-gift-of-inner-peace/): The Divine Child archetype is your inner essence and guides you through life. When you're disconnected, you stop listening. Reconnect with your inner child - [The Creator Archetype: The Drive to Bring Ideas to Life](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-creator-archetype-the-drive-to-bring-ideas-to-life/): Are you imaginative, creative and good at planning? Or frustrated, resentful and bitter. That's your Creator archetype. Find out more. - [The Caretaker Archetype: Building Healthy Habits Through Compassion and Persistence](https://liberamente.co.uk/the-caretaker-archetype-building-healthy-habits-through-compassion-and-persistence/): Responsible for performing mundane tasks, the Caretaker archetype is central to everyday life. - [What Are Archetypes?](https://liberamente.co.uk/what-are-archetypes/): I'm often asked what archetypes are. They are parts of the personality, but there's more to it. The article explains what you need to know about archetypes. - [Descriptions of the 12 Major Archetypes: Psychology 101](https://liberamente.co.uk/descriptions-of-the-12-major-archetypes-psychology-101/): Have you ever wondered why you behave how you behave, and why you feel how you feel? Archetypes show you. - [Exploring Self-Development Through Symbolism](https://liberamente.co.uk/exploring-self-development-through-symbolism/): Symbols are all around you. They appear to you with a message. Understanding the meaning of symbols gives you a powerful self-development tool. 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