I understand now
"Instead of seeing yin and yang as opposing forces, the Chinese view them as complementary forces that interact within a greater whole (represented by the circle encompassing them).
Consider how the values and worldviews of masculine and feminine principles can vary.
The masculine seeks autonomy. The feminine seeks communion or relationship.
Can you imagine what it would be like to integrate both masculine and feminine principles within your mind, not favoring either perspective over the other?
It’s not easy, but this is part of the goal of the individuation process.
Jung found that opposites create tension in the psyche. If we don’t learn to address these tensions, denying the opposites instead, we repress or push the pressure out of our consciousness.
But repressing doesn’t eliminate the opposites or the tension itself. It only makes them more destructive in our psyche by strengthening our shadows.
Repressing tension makes us one-sided, and it leads us to project our unconscious fantasies on to reality.
When we deny these internal tensions, we enforce our delusions and self-deception.