ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Dr. Shen discusses how his trauma during the Cultural Revolution in China, when he was six years old, led him to become a Jungian analyst. He also discusses the influence of one of his grandparents and an uncle who were both physicians in China. Our dialogue also highlights his early childhood years during the famine occurring in China and the closure of schools due to the Cultural Revolution. Dr. Shen highlights the impact that this social and political turmoil had on his life, the life of his twin sister, and that of his entire family. Finally, we discuss knowledge acquired through the heart, which involves both consciousness and emotion and how the heart is “like the image of the Self,” containing both consciousness and unconsciousness, reason and emotion.
