The psyche is the sum total manifestation of a person's mind and personality, the non-physical aspects of his being. This involves the ego, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. The ego is a person's conception of himself (Holcombe 2006). This includes his identity, consciousness, and is manifested as personality. The personal unconscious is the aspect that is hidden and is subtly manifested. The collective unconscious is an aspect shared by all human beings and is not bounded by time, place, or culture. This includes concepts such as god, death, and birth.

             The psychic energy, on the other hand, is a life force that drives a person to eat, move, think, and love. This energy can be expended in order to achieve food or pleasure, and is constantly present in our system independent of physical condition. Psychic energy is also the main driving force behind man's creative powers. Initially, it serves our need to live and reproduce (hunger and sex). The excess energy is transformed for spiritual and cultural growth. A person's behavior is mainly governed by psychic energy (Botwin 2005). Creativity, competitiveness, desire, and aspirations are some of the manifestations of this basic human drive.

             2.How do you define the shadow? Do you have any limitations that need changing? What are they, and how do you propose to over come them.

             The shadow is the part of a person's personality that is repressed into the unconscious due to various factors such as society, ethics, and religion. It is sometimes manifested through dreams, desires, and influence conscious actions. Such influences can be positive or negative. The shadow is both irrational and instinctive, and can be the source of a person's inexplicable attitudes or actions. Sometimes, it is manifested in dreams as a person and may act as a friend or a foe. Jung also proposed that the shadow may be composed of several layers, the first one being the "rationally explicable unconscious" created by one's personal experiences while the last one being the "absolute unconscious" that is totally independent from the conscious mind (Wikipedia Contributors 2006).