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I remember Jung once saying something like "you cannot individuate without being involved in the world and the affairs of others" (not an exact quote). But I do remember him saying this as well: "every individual is a link in a chain". Jung wasn't necessarily on board with ascetism, even recommending to his friend Victor White that perhaps he could follow his aspirations while not engaging in something as lonely as monasticism. It makes sense, as in order to even project onto people we need to know them in the first place. The fact that projections land in the first place, to me, indicates that that which we project upon acts as an "imperfect vessel", and it is through working with others and ourselves that we reclaim these projections. The more you "individuate", which is just a long string of integration over the course of a life, the more you re-claim projections and are more easily able to connect with those around you and avoid archetypal inflation, which makes you more two-dimensional and ironically less of an individual. I hope that made sense lol