The self is who we truly are, but the persona or mask {the word comes from the Latin for an actor's mask} is the face we turn to the world in order to deal with it. A persona is absolutely necessary, but the problem is that we often become identified with it, to the detriment of our self, a dilemma that the existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre recognized in his notion of mauvaise foi, or "bad faith," when one becomes associated exclusively with one's social role.
( Gary Valentine Lachman )
[ Jung the Mystic: The Esoteric ]
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