13:"$Sreact.suspense" 14:I[1261,["8897","static/chunks/71d5b6fe-2cd557593089f17e.js","9323","static/chunks/25b8c134-985942d353a57552.js","1028","static/chunks/1028-ae61538fe073bc33.js","3313","static/chunks/3313-7c22cbe0f6b8e6de.js","2723","static/chunks/2723-b07d4407abf4782b.js","1673","static/chunks/1673-f8d655dd6231f555.js","8541","static/chunks/8541-fed17b5a145002a2.js","94","static/chunks/94-a6833691dc372e58.js","3722","static/chunks/3722-e7444d58778dc048.js","8070","static/chunks/8070-e2d03daa6f99d1c1.js","7182","static/chunks/app/%5Bslug%5D/page-14455b5f256c56ab.js"],"default",1] 15:T4d4,"_As long as we have unconscious (repressed, denied, disowned) enjoyment in some 'bad' thing in our lives, we will keep seeking out that very same 'bad' thing._" In the book, Carolyn often references this quote attributed by Carl Jung: "_Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate._" As long as we don't accept our hidden patterns, we are going to repeat them over and over again. History repeats itself. In _Existential Kink_, Carolyn gives many exercises that help with the process of making the unconscious conscious. ### 7 Axioms of Existential Kink #### 1. Having is evidence of wanting #### 2. We have a choice as to whether we experience sensation as pleasure or pain #### 3. It's possible to gett off on every 'stroke', and every happening in life is a 'stroke' #### 4. The degree of being 'turned off' or 'turned on' is a factor of approval #### 5. Desire evolves through fulfillment, not denial and repression #### 6. Shame is the Magic Killer #### 7. The truth is sensational

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