ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I would like to introduce some of my previous studies. First, I will present the essential differences between ego consciousness in the Western and the Japanese psyches. Second, I will refer to what Jung experienced during his inner journey from the West to the East. I would like to show that living between two psyches that are fundamentally different may lead us to an “individuation process.” I believe that each of us will need to tackle with the theme of integrating “the West” and “the East” (or in this rapidly globalizing age, it may be more appropriate to use the terms Type-A Psyche and Type-B Psyche) in our psyche in our own way. No matter how world is reshaped after the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s my view that not only must each of us pay attention to salient differences but also that we should descend to the depth of the psyche. When we consider globalization from a new perspective, I hope that the theme of how each of us tries to live with two different types of psyches within ourselves will give us some meaningful suggestions which may possibly lead to deeper intercultural understanding in an essential sense.
