It's never to late to become a man...
- Marcus Nikos
- May 31
- 12 min read

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Have you ever watched people in a
crowded room instinctively gravitate
toward one particular man not the
loudest not the most physically
impressive not the wealthiest or most
famous but a man who carries himself
with an unmistakable quality of presence
that others can sense but rarely name
this man moves differently while others
gazes dart hungrily from body to body
his remains steady and direct while
others attention fragments between what
they're saying and what they're trying
to get his focus stays
undivided while others perform
alternating between dominant posturing
and desperate approval seeking he simply
exists comfortable in his own skin women
respond to him differently too they
relax in his presence their guards lower
they share thoughts they rarely express
with other men not because he's
employing manipulation tactics or
dominance displays but precisely because
he isn't his energy demands nothing from
them his attention doesn't drain them
his presence doesn't require their
performance what sets this man apart
isn't a technique it's a fundamentally
different relationship with the energy
flowing through him in a world where 90%
of men remain identified with and driven
by their sexual impulses he possesses
something revolutionary a desexualized
mind this doesn't mean a neuted
repressed or powerless mind quite the
opposite it means a consciousness that
has differentiated itself from blind
identification with sexual drive a mind
that feels desire perhaps even more
intensely than before but is no longer
possessed by it no longer unconsciously
driven by it carl Jung that great
pioneer of depth psychology recognized
this distinction as fundamental he wrote
"Where love rules there is no will to
power and where power predominates their
love is lacking the one is the shadow of
the other." The desexualized mind is not
about eliminating power or desire it's
about integrating them consciously
rather than being unconsciously driven
by them look around you billboards
featuring bodies sell everything from
perfume to hamburgers entertainment
reduces women to visual consumption
social media algorithms feed on and
amplify
objectification society bombards men
with messages designed to keep them
identified with lust their psychological
energy constantly pulled into their
lower centers this isn't accidental
unconscious men make ideal consumers
they follow predictable patterns their
attention can be captured and monetized
their insecurities can be weaponized to
sell products promising the very power
they've given away the system doesn't
want you conscious it profits from your
blind identification jung saw this
societal pattern decades before it
reached today's extreme in modern man in
search of a soul he warned that the gods
have become diseases the archetypal
energies humans once channeled through
myth ritual and religion don't disappear
when denied they become
pathological the sexual instinct
divorced from its sacred dimension and
reduced to mere biological drive becomes
an obsession a compulsion a source of
unconscious identification rather than
conscious participation in this
environment the man who achieves even
basic psychological differentiation
stands out dramatically his presence
communicates something entirely
different something genuine attentive
and whole this quality becomes
increasingly rare and therefore
increasingly valuable the deexualized
mind functions as modern man's greatest
weapon in multiple dimensions first it
liberates you from internal forces that
have kept you imprisoned in unconscious
patterns second it establishes your
presence as distinctive in a world of
reactivity third it transforms how
others particularly women experience and
respond to you women sense when a man's
mind is no longer driven primarily by
lust the man whose awareness remains
fused with sexual drive broadcasts his
intent without speaking his eyes linger
too long on bodies rather than
connecting with the person his attention
drifts during conversation searching for
opportunities his energy carries an
unspoken demand that women exist
primarily for his satisfaction women's
bodies register this predatory quality
even when their minds rationalize it
away they tense they guard they keep
emotional distance they may not
articulate it but their nervous systems
know precisely what they're dealing with
another man who sees them as means
rather than
beings jung understood this dynamic
through his concept of anima projection
in archetypes and the collective
unconscious he explains how men project
their inner feminine anima onto actual
women seeing not the woman herself but
their own unconscious content
the undifferentiated man doesn't see
women as they are he sees screens for
his projections vessels for his
fantasies solutions for his inner
emptiness the woman feels this
projection landing on her it's a weight
a reduction a demand that she becomes
something other than
herself but when you develop a
desexualized mind something remarkable
happens women feel safe in your presence
not because you're weak or sexless but
because they sense you see them
completely your gaze holds steady with
theirs your attention remains on their
words their essence their being your
energy carries no hidden agenda this
safety allows women to open in ways they
rarely can with most men they share more
freely they express themselves more
authentically they relax into genuine
connection rather than remaining
vigilant against potential exploitation
not because they've consciously analyzed
your intentions but because their
intuition far more sophisticated than
conscious thought registers that they
are being seen rather than consumed what
Yung called the process of withdrawing
projections is at work here as you
integrate your own animma rather than
projecting it outward you develop the
capacity to see women as they actually
are jung wrote that the meeting of two
personalities is like the contact of two
chemical substances if there is any
reaction both are
transformed this transformation becomes
possible only when projection ceases
when you stop using others as screens
for your unconscious
content have you noticed how women seem
magnetically drawn to men who aren't
desperately seeking sexual validation
how they chase men who don't chase them
this isn't a technique or strategy it's
a natural consequence of psychological
differentiation when your consciousness
isn't fixated on obtaining gratification
you communicate differently you listen
fully you respond to what's actually
being said rather than what might
advance your hidden agenda the irony
becomes apparent by releasing the
desperate grip on sexual acquisition you
become more genuinely attractive by
ceasing to treat others as means to
satisfaction you establish authentic
connection what Jung understood and what
most men never grasp is that
differentiation from drives doesn't
diminish power it enhances it this
enhanced power extends beyond
interpersonal dynamics the
undifferentiated mind lives in perpetual
hunger satisfaction proves temporary at
best quickly replaced by renewed craving
the man identified with his lust never
has enough another conquest another
experience another validation yet
remains fundamentally empty but when you
break this cycle you discover
contentment without acquisition your
sense of worth no longer depends on what
you can obtain your happiness no longer
hinges on fleeting gratification you
discover that you already possess what
you truly need this state corresponds to
what Jung called the transcendent
function the psyche's capacity to create
a third position that transcends
opposing forces in the transcendent
function Jung describes this as a way of
attaining liberation by one's own
efforts and of finding the courage to be
oneself the desexualized mind doesn't
repress sexuality nor does it indulge it
unconsciously it transcends the
opposition between repression and
indulgence establishing a higher unity
that includes both restraint and
expression in their proper measure this
contentment transforms every action what
previously served only your desperate
need for validation now becomes genuine
service to others your work your
relationships your creative output all
shift from self-gratification to
authentic contribution not because
you've suppressed your needs but because
you've integrated them within a larger
more comprehensive identity have you
noticed how life responds differently to
men who act from wholeness rather than
fragmentation ancient wisdom recognized
this principle for to everyone who has
more will be given and he will have
abundance but from him who does not have
even what he has will be taken away this
operates psychologically through what
Jung would recognize as synchronicity
meaningful coincidences that aren't
causally connected but reflect a deeper
ordering principle in synchronicity and
a causal connecting principle Jung
challenges the conventional western
division between mind and matter
suggesting that psyche and world are
interconnected in ways rationalism
cannot
explain the desexualized mind having
achieved greater internal coherence
naturally attracts external
circumstances that reflect this
coherence opportunities appear
relationships deepen work finds meaning
not because you're manipulating reality
but because your internal coherence
naturally magnetizes external coherence
you become someone people inexplicably
want to help support connect with and
open doors for people sense this
integrated state they may not
intellectually understand why they trust
you why they seek your counsel why they
remember what you say but they respond
to the integrated field of energy you've
established in a world where most men
remain divided against themselves
wanting peace but creating conflict
seeking connection but generating
isolation claiming virtue but acting
from shadow you become remarkable simply
by achieving basic psychological
integration developing this desexualized
mind doesn't mean eliminating sexuality
or suppressing desire it means
establishing conscious relationship with
these forces rather than unconscious
identification with them the sexuality
of the differentiated mind is actually
more powerful more profound and more
fulfilling because it flows from
wholeness rather than desperation from
genuine connection rather than
acquisition the path toward this
differentiated state begins with
psychological objectivity the capacity
to observe your internal processes
without immediately identifying with
them when sexual desire arises you
notice desire is present rather than
becoming desire itself this slight shift
creates space space between stimulus and
response space between feeling and
action space where choice becomes
possible this objectivity requires
confronting your shadow not just the
shadow of sexuality but all disowned
parts of yourself your weakness your
selfishness your dependency these
rejected aspects don't disappear when
disowned they operate autonomously from
unconsciousness hijacking your behavior
when you feel most out of control jung's
concept of the shadow stands as one of
his most crucial contributions to
psychology in ION researches into the
phenomenology of the self he writes "The
shadow is a moral problem that
challenges the whole ego personality for
no one can become conscious of the
shadow without considerable moral effort
to become conscious of it involves
recognizing the dark aspects of the
personality as present and real the
desexualized mind first requires this
moral courage the willingness to see
what most men spend their lives avoiding
jung wrote that everyone carries a
shadow and the less it is embodied in
the individual's conscious life the
blacker and denser it is your shadow
gains power not from its content but
from your refusal to acknowledge it what
you resist persists and controls you
from behind the scenes alongside this
shadow work the desexualized mind
requires strengthening the conscious ego
not inflating the ego but developing it
sufficiently to withstand the powerful
currents of the unconscious a weak ego
becomes identified with whatever psychic
content is most activated a strong ego
maintains its center while engaging with
these contents without being possessed
by them as your ego strengthens and your
shadow integrates something remarkable
emerges the scattered fragments of your
psyche gradually organize around a new
center not the ego but something more
comprehensive the self the archetype of
wholeness and the true regulating center
of the psyche jung distinguishes
carefully between the ego and the self
the ego is the center of consciousness
but the self is the center of the total
psyche including both conscious and
unconscious dimensions in two essays on
analytical psychology Jung writes that
the self is not only the center but also
the whole circumference which embraces
both conscious and unconscious it is the
center of this totality just as the ego
is the center of consciousness the
desexualized mind emerges through right
relationship between ego and self
between the limited eye of everyday
awareness and the broader intelligence
of the complete psyche from relationship
with this deeper self comes inner
authority no longer needing constant
external validation because you've
connected with an inner source of value
and meaning this inner authority is the
foundation of genuine confidence not the
brittle confidence of the inflated ego
but the quiet certainty of a man who
knows who he is young wrote extensively
about this process noting that the
attainment of the self is nothing less
than the finding of God not God as an
external deity but the God image within
the numinous center that brings order to
the psyche the self emerges as the new
organizing principle of your psychology
a center that transcends and includes
the ego as Jung explains in his seinal
work the ego and the unconscious the
relationship between ego and self
becomes the axis around which your
entire psychological life revolves the
ego no longer identifies with the
contents arising from the unconscious
but establishes a living relationship
with them this is what Jung called
active imagination dialoguing with the
inner figures and energies rather than
being possessed by them these are not
merely theoretical concepts the Yungian
process of individuation becoming the
unique individual you were meant to be
requires this fundamental shift in
psychological
orientation you cannot individuate while
remaining identified with your raw
libido the energy must be differentiated
and directed consciously toward the goal
of wholeness this process isn't linear
but cyclical you won't achieve permanent
differentiation through a single insight
you'll experience moments of clarity
followed by regression into
identification this isn't failure it's
the nature of psychological work each
cycle takes you deeper each recognition
strengthens consciousness jung named
this cyclical nature of psychological
growth the circumambulation of the self
a spiral-like movement that repeatedly
approaches the center from different
angles it is what he called the opus the
great work of psychological alchemy in
his seinal text Psychology and Alchemy
Jung demonstrates how the ancient
alchemists were not merely protochemists
but were engaged in the same
psychological process we're discussing
the transformation of base material
undifferentiated libido into gold
differentiated conscious
energy this alchemical process involves
specific operations Yung identified in
the symbolic language of alchemy the
negrado blackening the confrontation
with shadow the albido whitening the
emergence of new consciousness the
rubido reening the reintegration of
passion and instinct at a higher level
the desexualized mind corresponds to
this third stage not the elimination of
instinct but its transformation and
integration the rewards of this work
manifest in every dimension of life the
quality of your relationships
particularly with women transforms when
you're no longer using others to fulfill
unconscious needs your work becomes more
meaningful when it flows from authentic
purpose rather than compensation for
internal emptiness your entire presence
in the world shifts from taking to
giving from using to serving this shift
doesn't go unnoticed in a world drowning
in sexual objectification the man with a
desexualized mind stands as a refuge of
genuine human connection people sense
this difference immediately though they
rarely name it women particularly
respond to it finding in your presence
something increasingly precious the
experience of being seen for who they
are rather than what they can
provide you become that man in the room
everyone inexplicably gravitates toward
not because you've learned techniques or
strategies but because you've achieved
something far more fundamental
psychological differentiation from the
drives that unconsciously control most
men this is the weapon young understood
this is the power of the desexualized
mind this is what sets you apart in a
world designed to keep men identified
reactive and ultimately powerless the
question isn't whether this freedom is
possible it is the question is whether
you are willing to do what is necessary
to claim it as your own because when you
develop a desexualized mind when you
free yourself from blind identification
with sexual drive you don't become less
of a man you become what few men ever
achieve a complete human being and in
that completeness lies a power that
others can only sense but never
understand until they've experienced it
themselves so I ask you how long will
you continue living driven by forces you
don't recognize how long will you
mistake your reactions for choices how
long will you remain fragmented when
integration awaits the path toward the
desexualized mind isn't easy but those
who walk it discover what truly matters
has been within reach all along your
liberation begins with a simple shift in
awareness from blind identification to
conscious relationship from being
possessed by your desires to engaging
with them from a stable center from
psychological slavery to the freedom
that comes only through consciousness
this shift changes everything you change
and in that change lies the greatest
power a man can possess the power to
choose his own path to create his own
meaning to become the author rather than
the subject of his existence and the
world responds not because you're
manipulating it but because you've
aligned with a deeper truth of human
existence the truth that wholeness
attracts wholeness that consciousness
creates order that the integrated psyche
naturally magnetizes corresponding
circumstances jung captured this
principle elegantly until you make the
unconscious conscious it will direct
your life and you will call it fate the
desexualized mind reverses this equation
what was once fate becomes choice what
was once automatic becomes intentional
what was once driven from below now
flows from above this is the power Yung
understood this is the weapon modern man
so desperately needs yet so rarely
possesses to those who have more will be
given this isn't mystical thinking it's
psychological reality when your mind
differentiates from constant
identification with desire you establish
a field of coherence that attracts what
resonates with it opportunities
relationships meaning purpose not
because you're seeking them but because
you've become the kind of being they
naturally flow toward women feel this
coherence instantly they may not
intellectually understand why they trust
you when they don't trust others why
they open to you when they guard with
others why they remember your words when
others fade but their bodies know their
intuition knows they are in the presence
of something increasingly rare a man who
sees them rather than uses them this is
the desexualized mind modern man's
greatest weapon in a world designed for
unconsciousness this is the freedom that
awaits on the other side of
differentiation this is the power that
comes not from controlling others but
from mastering yourself the choice is
yours remain identified and controlled
by forces you refuse to recognize or
begin the journey toward psychological
freedom toward becoming the rarest and
most powerful type of man alive today
one who has achieved basic
differentiation in a world drowning in
unconscious identification everything
changes when you stop being controlled
by undifferentiated libido you change
and that change isn't the end of your
power it's the beginning of a power most
men never experience the power that
comes from psychological wholeness