I realized from the word “shadow”, some might avoid this conversation. But that’s the problem, avoiding aspects of yourself & hiding them out of shame, instead of embracing all of us in love and gratitude. Follow me into the shadows and I promise you’ll experience a new sense of wholeness and self-love that will give…
(Print out the scale by clicking on picture or link below.) I’ve talked before about the human scale of emotions. When we realize we live on a scale rather than on-off like a computer, life becomes a process, not a factor of luck. We see we move through emotions, not just have them. In the…
“Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you. You are the traveler and you are the destination. In experiencing the ecstasy of your own being, you have achieved the final goal.” Osho I truly believe the greatest lie ever told…
Another place to start spotting your shadow is traits you see in others. Debbie Ford is brilliant in teaching how the things we hate in others are really our shadow aspect. This is a great place to look for your shadow. Look for where it is cast. Other people just help us see ourselves. What…
The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung is noted for saying this. But what did he mean? Jung was talking about his research into what he called, The Shadow. He found that patients who resisted aspects of themselves would have those aspects persist, or actually enlarge. This would draw much energy into the cycle of resistance –…