Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. “Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. I love the following quote by him, mainly because life can truly feel like madness at times. If you want to learn a great deal about the shadow, study Carl Jung’s work. It can also hold positive things, like talents and gifts. The part of us that we, and society, may disapprove of. The unconscious part of us that we’re not aware of. It’s that part of us that we repress, deny, or disown. It’s the dark side of our personality…the side we’d rather not see, because it can hold things like greed, selfishness, trauma, anger, fear, envy, etc. It’s also known as the false self, the unconscious, the inner child, the disowned or split-off self. The shadow is the dark side of the psyche, or ego. It’s also helped me discover the positive things I’d tossed into my shadow side too, helping me become more authentic, creative, and show up in life with a more loving presence for others. Facing my past with all its shadows was my first step toward become more spiritually awake, more peaceful, and happier. Today, after years of doing inner healing shadow work, (or, as come call “inner child healing”), I understand better just how important this work really is. My “shadow bag” had grown quite large, filled with trauma, fears, painful memories, and more. Little did I know, my shadow side had been largely running my life since I was a child.
It common to start feeling the weight of the shadow sometime in your 30’s or 40’s. There are many tools used for inner inquiry, emotional healing, and wholeness. If you’re not familiar with “shadow work”, it’s worth checking out. Shadow Work: Are You Digging Under The Surface? Let’s take some time to explore the shadow and shadow work. Exploring our shadow side and dealing with whatever we find can help us become more authentic, compassionate, spiritually mature, loving, peaceful, and happier human beings. It’s not so easy to face our own, but it’s necessary. It’s easy to see other people’s shadows, point our fingers at them, and judge like there’s no tomorrow. To suffer less? To understand why we’re here? What our purpose is? Who looks outside, dreams who looks inside, awakes.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” We learn quite early what’s acceptable and what’s not.ĭiving inside the psyche to discover this shadow part of us can be among the most important things we can do if we want to live a life experiencing more peace, joy, and authentic love.Ĭarl Jung, famous Swiss psychologist who is known for his work on the shadow side, says: We’ve been conditioned by parents and society to shy away from our shadow or dark sides, no doubt. The parts I ran from, the darkness I felt swallowed up in, and the fear that I was alone in this gigantic cosmos.
The parts of me I was ashamed of and did my best to hide away. I thought they could see right through my masks and see the hideous monster I thought I was. Looking at people in the eyes used to freak me out.
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