How Dominant is your dark side?
Our shadow selves are those dark and mysterious places within us that have been refused to see the light.
The personality traits that we have rejected or suppressed.
Almost all of us are raised believing that we have to hide, repress or reject parts of ourselves that are unlovable, unacceptable or taboo.
The longer we repress parts of ourselves, the bigger the shadow grows. This can lead to problems such as drug and alcohol abuse, neuroticism, self hatred, dysfunctional relationships.
Lack of awareness of the shadow self and the disconnection from our true whole self can be so dangerous.
There are empowering qualities hidden in the shadow and we must integrate the shadow to grow.
My shadow self has been at play most of this weekend.
It’s not about learning how to concur the dark it’s more about learning how to embrace it.
My dark always humbles me, makes me more understanding of things people go through. It allows me to look at things differently than when I am in my light. My dark shows me where I need to heal and grow and where I still have lots of work to do.
My shadow ironically has my back more than my light as she always comes to play when I need to slow down or be kinder to myself. As my light is always pushing to go harder and be better. My shadow accepts me for what I am, not what I want to be, as my light always wants more for myself.
When you do shadow work you are doing the work of radical acceptance.
When things start to trigger you a lot it’s time to do shadow work. Sit with your shadow and listen to what it has to say to you. This is transformative work. It’s never easy or nice. It’s difficult but it’s imperative. My shadow is a bitch but I love her because she makes me grow.
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