Integrate the Shadow, Master Your Path
Shadow work is getting to know and understand the dynamic functions that are operating within us on a subconscious level. We call this process ‘personal archaeology,’ and it is the detective work of examining our life to identify underlying patterns that often do not on the surface make sense to us.
John Kehoe • Quantum Warrior | The Future of the Mind
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
Robert A. Johnson • 3 highlights
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So the personal shadow contains undeveloped, unexpressed potentials of all kinds. It is that part of the unconscious that is complementary to the ego and represents those characteristics that the conscious personality does not wish to acknowledge and therefore neglects, forgets, and…
Connie Zweig • Meeting the Shadow
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (A. Jaffé, Ed.). If we think that the ‘other’ is the only one who ‘needs’ to do this work, we are negating the very anatomy of psyche that belongs to every person on this planet. When we negate the presence of our shadow, we often project it onto the other and move into binaries thereby feeding the collective shadow.
instagram.comAs the shadow arises within consciousness, resist any temptation to either hide from it or act on it. When you get to the point where your shadow can neither scare you nor intimidate you, it will begin to liberate itself within the light of consciousness.
Adyashanti • Sacred Inquiry: Questions That Can Transform Your Life
The unconscious is a marvelous universe of unseen energies, forces, forms of intelligence—even distinct personalities—that live within us.