We have to uncover, own, and embrace all of who we are, the good and bad, dark and light, strong and weak, and honest and dishonest.

“the shadow is the person you would rather not be.”

Our shadow is here to point out where we are incomplete. It is here to teach us love, compassion, and forgiveness, not just for others but also for ourselves.

We all contain the imprint of the entire universe within ourselves.

It is not enough to say, “I know I am controlling.” We must see what controlling has to teach us, what gift it brings, and then we must be able to view it with awe and compassion.

Many of us have spent too much time chasing the light only to find more darkness. “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light,” said Jung, “but by making the darkness conscious.”

To be divine is to be whole and to be whole is to be everything: the positive and the negative, the

We project it onto the world, onto our families and friends, and onto strangers.

We fear ourselves. We fear every thought and feeling we have ever repressed.