- Imagine a time in your life when you felt the most vulnerable. May be there's a scene you remember, or a time in your life. Hold the image of yourself in your minds eye, and first stay aware, taking in any messages that arise.
- Give that younger you compassion. Tell yourself "I love you and Im here for you. Its not your fault. You did nothing to deserve this. You deserve love and you have a wonderful life ahead of you". You may even imagine yourself giving the younger you a hug.
Traveling back in time to give yourself love like thia is very powerful maybe it sounds hokey, but I guarantee you will feel shifts if you include this practice in your Shadow work. This inner child work is another tool to have in your box.
Peace comes from loving every part of your journey,even the dark places.
Where ever you are along the path, know that the way to peace is not ignoring the shadows, but rather shinning light in even the darkest corners, so you feel love and peace emanating from every part of your soul.
Once you become aware of your shadow beliefs that are hindering you from living your fullest life, you can consciously change your behaviour and in doing so, change your life. Each discomfort becomes an opportunity to investigate more fully, to learn more about yourself, and heal on an increasingly deep level.
Each of us have a shadow self, a part of us that we supress ans hide away from our conscious living. The shadow self is separate from our unconscious, but is a part of it.
We often behave and act in certain ways with out realising what were doing or wven saying, as our unconscious minds dictate most of our behaviour.
But, what is the shadow self and why do we need to work on it?.
Psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung described the shadow self as the "darker side of the personality" containing all the negativie human emotions such as rage, anger, jealousy, hate, greed, selfishness and desire for power.
Everyone has those traits within them, even the person who seems saintly and would never say a mean woed to anyone. Yeah, even they have a shadow self too - but they probably work hard on it in their own way.
We all experience times when our shadow self emerges and comes to the surface. Times when we let our anger and emotions slip, we "fly off the handle" and show our darker side.
We're told to supress it, to ignore it, that its not nice or desirable.
Yet, we're not told how to deal with it.
Mainstream religion uses prayer and faith in the Divine (God) to remove these "sinful" behaviour from us and to act more divinely. This seems more like a form of abstinence and "hopeful wishing" which in turn seems to supress the emotions and not work through them.
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