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around anyone carrying a part of our
Knowing ourselves shadow. Often there is a distinct physical
is a sacred task that aversion. We find ourselves making
will last a lifetime but highly charged statements like “I can’t
with practice, applying stand so and so.” Or “I can’t stomach
these concepts daily, it this person.” This kind of intensity can
confirm that it’s definitely a shadow
does get easier and will projection. Jung says, “the more our
bring us untold joy. projections are thrust out into the
environment, the more difficult it is to
withdraw them.” Shadow projections can
even somatize in our bodies if we are not
willing to see through ourselves.
There was a time in my own life where for
over a year I had a rash from head to toe,
and it would break out only periodically.
My brother, who is a doctor, told me it
was probably psychosomatic, as it would
just come and go randomly. I have always
journaled so I could also see and reflect on
what was happening in the days before it
would come on. By starting a dialogue with
my unconscious, I was also asking for help.
One day, having a conversation with one of
my sisters, she told me something significant
about myself. Suddenly, a man I was really
material to integrate. Knowing ourselves angry with and had not spoken to in a year
is a sacred task that will last a lifetime but flashed before my mind’s eyes. On the spot,
with practice, applying these concepts it occurred to me just “who was under my
daily, it does get easier and will bring us skin.” What she said about me made me
untold joy. realize I was just like him. My unconscious
gave me the image. The forgiveness I felt
Our Body Knows for him was immediate. I felt it in my body.
Because shadow is everything about I never had that rash again, so a shadow
other people that drives us crazy, the characteristic that we are projecting can
hair will rise on our arms, and we will even manifest in our bodies.
feel highly uncomfortable when we are
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