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More Ways to See Our Shadow we ignore these
circumstances and
Another way to see a shadow quality in pretend they don’t exist.
us is in people we avoid. We walk around Until another individual
the room if we encounter them or we synchronistically shows
will ghost them. Ghosting them means up in our everyday life,
that even if this person reaches out to bringing into focus some
us to initiate contact, they’re met with of those characteristics we
complete silence. Or when we ourselves have tried to avoid seeing
start screaming at someone or someone in ourselves. Because
starts shrieking at us, often this too is a everything and everyone
shadow quality coming out. We will feel is energy and because they
as if whoever they are is totally against will have similar energy to
our principles, moral values and ideals, our own, we will continue
so we’ll feel justified in our reaction. to draw these individuals
or circumstances to us.
We can also sound as if we are possessed In the book, The Inner
when describing someone who is Planets by Astrologers
carrying our shadow for us. Our voice Howard Sasportas and Liz Greene who is
often changes pitch, and we tend to use also a Jungian analyst, Howard Sasportas
highly charged adjectives to describe their says,
behavior. If we catch ourselves going on
and on about someone and we call this “You want a formula. I’ll give you a
person and the next one. We can’t stop formula. First, you must not think that
talking about it because we have a huge you are a terrible person because you feel
emotional charge. This is a real clue that nasty things like rage. We are human,
another shadow trait is again making its and by virtue of being human, we all have
way into the forefront, trying to get your some degree of lust, rage, envy, greed, and
attention. It’s a good idea to get to know so on inside us. Many people are more
this person as they are likely carrying than happy to deny what they believe
(through projection) a part of your own are primitive or uncivilized instincts and
psyche. To paraphrase Shakespeare, “Me emotions, but how can you transform
thinks thou doth protest too much!” something if you deny it even exists?
Accept these states as part of your human
We all have too much we feel guilty inheritance and stop thinking you are
about, too much we don’t want to horrid and unworthy for entertaining
remember or look at, weaknesses we such feelings. It is psychologically clumsy
would rather avoid. Consequently, to try to transform anything you are
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