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Qualities and
characteristics of
our parents that we
didn’t like are often
delegated to our
Shadows.
marriages is that eventually we have to The relationship with our parents
become our own mother and father, or complicates our relationships because of
we will continuously be searching for this this archetypal need we all have for them.
archetypal need for a mother and father As no one had a perfect parent, we either
through our significant others. had too much mothering; or not enough;
or too much fathering; or not enough,
When two people become fascinated so there is a drive inside us to complete
with each other, all goes well at first. A what was incomplete in our relationship
couple may even be together for several with them. Qualities and characteristics
years getting along great. Confident in of our parents that we didn’t like are
their happiness, they make a formal often delegated to our Shadows.
commitment, sign legal documents, take
nuptial vows, and then the relationship The Apple Never Falls Far
begins to radically change. Hidden from from the Tree
us, our complexes in our unconscious Have you ever found yourself saying, “I
psyche now have complete permission to
show up. We come face-to-face with our will never be like them.” The parent we
complexes and especially the one that is couldn’t stand the most is the one who’s
more dominant in our unconscious.
the NOT I called the Shadow.
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