Some baloney reflections on what I think a Shadow is

The Shadow is an obscuration of what we are in an effort to invert into the infinite realm of what we are not. When met with fear, resentment or doubt, this centre of gravity for the nhilation of the self becomes volatile. Rather than clarifying, it becomes an obscuration of who we are, who we are in the absence of light. When met with unobstructed and untampered Love, it flowers into its natural placement in the world, and flows down like a wandering beam from the Moon, streaming through… When we meet our selves with shame, we perpetuate our guilt in our actions, trapping ourselves in vicious cycles of pride and shame without once blinking at gratitude; at least thats my current emotional spectrum hahaha. 

There’s a black marbles door in the attic of my House of Self. It’s a deep dark hole I lose myself in sometimes. When I was younger I used to dive past its gates and soar through the nebulous clouds of my limited imagination. I pushed it onto the waters of my Heart, the waters I share with this incredible world, and my imagination found new heights. Our imaginations require a limitless emotive engine to support its limitless endeavours. When we’re children, no one told us what was possible or impossible for us yet, we didn’t stand in the way of the currents that flow through and from us, nor did we clasp onto them out of greed or insecurity. When we were kids we leaned towards love. It’s no wonder we always landed back there at the end of the day. 

“So if your sense of self relies on not looking under the carpet, it wont be happy when the shadow starts to emerge” - Deepak Chopra

Make peace with your sense of self, and your shadow lays still. The patterns you repeat are the product of repressed behavioral patterns. The behavioral patterns aren’t necessarily the problem, why they’re being repressed is. We have to acknowledge our imperfections if we intend on changing or accepting them. Change isn’t an incremental process, it’s the inevitable motion of an unfolding world. And yet, it can take eons to move an inch.