SHADOW

Besig om 'n paar idees en gedagtes rondom skadukant los te maak. Sal maar die engels probeer besig sover ek kan om almal in te sluit.

See the extract below from Robert Johnson. Will give a better understanding or my view of the gold/"noble aspects" in our shadow.

BE AT PEACE WITH YOUR OWN SOUL
Be at peace with your own soul
then heaven & earth will be at peace with you.

Enter eagerly into the treasure
house that is within you,

And you will see the things that are in heaven,
for there is but one single entry to them both.

The ladder that leads to the Kingdom
is hidden within your soul...

Dive into yourself and in your soul
and you will discover the stairs
by which to ascend.
Saint Isaac of Syria (circa 7th century)
Nestorian monk from Beth Abhe on the Persian Gulf
Bishop of Nineveh (circa 660-680)


"It is (also) astonishing to find that some very good characteristics turn up in the shadow," writes Johnson. "Generally, the ordinary, mundane characteristics are the norm. Anything less than this goes into the shadow. But anything better also goes into the shadow! Some of the pure gold of our personality is relegated to the shadow because it can find no place in that great leveling process that is culture,," writes Johnson. Curiously, people resist the noble aspects of their shadow more strenuously than they hide the dark sides."