29/01/2021
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜 𝖎𝖘𝖓’𝖙 𝖆 𝖕𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗 𝖙𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖈.
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯?
In growing up, we adjust our behavior to gratify our needs and learn to adapt to the external world.
Negative cues we receive from our environment facilitate a selection process. Traits associated with “being good” are accepted, while others associated with “being bad” are rejected.
All the unaccepted or discouraged parts of us from earlier chapters of our lives are bundled together, swept out of view.
These unexamined or disowned parts of our personality don’t go anywhere. Although we deny them in our attempt to cast them out, we don’t get rid of them. We repress them; they are part of our unconscious. This repression of unwanted parts creates what psychologist Carl Jung called the 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜; the “dark side” of our personality.
𝘐𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘴. 𝘉𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.
Our egos use this mechanism to defend itself—to defend how it perceives itself. Our false identities of being “good” keep us from connecting to our shadow. These psychological projections distort reality, creating a thick boundary between how we view ourselves and how we behave in reality.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:
1. Improved Relationships
2. Clearer Perception
3. Enhanced Energy & Physical Health
4. Psychological Integration and Maturity
5. Greater Creativity
Enjoy. 😉
