The shadow is often considered extremely taboo in a lot of mainstream beliefs, some going so far as to implicate that anything dark is unhealthy. Let’s start off by addressing the fact that we humans experience a wide range of emotions from what’s considered good to what’s considered bad or wrong. The shadow is often referred to as a place within ourselves where we repress “the bad things.” In reality, it’s a place within ourselves that can take on its own personality if left unhealed or unnoticed.
The shadow is the side of us that we repress because we’re told it’s not socially correct. It’s embarrassing, weird, or bad. This is the area that can create false narratives within yourself. This is due to the nature of the trauma living within the depths of your subconscious mind.. it co-creates with your authentic voice, creating an illusioned reality.
This illusion is within yourself and reflected outward. Many times, things that cause a trigger within ourselves it will lead you to the shadow. Not all times, though. One must be aware of the inner child’s presence within thyself.
A lot of situations bring both sides up intertwined with each other. Healing the trauma allows you to heal more than just the shadow.
It has a rippling effect within yourself, to your inner child, your shadow, and your higher self.
Not to forget your ancestors as well. Every single thing that has transpired and is transpiring is being stored in your DNA.
That’s the same to be said for your ancestors.
Every single experience, emotion, repressed, or expressed by your ancestors is carried within you. When you heal yourself and allow space to feel emotions, you may not be able to understand, but you’re still holding space to release them..
You’re allowing your ancestors to be freed of repressed emotions. You are holding space for them to express their pain as much as you express yours.
A lot of times when the thought of “Doing Shadow Work” comes up.. the first question is, “Well, how do I do that?”
Let’s start with the basics on that, and we’ll dive deeper as we go along with the series, “Entering The Shadow.”
Shadow work starts off by simply acknowledging that you have one. Everyone does. This doesn’t make you bad, it makes you human.
Remember that because shadow work is hard work. It’s hard being human, okay? Once you realize that you have a shadow and you acknowledge that you want to open up, to yourself, to heal yourself.
You will probably have a realization that either a, You don’t trust yourself, or b, you don’t love yourself like you should. I almost forgot option c, all the above. Trusting yourself isn’t as easy as we’d all like to think.. it requires dedication.
We have to show up to our word TO OURSELVES! We have to acknowledge boundaries where they are necessary and even desperately needed.
We have to become accountable for our actions and reactions. We have to learn WHY we do the things we do, and that starts by acknowledging that every single thing you do, think, say, and even don’t do.. is taught. Every. Bit. Of. It. Some where, somehow, some way. It’s been taught to you, whether on a physical or soul level.
Now, it’s overwhelming, I will straight up admit that it is and will be at times but not all the time. You will have days where you can rest, but again, that goes into you’re ensuring that you are putting up proper boundaries. If you consistently say yes, when you want to say no, you will never truly fill your cup up. You’ll always feel like you’re running on empty.
Realize that what you are doing is giving the love you want to give yourself to others. You were probably taught that you had to enact some kind of service or initiation for love/affection.. so now you are people pleasing to receive that love.
Now you’re love bombing people that don’t deserve you, because you know deep down, that you feel like you don’t deserve the love you give to others. You subconsciously choose to associate with these types of people because it feeds your feelings of being undeserving when they fail to give you what you need.
The illusion here is, most would think that it’s wrong of the other person to not show love or appreciation..but we have to take a step back here and see it from a different point of view.
The other person may never have known consciously that their friend needed validation or expressed love/gratitude.
Therefore, never given the opportunity to offer it. Now, they could also be living in their own illusion built by the co-creation of trauma and authentic truth.. There are so many possibilities when considering human behavior in response to our current living times.
Generational trauma has a huge factor in this as well.. A lot of individuals never truly break the programming instilled in them by their elders.
Thus, they’re simply playing on a repeated cycle, and sometimes those considered to be the cycle breakers must realize that.. You have to strike a balance, an equilibrium within yourself.
Acknowledge where you spend your time, who you spend it with, and what you choose to absorb from your interactions with life. Realizing that there truly isn’t anything wholly evil or wholly good, it truly is not just black and white.
The world we live in has a lot of grey areas or more colors than one could imagine. This Meaning, there are millions of different ways to perceive one thing. Yours is not the only right way. Mine isn’t either. None truly are, but they are right for us because they are for us..
We just have to allow ourselves to flow with the changes necessary for our evolution with our minds. The more aware of yourself you become, the more your reality will shift to meet your authentic vibe.✨️
Till next time. Spirits Life Journey ✨️
