The shadow of a person, his shadow side is that suppressed part of the experience and ideas of a person, which seems to him incompatible with his own ideals and the face that he presents in society. This is what a person cannot accept himself.
The question arises - why do we need a human shadow at all? Why should we get to know the shadow and even deal with it? Maybe this is right - to remove from your life, supplant all bad character traits and forget about them?
Then a counter question arises: to displace - and where? From the conscious area to the unconscious. In that large pantry or closet where old things are removed that are no longer needed by the owner.
And the paradox is that this pantry is still inside us, and wherever we remove and push it all out, it will remain inside us. Periodically, it will remind of itself and burst into our life in vague images, exploding for some unknown reason with emotions, stupor and apathy, illogical actions, anger and irritation at the people around us.
You might think that if you open this closet of your soul, then our evil and unpleasant sides will become visible, and all evil will come out. But it is not so. Contact with the shadow brings greater awareness in our lives.
After all, the basic rule of the unconscious part is this: until something is realized, it guides us on the sly, we do something, not understanding why, but we cannot stop. And only when we were able to let this into our consciousness, we gain power over it, we can act consciously, and not act under the influence of an incomprehensible impulse, and then regret what we have done.
Knowing your shadow gives you greater freedom of choice and understanding of your desires and motivation. When a person stops projecting his shadow on others, he gets the opportunity to see reality more clearly, and at the same time, he becomes able to treat people more carefully.
Author: Regina Bikbulatova
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