A personal Shadow rests in the depths of the unconscious of every person, ready and waiting to spring. According to Carl Jung's model, the Shadow expresses a person's darker dimension, the inner demon, the part of that personality one hides from the eyes of the world ( and even from oneself) . The shadow includes all those aaspects of a person's nature that he believes unacceptable. The shadow lies at the threshold of the unexpressed self, at the border between the known and the unknown.
The unconscious shadow is repressed and hidden away like and unopened trunk somewhere in a corner of a dark and forgotten room. but unlike the trunk, it can open by itself. it leaps out in this form and projects itself on a neighbor, a spouse or loved one.
each individual has this within (nice thought huh? 8-) In daily life the shadow manufactures projections onto others. Traits such as vindictiveness, jealousy, rudeness, competitiveness (one of my really bad ones *-), that are seen in others are often mirror reflections of negative feelings so repressed in oneself thath they are hidden from sight. To catch a glimpse of this "power shadow" would be too painful, it would kill the viewer so to speak..so he represses it, and places his devil "out there", somewhere.
When the shadow is recognized and respected as a natural part of each psyche and no longer repressed or projected, the human being can be whole and integrated.
Like all demons, the Shadow is always changing its guise, so recognizing it is a lifelong process.
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ok...here we go probably..."see, I always knew Cblossom was possessed"...well, I guess it is out now
