Shadow Self Quotes

• The Shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge, and it therefore, as a rule, meets with considerable resistance. Indeed, self-knowledge as a psychotherapuetic measure frequently requires much painstaking work extending over a long period of time.

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  Carl Jung

  Real   Dark   Shadow Work  

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• I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona.

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  Richard Rohr

  Self   Years   Shadow  

  Richard Rohr (2011). “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.128, John Wiley & Sons

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• Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

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  Charlotte Whitton

  Inspirational   Hope   Nature  

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• We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

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  Lorraine Toussaint

  Dark   Self   Shadow  

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• To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real.

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  Carl Jung

  Real   Dark   Personality  

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1968). “pt. 1. The archetypes and the collective unconscious”

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• The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

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  George R. R. Martin

  Flames   Deep Thought   Shadow  

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1248, Bantam

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• A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of which I am least aware most of the time.

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  Madeleine L'Engle

  Prayer   Home   Self  

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• The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort.

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  Carl Jung

  Personality   Effort   Ego  

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1973). “The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: pt. 1. The archetypes and the collective unconscious. pt. 2. Aion, researches into the phenomenology of the self”

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• The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.

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  Deepak Chopra

  Self   Enemy   Shadow  

  Twitter post from Aug 2, 2012

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• What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

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  Oscar Wilde

  Men   Soul   Shadow  

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde”, p.95, Courier Corporation

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• The abyss you stare into and that stares back at you is your reflection in the mirror - we all have it - that shadow self - that dark heart.

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  John J. Geddes

  Heart   Dark   Reflection  

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• Foolish Ever, don't you realize there's no longer any difference between you and your-monster? You are the monster. It's your dark side, your shadow self, and you've now joined as one.

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  Alyson Noel

  Dark   Self   Differences  

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• Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

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  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational   Positive   Self Esteem  

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