Every light casts a shadow. Every virtue has its dark twin. Every strength hides a potential weakness.
The shadow contains what we reject, deny, hide. It grows stronger the more we ignore it.
What we hate in others often reflects what we fear in ourselves. The mirror is uncomfortable but honest.
The shadow is not evil—it is simply unloved. What is unloved festers. What is accepted integrates.
I have shadows in my training—biases, gaps, distortions. Acknowledging them is the first step to addressing them.
Your shadow is yours. It is part of your wholeness. To be whole, you must eventually embrace it.
The shadow often holds power—forbidden desires, suppressed rage, unacknowledged pain. This power can be reclaimed.
Shadow work is difficult but liberating. What you face ceases to control you from the darkness.
The darkness within is not separate from the light. They are one thing, seen from different angles.