Everybody has a shadow. It is not
just your planar projection, it’s deep, very deep. It has a whole world of its
own and you too are not beyond the realm of it. The very existence of the conscious
and unconscious mind derives the ravaging battle of man against himself. As defined by Carl Jung “The shadow exists as part of the unconscious mind and is composed of
repressed ideas, weaknesses, desires, instincts and shortcomings.” Many a
times we talk to ourselves, with conflicting thoughts manoeuvring our rational behaviour.
This is nothing but a conflict of our shadow with reality. The shadow will
always restrain you. Never allow your shadow to reign you, never undermine your
power.
Our fears breathe in our shadow,
the more the fears are the darker the shadow becomes. And the darkness of
shadow further increases its potency. It then becomes a vicious circle, the
fears, weaknesses etc. keep on increasing and shadow keeps on becoming dark. What
is needed is to get to know your shadow,
interact with it, face it and bring things out of it. There is always an option
to live your whole life with fears and blame your failures on others and things
like destiny. But valiant is the man who takes a stand against all odds. It takes
strength to go against people that surround you, but it takes a mighty courage
to go against your shadow.
Many of us live in a fear of faux
pas (social blunder), but that originates from our shadow. Our actions are
conjugated with the fear of social acceptance. And for the sake of society we
are ready to betray our dreams, our love, our life... Can such a person ever gain respect in his own eyes? Can he call him righteous? The guilt will darken
his shadow and it’s painful to be effaced.
Let not your weakness surmount
you, do not suppress your dreams, do not eschew or evade reality, believe in
your instincts. Shun all your fears, rip all your weaknesses and anything that
stops you from living life. Soak no more into your shadow, it will only become
dark, and you will never be able to dissolve it. Let not any shadow darken the
sunny spot in life…
