We Are All Created By Light And Shadows That Fill Our Soul

Light and shadows are our constant companions and fill our inner being. They are part of who we are and what we do not want to be. They are what we may be in the future. Clearly, they are the struggle between what we recognize and what we avoid. What we close into our lives, what we ignore and what we do not want to see. And in this small, but complicated, balancing act, we try to live our lives without letting any part control us completely.

Our intuition tells us that the balance between what we know and what we do not want to know is difficult to achieve. In order to live with ourselves  , we must be able to accept the truth of the matter. We are made of light and shadows. Therefore, there will always be parts of us that we do not want to accept.

Getting to know our lights and shadows

Accepting the darker side of our lives can cause pain, but at the same time it can mean growth, change and self-acceptance. This means that we really need to get to know ourselves and develop a good self-esteem in our lives. Not everything is light, nor do the lights always light up our lives. They block us at times and the shadows can actually give us the answers we are looking for.

“It is not possible to awaken the conscience without pain. People are able to do whatever absurd it may seem, to avoid turning against their own soul. No one is enlightened by fantasizing about the divr of light, but rather by becoming aware of their darker side ”.
-Carl Jung-

Are you aware of your own shadows?

Carl Jung defined our shadows as a combination of frustrations, shameful or painful experiences and fears or insecurities that settle in our unconscious. The shadows contain all the negative aspects of our personality that our ego cannot always accept. Because of this, it can actually stop us from living in a real way and expressing our true feelings.

Evil, selfishness, envy, cowardice, jealousy, greed and many of our emotions and fears are the shadows lurking within us. We often become aware of them when they lead us into conflicts with other people. On other occasions, they show themselves in guilt or even unexplained outbursts of depression. We end up not even being able to recognize the image we transfer to others.

We may even project these shadows on others because we cannot accept that these feelings, thoughts, or ideas belong to us . We are programmed from our childhood to hide our mistakes, our desperation and every negative part of our lives. It is simply human to keep these shadows inside us, just as we keep the light at the same time. Light and shadows go hand in hand.

“A man who has not gone through hell because of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to light a candle in the darkness of our being ”
–Carl Jung–

Have you ever been dazzled by your own light?

The light we are made of, the lights that surround us and that shines from our inner being, are all the qualities, virtues, emotions, behaviors, or desires that we like to show to others. How easy it is to wear them like a mask all the time, as if they were our only true identity.

We can choose to be witty, intelligent, understanding, sociable, brave or shy. We can choose how we want to show ourselves to others in our social lives.

Today, the light of our personality shines more and more, through our appearance on social networks. We live another life where the shadows not only hide but also do not seem to exist. What may at first seem like a good thing and a way to protect ourselves from the miseries of our lives is actually becoming the epicenter of the expression of modern narcissism.

We let our own light dazzle us. We become so obsessed that they are the only way we can express ourselves to the outside world that we stop being human and just become smile machines in the images that leave big gaps in our inner selves.

That is why it is so important to know what our shadows are. They are what help us maintain an inner balance. We are fake, we feel jealousy, envy or guilt, but we rebuild ourselves . We are human beings, and accepting the true reality, and not a work of fiction, is what helps us develop a healthy self-esteem and live a better and more perfect life. Do not deny your shadows, accept them. Do not dazzle yourself with the lights – look for your inner balance.