Shadow Body Healing
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Shadow body healing is a critical part of this work, and a core part of the spiritual integration process. When you are moving forward in your spiritual development, you will come up against your shadow body. Think of your shadow body as everything in you which has not yet been ignited by the light of consciousness. A collection of inherited or current beliefs and thought patterns which you have not yet given the benefit of your inner divine presence. The shadow is not logical, and has not been examined, but it is very scared. You will come up against thoughts and beliefs from the collective shadow that have got stuck in you. Most of the out-picturings of the shadow are incompatible with ecstasy.
I always find it helpful to use examples of what things look like. Mostly, the shadow you will come up against will have a masculine face, even if you are female, as these are the shadow beliefs that you have absorbed and internalised against yourself. If it feels true to you to give the shadow a female face, please do. To begin with, I nicknamed him 'Ayhan'. I'm not picking on anyone by that name, but it worked for me to help characterise the behaviours and beliefs. You might like to substitute your own: Bob, Dave, Stanislav, whatever works with you... |
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This is a projection of the collective shadow
He will give you just enough to keep you going and interested, but will never let you break free into your own mastery
He gives with one hand and takes away with the other
He makes you feel as if the divine is telling you to do things to torment or punish you
He is low on joy, true passion, authenticity, lightness, humour except mean-spirited humour
He will try to control you through sex. He will not give you life.
He will make you feel scared if you look as if you’re about to step out of line.
He will lie dormant until you look as if you’re about to break through
He will pretend to be your friend but is just using you to keep himself down
He is using your guilt, shame and anxiety to create a cage
He hates controversy and will use it to keep you in check
He always acts like the grown up who is one step ahead. He knows what is best for you
He thrives on controversy and will use it to label you
He thrives on commentary and gossip
He feels easily used and does not really know how to give
He cannot really believe the truth he sees in front of him
He is completely risk averse
He needs to feel comfortable
He thrifts because he does not trust in tomorrow
He does not cope well with change
He looks nervous when real truth shows its face
He spectates but never plays
He suffers from paranoia
He self-sabotages
He thinks circumstances are out to get him
He looks for problems and danger
He gives prophesies that seem threatening and dangerous
He is ultimately a coward who needs to look in control
He likes the sound of his own voice
He is headfelt not heartfelt
He protects his own ego identity
He gives an impression of peace but it feels ultimately oppressive
He projects
He will not look ME* in the eye
His time is over but he can’t let go
He will be a friend to you when you’re down but will find it difficult to see you put yourself forward
He is sceptical of others’ beliefs
He is spiritual when he knows he’s doing the right thing and following the rules and will be happy where this gives him status and identity
He gets unstuck when rules are broken and projects dastardly punishments
He is un-faithful to the ONE
He uses fear-mongering vocabulary
He gets triggered when we get too big. This is why we need to keep it real as we journey.
Ultimately, he cannot believe that he can be unconditionally, passionately loved, just for being
He will come up with almost ANY other idea rather than to let this belief linger more than a second
He uses the word ‘just’ a lot
*authenticity, passion, life – all the good stuff
He will give you just enough to keep you going and interested, but will never let you break free into your own mastery
He gives with one hand and takes away with the other
He makes you feel as if the divine is telling you to do things to torment or punish you
He is low on joy, true passion, authenticity, lightness, humour except mean-spirited humour
He will try to control you through sex. He will not give you life.
He will make you feel scared if you look as if you’re about to step out of line.
He will lie dormant until you look as if you’re about to break through
He will pretend to be your friend but is just using you to keep himself down
He is using your guilt, shame and anxiety to create a cage
He hates controversy and will use it to keep you in check
He always acts like the grown up who is one step ahead. He knows what is best for you
He thrives on controversy and will use it to label you
He thrives on commentary and gossip
He feels easily used and does not really know how to give
He cannot really believe the truth he sees in front of him
He is completely risk averse
He needs to feel comfortable
He thrifts because he does not trust in tomorrow
He does not cope well with change
He looks nervous when real truth shows its face
He spectates but never plays
He suffers from paranoia
He self-sabotages
He thinks circumstances are out to get him
He looks for problems and danger
He gives prophesies that seem threatening and dangerous
He is ultimately a coward who needs to look in control
He likes the sound of his own voice
He is headfelt not heartfelt
He protects his own ego identity
He gives an impression of peace but it feels ultimately oppressive
He projects
He will not look ME* in the eye
His time is over but he can’t let go
He will be a friend to you when you’re down but will find it difficult to see you put yourself forward
He is sceptical of others’ beliefs
He is spiritual when he knows he’s doing the right thing and following the rules and will be happy where this gives him status and identity
He gets unstuck when rules are broken and projects dastardly punishments
He is un-faithful to the ONE
He uses fear-mongering vocabulary
He gets triggered when we get too big. This is why we need to keep it real as we journey.
Ultimately, he cannot believe that he can be unconditionally, passionately loved, just for being
He will come up with almost ANY other idea rather than to let this belief linger more than a second
He uses the word ‘just’ a lot
*authenticity, passion, life – all the good stuff
The collective shadow is not the enemy, it is the unconscious. Employ extreme compassion and the other Principles of Healing towards yourself and any others when you spy the workings of the shadow. The shadow is not out there - it is the shadow which likes to point the finger at others. The shadow is the unconsious self present in all of us.
To paraphrase Osho** in one of the most stating-the-obvious-but-none-of-us-actually-remember-it moments: You cannot fight with darkness - you will always lose, because darkness does not exist. You will say - look how strong it is, it is beating me. To deal with darkness, you turn on the light! Then there is no darkness - it has disappeared!
**Tantra - The Supreme Understanding
To paraphrase Osho** in one of the most stating-the-obvious-but-none-of-us-actually-remember-it moments: You cannot fight with darkness - you will always lose, because darkness does not exist. You will say - look how strong it is, it is beating me. To deal with darkness, you turn on the light! Then there is no darkness - it has disappeared!
**Tantra - The Supreme Understanding
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