The ego gets a pretty bad rap these days. People say things like “It’s just ego,” as though the ego were something we could just dispense of at will. As the center of our conscious mind, the ego is a psychological necessity. Perhaps a lot of what people say today comes from the influx of Eastern philosophy. We should remember …
Integrating the Shadow with Shadow Work Prompts
View PostThe Shadow: What You Do Behind Your Own Back
The shadow is one of those concepts that has made its way into everyday language, but I wonder how many people know that it comes from C.G. Jung. What I am about to share about the shadow does not even come close to its profound mystery. You can never really know the shadow or fully integrate the shadow. All of …