In the sense of different aspects of ourselves, certainly. I shared as my example only one 'shadow' in the article though there are other such characteristics in my personality. Probably as many as we have personality traits.
I used to have recurrent dreams about planes crashing. For a while, I couldn't understand what they would mean. It was very traumatic for me to see all these planes crashing in front of me. I was never inside them. One day, I realized the word "planes" means "plans" in Spanish. It was a time of my life when my plans were not going well. Somehow, I started working on why my plans were not coming to fruition and crashing planes disappeared from my dreams.
I find that dreams are an important part of our conscience and it's quite useful to pay attention to them. They tell us things from ourselves that our minds can't understand.
Dreams can be funny things. I keep dreaming that there are three things in my book that need to be ‘corrected’ and yet there aren’t . None of the things in the dream are in any way actually in my book.
They wouldn’t be. You need to figure out what your mind is trying to tell you in creative ways. For some weird reason, I find my head is always throwing puzzles at me. Another of my recurring dreams was entering an elevator that would do whatever it wanted. It wouldn’t stop on the floor I wanted to go, and it would go diagonal, or sideways. One day, I entered the elevator, realized what I had done and talked to the board camly while caressing it and telling it I wanted to go to floor 2. I told the thing that I would really appreciate it. That was the last of my elevator dreams and it took me to the right floor. Later on, I realized the elevator was my mom, and as soon as I figured that out, our relationships improved very much.
Yes, the trilogy!! Remember, things come in threes. Also, the rule of three is a rethorical device, it’s attractive to talk in threes, to listen in threes, and to read in threes. You go, go, go! hahaha
This is one of the more beautiful things you've ever written, David.
Earlier this week I was speaking with someone about how much more effective we find that we become when we learn to speak with language of intention. It becomes difficult to tolerate the speech of others that default to Grey insincerity. This is where we need to practice Radical Acceptance, I believe.
Your discussion on shadows reminds me of a filter for the camera on my phone with the same name. It is my most used one. Instead of just being a contrast setting, it seems to intuitively know just how to accentuate the features needing to be spotlighted and drive the more mysterious colors in both the foreground and background deeper into darkness.
Imagine if we could develop such a continuum filter for our personality development? Move the slider a little toward our less acknowledged more complex feelings, "no longer compartmentalizing our experiences and emotions" - embracing "the entirety of our being". What picture could become more clear to ourselves?
"Authenticity becoming a source of strength." The "healing opportunities - self-compassion, leading to emotional resilience and personal growth."
Is it possible to have several shadow selves, do you think, David?
In the sense of different aspects of ourselves, certainly. I shared as my example only one 'shadow' in the article though there are other such characteristics in my personality. Probably as many as we have personality traits.
Yes, that makes sense.
I loved the question because I hadn’t thought about it before.
I used to have recurrent dreams about planes crashing. For a while, I couldn't understand what they would mean. It was very traumatic for me to see all these planes crashing in front of me. I was never inside them. One day, I realized the word "planes" means "plans" in Spanish. It was a time of my life when my plans were not going well. Somehow, I started working on why my plans were not coming to fruition and crashing planes disappeared from my dreams.
I find that dreams are an important part of our conscience and it's quite useful to pay attention to them. They tell us things from ourselves that our minds can't understand.
Thanks always for the great read.
Dreams can be funny things. I keep dreaming that there are three things in my book that need to be ‘corrected’ and yet there aren’t . None of the things in the dream are in any way actually in my book.
They wouldn’t be. You need to figure out what your mind is trying to tell you in creative ways. For some weird reason, I find my head is always throwing puzzles at me. Another of my recurring dreams was entering an elevator that would do whatever it wanted. It wouldn’t stop on the floor I wanted to go, and it would go diagonal, or sideways. One day, I entered the elevator, realized what I had done and talked to the board camly while caressing it and telling it I wanted to go to floor 2. I told the thing that I would really appreciate it. That was the last of my elevator dreams and it took me to the right floor. Later on, I realized the elevator was my mom, and as soon as I figured that out, our relationships improved very much.
Fascinating! Maybe my dreams are telling me I need to write another book…or three more books. 😉
Yes, the trilogy!! Remember, things come in threes. Also, the rule of three is a rethorical device, it’s attractive to talk in threes, to listen in threes, and to read in threes. You go, go, go! hahaha
Just listened while emptying the dishwasher. Thx for the insights and thought-provoking words this morning!
This is one of the more beautiful things you've ever written, David.
Earlier this week I was speaking with someone about how much more effective we find that we become when we learn to speak with language of intention. It becomes difficult to tolerate the speech of others that default to Grey insincerity. This is where we need to practice Radical Acceptance, I believe.
Your discussion on shadows reminds me of a filter for the camera on my phone with the same name. It is my most used one. Instead of just being a contrast setting, it seems to intuitively know just how to accentuate the features needing to be spotlighted and drive the more mysterious colors in both the foreground and background deeper into darkness.
Imagine if we could develop such a continuum filter for our personality development? Move the slider a little toward our less acknowledged more complex feelings, "no longer compartmentalizing our experiences and emotions" - embracing "the entirety of our being". What picture could become more clear to ourselves?
"Authenticity becoming a source of strength." The "healing opportunities - self-compassion, leading to emotional resilience and personal growth."