Why is shadow work important?

Shadow work is so important because it allows you to see what you don't know. It allows you to see what you weren't aware of. It's finding out what you don't know, you know. 

Because on some level, we know everything we need. We are a plethora of thoughts, feelings, psychic imprints, sensory knowledge... In the sea of the universe, were are but a speck and it can be difficult to discern what is what.

But when someone says something and points at it, you know it's true. And you can either deny it and ignore it, or you can accept it as true and address it.  When it's something dark, whether about ourselves or ancestral/passed down, it can be a difficult pill to swallow. Accepting it is both admitting defeat (from the ego perspective) and also hearkening a new beginning. Because by acknowledging it, you admit to the problem and allow it to heal.

Shadow work is about bringing what is in darkness to light. And before the light is shone on it, it looks like a monster.  It looks scary! That is the nature of the work. The scarier it is, the more benefit you stand to gain by healing it. The more treasure is to be found. The greater leaps and bounds you make in karmic cycles.

This is the time for this work. More than ever before, we are at a tipping point. Do we let ancestral trauma control us? Or do we control ancestral trauma by healing it and taming the beast to our benefit? This is the work we've being called to do. Do or die. We must evolve, it is no longer a choice. Either we are dragged through the mud, or we evolve to higher levels. The choice is yours.

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