The Gold in the Shadow

There is gold in the shadow, and this gold needs to be mined and brought to the surface as psychological insight. Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson writes:

“Curiously, people resist the noble aspects of their shadow more strenuously than they hide the dark sides. To draw the skeleton out of the closet is relatively easy, but to own the gold in the shadow is terrifying.” - Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow

There are two wolves fighting inside all of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good. Which one will win? The one you feed. However, if you choose to feed only the light wolf, the shadow wolf will be starved and resentful, and he will attack you when you least expect it. But if you feed both wolves, inner conflict turns into inner peace. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

#shadow #gold #carljung

[il-ma.le.]

Everyone leaves out this with the two wolves: the light one is a pacifist able to live in harmony with everything, the dark one litterally lives to fight.
The light one is preferable until you find the foe that doesn't want to negotiate, only destroy, and that's the point where the dark one's presence becomes necessary, since he's the only one of the two disposed to engage the fight.
Might have explained this wrong though.

[LanceHouston-xx]

A 12 month stint in jail for marijuana distribution back in the 80’s helped kindle my dark wolf.I was a passive suburban kid who got a quick lesson on standing up for yourself and knowing when to remain silent.
Probably the most
important lessons
learned while incarcerated.

[AiyaSGC]

I am stuck in the in-between of positions. I say this as I realize that in reality, my pain has just become complacent... I think I have fallen into the shadow. I think now all is pain, but in reality I have made pain comfortable. There is gold in the shadow and now I have realized all that can be learned. I must move on.

[awolpeace]

Never acknowledging your darkness creates a mental disorder where your dark thoughts slip out in an inappropriate light manner; think smiling at something you should be troubled by.

[heathermcintosh]

Yes this is why I tell ppl it’s oki to not always be positive, sometimes the situation deserves u to be angry, sad, etc n instead of shoving it down all the time u have the right n choice to react equally to the situation life requires balance n everyone’s balance is different, wat works for u might not work for another so never press to hard on how someone should be, n look from different point of views, some ppl that r genuinely angry all the time need to take a second n not react to every situation n ppl pleasers need to react more, everything requires balance the amount of time u spend alone might be a lil healthier for u than one than should get out more, wat u eat, relationships, hobbies, work, literally everything has a balance n u need to find it for urself to find that peace

[bonniemagpie]

Great learning.
'Gold in The Shadows '.

[Beautifulhighpriestess]

You are right.. this is what I'm facing now.. but God will guide me..but this i know, i will eventually follow my purpose..

[Baryccyon]

So true, the dark wolf attacked me in my dreams and took over my dream body, turning me into a werewolf and killing other dream people. I woke up feeling guilty afterwards.

[Darkstar-uxyo]

I find myself doing my best to balance my light and dark

[Magik]

The shadow is temporary. I don't think Jungians understand this. The shadow consists of repressed instincts, emotions, feelings, complexes, and wounds. When the repressed regression surfaces, if a person faces it and purges it and releases it, once the negative charge is released the aggression transforms into positive assertiveness. The "gold" of the shadow is actually below the shadow. As the shadow is purged, released, and integrated, the Light and Gold of the Self start to infuse consciousness.

[sabrinaszabo]

All this time you thought you were rolling a giant turd up a mountain, it turns out it was a piece of gold, and now you get to fly with it

[NelsonTorres-ew]

Ying and Yang ☯️ is the perfect Balance of light one dark

[de.negroz.rize]

how do I feed the dark wolf? I found it overwhelming on one of my shroom trips?

[jjrecon]

Love Me or hate Me, both my wolves serve Me kindly, test Me and you too can see.

[vallenrod]

Question is: how does one can feed the dark wolf? It doesn't mean... Doing a bad thing, right?

[Whitewolfblackpanther]

Would we then say “God” is the light wolf, “Satan” is the dark wolf and we must equally feed both? In other words, our divinity and our shadow seem to be one and the same and also at opposite spectrums. This is why religion forces us to only put god on a pedestal and shun Satan so we live an imbalanced life of suffering. You can’t have one without the other. If we didn’t have “satan” and bad, how would we know what “god” and good is - vice versa.
Why is it that we only talk about hiding our shadow? For me, I sometimes hide the light because I’m just as afraid of it.

[matthewlapish]

Help me..
“Making the darkness conscious“ sounds profound but I’m not sure I fully understand .

[enoch]

Well I'm f*ckin' rich!
The shadow is not all that bad anymore (but it is😂)

[Sebastian-gffk]

I really need to know why so many people try so hard on me. Why?

[kieranjaegar]

Working on mining. Anyone else a spelunker, or want to help one?