Most people are afraid to be fully themselves .They are afraid to embrace the parts of themselves that might be regarded as unacceptable by society or your surrounding people , or may be embracing these unacceptable parts makes them feel uncomfortable
So to escape these uncomfortableness ,they divide themselves into two halves:
1: CONSCIOUS 2: Unconscious
In conscious -half ,they construct an ideal image of :an image formed out of bits and pieces of their past that they deem as good and acceptable .People try to please around themselves so they can feel comfort within them.
In the unconscious -half ,they repress the parts of themselves that they view as bad and unacceptable
That's called shadow and unless the shadow is integrated into the personality ,a person can never reach their fullest potential .Instead the person will always remain incomplete ,and partial living a life of regret rather than the full life that could have been .
We just comfort ourselves with the idea that we could be something if we wanted to this is because when we work towards something ,we start feeling our weight in the world .We're measured and ranked we're quantified and actual and this actual reality is often less pleasurable to live in than our ideal ideal fantasy and it's real and reality can be improved ,but a life of fantasy always ends in tragedy .
The path to self improvement starts with self -acceptance ,only by embracing and integrating our shadow ,by accepting the ugly parts of ourselves ,by becoming who we're afraid to be ,can we reach our fullest potential .
If we reject our shadow pick and choose parts of our past ,personality ,and behavior ,behavior that we like and repress the parts of ourselves we fear ,we become incomplete and partial and instead of living a full ,whole life ,we live one full of regrets .It's up to you to decide .
Will you embrace your shadow or reject it?
would you rather fail in actuality or succeed inn mere hypotheticals.
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