Illustro, i agree that there may be some shadow self things going on in those situations. i want to thank you for participating here so thoroughly - i can tell you may not be entirely pleased with how things have unfolded around this situation. meaning, i think you dislike this sense of misunderstanding and being (possibly) misperceived. i haven't met anyone who enjoys that. but, i know it may not be my place to share my impressions of how you are responding to the role you're in.
so, i want to thank you for making an effort to participate here - and i want to thank everyone else for coming and talking about these things. i hope the discussion will continue, i feel like there is already a bit of progress and i can see the potential for more. there is another party i've gently encouraged to participate here. it is up to that individual though, i have no interest in creating a sense of pressure to join in the discussion.
accepting one's shadow can be daunting - it is, by definition, that part of us we have rejected and tried to pretend doesn't exist as part of us. so, it's much easier and comfortable to view it as coming from someone or something other than ourselves.
thanks to everyone for coming and so boldly trusting my intuition or just being willing to see if anything of value will come from this. if anything else comes up for you that you sense could be related to this thread, or could be of value to bring forward to discuss or express, i ask you to please continue sharing here. who knows what capacity for additional personal insight exists here (seems like there's a lot of potential though).
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