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This seems like a simplification of what the shadow is. It's not "evil," it's what we subconciously or unconciously take in. It's everything we don't know about and can't conciously know about ourselves. It's that part of ourselves that, basically, a psychologist or otherwise other people must reveal. You didn't know you bite your nails, but your close friend tells you "sometimes you bite your nails." That's your shadow. Your psychologist tells you that you have repressed enmity with your mother and you hadn't really thought about that before, that's your shadow. And, finally, Jung's contemplations on the soul link the shadow with the Buddhist concept of the Sakshi, the passive, immutable observer from within ourselves; the ego's child -- which isn't "bad," it's just watching. And what it means to become your shadow, from these factors, is to embrace more of what you don't know about yourself. Which is inevitable as you grow older.
Also, very strange to use Nietzche as a guide to explaining Jung. They follow two different philosophies. We have to believe, then, that there's universality to Nietzche's words to say that the shadow must wear a mask. But even if that were the case, what exactly is profound about the shadow to suggest it must wear a mask? There's no context available, because he wasn't talking about the Jungian shadow when he said that. You say that a profound shadow must wear a profound mask, but the shadow's mask is always that much deeper than we know about it. It's always a mystery to us, because it's categorically that part of us which we don't know.
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That section about being jealous of assertive people hit right at home. I changed for the better in that aspect of my life but god that example made me feel less alone. I used to be known as the nice guy all the time who loves everyone but i just didnt have the balls or energy to tell others what i hated about them. I started emancipating myself from that by being overly direct and mean but now im well balanced between flexible with others and assertive
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But what if embracing your shadow makes you be hated by others? What if being true to yourself leads to your friends beginning to dislike and reject you?
On the one hand I want to be authentic, because that's the only thing making me be truly happy - on the other hand I don't want to be lonely, as people begin to hate me as soon as I show all facets of my personality. This vicious circle is making me crazy.
I feel like a bad person, like someone whose true identity doesn't correspond with the rest of society. I feel like I'm evil. I know it's not true, but it's hard for me to still hold onto this believe when putting my mask down leads to others suffering.
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Exactly.. i hate the fact that im innocent, emotional, stupid, weird, sometimes cringe and embarrassing, ugly, etc.. and i find these things the hardest to hide.. i hate myself that im so naked and exposed i cannot maintain double identities or be 2 faced like others.. i also have depression and anxiety which makes me come off as socially awkward and anxious and no matter what its so hard to hide it
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I remember hating smoking as a kid. I would actually go up to smokers as a child and politely ask them to please quit smoking for their health. As an adult, I began smoking.
I remember as an adolescent how much I loathed the idea of ever working on a farm. As an adult, I took a job working on a farm and it was one of the most beautiful times of my life.
There are so many cases like this in my life, and I always wondered if there's a part of us that has such a deep love and wishes to abolish all extreme opinions, and the only way it can genuinely achieve that is to experience the world of the despised opposite, so as to fully comprehend what we are scrutinizing with greater context.
All of this happened unconsciously, in that it took years for me to recall, "Hey, I actually loathed smoking as a child didn't I?" and, "hold on, I remember how intenesley the idea of boots in mud repeled me." I was pretty shocked and a little perplexed with these revelations.
I wonder if that is what this shadow is.
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