Many of us are shadow-jumpers. We jump away from life’s difficulties with various techniques: self-distrActive behaviors, wishful thinking, feigned positivity, the spiritual bypass. With so little evidence that the shadow can be converted into light, we opt to float above our lives. And many of us are light-jumpers. We jump away from life’s joys with various methods: perpetual pessimism, self-sabotage, emotional armour, the materialism bypass. With so little evidence that joy can be sustained, we avoid the possibility altogether. I call the healthy in-between ‘Enrealment’- that is, the capacity to hold both the shadow and the light at once. Except in truly unbearable situations, we stay with the shadow until it transforms. And we submerge in the light when it beckons, strong enough to endure disappointment, open to the possibility that the light will grow stronger over time. Let’s stop substituting avoidance for reality. We don’t know how long we have- let’s be here for all of it.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:31:27 +0000
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