More about Our Shadow Side
From the Common English Bible, Mark 4:21-22 21 Jesus said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp in order to put it under a basket or a bed? Shouldn’t it be placed on a lamp stand? 22 Everything hidden will be revealed, and everything secret will come out into the open. Jung and Our Shadow According to Carl Jung, each of us has a shadow which is an unconscious aspect of our personality that the ego does not identify with. This means that although it exists, we are not consciously aware of it until it is brought to our attention. Within the shadow are hidden many different aspects of our character, most of which we view as negative, but they can also be positive if we have low self-esteem or false beliefs. A ‘negative’ aspect hidden in the shadow might be: a desire to show off As will be clear, there is an element of judgement needed (albeit subconscious) to decide whether something should be in the shadow . For example, if you lived in a pious family, showing off would