How to ACTUALLY Integrate the Shadow (A Simple Explanation)

[@VIAOV]

I love when we have something tangible about shadow work instead of just the intellectual and detached "oh you just gotta accept yourself bro"

[@KyriakosChri]

Suggestion for future video; earning respect, handling disrespect from others effectively, dealing with toxic/difficult people. I think many will resonate!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@Nakiayanatural]

Wow, I’ve just been able to finally transcended my”stuckness” surrounding the shadow. I’ve also done a few Ayahuasca ceremonies and my life would get more and more chaotic after each ceremony. I’m just now realizing that shadow content was being stirred and brought up to the surface. I thought I was crazy for a while (lol seriously) but I’ve finally gotten to the point where I feel SO much more well rounded and whole as a person. I think I finally integrated those shadow aspects. I appreciate this video!

[@SpiralMagic]

I've been watching your videos for years, and have gotten more out of them than I could ever express. The work you've done recently really shows- you seem more open and less reserved than previously. Like there's a playful light in your eyes that wasn't visible before. It's great to see you're also becoming more you!

[@TheDiamondNet]

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[@billyjjackson]

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[@TheDiamondNet]

@@billyjjackson There's no subscription required. You can order it as a standalone movie.

[@billyjjackson]

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[@adam7763]

Thanks! Needed this.

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome :)

[@brookes372]

Thankyou so much Emerald. Your insight and wisdom is life altering. ❤❤❤❤

[@PhilosopherScholar]

Another excellent video, Emerald. Great work! Dang, people call you shadow master. So cool.

[@WyethSterling]

amazing video! you are very good at articulating the shadow

[@merldog]

Fascinating, thank you, Emerald.BTW - we don't seem to be able to pre-order the movie in Australia.

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome!

[@Passiyona]

Wow thank you

[@Youdontwantnonebyatch]

Genius !!! ❤❤❤

[@childofgod5153]

Really great video, Emerald! I took a ton of notes, but I have a question... If the need is met at the unconscious level, you solved the core of the issue, yes? So, why must you also meet that same need externally if the internal need is already met? And what happens if you don't meet that external need even though you already did in your internal world?

[@Brutusque]

Can you provide an example of what you mean by “working from the inside out” in reference to the Unmet Needs reason for shadow suppression? What you said about imagining you’re a cup with a hole in it or a covered top really resonated with me but I feel like I need more guidance at filling that hole or removing that cover.

[@annikatornlind727]

Ur awesome! ❤️

[@Manpreet000a]

Is there such thing as obsession with the shadow work where you constantly scrutinise every behaviour and desire ? How can we avoid falling into that trap ?

[@TheDiamondNet]

Yes. That can come from a sense of shame and using shadow work to try to scrub one's self of shame. Part of how to avoid it is to realize that nothing needs to be fixed about yourself and that you're already whole and perfect as you are. And that the journey is one of self-enrichment and the constant uncovering of personal mysteries... mores than it is a healing device or self-improvement device.

[@marangozkahraman]

Does life in the wild create also a shadow? If you make a paralel with the humans then for which reasons do we have a shadow? If you could make a basic for that reason would that be about behaviour and the possibility to a way of living together that is possible, as the other option don't allow a way of living together?

[@TheDiamondNet]

I'm not 100% sure if I'm understanding. But the purpose of the Shadow is to allow us to go selectively unconscious to parts of ourselves that are either too emotionally overwhelming to be conscious of... or parts of ourselves that would make it more difficult to adapt to our environment/social context. So, it allows us to numb ourselves out to parts of our authenticity that might pose difficulties with adapting, coping, and surviving to life.

[@marangozkahraman]

Understand it better, thank you@@TheDiamondNet

[@alastairzotos]

A life in the wild wouldn't remove the need for the shadow. It's needed for survival as children. When we're young our primary need is stable attachment with our parents, so in order to satisfy that many of our other needs or emotions have to be pushed away in order to ensure we'll keep that attachment. It's only when we grow beyond the need for parental care that we can start to revisit what we repressed, if we're lucky. Life in the wild, even in small tribes, will cause this because children in the wild are just as dependent on their caretakers as children today. That being said, I do think that modern life puts many more unrealistic expectations on young people on who they "should" be, and gives a lot of crappy advice to parents for raising their children, and even in absence of that, parents are often too busy to fully tend to our needs even if they wanted to, so yeah I think modern life makes it worse, but not exclusively.

[@VIAOV]

66.6 thousandth sub 😈😈😈

[@Slamitdownhard]

Know thyself.

[@DJSTOEK]

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[@mpv9866]

The Shadow knows/kneauxz

[@KKAkuoku]

Would you consider Neville Godard’s teachings to be an effective shadow integration method?

[@dcb6113]

If you are forcing a shadow are you not undermining the shadow ? Why not accept that people are holistic "imperfect" a little bit of taoism a little bit of Peter Thosh I am That I am I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Isaiah

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