Shame Explained (Shame and Love Series #1)

[@idontknowyetwhoiam]

I wana say that this feeling of shame can get passed down the generations and be so strong that it can result in things like "honour killing".

[@revantnayar3408]

Mark my words- a century from now, Emerald Wilkins will be spoken about in the same breath as Carl Jung. There are many who peddle terminologies and abstractions, but few can wade into the depths of the human psyche like Emerald.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you Revant! That’s a great compliment. 🙂

[@chillbobaggins4632]

I am really looking forward to this series. You’re a great teacher!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! :)

[@sodbaz4882]

This series is gonna be absolutely lit. I'm just loving the timing as I recently had a breakthrough with shame and feel that this is going to help even more. Thank you sooo much for sharing this!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Hi Soda! I’m excited for the series too. I hope it resonates with you. 🙂

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

That is the human condition. It's a collective trauma. It's very advanced and courageous of you to share your personal pain with the public. This is the work that helps people heal. You speak flawlessly and it's wonderful to listen to you.

[@franciscoramirezespanagarc7974]

I have a lot,of,shame wounds, I’m looking forward to the “shame series”.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Me too. I hope it’s valuable for you. 🙂

[@franciscoramirezespanagarc7974]

@@TheDiamondNet very valuable

[@trevawhitmoyer682]

It’s a shame you don’t have more subs! You rock, Emerald! 💎

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! I hope I get some more coming my way. 🤞🏻 🙂

[@jasminvomwalde7497]

The connection between repression and oppression is very important to understand. As well as the cause and danger of black and white thinking. Both have caused so much hurt in our world.

[@vivekamar99]

Shame is a soul eating emotion - Carl Jung

[@TheDiamondNet]

It definitely is. Very true.

[@quincycurlz]

Suage like.

[@alexsandoval796]

Brene Brown made a distinction between shame and guilt. She says guilt is "I did bad" while shame is "I am bad". Brene Brown spoke of guilt and shame cultures that work in these dynamics. Christianity insists that Jesus sacrificed himself to deal with our shame releasing us from the "I am bad". The guilt culture of Christianity allows for regret, redemption, improvement, and forgiveness. Shame culture does not allow for second chances, betterment, or forgiving of mistakes. Shame culture seems to me to be about obedience while guilt allows for growth and personal responsibility.

[@pranjalagarwal159]

Truly amazing video packed with valuable insights! Please release the next video soon, we are eagerly waiting !

[@ignatiusnguyen6816]

🤯 love how you connected the dots of shame as being linked to the archetype/dichotomy of "good" vs "bad" thinking. First time i've heard of it being shared in that way!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you Ignatius! I’m glad it created a 🤯 response. That’s my favorite response. 🙂

[@Astharia]

Please also include a video about boundaries. It's such an important but difficult to navigate topic that ties in with shame and the ability to set boundaries.

[@TheDiamondNet]

I have that script written already but not yet recorded. If I stick to my schedule, you can expect it in four weeks.

[@darkmysterytemple]

​@@TheDiamondNet so how to set a moral compass ?

[@bvoz17]

Wow the main issue I'm working on right now in psychology and my inner healing, thank you for this video and the upcoming series - so glad for this synchronicity!

[@en6721]

This is what I need to hear right now as I am working through healing childhood emotional wounds and trauma. I want to thank you for sharing your wisdom, Emerald. You're helping so many of us on our healing journey.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you. 🙂 I’m glad to hear that it’s found you at the right time.

[@whatyouseekisseekingyou]

Hi Emerald, this video could not have come at an opportune moment (in my life). Synchronicities like this make me think that I am on the right track of my journey into myself. Your insight into the ego and psyche made me understand my mind and my psychological pains better, but I could feel there was something more I needed to address in my life to get out of a routine of feeling stuck and not progressing in life for more than a decade now. It was then the concept of shame struck me, and I realized it is one of the most overlooked emotions that nests deep roots inside the psyche. To read up on shame I looked for some supporting materials on the net. To my surprise, there were very few that would discuss shame factoring in the major angles. While I have located the linchpin of my shame, I'm eager to know a few things : 1. You speak highly of acceptance of shame as a part of life and loosening its grip in that process; I'm curious to know if there is a deeper pathway of locating the shame, understanding it, talking to it, and then untangle it? 2. How does the relation between ego and shame develop as one grows up? 3. How to separate the ego from the shame? 4. Can shame be completely resolved or does it keep recurring through life? If you could discuss them in the next video it will be a great help! Thanks :)

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! I'll definitely keep these in mind. I'm glad to hear it's synchronistic. So much synchronicity is coming up in relation to the topic for me too. I'm seeing my love and shame Ayahuasca insights show up in popular recent movies... like Encanto.

[@PhilosopherScholar]

It's awesome you can be so open about this! Wow, I'm excited for the shame series. Congratulations on finding your core wound and how to heal. I'm happy for you.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@hollygrayrealestate]

Really helpful content, and flawless delivery as usual. Thank you for putting this out there for us!

[@willguillen9088]

Ur vids r like a good book, u can rewatch and rewatch, and pick up something different every time. AMAZING work!

[@bluesquirrel2472]

Thank you so much for sharing your insights! Shame is a big thing, very important Have a beautiful day Emerald ✨️💚

[@0oohnegative]

Super grateful and found this channel. Thank you for your time, honesty and transparency❤️

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@novacakez]

Emerald thank you so much for sharing the gift of your insights with the world. Your content has been instrumental to my healing

[@TheDiamondNet]

Hi novacakez! You're welcome. I'm glad to hear that my work has been helpful to you. :)

[@MarinaDarosTrentin]

Incredible lecture! Thank you for sharing it in such clear and "step-by-step" way. I look forward to the next videos!

[@basstamm2676]

Your videos are absolutely awesome! There's a lot of hang-ups, gotchas, and whatabouts around these topics and you manage to address each and every one of them so clearly (and early on, as opposed to a footnote)! Other sources around these topics leave me with so many questions that you've been able to answer, so I just wanted to say thank you for making these topics so clear and accessible and to let you know that your videos are really helping people.

[@ernestdrozdz1889]

It's very helpful. I encountered once a definition of the Good/Evil archetype, but I didn't grasp it then. Now it finally clicked. It will be very useful when dealing with my own shame wound. Thank you! :)

[@mattandmelissablair5612]

Thank you Emerald for creating these videos on shame, very helpful. :)

[@InvertedSeal]

How synchronistic! I have recently been struggling with this. Thank you and I look forward to this series.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Shame can be a real struggle. I hope the series gives you lots of resonant insights and perspectives on how to cope and heal from it.

[@alissoncpnunes]

This is pure gold! I learned so much in this video! Thank you so much!

[@Angell_Lee]

You explain this so well, have you thought of doing a Tedtalk? Please look into it, you will be great and will be push your buisness forward.

[@brah04X]

Great video! So much substance to your message at the end, it really hits home

[@tara-cv5gl]

Your videos are always a delight to learn from. Thank you, Emerald. ☆☆☆☆☆

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you!

[@advicewithbryce4902]

I love the clarity in your speaking. I'll see how it goes reframing more of this dynamic to unconditional love.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@anntan7449]

Thank you for putting all these insights and truths out here to help many of us in our inward journey. I would love to hear you talk about abandonment wounds and how we project this onto romantic relationships and put us in situations with partners who are emotionally unavailable, how is the animus projecting in these situations and what is the antidote for this core wound.

[@vahemegerdoonian2652]

thanks for your videos they are great!!!

[@PracticalInspiration]

Thanks for sharing, really fascinated with what more to expect from the Shame and Love series!

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome! I'm very excited too. I have a lot to share on the topic.

[@althaeabotanicals3253]

Extremely deep ! So grateful for the insights you are sharing, thank you!

[@erica.tais.private]

This resonates so much with my experience within my family. Thank you for sharing this invaluable understanding. 🙏

[@ricka0917]

You are an incredible person I just found you and I think you’re amazing

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@asmaaowimer9871]

You’re so bright ! God bless u

[@Me-We1985]

Emerald thank you for teaching us about ourselves

[@archimovie]

Great to see you again! Very deep and clear explanation. Enjoyed👍

[@freesoul3982]

Now I understand why shame is the "lowest" level of consciousness on the level of consciousness map by David R Hawkins. Thank you so much for all your videos! I love them all and learn so much!

[@quincycurlz]

It really feels like pure evil. Punishment. Bad karma. Loneliness. Yup isolasjon dividedness being out In the vold is what devil does you said In video 3. Cruel evil punishment Harsh hard heavy.

[@quincycurlz]

Out In the COLD. Kinda like psychic violence

[@quincycurlz]

If there was segregation of people You would be living on 1 class with worthless and hounour and In 2 class or wharever with shame

[@quincycurlz]

Self worthyness

[@quincycurlz]

The truth is that shame is Just super sad. Like a human plague

[@storm4515]

I wish I had you as an integration coach after all the ridiculous amounts of times I sat with ayahuasca. I felt that unconditional love but it faded away

[@WorkingMan1177]

Fantastic! Thank you. 🙏

[@courtneypadrutt]

Thanks, Emerald. Looking forward to this.

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome! I hope that it resonates with you. :)

[@franciscordon9230]

Very insightful and helpful.

[@TheMoonKingdom]

I will be looking forward to the rest of this series:)

[@kylewood9078]

Not even religious but Jesus said 'I am Alpha and Omega' and alpha (in my understanding) corresponds to the lower vibrational emotions/thoughts/actions society deems as 'bad' and omega corresponds to the higher, basically saying everything we experience is accepted by God/Source/Creator

[@TheDiamondNet]

That’s absolutely relevant here. To accept the wholeness of reality as it is in the moment is to act as the universe/God which both is and embraces everything from Alpha to Omegas as a valid intonation of itself.

[@delilahmilne7373]

Excellent!

[@bark2251]

looking forward to it. thanks again

[@TheDiamondNet]

🙂

[@emiliorodriquez5677]

I appreciate you so much. Thank you.

[@daniellewhite8065]

Great topic 👍look forward to it

[@TheDiamondNet]

Me too! 🙂

[@PsychedelicActualization]

Love the video! Valuable insights 🙏🏽❤️

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@amysnyder6894]

I love that you exist.

[@mateuszkuzma8029]

As always You are the wisest inpersonate part of my reality 💚🙏 Thank You. So basically ("so basically" it's contagious) cure for anything is basically words that "Mother Mary" said to Paul McCartney: " Let it be"? 😉😌

[@quincycurlz]

I heard him sing it in a concert . I definitely got a special vibe like he was a medium. It was memorable.

[@donstanley3887]

Wonderful Day Dreams

[@nolimitalchemistswain2816]

Thanks Emerald

[@JoelleWright]

Excited got this series!

[@JoelleWright]

*for

[@TheDiamondNet]

Me too! 🙂

[@gastonzitman2294]

Thanks for this video .. I found great value in it

[@TheDiamondNet]

Awesome! I'm glad to hear that. :)

[@markobrien4332]

So very grateful, for this channel.x

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@blustar1856]

Fine presentation.. Keep up the good work.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! 🙂

[@blustar1856]

@@TheDiamondNet with all the best wishes

[@blustar1856]

🍀

[@greengoblin3158]

Hi, just saw this, I'm not familiar to your journey. In my space I found the need to understand the archetype as the Roman's did to Eros. Shame and Eros as roots. This having proverbial unconscious maps as with the hero's journey. My point is that the word shame is nebulous. Robert Moore has a great model of 4 archetypal shadow aspects, a totally, that helps in demystifying the word shame. It may interest you to check it out. I applaud you for your great work. Thanks.

[@SlaveNation1]

Dear Emerald, I suggest to start producing inspirational videos becau you have all what it takes including strong voice, articulations and calmness. Inspirational videos will bring you lot of viewers. KZbinrs who do this kind of content get millions of views and subscribers. Please continue your hard work.

[@peterrosqvist2480]

I can understand how understanding good and evil can lead to shame, but I don’t think the solution is to see good and evil as the same again. Is there another way?

[@golith41]

For me the shame of my parents divorcing and my dad leaving and my mom emotionally abandoning us is the cause of deep .self-value problems. Iam very intuned when i feel Shame.

[@TheDiamondNet]

I’m sorry to hear you’ve been through that. Shame often comes about when we experience a lack of presence from caregivers.

[@simonloxton4246]

Thank you for sharing.

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome! :)

[@david196609876]

Isn't shame useful to help us conform to social expectations?

[@d.nakamura9579]

Top notch

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! :)

[@quincycurlz]

Like a refugee, if it's something you actually are reliant upon, exclusion means extinction so you quiver with fear. It's desperation . A threat. It has consequenses.

[@quincycurlz]

Im really happy i dont have this problem.

[@mpv9866]

"Keep becoming, more you" ...superb statement!! Your own or a quote? This is such a great and important topic, thanks, looking forward to the series immensely. And excited you will be posting more frequently!! You are one of my most beloved teachers, so wise, succinct, and well-spoken 🙏 Don't know how or if to ask this but... was the ceremony at a native location or via traveling curandero?

[@TheDiamondNet]

The ceremony was at an Ayahuasca church in Florida, just an hour and half from where I live. It's called Soulquest Ayahuasca Church of Mother Earth. And it was really well-run both times that I went. But I know that their organization does work collaboratively with Amazonian tribes. And the "Keep Becoming More You" was just a line that I said at the end of my first video in hopes of coming up with a catchphrase. And I wasn't sure about it at first, but I've run with it. I'm glad you like it. And thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that my videos resonate with you. :)

[@mpv9866]

@@TheDiamondNet infinite thanks and gratitude. I did not expect that, but extremely glad you shared! I will definitely look into the Church, i go to Florida 6+ times a year. Maybe that's why the 'catchphrase' sounded familiar to me... ive been listening and learning from your videos for a year or 3, definitely have watched older recordings.

[@Recovery_on_ice]

Hey there, I love your YT channel (sub since 2018) but I was wondering if you might ever plan on having a platform on Spotify? I know Spotify also does video now and I think it’d be idea!! Thanks for your messages 🙏🏻

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! I may do some podcasting in the future. 🙂

[@rhimeralemuse]

Gotcha, thanks!

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome!

[@gilbertgonzales915]

A valid reality ….

[@DarkLordAli95]

This is a great topic. I’m glad you’re covering it. Out of curiosity, did you manage to reach enlightenment again (through the use of psychedelics, or not), and how did you do it? Thanks!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Yes and no. In my Ayahuasca journey in 2020 I had an experience of total ego dissolution. And the dissolution was very different from the experiences of ego transcendence that I had in the past where I just got some distance from ego. But this time there was simply no Emerald and no reality. The matrix blew away like sand to reveal nothingness. And enlightenment is truly what death is. And after an eternity or just a few moments (language doesn't work here because time wasn't a thing) of being out of time and space with no Emerald and no reality, the emptiness reconstellated the experience of Emerald. And in coming back to the experience of Emerald there was a realization in me that enlightenment wasn't what was meant to be sought in this lifetime and that there is no Emerald to become enlightened except for in the story of Emerald. And it later made me realize that Gandalf essentially becomes enlightened after fighting the Balrag in the Lord of the Rings. But his enlightenment is still just part of the story. Gandalf will always be part of a fiction, no matter how enlightened he becomes in the story. And from that, I realized that this Emerald experience is all about surrendering to my humanity and living the path of embodiment. And there was an encouragement to seek joy and mercy in this experience. So, I don't seek enlightenment anymore. But I do retain some degree of distance from the Emerald ego.

[@mpv9866]

@@TheDiamondNet 💚💚💚 hero's journey, may it be a safe, enlightening and [mostly] enjoyable trip 🤗💫💚🙏🌟

[@TheWayofFairness]

We must be fair to everyone and everyone must be fair to us

[@TheDiamondNet]

Fairness is certainly important. But shame is not necessary for fairness. Fairness is about justice. And it's important in human societies to hold up the virtues of fairness and justice because a society that doesn't have those things becomes unbearable to live in. But the challenge here is to parse the distinction between fairness/justice and shame. Shame often begets the very opposite of fairness.

[@TheWayofFairness]

@@TheDiamondNet When we are treated unfairly as children it causes shame. The parents act shamelessly.

[@quincycurlz]

Its not only that evil is evil ? But the evaluation we make that ends In resentment creates evil or shame just because we singled it out. We split reality and labeled one and that was fake. And the consequense is a really negative emotion.

[@quincycurlz]

Like our own resentment could be the root of all evil.

[@quincycurlz]

Resentment is anger isnt it? We are angered over elements that displease us. If you accept and dont complain is one way life can change you attract more good.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Why do you call it the diamond net?

[@TheDiamondNet]

It's based of a Buddhist story that's based off of the Hindu God Indra called The Diamond Net of Indra. It is said that Indra hung and infinite jeweled net in the night sky. And this net is infinite and stretches forth in infinite directions. And at each of the vortices of the net, there sits a diamond. And these diamonds have infinite facets that reflect all of the other jewels in the net. And there are many perspectives to take. Are we one jewel in the the infinitely large net... or is the net just one jewel that reflects all the other jewels? So, it's basically about fractals and the nature of God and its incarnations and about how everything is connected in oneness. But it's also about the many interpretations and perspectives that can be experienced relative to that fractal net. That's why I named by channel for this metaphor. Plus, it's just a really beautiful image.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Mind: blown.

[@Unconditional---love]

@@TheDiamondNet Oh yea I had heard of it before, such beautiful image. You are amazing! Love from Brazil!

[@quincycurlz]

Keep thinking. Isnt there an aspect of shame operating as something that keeps you from being able to operate In flow and just focus on what is to be done instead this interferes like pulling your hair like a hiccup a pain. It's In the way and just crippling a focus on this aspect overpowers your perception depends om how bad it is. Probably can suppress this to but it is somewhere. It's about feeling foreign In a nomansland lost or whatever. Then we are not operating easy we feel out of sort. But isnt a lot about belonging to society operating In know pattern. We actually operate freer when were " on honour" either by doing stuff we believe is right. Choosing this . Making effort In hard work then feel a payoff. OR getting praised by others. These are about connection. About continuity. A plan. A relief from " Lifes Pointlessnes" MEANING Logic.

[@quincycurlz]

Isnt it a shame that people often compensate for trauma by using sruff kategorier as " shameful" when they only needed " medication" or relief or dissection? Its like double disadvantage. A negative spiral surely.

[@quincycurlz]

Haha? Needed dissection? Well I meant distraction!

[@alexsandoval796]

She consistently and repeatedly implied that it was bad or not good for realities or perspectives to be seen as not valid. I believe Jordan Peterson addressed this in a half truth he was arguing against. He pointed out that the left argue that their are unlimited amounts of ways to look at the world which is true. However, he pointed out that they follow it up and connect that statement with the idea that all of these infinite perspectives are of equal importance and that one can not be elevated above any other which is objectively false. Dr Peterson pointed out that in order for any perspective to be useful then it has to work for you right now. Then not only does it have to work for you now, it also has to work for you 10 years from now so it must be repeatable. Then because you are not an island you have to find something that works in a way that makes others at least not want to get rid of you. each new parameter constrains the amount of viable perceptions to fewer and fewer that are realistic and viable.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

New term: shamesplaining.

[@alexsandoval796]

Your initial explanation of good and evil seemed to throw shade at this ability to discern it. Pointing out the damage that labeling things as evil or wrong does but did not mention the good that can come from it's reverse. At any rate I think Jordan Peterson was correct in stating we are moral beings navigating a moral landscape with the ability to discern good and evil being a unique human ability that is a defining trait of humans. Don't see it as healthy nor useful to ignore or vilify this aspect of being human.

[@GoddessHabits]

Idk if i agree with this - if you abuse a ton of alcohol or drugs the “universe” will eventually kill you as a result of your behaviors so therefore isn’t abusing drugs and alcohol bad?

[@TheDiamondNet]

It’s unhealthy for sure. And it’s important to have that discernment. It’s not conducive to health or well-being. But notions of absolute goodness and badness create shame. So, we want to avoid creating a priori judgments of absolute goodness and badness. But we can discern if something is healthy for human survival or not.

[@victoriaharbison6057]

Love this video! Thanks for teaching about shame. I really liked the connection explained between repression and oppression. That is mind blowing. need to give that some more thought and reflection... Best wishes for this awesome channel!

[@alexsandoval796]

She states everything in the universe, even things you don't like, are an extension of yourself, you are an extension of it. This veers away from God in that God orchestrates all things in your life, even things you don't like for your own good. Instead of things being an extension of yourself and you of it, God asks you to bear your cross and face the hardships, learn from them, and voluntarily better your individual character.

[@alexsandoval796]

Think it was great that she made a distinction between shame and justice. However, although justice is a tool of society I don't believe that it is a creation of it. That assertion is a distinctly collectivist belief. This flies in the face of the collaborative efforts of individualistic beliefs of ancient Greek and Christian teachings that insist that justice is not only objective from Greek influence but also from an authority above human subjectivism.

[@catqua]

Your Queen Architype video describes shame created from the under valuing of a child from the Narcicist parent to the over valuing of the same child from the codependant parent. Being self concious because of not living up to this higher standard is shame. Having lower bounderies is shame. Thanks Emerald, looking forward to your other shame videos when they come out.

[@alexsandoval796]

She goes on about recognition of oneness, respecting the oneness of all things, a matrix of unconditional love, and unquestionable good, unquestionable state of beingness. This sounds an awful lot like an attempted description of God. Mind you the God of the Bible has made the universe as a part of his creation and he exists out side of it but other than that this is an accurate reflection of God. God loves his children even if they behave in ways that ignore God's boundaries that he sets out for children he disciplines not because he hates them but because he loves them and wishes the best for them. Her bringing forth the accepting of oneness as good being a part of you and you being part of it sounds like recognition of being made in the image of God. Accepting of unconditional love of self, of others, of reality sounds like recognizing again being made in the image of God and recognizing God's creation. Unconditional love being the antidote to shame sounds good if it is the unquestionable good that is God but if it is personal then it could easily be pride, narcissism, or avarice.

[@TheDiamondNet]

My experience of God (from my medicine work) is that God doesn't exist specifically outside of the universe. It has infinitely many facets. There is the facet that is outside of the universe that is an infinite God mind and a terrifying infinite God heart that gives rise to all matrices of reality and loves them in totality and unconditionally. Then there is the facet that is the matrix of our universe. There is the facet that is nothing. There is the facet that is every microcosmic perspective within the matrices it gives rise to (including you and I). The creator makes every creation from its own essence (just as Eve was made from Adam's rib), and as such, God is our infinite lover and we are its finite beloved that is the recipient of all its creations. So, it is more accurate to say (based off of my mystical experiences) that there is a oneness to all things that are happening... and God (aka Love) is what that oneness is made of. As such, there is nothing that could ever possibly be outside of God... and nothing that God could be outside of. So, if we look at the creation story in the book of Genesis. We could say that the Garden of Eden represents this oneness. But when we eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which is shame, we fragment that matrix of unconditional love (Eden) and come out of alignment with unconditional love and oneness (which is what undergirds our nature). And we feel shame and become fragmented and get cast out of the garden. But it wasn't like this was a punishment. God isn't a punisher in my experience. It's just kind of what happens when we become conditional in our acceptance of reality. Because the God nature loves all and abhors none, when we see things through the lens of shame, we come out of resonance with our God nature (which loves and accepts infinitely in a way that's far scarier than death) and it gives that aspect of itself that cannot accept loving so unconditionally the mercy of allowing it the limitations of a human experience. It allows us to contract our perspective for a bit. But having had mystical experiences of oneness and unconditional love where I have the direct experience of the God-nature that undergirds my perspective, I can tell you that the way to return to the garden is to recognize the perfection in all things in every moment and to see them all as an extension of the self... the good, the bad, and the ugly. And also, this realization doesn't require a neglect for justice and boundaries either. But as I've said, take this with a grain of salt. These are my own journeys through these truths.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

News flash there is no God and there never was

[@alexsandoval796]

Her statement that you don't have to earn or deserve anything mimics the actual teachings of the Bible. Many legalistic and shallow interpretations of the Bible try to push a need to earn your salvation or redemption but despite all the rules in the old testament it shows that you as human can do nothing for your salvation and that is why Jesus did it all. The only question is can you believe in it and accept it?

[@ziziroberts8041]

11:55 I was waiting to see if you were going to say, SHADOW. These insights aren't from iowasca, or however you spell it. They're from Carl Jung.

[@TheDiamondNet]

I do speak about the Shadow in Jung's terms because his system is very lucid. But I've only read a couple of Jung's books and I never read anything that he wrote on the topic of shame. But the Shadow wasn't discovered by Jung, just mapped and systematized by him in a way that the Western mind could grasp. The Shadow is an experiential reality that people have always been interacting with. But in the case of the shame realizations that I've had, they did come from Ayahuasca. It taught me a great many things about unconditional love and shame by immersing me in certain experiential realities with help from the medicine.

[@alexsandoval796]

Hiding from shame by creating an identity of goodness is a naïve and childish way of approaching evil. ignoring any human's ability for evil, even in yourself, is to invite the worst kind in being unconsciously evil and being unaware of it. Christianity shows that we have a sin nature that shows evil is in each human being. People looking for any reason to discredit the religion write this off as judgmental and evil but they miss the aspect of being made in God's image which is a nod to innate human importance and potential as well as ignoring the Holy Spirit which is the ever present opportunity for the individual to invite and volunteer to do the good. A common way to deal with evil today is to say that people are inherently good but that they are turned to evil by some outside group which only leads to a consistent blame and pointing of fingers toward everyone else but the self.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

I no understand what the shame girl say. Is she be stoned? What is her shame? I say no kill woman, just beat.

[@alexsandoval796]

A little put off that you needed to turn to mind altering drugs to come to these realizations. Jordan Peterson said it distinctly about mind altering drugs in beware of knowledge you did not earn.

[@TheDiamondNet]

I disagree with Jordan Peterson on this point. It's a very Westernized view on Shamanic Medicines. There is nothing unearned about a medicine journey. They are very challenging and the real growth is in the integration of what is experienced.

[@darubaru]

How about let's say; mind altering Sunday rituals and mind altering bibles? Are these the real sources of 'earned knowledge?' He said anything distinct about it also? Jordan Peterson, meine Güte!

[@alexsandoval796]

Over all this sounds like a secular reasoning to religious Christian ideas. I realize how this idea can be offensive to those who identify as intellectuals as they often discount religion as superstition devoid of merit and pit science as a more acceptable counterpoint.

[@TheDiamondNet]

It's not a secular perspective at all. In fact, my experience was that I was shown this directly by God in my Shamanic Medicine Journeys to help me heal from shame and to assist others in healing their own shame. Of course, you can take that with a grain of salt. But the label of secular doesn't exactly fit here. Also, justice has an instinctual element to it because justice is an archetype... not a conscious human creation. In that sense, there is not a lot of subjectivity. When justice is based around that which prevents suffering and protects the vulnerable, we could say that justice is in alignment and in an exalted form of the archetype. When justice is based around shame and moralization and the concept of good and evil as an abstract thing, then you get a lot of demonization... which begets lots of "evil" actions under the good intention of fighting against evil. The important thing is to decouple notions of justice from notions of shame... otherwise you get a denigrated form of the justice archetype playing out. But in relation to what you said about Jordan Peterson, this moralization tendency that we have is specifically what leads to a lot of justification for actions that cause unnecessary suffering. So, it is my argument that the more conscious thing to do as a human being is to recognize that morality isn't an inherent quality within reality itself. And to come to grips with the fact that (from the standpoint of reality) there is no absolute set right or wrong... even if there are things that objectively are healthy/unhealthy and harmonious/non-harmonious from the perspective of humanity. That way, we can start to think of justice in terms of ethics instead of moralization. And ethics is all about the question of "Which actions directly cause suffering? And which actions don't directly cause suffering? And which actions prevent suffering?" Philosophical moralization begets shame. Practical ethical consideration begets justice.

[@travelchannel304]

Much is often simply kept shadow areas that were not given attention, neutral still. Not good nor evil yet. Our community belief may also be unknown during childhood. yet habits still need to be introduced to balance in our own experience because we've cultivated self sufficiency & interdisciplinary (hopefully)

[@TheDiamondNet]

Yes, community beliefs play a lot into what we push into the Shadow. And then we have to navigate what is beneficial and what is detrimental to express. So, there is a challenge of separating that naviagation of beneficial vs detrimental without apply the lens of shame. This is especially true when we're kids and we are more prone to black and white views on things.