Sleeping with my shadow

Sleeping with my shadow

One of the things that I am learning is how to stay more present to the peculiar. This morning, as I went to make my bed, I came upon this site.

I have been contemplating the Jungian concepts of shadow and bright shadow. Laying awake thinking about all the relationships that have come to tell me what I am unwilling to see in myself.

The projective dream work I have done thus far, has been guarded in terms of the dreams I’ve been willing to share. Standing naked with the dream, “I had last night,” is a little too revealing..

Yet, I recognize that is the only way I am able to become intimate with my own shadow. To listen first thing in the morning to the whisper of my dreams as they fade back into the void. Sometimes just a snippet, like the shattering of light, is enough to reveal our deepest drama.

Like pressing an elevator button to the next floor, our dreams give us the opportunity to elevate our consciousness.

Symbols of the dreams open like the wide mouth of the elevator and illuminate our awareness. The more enlightened we become to our own shadow the more we contribute to the evolution of the cosmos.