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Date Posted: Sat, 02/15/03 7:04pm
Author: sunny
Subject: Re: the shadow*6%490)-97=+=+-_0
In reply to: bowdrill 's message, "Re: the shadow*6%490)-97=+=+-_0" on Sat, 02/15/03 4:23am

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>but from what carl jung said about the shadow, it
>kinda affirms to my suspicion that he was a mystical
>warrior. he saw things where other people only saw the
>surface of. he was aware that there is more to what is
>around us and about us than just our physical, mental,
>emotional.
>
>to see movement in the shadows of things is something
>that most people don't acknowledge, or even aware of.
>or it just scares'em.
>the shadow of things can be scary, but if you have the
>right attitude and the inner strength to to look at a
>shadow in the face, then you can see way alot more
>than what you will witness in the daylight.
>
>but as is normally the case, people can't even see
>what is in the daylight either.
>
>i think thats what he meant. :)

Hey Bow,
That was really nice :o)). I agree Jung was a pretty good mystical warrior -- at least he got some things like the role of the shadow and the directions generally right [he wrote alot about 'mandalas' and bringing wholeness by balancing N,S,E, and W -- and how you can see this happening in peoples' dreams .... he worked alot with schizophrenics in his early years :o) ]

I agree the shadow often carries the knowledge we most need to hear, but most deeply repress -- then it gets 'projected' onto a supposed opponent or "enemy" which is why the zen teachers say to learn from them, and call them "worthy opponent", eh?

Anyway, thanks for your reply .... as my teacher would say you have to include your 'shadow' to be whole, and being whole is the whole point of this walk :o))

peace,
sunny

Meditation Tip - Osho - February 15, 2003
--------------------------------------------
Be total, whatsoever you do, because it is only out of totality that one learns. It is only when you are totally into something that mysteries are revealed to you.

Osho

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