What is the Shadow

Part 1

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

-C.G. Jung, “Alchemical Studies” 

Let’s get this out of the way first: Everyone is struggling with something. Nobody is perfect. And the darkest shadow of all is believing that you don’t have one.

These days, the word “shadow” is thrown around a lot witho…