To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light. Once one has experienced a few times what it is like to stand judgingly between the opposites, one begins to understand what is meant by the self.
Anyone who perceives his shadow and his light simultaneously sees himself from two sides and thus gets in the middle.”Jung is highlighting the difference between SEEING our darkness and IDENTIFYING with it.
These are not the same! One is empowered and the other is extremely disempowered.If I believe I AM my shadow side, I am more prone to defending it or rejecting it.
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