Dancing with the Shadow

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The Shadow has been emerging more frequently and in more apparent ways as we move through the end of the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius. When She first appeared, we knew She was a force to be reckoned with. We started out turning our backs on Her, running from Her, thinking if we didn't acknowledge Her, She would fade away into the Void never to be seen again.

When this didn't work, we began acknowledging Her. Maybe if we admit we sometimes have mean thoughts, sometimes join in the gossip, have considered committing homicide or suicide, She will be satisfied with that acknowledgment and disappear. Of course, along with those admissions were our judgments that these darker parts of ourselves are "bad" and must be kept under control.

Regardless of how I try to hide or control Her, my own Shadow self continues to emerge on a more and more consistent basis. I give Her energy as I hate Her. Maybe I should look at her in a different way. Perhaps She isn't a broken off part of myself. Perhaps She is a fully developed entity in Her own right Who has something to teach me and Who wants the same thing I do-to love and be loved. When my Shadow appears, I know somehow I've gone back into my own BS. Lacking judgment of any kind, She refuses to co-sign it with me.

We talk a lot about merging the polar opposites, particularly the masculine and the feminine-within ourselves. This is going to be absolutely necessary for us as we move into the next great Age. I can see my own Shadow becoming less ethereal-more real. I open my arms to Her and we begin to dance. And as we dance, I become one with Her. I am aware of my oneness with myself and merging the factions within that have been warring I am one with the Universe.

Namaste!