Confronting your shadow in a non-threatening fashion

Healing Elaine®: Bridging the Gap Between Medical & Spiritual®

We fight to keep our shadow in tact, because it keeps us a safe distance from God. This may sound counter-intuitive, particularly for those of us who love God - praise God - worship God - consciously make God the centerpiece of our entire life.

But to be truly close to God feels like a threat. The kind of unconditional love that we never received in our early years is foreign yet it also bridges the gap between who we thought ourselves to be, and who we are - requiring an ego death.

The shadow self is most painful when we are on the brink of a breakthrough with bridging the above gap. Like an elastic band ready to snap, we pull back as far as possible to maintain our darkness - because it is actually the light that feels like a death. Until our shadow feels “safe”…enough to eclipse itself.