The Spiritual Literature Leads You Astray

C. G. Jung's shadow work was his biggest contribution to our spiritual community in my opinion: if you like to live up to the potential of your so-called True Self, then all you will do is to negate your real self and blow your shadow up in proportion to your attempts to 'Become the Better You'. Own the negative stuff that exists in you instead and make something creative out of it. After all, you were born to do it.

Let me give you an example of a spiritual writer who struggled for years for enlightenment and spent an equal amount of his time in sexual chat rooms as he did with his holy literature - an apparent contradiction to himself and all the readers - if they knew about it. No matter how hard he tried, not matter how much he beat himself up to be his holier self, his sexual fantasies followed him wherever he went. After a lot of soul searching he realized that his sexual fantasies actually had a message for him: he was lacking assertion and aggressiveness in his day to day interactions. Once he let go of some of his Christian ideals, the shadow become smaller - still present, but suddenly manageable.

There is no alternative, own your impurities, make something creative out of them and move on. If afterwards you realize that being a light worker is your mission, enjoy and let humanity enjoy your true True Self.