EPISODE 400
Shadow Work Never Ends And That’s Great News With Paul Chek
Have you been running away from your shadow self for so long you no longer remember why?
Too many people attempt to escape from their shadow selves out of fear and a lack of understanding that acknowledging their shadow is a structural feature of an individuated psyche and a reservoir of vital energy that can help you grow into the adult you’re meant to be.
If you’ve been struggling to find a path forward, Paul shares the benefits of shadow work and explains why doing it consistently over a lifetime can transform your life this week on Spirit Gym.
Check out the PDF Paul created that accompanies this episode to help you better understand shadow work.
SHOW NOTES
5:00 True shadow work is a lifetime process that never ends.
15:08 Managing your shadow work by mastering your health and breathing.
21:47 Your shadow: The price of having a definitive identity.
28:35 “The pull between consciousness and shadow is what makes psychological growth possible at all.”
38:16 “If you’re not working with your shadow consciously with legitimate spiritual intent and doing the work properly, it will project itself outward.”
44:03 The collective unconscious.
50:43 Doing your shadow work goes a long way toward lessening your judgement of others.
56:03 Hyperstition.
1:03:27 To think holistically, always ask yourself, “Is it true?”
1:11:06 What is your secret story?
1:21:54 The shadow: A hyperstitional structure.
1:31:36 Break hyperstitional patterns with these exercises.
1:44:20 You can’t have consciousness without a positive and a negative.
1:49:15 Your stories are connected to events and the shadow work you do.
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger
The numinous
The work of Swami Vivekananda, Carl Jung, Dean Radin, Dr. Larry Dossey, Murray Stein, Edgar Cayce and Nick Land
How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!
When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
Paul’s podcast conversations with James Hollis, Jonathan Bluestein and James Carse
Paul’s solocast on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman
Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland Myers
The Evolution of Love From Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis by Dr. Marc Gafni
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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music
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