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Dear People Whom God Loves,

We continue with the shadow and meditation.  Difficult as it is for me to acknowledge my shadow, I do find it helpful to pray and ask God to help me see myself as I truly am.  I know that this will reveal a lot of ugly stuff.  It is good, though, because that little bit of willingness gives God an opening to work in me.

I used the example of anger in our shadow.  There are many things that we can put in our shadow, things that we so cleverly rationalize.  Here are some:  They are not bad in themselves.  When they are put into the shadow, they become destructive.

My feeling of superiority    My feeling of inferiority
My anger    My sexual desires
My greed    My gluttony
My envy and jealousy    My laziness
My fear    My desire to control
My need for “me first”    My need to be right
My need to feel certain    My desire for the spotlight
My need to be perfect    My desire to win
My need to feel holy

I’m sure that you can think of some more.

An after-thought:
I think that most of the harm that we do to each other comes out of the dark shadow.  Also, we have a white shadow.  When we admire something good and healthy in others, it is often a sign of something good and healthy in us that we have not recognized.

We humans are complex.  And God loves us just as we are and only wants us to grow in goodness and happiness.

Smile, God Loves You
Father Clay


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