If you'd like to pre-order my husband's movie "Room 0" you can click the link below.... apple.co/497C4Ca It's about a woman who gets stuck in a time loop. It's on both AppleTV and iTunes. And if he's able to rank in the top 10 releases on his day of release on March 18th or 19th, he'll be able to get more opportunities for future projects. And you can email me at thediamondnetchannel@gmail.com to show me the receipt and I will give you a complementary 30 minute coaching session.
I like how you explain shame and wanting to improve rather than accept and embrace the darkest part of ourselves with love as a part of the whole me without judgment. Love is the key to enlightenment in all of us. Maybe this comes through the darkest place in all of us.
This sooo resonates with me. Being an idealist, I've always had a tough time just sitting with myself as a whole person. I appreciate how shadow work opened up a lens for me to see myself more honestly and lovingly.
Your dumbo analogy is legit the best thing I’ve ever seen some years ago. I’ve never retold it in my own practice but listening to your little blurbs on the definition of shadow/shadow work always make me recognize how epic that original comparison was 🪄🪄 Another issue is that people EMBODY their “dark side” as some other entity version of them or revel in the more shadow aspects, simply feeding it instead of integrating. I’ve done a fair amount of courses in shadow work to be more holistic in my psycho-shamanic craft but they all echo that shadow work is not for the unstable self! You’ve gotta love through it for sure. Also I tend to love many of the fragments I bring into awareness this idea of “purification” is silly. Actually, I’m presently exploring what “pure” means to me. I always share your videos with people who cross my path!
Thank you! Was it the analogy about Dumbo's magic feather? And feel free to share anything that resonates with you if you think it will help people. And that thing about people approaching Shadow Work from the perspective of embodying the negative qualities was something that I fell into at first. At age 20, I had two entheogen-induced experience of ego transcendence where I (for the first time in my life) experienced unconditional love and I recognized in it that every motivation I had was always about moving towards love. And it was very child-like and innocent. And most of my conscious motivations were hurting that cause instead of helping it.... especially my desire to create an identity. So, after the entheogen wore off, I went back to my usual life... only now with the knowledge of how out of alignment with unconditional love I was and that my identity was getting in the way. So, I spent years fighting with having an identity. And a few years later, when I began learning about Shadow Work, I didn't understand how to practice it practically. And I was still fighting with my identity... and I was trying to make myself behave in immature and eratic ways on purpose to try to get back to the unconditional love.
Wow thanks again. As someone who has suffered from childhood trauma and neglect this was the enlightenment on the subject I needed . I still think the shadow work is a tool to spring board off of into other techniques for so called self improvement.
@@TheDiamondNet well I think becoming whole with ourselves is one thing but more importantly being able to distinguish that from abuse is another thing. There’s the stuff we own and the stuff we are not responsible for too .
Wow!! That's where I started, in 1982! It wasn't improvement I needed...at 15! If I'd just understood it as a "reclaiming" cause hid my better parts of selve..lol vulnerable parts I guess. Cool!!
I suspect it's the case that most people come to Shadow Work "for the wrong reason" but that Shadow Work provides a deeper solution than the one that was originally sought. I know it's the case for me.
Wow, Emerald! That's a really interesting little twist on Shadow work. Off the top of my head I would have just said to integrate those fragmented unconscious aspects of psyche. But considering the walls I run into at times, perhaps I need to do some self-analysis on potential unconscious motives. As always so insightful, just love your work! thank you 🎉
Any tips/resources for healing from abusers? I believe I have some kind of C-PTSD or something. I get anxiety everytime I think of how I was treated in the past. Are those flashbacks? I'd love your advice on this.
wow! great advice, thank you. I'm really at this point. If I understand it right, you are saying that the difference is if I have a negative motivation about shadow work, and if so realizing that could help to transform it into a positive motivation?
It's a bit like that. Ultimately, every motivation that you have comes from some more positive root if you dig deep enough. For example, someone who comes to Shadow Work to fix themselves is really looking to love themselves. And if that unconscious motive to love one's self is made conscious, then that person can bring their motivations towards Shadow Work into alignment with what Shadow Work is really about.
Hello Emerald. Can you point me out to a video of yours or of another coach that teaches to love or come to terms and accept difficult aspects of ones life. In other words, you have discovered your shadows, or you already knew them, but their energy is bothering or influencing you in the present. What video shows to neutralize or love them. A sort of EMDR but more loving and less dependent on a therapist.
Create a space for the work. And if your fortunate you'll have a partner to do it with. It eventually becomes an art. Creating your character, role playing, anything you can do to externalize and do no harm. It can often be weird, bizzare and shocking. But with practice, the right attitude, support and tools like IFS. It can also be fun. No Guilt or Shame this time. Thank you diamond. Your helping alot of people. Are you a descendant of Persephone?
My daughter’s middle name is Persephone. So, I’m more like an ancestor of Persephone than a descendant. 😄 And yes! Shadow Work is definitely an art once the idea of fixing and healing collapses.
It sounds like the "self-improvement" you are describing is not shadow integration, but further disownment of aspects of self... shadow segregation. Self-improvement, self-healing, self-love all have meanings that are synonymous to most, so I dont think focusing on semantics is useful. If someone is actually doing the work of integration, how they arrived at the path of "Shadow Work" is just part of their journey.
It is part of the journey. But it’s not about semantics. It’s about making people aware that they can be doing shadow work to further disown parts of themselves. It’s common with any self-improvement practice that people can approach it from a desire to fix and “get rid of the bad parts” of one’s self.
I like to think she sorta hinted at the same idea here. Watts mentions you can't improve because you are the one that needs to be improved. I think the trouble lies in grasping both sides of a paradox
I'm watching this because I'm just curious and i thought it can heal psychological wounds but last video you just said it didn't and I'm little confused now
In the last video, I meant that it will never "fix" you in the sense that Shadow Work isn't about changing yourself... it's about loving yourself. So, the healing actually comes from getting to a state of wholeness. But if we approach Shadow Work with the idea that we're going to heal or change or fix ourselves... that this can be rooted in the desire to fix one's self instead of whole one's self.
If you'd like to pre-order my husband's movie "Room 0" you can click the link below....
apple.co/497C4Ca
It's about a woman who gets stuck in a time loop.
It's on both AppleTV and iTunes.
And if he's able to rank in the top 10 releases on his day of release on March 18th or 19th, he'll be able to get more opportunities for future projects.
And you can email me at thediamondnetchannel@gmail.com to show me the receipt and I will give you a complementary 30 minute coaching session.
MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT the movie concerns? Is it a movie on IFS?
I like how you explain shame and wanting to improve rather than accept and embrace the darkest part of ourselves with love as a part of the whole me without judgment. Love is the key to enlightenment in all of us. Maybe this comes through the darkest place in all of us.
I am using shadow work to get myself out of the mess I got myself in before I discovered the concept of shadow work
This sooo resonates with me. Being an idealist, I've always had a tough time just sitting with myself as a whole person. I appreciate how shadow work opened up a lens for me to see myself more honestly and lovingly.
I think this is the most important video before doing Shadow Work. Well done this is very important! ❤
Your dumbo analogy is legit the best thing I’ve ever seen some years ago. I’ve never retold it in my own practice but listening to your little blurbs on the definition of shadow/shadow work always make me recognize how epic that original comparison was 🪄🪄
Another issue is that people EMBODY their “dark side” as some other entity version of them or revel in the more shadow aspects, simply feeding it instead of integrating. I’ve done a fair amount of courses in shadow work to be more holistic in my psycho-shamanic craft but they all echo that shadow work is not for the unstable self! You’ve gotta love through it for sure. Also I tend to love many of the fragments I bring into awareness this idea of “purification” is silly. Actually, I’m presently exploring what “pure” means to me. I always share your videos with people who cross my path!
Thank you! Was it the analogy about Dumbo's magic feather? And feel free to share anything that resonates with you if you think it will help people.
And that thing about people approaching Shadow Work from the perspective of embodying the negative qualities was something that I fell into at first.
At age 20, I had two entheogen-induced experience of ego transcendence where I (for the first time in my life) experienced unconditional love and I recognized in it that every motivation I had was always about moving towards love. And it was very child-like and innocent. And most of my conscious motivations were hurting that cause instead of helping it.... especially my desire to create an identity.
So, after the entheogen wore off, I went back to my usual life... only now with the knowledge of how out of alignment with unconditional love I was and that my identity was getting in the way. So, I spent years fighting with having an identity.
And a few years later, when I began learning about Shadow Work, I didn't understand how to practice it practically. And I was still fighting with my identity... and I was trying to make myself behave in immature and eratic ways on purpose to try to get back to the unconditional love.
OMG IM BACK AT SQUARE 1. 😂 .. thank you, youre the only person that articulates this for me to understand.
Wow thanks again. As someone who has suffered from childhood trauma and neglect this was the enlightenment on the subject I needed . I still think the shadow work is a tool to spring board off of into other techniques for so called self improvement.
You’re welcome! It’s kind of like right place for healing for the “wrong” reasons.
@@TheDiamondNet well I think becoming whole with ourselves is one thing but more importantly being able to distinguish that from abuse is another thing. There’s the stuff we own and the stuff we are not responsible for too .
Wow!! That's where I started, in 1982! It wasn't improvement I needed...at 15! If I'd just understood it as a "reclaiming" cause hid my better parts of selve..lol vulnerable parts I guess. Cool!!
I suspect it's the case that most people come to Shadow Work "for the wrong reason" but that Shadow Work provides a deeper solution than the one that was originally sought. I know it's the case for me.
Wow, Emerald! That's a really interesting little twist on Shadow work. Off the top of my head I would have just said to integrate those fragmented unconscious aspects of psyche. But considering the walls I run into at times, perhaps I need to do some self-analysis on potential unconscious motives. As always so insightful, just love your work! thank you 🎉
Gold - I definitely needed to hear this
Omg me. thank you for articulating this
Thank you
Any tips/resources for healing from abusers? I believe I have some kind of C-PTSD or something. I get anxiety everytime I think of how I was treated in the past. Are those flashbacks? I'd love your advice on this.
wow! great advice, thank you. I'm really at this point. If I understand it right, you are saying that the difference is if I have a negative motivation about shadow work, and if so realizing that could help to transform it into a positive motivation?
It's a bit like that. Ultimately, every motivation that you have comes from some more positive root if you dig deep enough. For example, someone who comes to Shadow Work to fix themselves is really looking to love themselves. And if that unconscious motive to love one's self is made conscious, then that person can bring their motivations towards Shadow Work into alignment with what Shadow Work is really about.
Almost sure that I was aware of Shadow Work since I was around 13 yo, and have been doing it ever since. And so the question is what comes next.
Hello Emerald. Can you point me out to a video of yours or of another coach that teaches to love or come to terms and accept difficult aspects of ones life. In other words, you have discovered your shadows, or you already knew them, but their energy is bothering or influencing you in the present. What video shows to neutralize or love them. A sort of EMDR but more loving and less dependent on a therapist.
Are you on podcast?
If we had the chance to shape a private community with Diamond, what would you want it to include? Let's share our wishlist!
Create a space for the work. And if your fortunate you'll have a partner to do it with. It eventually becomes an art. Creating your character, role playing, anything you can do to externalize and do no harm. It can often be weird, bizzare and shocking. But with practice, the right attitude, support and tools like IFS. It can also be fun.
No Guilt or Shame this time. Thank you diamond. Your helping alot of people.
Are you a descendant of Persephone?
This is my Shadow Work Art Channel.
My daughter’s middle name is Persephone. So, I’m more like an ancestor of Persephone than a descendant. 😄
And yes! Shadow Work is definitely an art once the idea of fixing and healing collapses.
It sounds like the "self-improvement" you are describing is not shadow integration, but further disownment of aspects of self... shadow segregation. Self-improvement, self-healing, self-love all have meanings that are synonymous to most, so I dont think focusing on semantics is useful. If someone is actually doing the work of integration, how they arrived at the path of "Shadow Work" is just part of their journey.
It is part of the journey. But it’s not about semantics. It’s about making people aware that they can be doing shadow work to further disown parts of themselves. It’s common with any self-improvement practice that people can approach it from a desire to fix and “get rid of the bad parts” of one’s self.
Hmm, I've been "interested" in shadow work; maybe this is why. Watts often describes self improvement as a big sham.
I like to think she sorta hinted at the same idea here. Watts mentions you can't improve because you are the one that needs to be improved. I think the trouble lies in grasping both sides of a paradox
I'm watching this because I'm just curious and i thought it can heal psychological wounds but last video you just said it didn't and I'm little confused now
I think it does though?? It definitely helps you manage your emotions better.
In the last video, I meant that it will never "fix" you in the sense that Shadow Work isn't about changing yourself... it's about loving yourself. So, the healing actually comes from getting to a state of wholeness. But if we approach Shadow Work with the idea that we're going to heal or change or fix ourselves... that this can be rooted in the desire to fix one's self instead of whole one's self.
In curious far more than ashamed