Comments - Only the Shadow Knows? - THE RED PILL2024-03-29T14:53:24Zhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3561936%3ABlogPost%3A5222&xn_auth=noThanks for the update on this…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2011-06-03:3561936:Comment:319702011-06-03T05:21:41.138ZNadinehttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/NeferAmunetMerELBey
Thanks for the update on this post, now when I go into the movie I will have the concept of Jungian theory available to reference to.
Thanks for the update on this post, now when I go into the movie I will have the concept of Jungian theory available to reference to. While we are studying incepti…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2011-06-03:3561936:Comment:319692011-06-03T04:27:23.759ZAaron (Al) Lewishttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/AaronAlLewis
While we are studying inception it may be helpful to grasp a working understanding of the concept of shadow since the movie Inception in large part was based on Jungian theory. The is something called Inception Psychology by the way.
While we are studying inception it may be helpful to grasp a working understanding of the concept of shadow since the movie Inception in large part was based on Jungian theory. The is something called Inception Psychology by the way. there are at this time some J…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2011-03-03:3561936:Comment:135792011-03-03T23:53:38.324ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>there are at this time some Jung videos that may be worth watching posted on the site.</p>
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<p>there are at this time some Jung videos that may be worth watching posted on the site.</p>
<p>B.</p> I LOVE this essay! I have alw…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2009-12-16:3561936:Comment:52292009-12-16T03:06:53.000ZGene Williamshttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/GeneWilliams
I LOVE this essay! I have always loved the work of Jung, and shadow work is why I have always been interested in Shamanism and Yoga. Bringing the shadow self under the control of the higher self to use it as a tool to free the self.
I LOVE this essay! I have always loved the work of Jung, and shadow work is why I have always been interested in Shamanism and Yoga. Bringing the shadow self under the control of the higher self to use it as a tool to free the self. This question has been asked…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2009-12-16:3561936:Comment:52282009-12-16T01:06:04.000ZAaron (Al) Lewishttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/AaronAlLewis
This question has been asked and begs to be asked again and again.<br />
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What if there is empirical data, information, and irrefutable fact that there is no such thing as black people or white people? What if that information proves conclusively beyond a shadow of doubt that race as it is presented today and as it has been presented since 1795 is a false premise? What if all the investiture masses of people have in this false foundation-less concept is but a lie how would you feel, what would you…
This question has been asked and begs to be asked again and again.<br />
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What if there is empirical data, information, and irrefutable fact that there is no such thing as black people or white people? What if that information proves conclusively beyond a shadow of doubt that race as it is presented today and as it has been presented since 1795 is a false premise? What if all the investiture masses of people have in this false foundation-less concept is but a lie how would you feel, what would you think and how would that change and impact your existence today? For those that are ready and…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2009-12-15:3561936:Comment:52252009-12-15T21:56:16.000ZAaron (Al) Lewishttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/AaronAlLewis
For those that are ready and willing the next Red Pill Training will address these issues among others. Please prepare and ready yourself for a deep immersion into the soul. Maybe you are more than you think you.
For those that are ready and willing the next Red Pill Training will address these issues among others. Please prepare and ready yourself for a deep immersion into the soul. Maybe you are more than you think you. Part 2. On the shadow.
My fi…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2009-12-15:3561936:Comment:52242009-12-15T21:52:01.000ZAaron (Al) Lewishttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/AaronAlLewis
<b>Part 2. On the shadow</b>.<br />
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My first great venture into deep soul work came in October of 1994. I had met a guy from Colorado, named Tom Daly, no relation to the golfer. His group was called, The Boulder Men’s Project. His specialty was called, “Shadow Dance”. I found out about him in April of 1994 when I observed Dr. Morris Stallings, a certified shadow worker, do the first shadow work process I had ever seen. I was hooked. This shit was precise, masterful and safe. That night at the New…
<b>Part 2. On the shadow</b>.<br />
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My first great venture into deep soul work came in October of 1994. I had met a guy from Colorado, named Tom Daly, no relation to the golfer. His group was called, The Boulder Men’s Project. His specialty was called, “Shadow Dance”. I found out about him in April of 1994 when I observed Dr. Morris Stallings, a certified shadow worker, do the first shadow work process I had ever seen. I was hooked. This shit was precise, masterful and safe. That night at the New Warrior Community Retreat we engaged in the first of many shadow dances I would attend. Morris lead that dance also, I was hooked again.<br />
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I made it my business to get to know Morris and to pick his mind on a few things. He gladly opened up and it was from him that I learned about Cliff Berry and Tom Daly. I contacted Tom, after convincing both the white and black New Warrior members, to do a shadow dance on race. He was for it all the way and agreed to come and both lead and teach us the rules of shadow dancing and in fact certified Patrick, Dr. Chumley, Joe Whitten and I to lead shadow dances related to race. Shadow Dance is different from Shadow Work, in many different ways. Although both men (the founders), collaborate at times on certain ventures, the processes are mutually exclusive one to the other.<br />
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A shadow dance is an engagement in controlled chaos. It happens in a “container” where there are certain specific agreements and understandings, with deep safety guidelines inserted to protect the participants, physically and emotionally. The “dancers”, act out in ritual, many of their hidden and repressed desires.<br />
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Oh boy!!! Now that dance, was, a spectacular event. It was scary, intense and powerful. Imagine 45 men, black and white, in the controlled chaos of acting out their shadows around race in a container and we were in the south to boot?<br />
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While I witnessed spectacular courage exhibited by both groups I was sorely disappointed again. I am sure it was deep for some people it just didn’t go deep enough for my liking. Something was missing and I couldn’t put my finger on it. However, as usual I took it for what it was. I analyzed everything that happened, but my conclusions were inconclusive. What really fascinated and mesmerized me was what happened shortly after the dance began.<br />
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Ok so here is the set up. A shadow dance is an event where a group gets together and dances out their shadows, they act out the various components of their shadows. I mean anything you can think of becomes a part of the ritual, you are made safe and you can do it. The odd part is there may be a dozen or more pieces going on at once. To set it all up we did group vignettes (small plays) before the dance, to set the tone. In fact after observing some of those plays we created processes around them.<br />
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The tone is set firmly around race, the rules are set, safety, a major concern is in place, the men are scared shitless and the dance begins. So I’m thinking, “Man with all this repressed hostility this ought to be one donnybrook of cultures and shadows clashing?” Wrong! What happened? Well, less than 5 minutes into the dance the brothers start the killing. They started shooting, robbing, raping, stabbing, gang beating, -----------<b>EACH OTHER!</b><br />
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Nope, not one attack of a white man, initially, and these men were not afraid to confront white folks. This, like the family of origin stuff, was deeper than I ever imagined and certainly not what I expected or intended to have happen. So much for my insight and brilliance huh?<br />
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I became obsessed about finding out what triggers this kind of behavior. Oh I know about the theory of self-hatred, but I think it is deeper than that. Those theories are too easy, and, conclusions about what is taking place can be reached by assumption. Is this that is being acted out an attempt to destroy <i><b>the false image of self</b></i> that has been created for the individual to hide behind, in an attempt to protect them?<br />
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Of course it would take years and a good dose of Prof. Clifford Black before that all came into view. Anybody groking me yet?<br />
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Fast forward a few years later. What I have come to understand, in a most fundamental way, is that, one of the basic ways large groups of people perpetuate their own institutionalization and oppression is via trauma and language or the lack of understanding about how powerful language is.<br />
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Every visceral experience that we can call to memory, we attempt to apply some nomenclature to this moment. Lacking the ability to articulate into words what those experiences represent to us, we then make up what we believe they mean. A very bad thing to do if you are trying to dissect and debrief a past fraught with land mines of ignorance, lies and deceit. It appears that sometimes we prevent, for ourselves, any real attempt toward the quest for freedom.<br />
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So I will end with asking these questions. What if who you think you are and what you think you are, you are not? What happens if your carefully constructed identity is just a sham, the egos way of belonging? Think about, now think about it again, but deeper this time.<br />
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What do you think? And after reading this what do you feel. There is a difference.<br />
For more information on the concept of Shadow you can read:<br />
Robert Bly’s, A Little Book on the Human Shadow<br />
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Iron John by the Grimm Brothers<br />
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Debbie Ford’s ,The Dark Side of the Light Chasers<br />
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach<br />
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Animal Farm by George Orwell<br />
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These are good primers before getting into Jung. Trust me we are a long ways from that just yet. Not only is this great inform…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2009-12-15:3561936:Comment:52232009-12-15T21:51:52.000ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
Not only is this great information, but, it is what needs to be done by everyone that may be (is) interested about the pathway to understanding FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Not only is this great information, but, it is what needs to be done by everyone that may be (is) interested about the pathway to understanding FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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