When it lurks, without our awareness, we become victims of oppression. Trying to keep our head above water, we hide our anxieties and humiliations beneath the surface. Stephen Diamond says, “The shadow is a universal archetypal feature of the human psyche for which we bear full responsibility to cope with as creatively as possible.” The roller coaster of suffering that ensues when the shadow remains neglected, scorned and imprisoned, creates a sense of hopelessness. The unconscious part of this dreadful performance is what Carl Jung called the shadow self. The shards of our pain body become daggers.Īn activated pain body feeds on and provokes the ensuing drama, and excels at naming the victims and perpetrators of its suffering.
When we gather, it’s often pain slinging. It’s hard enough to be your pain body on the couch hiding under a bag of chips and a blanket.
Think Game of Thrones with its broken mirrors, stone floor, and great hall. It’s that little voice in our heads creating dramatic stories to bolster our pride or to fear our imminent demise. Eckhart Tolle named this tenant, the pain body. The shards and cracks remind us of suffering. When trauma goes unresolved, fragments of the soul get imprisoned. Moments of exhilaration turned sour if left to ferment. All adrenaline rushes of fear, anger, and surprise. A glass slipping through nervous fingers falls to the floor. A scorned lover flings a picture frame into the brick fireplace. A careless boy’s ball shatters the front window pane.
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