Carl Jung, a pioneer of depth psychology, famously quoted, “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” (CW 12, p. 99). This metaphor of “darkness” signifies the unexplored parts of our personality, those traits we have cast aside due to their uncomfortable or unpalatable nature – the ‘shadow’ within us.
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