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Your Shadow Self is your “dark side.” It is that unconscious force within you that contains all of the feelings, traits, behaviors, and desires that your parents and society deemed “unacceptable,” taboo, or weird growing up.
While the human shadow contains every thought, feeling, desire, and personality trait that we have rejected or suppressed, it also contains our hidden light and disowned gifts.
So, how big is your dark side? Consider this test an initiation into the shadow work path if you haven’t entered it already. No matter what result you get, it’s always crucial to incorporate some level of shadow work into your life and inner work journey.
Tip: Bookmark this page and come back to it periodically to see how you’ve progressed on your shadow work journey.
Shadow Self Test – How Big & Active Is Your Dark Side?
What is Shadow Work?
Shadow work is the practice of finding, befriending, and transmuting the wounded, suppressed, and buried parts of yourself (i.e., your shadows) so that you can regain access to your inner Light.
Our Dark Side & Carl Jung Shadow Self Quotes
Where does this idea of having a dark side come from in modern times? The concept of the shadow originated in the work of Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
Here are a few of the most famous Carl Jung shadow self quotes to contemplate:
Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.
(Psychology and Religion)
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognising the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
(Aion)
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
(Psychology and Alchemy)
The shadow is a tight passage, a narrow door, whose painful constriction no one is spared who goes down to the deep well. But one must learn to know oneself in order to know who one is.
(The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious)
What result did you receive, and how accurate did it feel? Share below. You might find that others recognize themselves in your experience, too.
Want to take another test? Try our Shadow Archetype Test.
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You have either (a) done a lot of inner work, or (b) experienced a mostly harmonious and positive environment growing up. For me its (c) a combination of the two.
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Loads of love,
Mihika☺️
It is true..What you said.
Thank you for the information and tools. I’m going to do my best to put everything into practice. I feel there are some aspects of Shadow Work that I don’t know how to start, but as I progress on I’m sure the path will show itself to me. My purpose of beginning this spiritual practice is to become mindful and connected to myself, for my negative qualities are running my life. I want to be able to feel self-worth and to confidently rid myself of the toxic traits and people that threaten a peaceful and bright lifestyle. I want to be able to express my knowledge, feelings and thoughts to not only myself but to all I have and would like to build a relationship with. Again thank you for pointing those who are lost in the darkness of self, to a brighter and more meaningful way to carry out the rest of our days.
You are the most amazing individuals! and being twin flames must be among your greatest strengths! Thank you again and again for your work and the LOVE you give with every word written. I am such a student at your school! I believe the love, the trust and the expression you inspire from within me is priceless. you are loved and appreciated, so much more than words…
thank you
with sincere love,
cliff
Thank you Cliff for such a beautiful comment, we’re blessed to know we share this path with such lovely souls :)
Is schizophrenia a collaboration of shadowself, and archetypes? 2% of my life comes and goes where I live out
The characteristic of the voices I hear, maybe 0.02 % however they seem like people I grew up with. I’m wondering if I created them in my head and my mind pretends to speak to me as them, I don’t do it, when I’m conscious and “awake” through mindfulness I watch them speak to me as if they’re spirits of the people or demons.
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