tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452645648437706747.post5498517590490406390..comments2013-07-14T23:43:25.671-04:00Comments on Parvati Devi: Ask Parvati 21: Jealousy - Part 1, Freedom Through UnderstandingParvati Devihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05605266879790789014noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452645648437706747.post-70505550595503953212011-07-31T10:49:07.129-04:002011-07-31T10:49:07.129-04:00It can feel so frightening to actually sit down an...It can feel so frightening to actually sit down and take a look at the shadow self - as though there is no middle ground between the idealized self we desperately want to believe we are (or should be), and being a horrible person for having negative tendencies. But to find wholeness is a much greater gift to the self and the world than continued fearful insistence on only the parts of ourself we like. When we are willing to admit the unpleasant feelings are there without pushing them away, we can start to understand them more deeply in order to fully release them. I'm still a work in progress on this one!Pranadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602387063784879219noreply@blogger.com