Accepting Different Parts of Yourself

As I was walking with a friend in a snowy winter night on the street of Montreal, we stumbled upon this art gallery and couldn’t help to notice this eye catching poster on the window. Looking at the poster, it reminds me of the energy work that I do and my alchemy journey that I discussed in my book. Ever since, this photo has been one of my most favorite photos this year due to many deep meanings attached to it that describe pretty much my life.

It reminds me of self-acceptance. Guess why?

We both have the good and the bad sides, EVERYONE of us, not a single person on Earth that doesn't have a negative side. That DOESN'T exist because it goes against the law of the universe, the polarity law. If there's a positive, there must be a negative. Since we're part of the universe, we're bound to that law. It's ingrained in us.

So to say, fighting the bad or the shadow side of us to be "good" is the most FOOLISH thing to do because that battle will NEVER end. That shadow will ALWAYS exist within you. It is PART OF YOU!

When you FIGHT your own shadow, you're giving in to it, you're giving in to BE the bad one. You're not better than it. So how can that battle be won?

The only way to win is NOT to fight but to ACCEPT it and LOVE it because that's the ONLY way you're not giving in to your shadow, you have to go the OPPOSITE way of it.

When you learn to accept and love your shadow is when you can really love yourself truly. It's the only way to integrate the good and the bad of you to be in ONE, only then you can be WHOLE. Just like the yin and yang symbol, they intertwine to be ONE circle. It's about uniting, not separating.

When we can STOP fighting within ourselves is when we can STOP fighting in the world. So STOP, please!

Can you look at your shadow and ACCEPT it because it is part of you? Just like your arms and legs, you have both on the left and the right side. Wouldn't it be weird to just love the right side of your body and not the left side?

Can you APPRECIATE it because it gives you the opportunity to see the light, the positive, the good side of you?

Can you ACKNOWLEDGE it and LOVE it? It is all just YOU!