“To learn to creatively live with the daemonic or be violently devoured by it. We will decide our own destiny. Let us choose wisely.” ~ Stephen Diamond
As Jung famously said, “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“The serpent that stings us means to hurt us and rejoice as it does so. The lowest animal can imagine the pain of others. But to imagine the joy of others and to rejoice at it is the highest privilege of the highest animals.” ~ Nietzsche
“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.”
~ Susan Sontag
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor Frankl
“We are stronger than things are terrible.” ~ Jordan Peterson
“Too much of the animal distorts the civilized man, too much civilization makes sick animals.” ~ Jung
“When emptiness is possible, everything is possible. Were emptiness impossible, nothing would be possible.” ~ Nagarjuna

7 Signs You Have Achieved Balance Between Shadow & Light
1.) You playfully don and discard your “masks”
2.) You have reconciled your demons
3.) You have discovered a balance between grandiosity and humility
4.) You honor your anima/animus: If you are a woman, you are deeply in touch with your inner masculine (animus). If you are a man, you are deeply in touch with your inner feminine (anima).
5.) You practice emotional alchemy
6.) You have learned to transform setbacks (wounds) into steppingstones (wisdom)
7.) You have come to terms with both your wormlike and godlike nature
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Here’s to dancing with harmonious love of the exhilaration of achieving balance. The constant shifting of alignment to stand on our two feet against the chaos. To sway and bend without breaking away from the core of who we are. Let’s keep dancing sister 🙌💃❤🌈
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