World View Perspective: Necessary shifts, changes and adaptations to a new self image

As we grow, shift and change, it is important to allow our new self images to come to the surface.

Our INNER LIGHT shines into our darkness, illuminating what we have pushed down, hidden, denied or even lied about so we can not look it straight in the eye. We tend to avoid such heavy dark energy because it appears so frightening and perhaps, we can't even imagine it is us, at all.  Closing the curtains on such imagery, feelings or thoughts can make us think it has disappeared from view.

Yet, within that trapped darkness, the LIGHT is also shining.  The energy of Yin and Yang tells us that as does Carl Jung. We cannot have dark without the LIGHT or LIGHT without the dark.  We need integration of both for WHOLENESS and to walk in the middle, aware of both.

Once our LIGHT has illuminated something within us to see, notice, work with or adapt to, that is the time to consciously, actively, allow the lighter, brighter, sense of self, up and out.  To understand that the old self-image can freely go now. It was, no doubt, useful at some point but now, due to your active, conscious growth, it can go. Like the personas, described by Carl Jung.  They help us until they no longer support us.  Recognizing them is so important.  Examples are: The Warrior, The Hero, The Healer, The King, The Leader, etc. Perhaps, we have been forced to play out these roles and rules under our family's initial dynamic.  It made our parents happy to see us in these roles for them or for the continuity of the family. Still, to finish with these costumes, drop the old personas, so to speak, other aspects of us can and will emerge. Cut back the dead leaves and new buds emerge.

An example, that has been used here before, is the evolution of a freshman in high school to a college graduate, entering the work force. Each stage and step matters and gets the person closer to those goals and accomplishments.  Their self-image has to shift, change and adapt for their continued growth.  Once they are successful out in the work force, they would hardly remember who they were in high school.  They have shifted, changed and adapted that much!

Spiritual growth, growth in Consciousness, Understanding and Awareness is the same. Once we start Consciously, actively working with OUR OWN INNER LIGHT, it will show us what aspects of us are ready to advance by shifting, changing and adapting. It is up to us to apply it. Maybe that requires re-visiting our old behaviors and habits, maybe restarting our lifestyles, maybe cutting back on certain activities and maybe beginning new ones that align better with the new emerging self. This is doing our part to allow and invite our new emerging selves/SELVES to the forefront.

It is always a COLLABORATION with our LIGHT that yields the best results.  It always enables us to see, to receive, to integrate what best serves our growth and when it is most useful and applicable.  

We might have to go through hoops, twists, ins and outs we don't foresee, but it is always on PURPOSE for our best growth, expansion and awareness.  And, ultimately, IT IS GOOD!  Allow that LIGHT to shine and see what new self-image shines back!