#C.A. Harms
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tiktok just got banned in my country so here are my interests, about me, beliefs, and why you should be my friend :)
fandoms:
- marauders
- beatles (and other 60s-70s music)
- dead poets society
- criminal minds (i mostly just interact with spencer reid or jemily content but i love the show)
- classic novels (so like kafka, dostoevsky, brontë [all of them], plath, etc)
my other interests are self-care (so meditation, working out, mindset training, etc), anything fall esque, thrifting, vintage stuff, “thought daughter” movies, nature<333, and cool sweaters.
my favorite marauders ships are wolfstar, rosekiller, marlily/marylily/rebelflower, pandalily, dorlene, pebill, jily, and jegulus but i 100% welcome all ships as long as they’re legal ☺️
beliefs i align with (so like religion, philosophy, and politics stuff):
Utilitarianism
Humanism
Moral Relativism
Marxism
Daoism
Buddhism
Wicca
Paganism
Restorative Justice
Libertarian Socialism
Environmentalism
Progressivism
Intersectional Feminism
Care Ethics
Ethical Altruism
about me:
my name is lyn (lupin bc im married to remus ofc). i’m 19, bisexual, non-binary / demigirl so either they/them or occasionally she/her, a psychology major, ENFJ, 2w1, i accept everyone (this is a safe space for anyone who is not harming other people), and my favorite colors are brown and orange lol :)
i relate to lily evans, c.a cupid, queenie goldstein, margaret/marmee march, will solace, emma woodhouse, jessica day, jane bennet, jennifer “jj” jareau, and emily (the corpse bride).
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#marauders#wolfstar#rosekiller#the beatles#criminal minds#atyd#remus lupin#marauders era#sirius black#james potter#jegulus#jily#david bowie#dark academia#tcoptp#remus x sirius#dorlene#marlene mckinnon#lily evans#spencer reid#all the young dudes#peter pettigrew#marauders fandom#james & peter & remus & sirius#atyd remus#remus x reader#Spotify
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⚠️AU SPOILERS⚠️
The devil still roams Inkwell Isles. Harming the innocents and getting away with it scot-free.
When a group of inexperienced, and unemployed outcasts take charge and create a secret organization to form a group of young rangers/super soldiers to stop him.
These rangers are young (remaining) descendants of the Calix Animi (including the Cupbros). For the founder believes they haven’t “lived up to their promise” and so this project will fulfill their purpose of protecting the Isles. To finish what they started and rid of the devil and his demons once and for all.
They call it W.A.R.F.A.R.E.
Inspiration from the Black Widow (2021) opening credits (Red Room), “The Strength and The Sight” (Experimentation content) fan fiction created by @inkwell-intrigues “The Legacy of the Inkwell Isles AU” (C.A. Project) created by @pja-party, some ideas from The Promised Neverland (includes LAMBDA), DuckTales (Harp-B-Gone, Project_87, Webby’s clones 👀, and F.O.W.L.), “PROJECT MKULTRA” idea from Stranger Things, The Institute (I forgot-) from Nimona, Anya’s past from Spy x Family, and the movie “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”.
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🎧 We are so excited to share that Allure (Brooklet Dreams, Book 1) by C.A. Harms is available 𝗡𝗢𝗪 in 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸! ➜ https://adbl.co/3Kj1sdD
🎧 Narrated by Jack Calihan & Stephanie Rose
The next generation of the Southern Boys returns in a new spin-off series, Brooklet Dreams . . .
She was supposed to be my forever . . . I'll never forget the first time I saw her. She wore overalls two sizes too big and a pair of gloves that were also too large for her little hands. But that didn't faze her one bit, and we clicked instantly.
By the age of twelve, we had become best friends, and by the time we turned sixteen, we were more. I had eyes for only one girl. My girl. But then life changed, and different paths led to broken promises. When she left town, I was forced to let go of our dreams.
I spent my days existing. Baseball, classes, and working at the family farm became my life. I didn't care about anything else. Until I met Allison Jo. AJ was the quiet girl I never expected. She brought me to my knees with that beautiful smile. She made me laugh and slowly brought the old me back to life. I found myself wanting more with her.
I became her world, and she was my everything. But when my past returns, my world is turned upside down.
I'm not sure I was prepared for what was about to happen.
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Reading recommendations:
Allure by C.A. Harms
Give Me Yesterday by K. Webster and Elle Christensen
Country Heaven (Dare River) by Ava Miles
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RELEASE BLITZ - Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms
NOW LIVE! Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms is available now + FREE to read in Kindle Unlimited! “Perfect! Must read!” – Amazon reviewer
Title: Kissing My CrushA Kissing Games Series Standalone Author: C.A. Harms Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Friends to Lovers/Accidental PregnancyRelease Date: June 29, 2023 BLURB Amara Tyler Collins has always been the object of my affection. He just doesn’t know it.I’ve spent years admiring him, fantasizing about him, but never once making a move.That is until I see him across the room,…
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RELEASE BLITZ - Kissing My Crush (A Kissing Games Series Standalone) by C.A. Harms
Title: Kissing My CrushA Kissing Games Series StandaloneAuthor: C.A. Harms Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Friends to Lovers/Accidental PregnancyRelease Date: June 29, 2023 BLURB AmaraTyler Collins has always been the object of my affection. He just doesn’t know it.I’ve spent years admiring him, fantasizing about him, but never once making a move.That is until I see him across the room,…
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/an actual vent related to this
Okay I actually feel sick inside
Another one of my friends on discord revealed to be using c.a/i
How do I even respond to any of them when they bring it up? How am I meant to tell them just how harmful the things they're using is?
The first one mentioned is, in fact, aware that it's unjustifiable but still uses it.
I don't know. It's actually making me feel sick.
I'll just try to express feeling upset whenever generative a/i is brought up in a positive light but also.. I don't want to break anymore bridges than I already lost.
/vent??
I am.. so sick of all this a/i stuff
Its just wrong- it takes away the beauty of all art forms, whether its writing, art, or music.
Generative a/i, character a/i, doesn't matter. It still steals from actual artists. It still steals from good, hard work, and for what? Roleplay? Free time?
It could've been great, really. Instead of using a/i to do the mundane- like chores, or using it to solve something revolutionary in the field of science and medicine, they use it for.. "art." For uncanny-valley, cocomelon-type pictures. For incorrect information in graphics AND in writing. We don't want a/i to draw and write for us so we can do chores (I saw this in a tweet once), we want a/i to do our chores so we can draw and write.
And I'm so, so sick of people acting like its a good thing, like using generative a/i is justifiable in anyway, or just cause others may be using it.
It's everywhere, now. My friend -idk if we're friends anymore, honestly- uses c-a/i and swears it's "just for roleplay," the pastor at church used generative a/i to get a picture of something from the Bible, and students at school uses ChatGPT to get the job done.
Don't they see how damaging it is to not only the art industry, but to the world?
C-a/i is never accurate to the characters they portray. They steal from fics and turn it into their generative slop. It's not even good slop! The grammar? Punctuation? Proper sentences? Don't need that, apparently! In fact, that very same "friend" showed me a screenshot of c-a/i messing up by saying Tails (from Sonic the Hedgehog) is the only one who'd be seen riding a motorcycle. And any STH fan would know that its not Tails, it's Shadow who rides a motorcycle. Tails rides a plane.
A/i "art" is even worse. I've seen how inaccurate the final stuff could be. A baby bird doesn't look like a real one when generated through that slop. It's actually damaging to how we see information. Not only that, but the "art" generated is still so, so harmful to actual artists. Who needs passion, anyway? Who needs love put into art, anyway? When generating an a/i image, you put love and passion... where, exactly? In the prompt box?
I'll explain this in hypotheticals.
Its the year 2030. You wake up and begin a brand new day.
You open a book and cringe. This doesn't look like a good plot. This doesn't look like a plot, at all?
You learn that it's written through character a/i.
You turn the TV on. All the cartoons you used to love is gone. An uncanny "cartoon" took its place, with soulless eyes and a robotic voice. You turn the TV off and go outside.
But wait- the world is.. crumbling?! That's right- A/I is bad for the Earth! It's ACTUALLY damaging the world!
And somehow- somehow- you develop a sickness, so you go to the hospital to get it checked out.
To your horror, the doctor merely shrugs and says that he doesn't know what sickness you have.
"But how could this be?! You're a doctor! You're supposed to know these things!"
You find out that the doctor used ChatGPT to get through college, and didn't actually perceive the information required.
Then you die. The speeches people read out for your funeral were generated through ChatGPT. Truly a terrible way to die.
People need to understand just why all this a/i nonsense is bad. I feel like they go, "yeah, a/i is bad" and turn around to their a/i roleplays and ChatGPT, ready to defend themselves for using that slop.
To the mentioned "friend", to the mentioned pastor, and to the students who may or may not read this;
I wish I could tell you just how bad this a/i stuff is. I wish you'd understand. I wish you'd listen.
I wish generative a/i never existed.
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Title: Kissing My Crush A Kissing Games Series Standalone Author: C.A. Harms Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Accidental Pregnancy Cover Design: Sarah Paige Photographer: Lindee Robinson Release Date: June 29, 2023 BLURB Amara Tyler Collins has always been the object of my affection. He just doesn’t know it. I’ve spent years admiring him, fantasizing about him, but never…
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She is pissed off all the time, he mumbled and I remained silent, letting him ramble. She wants chocolate ice cream, I go in search of chocolate, but the time I get back she’s pissed because she wants strawberry instead. I can’t win. He looked me straight in the eyes and I swear his expression was one of desperation. It wasn’t like this before. With Liam she was so sweet. But I swear the damn devil has possessed my wife and she might kill me in my sleep one night. It was then I laughed. What the hell is so funny? he asked. I sleep with one eye open and one leg hanging off the bed touching the floor at my side. This way if I have to move fast I feel I’m one step closer. He didn’t smile. There was absolutely no humor in his words. Weren’t you the one that said you wanted five kids? I asked. I changed my mind. After this one, we’re done. I want Trinity back. Again, complete seriousness. Poor guy looked lost. And it was the best damn thing to witness. Within four months of having Liam, Trinity was pregnant again. And this time she was cranky as hell. Everyone noticed it, but she directed all that aggravation toward the man she said was to blame. And the rest of us loved to witness his hell.Go home, Chase, I told him and he looked as if he wanted to argue. Stop at the store and pick up every flavor of ice cream they got, I told him. Tell her she’s beautiful and rub her feet. I do that already, he whined. I tell her she’s beautiful, and no other woman has ever looked as amazing as her. I tell her I love her and that she is my world, but she is like the exorcist. Well it’s your job to take it. Let her growl and complain and just take it, I told him. Because at the end of the day you just need to remember one thing. He looked at me like I was about to give him the best piece of advice. I almost felt bad about the fact that I had nothing reassuring to say. What? he asked and I cracked a smile, almost talking myself out of taking the chance at being an asshole. Then I thought about the fact that had the roles been reversed he would have jumped at the chance. You are to blame for the state she is in. He narrowed his eyes at me. And the rest of us guys are loving that it’s you and not us being tortured. You’re an asshole, he mumbled as he turned around and walked off toward his truck. I laughed the entire drive home. ― C.A. Harms, Trinity's Trust
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Substitute MC?
I tried to use a different word then replaced because I know a lot of replaced MC AUs exist and this isn't that.
So I haven't gotten to chapter 16? but if you're on obey me Tumblr you'll quickly get spoiled so spoilers for you know what beneath the cut.
Okay so question/idea/brainrot thing.
From my understanding Barbatos does not save MC in chapter 16, the MC from that universe dies completely and totally, he just snags an MC from another universe right before the deed is done to replace the one that died.
Barbatos is also very meticulous! So to make sure there were no conflicts he very carefully selected an MC from a world that had the exact same experiences as the MC from the OG world so there would be no conflict in memories / interactions with the characters.
So my question is about the OTHER reality. Because there are a few possibilities.
A. We know he's meticulous. So did he find a reality where everything lined up experience wise but even though the boys acted nice they didn't care for alternate!MC. Considering the MC was plucked from that reality, probably alternate!Barbatos knows what's going on but unless he shares with the others ,alternate!MC just disappeared. So OG!Barbatos would need to pull alternate!MC from a reality where they wouldn't care but still act enough like they did so that MC's memories line up for assimilation.
B. Or alternatively the dateables just all dropped dead for some reason in that moment? God struck them down for not protecting the human idk.
C. Because otherwise there's just this alternate universe where the brothers are FREAKING OUT because Belphie tried to harm the human and the human went poof! AND THEY CANT FIND THEM!!! Until Alternate!Barbatos tells them they got snatched to another dimension.
C.A Does the guilt for harming alternate!MC make them willing to not try and get MC back. The whole they're better off somewhere safer.
C.B Or do we have a bunch of demons unable to answer the call of their pacts but feeling alternate!MC when they're in danger or call for them going feral and probably yandere as they try to tear through space and time to retrieve alternate!MC.
C.B.2 Does that mean that just a side plot the OG!dateables do, and probably hide from alternate!MC, is fighting off the alternate!dateables to keep alternate!MC in their reality.
D. For angst or creepy purposes alternatively you could also make it so Barbatos wasn't so meticulous, and pulled a close enough MC that MOSTLY had aligning memories with the OG!Realm. So randomly alternate!MC will reference some past event that hasn't happened in this reality, and is reminded this isn't their world. Imposter syndrome-like.
E. What did they do with OG!MC's body? Is there a grave? Did they eat it? Was there a funeral considering alternate!MC is here? Do the boys ever think about how they failed OG!MC and even though an MC is HERE it's not the original?
F. Would they allow alternate!MC the option to return? I haven't heard differently so I assume the boys never asked if MC would like to return to the other timeline. It was just assumed since the realities were pretty much the same alternate!MC would stay.
F.A Because if I learned that I had been killed in this reality and they were using me as a substitute for their failures I would be bailing out of there faster than a sinking ship.
F.A.2 Would they let you leave though? They failed their jobs they were given to protect the human, and potentially had to go through the feeling of there contract breaking briefly until Alternate!MC arrived and re-established the connections. Once the alternate!MC arrives they could be relieved because they have a second chance they didn't mess up THAT bad MC is right HERE!
WHAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE THEM?
Oh because they hurt you? Don't worry just give them a chance they'll do much better this time! Queue the yandere potential music. If the alternate!dateables are trying to get them back it turns from a retrieval to a rescue scenario in this reality.
F.A.2.A Does that mean pacts cross realities? That if you've made a pact with a demon you hold that pact across realities. That leaves some room for an Evil!MC or Evil!Solomon who hold the contracts to cross worlds and try to take over the other world, and use the demons against their will to do it because they must obey the pact holder. Could be a good idea for an ACTUAL replaced MC fic.
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Snowflake Book Review’s
Title: Entice (Brooklet Dreams Book 4)
Author: C.A. Harms
Pages:314
Snowflake Rating:❄❄❄❄(4/5)
Synopsis: I was the guy that drifted through life. I rolled with the punches, even when they knocked me on my ass. I'd get back up, dust myself off, and pretend life wasn't full of heartache and disappointment. On the outside, I was nothing more than the fun-loving guy that made everyone laugh. But on the inside, there was more hate than I knew how to control. No one knew the life I'd led; I hid my demons well. But even in all the anger and pain, there was one spark of sweetness. She was younger than me, so innocent, and worst of all, my best friend's little sister. Grace was off limits. Wanting her led to the possibility of losing the only true family I'd had left. I wouldn't want her; I had to keep a safe distance. But seeing her change from the sweet girl into a woman with desires did something to me. It shifted something inside me, and that something was impossible to control. But had I realized that Grace Jackson was the one for me too late? Had I missed my chance by driving her away and into the arms of another?
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She stepped up to my side in a dark club and ordered a whiskey. My go-to drink. I didn’t know her name, I knew nothing about her, but every part of me came alive. For more than a year my life had been turned upside down. I’d hit a wall at every turn, but suddenly the weight had lifted.
And the minute she stepped away, I felt the loss.
Things are not always as they seem. We all have regrets; parts of our lives we wish we could erase. For me, I wish I could change the order in which those choices were made. Had I only met her first. Had it been her that said yes. Brynn is everything I could ever want, the problem is, my past may keep us from ever having a future.
Because before we were us, I was a version of myself I’d like to forget. But that version of me has not yet been laid completely to rest.
Before We Were Us: Age-Gap Second Chance Romance by C.A. Harms is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!
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CARESS method for self-harm
i don’t know how to phrase this well, but Lisa Ferentz’s CARESS/CARES model for handling urges to self-harm is the only thing that has legitimately helped me after eight years of struggling with self-harm, so i wanted to share it for anyone who feels misunderstood or misrepresented by the tips that are commonly shared online.
C.A. - Communicate Alternatively
sometimes the urge to self-harm comes from a desire to communicate a pain that is extremely difficult to communicate. art is also really good at expressing the inexpressible. you can draw, paint, write, sing, whatever works. i like to show what i’ve made to someone so that they can see in an abstract way what i’m dealing with and the pain doesn’t feel invisible anymore.
R.E. - Release Endorphins
the act of self-harm does actually release endorphins and that’s why we find ourselves doing it over and over as a way to escape intense and overwhelming emotions. there are other ways to get those brain chemicals though and to help you find relief from that build up of pressure that sometimes precedes self-harm. you can do sit-ups, jumping jacks, etc. but if that kind of motion isn’t available to you, you can also watch a video that makes you laugh, call a friend, eat your favorite food, whatever.
S.S. - Self-Soothe
this is pretty much standard, instagram infographic self-care. massage your neck, listen to music that relaxes you, take a bath, wrap yourself in a heavy blanket and rock back and forth. sometimes when i want to self-harm it comes from a desire to be unkind to myself, so it helps me get out of that spiral to do the opposite of what i want to do. i make myself a cup of tea and listen to my happy music instead of my sad “i wanna make myself feel worse” music. i start off doing it grudgingly but i usually come around eventually.
sources:
https://www.synergypsychotherapy.com/thegobl/2021/4/4/caress-a-coping-strategy-12?format=amp
https://gustavus.edu/counseling/concertFiles/media/CARESS_Self-Harm_Worksheet.pdf
https://www.theferentzinstitute.com/2021/03/15/using-caress-work-self-destructive-behaviors/
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Shadow Work • Exercise #1
Dualism and Animism
Disclaimer: This is not a work of personal opinion, merely a use of historical facts and concepts to build up a correlation. In no way, shape or form is this meant to be read as a favoring of one belief over the other, instead, the objective of this research is to provide an informed and contextualized application of a specific belief in Shadow Work.
Dualistic Belief in Witchcraft
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In witchcraft and religion, Dualism means that there is a belief in two divine or supreme powers that oppose each other, and through a shock, mix or encounter they caused the World to come into existence. There are different types of dualistic views, but the concept of two opposing forces is maintained, with changes of how these forces work, which originated first and so on.
Through historic facts, we can see that the Dualistic belief originated in the Ancient World (3000 C.a) and slowly start to reappear with the passage of time, it can be seen in the Middle Eastern (Mesopotamia, Egypt and Iran) religions, as well as in Greece (Hellenistic), India (Hinduism), China (Yin and Yang).
With that brief historical contextualization, we can better understand and identify the origins of certain terms, concepts and beliefs commonly used in many actual witchcraft practices, through the focus of this research doesn’t lie in them, it would be a pity to not briefly mention them so that we can take a look at the historical roots and it’s ramifications and similarities in the actuality.
Light and Dark
We can point out the existence of a distinction between Light and Dark in many specific beliefs and religions, but to briefly explain this dualism, I’ll broaden these beliefs into the Witchcraft Umbrella, generally defined as the “The activity of performing magic to help or harm other people” (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus). In Witchcraft there is a recurring concept (that creates many discussions within the community) about Light Magick and Dark Magick. These are opposing forces, wherein in Light is said to be the ethical performing of protection, peaceful and healing magick, and in the Dark is where people define curses, hexes and practices that cause harm.
Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path
The beliefs of the dualism of the Left- and Right-Hand Path was originated in India, to distinguish those that followed certain ethical codes that abided to cultural norms (The Right Handed Path) from those that followed another specific spiritual path, seen as extreme to cultural beliefs (The Left Hand Path).
What this means is that the Right-Hand Path is one that is constructive and communitarian, the knowledge is achieved, exchanged and taught for the sake of the majority or group, as opposed to the Left-Hand Path, in which one seeks knowledge with their inner growth and enlightenment in mind.
Then, this term was integrated in western Witchcraft, and the Left-Hand Path became a representative of those who performed Dark Magick and The Right-Hand Path of those who performed Light/White Magick.
Good and Evil
Another dualistic concept, that too generates a great amount of discussion is Good and Evil. These are opposing powers, and this concept is one that can be described as an ideology in certain contexts, if described by Chauí (1981b: 3) “Ideology is a systematic body of representations e norms that “teach” us how to obtain knowledge and act, which objective is to unify thought, language and reality to the image of a dominating class.” With that said, an ideology can be applied to any belief or knowledge. And then enters the concept of Good and Evil in Witchcraft, its first historical appearance was in the Ancient World (ac 3000) in Iran, and so, we’ve completed the cycle and wound up in the topic of Dualism’s origins.
The Animistic Belief
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Now, let’s revisit the Paleolithic period (2.5 Million years ago to 10.000 B.C), it is the oldest period of history, when humans were in the early stages of discovery of tools. In that period there are many evidences of traditions, such as burying the dead, that we still practice to this day. There are also evidences of a religious practice, or perhaps a world view, known as Animism.
Animism, in brief words, is the belief that everything in the World and the Universe has a distinct spiritual essence, all is alive, all breathes. It can be assumed that at the time, the concept of magick didn’t exist, because there was no concept for material or mundane, or whichever may be the antonym of magick/spiritual. Through this, we can see that there was no distinction between the spiritual and the material, they were one and the same. As such, when everything has essence and spirit, dualistic concepts held no ground in that. Instead, it was believed that there was one single “culture” that could have a variety of natures.
What that means is that the divine powers were encompassing, they were both Chaos and Order, Light and Dark, not as opposites, but as existences and compliments of each other. Good or evil was entirely based on morals and acts, but it was not an inherent of the Divine Powers. So it is safe to assume that animism is a non-dualistic belief.
With that said, many indigenous beliefs still have traces or follow animistic world views, such as Shamanism and Totenism (One can be seen in the other, but they are not necessarily the same). There are also some religions, philosophies or belies that believe in nondualism, such as some branches of Buddhism.
Nondualism applied in Shadow Work
With all that contextualization, we arrive at the final objective.
This concept can be seen as an exercise, one that suggests going back the roots of humanity and briefly forgetting many years of a shared Dualistic world view to practice and look at Shadow Work through a non-dualistic perspective.
If the Shadow is a part of us that we fundamentally consider evil, and Shadow Work is meant to balance our inner selves and promote self-knowledge and self-acceptance, it feels kind and dignified, perhaps even honorable to our common ancestors, to try and exercise a wholesome view over Shadow Work.
The Challenge here is to try and stop the ingrained thought of “This is my dark side, and it needs to breathe. It is bad, but I need to accept it to become enlightened and balanced.” and instead, slowly shift that thought to a more accepting and kinder view, a non-dualistic view of yourself in your wholeness.
A Suggested Exercise
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When doing Shadow Work, let’s try and shift the previous thoughts, instead, let us try and think:
“This is my dark side, it is part of me, I may not like it or accept it at the moment, but that does not mean that my Shadow is the opposite of me. My Shadow is not Evil, and I don’t intend to work with it as one does a disease while trying to obtain a cure. My Shadow is dark, but my shadow is me, and I'll try to understand and accept it. There is no evil and there is no good within this Work, there is only me.”
I think this can be of course, altered to one’s taste and demand, as long as the point stands, and that’s a non-dualistic view of this process.
Introduction • Shadow Work: Origins, Meaning and Utility.
Images:
René Magritte – Decalcomania in Black and White
Pablo Amaringo - Forest
References:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/dualism-religion/Historical-varieties-of-religious-dualism
http://dianic.faithweb.com/lightvsdark.htm
http://www.themagickkitchen.com/light-magick-vs-dark/
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keepingherkeys/2018/01/balance-dark-light/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-hand_path_and_right-hand_path
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_and_evil
https://study.com/academy/lesson/paleolithic-age-religion-artifacts.html
https://www.shorthistory.org/prehistory/language-and-spiritual-culture-in-old-stone-age/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/animism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism
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