Metaphor: Catching Shadows

Last night, I saw my daughter running in circles around a basket and I asked her if she wants to pee – because she usually does that if she wants to go to the bathroom.

Then she told me "Mommy I'm trying to catch my shadow!" This is what I told her:

"You won't be able to catch your shadow because that is a part of yourself. Your shadow is also you, so how can you catch your shadow when you're running around the basket? What you need to do is to stop and catch the shadow you be able to catch your shadow if you stop running around."

Then, I showed her how to catch my shadow. I stand still, kneeled, then I touched my shadow on the ground and told her:

"See, mommy was able to catch my shadow because I did not run around. I become still and I know where to catch it because it is also me."

After that, these words of mine actually hit me. This thought came through me.

The shadow is actually a part of ourselves. Oftentimes, we are aware of our shadows but we just continue with our life as if, it is separate from us.

Then, we wanted to catch it by running away from it or running toward it. But that is not the correct way to catch your shadow. To catch your shadow, you need to recognize it and be still, and most importantly you need to accept that your shadow is a part of yourself. That your darkness is you and not separate from you.

You need to find the light so your shadow will appear and once it appears, learn to integrate it with your life. Learn to live aware of your shadows.

Accept that your darkness is actually a part of you it is also you.

Remember, your shadow is you. By accepting your shadow/the darkness in you, you are accepting yourself.

The light will show you where your shadow is and so as the shadow will make you recognize where the light is.

They are not separate.

Both light and dark came from one Source.

And so are you.

Love and Light.

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