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The Jacksonville Law of Attraction Theatre Thursdays Presents!

The Shadow Effect

May 27th 2010

Be uplifted by the power that is hidden beneath the surface of your conscious mind. Take this emotionally gripping, visually compelling journey into your mysterious shadow self the hiding place for your most disliked thoughts, emotions, and impulses and discover how by embracing your worst fears, you can step into your greatest self. Be transformed by Debbie Ford, the #1 New York Times best-selling author and internationally acclaimed expert on the human shadow, as well as some of the most brilliant and evolutionary thinkers of the 21st century. Be inspired to uncover the wisdom in your wounds, the blessings in your misfortunes, and the gifts that are waiting to be claimed where you may least expect them . . . in the dark. If shadows could talk, they would tell you that there is gold to be mined in every experience.

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When you begin to understand Law of Attraction, and you understand that which is like unto itself is drawn, then it is easier and easier to understand that you are offering a signal, and the entire Universe responds. And when you finally get that, and you begin to exercise some deliberate control about the signal that you offer, then it really begins to be fun, because then you recognize that nothing happens outside of your creative control. There are no things that happen by chance or by circumstance. There is nothing that is happening because of something you vibrated a long time ago or in a past life. It is not about what you were born into. It is only about what you are, right now, in this red hot fresh moment emitting. --- Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in Seattle, WA on Saturday, June 20th, 1998

Thank you for attending this meeting today! I invite you to learn, to open yourself to possibilities, grow, explore and share!
The following pages contain quotes from The Shadow Effect Movie

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It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are without any selfdeception or illusion that a light will develop out of events by which the path to success may be recognized When will you face the truth?

What will be possible when you do? There is something that you have to know about The Shadow is everything that we dont want others to see The only time you dont have a shadow is when youre standing in darkness The Shadow shows up in many different ways The Shadow is made up of the thoughts, emotions and impulses we find too painful to accept All of us are being affected by the collective shadow The Collective Shadow manifest as evil, as war, terrorism, social injustice etc Each and every one of us is the CAPTAIN Dont be the captain who just goes downstairs to sleep If you havent met yourself (the inside), youre going to be in a lot of trouble The birth of our shadow occurs when we are very young When we suppress, we are living in denial of all of who we are. We try with all our might to pretend that we are not that which we hate The wounded ego hides all that we believe is unacceptable about ourselves We create personas so that we belong Many of us have a private and a public life Our mask takes many forms. Our mask become our prison
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When we deny ourselves a safe outlet to express our darkside, it builds up and becomes a powerful force, capable of destroying our lives as well as the lives of others Everything we reject, we keep beneath our consciousness When you dont deal with the shadow, that part comes out, creeping up in the workplace, at home, in relationships..etc The more we try to repress, the more it intensifies, and finds interesting and mischievous ways to show up Things have to come out in order to be released Either youre going to use it or its going to use you All experience is a result of contrast, light and dark, pleasure and pain, up and downin order to have manifestation you have to have opposing energy To have a shadow is normal We are the microcosm and the macrocosm Every quality that we can see in another exists within us Active or dormant, we possess every conceivable human emotion, conscious or subconscious We are everything How could we know courage if we have never known fear Afraid of our unworthiness, while simultaneously afraid of our own greatness, we unconsciously transfer these qualities to another instead of owning them ourselves Those we project our own pieces of our unclaimed darkness as well as pieces of our unclaimed light What we cant be with wont let us be When we are pointing, there are 3 fingers pointing back at you What we judge in others is a disowned part of ourselves Projecting creates a vicious circle The ego is all about survival - reactive and mechanical, wanting to defend and react When you react to a projection, you become the projection
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Express and let it go The shadow is the person wed rather not be We must deal with the shadow What you resist persist If you dont deal with your shadow, it will deal with you The cost of ignoring a destructive pattern is self destruction Recognize and express any kind of pain- without expressing it stays with us, causing us to react Unresolved issues have a direct correlation with our physical bodies, health, wealth and wellness Be mindful with every thought, every single day We are the source of everything within us Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from beyond Pretty soon, we run out of places to hide Man should discover his own reality If we reject our own reality, the self will war against us Repressing our shadows can lead to destructive behavior We have to resolve undigested stress The light of Awareness begins the transformation process We all go through trauma There is gold to be mined in every experience Experiences help us to be who we are What doesnt kill us makes us stronger At a certain point in our lives we must decide, what am I going to do with my experiences The gold we seek is hidden within the dark
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The Guest House

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi ~

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We all have a divine recipe, whats yours? Address issues so you can get to your true authentic self The Spirit never dies If I survive today, then tomorrow Ill be free Embrace who you are authentically, not being ashamedtheres nothing to be ashamed When we embrace our totality, we experience freedom We are here to give and to receive LOVE If you dont embrace your darkness, you cant embrace your light As we move through our shadows, we can reclaim our light Our outer shell protects us from the world, our real treasure is hidden within We unconsciously hide our inner gold and to uncover our gold we need to have the courage to chip away at our outer shellpiece by piece You cant fight darkness with darkness. You can always switch on the light I forgive myself. You are forgiven Use the pain or your past to be the greatest expression of who you are today Shame can devastate our sense of self The greatest gift of forgiveness is that we free ourselves Forgiveness doesnt happen in your head until it happens in your heart Work full time on self forgiveness Forgiveness is the hallway between the past and the future Accept the energy of love We are the total being of love Everything in life is an opportunity for growth If you want authentic piece of mind, then understand your shadow and be ok with it We are as precious as 1,000,000 pounds of gold

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Our brightest light can shine only when weve accepted our darkness There is wisdom in every wound There is a greater future waiting for you Life is a magical journey of making peace with humanity and divinity I matter We are more than we ever dreamed possible There is no one in the world like you What if you knew that in every cell of your body, you were living a divine plan so important, so vital for the evolution of humankind Everything that is happening right now, that doesnt fit your ego ideas, is happening to support you in stepping out of the smallness of your darkest thoughts and into the brilliance of your biggest dreams

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Our Deepest Fear Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~Marianne Williamson

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