Welcome back to Daily Breath, this is Deepak Chopra. We are continuing our discussion about evil,

or as stated in the 8th secret,

evil is not your enemy. Today I want to introduce you to the concept of what Jungian philosophy and Jungian psychology has called the shadow.

If you wake up one day to suddenly discover that you hate someone else, that there is no way out of a situation except violence, that love isn't an option, consider how subtly you arrived at your position. Having internalized these forces you reflect

the world just as the world reflects you. So the operating phrase here is what we see we become and who we are actually also shows up as what we see.

What you see you become and who you are allows you to see the world as a

reflection of yourself. This is what it means in practical terms to have the world in you.

The world is in you. You're not in the world, the world is in you.

Just like you're not in the body, the body is in you, you're not in the mind, the mind is in you.

So when you recognize this, then evil cannot be your enemy if the world is in you, it can only be another aspect of yourself. This aspect of

our self is called the shadow. And I'd like to say very clearly if you don't have a shadow it only means you're standing in darkness.

If you're standing in the light then you have a shadow. Period.

This is metaphorically true and this is literally true.

So what is the shadow?

The shadow is that part of yourself that you're embarrassed about.

You don't want other people to know about this aspect of yourself.

Whatever it is, there's some secret addictions

or secret tendencies that you're ashamed of

and you don't want people to know.

And if you ignore your shadow, then your shadow will tell you,

you're ignoring me and I'm going to embarrass you.

And this happens all the time in politics and religious institutions.

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