Shadow Work
Always an uncomfortable process,
working with our shadow involves
considering how our best qualities
manage to hide us from our worst
and choosing instead to employ an honest mediator between the two.
Manatee is quick to protect her vulnerability.
If your Obsessive Preoccupations put you in the position of being cast off as a Know It All, you are lost in shadow.
True Wisdom requires that you think twice before sharing openly and, instead,
first observe others, to carefully spy their intentions.
Cultivate a shy approach as you assess for safety.
Once community is assured, divulge freely and abide fully.
Dolphin risks all in the service of curiosity.
Jelly Fish is pulled to be elsewhere.
If your Fascination holds you captive to the Genius work at hand, you are lost in shadow.
True Wisdom requires that you unhook from the fervor of the mind’s well crafted efficiency and, instead,
take time to dream.
It is a brave act to explore an attitude of indifference to that which most activates the senses.
Let the unknown have its say in keeping you attuned and informed.
Otter is in supreme alignment with his environment