Learn how to manifest your dreams and desires faster by overcoming fear, suppressed trauma, and doubt.
People are afraid of negative energy. There are so many self-help books out there that tell you that you need to have a positive mindset. Others, like the Law of Attractions talks about vibrations and how your vibe attracts your tribe. While others will tell you that you need to be in a perpetual state of bliss and euphoria in order to either manifest or be enlightened. However, I am here to tell you that negativity, can be a good thing. In fact, when used well, negative energy can greatly magnify your manifesting efforts. So, stay tuned, if you truly want to understand and master the power of the dark side.
What is shadow work
You need fear to have courage. You need vulnerability to have strength. Now, you think that I am going to go ahead and talk about Darth Vader. After all, he was like the greatest black magician and alchemist of all time. Nope. instead, I am going to talk about Batman. Yes, I am totally in love with Christopher Nolan’s’ Batman series. And no, it’s not because it’s dark and a little majestic. I love the series because it has a great deal of knowledge.
How to do shadow work
Let’s just take a look at Bruce Wayne. He is a sheltered rich kid, who is afraid of bats. In fact, it is in short that bats that got his family killed. Do you remember watching the movie, and seeing the young Bruce Wayne shivering in his seat while watching the bats perform on stage? His parents escort him out of the theater, where they are then brutally murdered. However, Bruce Wayne’s fear of bats started before the play. In the beginning of the movie, there was a scene where the young Bruce Wayne falls into a well where he is attacked by bats. His father rescues him, dresses all of his physical wounds. However, the mental and emotional wounds are left to fester.
What is black magic
I like to talk about the movie Batman Begins, because I believe that Bruce Wayne and yes, Batman are the real black magicians. They are symbolic for the transitions that take place when a magician has mastered the process of alchemy. I know, you were led to believe that black magicians are evil, and they use a great deal of trickery and baneful magic. However, much like a lot of things about the occult, you’re only expose to just a small part of what a black magician is. A black magician is about pain, darkness, and suffering. In fact, their growth comes by facing their deepest and darkest fears, and overcoming them.
Shadow Work and Carl Jung
You see, the black magician is all about understanding the shadow side of self. Carl Jung, a closeted occultist took a great deal of these practices and called it psychology. More specifically, he called it shadow work. Carl Jung believed that people could never overcome their phobias, fears, or trauma without facing them head on. In fact, I believed that Christopher Nolan was channeling Carl Jung when he had the main characters from the league of shadows say, “to overcome fear, you must become fear”. Yes, it’s very true. In fact, you can’t have courage without fear, and yes, you can’t have vulnerability without strength. All those things go hand in hand.
Shadow work exercises
So, what does Bruce Wayne do to overcome his fears? He becomes his fear. As the movie progresses, you see him slowly transforming into Batman. He faces his fear, endures a lot of suffering, all in the quest to heal, and yes, experience a weird sense of power and enlightenment. Now, I know that there are a whole bunch of new age gurus out there who tell you to think positive, to avoid negative people and negative energy, to take the higher road, or to turn the other cheek. Sadly, these are the same people who are getting rich off of selling you books, workshops, retreats, and seminars. They’re getting rich selling you positivity and hope. In truth, when it comes to manifesting, negative energy and positive energy go hand into motherfucking hand as Samuel L. Jackson would say.
How to overcome fear
We can see this concept playing out with the fictional character Scarecrow. In the movie, Batman Begins, Scarecrow is using pharmaceutical drugs, along with some brutal scare tactics to control and manipulate people. Of course, we understand that society has constantly manipulated us through fear. Elderly white women are afraid of burly black men. Wimpy patriots are afraid of Muslims, and virtually all of America is afraid of terrorist. You can just watch any news cast and see how the they perpetuate fear. So, the main reason why we don’t face our fears, is because we are programmed not to. As a result of this program, we are not just more fearful, we also have shame, hate, guilt, self-loathing and the lack of self-confidence. In fact, it is fear coupled along with our suppressed trauma and unmet needs that sparks virtually all of our undesirable behaviors.
How to overcome trauma
What does all of this mean in dummy terms? It means that your shadow self is causing virtually all of your problems. Yes, your shadow self is the reason why you’re sick. Yes, you’re shadow self is the reason why your marriage failed. Yes, your shadow self is the reason why you can’t get a man, or keep a job. Every problem in your life is caused by your shadow self. And yet, there are no tools practices and techniques that are effective enough to help you. So, what do we get? We get a society filled with anarchy, corruption, and chaos. We get a society that is devolving and becomes susceptible to degradation.
Is Alchemy real
And so, when you have degradation, you need to roll up your sleeves and call in the big boys.
In the movie Batman Begins, the big boys were called the League of Shadows. They were people who have mastered the left-hand path. They believed that the city of Gotham needed to be destroyed. Why? Well, because Gotham had become too corrupted and was beyond saving. The League of Shadows believe that destruction needed to take place, in order for the earth to become balanced, once again. And you know what, The League of shadows was partially right. However, it wasn’t Gotham that needed to be destroyed. It was Bruce Wayne. He needed to be destroyed, so that he could be reborn into Batman. And as you watch the film, you see that Bruce Wayne would have never been able to defeat the league of shadows, without first confronting his fears, overcoming his trauma, and becoming someone else entirely.
What is alchemy
This is the concept of alchemy. And yes, this concept can also be applied the enlightenment, manifesting, and magic. You have to endure suffering, pain, discomfort, there is no way around it. You don’t avoid negativity, you embrace it. You embrace it and understand that negativity is a natural force of nature. However, negativity can turn bad, when it starts to degrade. Just imagine the scales. When there is too much negativity, the scales tip, and degradation, chaos, malady, disease, and dysfunction kicks in. In fact, you become a master alchemist by being able to endure pain, facing your fears, being vulnerable, and doing the very things that make you uncomfortable. So, in truth, we have to go to the dark side to reach enlightened.
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