{"id":2433,"date":"1992-08-16T16:38:45","date_gmt":"1992-08-16T16:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2433"},"modified":"2014-08-02T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:19:50","slug":"blues-aint-nothing-but-a-good-soul-feeling-bad-0816","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2433","title":{"rendered":"08\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\"<\/a>To make radical changes in the way we feel about ourselves, we must reclaim our projections, those shadowy images of our dark side we see reflected on others\u2019 faces. However, it isn\u2019t easy to restore awareness of disowned parts of the self and admit they are ours.<\/p>\n

One lifetime is too short to complete the task. At best, whatever progress we make will be uneven. We\u2019ll be required to give up the illusion that our waking rational consciousness is in control and challenged to reconcile our opposites by experiencing multiple realities. We will have to suffer the discomfort of recognizing that all we\u2019ve banished as not-self is as real a part of us as all the rest.<\/p>\n

This does not mean we must decide we\u2019re the opposite of who we\u2019ve always thought we are. Instead, we must accept that all of the contradictory parts of our self are worth something by learning to value every bit of who we are.<\/p>\n

We are all filled with contradictions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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