SHADOW 2

WE DON'T SEE OBJECTS, WE SEE REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT ON OBJECTS
IT IS THE SAME REASON THAT WE DON'T SEE OBJECT IN OUR MIND, WE SEE REFLECTION OF LIGHT (PAST KNOWLEDGE) ON OBJECTS. WITHOUT THIS LIGHT, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT JUST LIKE WITHOUT PHYSICAL LIGHT, WE DON'T SEE AN OBJECTS.

JUNG CALLED THIS PROJECTION OF SHADOW. REFLECTION IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE THAN SHADOW. PHYSICALLY, A SHADOW IS CREATED WHEN THE SURFACE DOESN'T REFLECT BACK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE STANDING ON A PAVEMENT WITH THE SUN BEHIND YOU, YOU WILL SEE A BLACK SHADOW BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT IS NOT REFLECTIVE. HOWEVER,  IF YOU STAND ON TOP OF A MIRROR, YOU WILL SEE A REFLECTED YOU.

SO, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHADOW AND REFLECTION IN OUR MIND IS THAT REFLECTION IS RECOGNITION BY THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SHADOW IS SOMETHING WE DON'T RECOGNIZE DUE TO THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE. IT'S LIKE A BLINDSPOT THAT CAN HIT YOU THE SAME. THIS IS THE BIAS AND UNKNOWN PART OF OURSELVES.

WE PROJECT OUR INTERNAL WORLD TO THE EXTERNAL WORLD AND INJECT OUR EXTERNAL WORLD INTO THE INTERNAL WORLD. SHADOW IS ANYTHING WE DENY, THAT WE DON'T REFLECT, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE OR ADMIT. LIKE CHILDREN WHO ARE AFRAID TO SEE SHADOW AT NIGHT, WE ALSO SCAPEGOAT SHADOW. SHADOW IS A RAW FORM OF AN OBJECT. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IT, WE ARE AFRAID OF IT. BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF IT, WE DON'T WANT IT AND GIVE IT TO OTHERS. JUST LIKE WE REFUSE TO KNOW AND DESPISE OUR SHADOW, WE ALSO REFUSE TO KNOW AND DESPISE THIS SHADOW IN OTHERS. THIS IS PROJECTING THE SHADOW. THE BIGGER SHADOW WE HAVE, THE BIGGER SHADOW WE SEE IN OTHERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LIKE TO STEAL AND STEALING IS SOMETHING FROWN BY OUR PRINCIPLES, WE WILL HATE IT. WE WILL HATE THE SAME STEALING BEHAVIOR IN OTHERS. SELFISH PERSON HATES ANOTHER SELFISH PERSON.

ONLY BY HAVING REFLECTION FROM THE OTHER SIDE, TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE STOLEN FROM, WE CAN LEARN NOT TO STEAL THAN WE CAN ACCEPT THE STEALING IN OTHERS.