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EP 208 — Dr. Keith Witt: Integral Wisdom

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

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What Is Distructive Shadow?

I really don't think people have a sense or even a connection to the concept of one's center. Most people suffer from what I call externalization of the self, which is like body builders that live in the mirror but lose their sense of self in the mirror. Distructive shadow is running your life and you're trying to avoid awareness that destructive shadow is runningyour life. Now, it's a weird thing to be alive today. It's very difficult to engage in a developmental process in a culture where as you discover who you are, you really aren't that cultural ideal. This is the Catholic concept of original sin.

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