"There are many parts of our being that we have been resisting, and they will continue to arise as we look deeper and deeper within ourselves. The deeper we look, the more layers of conditioning, trauma, habits, beliefs, attachments, and other negative aspects we will find. When these parts of us do arise, all we need to do to heal them is accept them, forgive them, and give them our love. • We do not heal our shadow by judging it, condemning it, or being ashamed of it. We heal it by bringing it into the light—into our love and our awareness. We heal it by looking into it, acknowledging it, feeling it, forgiving it, and making peace with it. Using our loving awareness, we can calmly look into our emotional wounds and begin to heal them. Until we make peace with the things that scarred us in our past—the things that made us judgmental, bitter, cynical, anxious, shy, depressed, or fearful—they will always play a role in unconsciously influencing our lives." ~A quote from the book "The Answer Is YOU" Available on Amazon.com • #TheAnswerIsYOU #Spiritual #Awareness #Love #Consciousness #Awakening #Truth #Happiness #Freedom (at Kahana, Hawaii)