Your Angelic Self or Your Evil Twin?

Welcome to The Light & The Dark, a newsletter that finally speaks for both our angelic self and our evil twin within (smile).

As you might be aware of, your unclaimed shadows lurk in your unconscious and tell you what you can and cannot do, what you should eat, when you should or shouldn't exercise even if you said you were going to do the exact opposite, how much money you can make or save, or how fulfilling your career can be. Your shadow tells you how much success you can experience and how much joy, happiness and fun you can have or not have each day. But you don't have to tolerate this anymore. Today's the day to say no more, no mas, nie wieder, aldrig mere, finissez-en!

Assuming you're an adult who is making the choices each day that shape your human experience, you can ask, "Why would I let my unconscious rule my life and dictate my future? Why would I hand my life and future over to outdated beliefs, concepts and traumas of the past?" Why? Let me shed some light. Because unknowingly you have let your unconscious rule your life. So let's get honest. Have you fallen asleep at the wheel and forgotten that you are a magnet for repetitive and familiar experiences even if they are ones that you don't want to have? Have you forgotten that there are many layers to the human life and that there is always something greater going on here? When you are asleep, you don't even realize that there is something that has grabbed the steering wheel of your life and is driving you down the same old bumpy, pothole-filled roads that you loathe.

This is why you need to deal with your shadow. This is why you need to make sure you are awake and in the presence of your goals, dreams, desires, wants and unmet needs. When you are awake, you will have the power to choose your path.

Your Weekly Shadow Work

Make a list of your repetive patterns and begin to explore what demons are driving you.
How long have they been in the driver's seat? How much longer will you give them the wheel?
Decide now to push them into the passenger's seat. Today, make a commitment to be a responsible adult and take a radical action NOW.


Once you have shined the light on your darkness, you can powerfully use your voice and feel worthy of receiving all that the universe is waiting to deliver to you. The time is now. The Shadow Effect is coming...to support you Friday June 26th.

With love and blessings,


Debbie Ford

The Countdown is On!

On June 26th, over 5 million people will find out about The Shadow Effect, featuring Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, James Van Praagh, and more.
Be one of the first to experience the movie everyone is talking about and the trailer that will thrill you. Watch the trailer. (http://www.theshadoweffect.com)

Come to a Shadow Salon (http://secure.theshadoweffect.com/index.php?p=Screenings), an exclusive screening hosted by one of my Integrative Coaches, an evening of transformation and shadow tricks. Or host a screening of your very own (http://secure.theshadoweffect.com/index.php?p=Host).

Experience The Shadow Process
Unravel the mystery of your life, coming to:

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July 24-26, 2009

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October 23-25, 2009

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Ego Management

Sometimes I feel like I'm in the ego management business -- in the midst of finishing a new book, preparing to launch The Shadow Effect, building two new websites, creating an amazing webspace for my coaches, leading workshops and trainings, making brochures, Twittering and updating my Facebook status, mothering, and more. It can be overwhelming and bring up the most earthly behaviors -- mine and others. Of course, I'm in denial when they're mine and appalled when they're somebody else's. That's the way of the ego, the way of the shadow and its mighty defense called projection.

I woke up this morning asking, "What's the answer?" How do you get through life each day when you're in overwhelm, when there is more on your plate than you can handle, or when life is just not behaving as it should? I needed some solace (peace) so I went digging around in my next book The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse to find it. I thought I'd attend one of my own lectures. And right there on page 12, I got relief. Even though the book is not out until September, I wanted to share what shifted me with you.

It is your soul's journey to bring into balance all of what you are -- the coexistence of opposites, the divine integration of the sum of all the parts. It is the soul's journey to enroll the ego in the quest for the ultimate victory -- the evolution of your own individual consciousness. But the journey must begin by choosing between two forces: one has the power to lead you to new heights; the other can keep you pinned down to a past that is filled with limitation and dread. Don't be fooled. You're living either an ego-driven life or one that is soul centered.

The soul discerns with a laserlike sharpness. The ego judges and rejects with disdain and aggressiveness. The soul takes responsibility.The ego blames and transfers responsibility. The soul moves through life with grace. The ego moves through life with sloppiness, chaos, and drama. The soul feels good about who it is and what it wants and needs to sustain itself, to grow and evolve. The ego never has enough; it can never leave well enough alone or see beyond the current circumstances. It is entitled, confused and feels stuck.

The ego is tirelessly swimming against the current, while the soul sits back and floats in the direction that life is moving in. You're either being guided by your soul or driven by your ego. At any time, you have access to either of these lifestyles, and to all the experiences and emotions they bring with them.

So after reading these short paragraphs, I realized that all there was for me to do in the midst of the turmoil was to choose the journey of my sweet soul -- to tune in, to listen even more deeply and to stay committed to a higher vibration -- the vibration of love, peace and success...my soul's success.

So of course I'll ask you like I asked myself, "What can you do this week to make this human experience more loving, more honest and more soulful?" I hope you remember that, in the midst of an ego attack, you too can choose a higher vibration. It is the only true path to your soul's success.

Sending you lots of love for the week ahead,

 

Debbie Ford

Have You Forgotten?

Have you forgotten who you are, that you were born a child of God, a divine hand, a piece of a giant collective heart that lives to love and loves to live?

Have you forgotten that you matter, that you are infused with a divine power and, because of this gift, you are powerful beyond measure?

Have you forgotten that when loneliness, struggle, fear and limitation are present, they are nothing but states of consciousness that are just an illusion, an intermittent interference, a smokescreen hiding the true essence of who you are?

Have you forgotten that you deserve better, that there is no one in the world quite like you and that without you, our collective heart cannot be whole or healed?

Have you forgotten that peace begins when you have claimed your piece and your place in our collective family? This is all that you are here to do.

Have you forgotten that we were all created equal and that it is our birthright to be treated that way?

Just for today, live like it is your piece that the world needs and is waiting for. Watch, as you step into this truth, how the universe opens up its arms to you. Watch as the world shifts right in front of your eyes and how your essence turns back into a part of the divine herself. Do it for no other reason than to bring a little more peace and EQUALITY to the world today. Do it so that you remember the great gift of life - which is YOU. And in doing so, you will remind others - through reflection - the great gift that they are to this world.

Remember YOU are the love WE are waiting for.

With love and deep gratitude for allowing me to share my piece with you,

Debbie Ford

 

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