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1 " Self-destruction and self-sabotage are often just the start of the self-resurrection process. "
― Oli Anderson , Shadow Life: Freedom from an Unreal World - Reclaim Your Hidden Self, Practise Unconditional Self-Acceptance, and Live Real
2 " The Ego is the ‘thing’ that you’ve created to keep hiding from your Shadow, convinced that it’s all the ‘light’ or ‘good’ things about you – when in reality, the ego is neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad’ because it’s totally unreal. "
3 " Life is too short for unreality and you don’t owe anybody anything - especially your time, energy, and attention. "
4 " Give me something real or GTFO” - it works every time. "
5 " Anybody who doesn’t at least have some rough edges is being unreal – they’re bullshitting themselves and they’re bullshitting you too. "
6 " What you’re looking for is ‘inside’ you but you can only reclaim it by shattering the mirror on which it reflects itself back at you. When the mirror is shattered, the shards reveal your Real Face. "
7 " Real always works. "
8 " Your Ego and your Shadow are in constant conflict. "
9 " Your Shadow is all of the things, 'positive' and 'negative', that you’ve denied about yourself and hidden beneath the surface of the mask you forgot that you’re wearing. "
10 " If you don’t accept yourself, you can’t transcend yourself and the world: first, you need to increase your awareness, then you need to accept what you learn, then you need to take action. "
11 " The Shadow Life is real life but it can only be for those who don’t deny the truth about themselves, the world, and reality by becoming AWARE, cultivating unconditional ACCEPTANCE, and talking real ACTION. "
12 " Life is short and the opposite of life is bullshit. "
13 " If you expect disappointment, you won’t be disappointed. "
14 " Whether you know it or you don’t, whether you accept it or not, everything you do is about the reclamation of your own ‘soul’. "