Lisa Ray Instagram – Facing and feeding our demons avoids the creation of a raging monster that wreaks destruction both in us and in the world. …the dragon is not slain…but drawn out and fearlessly nurtured…the potential enemy is transformed into an ally. This means that the energy that has been tied up in struggle becomes a positive and potentially protective force, a daemon rather than a demon. The shadow is the repressed self, the unwelcome aspects of our personality, we disown. We are often unaware of the shadow of our personality, because they are unseen by the conscious mind. If the shadow is not made conscious and integrated, it operates undercover, becoming the saboteur of our best intentions as well as causing harm to others. Bringing the shadow to awareness reduces it’s destructive power and releases the life energy (the potential) stored in it. By befriending that which scares us most, we find our own wisdom. By @lama_tsultrim_allione Image by @farrokhchothia