My Shadow amuses me. She's so Old Testament God(dess). Judgmental and wants everyone to atone; repent for the supposed sins they have committed against her. Fall on their gotdamned knees and recognize who she be. LOL.
I never know when she'll start rattling her cage, but when she does I let her out. She just wants to prowl and play a bit. Feels neglected. Wants to be heard. So I let her cry and rant and throw things. Rail against Fate. Better to take notice and let her have her say, because she has Wisdom to offer as well. It just comes wrapped in an ole school package. The unravel comes when the storm has passed.
Emotions still exist on the other side of the game; they're simply processed a bit differently. Divine Feminine likes to flow and experience. She gets deep into it; realizing that emotions are the tools for Self-knowledge. She enjoys the human-ness of being able to feel. But She also knows when to step waaay back and gaze upon the glory of the tapestry; rather than get mired in the devilish details. 3D is where limitation lives.
I do my best to avoid getting caught up in some blame-placing verbal melee...because on a higher level I know everything is really about me. If anything outside seems to knock me off center, make me sad, make me angry; then I know it's time to turn inward. The others are the trigger, the catalyst for clean-up. Soul themes, karmic loops that need to be untied. The old gunky has to go so the nu-nu can come in. One cannot embody the Living Word if they aren't willing to make room for it.
When the clarity arrives, I can see that it's not about waiting for Source to reveal everything all neat and pretty. Like any good parent it only assists. Ultimately it's my story. So, once the lesson is revealed it's up to me to decide what will happen from there on out. Given that every time a lesson loops back around the experience gets rougher, it behooves me to re(soul)ve it. Old energy only acts as the red pen, striking out expansion and possibility. It shifts the timeline backward, forcing you to relive pain you no longer want a part of. But sometimes you have to hit that pipe one more time...taste it; savor the flavor. Inhale deep and exhale even deeper. The dust of dead dreams be the gateway drug.
When you can put it down...you exchange it for that greater good.