In order to taste the freedom of self we're meant to embody, we must face [our shadows.]  We must lay hold of ourselves, grapple with our deepest nature in a dark and difficult night - like Jacob set upon the Lord - and not grow weary, not relent until our Deepest Self blesses us.  And that blessing is this: that we might come to terms with what we've witnessed and sink into a deep acceptance of who we are. 

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