Plants’ Role in Shadow Work
I would not be such a huge advocate for these plants and or even put them in truffles to sell to the public if they were going to make you look at some dark and heavy shit about yourself without the simultaneous helpful insights that show you the road to healing, growth, and a productive new sense of awareness. I would not be such a huge advocate for these plants or even put them in truffles for general use if I believed they might stir up uncomfortable feelings and insights that leave anyone feeling overwhelmed and/or exposed with no sense of resolution. These plants (and these truffles) will not leave you hanging.
I think there are some more common schools of thought that seem to say these plants are to help with a slow and uncomfortable process of growth and that the work that you do with them is some kind of purposefully uncomfortable burden and sacrifice that some people take up for some greater purpose. That’s just not my experience with any of them at all nor is it what I’m hearing back from customers. On the contrary, these plants are beautiful and they can help us see what is usually painful and uncomfortable in new and beautiful ways because they show us a deeper picture filled with timeless wisdom that we may have had trouble accessing on our own.
They can offer great relief, breakthroughs, and freedom. I try to post lots of suggestions on how to use them in the most productive and healing ways. (You can find those posts on our social media accounts as well as in our store) It sounds so cliche but I frequently say, keep it simple.
Why make shadow work harder than it has to be. Go into it with the intention to heal and grow through insight and awareness and let go of that desire to analyze it all. The older I get, the truer it seems to be that the more I can let go of trying to analyze and understand everything, the freer and happier I become. I find that the unburdened mind is fertile ground for gifts of new insight that continue to not only make my life easier but I believe also make me a better person and help me realize my potential and ultimately what I can give back to the world. These plants help us walk in beauty. Let them do just that.
