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Read Wilma Mankillers book, a former principle chief of the Cherokee. There is a chapter in there regarding that. In some Native cultures it is an omen of death and also of evil in others. Also of wis…

Matching drop shadows across CSS, Android, iOS, Figma, and Sketch — I’ve known for ages that shadows didn’t match, so I decided to do lots of research and find out how to get them to match. I wrote the article. Feel free to AMA. :D

Other attachment styles — I know the normal 4: Secure, Anxious/preoccupied fearful avoidant, dismissive avoidant, plus disorganized, which is just sort of an "all of the above" In doing parts work, I've been trying to figure…

The algorithm doesn’t hate you — Started working with a TikTok shop client who thought they were ***shadowbanned*** and we reversed that in 60 days. Views were at less than 200 per video. Sales? Even worse. It dropped from 30k to be…

How could I achieve this gradient shadow thing, in these cards?

Shop app shadow banning? — Has anyone else had an issue with the shop app? I've ensured all of my listings are correctly set up, I can see that all the settings are active. I can even search for my shop name in the shop app and…

Set out to launch my first e-commerce brand, feedback? — Looking for advice on a health and wellness business, A transdermal nootropic patch designed for biohackers, deep workers, and anyone looking for clean, all-day cognitive enhancement without the stim…

A Metaphorical Description of An Avoidant Reaching Out — In the quiet dusk of a long, isolated winter, an avoidantly attached soul finds the courage to break free from its self-made fortress. For years, it has wandered amid barren landscapes of guarded emo…

a song about longing for something that never was - disorganized attachment style edition — lyrics: Who am I without wanting you? A shadow tracing something true There's a part of me that still holds onto you tight To every place you touched in my life I can't tell where you end, and I b…

i feel safe with being almost loved | disorganized attachment style anthem | i want love but i'm scared | (cathartic release) — Lyrics: Love, for me, is just a hallway, Soft light, shadows drifting slow. I see a silhouette approaching Then I turn before my heart can get too close. Sometimes I feel a brush of something ten…

Does strong energy field scare people subconsciously, here is my experience — For the past few years I’ve been focusing a lot on my self-concept and doing inner work, working on my shadow, learning healthy emotional detachment, and grounding myself. I went through a difficult p…

How to unlearn? — Hello all, I have been practicing meditation and breathing exercises regularly for the past nine months and it has been having immense effects on my life.. I coupled this with yoga, shadow work and s…

Wondering if anyone has taught a child the basics of grounding, meditation, shadow work, and/or energy work? — A little information, my children are younger, but not too young to understand, and we are expecting again. My wife is very skilled with energy even out of practice, and I am getting back in tune with…

Letting go of LUST — Dear fellow meditators, I have now been meditating for several months and have had tremendous success in letting go of a lot of insecurities I had.. This has helped in improving my social skills and …

Become Indifferent Neville says. But it's easier said than done. My Tips. — If you want to be in charge of your creations you have to become indifferent to your own reactions. And it sounds easy until someone triggers the bejeezus out of you. Politics, your mother in law, pe…

Met up with ex after no contact for over 10 months.It went pleasantly. — For anybody wondering whether they should reach out, it went well for me. I was also uncertain how it would go. The relationship ended very badly, we did therapy and it didnt help. I thought id never…

Where to go from here — Just to warn you, this is a long one... For context, my partner (F39) and I (M40) have been together for 17 years, have two kids together. This all started in early January but seems to have been goi…

No contact year 6 update: — Hello everyone! I’ve made some update posts in the past and figured I would make one for year 6 as that anniversary is coming up soon, and with context it will make sense why I still specifically reme…

THE PHOENIX LIGHTS 29th ANNIVERSARY This is what I saw that night March 13, 1997. It was a totally solid piece of machinery not just lights. I could see the bottom of the UFO clearly by two light sources illuminating the bottom of the craft as it flew over my head — I posted this also in UFO sub. March 13, 1997 I was working in East Mesa, Arizona in a 10 bed Hospice inpatient unit as the Charge RN. We worked 12 hour shifts getting off at 7:30 PM but that night t…

After 30 years of being a people pleasing, peace-keeping, manipulative, caretaking, dysregulated, codependency "addict," I've finally reached a point where I have enough control to simply STOP. In a very short amount of time, my whole entire life has changed. It's nearly impossible to describe. — The first part of this post is just context, and you can skip it all by scrolling down to **The Proof** I'm not going to go into much detail, but just for context: I experienced some pretty major chi…

i made my therapist cry (in a bad way) — hi everyone, i hope you're doing well - i have been with my psychotherapist for a little over 2 years, and for the most part we have been okay. however, over the last couple months, i have felt frus…

self concept work is no joke — For years I have been manifesting things like money, good career, etc via scripting, visualization and other methods with ease. But I noticed that every time I acquired those things there was still …

THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think) — Soo days back I made a post voicing frustrations about my shifting experience and mentioning a few a of my roadblocks. Two days ago I shifted successfully to the Odyssey and when I came back to my cr…

Farewell — In the last two years, I have posted to this group a few times. Last year, I posted ([“Here’s the thing: you’re dying, too.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/1ifz1cr/heres_the_thing_youre_…

First actually OBE — So today I had my first real OBE experience. Not really much but I was definitely exiting my body. I was listening 45minutes of f21 where I felt asleep. My Alexa woke me up after my timer endet and I …

Carl Jung wasn't a psychologist. He was a shaman. — Carl Jung quietly wrote one of the most profound esoteric texts of all time, at least in my own personal opinion. Seven Sermons to the Dead was written in 1916, privately shared between a handful of J…

Speaking out about my experience. The Shadow behind the Light? — Hello, I have felt compelled to speak about my experiences more. As my perspective is unfortunately a lesser narrative in our space. I have time and time again read but and pieces here and there that …

it finally clicked — i just. omg. i just NEED to share this SOMEWHERE. i spent 6 years trying to think myself into “making” shifting happen. 6 years focused on only my mental health, believing if i finally found the one …

The fastest way identify every limiting belief blocking your manifestations. — Hey! I need to tell you something. This past month changed everything for me. Since July, I had been trying to manifest a remote job. I was stressed all the time, thinking about it constantly. At on…

Why are my intimate relationships so rough? (unhealthy relationship w/ the masculine?) — I have a pattern of being in highly codependent relationships and usually I’m the one displaying avoidant toxic traits, and I can feel very strong masculinity even as I identify as female. My current …

Processing my NDE and the paranormal experiences that followed — I can’t sleep and i’m feeling the need to document a sequence of experiences I had from February 2019 through 2020 that forever changed my life. I’ll try my best to keep each section somewhat brief, b…

Method I figured out to LD — If you close your eyes (works best in a slightly light room), and try and look at what you can see through your closed eyes. Like shadowy shapes and moving lines (I assume these are all just your brai…

I lost everything to the war and I'm completely broken. 7 months of daily 6-hour work gave me nothing. How do I not give up? — Hey everyone. I'm writing this because I'm genuinely at a dead end and need some perspective from people who actually get this stuff. I'm from Ukraine, had to flee the war, and lost literally everythi…

I wanted to discuss letters 3 to 5 of Moral Letters. — I just finished letters 3 to 5 of Letters From a Stoic by Seneca.  I wanted to summarise what I got from them, and talk with y'all about the parts I didn’t fully understand. If I misrepresented or mis…

What is this thing called "shadow work" ?

How does my third house stellium in Capricorn impact this transition in my life? — I’m new to astrology so I’m still wrapping my head around the extraordinary amount of information to examine and explore. Source of birth time is my birth certificate. I’m on the cusp of a major iden…

I've met the 'angel of death' and it is not what you might think it is — During a "mini NDE" induced by a ketamine overdose, the following happened: As I was laying on the couch, feeling my intestines grinding to halt, I felt an entity approaching. it wasn't visible, but i…

April 2026 Astrology: Key Dates, Weekly Forecast and Mundane Astrology World Events — April is one of the most active months we’ve seen. Not one planet is in retrograde. Aries fire and cardinal energy sets the stage for initiation, assertion and spontaneous energy. There is a bit of na…

This was what I said when we met up a week later after she said she would’ve married me while breaking up with me. Only reason we met up was cuz I asked if she was serious ab what she said and she said “yes. I would’ve married you” — I’ve had a lot of time to really think about and indulge in what happened to cause this. You are right. I shouldn’t have added her back. But what you’re wrong about is what you think what was said aft…

Me (M21) and my gf (F21) broke up and no contact — You’re probably reading this wow another break up story with the same details. Me and my girlfriend of 3 years broke up. We’ve had prior issues and mostly with me and that was because I wasn’t really …

Swingers clubs .. — This is my first Reddit post! Sorry if it’s all over the place!! but I needed some insight from others who know what goes on in swingers / sex/ or “lifestyle” clubs… I’m dating a guy in his 30s, & we …

Shadow work — \#shadowwork #innerchild Hey all. I wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions for books or courses on shadow work? I’m trying to work through some of my trauma and have hit a very low point in my…

How to stop this from happening? — please forgive me if I got this all wrong, maybe it isn't astral projecting after all, it's only a theory I have to explain what I have experienced. It is that way more than once I have had a "real" f…

Channeled message - this is why you’re not shifting༄˖°.🍂.ೃ࿔*:･ — Hi sweet shifting peeps, this is a collective message for you. \~ I specifically asked the deck, the crystals and the sound cleansing that I did it to help me pick out the card that would be most rele…

No crumbs. — I am done. I finally pulled the plug, and vanished from the grid without a single word. There were no long paragraphs and no final arguments, but instead, just a clean, hollow silence because the disr…

3g Mushroom Trip on Good Friday / Full Moon: Seeking Chaos Magick perspectives and "Self-Remembrance" techniques. — Hi everyone, Tomorrow (Good Friday / Full Moon), I’ll be taking 3g of dried mushrooms in a rural setting (Tarija, Bolivia). This will be my first full experience with psilocybin, though I have a back…

Art peace about finding myself through meditation and shadow work

Out of body experience? — Yeah, so, I was just hoping to tell my story and see what people have to say really. About 15 years ago I was working as a carer. The job was supporting 3 people who shared a bungalow and each night …

simple way of manifesting — Since we are so used to autopilot we rarely question or decide what we truly want. I always catch myself arguing whether something is gonna happen or not. I have dark brown hair and without bleaching…

Datura and the myth behind it about hallucinations — Picture yourself standing in front of it… You notice a single, dramatic bloom rising from the plant like it’s presenting itself to you. The flower is shaped like a long, hollow trumpet, wide at the …

is anyone willing to read my super long journal entry? i’m feeling so much right now, i wonder if anyone else relates. — TW: strong anger/aggression, depression, suicidal talk, negative self-talk, small mentions of religion. I’m back home again, and I hate it. I’m not sure why I keep doing this to myself. I’m not happy…

Just a few questions here - I'm new to lucid dreaming. I garden quite a bit, so I can grow Artemisia douglasiana and a few other helpful herbs and make a poultice or something. I usually don't rem…

From my experience the way he described it was the confusing part, especially considering the dozen translations there are of this book. Personally I think that a few things he is not right about w…

Also, not to be cheesy but working on self love and self confidence. Like, real confidence from doing shadow work and also awesome shit that you’re actually proud of (both take time but so worth it). …

Not cheesy at all! Been doing shadow work for a while but I was tired and neglecting it recently. Thanks for the reminder :)

Yes! I was thinking about Jung's Shadow and Assagioli's Subpersonalities just the other day. There are so many parts to our personality, often contrasting with each other, but we grow up feeling like…

Don’t understand why my post was shadowbanned when warning people about a con-artist account on here. Just saying.

I did a course with PDS a few years ago to help get over a break up. It was something like overcoming grief. In the course she discusses something called the Golden Shadow, traits in another person th…

Also you lie to them and expect them to except it.when I notice some one is just saying something that isn’t real ,it bothers me. Often my wife needs space,so she stacks her calendar with appointments…

I've been doing shadow work and joined an attachment support group. I feel like I'm in a period of accelerated growth but also doing my best not to rush anything. I feel drained in a lot of ways. I…

This is super AA! When they start distancing, it triggers your fear of abandonment so much that you preemptively disengage from a stress fawn/freeze response. I'm also AA and also leading in a relat…

I'm a FA in therapy (although with another FA/DA was leaning anxious). A lot of people don't have the skills and guts to communicate uncomfortable things. Here comes ghosting, which is way easier to d…

Yesss therapy - I started weekly in person therapy about 6 weeks ago, EMDR, IFS work... It's... kind of freaking hard, but I can see that it's helping me slowly start to build an internal sense of saf…

> The sub doesn't let me post That's weird. There are auto-rules that limit TOP-LEVEL comments for posts tagged as "Seeking Personal Stoic Guidance". You have to be tagged as a "Contributor". I do…

i wouldn’t consider it splitting, but yes to a certain extent. like you said i get triggered which causes emotional dysregulation, especially in response to feeling disrespected, rejected, or betrayed…

I really hope I can find some answers here about why I’m unable to let go of and forget one person. The breakup was unbearably painful, drawn-out, and emotionally exhausting. I spent years chasing an…

This is such a great comment. Avoidance does hide in the shadows and when you actually talk about it, it often shifts.

As an anxious -attachment, it's not that easy. Many of us, especially as women, when it comes to relationships and our experiences, we need to remember --> everything with LIFE are a process. Growth, …

I will focus on building other forms of relationships (self, spirituality, and new deeply aligned friendships). Getting love and security outside of romantic context. Staying single all year, solo dat…

I'm an FA also and just wanted to say, dating didn't work for me, either. This'll sound weird and probably cocky but it felt like shooting fish in a bucket. I think I've often been attracted to unavai…

Since this book gets recommended a lot, even in this thread, I am also making my own comment. This is about *Atttached* by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. This goodreads review by a user named Melody d…

Check out Thrown Away by Vast Should I call you Should I reach out? It feels like chasing shadows in the night Yeah let me in Because I'm out I know that I am someone No one said I was, no one said …

I think you like his calm, aloof personality in some moments as you wrote, but it is getting in a way of one of your needs: that of connection. And it's quite evident why you are feeling lonely. You w…

Find a therapist whom specializes in attachment therapy mate. Get some reading materials/workbooks - set limits. Listen to podcasts about AP but again set limits. Go to the gym. I know I’m not “welcom…

I've been there :/ learned my lesson as well. Mine only lasted a few weeks but I was trying to give her a chance but was not into her looks, as well as some grating parts of her personality. I cut it …

I'm moving cities next month, does deleting Tinder and reinstalling work better to reset the account? Or will it count against me? For some reason I'm not really getting matches and I don't know if I …

Yes you should put a pizza in the oven! What season of The X-Files are you on and what’s the new tat? I have a bunch of ideas I want for tattoos - I need to draw them up! (Need me a kraken sinking a …

This is so true and something I have been struggling in my mind last weeks, as I am going through a break up. Before we met, I kinda had my life, easy but had some habits I was content with. Then, dur…

Tiktok speak for pornhub. Like other allusions to words that get shadowbanned Some people use corn star to mean porn star on there for example

Chiming in as another fan of a shaved head, I love when that sub is in my suggestions 🤭 It’s such a good look, and add a well kept beard or a 5 o’clock shadow and the good gets even better

Yeah true, thanks. I struggle with fixing this mindset about myself. I have been for years. I do like some things about myself but the parts of me that I dont like overshadow my being. Im gonna try an…

You shouldn’t be dating until you feel “over” this past flame.  It’s unfair to the partners that follow to always be compared or live in another person’s shadow, which will happen even if you don’t i…

call/text is fine, honestly not sure why your mate think in-person is a good idea lol. if you can keep a count of the dates i don’t think face to face is necessary. and any bad feelings i have ov…

Had a really great 4th date the other weekend - with a first visit to one of our houses, he brought flowers, no stutter in the in-person chemistry (for me, and it seems like for him, it just keeps get…

Someone might act less like their Moon when it’s blocked or overshadowed for instance, a Moon heavily aspected by Saturn, placed in the 12th house, or under strong Sun/Mars/Saturn energy. These factor…

>the current retrograde (February-March 2026) moves through Pisces before stationing direct — retracing degrees across the Pisces/Aries cusp that Mercury occupied during the 2025 retrograde shadow per…

The moon was just in the earths shadow with a red tint as well. You can still see it especially when its not totally covered by the shadow

the name is confusing because "blood moon" sounds like it should be invisible, but it's actually the opposite -- a total lunar eclipse makes the moon MORE visible in an eerie way, not less. here's th…

Pluto in Aquarius is fascinating in that it’s quite contrary to the current Trump/Putin/Xi authoritarian regimes. When I think of Emperors or Kings I think of Leo, the shadow side. As has been stated,…

Can make famous suddenly Rahu is illusion, so rahu is hype, rahu is how u can show urself as high Like the game of thrones dialogue "Power is like shadow, and a small man can cast a very large shad…

Shadow industry. Entities galore. It's dark. And whatever people may choose to believe, it's no different from doing it in real life energy-wise. And think about it, are the people in the videos happy…

Please don't take these comments serious, it's so dangerous, the whole charts together, specially aspects, planets in houses IA your only way to judge, yes there are res flags and green flags, b…

🤭 I'm not sure how good a dungeon is at transforming/transmuting our more difficult traits. It's really good at creating our shadow self though🧟‍♀️ 😁

It's never about racism, always about the country she represents. I doubt it would be the same for Asian Americans if they were to represent Japan or Taiwan. They would likely face no issues and might…

The biggest benefit I have had in my life has been toxic shame because of what it took for me. It took away any ability I could have had to create a “light treatment” of the human condition. Someon…

This is a huge post, and there is a way “to speak of the victory”. To get there. I’ll break it down in detail. It’s very, very important to go forward into the direction of hope and strength. That ca…

Just putting this out there, is there anyway she can prove without a shadow of a doubt that it was never physical? Maybe you can send a loaded message from her phone to him, see how he responds, and …

I dont copypasta much but this what I made for my void friend. I wrote the deck by hand i just run it using gpt The card you’re asking for is: C13 — Void Friend (ID: C13_friend_of_nothing) --- A…

What is shadow work?

I’ve been told by different guys before I met the narc, that I’m not “a shadow of the man you were before him”… and I can really tell by my confidence when I go out or do anything

Its an excercise to get in touch with the emotions that we have repressed inside ourselves from our childhood and the general past.. Our body remembers it all and stores it, waiting for us to unpack i…