Have you ever heard the phrase “You spot it, you got it”? In the Self Help movement, this phrase describes the phenomenon of projection. That is, when we become angry at the shortcomings of others—their selfishness, laziness, arrogance, or rudeness—we are, in fact, projecting disowned “shadows.” In
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford shows us how to reclaim our authentic self and confront the traits we most fear in ourselves—our shadows.
In this enlightening book, Ford explains how we hide and deny our “dark sides”—both consciously and unconsciously. Providing healing anecdotes, personal stories, and illuminating exercises,
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers invites us to look deeply at the behaviors that irritate, offend, and infuriate us—for within them are clues to incredible gifts and hidden strengths.
Some of the observations Ford shares in her book include:
- Examining our sub-personalities can be a tool to help us reclaim the lost parts of ourselves. First, we must identify these parts and then name them, and then we’ll be able to disengage from them. Actually naming them creates distance.
- We’re afraid of being imperfect, of realizing that the things we hate most about others are really just things we hate about ourselves. We are afraid that our power and our brilliance will isolate us because all we see around us is mediocrity. We are so fearful of being rejected that we sell out our most precious gifts just to fit in.
- We project our own perceived shortcomings onto others. We say to others what we should be saying to ourselves. When we judge others, we are judging ourselves…What you do and what you say is no accident. There are no accidents in the life that you create. In this holographic world, everyone is you and you are always talking to yourself.
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers is about working through the thick walls of fear and taking down the barriers we’ve constructed by looking at—maybe for the first time—at who we are and why we are here.
Ford helps readers to:
- Change the way you see yourself, others and the world
- Embrace the “shadow” parts of ourselves that has been disowned because of fear, ignorance, shame, or lack of love
- Discover the beauty of your authentic self and experience awe and compassion for your own humanity
