Joy that has no opposite
Interesting conversation last night at the very nice Table d’Hote on 92nd Street in Manhattan. We were talking about the paradox of practicing an appreciative lens while honoring the power of our shadow self. As it turns out, the more appreciative we become in our perspective, the more clearly we see things as they are, including our shadow and light selves. An appreciative lens is not a repression of our shadow, but the light revealing it and the way beyond it to the kind of joy that has no opposite.
