When you remain unconscious of your shadow patterns, people learn how to use you through your predictable reactions. You become a reactor in life rather than taking conscious action. This reactivity empties your energy source and prevents you from living a full, creative existence. Your life becomes a series of repetitive, predictable dramas with no room for authentic growth or expression.
Consider how mechanical this makes you: "Now he's going to do this. Now she's going to say that." Your automatic reactions turn you into a machine with predictable functions. Where is the growth in that? There is none—only the accumulation of more information, which is also mechanical and doesn't create meaningful change in your life.
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