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John Bradshaw
American
Philosopher
Feelings
People
Thinking
Us
Work
You
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I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They know their strengths, but they also know their 'shadow' - they know their weaknesses. In other words, they understand that there is no good without bad. Good and evil are really one, but we have broken them up in our consciousness. We polarize them.
John Bradshaw
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Broken
Good And Evil
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Good Person
Somebody
Own
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Define
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Weaknesses
Shadow
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Without
Limitations
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Really
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Conscious
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Strengths
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
John Bradshaw
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Intelligence
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Evil
Dark Side
Sense
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Need
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
John Bradshaw
Ego
Self
True
Spotlight
True Self
Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.
John Bradshaw
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World
Feelings
Vice Versa
Believe
Changing
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Our
Project
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Outer
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Attitudes
Versa
Different
Vice
Create
Creates
Belief
Beliefs
Different World
Inner
It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn.
John Bradshaw
Mistakes
Our
Okay
Make
Learn
Us
Teachers
Help
You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.
John Bradshaw
You
Passion
Energy
Find
Shakespeare
More
Traditional
Freshness
Than
Want
Works
Bring
As a child I was not allowed to express my feelings, so I had to go back through therapy and express the child's pain.
John Bradshaw
Feelings
Pain
Back
Through
Had
Allowed
Go
Child
Therapy
Express
Many self-help books give you these neat, tidy formulas that are really illusions. They dupe people into thinking, 'Well if I can just do that, then everything's going to be okay.' My work differs in that I don't offer quick solutions and simple explanations.
John Bradshaw
Work
You
People
Simple
Thinking
Everything
Books
Okay
Solutions
Give
Well
Tidy
Self-Help
Quick
Offer
Dupe
Going
Just
Formulas
Explanations
Then
Really
Many
Illusions
Neat
Differs
I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.
John Bradshaw
Work
People
Try
Giving
Thinking
Consider
Tools
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Ultimately
Encouraging
Get
Them
Lives
Presents
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