Deep, practical, insightful

I've read and listen to a lot of books on spirituality and personal development. In that reading and listing I've often come across the concept of the shadow. It never seems like a subject I really wanted to look into deeply. Now after listening to this book, I'm enthusiastic about doing shadow work. Particularly helpful for me are the sections on the inner critic, anger, sex, and spiritual bypassing. I also really like Robert Agustus Masters voice and delivery. He talks clearly and expressively and as if he's just sitting in an armchair across from you discussing the matter off the top of his head. It's a very nice conversational style. This is the sort of book I will be listening to over and over again.

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Powerful, profound, like being with an actual

If you could sum up Knowing Your Shadow in three words, what would they be?

therapist but better than most. If you're like me you've been through 4 or 5 who just ask you what you did last week and nothing else. This is not like that, this is actual shadow work. The meditations for meeting your shadow in section 2 are great. And the song that closes section 2 out is so awful that after recovering from the initial shock of being immediately and spontaneously thrust back into your childhood with images of your overbearing [insert religion here] mom and all the shame and guilt and crap that entails, you won't be discouraged from doing shadow work on that too. Haven't listened to the rest, but I'm sure it's good.

What other book might you compare Knowing Your Shadow to and why?

Possibly Ken Wilber's early stuff, the stuff he wrote in the 80's before boarding the turquoise spaceship.

Which scene was your favorite?

Section 2 Meditation where you stand outside the cave.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from Knowing Your Shadow?

Knowing my shadow, duh.

Any additional comments?

Nope.

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THIS IS AN ACTUAL WALKTHROUGH BOOK.DONT RUSH IT!

What made the experience of listening to Knowing Your Shadow the most enjoyable?

im seeing people complaining about the pauses that this audio comes with and i still bought it as soon as i realized this is a work book then it all made sense, as you're listening the author talks about exercises that you can do in the moment, he guides you to get inside your subconscious which is where all shadow work needs to be done. so make sure you take this book slow and follow the author as he guides you.

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Deep work on the shadow

This is not a book to listen to while commuting or for leisure. It is a deep book working on the darkest sides of our being.
Listen to it slowly, in small segments
Do the meditations and work prescribed
Keep a pen and paper for taking notes

By doing so you will cultivate the wisdom and enlightened guidance in the book. Otherwise you will get bored and drift off track, and you will have no idea of what is going on.

Thank you Robert
This was enlightening

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Dissatisfied lacking content

Too many exercises and elevator music. Not for people whoo likes listening while driving. Visualizing certain scenarios makes me disengage quite often. The religious songs makes me want to slit my wrists. The long pauses during exercises makes me sleepy every time. That would be the reasons for finishing listening as I was asleep for 80% of the time.

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...the reader read, so, soooo... sloooowwwly...

Even at 3x-speed I found the pauses of the reader disconcerting; I would just think that there was something wrong with the recording, and he'd start up again.

Perhaps there is something to his meditative, slow, and almost hypnotic-trance etherial way of slowing down; but it wasn't for me.

I was looking for better understand of my shadow, in the Jungian sense of and unacknowledged largely dark side. I didn't find exploration here, except that I freed my dark side to kick this book into the dustbin and get a refund.

Perhaps it was useful in that; or maybe there's more Zen-like things to it that I'm missing. Be that as it may, I can't easily envision the people I most admire, from Socrates, and Feynman, to aspects of Edison, sitting thru this boring book.

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Former Abusive Cult Leader!

He is a former abusive cult leader! Do not listen to, I was informed and did research! Very easy to fall into mind trap

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good book

the only complaint I really have is you can hear this guy swallowing when you do the meditations and its not a regular swallow its like a loud long swallow where you can hear his spit being shifted around in his mouth and it just really throws off my meditations lol.

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Face it, its just you

If you ever have wanted to know who the scary person behind the mask is then take the journey and discover you

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Interesting, helpful but at times lengthy

I could not read the book in one go. It was interesting to try and do all the meditations, some of which I found very inspiring. Several times I lost interest and had to make myself pick up the book again to continue reading. Now that I am done I have the feeling, I have to start all over again... I guess it is a process...

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