You’d think we
would apply their messages mor e consistently, opening ourhearts, parting some waters, and rising above some illusions
of our own. Although billions of souls pr ofess belief in the r eligions of
the world, ther e is an evolutionary step we seem not yet to
be taking. Humanity stays stuck in the shadow, despite all
the beings of light and the messages of love that have
emer ged thr oughout our history . The gr eat enlightened
masters and teachers ar e our evolutionary elder br others,
beings who’ve actualized the divine light that r esides inside
us all. Every r eligion is a door to that light, and still the door
remains too of ten closed. And why is that? Why, given the suﬀering that the shadow
imposes, do we not embrace mor e seriously the light? In my book A Return to L ove, one paragraph seems to
have struck a chord with people. Ther e is a sentence in that
paragraph that I believe is the r eason: It is our light, not our
darkness, that most frightens us. A big “ Bingo!” seems to come up for many people when
they r ead that line. W e realize that our pr oblem, if we’r e
honest with ourselves, is not so much that we ar e
imprisoned by the shadow, but that we avoid the light. W e
actively r esist the emer gence into our better self . And as
long as we don’t deal with that, then the patter n of
avoidance goes unquestioned and unchallenged. The only
way we can escape the shadow is to outgr ow it, to dr op it
like the set of old and outwor n clothing that it is, and
become the spiritual giants we ar e intended to be. Bizar re though it might seem, our shadow is a comfort
zone. As long as we ar e being weak, we bear no
responsibility for being str ong. W e don’t owe it to anyone to
shine as long as we r emain shr ouded in darkness. Our
emotional habit is to avoid the light. W e might say we’r e
waiting for the light to shine on us, but it can’t shine on us,
because it’s not shining from us. Somewher e deep inside, we know this. Our deepest fear is
not that we ar e inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we ar epowerful beyond measur e. We are standing on the brink of a
huge step forwar d into the light of our true being, not just as
individuals, but also as a species. And yet we still hold back
somehow . In a ﬁnal moment of “Shall I, or shall I not?” we
are actually pr etending to ourselves that we have a choice. What is your alter native to getting clean and sober—that
you die of the disease? What is your alter native to
forgiveness—that you become bitter and har d? What is our
alternative to seeing the sacr ed in natur e—that we destr oy
the earth? What is our alter native to peace—that we blow
up the world? The shadow would actually say yes to those things, with a
classic r epertoir e of the insidious and insane. “ Have another
drink; it’s no big deal.” “Never for get how much that hurt.”
“The poor will always be with us.” “The earth will be ok ay;
don’t wor ry.” And the best one yet for the age we live in:
“What, ar e you sof t on ter rorism or something?”
There is a magic that happens when you simply say no . “No, I don’t wish to be weak anymor e. No, I don’t wish to act
stupidly anymor e. No, I don’t wish to be known for my
defects. No, I don’t wish to waste my talents anymor e. No, I
don’t wish to play small anymor e.”
And ther e is magic as well when we lear n to say yes. “Y es,
I will mak e a choice to love, and I will mak e that choice each
and every day . Yes, I devote myself to the light, and I
proactively choose to serve it. In a “sacr ed mar riage” to the
divine beloved, I not only commit to higher possibilities and
perspective, but—equally important— I forsak e all others . Of
course you could  become cynical. Of course you could
become bitter . Of course you could  just go along. The point
is you don’t choose  to anymor e.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gor geous,
talented, and fabulous? A ctually, who ar e you not to be? Y ou
are a child of God. Y our playing small does not serve the
world. Ther e’s nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that
other people won’t feel insecur e around you. W e wer e bor nto mak e manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not
just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people per mission
to do the same. As we ar e liberated fr om our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others. We have r eached a point wher e humanity is going to
travel in one dir ection or another . We are being for ced to
choose a path of fear or love. W e are moving towar d the
darkness, or we ar e moving towar d the light. W e know what
the path of fear would oﬀer . If attack thoughts r each a high
enough pitch—let’s say, a few hundr ed nuclear bombs
lobbed ar ound the world—then the insanity of the shadow
would ﬁnally be assuaged. F or all would then be dark. And what about the path to love? What would a world of
light look lik e, wer e our physical eyes able to see it at all? I once had a dr eam I will never for get. I walk ed into a
room that was much lik e a lar ge restaurant. Everyone ther e
turned ar ound to enthusiastically gr eet each new person
who ar rived. In the middle of the r oom was a gigantic,
sparkling fountain, and ar ound the walls people wer e sitting
in booths made to look lik e large white swans. The other
colors in the r oom wer e blue, gr een, and tur quoise. The
people at every table wer e deeply engr ossed in the most
joyful conversations. It was the happiest envir onment I
could ever imagine. When I wok e up, my ﬁrst thought was that that must be
heaven. I look ed at the dr eam that way until I r ead in A
Course in Miracles  that the line “heaven and earth shall
pass away” means that they will no longer e xist as two
separate states. The point of that dr eam was not what
heaven will look lik e, but what earth will look lik e. We will
live on earth—as our evolutionary elder br others did—and
yet, lik e them, think only the thoughts of heaven. W e will
live on earth, but know a heavenly joy . We will live in a world
now saturated with fear, but the light within us will shine so
brightly that the darkness shall be no mor e.I believe most of us believe, deep down, that we can rise
up and become the people we ar e capable of being. W e can
actualize our divine potential. W e can cast out all shadows
through a passionate embrace of light. W e can become a
species of such light-ﬁlled consciousness that in our
presence all darkness automatically disappears. We can. And this is not a dr eam. As any one of us at any
time chooses love over fear, we add to a gr eat wave of love
that is washing over the world even now . For the sak e of the
newbor n and the ﬂush of new love, for the glory of natur e
and the wonder of animals, for the mer cy of God and the
sake of our grandchildr en, to honor the sunrise and pr eserve
the sunset—it’s time. OceanofPDF .comThe Shadow Eﬀect T est
“It’s only when we have the courage to face things
exactly as they ar e without any self -deception or illusion,
that a light will develop out of events by which the path
to success may be r ecognized.”
—I Ching
1. How long have you been working on the same
issues, be they in the ar ea of your car eer, health,
intimate r elationships, or ﬁnances? A. Less than twelve months
B. One to thr ee years
C. Mor e than ﬁve years
D. Mor e than ten years
2. In the past twelve months, how many times have
you misplaced something important, gotten a
traﬃc tick et, had an accident, or destr oyed
something of value? A. None
B. Once or twice
C. Mor e than ﬁve times
D. Mor e than ten times3. How of ten do you feel phony, inauthentic, or ﬁnd
that it tak es a lot of eﬀort to get people to per ceive
you in a certain way? A. All the time
B. Occasionally
C. Almost never
D. Never
4. If your friends, cowork ers, and family members
were interviewed, would they say that you
complain…
A. Seldom to never
B. Maybe once a day
C. Frequently
D. All the time
5. In the past twelve months, how many times have
you said something or done something that you
later r egretted, whether immediately or over time? A. None
B. Once or twice
C. Mor e than ﬁve times
D. Mor e than ten times
6. After you’ve achieved a personal goal—r eached
your desir ed weight, paid oﬀ your cr edit car ds,
organized your home or oﬃce, etc.—which of the
following emotions ar e you mor e likely to
experience?A. Relieved that you made it but wary that you
may backslide into old behaviors
B. Entitled—you deserve a r ewar d for all your
hard work! C. Inspir ed by your success and committed to
keeping up the good work
D. Resentful that you had to work so har d in
the ﬁrst place
7. How of ten do you notice yourself feeling
inadequate, not good enough, unloved, or
unworthy? A. All the time
B. Occasionally
C. Almost never
D. Never
8. On a scale of 1–10, how willing ar e you to speak
your truth, even if it runs contrary to the opinions
of others? A. 8–10; I am very willing to speak my truth. B. 5–7; Most of the time I am willing to speak
my truth. C. 3–5; I am occasionally willing to speak my
truth. D. 1–2; I am almost never willing to speak my
truth. 9. What is the primary focus of your life right now?A. Advancing your car eer, impr oving your
health, building wealth, or deepening your
relationships
B. Managing strained r elationships or “putting
out ﬁr es” at work and at home
C. Making measurable pr ogress towar d your
goals over a r easonable period of time
D. Trying to avert or avoid immediate disaster
in the ar ea of your ﬁnances, r elationships,
health, or car eer
10. What per centage of the time can you count on
yourself to k eep your wor d and uphold your
promises—whether to yourself or to another? A. Less than 10%
B. Less than 25%
C. About 50%
D. Most of the time
11. How much time each day do you spend gossiping
—whether talking about someone you know,
reading tabloids, or watching gossip TV? A. None
B. Less than one hour a day
C. Mor e than one hour a day
D. Mor e than thr ee hours a day
12. Which of the following statements would you use
to describe your life?A. Most of the time, things work out fairly
easily for me. B. I have many talents and gif ts, but do not
use them to their fullest potential. C. I am riddled by bad luck and ﬁnd myself in
one bad situation af ter another . D. I have to work har d just to maintain the
status quo . 13. How much time a day do you spend working
towar d your long-ter m goals? A. None
B. Less than twenty minutes per day
C. An hour or mor e per day
D. You have no long-ter m goals
14. How fr equently do you feel mistr eated,
misunderstood, or tak en advantage of—in either
your personal or pr ofessional life? A. Every day
B. Frequently
C. Occasionally
D. Seldom to never
15. When ask ed to do something that you have no
interest in doing, you ar e most lik ely to…
A. Say no with a clear conscience
B. Say no but feel guilty about it
C. Say yes but not follow thr oughD. Say yes, do it, but feel r esentful about it
16. Imagine that your life is a house with many
rooms—some you lik e, some you feel ashamed of . How many people do you allow to see all of your
rooms? A. Nobody
B. One signiﬁcant person—a spouse, lover,
best friend, par ent, etc. C. A small handful of people know me that
well
D. Ther e are many people in my life who know
me that well
17. When you feel hurt by someone or something,
what do you tend to do? A. Keep it to yourself
B. Reﬂect, for give, and move on
C. Confr ont the situation head- on
D. Talk about it to everyone but the person
involved
18. When you get an impulse or an idea about how
to impr ove some aspect of your life, what do you
do? A. Ignor e it completely
B. Take a few steps in the right dir ection but
rarely see the pr oject thr ough to the ﬁnish
lineC. Tell yourself that “I’ll get to it one of these
days”
D. Cr eate a support structur e around yourself
to ensur e that you tak e action
19. The last time you found yourself with a block of
unexpected fr ee time, what did you do? A. Squander ed it by catalog shopping,
watching TV, or surﬁng the Inter net
B. Used the opportunity to move forwar d on
an important pr oject
C. Relaxed and r ejuvenated yourself by taking
a nap, meditating, or r eading
D. Your life is so hectic that you can’t r ecall an
occasion when you had an une xpected
block of fr ee time
20. When you mak e a mistak e, what ar e you most
likely to do? A. Be gentle with yourself and r esolve to do
things diﬀer ently in the futur e
B. Put things in perspective by acknowledging
yourself for what you did right
C. Fall into a downwar d spiral of self -criticism
D. Interpr et your misstep as evidence that you
are incompetent, and stop trying 
CALCULA TING Y OUR SCORE:
Below, cir cle which answer you chose for each question. Question 1
A = 1, B = 3, C = 5, D = 8
Question 2
A = 1, B = 3, C = 5, D = 8
Question 3
A = 5, B = 3, C = 1, D = 0
Question 4
A = 0, B = 1, C = 3, D = 5
Question 5
A = 0, B = 1, C = 3, D = 5
Question 6
A = 0, B = 5, C = 0, D = 3
Question 7
A = 5, B = 3, C = 1, D = 0
Question 8
A = 0, B = 1, C = 3, D = 5
Question 9
A = 0, B = 3, C = 0, D = 5
Question 10
A = 8, B = 5, C = 3, D = 1
Question 11
A = 0, B = 3, C = 5, D = 8
Question 12
A = 0, B = 3, C = 5, D = 3
Question 13
A = 5, B = 3, C = 0, D = 5Question 14
A = 5, B = 3, C = 1, D = 0
Question 15
A = 0, B = 3, C = 3, D = 5
Question 16
A = 5, B = 3, C = 1, D = 0
Question 17
A = 5, B = 0, C = 1, D = 5
Question 18
A = 5, B = 3, C = 3, D = 0
Question 19
A = 5, B = 0, C = 0, D = 3
Question 20
A = 0, B = 0, C = 5, D = 5
 
Total Scor e = ___________ (calculate by adding up the
answers you cir cled)
 
Then tur n to the ne xt page to discover how the shadow
eﬀect  is at work in your own life. THE SHADOW EFFECT AS SESSMENT :
If you scor ed 3–37 points:  You ar e in the neutral zone, which
means that you ar e free (for now) fr om many of the inter nal
beliefs and wounds that give rise to destructive behaviors
caused by your shadow . You have high self -esteem, your
actions ar e closely aligned with your values, and you ar e
most lik ely making gr eat forwar d progress towar d your long-
term goals. K eep on loving and listening to yourself . If you scor ed 38–75 points:  You may not be e xperiencing the
full weight and impact of the shadow at this moment, but
you ar e likely e xpending a lot of eﬀort to r epress and hide
parts of yourself and your life that you do not lik e. The
energy you ar e using to k eep things fr om spinning out of
contr ol—whether at work, at home, or with your health and
well-being—would be put to better use if it wer e directed
towar d achieving your goals and desir es. If you scor ed 76–112 points:  Either you spend a lot of time
and ener gy trying to manage other people’s opinions of you,
or you ar e deeply r esigned about the conditions of your life. This is the shadow at work and it paralyzes you fr om taking
corrective actions. If lef t uncheck ed, the inter nal chaos you
are experiencing may lead you on a crash course for
disaster . The good news, however, is that every act of self -
sabotage pr esents an opportunity to awak en you to what is
truly important. Open your heart, e xplor e the shadow, and
you’ll begin to see how your deepest pain, when digestedand understood, is designed to lead you to your gr eatest
destiny . Shadow work is the work of the heart war rior. If you’r e ready
for mor e love, mor e peace, mor e satisfaction, and mor e
success, visit us at www .TheShadowEﬀect.com. OceanofPDF .comAbout the Authors
DEEP AK CHOPRA , the founder of The Chopra Center, is the
preeminent teacher of Easter n philosophy to the W ester n
world. He has been a bestselling author for decades, his
books have appear ed on virtually every bestseller list in
America, and his writings have sold millions of copies. His
New Y ork T imes  bestsellers include Buddha  and Jesus . Visit
the author online at www .deepakchopra.com. DEBBIE FORD  is the New Y ork T imes  bestselling author of
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers  and The Secr et of the
Shadow . Her other national bestselling books include The
21-Day Consciousness Cleanse, The Right Questions,
Spiritual Divor ce, and The Best Y ear of Y our Life . She is the
founder of The F ord Institute for T ransfor mational T raining. Visit the author online at www .debbiefor d.com. MARIANNE WILLIAMSON  is an inter nationally acclaimed
lectur er, author, and spiritual teacher . The Age of Miracles
hit number two on the New Y ork T imes  bestseller list. Among
her other nine published books, four of them—including A
Return to L ove—wer e number one New Y ork T imes
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        You’d think we
would apply their messages mor e consistently, opening ourhearts, parting some waters, and rising above some illusions
of our own. Although billions of souls pr ofess belief in the r eligions of
the world, ther e is an evolutionary step we seem not yet to
be taking. Humanity stays stuck in the shadow, despite all
the beings of light and the messages of love that have
emer ged thr oughout our history. The gr eat enlightened
masters and teachers ar e our evolutionary elder br others,
beings who’ve actualized the divine light that r esides inside
us all. Every r eligion is a door to that light, and still the door
remains too of ten closed. And why is that. Why, given the suﬀering that the shadow
imposes, do we not embrace mor e seriously the light. In my book A Return to L ove, one paragraph seems to
have struck a chord with people. Ther e is a sentence in that
paragraph that I believe is the r eason: It is our light, not our
darkness, that most frightens us. A big “ Bingo. ” seems to come up for many people when
they r ead that line. W e realize that our pr oblem, if we’r e
honest with ourselves, is not so much that we ar e
imprisoned by the shadow, but that we avoid the light. W e
actively r esist the emer gence into our better self. And as
long as we don’t deal with that, then the patter n of
avoidance goes unquestioned and unchallenged. The only
way we can escape the shadow is to outgr ow it, to dr op it
like the set of old and outwor n clothing that it is, and
become the spiritual giants we ar e intended to be. Bizar re though it might seem, our shadow is a comfort
zone. As long as we ar e being weak, we bear no
responsibility for being str ong. W e don’t owe it to anyone to
shine as long as we r emain shr ouded in darkness. Our
emotional habit is to avoid the light. W e might say we’r e
waiting for the light to shine on us, but it can’t shine on us,
because it’s not shining from us. Somewher e deep inside, we know this. Our deepest fear is
not that we ar e inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we ar epowerful beyond measur e. We are standing on the brink of a
huge step forwar d into the light of our true being, not just as
individuals, but also as a species. And yet we still hold back
somehow. In a ﬁnal moment of “Shall I, or shall I not. ” we
are actually pr etending to ourselves that we have a choice. What is your alter native to getting clean and sober—that
you die of the disease. What is your alter native to
forgiveness—that you become bitter and har d. What is our
alternative to seeing the sacr ed in natur e—that we destr oy
the earth. What is our alter native to peace—that we blow
up the world. The shadow would actually say yes to those things, with a
classic r epertoir e of the insidious and insane. “ Have another
drink; it’s no big deal. ” “Never for get how much that hurt. ”
“The poor will always be with us. ” “The earth will be ok ay;
don’t wor ry. ” And the best one yet for the age we live in:
“What, ar e you sof t on ter rorism or something. ”
There is a magic that happens when you simply say no. “No, I don’t wish to be weak anymor e. No, I don’t wish to act
stupidly anymor e. No, I don’t wish to be known for my
defects. No, I don’t wish to waste my talents anymor e. No, I
don’t wish to play small anymor e. ”
And ther e is magic as well when we lear n to say yes. “Y es,
I will mak e a choice to love, and I will mak e that choice each
and every day. Yes, I devote myself to the light, and I
proactively choose to serve it. In a “sacr ed mar riage” to the
divine beloved, I not only commit to higher possibilities and
perspective, but—equally important— I forsak e all others. Of
course you could  become cynical. Of course you could
become bitter. Of course you could  just go along. The point
is you don’t choose  to anymor e. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gor geous,
talented, and fabulous. A ctually, who ar e you not to be. Y ou
are a child of God. Y our playing small does not serve the
world. Ther e’s nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that
other people won’t feel insecur e around you. W e wer e bor nto mak e manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not
just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people per mission
to do the same. As we ar e liberated fr om our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others. We have r eached a point wher e humanity is going to
travel in one dir ection or another. We are being for ced to
choose a path of fear or love. W e are moving towar d the
darkness, or we ar e moving towar d the light. W e know what
the path of fear would oﬀer. If attack thoughts r each a high
enough pitch—let’s say, a few hundr ed nuclear bombs
lobbed ar ound the world—then the insanity of the shadow
would ﬁnally be assuaged. F or all would then be dark. And what about the path to love. What would a world of
light look lik e, wer e our physical eyes able to see it at all. I once had a dr eam I will never for get. I walk ed into a
room that was much lik e a lar ge restaurant. Everyone ther e
turned ar ound to enthusiastically gr eet each new person
who ar rived. In the middle of the r oom was a gigantic,
sparkling fountain, and ar ound the walls people wer e sitting
in booths made to look lik e large white swans. The other
colors in the r oom wer e blue, gr een, and tur quoise. The
people at every table wer e deeply engr ossed in the most
joyful conversations. It was the happiest envir onment I
could ever imagine. When I wok e up, my ﬁrst thought was that that must be
heaven. I look ed at the dr eam that way until I r ead in A
Course in Miracles  that the line “heaven and earth shall
pass away” means that they will no longer e xist as two
separate states. The point of that dr eam was not what
heaven will look lik e, but what earth will look lik e. We will
live on earth—as our evolutionary elder br others did—and
yet, lik e them, think only the thoughts of heaven. W e will
live on earth, but know a heavenly joy. We will live in a world
now saturated with fear, but the light within us will shine so
brightly that the darkness shall be no mor e. I believe most of us believe, deep down, that we can rise
up and become the people we ar e capable of being. W e can
actualize our divine potential. W e can cast out all shadows
through a passionate embrace of light. W e can become a
species of such light-ﬁlled consciousness that in our
presence all darkness automatically disappears. We can. And this is not a dr eam. As any one of us at any
time chooses love over fear, we add to a gr eat wave of love
that is washing over the world even now. For the sak e of the
newbor n and the ﬂush of new love, for the glory of natur e
and the wonder of animals, for the mer cy of God and the
sake of our grandchildr en, to honor the sunrise and pr eserve
the sunset—it’s time. OceanofPDF. comThe Shadow Eﬀect T est
“It’s only when we have the courage to face things
exactly as they ar e without any self -deception or illusion,
that a light will develop out of events by which the path
to success may be r ecognized. ”
—I Ching
1. How long have you been working on the same
issues, be they in the ar ea of your car eer, health,
intimate r elationships, or ﬁnances. A. Less than twelve months
B. One to thr ee years
C. Mor e than ﬁve years
D. Mor e than ten years
2. In the past twelve months, how many times have
you misplaced something important, gotten a
traﬃc tick et, had an accident, or destr oyed
something of value.
The author believes that humans are not embracing the light and love because they are afraid of their own power and potential, and instead choose to stay in the shadow.
What is the author's opinion on why humans are not embracing the light and love?
The shadow is a comfort zone, and humans are not willing to leave it, as it allows them to avoid taking responsibility and playing small.
What is the purpose of the "shadow" in the context of the passage?
The author is not explicitly suggesting an alternative, but the text implies that embracing the light and choosing love is the alternative to fear.
What is the author suggesting as an alternative to the path of fear?
The author is encouraging readers to take responsibility for their actions and choices, and to choose love and light over the shadow.
What is the author's message to readers?
The author views the enlightened masters and teachers as our evolutionary elder brothers, who have actualized their divine potential and are a source of guidance and inspiration.
What is the author's opinion on the role of the enlightened masters and teachers?