Carl Jung proposed the idea that everyone has a shadow side and like a statue in late afternoon, the greater the man, the greater the shadow.
From a religious point of view, it is quite important to believe that life's struggle is all about eradicating the shadowy aspect that lie within us which, in the christian view, are the source of sin.
Shadows are our neurosis. They imply something pathological, which leads to dysfunctions and even danger-which need to be addressed, but even so, it seems hard to imagine what it would be like if a person had no shadow whatsoever. That person would be what people derisively call a "goody two-shoes". They would be excessively or annoyingly virtuous person which implies that they are shallow and insincere.
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