Or take the thinking-type persons whose special temptation is emotional explosion. Why? Because if they do not bring their feeling side into their spiritual life and deal with their feelings and emotions in a holistic way, those pent-up emotions will sooner or later explode in damaging ways. When this happens, it tends to confirm our mistaken idea that our shadow side is evil, and we redouble our efforts in the areas of our preferences in an attempt to overcome the evil. Many people ride this spiritual rollercoaster throughout their Christian pilgrimage, because no one ever tells them that
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