Benjy Sherer - Feelings First Shadow Work: A Simple Approach to Self Love and Emotional Mastery (with Journal Prompts)

Feelings First Shadow Work:

A Simple Approach to Self Love and Emotional Mastery

(with 21 Days of Journal Prompts).

Copyright 2021 by Benjy Sherer

This book has been self-published (April 2021).

If any book agents or publishers are interested in this work, please get in touch.

I am not, nor have I ever claimed to be, a medical professional of any sorts. The statements and methods in this book have not been evaluated by any governing board.

I believe, however, and have seen in my clients that the statements made in this book are all intuitively obvious once they are said. They make immediate sense to a mind that is ready to receive them. The tools, wisdom and methods in this book are derived from a lifetimes worth of introspection and analysis into the human condition and from my own personal experience and research.

My academic background is in Philosophy and World Religions. I have spent a lifetime searching for answers through various lenses, and - after an awakening of my own - I learned and pieced together the comprehensive guide to self-love that you are about to learn.

I recommend that you read this book with an attitude of take what resonates and leave what doesnt. This book will absolutely give you a whole new perspective on your life, your emotions, and your subconscious cycles that have been keeping you stuck, but my goal is not to convince you of anything, it is merely to shine light on what you have never managed to see for yourself.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

SOCRATES

... and the unlived life is not worth examining.

ME

To my Dad, who gave me every last bit of love he knew how to give. I am truly grateful for all the support you have given me along the way. Thank you for the freedom with which you allowed and encouraged me to live my life.

To my Mom, who rarely knew what to say to me but was always there to listen. I realize now that you have always been my best friend. Thank you for all the love you have given me. I hope to continue making you proud as I help to change lives with this work.

To my Twin Flame, the strange love I felt for you broke my reality so that I could learn everything that I am now teaching to people. You are the one person without whom none of this would be possible. I will always cherish the good times and I hope this book helps you find your way as well.

There is a fine line between emotional awareness and spiritual awakening, and that is where Benjy thrives as a mentor and teacher. Guiding people to emotional mastery, Benjy bridges the gaps between spirituality, psychology and philosophy. Those 3 realms are all intrinsically connected in Benjys completely unique - and yet intuitively and compellingly simple - approach to self-love and emotional mastery.

Growing up with a deep existential need for answers, Benjys academic background was in Philosophy and World Religions, but that academic search left him pessimistic at the soul level about our ultimate role in this universe and the purpose of life. It wasnt until after a dark night of the soul and a spiritual awakening of his own that he was forced to dive more deeply into his own inner healing, in order to rediscover his true purpose and learn the skills, tools, and techniques that he teaches to clients today.

His overall approach is about Feelings First, referring to the notion that we can master our emotions directly, without the need for deep intellectual analysis, ultra-spiritual practices, or pharmaceutical medications. He teaches people how to connect directly with the emotions and sensations of their body - without fear, guilt or shame - and to allow these feelings to run through them so that they can be truly released. Its about building emotional muscle, not seeking rational answers.

As he says, emotional healing is NOT an intellectual activity.

Hello and welcome to your easy-to-understand guide to shadow work, inner healing and emotional mastery! I am truly thrilled and honored to have you here and I am genuinely excited that more people are choosing to start doing this inner work every day. The world is reaching a tipping point of awakened people and its beautiful.

With every person that chooses to go on this journey - to heal their wounds and become a better and more loving version of themselves - we collectively take a little step forward. Bit by bit, this is quite literally how we change the world. No joke. One by one we change ourselves, and as we change ourselves, we change the way that we treat others and - through our changed behavior - we lead others toward their own awakenings and changes. Over time, we all move forward and the whole world evolves.

Thank you for being on this journey with us. Thank you for being here with me in this book. Thank you for having the strength and courage to dive into your triggers and negative programming to finally heal and release them. Thank you for having the courage to take on fear and to learn to connect to your emotions again.

The fear of feeling our uncomfortable emotions and unresolved trauma is at the very core of everything that has gone wrong on this Earth over thousands of years. A common phrase that floats around the spiritual and emotional healing communities is, hurt people, hurt people. In other words, people who are in pain cause pain to others. This is a fundamental truth of humanity that we all need to recognize and accept in order to help us move into the next stage of our evolution. If you could begin to understand that everyone who is being cruel to you is actually in a lot of pain themselves and that this pain has been passed down from generation to generation for millennia, youd be able to start being a little less defensive and judgmental and we could all start opening ourselves up again.

The cycles of pain and trauma that were experiencing today started so long ago that most people cant even fathom how deeply these cycles are embedded into human society. By bottling up the pain that we dont know how to deal with in moments of trauma we develop defense mechanisms that protect us, but that also keep us going in circles, continually projecting our pain onto the outside world and causing more pain and trauma to ourselves and others, thereby perpetuating this cycle over and over.

If we dont heal these things within ourselves in time, then we pass them down to our children through our behavior, and even through genetic memory. Only now are enough people starting to wake up and free themselves from these trauma loops that the Earth is ready to make a real shift forward.

Heres the main secret that more people need to discover so that we can collectively evolve to the next stage of humanity:

In order to be truly at peace and happy we need to fully love ourselves, and people who love themselves are kind to others, because being unkind to others causes us pain - even when we dont realize it. We are naturally empathic at our cores. The more connected we are to our own emotions, the more connected we are to the emotions of others. So, someone who is truly connected to their own emotions and who fully loves themselves would never knowingly cause harm to another, because they would feel that pain themselves and/or be aware of the self-harm involved in harming someone else. They are aware of the stain that this leaves on their souls.

When you knowingly cause someone pain, you shoot neurons down certain pathways in your brain and create certain emotional frequencies within yourself that - their existence inside of you - programs your own brain for fear and anger and other corrosive and harmful emotions that reinforce negative behavior patterns.