04. The Saboteur Archetype Self-Reflection
It’s time to get down and dirty with some shadow work! Exploring your shadow involves peering into the murky depths of your subconscious where your ego has been hiding aspects of You from You.
It’s important to remember that your psyche is composed of both positive and negative attributes. Ultimately, we need both as they work together to create balance and drive self-evolution. However, because the shadow has negative connotations associated with it, we often do not like to acknowledge it as it can be quite painful to admit that we harbor any self-limiting beliefs and patterns of fear, insecurity, guilt, resentment, etc.
The truth is WE ALL have them on some level or another and unless you start doing some digging, it’s going to be challenging for you to truly heal and make the necessary changes within to create the life experience you desire.
By finding the courage to face and acknowledge your shadow attributes, you can then begin to shed your fears and false beliefs, becoming more in alignment with who you are, your potential and power.
There are 4 universal archetypal patterns that exist within us ALL: The Child, Victim, Prostitute and Saboteur. Despite potential negative connotations or even resistance to these words, these symbolic archetypes are present to assist us with survival but ultimately to learn and grow from them. They are an essential make-up of being human. Let’s explore the victim archetype and reflect so you may gain new insight into your psyche and reclaim your power!
This reflection guides you to look within and acknowledge this shadow aspect of yourself in a curious way so you may be open to learning, accepting and embracing this part of yourself and all of its hidden potential.
Rather than engaging in victim consciousness and projecting your judgment onto another, you reclaim that energy and direct it towards resourcing for yourself whatever you need to accept that which you judge and alchemize the energy available from the experience.
We have all at one time or another made decisions or behaved in a manner that doesn’t serve our greatest and highest good. This could be from succumbing to too many cocktails or saying “I do” to the wrongly suited partner. We have freedom to make choices and it is through the trial and error of these decisions that we learn. If we don’t get the lesson the first time, then we most likely will continue to make the same mistakes and remain in the same pattern(s) until we do.
Some of the time, we are very aware when we make a poor decision while in other cases we may be completely oblivious to the stories and excuses our ego creates for us. It’s time to get real and take a good hard look at how you may be playing out the role of self-sabotage in your life.
Reflect on the Saboteur archetype self-reflection prompts below for ~5-20 minutes, for the next 2-4 days. *Unless otherwise directed.
- Acknowledge whatever you may be aware of at this time with curiosity.
- Perform this self-reflection again in about 4-6 weeks to assess your progress and to gather any new information to continue to support you and your greatest good.
- Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to use this reflection.
The Saboteur Archetype Saboteur Light Attributes self-reflection prompts:
- Saboteur Light Attributes: Making decisions and choices that instigate change for the better. Ability to use sound judgment, intuition and self-respect to guide your behaviors and actions. Teaches you how to develop appropriate self-esteem to be able to make choices that positively support and empower yourself.
- Reflect on how well you use your inner guidance and wisdom to make decisions that support your greatest and highest good.
The Saboteur Archetype Saboteur Shadow Attribute #1 self-reflection prompts:
- Saboteur Shadow Attribute #1: Sabotaging yourself via poor choices or actions due to an underlying fear of change or an underlying self-limiting belief of unworthiness where you don’t believe you deserve to thrive or have power. It’s possible you may fear failure and thus actually sabotage yourself from trying anything new or taking risks. Most of the time self-sabotage occurs at a subconscious level.
- Reflect on how this shadow aspect may present in your life. It may show up as a general pattern or in specific situations or relationships. Try to witness yourself with an honest, impartial and non-judgmental perspective. Consider the underlying reasons why you may exhibit such tendencies.
- How might you be responsible for sabotaging your current situation or difficulty achieving your goals?
- What choices have you made that do not support you?
- Do you choose relationships and jobs that are unfulfilling?
- Do you make poor decisions and actions related to your health and wellbeing?
- What is your responsibility and role in a current situation you find undesirable?
- Do you fear failure?
- Do you fear change?
- Do you believe you are truly worthy of thriving in life?
The Saboteur Archetype Saboteur Shadow Attribute #2 self-reflection prompts:
- Saboteur Shadow Attribute #2: Sabotaging others from succeeding and trusting their intuition out of the need to control and have power over them. This is due to one’s own underlying insecurity where undermining others provides a false sense of power.
- Reflect on how this shadow aspect may present in your life. It may show up as a general pattern or in specific situations or relationships. Try to witness yourself with an honest, impartial and non-judgmental perspective. Consider the underlying reasons why you may exhibit such tendencies.
- Do you sabotage others from making positive choices for themselves?
- Do you try to control others from making their own choices even if this means making their own mistakes?
- If you answered yes to any of the above, reflect on why you may do so.
Projecting the Saboteur Archetype self-reflection prompts:
- Projecting the Saboteur Archetype: Projecting onto others ultimately symbolizes your own inherent insecurities. Noticing when you judge others reveals these subconscious patterns. One example is negatively judging another who demonstrates victim archetype patterns. Usually, this means you are harboring your own victim archetype issues.
- Do you negatively judge others because they find themselves continually sabotaging themselves?
- Are you able to identify your own insecurities related to these judgments?
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