What is the point of ego work/shadow work? Honest question because I find the whole thing confusing and right now it sort of seems like a journaling/self-questioning practice that doesn’t have a logical end… like what is the end point and what are the actual steps to get there? Right now I am seeing that you ask yourself a bunch of questions and try to get in touch with yourself but… to what end? How do you employ anything you’ve learned to make your life better, help yourself, etc? I have heard about this concept of detaching from your defensive ego in order to make decisions from your “authentic self,” but I really have a hard time understanding how this would actually work in a real life example, whether it is a real thing that makes sense, or why it would even be beneficial.
