Reassert your intent to change as each day dawns. As each day begins to form, begin to form your own beginnings of a new you, a changed you, for it is never too late to change. The entire Universe pushes for change now and it pushes you too. Why not jump on the bandwagon? There is nothing to lose and the whole world to gain. Change is more than just in the air. It is in the hearts of many as they blaze a new path of heart for one and all, and all for one. Let change sweep you up in its embrace and carry you too into new life. Change your mind, because it’s never too late to change.
Sending you love and support, The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Take your dream forward one day at a time. With measured step, with pure intent in your heart, and with the promise of new life in your future, dream on. Even as you dream of new life, know that each day, in each moment, you are already living it, experiencing a taste of it, manifesting it. In each breath you breathe, each word you speak, each action you take you are not only taking your dream forward but creating it in the now. Live each day with purpose and meaning, even as you wish for greater purpose and meaning. Each day is important, filled with possibility and the opportunity to do or say something meaningful and important. Everyone has that opportunity, equally. Use your words and your time wisely. And remember to keep love in your heart and all will be well.
I wrote the following poem a few weeks ago. It just came through me without being conjured or called. I felt the urge to grab a pen, and this is what came through. I hope it helps, especially in these times of turmoil when we may not feel heard, respected, appreciated for the journeys we have taken, when no one wants to listen to our story, when we feel alone in the world and our heart is heavy. Perhaps this offering that I received will offer you something. Here is the poem:
Witness
Let the sun be your witness, for it has warmed you.
Let the wind be your witness, for it has heard you.
Let the darkness be your witness, for it carries your story.
Let the earth be your witness, for it bears your pain.
Let the dawn be your witness, for it knows your dreams.
Let the birds be your witness, for they sing your song.
Let the water be your witness, for it washes your tears.
Let the whole Universe be your witness, for it knows you better than you do.
Let your Soul be your witness, for it has already gone where you have gone.
Be your own witness, for you know who you truly are.
Keep the light of hope alive. Keep the light of change alive. Keep the light of prosperity for all alive. Even in the darkest of times do not let the light go out. Keep a spark of spirit always lit within the self. And within that spark keep your love alive, keep your dream of peace and happiness alive, keep your visions of equality and equanimity alive. One day peace will come, justice will come, and love will reign. Keep all that alive.
In the light of day the solid world appears safely discernible. As darkness approaches the discernible melds into blackness. Anxious anticipation and fear replace confidence and security, as that which awaits in the darkness draws near.
“Go to the light” is the guidance of spiritual traditions. We turn on the lights to dominate the night, to safely traverse night’s feared demons. Home security systems promise protection from real or imagined demonic projections upon the darkness.
But what is the truth of those inner demonic projections, so frequently veiling the truth of the night? Jung appropriately named that disowned portion of the psyche, that which lives in the shadow. For Freud, the personal portion of the shadow was the sequestered human animal, whose sexual and aggressive politically incorrect impulses were relegated to wish fulfillment dreams.
Jung extended the reach of the shadow into all the unknown dimensions of self. Just the venture of letting go of ego control in the journey of sleep is a leap of faith. Who can guarantee that a night’s sleep will deliver them into life in a new day?
Dream is a natural entry point into the subtle spirit realm. As the body sleeps, the spirit naively launches into journeys in infinity. Will it safely return? Will its cord to the physical body remain intact?
What encounters will the spirit face beyond Freud’s wish fulfillments or repressed sins? Beyond the personal lies the collective, replete with entities unsettled and seeking. How will spirit handle these encounters? Will it be drawn into heavens of delight, or into hells of terror? These are the challenges of the journey of the dark night of the soul.
Beyond the collective lies the transpersonal, the light of the high SOUL. But the truth is that high SOUL is the Yin/Yang of white and black. In blackness is latent spirit. In light is spirit manifest. The light of the manifest requires shadow. Without contrast there is nonexistence.
To seek the safety of the light without owning one’s contrasting shadow ill prepares one for one’s true spiritual journey. One must reckon with and explore the fullness of one’s unknown self to avoid the trap of negative projection upon blackness, and the false security of clinging to the one-sidedness of the light.
All beings are black and white. To achieve the lightness of being needed for true ascension we must reconcile with, own, and treasure this wholeness. Without the darkness of the unknown our heaven in infinity would terminate in boredom. Without the light of consciousness to navigate the darkness we’d surely lose our way.
Inextricably united, may black and white journey in oneness into that good night.
