Shadows are present day and night, the parts of the self ignored, compromised, or habitually dominant. Watch what you wish for. It may not be the best thing for you at the moment, a manifestation of some unlived part that is better off left in the shadows. On the other hand, the shadow self must become fully known if one is to truly “know thy self.” All aspects of self are valid and must be explored. The question then becomes: Is it the right time to turn to the shadow, or is it time to turn to the light?

Both extremes are you, but somewhere in between is your balance, where light and shadow are fully known and accepted, kept in balance without excess in either direction, all parts recognizable and easily utilized or put to rest when appropriate. When light and shadow are in proper perspective, all of life is in proper perspective. That is balance!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Life may not always flow as smoothly as you would like. Interferences and interruptions, blockages and stoppages are par for the course. But even so, your own input and choices, the attitudes you take, the deepness you elect to ponder are all under your control. Life happens but so do you. You are more than you think you are. Why not prove it to yourself? Rather than be overcome by life, awaken the force within you and become what you seek. May the Force be with you!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

What you turn away from will come seeking you. What you reject will cry out for you. What you cut off will emerge elsewhere. What you lose will find you.

It is in seeking wholeness that all that you are becomes acceptable. It is in integration of all of the self that you will find peace and contentment. It is in doing the greatest work there is, that of knowing the self, that your fulfillment will be realized. Seek to know the self and you will find what you have been seeking.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

A warrior’s intent is the most valuable tool, for it is upon intent that new worlds are created, that goals are achieved, that new life begins and grows. Intent is possibility’s partner, for everything is possible when intent is aligned with right action. Spirit aligned with intent is naturally the warrior’s way.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Chuck offers this comment to today’s Soulbyte: Intent in the hands of the ego alone is black magic and the source of evil doing. Be sure, once again, that intent is in alignment with the true self, that new life might truly flourish.

Life’s path is rarely straight and narrow, for life does not go according to any plan but takes one hither and thither, inviting one into the joys and sorrows, the mysteries and splendors of all that earth offers. Even a tree, rooted and stuck in the earth, unable to move, takes its own course, finding so many directions up and out, down and about. Do not hold life to a rigid standard, but ask the self to be as flexible as a sapling in the wind, as fluid as a mountain stream, as gentle as a prairie breeze, as strong as a mountain, facing all that comes as you take your journey with all that is in you. Expect yourself to flourish no matter the ground you walk upon or the place you have landed, for all of life nurtures in some way.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne