Whenever I hear someone describe something as ‘dark’, something in me crunches a little.
I understand what they mean, and I loved the first three episodes of Star Wars especially. Still, something feels out of alignment here.
I have observed so how the darkness can be so beautiful.
The warm dark soil, that holds our seeds, gives nutrients, space to grow strong roots and reach up high to the sun.
The warm dark womb in a mother, holding the baby safely as they grow.
The darkness of the womb of universe holding the earth and the sun as they flow through each and support life here.
The darkness within our body holding all our organs safely.
The darkness of the night sky, that can support our circadian rhythms of rest and wake, and where we can then see stars.
The darkness when we close our eyes, helping us to sleep and dream.
The darkness of colours of some skin – of those that do so much beautiful contributions to the world.
The darkness found in the skin of our ancestors. Whatever our skin colour now, deep in time, our ancestors had dark skin. These ancestors held us in the seeds of their dreams and we became us.
What more examples of healthy darkness can you think of? That you have experienced?
Of course, I understand that when people use that term, they mean something else, yet still I have the crunch.
It’s similar when someone sends me light – that crunch – and wonder, is it the unhealthy type that burns and harms us, that makes us not be able to see through the glare, or is it the light that is warm and welcoming, that facilitates photosynthesis, Vitamin D production and promotes health and wellbeing.
Just as light can be extremely unhealthy, or really healthy, and facilitates life here, so darkness has this potential to be healthy too, and also facilitates life here.
So when, connecting and meditation with the moon, I was invited to share a meditation to connect with the wisdom of this healthy darkness, I was very happy to explore more.
And in sharing, in facilitating that meditation.
From my own experiences, and the experiences of the group.
I understood darkness in a way I had not before.
I invited us to, with intention and a practice, to connect with the healthy darkness within us.
I felt a release and a relax, that rather than my subconscious being told that it had to fight the darkness somehow, my subconscious cool accept, relax and explore. And with this I felt my body also relax.
We asked ourselves in that moment of meditation, which part of the darkness of the body shall we listen to, to connect,
And I brought my awareness to this part of the body.
I saw two people on the outside of what looked like a deep hole going into the ground, with rocks around.
I asked who they were
One answered ‘son’ – though when I questioned, wasn’t my son I was soon to find out who they were son of.
I asked what I could do, and the answer was to help remove those rocks.
Which I did.
Soon it was clear that those rocks were rubble.
Rubble where bombs had flattened the buildings that humans had made.
And as we dug, we found those that had been hidden under the rubble.
We lifted them out.
One, the mother of the son that was removing the rocks.
They had passed, and were ready to share.
To share what they had experienced.
And what they had learned from this.
And what their wishes were for themselves as they journeyed on to their next life stages,
And what their wishes were for us, and those that come after us – future generations.
For both their gift – I saw an image of the world, with a dove – as if drawn by a skilled child.
I asked this symbol the meaning:
The wish for peace.
For freedom.
For peace.
And with the gifts shared, they peacefully moved on to their next life stage with their gifts and left their gifts that they gave for future generations – those wishes for peace – to take seed and grow.
May there be peace here.
And in coming back to the meditation and learning.
Listening to the darkness
I learned how that darkness, was holding that piece ready for healing.
Holding this safe.
And in holding it safe I was able to participate in that moment for that healing.
And that is part of what darkness does
They hold those to be healed pieces safe, ready to be healed.
Perhaps that’s why we see dark shadows moving without a physical body in homes sometimes, darkness is holding them ready to be healed.
Maybe that’s why we feel the black dog, there’s something in there, ready to be healed.
Perhaps when we are scared of the darkness, when it is simply holding something for us to be healed, safe.
When we are comforted by the darkness, when it is holding us with love.
The beauty about doing these meditations in a group, is that we get to hear what others found to – often receiving confirmations and complements of what we experienced, and/or deepening and expanding our understanding even more about what we connected with.
With this, the group shared the experiences of healing, releasing, balancing, of authenticity, of trusting ourselves, of energy moving, of forgiveness, the need to forgive to release what they were ready to release, the experiences of hope, and to think of beautiful things before we fall asleep at night.
With a reminder of dark stones like obsidian associated with healing.
And also one shared their beautiful affirmation from experience that is beautiful to share:
‘I forgive, I am grateful, I love and trust myself and I am abundant and attract more very easily – life becomes easier everyday’
With this inner learning, this strength is also in finding what this all to you.
What insights do you find, when you look within?
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