The Sacred Space of Darkness

Within the darkness is a sacred space. This space is your safe place to surrender your ego to the blindness of the night. Our darkness removes our ability to see but provides us with the deeper faith found in the whispers of our soul.

It is the deeper knowing that, within darkness, things are unseen, yet they can offer the deepest insight into our sight and our light.

This is a space where we cannot see our purpose, but we can hear it and trust it. We learn to navigate, sight unseen, toward our guiding light and the dark cavity where our soul resides.

The predictability of our lives does not reside in what we see in plain sight. It is found in the moments we spend with ourselves in the uncertainty of darkness.

Our awakening cannot exist if we do not find moments to rest in the safe space of our darkness. Like human existence, we sleep in darkness but awaken to light. In the surrender of the night, we let go of our conscious being and surrender to the unconsciousness of rest.

It is the deepest part of our truth, and within that realm lies wisdom. When one is open to despair, joy may reside on the other side. While in despair, we have a choice: walk through the valley of shadow and darkness that reveals new insights about ourselves, or choose to remain stuck in the darkness.

Enduring darkness is a period of incubation, much like sleep. It is designed to be a period of transformation. It can signify our shadow work, our womb of creation, or our faith in ourselves.

It also creates order and balance in our lives. One cannot have light without darkness. It is the key to our awakening. It is meant to give us insight into our souls, allowing us to face our fears from a place of love and to know that our light will return brighter.

Facing our fears within the uncertainty of darkness will bring to light the strength of our true essence. In the darkness, we are given the divine opportunity to find the hidden parts of ourselves. These hidden parts lead us toward wholeness and back into alignment with ourselves.

As one delves into the unknown parts of oneself and the uncertainties of life, remember one of my favourite Mel Moments:

“A star will only shine in darkness.”

Grids of Connection

By Melissa Heathers

Our world is filled with grids and how we accept them might be the question of our existence.

In the heart of most major cities like New York, the New Yorker survives primarily on a grid. In the heart of the wilderness, the wild calls and one who resides in nature is mostly living aka off the grid. But can any human ever really exist without any sort of grid? What does a grid provide to humankind, whether it be in the big apple or flora and fauna?

A grid is defined as, “a system of lines used to find the location of any place on the surface of earth.”  On our earth we have a grid system and within that system there are lines of latitude and longitude. These grid systems serve the greater good of humanity and the eco system for many important reasons.

Whether one lives on the grid or off the grid there is one thing in common....and that is connection.

If you are living within the hustle and bustle of the big apple, the grid system there was designed to be efficient and simple to navigate but it was also designed for another purpose, how people rub shoulders. While in New York, one can rub a lot of shoulders.

If you are roughing it in nature and off the grid, you may not be rubbing shoulders with humans, but you are probably rubbing elbows with your peaceful surroundings. The wilderness may not have a tangible grid like the grid lines you may see in a city, but it is still a part of an intangible grid, and our grids found in nature have curved how we manifest notions into design.

Without the intangible grids of nature there would be no tangible grids of life. All grid systems serve a purpose and that is connection. Connection to nature brings connection to our self. Connection within our self allows connection to other human beings and a higher purpose. Only within a connection can manifestation arise. We are born to be connected to life and to a purpose. Without it, creation cannot exist. And without it, can humans exist?

Longitude is defined as, “the east or west position” while latitude is defined as, “the north or south position” Eventually either position crosses an invisible line. Regardless, these positions are life’s meridians. Within life we will encompass our own meridian but without the grid there can be no passage of energy to generate the connection we need survive.

Through our lifetime we are meant to cross many paths and have much relevance. Without relationship, whether it be with ourselves or others one would not exist. Without the existing grids or meridians of life we would probably not have pathways of a different existence. These invisible crossroads serve an especially important purpose, that is the connection point to our existence and evolution.

So, if you LOVE the big apple find the value in the specifically designed grid it can serve as a passage to an unbelievably valuable purpose, human connection. If you are in LOVE with nature, feel the special connection found within natures grid. Either connection is equally valuable, it is part of the grid to your life.

Frozen

Winter is the time year where the world freezes and our society becomes immobilized. Everything that surrounds us becomes cold, snowy and icy.

In the season of frigid not only does the outside world ice over, sometimes the inner world gets stuck in its coldness. Life's challenges sometimes catch us off guard, when this happens we are defenseless. In that defenselessness we are unable to react making us frozen like medusa's statues.

Bitter conditions can arrive at anytime and stay as long as they want. Life's triggers can also bring ice storms and freezing conditions. We are naturally chilly in the winter but we freeze when we are threatened. The fear of how long the harsh winter will last, can create irrational thoughts but the fear of being lost in the barrens can immobilize us.

Just know at the end of the deep freeze there is always a thaw. Keep faith that underneath the icy surface that life is still exist. We stay in doors to stay toasty warm and to survive when its biting outside. Our souls hibernate in our hub when we are numb but we are still vibrating. The world will still triumph through harsh conditions and life will still evolve during the winter hibernation. The warmth will come and the ice will melt. With the warmth everything softens.