We are moving through a planetary rite of passage, of titanic proportion. The darkness has emerged from its hiding place. It has stepped into visibility and is directly challenging us. It is even seducing us, to contract our minds into overwhelm, pessimism, shock & despair. This, however, is a form of colluding with the darkness, of letting it fuel the perennial virus of fear, and a deep sickness that humanity has been wrestling with for a long, long time. It is what Carl Jung called the ‘sickness of dissociation.’ An era of dissociation is also an era, pregnant with the possibility for re-birth, reconciliation and re-construction. This is an hour that calls for a kind of optimism that turns us into way showing, meaning makers, capable of shocking the shadow back into balance. We are in the season of dreamtime, which invites us, & even insists, that we mine our shadow archives, that we identify our bypasses, and that we open our eyes, to unflinchingly look at what is asking to be faced, fixed, and changed. We must rise to the occasion, and go all the way to the root, rather than simply rearranging the deck chairs. We each carry within us, an un-dreamed of luminous creative agency, that we previously did not know to be available. Engage this breath work to align yourself with the wisdom born of eldership, awakened awareness, and deep self-inquiry. May we conspire to co-inspire one another, as we step into who we are, as much as we are able. May we connect with our inner authority, our inner voices, & our authentic selves, so to help humanity heal the ruptures. Pursue your realization intensely in this time. Fill your life with inspiration and beauty, train your inner eye to notice the indication of new grass, and the burgeoning re-birth becoming evident, even in the most unlikely of places.
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