…..spiritual reading for May 11
There are dark, unlit passages through which most of you must move on your way to clarity and light. Your time in form requires that you spend time in the catacombs if you wish to understand the full meaning of physicality. It is not possible to know the country without having actually spent time in all of its provinces. Do not despair if you find yourself in the musty dank, in the bowels.
This is just as important a part of your path as any other. You never need to waste time, or to see your sojourns in sadness or confusion as opportunity missed. In fact, these are the richest times of your life. You may not find yourself positioned to celebrate them, but by all means embrace them. It is only when you wish that it were otherwise that you lose something of value.
When you dive into the darkness, that is where you can find a certain kind of truth, the key, that leads into realms you have heretofore not even imagined. Stay at the fair having fun, and that will be the limit of your climb.
Your cultures, all of them, have given you stories and myths about the journey of the hero. It is without exception that the hero must face mortal danger in order to arrive at his heroic destination. Despite regular exposure to this sort of theme, most humans balk at the bad times, just as slugs curl away from salt.
And the truth is that you are at liberty to stay at the fair and eat cotton candy and visit the fun house and pay to ride the Ferris wheel. This is within the range of your free will. But when you choose to visit the subterranean, or you accept your transport there as a gift, as the most powerful means of transformation, then you can find your way into other levels of living, levels where you can actually fly.
We say all this today, not because we wish to direct you into your own subconscious or darkness, but because we know that so many of you have and will continue to find yourselves there. We want to encourage you to hold in your consciousness that these times of exploration in the dark are gifts of inestimable value. The times and the currents of radical change that are sweeping your world upend the order you have known, both externally and internally. You, in other words, as you have known yourself, are likely to be upended in some fashion.
Most of you are already experiencing this. The old structures collapse, and then how are you to fashion the new? The best advice we can offer is that you will need to clear away much of what has been. And unless you clear deep down, to the very roots, you will collapse again and again.
The best way to get to those roots, to find out which are sound and which are rotten, is to explore them. It can be dirty work, no doubt about it.
But there is also no doubt that under the surface is where you are most likely to find unexpected treasure as well. By treasure, we really mean freedom, of course. Freedom and true strength.
So if you notice that you are blue or even black in mood, if you find yourself, angry, depressed, disempowered, frustrated or just grumpy, don’t try to fix it. Just as a day of great glory in nature is a gift from the universe to help you on your way, so these “moods’ are gifts to help you find your self, to access your own truth and vision. You may not always have the time to indulge them, but see them for what they are: doorways into the aspects of your being that direct and control your life.
Until you have surveyed them, they do their work without your permission, without your knowledge.
If you choose to live consciously, to be present for your life, then you must eventually know all these dark corridors. Many of you have sent your time wandering them, but few of you approach the doorway with delight and gratitude. Just try it next time (and sorry to say it, but the next time is probably not too far off!) and see what happens.
You are amazing beings, and that which you keep below ground is equally fascinating and worth knowing. Don’t pull back, don’t be afraid. You are strong enough to look and see, and you will be stronger for having seen. Remember to keep your eyes open and intend to make the most of your journey. It need never be time wasted.
At the risk of sounding sentimental, we say that you are a hero. You are here now, struggling to live in a way that is often not easy. But you meet adversity and do not turn back. For what is there to turn back to? If you must shovel mountains of manure, like one of your mythical heroes, then do it with verve and yes, even joy, if you can.
It would not be put before you if it were not critical for you to shovel. Trust this.
We send much love, many blessings and wishes for even more great courage and joy in your lives.
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