I know that many people would
disagree with such title and
righteously so. Because how can
someone say that the darkness is
our friend when all it does is
creates suffering and challenges
that wont allow us to move in the
direction of our desires?
I am not going to deny that I
had my share of challenges. Yet,
as I decided to use each and
every one of those challenges as
simply opportunities for growth,
I began to understand the true
purpose of darkness. Not only so,
I also discovered that the
challenges we perceive in life
and the suffering we think we
experience have nothing to do
with the so called "darkness"
itself. It has to do with our
perception of what darkness may
mean to each one of us at that
particular moment in time.
What I have discovered about
the darkness is that aside from
bringing contrasts into our
lives, is simply makes life more
exciting!
Imagine you are a basketball
player. And every time you shoot
the ball you end up scoring.
Would that make the game more
interesting? Absolutely not! The
time will come when you'll get so
bored of the fact that there is
no challenge that you would
ultimately stop playing. Same
thing with life. If there was no
challenge and you knew every
outcome in advance, then what is
the purpose of living? Life would
be a very boring experience.
So when the darkness shows up,
instead of seeing it as something
negative or bad, we begin to
appreciate the fact that it is
only giving us an opportunity to
have the experience we are
seeking. We begin to bless it and
welcome it as our friend, not our
enemy.
Here is a little secret about
the darkness. The darkness can
show up in your life, but it
can't touch you nor stop you. And
that is because the moment it
touches you, it disappears. And
since the darkness cannot touch
you because it would disappear,
then by default, it cannot stop
you. Allow me to elaborate on
what I have said.
Who you are is the light of
Spirit. You are the everlasting
light or creation. That is the
reason why wherever there is
light, darkness cannot exists.
That is a fact! If you don't
believe me, light up a candle in
the dark and see what happens.
However, because of free will,
you have been given the
opportunity to choose the
intensity to which you want your
light to shine. You can let it
radiate out fully, to the point
where darkness can't get anywhere
near, or you can dim your light
very low where the darkness can
get as close to you as it can
without touching you.
Here is how it works! You
begin moving forward in the
direction of a desire. Then this
cloud called darkness shows up.
At first, you get scared and
start backing away. So as you
continue backing away, the
darkness keeps getting closer.
Keep in mind however that all the
darkness is doing is giving you
an opportunity to bring some
excitement into your life, trying
to make it more interesting. It
is giving you the opportunity for
you to have the experience you
are seeking. That is why it is
said that God is the sinner and
the saint. Because the darkness
is simply God disguised as the
opposite of who you are in order
to allow you the experience of
becoming whatever is is you want
to become, or whatever it is you
want to create or experience in
your life.
So because of the fact that
most people have forgotten that
little detail, they continue to
back away to the point where they
either give into the darkness, or
they do something about it. So
for the sake of this example, the
equivalent of doing something
about it means that you decide to
take one step forward. At that
moment you notice something very
interesting. The moment you took
that step forward, the darkness
took one step backward. You still
may not realize the reason for
the darkness to step back.
However, you were able to gain a
little bit of courage. From that
experience you went ahead and
took another step. The darkness
still close, needless to say,
another backward step was taken
by it.
After few of those steps you
begin to gain momentum. In other
words, you begin the become
aware. You start regaining your
power. Now that you are taking
many steps forward and much
faster than the original steps,
the darkness not being able to
more backward as fast as you can
move forward, eventually will
give way because as I have
already explained, the darkness
cannot take a chance of being
touch by your light, otherwise it
will disappear.
Once you have successfully
moved in the direction of your
desire and have overcome that
darkness, few things you have
gain from the experience.
- You have recognized your
power.
- You have become stronger
and wiser to the point that
now you can expand even more
on your dreams and desires.
- You are a much happy and
fulfilled individual.
- You have made a statement
that says, this is who I am!
- Through your courage, you
have become an example to the
world which indeed will assist
others in overcoming their
fear of darkness.
- Interesting enough, when
you look back at it, you can
really appreciate the presence
of that darkness in your life.
That's why I and people who
have achieve great deal of
success and wisdom say
something to the effect of;
"Al though in many occasions
things were rough, to this
day, I would never give up any
of those experiences."
So if you let the darkness get
so far close to you to the point
that you may feel overwhelmed by
it, three things can happen.
- You may end up learning
how to live with that to the
point that your life
experience becomes very
miserable and unhappy. That is
why many people spend
countless hours behing their
TV's and computers. To try to
forget what their whole life
is about.
- Maybe the pain is so
overwhelming to the point that
you try to do whatever it
takes to get rid of it either
through the use of unhealthy
substances such as drugs,
excessive alcohol, food, or
maybe finding a direct way to
put an end to your existence.
- Or, the pain is so
unbearable, that you decide to
do something about it. It
pushes you to grow beyond your
self imposed limitation.
Number 1 & 2 are pretty
obvious. Let's focus on the third
choice. If for some reason some
people hit bottom, and that
learning process have led them to
live the life they have always
dreamed of, would you say that
the darkness was a bad thing? You
may say, maybe not. However, you
could also argue the fact that
they didn't have to go through
any of that in order to live the
life they deserve.To that
statement I must say that you
could be right. I don't think
people have to go through
negative experiences in order to
live a happy and fulfilled life.
However, here is where I am
going to challenge you. First of
all, what is a negative
experience? You may say, a loss
of a job, betrayal by a lover,
injustice in the world. OK, let's
take all three of them and see
what we can come up with.
Loss of a job: Let's
say someone gets a phone call in
the morning from work letting him
know that he no longer have a
job. This man now have all the
right to feel angry and upset,
and is probably wondering how is
he going to support his family,
etc. Is that a bad thing or a
good thing? If you think it is a
bad thing, I like you to ponder
on the following statement. What
if the men worked on the 108th
floor at the World Trade Center
and he got the call on the
morning of September 11.
Betrayal of a lover:
You are a writer who haven't
achieve any major success. Then
you found yourself falling in
love with someone and got
married. For a while you were OK
with it but down in your gut you
feel there is something missing
in your life. And the challenge
is, you don't know what it is.
After all, you have convinced
yourself that writing is
something few people can make a
living out of, and off course,
having children, the
responsibilities of being a
housewife wont make things any
easier. Like most people, you
gave up on that dream. You
learned to accept your life just
like most people do.
Then one day he lives you. Out
of pain and anguish you find
yourself writing as an outlet to
express how you feel. In other
words, the deep heart felt words
that came out of that experience
are now put on paper. A friend
reads them and is deeply touched
and moved by those words. He asks
you to submit it to publishers
but you are so discouraged by the
fact that you have been writings
for years and nothing happened.
However, this time you went ahead
and gave it one last try. 6
months later you are a #1 best
selling author and a millionaire
mom!
Injustice in the world:
That I must say that it is a
tough one because when we see
people suffering it moves us. And
even when we could say that they
have drawn all that experiences
to themselves, we still can't
help but to feel for them. Why is
that? Because spiritually we are
all connected. In human form it
appears as if we are separate
from one another. In spirit form
however, we are all just part of
the very same being that created
us. We are an extension of that
energy called love.
If injustice in the world
moves you to speak your truth, to
tell your story, to inspire
others, then instead of cursing
it, just do something about
it! If that helps spark the
passion in your life and moves
you like it did to Mother
Theresa, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus the
Christ and many others, then
don't curse it. Bless it for it
is giving you an opportunity to
have the experience of a
lifetime. The experience of
knowing that you are a messenger
of truth, a healer, a saint!
Without those circumstances,
there would be nothing for you to
do!
So remember, it is all GOOD!
Why? Because it is all GOD!
Darkness is your friend if you
see it for what it is and
understand it's purpose. Yes, you
heard me right. Darkness have a
purpose. It forces you to
shine your light!
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