Reaching for the Light ( 07 / 12 / 2015 )
Reaching for the Light ( 07 / 12 / 2015 )
Some make it their mission to try and hurt others . These are the Shadow- People -- soaked in the sludge of childhood traumas , adolescent codependencies and adult aggressions . They seem to know only one way out of their inner Darkness -- and that way is violence ; violence against their ― enemies ‖, by attacking them in ― self-defense ‖ ... violence against the unfairness of life , by complaining about their own pains &/ or by reveling in the pains & failures of others ... violence against the ― sinners ‖ who behave or believe differently than they do , by worshiping a God who will ultimately damn them all to Hell ... violence against their own fears , by soaking their own suffering in a wide variety of self-destructive physical & emotional addictions .
Yes , these are the Shadow-Folk ... They are not completely comprised of fog or blackness , and yet they do tend to reside therein -- and they do tend to do their best to bring everyone around them down into their dreary depths …
They pull others down with guilt , & they pull them down with blame ; They pull others down with threats , & they pull them down with judgment ; They pull others down with temptations , & they pull the down with fear ; They pull others down with gossip , & they pull them down with criticism .
And yet these are not the ways of the Divine – the Divine that resides within them , and these are not the ways of Light – the Light that fuels their life and embodies their will to live . Yes , the ego is the strongest of all adversaries ... It is insidious ... It is arrogant ... It is greedy ... It is deceitful . And yet even though it is by far our greatest enemy , the ego is nothing compared to the strength of the Love that comprises the human Soul .
Yes , the ego will use fear & pride to find any way possible to keep us hidden in the shadows , and yet LOVE is always available to us
LOVE is always there and LOVE is always a choice ... And in those moments when LOVE is finally chosen , LOVE always wins ;
every … single … time .
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