Brightening the Darkness … ( 08 / 07 / 2012 )
Brightening the Darkness … ( 08 / 07 / 2012 )
If we go into a darkened room , we cannot see where we are walking , and it doesn ’ t matter if the room has been dark for a day , for a week or for ten thousand years – we are just as blind .
And yet , if we light but one candle , we are no longer lost … If we light but one candle , we can see again … That one tiny flame is enough to make the darkness flee .
And this is the way of things with light and darkness … And this is the way of things for each of us as well .
It doesn ’ t matter how long we may have been stuck in fear . It doesn ’ t matter how long we have clung to a belief in our supposed limitations . Once we engage our capacity for Love ; once we have the courage to reach out into the gloom to comfort another ; once we remember that this is why we are here -- our Soul ’ s Light shines forth once again .
It beams out brilliantly and warms the shadows around us … It illuminates our Way once more .
(~ inspired by Sharon Salzberg )
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