Forgiveness

Are you having trouble accepting yourself with all your faults and imperfections?  Are you ignoring parts of you you don't like?

If we are to move forward in life with any confidence at all we need to address this issue in order to create a positive and healthy mental attitude within us.      

We all have two sides, a dark side and a light side.  The two are separated and don't intermingle unless we first acknowledge their presence and ask them to meet one another.  Your light side is what you show to others while your dark side (you could call it your primal force) stays hidden and in the shadows.

The trick is learning how to get both of them to meet and then work together.  These two sides are what make us who we are (our needs, wants and desires, our personalities) and blending them together is necessary to our spiritual growth.

Today we can see examples of how the dark side (primal force) has taken over people's lives.   We read accounts every day of someone murdering somebody or going into a violent rage or sexually assaulting someone or taking their anger out into the streets.  The mistake was not acknowledging their lust, or  mental illness, or a hidden rage and then finding ways of dealing with it. Then, all of a sudden, they couldn't handle it anymore and took it out on others. 

If you choose to acknowledge your dark side and slowly learn how to integrate it with your light side this effort will be ongoing throughout your life.     

Sure, we can ignore subtle signs that our dark side is reaching out to us, trying to get our attention, for example, you did something out of the ordinary and it hurt someone or maybe even yourself.  It wasn't in your character to do so and you ask yourself, "why did I do that?"  But sometimes, these prompts for our attention can be far from subtle.  The trick is to take action early to correct a problem and not let things get out of hand.

If you've noticed, the world is not about bringing people together, coalescing or living in any semblance of harmony but tearing and breaking things apart, division, categorizing, programming and control by any means necessary.

The world is sorely divided and can't make up it's mind but we can.  We can choose absolution over  revolution.   

In so doing you will not only be helping the world but your decision will inspire others.

There is a saying, "When it's all over it's not who you were but whether you made a difference." 

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The Dark Side of the Witch

The Dead Zone

I had an interesting experience this morning.

I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth and then started back toward my bedroom but something made me stop before I entered. 

As I looked into my bedroom the first thing I felt was dead silence and no air movement.  The sun was shining through the closed blinds showing narrow slats of soft golden yellow bands across the bed, the ceiling fan was on when I left but now appeared to be off and specks of dust hung suspended in the air.

The room had a vacant, hollow feel to it like everything had been sucked out of it.  It felt like a movie set with all the props in place but none of the actors.  It actually felt that time had ceased.  The room was no longer full of life but now only a hollow shell, a reminder, a remnant of once was.

For a brief moment I believe I had crossed over into another realm and was the observer and not the participant.

I wonder, is this what death must be like?  That you're here and then you're gone and now able to stand on the other side and view your life in snapshots as it plays across the wide screen?

It is rare moments such as this that one is able to get a tiny glimpse into what we call the other side, the Supernatural and what we consider life to be but, rather where the experience turns our ordinary, humdrum lives and beliefs upside down because now we've come face to face with the realization that things are not what they are, not what they seem, not what we've been taught but much, much more and, at the very least, hopefully, an experience that will leave us a little more spiritual, a little more enlightened.     

This morning's encounter was all that and so much more.         

It reminded me of the movie, "Interstellar", where the astronaut is suspended in time, floating between two worlds, the real and the unreal as he desperately attempts to reach his daughter because he left without her approval.  But, now a solid library wall separates the two of them.  He can see her on the other side of the wall and she can sense his presence but they cannot connect with each other.  

Today is just another day, but is it, really?  Everything you experience today, everything you see, everything you feel, everything you think, everything you taste is it real or not?

Or is today, just another one in a long line of illusion, just another day in which you rehearse your lines and say them right on cue, moving among cardboard props and cardboard people or is it much, much more?

KJV, Philippians 4:8:  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.


Blessings,
     ~Nightshade

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Stepping on Ant Hills

Have you ever thought about all all the different life forms that accompany you as you go about your work?    

Do you consider animals your friends or are they nuisances?  Do you cringe in horror when you see a slaughter of wild horses or poachers going after African Elephants?  Have you ever wondered what an ant's day is like as they scurry under your feet or do you focus on stepping on as many of them you can?

Do you stop and look at a flower, in the midst of a patch of weeks and marvel at her beauty and wonder how it is that this one little flower can do so much to change your attitude?  

When you woke this morning and looked out the window, did you happen to see a solitary bird sitting on a wire, singing her heart out?  She showed up because you had a very bad night and she wanted to brighten your day by offering encouragement.   

Do you ever watch as dragonflies and butterflies soar all around you?  Do you ever stop your car to move a stranded turtle in the middle of the road?  Do you ever wonder where Hummingbirds go in the winter?  Do you feed the deer?    

This life we lead down here is pregnant with life. 

The Ancients say that even the stones we walk upon have a life force and a voice can be heard when we pick one up and hold it close.

These life forms guide us and educate us  as they connect, interconnect with us.  They reach out and touch us guiding us and help us grow. 

If we are ever able to make this world a better place for all, we must first acknowledge and then affirm our belief that we can't make it on our own.

We need to accept and understand that our co-companions are not just here to be caged or consumed.  They are here as our guides and helpers in understanding who and what we are and more importantly, our roles on earth.   

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