Many of you are experiencing some fear lately. For some, it’s quite intense and falls into the category of ‘dark night of the soul’—when you feel really trapped in the mental maze of thoughts that are false and feelings that are frightening.
A client said to me just yesterday, “If I were more spiritually evolved I wouldn’t have all this fear.” I said no! That’s not true.
I decided to elaborate a bit on this because I know all of us experience fear.
First of all, because spirituality has become a commodity in the marketplace, it is common to see all sorts of products aimed at making you think it is possible to be happy all the time. This is nonsense! Happiness is an inside job and we are not meant to be in a static state of any kind. Of course we all love the feeling of happiness. But joy is even deeper because joy resides at the level of Essence.
If it’s our Essence why does it seem to disappear? How can that be?
Fear, habits of thought, and old feeling-states arise. They seem to dominate and make the joy disappear. This happens for everyone. No one is exempt.
“Without traveling through our darkness, feeling it, and releasing it, we cannot receive its power into our psyche. Without it, we cannot know our wholeness, and without that, our divinity.” – Robert Brumet
This is true.
If you have a breakthrough and you feel happy and fulfilled and life seems awesome, those moments are precious. You have worked to create that state of connection and self-expression of your Essence in the world. Our deepest desire is to express our Essence in this world.
Many of you are doing amazing things in your life right now!
* Creating ‘Ted Talks” (really!)
* Developing and growing intimate romantic partnerships
* Intentionally deepening your spiritual practice with a 10-day meditation retreat
* Writing your book
* Starting your heart-based coaching business
* Speaking from the heart to corporate audiences
And to get there—to the manifestation— you have also done the inner work of feeling your darkness, integrating the lost ‘child’, listening to your soul, feeling the so-called difficult feelings such as hopelessness, despair, and even rage at being on this planet.
ALL of it is how we evolve. The integration of the shadow is essential.
And remember this: evolution is not a straight line. We manifest, expand, experience our awesomeness and then we integrate, feel the shadow, go two steps back. Only it’s not back. It’s the spiral of conscious evolution.
The shadow and the fear are not as marketable as the happiness and the love because who the heck wants to feel despair? Who the heck wants to feel helpless or confused? I’d buy happiness over that any day!
I guarantee you though—if you are feeling stuck in the manifestation of your dreams, there is shadow-work to be done.
That said, if this is you, I invite you to schedule a chat with me. I’d love to support you as you identify the shadow aspects blocking your Light and help you get on your way to manifesting your purpose.
