I can’t quite imagine what things were like way back when…you know before we engineered our way out of the dark. Now don’t get me wrong. I love the fact that I have lights and all, but we do have to recognize that we have altered our perception of this winter season.
We don’t have that deep fear that the sun may not, once again, begin to shine upon us in all it’s glory. We know it will. And in the meantime, we’ll flick on the lights and viola, we feel a little bit better.
But even with our ability to turn on the lights (and TV’s and computers), or go hang out at the mall or coffee houses, we are being called into the darkness in the winter months. And as the sun shines at us just above the horizon and then heads south for the winter…we are left with a journey through less and less actual light that reaches us each day.
Luckily Nature, and our magnificent energetic know-how, has given us the ability to connect with an inner light which guides us through these short days and dark nights. Vibrationally we click this inner light on and it acts as a beacon for us as we maneuver our way through the darkness within.
This process, or maneuvering, is innate. We do it without really even thinking about it. We instinctively go “within” during the winter. Despite all he holiday hubba-baloo, things slow down…we slow down.
Slowly we edge toward this as the days grow shorter and the light dims. Many don’t even notice it. But for those of us who do, we inevitably arrive at a place where we must recognize an unfolding transformative process.
The Winter Solstice marks this transformation. With the shifting from less and less light to more and more, we honor and mark a turning point.
We recognize that with the coming light we regenerate ourselves, our community and planet. We recognize that with our own ability to withstand the inner dark, and all the fears that may be hiding there, we can heal. And we take this healing into the light with us.
So I encourage you to honor the darkness and deeply connect to your inner light that is guiding you. Recognize what in you is in the process of transforming. And, just as Nature has her turning point from darkness to light, so too do you. Embrace this.
In shifting out of the dark and trusting the ever-growing light, we connect to that evolutionary energy that propels us ever forward.
The Winter Solstice for those of us in the north is Monday, December 21st- 9:47 p.m., pacific standard time. (December 21, 17:47 UT.)
For more on the Winter Solstice, check out my examiner.com article The Winter Solstice: honoring the dark and celebrating the light.
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