Raven,
As part of its historic notoriety,
Will bring you through your own darkness and into the light.
We cannot adequately appreciate our own light without also understanding our own darkness.
For darkness can coexist with light.
We only need to view nature's beautiful sky to know this.
And what begins at dawn as a beautiful sunrise might turn very quickly within the day into a storm with blackened clouds,
Filled with rain about to burst forth onto the land,
Land that was so peaceful at dawn.
As we look into our own selves,
At those things that upset us the most,
Can we begin to see the darkness that resides within us also,
Perhaps even influencing the way we feel physically as well as emotionally on any given day?
Can we learn to separate our mental and emotional charged darkness from our spiritual self,
Such that we can actually feel the reality of our authentic spiritual self as distinct from our darkness,
So as to allow an experience of the alchemical healing light of our spiritual self found within our physical reality to heal our mental and emotional health and well-being,
And therefore learn to overcome our darkness,
To rejoice mentally and emotionally?
We can learn to prepare ourselves for the storms that pop up on any given day that threaten our peaceful internal landscape.
We can hold on to the beauty of the morning sunrise and allow it to remain shining amidst the storm.
This is the essence of light,
Light that can coexist with darkness.
To make the above relevant for yourself,
Think about how you felt during a storm as it was a child,
And perhaps still.
The thunderous sounds and frightening jags of light created during an electrical storm quite often cause justifiable fear.
Fear is one of our greatest forms of inner darkness.
It is the source of much of our internal energy imbalance.
Yet,
By taking the necessary precautions as a storm approaches,
We protect ourselves from its potential danger.
In our everyday life,
Fear is at the bottom of worry and our inability to trust,
Making the way for fear to control and overtake our lives.
The journey out of worry,
Therefore,
Is a journey out of fear,
Opening us again,
Or possibly for the first time,
To trust.
What are your fears?
As you look at yourself from the perspective of light,
You come face-to-face with your inner fears.
To acknowledge them as real,
If you're honest with yourself,
You can then decide whether they still need to live within you.
Can you allow light into those dark spaces within you?
Can you prevent them from blocking out your internal sun so it can exist with those dark skies until all the darkness is gone?
Forever the rains have fallen.
Forever their droplet sounds have been enjoyed,
Beginning gently from pianissimo like quiet music,
Then altering the depths of droplet sounds to fortissimo,
Holding that sound,
Building to a raindrop crescendo,
Filling the darkened skies,
And then,
After some time,
Ever so gently,
As though letting go,
The raindrops fall away again,
Increasing the space between their droplets,
Creating quiet sounds,
Allowing a new rhythm for the sun to shine through,
Lightening the skies,
Returning to blue,
Ending with the finale,
The beauty of a rainbow,
Encircling the sky.
It's forever promised to follow the rain.
No matter how long the rains have fallen,
Nor who may have listened to their droplet sounds or experienced their timeless gifts,
Their intimate symphony of water and beauty,
Playing from clouds on high,
Filling wanton spaces with hope and healing,
Soothing all creatures,
Listening ears and places with nature's nectar,
Her drink of life,
Her environmental water,
Reminder that water is life,
A timely reminder to soar above those clouds,
Where hope springs eternal.
No matter how long your rains have fallen,
To see beyond,
As raven sees,
To connect with nature's sun-filled sky,
And let all your dark clouds pass on by.
You are in the light that is received by others' hearts.
You are in those hearts that need your light.
You are in the external sunrise opening to your internal light.
You are in the four directions that surround you and reassure you.
You are in the morning sunrise in the east,
The warmth of the south,
The evening sunset of the west,
And the indigo skies of the north.
And you are in the earth below and in the heavens above.
And all of this resides within you,
Is you.
You are rising as the sun and moon rise across the sky in all their phases.
You are light in all that you are.
You are light in all that you do.
You are light.
We are light in all that we are.
We are light in all that we do.
We are light when our sun shines through.
We are light.
The universe is with you even in the darkest of situations,
Always present to assist when asked.
All it takes is a simple request,
Sincerely meant,
And then listen for an answer that will most assuredly come.
And the path will be provided to lead you back into the light again.
And this will happen over and over and over during your lifetime as long as you trust and ask and as long as you listen.
Feel your light within you.
May you feel your light surrounding you.
And may you feel your light moving through you this day and always.
Namaste.
