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Be The Light That Dispels The Darkness
You are invited to try an experiment right now—this very moment. (Preferably
it is nighttime while you’re reading this.) Take a candle and
a match with you as you walk into a room that is pitch dark. Stand
there for a moment, take a few deeps breaths, now light your candle
with the match and notice what happens. You will no doubt observe
that the light of the candle has dispelled the darkness. You can
see pictures on the wall that were only there in memory before.
Electrical outlets even become visual. The details of objects are
obvious. It is absolutely amazing to witness what a difference the
light from just one candle brings to a dark room.
To dispel means to disperse or drive away. For the purpose of
this article, darkness is symbolic of greed, jealousy, hatred, self-pity,
fear, anger, guilt, remorse, self-loathing, ignorance, conflict,
distrust, worry, prejudice, depression, war, and rage. Light is
representative of generosity, harmony, kindness, gratitude, service,
compassion, wisdom, calmness, truth, joy, gentleness, support and
love. (It’s interesting that angelic precedes anger in the
thesaurus.)
So, do you know people who live in the dark? Who are the dark?
They’ll do anything to be right. They carry rage within them
that seeps out at times and at others blares forth like thunder.
How about those folks who blame life on the fact that nothing good
happens to them and it’s always somebody else’s fault?
They become so victimized that the very notion of unconditional
love is foreign to them. Then we have an element of the population
who manifest their suffering through physical ailments—constant
body aches, back pain, sore throat, and indigestion to name a few.
Their depression and remorse is buried so deeply that the darkness
of this energy prevents the precise functioning of their organs
to operate optimally and disease and illness manifests. Unfortunately,
a portion of our youth have absorbed many dysfunctional belief systems
of the adult population as well as society, and it shows up in statistics
that indicate the highest rate of methamphetamine use was among
the 18-25 year age group. During 1999, 4.3% (9.4 million people)
of the U.S. population reported trying methamphetamine at least
once in their lifetime. Unfortunately many of our little ones haven’t
escaped the darkness either, being products of parents who live
unfulfilled lives and suffer in mediocrity. They’ve learned
to fear instead of express their natural tendency to be the light.
Here’s another opportunity for you. Now that you’ve
read the prior paragraph symbolizing the darkness, tune in to your
body and notice how it feels. Review the list of dark words: how
do all of them feel in your body when you simply read them? Does
what you’re feeling right now motivate you to call your local
homeless or pet shelter and offer your services for an afternoon?
Does it inspire you to help out at the holiday program planned at
your granddaughter’s school? Are you stimulated to make a
special meal as a surprise dinner for your son and his family? Do
you feel light? Energetic? How about enthusiastic and zestful for
life? If the answer is simply “no,” it is understandable.
We may experience all of the above dark energy from time to time,
but when we are the light, the candle that illuminates a room, we
have chosen to move through the negative beliefs and feelings that
are trying to hold us prisoner. When we are the light we know we
are a conduit and we allow the love and joy of our true nature to
channel through us, in lieu of the dark thoughts. They’re
just thoughts! Again, they’re just thoughts. When we are the
light we choose trust and we know that the circumstances of life
will grab us unless we override the dark energy and exhibit our
authentic power. When we are the light we are called upon to participate
in another’s life—sometimes very unexpected and under
unusual conditions—to remind that person who forgot they are also
the light. When we are the light we recognize that the same electricity
feeds the variety of colored bulbs, not just the white ones, on
a strand of lights. When we are the light, we are the flow of the
river, surrendering our ego to the magic and perfection of the current.
When we are the light, we honor ourself for letting go of the past,
trusting the future will unfold flawlessly and feeling the joy of
the present moment. When we are the light, we radiate unconditional
love for ourself as well as others, demonstrating compassion and
kindness to all living beings. Now feel what it would feel like
to be the light. Review the words representing the light. How does
it feel in comparison to the dark?
You get the idea. So go ahead and be the light that dispels the
darkness—I dare you. Make a difference this holiday season.
You just might get used to it and carry it throughout each day of
the new year.
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