Shall We Dance?

We so often do our best to hide the shadow side of ourselves in fear others will find out our deepest secrets and run away. It is not them that we are afraid of it is ourselves. The deeper I learn to love and dance with myself and embrace the whole of who I am. The more joyous my life becomes. To live in lightness or darkness all the time has me living out of balance. Nature is here to show us how to love ourselves more deeply. Just like the sun and the moon dance in love so we can dance through life knowing that standing still is what causes the most discomfort and disease. When we choose to flow and keep on moving we can find the The reason and rhythm of life to be a beautiful embrace.  

Day 37: Sunset, at the end of your morning gratitude list, create and evening thank you list for yourself for a job well done. Remember to include things like washing your big toe, getting dressed, saying I love you to yourself, opening the door for a stranger, and so on.

On Tuesdays, we have medication at Amor Spiritual Center. It is one of my favorite things that I get to do as a Spiritual Leader. Yesterday was extremely exciting to me based on the share from yesterday in Seasons of Change . As I guided us through meditation, I got this wonderful visual. That at the beginning of each day and the end of each day the sun and the moon embrace. It is a deep and beautiful embrace that recognizes the beauty, love, and divine in each other.

So often we look at darkness as bad, when in fact it is the balance of light. I know that I sleep much better in a dark space as I am triggered by light. I had a friend who used to say I slept in a bat cave. For those who know me they find that really hard to believe as I am the king of mood lighting. When I rest I need and desire darkness as it puts my soul at peace. I love the thought that darkness is really the unknown and that is one of the reasons we fear it so. Like the sun, I have come to understand that balance is needed in all things. If I were to walk around in the light all the time I would miss the perspective that darkness brings. If I were to live in darkness all the time I would miss the perspective that lightness brings.

For me meditation, sleep, contemplation is some of my most productive times and they are most often spent in darkness. Darkness is where my soul rest and I find replenishment for myself and connect more deeply with the greatness of the Divine. Yes it is so easy to get lost in the fear, that I miss the wonder and the beauty of a new experience. As the days get shorter here in the Northwest a great many people dread the gray days of winter that lay ahead. For me it is one of my favorite times of year. It is the time in which I go within deeply and connect to what I wish to do next in life. I step boldly into the unknown knowing that everything I have been wanting is on the other side of fear.

When I think about how nature embraces all aspects of itself I am reminded I can indeed do the same. Just as the sun and the moon love each other and dance together each morning and at dusk, I am reminded that I need all of myself in order to be the person I am today. Each life lesson, each joyous moment is needed to assist me in the expansion of my life. I think I will ask myself to dance, what about you?

I love you,

Rev Allen