At some point every spiritual seeker comes to be crowned by the spiritual night. Mystics call this process the Dark Night of the Soul. It is a time of spiritual crisis, dissolution and deep transmutation, when the old self is in the death pangs and new consciousness is quickening. This is precisely what is happening collectively on our planet. Fortunately for us, such holy endarkenment is mapped out by the luminaries of EVERY spiritual tradition. The mystics agree - the time of the spiritual night is the heart of the spiritual life. Although such times may be shrouded in pain, fear, heartbreak and confusion, they are holy passages. Everything we know falls apart, and the more we wrestle to hold on, the hotter the fires of the Real. The radiant dark of the divine life can be unsettling at first, and yet it is a necessary time of transfiguration; a time when all our certainties lie shattered before us and the Great Mystery can finally do Her work on our souls. It is often a period of spiritual maturation, which reorients us towards our True North.  Reality Herself is having her way with us. Trust the process. In these times we do not need fixing. We need those who who can sit with us in the dark and stand with us in the holy fire. Rest into God. Your ordeal is no mistake. These are holy contractions. Surrender to the flow of labour. You are not dying. You are crowning.

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