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                              When the dark is at rest, the light begins to move.

                                                                    ~~~~~ The Secret of the Golden Flower

Just how do we deal with agitations of the dark? How do we make our way through the tangle of being
confused or sad or blocked in understanding a way to tomorrow? It seems natural enough to treat
our problems like an overgrown path and go hacking our way through, doing small violence to ourselves.
Yet this insight from an ancient Chinese text (above) implies something harder and simpler. It implies
that agitation itself is dark, that only when we can keep our hands off will there be room for light.

How many times have I examined and re-examined the words of another in my mind, growing dark vines
by going over and over what was said: What could it mean? What could all that wasn't said mean?
What must I now do in response or in non-response? The thought-weeds grow, blocking the light.

I laugh when I think of how many hours I have spent in my life weaving storylines that never came true
until, like weeds, they covered my heart. It is as if the light, in infinite patience, won't force itself into our
hearts. No, it seems to wait and wait for us to open, content to fill whatever small space we can clear
in ourselves.

It seems that agitations of the dark always cover over. For myself (author), I worker for years covering over
sore lesions of esteem with agitations of achievements. Only when I put the achievements aside did the
light begin to move. Only then did a Universal warmth reach my sore center. Only when I let the dark
energies rest did I begin to heal.

                                                     Suggestions :

                   * Consider something you are re-examining in your mind.

                   * Breathe deeply, and if you can, stop thinking about it.

                   * Let your breath part the dark thoughts, so the light of being can reach the
                     sore center that wants to be held.

                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* )O( * )O( * )O( *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Taken from: The Book of Awakening
by Mark Nepo ~

Have a lovely weekend, everyone !

love ~ Tara Mary *~~