Light can only be understood with the wisdom of darkness - balance

We hear so much about the importance of light these days. In all spiritual communities we are told that it is necessary to spread our light and to conquer darkness.

I have been giving this a lot of thought lately. What is darkness? What is there to conquer?

Darkness is defined as absence of light, if you check Wikipedia and other sites on the internet. In our dualistic world, how could we ever recognize the light, if we didn’t have the darkness?

Many people refer to darkness as something that is negative, harmful and even evil. Something that we should fear.

God never condemned the darkness, he said that it was equally important to us as the light. We need the darkness in our life. The keyword here is balance. 

It was only when I could acknowledge and embrace the darker parts of myself, that I could transform and begin to share my own light. I discovered that I truly am everything, every opposite and all I see outside of myself is really only me. 

I got this big opportunity a few months ago, when something totally unexpected and heartbreaking occurred in my life. I was in total chock, anger and pain. After a few days of dwelling in this state, I finally surrendered and opened up to God, and that was a truly transforming experience. I could feel his love for me, and was able to see, from a higher point of awareness, why this had happened to me at this time. I could see my own unhealed wounds and how I projected these into the world. It was a real miracle for me, and it helped me to forgive and open up to a love without conditions, expectations and demands.

When we are triggered by people close to us, we can easily recognize what is unhealed within ourselves, our own darkness. We can then illuminate everything that has been hidden and gain a greater understanding of who we are.

I believe that it is only through fully accepting our selves and others with all our dark parts, flaws, imperfections and fears, that we truly can experience and share the light and all-embracing love.

Title quote: KA Chinery