As I have sat, relatively immobile for the past six weeks,  I have had the precious opportunity  to go inward for a sustained period of time. My "accident" provided me with the chance to be still. Really still.   Sometimes painfully still.   Gulp!  

In this stillness, I have been struck by a recurrent message. Strangely (or not) the message has been about the illusion of duality ~ specifically about the apparent separation of light and dark....Hmmmm.....   

Over and over, I have been overwhelmed by this feeling that there isn't a choice between the forces of dark and light (this feeling has been reinforced by the fact that my boys have recently "discovered" Star Wars..LOL:)); rather, dark and light simply "are" one and the same. And, along this vein, we don't have to choose to go towards the light (or dark); rather we can simply "be" light.  

Now, I know this isn't a "new" realization; on an intellectual level I have "known" this for years. However, over the past several weeks something has just clunked into place. It's as if this sense of knowing has settled into my knitting bones. Wild.    

So, where am I going with this? Well, these are undeniably "dark" times we're living in and it is easy to feel helpless, small and angry at the dark forces "out there".  It is easy to  wallow in despair or, on the flip side, slip into denial about the existence of darkness. It takes courage to walk forward into the "dark" and explore that which is unknown about ourselves and the universe.  

Interestingly, I have witnessed many coaching clients, friends and acquaintances  stepping or  leaping into the unknown as of late. And, almost universally, they are discovering that the darkness simply "is" and -yeah!- there is a way  through it. Hmmm....    

As we approach the darkest day of the year, it seems fitting to delve deep into the darkness and see what comes up....  

I have a hunch we will find that we are lighter than we ever imagined!  

Here is one of my all time favorite inspirational videos...It speaks so much to stepping into the unknown and finding out that it was all illusion.  Enjoy! 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk&feature=related

Love, light and radiant blessings. 
Namaste.
Shannon
http://www.thesunshinecoach.com/
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."~ Maori Proverb 

Tags: ligh, dark, seasons, coaching, transformation, Susan Boyle, unknown, courage, stillness

Shannon Rosnau
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