The Dark Night of the Soul

Sometimes it feels like the sun has gone down and will never come back up. You might feel very lonely or like nothing you do matters anymore. This dark night is not a punishment; it is like a quiet time when your soul is resting and growing in the dark, just like a seed under the snow. In the quiet, you start to hear your own heart better. When the sun finally does come up, you will see the world in a much brighter and more wonderful way because you survived the dark. It teaches you that your own inner light is enough to keep you warm.

Your body is a hollow vessel being filled with cool, calm moonlight from the top of your head to your toes. The dark is not empty. The dark is where the light learns its own name.

Coined by 16th-century mystic St. John of the Cross: a spiritual crisis where one feels abandoned by the divine. This purgation strips away ego attachments to external spiritual rewards. A profound epistemological shift: from knowing about truth to being truth. Losing all external comforts forces discovery of an unshakeable foundation within, leading to unitive consciousness.

SOUND: The absolute silence of a snowy night.

SMELL: Fresh, cold air that makes your nose tingle.

TASTE: Plain, cool water: the taste of nothing but truth.

TOUCH: A soft, heavy blanket wrapped tightly around you.

SIGHT: One single star visible through a thick layer of clouds.

BODY: Your heart beating in your chest while you lie still: the only sound left is you.

Music: Love Story by Taylor Swift

Music: The Show Must Go On by Queen

Part of The Underworld & Descent — MYTHOLOGY — Education Revelation