Luminous Darkness: A Radical Path to Embracing the Unknown

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Reframing our relationship to darkness can help us see it as a benevolent spiritual teacher and avail us of a limitless field of possibility

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So many of us have been taught to fear the dark, the unknown, the unwanted, the unfamiliar. When the terrain we’re standing on feels unstable or wobbly, our conditioned tendency is to try to get back to seemingly solid ground, the familiar, the light, that which we can label and rationally understand. Yet no matter who we are, being human is filled with uncertainty…and together we are facing a time collectively of unprecedented change and global uncertainty.  

So, what can darkness teach us?

When we recognize that spiritual growth is about letting go entirely of the familiar shore, without yet seeing the next shore, in order to open to something more…we open our hearts to the luminous darkness. What do I mean by darkness? Darkness is not the absence of light, but something deeper…more elemental. Think of darkness as the field of all possibility. The mystery from which we all come and torestorative aspect of nature and consciousness.