9/11/14

What's Half in the Shadow is Half in the Light with Mary Poppins

Darkness prevails when light is not allowed in.  When light touches something, it stretches through light beams of magic enlivening the scene.  When darkness pervades and light is not allowed in, we feel its heaviness, sense it's mystery and know its danger.

Some things are better off left in the light.  When we think of ourselves we think it's nice to be able to think we know ourselves, know who we are; that all things about ourselves we know and no one could know us better.  In some respects we are right, but in others, we are completely wrong.

The things that reside in our conscious mind are only half of the things that we "actually" know about ourselves.  The other half remains in the shadow of the "subconscious" mind.  Still just under our detection, under the radar and obscure to the conscious mind.  We alone are the only ones able to access that shadow side and when we do, we open the door to our patterns, our life's purpose and even sometimes our very souls.

Our minds can be like a chimney.  The more thoughts were burn in our minds the more soot we leave in the flew.  Chimney's eventually become clogged, and just like our minds, they can get cobwebs, distorted views of the light and lots of shadowy places.  Our patterns, the subconscious messages we believe from society and our upbringing are many of the things that clog the chimney of our minds.  Sometimes if we take time to clean the chimney by exposing light to the goings on there, we can have a clear view up to the sky.

Looking through the chimney of our minds we can access a higher place.  A place beyond the thoughts held in shadow.  A place that always resides in the light.  We just have to clean our chimney's out and let the light in to get there.