Thank you for this post. It reminded me - as a child I was dreadfully afraid of the dark until one day I went around the old house switching off all the lights at dusk and just sat with my thoughts, all alone, watching the night fall about my shoulders like a soft cloak. As the first star twinkled and the fireflies glimmered, a new era dawned, in the dark.
oh wow - what an amazing experience. And what a gift! Were you still a child when you had the foresight to turn off all the lights and sit in the dark - in the one thing you feared? That's truly profound and quite luminous. I have a beautiful image in my head now of this. Thank you.
It is important to give your other senses a chance to exercise, and to give your intuitivity (not a real word found in stores) some practice.
So true.
Thank you for this post. It reminded me - as a child I was dreadfully afraid of the dark until one day I went around the old house switching off all the lights at dusk and just sat with my thoughts, all alone, watching the night fall about my shoulders like a soft cloak. As the first star twinkled and the fireflies glimmered, a new era dawned, in the dark.
oh wow - what an amazing experience. And what a gift! Were you still a child when you had the foresight to turn off all the lights and sit in the dark - in the one thing you feared? That's truly profound and quite luminous. I have a beautiful image in my head now of this. Thank you.
Yes. Perhaps the homecoming I had experienced in that house had something to do with it. :)
I really enjoyed this piece, Jan. Thoughtful and thoughtful-provoking. Thank you!
Thank you, Claudia!