Conversation – 17

Surrendering the Ego

While we are in a dark night of the soul experience, hold steady knowing the light will appear once again.

Whenever a word is overused, it is most likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its meaningfulness. For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of depression or a period of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but neither of these things qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a very specific experience that some people encounter on their spiritual journeys. There are people who never encounter a dark night of the soul, but others must endure this as part of the process of breaking through to the dawn of higher consciousness.

The dark night of the soul invites us to fully recognize the confines of our egos’ identity. We may feel as if we are trapped in a prison that affords us no access to light or the outside. We are coming from a place of higher knowing, and we may have spent a lot of time and energy reaching toward the light of higher consciousness. This is why the dark night has such a quality of despair: We are suddenly shut off from what we thought we had realized and the emotional pain is very real. We may even begin to feel that it was all an illusion and that we are lost forever in this darkness. The more we struggle, the darker things get, until finally we surrender to our not knowing what to do, how to think, where to turn. It is from this place of losing our sense of ourselves as in control that the ego begins to crack or soften and the possibility of light entering becomes real.

Some of us will have to endure this process only once in our lives, while others may have to go through it many times. The great revelation of the dark night is the releasing of our old, false identity. We finally give up believing in this false self and thus become capable of owning and embracing the light. AMEN! ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good morning in Cali and may this be a blessed weekend for you and your family. 🌹

Enjoy with your grandson. 💕😘Sending Kitty hugs. 😘

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh are you alright? I did a good cleaning of my master bath and I threw
out a lot last week. I hope things are clearing up. ✨

Yeah OZ is ❄ Cold it’s called winter. You are so funny I have thought about putting Poppy
on the toilet. 😜My yard is large in the back and he has a corner far away from the house
and hubby clean that up. 🌹Lady when the snow is so high he can get lost in the snow. I am
always prepared to run and get my baby. ✨💕😎

Glad your mother and sister had a great time and I am sure they will have stories. ✨
Welcome back home to them.

Here is something to start the day. 😜😘

@71flowerchild,

Howdy in Texas we are all missing you. Give the fur kids a nice cool OZ pet. 😘✨

@taci,

Good morning in S. California and what great taste you have. 😎😘✨ Enjoy the hike
today and I can’t wait for you to get your new jacket. 💕💕

How is your son doing? We OZ is frozen but we have the Sun. ✨

We have ice underneath the snow so I will go for a nice walk tomorrow.

Happy Trails To You. 🎶🎶

@oodiebom,

Good afternoon on the Gulf Coast. 😘✨🌹 Oodie take your time you need your
fruits and veggies. How are you and hubby doing today?

Oodie be sure to get some rest and I will see you later. I am so glad things are wrapping
up for your husband you have my prayers. 🌹

Oodie you are so right about those hot summer daze that will be coming our way. 😘
I am going to enjoy this day. We have sun so the snow is melting a bit.

@xango,

Good afternoon in warm Florida. 😎😜Oz is below freezing and snow is piled up everywhere.

I am thinking of fresh flowers and did you see the HSN TS? Your plants are part of the special.

I am so glad you got your Wolfgang Puck Set. 😘💕I have the Bistro Set also and it looks
as good today as the day my husband brought them for me. Xango they hold up really well.
Hubby made hooks in the kitchen and some of them hang from the hooks I just reach up
and grab I like 5’8 so I have no problem reaching for them and they clean really easy. 💕

Hey I will see you in Trivia later if you are up to it I am still trying to get back on my schedule
with my body I have been watching the Games late. 😜 I am busy multi-tasking and soon I
will have some tea and chicken noodle soup.

See ya later. 💕✨

@defg,

Good afternoon in Maryland I did see your post. I do hope things are warm in your
neck of the woods.

@ddshoppy,

Enjoy the weekend with your granddaughter and maybe I will see you in Trivia. ✨🌹

@loaf,

Good day to you and your family. ✨😘🌹I hope this is a good weekend for you and the
kids. 😜😜

I hope your granddaughter loves her Ballet Classes. ✨😘😎

Enjoy! 🌹💕

The Ones to Watch
Live shows you have to see.

Bernardo EcoPlume Neoprene Combo Water-Resistant Bib Jacket
126-4296

Comes in nine fashion colors.