“One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity
in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.”
- Joseph Campbell

Hello Everyone,

I’m feeling life these days is much like living inside an accordion. I have days that feel super expansive, as if two giant hands have pulled the sides of my life apart and I can breath and feel this kind of universal expanse where every single thing in my life and this world is possible and I know my place inside it all. Then, as night will follow day, I feel those same giant hands push my life back together again and beyond into a tight squeeze that seems to extract a few more shadows with each pressing; kind of squishing these shadows out of me like pulp from a lemon. And it’s in these moments where I’ve just expanded out so far and felt and seen so much, then gotten squeezed back into a vice grip of shadows, that I know; I am getting the update of my lifetime. Can you feel it too?

Let’s talk for a moment about shadows. These are the untransformed aspects of our lives. Like all shadows, they are only asking for the light to be shown in their direction. In other words, they just want you to put your attention to them with your awareness. Remember when you were little and, perhaps like me, afraid of the dark? I remember being so certain that there were monsters living under my bed. I would go to sleep gripping the covers, afraid I’d have to get up to pee in the middle of the night and put my feet down by the edge of the bed. I was so certain something would grab me and pull me under my bed never to be heard or seen again. Then, in the morning light, I’d look under my bed and see that nothing was there. Shadows are a lot like this. They grow in the dark, getting bigger as we avoid them. Perhaps it’s a belief system you hold, like you won’t be O.K. if we don’t get back to work or a fear that chases you, like you are never enough, no matter what you do. What is being asked of you now is to simply stop, acknowledge the fear or misaligned belief system and shine your light of truth on it. You are not your fears or shadows, yet, they are a part of you. So when you acknowledge them and see them as an untransformed part of your light, they can shift. You can shift them with your awareness.

“Your heart knows the way, run in that direction” Rumi

And, let’s face it, we have the time now. We, as a collective, have gotten booted off the treadmill into a new time. A time of contemplation. For some this is easy and others it’s quite overwhelming. Regardless of where you fall in this spectrum, remember, expanse follows contractions just as day follows night. And I find if I can slow down and see my shadows and take the time to be with them and feel the feelings they hold, then the shift is effortless.

In order to do all of this, we must trust. We must trust that we are this beautiful light we feel in our expanse and that when we embody our light we can be with our dark. Trusting that we do know how to do all of this. We know how to care for ourselves, our families, our communities and our world. We are capable of so much compassion. We go to the depths as humans and we Feel. We feel pain, we feel love and we feel compassion. Our greatest gift is our heartfelt sense of compassion; this is our humanity. And now is the time to remember this gift. Think about it, if we didn’t feel such pain and even darkness at times, the expansive light inside us would not be so great. It’s because of our depths that the heights we achieve are so meaningful. Trust in your inner programming from source. At the core of this programming is compassion and it is you! And it is time to trust this within ourselves and each other. It is time to trust in humanity. Wherever we place our attention gains strength. So, when you focus on shining light on your shadows to facilitate transformation, it happens. When you focus on trusting the compassion within you and within others, compassion grows; it gets ignited. The best part of us is our humanity; our compassion. Stay focused here and watch the magic that follows. We can literally change our realities. And it starts within each of one of us.

Sweet, sweet blessings to each of you,

Angie

Ps. In support of this time, I am offering individual readings at a reduced rate of $150 ($100 off the normal price). My intention is that you reach out to get a clearing of your energy field and a grounding into your new normal and a connection to your spirit when you hear the call. Also, all digital downloads in my store will remain free during this time as well.

angie arkin intuitive healer