The Darkness Within The Light
Within every bright and shining Light there is darkness. As the Light beams in for the first time the
eyes are momentarily blinded, causing darkness to appear as the initial
manifestation of light. The eyes, whether
physical or spiritual, must adjust themselves before they can encompass any new
light and see what is revealed by the Light for them to see. When one enters a room that was darkened, and
turns on a light, the eyes are shocked into closing, or there is discomfort,
but as the eyes slowly adjust to the new level of Light they become
comfortable and are able to discern the various shapes within the room. This analogy is also applicable to the
Spiritual eyes and the Supernal Light we call The Creator God.
Naturally it is not possible to see the Light upon a particular
level if one is not present on that level.
The analogy of the lighted room is a good one; thus will be used to
illustrate what that statement means. If
there is a room containing bright light, and the rest of the house is unlighted,
everyone in the room where the light is shining has access to the light and is
able to see the furnishings within that room.
A person standing in another room would be in darkness. But if such a person were to leave the
lightless room and enter the room with light, they would be able to make use of
the light, to read, dress, or do any number of activities only possible within
a lighted room. Because the person is leaving
a space where the Light was not bright, when they entered the brightly lit room
they would have to adjust the eyes to the new light. Thus there is always darkness at the initial
contact with light.
Continuing with the room analogy, as long as this person
remained within the room without light,
they would be unaware of the benefits that a lighted room could offer. Let us stretch our imagination a little
further, and suppose that this person had never encountered light, they would
not know they were capable of seeing. They might even suppose themselves to be blind; unable to perceive the
shapes and colors of a lighted room. Upon introduction to the room of light; they may be startled, and even
unwilling to admit that the light now streaming in on their eyes was real. To such a one darkness was the only reality;
light is the unreality; that quality to which they have no evidence even
exists.
Let us further suppose that the room was not entirely darkened, but
that it had little holes leading from the lighted room; that this darkened
room was filled with people who were only able to perceive the shapes and
colors on which the small light from the holes shone. Everyone in the darkened room would think
they could see only to the extent that the light from the holes penetrated their
particular segment of the room; illuminating objects within their sphere of
influence. Their perception of the small
areas of light would be appear to be the whole truth concerning light. Whatever was within the small spaces of the
light streaming in from the holes would be the extent of their world; everything outside would be considered shadows, or unreal. Thus the periphery of understanding and
enlightenment would be the fading edges of the small light. Now when one leaves this room for the room
where the whole light is shining the entirety of a larger concept beams in on
who they are; they may even be overwhelmed by so much light. It is only natural for one living within the
confines of limited light, to presume that there is no more to the light than
they have seen.
This is more than an analogy, it is a metaphor for the way we see
upon this earth. We are in the darkened
room, with the little holes streaming the Great Light of our Source in on
us. The very limitation of the size of
those holes constrict the light we may experience. There are some who are within the proximity
of such holes, and appear to us to be very illuminated. There are those who are in positions where
they may perceive light from more than one hole, they appear to be brilliant in
their assessments of the light to the rest of us. There are those who are so far from the wall
where the holes are; they perceive no light at all. These may be said to be living in complete
darkness. To those who perceive the
light as coming from a source elsewhere leave for
the lighted room two events occur. The first event is that whatever they were
blocking may now be seen. Thus others begin to receive more of the available illumination. The second event is their own introduction
to the greater light in the next room. This in turn causes them to see more clearly the world in which they
have existence.
This shifting from near complete darkness into light is in full swing
on this planet now. The events caused by
this shift seems to be one type of upheaval or another; but the calm is close
at hand. Everyone is invited to enter
the light and experience the safety and love the Universe is even now pouring
out on this planet. As more of us begin
to see clearly, more of us are able to see; thus the light spreads
I for one am grateful this is so.
I for one am grateful this is so.
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