At some point on our spiritual journey we have to meet and conquer what is sometimes referred to as “the dweller on the threshold”.  It is a reference to the “being” or “entity” that is sum total of all the negative deeds that we have performed during our many lives, and every act of suffering that we may have caused.

All of this is built into this “shadow”. In one of our incarnations, when we feel strong enough or supported enough, we have to face this vision of darkness, which is of our own making. It is perhaps the most courageous, the most awesome, the most barrier-breaking, the most freedom-bringing action that our energy, our being has to do.

It is the ultimate search for our soul, the ultimate purpose or goal for our moving forward, for our growth, for our freedom and to find our truth;  and in the releasing/discarding, to be filled with the love and light of unconditional love.  But each one of us has to do it on our own.  To become aware that the light and the darkness are but two sides of the same coin.  The yin and the yang.

This “darkness” of negativity is particularly fuelled by fear, but love and compassion are key words to its disintegration. Love, unconditional love, is the most profound, the most powerful vibration to conquer all negative frequencies, like fear, hate, anger, guilt, envy, jealousy. . . whatever negatives we cling to. Turning to face our negative dark self, with pure love, is the important preliminary step, the most courageous of steps. We can be assisted, guided, supported, strengthened by others around us, but we have to take the steps alone. Alone.

Conquering this, releases our negativity and allows the love and light to flow through our system, enriching us and, as the light flows from us, enriching others. It is our awakening, our re-birthing, our recognition of our Eternal Self, often referred to as the part of us that has never left the side of God. It is our earth energy and our star energy, it is the completeness, the “whole”, the “holy”.

It is who we are.