Dark Night of the Soul
During our darkest times there is light around the corner!
I injured my right hip flexor trying to reach something on a top shelf in the grocery store. As I over extended my reach for the top shelf I was hit with a pain in my lower right abdominal region that was like an intense knife jab sensation. I was being stubborn and saying to myself, “I don’t need anyone’s help”. I didn't ask for help when I needed to. Over the next few days I lost my freedom of mobility. The universe put the brakes on me. I could barely move without help.
Learning how to surrender and ask for help is a lifeline back to “God, Source, The Creator or Great Spirit”, whatever resonates with you in this spiritual awakening in this lifetime’s journey. Have you ever tried out those escape room activities with friends? In an escape room your allowed to have clues, but the process of escaping and returning “home” is still a puzzle to decipher.
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Dark Night of the Soul”? Dark Night of the Soul we created as a key to an “escape room” in this lifetime on earth. We have opportunities for training that we can go through to help us to navigate this lifetime. Life has brought a lot of hard and difficult challenges in my life. My Shaman training was sort of one of those training classes for this lifetime. My guides have been telling me I had to reconnect with my “Mesa”, my sacred medicine tool bag and journey to the Upper and Lower worlds for guidance.
Learning to surrender showed me at the rock bottom of this “Dark Night of the Soul” that I needed to find time to open sacred space and “journey” to the Upper World for help and guidance in my weakest and scariest moments.
After I did open sacred space and journey to the Upper World a key was revealed to me from my ancestors and guides. They showed me how to unlock and relax my hip flexors by engaging my glutes. This improved my mobility and decreased my pain and discomfort, but the journey with this injury is not over. It opened a door back to my path in this lifetime’s journey, but the lessons are not over yet with this injury.
I still don't know what lies ahead in this recovery from this injury. This recovery will require physical therapy, which is help I need that I can’t do on my own. Surrender to help from others also brings me in on their path and to be part of their journey, so that I can be one of their experiences to learn from to add to their toolbox for their life.
The universe has an incredible way of orchestrating this symphony of life!
