In The Dark Of The Growing Dark

As the Sun moves farther away from the Earth
As we live more in darkness than in light
The unknown becomes potently felt
Which amplifies our vulnerabilities
Our worries and our fears
 
Evolutionary change is upon us
And in order to master our lessons
And move on
We must overcome the limitations
The vanities
The divisiveness
Imposed upon us
By the system of patriarchy
 
Esoteric mystery
Teaches of the
Ring-Pass-Not
“A confining barrier
which acts as a separator or a division
between a system
and that which is
external to the system…
The ring-pass-not
acts only as a hindrance
to that which is
of small attainment in evolution,
but forms no barrier
to the more progressed.” 1
 
This Halloween
As the Moon
In her fullness
Reflects
The Light of the Sun
We are reminded that
We are both dark and light
And that when we live
In the small mind
We are in the system
And when we live
In the expansive mind
We are external to the system
 
2020 is a time of reckoning
It is a time of accepting
Our essential goodness
Despite our failures
Despite our traumas
In this time of transformation
We have a golden opportunity
To self confront in order to see
Whether or not
We have what it takes
To become a scout
To become a pathfinder
In the uncharted territory of what comes
After the patriarchy
 
Humanity needs scouts
Scouts who understand that the shadows we cast
Connects us to the Earth
Scouts who are fearless in believing
That there is a place at the table for everyone
Scouts courageous enough
To walk their talk as they
Learn to live from love
Abundantly
 
Humanity needs scouts
For they will become the emissaries of the future
Leading us out
Of the holding patterns
Of patriarchal retribution and
Into a place of
Unity and community
A place where
Love of self
And Love for other
Reside harmoniously
 
This is the time of our
Ring-Pass-Not
The time to embrace the cosmic truth
That far from being a place
Of death and endings
The Dark is a place
Rich with the potential for change
Rich with the potential for hope
The Dark is place to DREAM
To Imagine
To Plan
To Begin
 
LOVE is external to the system
LOVE is the constant
LOVE is the foundation
LOVE is the liberator
                                                                                                           
The spirit talks in spectrums
He talks to mother earth to father sky
Self indulgence to self denial
Man to woman
Scales to feathers
You and I
Eagles in the sky
You and I
Snakes in the grass
You and I
Crawl and fly
You and I
 
Oh, you and I, you and I, you and I
By the dawn's early light
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
Oh, you and I

Joni Mitchell, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
 
1 PONDER ON THIS from the writing of Alice A. Bailey