Darkness & light
Are companions
This is the eighth in a series of inspired articles which were channelled in the days following the attack by Hamas on Israel in October and the response by the IDF in the weeks that followed.
I have set up this publication just for the purpose of sharing this perspective. I make no claims as to its Source and I refrain from editing it, over and above making it readable.
I, like the majority of the world, am reliant on news stories for information. In that sense the starting point for this inspiration is what I read and see around me, and that will inevitably shape at least part of the response.
Equally, any reader will be influenced by their life experience and personal beliefs, and that is how it should be. I believe that by sharing our perspectives, hopes, fears, and dreams we will come to know each other better and our humanity will shine through. Surely, this is the road to peace?
This morning’s inspiration follows an earlier meditation where I had the experience of my face being half in cool darkness and half in warm light. It was quite marked. I asked my inspirer about this.
‘To answer your question, you were aware at the time about the interplay between darkness and light. This morning you imagined that as you turned your head the bright light remained on the one side, normally you would have expected to turn your right cheek into the light, but that was not the case.
‘That is a metaphor for what happens when people are attached to one way of thinking, a belief in the rightness of their perspective, they become blinkered to the other side, the darkness, in this metaphor. They feel they are in the light and that those who oppose them are in the darkness and must be eliminated.
‘This particularly apposite at the moment, for within the conflict you are witnessing, the enemy is reportedly underground, or in the shadows, and therefore needs flushing out at all cost.
‘They really are portrayed as the monsters of nightmares, indeed monsters who have committed nightmarish acts. So, there is no question in the minds of some who is working for the light and who is responsible for the darkness.
‘But the limitation of this self-righteous approach is that the Light of the Creator shines on all life and for healing to take place, that which has been hidden, or denied, must be brought into the Light.
‘It is hard to think of a comparison, but adding more fire and fuel to a bonfire which is out of control would, in normal circumstances, be considered a foolish act. It would increase fear, spread destruction and create scars in the land, and in people’s memory, that will need time to heal. Better to quell the flames and undertake a careful examination of what caused the fire to flare up in the first place and seek to remedy that.
‘I think I have stretched the metaphor far enough and that you understand that the image was just a reminder that however much anyone gets attached to the Light, that will never be to the exclusion of the darkness.
‘They are companions, you do not see a light in full sunlight, you need the contrast, and you fail both light and dark if you exclude the other. Peace be with you and with all of humanity.’
© ZD Finn 2023
The full set of articles by ZD Finn on ‘Above the Clamour’ are now available as a free download on zdfinn.com.
These inspirations will eventually form part of ‘The Library of Lives,’ a series of inspired journals published by ZD Finn.
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Finn runs a healing and meditation practice in London, and offers mentoring to those seeking to strengthen their own soul connection.
