Sometimes, a soul must face its worst fears in a terrifying dark night that seems like it will never end. Steeped in sorrow and regret, this seemingly unbearable torment can drive a human being to the very edge of madness or death.
In this impenetrable gloom, it is hard to still step forward bravely, with faith that the Light will somehow emerge.Fortunately, even the longest night must end with the rising of a new dawn.
"There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fount of action and joy. It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out to me from the unseen roots of all created being, welcoming me tenderly, saluting me with indescribable humility." Thomas Merton
There is a spring that comes to the soul, a warm green flowering after the long, bleak cold of winter, an ecstatic explosion of sunshine and colour and joy.
Now the breeze feels like liquid happiness flowing warm upon the world and the fragrance of sat-chit-ananda is wafted gently upon the air.
Here the voice of God speaks in the wind and the thunder, in rustling leaves and birdsong, in the murmur of the river and the ocean’s long sigh upon the shore.
Like an arrow released from a bow, the soul flies into freedom, into endless skies of unconditional, blissful love.
Like a mighty eagle soaring on the mountain wind, the soul celebrates its awakening, its resurrection and renewal in the eternal now.
This alert awareness is original consciousness.
This freedom is perfect, infinite and unchanging .
This wholeness is absolute fulfilment and deep unshakable peace.
How good it feels to come home!
“Only when Self, the truth of love, is known, will the knot of all the problems in life be severed. Only when the pinnacle of love, supreme love or para-bhakti, is attained can even liberation be said to be attained. Love is verily the heart of all religions.” Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi
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