A question posted on the Hounds of Anubis bulletin board & My Answer....

A question was posed on the Hounds of Anubis bulletin board on www.theneopagans.com (an online Pagan community - essentially a MYSPACE for PAGANS).


Sometimes, when I have a moment of deep meditative thought regarding the answer to question, I like to share it with friends - hoping maybe it'll help or just give them a smile.

Here is my reply below...



----------------------- QUESTION posted by 'Hounds of Anubis' blogger:

In all things there is balance (i.e.) light doesn't exist without darkness. How do YOU keep the balance within?

My Answer:

Here's my "Moment of Zen" answer (i.e. the answer if we, as people, had perfect control over our own emotions):

Let the darkness be the evil *others* do ... Believe me, there is plenty enough darkness in OTHER people without me needing to internalize it myself. They create the darkness.. which allows me to reflect light.

as for reality...

The only way I have seen to keep balance between darkness and light inside ourselves in to make sure we have a 2:1 ratio between light and darkness. Darkness corrupts but Light purifies.

Where there is one piece of darkness... allow two pieces of light. If you have a bad memory ... remember two things that were good.

Have you noticed that it is easier for humans to recall those BAD times in their lives than the good ones?

You never hear of people having a Divorce Album.. or a Car Accident Journal... because those bad memories and events make their imprint on out minds so CLEARLY... affect us so DEEPLY that we never forget.

But we need a Wedding Album to remind us of what is to be one of the happiest days of our lives. We need Baby Books...Diaries etc. to remind ourselves of those happy times and events because they get so pushed aside in the backs of our mind with the everyday darkness that is part of living and surviving.

So I say, make sure that you have two GOOD memories - bathed in the Light - to counter-act the imprint of negativity that the darkness seems to leave upon us.

Remind yourselves often of the spectacular in the mundane:

the look of the first snowfall of the season on the trees and how it looks magickal

the opening of your child's eyes or its first cry after it's born

the power of a thunderstorm and its ability to refresh the Earth..

or the blooms of your mother's roses on her trellis (this pic is ACTUALLY my mother's climbing roses!)...

If you want to see light in the darkness... think of the Universe & Goddess.

She forms new stars in the darkest of space.

In the death of one star in Her vast darkness lies the birth of another.

She dazzles the darkness with points of light at night & paints the aurora borealis across our darkest northern skies -- reminding us of the balance.

Brightest Blessings, HEXtraordinary