This Week’s Soul Energy Reflection is California Poppy. Keyword– Resurrection
Sometimes the day needs to disappear so you can sink into the lush blackness of night. Sometimes your eyes, whether open or shut, need the inky darkness of forgetting. Golden Poppy lives in both sun and shadow. She opens her petals in daylight and closes them when night comes, giving in easily, knowing resurrection will come with the dawn. Poppy soothes, to fall deep and far. Have no fear. Day will come, and you’ll once again stretch and unfurl.
True Dark- Ritual
When was the last time you let yourself go? Released your day walking personality and slipped fully into night? Forgot the rules of being yourself. We no longer know true dark. Lights and electronics glow through the night and the stars are obscured. still, with a little effort we can get a good approximation of darkness.
Choose a night to go dark. Turn off all the lights and all electronics. If you have streetlights near your windows, draw the curtains. Don’t use flashlights or electric lamps; instead, light a candle or use battery-operated tea lights.
As you let go of artificial light and step into true dark, observe yourself:
Do your thoughts change when you’re in true dark?
Are your movements different?
Do you find yourself wanting to be more truthful or less?
Do you find yourself wanting to be more sensual or less?
What is the rhythm of your conversations when the light is low?
Are you wanting sleep earlier than usual?
This is your nighttime self, a self you may have rarely met. breathe into her and see how she complements the daytime self you know so well. It is time to go within and listen.
