Saturday, June 08, 2013

Ascensio

"He went like one that hath been stunned,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn."
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

So now dear friends we find ourselves emerging from our cores. This is our return, so to speak, from all of those things that we embraced previously. We find ourselves standing in the light of illumination. On the surface this idea seems very white light and fluffy bunny, but all of us know better. We know that the illumination we now have is of our own personal power. This is the light that comes from the draconian path, the light of the start within, so to speak. This is the light of realizing that we are our own sources of light, and that light does not come from an external source. 

When we embrace our darkest core and its sense of being, we learn to embrace and recognize who and what we are, both animal and human. We realize that although we may feel removed from the animal kingdom, we are largely animalistic, and this realization gives us power; sheer, unbridled, raw, visceral, power. We realize that we are the sum of our parts, and that because of this, we are greater than any one individual part, whether that part is our animalistic side or our human side. We create our reality to a large degree by having inner harmony with ourselves. This ascendance is one that can propel us light years ahead of others simply for the fact that we realize what we are, and when we realize this, we open up to ourselves with honesty and acceptance. 

But with this ascendance comes sorrow, for we realize certain things that others do not, and we pay the price of some lost innocence, replaced with the cold wisdom of experience and stark realization. It is obvious to us that certain paths should not be followed, but rather certain paths should be forged with ourselves as the trailblazers. Part of this wisdom is in realizing that there is no stopping point for ascension, or rather that the final destination is somewhere out there when it comes to linear time. 

I encourage you to contemplate this, especially when put into context of where you're at on your path. What wisdom has been gained? What price has been paid? And, more importantly, was it worth it?

LVX,
Bill