05/02/2026
It is important that we own our darkness, as much as our light ✨
I have watched both the religious and spiritual communities bypass the importance of owning our darkness.
And I feel the United States is a grand stage to see the impacts of this denial.
When we disown or fail to acknowledged and take responsibility of our struggles, pain (inflicted by ourself and others), short comings, and ignorance. We allow it to stay festering in the darkest parts of ourselves that manifests as shame, abuse, control, addiction, hatred, doubt, anxiety, and fear. And because we push these feelings and behaviors into the  unacknowledged, or unconscious place of ourself… they turn into projections that clouds our perception of truth. These projections take from so that we may begin to face these fears externally… leading to even more suffering.
We begin to see our unacknowledged fear dressed as a stranger who we know nothing about. We begin to grow anxious about the world around us, as if our internal darkness has shaded the whole sky. We demand control from our loved ones so that we may never feel the discomfort needed to look within ourselves, to face ourselves. We find someone we can hate more than the self-hatred that lingers within us.
These projections then make there way into our stories and how we relate to larger systems and divine figures. We begin to use story as a way to pacify our internal conflict, instead of illuminate truth. We begin to shape God into a weapon to shield us from taking responsibility of our actions, instead of God as a path to liberation.
The path of liberation involves the inner work showing up to the pain we take part in creating, so that we may not be overcome by it.
It is the wisdom from sitting with are darkness, understanding it, and owning it , that adds to the light.
It opens up the path for others to do the same work.
 Bringing the unconscious to the conscious light.