“Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!” - Buddy Ebsen

Many of us feel uncomfortable revealing to others – and even to ourselves – what lies beneath the surface of our day-to-day consciousness and pain.

We get out of bed and begin where we left off the previous day. Although, deep within us an endless river of spiritual energy flows, and even though we often may feel a subtle longing to (re)connect with it, we are distracted by the mundane or we fear disturbing what we know or understand - or in many cases what we think we know and understand.

As I have recently discovered, it can be unsettling to descend into the more mysterious realms of the spirit. And often it seems, at first, easier to simply ignore its call. At times it may even be easier to simply negate the longings of our spirit, but we should remember that if we do not listen to the voice of our spirit, and if we do not go looking for what lies beneath the surface, our spirit will “come looking for us”.

And then, we may suddenly realise (or remember) that although we may not be able to see it or hold on to it, our spirit is real, eternal and ever-changing.

Every shift in our life comes courtesy of universal spiritual “forces” and even something we may experience as a catastrophe can hand us exactly what we need to awaken to who we really are. It is difficult though when you are in the middle of a painful transition to recognise the experience of inner growth. And when your life seemingly falls apart, it is indeed a lot easier to blame someone or something else, to rail against fate or the gods, or to shut down the messages carried on the winds of change, for it can indeed be difficult to understand why certain lessons have to hurt so much.

But then, everything that happens has meaning, and wisdom can even be found in the shards of our most shattered moments.

Spiritual awareness is not something that you can gain by force. You cannot compel yourself to become more spiritually aware (or as during certain times of "darkness", spiritually unaware) you merely have to be open to what is already within you

Our personal reality is a reflection of our beliefs, and our life experience is an expression of the ideas we have chosen to accept as true. Spiritual awareness is about transcending the darkness of our personal reality and this always begins and ends within.

"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - Chinese Proverb