I know I have been neglecting this blog for a couple of months now and I am terribly sorry! I have been in California/Arizona and briefly Nevada for a month visiting a good friend of mine who moved out there over 6 months ago now. That itself was over a month ago; I have made a ritual deer-skin drum from start to finish in that time, I am also currently doing consultations wednesday mornings at a Pilates Studio in Hornsby, Sydney, NSW, Australia (contact me for details or visit my NEW website!!). Plenty of various tid pits to share with you all. I have an official website now which you can easily access on the side navigation panel, above the link to my Facebook page - which has now been slowed down to make way for more practical current pursuits. I am studying my MA in Writing so I will be focusing my energy towards that end in about a week when classes resume. I love keeping the mind active! I have also completed my Practitioner Certificate in the wonderful healing energy of Seichim Reiki, centred around Sekhmet, a mighty Egyptian Goddess.
Below is an article featured on my website about embracing the good, the bad, the dark and the light sides of who you really are instead of running for the hills in denial. Focusing on one more than the other isn't healthy or constructive. Balance is the key and it something that we will always be negotiating - we certainly aren't perfect!
"Eventually we turn a corner; standing at the crossroads, we look back upon our path. We do this at least once along our merry way, standing there upon that precipice – looking out into the valley, across our winding path that led us to this summit: this place of contemplation.
As we look behind, sometimes our path looks shrouded in mist and memory, these memories sit out from the landscape like little rocky outcrops or a herd of grazing deer. In others it looks so very far away but completely clear like the golden rock of a mountainside. Our biggest step in life can be that little leap of faith. Knowing when to turn the corner, when to look back and when to look forward.
Sometimes the trail we thought was open, in fact was completely closed. Often, it is our very selves who had shut the road but couldn't move a step forward to find an alternative path. Human nature can be so very cruel. We combat so much fear, doubt and anger every day. We mistrust and judge ourselves and our very nature so much that we cannot see what simply is. That recognition that we have chosen the more difficult path or the one that takes us longer is essential. Ownership of our own lives, trust in what lies ahead and faith in ourselves to carry us on is what must keep us going.
These little acknowledgements and sidetracks are not depressive or negative. We all know that life can be difficult and we search for the light in the dark times, this is natural. We all reflect and we all look back in hindsight, these pinnacles help us to grow, mature and develop ourselves. In Shamanism and indeed many cultures and spiritual practices, sitting within the dark is considered a means to the end. Instead of searching out the light, you identify and acknowledge the darker aspects (the fear, anxiety, stress, personality traits, the difficult situations). By identifying and acknowledging, we can move past these grievances that have occurred by processing them in their pure and very raw states. I find that we are moving into an age where we focus so much on affirmation and ‘light and fluffy’ that this darker side is sometimes being swept under the carpet rather than acknowledged.
None of us are perfect, life is a working progress and by embracing the cycle of both reflection and revelation (dark/light) we can become aware of our complete selves, not by detachment or enchantment but by simple raw honesty and acknowledgement. Know who you are.
Life is never straight ahead, the choices we make may shape us but they can never truly break us. Don’t be afraid to make a decision with the expectation that it may not turn out as you hoped. Trust your gut, weigh up your options and never berate yourself for making an apparent ‘mistake’. These ‘mistakes’ are really golden nuggets in retrospect."
©Kris Barrett
Many heartfelt blessings xxxx
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