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Flourish in The Compost Pile of Your life –

Exploring your own personal darkness is very important, as it holds the key to true balance.  It is your other half.

Our personal darkness is likened to the fertile earth where we plant our seeds. It is the compost pile of our lives. Any gardener will tell you how important compost is, especially when growing a garden. Compost is the recycling of organic matter into earth. It is dark, often stinky, slimy and unsavory. Yet, out of this unpleasantness, it is eventually that same compost that provides that sacred, fertile ground on which your plants will be supported and sustained. It is the lifeblood of your garden.

Your shadow side – your darkness – serves the same purpose. It can help us grow, develop and even flourish! So with this in mind, why would we ever want to ignore or get rid of this darkness? We wouldn’t, but people often don’t realize how much we need the darkness to flourish. Your compost, even at its ugliest and darkest, is an important component to your spiritual development. When understood properly, the compost of your spiritual darkness will support and sustain your light.

On a spiritual level, your darkness is your compost. It is comprised of all those experiences and aspects of yourself that no longer serve you, all thrown together. Here, they are ready to be mulched and recycled.

We keep our shadow side a secret from the world and even from ourselves, because it is uncomfortable to look at him or her. As inconvenient and uncomfortable as it is, true spiritual development cannot progress with only half a human being.

Darkness, not light, brings things into being.

Explore The Process of your personal compost.