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Meditations on Darkness
Just like the seed that starts its life in the darkness of the soil, or the child that starts its life in the darkness of the womb, all beginnings are in the dark, because darkness is one of the most essential things for anything to begin.
The beginning is mysterious, hence darkness is needed. And the beginning is so delicate, that’s also why darkness is needed. The beginning is also very intimate, that’s also why darkness is needed. Darkness has depth and a tremendous power to nourish. The day tires you; the night rejuvenates.
The morning will come, the day will follow, but if you are afraid of the darkness then the day will never come. If one wants to skip darkness then the day is impossible. One has to go through the dark night of the soul to reach to the dawn. Death is first, then life is.
In the ordinary sequence of things birth is first, then is life, but in the inner world, in the inner journey, it is just the opposite: death is first, then is life.
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