The Heroic Journey #3: Dark Night of the Soul

www.questthejourney.com The Heroic Journey. Becoming a deeper person by going through the dark night of the soul. Experience the struggle, learn to know what matters.

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[killingswitch]

May my dark night bring me closer to the light

[Restitvtvs]

St. John of the Cross, 16th century Spanish mystic.

[Phoenix143EA]

@pr3901 Feel the feelings but experience the soul lessons as well. Life is tragic but if you believe you chose your journey it is more empowering. I wasted three decades in a pity party but I could not have become who I am today without the disability, rejection and humiliation.

[pr9301]

I don't agree with this knee-jerk "Don't feel sorry for yourself". I think it seriously distorts the all important development of an intimate relationship with oneself to positively indulge in the feelings they have without a choir of voices filled with Shalls and Shall Nots and Oughts ringing in their ears.

Maybe people have reason to feel bad about what has happened to them and that short-circuiting the process with a freeze-dried cliche does more harm than good.

Feel as bad as you need to!

[hopaloop]

@modelchic99 how are you doing now!!

[hearts0ngs]

Those of us who think we are going through (what we perceive as) the dark night of the soul, should be careful to distinguish between spiritual pain on the one hand, and depression on the other. If we are feeling sorry for ourselves or going over our personal pain in our minds habitually, we might just be depressed, and some counselling might help. I do think it is possible to be in both at once, however...and that's difficult...I just wanted to put the idea out that there is a difference.

[Yanco888]

@sanmattia Well ppl. since I spoke last on here I have had A Kundili experience, a ray of white light and a golden tunnel from my third eye. I have also had an experience of an ArcAngel with rainbow colored wings (Gabriel), I have such a wonderful amount of peace now. Things are really starting to happen in this world. My FB is Yan Indigo.

[sanmattia]

@Yanco888 Would like to chat with you how can I contact you.

[Yanco888]

@modelchic99 Wow, I am so amazed at how many people are going through the same sort of things, a dark depressive state but having days of shining. Have you or others also being getting muscal aches & pains in the arms & legs? Anyways guy's, hang in there, it will soon be day break, the dawn, a golden age. My user name on FB is "Yan Theman" link as friends if you would like to chat and encourage each other to look for better days coming. Love to you All

[modelchic99]

@Yanco888 I am starting to feel like that too. My dark night has lasted several months now. It feels like you're dying and your life seems so meaningless. I have definately had feelings as why am I still in this world. It is unbearable and yes it does seem like your hanging by a thread and struggling to survive.

[modelchic99]

I am in this and it is terrible. I don't feel any hope at all. I feel rejected and unloved. It totally sucks. I can't even do anything. Everything just seems so pointless and the depression is very intense.

[Yanco888]

I often feel like I'm just holding on by a fred each day, I found myself looking for reasons to stay in this world, I want to help make change but I can't seem to push through at the moment to get on with anything, i feel so alone, so rejected. I know God is with me, but it's like He is asleep in me, doment like a seed, maybe soon the dawn and spring will arise and life will start a-new very soon, cos I AM that I AM, I will not surrend & be ground back to ashes. Love to You All