An Exercise to Spread Light to the Dark Corners of Your Life

If you are an empath, a lightworker, an intuitive, or are any part of the movement of people in this world whose eyes are opening, you will notice that there are parts of your life that feel illuminated, balanced, free and exciting, and there are parts of your life that are heavy, dark and dreary.  

We feel these distinct differences because we are deeply sensitive to our emotions, and the whisperings of our inner self, our soul, and the heartbeat of the universe.  We know when something is right for us, and when it is out of flow, out of congruence and out of alignment.  

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Some people have a blanket of darkness over their entire life, and some people experience darkness in smaller more compartmentalized areas of their life.  Either way, my instructions on how to begin to eliminate the darkness are the same.  

Imagine that you walk into your house, late at night and you cannot see anything.  Do you run around the house trying to collect all of the darkness so that you can throw it outside and let the light in?  Do you go around yelling at the darkness to leave?  "Get out of here darkness, you don't belong here." Probably not.  I would guess that you just flip the light on.  That is it!  If it is that easy to illuminate the physical darkness, it may be that easy to illuminate other forms of darkness in our lives as well.

Exercise

Make a list of all of the areas of your life where you feel anything but light and alignment.  In order to do this, give yourself some quiet space, take a few deep breaths and agree to be honest with your answers.  we will not be asking you to give anything up or stop any behaviors.  For now, we will be doing a mental exercise.

Examples:  my job, my relationship, my exercise life, my social life, my hobbies do not feel right, I do not feel good when I eat the food that I am eating, I have shame about the amount of alcohol I drink, or drugs I take etc...

We will address each item, one at a time.  Look at the word on paper, say it out loud or in your mind, see its image.  Now imagine there is a bubble around the item, and inside the bubble is nothing but a beautiful wave of light that pours down from above.  Ask your angels to help you see this image with love in your heart.  You are not condoning negative behaviors, but you are looking upon the action with love and light, instead of shame and darkness, or sadness, or frustration or fear.  Seeing all aspects of our lives in loving light opens the door to change, and release. 

Watch each item until you feel just a little less dissonance, then move on to the next one.  This exercise is meant to begin the process of illuminating areas of darkness in your life, you can do it as often as you would like.  This will help you see all areas of your life with love and light, taking back the power you have previously given up to fear. 

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We are more willing to look at, spend time with, and change things that we see in the light.  

In preparation for a medical procedure, I was put on a highly restrictive diet for weeks.  Knowing that the diet was looming, I became anxious and clung tighter to the foods that I would have to temporarily stop eating.  Sometimes we have to take our own advice, so I used this exact exercise to visualize the diet in a divine light that cleared my mind to remember the healing properties of the food I am allowed and the hold the purpose of the restrictions in gratitude.  I have noticed that the more I practice this visualization, the more I release my grip on foods that are not allowed, and focus on the way my body feels when I am detoxifying and preparing for the procedure.

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Everything we do is in love.  When you choose to turn your light on, you are choosing to raise your vibration to new heights and will begin to feel relief from avoiding darkness.  You will enthusiastically enter dark internal rooms, and turn the light on to space that can now be used to house beautiful vibrant experiences.  

Love and light to you always,