Seeing in a Different Light

Here are two quotes that are a combined invitation to be curious about what is and to see your vulnerabilities and difficulties in a different light – they are not something that is wrong; they are doorways into a full connection with you!

Notice that Agnes is saying the same thing as Krishnamurti: that it is what you turn away from that controls your life, and when you look, it lessens its power over you!

“If you look at something carefully, you will always be able to see its dark side. One cannot exist without the other.  And yet we choose never to look into the shadows.  Understand that it is what you choose not to observe in your life that controls your life. Everything begins with a circle of motion, without the positive and negative poles there would be no movement, no creation.  Without the dark side your beauty would not exist.  Don’t be afraid to look at both sides.  You need them both.  You must honor all as part of the great spirit.” –Agnes Whistling Elk

“It is not that you must be free from fear.  The moment you try to free yourself from fear, you create resistance against fear.  Resistance in any form does not end fear.  What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it.  We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it, not how to resist it.” –Krishnamurti

Be light!
Mary