THIS IS HELIA'S POST

Darkness & Light is usually a metaphor for light=good & darkness=evil. Can we eliminate the the darkness of our inner being by living in the light? That has certinaly been the mission of the masters and sages of the human condition. It has been so since the dawn of time. The more I study, the more I am convinced that great souls have walked the face of this earth, and that they have done so since the dawn of time.

The more we stay in the 'light', the more we live it; then the more we become a part of and one with it. This is the truth, as I have experienced it in my lifetime, and it is what I have also experienced witnessing in others.

It is not easy, but it is possible to gain victory over the personal self and be true to the higher nature of your inner being. What is that higher nature? It is joy! It is bliss! It causes harm to no one, not to yourself and not to others.

The more you exercise the power of the light, the more you live in truth, the brighter your spirit will shine. This has nothing to do with being an intellectual. It is inner knowing and inner radiance.

This is why people go into retreat to do the woods. They long to experience the inner joy of this kind of communion. The difficult thing is to take this inner radiance with you as you go out in the world each day. We meet ourselves here. We meet ourselves coming and going. We are all connected in spirit. The more you are able stay in the light, you make an assent into a higher level. It is an ever constant play of light and shadow. What you see as darkness on the spiritual plane of existence is your shadow. When you surround your self with the light, there is no shadow. There is no darkness.