Under the Eclipse: The Power of Shadow and Light
Finding courage in the face of turmoil and refusing to accept the status quo as we navigate the new energy with courage, love, and inner peace. Some thoughts on how we rise.
The Energetic Shifts we’re Feeling
Can you feel it?
It seems I am constantly saying, ‘There is so much going on in the energetic world right now’, and perhaps that is because there is. Here on the heels of the partial Solar Eclipse we have again experienced an energetic disrupter and it is messing with my sleep, challenging me to keep an open heart, and working to grow my awareness of chaos.
How are you navigating this changing world, dear ones?
Chaos - The Catalyst
I am reminded that I was eager to be here as a physical being in this massive time of change - and still my physical self reels at stages. Join me as I ponder our present and how to best navigate it.
How do we know there is much going on in the metaphysical aspect of us and our world? Because of the chaos in the illusion of the 3D surrounding us.
And then I remember that chaos, as always, creates the platform for change.
Injustice, You Old Chestnut
The healers among us will know that our hyper-awareness of injustice is a ‘thing’. Some of the injustices I observe at the moment create feelings I struggle to find words for…
And I don’t want to focus on the negative in a despairing way, I am far too aware that my low vibration thoughts amplify and ripple that energy throughout the universes, but this is the gist.
The Lotus Rising - Transforming Collective Energy
Earth has upheaved stagnant, age-old energy of imbalances and we are shown what we have created as a collective. Think of it an energetic reading of what sits in Earth’s gridlines, the residue of humanity’s behaviour over time. This is the energy She and we are working to clear. As the lotus flower rises from the mud, we too, must witness the sludge we collectively seek to free ourselves from.
This mire spills over, flooding Earth with the actions of those who act morally bereft, and those whose indifference causes others - Earth, her people, and creatures - to suffer.
These are the actions of those who have forgotten All are One.
Separating Illusion from Truth in the 3D World
I have seen a thread weaving through the 3D. A toxic little thread created by those who are in great positions of power causing harm and evading justice - in every possible way and in every aspect of our social structure- spreading throughout our great tapestry.
This discord reflects the illusion of separation and invites us to remember our Divine truths.
We are one.
What we do to the least of us, we do to all of us.
We can lift each other and ourselves up, or
We can tear each other and ourselves down.
We cannot lift ourselves up while tearing another down without harming ourselves, nor vice versa.
Only hurt people hurt others.
The things we Egoically seek to soothe our pain such as materialism, competition, and other addictions, cannot offer long term satisfaction and inner peace but catapult us towards the next ‘fix’.
This knowing is the starting point to guide us to greater compassion for others and ourselves as we evolve beyond our wounds.
The Energy of the Partial Solar Eclipse: Devil’s Horns and New Beginnings
It is interesting that March’s partial solar eclipse forms the ‘devil’s horns’ on sunrise. Synonymous with evil, even our Sun is forcing us to acknowledge what we have created. Of course we can look to the ‘evil’ in our world and condemn it; we have done this for millennia.
Yet the energy of this Aries new moon invites us to new insights and to find the strength we need to create something new.
What if we choose to see the ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ as versions of ourselves, because in effect, aren’t they? If we are all one energy - and we know we must be, for there is no way to separate All That Is - continuing the illusory paradigm of us/them, good/bad, love/hate only serves to perpetuate an endless cycle of judgement and suffering.
An eclipse is always fascinating - even when we don’t get to view it from the Southern Hemisphere. If you are curious too, you will find more information below:
How to See the Partial Solar Eclipse
And an interesting history of the Eclipse here:
What if we find the courage to acknowledge our shadow selves in every form?
The Divine trump card is this: we can only recognise the parts of ourselves we diminish and reject through actions of diminishment and rejection. So, whether we are one of the many raising awareness of our Shadow Selves through continuing to create discord, drama, and upheaval, or whether we are working to hold our hearts open and hold tightly to our faith, both are reflections of who we are. Our only way out of this unending loop or cycle of suffering is to remember that both aspects are us.
What if we step out of the known, risk-takers in the best possible way, choose something different and leap into the New Earth we are building?
What to do when Leadership Fails?
What do we choose when those we have entrusted to govern and nurture generations, and those we have given our energy to and placed our hopes in to grow our society, fail us?
Our past actions have created this present, our present actions are creating our future, and in this moment we are invited to choose how we want it to be.
All the wars have not ended war.
Surely, if conflict was the answer, we would live in a peace-filled world by now.
Yet, conversely, the fear of conflict can result in silence, and silence can become acquiescence.
It brings to mind the warning attributed to Edmund Burke, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [wo]men to do nothing”, when the consequences of non-action devolves into horror.
And so, “No”. A simple yet powerful word, reminding others that we have the right to choose for ourselves. Let us speak our truth with love when words are needed - this is the throat chakra in Divine balance.
Perhaps now more than ever before, we need to consider different ways of responding.
The Illusion of 'Us' vs 'Them': Embracing Unity in a Divided World
When we remind ourselves that we are all fragments of the same energy trying to figure this lifetime out - we understand the importance of refusing to participate in ‘us’ and ‘them’.
Whether the one responsible for diabolical actions is deemed a lightworker or antichrist is irrelevant.
Those who are doing great wrongs are inviting us to acknowledge our role in their rise and carefully consider what we create next. Not only do they force us to look at what our past decisions have manifested, but judgement of other’s wrongs always directs us inwards: ‘Can we love the parts of ourselves we judge as lacking or unloving?’ Surely, we have played every role through many lifetimes and perhaps even this lifetime: victim, persecutor, lover, hater, protector, corrupter, innocent, guilty...
Just as the imbalances in the gridlines rise to the surface, so too are the dead lightbodies of lives past, asking to be healed. Within and without we seek to return to our Divine balance through acknowledgement, boundaries, better choices, and unconditional love.
So how to respond?
Finding Courage in the Face of Turmoil
How you respond of course is up to you, as each of us wrestle and navigate our values and boundaries as situations arise. Truly there is no wrong way of doing this, as our actions will merely lead us to the next step, another invitation to choose something better.
Me?
I will not hate.
I will not condone.
I will not perpetuate low vibration with a low vibration focus.
I will speak up.
I will love.
I will send healing, hold faith that the turbulence will bring change.
I will stay focused on what is right, kind, and respectful to all other beings as best I can.
I will remind myself of self-forgiveness when I harshly judge my human-ness.
I will find ways to find inner peace and inner balance within myself.
I will continue to create healthy energetic and physical boundaries with a radiant light that others might find their way.
I will trust that all is working out in Divine right timing.
And I will continue to pray that love, the Divine Source, the light in each being be activated, to guide us all beyond hate, greed, and indifference, back to our Divine knowing of the unconditional love we are each a part of.
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Blessed be.
Michelle Cowles
Lightworker
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Thank you Michelle, just what I was needing, guidance on navigating the current energies and the ‘illusion’. As a social worker daily I’m hearing about the effects of these energies and it’s very challenging not to feel overwhelmed. I spend time in my garden and in nature to rebalance. So grateful for your support 🥰
Loved this writing. <3