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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 06:01 PM
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"An Attack of Darkness...Or Is It?" - Karen Bishop - October 5, 2006
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AN ATTACK OF DARKNESS...OR IS IT?
Karen Bishop
October 5, 2006


Greetings!

The energies and events of September greatly supported us in arriving at a New space. October will be a month of cementing things in, of making these New spaces more concrete and secure, and even of finally bringing in all the pieces of these grand New roles we are now embodying. And as always, the energies we find ourselves in only serve as windows of opportunity. We need not take them if we are not yet ready or in alignment. And know as well, that if an opportunity is not taken now, another one will arrive when personal alignments are more intact. This is the beauty of the marriage between choice and energy. A new train will always continue to arrive at your trainstop.

So then, arriving in a New and higher vibrating space usually brings much. Making a leap in vibrational residency always comes with what we usually refer to as “darkness.” One level of understanding might say that as our lights begin to shine brighter, as we are now embodying more of Source, the darkness comes to thwart the light. But a higher view would indicate something quite different.

In the higher realms, energy has no meaning…it simply follows its' natural course of direction. Humans like to place meanings, stories, and sometimes dramas on things in order to wrap their minds around them. The 3D mind needs to make sense of things in order to process and have some kind of standard and protocol to live by.

I remember watching a documentary once on television involving a tribe located far from civilization. At one point, something terrible occurred at the very same time that a tribal member was standing on a huge rock. From that point on, it was known for generations that one should never stand on that rock!

Just as this tribe represents how people need to connect some kind of dots to make sense of things, a more modern civilization would connect dots in a more advanced way. And as we are evolving so quickly now, we are finding how the dots connect at even higher levels of understanding and awareness.

When our vibrational residency changes through going “higher,” this creates a new mismatch within each of us, as well as on the planet as a whole. As we reach a higher vibrational frequency through evolution, whatever is no longer a match, will rise to the surface for release.

So then, it can feel like darkness is attacking us, when actually it is only the darker and denser energies within us that we are feeling more now, because they are up and out.

Absolutely anything in the universe is merely an aspect of ourselves. This includes guides, angels, and other higher vibrating manifestations.

With the arrival of a New residency now in October, “darkness” will be up. This can feel like ughy and yucky energy around you, or even experiencing some unusual situations that encourage us to look within at our shadow sides.

Several years ago, on my way to work at an Indian reservation, I drove past a stopped school bus on the opposite side of the road. I had mistakenly believed that it was OK to keep driving if the bus was on the opposite side of the road. I did this twice! This experience resulted in an APB being sent out about me! Imagine my horror when friends told me that they had heard the police were searching for me and my jeep!

The result was a possible 90 days in jail and the suspension of my driver's license for a year. I felt like a horrible criminal! I cried for days and felt that I was being treated terribly for an infraction that I had unintentionally committed. Was I really that horrible? I ended up getting a sentence of community service and had to be “good” for two years, but I still remember how awful I felt about the whole thing.

To gain some clarity, I went for a healing session. I felt that I was most certainly being attacked by the dark forces, as I had such a bright light (ha! ha!). What became crystal clear through the session was that I was not acknowledging my shadow side. I had always tried to be the best person I could be, and now was being told I was a criminal! I began to realize that I certainly had some imperfections within me.

And this is how the “darkness” can manifest when we are releasing it. I have a family member who received a notice from the IRS last week that she had mistakenly claimed something on her taxes and now owed them money. She did not do this intentionally. The next day, she got a notice in the mail containing a photo of her and her car license plate, showing her driving through a red light that she swears she did not drive through! We had to laugh, as it looked like a mug shot of her behind the wheel!

One could say that she was being “attacked,” but what was actually occurring from a higher dimensional perspective, is that she was being reminded that she was not perfect, and that even though she knew not that she had committed a “crime,” she had a shadow side like everyone else.

Another manifestation of darkness present is a feeling of insecurity or lack of confidence. If you have ever felt this way very suddenly and it is not your norm, you are most likely releasing a part of yourself that you no longer need. One might say that the dark forces are meddling with you, but what is actually ocurring is that you are releasing a piece of yourself that is no longer needed in the higher realms. When parts of us suddenly depart, we can feel a bit lost, insecure, and have a lack of confidence.

This is simply an aspect of the ascension process in regard to moving up that old ladder of vibrational frequency. We can feel like we have reverted back to a child like state of simplicity, like we do not know a thing anymore, and even feel incompetent or worthless. But know that it is only an indication of moving to higher ground as much of the "old you" is departing.

When the ascension process began in earnest several years ago, these periods of what feels like great darkness lasted for weeks at a time. But as we progress both individually and as a whole, the darkness that surrounds us while we are adjusting, need only last for a day or even a few hours.

If we can know that all is in divine and perfect order, and that we are evolving on a continual basis, things can get easier. And know that it is an ascension process . Many times people get confused as they want to know if they have “ascended.” It does not work like that. This is an evolutionary process that will continue on for a very long time.

One thing that greatly helps if you are feeling any darkness, is to immediately focus on what you would like your life to look like. This can immediately take you out of one space and into another. Our thoughts and focus alone can carry us from one reality and into another. And the more we focus on the joys and beauty that our lives can become, the quicker they will become just that!
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Wishing you Heaven in your heart, starlight in your soul, and miracles in your life in these miraculous times.

Until next time,

Karen
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 10:25 PM
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1. Well damn.
Here I am asking myself what the hell is going on....we were on the upswing,but all of a sudden we are stuck with no money and SO's laptop (he's a dj, so essentially his mobile business center) died.....I have not been able to do a few things I had committed to...found out a big change is coming (possibly) at his job....eek eek!...and what does Karen do?
Tell me EXACTLY what is going on! Answer the question I've been asking for the last 6 hours!!
Thanks so much, Dream. That sure did help me calm down a bit.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 06:51 AM
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3. I hope that things turn around for your family soon, lildreamer.
This energy is difficult to handle, but I think that it's a bit easier to take when we know that it's part of the evolutionary process.

:hug:
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 05:45 AM
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2. One of our dear members here
has offered some great advice. On days when I thought I was only a "waste of space", she suggested a rubber band around the wrist and when things felt really bad just to snap that rubber band as a reminder to think again, but this time about the goodness instead of the "ugly".

I don't really wear the rubber band except in my imagination and when I'm having a difficult day I imagine the rubber band and snap it twice. It's gotten to the point where all I say is "snap-snap" and my thoughts calm and I immediately remember my goals of peace and healing. I only offer this in case anyone else feels defeated and lost sometimes. It was a great piece of advice.

Thank you dear Cassie for that offering and to the rest of you who offer support and prayers for all of us as we sometimes struggle to make our way. :hug:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 06:52 AM
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4. I love the rubber band idea.
Thanks to both you and cassie for sharing it, OB!

:hug:
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 06:58 AM
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5. Great post! And, thanks for the rubber band idea!!
I always remember something I heard Oprah Winfrey say once: At any given moment, no matter what is happening, we have the power to change- How we are feeling, how we are acting, or how we are handling a situation.

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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-07-06 06:14 AM
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6. ...egh. I had vowed to stop reading these things, but
this one features a more articulate, less judgmental, less preachy Karen. It's also more (MUCH) more effective at explaining her perspective on the new situation without assuming all can or should be in a similar place, or that the place we're all in excludes negativity. Bravo, Karen!
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BluePatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-08-06 04:18 PM
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7. That "shadow side" theme...
...really resonates with me right now. Thanks for posting!
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