When Darkness Falls, We Only Know We are Out of Place

“Our more immediate personal recognition of the all-originating love and beauty will thus flow out as peace of mind, the health of body, discretion in the management of our affairs, and power in the carrying out of our undertakings; and as we advance to a wider conception of our concept of the spirit of love and beauty in its infinite possibilities, so our intuition will find a wider scope and our field of activity will expand along with it- in a word we shall discover that our individuality is growing and that we are becoming more truly ourselves than we ever were before.” p110 Troward

William Blake discusses the process of going from a state of innocence then experiencing betrayal, loss, grief. This is where most adults stand. It is the burned-out land of shadow structures.

The dark removes the confidence of ground edging us with sharpness we are blind to balance stumbling darkly, we know only that we are out of place.

This valley of despair results in a deep alienation from other people and even more hurtfully from ourselves. An imminent psychologist who spent over 40 years running psychiatric hospitals said that there was only one source for all the manifestations of pain which he observed.

Self-loathing. Self-loathing is the result of a lack of compassion. It is this state of experience that is applauded by society.

Cynicism is an armour forged on the fire of fear.