The Dark Night of the Soul – Spiritual Transformation
Techniques to help you through this period
The period of the Dark Night of the Soul is a process that requires a painful immersion that an individual experiences before awakening and shining in all their light.
This is a phase in our lives when we find ourselves in a struggle with ourselves. Our old beliefs are crumbling, everything we believed in is crumbling. Our old self is leaving us and our true self is returning.
It is the in-between space between who you were and who you will become. It is an experience that transforms you to your core and leaves a mark deep within you.
During this period, it is common to feel like everything you believed in before no longer makes sense. You feel lost, lonely, empty, and confused. During this period, I cried a lot myself, and I didn't even know why, I was overwhelmed with emotions that I couldn't control.
Some people also call the dark night of the soul a loss of identity – when we no longer know who we are, what makes us happy, and what we want in life.
When I went through this period myself, I admit it wasn't easy. But with various techniques, I turned it to my advantage and started anew.
TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS TRANSFORMATION
ACCEPT AND DON'T RESIST
Embrace this period and turn it to your advantage. Don't resist the process, because that will make it even harder. This is a process that our soul initiates, so that we start following it and working through it. By resisting, we only slow down this process of transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Don't cling to what is no longer you, but allow your true self to come alive, allow your soul to speak.
ALLOW YOUR FEELINGS TO COME TO THE SURFACE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES
During this period, a wave of emotions that have been suppressed and ignored for years is triggered. Allow yourself to feel everything that comes to the surface. Loneliness, sadness, shame, helplessness, worthlessness, anger, guilt, abandonment… don’t judge it, just allow it, perceive it and welcome it. Breathe, cry and let it go.
MAKE NATURE YOUR SECOND HOME
The beautiful nature has healing powers and can support us at every step. When I explored nature, trees, and the melodies of trees, using a device that converts the frequency of the plant itself into sound, I discovered how much it helps me on my journey of transformation.
Nature has a beneficial effect on us both physically and energetically. Go into nature with the intention of cleansing and recharging. Connect with the trees, talk to them. Use them to cleanse your emotions, thoughts and pain. Each tree has its own purpose, its own power, which truly helps you on your path. Allow the river to cleanse you on all levels, allow the earth to pull out of you everything that is no longer you. Return to nature, respect it and it will support you every step of the way.
CRYSTALS
Connect with the original power of crystals, use them to connect with their knowledge. To raise your vibration with the help of the vibration of crystals. To heal and recharge with them.
Let the vibration and melody of the crystal itself carry you to your core. Make yourself a crystal elixir and bring these healing vibrations into your body (be careful – not all crystals are suitable for water and elixir).
GRATITUDE
Even though it can be hard to find gratitude during this time, take the time each day to write down 3 things you are grateful for. It will be hard at first, but it will get easier with each passing day. With each passing day, you will find it easier to feel gratitude with your whole body, raising your vibration and igniting the spark within you.
ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE ALONE
Being alone and enjoying solitude does not mean that you are lonely. Silence and solitude will help you to hear yourself, your soul again and connect with it more easily. To get away from the daily noise and rush and just be. In silence and solitude. Don't be afraid. Just allow yourself to be.
PATIENCE AND TRUST IN THE PROCESS
Be patient and gentle with yourself. Trust the process of transformation and surrender. Let go of the need to control.
ALLOW
Allow everything to crumble, in every area of your life. Don't cling to the old. Embrace the change that is happening inside and outside of you.
Allow relationships that are no longer in harmony with you to end.
WRITE A VISION
Start at the beginning. Step by step. Ask yourself and listen to yourself. What are your values? Who are you now? What do you want to be? What do you want to achieve? Write a vision for each area of your life. What do you want? What relationships do you want? What makes you happy? What is your dream job? What fulfills you? What calms you? Ask yourself who you are.
The dark night of the soul is not a bad thing. It is a wonderful opportunity to re-establish your foundations and experience your true self. To experience your soul.
Petja Janzovnik,
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