In a dream, a huge monstrous male figure approaches me. He is about 30 meters away – and the energy in the top of the thighs backside is tremendously painful and dark.
Still, I know in my heart that this is not cause for hiding in any way – it is the collective human fear of LOVE – of melting into LOVE and losing our cherished “me-part” – or maybe clearer, becoming aware that the I-part is NOT our true identity.
I see this monster as our collective denied LOVE-part- and look at the monstrous form it takes. But what I am called to, is to find gratitude for its arrival – and for my insight that this is a true gift: here is my/ our/ deeply denied Holy Self – and it is inside this scary form.
I woke up, decided to accept and explore this shadow, and fell asleep again. This time I walked up a trafficked street in town, when a young and smiling man put his arm around me and pulled me to the side. He said: “I am just moving you away from that man there who wants to hurt you.”
My decision to not resist that huge shadow brought in loving assistance and care.
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Leaving the womb: entering life fully 
Apr 12, 2021 @ 12:25:40
The Rilke quote is profound. Sometimes I wonder about my spider nightmares… I’ve always supposed I’d go to my grave still terrified of them. I admire your ability to accept and explore shadows ~ what a gift!
Apr 12, 2021 @ 12:55:49
Barbara, I have learned to believe it is a choice. And it became gradually easier during my therapist-job -I found myself guiding patients to trust, and I was helped by that too – that it is the fear about the fear that it the problem. I was personally helped by looking for the light in spider – and changing my stories and beliefs about it – she is sacred in the American Indian tradition