Daily OM: Whenever a word is overused, it is
most likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its
meaningfulness. For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of
depression or a period of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but
neither of these things qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a
very specific experience that some people encounter on their spiritual
journeys. There are people who never encounter a dark night of the soul,
but others must endure this as part of the process of breaking through
to the dawn of higher consciousness.
The dark night of the soul invites us to fully recognize the confines of
our egos' identity. We may feel as if we are trapped in a prison that
affords us no access to light or the outside...read more>>>...