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Jennifer Gance's avatar

I was coming out of my 3rd, most painful dark night when I discovered you and we began working 1:1 :)

This is an observation I've been noticing over the past few months, but the men I've known from my past and some I know in my immediate location/neighborhood/business, etc. are beginning to experience a dark night and they are very confused and grasping for that self image.

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Interesting observation. And what a way to serve Consciousness by consciously witnessing this collective dark night...all necessary. Much love, Jenn 💕

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Shannon Hughes's avatar

Thank you, once again Erin for speaking truth I need to hear. Full transparency: I deleted this newsletter earlier this month because I didn’t think I fit the “bill” as someone going through difficult times (as you’ve noted at the beginning.) And then yesterday happened. And the eel prior. And alas, here I am.

This week’s shooting at Robb Elementary was too much. Trying to built and push Enlivened Studios is too much. Witnessing my husbands seemingly unconscious struggle with work is too much.

And I’m tired. And I felt I’d “lost it”. Until I read these words. We’ll, that - and a good night’s sleep (albeit dream filled and restless.)

So what not? I ask myself.

And my soul and spirit say: REST. Put it all down for a while and REST.

Thank you.

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Dear Shannon, I do hope body mind and soul got that needed rest, and that you will continue to receive that over the weekend. Yes, it's all too much, isn't it? Best to give it up - all of it. I hear you.

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Linda's avatar

Wise and compassionate words indeed 💜

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Much thanks in return, Linda 💞

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LeAnn Eriksson's avatar

Thank you for sharing this, Erin. It has also been my experience, and rings absolutely true ✨

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Thank you so much, LeAnn.

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Michelle Dixon, Ph.D.'s avatar

I love this article and especially that you mention how the dark night is not a one time thing, but that it can revisit us. And also that awakening is a constant evolution of deepening. So glad I found someone like-minded on here!

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Natalia Blagoeva's avatar

I remember reading this before but it came handy again following your last article. Thank you for bringing it back to our attention! It's very useful to be reminded that it is not a one time experience, and that while it lasts, "you are okay" and "you are not alone" although it might feel like that.

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Thank you, Natalia!

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sashi rose's avatar

holy shit. holy MA! i am of the lifetimes of the dark night of the soul variety. or at least this lifetime. well, more accurately, my adult life in this lifetime. since i have been about 19 yrs. old...am now 52. and excruciating memories of dark nights from other times, other bodies. glimpses, moments, brief periods of emergent spring, little shafts of light through the prison of the dark night window. what strikes me too is the umbrella of being in KALI YUGA time...seems whatever emergence arises, still this epoch's umbrella is still felt by this soul. thank you for this true kindness...this soothing balm, this wisdom, my dear dear Erin. thank you so very much.

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ERIN REESE's avatar

Thank you for pointing out the collective Dark Night! You are witnessing, embodying that. You have pointed to that which is felt personally yet is impersonal. Bless you for this massive work you are consciously experiencing and being consumed by. . . in, as, of, by...All That Is. ❤️

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