The Only Way Out of the Dark Night

You must go through it, not around it.

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I’m going to get real here with you. I don’t live in total certainty and happiness all the time, as I believe I should if I am going to preach about spirituality. I should have the answers and be able to integrate them. But it’s a long road to self-love and enlightenment, and a lonely one, I might add. I have many of the spiritual answers and I am blessed with the ability to articulate them, but being a living example of their power is another story entirely.

One of my followers recently said to me, “Emily thank you for all of your writing about the dark night of the soul, you are truly an expert on the subject.” And I realized that this is true, but in order to get here, I had to go through actual hell. The dark night of the soul isn’t something you want to be an expert on, trust me. Just like you should never wish to be an expert on twin flames. To acquire such expertise, one must be put through the gauntlet. Although it is the only way to have a spiritual awakening, it is not something I’d wish on anyone.

I’m still walking through a dark tunnel, hoping for a light at the end, and guiding myself only by blind faith. I have never lost the belief that everything is happening for a reason and that the universe is ordered perfectly. I don’t believe the universe is cruel…