Yin and Yang

My parents were like yin and yang, the darkest and lightest energies I have ever known. Yin is the expansive night sky, the womb of existence which envelops us all, and her lunar cycles govern all life. Yang is the sun, stunning and powerful yes, but a finite star in the infinite expanse of the universe.

I have always dreamed of a love beyond what my parents could provide. I learned how to dance with other peoples’ energy but not my own. My darkness became too powerful to be repressed, and I had to integrate my shadow so all of me could come out into the light. It was at this point that I discovered who I really am.

Narcissism is a wounding of relationality caused by the deprivation of love, and a pervasive spiritual disease of humanity. It can be extrapolated to the macrocosm, as colonization is a form of narcissism that continues to destroy the Earth. It is time for us to collectively integrate our shadow so we can wake up to who we really are.

“In other words, what it requires of us is the somewhat troubling thought that it might not just be the colonized (Echo) who can rightfully lay claim to the experience of colonial trauma, but that the traumatizing colonizer (Narcissus) may live in the wake of trauma as well: his own disavowed relational trauma.” -Simone Drichel, The Disaster of Colonial Narcissism

Flowers pictured: black hollyhock, dahlia, kew blue salpiglossis, German chamomile, Waltham 29 broccoli and Purple of Sicily cauliflower, dara flowering carrot, chocolate cherry sunflower, lemon bergamot monarda, lobelia, bee’s friend