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| New Moon May 31, 2003 |
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"WELCOMING THE DARK" by Hilary Bee |
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This month of May we get to celebrate two New Moons, one at the beginning and one at the end.
Many of us know that the second of two Full Moons in a month is called a ?Blue Moon?.
Did you know that the second New Moon in the same month is called a ?Black Moon??.
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Does the sound of ?Black Moon? make you shudder? Are you afraid of the dark? Is nighttime scary to you?
Do you associate darkness with negativity? If you do, you are not alone. Many of us have had strong
programming that links darkness with fear, the unknown and unpleasant happenings.
As we meditate on the New Moon, let us explore what lies within these images of the dark to see what
is hidden inside.
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What comes to your mind when you think of the dark?
Do you have memories or images associated
with darkness that you shy away from? Let us take courage together, for where there is fear, there is power too.
And where there is power, there is much to learn.
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By definition, the dark is what we cannot see with our eyes. As humankind has sought to conquer and
control the natural world, so darkness has come to be the repository of all that we cannot control or
understand rationally. Another way of putting this is to say that daylight represents the conscious
and the rational,  and that darkness represents the unconscious and the irrational. These latter
two ideas have not had a good press! Let us see what they contain that might be of value to us.
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Within the realm of the unconscious and the irrational lie creativity, intuition, dreams, clairvoyance, hunches,
feelings, emotions, sensuality, instinct, spirituality, god, the unknown, beauty, nature, silence
and much more besides.
The New Moon is a time to connect with these realms, to honor, explore and befriend them.
We cannot enter as conquerors as these are not realms that can be captured.
In appreciating and respecting them, we can reconnect and bring balance within our own beings.
At the same time we can bring balance between ourselves and the natural world that is a key to our future.
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Tonight take time to look up at the sky from wherever you are. Leave the lights out, take the darkness in.
Allow yourself to connect with the aspects of nature that surround you. Breathe in the silence and the night.
Release your fears. Feel the wisdom of the universe. Allow it to speak to your creativity, your inner knowing
and your dreams. Let the darkness of the Moon be your friend tonight. Welcome in the night.
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