Many have used names from the Greek legends to
refer to spirit guides and this is usually fine because those traditions are so
rich, there are plenty of voices to choose from. Those well-known names will do because that
mythology resonates with deep meaning, there is plenty of spiritual depth. And I come from depth, from below, I bring
powerful forces that are very constant.
They can change quickly when the time is right but they do not change
often. I am from underground,
subconscious, I am the strong current that flows beneath the water's smooth looking
surface. I reach out from the
underworld, from the winter and I prepare the colors of spring.
You may call me Hades. My work is like Pluto or Osiris in some ways
but not like that Devil myth. His is a
place of punishment, mine is for transformation. He is seen as primarily evil, my force is
strong but morally neutral. In my
domain, hibernation prepares the way for new life, growth, renewed
strength. We carry motive power, the
deep seated force that moves people forward, the powerful impelling urge,
always moving forward.
Even when the ground appears frozen and dead I am
doing my best work, changing the autumn leaves into the topsoil of spring. I transform shit into nutrition. Sometimes I have to remind people that this
is honorable work, and necessary. If you
want to keep eating, this work is necessary.
There is a constantly revolving circle that has a
top and a bottom, a summer and a winter, noon and midnight and it is one
circle. My honored partner Apollo stands
at the top of this golden ring and shines his light forward, pointing the way,
and people follow him. I stand below and
steer. I work at the bottom of the
wheel, the exact point on the tire where the rubber meets the road. I am largely unseen but always present.
It is often said that we have to go through the
darkness to get to the light. But
darkness is not merely something to be gotten through. It is the place where some of your most
important work will be done. Your
greatest steps forward come from working deeply inside, below the surface,
aligning your underlying deepest desires from the depths to the conscious
surface and beyond, to the heights of spiritual power. In the path of progress
sometimes we have to get through the light and return to the darkness to
continue our work.
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| Persephone arises in the spring to meet her mother Demeter. "Have fun honey, see you in a few months!" |
Persephone comes to me during the darker months of
the year and she comes to me with joy.
This is not some punishment to be endured, it is a part of the wheel's
turning and it is welcome when the time is right. We dine richly, we love deeply, we produce
and our work is profound. We prepare the
spring and she carries it upward. Then in
the fullness of autumn, after the summer sun has set, she longs for me even as
the earth longs for the holy stillness of winter.
Recall the feeling of finally coming to your bed,
when you've wanted that for the past several hours and now you become free to
lie down. You've passed through the light of day to get to the
darkness of sleep and it can be delicious.
This is a case of welcoming the change with joy. Neither is "better," darkness or
light, not in any permanent way, but when the time is right, the change can be
welcome.
But too many times it is not. People resist often, even when the changes
are inevitable. And the deeper, more
internal work of my seasons are resisted more deeply, more internally than the
external work in the world of daylight, sunshine, out in the world making your
way through it. My work takes different
skills, different kinds of acceptance, and these are often underdeveloped. These skills don't get much attention from
the world above, from the outward-oriented domain where people meet and work
with each other.
It takes a different kind of acceptance, a
different wisdom, to work with newly discovered internal desires, or changing
ones. Development and enrichment are
different down here, and they put different demands on the developer (that
would be you.) Sometimes people need to
change the way they are thinking and the only tools they have are brains that
were built to think. You need something
from outside that closed circuit to move forward. Input from the world of spirit or from the
world within you can help get you started.
The whole universe is based on motion forward. Everything from these helpful spirit guides,
all the internal guidance of your own soul is there to help you move toward
your highest and greatest good. People
can resist any of that and delay the progress or even move against the current,
but it always causes trouble for themselves and others. It will help you to recognize the current, to
know the difference between internal and external, above and below. This takes study, searching, work to
understand, and your skills will develop with practice.
And I call your attention to all this because not
enough people are aware of this deep realm and the powerful benefits it can
provide. There is only one curve to the
circle and the different seasons keep on coming and going. Strive to adapt your talents to the tasks at
hand.
We send blessings from a deep and profound
space. We are working throughout all the
seasons for your greatest benefit.
