Im a steemit user but found this on facebook. Many who say love and light sre being fraudulent and have lots to learn about spirituality. It is about being whole and being able to experience all emotional states without living in them or being afraid of them.

i like the message! and  i agree with it!  without dark there isnt light!

Spiritual materialism=KA$H workers.....

Wise words. What you are writing about here, however, is going to be automagically dismissed by your love-and-light-obsessed spiritual readers. They have a vested interest in focusing on just one small range of the wholeness of their being, in going spiritual, non-violent, and vegan, so they can stay disconnected from their subconscious feelings of anger, fear of physical death and judgments around wild, primal, raw sex, in favor of "psychic energetic love making". They are trying to transcend physical reality and pursue longevity or even immortality so they don't ever have to sit together with their so deeply tucked down fear of physical death that only eating a giant plate of rare steak could reconnect them with at this stage. They've strayed far from their own light indeed and the electric, domineering (of their denied energetic ranges) sparks of their thinking, their higher ideals and judging morals have become their guiding light. I don't blame them, because often they have to deal with extreme traumatic anger and sexual issues that they are trying to distance from in this way. And they have bought into beliefs that what makes them good enough is to be spiritual and non-violent. They have extremely effective "painkiller" spiritual techniques that give them the high energy levels to mask any negative emotion and being disconnected from their full energetic range. 

I can say these with absolute certainty because I've seen the darkest depths and brightest illusions of the lightworker identity. We're talking about living exclusively on green vegetable juices for half a damn year, doing regular enemas while living as a hermit, 'cleansing' my energetic system through energy work, yoga, pranayama and more cutting edge technology. I even discovered how to do telekinesis and was meditating with half a freaking ton of crystals up in the Himalayas for a whole year. Trust me, I do know how far the lightworker identity can lead one away from the truth of who they are.


I wanted to go into this niche of guiding lightworkers back into who they really are, but the ultra spiritual guy in the pink t-shirt above beat me to it. He's probably not making much of a difference in their lives either, because of the extreme denial and unrecognised pain and disconnect these people are in. However, through his use of humor, he might be able to break the pattern of resistance in some lightworkers to land a punch on them and make them become staggered a bit. Straying from my current niche a bit, I'll probably write about my lightworker journey back to my wholeness on my website too because that's more relatable and transformative than telling people what their lightworker patterns may be.


Anyways, for the rest of us, what you're writing about is common sense, and hopefully common practice too ;)


Take care, 

Attila Beres
www.attilaberes.com

Great post, I wish I'd discovered this sooner because it deserves far more then $12 especially with ~60k views..

totally freaking agree! I used to shed the love and light stuff and I was like wtf this is all bullshit - there is all this dark stuff inside me that wants to be shared with the world because I know other people can heal and gain light from it as well! Our painful experiences we have learned from is another persons healing. Our darkness is beautiful. And the new age bullshit is something I turned away from after awhile because its not all about positive thoughts - sometimes you must get angry to actually do something about whats happening in the world.

As Mike Myers character, The Love Guru, would say: Often the only way OUT (of the illusion of the LABEL of "good" or "positive") is IN (to face the unconscious "bad" and "negative" that brews right below the surface). 

And as this trailer, to the documentary The Shadow Effect, points out.. most of us are afraid of the dark side of our nature, as it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

http://risky.tv/shadow-effect/

Very beautiful. I would like to say, though, that it is a dance, and that by focusing on these dark places of ourselves we CAN give power to them. That's why it must be called shadow "work," because we do need to acquire a lot of skill to navigate through these things. In my experience I have become completely overtaken by my shadows in my shadow work to the point of being unsure if I will ever get out.  To make matters worse, my outward world always directly reflects my inner world. As the owner of my own business, when I'm deep in my shit I barely make any money. Then it's a snowball effect of more and more shit.  But man, I love how you point out that "lightworkers" are severely lacking in light. That makes TOTAL sense. I've never thought about it before. I think they're just early on their path.  Have you seen Dr. David Hawkins' scale of consciousness? Probably they're just not very high in consciousness and awareness, a "new soul" perhaps, in the most simplistic terms. (Although not one that I really like to use. :) )

I have heard people saying stuff like, do what feels good. Most of the time, I don't think they're talking about sensory gratification, but trying to find fulfillment. Even in that case, it's like you're describing. If you're constantly running to the good stuff you're going to miss the lessons that come from pain.

The counterpoint, I believe, is to be wary of people who encourage suffering. This can happen especially with ayahuasca ceremonies. There's always some discomfort associated, and so people end up glorifying it, and sometimes that can cause it.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Yes, it's very important to do shadow work. But we don't have to stay stuck there either. All in good balance. After some shadow work, comes some relief and lightness untill you've charged up enough again for more shadow work. Untill all our shadows work for Love. If the lightness doesn't come after your shadow work you are stuck in the painbody. This is where you feed the misery by identifying with it. ( Eckhart Tolle talks about this) You can get out of it by witnessing your pain. Snapping out of it for a bit by going for a walk or doing something fun. When you've found your balance again, you can go back in to the shadow work without identifying with it.

Agree!

Thanks for bringing this up. Yes, involving one's self in some sort of shadow work is imperative for moving beyond that which is restricting or perpetuating suffering in some way.

Great article! You hit the nail on the head! Well done!

Nice one! First seen on facebook and shared there. Then re-steemed and upvoted. Please accept my gratitude for an excellent post.
ps You may like this little video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA0lKHpaBxg

When is part two coming?

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 

14 And no wonder, for even 
***Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.*** 

15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

*emphasis mine*

*-ch @globocop*

Ok, here's my counterpoint from the other perspective:


There is a difference between empowering the dark vibes by putting attention on them and going into your shadow to heal and grow. 

Attraction is always at work. If one is carrying around unconscious negativity and old pain, one is going to constantly replay versions of their triggers until they deal with them. Thus, dealing with ones shadow by purposefully paying attention to it can be the neccessary component to getting it out of ones field. However, this is VERY DIFFERENT than expressing all the negativity one feels, all the time. As I teach, one must set a container of some kind if one wants to work through heavier vibes, and start and end with love. One of the biggest downfalls of rising spiritual beings is falling into the trap of constant processing, freedom based emotional expression with complete disregard to creating ones reality, that expresses through language like "I have a RIGHT to feel upset, don't tell me to be all Shanti all the time!" Of course you have a right to feel however you feel! But hows that working for you?? Is letting your feelings control what windows are on your screen and what programs are using your RAM a way to have a good life? Is it helping you "feel better" or create what you'd like in your life? Chances are, no. This type of play is very VERY similar to a victim consciousness trap, and it is hard to get out of. One NEEDS to look at the shadows at some point to truly "burn their seeds" as one might translate old sanskrit, but NOT all the time. Inspiration, healthy nervous system and chemistry, laughter, relaxation, these elements are MORE important to health and success and happiness in life than transforming that one samskara (sankara in Pali). 

Get some sanga who want to come together, mens circles or womens circles or your intentional community work well, and SET ASIDE A TIME WHEN YOU WILL WITNESS EACH OTHER IN YOUR PAIN AND CHALLENGE AND HEAR EACH OTHERS STORIES, WITH COMPLETE EMPATHY FIRST, AND THEN THE BEST OF REFLECTION. If one engages in a process like this regularly (most people could use a deep dive about twice a week I think) then the system is much lighter the rest of the time, one can live intentionally, and gradually, one transcends shadow. 

This is not saying to walk around with a righteous pillar of light up your ass! Your ass muscles just contract to lift the light in your spine ;-) :-P
All jokes aside, it is VERY KIND of you to reflect upon your brothers and sisters awareness if they don't realize they are stressing and making cortisol and adrenaline,  ESPECIALLY if they are doing it over nothing, like anxiously waiting for something you can't influence. There is a point where peoples expression becomes so emotionally bogged down that reason won't function, AND IN THAT MOMENT, EMPATHY is DEFINITELY BEST. Don't go telling a tantruming toddler how they are making themselves unhealthy through fitting. And many of us get into pain and upset that is that big, that even if they can understand your "new age" advice to "vibrate on purpose", they need more deeply to be heard to get out of their loop. There is a time and place for emergency processing support. But if the person is aware, it is VERY ADVANTAGEOUS to step back, restore a good vibe, and THEN go into the processing at some point, slowly, carefully, and actually untangle it like combing from the end of dreads to get them out. Diving right in to the thick of the knots is NOT (lol) going to help you get them out. Work inward from the place of peaceful composure deeper and deeper into the shadow. If you DON'T KNOW you have a shadow, and have to have some traumatic experience of freak out or "bad trip" medicine to show you its there, great, now you know, but you don't have to live from the center of it to get out of it, and in fact, you won't, you will stay there building more and more victim neurons that say you are justified in feeling bad and will get to keep on feeling that way for a long time.

May we all find supportive loving environments and people who hold us to living our highest in a peaceful way, and also hold space for us to scream and vomit and explore the depth of our pain, with a loving lifevest and rope to pull us out.

That was a good post. That along with your question to me as to my aversion to Pike's philosophy is making me look at an apparent conflict going on in my own mind. I'm averse to studying esoteric systems (at least for the purposes of their practical *use*) that are focused on controlling others. However, my own knee-jerk when I see something about "lightworkers," is to turn the page and move on, even though there may be some  legitimate teaching about it. I'd never know because I'm too busy rolling my eyes at the concept. 

So I'm in an odd spot where I have this interest in occult literature for its historical significance (I don't think people often recognize it's importance to virtually every culture and civilization), but downplay the dark for its attempt to control the minds and actions of the masses, while scoffing at much of the light side as too woo-woo to be useful in the *real* world -- whatever that is. 

Anyway, thanks for the thought provoking post.

Earth is nothing more but a learning place. Whether this learning comes through light or darkness...it doesn´t matter. There are lessons to be learned, and at some point in our lives, we have to accept that learning. At the end of the day, it´s entirely up to us who or what we ˝declare˝ to become our teacher. Light or Darkness are merely tools to learn, work and grow. What we should be really focusing on is the difference between use and abuse. Unfortunately, a lot of people choose abuse over use because it´s just easier and more appealing.

Agree with a lot of the points here, but it doesn't have to be so binary. Sure, there is lots of spiritual bullshit out there. And sure, the spiritual path inevitably involves digging through darkness. But there is an important distinction to be made between working through darkness in a healthy way and stewing in a self loathing darkness. Where and how you direct your attention does matter.

Interesting post! I've contemplated this subject extensively. Upvoted this article and following you. Looking forward to more like this from you.

Right on!

I agree with you 100%. Resteemed.

Absolutely! 


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This post! Fantastic. Totally the truth. I've always found myself most uncomfortable around the "peachy follow me around and float on my happy cloud"people.  Not because I don't like to float on happy clouds from time to time, but because I can tell they're full of shit and wearing a mask. Honesty, truth, chaos, darkness, they're necessary. They bring about change in a human that most people can't fully understand if they aren't willing to embrace them. Thanks for the post, brother in truth! 😊😊

Gained another follower Sir.

Well done post . You deserve for getting Upvote from me. I appreciate on it and like it so much . Waiting for your latest post. Keep your good work and steeming on. Let's walk to my blog. I have a latest post. Your upvote is high motivation for me. Almost all Steemians do their best on this site. Keep steeming and earning.

This is so crazy that you received over 47,000 views, but only 69 votes, and a projected payout of 10.87 at the moment! Wow! 
I saw two different people on my FB feed post this. Who I don't believe are users of Steemit. 
Great exposure for steemit here. Wow, that baffles me though that it got so many views but so few votes. Usually the opposite. I guess the majority of the views came from non-steemit users and some virality on FB. 
Wish you the best!
-Michael

Well said. Thanks for taking the time to provide some clarity. It's appreciated.

Cool post. It is a little confusing and is getting misconstrued by a few people I'm sure. There are those who seek to profit or gain from new age mentality. They simply focus on the positive power of it and gain from that. They can do that. They serve as a light, and beacon of hope for those who are struggling on the negative side, that's their gift. There is power in the new age tools and they are using it to pump *themselves* up. Then there are light workers who can't ignore the dark side. They see both sides of the coin. The pain the suffering and injustices. These guys work more hands on. That's their gift. They are strong spirited and can handle the spirit of oppression that so many are haunted by. 
Always boost the true flame of good, because there are people out there seeking to snuff it out. Please do not give them an inch. Love, flowers, yoga and vegans are all good things. One love brother. #redpillnation

Yup.

I've talked about this on my podcast and also with people close to me. This is alchemy: accepting your shadow self, moving into it, and transmuting it. This is also what I personally consider to be love for others: shining your light into their darkness so they too can accept their shadow, move into it, and transmute it. Spot-on post. Couldn't agree with it more.

This gets all the love! Upvoted, resteemed, and followed! Thank you

the new ager cries out in pain as he strikes you

Never Trust a Hippie! Hahaha! No but seriously I am a meditator and managed to give up heroin and crack through ibogaine, so I'm open to a lot of the new age stuff, but you are right, I don't trust people who are always trying to "force" positivity. I knew a guy called Fluffy Nick who was always pretending to be a hippy, turned out he beat up his girlfriend infront of her children. Met so many fake fuckers like that. I work at a rehab and I just tell people, BE AWARE, but BE REAL. I just feel that "being real" is so fucking important

I've been wanting to write something like this for quite some time.  There are a few similar articles of the same flavor as this piece and all great perspectives.  I appreciate that more of these perspectives are flowing through the infosphere!  Thank you for writing this!