Welcome,
Dear soul-searcher.
If your path has crossed with this journey today,
It is not by coincidence.
You are ready to enter the void,
To make the first steps on the journey of embracing your inner shadows.
All of the parts of you that lurk in the dark,
Waiting for you to acknowledge them,
To bring them to the surface and to alchemise them.
Close your eyes.
And with your next breath.
Begin to descend.
Inhale.
Exhale.
As your breath starts to propel you down into the shadow realm of your psyche.
What do you feel?
Any emotion is welcome here.
You are not here to fix,
Only to observe.
Inhale … and exhale going further down.
Notice the motions of your movements.
Are you sliding?
Spinning?
Bowling.
With what speed?
And notice the passage of which you are travelling.
Is it dark?
Tenji.
Or are you comforted by the earth?
Can you see the light from the point you descended from?
You have nothing to fear.
Only truth to be discovered.
As you inhale.
And exhale,
Feeling your body relax into the surrender.
Trust your breath to take you where you need to go.
Allowing the thinking mind to drift away.
As you near the entrance point of your subconscious,
Your motion begins to slow.
Your next breath carries you the remainder of the way.
Know that you have nothing to lose.
Only everything to gain.
New perspectives.
Insight.
Understandings of your inner workings.
It's all waiting for you and as you feel yourself land.
Take a grounding breath.
Stabilising yourself as you begin to sense your surroundings.
You are deep.
Within the core of your soul.
Vast space of infinite possibilities.
The darkness wraps around you.
But not as an enemy.
As an old friend.
It wants to show you the parts of yourself that you've forgotten.
Parts of you that have been lost.
There's no light source here.
Yet you can see.
But mostly.
You can feel.
You sense there's something in the distance.
You feel its energy.
It's silent.
But it's calling to you.
Ow.
How can you tell it's calling?
And do you want to go?
Your feet start to move.
But you are heavy.
With the weight of everything that you've been carrying that does not serve your highest good.
Take a step and feel yourself start to release these burdens.
The masks you wear for the world.
Drop them.
The fear of being too much or not enough.
Release it into the earth.
The shame.
The guilt.
Let it melt into shadow.
Release these weights one by one.
Letting go of something else with every step that you take.
Keep walking.
Keep releasing.
Dropping everything.
Until you have nothing left to release.
What have you been carrying that you wish to let go of?
As you reach the energy that was calling you.
You realise it does not have a physical form.
It's a soul essence,
A part of you that's been drifting in the void for a long time.
Waiting for you to return.
To reconnect with it.
And bring it back home.
Speak to it.
Find out what part of you it is.
How long has it been here?
Why did it leave?
What does it need in order to return with you?
Spend some time with this soul essence.
Getting to know and understand it.
Feel the energy of its presence.
Feel into your heart and send this lost part of yourself unconditional love.
Before it leaves with you,
It wants you to enter the realm.
And to observe the other parts of you that have been long awaiting your presence.
How do you feel about this?
Are you ready to face these parts of yourself?
You know that this is the only way forwards.
So you enter.
It is your subconscious temple.
The womb of your inner world.
A place where the forgotten waits.
There is a warmth here.
Is stillness.
Yeah.
In the belly of your being.
You're sick.
You listen.
Tuning in to all of the other parts of yourself that occupy this space.
Parts of you that have been neglected.
Parts of yourself you locked away.
For self-protection.
Parts of yourself you've forgotten about.
Parts of yourself that other people made you leave behind.
What is it like?
Be surrounded.
By all of these fragments of yourself.
Bell the atmosphere.
Spend some time with these parts.
Welcome them.
Greet them.
Of silence.
Just give them your attention.
Now is not a time to talk.
It's a time to observe.
To rest.
To learn from these fragments of yourself.
Let them communicate to you through feelings.
Any of these parts have a message for you.
If they do.
Just remember.
Right now.
You are not here to fix anything.
You are simply beautiful.
Witness it.
Feeling.
Understanding.
Be the observer.
In the realm of your shadow.
Be receptive to the energy around you Do not forget your boundaries.
The atmosphere.
Of this space within you.
What are you surrounded by?
Is there an abundance of unconditional love?
Is how you are feeling trying to tell you something.
Or are you being called just to relax?
Witness it as it is,
With no judgement.
Now.
As you get ready to leave.
Bankless realm for its support.
Thank these lost parts for their patience.
Knowing that they are safe here.
And in no rush to return home.
When the time is right.
You will come back for them.
As you exit the cave.
Reconnect with the soul essence that is ready to be integrated.
Feel as it merges with you.
Notice where in your body it settles.
Does the energy shift even subtly as it joins with your being?
You have come back into union with a fragmented part of yourself.
You have traversed the depths of the unknown,
And this is the gift of your courage.
This is the reward of your descent.
Breathe deeply into this new found fullness.
Let the integration ripple through your cells.
Through your bones.
Through your energy field.
Let it rewire you gently.
Rewriting the old scripts that once kept this part of you hidden.
You have shown it,
Love.
You have shown it presence.
Now?
It is part of you again.
As you begin the ascent back through the passage you came.
Notice.
Has the tunnel changed?
As your movement.
Shift it.
Does it feel lighter now?
More easeful.
Let each breath bring you closer to waking consciousness.
Bringing with you the wisdom,
The softness and the strength comes from facing what others fear.
With every inhale.
Arise!
With every exhale.
You anchor more of your true self.
Do not need to remember every detail of your journey.
Alchemy.
Is a process that is happening within you.
Your subconscious has done what it needed to do.
When you feel ready.
Gently begin to wiggle your fingers and toes.
Bringing a small movement back into your body.
Let your next breath be an invitation back into this world.
You've entered the void.
And you made it back.
You've just taken the first step into the underworld of your own psyche.
And already a part of you has returned home.
But this is only the beginning.
The more you show up for yourself.
The more your outer reality will begin to shift.
So when you're ready.
Take breath.
And step into the next layer.
Your shadow is not something to fear.
It longs for your freedom as much as you do.
