It seems that the world is going through a dark night of the soul. I have no doubt that All in this community have been through this on a personal level, some on more than one occasion. It is, at this time at least, a part of the world archetype that is templated onto human experience. I guess because humans don't always make the changes that are required unless forced into expansion. My take on the dark night of the soul is that it is essentially an identity collapse, a deconstruction of who we believe we are. We are taken into the shadows to look at the masks we wear and the roles we play that are not the true essence of who we are as a soul aspect. It forces us to ask ourselves "who am I?" I liken it to being in the metamorphosis state of the butterfly where the caterpillar spins the cocoon and literally turns to mush in order to reconstruct and expand into an entirely different form. This is what my work is essentially about, discarding what is "not me" so that "I Am" can more fully embody as soul. I imagine, because I don't know, that the caterpillar has no idea that it carries the beauty of the butterfly and will go from crawling to the joy of being able to fly. I obviously do not know how the caterpillar, or butterfly, experience this. But for the human, with all the thought forms, beliefs, cultural and familial entanglements, stories etc. Well, we are complex beings and I have not met anybody who goes through the process gracefully and without resistance as it brings up our deepest fears and triggers us into other life experiences where some soul aspects have been looping. When this happens collectively, as it appears to be happening at the moment, it intensifies the experience because we are in the morphic field of chaos and change, identity collapse, and in the space of 'who will WE be next". What do you feel about this? I am not going to ask you to write about your dark night of the soul because I am aware how deeply personal this is. But, if you feel to share your experience then please do, it may move towards helping another who is navigating it at this time, especially as we are going through a collective dark night and it helps to bring some light to bear upon it wherever possible.