Shadow : Nagi

I love the term 'shadow' as it embraces something that both 'is' and 'isn't'; it is both a truth and a lie at the same time. It resembles and adheres to a 'thing' and yet in itself is a 'no-thing' that can often be misunderstood as a reality.

Shadows come in many guises, from the commonly understood casting of light to the more mysterious realms of self-hiding and ego. Shadow walking belongs in the realm of shamanic practices, a gift that requires the participant judge between two sets of realities to identify the shadow.

Let's look at shadows starting with the simplistic notion of their being.

We all cast visible shadows, even under a full moon it is possible to your shadow following faithfully each move you make. Yet the shadow itself is unlike you, it has your general shape and actions; but, it is two dimensional and therefore lacking in the true characteristics of 'self'. It has no intelligence, merely a poor copy of the truth that is there; and it can shape shift with the landscape it is cast upon.

The power of the moving picture has given shadows a new lease of life, for they are in themselves mere shadows; illusions created to 'entertain' or influence. We watch these shadows and can be in awe of the people they portray, without ever meeting the being that cast it in the first place. Shadows have become the power of the media, of the advertising guru and politicist alike. We are controlled by shadows.

Our own memories are but reflections of something real, by themselves they are nothing and should have no power over us; yet we submit daily to the two dimensional drudgery that they bring. Many claim they are multi-dimensional beings but they display two dimensional shadow mentalities; living in fear of their true selves they create other shadows to confuse the onlooker.

Even science misunderstands the shadow, choosing instead through deduction to assign a multitude of names to describe one thing. Shadows cannot be deduced, as Socrates showed and Plato proved, we can adduce the power of the shadow by looking at its whole, and not the sum of its parts.

Within Wicca is the term 'and ye shall be naked in thy rites'; ignoring the historical reasoning for Gardner choice of 'skyclad' we can examine the term in relation to shadows.

In our 'rites' we, as practitioners, hope to stand before our God and Goddess in the purist of our natures; it is our hope that our spirit be opened to their influence and bounty accrued. However, does physical nakedness do this, or has the idea of ones nakedness simply been reduced to the mundane. I believe so.

Naked in your rites to me means one thing; that we stand with our hearts and minds wide open without fear or needing to hide. It means Honesty, Truth, Trust in all their highest forms; we must display ourselves without ego upon the sunlit altar of those we summon so that their shadow may be cast upon our open hearts. Having your kit off is not the same thing.

Let us say that we do this, yes, we definitely do, so take our word for it. OK, OK... I got the message.

When you enlightened souls then turn your attention to us lesser mortals do you then cast to us from your inner light or do you cast us a shadow?

A person who is confident in their knowing, who is truthful in themselves, who has honesty as a sword and integrity as a shield is also transparent. In Truth, nothing can hide!

The 'light of wisdom' from these beings is bright enough to cast a shadow, but is not a shadow in itself; it hides from nothing and illuminates the dark places of the soul.

The trickster projects but a shadow, a shadow made up of ill considered reasoning of the thoughts of those truly upon the path, they are facsimiles; two dimensional beings that will drag you off the path and into their two dimensional world. The promises are good, like adverts they offer the wildest of things imaginable; from immortality to exiting this brave new world for pastures new. The one thing they don't tell you is how to live your life here and now, in three dimensional space; how to deal with the pain and angst, the joy and bliss that is spirit-being-human.

Shadows make you believe there is an escape route, a way off planet Earth; a way to escape something that you - yes YOU consciously chose for yourself. No one made you do it folks, you picked this life for a reason; you chose to be who you are doing what you do for a damn good reason and now the shadows have convinced you that you were wrong.

Well, as they say, Satan is sitting on your shoulder! The Father of Lies, the Heyokah, Coyote, Loki of Advertising has got you by the short and curlies.

You are being fed a lie that takes you away from accomplishing your mission here on Earth. Western civilisation is in meltdown and whilst Rome burns the alternative world is a buzz with -
'How to join the Strygian Empire'
'Become a Stargate Child'
'Jump to another dimension before 2012'
'2012 - we're of to another dimension'

ad infinitum... do the search, it makes you cry; welcome to the madhouse.

The shadows are lying because they don't want you to do anything that would actually work, they don't want you to feel reality or even take part in it. They don't want you to accomplish your goals... Shadows!

Yes, 2012 is significant but... the last fifty years has seen the power of Shadows become so strong that there really is nothing to be done. The people necessary do not exist anymore, they have been replaced by the spaced out gurus who want you to believe that by sending your money he/she/it can get you on board whatever Ark they are peddling. Wake up for fuck sake!

The human race is heading wholesale into the abyss, now is not the time to go nuts, because a bomb is a bomb and your ass is on the line just like the so-called bad guys. One world, one people, one big fucking nightmare. Stop playing with shadows and walk into the light and look at what you live in.

AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IS REAL. Do one thing in your own three dimensional world that is real, please.

Then take a look at your Shadow heroes, a real look with real eyes. How do they present themselves, can you see Them or a picture of something else; because if you can't see Them then they are hiding something. Which means they are not 'lightbeings' but shadows, light beings don't hide because they don't need to. They are not afraid of who they are or what you see, they show Truth. Hide behind a book cover and I will ignore you, hide behind a painting and I will question your words, because I don't do shadows anymore.

I have seen these shadows so carefully play their outward image, so sweet so good; then you see behind into the private world and you see they do not walk their talk, they are not Red Road Warriors of Good Conscience. Just shadows, illusion based upon their pain; pain they cannot face.

If you want to be a Lightbringer in this our darkest of time hear this -
Find something you can do from the heart, that lights you up and DO IT. I don't care if you like sweeping the streets because that is useful.

Do that one thing repeatedly for humanity and if enough people do it we might make it. Right now we don't stand a cats chance in hell, and praying wont change anything either. You have to get off your ass and get real.