Hades (Honor the Sacred)

So.

With Pluto now coming into the full swing of retrograde, "I" am witnessing fear and anxiety take center stage, quite a bit.

Our cherished Pluto is Hades.
Brother of Zeus, son of Kronus, and ruler of the realm of shadow; the Underworld.
Hades lived in the darkness which bore his name, and was a deeply respected member of the Divine pantheon, holding power which rivaled even the highest Gods. The King of Shadows was considered the source of all humanity's fears, and he held dominion over all souls who forded the sacred river Styx.

Let's talk about fear, shall we?

Allow it all out into the open.

Both the old paradigm, and the nascent New, have issues with this.

Understandably so.

Fear is sticky, dense, and can feel super icky. 

Fear -and its close counterpart freedom- resides in the Root Chakra. 
Our consciousness generally detests dwelling down there for any great length of time.
So much so that we tend to shy away from anything which we find colored with even a touch of fear. 
We hear "where attention goes, energy flows", and we say "ok, ignore that which I am afraid of, and it'll go away".

Now, let's be very clear. Focusing for too long on dense, fear-based emotional states is surely a dangerous path. That said, to ignore them is equally, if not more dangerous. 

Where attention goes, energy flows.
What happens when energy is not allowed to flow?
Energetic stagnation. 
What does stagnation equate to, in the Natural World?
Decay.

Think of a mountain stream. Flowing, oxygenated water sustains abundant Life. If part of the stream becomes dammed up, the water will begin to fester, and lose its vitality. The plants and animals which once thrived there will abandon the now fetid, nutrient deprived water, or become diseased and die.

This is what happens to our energy flow when we ignore sticky, icky, fear-based emotions.
The fear doesn't go away, just because we pretend it isn't there.
In fact, it intensifies. 
The dense vibrations which surround that which we fear become stronger, and multiply, until we are diverting huge abouts of energy into semi-conscious worry, anxiety, shame, and guilt regarding that which we are actively working to ignore.
These efforts to ignore our fears, or to divide and separate that which we fear from that which we desire, in effect actually feed what we aim to starve, thus opening potential for manifesting any number of forms of dis-ease in our material, emotional, and energetic bodies.

Where attention goes, energy flows.
Flow of energy is a glorious thing.
If we can fully acknowledge, honour, and offer reverent appreciation for the fears which arise into our conscious field of vision as the profound teachers that they are, while simultaneously avoiding any tendency toward becoming overly saturated with those fears, we allow the flow of energy to pass smoothly to and through the realms of our shadows, thus cleansing, clearing, healing, sealing, and transmuting them into Love. 

There is no part of you, no part of this great Cosmic Continuum which we are all integral parts of, that is undeserving of Love.

In pivotal points such as this blessed Pluto retrograde, we get to learn ever deepening lessons in self-compassion, though the full and unflinching acknowledgment of our shadows.
We get to pull ever more numerous fractured pieces of our Sacred Selves into the fold of Love.

What a gift.

Breathe, Beloveds.
Fill your precious lungs with luscious air, imbued with the steadfast certainty that even when you are swimming through sticky, icky, dense shadows; you are on the path, and you are deserving of the deepest Love.

We are safe. We are healed. We are whole. We are free. We are loved.

We are Love, Limitless. 
Always, and in All Ways. 
❤
© EJB 2017