Returning to Darkness

What if everything we’ve ever been taught about darkness was backwards?
What if our deepest fears, shame, grief, and shadow
are not enemies to be healed or fixed,
but doorways into deeper power, purpose, and presence?

As living organisms,
it is natural for us to chase the light
because it is what we can see.

But in doing so,
we often learn to fear the dark.

And yet, every seed including the human one
does not grow in the sun.

It begins its journey in
stillness, moisture, pressure,
and the dark soil of the unknown.

“There is no light without darkness.
Accepting your past beliefs as part of your journey is crucial.”
— Awakened Purpose, Chapter 2

Darkness is the origin of light.
The womb, the cosmos, the subconscious, the soil, the void,
all are forms of darkness.

And all are essential to creation.

This doesn’t mean celebrating harm
or bypassing boundaries.
It means we no longer judge pain, discomfort, or uncertainty
as something wrong.

Instead, we bow to them as sacred teachers.

We stop resisting it.
We stop naming it as the problem

Instead, we:

Feel it fully, without labeling it as bad.
Observe it, without rushing to transform it.
Accept it, as part of the whole.
Ask what it came to teach us.

This is the essence of the ARAE framework from Awakened Purpose:
Aware. Reprogram. Accept. Evolve.

True transmutation isn’t about suppressing parts of ourselves.
It’s about remembering and embracing every part of us
and returning to wholeness.

Words like “shadow work”
or “facing your demons” have their place
but we evolve from them.

Your shadow is no longer your enemy,
but your dormant light waiting to be seen.

The womb is dark — and it births life.
The cosmos is dark — and it births galaxies.
Your unconscious is dark — and it holds your purpose.

To fear the dark is to fear your own becoming.

So I invite you to sit in the dark.
To close your eyes to see more clearly.
To know that within the darkness…
the new light is already rising.

Place your hand over your lower belly,
your womb chakra,
breathe deeply, and say aloud:

“I honor the darkness within me.
It is not my weakness.
It is the soil of my purpose.
The cradle of my becoming.
From this stillness, I rise, luminous, whole, and free.”

I invite you to join the awakening movement,
to become so loving that you embrace all darkness,
until nothing is left but light-in-disguise.


With purpose and light,

Ryion P.

Author of Awakened PurposeGrab your copy of Awakened Purpose here.