thoughts from reading henry corbin in the early a.m.

"In the beginning was the Word." The Word in Its ruminations eventually gave rise to the concept of self-doubt. Every concept is experienced immediately and fully. Self-doubt produces anger; self-doubt and anger co-arise. The Word now includes both Light and Dark. No opposition here. Inclusion. The self-doubt and the emotions that arise with it, the Dark of the Word, are fed back into the Light of the Word. Dark becomes Light and Light becomes Dark and the two are not at war but eternally merge into each other. Dark is not evil. Dark is a momentum within the Word allowing creative and continuous transformation.

We humans have much to learn from this. Our self-doubt and the anger that arises from our doubting ourselves lead us to war. War against ourselves. War against each other. Were we to follow the example of the Word, we would see the darkness of self-doubt as an ally allowing our own creative and continuous transformation. Rather than making war, we would allow the continuous flow of Light into Dark and Dark into Light to transform and open our Heart.