Embracing the Void ARTICLE JESSICA BEARD
Most people I know do not like the feeling and energy of being in the Void. It is that time experienced between death and the rebirth, transmutation or upgrading energetically.
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eople can feel extreme detachment and apathy as well as depression or feelings of self-criticism for not being able to escape from the Void energies. It is that feeling like you are out of sync with time and everything is holding its breath before you quantum leap or finally immerge from the Void space. There is a card in Kim Krans, ‘Wild Unknown Archetype Deck’ called The Empty Room. When I connected with this card and its meaning… it forever changed my perceptions of being in the Void. Kim Krans drew the parallel of being in the Void to being similar to sitting on a chair in an empty room. How uncomfortable that is and instead of sitting there in the emptiness, we instead fight it. This was a breakthrough moment for me. I am someone who likes to know and understand why something is happening so I can have a sense of control. There is no control in the Void. You have to just sit in that chair in an empty room. I would try to fill my empty room with things, clutter it up and distract myself from the awful feelings of being alone, with nothing but me and the room. I would constantly try to ask questions, do energy healings, affirmations or ask others how they were. If I felt depressed, needed to sleep in the middle of the day or I just felt detached about everything, I was constantly analysing myself. I was always looking for what had I done to cause this or was it astrological influences. What lessons was I having to learn, what was I healing etc. After connecting with the Empty Chair Card I 14
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realised there were 3 very important phases when embracing being in the void instead of fighting it. 1. We always ask for change. Either knowingly or unknowingly. We can consciously go into prayer or intention and ask to heal our abundance blocks for example. Or we can unknowingly think to ourselves, I am ready for the next stages of my spiritual journey… or I am ready to be rich, I am so sick of being poor. When you are in the Void and you feel depressed and flat or detached, I have found it incredibly comforting to remind myself, this is normal and I asked for this. I asked for change. Most of the time these days I know exactly what I have knowingly or unknowingly asked for, but sometimes I go into the Void unaware and I know in my bones that when I come out the other side I will discover why. 2. Surrendering to your intuition and emotions are key. If your intuition or body is telling you to go and sleep then you allow yourself to do so. If your instincts say to stay away from people because you are too irritated or sensitive, then it’s vital to honour that. If you feel like crying, being sad or feeling emotional, do so! I went through the Void space while writing this article because I was tapping into this archetypal energy. My greatest emotion on the last day was, “I am so thoroughly sick of myself”, and I ranted to a friend, then put a movie on and allowed myself to wallow in my despair. That might sound dramatic but it works. There is no room for logic in the Void. It is a place for the Mystic to come through. 3. Do not ever forget that you are surrounded by beings who love you unconditionally. It is www.spiritualeventsdirectory.com
