Weekly Witchy Challange - Dual Wielding:
As a global community, we are not living in a state of wholeness. We are a sick society, broken and divided. We are too much in the dark, our light and dark aspects are unbalanced. The world has become very unbalanced and with that said, there is a need to work with the aspects of light and dark. My intention is to do my part to promote the fragile balance of light and dark in this web of life we live here on Earth as human beings. I started with myself: For this challenge I will share some of my “Shadow work” experience… 
It has been said that as human beings we are of light=Spirit, Heaven and we are dark=Flesh Earth…
So for me, in my belief and in my human experience, the light is the spirit and the divine. My fire, My spark, my consciousness, and the darkness is flesh Earth, my subconscious, my “shadow”, the unseen.
When I balance darkness and light I become conscious which brings out my awareness to how I use my mind, to my behaviors and actions in and how my actions affect everything around me. Both my light and dark can become unbalanced which then leads to a negative expression of my nature. So as I am aging and as I am beginning my “crone” path, I find myself spending more and more of my energy, doing everything in my power to maintain the balance of light and dark aspects. Shadow work has helped me in ways I couldn’t imagine and am grateful for the experience.
The unbalance will manifest as an external imbalance and the external world is a reflection of our inner world which is why it is so important that each one of us do our own work to be whole and balanced.
When we get unbalanced it’s important that we live in this opposite for a bit and acknowledge it, hold it and then let it go. For us to learn what it truly means to be balanced we must first experience the unbalanced. :balance_scale
We all have a dark side to our personality, it’s what makes us human. Instead of pretending it doesn’t exist we need to embrace these parts of ourselves so we can access more creativity and can freely be ourselves. To release ourselves from the taboos that keep us trapped, defensive, and fearful.
“In order to have manifestations, you need to have opposing energies, all experience is the result of contrast” - 4dhumans.com
This is what I did during the current dark moon:
It was 11:30 pm last night when I began, I took a cleansing bath of sea salt, rosemary, and a few drops of lavender oil. I soaked in the tub for 23 minutes in the dark. I dressed nude under my ceremony robe and went outside to my backyard. After cleansing my space and casting my circle I stood quietly in the darkness and took a few deep breaths just breathing in the blackness of the night. I lit a black candle to honor the shadow realm and then silently acknowledged Hecate and in her crone state she came into my circle and wrapped her arms around me. She gave me time to consider all the things in my life that no longer serve me. I have always felt safe in her arms. I took the time to let Hecate guide my thoughts… 
When I turned to the east and took a minute to feel Hecate cleansing me of all unhealthy thoughts. I then turned north, took a minute to feel Hecate cleanse my body of all unhealthy energies. Then turned west to feel my emotions cleansed of all that is causing me pain. Then turned south to feel my spirit cleansed of all that is hindering my spiritual growth. I thanked Hecate by leaving her an offering of garlic, honey, and some dog hair clippings and recited a personal prayer to her. After all that I went to sleep and woke up to write in my shadow journal in turn working on keeping balanced. ( I came to realize Hecate’s significance in my life when I began doing shadow work 
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When we become to know the power within us then the balance will then be connected. When the universe was created, there were also spiritual laws created. Spiritual laws to abide by in order to live in harmony. When we understand, obey and respect these spiritual laws, we will know peace. 
It takes billions of souls to do this at once so looking at it this way, it becomes clear why we need to wake up, do the work and help each other. (this is a subject worthy of a book.)
-I seek balance between light and dark
-much love and many blessings!
may your life be filled with many blessings
This challenge will close TOMORROW 
If I post about the challenge too early, you can skip my post and get to it later:mute:
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are definitely opposing forces that you were able to call upon for you spells.