The Return Of Aliveness: The Beginning Of A Great Journey

The Dark Night of the Soul

“The ‘dark night of the soul’ is a term that goes back a long time. Yes, I have also experienced it.

It is a term used to describe what one could call a collapse of a perceived meaning in life… “an eruption into your life of a deep sense of meaninglessness.”

There is a huge understatement when I tell people that my life is a book and that the extreme frequency as to which things occur on a regular basis, is really out of this world.

February the 5th will be the day that shook me to the core and opened my eyes spiritually. That evening, I was going to write a completely different topic and article.

But of course, my soul procrastinates sometimes for a very good reason, as if divine intervention was back at it again.

This year alone for me has hit some insane highs and lows with growth personally and spiritually, much more effective and meaningful than all of 2017.

The universe caught me off guard with what was perceived as a list of goals and a path laid out. Didn’t think that meeting my proverbial other half and spiritual partner would be one of them.

A blessing and spark occurred like nothing I’ve ever experienced. The timing was definitely destined to tell me the universe was listening when I said I wanted to kick off the new year right. Backtracking just before this meet up, I had planned on getting back to work out in the oilfield and also getting some new wheels after the total loss of my last one.

After having what I thought was a successful interview with a company I wanted to work for and scoring a new car so that I could get back out to west Texas, they decided to blow me off altogether.

This was a little discouraging, but I had this calming sense that it was not in the universe’s plan for me. So back to the drawing board for what next. In the meantime, I was just starting to get to know Sarah a little better and an opportunity opened up to finally meet her.

Nothing less of sparks and magic was at play here and the unbelievable feeling of knowing this person for a really long time was also felt.

One day spent together out in nature and by the water, things couldn’t have been more aligned. We were definitely put into each other lives for a much bigger purpose. Seeing as we both have a very deep connection with the spiritual and holistic world, we also have a gift for writing and wanting to tell a story.

The Astonishing Couple – The Astonishing Sarah Authement and The Astonishing Hobie Cunningham, both writers for The Astonishing Tales Digital Magazine

This is where we started uncovering and learning so much about each other, and not the boring 21 questions level, a real level of the purpose of what we are trying to accomplish and do for the world.

Talk about a shift in your conscious and eagerness to share this same level of passion with another. The ideas were flowing and creativity set ablaze. Real work was finally beginning for our lives.

Well, of course, this work would include mostly personal self-building and self-awareness in each of ourselves. This partnership here that is very special, is also one of a whole different level and requires some serious finesse and understanding.

A harmonic balance of the physical, emotional and spiritual. With our stories comes the pains, struggles, dilemmas, and other darkness we both are continuing to heal and grow from.

We both have a way strengthening each other’s weaknesses. This is where that finesse and careful handling comes into play.Years of pent-up emotions and feels that have left scars I did not want to entertain the idea of touching again.

But for this perfect balance to work with us we must first tear down that wall and become fully healed to become one.

If we set off with an endeavor to heal and share with the world, you must first be completed.

February 5th though was the biggest part of our journey, and hence the title to this article “The Dark Night of the Soul.” I reached a level of pain and unveiling that shook me to my core.

I realized once and for all what was at stake to finally let it all go and to be healed once and for all.

Some extremely hard decisions had to be made from this to fully move forward in life and be her perfect partner, supporter and spiritual warrior.

It literally was written in my stars, all this playing out at this very exact way and time.

Something so powerful and life-changing. Seeing Sarah handle this like an absolute champion and warrior, I knew she could take on anything and so could I.

This journey is just beginning and many great things are to come.

Our place together in being a force for change was destined and written in the stars.