Dark night of the soul Options

I have reason to believe i am going trough the dark night of the soul. Wich is fine and all that, but it causes me to feel like shit for the moment.
Everything, even death, seems hollow and boring to me.
I feel this intens feeling of unhappynes, sadness, melancholy if you will.
If you want a complete description of what exactly it is, google has good results.

Could anyone provide me with some guidance, so that i may awake from this night a well rested man? Or perhaps some real life experiences, its always more interesting than regurgitated googleisms. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fie.gif)

Greetings to you all!

aaaah ... 'The Long Night Of The Soul' I know it VERY well. That sinking concrete feeling when there is no god, no movement left, right, up down, sides .... where you are on your own in your own despair .... been there a few times ... like everyone else I cannot conquer it ... I just endure it .. let it descend and unfold and try to ACCEPT it ... that to me is the key ....

I understand it as 'growth' ... my concept of it is when there are false personality shells and traits which have been removed/absorbed/consumed ... then the dark night strikes and it is a deliberate attempt by the inner self to 'stop you in your tracks' before any more undoing and readjustment is made. It is an internal process which permits a catch up and metamorphism to occur.

I've read the various comments and feel VERY GRATEFUL that others have gone through the same and are going through the same. It is not weak to be unable to master the process or to continually go through it. On the contrary it is BRAVERY personified. The very fact you are in it and experiencing it means you have ACHIEVED something. So guys, give yourselves a big pat on the back and congratulate yourself. Be constructive and creative about the process and remain positive. It is the first step towards wandering out of the mists of doom. It will never go away ...

To me it is an assimilation process ... one which is better to be done here on earth with the chance to make the necessary changes. For if it ain't done now then the magical changes you have created with your workings CANNOT OCCUR in this lifetime! They will occur sometime. But its too late being in the other realms with the assimilation process occurring ... you cannot make the fine adjustments and changes so you would need to reincarnate.

The ego is necessary, the idea that we should try to destroy it is nonsense. The ego is a saviour at times.

I don't think there is any mastery of the dark night or any part of life; life is just a series of cycles and changes and re-visits.

Our own conditioning and resulting thought patterns can be changed, but it is often only temporary since our past is a strong part of our history

I agree TOTALLY! The ego should not be destroyed. It is the glove which the 'hand' of our true self can hide in at times when we magicians wish to appear like the others out there. Without the ego I believe we would not be able to comprehend or associate with the less fortunate individuals out there who don't make a conscious effort to use magic to better their lives!

I accept the times when the Long Dark Night comes on and live with it as readily as the spell casting and the other works. It is the PROOF (to me) that I have made some internal changes. It is merely the external parts realigning themselves to the pattern and design set by the internal changes!

So, fellow magicians and forum friends, those of you are going through it ... believe in yourselves and your own abilities. Ignore the little inner voice which may at this moment be criticising you ... and know the pain of this process is worth it ... in a week or ten days or a month when you get through it (and you will) ... there will be a spring in your step and an inner strength you didn't seem to have before. You won't quite be the same person ever again ... but you will be a better person and a person one step closer to being the true self within ...

Another way to look at the Long Dark Night is a 'spiritual detox'! Those of you who have had an actual detox will understand the similarities.

I am no master of the Long Dark Night ... its just I've wandered through it on numerous occasions and I know the terror it causes. So my sympathies go out to those going through it at the minute ....

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