The winter solstice is approaching in just a couple of days. Astronomers accurately call it the longest night of the year. Yet in many spiritual and cultural traditions, we celebrate the winter solstice as "the return of the light." From now until the commencement of spring, we receive a little more sunlight with each passing day, as the seeds of what's to come begin to emerge. Sometimes, however, you find yourself caught in a night that has no dawn—the identity-shattering crisis known as the dark night of the soul. When this happens, your sense of purpose seems lost. The life you knew suddenly has no meaning. You feel confused, groundless, and deeply uncertain about what's to come. Eckhart Tolle knows what you're going through, having endured his own dark night prior to the spiritual transformation he famously writes about in The Power of Now. With his new online course, Awakening Through the Dark Night of the Soul, Eckhart shares his hard-won wisdom for anyone in the grips of their own period of extreme disruption and difficulty. |