Darkness and Light inside us

February 28, 2014

There is darkness inside us all.
It is true.
Inside every human being,
There is a tremendous and powerful capacity to commit deeds of evil.
A force with the power to hurt others,
To further ourselves by stepping on the dreams of those around us.
Inside everyone is this darkness,
And nobody is completely free from it.

But inside us all, there is also light.
And it is the darkness which allows the light to be seen.
Without the capacity for darkness,
We would not have the capacity for light.

Now, there are times in all our lives,
When the darkness overpowers the light.
Times where we forget,
When all hope seems lost,
And we cannot break free from the darkness
As it encloses and imprisons us.

It is in times such as this,
That we must look to others.
In times when our own strength and will becomes insufficient,
And we feel ourselves drowning
In the despair and pain and misery
That the darkness brings with it,
We must stand by each other.

For when the light of one person
Is not enough to drive the darkness away,
We must grow our numbers.
We must support our fellows,
And share our light.
For only then can we be strong enough to be free.

And when we are free,
And strengthened by the people
Who support us, 
It is only then
That we are strong enough to fulfill our own dreams.
This is the strength which man can gain from weakness.

~Aaron Usery


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  5. Reply  

    Pieter Hibma

    February 28, 2014

    Good one it is actually your conscience. Wrongs shine that's why it is dark.

  12. Reply  

    josiah Gachanja

    February 28, 2014

    Truly darkness only exists where there is little or no  light.It has no command on its own. Light swallows darkness but darkness cannot swallow light!  

  17. Reply  

    Jendhamuni Sos

    February 28, 2014

    Good night, +Rana Singh I'll be back in three hours.  Need to hear Lata's voice badly. Have a nice day.

  18. Reply  

    bao Duy

    February 28, 2014

    Good morning – Very nice and lovely – Thank you

  19. Reply  

    peter ujah

    February 28, 2014

    The idea of light n darkness has to do with d notion of gud n even evil…I don't wanna b too spiritual wit d subject matter, but I think darkness can overshadow light, it all depends on how we live our lives n d things we pay attention to, d things we see( d eye is a window to d soul)…

  29. Reply  

    Gordon Lee

    February 28, 2014

    Almost like shadows cannot be separated from light, the bright enduring goodness found in some people can lift the spirits of those around them to the sun.

  34. Reply  

    Jayesh Thakkar

    February 28, 2014

    If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.
    Swami Vivekanand.

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    ajith s

    February 28, 2014

    Wat a lvly yarr…its giv a nostlgic mood…

  52. Reply  

    Leonard Lee

    February 28, 2014

    You are a lighthouse in the storm, offering a warning and hope.

  58. Reply  

    Manish Chauhan

    February 28, 2014

    NNNNNNNNN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CCCCCCCCC EEEEEEEEEE

  65. Reply  

    Murlidhar Rao

    February 28, 2014

    You are right Jendha there is light inside us a Divine light which is covered by darkness of grossness. First we have remove our grossness by meditating on the Divine light. Then think of lighting other hearts. but please remember for lighting other lamp we have to bend forward. just like to lift somebody up we have to bend over coming our ego. God bless you.

  75. Reply  

    Pranav more

    February 28, 2014

    goooooooooooooooooooooooood poooooooooooooooooem

  76. Reply  

    RICHARD KING BAZZY

    February 28, 2014

    Thanx 4 letting us know what brings about our weakness nd strengths. Its a lesson 2 note. Nice one there!!!

  86. Reply  

    Shri Ram Singh

    February 28, 2014

    Superb.
    Tamso ma jyotir gamay.
    Asto ma sad gamay.
    Mrityo ma amrit gamay.
    O Lord,
    Take me from darkness to the light.
    Take me from falsehood to the truth.
    Take me from mortal to the immortal.

  92. Reply  

    Irene Carey

    February 28, 2014

    Very Beautiful and AWESOME
    I LOVE THE POEM TOO VERY BEAUTIFUL PICTURE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME MY DEAR FRIEND AND SISTER.
    HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED AND PEACEFUL AND SPIRITUAL AND WONDERFUL AND A GLORIOUS DAY.

  108. Reply  

    Zakiya Ashraf

    February 28, 2014

    Very nice pic l like the words which have lots of meaning in it

  131. Reply  

    Mrgagan Atsky

    February 28, 2014

    DARKNESS is: The World.
    LIGHT is: The God.

    You write Nice Jendhamuni.

    Do you know that "Our body is made of Earthly Elements of metals, This is not our real self."

    Our real state is our Soul, which is parted from The God for millions and billions years ago.

    God is The Light, he can see everywhere his souls.

    God made humans and every living & non-living things for an act, which we say THE LIFE.

    WE ARE ROLLING IN HIS SHOW (LIFE) AND HE IS RULING HIS SOULS.

    I can say a little more about The God.
    He do, what is suitable for His Souls.
    I LOVE GOD.

  158. Reply  

    Komal Rahi

    February 28, 2014

    Great….. Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.

  185. Reply  

    Urfan Shaikh

    February 28, 2014

    Light always surpass and win darkness in long term.

  204. Reply  

    Rashid Zaman

    February 28, 2014

    if there is darkness inside us ,then there must be light also because nature reveals symmetry …..

  224. Reply  

    AJAY SHARMA

    February 28, 2014

    It is The light which prevails and leads us all on to Him.look within bathe in the shower of goodness.

  234. Reply  

    Dawson Solomon

    February 28, 2014

    bigfoot might use this water every 20 years to take a bath.

  241. Reply  

    Hussein Babiker

    February 28, 2014

    Persistent darkness that always need to be washed out to live in peace with ourselves

  242. Reply  

    Prahlad Shanker

    February 28, 2014

    Great perception on the battle of good and evil that man faces everyday

  244. Reply  

    Shiju Thomas

    March 1, 2014

    We have to try to make it lightful as much as possible

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