Author's Notes, The Dark Night of the soul

I walk around in secret bliss, but I also walk in fear, because I not only know that it can be taken away at any given moment, but that it can be replaced with something terrifying.

The Cloud of Unknowing, The Dark Night of the soul

What came after

February 13th, 2024

What came after my understanding, or realization, as to why I had gone through my own dark night of the soul, was the exact opposite. I could not understand why I suffered for so long, but one month after attempting to recover from it all, I was abruptly jerked into a totally different world.

It was completely overwhelming. I cannot even begin to describe how I felt. These small words I am printing on this page make no comparison to the actual experience. It went on…. for two months. Every morning I would wake up with this feeling, living in this experience. I never expected it to stay for so long. It was within me in the morning, throughout the day, well into the evening, and I assume when I slept.

It was pure bliss. It was unbridled joy. I felt so happy I thought I would become nothing, or maybe I would become a glowing silver liquid, and float up into the air and meld with whatever resided above the atmosphere. Those times I wasn’t sure what still glued me to the ground.

The only reason I came down was due to another emergency. You see, when the dark night took over, at that time four years ago, I made a statement, and I know better than to make finite statements. I told everyone that “everything had been taken from me.” I privately amended this to include “except for my son. I also vowed to never let anything or anyone compromise my health again.

On April 12th that is what He tested me with, taking my son from me. That is when I devolved into madness. My son was not dead, he just left me for a while, but my sanity completely disappeared due to the underlying circumstances that caused the rift. There lay the test. I vowed to not allow something to take my health again, not even my son.

I held fast as I slipped further and further into the twisting rooms and falling staircases as I moved throughout my house. That is when He sent an angel to take over my life for a while. The study began. The devotion I feel now. The determination to mold myself into whatever He wants, not out of fear, but out of desire to never be separated again.