THE MYSTICAL PATH RUNS THROUGH A DEEP FOREST - THE FOREST OF OUR OWN PSYCHE - AND WE NEED SUPPLIES IN ORDER TO WALK THROUGH IT . WE MEET MONSTERS AND DEMONS ON THE INNER PATH . WE MEET HUMILIATION IN ORDER TO GROW TOTHE POINT WHERE OUR BEHAVIOR WOULD NOT LEAD TO HUMILIATION ; WE MEET REJECTIONIN ORDER TO GROW TO THE POINT WHERE OUR BEHAVIOR WOULD NOT LEAD TO THE PAIN OF REJECTION ; WE MEET THE PANGS OF DEEP REGRET IN ORDER TO GROW TO THE POINT WHERE OUR BEHAVIOR WOULD NOT LEAD TO REGRET . WE MEET THE MONSTERS IN ORDER TO SLAY THEM . THE ONLY WAY TO RID OURSELVES OF DARKNESS IS BY BRINGING IT TO LIGHT .UNTILL WE HAVE MET THE MONSTERS IN OURSELVES , WE KEEP TRYING TO SLAY THEM IN THE OUTER WORLD . AND WE FIND WE CANNOT . FOR ALL DARKNESS IN THE WORLD STEMS FROM THE DARKNESS IN THE HEART . AND THIS IS WHERE WE MUST DO THE WORK . THE UNIVERSE IS HOLOGRAPHIC , WHICH MEANS THE WHOLE IS PRESENT IN EVERY PIECE . THEREFORE , AS WE ADDRESS THE SHADOWS WITHIN US , WE ADDRESS THE SHADOWS OF THE WORLD . THE MYSTIC DOES NOT DENY THE DARKNESS , IN OURSELVES OR OTHERS , BUT AFFIRMS A LIGHT THAT LIES BEYOND IT . AND WE HAVE FAITH THE LIGHT WILL PREVAIL BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH THAT THE LIGHT IS OUR TRUE IDENTITY ....... AUTHOR MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ...FROM THE BOOK " EVERYDAY GRACE "