Hello again,

our last meeting took place last Thursday, 18th May. Guest speaker was Vivienne Little, Director of Seventh Wave Wellbeing, where we hold our meetings. Vivienne presented us with a fascinating account of her spiritual journey, which started over forty years ago.

Talking about how she came to set up Seventh Wave Wellbeing, something she describes as a 'physical embodiment of a dream' and an 'inspiration from beyond', Vivienne explained that she didn't realize she had this vision until she had created it - as is often the case when spirit guides us!

What I found most interesting was what Vivienne calls her 'Dark Night of the Soul' experience - a state of depression and unhappiness she lived through until she had an experience that she spent the rest of her life until this point understanding and developing. During one night, when she felt exceptionally wretched, she decided she would try prayer. This was a strange thing for her to do, because she was essentially an agnostic, but the subtle response she received to this prayer was to change the course of her life forever. She said she literally 'saw the light' and suddenly understood what life was about. What followed were three months of intense synchronistic events - and although she was not completely 'cured' from her depression and unhappiness, she never hit rock bottom again and her new-found spirituality has served her to this day as a 'blanket'.

I find it really interesting that most spiritual people I speak to have had some Dark Night of the Soul experience such as breakdowns, depression, trauma etc at some point in their lives which either initiates or deepens spiritual awakening and development. Having experienced a particular strong and lengthy 'Descent into the Underworld' myself last year, I can only say that these experiences - if embraced and seen as lessons rather than obstacles - can accelerate one's spiritual development immensely, akin to a 'crash course' in self-development and symbolic understanding that change the course of one's life forever.

Thanks again to Vivienne for delivering such an inspirational talk.

The rest of the evening was spent networking and to round the evening off, I led a guided visualisation.

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 15th June at 8 p.m. at the usual place - see you there! Speaker will be announced nearer the time.