Contributed THE REGULAR monthly meeting of Branch #73, B.C, Old Age Pensioners ~ 12th, in the Happy Gang Centre. “guests. filled the centre to listen. to Murdock Robertson, a local retired lawyer, explain what to. do and what not to. do when considering your “Last Will and Testimony,’” - . The regular meeting commenced at minute’s silence was observed in “passed away during the past month, ~ Plans were finalized and committees ~.. appointed to work at the Annual Fall Bazaar to be held at the Happy Gang By Fr, John Smith Sacred Heart Parish I LISTENED to a gospel song recent- ‘ly that went like this: ‘‘When life is tough, and there is not much light; I pray to Jesus and all is right.”’ Too naive, was my immediate reac- tion. That's not- my experience of Jesus. It sounded too much like an ad- verlisement for Tylenol! I havea headache. I take a Tylenol and it dis- appears. “My experience of Jesus. is that I have to tough it out most of the time. I don’t get immediate relief from my darkness, greatest support in this respect. These are ‘the ‘heroes and heroines of the spiritual life. They give me hope. At they are Ied to experience what psychologists call ovr ‘shadow.’? That’s our subconscious, which we spend most of our lives.avoiding, We will do anything but face our te selves. . And so we Wear our masks. We pretend that we are inside what we »-present to the public on the outside, -; But that’s not quite true. The mystics ‘7 --are’ stripped to the bone of all their ~tolal_and utter helplessness, They are “crudely sensitized to their own sinful- ness. This leads to experiencing a vast - distance between them and God. . The ‘living flame of God’s love “Organization was held on October Before the meeting, members and — _ November 11, 2 pan. After the opening program, a. memory of three members who have _ - The. Christian mystics are: my - some stage of their spiritual journey. _ masks, Before God they experience ~ an : = ; t Centre on October 28th from 1:30 to 4;00 p.m. A Hallowe’en Pot Luck Supper is being arranged for Thursday, October 26th, at 6 p.m, in the Centre, The President voluntecred to-attend the Remembrance Day. Ceremonies, . and to present the wreath, After the sudden death ofa very vale. uable_ member: who “was the -chief - maintenance and repair-man,.a new committee was appointed to oversee the maintenance of the building. Gert Grundmann spoke to the mem- . ’ bers regarding the Provincial Seniors Loltery, urging. members to support “ the Lottery as a percentage of the tick- et money can be claimed for the local Plenty of activities for seniors organization. The new refrigeration equipment has been ordered... A motion was made to present a-pla- que in appreciation to a friend of the’ Centre for the donation of a beautiful: _Doll-house as one of the. prizes for our yearly raffle.: with other Terrace citizens in the Mall “Walk to be held at the Skeena Mall. each. Monday, . Wednesday, ments, provided by the Kinette Club, were enjoyed, Next membership mecting to be held in the Centre on .- November 9th, Thursday, at 2 p.m. - | Quick cures won’t work View Point which they once enjoyed, becomes for them a terrifying fire by which they feel themselves consumed, The great sixteenth century Spanish mystic, John.of the Cross, describes this experience of God as the ‘dark night of the soul.”’ Anyone who is ‘scrious about God is likely to have similar experiences. And these are all right. It’s like trying to look at the bright sun with naked eyes. The light becomes darkness for us. : So the darkness experienced is ac- tually light: Nevertheless, it is painful. The response to that is to run away from it all or get an-instant cure, Any- thing but stay withit The mystics hang in ‘there and break through this thick fog of darkness. It may take years but. they. persevere sensing there is Light and life beyond their darkness. — - Anyone serious about a deep rela- tionship is likely to run into the same expericnce as the mystics, For exam-. ple, a married couple, The honeymoon " experience doesn’t last-forever. * Disillusionment and. darkness set in. What is happening is that ihe masks are coming off, The shadow, dark side of each spouse is now revealed, They are thrown into confusion and disarray in the same way a religious person is on their spiritual journey, We were never prepared for this, Nobody told us about our shadow, unconscious self. So we reach for a ~* Tylenol! We are not prepared to deal with our darkness. - Running away will not solve the problem. Whetever we go we con- tinve to carry our dark side ‘with us, The only true and lasting response is that of the mystics. Stay with It. Face our shadow and darkness painful though itis. What is happening is actually quite normal, After a lifetime of repression and suppression, we are now called by our inner-self to grow up. That's a bit of a shock! We thought we had fin- ished growing up. . Not so. We are, as one mystic puts it, ‘always in a state of becoming.” Our darkness is another stage of growing pains. Seen in that positive light, we have 2 good reason for stay- ing with our darkness, The advice of another mystic is that “this is a process so don’t fight it.” The darkness will give way to light, peace, and fulfillment now that have found our true self. The above column is one in a series of articles from the Terrace Minis- terial Association: and expresses the views of the author. . 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