Everything seemed absurd and empty.ДЄt the same time, I was experiencing what Carl Jung would call the shadow. I couldnвЂ™t cling to any idea, concept, or belief. What I experienced during my long dark night was a total meaninglessness. He wrote a poem covering the subject of the dark night of the soul (La noche oscura del alma). The phrase itself seems to originate from the 16th century Spanish mystic St. Nothing makes sense anymore, thereвЂ™s no purpose to anything. The inner state in some cases is very close to what is conventionally called depression. It is a term used to describe what one could call a collapse of a perceived meaning in lifeвЂ¦an eruption into your life of a deep sense of meaninglessness. The вЂњdark night of the soulвЂќ is a term that goes back a long time. HereвЂ™s what Eckhart Tolle says about the dark night: If you do not lose those things, then they may become empty to you, so you lose them internally. You may lose your job, your relationships, and anything else thatвЂ™s given you comfort in the past. In the dark night, the external world seems to reject you. When I search for the definition of the dark night of the soul, I get this:ДЄ period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is removed. There is much hope, because the dark night of the soul is a rebirth. In this guide, IвЂ™ll share what helped me get through the confusion, despair, and suffering. Has life suddenly lost all meaning, purpose, and passion? Are you experiencing a dark night of the soul?

The long dark night