The first stage is a confrontation with deeply rooted fears and doubts. This phase symbolizes the struggle for the right to be authentic, despite the pressure from both within and outside. Everything here is imbued with a sense of inner conflict, where each step is an effort to overcome the anxieties and resistance that have lingered from the very beginning.
It's a scream, not a whisper. It must drown out the inner voices that hold back and prevent from moving forward. This is not a gentle call for acceptance but a challenge to fight. Only by going through this tension can one find the path to healing and, ultimately, to oneself. To start, we learned how to turn the darkness into the light.