For evolution of the soul we humans often get caught up in the idea that we should only embody the good within ourselves.
This is a paradox because when we seek only the good we disown parts of ourselves necessary for full evolution.
In the quest for self discovery artist Alex Grey explored the dark-side of human consciousness. He journeyed to the north pole and later created art that examined and toyed with death.
He created art out of dead bodies as a way to deepen his understanding of life. 
At a particular point it became clear to him that his art was needed for the purposes of healing humanity. This occurred through a vision he had of spirits belonging to the dead bodies he manipulated for art. In his vision he stood before a courtroom while he stood in the witness box. The deceased objected, since he was using their bodies without permission. It was around this point he felt something scary and dark. He was afraid, yet something uplifting happened. A different force entered into the space and he felt an overwhelming sense of light and peace. A voice spoke to him declaring that the most powerful force was love.
Not long after, Alex began to integrate the forces of light and dark.
Lets put that in plain English, he realized that the forces of good and evil work together.
Why would good and evil work together? And how does creativity relate to integrating the two forces?
Let’s look into this.
When we look at the circumference of life what we have life experiences. We know that violence, stealing, lying fall outside moral constructs. This is what we call a guide to live ethically. Yet these ethics are defined by intention and become subjective to the context within which actions occur. For instance if a murderer bursts into your home and you defend your children it is wise to protect your family and yourself from harm. A circumstance like this would be imperative to act quickly and assertively. Yet doing so may require elements of self-defence that could be violent. Perhaps the murderer would get knocked unconscious. If you had to choose between the murderer killing your children and you or knocking the murderer unconscious it would be the least violent option to do the latter. This would require integrating elements what we might view as being negative.
So how do these forces work together or are they not separate in the first place? As Deepak Chopra explains in his book ‘How to Know God’ – there comes a time when we eventually surpass karma, when we hop off the wheel altogether and are aware that nothing is neither good nor bad. We realize that the whole universe is a creation of Gods and we are simply here to play.
Which raises another question. If there is no wrong or right than I can do whatever I want can’t I? True, yet the evolution Deepak Chopra speaks of occurs as we awaken beyond Karma. Consequences will still affect us as long as we create within the sphere of our own identity and it’s influence. Which becomes attracted to experiences and therefore their results. Which gives rise to duality and seeking positives over negatives.
So in creativity what happens when we bring the negatives and the positives together? We build contrast. It’s as though like the movie the Dark Crystal the two forces initially seem to oppose each other like the forces of a magnet. They repel each other and yet at the same time are in synchronicity. This synchronicity is occurring because the negative and positive fields are part of the one whole entity. The north and south poles are part of the one same planet working together to create a living symbiosis.
Contrast is achieved in this way. Without which we would not have levity. Integration is therefore required exploration. It is needed to embody boldness, confidence, vulnerability, passion, weakness and all the qualities with the full spectrum of experience. Without which creative work will lack significant presence. A person’s full integration of all aspects of transpersonal self (surpassing the personal) and the personal can be felt when executing any artistic creation. The artwork created by the artist carries a vibrational signature expressing his relationship to the universe and his place within that relationship.
Such integration occurs through grace. Like a fruit ripening within it’s own schedule, and without force. Ironically some artists and spiritual seekers become stymied when becoming over identified with a goal or result. For them the greatest breakthroughs always come when they least expect them, particularly when they simply relax and often the keys appear when they have given up the search for them.
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