Showing posts with label Personal Truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Truth. Show all posts

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Intention

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From my FB post:

I only ever have the best intentions in sharing my posts to help and to inform people. See it as an offering. Take it or leave it. If it resonates, great, glad to know it holds meaning for someone else as it does for me. If not, please move on to something that does resonate with you. Find it and share it. You will then draw to you those people that also resonate with your message.
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Ultimately Truth will come to Light about all things. At that point, ALL of us will have to adjust our beliefs, because any one of us only has part of the Truth. We are living through a paradigm shift, and it may be uncomfortable at times to learn new things, but it doesn't serve us to live in fear or to live in the past, or to attack each other for having a different perspective. We are all in this together.
 
All is energy and vibration. Are you vibrating with fear, and thus attracting fearful things and circumstances into your life? Are you vibrating with love, and thus attracting High Heart* knowledge into your life?
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We are all in this together, we are co-creating a better world, but in order to do so, we must allow for new information to come to Light, and for once useful old information that no longer serves us, to be set aside. As the current Contoller-Dominators lose power, We the People must accept and embrace responsibility and take back our personal and collective power, for the good of all.




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*The Thymus chakra, also known as Higher Heart chakra, is considered to be the 8th chakra and it’s located where “intent” originates. This energy center is the connection between the reason of language and the emotions of the heart. It is also the gate to higher consciousness, which is based in love and therefore to a life in abundance, prosperity, joy, and satisfaction.
 
Moreover, it is what makes you take a deep breath before you speak consciously since at this energy vortex the intent behind the words you are about to speak actually starts forming.
 







Thursday, January 12, 2017

Ascension and Truth by Jennifer Hoffman




Ascension is first and foremost the willingness to accept new truths, about ourselves, our potential and possibilities, about humanity — who we are, individually and collectively, about the world, and our universe. It is a step out into new realities which requires that we open our hearts and minds to the possibility that our world is far different than we can know and that we are far different than we can imagine within the context of our current truths. It is our belief that ascension is something that happens to us, instead of something that we actively participate in and is part of our truth transformation, which prevents us from realizing that truth is part of the process and so is our willingness to expand, accept, and embrace new truths.


Ascension is not a sudden leap into a new reality but a steady progression that is the byproduct of different shifts in perception and awareness. We embrace new truths when our current reality cannot fulfill a new truth we want to align with and integrate. For example, a new truth that we deserve to be happy invites a shift when our current life situation cannot expand to accommodate new levels of happiness. Or, we now believe that we deserve a job better working conditions, more pay, and to feel appreciated and our current job won’t provide that. Our new truths invite ascension into new realities.


But it’s not always that easy, as we know. The upside of ascension is accompanied by a downside. Instead of being linear, in a straight line, ascension is spherical, like a ball, and it expands to envelope every aspect of our reality. Expanding our reality to accommodate new truths also challenges everything in them to integrate with those truths.
And that is where ascension becomes a choice between truths. So a new truth in one area challenges all truths we hold in everything. And some of our truths are sacred cows, things which we never question or believe are always true in every circumstance. And when existing cherished relationships or situations can only remain intact if we do not expand our willing to embrace new truths, our ascension choice because much more difficult.


The extent of our desire for ascension determines our willingness to release the old truths that stand in the way of new ones. But if we are not sure, then we will struggle between the two and may find reasons to not allow new truths to become true for us. Expanding into new truths will change our lives in ways that we may not be ready to align with, so we’ll take our time, delay the process, procrastinate, block our growth, limit our options, just so we don’t have to choose between our old reality and a new one we are not ready for; between an old truth and a new one.


Eventually, though, we get to a place where we must choose a truth path, ascending into new truths will be our only option, and if we are ready to do that, we will. If we are not, we will try to delay the process as long as we can. This is also true of everyone – they cannot accept a new truth until they are absolutely ready to release the old one. And they won’t see the ‘truth’ of a truth until they can align with, integrate, and embrace it, no matter how true it may be. This is one thing we may struggle with, when we look for like-spirited people and instead connect with rejection, criticism, and judgment. It is not personal, it’s about our truth that someone cannot align with.


Just shine your own light, set your own truth, and don’t worry about what other people do or say. Everyone has their soul mission roles in this process, even the deniers. And in the end it is the truth that will both set us free in some cases, and reinforce the prison walls in others. We all walk the path that is right and best for us and if a new truth sets us free from a limiting reality, then we will ascend into one that is aligned with our truth.


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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Gemini Full Moon December 13, 2016 4:05 pm PST by Jacqueline Lasahn pssssssssssssssst.........astrospirit!.........pass it on.................

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Gemini Full Moon   December 13, 2016   4:05 pm PST
by Jacqueline Lasahn

The consequences of polarity,
questioning rules and
the responsibility of traditions.


Loyalty towards the future
or trapped in the past?
Responsible decisions made in the present tense.
 



Righteous rationalization,
stumbling over fears.
Come to terms with your truth and how you live it.


Tune into your own reality,
examine your inner critic and
build trust in your own authority.

 
This full moon shines upon
articulating your vision
and making it real in the world.


:: Gemini Full Moon Contemplations ::
What are the judgements that hold me back from speaking my truth?
Where do I need to assert patience and perseverance in order to achieve my goals?
How may I incorporate more curiosity and tolerance into the narrative of my life?



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Thursday, November 10, 2016

9th November – 19th December 2016: Mars in Aquarius: We Are the Battleground! By Sarah Varcas

 Mars in Aquarius, Uranus/Eris conjunction, conscious relationships, compassion, deep truth, spiritual warrior, courage, knowing the mind, knowing the emotions

9th November - 19th December 2016: Mars in Aquarius:
We Are the Battleground! By Sarah Varcas



In an air sign, Mars energises our mind and mental processes which can be useful for some and less so for others, depending on how our mind usually works! If you tend to be full of racing thoughts, living in your head, Mars in Aquarius may enhance this tendency and it will be important to stay as aware as possible of just how much energy you invest in the mental realm. If, however, your mind struggles to keep up on a good day, its arrival in Aquarius may be just the tonic you need! No matter what sort of mind we have, this planetary shift encourages us to more innovative thought and a renewed relationship with our intellect.

Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, is still entwined with Eris in Aries, kicking up a storm. While Mars enters Uranian realms and Uranus travels through Mars-ruled Aries, these two powerhouse planets join forces to wake us up and keep us moving whether we like it or not! Mars in Aquarius demands that we act in the interests of the whole, not the individual self. It requires ice-cold detachment when it comes to matters of personal interest and a willingness to forfeit immediate personal satisfaction for the greater good. When the god of war journeys through the sign of brother and sisterhood, the fight becomes one of integrity. It demands a firm standing in our own truth, a courageous heart not afraid to see through wide-open eyes and attention to the sacred core in all beings, deserving of bold and audacious love.


The Aquarian ideal, of an egalitarian world in which all are treated with the respect life itself deserves, is far from many peoples’ experience. Hatred and vilification based upon gender, race, religion, sexuality, ability and other factors is rife across the globe and despite concerted efforts to address the problem, there are many who strive to perpetuate such inequalities with an unremitting diet of hatred. It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of such malevolent intransigence. And yet Mars in Aquarius acts as a way-shower, banging on the door of the Aquarian Age, demanding it be opened forthwith!


What we may not realise is that we are the other side of the door already and can draw back the imposing bolts anytime, throwing it open to let the sunlight in. The new age is born through us, we do not enter it. We must not only be the change we want to see in the world, but also see the change we want to happen. Celebrate every effort made to address inequality, every person who strives to create a more peaceful, accepting and compassionate world. Look with equal attention upon those who act for the good of the whole as we do upon those who attract our attention for less edifying reasons. It’s important to look life in the face and see what’s going on, but it’s equally important to perceive its many faces and acknowledge its paradoxically intricate threads.


Mars in Aquarius, working together with Uranus and Eris, reminds us that the greatest battle is often with the self as much as with any external force. If we find ourselves overwhelmed by the changes life demands they fortify us in the coming weeks, strengthening our resolve and standing alongside us as we break through our own obstacles. If we have trouble speaking our truth and standing up for what we know to be right, they remind us that the life of a spiritual rebel is a tough one with many challenges along the way. The rewards, however, are beyond compare when we can stand in our own truth and speak it no matter what others may say. For many this is an impossibility in a world where the consequences of authenticity are akin to death. But if that’s not us, we carry a responsibility to speak out for those who cannot. To contribute the energy of honest expression to the melting-pot of the collective soup from which we all feed. 


As Mars shifts now it reminds us that knowing how our mind works, taking charge of ourselves and acting upon razor-sharp integrity is fundamental to progressing from here. Without it we simply do the same thing over and over, getting the same old results and wondering why nothing ever changes. Mars in Aquarius tells us everything changes if we let it and it’s time for us to do the same.


Sarah Varcas




Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Jennifer Hoffman: How the Truth Sets You Free | Enlightening Life

How the Truth Sets You Free

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The  more I learn the truth about what is going on in the world, the more I want to run away and hide at times. But that won’t solve anything and to be honest, I find that each new truth that I learn becomes a renewed source of empowerment and determination on my path to love, peace, joy, and fulfillment.  The truth sets us free by revealing all of the illusions that we may be using and living with, so we can create our own truth and set new energy boundaries and intentions for our lives. There is the universal Truth, that we are powerful, divine beings and the rest is all different versions of an individual truth. We have to decide what will be true for us in our lives. Just as we are architects of our reality, we are also architects of our own truth.


The word ‘true’ means ‘conforming to facts’ so in order to create our truth, we need some facts to build our truth around. These ‘facts’ have to do with our self worth, awareness, love, and acceptance. Once we have those in place, our truth follows effortlessly. We run into trouble when someone doesn’t agree with our truth. Does that make it not true? Maybe for them, but not for us. Our truth isn’t true only when everyone agrees with it, it’s true when we believe it, and that’s all we need to know.


What do we believe as true? Whatever resonates with our truth and that is part of our own foundation of truth about who we are, what we believe, what we deserve, and our level of value, which includes our self worth and self love. Then we will easily connect with people and situations who can agree with our truth. This means that we’ll probably exclude some people from our lives but we will also include many people too. We have to accept others’ truths as theirs, as well as accept that we won’t agree with them, or that they won’t always agree with us. What is true? It’s all true for someone, but it won’t all be true for everyone.


We cannot base our truth on who agrees with us because then we’re always changing our truth based on what others think is right or acceptable for them. Once we start changing our truth our energy is scattered and we lose our energetic integrity. We’re no longer grounded because we have no truth and our reality has no factual foundation. Are you a good person only if everyone else thinks so and agrees with you? And if they don’t agree, do you think you’re a bad person? If we allow others to set our truth standards based on what’s true for the, we lose our truth identity and then what do we believe about ourselves? We can’t have confidence, self awareness, and personal boundaries if we cannot own our own truth.


What do we do about the people who want us to accept their truth, who want us to change our truths so we reflect theirs? We have two choices, agree with them or stand firm in our own truth. The litmus test is how we feel within ourselves.


Do we feel balanced, grounded, secure, and in integrity with ourselves?


Or do we feel anxious, doubtful, afraid, and insecure?


How much do we want someone to like and approve of us, and what will we do to get that approval?


Why does it matter so much to us?


Those are hard questions to ask but the answers will reveal the path to a more confident, fulfilling, and joyful truth for us. Remember true means ‘conforming to facts’, and we create our reality as well as our truth, with the right facts in place, we have the tools we need to create the truth for ourselves that reflects the reality the we want to live and that we know is right for us. Knowing these answers sets us free from the self doubt, fear, and anxiety that arise when we think others don’t like us or our truth and reveals an important truth — it doesn’t matter.  We have to decide whether we’re going to let direction of our truth path become a popularity contest or whether we’ll just set our own truth guidelines and go from there. Either way, it’s all true and we don’t need to worry about whether anyone will believe our truth, as long as we believe it, that’s enough.


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Monday, November 17, 2014

Inspiration for the Week: Any Question Can Be Answered - November 16, 2014 by Shanta Gabriel





Any Question Can Be Answered



We are drawing on the compassionate and timeless wisdom of The Gabriel Messages Book and The Gabriel Message Cards in these articles to provide insight and inspiration each week that we can bring into our daily lives.


For this week's issue, The Gabriel Message is opening the way to expanded perspective and integration of our soul's gifts.


The Gabriel Message card for this week:


When you connect deeply within to your enlightened state of mind, there is an expanded perception of the world you inhabit, and any question can be answered.


We all want so much to have the answers to our myriad questions about life. Sometimes this can feel frustrating, one of those so near and yet so far situations, like we have the words at the tip of our tongue.


But often the answers do not come as full sentences and clear information at the time we ask. Posing the questions to our Higher Wisdom is essential however as the first step to creation of more clarity within us. The intention to receive is important to begin the process.


What I have noticed is that within a short amount of time after praying to receive guidance, I will be listening to a person speaking and suddenly I hear the answer to my question, or I feel attracted to books that open to the page I need to put my mind at rest. More often these days there is a settling in my heart and an inner knowing will be there for me. Even when I have those moments of clarity when I can channel information, there are times when my attachment to knowing can complicate my mental fields and it is more difficult to receive the answers I am seeking.


At those times it is much better to put my questions aside and spend time connecting to my most enlightened state of mind. This is the place where I am breathing Divine Light through my energy centers and allowing myself to relax into my heart. When I give myself this space, new information will percolate to the surface.


Especially in these times of heightened energy frequencies and interference from mass thought forms, it is easy to get confused. Sometimes the intense focus on what I want to know takes me out of my heart and can cut me off from the expanded perception I need to really receive what is Truth for me. The process of softening my energy field and becoming more grounded and whole in myself takes me out of my mental energy and allows me to be more conscious and connected to my Higher Self.


We all have this enlightened aspect. It is our most Divine Self that we are integrating into our human selves in perfect blending and wholeness. Through our breath and raising our vibration we expand our energy fields and open into aspects of consciousness that allow us to receive guidance and wisdom from the fullness of our beings. We are awakening our Soul's gifts in these precious times and bringing heightened perceptions and an expanded perspective into our physical beings.


I find prayer to be a powerful way to raise my vibrations. When I give thanks in advance, it feels as though the doorways into new multidimensional realms of consciousness open and Grace becomes my experience.


Divine Presence,


Thank you for bringing Divine Love through me in a pillar of Golden Light that allows me to integrate the most expansive aspects of my being into my physical world. Help me to align and integrate these higher frequencies so that I may open new dimensions and connections to my Higher Self. I am asking to receive guidance and wisdom at this time that will serve the highest good in my work in the world and in all my relationships. I now allow my soul's gifts to awaken and empower every area of my life. Thank you for these blessings and for the expansive presence of love working in and through me now. I know all is well. And so it is.


Shanta Gabriel, 2014
www.ShantaGabriel.com



The Gabriel Messages #32


When you connect deeply within to your enlightened state of mind, there is an expanded perception of the world you inhabit, and any question can be answered.



Dear One,


You have within you an enlightened state of mind where Truth prevails and Divine Love surrounds you, filling all the dark places. Give yourself the gift of finding this place, and become so familiar with it that you are able to connect there with a breath and a thought.


This enlightened state within you is beyond normal waking consciousness and can even be called super consciousness. It is the expanded place of Light, Peace and all Wisdom. It is possible through prayer and meditation to connect deeply with this beautiful, expansive state within your mind.


It only takes a few minutes to sit quietly and breathe in Divine Light and Love. When you do this and ask for guidance, you provide a fertile ground that can be planted with seeds of joy, peace and divine order in every area of your life. When you bring a question with you into your expanded place, the answer will become obvious. Even if it does not seem to be clear when you are sitting in your meditation place, it will “pop” into your mind as you go through your day if your intention to know the truth was strong.


Every day you can give yourself this gift and create a personal relationship with this enlightened state within you. From this place the Divine Mind is accessible and the Angels will inspire you. A state of peace will be the result. In this enlightened state of mind you can be filled with Divine Light and know all is well.


Remember your message from the Angels today:


When you connect deeply within to your enlightened state of mind, there is an expanded perception of the world you inhabit, and any question can be answered.



Archangel Gabriel
from Shanta Gabriel
www.TheGabrielMessages.com

NorthPoint Astrology Journal ~ Your Guide to Planetary Energies for November 17 to 23, 2014 By Pam Younghans




NorthPoint Astrology Journal ~Your Guide to Planetary Energies for
November 17 to 23, 2014 By Pam Younghans


SAVE THE DATE! I've just posted an announcement on my blogsite for my January 8 teleclass about the first six months of 2015. I'm calling the class "At the Door of a New Age," and here's the title page graphic:
 

 

The class will air live on Thursday, January 8 -- but if you can't attend on that day, your registration fee provides you with a recording of the class and access to the slideshow with monthly calendars. Read all about it at http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/.

Now, on with this week's forecast:

Highlighted Aspects:
MON: Uranus quincunx Mercury, Chiron trine Mercury; TUE: Saturn conjunct Sun, Mars semisquare Venus, Pluto semisquare Sun; THU: Uranus sesquisquare Sun, Mars square Nodes, Neptune square Venus; FRI: Mars sextile Mercury, Neptune semisquare Mars; SAT: Sun enters Sagittarius, New Moon 4:32am PST, Jupiter square Mercury; SUN: Chiron stations direct


WE'RE WRAPPING UP some important lessons this week. On Tuesday, two days before our New Moon in Sagittarius, there is a Saturn-Sun alignment in Scorpio.

Saturn is never one to be frivolous. This is the planet that represents the concepts of responsibility, discipline, and patience. As Saturn transits each sign of the zodiac, we are called to embody new levels of maturity and realism related to the themes of that sign.

AS SATURN has journeyed through Scorpio for the past two years, it has required us to take responsibility for our deepest desires, our needs for control and power, and our motivations, compulsions, and addictions. And, since Scorpio rules the processes of death and rebirth, some have found their lessons to be in this area of the human experience, either literally or on psychological and emotional levels.

As the Sun and Saturn conjoin on Tuesday, we come face-to-face with some of the lessons noted in the paragraph above. This is an important opportunity for self-acceptance, as we see hidden or disowned aspects of our psyches reflected back to us by the people and events in our lives.

Once we have owned a truth about ourselves, we have a clear choice of next steps, based on the animals traditionally associated with Scorpio.

SCORPIO is the only sign of the zodiac that has two accepted animal symbols: the Scorpion and the Eagle (or Phoenix, in some traditions). This gives us important clues as to our options this week.

One option is to stay attached to an old definition of who we are, remaining in the darkness that has been uncovered. This would be the choice of the Scorpion, who hides under rocks and stings when revealed.

The other option is to choose the way of the Eagle, who flies high above the landscape. From its vantage point, the Eagle can see both the darkness and the light, but does not judge or cling to either. The Eagle represents clarity of vision and purpose, and shows us that the higher we go, the more we can release defining ourselves or others by choices of the past -- even the past of only yesterday.

THE CLEARING and release work that we do early in the week can enable us to begin the new lunar cycle with what feels like a much cleaner slate. Our New Moon on Saturday occurs less than three hours after the Sun enters Sagittarius, emphasizing the theme of opening anew to the adventure of life.

There are many different systems that assign symbolic images to each degree of the zodiac. I quote from the Sabian symbols quite a bit in this journal, but I also like other, more modern systems.

Astrologer Martin Goldsmith, in his book The Zodiac by Degrees, gives this image for the first degree of Sagittarius, where our New Moon is on Saturday:

    "On a steep bluff, army veterans reminisce around a dying campfire while their leader surveys the countryside by the light of the rising sun."

The descriptive phrases for this image, which we can relate to the purposes of the lunar cycle that begins next weekend, includes:

    "Looking toward new possibilities when an old trip is burnt out; setting clear goals that challenge one's best talents; figuring out which life battles really matter; ignoring unimportant problems and strengthening one's heart for the fight ahead; instigating collective action based on a clear vision of the future; cooperation and comradeship based on shared ideals; long-range plans and foresight; periodically reassessing one's progress toward grander goals."

THIS IS CERTAINLY a time to be looking forward rather than to the past. Pluto and Uranus have been doing a very good job of dismantling the old structures, so it is up to us to create new foundations for the future. With the Sun in Sagittarius until December 21, those foundations will be most successful if they are based on what we truly believe in, and what adds greater meaning to our lives.

One last note about this week -- Chiron stations direct next Sunday, so there is an added emphasis on healing now. Chiron in Pisces reveals where we hold fear instead of trust, and where we may choose self-sacrifice rather than unconditional love.

As Chiron is at a standstill this week, we are supported in embracing that wounded aspect of self, taking the fearful child into our hearts, to that place where only Trust, Love, and Healing can abide.

Blessings,

Pam




Photo: Auroras over Tromso, Norway on October 18, 2014 (credit: Colin Palmer, posted on SpaceWeather.com)

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Friday, November 14, 2014

DAILY OM ~ Beyond the Physical: We Are Beings of Light + Staying in Pain: Stuck in the Mud

We Are Beings of Light

DAILY OM
~ Beyond the Physical: We Are Beings of Light
by Madisyn Taylor November 14, 2014
It is through our connection to our light that we know things
beyond what the visible world can tell us.


We are all beings of light. Put another way, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. As children, most of us know this, but other human beings who have forgotten what they really are and who cannot help us to know ourselves train us to forget. As a result, we are led to believe that magic is not real, that our invisible playmates do not really exist, and that we are limited beings with only one earthly life to live. There is enormous pressure to conform to this concept of ourselves and so we lose touch with our full potential, forgetting that we are beings of light.


At this time, many of us are reawakening to the truth of who we are, because we are living amidst such large-scale changes in the world. We need to access this light in order to not only survive but thrive as we shift into a new order of consciousness. As the changes around us proceed in rapid progression, we will want to be able to trust our own ability to sense what is happening and how we can best respond. We are no longer living in a predictable world in which we can trust external authority figures and prior ideas about reality to guide us. We need to be able to access the information that will help us navigate these uncertain waters, and the ultimate authority resides in our awareness of ourselves as beings of light.


It is through our connection to this light that we know things beyond what the visible world can tell us, and we see things beyond what the physical world reveals. In order to access this wisdom, we can simply allow ourselves to remember that we are not limited, as we have been taught. In fact, we are filled with divine grace and power that is ours for the asking. A daily practice of tuning into this vast potential, conversing with it, and offering ourselves up to it opens the door through which we can reclaim our true identity, taking ownership of the calling that the time has come to create bliss on earth.


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DAILY OM ~ Staying in Pain: Stuck in the Mud
by Madisyn Taylor November 14, 2014



Pain can serve as one of life's great teachers, but it is important
to move through it and not become stuck in our pain.


Pain comes and it goes. It is just one component to the grand cycle of life. And when experienced as such, pain can serve as an important teacher. It is when we get stuck in our pain that it becomes detrimental to our well-being and development. If you notice that you feel closed-off, resentful, heavy-hearted, or that you try very hard to avoid being hurt again, there may be a part of you that is still stuck in pain.

We can get stuck in our pain for many reasons. As children, it was natural for us to cry, throw a tantrum, and let the experience move through us. By fully feeling our pain in this way, our emotions would wash us clean, leaving us open and available to new experiences. With age, though, we might have determined that expressing emotion was no longer appropriate, and so we developed a variety of coping strategies to deal with our discomfort. We may have learned to stuff our feelings down or to run away from them. Perhaps we began thinking that staying closed and unwilling to try new things would keep us safe from heartbreak, safe from rejection, and safe from failure. We may have even gotten so used to being in pain that the thought of being without it scares us. But, if we continue to hold onto it longer than necessary, we are expending a lot of energy that could instead be channeled into making our life experiences more positive.

If you notice that you are continually connecting with the same familiar patterns of pain, consider embracing your feelings and letting go of your hurt. Whether your pain is from childhood or from an experience last week, see if you can give it room to move. When it does, you will reconnect with a wonderful source of your own vital energy.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Wake up Call: Diaclosities by Nancy Tate ~ Oct 13, 2014





"I am here today to tell you of what is taking place in the air and in the hearts of so many people. I am Diaclosities and I am going to give you some information that will open your hearts and increase your feelings of well-being. I see that there are so many of you who are living in the confusion of what is being told will be coming, and what has not come to pass.

First I wish to allow the truth of what is in your lives in this moment to circle the globe and come back into your hearts in a way that makes it feel so soft and wonderful. There are ones all around this planet who are seeing you in a haze of light that encompasses the very essence of your Love and Light. In this way you are being reminded of who you are and what you are capable of.

In another aspect of what is taking place you are in a cocoon of Love in order to allow you to see the innermost strength and power you have to move forward in your own way according to what you choose. This cocoon is in no way confining, but is free and Loving. It is the very essence of The Creator, and it represents the ability you have that reflects the ability that the Creator has, and that you have been endowed with. As you go along in that energy you will find that there is much more that you can do in this world than what you are being told by the masses.

You have the power to see for yourself what it will take to step outside of the debris that is being sent forward by those who would seek to have you on your knees at their feet. You are more in power than that, and as you step away from their ideas you will feel the essence of that inner power you are endowed with come to life and inspire you to the ideas that will speed up your freedom from the old energies of submission.

I see you reaching out to the ideas of freedom and I know that you will recognize the feelings that speak to you of what you can do. It may not reflect what is being told to you of how the moneys are going to be distributed and how the governments will be coming into fashion with the ideas of freedom, however there is more to the picture than what is taking place outside of you. You all have the ability to create your own world in a wonderful harmonious way that can flow freely and with much love, peace and joy. You can bring about the best interpretation of your world in conjunction with the rest of those who follow their own lead.

I see in you the ability to create new thoughts. I see you then going forth in those thoughts with the power you have to bring about the results of using your power to overcome that which has been keeping you in a prison of depending on others to bring you what you intend to have in your life. Yes, you do have that ability. I shall give you an example.

There is a person in the past few days who wanted to have the ability to sing shown to the world in a way that is above what was being done in the past. She knew that whatever it was that was holding her back came into a classification that needed to be released and brought to a close. In order to increase her ability to sing she had to first let go of how it has been and then allow the newness of the singing to come forth in example. When she finally allowed it, then the parts of her old way stopped working.

It is a temporary thing, that when is enabled to begin again will be in a new way that typifies the newness that she has been inspired to. Not only that but there are new people coming into her life and new ways of looking at what she will be doing to express the love she has for singing what her heart represents, for the people, and in respect and love of them. It will all fall into place in the ways in which she steps forward in the coming moments. It will be something that will match her own inner abilities, and will be in harmony with what is around her and in her world of creative Love and power. Watch for it in everyone you know, including firstly in yourself, for the example this woman brings to her life is a reflection of all of the abilities that are being expressed and will continue to be by you all.

I leave this morning's wake up call on a note of Love. I see you all in a pool of everlasting Love that reflects all of the colors of the rainbow. I see each of you adding to the pool and giving of yourselves to enhance the image that speaks of the Love of Eternal Light. You are the givers of the rainbows and you are the glow of the Divine."

Thank you dear Diaclosities,

Much Love, Nancy Tate

Friday, September 5, 2014

Weekly LightBlast: Truth a message from Jamye Price




As you change through Life, your Truth is changing with you.  Your ability to observe with detached, empowering compassion, as well as choose with powerful focus requires a comfort in your Truth that is only within you.  As you observe the world around you and see truths being made into law, being focused into sound bites that instill reaction of all sort, and even being slipped into your consciousness through the doorway of guilt, fear, science or entertainment; you have choice.

The open mind is a flow of data that is observed without attachment to right or wrong, merely perspective.  All life is opinion from perspective.  Observational data is all there is, no matter how repeatable the experiment.  You observe what you perceive based on the parameters of your previous knowledge, your expectation and your ability to stretch beyond the known – which for most is minor.  This is not a bad thing, it is the progression of life on a strong foundation.  Your creations, your technologies and your relationships follow this same stair-stepping of progress and it is a necessary part of earthly life and evolution. Truth is built upon and shifted in ways that allow the conscious mind to understand a fuller scope of creation, life and the ability of humanity to expand internally as well as externally.

There is always a greater Truth beyond any truth, for Life is continually expanding and it expands invisibly at first until your ‘eyes’ become accustomed to the Light.  You first see the trees, then with greater focus the forest becomes clear.  It would be easy to focus upon the deceptions and lack of the systems of society.  Your schooling, governments, economics, religions and healthcare each have a unique perspective of truth.  This diversity is valuable as you open your mind to the flow of data and sift, file and delete for your benefit.  This is the value of the deception and lack – it compels you to change, it compels you to your own uniqueness and humanity becomes empowered to emanate new desire and inspired action into the field of earthly life.  You then have the task of sifting, filing and deleting your own data as you observe the subtle changes that grow more solid with your focus.  New Truth is formed.

You are a being of consciousness and your awareness is the catalyst that creates.  Indeed, All of Life is an experience of consciousness, with few aware of the consciousness of water and fewer still aware of the consciousness of air.  You are becoming more aware as you keep an open flow of data with your focusing mind.  As you begin to harmonize that data with your powerful electromagnetic embracing heart, empirical becomes empowered and you begin to see the changes in form.  Do not diminish your power to create to those that hold truth as untrue until proven with limited methods.  Do not diminish your power to create to the form you experience before you.  Hold your Truth in your being and allow the world to be your cauldron of Truth emerging.  Most importantly, the Truth of your power to change your world for the better.

As we sit to Blast Truth, we are opening the mind flow to a universe of data encompassed in the Truth of Love.  We are discovering our innate ability to expand the mind beyond the confines of the body into the depths of infinite space that awaits focus to form.  We are seeing Truth in its many iterations of human perception and appreciating the reflection of opposition and support.  We are boldly choosing and focusing our eyes to the Light of Love as we flood this plane with new information.  We are the Truth within a broader Truth, that naturally evolves through change as we hold our consciousness in resonance with new solution.  Blast on!

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Monday, September 1, 2014

September 2014 Astro-Energy Report: Times They Are A-Changin’ By Sarah Varcas

September 2014 Astro-Energy Report


  Naiad Bathing
Image: Gary Rosenberg

Times They Are A-Changin’
By Sarah Varcas


"After the intense pressure (both positive and negative) many have experienced during August, September 2014 comes as something of a relief! It offers a break of sorts during which we can catch our breath, take some time out and settle into our ‘new normal’. There has been a recent energetic theme which can best be characterised as the ‘return of the repressed’. This Freudian term is used to denote the emergence into consciousness of repressed thoughts, feelings and memories many of which we may have believed were over and done with. Such a process often occurs at times of intense change, largely because it is our unconscious which conspires to prevent us from changing in fundamentally life-altering ways. During a time such as we have been through these past few months, the gates to the unconscious are flung open with every suppressed fear, denied emotion, ignored desire bursting out to assault our senses and do its level best to keep us from stepping out of our comfort zone. Just when we thought we’d dealt with our lack of self-worth bam! Self-hatred rears its ugly head the likes of which we’ve not encountered in a long time. Just when we thought that depression we struggled with for so long was healed, there it is again, penetrating every corner with its heavy, oppressive presence. Just when we thought we’d really got to grips with ‘this whole compassion thing’, we can’t bear to be in the same room as anyone else for fear of ripping their head off! We can end up feeling like nothing has changed and we’re simply the same person we were a year, two years, ten or twenty years ago!!

The other side of this coin is the rapid shifts which have taken place for many in the past couple of months. Positive progress has abounded in some peoples’ lives, but even this doesn’t come without its stresses! Big change often comes without guarantees. We know what we have to do and that doing it is now unavoidable, but we don’t know what the outcome will be, only that we cannot remain where we are. We take a leap of faith and hope for the best. Wherever we find ourselves on this spectrum of experience, September offers an opportunity to process more deeply all that has happened in recent weeks, and come home to ourselves in the midst of all this change.

Throughout September an alliance between Saturn in Scorpio and the North Node in Libra provides the energetic backdrop. It encourages us to own up to aspects of our shadow-self which may have been causing concern and allow them to show us where and how they need to be accommodated to align with the flow of life at this time. The problem with the shadow is that we allow it to isolate and shame us into silence. That’s why we repress it, denying the thoughts and feelings which cause us so much consternation. Anger, despair, hatred, jealousy, fear, feelings of rejection, of unworthiness, any or all of these and more can be cast into the unconscious in order to keep our every day consciousness free of such troublesome emotions. The process seems tidy and efficient, but in practice it doesn’t work so well. The amount of energy used up trying to keep everything hidden, albeit unconsciously, is energy we don’t have available for our own well-being. It’s like leaving an electrical appliance plugged in, using up power when we don’t need to. It’s costly and unnecessary. Energy is precious. It requires respect!

The funniest thing about the unconscious is that we all have one and mostly its contents are the same as everyone else’s. The details may vary a bit, but basically it’s the usual morass of anger, lust, envy, fear blah, blah, blah. We’re simply hiding what we all share, but somehow, somewhere along the line we’ve picked up the belief that it’s only us who has these feelings and we really need to make sure no one else finds out otherwise there’ll be all kinds of trouble!! This is how we collectively prevent anyone else owning up and ensuring that no one points out what’s really going on in the human psyche.

So why am I saying all this? Because September is a great month for normalising what we all share; for accepting, without fuss or fanfare, that we all have these strange and sometimes troublesome tendencies and it’s all part of being human, not some dreadful aberration with which only we have been burdened. Anger, jealousy, depression, hatred, despair, violent impulses, lust, whatever it is we’re not owning up to we can rest assured there are thousands out there not owning up to the same things!! It’s what makes us human, apparently! We don’t need to make a huge drama out of it, wailing and beating our chests. Simply accepting that all this mess comes with the human territory can clear away a whole load of pain and stress right there! September can be ‘coming out of the unconscious closet’ month and if we make it work we’ll all feel significantly more relaxed by the end of it!

After the first week of the month, during which we can settle into the terrain of low-drama ‘this is just the way it is’, we have a Full Moon in Pisces conjunct Chiron. This is a powerfully healing Moon, but it may come with exceptionally heightened sensitivity for a couple of days either side. Be sure to schedule in some time out and avoid stressful environments and activities if possible. When Chiron is lit up by a Full Moon there is enormous healing power to ‘download’ but as the healing brings us back to a state of wholeness the imbalances previously maintained may become particularly evident for a while. If so it may be useful to remember that energy is simply energy, neither good nor bad, just neutral, so whatever ails us can be transmuted into something that heals us if we let it. If however, we identify too strongly with the pain and distress we solidify it and create energetic structures which are far tougher to transmute and shift.

This Full Moon speaks of healing needed due to our previous avoidance of difficult emotions. The imbalances it seeks to correct are those created by denial. It asks us to feel fully whatever arises now, no matter how much we believe doing so will overwhelm us. It won’t. And in allowing the feelings to be felt fully and without judgement we are inviting healing into our lives and allowing our energy field to rebalance and realign. This is a time to watch our thoughts with an air of detachment, to refuse to believe what they tell us about ourselves. We are not our thoughts nor our feelings, but something altogether more constant and dependable which rests beneath them. We are the presence which can watch thoughts and feelings come and go, the life force which hums gently beneath all drama, passion, despair, joy and rage. This Full Moon calls us to identify with that, not the fleeting content of mind, and to know ourselves as something altogether more present and vibrant.

A few days after the Full Moon, Mars enters Sagittarius (on 13th/14th September) offering a lift and some positive energy to power our journey. This shift of Mars comes with inspiration and motivation. The healing from the Full Moon can really make its mark now as we move forward increasingly unencumbered by old energies which restrict and define us in ways no longer fitting for who we are. Mars remains in Sagittarius until the end of October, so we have a useful ally here who can help keep us upbeat during the down times and focused on the goal when getting there seems like a burdensome struggle. The 16th September sees further in-coming support in the form of an alliance between Uranus, Chiron and Jupiter remaining until the beginning of October. Freedom is most definitely in the air here, if we choose to claim it. But it must be a choice and we have to commit to following through on the choice, even when the going gets tough! This is not freedom without a price. This freedom comes at the expense of security, certainty and predictability. It challenges our assumptions and cuts shackles we may prefer to keep right now, thank you very much! But if we can allow those shackles to be cut and keep the faith that in doing so something greater can emerge in our lives, the final two weeks of September sees us laying the groundwork for the two eclipses in October, the first of which (Lunar Eclipse on 8th October GMT) packs a particularly liberating punch! (More on that nearer the time..).

The 22nd September GMT sees Pluto stationing direct in Capricorn. Retrograde since mid April, it has uncovered some dark and painful places both personally and collectively. Issues of power and power-over, revenge, resentment and hatred have been rife alongside a strengthening of those prepared to look such suffering in the face and see it through and out the other side into clarity and freedom. The about- turn of Pluto this month adds weight to the theme of normalising the shadow so we can all own up. There’s no need for shame or fear if we’re prepared to own it and work with it consciously, getting to know our own psyche at a deeper and infinitely more intimate level. Many of us seek intimacy with others, especially that ‘special’ other, but we shy from intimacy with ourselves first and foremost. The heavens this month call us to self-intimacy before all else: a willingness to give up shame and embrace all that we are and all that we have to share with others.

A New Moon in the second degree of Libra on 24th September heralds the start of an eclipse season  which lasts until the end of October. The Sabian Symbol for this degree signifies an increase in the frequency of light, a vibrational upgrade, setting the scene for the coming eclipses in October and providing clear and unequivocal indication of their potential! It is very encouraging to see this zodiac degree accented now, after this month’s themes. Ah, the power of acceptance to enlighten and illuminate! This New Moon does exactly that, demonstrating what all this challenging inner work has been in aid of.

The month comes to a close with the Sun and Neptune in a quincunx alignment from 26th to 30th, connecting the divine will with our own personal one. This connection comes not without challenge as we may discover in stark terms precisely where we are unwilling to surrender to a higher understanding, preferring our personal perspective for a while longer! No worries: we can only go as far as we can go, and if we need to stick around where we are that’s fine too. An eclipse season always comes with stops and starts, and if this is a stop, a start will be on its tail before we know it! So wherever we find ourselves come the month end we can be sure of one thing: times they are a-changing and we with them."

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Sarah Varcas

September 2014 Energy Report By Jennifer Hoffman | Enlightening Life


"September ushers in the final four months of 2014 and whether you think the year has gone by quickly or slowly, we have all been part of a deliberate process of shifting the entire alignment of every aspect of the energy we live in and with. Michelangelo said that he recognized the figures in the marble he worked with and merely chipped away the excess marble to reveal them. We have been doing the same thing, removing layers of emotional debris from lifetimes of karma, soul wounds, contracts, commitments, disappointments, betrayals, sadness, pain, and fear, to reveal the love, joy, and beauty of our core selves.  It’s time to put some ‘divine into our vibe TM‘ and move from healing to wholeness, we do that by choosing our most powerful outcomes and then aligning with the energy that will make them possible.

For those interested in astrology, Saturn and Pluto are in each other’s signs (an aspect called mutual reception), Saturn in Scorpio, ruled by Pluto, and Pluto in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn. This makes these planets’ energies and impact extra powerful, so the learning and transformation take on a whole new level of meaning and impact, which translates into a ‘DO IT NOW’ kind of learning experience. Has that been your experience of 2014 so far? It gets a little easier in September but only if we have the courage to press on. We’re almost where we want to be and exactly where we need to be for that to happen.

What has this year revealed in your life so far? If it has been a tough year for you, its because you may have arrived at the point of greatest unhappiness. Sometimes we have to get to that point before we can decide that we deserve to have something else. Our journey of transformation, evolution, and ascension is not linear or a forward movement, it’s often back and forth and sometimes we can go way back before we decide to that we have had enough. The way out of misery is through and then up, but so often we get lost in our struggles and stop focusing on the light at the end of the tunnel.

The challenging truth that we are all facing now is that we are the source of power that we’re seeking to make our dreams come true. And in  September we need to create a connection with that truth because it is what will pull us across the 4D bridge into the higher dimensions we have been catching glimpses of for the past few months. We know that they are out there, we just have to be willing to cross that bridge into the unknown territory of higher dimensions, without being afraid that we’ll be disappointed in the results.

Mars changes sign in  September, moving from Scorpio into  Sagittarius. In Scorpio it dredged the depths of our limiting beliefs, actions, and thoughts. In Sagittarius it can help us expand into our higher truth, as long as we are willing to believe it. Mars has been especially active this year, spending eight long months retrograding through Libra where we learned about balance, then it moved into Scorpio with an unrelenting focus on truth, alignment, and honesty, and now it’s moving into a more expansive space but don’t get too comfortable with that. Sagittarius is the sign of the philosopher as well as the zealot. Everything in moderation is a keyword for September.

We have long defined humanity’s struggle with life as trying to gain victory over our humanity. But that’s like fighting fire with fire. Our journey is about learning to move from healing to wholeness, from human beings into divine humans, from limitation into expansion, from fear into love, from judgment into acceptance, and that can only be done via an energetic re-alignment that include our divine aspects. We don’t have to be less human because our humanity includes the potential to integrate the highest energies and dimensions in the Universe. We have to be more wholly aligned with all of our energetic aspects and expand those to include our divinity. Divinity is about wholeness, not holiness.

We have been sowing the seeds for this all year and it is now possible in September. As we begin the month we have a chance to review where we have been so far, jettison our emotional and psychic baggage and start making our moves, beginning with intention and alignment.

Everything that is aligned with our lower vibes has to go so we can replace them with higher vibe alternatives.

What does that mean to you?

Look at where your life is limited, where you feel stuck, blocked, unhappy, or afraid.

Do you have the courage to change, even if you are not sure what that means or where it will lead you?

Are fear, lack, and limitation addictions or habits for you? If this is how everyone in your family lives, then they probably are. You can break those habits and addictions and learn to live from a more healed, whole, and fulfilled point but you’ll be the first, the pioneer, so you won’t have any idea of where that leads you. It takes courage to be the pioneer or to live in a higher vibration when you don’t know what that means for you or what results you will get but once you take a step towards the 4D bridge and get a glimpse of  higher dimensions and other ways of being, there is no turning back.

September’s keywords are transition, transformation, and re-alignment. Our movement potential is forward, when we are ready. It’s about timing now, not time, and timing refers to energy, alignment, resonance, frequency, vibration and our own internal readiness for transformation, with a focus on wholeness (not holiness) and a push to raise our vibes and create the human/divine partnership. Have a wonderful month."


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Are you ready to raise your vibes to bring in the divine? Then come to my Raise your Vibes LIVE workshop September 12 & 13, 2014 in Kansas City, MO. More details are on the event page here. There are 50 spaces available so we can have opportunity to work closely on raising your vibes to levitate your life to new heights of potential and possibility.

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Monday, August 11, 2014

OM Times: Responding to Losses by Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD



OM Times: Responding to Losses
by Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD


How much of your story involves dealing with losses? As you get older, you find that you and more and more of your friends are suffering losses. Yet at any point in life, a person can experience a devastating loss or even series of losses. Losses can involve actual deaths or be like deaths: for example, the ending of a job or relationship, or suffering a mental or physical illness can be a devastating blow. A transition, even if eagerly anticipated, can feel like a loss in some ways. Events such as retirement, a move to a new city, or having your last child move out, often bring deeply mixed emotions.

Shamans say that all endings lead to beginnings, and we must learn to work with the energy of endings to ensure that we do not get stuck in what is already dying and keep ourselves from experiencing what is being born. To better cope with losses and transitions, we need to change our attitude toward them. If we’re in touch with our eternal essence and the waxing and waning of all aspects of our lives, the birthing and the dying, we can move beyond bitterness about things not staying as we want. Then we will find it easier to accept “what is,” realizing the many blessings that we still have despite what we have lost.

Change is inevitable. If we remember that, we won’t be as shocked and upset as we might otherwise be when it occurs. We can adapt and be resilient. Life goes on, even if we experience it very differently than we did before.

How do you respond when someone you know has a loss or major transition? Is your response heartfelt or perfunctory? Does your own fear of loss get in the way with your being fully present with the person who is upset over a loss? After saying what you think is the right thing, how quickly do you get back into focusing on your own life, forgetting the pain or the suffering that someone who might be close to you is going through?

Some people resist staying connected to others who have experienced loss because they fear for their own difficulty in returning to a positive, optimistic state. Their mind turns to the losses they might suffer, too. Their fear of endings and the uncertainty of what will replace what has been lost can frighten them. Do you become deeply discombobulated after hearing of another’s loss because you are especially empathetic, or because you start to fear what you might lose?

Think about when you experience a big loss of your own. How quickly do you get back into your own life and routines? How much time do you allow yourself to grieve? After a significant loss, do you find it hard to remain in the present moment and see a hopeful future? How could you step back from your pain and still honor the memory of whomever or whatever was lost, and start living again? Could you create a ritual or ceremony to help you deal with your loss?

You might create a fire ceremony that can help you release the energy of grief and open you to new energies. One way to do a fire ceremony is to use a candle flame or a fire in a fireplace or outdoors and some sticks you can burn. Blow into a stick the energy of what you would like to release from yourself and your energy field, such as sadness. Then, place the stick into the fire. Next, pick up another stick and blow into it something you want to gain, such as an openness to new possibilities—happiness, inner peace, or a new relationship, for example. Then, burn that stick, exchanging the old energy for the new. Afterward, take some time to observe any changes in how you feel, and how you felt during the ritual itself. Consider writing about the experience in your journal, and repeating the ceremony if you feel you want to release more grief, or release other energies associated with your loss, such as anger or fear. Use the ceremony to bring in energies such as hope, happiness, and courage, all of which can help you to step out of the old story of loss and write a new one.


About the Author

Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD is a practicing clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, and shamanic practitioner. His shamanic work is drawn from a mix of North American and South American indigenous traditions and is influenced by Jungian analytic psychology. He has worked or trained with shamans on five continents and trained at Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s Healing the Light Body School, where he has taught. Carl Greer is involved in various businesses and charities, teaches at the Jung Institute in Chicago, is on the staff of the Lorene Replogle Counseling Center, and holds workshops on shamanic topics. He is the author of the new book Change Your Story, Change Your Life: Using Shamanic and Jungian Tools to Achieve Personal Transformation by Carl Greer © 2014, Findhorn Press. Now available at: Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

Friday, July 18, 2014

DAILY OM ~ July 18, 2014 Opening to Understanding: Willingness to Feel


DAILY OM ~ July 18, 2014
Opening to Understanding: Willingness to Feel

by Madisyn Taylor

When we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, we must then open ourselves to willingness.


There are times when we may find ourselves struggling or even fighting with our thoughts and emotions. We may feel that something must be done in a certain way or not at all, or there may be some other situation that feels absolutely black and white. But life is not this way—it’s the way we are looking at our experiences that is causing the turmoil within us. When we become aware that the struggle we are having is with ourselves, we can turn our attention to the source in order to solve the problem, but we must be being willing to look where we need to and feel emotions that may make us uncomfortable at first. Then we can choose to really open ourselves to understanding all the options we can imagine. We are likely to discover that we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, and we must then open ourselves to willingness.

When we are willing to look at all the possibilities, we also become willing to accept that there is room for more than we can imagine. We can release ourselves from the grip we had on our emotions and stop limiting ourselves. We may have been unwilling to experience feeling loss, confusion, fear, or even joy for some reason or another, but when we realize that our understanding was limited we allow space for the universe to move in our lives.

Opening ourselves to willingness may feel like we are surrendering or abandoning all that we believed. But at the same time it is an act of power and courage because it is a conscious choice we make about how to apply our personal will. Being willing is to be in a state of willing something into creation. It is at once allowing ourselves to be while also choosing to direct our energy in a focused way. It is being and doing from a place of openness, where we can work with the universe rather than resist it. It is an open hand rather than one that is clenched into a fist. When we make a step toward willingness, we open ourselves to truth, possibility, and the movement of the wise universe in and through our lives.