It’s become commonplace to see men and women in “near perfect” form on TV, in magazines and music videos, and even in our everyday lives. I say “near perfect” because our minds have been trained to think that certain looks are the “perfect” look – that being blemish-free and “done up” are what constitute beauty. But is this really beauty? And is taking these standards seriously and replicating them a healthy thing for ourselves and our overall collective?

This topic is one I’m very passionate about, as I’m very much an advocate of being genuine and authentic. I myself allow that part of me to express itself as often as I can and I would love to live in a world where we are all striving for it. In fact, I don’t believe it is something we even need to strive for because I believe it is our natural state to be authentic. I believe we learn behaviours that overshadow our genuine selves, and as a result, end up striving for things that are inauthentic.

By Karen Seva
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

We have all heard stories of ancient civilizations – of temples, of priests, of sacrifices to the gods. We have heard stories of ancient wisdom traditions and their practices and myths. Yet, what if this cultural heritage has more to teach us than what has been discovered from an archaeological dig? What if our current interpretations – as perceived through western cultural affiliations – simply have not been sufficient to untangle the mystery of esoteric knowledge that these stories contain? What if the understanding that is truly available transcends time and space, transcends belief systems and even the structure of our own “conditioned” mind – a conditioned mind, which has been molded to receive and comply with overt and psychic messages of societal philosophy, form and function?

What if the world, as we know it, is a by-product of our conditioning? A conditioning which posits the framework of a limiting worldview upon the psyche – almost as though we were to wear a helmet with blinders connected to it; like, that which a racehorse would wear to keep out the distractions.

Pao L. Chang, Guest
Waking Times

The idea that we live in a holographic universe that uses a form of quantum “computer code” to create the physical reality is not a new idea. In the 1940s, some physicists suggested that we live in a “computer generated” universe. In the video at the end of this article, physicists James Gates talks about this form of computer code, which he refers to as “adinkras”.

In my book titled Staradigm (published in 2011), I mentioned about this idea and roughly explained how it worked. It is great to finally hear that physicists of today are finding evidence that the Universe is a giant hologram.

You have every single thing you could ever need right within you. In fact, you are all treasure troves of divinity. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2015/09/10/daily-message-thursday-september-10-2015/

by Kathy Biehl

September 12-13, 2015

11:41 PM PDT / 2:41 AM EDT / 6:41 AM GMT

20 Virgo 10

The fall’s eclipses bookend the equinox with a massive rebooting of all of our relationship equations. The first blast comes from the 2015 Virgo New Moon, a solar eclipse that resets boundaries and habits and impels us toward sane, healthy choices. It points us to the future, while the Aries lunar eclipse to follow slams the door on the past.

Expect this 2015 Virgo New Moon to pack a wallop. It is escalating impulses to clean house, to reorganize, to redraw borders, and to get sober. More than the eclipse status is behind those drives. This is the first time in 12 years that the Moon has been new in Virgo with Jupiter in the sign as well. Jupiter increases everything he touches, and while he is not technically close enough to our 2015 Virgo New Moon to count, his recent shift in mode is already having an impact that will carry over into the Moon’s influence.

Or maybe not. It depends on how deep you currently are in your search for wisdom. We have no idea about that, so we can’t truly guarantee that these will be 20 of the wisest quotes you’ll ever read, but regardless, they are definitely worththe read, even if they only serve as so much of a reminder. Now that you’re here, give them a brief run-down and brush up on your inner wisdom. Or, have your mind blown by them. Either way, you’ll feel better afterwards. {WP}

Wise people, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same life. ~ Aristophanes

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom: The first helps you make a living; the second helps you make a life. ~ Sandra Carny

Chance favors the prepared mind. ~ Louis Pasteur

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. 

Judge each day, not by the harvest, but by the seeds you plant.