In the course of your spiritual journey there will be those that say, “How wonderful! You know you’re completely wrong…..this is the ‘right’ way.” When this happens, please remember this; each of you was put here for your own special purpose, for your own growth and learning. No one way is right or wrong. If you do what your heart and conscience dictates, you will never be lead astray. ~ Creator
All too often we are told the things we need to do, and the things we need to give up in order to achieve some person we are being molded to be. While some of these events are valid, there are many times where people do not know what is best for your life, or your circumstances. When it comes to setting goals and chasing those goals, make sure it is relevant to you and your life.
Here are a few things you should let go of, and what you should replace them with.
THE Dream
There is a difference between chasing the “American Dream” completed with the white picket fence. But who wants that? If every house on your block was like that, it might start to remind you of something out of the Twilight Zone. Instead of chasing a dream that everyone else wants, chase what is important to you. For many of us this is easier said than done, but look for small ways to work towards your dreams. Age and circumstance should never stop you from being the person you have always wanted to be.
For better or for worse, our modern society has made us dependent upon what many of us call the system. We go to the store and there’s our food. We go to the local hardware store and there’s our tools and wood. We pay a bill and expect our homes to be warm. But we didn’t always live like that. There was a time before this supply chain existed where we did a lot more for ourselves. I’d like to talk about 8 survival skills you should relearn.
1. Gardening for food.
This is an important one. On an individual level, we become more self-reliant and healthy. In the larger scheme, locally grown food, and that includes food you’ve grown yourself, is a key part of poverty reduction and being able to effectively feed 7 billion people or more. But how is it done?
It’s not terribly difficult. At its most basic, all you need is sun, seed, dirt and water. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than that, and this primerwill help you navigate the process of starting your own garden.
HJ: What you choose to believe creates your reality and so why not choose optimism? Why expect negativity and destruction and hardship? You’re certainly entitled to create that if you’d like and yes many lessons can be learned through suffering, but optimism, when combined with inner healing work always produces the most joyous and nourishing reality. And so, we present a guide to help you do just that.
- Truth
Optimism
By Dadi Janki, Peter Vegso, and Kelly Johnson | HCI Books
Sweetness is a virtue that searches for the good in every person and situation.
At its heart is the conviction that there is always something positive to be found.
You simply need the patience to discover it.
Are you feeling any of these shifts? They might come to you subtly, gently or be the most intense experience of your life! Even if you can’t feel this consciously; unconsciously, there is a lot of activity happening. We are part of an incredible transformation that is attracting attention from around the entire universe!
Don’t believe it? You don’t need to.
1. We are waking up.
This is a process that looks completely different for each person, and sometimes that process takes an entire (or multiple) life times. This starts with essentially questioning – everything. Why are we here? What is our purpose?
Crystals host a dazzling aesthetic, yet do they hold mystical or healing properties? Crystal are believed to vibrate at the same level of humans, so they combat illness and promote wellness. They’re much more than pretty stones and attract a number of practitioners and interested parties worldwide.
A Brief History
Crystals are formed when gases and heat from the Earth’s core rise toward the surface. The solidification is recognized as holding ‘the salt of the Earth,’ a combination of inner and outer elements. Priests, shaman, and religious leaders have used crystals for healing and blessing purposes for centuries.
Evidence continues to emerge, both scientific and historical, suggesting that the way in which the majority of us currently sleep may not actually be good for us.
In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a paper that included over 15 years of research. It revealed an overwhelming amount of historical evidence that humans used to in fact sleep in two different chunks. (1)
In 2005, he published a book titled “At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past,” that included more than 500 references to a disjointed sleeping pattern. It included diaries, medical books, literature and more taken from various sources which include Homer’s Odyssey all the way to modern tribes in Nigeria and more.
“It’s not just the number of references – it is the way they refer to it, as if it was common knowledge.” – Ekrich (source)
This study mentions "Transcendental Meditation", but other practices should have similar effects. We don't recommend TM because of their questionable business practices.
Everyone knows the amazing spiritual benefits of meditation. More clarity, more presence, more awareness, more connectedness, more groundedness, and greater insight. The list of emotional and physical benefits of meditation is literally endless. There have been countless studies done on the health benefits of meditation, but this by far is the most prestigious and significant meditation study to date.
A study from the American Heart Association found that regular meditation twice a day was correlated with a 48% reduced rate of heart attack and stroke immediately. With cardiovascular disease currently being the leading cause of death in the United States and in the entire world, these findings have never been more important.
With this month’s New Moon cycle, a total switch in the energetic flow has brought about a different feeling towards how we as a collective have been experiencing the journey of 2015 so far.
The acceleration of our internal journey has been very apparent recently. We can thank the Uranus and Aries energy cycle for that. However as we move deeper into 2015 and enter the retrograde season there will be a progressive switch from a sense of energy acceleration to a process of energy assimilation. The dramatic influx of energy from 16th March through to 8th of April brought great change in the aether realms.
To continue sleepwalking once someone knows the truth is not ignorance, it’s madness, as David Icke so aptly said. Anyone looking for happiness and fulfillment while helping to build a better world has plenty of options. But sitting still and just gazing at the oncoming storm, no matter how much you know about it, isn’t one of them.
To be able to describe something and think you understand it isn’t the grand finale. It’s responding to what the information is telling you to do that matters. Do you literally have to wait for the bulldozer, as so poignantly put in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy after you found out certain disaster was coming?
Looking up at the stars can lead us to two very profound realisations about our existence on planet Earth. On one hand, we realise how minute we are in human form within this immense expanse of Universe. On the other, there is the deep knowledge that everything and everyone are inextricably linked by the same Universal Consciousness. It follows that, by living from the soul, we have the potential to create a beautiful world through our thoughts and actions. I once overheard someone speculate that “there is only one way to heal the world, and that’s Love”. I concur. However, Love is an enormous concept and takes many forms. Here are fifteen ways in which we can manifest it and begin to heal the world.
1. Redefine Prosperity
The first step towards living from the soul is to recognise the abundance of prosperity in our lives. Prosperity is not just about material wealth and gain. We can be prosperous in quality time, in talents, relationships, creativity, freedom, health and emotional wellbeing. Sadly, many of these free and wonderful gifts are sacrificed in pursuit of prosperity in its most fragile form. Realising the abundance of gifts we already have in our lives nurtures gratitude through which we manifest great Love for the choices we make.f
Healthy boundaries facilitate empowerment rather than rescuing. One supports authentic power, the other perpetuates victim consciousness. It is perfectly appropriate and beautiful to help one another, in fact, we love you for your tender hearts and caring nature! We just urge you to make sure it is for the greatest good of all involved.
A good rule of thumb is to make sure that you never become more invested in another’s wellness than they are in their own, and to never become more invested in another’s wellness than you are in your own. Support and encouragement uplift, while rescuing or doing for others, what they can very well do for themselves, reinforces the illusion of their powerlessness.
Isn’t it time to not only shine, but to also encourage others to shine in their divine capability, as well? Then you will be in a beautiful spiral of upliftment, a dance of support and empowerment, that allows everyone involved to thrive. ~Archangel Gabriel
This Aries New Moon seems to have a message……no matter how chaotic, intense and transformative the last 6 weeks have been, and still are..…..there seems to be a “new” energy of motivation, movement and the urge to start something “new”. This Aries New Moon is opening up a new beginning….as it moves you into a heighten level of higher consciousness. It is almost like the Universe is saying…..take a step…any step….just move!! There is no way to hide now. Things are being put in our faces…..right in our faces…. and now is the time that we DO have to deal with them. If you stumble and fall…..it is time to pick yourself up and brush yourself off….and move forward again!! Both Aries and all New Moons are about creating the “new”. Starting something “new”…..manifesting and creating the “new”……and we are all in the process of Co-Creating the “New” world and Co-Creating our newly evolved selves!
But first remember that….New Moons mark the beginning of a new cycle. New Moons are also the most spiritual and intuitive moons of the whole Lunar cycle. It is a wonderful time to manifest, meditate and create! Each New Moon brings with it a down load of evolutionary energies that gives us the knowledge to create a beautiful future. Remember that the New Moon energy last a day and half on each side of the peak. During this powerful New Moon….meditate and manifest on Peace….within yourself and in the World. Meditate for direction and guidance during these very powerful energies……
NO PROBLEM! Relax and get into a quiet state of mind. State clearly a problem you wish to resolve. Your mind will fill with ideas, possible solutions, steps to take and perhaps things you need to change in your life that have exacerbated this problem.
As objectively as you can, without judging yourself or another, realize your role in this situation. If you are holding on to feelings of being a victim or needing an apology from another, release these feelings at this time. The goal is to move forward with love and kindness.
Bless the situation, for it gave you an opportunity to experience growth in your life. Send the person love, even if you have not released the anger or frustration you feel towards them. Surround them with love, encasing yourself with them in a bubble of golden light. By doing so, they will receive your love and it will help to keep walls between you from getting denser.
‘Mind Blown’ was the consensus coming from Facebook’s 2015 F8 Conference. Michael Abrash, chief scientist from virtual reality company Oculus Rift takes the audience through the rabbit hole, quoting Morpheus from The Matrix films, and presenting optical illusions which reveal that our experience of reality is quite virtual already.
What is Real?
As Morpheus put it: “What is ‘real’? How do you define ‘real’? If you are talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.”
Abrash continues: “Rich as it seems to be, our visual data (that we receive) is actually astonishingly sparse… We have far too little data to reconstruct the world accurately.”
“Experiences are nothing more than what the mind infers from the (sparse) information it receives… Your brain is taking the very limited signals coming from your senses and trying to infer what the state of the real world is based on an internal model”
“[Our] brain is reverse engineering reality rather than recording it”
“I think it’s fair to say that our experience of the world is an illusion.” – More of a creation in the brain than an accurate representation of reality.
