Kingsley L. Dennis, Guest
Waking Times

Loving freedom, to me, means having the freedom to love yourself deeply, others deeply, and accepting the never-ending truth of change. It means having the freedom to be happy on your own and happy with others as they come in and out of our lives. It means having the freedom to connect wonderfully with those you meet and deal successfully with those who are difficult to relate to well.” – Owen Fitzpatrick

In my previous ‘Reflections’ article (Toward Synthesis), I noted how the humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm viewed the modern world as suffering from the  contradictory struggle between having and being. The human need to find meaning, well-being, and personal growth was in conflict with a different type of world external to us. For Fromm, the resolution of this conflict was to be found in ‘a radical change of the human heart.’ For me, the issue of personal well-being revolves around the perception and experience of freedom. The ability to recognize, and internalize, well-being is fundamentally linked to how a person experiences their freedom.

Most people think they know, but they don’t really – “know”.

Identification with mind, ideas and thoughts create a ‘pseudo’ knowing of people, places and things. This ‘surface’ knowing never touches the ‘essence’ of knowing.

Essence is the ‘source’ of reality and truth. It is the knowing ‘within us’, unlike the struggle of the mind to understand and discover reality and truth.

Seldom do we touch reality in ourselves, or another, and because of that, we know nothing at all.

Namaste,
Robert and CJ

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The fire element continues to dominate the transits this week. The heavens also continue to show a dearth of the air element. Of major interest is Jupiter going direct this week, and Mercury conjuncting his tutor Uranus exactly on April 8. Sun, Mercury, and Uranus form a spectacular stellium on that day (aggressive, brilliant thinking; consciously assertive and innovative communication and ideas), and five of the planets will be within about forty degrees of each other by the end of the week (with Mars and Venus in Taurus).

This week also has characteristics of determination and will to succeed, despite the costs (Mars aspecting Saturn) and Jupiter’s aspect to Pluto creates wedge patterns with the Aries stellium – signaling abundant change? This raises potential for a very dynamic week.

What might this week portend for you? Consider your Sun sign and rising sign/ascendant as well.

Sometimes you don’t know what to do, is that true? This is a good time then to take a break. Sometimes you don’t have to do anything at the moment. Sometimes sit and take a break.
 
When the world seems to be too much with you, lean back a little. Smoke a little pipe and sit in a rocking chair on your front porch and watch the changing sunscape across the sky. Let the sun advise you. The sun has traveled, as it appears, day and night for how many years? Of course, the sun has stayed still, and Earth came to it.
 
We can say that for a while, at least, that you, in a quandary, do well to stay where you are and let a solution pop up for you.
 
You may say you trust the unfolding of the world and the unfolding of your life. Yet, as you say that, you may seem to live on tenterhooks. Trust is intended to free you from fear.
 
The sun is aware that the Earth spins. The Earth has never failed to take its daily path. What makes you doubt that all answers are not already in you and coming around the corner into your consciousness? Consider two steps of your progress like breathing in and breathing out. Inhale and exhale. You can never go wrong by choosing to breathe in and breathe out. This is a task you don’t usually have to think about at all. Your actual breath, like your heart, and all the systems of your body, is on automatic. What makes you think that the Universe is not on cue or that your mind does not already have all the answers you need?
 
Or think of this: