The opposites in the world have you by the scruff of the neck. The world may say:

“Be strong, yet be flexible. Have a heart, yet use your head. Be compassionate, yet don’t overdo it. Don’t be a spendthrift, and don’t pinch pennies. Work hard, yet not too hard. Are you courageous to take a stand, or are you holding on too tight? For Heaven’s sakes, when is it worthy to hold on, and when does it make sense to let go? When do you wait, and when do you act? Strike when the iron is hot, and haste makes waste. Take your choice.”

What is a body to do?

You tell yourself that all you want is a little clarity in life. You are called on to make decisions of all kinds and sizes, and there is a fifty/fifty chance that you’re mistaken. There could also be a 99.9% chance that you are right, think of that. Yet, here you are in a quandary. Who even knows that which you call right is really right or will continue to live out its day as right? There is no knowing. There is no knowing for sure, even when you think you’re sure. You live in a boat that is easy to tip over.

Beloveds, you want change, and you want stability too. You want to pick and choose what changes and what stays the same. You don’t want to upset the applecart. Life is the applecart. It upsets you.

One way or the other, life isn’t going to stay the same. You live with this every day.

by Diane Wing, M.A.

Are you comfortable in your discomfort? Have you found it easier to maintain your life in a way that perpetuates the need to complain, yet do nothing significant to address it?

Discomfort comes in many forms: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. The resulting pain is there to bring your attention to something that is not serving you and that requires closer inspection. Everything is connected; physical pain is exacerbated by mental, emotional, and spiritual distress. For example, depression and anxiety can intensify or present as physical pain, while physical pain can bring about depression and anxiety.

To clear the discomfort, the root cause must be addressed. It will persist until you spend some time considering the source. It may simply be a physical issue that only a doctor can treat; at the same time, there are underlying metaphysical associations for most illnesses. Once the spiritual, mental, or emotional issue is resolved, the physical pain subsides.

by Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac

Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, is a form of depression. Most people tend to slow down a little in the winter and experience some form of “winter blues”, but full-blown Seasonal Affective Disorder can be extremely disabling.

Seasonal Affective Disorder is often the result of the winter season when the days are shorter. People tend to sleep more, become sedentary, crave carbohydrates, gain weight, and avoid social interaction. Psychologically, they are depressed.

Attaining a balance of yin-yang or light and dark is innate in the Chinese Medicine and Feng Shui philosophies. Although we cannot see the electromagnetic frequencies of the earth or planets, it is important for us to live in an environment that allows us to be synchronized with these forces.

HJ: Sometimes we get stuck.  That’s when you need to think outside the box and look at your life and your situation differently.  You must change your thinking, your assumptions and your perceptions if you want to get different results. Susan Biali, in this down to earth, practical and illuminating article gives seven great tools to help you get unstuck and figure out what you should be doing with your life, even if you have no clue what that is.

- Truth

7 Easy Ways to Unblock Your Life

Feeling stuck? 7 Ways to Get Your Life Moving Forward

By Susan Biali, M.D. | Psychology Today | Susan Biali

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I know what it’s like to feel stuck, and each of these tips helped me to create and live the journey that...

By PL Chang

Learning how to face your fears so that you can gather enough courage to face them is one of the first steps to overcoming the energy of fear. Another very important step is to comprehend what fear is. If you don’t take the time to learn what fear is, you will have a very hard time overcoming your fears. The reason for this is because you can’t overcome fearful emotions when you aren’t even aware of how they are affecting you. Once you know what your fears are and how they affect you, it becomes easier for you to find solutions to help you overcome them.

What is fear?

Fear is the strongest thought form in the negative polarity. It is a negative form of energy that is often expressed through negative emotions. This negative energy is great for weakening your energy of empowerment, because it puts your mind in a victim consciousness state. This negative state of mind prevents you from appreciating the gift of love, making it hard for you to comprehend others and appreciate life. The energy of fear also brings chaos into your life and prevents you from accessing your higher senses.

Mike Sygula, Contributor
Waking Times

Throughout our history, on every level in any area of life there always has been some kind of manipulation aiming at achieving self-centered goals and often corrupting official systems. This behavior reflects the selfishness of human nature. It affects everyone without exception in every way. This is why we should always question everything we are told.

In this article I will point out a few examples of this tendency.

Media

I remember that during 2010 I used to watch BBC news every day for the whole summer, meanwhile I would read the news online, often from alternative news sites. I started noticing how frequently vital global issues were ignored by the BBC. One of those stories was about Russian wildfires. 2010 was the hottest summer in Russia ever recorded, it got so bad that they stopped exporting grain as millions of hectares were destroyed.  Diplomatic staff were evacuated from several foreign embassies in Moscow including Canada and Poland’s. What was funny is that the BBC did not report this very much, I think they only mentioned the droughts and wildfires once during the whole period of this crisis. Why was such an important issue like this not widely covered?