If you turn your back to the Light, your shadow side seems larger than you. If you turn and face the sun, your shadow falls behind you. Carl Jung did a deep study with shadow play. He said, “How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am
“Once you become Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”-The Velveteen Rabbit Love is what made the Velveteen Rabbit become real. This classic childhood tale is a metaphor for coming into our own Real self, or stepping into our Light. If we aren’t being Real we aren’t truly living, we are just existing. When we step into
“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.”-John Lennon This weekend the veil between the two worlds is whisper thin. All Hallow’s eve or Hallowen, Samhain, All Soul’s and All Saints day, and Dia de Los Muertos all celebrate and honor those who have passed before us. Our
“Color is where our brain and the Universe meet.”-Paul Klee There is so much beauty in autumns’ colors. The trees go from verdant green to a blazing fire, before falling to the earth to be returned to her soils. This visibly colorful life cycle of the trees symbolizes our own necessary and natural transformative processes that we go through. So
If we allow our God/Goddess-given gifts to surface and shine; if we risk failure and ridicule so that we may express our purpose; if we allow ourselves to be authentic, exposed, and transparent; if we lose our fearful ego and relish our natural brilliance, then struggle and stress will cease in our life. Trust the Goodness that you have inside
“For it is in giving that we receive.” – St. Francis of Assisi Sometimes it is difficult to put our materialistic and ego-driven needs down long enough to see the grander scheme of life. We get so hung up on wanting to go everywhere or have more things or to be “somebody” that we don’t see that where and who
.”~Hebrew Proverb Words and promises tend to hold so much power between we humans. The value of a vocalized commitment can be worth more than gold or diamonds. Therefore chose your words and promises wisely, someone might be hanging onto them and if the commitment is broken, so does the heart too break. Realize the value of your words. Say
“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen”~John 0’Donahue It doesn’t take too much effort to acknowledge someone. A twenty second compliment can spark a person’s self-confidence for the whole day. Why not see how many people you can lift up today by merely acknowledging their presence with a pleasant “Good morning. How are you?”
“The ultimate purpose (of man’s creative brain) is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”-Nikola Tesla Make a list of all the things you Want, then decide how many of those things are what you Need. Cross off all the things that aren’t truly needs. What you have left is
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.”-Sir Walter Scott I noticed I have an onslaught of spider webs spun in every nook and cranny of my yard/garden/sunroom. It’s as if a spider convention descended overnight. And their delicately spun webs are so nearly invisible that I keep sitting/stepping/swiping on them-completely entangling these beautiful works
