We all want to be free, because freedom is our true nature. It’s this inherent quality of the soul that drives you to seek a way out of anything that feels constrictive—pain, limitations, disease, injustice, oppression, and so on. But the ego-mind distorts this natural yearning with the belief that freedom is something external to yourself. Drawing your attention outwards…
Category: Spiritual Healing
Why We Must Surrender the Ego To Promote Peace
The whole world was shocked by the violent insurrection at the US Capitol earlier this month. This is not supposed to happen after an election in America, the bedrock of democracy. And yet, it proves how the human mind is vulnerable and easy to manipulate by those who crave power (see Why Martial Souls Rule The World). Anything is possible…
Simple Guidelines To Cope With Stress
Many aspects of our lives have been “on hold” for months now, and although you’ve probably been able to maintain some kind of routine to survive these strange times, holiday celebrations can be unnerving, especially with the Coronavirus still rampant. But don’t despair; planetary energies are shifting this month and the Winter Solstice will launch a new cycle that’s meant…
What Are You Thankful For?
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving in the US, which is based, like many other holidays, on a distorted story. For one, the first so-called thanksgiving meal was with the Spaniards about 50 years earlier. Also, there’s nothing celebratory about the Pilgrims coming to impose a religious theocracy over the native Americans, and there’s no real information about how, or if,…
How To Find Balance In a World of Excess
Planetary energies seem to be bringing a second wave of the pandemic. I don’t know if you can feel it, but I sure can! (See Following Up With the Coronavirus Pandemic.) It’s a good time to revisit the aspects contributing to these types of chaotic situations. Clearly, what we’re going through is the result of a long process that begun…
Without Self-Awareness All You Can See Is Ego
Are you aware that your perception shapes your experience of reality with impressions from previous experiences? It only changes when you stretch into new territory to discover more authentic aspects of yourself, when something unexpected challenges your fixed ideas, or when certain events completely shatter your illusions. Otherwise, your ego-mind tends to reinforce outdated beliefs and patterns of perception simply…
