Sharon Taphorn and the Entourage of Light Beings: 2014 You Must Become The Change You Want To See In Your World

This New Year brings us opportunities for dynamic change to take place. Change is happening on a grander scale than ever before, however this time it is the lightworker who can make the difference in what the final outcome will be. You are now planting the seeds that will be the beginning of the next cycle so choose wisely for yourselves and those that follow. All points have been leading up to these changes that will be taking place over the next 3 years and so learn what you can from the past, release and expect things to be different and they will.

Review the motives of those in your power positions. One of the great uses of expanding your senses is to know when the one who is speaking is standing in integrity or just blowing wind. As more of you learn to trust yourselves and your natural senses you will know what is true and what is right. Until enough of you awaken and effect change by becoming that change, it will carry on business as usually by those who have the most control. Apathy can often be the greatest weapon you use against yourselves.

Time is in a quickening and things feel as if they are going faster and they are. Things are going to be moving so quickly it can often be a challenge to think on your feet while you are running. Those of you who have been working on your connections with your higher selves and spirit will feel you have more options and choices than those who still hold the victim or me mentality. As you develop your relationship with your ‘I Am Presence’ you begin to understand that you are a victim of no one and a part of each other. While you might physically think you are an individual unit, you are in actuality a spark of the greater aspect of soul that is a spark of the greater aspect of Creator Light and you are now beginning to merge together with the other aspects of you who have been gathering knowledge and understanding as a singular aspect as well.

As you merge together with all of the other aspects of you, you will find new insights and creative solutions to the problems of your world making these challenges your triumphs. Learn to listen and trust your intuition. It is that still quiet voice that comes from the center of your beingness. Develop your confidence in yourselves and the choices you make and have patience during this unfolding. Consider the actions you take and what you put your energy behind before you act. Your actions will be speaking volumes in terms of your truth and integrity. Choose wisely for yourselves.

Keep your focus. There is much to distract you from your missions and many of you get caught up in the things that do not matter while you could so easily choose to put your energy into things that are important to you. It is always good to take time outs to rejuvenate and re-energize yourselves, just be sure to be honest with yourself about your motives. Communicate your vision of the new earth with others, for you could be standing right next to the very human angel who has the missing key to help you create this in your world. Gather together with those of similar energy and like minds as together you are so much more powerful.

Cultivate within yourselves the qualities you admire such as being kind, thoughtful and creative, warm, inviting and idealistic, ambitious and charming, considerate and compassionate. Use your ingenuity and your creativity to help you become a leader in your field. Find those that balance your strengths and you will find the abundance of opportunities that you seek to create what you need and desire for yourself and your world.

Take the time to heal any sadness, regret, or unforgiveness that is necessary for you to let go, release it and move on. If you feel there is something you have done or that another has done to you then it is not healed. If you are still bearing the scars of the past, then it is not healed. These scars need not define you anymore and you are truly ripe and ready to move on to something more challenging and in keeping with the new you that is emerging as you shed what no longer serves you and your growth.

As personal integrity becomes more important than the end result and they begin to do what they know is right, that is when the results will become more visible for all to see. Developing confidence in yourselves and your abilities to walk your talk and be these changes is a most important task and one that will take you where you want to go. This is a priority for those who choose to put their energy into expanding their consciousness during these shifting times.

Decide early in the year on your intentions and expectations and stick to them. Develop the spiritual practice of setting your intention every day and then expecting them to be fulfilled in whatever spirit sees as the best opportunities for you and your growth and then be open to receive them. You are worthy and it is time to spread your wings and know that the sky is truly limitless. There is enough for all in this abundant universe and so keep your thoughts on abundance and prosperity for all and not on those of lack or less than which is so prevalent in your TVs, news, and magazines. Choose wisely where you spend your time and money as that is the only way these organisations will change how they do business. As long as they are profiting from their ways they will not have the incentive to change those ways.

This is the perfect year to go on a negativity diet and remove those distractions from your field. Surround yourself with what you want to see, not what you do not want to see. Do not underestimate your power or the power of others, however keep your thoughts and focus on your own creations and intentions to see the growth and expansion you desire. This is a promising new year for the lightworker who has confidence in themselves and their projects. What do you want to create for yourselves in this brave new world?

Traditions and viewpoints are changing and this year will bring about even more of this energy and situations that mirror the necessity for that change. Find those who resonate with unity consciousness, the more of you of like mind that gather together and support one another, the more quickly these changes take place. As you begin to come together as a cohesive group, the stronger you become. This does not mean that you find ones to follow, this means that you support one another with co-operation, moderation and compromise as your way or one way is not the only way.

Make positive and optimistic long term plans for yourself. Let this be the end of difficult times and expect things to get better from now on. See the gift in each experience as you would not be there if it were not helping you grow and expand you light, your thoughts and your feelings. You are on the right path and you are exactly where you choose to be. If this baffles you, ask your angels and guides to help you see the bigger picture and to understand why you would have chosen to be where you are right now. It is truly a part of your mission and divine plan, even if it seems unfathomable to the human you, these are the opportunities to move beyond the limits and boundaries of what has been.

You are indeed coming into your own and taking back your power as an individual and as a species. These are the times that define who you are becoming and so boldly go where not many have gone before and make the changes in yourselves that feel right and just. Deal with your challenges in a kind and understanding manner and you will find the joy, peace, and gratitude that you desire to create for yourself. Release any fears that are holding you back so that you can move forward with your eyes and heart wide open to the opportunities and possibilities that you know are what you came here to experience. Expand your powers and develop your senses. This is a time of monumental growth and you are the forerunners and way showers that will help others be brave enough to take the steps that lead to the growth that you seek for all humanity.

Keep up the good work. Keep charging ahead and have confidence and faith that you are on the right path towards enlightment and expanding your understanding of life, the universe and all that is. It is truly a grand time to be in finite form and affect great change as you are doing. We are astounded at the enterprising thoughts and ideas that many of you are experiencing and bringing to all life on Earth and we applaud you for the light work you are doing bringing love and understanding into your lives every day. The world is changing and you are the ones who have brought about this change – A Job well done!

Remember to take the time to mediate and contemplate and you will feel more confident in the choices that you make. Remember to bring unconditional love into your life, for yourself and others and in everything that you do no matter what the outward appearance may be and trust that you will be supplied for your today’s and your tomorrows as this truly is an abundant Universe and there is enough for all. It is a beautiful world and each step you take is creating the changes you came here to experience.

Be at peace and continue moving forward, onward and upward, knowing that you are loved and supported in this brave new world that you are creating for yourselves and all that Is.


Universal Copyright ©2013 by Sharon Taphorn All rights reserved. May be shared in its entirety with all contact information. 

Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing and Angels, Guides and Other Realms, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, her weekly radio program Calling All Angels for more information check out Sharon’s Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Pāli Word a Day for January 05, 2014

pabhāsa — shining, splendour, beauty

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 05, 2014

Appamādaratā hotha!

Sacittamanurakkhatha!

Duggā uddharathattānaṃ,

paṅke sannova kuñjaro.

Delight in heedfulness!

Guard well your thoughts!

Draw yourself out of this bog of evil,

even as an elephant draws itself out of the mud.

Dhammapada 23.327

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, 
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

Julie Miller: "Kindness and Compassion is Always Possible" ~ Melchizedek’s Weekly Message ~ January 05 – 12, 2014

Self-Control or Temperance is your ability to be able to control and manage sudden impulses and reactions and is also understood as self-discipline. It is important dear ones to understand that having and maintaining self-control is not negative nor is it a limiting way of living and being as many dear souls may at first think. When you make good use of your self-control wisely during any situation, you are allowing your self-control to help you achieve success in many areas of your life and journey. Self-control can easily become one of the most important tools that will aid in the growth and development of any area you require improvement.

We understand with the busyness of your working day, maintaining self-control can become quite a challenge. It is so easy dear ones to allow yourself to react or to respond in ways that are negative and draining, possibly saying words that no matter how many sorrys you mutter, the damage done is irreversible. You may not be able to always control every aspect of a situation, because sometimes their dynamics change in an instant, but you are able to control your reactions and choose to respond in a kindly and compassionate manner. How you react and respond is your responsibility. It is you choosing which actions, words, thoughts or feelings no one else, therefore you are the one who is capable of improving the situation by controlling any tendency to react in spite or in a rage or in any other kind of negative response.

Having self-control dear ones is essential when you are facing fears, for when you tackling any emotional hindrances you may have; self-control is required when you are trying to overcome any negative addictions or habits and any other kind of behaviour that you know is inappropriate. By increasing self-control or temperance into your life in all areas you are essentially adding more control to your life that will positively affect your attitude and your reactions. Even your relationships dear ones will be greatly enriched because of your newly acquired or improved self-control has helped you to become more patient and tolerant of those around you. And when you add all these wonderful attributes that fall into place when you consciously bring in more self-control you are putting yourself on the path to accomplishing success and happiness.

Having self-control dear ones helps maintain any self-destructive or negative habits you may have. It also provides you a sense of control over your life and helps you bring balance where there was a lack before. By attaining more self-control you are able to be more observant of your out-of-control emotional responses, where you are able to be more moderate and calm in how you interact with anyone that is part of a difficult situation. When you are maintaining your self-control you become less dependent upon others and more confident with your own abilities and you begin to manifest helpful emotional detachments which will help cultivate tranquility and peace of mind. With self-control as a part of your life dear ones you demonstrate responsibility and that you are someone to be trusted.

Self-control does have obstacles for you to overcome. In order to bring in more self-control you need to be able to turn away from external distractions that have been known to stimulate your over-emotional reactions. Many dear souls that demonstrate a lack of self-control often react without thinking first; they may demonstrate a lack of discipline and willpower. In addition many dear souls that lack self-control have a belief that having self-control removes any kind of fun or enjoyment in their lives. Yet having a lack of self-control is a clear indication that the dear soul also has a lack of faith in their own abilities and has little care on how their responses or reactions affect others.

It is more than possible dear ones to develop self-control but first you need to recognize which areas of your life that will gain the most benefit from this self-improvement path. Look at all areas that you are part of and honestly and truthfully determine where you truly feel is lacking self-control. Could your lack of self-control be with certain foods, shopping, smoking, maybe you work too much, do you have an obsessive type of behaviour, possibly you may be prone to rash outbursts, speaking without tact or kindness; as you can see there are many possibilities of areas where self-control can be added.

Make a whole-hearted attempt to identify which emotions that causes a lack of self-control; it could be anger, disappointment, discontent, resentment, certain desires or fears. Learn to recognize which thoughts and beliefs that encourage you to react or respond in an uncontrolled way. And develop a system that will counter these reactions by choosing a loving and more compassionate way that is productive and light-bringing. When you are faced with situations dear ones that threaten to become worse and you feel yourself losing control have a couple helpful and positive affirmations close in your mind and repeat them. Tell yourself, I AM in control of my reactions and of myself, or that you have the power to always choose how to feel and to change your thoughts. There are many positive affirmations to choose from that are helpful and often healing at the same time: some may be; I AM in control of my attitude and behaviour, or I AM in control of my life. Day by day dear ones you will gain more control of your thoughts and emotions and you will discover how much more pleasant your whole life will be when you have brought in more self-control.

During the times you are trying to bring in more self-control, try visualizing yourself in a situation where you are in control and where you are showing positive restraint. See through this visualization how much calmer the situation is as you added more self-control. We are positive that your ability to anchor in more self-control will improve in great leaps and bounds by your determination to develop and strengthen your own willpower and self-discipline through certain exercises and methods you have found helpful and useful.

Attaining and maintaining self-control can be a great challenge especially if you are used to your emotions and thoughts having control of your reactions. But we believe and know you can accomplish anything when you put your heart and soul into it. Self-control is one of the most important aspects to hone as you deal with people every day in many situations and many times your interactions are not even in person. Just because you are not face-to-face does not mean you cannot be kind and compassionate in your response. Kindness and compassion is possible in any situation – it makes their world better and it does make your world better.

I AM Melchizedek 
through Julie Miller

I Ching For The Week of January 6, 2014

#30 -- Li  - Radiance; Omens Shine Bright

Above -- Li  - Glowing light, the power of consciousness
Below -- Li  -  Glowing light, the power of consciousness

                                           
The Wisdom:

Change is imminent
It will be great
It will not be gentle
A fire burns in the heart

The foundation you have relied upon for so long is no longer of use. You knew this was coming, and it has come. There is no way you could have planned for a change such as this or a meeting so dynamic and clear that the hope you had lost has returned and stands before you and opens to the heart of the matter. You are returning to the knowing of why you have incarnated at this moment in time.

You have been met and it has ignited a fire in the heart. You have been close to this awakening before but the circumstances were not fortuitous, they were dangerous. You flirted with the danger and were burned and then hid your trust and your true heart from view. This time, the bridge to what you thought was safety is burning and you can feel the heat. If you try to turn back you may make it but you will be scarred at the very place you want liberation, the place of love and your true purpose.

This present time is an omen shining so bright you are illuminated and seen, finally seen. You are feeling the power of love of self, which opens to the knowing of your purpose, and will open to your allowing yourself to be loved. You need no special gifts to see yourself in the light of truth because your light, Li, is doubled at this time. You can see and feel everything clearly now. Trust what you see and trust what you feel; it is real. Affirm that you will destroy old, negative patterns, and when you do they will no longer have any power over you. You will be released to revel in a new freedom of thought, feeling, spirit, and loving light.

You have worked and worried hard on this last leg of the journey. Now use every tool you have gained and held in your virtual and very real medicine bag, the place where you keep your power totems. Using these tools of spirit, examine your habitual, patterned behavior, and change your way of thinking. Change the words from the past playing in your head, the words that stopped you from loving and from being loved. Convert the negative to the positive; this is the gift of the human process. You are  learning to receive and learning that receiving does not hurt, it inspires. Embrace and rededicate what works, but destroy and burn what doesn’t, and be ruthless about it.

You are moving into the space of true love and your true purpose. Once it is found and recognized, it will need tending.

Diligence, dignity, kindness, grace, honesty, fearlessness, and compassion will allow you to cultivate this loving light. These are all right at your fingertips.

Integrity and compassion will open the doorway to trust, to accepting your greatness and strength. Using the proper fuel will allow you to create a fire that can spread clarity to your tribe and family who also yearn for the light. Be assured that you are the one—and at this time, the only one—who can deliver this light in all its fullness. By increasing the light by using the proper fuels, the intensity of the flames cause no damage; it becomes a healing light, the light of love, creativity, health, and passion.

You will find that along with old rancid patterns and behaviors, you will be leaving the worn-out and painful alliances of family, friends, and associates, breaking the unsaid contracts that have bound you to old ways, the ways that did not leave room for you to remember your truth. You will again find the beauty of what was etched in the original canvas of your heart, the memory of who you truly are and  the purpose for which you came to Earth at this time.

The feeling that is stirring within you is the power that allows you to remember who you truly are in all your magnificence as you step out from behind the veils in your glorious garb of light for all to see. You are at last safe! Enjoy the ride, and bring a friend, a child, a lover. Recognize the loving beings of spirit that have been standing with you, waiting for you to step forward into the light of truth, beauty, and goodness.

Have no fear—he, she or the offer at hand is an omen, a good omen. The image of a clinging fire is represented in the original ideograms that comprise Li. It is a fire that clings to the heart and makes way for the new as it burns away old doubts, beliefs, and patterns that have kept you in bondage for a lifetime. Beliefs formed in childhood and ingrained societal patterns are the fuel for the fire that illuminates the jewels of life that have been shadowed by doubt and shame.  

The unexpected is here, bringing together what belongs together. Give it all of your heart, body, and soul.

Be the love you desire and that you will receive. This is the magical inner alchemy you have been preparing for.

In Lak'ech.


BobbyK  
www.bobbyklein.com

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 05, 2014

Appamādaratā hotha!

Sacittamanurakkhatha!

Duggā uddharathattānaṃ,

paṅke sannova kuñjaro.

Delight in heedfulness!

Guard well your thoughts!

Draw yourself out of this bog of evil,

even as an elephant draws itself out of the mud.

Dhammapada 23.327

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

RECIPE: The Ultimate Green Juice (It's Full Of Goodness!)

Green juices are a great way to get those vital nutrients. Drinking a juice means the nutrients will be easily absorbed by your body. (A nice way to give your digestive system a break!) And the green color is important because it's a sign that the juice is full of chlorophyll, which transports oxygen to our cells.

All you need to make these drinks at home is a juicer. (No need to make a huge investment; you can start with a basic machine.) This recipe is full of goodness and a great way to get started.

Ultimate Green Juice

Serves 1

Ingredients

A few celery stalks
1 broccoli trunk
1 green apple
1 bunch of parsley
1/2 cucumber
Some romaine lettuce
A few stalks of kale

Preparation

Put all the ingredients in your juicer.
Drink fresh and enjoy!

Dr. Sue Johnson: "14 Ways To Create The Best Relationship Of Your Life"

After 30 years of working with couples and researching how people repaired their relationships, I suddenly realized that we had really reached a pivotal moment; all our studies, stories, and the science had come together, and we were in the midst of a revolution—a new way of truly understanding romantic love. Finally we can grasp the laws of love—and they make sense!

We have cracked the code of love and have found the pathway to the relationships we long for. You can create a fulfilling, safe-haven relationship, restoring the romantic love bond, beginning now:

1. Abandon the out-of-date idea that love is something that just happens to you.

All the new science tells us that romantic love is no longer a mystery. It makes perfect sense. You can learn its laws. You have more control over this riot of emotion than you think! What you understand, you can shape. The first step is to decide to learn about love and the new science of bonding.

2. Every day, try openly reaching out to someone and asking for their attention or affection.

Accept that you are a mammal and that love is an ancient, wired-in survival code. You are happier, healthier, stronger, deal with stress better, and live longer when you foster your bonds with your loved ones. It is OK to need them; they are your greatest resource. We are not designed for self-sufficiency. The strongest among us accept this need for connection and risk reaching for others.

3. The next time you feel uncertain or worried or anxious, try just mentioning this to your partner and taking their hand, or noticing their emotional signals and reaching for their hand.

The bonds of love offer us a safe haven where we can take shelter and regain our emotional balance. The latest study in our lab shows that just holding your loved one’s hand can calm your brain and shut down fear.

4. See if you can notice some times when you find openness hard, and you become defensive or distant or shut down.

We know that emotional openness and responsiveness are the ground on which solid, lasting bonds stand. See if you can take the initiative and share with your partner, helping him/her understand what makes it hard to be open at this time.

5. Reflect on how you and your partner usually interact.

Can each of you reach out for the other? What do you do when the other gets upset or does not respond to you? Do you push for contact or move away? Tell your partner one thing they could do to help you reach for them rather than moving against or away from them.

6. Try to talk with your partner about how you impact each other.

Both of you offer safety or danger cues that our brain takes as serious survival information; we are all vulnerable when alone. When do you arouse real joy or contentment for your partner? When do you spark distress—a sense of being rejected or alone? Our brains code this kind of hurt in the same place and in the same way as physical pain.

7. When you get in a fight, take a deep breath and try to see the fight as if you're a fly on the ceiling.

Often underneath the discussion of problem issues, someone is asking for more emotional connection. See if you can get curious and pinpoint the dance; maybe it’s the typical boogie where one pushes for contact, but the other hears criticism and steps back. See how it leaves you both feeling alone and a little scared. Talk about that.

8. Invite your partner into more closeness once a day by playing a simple empathy game.

Each person thinks of an event in their day. Then you take turns at reading each other’s face and trying to pinpoint whether you see one of the six basic emotions: joy, surprise, sadness, anger, shame/embarrassment or some kind of fear. See if your guess is right. Learning to tune in matters!

9. Take a quiet moment, tune into the emotional channel and see if you can each share with your partner what you need most.

Keep it simple and concrete. Do you need comfort, reassurance, support, and empathy, a clear message of how important you are to him/her? If it’s too hard to share this, share how hard it is to open up and ask.

10. Be mindful of the fact that emotional injuries derail relationships.

You can inflict great pain on your partner simply because you matter so much—you are the one he/she depends on. At a close moment, ask your lover if there are injuries that are unhealed, perhaps times when you missed their cues for support and connection. Try to help them with this hurt. (It doesn’t just fade with time.) Often just telling them that you can feel how they hurt and want to help them with it works wonders.

11. Know that the best recipe for great sex is safe emotional connection and open communication.

Write down a short description of what your ideal lover might do in bed and how he or she might invite you into erotic play. Give this to your partner and see what you discover about each other. Remember, criticism literally hurts and shuts down exploration and sexuality.

12. Talk about what you learned in your family about how to deal with emotions.

Emotions are the music of the dance lovers do; it helps if the music is clear. Then you can predict each other’s intentions and know how to move together in harmony. Talk about the things you learned that make it hard to listen to or share your feelings.

13. Tell each other your main goal for the next year and see if you can find one way to support each other to reach it.

It is clear that when we know someone has our back, we are more confidant and more adventurous. We achieve our goals more easily and are less derailed by disappointments.

14. Honor your connection. Create small rituals to recognize your bond.

Maybe it's a special kind of kiss when you leave in the morning or a special 10-minute bonding time when you first come home. This is sacred time. No business agendas, problem solving or distractions in the form of small electric screens are allowed.

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Dr. Sue Johnson, the bestselling author of Hold Me Tightand Love Sense (January 2014), is a clinical psychologist and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant International University in San Diego, CA. Creator of an effective new model of relationship repair (Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy), she has written numerous articles and trained thousands of therapists around the world. She divides her time between New York, San Diego, and Ottawa.

DAILY AFFIRMATION

There is a great reason that this is unfolding before me now.

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 04, 2014

Yañca kāmasukhaṃ loke,

yañcidaṃ diviyaṃ sukhaṃ,

taṇhakkhayasukhassete,

kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ.

Any sensual bliss in the world,

any heavenly bliss,

isn't worth one sixteenth-sixteenth

of the bliss of the ending of craving.

Udāna 2.12
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

ASTROLOGY -- A window of opportunity will open for some on January 5th

COMING UP ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th -- A window of opportunity will open for some on January 5th. I n particular, a Kite will occur: A kite is a kind of a super-charged Grand Trine, and this one taps the Grand Water Trine of 2013 which continues to persist into 2014 (although it will begin breaking up).

http://grandtrines.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/kite-of-january-5-2014/

Sarah Varcas -- 1st January 2014: New Moon in Capricorn – Messages for 2014

Spiritually Naked for the New Year
A New Moon conjunct Pluto and Mercury to start the New Year. What a powerful symbol of what’s to come in 2014! The chart for this Moon is full of energy, pulling in many different directions. Do we strike out to make our mark or withdraw to the safe familiarity of where we already know acceptance? Do we stand our ground and do what’s best for us or compromise and work with others to bring about a win/win scenario?

Do we lean on those around us for support or rely only on ourselves to get us through? There are a lot of ‘either/ors’ in this chart, telling us we stand at the threshold of a year in which we may have to make some very significant choices and then stand by them no matter what. 2014 is a year of decision like no other.

Pluto in Capricorn opposes the Black Sun throughout much of it, reminding us that there are two fundamental ways to use our power – for creation or destruction – but in order to grasp the significance of this decision we must be prepared to find the place where destruction becomes creativity and vice versa. We may learn, this year, that creation is not always best if what we create no longer serves the greater good, and destruction is not always bad when what we destroy blocks the light.

This coming year is one of paradox and contradiction. There are deep truths to be revealed, about the nature of this path we’re on and our relationship with this beautiful planet upon which we walk it. The paradigm of extremes is expanding exponentially, in our lives, our emotions, our relationships, in the ecosystems around us, the weather, political and economic systems around the world. Polarisation is increasingly occurring and this very dynamic of opposites, each reflecting the other, demands that we recognise our contribution to it, locate it within ourselves and assess how best to move forward from here.

When we’ve spent many years on a path of spiritual enquiry it can be easy to lapse into the notion that it should be getting ‘easier’ by now, and in some ways it may well be. But this coming year is one in which we will all be shown the next level of work to be done to bring about a fundamental shift in the collective consciousness on this planet.

It entails looking into the shadows and recognising there is still much we have yet to address. For if we continue to seek measurable rewards from our spiritual practice. If we still have ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’ about what makes someone ‘spiritual’. If we still pretend we’re not a certain way, don’t feel a certain feeling, when, deep down, we know we do, there is still much work to be done.

This New Moon, in one sweep of her mighty hand, brushes away our stories about who we are, how special, spiritual, wise or awake, how we have come from here or there, to do this or that to save the world. She tells us none of this matters if we don’t do the dirty work and clear out the corners of our psyche which feed off those very stories and tells us we’re special. When we look into the darkness of the Black Sun, a choice point in the timeline of the cosmos through which we can pass into light or deeper shadow, we must do so naked, in order to know ourselves without any story or idea, any assigned value or worth.

Just you and me as a force of nature, looking into the very vortex of creation or destruction from which we originally came. 2014 is the year of dropping our stories and identities and getting to grips with the fact that this planet needs us now like never before. If we are to rise to that call we may have to face the deepest challenge of letting go all we have believed ourselves to be in order to become what we essentially are: pure energy, no more no less, flowing through the cosmos, around this planet, through time and space.

So at this powerful New Moon which begins the New Year, we have an opportunity to sit and reflect upon the identities we have chosen and the stories we tell. They have had their place and played their part, but right now it may be time to let them go in favour of a nakedness the likes of which we have never experienced, which renders us merely a tiny speck in this vast cosmos, but one full of power to bring about change.

Sarah Varcas



© Sarah Varcas 2013. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to freely share this article in its entirety on the condition that full credit is given to the author, it is distributed freely and the URL www.astro-awakenings.co.ukis included.

SEEDS FOR MEDITATION

"I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no body of information which will lead your mind back to the Tao. Today I speak in this fashion, tomorrow in another, but always the Integral Way is beyond words and beyond mind. Simply be aware of the oneness of things."

~ Lao Tzu

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 01, 2014

Yassa selūpamaṃ cittaṃ, ṭhitaṃ nānupakampati,

virattaṃ rajanīyesu,

kopaneyye na kuppati:

Yassevaṃ bhāvitaṃ cittaṃ,

kuto taṃ dukkhamessatī?

Whose mind is like rock, steady, unmoved,

dispassionate for things that spark passion,

unangered by things that spark anger:

When one's mind is developed like this,

from where can there come suffering & stress?

Udāna 4.34

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

SEEDS FOR MEDITATION ...

By ascending above the egoistic system we begin to cultivate the altruistic force in us. This is because the altruistic force is inside the egoistic force and we humans have to bring it out by ourselves and begin to implement and manage it.

DAILY KABALLAH ... "Heal The World," by Michael Laitman

The method of integral education is a tool that no politician or government possesses. It allows every person to change his life, society, and life of the world since every component in this system affects all the others.

Everything begins from the environment of an ordinary person. He should try to change himself despite the fact that he resists it and curses everything from morning till night, swearing and hating everyone, thinking that everyone uses him, it doesn’t matter!

He won’t change the world. Enough chewing and spitting it out all the time; what’s the use? This isn’t wise. Let’s change ourselves! Let’s see what it will lead to.

If we create a healthy area in some part of the integral system that suddenly begins to function correctly, it will reflect on the whole body. We will see that the government, our neighbors, and people who live on the other side of the world will begin to think differently since we have healed part of the system.

Question: But in a sick body, we can’t create a separate healthy part.

Answer: Imagine that it is possible. How does one get well? It isn’t that the whole body is suddenly healed. First one part doesn’t hurt, and then another; the systems begin to balance one another and to work one for the sake of the other.

You wish to say that if something happens in the integral system, it doesn’t affect that specific part but rather the whole system. This is true, you are absolutely right. But the current integral system is bad and I create a good integral system within it without creating a partition between the two, and so it begins to work.

We spur on a totally different force in our small system that doesn’t exist in our system; the force of the connection between us. By ascending above the egoistic system we begin to cultivate the altruistic force in us. This is because the altruistic force is inside the egoistic force and we humans have to bring it out by ourselves and begin to implement and manage it.

What’s more, the external system cannot affect us since we ascend above it. This is called “faith above reason,” or “love and bestowal above hate.” When we unite, the world around us doesn’t affect us since this whole world is made of egoistic vectors that operate on one plane, while we ascend above them and work on a totally different level.

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Michael Laitman -- Founder of the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute, which is dedicated to teaching and sharing authentic Kabbalah. Professor of Ontology, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in bio-Cybernetics.

Pāli Word a Day for December 31, 2013

nissanga — unattached, unobstructed, disinterested, unselfish

Daily Words of the Buddha for December 31, 2013

Pāpañce puriso kayirā,

na naṃ kayirā punappunaṃ.

Na tamhi chandaṃ kayirātha,

dukkho pāpassa uccayo.

Should a person commit evil,

let one not do it again and again.

Let one not find pleasure therein,

for painful is the accumulation of evil.

Dhammapada 9.117

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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"Preventing The Regression Of Humanity," by Michael Laitman

I have often said and today we can actually see that millions of people are finding themselves outside the circle of active life. They receive minimal benefits, stay at home, and don’t know what to do.

A person regresses and degrades! If he doesn’t work for a couple of months, not to speak of several years, he is incapable of doing anything. He becomes an unproductive part of society since he loses the ability to work. Work builds a person! The search, the tension, and the study!

So he regresses and gradually degrades and simply becomes a mass of protein. What should we do about it?! They will go out to the streets and destroy everything. We already see that.

What is more, the next, scariest phase is beginning now: The middle class, the backbone of society, is disappearing. Factories will be shut down, production will stop and everything will begin to decline. What will happen next? They will also be given food rations. But they are used to a different standard of living! Will the golden billion, or even less, stay afloat and all the rest live on food stamps (for needy families with low income) for their “free lunch”? What will happen to these people?! After all, there is no system that can deal with them!

Perhaps the governments believe in feeding people with drugs by making marijuana legal, etc. This is not a solution!

I am not looking at this from a humanistic perspective or sympathetically: “What will become of the six billion people?!” I look at things from the perspective of non-compliance with nature’s law of development!

The regression of humanity will bring about greater sufferings. A person will not be allowed to just sit on the couch watching some TV program, smoking pot while being served his weekly meal.

Nature will not allow that, since nature’s plan is to bring all of nature to an integral state, which is the law of development that cannot be nullified. Nature must bring us to a state of becoming equal to it, to turn us into integral members in an integral society, each one by himself and all of us together. So you can’t just get rid of six billion people by putting them on drugs and food rations. Nature will lead them onward. It has to bring man to a state of being equal to it! A person has to become a human being.

This can only happen by balancing all the systems. The different parts of our world, like the still, vegetative, animate, and speaking nature, have to reach a state of balance, which means mutual support, homeostasis.

Bringing a person to the lowest state, however, is not homeostasis. The most important thing is to consciously raise ourselves to the level of a human being that is made of two opposite attributes: an egoistic one and an altruistic one, and operating in mutual cooperation by balancing them.

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Michael Laitman -- Founder of the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute, which is dedicated to teaching and sharing the wisdom of Kabbalah. Professor of Ontology, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in bio-Cybernetics. Father of three and grandfather of three.