Insights for May, 2023
Awakening
“Only when we are done running from the way life is, can we meet that which transcends it.” ~ Vish Sharma
“Don’t get stuck in the planning stage. If your intuition knows it is time to do something new, to start unleashing the creative force that dwells within you, then you need to focus on beginning instead of just thinking about how you will begin.
It is always easier to say “soon” than “now is the time.” The fear of failure and the unknown can play clever tricks on your mind that keep you within the small space of your comfort zone. Waiting for a fully concrete plan is often counterproductive, because too many things are always changing, a good plan is one that is adaptable and flexible. A plan that has some grey areas is more realistic because you won’t understand the conditions of the moment until you get there.
The way to get to your goal is by taking steps forward and embracing trial and error. Going on an adventure that takes you to a more fulfilling life is not about perfection, it is about having the humility to learn and using your new understandings to make proper course corrections.
The thing we find most fulfilling often coincides with the best way we can serve the world. We all have something that can help others – our task is to find our talent, imbue it with creativity and generate a way to deliver it to people.
One of the most uncomfortable things you can do is ignore your intuition. Your intuition will say you are ready far earlier than your mind will. The mind will focus on the risk of doing something different while your intuition will calmly tell you that it is absolutely worth a shot.
Remember, waiting will not get you to where you want to go, action will. Waiting for the right pieces to come together or waiting for an ideal external situation is an excuse that gives away your power. Doing what you can with what you have is an attractive energy that will bring more resources and opportunities to you as you begin your journey.” ~ Yung Pueblo
“Become nothing to welcome everything.” ~ Farah Siddiq
“To know if your dream is possible, you have to try living it.” ~ Yung pueblo
“When we translate prajna as wisdom, it can lead us down a fairly faulty path, because it’s not your ordinary smarts. Prajna is composed of two elements: pra meaning ‘before’ and jna meaning ‘knowing.’ So prajna can be understood as before - knowing. So, there’s this time element of not jumping to a conclusion but rather allowing ourselves the space of before knowing, waiting and listening to our whole body as we take in information. This is call prajnaparamita – directly experiencing reality through the lens of wisdom teachings.” ~ Roshi Enkyo
“Read. Read as much as possible. Read the big stuff, the challenging stuff, the confronting stuff, and read the fun stuff too. Visit galleries and look at paintings, watch movies, listen to music, go to concerts — be a little vampire running around the place sucking up all the art and ideas you can. Fill yourself with the beautiful stuff of the world. Have fun. Get amazed. Get astonished. Get awed on a regular basis, so that getting awed is habitual and becomes a state of being. Fully understand your enormous value in the scheme of things because the planet needs people like you, smart young creatives full of awe, who can minister to the world with positive, mischievous energy, young people who seek spiritual enrichment and who see hatred and disconnection as the corrosive forces they are. These are manifest indicators of a human being with immense potential.” ~ Nick Cave
“Today I made a very brave decision and said, “No.” to something a big part of me really wanted - - but I didn’t have a strong “YES” and my philosophy is that that’s a “no….” ~ The Insight Center
“I operate on intuition.” ~ The Insight Center
“The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare. When this barrier is dropped, or at least you start to tell yourself, ‘I really don’t know if my belief that awakening is difficult is true or not,’ then everything becomes instantly available to you. Since this is all that exists, it can’t be rare and difficult unless we insist it is. The basis of all of this is not theoretical, it is experimental. No one taught it to me, and no one can teach it to you.” ~ Adyashanti
“The truth is – genuine connection is ease. It is peace. When you find it, you will know. You will feel seen, you will feel like you are being mirrored back to yourself, like you are discovering the shadow of your own heart in another human being.
Slowly, through loving the right people, you will come to realize that the human beings who are meant for you in this world will not exhaust you, or hollow you out, or leave you feeling like you are hard to love. Slowly, you will come to realize that you do not have to romanticize the things in this life that hurt. You do not have to run towards the fire. Love does not have to feel like a fight, does not have to feel like battle, does not have to wound.
Slowly, you will learn how to lay down your arms. How to walk away from those who will only ever love you in halves. Slowly, you will learn that you cannot love someone into loving you, or being ready, if they are not. You cannot love someone into their potential. You cannot close their hands around your heart if they are not willing to hold it themselves. You have to let them go. You have to focus on the people in your life who bring you back home to yourself. You have to focus on standing up for that kind of connection, on honoring that calm, because it exists. It exists.”
And I hope you learn to trust that, because when you come across it, when you ultimately experience it, it feels as if you are standing at a door, you finally have the keys for. You enter it with ease. There is no fumbling through your jacket pocket trying to find the right way in. There is no desperately reaching into your bag trying to uncover the point of access. You are no longer banging your fists against the door, asking to be invited in. You walk through. Soundlessly. Softly. Relief washes over you. You take off your shoes. You hang your coat in the closet. You put on a pot of coffee. You’re home. You’re home.” ~ Bianca Sparacino-Author, @rainbowsalt (From @wildwomenofficial)
“Slowing down is how you ground yourself. It is how you reconnect with your peace and intuition. Slowing down helps you understand yourself and other people. Slowing down opens the door to deeper learning. Slowing down is how you reaffirm the way you want to show up in the world. Slowing down is necessary if you want to live intentionally. Slowing down is the only way you can make sure that you are moving in the right direction.
Of course, taking the time to understand every little thing is not possible and we can’t always grind to a halt, but bringing awareness to the fact that everything is moving quickly can help us intentionally slow down when we feel overdone or during important moments. The key skill to develop is being intentional about our attention and giving ourselves time to develop a more well-rounded perspective. Being able to slow down when we want to or need to, is a reflection of our maturity.” ~ Yung Pueblo
“What makes inquiry sacred is that it is primarily a way of plunging consciousness into itself, into the hidden dimensions of the psyche which remain in darkness until we make an intentional effort to follow our questions beyond the periphery between the known and the infinite unknown. In sacred inquiry we are looking to evoke experiential insight and wisdom, not merely to collect more information or form yet more beliefs with which to delude ourselves.” ~ Adyashanti
“The state of our consciousness determines our entire experience of being, as well as what we are capable of knowing and perceiving. Sacred inquiry aims at the transformation of consciousness, for consciousness is perhaps the biggest mystery of all.” ~ Adyashanti
“Contrary to our most basic human assumption, we are not human beings who possess consciousness--we are consciousness having a very human experience, with all the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies that this entails.” ~ Adyashanti
“We are each an aperture through which the world knows and experiences itself. Each person embodies the infinite nature of life and consciousness within the finite form of their particular human life.” ~ Adyashanti
Venus entered the sign of Cancer on May 8. How does Venus in Cancer feel for you?
Look at your chart and see where the sign of Cancer is. See my Intro to Astrology at link in bio for help. What planets are in Cancer and which house is holding the cancer energy!? This is where Venus is now, and it is in this house in you chart. And it is joining the other planets that are in cancer. What are they? How will they mingle!? What do you feel!? Venus is desire and Cancer is nurture. Desiring nurturing? Feeling nurtured!? ~ The Insight Center
Meditation
“Sometimes it’s great to sit on a meditation cushion in a special place to meditate. And sometimes you sit in the middle of your chaos and meditate.” ~ The Insight Center
“The goal of practice is not to pursue pleasure and avoid pain, but rather to experience both with full awareness, neither favoring one nor opposing the other.” ~ Andrew Olendzki
“Is it real or is it Mara (temptation?)” ~ The Insight Center
Relationships
“The foundations of a healthy relationship:
Be your own best self
Do you
Support and respect the other person.” ~ The Insight Center
Healing
“Healing doesn’t mean you’ll never be triggered again, or that you’ll eventually arrive somewhere free of all (past) pain or suffering.
Healing is a peaceful homecoming. It’s about returning to yourself and gently getting used to the unpolished truth of life and who you are. It is the complete acceptance of all that is and the surrender to what broke you.
From there you redefine yourself and you’ll reach a new state of wholeness.” ~ @wildwomansisterhood
Astrology
Planetary transits are always an opportunity for growth.” ~ The Insight Center
Transits for May 2023
May 1st- Pluto went Retrograde in Aquarius
May 5th- Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio
May 7th- Venus enters Cancer
May 14th- Mercury retrograde goes direct in Taurus
May 16th- Jupiter enters Taurus
May 19th- New Moon in Taurus
May 20th- Mars enters Leo
May 21st- Sun enters Gemini
PLUTO RETROGRADE.
“Pluto turned retrograde May 1st, an annual occurrence which tends to bring us back into contact with episodes of transformation which may not be quite complete. As Pluto turned retrograde it is stationary for weeks and will continue to be stationary at zero Aquarius as it slowly retrogrades until June 11 when it retrogrades back into Capricorn. This "station" of Pluto means that its influence is stronger and more focused, especially if one of our sensitive planets is affected by Pluto's influence right now.
Here is the all-inclusive list of Pluto’s movement from Aquarius to Capricorn, and back into Aquarius until November 20, 2024:
May 2, 2023, Pluto 0˚ Aquarius - goes retrograde
June 12, 2023, Pluto 29˚ Capricorn - back into Capricorn
October 11, 2023, Pluto 27˚ Capricorn - goes DIRECT
January 22, 2024, Pluto 0˚ Aquarius - back into Aquarius
February 23, 2024, Pluto 1˚ Aquarius
April 12, 2024, Pluto 2˚ Aquarius
May 2, 2024, Pluto 2˚ Aquarius - goes retrograde
September 3, 2024, Pluto 29˚ Capricorn - back into Capricorn for the last time
October 12, 2024, Pluto 29˚ goes DIRECT
November 20, 2024, Pluto 0˚ Aquarius - Pluto into Aquarius for 20 years
Grief
“Let your heart be broken. Allow, expect, look forward to. The life that you have so carefully protected and cared for. Broken, cracked, rent in two. Heartbreakingly, your heart breaks, and in the two halves, rocking on the table, is revealed rich earth. Moist, dark soil, ready for new life to begin.” ~ Tina Davidson
“The miracle is light. The miracle is that we rise again out of suffering. The miracle is the persistence of the soul to find itself, to look hard into the darkness, reach back, and grasp remnants of ourselves. The miracle is that we create ourselves anew.” ~ Tina Davidson
“When grief opens in you - it can also open old unrealized grief from the past. The flooding of emotions can be intense, so remember to look deeper and see if you are releasing old pain along with new pain.” ~ The Insight Center