Insights for April 2019
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Awakening:“Power is self-knowledge followed by full acceptance.” Ascended Master Djehuty, via Tom Jacobs.
“Getting started on a spiritual path takes guts. We usually don’t know it in the beginning, but if we keep going on it—if we really want to know the truth of what it means to be human or if we are deeply finished with our suffering—we will learn that walking the path of freedom takes a humble courage.” Teah Strozer, Rain, Tricycle.
“The shape of each soul is different. There is a secret destiny for each person. When you endeavor to repeat what others have done or force yourself into a preset mold, you betray your individuality. We need to return to the solitude within, to find again the dream that lies at the hearth of the soul. We need to feel the dream with the wonder of a child approaching a threshold of discovery. When we rediscover our childlike nature, we enter into a world of gentle possibility. Consequently, we will find ourselves more frequently at that place, that place of ease, delight, and celebration. The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves. Our clay shape gradually learns to walk beautifully on this magnificent earth.” John O'Donohue
“KnowFeelHealOwnBe” Margaret Gervais
“When you are a person who touches fire most people won’t understand you.” Margaret Gervais
These six quotes are from Jack Kornfield, No Time Like the Present :
'With the freedom of imperfection comes forgiveness and compassion for yourself and others."
"In the midst of your own life, your spirit is free."
"You are just here to toil. Dream big and dance."We're here to deliver our gifts."
"'Don’t be afraid to fail' Krishnamurti said to his reluctant disciple, Vimala Thakar. Mistakes are necessary. They are the natural scientific method ... every time you make an experiment you learn more: quite literally you cannot learn less."
"Acting freely springs from stillness; it is strengthened by inner listening. Even so, your course of action might not be clear." Jack Kornfield, No Time Like the Present.
Astrology:
These four quotes are from Steven Forrest, The Book of Fire:
"The astrological symbols are quantum fields of possibility and probability. With consciousness, you can influence how these energies manifest - but there is one choice that is forbidden to you: you cannot choose to have the energy disappear and become irrelevant."
"There is an ancient technical term for how human consciousness might be potentially trained to influence the actual positions of the atoms and molecules in the world. The term is magic."
“Astrology always works, which means these symbols correlate reliably with the manifestation of archetypical fields of possibility.”
"Your Sun sign placement is your own antidepressant." Steven Forrest, The Book of Fire.
Meditation:
“When you meditate you elevate a problem from despair to a place of equanimity.” Margaret Gervais
“Seeing for yourself, from your own experience, what works and what doesn’t is what meditation is all about.” Jason Siff, “The Problem with Meditation Instructions” from Tricycle.“
Stories, of course, are made up of thoughts—those mental sound bites that intrude upon direct experience, and that we let go of in meditation. The more we learn to let go of thoughts, the more we gain the ability to drop our negative stories.” Sean Murphy, “Get Out Of Your Head” via Tricycle Community, Daily Dharma.
Healing:
“Trauma can be healed. The soul is resilient and wants healing.” Margaret Gervais
“Eventually your trauma information becomes old information, and you are more free.” Margaret Gervais