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Align, ALIGN, ALIGN!

Recently, I threw up my hands. Just for a moment, I gave up on apparently futile attempts to reason with seemingly reasonable humans about the urgent need for a paradigm shift — one that would realign fragmented levels of quantum reality, restoring LOVE to its natural place at the divine center of humanity’s life wheel.

To counter-balance the toxic effect of following current events, I chose to reallocate savings accumulated to purchase a fully functional computer. Instead, feeling a compelling need to surround myself with positive influences sadly missing in my daily life, I purchased a small library of angel oracle card decks, adding to my already sizeable collection.

It was worth it.

Among newcomers to my shelf, the Healing Angel Cards gave me this message of patience balanced with hope. “DIVINE INTERVENTION: You may feel frustrated because something stalls or comes to a standstill. Progress seems painfully slow. Yet this is a blessing — it is divine intervention at work. When the timing is in perfect harmony all will come to fruition.”

There’s food for thought. It leaves me wondering about the wisdom of what I seek, the unforeseen consequences of misdirected efforts I’m not aware of, and misfortunes that might have been averted by the immediate standstill.

It also gives me hope that, most likely in unforeseen ways, blessings are sure to follow — in good time.

This Archangel Michael deck, Sword of Light, offers to “cut through everything holding you back and guide you toward the brilliant life of light and love you so fully deserve.” An interesting sword-shaped 5-card spread called “Cutting to the Core of the Truth” shows what is currently hidden, where you might be operating from a place of fear, your current strengths, needed change, and improvements resulting from increased awareness.

My first reading with deck was right on the mark. In the first place of “what is hidden from you, what you may be blind to”, #9 came up. Don’t Give Up on Love. This speaks directly to that isolated core imaged above, hovering as if inaccessible on the periphery of the fragmented quantum Life Wheel.

The message on the card face reads, “A relationship you cherish can be healed. Allow me (Archangel Michael) to clear the way for forgiveness so that love can thrive again.”

The Guidebook commentary concludes, “If your past experiences have caused you to give up on love entirely, I would urge you to allow forgiveness to wash over you. You deserve all types of love in your life. Don’t shut out the chance for it by saying, ‘I give up.’ Your angels love you. I love you. We will never, ever give up on you.

It was as if Archangel Michael had picked up on my very words. “I give up.” I’d made the mistake of looking the wrong place for hope, which rests eternally within, above and all around in the cosmic quantum ether.

The card in the second place that indicates “where you might be operating from a place of fear” was #21, “Open Up To Your Spiritual Gifts.” It reads, “Remember that your true nature is spiritual, not physical. The angels are sending you messages to guide your soul’s growth.”

This second message reinforced the first. I was reacting to toxic current events in the physical world that made me doubt the point of writing, feeling that I’m just one more lonely voice, lost in the cacophony of the internet wilderness.

The Guidebook advises, “I am continuing to clear any energetic connections that may be binding you to worry, fear, and self-doubt. I am moving these out of the way, casting them aside with a sweep of my sword of light. . .

The card that came up in the third place that speaks to “what strengths you can rely on now” was #3, Archangel Michael Is with You Now. It reads, “Even though you can’t see it, I am actively working on this situation. I am here and helping you.”

At the time, I could not see it. It helped to be reminded.

The card that came up in the fourth place that speaks to “changes you might need to make” was #14, Have No Fear. The message on the face of the card reads, “Fear is a trap of the ego. Allow me to use my Sword of Light to free you from disquieting feelings holding you back.”

It reads in part, “Know deep in your heart that you are loved and protected, and that your choices are being angelically guided.”

There you go. I was being advised to stop focusing on the confounded mess being made by people who should know better over matters that should be simple and clear, and say simply say what I’m given to say, surrendering outcomes in trust to the Source of the messages I’m given to deliver.

And the final card in the fifth place “signifying improvements resulting from increased awareness” was #27, Regain Your Focus. The message on the face of the card reads, “Trivial matters are distracting you from your goals. Archangel Metatron and I are here to help you stay grounded.”

The Guidebook commentary expands, “Daily life is currently distracting you from your primary goals and life purpose, and I am here to remind you of why you are here on Earth.” It concludes, “. . . concentrate on the big picture.”

Okay. Back on course, thank you very much.

Another newcomer, the Guardian Angel Messages deck, is a re-visoning of the classic tarot. I chose to use a simple three-card spread, with cards indicating the past, present and future.

The past was indicated by the very first card of the deck, here called The Dreamer. Its key words are Beginning. Believing. Protected. In most tarot decks, 0 is called The Fool, and signifies taking a leap of faith.

Of the Dreamer, the Guidebook says, in part, “Your guardian angels are walking beside you ever step of the way.” That does indeed describe my past. At every step of the way, however dangerous the circumstances, the right people appeared at the right time to help me safely along the next step of the way. Of my time traveling alone through Europe my teacher said flat out, “Your guardian angels were working over time!”

In the second place, representing the present moment, the card was The High Priestess. Its key words are Intuition. Wisdom. Patience. The advice in the Guidebook reads in part, “Take some time to be quiet and listen to the voice of the Divine and your guardian angels as they reach out to give you the answers you are seeking.”

Yup. That’s where I am right now. Taking a needed “time out,” working with my new angel oracle decks, seeking to regroup.

In the third place, representing the future, the card that came up was The Hermit. Its key words are Introspection. Self-Discovery. Mentorship. Usually the solitary hermit is pictured in tarot decks carrying a lantern to light his lonely path.

Comments in the Guidebook read in part, Seek and ye shall find. Ask your guardian angels for someone who can provide you with wise counsel and loving guidance, and you will discover a wonderful mentor or spiritual teacher. Or perhaps it is time for YOU to step out into the open as a teacher with many spiritual gifts. Do not underestimate the brightness of the light you have to offer others!

That’s still a bit hard for me to take. It’s definitely in the future. In the past, my teacher provided wonderfully wise counsel and loving guidance. When I write now, clearly his voice comes through me, speaking things I would not dare. But me myself, fully integrated, serving as an instrument of light? Am I ready to step into this role?

On the other hand, if not now, then when?

Another delightful deck called Guardian Angel Cards focuses throughout on the central, healing and guiding influence of LOVE permeating all things. Appropriately, rather than rectangular cards, the messages are printed on multi-colored, heart-shaped stock. They’re highly rated, and with good reason. There’s no guidebook, nor need there be. Messages printed on the cards speak for themselves.

Three cards which spoke to my immediate situation included a violet one, Breakthrough, a purple one called Believe, and a pink one: Miracle.

The message printed on the violet heart-shaped BREAKTHROUGH card reads, “How many beautiful heartfelt wishes have been crushed by fear? How many times has society’s voice of disapproval cast a shadow on your dreams? It is time to break free of these false beliefs and realize your dreams. Allow your heart to guide you. Trust your inner guidance. The time is right!”

On point. I need to break through through the crushing pessimism that had me at a standstill. Remembering love, quickening the heart and waking up to self-trust was what it would take.

The message printed on the purple heart-shaped BELIEVE card reads, “Be open to all possibilities and opportunities. Let go of preconceived ideas. There is nothing to fear. You are constantly surrounded by love. Start to believe in yourself and trust your instincts. Wondrous possibilities and opportunities abound, provided you are flexible and retain an open heart and mind. Believe. All is possible!”

I’m being called to push past current self-doubt. Say Yes! to life, once again.

Most hopeful is the message printed on the pink heart-shaped MIRACLE card, which reads, “Dearest One, Even if all hope seems lost, let not hope slip away, for I, your Guardian Angel, am constantly by your side. Surrender all your concerns to me and trust in the healing power of love. Please believe that you are never alone. Together we shall work through each issue or situation which is of concern to you. All heals with the passing of time. Magic and Miracles are about to manifest!

These angelic messages give me hope. They bolster courage. And sustain patience.

The Angel Wisdom deck is another re-visioning of the basic tarot. Three randomly selected cards representing past, present and future again were accurate reflections of my situation.

In the past position was the Four of Swords. Raziel, archangel of magic, is its designated guardian. Descriptors on the face of the card read, Insights that come from meditation. The need to rest or take a vacation. Allow yourself more time before making a decision. Mental exhaustion. Get more sleep.

In the present position, again, the High Priestess appeared. Haniel, the archangel of heightened intuition, is her guardian.Descriptors on the face of the card read, Meditate and turn inwards to discover your soul’s true desire. This is not a time for action. Develop your intuitive gifts and trust the wisdom you receive.

In the future position was the Nine of Water (Cups in the classic tarot). Uriel, archangel of epiphanies and brilliant ideas, is its guardian. Descriptors on the face of the card read, Wishes come true! Your dreams become reality. A magical time of life. Good fortune. Faith in the Universe that all will be well.

The past and present were accurate. I look forward to experiencing the future coming to pass!

In sum, these angel oracle decks serve as useful tools for realigning personal awareness and daily practice to the wholeness envisioned in the quantum Life Wheel.

The messages of Abraham-Hicks repeats. Align. ALIGN. ALIGN! Seek to center yourself in Source. Align your personal life with the unconditional LOVE of your eternal being.

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Stated in biblical terms, “Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven. All else follows.”

As Stephen Covey put it, First Things First.

Take the time to rethink and align lifestyle with ultimate personal values. Do whatever it takes to place unconditional LOVE at the center of your personal Life Wheel — where it belongs.

Align the inner levels of light and energy with surface, physical experience. Then, as I have found, all goes well.

And only then.

Easter Blessings – Hidden Opportunities

What follows is the script published on April 12th to my Youtube channel, Rethinking Change.

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Today we’re picking up where we left off in the last video. There I said, the best way to focus our attention now is to look for the hidden opportunities embedded within the COVID-19 pandemic. Because it’s a Law of Nature that in duality, there are two sides to every coin. Wherever great dangers lurk, we can be certain that within them are hidden, opposite and equal opportunities. Blessings in disguise.

So that’s today’s subject. Coming at Easter, it’s especially timely.

Today, I’m asking five related questions.

  • 1. What is the deeper meaning of Easter? And what blessings does it offer us in the year 2020?
  • 2. What is the archetypal Life Wheel? How does it explain the eternal hope of Easter? And how does the Life Wheel which embodies Einstein’s Unified Field Theory connect quantum physics with the healing work which Dr. Joe Dispenza calls “supernatural?”
  • 3. How have our lives become so fractured? Was the COVID-19 shock-to-our-collective-system the 2’x4’ necessary to finally get our attention and motivate us to heal our inner fractures?
  • 4. What are the similarities between today’s COVID-19 situation and the bio-engineered flu die-off in Stephen King’s story, The Stand?
  • 5. How can we use the timeless Book of Change to adapt most wisely to current changes? What advice does it have to offer at Easter about the opportunities hidden within the global shutdown?

By the end, you’ll have my response to these five questions. Here, I can only touch briefly on key points. But hopefully, it’ll be enough to spark your curiosity and motivate you to look further . . . for your own answers. Please stay with me to the end. I promise it will be worth your time. If you have questions feel free to comment below. I’ll do my best to respond.

So, let’s dive in. FIRST. What is the deeper meaning of Easter time? And what blessings does it offer us in the year 2020?

Easter is a perennial time of hope and renewal. It marks the change of seasons, entering in to new life after the dead of winter. It’s a time of rebirth on many levels. It’s not only a time when our gardens come back to life. It’s also a time for resetting our inner clocks and making a fresh start. It’s a time for remembering our values . . . spring cleaning, inside and out.

In 2020, the pending change of historical season brings with it new ways to rejuvenate and deepen our understanding of traditional teachings. Answers to the questions which follow explain what I mean.

SECOND. What is the archetypal Life Wheel, known to meditators?

It’s not so tough. As I said in the last video, I’ve taken the archetypal Life Wheel and plugged into its increasingly deeper levels the three variables of Einstein’s formula. M=mass on the outer surface. E=energy in the middle level. And C=light deeper still. These levels revolve around a stable, unchanging center – the hub of the Wheel. Call it Source. God. Creator. Tao. Or nothing at all, as you wish. The levels are linked in a two-way loop by the figure-eight infinity sign. The result is the Unified Field Theory –consciousness factor included. Einstein already had it, but for lack of yoga training, missed it. Here’s what it looks like:

Unified Field Theory

How does this Life Wheel explain the eternal hope of Easter? Here’s where it gets really interesting and where science has actually come full circle to support biblical wisdom. Science gives us technical terms for what the apostles described in the poetic language of their time.

Today we have not only quantum physics and but also the Life Wheel to explain the meditator’s experience of infinity, giving us a new way to understand “Christ consciousness.”

The quantum field is beyond three-dimensional time and space. In the same way, Jesus told us he existed outside of time, He existed before and will continue to exist after this cycle of time. This is what Peter meant in comparing Christ to the Matrix.

Further, Christ told us he and the Father – the Source at the Center of the Life Wheel – are One. His consciousness flows outwards in all directions from that Center, permeating the quantum field. Here’s a picture of Christ broadcasting blessings from that Center:

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But what’s important to remember today is that Christ said we each have the potential, in fact a responsibility, to follow his example, to become One with the Father. Which leads to the next part of this section.

How does the Life Wheel which embodies Einstein’s Unified Field Theory connect quantum physics with the healing work which Dr. Joe Dispenza calls “supernatural?” His methods give us a way to follow in the healing tradition of Christ. Dr. Joe teaches the age-old, but now science-based practice of healing ourselves and others. Through meditation, his students systematically travel inwards to reconnect with the Center and then to return outwards, enriched by an awareness of this experience to live daily life more fully.

Dr. Joe’s students testify to the healing of crippling injuries and to the total remission of life-threatening illnesses. From his personal experience, as well as that of others, he reports that it is possible to change in this lifetime. We don’t have to die, as Christ did, to be reborn. And this, my friends, is the eternal hope of Easter.

THIRD. How have our lives become so fractured? It’s the result of rejecting wisdom traditions and replacing them with empirical science. According to that belief system, only what is tangible and quantifiable is real. In effect, it rules out the inner levels of the Life Wheel where emotions and intuition are found. It looks like this: (Card #4)

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HOWEVER, saying subtle experiences aren’t real doesn’t make it so. It only fractures the levels of the Life Wheel, pushing feelings, intuition and conscience outside of conscious awareness. The results look like this:

Fragmentation

The consequences of fragmenting the Life Wheel in this way are catastrophic. Divine love spins detached outside of daily experience. On the surface, we project good intentions and protect our self-image. But pride, fear, and aggression, prejudice and insecurity, anger, rage and hostility all fester below the surface, outside of conscious awareness and control, as do feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness and suicidal depression. It looks like this:

Consequences

So. What’s the way out of this destructive madness? Was the COVID-19 shock-to-our-collective-system the necessary 2’x4’ to finally get our attention, serious enough to make us change our ways – heal our fractures and restore inner unity? If yes, that would be a blessing on a scale and magnitude comparable to Christ’s sacrifice more than 2,000 years ago. Here’s what the process of restoring unity would look like:

Restore Unity

Which leads to the next related question. FOURTH. What are the similarities between today’s COVID-19 situation and the bio-engineered flu die-off in Stephen King’s apocalyptic story, The Stand?

I’ll touch only briefly on the blame game, because it leads in the opposite direction from where we need to be going. The point of Christ’s sacrifice was to wipe the slate clean. So even if it were proven that the virus was weaponized in a lab for the sake of world-domination, let it go.

You can trust that evil intentions will backfire, of themselves, returning to the sender. If world leaders have separated from timeless wisdom, they will without a doubt reap the rewards of actions that violate Natural Law – the Law of Karma. Intervention isn’t necessary. So don’t even think about rebellion or revenge. That would ruin this golden opportunity for a positive fresh start.

From my point of view, what’s far more interesting is King’s attention to a Yeats poem, “The Second Coming,” where in despair, an officer commits suicide, leaving behind this quote: “The centre does not hold.”

That’s the real issue. Should we follow that example, give in to despair, regard the horrors of a pandemic as proof that the Center does not exist, cannot hold?

Never! No matter what happens on the ever-changing surface, the eternal Center of the Life Wheel remains still and unchanging. In fact, COVID-19 might be just the shock it takes to wake us up, so that like Lambert the sheepish lion, we finally remember who we truly are. Here’s the Lion Lambert, designated protector of the flock:

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There’s another important similarity. In The Stand, two communities emerge. They represent a choice between good and evil. One group follows Jesus. The other follows a demon. In a similar way, Joe Dispenza and Gregg Braden both agree that today, we’re living in a time of extremes. One side seeks unity and cooperation, to live in harmony with nature. The other is addicted to conflict and has no respect whatsoever for life.

Which leads into the FIFTH question. Because here’s where working with the Book of Change can make a difference in which side you choose. Like meditation, it’s a self-awareness tool. We can use it to repair the fractures that leave us unaware of feelings and intuition . . . helping us line up with the wisest, life-affirming options available. Acting on its advice, we can adapt, turning whatever is going on to best advantage.

Braden tells us that three converging cycles of change are now upon us: changes in weather, in the economy, and in warfare. That’s all interesting. But how do we relate to these cycles in a personal way? The Book of Change brings global ideas home. It lets us tap in to how each of us as an individual can cope wisely with global events at one specific point in time.

For today’s example, I asked, “ What advice does the Book of Change have to offer at Easter about the opportunities hidden within the global shutdown?”

The first answer, which describes the immediate situation, was #23. ADVERSITY. It had one changing line in the 5th place that results in #20. AWARENESS.

This is totally fascinating to me because, in the Introduction to my version, I asked, “What does the Common Sense Book of Change have to offer its readers?” I got the very same answer to that question then as I did again today. #20. AWARENESS. Which happens to be Dr. Joe’s favorite word. As he repeats, “Be aware that you’re aware.”

Hexagram 23 looks like this:

23 Adversity

It seems to me that the opportunities of the 2020 Easter season include quiet time to reconnect with our “inner resources” – with the inner e=energy and c=light levels of the Life Wheel. And we are specifically warned to avoid despair, the choice of the suicidal general in The Stand, who quotes Yeats out of context, believing “The centre does not hold.”

I’ve seen Youtubers describe what we’re going through collectively in terms of Kubler-Ross’s “Five Stages of Grief.” First comes denial, followed by anger. Next are bargaining, depression and finally acceptance. So here, the advice that the wisest response is ACCEPTANCE” represents the blessing of healing grief over so many losses – of loved ones, jobs, income, and of the familiar lifestyle we took for granted.

But then comes the opposite and equal blessing in disguise. The advice from Line 5 is: “Help from an unexpected source can reverse a difficult situation.”

The result looks like this: 

20 Awareness

So when unexpected blessings, whether in the form of guidance, inspiration or beneficial synchronicities, truly come from SOURCE, they have the potential to reverse the negative consequences of living an unconscious, fragmented life and restoring the AWARENESS of unity and inner peace which no one and nothing can ever take away.

May that deepest, lasting well-being be yours at this sacred time of hope.

Until next time, do continue to take good care of yourself.

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Rethinking HOPE

New years are traditionally welcomed as a harbinger of fresh hope and the opportunity for new beginnings. In these perilous times, I have searched my heart for the most realistic approach to fulling the eternal hope for love, unity and survival which everyone everywhere shares in common – a way that acknowledges escalating world challenges while balancing them with their inherent potential for renewal.

Because it rings true as the vision of realistic hope, I have chosen to return to this simple essay, written in the year 2000, included in Conscience: Your Ultimate Personal Survival Guide.

May your New Year be filled with the blessings of your dearest heart’s desire.

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ESSAY 63. HOPE

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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out the good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain, he had come [to go] to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found them, with the help of Our Lord.  — Christopher Columbus, Journal of the First Voyage

We live at a particularly perilous moment, one in which self-deception is a subject of increasing urgency. The planet itself faces a threat unknown in other times: its utter destruction. . . The splitting of the atom, said Einstein, has changed everything, save how we think. And thus, he observed, “we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” — Daniel Goleman, Vital Lies, Simple Truths

We are seeing a health care system in pain, people in pain, and a world in pain. I believe that something can be done to make it better. — Patch Adams, Gesundheit!

THE FRONT

Webster’s defines hope as a feeling that what is wanted will happen. It is a desire accompanied by expectation. It can mean that which one has a hope for. It can mean a reason for hope. A meaning listed as archaic is to trust or rely.

In I Ching context, hope transcends short-sighted wishing and emotional wanting. It is a trust that one has the wherewithal to respond appropriately to every change of fortune. It’s not total self-sufficiency, but awareness that one’s efforts are met half way. When one does the best one can, the rest is supplied in the right way, at the right time.

Daniel Goleman emphasizes the direct relationship between honest self-awareness and survival. Like Einstein and like Strauss & Howe (authors of The Fourth Turning), Goleman is a messenger of awareness we’re often trained to block out. His vision is in synch with The Book of Change philosophy in this: ignoring dangers, deceiving ourselves that all is well when it isn’t, doesn’t make problems go away. It only renders us powerless to recognize early warning signals in time to prepare and ameliorate the worst that might come.

In The Fourth Turning, Strauss and Howe emphasize that declining resources will necessitate major changes in healthcare delivery. Anticipating that the cost of health-care will continue to rise and become increasingly unaffordable, they recommend that cost-effective, affordable alternatives be in put in place now. Forward-looking health practitioners are therefore now turning to inexpensive, preventive self-maintenance practices like Tai Chi, Qigong and yoga.

There are hidden benefits to timely austerities. Though it is unfortunate that people see fit to return back to self-responsible methods only as a last resort, if the prospect of hard times returns people back to their more simple and beneficial roots, it serves as a blessing in disguise.

In his epistle to the Corinthians, St. Paul wrote of hope in the context of faith and charity. His hope isn’t Webster’s hope of wanting and expecting. Like I Ching hope, it is trust that human events which make no sense in the short-term fit into the larger pattern of life, and that God’s will does in the long-term prevail.

THE BACK

The opposite of hope is despair. Seeing one’s situation as hopeless is a self-fulfilling prophecy. So long as one places hope in externals, one feeds the illusion of powerlessness. Turning the focus of hope inwards makes all the difference.

Self-deception is a perversion of hope. Lacking a concept of cyclical change, linear thinkers hope to control time. They defy the aging process or pretend change can’t or hasn’t happened rather than adjusting and benefiting from new opportunities that arise to replace the ones which pass away.

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