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Shock (which can be a surprisingly good thing) relates to the I Ching hexagram #51 entitled “Shock.” Shock was recognized by the ancient Chinese as such a fundamental agent that it is also one of the eight trigrams out of which all hexagrams are created. Shock is what often stirs up transformation, evolution, metamorphosis, both…

Romantic fantasies often become like a spell or an enchantment that can put us to sleep or freeze up our lives for long seasons of unfulfilled desire. The fantasy becomes like the thick plate-glass window of a storefront. Inside the window is the glittering bauble, the Hottie, Mr.or Miss Right, the romantic fantasy — which…

“The fates guide him who will; him who won’t, they drag.” — Ancient Greeks Play the cards you’ve been dealt with impeccability. Skillful play involves acceptance of the cards you have at the moment, a focus that is easily lost if you are fantasizing about the cards you would have preferred being dealt. Our incarnation…

It is perfectly normal to feel inner pressure, anxiety, turmoil and chaos. Incarnating in the Babylon Matrix can feel like being a submarine scuttling along the floor of silent seas. There is a need to maintain your structural integrity despite being under tremendous pressure. Often we blame ourselves, or something happening in the local timeframe…

Recently I heard someone who claimed to have contact with the other side. He said that those in the afterlife usually found it difficult to come back to this realm because it was like entering a thick fog of negative emotion and irrationality. Whether this is true or not, I do know that this realm…

Conscious reflection on the past can deepen the soul and even provide revelations of great value for the present and future. On the other hand, returning to the past obsessively out of emotional addiction can be a massive, massive draining of vitality needed for full engagement with the present. The past is not fixed or…

M. Scott Peck has an interesting definition of love: “I define love thus: The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.” Someone once said that, “Love is cool, it is not hot.” It is crucial to distinguish love from passion, infatuation, codependence and sentimentality. It is…