~ Being Honest

Being Honest

 

Truth is always aligned with love.  If you are finding that your self-honesty is making you feel bad, chances are you are not telling yourself the whole truth, or you have not made your self-assessment from a compassionate place.  The same applies if you find yourself being critical, judgmental or condemning of others.  Sometimes our commitment to being honest is really just another game our egos play in order to be nasty under the radar, so to speak.  You do want to tear away the masks and get to the heart of the matter.  You do want to tell the truth about yourself to yourself.  But the truth feels loving, even if it is hard to hear.  The truth liberates you.  Work to have a new clarity about yourself, others and life.  Discern the difference between half-truths and TRUTH.  YOU ARE THE TRUTH.

~ Old Sage

~ You

You

 

You are alive, but are you truly LIVING?  To truly live, the animal in you must be integrated with the divinity in you.  They must become one.  That is what it means to be truly alive and awake.  You have embraced your instinctual self, you  have accepted your body and you have made friends with your survival hardware and fear.  You are delving into your shadow and carrying a light into those dark places of self.  You are seeing the various misunderstood parts of yourself in a new light, and you are unashamed.  You are embracing your whole self, the dark and the light.  From this place of awareness you radiate your essence into the world with a color and focus that is unique.  You are existing in the NOW.  The past has been healed and transformed through your understanding.  Your creativity is at an all time high.  The power of your spirit is as real as anything that can be seen and touched.  You are eternally BEING and BECOMING.  Your self-love is a magnet, and you are an inspiration to others.  You shine like the sun.  Enjoy BEING YOU!

~ Old Sage

~ Your Sadness

Your Sadness

 

Sadness is not an entity unto itself.  It is a part of you.  It is a necessary part.  Grief is a necessary process that helps you come to terms with changing truths.  Anytime we grow, it seems there can be sadness and grief over what is left behind.  The you that you are leaving behind, the events, the relationships, have helped you to arrive at where you are now.  Along with the challenges of those old contexts you are leaving are the gifts that were given and received.  There are always gifts, and truly none of the love will ever be lost.  Still, right now the sadness must be honored.  The growing pains must be felt.  Your wholeness invites it.

~ Old Sage

~ Your Center

Your Center

 

Do you keep to your center?  Or do you flail about out on the edges of the wheel of life?  Do you immediately judge every event as either good or bad?  Do you find yourself desperately racing around trying to keep all the balls in the air from hitting the ground?  This is no way to live.  Stop.  Let some of the balls drop.  It takes an enormous amount of energy to keep it all going.  This is the energy you could be focusing toward your own transformation.  STOP.  Move to your center.  Your center is the place in you that KNOWS you've been up and you've been down, and still you exist.  You are here.  YOU ARE.  In the center of it all, you can observe without getting so emotionally worked up, without taking actions that perpetuate your spinning to the outside of the wheel.  And from your center, you realize that the wheel will turn with or without you, for that is the nature of Life.  CHANGE.  Ironically, when you do let all those balls drop and move to your center, and learn to live life from your center, you find that your life unfolds more harmoniously.  You find yourself at one with your creativity and expansion and able to be calm and at peace no matter how the wheel turns.  This is one of many mysteries the Sphinx unravels.  And all the rest can be known from your center.

~ Old Sage

~ Your Love

Your Love

 

What is love?  My teacher says that it is "non-attachment."  They have also said that when we experience love, we feel our ultimate safety in existence.  For those moments when love is truly experienced, we are freed from fear, worry, anxiety and defense.  We know ourselves to be a part of a vast whole.  We don't need to understand the details of this.  We simply relax into the is-ness and perfection of the moment.  That we let ourselves experience this healing truth is as important as the air we breathe, the water we drink or the food we eat.  To let love in means dropping all illusions and simply existing in the safety of all that we are and all that we are a part of in this grand mystery of Life.  Love will always be right there waiting for us...whenever we are ready.

~ Old Sage

Lunar Phase Reflections ~ 3rd Quarter Moon in Aquarius

May 2 ~ 3rd Quarter Moon at 12 degrees, 12 minutes of Aquarius

The burst of energy from the new moon 3 weeks ago has dissipated.  Now, at the 3rd quarter moon, there is a CRISIS IN CONSCIOUSNESS.  Energies are no longer supporting creating something tangible and new in the external world.  We have done all we can do for this current lunar cycle.  The 3rd quarter moon reflection is asking us if we can let go of what we have built so that it can evolve into something new?  It's not that we have to let it go literally, even though this may be true for some.  We must let go of our BELIEFS around what we have created and how we got there.  At this point in the cycle, we could hold on to what we thought we knew, or we can let go so that our perceptions and beliefs evolve to the next level.  The Aquarius moon highlights our collective determination to continue looking ahead to what CAN BE.  This energy is innovative, intuitive, rebellious against the stagnant status quo and willing to experiment with new and unconventional ideas.  Uranus, the modern ruler of Aquarius, is harmonizing with this moon, supporting that futuristic vision, as is Jupiter in Gemini.  Individually and collectively, we are looking forward to the possibilities of ideals and visions manifesting.  But here at this 3rd quarter moon, Uranus is also fast approaching its 2nd exact square with Pluto, planet of power to be used for creation or destruction.  We are not out of the woods.  We can see our possible futures shining in the distance, or perhaps intuit our potential futures, but there is still much to transform in consciousness before these visions can become a reality.  Aligning with this challenging energy is the Sun (identity and life-force) and south node of the moon (karmic past), both in stability loving Taurus, squaring the moon.  There is a huge question mark here, and I feel that many of us, though we may have moments of confidence and belief in our ability to manifest our ideal futures, there is also an undertow from the past that threatens to drag us back into the comforting abyss of the known and familiar.  This is where the CRISIS IN CONSCIOUSNESS can be an opportunity to breakdown and breakthrough.  Know that at this time there is nothing to do other than reflect on the past and continue to create space in your consciousness to be able to continue to receive new marching orders and inspiration for the future.  How do we do that?  Remember that WHAT WAS TRUE YESTERDAY AND WHAT IS TRUE TODAY, MAY NOT BE TRUE TOMORROW.  Remember that to LET GO is to be in harmony with Nature and All-That-Is.  And remember to stay attuned to the quiet, encouraging voice inside that is calling us forward into an uncertain but ALIVE future, where we can experience brand new versions of ourselves in brand new contexts.  It is Life itself calling us forward, now!  Let's embrace this reorientation in consciousness and prepare for the gifts that lie ahead!

~ Old Sage 

~ Path of Change

Path of Change

 

Do not let frustrations and obstacles get you down.  Know that frustrations and obstacles are a part of life.  They do not define you.  However, they do help you to refine your choices.  Oftentimes, when we meet with resistance, inner or outer, it is because some aspect of our inner or outer life has been overlooked in our drive to manifest results.  Chances are you may not really want that job you are trying so hard to get.  Chances are he or she was not truly a match for you anyway.  Chances are you might feel better if you accepted your body as it is and could see its inherent beauty.  Just when we think we have found the "right" path, love will ask us to go deeper, to change, to evolve.  Thank TAO for this!

~ Old Sage