~ Revelation

Revelation

 

What is false will eventually be revealed and come crashing down.  Consider this a blessing.  You will only find the peace of your true Self behind the lies and shaky-belief structures.  When everything else that you have put your faith in comes crashing down, what is left?  When you realize nothing you thought was true is true, what is left?  When the symbols of your secure material life decay, collapse or explode right from under you, what are you left with?  Experiences of loss are the most powerful catalysts for spiritual awareness and transformation.  TRUTH IS.  If you find yourself desperately holding on to old ways of thinking and being, let go, and experience your transformation and evolution into a new way of seeing and being.  Renovation, renewal and re-birth are at hand.

~ Old Sage

Lunar Phase Reflections ~ Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Sagittarius

May 24 ~ Lunar Eclipse Full Moon at 4 degrees, 8 minutes of Sagittarius

This lunar eclipse full moon in Sagittarius marks the end of this eclipse season, which began with the lunar eclipse full moon in Scorpio on April 25th.  Our period of intense, cosmic course-adjustments are now coming to an end.  Some of us, more than others, have experienced unexpected and dramatic CHANGE.  Some doors have closed, and other doors have opened.  As this full moon is on the GEMINI/SAGITTARIUS axis of the zodiac, we will all be feeling a sense of potential integration between our lower/rational minds and our higher/intuitive minds.  We have a wonderful opportunity to put all of this motion and change into a greater perspective, but Neptune, symbol of INSPIRATION and ILLUSION, may be throwing a subtle fog over our perceptions.  At the higher end of this Neptunian spectrum, we may have great soul-clarity as to the wisdom of unfolding events and be enjoying a deep surrender to the flow of life.  At the lower end of the spectrum, we may be quite confused about recent events and finding it extremely difficult to trust the flow.  It is a deeply emotional full moon, and we may be experiencing vague feelings of sadness, longing and/or feelings that are hard to define.  In many ways, we are under water at night in the ocean of collective un-consciousness.  Everything within and without may seem to have a foreboding or a numinous glow.  It may be hard to see clearly at this time, but we can trust that whatever has come to a close has also come with a new beginning close at hand.  Four days ago, evolutionary Pluto and revolutionary Uranus reached another exact square.  This planetary symbolism continues to reflect the conflict between the old decaying paradigm of COMPETITION and the new paradigm of EQUALITY and SHARING that is being played-out on a planetary level at this time.  Saturn (structure) is also playing a part in this evolutionary dynamic during this full moon.  He is supporting the transformation of our fundamental structures, while teaching us how to create new structures that are in alignment with our higher ideals and visions.  With four planets in GEMINI (two of which are the rulers of the Sun and Moon), you can bet that we are all connecting in new ways with the world around us and taking in enormous amounts of data.  Our intellects are being primed to create new truths about our lives.  This Gemini influence is emphasizing INTELLECTUAL OPENNESS, CURIOSITY, LIGHTNESS and a PLAYFUL attitude toward the great waves-of-transition that we are surfing at this time.  All-in-all, I would say that before reaching any conclusions about where we are and where we're going, we definitely need to allow time for the eclipse-period dust to settle.  If we can take our focus off of the future for small moments at a time, and allow ourselves to let go into the present, we have the opportunity to feel a sublime connection to the ALL-THAT-IS-PERFECTION of life. We can surrender to that greater whole that we are a part of and trust where the eclipse energies have carried us...further and further into a new potential to manifest our authentic selves in every sphere of our lives.

~ Old Sage

~ Your Expansion

Your Expansion

 

New Age philosophy often says "DO WHAT YOU LOVE, AND THE MONEY WILL COME."  "Do what you love, and everything else will fall into place."  This may be true, but how do you get there?  When you have a 9-to-5 job, 3 kids and are barely paying your bills, how do you get to the place of doing what you love?  You get there one small decision and one choice at a time.  You have to make some decisions and choices that bring up fear and insecurity in you, or you will never leave your comfort zone.  That is, untill life "pulls the rug" out from under you, and you find yourself forced to make new choices.  I say start small, and make a few small changes over time that will eventually add-up to one big change.  This is one way to go about it.  Another, more radical way to go about it, would be to LEARN TO LOVE (ACCEPT) WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW.  Resistance to WHAT IS keeps attracting more of what you don't want.  Let go of the resistance, find the good in what you do have and what you are doing, and life can begin to gently guide you into more ideal circumstances.  BE GRATEFUL for what you are doing, now, and life will give you more to appreciate.

~ Old Sage 

~ Your Success

Your Success

 

True success comes from being your TRUE SELF.  Be patient as you grow and unfold your authentic self.  There is no rush.  You crawl before you learn to walk.  You walk before you learn to run.  If you can relax into your life-process, then your success will come in perfect timing.  Only you can define what success means for you.  As you are a unique part of the whole, it is only natural that your definition would be unique, as well.

~ Old Sage

~ Mirth

Mirth

 

If you can't laugh at yourself and the absurdities of life, you're in trouble.  Life is a hoot!  You may feel tempted to sell your soul in exchange for money, power or status-reflections of FALSE SECURITY.  It might not be money.  It could be the intoxication of sexual stimulation.  You might give your power away to another who seems to be the source of your pleasure and happiness.  Nothing on the physical plane is the source of your happiness.  YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF YOUR HAPPINESS.  You get to choose how you will interpret your experiences and how you will respond to life.  Choosing to laugh at your foibles and shenanigans is one way to help unravel the painful knots of life.  If you can laugh at yourself and your journey of trial-and-error, you can free up great reserves of energy and creativity.  Then you will be able to enjoy all the wondrous pleasures of the body and the physical plane without getting lost in them.

~ Old Sage

Completion

Completion

 

When your life is going smoothly, do you acknowledge it?  When your relationships are inspiring and joyous, do you take the time to let those people know you are grateful for having them in your life?  When you are aware of the fact that not only are you giving and receiving what you WANT out of life, but also what you NEED, do you take the time to pause and bask in that realization of goodness?  Life will not always show up in such preferred ways.  It will not always be smooth and joyous.  But when it is, those are the moments when you can come home to yourself.  You can embrace and comprehend the larger truths about your s/Self and Life.  You can be renewed.  You can heal.  You can move to a new and more prosperous level of experience.  Let yourself be complete and rest in the goodness before moving on to the next chapter and adventure.

~ Old Sage

~ Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

 

We have heard the words that we need to learn to love ourselves so much that it has become cliche.  I used to wonder HOW?  At first, I thought that it meant doing for myself what I would do for one of those special others.  So I would take myself to the movies or out to a nice dinner, buy myself flowers or take myself for a nice walk in the park.  That is certainly a part of it, but I learned that it goes much deeper than this.  It begins with SELF-ACCEPTANCE.  I had to learn to accept the parts of me that I had always criticized, judged and hated.  I hated that I felt needy sometimes.  I hated my vulnerability.  I hated the anger and rage that would sometimes erupt inside of me.  I hated that I couldn't ever be perfect.  Eventually, I had to accept that I was a human BEING and a human PROCESS.  And from there, the love began to flow and overflow, as I realized I'm beautiful enough just the way I am!  

Take a look in the mirror.  Look at the being looking back at you.  For a moment, just accept whatever there is about you that has been hard to accept.  Resisting it, hating it and beating yourself up about it, will not make it go away.  See yourself as a mysterious process of creation-beautiful beyond compare.  

When I was ordained into The Order of Melchizedek, the Reverend Dan Chesbro said something I will never forget.  It helped me to open the doors to my own source of unconditional love:

"There are only two beings who can love you unconditionally: one is God and the other is you...so what are you waiting for?"

~ Old Sage