Things change. People leave; new people arrive. Life unfolds and it seems that times of turmoil and sadness will never end. When you get into this kind of slump, turn to your inner practice. Sit quietly with your heart open, your breath calm. Put your thoughts aside and ask for the blessing of this peaceful moment to wash over you and abide with you for the rest of the day. No matter what you have on your agenda for the day you have the power to self-regulate and maintain calmness within. It’s only if you get attached to something outside of you that you will lose that special inner contact. Remain attached within, even as you encounter what brews without, and all will be well.
Before you know it, things will suddenly change. They will right themselves and you will have landed on a new plateau, a new level of life and understanding of life. Before long, this time will be in the past and your present will be totally new, every day, in every way. Without fear look to each day as the best there is, for there is nothing like the present. Now is all that matters, for in truth there is only this moment. Let go of worries for what has happened and for what may come. They are not your present reality, they are only ideas of what once was and what may possibly happen. Do take full responsibility for your life, in all ways, but especially within. Create your best day and your best life, right now, in this moment. That’s really all that matters.
Matter comes from the Latin word materia, which means the physical substance that is born of mater, who is mother. Our physical body, our physical lives, and the life of our times is the creation of the father-of-suggestion in union with mother, the material substance of the subconscious mind.
Mother brings forth all physical life. The state of that life reflects the quality of the suggestions it has been impregnated with; are they of wisdom or are they of error? Wisdom is infused with impartial truth, error is filled with one-sided opinion.
Our current world is largely defined by the instant reactions of social media, from the White House on down, where the play and battle of opposites vie for dominance of public opinion, which serves as the ruling suggestions to the matter of our time.
Prior generations have struggled to establish union in response to this volatile battle of opposite opinions, often resorting to suppression, or to passing on to the future the insolvency of unrealized truth.
The founding fathers of America knew very well that slavery was immoral, but did not address it in the Constitution, forcing the future America, some 75 years later, into Civil War to resolve the issue. And though the outcome of that war ended slavery, the North and the South never came into real union.
The discontent over this imposed solution was suppressed and housed in the body of America, giving rise to a diseased nation, at war with itself, once again seeking solution in one-sided rule. Such is the karma of unsettled solutions, yet to be resolved into the peace of true Wisdom.
These unsolved issues—be they the equality of the sexes and races, an equitable outcome of Zionism, the divine might-makes-right of kings in imperialist acquisition, or the racist intent of Naziism that seeks its alchemical gold through the destruction of its projected shadow—have all broken through from the body of the world’s suppressed unconscious, once again begging completion, as we prepare to receive the advanced wisdom of the Aquarian age we are now physically living in.
The stupendous overarching truth of now is that human consciousness is on the cusp of a major evolutionary leap that requires a clearing of all the errors and opinions that have formed the ruling suggestions to our subconscious minds, and created our current reality. Take for instance the power of suggestion itself. Once an individual awakens to their personal power to create their physical life, the sky is the limit.
Donald Trump, a master hypnotist, astutely aware of the power of suggestion, recently offered this guidance when asked about the limits on his own global power: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
This is indeed a fundamental truth for everyone in relation to their subconscious mind. The suggestions to the subconscious mind are all powerful. Mother subconscious will produce in matter that which is suggested to her. The question, as Donald Trump points out, is the state of one’s morality. Is it based on the wisdom of truth, or the error of opinion? Either way, those suggestions will be manifested.
The unsolved matters of prior times, currently living through us, cannot find peace until we face them squarely and submit to the truth of Wisdom. We cannot revert to old defenses or old beliefs. These unsolved matters demand truthful resolution before we can evolve.
Resolution requires that we suspend the judgment of blame. Full acceptance, of what was and what is, is the precursor to a morality that will produce suggestions to materialize our creative potential for the greater good of all.
Inwardly, we must face the isms that have ruled our sense of self and our sense of the world. Inwardly, we must ask: Is our morality narcissistically dominated by the desire of ego for its own aggrandizement, or is it serving the wisdom of what is truly right? Inwardly, we must free our beliefs from internalized false opinions about ourselves based upon the thoughts and actions of others.
I close with this matter, the guidance and support of Lady Wisdom from Proverbs 3:16-18:
“Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.”
Of course, there is always something better ahead! If the excitement of the New Year is waning so soon, keep focused on the fact that anything is possible, that the chance to make a splash, to experience something new is always on the horizon. Get in alignment with that possibility. Keep your chin up, your heart open, and stay focused on your desires. You may just be at the final step to realization.
Enlightenment comes in many ways, and it comes in different ways for different people. One person’s enlightenment may not be yours. Don’t get too hung up on how others seem to be having all the luck and all the good experiences and you not so many. There is plenty of luck and plenty of good to go around. Try different approaches to find out what works best for you when you are wishing for change, for happiness, for wealth or health or a new job. Give yourself every chance by taking a closer look at what you are asking for. Is it really right? Is it going to really help you? Maybe if you aren’t getting what you want it just means it wasn’t really right. Give the Universe a chance to fulfill your wishes in the best way possible. Sometimes one good thing leads to a bad thing, just as the opposite can happen, as one bad thing leads to an amazingly good thing!
