The Nature of Today's Energy 5.8.13: Force

Wednesday 5.8.13: 

With great power, comes great opportunity. Force creates the tools that are needed. The tools and the answer to our questions. We have the balance of energies, so that we can use both aspects of our self (shadow and light) to the greatest advantage. 

The card of the day is the Chariot. The hidden energy card is the Sun. 
Two very positive cards. 
Of course we see the light and shadow side of each card. Both characteristics must be viewed and understood, in order to move forward with great intent. The light can not live without the dark. Day can not live without night. Both are required in order to sustain life. Water can not be without Earth. Fire can not live without Air. 

Do you see the balance?
Do you see the two forces working as one?

The trick to all of this, is to not think one out weighs the other, or brush aside the shadow part of a project. The good is just as important as the bad. We must recognize the reason we have deviated from our true path. The shadow part must be accepted in order to understand the light. In order to be guided by the Divine. 

Here is where it gets tricky. Some would state that if you think of evil, then evil will surely be seen and take place. I am not stating that you give all your attention to the negative aspect of a subject. I am stating that the possibility must be accepted and then one must move forward with the intent that everything will work out for the greater good.

I think that every super hero must really think about the great impact their decision has on others. They struggle with their ability to make a decision for the whole rather than for the single. To sacrifice one in order to save many. 

I always think about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the show). I enjoyed it to the fullest and miss it dearly. The episode that comes to mind, is the very last episode of the series, where Spike is holding the necklace of the Champion. It is starting to create light and he understands that he can not take it off. That the sacrifice must be his own life, in order to save the mass...in order to save the world. 

This is Force. Sometimes we have to die in order to be reborn. Spoiler alert****
Spike does come back later in the Angel series as a ghost and then as a real person, because he sacrificed his own life to save others, he was rewarded by the Gods, to return to this reality. 

How does this tie into the Chariot?

We have to be the vessel that the Divine can manifest through. It may hurt. It may burn with great intent. It may even kill our spiritual essence of the past, but one thing is for certain; we will be reborn. 

We will be wiser. We will be stronger. We will understand Sacrifice. We will contain power. The power to move forward, when everyone else is advising us to stay back. To not go through the change. To state that what we are doing is a mistake. 
I have to remember that I want to be like a river, constantly flowing, rather than the pond of stagnant water. 

I allow Source to guide me. I allow the good to be seen. I allow the change to take place. Even if it means leaving a certain situation. Even if it means giving up what I have. Remember that when we are returning to our home, to our center, we arrive with very little items. We arrive with our essence and the spiritual truth we have. We return to find that truth...that we are love. That we are a wonderful being of light. That we do not need all the slight of hand tricks and shimmering light shows to exist. We simply need to recognize that we are part of the whole and the whole is part of us. 

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 4.24.13: Wish Granted

Wednesday 4.24.13:

There are times when we try, with all our might, to manifest something so spectacular, that we are sure it will be the answer we need. We focus so hard on that which is desired, and in turn, we create that very item. Now what?

Are we left feeling satisfied? Do we want more?

Sometimes I find myself complaining about something so small, when there is so much good to be thankful for. 

The card that I picked, for today, is the Nine of Cups. It sits in the position of Owl/Mystery/Secret. The hidden energy card is the Tower. 

Sometimes our secret desire, is to simply be happy, and there are times when we believe that by manifesting a certain item, we will find that happiness. 

Our belief system has to be shattered, in order to find that perfect piece of the puzzle, that will fit into the empty slot. The Tower is working behind the scenes, destroying everything in sight, so that we will be left with the basic fundamentals of happiness. Sometimes we have to lose everything, in order to find value in new items. Sometimes we have to have a hurricane rush through our home, so that we can learn to deal with chaos in our life, by starting at the beginning. By starting with step 1: cleaning up the mess. 

A lot of books, regarding the Tarot, advise that the Nine of Cups is a Wish card. 

What are we truly wishing for? What is desired? Actually, what is needed within our life at this time?

For some it may be patience. Others it could be acceptance. I know that in my life, I am needing to return to my spiritual practice of meditating and praying everyday. I miss it. I use to pray and meditate everyday after I worked out. Soon I became lazy and started to cut back, then I started to not work out all together, and when I began to gain weight, I would complain!

Oh Aaron, get your shit together...

I noticed that the Universe was calling me to take a few moments and return to what is known. With starting at the very beginning. A very good place to start...and in comes Julie Andrews. 

It is true though. You must start at the beginning. Sometimes we become blinded by our gold and jewels. Blinded by the shiny things we have accumulated in our life. The mystery, or secret, behind all of it, is to snap our self out of the daze we are in, and return to our spiritual practice. A Mystic's job is never done. We can enjoy the achievement all we want, but we still need to keep on walking our path of spiritual enlightenment. We still need to keep on living, loving, and healing. 

Do not get too use to the feeling of greatness and satisfaction, for eventually that wonderful lightening bolt will strike our tower down. We will fall to the ground and be advised to build a stronger and better tower, than the last. We will be strong ourselves. To survive a large enough fall, and only come out with a few scratches, shows us that we were built to last. 

Then again you could be like other people, who's tower is struck with the lightening, they are thrown to the ground, and in turn they complain about the small scratch on their arm, as if it was broken and bleeding. Making a mountain out of a mole hill. 
The choice is yours. 

Blessed Be.