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Deep Dive

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
"Delving Into The Deeper Self"

There is no rigid definition to Life. 

You are the Wanderer, the One who wants answers, the One with so many questions regarding Life's  who's, why's, where's and what's.   

You've waited so long, desperately trying to figure yourself out and make answers fit questions but nothing adds up.  You don't know it yet but you've done your time, completed your homework and are now ready to cross a hidden threshold.     

You've climbed up the ladder and are standing on the end of a diving board looking down at the clear blue water below.  Now you're wondering what will happen once you leave the safety of this diving board.  What awaits me once I surrender myself into moving forward as I take this deep dive?     

What awaits you is a clear path, a transfiguration, a transformation, a deeply personal and moving metamorphosis  bringing all separate parts of you together.  Your long separation over and all your questions  answered in this poignant moment of rebirth.  You finally come face to face with every inch of you, everything you've ever experienced or thought or done is made known, lifted up to the light and resolved.    

You push away your fear and steady yourself on the board, breathing in deeply and then slowly exhaling as you feel your body respond.  You sense something extraordinary happening.  You are letting go, finally giving yourself permission to release what doesn't work for you anymore and resolve the many issues that have plagued you for so long.   

You arch forward and feel yourself falling, falling, falling and then, nothingness.  

This deep, dark, pure and limitless void you find yourself in is devoid of boundaries and where you finally have an opportunity to make peace with yourself.  It is teeming with possibilities and pregnant with love, forgiveness and compassion providing all the potential needed for creating life.  This space is able to receive one tormented soul and turn it around, allowing it to view both its light and dark sides and bring them together.  Like hesitantly peering into a foggy mirror and seeing one image superimposed over the other.  

Remember the void in which G-d was able to create Heaven and Earth?  Remember The Fool Card (No. Zero) in Tarot?  The Fool Card is the first step of your journey on earth.  It is the void, the empty space, the chamber, the sanctuary, the womb which enabled you to manifest.  This void nurtures and protects each one of us as we slowly emerge from our sanctuary and into the role we will play on earth.   And, Rebirth can happen at any time during a lifetime and at any age.

You've received the answers to your questions:  Life is complex yet simple, light yet dark, strange yet familiar, sorrowful yet joyful.  Life is the who, the what, the why and the where of by which we're here.  Life is us.       
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"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters".   Genesis 1:v.2

Charles Krauthammer - I Only Have Weeks to Live

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/08/charles-krauthammers-letter-readers-few-weeks-live/

Wise Up Before Time's Up

I was at a funeral home last night for a visitation.  Family and friends gathered together to honor and remember a loved one.

No matter how many times I have seen death, no matter how many times I've been with a loved one when they took their last breath, it always amazes me how we come into life, are full of life, live our life and then exit our life.

Anne was a neighbor of mine.  I saw her on May 23 and was immediately struck by her appearance.  She wasn't the Anne I was used to seeing.  She was wearing a back brace and using a walker to get around.  She was stooped over, gaunt and had lost much weight but she still had that sweet smile on her face like everything's alright with the world.  You could tell she was in considerable pain.

I told her I would come by and do some healing massage.   She looked up at me and smiled.  I didn't know that this would be the last day I would see her.  I found out they admitted her to the hospital the next day and did an MRI.  Anne had Cancer and it had spread throughout her body.  She had only days to live.

She was sent back home and Hospice called in.  On Friday, June 1, at 2:00 p.m., Anne died.

I will always remember Anne and that sweet smile and how everything was right with the world.

Every time she answered the phone she would say, "Praise the Lord."

So today think on these things:  The miracle you are and how you will spend your time here.

We just never know when our time is up.  Spend it wisely.

Praise the Lord.

"D" Day also known as Liberation Day - June 6, 1944

"And where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, a long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one!
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn"?

 

Today, June 6, 2018, Marks the 74th Anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Western Europe to liberate the people from Nazi Germany.  Please take the time to learn more about this very important day in world history: 
 
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

You're Grounded!

In our hectic world, who has time to listen to anything soothing and calming?  Instead, all we get is noise and we're bombarded with it from morning to night.     

To secure our survival in this world, it is imperative we discover our inner self.  In order to do this we need to find our sanctuary.  A place we turn to when the going gets rough.  Where we can pray, unwind, meditate and contemplate.

It could be a small room in your home or apartment, taking the dog out for a walk, doing some gardening or taking a stroll through a forest or park.

Have you ever listened to silence?  You'd be surprised just how healing and recuperative this can be.  Try it.  

There is so much we don't know about this world, the planet we live on and ourselves.  Hell, we don't even know why things happen or why things don't happen.  They just happen.

What is normal?  It seems like we get a sprinkling of normal every so often, otherwise it's abnormal.

And when something does happen that grabs our attention, it takes time for us to grasp its significance because of our limited understanding.

As an example of this, look at the big island of Hawaii and what's happening there today.  People are having to evacuate their homes as things are getting way too dangerous.  Lava has now flowed into a fresh water lake and the lake no longer exists because the extreme heat has dried it up.   Scientists are admitting they don't know what's in store as more unexpected vents are opening up around the volcano Kilauea.  And, yesterday, the big island experienced 500 earthquakes.

My sister called today.  Yesterday where she is, the temp was 86 degrees and this morning, 46 degrees.  Everyone's wearing an overcoat.  Livestock, plants and crops are feeling the affect of heavy rains for weeks along with extreme heat and humidity.  She's never seen anything like this.

Cracks and sinkholes in the earth's crust are opening up around the world.  Some due to heavy rain  and others?  Volcanoes that have been dormant are now coming to life.  Maybe these are signs of something coming (an event of some sort) we're totally unaware of but slowly, we're getting nudged to take notice. 

So, it's high time we all get grounded.  Below is how it works:   

The top wire on a power pole is known as an overhead ground wire (also known as the neutral:  the path that completes the electric circuit).  It's primary job is to protect the other wires below it from a lightning strike.  So, if lightning does strike this top wire it provides a low resistance path to ground (to stop the lightning from shorting out the other three wires.)

The question is, which path will you take?  
         ~ Blessings,
               Nightshade