Caught Somewhere Between Fate And Free Will

Ah, the age-old question of what the future might bring keeps returning throughout our journeys.

 Fueled by our insecurities and our inability to stay fully present in the "Now" we all wander off into the land of the future at times. We imagine, hope and wish for our dreams to be fulfilled, that we are blessed with what we are lacking in the Now, that a burden is lifted, a pain healed, a lesson learned, a disaster averted and a question answered. I have realized an interesting observation; there appears to be two very distinct teams in the future treasure hunting department.

The first is a group of souls that is fully resigned to fate. Their questions sound like this:

1.What am I meant to do?

2. When will I get married?

3. How many children will I have?

4. Where will I live?

5. What should I do in regards to this situation?

6. Which profession am I meant to have?

7. Etc.

The other group is so convinced of their free will that they feel like they just have to pray and manifest hard enough to get the life they want.

Their questions and statements sound like this:

1.What else do I have to do to attract the right partner?

I have already done xyz and it's still not happening, but I know I am so close.

2. What other blockages do I need to release within myself in order to manifest more financial abundance?

3. How many more times do I have to repeat the same mantra/affirmation to get what I want?

Here is my take on the topic:

I certainly don't think that the future is set in stone. The level of freedom to co-create a soul has in each life varies from lifetime to lifetime.

For some souls, it's a bit like taking a ride on a train. The fate aspect dictates the station you get on, the stations you will stop at and the station that will be your final stop. It also determines whom you share the ride with. You however have free will on how you spend your time on the train. Who do you socialize with? How much time do you spend sleeping, eating, meditating or educating yourself? What's your attitude like? Are you at peace with your fate or do you threaten your fellow passengers every five minutes that you've had it and that you will be jumping out of the window?

Furthermore, I believe that the way we conduct ourselves on the train ride we're on will influence future lives and realities.

Let's call these behavioral consequences karma. The more negative karma we have the less we might be able to enjoy co-creative freedom in our future.

Other souls journey might be more of a road trip than a train ride. They have their own car and can travel wherever they wish to go, as long as there is a road, gas and other necessary resources available. These types of lives that carry more freedom aren't necessary more pleasurable. At times, souls freeze and become paralyzed in their actions in the face of all the possible choices. It does take a mature soul that has gained great clarity to navigate these waters; otherwise you might end up with a lot less movement than the people on the train.

When you want to gain clarity on your status in this life, it is important to gain some understanding of the spiritual contract your soul made. Another interesting resource could be your astrological chart (if you know your exact time of birth - make sure to find a skilled practitioner though to avoid additional confusion!).

Things you will find in your spiritual contract are:

1. Lessons you want to learn this life.

2. Potential relationships and their function

3. Talents and challenges

4. Potential professions

5. Financial and material support/abundance

6. Health

7. Social/cultural backdrop

8. Spiritual awareness

9.etc…

Now, any of the items above could be strictly defined by the soul or kept flexible, which means you'd have more co-creative power while you are alive. The ones that are pre-determined will feel like they are fated while the rest aren't a solid reality yet.

Most of us are stuck somewhere between fate and free will. It is important to work with and surrender to the elements that we can't change and to have fun and be creative with the ones that are waiting for our input.

How do you know the difference?

Most of you will have an element of intuition in regards to the elements that are fated:

1. Deja-vu experiences

2. Dreams or a sense of a meeting or change in your life

3. A Feeling like a force of nature is moving through your reality and you didn't solicit it consciously.

If you are asked to co-create you might find yourself:

1. Feeling a bit confused

2. Insecure as what to pick

3. Too many choices that all look good

4. Life feels stuck until you give your input

5. Excited, running from opportunity to opportunity, yet nothing sticks

Wherever you are on the spectrum between fate and free will, enjoy it, know it will change and rest assured that it is perfect for your experience and evolution right now!

How Do You Pray?

Prayer is an important tool for the ancient soul in the modern world (for everyone else as well, of course!).

Let's go over a little prayer 101.

1. Remember that the divine forces have to respect free will. That means they are not allowed to interfere unless you ask for it. Therefore prayer on behalf of self or others goes a long way. At times all it takes is one person to ask for help to make a big difference.

2. What is your motivation when you pray? Is your request fueled by fear, greed, and ego or is it generated from a place of love, surrender, and forgiveness?

When we pray our intention is received as much as what we ask for. I have noticed that my heart-centered prayers are answered a lot quicker than those generated from other parts of self. So, note to self: connect to your heart before praying!

3. Be genuine! I do believe that it is more powerful to put forth an authentic heart-centered request than to run mentally through a pre-scripted prayer disconnected from a personal, heartfelt intent.

4. Be careful what you ask for! Often times we have a specific goal in mind when we put out a request. Lets say you have asked for an increase in worldly abundance in your life.

That's great- there is nothing wrong with that! But, if a part of you feels that in truth you don't deserve the abundance and you are sabotaging yourself due to guilt issues i.e., be aware that your prayer can trigger a series of opportunities for you to become aware of your guilt and the opportunity to clear it. That means your life might seem more challenging for a while and it may look like your prayers have not been answered when indeed they have.

5. Who do you pray to? I have worked with a lot of people and everyone seems to have their own list of beings on the other side they pray to. Saints, angels, ancestors, masters of every shape and size are being summoned for help. Please consider including Divine Source/ God in every prayer. The reason is that every divine being has its own set of specialties and might not be the best choice to fulfill your request. If you address Divine Source directly, the best help can be sent to you, possibly someone that you are not even aware exists.

That does not mean to exclude the Saints or Masters etc. from your request. You are just expanding your horizons.

6. Location, set-up and duration of prayer:

Of course, it is nice to have the opportunity to pray in a sacred place or building, in front of an altar lit with candles for a long period of time. It is however, not necessary.

Really, anywhere, anyhow, even if you only have five minutes can make a difference.

Who says you can't bless a place and make it sacred simply through your prayer?

 Any old traffic jam, office building or random place in nature will do.

Divine Source is not closed-minded and isn't hung up on rituals as much as some spiritual disciplines would like you to believe.

Make prayer part of your every day life and recognize the spiritual opportunity in every moment of your existence.

Life As A Treasure Hunt

One of my biggest challenges this life has been to have patience for myself and the process of life, especially, when I lack the larger picture perspective, or the direction I was given suddenly changes. I do well with information. If I know where I am going and the pathway has been shown to me, I am willing to put up with a fair amount of discomfort. Otherwise forget it! I will be upset, even if things are seemingly going well.

Unfortunately, I find myself over and over again in situations with little to zero visibility forced to rely on my faith. All I can do in these moments is to put one foot in front of the other until I find the next clue. And of course, use this wonderful opportunity to work on and strengthen my muscles for patience and surrender.

It does appear that many of us are involuntary members of this mystery club called life.

One of the things that helps me continuously is the to look at life as a treasure hunt.

When I admit to myself that I really don't know yet what life has in store for me it is easier to look for the next clue and trust, that I will have all the necessary information, as I need it.

 Maybe my ultimate destination is not the top of the mountain that was pointed out to me, but it was the only thing I could see from the crossroad where I was standing.

Can I be flexible enough to correct my course along the journey when my path changes once I meet the boat on the river?  And when I climb into the boat, can I allow the river to take me to wherever I am destined to go? And while doing so, can I be present in the moment to absorb the gifts of the journey to their fullest?

I am certainly still a work in progress in these matters but I have learned to surrender quicker and to pay closer attention to life, for it always has a way of working out.

In case of doubt, keep walking with a prayer in your heart and the courage to put one foot in front of the other. Life is a mystery! Make peace with that. Your journey will be different and unique and remember; within the abundance of the Universe there will always be another clue.

Enjoy your treasure hunt! You too shall return home one day, that is a promise!

What To Expect When Soul-Conscience Breaks Into Personality-Reality

This is a very interesting topic that affects many of you these days.

Let's start by defining the terms personality and soul:

1. Personality refers to your current life persona. It includes your family history, your experiences this life, your physical form and all of this life's data. We are usually born with a good dosage of amnesia, which leaves us overly identified with our personalities.

2. Soul refers to your true energetic self that is present within all lifetimes. It carries all the information of any experience you've ever had as well as the emotional charge of trauma as including the memories of successes and the accumulated wisdom of lessons learned.

During this specific juncture in human history many of you will go through a spiritual awakening. The way I like to describe it is that the soul conscience is breaking into the personality reality. Here is a visual:

Picture a moving canvas in orange and red representing the personality. It changes forms like a kaleidoscope between triangles and squares.

All of a sudden we have some waves of green and gold moving through with patterns of circles and spirals. First there are only a few, still allowing the orange and red patterns to dominate but as time progresses the green and gold starts to influence the canvas more and more to the point where the original pattern is vanishing giving way to a new moving picture. That is the soul conscience breaking through.

Here are some of the symptoms that you might be experiencing if you are going through this process:

1. You will most likely experience identity crises. Your taste in foods, hobbies, friends and opinions can suddenly change to a confusing degree. You might wake up in the morning, look in your closet and feel like you have nothing to wear. Your life might feel like it only partial fits and you wonder who the person was that made all these choices in regards to your career, where you live and whom you spend your time with.

2. Your emotional body is suddenly flooded with strong emotions that don't make sense in the context of your current circumstances. Often, these are past life memories that for many of you will hit you emotionally before the mental body catches up.

These emotions can be triggered by certain movies, art exhibits, smells and flavors and as I said before, will seem disproportionately intense in comparison to the trigger.

3. You might develop new interests and when you pursue them you excel very quickly like you are remembering versus learning the skill from scratch.

4.You have a strong pull to certain time periods in history and go out of your way to collect information through books, movies and anything else you can find.

5. Your view of life changes. You become curious about topics like past lives, karma, soul healing and evolution. You develop a more holistic view of your personality experiences.

6. You start to find conversations that are not soul centered increasingly boring.

7. When people relate to your personality versus your soul self you will tend to feel unseen and lonely.

8. As your perception of self shifts due to your old sense of self giving way to your soul sense of self, you might feel like you are living on shaky ground. This tends to be unsettling, uncomfortable and confusing.

These are as always just some possible symptoms.

If you are going through this process, find a way to be patient and compassionate with yourself. Remember that the way you are feeling is normal and will pass, once you settle into your new reality perception.

The more you hang onto the familiar, the more painful the process will be.

Be curious about this soul of yours and find creative ways to explore it.

It is time to remember who you truly are and remembering is all it is! Your soul ultimately is more familiar to you than your personality ever could be and when you connect to that truth you will find that you finally make sense.

I always find flower essences a very helpful tool during times of extreme changes

(read post on flower essences for more info).

Enjoy the ride and don't forget to breathe!