Numerology/Astrology
for 11/18/18
11/18/18 is the number 4. The number 4 is about
balance. These days it seems that so many things have lost that balance. Things
we could count on seem to be being broken down piece by piece. That is why it
is up to each of us to have such a solid core within that the external never can
distort or throw off this internal. And balance is easy and organic. Fighting
is always about a response to an internal imbalance that the mind is trying to
sort out. But it is very possible to be balanced and neutral while observing the
external chaos. Objective understanding only comes when you are standing on
solid ground internally. Within each of us, we know (soul wise) what is right.
It is that darn mind that keeps getting in the way. The mind wants to make that
which is normal, natural and clearly obvious difficult. The mind loves to compare
and then decide what is better or worse. I believe that we are born with that
innate balance. Children love everyone at the beginning. You have to teach them
to hate. It is not our natural state of being as souls of light and consciousness.
Within you is still that child self that is in alignment with the natural
world. Just give him or her a chance to show you something that is often very
obvious and easy to do. When you find that center again. The stress will melt
away.
~Suzanne Wagner~
Astrology
Today
The Moon moves from Pisces into Aries just before Noon today. It may make
drivers bolder and more reckless. Beware of those acting and driving
erratically. But use this energy to allow an enterprising energy to take over.
Aries is the beginning. And we want to start fresh. We also do not want to waste
time on apologies or contemplating the past. Just a reminder that a good
knowing of the past will help make more conscious choices in the future. But
sometimes our choices from the past do not assist our evolution but loop us
into the dysfunction of prior emotionally reactive moments.
The Mars-Jupiter square adds more pressure today. I
know! You really did not need that on a Sunday! But you can use this positively
if you let it build up your confidence and enthusiasm. Be aware that a joke can
get taken a bit too far and feelings can get hurt.
~Suzanne Wagner~
Quote
Justice is conscience, not a
personal
conscience but the conscience of the whole of
humanity. Those who clearly recognize the
voice of their own conscience usually
recognize also the voice of justice.
~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn~
Blog
I was raised in a
very Irish Catholic family. Both sides were committed to that protocol. One set
of grandparents were lovely, peaceful, more open, and kind. The others were
more dogmatic, rigid, judgmental, opinionated, and unbending.
When I was a child
I would go to visit (the later set of grandparents) at their home in Oklahoma.
They had a cabin on the lake with a boat shed. It was a beautiful place and
very peaceful. I would leave to go down to the lake and boatshed to get away
from all the control and rules that children had to strictly follow when around
them.
One of their
neighbors was an older man who was very kind and gentle spirited towards me. He
was also retired, and he would show me how to fish and put the worms on the
hook, cast the line out and get the fish off the line. He was very kind and an
easy peaceful man to be around. I felt safe and relaxed when I was with him.
Everything was fine until one day, I came back from the lake and my grandmother
(who was always the scarier of the two) asked me where I had been.
I told her the
truth (as I always did).
You could see the
color rise up on her face as I told how great my day had been and how the old
man was so kind and helpful to me. (There were no other children around in this
particular area to play with and my sister would have rather died than play
with me at that time in our life.) Then my grandmother explained in an
aggressive, accusative tone that that
man was not Catholic and so I could not talk to him.
That seemed even
to my innocent mind a ridiculous statement. I learned very young and being in parochial
school that you could believe someone’s words, or you could believe your experience
of something. I somehow always knew that you could not completely trust adults
because their words did not reflect their actions or choices. Someone who did
that was not to be trusted because they were out of touch with the reality. I
am grateful that I knew that so young. It saved me a lot of heartache in my
life though I would find myself separate from the community consensus often.
My experience of
the Catholic church was lovely. I loved the ritual. I loved the repetition of
the prayers. I loved the intention of kindness. But I also saw that those same
pious people would behave completely contrary to their own words and beliefs at
a later time. I did not know how anyone could live with that incongruence.
I marveled at what type of lie you had to hold inside and deceive yourself with
to be unable to detect the distortion and perpetuate the self-deception. So, my
analysis was that adults had lost touch with the divine and that their egos
really made the choices and decisions based on bolstering their belief that
they were better than others because of their religion or position.
When I challenged my grandmother’s assumption with my firm belief that I was
safe and that he was a very kind man, again she said that he could not be a good man because he was not
Catholic and that he would not be in heaven until he became a Catholic.
I again, countered with the belief that it was not the religion that determined
goodness it was the actions and the hearts intent that determined goodness in
heaven.
That almost made her loose her mind.
My belief angered her and challenged her rules of righteousness and
self-importance. I told her that I was sure that this kind man would meet us
all there in heaven.
Needing to win the argument, she said, with her deeper prejudice and judgment, “Well,
see how much you don’t know. He can’t be in heaven because he is black! And no
blacks will be in heaven ever, because that color is the mark of Cain.”
In that moment I realized how deeply dogmatic and blocked my grandmother was.
And the depth of that hatred that lived in her frightened me in a way that
nothing up to that point had frightened me.
It was clear that
she believed that she was right. And an evil light shone from her eyes in
self-righteous certainty. There was great power in her darkness, but you could
also see that that darkness was going to eat her alive. (which it eventually
did)
Stunned I did not
know what to say to such a place of hate. Besides I was only 7 years old and
this was my grandmother that I was supposed to respect. But I did not respect
her. I did love her, but I did not like her.
She turned on her
heel and walked away with a stride of justified indifference. It was again in
that moment that I recognized how life could break down the core guiding light
of truth and love.
Egos needed to be special and they needed to be better than.
I have never tried to be better than another. I have used the gifts and skills
of others to challenge myself to be better because of watching and learning
from them. But I never felt it was helpful to try to be better than another. I
knew the doorway was to be simply your best self.
After all, that
would be hard enough and that would be the way to grace and peace.
I am grateful that my mother being raised from such a place, never took on the
beliefs of her parents.
In fact, quite the
contrary. She marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Dallas. We had families
of all colors and races to our home.
I was a child when
the Vietnamese boat people came to America and many settled in Texas. And they
came to our schools not speaking a word of English. They were frightened and ostracized.
I tried to be kind and helpful. My first date to a movie was with a very nice Vietnamese
boy.
I think within all
life is the core of goodness and light. I believe that light can be dimmed,
dulled, and hidden because of hurt, wounding, and trauma. But I do not believe that
color, race, beliefs, or creeds have anything to do with it.
If there is a mark
of Cain, I believe that mark is hate. Because hate you can feel and detect. Hate
takes what is good and twists it into an unrecognizable mass that feeds on
fear.
Hate is the enemy.
Hate breeds other emotions such as jealousy, suffering, violence, anger, rage,
and distrust. That is why questioning what you hate and fear is so important to
your evolution and consciousness. That is why you must remember to look for the
light and love that is at the center of every human being and of all life. That
is why you must not always listen to the words of others and take them blindly
as facts. You must have your own experiences to help you discern what is right.
And the rules of
life are simple.
Number 1, Do no harm.
Number 2, practice kindness to all life.
Number 3, practice self-love.
Number 4, practice aloneness.
Because if you can be alone you can find the truth. If you cannot be alone, you
will seek out companionship and you will be desperate enough to give up pieces
of your soul to not be alone. If you are doing that, it allows you to become
lost in the darkness of human suffering. But the steps are simple. The steps
are doable. Those steps can help you fight the distortions and fears that this
life has generated. Freedom comes at a cost. That cost is your ego. Everyone
can and will find their way out of karmic suffering. We will all find our way
back home. In another time and place we are all laughing about the drama we
created down here on earth. Remember, the greatness that is within your soul.
Remember, that spark of the divine that can and will guide you if you let it.
Remember, that this is just a game to discover the importance of compassion.
~Suzanne Wagner~
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