Moral Strength – The Power of Being Willfully Directed
Strength is a virtue that’s employed as the means for subduing and bringing your lower, instinctual nature under your control so it can be utilized as a vehicle for higher forms of self-expression. It’s the moral strength and discipline you exercise by using your ‘will’ to control your own...
The Nature of our “Self” as Our State of Mind, and How We Create Our Reality
As humans, we’re always locked into a very fundamental paradox due to the fact that we have what you might think of as two different natures or aspects of ourselves, which, when left to operate in a purely unconscious and natural way, tend to contrast and seemingly contradict each...
Understanding the Nature of Karma as the Seed for Our Soul’s Evolution
The idea of Karma has been greatly misconstrued over the years due to a fundamental lack of understanding as to what its design and purpose is and how it functions as a form of archetypal seed for our lifetime. Many have been taught to think about their life as...
What is Our Higher Self, and How do We Connect with It?
The idea of our higher self can be a bit confusing to understand in the practical sense, because different spiritual systems present it differently by using different archetypes and allegories, while the relationship itself that’s being exemplified is basically the same. The most basic principle there is in regards...
The Path of Self-Mastery and the Process of Transformation to a Higher Level of Consciousness
The idea that life on Earth is a school for the soul that’s designed to teach us in some way can seem a bit confusing to many because we often associate this idea with our pain and suffering brought on by the constant challenges that cause us to struggle...
The Archetypal Nature of the Spirit, the Creative Power of the Soul and the Nature of the Self
One of the most fundamental errors we make in how we think about things comes when we start from the premise of duality and separation. Any hypothesis that’s based on a concept of separation while referring to our essential self or spiritual nature is an illusion in the most...
Forming a New Perspective, Personal Responsibility, and Developing Mental Fortitude
While many people are stressed out and engaging in the attitude of pointing fingers and blaming everyone else for what’s happening, the world situation is created as the culmination of our collective mindset as a whole. Instead of looking for someone or something else to blame, what if we...
“17” – Interpreting the Star Key of the Tarot
Hope, and Rebuilding After the Destruction of Illusion In the Hermetic Arcane of the Tarot, the archetypal idea of the star, which is Key 17, follows the the Lightning Struck Tower (Key 16) which represents the destruction of illusion (Key 15) and is what prompts the the dark night...
Transforming Fear and Isolation into Compassion and Community
What I have come to realize in my lifetime is that all true change only seems to come through extreme situations. The greater the intensity of the situation the more pronounced the emotion it elicits in me, the greater my ability to transform myself and my way of thinking...
We Only Cultivate Spiritual Powers through Live Experiences
One of the greatest forms of self-delusion that we’re all prone to comes through our natural tendency to create a false image of ourselves as we’d like to be seen instead of as we truly are. This image starts in childhood and is set into place through our conditioning...