Live From the Heart

As the Israelites were journeying through the wilderness, they became discouraged because of the way (Num 21:4). They then began to speak and murmur against the Lord and against Moses, their leader. They lost their connection to the source of their supply.

Finding out something such as your life purpose can seem like a larger than life task to undertake. Why would anyone want to find their life purpose anyway? Well, finding your life purpose can quite simply make life worth living. Finding your purpose can add dimensions of joy that you might have thought were impossible before.

There are three antiphons in the Liturgy of the Hours which is prayed by every ordained Catholic clergyman several times each day. Among the many Antiphons in the Liturgy of the Hours, these three describe to me what my habitual behavior must be if my inner light is to match the will of God. Surrendering to God, turning away from evil, learning to do God’s will, waiting for the Lord to lead then following in his way lead to a match between our inner light and the will of God.

The year was 1999. I was returning from Breckinridge, Colorado from a week long music seminar. The weather was stormy and so was the plane ride. I’ve logged over twenty thousand travel miles and this ride was by far the bumpiest trip I’ve ever had. As the plane was being tossed head over heels, I and about ninety others grew more and more concerned, not to speak of downright frightened. I kept reminding myself of my proclivity towards anxiety disorder. I wondered if everyone else was a scared as I was. One look at a few other passengers and I felt like a part of an anxiety disorder support group.

Joy is not an emotion. It is a state of being that bubbles up without effort when we regularly bring our awareness back to the moment and choose, over and over again, to be present to what is. You might even experience it during some of your most painful moments. It is a natural response to being in the presence of the Presence. When we bring our full awareness into any given moment, we touch the Timeless.

Many people, even professionals who have worked for many years with Tarot Cards, have trouble working out how to get timings from cards even when they are very good at getting all sorts of other information from the cards. I have been working with Tarot since the 1970s and went professional in 1981, and I developed a timing method using Tarot Cards that has a very high rate of accuracy. I taught it to my students. I never cease to be gently amused when they get in touch with me weeks or months later, to tell me how accurate it was, as if that is surprising! The method works, and works well. No matter whether you are a professional with a large percentage of repeat business or a newcomer with Tarot just feeling your way around, I trust that you will find this method useful to you. It is, however, copyright, forming a part of my book that is in pre-production, so please do not use it in your own teaching notes or write about it.

You have a direct link to the infinite being. When you accept this simple truth all the mysteries of life unfold before you. As a spark of the Divine you should listen to your inner voice, the “I am” presence within. Basking in the warmth of this inner fire you will find yourself holding to the highest principles and turning toward noble desires.

You can read through the bible in a year, even if you have never cracked the cover of a bible. You just need to know the most common mistakes people make and proven strategies for avoiding them. Six of the most frequent ones are conquered in this article. Make this year the year you succeed at reading the bible.

A consistent theme during this past month’s radio shows has been asking for our spiritual gift at this time of year. Emphasis on spiritual, for our growth.

There is an incredible opportunity with the convergence of this month’s lunar eclipse and winter solstice occurring during this holiday season. As always, it will be our choice if we take advantage of it.

This is the time of year when people make their New Year resolutions and set personal goals for the upcoming months. Usually, I do not use this technique and have another method to make positive changes. Yet, New Year resolutions are a wonderful technique to focus intention and direct energy toward a personal goal.

I wish to commune with you today for the passage of this new year. The cycle of time is something which is at the same time inexorable and beautiful. The cycle of seasons, stars, the constant changes that are shaking our lives are all small stones arranged in the path of our lives to show us our way back home, back to the divine infinite, that lost paradise that we must claim as it is our fundamental right to return to this state of grace.