Zen Gardner, Guest
Waking Times

Anyone who thinks waking up is simply a spontaneous event or some kind of cake walk hasn’t woken up yet. It takes a lot to arrive at the door of discovery as well as courage to open the door. In fact, all of the doors, as life is a series of decisions on where to travel and what to do when faced with the myriad of options presented before us.

Ask anyone who’s in any sort of awakened state and despite their present calm brought on by strong conviction for truth, I dare say they’ve been through the mill in their life to get to where they are today.

It may seem like peaches and cream to an outsider looking in at some of the more ethereal spiritual conclusions many arrive at in the course their travels through life, but I guarantee you there was a lot of suffering, confusion, physical, spiritual and/or mental abuse and times of darkness and despair along the way. It’s part of the process...

You hunger for many things. You hunger for the past, and you hunger for the future. Yet, it is only the present that you can imbibe. The present isn’t to skip over or to just get through. Immerse in the present as you would immerse yourself in the Ocean, and you will desire yet not hunger, and your way will be lighted. You will be in sync with the present, in tandem with it. You and the present will be of one accord.

Lot’s wife turned to salt because she looked back.

There is a lot to be said about keeping up with Infinity, beloveds, and Infinity is right now. When you are truly in the present moment, you are walking in Infinity. The present is Infinity. You evolve in Infinity. Your nature is to be Infinite. There are no labels in Infinity. There are no stops or pauses. This one moment is Infinite. Time, the illusion, may march on, yet the Vastness of Infinity is more like waves. There is no explaining Infinity really, in the same way who can describe the flavor of chocolate? It has to be tasted.

Now, as you are in Infinity, you measure it. That’s just it. Infinity cannot be broken in pieces. That means Infinity can’t be measured. Measuring is like cutting Infinity up, putting nicks in a piece of wood and naming it a ruler. Time rules the world all right. Infinite Oneness does not allow for time, only allows Infinite Infinity. Oneness is what you experience with good friends that you really relax with and have a good time and forget your sense of time. Well, Infinity is like Is-ness, like pure Being, hard to explain as I said.

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The core of the solar system, our Sun, conjuncts the Galactic Center by the end of the week. What an opportunity to focus our consciousness on acting in harmony with the purpose of the galaxy! The immense size, expansiveness, and wonder of our galaxy can be felt to a greater degree in the collective consciousness this week.

Saturn, the lord of karma, also prepares to leave the intense Scorpio sign after this week. The Sun conjunct the Galactic Center on December 17 and 18 is quite a contrast with Saturn in the last degree of Scorpio. Behind the scenes authority has a last gasp this week as the bright light of the Sun gives a sense of optimism and mirth in Jupiter’s sign.

What does this week portend for you? Consider your Sun sign and rising sign/ascendant as well.

Apparently Snoop Dogg isn’t the only person to have smoked marijuana in the White House. According to John F. Kennedy: A Biography, President Kennedy relieved the symptoms of severe back pain and Addison’s disease, which is a rare endocrine disorder, by using medicinal marijuana. From the book:

On the evening of July 16, 1962, according to [Washington Post executive] Jim Truitt, Kennedy and Mary Meyer smoked marijuana together…The president smoked three of the six joints Mary brought to him. At first he felt no effects. Then he closed his eyes and refused a fourth joint. ‘Suppose the Russians did something now,’ he said.

Addison’s disease causes the adrenal glands to produce insufficient steroid hormones and its symptoms include low blood pressure, weakness, coma and severe abdominal pain.

HJ: Big shifts and change can be scary and difficult as everything that gave you comfort and even a sense of identity begins to fall away.  It can feel like you are floating in the middle of the ocean on a life raft at times.  But having solid wisdom and perspective on what you are going through can make the transition much easier, smoother and even enlightening.  Ashley Arcel shares her story of what it was like her for her to make a major shift in her life and the 5 pieces of wisdom she took from it that we can all learn from.

- Truth

Moving On Isn’t Failure: 5 Lessons On Changing Paths

By Ashley Arcel | Tiny Buddha | The Girl in Long Shorts

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“Letting go isn’t the end of the...

By John Holland

Do you know how much of a miracle you truly are? Many people come to my events in the hopes of connecting to a soul on the Other-Side, but I always try to leave them with this reminder: To not forget you are also a soul in the here and now. The source that makes all living things in the universe is also the same source that’s inside of you. This Divine Source interacts and is connected with the whole of you, which means your body, mind, and soul.

To honor your divinity, to live a spiritual and physical life of happiness, serenity, abundant health, and to experience a loving and successful relationship, it’s important to understand and to get to know your true essence – your soul. You must begin to reach inwards to meet your soul, to move through all the layers of what’s been built up inside and around you over the years.

Once you discover and meet your soul-self, you’ll radiate pure light, confidence, courage, strength, and unconditional love...

Your life is not rocket science. You choose to make it that way because it is fun, it is exciting and it means something to you to make things more complicated than they really are. Release the expectations to the flow and all will be well. ~ Creator

Fear is fed through resistance, denial, and unconsciousness. Acceptance and acknowledgement lead to release of fear!

By Caroline Diana Bobart

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Have you ever had the feeling that the relationship, job or community you were in was simply the wrong fit? Did it seemed no one could see you and you may as well have been, for all intents and purposes, invisible? Did you ache to break out and do something different, even if you weren’t sure exactly what?

Oftentimes this feeling of restlessness and being an outsider to situations in the external world, is your Spirit’s way of giving you a nudge. It is Spirit’s way of trying to open your eyes to the fact that you are ready to shed your skin and try on a new way of being, thinking and living for size.