Divination Studies

There’s a lot being said about being open. Open to new ideas, new opportunities, new possibilities. Being open also means opening up to new experiences. Both good and bad. And this is where some people can get scared. They open up, they have a bad experience, and then close themselves off again. They may have saved themselves from pain, but at the high cost of not living this one life to its fullest. I’m not talking about thrill seeking, jumping out of a perfectly good airplane moments. I’m talking about the mundane.  “I trusted this person and they did me harm. I’ll never trust another person again.” This action does   you  harm. You deny yourself the opportunity to grow. You take away your chance to learn what it feels like to forgive. You take away the joy of finding new promise. It’s okay to feel the pain. In fact, it’s better if you do. Don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it consume you. But experience it fully, and then let it pass through you. And then let it become what it was always

Your words have power. Once you speak a thing, you give it form. It becomes a force. Only you know the intent behind those words. There is a growing movement of “self-help” gurus promising to help guide you to your goals. They know the power of words. The power of positive self-talk. But it takes more than uplifting speeches to guide you to your goals. All the expensive ‘I am great’ phrasing in the world will not help you if your intention is wrong. It’s time to sit down and reflect on your goals. Is your goal simply to become rich? To become powerful, or envied? Is it to become popular, or famous? In other words, is it coming from an ‘I’ centered place? It is easy to become the center of our own Universe – after all, that is where we physically live. If you’ve spent money on those self-affirmation plans and have found them lacking or not helpful, perhaps it’s time to reflect on the goals and the place they come from. It is possible to have an altruistic goal but with wrong intention.