I reported for jury duty this morning, along with 200 other good citizens—a real cross-section of humanity jammed in a room shoulder-to-shoulder, no empty seats.

I came to see that I was showing myself how to be awake, and peaceful about it, during a time when so much else is asleep. If I could do it at night, perhaps I could also do it during the day — wake up while I’m awake.

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made, how many other things are we missing?

In the 1950s, Maslow believed that only 2% of the population had achieved self-actualization. The mid-1960s changed all that when masses of people began the search for the higher values, such as unconditional love and spiritual wisdom.

When you occupy yourself fully, you won’t experience domination, possession, or undue influence from others. Positive energy doesn’t attract negative energy unless you position yourself within a polarity. 

I’ve always been intrigued by the dragon image and symbology: in the West the dragon breathes fire, lives in caves in the earth, and is seen as a dark, dangerous force guarding a treasure. In the East, the dragon flies through the air, is associated with water (especially rivers), and is a light, lucky force offering a treasure. Together, all the elements are covered, as is the yin and the yang.

Certainly there are days I want to just REALLY stop, and not work on my business, and not even do the more meaningless rote tasks like washing dishes or balancing the checkbook. Today, I stayed in sweat pants all day.

I could sense that the wave of energy affecting the world had “bunched up” as it began penetrating the physical and emotional realms. The number of people who were unreachable turned out to be isolated in their own realities as they “handled” what was surfacing in their lives and awareness

If you feel your aura as a “love ball” and expand it so it becomes more inclusive, you’ll experience those people and situations inside your aura as lovable. How expansive and inclusive can we be? What people and things that we have previously excluded from love, can we now include in love?

Greed only works to attract money for a limited time, since under the motive is a powerful contracted belief that there can never be enough to feel truly secure, or to feel truly good about oneself. When there is a desire to control the moneyflow, especially to preserve a sense of self worth based on the kind of power money can bring, there is always an eventual downfall, so the soul can discover the true source of worth, and the true kind of power, which is based on an experience of the simple goodness within.