A Man With A Plan..

Well folks I am a little late with this post as I spent a loooong  weekend in Lancaster, PA attending a conference of the Sabian Assembly.  We had a nice time and the meeting was very productive, but it did show what confusion and entanglements can occur when you don't have a plan.  Or for that matter when you don't pay attention to the plan you have.

In developing a plan, whether it is for a large organization or for yourself, you must consider the issues as newsreporters do.  They want to get the facts,  just the facts m'am, that identify everything about the issue that they are dealing with.  This is easily done by answering the questions what, when, where, how and in the case of your plan especially, why.  These questions lead you to a mission statement which serves to guide you and keep you focused on your goal or purpose.  The details of the answers to those questions gives the description of your plan.

For instance...    "I want to lose weight in a way that will slim me down so that I can wear my new fall outfit and look slimmer and trimmer."

What?   To lose a definite 10 pounds

When?   By my birthday in October of this year

Where?  At the kitchen table and in the gym/pool

How?     By a measured diet and a regular exercise schedule
               (specify the diet and list the days in gym/pool)

Why?     So I can feel energetic and look slimmer and younger (LOL)

If it works for you...please let us know.  You can comment below.

Watch out for that first Step

Last week we talked about creating your own new world.  And if you did that, what would it look like?  To create one you must have a plan, a blueprint or a vision.  Little girls dream of being that beautiful movie actress with all those lovely new clothes.  Little boys dream of zooming through the air as a fighter pilot destroying enemy planes or pehaps as firemen saving people from burning buildings.  It's not too late.  What do you want to do with the rest of your life?  In order to answer that question you must have something in mind.

 If you are reading this then you must have access to a computerer.  Perhaps you own one outright, perhaps you use the ones available at the library or other places.  In either case you have access to the wonderful world of the internet.  Here is where everything is... if you can ask a question then the answer is in there somewhere like a pool of consciousness which contains everything that is now and ever was and leads to everything that ever will be.

So then construct a vision and write it down.  The act of actually writing it down helps you to not only develop your vision but to record it and serve as a reminder of it everytime you re-visit it.  To see it in your mind's eye and remember what it smells like, what it feels like and what it sounds like will also firmly establish your goal in your consciousness.  The material in "The Secret" suggested making a collage as reminder of your goals.

When I teach Astrology or counsel one-on-one the main question is "what is my purpose in life?",  "why am I here?"  Those things such as goals, purpose, identity and the like all go together and are absolutely necessary for your life plan and sharing it with any other.

Next week I will describe how to go about shaping a plan to get you to that place in life that you want to be.

To Create A Brave New World

If I were a god,  a creator, how would I create my world?  Would I fashion it with blue skies, green pastures... oceans with gently rippling waves?  Would I put in storms with lightning and earthquakes and tsunamis, famine and plague?  I mean after all there was a snake even in the Garden of Eden.

God, our Creator, a higher power, or whatever so many people identify with, created our world as a bi-polar reality.  We have both black and white, good and evil and any other number of dualities.  God did not create a one-ended stick.  So in my world, my first inclination would be to make it bi-polar as well. In America today as well as Europe, Asia, India and the like, we have bounteous resources and enjoy a fairly high quality standard of living. In the third world, the standard is not so high and people have a greater challenge in every-day existence.

So since I was made in the image and likeness of my Creator,  then I would have to create a world that is not a one-ended stick also.  There would have to be opportunities for smooth and easy momentums as well as challenges to bring out the strengths and capabilities of my inhabitants.

Nowhere is this seen more than in the case  of relationships between the male and female inhabitants as they go forth and multiply.  They are attracted to each other through the senses which act as receivers for the vibrations that each send into the fabric of space and time.  When the frequency of these vibrations is the same then a resonance occurs, energy flows and the attraction is mutual.

But it is not only a mutual attraction through the senses that cements a solid and long-lasting relationship.  Individuals, whether male or female, have their own version of reality.  As in the creation of our world, the reality of all of us must have a purpose.  You, me everyone has a purpose, a goal, for their continued existence.  So then the individuals in the relationship each have their own pupose and must check to see if the partnership will support that purpose.
Next comes the construction of individual goals, if not already in existence and the desire and ability to communicate those goals.  Now the individuals can examine the partnership goals and purpose to see if they are large enough and flexible enough to encompass the goals of the individuals.

Next time I will talk more on how do we do that.

If Wishes Were Horses etc..

 My sainted grandmother used to ask me... "wish with one hand and s*** in the other and see which one fills up first".   And there is a lot of good philosophy in that old Italian homily.  Reality is here in this three dimensional world and if we want to change it then we have to deal with time and space itself.  E. Amidi describes a process where the goal or dream starts in the rational process or consciousness and proceeds to the sub-conscious which in turn connects to a super-conscous that has access to all there ever was and ever will be.

The key player here is the sub-consciuous.  The sub-conscious is a willy-nilly fellow and only does what the conscious tells it to do.  So the message has to be concise and precise.  There can be no conflicts in the instructions sent to the sub-conscious.  There can be no conditions sent to the sub-conscious.  After all, there is no bargaining with God, is there?  The highway between the consciousness and the sub-conscious is through the senses.  These sensory cues are what keeps the sub-conscious on the job in its connection with the super-consciousness.  It is like looking at things out of the corner of your eye, or as the occultists say.."through the veil".  It is like a tune that you can't keep out of your mind that reminds you of by-gone days or a future promise...it is like the smell of a fresh-baked apple pie that reminds you of the comfort and security of home.  So put up your collages.. construct your mantra.. chose a tune or song that symbolizes your goal or quest .. your preferred reality.

You can't put your dreams in a sock drawer and expect them to come true as in a Disney movie.  It is more like neuro-linguistic programming that keeps telling you that this is your reality.  And above all DO NOT LET ANYONE STEP ON YOUR DREAMS.

So folks.. let us have your comments.. your ideas.. your feelings because as we share we all grow together.   For those of you who prefer to comment in private then contact me at rcdegeiso@aol.com