That which distinguishes us from others is the ego; it gives shape to a unique set of attitudes, beliefs, habits and perceptions that spin the divine message into its own pattern of expression.
Interaction with the world at large subjects each of us to the spin of others, and we would become dizzily disoriented if the ego had less aplomb; it actually needs to feel a little self-important to do its job.
Constancy of change creates the illusion of superficiality; it often seems that not much in life has meaning or even consequence. Yet this view is itself a reflection of the instability of an underdeveloped ego. By investing more in the details of what’s happening, here and now, during ordinary, conventional and mundane events, the ego can develop its necessary strength.
Then what ripens within a mature individual is a masterly efficiency to bring a measure of control and stability even to non-ordinary events – those unfolding during the transitional stages of evolutionary, or possibly revolutionary, crises.
Having mastered two important control issues – what to influence and how to exert that influence – then the possibility arises to demonstrate a rising above the ego, a spiritual lightness of being. This hints at one’s exalted station, speaks of the soul’s essential freedom, and is akin to the cheering effect of sunlight.
There is a test of relevance. So much of what seems superficial and trivial is indeed truly trivial and should be ignored if we are to avoid wastage of our own precious life force through careless diffusion. What is and what is not perceived as trivial remains at the discretion of the individual.
Transiency – symbolised by the racing of clouds across a windy sky – stimulates a renewal of vitality. Each momentary scene is a picture of how various forces have found dynamic equilibrium to express one particular fleeting truth of existence; each new scenario is another examination to see if we can handle it elegantly.
Taurus 20
Interaction with the world at large subjects each of us to the spin of others, and we would become dizzily disoriented if the ego had less aplomb; it actually needs to feel a little self-important to do its job.
Constancy of change creates the illusion of superficiality; it often seems that not much in life has meaning or even consequence. Yet this view is itself a reflection of the instability of an underdeveloped ego. By investing more in the details of what’s happening, here and now, during ordinary, conventional and mundane events, the ego can develop its necessary strength.
Then what ripens within a mature individual is a masterly efficiency to bring a measure of control and stability even to non-ordinary events – those unfolding during the transitional stages of evolutionary, or possibly revolutionary, crises.
Having mastered two important control issues – what to influence and how to exert that influence – then the possibility arises to demonstrate a rising above the ego, a spiritual lightness of being. This hints at one’s exalted station, speaks of the soul’s essential freedom, and is akin to the cheering effect of sunlight.
There is a test of relevance. So much of what seems superficial and trivial is indeed truly trivial and should be ignored if we are to avoid wastage of our own precious life force through careless diffusion. What is and what is not perceived as trivial remains at the discretion of the individual.
Transiency – symbolised by the racing of clouds across a windy sky – stimulates a renewal of vitality. Each momentary scene is a picture of how various forces have found dynamic equilibrium to express one particular fleeting truth of existence; each new scenario is another examination to see if we can handle it elegantly.
Taurus 20
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