Standing under the Moonlight- 4th February 2024

Does the moon, wear the reflected glory of his greater light? Or does he emanate from his own lamp?

Does the silver fish ride the currents, or does the flap of his palpitations stir the waves into motion?

Do the tallest of trees command the passing clouds to expire their beverage upon them particularly?

Do we, in humility, truly know our own place in this world - or with a child's mind, do we forge a fantasy, which inevitably will disappoint?

The route to knowing one's place, sane, and sure footed is one of humility, and the grasp of humility is secured by finding the Godhead within the souls around us.

We need not revile ourselves, or even that of our own mistakes – but profit moreover, from a steady observance, hope, and imagining of the glorious, spiritual infilling of our brothers, and a joyful respect for the mysterious and grandiose kingdoms that support our beings.

In this, we come to the comfort of truly knowing that of our own place … and it is simply wonderful.

Pioneer Souls- 3rd February 2024

Gabriela de Carvalho

One of the greatest predictors of the future they say, is the past - and this is most certainly true in respect to the actual past re-presenting in the world, returning to replay a set of circumstances within the gambit of life's forum.

These patterns are most often from the same players, jumping back into life when the cycle returns and permits, and the gathering of the familiar may recommence similarly with the microcosmos that is family and friends.

These karmic interplays occur naturally - however, and endearingly the roles are many times exchanged one amongst the other, and perspectives are then shared and enjoyed within this repetition.

There is never just one right outcome nor win to be realized, but there can be many unprofitable, disruptive and karmically compelling outcomes that blunder individuals back into the fray of such repetition.

This is why you may find that the pioneer souls who have broken away from their racial religious mainframe usually have been empowered to do so from having developed characteristics and soul attributes that have enstrengthened them to the point of resistance.

And a good many souls have gone through these changes to now experience a certain measure of loneliness – a point of difference – between themselves and the familiar and the societies they find themselves in today.

They are not evolutionary cast-offs, but rather it is they themselves that have ventured out and away from prior karmic obligations, having been released due to their knowledge gained and virtues polished, along their journey.

It is as if one travels so far that the guideposts are no longer. The future becomes so vast and wide that the individual experiences displacement: and this can be experienced within their body, identity, mind, and so forth.

Such transition periods have a much broader cause and concern than is realized – and, wondrously, so.

It is said that anxiety is a luxury that the poor cannot afford – and similarly so, the souls who are still bound to their collective will be somewhat content irrespective of circumstance - for their paths are shared and familiar, come what may.

But yet, for those who have ventured beyond, there can be a very natural sense of emptiness, and even vacancy alongside the awe that the open possibility brings.

Christ is here for us during these times. It is because of Him that such changes and subsequent freedom is possible, and when feeling as though we are in free-fall, it is He that can secure us once again.

Free-spiritedness can be many things – and generally genuinely difficult. Our souls are in adolescence, where the spiritual emotions are intense, and our desires exceed our common sense. However, there is a kindly consortium to guide us, a symphony of angelic helpers to aid and consult, and the loveliest of new friendships, soul to soul that will become everlasting from now on.

We have not discarded they who we have left – there will always be remaining connections for those in which genuine love resides, however our affiliations to the commerce of old religion and races have gone. Overall this is a gift to those who have made the break which can lead to future freethinking, individuality, and building the future worlds to come.

For in Christ all things are possible, but without Him, all is but a repetition of what was.

The Magnificence of Living a Good & Kind Life- 27th January 2024

Luciano Balduino

Often goodliness is overlooked when in a confused and complicated modern life the applicant is deterred from the straightforward. We can find ourselves at these internal crossroads moment by moment, whereas the simplest measure to ascertain by is of goodness and kindness and nought else.

In the spiritual worlds these inclinations and actions are the only currency to empower and move us forward, to be enabled to navigate further shores.

Goodness and kindness.

For what is it to be spiritually adept - an acrobat of thought, a scholar of the supreme - if we are to stray far from our own goodness and our own kindness to self and to others.

And it can be spoken of in terms of virtue, of higher principle, and principalities, and we may talk in the abstract about these two qualities and can consider them here - but let it be said at the outset that even that consideration would take away from their properties one knows, and can easily identify, if honestly reviewing oneself. There really needs to be no explanation for what these two things truly are.

However for the purposes of study we can look a little closer and all the while remembering that we are already well qualified to know and enact goodness and kindness throughout the day in our own personal hemisphere of life.

Morality was a concept introduced in intellectual circles during a period where society needed to question its overall activities, and in part this was a genuine assertion of the collective conscience, however it was also the beginning of isolation within the individuality; of deferring to a ledger - whereupon the notion of one’s behaviour might become sterilised amongst the homogenous collective agreement rather than with the internal knowing of right from wrong - and the sense, the true sense, and happiness for that matter, that goodness and kindness can bring.

For if one defers to a group (whether it be religious or societal) for these measures, they have already departed from themselves by doing so, and left behind the exquisite precision of their navigating intuition.

In other words if one needs to ask, they do not know -  or do they?

Wilful ignorance, inner blindness, denies the self the practical means to move forward. And it is here that the review of the day can be most useful with these things in mind. What could I have done, what should I have done? By this measure, What did I not see? Who did I not see before me? And there it is.

The shades of wilful blindness are upon us in this discussion for so very quickly we may conceal our own faults and flaws, our shortcomings, and hush the inner dialogue to the question of how are we to be brave enough, stern enough and strong enough to push back energetically, thoughtfully, and contrast all that is mundane with the joyful fervour that is Christly, practical, and helpful and be quick to respond to a circumstance where our powers can help - truly help - and heal with open arms and open heart.

Each spirit genuinely loves this world - it is our natural way to give, to care, to be charitable - and there can be no higher instinct or pedigree than this.

Living Loose- 21st January 2024

Luciano Balduino

A contracted etheric body will directly affect the movement of the skeletal and muscular system in one’s body, for it is our etheric vitality that feeds the limbs and organs, and circulates within, similarly to our bloods - yet pulsing and radiating quite differently also.

And this is neither food nor energy, but rather a pure vitality that is required to sustain longevity.

What is the difference? Energy: energetic activity, combustion, or decomposition, can occur within its own sphere – within its own permit, and does not exceed itself. Vitality however, increases - gathering its properties from places without – related, yes, but same, no. This is a distinct and important difference, because one may be mistaken for another.

The activity of energy can for time be used as a physical reserve, and to all appearance, the body is working well, and yet if the vitality is low (there will always be some present) it is not obvious until you can observe the flow of the movement, and whether or not it is elegant or has become rigid, stilted, stiff, and so on.

Tai chi, Eurythmy, Yoga, dance - these activities draw into the body that much needed vitality that is etherically and astrally fruitful.

If one is confined to bed a living rigor mortis can rapidly set in. Vitality by association can be exceedingly helpful i.e. remedial massage in a rhythmic manner, and moving water (as a little fountain) placed in the room will draw some vitality into the atmosphere. For it is knitted and rhythmic movement that helps the body to bring to itself the vitality required in order to resist the affluence of the life-force all about them and the deterioration that would follow.

One can live for some time with low vitality, but not live well, and by appearance body is functioning – which is how it is naturally as it ages, for the adult human body is not as adaptable as one might hope.

As the inner life has changed throughout time, the human body, when compared to all other species, is the least adaptable to change and to aging.

This is speaking of its self – worn, worn down and yet adorned with the Christos. The spirit of Man, the soul of Man, and all of the higher aspects and associated helpers are all stronger, more resilient, more vividly living in each of the realms - although sadly it is more or less the physical body itself that strains and struggles throughout the combined experience.

The overlay of etheric vitality renews sinews and circulation, and re-establishes the connections of the incarnating spirit to the flesh.

Some, most, particularly in later age, become dislodged from their body – walking beside it as it were – whereas this practice will lead to the stiffness of joints, as described earlier.

Walking? Yes – it may coax some vitality, especially if the mind is calm, and not caught in a fury of worry or hurry.

This is more about finding our own inner ballet – and it is not necessary that you recite any movements learned – flowing elegant movements can be intuited and performed privately, and their cosmic beneficence can be experienced immediately with a lightness, a connectivity, a smiling … as you are pushing into the ethers and drawing back - working on your actions becoming fluidic once more, with a gentleness that is slowed and delicate – you can find them yourself, and the work of the imagination in this process will further add to the infilling conjunctions, drawing vitality back into matter, renewing your body, your mind, and your life.