Three Things to Remember

As you move down the path of life, you will find that there are three elements involved in the journey. It was planned (with your permission) to be this way.

The first element is your life’s purpose. This is the map that guides you in a general direction. You have a choice of roads to take, but they all lead to the same place, unless you turn from your purpose. As your purpose was your choice, you will find your life more difficult when you do this.

Your clever, magnificent soul, will find creative and powerful ways to bring you back to your purpose, most of which you will not find pleasant, so best to stay on track.

The second element is work. Work is the walking. You can decide to take a steeper, winding path and work harder, or a smooth, level, straight path that will require less effort, but whichever you choose, work is necessary. This may come to you as study, dedication or a day job that will give you the resources to achieve your goal. Ideally, your path or goal will become your job, but you may have some learning to do along the way. Learning and study make the experience of your life’s work more meaningful and easy.

Your soul may have decided to challenge you a bit before you reach this point. Trust it. When your soul made these plans for this incarnation, it had a really good vantage point. 

The third element is pleasure. These are the flowers and trees along the path. The sweet forest creatures that land on your shoulder or nuzzle against you. Life is not meant to be suffering. Those with lots of money can suffer, those with few possessions can feel joy and appreciation and a love for life. How much you experience these little (and big) joys is up to you. 

To stay in balance, all three elements are necessary. Life becomes stressful and unbalanced when one of them is focused on to the exclusion of the others. 

For example, you focus only on your life’s purpose and do not allow yourself to rest or have fun. You will get there, but life will always be a struggle.

You can focus only on work and feel empty inside because your life has no meaning and you are not headed in a purposeful direction.

You can get lost in play and fun and become addicted to the experience, again due to the emptiness of a life without direction.

Fortunately, the remedy is as easy as, just stopping destructive behavior and seeking balance. Your guides and angels (and we of the Fae kingdom) want you to have success. Just ask, and we will help you find your balance.

All work and no play (or the opposite) negates your purpose for being on this beautiful planet. Find your balance and you will find your bliss. ~Silas

Everything You Really Should Know........

Let us talk, today, about sex.

You may be seeking a greater spiritual connection and sexual activity would appear to be the antithesis of that.

Why do you believe this?

You seek enlightenment through controlled, repetitive, directed activity, such as focused meditation, prayer or chanting. The purpose of these activities is to move beyond the activity into a state of unrestrained bliss and pleasure.

Sound familiar? A deliberate, directed action that erupts into chaos. 

Ancient societies incorporated sex into their spiritual practices as it was thought to bring about a communion with the Divine.  There are a few in your modern society that still practice this.

So how did a holy act become a shameful abomination, used only reluctantly for procreation?

Your judgment of sex comes from a primal fear of vulnerability. A cave dweller enjoying an intimate evening with a mate, a tribal celebration that erupts into group sex, set upon by an enemy or predator and unable to defend themselves, would be a serious concern.

Ancient superstitions of  “punishment” and “wrath of the gods” grew up around these fears. They were picked up by societies and religions as a means of controlling the population.

“But what about young people? What about sexual predators?” you ask.

Your young ones have natural feelings that you fail to explain to them, or convince them that they are unnatural. They rebel against you and have sex because they cannot overcome these urges and because it is forbidden. 

Sexual predators do harm. That is never acceptable. Usually, they operate from a sense of deep shame that was instilled in them through humiliation or abuse.

Consensual, safe sex behind closed doors harms no one. The only Divine hand at work is the one who gave you these urges that lead to amazing pleasure.

What a generous gift to waste over guilt. 

Enjoy your sexual pleasure. While you travel through your life, on this planet, it is an experience not to be missed. ~Silas

Remembering What Nature Feels Like

Too many of you have gotten yourselves off track.  You then attempt to keep yourselves there through overstimulation.  

When you stop, your body tries to balance itself, usually with sleep. As you cannot sleep during the work day, you must then overstimulate more with caffeinated beverages and sweet foods.  

You continually do this to yourself for decades, and teach your children the same habits, so that your children learn also to fuel their bodies with caffeine, sugar, electronic devices and screen time.

You force your bodies to conform to an unnatural condition. Then you cry out when your bodies attack you. This “attack” (sickness, headache, fatigue) is an attempt to bring about a state of balance. 

You can help your body do this by cutting down and eliminating things that over-stimulate. A better diet, more rest, exercise, spending time in quiet places, and outdoors can assist your body as it tries to balance itself. 

Can’t do it? “Gotta have my coffee! Need that sugar fix! Outdoors? Bugs, dirt, sunlight….ahhhhh, I’m melting!” 

You don’t have to give up all of the things you enjoy, just try to reach a point where it is you who are controlling the substance or situation: “I think I’d like some coffee this morning vs. Fill my mug and get out of the way!” When you’ve reached the latter stage, you are not receiving pleasure from the beverage, just feeding your need. 

There is a lovely, pleasant experience in that perfect cup of coffee or the mellow, warm feeling from an occasional alcoholic beverage.  There is that fun, giddy feeling of watching a favorite television show or the heart-filling moment when you connect meaningfully with a friend or loved on the phone. 

Do it enough to enjoy it. Back off when enjoyment becomes need. 

A body, mind and spirit in balance can experience many amazing sensations. You will find more joy in daily experiences when you stop needing and start appreciating. ~Silas