Wisdom and popularity
When we begin, we see things from our own point of view. We interpret the world according to how it affects Self. Gradually, gradually, gradually, as our awareness expands, we start to understand the world from a broader perspective. We start to see things according to how they affect our social group - the people who are allied to us, joined to us in some common purpose, whether that's family, friends, or through shared interests.When consciousness really starts to take off, we make a leap of understanding into a territory that shows us how groups outside of our experience might be affected. And then we start to see that we are all the same, even if we express ourselves dif

OK to be me
One of the phases in the evolution of a soul is the one where other people's needs take precedence. It is an important phase, because it marks a transition from self interest to the interests of the whole. However, it brings with it certain loops of behaviour that can be hard to break out of.One of those loops is the idea that what everyone else wants takes priority, and that our own wants are not at all important, because we are somehow not deserving. Now, this particular loop can be expressed in a huge variety of different ways, but it all boils down to the same thing.People in this loop might always criticise their own actions, looking for their flaws and tryin

The problem with religious texts...
When we try to read spiritual and religious texts literally, we get into all sorts of problems. I was talking to a friend last week about the Bible, and about channeling. Channeling works through the co-operation of two sets of energy: the energy of the channel, the person on this Earth, and the energy of the guides in spirit who transmit the information. The two sets of energy vibrate at very different levels, making direct communication very difficult. The guides who work with us light up circuits in our brains, delivering meaning, but using our brains as the medium for that meaning. So thoughts come through and we speak those thoughts, and the more we learn to trust the