The themes for August are “Change it Up, Create New Space!”

The themes for August are “Change it Up, Create New Space!”Lena Stevens – At this point we are all looking for things to change, for life to get better, for challenges to get easier, for efforts to have success, and to feel stronger, healthier and more motivated in our lives. We could have set the theme for this month as more letting go, more release and more discipline, but really the end result we all strive for is freedom from what holds us back from being able to experience the life we are wishing for.

This month is all about being disciplined and proactive in moving beyond the fixed and calcified places in your life, changing it up, and creating space for something new to actually have room to manifest. We are a culture of clutter, nostalgic in our hoarding of old emotional wounds, physical stuff we can’t seem to let go of, and what we cling on to as security in a changing world. Continue reading

Mind Your Manners, Mind Your Lies

Mind Your Manners, Mind Your LiesJeremy Egerer – Jesus said the truth will set you free, and it will — from friends.  I’m not saying go out and con all your friends, but the truth is that nobody wants to say the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and that’s why we make people swear they will.  But mainly on the witness stand, and then only under threat of legal punishment.

“Truth” is a much bigger concept than human relations.  It has to do with your relationship with reality.  When you don’t believe in reality, you can’t live successfully.  When you believe the wrong things about a person, it’s possible to screw up — but in society, it most usually makes things go better.  At least if people believe the right wrong things. Continue reading