Recently, while wandering through social media discussion sites, I came across a woman’s comment claiming she could not accept that “life is an illusion.” To her, the universe was too big, too amazing and too beautiful to just be an “illusion.” Just an illusion? Illusions do matter. And yes, the physical world is an illusion, …
Love In All Its Forms…
This past week I was reminded of some of the unexpected forms love can take in our lives. A few days ago, via a Facebook post, I learned a friend of mine had passed away via a short bout with lung cancer. At the end, she was surrounded by family. I met her back in …
What IS a “One-to-One Relationship” Anyway? (Updating Astrology Part 3)
In astrology, traditionally the 7th house, the house of Libra, was the house of marriage, though these days it tends to be referred to as the house of one-to-one relationships, including marriage, partnership and close personal friendships. It is also the house of open enemies, yet no mention is made of love or romance. What …
Everything Is Energy & So Are You
I am a pantheist (as I have said before) and that is one of the reasons I easily accept astrology as plausible. If everything in the universe is connected, and everything in the universe is all one consciousness, then of course the positions and movement of the planets will indicate things in my life, and …
Love Really IS All We Have (and It’s Enough)
Recently a friend of mine called me, upset that her daughter was getting divorced. She wanted to try to talk the couple into working it out somehow. Based on the comments she ascribed to both husband and wife, it was pretty clear to me as an impartial listener that this particular marriage was over, dead …