January is rapidly coming to a close.  Work still keeps me very busy ... almost too busy.  Though, there is an inner urgency to express again.  Express what, I do not yet know.  Got a progress report on my soul portrait.  It seems that it will be symbolic on many levels.  How appropriate.  Further, it is coming forth as a dual soul portrait.  I believe this to be indicative of my connection to source herself in this very expression.  However, we'll have to see how this is depicted in the portrait.  I can't wait.  And, it seems that I won't have to wait for long.  It could be done literally within days, though that probably means that I won't see it until I return home next week Friday.  Oh well, there is nothing that I can do about that now.  Things happen when they are meant to happen in my life.  While I know that at some level I am in control, this is clearly at an other than conscious level.

There is something exciting about using the intuitive skills of another to provide a mirror of your Self.  I've done this via astrologers, tarot readers, and psychics.  Further, I've used my own intuition to tap into most of what is expressed here.  There is something powerful about giving our intuition free reign in our lives.  OK, perhaps not free reign exactly, but at least an honored position.  When we do so, we will be amazed by what we know.  We will be amazed by what spirit is able to express through us.  Yes, it is that easy.  However, most do not receive training in how to activate their intuition and imagination.  Hmm ... though, these are abilities that we all possess.  It is just that some are more abundantly endowed in these areas.  That is OK.  Their special gifts and talents are meant to be of service.

The universe is self-fulfilling.  It finds ways to meet its needs.  People are the cells in the body of society.  As such, they serve their assigned purposes in exchange for getting their needs met and for some degree of freedom.  But, what is freedom?  Some speak of freedom of religion, freedom of speak, freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom to live as one would live, freedom from hunger, freedom from persecution, and so on ...  But there is also the freedom to choose to be what we would be, and the freedom to create the reality that we prefer to experience.  The bottom line is that the choice is up to us.  We are already free.  The only chains we have are those we have been willing to accept for whatever reason.  Yet, amidst our freedom we have our obligations as well.  Depending on the lifestyle we choose, we must find sufficient employment to pay for it.  And, once employed, many feel trapped be the economic system.  Here, it is time to determine whether this system truly serves us collectively ... and if not, to change it in ways that ensure that it does.  Hmm ... something from a popular song comes to mind, something about the secret to life being to want the things that you have, rather than focus on the things that you want.  This is a matter of mindset.  This is one are where we are all free.  We can choose our mindset.  We can choose how we feel about what we have.  Further, it is within our power to change any of this if we so choose.  We don't necessarily get everything that we desire.  Though some seem to be far better at manifesting than others.  We do get everything that we truly need, one way or another.  Our souls see to this. 

What is money?  It is a form of energy.  It is a medium of exchange that allows us to sell our goods or services and buy those goods and services that we need/desire.  What limits our ability to make money?  The bottom line is our ability to create goods or provide services that others need/desire.  Here, the trick is to find our rightful place in the universe.  We will gravitate to it as naturally as a star gravitates to its position in the heavens, if only we apply ourselves diligently and allow ourselves to.  Spirit has a destiny for each of us, a role or set of roles that we came to play.  It is a matter of finding what this is and doing it.  The reward is that we will find this to be challenging, exciting, and joyful.  It is all a matter of being whom we are meant to be and doing what we are meant to do. 

There are many types of energy: physical energy, emotional energy, mental energy, and spiritual energy come to mind immediately.  Each of these types has different characteristics and different values.  What we do with these different energies, how much we bank, how much we earn, how much we spend, how much we buy on credit ... all of this determines our net worth.  It is not a matter of how many dollars we have that matters.  Rather, it is what we can do of service in one or more of these domains.  We speak of service often here.  We do so because that is the only thing that has true value.  Some things are useful ... but even the production of these things can be considered to be a service, especially if creativity is involved.  There is something about creative endeavors that is special.  Great creative works have the capacity to stir our souls.  It doesn't matter what medium they present themselves in.  Though, different people seem to be moved differently by different mediums.  That is to be expected.  We are all unique.  Though, some works of art and literature seem to strike universal themes that stir many.

Symbols.  What would we do without them.  As a writer, this set of 26 letters, 10 numerals, a space, and a few punctuation marks are sufficient to create endless streams of expression.  It just struck me that we have to count the letters twice to account for upper case and lower case.  26 + 26 + 10 = 62 plus a space, a period, and a comma = 65: King of Pentacles = Abundance.  If we add a few more +, - , * , / , = , : , ; , ! , and ? then we are up to 74:The Benefactor, a form of G-d.