Manifestation

Manifestation comes from the Latin manifestus. The Oxford dictionary definition is: clear or obvious to the eye or mind. In Tarot the Ace of disks (traditionally pentacles) is the highest manifestation card in the deck. It's a welcome face in every reading. The word manifestation gets thrown around a lot these days. People think of manifesting as, imaging what you want and then getting it. I have a fairly different perception of manifestation. I believe that when you walk in the truth of your own heart on your rightful path way, you are so aligned with your potentially & the universe itself that what you need in your life will present its self effortlessly. 

I feel like a lot of us are living in two different worlds right now. We see whats happening in our country and in the war torn world. We are beside ourselves with fear, grief, anger & hopelessness. Yet we open our front door and there is likely sunshine (if you live in Santa Fe) and birds chirping. We meet a friend for coffee, go for a hike, play with our children. The days are mostly simple, sometimes stressful but we are blessed & privileged. The dichotomy of these two realities are overwhelming. Of course the scary outside world touches our lives. I was speaking with a friend yesterday who's band mate lost their homes in the LA area. This week I spoke with a client who has many undocumented friends. Conversation about staying to fight or fleeing are normal these days. In this emotional stir of January 2025 how can we keep the perspective of manifestation in our hearts? How can we be awake to the terrors that face us and still be humming with optimism. I think there is one simple thing we can do. We can active choose not to "other." Because when we hold ourselves apart from others we forgot that we are all truly connected. Without the awareness that we are one with god, source, light love (whatever you wish to call it) our potential for manifestation falls to the wayside. Many years ago, I realized that the people who put my relatives into gas chambers and killed them, deserved the equal amount of empathy as my family who were murdered. The German populous were misguided, brainwashed and scared for their own lives. This type of radical compassion is the only way I believe we will break from Karma to Dharma. This effort to understand oneness is the only way we can manifest true happiness in our day to day lives and envision a future reality worth living. What is it you wish to manifest in your life? What do you want to have compassion for? One begets the other.