Ascension Updates
2016: The Year of Passionate Ingenuity
by Samantha OrthliebThere is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. – W. Clement Stone “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” ― Wayne W. Dyer “Our lives are always […]
Riding the Swell of Chaos
by Samantha Orthlieb“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche “Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.”― Mary Shelley “I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves […]
Practicing Tenderness
by Samantha Orthlieb“You don’t blast a heart open,”…”You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.”~ Melody Beattie …pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it.” ~Robert Cormie “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations […]
Cementing In Our Destiny
by Samantha Orthlieb“Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what kind of tea?”― Neil Gaiman “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”― Rabindranath Tagore “We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part […]
Climbing to the Summit
by Samantha Orthlieb“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” ~Muhammad Ali “Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” ~John Muir “Always continue the climb. It is possible […]
The Sacrifice
by Samantha Orthlieb“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” ~Napoleon Hill “Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.” ~Paul Ryan “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things […]
Ready, Set, Revolution!
by Samantha Orthlieb“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu “Leadership should start from the bottom – these are simply people who see that things need to be done and they start doing it…the ones who are committed…the […]
Through the Looking-Glass
by Samantha Orthlieb“Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.” – Thich Nahat Hanh “The way of the Creative works through change […]
The Turning Point
by Samantha Orthlieb“Chaos is what we’ve lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.” ~Terence McKenna “We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of […]
Reaping What We Sow
by Samantha Orthlieb“I’m no longer afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship”. ~Louisa May Alcott Give up your selfishness, and you shall find peace; like water mingling with water, you shall merge in absorption. ~Sri Guru Granth Sahib “You must acknowledge and experience this part of the universe. Karma is intricate, too vast. […]
2015 : The Return of Sovereignty
by Samantha OrthliebIt’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you but no one can walk it for you. – Rumi Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you. – Ali ibn abi Talib Come out of the masses, stand alone like a Lion, and live your life […]
A Spark of Creativity and Passion
by Samantha OrthliebYou must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell “I feel a subtle shift. It is deep within me, though; deep down to my bones. And something is rising up… bubbling to the surface… beginning to make itself known…” – Dana Tate […]