Ascension Updates
The Resurrection
by Samantha Orthlieb“There are resurrection themes in every society that has ever been studied, and it is because not only do we fantasize about the possibility of resurrection and recovery, but it actually happens. And it happens a lot.”- Sherwin B. Nuland “How can you rise, if you have not burned” ― Hiba Fatima Ahmad “A heart […]
The Rainbow Bridge
by Samantha Orthlieb“A passionate ingenious response at every instance will be called for in 2016; we must find the Will to use our inner resourcefulness and own effort to create the needed changes. When we follow and build on our passion, the soul can truly express itself and can then assist us to move closer toward our […]
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 […]
A Glimmer on the Horizon
by Samantha Orthlieb“You couldn’t relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole–like the world, or the person you loved.” ― Stewart O’Nan, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Returning Home to Yourself – Part Two
by Samantha OrthliebWe either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. -~Carlos Castaneda Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. ~Ho Chi Minh It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength […]
It’s a Mad, Mad World
by Samantha Orthlieb“Catastrophe can become grace, and disaster possibility, only if we transform their energy by accepting what they have to teach us and acting with complete sincerity to transform ourselves” – Dr. Andrew Harvey “Unless we awaken to the mystery of the Sacred Feminine, of the Feminine as sacred, and allow it to illumine and penetrate […]
2014: The Year of the Spiritually Fittest (Part 2)
by Samantha Orthlieb“Once you go into a ceremony, you go into the light, around the curve, and you bring your patients back from another world where they are already dead, from lack of spirituality.” – Yakima healer “The white man talks about the mind and body and spirit as if they are separate. For us they are […]