Ascension Updates
The Threshold
by Samantha Orthlieb“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”~Ferdinand Foch “He had the vague sense of standing on a threshold, the crossing of which would change everything.” ~ Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden As we enter June and plod through the last part of Mercury Retrograde, we are on the human threshold of living […]
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 […]
No Where Left To Hide
by Samantha Orthlieb“Heroes aren’t free from fear; they’re just so focused on a worthy goal that they feel they can’t turn back. Heroes don’t feel special, just dogged. They walk their scary paths with shaky knees and trembling hands. One shaky, trembling step at a time. » ~Martha Beck “Yeah I guess my world is changing There’s nowhere […]
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 […]
Returning Home to Yourself – Part One
by Samantha Orthlieb“To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you. Be whole in everything. Put all you are Into the smallest thing you do. So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendor Because it blooms up above.” ― Fernando Pessoa, Poems of Fernando Pessoa Imagine if you were Whole. What would that […]
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 […]
Truly, Madly, Deeply
by Samantha Orthlieb“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us. ” –A.W. Tozer “It’s healthy to say uncle when your bone’s about to break.” –Jonathan Franzen “You have […]