Ascension Updates
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]