September 20, 2005 at 11:31:54 p.m.

All words, regardless of what language is being used, have numerological values.

That is, each word in a language resonates to a particular frequency range of vibration. The letters in the word are links to the vibratory chain and tell us what the word is really meant to express or what we have to do to fulfill its meaning.

Love is a four letter word. It has then four links. Each link has to be taken in sequence. It is that sequence that defines how the manifested action of the word will flow. By following the vibratory sequence we then have an absolute guide to the word’s meaning and the results we can achieve by using it. So, here are the four links in the word “love” that you can use as your reality check.

Link #1-Creative. The creative quality is not limited. It can follow a design if it likes, but more often than not it follows its own natural flow. The first link tell us that love is not to be given a system or style other than that which we wish to apply to it. When two people meet they find creative ways of attracting and interfacing. The more creative, the more chance love has to manifest. With no rules to worry about two people can find the unique and exciting elements of each other’s individuality.

Link #2-Progressive. Stagnation will defeat love energy just as well as it will defeat any form of growth. This link in the chain tells us to move onward. It warns against repetition and apathy. It opens the door to unlimited possibilities and urges us to find new places and expressions. It transforms us from the usual and expected to the innovative and spontaneous.

Link #3-Emotion. Love, to be love, must be felt. The emotions conveyed and heightened by the five physical senses is what this link brings to our attention. Sometimes it is joy, sometimes pain, but always a consuming awareness that we are involved in something deeper than our intellect and stronger than our desires. We are asked to transform physical emotions into spiritual emotions and find love on its highest level. Only then will we understand its complete meaning.

Link #4-Energy. Love is not static. It is a powerful force, generating more energy as it is used. It is a perpetual motion machine, a nuclear power plant, a galactic nova. It is never content to just be. It must find new mountains to climb and new adventures to pursue. It welcomes challenges as it brings out the best in us.

The next time you ask yourself if you’re in love, ask if you are creative, progressive, emotional and energetic about the relationship. If the answer is “yes” then proceed with confidence that you have found the right person to be with.

Have the experiences life was meant to give you – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:30:49 p.m.

Metaphysics is not a science, it’s a study. Science has built-in limits that dictate how one can present information and under what circumstances that information will be accepted. The beauty of metaphysics is that it has none of these limitations and to alter one’s course or extend one’s belief needs no outside validation. By definition, metaphysics is the study of those conditions that exist above the physical plane and are not defined or limited by the science of physics.

I have seen the metaphysical label placed on everything from mysticism to psychic mumbo-jumbo. Unfortunately, the good gets lost among the phony and validation often goes begging. Consequently, “metaphysics” is used as an authority for any condition or any set of circumstances a person wishes, whether the application is valid or not. It is no wonder that the greater part of the populace looks askance at what is done in its name.

As a study, metaphysics has unlimited values and applications. By its character it is opportunistic but never dictatorial. People who quote metaphysical “law” and then use it to justify their actions, often to the detriment of others, are simply not applying the concepts of the study. The beauty of metaphysical study is its personal and singular application. What I discover is not going to necessarily be what you discover, and should you seem to discover the same thing, it is unlikely that we will apply it the same way. That’s why it will never reach “scientific” status. There are no hard and fast rules and no absolute rights or wrongs.

When you work in metaphysics, as we do, the best you can hope for is the ability to communicate what you have found, to those who are interested in hearing you. We provide signposts that will give you a direction. Good or bad, that is all it does.

It is disheartening, to say the least, when I see people blaming conditions in their life on the metaphysical information they have acquired. They take the attitude that information is, in itself, power and that they need only to give it a cursory nod to have it thunderbolt into action for them. This is particularly true in relation to personal chart work, such as the Fixed Star or Bicircadian analysis. They believe that a “good” chart will save them from all the demons of the world and that they need only to relax on some warm beach and life will hand them all the goodies they could want.

Not so!

I have been in this work thirty-six years and have never seen two charts alike. In fact, I have never seen two of anything alike, which is what makes this work so fascinating. Every piece of work under the heading of metaphysics is personal and unique. It describes the opportunities that are there for you to use, the roadways that can aid your journey. Nothing in metaphysics will work for you. Everything in metaphysics will work with you.

Life development is an adventure. It is fun and it is exciting but it does take energy and application. It is not, nor was it ever intended to be, toil . A good chart says, “Look at all this good stuff you can use. Boy, you ought to try it!” But if you don’t make the effort, nothing will happen. All that potential good will lay there and whither. All your life changes will be dictated by forces outside you, not by you.

Conversely, you cannot look over and see what your neighbor is doing and decide that you are getting more or less than they. What they have available to them is different than what is available to you, and you have no way of knowing how much they are applying themselves to their opportunities.

Metaphysics, like life, is not a free ride. You are going to get out of it just what you put into it, no more, no less. Your “charts” are no better or no worse than anyone else’s. What you make of them is dependent upon you, not winds of fortune or the vagaries of fate. Some of it is like learning how to ride a bike-you’ll probably fall off a few times, but once you get the hang of it, you never forget how to do it. All you have to remember is that the bike does not teach you. You learn how to control it and then use it for your enjoyment.

Life is just like that. Metaphysics gives you the opportunity to enjoy life, but if you never get on and learn how, you will never have the experiences life was meant to give you. – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:29:25 p.m.

Love is the most mysterious and powerful force on earth. Mysterious because it defies any singular description. Powerful because it can manifest in the creative energy that ultimately produces a new life or it can reach an emotional frenzy so consuming that its outcome results in the taking of a life.

Love cannot be found. We are born with love. It is as inherent in us as our own spirit but like the elusive self reality of the spirit which we often choose to ignore, we hide our love from the world and from ourselves. We seek love more than any other thing in the world and yet we are outrageously selfish about the amount of love we are willing to expend in our own life. We horde love and then demand more. We talk freely bout sex and reticently about love. We claim love of parents and children as a duty and love of mate as a conquest. We play-act at love especially love of our fellow humans, throwing money upon an alter when what is really needed is our compassionate touch and a willingness to give of ourselves.

We complain of losing a love while refusing to realize that we never really gave of our own love so that while we claim loss the reality is that we still hold all the original love we were born with and that what we really lost was someone whom we outgrew or who outgrew us. We make great oratory about love but we are embarrassed when we have to display it openly in public.

We look wistfully back upon our childhood and realize that one of the beautiful parts of that time was our uninhibited display of love and affection. We loved our pet, we loved our toys, we loved certain food and we loved our friends. And then, after recognizing this, we push the ghost of that child further down inside its dark cellar within and promise ourselves that we will never be that outgoing and trusting again.

All our individual ills and all the ills of humanity stem from the lack of love. Every religion on earth preaches love as its basic concept and yet every follower of every religion is willing to do battle unto death, killing if necessary to uphold that precept. That is not love.

Why is love so hard to express? Is it because we know, deep down, that it is the greatest power on earth and that we are afraid of that power? Is it because in order to use it we must drop all facades and show ourselves as trusting, uninhibited children of a loving Universe. Or is it because we know that love seeks no power over the mundane; wants no ego aggrandizement;turns from hatred and bears no arms in anger; accepts all things as equal; and is never short of tolerance. And that to accept those things, to accept love, we must change. We must leave the human jungle and the false protection of the pack and become something different. And we don’t want to be different. Difference, we say, leads only to separation and loneliness. So we remain the same and claim a false security in brotherhood, trying desperately to protect ourselves from the chill winds of experience while ignoring the warmth that the fire of love would give us would we but let it radiate outward.

Somewhere along this road of life and at some time, it would be wise for each of us to stop and go off alone so that we may give up believing in the power of the coin of the realm and weapons of defense and put our dependence on love to sustain us. Not love from others, but our own love to our self. If we can do that, then in that time and that place we will find the reality of this great Universal power that was granted to us from the beginning and lives with us still, and from that moment all things will be changed….. FOREVER!! – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:27:17 p.m.

Love is long suffering and kind; does not envy; does not make a display of itself; does not boast; does not behave itself unseemly; seeks not its own; is not easily provoked; thinks no evil; rejoices not over iniquity, but rejoices in truth; bears all things; believes all things; endures all things and never fails.

So wrote Paul in his letter to the Corinthians centuries ago. Today, in a much changed world, his rules of love still apply, perhaps more strongly than they did in the days when he first wrote them. As we think of love in this month of St. Valentine, it might do us all well if we review the meaning of love as Paul saw it.

Love is long suffering and kind. Suffering does not mean enduring pain but rather the willingness to permit and tolerate the kind of person someone else is. Love recognizes individuality and respects individual freedom. If I love who I am, then my love for you will include the tolerance to let you be yourself without censure or critique.

Love does not envy. We will always meet others who are greater or lesser than ourselves. Even in the best relationships it is common to find one partner who excels in some area that the other doesn’t. To accept that , without envy or self diminishment is necessary to make love live.

Love does not make a vain display of itself. So often people will play at love to put up a good front. Nowhere is that more evident than in religious organizations where it is fashionable to “talk a good game” of love. Loving people do not flaunt themselves or hold themselves up for acclaim. Love does not need showmanship to be noticed. It is its own bright light.

Love does not boast. Sometimes we are so happy to have someone to love us that we simply have to tell everyone else of our good fortune. Why are we doing this? More often than not we are seeking their validation of what we believe our qualities to be. Love does not need this kind of endorsement.

Love does not behave itself unseemly. This means that love does not behave with impropriety. Love has good manners and those good manners show whether in private or in public.

Love seeks not is own. Love is not possessive or selfish. It revels in freedom and like a beautiful flower it asks for no additional adornment. – GT

In The Quiet Of My Own Space

September 20, 2005 at 11:25:49 p.m.

“Let me never forget how important I am to the Universal picture. Without me there would be a blank space where there should be color… Let me understand that the challenges of life are just that and not battles. I am not out there to win or lose, only to develop my skills as an ongoing student in an omnipotent school. Let me understand that the differences between people is one of the wondrous realities of an infinite Universe. Giving those differences space to be is far more important than comparing them to my set of beliefs. Let me be proud of what I do. To whatever my hand touches, let me remind myself that it was my effort that added to the result. Perfection is not my goal. Creativity is. Let me remind myself that most of what I take seriously about myself also qualifies for a good laugh. Let me remember to be kind to myself. Loving companions are one of life’s treats, but they are not responsible for my care. Self kindness can heal most any hurt. Let me take responsibility as a gift, not a burden. Within that effort is the greatest sense of accomplishment I could achieve. Let me be patient with life. Nature does not produce the flower before the roots have taken hold. If I recognize that the place I’m in is the right place at the right time, it will always be the right place at the right time.” – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:22:36 p.m.

When I was a little boy there were all sorts of things that frightened me. I cringed during heavy thunder storms. I retreated inside myself when I saw two people fighting. And certain animals frightened me because I had seen movies of these beasts devouring humans. I went to movie matinees every Saturday because they were cheap (tickets then were only 10 cents) and they would show the most frightening movies that Hollywood could then turn out. I would come away greatly relieved that these horrible apparitions remained inside, on that movie screen, and I could walk home non threatened. But even knowing that I was not going to be attacked by some atrocious animal, I still had a fear that somehow that gorilla I had just seen was stealthily following me in the shadow of doorways I just passed. Try as I might I could not shake that gorilla from my mind.

It has been many decades since those matinees and I have grown up and become wiser but the gorillas have not gone away they have just morphed into some other image and there were still gorillas in the world and one needs to be careful or one could fall into their clutches and, well, that would be it–and you would be no more.

So the image of the gorilla became a metaphor for all things that threatened me, things I could not control or overcome. And even visits to the local zoo where I would gaze for a long time at the gorillas in their cage, watching them contentedly munching on pieces of fruit could not completely erase the fearful gorilla within.

We all have our own version of the gorilla. There is some apparition within us that still holds us in its grip and leaves us threatened. It might be a wild animal, it might be an aggressive person, or it might be a condition in life that would take away our security or threaten our peace and harmony. Whatever it is we need to come to terms with it.

To allow our self to accept any power outside of our self is self destructive. To see our self as one with all life is the ultimate security blanket. Jane Goodall showed us that humans can interact with gorillas and find them peaceful and loving. And just as she found a way to make contact with a beast that most people feared we can find a way to make peace with our inner self that will let us accept that which we find most threatening.

The world shows us that we still live in fear and fear, of any magnitude, is the source of hate. That is a powerful word – hate. It conjures up confrontation and battle. It makes us develop defenses and weapons to keep us from harm. It makes us live in a atmosphere of distrust and condemnation. We think that people are out to take us, to cheat us, or to covet that which we have worked so hard to attain. It is a known fact that that which we fear will come unto us and that which we hate will sooner or later attack us.

The world we live in must change. But that change, like all change must begin with the individual. Wars are started and fought by humans, not armies but individuals, massing together under a banner of fear and hate. We live with one hand on the hilt of our sword while the other hand is extended in a gesture to receive. Give us, we plead, or we shall take what we want from you.

If we understand the song of the universe we will hear the harmony of sufficiency. If we are wise and use what we have correctly, we will never experience want. If we live inside our self and recognize our completeness we will never know lack. Learning to be self loving is learning to be self sufficient. Using all that we have is a means of reaching inner fulfillment. Learning to give to yourself is the first step of disarming and the first act of being invincible.

The first law of the universe is abundance. There is never a shortage of anything. And since we are the part of that universe there is never a time when we are in need. The next time you feel deprived look deeply at yourself and see how much you already have and how full your personal larder is. If you do this and use what is already there you will discover that life is truly an embarrassment of riches! – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:20:32 p.m.

As the year winds down, it is natural for us to take a look back to see what progress we have made over the past twelve months. Quite often that view is not very encouraging. We don’t see our paychecks growing as rapidly as we want; our relationships seem to be stuck in some kind of emotional pothole; free time appears to be less free as well as less available and, in general, the past year often looks like a repeat of the same struggles we had in the previous year.

Evaluating personal progress is a lot more difficult than it seems. In the first place we are too close to the trees to see the forest, and an honest evaluation demands that we place ourselves at an impersonal position in order to avoid a distorted view. In the second place we almost always use the wrong yardsticks to make our measurements. We insist on using material goals as counterweights on our scale. These goals are often set by society or the business world and seldom reflect our true personal directions or aims. These human/material goals force us into believing that we have failed-or succeeded-in relation to the standards they represent. We accept this relationship as a measure of personal progress. The end result is often disappointing, as well as depressing.

Real progress is not measurable by human standards because those standards are man-made and subject to change. If the rules of the game are subject to constant change, then what chance do you have of coming out a winner? Progress, if it is to be an honest measurement, must be made against a stable and reliable base line. That line will never be found in society or in business. It can only be found on a Universal level and only within us, not outside us.

Each of us possesses a clear and distinct “quality level.” This level has nothing to do with the world around us, but rather is a spiritual measurement based on the self-discipline and knowledge acquired from our awareness and use of the opportunities that life presents to us. Our use of these opportunities and our belief in our personal power, is the only true measurement of how far we have progressed.

The quality of life is measured by the belief we have in ourselves, not by our bank account or the name on the office door. Progress is the manifestation of that self belief. It is the inner joy and harmony we feel with ourselves. It is the self-love we exhibit in our daily activities. It is the abundance we embrace as a natural, Universal gift. And, it is the internal personal power that we recognize and accept as co-creators with the omnipotent and infinite Universe.

It is the recognition of these personal qualities that lay out the yardstick by which we can measure our true progress. To believe otherwise is to continue our life’s journey as if we were blind, seeking a way out of the forest. As you look back over the year, see what standards you are measuring yourself against. The world, and its system of measurement, will surely give you a point of reference. But just remember that you are in this world, not of this world and in the final analysis, where you end up is not necessarily the measurement of how much you have developed. – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:19:21 p.m.

Not too many years ago having your office in the home was born out of necessity or luxury. Today home offices have sprouted up like wildflowers on a spring meadow. But after the excitement of planning an office and seeing your dreams of a private and personal space take shape you begin to discover some of the hidden bugs that come with this decision. These hidden angsts are the things that will begin to undermine your efficiency and, in some cases, cause you enough disenchantment as to make you wonder why you made this change in the first place. So, here’s your checklist. If you have thought about a home office but have yet to take the leap, check these items carefully. If you already are operating from a home office, you might need to make some adjustments.

VIEW

It doesn’t make any difference if the home office is a full room or a converted closet, it needs to be put out of sight at the end of the day. If it’s a room then make sure it has a door that can be closed; or if a closet, put up drapes or folding blinds. The reason for this is that you don’t want to find yourself working where you live or living where you work. No matter how much you love your job there will come a time when you need to make it disappear. If it is always in range of your sight (even just passing by) it will begin to take over your personal lifestyle.

ADDRESS

I can’t count the number of times people have smugly mentioned the convenience of going to their office in their pajamas. This may seem appealing in the beginning but your work efficiency will drop dramatically if this becomes a habit. Whether you wish to believe it or not, we have a need to dress for the occasion. Wearing tattered blue jeans to a black tie affair makes you feel out of place. Well, wearing pj’s to the office is also making you feel out of place even if you don’t think so. There’s a huge difference between the activity of the bedroom and that of an office, and not dressing for the occasion will begin to manifest as sloppy work and lowered mental efficiency. This doesn’t mean that you have to put on suit and tie, or blouse and skirt. But it does mean that dressing for the job will insure that your thought processes will accept the creative challenge of your work in the manner necessary to see that the requirements are successfully manifested.

AFTER HOURS

I have always heard the argument that the home office makes for more output because you can always get to it regardless of the time of day. This concept has some merit….just some! Getting into the habit of working at all hours will take an enormous toll on your mental and physical health, not to say the damage that it will cause to your private lifestyle. It doesn’t matter if you determine to work four hours a day or fifteen hours a day, there should be a cut-off time when you quit and except in instances of absolute emergency that time should be maintained. When you have the urge to go in the office and “clear up a few things,” consider whether you would do that if the office was twenty miles away and you had to get dressed, throw on a coat, jump into the car and drive there and back. The fact is you probably would let the “few things” wait until tomorrow and that is exactly what you should do at home. If going into the home office at all hours is one of your weaknesses you need to keep a time record of exactly when and how long you spent there. I think you will be surprised to find out that you’re working a seventy-hour (or more) week. I don’t think you’d do that if you were commuting from home to office.

TAKING HOME TO WORK

I’m sure you’ve all had the experience of taking work home, but once the home office is established you start taking home to work. That can mean anything from bringing the little nipper in with you and setting her on the floor to play to making out tomorrow’s grocery list or party planning for the weekend. When you do this something is going to suffer in the same way it suffers when you would take work home. You should resist this. To those of you who claim that setting up the home office was primarily to allow you to spend more time with your child, you are fooling yourself. Either work will suffer, or the child will suffer or you will suffer, or all of the above. Efficiency depends on clear division of tasks and taking your home to work will muddy the waters in a way that you will lose all definition of both.

INTERFERENCE

You undoubtedly thought that having a home office would get you away from all the interruption of the work office and that you would get more done. Who dreamed up this idea?! I’ve seen home phone lines hooked up in the home office and an open door policy for the rest of the family that makes the home office look like an LA freeway at five. Get rid of all interruptive devices and floor plans. If this sounds like isolation, you’re right, it is! Give yourself the chance to really get some work done. You don’t have the water-cooler crowd to deal with anymore, so don’t try and compensate for them. Do this and watch your efficiency and job satisfaction increase.

HOLD MY HAND

A home office does isolate you. After all, isn’t that one of the reasons you established it? But we are pack-oriented animals and extended isolation begins to undermine our sense of social worth. Time spent in a home office needs to be balanced with time away from that office. It isn’t logical to put yourself up for eight hours, or more, without other human contact. I know…some projects will thrive on just that kind of isolation, but not all of them will fit that category, so don’t become a work hermit. This will undoubtedly mean that you should shorten your work hours or manage the work day in blocks of time that are buffered by outside contacts. Remember that people skills are just as important as work skills and you can’t imagine how boring it is to talk to someone who has been holed up in his work space all week long. And, there is the matter of handholding. We all have problems and we all need someone to listen to us. Short of spending your hard earned money on sessions with a therapist, people contact gives you some opportunity to whine, just as long as you don’t overdo it. It also expands your “what’s happening?” input. Disassociating with the work office takes you out of the loop so don’t forget to fill that space now and then with active people contact. Believe me, you’ll feel better. Remember that work is your creative outlet. It should be fun, exciting and fulfilling. The home office can help you make that happen…if you do it right. – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:17:56 p.m.

As we move closer to that time of the year of great annual celebrations it might do well to stop and consider our place in the order of this planetary life.

As incarnated consciousness we have taken over a rather imperfect human form. This body of ours actually belongs to this planet and, as you already know, will remain behind when we decide to leave this experience. But until then it will have its demands and basic requirements, all of which is fundamental to every living creature on this planet.

Other than the basic need for survival we long to remain “part of the pack.” We fear exclusion and so make every effort to remain accepted and harmonious with the group. Whatever form that takes, it will manifest as the traditional mode of the “pack” and will draw us together in comfort and security. We call this collective need, “traditions.”

In basic format there is nothing wrong with following tradition. But one must remember that life here (or anywhere else) is an ongoing experience, one that should bring us to new awareness and new challenges. It is not wisdom we seek, but growth, and without traversing new fields of experience growth cannot take place.

To fulfill this requirement does not demand that we give up our traditions, but rather that we build and expand those traditions. In our celebration of this season we should always consider adding something new or reworking the old to add a new fresh flavor to it. This is simple enough to do with decorations and other visuals, but it is more important that the added element be one of attitude and belief. As we go about reaffirming our faith we should take the time to go inward and review our self; spiritually, mentally and physically. But, be careful. This is not supposed to be an exercise in self-recrimination. No doubt, mistakes have been made, but it is done and it’s time to move on.

Our return to traditional values and beliefs is the road onward and upward. In a season where we celebrate “the light,” remember that it is self-awareness that illuminates whatever darkness we are trying to see through. There is always so much to be done during this season but letting tradition burden your efforts is to take away the beauty and excitement of new discoveries.

So start your holiday activities with fresh ideas. Take your most cherished traditions and shake the dust from them, hang them in the sunlight and bring them back in refreshed and fragrant. It is no mistake that we have chosen the symbol of birth and a new baby and the brightness of light to mark this season. Rejoice! – GT

September 20, 2005 at 11:16:14 p.m.

We are just about a month away from the Fall holidays and then Christmas. It is about this time that tempo speeds up and the To Do list begins to look like the supply form for the invasion of Europe.

First things first. If you haven’t had your Life Reading done, don’t delay. It will give vital and useful information to improve your holiday attitudes.

If you have children, get their Child Development Analysis done. You may think you know the little darling inside and out, but you have no idea what surprises are in store.

If you and your partner have been as chummy as two teams fighting for the Super Bowl Championship, get a Compatibility Chart done. There is more than one way to skin a cat and calm a tiger.

If you are one of those well organized people and have started your Christmas shopping already and need help, call for the Gift Advisory Service. It makes it easier for you and happier for the recepient.

If you are still out of work and need solid career direction, call for a Career Profile. Don’t get your round peg stuck in a square hole again.

If you are planning a trip over Thanksgiving or Christmas and have choices, take a look at your Bicircadian Locator Map. You may not want to go where you thought you wanted to go.

And for those of you who revel in long range vision; you can order your personal 2004 calendar now. Absolutely necessary if you are planning some major moves and changes for next year.

And, in closing, remember that Halloween originally came from the old tradition of honoring those who have passed away. In some manner bring their memory into the celebration. – GT