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Chanukah: Experiencing Impossible Miracles

In this inspiring lecture, Monica shares how we can experience miracles during the eight-day window of Chanukah that we do not believe are possible.

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Capricorn and the Exhilarating Joy of Letting Go

Welcoming the New Moon of Capricorn can often feel like a jolt as we say goodbye to the abundant energy and miraculous light of Sagittarius. As we approach the end of Chanukah, we begin to turn our eyes toward the end of the year—or, more appropriately, for Capricorn, the beginning of a new one.

I can almost hear the rush of to-do listing, calendar organizing, and email replying!

This return to productivity, however, doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Capricorn is a sign of determination, stability, and steady growth. It is ruled by Saturn, an icy planet that gives off twice as much energy as it takes in from the Sun while simultaneously having a solar orbit of 29 ½ years. Saturn symbolizes limits, restrictions, opposition, and structure. What this creates for us this month is the energy required for committing to our long-term vision with unwavering ambition and impenetrable patience (remember that 29 ½ year orbit?) People born under this sign are hard workers and have incredible discipline; they are responsible and reliable and… love to be in control.

This month is all about control but more specifically about the paradoxical nature of control: to gain control, you must relinquish the need for it. Each month brings its own unique set of opportunities for us to take advantage of and challenges for us to use for growth. The challenge inherent in the month of Capricorn is this: to surrender.

It’s important to note that surrender doesn’t come easily to anyone, no matter what sign you were born under, but we can all benefit from practicing it. How perfect that this energetic change of the guard comes in the middle of a holiday designed to help us draw down blessings?

Drawing down blessings and having certainty in the Creator—all of these things require discipline. Still sparkling with the abundant Light of Sagittarius, perhaps you have experienced a tinge of expectation about how your blessings will manifest. Maybe, as the expansive feelings wear off, you’re wondering if you’re “doing it right.” If so, that’s okay; we’ve all been there. We have all wanted to feel in control of what comes, but regardless, we might not have that ability. To be disciplined in manifesting blessings means to be disciplined enough to name our desires, let go, and trust.

The idea of letting go is scary, but journalist Jill Sherer Murray insists that letting go actually makes you unstoppable in the pursuit of what you truly desire. From ending an unfulfilling 12-year relationship to documenting her weight loss in Shape magazine for 6 million readers, Jill credits all of her successes to letting go. In a TEDx Talk, she explains how letting go created space in her life for the things she truly wanted; it helped her get present and allowed her to show up in every area of her life as her full, authentic self. Suddenly, all of the things she had deeply wanted—a committed partnership, the career of her dreams, physical health—all began manifesting in her reality.

The type of letting go she describes isn’t the releasing of outer elements of life. She credits five things she let go and continues to let go of that have created the freedom and joy she currently experiences, and all of them start within. Things like letting go of taking things personally, letting go of what others think, of needing to be “perfect,” of trying to be something you’re not good at, and letting go of waiting for the time to be right.

What do these have in common? They are all examples of us trying to be in control of things that are inherently out of our control. When we let go of the need to control anything other than ourselves, we surrender and put our trust back in the Creator. We replace fear with certainty.

One of my favorite kabbalistic parables explains how this helps to create miracles in our lives.

One day, a famous kabbalist, the Baal Shem Tov, was walking with one of his students through the middle of a forest. They had been walking for quite some time and still had much further to go. As they walked, the student became increasingly thirsty and said to the Baal Shem Tov, “I am going to faint if I do not get some water very quickly.” The Baal Shem Tov turned to him and said, “Do you have certainty that the Light of the Creator knew forever that this day you were going to become thirsty and were going to need water?” The student had his doubts, and he didn’t want to lie to the Baal Shem Tov, yet he wished he had that level of certainty, so he replied, “I have complete certainty.”

A few moments later, a man with a bucket of water on his shoulders approached from the opposite direction. The Baal Shem Tov called to him and asked the man if he would mind sharing. Curious, the Baal Shem Tov asked, “What are you doing here in the middle of the forest with a bucket of water?” The man replied, “My employer was acting so strangely today. Even though we have a well very nearby, he told me he needed water from a well that is all the way across the forest! So here I am, carrying this water back to him.” The Baal Shem Tov said to his student, “You see? When you have constant certainty in miracles, they will happen to you all the time.”

When the student let go of worrying about “the how,” the miracle manifested before his eyes. Jill Sherer Murray’s blessings also manifested in her life when she let go of controlling how they arrived.

When we want to awaken miracles, big or small, we have to surrender all control and let go of thinking it’s up to us. We will not draw down blessings and miracles this way; it is our certainty and trust in the Creator that creates the opening. This applies not only to miracles and manifesting our dreams but to every element of our daily lives, including the not-so-fantastical things like deadlines, school schedules, home renovations, and, yes, email inboxes.

Can you imagine the peace you would feel if you took on only the things you were in control of? Setting a goal, making a to-do list, and doing your best. This is what meeting life on life’s terms looks like. There will be zigs and zags, but when you trust the process, it becomes a beautiful, exhilarating dance between you and the Universe.

Connect with this New Moon by setting your sights on all you’d like to manifest, then releasing the how and returning to the joy that is present right now.

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Lighting the Way for Each Other

Everywhere we look, festive decorations are dangling from doorways and treetops, shop fronts and billboards, and holiday melodies fill the airwaves or play in our local coffee shops and grocery stores. It’s almost impossible not to get swept up in the revelry, and we should celebrate! Celebration, after all, is the most significant expression of our joy and gratitude and the perfect energy with which to welcome Chanukah.

Chanukah is a cosmic opening, a portal that opens for eight days, where the “concealed Light” is revealed and becomes available for us all. No matter the negative words we may have spoken or actions we may have taken when we light the candles of Chanukah, that light shines in our souls, burning away any negativity. If we are unconsciously holding a negative consciousness—which is any time that we allow judgment, doubt, and fear into our experience—we restrict so much goodness from reaching us. The eight days of Chanukah bring us great Light, but they also serve to remind us that there is no greater arbiter of miracles than a shifted consciousness.

In fact, there’s a parable that illustrates this particular aspect of Chanukah beautifully.

There was once a great kabbalist who asked people who came to him with their problems to write down their names and the difficulties they were facing on a piece of paper. The sage would then meditate on what had been written.

One day, a man came to the kabbalist with two pieces of paper: one was his, and the other was his friend’s. First, he gave his paper, then his friend’s, which the kabbalist looked at and said, “I see that this man’s soul is shining with tremendous Light.” He meditated on the friend’s name and prayed for him.

A few months later, the same man returned to the kabbalist. Again, he presented the kabbalist with both his name and that of his friend for the kabbalist to pray and meditate on. But this time, when the kabbalist looked at the friend’s name, he gasped. “This person must be in need of prayer. He has so much negativity surrounding him.”

The man was perplexed. “I’m very confused. A few months ago, I gave you the very same name, and you told me that his soul was shining with tremendous Light. Now you tell me that he’s a negative person. How can this be?”

The kabbalist thought for a few moments and said, “I understand what happened. A few months ago, when you first came in with that person’s name, he was lighting the candles for Chanukah. When a person lights the candles on Chanukah, no matter how negative he is and no matter how many negative actions he’s done, the Light of Chanukah shines in his soul. Your friend must not have continued his connection with the Light when Chanukah was over. He gave it up, and that negativity has returned.”

Chanukah is synonymous with miracles, and we have eight days allotted to reveal them, but it isn’t just Chanukah that brings them about. This parable reminds us that we are co-creators with the Light. It isn’t enough to simply observe Chanukah and light the candles each night—we have to embody the energy of miracles in order to bring them about.

But what is a miracle? And how do we understand and classify what a miracle is? According to the Oxford Dictionary, a miracle is “a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is considered to be divine.” Put another way, it is a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment. These definitions might bring to mind near-death experiences, winning the lottery, or another epic twist of fate, but some of the miracles we experience every day are just as inspiring when we look at them in new ways.

Albert Einstein famously said that there are only two ways to live our lives; one is as though nothing is a miracle, and the other is as though everything is a miracle.

Part of our problem is that we want to understand everything in life; we want all the answers, and very often, we doubt when a miracle occurs because it is outside of our realm of logic. But that’s just the thing we need to create miracles! We need to believe in the “impossible” in order for our view of the world to change. When we imagine infinite possibilities, we step into a perspective of miracles. Going beyond what we think makes sense while appreciating the miracle of everyday life, that is when miracles will overflow into our lives.

The purpose of creating miracles in all of our lives is not merely done for the miracle’s sake; it is for our sake so that we are able to awaken our certainty and become a channel for the miraculous. The more we can reveal miracles, not only for ourselves but for the world at large, the more fulfilled our lives will become. The more fulfilled we are, the more Light we are able to share with everyone in our lives, creating a domino effect of positivity. To quote Albert Einstein again, only a life lived for others is worth living.

If we can commit to strengthening and transforming our consciousness every day, that is how we will live a truly fulfilled life. The gift of Chanukah is that it’s the one holiday when we don’t have any work to do at all. We just light the candles to draw in all the blessings and miracles we desire for the rest of the year. But if we can align a consciousness of miracles with the Light of Chanukah and a desire to share, we’ll be lighting the way for ourselves and each other.

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The Incredible Effects of Sacrifice

Here in New York City, the American Museum of Nature and Science recently featured an exhibit called “Extinct and Endangered.” In it, 40 photographs Levon Biss took feature rare insects in ultra-high resolution displayed against a matte black background. The space behind each photo (the dark background and ample wall space in the halls) emphasizes details such as the graceful scallop of a butterfly’s wings, the tiny hairs on a hornet’s abdomen, or the metallic shimmer of a beetle’s shell. That’s because in this exhibit, as in life, clearing away the background noise amplifies the essentials.

Cartoonist Scott McCloud has created an entire model showcasing this philosophy. For him, “amplification through simplification” means stripping down an image to its essentials to amplify its meaning. Many Zen practices follow this thinking, too–among them the traditional Ikebana, which is the Japanese art of flower arranging. In Ikebana, even a single leafless branch is of great artistic value and worthy of focus. Rather than filling a vase with blooms, this tradition emphasizes structure and beauty through minimalism.

So, how can we benefit from the idea of amplification through simplification in our own lives?

From a kabbalistic perspective, too much clutter–physical and mental—is a form of chaos. In his book Taming Chaos, Rav Berg noted how chaos can trip us up by blocking the Light of the Creator and keeping us from seeing our lives clearly. He wrote, “We have been programmed to believe that our affairs are too complex to be resolved with easy, simple solutions; we are predisposed not to believe in simplicity. Let that doubt be banished now.”

All of us can agree that we are living in a time of great chaos. The “noise” of modern life is exceptionally loud at this time, perhaps more so than at any other time in history, thanks to social media and a 24-hour news cycle. Yes, it is important to stay informed and to pay attention to the world around us, but only to a point. We absolutely have to quiet the noise in order to see how best to serve because with so much to focus on at any given time, we miss out on the clarity of our own inner voice. By simplifying, we clarify.

This idea of simplification and clarification was made new to me recently as I was listening to an interview with Malcolm Gladwell on Dan Harris’ The 10% Happier Podcast. The episode wasn’t about simplifying our lives or clutter but about kindness and real sacrifice. He spoke about both, but it was this study he shared that touched me profoundly: the Minnesota Starvation Experiment and it was exactly as it sounds. During and following WWII, so many people throughout the war-torn regions were suffering from starvation, and doctors were concerned about how to help bring these people back to health post-war. They had no idea how to properly rehabilitate someone after extreme malnutrition.

Enter a group of deeply religious men who declined to go to war based on their faith. They were so against violence but found a way to be of service by electing to take part in this study. They all agreed to be starved over a period of months and then rehabilitated so their bodies could be studied and medical researchers could learn how to save the lives of thousands of starving people. Their bodies, as well as their psychological health, underwent incredible duress. While the study itself was overwhelmingly successful, these men struggled with physical and emotional symptoms for the rest of their lives. They suffered tremendously—from things such as insomnia, digestive issues, bone issues, depression, anxiety, PTSD, suicidal thoughts—and upon release from the study, had to be assisted by the University in finding work because not only were they too weak to do any kind of physical labor, their ambition and desire to go on were close to nonexistent.

Sixty years after the experiment, 18 of the original 40 were still alive and agreed to be interviewed. They spoke at length about their experiences, and so many of their memories were still very vivid. Each shared their own individual struggles during and following the experiment and recalled things like a wild obsession with food that consumed their lives. They detailed physical effects like anemia, edema, protruding bones, and skin issues, and they remembered walking alongside their assigned buddy each day (a buddy system was implemented to help them keep from breaking the diet anytime they left the university campus).

A study like this could never be conducted today—it breaks too many ethical guidelines now in place.

And who would agree to this level of sacrifice? Just like Gladwell ponders in the episode, I also wondered: when did we become so uncomfortable with sacrifice?

You may wonder what this has to do with simplifying, and the answer can be found within that group of 40 men. Their faith made it impossible to join the war effort as soldiers, but they wanted to contribute, and the study gave them a way to be of service without violating their beliefs. Despite their enormous agony and hardship, each one of the men was proud of their contribution. In fact, they expressed that their moral horizons had been so expanded as a result that they wholeheartedly consider it one of the greatest experiences of their lives.

They all said they would do it over again without hesitation.

When we remove the noise, the answers are clear. Vast populations of people were in dire need, and these men wanted to be a part of fulfilling those needs. Simple.

The word sacrifice may bring up a slew of derogatory associations. Still, it’s defined as “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.” We are not meant to sacrifice greatly every day, especially at such great cost to our well-being, but this notion of giving up something we value for the greater good is the root of generosity and kindness. Small acts of sacrifice for the sake of kindness can have just as significant an impact, and we are all capable of it.

Where is the background noise in your life?
Where does the chaos need to be tamed?
How can the clutter be decluttered?

The answer might be found in your next act of pure kindness. When you look for ways to be of service, you’ll find everything becomes simpler.

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Vayetze: Expressing Our True Essence

Monica shares how we can strengthen our certainty for the Light energy that resides within us and express our true essence outward for living the happy, thriving, and purposeful life that we are meant to live.

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I Am Grateful

This time of year, the topic of thankfulness is front and center—and not just for those of us who celebrate Thanksgiving. The end of the year brings cooler weather, holidays, time with friends and family, and reflection. This year was a difficult one, and I know I turned to appreciation to get me through the tougher moments.

This sense of gratitude is more powerful than many of us realize. In fact, social scientists report that people who make it a practice to write down even one thing a day that they are grateful for experience a marked rise in happiness in less than a month. That’s a pretty small practice with a big payoff…

I can report from my own experience that it is true. My gratitude practice has taken many forms over the years but has always included beginning each day with prayer. Kabbalists have a set of prayers that they say every morning, one of which is the 18 blessings—a tool for connecting to appreciation for all the goodness in our lives, from the sun rising to the ground under our feet. There is even a prayer that reminds us to be thankful for waking up. It’s a reminder to not take anything for granted, and this year especially, I believe that all of us are experiencing a more profound sense of being grateful for what we have.

Whatever your practice may be, giving your attention to the things you’re grateful for sets you up to notice more and more good things throughout the day. Gratitude is a circuitous energy. The more time we spend feeling grateful, the more reasons we find to be grateful.

And this is always easier to do when things are going well, right? But what about when things aren’t going so great? What about when we don’t feel like “looking” for the good? You probably already know what I’m going to say… the times we don’t want to do it are the BEST times to do it. Whether you are experiencing difficult times in your own life or you have become disillusioned with the state of the world after reading one too many tragic headlines, good things exist, and you actually don’t have to look too hard to find them, but you do have to have a desire to.

For this reason, I believe the Today Show has an entire section of their website dedicated to Good News. After reading a few of their recent headlines, it was tough not to smile and feel the bloom of appreciation begin to rise. Here are a few:

“Chicago woman, 104, skydives from the plane, aiming to break the record for world’s oldest skydiver.”

“Sam Kaplan, 72, graduates from a Georgia college with his 99-year-old mom cheering him on”

“Starbucks workers raise over $40K for beloved barista after her car was burglarized.”

How do you feel after reading those? I bet you’re smiling, too!

Now try to make your own. What are your gratitude headlines? When you take a moment to focus on the good around you, no matter how you might be feeling, you are bound to find a few—and fast. It doesn’t need to be grand or even big.

It can be the tea that you’re drinking as you read this. It can be the health of your family and friends. If you’re experiencing something wonderful, it can be every tiny detail about that moment, right down to the smile it brings to your face. If you are in a challenging time, it can be the support you feel from those around you, maybe it’s the first laugh of the day, or—if you want to be a real gratitude ninja—it can be an appreciation that you feel for the opportunity that the challenge brings you to grow.

No matter what life looks like, there is always something to be grateful for and always a blessing to notice.

Appreciation is the birthplace of love, generosity, and joy. When practiced, even for a moment, our gratitude begins to transcend the physical world, and we open ourselves up to deeper perspectives and experiences of connection. Our gratitude ascends beyond just what we see or what we have. It becomes an overwhelming sense of awe at simply being alive, being granted another day on this earth, another opportunity to experience this planet in every possible way, and to share ourselves in ways that bring Light to the world.

Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US, and happy wishes to all of those who give thanks today.

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Global Women’s Circle: Transforming Grief and Fear into Action

Calling all-powerful women! Join us for a special Women’s Circle with Monica Berg as we come together to manifest Light into action and counter the darkness we see in the world. Without a doubt, there are a lot of heavy things going on in our world at the moment. We may be feeling tremendous sorrow coupled with a sense of helplessness, and of course, a deep fear that things will only get worse. But as women, we also know how to persevere. And when we come together, our collective wisdom and power know no limits. As Karen Berg said, “Today, women are poised to bring the world to a time of enlightenment.” In this highly interactive Women’s Circle, Monica will lead us in discussing ways in which we can transform our pain and grief into action, how we can refuse to let fear paralyze us, how we can create more positivity for the world and more. This is a safe, supportive space for authentic dialogue and expression, as well as all types of questions.

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Forgiveness of the Highest Degree

In 1993, Amy Biehl, a promising American Fulbright scholar and anti-apartheid activist, found herself in the tumultuous landscape of South Africa. While driving through a township near Cape Town, she became a victim of a senseless act of violence. A mob attacked her, throwing bricks at her, beating and stabbing her. Though she was with friends at the time, they were unable to save her, and she was pronounced dead at the site. She was 26 years old.

Following her death, her parents traveled to Cape Town to both retrace their daughter’s steps in an effort to understand what happened and to collect Amy’s remains to cremate them and bring them back to the US. While packing up her belongings, her mother Linda found Amy’s journals and, upon reading them, also found a doorway to an inner resolution. Through reading about her daughter’s love of South Africa and her convictions around her work there, a beacon of light was ignited amidst her grief. She and her husband, Amy’s father, Peter, decided to reach out to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to take part in their post-apartheid hearings.

The TRC, led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and its hearings aimed to address the atrocities of apartheid by providing a platform for victims and perpetrators to meet, communicate, and share their stories. It served as an opportunity for both parties to seek healing and redemption and grant forgiveness. The Biehls actively participated in this process, meeting with the men who had taken part in the attack that led to their daughter’s death.

Let’s pause here. Can you imagine sitting across from the people who murdered your child? Can you imagine electing to do this? It likely brings up overwhelming emotions of pain, outrage, and blinding heartbreak. How could it not?

These emotions were absolutely present for the Biehls, but through the process of their hearings, they discovered the complex circumstances that led to the tragedy. They learned that the men who perpetrated the crime were products of a deeply divided, violent, and oppressed society—the precise society their daughter was so committed to helping. It was at this moment they made a tremendously radical decision.

They actively supported the reintegration of the individuals into society, granting them amnesty and facilitating their employment. In fact, they helped them to secure jobs within their own organization, the Amy Biehl Foundation, which they had established in Amy’s memory to continue her work in supporting education and development in South Africa. They not only forgave the men who killed their daughter, but they also gave them jobs, becoming active participants in their rehabilitation.

Many of us understand that forgiveness is powerful, but the execution is something different altogether. This story is inspiring to me, not just because it is a truly incredible example of forgiveness but because these are people just like you and me. They embodied a level of forgiveness and compassion that we’re all capable of—even against impossible circumstances.

Because, really, how could anyone forgive someone for such an atrocity?

It may even seem like the Biehls’ forgiveness only benefited the perpetrators. Still, Linda has shared, in many interviews since, that it became a profound source of healing for her and for their entire family. Because of the magnitude of their forgiveness, it also became a source of healing and inspiration for the nation of South Africa. And it still is to this day.

The world is in need of this kind of radical forgiveness. It requires a relaxed ego and a fully open heart. It takes a dedication to compassion and kindness no matter what. It takes work, and it should. I am certainly not suggesting that anyone offer forgiveness before they are ready or before taking the time, as the Biehls did, to understand why someone would do something so hurtful. But what I am saying is that it is possible…

Can we be curious about why someone hurt us?

Can we look within ourselves and feel the judgment or fear or anger toward someone who hurt us and soften it, even just a little bit?

Can we see the fear behind someone’s hurtful words or actions? Can we have compassion?

What would it take to forgive at this level?

These questions are confronting, but they are the doorway to real forgiveness. They are the beginning steps of the journey towards being able to forgive—and transform and heal—just as the Biehls did.

“Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible. We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.” —Desmond Tutu

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You Are the Miracle

In a few days, we welcome the New Moon of Sagittarius and the beginning of what we know as the month of miracles. A sense of the miraculous may be difficult for many of us to feel right now. But it is in moments of profound darkness that we need to connect to the consciousness of miracles. This New Moon gives us all not just the unique opportunity of the month of Sagittarius but the very real mandate to draw miracles with a new urgency.

Just as the moon is renewed with limitless Light each month, so are we. The caveat is we must connect to it consciously in order to draw it down.

Sagittarius is a month that serves as a cosmic window, an opening for us to recognize and manifest miracles of all kinds. It is for this reason that many cultures find this season to be associated with great joy and celebration. One such celebration is Chanukah, which begins on the 24th day of the month of Sagittarius and commemorates the great miracle of the few overcoming impossible odds and the Light overcoming the dark.

This year, Chanukah and its celebration will have a new meaning. The idea of Light prevailing over darkness is not only a certainty that we must work to cultivate, but it is also the most important and necessary consciousness to hold. The world is in need of miracles. So many of us are experiencing unfathomable pain and challenges, which is why it is more necessary than ever to use our thoughts, words, and actions to align with the Light and the energy of miracles as often and as consciously as possible.

When we tap into Sagittarius energy, we can draw down the full spectrum of divine Light and, like prisms, redirect it to bring color and vibrancy to the places where it’s needed most. We become literal beacons of Light on the planet through our work this month, and this intention can be seeded, most powerfully, on the New Moon. Once our intention is set, we make a commitment to hold this consciousness throughout the entire month.

Here are a few miracles that are here right now to help you tap into this energy and hold it for the month and beyond:

Everyday Miracles

The first thing that helps us in this endeavor is to acknowledge the miracles that are already in our lives—everything that we are already so blessed with (and it’s typically more than you think.) Yes, it can mean our family and friends, but it can also mean our steady heartbeat, the breath in our lungs, our homes, and even the ability to read this blog today. These are all miracles, and once you begin to notice them, you begin to see more and more. The appreciation we feel for the blessings we already have helps us to magnetize even more.

I am awed daily by the miracles in my own life, especially now. My family is a miracle, and so is the health I’m lucky enough to experience. Each relationship I have is, in its own way, a miracle… because the likelihood that any of us would meet one another in a world of almost 8 billion people is so small it’s practically impossible.

The Miracle of Your Desire to Seek

One miracle that we can all tap into this month is an awareness of the strongest instinct that each of us has: the desire to seek. The desire to seek joy, connection, solutions, growth, expansion, and love. Without this desire, no miracles could be drawn because there would be no vessel of desire for that miracle to land. No change, healing, or transformation would ever occur if there weren’t first someone there desiring it.

What is it you are seeking in your life?
What is it that you seek to share with the world?
How can your desire become a gift that you give to your community?

The Miracle of Unity Consciousness

The influx of that Sagittarian light can also help us reconnect with unity consciousness—that infinite feeling that envelopes us when we remember that there is no separation. When we see past this illusion of separateness, we become co-creators of a world that is accepting and peaceful for all. When we acknowledge this consciousness, we join forces with the source of all the miracles around us.

Miracles are needed today, and so often, they happen through us. The miracle we are all hoping for this year will come about as a result of our consciousness, our words, and our actions.

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