Understanding the Principle of Reciprocity 10 Autumn brings the holiday season to our year. It starts in the early fall with the Jewish holidays, and culminates on January 1 with the beginning of a new year. Many birthdays fall in that time-period in my family, so we’re particularly full of the celebratory spirit. Historically, autumn …

Understanding the Principle of Awareness 9 To fully understand the emergence of the principle of Awareness, it’s helpful to look back over the inner focus points of all the Ascending Principles. Placement’s (0) focus is in the natural micro-universes of the earth herself. It’s in those micro-universes that all the seeds (literal and metaphorical) get …

I remember seeing a story on the news a few years ago. A young boy had fallen into the gorilla habitat at a zoo. The fall apparently knocked him unconscious. His parents and a crowd gathered round watched, holding their breath as the female gorilla approached the child. To everyone’s amazement, rather than harming him as they feared, she picked him up tenderly, and took him into her living quarters where she tended him until the zoo keepers (with whom she was familiar) came to take him. Who among us watched that story without shedding just a few sweet tears? I wondered, if she hadn’t known and trusted the zoo keepers who came for the boy, would she fiercely have protected him? Did we anthropomorphize the gorilla, projecting human maternal qualities onto her? Or did we simply bear witness to Goodness, emerging in the animal kingdom? I think it was the latter. I think when we see Goodness, it moves us to the core of our being. Perhaps more than any other principle, it reminds us of who we are.

Understanding the Principle of Generosity 7 On some days I read the paper, listen to the news, observe the world around me, and wonder what happened? How did greed, narcissism, self-entitlement and myopia become the fundamental law of behavior? When did American business become founded on lies? When did we lose the ability to recognize …

 Understanding the Principle of Regeneration 6 Now let’s examine the principle of Regeneration. From The Invisible Garment: For millions of years, the consciousness that now lives in “you” has studied, mastered, and participated in the principle of Regeneration. On the deepest levels of knowing, you are aware of the constant rebuilding and replenishing aspect of …

Understanding the Principle of Extension 5 Spring brings new growth. In most parts of the world, the first green leaves to push themselves out of the ground or to burst from the dead looking branches of the tree tell us that a new cycle has begun. That image brings hope and smiles and relief to …

 Understanding the Principle of Beauty 4 Beauty’s only skin deep, yeah yeah yeah —The Temptations You may laugh at the idea that I quote The Temptations as if they were mystics. Well, maybe they were. I remember when this song came out in the early ‘70’s thinking it was insulting to those who may have …

Understanding the Principle of Memory 3 In the home where my husband and I raised our children there was a wisteria plant just outside the kitchen window. Every winter for the 25 years we lived there, I just knew that it was dead. At the end of every winter I put on my “to do” …

Understanding the Principle of Purity 2 As a kid I eagerly anticipated September’s arrival. Unlike most of my peers, I loved school and could hardly wait for it to start each year. I grew up in a simpler, more predictable time. School was out on the Friday before Memorial Day, and started up again the …

The Invisible Garment Understanding the Principle of Innocence 1 Innocence is what keeps human beings able to learn – it makes us teachable. . . Innocence as a principle idea never becomes unconscious. It keeps one available to learn at all times – waking or sleeping. Even as we develop more sophistication and have mental …