...We recognize Clarity the instant we see it. The
great seers and sages could see clearly because they had insight. Their secret was their focus, inward, not
outward...
Cynthia F. Davidson, excerpt from the Wisdom Wheel Clarity cardTime to take up the 19th Law, Clarity.
Have you noticed how this follows the 18th Law of Forgiveness? Clarity comes after we've done our Forgiveness work. Until then resentments, hurts and attachments will tend to distort our lenses.
During the next ten days, play with this idea of Clarity.
Emotional Clarity, of an open heart.
Intellectual Clarity, of an open mind.
Physical Clarity, of the body, not tormented by need for sleep, health or loving.
Spiritual Clarity, when we see ourselves as the spirits we actually are, beyond personality, ego and fears.
Ask for Clarity; during your morning walk or meditation, on your ride to work, during your shower or bath, during love-making, cooking, laundry or as you lay down to fall asleep. Astounding Clarity can often be gifted to you in your dreams...
Mention Clarity when speaking with friends and family this week. See what it means to them. Offer any thing you can, by way of clarification which has to do with what you know, did or believe.
What sort of Clarity do you still seek? Write it down in your journal, blog or in a letter to God or whomever you seek answers from, and see what happens.
During these next ten days allow Clarity to come from all kinds of people, places, images and thoughts. On the Wisdom Wheel Beauty balances the Clarity Law.
Here are some wise words about Clarity from those with experiences to share.
Clarity
moves much more efficiently than violence or stress… The world is as you
perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And
when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
Byron
Katie
More
important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.
Francois
Gautier
Perfect
clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will. …Clarity of mind means
clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and
sees distinctly what he loves.
Blaise
Pascal (1623-1662) French writer, mathematician and philosopher
Traveling
through the world produces a marvelous clarity… We are all confined and
enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our noses. This
great world is a mirror where we must see ourselves in order to know ourselves.
There are so many different tempers, so many different points of view, judgments,
opinions, laws and customs to teach us to judge wisely on our own, and to teach
our judgment to recognize its imperfection and natural weakness.
Michel de
Montaigne (1533-1592) French writer and philosopher
Ultimately, you must decide in your own hearts and these alone.
Base your decisions on your perception. To inhabit the new awareness, you are
required to be yourself, for when you are, you are a beautiful being, in touch
with your eternal dimension, conscious of the generations that came before,
immersed in the love that lights and unities the leaves of all generations upon
life’s singular tree.
Ken Carey
in The Third Millennium
Discernment, or the process by which we evaluate situations and
make decisions, is a critical aspect of our growth, our spiritual development
and our ability to create communities that contribute to our collective
well-being. Discernment is also the art of asking sensitive questions of
ourselves and others in order to see deeper meaning and implications…this
involves four interrelated processes; perception, intuition, decision-making
and action.
Dr. Norma
Milanovich and Dr. Shirley McCune in The
Light Shall Set You Free
When you plant
lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for
reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less
sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or
family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them,
they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all,
nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience.
No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.
Thich Nhat Hahn
Different
sets of facts are real at different vibration levels. The truth is
the same for everyone: the facts are always a little different for everyone.
Thaddeus Golas
the same for everyone: the facts are always a little different for everyone.
Thaddeus Golas
To get
to the simplicity of a thing, you have to go through the complexity
and only then, after you've gone into and through the complexity can you
state the simplicity. What never rings true is the person who states the
simplicity without understanding the complexity.
Susan Slater Blythe
and only then, after you've gone into and through the complexity can you
state the simplicity. What never rings true is the person who states the
simplicity without understanding the complexity.
Susan Slater Blythe
It is
because we don’t know who we are, because we are unaware that the Kingdom of
Heaven is within us, that we behave in the generally silly, the often insane,
the sometimes criminal ways that are so characteristically human. We are saved,
we are liberated and enlightened, by perceiving the hitherto unperceived good that
is already within us, by returning to our eternal ground and remaining where,
without knowing it, we have always been.
Aldous Huxley in The Perennial Philosophy
I
experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful.
I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
Vincent
van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch painter, post-Impressionist
Simplicity,
clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and
vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the
purpose of God for his whole creation.
Richard
Holloway
We need
to be perfectly clear what we want, and not give out mixed messages. When we
are clear, our messages are picked up accurately and everyone, including the
universe responds to clear messages. Activating the law of clarity is done by…
making a decision and acting on it. This is one of the quickest ways to move
along your spiritual path. When you have the qualities of clarity (truthfulness,
honesty, genuineness, integrity) people respond to you and want to trust you.
Clear thoughts and intentions help you to draw from the universe that which you
request in your life.
Diana Cooper in A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws
In ten days we will take up the 20th Law of Choices, until then, enjoy the gifts of Clarity.
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