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General Tools of the “Journey of Transformation” Process

1. Bearing Witness

A process of journaling. Write in your journal every day, filling about 2 or 3 exercise book pages. The difference between this and other journaling processes is that you should observe how the Card reflects your day.
Continue noticing the workings of the Card every day for the week in your journal.

Remember that your reality reflects what’s happening within you on a subconscious level, so if nothing is happening in your life, you are not going deep enough in your process, or hitting resistance. The opposite of the meaning of the card may also occur in your life. This is a wonderful indication that something is working, but that a part of you does not want to let go of the old. Persist with the process, to shift the energy. For example, when working with the Fool, you may experience situations that free you up in some way, or that show you new ways of trust. If you confront the opposite energy – like doors closing, betrayal, getting stuck – old habits are resisting change.

At the end of each week, observe how the Card has manifested itself in general. Always bring events, feelings, changes, fears, opportunities back to the workings of the Card of the week.

2. Living the Archetype

This is an activity – defined as part of the programme each week – conceived to help you act out the lesson of the Card in real life.

This takes the spiritual lessons out of your head and places them in your Reality. It is like taking the seed of an idea, planting it in your world (or reality), and creating the conditions for a later harvest of rich fruits. If the seed stays in your head, it cannot grow. We are spiritual beings having a material experience, and therefore need to walk in the world, demonstrating our spiritual essence through our actions.

The “Living the Archetype”  exercises allow you to create new habits consciously - and let go of useless, unconscious ones. They are practical, and to be acted out, done, played, danced, meditated etc.

In order to bring about any change, you need to put in effort, then relinquish control to a Higher Force. Do the work, thus making space for inspiration.


3. Weekly Tasks

These are exercises that will be set week by week, during the programme, to help you better live the lesson of the card.

Often these exercises will involve writing or self-analysis processes, since the energy of reflection (from ourselves, or from others) helps us break through patterns of unconsciousness.

4. Meditation

Later in the process, we will be learning meditations using the Major Arcana Cards to keep you in touch with your Eternal Self. If you already follow some sort of meditation practice, please continue with the techniques that work for you. It is, however, very important to connect with your Higher Self (or Soul, or Eternal Self etc) regularly, since it is via this connection that you can receive the most accurate information concerning your personal truth, and the path ahead.

Week 1 - The Fool

Spiritual Theme: The Eternal Self

The Fool represents the Soul before incarnation, thus it represents the Eternal Self. We all have a spiritual truth: it is a magnificent consciousness, our essential spiritual being. It goes way beyond our physical bodies, and what we think we are (from our Ego perspective). The Eternal Self is who we really are, spiritually speaking.  It is like the Sun, that shines all the time, radiating light and warmth. From the perspective of the Ego - which is based in the physical body and instinct, and for the purpose of this metaphor, is like the Earth - there is day and night; sometimes it is cloudy, other times there are storms hiding the Sun. On a clear day, the Sun shines brilliantly, our paths seem very clear, and we feel inspired. When the clouds descend, the light seems far away… but the truth is, the Sun never stops shining.

Connecting to the Eternal Self aligns us with who we really are, and guides us on the path through life. This opens us to opportunities, and gives us the courage to make changes according inner truth. Being stuck in the Ego perspective, creates a life of ignorance, arrogance, fear, self-sabotage, habit, lack of consciousness.

Weekly Task for the Fool

Make a list - noting down at least 20 points in each column - comparing how your Eternal Self and your Ego Self perceive and approach life. What are the spiritual convictions that drive you forward, making you a better person? What inspires you? Makes your soul sing? What are your worst habits and addictions? What holds you back in life? What is the role of habit, fear & obligation in limiting the perspective of your Eternal Self?

Living the Archetype of the Fool

Observe your life from the perspective of your Eternal Self. Choose a habit or fear that you constantly repeat from the above ‘Task List’. Focus on 1 or 2 habits or fears for this week, and while acting them out, show them to your Eternal Self. How would your Eternal Self behave differently in this situation? Note your observations, but don’t beat yourself up if you don’t manage to change the habit… this will come later. For now, the most important action is bringing the consciousness of your Eternal Self into your life more and more.

Also, you may want to start a Support or Discussion group around the “Journey of Transformation” process - meet weekly, or connect virtually.

Week 2 - The Magician

The Meaning of the Magician

- The process of the soul incarnating into a physical body and taking possession of its reality…

- Experience of being an individual, in a dualistic reality…

- The Magician teaches True Magic - not the illusionism it may suggest, and…

- Having all the tools at your disposal…

What will you do with them?

Learning directly from the card

- Use your own deck, or search for images on the Internet

- Place the card in a prominent place for the entire week

- Spend time looking at the card, allowing the symbols to communicate with you…

Spiritual Theme: Making Magic

Most spiritual traditions (especially the Mystics within all religions) speak of the illusory nature of this reality. Being the Magician, means opening your life to magic.This takes you beyond what is "reality", to open your existence to miracles, joy and divine intervention. It helps you overcome obstacles that may always have existed.

This is an opportunity to live the dream of your vision, and stop dreading the nightmare of your fears.

Your Vision (or Intention)

- Focuses the path ahead

- Creates order within potential disorder of pool of consciousness

- Makes space for higher vision - not short-term gratification

Weekly Task 1: Following the Elements

- Creating sacred space and ritual

- Find the Sacred Objects or Tools

Basic outline for the Process of Following the Elements

- Select a symbolic Object

- Identify a quality that you possess

- How will this help you on your Journey of Transformation?

- Keep this written work with your Object.

- Purification practices (later cards)

1.1. Earth - your Stability

- Object: a crystal or stone; a talisman (crucifix), image or statuette

- Quality: Write about a characteristic of your personality that is solid and in which you have faith and trust

- How will this help you on your Journey of Transformation?

1.2. Water - your Emotions

- Object: essential oil, flower essence or Holy Water that represents an emotional quality you already possess or want to develop

- Quality: write about an emotional quality you possess, or something you feel strongly about

- How will this help you on your Journey of Transformation?

1.3. Air - your Mind

- Object: incense; a bell or chime; a significant book; printed quote or poem.

- Quality: write about an intellectual quality you possess, or ideal you feel strongly about.

- How will this help you on your Journey of Transformation?

1.4. Fire - your Passion

- Object: a candle; a wand.

- Quality: write about some of your passions or motivations in life. How have these carried you through difficult times, or helped you reach new levels?

- How will this help you on your Journey of Transformation?

Weekly Task 2: The Fifth Element - Your Vision

- Seeing from the perspective of your Eternal Self…

- Having a spiritual experience, and acknowledging life as such…

- Balancing the different aspects of your life - earth, water, air and fire…

- Accelerating your growth; expanding your horizons

Start defining your VISION - write about each of the following areas of your life, and how you would like these to fit into your life.

2.1. Earth - Career and Finances

2.2. Water - Relationships and social life

2.3. Air - Education and Self-development

2.4. Fire - Passions and Health

2.5. Ether - Spiritual Goals

Vision guidelines:

- Be creative and give your imagination free reign

- Don’t worry about practicalities yet

- Associate strong symbols or images

- Don’t worry about “HOWs” yet

- If you’re having trouble getting ideas, revive childhood dreams.

Week 3: The High Priestess

The High Priestess - Meanings

- The Virgin Goddess, including the Virgin Mary;

- The veil represents the Mysteries and Virginity;

- The card is also called “Juno” (Hera - wife of Zeus-Jupiter and queen of the Gods) - in some old decks;

- She represents Gnosis (divine knowledge), which is an intuitive knowledge of God;

- As “ The Popess”, she alludes to the Mediaeval female Pope Joan;

- In Alchemy, the Soror Mystica (or mystical sister) was considered important as a complement to the Alchemist, so as to balance male and female energies during the alchemical process;

- Isis Veiled – the High Priestess wears the Crown of Isis (the Egyptian goddess of magic and the Mysteries)

- She sits between the pillars Jachin and Boaz from Temple of Jerusalem; the two outer columns of Tree of Life (Mercy and Severity);

- The Pomegranate alludes to Persephone and the Underworld initiation;

- ‘Tora; Taro; Rota’ – refers to the Book of Wisdom (Torah) that is the Tarot.  The “Rota” is the  Wheel of Providence of Isis.

The High Priestess as Mystical Connection:

- She represents the divine plan existing behind life;

- she is the mystical connection to the divine;

- After birth, the divine connection is still strong in all humans;

- The Alpha and Omega represents all known knowledge, and is the beginning and the end of the Universe

- The Yin-Yang symbol - refers to number 2 and balance of opposites

- As the Male-woman, the High Priestess refers to the female side of the Hermaphrodite (Soul)

- She represents the Cosmic Ocean, which is compassion and intuitive knowledge. This corresponds to the understanding of the mystery that comes from direct connection (via meditation or spiritual practice).

The High Priestess is one of the Four Worldly Authorities:

- High Priestess (or Popess)

- Empress

- Emperor

- Hierophant (or High Priest, or Pope)

Spiritual Teaching:

- Whereas The Magician is the Ego and Intention, the High Priestess is the Mystery, beyond our control. In this sense, contemplating the vastness of God stimulates growth.

- The Mysteries and Mystery schools represent an initiation process. The Eleusinian Mysteries are the most famous in Western history, and include drinking the Kykeon (holy drink).

- Modern society tries to demystify the Cosmos, seeking to explain everything scientifically. There is inherent order in the Universe, although this order is not always easy to conceive. She represents the Intuitive knowledge of the Divine, that social conditioning and rationality try to deny.

- Within Mystery of Being, we are not meant to know or understand everything, since life is meant to be a journey of discovery.

- with this card, we learn to accept the unknown and to see the Divine Plan (which is present in everything- ranging from the tiniest atoms to vast galaxies).

A Meditation Process:

1. Study the imagery of the Tarot card – allow the various symbols to speak to you. Memorise as many details as possible, so that you will remember these details when closing your eyes.

2. Induction – enter a state of meditation, by closing your eyes and doing breathwork, or counting yourself down so as to relax.

3. Visualise the details of the card to enter the world of the archetype. See it in front of you, walk around it, interact with it.

4. Receive the information directly from the card. This usually comes as understanding, or small happenings that somehow bring you a message. This could include the figure of the card moving, or some of the other symbols changing shape or position so as to teach you something new.

5. Meditate on each of the Tarot cards; otherwise, contemplate your visions and intentions and spend time with your Eternal Self.

Living the Archetype

Water Purification

- Purification practices cleanse the physical and subtle bodies. They are a spiritual practice that allows you to become lighter, and more realized spiritually.

- Water purification represents the cleansing of emotions and the energy body, to wash away negativity.

- Forms of water purification may include Baptism; Conscious bathing (while reciting a mantra, prayer or singing);

- Rebirthing Breathwork in Water (which should always be supervised).

Weekly Tasks

1. Your Sacred Objects and Altar

Cleanse your objects and altar with water (if possible). The High Priestess symbolises the mystical presence that charges your sacred objects. This practice represents cleansing your intent and spiritual connection. The objects are keys to awaken the energies of the elements they represent.

2. Seeing Beyond the Veil

Write about an apparently chaotic situation in your life - find the order that it may represent within the bigger picture of your life or of the world.

Write about one of your negative habits (the one looked at in episode 1, perhaps) - what could the deeper significance of it be? What is it teaching you?

Week 4: The Empress

The Empress:

- Feminine Worldly Authority

- The Shield - Imperial power - reference to the Empress of the Eastern Empire (Byzantium).

- The East was always seen as rich, exotic and sensual by the West

- Mother Nature & its different forms

- Bringing newness of form & expression into the world

- Motherhood is the promise offered the Virgin.

- Mysteries of creation, fertility & motherhood

- The Swam - phallic neck symbolises satisfied desire

- Flower - celebration of beauty

- Pregnancy - the infinite is made finite

- Abundance & teeming life

- Proliferation as a natural state

- Celebration of the world’s riches & beauty

The different female roles

The High Priestess

- Spiritual

- Virgin - The High Priestess is the Mystery, beyond physical limits

The Empress

- Worldly

- the Mother - The Empress is Earthly Paradise

The Masculine-Feminine Duality

The Empress – the feminine principle and Nature

The High Priestess – the masculine principle and Civilisation.

The Feminine Energy

Mothering

Sensuality

Fertility

Creativity

Flow

Shadow: passivity; disorder; without boundaries

Goddesses Corresponding to the Empress:

- Ishtar (Astarte) - many-breasted goddess of fertility

- Isis - as mother & queen

- Aphrodite - shell of birth & rebirth

- Virgin Mary - giving form to infinite being; the Church.

Spiritual Teaching

- Abundance: 1. Access to resources 2. Living beautifully 3. Gratitude is ownership

The Physical World - Garden of Eden

Paradise on Earth; Proliferation and variation of life and ideas

- Celebration: Joy & Banqueting

Difference between: celebration - indulgence - addiction

Living the Archetype

Celebration

- Allow yourself the food you love, but do not usually allow yourself, in the quantities you desire. This is an exercise to go beyond the limits you impose on your enjoyment of life.

- Enjoy a sensual delight you tend to put off – like a massage, or spending time observing nature.

Weekly Task

1. Your Altar

- Beautify your Altar - add flowers, colour and perfumes

- Ritual of gratitude - give thanks for all the things you love in your life, including all the challenges.

- Build up a list over the week, then, in a final ritual, read it out and feel all the accumulated gratitude.

2. Your Earthly Paradise

- In meditation, adjust your safe place, turning it into a Paradise.

- If you had no restrictions whatsoever, how would your life look? Imagine you have no money limitations, as well as all the resources and opportunities you need. How would your life be? Write about it at length, and compare this to the vision you started defining in Week 2.

Week 5: The Emperor

The Emperor

- Represents Worldly Authority and structure.

- He holds the Royal Regalia – the Sceptre and Crown, which represent his power in the world.

- this card represents problem-solving abilities and skill.

- with the Emperor, the creative potential of the Magician becomes real, generating and establishing form. This is the beginning of organised structure. This also corresponds to the idea of God taking Finite form (thus alluding to Christ).

- In the Rider-Waite Tarot, he holds the Ankh, symbolising the union of male and female (symbol of life) – he is thus the protector of life.

- His role is that of Fatherhood: he works to secure the future of his offspring. He represents perseverance and remaining in touch with reality.

- Wheras the Empress represents Nature, the Emperor stands for cultivation:  construction (irrigation) & enhancing nature (like hybridisation).

- He represents the Life stage of 7 to 13 – where learning what society requires of us becomes important.

- Given the symbolism of the Ram, his astrological correspondence is Aries: which represents leadership and the division of time.

- Number 4: solidity; temporal power; order.

The Emperor Corresponds to the Element of Air

- Intellect & Communication

- Logic & Reason

- It is an Objective & Abstract element, also symbolising Analysis & Strategy

- Air presents itself in the form of: breath, thought, sound and wind…

The Masculine

- The masculine energy has for many centuries expressed itself in a distorted way – being based in patriarchy and domination.

- Its true energy is that of Father Sky; an active, life infusing energy.

- It is Abstract & Intangible, expressing as discipline, reason, organisation, civilisation and learning.

- It also relates to Law and High Culture

- The Shadow of the Masculine energy is control; aggression; sterility; rigidity.

Corresponding Gods

- Osiris (Ankh = life & light)

- Ares/Mars – the God of War and the Pioneering Spirit.

- The Horned One, like the Celtic Cernunnos.

- The Emperor also represents Apotheosis. The Roman Emperors represent he mortal becoming divine through the exercising of his worldly power.

Spiritual Teaching

- Reason - balance between emotion & reason

- Discipline is important stretching beyond instincts & lower drives.

It involves the ability to face adversity without crumbling and gives due importance to one’s True Spiritual Path.

Planning

- Responsibility represents the ability to respond to life’s feedback. True responsibility is to bring out the best in oneself.

Living the Archetype: Air Purification

- Conscious Breathwork, like Rebirthing or Holotropic Breathwork.

- Affirmations – clearing the mind of negative beliefs, and replacing them with positive ones.

Weekly Task: Structuring Intentions

Look over your work from previous weeks. Start structuring your vision; define intentions for the next:

- 3 Months

- 1 Year

- 5 years.

Include all the different areas of your life (discussed previously).

Weekly Task: Discipline

Examine how disciplined you are.

- Financially & professionally. Are you planning for the future?

- Emotionally. Do you manage to keep your baggage out of your relationship?

- Mentally. Can you switch your excessive thoughts off?

- Spiritually. Do you practice regularly?

Week 6: The Hierophant

The Hierophant

- Spiritual Authority and Orthodox religion.

- The Pillars represent obedience & disobedience (Adam & Eve).

- The Hierophant’s Hand Gesture: represents “As above, so below”.

- “Hierophant” in Greek means “Revealer of Sacred Things” .

- The Triple Crown symbolises the Three Worlds: Heaven, Earth and Hell; while the Triple Cross  represents the Trinity.

- The Keys of St Peter give access to Heaven & Hell, which is the knowledge of Good & Evil (super-conscious & subconscious).

- The Kneeling Attendants awaiting instructions symbolise the complementary opposites (male-female).

- Astrological correspondence: Taurus (fixed earth). The glyph (_) represents the Moon hovering over Sun, which symbolises Isis hovering above Osiris (a form of immaculate conception), as well as alchemical transmutation.

- Number 5: consciousness animating the four elements (like the Crucifix).

- Life Stage: adolescence & seeking  answers

The Female Man

- The male side of the Hermaphrodite (Soul); just as the High Priestess is the female aspect.

- The balancing the Animus & Anima and the sublimated of sexuality.

Corresponding Gods

- Osiris: born a man, who became a God, which represents our human potential.

- Jupiter, as the twin and counterpart of the worldly Emperor.

- Corresponds to Chiron, who was the teacher of Jason, Asklepios, Achilles & Hercules.

- In Alchemy, it represents the phase of  “Projection”, where the base metal is mixed with the Philosopher’s Stone.

- Asklepios (Roman Aesculapius), the God of Healing & Medicine. The Asklepion was the Temple of Healing where Asklepios was believed to descend upon enter the suppliant, giving healing.

The Hierophant represents the Element of Fire

- The flame aspires upwards (just as fire’s opposite, water, seeks the deepest point).

- The Element of Tempering, which brings about Transmutation.

- Fire is: light, fire, spark of life, aura, digestion…

Spiritual Teaching: Beliefs

- Philosophy brings knowledge that helps one make sense of one’s life. Given that we generate our reality from our deepest thoughts (charged with emotion & experience), developing strong beliefs based in a conscious, spiritual path helps transform life.

- It is important to observe old beliefs, then develop new beliefs.

- Dogma & religious institutions are based in socially reinforced beliefs. The pitfalls of strong institutions include ‘false prophets’ and depending on dogmas, and not the essence of a teaching.

- Working with a mentor (either a person or  a belief system) allows the transformational power of Higher knowledge.

- Faith also allows us to be carried by  our confidence in the Divine.

Living the Archetype: Fire Purification

- Spend about 3 hours around an open fire – either outside, or in a fireplace. This cleanses the aura and gives direct contact with the raw element.

- Candle flame meditation – look into a candle flame and observe its flickering. Close your eyes and observe the after-image, as well as its colour, which may reflect the colour of your aura. Repeat several times to activate the third eye.

Weekly Task: Spiritual manifesto

- Write a manifesto of your spiritual beliefs.

- Assign a belief to each of your Sacred Objects

- How have they helped carry you?

- Are any of them limiting you?

- How will your Beliefs fit into your life after you achieve your VISION.

Keep working on the intentions for your Vision in order develop them to the fullest extent.

Week 7: The Lovers

The Lovers

- Marseilles Tarot: A Young man stands between his mother (Virtue) & fiancée (Vice). This also represents the decision to leave the parents’ home, and to embark on the Hero’s Journey.

- The Rider-Waite Tarot shows Adam & Eve as innocents. This represents the choice between Obedience & Disobedience. The Tree of Knowledge (behind Eve) has five fruits (the five senses of the body) and a Serpent (sexuality) is entwined around it. The paradox is that had Adam and Eve obeyed God’s will, they would have stayed barren. The Tree of Life (behind Adam) has 12 flowers, representing the cycles and the year. The mountain peak in the background symbolises the highest moments of happiness that love can bring.

- The Crowley Deck: The earthly couple are united by a higher power (the Alchemical Wedding), as well as the dualities of Vice and Virtue, the Lion (fire) and Eagle (water), attendant twins (the astrological sign of Gemini), and, at the bottom, the Serpent entwining the Cosmic Egg refers to the Creator God Phanes of the Orphic sect of ancient Greece.

In the Gnostic Vision, the serpent opens Adam’s eyes to the dualistic Evil of the Demiurge.

- The Cosmic Tarot illustrates the more sensual aspect of the Archetype, as well as alluding to romantic love, a central meaning of the card. It also shows the symbols of  Yin-Yang (the marriage of Male and Female) and the Hexagram (the marriage of material and divine realities).

The Greeks commonly refer to three types of love:

1. “Eros” - There are two versions of Eros according to the Greeks: Old-man Eros (Phanes) and the Younger Eros (winged companion of Aphrodite). He is the erotic or romantic love, that the ancients said bring sweetness to the life of mortals, but can wreak havoc.

2. “Philia” refers to Brotherhood, ‘Platonic love’ and non-sexual affection.

3. “Agape” is the divine, or unconditional love. It can also be the self-sacrificing love of spiritual service and of the mother. The Agape Feast was an early Christian form of the Eucharist.

Living the Archetype: Walking in Love:

- This week, take a walk through your neighborhood, or in the countryside; see, hear, smell and experience everything as if you are in love – this is the intention of your walk. Focus on only the beauty & pleasure of your experience, and notice how you feel at the end of the process.

- Take this exercise into your daily life, like when you wash dishes or perform other menial tasks.

Weekly Task

Make a list of 20 of the:

- frivolous things you love doing (like day-to-day pleasures);

- deeper things you love doing (your main passions in life).

Is there enough of the things you love in your VISION?

Week 8: The Chariot

The Chariot

- Early Decks:  “The Triumphal Chariot” - allegories of victory  & war. “The Triumph of Chastity” (one of the Virtues) - coming after “The Triumph of Love” (The Lovers). Hubris to conquer the world - the end of childhood innocence.

- Marseilles Tarot: Holds the gold-tipped staff of noble intentions -the Hero intends to find the “Treasure” and thus embark on his journey into the unknown.

- Rider-Waite Tarot: The chariot has a Starry Canopy of the Goddess, the Celestial Mother. Refers to the “King of Spring” (Attis), son of the “Queen of Heaven” (Cybele). The Epaulettes are also oracular masks of the Great Goddess. The Sphinxes – as rectified by Levi & Waite – allude to the riddle or enigma the charioteer has solved. They are the black and white

spirit & matter; body & soul; yin-yang (showing the duality of our perception).

- Crowley Thoth Tarot: The horses become the 4 creatures of Ezekiel, which represents mastering the Four Elements. This alludes to balancing (steering) higher and lower drives. The Armour of the Charioteer symbolises the outer trappings of adulthood, as well as the astrological sign Cancer – the crab is equally comfortable on land & water, referring to the Hermetic principle “As above, so below”.

- Cosmic Tarot: the chrioteer is shown embarking on the Hero’s Journey. Although he has the external appearance of adulthood, he has little life-experience. His current process involves strengthening the Ego and confronting the world. Later on in the process, he will be prepared for the spiritual rebirth.

“The  Chariot” in your week

This section offers some possible ways in which the Chariot archetype may be expressed in your every day life.

- Choices to be made…

- Setting boundaries & making decisions…

- Daring to do something new…

- Putting your VISION into practice…

- Travel…

- Issues with vehicles…

OR… the opposite of these energies.

Corresponding Gods:

Khepera

The Egyptian Scarab God of the Rising Sun, related to the sun God RA. Khepera represents the germ of life about to spring into new existence.

The Scarab or Dung Beetle lays eggs in dung, from which its offspring later are born – this symbolises the mysterious source of life.

Nike - Victoria

Often associated with Athena, the Warrior Goddess. She was an important symbol for the Roman army and its Victory Processions. The Laurel Wreath is a common ancient symbol of Victory.

 Apollo

At the Summer Solstice (ruled by Apollo), the Sun is in Cancer. Phoebus (“The Shining One” - Apollo) is the God of Prophecy, the Arts & illumination.

 Phaethon

The son of Sun-God Helios ( and Clymene). When Phaethon could not control the sun-chariot – thus burning the world – he was struck down by Zeus.

Spiritual Teachings

 Your Actions:

…are an expression of our being…

…are proof of our commitment…

…are perfected by practice & persistence…

…should always take you closer to your Purpose.

What you do with your time & energy illustrates your priorities

Discernment:

…Is not the same as ‘judgement’…

…Is steering yourself within the current of life…

…Is the opposite of simplistic “good” & “bad”, which lead to spiritual laziness…

…Is accepting contradiction & paradox, allowing for adaptability…

…Is setting clear boundaries…

…Is made possible by being informed, and realising that your perceptions are not always 100% accurate…

…Is directed by your Higher Spiritual Purpose and VISION.

Living the Archetype: A Victorious attitude:

Make a list of all your successes:

1. The most important victories of your lifetime.

2. Significant personal triumphs of the last year.

If you could do this in the past, what’s stopping you in the future?

Weekly Task: Start doing something!

1. Clarify the motivation for your VISION

2. Choose one:

 - Short term goal

 - Long term goal

3. Step it down into a weekly and monthly action plan.

4. Do it!