the spiritual path to Ascension
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Most of us take a while to find ourselves and our destiny. A few of us start life with a strong sense of noble purpose: great benefactors like Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela. There are others we might consider saints: the great artists Michelangelo and Rembrandt. Others might include Fra Angelico, and the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach. What is this thing, cosmic consciousness, cosmic destiny?
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Poets – particularly those of Persian history – are thought to create epiphanies in their verse – where the reader has an experience beyond the everyday. Ethics, aesthetics and philosophy are all intertwined in the poetry of Hafez and his words help us to rediscover long-lost truths.
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It takes courage to navigate our way when confronted with the unfamiliar. Whether it’s at a gathering of unfamiliar faces, or tackling a new project, or moving into a new neighbourhood. We can’t predict how people will respond to us, and often can’t confidently rely on our existing knowledge and skill sets. The Zhuangzi, a Daoist text from 4th century BCE China, was written at a time when life was precarious. It encourages readers to embrace change.
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To help navigate current and future uncertainty and disruptive change, while effectively delivering on its mandate, the United Nations Environment Program – UNEP – has been implementing an institutionalized approach to strategic foresight and horizon scanning with the view to developing an anticipatory and future-oriented culture – to ensure planetary health and human wellbeing.
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In 2023, nearly half a million people walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. About 40 percent of those walked for purely religious reasons, according to statistics released by the pilgrims’ office. While it’s traditionally a Catholic pilgrimage, ending at the shrine of the apostle James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, secular pilgrims today embark on the Camino for all kinds of motivations beyond religion: health, grief, transition, cultural exploration, history and adventure.
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Three palliative care nurses share their experiences and lessons learned observing thousands of people dying, close up. For some, deceased ancestors visit. For others, they cannot let go untill all their goodbyes have been said. Others wish they can change who they are. The nurses say, “Live your life NOW“.
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UK police say they arrested two people ‘on suspicion of damaging’ the prehistoric monument, named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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A mysterious monolith has been encountered in the Nevada desert. Other versions of the 10ft-tall metal installation were found in places like Utah, California, Wales and Romania in 2020. A reflection on the presence of the monoliths is given, along with Source channelling.
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Many tell that humans are spiritual beings having a human experience. For those interested in Ascension, this rings true for this is not the only planet they have lived on, and human form is not the only form the soul has clad itself with. Source lets us be free to choose the form we will take, time after time, in the light of the lessons we seek to learn, and the experiences we seek to have. So, what is real, your body, or the Universe? Or something else?
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Many who seek Ascension and its attributes have studied one or another philosophy of life. Some have learnt about Plato, others Aristotle and Socrates. Here, we bring you news of the results of advanced digital imaging, which gives startling information about the last hours of Plato. Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy.
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