Awakening!

Awakening.

This is a tricky word that is sometimes misunderstood in spiritual context. It brings to mind (and many will have you believe) it's waking up in a field full of daisieswith the Dalai llama serving breakfast. Then, you are enlightened to the mysteries of the universe, wrapped in a warm and fuzzy cosmic blanket of Love.
Yea...not so much...

I feel that is why so many feel that 'awakening', in that context, is unattainable for them.Throughout the course of your life, you will be constantly Awakening. The universe and our spirit helpers are always assisting us in that process. They are our invisible stage crew. It is not a destination however.

I'm here to share with you, that from the moment you were born, you were Awakening. Awakening to out truth. Discovering our soul's reasons for choosing this life. Every experience, lesser and greater has been an opportunity to awaken and evolve. Not just as a human being but as a soul on a Divine mission.

Every experience, every person, has been designed to teach and to shift our perspective to a new and better way.

The challenge to our awakening however, has a lot to do with our stubbornness, ego and free will as humans. In addition to the conditioning that we received by Society, family and culture.Some of the most profound Awakenings occur when we experience cataclysmic events in our lives that dramatically and harshly shift our perspective. These events force us out of our ability to control the outcome and the Truth of our reality. In spiritual context, we refer to that as a Death. Whether that's a death of a person or

death of our limited perspective, understanding or ignorance. It's the death of the illusion and the awakening to the truth minus the illusion.

Regardless, it's not always pleasant. Not many people have been taught how to navigate this. That is why it is so painful; we have not been properly prepared from a young age to have that understanding.

That unpreparedness as adults has us feeling blindsided without tools for the grief that follows. It's like someone turning on a light, jarring you out of a sound sleep.

These awakenings, should be much gentler as children and adolescents. But for many it was not. If we have not been sufficiently prepared or taught, these lessons continue to repeat into adulthood when the lessons are more severe and traumatic.

These are the most painful Awakenings, because it shatters your entire belief structure or understanding. It forces us into the lesson and ownership with a few tools (and people) to rely on. You come to see, no one gave us those tools earlier on. Usually because they were not properly prepared either. That awareness creates a grief of its own. This is partially why the anger phase is the hardest part of the grief of awakening; We were not adequately prepared for life and it's myriad experiences.It makes us feel insecure, deceived and foolish. We are Works in progress. The road of life is filled with twists and turns and manyopportunities to awaken. Some awaken in this lifetime and some do not. And when we eventually make that Journey to the Blue Road of Spirit, we will have an opportunity to see the life and its entirety. We will see all of the opportunities we were offered to evolve and awaken while we had an opportunity to change it in this lifetime. That awareness will be inescapable and is the ultimate Awakening.

The journey as we awaken, allows us to become closer to our authentic spiritual self and purpose.

As we awaken,it connects us to the Beauty that is this life and to all the other Travelers along the road.

Awakening does not have to be painful. However there is always destruction before construction and all of our experiences are helping us build a better life for ourselves and those who come after.

And hopefully, we will be leaving this world a Legacy and a little better than we found it.

Marianne Goldweber A Village

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It's not easy being me :)

From the outside, I have 'started over' in life more times than I can count.
Whether I chose to or was forced to. I've learned to detach from what was, and accept what is and formulate a plan.
Like making dinner with a can of corn, some left over chicken and cream cheese.

Being me is not easy. Loving me is not easy. Being in my life is not easy. I break the rules, I get afraid, I don't remember your birthday, I grieve what has not happened in my expectation. I have been thrown under the bus by many,many people. I have been bullied and criticised.
I have taken many personal and physical risks, which seem like a multitude of failures. But I have come to understand it's not 'starting over'; its evolution.
We must be willing to evolve to change our world...the world.

Love, Courage, Resilience, Creativity, and Faith are the cornerstone of my life.
There is no reward without risk.
Be bold, be brave, be willing to let go, start over and soar.- Marianne Goldweber

'Come to the edge' He said
'We can't, we are afraid.'
' Come to the edge' He said
They did, and He pushed them and they flew.

Disappointed? Check your Expectations.......

When we have expectation, the only one who knows there is one is us.
When we try to enforce that illusion on situations and others it will, most of he time lead to disappointment.
When we stop creating an illusionary story into the future and are more present to what IS, we can be less rigid by allowing and not forcing things into that unrealistic expectation..
I have lived my life in a very constant state of expectation and disappointment, not just in my own need to control the outcome, but by never living up to the expectations of others.
When people become disappointed, they don't get angry at themselves for buying the lie if their expectation - they direct it at the person or situation and blame it or them for their deception. Creating damaging wounds that are hard to heal.
Having expectation is an immature thinking, deceiving us into trying to control the outcome- Faith is the maturity that tells us to accept what is, surrender and allow people and things to be as they are, and make our choices in the present, based in peace and truth.- Marianne Goldweber- Personal and Spiritual Development-Psychic Services

Be Gentle..we are all works in progress- a note from Mother To Son.

Marianne Goldweber

March 14

To my son,

You don't have to have all the answers, we are works in progress.

When you face things that you can't control, hand it over through faith to the Divine Source.

Even in our flawed humaness we are students and teachers.

Be as gentle with yourself as you would a child. We are all ignorant of something, no matter how old we are.

Learn to laugh at yourself...some of this is just ridiculousness.

Learn, love and shine- Your light in this world is a beacon; to sail by,and to lead the way for others.

Today's challenges are temporary and the sun will come up again tomorrow.

There is a reason we can't see the future..It's a surprise!

Nothing good or bad is permanent.

Take risk, never let fear rule your choices or your experiences.

People are going to disappoint and hurt You, it's not personal. You will hurt and disappoint people, it's not personal.

Take the risk of falling in love, don't be afraid to tell someone you love them. Even if it doesn't work out.

Trust your inner voice, it will never let you down.

Be brilliant, don't stay small because you don't want to offend others.

And above all, be happy. I will love you no matter what..really..I am your biggest fan and will defend and protect you. Even when you are wrong, and make lesser choices, I will remind you that you are better than that..and stand in the fire with you...You'll understand that kind of love one day.

Love Mom- Marianne Goldweber

Marianne Goldweber

Living a life of purpose requires we use our past, not as a weapon to punish ourselves or others but rather to use the past only to fashion tools that we will use to build a future for ourselves and others.- Marianne Goldweber

Weighing Fear...

I've seen and experienced some seriously scary s*** in this life. I have been present to devastating tragedy.
A bad day is when the police show up at your door to tell you that your husband was in a life threatening accident.
Or you lose a child to addiction or tragic events.
Or going to bed and your house catches on fire.
Its all about perspective.
So, before you post your bad day experience, weigh it against how bad it could be, stop and say thank you.- Marianne Goldweber