“Have you noticed your tastes are changing? What you used to absolutely love no longer draws you. Whether it’s steak frites, the funky bar or colour green (as was referenced a few Gentle Messages ago), the pull is gone. Even the emotion tied to said appealing item has disappeared like a mist upon the water. Is there a time warp where all these emotions are draining into, leaving you in a vacuum: full of new-found space for exploration and...

“Are you good at asking questions? Perhaps you’re too shy to stand up in front of a crowded room to ask the speaker about a comment that’s been made. Maybe you’re in a rush and want to leave the auditorium before the presentation is over. A persistent worry running through your mind keeps you from following the lecture. The constant squirming of the person in front of you annoys you to the point of cancelling any thought of asking anything. “My...

“Notice how certain colors are attracting you while others that you used to like or wear or decorate your home with, no longer appeal to you. Is it age, designer influence, a friend’s persuasive powers to convert you that are causing you to change your palate? Colors like people, animals, and plants – all sentient beings for that matter – carry energetic signatures. Hence liking blue more than purple now, is not a whim but you within your...

“News about tsunamis, earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, erupting volcanoes, heat waves and the like certainly don’t give you much confidence in what Mother Earth is up to these days. From another point of view, all this negative flow gives you only one side of the picture. Brilliant autumn colours, magnificent sunsets, astonishing cloud formations, exquisite blooming flowers, every hue of green tree you can imagine, birdsong...

“This stupid knee will never heal.” “I can never get this right.” “My doctor appointments always run late. He’s never on time.” “Trust the government to get it wrong.” “I have a lousy sense of direction.” “She’s always in a bad mood.” “It never fails. I get every red light.” “You always act this way.” “Do you think money grows on trees?” “Life is sure hard.” … any of this sound like you? A gentle caution: what you think and especially every...

“” Getting away from it all” does infer that this is a good thing: finding rest and comfort in knowing there are no deadlines, no meetings, no appointments to keep, no bosses or employees to satisfy, no self-imposed regime to stick to. The idea of abandoning all seems so freeing, so liberating, no wonder many are drawn to its appeal. However, if you are on a road of personal evolution and awakening, you’ll find that this kind of escape is nigh...