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A fairly calm week awaits us, as with no major astrological events on the calendar, our only job will be to align with the changing influences of the Moon. Starting with a Leo Moon on Monday and Tuesday, we'll be focused on having fun and going with the flow. A little patience may be called for on Tuesday, so we'll have to keep our egos in check, even if we know we are right and others are wrong. Detailed work and informational tasks are the theme on Wednesday and Thursday, as the Moon moves through Virgo and heightens our attention and focus. The remainder of the week will be easy and flowing under an equalizing Libra Moon, calling for us to attend all areas of our lives to ascertain where things may be out of balance and take the time to bring them back into alignment.

How the Mind of the Soul Establishes Wellbeing, by Neale Lundgren, PhD

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

The soul is always open to reveal itself to the sincere seeker. And because the soul is naturally positive and unpretentious, it projects a receiving spirit to all. As such, the soul can help us maintain not only a physical, mental, and emotional sense of wellbeing, but when operating at a high level, can also be a powerful force for the world.

This is because the soul is who you really are. The soul is a finder and revealer of universal truth and mirrors the highest principles of human existence. A universal truth is knowledge that transcends doctrine. A Hindu can find benefit in a Hebrew proverb and a Christian can be inspired by a Sufi poem when viewed from the unifying perspective of the soul.

Only the soul understands how to love the self as the other, and the other as the self. Whether one is an atheist or a theist, in the right circumstances, silence is golden when compassionate action is implemented.

The moment we embrace a path guided by the light of a universal truth, life then becomes more than a mere system of thought. Life becomes a way of soul seeking, a way of soul finding, and a way of soulful living with soulful others in the material world.

Although immaterial, the soul gravitates to all things of true substance. Anything that has integrity and coherence, an inherent wholeness about it, the soul's intelligence recognizes as a reflection of its own nature. This intelligence is the mind of the soul, located at the deepest center within every human being and within the being of all living things.

When we discover our soul mind, we awaken to a level of consciousness beyond ordinary awareness. The soul mind sees all things as part of an interrelated web of a greater wholeness. The soul mind has this capacity because it is an open systems intelligence. The material, or "closed systems," mind, on the other hand, is made up of inherited beliefs, opinions, or any limiting model of reality that we take for actual reality.

There is a relationship between close-mindedness and mental dullness. A material mind is shut off from the light and spaciousness the soul mind by its nature produces. Enclosed within its own boundaries, the material mind tends to be narrow, rigid, and oppositional.

Accessing the soul's intelligence can both refresh and strengthen the material mind and yet expand its horizons. An open mind tends to be porous, flexible, and strong, as long as it stays rooted in the fertile soil of the soul. A closed mind is like a hard stone at the bottom of a dried-up stream. An open mind is like a flourishing tree near the bank of a flowing river.

Mysticism, a frequently misunderstood term, is really nothing more than an open systems approach to spirituality based not upon a belief or a concept, but upon actual experience. Mysticism is the treasure house of spiritual technologies, providing the seeker with maps for the journey of consciousness as well as means to reach higher states of awareness and love. Spiritual experience at its best, both expands and stabilizes the material mind by rooting consciousness in the mind of the soul.

The soul's intelligence encourages thought, including every one of the physical senses, to stretch beyond the consensual grids of ordinary cognition and perception, but not as a way to abandon the world and daily responsibilities. The soul mind connects the material mind more intimately and meaningfully with others, with the earth, and ultimately, with the entire universe.

This high-grade connective capacity of the soul enables consciousness to enlighten the material mind because the soul's intelligence at its core is a substance of light, a luminous being of affectionate awareness. Although the soul's intelligence is by nature empathic, its structure is its own strength. Inner poise and mental sharpness are essential characteristics of the soul mind and formulate its energy "backbone." While the material mind tends to be anxious and neurotic and easily drained of energy, the soul mind is able to connect and resonate empathically with other minds in its vicinity and abroad, yet without being easily exhausted.

Because the soul's intelligence is intimately connected to the heart of being, it resonates more immediately with love than with any other emotion and has continual access to its wellspring. When we strive to connect with others from a higher frequency of non-judgment, for example, we sense others with more clarity and understanding. Understanding is empathy with boundaries and instrumental in the maintenance of the soul's hygiene in the material world.

A healthy state of mind is re-energized and refueled not only through sleep but also through the practice of meditation. Unlike sleep, meditation has been clinically found to produce a coherent brain state of relaxed alertness. Relaxed alertness gives the mind entry to presence.

Presence, by its very nature, is a positive energy state of being. When the mind is in presence, it looks neither forward nor backward. Only the regretful past and worrisome future is able to create negative stress upon the mind.

Being in presence helps to shift awareness into a new key. As the material mind learns to open up to the expansive and fecund field of the soul mind, the result is that something gets quickened in us beyond our physical senses. We awaken to the grander senses of the soul.

How do we know when we have experienced the soul's senses? Every time we are touched by awe, enthusiasm, attunement, and resonance, for example, we experience life with the senses of the soul.

In my book, Meditations for the Soul, I provide meditations and awakening exercises to activate and strengthen these deeper senses that can help us access and maintain presence. This is why every moment is potentially a soulful sense experience. Only when our mind is fully and freely present to being, are we then more alive.

Think of these moments: a sunrise or sunset, a gaze into the eyes of a beloved, a moonlight-drenched earth awash in softened hues, the birth of a child, the peace-filled dying of a seasoned soul. Even a seemingly ordinary moment can trigger a soul-sense experience: the smell of rain, the dance of light's shadow through a gauzy curtain, a moment of thoughtful silence. These and so many other tastes and glimpses of soulful reality, that seem to suspend the self in time, would seep into our very pores if we would but allow them entry.

Our soul mind also makes its journeys into "darkness" when the tides of the ocean of light momentarily recede. All of us from time to time have been drawn into those dark nights of longing and sorrow. These slower movements of the soul have their own rhythm. Their cadence resonates with the moon's waxing and waning phases and with the daily rising and setting of the sun.

In our soul's dance with love in any one of its forms, love can seem to move toward and away from us, bringing us happiness one moment and sadness the next. The soul mind has the ability to contain both extremes and all that lies between in a spacious wholeness of acceptance.

This continuous cycle of darkness and light, empty and full seen now in the larger context of wholeness, reveals the rhythmic patterns occurring within our soul mind throughout the inner seasons of our lives. Knowledge and acceptance of these cycles has a great capacity to stabilize the material mind as it calibrates to the frequency of its true center. The soul mind is the true center of the self, as instanced in the wise saying, "And this too shall pass."

Everyone has the potential of companionship with one's own soul and the soul of others. In essence, the soul is the inner physician that heals all ills and bridges all distances. For it is indeed the soul and its perpetual breath of life that makes each of us whole, moment by moment, day by day, and life by life.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2021. All rights reserved.

I am Scorpio born 10/27/61. My friend is Leo born 8/16/68. I have dated him off and on for eight years. We have parted many times - once for two years. Whenever I talk to him or see him, I always hear several love songs on the radio that remind me of him. I have been hearing these songs for many years now, and without fail, each time I hear them I know that I will see or hear from him again. It used to drive me crazy because I couldn't explain it, but now I know it is some sort of a sign. I love this man, but it has never seemed to work out between us. What do you think these love songs mean? There are five or six of them, and I always hear them before, during and after I see or hear from him.

Dreamchaser:

Yes, you are receiving signs. You said yourself that every time you hear these songs, you see or hear from your friend.

That is what these songs mean when you hear them; they are Spirit's way of telling you to prepare yourself because you are going to see or hear from him soon. Sometimes we need a little forewarning so we aren't floored or speechless when something like this happens. These signs are gifts for you from Spirit.

I know you would like to think that these songs mean that one day you two will be together, or that after all this time, you will be able to work through your issues. However, they simply are what they are: they are "alerts" that are designed to let you know he is coming around.

Just a few weeks ago, the Daily OM posted a fabulous article about signs. Since it was so good, I'd like to share some of it with you:

"The universe can often relay messages to us through signs. Learning the subtle language of signs can help you interpret the guidance the universe sends your way. We all have been blessed with a connection that allows the universe to communicate directly with us. To be able to understand the information relayed over that connection, however, it is necessary that we learn to pay attention, and know what to look for.

To see and correctly interpret a sign, you must open your heart and mind to the universe and invite its guidance into your life. Many of us are blind to the signs we receive because we expect angels or our spirit guides to speak to us in a booming voice and tell us exactly what we need to hear. But signs are usually of this earth and therefore easier to encounter.

A song lodged in your mind or a number that seems to pop up everywhere you look after you've asked the universe for guidance can both be signs. Signs may come through the animal world, from strangers, or jump out of a book in the form of an insightful passage. A sign may be a direct answer to one of your questions.

Other signs may point you in the right direction, warn of impending difficulties, or show you a different way. If you want the universe to send you a sign, tell it that you are ready and willing to accept its guidance.

If you are receptive and patient, however, the signs you receive will become easier to recognize. It is important to listen to your intuition. A sign can mean many things to different people, and only you can decipher a sign's meaning for you. As you practice reading the signs and following their guidance, the universe will send more of them your way."

I wish you lots of helpful signs from Spirit!

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Astrea:

I believe that every one of us gets signs like this, but not everyone is open to seeing those signs. A person has to accept quite a few things on faith in order to believe that an experience could be a sign about some future event.

I think most people eventually come to believe that there are higher forces in the Universe, whether they learn to accept signs from above or even notice them.

In my experience with the people I read for, I've noticed that if they believe that signs are coming to them, they are generally right! It's rarely the case that something as specific as what you describe would be a coincidence or random event.

Eight years is a very long time to date someone, but a Scorpio/Leo combination is one of the few that could make it that long! You seem to suit each other very well, even though sometimes you want more than he is able to give.

In a way, though you don't see him consistently, he HAS become your Life Partner. Neither of you is looking for anyone else. Even though sometimes you feel that you want more, you're together now, even if this relationship is on again/off again.

It could be that some karma you two share from another incarnation is what keeps you from staying together. Perhaps there was someone who came between you before, or a sad situation that your spirits haven't overcome yet in this incarnation.

Even with a two-year break, your spirits longed for each other. Whatever has happened to the two of you, or WILL happen, you're with him, and he's with you! Enjoy the time you DO have together. I feel that there is still a better than fifty/fifty chance the two of you will settle down together in this lifetime.

Here is where your radio messages come in. Your Angels do that so that you won't give up on him. I'm sure when you hear these songs, you are about ready to throw in the towel. They come on just in the "nick of time," don't they?

Just when you meet someone new and nice and you're ready to move on, these songs pop on the radio and remind you of HIM. You know by now that you'll see him when you hear them, and you know that when THAT happens, you always kick other suitors to the curb!

I believe that our Guides and Angels try to talk to us in ways we can accept and hear them. Yours use these songs on the radio to alert you that your Leo is going to reappear because they know that you are paying attention to them.

When you hear the songs, you may even subconsciously do things that make it more likely you'll reconnect with him. It doesn't really matter, so long as you keep "getting the message!"

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.