Forecast for Thursday 27 August 2009

Thursday 27 August 2009

*Toward Greater Assurance*

The |retreat| third of the week begins today. I am hoping that the moon's sextile with Jupiter while in his sign Sagittarius will temper this considerably. At any rate I shall emphasize the positive in what follows, and leave it to you to remember that the |retreat third| is upon us, which means it might be wise to hold back from things more than usual, especially if there are serious doubts.

You could influence people more than you realize. This could be done more easily than you imagine, by passing on a word or two when you feel inspired to do so.

Moods go up and down rapidly. You do not have to submit to them entirely but can resolve to find the best path from within yourself and stay with it. We all have our peculiar weaknesses which tempt us to opt out from efforts which would benefit us.

It is easy to succumb to enjoyments, pleasures, and entertainment. Of course this is not a mistake when at the right time, not interfering with important pursuits of the will. It is good to remember your plans and hopes for the future as well as immediate satisfactions.

This may be specially true when your vision of possibilities is unorthodox and "far-fetched" according to the majority. What do they know? Not much, especially when they are in a negating frame of mind, for they negated the hopes of many inventors and scientists whose "crazy dreams" turned out to be real and beneficent. Such individuals ahead of their time had to lose for a long time before they could win.

Higher tastes and rarified intuitions are yours. They do not always jibe with the predilections of the profane. The music of the soul, however, can drown out any uncivilized cacophony.

Someone who has turned to the inner life, a monk or hermit, nun or recluse, may be helpful to you and vice versa. Spiritual giving does not have to be on the plane of material things.

Some individuals do not give a second thought to being parasitic, or know that they are being so. They will "sing for their supper" or use any clever trick to get what they need or want, as if this were the way of the world and their natural right. You neither need to be a victim of their ruses, nor depreciate them too much in your mind, for in India even thieves are considered to be a caste-profession, if not exactly respectable. Laws of karma cover and balance a multitude of peccadilloes.

Finding your true focus and staying with it, as suggested in paragraphs 3-6, will save you from much woe. When you know your path, you are able to adapt to situations with neither too much compromise nor too much rigidity. Principle owns a puissance which opportunism lacks.

{Thursday} *Toward Greater Assurance*

Cosmic Piper