Message for Thursday 1 June 2017

Thursday 1 June 2017

\Dissolving Resentment or Instability/

There may be "a troubled strain," yet there is strong intelligence. Such strength comes from studying and thinking in a way which does not flinch from difficulties but tries to comprehend contradictory positions (or facts, although some philosophers would say that there are and can be no contradictory facts). 

Some aspects of your thinking are embroiled in mystery, yet other aspects are spiritually reassuring (or perhaps the same aspects are both). 

We have to face miscommunications and conflicts in communication. Maybe both sides are partly right but it is hard to see this. 

Underlying harmony remains (sun trine Jupiter), so we ought to remind ourselves of that, and carry on.

It is important to avoid cruelty, or realize that sadistic impulses could hurt you and a friendship. People understand things as best they know how, and cannot be whipped into understanding them better. 

You may be doing well in a material sense, in job or career.  You feel like trying a great deal, with exaggerated self-confidence, and your judgment could be correct. 

Asserting yourself saucily is not a mistake if you feel sure of yourself. It helps you and others to grow beyond their limits. A large person (or a prestigious one) could bring up up short if you were to get out of hand.

You note self-assertiveness and imitation in some, but you can learn from it. You yourself could imitate someone and learn that way. 

The question of whether there are really obsessing spirits is an interesting one; popular movies and TV series say "Yes" and sober psychologists say "No." What do you think? Whatever the answer, someone visible or invisible has a strong influence on you. 

Merit and position could aid in rising above your station to some level where you receive honors; however, there is also the "troubled strain" which makes you feel that some things have been snatched from you and that you have been beaten down by hard social weather. It is good to remain content with what you have, which is enough, and remain hopeful even if feeling subject to misfortune. You can still attain greater things.

{Thursday}  /Dissolving Resentment or Instability\

Cosmic Piper