Insights for June 1, 2025
Insights June 1, 2025
Awakening
“Knowing what you don’t know helps inform what you know.” Ther Insight Center
“It’s ok to say, “Thats not my reality anymore.” The Insight Center
“Each of us is creating the world around us to teach our souls what we are here to learn. All other people, as it happens, are reflecting to us what we need to learn. Sometimes that means that we have interactions with others that are less than fun. How we will understand these things determines what we get out of them.” Tom Jacobs
Do you notice when the energy feels less dense? What does it mean? It means that you are more in affinity/alignment/truth.” The Insight Center Do you notice when the energy feels less dense? What does it mean? It means that you are more in affinity/alignment/truth.” The Insight Center
“A healthy sense of humor - and sometimes a deep appreciation for the absurd - comes in handy along everyone's path to spiritual health and wholeness.” Tom Jacobs
“When you align fully with truth, you cannot help but think, speak, and live it. Said another way, you cannot help but live your life aligned with a truth once you take in its vibration.” Tom Jacobs
“Authentic presence happens when ego gets out of the way.” Ethan nichtern
“ … figure out what you need to do in order to trust life, yourself, and the Universe a little (or a lot) more.” Tom Jacobs
“However that might look in your life, be easy on yourself. Opening to spirit can be a difficult process-and you'll need to remember to take care of yourself well.” Tom Jacobs
Astrology
Saturn moved from Pisces into Aries, on May 26 and will be conjunct Neptune through September. Time to realize your dream(s). Put on your sneakers and walk out of the unknown - with excitement and confidence.” The Insight Center
Uranus will move from Taurus (unearthing/awakening stability) into Gemini on July 8. Uranus, the great awakener and impulse to individuate will be louder and talk more. Information will flow quickly and unexpectedly. Be in alignment with your truth to be ready and receptive to the information you receive.
“A time to relinquish illusions that no longer serve, and to shape the scaffolding for a new, soul-aligned dream.” Mark jones
Vipassana Meditation and Buddhism
“It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent, when they are not.” Thich Nhat Hanh
“Meditation helps you cultivate the capacity to develop an inner space so that you can observe what's happening in your life with a measure of detachment so that you can learn. It actually opens up the space through which you can learn to see why the things are happening the way that they are, and not just experiencing things happening to you.” Tom jacobs
Healing
“More often than not - the vast majority of the time - what we need to give up to progress along our journeys are things in our lives that don't serve us in healthy ways. We get attached to all manner of habits and routines and don't like to have to give up things that seem to be part of who we are. They are however simply behaviors and routines; they are not possibly representative of who we are.” Tom Jacobs
Spiritual Hygiene
May You Live in Interesting Times: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World By Margaret Meloni, PhD February 27, 2025
Anxiety
Finding Calm: Buddhist Insights on Managing Anxiety By Kassidy Evans May 20, 2025
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/finding-calm-buddhist-insights-on-managing-anxiety/
Engaged Buddhism
Right View: A Response to Zionist Buddhists, Breaking down the profound harm caused by justifying Israeli violence with Dharma, by Alexandra Cain, M. Div., and Eric Manigian, M.Div.
When the Guardians Fell Silent: A Dharma Reckoning for Gaza, The Soul of Humanity Lies in the Rubble of Gaza,Thanissara
https://open.substack.com/pub/thanissara/p/when-the-guardians-fell-silent-a?r=joe4w&utm_medium=ios