Knowledge is not wisdom, just as a pile of bricks is not a house. Gathering lots of knowledge and insight from many sources is a useful tool in life. Learning to apply this knowledge is learning how to use the tool of knowledge. Now living the knowledge is where wisdom comes from and nothing in a book, lecture or class can grow wisdom like experience. Experience gives you a base from which you can relate to others in your life and impart your knowledge with the wisdom of living.
A lighthouse does not run around looking for ships, it just stays in one spot and shines.
Shine brightly from all the windows of your soul that you thought were cracks. What you have endured and survived is always on display as shadows but when you let the light of your soul shine those shadows disappear and give way to the light of hope.
“There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” ~Jessica Hatchigan
1. Recognize that we have a choice
Whenever we get stuck in the past, most likely it is because we are being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. These intrusions appear as regret, anger, hatred, resentment or sadness. When we get caught by this web of negativity, it is extremely difficult to remember that we have a choice. We can choose to break free from this cycle by realizing that each thought has an energetic value. Negative thoughts chain us to past memories only to weaken us.
2. Understand why we hold on
Dwelling on the past can actually feel good to us. Hating someone because they wronged us can feel very satisfying, because we feel like we are getting back at them through hatred. In reality, we are the one’s adding to our own suffering. We hold on to the past because we find comfort in what…
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“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past…but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” -Buddha
My phone was sitting on the kitchen table as I was cooking breakfast, spirit turned it on and played this on YouTube for me at a time I felt weak and alone.
Living my divine truth. Not perfect and not imperfect, not leading and not following, not lost and not found, no questions and no answers, not reflecting and not absorbing.
I demonstrate my truth regardless of the world’s reaction. I speak my truth regardless of the world’s deftness. I stand in my truth regardless of how the world quakes.
I do my best at each moment to live my divine truth. ~Francisco E. Alvarez, Curandero~
How we connect personally to angry words spoken at us, out of anger; will determine our reply from either grace or disgrace. ~ WOW ~
via Window 1217 – Where do your emotions stem from — A Window Of Wisdom
Somewhere along the way, in the middle of the journey and the remembrance of a deeper me, came a subtle, wordless honoring and the longing to find and become the quiet prayer not quite spoken or heard in that mysterious, magical place of in-between.
Casa Del Curandero 
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