posted February 27, 2005 06:35 PM         

Then I grew up, and stopped believing that, because my logical/programmed mind led me to believe in nothing. I had an atheist father who was a practical, Virgo, Scientist, and a
Mother whose faith was always swinging, she could never pick one and stick with it.
I was confused. So I started to forget that part of me, and live life however I wanted to.
Then someone came into my life, which led me to the Teachings of Linda Goodman. When I read it the first time I was happy that someone could bring to the surface what I knew as a Child.
I remember, after I read Star Signs, I had bought 3 notebooks.
One for Astrology, Numerology and one for Lexigrams.
I taught myself through various books and Linda's Teachings the latter subjects.
Of course, I questioned their validity at times, but the TRUTH of it never failed to materialize itself in my day-to-day life. And that what happens!
That's how you learn about Truth, you listen, and you if pay attention to the intricate parts of your own life, that eventually manifest, they always do, if you happen to notice it.
And then, I wanted to share with everyone what was True, but sometimes its difficult.
Because the only way they know it to be True is for them to experience and learn about
it themselves.
But remember, before you should teach others, you must know it first.
It's exciting to learn about these things, and share it with others, but you must figure it out on your own, in Silence, first.
It took me along time to accept that. I was a big mouth.

I remember when someone at work noticed that I was on this site. And said, "oh, you don't believe that Astrology crap do you?"
And he said, "you know, you can't pin-hole someone like that, people say I'm a Cancer,
and that's nothing like me"
I asked him if he ever had a birth chart calculated, and that if he was aware of the many other planetary placements. He didn't know any of this, nor did he know that the other planets had anything to do with it. When I began to explain, he became rather interested, and so I recommended a book for him. Who knows, he one day may pick it up when he is ready!
I changed his perception of Astrology, because most people have warped perceptions of Astrology due to it being misused in paper articles and magazine columns.
It's like with anything else. You can't offer a little dog a diamond, and say
"Here, this is for you, it's very valuable", that dog wouldn't know what to do with it!
He'd probably bury it. That dog’s perception of a diamond would be the same as any other old rock.
It's like people and with the meta-physical, if you know what I mean.

Linda always said, don't take her Truth to be yours, unless it happens to agree with your own personal enlightenment.
She is merely planting the seeds of Truth, for them to one-day flourish into beautiful flowers by your own individual attention, care, and frequent watering.
Of course!
So don't be in too much of a rush to validate it to others, before you can validate it within your own Self first.
Things, books and people will be attracted to those who are ready.

There's defiantly more that taxes, boys, housework, friends ect... And that is YOU.
I used to observe my own consciousness, and wonder why am I here, what makes me, me?
How am I alive? Is the more me? If you keep asking those questions, you will might soon
find that a part of you can actually answer that, in fragments, images, and in many
different ways. The more you pay attention, the more your HigherSelf will guide you.
It's like sometimes, especially before going to sleep, I begin having a conversation
with myself, the wiser part of me, and more importantly, the honest part of mysElf, which is my Higher Self. For example, I felt guilty that I told off my partner, and said I was right and he was wrong, and my other self said, no, he was teaching you something, but you let your ego get in the way. And I actually dreamed of the lesson that night.
The next day, he told me "Sometimes, what may seem like an argument to you, really
may be me trying to teach you something you know!"
And I swiftly apologized and said sorry. He told me not to be sorry, because that was
the only way I could have learned that.
I'm only scratching the surface here, as there are no limitations for what you can learn, or better yet, EARN.

posted February 28, 2005 09:55 PM         

Here, I'll give you a link, this one's the best that I've found.
http://skepdic.com/forer.html

Humm, I'm gonna go make a thread about this in the Astrology forum.