GETTING THE TRUTH STRAIGHT
“...Greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.”
- 1 John 4:4 (NASV)
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.” ― Jim MORRISON
“What if we've fallen to the bottom of a well
Thinking we've risen to the top of a mountain
What if we're knocking at the gates of hell
Thinking we're heaven bound
What if we spend our lives thinking of ourselves
When we should have been thinking of each other
What if we reach up and touch the ground
To find we're living life upside down
Upside down”
― Gary Driskell & Karla Worley/ Living Life Upside Down/ Truth/ Benson Records ©1991
This is an 18/30 Week - 5/12 Month - 7 Year
18 is a number that signifies a rite of passage (the “Second Initiation”), equilibrium in the material world & equilibrium within one’s self while achieving balance in one’s intellectual & intentional interactions with the material world, realizing & pursuing the mystical power inherent in living by the TRUTH, The Christ-force within compelling one to follow their own inner awareness of TRUTH, etc…
5 is a number that represents action and struggle, mostly with one’s self, faith, and environment. Largely intellectual in nature, it is an inner conflict to sort out one’s own internal being versus the events and circumstances of one’s external environment. “Know thyself, and thou shalt know the universe and God.” (Temple of Apollo at Delphi)
12 is a number that signifies surrender, waiting, meditation, and retreat. It is about the death of hubris and ego in order to gain clarity of one's true strength & purpose….To gain insight to see the world with new eyes…. To transform challenge and pain into creative wonder & peace. It is indicative of humanity and humanity's role in the divine co-creative process. Metamorphosis. Sometimes it can reveal a traitor, or humiliation.
7 is a number of completions and movement. It also expresses the interconnectivity of God in man. The year 2023 promises to be a year full of excitement and intense challenges. It holds the potential for significant breakthroughs & liberation, or devastating failures & oppression. The determining factor will be the ability of the people to wake up to the awareness of their own divinity and power and to the importance of their connectedness to the world around them.