God is Not a Vending Machine

Many of us pray for a certain thing to happen. God I want a new car. God, I want a new job. God I want to be in a relationship with Suzy and I will do whatever it takes to have her. Some of us even bargain with God...I really want Billy to get back together with me and I promise I will be good and I will go to church every Sunday, just please let me have him back. When Billy does not come back, Sally assumes God has not answered her prayer.

NEWSFLASH!!! Perhaps the answer is “NO”. Perhaps that relationship, possession or job, is not in the best interest for the progression of your soul during its journey on the earthly plane. Perhaps your focus should be on something else.

I remember speaking with a woman once who told me she was mad at God because her boyfriend did not get a promotion although they had been praying daily that he would. I remember telling her something like this: Wow, where did your sense of entitlement come from? You know it is not ALL ABOUT YOU! God is sort of busy right now, a hurricane just hit New Orleans and thousands of people are dead or homeless...there is war in Iraq, people all over the world are starving, and you are upset because your boyfriend did not get a promotion? I also remember telling her that God is not a vending machine.

Several weeks later she emailed apologizing because the promotion and raise did come, it was just delayed. The point here is two fold. Sometimes the answer is ‘no’ but sometimes we have to wait. Sometimes things have to unfold according to the divine plan – the timing of the Universe.

The universe is not a game of chance. Things happen for a reason, and everything is somehow either a cause or effect of something else. There is such an incredible order to things that if we but can get the slightest glimpse of it, we will be in awe of it. This is what I have referred to previously as synchronicity, when we see the hand of God/dess working personally within each of our individual lives.
When we pray, we have to wait for a response. Sometimes we become so impatient that we repeat our prayers night after night, petitioning the same requests over and over. Guess what? God is not deaf. S/he heard you the first time. Once is enough. After you say your prayer, it is your job to sit back and wait. Yep. Patience. Let me spell that out again P A T I E N C E. This is kind of like hitting the elevator button over and over while you impatiently stand at the elevator doors. Even though the light is lit, you push it over and over, thinking it will make it come faster. What a waste of time, and finger energy – once is enough.

Today's society is so geared toward instant gratification, we want things and we want them now. Well, take a number and get in line because God is sorta busy right now. When we pray God/dess does hear our prayers. But we, as humans, must then step back from the desire and wanting (and asking) and allow things to unfold.


When we are constantly petitioning we can’t hear the answer. The answer often comes in the silence of meditation or mindfulness…in the silence, s/he whispers to us the answers that we seek….and we have but to recognize them. Prayer is when we speak to God ~~~ meditation and connecting to the divine source and waiting for the response, is when s/he answers. When we stop asking and start listening... we will hear that soft, still voice. Listen.

Saturn-Pluto "A Ruthless Force"

I call it the 'ruthless force,' and it is the energy at work in our world. Saturn in Libra is squaring Pluto at 1 degree of Capricorn creating a dramatic effect in terms of power struggles, confrontations, oppressive forces and a buildup of explosive energy.

Saturn-Pluto is linked to nuclear energy, aggression, oil, and shortages. This transit also relates to the law, justice, financial institutions, and business in general.The last event that we can link to Saturn-Pluto energy was the period of 911, as Pluto in Sagittarius opposed Saturn in Gemini within 2 degrees.

The square from Saturn we are experiencing at this time is in the sign of Libra ruling the scales of justice, laws, and partnerships of all kinds. Libra energy is always seeking balance and harmony and in doing so, is sometimes associated with 'wanting, or lack, thereof," as a direct result of the natural conciliatory nature of this sign. Libra's and Libra energy sometimes mean avoiding confrontation at all costs, therefore not defending one's actions, or demanding enough of what is actually called for.

Pluto in Capricorn is a direct clash with the Saturn energy in Libra, as Capricorn is ruled by Saturn,' the taskmaster,' and it's energy is harsher and less conciliatory. Pluto in Capricorn relates to the earth, oil, banking, and all business in general, and the two energies meeting up at this time create a definite clash.

This transit will be seen and felt on the world stage and in our individual lives as well, especially if you have a personal planet that is being aspected. On a national and international level the square involves clashes between governments, changes in alliances and partnerships, and the administration of justice. Saturn-Pluto relates to shortages, lack, intrigues and power struggles, secret investigations, changes in laws, and bringing to justice those who have broken the laws of society. It represents hard, unsympathetic attitudes, power struggles and plots, problems with corporate interests, insurance companies and a struggle against dishonesty and corruption, as well as paranoia, and the potential of situations that can turn deadly.It represents circumstances that have a sinister and foreboding nature, in general. On the positive side, this square can create willpower and determination.

If your chart is being aspected by this transit you are undoubtedly experiencing stress, disharmony, shortages, and a feeling of 'forced change,' more so than other people. You will feel the stress more acutely if you have a planet that is between 1-4 degrees of Aries, Libra, Cancer or Capricorn.

Saturn and Pluto square each other at 4 degrees of Capricorn January 21, 2010-February 10, 2010. The two planets will be within 3 degrees of each other through mid March 2010.

The Soulmate Connection

We have many soul mates This is caused usually by the splitting of a larger soul into sections. This makes the soul very recognizable and we feel "connected" to it as we are indeed part of it.

We come back through many lives with the "other Part" of our soul ie soulmate to learn lessons through meetings and partings, you can say on some level we are all soul mates one with another, learning and growing. Not all these lessons are loving or comforting. Lessons in forgiveness and unconditional love are challenging.

Sometimes we are the "victim", and sometimes we are the negative or mirror that shows another soul their light. This is where free will and choice comes into play, how we react or view our relationships. Someone can come into your life and cause you much pain and suffering because there is a soul agreement between you to grow and evolve in love and forgiveness.

This is one perception of karma and the "tit for tat" of the you did it to me Now I will do it to you that has gone on for lifetimes . You break the cycle by acting rather than reacting, by freeing the ego from the soul and learning to love and forgive. Mind you, this does not mean being stepped on as we must maintain some self respect but we may choose (if this is a negative karmic soulmate connection) to wish them well with love and release them.

Our greatest joy and our greatest pain are both conceived in these soul mate relationships, our feelings intensified by our soul connections, whether for good or bad. You can often spot a soul mate or karmic relationship by "love at first site" or "revulsion at first site", depending upon the lessons you've contracted to learn from this soul. One can live a lifetime in joy and harmony with a resonant soul mate, and this a beautiful, but rare gift.

This article was posted by Dsandra.

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Prosperity and Positive Affirmations

The first step is the hardest and that is to Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do. When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.

It does not matter how improbable or how far away this realization may seem, or how dark the prospects may be, if we visualize them as best we can, as vividly as possible, hold tenaciously to them and vigorously struggle to attain them, they will gradually become actualized, realized in the life. But a desire, a longing without endeavor, a yearning abandoned or held indifferently will vanish without realization.

It is only when desire is crystallized into resolve, however, that it is effective.

Think and say only that which you wish to become true.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the outline of the image itself; the real substance, not merely a mental image. What we believe is coming to us is a tremendous creative motive. Your whole thought current must be set in the direction of your life purpose.

Whatever comes to us in life, we create first in our mentality.

Submitted by Dsandra

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