“Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.”

— Morihei Ueshiba

The Wizard’s Reflection

Empowering Perspectives

The riddle of will is one of the great and unavoidable mysteries we are both faced with and made of. As we inquire further into the mysteries of the will, we find numerous facets of the crystal of self-creation that both baffle and bemuse. On a very mundane level, our perspective shapes how we respond to life, so by choosing it, we also shape life. Our beliefs and actions, and our ability to choose them, remind us that we are co-creating ourselves and our world.

Accepting the responsibility for how we see things is a starting point for reclaiming ourselves as our own creation and the beginning of the end of our indoctrination into victim mentality and defeatism. This initiation is not for the faint of heart nor the idealistic. It requires both unbending intent and radical flexibility to adjust with the arising of experience. It is not something we tick a box next to and finish. It is a commitment to a ceaseless process for the rest of our lives.

Suggested Divination Meanings

What is my current perspective on the situation, and how might I benefit from changing it?

What are my beliefs, and how are they guiding me?

What choices do I have right now?

What combo of perspectives and actions will empower me now?

What are my beliefs about belief?

What do I consider an absolute truth, and how can that serve me here?

What actions can I take that will enhance my ability to create?

In what ways can I recreate the current situation?

What is my relationship with creativity?

From where does the will arise?