The starting point is the Self. It’s essence is water. Only clarity, willingness to change, is effective now. A correct relationship to your self is primary. for from it flow all possible right relationships with others and with the Divine.
Remain modest – that is the Oracles council. Regardless of how great may be your merit, be yielding, devoted and moderate, for then you have a true direction for your life.
Be in the world but not of it. An yet do not be closed, narrow, or judging; rather, remain receptive to impulses flowing from the Divine within and without.
Strive to live the ordinary life in a non-ordinary way.
Remember at all times what is coming to be and passing away, and focus on that which abides. Nothing less is called from you now.
This is a time for major growth and rectification and, as a rule, rectification must come before progress. The field is tilled before the seed is planted, the garden is weeded before the flower blooms, and the self must know stillness before it can cover it’s true song.
Now is not a time to seek credit for accomplishments or to focus on results. Instead, be content to do your task for the task’s own sake. Herein lies the secret of experiencing a true present.
See and seek Joy to be mirrored, yet with subtle caution against carelessness.
The Self is required to balance the self.
Nothing in excess was the second phrase written over the gateway to the temple at Delphi.
The first council was Know thy Self.
With these words the journey of Self begins.
If you struggle to connect to these words and feel blocked, begin by being clear with yourself. Do not turn to others now, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress. No matter what area of your life is in disarray, stop and consider. You will reconise the outer enemy as but a reflection of what you have not, until now, been able or willing to recognise as coming from within.
Above all, do not give yourself airs. Breaking the momentum of past habits is the challenge here.
In the life of the Spirit, you are always at the beginning.