The wheel is a common symbol germane to many cultures around the world. The four directions are like the four points on a compass and each direction represents an aspect of the fundamental energies of the universe. Theoretically, any subject matter can be placed on a wheel and have its attributes described in the four directions. Manifesting a creation requires movement around the wheel of your life.

Within this circular movement on the wheel of creation you must honestly and courageously address your weaknesses and strengths in each of the four directions. Manifestation arises out of a reservoir of creative energy, whose source is the power of balance and harmony you bring to your unique wheel of life. Working in each direction around the wheel will lead you in a spiraling dance of healing and evolvement that will empower and provide you with the energy you need to manifest your creation, whether that be the writing of a book, buying a new home or landing the job of your dreams.

Remember that we are always working toward maintaining our center as life continually changes and challenges us. So to strive for perfect balance is not the goal. Instead focus on developing a keen awareness of how you expend your energy in each direction of your life and fine tune that awareness so that you are moving toward and living within the rhythm of balance and harmony. If you truly devote yourself to the task, your wheelwork will create a state of grace and equilibrium where this reserve of energy emerges, which can then be devoted to the manifestation of your dreams in life. Visit the wheel of your life daily and use it like a fulcrum to determine if you are in need of shifting your energy toward greater balance in each of the directions of your life.

We traverse the sacred wheel in a circular movement, like the rotation of the earth around the sun. But there is also horizontal and vertical movement on the wheel of life. Horizontal movement occurs from east/west and west/east, whereas vertical movement refers to north/south and south/north. Horizontal and vertical movement is essential to your creative acts because how you use these forms of movement on the wheel will determine your success in reaching your goals.

Horizontal movement between east and west is the energy that flows between thought in the east and feeling in the west. We move horizontally when we discuss ideas or when we process issues. For example, with this form of movement we are in essence, going to the river of creativity to fill our clay pot with the water of ideas and feelings that we will then use to quench our thirst for creative manifestation. If we do not use this collected water of thought and feeling or if we carelessly allow its energy to spill away, then it becomes a distraction from our creative act of power. In other words, if you are not using your thoughts and feelings as fuel to drive your creation into being, then you are wasting your energy and distracting yourself from your goal.

You must use your mind, your intent, and your emotions to drive your creativity into being. How you feel gives you intent and your dreams and emotions fill the clay pot with the waters of your vision. How you think actually creates your ability to manifest. The energy of your thoughts and feelings are essential then to your ability to manifest and it is important to see this energy of thought and feeling as a very useful tool. However, this tool has a shadow. Its darkness is its propensity to distract you from your goal, which can be difficult to discern without a strong vision firmly rooted at the center of your attention.

Detecting when you have fallen under the shadow side of horizontal movement can be troublesome, because this form of movement on the wheel can be perceived as both a benefit and a distraction. As a benefit, horizontal movement creates our experience in life and we create and manifest our dreams out of the energy of our experience. However if sharing ideas and processing feelings becomes all we accomplish, then we know our horizontal movement has moved into the shadow of distraction and imbalance. You must watch out for this trap and continually analyze how your tendency toward horizontal movement serves rather than distracts you from accomplishing your goal. You must balance your horizontal movement by ensuring that you are also moving vertically on your wheel of creation. The effect of horizontal movement should be to bring an idea into crystalline clarity, providing a sense of purpose, mission and focus. In that moment of real seeing, you rise up into vertical thought by the uplifting power of pure inspiration.

In the vertical movement of our consciousness, we create by drawing our inspiration from the North direction on the wheel down into physical manifestation in the South. The energy of inspiration and aspiration found in vertical consciousness beckons us ever closer to the realm of spirit. Passion contributes to the driving force of vertical movement on the wheel through its power to push us onward despite the obstacles that seek to deter us on our path to manifestation.

Your passion must be your constant companion on your path to accomplishing your goal. The energetic structure of your passion is filled with creativity, which continually longs to move upward into vertical consciousness in search of union with the source of all creation. Intent crystallizes your passion, leading it like an arrow flung toward the center of your target. That target is the vision of your dream created by the power of your experience and shaped by your will to manifest. Your will is the ability to see what you desire and to formulate a detailed vision of your dream. Your will paints a picture of your dream, but what lives within the force of your intent to manifest that dream into reality? That force is your passion.

The spiraling of energy creates the sacred dance of life. The inward spiral, the pulling in of imploding energy causes the stirring of life force, the receiving of inspiration and creativity. It is a gathering of powerful energy that swirls inward toward its center. The equal and opposite expression of the outward spiral or manifestation of the mirrors of consciousness occurs in the explosion of energy. This explosion of energy into form seeks to exist in the outer realm as a reflection of its center. When we examine the spiral dance of life at its crossroads, we see that horizontal movement on the wheel is an implosion of energy, whereas the explosion of energy occurs when we move vertically on the wheel.

As you work around the wheel of creation, you will need to continually analyse your expenditure of energy in each direction. You will be taking the approach of horizontal movement as you discover your answers and come into a true understanding of your power, your identity, and your sense of self worth. Then the moment of truth will come, when the answers are found and the plan of action is laid out before you. Now you must lift up to the North into the essence of your inspiration, and manifest that dream or goal by moving down vertically to the South, into the place of creation.

Most people spend their whole lives in horizontal movement on the wheel of life. It is the few who take their horizontal experience and manifest their dreams by moving vertically on the wheel. I hope that you will be among the few.

Upcoming Online Course!

The Spiraling Journey of Kuan Yin, Way-Shower of Compassionate Intuition

January 29 - February 26, 2006

This online course will continue our journey around the wheel of a woman's life moving from the Child in the South to the Teen in the West. Continuing the Wisdom Walks Series, our second Online Course, The Spiraling Journey of Kuan Yin moves from the South attributes of the intuitive child to the West, where we open the pathways to the resource and wealth of intuition held by your maiden, the Inner Teen.

The Artemis/South Course is not a pre-requisite for the Kuan Yin/West course. Each online class stands alone and you are welcome to join this course even though you may not have participated in a previous online course in the Wisdom Walks Series. You may begin your work around the wheel of intuition at any life stage and at any direction on the wheel. Previous courses will be offered again and personal seminar versions of each course will be made available for independent study.

So often in present day adult life, we lose touch with the part of our self that listens to the inner voice of wisdom. We disown the supposed 'rebellious teen' who questions our adult authority. And yet, it is this aspect of self whose impetuous nature provides the uncanny ability to zero in on insight that the adult mind may feel too burdened with responsibility to perceive.

The untamed teen has a quick wit and wild spirited core at the essence of her being and she holds many keys to the directives of your destiny. The aspect of your Inner Teen Self is a vital contributor to the holistic nature of your intuitive voice. She is the one who listens without judgment or distraction and with lightning speed, she uncovers the pearls of intuition's truth. Come join me in this online adventure of spirit with unique coursework offering pathways for reuniting with your Wise Inner Teen!

Topics will include exploring the four directions of the Brain and dialoguing with the Inner Analyst; developing a reciprocal relationship of sharing intuitive knowledge with the archetypes of your male and female expressions of energy; discovering your Inner Teen and her wheel teachings in a homecoming visualization; journeys with the Goddess Kuan Yin, new chakra meditations; Doll-making for the West direction of your intuitive self and much more!

Margaret H. Lewis is a highly regarded professional speaker, workshop facilitator, business and personal development consultant, gifted spiritual practitioner and author. For over 20 years she has provided countless training seminars and workshops on a wide range of life management and personal development skills.

Margaret is a graduate of an intensive four-year program of spiritual study, receiving her professional certification and ministerial license. She is continually engaged in many areas of research and study that further her continuing education as a spiritual practitioner.

From 2000 - 2005, Margaret directed Lynn Andrews website where she designed, wrote and taught Online Spirituality Courses with Ms. Andrews. In her role as the Online Course Creator, Margaret oversaw the entire learning environment and curriculum presentation. Margaret has ventured out on her own and is offering many new online courses and learning adventures on her website at www.wisdomwalks.com. Please keep checking the website and new issues of Spirit's Scroll for updates!

In private consultations, Margaret has assisted hundreds of people in releasing the blocks that are holding them back from achieving their goals and visions of fulfillment. To set up an appointment with Margaret, please email her at info@wisdomwalks.com or visit her online store at www.wisdomwalks.com.


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