As we realize the gifts in the EQ sphere, we break open into the Pathway of Love:

This is a breaking open, because it’s a flooding of love that had been blocked for some time. Maybe not permanently, but certainly not to its fullest potential. It is said that this is the release of love from DNA.

If you look at the picture I have uploaded for the blog, it is the “Sword in the Stump”. In 2015, a now 150-year old white ash tree that was dying, was cut down to a stump in my local neighborhood. The following year, a local artist created a replica of Excalibur and installed it on the stump. This fixture had been around for 7 years, until just a couple days ago when the stump was entirely removed. There is symbolism in seeing that today and this blog, because it reminded me that only YOU can remove Excalibur from the dam of your Pathway of Love, and when you do…you become the royalty in the kingdom of your heart and soul; you claim it.

I also wanted to point out another correlation here, between the “dam” in the Pathway of Love and the cleansing of the pipes to allow the flow through the heart that Michael Singer speaks of in “Living Untethered”, with a visual here…

This pathway is about open and clear communication, led from the heart when relating to others. This pathway takes a different name at the Shadow level - the Pathway of Defense. If we allow our lower frequency mental (IQ sphere) teenage pattern to rule us, we would tend to trigger the other person’s lower frequency emotional (EQ sphere) defense strategy, which then triggers our shadow frequency IQ pattern to engage. This is a back-and-forth struggle, also known as the “Eden Loop”. If you’ve ever felt like the person you’re talking to just “doesn’t listen”, doesn’t “get you”, and emotions flare up both ways, it is worth looking into both your IQ and EQ sphere shadows and contemplating them. Releasing from this loop requires letting go of defenses, to allow yourself to feel what you feel, and communicate that to the other without expectation that you will be heard, yet at the same time in a way that does not active their defense trigger. Dropping down into authenticity is the key.

The EQ sphere is about the ages of 7-14 and the emotional development during that time. It is said that “the Shadow of this Gene Key governs your primary emotional defence mechanism, which is the set pattern you adopted as a child whenever you felt unsafe”…

Last week, I visited the Temple of the Universe in Alachua, Florida. The Temple was built by Michael Singer, author of the book “The Untethered Soul”, in 1975. I was visiting to listen to a talk from Michael himself. Michael doesn’t give a schedule of what his topics will be, so it wasn’t known what I was going to be hearing about.

As Michael progressed in his talk, a warm flush came over me as I realized that the topic of the talk was going to be about falling from and returning to the Garden of Eden. This notion is extremely resonant for me, and has been a constant discussion topic with some others who share aspects of it with me. Before I get to the talk, I wanted to give context to the resonance. In Human Design, each person has an Incarnation Cross that is said to define the life path and purpose that we are to carry out, if we live according to our strategy and authority. I’ve always said in the past that I’m an alien on Earth, that I felt like I got off on the wrong stop coming here, and home was somewhere else. My Incarnation Cross is called the “Right Angle Cross of Eden 3”, and this description of that cross not only encapsulates everything I’ve felt about myself, but the premise of Michael’s talk as well:

“The Right Angle Cross of Eden 3 (6/36 | 12/11)

So you were thrown out of Eden, or at least that may be what birth felt like to you. Many who carry this Cross enter the world reluctantly as the womb provides everything that is needed. Over time, you carry the energy to go out and explore the world and to live life. Ultimately your energy is about exploration, not to make your way back to Eden but to move forward and find a slice of Eden here on earth and then share it with those around you.”

As you might imagine, the notion of bringing that divinity here rather than just going back, has been contemplated by myself throughout this life. Needless to say, I knew in my soul that I was meant to be at the Temple, on that night, for that exact talk…

This blog turned out to be a deeply inspired poem that poured out of my soul. Enjoy.

Did I miss a stop
When arriving at this place?
Did I sign on the dotted line
Of a contract for a soul with the wrong face?

Born into a family of partying
Smoking, drinking, loud music galore
It was easy for me to sense the pain
In the windows to their souls and behind their heart’s door…

It didn’t take you very long to see that being your authentic self led to the best life had to offer.  It led to connections that were more than you could have dreamed of, and fulfilling in an unfathomable way.  People who truly cared, who opened up their hearts and met yours.  It also led you to a higher perspective, where you saw that those who fell out of your life weren’t “bad”, but that they are all on their own path as well, trying to find their way...and even though their path doesn’t line up with yours, their authentic selves will lead them in their own right direction…