“In one sense the (Unknowable) represents the path of karma – the sum total of what you have done and the limits on what you are and will become. At the same time …it teaches that the very debts of old karma shift and evolve as you shift and evolve. Nothing is predestined; there is nothing that cannot be avoided. And if, indeed, there are “matters hidden by the gods,” you need only remember: What beckons is the creative power of the unknown.”  The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum

The future is an interesting place, at the same time mysterious and predictable. It can be predictable when we examine the patterns and habits that brought us to this present moment. We are creatures of habit and unless we make a conscious effort to change our habits, we can predict with some accuracy how we will respond to the circumstances of our lives. The mystery lies in the ways of being that we have forgotten. There is nothing unknown, only things forgotten. We forget for many reasons and often create places in our lives where we suddenly remember. Take, for example, the experience of the mother who lifts a car off her child – she had forgotten her capacity for strength until such time as she most needed it.

It doesn’t have to take an extreme circumstance for us to remember what we are capable of, or of what we came to this lifetime to accomplish and learn. We have the tools to tap into the forgotten corners of our lives, revealing clearly the how and why of our experiences.

Meditation is one of these tools, as are Oracle cards, Rune Stones, the I Ching and many others. Each time we pick up or engage with one of these tools, we immediately enter an altered state of consciousness as we open ourselves to our own Higher Wisdom and Guidance. Where that Guidance comes from … our Higher Selves, our Guides and Angels or the Universe … is less important than the fact we asked in the first place.

I always caution my clients and students when they ask about the future, not because there is anything scary in the future, but because the future is energy in motion and as such, it moves and flows with each choice we make in the present moment. If you choose to walk left instead of right, you have instantly changed the future from your point of consciousness.

There is great truth to the saying “To be forewarned is to be forearmed”. When we work with the Oracle, we are working with general guidance rather than specifics. For example, if the question asked is “Will she come back to me?” you may receive a “yes” but then you must open yourself to the “how” of that “yes”. You must recognize that the “yes” is energy in motion, changing as you change, or she changes.

One of my clients desperately wanted the answer to that same question to be a “yes”. She was so caught up in the need for it to be “yes” that she wasn’t able to hear the “how” of that future possibility. Changes were being asked of her that she was unwilling to engage in; perhaps that she wasn’t ready to give herself permission to experience. A year later, without having made any of the changes she had been guided to do, the answer was still “yes” but the “how” had yet to be realized and so the “yes” had not manifested. The future had kept pace with her present state of mind and being.

Difficult and challenging circumstances happen to all of us to one degree or another. Using a tool like the Oracle cards gives us the opportunity to look beyond what is right in front of us and open us to the solutions that already exist in our Stories. When we approach life from the perspective that no wrong choices exist … that there are choices and our experiences of those choices … we can then step back a pace, becoming clear and centered, moving into and through our life’s circumstances. Knowing the future is about knowing ourselves and recognizing what needs to change so we can enjoy the best experiences of our life’s circumstances. Welcome the Future – it is your creative expression of your Life Story.

Megan Edge
Psy-chick Healing Studio
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