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Urim & Thummim

Ancient Stones of Divination

The Urim and Thummim stones were used by the Hebrew High Priest for Divination, the act of seeking knowledge through indirect means from God. “Urim” (white) translates to “Curse, fault, guilt, or No.” Thummim (black) translates to “Light, Truth, Innocence, or Yes.”

“And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the L-RD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the L-RD continually.”

Exodus 28: 30

“They can help you to read the omens.”

It’s in the Bible.

These stones were the only form of divination permitted by God. The priest carried them in a golden breastplate.” —from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Black Onyx stone

Balance, Grounding, Protection, Strength

A strength giving, balancing and grounding stone; providing support in difficult or confusing circumstances, and during times of enormous mental and physical stress. It helps to balance conflicting energies and drives, absorbs and transforms negative energy, helps alleviate fears and worries.; promotes vigor and stamina. It also centers your energy and aligns it with a higher power, accessing higher guidance.

Some beliefs & usages:

Place black onyx in the northeast corner of your home to encourage wisdom and enlightenment. (source: www.earthegy.com)

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The Alchemist

Highlights:

All things are ONE.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.

God placed them along your path.

And dreams are the language of God. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.

To realize one’s destiny. Personal Legend is a person’s only obligation.
It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish.

At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives.

It prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s your mission on earth.

The Soul of the World is nourished by people’s happiness.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.People fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”

We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you.

When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It’s always a positive force.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to heart.”

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say. “

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”

If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

You must always know what it is that you want.

The secret of life, though, is to fall even seven times and get up eight times.

People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.

We make a lot of detours, but we’re always heading for the same destination.

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Never stop dreaming, follow the omens.

Everything in life is an omen.”

There is a language in the world that everyone understand. The universal language that deals with the past and the present of all people. It is the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive … and it has a soul.

If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.

— Paulo Coelho