by Matthew Koren | Dec 7, 2022 | Hermetics
In an effort to distill the wisdoms found within old Hermetic axioms, we’re publishing a series of blog posts that dive into the theme of Hermetic Principles. We’ve shared about the Principle of Gender, and now we’ll cover the Principle of Polarity.
“Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.” ~The Kybalion.
Within this text, we find a designation of things as similar, if not identical, in their essence. Yet they differ in their expression, or rather, they are ‘different in degree’. What this is pointing to, is the similarity amongst what may feel like opposites.
There’s a kindred ‘sameness’ amongst two things that feel like they’re fundamentally different. Alas, they’re born of the same cloth, if you will. An example that is offered to explain this concept, is the notion of hot and cold. While, on one hand, someone may think these two are opposite, in reality, they are both temperatures. In their most fundamental definition, they are different degrees of the same thing; temperature.
The Middle Way
The principle of Polarity calls into view the notion of the middle way. There’s a path of reconciliation, of harmony, of balance and equilibrium. This is the path we are called to walk. What we can learn from this Principle is that there’s a gradual nature of how things slide along their spectrum of expression.
When we speak of temperature, for instance, we have varying degrees on the spectrum of cold to hot. Of course, there are incremental and gradual differentiations along the path from hot to cold. These gradual changes, especially closer to the center of this spectrum, are key to understanding the notion of equilibrium and balance. If we are able to understand, through the placement of both extremes on either end of the Polarity, we can then choose the centered route of neutrality and balance. Oftentimes, as you may come to realize, the path of the middle way is found through employing the Principle of Polarity to bring imbalance back into balance.
by Matthew Koren | Nov 15, 2022 | Hermetics
Now that we’ve gone over the basics around Hermetic Principles, it’s time we start diving into some of the specific Principles as reviewed in “The Kybalion”. For our second blog post within this series, we’ll discuss the Principle of Gender.
“Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.”–The Kybalion.
When we speak about the principle of Gender, we may likely find ourselves navigating within the sensitive nature of gender identity. Above all else, we care that these conversations empower and uplift all. This is why this blog post will begin with that precise reminder; these teachings are designed to empower individuals to express themselves authentically in service toward the uniqueness we’re all designed to express in this world! Also, the purity of these teachings are important to maintain as they give us a solid foundation to orient ourselves when we are confused about where to go next. In this way, we can ensure that all folks stay empowered as creators of their reality.
Humans are born as two different genders, male and female, as so proven by biology and that the science of this is accurate. Of course, each individual has the freedom to express themselves as whatever (i.e. gender, sexual orientation, etc.) or whoever brings them the most joy. However, the foundational physicality or starting point is that we are all born either male or female and that there are real differences in that foundation. If you go for gender reassignment surgery, the first thing the doctor needs to know is where s/he is starting from. Hermetics creates this clarity.
What we seek to bridge is the gap that is sometimes found between our physical reality, and our mental thoughts around it. This gap, which forms a disconnection from our physical reality, can create undue stress and mental health issues. In order to stay balanced in our creative capacities and in order to achieve self-mastery, it would behoove us to understand the Principle of Gender.
Masculine & Feminine Differentiation
What we are speaking of, in this regard, are the components necessary for creation. In order to create, our universe needs an interplay between the masculine and feminine energies. These two distinct qualities come together to come alive. The expressions of these qualities come in many different shapes and sizes, textures and colors.
Perhaps we can understand these qualities of energy in different ways. Ultimately, the qualities of masculine and feminine are not exactly opposites of each other, they are simply different. They are distinct from one another. Within the Hermetic teachings, we find that men can’t take action on what hasn’t been birthed. Women have to birth it first. Otherwise the energy won’t be there. After all, we are experiencing ourselves within a feminine Universe, where the feminine came first in the design. While both are necessary for creation, the feminine recognized the need for the masculine in order to create. Therefore, the masculine is here to serve the feminine. Human kind is here to serve the Goddess, the beloved planet we get to call home for now. We, as a human family, are only here because of Her.
There you have it, an overview of the Principle of Gender, which permeates all we know and all we do! May this information serve to empower you in your embodiment and expression of the qualities of gender.
by Matthew Koren | Oct 17, 2022 | Announcements
It’s harvest season (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), which makes for an opportune time to celebrate all of our progress throughout the year. As we know, motion and progress are different things. If we don’t catch ourselves and take stock of where we are and how far we’ve come, we can feel burned out and be blinded to our achievements. It’s incredibly important to create time to reflect, recognize and acknowledge the growth and expansion that we’ve experienced. This can look like celebrations of little win’s, or full on retrospectives of our lived experience. However this looks for you in your life, we’re inviting you to harvest the blessings of the year thus far!
Here at Spirit in Transition, we’re counting our blessings. In this blog post, we’re going to offer a re-cap of the year so far, as we play an integral role within the Temple Medicine community here in the Fort Lauderdale area.
1-year Anniversary Schedule of Events (read more detail below):
Register for each event here to let us know you’re coming: https://templemedicine.as.me/community-events
What is Temple Medicine?
Temple Medicine is the reminder that YOU are an inter-being. We are a living culture, constantly growing, evolving and thriving at each new level we achieve.
As a place of worship, the temple was originally a commons—a place of equitable access, use, and spiritual sustainability for everyone in the community. Special rituals and rites are developed around the needs of local community, resources are stewarded by our leadership in an accountable way, and conflicts and transgressions are dealt with compassionately rather than abruptly. This was ‘medicine’ for all who came to the temple, supporting their healing, empowerment, and consciousness development.
Our intent with Temple Medicine is to create a modern day ‘temple’ of healing and empowerment (within a cultural rather than religious context). Leveraging the tools of an ancient lineage, we can stand as empowered community of people “reclaiming their crowns,” living in the awareness that they are God, in service to each other and the world.
Temple Medicine is a physical location that is activated by the community. Different community members activate the space in different ways; the space itself is a canvas onto which each of us contribute our stroke of genius. As one of the Temple Medicine members Brandon refers to it, we are a “blossoming and flowering new community of seekers; like minded people with a sense of spirit, looking for quality connections.”
Throughout the year, we’ve enjoyed a growing number of new initiates into the Lineage, budding partnerships, engaged community volunteers and collaborative relationships. We have nurtured and grown an empowered community of people reclaiming their royalty, living in the awareness that they are God, in service to each other and the world, creating powerful structures to grow from, and providing support to each other. As a result of the Magick, our community is empowered, and they are revered as wisdom keepers and sacred spaces holders by their peers and personal communities.
From the perspective of Lifetime Member, Lilith Reese, Temple Medicine “opened up arenas for me that previously felt uncomfortable, or not totally secure. Prior to Temple Medicine I really struggled with public speaking. Temple Medicine is a container that invites me into trusting myself being an empowered leader”.
It’s leaders like Lilith who have empowered our community to continue showing up, creating spaces for our community members to “automatically feel the container is there for them to be themselves, and to go deeper inside themselves”. Lilith is amongst a whole team of leaders at the Temple Medicine family, and appreciates Temple Medicine as an “outlet to be another version of my authentic self, a platform for me to express authentically”.
It is into this authentic expression that we invite you, dear ones, to join us!
Within the Temple Medicine model, all community members are encouraged to contribute their vision and strengths. We are joining together to embody the new paradigm of balanced masculine and feminine energies in leadership, where intuition and reflection play key roles.
According to Brandon, it’s an ongoing process to “evaluate and reflect on where it is that I want to show up in community”. This process aids to open us toward participating authentically, and showing up in a way that feels true for us. At Temple Medicine, we’re about the process, not the product, so we’re patient with that ongoing articulation for each person.
After all, the path of the initiate is not for everyone, that’s why we offer many different doors to enter through. Whether you’d like to share in a meditation practice or upgrade your DNA with a Life Activation, the Temple is here to support your steps toward your own conscious evolution.
Check out some of the milestones we’ve hit so far this year;
- 42 Max Meditation Sessions
- 21 Life Activations
- 6 Full Spirit Activations
- 3 Soul Retrievals
- 4 Empower Thyself Programs
- 7 Initiate Community Nights
- 3 Community RECHARGE Nights
Happy Birthday, Temple Medicine!
And THIS weekend we will be celebrating our 1-year Anniversary. What a milestone!
Friday evening starting at 7pm will be our monthly Recharge event with cacao ceremony, raw juice tasting, and sound healing, but in the middle we will enjoy a short presentation and awards ceremony by Matthew revealing the next stage and vision for Temple Medicine as well as honoring those that helped us achieve our current state.
Saturday at 1pm will be a VIP Tea and Chocolate tasting experience facilitated by Hunter Helton. Come enjoy rare tea and chocolates while supporting the future vision of Temple Medicine with your ticket purchase.
Sunday at 1pm will be a family fun Mystic Fair day with games for the kids, lineage healings and services, as well as vendors from a variety of holistic practices. Come get a chair massage! To cap it off, a catered BBQ will be provided.
Schedule of Events:
- Recharge Community Evening [Anniversary Edition] 7pm Fri Oct 21st
- VIP Tea and Chocolate Tasting 1pm Sat Oct 22nd
- Mystic Fair [Anniversary Edition] 1pm Sun Oct 23rd
Register for each event here to let us know you’re coming: https://templemedicine.as.me/community-events
* Anniversary Events are complimentary for Recharge and Mystic Fair, $75 donation VIP Tea and Chocolate experience on Saturday to benefit those in our community severely impacted by Hurricane Ian recently.
* Family-friends (Kids are welcome)
* Lite hors d’oeuvre will be provided at Saturday’s Recharge; BBQ catered meal will be provided at Sunday’s Mystic Fair
* Plenty of free parking is available in front of Temple Medicine Center
We look forward to celebrating with you! Don’t hesitate to reach out, should you be interested in getting more involved! Stay up to date on our events calendar, and stop by anytime.
To end with sentiments shared by Lilith, Temple Medicine is “a sound, consistent place where a lot of growth and healing has been able to transpire for me and everyone that’s interacted with it from what I can see. That’s why they continue to show back up. I’m grateful to Matthew for holding it and how everything happened to make it stay consistent; it’s beautiful to see it growing and see everyone coming together there to see it growing.” Thank you for your contributions as well, Lilith!
by Matthew Koren | Oct 7, 2022 | Announcements
The experience of not reaching our potential, whether it be potential energy level and productivity during the workday, not feeling as if we have made enough progress on our dreams or even the potential of how functional we are in our relationships can result in us feeling like something is holding us back.
At times we may seek the answer as to why this is, and at other times we may bury our heads in the sand watching Netflix or escaping into work to avoid having to look at or sit with uncomfortable feelings. Self-doubt and false beliefs take hold and we allow them to steer our ship creating negative emotional states that impact our DNA.
Science now recognizes DNA not just as a sugar base, phosphates, and a sequencing of nucleotides, but also as a frequency off which your body designs its cells and replicates itself. After birth, science believes the only way to reprogram your DNA is through emotional states. As you might have guessed, positive emotional states yield favorable outcomes like health, resilience, and passion. Negative emotional states yield unfavorable outcomes like a weak immune system, lower energy levels, and a shorter life span.
There are ways of discovering and eliminating the source of false beliefs that result in self-healing rather than giving all of our focus and attention to the symptoms, which leads to more symptoms. A step towards shining more light into these potentialities is activating our DNA. DNA activation awakens in us our power to dream, to experience joy, to heal our false beliefs and to clearly see which ordinary actions will take us towards making our dreams a reality.
What are limiting beliefs?
Limiting beliefs sound sort of like negative mantras. This is the stuff poor self-talk is made of. This internal dialogue can seem never-ending because it is hard to shut off. Some examples are:
I am a loser.
Nobody cares.
Dad loves my sister more than me.
If I feel my feelings something bad will happen.
I am not safe when I am happy or relaxed.
I am not worthy of love.
I am ugly.
How do limiting beliefs block us?
The presence of these beliefs tell us stories that develop into routines or patterns. They may show up in all areas of our lives and in our subconscious through our family, thought, karma and genetics. They may materialize emotionally as avoidance techniques, denial and fear.
Many of us reach outside of ourselves to get our limiting beliefs solved. We think that if we find the perfect mate to treat us right and tell us how beautiful we look then we will no longer have body image issues. We think that if we become workaholics or gymaholics we’ll finally reach the goal of having a perfect body or enough money and then we will suddenly accept ourselves for who we are, become lovable and feel relaxed, content and whole.
A Path to Healing
Health, wealth and relaxation are found by working with the programming inherited by our DNA to clear limiting beliefs and emotional wounds. It is the blueprint for our life purpose and divine potential and it is the design of who we are as vibrant, lovable Divine beings.
The purpose behind activating the DNA is to evolve our consciousness toward the Adam Kadmon Body of Light. This body of light is part of the energetic structure within and around the human body. It is our connection with the divine that allows us to experience divinity here on Earth. Activating it allows us to manifest our spiritual gifts and alchemically transform our physical body into a body of Light.
DNA Activation is a technique that has been used for the last three thousand years within the secret mystery schools. It is a rite of passage to activate priests/priestesses and healers so they can serve from a heightened state of consciousness and empowerment to a degree not ordinarily reached by human beings. At times, it seems god-like powers are needed to shift our world towards peace, love, and connection. Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed were all role models in this regard. Jesus, an initiate into the mysteries knew this when he said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” (John 14:12-14)
Schedule your DNA Life Activation today!
Discussion: Upgrade your Energy Body with a DNA Activation
Join us for an upcoming DNA Life Activation discussion to learn more about this exciting technique and why hundreds of people each year are taught how to deliver this session to their clients.
The next discussion will be held on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 7pm ET/4pm PST
This discussion is taking place virtually. Click the following link to register: https://templemedicine.as.me/community-events
Find all of our upcoming events here: Calendar.SpiritinTransition.com
We will discuss how DNA activation does the following:
- Gives you more energy and clarity
- Nourishes your vitality
- Reveals your unconscious patterns
- Strengthens the connection with your Higher Self and the Divine
by Matthew Koren | Sep 28, 2022 | Community Conversations
Alright, so everyone’s pretty familiar with the age-old archetypal relationship between student and teacher. The transference of key teachings, bestowed upon the student by the teacher, becomes a vehicle for the ongoing circulation of ancient wisdom.
Arguably the most valuable of ancient wisdom we have access to today are the Hermetic Teachings. Why, might you ask? Well, these teachings can be traced back as source code material for nearly all esoteric and ancient teachings, from every people, on every continent. Indeed, that’s a wide range.
In a reverent dedication to Hermes Trismegistus, three investigative students created a piece of work that has become a very powerful resource. This work is called “The Kybalion”, and it offers a summary of the teachings most fundamental. These teachings are the Hermetic Principles, and they’ve been promulgated through this treatise by the Three Initiates (whose identity spur their own air of mystery) since 1908. This crucial source of ancient wisdom has been a doorway for students of life to enter into a whole new way of living. So, are you ready to approach this door? Through this threshold awaits a new way of seeing, doing and believing.
Of course, as with most things in life, it’s important to embody one’s learned wisdom. So, you’re encouraged to read up about these Principles and then explore what it looks like to experience the understanding of them as a felt sense.
The propagation of these teachings is key for the ongoing development of an empowered populace. So, it’s only important to study these teachings insofar as the seeds they carry can be sown in the fertile ground of your mind and heart. Only then, when these seeds can germinate within you, can they grow to become mature and actualized. Only then, will you become a walking expression of the Arcane Truths.
Throughout the next few blog posts, we’ll explore the Principles and how you may notice their presence in your life. Once you enable the witness to really acknowledge the Principles at play, you’re free to play! Witnessing and observing (as with most things) comes first. So, enjoy the next few blog posts where we’ll dive deeper into the Principles.
