November 2025 Newsletter

Hello, and a nuanced November to you!
Welcome, or welcome back, to my newsletter. Today's issue is about questioning clarity, visual or otherwise. Enjoy!

As it gets darker daily here in the northeast U.S., which is the time of year when I can usually start worrying that it will be difficult to see, I am feeling myself surprisingly calm and accepting of What Is. When something is temporarily blurry, my overactive mind might go to "my vision is getting worse!", even though the larger part of my sensible self knows that isn't true.

Vision improvement is as much about mindset as about our physical eyeballs. The old parable teaching of the white tiger and the black tiger is an analogy for Good And Evil, or simply for the positive and the negative, or the helpful and uplifting vs. the destructive. Whichever tiger you feed, according to the parable, will grow stronger, while the other keeps getting weaker and eventually fades away into insignificance. Telling myself I won't be able to see, especially when I can see fine right now, is not helping me!

When I played a game by taking what came in as an adventure, as if I was a child and the world was new, it was a helpful shift. When a curious determined child (which I think I was), is facing something which seems difficult, she'll look for another path. She doesn't give up and say "I can't!", feeling powerless. Reading a road sign easily when the sun hits it is to be appreciated, not dismissed. I did indeed see those words clearly. I'll remember the distinct letters, planning to pull them up in my memory when I see this sign the next time, or a similar one, whether it's sunny out or not.

Doing something well reinforces our confidence for tackling another task. Gaining mastery at clear relaxed eyesight, like any other skill, comes from building on previous successes, whether they be seeing details, or letting go of eyestrain, or moving our gaze instead of staring and straining to see. If I can keep in mind that I did it well before, even if it wasn't perfect, I'll feel sure that I can probably do it well again, and maybe even better than the last time.

The view out my kitchen window of the woods behind my house calms and centers me every morning when I'm making my tea. In this relaxed state, I'm noticing more and longer clear flashes looking at the autumn leaves dancing in the breeze, showing off their changing colors. The flashes of clarity are more common, and more vivid, when the light of the rising sun hits the trees. Again, I don't discount this, telling myself "I can only see clearly when the sun shines on something!". I savor the experience, considering it today's gift from the Clarity Gods.

The small pussycat who sees himself bigger and fiercer is a great visual for seeing the positive, and for seeing the best in ourselves too. How many of us focus only on our limitations? If we ignore our strengths, we're unlikely to count on them to help move us forward, just taking them for granted. Maybe that difficult task went so well because you're skilled, continually honing that skill and developing others. When I see a clearer view, brighter colors, or deeper natural depth than is usual for me, my first reaction is awe, then gratitude. Just like a child doesn't get better at something if she's constantly criticized, our visual system needs praise and encouragement to keep healing and growing. Please appreciate your precious eyes, and your unique special self.

For more on how we feel about something affecting how well we see it, click here.

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Let me know what you've wondered about concerning energy medicine or vision or dreams. I'll be glad to write a short article addressing that topic. Thank you to those who have sent me questions, or see a question you asked me in a private session written about here. You're helping many other people! Enjoy the start of this never-before month of November. I'll write again in a few weeks. Take care!