What Shines: the inspirational newsletter of LiveYourLight.com

July 2026, Issue #298

"Between the scale of atoms and the scale of stars, between the time of mayflies and the time of mountains, we exist as proteins lit up with purpose, matter yearning for meaning on a planet capable of trees and tenderness..."

~ excerpt from Traversal, by Maria Popova

The Tao of Now: Living As a Dropped Stitch

What does it mean to be intentionally imperfect?

The Persian flaw, so named because master artisans purposely include a tiny "imperfection" in their traditional handmade carpets, honors the spiritual truth that life is beautiful and messy, perfectly imperfect.

Then there's Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese aesthetic philosophy that also finds beauty in imperfection and impermanence, teaching us to value the cycle of growth and decay. Wabi-Sabi celebrates the timeless wisdom of Leonard Cohen's Anthem lyric: "There is a crack in everything | That's how the Light gets in."

Mything the point

In an age when it's more difficult than ever to discern what is real, and many are confused about their purpose, it's useful to remember that while computers pilot our lives, consciousness - the very essence of what makes us human - is "an irreducible property of nature," according to Frederico Faggin, the father of modern computing. (He invented the microprocessor.)

Striving for some idealized version of ourselves, whether via digital filters or 3D fillers, creates more toxic stress than acknowledging the integrity of who we are: always weaving ourselves anew, occasionally dropping a stitch, changing the pattern, creating new colors and combinations. Reinvention with intention.

Honoring the imperfections that make us uniquely ourselves lights us up, igniting a coherent circuit, giving our protoplasm form and meaning.

The perfect flaw

Many years ago, a wise friend invited me to pull cards in a reading. "Purpose" came up twice. She said this was significant, and to pay attention. At the time I was muddling through the early stages of my awakening journey, my future shrouded in a miasma of old programming and beliefs.
But living Wabi-Sabi, my purpose slowly clarified, and I began to appreciate the beauty and (im)perfection in everything as an aspect of self growth. Social media is myth not mirror, a distortion field. Tuning into our own biofield and soul song reflects our essence.

We are nature, irreducible. Proteins lit up with purpose. Surrendering to the shifting narrative is a sacred release.

We are the mythmakers, and this is our time to shine.

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Shine On

Sonic Sunday: Solstice Soulfull-ness with biofield tuning pioneer Eileen McKusick. Eileen invites us to invite the Light at its height into our own electrical system for an overall enLightening and brightening of our biofield. Brilliant and restorative, as all her tuning sessions are.

Myths, Models and Meat: Remaking Our Worlds Without Losing Our Minds (Entirely. Humans get stuck in believing there's one universal truth - which leaves us in the lurch every time a narrative shift needs to happen. Join astrologer Amy Green on Saturday, July 18, 2026 for a Zoom romp designed to "unravel our axiomatic presuppositions in the light of experience, opening up new pathways of understanding through astrology, ritual, story, and meaning making."

Day Out of Time: Honor your essential self on July 25th, designated a "Day Out of Time," by José Argüelles, author of The Mayan Factor and progenitor of Harmonic Convergence. On the 13 Moon natural time calendar, this "green day" is a chance to shake off the shackles of 3D, sequester all devices, and commune with your wild self and Nature before the New Year begins with the heliacal rise of Sirius on July 26th. Become One with the All, alive and alove in your true nature.

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