It’s the start of a new year here at Violet Flame World. And it brings great hope and expectation this will be a year of peace, prosperity, and inspiration. At the beginning of a new cycle such as a new year we often make resolutions of change. Many times, we begin with great determination and good intention only to discover later we did not follow through or accomplish all of our goals. Oftentimes, it seems our lives and actions follow a pattern similar to a sign I once

Ok, so what you make ask, does the violet flame have to do with a jukebox? It is because a jukebox is an apt metaphor for our lives. All our thoughts, feelings, actions, and experiences - from this life and past lives (if you are inclined to believe in reincarnation) - create recorded experiences or “records”. Too often, we play back these undesirable experiences or records over and over until they form deep grooves in our lives. And like an old phonograph record, the needl