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Blog entry
14 May 2012 - 9:08pm
Fairies in a Jar
Directions:
1). Cut different colored Glow Sticks and shake the contents into a jar.
2). Add diamond glitter.
3). Seal the jar & shake.
This would even be sweet for those nights when the Tooth-fairy visits. ;)
* I found this from a friend of High Priestess who is a friend of mine. I can't wait to create this with and for my daughter. I think even my teenage son would enjoy it somewhat.
Blog entry
11 May 2012 - 12:34pm
Dear people it depends what works for yourself, with anchoring energies and creating ground onder your feet to ascend.
Within one it works different as with the other.
What i got with myself, is that i am working very focussed within myself on myself and then i have to call myself a halt to look towords my surroundings and that has to do with my autistical background.
Because i have a autistical background and there are other humans that have something autistical and there are also autistic people and people whom own autisme it is also anchord inside the all that is grid and gets spreaded towords every being on Mother Earth ( plant/animal and other realms )
If an autist grows and that person gets to know him or herself through and through then that person can walk him or herself beyond what one can carry on the moment without realy noticing that that happens.
And that has to do with that an autist just turns inside oneself that just happens by itself and then one needs to force him or her self towords outside onself to get grip and ground under his or her feet through other humans and that is the difficulty stages of ascending with autisme.
I am an violet indigo crystal human angel autist that has on the Shaumbra road his ascension and that is difficult to handle because the speed of enlighted insight is immensly speeding up the ascension also around myself.
I had many jobs in my life and i did also my service inside the army when i was 20 years old with leying the information lines on the ground and inside the trees.
Now i am working united with the archangels on the leylines and activating the power places and chakras on Mother Earth her Vessel.
My road that i am walking and my wish that i own to become is to be an ascension guide in the flesh/matter for the logos of the universe Melchizedek himself.
In loving service,
Swen.
Story
11 May 2012 - 12:32pm
Dear people it depends what works for yourself, with anchoring energies and creating ground onder your feet to ascend.
Within one it works different as with the other.
What i got with myself, is that i am working very focussed within myself on myself and then i have to call myself a halt to look towords my surroundings and that has to do with my autistical background.
Because i have a autistical background and there are other humans that have something autistical and there are also autistic people and people whom own autisme it is also anchord inside the all that is grid and gets spreaded towords every being on Mother Earth ( plant/animal and other realms )
If an autist grows and that person gets to know him or herself through and through then that person can walk him or herself beyond what one can carry on the moment without realy noticing that that happens.
And that has to do with that an autist just turns inside oneself that just happens by itself and then one needs to force him or her self towords outside onself to get grip and ground under his or her feet through other humans and that is the difficulty stages of ascending with autisme.
I am an violet indigo crystal human angel autist that has on the Shaumbra road his ascension and that is difficult to handle because the speed of enlighted insight is immensly speeding up the ascension also around myself.
I had many jobs in my life and i did also my service inside the army when i was 20 years old with leying the information lines on the ground and inside the trees.
Now i am working united with the archangels on the leylines and activating the power places and chakras on Mother Earth her Vessel.
My road that i am walking and my wish that i own to become is to be an ascension guide in the flesh/matter for the logos of the universe Melchizedek himself.
In loving service,
Swen.
Teaching
11 May 2012 - 12:26pm
Dear people it depends what works for yourself, with anchoring energies and creating ground onder your feet to ascend.
Within one it works different as with the other.
What i got with myself, is that i am working very focussed within myself on myself and then i have to call myself a halt to look towords my surroundings and that has to do with my autistical background.
Because i have a autistical background and there are other humans that have something autistical and there are also autistic people and people whom own autisme it is also anchord inside the all that is grid and gets spreaded towords every being on Mother Earth ( plant/animal and other realms )
If an autist grows and that person gets to know him or herself through and through then that person can walk him or herself beyond what one can carry on the moment without realy noticing that that happens.
And that has to do with that an autist just turns inside oneself that just happens by itself and then one needs to force him or her self towords outside onself to get grip and ground under his or her feet through other humans and that is the difficulty stages of ascending with autisme.
I am an violet indigo crystal human angel autist that has on the Shaumbra road his ascension and that is difficult to handle because the speed of enlighted insight is immensly speeding up the ascension also around myself.
I had many jobs in my life and i did also my service inside the army when i was 20 years old with leying the information lines on the ground and inside the trees.
Now i am working united with the archangels on the leylines and activating the power places and chakras on Mother Earth her Vessel.
My road that i am walking and my wish that i own to become is to be an ascension guide in the flesh/matter for the logos of the universe Melchizedek himself.
In loving service,
Swen.
Story
4 May 2012 - 6:22pm
Dear hearts of light,
a while ago i gave somebody a distance healing through my crystal skull Kazu-Anu with kundalini reiki.
You can do it also with other forms of distance healing.
You can also just juse your thoughts and intention to give somebody love and light.
You do it on the following manner:
You hold your crystal skull in both hands and you ground yourself through meanings of a grounding cord that goose deep in mother Earth
and anchor that within the heart crystal of Mother Earth.
You open your heart chakra and your hand chakra´s with the intention that they are open and it just happens that they open themself.
Visualise the person where you want to give healing and/or love and light to inside your crystal skull and you surround your crystal skull
and the person in a colour that your crystal skull gives you and you let the energies via your heart flow through your hands into the crystal skull.
Just let it flow till your crystal skull says that it is enough.
You close with grounding yourself with a grounding cord as you did start with.
That is it dear beloveds.
You can do the same with yourself, thus placing yourself in the crystal skull.
I wish you all a wonderful and magical day.
In loving service with love and light,
Swen.
Blog entry
4 May 2012 - 2:16pm
Centrale kolom ademhaling.
Ga met gestrekte rug staan of zitten en zorg dat je lichaam in evenwicht is.
Sla je benen niet over elkaar wanneer je in een stoel zit, of je enkels wanneer je op de vloer zit, tenzij je in de halve - of hele lotus houding zit.
Wordt je eerst bewust van het ritme van je ademhaling en ga langzamer adem halen.
Adem nu in alsof je de adem onttrekt aan een punt dat zich net boven je kruin bevindt; trek hem naar beneden door het centrum van je lichaam.
Ga over op de uitademing op een punt dat voor jou natuurlijk aanvoelt en doe dit alsof de adem recht naar beneden gaat door je benen heen de aarde in.
( de adem gaat niet door je benen als je in de halve- of hele lotus houding zit, maar deze houdingen harmoniseren wel automatisch de energieen in het hele lichaam en de chakra´s. )
Doe dit ongeveer vijf maal ( dat wil zeggen vijf in- en uitademingen = 1 reeks ).
Begin nu aan de volgende reeks ademhalingen : Adem in vanuit de aarde door het centrum van je lichaam en laat de adem via de kruin het lichaam verlaten.
Blijf ongeveer vijf minuten op deze wijze doorademen zonder je in te spannen of jezelf geweld aan te doen.
Eindig altijd met de neerwaartse ademhalingsreeks en herhaal deze richting zo je wilt, meer dan eenmaal.
Voel de balans van je lichaam, ga weer normaal adem halen en wacht even voordat je gaat mediteren, overgaat op een geleide reis of chakra oefening, of je dagelijkse werkzaam/bezigheden hervat.
Teaching
4 May 2012 - 2:15pm
Centrale kolom ademhaling.
Ga met gestrekte rug staan of zitten en zorg dat je lichaam in evenwicht is.
Sla je benen niet over elkaar wanneer je in een stoel zit, of je enkels wanneer je op de vloer zit, tenzij je in de halve - of hele lotus houding zit.
Wordt je eerst bewust van het ritme van je ademhaling en ga langzamer adem halen.
Adem nu in alsof je de adem onttrekt aan een punt dat zich net boven je kruin bevindt; trek hem naar beneden door het centrum van je lichaam.
Ga over op de uitademing op een punt dat voor jou natuurlijk aanvoelt en doe dit alsof de adem recht naar beneden gaat door je benen heen de aarde in.
( de adem gaat niet door je benen als je in de halve- of hele lotus houding zit, maar deze houdingen harmoniseren wel automatisch de energieen in het hele lichaam en de chakra´s. )
Doe dit ongeveer vijf maal ( dat wil zeggen vijf in- en uitademingen = 1 reeks ).
Begin nu aan de volgende reeks ademhalingen : Adem in vanuit de aarde door het centrum van je lichaam en laat de adem via de kruin het lichaam verlaten.
Blijf ongeveer vijf minuten op deze wijze doorademen zonder je in te spannen of jezelf geweld aan te doen.
Eindig altijd met de neerwaartse ademhalingsreeks en herhaal deze richting zo je wilt, meer dan eenmaal.
Voel de balans van je lichaam, ga weer normaal adem halen en wacht even voordat je gaat mediteren, overgaat op een geleide reis of chakra oefening, of je dagelijkse werkzaam/bezigheden hervat.
Teaching
4 May 2012 - 10:47am
THE GREAT SPHINX AND ITS MESSAGE - PART II
lightomega.org
By Julie Redstone
Another name for the Great Sphinx of Gizeh is 'transmutation' or 'becoming'. For the conception of the Sphinx is evolutionary if we think of the long arc of time, and transformational if we think in terms of the present accelerated time period we are in.
The idea of a human form above an animal body is not meant to be a static image, but one that rises out of the earth, giving birth at the first level to the domain of instinct and especially to the instinct for survival, and at the second level to the higher instincts which become the prototype for the advancing human being. These higher instincts have only been partially realized today. For being human is also an evolutionary process, and an understanding of what 'humanity' involves changes along with the consciousness that supports it.
The body of a lion, traditional in usage within ancient times, supports the human form above it, communicating strength and nobility, especially the nobility connected with protection and nurturance of both cherished ones and ideals. The lion's body relates to the single-minded devotion to the protection, upholding, and containment of these ideals, the way one would protect, uphold, and contain young ones in one's care.
All that we really know of the Sphinx is its grandeur and its longevity, and yet the image speaks to the heart in mysterious ways. Beyond the mystery of its origin lies the mystery of its message which is both human and transcendent. It is not without meaning, for example, that the Great Sphinx faces to the East. It is an affirmation of its eternal relationship with the Rising Sun, the prototype in ancient times for the victory of light over darkness. Though modern research, writings, and discoveries, both alleged and real, have found mysterious passageways and aspects of construction of the Sphinx that allude to purposes that are both astronomical and other-worldly, its spiritual purpose is to concentrate an energy of hope and of affirmation to last throughout time, and especially to be present during the 'end-times' that would bring about the last great battle between light and darkness.
It was understood by its creators that the Great Sphinx would communicate this meta-message throughout the course of humanity's evolution. Though the scientific mind with its rational and investigative approach would only gradually learn what the Sphinx of Gizeh was in its origins, purpose, and construction, the message of the Sphinx would nevertheless speak to a deeper layer of human consciousness and as it did so, would transmit an energy the way a beacon transmits light. This energy would embed itself in the layer of truth that resonates with the deeper knowing of humanity, and would allow the unconscious or subconscious self to feel identified with the Sphinx, even while the conscious mind might have little knowledge of such identification.
It is in this way that the spiritual message of the Sphinx was to be transmitted across the centuries – not primarily through scholarly research but through the energetic transmission of a current of hope that transformation into the higher aspects of humanity is possible for each individual and for the world as a whole, and that the victory over darkness is assured by the rising of the light.
This spiritual intention and the construction that emerged from it was a gift to a fledgling humanity, barely conscious, then, of its spiritual origins, following a period in which its original knowledge had receded into a blurred awareness. The Sphinx stood and stands as a visible testament that one day humanity will rise again in understanding and in glory, and achieve its full potential as reawakened beings in full possession of the knowledge of its Divine origin.
Teaching
4 May 2012 - 10:40am
THE GREAT SPHINX:
ITS MEANING AND MESSAGE
lightomega.org
The Great Sphinx stands on the plain of Gizeh in Egypt, communicating its message of love, devotion, and overcoming as it has done for the past six thousand years. The message it carries is timeless: It is the Sphinx's love for God which causes an inner victory over the lower forces of its own nature. This message is captured both in the Sphinx's construction and its orientation: a noble human head on top of a lion's body - a composite figure, part human, part animal - that rises out of the earth to face the rising sun each day and to follow its passage across the sky.
The Sphinx adores the sun - Ra, the supreme God according to ancient tradition. It waits for it to return each day. It is the Sphinx's adoration for the sun that causes it to rise out of itself, out of the earth from which it is made, to reach continually for the higher level of its being, called by the light. This adoration causes the life within it to become holy: forever striving, Life meeting Light.
The construction of the Sphinx represents humanity's future: the triumph made possible by love of the higher self over the lower; of the human, spiritually-driven self over the instinctual, need-based self; and of the Divinely-led and inspired self over the self that is closer to the animal kingdom. This is the reason for the human head on top of the lion's body: what is most human within us, what is capable of perceiving God and of wanting to be joined with God, ascends out of animality and instinct in order to follow the path of the Sun.
Timeless, yet relevant to today, the Sphinx's voice speaks to us from the past concerning the joyful reunion that can occur when human will is no longer personal but becomes joined to Divine will. This joining makes possible the transition from the human to the Divine. It makes possible the emergence of a 'sacred human' - one who rises out of instinct and personal desire toward the higher ideals of purity, service, and love for God. The Sphinx stands as a lodestar or magnet for the future of mankind. It prefigures what is later to be called the Biblical 'Israel', for 'Israel' is the name of what it means to become a 'sacred human'. 'Israel' is also the name for what it means, on the collective level, to become a holy people - a people whose life is dedicated to serving God, and to honoring all life on earth as sacred.
To attain the goal which the Sphinx represents is to undertake the journey of purification. This journey requires long, deliberate effort, motivated by the desire to reach the goal. What is this goal? It is the eternal marriage of Life and Light that love seeks and that the Sphinx represents. It is the Covenant, the purpose for Creation - its beginning, and the place of its return. When the soul reaches a certain stage in its own development, love calls it and inspires it to seek its own higher nature, moved by the stirrings within itself. Then a partnership takes place between human effort and Divine assistance in pursuit of this end. This partnership, this marriage of intention between God's purposes for humanity and human purpose is the meaning of the Covenant. It is also the motive force and the method for that which leads to it - the process of purification.
Blog entry
2 May 2012 - 8:00pm
Parvati the Love Goddess: Tales of Marriage and Devotion in Art and Mythology
by Nitin Kumar
www.exoticindiaart.com
The Indian tradition is rich with goddesses. So varied are her manifestations and names that every village and every scripture, every art and artist create their own unique image of her. While sometimes she is a consort, at other times she is a fertility goddess; at times she is a benevolent figure yet at others she is horrific and malevolent. The tradition is especially replete with a number of goddesses who are associated with Shiva. But the one that is artistically and lovingly the most celebrated is Parvati. Unlike Durga and Kali who assume their own independent religious status in the Hindu pantheon and are worshipped and venerated ritually, Parvati engages the greater attention of poets and painters, musicians and dancers. Numerous are her aspects, varied are her persona, multiple are her attributes and many her names. Of all the mythic beings in the Hindu pantheon she is perhaps the most loved and undoubtedly the most giving of her love. In her we have the true celebration of Hindu womanhood. Of unsurpassed sensual beauty, her endowment is not merely physical but spiritual, not narcissistic but meant as an offering. In her, it can be said that we have the grand personification of the Hindu expression, as well as the concept of beauty.
In classical mythology the raison d'кtre of Parvati's birth is to lure Shiva into marriage and thus into the wider circle of married life from which he is aloof as a lone ascetic, living in the wilds of the mountains. The goddess represents the complementary pole to the ascetic, world-denying tradition in the Hindu ethos. In her role as maiden, wife, and later as a mother, she extends Shiva's circle of activity into the realm of the householder, where his stored-up energy is released in positive ways.
Much as in the Christian art of Medieval Europe, it is woman the Mother, the Madonna suckling a babe who has been painted with reverence, in the Indian Diaspora it is woman the beloved who has been painted with love and passion. The female friends of Krishna with their warm sensuous faces, eyes filled with passion, and delicate sensitive fingers, represent not the beauty of a particular woman, but the beauty of entire womanhood. In fact, she is there as the incarnation of all the beauty of the world and as a representative of the charm of her sex.
Parvati's name, which means "she who dwells in the mountains" or "she who is of the mountain, identify her with mountainous regions. She was the daughter of Himavat (Lord of the mountains) and his queen Mena. She is usually described as very beautiful. She showed a keen interest in Shiva from the outset, repeating his name to herself and taking delight in hearing about his appearance and deeds. While she is a child a sage comes to her house and after examining the marks on her body predicts that she will marry a naked yogi. When it becomes clear that she is destined to marry Shiva, her parents are usually described as feeling honored. Parvati too is delighted.
At some point during Parvati's attempts to attract Shiva's attention for the purpose of marriage, the god of love, Kama, is sent by the gods to awaken Shiva's lust. When he attracts Shiva's attention with sounds and scents of spring, and tries to perturb Shiva with his intoxicating weapons, Shiva burns him to ashes with the fire from his middle eye. But steadfast in her devotion, Parvati persists in her quest to win Shiva as her husband by setting out to perform austerities.
One of the most effective ways to achieve what a person wants in traditional Hinduism is to perform tapas, "ascetic austerities." If one is persistent and heroic enough, one will generate so much heat that the gods will be forced to grant the ascetic his or her wish in order to save themselves and the world from being scorched. Parvati's method of winning Shiva is thus a common approach to fulfilling one's desires. It is also appropriate, however, in terms of demonstrating to Shiva that she can compete with him in his own realm, that she has the inner resources, control, and fortitude to cut herself off from the world and completely master her physical needs. By performing tapas, Parvati abandons the world of the householder and enters the realm of the world renouncer, namely Shiva's world. Most versions of the myth describe her as outdoing all the great sages in her austerities. She performs all the traditional mortifications, such as sitting in the midst of four fires in the middle of summer, remaining exposed to the elements during the rainy season and during the winter, living on leaves or air only, standing on one leg for years, and so on. Eventually she accumulates so much heat that the gods are made uncomfortable and persuade Shiva to grant Parvati's wish, so that she will cease her efforts.
The marriage is duly arranged and elaborately undertaken. Shiva's marriage procession, which includes most of the Hindu pantheon, is often described at length. A common motif during the marriage preparations is Mena's outrage when she actually sees Shiva for the first time. She cannot believe that her beautiful daughter is about to marry such an outrageous-looking character; in some versions, Mena threatens suicide and faints when told that the odd-looking figure in the marriage procession is indeed her future son-in-law.
After the two are married they depart to Mount Kailasha, Shiva's favorite dwelling place, and immerse themselves completely in sexual dalliance, which continues uninterruptedly for long periods of time. The Love god Kama is resuscitated when Shiva embraces Parvati and the sweat from her body mingles with the ashes of the burned god.
Their lovemaking is so intense that it shakes the cosmos, and the gods become frightened. They are frightened at the prospect of what a child will be like from the union of two such potent deities. They fear the child's extraordinary powers. They thus plan to interrupt Shiva and Parvati's lovemaking. Vishnu goes with his entourage of gods to Kailasha and waits patiently outside the quarters of Shiva. Many years passed and yet Shiva remained closeted with Parvati. Vishnu spoke in a shrill and plaintive voice and entreated Shiva to come out and listen to their problem. When Shiva disregarded this, Agni (Fire) disguised himself as a pigeon and entered the bedchamber of Shiva. Parvati immediately sensed that her privacy was violated. Shiva withdrew and a drop of his semen fell on the ground. Agni in the form of the dove ate the drop of semen. Parvati however was disturbed and angry that the gods had assembled and interrupted her erotic pleasures, and cursed them that all their wives would be barren. She was particularly enraged at Agni for having eaten the seed of Shiva.
When Agni was unable to bear the fiery seed he went to the banks of the Ganga. At that moment, the wives of the seven sages had come down to bathe. Six of the wives felt cold and went towards Agni. Agni dropped the seed and the seed entered the wives and they became pregnant. When the sages found this out they admonished their wives who placed the embryo on one of the peaks of the Himalayas. Thus was born Kartikeya, a lustrous child with six heads. Shiva and Parvati were delighted at the birth of their son and it added much joy to Parvati who had longed for a child. We are sometimes told that her breasts oozed milk in affection when she first saw the child.
Parvati's maternal instincts were indeed the most powerful emotions in her life. While Shiva exulted in his romantic dalliance with her, the true mother in her longed for a child. She would entreat Shiva to beget her a son and make her a mother but the ascetic Shiva would hear nothing of it. She reminded Shiva that no ancestral rituals are performed for a man who has no descendants. Shiva assured her that he had no desire to be a grahastha, householder, for such a state in life brings fetters. Parvati was disheartened and seeing her in that state Shiva pulled a thread out of her red dress and made a son and gave it to her. Parvati held him to her breast and he came to life. As he sucked on her milk he smiled and Parvati, pleased, gave the son to Shiva. Shiva was surprised that Parvati had breathed life in a child made of fabric but warned that the planet Saturn would prove inauspicious for this child and as he spoke those words, the child's head fell to the ground. Parvati was overcome with grief. Shiva tried unsuccessfully to put the head back together. A voice in the sky said that only the head of someone facing north would stick to this child. Shiva deputed Nandi to find such a person. Nandi soon found Indra's elephant Airavat lying with his head facing north and began to cut it. Indra intervened but Nandi was eventually successful, although in the struggle one of the tusks of the elephant was broken. Nandi took the head to Shiva and thus was born Ganesha. The gods celebrated the birth and Parvati was pleased.
In a strange myth it is stated that Parvati had a third child, Andhaka, and an interesting legend is narrated behind his birth. In jest Parvati closed Shiva's eyes with her delicate hands and at once a darkness engulfed the world. The hands of the goddess were drenched in Shiva's fluid born of passion, and when this was heated by the heat of Shiva's third eye it grew into a horrific child, blind and gruesome. But Parvati, true to her nature, lovingly cared for this child as well. But as Andhaka grew, he became a demon lusting for his own mother, and was eventually put to death by Shiva.
For the most part Shiva and Parvati's married and family life is portrayed as harmonious, blissful and calm. In iconography the two are typically shown sitting in happy, intimate embrace. There were also many moments of philosophical discourse between the two. While Shiva taught Parvati the doctrine of Vedanta, Parvati responded by teaching him the doctrines of Sankhya, for if Shiva was the perfect teacher, Parvati too, as a yogini was no less. Parvati was constantly by Shiva's side, encouraging, assisting and, participating in every activity of his.
An important part of Shiva's daily routine was the preparation of bhang, his favorite intoxicant. Parvati would lovingly collect the best bhang leaves, crush them and then filter the decoction through a clean muslin cloth. At other times Parvati would help Shiva make a quilt that would keep them warm in the cold nights at Kailasha. At yet other times she would sit by his feet massaging them while Shiva reclined under a tree. Parvati's greatest pleasure was to serve Shiva and cater to his every need. Nothing was more important to her than being useful to her lord, tending to his every comfort and ensuring that he would not lapse into his solitary, self-denying ascetic ways. In these activities she combined the roles of a caring wife and an affectionate mother.
But Shiva and Parvati do argue and insult each other from time to time. Bengali accounts of Shiva and Parvati often describe Shiva as an irresponsible, hemp-smoking husband who cannot look after himself. Parvati is portrayed as the long-suffering wife who often complains from time to time to her mother but who always remains steadfast to her husband.
But Shiva too was passionate in his love for Parvati. Of the many games they played the one of great significance was the game of dice. Once it so happened that Parvati was initially losing to Shiva, but then gradually the tables turned and Shiva lost everything he had staked in the game, including the crescent moon, his necklace and earrings. When Parvati demanded that Shiva give everything he had staked, there was a fight between the two, much to the anguish of their attendants. Parvati removed Shiva's snake, the crescent moon and even his loincloth. The onlookers were put to shame and Shiva too was enraged and opened his third eye. Following this incident, the two separated. Shiva retreated into the wilderness and Parvati into her quarters. But she was tormented by this separation and at the bidding of her companions went in search of Shiva. She took the form of a shabari, a tribal woman, and approached Shiva who was deep in meditation. Shiva was attracted towards the shabari but when he realized that she was none other than Parvati, he realized his mistake and united with her much to their joy.
On another occasion, Parvati feels pique when Shiva calls her by the nickname Kali (blackie), which Parvati takes as a slur on her appearance. She resolves to rid herself of her dark complexion and does so by performing austerities. Having assumed a golden complexion, she then becomes known by the name Gauri (the bright or golden one). In some versions of the myth, her discarded, dark complexion or sheath gives birth to or becomes a warrior goddess who undertakes heroic feats or combat against demons.
The presence of an alter ego or a dark, violent side to Parvati is suggested in several myths in which demons threaten the cosmos and Parvati is asked to help the gods by defeating the demon in question. Typically, when Parvati grows angry at the prospect of war, a violent goddess is born from her wrath and proceeds to fight on Parvati's behalf. This deity is often identified as the bloodthirsty goddess Kali. For the most part, however, the myths emphasize Parvati's milder side. So out of character is Parvati on the battlefield that another goddess, it seems, must be summoned to embody her wrath and dissociate this fury from Parvati himself.
The main theme of the Parvati cycle of myths is clear. The association between Parvati and Shiva represents the perennial tension in Hinduism between the ascetic ideal and householder ideal. Parvati, for the most part, represents the householder. Her mission is to lure Shiva into the world of marriage, sex, and children, to tempt him away from asceticism, yoga, and otherwordly preoccupations. In this role Parvati is cast as a figure who upholds the order of dharma, who enhances life in the world, who represents the beauty and attraction of worldly, sexual life, who cherishes the house and society rather than the forest, the mountains, or the ascetic life. Parvati civilizes Shiva with her presence; indeed, she domesticates him. Of her role in relation to Shiva in the hymns of Manikkavacakar, a ninth-century poet-saint from South India, it has been said: "Shiva, the great unpredictable 'madman', is rendered momentarily sane (i.e. behaves in a socially acceptable manner) when in the company of the goddess. . . Contact with his properly cultured spouse seems to connect him with ordinary social reality and temporarily domesticates him."
Throughout Hindu mythology it is well known that one of Shiva's principal functions is the destruction of cosmos. In fact, Shiva has about him a wild, unpredictable, destructive aspect that is often mentioned. As the great cosmic dancer, he periodically performs the tandava, an especially violent dance. Wielding a broken battle-ax, he dances so wildly that the cosmos is destroyed completely. In descriptions of this dance, Shiva's whirling arms and flying locks are said to crash into the heavenly bodies, knocking them off course or destroying them utterly. The mountains shake and the oceans heave as the world is destroyed by his violent dancing. Parvati, in contrast, is portrayed as a patient builder, one who follows Shiva about, trying to soften the violent effects of her husband. She is a great force for preservation and reconstruction in the world and as such offsets the violence of Shiva. A seventeenth century Tamil work pictures Parvati as a patient child who creates the worlds in the form of little houses. Shiva is pictured as constantly frustrating her purpose by destroying what she has so carefully built.
The crazy old madman stands in front,
Dancing, destroying the beautiful little house
that You have built in play.
You don't become angry, but every time (he destroys It)
you build it again.
When Shiva does his violent tandava dance, Parvati is described as calming him with soft glances, or she is said to complement his violence with a slow, creative step of her own.
Parvati's goal in her relationship with Shiva is nothing less than the domestication of the lone, ascetic god whose behavior borders on madness. Shiva is indifferent to social propriety, does not care about offspring, declares woman to be a hindrance to the spiritual life, and is disdainful of the trappings of the householder's life. Parvati tries to involve him in the worldly life of the householder by arguing that he should observe conventions if he loves her and wants her. She persuades him, for example, to marry her according to the proper rituals, to observe custom, instead of simply running off with her. She is less successful, however, in getting him to change his attire and ascetic habits. She often complains of his nakedness and finds his ornaments disgraceful. Usually prompted by her mother, Parvati sometimes complains that she does not have a proper house to live in. Shiva, as is well known, does not have a house but prefers to live in caves, on mountains, or in forests or to wander the world as a homeless beggar. Many myths delight in Shiva's response to Parvati's domestic pleas for a house. When she complains that the rains will soon come and that she has no house to protect her, Shiva simply takes her to the high mountain peaks above the clouds where it does not rain. Elsewhere, he describes his "house" as the universe and argues that an ascetic understands the whole world to be his dwelling place. These philosophic arguments never satisfy Parvati, but she rarely, if ever, wins this argument and gains a house.
Shiva is a god of excesses, both ascetic and sexual, and Parvati plays the role of modifier. As a representative of the householder ideal, she represents the ideal of controlled sex, namely, married sex, which is opposed to both asceticism and eroticism.
The theme of conflict, tension, or opposition between the way of the ascetic and the way of the householder in the mythology of Parvati and Shiva yields to a vision of reconciliation, interdependence, and symbiotic harmony in a series of images that combine the two deities. Three such images or themes are central to the mythology, iconography, and philosophy of Parvati:
The theme of Shiva-Shakti
The image of Shiva as Ardhanareshwara (the Lord who is half woman)
The image of the linga and yoni
Shiva Shakti
The idea that the great male gods all possess an inherent power through which they undertake creative activity is assumed in Hindu philosophical thought. When this power, or Shakti, is personified, it is always in the form of a goddess. Parvati, quite naturally, assumes the identity of Shiva's Shakti. She is the force underlying and impelling creation. In this active, creative role she is identified with prakriti (nature), whereas Shiva is identified with purusha (pure spirit). As prakriti, Parvati represents the inherent tendency of nature to express itself in concrete forms and individual beings. In this task, however, it is understood that Parvati must be set in motion by Shiva himself. She is not seen as antagonistic to him. Her role as his Shakti is always interpreted as positive. Through Parvati, Shiva (the Absolute) is able to express himself in the creation. Without her he would remain inert, aloof, inactive. It is only in association with her that Shiva is able to realize or manifest his full potential. Parvati as Shakti not only complements Shiva, she completes him.
A variety of images and metaphors are used to express this harmonious interdependence. Shiva is said to be the male principle throughout creation, Parvati the female principle; Shiva is the sky, Parvati the earth; Shiva is subject, Parvati object; Shiva is the ocean, Parvati the seashore; Shiva is the sun, Parvati its light; Parvati is all tastes and smells, Shiva the enjoyer of all tastes and smells; Parvati is the embodiment of all individual souls, Shiva the soul itself; Parvati assumes every form that is worthy to be thought of, Shiva thinks of all such forms; Shiva is day, Parvati is night; Parvati is creation, Shiva the creator; Parvati is speech, Shiva meaning; and so on. In short, the two are actually one-different aspects of ultimate reality-and as such are complementary, and not antagonistic.
Ardhanareshwara
The meaning of Ardhanareshwara form of Shiva is similar. The image shows a half-male, half-female figure. The right side is Shiva and is adorned with his ornaments; the left side is Parvati and adorned with her ornaments.
In the text of Shiva-Purana it is mentioned that the god Brahma is unable to continue his task of creation because the creatures that he has produced do not multiply. He propitiates Shiva and requests him to come to his aid. Shiva then appears in his half-male, half-female form. The hermaphrodite form splits into Shiva and Parvati, and Parvati, at Brahma's request, pervades the creation with her female nature, which duly awakens the male aspect of creation into fertile activity.
Without its female half, or female nature, the godhead as Shiva is incomplete and is unable to proceed with creation. To an even greater extent than the Shiva-shakti idea, the androgynous image of Shiva and Parvati emphasizes that the two deities are absolutely necessary to each other, and only in union can they satisfy each other and fulfill themselves. In this form the godhead transcends sexual particularity. God is both male and female, both father and mother, both aloof and active, both fearsome and gentle, both destructive and constructive, and so on.
Linga and Yoni
The image of the linga in the yoni, which is the most common image of the deity in Shiva temples, similarly teaches the lesson that the tension between Shiva and Parvati is ultimately resolved in interdependence. Parvati as a sexual entity succeeds in tempering both Shiva's excessive detachment from the world and his excessive sexual vigor. In the form of the yoni in particular, Parvati fulfills and completes Shiva's creative tendencies. As the great yogi who accumulates immense sexual potency, he is symbolized by the linga. This great potency is creatively released in sexual or marital contact with Parvati. The ubiquitous image of the linga in the yoni symbolizes the creative release in the ultimate erotic act of power stored through asceticism. The erotic act is thus enhanced, made more potent, fecund, and creative, by the stored up power of Shiva's asceticism.
Though most arts give Parvati a religious aura, including a certain poetic truth, there is also an expression of both the romantic and motherly love of Parvati. Possessing a measured grace and refinement about them, these representations have a certain earthy charm and spontaneity. In her this form, Parvati is not only more endearing and accessible, but also belongs to the shrine or the walls of the home. These are not mere icons or visual poetry, but mythic beings reduced to everyday reality. This real Parvati is the one that the common man can relate to, worship and celebrate, in his or her own personal way.
References and Further Reading
Dehejia, Harsha. Parvati Goddess of Love: Ahmedabad, 1999.
Dehejia, Harsha. Parvatidarpana: Delhi, 1997.
Dehejia, Vidya (ed.). Devi The Great Goddess: Ahmedabad.
Dhal, Upendra Nath. Goddess Laksmi: Origin and Development: Delhi.
Gandhi, Maneka. On the Mythology of Indian Plants: New Delhi.
Gupta, Shakti M. Plant Myths and Traditions in India: New Delhi.
Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses (Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition): Delhi, 1998.
Pande, Mrinal. Devi (Tales of the Goddess in Our Time): New Delhi.
I am sensing Shiva's presence again. He was with me for awhile not too long ago. I resonate deeply with Parvati and Shiva. I love this sensual story of love and devotion. I am truly and completely devoted to my astral husband who is also my twin flame. I am drawn to this story for a reason, to rekindle something to read once again the words I have poured over and finding something missed and important. I am told, YES, YES AND YES each time by Shiva himself...I will need to purchase a printer some time so I can print certain articles like this off and free up the computer for my children.
Blessings,
Blog entry
1 May 2012 - 2:11pm
A. Native Creation Myths
www.ucalgary.ca
Iroquois - Earth Diver
The Indian Peoples of Eastern America: A Documentary History of the Sexes. Edited James Axtell, Oxford University Press, 1981.
The first people were the Sky People, they lived beyond the sky because there was no earth beneath. One day the chief's daughter became very ill and no one was able to provide a cure for her sickness. A wise elder was consulted and he told them to dig up a tree and lay the girl beside the hole that remained. The Sky People respected the elder and began to dig up the tree. Suddenly the tree fell down through the hole and dragged the chief's daughter with it. As the girl fell she saw that below was only an ocean of water. Two swans were alarmed by the girl falling and decided she was too beautiful to drown so they swam to catch her. They landed her on the back of the Great Turtle, and all of the animals of the earth gathered. The Great Turtle councils that the Sky Woman is a symbol of good fortune. He orders the animals to find where the Sky World tree had landed in the ocean and to bring it back with its earth-covered roots. The swans lead the animals to the place where the tree had fallen into the ocean. First otter, then muskrat, and then beaver dove in search of the tree. Each animal came back to the surface without the tree and died from exhaustion. Many other animals tried but they also died. An elder woman toad volunteered. She dove and remained below a long time. All of the animals thought she had been lost, when at last she surfaced and before dying managed to spit a mouthful of earth onto the back of the Great Turtle. This earth was magical and contained the power of growth. The island grew and grew until it was large enough for the Sky Woman to live on. The two swans set the woman upon the island and circled it encouraging it to grow into the world island it is today. Yet the world was dark. Again the Great Turtle called for the animals to gather. They decided to put a great light in the sky. A little turtle volunteered and climbed up to the sky with the help of the other animals' magic. Little turtle climbed into a black cloud and crawled around the sky collecting the lightning as she went. She made a big bright ball from the lightening and threw it into the sky. Then she collected more for a smaller ball which she also threw into the sky. The first ball became the sun, the second ball became the moon. Then the Great Turtle commanded the burrowing animals to make holes in the corners of the sky so that the sun and moon could go down through one and climb up again through the other as they circled. So there was day and night. The Sky woman lived on the island on top of the Great Turtle's back. She gave birth to twins, one good called Tharonhiawagon, one evil called Tawiskaron. From the breast of Sky Woman grows three sisters corn, beans, and squash.
Blackfoot - Earth Diver
Origins Canadian History to Confederation. 3rd edition. R.D. Francis, R. Jones, D.B. Smith, Harcourt Brace & Co. Toronto, 1996.
Long ago there was a time when water covered the entire world. Napi the creator wanted to know what happened below all of this water. He sent a duck, an otter, then a badger, but all came up with nothing. Finally, a muskrat dove beneath the water and was down a very long time. He returned with a ball of mud in his paws. Napi took the lump and blew on it until it dried and was transformed into the earth. He molded the hills, valley, and mountains with his hands. He created groves in the earth for rivers and lakes. The first people were molded from this earth and Napi taught men and women how to hunt and to live. Once Napi felt his work was complete, he climbed up to a mountain peak and disappeared.
Ohi-Napi – that's “welcome” in the language of the Blackfoot
I am not a Native of Canada, yet I reach to the Great Spirit in all my spiritual practices. It is He that brings me my great understanding and peace when I am in need as a child is occasionally in need of a parent's comfort and unconditional love. In my soul, my spirit, I AM a native of this land and I cherish those that share the country I call home, and the Earth my resting place.
Love and Light
Blog entry
30 Apr 2012 - 12:53pm
Greetings LW
Lately I have been really intrigued by wiccan, not specifically wanting to put it into practise, more of an intense type interest and just generally googling stuff on it etc etc.
Please share your veiws with me on this I would like to know other peoples take on the whole wiccan practise, I realise it is witchcraft to a degree, is it considered black magic ? white magic ?
Look forward to your replies.
xxxxxx
Blog entry
24 Apr 2012 - 8:49am
~*~ Just imagine for a moment, friends, if we were all of the things that others thought we were?
All of these thoughts heading towards one person at, sometimes, one time!
Also, when old friends or family we haven't seen for years meet up, the view they have of us
is exactly the same as when they saw us last ! Amazing when you think about it.
~*~ I know an earth-family who stays away from their sister because they have it in their minds
that she is still the sad, depressed widow she was 7 years ago !
This is just an example of how we hold onto thoughts about people, years and years later.
Amazingly true !
~*~ Think about how institutions, such as Churches and their many do's and don't's, have changed
the course of peoples' lives through fear? This attachment to certain religions is, in my family,
handed down from generation to generation............until my era of siblings.
I think it is sad to waste an incarnation under the power of a disillusioned and twisted religious
organization. Just another thought.........what will they do when people start waking up and don't
need them anymore? I suppose they will have to go out to work to earn a living, like the priests
in the Liberal Catholic Church who do NOT live off the takings of the parisheners. Each one has
their own profession or trade. That does not make them less of a priest, they just don't like to
take money off the worshippers for their own gains. The money goes into the maintenance of
the church and church grounds, and morning tea for everyone after the service! Lovely !
~*~ Anyway, just sharing some food for thought, if you are interested. Had an awesome healing day
today after ricocheting off that brick wall. There is a general heavy blanket of healing energy all
through the atmosphere today.........even the dogs felt it and rested all day as well.
Have a lovely day/evening, and avoid any brick walls, love and light, Tara *~~
(you will find more of these beautiful pics. in Photobucket Images under 'nature graphics.')
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19 Apr 2012 - 5:29am
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AS BELOW SO ABOVE
video
29 Mar 2012 - 2:20am
Connect with your Soul Group or find your Soulmate at in5d Connection http://www.in5d.NET EVERYONE is welcome!
Article link: http://www.in5d.com/proof-of-atlantis.html
In a shocking statement, Gnostic Illuminati Grand Master Alex Romanov announced that proof of Atlantis will soon be revealed in an attempt to end suppression by those in power for thousands of years.
video
27 Mar 2012 - 5:05pm
THIS IS THE STAR ORIGIN STORY OF THE 'GODS' -- THE TITANS & OLYMPIANS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY... AND THEIR REAL HISTORY WITH THE PEOPLE OF ANCIENT GREECE.
All sixteen (16) Greek 'gods', Titans & Olympians are originally from the Perseus constellation, the star Algol. Their home world is known as: Myra {Mear-ah}. It might be valuable to know Myra was originally colonized approximately 200,000 years ago by people who were originally from Lyra {Lie-rah}.
Collectively, they were a group of people from the 6th dimension who manifested physical human bodies. As they created their Earth bodies of 10-12' tall... they maintained many of their natural 6th dimensional powers while on Earth.
The twelve (12) Olympians first migrated to the Cassiopea constellation, the star Chaph, for which the capital "B" is its symbol . These Olympians lived on a planet by the name of -- Lakima {Lah-kee-mah}, 42 light years from Earth's solar system.
The Titans traveled directly to and arrived at Earth first... the ones to first rule from the Temple on Mount Olympus.
This the the story of their origin, the rule over the people of ancient Greece... and their impressive, profound impact on these people & their way of life.
Blog entry
17 Mar 2012 - 3:50am
Well worth the 90 minutes to watch this documentary in its entirety. Spread this video far and wide with a message to send healing and protection...
We Are All One!
SO It Is... And It is So!
With profound Gratitude and Love, I am declaring and It Is Done! Blessed BE.
Teaching
15 Mar 2012 - 6:08pm
Do you FEEL a strong pull on your heart-strings to begin a Mission Now?
Learn More about Project: Eagle Triad here:
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/index.html
Commit to 15-20 minutes per day to Project: Eagle Triad
write to janisel (@) sanandaseagles.com
...first you will fly, then you will soar...
Time to Get Serious
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/channelings/time_to_get_serious.html
ASHTAR
Channeled Through Janisel
My Dearest Friends.... I come to assure you that things are as they should be. There are great amounts of energy bombarding your Earth at this time and everything is being greatly accelerated. NOW is the time for 'focus'. You who are the bridges between Heaven and Earth are the 'hands and feet' of the Command, so to speak. It is through you that much of our work is done. As I said, much has been accelerated and, although we wish you to remain in a state of joy and lightheartedness, it is now time to put your 'work' in its proper perspective and concentrate on the mission at hand. We are working very diligently to gather the Lightworkers together in order to prepare the general population for what is to come.
This means that each and every one of you are needed at this time to make a commitment in your own heart as to what role you will play in this. In other words, it is time to get serious. We are not asking you to give your lives over to the Ashtar Command exclusively, for you each have many missions and sub-missions that you are here to accomplish. What we are asking, however, is that for those of you who feel your connection to us to band together, so to speak, in order to establish and implement certain 'activities' towards the goals which have been set before us. You have shown that you can do this numerous times, such as in the planting of the crystals and the activation of the grid. This was an excellent example of the Unity we wish for you to achieve, and our heartfelt thanks go to all of you who have participated in this project. Rest assured there will be other projects we will ask you to work on. For the time being, we are asking you to continue in this Unity, and stay focused on the tasks at hand.
Do not let yourselves become 'bogged down' in the mundane affairs of your day-to-day activities. We wish for those of you who are aligned with the Command and its work to use this wonderful email forum to interact with each other in manifesting this bond of Unity. You are held within the gentle hand of All That Is and encircled with the energy of Unconditional Love of such depths that your present consciousness can not truly comprehend its magnitude. We of the Command and the Spiritual Hierarchy are working most diligently to help you and all mankind reach their full potential. As a 'return energy exchange', we ask each of you to now search your hearts and decide what it is that you are capable and willing to do in partnership with us. For you see, we are truly in a partnership in which each and every one must play their part. NOW is the time to begin. NOW is the time to decide your focus.
NOW is the time to dedicate yourselves to the work at hand. We need your hands, we need your feet, we need your voice, we ask your commitment. To paraphrase the words of The Most Radiant One, spoken so long ago, "it is time to be about the Father's business". There is no longer the luxury of time to be spent in petty pursuits, bickering, judgment, or anger. Your time, which we have worked towards for eons, is at hand. Know that, even though you may not see us in your skies, we are most definitely close to you, and send you our deepest blessings and love.
Your Friend and Brother,
Ashtar
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per day in a meditation with our Project: Eagle Triad
write to janisel (@) sanandaseagles.com
Here are more free links for your IMMEDIATELY NEEDED Lightworker Learning:
ASHTAR and The Ashtar Command
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/pages/ashtar_command.html
MEDITATIONS
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/meditations/meditations.html
SPACECRAFT in Art Throughout History
http://sanandaseagles.com/pages/spacecraft_in_art.html
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles. Isaiah 40:31
Blog entry
25 Feb 2012 - 5:30pm
Brutal Military Power, Nuclear Weapons in Psyche’s Hicksville Home Town??? PLUS Aphrodite Gets Lost in A Virtual Reality Game!!!
Blog entry
25 Feb 2012 - 2:12pm
Mostly everyone who follows basketball, and many more who don’t, have probably at least heard of Jeremy Lin by now. For those still not quite familiar with all the hype, his play has helped the New York Knicks to turn their season around with a new burst of optimism. Thus far he has set stats comparable to NBA Legends and has broken several records all within a two week span.
What makes his story even more unique is that he is one of only a few asian players in the league, graduated from Harvard, had been cut from two other teams and was facing the same fate with the Knicks when desperation called for the coach Mike D’Antoni to give him a chance; he exceeded expectations and the rest is, as they say, history!
What makes Jeremy Lin’s story more exciting is the fact that he, by all measures, falls into the category of the underdog story. Not only is he an underdog but he plays for a historically underdog team, the New York Knicks. The Knicks haven't won a championship since the earlier seventies. Although they have flirted with opportunities they've been undermined by the likes of the Indianapolis Pacers, the Miami Heat, the Houston Rockets and ofcourse most infamously, the Chicago Bulls.
Speaking of the Bulls, few remember that it took Michael Jordan eight years before winning his first championship. He too started as the unlikely underdog. The underdog story goes something like this: Initially, no one knows who you are ie "Jeremy Lin." For whatever reason you're given an opportunity to perform ie "desperation." At first no one believes in you, ie "disbelief." Then after a few repeated displays of luck you become ie "interesting." The interest becomes "curiosity." That curiosity becomes "popularity." The popularity along with continued success becomes hope ie "maybe he really is this good"? That hope becomes optimism ie "he really is this good!" That optimism then becomes fantasy ie "can he even lose"? The fantasy becomes ridiculousness ie "we may never lose again!" That ridiculousness becomes mania ie "Linsanity!"
Of course, at this juncture all reason has been thrown out the window and people stop using common sense to realize that no one can stay on top forever... not even Michael Jordan! After a few stumbles the mania settles down and we come back to a more practical assessment ie "the kid's got talent!" But what makes the story so compelling is that we all think of ourselves as the "underdog!" It's the "you don't know what it's like to walk in my shoes" attitude. No matter where you may have been born in life or under what circumstances, even if you did have silver spoons in your mouth, we all feel like no one knows my pain! Hence why we identify with the underdog and want to see them win.
The irony, however, is that if underdogs simply stayed underdogs we would just call them "losers." If the underdog in fact stays on top and continues to succeed we then call them "winners!" The point is that the underdog story is only compelling because of the journey. Everyone wants to see the underdog overcome! If indeed, the underdog overcomes and remains the "champ" then we quickly become bored and want to see the next underdog dethrone them... ie Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls! Once the champ retires, loses or fades to black we then honor their successes and memories by making them legends, folklore or myths.
This is the cycle of life... We all want desperately to succeed in whatever arena of life we pursue. But we must realize that "success is failure turned inside out." Losers become champs... champs become losers and the cycle repeats. We all aspire; we all overcome but it's not always done in the public's eye yet the underdog in all of us wants to win! Cheers to all the underdogs out there... keep striving!
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Teaching
5 Feb 2012 - 5:07pm
Elephant
Story found here: www.a-gallery.de/docs/mythology.htm
Numerous myths are told in Africa about its biggest animal, the elephant, whose very size makes it unassailable in nature, except by man, who has weapons and magic to kill it. In the African fables the elephant is always the wise chief who impartially settles disputes among the forest creatures. A hunter in Chad found an elephant skin near Lake Chad and hid it. Soon he saw a lovely big girl crying, because she had lost her good 'clothes'. The hunter promised her new clothes and married her. They had many big children, for the son of an elephant cannot be a dwarf. One bad day when the grainstore was empty, his wife found the elephant skin at the bottom, where the hunter had hidden it. She put it on and went back to the bush to live as an elephant again. Her sons became the ancestors of the clan whose totem was the elephant. They do not have to fear elephants.
A myth of the Kamba in Kenya tells us how elephants originated. A very poor man heard of lvonya-Ngia, 'He that feeds the Poor'. He decided to go and find Ivonya-Ngia but it was a long journey. When he finally arrived, he saw uncounted cattle and sheep, and there, amidst green pastures, was the mansion of Ivonya-Ngia, who received the poor man kindly, perceived his need and ordered his men to give him a hundred sheep and a hundred cows. 'No', said the poor man, 'I want no charity, I want the secret of how to become rich.' Ivonya-Ngia reflected for a while, then took a flask of ointment and gave it to the poor man, saying: 'Rub this on your wife's pointed teeth in her upper jaw, wait until they have grown, then sell them.' The poor man carried out the strange instructions, promising his wife that they would become very rich. After some weeks, the canine teeth began to grow and when they had grown into tusks as long as his arm the man persuaded his wife to let him pull them out. He took them to the market and sold them for a flock of goats. After a few weeks the wife's canine teeth had grown again, becoming even longer than the previous pair, but she would not let her husband touch them. Not only her teeth, but her whole body became bigger and heavier, her skin thick and grey. At last she burst out of the door and walked into the forest, where she lived from then on. She gave birth to her son there, who was also an elephant. From time to time her husband visited her in the forest, but she would not be persuaded to come back, although she did have more healthy children, all elephants. It was the origin of elephants and it explains why elephants are as intelligent as people.
In Southern Africa there is told the tale of the girl who grew up so tall and fat that no man wanted her as a wife because she was accused of witchcraft. She was exiled from her village and wandered into the wilderness on her own. There she met an elephant who began speaking to her politely in good Zulu. She agreed to stay with him and he helped her to find wild cucumbers and other fruits of the forest. She gave birth to four human sons, all very tall and strong, who became the ancestors of the Indhlovu clan of paramount chiefs.
In the African fables, the elephant is usually described as too kind and noble, so that he feels pity even for a wicked character and is badly deceived. The Wachaga in Tanzania relate that the elephant was once a human being but was cheated out of all his limbs except his right arm, which now serves as his trunk. He paid for nobility!
The Ashanti of Ghana relate that an elephant is a human chief from the past. When they find a dead elephant in the forest, they give him a proper chief's burial.
*beautiful myths and stories. Elephants are most definately deserving of our respect and appreciation as all creatures, big or small that roam our fine Earth.
Blog entry
4 Feb 2012 - 6:30pm
Reposted from The Awakening Website
Today, the planet Neptune will complete its orbit around the Sun and move back into its ruling zodiacal sign of Pisces. In Greek mythology, Neptune is represented by Poseidon, the Olympian god of the Sea. He is associated with mysticism and creativity, such as the arts and music. He is also the ruler of spiritual enLightenment. He is Unconditional Love, the higher octave of Self Love.
Neptune says, “I love you because it’s my nature to love.”
Carl Woebcke
But there is a much smaller planet, called Chiron, that has also now entered the sign of Pisces.
In Greek mythology, the planet Chiron is represented by a centaur who sustained a battle wound to the knee, which never healed. He suffered endlessly from it. And his constant suffering drove him to search frantically for some form of relief.
That search brought to him an expanded awareness of the art of healing. He became a healer, teacher and prophet, a status that earned him the name the ‘Wounded Healer.’ But, because of his incurable wound, Chiron eventually chose to relinquish his immortality and die. One of the Olympian gods then gave him a place among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius.
If we are careful not to get lost in the glamour that makes up the realm of Pisces and Neptune, there is tremendous potential, during the Chiron trip through Pisces, for a growing spiritual awareness and an integration of Universal consciousness into our own beings. Lynn Hayes
Chiron will remain in Pisces until the year 2019. During that time, they share a lot in common. Pisces is represented by two fish that are swimming in opposite directions. Chiron, the centaur, is half man and half beast. So both are a symbol of duality.
Chiron symbolizes our pain, alienation and woundedness. So, in one form or another, he is connected with our suffering. Pisces is the sign of empathy, sensitivity and compassion. The Pisces part of us feels the pain of Chiron to such an extent that we may feel compelled to alleviate someone else’s distress so we won’t feel the pain of witnessing it ourselves. Mother Teresa is perhaps the most well known example of this kind of devotion. In her astrological chart, it is shown that she was born with Chiron in Pisces opposite her Sun.[i]
I have found the paradox that, if you Love until it Hurts, there can be no more Hurt, only more Love. Mother Teresa
The last time Chiron was in the sign of Pisces was during the period from 1961 to 1969. This was a period of duality that will never be forgotten by those who lived through it. During that time, the World witnessed many surprising and radical events amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War. The highlight of this period was the sudden appearance of the hippie counter-culture, whose desire was to break away from the ruling political establishment and establish peace.
As the Sixties progressed, young people all over Europe and North America began to unite in peace and love, and in the celebration of the dawning of this age of Aquarius. In the summer of 1967, one-hundred thousand young people gathered in San Francisco, California, creating a cultural phenomenon called the Summer of Love. This led to an era of gurus and yogis, meditations and various other spiritual practices as masses of people began to search for the vibrations of spiritual awareness and enLightenment. This is what birthed the term good vibrations, which became prevalent during that era.
In 1969, at the end of Chiron’s passage through the sign of Pisces, the Hindu Swami Bhaktivedanta arrived as a house guest at the estate of singer/songwriter, John Lennon, where he began to give teachings. This Swami later became known to the world as Srila Prabhupada. He was the founder of the Hare Krishna movement.
Everybody is looking for Krishna. Some don’t realize that they are, but they are. George Harrison
So it was Chiron in Pisces who spiritually influenced the Sixties. His effects were felt in the art and music movements, in the use of psychedelic drugs for the purpose of inner investigation and contemplation, and in the quest for spirituality. Ironically, astronomers didn’t even discover Chiron until 1977. And, unfortunately, Chiron left before the job was done.
Whatever else may have been going on astrologically, Chiron in Pisces was witness to, and is a sigil of, one of the most extraordinary periods of history remembered by a living person today. Eric Francis
Woodstock Festival, New York, 1969
Depending on its orbit, it takes approximately 50 years for Chiron to travel through every sign of the astrological zodiac. The ancients saw a person’s 50th year of life as a special time of coming into maturity. To the Maya, when a person turned 52 years of age, they became an elder in their tribe.
In its current orbit, Chiron is taking 51 years to return to its starting place in the zodiac. This means that people who are alive today will experience a Chiron Return around the age of 51, which could be a time of great reckoning for them. It will set the course for the rest of their lives.
Those people who were born in the duality of the Sixties are about to experience this. The Chiron cycle has been a source of much wisdom for them. As their Chiron Return approaches, they will have experienced his passage through every one of their astrological houses and signs.
When Chiron is in Pisces… forms disintegrate, the past is dissolved and our separateness is relinquished.
Melanie Reinhart
But the current passage of Chiron through Pisces is much more significant than the passage that occurred during the Sixties. As of today, Neptune, the ruler of Unconditional Love, will also be traveling through Pisces – for the first time since Abraham Lincoln was elected US President in 1861. Neptune will remain in Pisces for more than a decade.
There are two sides to Chiron – the wounding and the healing. So what happens as Chiron returns this time could provide for an evolutionary leap for all of mankind.
If you were born in the Sixties, you carry the codes, and there is a job left to be completed. Eric Francis
Teaching
21 Jan 2012 - 5:19pm
Kuumba meaning Creativity
‘To do as much as we can in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial then when we found it’
Nia meaning Purpose
‘To make our collective vocation the building and development of our community’
~ Quotes from Maulana Karenga
Sankofa
Sankofa is an Akan term that literally means, "to go back and get it." One of the Adinkra symbols for Sankofa (seen on the left) depicts a mythical bird flying forward with its head turned backward. The egg in its mouth represents the "gems" or knowledge of the past upon which wisdom is based; it also signifies the generation to come that would benefit from that wisdom. This symbol often is associated with the proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi," which translates to, "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten." The Akan believe that the past illuminates the present and that the search for knowledge is a life-long process. The pictograph illustrates the quest for knowledge, while the proverb suggests the rightness of such a quest as long as it is based on knowledge of the past.
(san = "to return") + (ko = "to go") + (fa = "to look, to seek and take")
Contemporary African American communities include descendents of the Akan and many other West African tribal groups whose members were transported to North America during the slave trade. And while writing systems, cosmology, and religious figures may have been replaced, there is still much that is African among African Americans. A continuation of African religious ontology can be found in the African American community's deep attachment to and involvement with the Christian church. A continuation of the Akan pictorial writing system can be found in many African American communities in the "graffiti art" murals that transmit cultural ideals and values. Moreover, a continuation of the philosophical expressions of African spirituality also can be found in many of today's African American communities, where the concept of Sankofa exists in the form of the oft-repeated proverb: "You can't know where you're going unless you know where you come from."
Certainly there is written literature in Africa , although the written has always been intertwined with the oral, particularly when employed in the expression of spiritual beliefs. Of prime importance in African culture, as in many cultures, is the communal expression of spirituality. For the African, spirituality is equivalent to ontology; it is everything one defines oneself to be and cannot be separated from one's being. John S. Mbiti, leading scholar in the study of African religions and philosophy, maintains that Africans are "notoriously religious" because there is no separation between religious life and daily life.
Because traditional religions permeate all the departments of life, there is no formal distinction between the sacred and the secular, between religious and non-religious, between the spiritual and the material areas of life…Where the individual is, there is his religion, for he is a religious being. It is this that makes Africans so religious: religion is in their whole system of being…What people do is motivated by what they believe, and what they believe springs from what they do and experience. So then, belief and action in African traditional society cannot be separated: they belong to a single whole. ~ John S. Mbiti, African
Religions and Philosophy
Africans have traditionally used both symbolic language and written symbols to express their spirituality. But unlike Judaism, Christianity and Islam, African religions have no sacred texts. "To speak of any sacred scriptures as it pertains to religion in Africa is to speak of what is written in the hearts of the African people," states scholar David Abdulai in the introduction to his book, African Proverbs: Wisdom of the Ages.
Despite attempts made by their captors to destroy all practices connected with their homeland, enslaved Africans transplanted to the New World in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade continued to express traditional African beliefs and spirituality. Fortunately, because of parallels and similarities in and between African and Protestant Christian cosmologies, it was not difficult for captive Africans to substitute the religious figures and symbols of their captors for their own, and thereby continue to practice an African way of life. It was not difficult for the slaves to adapt their view of a Supreme Being that is in every thing to the Christian view of a God that is every where. Thus, while undergoing an intense and violent transformation, captive Africans managed to retain their African sense of the world and find comfort through the practice of a kind of "Africanized Christianity."
The spiritual Adinkra symbol "Gye Nyame" which represents the omnipotence of God. It is referenced by many African historians and is often translated as meaning there is no power higher than God.
Ghanaian artist Owusu-Ankomah
** the above text is an excert from: ctl.du.edu/spirituals/History/
for me there is also no separation of my spirituality from my everyday life. I often get complants from my son about being too spiritual or too involved, but this is WHO I AM. I AM deeply spiritual yet I do not follow any specific written texts, I follow my heart. I eagerly incorporate many cultural beliefs into my own expression and way of life. I am able to see and feel the simularities that is joining the people of the world. And I welcome the diverse personalities that are alive and well within the community of www.lightworkers.org with an open heart filled with endless love.
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30 Dec 2011 - 4:02pm
As the year closes we naturally look both ways – back at where we’ve been and ahead to where we are going. It is a journey, one we are creating together and walking alone.
This journey, this dream or whatever you call it; is yours. It is mine. There are no prophecies or predictions that will affect the outcome unless I bring them into my reality and make them do so. I make this choice with every word, thought and focus. The choice is always mine. The choice is always yours. We can select love or fear and everything we do and experience will be a reflection of our chosen emotion.
The only one who can predict your future is you.
There has been so much said about this coming year, it can feel as if we are being swept away in the current of the time. Don’t allow yourself to be fooled. You are swimming of your own volition, either upstream or down. If you don’t like the direction, it may be time to turn around. The headlines, characters and happenings may be overwhelming, yet regardless of their volume, they are not actually telling you what is happening in your life – only you can do that.
The power to run your life is now and always will be yours. You are uniquely suited to do so. You have set it up perfectly. You are in the precise place with all the right tools. There have been no wrong choices. You are not headed for disaster, you are headed for amazing. Within you are the keys to your own evolution; right there in your hands. You know that you are love. You may need to remind yourself now and then as headlines and events can show up to frighten us, that’s ok. It’s all ok.
Who you are, your very essence is the polar opposite of fear. The emotions that feel hot and uncomfortable and sickly, feel that way because they do not belong inside one such as you. You cannot mix fear with love, and what you are – is love.
You are eternally, powerfully and completely – love. This New Year, embark on a quest to discover in every moment this truth about you – a “Heart Quest”.
Forgive yourself, forget the past and focus on love. Then watch the magnificent life you create!
I can’t wait. It is an honor to share this time with you. Happy New Year!
In Lak’ech.
~Sophia
Teaching
23 Dec 2011 - 9:53pm
1. Deva-gati, the Realm of Devas (Gods) and Heavenly Beings
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In Buddhist tradition, the Deva realm is populated by godlike beings who enjoy great power, wealth and long life. They live in splendor and happiness. Yet even the Deva grow old and die. Further, their privilege and exalted status blind them to the suffering of others, so in spite of their long lives they have neither wisdom nor compassion. The privileged Deva will be reborn in another of the Six Realms.
2. Asura-gati, the Realm of Asura (Titans)
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The Asura are strong and powerful beings who are sometimes depicted as enemies of the Deva. Asura are marked by their fierce envy. The karma of hate and jealousy causes rebirth in the Asura Realm. Chih-i (538-597), a patriarch of the T'ien-t'ai school, described the Asura this way: "Always desiring to be superior to others, having no patience for inferiors and belittling strangers; like a hawk, flying high above and looking down on others, and yet outwardly displaying justice, worship, wisdom, and faith -- this is raising up the lowest order of good and walking the way of the Asuras." You may have known an Asura or two.
3. Preta-gati, the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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Hungry ghosts (preta) are pictured as beings with huge, empty stomachs, but they have pinhole mouths, and their necks are so thin they cannot swallow. A hungry ghost is one who is always looking outside himself for the new thing that will satisfy the craving within. Hungry ghosts are characterized by insatiable hunger and craving. They are also associated with addiction, obsession and compulsion.
4. Naraka-gati, the Hell Realm
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As the name suggests, the Hell Realm is the most terrible of the Six Realms. Hell beings have a short fuse; everything makes them angry. And the only way hell beings deal with things that make them angry is through aggression -- attack, attack, attack! They drive away anyone who shows them love and kindness and seek out the company of other hell beings. Unchecked anger and aggression can cause rebirth in the Hell Realm.
5. Tiryagyoni-gati, the Animal Realm
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Animal beings are marked by stupidity, prejudice and complacency. They live sheltered lives, avoiding discomfort or anything unfamiliar. Rebirth in the Animal Realm is conditioned by ignorance. People who are ignorant and content to remain so are likely headed for the Animal Realm, assuming they aren't there already.
6. Manusya-gati, the Human Realm
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The Human Realm is the only realm of the six from which beings may escape samsara. Enlightenment is at hand in the Human Realm, yet only a few open their eyes and see it. Rebirth into the Human Realm is conditioned by passion, doubt and desire.
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3 Dec 2011 - 4:13am
We are experiencing, in “real” third dimensional time, what is occurring for the planet and the people on her. This shift is upon us. There is no place to turn where there is not evidence of major change – more like upheaval.
It is true that we are one and it is also true that each will experience this shift in a unique way. From whichever eyes you are looking through – the shift will be observed, and from whatever body and place you currently occupy, it will be experienced. It will be different for each of us because we are individual expressions of the ONE. At the same time it will be the same for all of us because we are connected and a collective version of the ONE.
Think of each finger on one hand and these words will make more sense.
You are creating the shift and there is no one outside of you who can tell you what will happen tomorrow. Realize what is being said here, “no one outside of you” – There is, in fact, no one outside of you. We are one. Each set of ears and eyes is tuned into whatever “facts” are pertinent to the life path currently chosen. As life paths evolve, those “facts” are discovered, and seen, and heard differently.
If there was one thing to say that would be of the most comfort now it is this – YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. You are in the right place at this time and you know, see, hear and do exactly the correct things to proceed on your chosen path. There are no wrong choices, and the best place for you to be right now is where you are.
The compulsion to look for wisdom outside of ourselves and to seek a leader to follow is one that was taught – it is not natural.
As the veil gets thinner each of us senses to a greater degree the truth of who we are. We are divine beings, multi-dimensional powerful lights and it is time now to trust. In fact, the only one who you can trust every time to have your best interests as motivation is you. There is no one but you.
Stand inside of your own power and realize the vastness of your essence. It is as if we have been covered with a bushel basket for many lifetimes.
What is happening now is the collapse of a system that does not serve the whole. We are evolving and there are indications in every facet of life on this planet that illustrate this truth.
The most powerful thing you can do is to trust your inner sense and follow whichever course of action feels like the right one. Expect change. The current monetary system can no longer function as it stands today so proceed accordingly.
Stay grounded and aware. There is no place for fear or anger. This shift was called forth by all of us. As you are a part of it now, know that you are here by choice. We are perfectly suited to deal with whatever changes are ahead. There is no one more so.
Trust your inner promptings, gut feelings and emotions. Continue with whatever practice currently enjoyed to sustain and keep you grounded – prayer, meditation, song, music, movement, stillness – all are effective means to return your focus to source, which is you. There is no one who knows better than you and as these days proceed we will become more convinced of this.
The shift is here. It is not time to panic; we are eternal beings of love and are ready now to access our own divinity. We do not need to wait for someone to tell us what to do, we know. Trust your instincts.
This is a physical dimension so caring for our physical needs is part of the experience; to include food and shelter and the money to provide both. As we feel the change internally with bodily, spiritual and emotional shifting – the whole is altered. You cannot help but effect the collective; this is how connected we are.
As we focus on what serves we will ride this wave gracefully and with confidence. Remember that you are perfectly positioned to do so. Create joy as part of the process.
We are spreading our wings! As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, you have not yet seen the magnificence that is you. No longer in the dark and immobile – you are realizing you have wings and are taking flight.
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23 Nov 2011 - 2:44pm
I have been seeing the fae at my window at night, at first i was taken back by them but now i wonder why i can suddenly see them, i wonder if they have always been there or they have just started to come.I live by woodland and i have always believed in fairys and elves but to actually see them is lovely.I have taken photos and they stand out really good on them, i mainly took them to prove to my self i wasnt going out of my mind.
I keep hearing about the changes that are coming and i wonder how they must feel what we have done to their world it is not just ours (humans).I have not seen anything mentioned about the fae and i was wondering if anybody else has them come to them.
Love and Light.
Blog entry
9 Nov 2011 - 12:30am
WE ARE~
~/\O\/~
Living AND Loving IS Life
Astha Crea Senta Tomo Ey~
SiNeh~
Story
31 Oct 2011 - 3:00pm
The Council of Twelve via Radio Ann: Trick or treat!
Hello. This is the Council of Twelve. We are here to say that Halloween is a wonderful day! The veils are thin. Can you feel the presence of unseen friends? We are here. That's friends, by the way. Not fiends!
We think Halloween customs are great fun, especially the zombie and ghost costumes. The ones filled with gore and fake blood are particularly amusing. This is because death is not scary, it's fun! You'll all have a great time with your transition - when the time comes - and for now, it's good to make fun of the illusion of death.
Children have a need to grapple with the concept of a transitory physical body. Halloween is helpful in this regard. It's a way of facing one's fears. The reality of death is that it's LIFE. You'll be restored to your youthful selves, your true selves, your wise and enlightened selves. In the meantime, enjoy your "real" life, which is more of an illusion than you know.
Costume yourselves as ordinary people. Maybe no one will see through your disguise, except us - who see the real you. You are beings of light, playing Halloween every day. Trick or treat, indeed. Love, the Council.
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23 Oct 2011 - 11:45am
Ancient Origins of Halloween
www.history.com/topics/halloween
Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.
video
23 Oct 2011 - 11:08am
"To the One in all things" - Just released video
... in Time for Scorpio ... for the Transfiguration ... Resurrection
Blog entry
22 Oct 2011 - 1:43am
Here is a new chapter on "Transformation of religion"
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I discuss main commonalities and differences between the Monotheism and the channeled celestial messages focusing on cosmology of the Bible. I refer to Blavatsky, Kabbalah and Hinduism in explaining how mainstream worldview deviated from the universal truths about God and lessons of souls in the physical world.
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20 Sep 2011 - 5:16pm
I posted this to share with ya`ll. Read it and post your thoughst and ideas...
Love, Naiad
The main resource that Christian and Jewish people have to base their beliefs on is the Bible. The Bible is full of inspired writings and there are many truths within it if you read it with an open heart. But the Bible was not written to be taken literally word for word. Some of it is an account of ancient history from the point of view of the writer. Some writings were meant to be fables or parables that taught a lesson, which some people think have to be accepted literally today. The Old Testament reflects the beliefs of people of the time. In many instances God is portrayed as a fearful and vengeful God because of the beliefs, traditions, and human experiences of the time. People wanted to believe that God was on their side and that He initiated every war so that they could justify the killings and enslavement of others. In these writings human beliefs and attributes were projected onto God. The New Testament was written between the years 70 to 100 AD. It was taken down from the memories of people repeating Jesus' words. Some of it is accurate, at least in essence, and some of it was diluted or changed over time to better fit what people want it to say. One of the biggest problems is the translations and editing that the Bible has gone through. It was translated from Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek into Latin and then to English and other languages. Each time some of it was changed due to mistranslations of words as the meanings were not truly understood or accurately represented because of cultural differences. In the fourth century the Bible as we know it today was put together and extensively edited by the Nicene Council. It was then that many books were taken out or edited, and policies made that effect the way we understand the Bible today. Other councils and further editing of the Bible over the next several hundred years would further shape many Christian beliefs of today.
Satan as a personified being does not exist any more than Lucifer exists. The idea of Satan began as a compilation of evolving Biblical concepts that were tainted by pagan beliefs. Much later the persona of Satan took on ever more demonic qualities and powers until he was considered almost as powerful as God by some people.
Sadly, today there is a resurgence of people teaching about the devil and even performing exorcisms publicly on a mass scale. These activities are mainly done by the Fundamentalist Christian Churches. As long as there are people who can be cowed with threats of a devil and hell these beliefs and actions will continue. People need to be exposed to the origins of the beliefs so that they can see through the misguided information. Unfortunately the leaders of these Sects have laid down an iron clad trap for themselves and their followers. They teach that any information advocating that there is no devil is sponsored by the devil so that he can more easily trick people and influence their lives. This cleaver teaching sets up a “catch 22” for the people who believe in it. Any information that might set them free from their fear-based beliefs is avoided at all costs as a work of the devil.
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13 Sep 2011 - 10:11pm
I guess I have been thinking about the Moon a lot, and I did read Lisa Renee's newsletter when it was delivered to my e-mail.
This is not the first time she has spoken of it, and others have brought this up for consideration too. Whether it is a real entity or made from something not organic.
The moon has certainly affected us all here on Earth, and it has especially affected women- all of our lives past, present, and maybe not our future. If we change our minds.
It has certainly raised a lot of havoic with our emotional bodies, water bodies, psyches, and I can certainly attest to that fact being a double Cancer- double the fun. Hah!
So the question is??? What Is this Moon?
Is it a program too?
Have we been duped with another false belief system. Once maybe it was something real, eons ago, and then was constructed to be something that looked like it.
But anyways the sun has been supremely beautiful these past weeks, and today was another magnificent sunny day. Just awesome. Solar flares and all....
So yes I would like to know the Truth about the Moon, and the energies we have been either putting forth to the moon as in circles etc. Has it all just been a program this time around on earth or is it beneficial to our energy fields? And does it serve a healthy purpose or is it a manipulation.
I'd like the Truth and Science like everthing else!
I'll still love looking at the moon, but I am taking a healthy detachment from it right now.
I guess like a lot of things just an observer and witness to change.
video
29 Jul 2011 - 9:28am
PYRAMIDS Sacred Geometry
Is there something Mystical about the pyramids? What is the Masonic Connections to stars? How do we understand the constellations in the heavens? Is it a religious Islamic concept or from the New Age!
Check out this VIDEO with detailed drawing of Signs and Symbols.
Did the Prophet Muhammed Speak about the Capstone of the Pyramid?
Download or watch the entire Episode Online HERE :
http://hotconflict.podbean.com/2011/07/20/pyramids-sacred-geometry-triangles-the-square-and-compass-masonic-mysteries/
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18 Jul 2011 - 10:08am
WRiting like this is very difficult. I've long had a problem, or maybe a disagreement, with habits. I don't want them. I have them.
That was a big deal growing up. My folks were always trying to help me establish "good habits." So I could go on autopilot and not evaluate any given now because it was all filled up with habits.
The groove becomes a rut, the rut becomes a grave.
So writing each day for ninety days has some of the qualities of establishing the habit. BUT there is something in my nature that SCREAMS against any concept of "always" or "everyday" or "forever." So, my goal is finite. Write ninety blogs in ninety days. For Yarra mostly. An homage.
There is a LOT of stuff I don't put into these blogs. I don't give direct voice to my intuition. I try to steer clear of prophecy or prediction in my writing. My head loves that stuff. I don't want to harass the "Powers that Be" or try to be any sort of revolutionary leader. I admit I have fantasies of "The monkey wrench gang." It's so easy to mess with a big machine.
FIRST, do no harm. Hate the sin, not the sinner. To err is human, to forgive divine.
Three simple tenets: Don't be mean, don't be stupid, and don't be afraid. OR stated more positively: BE kind, BE smart, BE courageous.
There's always talk about the "agent provacateurs" on this site. The "dark entities" that would divide us, set us to turn on each other. I don't know.
Could be there are minions. Say a guy in a cubicle in a huge government setup. Reading all this stuff, trying to insinuate so as to understand what the "agenda" is. Maybe he identifies as a "Man in Black"--maybe not. Still a human being aren't you? Guess what, you're the insurgent now.
I had dinner with my Mom and sister and brother in law and wife last night. I really love them all. I can be a real handful for them occasionally.
This monday morning, I feel "over it." Weary. Disgruntled? WHAT is gruntled? is that any better? Forgive my disjointed ravings.
Shine Bright.
Blog entry
5 Jul 2011 - 11:15pm
SO, the dawn arrived and we all had survived the night. Got a fire started and made some coffee. Oh there are some stories in there about teaching a little one to "go" in the woods, but it's not my story to tell.
We sat and fried nearly a pound of bacon. The princess likes bacon and juice for breakfast. The dogs and Nanna and I had our share too. Man, bacon and eggs over an open fire.
More play and walks. The boundarylessness of it still played with her. I mean, five years of being told what "not" to do and then "do anything."
I think that is blowing my mind about ascension. Really? The end of the "world?" Kingdom of heaven? New Earth? I so want to believe it. BUT I have fifty years of "the world" metting out what my dad used to call, "painful learning experiences." If I am 5D I have learned to hide it, to downplay it, to always allow "I know that sounds crazy."
Learning is easy. Unlearning less so.
Poppa was to have a little nap while Nanna and Paige went into town for a park and civilization run. It was nice, in the shade of the tent, the late morning sun peeking in, occasional breeze. The earth was pleasant to lay on.
THEN. Squealing of tires and the ladies. I snapped up and looked out to see the vehicle teetering on the edge of a drop, Nanna had misjudged and nearly gone tumbling down the hill. Cooler heads prevailed. BUT The Nap was finished. Adrenaline drove me to action again and we were all packed up and ready to roll by the time they got back.
NOW, you're probably thinking this is the wrap up. It should've been, but this was the fourth and we had plans to shoot off fireworks with Calendulaceum, his lady, his little daughter, and his visiting mom.
SO we rolled the whole show over there >>>> to the Garden of Heaton as it is called. Cool. Five year old and three year old playing nicely. Female types all set and tending them...Bocce ball.
I hope you know the pleasure of bocce ball. It's like horseshoes without the stakes. We had a pleasant toss while we paced for dinner and fireworks. OH the disappearing males! Nevermind the squeals and screams of the romperoom over there. Aim, toss, stroll--will it rain?
It did. And hailed too. Then let off for a delicious dinner. Those of us who had camped were pale and grateful and not too chatty.
FINALLY. Dusk comes and we head to the driveway to begin setting up the private extravaganza. OH there were roman candles and bottle rockets. Accuracy ordinance that entertains the shooters. Helicopters are nice in the twilight. I had three types: Cheap, good and better. All of the cheap ones exploded in the most hazardous manner possible. LOL. Dare to be stupid.
We survived the first phase intact and now it was full dark and non-stop action. Erik and I sometimes used a blowtorch for mulitple simultaneous launches. I only have a little black powder burn on my thumb. We got into the bigger stuff, mortars and uberbooms. "Da Big Thumper" was twelve, two inch double mortar shells--it did not disappoint. Big rockets, El gato, goddess of light.
The finally was the "Bombay Nights" the kind of thing you can set off and go get a beer while it continues to astound. 30 corregraphed shots with only one fuse to light.
OH yeah, and there were sparklers and a tears. New policy, fireworks are to be a sole event of a day, maybe preceeded by a nap. I am always telling my gal "you can't fit ten pounds in a five pound bag." BUT it is her birthday month, and I have suspended rational thought. Loving a wife is not a job but a career.
Frankly it was a relief when it was over. The dogs were completely traumatized and nearly had crawled up into the dash of my truck. We loaded up and thank goodness it was downhill all the way home. The princess, her spectacle finished, conked out within seconds of hitting the car seat.
I do and have done many things that I wouldn't recommend. Unpleasant things, daring things, to test myself. BUT if you have the opportunity to serve the princess of the forest, do so. It is an honor and a priveledge.
OH I wanted my quiet back so. NOW I have it and I miss the chaos. Humans, huh?
Shine Bright.
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30 Jun 2011 - 11:07am
I believe in them, how could I not being so close to nature and a shaman. I have come into contact with many creatures some or most would consider unbelievable or at least mythical.
I received my first fae creature almost two years ago while performing a ritual. He came in as a spark. I received a gnome that day. And other fae creatures; fairies came into my world. They are very curious and mischievous, but not harmful. Although I do remember an occasion where I could have given my gnome a lecture for taking something (little bum).
Ever since that first little creature came into my life, I have moved and they moved with me and they have multiplied. Sometimes I see their little sparkle around my head and face and they touch me in a feathery light way.
Last night I had my first dream of them since I received my gnome. They were celebrating. Saw lots of gold and green, saw lots of jumping off leaves. I don't have much of garden this year as I only moved in last August to the low residential townhouse and so much going on that I am not into it this year. But I do have some flowering plants and basics that they live and play in. They do take good care of the plants I do have.
It was wonderful to be included in their late night party even if I was watching. I tried to see if any of the ones jumping was me, but all the partiers was all my little fae creatures having fun. I have not yet figured out what the meaning of the celebration yet. Maybe there is no reason.
Blog entry
17 Jun 2011 - 1:25pm
There is a truth that can be gleamed from television. One inherent truth: "This is what the television is saying now." It may completely contradict itself factually in the next instance, BUT in any given instant, what it says is what it is saying.
Does that make any sense? Too meta? I thought I would start off today with something meaty.
When a liar tells a falsehood, he (or she or it, forgivness please) sets up a disconnect between the ego/personality and the most high. Could be the most high self or the most high God, I see little difference. In order to exist in this state, the whole has to put up barriers, walls. Encapsulate the dichotomy. They're turning one reality into to two. I don't see this as an effective means to any sort of unity consciousness.
Now a child may not have a conscious connection to the most high, in mental terms (we all do via the heart), so a child's lie is a different thing. I had a hard time with this bit. It has taken me years to accept that I am not "Bad" or "less" because of guilt I carried by misrepresenting the truth in order to elude punishment. AND after all, who am I to judge?
Propaganda and marketing are inherently the same thing, viewed from different perspective. They want you to think about a certain thing a certain way. A different thing they may want you to view differently. Either case, someone is trying to hijack the attention of your freewill. The message is "Don't listen to intuition, to your heart. Think it through, here are the facts..."
Jingoism. There's one to look up. An agenda requires taking that which is pure and true and attributing it to something...less dimensional. When folks around here (this country) do a good thing for their neighbors they call it the "American Spirit." Drape a flag over love and Shanghai it for an agenda. Like folks overseas haven't learned to be kind because we haven't raped their country, yet. ONCE we bomb them into submission and install a leader from the military industrial complex--THEN they'll know how to love each other.
Whoops. Political. So, we rise above. NOT left or right or wrong or other, but UP. There is some value to the lies, if only to learn better to discern the truth. OR to know which truths are going to be a part of that beloved "freewill focus." OR maybe IN...
So...is there a subject yet? I can sit all day watching the tube and poking holes in the lies, the hypocrisy, the duplicity. OR I can do something else, be a watcher of my own experience. My own studio audience.
I think I am enjoying my blogs more than anyone. I love to go back and reread this rambling and see what I came up with, look at where I was at that instant. Going up a spiral starcase, I can look over the rail and see myself climbing up below. I can look up and see myself resting above. Pretty cool.
The wife has headlies news going in there, so I came into blog. SEE? And I spend my slice of eternal moment raving about lies...and I notice. AND I think, what should I notice instead?
Repost of poetry: "Makes my eyes bluer"
Learning to fly
Is making me cry
The joy is causing
A leak from my eye.
Gratitude I guess
Is making that mess
Of tears on my face
But wait, I digress...
Grace, I suppose
Leads by the nose
By following bliss
Our consciousness grows.
Elation came through
But despair did too
By rising above
Limitations of two...
Wisdom emerged proud.
Spoke softly not loud.
But for so long in this place
Never heard by the crowd.
Compassion united
with love unrequited
is causing a reaction
that has me delighted.
Shine Bright.
Blog entry
3 Jun 2011 - 4:27am
Reminder on How the Path was Forgotten
One day, a calf needed to cross a virgin forest in order to return to its pasture. Being an irrational animal, it forged out a tortuous path full of bends, up and down hills.
The next day, a dog came by and used the same path to cross the forest. Next it was a sheep’s turn, the head of a flock which, upon finding the opening, led its companions through it.
Later, men began using the path: they bent down, deviating obstacles, complaining and cursing – and quite rightly so. But they did nothing to create a different route.
After so much use, in the end, the path became a trail along which poor animals toiled under heavy loads, being forced to go three hours to cover a distance which would normally take thirty minutes.
Many years passed and the trail became the main road of a village, and later the main avenue of a town. Everyone complained about the traffic, because the route it took was the worst possible one.
Meanwhile, the old and wise forest laughed, at seeing how men tend to blindly follow the way already open, without ever asking whether it really is the best choice.
.(based in traditional Malayalam story).
Visit the Paulo Coelho's Blog HERE for more great reminders.
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
( original entry at my blog @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-path-was-forgotten.html )
Blog entry
29 May 2011 - 9:04am
Eyeaah. Not sure what I have to offer today. Fun facts:
When I was in Kindergarden, I told my family at the dinner table that I was learning Japanese in school. They bought it as I made up words that I had supposedly learned. My older sister nailed me on it after a week or so.
The summer when I was four, my father worked in Washington DC we stayed there in an apartment. I alternated days at the Smithsonian and the swimming pool.
The direction that water swirls down a drain is independent of in which hemisphere the water is draining.
Everybody talks about the dangers of "radiation" when what they actually fear is contamination.
The unofficial motto of the nuclear navy is "lie lie deny deny."
You know how, in pop culture, people would say "it's the bomb"? Well, that was originally, "it's the balm" BUT not enough people were familiar with the word, "balm."
Cold doesn't exist except in it's relation to heat. The same goes for dark and light.
I was arrested for something I didn't do when I was fourteen. I went to the Dallas City Jail. I ended up having to take a "good citizenship" class as a result. It was made very clear to me that I was still wrong because I had been there and seen what had happened...I was punished because of the wrong actions of my peers.
Maybe that's why I feel such a strong compulsion to try and straighten things out. Maybe I feel like there will be judgement day and some judge will find me guilty by association. It might not be enough for me to have my own house in order, perhaps judgement is by neigborhood? I sure hope it's not by country.
I used to feel so warm and fuzzy knowing that I was a citizen of the "Greatest Nation on Earth," we were the white hats, the good guys. Those are comforting myths, I can see why so many hold them fast.
I publicly disavow the United States government. I loathe a culture that would cry "justice done" by assasination or lynching. I'm no goody two shoes, but I believe in rule of law. A murder needs investigation, prosecution, punishment. Not a death squad, no Task force 373 for me, thanks.
BUT I don't harbor much hope for human institutions to repair themselves. Great hope for human beings, though. I have been falsely accused numerous times in this lifetime. AND I have seen many who should be accused bask in the accolades of deception. Soon come.
Forgive me. I'm fuzzy and pointless. For the experiment.
Shine Bright.
Teaching
22 May 2011 - 3:50am
Excellent stuff from Bill at www.hiddenmeanings.com!!
********
Harold Camping of Family Radio predicts that the rapture will take
place on May 21 2011
That means that believers will literally lift off from the earth and meet Jesus
in the air.
This is not Harold Campings first prophecy of this kind. His last one came and
went in 1994.
Here is why I have serious problems with this.
1. Rapture and rising up is one of the 10 worlds of Shakyamuni Buddha.
In Buddhic teachings it is called piti.
This is how it is defined.
Pīti in Pali (Sanskrit: Prīti) is a mental factor (Pali:cetasika, Sanskrit: chaitasika) associated with the concentrative absorption (Sanskrit: dhyana; Pali: jhana) of Buddhist meditation. Piti is a very specific joy associated with a state of deep tranquillity. It is often translated with the English words "joy" or "rapture" and is distinguished from the longer-lasting meditative "pleasure" or "happiness" (Pali, Sanskrit: sukha) that arises along with pīti.
The Buddhic rapture has been misinterpreted by Christians who treat scripture literally.
The word rapture does not appear anywhere in the Bible.
It has been taken from the Buddhists by Christians who really believe that it means
flying up into the sky.
The rapture does not mean people flying up into the sky like Superman.
It means rising in consciousness to a higher mind state. That is rapture which Christians
misunderstand.
2. What about rising to meet Jesus in the air.
The New Testament of the Bible was written in Greek by Greek Hellenists in Alexandria Egypt.
They taught consciousness that was described in 5 states.
1. Earth was the physical body
2. Water was the 2nd level of consciousness as we begin to rise in meditation
3. Air was the 3rd stage of consciousness where we separate from thought
4. Fire was the 4th stage of consciousness where we begin to receive the higher energy
5. The new mind, Christ or Krishna consciousness.
The Greek Hellenists who wrote the scripture had Iseous (translated into English as Jesus)
deeply involved in the meditation process.
They had him walking on the water which meant as you begin to rise in meditation you interact with Jesus walking on water in the 2nd level.
The next level is where Christians misunderstand the Buddhic rapture.
The Bible says we shall rise and meet Jesus in the air.
It does not mean we fly up into the sky.
It means we separate from thought and rise to the 3rd level of meditative consciousness which is air.
We know that this is a correct interpretation of the intent of scripture because the text has Jesus saying the kingdom of God is within you.
It has Jesus saying take no thought, and also it has Jesus saying we should stimulate the single eye which is the pineal gland.
These are meditative techniques which align with the 5 conscious levels.
Jesus also says, you take away the key of knowledge when you do not enter within yourself.
Finally in a wonderful Buddhist connection, Jesus says take my yoke upon you.
Let us look as the dictionary defines YOKE
YOKE
Now let us define Yoke:
A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together.
6. Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
Important derivatives are: yoke, jugular, subjugate, joust, adjust, juxtapose, join, junction, juncture, junta, conjugal, injunction, yoga.
To join. from Greek zugon, yoke, and zugoun, to join; d. YUGA, from Sanskrit yugam, yoke. Suffixed form *yeug-mö. ZEUGMA, from Greek zeugma, a bond. III. Suffixed o-grade form *youg-o-. YOGA, from Sanskrit yoga¡, union. [Pokorny 2. ðeu- 508.]
Now let us look at the word Yoga
YOGA
Let us first define Yoga:
Yoga: A Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity. Important derivatives :
Important derivatives are: yoke, jugular, subjugate, joust, adjust, juxtapose, join, junction, juncture, junta, conjugal, injunction, yoga.
When Jesus speaks of the single eye, take no thought, entering within onesself by using the word that connects to Yoga, it is obvious what the intent was.Given the above, one should not be concerned with the findings of those who have misinterpreted scripture in such a way that they describe the raising of consciousness in meditation as a superman type of up up and away. And also those who have completely neglected to interpret the instructions of Jesus concerning the inner change and the goodness of Yoga.
Bill
www.hiddenmeanings.com
Video: Bills Video Lecture "Talking With The Dead"
Click this link
http://www.hiddenmeanings.com/videotalkwithdead.htm
ALSO VISIT THE HIDDEN MEANINGS BLOG CLICK HERE
Blog entry
22 May 2011 - 3:46am
Excellent stuff from Bill at HiddenMeanings.com!
********
Harold Camping of Family Radio predicts that the rapture will take
place on May 21 2011
That means that believers will literally lift off from the earth and meet Jesus
in the air.
This is not Harold Campings first prophecy of this kind. His last one came and
went in 1994.
Here is why I have serious problems with this.
1. Rapture and rising up is one of the 10 worlds of Shakyamuni Buddha.
In Buddhic teachings it is called piti.
This is how it is defined.
Pīti in Pali (Sanskrit: Prīti) is a mental factor (Pali:cetasika, Sanskrit: chaitasika) associated with the concentrative absorption (Sanskrit: dhyana; Pali: jhana) of Buddhist meditation. Piti is a very specific joy associated with a state of deep tranquillity. It is often translated with the English words "joy" or "rapture" and is distinguished from the longer-lasting meditative "pleasure" or "happiness" (Pali, Sanskrit: sukha) that arises along with pīti.
The Buddhic rapture has been misinterpreted by Christians who treat scripture literally.
The word rapture does not appear anywhere in the Bible.
It has been taken from the Buddhists by Christians who really believe that it means
flying up into the sky.
The rapture does not mean people flying up into the sky like Superman.
It means rising in consciousness to a higher mind state. That is rapture which Christians
misunderstand.
2. What about rising to meet Jesus in the air.
The New Testament of the Bible was written in Greek by Greek Hellenists in Alexandria Egypt.
They taught consciousness that was described in 5 states.
1. Earth was the physical body
2. Water was the 2nd level of consciousness as we begin to rise in meditation
3. Air was the 3rd stage of consciousness where we separate from thought
4. Fire was the 4th stage of consciousness where we begin to receive the higher energy
5. The new mind, Christ or Krishna consciousness.
The Greek Hellenists who wrote the scripture had Iseous (translated into English as Jesus)
deeply involved in the meditation process.
They had him walking on the water which meant as you begin to rise in meditation you interact with Jesus walking on water in the 2nd level.
The next level is where Christians misunderstand the Buddhic rapture.
The Bible says we shall rise and meet Jesus in the air.
It does not mean we fly up into the sky.
It means we separate from thought and rise to the 3rd level of meditative consciousness which is air.
We know that this is a correct interpretation of the intent of scripture because the text has Jesus saying the kingdom of God is within you.
It has Jesus saying take no thought, and also it has Jesus saying we should stimulate the single eye which is the pineal gland.
These are meditative techniques which align with the 5 conscious levels.
Jesus also says, you take away the key of knowledge when you do not enter within yourself.
Finally in a wonderful Buddhist connection, Jesus says take my yoke upon you.
Let us look as the dictionary defines YOKE
YOKE
Now let us define Yoke:
A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together.
6. Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
Important derivatives are: yoke, jugular, subjugate, joust, adjust, juxtapose, join, junction, juncture, junta, conjugal, injunction, yoga.
To join. from Greek zugon, yoke, and zugoun, to join; d. YUGA, from Sanskrit yugam, yoke. Suffixed form *yeug-mö. ZEUGMA, from Greek zeugma, a bond. III. Suffixed o-grade form *youg-o-. YOGA, from Sanskrit yoga¡, union. [Pokorny 2. ðeu- 508.]
Now let us look at the word Yoga
YOGA
Let us first define Yoga:
Yoga: A Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity. Important derivatives :
Important derivatives are: yoke, jugular, subjugate, joust, adjust, juxtapose, join, junction, juncture, junta, conjugal, injunction, yoga.
When Jesus speaks of the single eye, take no thought, entering within onesself by using the word that connects to Yoga, it is obvious what the intent was.Given the above, one should not be concerned with the findings of those who have misinterpreted scripture in such a way that they describe the raising of consciousness in meditation as a superman type of up up and away. And also those who have completely neglected to interpret the instructions of Jesus concerning the inner change and the goodness of Yoga.
Bill www.hiddenmeanings.com
Video: Bills Video Lecture "Talking With The Dead"
Click this link
http://www.hiddenmeanings.com/videotalkwithdead.htm
ALSO VISIT THE HIDDEN MEANINGS BLOG CLICK HERE
Teaching
4 May 2011 - 2:32pm
Dear hearts of light,
years i questioned myself how one belongs to fantasise and how one belongs to dream,
because everybody that i have get to know, doesn't matter who, did say in a certain way to me, "act normal",
when my fantasy or dream doesn't fit in the picture of that persons fantasy or dream.
Because of this i began to think about what normal behaviour is and what normal experience is and how on should experience normal,
because out of the fantasy and the dream grows experience and out of the experience you receave wisdom that
you teach your surroundings and your children and you pass that to your children what you see and find "that is normal",
while the child and someone elses vieuw is a completly different experience vieuw of what's normal.
I know that fantasising and dreaming is creating out of the fantasie and the dream and that is what Is.( All That Is )
Dear hearts fantasising and dreaming is the engine of inspiration to create what the creation does also and waht the creation truly is.
So why are we prisoning fantasys and dreams ourselfs and does that also happens by our surroundings while that
is just living hole and one with All That Is ( Creation, Source, Allah, God, Buddha, Dharma, Prana).
In loving service into infinnity,
Swen.
Blog entry
1 May 2011 - 10:17am
Since at least 1991 there have been rumours coming out of Puttaparthi, ranging from low level sexual molestation of devotees to murder.
Sai Baba has also been accused of using “sleight of hand” trickery to produce items “manifested” and quantities of vibuthi.
All of these accusations may be true – and having spoken first hand to somebody who assured me he had been molested by Sia Baba,
it seems they could be – but it also seems certain (again in my own experience) that Sai Baba did possess some extraordinary powers
of a kind that are not easily demonstrated to people en masse.
My own interest began by accident. Having seen Tibetan Monks creating a sand mandala and wishing to find out a bit more about mandalas,
my curiosity led me one lunch break to a Sai Centre, which to my untrained eye had what appeared to be a mandala in the window.
Inside the devotees were friendly and helpful people who explained what the centre was about, and this one decided to pay his respects to
Sai Baba in a little shrine set up for the purpose. In doing so the waves of ecstatic energy surging through my head and body convinced me
there was definitely something about Sia Baba that set him apart from the ordinary guru.
The Sai Centre was quite a walk from my workplace and realising the time, it looked certain that the walk back was going to make me very late
back to the office, but to my astonishment the walk took no time at all. It was almost like flying, or swimming when you get into your stroke
and start to surge effortlessly through the water. It was walking, but an entirely different kind of walking, slower strides on legs that
seemed impossibly long and a fluid kind of rhythm that somehow created great speed without effort.
The couple of people who passed on the other side of the road seemed to stare in disbelief.
On reaching the busy part of the city the experience came to an end with the same kind of sinking down your get in a power boat when you
cut the motor. Being heavy and pedestrian again was a huge contrast to the lightness and speed of the previous couple of minutes.
Some time later, my daughter, who was in India decided to stay at the ashram at Puttaparthi. Feeling she might go there, unknown to her
my letter was waiting when she arrived. At the ashram everything male and female was segregated, including the mail at the post office,
and when my daughter went to check the letters on the off chance that there might be something for her, my letter was right on top of the pile.
Much later, back in Australia, she was moving interstate and roped me in to help get her stuff to the airport. Honestly it was embarrassing;
there was a whole station wagon full of stuff to get on the plane, including a full size bicycle.
Excess baggage is one thing, but this was just ridiculous.
There was absolutely no way anyone was going to get me to lug all that stuff into the check-in area – my suggestion was for my daughter to
ask Baba for help and look for somebody to take a look at the stuff and see if there was any prospect of getting some of it on the plane.
There would have been 300 kilograms of it minimum and it was in wicker baskets and all sorts.
Well a guy on a baggage trolley appeared from nowhere, said it was no problem, loaded all the luggage onto the trolley, including the bike,
and charged us $10 excess baggage.
These are the kind of stories that are legion. All Sai Baba devotees seemed to have similar stories to tell, so Baba may have copped a lot
of bad press but there is no doubt in my mind that he was no ordinary mortal.
Blessings - O
video
29 Apr 2011 - 3:05am
Can we really trust the Bibles that we have today?
taken from...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlxNWAsSOk
Footnotes:
1) Benjamin B. Warfield, Introduction to Textual Criticism of the New Testament (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907), 12-13
"If we compare the present state of the New Testament text with that of any other ancient writing, we must declare it to be marvelously correct...The New Testament [is] unrivaled among ancient writings in the purity of its text as actually transmitted and kept in use."
2) Lee Strobel, The Case for the Real Jesus (Zondervan, 2007), 82-83 quoting Dan Wallace. Wallace also states (on p 83):
"Yet remarkably, the additions to the text over fourteen centuries of copying amount to about 2 percent of the total. In other words the New Testament grew over time, but at less than 2 percent growth per millennium-so banking on its expansion would be a poor investment...The quality and quantity of the New Testament manuscripts are unequalled in the ancient Greco-Roman world."
3) Apologetics Study Bible, "Manuscript Authority of the New Testament Compared to other Classical Works" (Holman, 2006), in back chart section (no pagination).
4) Ibid. Strobel, The Case for Real Jesus, 83. Dan Wallace states:
"The average Greek author has less than twenty copies of his works still in existence, and they come no sooner than five hundred to a thousand years later. If you stacked up copies of his works...they would be about four feet tall. Stack up copies of the New Testament and they would reach more than a mile high-and, again that doesn't include quotations from the church fathers."
5) Stated by Dan Wallace in 4truth.net interview "Audio interview with Daniel B. Wallace on Reliability of New Testament Text"
http://www.4truth.net/Search.aspx?searchtext=DanielWallac...
6) Ibid. 4truth.
7) Ibid. Apologetics Study Bible.
8) Stated by Gary Hambermas in lecture "The Veracity of the New Testament" mp3 audio here:
http://apologetics315.blogspot.com/2009/06/veracity-of-ne...
9) Ibid. 4truth interview. (Stated at 36:48-4)
10) Ibid. Strobel, The Case for the Real Jesus, 89.
video
28 Apr 2011 - 8:18pm
Do you say things like, "The Gnostic Gospels, like the Gospel of Thomas, weren't allowed into the bible by the big bad Church because they were so powerful and didn't want people to know about reincarnation etc.". You may need a history lesson, but then again, if you don't like it, you can just say that the Church edited that history too, however this is unlikely considering that Christians were being hunted down, burned alive and so on during the early years of the faith. O well.
video
28 Apr 2011 - 2:43pm
Ben Stanhope gives jmax fans another reason to put their fingers in their ears.
video
27 Apr 2011 - 3:26am
Permission granted to upload this video to YouTube user in5d and http://www.in5d.com/ by 21Davicinho. Watch in full screen, you don't want to miss this!
Matías De Stefano is an Argentinian 22 year old, who could be described as an Indigo child. He has been allowed to activate the area of the brain where all the cosmic memory is registered. His purpose in life is to share his memories with the people, helping these to organize their own information. Also one of his essential missions is to help create a new education that can adapt to the new paradigms of the children of our time.
Matis talks about the mass influx of indigo children who have chosen to incarnate here at this particular time, as well as what to expect with 2012 and how he was able to recall his past lives, which included working with the Akashic Records.
Matías De Stefano website: www.ghan.com.ar
Prohibited Education website: www.educacionprohibida.com
Blog entry
31 Mar 2011 - 1:31am
This is wonderful material, and, potentially, quite useful and practical
http://indigosociety.com/showthread.php?40423-Atlantis-Reconsidered-Excellent-quot-Mythology-quot
video
24 Mar 2011 - 7:09pm
Starseeds and Our Human Origins
by Gregg Prescott, M.S.
What is a star seed? Better yet, who is a star seed? If you trace the origins of human lineage, you end up with a plethora of questions. For example, if we were to believe the bible’s origins of mankind and assume that we came from Adam and Eve, then that assumption wouldn’t explain the genetic differences in our population. Continuing with the bible story, we are led to believe that Noah and his family were the only survivors of the Great Flood, which means we are allegedly all descendents of Noah and his family. Are we to assume that Noah brought aboard two of every ethnicity as well? That’s highly unlikely.
Let’s examine the other possibilities.
Zecharia Sitchin believes our DNA was genetically manipulated, which remains a possibility, but why would the Annunaki create various ethnicities instead of one slave race?
That leads us to another, more feasible, possibility. We were seeded here from various star nations. In this premise, genetic and ethnic diversity is explained. It also covers the differences in our blood types, such as Rh negative, Rh positive, A, B, AB and O blood types. Perhaps some star nations have people with predominantly red hair and freckles while others have dark skinned inhabitants? Maybe some, such as the Pleiadians, have blonde hair and blue eyes?
It’s also possible that Sitchin’s premise is correct, while other star nations ALSO seeded the planet with their genetic offspring.
Perhaps we would look at ourselves differently if we saw a planet inhabited by various star nations versus segregating ourselves from one another through patriotism, nationality and prejudice?
Is it possible that our planet is one gigantic galactic experiment to see how various star nations would get along with one another?
Blog entry
11 Feb 2011 - 10:37pm
Dear Friends,
As most of you have heard Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from power in Egypt.
on this day of 1 Imix (1 Alligator) in the traditional Mayan tzolkin count, which also happens to be the amazing palindrome date 1102-2011. As you know I do not believe this date to be the beginning of the high frequency ninth wave bringing in unity consciousness starting March 9, 2011. Yet, this is still the beginning of the tzolkin round that would lead to the top of the pyramid of consciousness October 28, 2011
and so 1 Imix is a significant seeding date for the processes that are now starting.
The downfall of Mubarak is then as I believe the beginning of a process their dictatorial regimes and authoritarianism will, in a complex process with ups and downs, will start to crumble world wide and ultimately be replaced with a world of unity consciousness.
This seeding is the significance of this day and hopefully many will align with it and find a constructive path to the future.
Regards
Carl Johan
Blog entry
1 Feb 2011 - 2:26am
YEAR OF THE CAT
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days, she says, "I feel my life
Just like a river running through"
The year of the cat
Why she looks at you so coolly?
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat
Well morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
Teaching
25 Jan 2011 - 5:44am
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
Let me continue with the Draco theme that I’ve been discoursing on so far. For this piece I will conduct reflections about Siegfried and Mahatma Gandhi, one a folk hero and the other a historical great man, who both battled dragons and who lost their lives in the end as a highest form of sacrifice in the pursuit of most noble ends.
Siegfried is a very beautiful narrative, a very inspiring piece for the heroism and redemption that goes with it. I am very much enamored to Siegfried, perhaps due to my own breeding as a warrior—and great warrior no less—leading armies to battle, conquering lands, and then bringing peace and prosperity thereafter for many embodiments. Besides, I was a Teuton (German) for couples of embodiments, and I know German folklore by heart.
Likewise have I great admiration for the music of Wagner, among which is the hero’s burial for Siegfried. Wagner may by S.O.B. in person, but during his moments of composing music he was able to attune to the ‘music of the spheres’, with both devas and angels downloading sample tunes for the musical master to savor and document (with modifications if he wishes). Wagner did justice to Siegfried, likewise to the Light Beings of Valhalla (etheric cities) whom he captured in his very lively compositions.
To get it straight to the denouement, Siegfried defeated the dragon (Draco’s evil intents in our DNA programming). The battle was waged inside a cave (our inner space or ‘unconscious’ self). Upon slaying the dragon, Siegfried bathed himself with its blood to become invincible and deathless in battles (a celebration of victory over the gross ‘lower self’).
Because Siegfried was residing in the dense 3rd dimension, no matter how victorious may he be versus an external dragon and/or his lower self, he will always encounter competing forces within his own organization (warriorship). Envy and jealousy drove a fellow warrior to betray him by piercing a spear in Siegfried’s back that failed to be immersed with dragon’s blood (last spot of behavioral vulnerability).
Siegfried’s story is the archetype that can account for many heroic battles versus both external enemies and the gross lower self. Such as the narrative of Mahatma Gandhi, who battled both an external dragon (British empire) and an internal enemy (gross lower self). To go straight to the denouement, Gandhi was impeccably victorious over both arch-enemies. What makes him much more awe-inspiring was his use of active non-violence versus the external dragon that was a radical innovation altogether akin to the avatar Jesus “love thy enemy” innovation 2,000 years back.
To enable the growth of a new nation, Gandhi had to do the extreme sacrifice of absorbing part of the collective karma of new India. That sacrifice was to be manifested in his assassination by a local fanatic within his own organization (guards provided by the state). Feeling no bitterness, he immediately forgave his assassin while invoking his last words, “Rama, Rama!”
In both narratives, there was no show of bitterness whatsoever. No matter if they died very violent deaths, their physical exit was one that they welcomed as they both knew the risk entailed by their roles and missions. Had Siegfried and Gandhi shown bitterness to their killers, their defeat of the dragon could have been cancelled out.
Thus, up to the very last breath of theirs, both folk hero and historical hero exhibited their total victory against Draco (and Lucifer) as represented by the gross lower self and external enemies. No one then should wonder why both figures are exalted in their respective lands and in other cultures as well, even as both continue to inspire peoples the world over who are on the liberation Path.
[Philippines, 05 September 2010]
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13 Jan 2011 - 4:22pm
The unicorn has always been considered a mythical and magical creature with special powers, especially in the middle ages. There is a famous set of seven tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum in New York titled The Hunt for the Unicorn. They are believed to have been made in Brussels between 1495-1505. Most of the seven are twelve feet by twelve feet in size. Each depicts a scene from the story of the hunt. These tapestries are considered to be among the finest medieval art treasures in existence today.
During our research on Atlantis one of the questioners asked whether animals such dragons, unicorns and Pegasus actually existed. In their reply Mr. LePar’s psychic source, The Council, gave detailed information about the unicorn.
Questioner: We just have a few questions to finish up on Atlantis. The first question was, You have confirmed before that such things as centaurs did exist before as creations of man. Did other animals that we think of today as just being mythical such as dragons, unicorns, and Pegasus, the winged horse, also exist?
The Council: Well, a winged horse is a bit far-fetched, wouldn't you say? Especially, since the evolvement of the horse can be very easily documented. Dragons, well, dragons really are in the eye of the beholder, if we may use a familiar term. Many animals that man had or still has in his existence could, in the eyes of some, appear to be what is commonly referred to as a dragon. The unicorn is the only animal that we would say did exist as man knows him, but a winged horse, more a figment of the imagination. Dragons, that can be an iffy situation. You have not had an animal that can breathe fire from its nostrils, but there have been some animals that are serpent in nature or appearance that do have a footed ability or that did have feet and had what could be referred to as fins or wings but were not truly able to fly per se. So out of your list the only thing that we would acknowledge as truly real would have been the unicorn.
Questioner: Thank you. On unicorns, how long has it been since there was one on earth?
The Council: In the area of, in your earthly understanding or your earthly time, in the area of approximately 17,000 years.
Questioner: Was the unicorn the result of experiments or playing around by mankind? Or did it evolve on its own?
The Council: The unicorn in its original manifestation came from the very early days of Lemuria. It originally was a creation of the Sons of Light or the Sons of the One God or the Law of One. It was considered a cherished pet and is basically a very early form of a horse; now this is at the time when the horses, or what you refer to as horses, were quite small, somewhere in the area of, shall we say, twenty to twenty-four inches in height, that is at the shoulders or front hoof area. The Sons of the Law of One found an unusual fondness for the ancestors of your present day horse. They were a gentle animal, very loving in nature and very peaceful. From appearances, looking upon the small creatures, they had a great deal of affection for man, had a great deal of closeness to man, and were somewhat protective of man. They were very communal in their own group or in their own families. They were a very gentle-natured animal, but they had very little means of protection from the more ravenous creatures of that time. So in an effort by the Children of the Law of One to offer the creature a means of protecting itself through their mental abilities utilizing the genetic structure of the animal itself, they made the necessary changes wherein some of these animals would be born with a horn in its forehead. Although they did not attempt to create this in all of these little creatures, they did attempt to influence the genetic structure of some of them. Those that were born then with the horn in the forehead became the guardians of the rest of the herd. The horn had a brilliance to it, much as gold has a brilliance to it, and it would catch the play of light; and as it moved its head then this light would reflect off of this horn, and it would scare other predators away. At times, it was actually used in protection but not all of these creatures carried the horn, only some.
Questioner: Did the ones who had horns, did they grow larger so they would be bigger than the rest of the herd and similar to what we think of a unicorn today?
For the rest of the information on the unicorn please visit this special link: www.WilliamLePar.com/unicorn
For information about the Bermuda Triangle from a previous post please visit www.WilliamLePar.com/mysteries
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25 Dec 2010 - 1:52am
Crossposted from Reflections Journal and Celestial Reflections: A Community of Spirit.
I love Christmas trees. Always have. Many of my warmest, childhood memories are of decorating the Christmas tree and waiting for Santa to bring me a Barbie, some Silly Putty, or an Easy Bake Oven. That's because I was raised in a Christian home. Pine trees and magical, gift giving elves were beloved by the baby Jesus. Remember? In the stable when Joseph and Mary were visited by the three wise men and Santa Claus, with his reindeer, and they all sang "O Tannenbaum?" Okay... Maybe I have that wrong.
So, how did the Christmas tree come to be such an integral part of Christmas? Like so many of our beloved Christmas traditions they derive primarily from ancient, pre-Christian, pagan cultures. Historically, they have an uneasy relationship with Christianity; alternately rejected as pagan artifacts and claimed vehemently as Christian rather than secular. Many Christians would probably be surprised to learn that the ancient pagan practice of decorating tree cuttings, which occurred in parts of the Middle East long before the birth of Christ, is specifically condemned in the Bible.
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." ~ Jeremiah 10:2-4
The use of evergreens has a specific symbolic appeal in the dead of winter. Many scholars of paganism and goddess worship will tell you that pine trees represent eternal life because they remain vibrant throughout the dead of winter. I read about this in far too many books when I first started exploring goddess traditions, many moons ago, for me to source and cite them all. Here is a good overview from Religious Tolerance.org.
"Many Pagan cultures used to cut boughs of evergreen trees in December, move them into the home or temple, and decorate them. 7 Modern-day Pagans still do. This was to recognize the winter solstice -- the time of the year that had the shortest daylight hours, and longest night of the year. This occurs annually sometime between DEC-20 to 23; most often, it is DEC-21. As the solstice approached, they noticed that the days were gradually getting shorter; many feared that the sun would eventually disappear forever, and everyone would freeze. But, even though deciduous trees, bushes, and crops died or hibernated for the winter, the evergreen trees remained green. They seemed to have magical powers that enabled them to withstand the rigors of winter.
Not having evergreen trees, the ancient Egyptians considered the palm tree to symbolize resurrection. They decorated their homes with its branches during the winter solstice. 3
"The first decorating of an evergreen tree began with the heathen Greeks and their worship of their god Adonia, who allegedly was brought back to life by the serpent Aessulapius after having been slain." 5
The ancient Pagan Romans decorated their "trees with bits of metal and replicas of their god, Bacchus [a fertility god]. They also placed 12 candles on the tree in honor of their sun god" 2
Their mid-winter festival of Saturnalia started on DEC-17 and often lasted until a few days after the Solstice.
In Northern Europe, the ancient Germanic people tied fruit and attached candles to evergreen tree branches, in honor of their god Woden. Trees were viewed as symbolizing eternal life. This is the deity after which Wednesday was named. The trees joined holly, mistletoe, the wassail bowl and the Yule log as symbols of the season. All predated Christianity. 5"
It bears mentioning that the custom of wassailing was actually a tree ritual in which the beverage was poured around the roots and the community shared the beverage with the tree. Pagans do love their trees.
A very intriguing parallel between the pine tree and Christ can be found in the myth of Attis who was sacrificed on a pine tree and resurrected.
"Barbara Walker says in The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets that "The cult of Attis strongly influenced early Christianity."
The worship of Attis in association with that of the Great Mother of All Things, Cybele, came from Phrygia in Asia Minor. Attis accompanied Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods, who was brought to Rome from Phrygia in 204 B.C.E. Phrygia is an area that is often called "Thrace," a region of SE Europe comprising NE Greece, S Bulgaria, and European Turkey, bordered by the Black Sea in the northeast, and the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea in the south. Attis and Cybele were established in a temple on the Vatican hill, where they remained for six centuries. Attis was a son of the Goddess' earthly incarnation, the virgin Nana, who miraculously conceived him by eating an almond or a pomegranate, yonic symbols both. Thus Attis was a typical "god without a father," the Virgin's son. He grew up to become a sacrificial victim and Savior, slain to bring salvation to mankind. His body was eaten by his worshippers in the form of bread [the Eucharist of Attis]. He was resurrected as "The Most High God, who holds the universe together." Like his priests he was castrated, then crucified on a pine tree, where his blood poured down to redeem the earth. (Walker, The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, p. 77)."
Such myths make it clear that evergreens have long been associated with the ideas of resurrection and eternal life. Some years ago it began to dawn on me that the association between the Christmas pine tree and immortality might not be as simple as their persistent greenness. That, in fact, the mythology might be deeper and that it might have something to do with their geometric form. A series of events caused me really focus on the fundamental shapes and broader archetypes.
I have always had Christmas trees, real ones that filled my home with the scent of pine. Even when I lived alone, I would bring them home from a tree lot, put them up, and decorate them all by myself. But one year, I found myself unwilling to go through the hassle. I couldn't determine which would make me more miserable; finding, decorating, and disposing of a natural tree or not having one. I thought about getting a fake one but I hate them.
As luck would have it, I noticed an adorable little tree woven from natural twigs in a flower shop. It was a simple cone shape, emulating the idealized form of a pine tree. I fell in love with it and decided that it would be my Christmas tree for the foreseeable future. I stuffed it with lights so that it was illuminated from within and wrapped a tiny garland around it. It's decorations have gone through a few iterations over the years but I still put it out every year, in addition to a real one.
Looking at my rustic little tree, I began to contemplate the shape of it and to consider the importance of vortical forms in sacred geometry and myth. It was one of those wonderfully lucid moments when the veil lifts for a second and I'm aware that I am not separate from the world around me; that the emerging archetypes in my consciousness appear in my day to day life as happy accidents and other synchronicities. As I explained here, I experienced a similar shift in awareness around the image of the cornucopia last Thanksgiving. Vortical forms represent the act of manifestation; of creation emanating from the void. Spiraling vortices represented by cones and triangular shapes are innately entrancing.
And if it weren't clear from the cardinal shape of the pine tree that we are drawn to its vortical nature, consider how we decorate it. The classic use of the garland, which we coil up the tree like the snake on the rod of Asclepius. (Note that the ancient Greek pine tree myth, referenced above, involved the resurrection of Adonis by Asclepius.) Or like the double helix form of the staff of Hermes, aka. the caduseus wand. And like the caduseus, our tree is often topped with wings. See my lovely angel tree-topper in the photo above. Another classic tree-topper is also a symbol rich in mythical and mathematical significance: the star. A pentagram like the one on my little twig tree is made up of phi ratios. The phi ratio, or golden mean, is the foundation of the golden spiral which unfolds into the vortical form that expresses in the pine tree.
The phi ratio, of course, shows up all over the natural world and is vividly apparent in plant and animal life. (The gorgeous, little video I posted here illustrates this beautifully.) One of the most accessible manifestations of this logarithmic spiral is in the pine cone. And it is the symbolism of the pine cone that makes the pine tree's association with the Christ most interesting.
The pine cone is actually one of our most sacred symbols. It appears on the staffs of spiritual luminaries all across the mythical and religious spectrum; from Osiris to Dionysus to the Pope. This page has some great illustrations and offers the added benefit of being hilarious. Best line: "Osiris was the Egyptian counterfeit of Jesus Christ!" Those Egyptians were diabolically clever in the way they managed to ape Christian symbolism. Because, you know, if you really want to undermine Christianity, you need a good time machine.
The pine cone is so strangely ubiquitous, yet subtle, because it lies at the very heart of the mysteries. It is a symbol for that tiny gland named for it: the pineal. Here Manly P. Hall explains its relevance in Masonry.
"Sufficient similarity exists between the Masonic CHiram and the Kundalini of Hindu mysticism to warrant the assumption that CHiram may be considered a symbol also of the Spirit Fire moving through the sixth ventricle of the spinal column. The exact science of human regeneration is the Lost Key of Masonry, for when the Spirit Fire is lifted up through the thirty-three degrees, or segments of the spinal column, and enters into the domed chamber of the human skull, it finally passes into the pituitary body (Isis), where it invokes Ra (the pineal gland) and demands the Sacred Name. Operative Masonry, in the fullest meaning of that term, signifies the process by which the Eye of Horus is opened. E. A. Wallis Budge has noted that in some of the papyri illustrating the entrance of the souls of the dead into the judgment hall of Osiris the deceased person has a pine cone attached to the crown of his head. The Greek mystics also carried a symbolic staff, the upper end being in the form of a pine cone, which was called the thyrsus of Bacchus. In the human brain there is a tiny gland called the pineal body, which is the sacred eye of the ancients, and corresponds to the third eye of the Cyclops. Little is known concerning the function of the pineal body, which Descartes suggested (more wisely than he knew) might be the abode of the spirit of man. As its name signifies, the pineal gland is the sacred pine cone in man – the eye single, which cannot be opened until CHiram (the Spirit Fire) is raised through the sacred seals which are called the Seven Churches in Asia."
Some of that may explain how it ended up on the B-side of the Great Seal and why the truncated pyramid has its own little tree-topper; I reference it here as the benben stone of Egyptian creation mythology. The benben is alternately described as a pyramidion and as the mound that emerged from the primordial waters. It decorates the tops of pyramids and obelisks all over Egypt. I have little doubt that it is really a symbol for the pineal gland which the ancients recognized as the key to regeneration and eternal life. So it is not so surprising that we would emulate the placement of the benben every Christmas when we complete our decorated pine tree with a star or angel or other radiant ornament at the very top. Because at Christmas we celebrate the birth of a "god" who enacted the age-old myth of resurrection and glorious ascension.
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16 Dec 2010 - 6:41pm
Crossposted from Reflections Journal and Celestial Reflections: A Community of Spirit.
As I mentioned here, William Henry has been contemplating the seraphim. He may not be experiencing stigmata like St. Francis but he seems to have had a revelatory experience, marking the Coast to Coast interview posted below something of a break-through. Embracing serpent myths will do that. Take it from one who knows. As I said here, the definition Henry gives of the seraphim -- "winged and/or fiery serpents" -- describes the fully awakened kundalini. Here is a breakdown of the Biblical context of this definition from the Wiki.
"Seraphim, literally "burning ones", is the plural of "seraph", more properly sarap. The word sarap/seraphim appears three times in the Torah (Numbers 21:6-8, Deuteronomy 8:15) and four times in the Book of Isaiah (6:2-6, 14:29, 30:6). In Numbers and Deuteronomy the "seraphim" are serpents - the association of serpents as "burning ones" is possibly due to the burning sensation of the poison. [1] Isaiah also uses the word in close association with words to describes snakes (nahash, the generic word for snakes, in 14:29, and efeh, viper, in 30:6).
Isaiah's vision of seraphim in the Temple in Jerusalem is the sole instance in the Hebrew Bible of the word being used to describe celestial beings: there the winged "seraphim" attend God and have human attributes:[2] "... I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and His train filled the Hekhal (sanctuary). Above him stood the Seraphim; each had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew." (Isaiah 6:1–3) In Isaiah's vision the seraphim cry continually to each other, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory" (verses 2-3) before carrying out an act of purification for the prophet (verses 6-7). It is possible that these are winged snake-beings, but given that the word "seraphim" is not attached as an adjective or modifier to other snake-words ("nahash," etc.), as is the case in every other occurrence of the word, it is more probable that they are variants of the "fiery" lesser deities making up God's divine court.[3]
"Seraphim" appear in the 2nd century B.C. Book of Enoch[4] where they are designated as drakones (δράκονες "serpents"), and are mentioned, in conjunction with the cherubim as the heavenly creatures standing nearest to the throne of God. In the late 1st century A.D. Book of Revelation (iv. 4-8) they are described as being forever in God's presence and praising Him constantly: "Day and night with out ceasing they sing: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.'" They appear also in the Christian Gnostic text On the Origin of the World, described as "dragon-shaped angels".[5]"
I'm always a little amazed when my years of exploration of world mythology bring me full round to the Christian upbringing I fled. Serpent myths are foundational to many world traditions, with strong parallels between Ancient Egyptian and Hindu mythology. (See Heaven's Mirror.) In Eastern traditions, particularly in China, dragons are ubiquitous and beloved. Serpents as a primary, world creating energy crop up all over the place pointing to the original mother goddess mythology that is largely buried. What makes the Judeo-Christian treatment of these mythical serpents unique is that it aggressively demonizes them.Yet references to serpents as representing wisdom, power, and immortality, appear throughout Biblical texts creating a subtle, largely unnoticed counterpoint to the accepted narrative.
I remember learning years ago that the serpent in the Garden of Eden was not a snake but rather a "shining one." I didn't know quite what to do with that information back then. I had no appropriate context in which to place it. When one is raised in that tradition, this bit of linguistic derivation only serves to create cognitive dissonance. So I was little amused at the caller who informed Henry that "obviously" the serpent with Adam and Eve is the "ultimate evil" and that this is why we think of serpents as evil. But, no, it's not that simple... or obvious. From the supporting text of The Companion Bible:
"The Hebrew word rendered "serpent" in Genesis 3:1 is Nachash (from the root Nachash, to shine, and means a shinning one. Hence, in Chaldee it means brass or copper, because of its shining. Hence also, the word Nehushtan, a piece of brass, in 2Kings 18:4.
In the same way Saraph, in Isaiah 6:2,6, means a burning one, and, because the serpents mentioned in Numbers 21 were burning, in the poison of their bite, they were called Saraphim, or Seraphs.
But when the LORD said unto Moses, "Make thee a fiery serpent" (Numbers 21:8), He said, "Make thee a Saraph", and, in obeying this command, we read in verse 9, "Moses made a Nachash of brass". Nachash is thus used as being interchangeable with Saraph."
Yes folks, the mystery hidden in the Bible is kundalini. Moses "raised the serpent in the wilderness." (John 3:14) He raised it on a pole (spine). (Numbers 21:8) Just as Eve's serpent moved through the tree (spine). But the penalties for accessing that serpent wisdom and becoming "as gods" are explicit. The prevailing narrative calls it hubris. Eve's punishment was to make all of womankind second-class citizens. Her gnosis is suppressed. What explicit Biblical references there are to serpent wisdom are misinterpreted and ultimately consigned to being some vestigial relic of pre-existing systems. (See Lilith.)
The global myths that inform all these world religions, to varying degrees, speak of dragons and feathered serpents like Quetzalcoatl, whom I encountered in Mexico at Teotihuacan. In this interview, Henry explains his own attempts to reconcile benevolent serpents like Quetzalcoatl and the seraphim with ideas of evil reptilians popularized by David Icke and others. He comes to the same basic conclusion I did when looking at Icke's reptilians; that whatever Icke is seeing it's not the winged serpents of myth. The reptile attributes are an interpretation of a coiling, moving, electrical phenomenon. Remember that the Sanskrit word kundalini does not mean snake. That's just the symbolic depiction. I've read several translations and they vary but they are all some version of the word "coil." Here's a version from the very helpful Biology of Kundalini.
"KUNDALINI - (Sanskrit kund, "to burn"; kunda, "to coil or to spiral") a concentrated field of intelligent, cosmic invisible energy absolutely vital to life; beginning in the base of the spine when a man or woman begins to evolve as wisdom is earned. Kundalini has been described as liquid fire and liquid light."
Where it gets really confusing is that there seems to be a lot of conflation between those kundalini and reptile myths and the Icke-type conception of "the reptilians." This goes for Icke as well as the conspiracy theory set who are heavily invested in his work. To his credit, Icke has stated that he's speaking of a particular reptilian race; not all reptilian beings in the universe. He has also acknowledged that he is experiencing a kundalini awakening and the ensuing crisis that should be familiar to many who have similarly opened. In Tales from the Loop he says:
"This is what happened to me. It was the cause of my ‘dam burst’ and the process began on the mound in Peru. The kundalini exploded up through my spine, activating all the chakras and my brain into a higher level of contact with the ocean of infinite consciousness. With that initial explosion came the apparent chaos in my mind as I was transforming from one energy state to another. It was this activation that caused me to suddenly see the world and myself in a totally different way and my mind was bombarded with information and concepts I could not process for months. I felt like a computer that had locked up because too many keys had been pressed at once. This was my state on the Wogan show and public ignorance of these matters led me to be labelled "mad". This is the normal defence response to anyone who is significantly different and I was now seriously different."
The problem I have with Icke is that I wish he'd talk about that more and help diffuse some of the confusion in the public mind that has resulted from his work.
John Lamb Lash has also addressed the conflict between David Icke's idea of reptile overlords and the serpent mythos associated with kundalini.
Today we hear the wildest claims regarding reptilians, how they manipulated us genetically in ancient times, their horrific rites and shapeshifting powers, how they are running the world, etc. Unfortunately, most of the chatter on the reptilian agenda ends up providing hype for the scaly intruders, who are enormously overrated, I would warn. Gnostics taught that the signature of the archons is HAL, the Coptic word for "simulation." They warned us in no uncertain terms to distinguish between what the archons can actually do, and what they merely simulate with the alien technology of VR, virtual reality. These cosmic cousins of ours may be lolling in perverse delight at bringing humanity down to their level, turning us into monsters of aggression and conformity, slavish control-freaks. But their game or test is not what it appears to be, if they prevail by tricking us to annihilate ourselves. What if arch-CON looming power over us depends upon the CON we perpetrate in our own minds, giving our power away to them?
It will be impossible to see the truth of the archontic test unless we recognize and own the wisdom that comes down to us from genuine adepts of the Mysteries, men and women who mastered the serpent power, kundalini. Those initiates of the serpent wisdom must be distinguished from the alien reptilians and their human accomplices. There has always been an intrepid corps of enlightened warriors who resist the alien game on this planet, but current discourse on the reptilian agenda, led by David Icke, fails to recognize the nature of the Mystery cells as bastions of resistance. Imagination fuelled by kundalini gives total immunity to alien intrusio, [sic] Gnostics taught. There is no hint of this solution coming from David Icke in his recommendations for facing the reptilian assault.
I would go further and suggest that the conspiracy crowd have been taken in by a disinfo campaign by the, perhaps archontic, frequency they fear. They are running away from the very myths and symbols that are meant to awaken our consciousness and free us from illusion or maya. Symbols like this one, for instance:
Yes, it is an "all seeing eye" but we all have one... and it's asleep. As Henry has said in many conversations, including this one, "None of our candles are lit. None of our elevators go to the top." The information he presents here should go some way towards furthering that process of illumination.
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10 Dec 2010 - 2:50am
Recent events here at Lightworkers.org have inspired me to see the parallels with the story of Shrek, a modern fairytale with timeless aspects, mythic archetypes and many pearls of wisdom. I have written a synopsis of the first Shrek movie, highlighting some of it’s symbolism from which we can all learn. Read carefully, every single paragraph below has symbols of meaning which can be applied to LW and to our lives in general.
It is my hope and intention that LW and it’s members can continue to grow and ‘take Love’s true form’.
Mary Ann
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As the story opens, Duloc, the town ruled by Lord Farquaad, is being scrubbed clean of anything or anyone that is deemed ‘unattractive’ and ‘imperfect’. All fairy tale creatures have been banished to the swamp, where Shrek lives.
Shrek goes to Duloc to see Lord Farquaad about getting rid of the fairy tale creatures in his swamp. Remember the little automated figures that popped out of the small wooden house at the gate of Duloc? They sang the funny ditty saying 'Duloc is a perfect place' and the looks on Donkey and Shrek's faces were priceless.
Shrek, the 'ugly' ogre, is sent to rescue the beautiful fairy princess, Fiona. Shrek, accompanied by Donkey, rescues Fiona from her fire and brimstone prison that is guarded by a dragon. But Fiona has a secret, thanks to a spell cast by a witch in her childhood: she is 'beautiful' by mainstream standards during the day, and at night she is an 'ugly ogre'.
On the way to the castle, she and Shrek discover they are much alike on the inside; soulmates, if you will. Fiona encounters a lot of self-doubt that she could be accepted and loved by Shrek if he sees her in her 'ugly' state. Shrek is also wrestling with his own issues of self-doubt and lack of self-confidence.
That night when they camp, Shrek tells Donkey stories about the stars, and says that “things are more than they appear”. Donkey wonders what they will do when they get back to their swamp, but Shrek tells him that it's HIS swamp, and he is going to build a ten-foot wall around his land. Donkey thinks that Shrek is trying to keep people out, then Shrek shouts at Donkey that he's trying to keep everyone out. Fiona overhears Shrek telling Donkey how people judge him before they even know him, and that's why he's better off alone.
The next night, Shrek overhears Fiona talking about herself to Donkey when she says, "Who could ever love a beast so hideous and ugly?" Shrek assumes she is referring to him. The miscommunication ensues resulting in hurt and anger for both of them.
Shrek delivers Fiona to Lord Farquaad, who clearly cares for no one but himself and his image (misguided ego run amok). Fiona is resigned and determined to marry Farquaad because she feels that is how it is 'supposed' to be. But on the inside she is confused and hurt. Shrek is also confused and hurt and more lonely than ever in his isolated swamp house.
Shrek’s annoying but loyal friend Donkey shows up. Shrek tries to push Donkey away and they argue. Shrek asks Donkey, if he treated him so bad, why did he come back? Donkey replies “that's what friends do: they forgive each other!” Donkey gives Shrek the strength and courage to proclaim his love to Fiona. They fly away to Duloc on the dragon, who is Donkey’s new love and partner. This is the same fire-breathing dragon who was charmed by donkey and transformed by love.
Shrek, Donkey & Dragon arrive just in time to give Fiona a chance make a choice between Farquaad and Shrek. Lord Farquaad laughs with disdain at the idea of Shrek being in love with the princess. The townspeople who are in attendance, laugh and jeer as they are instructed to by the royal Court with signs to give the ‘proper’ response. As the sun is setting, Fiona says she wants to show Shrek something. With the gathering darkness, Fiona turns into an ogre. Farquaad and the townspeople are shocked and disgusted.
Fiona, Shrek, Donkey and Dragon fight to be free. The dragon eats Lord Farquaad.
Fiona and Shrek finally get to share a kiss. Fiona begins her transformation as she hears the words of the spell in her head, “By night one way, by day another. This shall be the norm, until you find True Love's first kiss, and then take Love's true form.” She rises up into the air, spinning and glowing with magical light. Bright light radiates from her, then a shock wave from her shatters all the windows in the church except one (which the dragon later breaks, symbolically smashing the stained glass window of the status quo and the rules).
Fiona completes her transformation, and then returns to the floor and collapses. Shrek helps Fiona up. She's still an ogre, and tells Shrek that she doesn't understand, that she's supposed to be beautiful. Shrek tells her that she IS beautiful (she has taken Love’s true form), and they kiss again.
At the swamp, Shrek and Fiona get married, with Donkey and all the fairy tale creatures as guests. The wedding song is "I'm a Believer".
The fairy tale ends with "And they lived ugly ever after. The end."
You would think a place called Lightworkers would embrace the fairytale creatures and the imperfect; because they all represent parts of ourselves!
Notes:
The name Shrek comes from the Yiddish and means fright. It is Shrek’s mission to frighten people, that is, after all what ogres do. However, Shrek has many layers and is misunderstood by almost everyone. He is the obvious hero on a journey to be accepted for who he is.
Brimstone is an old name for sulfur, derived from Brimo, a title of Athena, Hecate, and Demeter. The term meant "raging one," the Destroyer aspect of the Goddess. The element sulfur was one of the three classical principles or heavenly substances. Sulfur was widely used by alchemists.
The owl is linked to Athena. (although there is not an owl in the Shrek story, the owl being linked to Athena is significant)
http://www.shamanicjourney.com/article/6179/owl-power-animal-symbol-of-wisdom-stealth-secrecy-part-i
Fiona, the heroine, is symbolic of transformation and becoming whole, the true Self. Fiona is ‘ugly’ or an ogre at night. The night is dark and symbolic of the unknown. The darkness represents those parts of ourselves that we are afraid to see, do not want to see, or are afraid for others to see for fear of judgment.
Donkey is symbolic of versatility, intelligence, eager worker, determination, stubbornness, spiritual dedication, undying faith in the creative force, willingness to take onboard the responsibilities and burdens of others (beast of burden).
http://www.shamanicjourney.com/article/6136/donkey-power-animal-symbol-of-intelligence-dedication
The most common message a Dragon totem carries to us is a need for strength, courage, and fortitude. Dragons are also messengers of balance, and magic - encouraging us to tap into our psychic nature and see the world through the eyes of mystery and wonder. More specifically, Dragons are the embodiment of primordial power - the ultimate ruler of all the elements. This is because the Dragon is the master of all the elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind. http://www.whats-your-sign.com/dragon-totem.html
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1 Dec 2010 - 1:18pm
Eros is a mysterious energy inherent in the whole of creation, fascinating seekers all over the world. Across the cultures, Eros takes different names but still remains the same agent that has to be awakened from within, since it is the only element that can transform the human psyche. Psyche has to be pacified and Eros’ "fire" has to be transformed into "light" so that he can become the mediator and guide that gently pushes and pulls the seeker towards the source of divine love—Eros the Beloved—that awakens from within, guides and accompanies the seeker from within the inner planes. He is the inner witness, the agent within the seeker that unfolds gnosis, or divine knowledge. This divine knowledge awakens higher levels of consciousness within him and, in turn, these levels of consciousness aroused by Eros lead the seeker back to the source of light.
The Greek mysteries relate that at the very beginning of creation, only chaos existed, and from chaos was born Eros. Elsewhere, according to mythology, we are told that amongst the gods, Eros was the most handsome. This is how theogonia (the birth of the gods) begins and we are assured that the poet Isiodos heard it from the mouth of the Muse herself. According to Isiodos, Eros represents the driving force behind the entire theogonia. The Orphics agree that Eros appears at the beginning of theogonia and cosmogonia in general, and they tell us that his mother was Night, the dark goddess, and his father the Wind. From their first cosmic and elemental embrace, Eros was born from a silver egg.
For the Greeks, the essence of Eros is the unfoldment of human thought, and in Greek philosophy, he is described as a liberating agent who releases and activates the creative process of the mind. Eros inspires and opens the channel of intuition to the higher and abstract understanding and communion with beauty and truth. The myth of Eros and Psyche describes in detail the inner process of transformation. In fact, Eros cannot be separated from his beloved Psyche, since they are united by a secret and sacred bond, invisible and unconscious in man. In fact, man’s psyche remains filled with erotic, sensual, carnal desires that keep him and his mind trapped on the physical plane along with his emotions and consciousness. But a seeker must transmute the attraction of Eros and awaken the bond with his psyche so that he can rise towards the "beloved," the invisible golden thread that links his consciousness to the universal qualities of beauty and love.
The gifts of Eros affect the emotional and thought processes of humanity, especially those of a seeker who has to learn how to open up and integrate these gifts in his psyche. From the lowest and most physical levels of consciousness to the most spiritual ones, Eros remains forever present, gradually transforming the inner fire into pure light. Eros operates in every living creature, and Greek poetry and philosophy describe how nature partakes of the gift of Eros. Hence we could say that Eros’ contribution to humanity is not only inherent in man’s psyche, but that it is also involved in the process that awakens the ego to its true nature, the beauty and unconditional love of the soul.
This awakening activated by Eros and Aphrodite reveals the qualities of pure love and gnosis in the consciousness of the seeker. This level of consciousness cannot be described, however, because it is itself a higher aspect of intelligence in which abstract knowledge and impersonal love are combined. We could simply call this level of awakening, wisdom. So, on one hand, Eros can simply mean carnal love and desire for material possessions, but on the other, it can also express the spiritual energy that attracts and leads the psyche towards the Center of Pure Being, where the beauty and love of the soul are revealed.
Many Greek philosophers, Plato and Pythagoras included, said the same thing—that beauty and gnosis are inseparable and inherent in the essence of Eros. Thus, we understand that in the psyche of man, Eros rules over his carnal desires but also over his higher aspirations and longing for wisdom. This is not the playful cupid, the winged son of Aphrodite and Mars, but an elderly primordial deity, worshiped by the ancient Greeks as the first element of the primordial creative cause, the element that binds and attracts spirit and matter together.
The Two Aspects of Eros
Greek philosophers saw the spirit of Dionysus penetrating the whole of nature and binding together the two aspects of Eros, the penetration and blending energy of matter with its counterpart and complement, spirit. Esoterically, Eros is the leading force within a seeker that takes him away from a level of duality to a level of unity and wholeness. Furthermore, Eros is the key to transforming psychic vibratory rates. He does that by placing a seeker on his axial center, the neutral and timeless zone within his conscious self. This level of being brings about the integration of ego with soul. Hence, Eros is the god or essence that gives us the possibility of letting go of the past and living in the present moment, embracing spontaneously everything within and without our reach.
Eros allows us to see everything as part of our own nature. He also shows us how to transmute carnal and unconscious attractions and desires of all kinds, and how to re-direct and reintegrate their energies back into the center of pure love and wisdom. This inner process must be conscious, because the ego and psyche must harmonize and unite before being invited to enter into the higher realms, where the qualities and gifts of Eros are awakened. On that level of achievement and realization, the seeker receives more gifts from Eros who directs him towards his own invisible and sacred Center of Pure Being, not really a "place" at all, but more a level of being and attunement. This is a level of consciousness where the essence of pure love and beauty manifest themselves through ordinary consciousness and can be said to be a part of the undivided unique consciousness of the whole of creation.
In Symposium, Plato expounded that Eros had two aspects, one physical the other intellectual, i.e., wisdom. He knew that they had to harmonize and blend so as to transform ordinary men into heroes. According to Empedocles, "Aphrodite is Eros himself," the immortal force that unites and harmoniously blends together all the elements in nature, the "bringer" and "giver" of life. He also said, "the path to knowledge can be achieved only through Eros himself. The energy represented by Eros brings about a balance between pleasure, delight and gnosis, and this harmonious and enthusiastic search for gnosis comes not so much from the answers one receives but more from the search itself."
Hence the quest goes on forever, since pleasure and gnosis go hand-in-hand and cannot be separated. Eros questions everything because he loves wisdom and is, therefore, the living source at the center of Greek philosophy. So Eros teaches the Greeks how to become free and fearless in the face of the unknown. He invites them to follow the path of knowledge and apply the sacred principles of freedom and equality, qualities that belong to Eros’ mother, Aphrodite, whom Empedocles identifies with Eros for, without the freedom and courage to explore our inner nature with imagination and intuition, we remain unconscious prisoners of conventional ideas, routines and vicious circles. Hence, Eros is himself the "mixer of the seeds and sperms" in creation, the primal cause, the bringer of life in the womb of nature. Eros’s gift to the seeker, therefore, is the transmuting energy of pure love, which is synonymous with the Logos.
The oldest mythology of Homer does not mention Eros. Apparently Eros was not born out of a popular tradition but he is the creation of an abstract philosophical conception.
In Greek esoteric philosophy, the Eros of theogonia took part in the creation of life itself. Eros pulls the sexes together and rules over all living creatures through the need for procreation and, for that reason, we see Plato, Sophocles, Eurepides, etc., praise his irresistible influence along with his mother, Aphrodite, as they both give life and rebirth.
Phanes - Eros
Phanes Cosmocrator
An interesting picture shows us orphic firstborn god Phanes Protogonus, known also as Eros, Pan and Phanes-Jupiter who sprang from the primeval egg. In the picture, he seems to be emerging in flames from the sundered halves of Phanes’ egg, above his head and below his feet. The symbolism also includes solar rays and a lunar crescent behind his head and shoulders; masks of ram, lion and goat on his torso; thunderbolt and staff in his hands (the attributes of Serapis), while around him are the familiar circle of the zodiac and the square of the winds. The inscription "Felix Pater" and an erased female name suggests a Mithraic environment, thereby identifying this picture also as Aion.
Major Arcana: Tarot Card 6 — Lover/ Eros
Tarot card 6 is the Lover, representing an inner process. It portrays Eros, the universal power of union and love, the agent that brings a new level of consciousness to the seeker, and of "being alive" in the world. Eros is shown pointing his arrow towards the seeker’s crown chakra, meaning that the seeker is in a higher initiation that will unite the two opposites and paradoxical sides within himself, and blend them on his axial level. In that axial inner space within his being, the soul reveals itself to the seeker in many subtle ways. The gifts of Eros are many and they manifest in the ever-fleeting present as sudden bursts of enlightenment and intuition that are part of a transcendent primordial knowledge that gradually unfolds in his life.
I personally interpret this card as representing a high level of initiation that corresponds to a baptism of fire, or the awakening in a seeker of a higher level of the abstract mind that remains a grace and a sacred mystery. Receiving the "wound" of the arrow of Eros illuminates the ego, or the limited mind of a seeker, and opens it up to receive higher truth, from where it unites itself with the source of the primordial tradition. The conscious choice of the seeker to enter a new dimension of being comes after his spiritual transformation and rebirth when the arrow of Eros opens his crown chakra, and from that opening, spiritual love pours down and inundates the psyche of the seeker who, from that moment on, transforms from being a lover of self to a lover of God.
Furthermore, the color red on this card represents the color of spirit and the green, the color of life. Hence Eros brings about conscious spiritual transformation in a seeker, unfolding in him higher levels of consciousness. Later on, Eros appears as a cruel, playful child who torments gods and mortals alike, giving them more sorrow and misery than harmony and joy. Cupid aims his arrow directly at the human heart, piercing it, but we should look at this as purifying, as awakening and introducing the spiritual element into the nature of psyche itself. It also teaches us how to escape the entrapment of the lower energies
Eros as seen In the Kabbalah
The imagery of love, or eros, is crucial for a discussion of Shekinah. Eros implies a yearning for unity, harmony, and completion. Shekinah is the aspect which receives an impulse from its masculine counterpart, Yesod, and engages in the creative activity of harmonization. It is a mystical marriage bringing balance to the world. This marriage is God’s call to Himself in a transfiguration of His harmony in love. One important principle in Zoharic thought is man’s role in maintaining the Sephirotic balance. What is found in heaven is found in transfigured parallel in the world. The actions of man affect Sephirotic harmony, balance, and wholeness. In following Torah, one influences one’s Sephirotic counterparts, thereby helping to keep the divine realms in harmony.
video
29 Nov 2010 - 9:55pm
This is my second homemade video.Just wanted to point out my passion for fairies:)enjoy
Blog entry
29 Nov 2010 - 8:27am
About 65 years ago, I heard a story about my mother's second brother's wife's grandmother. I did not know what it was all about because I was too young to understand anything being only five years old. I will now share the story - and a few similiar ones - with you. Perhaps, you may shed more light on the matter, being more enlightened, as it were.
I remember, very clearly, the circumstances when I first heard the story. Us children were playing outside the house, when someone said that the great great grand aunt died and came back to life. I remember not feeling any emotion at all. But that is because I did not know what it was all about. What is death, what is coming back to life? All I know is the marbles I had in my hands. I do not even know how many there were.
Great great grand aunt (GGGA) fell sick. The doctor was called. After a brief examination, he pronounced her dead. The family prepared for the funeral. It was the custom among the Chinese then to have the corpse laid in an open coffin for seven days to allow for all the relatives to come and pay their last respects. The coffin was placed on a raised platform about three feet or one meter from the ground. The family would take turns to burn joss-paper for the dead as it was not allowed to break the chain. This was done until the coffin was sealed and taken to the cemetery.
But GGGA was only placed on a bed-like platform as it would take a few days for the coffin to arrive. In those days, there were no lorries and, the coffin had to be carried on the shoulders of men or be tansported by pushcarts. So, GGGA was placed on a raised platform while awaiting the arrival of the coffin. This turned out to be a blessing for her and the family as well as you will soon find out. Everything carried on as was expected. The family wore mourning clothes which were made specially out of a coarse material called gunny cloth. Their heads were covered by a cape much like those worn by nuns. Someone was wailing away all the time. (They do this to show filial peity. I suspect it was done more for the benefit of the neighbours and visitors than anything else. Many years later I was to hear of profesional mourners and were they good! They could repeat the same words over and over again like a gramophone record that is stuck. These pro-mos can certainly set the mood and all who heard their wailing would shed a tear or two.) Ooooops! Where am I? ............... Ah, yes. Everything was in place except the coffin, that is.
On the morning of the fifth day only one child was burning the joss-paper. The adults were preparing breakfast in the kitchen while some were still asleep. The child was feeling quite bored so he started to let his eyes roam. Then, they settled on the GGGA's feet. The cloth covering it had come off probably blown by the wind. The child stared at the feet. He had never seen a dead person's feet before. Suddenly, he gave a loud yelp. "Mak!" He almost screamed. "Mak! Come, quick!" The mother rushed out of the kitchen, fast as she could."This useless son has started a fire! He's going to cremate the old woman!" When she reached the hall, there was no fire. She was relieved, GGGA won't be cremated after all. "Why are shouting," she yelled. The boy pointed to the dead body on the table. The mother took a step back, involuntarily. "There's nothing." she said softly. Are you trying to scare me?" The boy kept pointing at the feet of the corpse.
"The legs!" he said finally. The mother looked, she could see the bare feet. Quickly, she went over to cover them with the sheet. "The toes moved, mak!" The mother stopped dead in her tracks when she heard that.
"Stop that crazy talk. You're scaring me," she scolded.
"I'm not talking rubbish, mak. See! There!" He pointed again. The mother stared at the toes. It twitched slightly. She could not believe her eyes. Then, it twitched again, slightly longer this time.
She screamed and ran out of the room. The boy jumped up and ran after her. When the others heard what happened, they started to speculate on what actually occurred. "A black cat must have run over her," someone offered. "Really?" said another.
"Let's go and see," suggested another. Slowly, pushing each other forward they peeped through the doorway. Nothing. FEELING BRAVER THEY WENT CLOSER, STILL PUSHING AND HOLDING ON TO ONE ANOTHER. THEN SOMEONE NOTICED THE EYELIDS MOVING.
"THE EYES MOVED!" SHE CRIED, HOLDING TIGHTLY TO THE PERSON NEAREST HER. THEY ALL STARED. YES, THE EYELIDS WERE FLICKERING. THEY ALL RUSHED OUT SCREAMING. AFTER MUCH DEBATE, THEY RETURNED, CURIOUSITY HAD GOT THE BETTER OF THEIR FEAR. AS THEY STOOD AT THE DOORWAY WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT THE 'CORPSE' SUDDENLY SPOKE.
"WHERE AM I? WHY ARE YOU ALL STANDING AT THE DOOR? WHY ARE YOU ALL WEARING THOSE FUNNY CLOTHES? WHO DIED?" THE MOTHER OF THE BOY REACTED FIRST. SHE TOOK OFF THE MOURNING GEAR AND HURRIED TO CLEAR AWAY THE PARAPHERNALIA. SOMEONE WENT TO HELP GGGA SIT UP ALBIET HESITANTLY. AND THAT'S HOW SHE DIED AND CAME BACK TO LIFE.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED BACK THEN? WELL, THERE ARE MANY REASONS ONE COULD PUT FORWARD TO WHAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED INCLUDING GGGA HAD COME OUT OF A COMA. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THERE ARE MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD COME BACK FROM THE DEAD. HOW DID THEY HAPPEN, WHY? TO TELL US SOMETHING? WHAT? I DON'T KNOW.
(to be continued. got to rest now)
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE WELL,
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE HAPPY.
LIM CHUNG KOOI
KOTA BHARU
KELANTAN
23.10.2010
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29 Nov 2010 - 8:16am
"THERE WILL BE A BHAJAN SESSION AT WAT BALAI (WAT PHOTHIKYAN) TOMORROW. ALL THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE MEET IN FRONT OF THE SHOP HOUSES OPPOSITE THE JPJ AT 10am. WE WILL GO TOGETHER AS SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE WAY," THE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AS I LOVED TO SING ESPECIALLY TO AUDIENCES WHO ARE NON-SAI DEVOTEES. MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SAI MOVEMENT AND VERY FEW KNOW WHAT A BHAJAN IS.
THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS UP EARLY. I DID NOT WANT TO OVER SLEEP AND MISS THE BHAJAN. I ARRIVED AT THE MEETING PLACE EARLY BUT THERE WAS ALREADY A SMALL GROUP MILLING ABOUT. I PARKED MY CAR AND JOINED MY FRIENDS. "ANYONE BROUGHT A CAMERA?" SOMEONE ASKED. "NO!" CAME THE REPLY.
"MY DAUGHTER IS STAYING NEARBY. I'LL GO AND SEE IF I CAN BORROW HER CAMERA. WAIT FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW THE WAY," I SAID. I GOT INTO THE CAR AND DROVE TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER I WAS BACK AT THE SPOT WHERE I HAD LEFT MY FRIENDS. THERE WAS NO ONE THERE. THEY HAD ALL LEFT WITHOUT WAITING FOR ME. I FELT REALLY DISAPPOINTED. HADN'T I TOLD MY FRIEND TO WAIT FOR ME? NOW, I AM IN TROUBLE. HOW TO GET THERE? I HAD HALF AN INCLINATION TO JUST GO BACK HOME. I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MORNING SO EAGERLY AND NOW THIS HAD TO HAPPEN. OH, WELL, I WILL HAVE TO FIND MY OWN WAY. I AM SURE I CAN GET THERE BUT WHETHER I WILL BE ON TIME IS THE BIG QUESTION. I HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHERE THE WAT IS BUT THEN THERE ARE SO MANY SIDE ROADS ONE COULD SIMPLY GET LOST SO EASILY.
ANYWAY, I DECIDED TO JUST DRIVE ON AND TAKE A TURNING TO THE SOUTH WHERE I THOUGHT THE TEMPLE WAS LOCATED. IT SHOULD NOT BE TOO DIFFICULT TO FIND AS IT HAD TWO HUGE DRAGONS RUNNING ALLTHE WAY ROUND THE COMPOUND. NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA I MISSED THE FIRST TURNING AND OVERSHOT THE SECOND. SLOWING DOWN A BIT I SAW A TURNING JUST AHEAD AND TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY. IT LOOKED LIKE ANY COUNTRY ROAD. AFTER TWO OR THREE MINUTES I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO HOUSES. FUNNY, I THOUGHT AND NO LIVING THINGS. AH, THERE ARE SOME HOUSES JUST AHEAD AND THE USUAL ANIMALS BUT STILL NO PEOPLE. WELL, THEY MUST STILL BE SLEEPING, AFTER ALL ITS THE WEEKEND. EH, WHY ARE THERE NO CARS, STRANGE. WHERE AM I? MUST BE LOST. JUST THEN A CAR CAME ROUND A SLIGHT BEND IN THE ROAD. AH, GOT CARS, NOT LOST. AFTER ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES OR SO I BACAME ANXIOUS AGAIN. THE ROAD SEEMED TO BE RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE. I ALMOST PANICKED. NO MORE HOUSES, ANIMALS OR CARS. 'BABA, HELP ME. I'M LOST. DON'T WANT TO MISS THE BHAJAN.' I PRAYED SILENTLY. THEN, SOMETHING COLOURFUL CAUGHT MY EYES. HEY, THAT'S A DRAGON. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE THAT. I HEAVED A GREAT SIGH OF RELIEF.
I DROVE ON AND FOUND MYSELF AT THE BACK OF THE TEMPLE. JUST AHEAD WAS A MAN DIRECTING CARS TO AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES. I FOLLOWED HIS HAND SIGNALS AND PARKED MY CAR HAPPILY. THEN I FOLLOWED SOME PEOPLE TO A SORT OF DOORWAY AND HEY, PRESTO, I WAS IN THE WAT. QUICKLY, I HEADED TO THE KUAN YIN PAVILLION WHICH I WAS TOLD WOULD BE THE VENUE FOR THE BHAJAN. CLIMBING THE STAIRS I SAW THAT IT WAS EMPTY. IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE? MUST BE, THEN WHERE ARE THE OTHERS. MAYBE THEY GOT LOST. HAH, THAT WOULD BE IRONIC. LOITERING ABOUT A BIT I WAS LOOKING AT THE ALTAR WHEN A VOICE BEHIND ME SAID, "HEY, YOU ARE HERE ALREADY,"
"YEAH, I CAME BY THE BACK WAY," I EXCLAIMED PROUDLY. THE FRIEND SAID SOMETHING I DID NOT QUITE CATCH. "WHAT?" I ASKED.
"THERE IS NO BACK WAY," HE MURMURRED. "WHERE DID YOU PARK YOUR CAR?"
"THERE!" I SAID AS I POINTED WITH MY FINGER. MY FRIEND DID NOT SAY A WORD. HE JUST WALKED AWAY. HOW RUDE I THOUGHT. HE ISN'T USUALLY LIKE THAT. FUNNY. SOON THE OTHER MEMBERS TROOPED IN. AFTER THE BHAJANS THE GROUP WENT OUT. I FOLLOWED THEM THINKING THEY WERE GOING FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS. I WAS WRONG BECAUSE NO REFRESHMENTS WERE TO BE SERVED. INSTEAD THEY ALL HEADED FOR THE SAUNA. I WAITED FOR THEM AS MY MOTHER HAD TAUGHT ME THAT I SHOULD ALWAYS GO AND COME BACK WITH FRIENDS, MEANING I SHOULD NOT STRAY BY MYSELF AND THAT I SHOULD WAIT FOR OTHERS SO WE CAN LEAVE TOGETHER. AFTER A WHILE, I BEGAN TO FEEL A BIT UNEASY. MUST GO HOME! NO NEED TO WAIT FOR THEM. ANYWAY, WE DID NOT COME TOGETHER. SO I GOT UP AND WENT TO GET MY CAR. IT'S STILL THERE BUT WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE, I WONDERED. MUST HAVE GONE FOR FOOD.
I DROVE OUT THE WAY I HAD GONE IN. I HAD BARELY WARMED UP THE ENGINE WHEN SOMETHING ODD STRUCK ME. WHERE IS THE ROAD I HAD COME IN. WHERE I THOUGHT WAS THE ROAD THAT WOULD TAKE ME BACK TO 'CIVILISATION' THERE WAS NOW ONLY TALL GRASS AND EVEN TALLER TREES. WHAT HAPPENED? I MUST BE MISTAKEN. I HAD COME TO A JUNCTION. WITHOUT THINKING - I WAS QUITE INCAPABLE OF SOBER THOUGHTS- I TURNED TO MY LEFT AND SOON FOUND MYSELF ON FAMILIAR TERRITORY. I WAS SO HAPPY TO COME OUT OF THE WHOLE EPISODE WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE THAT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO INVESTIGATE FOR MYSELF. "WHAT RUBBISH, NO BACK ROAD, IT SEEMS. I'LL PROVE THEM WRONG." AS IT TURNED OUT I PROVED MYSELF WRONG! HOW CAN IT BE? I WASN'T HALLUCINATING, I'M NOT ON DRUGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND I'M NOT GIVEN TO SEEING PINK ELEPHANTS! SO WHAT COULD THAT HAPPENING BE? A MIRACLE! A SAI MIRACLE! YES, THAT HAS TO BE IT. I HAD A MIRACLE HAPPEN TO ME AND I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT. AND THAT IS ANOTHER MIRACLE. EVERYTHING HAD HAPPENED AS IF IT WAS JUST AN ORDINARY EVENT, AN EVERYDAY OCCURRANCE. I GUESS THAT'S HOW MIRACLES WORK, HUH. THERE NEVER WAS A BACK ROAD, THERE NEVER IS AND THERE NEVER WILL BE. BUT THERE WAS A BACK ROAD FOR ME THAT DAY, TEN YEARS AGO.
DEAR READERS, IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THIS STORY, IF YOU ARE SCEPTICLE ABOUT IT THERE IS SOMEONE WHOM I BELIEVE CAN VOUCH FOR ME. YOU MAY CONTACT BROTHER WEE TIU KENG AT THE SRI SATYA SAI BABA CENTRE, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN.
SOMETIMES, I WONDER, WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO ME. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT ALL. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. BABA, PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND THE ANSWER OR ANSWERS.
SAI RAM.
MAY YOU ALL BE WELL,
MAY YOU ALL BE HAPPY.
LIM CHUNG KOOI
21.11.2010
video
10 Nov 2010 - 6:10am
This was a series that came on in India, the Indian Nickelodeon. This is very cute with beautiful music. If you love Mythology and/ or Krishna. Please let this make your love for God expand!
Blog entry
31 Oct 2010 - 5:42am
First who is Väinämöinen, aside from us knowing him from Kalevala as a man who perform heroics and is born old and wise to begin with - he is in the esoteric circle known as Our Divine Will.
When you use The Kalevala as a holy book to discover your way to live a spiritual, good life and connect to your "Christ Consciousness" ( Higher Consciousness, also called Cosmic Consciousness, God-Consciousness and Christ Consciousness, are expressions used in various spiritual traditions to denote the consciousness of a human being who has reached a higher level of evolutionary development and who has come to know reality more accurately ).
Second what is Sampo?
From my earlier blog Kalevala Studies Part 1 Poem 50:
" What is this Sampo he comes to usher forward in us?
Let's investigate a little. A loose quotation from Kauno Mannonen's "Uuden Ajan Kalevala Avain" on pages 83-84: "Sampo can be interpreted as our Ethereal Body our Spirit Vessel that we forge life by life better and perfect. When it is our time rise up as we ascend (like jesus did) this Sampo will be our vessel. [...] Samboo in Sankrit mean Highest Awakening. Tibetian word Sangfu means secret source for all happiness, hungarian Sampog means Father God and Buddisht Samboodha means Highest Knowledge, Wisdom."
And here is where last night comes to play - you might recall my earlier blog called Earth Ascension Update.
Last night I cared not so much wither we got to keep our bodies or not, it did not matter one way or another ( Living in the Now ) BUT as I got to bed, warmed up under covers with a book in my hands I had an epiphany! ( I suppose you don't have to guess what book as we talk about The Kalevala here ;) )
" Up until now, the only option available when anyone wished to ascend from a planet was to raise the frequency of light of their subtle bodies, i.e. their mental, emotional and lower spiritual body. Their physical body would die.
When the Starseeds came to help the Earth, included in their many blueprints they were to create, was one for a new blueprint to allow people who were ascending to also raise the frequency of their physical body to the level of light required to enter the 5th dimension. The benefits of this blueprint would mean no physical death need occur when one ascended. It also meant that after raising one’s physical body to a higher frequency of light (and therefore still actually having it, in some form) if that person ever wished to visit a 3rd dimensional planet in the future, they could simply lower the density of the physical body and use that as their body.
Originally, it was thought that this blueprint may not be created in time for the current situation of Earth’s ascension, but would be in place for other planet’s ascensions in the future. However, after the Starseeds arrived on Earth, the Earth Mother requested extra assistance from other universe’s in order to hurry the blueprint along so that it could apply to humanity for her own ascension. This occurred. Since their arrival here, the Starseeds and many Lightworkers have continued to create this blueprint daily. It will be completed in time for Earth’s ascension."
I got so excited I had to interrupt my husband watching a Miami-Virginia Collage Football game and tell him what ideas now ran rampant in my head! He was very calm about it, muted TV and let me go at it.
And why were these things put together an epiphany?
Well-- because of Runo 50 / Poem 50 where at the very end Väinämöinen our Divine Will inside us says he will return, when certain things come to pass...
479 Väinämöinen, shamed and angry,
Walked away down to the seashore.
There he sang his last enchantment:
Conjured up a copper boat,
Closed-in vessel decked with copper.
487 There he sat, steering seaward
Out upon the clear sea surface.
As he sailed he went on speaking,
And he said as he was leaving: 440
"Let the rope of time run out-
One day go, another come-
And again I will be needed.
They'll be waiting, yearning for me
To usher in another Sampo,
To sing another song,
Set a new moon in the sky,
Free a new sun in the heavens
When there is no moon, no sun
And express no gladness on the earth." 450
I had to tweak this english translation a little ( in purple to set the words and their meaning right, see Väinämöinen won't make a new Sampo like many translators take liberations, no, he brings forth, ushers in a new Sampo - see he never made a Sampo to begin with, Ilmarinen did ).
As I talked in the Kalevala Studies entry the Moon in esoteric studies means Death (Kuolema or Kuu'olema/Death' to be/Moon' to be) to die in Finnish is Kuolla/Kuu' olla/To be Moon.
Finnish Language is tricky for a reason, it has inside it a whole myriad of meanings, hidden and in plain sight, esoteric and spiritual right inside the common language.
If you aren't a natural speaker of Finnish you cannot understand for example what you are truly talking about when you speak of the moon. Finnish, it is like a double edged sword, in one end you speak of the physical full moon and its beauty, in the same words you speak in esoteric about the Beauty of Full Death ( as the true nature od dying can escape a man/woman, this might sound morbid, but trust me death is not morbid ). Or when we say whole ( kokonainen ) we also speak of the fully balanced human that has the divine feminine and masculine attributes and divine wisdom together in full spiritual package, Koko'nainen/Fully'woman -- I could go on on about this but there is the Sampo to consider. Perhaps another blog entry of this will have to be made.
Väinämöinen returns when we have forgotten our knowledge of Death ( Kuu'olema ) and forgotten our Knowledge of Spiritual Wisdom our Spiritual Light, The Sun and Ei Ilmaista Iloa/Express no gladness on the Earth. In Finnish language it literally says no free or to express, the word Ilmaista means them both. ( it also means 'ilma' and 'maista', 'air' and 'earthly or taste' but I won't confuse you more ;) )
So what if it means that there is no longer Free Joy, Free Gladness in this earth - money has taken over and rules happiness.
You will not happy unless you buy this car or this house or these shoes or this wedding package or this or this or this...
Or perhaps it means both there is no free happiness and people do not know how to express happiness anymore? We might try to express our gladness with what then, well think of people today going out to dinners or buy gifts to celebrate... This is quite sad that our happiness is no longer free but has to be bought with gifts and trinkets to express it.
Look at this from a spiritual point of view - not knowing how to express happiness...
I add this up for it to be clear - Väinämöinen returns when we have forgotten our knowledge of Death and forgotten our Knowledge of Spiritual Wisdom our Spiritual Light. And when there is no free joy and happiness and we do not know how to express our gladness.
And he ushers in a New Sampo - perhaps this is it, right now, past two hundred years and the future hundred to come, perhaps our new Sampo - not the one that in the past we have forged and forged to be our Spirit Vessel for our Ascension - is the perfect one our Ascension Body. Taking into consideration that we can ascend in these bodies with Earth now seems to match perfectly in this thinking.
It is never easy to put ideas and epiphanies to words.
And the best talent is to read between lines with our intuition.
So I hope that even with my rambling you can read between the lines as well.
To me, as my personal truth, this hits home. All that I have learned in my 28 years support this theory.
From Cultures Reincarnating, to historical document, to Akashic Records, to the Kalevala meaning of my maiden name... I cannot wait to learn more about The Kalevala, to see what Finland and our Deeva has to offer to the world.
Love, Light and Joy!
Niina
( ORIGINAL ENTRY AT MY BLOG @ http://niinac.blogspot.com/2010/10/vainamoinens-return-and-ushering-in-of.html )
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19 Sep 2010 - 1:41pm
I made this today, it's Suo's song Liehu, which basically tells in kalevala rhyme about love, how it rises like a flame, with no death insight, in burns in your heart. It is the one that is actually based on an old old old finnish poem of love and passion. hence the medieval and dark ages theme.
video
19 Sep 2010 - 11:15am
Finnish mythology is based in Kalevala, Kalevala is all about nature, humans roles in and in life. More about Kaleva at my blog - http://niinac.blogspot.com/2010/09/being-finnish-why-are-you-born-where.html
This group performing is called Suo (marsh), and they produce such mythologically beautiful Kalevala music, with the help of ancient finnish instruments suchs a Kantele (played by the light haired woman) and Keyviolin (played by the dark haired woman).
Enjoy a piece of finnish spirituality and legend with this song, called "The Ocean Fills my Mind". Another performing Group is called Suden Aika In the music of Suden Aika (The Time of the Wolf), new and old traditions are combined: the age-old traditional Finnish oral poetry reciting meets the music of today. Suden Aika is a group of four female vocalists singing about womens life in all its phases. Also they use lots of different musical instruments, such as different types of Finnish Kantele, Swedish Mora-harp, long wooden flutes and Udu-drums, etc.
Teaching
7 Sep 2010 - 2:36pm
There are many ways to define the same thing and depending on where you are coming from, the light that reflects upon the situation will make the same thing look drastically different. Understanding this is one of the most important principles the learning experience called life can give to you. If we cannot respect the fact that each person goes through their journey individually then we must at least agree to keep our judgments to ourselves and allow future generations to see the world through their own eyes.
New Age Spirituality tells us that judgments do not serve man; it only prevents the unity needed to achieve amazing things. By focusing on differences instead of similarities we prove the ignorance of the self and intern separate each one of us from the foundation of civilization, grouping ourselves to accomplish greater tasks and thus encourage a higher rate of human survival.
Now that we are no longer are in need of protecting ourselves from the beast of this planet and we do not needed to hunt for our own food anymore, it seems that there is no need for unity. When in fact there is a great need for unity of all people. When we come together and open our hearts and minds (not to accept others values as our own) but to hold a new respect; that a person holds their values close to their hearts in the same way that you do. Then we can break bread together and unity shall begin, and intern humanity will see a great reduction in conflict and a serious jump in technological, philosophical and social advancement.
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29 Aug 2010 - 12:28am
Just finished watching an outstanding film on propaganda in American history. I wonder if it would qualify as anti-propaganda? Would that be something akin to "truth"? It's really well done with good words and images and music. I hope you'll take a look and tell me what you think:
http://exposureroom.com/members/Durruti/f8bb07c6a12646e199602f6d16d53d55/
Remember what the Buddah sez:
"Do not believe anything
because it is said by an authority,
or if it is said to come from angels,
or from Gods,
or from an inspired source.
Believe it only if you have explored it
in your heart and mind and body
and found it to be true."
Here is one for ya, I have put this out in comments but not gotten an answer, yet.
You are in a room facing two doors. Behind one door is bliss, the other agony. In front of the two doors are two computers (or sphynixs), one computer can only tell the truth, the other can only lie. They are identical and both know which door is which. You are granted one question of either computer, but you cannot tell which computer can be trusted and which is the liar. What question will you ask to find your way to bliss? How to proceed?
I'll post the answer in the comments tomorrow if no one else does. In the meantime, if it suits you, WATCH THE MOVIE! LOL (me, being assertive)
Shine Bright.
video
16 Aug 2010 - 7:09pm
What paths lead to the truth?
Among the thousands of beliefs, methods and techniques humanity has developed, which ones (or one?) are right for you? When that inner voice for something higher than your day-to-day life starts calling, how do you even begin to know where to start looking, and how deep should you be getting into each teaching and concept you come across? Paths is for the spiritual seeker, the researcher who’s been through any number of teachings and has now stumbled across Kabbalah. When you start delving into Kabbalah’s concepts, it’s common to connect what you’ve learned in other teachings to what you’re now finding in Kabbalah. Paths does the job of helping you explore these connections, and the questions that arise from them. In a lively and fun setup, Andrew K. Martin sends all kinds of questions to Dr. Michael Laitman, questions sitting on the tongue of anyone who’s been searching for something bigger than this world, as well as putting all kinds of common notions of spirituality to the test.
Blog entry
6 Aug 2010 - 9:46am
Tengri
Tengri or the god of blue sky was the main god of the Turkic pantheon, controlling the heavenly universe. In the ancient Turkic mythology, Tengri is a pure, white goose that flies constantly over an endless expanse of water, which represents time. Beneath this water, Ak Ana ("White Mother") calls out to him saying "Create". To overcome his loneliness, Tengri creates Er Kishi, who is not as pure or as white as Tengri and together they set up the world. Er Kishi becomes a demonic character and strives to mislead people and draw them into its darkness. Tengri assumes the name Tengri Ülgen and withdraws into Heaven from which he tries to provide people with guidance through sacred animals that he sends among them. The Ak Tengris occupy the fifth level of Heaven. Shaman priests who want to reach Tengri Ülgen never get further than this level, where they convey their wishes to the divine guides. Returns to earth or to the human level take place in a goose-shaped vessel.
In former Turkic states before the Middle Ages, among them the Göktürks, the khans based their power on a mandate from Tengri themselves. These rulers were generally accepted as the sons of Tengri who represented him on Earth. They wore titles such as tengrikut, kutluġ or kutalmysh, based on the belief that they attained the kut, the mighty spirit granted to these rulers by Tengri.
Traditionally Turks' ancestors were animists and nature worshippers. Through their shamanistic beliefs, they revered celestial gods and the natural forces on earth that were important to them. In the ancient Turkish world as it is now, the word for god is "Tengri". In their religious beliefs, the sky is identified with Tengri. Tengri is considered to be the chief god who created all things. In addition to this celestial god, they also had minor divinities that served the purposes of Tengri.
According to Mahmud Kashgari, Tengri was known to make plants grow and the lightning flash. Turks used the adjective tengri which means "heavenly, divine", to label everything that seemed grandiose, such as a tree or a mountain, and they stooped to such entities.
In modern Turkish, the derived word "Tanrı" is used as the generic word for "god", also for the Abrahamic God, and is often used today by Muslim Turks to refer to God in Turkish as an alternative to the word "Allah", the originally Arabic Islamic word for "God". Also, "Tengri" is the oldest known Turkic word, believed to have originated in the 6th century B.C.
Tengriism, a monotheistic religion, replaced an earlier polytheistic Turkic religion; it was also the religion of the Huns, Eurasian Avars, and early Hungarians.
According to a recently advanced hypothesis by Stefan Georg, the epithet "Tengri" may be of ultimately Yeniseian origin.
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30 Jul 2010 - 4:11pm
Stanton St. Bernard, nr All Cannings, Wiltshire. Reported 28th July.
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Simplicity returns to Pewsey Vale
The circle at Stanton St Bernard returns us back to a more simple statement.
Perhaps this is what we need to be reminded of in these turbulent times.
Julian Gibsone (Director of the Crop Circle Connector’s DVD’s)
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29 Jul 2010 - 6:20pm
Greetings to All,
I love the medium of film in its ability to induce a cathartic and uplifting experience.
For those that have Awakened to know the reality of the matrix, you know that many popular films are quite flat, while others are multi-dimensional and enlightening.
I thought I'd put together a list of my favorites and invite you to post up your own.
First, the obvious ones:
Avatar
The Matrix
Star Wars (all of them, but episodes 3, 4, and 5 are my favs)
Lord of the Rings
The Princess Bride
The Incredibles
Batman Begins
Phenomenon
The Truman Show
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Heroes Season 1 (TV)
Second, the not-so obvious ones:
Kung Fu Hustle (brilliant on so many levels, this one is a must see)
Revolver (for all you chess lovers, this is a fantastic film about the ego)
V for Vendetta (from the guys who brought you The Matrix)
Knowing (uncanny)
They Live (this is so in-your-face it's funny)
The 9th Configuration (very unique and powerful film)
Watchmen (We have abilities like Dr. Manhattan, we just need to activate and develop them)
The Fountain (Wow, just Wow)
The Fall (Most brilliant child acting I've ever seen)
Those are the ones I can think of at the moment, look forward to additional contributions!
Love to all,
Namaste.
Teaching
10 Jul 2010 - 12:01pm
As many of my readers know I recently moved from the hustle and bustle of NYC to the serenity of a more natural way of life in the sacred Native American mountains of Pennsylvania. Although I was not born Native American I have always said, the Native American Philosophy really and truly gets it as they leave a tremendous amount of room for a personal journey. I cannot help but feel connected to the land and the people that originally discovered this land thousands of years ago as without there heroic Journey this specific moment would not exist.
This move has brought my family wonderful Joy as my Son Loves it and thinks he is George of the Jungle and my wife’s seizures are becoming less and less, which is wonderful but I will attribute that to her personal journey and not her geographic location, although It is all part of it. It helps to know where the root of every solution comes from and respect the inner journey of others.
This move is a great decision all the way around and has even forced me to detoxify my body from the world of media. We have been without phone or cell phone service, internet, cable or any other form of technology. As wonderful as the end result of this was, it did not seem so at first as my work was shut down and telling an Indigo (as that is a small part of me but not to be confused with the greater sum) not to communicate is like telling the sun not to shine.
You may ask what I did for 2 weeks the first would be “freak out”. That was only one or 2 days, tops. Which surprised even me how addicted I was to my smart phone, lap top and Yankee games. Luckily I realized that the Universe was presenting me with an opportunity and I immediately began HEAVY meditation although the events held their-in is not for physical communication yet, I always take a great amount of time to sort out and only relay information that is tried, tested, true and can be communicated observing all the Universal laws of existence.
I cannot tell you what exactly happened because I do not know and when an experience is indefinable, I find there is a reason for that. Words are the worst form of communication and putting into words these events that take place on the realm of feeling is something that needs to be taken as that. I am someone trying to explain the non physical by explaining it in physical communication. Much can be misconstrued in this process. This is why I always say, See for yourself!
What I will tell you is that no matter where you are on the scale of enlightenment, there is always more to go as this is the premise behind eternity (a purposeful forever). I also discovered there is WAY more going on that I have never cared to contemplate and I will still probably leave this stuff to the esoteric of the world but I cannot deny the need for the exploration of this area as I will be (as always) heavily engaged in philosophy and walking the inner path.
Also, I am not certain how much truth there is in the un-connected but it seems like the chance for change is running out and something will be done to evolve (for lack of a better word) the self from this specific perspective and should not be confused with the end all be all. I am simply stating what the New Thought Teacher Napoleon Hill said;
“Do not compromise with your conscience because it will not be long until you have no conscience at all, for your conscience will fail to guide you just like an alarm clock will fail to awaken you if you do not heed it”
There is a new sheriff in town!
Joseph Anthony
http://EvolveTheMind.com
Teaching
23 Jun 2010 - 12:15pm
Here I stand in the center of the universe. My universe in which I am the creator of and the creation, there is no one as important as me in this Universe. I realize that because I AM in the center of my universe I am in a position of ultimate power. I am the master of my Universe and I can control anything that goes on with-in that Universe. I live with-in this universe, and I mold this universe because I live in the center of this universe which is located in the metaphysical center of me. Truth be told the metaphysical sense of me is truly who I AM and so are you.
You are the Universe; your Universe is in a great place of power and love.
I do not think there are words sufficient enough to explain these truths because there is only ONE way to find this out and that is through YOU. That is not negotiable although the methods will be as unique and personal as the individual.
I was able to gain access to this wonderful world of Metaphysical knowledge when I accepted responsibility for everything that has ever happened to me and I accepted that it was my fault entirely. I do not blame anyone for my F-ups I have and always have had the choice of living the life I wanted. I then choose to look fear in the face and try to understand the unknown. This was the thought behind the subtitle for my book “15 Days to a beautiful life - Understanding God”. I have no Idea how to describe what I am seeing as truth and I feel like I am seeing above things at times with lack of language to express it. I can just tell you taht the answers are right there for you inside your true self.
It is becoming undeniable that the metaphysical is becoming a real force in this world and I have watched many ancient theologies warm up to this idea, which is wonderful. As long as there are people like you and me who put the fact with feelings and look inside, we will always be amazingly blessed. When we look with-in we magically have a mutual understanding of free will and individual preference because we will know the truth and purpose of choice. Besides those that do not observe this truth will not be part of a masters Universe and are not a vibration match. This is the Universal Law which is set by the hand of those who observe it and is as powerful as your Universe wishes it to be.
Joseph Anthony
Dedicated to Claire Thank You
for inspiring the post
Blog entry
21 Jun 2010 - 7:39am
This is 1 out of 8 Videos!
06-17-10
Explorer and archaeologist Jonathan Gray discussed discoveries that demonstrate advanced ancient technology. Because such artifacts don't match current academic beliefs they are often suppressed, with evidence destroyed or hidden, he said, citing the Smithsonian Institution, and countries such as Peru, America, Israel, New Zealand, France, and Australia as being involved in covering-up evidence.
Some of the suppressed ancient discoveries he highlighted:
•A kind of glassware in Egypt and Peru that can be bent like plastic.
•Screen projectors used in Egyptian temples, with movement and sound simulation.
•Artifacts and buildings left on the moon-- Chinese records speak of trips to the moon.
•The 'Black Knight' satellite-- ancient races talked about putting up satellites.
•An ancient underground complex discovered in Southern California that included star charts on aluminum sheets.
•Micro-techology found in Russia, with some objects as small as 1/1000th of an inch.
•Maps of the ancient world that showed Antarctica as free of ice and populated.
Gray also spoke about his challenge to the work of Zecharia Sitchin, who contends that an ET race, the Annunaki, visited Earth from the planet Nibiru. Sitchin's translations of Sumerian cuneiform does not match the accepted dictionary meanings, he commented.
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20 Jun 2010 - 7:06pm
Today if we think of a girl/woman
falling in love with *a star*, we
think of the superficial gush of
adolescence crushes... but this
story ( though fashioned with a
more contemporary tone ) is an
old traditional Native American
tale.
I have called it...
'How Purple Sage Bloomed Into Being'.
There was a beautiful Native daughter
who traveled from her home into the desert
of the western country. She desired to gather
the purple ripe fruit of the prickly pear cactus,
which was a most delicious treat to eat.
It was late when she left the desert - the
eve had already fallen, and the stars twinkled
bright overhead in the clear cool night air.
One star seemed much brighter, and glowed
lower to the earth. The Native daughter stopped
to consider it's bright sudden allure. The night
called of mystery, and perhaps of trickery...
oh why did she linger? The scintillating show
of brightness almost seemed an outrageous,
flirtageous wink!
She gathered her presence of mind and
hurried home, where that night she lay in
dreams of desert and bold approaches of
a Sky Man.
She saw in her Dreamtime that the star was
really a handsome man, well formed and fair,
and in his prime of youth. Her sleep flowed
restless in her desire for him.
The next day the Native daughter went out
again into the desert in search of more prickly
pear. She remained diligent in her search and
gather, not noticing the time until the sun set
brilliantly golden with peach and pink streams
of fading light now hiding behind the distant hill.
Oh what audacity, her cheeks grew red with
fever from the enticing display - once again
the star winked provocative from the coolness
of the velvet blue desert night sky.
Yes it was he from her dreams and desires,
and she knew it was so.
For seven days she made excuse to visit
the desert to gather the fruits - and each
night her dreams were filled with love for
this sky man in all his gilded glow and
whispers of love and longing. But his voice
wept with sadness, saying he was bound
within his own homeland of Sky, and he
could not visit her upon her earth domain.
And as worse, in her human guise, she
could not visit him in his celestial realm....
and as low as he could glow, he could not
touch her face as she stood upon her familiar
desert ground.
The Native daughter was overflowing with
adorement and feeling for her shining star,
but was laden with a heaviness that sunk
her spirit to the core of the deepest darkest
pit ~ her unhappiness was in the knowledge
that her star-glimmering lover was far away,
and could not be reached by any means of her
own.
She no longer found beauty or pleasure in her
day, and her night slumber escaped her, trickling
by endlessly, devoid of rest or restorative sleep.
In her village lived an old witch woman, and the
Native daughter was at her last hope -- so she
asked for the old woman's favor in crafting a charm
in bringing the star and she closer...would she mix
a potion of poison to hasten her travels into the next
journey, without the cloak of human and earthbound
being.
"Life is too great a gift to be flung aside," said the
old witch woman, as she beheld the wretched Native
daughter weeping upon the floor. "You must live out
the life the Great Spirit has given to you --but I can
change you into a form that will permit you to live
always out upon the desert under the loving smiles
of your star heart."
Her words filled the Native daughter with joy.
She went with the witch woman to the desert
that night. There the old crone sang and brewed
a drink from desert plants, and bid the Native
daughter to drink.
As soon as the last swallow passed her lips, a
shifting of shape began it's sway... her feet began
to take root in the dry, sandy desert soil. Her arms
turned to branches. Her black hair turned to green
leaves, and the Native daughter became a new
shrub which no Native person had ever seen in
the vast desert before. As the wind blew the shrub,
there came a murmur of thanks to the old witch woman.
When the star saw, the sky man leaned far, far into the
stellar air, watching from an opening in his star lodge.
He moved so far out that the edges of the deep midnight
ether strained purple, and the starshine burned to whitest
bright -- sky man's being shifted with his weight, and he
fell with sparkling pieces of shimmer straight towards the
Native daughter who was bound now into a bush.
The starry slivers of the sky man glowed steel-silver and
cold, and down he rushed, shattering into fine dust that
powdered the leaves of the bush with ashwhite.
Sky man was instantly changed into living purple blossoms.
The Native daughter and the sky man were united
together.
The bush with white-silver dusted leaves and beautiful
purple blossoms became known as the senisa plant, or
ashbush. Today we call it purple sage.
Not many, save the Native Nations, know of the story
of purple sage, and how it came into being upon the
western desert.
LaNelle Gael
© Rights Reserved Worldwide 2010
Additional Info:
Sage is herbally used for:
* enhances memory
* astringent
* hormone stimulant
* natural antibiotic
* reduce hot flushes in menopause
and boost natural estrogen production
* improves liver function and digestion
* reduces breast milk when weaning babies
* relieves muscles spasm
* reduces excessive perspiration and
salivation
* female sterility
To make a cup of sage tea, pour a cup of boiling
water over herb leaves. ( 1/4 cup fresh leaves,
or 2 teaspoons dried leaf )Let steep for 5 minutes,
then strain. Add honey or stevia to sweeten, if
desired.
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18 Jun 2010 - 10:14pm
“That we may have actually, collectively, together, all of us, made a mistake in judgment that cost thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, and nine years of internationally invasive behavior is just too colossal to even talk about on an adult level now.”
There is a debate brewing, but we seem mostly concerned with sweeping the subject of this debate under the carpet. Problem is that it is bubbling loudly now, especially on the Internet. All one has to do is type a few words into Google to see how many results come up.
So we’re all playing a little game of pretend, and have been for at least nine years that I can see. The problem that we are facing together with events like September 11, 2001, is that it has showcased to all of us that there actually is something very wrong here, something missing about the way our Earthly endeavor is moving forward, but we cannot collectively accept it. We just cannot seem to break that barrier, and this is a conflict that has maintained its energy for a reason. As soon as I mention 9/11 in any way shape or form, people walk away. People stop reading. Those out there who would point the finger and yell “conspiracy theorist” do not understand the nature of the bulge in the carpet of our global living room, nor does there seem to be any willingness to just have an open discussion about it. The door is shut, father hath spoken. And a whole lot of people are sitting on the other side of the room yelling back “wake up!” The response comes back “stop being so negative”, followed by “wake up!” again. I’m tired of the arguing, whatever it’s about. Let’s talk about this in an open, accepting way that behooves us to listen and give feedback, because clearly, there is something to talk about, or we wouldn’t be here, and I wouldn’t have written this.
It’s not the facts about the 9/11 conspiracy theories that disturb me. What is disturbing is the ongoing unwillingness, the resilience, from those allergic to any idea to do with conspiracies to even talk about any of it in adult fashion. The discussion is closed. This matter is final.
Like our financial woes and our environmental woes and all the other woes that we are all woeing about in this guilt-ridden year we’ve walked into, we are living in a global society of denial. Here we are, trying to pull together solutions, praying and hoping for peace on Earth while weapons development pulls in billions, and here is this magnificent bulge in the carpet that has become so obvious, so troubling, and so threatening to the unsustainable way we are living our lives, that we’re busy trying to put out unusually long-burning fires that aren’t even really there. Why are we doing this? We are a dysfunctional family, and the fact that we cannot admit that is even more telling. We’re blaming (and bombing) minds thousands of miles away, when it’s becoming ever more clear, to me at least, that it is none other than the minds within ourselves that we may have to look at a little more closely.
I’m not going to point the finger and cry conspiracy about 9/11. But I have to ask why there are so many people that are calling this out, and why there is such a massive resistance to listening to it at all. In conversation, it’s not that people question these theorists on what they are talking about regarding 9/11. There is a presence, even from some of the most intelligent people I’ve met, of relentless hostility to the very idea of even discussing the possibility that what we think happened was a lie. It’s not just that there is a war about factual information, and that the side that accepts the official account has built its case. There is a relentless hostility to the simple act of asking questions about this event. Conspiracy freaks! Morons! I’ve seen some big-time name-calling when it comes to all of this, as if that is going to strengthen the resistance to seeing the elephant in the living room. I’ve even read denouncing sentiment related to the popularity of these 9/11 inside-job theories. It’s a popularity contest now! Forget discussion. Start accusing. Start name-calling. That is a trademark of denial if ever there was one. And we’re doing it together now. Happy together!
This hostility reflects our society-wide inability to look both within ourselves for the truth, and without, for all deception begins with self-deception, and until we can see this and observe it and discuss it, we remain a conflicted, dysfunctional human family, unable to admit that one big one may have slipped us by, that we may have been actually fooled, that we are not quite as integillent as we thought we were, that we might have been just a little too naïve and distracted and unaware to see the truth for what it really was. That we may have actually, collectively, together, all of us, made a mistake in judgment that cost thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, and nine years of internationally invasive behavior is just too colossal to even talk about on an adult level now. We’re a drunken family. Too innocent (yeah right) to look further. Too busy to pay attention. Too happy to care. And we are, and have been, bombing minds as a consequence of our inability to look within ourselves and come together on the truth that enhances our real strengths and enlightens our spirits. In trying to be adult about this conflict, I’m a little frightened by the resistance to the mere discussion of said conflict. To me that spells trademark dysfunction, mystification, and dishonesty. What about you?
This conflict in judgment has become so telling that one of the buildings that fell that day apparently, publicly, knowingly, officially, governmentally, media-ly, didn’t happen! And in our silence of the issue we are complicit in this double-think. No third building came down in New York that horrible day; we have always been at war with Eurasia. I don’t need to be any kind of a conspiracy theorist to ask why we are told that there are five lights in the room when, clearly, there are only four; why we have been told (repeatedly) that two buildings collapsed that day when, clearly, there were actually three (unless you’re going to try and convince me and a whole lot of other people that our eyes are out of focus and we’re not seeing properly). Am I a conspiracy theorist because I’ve learned something and you haven’t?
I know three buildings collapsed that day. Does that make me a conspiracy theorist right there? Just for knowing that? Should I start questioning my own sanity because I’ve been repeatedly told that there were, in “fact”, and in the official account, only two? Are my eyes and memory playing tricks on me, and have been for nine years? Really? Is it me that’s playing head games with you, Mr. Green? Shit, if I type “building 7” into Google right now, all top ten results show something that, officially, never even happened. In fact, some of results are articles claiming to debunk this event…that never officially happened! How hilarious is that? How can that not be questionable? But enough about observations.
So we’re all merrily playing pretend here, and we know we are playing pretend, that’s the hilarious bit. We’re a family that has a dirty little secret. One of the older kids wanted to have his way and so he hurt us, but we’re not going to talk about that because he’s a big, mean bully, packing weaponry, and we don’t believe that we’re strong enough to stand up to him. In fact, he’s threatened us sufficiently that, despite our looking about here and there, we’ve managed to believe that there is no him. We quietly hear the voice reminding us that we’re just consumers with jobs, not human beings with spirit. But there he is, he’s lying to us, and because of this and because we bought it out of fear, and that we maintain our judgment that we’re not actually afraid and that we made the right call in our heads about this, and that we are “getting on with our lives”, he’s off across the world bombing other children’s children. We’re pretending that nothing dirty happened on September 11, 2001, that what we’ve been told through our “official” outlets and media was true. The arguments coming up against this have become overwhelming, and have plastered the entire Internet, and now that sense of relentless hostility has equally made its presence known online. The problem is that one of these two forces is wrong, and its foundation has not been founded on the truth, and it will fall apart because this is a conflict surrounding the truth. Both stories cannot be correct. Perhaps neither are correct. Where are we left then? What do we agree upon as truth within this conflict?
How long are we going to play pretend for? Deny it, shove it away, convince yourself you see five lights and that we’ve always been at war with Eurasia, this one is not going to go away until it is resolved. Nor should it go away, because that dirty little secret we’re keeping is a lid on something much bigger, and, secretly, we all know that too.
Teaching
9 Jun 2010 - 5:18pm
I am sure someone has asked you this question many times; although depending on your age the phrasing may be different. The most common form of this question is “What do you do for a living?” I am going to assume that 99.99% of the time this refers to work or your job in some way. Most people relate who they are with what they do. This subconscious hick-up can cause a ton of unnecessary negative emotion and even worse “Writers Block”.
Truth be told, even the most glamorous job cannot define you. You are way more magnificent than that. If you are a musician, artist or writer your work may be a reflection of which you are as a person but it is you the creator who breathes life into the creations in which you create. You are unique and anything that more than one person calls them self cannot represent you ij your entirety. I am a writer, a dad and a husband no one thing describes me although I am proud to be all of them.
There are over 6 billion beautiful people that are each truly unique, no two are exactly alike. Your body is your temple and it holds the most beautiful, loving and extraordinary amazing creature inside of it; Your Spirit.
The spirit that is inside of you is the truth, your truth. The only truth you shall ever have. I say to my readers almost every essay, blog, speech or book I create. To look inside, they ask me why?
Your spirit will answer all the questions you have and I can assure you that the answer will be as unique as the faces that represent the journey to get them. Man has got into a great deal of trouble by telling others how to live and what to believe in. The obsession to be right is something that has taken many men to the point of insanity and all for not because each person’s path is unique and their interaction with the path they are on.
Many people pick up self help books like mine and hope that the book is a user manual to their souls but that would serve no purpose to you. I choose to put the power in your hands, I write to point out that there is beautiful and loving magic inside of you that is always at your disposal and is as abundant as infinity. This journey is deeply personal because we all do not all think the same exact thoughts. Your path is either littered with negative thoughts, hate and intolerance. Or your path is pure of all impurities which are one of many symptoms of the positive thoughts you think, and positive affirmations you say.
That being said, this all comes back to loving yourself. Desiring what you want is the easy part. The belief that you can do it and feel that you are worthy enough to have it is another. This is where you find the state of being needed to succeed and it also provides you with the endurance to make positive thinking an effective Life style choice. If you cannot find love for in yourself, you will not find that love in yourself. That love is your truth and is your spirit and it has always been there waiting for you to stop star gazing and look inside.
Try Loving yourself and Love whatever it is that makes you, YOU!
Then figure out what you believe and start looking for the magic in your life. You will be surprised in what you find and how amazing you truly are.
No matter what your theology it serves you no purpose to doubt yourself; so pay attention to that gut instinct, respect each other’s path, and put your faith in yourself where it belongs.
Joseph Anthony
Please check out my latest title “15 days to a beautiful life” and the other great new thought titles at http://EvolvetheMInd.com
Blog entry
4 Jun 2010 - 10:29pm
The "Dune Series" by Frank Herbert, and, then, his son, is/are truly remarkable. They create entire universes and cultures. Mind bending in their complexity and "color". The site linked highlights some valuable material from Dune, and, in its own right, is spectacular. Very importantly, always remember, whatever can be "imagined" does exist at some level, in some dimension, of the multiverse. And, that's a fact. Thus, Spice..........
The music of a civilization has far-reaching consequences on consciousness and, thus, influences the basic nature of a society. Music and its rhythms divert and compel the awareness, describing the limits within which a consciousness, thus fascinated, may operate. Control the music, then, and you own a powerful tool with which to shape the society. - The Dosadi Analysis, BuSab documents. By Frank Herbert.
*Ridley Scott worked on bringing the film to the screen, but was unsuccessful. H.R. Giger (who worked with Scott on _Alien_ (1979)) was hired as a production designer. An earlier attempt at filming the movie in the 70s never got off the ground, but would have featured designs by Jean Giraud and H. R. Giger, a soundtrack by Pink Floyd, and Salvador Dali as Emperor Shaddam IV.
*synchronicity - Director David Lynch and producer Raffaella De Laurentiis arranged a screen test in New York with Sean Young for the role of Chani. Young's agent never told Young about the meeting, and she was in fact booked on a flight that evening to Los Angeles. Lynch and De Laurentiis missed their flight back to Los Angeles, and ended up catching the same plane as Young. During the flight, De Laurentiis noticed Young and told Lynch "I bet that girl's an actress." A stewardess told the pair that her name was Sean Young, and De Laurentiis confronted Young about standing her and Lynch up. The misunderstanding sorted out, the three ended up drinking champagne and reading the script together.
http://fusionanomaly.net/dune.html
Blog entry
12 May 2010 - 11:10pm
So yeah, my previous blog did kind of throw me off, but I am thinking it was just some test that my soul was trying to get out of me. After listening to my heart a little more, I realized that website didn't seem to argue at all about both sites like I thought it would.
Then I remember that my boyfriend, my twin flame..Is all I need to prove to myself that I am not crazy. The fact that he exist in my life is ALL I really need to prove to everyone that there is some mystical force leading up to greatness.
I thank everyone has put me in your thoughts and decided to clear this up.
Shortly after, I found this website
http://www.divinecosmos.com
Wow, this guy really knows what he is talking about.
- Megan
Blog entry
8 May 2010 - 11:05am
If you are reading this you have just been "Poisoned".
It was always just a matter of time.
Hercules got street wise.
Create a MySpace Music Playlist at MixPod.com
Blog entry
6 May 2010 - 11:20pm
Sending out my own notes now music as beautiful as the stars
Stand alone when noone stands beside me
Walking on top of railroad tracks
Balanced and able
Sounds flowing rocking those who sleep soundly in their beds
Those awake to the suns light dance along filled with joy
real connection now formed you feel my warmth
inside like we are in this together
nothing is going to change the game
Magic set to motion yet again
this time its going to be diggerent
wondering about the future is wanting what I do not have
I have everything I want right now
I just need a moment
Carried by the wind into the sea of waving arms
Salute, Turn and Face the Sun
Respect is never given but earned
if you can feel it you have won
Now walking as equals through the sands
Foot steps washed quickly away by the winds
Good men receive the crows blessing and guidance through the desserts
A Pilgrimage is walked alone but never without company
Forward in step to the sound of breath
head pointing down
looking at stride
wondering if you will survive
The night will be upon us soon
one man wispers
as drunken thoughts fill their vision
only provisions brought were spirits of liquor
I however prefer water
sweat now drying from brow I look toward the south
Further ahead north I roam
Attempts to calm the chattering men
are met with resistance
Forward on I march
Through the dessert sands
My pilgramage walked alone
Music flowing from me
Created for everyone
Oasis found now resting
Upon a rock I lay my packings
Huts and Children greet my presence
A welcome sight for any in the dessert
Signs of youth and life
Communication gaps too big to bridge
Visual display will show the best
Pictures, Sounds and Lights
Not a marrage but a showing
Demonstrations of Mental protection
Youth like show of martial skills
Cheering onlookers
"What are you doing mister"
As I kick high into the air I turn and meet the children
"Kung-Fu" I answer
"You have never seen this before?" I ask the children
"Noo, Its funny though"
"Kick higher!" another one yells
Audience now I cant mess up
I kick higher than ever
Fast and high, Legs as weapons for demonstration purposes
Working to master my craft
As I turn toward the children they now stand in Awe
Smallest ones huddled behind the largest
peeking over shoulders
I smile and wave both hands and I lean over
Out of breath I say I need a moment
They look confused at each other
"Grandmaw, can we have some Icecream!!!"
All children now jumping in unison they run behind a nearby garage
Drenched and sweat and alone
Resting at the Oasis till my next stop
along the path my pilgrimage walked alone
dessert journey through the sands of spirit
Musical played through my hands and foot steps left in the sand
if only for a moment if not for all time forever
as I wonder and develop myself alone in the sands of time
forever seeming as the dessert and salvation appearing as an oasis
refreshment from the harsh sands, alas cool refreshing water
Blog entry
5 May 2010 - 3:52pm
Chhinnamasta.
"Kali-Chinnamasta with Dakini and Varnini"
Chinna means "chopped-off," and masta means "head" — The goddess who has chopped off her own head is the sixth Mahavidya, or "transformation," of the Ten Great Transcendent Wisdoms of the Goddess Kali. Her seed mantra is HUM, used for mastery of the senses and annihilation of the mind. Chinnamasta, the patron of headLess Press, has chopped off her head (the five senses) to enhance her psychic abilities and to stimulate the Will. Thus she is associated with the powers of Daäth and the Abyss, as well as with Ajna Chakra. The shakti on the right is Varnini (knowing), and the one on the left is Dakini (action). The painting shows the goddess Chinnamasta (desire), distributing her life-energy freely to the Universe, bestowing upon her worshippers whatever they ask for and desire.
Dasmahavidya Mantra Jap - Chinnamasta
The image of Chinnamasta is a composite one, conveying reality as an amalgamation of sex, death, creation, destruction and regeneration. It is stunning representation of the fact that life, sex, and death are an intrinsic part of the grand unified scheme that makes up the manifested universe.
Goddess Chhinnamasta is the most mysterious and the most rewarding of the ten
mahavidyas, the ten most powerful goddesses. The knowledge of this goddess and
the ritual to get her blessings, which is very difficult, is not known to many
which adds to the fear for her. That's why most people prefer to stay away from
her.
Chhinnamasta means the goddess who has beheaded herself. It is believed that
even a slight mistake in her worship may get the worshiper beheaded. Though,
it's just a myth.
Like most mahavidyas, Goddess Chhinnamasta, too, has a unique and fearsome
appearance. Those who do not understand actual meaning of her appearance may
find her horrific and terrible. She is naked because she is devoid of all
coverings of illusion. She has severed her own head which means her worshipers
must get rid of their egos. This also means detachment from the earth, her
gravity and all wordly things after which one progresses spiritually and gets
the strength to grasp all super-natural powers granted by the goddess like the
power to become invisible, the power to fly, the power to get anything out of
thin air and the power to be at many places at once.
The goddess also blesses her worshiper with happiness, victory, success, health,
wealth and knowledge.
May God bless you all with perfect health and happiness.
Blog entry
5 May 2010 - 10:28am
Do you know beloved that this house is truly starting to feel like a home?
As you well know by now however the Fisher King's Wound (chiron) is proportionally mental as it is physical.
Not for when moment will i ever think that the love and affection that i am currently recieving from those who share residence in this sacred space is any thing more then illusionary.
Many times have i been lured into such a false sense of security and well being as this and every time in a blink of an eye was it all taken from me leaving me once again alone with nothing but bitter sweet memories to contend with.
At this point, typically i will see my spycho THErapists nodding their heads believing they have just recieved yet another great insight into my inability to attatch myself to anything any more.
Despite that i do thank you all for the warm love and attention albeit transiatory that i am currently recieving.
It is very difficuly to be yourself during these dark times unless you have a strong maternal presence around you. As each moment of this day progresses my sacred return to my true self will become both more apparent to me and i hope to express to you all the abundant joy that this will bring to me, my Beloved Alice and all her radiant friends that she met whilst in Wonderland.
Concerning my now infamous quote which i made as i looked Death in the Eyes when i found myself to become a Grave Man, a little clarification needs to be given concerning its import.
The plague on both their houses was a reference to my first and last communication with my older Brothers Mars (blue) and Jupiter.(red)
It appears that my death was necessary to bring them out of their eternal fueding.
Lest we forget that Lucifer and Michael are the only players.
Yours Faithfully,
Raziel.
Blog entry
18 Apr 2010 - 9:03am
Now we get to the credit crunch.
In this guise you shall have come to know me as the Storyteller.
An Ageing Sorceror who fondly remembers being called Mister Wolf by his Child of Light Grand Son.
Cast back your minds to the Taking of Troy.
10 Years away from his wife as his soul began to destroy.
Achilles no more, his Armour my gift from War,
12 were the Captains i recruited to return me to my shore.
Then enters Atlas with a mood so foul.
Ajax, man Son took his life when Honour entered his Soul.
Poseidon and Zeus, My Brothers at Arms.
Sound that which earth call our battle alarms.
Warriors we are, and horns we do sound,
The last Unicorn has verily been found.
At King Arthurs hand the Arrow did fly,
To the heart of the Beast, his strength none can deny.
Merlin i was watching on in my now some common Bedazzled State,
Arthur my son, knowest not thy fate?
Magical she is but a beast all the same,
Beauty is found when i unveil my concealed fame.
In Troy, Brothers you heard me pray.
To the lightning of Fair Zeus that i have taken away.
That brings me to God, the father who is true,
This is what can happen when you embrace the boys in blue,
The Men of Fire, Grace they do have do self initiate,
The Sisters of Water we art still waiting for Kate.
I remember the day like today it will be,
father i shouted!, how can you not see?
God you called yourself with the power yours to use,
he is nothing but a vessel i shrewdly thought.
What if i were to take his power away, what would he be then?
Just a normal lost soul like all of those who call themself men.
Interesting idea Sire, My High Mage began to Stir,
After be brew the T what was left for her to do but purrrrr,
Got off on you all have solely on the transference of my thoughts
SOMEONE
Blog entry
2 Apr 2010 - 3:10pm
Easter has, as most Light Workers know, a Long tradition, before it was imported into the Christian calender, our Spring festivities in Europe focused around the goddess Eostre or Eastre.
According to 6th century Bede's 'Ecclesiastical Histories' and modern day Einhard in his 'Life of Charlemagne', the month called Eostremonat/Ostaramanoth was assosiated with April. Putting the start of 'Ostara's Month' after the Equinox in March. these 'translations' of calendar months are approximate as the old forms were predominantly lunar months while the new were based on a solar year. Mainly from Roman fixtures The start of 'Eostremonat' would actually have fallen in late March and could thus still be associated with the Spring Equinox
The end of March is the focus for a number of religious and traditional celebrations. As the sun appears to cross the earth's equator on the 20th or 21st of March, it enters the Zodiacal sign of Aries, day and night will be equal in length. This astronomical phenomenon is a day anciently revered amongst Pagan peoples. Their festivals included Alban Elfed, the Teutonic festival in honour of Eostre, Roman Hilaria Matris Deûm, Welsh and in my case in Cornwall the Celtic Gwyl Canol Gwenwynol ('Day of the Gorse'), the Wiccan Eostar (Ostara) Sabbat and the Christian Feast of the Annunciantion of the Virgin Mary (Lady Day) as well as Easter itself.
Today, Ostara is one of the eight major holidays, sabbats or festivals of Wicca. It is celebrated on the Spring Equinox, which in the northern hemisphere is around the 20th or 21st of March and in the southern hemisphere around the 23rd of September. Its modern revival is linked to some of the oldest traditions of mankind.
Ostara found a bird that was dying in the freezing blasts of winter, she changed the bird into a rabbit/hare so it would stay warm. Legend has it this is where the Easter bunny originated, but it also could have been from the magical companion of Ostara that traveled with her on her journey to bring life back to the earth.
I am reminded of the stories of Persephone of the Greeks and Lollie of Russia and others in the ancient religions of the world.
Perhaps you have an enlightenment on a few more dear friend
Les
Have a calm Easter!
video
25 Mar 2010 - 7:21pm
Discussing the "Bigfoot" species and their ability to operate multi dimensionally.
http://TheSpiritGuides.co.uk/Radio
Spirit Being Gregory Haye and The White Cloud Group discuss the ability of the Big Foot species to operate multi dimensionally.
Contrary what most people might think, these beings are extremely advance and loving. They can be found across the Pacific North West in America, Canada, Mongolia, Tibet and many other places around the world.
They are a sub species of human which was part of the original stock going back 5 million years ago. They haven't really changed much since then but continue to be very spiritual and in harmony with mother Earth.
They can dematerialise at will and move in to an overlay reality which allows them to disappear from harms way in a fight or flight situation. By increasing their vibration they can shift themselves just enough to no longer be visible within our field of light. They can still see this reality from their higher vantage point but are no longer in it.
They can communicate through telepathy.
They live for about 150 years
Their emotional makeup is loving and harmonic.
Full show here:
http://thespiritguides.co.uk/Article_4591.aspx
video
19 Mar 2010 - 8:16pm
GALACTIC FEDERATION SHIPS IN THE SKY OF MUNICH
Blog entry
11 Mar 2010 - 2:29am
Crossposted from Reflections Journal and Celestial Reflections: A Community of Spirit.
Posted below is a fairly recent interview with William Henry. For the discussion of the Capitol dome and stargate metaphysics, skip ahead to video 7. The first six are more focused on the Norway spiral and a somewhat paranoid read on the climate conference. I've discussed Henry's analysis of the Capitol dome and Brumidi's fresco previously here and here. Now that I'm back in the DC area, I'm determined to fight my way up I95 to visit the Capitol and see this for myself. Maybe I'll take the train. Time is a precious commodity.
In this interview Henry also points out that stargate images are turning up in art and sculpture all over the place and suggests that we could be having a collective awakening. I totally agree. But it was when I looked at the image of the dome above, that it clicked for me just how powerful a trigger that image is.
In my original review of Battlestar Galactica, I described my fixation with an image in my head very reminiscent of Kara Thrace's fixation: the Eye of Jupiter.
See here for some background on the geometry and symbolism of eyes and why they speak to something seminal in our consciousness. This particular image of spheres within spheres is one that has entranced me for years. I thought seriously at one time about doing a giant canvas of that image. I never got around to it, and frankly, I'm not much of a painter. But the following image looks very similar to what I saw in my head for a period of years. Stare at it for a while. It's hypnotic.
Coincidentally, or not, I first became borderline obsessed with that image when I was last living in the DC area. At the time, the most obvious association to me was the iris and pupil of the physical eye, which speaks to seminal sacred geometry depicting creation itself. William Henry's work points out another correlation which is the stargate images he's found in numerous paintings depicting resurrection and, now, in the Capitol dome and in Constantino Brumidi's fresco "The Apotheosis of George Washington."
It occurs to me that these two things are interrelated. As Henry and others have suggested, the human body may be a dormant stargate opening, resurrection machine. What awakens and activates it is the kundalini energy which rises up the spine and opens the pineal gland, or third eye. I should also point out that Battlestar Galactica is replete with kundalini imagery:
The Pythia prophecies which Laura Roslin (rose: symbol of the Virgin Mary) accesses by taking kamala extract (lotus).
The spines in humanoid cylons glow red when they have sex.
Cylons have a single eye like a cyclops, in the middle of the forehead, evocative of the third eye. Colonel Tigh also ends up with one eye. ("The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." ~ Matthew 6:22)
The use of "All Along the Watchtower" as the key to awakening the cylons and Kara Thrace and leading them through the Eye of Jupiter (pineal gland). Tower images are often used as symbols of the spine as the conduit for kundalini. See here for some background.
Coincidentally, William Henry references another Jimi Hendrix song, "Purple Haze," in this interview; one actually written by him. ("All Along the Watchtower" was written by Bob Dylan.) He describes a far more esoteric inspiration than the generally accepted purple haze marijuana theme. I say listen to the songs, which are both in the player above and make up your own mind. I've also included a Battlestar Galactica tribute version. About a third of the way through that video, there's a nice image of Kara Thrace's obsessional painting of the Eye of Jupiter.
It also shows the emblem. At a certain point, it all seem kind of obvious.
