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Get yourself ready, and do your work. Sit in quiet contemplation, and stillness. Cast the net of your intentions beyond. See what you want.
Prepare. Rather than being a slave to worry, be a warrior to certainty. Slaying the demons as they arrive.
You alone are in charge of this. It’s time. No need to wait, you’ve been here before.
It will go how it will, yet NOW you won’t be in the way of it.
It solves a problem for me. Forever I’ve been motivated and dedicated to some sort of spiritual calling, and teachings. I have taken some so literally that I’ve missed opportunities, here and now. I’ve thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Living more in those ideals. I’m aware that in the Biggest picture, you can’t miss the boat, that life keeps coming for you, trying to fulfill the desires that are propelling. What we can do is delay, get in the way, and live a life where indifference sets in. A what’s the use scenario, until we get up again and look for inspiration.
What seems to happen to spiritual seekers is eventually we draw from our own experiences and make them our own. That’s the aha moment. The moment I realized that being born a Westerner in my specific way, and the many comforts I’ve had, spared me from experiences that I didn’t have to go through, yet my soul has been so drawn to Eastern teachings, that I’ve set up more poverty scenarios than necessary. Wrong perspective.
Yes I’ve suffered from some deep sense of disenfranchisement. I didn’t always appreciate the life I’d been given and my set of circumstances didn’t force me to do anything. Nelson Mandela and Ghandi clearly knew their oppressor. It’s been more of an inside job, to dig in and actually find the bridge that needs crossing. Whom and what to follow as many oppressors are cloaked in pretty packages.
At this time on the planet, being American born has had its own very specific struggle that for some, it’s been hard to pin point. I see it here as a great experiment. Caught between so many influences. The real, ancient, traditional knowledge based cultures have been more natural to me. They haven’t been regarded, and as a result are endangered, becoming such rare birds. I’ve studied with so many greats. I get it now that I am a bridge. I am not talking about the save the planet interest that some people have. That’s not been my thrust. I’m talking more about not wasting resources, and being on point in career and relationships. Where then you serve. Service has always been a given.
So, The Misfits Guide to East West Living. A birth. A pulling together of information. A place to visit the well of nourishment and build your business. So if you do think the planet needs saving, or you want to contribute, you will be on track to do so. If you’re under the influences of the Western mind, not quite sure what to do with yourself, and have never quite fit in yet have such a longing in your heart, you too are a rare bird. You are worth saving, and its my hunch that it’s your time to be heard.
With the deeply loving Ombassa on her show The P.L.A.Y Experience:
We touched upon my upcoming program: The Misfits Guide to East West Living!
To wake up.
To be myself.
To appreciate it all.
To live a life expressing from authentic realizations.
To carve out impressions of my finer points leaving footsteps that inspire.
What about difficulties?
I aspire to transcend them, and they in turn become like smoke, not like armor.
To be noble and humble.
I am thankful that the arrival of truth comes about through a loving moment.
This picture is the last bit of stuff that went in to my car.
I just moved. Am now in an apartment. Yesterday was a real big day in getting organized. A big move across a few states and voila, am in a new place. A wasp happened upon my screen in the living room, so I looked it up. I love the part about use of female warrior energy, and assisting in assertive communication. So valuable to remember in mercury retrograde.
Have a look:
Wasp/Hornet/Yellowjacket’s Wisdom Includes:
Use of female warrior energy
Sisterhood
Understanding female societies
Communal living
Animal symbolism of the wasp deals with:
• order
• construction
• communication
• involvement
• development
• progress
• team-work
• productivity
The wasp might be a sign that we may need to express ourselves more clearly.
Because the wasp is symbolic of communication, order and productivity, those who encounter the wasp may ask themselves:
• “Are all my affairs in order?”
• “Am I aligning myself with my goals?”
• “Am I procrastinating about something?”
• “Am I keeping myself from reaching my highest potential?”
• “Am I allowing my progress to be held back by others?”
Those with the wasp as their totem may learn more by asking these questions of themselves, and calling upon the wasp for more clarification too.
Wasps are perfect totems for those of us who need a bit of organized focus, and assistance with assertive communication.
The wasp can also help in areas of building, whether it be a new home, or building on a dream – the wasp is a master architect and can guide you with the planning of any building project you have in mind.
How cool…
The ego keeps us incomplete. Thrives on it for survival. Makes experiences its own, and is that voice that has us doubting,
So…completeness is our birth rite. How to feel it and experience that. How about abundance? That too is our birth rite.
I had a very powerful visualization of my grandmother opening a safety deposit box. Inside of it was money and jewels. She stepped aside and said it’s here for you. A dragon was in front of it and when I saw it, something inside of me said no more guarding this and be gone! It disappeared in a puff. I am left with the feeling that whatever is guarding our treasure for us is just waiting for us to be ready to claim it. Since I am embarking on selling and finding a place for many things that I’ve been the guardian of for a long time, it’s up to me to own the price I place on it or the ability to give it as a gift. Own the feeling totally, not the property and let it go.
There is something to completing. It is the symbol of wholeness. We don’t lug around unfinished business. What a nice visualization. When you need something go get it. You don’t have to mire through the murky shadow of a pesky mind saying that you’re not enough or you didn’t do it right, or it’s not for you. It’s all for all of us.
Hi all..in the topic of symbols, Friday I went to the mall, which is a rare event to see about resoling my favorite boots, and as I left I saw this little guy.The Cormorants have been used as symbols of nobility, indulgence, and in more modern times a totem for fishermen and a bountiful catch.
The fishing technique of cormorant is excellent. They are skilled at maneuvering through murky waters and finding fish even at great depths. Not only that, they can literally swim under water. Often, they will swim alongside small boats and help fisherman at their task. They will swim under water and then pop back up when they have a fish in their mouth. This nature of the bird is considered to be very giving. They can signify prosperous times ahead. They can also indicate that a negative period in your life is going to be overcome.
When the cormorant comes to you as a guide, it is there to it give encouragement. It says that you need to engage in a new opportunity which you may think that you are unable to do. Because this bird is quite intelligent it is a representation that you need to use your own wit and skill to reach a goal or achieve a task. While this bird can be a spirit that comes to you, sometimes in times of need you may wish to call on the cormorant when you are feeling lost or out of touch with your own goals. The cormorant can teach you how to be more self-reliant and to use your own wisdom to attain your goals.
The Big Mother Full Moon of July where we are guided to our inner knowing. Guru-dark and light. Purnima- the full moon.
A Guru gives a discipline a sealed box and he is instructed not to open it, and he is to deliver to someone who is expecting it. He sets out and decides that he wants to look inside. So he opens the box and a rat jumps out of it and runs off. When he arrives at his destination and delivers the box he is told this: Your guru clearly is not your Guru. Why he asks. Because if he were you would have had faith in him to follow his direction…..told by Mother of Aurobindo Ashram and recounted on Gurupurnima by Dr. Sharma at Ananda Ashram 7.22.13
The key to open our hearts. Faith. With faith we won’t run away.
Take the opportunity of this new moon with a solar eclipse to immerse yourself into a deeper feminine place. Look at this from your perspective, from your mother’s perspective, and with great love and respect, let go of anything that doesn’t fit. A deeper calling is “hear” for you: feel directly. Go to the earth, if only for one moment, and with bare feet place your hands on the ground as well. You will be a current of energy running deep into mother earth. Allow anything that is no longer true to form, go – with hands and feet wide and vulnerable – straighten the hooks of attachments created both by you and anyone else. Let go! Ask of the Divine Mother to fill your heart and direct you gently. Be your own individual. Breathe and smile. Share via the comments!
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