In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.–Xun Zi
From our tiny focus is the entire universe and infinity. “You are here”.
Good Monday Morning…Appearances
The position of several planets at this time forms a grand cross. This can appear to be causing discomfort. Rather than to succumb to what appears to be happening, remain as you are and ‘this too shall pass’.
“As an organism, every single thing which you experience is experienced within awareness. And to the extent to which awareness itself can be experienced, it too is merely another experience.
It is not “you”–an object of awareness–which is seeing through your eyes, it is this ever-present be-ing. It is not you which is aware of thoughts–objects in awareness–it is again, awareness. Anything which you can think of that you are is simply objectified in awareness. So clearly it is the awareness which is the you that perceives, not the objectifications in awareness identified as characteristics of your self. There is no self outside of awareness”. –Robert Wolfe, Abiding in Nondual Awareness
Full Moon April 15 2014/Total Lunar Eclipse
Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse April 15, 2014 @ 25 deg. Libra 16 min.
03:42 a.m. EDT 00:42 a.m. PDT
A full moon is warm light in the vast darkness, a familiar ‘friend’ that captivates and inspires us to creative passion, romance and the deep fascination of home. We have many memories of the full moon over years, decades and centuries; of being seduced by gorgeous abundance, pacified by constant stillness and hypnotized by thoughts that carry us beyond all limitations. We melt into the allure of hundreds of moments of simply Being in the presence of “that” in splendiferous expression.
There have been many reports about the series of total lunar eclipses that begins with this full moon (the others are on October 8, 2014, April 4, 2015 and September 28, 2015) and what they might portend. I am in favor of adopting the point of view offered by Geoff Gaherty writing for Starry Night Education at space.com
“Associations between “disastrous” events and normal astronomical events are all fabrications of the human mind, as people attempt to find explanations for why disasters affect them. Because of the Internet and cable news channels, people now hear reports of disasters from around the world, including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, which they never would have been aware of in the past. It’s almost inevitable that something bad will happen right after an eclipse or a visit from a comet.
As an ardent skywatcher who derives much pleasure from beautiful events like lunar eclipses, it saddens me that there are “prophets of doom” in the world who view these life-enriching events as portents of disaster.
The good news about these forthcoming lunar eclipses is that all four will be visible to most skywatchers in North America”.
Simply to enjoy rather than fret. That is not to say that what is occurring with a few planets is benign. We are being affected by the t-square soon to be grand cross in cardinal signs. We can perhaps all attest to a degree of greater intensity, insecurity that is affecting us in some way depending on what your particular experience is now.
Everyone will receive a shot of enlightenment. It would be hard to avoid it with Mercury exactly conjunct Uranus at the same degree as Pluto and Jupiter only minutes away. An enormous dose of inspirational, transformational, transcendent energy rippling through the collective consciousness and executing legions of stifling patterns that have insisted on strong attachment to the mind. Liberated! Oh, joy.
Pluto opposition Jupiter, square to Uranus opposition Mars (this by the 22nd will be exact we none the less have been feeling the effects of this for a couple of weeks with the ongoing square of Uranus/Pluto for longer of course) is not a trivial matter relatively speaking. Some people have been dealing with physical manifestations of this energy while others are being pressured to ‘release’ on all levels what isn’t working or whatever is cluttering, all that is superfluous or feeds the illusion. What may have seemed a monumental task in the past is now easily approachable and effortlessly accomplished.
Resistance is an unnecessary reference to our experience. Gratitude is our reference point and every full moon is a reminder of the miracle of life and what a blessing it is! Never mind what sign the moon is in. Except we might mention that moon in Libra is peace, balance and harmony that only contributes to the grace we are receiving via what may feel like a supreme kick in the butt. No, it is grace! It only feels like running into a two by four. Just wait a few days, until your senses return—or, hopefully not. Walking around in a dazed state, a silly smile on your face that won’t seem to go even if you try.
Self and other, Self/other, slother, loth, ot, o=O. Erase the line.
Observe the moon without any thought whatsoever. At some time you may become aware of a little smile that has crept over your face that feels much bigger than it is as it has started from within and won’t stop.
Good Monday Morning…a very simple secret
“Nonduality is incredibly simple but it is incomprehensible to the mind. It doesn’t matter how much the mind studies this, it will never get it. We can study this and understand concepts about it, but the mind will never approach what nonduality actually is.
The mind could analyze and fully understand the constituents of an orange but that wouldn’t give us any idea what one tastes like. But once we’ve tasted one, its flavor is incontrovertible whether we understand what constituents it contains or not. In the same way, we can have a very good understanding of nonduality but that won’t tell us what liberation tastes like.”–Richard Sylvester, The Book of No One
Good Monday Morning…The Infinite, Stress Free
“The Infinite is working in everything. All the different eddies of motion called life are controlled by that Cosmic Intelligence”~Paramahansa Yogananda
If so, there is no need to be concerned for this or that, run here or there, feel less than or that anything should be more, better or different as it is exactly as it should be. How could it be otherwise? As such we can all enjoy a stress free and peaceful Monday leading into a whole week of the same.
New Moon in Aries, I Seek Self
New Moon March 30, 2014 @ 9 degrees Aries 59 minutes
2:45 p.m. EDT 11:45 PDT
“You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side, yeah”
~Jim Morrison, The Doors
As challenging as this New Moon chart may seem, Sun Moon Uranus square with Pluto and Jupiter in opposition, it isn’t as daunting as it first appears. We have been dealing with this energy of transformation for a long time. Fortunately, wisdom and grace are in accompaniment placating the rattled nerves sensitized when Pluto moved into Capricorn (November 2008) and the deconstruction process kicked into high gear. We now continue to experience the unraveling of patterns and beliefs and watch them drift away and disappear. Focusing on any single aspect in this chart seems pointless, rather like staring at a speck of dust as the tornado tears the surface away. Aries weathers the storm very well; sometimes is the storm.
The message with an Aries New Moon is be bold, strong, courageous—Be. There is nowhere to focus your attention outside of your self. There is no one that requires anything of you that should deter you from Self. The happiness we seek, in all the Universe is registered exactly at this point, right here, right now. Everything else is the ongoing story that I create to entertain my self; that the entertainment occurs, not an issue, unless it is an issue that makes you suffer and you would rather not.
What if you are locked in a room, you think, for your whole life gaining access to the outside only when someone comes to let you out? Then one day, you decide to escape and find that the door has never been locked and you are free. Conditioned beliefs are the walls that imprison us and prevent us from knowing freedom. The liberation is peace and love and grace. It is everything and available everywhere and always. Disassemble the thought structures and there you are.
It is what is happening in every moment. We could talk about the details but is there a point when there is one simple truth and there is nothing else we need to know in this moment? “Be as you are”, Ramana Maharshi was a man of very few words as the truth is simple and then, there is nothing else to say.
Step up. Step out and step into finally, the stillness that you are. During this New Moon, there is nothing else to do. Any reverberations of discomfort will be the ego digging in its heels as the ever flowing urge to realize Self unfolds.
Good Monday Morning…Inner Child
And Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven”.~Matthew 18:3
What gems to find, when sifting through what you’ve left behind; the innocence and purity, the absence of mind that allows love to populate this moment unencumbered by shoulds or should nots.
Love fills all the gaps between stutter and statement, a bow and a blush that paints the sky peach, turns the heart in, spreads the love all ’round.
The little child, a simple gift to me and knowing that I am “that”–pure and simple.
Good Monday Morning…the first touch
Let the first touch be friendly. Let the first touch be kind. Let the first touch be loving. When we extend our hand in greeting let it embrace the world in peace.
Dalai Llama from The Little Book of Wisdom
“I always try to create a ground of friendliness with people. Whenever I meet someone new, for example, I feel no need for introductions. The person is obviously another human being…I see a smile, some teeth and eyes, and so on, and I recognize the person as a human being! On that basis, on the emotional level we are the same..with that conviction, I feel that the other person is a human brother and approach him spontaneously. In most cases the other person immediately responds accordingly, and becomes a friend.”
This Moment…
What to do in this moment?
In this moment, only this moment is everything that is needed or wanted and the space in which to be grateful for noticing…
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” ― Walt Whitman
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”― Eckhart Tolle
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”― Henry David Thoreau
“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”― Martha Graham
March, the madness of pursuit
“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” ― T.S. Eliott
March has a reputation for initiating adventure and action that is not preceded by very much thought. Instead we are guided by passion to thrust ourselves into the midst of life with great joy and daring. It may be true or not but one may imagine that all the greatest worldly and otherworldly explorations begin in the first month of Spring. No one dares to say no.
Is March, a month for madness or simply racing off into whatever direction strikes your fancy? With Spring once again in the air we can be sure that life is approached with renewed vitality and determination. Suddenly no mountain is too high to climb, no task or project too big to take on. Creativity flows, adding to the overwhelming sense that just being here is an enormous gift and excelling at ‘human Being’ is the predominant goal.
With the winter Olympics just finished, we witnessed the stories of some amazing human beings dedicated to excelling at a sport to which they are fully committed in ways that many people have no comprehension. Unless one considers that just being here is a committed and focused undertaking and one that we experience from whatever perspective is available to us. We all excel in every moment at being who we are. Seeing the gift in that, is a gift in itself.
Now the fact that Mars goes retrograde on March 1st should not interfere with vibrant self-expression or the usual desire to throw caution to the wind. It would take a much greater force than this to prevent our joy from overflowing. What is taking place is not just about physical energy. The desire for creative expression at times knows no bounds and this is one of those times. Mars in Libra is sensitive and highly creative and imaginative. Combine this with a seasonal lust for experiencing and anything is possible. Like the Two of Wands in the Rider-Waite tarot deck illustrates, ‘we hold the world in our hands and everything is possible’. It is a thought like any other thought. And yet that thought gives us the freedom to surpass what we may have accomplished in the past—no limits, no fears.
Preceding Mars’ retrograde action is a New Moon at one minute to midnight on February 28th PST and followed by Mercury going direct at 6:00 a.m PST. By March 1st then, we are set to attack, activate and attain. Whatever projects were put on the back burner until Mercury in Aquarius turned direct can now be revived and completed. All Mercury retrogrades in 2014 begin in water signs and end up in Air signs, a chance to revisit emotional issues, to dig into the past and then to allow a fresh breeze to gently encourage appreciation for space and movement—freedom!
The New Moon at 10 degrees Pisces and a stellium of planets in Pisces recommends we dig deeply within to find compassion and resources to give to others. Love is a very good place to begin. Understanding and attention or being present for every one with whom we come into contact will be accomplished with ease and grace as these two qualities define more and more our existence and experience here. Ease and grace the byproducts of inner peace, inner peace the result of being attached to no-thing. Every Pisces I know is naturally altruistic and guided by inner principles that desire peace for all. This month of March sees us initiate an ongoing relationship with giving freely and experiencing the blessings of our actions; never a goal but the happy outcome.
Two More Cards for March:
The Empress III is the power that flows through each of us to create, to manifest based on our potential for being here now. As a three she represents the essence of all creation. Giving it material form is a small matter at which to succeed. Implied here is an eternal giving of that which is our true nature to those in every aspect of our lives. Even those who occupy the fringes benefit from our willingness to give of our Being.
Three of Cups, another three for the third month relates to the joy we experience from sharing our hearts with community and the harmony that fills in all the gaps as we initiate creative flow. Creativity is the vast landscape of human endeavor wherein we express the depth of our awareness to those with eyes to see. And what a beautiful sight to behold!
Three relates to the energy of the child in whom we discover once again the innocence with which we came into this world that observed opportunity and possibility in every glance and love in every touch. Whereupon the gates remain open to the abundance that greets us in every moment. There is no want. Everything is provided as I am “that” which seems to be the provider. What a wonderful world indeed and all available to us in March!
Be Still 