As I sit here now writing this missive, which soon shall be a reflection, a hawk has brought chaos and strife to my merry bunch of resident birds and squirrels. I knew that something was amiss even though I sit with my back to the window for I heard the voices of my feathered residents change dramatically.
As I rose from my chair and went to the window overlooking the gardens I suspected a hawk to be present but did not at first see one. My sight scanned the greater yard space and then I noted movement to the right of my gaze. As I reaffixed my sight to a space directly in front of me, overlooking the feeders, I then noted the hawk perched on the fence directly over the bush that is home to many of my tiny companions.
The frantic chirps of my daily companions, in current time with my typing, have now quieted though I am unsure as to if it is due to the hawk taking leave or if they have fallen silent in fear. I suspect the former as I now hear normal birdsong beginning to arise once again to adjoin the buzz of locusts so prevalent in the August swelter.
My experience of the garden this morning was a frenetic one. So much disarray to be sorted through after last evening’s rain; yet Lemon was so agitated that my task was not one that was going to be undertaken with any ease and grace.
As I gathered produce, tended the feeders and up righted tipped planters she pulled and strained against her very generous lead yelping and panting; a half crazed, fully obsessed, bunny-lusted Lemon she was.
I moved her lead from stake to stake around the gardens hoping that if she were presented with enough differing angles (perspectives) she would come to the recognition that there was nothing tangible where she believed it to be.
Yet the more information she had to work with the greater her frenzy became.
I finally had enough. I stopped everything I had been doing, took a deep breath to clear my own irritation with her agitation and said,
“Lemon, just let it go now Darlin’, just let it all go. It is already gone. You are just chasing a Ghost now”.
Lemon stilled and became and quiet. Something inside of me responded in like manner.
For a few moments we were as such, she and I, calculating our next steps in consideration of the awareness we now had.
And then the first drops of a new day’s rain touched our cheeks and signaled a lesson completed.
In my dying times I curl in upon myself brittle becomes my flesh my muscles, my bones and ache though I do with the rot of it still I seek to protect a possible newborn prospect deep within the skeletal remains of what once was I.
To truly forgive one’s self, or an other, one must have an understanding of how one has been served by an experience in which forgiveness is now sought.
Forgiveness is not an act of granting approval to one’s self or an other for an action that was harmful in some manner.
Forgiveness is an act of Completion.
Forgiveness is the act of releasing oneself from a lesson, now achieved. Continue Reading »
Systemic racism is rooted in the ideology that enemies are existent outside of oneself. Racism is born of a belief that one is limited in some manner or form by the actions, or non-actions, of another individual, group or society.
The transcendence of racism, by an individual or society, requires an embrasure and practice of a non-polarized philosophy. It is through this form of practice that true empowerment and freedom can be obtained.
Essential to undertaking and practicing a unified philosophy is the need to first identify and negate divisive belief patterns in oneself. Continue Reading »
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory~ Salvadore Dali
The Pisces New Moon of 2018 occurs on March 17th @ 27° of Pisces. This is the last New Moon in Pisces before Chiron’s ingress of Aries and as such showcases the previous years’ transit of Chiron through this sign.
The annual Pisces New Moon offers an end of year/cycle opportunity to release the previous years’ struggles and to offer and receive Forgiveness for transgressions, real or imagined. A time of healing intentions being sown; as well as a time conducive to inner reflection of the previous years experience. This year we also reflect and rectify our experience of the Chiron transit of the past 7 years as we look ahead to Chiron’s ingress of Aries in the coming weeks.
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. — Lewis B. Smedes
Co-Rulers Neptune and Jupiter, newly retrograde, are once again in a forming trine. Go Big or Go Home emotionalism, possessiveness, illusion or escapism is possible as is the attainment of Blessed Transcendence and Luminosity of Spirit. Which may occur, and for whom, is likely dependent on one’s comfort level within the Ocean of Pure Potential. Those that are able to transcend the painful illusion of lone-ness and to merge with the All-Light One-Love hold an advantage in these energies. Continue Reading »
Mercury turns retrograde on March 22nd @ 17° Aries. Direct station occurs April 15th @ 5° Aries. Mercury enters shadow phase on March 9th.
Representative of our thought aptitude and perception, Mercury rules all forms of communications, methods of transport and commerce. During retrograde periods glitches can occur within communication systems, modes of transport and commerce related dealings.
On a personal level cognitive skills are often challenged and making decisions my require extra patience and time. While Mercury Rx periods are generally not considered favorable for making contractual agreements or committing oneself to new projects for anything begun from scratch during this time often needs to be reworked later or just doesn’t get off the ground at all.
Retrograde period is conducive to putting effort into ongoing projects through a whole slew of “RE-words” such as: reorganize, reedit, renegotiate, re-navigate, reformulate, reconsider, redefine, reprocess, reinstall etc, etc.
Often issues that crop up that we attribute to Mercury being retrograde tend to sort themselves away if we are patient and don’t complicate the issue further. No action can often be the best course during Mercury RX. Continue Reading »
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Systemic racism is rooted in the ideology that enemies are existent outside of oneself. Racism is born of a belief that one is limited in some manner or form by the actions, or non-actions, of another individual, group or society.
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