The Mermaid Diaries : The Lion Does Not Sleep Tonight: Love and Luminesc...

The Mermaid Diaries : The Lion Does Not Sleep Tonight: Love and Luminesc...: Happy Valentine's Day! Before all you cynics and Hallmark haters walk away, yes I will talk about love, I always do, but as usual it w...

The Lion Does Not Sleep Tonight: Love and Luminescence.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Before all you cynics and Hallmark haters walk away, yes I will talk about love, I always do, but as usual it will be from the inside out, from the bigger, deeper and wider picture.  This won't be the chocolate box version of corny cupids' story.

I find it no accident that this much maligned,  often saccharine sweet day that gives many of us toothache and indigestion, brings us a magnificent Full Moon this year. Timely.

Today's Full Moon sits in the sweeping savannah of the regal, "look at me, love me, aren't I just grand" constellation Leo. Its' full- fat, feline face flanked by its luminescent, auric mane, is lit up by the freedom seeking, individualist, care if you dare, Aquarius Sun.

What a lovely Moon to have for February 14th 2014.  So what energies, what enlightened enquiry does our Leo Moon bring to this day of love, roses and cupcakes?

The lion symbolises supreme self love.  He sits gazing proudly upon his pride, upon his 'accomplishments' , or lack of them, (we all know he is quite a lazy bugger) without so much of a tinge of guilty conscience.  The only guilt he ever accepts is gilt.  He knows without thinking that he IS gold, that he is enough and therefore he also has a heart of gold; the ever proud lover of his Pride, excited by their mere existence.

Leo loves himself without reservation and finds it annoying that the rest of us don't know how.  This can be interpreted by us cup-not-so-full mortals as arrogance. I mean who sits up high on a self built podium without feeling the need to justify his existence or lift a royal claw?

This Full Moon is so infused with love of all kinds.  It calls us to take a breath, sit back (preferably on a hillock of some kind) and bask in our own glory.  It begs us to not to tell people about suffering but instead to remind them they are free (Aquarius).  It's time to feel "full' of ourselves, to have the courage (Leo) to be our biggest fans without reservation, to feel the energy of entitlement, of wonder and awe for ourselves.  It is the aristocrat of moons.  A time to eat cake, preferably chocolate and ditch the pious diet of stale bread or humble pie.

The Leo flame of self adoration and the whole of his life (Pride) is consistent, loyal and as pure as 24 carat gold. It truly comes from his big heart. Add to this the illuminating Aquarian Sun that taunts us to set ourselves free, pushes us to attach ourselves fully to our individuality, our YOU-nique expression of Selfhood and you have a likely outpouring of chocolate box emotions for the wonderful that is You.

"As above, so below."  
                                                    
The current cosmic configurations are a call from deep space, that place beyond deep, inside our hearts, that reminds us of the laws of Unity Consciousness, the Law of One.



Leo Full Moon energy highlights these these Laws.  As you set yourself free, as you dare (very Aquarian/Uranian energy) to dream of what you would really do if you had the courage (Leo lion heart) to set in motion a life path that was more free, then you,  in doing so,  begin to set the whole of humanity free.  It's not rocket science, or mushy gushy romantic idealism its actually just quantum physics.

Pardon the pun but todays moon is an Armstrong Moon. One brave step into this Moon's calling is a giant leap for Mankind!

"The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall"  R.L Stevenson.

Full Moons occur when the Sun and Moon are in direct opposition, where the Sun shines his torch on her big round face so he can see just who she is, what she wants for (us)today.   Whist the Full Moon is largely associated with the feminine, the feeling, the emotional life within, it is actually also an opportunity to learn how to use the complementary Masculine energy from the Sun sign one is in, and combine it with the Feminine vibrations of the sign the Moon is hanging out in.
Full Moons are a time where the divine aspects of both the Feminine and Masculine are literally shining and reflecting to us at their fullest and most radiant, illuminating the beauty, wisdom and talents of both.  This sacred cosmic marriage gives opportunity to birth more of our own wholeness, allows us to dip into a greater sense of completness.

"Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain."  Hoagy Charmicheal - Stardust.



Daring to love our Self fully is not selfishness but merely a sign to drop all disguises, all masks to our own truth, our own authenticity.  We carry around a hefty amount of fakeness due to the fact that we have been conditioned from the moment we were born, to respond to the outer world, the external, rather than to take cues from our internal guidance system which would always tell us, if we'd listen, that we are more than magic; made of stardust are We.


Todays' wisdom lies in dropping all external 'coverings" (this is where the word mooning comes from!) so that your true 'light' can shine.  It is a good time to embrace full self acceptance warts and all. There are no deficits or need to make changes.  In the light of unity consciousness there are no 'good' or 'bad' parts of us, we just ARE who we ARE and who we are is already whole. How scary liberating (Aquarius) is that?!

To set your self free by loving all that there IS about you is the ultimate version of Love. The best Valentine's gift you can give yourself.  Once  you afford yourself this upgraded version of love it becomes more than easy to offer the same to others. Bingo! Utopia! Everybody's happy.

Do you see what I see? Reframing.

Interestingly though not surprising, is that  right now, we also have Mercury in Retrograde; the chance to review our past.  Mercury Retrograde is sometimes seen as pain in the bum because it seems to cause delays or glitches or repeat episodes of scenarios we are sick of.  What  his apparent backward movement actually does, is give rise to a kind of  meditation, an inner stalling so we can see in slow-mo "stuffs" gone by.  Its a great window to clamber into the powerful art of re-framing. Any energies vibrating in the frequency of duality that you still lug around, that still influence and colour perceptions about decisions or circumstances you might have been through, are ready for dumping.  The garbage man will be around for a few more days.  Get a few bin bags or even a skip and get rid of it now!

If you are feeling antsy, irritable, unheard, awkward, hurt or angry at the moment. If you seem to be dredging old wounds with stinging, intellectual antiseptics, its time to let go and reframe. It's opportune to don those rose coloured spectacles that everyone told you were useless and offer yourself a  revised version of the incident/feeling/circumstance that allows you to bask in the glow of your own glory, in your true humanity. There are no mistakes only learning experiences.  Really, its time to kiss it all better, love yourself up and carry on.  The giant heart of the King of the Beasts is here to help you swell that self love and admiration.

Our hearts and our world will benefit from this unreserved, embarrassing, surging love.
                       
You may have noticed an increase of posts and sharing of information regarding cruelty to our magnificent animal kingdom.  Calls to provide unconditional love and homes for animals in shelter, outrage at beyond belief shark cullings, whale hunting and everything in between.

Where is this increased compassion and fierce passion coming from?  Yep you got it- that boring old thing called self love. Sorry!   True power without ego comes from within, from filling that pot (belly) of self love I annoyingly keep banging on about.  This is where momentum picks up  and facilitates a more appreciative, connected, and wise planetary experience.

It's time to dissolve the barriers to the beauty of who we are. It's time to amplify our courage to speak up (Mercury) with love (Leo) and dare to bust out of this no longer tenable, inhumane system, to flow into our divine right to freedom and appreciation.(Aquarius/Leo).  Atrocities of the past (retrograde) and present can no longer be muted or dismissed.  We are here and we will roar! (coz we love ourselves enough finally?).

The focus for this Full Moon is to concentrate of the things that feel good; that unite us rather than divide us. Just as Epigentics (google Bruce Lipton) has proved how loving a damaged, sick cell can be healed through offering it compassion, love and visualising it "well", holding awareness and becoming an awake, conscious, truly effective co-creator does not involve coming together in anger or indignation. It is not served best by highlighting horror or illuminating tragedy.  We become more powerful to manifest a more equable existence by rallying together in love rather than in hate, by bringing focus to the miracle that we are, the power that we are, rather than homing in on our deficits or those of the world.

So Happy Valentine's Day! Love this day for what it is, what it brings into focus. Enjoy your chocolates, your cards, your cheesy poems and tokenistic red roses.  It is indeed a day to drop into love, give in, roll over and receive.  Dive deep, go beneath the commercial, consumerist surface in a soul-full, powerful way and love us all into wholeness, into wellness.

May your love for self be as full as this regal Moon.

Shine on!

Divine Feminine 2.0

Today we are smack in the centre of a personal and cosmic meze. There is so much on our plates at the moment yet it might feel that we are oddly empty, lacking nourishment, hungry for something more sustaining yet rather nauseous too.

The New Moon, a super moon, the second of this month, is in Aquarius ruled by the gas giant Uranus. Uranus means change, it means originality, it means shaking up the status quo and by Jove there is some shakin' and wake makin' happening. On a side note, speaking of Jove- also known as Jupiter- will be opposing Pluto on the 31st making us all feel a bit bigger in our boots, in a good way of course.  This aspect brings to the fore our true authentic ambitions and a sense that we can actually make our dreams happen.  Harness this but also be aware that your way might not be the way of anyone else.

Aquarius challenges us to be the individuals we are. Our You-niqueness is being called to the front of the cosmic class room.  We are being given a big opportunity to be the stars of our own shows, of our own lives. Use this time wisely remembering to allow others to do life their way too. No wrongs, no rights.

A New Moon is in truth, the darkest of times in the night sky. Today is when there is in fact no moon visible. The toenail sliver we associate with a New Moon means it is already a day or so old.  It is in the fecund darkness that new life is conceived and there are other intense energies of conception to support this fertile and very feminine time.

The previous few weeks have been shooting at us, (especially women), arrows of irritability at best, or anger at its most potent.  Stuff that has been lying at the bottom of the barrel has been undergoing a bit of shake up. Dregs are being resurrected.

Have you felt like life doesn't  'fit' you quite right at the moment?  Are you living on your last nerve but unable to have that full blown break down, row or tantrum to purge and make you feel better?  Do you have that 'twitchy' feeling all over?  Unable to rest fully to recuperate? Is food not doing it for you much?  Does the usual salve of a little glass of wine to soothe  not work or appeal even?  Have you experienced feeling that you just cant deal with the dynamics you used to see as either a challenge of growth or just part of life?  Do those common- all- garden circumstances, conversations, situations, people, paradigms just make you all of a sudden want to stab them in the eye?!  Does stuff that you have previously dealt with acceptance, compassion or plain resignation not sit right?  Does it feel like you have more s*@t to deal with and is this no longer acceptable or tolerable?

Are you finding yourself almost bigoted, intolerant and rather uncouth?  Can you not shut up, lie back and think of England or distract yourself from an uprising of bitterness, grief or a sense of loss? Do you feel unappreciated, mute or invisible?  And do you feel like you can't even articulate yourself adequately and wish that there was some sort of siphon attached to your very important thoughts that put them out there for all to hear and see without your input?

Its ok we are all in this new ark tossing and turning, lurching and heaving on the galactic seas heading for a brand new realiteeee!

Are we there yet?

My understanding of this surge of ungainly rather shameful feelings, is that we are on the cusp of a very huge happening.  This happening is, I sense the birthing of a completely new way of interfacing with the Divine Feminine.

Prior to this our femininity, our femaleness, our Yin has always been expressed as an aspect of the masculine.  (Hear me out, have patience, this is where I want that siphon to spout out of my head into yours!)

Life as we know it has thus far been expressed, explained and articulated in terms of contrast, through a model of dualism:  Men are this and women are that.

Our very femaleness has by virtue of our patriarchal history been an expression of that very same patriarchy thus rendering the divine feminine somewhat amputated and disabled. The 'feminine' present in both sexes, has always been explained as part of the bigger picture which was predominantly masculine.  This always gave it a subtle sense of subservience, a sense of incompleteness, a feeling of being forgotten or unnoticed, which has tinted the whole remembered history of humanity with its disatisfactory hue.

Guess what? This is about to change.

For you girls who have given birth do you recall that last bit of labour? (I know amnesia is a handy mechanism provided by mother nature to ensure the continuation of the species but..) that bit when you feel you just can't go on, you can't take anymore pain and frankly you couldn't care less now what happens but you just want to go home and have eggs on toast and a nice hot shower. Hang the baby, they are over rated anyway!

Well we are in that last bit of birthing a whole new paradigm, a whole new way of understanding ourselves, of expressing life itself.  Exciting or not?!  NOT, I know!! It feels too hard, but we are going to go through with it so lose any last vestiges of resistance (will power is so yesterday) and allow and allow some more. The only way to navigate this surging river of new life is to toss your oars and lie back in the boat letting it go downstream.  Release the struggle, the suffering, that which defined our raison d'être,  and  you automatically birth freedom, birth a new reality; one that is built on foundations of freedom not suffering.

The new 2.0 version of Divine Femininity  lives outside our current consciousness. It cannot be 'thought" or explained because the boundaries of our current vocabulary are too awash with language of the departing reality.  This brave new world can only be felt which is why 'feelings', negative or positive, have been so high of late.  Intellect is also so 'yesterday'. It will keep you tied to the bonds of what I refer to as the old reality. However, both realities will and do, even now, exist simultaneously.  Which boat we board is entirely of our own choosing. The true shift comes not from the external, the cosmos, the Universe or the collective but from our own moment by moment decisions and what feelings, what emotions we have around these choices. We may be-lie-ve we are in a communal ark, up that proverbial creek sans paddle, captained by one said 'god', government, religion, educational advantadge or social class but each one of us is always actually opting to stay or go with our chosen flow.

If you have experienced in recent weeks a sense of fogginess, a lack of clarity, forgetfulness or inability to connect to anything much at all, its okaaayy...

If you have succumbed to illness, flu, colds, nagging but not severe coughs, stomach and digestion issues, or aches and pains that make you feel like you are 100 years old, once again, breathe out  and relax.  Anything where the immune system is functioning below par is spleen dependent and the spleen when not in full thrust results not only in immune impairment but also in a sense of disengagement.  In Chinese Medicine a weak spleen energy creates a sense of depression, of not 'feeling', of being disinterested in things that used to excite.

There are mass 'disconnect' phenomena that go in cycles. Flu epidemics are characteristic of this dynamic so rest up, get the chicken soup on the boil and allow the new energy to permeate and help heal you and our oh so lovely planet.  It's all good. It's really good.   We are merely forging a less co-dependant experience even if it is merely for ourselves.

In the light of that last statement relationships might be undergoing discomfort.  Women especially may feel extreme dissatisfaction. There may be a sense that what 'is" is no longer enough.  Sex might seem superficial, the way you relate or communicate with your partner might feel unsatisfactory, there is a longing a remembering and there is a wanting for a more  technicolour version of everything.  You may wonder if you are just a ghost of yourself wafting around invisible and unappreciated.  These are all symptoms of the veil thinning around the reality we have been living in for centuries.  It's not necessarily that 'they' are inadequate or wrong, but that 'we" as women are literally tapping into the watered down versions of ourselves, finally finding a mirror that reflects back to us, the fact that we might have been living an almost half life without knowing. This can be painful, frustrating and deeply saddening.

Remember that the men in your life have too been part of this truncated, amputated, lacking in wholeness, depleted experience.  We have all been co-creators and contributors and there can be no air time given to indignant 'them and us" arguments. Needing space to process this realisation or energy, starting to invite in more independence in line with the new energies can be in order, but seeing yourself as a victim will pull you right back into the old dualistic and disempowering energy of the past that we so need to ditch.

There may be a sensation that feels as though you want to unfurl wings and a frustration in finding that those wings in spite of having kept you apparently aloft for all your previous years are actually clipped or damaged making true flight, that true sense of freedom that is beginning to ruffle some feathers, difficult.

What this means in its truth is that we can't, any of us, fly or move through life as we used to.  We have by and large been trained to react to fear, to make survival and compettion the motivational force behind building a way of life.  We are now en-courage-d to replace that reactionary energy with one that invokes responding.  The Feminine needs to become softer to become stronger not pitch itself against the world as has been the way so far.  It needs to seek wholeness and complete independence rather than attempt to build it self up from bricks already in place.

The word responsibility is crucial in this emergent reality.  We truly are now piloting a fighter jet all by ourselves (Cue Top Gun anthem).  The journey will be so much smoother if we take time to become clearer about our own personal values, our own priorities, as we travel.

The easiest and most powerful way of navigating like this is to ask yourself  'What makes ME feel good?"  Not what is good for the collective, or the group, for in repeating this, one merely holds back the evolution of us all.

As one pioneer plucks up the courage to set his GPS to 'feel good", pleasure, ease, joy, abundance and love we all benefit.  There is no merit in suffering or keeping oneself down for the sake of others. Not only does this not make logical sense but it contributes via ones' focus to the enlargement and increase of  that which we are trying to eliminate or change.

Save yourself and you truly save the world. Sounds selfish?  When you truly understand that "oneself" is the collective Self then it is more compassionate and more powerful than any charitable donation you could ever give or campaign against injustice  you could run.

So as the energy of this New Moon combined with the barrage of solar flares and sunspots that have been blasting us for a few days bringing upgrades in our DNA,(literally infusing our consciousness with Light) and the final shedding of skin from the Water Snake whilst we gallop into the Chinese year of the Wood Horse, I urge you to breathe in and out deeply. Bring consciousness to your thoughts, be awake to your subsequent actions and fill yourself with deep appreciation for all that you choose to leave behind and all that is offered on the cosmic meze plate of life. It is a veritable feast, I promise,  when you choose from love.

Waterboat Men and Hippos: The Full Moon in Taurus and other planetary powerhouses.

I know.. It's been more than a while since I last posted.  All I can offer as an explanation is that "oh my giddy aunt, a lot has gone down!"  But here we are again about to feel the potency of yet another cosmic event; a Full Moon in Taurus, with a generous side serve of  some other intense planetary patterns offering us some more (groan) deep diving opportunities.  So man up, don your scuba gear take a deep breath and let(s) go!

November 17 heralds a Full Moon in the sign of Taurus.  This Full Moon signifies the closure of an intense few weeks that started at the beginning of November with what could be called the 'eclipse sandwich'; a period where we had a powerful solar eclipse followed post haste by a lunar one.

During this time there were numerous intense Solar Flares bringing in more Light, offering to us 'upgrades' both physical and spiritual.  You might have been energised by these or flattened or indeed both. Whatever your personal experience may be, our flesh suits, our cells and our Selves have had the opportunity (read kicked up the bottom)  to come further 'online' into a new paradigm that has been building  and breaking us down all at the same time for many years. Some call it the Shi(f)t and the Shift my friends is now more than here than it has ever been.  Its anchored and waiting patiently for anyone to climb aboard when and if they so wish.

Personally I'd advise you to embark because even if you think this has been or is a hard ride and you are oh so tired of it all, to resist, I'm told, will mean a harder one in the long run.

The current planetary positions with the Moon in  tenacious Taurus,  the Sun still of course in transformative Scorpio, Venus conjunct Pluto (ruler of Scorpio) in Capricorn (time, resources, structure), Uranus (the game changer) is Squaring Venus (values, finances, relationships, love). Mercury is also conjunct the North Node of the Moon in Scorpio messengering up with lightening speed all those  niggling dregs from your deep dark depths. It feels like there is no escape hatch.

Pluto calls us to stop being surface dwellers and take a plunge for it is there that the last bit of the map lies. Waterboat Men haven't a chance.  Pluto is going to grab you and pull you under anyways so let (E)go (Scorpio) and surrender to the process of digging for those final hidden habits and tendencies that are holding you back from the treasure you really want to be.




The alchemy of Pluto, Venus, Scorpio and Taurus has the potential to bring up the biggest fear we have of all; the fear of death.

Plutonian/Scorpio energy is about death and transformation for they are one and the same.  The current cosmic catalysts are all about a metaphorical kind of death; they are about letting go of controls, both personal and societal.  They herald a time when like the change from caterpillar to butterfly we literally have the chance to create a new DNA; a truly upscaled model of our Self in any area we may wish to modify.

The fear we have around death is not so much the actual demise of the physical body its more the fear as to whether in this life you have lived up to your full potential.

"Have I done what I came to do?  Have I created what I want to create?    Have I committed to the right thing/person/career?  Have I navigated well this world practically but also have I brought into my experience my true uniqueness, my true divinity? Have I fulfilled my purpose?  Am I enough of me? "

These fears or questions are also heightened by a growing sense that there isn't enough time.  With both Pluto and Venus in Capricorn which is ruled by Saturn (the father of time) it isn't surprising that this sense of not having enough time to fulfil one's purpose is exaggerated.

Time does feel incredibly compressed and with Uranus in the mix there is a propensity to want to keep on the go- go-go but something is reigning us back.  You guessed it, it's Pluto (again).  He is the slowest planet of all. By the time Pluto has done one orbit of the Sun the gas giant Uranus has already done three laps so you can see why perhaps you feel at times that there just isn't enough time or that things are just not getting done.

Time is essentially a human creation that has served and upheld the outgoing 3D paradigm of living.  So as we move into a different dimensional experience, the usefulness of a structure that impinges on our freedom is bound to start to feel restrictive.  Being tired or feeling like you are time poor is merely a way of making us stop and listen; a way of realising that we need to re-calibrate or re-direct our energy.

As you allow yourself to think out of the box regarding time you will likely find a flow or even a flood of ease descend upon you with regard to the growing desire to fulfil true purpose.  That camouflaged  fear of death, which is also rooted in a linear and limited approach to life will begin to fade and the ability to live in that much bandied around phrase of 'living in the now' becomes easier.  As this happens the reins miraculously seem to soften and loosen, allowing us to ironically line up with our secretly coveted truth with accelerated speed.

 

If you look around the world, the 'control' system is falling apart or at best under great scrutiny.  The rules we have lived with thus far are by and large not sustainable in the same way anymore,( if they ever really were?) This goes for us on a personal level too. The ideology, the processes, the commitments and 'common sense' is morphing rapidly.

To buck against this current creates resistance and potential discomfort. We are being offered opportunity to come in complete alignment with our wholeness; to operate from our  own core rather than from cues given by the external.  It's like driving with no headlights or ditching the GPS for a star chart but it is now the new improved way of doing life.



Venus brings with her a need to reconsider values.  She pushes us to ask what our values really are outside and away from the ones that we have bought into or been pummelled by throughout history.  She'll inspire you to consider how you  would interface with your self worth outside of the  'value" system society has set up for you so far. What do you really think of money?  What are your real financial needs?  What kind of relationships do you really want?  Are you really and fully in true authentic relationship with yourself or are you still a dilute version of your latent desire?

It may feel like all partnerships, marriages, friendships and even family relations are becoming more fragile.  Irritation, anger, resentment and a general patina of dissatisfaction may be colouring your world at the moment. All distant rumblings or downright discontent in relationships are merely about the relationship you are in with yourself.

The initial reaction may be one of wanting to toss the whole lot of them overboard (very tempting I know!), to end things no matter what; that wish for a clean slate feeling.  For some this might be the appropriate thing to do but what the Pluto/Scorpio energy is essentially asking us to do is to get all forensic and acquire clarity before taking action because 9 times out of 10 the issues at hand will be examples of transference.

Any elements in a relationship that no longer serve the ideology of self love being the pathway to liberty and indeed to increased compassion for greater humanity, are examples of situations that keep us trapped in an old pattern that is wearing thin in its efficacy and production of joy. These are being called up for release now not later.


Its valuable to build (Taurus) an awareness (Scorpio) around how you spend your time (Capricorn) and energy (Uranus).

Just as we may have or had strategies of how you choose to spend or save our money so that we ensure a modicum of safety and security, we also now need to consider with the same level of importance how we will choose to spend our emotional, physical and spiritual energy.  Do we want to follow the crowd or society or do we wish to listen to our own inner voice just that wee bit more?

All excess emotional baggage needs to be dropped off at left luggage because the last call for the flight to personal freedom and self actualisation in line with our own personal truth is banging on over the tanoid system.

The Full Moon is doing its job of illuminating the unconscious and its planetary accomplices are prodding us  to let go of any habits, conscious or unconscious that could keep us in emotional, social or soul bondage.


Nature always bring balance.  The paramedics are always, if not overtly, right there on standby ready to support these deep dives.  The Taurus Full Moon whilst illuminating is also nurturing.  Taurus is the sign of practicality, tenaciousness and building. In this case she supports our endeavour to build trust, in ourselves and in the apparently crumbling world that we are, even in small ways, leaving behind.

The energy of Taurus allows us to easily put new roots down.  The ashes left from our Pluto back burning  not only reveal the phoenix within but also fertilise and nourish the soil that we now choose to seed.
A little Full Moon gazing or absorbing will make you feel safer despite what you are being en-courage-d to leave behind.

Like the ancient Egyptian goddess Taweret- protector of new life, who came in the form of a hippopotamus, the Taurus Full Moon will take care of you in all the possible chaos. So wallow in the mud and moonlight if you can!

Move Over Tolle!

Just for fun. "Channeled" (with tongue firmly fixed in cheek) by the Divine Feminine.

Want to lose your Ego? Ascend? Grow your Spirit?



No need to read Ekhart Tolle, sign up for yoga, join an ashram, study Vedanta or follow a guru. 

Become a full time stay at home mother. 

    

The Self gets put in its place automatically.



You clean up a lot of crap "inside" and out.



Go to places you have never been (and don't really want to).



You spend all night up "awake".



You hook out of the 'external" forever (you don't know what a CV means anymore, in fact in this paradigm of 'experience" yours would pretty much be empty).



There is no danger of applause, accolade, being hypnotized by money, fat salaries or potential promotions.



Most of the time you have to just BE because you are too tired or otherwise occupied to engage in any dreams of DOING!

You have to find creative ways to find your freedom, usually this means realizing its a state of mind.



The only way to improve your Self Esteem is by acceptance; acceptance of who you are as you ARE (usually in a slight state of disrepair and/or despair), and acceptance that this is IT..it doesn't get better than this even if 'this' isn't what you expected or desired.

You find inner peace/make peace with what Is.



Most importantly you have to ditch the idea of good and bad, wrong and right; duality.

Being a full time mum will toss all idealism out of the window. 

It's likely that holding on to be-lie-fs you were brought up with won't work any more because for the sake of Unity and peace you'll have to learn to go with the flow and lose judgment forever.



See?  Now you are "there" full of "unconditional LOVE!"



To top it off you really get used to acknowledging and accepting that life just IS as it IS!

Are we there yet? 

Always and never. 

There you have it 101 of Spiritual Mastery.

Ego dissolved (lying dismantled in some random cobwebby corner along with the dog hair and un-paired socks).

"Ascended" in one fell swoop (well maybe a few decades) and.. The Spirit has grown.....up! (Yours and Thiers).


Move over Tolle.......

Lily and the Blah-niks: Dark Moon Lilith in Cancer.

Dark Moon Lilith is the point in the heavens of the empty focus of the Moon's elliptical orbit around the earth.  She is the power of the unsaid, the potency of silence; of secrets too long kept. 
  


As Dark Moon Lilith, the symbol of the wild free energy that does not like to feel tamed or contained is triggered there can be a surge of energy, a remembering of of injustices and imbalances.  

As Lilith moves into Cancer many women in particular, may find that the way they respond emotionally ramps up. In addition the intuitive and psychic tendencies characteristic to this sensitive sign may also escalate. 

Basically you get more "crabby!"


The sudden urge to defend oneself against emotional or physical intrusion might (will) rise causing confrontation and discomfort for the Mother/Sister/Wife archetype within.

Grace and acceptance might just leave the building.. just for a very little while .

Now is the time to allow yourself the space to really feel without judgement.  To avoid screaming matches, the throwing of plates and other dangerous missiles at your mate or any passing random stranger,it's useful to soften that crab shell and refrain from walking sideways.   


Sit strong in your vulnerability. It is a time to acknowledge any hurt or pain that have been your life long secret companions. Opening up this Can(cer) of worms  will not weaken you. Quite the opposite.  Allow the tears to fall and surrender to the mosaic that you are or better still go buy a new pair of shoes preferably of the high heeled kind.  Walk tall in your magnificence. Step up to the joy (and pain) of being Womb-an.  She is all powerful, she is strong and she's beautiful.

Lily and the Blahniks

Do I love my man and my children more than I love myself? Is this a good thing? I can cook up scrumptious meals just for them but find it as easy as the CIA catching Osama, to prepare, let alone eat, a meal that I either need or want. My desires went underground a long time ago, and I mean a long time ago when men walked around colossal stones in white nighties with big long beards. 

 

The Eve in all of us is still ashamed of that apple malarkey if it ever did really exist, and being a woman of conscience she still punishes herself on a daily basis. Really get over it Eve! It was a long time ago and its time to let go. Get yourself some therapy girl. Any good shrink will tell you its unhealthy to fester in the sweat of your own guilt. Think gilt not guilt. Think gold- repeat after me “I am gold” 

Throw away the fig leaf and buy some Manolo Blahniks or if that makes your sustainable blood curdle, a hemp skirt will do. Eat a whole, free range if you like, chicken, tuck into a bowl figs and luscious Greek yoghurt drizzled with honey (you can keep the fig leaf for those nudge, nudge, wink saucy moments). I mean what is the deal Eve? Go find your buddy Lilith (Eves' twin sister) and be bad for a day. Head into town and rip it up. Your "bad" probably means not doing the washing or getting a take away for dinner, or more naughtily maybe you won’t vacuum this week. Oooh, oooh , an inch of dust rather than half of one- Agggh- we’re all scared out of our hole proof undies!!!

Lilith might tell you its OK to take a break. She’ll start training you to be free. She’ll probably introduce you to a voice coach who will show you how to get that choked up, annoying squeak that turns into something of a whine when you don’t get heard, into a melodic, alto that runs off your tongue like the sound of a crystal clear waterfall.

Lily, as we will call her affectionately, will book you into a 5 star establishment, order you a mans’ portion of steak and chunky chips (room service of course), draw the black out curtains and tuck you in for the sleep of a life time.

Six days later (she too rests on the 7th) she’ll wake you from your slumber, run a bath for you and leave you there until you are scrubbed clean of your original sins. After that she will hoist you out of your comfort zone. Your bra will be tossed in the bin and she’ll help you drape cloth around your body that would put Givenchy to shame. She’ll take you by the hand and march you to the nearest ATM. One look from her glaring eyes will send you into submission and you’ll withdraw cash, equivalent to a mere single contribution you have made to the mortgage, kids, food shopping and SUV that lies in your garage. Your faltering fingers will be steadied by her piercing gaze as she reminds you of the 2400 other pay cheques and unpaid labour you have put into the account over the past 20 years, "None of it really spent on you my dear!" she'll say sarcastically.

 Lily seems to be a bad influence, a friend you could do without doesn’t she? She’s the kind of girl your mum warned you about; the wanton witch who can lead you astray. Actually she is your best friend. Be brave. Get to know her. She's actually is the part of you that you have forgotten, have no memory of and Lily really loves you...and shoes.

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