The Golden Cord

Reflections Upon a Miracle

2011-12-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

Reflections Upon a Miracle

It has been now 10 weeks and 12 days since the glorious day of my son’s birth and today I am finally getting a chance to write about it. Though it is weeks since the birth, I have truly taken time to reflect upon it and the stretch of time before writing has provided space and quiet to truly come to understand this dharma and what the situation is providing in my life as a whole.

Looking back upon the path that has led me here, and brought forth this child, I begin to realize how sacred my steps have been. From the beginning I had felt his presence and yet on many occasions he would not come forth in the past circumstances of my life. It was only now, at 33 at this time in history that this being became manifest. I see it as significant.

My pregnancy I can say was splendid. In fact I almost miss being pregnant! It was so easy I could hardly believe it. I never once was ill, I did not get morning sickness, I was not tired, and I had not one health issue come up. In fact I worked and taught class right up until his birth. I taught class Wednesday and planned to be there Friday, and then I went into labor that evening. I felt supremely capable while I was pregnant as if nothing could stop me from being happy. I ate very well and I took great care of myself. I did allot of Rebirthing (some privately), I meditated, I did Yoga, I sang and chanted, I did self massage, and I communed with nature as much as possible in the grass and the forest. I was also active socially. I worked part time at a massage studio and taught 10 Yoga classes per week during the pregnancy and it did not feel like stress. In fact I was able to be clear and even continue some basic Thai Massage in the last days with some very close clients. I felt like the pregnancy was truly a time of grace mirroring what was to come.

My husband Yohann and I have shared so much! From the time we met almost three years ago our love has grown and grown and we have come to be very best friends. With such different life paths, we have so much to share. Having him come here to the United States to spend the entire pregnancy with me was a manifestation of supreme proportions. He didn’t work at all so he was able to be with me the whole time day and night and provide all the care that I needed and attend every appointment. We picked out every baby item together. I am grateful for him. He and his family are blessed people, and despite the sometimes language barrier French to English, we do communicate very well in love.

After the nine months of pregnancy bliss I was very excited to move towards the birth. Bodhi’s due date fell exactly on Rosh Hashanah September 29th, a very sacred holiday, so we were afraid that we might lose our Midwife. The High Holiday was important to her, and we discussed the possibility of having to find someone to stand in for her. We just breathed and knew that it would work out perfectly. Two weeks before Bodhi was born someone sent me the most interesting information that I found so very fascinating and inspiring.

Revelations

Chapter 12 Revelations

2:1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

12:2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

12:3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

12:4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

I liked to read this info and ponder what significance it might have upon Bodhi’s coming, though I knew few children are ever born exactly on their due date. We just sat and waited.

The more significant event to me about Bodhi’s birth was that it was going to fall within a few days of the Cosmic Convergence. If you have read my prior blog about his conception being specifically linked to this event, then you might be as blown away as we were that he was actually going to come at this time. With all of the extreme blessings bestowed in his conception we were just dumbfounded that this novelty would present itself that perhaps Bodhi might be born on the Cosmic Convergence! And we were shocked that his due date was that week.

Cosmic Convergence: http://www.calleman.com/content/articles/CosmicConvergenceSeptember23-26.htm

We were told by some of our guides that this was a very special time to have the baby since there was a comet ElLenin which was going to pass by Earth on the 25^th and that this comet was the true bestowal of the ‘Golden Age.’ Again I was flabbergasted. I followed ElLenin as it was approaching and we prayed and meditated on the high holy time and the approaching of the Cosmic Convergence. I myself have been working with these energies for many years as these massive astrological events have approached.

I was prepared for Bodhi to enter at any moment. On September 23 I began to have my first contractions. As we entered the moment of the Cosmic Convergence somehow my body moved with it. I began to feel the first contraction (or I liked to call it an ‘opening’) Friday the 23^rd in the morning. I was thinking, can this be the time??? REALLY? As the day progressed I felt more contractions. They began at 20 minutes apart. I started to time them almost right away. They were like clockwork. It went slowly to 10 minutes apart by about 9:00PM Friday the 23^rd of September. I did not sleep but instead I spent time in my Yoga room/Nursery breathing and stretching, praying, and chanting. I took several warm baths and I ate very well including Raw Honey, Mango, Banana, Pistachios, and Almond Milk. I kept it light. The daybreak Saturday was a splendid experience and by then I had been in contractions slowly for almost 24 hours.

In terms of the ‘contractions’ what I was experiencing was more like a wave. Something otherworldly like a rush of adrenaline beginning at my toes and moving up my body until it overtook me completely. It was not necessarily ‘pain’ but it surely was what I would call ‘uncomfortable.’ I remained in this 10 minute apart contraction pattern like clockwork throughout Saturday. I worried, I had heard that some people experience contractions that are not labor and I prayed that this would not go on for days on end. But then Saturday at about 3:30 my contractions moved to 9 minutes. While this was not exactly a sign of labor I was happy to see progress. I stayed at home and between 3:00 and 7:00PM the contractions slowly moved to 7 minutes apart. As this time approached I was prepared that this was going to be the time. I put myself in my prayer shawls and began to say my mantra between each contraction as the waves came. I took hotter baths and more honey, I sat with crystals, I prayed, and I talked with Yohann who was preparing for the labor to stop versus continue. At 7:30PM the contractions moved to 6 minutes and I called Ronni Rothman my midwife and told her that we might be in labor tonight. She stood by. Since I was giving birth in a birthing center, it is so much like home that you just basically stay at home until the contractions are 4 minutes apart. I labored at home with ease, moving into the flows with joy and grace. I was aware that the Cosmic Convergence was in full swing and our guides were telling us that this was a really important time! The comet ElLenin was approaching Earth at this very moment. Finally at about 11:00PM I called Ronni and told Yohann NOW is the time the contractions are 4 minutes apart. It was easy, there was no struggle, no yelling, I timed the contractions between my mantras and prayers, Yohann sat quietly. At about midnight I called Ronni and she said “Sati get in here now or you are going to have this baby at home!” I was almost going to stay at home, but I liked the idea of the large bathtub at the center so we headed off at 12:30PM. By this time I was having contractions since Friday morning and it was now Saturday night.

I never once questioned this process. I was not afraid that I needed to be ‘induced’ I was not thinking that I needed to speed up the process or cause anything to move faster. I just simply breathed and allowed the time to pass. Honestly it was incredible. I was excited and overjoyed! I could have stayed in labor for days. But, now at 1:00 we arrived at the birthing center with contractions 3 minutes apart.

Upon arrival…Ronni let me know that my water had not broken and that with this type of labor it could go on for much longer. I made the decision to intervene in the process only once and asked her to go ahead and break the water bag, this does not hurt at all… its just like a small crochet hook that ruptures it. Once the water broke finally Bodhi’s head descended and was upon the cervix she could see then that I was 8cm dilated. It was only a short time until his birth. I entered the water, feeling now the contractions intensify since the water was now broken and I entered full transition at this time. I spiraled my hips and decided that I could go no further. I was too tired. I asked to be taken to a hospital right away. In essence Ronni laughed in my face. She said that there was just no way that I needed that. Her exact words I believe were “You can push your baby out, if you go to a hospital they are going to cut the baby out and that is exactly why you chose me so that this would not happen.” I was belligerent in my transition I must say. I was really negative for about an hour. During this time the baby was being born. I didn’t curse or scream, but I had strong doubts. Claustrophobia came up in the water and I needed to move out of it for the actual birth. Yohann was so strong and silent the whole time, even without sleep he was his usual graceful self. I went onto the bed at about 3:00 to begin pushing. Yohann sat right behind me and held me up helping me to push in the last and final moments he was strong and silent with support that I never imagined I would have!! Bodhi was born one hour later.

The pushing phase was about two hours or less, but the labor itself was more like 48 hours. It was a steady climb…. Bo was born at about 4:45 Sunday morning September 25^th one day into Libra giving him Libra sun and Virgo Moon and Rising.

I am also happy that I manifested absolutely no birth complications at all. I was told I would most certainly get hemoroids, tear my perineum, suffer incontinence, among other things. But I am happy to say, NONE of them happened. I had bleeding and a small tear internally that Ronni said would suture with one stitch, and nothing else has manifested, my body has returned to normal almost immediately. I did bleed as suspected for 7 weeks straight however so that much is true. I returned to teaching six weeks after Bodhi's birth and prior to that I just stayed in bed with him and my husband in awe of his graces.

We did have to take the baby to the hospital sadly after two days as his temperature was extremely high, but they found nothing wrong with him and in fact we were told he was probably the healthiest baby in all of the Childrens Hospital. His temperature was high and remains high.... as he is a hot being!

Bodhi’s birth aligned to the comets passing, and fell directly in the center of the Cosmic Convergence. What this means exactly I can not know, but I do know that he is a cosmic being! His light is so bright and his smile is the radiance of the joy of the Universe. He is truly a supreme blessing to this world.

I can say with 100% honesty that I am in totally BLISS every single day with this baby! He is the light of my life. I don’t want to miss a moment of him, he sleeps right next to me and we are inseparable when I am not teaching Yoga and then he is with his incredible daddy! Yohann and I are SO in love and so in love with this little light being. I am truly blessed.

Bodhi's Birthdate THE COSMIC CONVERGENCE

2011-12-08T06:55:00.000-08:00

More on the Consmic Convergence:

At the time of writing (July 31, 2011) we are at the beginning of the fifth day of the Ninth wave and then also rapidly approaching its end and the completion of all of the Mayan calendar on October 28, 2011. There are three more days (over a time period of three regular months) yet to go as the effects of the Ninth wave intensify in accordance with its high frequency of transformation to unity consciousness. While we may all have ideas of how this final transformation is going to take place no human knows the exact details of what is going to happen. We are sitting in the waiting room of the cosmic doctor and we do not know how He or She is going to treat this patient.

Throughout the shift points of this Ninth wave various initiatives have been taken for inspirational events and towards its culmination not only are events being planned for the midpoint (October 21, 2011) and end-point (October 28, 2011) of the seventh day, but also for the Gregorian date 11:11:11 (November 11, 2011). Even if the latter date is not based on the Mayan calendar, but on numerology, it gains its real meaning from this calendar and is the day for celebrating that we have made it through the end times and into the new world to be created afterwards. I encourage all such initiatives celebrating shift points, especially if they educate people more broadly in the true meaning of the Mayan calendar and its various days and nights. However, I also feel that there is a need for events that emphasize the work that we need to do at the current time. For this aspect of the process I feel that there is one shift point that deserves our full attention and this is the beginning of the sixth night. The reason is that the beginning of the sixth night on September 23, 2011, and its following few days, means a convergence of an energy shift in the Mayan calendar and the passage of the comet Elenin between the earth and the sun (and, if you like, the autumn equinox as well).

This little comet Elenin has attained an immense amount of attention on the Internet and is sometimes associated with more or less dire predictions. Thus, its name has been read as Extinction Level Event although it with equal justification may be read as El +Lenin (God + Anti-capitalist revolution) or Ellen In (the names Ellen, Helen or Elaine mean light) or El enin (God +Nine backwards referring to the completion of the divine plan of Nine Underworlds). All that we really know about it is however that it is synchronized with the end of the Mayan calendar on October 28, 2011. As part of this the Ninth wave, also called the Universal Underworld, brings a cosmic context to human life in a way that has not previously been the case. Human beings are in other words in the Universal Underworld about to become citizens of the universe, a consciousness shift that has led to a heightened interest in all things extraterrestrial. Yet, maybe this shift is primarily about us living up to our cosmic origin and the Cosmic Convergence is an invitation to fully experience this at the beginning of the sixth night. Thus, the word Cosmic is here more meant in its Mayan meaning as the all encompassing intelligence.

I feel it cannot be emphasized enough that the Mayan calendar is an expression of a truly cosmic, but also divine time plan. It is from this that we know that it is purposeful and benevolent. Many who fail to recognize that this calendar describes a divine plan developed by waves of seven days and six nights, may risk to end up in hopelessness or a belief that the world will come to an end. (The lack of connection to a divine plan is the reason that the false pop culture end date of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 often has become associated with such thoughts.) It is the divine background of the plan described by the Mayan calendar that explains that nothing in the universe happens by accident. Everything plays a role for the fulfillment of the purpose of the cosmic plan, making it meaningful despite the hardships and challenges that we may expect in the time ahead. From such a perspective we may wonder what God is communicating to us through the comet Elenin especially in terms of what there is to do at the beginning of the sixth night, but also in the seventh day of the Ninth wave. After all, comets are prophesized to be part of the language that God is going to use to communicate with us in the end times.

Another thing that we know about the Ninth wave, and its sixth night and seventh day in particular, is that it brings about a polarity shift to unity consciousness as is illustrated in figure 1. Elenin may then also be seen as a messenger of the finality of this shift. Today, we often hear the idea of an impending pole shift, which goes back to psychics like Helena Blavatsky and Edgar Cayce. Yet, most, if not all, professional geoscientists would argue that there is no reason to expect a pole shift in the near future. Most likely then, since Blavatsky and Cayce were not familiar with the kind of polarity shifts that the different waves of the Mayan calendar bring about, and had no language to describe them, they simply mistook such shifts for an electromagnetic pole shift of the Earth. In favor of such an interpretation is for instance that Cayce predicted what he called a “pole shift” for the year 2000. This as we now know did not happen, but what did take place was a polarity shift of consciousness as the Eighth wave of the Mayan calendar was activated in 1999 and most likely this is what he saw in his trance state and mistook for a pole shift.

Polarity shifts in consciousness take place in synchrony at several different levels of the universe - cosmic, galactic, heliospheric, planetary and human - at the times of shift points in the Mayan calendar. The Ninth wave that we are currently in is carries the polarity shift that creates unity consciousness. We then need to ask what we are to do, if anything, if we as individuals want to be part of this polarity shift and remove all dark filters from our minds. After all, we only have the direct power to transform ourselves and then hope that it spreads along the lines of the great Indian leader and sage Mahatma Gandhi, who said: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

What, more specifically, would this imply for the Cosmic Convergence? A general rule of the Mayan calendar waves is that its night and day energies relate to one another as inner preparation to outer manifestation. This may especially be true when it comes to the last such pair of energies in the entire creation scheme, the sixth night and seventh day of the Ninth wave starting September 23 and October 11, respectively. This alternation between energies would mean that the sixth night should lend itself favorably to inner work like prayer, contemplation or meditation, whereas the seventh day would lend itself better to global ceremonies, which externalize the inner changes that have been brought in the sixth night. Ceremonies and rituals in a sacred context are powerful tools to externalize the rearrangement of our inner landscape.

The ninth wave

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This diagram indicates the motion of the "wave" of energies belonging to the ninth wave and the related dates as to when these come into play. The relationships of the comets Honda and Elenin to the Seven days and six nights of the Ninth wave of the Mayan calendar. A is the comet Honda’s closest distance form the Earth. B shows the time of passage of Elenin between the sun and the earth and C is its closest distance to the Earth.

At point B in figure 2 I thus feel that the comet Elenin signals to us that we should surrender our egos to the all encompassing cosmic intelligence and also that this is our last chance to be part of the polarity shift to unity consciousness, or if we like, Oneness or God Consciousness. This will also be a test of the integrity of today’s evolutionary leaders, not to mention “2012 experts.” Elenin is a final wake up call that will be heard also by the many who know nothing about the Mayan calendar or how this expresses the divine plan. After all, the sixth night is the last energy when we can turn inward to prepare for the polarity shift that the wave is bringing. As the seventh day starts the new polarity is locked into position and generates its final manifestation.

This finality is partly why the Cosmic Convergence of September 23-26, 2011 is different from previous events, such as the Conscious Convergence of July 17-18, 2010, which also set the intention to manifest unity consciousness. In the Cosmic Convergence it will also be necessary to make an effort to see this intention manifested. This is a time for connecting with the divine, introspection and soul searching. A connection with the divine can be accomplished by intense prayers or by other spiritual practices. To stay aligned with the cosmic plan and be part of its polarity shift in consciousness I would then also like to suggest that the following commitments become the foundation of the Cosmic Convergence:

1/ Committing to consistently let divine guidance rather than our egos decide our actions and the direction of our lives.

2/ Declaring our independence from the dark side including surrendering the right to use the dark side to fight the dark side in others. http://www.youtube.com/user/forunity#p/u/2/pkVHYQF
L2Xk (In my own understanding the dark side is not some kind of eternal dark force, but anything that results form the darker filters of the lower waves as can be seen in Figure 1)

The Cosmic Convergence is thus fundamentally about making sure that we ourselves as individuals are the change that we want to see in the world. This may be very uncomfortable if we have much of our past unprocessed. It is then clearly not about putting the blame for the state of affairs on our planet on other people or forces. It is about taking personal responsibility. I think we here need to go deep into ourselves and see where we as individuals have contributed to hurting others or the nature of our planet. We have become quite used to complaining about the violence and wars in the world or the threats to its natural state. Yet, it is one thing to complain while secretly blaming others, or simply “the way things are” and something totally different to see how we as individuals have made choices that have contributed to the global deterioration. The idea here is to see and acknowledge such instances and choices in our lives and yet not get stuck in guilt, but rather find a path to healing through a corrective course of action. Since usually we have suppressed or numbed ourselves to any personal responsibility for the course of events on the planet we may actually have to pray for being reminded of such instances in the past. Hence, if we truly want to create a polarity shift in ourselves and so for instance are willing to embrace the commitments above it is a natural consequence that we do the necessary soul searching as we recognize how we may have failed to live up to these commitments in the past. If we do not do so aspects of the dark filters will continue to dominate us and the polarity shift will not be total.

The Cosmic Convergence is thus about the participants taking responsibility for the transformation to unity consciousness and doing so in a committed way. Granted, these may be difficult tasks, but again, if we are not to bring about this shift to unity consciousness in ourselves, who will? Hence, the Cosmic Convergence is really about providing an opportunity for us at least to commit to irreversibly bring about a shift in consciousness polarity in ourselves. While it may be difficult to immediately live up to such a commitment it will if it is taken seriously have powerful consequences On the benefit side a thing to ponder is that in order to receive the appropriate guidance into the new world it is possible that such a profound commitment to unity consciousness is indeed necessary.

On my own part I will at the occasion of this event be participating in a peace festival in France together with Mayan and Hopi elders (http://www.lothlorienfestival.com/EN) where we will meditate around it. Because of the nature of the inner work required I feel that the Cosmic Convergence may equally well be observed individually or, ideally, in small groups that provide a safe environment for sharing. I recommend that we process our past and ourselves in the present moment in an air of introspection, healing and corrective action drawing on the collective energy of the observance of the Cosmic Convergence around the globe.

A common component in it may be the lightning of candlelights as a sacred enactment of these commitments. Participating groups and individuals in the Cosmic Convergence may of course chose their own expressions, but the commitment to the transformation to unity consciousness should be the common denominator. In the Cosmic Convergence it is for us to surrender to whatever will be required from us. To live up to our commitment The presence of the comet Elenin will give a natural connection to the cosmic dimension in this event and at the same time add to our experience of a common destiny of humanity. It will be in this large scale context that we need to make the commitment to be part of the polarity shift to unity consciousness. Every person who makes a such makes a great difference and spreads the light and the hope to those around her. This may be all the more needed if indeed the times will be challenging to our comfort. The Cosmic Convergence, September 23-26, 2011 is meant as a solemn and humble event allowing people of unity consciousness to connect on a very deep level wherever they are on our planet.

I feel this is really the last chance of humanity and that the day of reckoning is here. I feel that a commitment to the polarity shift to unity consciousness is not only a passport to the new world to be born, but also the only hope for the world to survive. The dark filters have been ruling humanity for millennia and provide no way out. If human beings do not make such a commitment we really have no reason to expect that the world will survive. I thus want to encourage everyone to do their utmost to spread this message and encourage others to solemnly make a commitment to shift to unity consciousness. We are the ones that we have been waiting for. And it is entirely up to us. If we are looking to see our greatness, we should see it not in denial, or at all cost avoid anything that may cause fear, but in the courage to face squarely what we have done to this creation as it manifests on this earth. The Ninth wave indeed brings a field change on the cosmic level that we may become part of, but it will not happen without a deep and serious commitment from the heart of our souls.

The Journey to my Son - Bodhi Satya

2011-06-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

The Journey to my Son - Bodhi Satya

In October 2011 I will be moving into a new era within my own life. I will finally pass through a portal of womanhood, which is a blood rite which allows me to develop the inner 'woman' capacity. I will give birth to a child and his name is Bodhi Satya Houdry. This child's journey parallel with mine is a long story, likely karmic for many centuries. While I have yet to meet him face to face in this life, his presence has been felt to me for many years and he was greatly expected.

Several years ago I traveled to India to Amritavarsham 50. I met with a close sister and we journeyed together to many holy lands, sites, ashrams, and temples. On one journey we made our way to Mount Arunachala. We found a reliable sadhu and asked to be escorted to the top of the mountain barefoot (as expected). The journey took several hours. By the time we reached the peaks we were exhausted. We sat down in the forest and saw some men working repopulating trees. After cooling down some my travel companion Mira asked the sadhu who was guiding us what they were doing. He explained that they were adding new trees to the landscape. So, Mira asked him and the workers if it would be possible that we ourselves might plant trees there on the peak. Of course they were tired from work and easily said yes. We were overjoyed and excited. How incredible to plant trees at the peaks of Mount Arunachala, the peaks of Shiva's mountain. So, they offered us the opportunity to walk into the small field of baby trees, all small and beautiful and choose our own to plant. We took about 15 minutes for this task and we just magically allowed ourselves to be drawn to the trees which we felt most deeply. After time we collected our babies and brought them back to the workers. When the workers saw the trees they and the sadhu were talking quickly and loudly and confusing us about what the problem was. Mira asked the sadhu and he explained to us that these particular trees were highly special and that it was extremely significant that we had selected them. I myself had chosen the Bodhi tree and Mira had chosen the Neem tree. They explained that when women in India are seeking fertility they plant these trees together and pray to them. We were of course shocked, and quickly decided that we would accept their offer to make a ceremony for this purpose on Mount Arunachala. We found a small clear place, followed by the workers, their wives, and our sadhu. We made a small clearing, and then in the hot sun we made small holes with the help of the workers to plant the trees. We found some large stones in the shapes of a pyramid and placed one facing up to the sky for Shiva, and one facing down to the Earth for Shakti. We sat and said prayers and did a small ceremony there for the future of our lives, as mothers, and essentially wives of Shiva himself as we planted our seeds for fertilization upon his peak. This year in 2011 my travel companion Mira Newman gave birth to a magical being named Tulsi Magdalena Newman! She is a blessing to the Earth and has the kiss of Shiva on her forehead, this was surely Shiva's blessing from the mountaintops.

This particular ceremony from my journey to India was never forgotten to me! It was an experience that I remembered constantly. I always wondered what might come of that prayer, and what seems to have come of it is my son, Bodhi Satya to be born this October 2011.

It was a long time coming for me to decide to move into this phase of life. I am 33 and in my past I have danced with many souls in union only to find that there was a lack in the strength of the union for such a feat. This child's father and I however have a dharma together that was felt from the first moment we laid eyes upon each other nearly three years ago on a small island in the Caribbean. Yohann, Bodhi's father is my love and partner in this journey and our connection is one of non superficiality. We are at peace with ourselves and we together planned this child for some time before his conception. We met in 2008 when I traveled to the Dominican Republic for one month with a private Yoga client. When I saw him across the street one afternoon I was deeply moved immediately and when I then met him eye to eye the connection was ten times as potent. Though we did not meet except for twice on that month long journey those two meetings were enough to form a friendship and for one year we emailed. The following year I was again invited for one month to join my private client as her teacher in her home in the Dominican Republic. Again I met this man, though this time I made it a point to invite him to a group dinner and despite our language barrier, he is a French man, we did share so much joy! After I returned home that second year I was more deeply affected by this man.

Yohann is a phenomenal being. He is a sensitive yet strong French man. He does have the usual style and charisma of a French man, but yet is grounded in himself and his Buddhist spiritual ideals, which keeps him on the right path even when called into darkness. His mother is a very beautiful Vietnamese woman with traditional ideals, and so Yohann's Buddhist lifestyle comes from birth and is deeply rooted in who he is and how he lives his life. We have a deep and very real connection.

After some time of my returning home that second year Yohann and I got in touch by email once more and we decided that it was time to explore more fully what the connection between us was. He invited me to stay in his Bungalow and come back for ten days just for a vacation free of the confines of work, I agreed. It was during these ten days that he and I discussed the possibility of marriage and having a child. He told me many times that he was sure to be in love with me and that he wanted me to have a child with him. I said I would consider this.

I returned home in December 2010 a few weeks before the full moon lunar eclipse of December 21 Winter Solstice. On that day of the lunar eclipse December 21, I went with friends to 'extract the soma (as instructed in David Frawley's email)' and we meditated and prayed together on the floor in my friend's house in center city Philadelphia. It was deeply moving. When I returned home I was stricken down in pain upon my bed and with the deepest bodily cramping I received my most powerful menstruation of my life. I was in bed for two days and called out sick from work. This had never happened to me before.

http://successlak.blogspot.com/2010/12/mrigashira-full-moon-winter-solstice.html

A few weeks later in a hurry, and in love I returned to Yohann at his home in the Dominican Republic. Our son was conceived within one week of my arrival. Though, we did not sit to meditate at that moment, we were both completely aware of the actions that we were taking. We were completely focused on creation of this child and we knew that it was certainly what we both wanted entirely. It was the most beautiful connection of my life with this intention behind it. I stayed with Yohann for just about 4 months; we traveled, saw the island, and just simply connected in the joy of love without restrictions. It was within one month that I realized I was with child, and we were both absolutely overjoyed! When we saw the doctor he explained that the real conception does not begin with the fertilization of the egg, it begins on the first day of your last menstrual cycle, when I realized that was the eclipse the month prior I cried and knew that this was a powerful being that had come into me when invited.

During my stay I had the opportunity to take a boat out with Yohann and his family to closely interact with the mating Whales. We spent an entire day with them on the water, as they do congregate there to mate each year on this pre-historic holy land where my child was conceived. The enormity of the Whales completely astonished me! And I found myself the whole day chanting Om Mani Padme Hum, the mantra of Chenrezi, the Buddha of compassion. I had never before chanted this mantra, and somehow that day I knew deep inside I was pregnant. One week later a 87 year old woman from French Canada showed up at our door. She was a Yoga teacher for 30 years and had come to talk with me about the new age, the Arcturians, Plaideans, and Hathors. She gave me completely out of the blue a book on the star children, and we shared dinner at their temporary home several times. She did not know that I was pregnant consciously but she connected me at that time to the meditations of Mary Magdalene which we did together, the Kala Chackra, and the welcoming of the star child into this world. We shared many tears as I know that she and her husband who is a Caranial Sacral Master at 89 were divine gifts to me from my home which has always been known to me since early childhood is Sirius. The days that were shared with these masters paved the way for acceptance of this magical divine being and we all deeply knew that something special was happening! <3

We struggled at first to locate the name of our child, before us both knew for sure it was a boy, we went through many. I insisted it must be Sanskrit and he luckily did not mind. It was about three months into the trip that I journaled about the ceremony on Mount Arunachala and offered Yohann the story, and the name Bodhi. His lifetime religion through his mother is Buddhist, as they are half Vietnamese and half French. He is of course grateful to have the Sanskrit name be meaningful to us both, my Hindu bent non-religion and his Buddhist bent non-religion.

From Wikipedia -

Bodhi (Sanskrit: बोधि) is both a Pāli and Sanskrit word traditionally translated into English with the word "enlightenment". In Buddhism it is the knowledge possessed by a Buddha into the nature of things (dharma). The word "Buddha" means "enlightened one." Although its most common usage is in the context of Buddhism, bodhi is also present as a concept in other Indian philosophies and traditions.Bodhi is an abstract noun formed from the verbal root budh (to awake, become aware, notice, know or understand,) corresponding to the verbs bujjhati (Pāli) and bodhati or budhyate(Sanskrit).

Satya is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates into English as "truth" or "correct". It is a term of power due to its purity and meaning and has become the emblem of many peaceful social movements, particularly those centered on social justice, environmentalism and vegetarianism. Sathya is also defined in Sanskrit as "sate hitam satyam" which translates to "The path to ultimate truth or Sat is sathya (i.e. the real truth)". Hence all the deeds, words, and wisdom that take closer to the Ultimate Truth are the truth.

The Purana speaks of a continuous cycle of ages, each lasting approx. 58,000 years. Each of one of these cycles consists of four ages (this is similar to the Hopi and other Native American teachings of four worlds of evolution). The Purana teaches that each 58,000 year cycle starts with a Golden Age (Satya Yuga) and ends with a Dark Age (Kali Yuga), and at the very end of the Kali Yuga, a new cycle and a new mankind begins yet again. We are now coming to the end of the dark age of Kali and entering the new age of Satya. Satya Yuga is now upon us.

Maitreya Adhita Bodhisattva the friend of all Souls is Universal God's Awakened One, Bringer of The Holy Satya Yuga, whom Universal God has ordained to end the Age of Spiritual Ignorance and bring forth The Age of Divine Pure Truth on earth. "Out of His Universal Love and Compassion, The Friend sacrificed Perfect Final Union with Universal God for the sake of all Souls for all time.

In prayer for the coming new age, I pray for all of these qualities to enter and permeate the life of my child, Bodhi Satya the Friend of all beings, may he be and be the servant of the highest in enlightenment and and instrument of divinity for his life. I vow as a mother and a friend to bring to this being the highest ideals possible and hope that he is the enlightened one in full manifestation. In my heart I have always known that he will be. May he embody the qualities of Amma, Jesus, Saint Germain, Buddha himself and evey known master. Blessings from me to this being this day and every day. Sat nam.

Blessings.

Sati Sophia Rose

Jai Ammachi! Jai Ma!

OM MANI PADME HUM

( OM MANI PEME HUNG )

The Jewel in the Lotus - The Mantra of Compassion

This is the highest Mantra for mankind gifted to us by the thousand Buddhas out of their compassionfor all sentient beings.

human body or be born in a pure land of Buddha. and pass through the six Hell regions in the Bardos. and after death. who is also known as Kuan Yin Pu Sa. sufferings , ill health , hell regions,

Every time we say Om Mani Padme Hum ,

we invoke the Divine Powers of Avalokiteshvara ,

who has infinite compassion and who

out of his infinite compassion

made a noble pledge to Buddha Amitabh

that he will liberate all sentient beings

from the six realms of sufferings.

Each syllable in this six syllable Mantra liberates us

from one realm of suffering out of each of the six realms

of suffering filled existence.

OM liberates and purifies us from the emotions of

bliss and pride in the samsaric realm

of the Gods.

MA liberates and purifies us from the emotions of

jealousy and lust for entertainment in the samsaric realm

of Demi-Gods.

NI liberates and purifies us from the emotions of

passion and desire in the samsaric realm

of Humans.

PAD liberates and purifies us from the emotions of

stupidity and prejudice in the samsaric realm

of animals.

ME liberates and purifies us from the emotions of

poverty and possessiveness in the samsaric realm

of hungry ghosts.

of hell.

In this way by freeing our consciousness ,

our spirit energy from the neurotic attachments

that our senses are bonded with through

the cravings and aversions constantly

taking place inside of us ...

The mantra OM MANI PADME HUM

purifies us at 3 levels -

from all our negative karmas. Mind, Speech and Body

Within a short time of meditating on this Mantra ,

you will experience the opening and development of your

heart chakra and begin to feel highly kind and compassionate

towards other sentient beings including animals ,

even the tiny helpless ones .

You will develop a magnetic aura around you that will draw

other people towards you , attracting them like a magnet

attracts iron filings and love wll begin to flow in your Life.

Saying this mantra for 21 minutes daily will energise and

develop your Heart Chakra and .....

when the Heart and Mind become united ,

anything is possible.

This Mantra is popularly known as

" The Jewel in the Lotus "

" The Diamond in the Lotus "

( "mani" means Diamond , a precious jewel

and Padma means Lotus flower which is the

spiritual symbol of consciousness )

The Jewel refers to the Mind or consciousness and

the Lotus refers to the Heart that is the source of Love energy

The meaning of OM MANI PADME HUM is

"Om , salutations to the Jewel of consciousness (the Mind)

which has reached the Heart's lotus. "

2010-08-19T15:58:00.000-07:00

I am an open book

I am an open book.

In my pages is the story of all time.

I hide nothing, for all that ever was;

is within me.

I am an open book.

There is no mistake possible within me.

I need not make this story wrong or deny it;

for it is being made by me.

I am an open book.

I simply lie..my pages in flow;

in the nature of the prose;

that I am.

I am an open book.

The story just billows forth;

from within me;

...unto myself;

into my infinite union with..

my divine creation that I am.

I am an open book.

Simply.

I am all that I am.

Facebook | Sati Sophia Rose: Freedom

2010-05-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

Facebook Sati Sophia Rose: Freedom:
"If you try and cage me I will shrink and fly through the bars,
if you try and tie me I will expand and break your rope,
If you try and mold me I will explode into a million pieces and reform before your eyes.
I am not a comodity and I will not be owned, contained, or put into any match box.
I expand willingly and allow for the freedom of truth to make me infinite and like water...
I can slip through the fingers of anyone who seeks to hold me.
I AM flowing like the waters of love into an endless stream of being Spirits great Freedom"

My Facebook Account was mysteriously wiped off the face of the Inet after 3.5 years!

2010-03-22T20:42:00.001-07:00

I wanted to let you all know that I am recovering from the loss of all of my connections, groups, and contacts. My Facebook page dissapeared one day, taking with it every single thing that I have ever posted anyone.

Read more on this here: http://www.evolver.net/user/sati_rose

Facebook | Sati Shakti Shivani: Truth is a Pathless Land -JDK ((The dissolution of The Order of the Star))

2010-03-11T10:21:00.000-08:00

Facebook Sati Shakti Shivani: Truth is a Pathless Land -JDK ((The dissolution of The Order of the Star))

Mantak Chia -Chi self massage

2010-03-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

Mantak Chia -Chi self massage
The art of self massage is an ancient practice which is one of the most healing. It is so very easy to spend between $65 and $300 for a massage, and at times this is a good thing to buy. I personally get massaged once per month or more. Though, when I am not getting a massage I do need massage and my muscles become tense and tight from working on and with people. I have some time ago begun the process of learing self-massage. This practice is incredible to heal the body, release stress, and honr and love onself.

Please enjoy this ebook from Mantak Chia and his art of self-massage.

Sati Rose's MySpace Blog | THE SPEED OF LIGHT

2010-03-11T05:27:00.000-08:00

Sati Rose's MySpace Blog THE SPEED OF LIGHT: "

a standing fortress of dirt and mud
a false security of ideas and 'work'
with the towers pointed and tall.

No roots, just sand.
No foundation,
only illusions of longevity.
Only a brief dump from the bucket
and there is another wing of the castle.
To be washed away
in the darkenss of the tide.

To create nothing,
To hold nothing...
To tell the self the lie
again
that this time ---
the tide won't come.

But ----
As the tide again rises we stand
glaring out upon the waters
seeing her coming...
feeling the forces of change.

Dancing around this small
and insignifigant nothing
Just another sand castle
that in this short time will be washed,
back into the waters of time
as if it never existed.
as if we never existed.

Facebook | Sati Shakti Shivani: May all beings everywhere be at Peace. May all beings everywhere be free.

2010-03-11T05:20:00.000-08:00

Facebook Sati Shakti Shivani: May all beings everywhere be at Peace. May all beings everywhere be free.

Calling All Rebels -- Signs of the Times News

2010-03-10T05:58:00.000-08:00

Calling All Rebels -- Signs of the Times News: "http://www.sott.net/articles/show/204399-Calling-All-Rebels"

Tapas Heat yourself UP!

2009-10-22T09:41:00.000-07:00

There is time for practice! Now is the time!

Tapas: (Sanskrit) "Warmth, heat," hence psychic energy, spiritual fervor or ardor.1) Purificatory spiritual disciplines, severe austerity, penance and sacrifice. The endurance of pain, suffering, through the performance of extreme penance, religious austerity and mortification. By comparison, sadhana is austerity of a simple, sustained kind, while tapas is austerity of a severe, psychetransforming nature. Tapas is extreme bodily mortification, long term sadhanas, such as meditating under a tree in one place for 12 years, taking a lifetime vow of silence and never speaking or writing, or standing on one leg for a prescribed number of years. Scriptures warn against extreme asceticism that harm the body.

2) On a deeper level, tapas is the intense inner state of kundalini "fire" which stimulates mental anguish and separates the individual from society. Life does not go on as usual when this condition occurs. The association with a satguru, Sadasiva, brings the devotee into tapas; and it brings him out of it. The fire of tapas burns on the dross of sanchita karmas. This is the source of heat, dismay, depression and striving until final and total surrender, prapatti. The individual can mollify this heated condition by continuing his regular sadhana as outlined by the guru. The fires of self-transformation may be stimulated by the practice of tapas, or come unbidden. One can "do" tapas, but the true tapas is a condition of being and consciousness which is a state of grace, bringing positive change, transformation and purification of one's nature. Guru bhakti is the only force that can cool the fires of tapas.-

In the beginning when we awaken we are like the blind being suddenly able to see for the first time. We begin flailing through time space with a fierce joy that is suddenly awakened, the divine joy of Spirit. This rush of blessed joy and new life is incredible, and frightening at the same time. It is unclear how to move with this new found light within and without us, especially with the blindness of release of fear. There is a new life free of struggle and chaos. There is beauty in order, ease, and flow which is so easy to embrace without question. During this fragile time in the psyche of the awakened seeker we must take time for practice. What the practice is, is up to you. If we are Christians we must practice the Bible or attend church, if we are Muslim we must plan our daily prayer schedule and mosk visit, if we are Hindu we must plan pujas, chant mantras, do asanas, and participate in daily satsang. There are many ways to practice spirituality. There are endless ways to practice your own daily spirituality.When you are awakened find your way to your own path of spirituality and act it fully, until your purpose and next steps become know to you. We are all being awakened for a purpose. We are all being initiated and we are all in this alone, and together. If we don't practice when we awaken then things might seem disorienting and confusing. There is much cleansing to do in the awakening process and it will be done whether we are focused or not. We must clean our bodies, minds, and spirits for the Ascension, and this begins with the awakening.It is best to focus the practice on the highest possible thought for each indiidual. There must not be judgement or concern for anyone elses highest thought, only our own matters. This inner place of justice and high thinking will be out compas through the blindness of awakeing until all of the unseen can finally be seen with the eyes and the heart.We are blossoming, just as a flower when it opens its petals to the light for the very first time.

This is the time for practice! Jump in deeply and do what feels right to you!

Here are some (extreme) ideas:
Read and practice: The Secret by Rhonda Bryne, make a vision board of spiritual things.
Do a daily 1 hour Yoga Asana Series, followed by 1 hour Meditaiton.
Attend a Course in Miracles weekly meeting and then practice the lesson
Do the Course in Miracles alone on your own, and read three pages of the text daily.
Do a 1 day, 5 day, or 10 day fast and offer al of the blessings to the Spirit, to give back!
Eat LIVING foods daily (exclusively) for some time, or for good.
Awaken 4:30 AM take a cold shower and do your Sadhana.
Say or write your mantra or affirmation 1008 times.
Do a daily puja to the God that you resonate with.
Try to breathe consciously in every moment!!!! This is the true austerity.

Religion, Devotion, and Oneness

2009-09-30T07:09:00.000-07:00

There is a time when the practice transcends action.
This time is when the awareness of divine wholeness is so great, that there can be no doing. There is no doing once there is peace. Making actions is simply a form of wanting, unless they are with peace.

If the actions of doing are from a place of peace and centered awareness of, wholeness. Then where is the doing in the action? Then it becomes an expression of divine light through you. The doing is only light, the breath is only light. How can one separate out an action or object and call this doing, or religion or asanas or bhandas? There is no separation between you and the divine oneness right now here. What is there to do?

The devotion is the conscious awareness of this in every moment. This is the purest devotion that there is, just awareness that you are - one with all. In as much as you can remember, and with as much as you need to do to remember, remember you must.

You are one with this creation, you are the creator of this creation, and you are this creation.
Within this - there is great stillness and peace.

What else is there to worry or need about?
Religion is simply a way to remember what you have forgotten, that you are that which I AM.

Once you know this oneness ~ which most of you do. Then drop the need to do to remember by doing 'that' and make wrong about 'not' doing.... what is on the breath - here now. And just be yourself doing your thing, which is clearly looking at the computer reading this blog - this here is holy now, take a breath into joyfullness within. We are all friends in one. Be one.

Breathe and Remember - One

The Eagle and the Condor

2009-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

The time is now, the prophecy told.
The Eagle and the Condor collide;
in a never ending battle of light and dark.
Of the old ways and the new;
of the virtual world, and this real world;
in the heart and soul.

This battle is being fought, from within -

us all....

Fight to good fight inside your heart and
wish her love back with the old ways.
The archaic revival of the flight of the Condor.

We cannot avoid the re arrival, and her wrath.
Though she loves, cares, caresses, now...
she must reclaim her place at his side.
She will dance upon his heart until...
the pulse of this electrical universe is,
washed away into the waters.

Then she will envelop and love him again,
and they will become one.

1500 to 2000 drives this spirit of the Condor -
to extinction. She has not left, only closed her
open eyes, for just a moment.

In this time the people of the Eagle -
have created a world of Maya.
And this world is just her illusion.

She will now soar to the heights
spreading rainbows across the sky in her wings...
To fly once again in the same blue sky
as the Eagle.

This time of balance as she returns brings;
spiritual riches, and material impoverishment.
She will take what you don't need;
tear it from your grasp,
and give you what you do need.
Self Love and Love of All.

This is the time of balance as it rises;
the tides flowing the dance returning;
the medicine healing us all - finally - together.
This time of love for life, truth, and compassion.
Instead of labels, logos, and plastic.
These things will be torn from your hands,
to be smashed within you and forgotten.

Let them go.

Easily...

With Grace.

And you will be the pot of gold
at the end of your rainbow.

Sati Rose ~ I AM the Condor ~Fall Equinox 2009

Sixteen Principles of the Reunion of Condor and Eagle Thinking about ethical, economic, ecological 13:20 communities
As members of the PAN World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement we must not be afraid to learn from others. Since the 1960s there have been many experiments in intentional, self-sustaining communities. We must be willing to learn from these experiments so that we do not waste our energy in establishing communities that reflect the vales of 13:20 time, which after all, are really age-old and timeless values of spiritual existence and reality. One of the most prominent networks gathering together information about sustainable intentional communities is the Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA). The ENA Coordinating Office may be contacted through ena@ecovillage.org while that of the ENA International Office is gen@ecovillage.org The Ecovillages Newsletter is very helpful in listing communities and necessary information and updates. The Rainbow Caravan, strategic ally of our Movement now stationed in Ecuador, represents a creative edge of the Ecovillage Network - contact: elenapianc@aol.com. Because we call for a return to natural Earth time, we also have much to learn from the Indigenous people, their elders and ways. it was our good fortune to meet with Phil Lane Jr. in Venezuela. For many years Phil has pioneered in evolving basic sets of values and principles to guide the restoration of a sane and sober Indigenous life among the native peoples of all of the Americas. The work of the reconciliation of the American Indigenous peoples is known as the "Reunion of the Condor and the Eagle." This work is guided by sixteen principles which, like the Rinri precepts, can be coordinated with the sixteen cube positions and studied accordingly during each Cube journey. The following principles are taken directly from Phil's work with the Four Worlds International Institute, e-mail: 4Worlds@uleth.ca The only words I have added are the Cube positions in parentheses. Sixteen principles of the Reunion of The Condor (South) and the Eagle (North), with their Cube position coordinates for daily Cube journey study.
Sixteen Principles:

1. Human beings can transform their world (Dragon)The web of our relationships with others and the natural world, which has given rise to the problems we face as a human family, can be changed.

2. Development comes from within (Wind)The process of human and community development unfolds from within each person, relationship, family, organization, community, or nation.

3. Healing is a necessary part of development (Night)Healing the past, closing up old wounds and learning healthy habits of thought and action to replace dysfunctional thinking and disruptive patterns of human relations is a necessary part of the process of sustainable development.

4. Justice (Seed)Every person (regardless of gender, race, age, culture, religion) must be accorded equal opportunity to participate in the process of healing and development and to receive a fair share of the benefits

.5. No vision, no development (Serpent)A vision of who we can become, and what a sustainable world would be like, works as a powerful magnet, drawing us to our potential.

6. Authentic development is culturally based (World-bridger)Healing and development must be rooted in the wisdom, knowledge and living processes of the culture of the people.

7. Interconnectedness (Hand)Everything is connected to everything else. Therefore, any aspect of our healing and development is related to all the others (personal, social, cultural, political, economic, etc.). When we work on any one part, the whole circle is affected.

8. No unity, no development (Star)Unity means oneness. Without unity, the common oneness that makes (seemingly) separate human beings into "community" is impossible. Disunity is the primary disease of community.

9. No participation, no development (Moon)Participation is the active engagement of the minds, hearts and energy of the people in the process of their own healing and development.

10. The hurt of one is the hurt of all; the honour of one is the honour of all. (Dog)The basic fact of our oneness as a human family means that development for some at the expense of well-being for others is not acceptable or sustainable.

11. Spirit (Monkey)Human beings are both material and spiritual in nature. It is therefore inconceivable that human community could become whole and sustainable without bringing our lives into balance with the requirements of our spiritual nature.

12. Morals and ethics (Human)Sustainable human and community development requires a moral foundation. When morals decline and basic ethical principles are violated, development stops.

13. Learning (Skywalker)Human beings are learning beings. We begin learning while we are still in our mother's wombs, and unless something happens to close off our minds and paralyze our capacities, we keep on learning throughout our entire lives. Learning is at the core of healing and development.

14. Sustainability (Wizard)To sustain something means to enable it to continue for a long time. Authentic development does not use up or undermine what it needs to keep on going.

15. Move to the positive (Eagle)Solving the critical problems in our lives and communities is best approached by visualizing and moving into the positive alternative that we wish to create, and by building on the strengths we already have, rather than on giving away our energy fighting the negative.

16. Be the change you want to see (Warrior)The most powerful strategies for change always involve positive role modeling and the creation of living examples of the solutions we are proposing. By walking the path, we make the path visible.These sixteen principles are summarized as four "guiding principles" essential for the formation and functioning of any community. Adopted to our needs, these principles are:

1. "Starting from Within" - Development comes from within; take responsibility yourself for your relationships; vision is the basis of development; culture is the basis of all healing and development. To make culture real practice time is art, learn from your elders and from nature.

2. "Working in a Circle" - All community, like the path of nature, forms a circle. Make a daily circle and dissolve into one. A circle is a whole system. All approaches must be used and balanced. A circle is unity. A circle means we all share and participate. A circle means we are all equal and maintains the justice of our equality, regardless of age, sex, race, religion, etc.; make decisions from consensus - move the circle, and keep the circle moving.

3. "In a Sacred Manner" - Spirituality is the center of healing and development. Practice daily salat prayer and/or vipassana meditation; make ceremony that integrates the natural elements in natural time with our mind, prayers, and needs. Connect with the Creator. Cultivate a heart-centered approach in all matters. Listen to spirit. Know with whom you are speaking and act and behave accordingly. Walk in balance. Do not violate ethical or moral boundaries. Think before you do anything. Work from principle. Let your principles reflect the order and plan of the universe. Do not sacrifice principle, but remain flexible.

4. "We heal and develop Ourselves, our Relationships and World." - Learn to live in ways that promote life and uplift others in your environment. Practice sustainability and non-codependence. Do not be afraid to be humble. Seek help when you need it. Respect all living systems and relations. Move to the positive. Be the change you want to see!If we begin to learn and practice these principles in our communities and integrate them with our Earth Wizards practices, we will become successful and attractive to others dissatisfied with the 12:60 world. Community thrives on intimacy of all as one together. Let us learn to practice intimacy with self-respect! In sum, as Earth Wizards, we wish to develop an ethic that can be characterized as: Whole Person - that we are each committed to the care and maintenance of our own autonomy in mutual respect of the autonomy of others.Whole Family - that we recognize that our family, clan or group bonding will become whole only as each one of us becomes whole Whole Earth - the wholeness you attain as a person extends to the wholeness we attain as a family which then reflects the wholeness of our relation to the Earth, for it is the Earth which needs us to be whole.
Do not be afraid to admit your weaknesses. If you are not participating in the circle and extending the circle into all you do, then the community is not functioning.
Drugs, stimulants or alcohol are no substitute for true community sharing and love in the Circle. Be aware before you indulge. The world will be watching our communities. The use of drugs - even marijuana - in a public manner can destroy our work. Let us be sensitive and discrete. Let us free ourselves, and free ourselves more every day! Seek nothing and let the truth know you.
Once we have understood the ethical principles and know the circle is One, then we can turn to the other two factors, Economics and Ecology.
Of course, these cannot be separated from our ethical community values. Ideally and ultimately the community is based on absolute autonomy. Everyone needs their own space. And everyone needs a space in which they can be a community. Eating and meeting determine the communal space. The garden is in common, and all craft and artistic activities are best executed autonomously and anonymously as a collective whole. We each breathe and live in the same common space. Who is to say where the inspiration comes from? The cook in the kitchen cooks the beets which make the soul of the poet come alive. Was the poem in the beet and the love of the cook before it became a song in the mind? Give thanks to all beings and take credit for nothing. The Creator sustains the flow. Barter and exchange are better than money and help cultivate our ethical character and resourcefulness.
To have something to barter we must all tend the garden together. To sustain ourselves we must learn permaculture, biodynamics, greenhouses. Study your environment. Know your local flora and fauna and what is possible where you live - what are the growing seasons? Learn about dry compost toilets, lime for latrines. Learn about solar panels, alternative energy, and building techniques that manifest energy conservation. Zero residue in energy consumption! Waste free is Earth way.
There is much to learn. But if we are not ethically attuned, nothing will matter. If we learn and live by such principles as are herein enumerated, nothing will sway us from our path. Let the circle grow. Let the Circle move us. Love is vast, everywhere, and in everything - but belongs to no one. Let the circle move us. We are ONE.
snow falls cold axe splits wood where is mind of fire to be found if not here?
This is by no means a discourse on anything, but some suggestions for how we must pull ourselves together. Enlightenment really is no farther away than the kitchen sink! In addition to the information concerning the Ecovillage Network and the Four Worlds Institute there are some books that may be helpful both practically and philosophically as we orient to building our 13:20 communities.
One of the pioneers in intentional community was Sun Bear and the Bear Tribe, so it is only natural that we suggest as a very practical beginning, The Bear Tribe's Self-reliance Book, by Sun Bear, Wabun and Nimimosha (New York : Simon & Schuster, 1988).
For gardening and Sustainable Earth knowledge there is the National Academy of Science's Alternative Agriculture(New York: National Academy of Science Press, 1989),
and in Español, Miguel Angel Nuñez, Manuel de Tecnicas Agroecologicas (Merida, Venezuela, 1997),
and for the simplest level of ecological practice, there is Giomar Sarmiento's Reciclaje, una Solucion a Nuestro Alcance (Caracas, Pachamama Art - Ecovillage Network of the Americas, 2000).

Yoga For Women (or men) 'Moon Salutation'

2009-09-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

CHANDRA NAMASKARA

1. To begin, stand in the Prayer Position (Namaste Mudra.) Make sure feet are just a bit wider than hip-width apart, your toes are turned out slightly, and your palms are together in front of your chest.

2. As you inhale, raise your arms over your head. Keep your shoulders and bring our arms about 3 feet apart in a V position. Separate your fingers and raise your head to the ceiling. You are now a 5-pointed star.

4. As you exhale, separate your feet about three feet and bend your knows and elbows about 90º. You are now in the Victory Squat (Vijaya Asana) position.

5. As you inhale, bring your feet close together beneath your hips. Raise your arms and clasp your hands over your head. Look up to your hands being careful not to strain your neck.

6. As you inhale, lower your head. Lower your arms and cross them at the wrists in front of you.
Inhale. As you exhale, return to the Victory Squat (Vijaya Asana) position.

7. As you inhale, bring your head back to a neutral center position and form a T by raising your arms to shoulder level.

8. As you exhale, go into the Triangle Pose (Trikonasana.) Put your right arm into your right leg and bend your body to the right as far as feels comfortable.

9. As you inhale, raise your body and return to the T position.
10. Exhale and repeat the Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) on the left side.

11. Inhale and return to the T position once again.

12. Exhale and return to the initial Prayer Position (Namaste.)

Benefits of the Moon SalutationThe Moon Salutation has the opposite effect on your body than the Sun Salutation. It is meant to soothe and calm your body, preparing you for a long and restful night’s sleep. This particular series stretches and tones your muscles along the sides of your body, engages your core muscles, improves respiration, strengthens the arms, and helps to align the spine. It is a wonderful series for relieving tension in the neck, shoulders, and arms.
Cautions for the Moon SalutationThose who suffer from asthma or other breathing troubles should use caution when doing the Moon Salutation. Stop immediately if you experience shortness of breath. Those with heart conditions should also be very careful proceeding. The Moon Salutation should be a relaxing series of poses, and should not be in anyway uncomfortable.

Deep Breathing and Violet Energy Meditation (for daily use)

2009-09-15T08:28:00.000-07:00

Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo

Sit quietly in a comfortable upright position on a chair, or on a pillow the floor. Choose a place where you can feel safe, secure, and relaxed. Close your eyes and bring your hands to your knees palms facing upwards. Once relaxed and calm begin breathing deeply to engage the conscious connected breath. Spend a few moments or minutes quietly focused on your breath.

Take 7 long breaths and on each 8th breath inhale into the rectum and sex organ (muladhara bhanda) and feel your energy draw to your third eye. Continue this for several repetitions.

Following the Bhanda excercise begin a long deep breathing excercise. This breath is a three part breath which fills the lungs, the ribcage, and the belly. Then you breathe out from the belly, up to the ribcage, and then to the lungs. Inhaling deeply into the body vessel and exhaling deeply and fully.

Feel your spine grow taller and then become aware of your spine from the sitbones to the crown. Imagine all of your flowing beautiful energy from the base of the spine up to the crown of the head. Breathe deeply. This energy that you are now aware of is like a flame from the base of your spine to above the crown and is violet in color. As you breathe this energy up the spine you fan this flame within and around you. This is an excellent way to visualize this if possible.

Once grounded in the flowing breath and energy then become aware of the area between your eyebrows draw the inner gaze towards the eyebrow, looking up and inside of the forehead. Feel a violet light eminating between the eyebrows, and imagine it making the violet flame within you even brighter and larger surrounding you up to ten feet above you.

Then inhale look up and in and pull the muscles of the rectum and sex organ upwards. Feel your energy draw from the base of the spine to the third eye and beyond and feel the flame within you purifying you and healing you. Feel your indwelling god essence.

** For best success allow your tounge to rest at the roof of the mouth and the eyes and lips come to a gentle smile.

Sat Nam

Beginning a blog is a big step

2009-09-14T11:19:00.000-07:00

My First Blog

Today I was sitting quietly and I thought to myself that it might be time for me to get a blog going. It crossed my mind a few times so when I was on Jai Yoga's new and improved website I clicked into the blog and it asked me to create my own, so here I am. I am finally getting together the will to begin to speak more, share and offer more.

How very exciting.

Now is a very beautiful time as my world around me remains in a Summer of Love that I am sharing with all things around me and everyone that I meet. There is no separation between me and my purpose of being. I am still and quiet much now when I am not yapping with Joel. I am spending time mostly in nature or quiet study of Spanish, Taioism, or IAM.

I have been on a serious health quest to become immortal, and as far as I can see it seems to be working. I just finished up a wheatgrass enema, fresh juice, fresh flax seed oil, and of course Flackers (TM).

My partner Joel and I are exploring and expanding with our flax cracker business and we are packaging for a small local sale here in Philadelphia. www.flackers.net (coming VERY SOON)

Things in the mansion are perfect, and my life is full of joys and laughter (some processing).

All in all I begin my blog with this:

We are in a time now of great change. The illusions that we have lived by and with are breaking down. The conditioned imagery of logos, labels, and plastic bags and containers is ending. These ways of living must cease and the planet must return to its natural state. This is a process unfolding with the Golden Age of Aquarius which is our destiny.

In order to evolve with the higher vibrations of civilization and 'ascend' we must only sit quietly and be light, taking time to clean up the past, and project light and love into the present and the future. Forgive and you will be forgiven.

Our time is now.