Pisces Full Moon ~ Making Our Dreams Real

The Pisces Full Moon on August 31 ends the month with our second Full Moon in thirty days. This is termed a Blue Moon and it is highly active. The planets are in a dynamic engagement creating a supportive system. For instance, powerful Pluto and action hero Mars are in harmonious energy flow to both the Sun and Moon. This influence can give us the capacity to dig deep to find the resources, power and drive we need to make our dreams real.

“The goal is, then, having attained that balance, that wisdom, that connection, to then rise up to a level of universal meaning; in other words, to break through the machinery of cultural conditioning, in the same way that the shaman does, and to attempt to discover something authentic—something authentic outside the self-generated language cloud. And to my mind, what this authentic thing is, is—it’s hard to know how to put it, but—it’s the animate quality that resides within the psychedelic experience—that the universal mind is alive, is sentient, is perceiving, is there to meet you when you come through from the other side. So we’re not talking about psychedelics as a spotlight to be turned on to reveal the detritus of our own personal unconscious. It is not a spotlight. It is not shining from behind you; it is shining ahead of you. It is actually that the same organizational principles which called us forth into self-reflection has called forth self-reflection out of the planet itself. And the problem then is for us to suspect this, act on our suspicion, and be good detectives and track down the spirit in its lair. And this is what shamans are doing. They are hunters of spirit.”
— Terrence Mckenna (via against-the-dark)

full blue moon in pisces

August 31, 2012
-Eastern 9:58 am
-Pacific 6:58 am

Spiritual sight. With the full focus of moons energy in Pisces, we will like the symbolism of Pisces, focus on the duality of reality. The focus is to stay centered in the moment, and flow in the waters. This heightened Pisces moon will provide much to consider in the mind regarding spiritual reality and its physical reflection. One can find them-selves unable to focus, or scattered in thought trying desperately to sort out the infinite nature of life. Just BE, is the gift of this full moon. Instead of trying to find solid ground, restricted areas and cages in the midst of the infinite sea, just gratefully flow in life. -Passport 2 Venus

“‎I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.”
— Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.

A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail.

A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.

When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. Let God speak within you, and your thoughts will grow silent. You are anxious because your path leads away from mother and home. But every step and every day lead you back again to the mother. Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.

A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, this longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one’s suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is a longing for home, for a memory of the mother, for new metaphors for life. It leads home. Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our own childish thoughts: Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them. But when we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy. Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.”
— Herman Hesse
thank you nirvikalpa

ancestors

August 23, Wiltshire UK

the dream house r2

Known as “the stone of transition”, Lepidolite helps shift and restructure old energy patterns and brings light and hope to a situation. Use Lepidolite to reduce stress associated with change. Lepidolite is known to alleviate depression, bringing serenity from the knowledge that the Universe will always provide. The calming nature of Lepidolite can help one to enter a deep meditative state. Lepidolite is helpful for releasing emotional and energetic blockages, and is said to help those with ADD, OCD, or Bipolar disorder.

When the heart becomes whole,
it will know the flavors of falsehood and truth.
When Adam’s greed for the forbidden fruit increased,
it robbed his heart of health.
Discernment flies
from one who is drunken with desire.
He who puts down that cup
lightens the inner eye,
and the secret is revealed.
”
—  Mathnawi II: 2738-2743, “Rumi: Daylight” Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahya¯ Monastra

Protection

Protection by Brian Froud

"Tangled"

I'm full of regret
For all things that I've done and said
And I don't know if it'll ever be ok to show
My face 'round here
Sometimes I wonder if I disappear

Would you ever turn your head and look
See if I'm gone
Cause I fear

There is nothing left to say to you
That you wanna hear
That you wanna know
I think I should go
The things I've done are way too shameful

You're just innocent
A helpless victim of a spider's web
And I'm an insect
Goin after anything that I can get

So you better turn your head and run
And don't look back
Cause I fear

There is nothing left to say
To you
That you wanna hear
That you wanna know
I think I should go
The things I've done are way too shameful

[x2]
And I've done you so wrong
Treated you bad
Strung you along
Oh shame on myself
I don't know how I got so tangled up

 

Maroon 5

• If disatisfied, her emotional spectrum stays within the shades of anger, making her seem stuck and unsympathetic.
• Accepts gifts and expensive outings long after it's clear she's not interested.
• Wants to be treated like a queen, and is prone to treating others like subjects.

• Lays out her emotional tragedies on the first date, presenting a tall order for the would-be rescuer.
• Throws caution to the wind and merges sexually, hoping the desired love will follow.
• Casts pearls before swine, then plays the victim, before learning to protect herself.

i know you are here with me my love

Elie Saab Fall 2012 Couture