Spoiler Free Review- Go watch it now!
** Spoilers Below** Wow. I wasn't sure it was actually going to happen. I have not watched Luke Cage. I didn't watch Iron Fist. These days few things prompt me to even watch Netflix. That's more of my husbands thing. I adore Jessica Jones and Daredveil though so just seeing them together...was awesome. I sat down to watch the Defenders with a completely open mind and no expectations. First, there could have been more climatic scenes had the season been more then eight episodes long. They really did themselves a disservice by making it shorter then each individual charecters season. Second, Iron Fist did acutally kind of remind me of Arrow a bit too much. I'm sure they really tried to distance themselves but the similarity of the charecters is just too much. That said I really loved it. I love anti-heros like Jessica Jones. I thought the references to Daredevils costume was hilarious. It's so interesting that three of them are openly themselves without a secred identity. I totally figured that Elektra would end up bad. I was genuinely horrified when she killed the head honcho of the hand. Sigourney Weaver did an amazing job of humanizing that charecter. I was really sad when she died. That didn't surprise me as that was eluded to in Daredevil's last season. I wasn't really shocked when Stick died. I didn't see that coming but at the same time I'm a little relieved because he was an awkward charecter. I have no complaints as far as the story and the way that it was told. The story telling, from my point of view as a writer of science fiction and fantasy, is that it was absoutely tight...there was hardly any really slow moment. I sat down and binged watched the entire series and that is not normal for me at all! I also had a really weird sense of deja vu watching this...I feel as though I've already seen the next season which kind of creeps me out. Just in case I'm going to write this here and leave it...if I am correct it will be darn right creepy. I think Daredevil will come back as the bad guy in the next Season. I think he'll have amnesia. Elektra will tell him some lie, he will seek out each of the Defenders to kill them and it will bring them back together again. All of them will have a sense of familiarity when they are attacked but won't think it's him. The trick will only be played half way through the season, which will be a major criticisim by the fans, because they should have committed and gone the whole season. (I swear it's like already watched a review of it). Then they will the Defenders will turn Daredevil back into a good guy and then they will go after Elektra and whatever organization it is she's leading. Well, if I'm right that will blow my mind. If I'm wrong, it won't be as weird. I'm just saving this for posterity. Either way, go see Defenders Season 1 because it's awesome.
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Well, folks, I think this is the first YouTube video where I go into more of a pop culture metaphysical subject. I've mostly been working on other topics, a bit more psychologically based and more about thinking. This is one of the most interesting topics I'm interested in...because it's a phenomena that is happen on a wide scale. I've known about synchronicity since 1993 when I first read Celestine prophecy as I mention in this video. So it's a very familar concept. Back then I'd never imagine the 11:11 phenomenon. Further, I was shocked when studying Psychology that Carl Jung coined the term. James Redfield really didn't go into the terms or history of the terms. I find such information fascinating. Someone, Carl Jung, was experiecing synchronicities back in 1955! The story of the golden scarab beetle is fascinating. What I didn't go into in the video is that the Scarab Beetle is super sacred in Egypt. The Dung Beetle rolls it's little pile of dung filled with it's eggs towards the sun. Then the sun dries out the dung and the little baby beetles are born. In Egypt this is a symbol for rebirth and regeneration. Out of the dung of our lives comes the most amazing transformations (thank you John Van Auken as that is very close to a quote). The color gold, of course, is symbolic of Truth of the mind or value or power of the soul (Here is a great resource for dream symbols: https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/dreams/dream-dictionary/). How beautiful and powerful of a sign showing that all of life- the inner and outer worlds- are connected? I have never read Carl Jung's book on Syncrhonicity. It's at the top of my list of books to read... Either way, this is a fascinating subject and this is my current take on the situation. As I said, obsessing over numbers can be very harmful. Take it in stride. If you feel curious look up what the number means in my Repetitive Numerical Sequences blog...but remember it's not there to drive you crazy. It's just there to show you there you are connected to something bigger. Thank you for taking time out of your day to check out this avenue on the Path of the Seeker. In the next few videos we are going to start exploring what I call Maps....I'm going to present four systems that deal with the Path of the Seeker...and let you draw your own conclusions. I see the connections but I'll start off with sketching an over view. I think it will be a really fun journey...and I'm doing as much for myself as anyone else. I realized when I was writing an upcoming video I needed to do this one first. I think I'm ready, though, to head into the introductry video: Syncrhonizing the Heroe's Journey, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, The Chakra System, and the Tree of Life. That's the working title...although, I'm sure it will change because it's a bit unwieldy. This is a take it or leave it post. I know it's a bit out there but I find it fascinating when I see patterns aligning and I see them come to fruition. Last year, when I did my movie themes for the year the major plot was a division among the people. A huge division. Then the Trump election happened and that division has continued to grow until now it's very clear that there are the activitists who will go out and try to foce their will upon others...and the silent majority who still refuses to step out of their forms and commit violence to get what they want. Both the Alt-Right and Alt-Left have these violent people forming gang like mobs to stand up for shadowy 'causes' (usually a random combination of reasons provoke them to go to these rallies/protests). The overtones before were racial before but now it's just white people fighting white people for the most part. This is, for all intents and purposes, the year of the Bully. A bunch of bullies are trying to state how they think that this world should be and people are really giving into their violent animal nature. As adult human beings participate in this behavior I'm just reduced to a form of awe. When I wrote my posts about the beast/bull I didn't know what that pattern meant. So take this post with a grain of salt. Again, personally, I belive in the One Creator and that all things are connected. That there are no coincidences. When I perceive these patterns emerging I always wonder if it's projection. Yet, often they are concepts and ideas that arise from outside of my paradigm. A realization hit me hard when I was writing my Top 5 movie list. Two themes that I picked out at the start of this year...came to fruition. I wrote my blog this year as a sort of personal oracle I was sharing for everyone else. There was the possibility that it could be applied to everyone but I don't attempt to make that statement. To me that's shocking: First, I wrote this in my movie theme for this year: "Based on what I am attracted to in the movies as things are now... this year represents a breaking of patterns on a pretty epic level...on not just a 'cycle' level but a "Grand Cycle" level!... This bears out, the idea of a grand cycle of completion occurring this year around the summer time, with another dream I had..." (Read the entire blog here: http://bridgetkorns.weebly.com/blog/category/2017-year-theme) What Does This Mean? When I wrote this I had no idea really why I saw this cycle ending during the summer. I was looking at a small sliver of the entire picture back then and it's only now that it dawned on me what event might suggest such a signal. First, when I wrote the movie theme for this year I wasn't thinking about the Solar Eclipse/New Moon. The mere fact that it was such a cultulral event in the United States is fascinating. Of course, there is a lot of fear involved with it (again people are thinking that on September 23rd they will be raptured or Nibiru will hit earth...I've explained my stance on this before...if you wish death upon those who do not believe/think what you do it's not a good thing.) There have been a lot of solar eclipses. I've never heard so much hype about one before and that is a surprise. I don't look at it that way at all...perhaps this is a signal that the Age of Pisces is truly over and we are headed into the Age of Aqarius. I don't think it means the end of the world...maybe it does mean that there will be a timeline split as some people talk about but that's a whole entire can of worms. When looking at events in 1918 and 1979 (the last two solar eclipses) it is interesting to see how little things change. Bombings, riots, uprisings...all of those things happened in the years of the previous solar eclipses. Generally speaking, Solar Eclipses are considered a negative omen. I might dig in more deeply into that in a future blog. Second, when exploring the Beast/Bull symbolisim I realized was occuring at the start of the year I said this: "I'm not sure what this year is going to entail really. Collectively, it seems that we are looking at our inner shadow. Most people, looking in their shadow, do not like what they see." (http://bridgetkorns.weebly.com/blog/category/the-beast) What Does This Mean? What are the movies featuring a beast or bull-like charecter this year? Split, Logan, Transformers, Beauty and the Beast, Thor : Ragnarok... I went further in my other blogs on the subject of The Beast and explained how they represent our "lower" or "earthly" nature. This theme, in my mind had played itself out to the point where I didn't feel the need to return to it...yet, something occured to me that I did not clue into before. What does the word Bully mean to you? I realized Bull was in the word bully. All of these people taking to the streets to make other people think the same way they do- whether they are Nazis or whatever- are nothing less then bullies. The Bull and Ox I also realized that this might be why Jesus used the Yoke reference in my favorite quote from Matthew (11:29). First, yokes are usually put on oxen. The only difference between a oxen and a bull? An ox has been castrated making it more meek. Ox's, which have become meek, can wear yokes...bulls cannot. This could be a very potent symbol for working and transforming ourselves by mastering our animal nature. This also ties into a dream I had when I was first starting my Spiritual Awakening. In it I had to tight two screws with the inscription on one being In No Cent and the second Accept The Bull. I understood then this was a play on words as we- that I was considered innocent and acceptable for applying myself to the spiritual path (not all are accepted). I have come to see the Bull was me...the untamed/unelightened person that I was...and how weird that this theme is playing out on the world stage this year so I can really compare and contrast the experience of being a bull with one of submitting my will power to the One Creator making me an Ox? Second, the in no cent has been explained by studying the 'coins' or 'pentacles' suite in the Tarot. The pentacles in the tarot are on coins. The coin represents the wordly person who cares only for money. The pentacle or star represents spirt. Cent's are coins. Worldly people are not accepted on the Path of Spirit. Now, you can ask who was accepting my application, per se...who was the initiator? I can only answer that it must be Spirit. I have no other explaination. Yet, it's good to have the meaning behind a two year old dream revealed. Darkness And Light Another realization that I had was that the idea to give into the beast is much like giving into our shadow side. When I made that connection I was even more floored by the theme of this year. * Logan: obviously it shows what happens when you give into the beast within. Logan is a sad old man who does redeem himself with his death but it's a very lonely death. * Ghost In A Shell: This one might be a stretch. The Major has a choice to give into the Beast within and Group Think. She could just go along with her orders and kill Kuze. Yet, she goes against that and seeks her individuality even thought it's been denied to her. * Split: In this it's very clear that the main villian, Wendell Crumb, has a choice to become the beast and earn the name The Horde (he literally chooses a group think situation in his head). The Horde wants to create the personality of the Beast that eats human flesh. Of course, in his case he gives in. * Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Starlord is literally offered the chance to give into his Ego who also claims to be his biological father that wants to make the rest of the universe into the image of himself. If he goes with that option...he can literally become God-like. Luckily, Starlord has a good heart and says no...but he's offered the temptation to become evil. * Wonder Woman: Aries offers Wonder Woman the chance to be like him.To rule mankind with him. Of course, she turns him down but then discovers how every human has a little bit of darkness in their light. There are other movies that I have missed that may or may not confirm this. I imagine Transformers, King Arthur and the Mummy had this theme in them. Yes, darkness and light are often themes in good versus evil movies. Yet, not so much highlighting that each human carries both and that the lines can be blurry. Usually charecterse in good versus evil stories are extremely good or extremely evil...but that's what makes so many of the more recent crop of movies so interesting as they explore that divide. What Does The End Of The Year Bring? Well, I mentioned last and final as being a theme in my review of movies I wanted to see. The very last two movies I want to see this year-Thor Ragnarok and The Last Jedi- have produced trailers finally. All I can say is that all of the chaos of the last three years seems to be coming to an end, at last, I think there will be a definitive change that will come about. I don't know if the unrest will stop but there will be a shift in the Collective Consciousness. Astrologically, whatever started with the Solar Eclipse plays out over the next six months. The phrase, "A king has his reign, then he dies," from Prometheus comes to mind. I've seen this phrase pop up a lot recently. I don't know what it means. The end of some sort of rule seems to be referenced...even in the Defenders with the end of most of the Hand. Thor and Hulk teaming up might possibly symbolize that the lower and higher self become in synch and work togehter. As for The Force Awakens...well, there is a part where Rey is using Force Vision and she sees the Darkness, The Light, and Balance...then Luke tells her there is so much more! Conclusion Humanity seems to be at the point where people are making choices. Victor Oddo calls it the Great Divide at the end of his recent video entitled "The New Divide." I've heard in two different videos that this is an old mixing or final return of historic energies. This just reminds me that Bashar said that this is the last time those who hold darkness in their heart will be able to express it on this planet. I'm not into the apoplyptic scene and I think the people who are all excited about September 23rd again are going to be disappointed (I hope!) but they are sensitive to when things are going to change on an energetic level. Their projection and hope is always for the world to be destroyed and reborn. As far as this president...well this is the second time the public has been hood winked by electing someone who they thought was going to change the system...and the system changed them. With Trump sending troops into Afghanistan when he said he wanted to pull them out of there (we have been occupying that country for almost twenty years!) he stated that, "From the seat everything looks different." Just like Obama, the will of the people doesn't matter once they become part of the system no matter how different and rebellious and radical they seem before sitting in the chair. Something pacifys them and they end up going along with this multi-generational agenda in the Middle East. The American public hasn't become too pissed or concerned with that yet but the number that can no longer deny and are becoming suspicious of that agened is growing tremendously daily. How many more random people are we going to elect as president hoping they have the balls to lead change in the corrupt system before they realize it's futile? On a personal note, I have had major deja vu. I was just watching the Defenders and I totally know I've watched the final scene before (I won't give it away since it is a spoiler and so new) and I'm creeped out. I also feel as though I've already participated in events that have occured in the last week at work and the energy shaping up at work...and I'm making deliberate choices that are not the same as what I made before when handling situations because I no if I did what I always do it will have an unpleasent ending. I don't know what this means exactly but I guess I'll find out. This is just a fun post. Things have been a little bit deep and complicated so I wanted to really sit down and think about something fun. I really can't believe how many good films have been coming out. To see a film and absolutely love it was a rare thing in the past but now..it's just amazing. I think looking at what we are drawn to energetically is a good thing. When I was really troubled I was attracted to horror films. Interview With A Vampire and Stigmata were two of my top favorites along with Empire Strikes Back. To see how I've become more optimistic, with a sense of humor and more light hearted is a revelation. I'm amazed by these results. Especially since so many came out this year. I also think I'm very biased. Since I was a little girl watching She-ra empowered women has always been my thing. I remember sitting on the rocking horse (that now hangs from my patio) holding the wooden She-ra sword my dad made for me and imaginging changing the world. I think that's why I love the Wonder Woman movie so much...it captures the spirit of the little girl I was before going off to school. I'm a bit surprised by this order. I didn't think it was going to be quite this way but when I was honest and searched my heart I realized that this was so true. So here are my top five favorite movies: 1. I adore this movie on an almost irrational level. I can still hear/see little baby Rey as her parents leave her on Jakku. That's one of the most heartbreaking scenes. The vision that Rey has at Maz's was just so well done! I really loved the scene in the snowy woods where she faces Kylo Ren. I love the ending where the sun Kylo was sucking dry for Star Killer base went out just as he kills Han Solo symbolizing that he crossed over to the darkside...but because of Rey, Finn, Chewies and Han's activities what was a planet of death bursts into an even bigger sun that could be seen as Rey's choice to pursue being a Jedi. This movie is so well written, much like Ghost In A Shell, a lot of the symbolisim is latent and most people probably miss it. I could have lived without Kylo Ren unmasking himself so early. I loved Han Solo in this film. On a very personal strange note there is a bizzare synchronicity for me in the Force Awakens. When I was struggling the most with my daughters death I would have the worst insominia. When that happened I would imagine an island with crashing waves around it in an attempt to sleep. When Kylo first tells Rey that she can't sleep at night and he sees the island she imagines when she triest to sleep I was super creeped out. So, this one is a bit personal. Plus, this was the first really bad ass female charecter to head line a major geeky franchise. I don't think anything will recapture the magic of watching that happen. 2. Wonder Woman This one might be a surprise to see as my number two favorite film. I was never a huge fan of the comic book charecter but that's because her charecter always seemed one dimensional at best. I love the scenes when Wonder Woman was a child. I simply adored that moment when she is standing on top of the cliff pretending to train with the other Amazons or when she sees the God Killer Sword and asks who will wield it. Just the opening line gave me chills, "I used to want to save the world. To end war and bring peace to mankind. But then I glimpsed the darkness that lives within their light..." That's where this movie is really beautiful. When Diana realizes that even after killing Aries mankind still wanted war she's absolutely horrified. She still sees the beauty within...but she also sees the Shadow that most men and women battle. That battle is never simple. We all have that inner darkness and that's what this movie really captures...while also having an amazingly strong female charecter. I think all of us are naive on the same level. I will never comprhend how or why people can purposely go out to rob or hurt another person. Nothing justifies that and war is even worse. Wouldn't it be magical if we could kill some demigod and free mankind of it's darkside? That's what probably resonates with me so much in this movie. 3. Ghost In A Shell This movie covers deep metaphysical concepts. I really thought this would be my number one. I love the questions this movie makes us contemplate. Despite the appearance about technology...it's really about the human soul. Of what importance is the shell (the physical body)? Are we still us if that shell is changed (much like reincarnation)? Can we move on and be both who we were long ago and what we are today? What makes us human? Is it our fragility? What would make us different from sentient robots? All of us have questions about who we are and where we come from. This beautiful movie of self-discovery is absolutely my favorite. I can watch this movie over and over again and come away with a different insight every time. 4. The Fifth Element Yes, it's an older film. The only film on this list, in fact, that is not from the current era. Yet, it had such an influence on me at such a young age. Even though Leeloo was not the main charecter she was the first female charecter in an action movie that didn't need to be rescued. In fact, she was the ultimate weapon to fight pure evil...how beautiful is that!? When Leeloo almst decides mankind is not worth saving...that really resonated. After all of our hatred, all of a our war, controlling each other and bickering...are we worthy saving? Sometimes I wonder. I love the pop culture in this flim. The charecter Ruby Rod will never leave my mind because he's so hilarious. This is just a light hearted fun film that's a joy to watch from start to finish. With the Egyptian Sarcophogus, the music, a secret order of priests, a giant black sentient sun that will devour universes, and a woman being the most powerful weapon in the universe...how can you not love this movie? This movie was way ahead of it's time. 5.
Deadpool This movie just perfectly captures the absuridity of life. Plus, this movie is hilarious. I don't often acutally laugh when at the movies. I usually just guffaw but from the opening credits on I was practically crying I was laughing so hard. That is beyond strange for me. I love the fact Deadpool knows that he is in a movie and talks to the audiance. The fourth wall breaking was really well done. I love the entire, "We're like two jigsaw pieces, you know, with the weird curvy edges," love story which is so messed up but so captures most relationships. Blending a Geeky style with Edgey is just awesome. There is just a groundedness to this movie. I can't explain it...The people making the movie managed to make the charecters relateable, while telling a compelling origin story, while also making fun of themselves and the movie as they go along...I can't think of any movie even remotely similar. "Is it sexist to hit you? Is it sexist not to hit you?" Deadpool asks as he fights two women who work with Francis....that was so on point with how confusing the whole sexisim issue is (even for me, a woman! I ciouldn't say which was and was or was not sexist of those two options!). When he shoots Francis in the head at the end despite Colossus's hero speech and he states that the dude is a psycho that needs to be taken out...well, seriously that was just a carthatic moment. Why the heck is letting psycho's live to torment people another day considered part of being a hero in our society? Runner Ups 6. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Well, quite frankly, it's just the metaphor of Ego as a planet that wants to turn all of the other plantes in all of the cosmos into himself....that really had me laughing. Even better was the moment Yondu told Rocket he undrestood him because, "You are me." That was such a hugely impactful scene. I also love baby Groot. So adorable. Yes, this wasn't a completely tight story telling film. Starlord ungraciously speaking exposition over Yondu's dead body didn't fit. I loved the themes explored in the rest of the film. 7. Doctor Strange A movie with humor, astral projection, magic, meditation, the third eye, chakras...and so much more metaphysical content was just amazing to watch. I loved that they made the Ancient One a Celtic Woman. (Thanks to the strong female charecter bias I have and no I don't care what the critics have to say about white washing). Maybe it's the post Harry Potter craze (which was an okay series) that really caused all of this to be mundane. There were no people proteseting the opening of this movie which would have happened in the 80's. There are so many more reasons I love this movie but you can read the review in a previous blog. 8. Rogue One I love the main charecter Jyn Erso and the rest of the cast. The story was bold and fresh for the Star Wars franchise. The fact that you could't tell if the charecters were good or evil...but a mixture of both was such a nice change! The charecter Chirrut Imwe is probably my favorite charecter in the entire Star Wars universe which is huge (previously Han Solo)...and I love his mantra of, "The force is with me, I am one with the force." That Oneness is mentioned in a movie, and such a popular franchise at all, is amazing. The only reason why it's not higher on the list is because it lacked something. I can't say exactly what...but there was a lack of depth to the story telling. This wasn't on the part of the actors who did a beautiful job...I can't say what it was exactly but it just felt as though things could have been a little bit more emotinally impactful. 9. Split So, one horror movie did sneak into my top ten. I know, another new one that came out this year. Again, this comes back to the battle of dark and light in the human being. In this movie the main villian gives into the darkness. All of us have a beast within that we can tame by embracing and healing...but some people give into that beast. The amazing part of this movie is the fact that the main villian is relateable. That's what really made this movie great. Of course, the tie in with Unbreakable was awesome. Reflections There are more movies I would add to this list but I can't think of them right now... these are the movies that if I were to sit down and watch something I would choose. Yes, the original Star Wars Trilogy is up there...probably number ten. Also, the Star Trek movie Search For Spock was hugely impactful on me as a kid so that probably belongs. As does Braveheart since that was the first movie to actually move me to tears. As I said I'm a bit biased. Obviously, I love female main leads in geeky franchises. They were so rare before that each time I see one and it's handled well I adore it. I love stories about the dark and light within people. I also love action and science fiction movies. I really don't watch anything else anymore. Maybe that makes me a bit one dimensional but I go to movies that are uplifting that I enjoy. Focusing on depressing stuff is just not my thing anymore. I am also very picky about what I watch and rely on my favorite movie reviewer, Christ Stuckmann, to tell it how it is before I will even go to watch a movie anymore. So I don't randomly take chances on movies before I invest in a ticket or DVD. This list might change with Thor: Ragnarok coming out and Star Wars Episode Nine The Last Jedi. We shall see... As far as movies next year...I can't think of a single one that I'm excited about so far. I think this year was just really odd and produced a lot of movies that I adore. "Dreams Are Answers To Tomorrow's Questions." - Edgar Cacye
Well, why hadn't I heard that statement before? I know dreams can be boring but I assure you...this is going to be a bit interesting. I've never heard of anything like this one... With this in mind I was contemplating a healing I had this past weekend. I was not terribly happy with the healing. I left feeling bruised and uncomfortable. The healer told me, that when working on me, she discovered that I had been leaving my body through my crown chakra. That was not the portal I was supposed to be using. I was supposed to be using the portal in my heart chakra. I just about had a heart attack. I had a dream that I relayed to both my friend Jennifer Lara and Diana Dire who have been tremendously uplifting hand helpful. I consider them soul sisters. Never did I think this dream would come to fruition in such a fascinating way. I knew the dream was of importance and I thought it was beautiful...but the second dream had a fascinating and almost...scary...bit of information. Dreams often happen in series. Multple dreams in one night are usually interelated. I've remembered and recorded up to seven dreams in one night. I know, you would never think that you might have that many but it's just a fact. At this point I've recorded 101 days of dreams. This dream was June 2nd of 2017...about two months ago. Here is my entry: "I was at this place. Like a funhouse. You walk into it and whatever you expect to see the walls change into...there were walls made up of every type of rock set into frames. There were differented sized doors in different parts of the walls...sometimes they were hard to find. The experience was a little scary because I realized that you can trap yourself and not know what is real. I overcame a couple of obstacles. I began to create doors where I wanted them to be and was marveling at how I could pass through what had appeared to be dead ends into new rooms. Then I encounted a womand and realized she was testing me. I didn't want to be tested so I created a portal to escape the fun house, a tiny little door that I had to crawl out of and into a green meadow. Then, I was transported back into the fun house abruptly. I heard a woman's voice tell me that my portal was closed. That was not what I was supposed to be doing. I was supposed to be showing people how to navigate the illusion. The illusions completely fell away. I saw it for what it was...made up of shoddy brown construction materials. There was nothing pretty, scary or magical about it at all. I was pretty grossed out as I walked on the spongey carpet matting that wasn't even nailed down yet and stared at the unadorned beams. I reached one girl in a hallway. I told her that it was all an illusion and there was a way through it. I don't think she saw through the illusion but she started following me and I knew that she would comprhend what I was doing soon. Then I came to another that had made a cage for herself...she wanted me to scratch my left cheek to show I was real so I did but she couldn't stop making illusions. I touched her fingers as she seemed to sink into the cage she made that was fillwed with water and I saw the waves slosh as she went down. Then I woke up...and when I went back to sleep... "I remember I picked up a book and it said, 'If you can read this it means you already made a pact with him.'" Explaination Now, at the time, when I told my two friends about this dream both identified themselves as being the one drowing in her own box...of beliefs. I've realized since making my videos that the symbols I go to create in videos are right out of my dreams. The box of beliefs...well, that's what this perseon had created for herself and she couldn't see a wI ay out of what she had created. We've all been there, where we can't see how we are going to create our way out of a situation of our own making. That's a hard experience. The creepy part, for me, though is the portals. Beause the healer I talked to told me that she had closed the portal that I had created and that I needed go through the heart chakra. I had total Deja vu at that moment and a memory of the dream. Further, I had a dream, two nights later. At first, I was fighting what felt like an entity that was on my heart...some sort of essence I can't explain. That had been there since the healer had done her healing. I felt that essence of energy depart from my heart...I sent it happily back to the healer knowing it was her energy that she had stuck to me...was that the test? That night, in that dream I saw myself floating down a river looking as though I was dead towards a male figure that looked like my ex-husband. Let's just say that's a bad symbol for me. This was symbolic of where I had been going...realizing where I was going I said, "OH Heck no!" swam out of the river and woke up. So, now knowing that dreams are answers to tomorrows questions...based on this dream I can almost bet that healer was testing me. When I walked into the room she had asked if I was a healer and explained people can heal in different ways. She explained that she knows an accountant that is a healer. I may just be healing by making my cups of java with the utmost of love for each of my customers. That might be what brings certain customers back to me. Further, now being ableto tie my dreams to a particular date...perhaps my dreams after that point will point me in the direciton of what will come. There is a deeper teaching, that everything starts off with the essence of our being on a template level by our higher selves...and then "later" occurs in our lives. First, it's created in the template reality (I suppose we would call this Eden) and then it becomes part of our material world. Dreams may be where we are in touch with that template reality and actively create, with our higherselves, what will happen tomorrow. Conclusion A dedicated practice of working with dreams can be life changing. I find it eastiest to just record them on a word processor and put them in a file with the date of the dream as the title. First, upon waking, I do an overview of my dreams remembering particular symbols that stood out the most. Then I get up and write them down on the processor before I go about my day so none of my waking thoughts can analyze the dream. Sometimes my writing is terrible and later on my entertained because I do not write the dreams in a voice that matches my waking conscious writing style. Now, I am going to perform a little experiment to see if the timing continues to be correct...where items I've covered in my dreams show up in waking life and if the delay is really two months. Because if that's true...it's freaking awesome.
Run out and buy this DVD now.
I went to Ghost In A Shell with a little bit of skepticisim that it would be done correctly. I'd watched the original anime and I liked it...but at the same time there was a huge creep factor with the animation style I did not like. Major didn't seem relatable because she simply didn't seem human. All of the charecters appeared grotesque in some way. That was the reason why it wasn't my favorite anime. However, this movie is now my favorite of all time. With the creep factor gone the real meat and message of this story can be shared with the world and a larger audiance then animes (Japanese animated films) can reach. I won't summarize the story for you but I will tell you to go out and buy the DVD. The story is one of self-discovery which all people who walk the Path of The Seeker know well. We start off with the quesiton that seems to obseses us all...who am I? That is the story Major explores in her journey...who is she if she doesn't have a past and does that past if she does discover it, define who she is today? The anime had a huge affect on Japan. This movie should have had a huge effect upon the United States but it got shot down because of race. Given how Hollywood is at this time and how they pick who they head line their movies...of course they would go with a well known actress that would move people into theatres over an unknown. That caused more interest but in this case actually caused people to turn against the movie. The movie is beautiful. The city scenes are just as amazing as the anime. Just the name of the charecter Motoko- Child of the Source- really tells you everything. (My friend Diana Dire who resonated with the movie as well informed me of this and the meaning of other names that are defintely selected for a reason...I suggest researching this for yourself.) The anime, and this movie which has many scenes direclty out of the anime, has a lot of depth and deep spiritual meaning. There is a spiritual sojurn exploring where the soul stops and machine might begin...as the body is often called a machine you might get a little bit of a clue.. Major still has her Ghost...her soul is intact. Of course, it connects the consciousness to the brain but it is a deeply philsophical though provoking storyline regardless. I don't see how they could write it so compellingly without that factor. I highly recommend Ghost In A Shell to everyon...it's a must see movie. My favorite Movie Reviewer, also a huge fan of the original gave this movie a great score. So, I'll let Chris Stuckmann make the argument and cover the details below.
I find this subject fascinating.
As I stated in the video I've encountered who used cognitive dissonance to shut down a conversation that they didn't want to participate in. I really believe that if more people focused on trying to understand other points of view- give or take the to heart- but just seeking to understand could help the entire world. I could probably go even more deeply into this subject but I have very little experience with it anymore so it's something I'm not currently passionate about. I do find it funny that someone mentioned that cognitive dissonance was used in a Flat Earth video...so the knowledge is out there if you want to explore it further. This is a concept that has been hard for me to learn.
The need to ask for help is very important in spiritual activities. Asking For Help In General I've always had the tendency of not feeling supported and a fear of asking for help. People who don't usually ask for help and can handle a lot of stress are usually left to their own devices. I think this partly has to do with how I was raised. My mom was not good at teaching. She was very impatient and I was very fearful and uncertain. So, what would happen is I would take my time, she would lose patience, she would blow up and she'd just end up doing whatever she was trying to teach me. This, in effect, prevented me from any desire to ask for help or if I do ask for help I'm not very dramatic which causes most people to ignore my plea for help. I never asked questions or for help in school. The first place that I learned to ask for help was at work. To ask for help at work was very humbling to me. I learned, however, you basically have to jump up and down screaming in order to get that help. So now, knowing that's the formula I annoy the crap out of people until the fix the situations that are not working. Even now, I don't tend to count on others or expect much out of others or management. Asking For Spiritual Help My first experience with asking for Spiritual Help has to do with Archangel Michael. I've always found images of angels and the idea of Angels of interest. To me they are very much spirit like ghosts that never incarnate and not actual physical people. The Archangel Michael popped up a few times when I first had my Kundalini Awakening. In that case, what happened is that I went somewhere and spoke to my Higher Self. My Higher Self then instructed me that she was sending me help. Archangel Michael, who looked surprised, was one of those beings sent with me (I can't remember the other one and have not looked up the dream). I just remember flying like super girl with archangel Michael and someone else through a tunnel of light and back into my body. (Good dreams are that way, they tend to stay in your memory in a way similar to memories of waking events...and often in my case it's easier to recall a dream from three years ago then an event that happened in 'real life'). The first few times that I reached out to Archangel Michael for help was when I really hit rock bottom. I mean really hit rock bottom. Mostly when I was scared within dreams. Asking for help when I was just struggling with what are considered mundane ordinary affairs. Yet, every time I reached out to him I felt a flood of warmth and safety that I can't explain. Whatever fearful thought I was having would he washed away with this great sense of compassion and love. In a few dreams it wasn't the same being that responded. So, I personally interpret that whatever entity that is nearest that is vibrating on that frequency of love that is associated with the concept of Archangel Michael is actually what answers. This goes into the whole abstract nature of Spirit that I don't want to get into here. For me, it took a while to feel comfortable to ask for Archangel Michael for help in what I considered minor occurrences. Asking Crossed Over Relatives For Help I first started asking for help from my Crossed Over Relatives. I have an entire litany of people that have crossed over. There are about ten of them that I call on. Their names are a mantra I repeat when in a fearful dream or even in a fearful situation in life. I simply ask that they send me their love and energy to remove my fearful thoughts so I can see things clearly. The response is immediate. Even calling upon them I feel their presence and whatever I am experiencing instantly changes in nature. I can feel their loving thoughts and feel uplifted from whatever I am experiencing. I now feel as though I have a small army of deceased loved ones who can instantly be with me when I need them which is so important. I know I need only think their names and their spiritual minds bend towards me helping me reattain my balance. Asking For Others Recently, I had a tremendous validation regarding this act. A friend of mine, who I dearly adore in one of the Facebook Communities that I participate was posting things that were fearful. I was very concerned for her because I intuitively knew by her posts that she was experiencing a Spiritual Breakdown, as Victor Oddo calls it. I asked Archangel Michael to reach out to her and protect her. She was crying in the shower when she had the impression of blue light surrounding her and that sense of calming love washed over her. She then shared it in our community and shared an article on Archangel Michael and the Blue Ray. I replied stating, "Oh good, he is protecting you. I sent him to you for protection because I've been really worried about you." The idea and the concept that we can send the Angels to others for protection is very real. Asking For Jesus's Help The Messiah is pretty important. That's how I felt about Archangel Michael too but Jesus is even bigger then that...and so, asking him for help with the little stuff is hard. Instead, I would go to him for communion and comfort. I can't explain it. In my minds eye I join hands with him and we lean forward so that our foreheads our touching and I experience such contentment. This is one of my favorite places to go in meditation if I'm going through an energetic down turn where I just feel over all negative and unhappy. Asking For The One Creators Help Now, this is even bigger. I mean, what really should concern the One Creator? Recently, I found my life just being derailed. Bad news after bad news was hitting me. I had been having an especially crazy expansive period where I had experienced what I thought were major blocks just being dissolved away. So, what had gone wrong? Well, I reached out and asked the One Creator for help. I received a response, I had derailed myself because it was as all happening too fast. I felt overwhelmed. Some of us are not used to things going too well. We are conditioned to expect bad things or big bad events. When those don't happen we get uncomfortable. That's perfectly normal. I just hit the brakes because I wasn't able to digest all of the information because it was happening so fast. So I developed a sickness. That's a normaly way of derailing manifestation because it forces everything to slow down. What amazed me is that I got a very discernible response and direction. Yes, it was pretty subtle and if I had a chattery mind I wouldn't be able to discern it as a response. My logical left brained thinking would dismiss it. This is why meditation and quieting the mind is so important. Yet, the answer I got was very clear, and I actually received the answer three ways through three different mediums. One was through my Faery's Oracle. One was watching a YouTube video from the Moore Show where he talked to Wendy Kennedy and the stuff she talked about just clicked. One was during meditation where I heard a very distinct answer and an overwhelming love. The message was very distinctly that I need to stop worrying that someone else is receiving better treatment then me. That I need to only focus on my blessings instead of comparing myself to others and be very careful about the energy surrounding what I say. I may write an entire blog on that one!! Conclusion I never knew that Angels can't help you unless you ask them. I have always loved Angels. I loved reading about angels. I love images of Angels. During my Dark Night of the Soul after my daughter died my mom got me an Angel daily devotional and I threw myself into it. The book was called Moments with Angels which I've written a review of that I published last week. The message here is ask for help. There are multitudes of groups and energies in Spirit that want to help you but they can't help unless you ask. Don't ask for just anything, be direct in what you want to contact and don't be afraid to ask for the big guys. Why, may you wonder, can't they help you unless you ask? They are not allowed to influence or affect your Free Will. That's why you have to ask multidimensional non-terrestrial beings, Faery, Angels, Passed Over Loved Ones, Jesus, and The One Creator for Help. This has to be done with a heart of truth that is asking for the highest good of all...and they will not guide you like some sort of Spiritual GPS because that would be stepping on your Free Will too. The biggest thing is to ask with your whole heart for help. As long as it is for your benefit and not to the detriment of others you will receive an answer. Sometimes it's not what you want to hear, so you have to train yourself to accept even those answers, but it is always the right answer. We have so much support that we cannot see or touch with our physical senses. Even asking for prayers on Facebook is incredibly powerful. Try it for yourself and I guarantee that you will be amazed! I really wouldn't recommend this book to the average person. Someone who is just entered the Path of the Seeker and beleives in conspiracy theories will love this book. There isn't much substance to it but it is a fun read...much like a reading a tabloid.
This book intrigued me. I saw an interview with Michael on the Moore Show. There was just enough mention of things that I'm curious about and wouldn't mind having validation concerning that Feeley talked about to get me interestined in his books. Of course, I love Egypt so out of the books he has out there I chose this one. As I live in California I had to order the book through BBC Amazon and it took about a month to get here. I was fine with the wait. As soon as I opened it I was a little intrigued. He defines a Kundalini Awakening which is something you can't find everywhere. In fact, it's a subject I've decided I need to delve a bit more into as a whole. He states objectives at the start of the book which must be left over from writing reports as a Police Officer in the U.K. That was intriguing and did suggest that the book would be on topic. The book, sadly, just went down hill from there. There is an appalling amount of time in this 130 page book, probably a quarter of it, of a transcript of Queen Elizabeth's crowning ceremony. He states there are all sorts of ties to the Egyptians but he doesn't explain them at all or give details. We're just supposed to recongnize them automatically I guess. There is also an appalling amount of time dedicated to convicing the reader that Jesus is just an allegory for a spirtual awakening. He also, in that portion of the book, dedicates a lot of space to trying to convince people that Jesus neer existed and all of the people telling us he did are part of an evil group trying to control the planet keeping deeper spiritual secrets from us. He spends a good amount of time attacking Zechairah Stitchin's translation of the Annunaki (which is, along with the description of the Phoenix of the Kunalini Awakening, one of the reasons I bought this book)...but his attack falls flat. He doesn't provide any evidence and that in itself could have been an entire book of it's own where he goes into details of how Stichin was wrong (Stichin has five or six books on the topic so trying to tear about his argument in one small tiny paragraph is laughable). I would happily read a book on this subject so this was a missed opportunity for Michael Feeley to write another self-published book. Probably the funniest part of the book was when he was saying how the New Age movement does not lead to Enligthenment and spends a great deal of attacking the people who are a part of that movement. Most people, who are not fairly advanced on the Path of the Seeker would probably pick up this book and think it's all nonsense. They'd see it as a desire to make a quick buck and nothing more. I can say it's a bit more then just the apparent sensationalisim, although, I can say that there is plenety of sensationalisim in this book and the aim of the author is more to shock then provide details of anything he briefly touches upon. Perhaps, and I find it very likely, he really doesn't really comprehend the subjects. I felt like a child looking at a plastic treasure box with Michael Feeley as he pulled out fake rubies and sapphires that were quite impressive. Each little bauble appears fascinating and complex...but just like with a fake toy stone it wasn't very hard and won't stand up to a hammer test. There isn't much to this pop culture tabloid-esque book. There are tons of fascinating ideas but the author never goes into details on his counter-arguments (except on the Jesus topic he does have a previously published book on that topic it so it's more fleshed out). The most disappointing part of this book was that it did not go into depth on any one topic. This book simply lacked depth and explaination. I felt like I was reading a spiritual tabloid as a result only created to shock the reader in an almost vulgar way and convince them that they are in danger from so world elite that would like to hold them back. Most of what's in here I can find on the web through various web pages for free...and they have been up since 2006 at the very least. So, this is not new information to those of us who've been on the Path of the Seeker. This is just a unique way of presenting it without so many pop up ads and freezing websites because they are trying to steal your personal information. This is very much written by someone who is on the Path where I stood about ten years ago or so...he hasn't quite hit spiritual maturity. There is a youthfulness in this book that I could enjoy and appreciate. Yet, I also know people have to get passed the shocked/betrayed state of the awakening when they realize taht the world is different then they thought. I do not recommend this book for everyone. If you are just starting out in your Awakening this is a good starter book. For some people feeling betrayed and seeing conspiracies everywhere will get the juices flowing to drive them to even higher elevations of information, knoweldge and eventual compassion/wisdom. I adore the material, but probably not for the reasons the Author wrote it. For one, it reminds me when I saw the entire Awakening Experience as somthing 'magical.' That illusion, that it was something outside myself and otherworldly is completley gone. There are no ancient aliens with the answers to creation or The One Creator that we can't find ourselves. There is no secret elite group of human beings controlling the world and trying to kill of its citizens or creating logos to lure the masses into some trap....because at the end of the day that's all a distraction from the purpose of this temproray physical schooling experience in a life of an immortal being. Second, it's an example of how somoeone can have a Kundalini Awakening but not attain Enlightenment. I think he's made it clear he's stuck on the path. His entire chapter lamenting the 'light and love' new age movement is proof of his frustration. There is so littel genuine information out there it's hilarious. As they say, many will be called but few will find the path. He's been called but he's like a toddler still playing in the sand box while his mother calls him to dinner. Meanwhile, as he accueses groups like the Masons for hiding information from the masses...he doesn't seem to realize how obscure his book will appear to most people. Most people will read this and it will sound like the rantings of a mad man. Since he doesn't go into a depth of explaination and leaves so much for the reader to research...he just makes statements without backing them up making for weak arguements and very little clarity. They might seem obvious to him but it's not obvious to a reader who has not already contemplated this information from other points of view. He proves exacty why so many on this path that belong to organizations like the Masons are spoon fed and advanced only based on what they are capable of comprehending. Too much too soon and you rant like a lunatic. He also comes off a little unbalanced as are all people just starting the path of the Seeker when they realize the world isn't want they were taught. He hasn't progressed to that point of Acceptance. He's still raging against the idea he was mislead (in all innnocence by a population mostly asleep who has no idea they are perputating errors) and still trying to blame everyone. He's on that edge of being a conspiracy theorist with a slightly more positive polarity. He does have compassion. He doesn't want to see the world burn. To that I must give respect. This was like reading a book from my teenage years. This reminds me of what it was like to be a novice on the Path of the Seeker and makes me so happy I've crossed over to something more. I really appreciate the in depth experiences and knowledge I've gained int the last four years that allow me to look upon this book with amusment. As for the small bit on Egypt, it makes sense. Yet, at the same time all of the messages in this book are clearly for Michael and he's clearly projecting his experience of awakening and the biological aspects of that onto everything he sees. Not horribly untrue...as it is one system or map that created the entire universe. He's seeing but he's not understanding what he's seeing. This book, to me, had the most value in showing me how far I've come in gaining widsom and understanding of these subjects as opposed to simiple knowledge. Anyone can list off facts, but to go into depth and explain these things to another person in an easily understood way takes a bit more development. As for the "Message For Humanity" that's lost somewhere in the book. My guess is the repeition about Awakening maybe? He wasn't very clear about that either...in web speak this would be click bait.
I had a lot of fun with making this video.
The wine glass at the start was from a visit to Carson City. Yes, it's red wine and it's by far one of my favorite pictures. I made this far in advance so there wouldn't any last minute tinkering. I realized that in the last video I encouraged people to open Pandora's box and really get into subjects that they were not familar with...and in that case how does a person weed out the truth from the lies? That is an internal journey of itself...realizing what you resonate with and what you don't. I wasn't quite expecting to put the defintion and an explaination for resonating with a subject in this video but the opportunity presented itself. I use resonate a lot in my own daily language so I know it will pop up in videos and given that a small percentage of the population uses that term on a daily basis I felt it was important to include a description in this video. As this video had already gone over the limit I wanted I could not fit in Cognitive Disannoance. But, happily, I will cover that in the next video. Each of these videos is a bridge building experience. I feel as though I've been laying the foundation stones and I'm now getting into the actual wood...following Cognitive Disannonce I'm going to cover Maslows Pyramid of Needs and then explore a chart that outlines the same principals in a slightly different manner from a book called Power Vs. Force and then from there we will go on to exploring the chakras, Kundalini and then maybe get into the Tree of Life from the Kabbalah. |
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