As I write this we are on the edge of World War 3. We have been on the edge of this experience since Russia invaded Ukraine. With the invasion of Hamas into Israel we are seeing, as I write this, the ragged edge of that cliff. Will we teeter over to a world war? I don't know, anything is possible in this Moon Cycle with Uranus having so much influence.
I can't say how we got here...from a very peaceful state of being and with a lot of people who want peace. We almost had peace between Israel and the Arab Emirates. We were so close to making progress it is really sad that one Terrorist attack could cause the Jewish and Muslim Worlds to implode. The sad relationship between Palestein and Israel is an entire story in and of itself. A conflict that has been going for centuries cannot easily be addressed. I will leave that analysis to people who enjoy those conversations and have been studying it for decades. To put it smply- there are no easy answers or solutions. Decades of bloodshed have taken their toll. As Spiritual people how can we navigate these times? I can share how I intend to navigate these times. I have a very different reaction then I would even a year ago. First, I realize that there is nothing that we can, as individuals, really do about a War on another continent. Unless you somehow go to that continent it is not a part of our everyday life unless we watch the news. We can have opinons on the conflict but at the end of the day becoming too involved at a distance is unhealthy. Second, realizing that on a soul level the people involved agreed to the possibility of going through these situations. This is a tough one because it's hard to imagine anyone putting themselves into the situations that happen in a War. One would think that people would go out of their way not to take an incarnation with those experiences. Yet, there are people who are paying karmic debts and others who may have thought they would behave in a more noble manner preventing the War instead of participating but when incarnate failed to carry those intentions. Yet, based on numerous accounts souls choose to put themselves into these sorts of situations. Third, focus on your daily life. I feel this way about the News as well...even as there are terrible things happening on the other side of the world it doesn't mean that I have to be misreable or in fear. Instead, I can focus on gratitude and cultivating joy regardless. Part of this is being in the Now, fully present in the moment instead of projecting oneself to other places and experiences. Fourth, turn off the news. Personally, if we hit the point where we are in World War 3 I will not watch the news networks. I may follow Breaking Points or Full Disclosure on High Vibe, as I usually do, but I would avoid mainstream news which is so full of fear and loves to fan fear in people. The War will still go on if we are watching or not. Again, once it starts there is little we can do here. This may sound awful, to go on as if nothing is happening while people are suffering in another part of the world but part of what fuels a War is people being excited about it. What we focus our mind upon is what occurs. If we don't want War the best thing to do is to focus on things that are not War. Again, we can develop nuanced opinions but those individual opinions mean very little. Governments choose to join Wars because they can. International diplomacy and treaties are complex. While it is sad that we need these things there are people who have very different values then anyone on the spiritual path. Ultimately, souls come here to have experiences, as I've said many times, All of us came here to experience these situations to see how we will behave to learn more about ourselves. We agreed to go through good and bad experiences when we chose to incarnate. So, yes, essentially, from a Spiritual perspective is to continue to life as normal. Not to tear out our hair or wear ashes. Instead, go about being happy in the face of those who are trying to create horror. Our own personal lessons in creating reality do not stop when its conveinant and when other people benefit from the horror (mainstream news who profit or terrorists who exist to create terror). By existing in a terrified state we benefit no one. To maintain joy in the face of the rest of the world losing their minds in fear, terror, and war is the most courageous thing that we can do. To stay happy, continue to prosper, and go about life as normal we are contributing to peace. If everyone could find that steadfast peace within themselves seeking harmony with their fellow humans the world would be a different place. As it is, however, we came to a world that has known war almost as soon as humans realized they were self-conscious. I know that some Spiritual people believe that they came here to change that, to bring peace and change the world...but I don't belive in the Utopia perspective. We came here to face challenges and find out how we would respond. Would we respond in a noble way or would we strike out. Would we let our internal peace be lost by chaos in the world or could we maintain that faith in the light of such darkness? The truth is a candle burns brighter during the night then it does the middle of the day. As Spiritual people who choose gratitude, peace, love and joy it is our responsibility to maintain these states of being. By maintaining these states of being we actually contribute positively to the collective. That is how I propose we navigate being on the edge of World War 3. Whether or not we can avert the war by maintaining positivity is not the question. Maintaining positivity on a day-to-day basis is a simple personal victory, especially in the face of fear and horror. This may sound a bit callous as people are suffering but when you do Shadow Work you accept that this is an imperfect world and it was meant to be imperfect. That means letting go of the poisonous concepts of Utopia or returning the world to an Edenic state of being. No one can agree on what either of those realities would look like...instead there are easily hundreds of ideas on what that would look like and in each of them it means changing other people or the outer reality...a belief that leads to a lot of misery. As Spiritual people who take responsibility for ourselves it is up to us to create peace within our own realm and life. We stay in our own lane knowing that other people's misery is not our own. We can be grateful that we have created and chosen a life that doesn't include the misery of war. Other people can make choices that suit them but we choose to honor peace, love, gratitiude and joy in our own lives regardless of what is happening in the outer world. We take responsibility for our inner world. That is why I say not to tune into the misery and propaganda that is created to make us take sides and create misery within our own lives. We can't be ignorant, we must know what is happening, but we do not have to become consciously involved projecting ourselves into the conflicts in which we are not directly involved. Further, as astrologer David Palmer...and even myself unintentionally, predicted this War you could say that it was pre-ordained. David has been predicting War for a long time now. I predicted war in my Full-Moon in my Aries Full Moon- Fear, Frustration and the Goddess video at the 5:33 (https://youtu.be/VEheZjuQ_1g) and I also said the collective rising up in a militant way at 3:37. The Hamas attack could easily be described as a militant uprising. I also said that identifying with different groups and digging in our heels was the energy of the time. If you go by astrology then, this war was pre-ordained, it is something that was laid out to happen long before you and I walked this Earth. Of course, if we were a Utopian Enlightened world maybe we could transmute the energy. Again, Spiritual Acceptance of things as they are is a key to peace. When we try to change things and force our will on our outer reality we create suffering. All we can do, really, is care for our own reality and why would we create anything but joy, gratitude and happiness? That, then, is my perspective in navigating this ragged edge of World War III.
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This Full Moon is at 5 degrees of Taurus. Five is the number for change. To quote my mom, "Betsy bar the door," because this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is a humdinger. This chart has balanced energy as there are as many positive as negative aspects. Look out! The Sun, Mercury and Mars are all conjunct in Scorpio. Our Conscious mind and willpower are in the swamp. We can either transform into the Phoenix through this deconstructive power or sting like the Scorpion. The Moon in Taurus is conjunct Jupiter that is opposing the Sun and Mercury. The Subconscious nurturing Gooddess energy is being amplified least we do something rash pushing us towards choosing our Higher nature by being a Phoenix.. Saturn and Lilith are both in supportive energy with the Sun and Moon. They are pushing for this powerful and deep transformative moment. Pluto, is square the Sun and Moon as it is not finished in Capricorn and ready for change. Venus in Virgo is Trine Uranus in Taurus as though to say what we need here is very strong nurturing Earth Goddess energy. We still have Neptune sextiling Uranus and Pluto while Pluto is trining Uranus and square the North Node. Finally, Lilith is still opposed Saturn in Pisces. Oracle Stone: Orthoceras This ancient sea creature Fossil works with the root Chakra and brings ancient knowledge and helps us tap into our ancient memories. We can use it as a potent tool in retrieving soul memories- past lives or in between lives- in the pursuit of applying this ancient and timeless wisdom to our current life. I was just listening to Rich Lopp on High Vibe TV and I realized that he was right. On the Path every time you reach the top of one Mountain a new one appears.
I have the life I always wanted as a stay-at-home Mom of two gorgeous girls. We live in a nice house in a decent neighborhood. We have everything that we need. I manifested everything I had on my vision board and I couldn't think of what to add. Well, after watching Rich I decided to add to my board YouTube Monetization. I realized my current Mountain is YouTube. In a way it kind of just fell into my lap because I hit a thousand subscribers without really doing anything. That was all due to my evergreen content and my Alchemy videos. Now, I realized I couldn't replicate the popularity of my top videos. But the Weekly Oracle Videos have really taken off and I hit the small goals that I had for them. If they hit ten views they would be worthwhile...half the videos regularly hit 10 and I receive the most views from them. Recently, I had a conversation with the Husband and realized he doesn't support me when it comes to YouTube. He thinks it's a waste of time. If I didn't have the Weekly Oracle videos doing so well I probably would quit. I realized this week when I chose to publish the Empress video so it was on the schedule I wanted to keep with just one image...instead of two as I should have and really more then that if I did it the way I really wanted...that the Evergreen videos I like to make are super difficult. I just don't have the time to create the different slides and then piece them into the video as I talk. That's really what those videos take. I've decided to shelve the Evergreen material for the most part after I am done with what I am currently working on...basically after the System of 12 Videos I will just stick to the Tarot. Thay way I just have one complicated video to make per month. I should be able to create what I want to that way. I won't have to keep sacrificing the quality. Now with the Tarot if I only two images that's okay (and with the symbols videos I have to do more than that). I am not terribly bothered because there are going to be 78 different videos for that series. Because it is so long and will take me years to go through is the reason why I am sticking with it. I find it super interesting. I will continue with the Astrology, the Medicene Wheel and the Weekly Oracles of course. I love doing those the most and that's a lot of content. I'm really grateful that my subscribers helped me to make the decision to make the Oracle weekly. I look forward to that challenge each week and it gives me a sense of accomplishment. I've learned not to overthink it. I love being a stay at home mom but doing just that is kind of boring. You can only mop the kitchen so many times before you're bored. I really thought my Manifesting days were done but now I have a new goal. A new Mountain to climb and I have three or four years before I'll give up. I cannot believe that there are channels with people pumping out content that I think is better then mine but for some reason I have subscribers and they don't. Most of them are pretty unreliable...and I think that's the key. Even then I have so much more Evergreen Material that I want to share. I have the 7 rays, the 7 gates, the Science of Magic- color and aromatherapy that I want to make. Then I may get into herbalism. I was thinking that I might do a Travelers Notes video every month....that may or may not happen. I scrapped one that I recently made. I was just not happy with how it ended up. I tried making it on a day when everything was going wrong and I just wasn't happy with it. Those are harder to make because The Husband has to watch the kiddos or I have to make it when the kiddos are in bed which keeps him awake because he can't sleep without me in bed. Yet, I do have a lot to share. A lot of interests but I'm going to let myself focus on just the Oracle Card readings for now. If I can do those ever y week I am pretty golden. The rest is just icing on the cake. Of course, my favorite thing is to see someone watching the Alchemy videos, or the 7 Tarot Cards of the Seeker, or the 7 Sephiroth on the Tree of Life....that's my favorite to see pop up on my Creators Studio. Even better is when peeople check the Fundamental Building Blocks because those are really where I say it all. People would be changed if they actually watch those but I understand why people don't...its old material. Still, if I can help people a little bit it would be nice. Those are my two main goals...to serve others by helping them discover what I have and then to be successful. Of course, it wouldn't take much for me to feel successful. I really don't need that much to justify doing YouTube as a part time job. Just enough to pay for some essentials. At the same time, it's not super important that it works either...because I really love making the videos. Which is usually the Goldilocks zone of manifestation. I am not desperate to make it happen. That helps a lot too. I'm excited about the adventure now that I have decided it's something that I really want to do on a weekly basis. I came across this amazing candy at Winco and had to try it. Last year I compared several types of Candy Corn and Brachs won. So, when I saw that this was a bag of Flavored Candy Corn I had to try it.
There are six flavors in the bag. There is Cotton Candy, All of the flavors taste unique. My favorite is probably the Apple. None of them are better then the traditional Brachs Candy Corn which is my favorite but it's really fun to do something different. This is definitely a fun fall treat. I highly recommend Brachs Fall Festival Candy Corn. The Astrology
This New Moon is at 21 degrees of Libra. Again, this number breaks down to three and we have multiplication and growth. Well, we are still stuck in the Neptune Sextile to Uranus and Pluto while Pluto Trines Uranus. Those outer planets are really working on the Collective Conacious/Media Narrative. The Sun, Moon, Mercury and South node are forming a Septum in Libra but those are their only harmonious aspects. Clearly this focus on the path is actually regressive. They are being opposed by the North Node and Chiron. This focus on justice is not going to bring healing. Venus and Lilith are conjunct in Scorpio. Venus is sextiling Mars and opposing Saturn in Pisces. This is Goddess power at it's height but they aren't liking the restriction on Group Think. Mars in Virgo is in a Trine with Saturn in Pisces. Our Willpower is thriving now that the Group Think is being limited. The Indigenous Moon Hunters Moon Here is where we pause from our toil for a moment of repose. The Fall Equinox is the sign that Grandfather Sun's powers are waning as Grandmother Moon's powers grow. We stare up at the starry nights meditating on where we have been and where we are going. The Hebrew Letter: Lamed This, the tallest of the Hebrew Letters, starts the word for teaching and learning. However, it also starts the word for gossip or slander. According to Lotterhand this is the "ox-goad". The ox represents the tamed bull or "animal nature" of our soul. Tarot Card Justice The number for this card is 11 which is commonly associated with the Awakening in the modern world and Unity. Known as the "Faithful Intelligence" represents our Subconscious that is always working to improve us as our laws are supposed to help improve society. She holds the sword, Saturn. Saturn represents resistance and Lotterhand emphasizes that our reality is created by the tension-the resisitance- between the Divine Masculine and Feminine. They composed the two pillars on the Tree of Life. "The Sword of Severity is the Tool by which you delineate what you want"- Jason Lotterhand The Faery Oracle Card Gawatcha The Faery of unexpected surprises. He strikes when we have become unacceptably rigid in life. I love the two examples in the guidebook: we can win the lottery or a meteor could hit our car. Either way a time of disorientation and confusion usually occurs as we adjust to our new abrupt circumstances. Tools Most people don't like the unexpected or change so it causes anxiety. So I'm using soothing and calming tools. For the Incense (Air) I'm using lavender. I'm using lavender essential Oil for Water as well. To represent fire I'm using a White Candle for purity which I find calming and to represent Air, the element of this New Moon. Earth Mineral Grid Tigers Eye Generator: I'm using this Solar Chakra stone as the generator to give us courage. Most run for the hills or fall apart when the unexpected strikes. Hypersenthe: This Root Chakra stone is the most calming stone I've ever worked with. There is a gorgeous grace to this stone that invoked calm in moments of anxiety. The silvery sheen reminds us that htere is a silver lining in every situation. Lepedolite: This Third Eye Chakra stone actually contains Lithium and helps us to lessen out mental chatter. Sodalite: This troat Chakra stone is one of sweet dreams and inspiration. This is the stone to keep at your bedside. Unakite: This soothing heart Chakra stone brings balance to the bearer. Starbucks released three different coffees for Fall at my local Winco. I picked up two of the three (and I may pick up the third, which was an Autumn Blend). This is the second Flavored Fall Coffee that I picked up: Salted Carmel Mocha.
Now I love Salted Carmel Mochas at Starbucks. You can get them all year long- it's just Mocha with Toffee Nut Syrup added- but they are pushed during the fall when the Salt Shakers for the top come out...so that it actually has Salt. The flavor of the drink itself is the same with just mocha and toffeenut. Either way, it is one of my favorite drinks. So even if this is half as good I'll love it. I don't usually like chocolate Flavored Coffee beans or Creamer. But I am willing to try ne things so we will see of this breaks the mold or I learn not to buy it in the future. As usual, I brewed 3 table spoons for 16 ozs of hot water in my French Press. The first cup I fixed as a usual Coffee. The second cup I followed the crafted beverage recipe on the side of the package Smell The bag of coffee smells really good. There is a sweet buttery smell which is surprising. Smell Of Brewed Coffee Smells wonderful. Sweet and nutty. Taste Of Plain Coffee Tastes a lot like a regular light roast coffee with a slight nutty finish. I don't taste the chocolate at all. With Milk With Milk (1% Lactaid) the nutty flavor was a little watered down. That's to be expected but it really didn't help the coffee. I prefer the coffee without milk. With Sweetner The sweet nutty flavor came back with the sweetner. I really enjoyed this coffee. I think it's my second favorite right after Toasted Chestnut by Red Brick. Crafted Beverage (Made with warm milk and a tablespoon of brownsugar. Whipped cream and caramel are also included in the recipe but I don't have those on hand). With the brown sugar the Mocha flavor did pop a bit more. I definitely prefer this with my regular sweetner (sweet n low) but I prefer the nutty flavor over the chocolate flavor. Conclusion At the end of the day this is easily the best Fall Coffee Offering this year. This is definitely in my top five Flavored Coffee offerings of all time. This just doesn't beat Joffery's flavored fall coffees but it's easily the best I can get in my local grocery store. I wish we had a Jofferys somewhere nearby here in California. I can only order their coffee in bulk. I am debating doing that as gifts next year. I would love to sample some of their Christmas offerings. We will see. I thought that I had written a blog for today but I suppose that I didn't.
First off, Rabbit Rabbit! Happy October 1st! The Rabbit Rabbit tradition started with a farmers almanac where a girl said Rabbit for good luck at the start of each. President My mind has been wonderfully quiet and calm so I haven't had a lot to say. A lot has happened. We celebrated my eldest daughter's birthday in August and my yougest daughters birthday in September. Our puppies, Bandit and Sparkle turned one. My elderly cat passed away and then my big elderly dog passed away. We adopted a dog. That has gone well. She's a good dog. She does tend to tear up toys, she has dug a couple of holes in the yard and she had gotten into one of the bathroom trashcan twice. But all of that has been relatively rare. She is definitely more of a my husband's dog than mine. She doesn't show much interest in me but if he's on the couch she is there. We're not going to replace the cat. We decided a while ago that if Harley passed away she would be our last cat. She wasn't a friendly cat, even at the end I didn't want to hold her because she hated to be held even by the Husband and she was his cat. The last week my daughter had been home sick from school. I've had some rough nights with her. We ended up taking her to thr doctor and she had a major ear infection. She didn't communicate to us that her ear hurt so I had no idea what was going on other then she had a fever and runny nose. The doctor said if she stayed the same or got worse to do a Covid test. Luckily she's responded well to the antibiotics so she will be back to school on Monday. The Husbans has been fixing the trailer we bought a few years ago. There was leak in part of it and the wood had dry rot. So he had to tear out some of it and he's putting it back together. It should be up and running in a couple of weeks just in time for us to go to Calico for the Halloween festivities If the trailer is done early we will be able to go to Knotts for their Spooky Farms. That way the girls will get more than their share of Halloween Trick or Treating. That is the only part I don't like about my neighborhood. Most of the residents are elderly and don't give out candy for Halloween. So we have had to look for alternatives. On the day of we may visit two to three homes but that's it. Calico and Knotts Spooky Farm, though, are both wonderful alternatives to trick or treating around the neighborhood. So, if we can do both this year I'll be pretty happy. Fall is my favorite season and Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. That's one of the reasons the Husband and I chose to be married in October. Before, when we didn't have kids we would spend the night at Knotts going to Knott's Scary Farm and then staying in the hotel. This year, though, we will probably settle for a nice dinner while his best friend watches the kids. Our kids love their Uncle so it's a win-win situation when he babysits them. I hit my goals on YouTube so I guess I'm going to have to set new ones. I don't know what those are going to be. My only goal with the Weekly Oracles was that as long as one of the videos hit 10 views it would be worth it. Well, I've surpassed my goal and last week the total for the astrological videos was somewhere around 450. The viewing hours finally hit 1k, that's huge, so I am very happy with that and it is hovering around that number. That's only 1/4 of the way to the goal of being monetized but the needle has moved pretty rapidly. If the Weekly Oracles keep growing it may be possible I will get to monetization some day. That I've moved the dial as much as I have is more than I expected. There are not a lot of people doing weekly oracle readings based on astrology signs. I think I'm the only one so that is a service and a niche that needed to be served. Colette Baron Reid doesn't do an oracle reading every week (in fact, it seems she has moved most of her stuff to her website). If YouTube has done anything it's really pushed off the people who don't feel safe there being who they are...and that's really sad. But it's an opportunity for me so I can't really complain. So far, I have had a couple of negative comments but they were minimal. I"m sure if my channel grows I'll receive even more negativity but so far it's been very positive. Most people don't respond other than to hit subscribe. In fact, I'm really shocked by how passive the majority of people are out there. Well, the youngest is wanting my attention and that's all I can think of to say at the moment. I'd like to do a chat video on my channel as a travelers notes but we will see. I haven't done a Travelers Notes in a while. If I do one it will probably be entitle The Wheel Of Life. |
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