a month away from it all

Saskatoon is a welcome reprieve - weather wise & for the company of my dear childhood friend & her darling family

we've had great fun - playing with the babies at her day care & hanging out after

weekends now that the weather is nice are spent outdoors - by the river, on drives, at picnics & outdoor cafes - lots of farmers markets & Shakespear at the Park too

so far everything is cleaner, more spacious & gentler over here - even the thunder storm we had - ha ha 

communication, connection, collaboration

in making my point what options and opportunities I choose to present my point can either contribute to, aggravate or deter from my message

my motivations, what concerns me, where my attachments lie influence matters of self seeking - in direction, examination, inquiry and realization

how do I initiate communication?  speak with others?  express my point of view? 

how do I build relations and make connections? 

how do I lay the groundwork for collaboration and partnership? 

priorities, perspectives, patterns

Under the influence of present cosmic changes and planetary transits, our attention turns to larger and longer term issues.  Many more have shifted their focus considering humanity's overall plans and futures over our personal hopes and wishes today. 

No longer satisfied with merely meeting daily mundane demands, we seek to understand instead how we and these demands fit into the overall pattern in the Big Picture.  Being clear about what I want in life is now of growing importance. 

Openness, acceptance and generosity with oneself and others can pave the way and ease our burden through shared connection and collaboration. 

Reach out - Expand - Evolve

family - bonds, beliefs, baggage

new World Trade needle

While no one can discount the value of family - emotional models, belief patterns, relationship filters - can greatly influence the bonds we eventually form. As adults how clear, free and independent are we of our past and our patterns? Are we present to our needs, wants, and drives? More importantly, do we know what dictates and influences these needs, wants and drives? Are they really our own or are they merely a product of our upbringing and environment? Do we even question and explore these territories?

feasts & celebration

Passover and Easter are major occasions evoking sacred rites, rituals and communal practices among many.  When done properly, their preparation is Sacred Alchemy.   

Ganacakra (a Dakini feast) is a sacramental meal and festive celebration invoking an alchemical transmutation from base to higher vibration.  

In this process, the negative energy of baser emotion or klesha (poison) is transformed into the luminous energy of enlightened awareness or gnosis (jnana).  

Its ingestion is highly intoxicating - wherein physical digestion leads to spiritual unfoldment and G0D realization.  

resist & persist

Our body, mind and heart are the means through which to express who we really are.

Who is the driver?  Now and in every moment.  No past.  No future.  Just now.

What are the control factors?  Who is in control of what?

In surrender lies freedom.  But surrender requires discipline for the ego to let go.

Discipline is made effective and efficient through one's clarity.

Knowing oneself.  Truly.

lost & found

"Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul."  
~Henry Van Dyke, The Prison and the Angel

Is all well in our world?  No matter what our circumstances are we well? 

Or do we swing schizophrenically on our own self inflicted hangman's noose battling incessantly with our selves? 

Drawn and quartered between stuck and lost?  between our compulsive obsessions or the never ending process of finding ourselves? 

Or do we dance to and celebrate our innate nature?  Acknowledging balance is indeed the key?  Exploring the parts of us that please us?  Appreciating what our shadow selves teach us? 

In our path toward enlightenment our journey is paved each step of the way with the choice we make, the attitude we sustain, the decision concluded. 

Who determines which is wise or appropriate?  timely or truly? 

Are we encouraged and empowered by the endeavor?  Are we filled with light, love, life? 

Is the body harnessed?  the mind disciplined?  the heart engaged?  the spirit ignited?  the soul kindled? 

Where then do we let life take us?