This is an exceptional article about what tantric thought and practice really are and how the path can enrich and transform life in every way:
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This is an amazing and beautiful video… “This is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the world, condensed down to 1:11. From space we look like a bee hive of activity. What you will see, is a video showing air traffic around the world for 24 hours, taken from a satellite. The yellow dots are airplanes in the sky during a 24 hour period. Stay with the picture. You will see the light of the day moving from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on its axis. Also you will see the aircraft flow of traffic leaving the North American continent and traveling at night to arrive in the UK in the morning. Then you will see the flow changing, leaving the UK in the morning and flying to the American continent in daylight. This is something that everyone should see. For us old-timers it is really fascinating. For our children/grandchildren it provides a superb learning moment and an opportunity to open up what could be a very interesting discussion. This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. There are lots of people in the sky at any given moment. You can tell it was spring time in the north by the sun’s foot print over the planet. You could see that it didn’t set for long in the
Rob Brezsny comes to the rescue once again with this uplifting excerpt from his book Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings. This is Part 6 of his series on how good life really is – we just have to see it from a healthy perspective. I love this entry in particular, it seems the apocalypse is a pretty common prediction among humans – and yet we’re all still here! LET’S EXPOSE THE OBVIOUS MIRACLES (Part 6) “Many people alive today are convinced that our civilization is in a dark age, cut off from divine favor, and on the verge of collapse. But it’s healthy to note that similar beliefs have been common throughout history. As far back as 2800 BC, an unknown prophet wrote on an Assyrian clay tablet, “Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end.” In the seventh century BC, many Romans believed Rome would suffer a cataclysm in 634 BC. Around 300 BC, Hindus were convinced they lived in an “unfortunate time” known as the Kali Yuga — the lowest point in the great cosmic cycle. In 426 AD, the Christian writer Augustine mourned that this evil world was in its last days. According to the Lotharingian panic-mongers who lived more than a 1,000 years ago, human life on earth would end on March 25, 970. Astrologers in 16th-century London calculated that the city would be destroyed by a great flood on February 1, 1524. American minister William Miller proclaimed the planet’s “purification by fire” would occur in 1844. Anglican minister Michael Baxter assured his followers that the Battle of Armageddon would take place in 1868. The Jehovah’s Witnesses Oddly, no major prophets forecast cataclysm for the years between 1930 and 1945. Is there any time in history that was more deserving of being called the “Apocalypse” than that period? The Great Depression was the most widespread, long-lasting economic disaster ever. During World War II, 50 million civilians and 25 million soldiers were killed. John Ballou Newbrough (“America’s Greatest Prophet”) wasn’t impressed with the tragedy of that era. After the war, he promised mass annihilation and global anarchy for 1947. The website “A Brief History of the Apocalypse” at tinyurl.com/yqb83n lists over 200 visions of doom that have spilled from the hysterical imaginations of various prophets in the last two millennia. Our age may have more of these doomsayers per capita than previous eras, although the proportion of religious extremists among them has declined as more scientists, journalists, and storytellers have taken up the singing of humanity’s predicted swan song. In her book *For the Time Being,* Annie Dillard concludes, “It is a weakening and discoloring idea that rustic people knew God personally once upon a time but that it is too late for us. There never was a more holy age than ours, and never a less. There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha’s bodhi I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.” READ PART 1 OF THE SERIES “Let’s Expose the Obvious Miracles”: This is a fascinating TedX talk by Mark Waldman, therapist, research scholar, and Associate Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania where he currently conducts research with Andrew Newberg, MD, on the neurological correlates of beliefs, morality, compassion, meditation, religious experiences, and spiritual practices. Learn just how malleable our brains are…for good and for bad.
She was right. They only cost $60 and her inventory was gone in no time. Since getting mine, I’ve been asked two questions over and over: 1 – “How can I get one of them?” 2 – “I’m not crazy about that design, but I do want an Isis blanket. What else is available?” Well I tracked down the company that weaves these blankets. They are soft 100% cotton, machine washable and dryable…in fact, almost indestructible. And the design is woven into the blanket, not just printed on. If you’re one of those who wants this blanket, you can get one by clicking on this link: Isis Tapestry Throw – Circles of Light Imports As for the second question, there currently aren’t any other options. However, in a former life I was a professional fine artist working in the colorful, sensual medium of oil paint. I’ve found a great weaver who will make a blanket of the same quality….only it will be a little larger for no extra charge. I am preparing to paint my own design for a magical Isis blanket. As part of the extensive research I’m conducting into Isis symbology and mythology, I’m asking the healing community to email me suggestions, requests, links to images that speak to them, etc. My intention is to create more than just some pretty colored threads. I want to create a Power piece that speaks to the core of the Isis Priestesses and Priests. What do you want an Isis blanket to look like? Email me today: Avalon@AvalonOfSedona.com
“Who am I? Well that is the big question, isn’t it? “Blue-eyed beauty in red, winging like lightning, blue fire in the night sky, seeding the cosmos with her gathered stardust, scintillating and sparkling the inner light she brings.” he replied. …. …. …. Saith is a treat to watch in this video for his new single, Again and Again. There’s an amazing community of gifted musicians in Sedona, and he’s one of the most talented among them. This new single, and the video, are so good. (He also teaches the best yoga class I’ve ever taken….if you ever get the rare chance to take a class from him, jump on it! His yoga opens you up, body and soul, just like his music does.)
Living in Sedona where there is a thriving, very interactive, community of ravens has turned me into a huge fan. This short clip from a very entertaining PBS special is a wonderful look into the playful, fun side of the magical black bird: . .
Author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, Rob Brezny is guaranteed to light up your life with new perspectives on life, love, sex, and lots more. I recommend everyone sign up for his astrology newsletter – even if you don’t like astrology. He opens each email with an uplifting, somewhat anarchistic, excerpt from Pronoia and follows that with three links to amazing sites that will inspire you. It’s one of the only newsletters I ALWAYS read because it just makes me feel good! You can sign up for it here: freewillastrology.com/newsletter Here’s a funny, inspiring Pronoia excerpt that was featured in the email he sent out this week: CRIMES THAT DON’T BREAK ANY LAWS, Rob Brezny We’re psychically assaulted by dangerous images and sickening words every day. The media relentlessly blast us with their trendy doom and gloom fixation, generating an endless onslaught of messages about how bad life is and what a mess the future will bring. The entertainment industry force-feeds us insipidly paranoid scenarios that keep our fear reflexes chronically throbbing. Is this acceptable to you? It’s not to me. Our eyes and ears are constantly scalded by blistering harangues to buy stuff we don’t really need. The sacred temples of our imaginations are pounded ruthlessly by smart bombs whipped up by evil advertising geniuses in their Madison Avenue laboratories. Our ability to envision the astounding intricacy and richness of the web of life has gotten hijacked and hooked on decadent fantasies about new possessions that would allegedly make us happier. I for one am no longer willing to absorb the dazzling psychic toxins that sting and sap and wound our lust for life. I reject the epidemic obsession with big bad nasty things and flashy trite empty-hearted things. I say it’s time for us to rise up and fight back — to reconsecrate and regenerate our imaginations. Here are my demands. Continue reading Rob Brezny’s 15 Demands – Rescuing Your Imagination
There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you. Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life. Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God’s children. A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, “nourish them.” Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you — for free. Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on. The next great song is being rehearsed. Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth. Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way. Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they’ll be thriving like never before. They just can’t see it from where they’re at. Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want — and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in it’s reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angsty longing and render it all “So worth the wait.” Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche — this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you. Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest. Someone is fighting the fight so that you don’t have to. Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water. Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable. You. Me. Some. One. Now. SPREAD THE RA-RA. ADD TO THE MANIFESTO. ENCOURAGE. . . . . . . . Source: http://WhiteHotTruth.com . . . . . . . |
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