DAILY Out of difficulties, the extra-ordinary creates itself. In constricted cycles, expanded visions appear. In times of fear, courage increases. Being in the midst of yet another problematic, constricting cycle, it is difficult to stand outside mundane home-ground to behold sublime visitations and visions. It feels impossible to find time in a present so over-filled with to do’s that we can’t stop to perceive the miraculous erupting around us.
In 1982 the most adorable alien we’d met to date told us to ‘phone home.’ Remember? That time was a cycle of financial tremblings like much like this present one, with high interest rates, job insecurity, and shaky economics. Like then, there are potent forces of creative potential to actualize next steps. With so much distraction, we need to be precise about objectives. It is important to get clear about not only who we are but the miracles we expect. Adorable aliens aside, it is a time when the mundane and the miraculous live side by side, and we need 3-D vision tuned in at all times.
Part of our present difficulty may be that we have lost the faith we still held back then? Perhaps that, more than anything else is what we need to retrieve. Does if feel we have lost our way? Squandered all belief in the intrinsic goodness of our humanness? That the mad-dogs are winning? And that trashy gossip has overcome decent sensibilities? As cycles go, this one is a doozey, but it will end, as ALL cycles do. We will move from these contracted fears to greater possibility, just as we will move from being the world’s power base– to not. Nothing lasts, not even the good stuff.
It feels it is time to phone home for hope, faith, courage, and Grace. If we are fortunate, aliens will arrive in time to turn us around and connect us to what is important, to true home-ground: mother earth, the heart’s home of stillness and perfect peace, belief in our dreams, and ability to effect change. God knows we have enough calling devices. The issue might be in listening once we have dialed.
If someone shows up in your closet, cute as a bug, weird as hell, and sweet as pie, you follow instructions. Indeed, “Phone Home.”
Asana:Bhujapidasana/Shoulder Pressing Pose. This is as good a pose as any in which to prepare to meet a cute alien. Spread the feet, bending the knees in order to place palms about 18 inches apart, between legs so you can rest the back of thighs on upper arms. Bend elbows, and exhale as you lift feet off floor, squeezing the knees over the arms. Interlock ankles, lifting abdominal muscle and mula bandha. Repeat pose by changing ankle interlock. To release any wrist strain, stand on hands afterward in Padhastasana.
Health Notes: This is a powerful pose of strengthening wrists, arms, and abs. When you conquer it, you do feel ready to meet anyone, on any level.
Astrology Notes: In Scorpio’s territory until Nov. 21st, her ruler, Pluto, is holding extra sway, providing energy to break down blocks, especially those that keep us from evolutionary progress. Personally, Pluto helps to integrate the Self, when it works productively, and when not, it is an annihilator. Presently, it is breaking down structures holding humanity back. Being impersonal, it doesn’t care how we re-structure, only that we do. Best to do psychological house cleaning before Pluto comes and holds you by the ears, forcing you into Bhujapidasana, ready or not.
Ayurvedic Notes: As you know, life expresses through many qualities. Ayurvedically we express mentally, emotionally, and physically through three qualities or doshas; vata, kapha, and pitta. Each dosha has its particular qualities, or gunas. Most of us are a mix of the doshas, usually manifesting or experiencing one more than the others. Remember also that like increases like. As we move into winter, kapha qualities, or the water humour, of heavy, cool, stable, and dense become predominant. Stay balanced by eating lighter. spicier foods, avoiding fatty, oily, and/or excessive dairy.
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