two parallel lines

Moving...

2010-09-20T15:11:00.002-05:00

Hello friends and family

2parallellines blog will be moving to a more extensive family very soon. if you a part of my blog you have an official welcome to join us on Permission To Be - A place where creativity is the cause for Oneness.

www.permissiontobe.me (launching soon)

Speaking in Code

2010-06-06T16:14:00.002-05:00

Speaking in Code Trailer from sQuare productions on Vimeo.

Sound Generated Fears

2010-06-06T14:52:00.001-05:00

Ponder this:

Fear and phobias stemmed NOT from the object itself but from the sound that accompanies it.

Finding the sound associated with your fear might just be the answer to help rid you of your phobias.

Enjoy this article

*some further thoughts: You might come to realize that you technically do not have to 'rid' yourself of anything... period. As you reach the level of understanding and the Knowing that we flutter around in an existence that uses techniques designed to tick the mind with illusions, you will begin to See through them, and discover that your fear is not even real. We are so used to being afraid, it has become instinctual. Instinctual response is what we want to be free of.

So what is real? You manifest your reality. If you believe fear exists it will be very real for you. If you believe it does not exist, you will be free of it.

The reality IS there is nothing to fear, not even fear itself.

Feel from your heart, and allow its energy to manifest - no fear resides in the heart.

THE BIRTH OF A NEW HUMANITY

2010-05-28T16:58:00.001-05:00

THE BIRTH OF A NEW HUMANITY

In this next broadcast we are going to enter into ancient Atlantis because it is where our story begins. And is something that must be done simply because this is exactly where our present-day troubles were created.

Long ago, over 13,000 years ago, the human grids of consciousness began to collapse and humanity began to lose their higher consciousness. It is what the Bible called the Fall. Something had to be done or humanity would end up no higher than the animals.

But as the Earths axis shifted to a new location and Atlantis sank below the ocean levels, and the Maya, Kogi and Arjarcos headed in their boats to new lands, humanity also began to sink below the levels of awareness that were once achieved. Men and women more advanced than we are now quickly became hairy barbarians with not even the knowledge to light a fire. Their Mer-Ka-Ba fields, their light bodies, had been shut down leaving them exposed to the effects of the Earths magnetic field having been shut off. The memories of humanity were erased.

In a far distance place a decision was made, and a global project was begun here on Earth to bring the humans back to their rightful consciousness level, but it would take 13,000 years, to where we are right now in time. And what Life knows is that to save a race of beings in this way doesn’t always work, but this time it did.

This is the true story of how certain humans who were exempt from the Fall, rose to the occasion and long ago began to develop massive Earth geomancy to recreate a specific human grid of consciousness that surrounded the Earth so that someday humanity could return to the higher levels of consciousness they had once achieved.

Every life form on Earth must have a consciousness grid that completely surrounds the Earth in order for it to exist. Without these grids, there is no awareness.

When you understand the science that is behind this story, it will amaze you. And when you understand the results of this 13,000 years experiment, you will be filled with joy. For what has happened is no less than the Birth of a New Humanity. YOU will see, for you are about to live it.

Beyond 2012 indeed! We as the human race are just beginning. Again.

And I am honored to give you this wonderful news.
From my Heart,
Drunvalo Melchizedek

to mirror will heal.

2010-05-27T13:50:00.001-05:00

a message from Karen Murphy
Monday, 24 May, 2010

Most of you reading this are already aware on some level of the change upon which your planet and those inhabiting it are undergoing at this time. Change has been taking place for a long time now (one could argue successfully that change is a constant state), but the degree and intensity of change has been on the increase and is now something that many of you can sense or feel on a number of levels. We would like to offer our encouragement in the support of these changes as well as some practical advice on what to expect and how to gracefully move through this time while at the same time applying conscious awareness to your part in the play, your place in the overall tapestry of the universe.

Signs of planetary vibration changes
Feelings of unease
Disorientation
Vivid dreams
Déjà vu, synchronicities, or similar phenomena
Sleep issues
Wanting change, but not knowing what to change
Feeling like your personality is changing
Wanting to end life as you know it
Wanting to connect with people
General malaise
Feeling that you are receiving messages
Feelings of fear that you can't connect to anything known

If these are familiar, you are not alone. You are moving toward a time when the higher emotional state is honored and accepted more than it has been. This necessitates some growing pains during a lengthy transition period as you move away from what has been into what is coming. We offer our energetic support to you during this time, to assist in the self understanding and growth you are undertaking as part of the process of being on the planet and accepting your choice to be a part of the changes that are taking place.

Awareness
It is not necessary to be aware or conscious of what is happening within and around you, but awareness helps with the sense of disorientation that can occur. But how to increase awareness? We give practical exercises frequently that can assist in your own awareness not only of Self and your place in that universal tapestry but also in your awareness of the bigger picture and of the connections you forge and maintain with Nature and with the millions of people connected to you in some fashion. We extend such an exercise now:

Sitting quietly and comfortably, rest your hands on your knees. Allow your eyes to close and allow the thoughts of the day and the moment to slip away. You are only here now. You are only in this moment, sitting and resting comfortably, with your hands on your knees. You feel the weight of your hands and the warmth that melts into the space between hand and knee. You breathe now, breathing in and then out again, feeling once more the weight of hand upon knee.

There is a circle being created here, a circle made of your own body. Hand to knee and back up through all your chakras, then down again with your breath to your hands once more. Hand to knee, up with your breath, out again to hand on knee. Over and over, around and around. Feel as you notice this circle how there are so many other such circles being met and made in the same moment. In this moment, countless other people are sitting, hand upon knee, breathing around and around. Feel these circles and your connection to them. Notice that they are there, simply be aware that they exist.

And then come back to yourself, your own small circle, now enlarged. Breathe in and around once more.

The next time you sit in such a manner, hand to knee, a part of you will remember this connection and you will build upon it. It is a common pose and therefore will bring your awareness that much deeper each time you find your body resting in this manner.

Vibration
The Earth’s vibration rate is changing and is increasing overall. This also can lead to feelings of disorientation, of spinning out of control in one’s life, especially if control is an issue for you to begin with. It is a common issue and so it is likely that many people are affected by this sense that the world is moving faster than they are prepared for.

The simplest thing to do, from our perspective, is to let go and release any expectations about what comes next or even of having a feeling of “being okay.” But that is from our perspective and doesn’t necessarily speak to the challenges of life in a physical body, where safety is not always a given.

What do we mean when we say, “let go and release”? There are connotations with those words that can lead one to conclude that letting go is a painful and arduous process. Letting go and releasing simply means detaching from expectation. Allowing for ALL possibilities, even when you can only see one or two.

Letting go exercise
Here is a simple exercise designed to assist you with feeling more comfortable in letting go.

Close your eyes. You can do this in any position, even seated at a desk. Focus your attention on the tip of your nose. For the next moment or two, the tip of your nose is the only thing that exists. There is nothing else. If any other thoughts come in, set them aside for the moment and refocus again on your nose. Just the tip of your nose. There is nothing else in the universe, just the tip of your nose. There is an entire world populated on the tip of your nose. You can imagine this. An entire world, resting there on the tip of your nose. Ives are lived, loves are loved, wars are fought, babies are born, just there on the tip of your nose. Nothing else exists but this space.

Breathe that in for a moment. Just the tip of your nose. Nothing else exists.

Now, slowly, bring your awareness to a larger area. The whole of your nose. Your mouth. Your eyes. Your face. There is still a world balanced on the tip of your nose but now that universe expands. Expand it now once again, this time on a macro level. Planets, Stars. Galaxies. And still, the tip of your nose. See how they coexist? The micro and the macro.

All possibilities exist in this moment.

Vibrational changes also occur on a very physical level. Not only is time speeding up a bit, but there is also a sense of urgency for many people about getting themselves in a better space personally. You will notice an emphasis on personal growth, even more than before. An additional emphasis is placed, for many people, on consciously being aware of AND DOING their unique life purpose.

Being a part of these changes doesn’t have to mean making any overt change within yourself or doing any particular action, but for many these types of changes become paramount. You may find yourself wishing to completely change your lifestyle now and the company that you keep. People who were friends or were in close relationship in the past may seem less satisfying to you now. This has a lot to do with vibration – not everyone processes vibrational changes at the same rate. Not everyone even responds to overall vibrational change in the same way. If you find yourself moving away from people, there is likely good reason to do so. It is not that they are detrimental to you, simply that they are not serving the same purpose for you. Look for new groups that support the things you feel are important.

Finding a passion
One thing that can help ground you through this period is finding something that you can be passionate about. Not everyone is into activism, but this is an excellent time for it. Activism moves large numbers of people into action. Positive activism (about creating something new and not about destroying what doesn’t work) can be immensely helpful at this time in grounding and helping you find like-minded people with whom you can weather the vibrational changes together. This is very important at this time.

Another way to find passion is to look inward. Is it finally time to write that book? To publish those poems? To think seriously about a career change? To find a personal practice that fulfills you? Use the next few months to try some new activities that you have been putting off for a while, or to bring out an old project that calls to you.

Reach out and reach within
Again, we can’t stress enough the importance of forging a sense of connection to Self and to others around you. This is a challenging time with challenging energies, but you will be best served (and best serving others) if your connection to Self is strong and your connection to the spheres that surround you is acknowledged. Challenge yourself over the next few months by reaching both outward and inward.

Reach out to people you might not have in the past. Whether you dismissed them or felt dismissed by them, now is a time to acknowledge the connections that exist around you. Be open to introductions from others. Be open to people handing you gifts of a phrase, word, book title, or thought that becomes a part of you afterward, Be open to new experience and to new perceptions. Others are changing as rapidly as you are, and, just as you are, are looking for an anchor in the storm. Remember that you give as much as you receive — if not more.

Reach inward to deeper and deeper places within you. Yes, there are dark corners you have avoided. Now is the time to shine light on them and to invite them into your experience. Make friends with your darkness. Find ways of pleasing yourself with small things — a bunch of flowers, an ice cream cone, 20 minutes to make a quick drawing. Notice the connection between you and the greater You that exists within.

You are part of the change. Everything you do is helping to create, maintain, and support life in this planet as you know it to be. Each breath and each moment is important. You are important.

time+love=answer

2010-05-25T21:43:00.001-05:00

According to Thoth, unconditional love is a powerful magnetic force which, once activated through the hologram of love, makes you truly magnetic within every cell of your body. As a result, you begin to attract all you need to become a cosmic vibration of higher wisdom. If we could understand time and love together, Thoth said, we would have the answer.

In Egyptian mythology, Thoth is the god of wisdom, time, writing, magic and the moon.

Sheng Zhen - the experience of unconditional love

2010-05-25T21:06:00.002-05:00

"Within the depths of the human heart lies a paradise waiting to be experienced. It is the experience of Sheng Zhen - the experience of unconditional love. Sheng Zhen is pure, taintless, and totally free, depending on nothing for its existence. It is what every human being yearns for in his search for pleasure, happiness. peace, and contentment. It is man's ultimate quest. The human being can truly rest only when he has experienced the fullness of unconditional love in his heart. Often hoping to find answers to life's questions, he looks everywhere outside of himself to satisfy his needs. It is ironic that the very thing he is searching for is found resting in his heart.

Sheng Zhen is found in the heart of every human being as a seed waiting to be watered and nourished. Once Sheng Zhen is experienced in the heart, it is seen everywhere. There is nowhere that it does not exist, for the very fabric of existence is Sheng Zhen.

A glimpse of Sheng Zhen can shed light on the mystery of man's existence and his relationship with his fellowmen and the universe. A natural understanding of life and the order of the universe develops. Coming in touch with Sheng Zhen affects and colors the way one sees and tastes life. In that love, the destructive power of differences and seeming inequalities is conquered; one's view of the world expands to embrace all. This is the power of unconditional love. It dissolves all conflicts and makes the light of truth shine; all differences melt in its luminosity and clarity. Sheng Zhen is the highest most sacred truth.

The experience of Sheng Zhen is the gift of the practice of Wuji Yuan Gong. Through the practice, the heart is opened; the experience of unconditional love becomes tangible and accessible. As the Qi flows through the body in the practice, it brings about an experience of inner delight. This can only be described as being in a state of love. With time, one can even feel this blissful inner sensation while going through an ordinary day in one's life. Slowly and naturally, balance, harmony, wisdom, compassion, joy, and divine inspiration characterize one's existence.

To an individual whose being is permeated with Sheng Zhen, there is no such thing as a spiritual or materialistic life. There is only life and the beautiful poetry of existence in this realm. Such is the gift of Sheng Zhen."

-- Master Li Jung Feng from Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong book

When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty.

Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So, too, are feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness.

Shariputra, all dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced. Not destroyed, not defiled, not pure, and they neither increase or diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, feeling, cognition, formation, or consciousness; no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sights, sounds, smells, tastes, objects of touch, or dharmas; no field of the eyes, up to and including no field of mind-consciousness; and no ignorance or ending of ignorance, up to and including no old age and death or ending of old age and death. There is no suffering, no accumulating, no extinction, no way, and no understanding and no attaining.

Because nothing is attained, the Bodhisattva, through reliance on prajna paramita, is unimpeded in his mind. Because there is no impediment, he is not afraid, and he leaves distorted dream-thinking far behind. Ultimately Nirvana!

All Buddhas of the three periods of time attain Anuttarasamyaksambodhi through reliance on prajna paramita. Therefore, know that prajna paramita is a great spiritual mantra, a great bright mantra, a supreme mantra, an unequalled mantra. It can remove all suffering; it is genuine and not false. That is why the mantra of prajna paramita was spoken. Recite it like this:

[OM] GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA !(3X)
(GONE, GONE, GONE BEYOND, COMPLETELY GONE BEYOND, ENLIGHTENMENT, HAIL)

Vibrate on Love

2010-05-25T19:41:00.002-05:00

As the ones who orchestrate this amazing Shift of all times, please prepare to move into the One Heart, in unison, to receive the finest and the purest light of the divine into your very cells and to hold the Heart of Gaia within your hearts.

As I spent some quiet time in communion with the One Heart, this is what came through. I have been guided to share this with my beloved family, and with all who would like to join in this meditation, in groups or individually, focusing on the manifestation and the co-creation of a planet of love, peace and joy, a planet we consider home and a planet that is magnetizing this awesome transfiguration into light, through our combined thought intentions and focused love. - Saranya Zaveri

"It is time now to participate in a most profound event that shall have its effect on the whole of creation.

This shift from the third/fourth dimension into the fifth dimension is a huge one, and right now it takes the cumulative light of all the light-workers put together, to gather into one huge packet of Source Light and to radiate this to the Collective Consciousness.

You are once again on the very precipice, the edge of Time, waiting to leap forth into a new consciousness, shifting into a new paradigm, a paradigm of new realities.

This evolutionary shift requires inter-dimensional connection between the timeless essence of yourself and your different soul aspects. As the ones who light the pathway for those that seek the awakening force that sweeps this planet now, you use streams of thought, emotion, creativity and higher languages of symbology to express the cosmic unity of the Fifth dimensional world that is now manifesting around and through this planet.

Sense the presence of the Ascended Masters, and Light Masters holding graceful Gaia in their light and surrounding the whole of this dimension with the soft cocoon of their combined love.

The way to connect heaven and earth is through the heart. It is imperative on this pathway to bring matter and spirit together.

For those who are ready, the first step is to find within their innermost heart, the calm, peace, and stillness that is the realm of unconditional love that we are co-creating in and around us.

As you move into the stillness of your inner heart, know that you are being gently drawn into a more refined aspect of your heart that reveals itself to you. Know that this layer of your inner heart is the closest to the most divine aspect of your soul, closest to Source as you have ever been.

Move deeper and deeper inwards until you find that sacred space and feel the power and the grace of your One Heart, drawing on the infinite source of love and light that emanates from the core of your being.

As you move deeper into the stillness of being, you merge with you higher dimensional self. This is accomplished by allowing the purest divine consciousness to stream into your heart from the very core of your heart and to integrate into every cell of your being.

Reach that ultimate point where within that stillness you sense a very fine and subtle force-field of light.

This sphere of light vibrates silently with the most divine frequencies of love and you recognize it as a powerful vortex of love, and you move into its center. Your heart is one with the center of this amazing field of light.

As you remain in this state of silent love, you begin to sense from deep within there is a super-refined frequency that spirals from another long-forgotten source that you now recognize and reclaim as the wellspring of wisdom and love that is the origin of your existence and your creation.

An ancient memory is triggered as remembrance floods from this point of source, within your heart. Great waves of love overwhelm you as you finally see your heart as being that source of being-ness. An inner knowing that is both resounding and silent, vibrates in the center of your being, that begins to download into your conscious memory, your original divine blue-print, that reveals to you the contract of your soul to fulfill now the very purpose of your existence.

This revelation lifts the next veil of your heart / soul and you see that what you have considered to be the very core of your heart holds the secret to another inner heart that you must now unveil. This inner heart is the One Heart of Creation.

You must find it. You must find it deep within your heart. This is a time as no other for you to stay in silence and move through those misty walls of your heart core, until you find that Inner One Heart.

Here, there is no separation from Source. Here, there is no separation from the Heart of Gaia. Here, there is no separation from any other. Here, there is no separation from any other.

Here lies the One-ness that shall make you whole and perfect once again. Here lies the peace that you so crave in your outer world. Here lies the power with which you can co-create Heaven on Earth. Here lies the wisdom that is of all manifest and unmanifest multi-verses. Here lies the love that you are.

Draw on it, Light Ones! Draw on this immense One Heart, so in powerful resonance frequencies of love, you radiate the Gaia-Source Light and Love out to drench this planet with the purest love vibrations.

Light continues to spin to move forward and then return to source. For Love is the magnetism which brings the light to seek balance as it spins in creative effort. Abundance and wealth are consistent with love and wisdom and joy with light. All dimensions are created from love and light.

Let the grandest initiation of all ages propel the movement of the entire human race through this cycle of existences, into the next paradigm of love that is already manifesting around us.

Consciously shift the frequencies of love within your heart, within the Heart of Gaia, within the Heart of Creation, into higher octaves of divine and unconditional love, as your cells begin to vibrate with the Higher Music of the Spheres.

All the Light bearers and awakened souls around the world, including the Gaiadon Hearts, the healers, the crystal keepers, form a magnificent grid of light upon and around the planet, pulsing their vortex light in strong, gentle and peaceful waves of light. Allow the evolution of all fields of experience to attune to the vibrations of enlightenment.

The harmonic alignment between dimensions takes place by sound, light, color, and other sensory attunements, and the overtones and undertones of such global awakening, together create a symphonic expansion of creation. Simply allow your field of light to experience the vibrations of enlightenment by linking your light body with thought intention to the collective consciousness field and embrace the incoming higher frequencies of love and light as they flow into the human consciousness grid, lifting every aspect of creation into the waves of higher light. As you attune and vibrate within the harmonic range of the dimensions there is synchronization. Time, space and creation merge as all movement is connected in ever changing unity and undifferentiated oneness. The bliss and perfection of fifth dimensional harmonic balance coincides with the divine essence of being.

By balancing the frequencies within the dimensions, connecting them, and translating the vibrations between the physical and non-physical realms with the power of your conscious awareness, you facilitate the dissolution and the transmutation of the rapidly thinning dimensional veils.

Pulse shift through three dimensional portals now, shifting the planet and the entire human race through each portal in a gentle surge of inner movement.

Pulse Shift 1: You gently spiral into a higher consciousness that automatically transmutes all limitation into freedom and greater sensitivity and receptivity to divine consciousness. You feel a new reality settling in and you are free to spin into greater evolution. See the whole planet around you, merging with your light body, your heart, one with Gaia and Spirit.

Pulse Shift 2: You spin through into an exalted state of pure awareness, and a realm of divine manifestation. Abundance, joy, wisdom, and a subtle grace are your state of being. Gaia’s heart is one with your heart and the heart of Spirit.

Pulse Shift 3: You move into a state of total divine consciousness. You are the Divine Incarnate. You are the One Heart.

The whole planet is poised before a great shift. There is a heightened activity that you can sense in the collective consciousness grid, where all awakening souls are being guided by the light of the awakened ones to join in this grand shift, the shift of all times. Every time you shift to a higher state of light and love, the shift is experienced by the whole planet. You now prepare to assist the next planetary alignment with the celestial forces that are in tune with the Divine Plan. The Portals of Ascension are all open and activated. The continuum of ascension merges with the cosmic river of consciousness, magnetizing all streams of human experiences through the many life-lines, flowing together into the Ocean of Oneness, the Sea of Beingness. Simply bathe the planet with these waves of love and light and feel this love and light spinning out in ever increasing patterns of sacred resonance releasing matter into light and activating universal love into every life-form at the cellular level.

Witness the grand birthing of this planet into a crystalline dimension of light.

Blessed One Heart, you are the Divine Incarnate. You are the way-showers and you are the light bearers. You are the One Heart. You are the New Celestial Beings that exist in crystalline light form, upon this Crystalline New World of Love and Joy. Enjoy the Shift of all Ages in peace, love, joy and harmony. All of creation celebrates as this is the unfolding of the New Paradigm of Love, and it is Now manifested. Rejoice, precious ones and let the Love of your One Heart play the Celestial Music of the Inner Spheres.

Love Is….the New Paradigm. Love Is… You. Love Is… the One Heart."

chemtrails

2010-05-13T12:46:00.005-05:00

For over a year, the military has been spraying the skies throughout America, Canada, and now parts of Europe (including Britain, France, and the Netherlands) with substances that were initially referred to as "mystery contrails" , but later were named "chemtrails" by investigative reporter and author William Thomas. When questioned, military and government officials either deny any knowledge of these sprayings outright or they offer unbelievable and ludicrous explanations that only a moron could believe. Joe Burton has been aggressively investigating and reporting on this story from early on. Apparently he had been too aggressive, because his house had been targeted for direct spraying by low flying, unmarked aircraft. In a story posted Feb. 15, 1999, Joe reports the physical symptoms that his family and his pet have been experiencing from the sprayings. Joe believes that many of these military tankers responsible for the sprayings are remote controlled aircraft, but Al Cuppet (6 years with the US Joint Chiefs of Staff) has told radio talk show host Jeff Rense during interviews on June 1, 1999, May 16, 1999, and May 7, 1999 felt that many of these tanker planes were more likely being flown by foreign pilots, possibly Chinese or Russian.

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AZ (US) May 13

shift by consciousness

2010-05-12T13:57:00.000-05:00

May 03, 2010 — http://divinecosmos.com

In this heavily-anticipated sequel to 2012 Enigma, (#1 Most Viewed on Google, 12/1/08), David Wilcock presents a compelling case that the prophecies of a Golden Age are not myth or superstition. Our DNA has been evolving 100 times more rapidly in the last 5000 years due to a natural galactic process which is also creating climate change throughout our entire solar system. If the prophecies are correct, psychic abilities and powers such as telekinesis, levitation, spiritual healing and telepathy may soon become as common as breathing.

The Mayan Calendar, the Timeline in the Great Pyramid of Giza, the story of Jesus Christ in the Bible and many other ancient mystery schools and spiritual teachings all speak of a great tribulation that transforms Earth into a Utopian Age. Many misunderstand these prophecies as predicting pole shift, asteroid collisions, supervolcano eruptions or Armageddon thanks to Planet X, alien invasion, Illuminati/government takeover, or a solar event.

Russian physics reveals that anti-gravity, free energy and time travel technology arise from a Source Field that is the energy of Mind, Spirit and Consciousness. Life emerges from nonliving material by Intelligent Design and evolution occurs in sudden bursts that repeat in 26 and 62 million year cycles, apparently the result of energy waves gradually rippling out from the center of the galaxy and transforming our DNA.

For at least 1200 years, crop circles have presented symbolic messages of DNA transformation and even Ascension on or around December 21, 2012. Easter Island, Stonehenge and some 4000 ancient sites are built on a Global Grid of energy that creates portals in space and time, such as the Bermuda Triangle. Rapture may indeed occur but in a very different way than most believe.

Project Camelot whistleblowers reveal that extraterrestrials look human like us and may even be time travelers from our future! Edgar Cayce and the Law of One reveal we have a Higher Self leading us through reincarnation and Graduation.

hea(rt)l

2010-05-12T13:11:00.000-05:00

bringing matter to life with sound

through sound music is born

through music love is unconditional

and it is only through unconditional love

by which we are healed.

are

2010-05-12T13:07:00.000-05:00

are you willing to accept imperfection
to see your soul's reflection
are you willing to see grace
while looking at the flesh upon your face
are you willing to let go of what you know is death
to find limitless in your breath
are you willing to choose the heart's endeavor
and surrender
to locate the strings and sever
swimming and thriving in unconditional love
and live forever

Cymatics - Bringing Matter To Life With Sound

2010-04-25T16:58:00.003-05:00

enjoy this video of Cymatic frequencies, of life coming into existence right before your eyes.

everything owes its existence solely and completely to sound.

sound is a factor which holds it together.

between

2010-04-25T03:25:00.002-05:00

cliff dancing
between two words
do i
release or climb
one way or the other
you remain mine.

The Dogon

2010-04-23T22:36:00.006-05:00

With the familiar faces seen in "The Pyramid Code," John Anthony West interviews Laird Scranton About his book: "Hidden Meanings". Scranton explains how the Dogon tribe in West Africa originated Egyptian symbolism, philosophy, physics and even modern science.

the hidden kernel of the one-ness

2010-04-23T16:09:00.002-05:00

In every man there has been implanted a need of (desire for) knowledge, differing only in its intensity. But the passive human mind, while utilizing every means possible to it of taking in (and working over) impressions, often gets into an impasse in trying to find an answer to the question "Why".
Enjoy this lecture by G.I.Gurdjieff.

Earth Day 2010 Reverence for the Earth

2010-04-22T11:39:00.005-05:00

April 22, 2010 by Symbolic Living

Earth Day is a time to remember our connection to the earth, the importance of life and our relationship to the world around us.

In many world cultures the world is seen as a testing ground, or a place to learn about ourselves and our souls. But sometimes the focus is so much on humanities personal missions and an afterlife, we can lose reverence for the earth and lose our experience of now. The world is much more than a place where we simply use to our personal disposal for our own benefit. Many people believe we have dominion over the world and are superior to all else that exists in the world. In that effect humans take on the dangerous position of having the right to do as we will with the earth without considering the bigger consequences for our actions. This has lead to devastating results. The environment and life in all it’s forms are affected by our decisions, and the actions that result from choices. The environment is polluted in a myriad of ways every day. Animals are slaughtered in the billions for human consumption with little consideration for their experience as living beings as a part of the earth. This is the result and expense of disregarding the value of earth as little more than a tool at our disposal for our own benefit.

There’s another view of the earth. A more holistic approach to seeing who we are as part of the world rather than simply on the earth, we are a part of its expression.

There is a view of the world, nature, the entire universe and all that exists within it as being as much a spiritual part of reality as the human soul is. This view see’s the world, and all sentient, living beings as being a part of the All, the universal Divine reality. That All, is considered God. Rather than the more common perception in our culture of God as a far off, distant force or being in a heavenly realm, the Divine is considered to be All that exists, and we humans are part of that expression, as is every other living being in existence. Therefore, the entire world, all the plants, animals, every atom that exists to create the air we breathe, all the insects, the radiant sun, all of it considered to be the Divine expressing itself so that it can know itself through experience.

Volcano in Iceland

In this, Nature is viewed not as something we use and abuse as we wish, but as sacred, and the world is honored. In all that we consider other than ourselves, is considered to be the greater Self. All the parts we consider as separate, independent parts in the universe, are actually a part of the whole, the Oneness.

Going green is a step towards honoring nature. Sure, many consider going green as a fad, and we can see businesses are using it to their advantage, but the bigger picture is nature is finally, in our culture, being seen again as being more important than our own selfish desires. People are finally moving more into understanding the harmony between who we are with the environment as being vastly important.

Volanic electrical storm from the Iceland Volcano

There’s still a long way to go. More people are waking up to this fact, but many are still perceiving themselves as more important than anything “not” themselves. I still see people throwing coffee cups, among many other things, into the street before they get on the bus. Just one simple example of mindlessness that occurs when we’re in our “own little world” instead of seeing the bigger picture of our actions.

Philosophies or theologies of Pantheism, Paganism, Druidry, Taoism, Hinduism, Native traditions, animism… can often seem foreign and non-desirable to many Western minds, however their underlying theme is based on the reverence for the earth and life and understanding the Divine expressed through the creation, as well as the evolution, of the universe.

The Earth is a place that has been here long before you existed and will remain long thereafter, but every person has an impact. Every choice made influences this world. The world and humanity are not separate. Humanity can not exist without the environment.

Honor the air you breathe, the water you drink, the blue sky you see, the birds you hear, the flowers you smell, the herbs that heal your body, the sunshine that warms your skin, the bee’s that pollinate your food. Honor life, Honor the Divine through honoring the world. This manifestation we call the earth is so grand, so beautiful, so intensely mystical in our experience of reality when we connect to it, realize it, and acknowledge it’s magnificence. Enjoy it. Love it. Revere it for the reality it offers to you to experience.

Whether you believe in creation, or evolution or something else entirely it does not matter, for the world is here regardless of what you believe. It is here and you are here and that’s real. The world is where we live, it’s where we are experiencing life, right now. The importance of all life, right now and throughout all your life, is worthy of our reverence and respect. It is a divine manifestation you have the pleasure of being a part of.

We love flickr. There are so many beautiful photographs of the world and the experiences in it to enjoy. Some of the images linked to in this article are from a nature group we encourage you to check out.

Rocco DeLuca and the Burden

2010-04-21T12:32:00.001-05:00

feel the immensity.
(visit youtube to watch these in hi-def, trust me its worth it).

A beautiful child who rides the waves in a state of grace

2010-04-20T12:55:00.007-05:00

Enjoy this story book documentary of Leonard Cohen - a man who's deeply concerned about the style of his soul and who holds the most important thing in his body - gratitude.

Thank you M for the forward, this made my day.
Love.

"he has chosen a path that's infinitely wide without direction - this he says, is a very good path for someone who moves in the very funny way he does."

LC: i havent a single concern.

Host: how can you be a good poet and not care about something?

LC: i do the poetry you do the commentary

Host: let's get this straight, there is nothing that worries you?? nothing that bothers you?? how can you write if youre not bothered by something?

LC: well im bothered when i get up in the morning. my real concern is to discover whether or not if im in a state of grace, and if i make that investigation and discover that im not in a state of grace i try to go to bed.

Host: what do you mean by a state of grace? that's a phrase i never understood.

LC: a state of grace is that kind of balance with which you ride the chaos that you find around you. its not a matter of resolving the chaos as there is something arrogant and war-like about putting the world in order but having that kind of an escape ski, down over a hill, just going through the contours

Host: you have lost me

Colleague: what Cohen is trying to do right now is to preserve The Self, thats his real concern.

Beneath my hands
your small breasts
are the upturned bellies
of breathing fallen sparrows.

Wherever you move
I hear the sounds of closing wings
of falling wings.

I am speechless
because you have fallen beside me
because your eyelashes
are the spines of tiny fragile animals.

I dread the time
when your mouth
begins to call me hunter.

When you call me close
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want to summon
the eyes and hidden mouths
of stone and light and water
to testify against you.

I want them
to surrender before you
the trembling rhyme of your face
from their deep caskets.

When you call me close
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want my body and my hands
to be pools
for your looking and laughing

"I've worked at my work. I've slept at my sleep. I've died at my death, and now I can leave. Leave what is needed, and leave what is full. Need in the spirit and need in the whole. - LC

Modeselektor day

2010-04-17T12:17:00.000-05:00

The Secret Life of Chaos

2010-04-15T11:40:00.002-05:00

We are a relationship between Order and Chaos.

BBC Program - Part 1/7.

song to the siren

2010-04-15T00:38:00.009-05:00

individually we are our own universe
connected we unleash the power of infinite energy
separately as One shaping the multiverse
singing the same song
in our own unique way
we are the song to the siren.

inspired by your everything sean
i return this siren to your loving eyes
Hear me sing, swim to me
Swim to me, let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you

Zen-like Paella

2010-04-14T03:31:00.009-05:00

Zen-like creations - Paella done the 'lazy way.'

Two very unique and deliciously healthy dishes, inspired by both Hungarian and Mexican cuisine.

Simple and flavorful, and very easy to make - requires only your imagination and appetite.

Recipes to be posted soon.

Quinoa Veggie Paella with Poached Salmon

Brown Rice Paella in a Roasted Yellow Pepper sauce, Mexican style.

Im slowly surfacing....

2010-04-12T12:57:00.003-05:00

music video for quiet music for quiet people directed by shahane bekarian.

quiet music is a completely improvised recording project. Vocalist Inga Liljestrom had long been thinking of this project, to improvise a stripped back desert inspired music that explored space and atmospheres conjuring the desert at night,the starry clear skies, the heat and sweat, and a romantic pining, where incidental sound textures such as paper shuffling, chair squeaks, and creaking floorboards played an equal role to the musical notes that were played.

the project was recorded over two nights in august, in surry hills, sydney in a small one room studio. having never played together as a group before may have been exactly what this music needed, as there is a definite trepidation and anticipation at times, each player a little unstable in his steps, listening to what was being created as a whole.

the musicians set up in that one room- drums, cello, double bass. laptop, piano, glockenspiel, lap steel, and poetry books. the lights were turned out and the tape rolled....and this is the music that came of it.

there are flaws and weaknesses, all essential in this recipe. a broken-folk music that resounds frailty and unrequited love.

www.myspace.com/quietmusicforquietpeople

Burn My Shadow

2010-04-12T12:30:00.000-05:00

Burn my shadow
Lit ablaze
Fire extinguished
Feeling my way to the exit of the maze

Seeped from every extremity
I extracted your smoke chemically
Split atoms you become a part of the atmosphere
Your breath licks my skin, but I wont allow you near.

Like a moth to my flame you linger
Mandorla I paint in the air with my finger
Wuthering you urge to possess
Released now, my soul can rest.

Oel ngati kameie.

2010-04-10T22:24:00.003-05:00

plltxe nìNa'vi fìtseng

Navi in a Nutshell

NaviDictionary

Goo = Love

2010-04-10T14:29:00.001-05:00

I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds -- invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh -- you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour

Radio Ga Ga Goo Goo <3

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

[Thought of the Day] renovations

2010-04-08T17:04:00.011-05:00

Today my brain is foggy. There is an extreme pressure in the middle of my forehead and my eyes are a bit blurry. Last night I spent my whole evening doing home renovations with my brother. Altho the company was pleasant, the work load was a doozy. First project on the list of things was to rip up/out a huge carpet, 20 some-odd years old from the living room. Embedded within its fibers was a cluster of dirt, debris, dog ickiness, dust, mites, food, drink, weather - god it goes on and on. It was shocking to see how much filth remained even after doing a home carpet clean every single year. As we peeled away the layers, we unleashed what lied within. Bursts of poisonous particles exploded into the atmosphere. POOF! And just like that, years of toxins that were once stuck in place were now released. No longer did this carpet need to remain dormant on our floor. It only poisoned our air, our skin - and with each breath and touch, we chose to coexist with this, becoming a part of it all these years.

After blood, sweat, and tears, the living room was now a clean beautiful wooden surface. It was no longer hidden underneath fibers from the past. Sure it a lot of work, but the point remained - it was done. We ripped it out, just like that. No more past, no more garbage, no more pollutants. Yuk, get the heck out of here.

I had to sit outside for a few hours today to clear my head. It was for certain I breathed in a lot of that crap last night, and it was affecting me. As I opened myself up to the sun, and when I noticeably started to feel better rapidly - it got me thinking about this whole scenario in another light...

Renovations - our internal renovations. Of our very own fibers. Of the dirt and debris we collect over the years. The toxins we continue to expose ourselves to because we choose to hold on to them - covering and polluting the clean, radiant, and strong surface that lives just below. Where the heck is the comfort in this? And yet we hold on to it.

We spend so much time fixing what's around us: stripping houses, fixing cars, filling in potholes on our streets - its funny how we put our internal renovation on hold as we try to perfect objects around us, that dont mean anything at all. So why do we fuss over 'things?' Things are just things. Tangible temporary things. They mean absolutely nothing. We obsess over these things because without even knowing (or for some ya dammit we do know), we try to compensate for what we lack internally. If you find yourself fussing over 'things,' its pretty much obvious at that point, your soul is what needs the repair. It needs the energy you're throwing away on all things unnecessary. But for most - its much more challenging to cleanse the soul than it is to rip out a rug. A rug you can throw away, The Self is a reflection you are faced with every single day of your life. Without getting into the 'whys' of this challenge, try to throw all aspects aside (society, politics, parents, education) and just work on radical trust, knowing in the unknowing that all these things dont need to be understood to be let go (ooo yes I said a mouth full, but this is also a message to my ego).

Our soul is eternal, it would make more sense to spend days nourishing our spirit, than try to redundantly distract ourselves from what matters most. Getting caught up in the vicious cycle of repair when the answer is so much more simpler. Nourish the soul and the rest will not matter.

Just like the toxins that were released from the carpet in my home... the pressure in my head, burning eyes and feeling like crap ... this is to be expected as your internally renovate as well. Shedding layers will be painful. You'll feel sick, blurry, and dislodged as you uproot and release energies you no longer need to hold on to. But remember: a breath is only a moment away, and as you exhale all of the past, each inhale will bring in today... the now. The clean, bright, radiant you.

Release, even if it kills you temporarily. Death is the transition to rebirth.

Movies Is Magic

2010-04-08T14:09:00.000-05:00

A beautiful release coming up from kLIMEK.

Movies Is Magic (extended version)
Anticipate Rec
VINYL: April 14th 2010
DIGITAL: May 25th 2010

Listen to kLIMEK & Marta Collica "Rimani tu"

mohhhve.

2010-04-08T03:04:00.004-05:00

Glorious moments - I try to hold tight
Though I should know now
That they will never last
I see my future - fading into past
The world around me
Seems to move much too fast

Let's get slow, let's get slow
Let the world hurry and rush around us
We'll take time, we try to flow
Let's get slow, let's get slow

You make me feel whole

Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

100 years ago.

2010-04-07T20:56:00.005-05:00

India, beautifully familiar.

Photos taken from PC

morning song for life.

2010-04-07T14:20:00.013-05:00

Energy is a constant exchange, moving in and out of all things.

It's important to both begin and end your day filled with clean, grounded energy - and from a place with an abundant supply.

Recite this Gayatri which will connect you to the Source. May it be your charger to regenerate your very essence, keeping you fresh - alive - and forever exchanging like the artist you are, naturally doing without doing.

You who are the source of all power,
Whose rays illuminate the world,
Illuminate also my heart,
So that it too can do Your work.

Visualize the sun's rays streaming into your heart, glowing, radiating. Watch this energy, and feel your heart overflow with its warmth. Complete the exchange by returning to the world, illuminating all that is around you.

This prayer comes from Sowelu - Wholeness, Life Force - The Sun.

You.

2010-04-06T13:34:00.008-05:00

stretching upward and outward
hyper-extending, yearning to reach so far
forceful impulse to rush, disjoint
these bones indicate to stop contorting, you fleshly star.

but beauty and peace remain in the unseen
the unattainable attainable through intuition
honoring thyself and thy internal freedom
no need for proclamation or external validation.

gently gliding in slow-motion their movement sparks an energy
gravitational force gives birth taking shapes of sacred geometry
infinitely expanding synergy submerges within this dance
distorted mirror images shattered in one soulful glance.

a voice comes down from the heaven
a twinkling hum interlaced within the breeze
its only heard when all things are silent
found in moments with only one to please...

its You.
its You.
dance to your internal melody
embrace the space in-between the sound
its within these gaps you'll find your rhythm
yes You, the beautifully crafted pronoun.

honesty is in the eyes
in that no one can ever compromise
the only one who needs to believe
is You, the one soaring upon air's sleeve.

Bvdub - Beautiful, Very.

2010-04-06T03:36:00.000-05:00

Mr. Jones

2010-04-05T12:52:00.003-05:00

there are no hidden meanings - things are simpler than they seem.
we each have a dream - allow truth to sing.

(for his words)

(full song here)

Free Love

2010-04-04T15:22:00.003-05:00

Floating among indirect winds
an elemental glides with delicate skin
Pantamorphic, inflated by cosmic afflation
she exists with no notion or hesitation.

Tied to her root extends a line to abask
dripping overhead stargazers wish to grasp
her electricity conducted by keynote speech
abarticular she soars just out of reach.

She will flow
where particles blow
her seed will be sowed
by the ones who let go.

Amidst sabulous cracks curiosity roars
uprooting claws to swipe at freedom, he explores
all for himself he tosses her in his sacrarium
life was now his through ragmatical medium.

A decurrent stare
deiparous present and unaware
epidermis breeched
her breath secretes.

To be declawed he cries
a protector and a savior he lies
instinctual impulse to relegate he pleads
a failure he deems crouched on his retiform knees.

He will now know
love will flow
where particles blow
its seed will be sowed
by the ones who let go.

Bonobo

2010-04-04T01:04:00.001-05:00

très bonne avec billie holiday -- eeeee!

Deep rhythms captivate me
Hot rhythms stimulate me...

Can't help but swing it boy

Death is the Road to Awe

2010-04-03T23:19:00.000-05:00

nothing.

2010-04-02T15:36:00.012-05:00

when we let go of what should
and fully embrace what is
you will find nothing
in the nothing is freedom
things begin to make sense
knowing that nothing really makes sense at all
within the beauty of the non-doing
is where everything will be done.

Key

2010-04-02T14:22:00.007-05:00

We have forgotten how to wait; it is almost an abandoned space. And it is our greatest treasure to be able to wait for the right moment. The whole existence waits for the right moment. Even trees know it--when it is time to bring the flowers and when it is time to let go of all the leaves and stand naked against the sky. They are still beautiful in that nakedness, waiting for the new foliage with a great trust that the old has gone, and the new will soon be coming, and the new leaves will start growing. We have forgotten to wait, we want everything in a hurry. It is a great loss to humanity.... In silence and waiting something inside you goes on growing--your authentic being. And one day it jumps and becomes a flame, and your whole personality is shattered; you are a new man. And this new man knows what ceremony is, this new man knows life's eternal juices.

~Osho

magical elves dance in underwear

2010-04-01T23:05:00.009-05:00

dance with amber dipped in light
surf on geometrical synchronization
glide on streams assembled from fluidity
float into zero gravity.
a magical elf dances on electric waters
just hovering over tangible solids
she has no place on this ground
her song gives birth to patterns
to infinity sound.
home is point zero
without care for tomorrow
without concern for yesterday
kissing the perfect electric wave
and riding it
into now.

come face to face

2010-04-01T14:53:00.004-05:00

trust is something that comes easy
when you've never been a victim

Sacred Geometry

2010-04-01T02:30:00.009-05:00

Ella

2010-03-31T16:57:00.001-05:00

words are useless
expression through sound is priceless
the language of the soul is not limited to an alphabet.

Simone

2010-03-31T16:44:00.001-05:00

Nina Nina Nina
you sing what your essence brings
shades of blue are still beautifully etched in the spectrum
its only through darkness we can see the light
the sun forever shines on

the restful and the restless

2010-03-31T02:28:00.013-05:00

10:30 pm, on a full'ish moon eve - my little home town of Wpg laid ever so calm in the residual energy from the previous night's pleine lune. During the day I planned to take a journey to the country(side) to visit water beds and breathe in the fresh transitional air - but I found myself procrastinating my journey, got wound up writing music, and before I knew it nighttime was here. I let out quite the sigh, as my body still yearned to take this journey... and even tho the darkness prevailed my desire remained bright, and I had to follow it.

I gathered my equipment for the journey - a CD for the car, a camera, my bag of runes (to charge them) and a bottle of anticipation (or less dramatically, a bottle of.. water *cough). Three layers of sweaters later, I ran out the door and began my journey to visit one of the most haunted sites in my province, St. Andrews church.

St. Andrew’s on the Red is the oldest stone church in Western Canada (and its still being used as a place of worship). The church was built between 1845 and 1849. Its graveyard is filled with tombstones belonging to war heroes, young mothers and even more so - young children who seemed to be victims of a pandemic in the 1800's. Very strong and protective energy persists there, without a doubt.

I'll make it clear now that I've been there so many times, during the day, at sunset, and even at night - but never alone. So essentially I thought nothing of it other than the rush I was going to get while there. I didn't even think about the dangers of the darkness. It weren't the spirits I feared, it was being in the middle of nowhere in a world where people do crazy things. But panic didn't really strike me until I got there, so until we get to that part ... lets just focus on the good stuff shall we?

(to relieve myself from re-typing my story again, the majority of the next part was taken from an email sent to a friend as soon as I returned home)...

As I pulled up to the area, I could already feel the energy. Like an invisible wall, you hit it - and you knew for certain something changed. It was eerily quiet, but the energy was loud .. loud loud loud. As I proceeded to walk inside the church grounds, I was distracted by a beautiful blanket of fog that was hovering over the street, I got a snap of it, keep in mind I used no flash tonight so all my pics are mildly blurry - my flash wouldn't even work tonight, I wont ask questions... anyway...

I then made my way into the 1800's part of the cemetery - and I couldn't bring myself to go all the way in. That very familiar feeling came over me - an extreme weight, as if a hand came down from the sky and said "halt." I made it quite clear at that point I was only here for light and love, and for the exchange of energies -- basically I made it obvious I wasn't there for trouble. So I continued to stand there, in the stillness of the night - a bit of fear crept over me - its already intense enough being immersed in that, but then the thought of me being in the middle of nowhere alone, at 11:30 at night kinda hit me HAHA! wtf was i doing!? I calmed myself down and just stayed paced, stood there for a moment more - and then proceeded to walk further into the grounds to where at least there were bones below my feet - where my body could feel grounded by touching the soil and grass. Once I moved it became even more still, and I could feel the energy fluttering around me, 'checking me out.' I took deep breaths and just shined my internal light ever so bright. Soft focus I went (*mildy cross-eyed to change perspective to gain more sensory perception) and I just remained in one place, staring into all realms. Then it began .. a train of very specific energy started at my hand and ran up the very same arm. It then moved to the left side of me and then left my body... that sensation repeated a few times - no breeze, no rain - just pure energy on historical ground. What a rush! It felt like little electric bolts and cob webs that danced through me. I just became apart of this feild, i was no longer 'here'.

I gazed softly into the cemetery and every part of me wanted to move in further, but I just couldnt do it. I wasnt afraid - I just felt overwhelmed. The longer I stood there, more energies started to become present... and my body's natural reaction was ... whoa... this is a bit intense. I gazed up at the sky and the moon untucked itself from behind the clouds which lit up the grounds in a whole new light. I saw different colours, felt different dimensions - I felt open to what laid there - the resting and the restless. I saw movement in my peripheral, quick spurts of shadows zipping in and from around me. Breathe I said (haha) - this was pure magic, enjoy it!! At that point I felt as if direction didnt exist. You know when you get that sense something is behind you, and you jolt quickly in that direction? Well, I got none of that. It almost felt as if something was encompassing me - like a sphere was being built around me, I swear even the gentle breeze didnt move my baby hairs at this moment. I closed my eyes at this point and just felt.... just... fell into it all.

Finally I couldnt last any longer - I spent about 15 minutes or so in this state - which at the time seemed like hours. I then started to take some pictures and walked towards the river. The energy was easily following me - going, "hey wait.. you just got here!" I totally felt the tug to remain there, or somewhere... but I had to start going - something was urging for me to keep walking. So I took a few more pictures and continued to walk towards the river. This is where reality (or at least I think) crept in...

A car out of nowhere showed up and started to approach me (the only car the whole time) and I decided to tuck myself behind this stone pillar, just hoping they wouldn't see me, and they would carry forth (yep in the country alone in the dark, *cough). So I waited patiently, but then they stopped their car right in front of me, and didnt move. OOoOokay, now I was starting to get that sensation -- ehhh get into your car and get out of here. But my car was about a block away. So I waited a lil longer, hiding behind the same pillar, not even sure if they could see me (and if they did they were probably going, wtf is that girl doing) but the car simply remained parked, right in line with me. I peeped around the pillar and the man inside just sat in there, staring in my direction. Now, Im not saying he was a murderer, however I got the eff out of there after a few min of idle business. Wtf dude! I ran to my car, sat in, and I actually pulled up behind him cuz I was a bit ticked off. He still didnt move so I moved up closer and flashed my lights (Im a jerk) - he then stormed off faster than I could see. Whatever the hell all that was.

What a rush. Thresholds, the spring equinox, the residual energy from the full moon - the water, the stone, the fog, and the rich darkness of the night - all elements were there to awaken pure energy - making it alive and so beautifully apparent. Going there alone - I was able to remain focused... no one to communicate with other than myself and what lingered around me. I never felt more alive, vibrating, and moving while being completely still. To forget your body and absorb the rain shower of cosmic energy is what life IS. There is so much more out there than little us - to connect to that is like plugging into a giant generator - powering up and become a part of a collective vibrational field... a beacon of pure raw energy. Life IS beautiful - through the full spectrum ;)

stay under the stars

2010-03-29T21:29:00.005-05:00

may our minds lose the battle
and may our hearts win the war.

I am this

2010-03-29T14:39:00.003-05:00

*photo taken from env canada.

make it real
know it's now
as you breathe in life
breathe out more
and follow it
to the never-ending shore.

Strange as angels

2010-03-28T23:20:00.001-05:00

Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream she said
The one that makes me laugh she said
And threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
Ill run away with you
Ill run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
Why are you so far away? she said
Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

The Tao of Deep Sleep

2010-03-28T18:50:00.002-05:00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*taken from Rad Health
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No doubt those who've studied Tao are laughing now, as
there is no translation for Tao even in Chinese.

A loose interpretation of Tao is path or journey. So
the Tao of Deep Sleep is the path or journey, discovering
your own personal experience about Deep Sleep.

Many of our clients imagine they know about deep sleep,
until they try some of the experiments covered later.

After they pass out for many hours, they call and say
they had the best sleep they've ever experienced.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Purpose for Sleep
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are two primary modes of operation for our bodies.
Activity and Regeneration.

Sleep is when we regenerate.

Insufficient deep sleep may be the primary cause of
degenerative disease, which is premature or rapid aging.

Sleep is a key component to having your own personal
Fountain of Youth.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Foundation of Sleep
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Deep Sleep depends on several key factors:

1) Your Sleeping Environment

2) Your Eating Habits

3) Your Hydration

4) Your Mineral Reserves

5) Your Lymphatic System

6) Your Stress Level

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your Sleeping Environment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Where you sleep is amazingly important. Your sleeping
environment should include:

1) comfortable bed

2) comfortable temperature

3) quiet

4) dark

5) free of electrical fields

If you live in a noisy area, drop round your local
sporting goods store for some foam rubber ear plugs.

If you must watch the news, watch early in the day
and read yourself to sleep.

Connect with your partner before sleep. A little eye
gazing and holding hands will do wonders for promoting
relaxation and smooth sleeping vibes.

Remove every item with an electrical cord out of your
bedroom. If you must use an alarm clock, use a manual
clock or wrist watch with an alarm.

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Your Eating Habits
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Seratonin tells us the sun is high and bright or
low and dark. Light puts our bodies in activity mode
and dark puts our bodies in regeneration mode.

Finish your meals early in the day, when the sun
is high and bright. Once darkness starts, bodies
begin transition to regeneration mode.

Eating after this transition begins, can interrupt
or completely stop regeneration for an entire night.
String together a long series of these nights and
you have premature aging, due to no regeneration.

Many people may transition far before their time
because they're eating late in the evening.

Desire to be younger by the day? Then...

- Drink much

- Eat little

- Eat when the sun is high and bright

You'll also be served to move toward a Raw Food
eating style. When you eat cooked food, be sure
to enjoy some enzymes to replenish what cooking
has denatured.

Nothing says aging like a stress pancreas, which
can produce either cancer fighting enzymes or food
digesting enzymes. The choice of which enzymes
get created directly tracks the amount and type
of food you eat.

Raw Food is a great way to love your pancreas
into peak health.

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Your Hydration
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Water is life. Salt allows our bodies to hold water,
so Salt and Water go hand in hand.

Water is the great lubricator, responsible for nutrient
transport to our cells and waste transfer out of our cells.

If a person is dehydrated, then adrenals fire in an attempt
to speed up flushing toxins out of the body. Adrenalin is
natural Speed and will greatly interfere with sleep.

Eat little. Drink much!

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Your Mineral Reserves
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It's amazing how many people pass out when they start
our Angstrom Evening Minerals or Vitalize (next).

Nutrition is all about Minerals. Extracting minerals
from food, storing, transporting and integrating them
into cells as required.

We are Minerals.

Minerals are us.

Our Evening Minerals revolve around tonifying the
endocrine system, regenerating tissue and raising
cellular oxygen levels.

When cells are oxygen starved, adrenals fire. Our
Evening Minerals allow adrenals to rest and regenerate.

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Your Lymphatic System
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The concept of stagnant lymph is just now making its
rounds through health circles. Lymph is pumped by
movement and is the sewage system of the body.

Draining lymph has high priority with our bodies and
if lymph is stagnant, has difficulty draining, then
the adrenals keep firing until the lymph drains.

This gets complicated when the lymphatic system is
clogged with sediment. In this case the adrenals
keep firing forever or at least until they or the
thyroid or parathyroid are exhausted and fail.

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Your Stress Level
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Sustained stress is a killer. Notice I said 'sustained'.
Life is all about cycles. This is why I grin when people
talk about trying to be alkaline.

For people who eat Raw, we have to cultivate acidity
because our diets many times result in alkalosis,
sever alkaline pH.

Acid/Alkaline.

Stress/Relaxation.

Cycles of life.

Prolong any part of a life cycle and you're headed for
trouble. So consider all the areas of stress in your
life and how to improve.

Have money problems, get advice from someone who works
little and enjoys massive, expanding income.

Have health challenges, get advice from someone who
has your ideal of health.

Have parter challenges, take time to be around happy
couples and talk with them about their relating style.

Money, Health and Relationship, when balanced and in
peak working order create massive relaxation and form
a strong foundation for sleep and regeneration.

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Suggested Experiments
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1) 1-2 hours before bed try 4-8 oz. of Goji Juice.
Cut with water or citrus juice if to strong.

2) 1-2 hours before bed try 1T of Evening Minerals,
Vitamins and 2 caps of Seaweed Energy
(Kelp/Dulse Powder).

3) Switch to 100% Penta Water for a month.

4) Regenerate your adrenals/thyroid/parathyroid with
a diet rich in salt, purple/green seaweeds and high
quality EFAs (fats) like hemp seeds, coconut butter,
olive oil, avocados and durian.

5) Try foam rubber ear plugs and ear muffs together. You'll
know its really quiet when you can hear the difference
between blood in-flow (heart expands) and out-flow
(heart contracts).

6) Eat your last meal at noon and only have a smoothie
or Raw juice for the rest of the day.

7) Fast for a few days on Goji Juice.

For you, Four Tet

2010-03-28T14:09:00.002-05:00

It's that kind of day to fall into Four...

In Pine Effect

2010-03-27T19:14:00.001-05:00

opening up glands in 1995

cello beautiful day.

2010-03-27T14:37:00.001-05:00

I'll just sit and wait
And sing my song.
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Lend a hand and lift me
To your place in the cloud.

323 unhinge

2010-03-26T21:46:00.004-05:00

Pineal music... listen as you unhinge and become nothing ... and everything...

DJ Orion

5 hours and 23 minutes long

ambient soundscapes - melodic downtempo

The mix was submitted as part of DJ Orkidea’s 23 hour set on 01.01.2010

Download

DJ Orion’s personal site

Tracklist:
01. Mark.Nine – Cellar Door (Forever and Ever)
02. Tokyo Boulevard – Passing Lights (Part 1)
03. James Devane – 10-15
04. Diatonis – Encompass
05. Softys – No More Time For Us
06. Sabi – Six Places
07. Tokyo Boulevard – Thinner Horizons
08. DJ Orion – One Sunday
09. Tokyo Boulevard – Passing Lights (Part 3)
10. Helios – Vargtimme
11. Sven Väth – The Birth of Robby (Aural Float remix)
12. Helios – For Years And Years
13. Michael Witness – 18 Days
14. Ulrich Schnauss – Shine (MINT remix)
15. Ralphie B – Massive (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix)
16. Karma – Kon Tiki
17. Tokyo Boulevard – Seashell Lagoon
18. Tjad – Yöllä Sateen Jälkeen
19. FSOL – Dead Skin Cells
20. Slusnik Luna – Breaker
21. Navarro – Virgin
22. Monolake – Bicom
23. Emmerichk – Sonta-An
24. Koss – Negai
25. Kaito – Everlasting
26. Softys – Keli
27. Ame – Doldrums
28. Helios – West Orange
29. Burial – Dog Shelter
30. Helios – Velius
31. Protogroup – Anahata
32. Syv2 Uni1 – High Times
33. Tom Middleton _ Astral Projection
34. Four Tet – Parks
35. Malt.Tabulated Sounds – Go With The Flow
36. DJ Orion & J.Shore – Deep Blue
37. Sintentic Collage – Hidden Recollections
38. Navarro – So Long
39. Mikael Fyrek – Between Nothingness And Eternity
40. Mikael Fyrek – A Thousand Years And One
41. Tokyo Boulevard – The Last Sunday
42. Danny Howells – September
43. Mark.Nine – Resolutions (A Thousand Miles)
44. Aphex Twin – Cliffs (1043 Mix)
45. Mango, DJ Orion, J.Shore – Raining In Osaka (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix)
46. Ulrich Schnauss – Between Us And Them
47. Adam Singer – Lifeforce
48. Ulrich Schnauss – Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
49. Tom Middleton – Yearning
50. Digitalis – Transform
51. Karna & Sleepy Town Manfacture – Uplyvaet Moja Liubov
52. Aphex Twin – Rhubarb (Addled’s edit)
53. Jon Hopkins – Light Through The Veins
54. DJ Orion & J.Shore – Brotherhood

Local Color

2010-03-26T00:49:00.008-05:00

Critique: a serious examination and judgment of something.
Critic: criticizing.

I never believed there was a place for critics in creative expression. I find it disgusting and highly insulting. There is no room for judgement in something as free as creation - in love.

To be art - to be music - you simply have to just Be. This is what freedom is.

Enjoy the following excerpts from "Local Color" - a must see for the creative soul.

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i remember what it was like back then
i was lost
well maybe not lost but certainly adrift
i think of those guys in the movies
you know the starving castaway on a make shift raft
peering over the tops of waves looking for land and just living on hope
yet somewhere deep inside i got this crazy idea in my head that i was destined for some kind of greatness
and it wasn't that i wanted to be noticed but it was more like i was just driven to leave some kind of mark on the world
im connecting to something that has driven me since birth
it is here and now in the moment of creating where i feel most at ease and confident
its always felt just right and its almost brought me a rush of emotions , most of them the best ive ever known
now the downside of it is there is always some jerk off who stands in judgement of what you do
the harshest criticisms always seem to come from those who truly have no idea of what you're doing, truly have no gifts of their own and are just plain pissed off that you're happy and happily playing your craft
that of course unless you're making the world a little more ugly,
then that type of personality will gladly hold your hand and dance to a shit filled sewer proclaiming that you, just like they , see not only how awful it all is but take pleasure in the celebration of it.
but somewhere early on i came to understand that any asshole can see how terrible things are
that didn't take any skill.
if you wish to be a cynic that would be your very unfortunate choice, cynics are generally right, romantics are generally wrong
but a romantic only need to be right once in their life
and thats when they choose their true love.
i guess love is what this story is all about.

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art is a common ground
when you take a pause for one moment and appreciate something that connects us all
its the beauty of being alive
art that divides us, is not art

(well that is very sentimental nik)

you say sentimental like its a venereal disease, whats wrong with sentiment

(it has no place in art)

says who

(oh come on nik - i mean sentiment is a sloppy sugary emotional form of gushing which is indicative of a lack of intellect)

AHHH shit - you have so much intellect that you've become stupid - sentiment is common decency and being a human being is knowing life is very very short. this is sentiment. im proud of it. its what you have done with it is what i find so utterly disturbing. to cry to hurt to ponder, to laugh - to really love something - these are the building blocks of all humanity, its what builds bridges. rembrandt, van gogh, monet, renoir- what you are talking about creates disturbance, misery, mess, fucking mess.

(no what im talking about is a far different sector in human condition)

that has no place in fucking art

(and what about the man in the ghetto, where is the conventional beauty in his existence)

you know about ghetto as i know as much about building a fucking rocket ship.i think there must be some beauty in ghetto. too many brilliant minds have been born in ghetto. one needs to find beauty there. it is the people who come from the .. you know some rich fucking asshole who knows nothing about ghetto saying "oh poor man in ghetto i know your pain i feel so sorry i feel so sorry." you know what this is? bullshit. fucking bullshit.
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a journey shared is more deeply moving than a journey taken alone
human beings needs validation - thats how we learn
we feel something that we are unclear about
others will see something similar
help points away
art, shared - is a part of the validation to feel
when there is no context there is no statement
when there is no statement there is no sharing
and when there is no sharing there is no beauty
where there is no beauty, there is no fucking art
if you see beauty everywhere , in everything - your soul is set free
no one can take it away
i know this to be true
(how do you know all this)
i just do
do you believe in god?
( i think i do)
do you say your prayers at night?
(ya)
you believe you're being heard?
(ya)
imo Atheists can never be a great painter, in order to create great art man must make peace with his mortality and bow to a higher power
the job of the artist is to uplift mans soul
bullshit elitists changed all this
i could wipe my ass with a curtain and have a better chance at hanging my painting in the Guggenheim
than painting the face of a child that makes you cry

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in the city where man is king
completely in control of his environment
i imagine its easy to begin to believe you're in a loll.
but out here when you take what nature doles out on its whim and not yours
i found it to be freeing
somehow the pressure was off because i took great comfort in knowing that i mattered so little
and embracing the notion that some kind of higher power may in fact have a plan for me, made me settle down inside.

everywhere i looked i saw paintings
masterpieces paraded through my mind
i felt sad for nik that his life work was now considered irrelevant
i couldn't understand how these so called experts could say anything so completely misinformed
who gave them the power, or more importantly who gave them the right
how can beauty be irrelevant
with the landscape vanishing before our eyes with the increasing encroachment of man
well i couldn't think of anything more relevant.

warning! warning! the mind! oh me oh my!

2010-03-24T13:04:00.001-05:00

warning! disturbing images seen here! little yellow men with black caps with their mouths open will come and getcha! ;)

mind music

2010-03-24T00:20:00.002-05:00

I nearly had a blissful heart attack when I saw this post on a friends page, I just had to share.

Thoughts of performing flooded my brain... no longer having to rely on turning knobs and sliding faders - rather my mind would translate exactly what I feel, right into you.

An incredible prospect for the musician.

Thought-Control Headset Reads Your Mind
By Charlie Sorrel

Back in 1982, Clint Eastwood flew Firefox, an airplane that had thought-controlled weapons. That was a movie (based on a pretty good book), and the plane cost millions of dollars. Now, for real, you can control a computer with your thoughts and feelings for just $300.

The Emotiv EPOC headset is being marketed as both a gaming device and as an aid for the disabled. It has 14 EEG electrodes to monitor brain activity, a gyroscope so it knows where you noggin is in space and packs a li-ion battery for 12 hours of use. It is also wireless, and charges via USB.

The headset reads brain activity related to facial movements, and uses this to infer your emotional state and intentions. This is then translated in software to control various applications, from games to photo viewers to an on-screen keyboard. And of course, any application or machine could be made to do anything with the input, from steering a wheelchair to, we guess, firing the weapons systems on a stolen, cold-war era Soviet fighter plane.

There are three kits, and all flavors come with the same telepathic hat. The difference is in the software. The basic $300 version works with your PC (no Mac version), the $500 developer version allows writing of apps that will work with the EPOC, and a $750 Researcher SDK allows access to the raw EEG data for boffins to study.

What is most striking, once you get over the idea of a thought-controlled computer, is just how cool the EPOC looks. Instead of being some dorky or embarrassing medical aid, it looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. But then, we guess it is straight out of a sci-fi movie.

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Mandelbrot Set

2010-03-23T18:28:00.005-05:00

We are infinite patterns shaped by the universe...
fractals thriving ever so simply in total chaos.
Z = Z² + C
Psycho-Social Significance

elvis should have always been dub

2010-03-22T14:13:00.000-05:00

like cookies and milk...
or more appropriate: soup in bed while watching your favorite re-runs.

reconnect with love, they shall deliver bliss.
thanks for the share M.

aural particles

2010-03-21T23:05:00.009-05:00

during transitional moments, seasonal changes, lunar phases...

im hypnotically hurled into a moment where i experienced something profound...

i can feel it, smell it, taste it, breathe it - just as if it were happening at this very moment.

remembering 2007 - montreal quebec - where i connected spiritually with 3000+ souls through hypnotic particles that resonated through the air... spreading love and freedom.

remembering the first but last time I was able to look at Francois Dumouchel (Euterke) in the eyes. he was killed by a drunk driver in June 2008. his memory will forever live in this moment, in this sound.

remembering, never forgetting. we are music.

Suz @ Piknic Electronik 2007-9-23(Provided by Techno.fm) by z[suz]anna

circuits

2010-03-21T18:57:00.001-05:00

"The centre is only one step inwards. Go inwards to your centre like an arrow. Be total. Go inwards with an intensity as if this is the last moment. Seeing is all that is required. Enlightenment is the absolute understanding of existence. For enlightenment to happen only one moment of totality with no thought is required. Enlightenment is a revelation, a remembering of what is already there. One does not have to do anything to achieve enlightenment, one just needs to be aware of it. The periphery of your consciousness equates to the mind and the body. The centre is the core of your consciousness and totally silent. When one reaches to the centre there is an explosion of light. When one reaches to the centre you experience the ultimate orgasm with existence. Your body vibrates with the whole. The silence is intoxicating. You feel yourself drowning into the silence. The sexual union between a man and a woman completes a circuit in the brain that allows orgasm to occur. Meditation completes that circuit without the necessity for the other."

eyes

2010-03-21T17:41:00.009-05:00

Eyes in an innocent body magnified by rays of light. The most true and beautiful thing today.

top 10 blast from the past.

2010-03-20T22:06:00.001-05:00

timeless...

[Thought of the Day] "Out Of Focus..."

2010-03-20T18:30:00.010-05:00

to see other dimensions - its just a slight shift in focus of your internal lens..

sensation = emotion ? no.

2010-03-20T16:25:00.005-05:00

psychic vampirism

albeit a dramatic title for a very common thing that occurs daily; truth still lies in the eye of this interview.

hover over the dots and discover how inner light will always blind the ones who try to steal your energy - willingly, and unwillingly.

*excerpt: the person vampirising you will not present themselves as the enemy, that's not how the vampire works. doing that will be no good because your defenses are up. they will act like the most charming, wonderful, graceful and brilliant person and make you get courted to them and violate your sovereignty - your sexual, emotional and spiritual sovereignty.

Closer than you know how.

2010-03-20T03:15:00.002-05:00

[Thought of the Day] why my friends are my friends.

2010-03-20T01:07:00.005-05:00

Ode to my friend who lets me touch his bum.

He understands my connection to the moon...

Bless you D - you're such an ass.

(gosh so many puns! hey puns rhymes with buns!)

ok im stopping...

rays

2010-03-19T22:44:00.006-05:00

yep, madonna.

an icon for a reason.

brilliant, transitional, honest.

timeless.

she's music.

ray of light is most certainly one of my favorite albums of all time.

influenced by things seen beyond.
her spirit.
our spirit.

by light.

william orbit (who produced this album) makes it even that much better.

remembering 1998, feeling, smiling, diving.

I should be glad that I'm alive
It could have been much worse
I might have never loved at all
And never known what I am worth

I worship the gurus' lotus feet
Awakening the happiness of
the self revealed
Beyond comparison, working like
the jungle physician
To pacify loss of
consciousness from the
poison of existence
In the form of a man up
to the shoulders
Holding a conch, discus and sword
Thousand headed, white
I bow respectfully to thee

ran to the treetops, I ran to the sky
Out to the lake, into the rain that matted my hair
And soaked my shoes and skin
Hid my tears, hid my fears

Dendrochronology

2010-03-19T15:51:00.007-05:00

it was about this time last year i unhinged and became what love was in tonal frequencies.

remembering the sun, the air, the smell of photosynthesis and a love of mine who will always be in my heart.

as you listen, im appreciating you M. you are a ring in my tree.

suz - process part 094 by modyfier

I am a writer of the moment. I compose for a current state. I am also a communicator. I live for the exchange of knowledge, and thrive off of experience. I run on emotion. I dive into all extremes, but close my day at the foothold of balance. I’m deeply affected by pain and suffering in the world, therefore I strive to embrace beauty found all around me, and from what I do absorb; I try to cast out for others to embrace. I appreciate glints in eyes, smiles from strangers, and courteous drivers on the road. I believe that the very notion of feeling is simply the greatest reward we have been given; to not dive into it would be ludicrous. Where I feel the most, lies in the hands of music.

While emotions can sometimes be hard to describe verbally, a sound can easily paint a picture of what transcends from the core. Sound has the powerful ability to communicate inner meaning with very little confusion. You do not have to struggle to find that one precise word to articulate all thought. Words can narrow the potential of accuracy and subjectivity. Sound bypasses all of the nonsense, and goes straight to the root of comprehension. While one word can describe only one feeling, one simple sound can describe a lifetime of experiences.

In day-to-day life, it seems emotion has a specific formula to how and when it’s appropriate to express. When we find ourselves in a heated debate, we’re told to put our emotions behind us, and to use logic to work out our turmoil. How many times have we been told to “cool off,” “calm down,” and “think straight?” Wouldn’t it be nice for once to view emotion as the positive conductor in communication? Well, music might be the only thing that challenges the advice given by Mr. and Mrs. Ph.D. I believe that music first utilizes emotion, and it is that very same emotion that creates a global understanding. Emotion --> logic. Movies and television even exemplify this, by “breaking out in song” each time a topic needs to be thoroughly understood. Soft melodies (albeit cheesy) accompany Mr. So-And-So as he explains to his daughter how driving the car through the kitchen window was a bad thing. Children’s television shows are mainly compromised of song, with aim to make learning both fun and effective. Whatever the case may be (extreme or not), it seems we just “get it” much more when things exist in song. It’s rather sad that we live in a world where we are pressured to always think logically and to always be diplomatic and politically correct -- shirts tucked in and hair properly combed. Perhaps this is why music is such a celebrated factor in life. It’s finally a place where we can let our hair down, undo our belts, and let the f*ck go!

This is why I turn to music. It’s where things make the most sense in this overwhelming world. Where I feel my best, where I feel most understood, and where I feel balanced. It’s freedom. It’s home to me. Music is the root of all connection, and it summons all possibility. Its power touches us with no physicality. It moves us with no tangible push. It’s etched into our blueprints from before birth, and we carry it through our lives well onto the next. Remember: Music is processed by the very same part of the brain that processes emotion; therefore it’s synonymous to love, as love is the most profound emotion -- and it is the reason we’re all still here.

We are music. Humans are attracted to patterns because we are patterns. Our heartbeat indicates our body’s current state. Like sound, we reverberate on sequenced platforms, and become molded by our environment. We gravitate to likeness, while we are also mystically drawn to the unknown. We seek harmony for inner peace, and balance for tranquility. As we may not achieve this consistently in our physical world (in our work, friendships, families and even in our own monkey minds) -- we have the possibility to live for one particular idealistic moment in music. We can replay a harmony as much as we desire -- escaping, dreaming, and believing. While we cannot control the world around us, music actually throws its arms up in the air and says: “Hey, manipulate me!!” We can do anything we want to it, and the outcome is beautiful. (Now apply this manipulation logic to your current partner, and I doubt the outcome would be viewed the same).

It is through music where we have the chance to express ourselves to our fullest potential. Let’s utilize it to achieve understanding and to build communities. Let’s open doors to the unknown by creating and recreating every single day. Let’s share what we believe to be aurally inspiring or simply, what tickles our fancy. Let’s keep on growing and evolving by pushing our limits through expression and reinterpretation. There is never a finale when it comes to music; one note can reverberate forever just as long as we never stop humming it.

Whew! So after all of that, I’ll finally get to the point!

This mix was already featured a few months ago by Fwd.dj, but I only had a small paragraph to describe the meaning behind it. I want to thank Rayna for agreeing to re-feature it, for you might hear it differently the second time around. The title of the mix could be “reinterpretation,” or “falling in love,” and in lieu of the title, I’m hoping you do just that.

To get the technical babble out of the way, I will mention now that it was recorded in Traktor 3, utilizing 4 decks, looping and layering throughout its entirety. I have been performing in this fashion for over a year now, and I find it allows me to move through my creative process focusing more on emotion rather than on technical details. You really lose yourself performing this way, and to me, that’s what it’s all about. It’s not about wowing people… it’s about connecting with them.

I recorded this mix in my very own bedroom/studio. It was me against the sound, with no other external influences. As you probably guessed after reading my emotional babble up above, this mix was formulated entirely on emotion. Although there are many technical aspects to its assembly, I find once I reach a certain climax, I no longer need to think mathematically, and much like sex – although performing a utilitarian function – you allow your emotions to guide your movements without having to think step by step of what you are doing (ohhhhhhh kay, now insert body part 1 into body part 2 and repeat, repeat, repeat – haha).

Why this mix is so emotional to me is because of the feelings I harbored during its recording. It was a hot summer day. My studio has two large windows and in each, the sun glimmered through casting the shadows of the trees on the walls. The air was fresh, and it delivered the scent of fresh cut grass. Immediately I wanted to record. The songs chosen were all gentle on the soul. While the mix remains rhythmic, the airy and whimsical components soften out its edges painting a picture of what love would look like in my mind. The BPM was taken down a few notches to demonstrate the gradual and paced movements during human interaction, ie: falling in love, or making love. You know -- when you don’t want to move too fast because you could skip over some small yet beautiful detail, or if you extend the focus on one simple feeling or body part, the pleasure is increased 10 fold. You also don’t want to move too slowly, because a climax needs to be built, and you have to have some momentum going on to achieve that. Again, it’s about balance.

This mix was also about textures, layers, and progression. Each sound moved into the next like they were made for each other -- as if the sound would have remained idle without the other’s help. There were no abrupt positional changes, rather more fluid transitions. Where some of the songs lacked in certain components, the other(s) added a unique quality taking the compositions to another level. Like they say: “Two heads are better than one,” and in this case (two, three, four) tracks are better than one.

One of the ultimate questions in life aside from “Why are we here?” is, “What is your definition of love?” I hope that after you hear this mix, you will know exactly what makes my toes curl, my eyes bright, and what causes me to smile from ear to ear. My idea of love is not about perfection, but it’s about an ideal – and we should strive to reach those endlessly.

dirty, sexy, beautiful, blissful, sliiiiiiiiiiiiip in through the spine

2010-03-18T23:24:00.002-05:00

I forget about Boards of Canada, then poof!

Reminded of a symphony who are tied to every point in the body.

dig in, pull out - embrace.

in comes life, out comes more.

2010-03-18T17:40:00.001-05:00

remembering - sound - reincarnate.

eyes wide

2010-03-18T16:30:00.014-05:00

What you do not see
is the spread
simplicity.
Starts in a dream
then the 6th one sees
to proceed then return
simply to just Be.
Burning flame
devouring, blinding
melting into my vision
mirrored reflection no longer finding.
Moving into actuality
finding comfort in humility
forever exchanging energy
molded by like-ripples connectivity.
You will seek difference
but this you shall not find
energy is One
embrace uniqueness in the same kind.
Through the tunnel darkness escape
another portal opening
an inner star gate.
One giant circle
climb and deflate
back to ground
again i translate.
Free, radiant, never dying
never hesitate
to appreciate
walk with that glint
eyes wide in the calm
ready for the wake.

simple math

2010-03-17T22:36:00.005-05:00

to be healthy - all you need to do is laugh and sweat daily.

how simple.

wishing you all many happy sweaty days.

QiGong

2010-03-17T18:14:00.000-05:00

shh just listen.

break the habit

2010-03-17T14:25:00.009-05:00

if you're going to quit smoking.... dont do it for Hitler.

a clear example of how not everyone promoting safety and purity is supposed to be a guiding light.

enjoy this article written by Paul Joseph Watson.

Today's Anti-Smoking Purge Is Borrowed From The Nazis
Smoking is healthier than fascism

Paul Joseph Watson

A wealth of overlooked yet frightening literature concerning the Nazi crusade against smoking provides a clear parallel to contemporary developments and an alarming warning that state restriction of personal habits is the pre-cursor to dictatorship.

Beginning in the early 1930's, as part of the Nazi agenda for racial purity, Hitler spearheaded a national campaign to ban smoking in all public buildings, and denounced the practice as a betrayal of the fascist drive for bodily purity.

"Brother national socialist, do you know that our Führer is against smoking and think that every German is responsible to the whole people for all his deeds and emissions, and does not have the right to damage his body with drugs?" stated one magazine.

As I wrote earlier this year, "The regulation of the personal habit of smoking, including new legislative moves in San Francisco to ban cigarettes in private homes, and its enforcement by an eager cadre of state snoops and snitches, represents nothing more than a move on behalf of big brother towards the complete subjugation and shackling of the individual."

Read these shocking parallels and compare them to the endless lecturing we are forced to endure today about our personal lifestyle choices by the state and their propaganda arm, the mass media.

Nazi anti-smoking propaganda poster.

- The Nazis banned tobacco advertising and financed huge public relations campaigns to propagandize people into giving up smoking.
- The Nazis banned smoking in government offices, civic transport, university campuses, rest homes, post offices, many restaurants and bars, hospital grounds and workplaces, and Hitler gave awards to associates who quit the habit.
- A ban on smoking in private vehicles was called for.

- The Nazi Reich Health Office warned that smoking caused impotence and produced posters depictingsmoking as a dirty habit of Jews, Gypsies, blacks, intellectuals and Indians.

- Nazi lobbyists lectured terrified children in schools on the horrors of racial impurity as a result of smoking.

-The term "passive smoking" (Passivrauchen) was coined by the Nazi Anti-Tobacco League. Its author, Fritz Lickint, offered no supporting evidence to claim that smokers poisoned everyone around them, while also stating that drinking coffee caused cancer.

- Hitler was an ardent vegetarian and did not smoke or drink after the age of 30, even accrediting the rise of fascism to his success in kicking the habit. He forbade anyone from smoking in a room he might enter. Fellow fascist leaders Mussolini, Napoleon and Franco also detested smoking.
- The Nazi anti-smoking crusade was unleashed with the help of manufactured junk science on behalf of the medical and health establishment, one such example being that smoking caused "spontaneous abortions" in pregnant women.
- Hitler attempted to price out smoking for Germans, levying huge taxes on cigarettes.
- Despite the Nazi propaganda crusade against smoking, tobacco sales increased in Germany, leading some history professors to hypothesize that smoking was an act of cultural resistance against fascism, until the late 1930's after smoking was banned in most public buildings and tobacco sales rapidly declined.

Another Nazi anti-smoking propaganda poster depicts a jackboot kicking a cigarette, a cigar and a pipe.

What conclusions can we draw from these parallels? Either the Nazis were benign really cared about everyone's health or they used the specter of anti-smoking to exert massive control over people's lives and scale back basic freedoms, getting a foot in the door for the political dictatorship that was to follow.

Similarly today, either the same elite that advocate "mass culling" of the majority of the world's population really do care about public health and well-being or they are using the excuse of the anti-smoking drive to condition us to accept state regulation over every aspect of our personal lives.

It's all about control, it's all about letting you know who the bosses are. If the government can regulate personal habits and behavior, what's next? If the state is so concerned about our good health as they would have you believe, why not use the latest scientific advancements to remove that nasty aggressive gene that causes so much unhappiness? Well, you're causing those around you distress and harming their health so why not? Are your political opinions a mental illness? Are they harming society? Perhaps we should ban certain types of "free" speech that is offensive to others.

You see where this is all heading - how long before our wall mounted personal x-ray body scanners are accompanied by special smoke detectors that inform on you to the local Stasi if you dare to light up?

We live in a paranoid world overpopulated by ninnying jellyfish who dare not dip their toe in the water in case there's a law against it, it might upset someone, or it might be bad for their health.

Many people will read this article having lost loved ones as a result of smoking. Please don't have a knee jerk emotional reaction, try to understand that the point I'm making - smoking is unhealthy but it is healthier than fascism and government regulation of personal habits leads to dictatorship.

The fact that the very language and policies that we are now bombarded with as a justification for state regulation of our personal lifestyle choices are directly lifted from Nazi policies for racial hygiene from the 1930's should alarm us all and act as a wake up call to the true agenda behind today's anti-smoking purge.

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a pretty wild take on being smoke free...

now, quitting drinking on the other hand - do it to piss off the clowns. clearly Prohibition would upset them.

(man i hate clowns)

sink

2010-03-17T02:11:00.005-05:00

sink into you, sink into me
this is for you d.

up

2010-03-16T18:17:00.004-05:00

today i was inspired by the gentle beauty of audry's classic updo.

there is something so innocent about how it frames the face, and yet it remains elegant and sensual exposing the curvature of the back and neck.

you cant hide behind an updo.

[Thought of the Day] thaw

2010-03-16T17:10:00.005-05:00

today i was a child
i ran through puddles
got wet up to my waist
muddy, without a care in the world
i giggled at the boy who whistled at me
and reciprocated with a smile
the sunshine was freedom
its embrace melted what was frozen
in me
around me
a thaw is here
a blessing to feel the transition
to be alive
to be with my true love
the sun

martyn

2010-03-16T00:09:00.008-05:00

You know that I like to keep you
Just like I know it's wrong to try
Just like my babies were born to cry
Every bird that sings is born to fly.

And may you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

I know you, I love you
And I'll be your friend
I could follow you, anywhere
Even through solid air.

(strings... strings??? anyone got strings??? c'mon lucille!!! ahhh love him)

remembering a beautiful soul who sang his world, and wore his heart on his sleeve.

Rambhauswami

2010-03-15T14:33:00.005-05:00

Thank you to a Light who cast Rambhauswami in my direction.

Once you have control over the mind and body, incredible things will happen.

cultivate with care > Jera

2010-03-14T14:17:00.000-05:00

There is no way to push the river; equally you cannot hasten the harvest.

One year.
A full cycle.
Deliverance.

today i melted

2010-03-13T15:25:00.018-06:00

checkered rectangles imprint on my chest

through bamboo shading your glare arrests

illuminating my darkest shade to golden light

steady stream of fire disguised as white

you make atoms move hypnotically
into an exchange of sensual energy
underneath your tragic stare lies synchronicity
atmospherically scattered synergy

continuously expanding you devour my skin

interstellar medium you grasp where life begins
you search and release whats mine from within
untangling freewill my soul unpins

seamlessly I burst out weightlessly
I gravitate more as you radiate
your one track confusion is certain
my attraction increases with magical friction

your violent desire to procreate
I watch life spawn through my fingers as we naturally recreate

lured by a beautifully sick science to sedate
overwhelm me then deflate

you leave me under your anomaly
we remain as one mysteriously
mirrored images only now seen in heart
embedded flame never depart

energy shared
focus glared

now shaded
you will return serenaded

but not now...
westing, westing

fwd

2010-03-12T19:03:00.002-06:00

I puncture the net
and what's left down below
is space in time
known as Raido.

travel blind, touch me with your mind.

2010-03-12T13:10:00.002-06:00

you can write me a song, but it will never come close to Leonard Cohen.

share yourself.

2010-03-12T11:43:00.006-06:00

See you passing by everyday, yeah
We're living up time in the night
Everyone of us, deep inside wishes...

We would share what we hide, after all

Remembering Charlie Cooper.

Sleep on tight,
till the sunlight burns a happy hole in Your heart

strange strangers, odd objects, and fresh fragrances

2010-03-11T17:49:00.012-06:00

(looking at this pic makes me incredibly happy)

Today - energy was so rich, between strangers and smiling faces. A thick layer of fog lies on top of my city. I cant help but feel its making everything calm, still... and even moving time slowly. A blanket holding the energy where it lies to absorb... to swim in.

I spent my afternoon in a book shop and met a wonderful man named Grant. He kept telling me how each time I opened my mouth, I reminded him of a dear friend, and I said - perhaps in a past life. From that moment we just rolled with it so naturally and ended up sharing many stories about our paths: where we've come from, where we're going and how we are just 'being' at the present moment. The most admirable thing about Grant was how he spent most of his adult life as an established chemist, and quit his line of work to open up his own book shop. To leave a life, to chase a dream. He's an example of following one's bliss. Its no wonder I felt such connection in his book store - his energy was in every corner, and he was a shining star.

I picked up a fascinatingly obscure object. I was able to get for 3 bucks if I could guess what it was. I'm no genius but the three holes made it an obvious incense burner (or a serious napkin holder). Sweet, so I win! 20 bucks off! Okay yes that made me go 'eeee' with glee, but the best part is this thing is made from volcanic rock, was covered in what looked like 5 years of dust and they didn't remember where it came from. When I held it in my hands, it felt as if a story book lived inside - it just felt right. An object of mystery, what better thing to have in my presence. Along with that I picked up some incense, dragon's blood - an eerily familiar smell - a 'memory' of ancient times. I've smelled this before, when my energy resided elsewhere.

Fresh kale, rainbow chard (yum!) and rock salt from the Andes are the last things I grabbed to end my most wonderful afternoon filled with strangers, stories, and spellbinding energies that make me glad to be alive.

Love.

i am you

2010-03-11T13:50:00.005-06:00

why do bad things happen to the ones we love?
it's the universe sending a reminder.
it's a moment to collect ourselves..
to remember to take care of the ones around us..
to remember its not only about us..
to stop focusing on our own needs..
to be selfless and giving with our energy and light.

the self is just as important as another one's self..
and to nurture another soul without thinking about yourself..
even for a moment..
is true love.

my heart goes out to N..
and to T for loving so much.

electrifying

2010-03-11T02:07:00.003-06:00

a man before his time.
a true genius with a glint to show it.

washed

2010-03-10T18:51:00.001-06:00

ben... jack, take me home tonight.

[Thought of the Day] like forces attract

2010-03-09T16:56:00.013-06:00

the 'shake my fist and smirk up at the sky series.'

lately it feels as if im being tested. moments of deja vu enter my mind - yes, i've been here before. these tests are not by a force i cannot control, rather i feel its constructed by my own subconscious. however, control of The Self can be the most challenging, sometimes leaving me wishing i did believe in destiny... a lil' auto pilot to my purpose as i take a nap.

a choice i had to make last night lead me to thinking about my daily challenges that involve both habits and impulse, two things that can severely get in the way of personal development, if you're not careful.

habits: those lil' things found in our actions and in our personalities. usually not a complimenting force, and is more commonly known as a vicious cycle. we can become addicted to acting a certain way, and to feeling a certain way. the dangerous habits are the actions that no longer contribute to your development, and yet you still press the button to execute, over and over again. ya you want to change.. you even recognize each time you perform a bad habit, feel horrible for it and yet you still repeat... seems rather insane. but acting differently to the same scenario you've encountered many times before is like leveling out the grooves from ones rear in a 20 year old sofa... reshaping takes time.

impulsive behavior: there is a fundamental difference between taking every opportunity as it presents itself before you, than choosing which path will lead you closer to The Self. there are many voices in our heads - to satisfying cravings, desires... and in there somewhere.... to fulfill our needs. I imagine tiny little microphones to each voice, and having the mixing board at my hands, and I'm in total control of the volume of each. key point here, you have choice.

needs vs desires: not all impulse is bad, just like not all habits are bad - but how do we know which impulse to go with? how do we know what habits are healthy? how do we know what we need vs what we desire? study the energy within and from all around you, and see how it all interacts. believing that like forces attract, you will soon be made quite aware of the response to your action. i find when i make a poor choice, my energies are scattered, dissonant - just like the existence i created. if i make the correct choice (as hard and frustrating as it may be at the time), im almost rewarded instantly. my energies are clean, light is bright and things start to come to me, as if they are saying: hey - you did well, stay here and resonate for a while.

tapping into that energy can be as easy as meditating, or simply thinking when all is quiet... even falling into a song. you'll feel a shift, or an jolt to move in a particular direction. listen to your body's response - how/what does it feel? love? nobility? humbleness? or does it feel like your subconscious got a wedgie? allow this shift to guide your next movements, and pick out that wedgie if need be by redirecting your actions. key here, just be honest with yourself, the worst thing that will happen from that is you'll get what you need in the end.

radiate: its so important to radiate your energy no matter what form it is in, because once you cast it out there, what you need shall be returned - no question. my energies are being returned to me by like minds, even by the weather... by random music that starts to play, food i even eat. my dog even hangs out with me more when i feel balanced, and animals are known to be more in tune with the essence of living things.

being as close as possible to The Self only allows corresponding shapes to come in. but you know this, dont ya :) its why i shake my fist up at the sky, i know what needs to be done, i just gotta do it. i smirk in the end because its always exactly what i needed, even if i denied it for an incredible length of time... and the cosmos never fails to tell me that i made the right choice.

...ya ... damn you (suz said in a loving tone) damn you..

lines

2010-03-09T16:07:00.003-06:00

we are all connected by parallel lines
this place begins with two
off me and rolled onto you

on the cusp of rebirth

2010-03-07T17:24:00.011-06:00

I'm happy to share this incredible 10 part interview on Coast to Coast radio with Carmen Boulter, the maker of "The Pyramid Code." She's quickly becoming a mentor to me and her insight and knowledge is overwhelmingly refreshing.

Make a pot of tea and put your feet up - you will be so enlightened and inspired by her words.

But first, a little on Carmen:

A professor at the University of Calgary, Carmen Boulter presented accumulated evidence and research, which suggests to her that levitation and advanced knowledge were used to construct the numerous pyramids in ancient Egypt. Her past life recall as a child led her to seek physical evidence for her visions of temples, pyramids and ceremonies. This quest brought her to Egypt 23 times, where she conducted extensive academic research, and field work around the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid, she noted, is a monumental building that spans over 2 acres and is made up of 2.3 million stones. Yet near the Great Pyramid, there are six distinct sites, encompassing a total of 22 pyramids, and these structures worked together as a kind of energy system, at a time when the Nile River ran along side them, she explained. This puts their construction date much further back than what is typically thought. Further, these pyramids couldn't have been made with chisels but rather were constructed with superior light and sound technologies that made use of levitation in moving the blocks, Boulter said. The pyramid builders were living in a Golden Age, when humans had expanded senses and higher levels of consciousness, she contended. 2012 marks the time in the 26,000-year 'precessional' cycle when humans begin moving back to this Golden Age, she commented. The Temple of Seti at Abydos contains many symbols that show the understanding of the ancients, including blue, yellow, and red beings that could represent travelers from Sirius and Orion, she added.

she is.

2010-03-06T16:48:00.002-06:00

watch my back so i'll make sure
you're right behind me as before
yesterday the night before tomorrow

dry my eyes so you won't know
dry my eyes so i won't show
i know you're right behind me

and don't you let me go, let me go tonight

[Thought of the Day] string theory

2010-03-06T14:40:00.018-06:00

I spent my evening connecting light to a simple piece of string.

Agate is the oldest stone in recorded history and has been used in jewelry since Biblical Babylonian times. Agates were used to ward off storms and were prized gems in antiquity. Traditionally, Agates with banded colors were once placed at the head of a sleeper to give rich and varied dreams. Agate is considered a protection stone. It is believed to attract strength and offer protection from bad dreams, stress and the draining of energy.

Red spots on a dark-green background, and from the resemblance of these to drops of blood it derives its name. "Heliotrope" derives its name from Greek words meaning "sun" and "turning". In the Middle Ages, Bloodstone was attributed with special powers as the spots were thought to be in the blood of Jesus Christ. It was used in sculptures representing flagellation and martyrdom.

In ancient times, Bloodstone was thought to be able to stop hemorrhages with the merest touch. Bloodstone is said to relieve stomach and bowel pain, strengthen blood purifying organs and improve blood circulation. Bloodstone has a positive influence on a bladder. Bloodstone is also used to help one become more knowledgeable in the ways of the world and is believed to be a very magical stone.

Tiger Iron is thought to be a stone of clarity, particularly in regard to knowledge, in the belief that it helps one to see the truth below the surface. Tiger Iron is also credited for promoting creativity and inspiring all types of artistic abilities. It is used to bring strength, vitality, confidence, willpower, and balance. It is said to be an excellent stone for people wishing to bring more motivation into their lives. According to traditional folklore and contemporary spiritual healers, Tiger Iron is credited for balancing white and red blood cells, increasing natural steroid production, improving muscular structure, and promoting the healthy function of reproductive organs, liver, and nervous system.

harmonizing to the morning light

2010-03-06T11:16:00.009-06:00

Grizzly Bear reminds me of a time when things were simple. When sound was pure, when feelings were open, and when love was free and innocent like a child.

The Language of Light

2010-03-06T00:31:00.022-06:00

If you follow the pattern of evolution, we become more advanced - more wise - more sophisticated - more intuitive. So why am I finding it difficult to say this about our current civilization? If anything, I feel we're stepping backwards and even forgetting completely about who we truly are inside - in relation to each other, to our mother earth, and to our uni(multi)verse. This is why I believe more in 'Ages' rather than in evolution - and our civilization today is most certainly in the Dark.

The worst part is, today we actually think we're on top of human development. Our egocentrism is blinding us. Our selfishness and greed is killing our planet. We step on each other to fulfill our own desires. We willingly refuse/turn down methods that our earth gives us for free, for profit. (The Nikola Tesla story is a great example of this, and even today - using solar power). We put Patriotism well before Matriotism - possibly even excluding it all together.

Without a unification between all living things, there is no saying how deep we'll venture into this Dark Age.

When I think about the ancient Egyptians - this is a group who had it. A culture so advanced and so in tune, because they utilized the power of the universe to evolve. They thought with holism, and were very sacred and spiritual. They knew it was only possible to reach the highest point of human potential by achieving balance between man, woman, the earth, and the universe. They created mighty structures and were able to harness energy all driven from the earth - without damaging the source, without destroying the source. It would be foolish to even deny they were not more advanced than we are today. The Egyptians were a part of the Golden Age - the highest point of development.

It's amazing how much we would be able to learn if we just dropped our 21st century ego. Perhaps we would be less inclined to create massive world dramas and unrealistic catastrophes each and every time something like 2012 rolls around. With an open mind, we would look at life different, and see these types of events as opportunity, and as a chance to enter a golden age where we are more in-tune with all our surroundings.

"We dont have the technology to build the pyramids now, not even close. we're not the most evolved we've ever been and that is one of the blinders that stops us from imagining that the ancients were far more smarter than us." -- Carmen Boulter PhD

Enjoy the writings of Paul White, something I read for a bit of magic.

No good thing ever dies.

"SECRETS OF THOTH-THE KEYS OF ENOCH" - by Paul White

[Thought of the Day] Synonyms

2010-03-03T16:54:00.021-06:00

truth: laughter can be the most brilliant thing for eternal happiness.

usually i dont promote force - but if you feel like poop, force yourself to smile and you'll soon realize the energy you started out with, will shift. smiling is indeed contagious, and it doesnt matter how you caused the corners of your mouth to hook upwards, what matters is what you're feeling in the end.

it is said when you smile at yourself in the mirror - your brain processes it as someone smiling back at you.

Through humor, we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant. It also heightens our sense of survival and preserves our sanity. - cc

chaplin with einstein

chaplin with gandhi

chaplin with the rest of the world, naturally

[Thought of the Day] the prophet who cried wolf

2010-03-03T15:04:00.011-06:00

how can one not talk about 2012? it's honestly everywhere you look. while the hype discourages me, a part of me still gravitates towards the subject. however i refuse to get wrapped up in prophetic mumbo jumbo of the world ending, but at the same time ignorance is also not the answer. exaggerated or not, this might be a warning sign - one to draw us closer to our mother earth. enjoy this blog post written by Tatjana-Mihaela - discussing more non-hype topics of 2012.

lastly, what if we took a completely different approach while looking at 2012? what if we viewed it as the pinnacle time where our energy will shift, bringing us to a higher state of being - where we will have the gift and opportunity to connect to the greater divine? the pyramid builders were living in a Golden Age, when humans had expanded senses and higher levels of consciousness. Carmen Boulter believes that 2012 marks the time in the 26,000-year 'precessional' cycle when humans begin moving back to this Golden Age. enjoy this interview hosted on Coast to Coast radio featuring Carmen Boulter.

Udambara

2010-03-02T23:03:00.009-06:00

A rarely seen Buddhist flower, which blossoms every 3000 years, has been discovered under a nun's washing machine.

The Udumbara flower was found in the home of a Chinese nun in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi province, China.

The rare Youtan Poluo or Udumbara flower, which, according to Buddhist legend, only blooms every 3,000 years, measures just 1mm in diametre.

Miao Wei, 50, was cleaning when she discovered the cluster of white flowers under the washing machine.

At first she thought the barely-there stems were worm eggs, however, the next day she discovered that the stems had grown 18 white tiny flowers on top and smelled "fragrant".

Local temples believe the mini blooms are specimens of the miraculous Youtan Poluo flower - called "Udumbara" or "Udambara" in Sanskrit, meaning "an auspicious flower from heaven."

*taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Published: 1:33PM GMT 01 Mar 2010

sonnet, said not so silent

2010-03-01T21:05:00.009-06:00

Sonnet Silence
(1840)

by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)

There are some qualities–some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
There is a two-fold Silence–sea and shore-
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories and tearful lore,
Render him terrorless: his name's "No More."
He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!
No power hath he of evil in himself;
But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!