Living From The Heart [without losing your mind] By Daniel Jacob & The Reconnections

Another Transmission from The Reconnections.......

"Living from the Heart"

(Without Losing Your Mind)

My Dear Friends,

The initiation ceremony of the Venus Transit is over. But the energy lingers on. In a sense, it is as though you have gazed long and hard into a colored light, and then suddenly closed your eyes. There, on the back of your eyelids, a ball of color remains imprinted. Indeed, it could truthfully be said that every part of your perceptual mechanism is busy taking "snapshots" of every other part, during this time. That is the nature of your journey into 3D. Your entire physical being is designed to be a sensory recording device. And this current process is no exception. Still....... perception is not just about vision. There are many other senses involved as well.

We are The Reconnections. We represent all those parts of your expanded self that you had to forget about in order to become human. We've never been very far from you. Just far enough. We are those forms and shapes which dance, just outside your fields of perception. You look for us, long for us, but we seem to be too quick for you! This is by grand design. That which eludes a person's understanding and remembrance, in any part of life, may only do so by sacred contract. We can only utilize knowledge and powers which you, yourself, have given to us. In every chase--during the enactment of every "hunt"--you are the fox, even as you are also the hounds!

We come to speak with you now about this next level of the Grand Game--which we shall call "living from the heart." As you may recall from previous transmissions, the center of processing for the human personality has moved from the "head" (symbolizing logic and reason) to the "heart" (which deals with integration and wholeness). There are those who operate from the premise that Heart Energy is primarily Emotional Energy. That is only partially true. The Heart Space is a Center of Integration for mental and emotional processes. It is located offshore (so to speak), in the same way that the mind is situated distally from the brain.

VENUS ENERGY

It would be a gross oversimplification to use the next eight years declaring "Men Are From Mars, And Women Are From Venus." Just as the heart is a gathering place for both mental and emotional energies, so we must now emphasize that the Venus Transit embodies and explores both masculine and feminine principles as well.

As you may know, the other side of this Venus Transit will take place in the year 2012. That year carries a numerology of "5"........which symbolizes FREEDOM. This whole transition deals with freedom, though it is not necessarily a freedom that is earned through conflict or revolution. Instead, it is a freedom that comes through the Art of FLOW........a dance of grace and elegance . This is probably why Venus Energy was once ascribed primarily to women. Until now, they were the only individuals in whom such grace of movement seemed appropriate. But now, it is possible for everyone to live in this beautiful and powerful way. The masculine version of grace and elegance is breathtaking--and it does not require riches, servants, or power to attain. More on that at a later time.

Martian Energy has been about the establishment and preservation of BOUNDARY LINES, particularly those which define and protect a country, a tribe, or a family unit. It grounds you, and forms bonds of mutual concern and determination between committed individuals. It separates, but it also sustains. Whenever the term "family values" is used in your society at this time, it is an invocation of Martian Energy. The big "R" that characterizes that word "relationship" is also used to establish "responsibility" (another "R"). Its presence can produce instant, wide-spread results, if you are only looking at the outward picture. Inwardly, unbalanced Martian Energy can freeze up and ultimately destroy a person.

In contrast to this, Venus is all about feeling, empathy, sensation, and personal well-being. In a Venusian Economy, the Group Conscience continues to have value, but only to the degree that it serves the individual. The macrocosm functions as a roadmap, assisting the microcosm as it takes faltering steps into an otherwise blind future. "As above, so below" is the mantra--as sea captains chart their courses through stormy waters by establishing direction from the position of the North Star.

The year 2004 is a "6" energy in numerology, and it carries reference to the Family Unit. We have spoken of this before in our transmission "2004: Families of the Heart." The next eight years will be about shifting emphasis from roles and responsibilities to personal creativity and desire. On the surface, this would appear to be an invocation of the "Devil," as people fear that all semblance of order and systematic living gets gobbled up in fervency and impulse action. But "impulses" are not random, even when they appear to be so. Just outside any Circle of Chaos is a Grand Designer, who watches and waits.

This is not the 1960s. Humanity has now been fully infused with the Oneness Virus, and all energy that is sent out to attack or control another will eventually cycle back to the sender, with three times the intensity. Of course, this also applies for sending out love as well.

Remember.........a "virus" in your system does not have to be readily noticed in order to be effective. Some viruses are simply Watcher Programs, gathering information and sending it off to some distant place, so that new plans and strategies can be formulated. The Spirit of Separation will constantly be trying and re-trying various doors along the corridor of your soul. If it can break you up into warring parts, it will. Why would it do this, you might ask, when the Whole is obviously assisted by the harmonious functioning of its parts? It does so BECAUSE IT CAN. This is how Chaos Energy functions. It doesn't need a reason to try and foil the system. It runs on impulse and opportunity.

In an expanded sense, these are security checks. Go with them, don't fight. Fix whatever parts of the Oneself Consciousness have been breached. Repair them, and move on. Acknowledge your Shadows, and know that the Dark Forces which confront you are only doing so to illustrate where you have failed to attach (you are ungrounded), or where you have become overly attached (you have run aground). Either extreme can and will defeat your process.

OPENING TO YOUR POWER

As the Venus Energy expands, the vibratory pitch of your planet will rise. When your vibration reaches a certain level, and you remain physically intact, pre-designed software programs will begin to install themselves, and begin working within your consciousness. As we said in the above passages, it is sourced from a balanced mixture of "mind and emotion," though it may not seem so. For many of you, the expression of emotion seems quite foreign. In fact, it's downright scary! The opening up of these energy bodies will make some of you feel as though you're cracking up. In truth, you are being reborn--pecking your way out of the ancient, primordial "egg." You're not cracking up, you're breaking out!

This process will look different for each person. The effects, however, will be quite similar. Some or all of the symptoms of Global Acceleration Syndrome may be in effect. You'll go to the doctors, and they won't know what to tell you (unless they are opening in their consciousness as well). If you can get relief by visiting doctors or other health care practitioners, do so. Everything about this process is timed. Let your intuition tell you which counsel to follow, which treatments to allow. Avoid applying labels to your condition, even though the doctors will tend to do this. Seek help for as long as you feel you need it, and then let it go. We are speaking about NEW BIRTH here, not diagnoses and treatments. All disease processes are Gateways to transformation. When the baby's ready to come forth, all restraints to the process will naturally be thrown by the wayside. Let it happen.

The Three Commitments will be of great help to you during this time. Follow them as far as your heart takes you. Stay Free, Stay in the Moment, and Follow Your Energy. You are now, or soon will be connecting multidimensionally. Each moment is a world unto itself. Though it seems to belong to some pre-set sequence of past-present-future, those images and memories are only there to embellish and stimulate that moment in a particular direction. They give color and texture to the your NOW, like frames give character to the pictures that are hung within them.

All "pasts" are independent modules of memory that can be attached or detached at will. This applies to alternative futures as well. Do you know what you did yesterday? Everything. Do you know what you'll do tomorrow? Everything. It's only HERE, in this NOW MOMENT that you can do something. And we advise you to do just that. DO SOMETHING. Keep your eye on the next step that is before you, and let the rest go. Though you will be required to subscribe to certain "plans" and schedules, they only have meaning for the moment you perceive them. In the next moment, they could disappear entirely.

Each sequence of events that is started in the Now Moment will be completed, somewhere within the Multiverse. You don't have to fret that efforts will be wasted, or friendships will be lost. It all goes on, and expands into every destined end. Just keep your eye on the next step, and let the Multiverse handle all the details. There is a place in the Multiverse where you will be able to review every possible/probable sequence, in detail, and find out how all the story plots work out. It's all there for you, when the timing is right. Trust that, and learn to let go.

ATTACHMENT AND EXPECTATION

There are two difficult "tricks" or tasks that must be accomplished, if a Traveler in 3D is to successfully traverse the next 8 years. The first one is: You have to open to your full power without blowing up your body or your world. The second trick is to down step and concentrate that infinite amount of power and wisdom into a single 3D body and function within a universe that may still be sleeping. Your process, in these next few years......involves learning to act normal, even though you are anything but normal. This helps the body to function with optimal efficiency, and it also gives a context within which the mind can function.

The attachment that most humans have to the past, and to their body's ancestral history is now being nicely handled through an influx of knowledge concerning "walk-ins" and "wanderers." Could such a thing be true? Of course. In the Multiverse, everything is true, within the contexts of reality which honor it. When an entity "walks in" to an existing 3D life, it brings with it a separate history, origin, and life purpose than the one belonging to the "born in." We call them "Modular Personality Constructs." They come to you from more expanded parts of your Multidimensional Self. They are long-lost relatives, returning to help out in a time of need.

Some constructs were born-in with the body, but are not brought online until a key time in that person's life history. We call these "wake ins." Like astronauts in cryogenic storage, they do not come to consciousness until the body reaches a specific "pitch" that is programmed by a "code" or password sequence. Once awake, these personalities will begin speaking--either verbally or tonally--and may even speak out to those with whom you come in contact. At first, it may be hard for you to understand or remember the significance of this part of your Multidimensional Self. Things may happen rather fast, and you'll be prone to doubt whether or not any of this is real. You may even find yourself struggling with the new mandate that is being put upon your mind and nervous system.

It is here where the work of the Neo-Shaman becomes extremely important. He or she serves as an ambassador, a BRIDGE PERSON between the Celestial Realms, the Underworld and Planet Earth. In psychological terms, we speak here of the Superconscious, Subconscious, and Unconscious Minds. It is a perfect blending of mind and emotion, masculine and feminine.........and the Neo-Shaman will serve as Mid-Wife for the entire process--bringing a sense of grounding and harmonization to a sometimes dazzling and befuddling process.

We have said this before, but it would serve the subject well to repeat it again:

Do you think you are something? Then you are attached to what you think you are.

Do you think that you are nothing? Then you are attached to what you think you aren't.

It is only when you realize that you are everything that you can finally let go...........

RECONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIP

As the Venus Energy continues to expand upon the planet over these next 8 years, the topic of "relationship" will be continually stepping to the fore to ask a simple, yet profound question: "What in it for ME?"

Whereas your Martian Energetic Focus was about division, responsibility, and self-sacrifice (the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the one)........your Venus Energy will begin demanding that the needs and processes enacted by the many MUST also serve the One..........at every level.........because, in truth, there is only ONE. There are no parts in a Oneself Being that are "expendable." There are no vestigial organs! What happens to one of us is also happening to all of us. Everyone who truly "gets" that has found the Holy Grail, and drinks deeply from the well of wisdom that it brings!

The Process of Reconnection is about welcoming in and integrating. Your Old Paradigm has divided humanity into nations, tribes, families, partnerships, and ideologies. And, even though the organization and flow of your world still supports and encourages these divisions and alliances--there is a subtle, yet powerful urge to seek out and blend with new people and lifestyles as well. Your internet is the primary vehicle for nurturing this at this important time in history. It is a "wandering wondering mind," searching throughout the whole earth to discover new ways to feed itself, and to grow.

Be genuine (authentic), be sensory (grounded), and keep your ways and your life very simple! These are powerful tools for survival in the Aquarian Age. Everything else will appear to crumble into dust, for a time--but these simple precepts will linger on and on--sustaining you in love and sacred confidence.

There will be more things we can tell you as your physical and emotional bodies adapt to this new vibration. You will need plenty of time and space to make this leap to the next levels of awareness. Let go of that which no longer serves you. Realize, as you do, that letting go does not always mean that you are getting rid of that person or object of affection. It is a mystery, is it not? In some situations, the more a person lets go of things the quicker they return to him! And when they do, the bonds of fellowship remain stronger than ever--even though they may be no longer noticed or emphasized.

Welcome to your new FAMILY OF THE HEART. Ultimately, it will extend into the Whole Earth. But for now, let it be made up of those individuals with whom your intention and your heart's resonance pulses the strongest. Let no one among you say: "We are the chosen ones." Instead, let your beloved company be made up of THOSE WHO CHOOSE. Let all motivation be sourced from the core--your innermost heart--and let ripple outward, like a stone that has been thrown into the stillness of a great pond.

What a marvelous time to be alive! What a wonderful journey lies before you! And what a wonderful YOU to set upon this never-ending path! It is our pleasure to be of service and illumination during this time. "Chehala Selah!" We greet you from our banqueting table, here in THE CRYSTAL CITY.........and we join with Crystal Cities everywhere.........lifting up hearts, hands, voices, and songs of joy!

We are always here.

<end transmission>

Channeled by Daniel Jacob

http://www.reconnections.net

Copyright, 2004, by Daniel Jacob. All Rights Reserved. May be copied and shared, for purposes of personal growth and/or research. All reproduction for profit requires the written permission of Reconnections, Inc.

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So Much Turmoil By Carrie Hart & Quado

A reader asks:

I tend to read a lot of non-mainstream information. Based on my reading, I'm beginning to worry excessively about potential coming disasters and cataclysms such as financial market crashes, meteor impacts, wars, new military weapons, etc. How do I gain peace when there is so much turmoil? How do I continue my search for truth when that very search tends to bring worry and dread?

Quado, do you have an answer to this question?

Ah, yes, of course, of course.

If you are reading things which make you worry and fill you with fear, then you must stop reading them. It is that simple. It does not matter if it is the television or the internet, if it is mainstream or if it is off the beaten path. If it fills you with dread and fear, if it emphasizes war and destruction and the end of the world as you know it, then turn away from this reading.

You must create the world around you from your own center of peace. You must seek peace inside and glow with it so brightly that you are a beacon of light and peace of others. You are peace. You are joy. You are love. Find your center, reach up into your spiritual self, your soul self, and let all of this goodness pour down into you. When you do this, when you connect deeply with all that you truly are, you will feel and know that the universe is made of love and that this love will shelter and protect you.

Yes, there will be challenges. Yes, there may be turmoil around you. But you must focus on what is happening in your world, not on what others are saying is happening elsewhere or may happen in some imagined future.

Is your world in turmoil? In your home, and with your friends and family, how are things? This is where you must begin. Begin here, making your relationships solid and strong, spreading peace and joy in your own little circle, and then, when you have done this and established a firm foundation for yourself, then you may spread this out a bit further, by making things in your community better. And then, if you still have the time and energy to do more, then shine even more brightly and make even more around you blessed with your light.

The world directly around you will reflect back what you are bringing to it. And if it is full of turmoil, then you must go even more deeply inside to seek more peace and more centering, and then shine all the more brightly.

Fear does not tell the truth. Fear lies. Fear and doubt undermine all that you are. You must turn away from them. You must look to love and joy and turn from fear and doubt. It is a conscious choice.

And in any situation in which you actually find yourself, when you are faced with challenges which seem to have no apparent solution, then respond with love. Respond with love and respect for yourself and for the other people involved. Go deeply within yourself and find the right solution, the right answer, which goes deeper than fear and reaches the heart of love.

And if everything in your own life is peaceful and good, if you are treating yourself and the people in your life with love and respect, then why are you reading things which are making you afraid? Go deeply into your own meditations. Go deeply into your connection with the world through yourself, up through your own soul self. Go deeply through the portals of goodness and love and turn from the others.

Love is a choice. Living with love and respect is a choice. Spending time in quiet contemplation and meditation to open yourself to the best that the world has to offer is a choice. Make this choice. Send fear from you; send it away. Send doubt as well. Fill yourself instead with faith and love, with a deep belief in your own goodness and your connection to all that is. Fill your heart with gratitude for being alive and having this experience. Watch your mind, and when it begins to fill with fearful thoughts, just push them gently out, take a deep breath and invite love instead into your heart and mind.

And then, when you have a quiet moment, ask yourself this: what am I afraid of? What is it within me that is so frightening, that I am seeking out these fearful stories and listening to them? And take this piece of fear within you, this old fear left over from some past period of your life, and pull it out into the light of day. Take this dusty old relic and bring it out into the sunshine and see it for what it is: powerless and weak. Some old fear which may have been necessary as a child, but is no longer. Some old childhood fear that is no longer relevant to the life of a mature, powerful adult.

You are powerful. You have the power of love within you. You have the power of the present moment within you, the connection to all that is. These old fears do not serve. Cleanse yourself of them. Pull down the energy from the vast universe which circles above you and let it cleanse you, a swirling cone of energy which you may bring down from the sky. Call it to you, the little particles of gold and silver light, let them gather above you and then call them down to you. Let them encircle you with their golden, loving energy, and then take your fears away, lift them from you, and take them up to the light.

Do this daily cleanse of fear every morning and then gently push little fearful thoughts out of your mind during the day. Invite love in to take its place.

This is something you can do. You may choose to live in joy and love. You may choose to be a light that shines instead of standing in the darkness. You may choose this right now.

If you have a question you believe might interest other Quado readers, please send it to Carrie at carriehart@msn.com. Thank you!

About The Author

Carrie Hart is a spiritual healer and channeler of Quado. Go to http://www.carriehart.com to read more messages from Quado and learn how Carrie became a spiritual healer & what services she is now offering. Carrie Hart is the author of "There is a Garden", the story of her spiritual journey from stressed executive to spiritualist and channeler of Quado. This book, Carrie's CDs of original music, as well as daily messages by Quado are available on www.carriehart.com.

Copyright 2004 - Carrie Hart

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Meditation to Cultivate Neutral, Non-Judgmental Mind By Gururattan Kaur Khalsa

Sit in a comfortable position with a straight spine, hands on the knees with thumb and forefinger touching. Lock the tips of the front teeth together. Focus the eyes on the tip of the nose, eyes 1/10 open. Tongue touches the upper palate. From the third eye, between the eyebrows, silently project SA TA NA MA, beaming the mantra out.

SA = infinity

TA = life

NA = death

MA = rebirth

Coordinate the mantra with the breath. Usually one or two repetitions of SA TA NA MA per inhale and exhale feel comfortable. However many repetitions per breath you choose, there must be the same amount on the inhale and exhale. Practice for 11 minutes and work up to 31 minutes.

This meditation will put you into a very clear, quiet space. *(7) Sit quietly afterwards and simply be present in the neutral state in your mind. Experience non-judgment. Enjoy these moments of clarity and freedom. Then take this neutral space with you in your daily life.

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Is Acceptance A Weakness? By Remez Sasson

The wind is blowing very strongly. The tall big trees stand erect, and do not let the wind sway them. As the wind gets stronger it breaks them up and some trees get uprooted altogether and fall down.

There are some shrubs growing near the trees. When the wind blows they just bend down, and let it pass away.

We can behave like the trees or like the shrubs. We need to know when to bend down and when to resist. There are times that call for bending down. When this bending is done willingly and wisely, it is not a sign of weakness or spinelessness.

Sometimes we cannot change situations. We try and try and it seems that we can do nothing. It is possible to go on fighting incessantly, wasting time and energy, and it is possible to quit. Quitting under these circumstances is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of wisdom.
There is a lot of wrong thinking concerning acceptance. We associate the word with incompetence, failure, and weakness. Some interpret acceptance as giving up without trying.

A wise person knows when to persist, resist, and not give up until he succeeds. He also knows that there are times when acceptance turns into winning.

How many times you have you fought in vain, when something you did not like happened to you? How many times have you argued and quarreled with people, only to find out later that they were right? If you were a little more patient and accepted their words or suggestions, you would have spared yourself a lot of trouble.

Do you remember times in your life, when you persisted in a line of action that yielded no results? If you could have accepted and acknowledged that a certain situation or way of action was fruitless, you may have found other better options for action, and stopped banging your head against the wall.

When a fly enters the house it wants to get out. It sees the world outside through the windowpane, and flies in that direction to go out, but it keeps banging against the glass. This thing can go on for hours. We sometimes behave in the same manner. If we could stop for a moment and consider all the options, we might find other ways to do or get what we want.

Have you been trying to change the opinions of your spouse for years with no avail? Stop it, and consider that he or she is entitled to their opinions.

Do you try to keep on lifting heavy weights in order to show off in front of the young people at the gym club? Do you feel frustrated that you cannot do what they do? Accept it that your body is different, or older.

On the other hand, telling yourself that you cannot do something without even trying is true defeat! Acceptance is not giving up without a struggle. I don't tell you to accept whatever people tell you and do to you. This means becoming a doormat or a sponge.

True acceptance usually comes after a long struggle. It is only after trying and being convinced that either you are not on the right path, or you find out the situation is hopeless that you stop your efforts. When you find that your efforts do not take you closer to your objective accept the fact and move on.

Real acceptance comes from strength, an open mind and true wisdom.

About The Author

Remez Sasson has been studying, practicing and writing about the power of concentration, meditation, spirituality, non-duality, peace of mind and also about creative visualization and positive thinking for over thirty years. He endeavors to show that the spiritual path can go hand in hand with success in everyday life. This he does through his website and his articles. Visit his website Success Consciousness at: http://www.SuccessConsciousness.com or email him at info@successconsciousness.com

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What Does It True? By M. Kelley Hunter

The NEW MOON on July 17 in Gemini occurs at 27 degrees. This is the same degree of the zodiac that Venus stopped on May 17, as it turned inward toward the Sun and its rare June 8 transit. Venus finally returns, full circle, to this degree on August 3, after an extended visit in Gemini.

OK, OK, but what does it mean? you want to know.

A better question is, what does it true? Isn¹t that what you really want to know?

What does this TRUE? What kind of sense does that make?!

Maybe none, that¹s not the point. This is not a rational question, rather a Lilith question. Listen with your heart, with your inner ear, and your imagination.

I¹ve been seeing an ad on TV: a woman, young and blond, informs us that she plays in a band named Lilith. She goes on to promote Acuvue Avance with Hydraclear, eyedrops for clearer vision. This is the way Lilith communicates!

Black Moon Lilith, an esoteric point involved with the orbit of Moon around Earth, comes both Mean and True. Sometimes they are the same, but sometimes not. Depending on how we measure the Black Moon, there is the MEAN average motion and the TRUE position which wiggles and jiggles a lot. You can have Lilith in two signs, or at the same degree. Crazy wisdom.

Mercury and Black Moon Lilith infuse this New Moon in the sign of the Twins with double double toil and trouble, as in MacBeth¹s three witches, if you¹re not listening TRUE, true to the heart. Gemini is a sign that can get wickedly distracted. There are so many possibilities. With Venus still retrograde in Gemini it is a time to keep open to possibilities, to open our minds beyond the mundane. The rare Venus transit lifted the eyes of the world to the heavens for a rare treat. In addition to the internet, pictures and images of the transit decorated front page news all over the world. We are feeling and reeling with the resonance of this Venusian infusion.Whatever we THINK Venus is, as a planet, as a symbol, we KNOW only from our feelings, from the emotional reverberations in our own lives. Venus is a personal experience.

This New Moon, with Mercury and Black Moon, further downloads the Venus occultation. With a secret smile, Lilith is whispering non-sense to the Messenger of the Gods, a trickster himself. Not this, not that. Sing it, chant it, or dance it, in mantra, yantra and tantra. Bring it to the Mother of the Buddhas.

Cosmic mother, Prajnaparamita, is the jewel of love-wisdom. She sparkles with many facets, like a finely-cut diamond, her sweetness radiates like the perfume of the rarest lotus. Her name means boundless wisdom beyond the beyond conceptualized or conveyed in any way. Ultimately we are fooling ourselves if we think so or otherwise-- or if we think at all! Pluto opposite this New Moon-Black Moon-Mercury combo points an arrow to the heart; a transformation of the mental plane is in progress.

Current cosmic choreography suggests a great opening of feeling and sensitivity, which can only be borne by the higher mind, not the rational, repetitive mental patterns we typically apply in our mundane lives. There is nothing typical about this time. Who has a working definition of normal? Still, to live in this world, we need to apply our minds. Let us pray for some mote of wisdom to shine through and lift our hearts.

Here is a passage from Lex Hixon¹s Mother of the Buddhas: These tidal waves of astonishing joy and unbearable compassion can be embraced only by the oceanic heart of Prajnaparamita,
the Perfect Wisdom which gazes into the limitless expanse of all structures as into the starry nighttime sky and which reveals the expanse of manifestation as an infinite profusion of flowers.

Here in the Caribbean, setting low a week before the occultation, Venus shared the darkening sky with Sirius, the brightest star, the star of Isis. The goddess in her planet self and star self were communing to send in some powerful juju. Higher octaves abound.

A note about the U.S.: The United States Sun is aligned with this star of Isis. We see its presence in the Statue of Liberty holding aloft the lamp. Saturn is on this point now. What is the reality of this symbol for the citizens of this nation? A time of Truth is at hand. The next Full Moon is on July 2, just in time for the U.S. birthday celebration.

The power of the divine feminine is emerging from the heart of the galaxy. The Sun is drinking in this light of love and now sending its electrical flares into our atmosphere, infused with Venus magnetism. A potent elixir, taste with care and great appreciation.

Check Out Kelley's other excellent article introducing the concept of Lilith Dark Moon here!

About the Author

Astrologer Kelley Hunter lives in St. John, US Virgin Islands, where she leads star gazing nights. She is astrologer-in-residence for the Self Centre at Caneel Bay Resort and for the Omega Institute winter programs in the Caribbean. Kelley recently earned her Ph.D. in an interdisciplinary combination of philosophy, cosmology and myth. For an astrological consultation or to be on her e-mail list for monthly articles, write kellhunter@earthlink.net. Explore her website at www.heliastar.com.

© 2004- M. Kelley Hunter - all rights reserved

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Affirmations, Meditations & Prayers for Growing Souls

Prosperity Meditation

Today I know that all things work together for good. I bless my life and the lives of others, believing that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me. I let go of fear and attachment. I open my arms to joy. Any wrongs done against me now work for me. I manifest my true place with my true companions now.

I live in the miraculous adventure of life. I loose and let go, knowing that divine mind releases that which is necessary for expansion. I align with the highest and best. I am confident, happy and strong. I receive with the same abundance as I give, allowing perfect unity to so fill my mind that the cells of my body are transformed.

by Lorrie Kazan
Psychic/Intuitive Advisor
lorrie@lorriekazan.com
www.lorriekazan.com

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Movie Alert: Fahrenheit 9/11 By Stephen Simon

Hi To Our Worldwide Spiritual Cinema Community!!

I can hear some of you saying to yourselves---"wait, Fahrenheit 911?....how is that Spiritual Cinema"?

Well, neither, in my opinion, was The Passion, but BOTH films have become cultural phenomena that must be addressed. There is another aspect of 911 that I will discuss at the end of this Alert that is, I believe, directly applicable to Spiritual Cinema; moreover, like The Passion, 911 has an audience appeal that took the old-paradigm film business by surprise---and by storm:

Prior to 911's opening last Friday, the overall box office record for a documentary for an entire run was Michael Moore's previous film Bowling for Columbine, which grossed a total of $21 million even after winning an Academy Award.

911 just grossed almost $22 million in its first weekend and is the also the first documentary to EVER be the top-grossing film on a single weekend!!! That is a distinction that it will relinquish when Spiderman 2 opens this week but hats off to the Weinsteins of Miramax and Lions' Gate Films for being clever enough to see and seize the opportunity this weekend---after all, it just HAD to outperform White Chicks, didn't it???

As to the film itself:

First things first:

If you are an advocate of the Iraq War and a strong supporter of President Bush, I would suggest that you might not even think of buying a ticket to 911---you'll probably walk out of the film part way through it, mumbling to yourself (as Bill O'Reilly did last week).

If you are a moderate (ARE there any of that species left in this country?), with no strong leanings either way, you might find the film to be a real eye-opener.

If you are a strong opponent of the Iraq War and strongly disapprove of President Bush, you'll probably enjoy the film immensely and walk out thinking of how you can somehow get Moore declared a national treasure.

Under any circumstances, Moore is an extremely gifted filmmaker and 911 is no exception. His narrative and editing talent and his sense of humor always make his films unique and 911 is no exception. What IS so different here, even from Roger and Me, is the sheer, unadulterated populist anger and passion with which Moore tells his story and that is the real "news" in the success of 911.

In his growth as a filmmaker, Moore has single-handedly created a new form of documentary---that of the unapologetically nonobjective advocate. Previous generations of documentarians retained at least a veneer of detached observation and also led, in many cases, to a similar response from audiences. Remember the groans in your high school classes when a teacher announced that you would be watching a "documentary" together? That whole genre of film was enveloped by an aura of intellectual nonparticipation that Moore's films have now shattered asunder.

Roger and Me took on Roger Smith, the former head of General Motors, and Columbine took on Charlton Heston, the IRA, and gun manufacturers but neither of those films were infused with the pure passionate advocacy of 911. Here, Moore's "take no prisoners" approach to President Bush and the Iraq War results in the single most scathing indictment of an individual and his policies that I personally have ever witnessed---and it is THAT aspect of the film that makes it so dear to those who agree with it, so repellent to those who disagree with it, and so groundbreaking in the evolution of documentary filmmaking.

In the spirit of transparency, I must admit here that I am no fan of either President Bush or our invasion of Iraq so I fit in the category of filmgoer who qualifies as "the choir" to whom Moore was "preaching." Even so, I must admit that I occasionally felt that Moore's anger and zeal pushed him beyond the edges of wise and good judgment into some scenes that were so bizarrely "mean" (such as a weird "Bonanza" sendoff) that they dissipated some of the overall impact of the film. Some people (not me) had that same feeling about Moore's encounter with Charlton Heston at the end of Bowling for Columbine and are comparing that encounter to the entirety of 911.

Overall, however, the film is a penetrating and scathing look at the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, and the President's relationship with the Saudis and big oil. It is also a very personal portrait of the effects of losing a son or daughter in the war and its "R" rating is almost completely attached to some extremely gruesome and sobering footage of the actual human carnage of war that none of the news stations (except perhaps outlets such as Al-Jazeera) ever show. During the Vietnam War, the ABC television network was a national laughing stock for its abysmal ratings so a joke developed that the surest way to end the war was to put it on ABC and have it be canceled in 13 weeks. It is hard for me to believe that support for the war in Iraq would continue in any way if these kinds of unsanitized images were shown in American homes. Moore indeed makes the point in the film that even photographs of coffins coming home from Iraq have been prohibited by the current Administration.

As for its connection to Spiritual Cinema, I feel that 911 has indeed tapped into a major aspect of our genre; that is, our need to FEEL deeply. In so doing, we break the cycle of a society being so anesthetized that we have lost our ability to directly connect with our deepest emotions; moreover, part of the whole focus of Spiritual Cinema is to return to shamanic storytelling---without major stars or effects. Whatever one might think of his advocacy, Moore is a brilliant storyteller who, with 911, has tapped into a deep emotion in an audience sector that is thirsty for its feelings to be expressed.

In gratitude.

Stephen Simon

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"Never run after 'bargains' with the idea of saving money. This does not mean that you shall tamely submit to robbery or extrotion, but do not seek that which is cheap. To seek that which is cheap is to express the fear that you will become poor if you buy that which is good and which is sold at a fair price. You cannot afford to put yourself in the attitude of fear, of being afraid to get the best, of being in the class of those who cannot afford the best. Do not spend money for ostentatious display, but get the best for looks and service.".

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Astrological Influences for June

The following information is provided by the Jeff Jawar and the New Moon Report. Please see the end of the article for a link to his wonderful website!

There's a major contrast between the New Moon in bubbly Gemini and the Full Moon in serious Capricorn. The former is a boundless bouquet of ideas and information, a veritable data deluge. The latter, though, sticks close to the earth, more concerned with survival than potential. We could plunge from the high of multiple possibilities to the depths of grind-it-out existence. However, a more desirable and effective approach is to let ideas descend from the head, where they are ephemeral concepts, and take root in the belly, where the best ones become seeds for the future.

Because Jeff sends these out during the New Moon, the rest of the month isn't revealed until later, so I will email the rest to the Newsletter's mailing list when I get it.

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July Monthly Report
By Ron & Robert Baker

This month will bring our focus to COMMITMENT and how we sustain our commitment. This about HOW we fulfill our purpose and its direction. Or we will see our commitments dissipating. This involves consistency, maintenance and sustenance. If you have not been preparing for this, then you will experience deeper ambivalence.

This can be a very challenging month for those who don’t feel comfortable making specific choices and committing within their lives. The fears that have stood in the way of making these commitments may rise.

There may be some physical challenges as the life force truly begins to rise in new ways. This year is literally shifting us from an outer reality to an inner reality, with ME as the primary motivating force. This is a radical shift to the survival paradigm or model of our lives. This is such a unique shift. Your life can become so precious and finely tuned.

Many have been feeling lost and empty, as they let go of the outer attachments. There will be new clarity to the term commitment in the month of July, as a new sense of knowing begins to rise from within. When you don’t have a motivation and clear direction backed up by true commitment, this is less possible. However, when you do develop these abilities, your life will take on such a depth of meaning and value that you have never known.

This month brings us more into a radiatory connection to the inner essence of the soul. This can create a desire to experiment with new and different commitments. You may find many new things revealed. This will bring us into a new level of responsibility.

We will also experience a deeper sense of losing control of things, as we surrender more fully to the revelation of the moment guided by the soul. This is because you are not so much looking to the future and then controlling the result that you want. This will be a time for deeper response to the evolution of things moment to moment. The main thing will be to look at what you are committed to and why you are committed. Are you committed to having what you say you want or are you using what you choose to AVOID some other feeling or experience? This will become clearer at this time.

This month will be the 7th chakra raising up the 1st, bringing the Plan of your Soul into form directly. There may be a lot of shifts in your dream state. This is the subconscious bleeding through into your conscious mind. The soul will eventually rise through this cleared part of your energy, as you neutralize the charge of fear, shame and judgment. You may find past life memories in your dreams. There may be times when the waking state seems like a dream as well. This may cause a great deal of confusion mentally, coupled with disillusionment and disappointment. This will take place as you let go of the physical world being the source of your fulfillment. It will be a delicate time. Try not to get caught up in this part of the process, as best you can.

As the soul awakens in this time, you will be experiencing a rise in the energies of compassion. Compassion is the experience of empathy, the ability to see the common experience of the human experience and evolution. You need to practice compassion with one another in this challenging time of change.

You may also very lightheaded and ungrounded as these higher energies penetrate your bodies. It is also a time when you will be learning to experience a deeper meaning and purpose and value. This will prepare you for the final four months of the year. Your sense of truth will deepen and things will surprise you as you access deeper levels of inner connection. You may also begin to understand why you have not manifested certain things in your life, based on the truth of your deeper commitments. This will be a time when you start to see your life in a different way – from a perspective of being more in charge of your own life.

Physical symptoms may include aching in the joints, as well as activity in the thymus and upper respiratory.

In relationships, your commitments will change – focused more on the fulfillment of your divine soul purpose.

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"It continues to be our goal to reach as many people as possible with these pieces of healing information. However, we also continue to be concerned about the need to gather specific tools with which to respond and integrate these changing energies. We feel it is vital to be able to put the pieces of the puzzle into a larger context of healing. That is why we have put together more specifics of the entire personal and planetary movement, as well as what we can continue to expect in each step, and a grounded process of dealing with these changes - in Ron's book, Revelations for a Healing World – Book One. It has already proved to help hundreds and hundreds of people all over the world. We hope that you will consider it as a tool to nurture and educate those around you at this time."

Ron Baker is an author, a self-empowerment coach, international teacher, Reiki Master, counselor and healing practitioner. Before pursuing a career in the healing arts, he was very successful as a performing artist - acting in over 60 leading roles in film and on Broadway and opera stages around the world. His life is now dedicated to educating and inspiring others to tap deeper layers of personal potential and self-empowerment.

The following information is excerpted from the New Millennium Being - An Astro report by Gururattan Khalsa. To view the report in its entirety please click here.

SATURN IS IN CANCER FOR TWO YEARS

This is not an easy time for tender Cancer. Saturn has been visiting Cancer's home for the last year and will continue to be Cancer's guest for another year. The issues that are looming during the two year period that Saturn is in Cancer (June 4, 2003 through July 16, 2005) will be highlighted during this Full Moon.

Each Full Moon illuminates where we are out of balance and the price we pay for this imbalance and incompleteness. At the FULL MOON JULY 2nd, Capricorn reminds Cancer that male authority and stability is a key element in achieving emotional balance. The Capricorn/Cancer Full Moon illuminates how the male and female polarities complement and assist each other. Integration of polarities always brings a leap in consciousness and the next level of empowerment. In addition, the Sun meets (conjuncts) Saturn at 16 degrees Cancer July 8th. The Sun is within 6 degrees of Cancer on the Full Moon July 2, when the Moon is in Capricorn. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn. Saturn/Capricorn energy thus weighs heavily on the sensitive Cancer emotions.

During this two year period, we feel a strong urge to get real and to make progress on personal, family and domestic issues. We need inner clarity and strength to deal directly and honestly with the issues confronting us. Commitment will sustain us through the process. Caring will help us establish the common ground necessary for resolution.

Those with Sun, Moon, Ascendant and other planets in Cancer are profoundly affected by Saturn's visit in Cancer. Those with Saturn in Cancer will experience their "Saturn Return." Saturn returns to its natal position every 29 years. Depending on the degree of our Saturn, this happens when we are between 28-30, 58-60, and 88-90. The first Saturn Return can be a heavy initiation into adulthood. The second Saturn Return can be a welcome opening to adult maturity, at last! The third Saturn Return can deliver us into a comforting wisdom of our later years. How we deal with Saturn will depend on how much we "enjoy" the visit. We will be obliged to deal with the issues set out below, and a greater level of maturity will be the result. Make your choices carefully. This is the beginning of a new 29 year cycle.

SATURN MATURITY

We often cringe when we think of Saturn, for it is associated with depression, alienation, melancholy and solitude. Our fiery ideas seem to lose their glimmer under the heavy hand of cold, calculating Saturn, who serves to remind us of the hard work that is necessary to meet the challenges of bringing our ideas into physical manifestation. When progress seems slow, warm fuzzy support seems unavailable and our intended result appears at be distant in the horizon, we are experiencing Saturn energy.

It is important to fairly interpret Saturn's influence and to make ourselves available for the ultimate benefits of our Saturn transits/visits. Below I summarize five Saturn themes and lessons.

(1) IT'S TIME TO LET GO AND MOVE ON

Depressing facts may be signals that we have outgrown certain circumstances and relationships, which must be left behind in order to mature into a more complete expression of our identity. If excessive effort seems to be required to make something happen or the impediments are overwhelming, then we have two clear indications that something must be released in order to move forward. Effort is required, but the effort that we make should be in freeing ourselves from the past, not trying to hold on. Patience is required to build something whose foundation is rooted in solid ground.

(2) MATURITY, DIGNITY AND SATISFACTION ARE THE RESUTS

Saturn adds a mood of seriousness to our situation. Although this is not a light-hearted, frivolous time, the effort we put into this period can reward us with a deep sense of relief. If we persevere through our Saturn visit with a willingness to learn, we can graduate to another level of consciousness. Transformation is required to mature. We not only attain more maturity, we achieve a sense of dignity and find a feeling of self-worth - all of which leave us with a deep reservoir of satisfaction.

(3) SELF-SUFFICIENCY, BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORITY

Saturn teaches us about separateness, how to distinguish ourselves from others, and motivates us to make our unique contribution in the world. The drive for self-sufficiency and concrete accomplishment require the development of inner authority and clear and precise boundaries.

Saturn pushes us toward conscious differentiation and reminds us that we cannot develop and maintain our unique identity, if we are dependent upon cultural, maternal or paternal approval. Our ability to develop an autonomous identity can be thwarted by our abandonment programs. Whether actual, programmed or imagined, we must confront our abandonment issues and quit abandoning ourselves.

(4) RESPONSIBILITY, INTEGRITY AND WISDOM

To succeed in Saturn territory we have to cultivate and utilize the masculine attributes of focus, commitment, discipline and persistence. We have to take responsibility for ourselves, to be able to make decisive choices, and to act with full integrity. Restricting circumstances serve to remind us to respect our own limitations, to live within our energetic limits and to find reasonable boundaries. The spirit of both Saturn and Capricorn is wisdom. Wisdom grows like a majestic tree as we connect with our inner male authority.

(5) DAYLIGHT REALITY

Saturn and Capricorn live in daylight reality. They govern the concrete, practical, physical reality, which requires specific facts, rules, law, order, structure and hard work to survive and thrive. In the "real world" there are obstacles that must be overcome, limits that must be accepted, and rules that must be obeyed. We can excel, prosper and achieve a deep level of self-confidence if we slow down and take one careful, calculated step at a time up the bean pole of life.

In sum, Saturn energy does not have to manifest as deprivation. Saturn energy can manifest in very positive and indeed essential attributes as "discipline, thoughtfulness, and self-control as well as a sense of duty and the capacity to relate to others with conscientious care and attention." *(2)

CANCER AND SATURN COLLABORATE

One of our basic psychic needs is for freedom. While Saturn is in Cancer we may feel a lack of freedom, tied down, and exhausted by too many family and domestic duties and obligations. The depression mentality lingers and we succumb to scarcity thoughts of not enough love, money and support to go around. At the same time we may feel nostalgic and long for old times when life seemed to be easier and simpler.

Yet we also feel compelled to resolve family issues and to restore an atmosphere of love and support between family members which has been missing. We are guided by our inner wisdom that tells us that patience pays. Saturn invites us to slow down, pay attention, consolidate, solidify so that we can alchemize solutions and attract resources and opportunities.

A second need is for space. While Saturn is in Cancer, our inner environment feels disorganized and burdened with negative thoughts, worn out beliefs and alienating "shoulds." We get in touch with the excessive clutter in both our outer and inner space and how clutter annihilates the experience of openness.

Saturn is motivating us to clear out the trash and clean up our physical house and our inner home. It is time to create an area in our home reserved for our spiritual practice. An altar and space to meditate and practice yoga facilitates our inner journey. Both are necessary for creating an inner sanctuary and feeling at home and at peace in this world.

The month that the Sun is in Cancer is our cyclic return to oneself, our yearly house cleaning. While Saturn is in Cancer is a time of inner renewal. We have two years to "feng shui" our house and our inner environment. Our goal is to make both feel so welcoming and safe that we easily schedule sacred personal time in our inner sanctuary.

INNER/OUTER -- RESOLVING THE APPARENT CONFLICT

We all experience the challenge of balancing our private and external lives, symbolized in our tenth house/Capricorn destiny/career/public recognition arena of our lives and in the fourth house/Cancer home/personal/inner arena of our psyche.

We must explore the world and offer our gifts to feel useful and to support ourselves. However, we create problems for ourselves when our naiveté, ignorance, greed or neediness make us vulnerable to psychic theft. We commit a crime against ourselves when we agree to external bargains at our inner expense. These can be job related, relationship involvements, unwanted pregnancies, and all the other ways that we overextend ourselves in order to please, placate or profit.

We must also stay connected to the inner waters of our soul or we will wither. Chronic fatigue and depression haunt the "homeless" who are not in touch with their life source. So how do we deal with what can seem to be an inevitable conflict between our inner and outer lives? How do we balance the need for privacy and the demands and need for public life?

The other day I was playing with a new astro cartography program that analyzes how different locations offer different energies and present us with different challenges and opportunities. A complementary way to see yourself in a new environment is to make the new location as the location of a birth chart. It is so revealing to see this new chart. The Ascendant changes, so how you see the world may slowly shift in a new location. The houses shift, so the arenas of action shift accordingly. But Voila! there you still are. The signs of the planets and their angles or relationship to each other are exactly the same. We are confronted with the obvious. No matter where we go, there we are!

We take ourselves with us wherever we go. And this is the key to how we can resolve the inner/outer dilemma. We have to connect with ourselves and take ourselves with us in all our life activities. Our external journeys include everything we do inside and outside our physical homes, our jobs, shopping, parenting, and relationships. We have to train ourselves to not lose ourselves in our relationships and worldly endeavors. We have to learn how to stay inside our skins so we can be lead by our soul, so that our foundation is stable, so we can maintain our natural rhythm and not get disturbed in the commotion.

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Healing Circle

This is an area I'd like to offer to our subscribers for distant healing services. If you have a need for distant healing or prayer and energy work, or you know of someone who would like some, please send me an email at dekora@tds.net with "newsletter healing request" in the subject and the person's name, location and reason for the need of healing in the main email. This isn't just for healing, it can be also a request for extra energy for another reason (ie. please send energy to help Sandra find a new job), all requests for love and help will be honoured.

Each month I will post the new people who need healing in this area of the newsletter and encourage all members to send distant healing, prayer and energy to the people in the healing circle.

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