EVERYONE IS IN THE BEST SEAT
JOHN CAGE
JOHN CAGE
AN UPLIFTING LOOK AT THE ENERGY OF THE CURRENT WISDOM MOON CYCLE
April 25 - May 24 2009
Welcome to the Wisdom Moon cycle; the fifth lunation of 2009! This moon is also known as the Milk Moon, the Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon and the Hare's Moon. The Hindu name is Buddha Poornima. All over the world and within all cultures we humans can't help but 'look up'.
I hope that you find useful the information included below. This year will zip by and we are all very involved so I have designed these entries to be short and focused.
For each lunation, as part of the Homework for this year, I will refer to a way to connect to resource. For many of us this tends to turn our thoughts directly to money....and often to the lack thereof.
Naturally our true wisdom tells us that resource is the Infinite Wealth that life holds for all. Yet throughout time, and clearly within the current climate, many are suffering over thoughts of lack.
For many years, since I am a self-employed artist, I have aligned myself with wisdom teachings to assist me in not falling prey (for too long) to the prevailing fear thoughts of mass consciousness. Since the early eighties I have been inspired by the work of John Randolph Price and am a life member of the Quartus Foundation that he founded. In his prosperity work Price offers an acronym: m.o.n.e.y. that stands for my own natural energy yield). Over the years I've repeated his 40 Day Prosperity Program and the 60 Day Non Human Program with wondrous results.
During this 'moon of wisdom' remind yourself where you turn in order to root yourself more deeply in the awareness that 'all is well'. That is the depth of wisdom.
This brief luna-see can be placed into context by reading my full length Lifecycle Forecast 2009 article at ZodiacArts.com
Welcome to the Wisdom Moon cycle; the fifth lunation of 2009! This moon is also known as the Milk Moon, the Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon and the Hare's Moon. The Hindu name is Buddha Poornima. All over the world and within all cultures we humans can't help but 'look up'.
I hope that you find useful the information included below. This year will zip by and we are all very involved so I have designed these entries to be short and focused.
For each lunation, as part of the Homework for this year, I will refer to a way to connect to resource. For many of us this tends to turn our thoughts directly to money....and often to the lack thereof.
Naturally our true wisdom tells us that resource is the Infinite Wealth that life holds for all. Yet throughout time, and clearly within the current climate, many are suffering over thoughts of lack.
For many years, since I am a self-employed artist, I have aligned myself with wisdom teachings to assist me in not falling prey (for too long) to the prevailing fear thoughts of mass consciousness. Since the early eighties I have been inspired by the work of John Randolph Price and am a life member of the Quartus Foundation that he founded. In his prosperity work Price offers an acronym: m.o.n.e.y. that stands for my own natural energy yield). Over the years I've repeated his 40 Day Prosperity Program and the 60 Day Non Human Program with wondrous results.
During this 'moon of wisdom' remind yourself where you turn in order to root yourself more deeply in the awareness that 'all is well'. That is the depth of wisdom.
This brief luna-see can be placed into context by reading my full length Lifecycle Forecast 2009 article at ZodiacArts.com
Fifth Lunation: The Wisdom Moon April 24 - May 24
Those who have rejected me, who have hurt me, who have not recognized my true worth, I send my love to you with no conditions attached.
John Randolph Price
John Randolph Price
Notice the manner in which you return to balance as the last week of April winds down. Be responsible. As mentioned last cycle, ego death is essential. The ego is one of those mysterious constructs of the persona that one wisdom teaching in particular refers to as "vicious and malicious and wants to keep you small". Seems dramatic. Yet as we monitor that part inside ourselves we notice where it leads. We can't deny that each of us has shadow material. Darkness. Fear. And the capacity to relate to that tendency to feel 'less than' when under stress and pressure. Even to the point of sometimes striking out. Be real. In this year of patient unfolding of inner vision use these contrasts as opportunities. Gain wisdom by looking at what you have faced and faced down. Become more aware of the manner in which your ego tries to keep you small and diminished. Seven days into this cycle a clear pathway opens leading to inner stillness and meditation. Returning, as we will all this year, to the analogy of pregnancy; this month/moon is when we can place our hands on our belly and feel the life moving within. Now we can imagine the miracle that is forming for our life.
Meditation is like being pregnant with our true nature.
Each time we turn within, after all the monkeys stop jumping around in the mind, we might catch a glimpse of the deeper better part within us. We might briefly engage the quiet, still, fertile territory of the Mystery. It is primarily through this kind of conscious practice that we can make a real connection to the place where wisdom dwells. This place is also the seat of our intuition. This is the space where the master teachings of the ages can really take root. We can become conscious of who we truly are free of the small and mean spirited ego. When we're conscious we can offer each other a far more creative and expansive view of life.
Nisargadatta Maharaj offers this; "Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves."
I appreciate this acknowledgement of the nothing/everything polarity. How does that concept sit for you? Can you find the place in the middle of these two extremes and relax into the gray area a bit? Being gray gives us freedom to explore possibility without locking in to a particular way of looking at or experiencing a situation or relationship. It gives us breathing room. Space to move.
I'm in the process of reviewing and releasing the last ten years in preparation for what may come to meet me in the decade ahead. Using the Lifecycle model I find it particularly helpful to focus and to set a vision and to ask for my heart felt choices to show themselves. I trust the process without attaching to what comes. I allow energy to flow and have fun with the idea of being a 'flow-er' through life.
Yet wisdom is elusive and it is often confused with intellect. Who truly has wisdom? Where can we actually find wisdom? In the five years that we had monthly moon based Creativity Salons in my studio in Cleveland I recall that May and the Wisdom cycle brought up the greatest degree of confusion and curiosity for us all. I still feel that ambiguity and I value the 'not knowing'. I find this wisdom thing to be an endless topic of fascination. We can't nail it down and make it forever, as in THERE I'VE GOT IT! Wisdom is malleable. Wisdom is organic. It moves with the currents of life and yet contains an enduring quality of truth.
My online dictionary says wisdom is "the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight. Common sense; good judgment. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge. Wise teachings of the ancient sages. A wise outlook, plan, or course of action."
Sounds like a life-long learning project of the highest order. Especially when some of the these wise teachings suggest that we stop making a shopping list for our Higher Self and accept what comes without attachment or aversion. Wow. There's a great perspective to explore.
Over the years I've often taken a lovely little paperback book off the shelf during this cycle. The Star In My Heart by Joyce Rupp is a beautiful volume dedicated to experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom. A deeply devotional writing I find that Rupp's exercises and ideas for mandala making can effortlessly turn attention meditatively inward where our connection to wisdom resides.
The year is consciously quieting us. It is energetically offering us a deeper content (what is contained in) and a deepening content (satisfied with).
This is the point on the wheel of the year where we help ourselves by remembering that in the balance of all things energy activates its polar opposite. When dark and heavy energetic parasites come to visit see if you can learn to call them a 'pop quiz'.
The useful way to address the demons is to live in the present and pay attention. Look them in the eye when they come to call and be willing to learn from them. You might refer to the story I told last cycle to be reminded of some ways to harmlessly move through the darkness and shadow.
Faith Javane describes the level of this year's Master energy like this, "In its journey through the Earth plane, the soul meets trials and tests all along the way, and at some points may require an incarnation for more relaxed testing." 2009 may be looked upon as such a time.
That sounds excellent doesn't it? Relaxed testing. No pressure. Hopefully we can come to a place in life this year where we can put experiences into perspective. Difficulty is difficulty. And surely at times our problems are larger than life and a very big deal.
However during this year we are energetically pregnant with a gentle and spritely opportunity to pull back, take a long view and truly focus upon what we choose to give birth to.
We can learn so much individually and collectively during this time. I hope that you will enjoy going in and then coming out with a deeper level of connection to the wisdom of the ages to share with all those that you come into contact with.
As an artist one of the most wonderful bits of wisdom I have learned was just prior to my solo journey to Bali, the island of artists, when I discovered that the culture has no word for art...they do everything as well as they can.
I send out a heart felt wish that we each discover our own way to connect with the art and the joy of wisdom during this cycle.
Meditation is like being pregnant with our true nature.
Each time we turn within, after all the monkeys stop jumping around in the mind, we might catch a glimpse of the deeper better part within us. We might briefly engage the quiet, still, fertile territory of the Mystery. It is primarily through this kind of conscious practice that we can make a real connection to the place where wisdom dwells. This place is also the seat of our intuition. This is the space where the master teachings of the ages can really take root. We can become conscious of who we truly are free of the small and mean spirited ego. When we're conscious we can offer each other a far more creative and expansive view of life.
Nisargadatta Maharaj offers this; "Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves."
I appreciate this acknowledgement of the nothing/everything polarity. How does that concept sit for you? Can you find the place in the middle of these two extremes and relax into the gray area a bit? Being gray gives us freedom to explore possibility without locking in to a particular way of looking at or experiencing a situation or relationship. It gives us breathing room. Space to move.
I'm in the process of reviewing and releasing the last ten years in preparation for what may come to meet me in the decade ahead. Using the Lifecycle model I find it particularly helpful to focus and to set a vision and to ask for my heart felt choices to show themselves. I trust the process without attaching to what comes. I allow energy to flow and have fun with the idea of being a 'flow-er' through life.
Yet wisdom is elusive and it is often confused with intellect. Who truly has wisdom? Where can we actually find wisdom? In the five years that we had monthly moon based Creativity Salons in my studio in Cleveland I recall that May and the Wisdom cycle brought up the greatest degree of confusion and curiosity for us all. I still feel that ambiguity and I value the 'not knowing'. I find this wisdom thing to be an endless topic of fascination. We can't nail it down and make it forever, as in THERE I'VE GOT IT! Wisdom is malleable. Wisdom is organic. It moves with the currents of life and yet contains an enduring quality of truth.
My online dictionary says wisdom is "the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight. Common sense; good judgment. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge. Wise teachings of the ancient sages. A wise outlook, plan, or course of action."
Sounds like a life-long learning project of the highest order. Especially when some of the these wise teachings suggest that we stop making a shopping list for our Higher Self and accept what comes without attachment or aversion. Wow. There's a great perspective to explore.
Over the years I've often taken a lovely little paperback book off the shelf during this cycle. The Star In My Heart by Joyce Rupp is a beautiful volume dedicated to experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom. A deeply devotional writing I find that Rupp's exercises and ideas for mandala making can effortlessly turn attention meditatively inward where our connection to wisdom resides.
The year is consciously quieting us. It is energetically offering us a deeper content (what is contained in) and a deepening content (satisfied with).
This is the point on the wheel of the year where we help ourselves by remembering that in the balance of all things energy activates its polar opposite. When dark and heavy energetic parasites come to visit see if you can learn to call them a 'pop quiz'.
The useful way to address the demons is to live in the present and pay attention. Look them in the eye when they come to call and be willing to learn from them. You might refer to the story I told last cycle to be reminded of some ways to harmlessly move through the darkness and shadow.
Faith Javane describes the level of this year's Master energy like this, "In its journey through the Earth plane, the soul meets trials and tests all along the way, and at some points may require an incarnation for more relaxed testing." 2009 may be looked upon as such a time.
That sounds excellent doesn't it? Relaxed testing. No pressure. Hopefully we can come to a place in life this year where we can put experiences into perspective. Difficulty is difficulty. And surely at times our problems are larger than life and a very big deal.
However during this year we are energetically pregnant with a gentle and spritely opportunity to pull back, take a long view and truly focus upon what we choose to give birth to.
We can learn so much individually and collectively during this time. I hope that you will enjoy going in and then coming out with a deeper level of connection to the wisdom of the ages to share with all those that you come into contact with.
As an artist one of the most wonderful bits of wisdom I have learned was just prior to my solo journey to Bali, the island of artists, when I discovered that the culture has no word for art...they do everything as well as they can.
I send out a heart felt wish that we each discover our own way to connect with the art and the joy of wisdom during this cycle.
KEYWORDS for attuning to this cycle: art, atonement, being present, breath work, compassion, dignified, guidance, intuition, joy, master teachings, meditation, nature, quiet mind, ritual, self-examination, stillness, studious
KEYWORDS that take energy away: aloof, depression, fearful, hyper-sensitive, intoxicated, maddened, malice, monkey mind, secretive, suspicious, unapproachable
HOMEWORK: Stay open to the idea: 'There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands, we seek our problems because we need their gifts'.
I don't know who said that but it really applies to the 'pop quiz' that comes our way during this time. Incorporate total surrender without reservation. This is a time for giving yourself the gift of spending some time alone. Meditate. Go into the studio. Be a student. Consider a 'vision quest' of your own design and choosing.
Lastly, to connect to m.o.n.e.y. for this cycle, review all of the energy gifts that your life contains. For example, the breath that sustains you, the blood pumping through your veins, the fact that trillions of cells attend to their various duties without any thought on your part. Add to this list in any way that you can to truly honor the miracle that is you.
In this brief entry I am describing the umbrella-like energetic qualities that affect us all. There are also personal fields of energy that are unique to each of us.
To learn more about your personal energies: with a focus on your 2009 physical, emotional and spiritual qualities email me: drozda@donnaionadrozda.com
Enjoy your Luna-see
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Lifecycle Forecast 2009 © by Donna Iona Drozda
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