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Be happy; devoid of sorrow.   Sri  Sri 

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 Blossom Goodchild - January 25/27, 2015
Here is the link to the 2nd video by two separate witnesses. As far as I can gather … these were not taken on the same date as the original ‘fake’ one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5StQpaUqk

OK. I know this is unexpected … yet, something has come up that I need to talk to you about … and until I do … I am not going to be able to have a good day! So, the other week, I asked you about a video of Light orbs in Massachusetts. You said it was a hoax and not from any part of the Galactic Federation and the video was removed after many experts proving it to be so! Now, today I have been sent a link of very similar orbs, at a different time, yet, in Massachusetts also. I am so totally confused … with myself and you! Did my thinking of it possibly being a hoax, due to a couple of emails saying so … influence me? If so … I cannot Trust myself to bring Truth through.
Another channeller, who I had not before heard of personally, has said the video was Truth. For me … it makes me want to throw in the towel at times like this.I HAVE TO BRING THROUGH TRUTH OR JACK IT IN. Maybe readers won’t understand my absolute need for this … I could have just brushed it under the carpet … some would see the second video, some wouldn’t. Yet, some may be like me … hear about it and wonder who to believe. I’d rather stop than know that I am influencing the channellings. I mean what would be the point?
Dearest soul of a discontented formula in this moment.
You can say that again. You are about to repeat … I can tell … to Lighten my mood … and believe me, it needs Lightening. Although, I had to tune in for ten minutes, in order to ‘link up’ with you.
We cherish you. We only desire for you to Lighten up because we KNOW that it is not necessary for you to FEEL so downhearted and confused.
So, you don’t get why I am feeling this way?
Perhaps if you would let us explain?
The floor is yours.
We can appreciate your determination to make sure that what we say THROUGH you … comes from US … not from YOU. It is widely known that each ‘medium’ that is used as a vessel in which to communicate to those of Earth ... by those not of Earth …CAN BE influenced by their own manner of thinking … their own thoughts and beliefs … if you understand?
Exactly!!
Yet, we categorically state to you ... directly from US … that the video in which you are speaking about from previous weeks ... was indeed, an intention to ‘thrill’, yet, the thrill was more on the part of the beholder.
That word surprised me, ‘beholder’, as I thought you were going to say … ‘the thrill was more on the part of the ‘prankster’.
The thrill indeed, was intended to stir up emotions …
For the right reasons?
Initially …yet, more so to prove that such ‘performances’ are able to be attended.
What does that mean?
It means that once again … one can conjure up anything and everything … and one can choose to make it real … or not.
I am finding this hard to follow, to be honest … and it will frustrate me even more if this time I have set aside to sort this out … doesn’t give me my answer, as it is inconvenient right now, to be honest, yet, I NEED TO KNOW TRUTH.
Have you not been down this pathway many times before Blossom?
Too many for my liking … I guess I am upset because after this year’s channellings, it all seemed to be going so well … and now this curve ball, which makes me question.
What is it that makes you not TRUST us fully?
Past disappointments.
What is it that makes you continue on?
Sometimes, I don’t know. I would hate to think it was my ego … I would like to think that I know you are TRUTH and therfore, assisting so many along their journey.
Then IF you KNOW we are TRUTH … why do you keep questioning that TRUTH?
Because, if you were me … you would do the same! I am in a human form, remember? Things are different for me. If YOU got the link through this morning, showing more orbs in the same vicinity, yet, on a different day, with two completely separate witnesses … where would that send your train of thought? Probably, to the possibility that maybe the first video was not a hoax after all. Then, this whole ‘responsibility’ issue comes into play. So, what do YOU say about the other videos?
We would say … now that you have given us a chance …
That indeed, brought a smile to my face …
That these new ideals …
New what?
Ideals … You picked up the word correctly … These new ideals of performance are far more common to that which we would state are of TRUTH …
(I Googled ‘ideals’ … it always helps. ‘a standard or principle to be aimed at’.)
So, these new videos … also in Massachusetts … are not hoaxes?
No … They are not.
Is it not a bit too much of a coincidence that they are in the same place as the hoax video?
We would call it of a different category. We would gently suggest that in order to determine ‘real’ from ‘fake’ … the curve ball was deliberately thrown into the pot.
Again … I don’t know if it’s me … but what are you on about?  ‘Curve ball thrown into the pot’ … I KNOW what you are saying … Yet … ‘curve ball’, when looked up means … ‘a particular difficult issue.’
Yet, our more Light hearted meaning was … this 'dilemma' has now had a new ‘spin’ thrown in.
Far out … Why, oh why, did I not choose to come down here as a cleaner? I have to laugh … I’ve done a good few years of that in my time, when the acting wasn’t around. Yet, I digress. Where were we? I am already feeling Lighter … Thank you … Although, let’s not lose track. I don’t like to question or put down others that bring messages through … so why is it another channel has said they are of TRUTH.
Blossom … what another channeller has said … is not our business. We are only concerned with OUR TRUTH.
Yet … then, we down here … trying to sort all this out … are left not knowing what to believe! If you are going to ‘appear’ … to Brighten our day … to Lighten our load …as you are saying this second video is there for … Why, oh why, can’t it be FULL ON? Why do we have to go through all this palaver? So ... let ME throw a curve ball in the pot. Did you … your lot (with the greatest respect) decide to put these orbs out … the real ones …. AFTER the hoax video?
Yes. It was agreed to do so.
By whom?
The Council of Light**. For the reasons we stated earlier … The curve ball.
What could you do right now, this minute, to prove to me that ALL THIS … all this conversation … is not me having a chat with another aspect of myself … in my head? Because … I could do with something!
Blossom … The proof for you … has to come from the way you FEEL … about US.
You KNOW … WE KNOW … that you can decide to cease communication at any time … if it no longer FEELS correct.
Yes, well, easier said than done! Because, my heart KNOWS this is what I came to do … and most of the time … I plod along with it. Sometimes high on it …and in much Gratitude and sometimes … as I say … like now … I am well and Truly over it. I FEEL so confused.
Then stop … for we do not wish … as we have said … to upset or displease.
I KNOW that. I do. I KNOW this is for me to sort out … IN MY TRUTH.
And that TRUTH IS?
I KNOW you to be real and of LIGHT and LOVE … I KNOW IT … Why then, do I keep going through this questioning of what you bring through?
You tell us Dearest One. WE can only come through with our TRUTH when you ask of it.
Then, do I get influenced by my own thoughts on matters … in YOUR answers? If that makes sense?
We understand … and we would say … NO. You do not get influenced.  Some others may do … but … … … we ask you to write what we just offered.
It sounds too ‘conceited’ to be honest.
You are not saying it … We are!
Grrr! You were going to say …
But you are of a Higher calibre.
Here lies this WHOLE TRUST THING. I have to TRUST that YOU said that … and it was not what I was wanting to hear. If I heard it, literally heard it, it would be so much easier. It’s because it is ‘thought transference’ that makes it tricky.
You know … a penny has just dropped … a little way … not fully down the slot … and you are better to explain it, as I FEEL you want to.
Many thanks.
WE COME THROUGH TO ASSIST AND TO TEACH OF LOVE.
When you choose … YOU, BLOSSOM … choose to ask questions on behalf of yourself or readers … we give you OUR answers … IN OUR TRUTH. You can choose to accept these answers or question them. You say … it is yourself sometimes you are questioning … as to whether or not you are ‘making US up’ … For how could we ever get it wrong?
We say to you … IN OUR TRUTH … we do not ever get it wrong … IN OUR TRUTH.
It may appear wrong in another’s TRUTH … That again, is not our business. The only business that is ours is OUR TRUTH. Whether or not YOU CHOOSE to KNOW this as YOUR TRUTH … Yes, YOU Blossom … is entirely up to you.
You do not have to accept what WE say as YOUR TRUTH.
WE OFFER IT AS OUR TRUTH … IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOURS.
Do you see? You make up your own mind … have your own opinion …
Yet, it seems a bit odd … not to agree with you.
It may seem odd … yet, it is perfectly feasible. Has White Cloud not always said … if something is said that does not sit well with you … then, let it go … and find that which does.
Yes, he has. Yet, for me … seeing as I am the vessel through which you speak … I would need to know, if when I ask if a video is a hoax or not … that you come through with the TRUTH.
WE DO! Yet, what we are saying is that YOU, or anyone else, does not have to accept our word.
Then what is the point?
You tell us. You are the one asking us the questions and we can only give you OUR ANSWER ON THE GIVEN MATTER in OUR TRUTH.
So, what if … for instance … I said … ‘ok … you said the video was a hoax, and I’m not sure it was anymore?
We would say …. Bravo … for following your own Truth.
Yet, are you not the ones in THE KNOW about these things?
We would say ‘We know’ that it was a hoax … You asked and we told … Yet, you do not have to take our word for it.
But I FEEL … your word is TRUTH.
You don’t always. … For today, you are once again questioning. Please KNOW Blossom …we do not have a problem with this questioning. We are in fact, rather pleased that you do so … in order to bring through YOUR TRUTH for yourself.
It is not an easy task working with us … only few Truly understand how it all works and that which it entails … so, we take this moment to thank you for ‘hanging in there.’
Be it by a thread sometimes. I FEEL we are done here today. I feel so much better for getting this off my chest with you. I choose always to share any chat I have with you ( it must have been part of my agreement ) and I hope it helps others to understand more of our relationship and more of their relationship with you … and also, my desire to bring through Truth . I think I have accomplished what I tuned in with you for today.
I am, in these situations, always a little … more than a little … apprehensive, going into sessions of this kind … for I never know how they will turn out. Again … learning over these 15years (!!!) to Trust myself and my relationship with those that I connect with (that I cannot chat to face to face) … Yet, who knows … Maybe one day.
Thank you, my friends. Thank you for your patients and for not saying ‘Blossom … for goodness sake …what now?!’
Blossom, for goodness sake … FEEL OUR LOVE … FOR YOU … For your determination to be only of Truth … no matter what is thrown at you … in or out of the pitch …
I guess I’ll keep on trucking … Maybe, we could speak more of the newer videos of the orbs in our next chat … we haven’t the Energy link to carry on now. I have to say … I come out of this session filled with Love … which is so much better than when I came in. Thank you. I LOVE YOU.
Case closed?
Case closed … Yet, are you happy to speak about the orbs next time?
Indeed. If it is appropriate at the next time frame in your world in which we ‘join hearts’.
Love to you … Love to all … LOVE … LOVE … LOVE .
Continuing my search for TRUTH. Jan 27th.
Hello again. So, I enter into this communication with a Light heart, yet, a determination to get this issue, regarding the videos of the orbs sorted once and for all. I have been thinking about what you said and read and re read the last communication (above) many times.
Accepting then, that the first video was a hoax … yet, not the second (containing two separate sightings) which you say, are not hoax’s … can you explain to me exactly WHAT they are? … and why they presented themselves … please?
We again, are more than delighted to resume correspondence with you regarding this matter, which well and TRULY seems to have put your mindset in a whirl.
These Light’s … in which you give the term ‘orbs’ … are a manifestation of certain Energy balls that are giving a display.
For what purpose?
To intrigue and question. To allow the inquisitor to make up their own mind as to what they are, why they are here … where they come from etc.
Yet, this is what I am asking you.
We are aware of this.
Are they ships of a kind? Do they have Beings inside?
No. They are not ships. As we say … they are a display to intrigue.
I guess my confusion is … the fact that they turned up in the same place as the hoax video. You said it was a ‘curve ball’… to sort out Truth from fake … that’s the bit that doesn’t sit well with me. I don’t get that.
Blossom … there is much that has … that is … and that will … take place that many cannot get. The plain fact is … it was appropriate to ‘send’ these balls of Light and manoeuvre them in that place at that time.
Can you elaborate?
Knowing as we did … that the first visual filming was indeed, created by visual effectiveness … we decided therefore, to allow that which WAS of TRUTH … and not from a programme … to enter into the equation also.
Yet, why is there the need to confuse?
If we had ‘sent’ them to another country … would that not still have had the same impact? The same questioning? Would not people say … ‘They have experienced those in another country also’. So, do you see … the impact of THE TRUTH … we feel … is more impactful by ‘sending’ them to where we did.
When you say 'sending them', what do you mean exactly?
We mean that they are created through THOUGHT being protracted into ‘crystal columns’ which are present among many Light vessels. These columns then ‘create’ the Energy. We can only simplify this for explanation, by saying ... this particular Light Energy is created in a chamber. It is literally ‘contained’ there … and then, when aptly correct to do so … that THOUGHT, created into LIGHT Energy … is released.
Do they have another purpose other than a display?
Yes. They allow for the Energy from which they were deduced* ... to emanate out into that area.
What about one ball releasing from another … what is that about?
The effect that has … is to encircle a larger area … a little like ‘off shoots’.
So, you are saying … they are ENERGY BALLS OF LIGHT.
Yes, we are. We have spoken for long days past … that in future days, more and more evidence of our existence shall ‘come to Light’ have we not?  And now is the time to excel … in the acknowledging of our friendship with those upon Earth who are ready … almost ready …more than ready … to connect with us in a much more ‘hands on’ fashion.
These ‘Energy balls’ shall be spotted far and wide in days to come. Would we indeed say … they shall become rather common place.
You do know I’m still struggling a little with all this?
We can FEEL this. How can we assist?
How about asking me to resign and giving the job to someone else? Just kidding … I think! It’s all seems a little farfetched … I mean … Energy balls … so, they just contain Energy?
Light Energy.
But what does it do?
It Lightens up the Energy within that area. May we add … that if you are having trouble accepting these Energy balls … we say Light heartedly … you are going to be in serious difficulty with accepting what is to come. For these Light balls are a mere snippet of what we are capable of. Yet, we feel it necessary to introduce to you slowly, little by little ... So as not to ‘Blow one’s head off’ as you would say. To you Blossom … we FEEL that you are concerned as to exactly what it entails to create these balls? … and we are making it sound so simple. To US … IT IS !
With the greatest of respect , we say … that your world ... in terms of technology is very much in the kindergarten phase. Imagine then, with what is ‘turning up’ on your planet these days in forms of communication … how much more there CAN BE … if one was Light years ahead of the University phase … If you understand us?
In days ahead … Dearest friends … in a time … in a world … where LOVE between the ONE united Family of Light is present … in the early days of introductory formalities … how you shall ‘fall over backwards’ at what we consider as easy as putting the kettle on. Yet, to you … will be completely ‘out of this world’.
There is so much to share … So much hope we can offer in ways of Enlightenment.
So much LOVE we can give …
We long for this Union … as much as yourselves.
It is beginning now ... to develop in ways that shall convince rather than cause doubt.
These orbs being the starters on the menu.
Well, it’s sure been a funny few days for me … trying to find out my TRUTH about all this.
Are you a little more settled within it?
A little. Yet, time heals everything … and this little episode, like everything else, will fade in its importance … as days move on through. Anything more you want to say?
Lighten the load Blossom. This heaviness you feel … about this ‘LIGHTNESS’ is defeating the purpose …
Thanks. I’m working on it. And now I have had this communication with you … I will let it go … and hopefully move on. Case closed?
Case closed … yet not locked.
Thank you.
No. Thank YOU.
* I never change their words. I felt they said ‘deduced’ ... yet, suspecting it was meant to be ‘produced.’
** Interesting they said 'The council of Light' ... Usually they say "High council'. At the time I didnt think to ask if they were different.


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Heavenletter #5177 Plaints Sent to God, January 27, 2015 

God said: 

If the world is a real-seeming illusion, then suffering is also an illusion. I hear you say to Me:

“God, what difference does it make if my life on Earth is illusion or not when illusion feels real? What difference does it make if my suffering is illusion or not when it feels like honest-to-goodness suffering, and I suffer?

“Give me an illusion of peace then. Let me put in my time on Earth in illusion then. With all due respect to You, God, give me a pleasant illusion. If I am not made for suffering, why, then, do I have it? Make me free of suffering on any basis.

“You tell me that I do not need to suffer. Then, so, why do I? If I’m cut, I bleed. If I am hungry, I am hungry. If I mourn loss, I mourn loss. Do I need to go on? Well, one more thing. You say that if I perceived well enough, I would not suffer. Then give me, I beg You to give me, the perception that it is Yours. Make it mine, I beseech You.

“You say I will get the hang of it, that I will come to know Truth from Illusion. Give me the hang of it and release me from bondage now. Release me from illusion. Remove all pain and agony from me. If You are a God of Love, then show me Love so I love without limit, and that I love once and for all, and I am as You created me to be.

“God, I hear that I live many lifetimes. Do I need so many? Can’t I take a quick course? Please don’t tell me it’s my choice. What I presently live through can’t be my choice.

“I am born into a body with the immediate fear of losing my body. This is the fear of death that hangs over me. Add insult to injury, my beloveds also have the same knife of death hanging over them. Can’t I please be without fear and see as You see? You have no fear. You are sure of Yourself. Does anyone hear my plea for leniency? I claim mercy now. I say, Uncle. I will say anything if only I may be pain-free and loving, not later, not sometime, but right now in this lifetime. Right this minute. No more dangling freedom before me. Now, God, now.

“One more thing, if I may. Don’t tell me I am close to all I desire when a miss is as good as a mile.

“Do I hurt another? I don’t. You say You don’t punish me. I certainly feel like I’m being punished. Even if I am really close to boundlessness, my present life hurts like the dickens. I see no end in sight.

“I am not giving you an ultimatum. I know better than that. I am in no position to offer ultimatums. I wouldn’t do that anyway. I do not play a power game with You, Almighty God.

“It is my wish to comply with You in any and every way You ask.

“Tell me how to release myself from the past and how every day I may be a new wave of blessings. And if I already am, and I don’t see, then give me the gift of seeing, please. I am willing. I am more than willing. I am eager. I want to follow Your Will. God in Heaven, when is my path clear? When do You give me absolution from the present as I experience it?

“Where is Your Heart of God, and where is mine? I understand that You do not discriminate. God, I don’t know anyone who is truly happy. I have to say that unhappiness is the illusion I know. What do I do now?

“Oh, I see I have done more talking than listening, and my time is up now. Tomorrow, may it be I listen better.”

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Alabama, US of A. 
Thought Adjuster. 
Subject: “Time” 

Received by Oscar. 

Thought Adjuster: “It may be advisable for mortals to occasionally disregard time. Time can frequently exert a powerful influence over the way in which you think. We are talking about time in the way humans regard time — as dates, as the interval between an initial state and the next, as present and as future. We are not talking about the time frame in which mortal life is lived, in the space-time sense. 

“One of the ways in which you measure time is by assigning an age. Children of a young age are assumed to be immature and having a particular inclination toward games and joy. Adults are assumed to be mature and serious, while the elderly often are thought of as frail, ill, and sometimes as humans of a lesser category. 

“These considerations are exclusively human. The age of the body has nothing to do with the age of mind and spirit. If you open your minds and hearts you may see many young people among you who demonstrate a spiritual perspicacity beyond their years. You could also notice many elderly people who enjoy their lives like children and retain that constant joy. Even when human bodies reach maturity and start to break down with the passing of time, such does not necessarily happen to the mind or the soul. Mind and soul can continue growing, strengthening, and learning on a constant basis. It all depends on the interests and dedication of each individual. 

“Another ‘time idea’ that you might well leave behind is the one about keeping up with changing fashion, forcing yourselves to adjust your behavior and culture to what in the present is accepted by the majority. A human being who exercises his or her free will should learn to think independently. It is disconcerting to many celestials to observe how many higher ideas and customs are replaced by others of inferior quality just because the latter ones are new and the former ones are considered out of fashion or old. Half a century ago the moral level of humanity was much higher than it is today. It would indeed be beneficial for this planet to go back to some of the customs of the 1950s and 60s. Many other things from the past could be beneficial today if you would only dare to consider them. 

“You are human beings of space-time, but your destiny is eternity. You have to learn to live outside of time. The best ideas and the best spiritual impulses are valid, important, and beneficial to you and to others at any moment in time. The idea of loving each other as our Father loves you was of great value two thousand years ago, one million years ago, and it will remain millions of years into the future. Truth, beauty and goodness are constant and immutable throughout all time. Only your appreciation and your capacity to express these qualities changes with time. Live in time but keep your sights on eternity, striving to progressively better express the perfection within you.”

© The 11:11 Progress Group. 
You lit a Flame, and it will become a Raging Fire — ABC-22.

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Sivananda Daily Reading


28 January

Posted: 26 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST

Destroy Jealousy 
There are three ways to destroy jealousy. One is by thinking - "The whole world, with all its enjoyments, wealth and luxury is illusory. What do I possibly gain by being jealous of another?" When anyone thinks seriously about this, several times a day, the vritti (thought or feeling) of jealousy slowly dies. This vritti of jealousy is deep-rooted. It is the root of all miseries.
The second way is to have the feeling of universal brotherhood. You are not jealous of your intimate friend or loving brother - because you have become one with them, and so you feel that all that belongs to them is yours. Do this with everybody. Love everybody as your own brother or friend. Then you will have no jealousy.
The third way to destroy jealousy is a developed stage. Just repeat the formula, "I am the all" - "I am the all-in-all". Think that there is nothing but Atman, your own Self, everywhere. Jealousy will slowly vanish. You will experience infinite joy.
Man sees his own reflection in all people but foolishly imagines that they are different from him and he fights with them. He fights on account of feelings of jealousy and hatred.
Spiritual discernment is what is most needed. Where there is duality, by virtue of ignorance, one sees all things as distinct from the Self, the Atman. When everything is seen as the Self, then there is not even an atom other than Self.  Duality is the root of misery. Realise non-dual consciousness and you will attain bliss everlasting.
Your attitude to the universe should be the same as your attitude to yourself. Man is a member of a great fraternity. Woman is the counterpart of man. Without self-control the new world order can have no lasting strength of character. He who is pure and self-controlled is always peaceful. His life is always successful.

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A First Quarter of Imagination and Courage

Monday evening's First Quarter Moon is an interesting and slightly odd configuration. We have all been feeling the triple crunch of theMercury Retrograde period, in alignment withUranus and Pluto remaining in close square all throughout this cycle, and with a dose of the limitation represented by Saturn an important part of the scene as well. Now, at the moment of heightened tension when the cycle initiated by the New Moon reaches the testing time of the First Quarter phase, Neptune steps further into the picture. The planet of dissolution and imagination is closely aspected by both Sunand Moon as they come into square alignment, and is still somewhat conjoined by Mars, being closely conjunct as well to the Venus/Mars midpoint. This puts layers of other-dimensionality and illusion over the churning pudding of other influences that remain, perhaps unpleasantly, in the foreground of our consciousness. Underlying all our present angst and uncertainty is the fear of change, as symbolized by a prominent Chiron, the Wounded Healer, also in Pisces.

We are indeed in this climactic new year of 2015 faced with quite a bundle of unresolved promise for radical change, that which we know that we need to do for the sake of our continued growth as human beings, and still have yet to find the courage to totally act on. Does it actually help to be taking this situation, an ultimately practical one, out to the higher-level perspective that Neptune provides? I suppose that you could make an argument either way. What we need now is clarity of purpose, and Neptune is all about cloudy imprecision and vague fantasy, either rosy or else more dire than is even warranted. And yet, with bothJupiter and Neptune emphasized, we do have a spiritual foundation available to us that can actually aid us in finding our way forward in spite of anything. Either way we have come to a crux of activity, one keyword for this lunar phase that Dane Rudhyar called a 'crisis of action.' It might be beneficial to recall the advice of the television hero of the 1950s, based on the character of pioneer Davy Crockett, who said "Be sure you're right, then go ahead." 

This is of course easier said than done. At the timing of this configuration, Mercury, in full-on backward motion, aspects Uranus, Pluto and Chiron, all within about a degree or less, triggering these important cosmic factors of revolutionary change and of inner wounding. We must come at the world from where we begin, in our very depths, with all the insecurity of our earliest imaginings, and seek to make the most positive long-term choices for ourselves, independent of what our conditioning might offer, or social appearances dictate, or our fears attempt to side-track us from actualizing. And as we do so we must somehow decide between mere uneasiness and genuine well-motivated caution, and still have the courage to proceed as though we knew what we were doing. The famous Goethe line has an extra meaning for us now, that we must be willing to take risks for the sake of our future, because boldness has "genius, power and magic in it."

The Sabian Symbols for this Quarter Moon add a touch of otherworldly emphasis as well, in a nice chime with the cosmic currents swirling around us now. For the Moon, in the seventh degree of Taurus, we have: "A woman of Samaria." This is meant to invoke the biblical story of Jesus at the well, meeting a Samaritan woman of uncertain morals, who at least chooses to live her life unafraid. Marc Edmund Jones refers to "Self-giving, in the hope of honest self-realization," and to one who "plumbs all experience to the depths" in search of what they truly need. This emblem does remind us also of the striving for women's rights in a world that at times seeks to deny them, which can stand for anyone, male or female, that dares to completely follow his or her own inner guidance. For the Sun we find: "A child born of an eggshell," and this mystical symbol reminds us of rebirth into a more spiritual dimension of higher reality, seeing bird as the image of flight and ultimate separation from an earth-bound existence. Jones echoes this sentiment, calling our attention to the "illimitable potentialities to be found in each moment," and "a highly individual and completely unlimited resourcefulness." Indeed this is what we vitally need, as we navigate these times of decision and of standing up tall for what we, each one of us, deeply believes.

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