All Blog Posts Tagged 'jack babbitt' - World Viewz2024-03-29T11:22:29Zhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profiles/blog/feed?tag=jack+babbitt&xn_auth=noBeing the New Yeartag:worldviewzmedia.net,2020-12-31:2098065:BlogPost:1855942020-12-31T17:38:26.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>As the Autumn leaf</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>falls to the water.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nothing more to do</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>then to go with the flow.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The banters of society</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>beckon new…</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>As the Autumn leaf</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>falls to the water.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nothing more to do</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>then to go with the flow.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The banters of society</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>beckon new illusions</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>to augment, alter perception.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Distancing the being from knowing.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Earth yearns for contact and connection</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>In Divine Being, even still amidst the 6th extinction event.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Half way through can't stop the train steaming down the tracks.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>More veils, tales and satire fill our world scene.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Emotions spilling over as tensions climb.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The mass confusion has infected the collective psych.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>We need a miracle or mirror call to overcome ourselves....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Our only way out, is in.....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>May we each and all discover our true sentient selves</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>and BE come our highest BEing.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>RDakota Sedona 12.29.20</span></div>
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</div>Being the New Yeartag:worldviewzmedia.net,2020-12-31:2098065:BlogPost:1855922020-12-31T17:38:22.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>As the Autumn leaf</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>falls to the water.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nothing more to do</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>then to go with the flow.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The banters of society</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>beckon new…</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>As the Autumn leaf</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>falls to the water.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nothing more to do</span></div>
</div>
<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>then to go with the flow.</span></div>
</div>
<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The banters of society</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>beckon new illusions</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>to augment, alter perception.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Distancing the being from knowing.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Earth yearns for contact and connection</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>In Divine Being, even still amidst the 6th extinction event.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Half way through can't stop the train steaming down the tracks.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>More veils, tales and satire fill our world scene.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Emotions spilling over as tensions climb.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The mass confusion has infected the collective psych.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>We need a miracle or mirror call to overcome ourselves....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Our only way out, is in.....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>May we each and all discover our true sentient selves</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>and BE come our highest BEing.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>RDakota Sedona 12.29.20</span></div>
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</div>Masters of Economytag:worldviewzmedia.net,2020-12-08:2098065:BlogPost:1745232020-12-08T22:54:03.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ohlstadt Bavaria Germany 06.05.95</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As the Wolf</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fashioned in sheep's clothing </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Maters of economy </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tread upon the poor.…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ohlstadt Bavaria Germany 06.05.95</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As the Wolf</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fashioned in sheep's clothing </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Maters of economy </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tread upon the poor.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Blatant oppression </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">comes though the back door.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You can spot </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Them at once,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">with their manners </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and kind words.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Trickery has become </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Their soulution,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The future of the World.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bound by deceit,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Their methods squalor </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Nature,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Disrupt Harmony</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Confuse Peace.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Continually </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sacrificing Humanity</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In themselves and others</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They only seek to count numbers </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Making a mockery </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">of Being and it's eternal worth.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Captured by ignorance </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The masses intend not to resist</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dare not defy the system</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It's numbers, calculations, and scores.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Who will listen?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Who will acknowledge their voice?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Who will pose the question that should be heard?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When waiting has </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gone past too late</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What can be done</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The sky is Crying</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As the Sun scorns the Earth</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- Robert Dakota</span></p>
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<p></p>Poetic Traveltag:worldviewzmedia.net,2020-11-29:2098065:BlogPost:1718542020-11-29T02:46:29.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>From</span> <span>all my travels I have been writing and dating my rawest feelings in those experiences to be able to recall those experiences and see what if anything I have learned along the way. Returning to my art brings me full circle and back to center....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>In~Joy the Holy Dayz…</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>From</span> <span>all my travels I have been writing and dating my rawest feelings in those experiences to be able to recall those experiences and see what if anything I have learned along the way. Returning to my art brings me full circle and back to center....</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>In~Joy the Holy Dayz</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nagoya 09.08.05</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>By train</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Mother (Earth)</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Thank you</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>For your Strength</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Thank you for the gift</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>To call upon your name</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>We bathe in</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Your elegance</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>We swim in your</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Oceans of Joy</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Call upon her</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Re-claim</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Re-name</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Re-create</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Elate in Her</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>BE Re-born</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>-Robert Dakota</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Nagoya 09.08.05</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>By train</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Do You Remember?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Where is your sky?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Where is your land?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Where is your heart?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>How Long will this Stand?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Remember your Voice!</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Remember your Heart!</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Re-member Your Power!</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Re-member how to Stand!</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>They give you Weakness</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>In Exchange</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>For your Strength?</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Hmmmm….. Ommmm…..</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>-Robert Dakota</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Takayama-Ise-Nagoya, Japan 09.08.05</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>by train</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Con-Troll</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The blinding energetic</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Sublime creature</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Devouring souls</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The illusion of</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Something</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Amounting to Nothing</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Implementing gravities</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Pull</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Thwarting humanities</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>HEART</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>With daggers, and poisons of hate, fear, anger, lack, insecurities, jealousies,</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>and delusions of all sorts.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Guard your</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Heart</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>By permission</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Is the only way</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The creature can consume your will.</span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div>
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<div class=""><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>- Robert Dakota</span></div>
</div>Who is around in November 2020?tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2020-10-01:2098065:BlogPost:1263422020-10-01T17:27:20.000ZMelissa Mullenhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/MelissaMullen
<p>After returning from Egypt on an amazing two week tour of sacred temples and pyramids with Sacred Earth Journeys led by Freddy Silva, I'm looking forward to being in Sedona the 19th through the 23rd either for the conference or on my own. Who else is going to be there? I'm looking to connect with healers, meditators, hikers, wisdom keepers. Peace and love to all!</p>
<p>After returning from Egypt on an amazing two week tour of sacred temples and pyramids with Sacred Earth Journeys led by Freddy Silva, I'm looking forward to being in Sedona the 19th through the 23rd either for the conference or on my own. Who else is going to be there? I'm looking to connect with healers, meditators, hikers, wisdom keepers. Peace and love to all!</p>Interesttag:worldviewzmedia.net,2019-03-19:2098065:BlogPost:1163282019-03-19T20:47:57.000ZVernon Fosterhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/Vernon
<p>I have been working in various European countries Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Spain. I have lectured and held workshops on Spiritual Balance, recycling energy for healing work just to name a few topics. I have worked within the needs of the Us Embassy in Romania lecturing to schools of all scholastic ages. I am always looking for new places to bring Native American knowledge. I am available to work schedules and discuss needs, for now only through this…</p>
<p>I have been working in various European countries Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Spain. I have lectured and held workshops on Spiritual Balance, recycling energy for healing work just to name a few topics. I have worked within the needs of the Us Embassy in Romania lecturing to schools of all scholastic ages. I am always looking for new places to bring Native American knowledge. I am available to work schedules and discuss needs, for now only through this platform. </p>Vipassana Meditationtag:worldviewzmedia.net,2017-02-05:2098065:BlogPost:1039172017-02-05T18:00:00.000ZSareena Sandhuhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/Sareena
Vipassana meditation is really a science of mind and matter which sharpens and refines your mind. This technique was taught by S.N. Goenka. I have been practicing for about 5 years and it has been very productive and useful for me. I highly recommend a ten day retreat. Go to <a href="http://www.Dhamma.org">www.Dhamma.org</a>
Vipassana meditation is really a science of mind and matter which sharpens and refines your mind. This technique was taught by S.N. Goenka. I have been practicing for about 5 years and it has been very productive and useful for me. I highly recommend a ten day retreat. Go to <a href="http://www.Dhamma.org">www.Dhamma.org</a>Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Origins of Christmastag:worldviewzmedia.net,2015-12-21:2098065:BlogPost:1007332015-12-21T03:30:00.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
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<p>Have you ever wondered why in modern Christmas tradition we do the things we do? What is the origin of the Christmas tree, with the star on top, decorations about, and all the brightly wrapped presents beneath? Or the idea behind Santa Claus who jets around the globe in a magic sleigh with flying reindeer – defying both time and space – to deliver the world’s children a bounty of Christmas gifts? And since when did Santa and the birth of Jesus have anything…</p>
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<p>Have you ever wondered why in modern Christmas tradition we do the things we do? What is the origin of the Christmas tree, with the star on top, decorations about, and all the brightly wrapped presents beneath? Or the idea behind Santa Claus who jets around the globe in a magic sleigh with flying reindeer – defying both time and space – to deliver the world’s children a bounty of Christmas gifts? And since when did Santa and the birth of Jesus have anything to do with each other? Where do these stories come from – and better yet: what are we actually celebrating on Christmas morning?<br/> <br/> There are answers to these questions. And the history is not so farfetched or even that hidden. You just have to know where to look. And the first place we look is the North Pole; seriously – in ancient Siberia, near the top of the world. The story of Santa and his likely origins begins where he supposedly lives: the frigid North.<br/> <br/> In this wintry-wonderland, if you go searching for Santa, you may not find him or his Elvin factory – but you will find groups of indigenous people native to what we know as Siberia. Among these cultures are the northern Tungusic people, known as the Evenki. The Evenki were predominantly hunter-gatherers as well as <i>reindeer herders</i>. Their survival depended largely upon the health and vitality of their domesticated reindeer. The reindeer provided the Evenki and other northern tribes with everything from clothing, housing material, wares and tools from the bones and antlers, transportation (yes, they ride reindeer!), milk, as well as cultural and religious inspiration.</p>
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<p>The Evenki were also a <i>shamanic</i> culture. The word “shaman” actually<b><a href="http://www.shamanicevolution.org/1/post/2012/08/the-evolution-of-the-shaman.html" title=""> has its roots</a></b> in the Tungus word <i>saman</i> which means “one who knows or knows the spirits.” Many of the classic shamanic characteristics that would later be reflected in cultures all over the world were originally documented by Russian and European explorers while observing the Tungus and related people’s religious life. This includes the three-world system, the shamanic journey or soul flight, the use of altered states of consciousness, animistic belief in spirit, and so forth.<br/> <br/> A significant aspect of the shamanism practiced in this part of the world during that time was linked to <i>Amanita muscaria</i>, also known as the Fly Agaric mushroom. This mushroom is more widely accepted in the modern world as the Alice in Wonderland mushroom. It was held very sacred by these ancient people, and was used by the shaman and others for ceremonial and spiritual purposes. Amanitas – as you can tell by the pictures – range from brightly red and white to golden orange and yellow. They <i>only</i> grow beneath certain types of <i>evergreen trees</i>. They form a symbiotic relationship with the roots of the tree, the exchange of which allows them to grow. One of the reported ancient beliefs was that the mushroom was actually the fruit of the tree. Due to the lack of seed, it is also commonly held that Fly Agaric was divine – a kind of <i>virginally birthed</i> sacred plant.<br/> <br/> Although intensely psychoactive, Amanitas are also toxic. One way to reduce the toxicity and increase the psychoactive potency was to simply dry them. When out collecting the mushrooms, people would pick a bunch of them under the evergreen trees and lay them out along the branches while continuing to pick the mushrooms beneath other trees. The result was something that looked very reminiscent of a modern Christmas tree: evergreen trees whose <i>branches are dotted with bright red, roundish “decorations”</i> – in this case the sacred mushrooms. At the end of the session, the shaman or harvester would go around to each of their mushroom stashes and put them all in one large sack… <i>a large sack</i>?!! Remind you of anything?! Not only this, as the story of the tradition goes, the shaman would then, carrying this large sack, visit the homes of his or her people and deliver the mushrooms to them. They would then continue the drying process by <i>hanging them in a sock, near the fire!</i></p>
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<p>Another way to reduce the toxicity of the sacred mushrooms is through human filtration. Once passed through the body, the toxic elements are apparently filtered by the liver and the resultant urine that comes out contains the still intact psychoactive elements. So they drank the filtered urine. But that’s only half the story. Somewhere in the mythic origins of this practice is the reindeer. Because the reindeer also love these mushrooms. They dig through the snow to eat them, and they also drink their own urine afterwards. So perhaps, long ago, one of the first shamans witnessed the reindeer’s love affair with this peculiar mushroom – as well as its propensity for eating its own freshly yellowed-snow – and saw how peculiarly it behaved as the romance heated up. The curiosity (indeed a hallmark characteristic of a shaman) couldn’t be contained, and the shaman did what he had to do: he first ate some of the yellow snow himself… and without a doubt realized the profound wisdom and magic not only in the mushroom, but in the reindeer. And so this romance, too, began…<br/> <br/> However it may have happened in antiquity, the connection between the reindeer, the mushroom and the shamanism is apparent. A very common vision that one has while under the influence of Fly Agaric is precisely that: <i>flying</i>. Massive distortions of time and space occur, affecting scale in dramatic ways. Not only do you observe yourself flying, but also other things… <i>like reindeer</i>. It is not that difficult to connect the dots here. Shamanic people are deeply invested in their environment. They learn the magical and mystical properties of the natural world, and often assign a great deal of importance and sacredness to the bearers of that magic. For some of these ancient Siberian people, this power was charioted by the reindeer and the sacred mushroom. That the reindeer should have the ability to fly is evident not only in the vision, or their clearly altered state once intoxicated, but also in the wisdom they offered to the shamans by eating the mushroom in the first place, and for guiding them to do so just the same.<br/> <br/> It wasn’t only the reindeer who could fly, but the shamans also took flight. As mentioned, the shamanic journey or soul flight is a keystone in shamanic practice and especially so in ancient Siberian culture. In order to interact with the spirits, the shaman had to be able to leave this world and enter theirs. This was accomplished by projecting his or her spirit from the physical and into the immaterial. They either needed the power to do this on their own, or use a spirit helper to take them. It is very common for shamans to develop relationships with birds, naturally, as they have the power to fly. But here, in the North Pole, what better animal to use than the magical, flying reindeer?</p>
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<p>There is one other component to the shaman’s flight that corresponds to our Christmas exploration, and this has to do with how they got to the other worlds. The shamanic cosmology often consists of three worlds: the Lower, Middle and Upper Worlds. Connecting the three worlds is a cosmic axis, which is also commonly known as the World Tree. The World Tree served as a bridge or portal that allowed a shaman and spirits to move between the three worlds. It was the gateway as well as the highway. In ancient Siberia, the same tree that also bore fruit to the amanitas was also a symbol for the world tree. The Evenki and other indigenous groups lived in roundish, teepee like structures called yurts. Sometimes they would place a pine tree in their yurts for ceremonial purposes. This symbolized the World Tree, and they would harness its symbolic power to propel their spirit up and out of the yurt – through the smoke hole, i.e. <i>the chimney</i>. Once the journey was complete, they would return through the smoke-hole/<i>chimney</i> with <i>the gifts</i> from the spirit world. They also believed that the North Star was the very top of the Upper World, and because the World Tree was an axis that connected the entire cosmology, <i>the North Star sat upon the very top of the World Tree</i> – which is where the tradition of placing a star at the top of the tree comes from.</p>
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<p>One of the final elements of the Christmas tradition that we know today is the whole concept of gifting. What are we celebrating? When you begin to unravel the experience of the shaman’s flight and dance with Amanita, you enter a world that is deeply sacred. These shamanic cultures were intimately interwoven with their environments through the reindeer and the mushroom in a way that honored and celebrated the mysteries and magic that life and experience brought to the people. The shaman’s journey and return was ultra-important to the survival of the whole community. What they brought back with them was often a matter of life and death. And time and again the shaman and the people, through these experiences that they deemed not only sacred but divine, would learn knowledge and wisdom directly from the sacred plants, their journeys, and from the spirits they interacted with. This was a kind of life blood for their way of being. <i>This was the gift</i>. The celebration was actually a kind of celebration of life, continued survival and renewal; an honoring of the spirits, animals, plants and natural world that gave them <i>the gift of life and knowledge of life</i>.<br/> <br/> This brings us to the grand finally, the big present hidden way back under the tree: Jesus Christ, and the timing of his arrival on Earth. Concurrent with Jesus’ storied birth is a yearly alignment with the sun. On the December 21st winter solstice, the sun reaches its furthest southern point, bringing the northern hemisphere its longest night. For 3 days the sun remains apparently unmoving. On the morning of the 25th, the sun begins its northern ascent once again. This can be looked at as <i>the birth of the sun</i>, which has spent the winter traveling in the lower world, or the world of <i>darkness</i>. When the sun begins to climb once again, it is a time to celebrate the light – literally the <i>return of the light</i>, the <i>source of life</i> on Earth, and ultimately the assurance of the coming summer, which also means the survival of the natural world, the animals, the plants, the people and their way of life. Hence, life and the people <i>are saved</i>. To indigenous peoples who depended on the seasons’ movement and bounty – and especially for the far northern peoples of ancient Siberia – this was a monumental time. The sacred Amanita with its red, golden and orange coloring as well as its capacity to offer direct experience and connection with divinity was also regarded as a symbol for the Sun and its life-giving and saving properties. The Sun – or the Son – is the savior, born on the 25th of December as the bringer of light, harbinger and liberator of life on Earth.<br/> <br/> This is the gift and the meaning of the holiday we know as Christ-Mass. When you are decorating your tree, hanging the star, and doing your thing with red and white and presents – perhaps take a moment to reflect on the esoteric meaning of the shamanic origins of Christmas, and what the spirit of this tradition was and is all about.</p>
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<p>Sources:<br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=5514">http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=5514</a><br/> <br/> <a href="http://sagaciousmama.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/the-spiritual-origins-of-santa-claus/">http://sagaciousmama.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/the-spiritual-origins-of-santa-claus/</a><br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.shamanswell.org/shaman/siberian-shamanism-origins-santa-claus-reindeer-pine-trees-and-mushrooms">http://www.shamanswell.org/shaman/siberian-shamanism-origins-santa-claus-reindeer-pine-trees-and-mushrooms</a><br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JDh7W4oGxAs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JDh7W4oGxAs</a><br/> <br/> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenks</a><br/> <br/> <i>*All images credited to original publisher - links documented.</i></p>
<p> </p>Sedona "Magicians of the Gods" event with Graham Hancock was Brilliant.tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2015-12-07:2098065:BlogPost:1010232015-12-07T23:19:51.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<p><span><span>We are very grateful to Graham and Santha for giving us 2 nights in Sedona that were both sold out. You still have 5 chances to see Graham on his North American tour <a href="http://grahamhancock.com/">http://grahamhancock.com/</a> He is in Seattle tonight and Portland tomorrow night for all of our friends there.Graham Hancock is truly a gentleman and a scholar. He embodies those words. He was so gracious to everyone and especially to his audience, but to all of us behind the…</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>We are very grateful to Graham and Santha for giving us 2 nights in Sedona that were both sold out. You still have 5 chances to see Graham on his North American tour <a href="http://grahamhancock.com/">http://grahamhancock.com/</a> He is in Seattle tonight and Portland tomorrow night for all of our friends there.Graham Hancock is truly a gentleman and a scholar. He embodies those words. He was so gracious to everyone and especially to his audience, but to all of us behind the scenes as well. His message is truly liberating. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398662433?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398662433?profile=original" height="259" width="170"></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398662433?profile=original"></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398663168?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398663168?profile=original" height="254" width="168"></a></span></span></p>Magicians of the Gods: Recovering Earth's Lost Civilization and Reawakening to Consciousness 6-10pm Dec 4th, 2015 Creative Life Center in Sedonatag:worldviewzmedia.net,2015-10-20:2098065:BlogPost:996272015-10-20T00:00:00.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
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<p>This will be a rare occasion to have Graham here with us in Sedona to share the paradigm-busting research behind his new book Magicians of the Gods, the sequel to his world-renowned bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods, but he will also offer a second presentation,…</p>
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<p>This will be a rare occasion to have Graham here with us in Sedona to share the paradigm-busting research behind his new book Magicians of the Gods, the sequel to his world-renowned bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods, but he will also offer a second presentation, “Psychedelics and Civilization", relating to his parallel research interest into the mysteries of consciousness and the role of visionary substances in the evolution of modern humanity.</p>
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<p>Magicians of the Gods: Recovering Earth's Lost Civilization and Reawakening to Consciousness<br> From Fingerprints of the Gods, published in 1995, to his explosive new book Magicians of the Gods, published in the US on 10 November 2015, Graham Hancock has spent 20 years in the front lines of historical and archaeological controversy. In this special talk he shares his unique experiences and perspective on the mysteries of the human past and explains why he's convinced we are a species with amnesia forced, more than 12,000 years ago, to begin again like children with almost no memory of what went before. In the teeth of opposition from orthodox historians, and an ideologically driven consensus, a new paradigm of prehistory is emerging that will change everything we have been taught to believe about the origins of civilization -- and about ourselves.</p>
<p><br> Additional Special Sedona Presentation</p>
<p>"Psychedelics and Civilization"<br> Psychedelics and the visionary states associated with them are demonized by the technological cultures of the 21st century and the mere possession of a psychedelic substance such as LSD, psilocybin or DMT can result in public humiliation, loss of property and reputation, and lengthy jail penalties. Things were very different in the antiquity. Indeed the evidence shows that many of the greatest civilizations of the past, from ancient Egypt to ancient Greece, and from ancient India to the ancient Americas, enshrined the use of psychedelics as a sacred practice and found immense value in the visions that ensued. Further back still, in the epoch of the great cave art 30,000 and more years ago, recent archaeological research suggests that shamanistic use of psychedelics was instrumental in the birth of the modern human mind. In this talk Graham Hancock investigates the possibility that by demonizing and criminalizing the use of psychedelics, rather than seeking out ways to harness their power for altering consciousness in safe and nurturing spaces, our society may have set itself on a profoundly negative path -- a path that might even deny us the next step in our own evolution as a species. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398662670?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398662670?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="365"></a><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9CFqvl5k1zQ?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> </p>This happy ordertag:worldviewzmedia.net,2015-03-13:2098065:BlogPost:964582015-03-13T22:57:10.000ZSareena Sandhuhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/Sareena
Poetry is in order:<br />
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Chaos within the Order<br />
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As I sit quietly with my cards, I feel the invisible writing of songs upon the air.<br />
This hallowed ground- this lucky space- has me jumping up and down.<br />
And then I realize that this is where I am meant to be.<br />
All my life seemed a struggle until I took the plunge.<br />
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I have restored years of my life. I have restored my future self.<br />
The world is anew with magick upon the mirror. And I see it now.
Poetry is in order:<br />
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Chaos within the Order<br />
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As I sit quietly with my cards, I feel the invisible writing of songs upon the air.<br />
This hallowed ground- this lucky space- has me jumping up and down.<br />
And then I realize that this is where I am meant to be.<br />
All my life seemed a struggle until I took the plunge.<br />
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I have restored years of my life. I have restored my future self.<br />
The world is anew with magick upon the mirror. And I see it now.Healing Gifts for the Holiday'stag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-12-17:2098065:BlogPost:957122014-12-17T23:49:02.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<p>These gifts are all from local Arizonan's of whom I appreciate their work very much.</p>
<p>From most affordable to most unique and exotic. Bee Candles, Bees Ointments and Salves, these</p>
<p>products we have in our home all the time. <a href="http://www.GoldenBeesWax.com">www.GoldenBeesWax.com</a></p>
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<p>These gifts are all from local Arizonan's of whom I appreciate their work very much.</p>
<p>From most affordable to most unique and exotic. Bee Candles, Bees Ointments and Salves, these</p>
<p>products we have in our home all the time. <a href="http://www.GoldenBeesWax.com">www.GoldenBeesWax.com</a></p>
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<p>If you want a University level education in one book on the topic of Sacred Sites this is it, Sacred Earth</p>
<p>Places of Peace and Power <a href="http://www.SacredSites.com">www.SacredSites.com</a> his book is any where from $7.00-$52.00 on Amazon</p>
<p>unbelievably $7.00-$17.00. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Earth-Places-Peace-Power/dp/1402747373/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418853230&sr=8-2&keywords=Sacred+earth#customerReviews">http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Earth-Places-Peace-Power/dp/1402747373/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418853230&sr=8-2&keywords=Sacred+earth#customerReviews</a></p>
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<p>Cal Garrison Real Time Astrology is an online School in the Art of Astrology Reading from</p>
<p> a local Sedonan who has 45 years experience. We are co sponsoring her Indigogo project</p>
<p>for production of her teachings for the school. <a href="http://www.calgarrisonrealtimeastrology.com">www.calgarrisonrealtimeastrology.com</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cal-garrison-s-real-time-school-of-astrology">https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cal-garrison-s-real-time-school-of-astrology</a></p>
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<p>Kevin Petrilli is a true Sedonan living here for going on 3 decades. As an Artist / Metaphysician</p>
<p>I feel his work is exquisite. Excellent for enhancing your meditative states. Just check it out and you'll see what I mean.</p>
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<p>David Milgram also another long time local Northern Arizonan his subtle healing sessions are the best!</p>
<p>He can do very subtle minor adjustments and improve your feeling of well being in a very short time.</p>
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<p></p>Full Moon Eclipse Is Shiftig Us to a Unity Consciousnesstag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-10-07:2098065:BlogPost:950842014-10-07T11:01:08.000ZaKuna's Infinite Possibilitieshttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/aKunaKumara
<p>There isn't much sense in posting about the Full Moon Eclipse on Wednesday Oct.8th cause there so much on the web about it...But it will happen and 6:25AM est,when major planets will also converge near the Sun&Moon as this occurs either side and within only a few degrees of Washington DC. This indicates possibility of sometime within the next three months there is a good chance of changes in government policy resulting from public revolutionary actions. In the US that means protests with…</p>
<p>There isn't much sense in posting about the Full Moon Eclipse on Wednesday Oct.8th cause there so much on the web about it...But it will happen and 6:25AM est,when major planets will also converge near the Sun&Moon as this occurs either side and within only a few degrees of Washington DC. This indicates possibility of sometime within the next three months there is a good chance of changes in government policy resulting from public revolutionary actions. In the US that means protests with mass gatherings. This of course will effect all American, but the world too as their is no separation anymore. This is all part of the evolutionary enlightenment process which was predicted by the Shift in Consciousness back in 12/2012 with the Mayan Calendar. That's right those desiring to keep the masses in Fear heavily promote that as being the End Times....Just as I said back then it was just another twist by those who want control over the masses, because the calendar as did all other perdictions from ancients indicated it was only the End of Time as We Know It or how we project time into our reality.....The changes which have occurred in our world governments and social attitudes are a result of a Consciousness Shift that is changing how we inner-act with life.... it's literally changing our whole relationship to time by teaching us past and future are only thought held in our mind and memory, and the only true reality is the NOW MOMENT of PRESENT..........this is the New Earth vibration we've spiraled into and 2012 cosmic energy created these new possibilities for our Solar System as it spirals the universe.<br/><br/>This Blood Moon Eclipse (gets it's name from how light rays fall on these cosmic bodies) and like all eclipse energy it carries possibility for endings that will created new beginnings. Like all eclipse's it will also have a greater effect on those who have planets connected in their natal chart or live where it's energy crosses. There are a total of four Blood Moon Eclipses, this is the second, two more in 2015, all of which by possition to other planets are creating energy for humanity to release attachment to the physical and human ego mindset. This is so we can come to develop a sense of the Oneness in all things and our inner-connectedness to all of creation. At this time Mercury has gone Rx and the Sabian symbol for Mercury going retrograde at 3* Scorpio is a house-raising party in a small village enlisting the neighbors’ cooperation. The community gets together to build a house for those in need for the greater good of all. This added energy to help us move into the Unity Consciousness of Oneness as we cooperate with others to build something strong and permanent—perhaps a new mental paradigm for our future as a community or even a more personal level acting for the Greater Good of the All. So enjoy the transforming beauty of this powerful Full Moon Eclipse...</p>10,000 year history at least of Hempentag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-08-18:2098065:BlogPost:948172014-08-18T02:36:28.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<p>Suwa Lake Shrines 08.11.14 sharing the day with friends making offerings of prayer for Mother Earth & Fukushima. I share this so you will know more about hemp. The large rope hanging above the lady in prayer used to be made of hemp until hemp was outlawed after WW II as part of the treaty of unconditional surrender with the US. Hemp may be one of the solutions for Fukushima….. So why has it been outlawed all over the world? <br></br> Just saying the obvious......<br></br> a 10,000 year history…</p>
<p>Suwa Lake Shrines 08.11.14 sharing the day with friends making offerings of prayer for Mother Earth & Fukushima. I share this so you will know more about hemp. The large rope hanging above the lady in prayer used to be made of hemp until hemp was outlawed after WW II as part of the treaty of unconditional surrender with the US. Hemp may be one of the solutions for Fukushima….. So why has it been outlawed all over the world? <br> Just saying the obvious......<br> a 10,000 year history must mean it has great value......<br> Check out this article from Rense.com:<br> <a href="http://rense.com/general50/hemp4.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://rense.com/general50/hemp4.htm</a></p>
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<p>Meiji Jingu is one of my favorite places to visit when I go to Tokyo, Japan. I have always had a great affection for this place. Especially the tradition of going to offer prayers on New Years, where 100's of thousands of people attend ceremonies and shrines and offer prayers for the coming year. I have attended New Year pilgrimage's with upwards of 60,000…</p>
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<p>Meiji Jingu is one of my favorite places to visit when I go to Tokyo, Japan. I have always had a great affection for this place. Especially the tradition of going to offer prayers on New Years, where 100's of thousands of people attend ceremonies and shrines and offer prayers for the coming year. I have attended New Year pilgrimage's with upwards of 60,000 people in one que which takes a couple of hours to finally reach the place to offer prayers.</p>
<p>Meiji Jingu New Year's Eve</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398638238?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398638238?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></a>One of the observations and appreciations I have for Japanese culture, is their inner connectedness still, to the sacred, the ancient, and their ancestors. Devotion and dedication to prayer is still a part of the people. It is so interesting for me to participate in prayer especially collectively in person in the flesh with 60,000 other people.</p>
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<p>This is another favorite of mine Sensoji to visit New Year's Day, Yeh! I love this energy!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398639238?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398639238?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></a>It feels like it gives power to the prayers. I know everyone is not offering or asking for the same things, but the intent of the heart comes through anyway. That's "power"; the shared collective intent of the heart. I find that fascinating and what I love about the Japanese - Yapanesia culture, they have big heart and deep soul. Like US, they too have a view of very tough times in our near immediate future, but unlike US, they BE calm and find ways to cope and bring dignity to circumstance...</p>
<p>Sensoji New Years Day</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398641307?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398641307?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></a>It's my perception of course as an observer, but I love these customs that integrate water, ceremony, and prayer. Ingredients that changes perception, that then changes reality... That's what I witness when I participate in the activity of conscious prayer. I see it in customs across the globe which tells me it is a common theme, which informs me of a common truth. Universal in nature.</p>
<p>Sensoji New Years Day</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398643999?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398643999?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></a>Here is a tribute to the feminine created on Mothers Day for the feminine energy of not only my Mom but Mother's everywhere including our Mother Earth; which is why we refer to her as our mother: She puts up with all of our non-sense and loves us for who we are even if it will cost her, her own life. Our happiness in being who we are, and love to BE is the happiness and joy of a Mother to her child. When I saw this exhibition at Meiji Jingu honoring a female and feminine energy on the 100 year anniversary of her passing, I wanted to share the unique insight of Japanese culture. I do not know if their is a true authentic appreciation for this Empress but she is still today an effective contributor to women in the modern world.</p>
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<p>Also I am taken by the fact that Japan and the US have had an ongoing culture exchange for over 120 years whatever form it has taken. The Empress was fond of the American Benjamin Franklyn and integrated some of his personal philosophies, even I wasn't aware of these philosophies of Franklyn's until I saw this exhibition. So a tribute to the feminine everywhere past, present, future, within US all.</p>
<p><br>The music is by a friend A-sha Freedoms who is an amazing musician.</p>
<p>"Step into the Light" from her album Plumeria.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398645948?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398645948?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></a></p>Spring Equinox 2014tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-03-02:2098065:BlogPost:912782014-03-02T04:00:00.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
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<div class="dablink">This article is about the astronomical event when the sun is at zenith over the Equator. For other uses, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28disambiguation%29" title="Equinox (disambiguation)">Equinox (disambiguation)</a>.</div>
<div class="dablink">For the same event happening on other planets and setting up a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_coordinate_system" title="Celestial coordinate system">celestial coordinate system</a>, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28celestial_coordinates%29" title="Equinox (celestial coordinates)">Equinox (celestial coordinates)</a>.</div>
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<tbody><tr><th colspan="9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time">UT</a> date and time of<br/> <strong class="selflink">equinoxes</strong> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice" title="Solstice">solstices</a> on Earth<sup id="cite_ref-USNO_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-USNO-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></th>
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<th colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox" title="March equinox">equinox</a></th>
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<th colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox" title="September equinox">equinox</a></th>
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<td>09:04</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>05:30</td>
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<tr><th>2012</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>05:14</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>23:09</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>14:49</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>11:12</td>
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<tr><th>2013</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>11:02</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>05:04</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>20:44</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>17:11</td>
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<tr style="background-color: gold;"><th style="background-color: gold;">2014</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>16:57</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10:51</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>02:29</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>23:03</td>
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<tr><th>2015</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>22:45</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>16:38</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>08:20</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>04:48</td>
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<tr><th>2016</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>04:30</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>22:34</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>14:21</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10:44</td>
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<tr><th>2017</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>10:28</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>04:24</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>20:02</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>16:28</td>
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<tr><th>2018</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>16:15</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10:07</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>01:54</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>22:23</td>
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<tr><th>2019</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>21:58</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>15:54</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>07:50</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>04:19</td>
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<tr><th>2020</th>
<td>20</td>
<td>03:50</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>21:44</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>13:31</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10:02</td>
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<br/> During an equinox, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>'s North and South poles are not tilted toward or away from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> and the length of the day is the same at all points on Earth's surface</div>
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<td class="mbox-text"><span class="mbox-text-span">It has been suggested that <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox" title="March equinox">March equinox</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox" title="September equinox">September equinox</a></i> be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">merged</a> into this article. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Equinox#Merge" title="Talk:Equinox">Discuss</a>) <small><i>Proposed since December 2012.</i></small></span></td>
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<p>An <b>equinox</b> occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_%28geometry%29" title="Plane (geometry)">plane</a> of Earth's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a> passes the center of the Sun. At this time the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt" title="Axial tilt">tilt</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>'s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>. The term <i>equinox</i> can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin <i>aequus</i> (equal) and <i>nox</i> (night), because around the equinox, night and day are about equal length.</p>
<p>At an equinox the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_sphere" title="Celestial sphere">celestial sphere</a> where the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_equator" title="Celestial equator">celestial equator</a> (i.e. declination 0) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> intersect. These points of intersection are called <b>equinoctial points</b>: classically, the <b>vernal point</b> (RA = 00<sup>h</sup> 00<sup>m</sup> 00<sup>s</sup> and longitude = 0º) and the <b>autumnal point</b> (RA = 12<sup>h</sup> 00<sup>m</sup> 00<sup>s</sup> and longitude = 180º). By extension, the term <i>equinox</i> may denote an equinoctial point.</p>
<p>The equinoxes are the only times when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsolar_point" title="Subsolar point">subsolar point</a> (the place on Earth's surface where the center of the Sun is exactly overhead) is on the Equator. The subsolar point crosses the Equator moving northward at the March equinox and moving southward at the September equinox. (Since the sun's ecliptic latitude isn't exactly zero it is not exactly above the equator at the moment of the equinox, but the two events usually occur less than 30 seconds apart.)</p>
<p>The equinoxes are the only times when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_%28solar%29" title="Terminator (solar)">terminator</a> is perpendicular to Earth's equator. Thus the Northern and Southern hemispheres are illuminated equally. (At the solstices, that angle reaches its minimum of 66.5°, corresponding to 90° minus Earth's axial tilt).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Another meaning of <b>equinox</b> is the date when day and night are the same length.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The equinox is not exactly the same as the day when day and night are of equal length for two reasons. Firstly, because of the size of the sun, the top of the disk rises above the horizon (constituting 'sunrise' which is the start of 'daytime') when the center of the disk is still below the horizon. Secondly, Earth's atmosphere refracts sunlight which means that an observer can experience light (daytime) even before the first glimpse of the sun's disk has risen above the horizon. To avoid this ambiguity the term <b>equilux</b> is sometimes used in this sense.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>note 1<span>]</span></a></sup> Times of sunset and sunrise vary with an observer's location (longitude and latitude), so the dates when day and night are of exactly equal length likewise depend on location. For places near the equator the daytime is always longer than the night, so they would never experience an equinox by this definition.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Equinoxes_on_the_Earth"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Equinoxes on the Earth</span></a><ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Date"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Date</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Names"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Names</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Length_of_equinoctial_day_and_night"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Length of equinoctial day and night</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Geocentric_view_of_the_astronomical_seasons"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Geocentric view of the astronomical seasons</span></a><ul>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Day_arcs_of_the_Sun"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Day arcs of the Sun</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Celestial_coordinate_systems"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Celestial coordinate systems</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Cultural_aspects"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">Cultural aspects</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Equinoxes_of_other_planets"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Equinoxes of other planets</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Equinoxes_on_the_Earth">Equinoxes on the Earth</span></h2>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p>Illumination of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> at the March equinox</p>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p>The Earth in its orbit around the Sun causes the Sun to appear on the celestial sphere moving over the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> (red), which is tilted on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a> (white)</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"><div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 42px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_season.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/North_season.jpg/120px-North_season.jpg" height="66" width="120"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p>Diagram of the Earth's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season" title="Season">seasons</a> as seen from the north. Far right: December solstice.</p>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p>Diagram of the Earth's seasons as seen from the south. Far left: June solstice.</p>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Date">Date</span></h3>
<p>When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> established <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">his calendar</a> in 45 BC he set 25 March as the spring equinox. Since a Julian year (365.25 days) is slightly longer than an actual year the calendar drifted with respect to the equinox, such that the equinox was occurring on about 21 March in AD 300 and by AD 1500 it had reached 11 March.</p>
<p>This drift induced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII" title="Pope Gregory XIII">Pope Gregory XIII</a> to create a modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>. The Pope wanted to restore the edicts concerning the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_controversy#Second_phase" title="Easter controversy">date of Easter</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">Council of Nicaea</a> of AD 325. (Incidentally, the date of Easter itself is fixed by an approximation of lunar cycles used in the Hebraic calendar, but according to the historian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede" title="Bede">Bede</a> the English name "Easter" comes from a pagan celebration by the Germanic tribes of the vernal (spring) equinox.) So the shift in the date of the equinox that occurred between the 4th and the 16th centuries was annulled with the Gregorian calendar, but nothing was done for the first four centuries of the Julian calendar. The days of 29 February of the years AD 100, AD 200, AD 300, and the day created by the irregular application of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year" title="Leap year">leap years</a> between the assassination of Caesar and the decree of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a> re-arranging the calendar in AD 8, remained in effect. This moved the equinox four days earlier than in Caesar's time.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Names">Names</span></h3>
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<li><b>Vernal equinox</b> and <b>autumnal equinox</b>: these classical names are direct derivatives of Latin (<i>ver</i> = <i>spring</i> and <i>autumnus</i> = <i>autumn</i>). These names are based on the seasons, and can be ambiguous since seasons of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_hemisphere" title="Northern hemisphere" class="mw-redirect">northern hemisphere</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hemisphere" title="Southern hemisphere" class="mw-redirect">southern hemisphere</a> are opposites, and the vernal equinox of one hemisphere is the autumnal equinox of the other.</li>
<li><b>Spring equinox</b> and <b>fall equinox</b> or <b>autumn equinox</b>: these are more colloquial names based on the seasons, and are also therefore ambiguous across hemispheres.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox" title="March equinox">March equinox</a></b> and <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox" title="September equinox">September equinox</a></b>: names referring to the times of the year when such equinoxes occur. These are without the ambiguity as to which hemisphere is the context, but are still not universal as not all people use a solar-based calendar where the equinoxes occur every year in the same month (as they do not in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a>, for example), and the names are not useful for other planets (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>, for example), even though these planets do have seasons.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northward_equinox" title="Northward equinox" class="mw-redirect">Northward equinox</a></b> and <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southward_equinox" title="Southward equinox" class="mw-redirect">southward equinox</a></b>: names referring to the apparent motion of the Sun at the times of the equinox. The least culturally biased terms.</li>
<li><b>Vernal point</b> and <b>autumnal point</b> are the points on the celestial sphere where the Sun is located on the <i>vernal equinox</i> and <i>autumnal equinox</i> respectively. Usually this terminology is fixed for the Northern hemisphere.</li>
<li><b>First point</b> (or <b>cusp</b>) <b>of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28astrology%29" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a></b> and <b>first point of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_%28astrology%29" title="Libra (astrology)">Libra</a></b> are names formerly used by astronomers and now used by navigators and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrologer" title="Astrologer">astrologers</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_almanac" title="Nautical almanac">Navigational ephemeris tables</a> record the geographic position of the First Point of Aries as the reference for position of navigational stars. Due to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession_%28astronomy%29" title="Precession (astronomy)" class="mw-redirect">precession of the equinoxes</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_signs" title="Astrological signs" class="mw-redirect">astrological signs</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_zodiac" title="Tropical zodiac" class="mw-redirect">tropical zodiac</a> where these equinoxes are located no longer correspond with the actual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellations</a> once ascribed to them. The equinoxes are currently in the constellations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces_%28constellation%29" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_%28constellation%29" title="Virgo (constellation)">Virgo</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_astrology" title="Sidereal astrology" class="mw-redirect">sidereal astrology</a> (notably <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_astrology" title="Hindu astrology">Hindu astrology</a>), by contrast, the first point of Aries remains aligned with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Hammel" title="Ras Hammel" class="mw-redirect">Ras Hammel</a> "the head of the ram", i.e. the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28constellation%29" title="Aries (constellation)">Aries constellation</a>.</li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Length_of_equinoctial_day_and_night">Length of equinoctial day and night</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 302px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hours_of_daylight_vs_latitude_vs_day_of_year_cmglee.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hours_of_daylight_vs_latitude_vs_day_of_year_cmglee.svg/300px-Hours_of_daylight_vs_latitude_vs_day_of_year_cmglee.svg.png" class="thumbimage" height="169" width="300"/></a><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hours_of_daylight_vs_latitude_vs_day_of_year_cmglee.svg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf14/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" height="11" width="15"/></a></div>
<br/> Contour plot of the hours of daylight as a function of latitude and day of the year, showing approximately 12 hours of daylight at all latitudes during the equinoxes</div>
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<p>On the day of the equinox, the center of the Sun spends a roughly equal amount of time above and below the horizon at every location on the Earth, so night and day are about the same length. The word <i>equinox</i> derives from the Latin words <i>aequus</i> (equal) and <i>nox</i> (night). In reality, the day is longer than the night at an equinox. Day is usually defined as the period when sunlight reaches the ground in the absence of local obstacles. From the Earth, the Sun appears as a disc rather than a point of light, so when the center of the Sun is below the horizon, its upper edge is visible. Furthermore, the atmosphere refracts light, so even when the upper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limb_darkening" title="Limb darkening">limb</a> of the Sun is 0.4-degree below the horizon, its rays curve over the horizon to the ground. In sunrise/sunset tables, the assumed semidiameter (apparent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius" title="Radius">radius</a>) of the Sun is 16 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_of_arc" title="Minute of arc">minutes of arc</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction" title="Atmospheric refraction">atmospheric refraction</a> is assumed to be 34 minutes of arc. Their combination means that when the upper limb of Sun is on the visible horizon, its center is 50 minutes of arc below the geometric horizon, which is the intersection with the celestial sphere of a horizontal plane through the eye of the observer. These effects make the day about 14 minutes longer than the night at the Equator and longer still towards the Poles. The real equality of day and night only happens in places far enough from the Equator to have a seasonal difference in day length of at least 7 minutes, actually occurring a few days towards the winter side of each equinox.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Geocentric_view_of_the_astronomical_seasons">Geocentric view of the astronomical seasons</span></h3>
<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_view_of_the_seasons" title="Geocentric view of the seasons">Geocentric view of the seasons</a></div>
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<p>In the half-year centered on the June solstice, the Sun rises north of east and sets north of west, which means longer days with shorter nights for the Northern Hemisphere and shorter days with longer nights for the Southern Hemisphere. In the half-year centered on the December solstice, the Sun rises south of east and sets south of west and the durations of day and night are reversed.</p>
<p>Also on the day of an equinox, the Sun rises everywhere on Earth (except at the Poles) at about 06:00 and sets at about 18:00 (local time). These times are not exact for several reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Sun is much larger in diameter than the Earth, so that more than half of the Earth could be in sunlight at any one time (due to unparallel rays creating tangent points beyond an equal-day-night line).</li>
<li>Most places on Earth use a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a> which differs from the local solar time by minutes or even hours. For example, if the Sun rises at 07:00 on the equinox, it will set 12 hours later at 19:00.</li>
<li>Even people whose time zone is equal to local solar time will not see sunrise and sunset at 06:00 and 18:00. This is due to the variable speed of the Earth in its orbit, and is described as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time" title="Equation of time">equation of time</a>. It has different values for the March and September equinoxes (+8 and −8 minutes respectively).</li>
<li>Sunrise and sunset are commonly defined for the upper limb of the solar disk, rather than its center. The upper limb is already up for at least a minute before the center appears, and the upper limb likewise sets later than the center of the solar disk. Also, when the Sun is near the horizon, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction" title="Atmospheric refraction">atmospheric refraction</a> shifts its apparent position above its true position by a little more than its own diameter. This makes sunrise more than two minutes earlier and sunset an equal amount later. These two effects combine to make the equinox day 12 h 7 min long and the night only 11 h 53 min. Note, however, that these numbers are only true for the tropics. For <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Latitudes" title="Middle Latitudes" class="mw-redirect">moderate latitudes</a>, the discrepancy increases (e.g., 12 minutes in London); and closer to the Poles it becomes very much larger (in terms of time). Up to about 100 km from either Pole, the Sun is up for a full 24 hours on an equinox day.</li>
<li>Night includes twilight. If dawn and dusk are instead considered daytime, the day would be almost 13 hours near the equator, and longer at higher latitudes.</li>
<li>Height of the horizon changes the day's length. For an observer atop a mountain the day is longer, while standing in a valley will shorten the day.</li>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Day_arcs_of_the_Sun">Day arcs of the Sun</span></h4>
<p>Some of the statements above can be made clearer by picturing the day arc (i.e., the path the Sun tracks along the celestial dome in its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnal_motion" title="Diurnal motion">diurnal</a> movement). The pictures show this for every hour on equinox day. In addition, some 'ghost' suns are also indicated below the horizon, up to 18° below it; the Sun in such areas still causes twilight. The depictions presented below can be used for both the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The observer is understood to be sitting near the tree on the island depicted in the middle of the ocean; the green arrows give cardinal directions.</p>
<ul>
<li>In the Northern Hemisphere, north is to the left, the Sun rises in the east (far arrow), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culmination" title="Culmination">culminates</a> in the south (right arrow), while moving to the right and setting in the west (near arrow).</li>
<li>In the Southern Hemisphere, south is to the left, the Sun rises in the east (near arrow), culminates in the north (right arrow), while moving to the left and setting in the west (far arrow).</li>
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<p>The following special cases are depicted:</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px;"><div style="width: 275px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equinox-0.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Equinox-0.jpg/240px-Equinox-0.jpg" height="180" width="240"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p><b>Day arc at 0° latitude (Equator)</b><br/> The arc passes through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith" title="Zenith">zenith</a>, resulting in almost no shadows at high noon.</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px;"><div style="width: 275px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equinox-20.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Equinox-20.jpg/240px-Equinox-20.jpg" height="180" width="240"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p><b>Day arc at 20° latitude</b><br/> The Sun culminates at 70° altitude and its path at sunrise and sunset occurs at a steep 70° angle to the horizon. Twilight still lasts about one hour.</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px;"><div style="width: 275px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equinox-50.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Equinox-50.jpg/240px-Equinox-50.jpg" height="180" width="240"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p><b>Day arc at 50° latitude</b><br/> Twilight lasts almost two hours.</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px;"><div style="width: 275px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equinox-70.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Equinox-70.jpg/240px-Equinox-70.jpg" height="180" width="240"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p><b>Day arc at 70° latitude</b><br/> The Sun culminates at no more than 20° altitude and its daily path at sunrise and sunset is at a shallow 20° angle to the horizon. Twilight lasts for more than four hours; in fact, there is barely any night.</p>
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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px;"><div style="width: 275px;"><div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equinox-90.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Equinox-90.jpg/240px-Equinox-90.jpg" height="180" width="240"/></a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><p><b>Day arc at 90° latitude (Pole)</b><br/> If it were not for atmospheric refraction, the Sun would be on the horizon all the time.</p>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Celestial_coordinate_systems">Celestial coordinate systems</span></h3>
<p>The vernal equinox occurs in March, about when the Sun crosses the celestial equator south to north.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> The term "vernal point" is used for the time of this occurrence and for the direction in space where the Sun is seen at that time, which is the origin of some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_coordinate_system" title="Celestial coordinate system">celestial coordinate systems</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic_coordinate_system" title="Ecliptic coordinate system">ecliptic coordinate system</a>, the vernal point is the origin of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic_longitude" title="Ecliptic longitude" class="mw-redirect">ecliptic longitude</a>;</li>
<li>in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_coordinate_system" title="Equatorial coordinate system">equatorial coordinate system</a>, the vernal point is the origin of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">right ascension</a>.</li>
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<p>Because of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession_%28astronomy%29" title="Precession (astronomy)" class="mw-redirect">precession of the Earth's axis</a>, the position of the vernal point on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_sphere" title="Celestial sphere">celestial sphere</a> changes over time, and the equatorial and the ecliptic coordinate systems change accordingly. Thus when specifying celestial coordinates for an object, one has to specify at what time the vernal point and the celestial equator are taken. That reference time is called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28celestial_coordinates%29" title="Equinox (celestial coordinates)">equinox of date</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The autumnal equinox is at ecliptic longitude 180° and at right ascension 12h.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culmination" title="Culmination">upper culmination</a> of the vernal point is considered the start of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time" title="Sidereal time">sidereal day</a> for the observer. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_angle" title="Hour angle">hour angle</a> of the vernal point is, by definition, the observer's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time" title="Sidereal time">sidereal time</a>.</p>
<p>The same is true in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_astrology" title="Western astrology">western tropical astrology</a>: the vernal equinox is the first point (i.e. the start) of the sign of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28astrology%29" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a>. In this system, it is of no significance that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession_%28astronomy%29" title="Precession (astronomy)" class="mw-redirect">the equinoxes shift</a> over time with respect to the fixed stars.</p>
<p>Using the current official <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">IAU</a> constellation boundaries – and taking into account the variable precession speed and the rotation of the ecliptic – the equinoxes shift through the constellations as follows<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> (expressed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_year_numbering" title="Astronomical year numbering">astronomical year numbering</a> in which the year 0 = 1 BC, −1 = 2 BC, etc.):</p>
<ul>
<li>The March equinox passed from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a> into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28constellation%29" title="Aries (constellation)">Aries</a> in year −1865, passed into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces_%28constellation%29" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a> in year −67, will pass into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28constellation%29" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a> in year 2597, will pass into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a> in year 4312. It passed along (but not into) a 'corner' of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus">Cetus</a> on 0°10' distance in year 1489.</li>
<li>The September equinox passed from Libra into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_%28constellation%29" title="Virgo (constellation)">Virgo</a> in year −729, will pass into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_%28constellation%29" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a> in year 2439.</li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cultural_aspects">Cultural aspects</span></h3>
<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox#Human_culture" title="March equinox">March equinox#Human culture</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox#Human_culture" title="September equinox">September equinox#Human culture</a></div>
<p>A number of traditional spring and autumn (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest" title="Harvest">harvest</a>) festivals are celebrated on the date of the equinoxes.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Equinoxes_of_other_planets">Equinoxes of other planets</span></h2>
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<br/> When the planet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> is at equinox, its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn" title="Rings of Saturn">rings</a> pick up almost no light, as seen in this image by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a></i> in 2009.</div>
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<p>Equinox is a phenomenon that can occur on any planet with a significant tilt to its rotational axis. Most dramatic of these is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a>, where the equinox places its normally majestic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn" title="Rings of Saturn">ring system</a> edge-on facing the Sun. As a result, they are visible only as a thin line when seen from Earth. When seen from above – a view seen by humans during an equinox for the first time from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a></i> space probe in 2009 – they receive very little <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine" title="Sunshine" class="mw-redirect">sunshine</a>, indeed more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetshine" title="Planetshine">planetshine</a> than light from the Sun.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>This lack of sunshine occurs once every 14.7 years. It can last a few weeks before and after the exact equinox. The most recent exact equinox for Saturn was on 11 August 2009. Its next equinox will take place on 30 April 2024.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>One effect of equinoctial periods is the temporary disruption of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellites</a>. For all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary</a> satellites, there are a few days around the equinox when the sun goes directly behind the satellite relative to Earth (i.e. within the beam-width of the ground-station antenna) for a short period each day. The Sun's immense power and broad radiation spectrum overload the Earth station's reception circuits with noise and, depending on antenna size and other factors, temporarily disrupt or degrade the circuit. The duration of those effects varies but can range from a few minutes to an hour. (For a given frequency band, a larger antenna has a narrower beam-width and hence experiences shorter duration "Sun outage" windows.)<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>Imbolc by Cal Garrisontag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-01-22:2098065:BlogPost:902692014-01-22T06:29:17.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<h1 class="firstHeading" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="font-size-3" dir="auto">I Really Love these explorations into ancestral traditions as a way to rediscover our own relationship to Mother Earth and our ancestors.. Also for navigating the seasons and timing in general, Cal really has helped me personally in getting through some tough times with her undrstandings of the seasons and cycles, the mythology / symbology / & rituals . Cal is a great source for this kind of information…</span></h1>
<h1 class="firstHeading" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="font-size-3" dir="auto">I Really Love these explorations into ancestral traditions as a way to rediscover our own relationship to Mother Earth and our ancestors.. Also for navigating the seasons and timing in general, Cal really has helped me personally in getting through some tough times with her undrstandings of the seasons and cycles, the mythology / symbology / & rituals . Cal is a great source for this kind of information which is why enjoy sharing her insights with everyone who is interested. Below you will find the wikipedia background as well. "In~Joy" ~.~</span></h1>
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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span dir="auto">Imbolc</span></h1>
<p><span dir="auto"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc</a></span></p>
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<tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="hd" style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; background-color: lightsteelblue;">Imbolc</th>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Also called</th>
<td>Lá Fhéile Bríde (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish Gaelic</a>)<br/> Là Fhèill Brìghde (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a>)<br/> Laa’l Breeshey (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_language" title="Manx language">Manx Gaelic</a>)</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Observed by</th>
<td>Historically: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaels</a><br/> Today: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish people</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish people</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_people" title="Manx people">Manx people</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Neopaganism" title="Celtic Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect">Celtic neopagans</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">Wiccans</a></td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Type</th>
<td>Cultural,<br/> Pagan (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_polytheism" title="Celtic polytheism">Celtic polytheism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Neopaganism" title="Celtic Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect">Celtic Neopaganism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">Wicca</a>)</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Significance</th>
<td class="summary">beginning of spring</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Celebrations</th>
<td>feasting, making <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brighid's crosses</a> and Brídeógs, visiting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_well" title="Holy well">holy wells</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">divination</a></td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Begins</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>: Sunset on 31 January<br/> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a>: Sunset on 31 July</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Ends</th>
<td>Northern Hemisphere: Sunset on 1 February<br/> Southern Hemisphere: Sunset on 1 August</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Date</th>
<td>February 1</td>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Related to</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Fair_y_Canhwyllau" title="Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau">Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas" class="mw-redirect">Candlemas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day" title="Groundhog Day">Groundhog Day</a></td>
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<p><b>Imbolc</b> or <b>Imbolg</b> (pronounced <span title="English pronunciation respelling" class="Unicode"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Wikipedia:Pronunciation respelling key"><i>i-<b><span class="smallcaps"><span class="SMALLCAPS" style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS;"><span class="NOCAPS" style="text-transform: LOWERCASE;">MOLK</span></span></span></b></i></a></span> or <span title="English pronunciation respelling" class="Unicode"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Wikipedia:Pronunciation respelling key"><i>i-<b><span class="smallcaps"><span class="SMALLCAPS" style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS;"><span class="NOCAPS" style="text-transform: LOWERCASE;">MOLG</span></span></span></b></i></a></span> ), also called <b>Saint Brighid’s Day</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <span lang="ga" xml:lang="ga"><i>Lá Fhéile Bríde</i></span>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" title="Scottish Gaelic language" class="mw-redirect">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <span lang="gd" xml:lang="gd"><i>Là Fhèill Brìghde</i></span>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_language" title="Manx language">Manx</a>: <span lang="gv" xml:lang="gv"><i>Laa’l Breeshey</i></span>), is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaelic</a> festival marking the beginning of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_%28season%29" title="Spring (season)">spring</a>. Most commonly it is held on 31 January–1 February, or halfway between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_equinox" title="Spring equinox" class="mw-redirect">spring equinox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Danaher1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Danaher1-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lughnasadh</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> It was observed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>. Kindred festivals were held at the same time of year in other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> lands; for example the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Fair_y_Canhwyllau" title="Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau">Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau</a>.</p>
<p>Imbolc is mentioned in some of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Irish_literature" title="Early Irish literature">earliest Irish literature</a> and it is associated with important events in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish mythology</a>. It has been suggested that it was originally a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_polytheism" title="Celtic polytheism">pagan</a> festival associated with the goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid">Brighid</a> and that it was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization" title="Christianization">Christianized</a> as a festival of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit_of_Kildare" title="Brigit of Kildare">Saint Brighid</a>, who herself is thought to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">Christianization</a> of the goddess. At Imbolc, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brighid's crosses</a> were made and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doll" title="Doll">doll</a>-like figure of Brighid, called a <i>Brídeóg</i>, would be carried from house-to-house. Brighid was said to visit one's home at Imbolc. To receive her blessings, people would make a bed for Brighid and leave her food and drink, while items of clothing would be left outside for her to bless. Brighid was also invoked to protect livestock. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_well" title="Holy well">Holy wells</a> were visited and it was also a time for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">divination</a>.</p>
<p>In Christianity, 1 February is observed as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">feast day</a> of Saint Brighid, especially in Ireland. There, some of the old customs have survived and it is celebrated as a cultural event by some. Since the 20th century, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Neopaganism" title="Celtic Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect">Celtic neopagans</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">Wiccans</a> have observed Imbolc, or something based on Imbolc, as a religious holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-Danaher1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Danaher1-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Prehistory"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Prehistory</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Historic_Imbolc_customs"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Historic Imbolc customs</span></a><ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Brighid"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Brighid</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Weather_divination"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Weather divination</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Neopaganism"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Neopaganism</span></a><ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Celtic_Reconstructionist"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Celtic Reconstructionist</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Wicca"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Wicca</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Etymology">Etymology</span></h2>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <i>imbolc</i> derives from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish" title="Old Irish">Old Irish</a> <i>i mbolg</i> "in the belly". This refers to the pregnancy of ewes.<sup id="cite_ref-Chadwick1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Chadwick1-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> A medieval glossary etymologizes the term as <i>oimelc</i> "ewe's milk".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> Some Neopagans use <i>Oimelc</i> as a name for the festival.</p>
<p>Since Imbolc is immediately followed (on 2 February) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas" class="mw-redirect">Candlemas</a> (Irish <i>Lá Fhéile <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muire" title="Muire">Muire</a> na <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coinneal" class="extiw" title="wikt:coinneal">gCoinneal</a></i> "feast day of Mary of the Candles", <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Fair_y_Canhwyllau" title="Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau">Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-Mackillop1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Mackillop1-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> Irish <i>imbolc</i> is sometimes rendered as "Candlemas" in English translation; e.g. <i>iar n-imbulc, ba garb a ngeilt</i> translated as "after Candlemas, rough was their herding".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Prehistory">Prehistory</span></h2>
<p>The date of Imbolc is thought to have been significant in Ireland since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> This is based on the alignment of some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">Megalithic</a> monuments. For example, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_of_the_Hostages" title="Mound of the Hostages">Mound of the Hostages</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara" title="Hill of Tara">Hill of Tara</a>, the inner chamber is aligned with the rising sun on the dates of Imbolc and Samhain.<sup id="cite_ref-photo_9-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-photo-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOH_10-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-MOH-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Historic_Imbolc_customs">Historic Imbolc customs</span></h2>
<p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a>, Imbolc was the <i>feis</i> or festival marking the beginning of spring, during which great feasts were held. It is attested in some of the earliest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish_literature" title="Old Irish literature" class="mw-redirect">Old Irish literature</a>, from the 10th century onward. It was one of four Gaelic seasonal festivals: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> (~1 November), Imbolc (~1 February), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> (~1 May) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lughnasadh</a> (~1 August). Studies by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkloristics" title="Folkloristics">folklorists</a> from the 18th to 20th centuries tell us how Imbolc was celebrated then, and shed light on how it may have been celebrated in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Danaher2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Danaher2-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 252px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Making_crosses_at_St_Brigids_Well.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Making_crosses_at_St_Brigids_Well.JPG/250px-Making_crosses_at_St_Brigids_Well.JPG" class="thumbimage" height="167" width="250"/></a><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Making_crosses_at_St_Brigids_Well.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf10/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" height="11" width="15"/></a></div>
People making <i>Brighid's crosses</i> at St Brighid's Well near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liscannor" title="Liscannor">Liscannor</a></div>
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<p>Imbolc has been traditionally associated with the onset of lactation of ewes and the lambing season.<sup id="cite_ref-koch287_12-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-koch287-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> This could vary by as much as two weeks before or after the start of February.<sup id="cite_ref-Chadwick1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Chadwick1-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> However, the timing of agrarian festivals can vary widely, given regional variations in climate. This has led to some debate about both the timing and origins of the festival. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackthorn" title="Blackthorn" class="mw-redirect">Blackthorn</a> is said to bloom at Imbolc.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> The holiday was a festival of the hearth and home, and a celebration of the lengthening days and the early signs of spring. Celebrations often involved hearthfires, special foods (butter, milk, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannock_%28food%29" title="Bannock (food)">bannocks</a>, for example), divination or watching for omens, candles or a bonfire if the weather permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-Danaher1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Danaher1-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Fire and purification were an important part of the festival. The lighting of candles and fires represented the return of warmth and the increasing power of the Sun over the coming months.<sup id="cite_ref-Chadwick1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Chadwick1-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_well" title="Holy well">Holy wells</a> were also visited at Imbolc, and at the other Gaelic festivals of Beltane and Lughnasadh. Visitors to holy wells would pray for health while walking 'sunwise' around the well. They would then leave offerings; typically coins or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie" title="Clootie">clooties</a> (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well" title="Clootie well">clootie well</a>). Water from the wells may have been used to bless things.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Brighid">Brighid</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stbrigid.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Stbrigid.jpg/200px-Stbrigid.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="280" width="200"/></a><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stbrigid.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf10/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" height="11" width="15"/></a></div>
Saint Brighid in a stained-glass window</div>
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<p>Imbolc is strongly associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit_of_Kildare" title="Brigit of Kildare">Saint Brighid</a> (Old Irish: <i>Brigit</i>, modern Irish: <i>Bríd</i>, modern Scottish Gaelic: <i>Brìghde</i> or <i>Brìd</i>, anglicized <i>Bridget</i>). Saint Brighid is thought to have been based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid">Brighid</a>, a Gaelic goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-Mackillop2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Mackillop2-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup> The festival, which celebrates the onset of spring, is thought to be linked with Brighid in her role as a fertility goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-koch287_12-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-koch287-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>On Imbolc Eve, Brighid was said to visit virtuous households and bless the inhabitants as they slept.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> As Brighid represented the light half of the year, and the power that will bring people from the dark season of winter into spring, her presence was very important at this time of year.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carmina5_17-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Carmina5-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> In the 19th century, families would have a supper on Imbolc Eve to mark the end of winter. Often, some of the food and drink would be set aside for Brighid.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> Before going to bed, items of clothing or strips of cloth would be left outside for Brighid to bless.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> Ashes from the fire would be raked smooth and, in the morning, they would look for some kind of mark on the ashes as a sign that Brighid had visited.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monaghan256_18-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-monaghan256-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup> The clothes or strips of cloth would be brought inside, and believed to now have powers of healing and protection.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeill_2-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-McNeill-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carmina5_17-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Carmina5-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> In Mann during the 18th century, the custom was to gather a bundle of rushes, stand at the door, and invite Brighid into the house by saying "Brede, Brede, come to my house tonight. Open the door for Brede and let Brede come in". The rushes were then strewn on the floor as a carpet or bed for Brighid. In the 19th century, some old Manx women would make a bed for Brighid in the barn with food, ale, and a candle on a table.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> In the Hebrides in the late 18th century, a bed of hay would be made for Brighid and someone would then go outside and call out three times: "<i>a Bhríd, a Bhríd, thig a sligh as gabh do leabaidh</i>" ("Bríd Bríd, come in; thy bed is ready").<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> In the early 19th century, the people of the Hebrides held feasts, at which women would dance while holding a large cloth and calling "<i>Bridean, Bridean, thig an nall 's dean do leabaidh</i>" ("Bríd Bríd, come over and make your bed"). However, by this time the bed itself was rarely made.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Brigid%27s_cross.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Saint_Brigid%27s_cross.jpg/220px-Saint_Brigid%27s_cross.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="214" width="220"/></a><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Brigid%27s_cross.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf10/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" height="11" width="15"/></a></div>
A <i>Brighid's cross</i></div>
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<p>In Ireland and Scotland, girls and young women would make a <i>Brídeóg</i> (also called a 'Breedhoge' or 'Biddy'), a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doll" title="Doll">doll</a>-like figure of Brighid made from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juncus" title="Juncus">rushes</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_%28plant%29" title="Reed (plant)">reeds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> It would be clad in bits of cloth, shells and/or flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monaghan256_18-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-monaghan256-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a> of Scotland, a bright shell or crystal called the <i>reul-iuil Bríde</i> (guiding star of Brighid) was set on its chest. The girls would carry it in procession while singing a hymn to Brighid. All wore white with their hair unbound as a symbol of purity and youth. They visited every house in the area, where they received either food or more decoration for the Brídeóg. Afterwards, they feasted in a house with the Brídeóg set in a place of honor, and put it to bed with lullabies. When the meal was done, the local young men humbly asked for admission, made obeisance to the Brídeóg, and joined the girls in dancing and merrymaking until dawn.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-9" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> In the late 17th century, Catholic families in the Hebrides would make a bed for the Brídeóg out of a basket.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> In parts of Ireland, the Brídeóg was carried from house-to-house by children who asked for pennies for "poor Biddy". In many parts, only unwed girls could carry the Brídeóg, but in some places both boys and girls carried it.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> Up until the mid 20th century, children still went from house-to-house asking for money for the poor. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">County Kerry</a>, men in white robes went from house-to-house singing.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brighid's crosses</a> (<i>pictured on the right</i>) were made at Imbolc. A Brighid's cross consists of rushes woven into a shape similar to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a>, with a square in the middle and four arms protruding from each corner. They were often hung over doors, windows and stables to welcome Brighid and protect the buildings from fire and lightning. The crosses were generally left there until the next Imbolc.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-11" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> In western <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a>, people would make a <i>Crios Bríde</i> (Bríd's girdle); a great ring of rushes with a cross woven in the middle. Young boys would carry it around the village, inviting people to step through it and so be blessed.<sup id="cite_ref-stations_16-12" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-stations-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Today, some people still make Brighid's crosses and Brídeógs or visit holy wells dedicated to St Brighid on 1 February.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Weather_divination">Weather divination</span></h3>
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<p>Imbolc was traditionally a time of weather <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">divination</a>, and the old tradition of watching to see if serpents or badgers came from their winter dens may be a forerunner to the North American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day" title="Groundhog Day">Groundhog Day</a>. A Scottish Gaelic proverb about the day is:</p>
<blockquote><p><i>Thig an nathair as an toll</i></p>
<p><i>Là donn Brìde,</i><br/> <i>Ged robh trì troighean dhen t-sneachd</i><br/> <i>Air leac an làir.</i><br/> "The serpent will come from the hole<br/> On the brown Day of Bríde,<br/> Though there should be three feet of snow</p>
On the flat surface of the ground." <sup id="cite_ref-Carmina1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Carmina1-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup></blockquote>
<p>Imbolc was believed to be when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cailleach" title="Cailleach">Cailleach</a>—the divine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hag" title="Hag">hag</a> of Gaelic tradition—gathers her firewood for the rest of the winter. Legend has it that if she wishes to make the winter last a good while longer, she will make sure the weather on Imbolc is bright and sunny, so she can gather plenty of firewood. Therefore, people would be relieved if Imbolc is a day of foul weather, as it means the Cailleach is asleep and winter is almost over.<sup id="cite_ref-Briggs2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Briggs2-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup> At Imbolc on the Isle of Man, where she is known as <i>Caillagh ny Groamagh</i>, the Cailleach is said to take the form of a gigantic bird carrying sticks in her beak.<sup id="cite_ref-Briggs2_23-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc#cite_note-Briggs2-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup></p>Family and Ancestral Healing and Knowing Your Family Treetag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-01-16:2098065:BlogPost:902572014-01-16T15:05:55.000ZLeslye Jacobshttp://worldviewzmedia.net/xn/detail/u_0x9l1hvnzmk0e
<p><span>Family and Ancestral Energy healing and knowing your past better connects oneself in the present - as it allows you to "zone in" on what needs healing. </span><br></br><span>A person cannot possibly know themselves if they are not open to examine where they com</span><span class="text_exposed_show">e from and what their ancestors went through. Discovering your family tree is a start, but so is doing the energy work to heal you and your family. <br></br>Healing what we "inherit" from the wounds…</span></p>
<p><span>Family and Ancestral Energy healing and knowing your past better connects oneself in the present - as it allows you to "zone in" on what needs healing. </span><br/><span>A person cannot possibly know themselves if they are not open to examine where they com</span><span class="text_exposed_show">e from and what their ancestors went through. Discovering your family tree is a start, but so is doing the energy work to heal you and your family. <br/>Healing what we "inherit" from the wounds and experiences genetically in our dna strands from family members is so very important at this time. Oftentimes what we are carrying around is on an unconscious level. Energy healing provides that deeper insight and awareness to fix what someone may not realize they are carrying around. For example, a person who wants to stay rooted in one spot and fears moving may be carrying the genes of fears or panic of relatives who had to move around based on war, divorce, famine or economic issues etc.. and may associate moving with that relatives pain or trauma they are still connected too. Or if great grandma Ethel had a fear of losing everything from the great depression, it could unconsciously translate into you carrying the same trait/ fear of losing your money. These are just two examples of a variety of core beliefs Ive seen with my clients that are carried around on a genetic level that needed healing in the NOW. Anyone who discounts looking at their family history and examining their wounds in the NOW - is not willing to look at their mirrors! Again the biggest egos say they don't need to work on themselves.. when in reality Earth is just one big training ground! <br/>I've had clients ask me : "Is it possible to have no past lives?" and the answer is Yes. There are a few exceptions. I have had "alien" clients who I have healed that are new here to earth that had no past lives in their energy field. Their connection to the past was only this lifetime and where they came from - but it was still impacting them in the NOW. They were still connected genetically to the people they incarnated with as a family and really didn't want to be here on earth anymore.. - so the healing was still needed. These are rare cases, but the majority of my clients have had many lifetimes and come to learn and spiritually grow through experiencing the earth realm. And that is what earth is for.. a learning playground to heal, grow and experience spiritual growth by understanding the "whys" in this lifetime they choose to experience and the people they choose to be with this time around. <br/>What my clients experience when they come to me for a healing is a better understanding of themselves and ownership in their own healing process by feeling and experiencing firsthand what needs healing so we can do the work. <br/>Family and ancestral energy healing can be especially important for those having painful moments with parents or siblings that go ignored or unresolved. It is also helpful for those who may or may not be fully aware of how your grandparents treated your parents and how it affected you personally. As the way you were treated by your parents and their learned/inherited behaviors (unconscious or otherwise) influences how you too are treating your partner and/or children in the NOW. If unresolved, it can have "repeat" patterns of dysfunction. Family/Ancestral healing helps your ancestors heal too. By clearing/healing your DNA and sending love to a relative you know suffered greatly in their lifetime, you are healing you and all your loved ones at the same time.<br/>Ancient Wisdom says that 1 person intending to heal their family can shift energy not only personally .. but 7 generations back and 7 generations forward.</span></p>until we come to seetag:worldviewzmedia.net,2014-01-05:2098065:BlogPost:901832014-01-05T07:30:00.000ZRobin Raymond Baldwinhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobinRaymondBaldwin
<p><span>until we come to see</span><br></br> <span>and hear</span><br></br> <span>serene beauty in mundane</span><br></br> <span>we will be left </span><br></br> <span>in this field empty</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br></br> never as children playing<br></br> and for no other reason<br></br> as who knows what they may find<br></br> through their eternal serendipity<br></br> out of spontaneous ground <br></br> of substance full full <br></br> not of material<br></br> no!<br></br> something far more precious<br></br> than all <br></br> is this…</span></p>
<p><span>until we come to see</span><br/> <span>and hear</span><br/> <span>serene beauty in mundane</span><br/> <span>we will be left </span><br/> <span>in this field empty</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/> never as children playing<br/> and for no other reason<br/> as who knows what they may find<br/> through their eternal serendipity<br/> out of spontaneous ground <br/> of substance full full <br/> not of material<br/> no!<br/> something far more precious<br/> than all <br/> is this stone invisible<br/> unknowingly real<br/> of Earths Intuition<br/> if only for time and space <br/> to give <br/> as what is it <br/> that lies between</span></p>
<p><span class="text_exposed_show">and it is only you</span></p>
<p><span class="text_exposed_show">who can answer that one </span></p>
<p></p>"Arlia - Pleiadian Emissary ~ Aotearoa Full Moon Dec 2013 'Reconnect With Your Soul'tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-12-20:2098065:BlogPost:900862013-12-20T05:26:48.000ZKereruhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/Kereru48
<p><span>Aotearoa Full Moon Message from ...</span><br></br><span>''Arlia - Pleiadian Emissary'' ...</span><br></br><span>received in Our 'Circle of Love'</span><br></br><span>at Our 'Stargate Portal'</span><br></br><span>"In reverance and stillnes ...</span><br></br><span>It was light as 9 of Us gathered </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br></br>in Our Circle of Love at Our <br></br>'Waahi Tapu'' last nite ~<br></br>After Karakia, We were shortly<br></br>graced with the sweet Presence<br></br>of 'Arlia', Who introduced…</span></p>
<p><span>Aotearoa Full Moon Message from ...</span><br><span>''Arlia - Pleiadian Emissary'' ...</span><br><span>received in Our 'Circle of Love'</span><br><span>at Our 'Stargate Portal'</span><br><span>"In reverance and stillnes ...</span><br><span>It was light as 9 of Us gathered </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br>in Our Circle of Love at Our <br>'Waahi Tapu'' last nite ~<br>After Karakia, We were shortly<br>graced with the sweet Presence<br>of 'Arlia', Who introduced Herself<br>to Us, as having been sent from<br>the Elders/Wise Ones of Pleiades<br>to bring Us a Message of Divine Love<br>She Blessed and Thanked Us, Our Souls<br>for bringing Each of Us here and that<br>We were destined from before Birth to BE<br>here at this Auspicious time<br>at Our 'Sacred Space - Kawai Purapura' <br>which She said is the 'Eternal Seed'<br>She "As Sentinels, You are Each being given<br>"A Thread of Light" to carry forth ...<br>and weave amongst All You<br>come in contact with ~ This 'Thread of Light' <br>wil bring Love, Peace and Harmony ...<br>for You Are Creating Heaven on Earth ...<br>'As Above ... So Below'<br>She said that this Sacred Space is a <br>Centre Point, where Beloved Mother Earth <br>'Gaia' is beginning Her transformational spin ...<br>and the Web of Light is now sent forth<br>to encompass and embrace All of Creation<br>She also added that if there was one main<br>thing that We remember from Her Message,<br>that is "Soulfullness" ... to now consciously<br>reconnect with Our Soul ...<br>to let All Our thoughts, speech and actions<br>pass through Our Heart and thus Our Soul<br>Who is connected with Heavens Realm<br>and All That is, will lighten the stresses,<br>patterns and emotions that had been<br>a challenge for Humankind.<br>Lovingly, She Blessed Us and left Us with<br>her parting words of<br>Kadoish ... Kadoish ... Kadoish<br>Adonai!<br><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646738?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646738?profile=original" width="480" class="align-full"></a>(Our 'Stargate Multidimensional Portal')<br>We were left in deep Gratitude and Grace <br>after Her beautiful Message and when<br>the time was opened up for Those<br>in Our 'Circle of Love' to Share ...<br>Mihirangi shared a beautiful experience<br>She had exactly one month ago during<br>a Full Moon Ceremony when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sheila.wournell">She</a> <br>was visiting Her Native American Elders<br>and how they also spoke of 'The Web of Light'<br>and She saw in Her Dreamtime, one of<br>The Ancient Grandmothers 'Weaving the Web of Light'<br>After Her sharing Mihirangi blessed Us with an<br>Ancient Moteatea 'Traditional Chant/Prayer'...<br>that took Us on a journey of the Creation of The Stars <br>all the way across the Sky and it was while She<br>Chanted this Moteatea in Our Native tongue ...<br>I closed My eyes and saw 'The Ancient Waka 'Canoe' of The Gods'<br>And I knew in this moment that She had just<br>recited The Prayer for 'The Waka/Canoe of The Gods!'</span></p>here we are thentag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-12-03:2098065:BlogPost:898692013-12-03T21:37:51.000ZRobin Raymond Baldwinhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobinRaymondBaldwin
<p>well here we are from Wales </p>
<p>in the heart of </p>
<p>y mynnydd du and the lady of the lake, stone, circles.... with lots more to come</p>
<p>rob </p>
<p>well here we are from Wales </p>
<p>in the heart of </p>
<p>y mynnydd du and the lady of the lake, stone, circles.... with lots more to come</p>
<p>rob </p>Write it Down! A Case Study in Healing Writer's Blocktag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-11-09:2098065:BlogPost:898362013-11-09T14:31:42.000ZLeslye Jacobshttp://worldviewzmedia.net/xn/detail/u_0x9l1hvnzmk0e
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646717?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646717?profile=original" width="259"></img></a> I recently had a new client visiting the US from brazil who came to me with sadness and frustration over her writer's block. This was very frustrated, as every time she sat down to write, the ideas would be there in her head, but the words would just not flow. </p>
<p>As a communicator who writes daily and for anyone who has a career in communications or loves writing,…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646717?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/398646717?profile=original" width="259" class="align-full"></a>I recently had a new client visiting the US from brazil who came to me with sadness and frustration over her writer's block. This was very frustrated, as every time she sat down to write, the ideas would be there in her head, but the words would just not flow. </p>
<p>As a communicator who writes daily and for anyone who has a career in communications or loves writing, many of you can relate to this dilemma and may have suffered from it at certain times. I know I have and worked hard to overcome this at times in my life when I was shedding archetype cultural "perceptions" imprinted from birth of who I should be .. leading to emerging to be the real me and who I choose to be in all ways. Like my client, I too would struggle between pursuing my dreams and suppressing my creativity in my 20-30s while doing the corporate grind. </p>
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<p>However, as I always emphasize, everyone's path is unique, and this client's source origin of writer's block was far different from mine. Something to remember with any emotional or physical issue you may have… everyone's journey is unique and their own. </p>
<p>There are many people who look up to certain role models, especially movie stars and celebrities. This is something I learned as a full-time celebrity reporter and interviewer. Yet, they have their same emotional challenges and struggles just like you and I. My clients too (a few well known yet confidential), have had to endure many things to be where they are, and still have challenges and wounds to heal just like anyone else. I encourage especially young people to remember that their movie is NOT your movie. So it is more important than ever to journal and get to know YOU.. it is the best friend you will ever have. Whether you are young or old, writing down goals, thoughts and objectives to help you to better understand yourself including short-term goals and objectives is so important. I also recommend that clients and children too review them periodically to be sure they resonate with how you are feeling in the now and to see if they need to be updated from time to time. </p>
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<p>During this period in our evolution, time and goals are not like they were 5 to 10 years ago. Yes, we need to write down objectives, but everything happens in a sequential flow, and with the changes happening on our earth at this time, there will always be a need to review and revise, and not be "too hard" on yourself if you don't reach a particular milestone. These goals should be realistic, yet also flexible given the time we are living in.</p>
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<p>Now back to my client.. During our session, she had no idea why she could not write anymore. All she knew was that she lacked the motivation and drive to perform her job as a writer. This lead to anxiety, depression and stress.</p>
<p>When our session began I was shown lifetimes of the source origin of this fear and anxiety in her energy field that were the root cause of her writer's block. The day before, I was "vibrating" to everything Dutch and I didn't know why. I had baked a Dutch baby pancake and felt anxiety and pressure to write. This is just an example of how I start synchronistically tuning into a client 24 hours before a session. </p>
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<p>What I saw that day in the energy field was the source of what happened and it occurred over many lifetimes. I was shown a Dutch lifetime long ago where my client was a performer and "forced" to perform on stage against her will. This among several other lifetimes were "healed and cleared" as there was also a Peruvian lifetime where she had the same experience and was "enslaved" with life or death consequences to perform. </p>
<p>As I share with clients, not always, but oftentimes clients will repeat lessons over lifetimes until they are learned, healed and mastered. These two particular lifetimes of many were surfacing in the NOW and responsible for her feeling the pressure and anxiety to perform. Oftentimes the age an issue surfaces in THIS LIFETIME can be the exit point age from a lifetime when the person died from the related trauma/conflict. Since lessons repeat, our work is much more effective in clearing all the source origins (lifetimes) related to the writers block in the NOW. Another example of why I do not conduct past life regressions anymore - as we are living in a time when multiple lifetimes are sometimes related to the clients healing needs in the NOW. </p>
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<p>With my client validating these lifetimes and feeling the messages from creator - we "cleared and removed all fear and pressure to perform, reactivating her dna and replacing it with new imprints of experiencing joy, ease and desire to write and create with zero fears of repercussion, failure or death that were residual "resurfaced" fears/core beliefs she was carrying over in this lifetime. We also gave her the discernment to attract supportive people to help her achieve her goals, as it was shown there were people who made her feel bad for pursuing her writing that were holding her back (in this lifetime).</p>
<p>Since my client had lifetimes connected to the indigenous cultures of South America, her comfort level with crystals was also part of the post-visit suggestions to reinforce our work together. To spark her creativity and flow of prosperity, Amber was recommended to remove depression, reinforce her creativity and strengthen her belief in herself to see and feel her own success. It was also recommended that she use a journal to write her career intentions and positive mantras to herself to be read out loud..as pre-visit her words were self limiting and very damaging to herself - feeling "enslaved" by her poor self image of herself. A week later, she sounded great and my client is starting to write again.</p>The Celtic Roots of Halloweentag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-10-31:2098065:BlogPost:894942013-10-31T19:30:00.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
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<div>An excerpt from <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm">Tlachtga: Celtic Fire Festival</a> by <em>John Gilroy</em>.…</div>
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<div class="center"><h1>Samhain (Samain) - The Celtic roots of Halloween</h1>
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<div>An excerpt from <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm">Tlachtga: Celtic Fire Festival</a> by <em>John Gilroy</em>.</div>
<a href="http://www.knowth.com/hill-of-ward.htm"><img alt="Tlachtga where the Great Fire Festival at Samhain was celebrated" src="http://www.newgrange.com/images/tlachtga.jpg" height="312" width="760"/></a><br/> Tlachtga where the Great Fire Festival at Samhain was celebrated.</div>
<p><br/> As millions of children and adults participate in the fun of Halloween on the night of October 31st, few will be aware of its ancient Celtic roots in the Samhain (Samain) festival. In Celtic Ireland about 2,000 years ago, Samhain was the division of the year between the lighter half (summer) and the darker half (winter). At Samhain the division between this world and the otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through. <br/> <br/> The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home whilst harmful spirits were warded off. People wore costumes and masks to disguise themselves as harmful spirits and thus avoid harm. Bonfires and food played a large part in the festivities. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into a communal fire, household fires were extinguished and started again from the bonfire. Food was prepared for the living and the dead, food for the ancestors who were in no position it eat it, was ritually shared with the less well off. <br/> <br/> Christianity incorporated the honouring of the dead into the Christian calendar with All Saints (All Hallows) on November 1st, followed by All Souls on November 2nd. The wearing of costumes and masks to ward off harmful spirits survived as Halloween customs. The Irish emigrated to America in great numbers during the 19th century especially around the time of famine in Ireland during the 1840's. The Irish carried their Halloween traditions to America, where today it is one of the major holidays of the year. Through time other traditions have blended into Halloween, for example the American harvest time tradition of carving pumpkins.<br/> <br/> Two hills in the Boyne Valley were associated with Samhain in Celtic Ireland, <a href="http://www.knowth.com/hill-of-ward.htm">Tlachtga</a> and <a href="http://www.knowth.com/tara.htm">Tara</a>. Tlachtga was the location of the Great Fire Festival which begun on the eve of Samhain (Halloween). Tara was also associated with Samhain, however it was secondary to Tlachtga in this respect.<br/> <br/> The entrance passage to the <a href="http://www.knowth.com/tara-samhain.htm">Mound of the Hostages</a> on the Hill of Tara is aligned with the rising sun around Samhain. The Mound of the Hostages is 4,500 to 5000 years old, suggesting that Samhain was celebrated long before the first <a href="http://www.knowth.com/celts.htm">Celts</a> arrived in Ireland about 2,500 years ago.<br/> <br/></p>
<div class="center"><a href="http://www.knowth.com/tara.htm"><img alt="Celtic Earth Works on the Hill of Tara" src="http://www.newgrange.com/images/tara.jpg" height="324" width="760"/></a><br/> Celtic Earth Works on the Hill of Tara</div>
<h1>The Diwali Festival</h1>
<p>The Hindu Diwali (Divali, Deepavali) Festival known as the Festival of Lights occurs about the same time as Samhain. Diwali marks the Hindu New Year just as Samhain marks the Celtic New Year, could it be that Diwali and Samhain have a common root in antiquity? <br/></p>
<h1>Samhain / Halloween</h1>
<p>An excerpt from <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm">Tlachtga: Celtic Fire Festival</a> by <em>John Gilroy</em>.</p>
<p>The Festival of Samhain marked the end of the Celtic year and the beginning of the new one and as such can be seen to the equivalent of New Year's Eve. We have seen how the <a href="http://www.knowth.com/celts.htm">Celts</a> believed that night preceded day and so the festivities took place on the Eve of Samhain. There is no doubt that that this festival was the most important of the four Celtic Festivals. Samhain was a crucial time of year, loaded with symbolic significance for the pre-Christian Irish. The celebrations at Tlachtga may have had their origins in a fertility rite on the hill but it gathered to itself a corpus of other beliefs which crystallised at the great Fire Festival.</p>
<p>The perceptible, and apparent, decline in the strength of the sun at this time of year was a source of anxiety for early man and the lighting of the Winter Fires here symbolised mans attempt to assist the sun on its journey across the skies. Fire is the earthly counterpart of the sun and is a powerful and appropriate symbol to express mans helplessness in the face of the overwhelming sense of the decay of nature as the winter sets in.</p>
<p>Now the sun has descended into the realm of the underworld, the forces of the underworld were in the ascendency. The lord of the underworld, unfettered from the control of the sun, now walked the earth and with him travelled all those other creatures from the abode of the dead. Ghosts, fairies and a host of other non-descript creatures went with him. The Lord of the Dead in Celtic mythology can be identified as Donn.</p>
<p>Mythology tells us that when the invaders of Ireland known as the Miliseans landed at the Boyne, they made their way to Tara. Once there, they were advised by the Druids that they should return to their ships and sail off the shore to the length of nine waves. When they were on the sea a great storm arose which scattered their fleet. The commander of one of the ships was Donn. His ship was broken to pieces in the storm and he himself drowned along with twenty four of his comrades. He was buried on the Skellig Islands off the coast of Kerry.</p>
<p>He is the first of the new wave of invaders to meet his death in Ireland and, as such, he became elevated to the status of god of the dead. The place of his burial became known as Tech Donn - The house of Donn, and soon became identified with with the otherworld. The Celts were fascinated with tracing their ancestry back as far as they could and often they identified their earliest ancestors with the gods of their peoples. Hence, a belief arose that when they died they went to the house of their ancestor, the god of the otherworld.</p>
<p>It is interesting to note that the abode of Donn, on the Skellig Islands, is just a few miles from the traditional home of Mog Ruith at Valentia Island. As well as being geographical neighbours, both are closely associated with Samhain, when it can be said that Mog Ruith as sungod sojourns at the realm of the underworld, the abode of Donn.</p>
<p>Donn is seen as a retiring god who prefers the isolation of the bleak Skelligs and remains aloof from the other gods. His name means "brown" and he is associated with the shadowy realm of the dead. O'hOgain tells us that a ninth century text attributes a highly significant quotation to him "To me, to my house, you shall come after your death"</p>
<p>Many other sources say that the dead assemble at his house and describe deceased people travelling to and from here. Fishermen in the area were wont to hear strange boats passing to the island at night and the names of those who disembarked were called out. Later Christian writers claimed that the souls of the damned lingered at his house before departing for hell. Not surprisingly, aspects of his personage have been adapted by Christian writers in their portrayal of the devil.</p>
<p>Samhain being the feast of the dead can now be clearly seen as incorporating the cult of Donn into its celebrations but how they did so remains uncertain. The Fires were in all likelihood lit in honour of the sungod - here manifesting as Mog Ruith, but certain other of the trappings are clearly associated with the Lord of the Dead. The idea that Samhain is a juncture between the two halves of the year saw it acquiring the unique status of being suspended in time - it did not belong to the old year not the new. It could be said that time stood still on this night and the implications of this were immense. During this night the natural order of life was thrown into chaos and the earthly world of the living became hopelessly entangled with the world of the dead. But the world of the dead was itself a complicated place, peopled not only by the spirits of the departed, but also with a host of gods, fairies and other creatures of uncertain nature.</p>
<p>The unwary traveller, caught away from home on this night, could expect to encounter any one or many of these creatures and it was always advisable to stay indoors. Ghosts were everywhere and may or may not have been harmful to the living. It is interesting to note that the manuscripts tells us that all fires in the country must be extinguished on this night and could only be relit from the great flames from Tlachtga. This, of course, is not to taken literally but symbolised the brief and temporary ascendency of the powers of darkness at this time of year.</p>
<p>During this period all the world was in darkness and the dead were abroad. When the fire at Tlachtga was lit, it gave the signal that all was well and all other fires could now be relit. The fires at Talchtga were the public celebration of the victory of light, while the relighting of the household fire marked the domestic celebration of the feast. Now the spirits of dead ancestors could be welcomed back into the home with safety and posed no threat to the household. This theme is repeated constantly in Irish literature. MacCollugh tells us that the cult of the dead culminated at the family health. Very often the spirits of ancestors sought warmth around the fireside on this night. Fires were left lighting in the grate to warm the spirits and food was left out for them. Even though the ancestral ghosts were benign, it was still a good idea to avoid them by going to bed early.</p>
<p>However, the ghosts may not have been entirely benign. They needed some sort of appeasement in the form of ritual offerings on this night. So long as the offering was forthcoming the ghosts were happy and benevolent, but if the offering was withheld another side of the ghosts features were presented. Bad luck would descend on the household and all would not be well the coming year. Some vestiges of this tradition may survived in the modern Halloween custom of "trick or treat". Children, dressed as ghosts and witches, invite the household to make a donation or face the consequences. The 'treat' may represent the ritual offering while the 'trick', nowadays a harmless prank, may have in antiquity, represented the malevolent consequences of inadequately appeasing the ancestral ghost on this night.</p>
<p>But it was not just time that was dislocated at Samhain. Just as the festival stands on the boundary between Summer and Winter, all other boundaries were in danger at this time. The boundaries between a mans land and his neighbours were a dangerous place to be on this night. Ghosts were to be found along these points and a style between adjacent land was a place of particular dread and best avoided. Bridges and crossroads were also likely places to encounter ghosts. Naturally enough, burial places were avoided on all nights but particularly on this night. Every sort of a ghost was to be seen here and the dead mingled freely with the living.</p>
<p>The practice of divination - telling the future, was an important part of everyday life for the Celts and it is certain that this art formed a central part of the festivities occurred at Tlachtga at Samhain. Vestiges of this can be seen today at Halloween are familiar with the practice of going to the church at midnight on Halloween and standing in the porch. The courageous observer will see the spirits of those who will die in the coming year if he watches closely, but runs the risk of meeting himself. Similarity, girls watching in a mirror on this night will see the image of the man they will marry but also run the risk of seeing the devil.</p>
<p>Those brave enough to go to a grave yard at midnight and walk three times around the graves will be offered a glimpse the future but again run the risk of meeting the devil. This latter example is interesting as it preserves the three time sunwise turn so important to the Celts in the ritual. The possibility of meeting the devil may represent the well known Christian attempt to associate the pagan god of the dead with the devil of Christian belief. This being the case, Donn the Lord of the Dead, left his island home on this night and travelled freely throughout the country. Whether he carried off souls is unclear, but it is likely that he did. The ritual offerings on the Winter Fires may have been an attempt to appease him until, such time in history, he was replaced on the arrival of Christianity by the devil.</p>
<p>The early Irish manuscripts are littered with references to the magical significance of Samhain. It marked the end of the fighting and hunting season for the warrior troop known as the Fianna. At Samhain they retreated into winter camp, quartering themselves on the general population until the return of Summer at <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/beltane.htm">Beltainne</a>. Fionn MacCumhail chose Samhain as the time to present himself before the court at Tara for the first time, while it was also at Samhain that the god Lugh made his dramatic entrance to the same court. The Connaught queen, Meave, waited until <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm">Samhain</a> before setting out on the great Cattle Raid of Cooley.</p>
<p>Fionn MacCumhail, Lugh and Cuchulainn - Meave's opponent, are the three great figures of Irish mythology and it is interesting to note how Samhain is the time chosen by the writers to introduce their arrival on the scene. The Battle of Mag Tuired (supposedly in County Mayo) was fought at Samhain. It seems that when the early writers wish to impart a magical quality to the events they are depicting, they choose the Festival of Samhain for the occasion. There remains little doubt that Samhain held a central place in the imagination of the Celts, where the festivities associated with several local gods became entangled, over the course of perhaps a thousand years, with the feast of the god of the dead. Remnants of these celebrations have come down to us in our own celebrations of Halloween.</p>
<p>An excerpt from <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm">Tlachtga: Celtic Fire Festival</a> by <em>John Gilroy</em>.</p>
<p><br/> Ancient cultures such as the Neolithic (Stone Age) people who build Newgrange in Ireland aligned their monuments to the major solar events, the <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/winter_solstice.htm">Winter Solstice</a>, the <a href="http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew-equinox.htm">Spring Equinox</a>, the <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/carrowkeel-solstice.htm">Summer Solstice</a> and the <a href="http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew-equinox.htm">Autumn Equinox</a>. The solar year was further divided to mark the half way points between the major solar events giving the cross quarter days of <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/imbolc.htm">Imbolc</a>, <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/beltane.htm">Beltane</a>, <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/lughnasadh.htm">Lughnasadh</a> and <a href="http://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm">Samhain</a>.</p>Waitaha Water Ceremony Sunday Oct 20thtag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-09-29:2098065:BlogPost:896172013-09-29T21:27:28.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
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<p>We are very honored and privileged to share with you that we will have a Waitaha Grandmother coming to share with us about Song of Waitaha. Waitaha means "water carrier" so together with Eva Maurice and 3 Trees we are presenting an invitation to join us for an outdoor evening of potluck feast, water ceremony, with the intent of healing the feminine within in us all. The Women's Group that Eva creates with has offered to open the space for men to join…</p>
<p>Hello WVZ Community and Sedona,</p>
<p>We are very honored and privileged to share with you that we will have a Waitaha Grandmother coming to share with us about Song of Waitaha. Waitaha means "water carrier" so together with Eva Maurice and 3 Trees we are presenting an invitation to join us for an outdoor evening of potluck feast, water ceremony, with the intent of healing the feminine within in us all. The Women's Group that Eva creates with has offered to open the space for men to join as well, usually this is a women only gathering... 3 Trees will also be creating magic with a sound healing group session to compliment the ceremony. There will be an outdoor fire, so please feel welcome seating limited by first come RSVP RobertDako884@worldviewzmedia.net</p>
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<p>$10.00 "Koha"= Donation for our Grandmother and hosts Please bring a vegetarian dish to share at the feast, Bring a mat/blanket /cushion / or outdoor fold up chair, bring whatever you would like to represent you on the altar ie, crystals... </p>
<p>Our Waitaha Grandmother will have books with her and speak about the "Song Of Waitaha" and have her books with her available for signing with her.</p>
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</div>5. THE GAMES BEGIN [KRISHNAMURTI : THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY with DAVID BOHM + THE TURNING POINT + WASHINGTON TALKS]tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-09-09:2098065:BlogPost:875392013-09-09T14:33:46.000ZEsta Liorhttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/EstaLior
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<td style="text-align: justify;"><p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">SO YOU AND I ARE THE PROBLEM, AND NOT THE WORLD, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS THE PROJECTION OF OURSELVES AND TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE MUST UNDERSTAND OURSELVES.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">THE WORLD IS NOT SEPARATE FROM US; WE ARE THE WORLD, AND OUR PROBLEMS ARE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">THIS CANNOT BE REPEATED TOO OFTEN, BECAUSE WE ARE SO SLUGGISH IN OUR MENTALITY THAT WE THINK THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS ARE NOT OUR BUSINESS, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RESOLVED BY THE UNITED NATIONS OR BY SUBSTITUTING NEW LEADERS FOR THE OLD.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IT IS A VERY DULL MENTALITY THAT THINKS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FRIGHTFUL MISERY AND CONFUSION IN THE WORLD, THIS EVER-IMPENDING WAR.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD, WE MUST BEGIN WITH OURSELVES; AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN BEGINNING WITH OURSELVES IS THE INTENTION.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">THE INTENTION MUST BE TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES AND NOT TO LEAVE IT TO OTHERS TO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES OR TO BRING ABOUT A MODIFIED CHANGE THROUGH REVOLUTION, EITHER OF THE LEFT OR OF THE RIGHT.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOURS AND MINE; BECAUSE, HOWEVER SMALL MAY BE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, IF WE CAN TRANSFORM OURSELVES, BRING ABOUT A RADICALLY DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW IN OUR DAILY EXISTENCE, THEN PERHAPS WE SHALL AFFECT THE WORLD AT LARGE, THE EXTENDED RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS.</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71402474?profile=original" alt="CHUTE" width="479" height="267"></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">...THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TRANSFORMATION OF ONESELF, BECAUSE THE SELF IS THE PRODUCT AND A PART OF THE TOTAL PROCESS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">TO TRANSFORM ONESELF, SELF- KNOWLEDGE IS ESSENTIAL; WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE, THERE IS NO BASIS FOR RIGHT THOUGHT, AND WITHOUT KNOWING YOURSELF THERE CANNOT BE TRANSFORMATION.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">ONE MUST KNOW ONESELF AS ONE IS, NOT AS ONE WISHES TO BE WHICH IS MERELY AN IDEAL AND THEREFORE FICTITIOUS, UNREAL; IT IS ONLY THAT WHICH IS THAT CAN BE TRANSFORMED, NOT THAT WHICH YOU WISH TO BE.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">TO KNOW ONESELF AS ONE IS REQUIRES AN EXTRAORDINARY ALERTNESS OF MIND, BECAUSE WHAT IS IS CONSTANTLY UNDERGOING TRANSFORMATION, CHANGE, AND TO FOLLOW IT SWIFTLY THE MIND MUST NOT BE TETHERED TO ANY PARTICULAR DOGMA OR BELIEF, TO ANY PARTICULAR PATTERN OF ACTION.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW ANYTHING IT IS NO GOOD BEING TETHERED.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">TO KNOW YOURSELF, THERE MUST BE THE AWARENESS, THE ALERTNESS OF MIND IN WHICH THERE IS FREEDOM FROM ALL BELIEFS, FROM ALL IDEALIZATION BECAUSE BELIEFS AND IDEALS ONLY GIVE YOU A COLOUR, PERVERTING TRUE PERCEPTION.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE YOU CANNOT IMAGINE OR HAVE BELIEF IN SOMETHING WHICH YOU ARE NOT.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IF I AM GREEDY, ENVIOUS, VIOLENT, MERELY HAVING AN IDEAL OF NON-VIOLENCE, OF NON-GREED, IS OF LITTLE VALUE.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">BUT TO KNOW THAT ONE IS GREEDY OR VIOLENT, TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND IT, REQUIRES AN EXTRAORDINARY PERCEPTION, DOES IT NOT?</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">IT DEMANDS HONESTY, CLARITY OF THOUGHT, WHEREAS TO PURSUE AN IDEAL AWAY FROM WHAT IS IS AN ESCAPE; IT PREVENTS YOU FROM DISCOVERING AND ACTING DIRECTLY UPON WHAT YOU ARE."</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71402476?profile=original" alt="TRAINED" width="222" height="141"></span></strong></span></strong></p> </td>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><p> </p> <p><span style="color: #c89a4f;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">TED: BILL, MY FRIEND?</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #5ea5bf;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">BILL: YES, TED MY FRIEND?</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #c89a4f;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">TED: THIS HAS BEEN A MOST EXCELLENT ADVENTURE!<br></span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> </td>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #fcbc52;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">GOD GAVE ROCK & ROLL TO YOU</span></span></strong></span></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe width="444" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cbX5zb6m8Mk?rel=0&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe> </span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #fcbc52;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"QUITE GOOD, QUITE GOOD"</span></span></strong></span></p> </td>
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</table>Excerpt from my book "Awakening the Harmony Within" (the "Mind Mastery" chapter):tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-09-05:2098065:BlogPost:868512013-09-05T07:15:47.000ZEugenia Oganovahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/EugeniaOganova
<p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 13px;">"Fully embodying the belief that we create our reality frees our consciousness range from self-imposed limitations. This is the first step of the path of Self-Mastery – the mastery of the Mind. We become aware that we are responsible not only for our actions, but also for every thought we have. We then recognize that we must become disciplined in tracking these thoughts to their conceptual origins, and facing head on our fears and misconceptions.…</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 13px;">"Fully embodying the belief that we create our reality frees our consciousness range from self-imposed limitations. This is the first step of the path of Self-Mastery – the mastery of the Mind. We become aware that we are responsible not only for our actions, but also for every thought we have. We then recognize that we must become disciplined in tracking these thoughts to their conceptual origins, and facing head on our fears and misconceptions. <br/><br/>At first this process is much harder than the victim way of life, when we simply blame others, the world, or life for our problems. It is difficult and takes incredible vigilance to be able to pay attention to feelings and thoughts – all of them! <br/>People who are more mentally inclined might find it easier to track the thoughts, while those more emotionally inclined would find tracking their feelings easier. But in the end the result is the same – it leads us to the origin of the belief (we can feel it, or know it, or remember the actual circumstance) so we can change it."<br/></font></p>Excerpt from my book "Awakening the Harmony Within" (the "Structured Water" chapter)tag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-09-03:2098065:BlogPost:864732013-09-03T02:39:05.000ZEugenia Oganovahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/EugeniaOganova
<p>"...Structured water is the water which is in harmony with the Universal Blueprint, it is the “water of Nature”. If you pour water into a mountain stream at the top of the mountain and then collect it at the bottom, the water is structured. Structured water is free of memory. The main contingent in a molecule of structured water is life force energy. The water molecule has the power, the individual authority to uphold life, and that is to cleanse it from the things that are adverse to life…</p>
<p>"...Structured water is the water which is in harmony with the Universal Blueprint, it is the “water of Nature”. If you pour water into a mountain stream at the top of the mountain and then collect it at the bottom, the water is structured. Structured water is free of memory. The main contingent in a molecule of structured water is life force energy. The water molecule has the power, the individual authority to uphold life, and that is to cleanse it from the things that are adverse to life and to generously provide the things that are good for life. Structured water’s design looks like a snowflake; this is the most bioavailable (able to be absorbed by a biological organism) type of water for our bodies.</p>
<p>Structured water has a lower surface tension and better hydrating properties. It has smaller high energy clusters, instead of the large low energy water molecule clusters. When one structures water, one eliminates negative energy-memory patterns, and redefines the water’s natural healthy energy pattern. Structured water allows us to imprint through the DNA and RNA the knowledge of the Divine Blueprint and help one to become balanced with the Universe.</p>
<p>Our physical bodies are 80% water. As we age, this percentage declines because our issues prevent the body from regenerating. The aging process involves a gradual loss of cell volume and an imbalance of the extracellular and intracellular fluids. This loss of cellular water can be accelerated when we don’t ingest enough balanced liquids, or when our cell membranes aren’t capable of maintaining a proper fluid balance. By drinking and washing our bodies with structural water, we essentially reprogram the body. It is then able to release toxins (emotional and physical) faster, and regenerate better.</p>
<p>If you do not have easy access to a pure glacier, there are many ways to make structured water. Make-it-yourself options are: sincere heart-opening to the water, leaving water in a pyramidal structure for an hour, holding the glass with water in your hands and running pure White Light through it for at least ten minutes, and many more. You can also purchase a device that will allow your house water to run through it and structure it, restoring its original crystalline purity (I find that the most effective devices do not use any moving parts or electricity, but function by either allowing the water to move through a sequential path, which acts like a “compressed waterfall,” or nano-programming)..."</p>A Call for "Unified Prayer" Worldwide Sunday 09.08.13 12pm Wherever You are NOWtag:worldviewzmedia.net,2013-09-02:2098065:BlogPost:861902013-09-02T12:00:00.000ZRobert Dakotahttp://worldviewzmedia.net/profile/RobertDakota
<p>“Unified Prayer” Hello all, I don’t know if you have also noticed but there have been a lot of calls for prayer and for uniting in prayer worldwide.</p>
<p>Here are just a few examples:</p>
<p>Neil Donald Walsch</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=6457">http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=6457</a></p>
<p>Larry Dossey</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBimVRJgGU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBimVRJgGU</a></p>
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<p>“Unified Prayer” Hello all, I don’t know if you have also noticed but there have been a lot of calls for prayer and for uniting in prayer worldwide.</p>
<p>Here are just a few examples:</p>
<p>Neil Donald Walsch</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=6457">http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=6457</a></p>
<p>Larry Dossey</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBimVRJgGU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBimVRJgGU</a></p>
<p align="left"><b>Power of Prayer, Holy Water</b></p>
<p align="left"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0__cYJD8jlo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0__cYJD8jlo</a></b></p>
<p align="left">"Inori:Prayer-Conversation with Something Great"</p>
<p align="left"><b><a href="http://officetetsushiratori.jp/pg222.html">http://officetetsushiratori.jp/pg222.html</a></b></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Water a Malleable Natural Computer on Earth</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51I7YYua_Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51I7YYua_Y</a></p>
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<p>There are at least a half dozen and probably more severe crisis situations we are looking at worldwide that could use the attention of our prayers. I observed personally when I was in theology school that prayer was probably given less priority in our lives than we give to our general hygiene. I also observed during my university days that “crisis” creates bonds… Why is that we need “crisis” to act on for our own benefit. The most “simple” inner technology that could change everything is literally at the tip of our tongue! I am writing you from Japan, which if you are connected to any news source you are aware of the crisis here, but you should also know that this is not a local issue this effects us all!</p>
<p>This is the impetus for us calling for “Unified Prayer” worldwide as many are feeling the need for at the same time. We are holding a prayer gathering on Sunday 09.08.13 12pm noon <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com">http://www.worldtimezone.com</a> here in Japan with ATIH people who have training and experience in meditation and prayer. We will invite other ATIH teachers worldwide to join us with their ATIH people. We also invite people worldwide to join in prayer for “Unified Prayer”. We will offer our prayers with water and then return that water to Mother Earth for healing and peace worldwide.</p>
<p>Every spiritual tradition on Earth has a tradition for prayer and a tradition of using water in those prayers. So we have more in common than we have in difference and if we can unite on that level for peace and healing wherever we are NOW, that can create peace as well as healing locally then united together we can create peace and healing worldwide with blessings of love to the water then give it back to Mother Earth. We can continue to offer prayer together, to give gratitude and love to water often, we can do this so often that we dream and imagine into existence our New Earth. Thank you for considering this request.</p>
<p>See you in the Heart wherever you are NOW. </p>
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<p>“Now is the time we should be living in our highest gratitude even when looking at the most worse possible outcome... Once we overcome that perspective all evil departs from our radiance! Let love shine bright within us all so that no division may separate us from our true love!”</p>
<p>Robert Dakota</p>
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<p>PS Please look into your own ancestry and/or traditions and find out what are the most Sacred elements; just for note the 3 most important traditional sacred elements in Japan are #1 Water, #2 Salt, #3 Hemp </p>
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<p><em>from Septic Tank Practices by Peter Warshall</em>:</p>
<p>As industrialization intensified, western civilization became more and more alienated from the body's plumbing and its connection to Nature's pathways. Instead of eating, defecating <em>onto the ground, fertilizing plants</em> with feces and eating again, we simply reach behind our backs and pull a little chromium lever. Instead of defecating onto the earth we sit on a toilet <strong>full of good drinking water</strong> which…</p>
<p><em>from Septic Tank Practices by Peter Warshall</em>:</p>
<p>As industrialization intensified, western civilization became more and more alienated from the body's plumbing and its connection to Nature's pathways. Instead of eating, defecating <em>onto the ground, fertilizing plants</em> with feces and eating again, we simply reach behind our backs and pull a little chromium lever. Instead of defecating onto the earth we sit on a toilet <strong>full of good drinking water</strong> which comes from some unknown river and, after flushing, goes to some unknown destination. Instead of <strong>taking responsibility</strong> for our excrement, we <em><strong>are embarrassed</strong></em> by defecation and avoid direct discussion by substituting all kinds of diversionary vocabulary ("caa-caa" and "poo-poo" or abbreviations "Number 1" and "Number 2" or sidewise expressions like "May I be excused?")</p>
<p>Western civilization is caught in a paradox.</p>