Mood:  cheeky

HEY!!!  I really have a whole bunch of things to say, but not enough time to devote to the puter to say it...Waldo Lake, Mushroom Mania, Dark Star Orchestra, phases of the moon-the planets-FOR GODDESS" SAKE-I hope you people haven't been counting on me to help you decide your next move...I guess my advice would be-it's not time yet...but soon, very soon-the seeds you have planted will be ripe for the picking...

Perhaps next time we can cover a couple of Universal Principles...

1.  Principle of Spirituality, or God:  The spirit of God is what lies between Zero and Infinity (and beyond)  All is Nothing/Nothing is All.  

There moves a strand that has no end...

Hmmmmm....gotta go contribute to society so I can afford dinner...Have a good one-hope to see you soon...   All of my Love...  Mandalafly

Posted by mandalafly at 9:09 AM PDT

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Mood:  cool

Woke up and padded downstairs.  Passed a playing card on the way to the lou, and picked it up as my fortune for the day-Ace of Hearts-my cup runneth over...I looked around, life has been pretty good, and I am feeling good about where things are at, save for limited time with Babboo, as his schedule continues to be brutal at the Donut Hole.  We are planning to make our annual trek to Waldo Lake (DON'T SAY IT!), however it will be shorter than our usual three or four day outings.  So it is.  The weather wizards are predicting a nice weekend...sigh-Waldo Lake is so pristeen, when you paddle certain parts of it the color is INDIGO, and I swear you feel it before you see it...it's awesome!

I'm feeling like I am in some sort of holding pattern.  Waiting for my next instructions.  I am working on a large mandala, and am making incremental progress.  It is coming along quite nicely.   Tomorrow night is the Aries full moon.  It should spur some action, and the weekend ought to be a good time for us all to get out and enjoy some nature, or just some other folks...I have every intention of having more to say tomorrow-I guess we'll see...keep on keepin on...:)

Posted by mandalafly at 8:21 PM PDT

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Mood:  spacey

I say to myself-"Self-if you write that in your blog,  people will think you are making it up."  To which I say that "I have quite the fertile imagination to have been able to make this story up."-to which I reply that "either way-it's a pretty funny story!!!"-and I feel compelled to relate it to you (you LUCKY, LUCKY FOLKS!).  (don't be jealous-the little voices will start talking to you sooner than you think...keep reading!)  One of these days I might actually listen to mySelf...then what?!

Maybe it is just all of the Smoky Porcini Mushroom packages I have been cranking out...The dust may be getting to me... 

First let me tell all the neo-bloglodytes, and Amoeba-phytes, as an aside-that when I lived back in Normal, I lived on Elder St. and my locks and keys were from a company called Weiser-so the joke was that I was "Elder and Weiser" for living there.  Then I moved here-and immediately into a house with a roomate who's last name happened to be Weiser...coincidence?  A Random chance or Luck?  It really is fun to be me!  While this may seem like an odd tidbit...I assure you it was one of the cornerstones of my next story,

Anyway, I was at Reiki on Saturday night and it was a rather small turnout, just 5 of us practitioners of various degrees.  We were working on one of the other members who told us he had been getting ready to go on a trip back East for a wedding, and to visit some family.  I was sitting at the head of the table, and  I kept seeing these images that were all about Native American symbols-specifically Bobcat, the White Buffalo, the Winter Hare, and I kept hearing "the Elder's Lodge" and "the White Lodge," over and over again.  When we were finished, I told him about it and he told me that he was going to be helping his Mother (Elder) move out of her house (Lodge), and also that the wedding that he was going (and going to be the photographer for) was going to be held at a Vermont State Park known as "Seyler Lodge"-(apparently it is a big, WHITE Lodge!)  What a moment, to have intuited such clear information-I'm SO EXCITED-   

Whenever this happens, I believe I am privy to it so that I might learn from it as well, and gosh-while I'm at it-I might as well pass it on to you...and we can all be on the same blogpage!!!

The Elder's Lodge occupies the North in the Four Directions.  It is associated with Winter, White, Air, Animal, Mind Power, and Ancestors.    The power of the North is expressed through the Mind, and the way we mentally approach life, and about our beliefs and philosophies.  It is about purification and renewal.  It is the resting time and the time of introspection.  The North has an inner strength, and the ability to turn fluid situations into more permanent structure (water into ice...) but must do so with warmth and compassion instead of cold practicality.  Think about ways to incorporate that into your day!  Knowledge is only of value to the Inner Self when it is transformed into wisdom by love.  It is the signs of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, and is all about ancient wisdom.  What have you learned from your Elders, and how has that helped you make Wiser (or in my case Weiser) decisions.

We are approaching that time of the year, and now are in the place where we should be preparing to slow down, enjoy the company of our families, and friends, and thinking about what we want to incubate over the Winter to plant in the Spring.   Right now, take a cue from the squirrels, and gather your nuts (yes, I do mean family too) and prepare your nest...you have some reading to catch up on...

P.S.  Full moon on Friday...hope I get back here before then...see you soon!

Posted by mandalafly at 12:27 AM PDT

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Mood:  special

 The Vagal Nerve.  This little goody was brought to my attention by someone who saw a post I made on an astrology group I belong to and for whatever reason she contacted me with this information out of the blue.  I found it to be very interesting, especially since I have been having an amazing experience with the throat chakra ever since the beginning of the month when I had this vision during a meditation of the OM symbol coming in and implanting itself in my throat.  It made me very conscious of that chakra and I have been intoning it whenever I can for the last couple of weeks.   Obviously it is working, because this is the nerve that is stimulated when you chant OM-I am sure the Great Amoeba wants me to pass this on to you as well (communication is the name of the throat chakra game after all!)

   The Vagal (or Vagus) Nerve is actually a bundle of nerves that connects the brain to vital organs.  It runs through the throat and is stimulated by the larynx (voicebox).  It is a parasympathetic nerve bundle which means that it is part of the system that regulates involuntary muscles and aids digestion, heart rate, respiration, etc...they are finding that stimulation of this nerve can help curb epileptic seizures.  While many nerves work when we are stimulated for action-i.e. fight or flight response, this bundle works when we are in no danger and is part of what is often called the "rest and digest" system.  This bundle of nerves connects the facial muscles to the heart, and helps control our responses to other people.  Activity in this nerve is being found to relate to how well we get along with others.  People with high levels of activity in this nerve tend to be able to read the emotions of others, and are usually quite empathic.  Some are calling it the nerve of compassion. 

When it is working properly, it sends cues to all of your vital organs to relax and unwind.   Something you can do to strengthen it is relax, chant OMmmmmmmmmmmm.....and see if you can follow it though your body.  And when someone tells you that you are "on their last nerve", smile and picture it being this one-and take it as a compliment!

Now repeat after me...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>>>

Posted by mandalafly at 12:01 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:34 AM PDT

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Mood:  rushed

Ask and Ye shall receive.  I said NIGHT WORK and BOOM-I got it-I not only started having some of the most detailed and extensive dreams, I also started a temp job packaging mushrooms (the legal ones-Damn HIPPIE!) for a very small place that some friends of mine work at.  This is the season for mushrooms, and they needed some extra hands, and since Saturday Market will be ending soon, I needed some extra income...WIN-WIN!  Then-as if that were not enough, Baboo's assistant at the Donut Hole ducked out on him in the middle of the week, and I was called in to provide backup for a couple of days.  Next time this happens I told the boss I am charging an EMERGENCY FEE for my services on top of the hourly wage!  I have no desire to be the Donut HO. 

Only a couple of things to catch you up on.  First of all, I wanted to share with you one of the dreams that I had (in the limited amount of sleep that I got!)   It was all about math.  I was laying there looking at a dream ceiling when I started to receive instruction through a laser light show.  There were lasers that were making geometric patterns on the ceiling, and then there was this narrative voice showing me how "the corners were not finite points, but the starting points for refraction and triangulations that created patterns which become pictures and great works of art!"  It played into this vision that I had during my last Reiki attunement where I saw these mechanical DaVinci type wings on either side of my energy body.  I LOVE THIS GAME!!!  I am not sure how this applies to your life-how do you feel about math?  Have you ever looked into Sacred Geometry?  Fascinating whether you like math or not!!!

Yesterday the sun moved into Libra, and fall officially began.  It is the time of year to get ready to settle in for the winter...store up your harvest, and prepare for hibernation.  There is a lot to be learned about Squirrel energy at this time...I will talk about that in an upcoming blog shortly-I promise.  This is completely backwards if you are in the Southern Hemisphere where it is just now starting to be Spring, but for me right now that is too much to think about...so have fun with that Down There (you know who you are!) 

The sun's transit of Virgo highlighted ways in which we go about our work.  I can tell you that at both the Lunar and Solar eclipses I was doing things for others that had little to do with what it is I want to be doing.  It was a very interesting study in the way that I utilize my energies.  I will usually drop my own stuff to help others out-especially if I am going to make a buck or two in the process.  This is often not so good for my art business, as it takes energy away form it, but in some respects what I am doing right now in the Mush-Room is learning about product packaging and distribution, which is something I have been feeling like I need to work on.  I have learned over the years to cultivate my "day jobs" for information that is usefull for my real life's work, and I can see the benefits of the knowledge that I am obtaining already...I know that it is exactly what I asked for.  Lucky me.

Libra is all about partnerships and friendships.  Today happens to be my Mom's birthday (lol-she just logged onto the IM!!!)  There is a really strong visionary aspect to today due to Jupiter in Scorpio making a Square with Neptune in Aquarius.  This is all about luck in visualization.  Take some time out today to tune into what it is you want to see happen for yourself.  You might be surprised by what your subconscious shows you is possible.  MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY!!!  Work issues shift seamlessly into creatng harmony....OMMMM..be your own best friend.

Posted by mandalafly at 6:00 PM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

So, last night my dream was that I went back to work at the Taco Hole-which had changed quite a bit, and I was waiting on a couple of tables, one of which was a couple of men that I actually did used to wait on, (and was not overly fond of...because they were the kind of guys who would "jokingly" insult your every move) and then I got busy and couldn't get a rasberry margarita made to save my life.  I never made it back to their tables.  Couldn't get it together enough-too many things had changed, or I had.  After I had completely pissed off both tables and spilled and screwed up enough things, I was changing clothes, pretty much in front of everybody.  I kept trying on these very multicolored dresses-not my usual style, but something I think I would like to wear if given the opportunity.  Hmm...I was absolutely sure that I was not cut out for that job anymore, and that I was truly moving on.  I quit that life back in January and I haven't really felt like going back...I am not sure why I needed to revisit it.  I am not feeling stressed about money or anything...maybe I just needed a check up.

The moon is in Leo which is all about the power of the self.  It will be moving into Virgo which can be kind of fretful if we have daytime tensions, as they will be visited in the night realm. It is important to know that dreams help us figure stuff out-stop worrying so much and get some sleep!  The new moon in Libra on Friday comes with the annual Solar eclipse, and just before the Autumnal Equinox the next day.  When the moon is in Libra on a Friday night, a special Venus initiation is experienced.  In our sleep we are faced with the length, breadth, height, and depth of our love.  We should respond during the daytime to what is shown to us during this night...a good time to write down our dreams!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 12:48 PM PDT

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Mood:  special

I don't know about you, but I am obviously in a period of accelerated healing.  Since I started with the new Reiki group in July, I have been having some of the most profound experiences ever!  I have been a Reiki Master for almost ten years already and have always felt like Reiki is an important part of my life, and that it has helped me.  Since I started practicing with this group, I have been "cleaning the energy closets".  It is amazing to me that I could have been working on myself for so long, and learning and growing all of the time, but all of a sudden I am truly seeing a major amp in my vibration!

     Monday and Thursday of this last week I got a re-attunement to the first level of Reiki-but in a new "lineage" that is more specific than what I already practice.  The first level opens your Crown, and Third-eye, the second half opens Throat and Heart.  I have had this attunement before, but this was coupled with a cleansing and some secondary chakra openings.   During the opening of the Throat I had some amazing visions, all about Egypt.  My energy body, and three others were surrounded by a pyramid.  I saw Thoth, the Ibis, who it is said wrote the first book of Magic.  I heard the word Anthaknara-which I found out later is an Egyptian symbol-we use it in Reiki-and saw the OM symbol which is related to it, and is the sound of the throat chakra.  I also saw the Sri Yantra which is the picture that the OM sound makes.  I also heard the name Akhenaten who was the Pharoe who began to worship the sun as the one true god.  It is believed that this was the beginning of monotheistic religion.  This was very amazing-to come out of it and put the symbols together and have it be so Egyptian...wow.  

     Then last night I had a dream about Babboo and the husband of the woman doing my attunements being Russian U-boat commanders...is it possible they have known each other before?

     Then a dream where I dropped Thing 2 off at a house and was invited in to a beautiful party.  I was not dressed for it-and realized I had left the house in a t-shirt and my underwear! (WOW) and they said not to worry because they would prepare this special garment for me.  A man took a piece of beautiful colored silk and twirled it and created a dress for me.  All of the people in the dream were dressed in gorgeous silk clothing.  I put the dress on and they saw that there was something wrong with my breasts.  The man said I have something for that, and gave them this ointment that was kind of thick and honey colored, and this woman helped me spread it on my breasts.  Immediately I was sick to my stomach and I told the women attending me that I needed to spit.  I could taste this junk in my mouth which was thick and smelled bad, and when I spit it out it looked like a large slug-ICK!!!  (sorry kids-this is just the way it is!)  I knew that it was stagnant energy that was being released.  Breasts are about nurturing, and nourishing, so hopefully this means that I am being cleansed of the things that do not do that for me.  OM

     There was even more...something about escaping from a situation, hiding, being pregnant with 6 babies!!!   I was more active asleep than I was awake yesterday!  I know this all sounds nuts, but this is what is happening, and you know me well enough by now to know that I tell it like I think it is!!!

     Think I'll go clean an actual closet-just for kicks!
 

Posted by mandalafly at 4:52 PM PDT

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Mood:  chillin'

Friday night-and here I am blogging-oh, you know you are envying me the glam life right now!!!  Yesterday it appears that the switch was flipped on the Autumn machine here in the Pac NW, and today it was chilly, overcast and showers dripped down every so often.  Then there was sunshine, and on my way home this evening I saw a stunning gold aura of sunlight bursting through the clouds as the sun made it's way toward the horizon.  MMMM-Fall...though it is not official for another week, I have definately got a couple extra layers on today-or as the Goddess of the Eternal Lava Lamp calls it...Toe-sock weather!    

     Yesterday was an interesting day, I was walking Leetledog over to our secret field when I found a playing card on the ground.  For those of you who do not know, playing cards can be read like tarot cards-hearts are cups, clubs are wands, diamonds are coins, and spades are swords.  I picked up the card and it was the Queen of Diamonds (Coins) which happens to be a card associated with fall...and environment.  The outdoors speaks to you.  She oversees the bounty of the harvest.  In timing questions she is about this time of year.    

     On the way home I took a slightly different route (variety is the spice) and a couple of blocks from the first card, I found a second-the Six of Hearts.  In the tarot deck this  is the card about sentimental value.  Things from your past that are important to you now.  Sometimes it means you will hear from someone in your past, or that you need to learn something from your past.  I used the two cards as a cover and cross reading which reads that As we step into this season it will be a time for using what we have learned from our past and realizing it's effects on how we receive nature's bounty today. 

     This is nicely highlighted by  Pluto squaring the Virgo Sun tomorrow.  This is a fine time to ask yourself whether you are in an appropriate work or life situation.  The coming solar eclipse on the 22nd may help shed some illumination on ways to improve your current standing, but you first have to recognize what it is you want to shift.  Help is on the way.  OM.
 

Posted by mandalafly at 11:55 PM PDT

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Mood:  incredulous

     Hello my little friends,  I have been a bad blog-lo-dyte and neglected my duties in the blogosphere for more time than I care to admit.  I have had so many events going on, and so much to say and there was just not enough time to sit down and catalogue it.  It seems that the Pisces Lunar Eclipse at the end of the last week was an excuse for me to lack any sort of rhyme or reason and I pushed the limits of sleep, work, play, friends, family, and fun for an entire week...WHEW!!!

     Let's begin last week when Babboo came home from his first night flying solo at his new gig baking at the Donut Hole (not to be confused with the Taco Hole of Blogs gone by...) After 16 hours and a brutal night with barely enough time to rest before he had to go back again he was one tired puppy.  It is a job that a guy had been doing for 13 years and he had it down so that he could do all of it in about 8 hours alone. After watching Babboo collapse into bed, I knew he needed a helper, and I went and helped him for the next 4 nights (12-14 hours a night for him PLUS 8-9 hours a night for me) and I can tell you that the prior baker must have a team of elves.  His boss hired an additional person to do the frying for him, and it is working better, but is still probably not legal by union standards...we'll see how long it lasts. 

     Friday was the full moon and eclipse, and the beginning of the annual Eugene Celebration which is a huge downtown block party with all kinds of music and entertainment, art and revelry.  I went Friday afternoon and saw the local band 11 Eyes who ROCKED.  They were on early, while it was still light out and the crowd was kind of small, but in the middle of their set there came a point which I can only describe as an ECSTATIC moment as music, light, dance and happiness crescendoed and we were a whole pile of laughing, dancing, hugging, blissful people, high on the power of trumpet, sax, guitar and drums.  I get goosebumps!!!

    Because I worked with Babboo Friday night, I slept through the Eugene Celebration Parade which is known to be one of the wackiest shows on Earth, but I did manage to get downtown that evening for the band Tea Leaf Green from San Francisco.  I have to say they were really good, but after what had happened at 11 Eyes, mildly anti-climactic (guess I peaked early).  It was enjoyable, and I would definately see them again.

     Sunday afternoon Leetle Dog and his super friends, Ruby, Trinity, and Parilla and their humans, Babboo, Me, Nichole (standing in for Fleesh) and Julie donned shiny capes and marched in the Pet Parade.  At one point Babboo heard someone call us the Disco Crusaders because all of the capes were iridescent, (mine and Tyrones being silver and textured like a Disco Ball)-I will post pix asap-it was fun! 

    Then on Sunday night I went to start classes in a new form of Reiki that I am learning from a woman from Russia.  There are more channels than the Usui form of Reiki that I practice right now, and I am really excited about it.  I am being prepared for a channel that works on karmic issues, and am having some secondary chakras opened up.  I went on Monday for a first level re-attunement and will go tomorrow to finish it.  This attunement opens up and adjusts the chakras from the Crown to the Heart and I can tell you right now that my sensitivity to energy has been upped several notches already (not sure 11 Eyes didn't have a part in it!)

     Amidst the madness my car ceased to function properly and I have been without it since Saturday.  I am thankful that I live in a town that is incredibly easy to navigate without one, and it makes me realize that it really isn't such a hardship to get around other ways...easy to say when it is not raining yet...

     I don't know how it has been for you, but my dreams have been terrific.  I am having entire other lives in my sleep.  Pisces is the dreamiest moon, and even though it was last Friday, the fact that it was a full moon and an eclipse makes it more powerful than usual.  The funny part is that I do not know very many people who actually slept very well at the end of last week.  It seems to have been a time of frenetic activity for the masses, but it also seems to have been very productive and enlightening. 

     Well, kids, that is enough about me for the time being.  I have gone past the usual limit I put on the length of my blogs, without getting into any of the planetary prognostication that you know and love me for, however I will leave you with this:

     Mercury is moving into conjunction with Mars, and communication by Friday could become a little aggressive and as the moon moves toward Cancer somewhat emotional.  This is all about cooperation and getting along.  If there are areas in your life you need to speak up for, by all means-try to be gentle.  We are also operating under the effects of a grand mutable cross as the sun and the moon's nodes square a Gemini Moon and a Sagittarian Pluto.  This placement of Pluto encourages us to let go of outdated beliefs that are not serving our higher good, and learning a new way of looking at things.  Saturday we may be sentimental, and by Sunday, the Moon in Leo has us riding high once again.  Try not to take things to the extreme, and you should be gliding into next week with enthusiasm, ready to get down to some Fall cleaning-of all kinds.  You get to decide what should stay and what should go...and on that note-see you in a bit-o-honeys...
 

Posted by mandalafly at 12:01 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:20 AM PDT

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