Mood:  celebratory

According to the Secret Language of Birthdays, it is the Day of Substantive Form and the meditation for it is "Open your heart and let the sun shine in."  I'm all for it.

Tonight's Picasso Moon is in Sagittarius which may give us a little giddy in our ups...Sagittarius is light hearted and loves to learn.  A fun companion...there's lots of room for you on the Band Wagon...Come out and Play!

I have a funny little coincidence to report this evening...First a bit of the backstory...for the seasoned Bloglodytes among you bear with me as I catch the new kids up to speed. 

Once upon a time(ten years ago) in a town called Normal (where I really did live) I spent Halloween in the dentist's chair having a ROOT CANAL---EEEEEEEEEKKKKK---scariest Halloween EVER!!!  SO...there was once this band called Spookytooth and I named my new crown after it.  Well...the darn thing has haunted me since then, and this last Spring I got my THIRD-and hopefully it was a charm-crown (Princess that I am) From my new dentist out here...SO YESTERDAY I got two things in the mail...a Halloween card from my friend Cozmik...thank you very much...and a Happy Birthday Postcard...sent from my dentist...saying it's my time to shine...with a star and a tooth on it...EEEEKKKKKKK...If it's such a Cozmic frickin tooth, why doesn't it play music like Lori on the Partridge Family...who needs and IPod?  My luck it would play Dreamweaver ad infinitum...

(I hope to hear you giggling Samadhi Hottie...)

Posted by mandalafly at 6:13 PM PDT

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Mood:  happy

Good Morning to all.  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  It was absolute autumn splendiferous here in the Upper Left US.  I woke up singing two songs-Seasons, and something by Crosby Stills and Nash-but now I am not sure which one.  Both were very soothing.  AHHHH...then it became Monday.

Welcome to Scorpio.  Yesterday we had a major shift from Libra's relationship balancing act into the depths of Mystical Scorpio.  Their signature is "I Create"  and they are the sign of Birth, Death, and Regeneration (all matters of matter).  Scorpio is a Water sign, and I can tell you from experience that there is quite a bit of depth to it!  Scorpios are passionate and intense with a love of mystery, but don't try to keep a secret from them! 

As the Sun transits Scorpio from now until November 22 it will be joined by Mercury, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter to create some dynamic transformations in our love lives.  Mercury is giving Jupiter a little jolt and fortune favors the bold...Got a Goal?  Go for it...

P.s.  Mercury goes retrograde this Saturday until November 17.  Since it is dancing in the sky with both the Sun and Jupiter, it will serve to remind us that EVERY DAY IS A LUCKY DAY!!!  Take all you can get!!!
 

Posted by mandalafly at 10:00 AM PDT

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Mood:  spacey

So the other day I was blogging on about the Principles of the Universe-of which there are twelve-just like all the good, self-help programs.  And for those of you who are behind in your studies, the first of these is the Principle of Spirituality (or God)-Accept that there is a force beyond your capacity to control everything (still working on this one)..."The Spirit of God soared over the Abyss"-between 0 and Infinity, All is God. 

So, today I have been considering #2, which is the Principle of Information...The Cosmic Internet..."And God Said"...-Information is EVERYWHERE and all the units exchange infomation through this informational energy field...the ETHER.  Our Etheric energy body is visible to most people who are willing to give it a try.  Have one of your friends stand by a plain, light colored wall...not in direct light.  Unfocus your eyes and you should begin to see a bluish grey "envelope" around their body.  This is the first level of the aura.  This is the level in which the physical body is anchored.  It is gridlike in nature and stores the information necessary to create your physical being.   When energy disturbances reach this level, physical infirmities begin to surface.  It is a good place to begin the healing process.  Picture the envelope around your body as healthy and complete.  Iron out any rough spots, patch any holes, adjust it's color.  It is a wonderful visualization while you are laying in bed...take some time to picture whatever Radiant Health means to you.

All is Well....OOOOMMMMM............

Posted by mandalafly at 4:54 PM PDT

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Mood:  energetic

Hello my little Blognificent Family-I hope you made it through your Friday the Thirteenth with a fun story or two.  An interesting factoid about yesterday's date-the date 10-13-2006 breaks down to 13!!!  Crash course in numerology 1+0+1+3+2+0+0+6=13-ooooooooooohhhhhhhh!  SHPOOOOKY-apparently this has not happened for about 500 or so years-so aren't WE special for living at this moment!!! 

I like the date 10/13 in general-and since X-Files is created by tenthirteen productions., I like to think of it as X-Files day (and in my own random Ex-File, it is the birthday of my Ex Father-In-Law!!!)  I also once had a first date on 10/13 with a carpenter whose last name was WALLS-the fun never stops here in the land of the Great Amoeba!!!  One of my other Cosmic Comedian friends was born on Friday the Thirteenth (of November) and I can tell you from experience that he is quite the Trickster...you know him from other blogs, and I am sure you will see him again in the future...but for now...flashback to yesterday...

Last night the band Dark Star Orchestra came to town (tonight too).  For those of you who may not be familiar, DSO is a Chicago based group who recreates Grateful Dead shows note for note.  They are very good at it, and at the end of each show they tell you what show it was.  Deadicated Heads often pride themselves on knowing the set lists for an impressive amount of shows and there is a fun little game to be played between "experts" of Name That Show.  I have seen them several times-and have been impressed by their skills, but my last show was not so hot...(whole other blog)...Last night, however was a pretty SHMOKIN set, and the vibe was really great.  The Bobby guy really got a workout, and while I lean toward Jerry tunes, this set included a heartfelt Looks Like Rain, into Brown Eyed Women (you know who you are)-into Let It Grow, into a hot Don't Ease (Dough Knees) Me In.  A rockin Bertha, a sweet Morning Dew out of Drumz, twirl, twirl, twirl...music that resets my DNA.  The last song was One More Saturday Night (b/c the original show was on a Saturday Night) and I thought it was funny that they would play that on Friday the Thirteenth, but who am I to say...I will tell you that I got my ticket in Good Ol' Grateful Style...not by paying with cash, but in trade for a "Kind, Veggie, Hairwrap" just like on tour!!!

In related news-Buffalo, New York was blanketed yesterday by a freak snowstorm that dumped two feet of snow on it in a matter of hours!!!  So while we were out here reliving their past, they were back there at a standstill...The symbolism of the Elders Lodge (see blog form about two weeks ago) is alive and well-and obviously I (and you by reading this...) are under it's influence...Great White Buffalo Woman brought the Peace Pipe to the Lakota Tribe.  Pass it on!!!

Posted by mandalafly at 2:03 PM PDT

Updated: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:06 PM PDT

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Mood:  quizzical

Woke up Friday the Thirteenth from a dream about my Cosmic Comedians and one of their typical conundrums.  I am a spectator in a small dark theatre.  On stage there appears a tightrope in a spotlight and "the Two" (as in, my twin guides) come out and are performing on it...not such fancy tricks, but as they are performing they become surrounded in this golden flamelike aura that dances and ebbs and flows with them, and I am awestruck by it's beauty...then I see my own Self, and I am given two balloons which are tied to my big toes.  They are black, and I am in black, and when the balloons are tied to me, they lie down as well-I think that it is weird that helium balloons are lying down (oh-and it is!) and when I ask the guides about it they say that I am being grounded.  The death symbolism doesn't escape me (black, lying down, things tied to my toes...YIKES!!!) but I am not afraid it is because I am going to die or anything, .  I believe that it has to do with my mission here now.   So is it because I see being grounded as a death sentence?  Or perhaps it is that I was being told that I AM sufficiently grounded-perhaps almost TOO much so...that I had this dream-HHHMMMMMMMM...let me think on that a bit!

I know that this is a lifetime where I have come to put all of the things I have learned in previous lifetimes into action.  In order to do this, I need a stable base.  It has not been as easy for me to find this as I'd have liked, but I had quite a bit of loose ends to tie up before I could "close the case".  This involves being grounded-rooted in your purpose, and I think that I have had some resistance to that-for one reason or another.

What do you think of when you think about being Grounded?  I have associations with it that are not so positive.  Since I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I lived at least one past life as a circus performer, perhaps this was a memory of a tragic accident ( I am certain that I was a high wire act...whole other blog).  I also lived in this life with a set of parental units who found that by "grounding" me to my room for any and all infractions of their everchanging rules (depending on the amount of alcohol in their system at the time) they didn't actually have to parent me.  (sounds bitter, I know---trust me-it sucked!)  Thankfully I was aware enough to realize that it was their depression creating this situation, and not me, but it definately had it's negative effects on me.  When I think of being grounded, I have my reservations...

Anyway-in order for us to operate on this plane, grounding ourselves is essential.  On days when you feel like your head is in the clouds, it is good to connect your feet with the Earth.  Survival depends on our connection with the Earth-(and how we treat her).  Being grounded is a big part of it. Smoky Quartz can help, as can Tiger Eye, and Garnets.  Once you have the ground firmly planted beneath you, it is possible to reach for the stars without fear of falling...get in touch with your ROOTS!

Posted by mandalafly at 12:01 AM PDT

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Mood:  mischievious

Made it to work, had a very productive day.  Big fun at the Mushroom House today-one of the employees made it to work only to find that two kittens stowed away under her truck, and made it to work with her...we had them in a box and everyone was trying not to want to take them home.  We decided they were going to be named Maitake-who is a grey and white tabby, (looks like the Chessie Cat) and Porcini-who is a tourtise shell tabby.  Very cute-but come with the usual pet care expenses...I  have enough animals in my house!

Been thinking about something a fellow "healer" said to me last weekend.  She was doing some work on me, showing me this healing form she knows and teaches.   It is really quick, and works on many levels, and helps release past obligations we have taken on-Soul Contracts.  Say in some previous lifetime, you were a Nun or a Priest or something, and took a vow of poverty, or chastity, or both...Your soul does not forget that, and in later lifetimes, where you have not consciously taken those vows, subconsciously, we may still be programmed from the last lifetime, and it can affect your abundance in this one.  Or you have unhealthy attachments to past hurts, etc...Anyway-she was showing me this, and releasing things left and right on me and another person, and herself, when she said to me that I had a "Broken Soul"-did I give her permission to fix it?  Well, Okay...she actually did some things that made sense to me, and there was a change in my energy for the better when she did some work on my heart chakra, and for that I am grateful, but later I got to thinking about the idea that somehow my soul was "broken" and I got pretty defensive about it!!!  I think that a lot of people who are "healers" get caught up in the show of it all.  This person comes up with a lot of information on our "past lives" but it seemed like so many things that she said were really scary, like swords, and hangings, and burning, and fire and brimstone, and we were going to be better off because we were letting go of all of these curses and entities...YIKES!!! 

I really like this person a lot-and feel like we could share a lot of exciting information.  I feel fortunate that she worked on me in a spontaneous manner, and she was giving with no expectation of return.  I really appreciate her enthusiasm.  I do feel like my feelings on this are notable, and that I should let her know that it affected me this way as well.  Maybe we will both take from it a lesson in being gentle.

I feel that while my life has had it's share of ups and downs, (that's what happens when BOTH of your parents are Bi-Polar), it would not have been POSSIBLE for me to have lived the life that I have lived so far if I had a "broken soul".  It is true that she knows little about me, but that is part of the problem with this kind of rapidfire healing technique.  She is bold and dynamic, and I imagine if you said that to someone who was depressed, they could believe that you have healed them, but for me, I feel the Athena within me rise up to challenge the notion that somehow I have not been kicking some serious ass in spite of the things that have come up to try and stop me...I hope that when it comes to helping others I can keep in mind that what I say is very powerful, and that I want to make sure that I am playing up their strengths, not exploiting their weaknesses.  

I am sure that my soul carries with it a number of battle wounds from it's many forays into the depths of incarnation. At the same time, the amount of experience that it carries is like no other, yet somehow it all lies within the subconsciousness of all of us...our souls are amazing creatures...and contrary to popular belief-we are all born with everything we need to be whole.  Enjoy it while it lasts...

Posted by mandalafly at 8:40 PM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:49 PM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

This moring is late start at ThingOne and ThingTwo's school, and it always drags my  morning out.  Everything happens an hour later and that includes getting to work-thankfully I have a job that allows me to get there when I can get there, and leave when I need to leave.  Owen gets a solid 6 or 7 hours out of me regularly because I am not under pressure to meet a specific deadline.  The BUS however is a different story-and since Babboo is teaching young children to throw up and catch it at a weeklong workshop in Veneta-he gets the car.  I like to think of this as doing my part to reduce global warming, and I get to read some of the paper.  I guess the lesson for the day is -It doesn't matter how big a hurry you are in, things take time...so take some time to do good things today...Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day to do them...Namaste.

Posted by mandalafly at 10:27 AM PDT

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