Mood:  a-ok

    Journeys take many forms and this weekend seems like it was just as interesting to be asleep as it was to be awake.  It seems that all of this Reiki and assorted other "Mumbo Jumbo" that I have been up to is really starting to pay off in a big way.  I am breaking down blocks and opening up opportunities in a number of areas and IT FEELS GREAT!

      One of these opportunities was to get to go to a Sweat Lodge that is on the property of a Shaman in a town called Sweet Home.  It was the first sweat in a beautiful little lodge that was built by the Shaman.  I have not had the opportunity to participate in a sweat since I left Normal nine years ago.  They held one for me to bless my journey out here.  It felt comfortable and welcoming to be able to do one again.  It felt as though I have finally successfully become a part of a Tribe again.  Ahau.

      The morning of the ceremony I had a dream that I was looking for the other people and the lodge and I opened a door that was about 12 stories up in a city and I was standing looking out over a sidewalk...SCARY!  I quickly closed the door and as I turned to look for the elevator to get me down I heard myself say "HEY!!!  You could have stepped out that door and flown...you are dreaming!"  Something about a leap of faith and all. 

     Then last night I had a dream that Babbo was mad at me (fears) and that he took some of these boxes that I have been planning to paint (for about 2 years now!) and was burning them in the back yard in the middle of the night...and I looked out the window from my bedroom and the neighbor was pouring a new foundation and I knew that it was a message for me about "new foundations".  Then, out another window was a couple of beings...surrounded by white-as in Heavenly...and they were talking about my fortune.  They were both in white and the one had a head that was all shiny gold and looked like a smiley face  (dreams...sigh).  He was the one that was saying that it wasn't quite time yet, but there was also something about waiting until it got to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars...so hmmmm...maybe I should buy a lottery ticket or something!  Okay---or not- (lottery is a tax on people who can't do math-as in the odds)  but I do feel like it meant that more financial abundance was on it's way...to which I say...COME ON DOWN!

     On that note...it's off to the Mush Room for my daily paycheck installment.  Anybody want to buy some Porcini?
 

Posted by mandalafly at 10:34 AM PDT

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Mood:  amorous

Happy Summer Solstice-Y'all!

     Here on the Left Coast of the US we rolled into summer at 11:07am, a fine time for Dancing Naked.  Unfortunately the Mush Room had other plans for me, so I will have to do my dancing later-sigh---though in my heart, I am always Shakin' Booty!  The Sun moved into Cancer-the sign of the Crab, which rules the Home, the Breasts and the Stomach.  Cancer is Ruled by the Moon, and really helps us appreciate the Cycles of Life.  OM.

     Summer is the season of ABUNDANCE and all that life has to offer, and this summer I am the one that has the SPECIAL OFFER for my Bloglodytes and all of our friends...I am practically GIVING AWAY my custom works of art...!  For more details on this please check my ORDER HERE page on my website (you know-the one you came here on)...and if you have any questions for me, email me at mandalafly@yahoo.com.

     Around here, summer means that there are more people vying for the coveted spot in front of the computer, and that is part of the reason that Mandalablog has been a little difficult to compose regularly.  Things One and Two are adjusting, so you should be able to get your MandalaMoments more often again...       

      As for you...I hope that this Summer brings you even closer to the realization that you are an AMAZING BEING and that this little ball of dirt needs EACH and EVERY one of us to care for ourselves and Her.                              Plant something.

Posted by mandalafly at 11:09 PM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

Bibbity Bobbity Blog....just stepping back into Mandalaspace and saying hi.  Really have been on an intergalactic journey with some amazing warrior women...there is more than one planet that needs our help!!!

   Exciting week coming up with the Summer Solstice coming up on Thursday and the Sun passing from Gemini into Cancer...now maybe I can get on with some work at home(Cancer)...seems like all Gemini wants to do is SOCIALIZE---oh well....fun while it lasts!

     Also wanted to mention that Mercury went retrograde last Friday and that may be why communication has been spotty?  (Okay-that's one of the things I am using as an excuse this time...)  One of the things that I like about Mercury and it's retrograde periods is that it is like a Seven Layer Labrynth...it goes forward 4 times and "backward" (it's an illusion) 3 times (over the course of a year) and connects our brain hemispheres!  COMMUNICATION GOES BOTH WAYS! 

     Something I think is a good excersize during Mercury Retrograde is to draw or write with your non dominant hand....Wake up your sleeping brain!!!

     Have fun with that!  
 

Posted by mandalafly at 10:16 AM PDT

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Mood:  spacey

Well, here I am again.  Surfacing for a breath in the "Real World" after what seems like swimming through space and time for a while in other realms.  Really...I do have a life outside of my blog!  Do you think I just make all of these adventures up in my head?  Is that so WRONG???

--I think-therefore...I Forget!

So, I have been gathering information at what is really the speed of LIGHT.  Perhaps that is why I have not been able to think of anything to say...it almost feels as though it has all been said!  Or maybe it just feels like I have so many things I could say that I don't know what to say...I do know that whatever I say, it will have something to do with BEING NICE to YOURSELF.

Here's a little excersize to work with. 

• Make a LONG list of inspirational words that you would use to encourage, appreciate, honor, love...someone that is dear to your heart.  Fill a paper...use stuff like: Tasty, Marvelous, Inspirational, Motivated, Happy...
• Stand in front of a mirror...
• Look yourself in the eye...and SMILE!
• Read the list to your Self...
• BELIEVE IT!!!

...and know that Mandalafly believes in you too! 

Happy Monday.

Posted by mandalafly at 10:08 AM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

Happy Rabbit-Rabbit.  

Ahhhhh, June sneaking in on a Friday and a Full Moon.  I've got a good feeling that this is the start of a beautiful month.  The energy surrounding today seems soft, yet somehow focused...perhaps on the more gentle side of life.  This June I am making a resolution to slow down, sip life through a straw, watch things pop up in the garden, paint outdoors, stare at stars, walk in the sand, hike something tall, jump into a new waterhole, hairwrap a lot, make incredible food, and share with friends.  Wish me LUCK!

I am also envisioning my next mandala workshop...looking into visualizing mandalas that express the healing power of our hands.  What can you do with yours?

Posted by mandalafly at 9:04 AM PDT

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Mood:  mischievious

Good Morning my little Bloglo-doodles....Your friend Mandalafly has been working on an excercize from my Rei Ki Do Satori teacher.  We learned a Forgiveness Prayer---which was 4 pages long and we read three times over.  The excersize includes reading it again two more times over the next week-using Rei Ki to help release.  It looks like it covers just about everything I could have done to anyone/myself through all of time and space...I hope that takes care of the people who haven't yet come back to collect on my Karmic Kasualty Insurance Plan. (You know who you are...)

In the prayer, we first forgive ourselves, then forgive everyone, then forgive everything, and then we ask the Great Amoeba to forgive us...and so it goes.  We forgive for pretty much everything we might have done...killing, hating, lying, cheating, stealing, black magic, attachments...the usual suspects...and also "for leading others into temptation."  Seems like everytime I got to that line, I giggled just a little...knowing that sometimes-TEMPTATION wasn't the worst thing that could have happened to them...ME-OW!

With that kind of attitude...can I ever TRULY be FORGIVEN?  Let's HOPE so....

On that note...think of the ONE thing that you feel most guilty about right now...and FORGIVE yourself for it...and the UNIVERSE will be that much lighter for easing that burden-THANK YOU.

Posted by mandalafly at 9:12 AM PDT

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Mood:  chatty

Good Morning.  I woke up early due to a beautiful sunbeam streaming into my sleep chamber...beckoning me to make the most of a day without the obligations of the usual daily grind.  I laid there for a little while enjoying the company of Babboo and Leetle Dog too...and then decided that I would use this morning's quiet to paint a little more on a mandala for a Pisces named Carol.  I love my job!

I was catching up on my astro alerts.  I noticed that I have been a bit sporadic in my tracking of the pertinent planetary placements.  I saw that on Thursday, the 24th,  Neptune went retrograde in Aquarius (where it has been stationed since 1998.)  This aspect continues until Halloween and gives us the opportunity to review our dreams.  What has changed in your life in the past 9 years?  How much have you accomplished toward making your life what you picture it to be?  How close are you to that picture?  What do you see in the future through your mind's eye?  How are you going to get there?  Why do I ask so many questions?

I also noticed a fun little factoid about the Blue Moon.  On the first of June, while the Moon swoons in tune with the carousel horses of the sign of Sagittarius, the mood should be that of the carnival...leading the parade into Summer by socializing with friends both old and new...use this community mind to find support for your visions.  

Fast Forward to the end of the month-June 30-where the birthday of my youngest sister sits on one of the most popular days for coupons to expire---This is also the "half-birthday" of yours truly...and the Blue Moon will be in Capricorn...MY SIGN.  Gives me a little quiver of delight...Magic IS afoot!  (but not a rabbit's foot---that's just MEAN!)  One week after that will be the birthday of Tomaro (like "Tomorrow") on 7-7-7...more of that later.  I think I should plan a Tea Party.  Wanna Come?

Posted by mandalafly at 10:03 AM PDT

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Mood:  special

My Little Sister is 40 today...on what would have been my parent's 43rd wedding anniversary (Thanks to ME!-Hey, I saved my dad from going to Nam!  I've always been a Peaceful Warrior!)  Anyway---little Gsa Gsa Gabor-butt (she loves when we call her that...really, I'm sure) is not so little anymore, but she's still a HOTTIE and we love her.

So this morning I woke up from a dream where I was visiting my first step-mom-and I know that a number of people have issues with step-anythings, but we went beyond issues straight to mental illness and alcoholism.   Without getting into the gory details of my chaotic upbringing, let's just say that when my dad finally divorced her, my sisters and I had already headed for the hills and moved in with our grandparents.  His parting gifts to her included a room full of posh living room furniture, and once she moved into her own "Coach House" apartment, she purchased a baby grand piano with her alimony---just because she always wanted one.  (couldn't play a note.) There is a lesson in materialism that has not been lost on me...

Before you all get concerned that I have abaondoned my usual upbeat take on life in this particular entry...stay tuned---there is a "happy ending" to be sure...I just want to be clear about who I am dealing with...

So this ex-step-mother appears to me in this dream.  Babboo and I are visiting her and my father, and she is being really nice to us.  She tells me that she is getting new furniture (not a big surprise) and that she wants to give me the old stuff (which is still really nice) and she goes on about how to get it delivered to us...van?... truck?...I'm thinking the whole time about how much her furniture meant to her and that this is a big thing because when she lived with us, let's just say I was not her favorite.  I felt a sense of relief and forgiveness from both sides-from her to me, and me to her-and I kept thinking "this is Heaven".  I woke up with the song "Heaven" by the Psychedelic Furs running through my head and the "this is Heaven" phrase repeating over and over under the song.  

No one in my family has heard from this woman in years.  No one wanted to keep in touch, and she moved South and disappeared from our physical lives.  I hardly give her much thought anymore, but this dream makes me wonder if perhaps she has crossed over...it would be interesting to find out.  Someday, perhaps I will find it in the Akashic Records.  All I know is that I feel that a weight has been lifted, and I am thankful that I won't have to repeat that lesson next time.   OM.

On that note:  Forgive someone today...especially your SELF!  or put another way...Forgive the part of YOU that created THEM.

Posted by mandalafly at 12:01 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:12 AM PDT

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Mood:  bright

 I don't usually like to use other people's stuff on my blog,  (don't really need to-I've got enough to say...you may have noticed!)  but this seems like something to make an exeption for...                                                                                                                                   Chakra Zen Incantations

Breath Awareness Technique

• (My energy)(is free of blockages)
• (My root chakra)(is deeply grounded)
• (My sacral chakra juices)(are creative and bold)
• (My solar plexus)(feels mellow and calm)
• (My heart)(is filled with love)
• (My throat)(speaks the truth)
• (My third eye)(intuits inner knowledge)
• (My crown chakra)(projects inspiration)
• (My chakras)(are spinning in alignment)
• (My aura)(is colorful and clutter-free)
• (My lightbody)(beams brightly)
• (I am)(centered and balanced)

_{References:
Ten Zen Seconds written by Eric Maisel
Chakracises: www.chakracises.com}

That ought to keep you busy for a while....Love, Mandalafly

Posted by mandalafly at 9:19 AM PDT

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Mood:  spacey

Good Monday, and welcome to another edition of Dream-moebas...It seems that Neptune in Pisces (sitting right up against where Saturn was when I was born, but opposing where Saturn is sitting in Leo right now) has REALLY been influencing things in the dream realm.  Not like I don't ALWAYS have a lot of dream activity, but it seems like I was so busy the last couple of nights, that I need to sleep even more, just to get some rest from all of that night flight-which would only compound the issue, I'm sure!  However...

On that note, a lot of the imagery was personal, and some of it related to a friend of mine who is having a bit of a crisis in the Home and Security departments, but there was one thing that happened that seemed to be important to more than just little ol' me....I was dreaming about time travel, and there was something about writing a book, and I was trying to figure out how to write it, and "they" told me that I could just "move myself to the time where most of it was already written, and take it from there and the rest would fall into place."  This was powerful enough to wake me from my sleep-which usually means it is something that I should take note of...and I have-but it really takes a bit of faith to believe that I can just skip into another continuum in order to advance...and my rational mind keeps saying that it is only a dream...that this is the reality that I live in and that it is not possible for me-or anyone else for that matter, to skip over to another time and space...to which I am beginning to say...OR IS IT?

What do YOU think?  If it is possible to change your trajectory that quickly...what would you have already accomplished?

Posted by mandalafly at 8:48 AM PDT

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