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New Moon in Cancer July 1, 2011 Astrology Horoscope Forecast

Symbolic Living — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:22:10 +0000

It’s officially a New Moon in Cancer on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 4:53am EST.

This new moon in Cancer also brings us another Solar Eclipse.

This is a time when we are all being pushed to confront what has been holding us back and what we need to do to make fundamental changes in our lives and create a hopeful attitude for the future through self awareness.

Not only are we being moved to consider how we see ourselves and the necessary changes we must make in our personal lives, but the way we see the whole world is shifting. How we interact with the world, how we feel out of place, or in control is a dance between what happens to us and what we choose to focus on doing.

Do you feel out of touch with parts of your life and at the whims of erratic, changing circumstances or do you feel in control of your destiny?

There are powerful movements happening in the heavens. Right now, planets are aligned in a Grand Cross which gives rise to large reaching shifts in our lives collectively and personally. The Sun and Moon are placed in challenging aspects with Pluto, Uranus and Saturn.

Although this is a challenging time, it is precisely why it is also a time when personal power can be harnessed with focus. You can choose to buckle down and get real about your life and go after what you truly want, or you can passively be controlled by the external circumstances of your life. Using the challenges to motivate you to succeed can bring great rewards.

We are all on a long-term learning path with Pluto and Saturn giving us real, practical, and necessary insights. We have been talking about responsibility for the past while as this is a larger trend for all of us. One of the most evident ways we see this on a large scale is how most everyone in North America, and many parts of the world for that matter, are part of a system of debt. Our basic needs of shelter, transportation, and food are all touched on by our past choices leading us into the present and future.

On the individual level we see so many of have debt accrued for mortgages, loans, and in lifestyle wants and necessities, credit cards unite our past with our future. Considering how to cut down on debt is important. We’ll be writing a new article next week on lifestyle relating to money.

Pluto is pushing us, or should we say teaching us with Capricorn, far reaching lessons. Our attention is being brought to seeing what we need to get rid of in our lives that isn’t serving us to build a truly solid foundation. That is a good thing. Continuing on the same path without consideration for the whole impact is an important part of getting real with our choices. We’re being lead to live our lives in a more holistic way.

Now with the Moon in Cancer we get the opportunity to learn how to nourish ourselves through the challenges that act as catalysts to change in our lives.

Nourishing ourselves starts with a healthy relationship to the here and now, with our bodies, our minds and spirits in sync with our immediate environment, the earth. Jupiter continues in Taurus, granting us more of this awareness.

It all comes full circle and down to you taking care of yourself. The Moon and Cancer points to the motherly nature. Now you get to act in this manner for yourself, be your own mother figure by giving yourself, and those around you, what you intuitively need for balance.

As an example of how the large picture and our own immediate lives shift together; food prices are escalating because of larger, external events. So what can you do to continue to nourish yourself well while also easing the pressure? An example that the planets are emphasizing as important now is learning to grow your own food, such as starting a backyard garden.

The answers are within you, intuitively. Just as a baby intuitively knows when to eat and to breastfeed naturally, you retain that intuitive knowing within yourself to do what feels right. In terms of nourishing your health and well being, you intuitively know if your back is sore, stretch, if you are hungry, eat, if you are tired, sleep. The problem is, unlike a baby, we have so many distractions in our lives we push the intuitive actions to the side for later. Sometimes later comes too late because distractions easily pile up.

The New Moon in Cancer also brings up a natural air of defensiveness. This also has to do with a type of nurturing the self, but is a blend of self preservation and protection skewed by the ego and emotions. However, self-defense doesn’t always mean defense against another, it can mean defending yourself from obstacles. We all realize in life we are subject to being vulnerable, yet sometimes external influences are out of our hands. We all want comfort at our most basic level and this New Moon emphasizes that awareness in all of us.

Sometimes we need to do what we can to protect ourselves from the pressure of external events, but there is also a point where we have to let go a little and trust that we’ll be ok, we’ll make it through the challenges.

The Moon rules Cancer, so you know the watery emotions and intuitive side of yourself will be heightened. Mercury in Cancer also has our logic tied to our emotions now. Unproductive worry about the future may be on your mind. Neptune also lends itself to blurring the lines of our emotional and logical side. The fog may be thick at times, but you can still breathe.

Mood swings and burying feelings with problematic behavior from antisocial fears, overeating to hoarding may present themselves. These are artificial ways to create self-comfort and as a whole, reveal deeper problems and issues. However, there are steps to shift the behavior.

With the tendency to worry now. A helpful practice is to write down all the things you are worried about. What’s weighing on your mind that’s stagnating your enthusiasm? Awareness is an important step to shifting your consciousness. After all, being stuck in gloom and fear leaves you feeling heavy. The only way out is to change in your thinking patterns. Globalizing world problems, future possibilities, and the like can be overwhelming.

Take a step in a new direction. Imagine how you’d feel and what you’d be doing if all those obstacles and fears were removed. Who would you spend time with? What would you do with your time? What is one thing you’d love to do or try?

It’s a good time to consider you life in a more spiritual, purposeful context. Instead of coming from a place of worrying about how externals are affecting your livelihood, direct your attention to making your life more about being on a personal mission. It’s easy to feel like a victim being thrown around by what’s happening to you from the outside, but it doesn’t have to be that way. To maintain clarity it’s important to see yourself as the eye of the storm. You are capable of creating the reality you envision despite the changing influences around you.

You want to do things to succeed, but there’s a lingering feeling that keeps you inhibited to take action. What you need to do is go to the root of your feelings and do things that nurture your self-esteem and boost your confidence so you can achieve your desires rather than wallowing in despair.

Bringing your self esteem up a notch is essential now for everyone to maintain equilibrium. We often mention yoga and meditation, and there’s a reason for that; these practices truly improve your sense of well being, among many other positive benefits. Some people are hesitant to try yoga. You don’t have to go to a class, or do specific poses, just being present in your body is enough to start. Just move and breathe, that’s enough to start making internal shifts.

There are lots of things that are inspiring. Visit new locations in your area. Go to a symphony. Walk along the beach. Join a group of nature enthusiasts, or a photography group. What can you do in your area that will put you into a new frame of mind?

Jupiter in Taurus continues to give us the benefit of seeing the deeper reality of nature as a reflection of our own selves, it can gives us a boost immediately.

“Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars and if you have eyes, you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful” ~ Osho

Neptune is in positive aspect to the Sun and Moon now. Dreaming is heightened. Many dreams are positive, some dreams will bring your fears to the surface for you to acknowledge and work through. These dreams may bring you beneficial messages that help you push forward, just as much as the positive dreams do. Take note of both with equal importance.

Spontaneous dreams while asleep are one thing, but you can also use this influence to enjoy daydreaming that can bring up potent, inspiring visions. Start with a positive image and see what else comes through. It’s also a great time to fantasize about historical times to give you a different vibe. Try visualizing yourself during the Renaissance, or Medieval times, with fantasy and romance as the underlying theme.

Spontaneous new ideas should be taken note of now, especially ideas that are dedicated to making your life more free. You can elaborate on them more later when you are able to think more clearly.

If you are studying, take breaks often. Trying to assimilate new information may be hampered by drifting thoughts and absent mindedness. If you are easily lead astray to surfing the web when working on the computer, it may be best to do whatever you can offline, then enter in the necessary data you’ve brought together with pen and paper.

If making agreements, glossing over the fine print may be a common mistake. Make sure you really “get it” before signing a contract.

Drugs and alcohol may temporarily expand perceptions but won’t do well for anyone interested in a fully balanced body, mind and spirit. The body especially will be affected by intoxicants making action sluggish and physical motivation wane. Your physical and mental state are closely influenced by one another now. Do what is best for both now.

In love, some people will have their eye wander by temptations, causing relationship problems or regrettable encounters. A more abundant and fulfilling relationship will happen through the connection you make with a romantic partner on a more spiritual level. This will be beneficial with current love interests, rather than new encounters.

Overall this is a time of growth through challenges. A Grand Cardinal Cross with intense planets staring at each other from across the room push us and pull us, but we’ll get through it better than ever.

Now try really to look at yourself, your actions and motivations. It’s time to leave behind what is not working for you, purge yourself of the blockages and nurture yourself with a lot of love and intuitive wisdom from a higher place in your life. See yourself in the light, the way a mother see’s her child.

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Watch and see an inside look into the life of John Lennon and his love, Yoko Ono and their journey together as they desired for positive change.

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Now – Dave Carroll

Symbolic Living — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:22:07 +0000

Beautiful Song. Enjoy.

Now

When there’s no way out there’s still a way through
So don’t give up whatever you do
Surrender to moments and things as they are
From the gaps in your catch-22’s
When there’s no way out there’s still a way through

Cause Now’s all there is
So peaceful and still
In Now you don’t worry ‘bout what’s happened or what will
Cause Now never ends
And Now’s never been
And all of your answers are waiting for you here Now

When your world stands tough and weighin’ you down
And you’ve had enough of this merry-go-round
End your resistance to walls you won’t move
And runnin’ through old déjà vu’s
When there’s no way out there’s still a way through

And when you don’t understand
How things got so far away from all you planned
And your life it feels so hard
In your fragile house of cards
Turn to your cornerstone when you’re tired and feel alone
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Light in Others. Seeing their Truth.

Symbolic Living — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:47:00 +0000

When you are kind to others your light shines. Others see your light, they feel your light when you are connected to your higher self and to others. When you are honest, gentle, considerate, mindful and compassionate you are spreading love to others and yourself.

In the West, and likely in all the world from place to place, we are conditioned to be judgmental of not only others, but of ourselves. We are conditioned to be critical and self righteous, but we can change this by becoming more aware of our thoughts and who we are.

We can see the harm this conditioning does when others are treated badly, made fun of, criticized for being who they are. This type of treatment to others causes feelings that are not joyous, abundant and loving. This type of treatment comes from a place of fear, ignorance and a lack of compassion when our ego’s desires to create the illusion of us being better than others takes root. It is so easy to harm others through our actions and words. Karma teaches us that actions have results. When the intentions behind your actions are harmful they reverberate to others and return to you. It does not truly feel good to treat others poorly, it is an illusion that is temporary and unfulfilling.

Namasté is a sanskrit word used frequently in the West in practices like Yoga and Meditation and is known in the East for it’s communion with others.

Namasté is a term of recognizing the Divine in others and is translated to mean “The Divine in me bows to the Divine in you” or “The Light in me bows to the Light in you” and similarly related variations thereof.

This is a recognition of the universality of the source and spiritual essence that is within all sentient beings. It is an honoring of the sacred oneness of all that is with reverence, appreciation and respectful kindness.

There have been moments when I’ve been in a crowd of people and I’ve judged others unfairly. There have been some moments of epiphany when this happens as well.

One day in the grocery store near the automated cashier counter I saw a woman who was very pale, very different looking than other people in general standing with a man, putting her order through. She looked drained of energy, sickly almost. For a brief second my mind flitted to judgments. Negative thoughts about her appearance, really quite shallow thoughts, recognizable everywhere we turn these days. I too had fallen victim and in turn created victims of the viciously unfair thoughts applied to complete strangers that can plague our unawakened minds. Then in a flash something dramatic came over me. A feeling of light poured over her, or through her and I could feel it so strongly. It radiated. My mind immediately changed to a feeling of complete compassion, oneness and seeing her truth. In her it was as if the Divine had become so clearly present. My eyes softened, and a truly powerful surge of love flooded out all other considerations. An understanding that she too suffers, as we all do; that her suffering was real, became genuinely apparent. It was not a feeling of pity in any way. It was a feeling of reality. That this woman was on her journey in this life and has so much to live for, to enjoy, and so much pain to endure, all at once. She was the presence of the human experience of life, in that moment, totally and undeniably real. I was there, to witness and feel who she was, in her state of being as she was, and it transformed me in that moment.

As I walked away to get to the cashier with my order, it was as though I became my real self again. Remembering who I really was. So much more authentic than all that chattering drivel of judgments that passes through our minds. I realized who she was and who I was. I felt light.

Another experience I had which I remember clearly, a couple years earlier, was when walking through a college hallway and seeing a man walk by. Immediately I judged him as so many of us do. We really are conditioned from a very young age to see what in others we can label as less than valued. When I saw him, my judgment again immediately escaped me. This time though it was as if I saw a beam of light within him, at the core of his being. It wasn’t something visual, nothing I could see with my eyes, rather it was a very strong sense of the light. A sense that came through in a visual within, not externally. In that moment too, a compassionate feeling overwhelmed me. I realized that this was the light spoken of in the term Namasté. As I looked around I realized that this was the hidden light that was in all of us, including myself, and it lighting up, it was resonating with the light in others. In that moment I did not feel guilty for my previous moment of negative thoughts. In contrast, I felt relieved. I was relieved to know that from the darkness of my thoughts, light was born, and I could release the negativity and let it go. I felt like I was seeing the truth of who he was and those other thoughts were merely illusions that could dissipate so quickly for they had no real weight of authenticity. They were not the truth.

It is so amazing how in a crowded area with so much going on around us, it’s as if everything fades away except for the power in that moment of transformation. Everything vanishes from importance and an awakening takes place.

In hindsight though, those negative thoughts we do carry around with us do have weight. A weight that is so heavy on our hearts and minds and clouds our vision of what is true.

If we all saw the light in others, and shared our light through our kindness and living with compassion there would be more love to enjoy, more laughs not at the expense of others, but laughs of enjoying the presence of others. It is sad that in our society a large portion of our laughter is generated from the ridicule and belittling of others. This is not true laughter, it is a spasm of unawareness that leaves us knowing less of the truth of ourselves and others.

If you wish to truly feel good and share that goodness with others, be kind, be generous, be loving. It will change your view of the world, your experience and the experience of others. Live your truth. The real truth of who you are. See the truth of the light in others, under all those layers. It is there, in everyone.

Have enough compassion for yourself, to have compassion for others.

“When your mind is liberated your heart floods with compassion: compassion for yourself, for having undergone countless sufferings because you were not yet able to relieve yourself of false views, hatred, ignorance, and anger; and compassion for others because they do not yet see and so are imprisoned by false views, hatred, and ignorance and continue to create suffering for themselves and for others.”

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

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Making of God

Symbolic Living — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:30:52 +0000

John Lennon passed away December 8, 1980

Making of God

God is a Concept by which we measure our pain
I’ll say it again
God is a Concept by which
we measure our pain
I don’t believe in magic
I don’t believe in I-ching
I don’t believe in Bible
I don’t believe in Tarot
I don’t believe in Hitler
I don’t believe in Jesus
I don’t believe in Kennedy
I don’t believe in Buddha
I don’t believe in Mantra
I don’t believe in Gita
I don’t believe in Yoga
I don’t believe in Kings
I don’t believe in Elvis
I don’t believe in Zimmerman
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Yesterday
I was the Dreamweaver
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I was the Walrus
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Blood on my terraces
Torsos in my closet
Shadows from my past
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Life is real so real

Sleeping is my leisure
Waking up in a minefield
Dream in just a pleasure dome
Love is a roulette wheel
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Life is real oh yeah

Success is my breathing space
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Music will be my mistress
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Life is real life is real yeah
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Symbolic Living — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:58:01 +0000

Finding stillness can be an infrequent experience for many people in today’s society. Every day, and nearly every moment, we are bombarded by external distractions that keep us from experiencing authentic peacefulness.

Our society reflects the activity of the human mind on a massive scale, infusing our world with a constant stream of thoughts, ideas, labels, sounds, needs, obligations, desires, wants, all continuous streams of activity leaving little space for peace. The constant distractions our society presents us with, reflects a fear of knowing ourselves on a deeper level.

For many, our minds are full, wandering uncontrollably from one subject to the next. This is called the “Chattering Mind” which we are all familiar with having prevented us from easily falling asleep from time to time, some more frequently than others. When the mind is automatically traveling from one topic to the next, we are lost, we are not fully present in our world, we are caught up in the mind uncontrollably. Although we don’t know for sure as new information unfolds, Michael Jackson was said to need strong medications to “stop the constant beat in his head” so he could sleep.

Meditation is about finding peace and developing insight and awareness into how your mind works through observing the thinking process. It is a practical, hands on approach to being present, free from the noise of the every day hustle and bustle, and free from our own internal monologues. We then begin to acknowledge our thoughts, feelings and emotions so we don’t allow them to run our lives. Meditation gives us a space in time to let go and just be.

Meditation teaches us to be peacefully aware. It teaches us to be in the experience of living and loving the now, loving who we are, honoring ourselves and our time we make for ourselves. When we make time for ourselves, we change the way we live our lives and how we interact with other people and situations. For self awareness and personal growth, meditation is one of the key ingredients to transforming yourself into a more peaceful being. It gives us an opportunity to realize how our patterns of thinking, and our patterns of emotions float through our lives causing chaos inside and out. With this realization we can move away from allowing random subjects to disturb a peaceful world. Meditation is about self realization and self transformation. Many people are afraid to really get to know who they are, but once they let go of that thought, and open the doors of awareness, a new self emerges slowly, like a flower in bloom.

You may benefit from meditation if you:

are disconnected from your body and live in your mind too much
are preoccupied about the future or past elevating stress, worry, anxiety
feel there is not enough time and have a short attention span
have difficulty focusing when reading, listening, cooking, etc.
are self conscious, uncomfortable being in the presence of other people
are overworked, not giving your body and mind the attention they need
want to feel more at peace and more balanced in your everyday lives
have difficulty sleeping due to mind chatter
are self centered, gossip, judgmental of others, see yourself divided from others
are depressed, unmotivated, lacking inspiration and energy
are consumed by television, external stimuli, with little time for solitude

Meditation is about Being Present. Connecting the Mind and Body

Taste the coffee. Instead of rushing through it to get to the meeting, really experience the fullness of your coffee. When you taste the coffee for what it is, bring all your senses to the experience. Your meeting will be a different experience because you are different.

When we start to really live in the moment, living now, uniting the body and the mind, a shift changes within us that comes from the core of who we are. We begin feeling more centered because we are becoming more centered. The energy of life begins feeling more stable, gentler, and flows more naturally within.

Only 10 minutes of being in a space of internal awareness will change who we are with ourselves and that will be reflected with our relationships. How we we interact with others will start to transform. How we see the world will take on new meaning.

Experiencing Peace.

Peace is unconditional. There are no thoughts attached to peace because the moment you attach a need or desire to peace, it is lost. Peace can not be described, it can not be labeled by the mind, it can only be experienced. Peace is an experience independent of thoughts. It is a state of awareness that comes from within, changing your experience of the world. If you are meditating because you are looking for something out there to change, let that go, because the real change in the world starts from within.

Emptiness or Abundance?

In the West, the Eastern approach to emptiness being a positive experience is often judged as a false view, even wrong. However, judgment is precisely the point. The conditioned mind attaches judgmental labels to things which creates a barrier for true, authentic peacefulness. Our society conditions us from an early age to be the critic of others and ourselves, and is the root cause of pushing peace away from our lives and the lives of others.

Emptiness clears the mind of all the critiques, leaving space for the joyful experience of just being who you really are without any conditions. This nurtures a peaceful approach to living. Emptiness is a way of letting go of the distracting, and often negative thoughts that can plague our minds. Letting go makes space for living in true abundance in being present, in really being here and now with yourself, with others and with your environment. It gives you the opportunity to see the world in a new light when you release the weight of judgment. In the West we always want to fill our worlds with more of anything and everything and have difficulty seeing the value in the space emptiness allows. As an easily recognized comparison, compare the home environment of a hoarder to a minimalist approach to living. Or, compare the energy of a busy downtown intersection during rush-hour to a cottage escape by the lake. It’s not difficult to see how emptiness has more to offer in many ways.

In emptiness, what you are really doing is allowing spaciousness within. This spaciousness is expansive, open, abundant, and through it love is present.

Abundance can never come from wanting.. Living abundantly comes from the source of our being, which can be found when we empty ourselves of all ideas of needs and wants of the future and regrets of the past. The future leaves us wanting more, but abundance is found in the now. In emptiness we are not concerned with fears, expectations, regrets, problems, anger, nor anything at all. In emptiness we are allowing ourselves to be aware, receptive, giving.

Emptiness can have very different meanings and can be approached from different angles. Emptiness that is born from the ego, causes us to never feel fulfilled so we try to fill up our lives, chase after desires, each one following the next, never fully satisfied. When people feel like they are lacking in being whole, they often focus on trying to fill their lives with more and more “wants”. These wants are so temporary they leave one wanting even more.

Then there is a much different kind of emptiness, the emptiness of letting go and experiencing joyful peace and understanding the truth of emptiness’ abundance, knowing the truth of who you are as a loving, fulfilled, abundant being. This is authentic abundance, which temporary external gratifications will never fill. Abundance comes from the transformational experience of emptiness realized as wholeness. It is an internal alchemy of realization. When your consciousness realizes all is whole, all is holy, and there is abundance right here, right now, you realize the truth of authentic emptiness.

Please visit my other article on Meditation which discusses the practice of meditating.