6 weeks, still no formulated thoughts...

 I can honestly say that I do not understand what is going on in my life, or in the world right now. I have been swallowed into a void of disconnect where it doesn't seem how hard I try to devise a plan for new directions to follow, nothing sticks. Nothing I reach for to hold onto holds. No new visions or inspirations to chase and manifest are appearing. It's VERY weird right now and the only thing I can start to shine light on is that we are in a very intense astrological configuration right now where 6 planets are currently in retrograde. This type of configuration does not happen very often. 5 planets were in simultaneous retrograde back in the early 80s, but the last time 6 planets retrograded together was in 1943. I am only a fan of astrology so I can't explain in any clear sense what this all means, other than it's weird, complex, and rare. How anyone else is managing right now in their lives, well, I'd be curious to hear... I know that my closest friends are struggling to make sense of it all too....    

The one saving grace that I'm experiencing is that this state of flux is drawing me ever closer to God. I meditate more, and more deeply now, as a sort of protective ploy. Stay close to the hub of the wheel, i.e. stay close to God, is an old teaching of Rumi's that I remember learning back when I was a practicing yogi. Picture a big, stone millwheel. If you are a piece of grain, the goal of the wheel is to crush you. But if you can manage to escape the wheel and get into that protective space near the axle hub of the wheel, you can live in this world untouched by the cruelty of life, of the crushing wheel. Only a few grains are blessed enough to escape the wheel, those that stay closest to God are similarly protected by the woes and perils of the world. It's not impossible to do, it just takes submission to the will of God, prayer, trust, and belief. 

So this is what I am compelled to practice now during a time like this. Let go of your desires for worldly glory and rest in the arms of God. More meditation, more introspection, more prayer... I have begun a new effort to communicate with God's archangels, just yesterday in fact, did I begin this so it's a little early to tell if I am on to something very helpful or not, I'll try to come back and check in here with an update if something significant happens. 

These multiple retrogrades will start to relinquish their effects on us over the next few weeks, but that will be just in time before the new eclipse season begins, which will bring all sorts of new challenges for us to experience and live thru. Hold on to your hats, and talk to God a little bit more is my best advice.