THIS Rhett Butler Will Never Die

 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 ...

 Now, this is getting to the interesting stage, where, via my attempted dedication to blog daily, I'm not sure what it is that I want to talk about today. The thing most prevalent on my mind are the hours of my day that I spend efforts in raising my consciousness. I do this through a couple of different activities. Primarily, meditation. On a good day, I'll sit in silent meditation for 20-30 minutes. On GREAT days, like yesterday I will meditate for an hour or longer.  There are different activities that I consider to qualify as meditation. Straight, sitting in a chair, eyes closed meditation is my favorite and usually most powerful style. I learned how to do this type of meditation from Gurumayi Chidvilasanda during the years that I was involved with Siddha Yoga. If it weren't for those (10) years of practice, I would really struggle with learning how to do deep, deep meditation like this these days. I know meditation is all the buzz these days, and almost everyone seems i...

Really thought we were going to be super-blessed this year and get thru the whole Summer/Autumn without any wildfires, but oh no, that was wrong to think we were safe. Here it is now, the end of October and the fires have begun again. I've had a theory floating in my mind about how it's possible to pray to the Earth, and to Archangels that govern the weather systems to influence them to calm things down. I've utilized prayer to reach these forces in years past and have believed that I've seen results come from these spiritual communications. This year I've been experimenting with just sending Reiki to the Earth while I meditate, to keep her calm from having earthquakes, but it's a sporadic practice. I think that maybe if I were to genuinely make a regular daily effort, the results might be more consistent. I'm sure that there are other spiritually awakened humans that do a similar practice of praying for the Earth and weather, and that collectively, we all...

A prayer for prosperity, adapted by an original prayer of Paramahansa Yogananda Great Spirit You are everything You are all forms and manifestations You are infinite creativity You are all powerful You are the source of infinite wisdom You are the source of all beauty You are all happiness, joy, and bliss You are cosmic humor and laughter You have every resource You are extraordinarily wealthy and rich You are overflowing with exquisite love You are filled with the most extraordinary energy and vitality You are total inspiration and compassion You are all light and illumination You provide everything You animate every particle, every atom of the universe You are the source of all life everywhere And you create me You are my source You created me with a supreme act of love and generosity You are dreaming me right now You are pouring life into me You are within me and all around me And I am part of you Because you made me and love me I am here cradled in your loving embrace You made me ...

strange shifts in my consciousness are starting to stir... i checked out two books from the library that deal with old beliefs that i used to harbor about GOD and prayer. i used to be a fierce believer in the Judeo-Christian God - was raised that way and followed the orders of the human leaders of that/those organization(s) until i realized that i was being brainwashed/coerced/dumbed-down by their interpretations of scripture and their not-so-humble yearnings for personal popularity and a hunger to control others. i broke free from that structure at around the age of 31 years and found another religion to play out my mental addictions within; Siddha Yoga. i went from believing in one god to believing in a multitude of gods. frying pan to fire? anyone? anyone? well, it was a good cleansing experience. after 10 years in that organization i became sick to death of "god" and took the logical turn towards agnosticism; the strawberry field where we are free to say ~i just don't...