improvements, wolfman n more

mmmmm felt really quite low past 2 days, mentally emotionally and physically, a definite improvement this morning, so I put it down, partly, to the valium, nasty stuff and also the realisation of how I am affected when Del is unwell, so I just curled up with an eye-candy book and read the whole day. The forecast had said sun, but after a brief shining in the morning it soon became overcast and eventually rained, today as I write the sun is shining higher and brighter and after everything I have read this morning I have plenty to contemplate and so much nicer to sit in the sun and ponder
I have another dental appointment now for next Wed, so what with helping Isabel up at La Era on Monday I will be kept occupied :)
Sadly Roma didn't make it over as she has hurt her ankle playing tennis and this is no village for those who find walking difficult.
Looking through the Olive Press this morning came across a lovely article on the Lobo Park up near Antequera, definitely going to one of the full moon nights this year, a friend went a couple of years ago and said how good it is The Wolfman of Antequera

As you look around you, it cannot have escaped your notice that the Light is bringing out the best in people. There is a movement that is gathering pace, that seeks another way of life that restores your freedom and a peaceful existence. The energies for such changes are extremely powerful, and moving many to re-access their role in life. They are seeing clearly for the first time, and look for a new path that lifts them up. There has never been a time that has offered such positive opportunities for you all.

Doreen Virtue

2008's energy is gentle, loving, and compassionate. 2008 embraces us with love, even as it teaches us how to use the power of our mind and emotions.

Adding together all of the digits in 2+0+0+8, we receive the sum of 10. Add these two digits together 1+0, and you have a 1. The number 1 means: “Your thoughts are instantly manifesting into form.”

As a 1 year, 2008 promises adventures in getting immediate reactions to your thoughts and emotions. Everything you think about will instantly appear in your life. So the key to enjoying a blissful 2008 is to keep your thoughts dialed on Love.

One of my most important and valuable life lessons was learning how to keep my mind focused on Love, instead of upon fear.

Unifying aspects of your own consciousness sounds simple enough, yet the fragmentation of individuals is one of the greatest challenges that exists on Earth today. A world of individuals who are fragmented and divided within themselves can only create a fragmented, divided world. In this way, the individual is holographic to the whole......., this atmosphere of distrust and separation is the inner climate many on the Earth plane experience every day. They are at war within themselves. It is impossible for an individual at war within themselves to become a source of peace in the world. When you see individuals participating in war, they are at the root attempting to force their perspective on others in order to bring about world unification. The hope underneath this effort is that once there is peace in the world, every being on Earth will have peace. In reality, the reverse is true. There will not be peace in the world until individuals learn to create peace within themselves.

The sacred teachings of the Indigenous way, the Buddhist way, the Christian way, the Jewish way, the Islamic way, ultimately trace their form to direct experience of the Mystery. The Pale One, the Buddha, Christ, Moses, Muhammed - each directly experienced truths, and their teachings met the evolving consciousness of the societies in which they grew.

Dhyani Ywahoo - Cherokee wisdomkeeper - 1987

WISDOM TRADITIONS AND SCIENCE

Civilization is about to undergo the greatest change in two thousand years.

Walter Russell - painter, sculptor, architect and mystic - 1935

The great sages have always pointed to the importance of this inner knowing, advising against believing their words as the truth unquestioningly. The Buddha gave this advice 2500 years ago already:

Do not believe what you have heard.

Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations.

Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times.

Do not believe because the written statements come from some old sage.

Do not believe in conjecture.

Do not believe in authority or teachers or elders.

But after careful observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it.

Pluto has a tendency to confront us with our own shadow and that isn’t always pleasant. We often prefer to point the finger of blame at others; always the darkness is out there, not in us. And so, the British and American people have found themselves at the mercy of a small but powerful (Pluto) group pf people with opposing religious views and values who have allowed their anger to manifest in a most destructive fashion. Perhaps the mighty West needs to release its powerful hold on the weaker countries, to reduce its influence and allow wealth and power to be more evenly disrupted. And if there is anyone out there who still holds a virtuous view of politicians they may be in for a rude awakening as Capricorn governs politics and Pluto’s next move is to reveal the corruption that is at the heart of our political structures.