“No doctrine is more optimistic (than existentialism) since it declares that man’s destiny lies within himself.”
~ Jean-Paul Sartre, 20th-century french philosopher
2019's Word of the Year, chosen by Dictionary.com, is existential.Notable among searchers and employed by Greta Thunberg regarding the real threat of climate change.
Unlearning#48
"Studying and learning daily you grow larger.Following the Way daily you shrink.You get smaller and smaller.So you arrive at not doing.You do nothing and nothing is not done."
~ Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin
Freedom from Illusion
In a dream, there was a root in my hands that I began to pull and pull and pull. This went on for a time, all the while a voice encouraging the continuation of this action. “It is the ego deeply rooted in conditioning that perpetuates the notion of separation.” It is this root, I felt certain, wherein lies the basis for beliefs and fears that inform us daily.I was looking for the end of the root and the dissolution of the illusion. To be free of the habitual reactions and responses that determine how life shows up rather than allowing for the organic unfolding of what is. I wanted to undo the conditioned doing.The tail ended abruptly and a head with gaping mouth appeared. The word 'ouroboros’, the symbol for eternity and wholeness, flitted across my mind just before being swallowed into darkness, emptiness and silence. Comfort, being, freedom. No sense of individual or separation. No sense.
“The I-thought is therefore the root thought.If the root is pulled out, all other [divisive] thoughts are at the same time uprooted...”
~ from Ramana Maharshi by Robert Wolfe
We have heard time and again, we create our reality with our thoughts.I saw the Earth as a flower blossom opening and unfolding in perpetual motion, new opportunities arising over and over and our understanding of what life is gradually replacing the idea that ‘doing’ is what ‘being’ is about.This ‘life’ is a shadow moving, undulating in Essence. The many comings and goings, the creations and moments of contemplation all arise from the same source. They are the world unfolding in unceasing motion.Problems arise when I disagree with that unfolding and want to do something differently, to achieve more or something better. What occurs is the perfect alignment of self/Self or recognizing that the individual is a projection, a thought, and is not. Not separate from Truth.The thought of individual existence is a fleeting appearance across the expanse of eternal Truth.
“Whatever I do or consider doing, is really God’s doing. Nothing ultimately belongs to me.”
~ from Ramana Maharshi by Robert Wolfe
By No Means#40
"Return is how the Way moves.Weakness is how the Way works.Ten Thousand things are born of being.Being is born of nothing."
~ Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin*
The Power of Non-Doing
Not being attached to the doing or having an agenda for the doing simply allows us to witness the ever moving ‘beauty’ of that which is. We are at peace and fully appreciating the magic and the mystery that is this world.The old voices in our heads often perpetuated by emotional imbalance/emotional immaturity slowly recede. In our wisdom we are aware of the injustice humanity has perpetuated by ignoring the emotional body in its vulnerability; by judging what is weakness and inappropriate for display.As evolving beings we appreciate the space created by emotional healing; the space in which authenticity arises. Without fear, without ‘need’ we no longer look to any thing for completion. We are free to follow the breath wherever that leads.
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
~ Pooh’s Little Instruction Book
New Moon December 25 PST @ 4 degrees 7 minutes Capricorn 9:13 p.m.
The perfect opportunity to begin anew, to establish simple intention; that in this moment I am open to knowing that I don’t know and don’t need to know. With that intention there is a ‘pattern interrupt’. As soon as we create space for something unknown or not yet experienced to replace the familiar we have achieved greater freedom.The great gift of Capricorn Sun/Moon (with the addition of a conjunction to Jupiter) is the power to conquer, to persist and succeed! The inner drive (Moon) and outer expression (Sun)=unified intention for rising, surmounting and surety. With the conjunction to Jupiter there is an additional element of faith and trust that diminishes any sense of needing to work at it (Capricorn can be a workaholic) and that working at it is actually a liability as we are engaging the mind which much of the time presents us with the ‘tried and true’.Saturn now 2 degrees away from conjuncting Pluto suggests an earnest and focused need for taking responsibility for being the best that is available to us. There is a palpable energy moving us to shed it and step up. It is exciting. It is challenging (all these planets in Capricorn) and perhaps for some frightening. The best part, it is attainable, the goal—right there in front of us! What is that goal? Where does this new moon fall in your chart? That will indicate to some small degree what areas of your life are being targeted for rising up and rising anew and for exciting new breakthroughs.Not just the last New Moon of the year and decade but a Solar Eclipse as well. What ever cosmic wisdom comes down the tubes will instigate a six month period of establishing a new order—where Capricorn aspires to is rarefied air so exercise, of a cardio nature will prepare one for the ascent. And there is no doubt (that Jupiter influence) that we will achieve the goal.Worthwhile mentioning that this New Moon trines Uranus (Trine 120 degree aspect that represents ease-energy that moves and flows without obstacle) the planet of revolution for evolution. So to be sure that goal we keep mentioning is related to the ‘highest good’; the evolution of human consciousness. Venus in Aquarius elevates the desire from personal to communal and Mars in Scorpio will not give up.And there is Mercury in Sagittarius (the goal of which is to seek/know Truth) conjunct Pallas Athena the asteroid that is named after the goddess of Wisdom. Be receptive to a cosmic experience without possibility of returning whence we came!The Chandra Symbol* for 4-5 degrees Capricorn is: Tall dark cypress trees in a cemetery. The vertical dimension prevailing completely. Bearing the authority of life, of death, and of the two worlds brought into synthesis...standing tall and erect and strong. Staying aligned with the will. Intensely involved with humanity and the sufferings and longings that saturate the world. Singularly and purposely assigned to bring into present time the truths from beyond this world that can sustain this world through her travail. Simply knowing the way it is and the way it must be, and breathing that truth as fiber and backbone.This New Moon is located in the 1st house of the United States and if it has influence over these next 6 months we may be in for a powerful ride as opposing forces collide to eventually bring things into balance and harmony. The New Moon stands in opposition to the US Venus/Jupiter conjunction in Cancer urging us to consider ‘that which is for the highest good and to stand firm in our resolution to see change now. The second half of the first house relies on what has been learned in the first half. In Sagittarius—the Truth will be known.Very best wishes for your rising up and achieving all that your heart desires.
Thoughts to Explore
*Inside Degrees: Developing Your Soul Biography Using the Chandra Symbols by Ellias Lonsdale*Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin* available at Paradise Found 17 E. Anapamu St. SB*Ramana Maharshi by Robert Wolfe at www.livingnonduality.org
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