Tag Archives: Spiritual Awakening
May This Full Flower Moon Awaken the Fragrance of our Collective Air
Some of our ancestors called this Full Moon a Full Flower Moon
because many spring flowers are blooming around this time.
A New Moon arrives on May 22nd.
For various reasons, this Full Moon on May 7th is also being called a Supermoon –
the third consecutive one of its kind in 2020.
This threepeat makes for an appetizing prequel to this
Summer’s polyenergetic Astrological Eclipse Season.
They will be arriving on the Summer Solstice in later June.
Energies intensify more than usual around these times.
But this Full Moon is also called the Wesak Full Moon.
This is symbolic of the Buddha’s Light of Compassion that shines brightly
on the consciousness of our planet at this time.
It’s always good to have a compassionate approach.
But especially good medicine when spirits spring out, and up.
Do whatever you can to ground yourself, so that
your feet stay anchored into the Earth.
In the Northern Hemisphere of the Americas,
many of us remember learning the mantra:
April showers bring May flowers
Today, it’s especially hard to be a student or work at a school
when school isn’t in session.
Many people are out of work, or being told to stay home.
But how do I make a living? What do I do with myself?
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, we are experiencing great adversity –
humans especially, know calamity on the planet right now.
But there are positive signs regarding the environmental impact
of staying home, and consuming less fossil fuels on our ecosystems.
I’m hearing students, and coworkers say that they miss being at school.
This is coming from people that you don’t typically hear express those sentiments.
And I’ve heard stories about areas in the Himalaya’s
that you couldn’t see a month ago.
Reportedly, skies are clearing to show their beautiful vistas
to the world again in that location.
As if we needed any proof that fossil fuels
don’t adversely affect humans, and all Earthlings!
They certainly aren’t good for the multidimensional Universe either.
What you can do with this adversity right now,
is allow yourself to awaken to the present moment,
and sit with what is.
You can become mindful of the energy of your thoughts,
and the emotions that connect to those thoughts.
You can become mindful of your breath, replace your fears,
and quiet your chattering monkey mind with peaceful, calming thoughts.
Do this one step, one breath, and one moment at a time.
On the horizontal level, you can play with the forms, including your own.
Get plenty of rest, practice self-care, follow a routine,
nurture your creativity by writing, making art, music
take photojournalistic pictures, drink plenty of water, and eat healthy foods.
On a vertical level, unplug from the gadgets,
travel inside your body into your formless dimension,
and notice what awakens within you in the quiet darkness.
What comes up for you in this empty space?
Can you come down into your soul into this unknowing,
and unmanifested area of you that might want to become conscious?
This is a place beyond ingrained thinking, and robotic habits.
It is a space beyond linear, clock time, and schedules.
Yet paradoxically, you can access this space within the
mundane tasks of your daily routine.
This is where the magic wakes up by allowing your
consciousness to see the light of day.
This is the place where the
darkness of night walks out in the sunlight.
It is a commingling partnership with our masculine, and feminine beingness –
inside of ourselves, and outward bound with each other.
Till we tweet again peeps,
Ari
Accessing Resources with Minimal Effort with Turkey Vulture
With Turkey Vulture, we are guided into a new world of purification and rebirth
We are moving into darker days, as reflected in our inner and outer worlds
Spread your wings like an angel to lift your energy field
to see above the treeline and see a silver lining
Let your fiery passions be quenched by the waters of compassionate patience
Many folks are grieving Turtle’s pace of social change,
while feeling that they are swimming against
a current that feels against progress
We want a better world than the hellish nightmare we hold in
our minds and hearts
A New World where our colorful diversity is celebrated
in the love and light of unity
It is true we did not start the fire
But as Rome burns, let us tune in to the key of inner peace
Our living planet needs to access more inner peace today
Let our population lighten up to the possibility of terrestrial,
foreign-born, alien brothers and sisters coexisting in harmony
But you can become part of the solution by relaxing your worries,
and replacing them with positive self talk
Now you might demonize various targets that you
perceive are surrounded by minions
Perhaps you might view darker forces that you view as the cause of
the malaise of our modern world
But empathy in action sees the pain beneath the veil of furrowed brows
Just as wise indigenous shamans saw beyond the smokescreen of
justified colonialism
Conservative forces naturally want to anchor,
and reign in our world’s changing tides
Try to remember that the overwhelming majority is working toward a common
goal of co-creating a better world for our planet and all sentient beings
People are working hard enough in the day-to-day grind
Just shift the way you look at the world around you
through a perspective of self-love
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
Waxing Gratitude Following a Waning Fragrant Full Flower Moon
Thank you to all of you who have supported the energy of this blog.
It has been a process, and I could not have done it without
your encouragement and co-creation.
In fact, this forum has inspired the recent publication of my first book,
accompanied by my Aunt Barbara’s beautiful animal pictures.
And I would like to thank my wife Kristen, for her Earth. I deeply appreciate her grounding force in my life!
For more information on the arrival of my book, Something to Chew On . . . , here are the links to access a copy if you feel so moved:
http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-001055991/Something-to-Chew-On.aspx
As such, I have chosen to take a break from this week’s posting to
allow us to sit with and celebrate the arrival of this walking meditation.
In the meantime, I look forward to seeing you up the trail head next week with new material,
Ari
Wise Fool Coyote
Coyote is a master trickster
Notorious for finding shortcuts along the trails of Life
Sometimes it makes sense to take the scenic route
Even when a quicker alternative path may appear
Like when you stop and smell the roses . . .
And a scent stimulates an adventure down memory lane
Suddenly you are revisited by an old relationship that had escaped
the safety net of your conscious mind
But there is healing when we find forgiveness for our trespasses
Especially when shortcuts unexpectedly take you off the beaten path
Leading you into unexplored mysterious places inside of yourself
What roles have you played in past relationships?
How do your trigger points from your past experiences
inform who you are becoming today?
Is your inner world governed by outer-directed emotional reactions?
Releasing judgments is good for the soul . . .
Try to have a gentle, invisible touch
When regarding either your own or someone else’s
personal blunders in relationship
Look back at the corners you have cut for a moment . . .
What do you have to learn about yourself in those close encounters?
Remember that unwelcome situations that were initially judged as foolish . . .
Perhaps later will be seen as surprise gifts
Merely wrapped up in brilliant disguises
Try to see the wisdom in your follies
The tricks are here to teach you something about yourself
Perhaps it has been a folly of yours to avoid opening your heart
to deeper heartfelt connections
But it would be wise to recognize how your own intimacy issues
have blocked the arteries that pump life into making heart-centered connections –
in spite of any undesirable qualities of another person
May Coyote guide you to see beyond the security of your old boarders and edges
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
The Rising Power of Black Panther
Black Panther guides us into a spirited realm where black matter lives beautifully
In this darkness, our souls embark on an adventure of heroic proportions
A resurrection of heartfelt looks at our relationships
Is awaiting planetary discovery
Tune in to a darker space of depth – where we raise our fists
To heed a powerful soulful call to light up the world
And ladies and gentlemen . . .
This mad world really needs to lighten up with love, light and laughter
We know in our heart of hearts –
The Empire is making our world sick with its dirty energies
While continuing to vote to allow more and more folks to fall through the cracks
People are falling down everywhere during these hard times
It is time for a cease-fire on genocide once and for all
Visualize an end to institutionalized discrimination
Or whatever real idea that you have about yourself that feels
a sense of persecution and victimization
Just let it go and free yourself from the bondage
Abundance is a real possibility for our world
It is true that membership has its privileges
But all we are asserting is a fair shot at equal access
Otherwise, we are all faced with arrested development
But how do we get to the light without traversing the dark?
A key dynamic to living in a New Earth is having the courage
To face our dark sides . . .
Black Panther awakens fiery feminine powers of passionate sensuality
How do you feel when you touch the energy field of another?
Sometimes, a closer look at the holding onto of a particular thought –
Reveals a deeper insight into your emotional and behavioral reality
Meditation on Black Panther allows us to flex our holistic muscles at will –
Pouncing on, catching and releasing any old boxed in mind-sets we want to retire
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
Tempering the Fire with Dragonfly
Dragonfly breathes magic and color
Into the ordinary doings of everyday life
A long time ago . . .
Dragon had the King Midas touch of always going straight for the gold
But a wise guy called Coyote tricked Dragon by feeding him a slice of humble pie
Do you need a change in habit?
What good are your lucky charms
If you get consumed by your own facade?
Let go of the shores and surrender to Life’s oceanic bounty
Are you holding yourself back with beliefs that no longer serve you?
Lighten up by picturing a dragonfly orbiting
within your infinite inner space . . .
Ask for directional guidance to see through illusionary smokescreens –
Illuminating transformational pathways
Have you followed through with your action plan to make a change?
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
Bear Like Me Revisited
A New Moon Dawns on Bear this week
Awakening anew a feminine right brain New World
Reach out and cosmically touch someone by hugging soul sister equality
Let us embrace Her power into our politics of living
May we fine tune our mystical vibrations to a celestial D sharp
Let us raise our fists in the spirit of dark yin soul power
Because the energy of this world is too flat without colorful energetic diversity
Introspection looks at intensifying shadowy emotions
That may have been hibernating deep inside your Being
Perhaps deeper feelings have eclipsed our collective consciousness
Simmering issues regarding race and class
Never really went away
They only went into hiding behind a smokescreen of
Political correctness and moderate legal reforms
Playing out in the form of miserly reactive “life support systems”
Race and class consciousness are heating up again right now
After simmering in a soulful slow cooking cauldron
Greece is the new David
Standing Her ground while standing up to a Goliath of an Empire
Economic Hit Men are like rabid wolves on Wall Street
With insatiable appetites for eating too much
But still the truth tastes sweet like honey
And so it shall set you free
See yourself as part of the solution,
Rather than part of the problem
Let the energy of Bear guide you into an infinite realm of alternative solutions
That abound in the Dreamtime
The time is now to weave sustainable equanimity into our waking reality
We all need to cultivate compassion and empathy
And learn how to sustain heartfelt connections with one another
Sometimes we need to adjust our edgy latitudes
To carry out our good intentions
May we allow gentle waters to smooth out rocky edges
Tragedy and pain are unwelcome aspects of Life
Know the security of change and trust in the healing process
“That’s just the way we’ve always done it”
Is like heading bow first into a perfect storm
In these changing times
Relaxation into a New World will come about
When we hoist our sails into peaceful inner waters
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
Fox
A Full Buck Moon wanes from last week
Light has crossed over its peak
Times are changing . . .
We need to adapt to these happenings
Fox illuminates the darkness of feminine energy
We can learn to adapt our energy fields to adjust to communal frequency
Let the energy of Fox help you sniff out the
Scent of discrimination and discernment in relationship
You will know when it is time to become invisible
Fade into the backdrop
Mutable Fox blends our auras into neighboring borders and edges
Her energy is cunning with silent observation
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
Snake, Rattle and Slither
Stoking the fire burning within
A passing Summer Solstice
Gently nudges us closer to feminine yin
A Full Buck Moon arrives on a Thunderous July 1st –
Revealing new antlers pushing out of male deer’s foreheads
A poisonous snake-bite releases toxicities into our systems
What past firecrackers do you need to process and let go of
If it feels like you are headed for an urn
Try to tune into a healing tonic working underneath the burn
Meditation on Snake awakens medicinal transformation
The time is now for heartfelt connections
But don’t forget to mind your head
Venomous toxicity is released from a snake bite
Might as well breathe in Divine air in the form of crystalline love-light
Disasters leave a crematorium of ashes
So that a new Tree of Life will grow
Pain and suffering are hellish tragedies of Life
Sometimes it’s hard not to refrain from tracking
Downbound trains of unwanted emotions
Are you ready to surrender to inner state strife?
Sacred marriage between energetic masculine and feminine kin
Awakens magical rebirths by shedding dead skin
See you further on up the trails,
Ari
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