April starts out as an Aries time of year, the first sign of the Western Zodiac. Energetically speaking, there is a feeling of a new year in the air. Yesterday’s New Moon reflects that. Moreover, “New moons, which occur every 29.531 days, are about release, dissolution and beginning anew. As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries is about breaking ground, blazing trails, taking risks and venturing into often uncharted territory.” Or as soul psychotherapist Deborah El’Elia puts it, Aries “is a fiery energy that can help us know what it is that we really want to create in our lives, as well as tap into the I Am Presence!”
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is springing, and a Full Pink Moon arrives on Monday, April 26th in most places around the planet. Many of our ancestors called this moon pink based on the vegatative spreading of the “moss pink” wildflower in North America. There are other descriptive names as well, including the Breaking Ice Moon by the Algonquin, which reflects the “increased mobility of the early spring season.”
Frogs are waking up again, and are really making their presence known, especially the peepers and wood frogs. It’s not a coincidence that this month’s Full Moon is also named after Frog by some tribes. There is something cleansing and purifying about the mystical vibrations of Frog medicine. The stories about how their ribbet calls on April showers to bring May flowers makes sense energetically for a good spring cleaning for the soul. This is good medicine, and we really need that after a long Winter, as things have gotten pretty cold and dark there. If you think of the swampy bog areas where frogs thrive, we can visualize them hanging around lily pads. Amazingly, lotus flowers grow out of them, seemingly out of nowhere, and in spite of gnarly areas that aren’t typically perceived as beauty parlors. But what more primordial potential does a lotus flower spring from, if you’ll pardon the pun? As humans, are we not like that? Sometimes, if you want to calm your racing thoughts that are driving you crazy, try visualizing a frog, really getting in touch with its character, and assertively say to yourself, “stop!” Can you see why the Lotus Flower is such an inspirational mantra in Buddhist Psychology?
Additionally, April’s Full Moon will also be the first of two consecutive “Super Moons” in 2021. A supermoon appears slightly larger than other Full/New Moons because it occurs at the same time as its orbit is closest to the Earth. But if you want to see any Full Moon really look super, then watch any of them when they are rising or setting. May’s supermoon will also be a total lunar eclipse.
When I reflect on Aquarius, the Vernal Equinox, Easter, and the Aries New Moon, I think about the resurrection of light, Christ Consciousness, and a New Year ahead. Remember that Aries is the first sign on the Western Zodiac. Moreover, the resurrection of this Christ Consciousness to our Planet appears to be a mystical connection to the prophecies of Indiginious People that posited that humanity was seeded by visitors from other worlds and dimensions, and would someday return. In much the way as it says in the Genesis section of the Bible, “Let us create man (humankind) in our image.” Have they ever really left? Keep in mind that Christ was an embodiment of this divine consciousness, and believed that we are all capable of this mystical vibration.
According to petemedium, from ‘A Land Down Under’, “With (US President) Biden comes Aquarius in its conception. From this month of April, we will start to see the gradual growing and establishing of, not just another liberal Presidency, but the first Presidency in this New Age.” As with any Karma, this administration has inherited what has been handed to it. Don’t expect the Establishment and the Billionaire Class to loosen its grip without resistance.
“Let the old be released now, the old ways and beliefs that keep us stuck. If you cannot believe in a new and better world, you are part of the problem. ‘They’ have won you over with their programming. They have convinced you that you are worthless if you do not get with the program. Who is ‘They’? It is the paradigm that keeps those who are entitled, entitled. They are not the enemy to be hated.”
Keep in mind that while the sunlight of yang is rising in the Northern Hemisphere, the dark nights of yin are rising in the Southern Hemisphere. Either way, the equal equinox dances of light and dark are becoming more dramatic with their oscillations again, as they break away from the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes on opposite sides of the planet. But wherever you are on the planet, the winds of the astrological Eclipse Season are blowing in, and “will unleash more exciting energies with eclipses on May 26 and June 10”, as spiritual guide, and professional astrologer Leo Knighton Tallerico reminds us.
From a multidimensional perspective, the spiritual awakening we are going through on the planet now is a transitional process from an old paradigm into a New Age. This quantum leap reflects “the doors of perception” being cleansed so that humanity has the eyes to “see things as they truly are.” The veils appear to be thinning more than usual because we are developing the spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear. The wisdom of the Tao teaches us that when we change the way we look at the world, the world literally changes the way that it looks. In that light, “people are waking up all over the country and planet! Old stories that lead to Dead Ends are ending. New stories are being opened, stories that show how Nature and the Universe are joined and are moving us forward in Evolution.”
Furthermore, when contemplating the sacred geometrical Arcturian wisdom of remembrance, consider the following positive self-talk mantra: “the energy of remembrance helps you reach your inner knowing, which is where your real strength is. We often think we are not capable of doing something or think we are not ready to do something. Realize that all strength is already inside you and that you only need to remember.”
If we are being present with the awareness of remembrance, it is clear to see that we are living in a time when we don’t need a middle man guru to tell us how to accelerate our youth in this reform school known as earth. Also, the spirit of Weasel inspires a lesson plan that amplifies the importance of receiving silent messages that come from the soul, which is akin to a higher vibrational mind to mind, or telepathic communication. Of course, we all know the background noise of anxiety driven thoughts, aka the Chattering Monkey Mind. Nothing against monkey’s, as they are our distant cousins. But as we learn to tame the “downstairs” part of our brains, the inner voice of our “upstairs” brain area, or prefrontal cortex can become more alive. We know this reality by learning how to tune into it, and discern the quiet wise mind from the distracting background noise of the reptilian brain, where the amygdala tends to get hijacked. Mindful attention to the energy of Weasel can help you with self regulation, and assist you from smoking out the smokescreen of everyday life. Meditation on Weasel can help you get in touch with your silent observer, which can help you relax your identification with your thoughts, and emotions. Once you are the observer, you realize you are not your thoughts or emotions, and that is a very freeing experience.
What’s more, while listening to a podcast recently, these lyrics resonated about why we humans forget to give each other unconditional love: “We miss small moments that are grand ones” because being human on the planet today is like “being on a hamster wheel.” The trick is that we need to get in touch with our inner child, and remember what it was like to be a soul before we became more adult like in our personality development. From that place, we are more equipped to come from a clean place of love.
Looking back at the internalized oppression that I felt growing up with a parent who struggled with depression, and addiction, I can identify with what it’s like for someone who identifies as LGBTQ or BIPOC, who perhaps feels like they can’t breathe. From this position of empathy, I can understand how my experiencial feeling has a connection to a heavy feeling of suffocation.
However, because of the way I physically looked to others, I could blend in more easily than people in minority positions that are physically differently observable. From this perspective, I was more overtly readily accepted by the dominant, popular, and mainstream culture that we were all born into. Even if I could taste the fringes, I had the privilege of growing up with Middle Class values in an American Dream that probably seemed a bit more attainable to me, even if by a bit of long shot. But not everybody does or even knows what those values or that dream is. And whether you do or do not buy into these values or dreams, they can be hard on our hearts. This can be especially true for sensitive people, and regardless of whether or not you achieve them as goals or not.
Furthermore, a hardened heart is probably more alarming, when you think about the invited karmic “lifetime to lifetime” dharma you are working out. Perhaps you have been wise to the ways of the world, learned how to play the game, and know how to win at it. But at the end of the day, it can be a sad story, and lonely old road if all you have to show for it is fool’s gold. You can’t take those possessions with you after you die.
More importantly, remember that most of who you are today is a formless, energetic being or a soul that lives in your body that is also made up of a mind and a spirit. Contemplate when you were a soul before you incarnated into a mortal and were born on this planet. Why would you have agreed to come here, and chosen the form that you have? From a place of victim consciousness, you might say that you had no choice, that it was luck of the draw. But if you are willing to shift your mindset, and take responsibility for the cards that you were dealt, that can be very empowering. Just use your imagination to entertain this possibility and see what happens. In my experience, it relaxes a sense of victimhood, and entitlement. This mindful practice can be quite empowering and liberating. It is an honor and a privilege to see that you have chosen to come here as a spiritual being to have a human experience, whatever that experience might look like. If you are in a position of privilege, you might as well do something with your privilege to help others who do not share your position. Acknowledging your privilege, and holding a position of non-judgmental curiosity, compassion, and empathy toward someone else’s plight is the least you could do. You don’t need to make yourself feel superior or carry a wound that suffers from guilt. Both sets of baggage will just drag you down.
Finally, manifesting abundance transcends how much money you bank, or equity you build. If you read between the lines of the book The Secret, you’ll see that truth. Remember that energy is energy. It’s what you do with it that counts. Abundance isn’t really about what materials or success you accumulate, what you do or get people to do for you. Rather, on a deeper, and more meaningful level, abundance is about how you make other people feel that moves them, and inspires them to awaken their own greatness. It might come from the repeated exposure to the yinful reception of silent blessings, as well as peaceful, benign thoughts directed outward toward others, like yang does. In that light, abundance is manifested in the power of love that shines through your Being. And like the energy that Master Jedi Yoda radiates, you just do that with the invisible, yet priceless gift of your presence, and without any expectation of outcome.
A Full Pink Moon rises in our skies on Tuesday, April 7th.
But as many of you know, you can feel the effects of a hungry, and
digesting moon cycle a few days prior to, and after the actual Full Moon.
As this current pandemic event spreads,
so does early spring vegetation across the fruit plains of the Americas.
It can be hard not to resist the not so grand waters
of these rapidly shifting tides of life.
Navigating mixes messages can be like that.
There are many who just want life to go back to normal again.
Some of these people are the same people who
have been waiting on the world to change.
But without an inner directed focus, and spiritually
driven internal shifts, it will be harder to experience any
transformation of becoming the change you want to see in the world.
Staying put, and remaining at home seems like
an easy enough mantra to follow.
Unless it is not.
We are invited to turn inward, and reexamine everything.
Polluted canals in Venice are clearing up,
and dolphins are swimming into inlets that hadn’t been.
With less cars on the roads, and jets in the air,
the planet can rest, and take a deep breath.
If this isn’t a time of a planetary, and universal deep
energetic spring cleaning, then I don’t know what is.
Like an agitated swan, maybe the current waters of life
are enough to make you hiss.
But upon a deeper reflection, may Swan awaken an embracement of
staying afloat through grace under fire during an Aries time of year.
A New Moon on the 22nd, brings new beginnings, along with the
current spirit of the season right now.
Like the Corona virus, Spring is a season of transition
that is not without its mixed messages.
There are rememberances of the ghosts of winter in the air,
of old ways of doing things, that might conjure up nostalgia.
And there are the winds of change in the air, like other times
in human history where massive changes have taken place.
It’s easy to forget that when we have been conditioned to
buy into the business as usual mantra.
Like the Hopi elders say, we are the ones we have been waiting for.
Consider that, another name for corona is crown.
The crown chakra is what connects us to our universal connection to Spirit.
We are living in a time of our crown chakras waking up on Planet Earth.
While being quarantined isn’t the preferred outcome,
we are being given an incentive to awaken this prophecy.
Further movement into Spring’s outgrowth of energies,
reflects the rising light, peaking on the Summer Solstice in later June.
As light starts moving downhill after that, will we see
the darkness of this current pandemic clear up?
How will we all continue to respond to its aftershocks,
readjustment, realignment to a new normal way of being?
With the winds of Climate Change picking up, we do have the opportunity
to come down into our souls, and be in our hearts with each other.
We are being prompted to let go of our attachments to our
deeply engrained habitual distractions that have kept us
sufficiently medicated on life supports.
The present moment contains all that is.
You can heal the past, and create a new future trajectory.
This is authentic power, and you can step into your
power at any given moment.
One step, one moment, one breath at a time.
This can become your new reality, and your new habit
of sacred ritual.
Mindful walking, breathing, and way of doing things
shifts your experience with reality, as does the
reality around you changes.
Till we tweet again peeps,
Ari
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Has anyone else out there been feeling the powerful effects of
the current events of this Full Moon cycle?
Have you noticed your dreams have been alive, and symbolically reflective
of where you have been, and where you are going?
Yesterday’s Full Moon is considered the most powerful
Full Moon of the year, spiritually speaking.
Our ancestors and contemporaries call it
Wesak, Scorpio, Flower, and many other names.
Of course, they all captured the sentiment of the rising tide of our
collective consciouniousness, as Hall of Fame
psychologist Carl Jung speaks to us from the Dreamtime.
But with these powerful energies, I like to remember
the wisdom to be a defensive driver in life, and not
throw caution to the wind.
I saw a Racoon the other day, and the encounter reminded me of
how the internal martial arts uses leverage in life to
show us the way.
What matters is how we respond to the energies that come our way,
and how we respond to them with love or hate.
It is said that the Buddha returns to Mother Earth
to spread the light of compassion on our Planet.
Meditate on that when you gaze at your himalayan salt lamp,
cook with this spice, or bathe in pink himalayan saltwater.
The Christ, along with many other spiritual light team members
accompany this new spiritual year with the power of love.
Might as well bask in love as much as possible, and not get sucked
into you own fears, and the fear mongering of the corporate media.
It is a good time to revisit and release any past spiritual contracts,
and then meditate on you soul purpose you want to focus on
in the year ahead.
But you don’t have to label yourself as a
Christian or Buddhist to do that.
In fact, these energies affect all of us.
And we can use a healthy dose of their love and light –
now more than ever!
Are you functioning robotically in your doings –
dreaming your life away, and lulled to sleep by your gadgets and playlists?
Might as well take the invitation to
wake up to the present moment, and
be here, right now.
Many of you see beyond the shadowy veil of the
bullying, narcisstic and sociopathic gangsters peddling violence, and other
pyramids of segregation and hate in our world today.
We are all sons and daughters of God, and it makes sense to me that we should
be celebrating our diverse expressions, and yet also shared oneness.
Look at a straight-laced conservative as a part of you,
if you identify yourself as otherwise.
Or if you see yourself as a new edition to the liberal left,
LGBTQ, etc. mind-set – understand that we are all
equal rainbow children, regardless of our identifications.
Anarchy and security/order and chaos
have a natural impetus to learn a new dance together,
like the yin and the yang are always seeking balance.
As the Moon darkens, the Sun Rises
As such, your inner cubs want to
come out and manifest their potential.
Keep in mind the masculine energies of the light of yang
reach their peak on the Summer Solstice in later June.
You don’t need to necessarily be having sex to
express yourself sexually.
Nor do you need to identify with any label
that you feel pulled to identify with.
At the end of the day, we are meant to go beyond
our identifications so that we can transform into
a place of authentic identity in the better
angels of our Divine, soulful expressions of this lifetime.
It is the deeply sensuous place of inner peace
that connects you to your Higher Self.
April is here, and it appeared that we were in full spring ahead here in Maine.
But that might be easy to forget with some new snow on the ground today –
only days after a fiery New Aries Moon a few days ago.
And yet, in the 45 years I’ve been on the Planet,
living in places like the Midwest and New England, I know the transition from
Winter to Spring doesn’t typically happen overnight.
Nor is it easy to welcome the less desirable, and dirtier weather of Spring.
Also, it’s common for people to forget that we’re not out of the woods,
and it can be hard on folks to not get bogged down or stuck in the mud.
Even if you don’t like Winter, or have had enough of a dying season that’s
fading into the backdrop, grieving feelings do naturally
rise to the surface – sometimes unexpectedly.
But like the classic Dead song, Box of Rain –
April has a cleansing effect on our souls,
and is a good time of year for purging, and purification.
They weren’t my preferred band to follow. But I respect how the politics
of their music delved into the ambiguity of life.
Let’s face facts . . . Like the seasons, life is transitory, and not
without its unexpected tragic moments.
In one breath, you have a healthy pet or a loved one who has been your rock.
And then, seemingly out of nowhere, the lord of death takes them away.
The feelings that come up in those dark edges are not easy to sit with.
Do you remember the old saying about April showers bring May flowers?
This also true for us on the inside, energetically speaking.
We might as well say yes to Nature’s way of reflecting that back to us.
Of course resisting the weather only brings in more suffering.
Have you heard the peepers singing in the wetlands?
Frogs are good medicine for meditation at this time of year.
Our ancestors told stories about how Frog sang songs that called on the rains
to wash away the dirty energies that leave us feeling stagnant in life.
It is also a good time to be mindful of boundaries in relationship.
You can picture a frog to help you assert yourself,
and stand in your own personal authority,
or even just telling those ribbeting racing thoughts to stop!
April, movement into a New Aquarian age, and in walking
a spiritual path in life isn’t all about sunshine and rainbows.
We need to remember that dark skies, and thunderclouds roll in before
the colorful prisms of light that bring up the more sunny side up feelings.
And sometimes, it feels yucky to see the shadows that you forgot were there,
but are now springing to the surface of your consciousness.
It’s like when you feel lost and alone in the dark, and then you remember to
find a silver lining, and see brighter spirits as being on their way.
Classroom Mothership Earth 