Ascension First-Aid: the next session

[Bluth]

I'm following this thread.

[AM1212]

I followed the previous thread and am now following this one.

[royster]

Thanks for the "here!" voices.

We can see by observing the contrasts of then-and-now that the previous thread dealt primarily with the physical changes and symptoms, and this one is more tuned at how we're using the changes, or how we can use them.

There is much to be gleaned from what actually happened to many of us, now that the months-long PMS has subsided: we can share what the cellular changes brought, and for each person, they will be different. We can also be a comfort and guide to those just entering cellular restructuring.

I want to express again, that the previous thread was so very helpful to me, and I did not feel alone during the process because of you who participated in the on-going discussion.

What I can report of my own cellular ascension, so far, is my third-eye senses awakened, which also means a strong communication with Source/God/Yahooti/Google . Because I work at clearing impacted energies, at one point I began to really have a clear mind, unobstructed with personal hang-ups. Mind you, I have more work to do, but the more I address these issues, the less dirty laundry I have to step over. With good, trusting comminications with Source, I receive loving instructions that allow me to simultaniously deal with issues and learn higher vibrational behavior.

It will be of great benefit to all to ponder the Alcoholics Anonymous principles...not because you are alcoholic, but because it is a bare-bones spiritual ascension program somewhat in disguise. I have wanted to post the paralells, but have had so many other things on my table to deal with. Most AA's have long wanted to share the program with the outer world, but were uncertain how to do this. Ascension is a perfect setting for these simple steps that helped us get clean of society's trappings while growing closer to the God of our understanding.

[royster]

Service Material from the General Service Office
THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become
unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to
sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.


Ponder these for a bit, and i will later post what I have learned from practicing these steps over the past 4 years...not only for sobriety, but for spiritual growth.

MANY in the program will testify with a smile that God LET us become hopelessly alcoholic so we could be successfully retrieved. There's a lot of truth to that, and it goes beyond alcoholism and drug abuse.

[royster]

The AA steps go against every conventional belief: POWERLESS!! NO WAY!! WE'LL BLAST OUR WAY FORWARD!

Which, looking around us, is how virtually ALL problems are dealt with in our present society. Military action, court battles and petty bickering are the pedestrian methods that yield no real, enduring results. "Justified Military Action"...what has that done for anyone? Not much...killed family and friends, left the soil unfarmable, and created even more ill-will to be "BLASTED". The 'Felix-the -cat" charactor "Vavoom" blasted his way forward through all his adventures. Is leaving devastation in our path "justified" because we made some temporary progress? Do we refuse to look at the wreckage behind us as we blast forward?

How is that being responsible?

YouTube - ‪Felix the Cat & Vavoom‬‏

[royster]

6 of the 12 steps to overall recovery~

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become
unmanageable.

Replace "alcohol" with any number of obstacles. Because of our obsession with specific elements of our lives, we have made unreasonable provision for them, over time, to the point that basics get neglected, and indeed: our lives become unmanageable. Yet, because we refuse to see or admit these obsessions are doing the damage (denial) we procede with trying every quick-fix remedy that ultimately doesn't work. We have to come to grips that the real problem is how we think

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to
sanity.

And we think the way we do because our self-will has been bolstered by the society we live in: we're encouraged to "look out for #1", be "independent" and compete for unreasonable attention. When we start to understand that the universe has been here a lot longer than us little humans, we might consider trying to adjust to life on life's terms, not the latest trend or our ill-conceived concepts of "success"...corporation make their profits off of our futile attempts to "succeed" in amassing material possessions.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him.

Many stop in their tracks..."WHAT! RELEASE MY FREE WILL!??" That's not what this step suggests. It translates that we retire our own self-willed behavior to that higher power we've come to accept. In other words, we summons the willingness to allow a higher power to act within our lives, and prove itself to us. To establish communication with the God of our understanding, we have to allow It time and space to do so. We also need to define what that higher power is, for ourselves, and in our own terms. Essentially, our minds need to agree with themselves before any progress can be made: the deliberate conflicts our belief systems have created need to be disassembled, and this cannot be done unbiasedly by ourselves. Spirit guides fit here perfectly.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Okay, fellow ascendants: this is where our impacted/discordant energies live. And it does take courage to go through every event and episode, taking responsibility for our own participation in them, regardless of the original prompt to the problem. The biggest obstacle most people have in this exercise is the loss of self-esteem. You might want to consider that "self-esteem" got you into 98% of the messes you need to clean up. By another definition, we call it "pride". Please note the ego is feeling very threatened, right now. It need not be, but it DOES need to stand accountable, and egos don't do that very easily.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs.

Admitting is so important in getting any problem solved. Denial can be very subtle and ingrained, that after a while, we don't see it. The previous steps literally bring light into our dark cave, and as we seek to really tackle the problems, we need the illumination of responsibility. No need to over-do it: just what you are really responsible for. Part of your belief structure has been holding up that unnecessary weight of denial/guilt.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

This means we have been over the list again and again, thought it out, really looked to see if these are things we want to get rid of. Each time we add to and review our list, we begin to understand clearer what the events contained. While you may be entirely blameless for many things, those responsible are not to receive a list from you with accusing fingers, but instead, are simply to be forgiven. And forgiveness takes time. The key to forgiveness is seeing how you, yourself, have committed similar acts. The self-honesty will take you lightyears in life: do it with love for your world, and for you.

[N64]

Brilliant, Royster in fact, I was just going to post the Buddhist 12 step process which I came across in a website ( talk about synchronicity) . We all need 12 step, after all, on top of our other addictions, we're addicted to addicted to the monkey mind.

Awaiting the next steps.....

[royster]

steps 7 thru 12

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

We ascendants have come to realise that there are certain impacted energies we just don't have the wherewithall to remove. This step asks for Grace. We need to understand what Grace IS: it is asking God to look upon us, knowing we see our mistakes, and are helpless children. This loving exchange will prompt a revelation in your life, I assure you. Please note the very first word is "humbly".

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all.

Willingness is key to any progress. Are you willing to compremise? Are you willing to admit you're wrong? Are you willing to change? Because if you offer the lip-service without the intention, it is a "half measure" that "avails us nothing". Making amends is event-specific, and the broadest definition is to apologise. More may be involved, but that depends on the severity of the situation. In merely becoming willing to make amends, we have cleared enormous gobs of gunk from our minds and hearts.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others.

An apology, the making-good on a debt (or a faith payment toward a debt), the admission of where you were wrong...all these are tough experiences, but after they're done, you feel better. And a situation of impacted energies that would otherwise be permanent is therefore resolved...permanently. There ARE situations that bringing up the past does more harm than good, but this is why we were fearless in our moral inventory: if we have to "bite the bullet" and make amends, let's do it, and do it well.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it.

Having taken the time to correct the thinking that produces impacted energies, and having cleared impacted energies, why would we replace them!? This step involves 'spiritual maintenance' of staying clear, keeping an eye on our old habits re-emerging, and making the manageability of our lives sustainable. No a bad deal at all.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out.

Do you see what this step asks? Now that you've cleaned up your life a bit, God can better communicate with you. Many ask about "how can I contact my spirit guides?" This is one sure-footed way to do this. Remember: we don't lay down and get fixed: we actively work on our healing, allowing the universe to slowly increase Its influence, in increments we can trust...and that the universe KNOWS are sincere. Your own spiritual path is from this point, uniquely yours, and it is between you and the God of your understanding where you go.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.

You can only offer truth to people, you can't go door-to-door looking for converts. And "practicing the principles in all our affairs" means in each and every corner of our minds: we don't reserve a little area for exceptions-to-the-rules. Those little exceptions will quickly be the loopholes in which relapse re-enters any recovery you are trying to accomplish. "On earth as it is in heaven", so in all our thinking we are consistent with simple principles of honesty.

[royster]

Originally Posted by N64

Brilliant, Royster in fact, I was just going to post the Buddhist 12 step process which I came across in a website ( talk about synchronicity) . We all need 12 step, after all, on top of our other addictions, we're addicted to addicted to the monkey mind.

Awaiting the next steps.....

DONE, N64, and your 12 steps can only enhance what we're all working on. Thanks for the offer!!

The entire 12 steps digestion (above) may be copied in its entirety at
Earth Ascension II
please note you may also printout copy. Feel free to distribute widely: all of my work (of the past 10 years) is in the public domain.

[royster]

The 'Felix-the -cat" charactor "Vavoom" blasted his way forward through all his adventures. Is leaving devastation in our path "justified" because we made some temporary progress? Do we refuse to look at the wreckage behind us as we blast forward?

It is interesting to note that the second clip of "Vavoom" is identical to the construction of Hoover dam. While this may have "saved the town", a natural river was constricted and thus a blockage of man's creation is in conflict with earth and Her needs.

Vavoom is hailed as a 'military hero' for 'saving' the mainstream's belief system; thus, life on man's terms can continue. Mother Earth, disregarded, suffers a literal impacted energy to Her needs.

In building concrete bridges across the creek where I live, I consulted Mother Earth on how to do so in an environmentally amiable way. I received the signals of instruction and proceded with them. The bridges, now in service, provide habitat, cleansing during a flood, and keep vehicles from crossing through the water and dropping pollutants from brakes and engine oil.

Such engineering is the wave of the future: ask permission of the Greater System, and ask what impact your actions will have. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and these things will be added unto thee".

BildaBridge

[alexplatups]

Yeah, those are really powerful steps Roy, see why they help many folks.

Observing reality as accurate as possible, seems to give the whole system
some real power. The folks that created this list were obviously structuralists.
The structure that these 12 steps create forms the strong foundation on
which people build new lives.

Interesting that the process I used to lose weight many years ago, was also focused
on building a structure first. I already wrote those steps a few time, but the
two that form the structure are:

1) knowing the end-result you want to create

2) accurately observing the current circumstances
in relation to the end-result you are aiming to hit
and eventually know down.

Simultaneously focusing on these two steps, creates tension in this simple
structure, and this tension provides the motivation to go from where you
are now, to where you want to be in the future, when the target is reached.

[royster]

We can take into account that no exhaust pipes or mufflers were found at Roswell. In fact, the propulsion system of the downed disk was a complete mystery.

Through other sources we can see that beamships (ufo's) operate with a variety of systems, most of which use energy abundant throughout the universe. Most agree that source is the tachyon.

Compare this to our funky cars with their need for gasoline. Internal combustion engines have been in use for well over 100 years. They're nasty, inefficient, and require...uh...fuel.

But wait: WE require fuel, too, don't we? Yes, now that I think of it, we do. Yet the ascension indicates that we will change our mode of sustenance to LIGHT at some point of our transformation.

One might do well to consider the caterpillar, who bulks up before entering the cocoon, emerging a butterfly with a completely different structure, and gentler nutrition requirement.

After all: we ARE getting wings for flight

This is not to be in conflict with Alexplatups' post at all: we do still need to eat, and eating sensibly is important. But it answers a question many have about the future.

I will admit: I'll miss lasagne.

from: the Shift: Wherefore Shall We Eat?

[royster]

Happy Solstice. I'm going to go get some MYDOL. The MALE PMS IS KILLIN' ME @$#%98%$!!!!!

June 21
The Sun enters Cancer today, where it will transit until July 23rd. Our attention turns to our nest - our families, homes, and anything that makes us feel "at home", safe, and secure. Nurturing and taking care of our loved ones and our pet projects comes into focus. Emotions run deep. We are more susceptible to the ups and downs of the Moon while the Sun is in Cancer. A square between Mercury and Saturn can bring challenges to our communications and transportation. Communications may be blocked or delayed, and negative thinking could dominate at this time. Projects we thought were complete may need revision, and others could appear overly critical, insensitive, or sarcastic. It may be difficult to trust our instincts, and we second-guess things automatically under this influence. The Moon is in Pisces all day.

A void of course Moon occurs from 10:51 PM EDT, with the Moon's last aspect before changing signs (a square to Venus), until the Moon enters Aries on, Thursday, June 23rd, at 4:24 AM EDT.

June 22
This can be a very dreamy day - strong for creativity but not a good time for brand new endeavors. The Moon is in Neptune-ruled Pisces all day and is also void of course all day. Mars squares Neptune early into the day, and energy levels can be variable. Although intuition is heightened, it may be faulty, influenced by fears or hopes. However, the Sun in trine to Neptune later in the day tends to inspire enhanced instinctual judgment. It can be a good time for self-improvement programs and efforts. We are able to see matters, and people, from a different perspective--one that allows for, and in fact finds beauty in, differences.

The Moon is void of course all day.

[royster]

from royster: I would like to ask a favor. This is a favor, not a demand or requirement.
If you're following this thread, please just post a "hi" or a simple word. It is only to show numbers to kindred spirits...to stand up and be counted, and only for that reason.
I appreciate your participation in 'roll call'.

Explained on previous page. r~

[royster]

Janice just returned from seeing a doctor. Long story short: she's being bombarded by free radicals.

DUH. It didn't occur to me until she told me that, that that's PART of the energies going on right now. OF COURSE!

She was prescribed amino acids. I recommended that she light her altar, and ask her Source to help her complete the free radicals with Light.

This might apply a lot broader to the ascension community.

FreeRadical Thesis

[royster]

Originally Posted by royster

the largest upheaval is upon us. Buckle up.

but Moooooom! I gotta peeeeee!!!

[royster]

HOW THE SYSTEM COLLAPSES

The goal of government has not changed since its beginnings: control of the population by a few individuals. In recent history, that control has been steadfastly maintained by imposing belief systems, instilled at the earliest possible age. This is done through mandatory schooling, patriotic observances, “holidays”, entertainment, social engineering (conditioning) and the absence of key information. Once humans were allowed to divorce themselves from the natural world, injecting behavior patterns (by attacks and influences to the base chakras) became self-perpetuating. This is the root cause for the corruption that exists, but because of the conditioning process, most cannot see it. With key information regarding history, spiritual protocol and the true workings of nature missing, we were left to fill in the gaps with disinformation and intellectualizing, which is readily available in the forms of mainstream science, tabloid mentality and religion.

Such a synthesized social base lends itself to eventual disaster, because specific sustainable components are completely missing, and their replacements are seemingly only available in the hands of those controlling the information and resources. Since the social base is therefore synthesized deliberately, it is no more than an illusion, now successfully operating, but not indefinitely. The conditioning process naturally instills distrust, and this distrust is transferred toward the very elements it seeks to overthrow. The system is therefore “trusted” because it has painted itself as “wholesome”, “good” and “jurisprudent” while making actual truth questionable. Once a generation or two internalizes and accepts the illusion and its beliefs, beliefs (and thus the illusion) are passed on as “normal”. Being born into such a system and accepting it without question is bolstered by peer pressure. Thus the system has endured under many guises over the centuries, but its operational technique remains basic and fairly successful.

The process of spiritual ascension involves the ability to start listening to nature and accepting knowledge beyond the social system. This almost invariably leads to a connection to a more meaningful world and a deeper reality. This path leads us to begin the process of unlocking controls we have accepted. Having been born into this control system, it presents many difficulties, but they are not insurmountable. Nature and the deeper reality of the universe we live in offers us something to compare the system to. The system, of course, attempts to fight this higher understanding, although it cannot control the life stream without illusion.. It is the dismantling of illusion that begins ones journey to the truth.

The ascension process highlights the scrutiny our own belief systems, in order to discover areas which are in fact not of our own creation, but have been imposed upon us, sometimes merely through suggestion, insinuation and conditioning. It also sheds light on the sources of diversion that demand our attention; entertainment and politics being number one in this trick that keeps us from higher truth.

As we build up our understanding of ascension, we find it necessary to address old thinking patterns; established mental icons we were forced to accept and depend upon for emotional and social survival (base chakras). When we discover that these icons are interconnected to perpetuate us in circles, rather than an ascending progress toward higher intelligence, it becomes necessary to discontinue their use. This immediately puts us at odds with the “social norm” and we often face ridicule and being shunned because it is outside the conditioned comfort zones established by the system. But we come to realize that such icons…impacted traumatic memories, conditioned responses and character compromise…are of no use in the greater universe, because they are not healthy, sustainable patterns of thinking, nor are they compatible with Nature. It is Nature that designed us, not the system.

What we currently see occurring in the system is an acceleration of the icon usage and conditioned “thinking”…ironic, because it is no longer “thinking” in the true sense, but rather responding entirely to prompts of emotion. A human in such a condition lends itself to being used to perpetuate the system. “Sound bites”, “snippets” of “information” and an 8-second attention span virtually wipe out any chance of escaping such mental entrapment. Such an individual actually tries to alleviate discomfort by relying more and more upon the system controlling them. Patronising the system, and asscociating oneself with its norms is one form of striving for acceptance to aleviate discomfort.

Ascendants, on the other hand, have taken great pains to eliminate system components from themselves, and therefore begin to clearly see the thought processes, refusing now to run through a maze of distractions. Instead, they maintain a course conducive to sustaining an uncluttered mind, which fosters healthy spiritual growth. “Spiritual” can mean simply a willingness to exist in harmony with nature, but it lends itself to unlimited personal growing and understanding. A sharp wit and efficient mannerisms are often a trademark of the ascendant, because they no longer need to use pedestrian (mainstream) thought processes, but rather can move quickly with minds detached from impacted/discordant energies that no longer serve them. They are also able to see simple solutions to what appear to be complex problems: the complexity is part of the big diversion/illusion, which they no longer support.

In removing old beliefs and accepting personal traumas as a learning process (as opposed to emotion currency), ascendants naturally begin communicating with their broader ascension community. While this pattern is similar to the spread of cancer, there are two defining characteristics to consider: cancer blocks light and thrives in darkness, while ascension is an act of spreading light. [Light is how thought and information is exchanged]. Cancer hoards energy, because it cannot be sustained without a host. Ascendants are often referred to as “energy-givers. They have energy to give because they are now working in cooperation with Light and abundance.

If you need extreme examples, they would be: energy vampires and Lightworkers.

With few or no impacted energies, the ascendant enjoys a community of growing awareness, and thus uses different actions, not conditioned responses. Freely sharing information assures the sustainability of their growth, and contributes to abundance. Abundance is based on universal energy and the absence of a resources-controlling group. As such, their access to the universe and all its wonders are readily available to them, because they have begun to live on the universe’s terms, not the terms of a controlled system.

The system, meanwhile, will resort to force when other mechanism no longer work. This means an increase of every component of the system, relying more on force when human free will attempts to break the system’s hold. This is illustrated biblically as the events in Egypt. It is quite possible that the biblical account of the Red Sea parting was in fact ascendants fading into the fourth and fifth dimension. History is indeed repeating itself.

The collapse of the system ultimately arrives when it has fed on itself for so long, unsustainably, chaos ensues: yet another law of the universe we live in, and abide by.
1984: How Close Are We?

[royster]

It can be said that this song expresses ascesnion, as one leaves (says 'goodbye to) the third dimension on the journey upward. "The Chrystal Ship", a reference to the pineal gland, can also be spelled "The Christal Ship".

The Chrystal ship is, indeed, now boarding.


YouTube - ‪The Doors - Crystal Ship‬‏

[royster]

A simple, excellent thought about belief systems:

A belief system is a filter through which an entity views reality. A belief system that does not include and understand the mind that contains it is a prison and can only consider the secondary aspects of the reality it inhabits and is condemned to a reactionary existence. Entities with such a system will believe the secondary aspects to be causative rather than effects and have no true measure of their actions. They will record reality as a string of temporal events and look backward to discover cause where there is none, or forward to anticipate events they believe to be outside their influence. Such searching, historically, has led to conflicting dogma and meaningless ritual.

from: ALCHEMICAL OCTAVES

thanks to pixszi for this one:

The Social Construction of Reality: Berger and Luckmann synthesize the views of a wide range of philosophers and social thinkers into an original product, in true constructionist fashion. But their systematic "theory" is not totalistic or totalitarian......Their approach reminds one of the classic parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant. Each blind man finds that they are touching or experiencing different parts of the body of the elephant and thus are led to think that the elephant is thin like a tail, or flexible like the trunk, or round and solid like its leg, or immovable like its torso. Only with Berger and Luckmann's approach the blind men may find that the elephant is hollow or man-made .....

The authors explain that the next generation forgets, or is led to believe, that the social world is given when it was produced or manufactured. But it isn't manufactured mechanistically but is dialectically or interactively produced. The social order can be maintained by various techniques including intimidation, propaganda, mystification, or the manipulation of symbols (symbolic action). However, man is not a passive, but a reactionary creature that will not merely swallow social reality whole but will also often try and alter it. As the authors state man produces society, society becomes an objective, coercive, and reified (as in deified) reality, and, in turn, man becomes a social product of his own creation. Man experiences alienation when he forgets he created society or when he is powerless to control what he created. Man experiences what is called anomie when social worldviews no longer reflect reality.

[royster]

A friendly reminder for us all.

Energy Vampires

[alphamind]

Since Royster is on vacation, might as well add to this thread on his behalf.

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THE FIRST CHAKRA

ELEMENT: EARTH

COLOR: RED

BODY ASPECTS: Physical foundation; elimination of wastes; rectum, legs, feet; testosterone and estrogen

INSTINCT: Survival, procreation

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS: Feeding, shelter, safety, ability to provide for oneself

GLANDS: Ovaries and testes

SEEDS: Kundalini, abundance

NEGATIVE EXPRESSION: Hoarding, predatory behavior, mindless violence, chronic fatigue, birth trauma, abandonment issues

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The first chakra is located at the base of the spine, between the anus and the genitals. It is the gateway to the feminine, extending luminous filaments down our legs into the biosphere. Like a taproot reaching into the moist, rich places in Mother Earth, the first chakra supplies us with essential nutrients. It grounds us and is the foundation in which our luminous energy system rests. When we become disconnected with earth, we begin to get our life nourishment from the surface. As a result, we become like a tree whose shallow, widespread roots cannot keep it from toppling during a storm. We lose our stability, our foundation, and our security.

When the first chakra is disconnected from the feminine Earth, we can feel orphaned and motherless. The masculine principle predominates, and we look for security from material things. Individuality prevails in our relationship, and selfish drives triumph over family, social, and global responsibility. The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, “Do you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine.”

First-chakra drives are primary and instinctual. We seek shelter. We forage for food. We strive to survive even under the most adverse situations. We procreate. These urges are fundamental instincts. In the same way that we can hold our breath but we cannot command our body to stop breathing, we cannot override our instinct to survive.

[alphamind]

The four instinctual drives - fear, feeding, fighting, and sex - are mirrored in the agendas of the lower chakras. These are the basic programs required for physical and emotional survival. The compulsion to overeat or to hoard money or toys is one of the negative expressions of the feeding instinct. We can never get enough to satisfy us. An unbalanced first chakra manifests in feelings of scarcity and lack. Even those who have a great deal may fear loss of their possessions. Ironically, the poor often are more generous than the rich. With a clear first chakra, the mentality of scarcity disappears. We come to realize that nothing is lacking and that we live in abundance. Intellectual understanding is not enough. We must know with every cell in our body that we are being cared for and sustained by the Universe. A collapsed first chakra makes us build fences to protect what we own from our neighbors. An unhealthy second chakra makes us gather piles of stones to defend ourselves from them.

Testosterone and estrogen are the hormone associated with the first chakra. Laboratory studies show that testosterone elicits two primary responses in the human male: sex and aggression. When women are given testosterone injections the complain that they cannot stop thinking about sex. An imbalance in the first chakra can exacerbate the effects of testosterone, causing a man to confuse the two instinctual impulses of this hormone. When that happens he begins to hurt the moan he loves and eventually destroys the intimacy in his love relationship. It leads to sexual abuse, which is widespread throughout not only America but also the rest of the world, particularly in countries making the transformation from a village-based society to a city-based one. In South Africa, which is undergoing such a transition, a woman is raped every twenty-six seconds. When I work with a woman who has experienced sexual abuse early in life, I often find her first chakra shut down, many times from a subconscious fear that she might harm others as she was harmed by her father or another male in her family.

Estrogen, which is produced by the ovaries, is essential for maintaining bone mineral content. Estrogen production drops off dramatically after menopause, which can make a woman susceptible to osteoporosis. In no industrial societies women do not seem to have the high incidence of osteoporosis that we find in America. Some investigators argue that this is because women in the third world do not live as long and therefore never got to suffer significant bone mineral loss. I am convinced that another reason is that women in no industrial societies maintain an active connection with the feminine Earth throughout their lives. The first chakra induces in women powerful feelings of nurturing, desire for the relationship, and mating. Imbalances in this chakra can result in a woman’s overwhelming concern for security in her relationship at the cost of her autonomy.

Tribal cultures perform first-chakra rites of passage to celebrate a youth’s coming into manhood or womanhood.

[royster’s comment: This is acknowledging the transformation puberty brings. In an advanced society, “ascension” rites would be joyously conducted, as well.] The ceremony encourages the youth to release the parental bonds holding him to his mother and father. During the ceremony the youth claims the Earth as the mother who will never leave him and the Heavens as the steadfast, reliable, enduring father. [royster, again, reminding you all: it’s not too late for this proclamation!] This ensures that the young person will continue to be parented, but now by powers greater than his biological mother and father. The youth is now able to participate in ceremonies and offerings to Heaven and Earth, therefore maintaining a conscious connection to these cosmic parents. Lacking these rites of passage into puberty [or ascension] , Westerners are spiritual orphans. We struggle through life feeling motherless and fatherless, and later find that we do not know how to be dependable parents.

[alphamind]

An individual operating out of the first chakra is in a state of primary fusion with the world. He is absorbed by the senses and engages the material world exclusively. He believes that the world owes him something and that those around him should recognize that he is special. He becomes self-centered and narcissistic. He cannot experience authentic love because he cannot put himself in the place of another; he is unable to “walk a mile in another person’s moccasins.” This center corresponds to the first seven years of life. The traumas experienced in these early years, including birth, and prenatal trauma, are recorded in this chakra, forming psychological complexes that stunt later development. Like a young child, a person motivated primarily by the first chakra will be preoccupied with his needs for survival and entertainment. When cornered, he can become violent, lashing out physically or emotionally at the perceived threat. The first-chakra person will look for temporary sensual gratification at whatever cost. Often he can not tell where his body ends and the world begins, so others become an extension of himself and cease to matter in his eyes. When I see a client who has suffered early childhood abuse or who was abandoned by one or both parents, I immediately look for first-chakra involvement. Former-life traumas are often located in the first or second chakra. Throughout history dictators seeking domination have been propelled by the negative drives of the first chakra.

There are remarkable positive attributes of the first chakra. Its survival instincts ensure the continuation of the species: They drive us to mate and bear children, and allow humans to persevere under the most adverse of conditions. In Sanskrit the first chakra is called muladhara, meaning “foundation”. Our energetic house must be built upon a strong footing. In yoga this chakra is thought of as the home of kundalini energy. Its symbol is a coiled serpent asleep at the base of the spine. Kundalini is seen as the active power of the great goddess Shakti, the force that animates all creation. For the shaman this is the primordial serpent who swallows its own tail, Ouroboros, and portrays an unconscious state of self-absorption. To the Amazon peoples this power is represented by the sachamama, the water boa. In North America, it is represented by the rattlesnake. As we clear imprints within the first chakra, the Kundalini energy is awakened. The primal serpent uncoils, and its feminine energy moves up through the chakras. Shamans in the America, India and Tibet have long believed that it is through the power of the primal feminine that all creatures move, live, procreate and flourish. It’s no surprise that the serpent was the one to bring us the fruit of the tree of knowledge in Genesis. Its energy, which lies dormant within each of us, is the energy of the Earth and the heartbeat of the mother planet.

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Respecting The Connection(s)

[alphamind]

A common mistake sojourners make is to progress to a certain degree of enlightenment, then tell God "I'll take it from here!" They coast along for a while, but soon enough, they're back where they started.

The same phenomena occurs for those sojourners who advance enough to receive some degree of psychic gifts. They think they're there and are offering readings, tarot card poker and ego massages. Initially they can enjoy some success. What happens is they forget about God and start depending on the attention they're getting...read that as "other people's energy"...and switch over to that. It works for a while, but they have nonetheless abandoned their true connection with God, so the greater gift becomes diminished, and they actually start struggling to maintain their gift. Having invested heavily in real estate in the form of carnival booths, they tend to deteriorate to a condition that can be called 'pre-enlightenment'. In other words, sent back to take the third grade over.

Others are what I call "Amazon.com Gurus" who glean some book knowledge, but use it to keep other sojourners down below their level. Their techniques are often crass but to the unsuspecting and gullible carnival-goer, it gets their attention. A quick read of the gullible allows the Amazon.com Guru to know his patsy well, and strings them along indefinitely. Obviously we see this is energy vampirism.

Every seed created by every plant contains enough 'food' for the seedling to establish roots and basic operating systems. It is then expected to accept nourishment from the soil, rains and sun. I have never seen a plant say "Okay, God; I'll take it from here!" and walk over to a nice side of the garden. Well, okay, I've seen them do it. But they were dead the next day.

The whole purpose of our sojourn to God is to re-connect and live in alignment with the universe, which means establishing a truthful and enduring relationship with Source. This requires humbleness, and it requires an attitude of enduring dedication.

In summary, many set out on their "spiritual journey" with the pre-conceived notion that once God is found, you only have to check in every once in a while. There is a sense that once some plateau is achieved...be it a 900 on the Richter scale or a Kundalini or two...that the search is over, and we can go back to the same old indulgences. It's no wonder very few know what true spirituality is, or how to maintain it.

For myself, my contact with God and Guides is daily, and it is consistent. I have committed my self to "pray unceasingly", which means stay in constant contact with God. Visiting Him once on Sunday, after you call your mother, is not enough to sustain the spiritual nourishment your path will require.

And as this connection amiably improves, you soon enough tap into the wisdom and learning available to any serious sojourner. It will save you lots of money on books, because you are tapped into a higher exchange-and-processing of information in an incorruptible media. You are free to share this information and encouraged to, though you'll know when you're casting your pearls before swine: your audience will start arguing with you, because you're threatening their belief system.

By the way, God is not a "belief system". It's a knowing system.

[alphamind]

Today, Sunday July 3, we approach the end of a larger cycle. The end of cycles will often prompt an undefinable sadness or depression. As with death, we need to re-think how we feel about 'endings'. Our life-long conditioning dictates we pull the dark clothes from the closet and mourn. This is the opposite of what we should do.

And just for those interested: the Chinese wear BLACK for weddings, and WHITE for mourning.

First, remember when you feel yourself getting down-in-the-heart, you can instill joy for the sake of joy. And you can do this at most any moment. The end of a cycle means we've fulfilled our cyclic contract, for better or for worse. It's now time to let it go, and see how we've done.

My mother died in March, and there is now a "for sale" sign in front of her house. This at first brought a sad thought to me, but then it reminded me that she has fulfilled her life contract, and new life-contracts will fill the old house with new journeys, new experiences, to 'new' people. That is a cause for joy, not sorrow. And it has been my intention to purge that house of my own discordant energies from growing up, to leave clean joy and possibilities for the next occupants.

So we can learn from the end of this cycle that we might have misplaced our emotions because society told us to, or it's a familiar (and thus comfortable) response. We approach a new cycle, and sorrow will affect our starting of it: let's walk in there clean and happy, eager to find joy...even when searching for impacted energies...for that is light that shows us how to proceed.

I have been working on adjusting the ways i start my day, from the time I wake up. That is making progress, and as I set about to do my daily chores, my guides have instructed me to work on the darkest feelings/impacted energies first...they become lighter as the day progresses, and in such a manner, we end the day with joy. If we save our worst tasks and darkest self-searching for late in the day, we're tired, reluctant and will make excuses to avoid real challenge. It is challenge that strengthens us. Taking a good overall view of how we feel, respond and apportion our time/energies will glean much insight to finding better and more efficient approaches to personal growth.

It has been received from my guides that strong focus inward right now is the best start of the new cycle. We can catch our mistakes before the next cycle gets fully under way...last-minute editing...and make the changes we see need to be made. A drop in psychic reading and activity is a sure sign that the wiser among us are heeding the suggestion to work on our inner-God-particle, rather than sending energy out to others who demand it, and thus depleting our own.

July holds the suggestion that we internalize what we've just been through, adjust to our newly-re-acquired powers (from the eclipse) and ready our homes for the next journey. The coming journey will demand many tests of us, and depending on how well we spend July (and following instructions) will strongly influence the outcome. As well, if we have taken the time to rearrange our feelings and reactions, calibrating them toward joy, I am confident we'll have a very energetic August...unusual for most of us, but the old cycles and thought-patterns are revealed and the reasons why.

We can address the reasons and experience some temporary discomfort, or ignore them to stay "comfortable" for a short term. As for me, I'm in this for the long run.

[alphamind]

The material written while valuable is not my own, so I'll make a last post in this thread providing the link where it is continued for anyone who follows or followed this thread like myself.

Earth Ascension II

Some good info regarding ETs and our relation to earth scrolling down that page.

[cheesedip1]

Roy, you said something about leaving facebook. What if you dont delete it you just do that 'take it down, temporary thing'?

Also, what about Myspace, Twitter or hotmail?

Thanks.

[alphamind]

Originally Posted by cheesedip1

Roy, you said something about leaving facebook. What if you dont delete it you just do that 'take it down, temporary thing'?

Also, what about Myspace, Twitter or hotmail?

Thanks.

Pavlina~Halfpast Connections

[cheesedip1]

So if I don't delete it permanently but I still choose to never go back to facebook, that counts, right?

[varose]

Hey people...this is royster, using my wife's account. This post (for that reason) may get deleted because it bucks the Pavlina rules. However, I thought this important enough to share, and hope it is permitted to remain.

I miss many of you and hope you're doing well. I also hope (should this post be permitted to stay) this reactivates a valuable thread here at the Smart Forums.

Many blessings~ royster


[as posted at my website:]
From all the indications I can see, March was the starting point of significant ascension energies. We had been warned about them, and now that the time has passed, we see those warnings were validated. Equally, Promises were made and kept. A review will help us all pool this era's lessons and advances, giving us a chance to clear last-minute impacted energies before we head into the Home Stretch.

Perhaps the most important aspect of this review is seeing where INFORMATION WAS RELIABLE, AND WHAT SOURCES WERE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
_______________________
Archangel Michael consistently provides reliable information, not so much in respects to warnings about the road ahead, but in ascension practices and sympathies that have helped many of us make it through some very difficult times. In following the practices and protocols AA Michael provided, many of us found ways to cope, and also enjoyed the reassurance that we aren't alone in this: this is a cosmic event. The instructions we receive from Him are enduring tools for a long-term sojourn, not just a fleeting moments' hurrah. His suggestions and instructions are based on the laws which our universe abides by, for sustainability and abundance.

It is clear, by the postings of most members, that the Summer of '11 brought many difficulties, yet many blessings...in that order. As was warned, we experienced many deaths close to us...those who were unable to process the Earth Ascension energies, and those whose Life Contract had expired. This presented us with mourning, and...speaking for myself...mourning is something I've finally learned to do with reverence, and even joy. In an earlier day, when I drank alcohol, death would be a prime excuse for poor behavior. In my sobriety, and in my ascension, I no longer use events as a means of being absent or emotional currency: I now experience the events for the lessons and enlightenment they bring. Thus, I see a whole lot more than the limited view from the bottom of a beer can. Thanks, Higher Power.

Interestingly, the deaths I was affected by have been mostly female: my mother (in March), Mugwort's wife, Dot...Peter's mother also passed away. Those three matriarchs, alone, were significant in so many ways. For myself, my mothers' death brought extensive travel, and ultimately a small fortune which I've been enjoying. It also leaves me somewhat "orphaned", as each of us eventually becomes. It is then we are "adopted" by "the Parents That Never Leave Us"...the Sun and Earth.

Here's an e-mail comment midnite sent regarding March:

Yeah I'm hearing this one loud and clear. This cycle since March is the single most ridiculous 'world of ♥♥♥♥' season I have ever come to know. Forget the guy who shovels piles of elephant crap at the zoo, the last few months came in soo thick and heavy that I couldn't really distinguish between 'normal life' and of extremely pungent diarrhoea when God decided Earth was a really good place to take a ♥♥♥♥ after all.

There is no question many of us "rebelled" against "God" during this time...my own posts are rife with some anger issues and abandoning the Spiritual Path...or so it seemed: this, too, is a part of ascension. It is not only expected, it is normal for these upheavals. If we do not take responsibility for our experiences, we look to blame them on someone else, and God is a perfect punching bag. By conducting the process of rebellion, we seem to get something out of our system, and find that God has not condemned us to an eternity in Hell, but patiently awaited our calming down, returning to reasonable, and finally surrendering the need for blame. Blame got us no where, responsibility got us everywhere. Perhaps many of us have finally learned to take responsibility for the elements of our lives, and those elements we could not explain or dismiss rise to awareness as those influences we do not control. And while they seemed like God was "picking on us", these hardships lead clearly to Awakening, rest, abundance and growth.

Thou has enlarged me when I was in distress
(Psalms 4:1).

F.W. Boreham said that Alfred Russell Wallace came upon an emperor moth when the creature was beating its wings and struggling wildly to force its passage through the narrow neck of its cocoon.
This is Boreham's report:
"He admired its fine proportions, eight inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, and thought it a pity that so handsome a creature should be subjected to so severe an ordeal. He therefore took out his lancet and split the cocoon. The moth came out at once, but its glorious colorings never developed. The soaring wings never expanded. The indescribable hues and tints never appeared. The moth crept moodily about, drooped perceptibly and died.

"The furious struggle with the cocoon was nature's way of developing the splendid wings and of sending the vital fluids pulsing through the frame until every particle blushed with their beauty. The naturalist had saved the little creature from the struggle, but had unintentionally ruined and slain it in the process."

Have we been "whipped into" Spiritual cooperation? Very lovingly, and if you look at some of the smaller details, you can see how very custom-to-the-individual these blessings-in-disguise have been. We can moan about the pains we endured, but we can also clearly see the gains we've been able to make.

It is very possible, now, to look back at the year and digest the events. In doing so, you'll start seeing some remarkable changes that took place, and which are influencing us for the better. It is also possible to actually chart out the Chaotic Node spikes that occurred, and much may be gleaned by these patterns.

I witnessed many people fall off the path, give up or simply settle in with the old familiar. Each of us can make those choices, and each of us can also choose to forge ahead. I also witnessed the "least likely" make substantial progress in their ascension. But as many of us observed, the numbers for successful ascendants decrease every day, because the tests seem to get harder.

As one who Scouts, I can report that enduring these tests is grueling indeed, but getting through them is beneficial to all aspects of our being. In sharing the events and experiences along the way...openly and honestly...we here at Halfpast have helped our little community through one of the most difficult pieces of History humans can endure. Those not tuned in simply dismiss the spiritual aspects as 'sour grapes', allowing science and theology to once again dictate their existence. When this disappoints them, they look for scapegoats to blame their troubles on.

This year allowed us some very clear definitions, and the opportunity to finally relieve ourselves of ancient impacted energies. No significant ascension or spiritual progress can ever be made without purging the old thinking ways and behaviors that trapped us in a constant circle. How blessed we have been to have Guides that offer reliable information and tools. But that information and tooling does no good unless they are incorporated into our every-day life: you can have all the flowery sayings framed on your wall that you want...if you don't practice them daily, they are merely "tinkling brass".

Yes, 2011 threw some severe punches at us. Lots of us got knocked to the ground, our breath coughed out of us. But once we regained regular breathing, and took the time to see the deeper meanings, we found ourselves on a purer journey, knowing we can "never go back". The smart ones don't WANT to go back, and the Enlightened do not find comfort in the non-changing consistant familiar. I have found...by having the courage to do so...that the unknown is not so forboding or scary: it holds the promise of the very answers I seek, and in trusting the God of my understanding to guide me through the events of the unknown, I have adapted to accepting the unknown and abstract. In doing so, I find the Eternal Mind waiting to guide me further. But only when I acquiesce my dysfunctional beliefs and mainstream conditioning, and listening to the universe on the universe's terms.

I'm at a resting point in this long-assed journey that started in March. Since nothing "returned to normal", I set about to create the new "normal". This involves activating the information I have been given, purging old thoughts and objects from my mind and home, and certainly involves freshening the inside of my physical home.

We take into consideration that this is the Year Of The Rabbit~ in Feng Shui, this represents West, Children, Teeth and metal.

I also wish to point out that demonic activity increased during this period, as many posting members have reported.

http://halfpast.oceanfalls.org/index...35.msg5836#new

For the record, I asked the Pavlina Forums for a new account, but never heard from anyone. It is not my intention to use my wife's account as my own: I simply thought this posting of import to those spiritual sojourners on this forum. royster