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“The next Gnostic initiation was usually done with air or breath and was called “pneumatic”. A pneumatic initiate came to understand their nature in impersonal terms and God not as a person on a cloud somewhere, but rather as the One. Duality begins to become understood and then transcended and all relationships with God begin to be brought into Oneness. God and the initiate become the mystery of God in love with itself. All is perfectly One. In the ancient Gnostic mystery theatres of Egypt, the various parts of the body of the slain Osiris represented different aspects of reality that all had their roots in this One source. The parts of Osiris are recollected and put back together through the love of Isis. If God was One with creation, then the Pneumatic initiate in the Gnostic schools began the study of the arts and sciences in order to understand God and glorify Him… The pneumatic initiate also came to understand that if God was a point within a circle, and the outer circumference of the circle represented the physical form, then lines of radius emanating from the point in the center of the circle represented various stages of consciousness and various personas of the One.”
— Timothy Hogan, Gnostic Reflections in Freemasonry (via didanawisgi)
The Navajo Creation Story: Diné Bahanè
As for the gods, they repeated their visit four days in a row. But on the fourth day, Bits’iis lizhin the Black Body remained after the other three departed. And when he was alone with the onlookers, he spoke to them in their own language. This is what he said:
“You do not seem to understand the Holy People,” he said. “So I will explain what they want you to know. They want more people to be created in this world. But they want intelligent people, created in their likeness, not in yours. You have bodies like theirs, true enough. But you have the teeth of beasts! You have the mouths of beasts! You have the feet of beasts! You have the claws of beasts! The new creature are to have hands like ours. They are to have feet like ours. They are to have mouths like ours and teeth like ours. They must learn to think ahead, as we do. What is more, you are unclean! You smell bad. So you are instructed to cleanse yourselves before we return twelve days from now.”
That is what Bits’iis lizhin the Black Body said to the insect people who had emerged from the first world to the second, from the second world to the third, and from the third world to the fourth world where they now lived.
Accordingly, on the morning of the twelfth day the people bathed carefully. The women dried themselves with yellow corn meal. The men dried themselves with white corn meal.
Soon after they had bathed, they heard the distant voice coming from far in the east. They listened and waited as before, listened and waited. Until soon they heard the voice as before, nearer and louder this time. They continued to listen and wait, listen and wait, until they heard the voice a third time as before, all the nearer and all the louder. Continuing to listen as before, they heard the voice again, even louder than the last time, and so close now that it seemed directly upon them, exactly as it had seemed before. And as before they found themselves standing among the same four Haashch’eeh dine’e, or Holy People as Bilagaana the White Man might wish to call them.
Bits’iis doot l’izh the Blue Body and Bits’iis lizhin the Black Body each carried a sacred buckskin. Bits’iis ligaii the White Body carried two ears of corn.
One ear of corn was yellow. The other ear was white. Each ear was completely covered at the end with grains, just as sacred ears of corn are covered in our own world now.
Proceeding silently, the gods laid one buckskin on the ground, careful that its head faced the west. Upon this skin they placed the two ears of corn, being ust as careful that the tips of each pointed east. Over the corn they spread the other buckskin, making sure that its head faced east. Under the white ear they put the feather of a white eagle. And under the yellow ear they put the feather of a yellow eagle. Then they told the onlooking people to stand at a distance. So that the wind could enter.
Then from the east Nilch’i ligai the White Wind blew between the buckskins. And while the wind thus blew, each of the Holy People came and walked four times around the objects they had placed so carefully on the ground. As they walked, the eagle feathers, whose tips protruded slightly from between the two buckskins, moved slightly. Just slightly, so that only those who watched carefully were able to notice.
And when the Holy People has finished walking, they lifted the topmost buckskin. And lo! the ears of corn had disappeared. In their place there lay a man and there lay a woman. The white ear of corn had been transformed into our most ancient male ancestor. And the yellow ear of corn had been transformed into our most ancient female ancestor.
It was the wind that had given them life: the very wind that gives us our breath as we go about our daily affairs here in the world we ourselves live in.
When this wind ceases to blow inside of us, we become speechless. Then we die. In the skin at the tips of our fingers we can see the trail of that life-giving wind. Look carefully at your own fingertips. There you will see where the wind blew when it created your most ancient ancestors out of two ears of corn, it is said.
Source: From Diné Bahanè, by P.G. Zolbrod. 1984.
SELF CARE TIPS
Set aside some time, to allow yourself to work through each step. Don’t rush or skip ahead. Self Care is important, and you deserve to devote some time to it.
You may want to go through this routine as soon as you wake up, as a preventive measure.
1 - Have you eaten in the last four hours?
If you haven’t eaten in a little while, your body needs fuel. It’s time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
If there’s a specific food you want, it’s okay to eat it! You don’t have to eat perfectly healthy all the time– no one does! Just also use your brain a little, and notice the quantity you’re eating, and how healthy it is for you. You’re probably just fine at trusting your gut and knowing what your body needs.
Making a meal is hard for you right now, and that’s okay! Everybody struggles with cooking sometimes.
You have some options:
You can cook a meal for yourself.
You might have ready-made meals in the fridge.
You can get take-out or delivery.
You can go to a restaurant.
Take-out, delivery, and restaurants are a little more expensive than cooking on your own, but how you spend your money is your decision. It’s okay to treat yourself!
If you’re going to cook on your own, you have to decide what to make. A friend, partner, or family member can help with this. Here are some ideas for easy foods you can eat right now:
Pasta with butter, sauce, cheese, vegetables, and/or meat
Ramen noodles
Sandwiches
Rice
Grilled cheese (This can have meat on it, if you want!)
A smoothie or milkshake
Baked or fried potatoes
Eggs, pancakes, and/or bacon
Macaroni and cheese
Canned soup
Salad
Vegan
Boxed mashed potatoes
2 - Have you taken any medication you need to take?
Medication needs to be taken on schedule, or your body might react negatively.
Take some time now to take any pills, do any tests or injections, or apply any ointments prescribed by your doctor.
If this is a persistent problem for you, you may want to set a smart phone alarm so you remember to take it at the same time every day.
3 - Are you keeping yourself hydrated?
Drink a glass of whatever liquid you like best. Water is ideal, but don’t beat yourself up if you’d rather have tea, soda, juice, or milk. Soda will actually make you feel thirstier, but if it’s easier for you, then that’s okay!
4 - Can you take a guess at how many hours you’ve slept out of the last 24?
Everyone is an individual with different sleep schedules, but most people need 8 hours of relatively uninterrupted sleep. If you had less than that, and/or woke up frequently, and/or had nightmares, it might help you to take a nap.
Take a nap. You can finish this self-care guide when you wake up.
Ideally, let yourself sleep naturally, and sleep until you wake up. Obviously, this isn’t always possible. Otherwise, set an alarm for yourself, with plenty of time to wake up and get yourself together between your nap and your responsibilities.
5 - Are you in pain?
If there is something your doctor has prescribed you for pain, you should take it or do it.
For aches and pains, take an aspirin. You may also want to apply a heating pad or a cold pack on whatever hurts.
If you have a stomach ache, there are medications for that, like Pepto Bismol, and hot tea may also help.
Be nice to your body, and try to do “replace” the unpleasant pain with some pleasant alternative sensations, like good smells and pleasurable textures.
6 - Is something about your environment distressing or uncomfortable? Are your surroundings the right temperature?
If you’re too cold, you can try putting on some warm clothes, using a space heater, turning up the heat in your home, putting on a blanket, and/or snuggling with a pet or another person.
If you’re too hot, you can try putting on cooler clothes, turning on a fan, or turning up the AC in your house.
7 - Are your surroundings dirty or smelly?
It’s hard to feel okay in an environment that is unfriendly for whatever reason. If your surroundings aren’t clean, set a timer for five minutes and take care of the biggest problems, like leftover food, pet messes, or dirty clothes.
Chores can be scary and exhausting, but that’s not what we’re doing here. We’re just taking a little five-minute clean up to make ourselves and our homes happier!
8 - Do you feel unsafe because of the people, or lack of people, in your surroundings?
If you can, try to remove yourself from situations that are overwhelming or feel unsafe. If you can’t relocate entirely, take frequent breaks, or tune out with headphones.
9 - Does your body feel uncomfortable, sweaty, or dirty?
If you have the energy and ability to take a shower, it may be a good idea. If you are unable to take a shower, here are some things to do instead:
Wash your face
Put on lotion
Change your clothes
Use dry shampoo
Whatever physical self-care activity you like best!
10 - Do you know why you’re in a bad mood, or not feeling well emotionally?
(Remember, any answer is okay!) If there’s something on your mind, we’re going to do our best to take care of it.
11 - If there is something in your mind, set a timer for 15 minutes, and work on a solution.
If it’s something you can change, then great! If not, do your best to reach out to someone and talk about it.
12 - Remember, 15 minutes and only 15!
You can go back to whatever it is after we’re done working through this together. We’re just taking baby steps in the right direction.
13 - Sometimes, we don’t know the source of our bad feelings, and that’s okay.
14 - Do you feel anxious, nervous, keyed-up, paranoid, scared, or on edge?
If you’re generally anxious but don’t know why, that’s okay!
If you’re feeling anxious about something specific. That’s okay! Set a timer for 15 minutes and do something to take care of that worry. Maybe chip away at a task that seems insurmountable. You can do it!
15 - Here are some ideas for grounding activities:
Take deep, calm breaths.
Notice and list things in your surroundings.
Expose yourself to strong, pleasant sensations, like a pleasing smell or a favorite blanket.
Say out loud your name, your age, the date, and your location. List some things you’ve done today, or are going to do.
Splash water on your face or run your hands under the faucet.
Do a body scan meditation, or pay close attention to each of your body parts one by one.
Make tea. Feel the warmth of it in your hands, and the taste as you sip it calmly. Listen to music.
Play a categories game, and name some types of dogs, or clothing items, or gemstones, or countries, or anything else you can think of.
Write in your journal.
Take a mindful walk, either inside or outside. Pay close attention to your body and your surroundings.
Squiggle. Wiggle around. Dance. Stretch. Be silly and active for a few minutes.
Any other favorite grounding technique you’ve heard of or can think of.
There’s nothing wrong with experimenting!
16 - Do you feel triggered? Are you having flashbacks? Is something traumatic or upsetting from the past weighing on your mind? Did you have a vivid nightmare?
If you’re feeling triggered, see if there’s a practical action you can take to lessen your distress. Can you block that unsafe person from your Facebook, for example?
If not, reach out and tell someone safe how you’re feeling. Just express yourself! Human contact works wonders when you’re not feeling well emotionally.
Remember that you’re here in the present, and nothing from your past can hurt you. If you like, you may want to try some grounding exercises to reinforce that idea.
17 - Are you feeling dissociated, depersonalized, or derealized? Do you feel far away, foggy, or unreal? Are you not sure who you are?
Go back to number 6 and try the grounding activities.
18 - Are you feeling depressed, sad, or upset?
Feeling depressed isn’t fun, but it doesn’t last forever! Don’t be mad or disappointed with yourself for feeling depressed.
Take 15 minutes and accomplish something small, like loading the dishwasher or making a friendship bracelet. You are not a failure, and your situation is not hopeless! You are a superhero, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
19 - Are you feeling lonely?
Everybody feels lonely sometimes. If you’re feeling lonely, there’s ways to reach out to people!
You can talk to someone in your house, or call someone on the phone. You can also use texting or Facebook messenger to speak to someone. You may want to talk about how you’re feeling, or you may not. Anything you want to talk about is okay!
If that isn’t or doesn’t seem possible, you can post a general message on Facebook, Tumblr, Vent, or another internet service, about whatever you want!
20 - Are you feeling foggy?
If you are feeling foggy, you might need some exercise.
21 - Do you have the energy and ability to go for a walk?
If you can’t take a walk, that’s okay!
Here are some alternatives:
Jumping jacks
Bouncing on the bed
Dancing
Push ups or sit ups, if you like doing them
Walking up and down the stairs
Yoga
Wiggling, squirming, jiggling around; being silly and active and having fun!
If none of those are or seem possible, just sit outside for some fresh air!
22 - Do you have pets at home?
Playing with pets can be a great way to take the edge off when you’re not feeling well. It doesn’t matter what kind of pet you have, just take some time to interact with them. Pet your cat, take your dog outside, feed your fish, hug your lizard…
23 - Take half an hour and do whatever you want to do right now.
This can be anything: crafts, watching TV, laying on the couch, taking a walk, playing Farmville… your choices are literally endless!
Obviously, don’t do anything that’s bad for you, like feeding addictions or harming yourself or others
24 - It’s time to reassess.
Maybe now that you’ve done all this self care, you feel better– great! Maybe you don’t, and that’s okay too. But hopefully you’ve cleared things up and you know what to do next to take care of yourself.
You deserve self care, so even if it’s hard, do your best!
Good luck!
source: Jace Harr - Please do not remove the source
Chakras are the various focal points in the subtle body used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism.
““So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.””
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (via amargedom)
Chakras are the various focal points in the subtle body used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism.
Omg the Wolfman Jack post. I remember him! Do you want to hear a funny Galactica 1980 story? I watched that show when it came on (and even at the young age I was like: omg wtf have they done?? What end Galactica for THIS??) But as I got older-and no one else remembered the show-I started to think that maybe I had imagined the whole thing. So I never spoke of it for like 20 years until I saw a post about it a few years back. Then I was like 'thank God! I'm not insane!'
Everyone has something that they thought they dreamed or imagined. For me, it was the last and most bizarre of the Rankin-Bass Claymation epics, the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, which is very seldom, if ever, replayed because of how weird it was, especially for a Christmas film. Because it is not often replayed, many people who saw it thought it was a bad dream.
It featured Santa fighting batwing demons, and a bizarre, overly complex mythology involving a council of elves granting immortality, “Tartary Giants” who join the battle to oppose Claus Lord of the Rings style, a Chinese dragon, and sentences like “the young Claus was raised by the lioness Shiegra.”
“Of all the violence I have known in my life I have never known violence like the violence I have spoken to myself.”
— Andrea Gibson, from Lord of the Butterflies
The conflict of the opposites
Being caught in the process of becoming, of acquisition, and realizing its strife and pain, the desire to get out of it gives birth to the conflict of duality. Gain always engenders fear, and fear gives birth to the conflict of opposites - the overcoming of what is and transforming it into that which is desired. Does not an opposite contain the germ of its own opposite? Is virtue the opposite of vice? If it is, then it ceases to be virtue. If virtue is the opposite of vice, then virtue is the outcome of vice. Beauty is not the denial of the ugly. Virtue has no opposite. Greed can never become nongreed, any more than ignorance can become enlightenment. If enlightenment is the opposite of ignorance, then it is no longer enlightenment. Greed is still greed when it tries to become nongreed, for the becoming itself is greed. The conflict of the opposites is not the conflict of dissimilars, but of changing and opposing desires. Conflict exists only when what is is not understood. If we can understand what is, then there is no conflict of its opposite. What is can be understood only through choiceless awareness in which there is neither condemnation, justification, nor identification.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti - Eighth Talk in Madras, 1947
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“intimacy means that we can be who we are in a relationship, and allow the other person to do the same. ‘Being who we are’ requires that we can talk openly about things that are important to us, that we take a clear position on where we stand on important emotional issues, and that we clarify the limits of what is acceptable and tolerable to us in a relationship. ‘Allowing the other person to do the same’ means that we can stay emotionally connected to that other party who thinks, feels, and believes differently, without needing to change, convince, or fix the other. An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.”
— Harriet Lerner in The Dance of Intimacy, p. 3 (via fatemareads)