October 8, 2004
Bouts of Love
With the New Moon in Libra on the 13th at 7:48 pm PDT, half the planets are in Libra. Throw in Neptune in Aquarius and six of the ten are in Air signs. Along with this, Venus moves on from opposing Uranus and thereby we no longer have any planets in opposition. This makes for a spacey, out of focus time. You can really perceive the movie quality of the Dream currently, but it is also easy to fall into the distortion of it all a la the Matrix. The mind is both Agent Smith and the Oracle. It doesnıt matter whether you take the red or blue pill. Spit the pill out, fire the Oracle and ignore Agent Smith.
Fear is up - shiny and high right now. All kinds of manipulation are going on in the wide world. Personally, there is the battle around who is and who isnıt loving whom. In the Dream, fear begets love and love is the shine, the seduction and distraction. It also is the great taboo, the last hope and certainly the glue to the whole Dream. We especially try to get ourselves fulfilled, completed and made whole by the Beloved. the other, our soul mate and such. This goes likewise for mommy/daddy and for our kids. All relationships mortal or etheric operate on the same mechanism of split off projections of our unconscious selves. Libra fully represents this drama field. It is this dynamic that holds the Game together. Try poking at love, divine love and so forth and see the reactions that you get. The defense and attack that arises, including all the belief systems and the cloying embraces of such projections, are clear indicators of the mindıs sacrosanct turf. Watch what happens this week. Be forewarned.
The body and personality and soul are built for love. Itıs a spectrum, dense to light. One form plays off the other. Supposedly, the higher you go - the finer the love. Purity versus dirty is always a sure sign of the mind. Hierarchical structures are always split in the Game. It keeps the Game interesting and you feel as though you are going somewhere as it turns round and round. This week notice your ideals, your hopes. Notice the fears that underpin them. This is not an ordinary exercise. The spiritual habits do not allow you to look underneath these embedded assumptions. What would happen if you didnıt identify in your soul and the stories of love eternal?
What would happen would be that youıd experience a whole lot less drama and dharma and karma. Youıre actually less lonely when you claim your own consciousness directly. But the mind, oh it gets reaaaallll lonely for you. The parasite makes great noise and pulls out all the stops. The usual spiritual game that we see is that folks trade in their mortal love for the divine flavor. It looks unconditioned though it is dripping with the other dimensional projections and all the hopes on high. Unconditional still has the condition of being unconditional. It is suffering and doesnıt do what you think it will do. Being, being present just is and it simply meets whatever it meets with very little agenda hanging on it including love and god and what-knots. Dear Libra brings all of this up. So notice this week how the stories go. Nothing to figure out, just be with it.
Naturally it is a wonderful time to network, create, romance and contemplate. Old family patterns want to dress up and play new family patterns just like the old family patterns. Donıt try to think or transcend your way through this stuff. Just be, make choices, express yourself and the play of it will work the stuff out. Thereıs an immense amount of karmic stuff in the love and family bin. Recognize that Home wasnıt built in a day. You can encourage the melting of all this ball of wax by claiming your own consciousness directly and clearing your own karma. Contact me if this interests you. This is my specialty. If you are tired of beating around the Bush.. well itıs not going to be getting better anytime soon. But thatıs no reason for not enjoying yourself as you play through the Game.
Creating comes with the Game but requires struggle so often. Try to enjoy the projections of yourself on to the Game pieces and they will boomerang on you with shadows of suffering. Enjoy yourself as you play and create.. voila, so much easier with little karmic blow back. It doesnıt matter nearly so much if the Game pieces come or if they go. This is a light and lively time. Donıt take it too seriously. Be fluid. Be easy. Be.
Grinfully,
Mark