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When one goes to Obaku temple in Kyoto he sees carved over the gate the words “The First Principle”. The letters are unusually large, and those who appreciate calligraphy always admire them as being a mastepiece. They were drawn by Kosen two hundred years ago.
When the master drew them he did so on paper, from which the workmen made the large carving in wood. As Kosen sketched the letters a bold pupil was with him who had made several gallons of ink for the calligraphy and who never failed to criticise his master’s work.
“That is not good,” he told Kosen after his first effort.
“How is this one?”
“Poor. Worse than before,” pronounced the pupil.
Kosen patiently wrote one sheet after another until eighty-four First Principles had accumulated, still without the approval of the pupil.
Then when the young man stepped outside for a few moments, Kosen thought: “Now this is my chance to escape his keen eye,” and he wrote hurriedly, with a mind free from distraction: “The First Principle.”
“A masterpiece,” pronounced the pupil.
Provided he makes and wins an argument about Buddhism with those who live there, any wondering monk can remain in a Zen temple. If he is defeated, he has to move on.
In a temple in the northern part of Japan two brother monks were dwelling together. The elder one was learned, but the younger one was stupid and had but one eye.
A wandering monk came and asked for lodging, properly challenging them to a debate about the sublime teachings. The elder brother, tired that day from much studying, told the younger one to take his place. “Go and request the dialogue in silence,” he cautioned.
So the young monk and the stranger went to the shrine and sat down.
Shortly afterwards the traveler rose and went in to the elder brother and said: "Your young brother is a wonderful fellow. He defeated me.“
"Relate the dialogue to me,” said the elder one.
“Well,” explained the traveler, “first I held up one finger, representing Buddha, the enlightened one. So he held up two fingers, signifying Buddha and his teaching. I held up three fingers, representing Buddha, his teaching, and his followers, living the harmonious life. Then he shook his clenched fist in my face, indicating that all three come from one realization. Thus he won and so I have no right to remain here.” With this, the traveler left.
“Where is that fellow?” asked the younger one, running in to his elder brother.
“I understand you won the debate.”
“Won nothing. I’m going to beat him up.”
“Tell me the subject of the debate,” asked the elder one.
“Why, the minute he saw me he held up one finger, insulting me by insinuating that I have only one eye. Since he was a stranger I thought I would be polite to him, so I held up two fingers, congratulating him that he has two eyes. Then the impolite wretch held up three fingers, suggesting that between us we only have three eyes. So I got mad and started to punch him, but he ran out and that ended it!”
I took a few weeks of hiatus, almost a month because I had writers block. The worst thing to do when you have writers block is to force it. People can tell when content is forced and is less than genuine. I always want to be able to write about things that resonate with me. Since my last post, I have been doing a lot of spiritual work on myself. I realize that that may have also contributed a big…
Success: n. 1. the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. 2. the attainment of popularity or profit. 3. a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity. 4. the outcome of an undertaking, specified as achieved or failing to achieve its aims. Success, the one thing we all aim for in multiple areas in our lives. And to each of us, success and what it means to us personally has…
Most people, on waking up, accelerate through a quick panicky pre-consciousness check-up: who am I, where am I, who is he/she, good god, why am I cuddling a policeman’s helmet, what happened last night?
And this is because people are riddled by Doubt. It is the engine that drives them through their lives. It is the elastic band in the little model airplane of their soul, and they spend their time winding it up until it knots. Early morning is the worst time–there’s that little moment of panic in case You have drifted away in the night and something else has moved in. This never happened to Granny Weatherwax. She went straight from fast asleep to instant operation on all six cylinders. She never needed to find herself because she always knew who was doing the looking.
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
I Know The Way
A sigil to help one come to know and follow their truth path in life, especially in areas in which one is unsure or feeling lost.
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We know that the Essence is a fraction of Soul, but with that fraction we can elaborate what the Tao calls Golden Embryo. That Golden Embryo establishes in us a perfect equilibrium between the material and spirit; but it is not possible to elaborate that Embryo if before we have not liberated the Essence, that is enclosed among the Ego, the “I,” the myself.
~ Samael Aun Weor
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finding yourself in your natal chart: psychic abilities, spiritual experiences etc. - part one
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“Astrology offers us a portal to explore another dimension of ourselves. By studying the placements and aspects in our natal charts, we can decode our personal strengths, weaknesses, and reappearing themes in our lives.”
p.s.: not everyone with these placements can actually be like that, either because of other points in the natal chart conflict, or because they have a personality that prevents them from developing and focusing on developing their psychic abilities. on the other hand, the more water signs and houses are present, the more the native can actually be psychic.
p.s.: if you don’t have any of these aspects / placements this doesn’t mean you aren’t psychic. our intuition can be always worked on to become active/highlighted.
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highly intuitive: Sun in Pisces, Sun in 12th house, Moon in Pisces, Sun in Cancer, Mercury in Pisces, Mercury in Cancer.
sensitive: Moon in Libra, Lilith in Libra.
astral projection: Uranus in 12th house, Jupiter in 8th house can bring an expansive astral projection experience.
interested in the occult: Mercury in Scorpio, Mercury in 8th house, Uranus in 8th house.
a deep connection to humanity and the universe: Venus in Pisces, Sun in Pisces, Moon in Pisces, Neptune in 12th house, Uranus in 12th house, Uranus in 9th house.
energy medicine: Lilith in Virgo / Lilith in 6th house, Chiron in Virgo, Chiron in 6th house aspected to Neptune.
healing abilities: Pluto in 6th house, Chiron in Virgo aspected to Neptune.
attraction of spirits and astral beings: the 8th house is the one that makes this possible when it is very present on the chart. 8th house stellium, Neptune in 8th house, Lilith in Scorpio, Lilith in 8th house, Moon in Scorpio, Moon in 8th house, Uranus in 8th house.
being an empath: 12th house stellium, Pluto in 12th house, South Node in Pisces, South Node in 12th house, Lilith in Pisces, Nars in Pisces, Mars in 12th house, Lilith in Llibra. a strong 12th house and/or Pisces or Libra presence in the chart on personal planets or points/asteroids denoting some sort of excess energy (such as Lilith, South Node).
can almost read the thoughts of others through intuition: Mercury in 12th house, Mercury trine Neptune (innate trait); Mercury sextile Neptune (characteristic to be developed, which has high potential).
clairvoyance: a strong presence of the 8th and 12th houses, especially in the following positions: Pluto in 8th house, Lilith in Scorpio, Lilith in 8th house.
psychic: Moon in 8th house, Sun in 8th house, Jupiter in 8th house aspected to Uranus or Neptune, Uranus square Pluto.
maybe you were a healer on your past life: South Node in Pisces, South Node in 12th house.
telepathy abilities: Uranus in 9th house, Neptune in 3rd house, Lilith in Gemini or in 3rd house well aspected to Neptune or Uranus.
prophetic dreams: Neptune in 9th house, Moon in 12th house, Moon in Pisces/12th house conjunction/trine/sextile/square/opposite Neptune.
connection between conscious and unconscious mind: Neptune in Pisces, Neptune in 12th house, Mercury in Pisces. Uranus in 12th house.
reiki: Neptune in 6th house.
healing abilities: South Node conjunct Neptune in 6th house.
strong & vivid dreams: Moon in Pisces or in 12th house, Neptune quintile Moon.
precognitive dreams: Moon in Pisces/12th house trine sextile or conjunct Neptune.
clairsentience: Moon in Pisces in 2nd house sextile/trine/square Neptune in 2nd house; Moon in Pisces in 2nd house trine/square Neptune; Moon in Taurus square Neptune; Midheaven in Pisces conjunction Neptune; Pisces rising conjunct/trine/sextile/square Neptune; Cancer rising sextile/trine/square Neptune.
claircognizance: Mercury in Pisces conj Neptune in 3rd house; Mercury in Pisces trine Neptune in 6th. Uranus in 9th house in aspect to Neptune.
p.s.: the difference between aspects is in energy, and in the way native will express and feel this. for example, people with squares also have possibility to express psychic abilities, i see square as a large energy concentration that needs to be put out, but finds barriers and locks.
The “Clairs” represent how intuition can manifest:
“Clairsentience is the ability to feel psychically the feelings of other people that are present with you or in the distance.
Clairvoyance is the ability to see objects that resonate with the fourth dimension and beyond it.
Claircognizance is the aptitude to know something without knowing how or why. It’s the psychic gift of "knowing”. It’s the intuition that allows the person to have consciousness and the knowledge of something that is occurring.“
