Journey into High-Level Living

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Chakras in the Body

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If you think in terms of chakras or energy systems in the body or connected with the body there is the first second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh

The Heroine's Journey (adapted from Maureen Murdock)

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STAGE

1. SEPARATION FROM THE FEMININE

2. IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MASCULINE & GATHERING OF ALLIES

3. ROAD OF TRIALS, MEETING OGRES & DRAGONS

4. FINDING THE BOON OF SUCCESS

5. AWAKENING TO FEELINGS OF SPIRITUAL ARIDITY: DEATH

6. INITIATION & DESCENT TO THE GODDESS

7. URGENT YEARNING TO RECONNECT WITH THE FEMININE

8. HEALING THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER SPLIT

9. HEALING THE WOUNDED MASCULINE

10. INTEGRATION OF MASCULINE & FEMININE

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kundaliniyogini: itsallaboutthepentiums: Vegetarian...

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kundaliniyogini:

itsallaboutthepentiums:

Vegetarian Sushi

(Disclaimer: Photos aren’t mine unless stated)

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shaylaclarkphoto: Epic health-boosting green smoothie yields 2...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:51:46 +1200

shaylaclarkphoto:

Epic health-boosting green smoothie

yields 2 large servings:

1 1/2 cups spinach

1 cup almond milk (or soy)

2 tbsp honey

1 banana (frozen or fresh)

1 apple (green or yellow)

1 avocado

1/3 cup blueberries (frozen or fresh)

1 - 2 cups ice

I usually start by putting the spinach, honey, and almond milk in the blender together and mixing them into a liquid. Then just chop up the rest of your ingredients, add your ice, and blend well! Add more or less ice or milk to get the thickness you want. This quick and easy smoothie with give you a great energy boost and lots of nutrients. Its also very easy to substitute with different kinds of fruit for a huge variety of flavors. (bottom photo has kiwi and mango instead of apple and blueberries) Add flax or chia seeds or even protein or fiber supplements for an extra boost.

Food photography copyright Shayla Clark

To see more of my photography, visit www.shaylaclarkphoto.com !

"psychological astrology insights"

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:29:18 +1200

your psychological type
”You possess the gift of a clear, strong and objective mind, and you are a lover of truth and integrity in all your dealings. You will always favour reason over chaos, and principles over personal reactions. But there is considerable conflict within you - a dilemma between your rational, detached spirit and your intense and sometimes overpowering feeling. Another way of describing your nature might be to say that you tend to live in your head -because it seems safer, more civilised, and more “decent”.”

”However, your deepest dilemma in life remains the troublesome world of your emotions, and your excellent mind, combined with intuitive and imaginative abilities, may drive you further into abstract thought and general philosophical and metaphysical speculation.”

character & shadow

“You fear and despise wanton anarchy and chaos, and will never willingly destroy something simply because you disapprove of it; rather, if you feel that something needs changing, you will work slowly and carefully to inaugurate better conditions…”

“You rarely do anything without an ulterior motive, and rarely waste your energy on efforts that carry no probable ultimate gain; and even in love, your essential approach is disturbingly practical…”

”Hidden traits

[..] There is something extremely rebellious and rather wild inside you, which not only longs to break free of the sometimes constricting views you hold; it is also much more concerned with, and connected to, the broader stream of humanity, particularly the unconscious side of…”

”A minor character

[..] You are not inclined toward cold ambition, or the need to be somebody in the world’s eyes. For this reason you function at your best when working in a cooperative capacity - linking people together and smoothing over dilemmas, supervising group networks and activities,”

relationship patterns
”You are fascinated by those blithe and apparently irresponsible spirits who trail clouds of creative fire behind them and seem to dwell in higher, more mythic realms. You are a strong, self-contained and practical person who is adept at organising both your own life and the life of your partner. You would therefore do well in a relationship with a more creative, eccentric or intellectual type of man, who can help you to unbend a little, and whose innate unconventionality can loosen up your occasional […]”

IT’S ALL BITSY BECAUSE OF BEING A ‘PREVIEW’.

Feminine Jungian Archetypes.

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:08:48 +1300

Feminine Jungian Archetypes.:

I’ve just posted a bunch of the ones I related to most here but there are plenty more…

The Medial

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This aspect of the adult feminine is impersonal as is the amazon, but opposes the amazon in that the fields she play in are the fields of spirit and unconscious ideation. The medial is a channel from the external world to her internal or from the collective unconscious to potential consciousness. She is naturally in tune with her environment and with her intuitive abilities attunes herself to the vibrations that surround her. Her strength is in her ability to trust the internal message over what is obviously standing in front of her as the two commonly oppose each other in the world of the medial. She has some Hecate or witch like qualities about her in that she knows what she knows. But, this knowing does not come to her through reason or exploration. Rather, if she comes near it, it just invades her and demands recognition. When she is surrounded by light creative energy all is well with her and those about her. However, when darkness or discord appear on the horizon of the unconscious, she is the first to sense it. If she denies the intuitive invasion, then the dynamics are pushed into her own shadow and she may be forced to act out the discord in physical or psychological illness. However, the structural form of the medial is truly a vessel, not a receptacle. Therefore, she can avoid this illness by simply allowing the energy of the intuition to pass through her by announcing it to consciousness (either hers or to whomever it may belong). One of the tricky aspect of being a medial is determining for whom her bells tolls. She can easily cause great discord herself by confusing inner messages from her own unconscious with collective material or by assuming that every thought that ripples through her head is a message for someone. Just like the amazon needs to refine her skills, so the medial needs to refine hers. Her unwillingness to apply discipline and wisdom to her gift can be her seriously detrimental to both herself and those close to her.

The Bitch

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This is the active side of the shadow aspect of the amazon. We may even call her in some cases the castrating bitch. This is a woman who has many of the traits of the amazon, but has the added problem of being angry at them or having to prove something about all woman based on the momentary competition. Her anger may come from many places, but commonly is based in a perspective that the “patriarchal system” has fixed the game, and that is unfair. So, unlike the amazon, complaining is one of her favorite things to do. Her anger at males is commonly acted out in her personal relationships. She enjoys finding faults with males and then beating them up with the information. She will commonly stay in a relationship much longer than is truly useful to her just to whip up on the guy. She is trapped in vengeance because she does not accept the game rules as they were offered. She wants to change the rules with her announcements, which is her undoing. Her strength lies in the area of participation, not in the verbal rallying of the repressed feminine masses to her side.

The Male Anima as Hetaira

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:39:27 +1300

When the male decides to project his anima onto a hetaira, he is in for one of the most exciting rides of his life, as long as he can hold on, for there are no safety belts or safety devices. Hetaira projections fall into the third and fourth level of anima projection for the male. At this stage of a male’s life he realizes that his education of knowledge and facts is incomplete. These islands of information must be connected and integrated in order for him to se the full dimension of the divine province. He turns to his hetaira to assist him in completing this work. In this search a man hopes to find a woman who wants to dance with his highest expectations of himself. Dealing with mundane and practical matters will not be a part of this experience. Initially he may think he is pursuit of some idealistic Camelot situation that will rescue him from the “same old same old” that has become him life. However, if he is fortunate what he will find will be much more than Camelot. He will find a woman who will dance with, wrestle with, walk on the edge with, cut, devour, dismiss, reflect, energize, distort, wander, wonder, and guide him on the feminine journey of spiritual wisdom. His hetaira will teach him of everything, and nothing, and opposites and gods and goddesses of which he has never dreamed, and time and space, and shortness and length, and of the moment, and how woman go about making the experience of love happen. All of this and more awaits a man in his hetaira.

The Seductress

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It may seem odd to use such a term to describe a child female archetype, but this active shadow aspect of a female’s personality develops long before she is a mature woman. The young seductress realizes early on that she can manipulate the world, and especially her personal relationship with men through implied favor. To the seductress, presentation is everything. She refines the fine art of how to make men think what she wants them to think without ever stating it. Her joy is found in their fascination with her. Although her favorite tool is her physical (not necessarily sexual) body, she also learns that males also fall prey to her clever wit, intellectual abilities, artistic performance, etc. It is important to remember that the seductress practically never follows through on her implied promise. She may dangle it or tip toe through it or even let them taste it, but she always leaves them hungry and wanting much more.

Femme Fatal

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:32:09 +1300

This is an active shadow aspect of the hetaira. The seductress plays a major role in the activation of the complex. The Femme Fatal, like the hetaira is interested in having a personal relationship with the male, and like the hetaira she is very willing you use her physical presentation to assist her in attracting him. She is also very patient and does not jump right into bed. However, what is missing in her is a commitment within herself to honor wisdom. She has replaced the goddess of wisdom with a desire to simply have personal ideological power over the male. Her greatest joy is found in his willing to compromise valid principles in order to be with her. However, like many shadow positions, this joy is short lived. Once the male is fully compromised or overly projected onto her, she can no longer maintain any interest in him and must move on to her next prey.

The Hetaira

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Like the mother, this aspect of the feminine is personally related to her subjects. Unlike the mother, she is not interested in family or community. Rather she is interested in one-on-one relationships with males that challenge her and in which she can challenge them. She is not at all interested in providing some womb like environment of safety. Rather she is interested in providing the opportunity for the male to challenge himself to stretch his ideologies, philosophies and perceptions of life to include feminine perspectives with challenge him to level 3 and 4 anima projections which may lead him to develop the Sophiic qualities of wisdom. The hetaira may limit herself to an individual male, but may as well feel very comfortable having such relationships with more than one male. The hetaira is not interested in holding onto relationship that are not growing and maturing. She has either formally or informally spent a lot of time studying the ways of the world and the ways of the male. As with the mother, she innately understands the power of her feminine nature, but she understands it as a psychological vessel rather than a physical vessel. She has an excellent grasp of the relationship between the physical and philosophic worlds as well as her inner and outer realities. Sexual intimacy is not strictly a physiological experience for the hetaira, although traditionally she is very creative in such relationships. The choice to indulge in sexual intimacy is based on the hetaira’s personal preferences and interests. However, one minimal requirement is that the male readily and willingly rises to her creative ideological challenges. Only with such effort will he have even the slightest possibility of indulging in the sexual joys of the hetaira. Regardless of sexual choice, her main interest still lies in being a friend and confidant to the male and encouraging him to expand his horizons to the broadest of possible perspectives

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Demographic of One: Advice for Young Artists

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Demographic of One: Advice for Young Artists:

mollycrabapple:

I wrote this a year ago. But people still ask me for advice, so here it is again

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Work hard, make friends, don’t give up.

A bit more: be incredibly opportunistic and on the hunt for places that can use your art. Be hard on yourself. Shun all the woo woo vagueness that people tell artists:…

Current chakra reading

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +1300

Root:under-active(-19%)

Sacral:open(31%)

Navel:under-active(-6%)

Heart:under-active(0%)

Throat:open(25%)

Third Eye:open(19%)

Crown:open(12%)

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras

Root is about feeling comfortable/at home in situations. Haven’t been so much lately but I know why and I am working to fix this.

Sacral - probably the first time i’ve received an open reading on this one.
”The Sacral chakra is about feeling and sexuality. When it is open, your feelings flow freely, and are expressed without you being over-emotional. You are open to intimacy and you can be passionate and lively. You have no problems dealing with your sexuality.” EDIT - i checked and actually get open usually for this but I think MORE open is the key here. :)

I’ve been consciously thinking about and acting on this side of myself so it is nice to see that apparently this has been paying off ^_^

Navel - “When the Navel chakra is under-active, you tend to be passive and indecisive. You’re probably timid and don’t get what you want.” YES… gotta work upon this!

Heart - “When your Heart chakra is under-active, you are cold and distant.”
YES I can definitely see what this is all about… I’ve been putting on my shield a lot lately, trying to protect my heart.

Throat - “The Throat chakra is about self-expression and talking. When it is open, you have no problems expressing yourself, and you might be doing so as an artist.”
I have been working on this a lot, again, good to see that my effort seems to be working.

Third Eye - happy that this is open, i need it at the moment, insight is very important to the sorts of things i am working on in myself.

Crown - Wisdom & being one with the world. Yeah I have been feeling this a bit more lately.

Very interesting results, as per usual, all make complete sense to me.

Things To Remember to Do.

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drink green tea
make smoothies
go outside
meditate
forgive & love
connect with human & non-human animals
analyse chakras regularly
read mofo-ing books
laugh at silly things
be proud of myself & not apologise for being me
live & spend consciously
follow my intuitions that emerge from clear thought/meditative states
write & reflect
break away from crutches
become skilled at something, then something else & so on.
live beyond fear
be grateful & show appreciation
eat well
move my body & do yoga
choose happy over fear, stress, anxiety & depressive feelings.

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