My brother writes: “I’m glad that the elections are over. It doesn’t take long to grow tired of all the robo-calls. I handle the live calls by asking the caller what they are wearing and trying to get them to talk dirty to me. I tell them that since their particular politician will more than likely end up screwing me, I insist on a little foreplay.”

I have to tell on myself.  This is an example of  purposely transforming a grumpy thought into a better feeling one. I wrote earlier about getting ticked a friend would not put things on the calendar so I’d know ahead of time I had to drive out. I also wrote about how I ended my aggravation once and for all by just no longer expecting them to do anything. So this morning I hit the floor running, a 14 hour long, busy day yesterday.  Four hours into today, I realize it’s almost 10:00am, when we have to leave to take Domino to work.  I wake my friend and say “it’s 5 minutes until 10am, are you up?” and he says, “I am now.”  Another call comes in, I take it and get lost in work.  Ten minutes later he’s still not here.  WTF? Continue reading →

February 23-28 and March 1-17 and June 26-30 and July 1-20 and October 21-31 and November 1-10

What Happens When Mercury Goes Direct Again? 
Mercury Retrograde De Mystified 

Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.

The most important preparation that we can all select is to raise our personal vibrations as high as possible. We do this by completely walking our talk to the nth degree. Follow your spiritual path and get right with yourself; be completely honest with people (gently and lovingly please); be honest with yourself; detox your body asap; abstain from any mind- or emotion-numbing chemicals; heal or leave toxic relationships, jobs, and living conditions; do helpful and charitable work; and follow your guidance without delay or hesitation. As we graciously let go of the old and welcome in the new, life IS in Divine and perfect order.  Doreen Virtue

A while back, Domino and I butted heads. Being an Aries times five, I’ve got a well-developed head butt.  Being passive aggressive, I didn’t let him know at the time and to the extent that something irked me.  Here’s how I fixed that so it will never be a problem again.  One thing I’d get irked about was when a future appointment wasn’t placed on the calendar, so I could schedule around it.   It happened repeatedly.  My inner tyrant argued that since he was being irresponsible, that put more work on me.   I didn’t like the feel of that.   The more I thought about it, the more I came up with things he did to cause me more work: dishes, clothes not hung up.  The more I thought about it, the worse those thoughts felt.  (Because my choice of focus was attracting more things to be aggravated about, that’s why that didn’t feel good.)  How do you turn around a thought without the other person being made to do your bidding?   Continue reading →

Do you know how you can go your whole life and have people treat you one way and you think that is how life is and that is who you are and then suddenly you wake up to how life can really be and who you really are, with people who see that in you, and it’s so much better than you ever dreamed of?   It makes all the difference in the world to be around people who believe in you and support your dreams and visions and encourage you.  It makes all the difference to know you are seen as who you want to see yourself as, not just who your family saw you as when you were a kid.

A lover knows only humility, he has no choice. He steals into your alley at night, he has no choice. He longs to kiss every lock of your hair, don’t fret, he has no choice.  In his frenzied love for you, he longs to break the chains of his imprisonment, he has no choice. — Rumi

Somebody asked: “You’re a nurse? That’s cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. How much do you make?”

“HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?  I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you’re scared. … I can make your child breathe when they stop. … I can help your father survive a heart attack. … I can make myself get up at 5 a.m. to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live. … I work all day to save the lives of strangers. … I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of. … I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did for your wife today is charted. … I make myself work weekends and holidays because people don’t just get sick Monday thru Friday. … Today, I might save your life. …  How much do I make? All I know is, I make a difference. “

Tantra is a science of illumination of the nervous system. At the basis of tantric philosophy is the liberation of energy, shakti, and the awakening of kundalini. Tantra is not just a sexual system as many people believe, though it uses sexuality. It uses everything in life and sexuality is just one small part of the tantric system, an advanced stage requiring great discipline. Energising and rejuvenation occur when we use tantra to change our minds, our attitudes towards life, sex and other components. By opening our mind to the fact that there is another, better, freer way of looking at our lives, we become open to change, and only at that point can we grow spiritually. If we do not allow change to occur, if we block it with tension and neurosis, then energy cannot flow freely and this results in decreased body lustre, premature ageing, disease, a joyless existence. We lose that quality which is the essence of youth and vigour… shakti. Continue reading →