He who knoweth the precepts by heart,
but faileth to practice them,
Is like unto one who lighteth a lamp
and then shutteth his eyes.
-- Nagarjuna (c. 100-200 A.D.)

Happy Practicing! -- Troika. Please visit Violet Star.

One evening soon, in the merry merry month of May, as the sun sinks below the horizon, VENUS will appear on the celestial stage, surrounded by a swirl of sunset clouds, wrapped in her favorite gown, the color of love. The Lady of the Evening appears. Lovers, artists and poets adore her, this “Divine Star of Heaven.”

We haven’t seen Venus for two months or more, since she disappeared into the light of the rising sun, ending her stint as the Morning Star.

The brightest “star” in the heavens, Venus was and is closely watched by star gazers. The Babylonians, Mayans and other Native Americans were diligent in their observations. Such a reappearance of the Glorious One as we will soon witness was a cause for celebration for the Sumerians from the Middle East (now known as Iraq).

They made offerings to welcome her back, this Queen of Heaven and Earth. They celebrated her in song, as we just did, and with banquets, fruits and flowers, and, most important, beer.

They pour dark beer for her.
They pour light beer for her…
Beer for My Lady.

Apparently they made really good beer in old time Sumeria.

Keep your eye out for Venus. It’s so romantic to watch the sunset. When you see her, make a toast to the best things in life.

The Serenity Vibration Healing™ modality that I work a lot with has certain trigger words set up to assist people. I have placed three of these in time capsules so that you can review them. Ask if they are in your highest good and if so just think YES to activate them.

The first one is called Describe. The more that we talk or think about our personal challenges, the more we magnify them. The way this trigger process works is if you think or say the words “describe” or “just describe” it will remove the creation energy away from the words or thoughts.

The second one is called Judgment. It works like the first one except this time you think or say the words “judgment” or “just judging” whenever you find yourself judging or thinking about judging yourself or others. The nice thing about this trigger process is that as soon as you say or think “judgment” or “just judging” a program will run to clear anything that is anchoring or supporting judgment, prejudice, favoritism or separation.

The last one for this issue of the newsletter is called Prosperity. Whenever you think or say the word “prosperity,” a program will begin to run that will clear anything that is anchoring, supporting or creating blocks to accepting, allowing and aligning with the divine ideal flow of prosperity.

It is the time for singing. For running into the fields and declaring our names, for embracing whomever we want to embrace and declaring our love; for sitting quietly in solitude and listening.

These things are not exclusive. They are all flavors of being human. No matter what is happening on the outside, what we are and who we are becoming, growing from our soul-seeds, are the matters with which we must align ourselves. In a monastery it may be easier to do this, without the external distractions. In the nursery, where we are alone with our babes in arms, it is also easier, focused in the milk letting down and the immediate need to relieve the pressure.

We have built complexity in layers around us. What is primary - the need for food, warmth, shelter - many of us obtain through a maze of interrelated activities. Our schedules are not "go find wood" but a day's hourly list of tasks, many of which will not reward us with the warmth of a satisfying belly-full of completion for weeks or months.

The paycheck feeds us and may provide us with entertainment as well - the extras. So we do not find our pure delight connected to the striving for our primary needs. We have grown to expect work to be dour, for our rewards to shower us with light and relief in some other place and time: the theater, the game room, the watering hole, whether private or public.

Maybe humans never did stop to smell the flowers on the way to the hunt, never did pause long enough to enjoy the scampering of a chipmunk to feel lightness in the heart.

No matter what did or did not happen in simpler times, we are living here and now, and our thoughts and actions reverberate throughout dimensions we perhaps do not even dream of.

The Star Elders say that we are on the brink of a shift of ages. (Related article) That's not news to us at this point in the game. Most of us know that these are turbulent times in which much change is possible and expected. What we don't know is what we will shift into. What will our new world look like? How will it feel? What will we think about it? Who will be there with us?

What I am about to share with you is a glimpse into what might happen during the shift, what our new world might look like, and how you can begin to see the future for yourself.

Over that last couple of years, and especially in the last few months, I have noticed a growing dis-interest in what the world has to offer. Many others, as well as myself, are feeling a general restlessness coupled with building apprehension about the near future. We feel that something new is on the horizon just out of our reach.

Since the December 2004 9.0 earthquake, many of the symptoms that we have been feeling for a while on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels have accelerated, and a few new symptoms have manifested. Many people have reported vertigo or dizziness. There have been many reports of accidents including people simply falling down. Troubled dreams are on the rise. (Related article).

I have had a few of these symptoms myself along with a couple of new ones. I have noticed that when I am standing up that I unconsciously stand on the sides of my feet. This doesn't help me with my balance at all. I am an avid hiker and like the way my feet feel on the ground. However, lately it feels like I don't want be touching the Earth at all. Also before I am completely awake in the morning, I feel a strong thought . . . I have to get out of here. I just want to get out of my house. It is very puzzling.

All these symptoms that we are experiencing didn't make much sense to me until after my recent trip to the Yucatan. I decided to go to the ocean off the Maya coast due to a inner calling to listen to the water. In years past, this coast line has been peacefully calm, and a great place for me to recharge. But this year it was choppy, like the energy I was feeling inside. I didn't feel the peace and clarity that I have felt in years past. However, when I went snorkeling, the ocean had its familiar vibe; very peaceful and quite clear. I watched the fish surf every swell and current in the ocean with grace. Every time I returned to civilization, I had a hard time remembering to put my feet down all the way. I wondered what was up and asked for answers to my mounting questions.

When I got back home, I still felt the urge to get out of the house, but I had an additional feeling. Both my partner and I felt a huge desire to begin a garden. I think we just want to be outside more. Also, I felt that I needed to build an authentic Mexican Palapa in my back yard to sleep in this summer. A Palapa is a traditional home of the Yucatec Maya. Many Maya still live in them today. A Palapa is made of all natural materials: wood, twine and grass or palm leaves. I sat out in my back yard looking at where would be the best place for this natural stick hut with a grass roof.

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Thank You Mr. Hill.

The MasterMind concept is nothing short of amazing and can play a key roll in helping you to Design The Life You Love. If you are now in a MasterMind group, or have ever been, or would like to be in a MasterMind group, there is one person you should thank. While Napoleon Hill didn’t create the concept of the MasterMind group, he certainly popularized it in his classic success psychology book, “Think & Grow Rich.”

In this article I’ll discuss the basic concept of the MasterMind group, our experience with MasterMind groups, how Napoleon Hill discovered this principle, and the affect his book has had on millions of people. If you have never read “Think & grow Rich,” I highly recommend that you do. You can get a new copy of the book on Amazon.com for only $7.00, or a used copy for only $2.95. I’ve even seen copies of the book at yard sales for as little as 25¢.

When you start to read the book, please keep in mind that it was written in the 1920s and ‘30s, and finally published in 1937. The United States and the rest of the world was in the depths of the Great Depression. Needless to say, there was a very high level of cynicism in the common man and woman. Although Hill was born and raised in Virginia, he was a country boy with a Missouri, “show me” attitude. Consequently, the book is written is a style that we’re not used to these days. Hill would postulate a theory or idea, then to “show you,” he presented “case studies” of different people’s experience with the concept.

People needed a lot of convincing back then before they would take a chance on some of his strange, “new fangled” ideas. So when you read the book, it reads in a very old-fashioned way. But take heart, the book is only a 250 page paperback, so you can get through it.

Here’s the Basic Principal of the MasterMind Group

The basic idea goes back to a principal found in the Bible, that, "Wherever two or more are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

This not only applies to spiritual or metaphysical concerns, but also to the mental energy of creative thinking and the creation of all material things. Napoleon Hill pointed out that whenever two like-minded people get together in a spirit of harmony, and with a specific purpose, the net result is the creation of a “third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.”

The key elements to a functioning, successful MasterMind group are: 1. Harmony - Everyone has to like and get along with one another.
2. A Definite Purpose - Everyone involved must have a crystal clear idea of what it is that they want to achieve and experience.
3. Commitment - Participants must be committed to the group, the process, and serious about what they’re doing, By “serious” I don’t mean ”grim.” I mean that everyone needs to be actively involved in playing the MasterMind game.

How A MasterMind Group Functions

While Hill points out that as little as two people can constitute a MasterMind, some fantastically successful people have had MasterMind groups with as many as 50 people! That’s what Andrew Carnegie did in order to become the richest man of his day. We aren’t suggesting that you have to put together a group of 50 people in order to be successful. I’m sure the Mr. Carnegie was speaking in corporate terms for his various businesses.

I’ll tell you a story about Disappropriation... Once, an event took place where matter became form, where the formless maintained an elemental union and there was a commitment; a congruency to all participating essences, an amalgam, a succinct conjunct. Therein lays the construct of physicalization.

Now, the biggest dilemma is attachment when one is physical. Where Creatrix lays out like the rays of the golden sun, and, as these rays continue through infinitum, unto knowing itself, (as it is so distanced from it’s center), it turns inward to see. And at the inward turn, therein is a change of energy, thus the Creatrix becomes creation. In Creation, things, form shift, disappear, and reappear, all the time. When it comes to the animal human, you are an amalgam of elemental communion: cellular activities (body), plus non-physical energetic (spirit).

As one is want to further their understanding of Creatrix through Creation, rather than waiting until the body has worn out its electromagnetic pulse, it would be wise to play with appropriation and disappropriation now!

Realize you’re already appropriate; you’re physical! Commitment therein is to your experience human. Disappropriation, for some, looks like a death, (as the idea or understanding of it is so vague and formless). How do you form shift the body, or lighten it up, vibrate it to a different frequency so that literally it moves with you? Well, that’s a whole story for another time involving a different level of participation. (You see it’s very simple: it’s just dropping more veils; realizing you can listen to peoples’ conversations, can hear their thoughts, etc…. Hmm… Is that what you want? Because, once the veil goes down it’s real difficult to put it back up). What you are left with in today’s playground is being able to move yourself without your body; this is the easiest way to speak of disappropriation for our story today.

So, to work this muscle, expand the ‘belief’ of the attachment and take the next step, would be to experience: remote viewing.
1. Put the body in a comfortable position; one that does not have an autonomic response of sleep…
2. Monitor the pulse, the breath, and empty the activating portal of the mind so that every thought that drifts in, you’re going to let drift out. Start keeping a focus now…
3. Pick a physical place and focus, placing your attention, intelligence, and expanded reality (awareness) upon it. See yourself there. (Literally, walking inside, watching the movement coming in, going out, who’s there, etc). Look around, notice texture, shape, form, color, etc., so when you become animated in your physical reality again, you can call and verify. In other words, have confirmation. Make sense?

These are the kinds of simple tools that help with exercising and participation in the training ground for the first level of disappropriation in non-real time. Oh, it’s real time, yet the body is not going with you… just yet….

Until We meet again: Disappearing, Reappearing.... A journey into the forever.

Hold onto your hats and be ready for anything! The energy is strong and it can be used for healing, manifesting, and moving forward.

It is so strong that there is agitation-anger about the past or about injustices. This needs to be transmuted and made into pure power-the energy you will need to propel yourself forward, achieve your dreams, and make the changes that are necessary to support your new lifestyle. Turn those feelings to gold light, clear and clean-you will feel better.

The only alternative to the above is to feel the stagnation, the constipation, and the hopelessness of doing nothing while energy builds up and goes sour. It is not an option to give into hopelessness, fear, and low self esteem.

You must let go of old dreams that are no longer healthy for you. Rid yourself of internal and external clutter. Exhale the old garbage. Inhale fresh energy to open up blocks. Be relentless and harness this surge of power.

Remember to run energy from the middle of the earth, through your body and up to heaven, and then back again. Keep it flowing. Remember your best dreams-weed out other people's expectations, dreams that were not really suited to you-and clarify what you want for the next 7 years.

Become relentless in focusing your energy toward goals-one of which should be to live in the light, dance in your joy, and be aware of all the forms of energy-working the energy until it is cleaner and healthier for you and those around you.

If you have trouble focusing, just keep coming back to it. Guilt and blame are not options. Give yourself do-able tasks and congratulations for all movement forward and become curious about all other movement, as it is part of a wondrous unfolding.

Remember all the times you made changes that succeeded, when you glowed, when you felt right. Run this energy all the time and watch what happens next!