Daily Dose - Oct. 25, 2013 - Freya'sDay/Venus - Dreams of Mastery

In June of 2009 I had a dream which I would like to share with you today for the Daily Dose.

I was learning some kind of Qi-Gong & Martial Art from a Master Monk (I say some kind because it was a form I'd never seen).

He told me,
"Mastery is observance, patience, and proper application.

It is kind and gentle yet strong and unstoppable.

The jewel within is Balance.

Mastery is found in the subtlety."

After some time of teaching me some very powerful and beautiful  breath and movement techniques, he went on to tell me,
"Self mastery is knowing all there is to know;
not because you've learned it, but because you know it.
It is finding something new in every repetition of pattern.
Seeing the extravagant in the mundane.
Seeing all there is to see not because you have to or want to,
but because it is already in your vision.
It is noticing everything in Life today
which you did not yesterday,
and tomorrow what you did not today."

Be your own master.
Have a loving Friday! <3

Daily Dose - Oct 23, 2013 - Woden'sDay/Mercury/Thoth - Mercury Retro, Scorpio, Tantra & Tao.

Hey ah! How's every body's Mercury Retrograde been so far? It's only been three days, but it feels like it's been much longer to me. That might have something to do with the fact that it's retrograde in Scorpio, and My Sun sign and ascendant is Scorpio AND both Mercury and Pluto are in Scorpio in my natal chart. Yea.

Anyway, it's definitely been deep and I enjoy that (^ as you may be able to tell). I've also been in a creative current for a bit, and I am happy to say that all is good and well :). Here's your Dose ;).

• If it's not spontaneous it's not Spirit.
• All you need to do is breathe easily. The breath will bring awareness to your actions. From here, all that remains is to enjoy. The breath itself focuses, it is Brahma giving us life every moment. We are uneasy only when we resist. Simply allow the breath to come and go. The next step is to enjoy it, and appreciate it. Like this, there will be joy and gratitude in all that you do and there is no resistance at all, there is only enjoyment. The Pranic river of being can flow into you and your life unrestricted and free. This is Yoga. This is Zen. This is Tantra. This is Tao.
• If you want to be fulfilled and productive drop anything you "should" do. Then, just do.

"When a superior man hears of the Tao,

he immediately begins to embody it.

When an average man hears of the Tao,

he half believes it, half doubts it.

When a foolish man hears of the Tao,

he laughs out loud.

If he didn't laugh,

it wouldn't be the Tao.

Thus it is said:

The path into light seems dark,

the path forward seems to go back,

the direct path seems long,

true power seems weak,

true purity seems tarnished,

true steadfastness seems changeable,

true clarity seems obcsure,

the greatest art seems unsophisticated,

the greatest love seems indifferent,

the greatest wisdom seems childish.

The Tao is nowhere to be found.

Yet it nourishes and completes all things."

- 41, Tao Te Ching, Translated by Stephen Mitchell

Daily Dose - Oct. 21 2013 - MoonDay/Shiva/Luna - Shiva, Yoga, & Peace.

What a powerful week and a half we have just passed through! With that full moon in Aries plus the eclipse, we're all experiencing very potent shifts! Today's daily dose contains a couple of my quotes on Yoga. If you are not practicing Yoga (which includes many branches and styles) or something similar (Qi Gong, Tai Chi, etc.) I invite you to receive these words as confirmation to start or go deeper! These systems of spiritual science teach and allow us to embrace the quickly shifting and changing times, and how to smoothly ride through the experiences of life, especially if they are difficult or challenging.

Monday is often considered Shiva's day of the week (as if they weren't all his ;P ) and is a particularly good and auspicious day to fast.

• Yoga teaches us stability in life. It does so by giving stability to the body and mind, and so it is reflected in Life. Sometimes we fall or stumble, but we do so sincerely, and are stronger and kinder for it.
• Yoga is not just stretching; it requires a commitment to become strong; to be strong and adaptive, being firm and elastic simultaneously, in the body and the mind.
• When we slow the breath and focus the mind, the bliss of stillness enters our awareness. By this state of being we perceive and experience the miracle of life constantly - peace is the result of this.

"The Tao never does anything,
yet through it all things are done.

If powerful men and women
could center themselves in it,
the whole world would be transformed
by itself, in its natural rhythms.
People would be content
with their simple, everyday lives,
in harmony, and free of desire.

When there is no desire,
all things are at peace."
- 37, Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell

Oct 9 2013 - Wednesday/Woden's Day/Mercury/Thoth - Emotions, Yoga & Letting

• Things happen, Life happens, there's nothing we can do about that. Our reactions to those things, however, dictate how we experience life, and the quality of that experience.
  
  Essentially, the reality of our happiness is a reality and decision we either create or deny by our every day actions and attitude - we can choose to smile and be grateful and joyous for our life - and all that it is - or we can choose otherwise. The former is Yoga.
  
• Having the ability to witness emotional reactions within the body and mind and choosing to release the proceeding attachment to and identification with that reaction and emotion is Yoga. Thus we are never disturbed from our sense of peace and experience life with clarity and joy.

"The gentlest thing in the world

overcomes the hardest thing in the world.

That which has no substance

enters where there is no space.

This shows the value of non-action.

Teaching without words,

performing without actions:

that is the Master's way."

-43, Tao Te Ching translated by Stephen Mitchell