[brought this line down, as it more fully explains the way I feel! usually, that it's a waste of energy and time- november 5th]
 

The whole family watched a remarkable celebration on early November 5th night; a victory which most people who watched, felt was theirs.

It was not unexpected. My kids had calmly predicted it the first time we heard of Obama. I didn't read or listen too much; just allowed whatever was shown to me once in a while--a phrase here, a picture there; and some of the speeches. I waited for the moment, when I usually get to "know" and then tell my friends and family, so that if I turn out later to be wrong, there will be no mistaking it. Just before the primaries in Florida, I finally told my friends, who were all for Hillary and shocked at my prediction: Obama will win. Then I gently wrote it on gentle Keith's blog; to be sure that I could not later go back and say I didn't really feel that he would win!!!

And then came the months and weeks of not being sure! It is always so; somewhere within our expanded selves, we all knew the answer [right, OM?]; but then ego with doubt and apprehension steps in.

Which is why all the meetings and rallies for Obama were filled with light and JOY; and all the meetings of Hillary or later, McCain, were not. There was more of fear, anger, frustration, FEAR.  This is not the time for the winning of fear.

But nothing can prepare for the actual experience of greatness being shown by two contenders, who bitterly fought each other.

The winner said :"This is your victory", to those who were gathered around him.

And the one who lost, said to his supporters: "We fought -- we fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours."

It is the most moving experience, to see two who could fight, almost trying to destroy the other, and then, at the moment of resolution, each walk away with an inner strength and outer grace. The victor was resolute, remarkably composed and yet passionate in his message. The one who lost, hardly seems like a loser.  Certainly not in the way kids here say: "Loser!" to those who just can't cut it.

As someone resident in America, but not a voter, as one who feels a Gaian above an Indian or American or foreigner or alien or whatever labels immigrations place on people; it has been a wonderful experience to see how much is asked of those who would be President of this remarkable land. Their personal lives, families, personality, quirks...all are grist to the mill.

They've to be able to dance, play games, get on with their family, travel without ever looking jetlagged, be well turned out without having bad hair or face or wardrobe days, make jokes, be witty, ad lib, be guests at TV talk shows, attend fancy dinners, shake hands with millions of people, and all this without getting ill, catching germs, or just being in a bad or impatient mood! For close to two years, if not more!!! And I've still not written the half of what a presidential candidate does in the race to the White House.

In the Chicago crowd, along with those expected to be there, what really surprised me is the enthusiasm among the 20s-30s young men! Not a group easy to impress.


Can anyone see anything but the hand of spirit, of God, of light, in all this?

The light above all, is definitely of the people. Of people all over the world, who sent light, meditated, or showed an interest for happenings in a far off land. And specially those who stood in long lines to cast a vote, and in doing so, help in the mobilization of energy all over the world.

And here's another prediction: years from now, we will tell the next generation how, when and where we watched the victory speech of one of the most charismatic leaders in the world.

My mother told me, "Never wait for anything. Keep yourself otherwise occupied."

So when my kids were small and I couldn't go back to sleep after a late night waking session, I learned html and made my websites, and tidied cupboards till I was sleepy again to go to sleep.

When my husband wasn't home in time for a meal, I'd begin to lay it on the table, and there he'd be! Works for guests too.

She is very wise, my mother. She taught us how to wait without the energy of "not doing anything till something happens" or "the energy of wanting something else to happen."

Long before NOW was the most used three-letter word on the planet [perhaps!], my mother showed me how to make each moment worthwhile.

Or as my cousin says: Master the moment..

A long time ago, in a meditation group, someone asked around the group:
“Are you a lightworker?”

It was the first time I had heard the word. It was a word that brought to light a knowing within me, and I said–“YES!”  I had no idea what it meant; but I knew what it is. I had no idea what light workers do; but I knew I was there. In the darkness of days, that inner light had ever been with me. Many moths were drawn to it, and hurt me as much as they must have hurt themselves. It is the way with light.

Light and dark–they are one in unconditional love. I see the symbol of yin-yang, with a thin boundary of pink; the dark in the light, and light in dark. The ebbs and flows of our energy; the not-knowing transmuted to knowing and going back to just being.

The potency of the dark womb of the universe that is the mother to our earth and other planets; as each of us in human life, have emerged from the nourishing dark womb of mother, and each seed sprouts in darkness towards light.

The compassionate heart of the One encompasses it all.

The milky way galaxy of light in the blackness of space; child from mother; the light manifest from the light hidden:

The unconditional love that infuses this, is in our experience and hearts; it is in our eyes as we look at the symbol. It has no quality other than that.

To be rid of fear, of others have power above oneself, who come from a place that is wrong or bad or evil, I had to ask myself: where does that darkness come from? And where does THAT come from? And THAT? And THAT?

I found that evil is live spelled backward–it is the opposite of live. That darkness comes from my own inner eye not being awakened. From seeing only one side of a situation–blindness of the proverbial elephant is removed if we can circle the situation, and see the elephant from every angle.

Taking that inner light and all outer lights that are available to us: of knowledge, wisdom, teachings of ascended beings, faith, right action,  right thinking, right feeling, satsang–the company of those whose energy raises our own even if their ideas are different, gaining control of all urges of thought, word and deed that are not for the highest good of all concerned.

This is what the lightworker does, from my experience–to expand the heart till we TOGETHER reach the source where darkness and light come from.

[Cross-posted from The Power of Light pod, where you may explore the questions of what is light, darkness, lightworker and the power of light].

That it's 11:11

A few years ago, in a meditation group, a friend mentioned that she was drawn to seeing this number. Thanks to digital clocks, we can see time turn to 11:11. She said it was almost as if she had to keep looking at the clock till she saw this time.

Others in the group brought her up to speed with the vision of 11:11 as a doorway into intention, infinity, something programmed deeply in some people. A message for awakening.

I don't think that message was programmed into me; but every time I look at the clock and it's this time; I'll send out an intent, usually wordless, trying to be as clear  as possible.  In the world I live in, most people know about this signficance. to me, it has come to signify Unconditional Love. It is no surprise therefore, that I blogged about this today; and a few weeks back,  joined Marcella's group Power of Success through Divine Love Experiment  as a group exercise was beginning today.

I asked two girls at work today: so, what does 11:11 mean to you?

Nothing, they said.

How does light reach us? How do we become light?
These pictures say it all:

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To heal, is to bring the chakras into alignment and balance

then understand the nature of creation and your purpose in it.

[llast image added after Zephyr's comment].

There is one thing you can expect from me.
Inconsistency.

As I said to someone recently, each time you repeat a question, I will give a different answer. It is not because I think I am wrong the first time, but because I can see many points of view, and realize that there are many right points of view.

It started with following the teaching to walk in another person's shoes, to see the other person's point of view. This was so interesting, that I am unable to hold on to only one point of view about most things.

To do that, to be inconsistent, one has to be very grounded, centered, aware of essence which flows but is essentially changeless. We can change our point of view without changing the basic "AM-ness" that defines us.

So it has not come in the way of making decisions when needed [which is almost every moment, isnt' it?]

e.g. if my husband asked me:
He:Which show shall we go for?[meaning, time of the movie?]
I: "Let;s go for the 12 o'clock show."
He: "12?"
I: "O.K., 3"
He: "Three?"
I: "Ummm..5 o'clock show?"
He: No; that'll be too late [we were students]--let's go for the 12 o'clock show."

As kids would say: Told ya! I was too diplomatic to do that to him!

When I went back to writing after a journey into healing and expanding consciousness, there was an aha! moment when the familiar story of the blind men and the elephant morphed into CIRCLE THE SITUATION  : Continuing the story of   THE BLIND MEN & THE ELEPHANT

I realized that not only does a person get an erroneous and incomplete impression about a situation if he is blind; but that each of us is blind unless we can take the place of each proverbial blind man, by looking at a situation from every angle, and getting a 360-degree view of it before forming an opinion or point of view, or taking a decision.

I also realized that just as each blind man was completely right given the circumstances and capabilities, each person always conveys his or her truth at any given moment. If we can look into what the other says, as well as subtle messages that we are receiving, we always hear the truth. Sometimes, we hear a deeper truth than even the speaker/writer is aware of. But in this way, no one is really lying. A lie can be spoken, but it becomes a truth to the subtle hearing of one who is willing to hear.

Another way, is to stand at a point, and circle, similar to the dervish dancing of Sufi sages.

Delving into healing also brought empathy, when I began to link to people's feelings. This overwhelming experience brought a greater clarity as it forced me to move towards connecting without attachment. It helped me to understand when to focus closely and how to fine-tune one's perspective to get a clear idea of a situation.



So dear ones, you know now what to expect from me.

Or do you?

It depends on how deeply we can know each other.

As much as suffering in the world, is the feeling that we do not deserve to be happy because.

Because others are not happy, and if we are happy, we are uncaring
Because we should be doing something more meaningful than laughing or just having fun
Because if we are happy, something will happen to make us unhappy. The evil eye will catch us.
Because we are healers, thinking people, intellectuals, lightworkers, boddhisattvas...and it's up to us to make the world better.

I wonder if we can look at it another way:

Happiness is a gift, and each happy moment that we allow ourselves to experience, helps in the feeling of everyone around, that happiness is possible?
Rather than helping people when we are sad, we can help better when we know what we are helping them to reach towards?
If unhappy moments come, the strength that happy moments give us, can help in overcoming the unhappiness...

Thoughts?

NEW DELHI
India rejoiced Saturday at joining an elite club by planting its flag on the moon as the country's space agency released the first pictures of the cratered surface taken by its maiden lunar mission.

 

A probe sent late Friday from the orbiting mother spacecraft took pictures and gathered other data India needs for a future moon landing as it plummeted to a crash-landing at the moon's south pole, said Indian Space Research Organization spokesman B.R. Guruprasad.

The box-shaped probe was painted with India's saffron, white and green flag, sparking celebrations in the country that is striving to become a world power.

 

Chandrayaan's journey

"The tricolor has landed," the Hindustan Times said in a banner headline, while The Asian Age proclaimed "India is big cheese."

 

Scientists at the Mission Operation Control Room in Bangalore. India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan.

(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

As India's economy has boomed in recent years, it has sought to convert its newfound wealth - built on the nation's high-tech sector - into political and military clout. The moon mission comes just months after it finalized a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power, and leaders hope the mission will further enhance its prestige.

"This momentous achievement shall be etched in the history of India as a grateful tribute to our scientific community for their resolute efforts to take India to a global leadership position," said Sonia Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party.

 

To date only the U.S., Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and China - and now India - have sent missions to the moon.

But while the celebrations conjured up images akin to that of the U.S. flag unfurled on the moon by Apollo astronauts, India's flag is most likely scattered over a wide swath of the moon's Shackleton crater after the probe slammed into the surface at more than 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) per hour.

The violent landing was planned and Indian scientists hope to study the images and data sent back by the probe during its 25-minute descent to prepare for a future "soft" landing, Guruprasad told The Associated Press. It carried a video imaging system, a radar altimeter and a mass spectrometer.

The video imaging system took pictures of the moon's surface, while the altimeter measured the rate of descent of the probe and the mass spectrometer studied the extremely thin lunar atmosphere.

Guruprasad said the pictures that were released were raw images and that scientists had not yet analyzed the information sent by the probe.

It was the first stage of a two-year mission aimed at measuring not only the surface of the moon, but what lies beneath. The probe was one of 11 payloads on the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1. Chandrayaan means "moon craft" in ancient Sanskrit.

India plans to follow the mission by landing a rover on the moon in 2011 and, eventually, with a manned space program, though this has not been authorized yet.

By GAVIN RABINOWITZ

Associated Press Writer

2008 November 11

The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Joseph Brimacombe

Explanation: First cataloged as a star, 30 Doradus is actually an immense star forming region in nearby galaxy The Large Magellanic Cloud. The region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula, except that this tarantula is about 1,000 light-years across, and 180,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. If the Tarantula nebula were at the distance of the Orion Nebula (1,500 light-years), the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees (60 full moons) on the sky. The spindly arms of the Tarantula nebula surround NGC 2070, a star cluster that contains some of the brightest, most massive stars known. Intriguing details of the nebula are visible in this scientifically-colored image. The cosmic Tarantula also lies near the site of the closest recent supernova.

Jessica tagged me with this new game [new to me] called Friday Five .

So, here goes:

1) What are you thankful for today?

Having more work than I feel I can handle
Even though there isn't enough money to pay me for that work!
Having family that is happy and close
A place where I meet STUPENDOUS people everyday. [yes, you know whereof I speak!]
Meeting people who care how I feel!! Wow!


2) What do you appreciate about the Earth?

That it's flexible; immensely strong in its yielding; and shows almost every emotion in its natural wonders!

3) Who is the last person you said “thank you” to?

Someone at work, when the tables turned and I said "I'm overwhelmed". She helped me by having a realistic conversation, and allowed me to find my own answers.

4) When was the last time someone thanked you?

Today.

5) What is your favorite way to say thank you?

Warm smile and loving eyes and THANK you!
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Tagging: Lizzyl, aki (a-k-eye:), little bear, Prabhath P Shianti 
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Please let me know when you post a blog!

When we were kids, my mother told us about the akashic records, in this way.

"Be careful what you speak, because everything you say, is stored forever in the akash [sky]."

As I loved libraries, and books and old records, I'd dream of that celestial library in the sky; imagining what it might contain, and striving to be careful of words and thoughts so that I wouldn't add in a mix of something petty or wrong or unworthy.

[Washing dishes this afternoon, I found myself sending out a thought message to a friend: could you blog about this, please?]

We pronounce akashic as AA-KAA-SHICK. That's because akash is a familiar hindi word. I've heard it pronouced as ay-kay-shick. It's the same thing! The wonder is to hear the word from another.

All books, knowledge and history known to humankind is stored there. If we want to read a book, all we have to do is link to that library. But to reach it, is as easy as sending out a feeler and intending to do so; and as difficult as finding an obscure word in an ocean of books.

It can't be found by leafing through the classification system which is too lengthy to go through in a lifetime. But it can be accessed through a special inward quality of being.

That too can take a lifetime.
Or an instant.

Over time, I will add some links to those who are known to read them. Or others who are interested. It's never one person.

  

Today is my dearest mother's birthday. I am blessed to see this day, even though I am half-way around the earth from her. My dad and sister are with her, and she is surrounded by loved ones, so I hope she won't miss me too much!

But like the picture in my icon, her love reaches here, and I feel embraced in her gentle warmth. And her mirth and laughter--you see her belly moving first, the one that nurtured us before she gave us to mother earth, her face twisting with the intensity of the feeling; mirthful eyes  as she laughs with her entire body!

I'm thinking of all the gifts she has given me; since I can't be with her to be with her something today.

She has shown me how to use energy in a wise way.
When you're tired, rest.
When you're awake, don't worry if it's the middle of the night--do something till you can get back to sleep.
Listen to your body when eating.
 Don't feel you're weak: your spirit can overcome.
If you're in a scary situation, laugh, walk confidently. No one will attack you if you are confident and seemingly carefree. Worked for me in the then-scary streets of Delhi!

I rarely saw her reading a book as she managed her household and made a home in tens of places that we moved to. But she has shown me the eternal library of the akashic records,  shown us how to tackle attacks with wit,  to see the divine within our daily life, be gentle in our speech.

By a few observations, even as she is losing her memory, she pointed out the changing pattern of birds.

Her own mother died when she was a babe in arms, and though she was raised by the most amazing grandmother, I know she has a feeling of emptiness within her. She transformed the pain of feeling mother-less to becoming "mother". Even our friends would love to be in our home, eating her cake, mathris, and other snacks she'd make after we'd play in the garden.  We'd get jealous sometimes, of how loving she was to them as well!  That is another gift to us.

I sign when I cook; because Ma has taught us traditional recipes, but more importantly, has shown us how to create when we cook. Use our own inner guidance, be novel, different, and make do with what is in the home. I still can't make pickles as she does!

And on Gaia; I was inspired by my mom to start the Gaia Networking pod on her birthday last year.

Whew! What can I gift a mother who is constantly giving me?

(((((((((((((())))))))))))))))HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MA!

A closed space in my heart...

on reading starlight 's amazing blog:
heart break open...

Perspective

Today, some parts of that city are devastated by terrorist attacks that have finally been reported in western media, because of the horrifying targetting of American and Israeli tourists.  In typical Indian style, other parts of that large metropolis, financial hub of India, go about with business as usual. And the names of Indians dead are not yet published; except of those who were fighting the terrorists.

Will they be forgotten this time, as each time in the past, when trains have been blown up and simultaneous blasts have revealed the hands of  well-planned enemies? 

Or perhaps not; because one, the western news media and governments were quickly apprised, and I am sure that now it is fully known how terrorism has only one religion --terror; and victims have one country: the world; but the venue has one feature: inept, uncaring politicians, living lives of greed and self-service, not heeding the advice of the excellent anti-terrorist officials.
As you can see, I am ranting. A personal perspective.

And two, finally we have  a new kind news reporting: the people.
Mumbai Attack Aftermath Detailed, Tweet by Tweet; By Noah Shachtman November 26, 2008 | 4:44:07 PMCategories: Terror Tech  

 First-hand accounts of the deadly Mumbai attacks are pouring in on Twitter, Flickr, and other social media.