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Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Maddie body 'never in car'

Forensic experts found NO blood, NO hair and NO body fluids from Madeleine McCann in her parents’ hire car, it emerged last night. Home Office-approved scientists hired by Kate and Gerry McCann say there is no evidence Maddie was ever in the Renault Scenic, rented 25 days after she disappeared.

Portuguese detectives who made the McCanns suspects have claimed Maddie’s DNA was found in the car. They alleged the couple accidentally killed their daughter, then used the car to move her body later.

But a source who has seen the forensic scientists’ final report said: “If her body had been in the car, there would have been traces all over it – and there aren’t any.”

Experts also rejected claims there were traces of Maddie’s DNA on a small piece of the car retained by Britain’s Forensic Sciences Service. Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “We feel it is impossible there can be anything found on the piece. From our understanding, it is part of the tailgate fitting and is supposed to have tiny droplets of a substance on it. But we do not believe that has proved to contain any of Maddie’s DNA. There is no way that if, as has been suggested, her corpse was put in the car there would be no other trace of her DNA apart from on this one tiny fragment. If her body had been in there, there would have been traces all over it. And there aren’t any. Because she was never in there.”

The experts hired by the McCanns were paid for by multi-millionaire businessman Brian Kennedy. They were led by US professor and DNA specialist Dan Krane, who has taken part in more than 60 cases. His team carried out independent tests on the Renault over several weeks and found no trace of Maddie.(The Sun)

Tending The Emotions

Most of us have had the experience of holding back our emotions for such a long period of time that when they finally come out, we have something resembling a breakdown. For a certain period of time, the overwhelming flood of feelings coursing through our bodies consumes us, and we stop functioning. Often, these outbursts take us by surprise, welling up within us as we drive to or from work, watch a movie, or engage in some otherwise mundane task. We may feel like we do not know what triggered us, or if we do know, it does not make sense of our overpowering emotional response. This is because we are releasing feelings that have accumulated over a long period of time, and whatever inspired the release was just a catalyst for a much larger, much needed catharsis.

When we find ourselves in the midst of such an experience, it is important that we allow it to happen, rather than fight it or try to shut down. Wherever we are, we can try to find a private, safe place in which to let our feelings out. If we can not access such a place immediately, we can promise to set aside some time for ourselves at our earliest possible convenience, perhaps taking a day off work. The important thing is that we need to give our emotional system some much-needed attention. It is essential that we allow ourselves to release the pent-up emotions inside ourselves so that they do not create imbalances in our bodies and minds.

When you are feeling better, make a plan to find a way to process your emotions more regularly. You can do this by employing a therapist or making a regular date to talk to a trusted friend. Journaling can also be a great way to acknowledge and release your emotions, as can certain forms of meditation. Making room in your life for tending your emotions on a regular basis will keep you healthy, balanced, and ready for life.

Eppur si muove

By Enigma



Taken from the "A Posteriori" album

Introducing: Theta Healing

ThetaHealing can be most easily described as an attainable miracle for your life. In ThetaHealing , we put to use our natural intuition, relying upon universal unconditional love to do the actual “work”.

By changing your brain wave cycle to include the “theta” state, you can actually watch the universe create, instantaneous physical and emotional healing.

Because ThetaHealing is taught and based upon the universal unconditionl love, you will feel at ease as you learn and experience this for yourself. Upon learning this technique, you will see that everyone has intuitive abilities that can be used to bring about spontaneous physical and emotional healing. You will help yourself, as well as your friends and family, using this phenomenal process!

Many of us are faced with challenges in our lives. Some of us are challenged with emotional struggles, some of us are faced with daily reminders of our physical ailments, and some of us deal with the uncertainty of both emotional and physical issues. Regardless of how great or small these challenges may be it's safe to say that our quality of life can be not only better, but that it should be more pleasurable as well!

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Tarot Card of the Day

The Lovers is numbered six and is a card of innocence, trust, exhileration and joy. The couple (often seen intertwined or standing side by side) are soulmates, each being one half of a perfect union. The figure flying above them is Cupid, blessing them with the might of Universal Love.

The Lovers are the embodiment of the harmony of opposites. This is how we are before the fear and prejudices of life intervene. We give our love freely to others and we need no other to make us whole.

Love is much misunderstood. It is subjective and the word 'love' is so overused that it has almost lost its original meaning. We are all capable of the immense power of deep feelings. Love happens when we step out of the darkness of fear, pain and doubt into the light. Love can move mountains. Love breeds love - a happy smile breaking through another's melancholy proves this.

Loving ourselves is the first step to touching the mighty power of Universal Love. We must live each moment as though it were the only one - rejoicing and celebrating, loving the soul within us rather than fighting with the reflection the rest of the world sees.

Tintagel

It was long assumed that Geoffrey of Monmouth (writing around 1135) selected Tintagel as the birthplace of Arthur to suit his own needs as a writer, or perhaps for some political reason. The remains of the castle on the island, though romantically associated with Arthur, are in fact 12th and 13th century ruins. Excavations did discover evidence of a Dark Age presence on the island, but for many years this was considered to be a monastery rather than a hillfort or stronghold. Until very recently, this theory persisted, and the island's association with Arthur was treated as fictional.

The discovery of large quantities of pottery and glass at Tintagel began to alter the official viewpoint. The finds were varied in style and purpose. There were oil and wine jars, plates and glass bottles from Spain, North Africa, Greece and the Middle East. The finds were dated to the approximate time period during which Arthur was believed to have been alive, and it quickly became apparent that Tintagel had not been simply a monastery. Major trade had taken place with several Mediterranean nations. Furthermore, Tintagel was so important that a defensive wall was built across the narrow passage which joins the island to the mainland.

The remains of over 150 buildings were discovered after a fire in 1983, and established the view that Tintagel, or Din Tagell, was a royal 5th and 6th century stronghold. Archaeology had come to the rescue of the legend, and the possibility of an Arthurian connection re-established itself with the benefits of physical evidence.

In 1998, a remarkable discovery took place on Tintagel during new excavations. A piece of 6th century slate was found with a carved Latin inscription, PATER COLIAVIFICIT ARTOGNOU. The inscription is incomplete, but in translation it is believed to say Artognou, father of a descendant of Col, has made this. Artognou may have been pronounced Arthnou, and may have meant bear. This 'Arthur Stone' is now officially an English national treasure, and it may be the only surviving relic of Arthur Pendragon's reign. It does not provide conclusive evidence that Arthur existed, nor does it confirm that Tintagel was an Arthurian stronghold, but it may be the evidence that draws history and folklore a little closer. It is ironic that in the quest for proof of Arthur's existence, the single piece of evidence draws us deeper into the mystery of the legends.

Arawn Lord of Annwfn

Arawn was the Lord of Annwfn (Otherworld) in the First Branch of the Mabinogi – Pwyll Lord of Dyved (Mabinogion). Arawn befriended Pwyll when they encountered one another in the woods. Arawn offered Pwyll to take his place as Lord of Annwfn for one year and a day. Pwyll would be transformed to look like Arawn, so that Pwyll could fight Havgtan (Hafgan) in his place. Havgtan was also a Lord of Annwfn and Arawn's archenemy. Havgtan could only be killed in one blow, for the second blow would magically heal Havgtan. So Pwyll mortally wounded Havgtan and refused to strike another blow, so Arawn's enemy died.

Arawn had a beautiful wife, who was unnamed. While Pwyll was pretending to be her lord and husband, Pwyll did not take advance of it, making love to Arawn's wife. Arawn was surprised that Pwyll would protect his wife's chastity, that they became friends and allies. Arawn richly rewarded Pwyll for both deeds. It is believed that Arawn had sent Rhiannon to become Pwyll's wife.

Arawn had also given pigs to Pryderi, Pwyll's son, when Pryderi became Lord of Dyved. These pigs were stolen by Gwydyon (Gwydion), in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi – Math Son of Mathonwy. This led to a war between Dyved and Gwynedd, where Pryderi was killed in single combat against Gwydyon, the nephew of King Math of Gwynedd.

Arawn was also said to possess the magic cauldron, which Arthur tried to steal in the obscure poem in the Book of Taliesin, called Spoils of Annwfn (Preiddiau Annwfn).

A story from the Arthurian myths tells how the Pendragon entered Annwn to steal a magick cauldron belonging to Arawn. The quest was a perilous one, and Arthur lost most of his company during the expedition. However, the purpose was an honest one, for the cauldron had life-giving properties and was used to restore the injured King Pellam and his lands. This is the origin of the Grail story.

Restoring the barren lands was an act of worship and healing to the Goddess. Arawn evidently harboured no ill will against Arthur for the trespass, for the Pendragon's entry into Annwn after Camlann met no hindrance. These tales tell us much about Arawn and his people, and it is clear that the ælves believe that kindnesses must be repaid and injustices remedied.

By clothing himself in grey robes, Arawn reminds us that people and things are not always what they seem. Greatness is not measured by material possessions, nor is it the ability to wield one's power. Arawn shows understanding and compassion, and this makes him a great leader. This is not to say he allows injustices to pass by; he does not. The realm of the ælves is all about actions and consequences.

Arawn shows us the importance of acknowledging his realm and its inhabitants, for to fail to do so denies us the opportunity to form rewarding friendships that transcend the boundaries between our worlds. Incurring the wrath of the faeries can have severe consequences, as shown in the Arthurian tales. Yet avoiding their displeasure is not difficult, and Arawn reveals the moral nobility by which we should live.

Madeleine Police To Meet UK Detectives

Portuguese detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will visit Britain later today, Sky News has learned. They will travel to speak to police in Leicestershire - the county where the missing girl's parents live. Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said a team of four will fly to Britain.

The team may include Portugal's second most senior policeman Paulo Rebelo, who is now leading the inquiry. There will also be two forensic officers and a representative from the country's national pathology institute.

As well as meeting officers from Leicestershire, they will also see forensic representatives from a Birmingham laboratory. The lab has been testing samples taken from the holiday apartment where Madeleine's family stayed and the car they hired.

The team may also re-interview friends of Gerry and Kate McCann who had dinner with the couple on the night Madeleine went missing. But it is thought less likely they will speak to the McCanns themselves, Brunt added. (Sky News)

Man Utd 2-1 Sporting Lisbon

Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike gave Manchester United victory against Sporting Lisbon to ensure they finish top of their Champions League group.

Ronaldo fired in a superb injury-time free-kick to sink battling Sporting and take the pressure off United for their final group game away to AS Roma.

Abel beat Tomasz Kuszczak at his near post to put Sporting ahead early on.

But substitute Carlos Tevez levelled from close range on the hour to set up Ronaldo's grandstand finish. (BBC Sport)

Tuesday, 27 November 2007

Sigil Artwork

The Lightning Flash
Original Artwork by Matthew James

The Tree Of LIfe Part 2

There is no doubt that Netzah is where we can find Hermetic Magic, and in Hod we find Natural Magic. Other authors think differently. They believe that Natural Magic is found in Netzah; I have to disagree with them in that matter because when precisely seen, the mind is found to be Mercurial. There are authors that disagree with my concepts. They suppose that the mind is Venusian. I regret to discuss this type of concept because anyone can realize that the mind is Mercurial. Therefore, Hermetic Magic must be identified with Mercury, which is related with the mind. Regarding Natural, Ceremonial or Ritualistic Magic, we can find it in the Astral World, in the astral Body.

Where do we find the central gravity of the Magical Triangle? Obviously, it is found in the sex, because it is from here that birth, death and regeneration come. Everything rotates around the sex. In other words, the third triangle has its center of gravity in the sex, or Yesod, which is the force of the Third Logos, the sexual potency.

In this way we have found that there are three basic centers of gravity in the whole Tree of Life. In the first triangle, the center of gravity is in the First Logos, Kether, the Elder of the Centuries.

In the second triangle, Chokmah, the Cosmic Christ, the Second Logos, has its center of gravity in the Human Soul, Tiphereth.

In the third triangle Binah, the Holy Spirit, the Third Logos has its center of gravity in Yesod. It is within the sexual force from where life emerges, where the Physical Body emerges, where all living organisms emerge. Since we are the children of a man and woman, not even Malkuth could exist without the presence of sex. Therefore, Yesod is the foundation of the Third Logos; Yesod is the center where the sexual force of the Third Logos gravitates.

There are two Trees which are in Eden: The Tree of the Science of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Science of Good and Evil is sex, and this Tree of Knowledge is represented by the sexual organs.

The Tree of Life is the Being, and in our Physical Body this Tree is represented by the spinal column.

Every true cultural doctrine has to study in detail these two Trees, because the study of one Tree without the study of the other gives an incomplete and useless knowledge.

For what purpose do we study the Being if we do not know about sex? Both Trees are from Eden and even share the same roots. These are the two main great columns of the White Lodge: Wisdom and Love. Wisdom is the Tree of the Science of Good and Evil, and Love is the Tree of Life.

The doctrine of the two Trees was deeply studied in ancient Egypt. The fatal shadow of the Tree of Life is the psychological “I.” The fatal shadow of the Tree of the Knowledge is fornication. People usually mistake the shadows for reality.

Whosoever finishes with the processes of the psychological “I” will Self-realize his Being himself. Whosoever stops fornicating is converted into a Christ.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat But of the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:16, 17

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6

And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever…

So he drove out the man and he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3:22, 2

If the fallen human being could have eaten from the delicious fruits of the Tree of Life, then today we would have fornicating Gods. That would have been a damnation of damnations. That would have been the most terrible sacrifice. That would have been the impossible.

Therefore, the Flaming Sword of Cosmic Justice is brandished; it is blazing, frightening and terrible guarding the way towards the Tree of Life.

The Innermost was born from the Sephirothic Crown; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Innermost is enveloped within six inferior vehicles that co-penetrate themselves and from the human being. All of the faculties and powers of the Innermost are the fruits of the Tree of Life. The human being will eat form the fruits of the Tree of Life when he returns to Eden in the same way that he departed. Then, the human being will see God face to face without dying. Lightning will serve as a scepter for him and tempests as carpet for his feet.

Ten surges of life exist that penetrate and co-penetrate within themselves without any type of confusion; These ten eternal emanations are the Ten Sephiroth of Kabbalah, the Ten branches of the Tree of Life. Now we begin to understand why God put ten fingers on our hands.

The twelve senses of the human being (7 charkas or churches + 5 physical sense = 12) are related with our spinal column. The spinal column is the physical exponent of the Tree of Life. The twelve senses are the twelve fruits of the Tree of Life.

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One of their most famous songs.

Hapi

Hapi is the ancient Egyptian god of the Nile. He is ancient not only to us of the modern world, but to the Egyptians as well. In fact, "hep", the root of Hapi's name is probably an ancient name for the Nile.

Hapi was portrayed as a man with women's breasts and protruding belly. The full breasts and stomach indicate fertility and his ability to nourish the land through the Nile's annual floods. Just as Egypt was divided into two parts (the north and the south) so was Hapi's domain, the Nile. As a god of the northern Nile, Hapi was depicted wearing papyrus plants, a symbol of Lower Egypt, on his head. In this form, he was called "Hap-Meht". The Nile-god of Upper Egypt was "Hap-Reset" and wore lotus plants (a symbol of the south) on his head. When an artist was attempting to portray Hapi as a god of the entire Nile, he holds both lotus and papyrus plants in his hands or two vases.

The female counterpart and wife of Hapi in the south was Nekhebet, who was a goddess of the south in general and portrayed as a vulture. The wife of the Hapi of the north was Buto, who was depicted as a cobra and the equivalent of Nekhebet in the south.

Osiris was originally a water or river god and eventually Hapi was identified with him. However, in his own right, Hapi was recognized as one of the greatest Egyptian gods and he was declared not only the maker of the universe, but the creator of everything from which it and all things sprang. Hapi was also associated with Nun, as the Nile's source was believed to be located somewhere in the watery chaos of Nun's domain.

Hapi had a certain mysteriousness about him. The Egyptians believed that the Nile rose out of the ground between two mountains (Qer-Hapi and Mu-Hapi) between the islands of Elephantine and Philae. However, the Egyptians had no clue how or why the Nile flooded each year. They believed that the gods Khnemu, Anqet, and Satet were the guardians of the source of the Nile. Their duty was to make sure that the right amount of silt was released during the yearly inundation. Hapi was in charge of the waters that flowed during the floods. The flood was commonly known as the "arrival of Hapi". The Egyptians would toss sacrifices, amulets and other offerings into the Nile at special places to appease Hapi and to ensure that he would provide an adequate inundation to water their fields. (Egyptian myths)

The Tree Of Life part 1

If we observe the Tree of Life as it is written by the Hebrew Kabbalists, we see Ten Sephiroth. The Tree begins with the Ancient of Days, Kether, who is in the most elevated place of the Tree. Chokmah follows as the second Sephira, in other words, the Second Logos, which is precisely the Cosmic Christ, or Vishnu. Then Binah follows, which is the Third Logos, the Lord Shiva. Kether, Chokmah and Binah are the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as they are drawn in the Tree of Life of the Hebraic Mysteries; this is how the Rabbis taught it.

Kether, Chokmah and Binah are the Trimurti of Perfection; they are the divine triangle, they very beloved Father, the very adored Son, and the very wise Holy Spirit.

There is an abyss found after this divine triangle. After this abyss, a second triangle is formed by Chesed, the fourth Sephira that corresponds to the Innermost, or when speaking in Sanskrit, Atman the ineffable one, continuing with Geburah, the might of the Law, the fifth Sephira, which is Buddhi, the Divine Soul, which is feminine. Then follows Tiphereth, the sixth Sephira, the Human Soul which is masculine.

A third triangle comes as an unfoldment and this is represented by Netzah, the mind, the seventh Sephira, continuing with Hod, the eighth Sephira, the Astral Body. Further down is Yesod, the ninth Sephira, the main foundation of sex, the vital depth of the physical organism, the Vital Body or the ethereal vehicle, the Theosophist’s Lingam Sarira.

Finally, at the lowest part of the Tree of Life, we find Malkuth, the tenth Sephira, the Physical World, or Physical Body, the body of flesh and bones.

The first triangle, Kether, Chokmah and Binah, the Logoic. The second triangle, Chesed, Geburah and Tiphereth, is Ethical. The third triangle, Netzah, Hod and Yesod, is Magical. Malkuth, the physical world, is a fallen Sephira.

The first triangle, or Logoic Triangle, obviously has its center of gravity in the divine Father, the Ancient of Days, Kether. This is something that anyone can observe. Kether is a mathematical point in the infinite, immense and unalterable space. This triangle is the triangle of the Father.

If we analyze the second triangle, we find that it is Ethical. Why is it called ethical? It is simply because ethics or upright behavior is primed there. There, we know the might of the Law; there, we know good and evil, about what is good and evil. This triangle is the World of Pure Spirit, which is Atman, Buddhi, Manas that is, the Hindu Trimurti. Obviously, the center of gravity in this triangle becomes at a simple glance the Human Soul; that Soul who suffers and who gives that human part to us, the Sephirah Tiphereth that coincides with the Causal Body. This triangle is also denominated as the Triangle of the Son. Here we find the Cosmic Christ, Chokmah who when so endowed manifests himself through the Human Soul, which is Tiphereth in the Herbraic Kebbalah.

The third triangle becomes very interesting because this is the Magical Triangle formed by the mind or Netzah, the Astral Body or Hod, and the Ethereal Body or Yesod, which is also the basic sexual principle of Universal Life. Why this is called the Magical Triangle? Undoubtedly, it is because High Magic is exercised in the kingdom of the mind and the kingdom of the Astral and even the Klipoth of the Infernal Worlds.

Daily Merlin Insight for Tuesday 27th November 2007

T R A N S C R I P T
Using Servants of the Light tarot
NZ
10:30pm - 11:10pm

'Insights of an open channel nature relating once more to the evening of 3rd May 2007 and the surroundings of the disappearance of MM. Something has been niggling my consciousness the past few days ... the media speculation and the ridiculous theories of the PJ can most surely be discounted ... insights therefore to perhaps indicate the more likely events of the night'

Nothing seems random or opportunist about the evening of 3rd May 2007. Meticulously planned ... the route and the weeks and months after the abduction all carefully planned. All the trails and all the evidence afterwards had been considered. MM was taken specifically ... her worth as 'the Flaming Sword' appears once more central to the working. The abductor would not have gone to all this trouble for a random taking ... there most surely would have been easier victims in the surrounding area.

It has been made by someone somewhere to be a pedo in the Portugal area as the most likely perpetrator. That has been the plan. It is the cover that hides the identity of the abductor ... the Keeper of Crescents has his face hidden ... intelligence is perhaps his career. A hired hand receiving instructions from those that know these areas and the typical pedo ring activities so in the months that follow evidence can be pointed to take attention of the real trail.

Perhaps this shouldn't be said here with the eyes that stalk still very much around. But there are falsehoods afoot which have changed the complexities of the trail. There are unknown hands which have come into the game?

The 10 of Crescents is the normal routine life of the McCanns about to be shattered ... the Giver of Staves is the associations with government and consultant based situations ... the professional life of GM? It is through these channels that the trouble was brewing. MM was known to someone and also the connections which GM had ... the 4 of Weapons represents the planned covert operation which required an abduction ... the taking of a child perhaps to infiltrate a circle or organisation?

Intelligence needed to go places where it could observe and be part of without drawing attention to itself? Hence MM was taken and became a sad statistic in the missing children of Europe. However. She has not been where the Media has claimed or is claiming ... someone links to the Keeper of Crescents ... who has power in the media and can drop in spoof information all part and parcel of the beforehand plan .... to ensure the cover continues and the mystery perpetuates ...

Meanwhile I glean MM is most surely safe. But the outside world in its entirety including the McCanns and their family are none the wiser. The abduction has to appear as having been a genuine one ... and hence the impetus of a genuine campaign. The incompetence of the PJ seems to be something which is all part and parcel of the plan. The attention on MM for when she does return to keep her safe ... for there is the element of her being a commodity ... of real value to an underworld trade ...

There is also the sense of evidence 'provided' to ensure the pointing of the hand at the McCanns. It is a compromise situation to ensure someone plays a part behind the scenes ... lest the fear of 'the Devil' becomes a reality if something is not undertaken. It is a blackmail and also a revenge. Someone somewhere stirs up the media and the law enforcement to accuse the McCanns to control public reaction. It is a clever operation by some intelligent minds.

This value as the flaming sword appears to be like the sprat to catch the mackerel ... MM will not be harmed or killed because of her publicity. This has all be carefully planned. There is something deep within about this situation. Places which the surface world of the mundane lives knows nothing about ... great secrecy here ...

The Pattern of the stones ... the Lightning Flash .. relates to the 777 once more .... one of the 7's could relate to something significant in the 7th month of her disappearance and the other two 7's I need to assess. But the 4 of Crescents and the User of Staves represents the covert nature to the tale ... the dishevelled woman is someone with two identities ... a conventional career and also a covert career ... a link between the two worlds ... the 6 of Staves indicates something of significance approaching ...

The current speculation can most surely be disregarded. There are mere characters in something written before the events coming onto the stage. MM was not taken randomly. The timing was all paramount ... rehearsed elsewhere to make sure it would go like clockwork. I sense the sighting of JT ... was someone strategically placed to be seen by someone ... whilst MM was led away in a different direction ... by someone who she would have been comfortable with ..

The length of time is most surely alarming her by now as much as her family. The someone somewhere will not be emotionally involved in the situation ... not caring at all how long it takes or how it affects MM and her family. Those who hold MM will most certainly be powerless to effect any control on the situation. There hands are tied and their actions ruled by fear. There are some very powerful circles moving here ... someone's toes only needed to be tapped ever so tightly for it to be MM who was to be abducted ...

The 4 of Staves is the wellbeing of MM and all things considered beforehand. She appears to be in a family environment to permit the longelivity of the situation if need be. The 'after her return' appears also to be an integral part of it all ... public reaction relating to her re-emergence ... and her return to normal life ... and her view in later years ... all part and parcel it seems of someone's long term plan ... the status of the Flaming Sword has significane ... there should still be great confidence MM is very much alive and is to be returned.

Gimme Some Lovin'

By T h u n d e r



Another classic from the 'Backstreet Symphony' album

The True Nature of Super Power Kundalini

What exactly is this Divine Serpent Power or Kundalini? With reference to this scriptural scholars and great seers / saints, on the basis of their experiences have put forth many precepts. In the Jnanarnava Tantra (Indian scripture) Kundalini is described as the Mother of the world and a divine energy that controls this world. World activities take place with tortuous preludes. The movements of atoms, stars, galaxies, planets etc. are rotational and revolutional. All our thoughts, words etc. start at a certain point in space and after traveling to a certain far off place, it returns to its original point. This cycle of movement is one of the 4 weapons of God. It is lso called the transformational process of Lord Mahakal. It is this that induces movement in a living being like a ball of mud. Just as a potter makes various articles from mud/clay, so too it plays the role of raising and throwing down the state of our soul. The Divine Serpent Power generates energy in macro form as far as the cosmos is concerned and micro as far as an individual living being is concerned. In spiritual literature, especially the Indian Upanishads, Kundalini or the Divine Serpent Power is discussed a great deal. But one should not think that only this description is total. Because beyond this there is a lot more that needs to be researched into, spoken about and understood deeply. We must keep an open mind so as to understand more deeply, the results of conjoining these incomplete theories.

In the Kathopanishad the dialogue between Yama-Nachiketa revolves around the Panchagni Vidya or the 5-fold science of fire. This can be correlated to the 5-fold description of the Divine Serpent Power. In the Shwetashwatar Upanishad it is called the Fire of Yoga. In the Yoga Pradeepika it is called Spirit of Fire. Scholars of Tantra like John Woodroffe call it Serpentine Fire.

Madam Blavatsky called it Cosmic Electricity. She described it as a conscious flow of energy akin to cosmic electricity. In her book Voice of Silence she says

it is called Kundalini or Divine Serpent Power because it moves like a snake. A Yogic seeker imbibes the ordinary movement as cyclic in his body and as a result of this practice his individual energy augments greatly. This Kundalini which is an electrical fire power, is hidden. It is that natural energy which is present in the substratum of all creatures and objects of the cosmos. (More ...)

Tarot Card of the Day: 7 of Wands

The Lord of Valour can best be summed up by the phrase 'feel the fear and do it anyway'. It is a card about encountering demanding and formidable situations in life, and having the courage to be true to your own desires, ambitions and needs.

Life is full of challenges. And sometimes we find it difficult to seize the moment, grasp our opportunities and live life to the full. The 7 of Wands comes up to indicate that you are facing one of those momentous happenings in life, and advises you to believe in yourself, grab your courage in both hands and go forward.

This will not only apply to difficult things - it can also point out to you that there is an opportunity to make your wildest dream come true, if only you will throw caution to the winds and dive right in!

The Lord of Valour is an exciting card, but when it comes up you will probably also feel a bit apprehensive. Don't let caution dampen your enthusiasm. Go ahead! Fight for what you want. If you do, you'll stand a good chance of getting it.

Because Wands are a suit much concerned (at their deepest level) with the ethics of right living, there is another instance when this card might show in a reading. That is when you find yourself in a position where you are forced to fight for what you believe in. Whilst sometimes reluctant to take up the fight, you will feel compelled to stand up and be counted. Identify this aspect if you have the Aeon (the Last Judgement) or Adjustment (Justice) coming up. Often, if we acquit ourselves well in times like these, we will achieve major progress in our own spiritual journey.

And remember - there's no courage without fear. If you don't feel fearful, courage is not required!! (angelpaths.com)

'Madeleine Is Most Likely In Morocco'

Detectives hired by Gerry and Kate McCann believe the couple's daughter Madeleine was snatched to order, is still alive and that she may be hidden in Morocco. Francisco Marco, 35, who is heading the team from his family-run Metodo 3 detective agency in Barcelona, has just returned to Spain after a two-week visit to the North African Arab kingdom.

"At the beginning of October we picked-up a trail which we are following," he said in an interview with the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo. The country is perfect for hiding a kidnapped girl. There are a number of networks there dedicated to the trafficking of children, although they haven't been identified yet. And, except in the north, where Spanish television can be seen, in the rest of the country nobody is aware of this case," Marco told the newspaper.

Before agreeing to take on the case nearly three months ago, Marco said he and his mother had a long, hard and probing discussion with Gerry and Kate.

Senora Fernandez told El Mundo: "I played devil's advocate and asked them terrible things to see their reactions. Kate burst into tears when one of the twins came in and hugged her.

"As the mother and grandmother that I am, it strikes me as impossible that a woman that had to go through artificial insemination to have children, and who loves her children in this way, could have done anything bad to Madeleine." (Sky News)

Things Just Got Worse For Brown


Gordon Brown faces journalists later to talk about Labour's £600,000 "secret" donations, the resignation of a top party official - and a disastrous slump in poll ratings. His monthly press conference follows the decision by the party's most senior official to quit after admitting he knew a wealthy donor had hidden his identity from regulators.

General secretary Peter Watt's departure marks another low point for Mr Brown, who had already suffered his worst week since taking power from Tony Blair in June.

The loss of millions of child benefit records, the ongoing Northern Rock crisis and attacks from former army chiefs have left the administration reeling.

And the latest opinion poll published today by The Independent put the Tories 13 points in front - its biggest lead for nearly 20 years and enough to secure a 64-seat Commons majority. (Sky News)

Inner Sunrise

When today is not going well, it is tempting to focus on tomorrow as a blank slate with all the possibilities that newness provides. It is true that tomorrow will be a brand-new day, but we do not have to wait until tomorrow to start fresh. We can start fresh at any moment, clearing our energy field of any negativity that has accumulated, and call this very moment the beginning of our brand-new day.

There is something about the sunrise and the first few hours of the morning that make us feel cleansed and rejuvenated, ready to move forward enthusiastically. As the day wears on, we lose some of this dynamic energy and the inspiration it provides. This may be why we look forward to tomorrow as providing the possibility of renewal. Many traditions consider the light of the rising sun to be particularly divine in its origins; this is why so many people in the world face east when performing ritual. We too can cultivate that rising sun energy inside ourselves, carrying it with us to light our way through any time of day or night, drawing on its power to awaken and renew our spirits.

One simple way to do this is to carry an image or a photograph of the rising sun with us in our wallet or purse. We can also post this image on our wall at work or at home, or have it as our screensaver on our computer. When we feel the need to start fresh, we can take a moment to gaze at the image, allowing its light to enter into our hearts. As we do this, we might say out loud or quietly to ourselves, I am ready to let go of the past and start anew. We might visualize anything we want to release leaving us as we exhale, and as we inhale, we can take in the fresh energy of the eastern sun, allowing it to light the way to a brand-new day.

Monday, 26 November 2007

Bouree

Performed live by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull



Ian Anderson with Ann Marie Calhoun and the Symphonette Raanana
Performed at the Amphi, Raanana, Israel, Sept. 17 2006

Clip starts with photos, video starts at 0:49.

Meditation, Samadhi and the Yoga Sutras

An informative video by Roy Eugene Davis, founder and spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Awareness, comments on Sutra 2, Chapter 1, of the Yoga Sutras. He describes the nature of samadhi, and how meditation is used as a method for awakening to this experience.

Practical Samadhi

All of the great teachers ask us to digest and stabilize the wisdom of spiritual experience and then move on. This means that spiritual experiences are opportunities to first recognize the wisdom being communicated and then to open and strive to make that our embodied understanding–a natural part of our everyday life. We should not attach ourselves to the story of our experience. We should work directly with the transmission.

The litmus test of any spiritual experience is what did I learn about Reality, and how am I showing up in the world now. Can I stabilize and integrate new understanding into my everyday life? This is where regular sadhana and the guidance of a teacher are crucial.

Now, samadhi means different things to different people. To many people reading about it or mistaking some other experience for samadhi, it simply means lost in bliss. People associate states of withdrawal (pratyahara) and being tranced out with samadhi and get pretty excited when someone becomes inert or seemingly insensible to the world.

These notions of samadhi are based on a transcendental View–that the goal of human life is to leave the messy, dirty physical plane behind and transcend to a supposed spiritual plane, become immersed in that and oblivious to all else.

Realization is total awakeness. No matter what the physical expression. And it is 360 degree awakeness. For instance, there are states of experiencing in which one loses all sense of individual life. But Realization includes awareness of all possibilities, of all of life’s expressions.

So, when moments of consciously embodying awakeness come your way, that is when you must hop on the opportunity to recognize that and abide or continue in it as long as you can. There are many techniques for stabilizing the recognition of the natural state. Nearly all of what we call sadhana is directed toward this aim. (More ...)

Sigil Art

Just Where is the Shining Star?
Original Sigil Artwork by Matthew James

Daily Merlin For Monday 26th November 2007

T R A N S C R I P T
26/11/2007
NZ
10:35pm - 11:35pm

'Here were go on the merry go round again. More slurs. More insinuations. More conflicting news stories (but at least the DNA cruel speculation has been discarded) .... tonight, the focus is once more on MM ... and her continued separation from her parents and family. One week's time the 6th month sadly becomes the 7th month of separation.

Therefore tonight's insight is straightforward. The focus image is one of MM ... and the image of the Star is placed on the working table prior to commencing the working. No sound waves tonight. Background ambiance has been set by music by Medwyn Goodall and Hem Champa incense ...'

'The question is a simple one "where are you Madeleine and when are you to be returned?'


The first observation to be made are the number of green 'heart' crystals cast in the working at this time ... 4 of the 10 stones are green and another is partially green ... almost 50% .... a confirmation from higher levels to 'take heart M is still very much alive; nothing has changed with regard to that reality ... M survives and is to be returned' ...

The crescent stone falls on the image of the Emperor ... a cruel script appears to have been undertaken ... 'keep the Emperor out of the picture; he must be kept in the dark and be made to experience the folly of the perpetuating mystery.' The small piece of Hematite at position #1 ... the Emperor and his own blood relations are to be victims of the delusion ... kept out of the picture. Someone points the finger and still continues to be cruel ... a bitter lesson to be learnt it seems here ... the pattern on the image of The Emperor shows the architect's implements in the background ... someone who was at the planning stage observes Gerry & Kate ... knew what their reactions would be and still is able to be one step ahead ... implementing control of media circles; permitting another roundabout of news speculation. Able to pick up the phone and contact those who hold MM ... and could so easily give the instruction to have her returned.

The Chariot above the Emperor ... has the affirmation of Conclusion. It appears the instruction has already been given for her to be returned. Perhaps ... the sense of her changing hands has taken place. MM moved to another location ...

The sense with The Universe image ... the figure looking over its shoulder along the trail of 'the red carpet' (the special attention which the MM mystery has been granted symbolised by the red carpet) .. the looking back to previous locations already reported for a sense of where MM now resides perhaps? A figure seen in the background holding a garment ... a brood of five other 'monkeys' ... MM seems now to be with a family. A change of clothing and appearance ... they seem to have shortened her hair and have given her the appearance of being boyish whilst on the move ... in case 'tourists' see her whilst on the move through busy places ... though it is the wrong time of the year now for the tourist trade ... they cannot take the risk of her really being seen ... for she must travel on foot in this destination ...

The subterfuge to take the attention away from the small print and the obvious details. Again media reports seem to stall in anticipation of the next significant story. Attention of sightings seems next to move away from where they have been at as attention moves to other places which have been the backcloth in previous reports.

Mutton or lamb in a casserole dish ... carrots ... boiled meal over a gas ring. There is a house untidy with much washing on lines in the street. A woman with a black headdress ... around the age of late teens or early twenties. An accent which MM finds hard to understand. With strangers at the time I see this image. She walks a steep street down to a three level house close to the sight of the sea ... off the main trail which is the main street. This is only a temporary halt perhaps one or two nights ... until someone else will come for her. The locality is close to access to where boats can be moored near ancient sandstone walls. I see this image clearly. There is the sense of a change of plans.

I am not alarmed by any of the speculation still ... not when the fear epitomised by The Devil is in a bottom line position meaning in the working this fear can now be neutralised. The worst is now over ... this is now a waiting game for someone to dot the I's and cross the T's.

The Ten Of Cups denotes the affirmation of Accomplishment ... and the Page of Swords is the intelligence forces who will be around to make that positive sighting which leads to the communication that takes the pressure off the King Of Swords who will be able to have the flaming sword once more in his possession ... a figure of speech because the King Of Swords are the hidden allies of Gerry & Kate ... those who are undertaking the search for MM behind the scenes ... the sense of the timing of this working is in the near future ...

We leave behind the '6' and enter soon the '7' of the 7,8, 9 sequence which had recurred a number of times in recent workings. The memory of the spoken 7 again comes to mind ... the timing seems concurrent with that phenomena.

Finally, the image of the trump Aeon ... its affirmation is the realisation ... the figure in the image is sitting patiently ... waiting ... ignoring all the activity in the background ... its attention focussed elsewhere ... the background shows the an images of faces including symbolically the one caught in the grip of the current 'predator' theory alive in the news in the current time. All that which flashes before the eyes of the tabloid reader should be disregarded ... it is merely there to sell the newspapers and keep everyone guessing as to what is going on .... the 'captured mouse' in the image can clearly be seen to be out of captivity ... and the 'red apple' given by the teacher's pet is now in the cage in lieu of the mouse (a cryptic statement which could indicate the current state of play with the situation perhaps?'

Just Another Day Without Madeleine'

A spokesman for the pair have told Sky News Online that Christmas will just be another day without Madeleine, and their focus is on finding the vanished girl. Reports in a national newspaper claimed the family would leave presents for her under the Christmas tree in the hope she would be home in time to unwrap them.

But their spokesman Clarence Mitchell dismissed the claims as "emotional guff". He said: "We haven't finalised plans for Christmas. We will speak about Christmas when the time is right. Christmas will just be another day for Kate and Gerry. Let's get Madeleine home first - and then we can talk about Christmas. At the moment Kate and Gerry live from day to day, and one day isn't different from any other."

He added: "If she's still missing at Christmas, then of course it's going to be an emotional time for them." (Sky News)

The Merlin Moon

The Moon - Merlin Tarot
Word Jumble #3 dealt with the divinatory meaning for The Moon trump

"Unconscious forces or unseen influences from within materialise into outer life"

Geburah

Geburah is Severity, the Law, Buddhi, the Spiritual Soul, the Valkyrie that was spoken of by that illustrious Spanish writer Mr. Mario Roso de Luna; and Geburah is also the beautiful Helen, etc.

Gegurah, Buddhi, has exclusively been considered Martian. This is a mistake, because in the world of the Spiritual Soul, who is feminine, we find the Lion of the Law that is Solar. Thus, we find the severity of the Law in Geburah, but as well we find the nobleness of the lion. Therefore, the Buddhic, Intuitional World is completely Solar.

Geburah is the Law of Justice. The world of Geburah is based on justice. The Masters of Karma base themselves on the Consciousness in order to judge in the Tribunal of Karma.

The Masters of Karma are Judges of Consciousness. Justice is beyond good and evil. When you reach the Light you will know what love is, and when you know what love is, you will know how to love and will comprehend that conscious love is the law. Thus, to perform a good deed is not what counts but to know how to perform it.

The chief of the Archons of the Law is the Master Anubis, who exercises the Law with his forty-two Judges. When they officiate, they utilize a sacred mask with the form of the head of a jackal, or feathered wolf, which is an emblem of truth.

Justice is the supreme piety and the supreme impiety of the Law.

Within the Tribunal of Karma, whosoever has capital in order to pay, comes off well in their negotiations. We must constantly perform good deeds in order for us to have capital for the payment of our debts of this life and past lives.

To evade justice is impossible because the police of Karma are within us, this is the Kaom, Wherever love is lacking, the Kaom, the police, the accuser, appears, who conducts us before the Tribunal of the Law.

To cancel Karma is possible with good deeds.

This is how we combat the Lion of the Law. When an inferior law is transcended by a superior law, then the superior law washes away the inferior law. Karma is not a mechanical law, it can be forgiven. Perform good deeds in order to cancel your debts.

Each one of us has a book where our faults are registered on the day and hour that they are committed.

Karma is forgiven within us when we become totally inoffensive, when we are not capable of performing evil against anyone.

Karma is a medicine that is granted unto us. Buddha said there are three eternal things in life:

The Law
Nirvana
Space


Love Walked In

Video clip of Thunder live



Classic Thunder song from 'Backstreet Symphony'

2010 World Cup qualifying draw

England have been drawn against their Euro 2008 nemeses Croatia for the 2010 World Cup South Africa qualifiers.

It gives England a chance to avenge last week's defeat by Croatia which eliminated them from next summer's Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland.

Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra are the other Group Six teams.

Scotland have been paired in a group with Holland, Wales will face Russia and Germany, while Northern Ireland face Czech Republic and Poland.

Republic of Ireland were drawn in Group Eight along with world champions Italy and Bulgaria.

France, runners-up from the 2006 finals, have been placed in a group with Romania and Serbia.

The winners of each European group will qualify for the finals automatically and the best eight runners-up play off for four more qualifying berths.

England's failure to gain the point they needed in their final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia at Wembley cost Steve McClaren his job as manager. It was almost inevitable that Sunday's World Cup draw would throw the two nations together again, giving McClaren's successor an immediate opportunity for revenge. However, England also face tough matches against Ukraine and Belarus - and there were gasps in the audience at Durban's International Convention Centre as the group was completed. (BBC Sport)

'Beach' Meditation

This meditation follows on from the Cave Meditation featured earlier in A Light In The Darkness.

Make yourself comfortable once more in familiar surroundings. Retrace your steps starting to enable yourself to visualise the cave ..

Find yourself in the cave once more with the warm sand under your feet and the sense that the entrance to the cave is close by.

Breathe slowly and really take your time to forget the mundane world ... and become totally absorbed by the inner world you will now find yourself in.

Notice the ground beneath your feet. See the runic symbol on the ground before you .... a pattern made in the sandy floor of the cave. It is the symbol for Rad which is similar to the initial R. Practice now copying the symbol in the sand beside the rune already written by unknown hand in the sand at your feet.

Watch then as a light begins to emanate from the original runic symbol in the sand. Hear the audible hum which is coming from the now glowing talisman. Feel the warmth of the light like the sun ... and feel the light touch you and revitalise you. Awakening you and energising you,

Take a few deep breaths and feel a light headed sensation build. You find yourself floating almost dreamlike ... fearless now you stand up and begin to wander to the left ... slightly upwards along passageways within the cave. See how smooth the walls of the cave are. How naturally formed the cave network is. You reach a point now where the ceiling of the cave is extremely low ... and the passageway becomes very narrow.

Relax, you can get through this obstacle. Tell yourself that you must become smaller to fit through this passage. Will yourself to shrink in size to fit through the passage way before you.

Feel again the warmth the sun around you ... the light headed almost dreamlike feeling ... it builds and builds as you find your self shrinking now in size ... smaller and smaller ... until you can fit through the passageway ... it is a straight passage now a little more than a hundred yards to the cave entrance. Without the light of the sun from the rune it would be in darkness because it is night time outside.

Make your way now out of the cave ... feeling you resort back to your normal size once you are out of the cae. Sense now an anticipation with your awareness as you know you have crossed a threshold into another world. A world of magic. A realm of all possibilities.

Smell now the fragrances of flowers and salt air on the fresh breeze which now brushes across your face. Not pleased by it being night time ... meaning you are unable to see the beach stretch out before you ... will night time to turn into day time ... really shout it with your mind ... and watch the rays of light from within the cave expand and grow in intensity until they create an orb of incandescent light ...

See then as the orb lifts into the sky and suddenly it is daytime ... it is the dawn of a new day .. hear the gull's cries around you ... look at the idyllic sandy beach ... the waves crashing on the shore ... look around you at the miles and miles of untouched beach in both directions.

Look down now at your feet and see the figure eight there in the sand ... the symbol for infinity ... concentrate on the image ... and then as you do become aware there are a pair of feet close by to where you are now kneeling on the beach. Look up slowly ... into the face of a smiling man standing there before you ....

He might be dressed like a pirate ... or as a sailor ... or some other costume associated with the sea ... but concentrate more on his face .... he will be very familiar to you ... a connection will be made ... and you will feel then the warmth of the sun within your heart centre.

Take hold of his offered hand and walk with him for a while.

Then when you feel ready ... let the visualisation fade .... and become aware once more of the mundane world around you. Take a number of slow but steady breaths ... then relax for a moment or two. Write your experiences down ...

Just now you can return there whenever you wish to ...

Front Page News

... I can't resist this one ....

Front Page News for The Daily Express Monday 26th November 2007

There on the front page is a picture of Madeleine McCann .... a seemingly disconnected headline about an outrage and then on the back page another seemingly disconnected story with the banner 'oh no, not you again'

And inside this once flagship newspaper of the British tabloids is more slur being directed at Gerry & Kate McCann. It seems the Express is back ... up to its old tricks again .... well I have a my salt pillar filled to brimming .... in readiness for the next round perhaps?

Tarot Card of the Day: The Hermit

The challenge of what has traditionally been known as the Hermit card is to be able to recognize a teacher in a humble disguise. This font of mysterious knowledge will not make it easy for the student to acquire his wisdom, as it takes time and long contemplation to fathom what he knows. He often speaks wordlessly, or in ancient and barbaric tongues, communicating with the elements, animals and Nature herself.

While the hourglass was an identifying feature on the earliest Hermit cards, more modern ones have shifted the metaphor, showing more or less light released from his lantern. In either case, the Hermit card reminds us of the value of time away from the hubbub of civic life, to relax the ego in communion with Nature.

Represented by Virgo, the Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. This is not a time for socializing; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. Nor is it a time for action, discussion or decisions. It is a time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent during this time of withdrawal. But such times lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

In regards to people, the Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist, someone the Querent usually sees alone, someone the rest of the Querent's friends and family may not know about. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing. They will help the Querent find what it is they are seeking.

After a long and busy lifetime, building, creating, loving, hating, fighting, compromising, failing, succeeding, the Fool feels a profound need to retreat. In a small, rustic home deep in the woods, he hides, reading, cleaning, organizing, resting or just thinking. But every night at dusk he head out, traveling across the bare, autumnal landscape. He carries only a staff and a lantern.

It is during these restless walks from dusk till dawn, peering at and examining whatever takes his fancy, that he sees and realizes things he's missed, about himself and the world. It is as if the secret corners in his head were being slowly illuminated, corners he never knew existed. In a way, he has become the Fool again; as in the beginning, he goes wherever inspiration leads him. But as the Fool, his staff rested on his shoulder, carrying unseen his pack. The Fool was like the pack, whatever it was he could be was wrapped up, unknown. The Hermit's staff leans out before him, not behind. And it carries a lantern, not a pack. The Hermit is like the lantern, illuminated from within by all he is.

"Dirty Love"

Performed by T H U N D E R



Ok hands up who remembers this group from the 80's? One of my favourite tracks by Thunder from their first album "Backstreet Symphony". Those were the days ...

W o r d J u m b l e #4

Below is the meaning of one Sphere on the Tree of Life. But which one? Unravel the jumbled words to find the answer.

ALTVTANIYELE SI ODH AITRTDUBET ETH HIHWC HELELTCIT SI EHT IDNM OT

Dream Scape Sarcens

"Dream Scape Sarcens"
Original Artwork by Matthew James

Universal Messages

The universe can often relay messages to us through signs. Often, we are too busy to stop and consider what may or may not be a sign. We may ask the universe for guidance, yet fail to recognize the sign it sends us in response. Learning the subtle language of signs can help you interpret the guidance the universe sends your way. We all have been blessed with a connection that allows the universe to communicate directly with us. To be able to understand the information relayed over that connection, however, it is necessary that we learn to pay attention and know what to look for.

To see and correctly interpret a sign, you must open your heart and mind to the universe and invite its guidance into your life. Many of us are blind to the signs we receive because we expect angels or our spirit guides to speak to us in a booming voice and tell us exactly what we need to hear. But signs are usually of this earth and therefore easier to encounter. A song lodged in your mind or a number that seems to pop up everywhere you look after you've asked the universe for guidance can both be signs. Signs may come through the animal world, from strangers, or jump out of a book in the form of an insightful passage. A sign may be a direct answer to one of your questions. Other signs may point you in the right direction, warn of impending difficulties, or show you a different way. If you want the universe to send you a sign, tell it that you are ready and willing to accept its guidance.

Not everything you hear or see will be a sign. If you are receptive and patient, however, the signs you receive will become easier to recognize. It is important to listen to your intuition. A sign can mean many things to different people, and only you can decipher a sign's meaning is for you. As you practice reading the signs and following their guidance, the universe will send more of them your way.