Here and Now...What's Happening?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by astrid (here)
Thanks WCBD, i have a Raven as one of my long term team members,
so Raven things are common happenings for me.

I try and not read others take on signs and symbols until i have
done my own asking on such things, as it can make me lazy,
and can mean i miss the meanings more specific to me.

For example, baby Raven falling out of nest is loaded , big time for me.
In the past i tended to being a rescuer of all things.. thankfully i have leaned that lesson well,
and more fully understand that birth and death are just two
ends of the same stick, both just as glorious in ways.
If i save a baby Raven from being eaten by a cat, would i try and stop a raven from being born?
All things being in a constant flow of life and death and re- birth, and such is the flow of life,
All moving towards higher states of evolution.

And of course consciousness never dies it just gets transformed, so who am i to stop that process?

But taken a step further, the Baby Raven is me, part of myself, that curious side that gets me into
trouble sometimes... when i want to do things before time is right, so its a warning of sorts too,
to not be too hasty. Make sure i am ( my ideas are ) fully developed before i try and flee the nest,
take things to world.

On the other hand.. i did in actuality flee the nest very early as it was not a safe place for me to be,
so another take.... And now that my parents are both aging fast... and they need me, badly, i am being
asked to return. But I'm hesitating as i have all those triggers still in my body of
being unsafe that i have to process and deal with.
And kind of sooner than later so i can move with this whole phase of enormous growth.
This is all about me after all, and avoiding such things is only going to block my growth.

So yeah, loads of quite specific meanings in those Omens, and that's just the Raven.

The Raven is also the ultimate trickster and will do whatever is needed to "get the job done".
Not known for comfort, but known for HUGE shifts and growth spurts..
So all very very accurate as far as the current happenings of my life goes.

Hi Astrid, when I was typing those, I couldn't help but recall your recent posts about your Dad and Mom. Too, how you are there to assist others, and your general outlook on life.

"I try and not read others take on signs and symbols until i have done my own asking on such things, as it can make me lazy, and can mean i miss the meanings more specific to me."

I have to remind myself of this. I use the book as a jump off point, or sometimes I'll interpret for myself and see what Steven Farmer says. "Animal Speak," by Ted Andrews is another good source.

But taken a step further, the Baby Raven is me, part of myself, that curious side that gets me into trouble sometimes... when i want to do things before time is right, so its a warning of sorts too, to not be too hasty. Make sure i am ( my ideas are ) fully developed before i try and flee the nest, take things to world.

When I read the part of taking care of Baby Raven, I thought that it was time for you to take care of yourself because you've got a road ahead with your parents. But I like your take that it's critical to develop inner timing for it all to unfold in it's proper sequence with the greater picture. That's a challenging one for me. I've passed it on, but I use to have in my work area a statue of a rabbit standing on top of a turtle. It reminded me of my impatience for myself and/or everyone to be where I thought I/they should be. (lots of flag words and judgements)

[astrid]

This is the sort of landscape i see a fair bit on my travels.

[ulli]

Drinking soursop juice. The fruit is called Guanabana here, and looks like it might turn one into a reptilian.
We planted two trees on our land.
Husband likes to mix it with a little rum.

[Carmody]

That particular one seems to be quite huge, in comparison to others. (I did an image search)

have him see if he can find a bottle of this:



I just found out, doing the image search for the label, that they now have a 23 year old rum. mmmmmm.....

They have a 10 yr, 15 yr, and now a 23 yr.

[benevolentcrow]

For all of us who keep getting caught up in thought...

[benevolentcrow]

My favorite month of the year!

[Mark]

Posted by Mitzvah (here)



Bob and I spent the day in Oroville, CA last week taking photos and visiting old haunts. I grew up in Oroville, a small foothill community about 25 miles from Paradise. This photo is of my sweet Bob taking pics at the Feather River fish hatchery. Tomorrow, the Salmon ladders open up for the first time this season for the spawn. We're hoping to get there for some really fine photography opportunities.

Just lovely. Thank you for sharing, Mitzvah. Its good to see my elder spirit brother up close finally. Blessings to you both.

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by ulli (here)
Drinking soursop juice. The fruit is called Guanabana here, and looks like it might turn one into a reptilian.
We planted two trees on our land.
Husband likes to mix it with a little rum.

Holy pineal gland!

That stuff is supposed to be anti-cancer as well.

Cheers!

Dennis

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by Mitzvah (here)
Hello to all my new friends! I feel as though I already know, and fondly so, many of you through my SweetHeart, 'Another Bob.' Thank you so much for such a warm and kind welcome to your village forum. I look happily forward to sharing with you, and learning with, and from, all of you, through all that this wonderfully mysterious and amazing world has to offer. "Let the Beauty you Love, be what you do." ~Rumi

Welcome, and pardon me for starting with a correction (it won't sting), but try this on and see if it fits:

"Thank you so much for such a warm and kind welcome to our village forum"

:~)

Dennis

[meeradas]

It has been a night to forget.



Late PS:

[Eram]

Posted by meeradas (here)

Posted by Wakytweaky (here)
One day he had his first Lucid dream or astral adventure and that was the last day he was on-line here on Project Avalon.

So, quite understandable then, innit?!

Do you mean that he found something to occupy himself with, instead of spending time on PA?

Possibly, but disappearing like this is not something that many would do.

[Anchor]

Posted by Jenci (here)
This was a really good interview, thanks for posting. In it Krishna Das talks about his time with Ram Dass and how he sent him to Neem Karoli Baba and he tells the story of how the Westerners who were there visiting him ended up being the ones who sang Hare Krishna chants for the guru. He talks about how bored he was with the repetitive singing but also explains why this was so important.

I thought it was a great background story to the video that Anchor had posted earlier

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1E67YWZbWU

source:https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1E67...layer_embedded


Jeanette

Been on the interwebz again:

'At what would turn out to be my last darshan of Maharaj-ji's physical body, I was petrified with fear about returning to the U.S. after so many years. I hadn't worn a pair of jeans or shoes for such a long time that I couldn't imagine what it would be like. I didn't want to ask Maharaj-ji what I should do in America, but all of a sudden I blurted out in anguish, 'Maharaj-ji! How can I serve you in America?' 'He looked at me with mock disgust and said, 'What is this? If you ask how you should serve then it is no longer service. Do what you want.' I couldn't believe my ears. How could doing what I wanted to do be of service to him? I didn't have that kind of faith. I just sat there, stunned. Then after a minute or so he looked over at me, smiling sweetly, and asked, 'So, how will you serve me?' 'My mind was blank. It was time for me to leave for Delhi, to catch the plane back to the States. He was looking at me and laughing. I bent down and touched his feet for the last time and when I looked up he, he was beaming at me, 'So, how will you serve me in America?' I felt like I was moving in a dream. I floated across the courtyard and bowed to him one more time from a distance. As I did, the words came to me, 'I will sing to you in America.' 'Soon afterwards, during the full moon in September, Neem Karoli Baba left his body. Now he had to be found within. The chanting, the meditation, the puja and all the wonderful time spent with Maharaj-ji turned out to be seeds that he himself had planted in my heart... seeds that would keep growing and blossom by his Grace.

[astrid]

Quite a day
Many breakthroughs and much clarity

Baby Raven was not rescued by me and had
the smarts to climb back up the tree high enough
to be out of harms way . That tree reminds me a lot
of the magic faraway tree it's such a hive of activity
Not to mention the nature spirits here , never have i
lived somewhere with so many hidden folk.
Certainly makes for easy work, they have such
rich knowledge of healing and plant lore.No wonder
I'm being drawn to add Bach flowers to my tool bag.
Not a bad tool to have iif TSHTF either.

Love to all

[Anchor]

Posted by astrid (here)
Baby Raven was not rescued by me and had
the smarts to climb back up the tree high enough
to be out of harms way .

I am convinced that the tree was in fact the agency that provided the most aid to the Raven - that and a healthy will to live.

I also wanted the Raven to survive, if it was compatible with the highest and most benevolent outcome for all - so I am pretty happy to hear it has made itself safer.

At the weekend I finished the last of the raised beds in the vegetable patch.

We are tuning to the Magpies, or they are tuning to us. Throwing grubs and having them walking around us to grab a wiggley food we unearth with the digging.

Last year a baby magpie fell out its nest, mother kept feeding it and it secured itself at the base of the (huge) gum tree that it had formerly been nested in.

Initially we didnt realize, but when I walked a bit close, I got a flyby by a worried mummy magpie - once I saw what that was all about (it never happened before) I diverted and moved directly away from the baby.

That baby is probably one of the ones that was "helping us" eat the grubs we don't want in our vege patch soil. A new set of babies are on the way - we can hear them squeaking.

Should be able to get them to feed out my hand soon

[PurpleLama]

Here and Now, stillness and vibration, a misty morning of dripping water, crickets, and birds.

[1inMany]

Good Morning.

I feel like I am exhaling for the first time in a month. Kids are at school. Peace. Quiet. Silence. Energies are all over the place. It is foggy, misty, cool. The bubbling pond draws my attention, where a frog skims the top of the water. A car drives by in the distance. I see a laundry basket...looking away...I detect the faint scent of wood burning somewhere. The grass-like yard cover looks alive with true green, the horse is meandering in the field. Mamadog is lazily watching the horse, not up and barking at it. The rain plops off the porch overhang and lands on a very appreciative pink rose. I hear the hum of something...might want to figure out what that is and unplug it...noise pollution. My fingers are cold, touching the warm keys of the laptop seems comforting, how odd. A hummingbird scares the pediddle out of me as it zooms up in my face, seemingly out of nowhere, stares for a moment, and disappears as quickly.

I am looking forward to chilly weather, when I can feel the comfort of Nora's stove and smell the soup simmering. Funny, I can put wood in the fireplace and make soup...and that is comforting...but Nora's is comforting to my soul...

Much Love,

[Free Will]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vY3ot_4hq2o

[ulli]

Posted by 1inMany (here)
Good Morning.

I feel like I am exhaling for the first time in a month. Kids are at school. Peace. Quiet. Silence. Energies are all over the place. It is foggy, misty, cool. The bubbling pond draws my attention, where a frog skims the top of the water. A car drives by in the distance. I see a laundry basket...looking away...I detect the faint scent of wood burning somewhere. The grass-like yard cover looks alive with true green, the horse is meandering in the field. Mamadog is lazily watching the horse, not up and barking at it. The rain plops off the porch overhang and lands on a very appreciative pink rose. I hear the hum of something...might want to figure out what that is and unplug it...noise pollution. My fingers are cold, touching the warm keys of the laptop seems comforting, how odd. A hummingbird scares the pediddle out of me as it zooms up in my face, seemingly out of nowhere, stares for a moment, and disappears as quickly.

I am looking forward to chilly weather, when I can feel the comfort of Nora's stove and smell the soup simmering. Funny, I can put wood in the fireplace and make soup...and that is comforting...but Nora's is comforting to my soul...

Much Love,

This sums up the environment of peace we are aspiring to.
Action and adventure will return soon enough....
But for (here and) now this is being cherished as a major battery charger.

[1inMany]

Okay, Village, you are freaking me out...in the best possible way, here.

Posted by astrid
That trickster energy was for sure at play with that whole event for Many..
its a perfect example of how that energy works. Also you will see many a
many "bird with the one stone" effect occurring too.
So just watch what happens next to all the players involved...

I'm sorry this is going to appear long, but I just received an Email from hubby, and I MUST share it...called "Stuff done this weekend"

Something must have been different. Here is what I did over the weekend.
Wrote 24 page marketing plan - 15 hours
Went to place to get money, took to bondsman.
Waited about 2 1/2 hours to get Peanut out.
Cleaned kitchen counters, did dishes, ran dishwasher and put away all dishes.
Dealt with all the mail, organized and alphabetized, that had been piling up.
Cleaned kitchen floors and cleaned rugs.
Did 2 loads of laundry.
Washed linens.
Worked on shower door, hung clock in bathroom.
Cleaned bathroom, including sinks and mirrors.
Cleaned Rufus' tank with new filter
Vaccumed M's room and hallway upstairs.
Cleaned fridge doors.
Bagged up donate stuff
Took out 4 bags of trash
Cleaned out my car
Cleaned and reorganized garage
Organized hanging clothes in closet
Got stuff out of living room that didn't need to be there
Put away little one's balls, skateboard, etc.
Watched part of a Cowboys game
Played bass
Listened to music
Went to grocery store.
Looked at house for Peanut.

I kept thinking more time must have passed, looked around and said, well I guess I could...etc., etc.

I explained the help that was requested and received.

Mike said, "Thanks! I was wondering what the heck! Man...Thanks!"



In response to which, I say to you all.....



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And, Carmody and amandapoet with these dreams...holy guacamole...

Posted by Carmody
That's what prescience is, in my experiences. My mind takes the imagery it knows and put it on the things seen, so the objects can take shape. this particular dream took place this morning for me, and then a few hours later, I get this report. The 'out of time and space' connections are usually only provable to ourselves, which is fitting, I guess.

Then I look at 1inM's avatar..and largely see a blondish woman, head on fist, and I get a glimpse of her daughter. Who apparently, fits Jodi's description well enough that this became the overlay of the impression of her daughter, in my case.

~~~~

you see we were partying,and the situation was of people, together, in a tight space, in a house, and then some aspects of domestication, as in the idea of food, caring, family, and so on. Then this dang gun thing went off, near accidentally ..about the same time as a strong male presence was found, and then the slight aspect of some derision or issue pointed at the woman (whom was Jodi to me), who had foolishly handed me a loaded gun. The gun went off when I handled it, put a hole in the ceiling..... people lived upstairs and around the area...and thus the young woman and some others decided that they had to move out and away.

But then, later on, I was with the young woman, down the road, at a new place, but just me and her, no one else. More like a stop, not a place to live. She seemed a bit exhausted and spent. Basically, that she was on her own, even though the moving out, due to that gunshot, was a complicated and involved decision involving this man, and some aspects of the people in the backdrop.

This is why we have to be careful with channeling and visions. Close, but not close enough to run around with a sword of truth or justice attached to it, running people through or whatnot. only in retrospect, context, and juxtaposition can the shape of it be measured or seen, as either relation or comparative.

edit: for me, astrology plays in quite potently. I would not be surprised to learn that her daughter is a Sagittarius or has strong Sagittarian influences in her birth chart. Also, that the love interest angle rears it's head, which starts with the physical, as a norm. And it was a party issue, alcohol was involved. And some domestic violence. Jodi came from a broken home, was an absolute tour-de-force and was not to be trifled with if she got a head of steam on any issue. She was a Slim, 5'3", drop dead gorgeous polish blond alcoholic -self admitted nymphomaniac. If one wanted to find out what trouble was, they'd take her up on her offer to go out drinking. Once. Always an adventure......

Um...spot on...mostly...no domestic violence any more (insert gratitude here)...she's Taurus, but if you are curious I can PM you her birthday...

Just...




Not to mention Little One...
Remember the days when a four year old would ask, "Where do babies come from?" And any self-respecting adult would answer, "From their mommies." And, remember how that was the perfect answer for the little inquisitive mind?

Forget it.

These are the questions of the new..race(?)...of four year olds...
"What are angels? Are you an angel? Where is heaven? Doesn't invisible mean it's bad? What happens when you die? Do you come back to life? Then what happens..."

I sh*t you not...4 years and 3 months old...........may we be granted the wisdom to answer these appropriately...

[meeradas]

Posted by Wakytweaky (here)
... disappearing like this is not something that many would do.

I'd be one of 'em non-announcers.