Tuesday, September 17, 2024- 9am

Tuesday, September 17, 2024- 9am

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Tuesday,  September 17, 2024- 9am


Tuesday, September 17, 2024- 9am

Standing in the “cave of the heart.”
In the “dark half of the year….”
Full moon, lunar eclipse, Virgo Solar Festival.
Harvest Full moon tonight. Eclipsed!
Tuesday – September 17, 2024.
The lunar eclipse will be visible from most of North America, all of South America, Europe, all but the easternmost parts of Africa, western portions of Asia and Russia, and parts of Antarctica.

Understanding Virgo – the six pointed star & the three levels of the Madonna – Eve, Isis & Mary.
Today & tonight…
Reciting the Soul Invocation & the Great Invocation today/tonight.
At the time of the full moon –
7:35pm (PT); 9:34pm (Central); 10:34pm (EC).


Standing in Awareness & Dedication.
Reaching up into the Light, bring the light down to meet the needs of humanity.
The Work of the Disciple & the NGWS.

All day today is the Full moon day, solar festival day, eclipse day & evening.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
Mars, Ray 6 rules the day.
Virgo is both Rays 2 & 6 –
Love/wisdom & vision, hopes, wishes & dreams.

Today & tonight – our day & night of Dedication.
Lunar eclipse in Pisces, Solar event in Virgo.
A lunar eclipse during a full moon, under the Light of Virgo.
Pisces moon partially hidden. As the moon receives the Light of Virgo. The moon then radiates the Virgo light, even though it’s partially eclipsed, down into the hearts & minds of humanity.

Virgo – the six pointed star, the Temple of Solomon.
Virgo is the mother, hiding both the soul & spirit within her.
Virgo is matter – form & matter. Behind matter is substance, the magical quality which is Divine & filled with intelligence.
We think on those words.

Virgo says – Let form be sought (so we can learn about form in the Mystery school of Earth – for in form & matter we experience life far away from our original home & in our livingness we absorb the light of the Sun & bring that light down & it redeems the Earth & makes it sacred.
We ponder on those words.

Humanity is the Madonna under Virgo.
She says I am the Mother (mater, matter).
Within me is the Holy Child, hidden.
Within me is also the Father & we are One.
There are three of us – Matter/Spirit/Soul.
We are a triangle of Light.
I am the Mother, I am the Child. I am the Father, too.
I, God. I, Matter. Am. We are all three One.
We think on these words.

And so the meditation –

In the Ashram (visualization) during the Meditation, the two lights of Virgo entered the Great Room where all NGWS were gathered. The Light of Form gradually dimmed, as the Light of Christ, the Holy Child, gestating within the Madonna, gradually became brighter and brighter. Our group magnetically gathered around the waxing light.

It seemed important to understand the three levels of Virgo through the Ages – Eve in the Garden of Eden, Isis in Egypt, and finally Mary with Child (the only Virgin with Child in her arms) for our present times. The meditation was focused upon these three aspects/developmental stages of humanity during our involutionary phase (Eve, Isis). And the importance of Mary with Child, an image that introduces us to the beginning of the evolutionary phase.

Understanding the symbols & codes contained in matter and in our religious symbols (veiling spirit, as the Moon veils Vulcan & Neptune), prayers and rituals.
Understanding (uncovering the mysteries) the differences of Virgo on the three crosses:
1. Mutable (cross of experience, building the personality) – adapting to anything, anywhere (Mercury – gathering needed information & experience)
2. Fixed (cross of personality becoming aware of the Soul) – back and forth rhythm – full to empty, full to empty, devotion, seeking (Moon/Vulcan – being forged in the fires of transformation via Vulcan the forger, daily life in upheaval of change)
3. Cardinal (cross wherein the personality & Soul fuse & blend, one is a Soul centered personality) – nourishing & caring, healing & serving (Jupiter, Ray 2 of Love/Wisdom)

The entrance into the ‘cave of the heart”, the gestation process of Virgo, which is also the beginning of the “dark half of the year” when we, like the tasks of Virgo, assimilate, systematize, order and organize the information from the Light half of the year. As we enter the ‘cave of the heart” we prepare with intention for Winter Solstice.

We remember to recite in group formation the Great Invocation – the Mantram of Direction for Humanity.
love, Risa

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Monday, September 16, 2024- 8am

Monday, September 16, 2024- 8am

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Monday,  September 16, 2024- 8am


Monday, September 16, 2024- 8am

Monday, September 16, 2024.
About the full moon lunar eclipse.
About Venus opposite Chiron.
Update on things here.
And so….
Today – Monday, September 16, 2024.
A new week begins once again.
Filled with opportunities we have yet to meet!
VIrgo (2/6) Sun & Pisces (2/6) moon today – which means a full moon solar festival is soon – actually tomorrow, Tuesday.
And full moon will be a partially eclipses – a lunar eclipse!
Both occur at 26 degrees.

And so…
Where is 26 Virgo & where is 26 Pisces in everyone’s chart?
This tells us what area of life the VIrgo Sun & the eclipsed moon are affecting us.
As the moon is eclipsed (we notice something of form & matter falling away), we simultaneously stand within the light of the Virgo Sun.

And so….
We prepare today & tomorrow for the evening’s festival.
How?
With Confidence – holding our physical body in preparation.
With Aspiration – holding our emotional body in a state of poise.
With Dedication – holding our mind steady in the Light of Virgo.

Light Available
Full moons & new moons are times when a light is available to humanity not available at other times.
During full & new moon times, disciples “reach up into the light, stand within that light, & bring that light down to meet the needs of humanity, the earth & her kingdoms.”

Today – Venus opposite Chiron –
Venus in Libra, Chiron in Aries – both 21 degrees.
Where are 21 degrees Libra & Aries for everyone?
What area of life?
Oppositions mean that there something “over there somewhere” trying to get our attention – & it may be hidden somewhat. It is trying to get our attention in order to integrate into our awareness. With oppositions we can be a bit unaware, we can also be resistant as it is a new integration of something. But eventually we see it, hear it, recognize it, & eventually we embrace it. Oppositions have the purpose of integrating a new awareness into our lives.
So – Venus & Chiron – Venus – brings all things together that may be separated.
Chiron is the wound – ours or “theirs.”
Chrion is also a healing – WIth Venus the emphasis is on healing.
But we must recognize the wound first.
It can be subtle, hidden.
So, we ponder on this, we look around. We look within.
Asking…what is the wound which needs healing? Where is it?
Whenever we ask with real curiosity, real integrity, with authentic interest…the answer comes (on little cat’s feet!) (meaning quietly & silently). Maybe!

Personal Notes:
So something happened this morning that had a personal effect (form & matter) on me as I was writing.
The lunar eclipse alive & well & working.
A lovely cup given to me yeas ago by a close friend (Pisces), a cup that I use each morning, actually broke in my hand (something of form falls away!).
The liquid in it spread all over my desk & papers, pens & pencils.
The cup is ceramic, colorful, large, the perfect size!
Now it is broken & no longer useful.

We may have geomagnetic storms today!
We had the X4.5 on Saturday.
Moderate to strong storms expected, due to cornonal mass ejection from the X flare will glance off the Earth.
Right during the lunar eclipse!

Update:
My car – sitting in a field of dirt, stone & tall weeds under the hot sun, waiting. It may not work out.
I will make one last attempt to find parts.

Lunar eclipse – things in form & matter fall away, no longer useful.
Eclipses last for six months –
Three months before the actual eclipse & three months after.
My car stopped working.
My cup from my friend cracked & broke.
Virgo is ruled by Mercury (cars). Mercury rules Gemini (3rd house of friends). Both of us are Pisces.
Astrology is everything!

My thoughts todays.
As Alison Roman wrote “I opened a grocery store.”
Someday I will write, “We began a community, Maitreya’s Community. Our gate is open.”
Someday, under Hierarchical impression, assistance, direction.
Someday….love, Risa

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Sunday, September 15, 2024- 8am

Sunday, September 15, 2024- 8am

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Sunday,  September 15, 2024- 8am


Sunday, September 15, 2024- 8am

Mars in Cancer – In the Ashram Kitchen.
Today is Sunday, September 15, 2024.
The days keep unfolding one after another.
Leaving nothing behind. Mornings keep arriving with the rising of the Sun. The world we live in is a magical world.
Every day a new day, a new creation with possibilities both
infinite & unknown. We live in a world of magic!

So today is Sunday – really the beginning of a new week.
Sunday is the Sun’s day –
Libra (3) moon today, Venus (5) in Libra.
Virgo (2 & 6) Sun & Mercury (4) –
Mars (6) continuing in Cancer (1 & 3).
A balance of even love rays with the odd intelligence rays.
A balance today especially w/ Libra moon & Venus.

Preparing
We stand in Confidence today – as we prepare for Tuesday night’s full moon lunar eclipse, the Virgo Solar Festival at 26 degrees VIrgo/Pisces.
The moon is hidden during lunar eclipses.
I wrote about eclipses & this one in particular on Night Light News – www.nightlightnews.org/

Venus (5) trine Jupiter (2) today – Ray 5 & Ray 2 – Libra/Gemini – (Rays 3 & 2).
Intelligent love & loving intelligence leads us to right knowing, right choices, & right action.

In the Ashram Kitchen
What is being prepared the Ashram Kitchen today

w/ Mars in Cancer.
A ham & lima bean soup is on the stove.
Granola for Matthew will be in the oven.
And dry roasting sesame seeds & sunflower seeds (an adaptation of gomasio (dry roasted seeds) used in macrobiotic recipes).

Recipes – from the Ashram kitchen.
Lima Bean Soup w/ Ham.
I soaked lima beans in 1/4 tsp baking soda yesterday (soaking water will be discarded).
I had a chicken stock simmering on the stove all day.
I was thinking I could either make matzo ball soup or lima bean soup, and chose lima bean. Last week it was split pea soup.
So…the recipe –
Saute cubes of ham, chopped onion, lots of celery, carrots, garlic, bell peppers, copped kale, fresh garlic & parsley in ghee & olive oil/or grape seed oil.
Add mixture of herbs – basil, tarragon, thyme, onion & garlic powder. When all is translucent & sauteed, add stock & soaked lima beans (discard soaking water). Let simmer on stove all day. After many hours, add cubes of white potatoes.
Simmer til potatoes are cooked. This gives the soup a creaminess. Taste, add salt & pepper. And drops of fresh lemon juice.

A Short Food Story.
I visited Green Gulch Farm a long time ago – at lunch time. Green Gulch Farm is a Zen Center & Farm (farming is their daily meditation), at Muir Beach – way north & east of SF.
Lunch that day was lima bean soup, salad and cornbread. There was the palest golden color to the soup (the color of japanese sweet potatoes) and a golden color to the cornbread. The food was rather magical in its taste. And it reminded me of the simplicity, taste, beauty and magic of the foods we created in the Findhorn’s kitchens (at Cluny & at the Park).
I never forgot that golden color of that lunch at Green Gulch that day. It was like a sunbeam had entered the food.

Every autumn I try to recreate that simple lunch. I think the fog & closeness of the ocean waters, the devas in the gardens, so many of them, had much to do with the taste of the food. Wherever I am living or traveling, in the many places I have lived & cooked, I keep trying to replicate the taste of that lovely Zen Center food. The transition from demo trading to live accounts often reveals gaps in trader preparation. Real money psychology differs significantly from paper trading, creating unexpected emotional challenges. Educational programs that address this transition help traders maintain their edge when capital is at risk. More information can be found about bridging this critical gap in trader development.

Golden Cornbread w/ Fresh Corn & Jalapenos (or bell peppers).
(all ingredients organic)
1 cup yellow stone ground cornmeal
1 cup flour (I use Einkorn flour)
(Einkorn itself has a pale yellow color!)
1⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk (I use my homemade nut date milk)
1 egg
1⁄4 cup butter, ghee, or coconut oil.
Fresh or canned corn (drained)
Chopped fresh jalapeno or bell pepper (red makes it beautiful).

Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Add corn & jalapenos or pepper (coating them with flour).
Add milk, egg, ghee, etc.
Mix ’til smooth – about 1 minute.
Bake in oiled or buttered 8-inch square pan in preheated oven (425°F) for 20-25 minutes.

What is everyone else preparing as food today?
Someday we will all eat together in our village community sangha. The Sangha (community) of Lord Maitreya.
love, Risa

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Saturday, September 14, 2024- 7am

Saturday, September 14, 2024- 7am

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Saturday,  September 14, 2024- 7am


Saturday, September 14, 2024- 7am

About a flowering bush that blooms in China at the September Autumn Moon.
Today is Saturday September 14.
Saturn’s day, Ray 3 day today – Divine Intelligence leading to Right Action.
It’s also Farmers Market day today.
Last night – Walking up the long winding driveway at 10 at night,
I could see the full moon high in the sky It’s light beckoning us, preparing us for Tuesday’s solar festival of Virgo (at the timing of the full moon). Standing in the doorway about to go inside the house, I turn around again, and the light of full moon (reflecting the Sun’s light) was peeking thru the large browned sycamore leaves. A bright reflective light in the sky growing larger & larger each night, till its full moon night on Tuesday.
The September full moon names are Fall Harvest moon, Corn full moon, Barley full moon, Autumn full moon. Falling leaves moon, Cedar bark moon (Haida people), Osmanthus full moon (in China, time when the Osmanthus flowers bloom). Summer’s end full moon.
Osmanthus, (from Greek osma, meaning “fragrant”, and anthos, meaning “flower”.) The Osmanthus flower symbolizes Truth. The flowers are wedding flowers, also used in perfumes, cooking & in Chinese medicine. Osmanthus is a flowering plant from the Olive family that is native to Eastern Asia, and has been cultivated in China for thousands of years.
Osmanthus plants are native to Asia ranging from Himalayas, China, Southeast Asia, to Japan. However, they are also cultivated as ornamental plants all around the world. The flowers are fragrant, with a scent relatable to that of peaches or apricots.
Osmanthus tea is sweet and flavourful with abundant health benefits. Osmanthus fragrans is also called Fragrant Tea Olive (tea).
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Legend of the Moon Palace
Osmanthus Flower Celebration in China & Asian Countries at September’s Full moon.
The legend of the Moon Palace
In ancient times the Jade Emperor held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. During a midautumn evening a magic Taoist priest named Luo invited him to visit the Moon Palace. Luo threw his stick into the air, and immediately a silver bridge from the heavens stretched before them. Across the bridge, there was a magnificent palace. A plaque above the gate read “Guanghangong (Vast and Cold Palace)”. By the gate stood a tall, sweet-scented Osmanthus tree and a Jade Rabbit set under the tree mixing a medicine for eternal life. Hundreds of beautifully dressed dancers surrounded them accompanied by melodious music and entertaining the Emperor with delicious cakes shaped like the full moon. Upon returning to the earth, the Emperor ordered cakes modeled after his vision.

In the heavens, the astrology today…
Aquarius Moon, Virgo Sun & Mercury. Air & Earth.
3 days ’til the full moon, Tuesday), lunar eclipse, Virgo solar festival at 27 Virgo.
8 days ’til autumn equinox.
And there’s…47 days ’til Halloween.
51 days ’til the U.S. election.
And five months ’til our next Valentine’s Day!
Sun inconjunct Chiron today & Venus trine Jupiter.
Venus/Jupiter (Libra/Gemini) is an auspicious harmonius expansive transit. It builds all day ’til tonight at 10:34pm (PT).
A very intelligent loving day & night today/tonight.

Graphic: Rabbit gazing at the autumn full moon and stars besides a blossoming osmanthus. (China, late 18th century). silk embroidery depicts a rabbit gazing up at the full moon from a rocky bank. The moon and two constellations indicate that it is nighttime; the blossoming osmanthus and red leaves reveal that it is autumn—the season of the Moon Festival. An auspicious phrase on the upper right corner, crafted in the shape of a seal, reads “xi cui chuan nian” (稀翠傳年), meaning “deep green signifies longevity”.

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Friday, September 13, 2024- 10am

Friday, September 13, 2024- 10am

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Friday,  September 13, 2024- 10am


Friday, September 13, 2024- 11am

Friday, Venus’s day – Ray 5 dayl
The Ray of True Knowledge, true science day.
And so…
Here we are on Friday, the 13th.
Wherever did that the fear of Friday the 13th come from?
Some say it’s a Norse myth & the god Loki & the story of Christ bring crucified on Friday. In both, the earth mourned.
Well today is Friday, September 13, 2024. We will have another
Friday the 13th in December.

Friday is Venus’s day though – Ray 5 of the Truth of the matter, which seems questionable in our times. There IS truth.
Real Truth now must be researched, as the Dark Forces live on untruths, propagandize untruths & confuse humanity’s minds so that humanity no longer thinks. Humanity only “parrots” the untruths.

In the Kali Yuga the truth is hidden.
Humanity must learn what the truth is, what it feels like.
Humanity is still not thinking.
Humanity is still BELIEVING what is said.
This does not lead to truth.
What humanity is listening to, parrotting like an echo chamber is is actually falseness clothed in glitter.
This glitter is a false light that enchants humanity.
Believing the words of the false lords, the Dark Forces, the old Atlantean Lords of darkness, who chose the left hand path.

Humanity must not parrot their information.
Humanity’s task is the development of objectivity, discernment, discrimination, the ability to research & come to truth with our vital, light filled thinking minds.
Humanity is programmed.
When that programming of untruths break down, we find we cannot anymore listen to the voices of the news or look at their faces.

The Astrology Today.
Capricorn moon – Virgo Sun – two earth signs.
Practical day today –

Prayer for humanity each day til the election.
The Great Invocation (1935)
Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind.
Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.
Let men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.
May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote of this time.
Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones.
So let it be, and help us to do our part.
Ohm shanti shanti shanti

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