If Israel is used to strike Iran for the UK, it will not be the first favour done.

Ignoring Dulle's (US Secretary of State) warnings, Eden (UK Prime Minister) and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, together with the French, now set in train a highly secret process of collusion with Israel against Egypt. The mechanics were worked out at Sevres near Paris October 22nd -24th. The Israelis were to invade Egypt on the evening of October 29^th, aiming to reach the Canal Zone the following day, thus threatening the Canal. Britain and France were to issue an ultimatum on October 30^th to both Israel and Egypt to accept a ceasefire and withdraw ten miles from the Canal. Within twelve hours Britain and France would commence military operation against the party that refused, as they expected Egypt to do.

On November 1st, the Guardian called the attack (British and French air attacks) on Egypt a disaster; the Daily Mirror labeled it a ‘blunder' that would ‘achieve nothing' and the Daily Herald stated that the war was ‘unnecessary' and ‘illegal'. Even The Times was lukewarm in its support for Eden.

Eden failed to get United States support for the attack and the United Kingdom eventually withdrew all of their forces from Egypt by December 22, 1956.

Israel was used as an attack dog for the United Kingdom and to a lesser extent the French. An invasion of Egypt was secretly organised by the highest office of the United Kingdom.

He then sealed his fate when, in the Commons, he came under pressure from the Labour Party over the extent of collusion with the Israelis. Eden denied that there had been any foreknowledge of Israel's action against Egypt. ...Eden resigned on January 9th, 1957.

More recently the Queen addressed the state opening of the House of Commons (3 December 2008), where she astonishingly addressed ‘Iran's nuclear ambitions' directly...

"My Government will press for a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, for continued progress in Iraq and for effective measures to address concerns over Iran's nuclear programme"

Would it surprise anyone that the United Kingdom is about to unleash its attack dog (Israel) again, this time on Iran? The reasons for the United Kingdom's attack on Egypt in 1956 were entirely punitive. The President of Egypt nationalised the lucrative Suez Canal, when somewhat ironically the United States President failed to deliver on promised funding for a dam project.

Most people know that Iran is now entirely out of United States dollars for its trades in oil and gas products. Most people also know that since the Second World War, all trades in oil products must be processed through either the London IPE or New York NYMEX exchanges. The last person that refused to comply with this presumption was Saddam Hussein in 2000. Needless to say, Iraq was invaded and Saddam was eventually executed in front of the world.

So here we are again...the United Kingdom and also this time, the United States are faced with an entirely punitive problem, but instead of being threatened with the seizure of a major ‘highway of oil', they are faced with being excluded from the complicated and lucrative oil trades through their respective commodity exchanges.

But what will really happen if Israel invades or attacks Iran? We will again see two major powers (with ‘clean hands'), United Kingdom and United States immediately request a cease fire (much like what happened in the recent exchange in South Ossetia). What will happen if Iran refuses to accept the condition of a cease fire, perhaps even alleging that the United Kingdom and United States are key players in the attack (including the use of Iraqi air space)?

Will the United States or United Kingdom commence air operations against Iran, just like the United Kingdom did in 1956? And even more distressing, just as Egypt was strengthening its relationship with the Soviet Union with arms deals in the 50's, Iran has also been strengthening its relationship with the modern day Soviet Union, Russia, with arms deals and unprecedented diplomatic relations.

When Israel, United Kingdom and France invaded Egypt in 1956, as was noted above, there were cries of ‘blunder' and ‘illegal', very similar to the cries that we heard after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. If Iran gets invaded or attacked by Israel, there will be the same cries, but will it simply be another case of sacking the Prime Minister of the day, while the world attempts to clean up the aftermath, perhaps a radioactive one or worse, a global one?

While the leaders of this world continue to make decisions based on entirely punitive outcomes, the world will continue on its current grotesque path to war. In the United Kingdom, Prime Ministers come and go; unlike the head of state, who reigns by her own volition. It is amazing to think that the Queen would have addressed the same House of Commons back in 1956 (she was enthroned in 1953). Although with a very different audience, I wonder if her message directly addressed Egypt and the Suez Canal. And although I know who is responsible for making the law in the United Kingdom, I wonder who is actually responsible for laying it down each year?

Quotes
History Today, Suez The Canal Before the Crisis, November 2006
Copy of the Queens full speech, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3545177/Queens-speech-in-full.html

Has man and woman unwittingly disinherited themselves from their divine right as gods of earth? Have we sacrificed our divine right, our children to sin? When man and woman first walked the earth gifted with the ability to reproduce, everything in this world changed. Numerous stories suggest that before Osiris and Isis, before Adam and Eve, humans were unable to produce children themselves, and gods had to continually interfere with man to guarantee the earth of inhabitants.

But consistent with the idea of ‘free choice', the goal was to create a creature that could not only roam the earth but also partake in its growth and evolution. When man and woman received the gift of reproduction they received much more. Men and women became gods themselves; they became the creators of ‘beings'. The ideas of faith and religion are so imbedded within our sub-conscious that this essential premise of our continual existence has been forgotten.

A key element of this remarkable development needs to be clearly understood to continue, just as our God doesn't own us, we too do not own our own progeny. Indeed we are all stars; suns from beyond our own solar system. As parents we merely provide an avenue for existence; a pathway. We, like our creator have a deep down yearning for ‘free choice', as creators of ‘pathways' for ‘stars on earth' we are more guardians than parents, but rest assured, we are all divine ones.

And this is why so much religious and mythological symbolism exists surrounding the male penis, whether it is Osiris' penis getting stolen by a fish or a religious covenant requiring the cutting off of the top of the male penis, the myths are concerned with one idea; sin. Osiris was the first to lose his divine right; as living and divine gods of earth Osiris and Isis were entitled to create their own divine gods on earth, but mythology and religion felt the need to step in and they did it and continue to do it with the idea of sin.

The Egyptian Fall concerning Osiris, Isis, Horus and Set or sin is the mythological birthplace of Egyptian religion. Egypt considers Osiris and Isis to be divine gods of earth; therefore a break was required to steal the natural right of Egypt's original parents. The story suggests that when Set or sin interfered with Osiris and Isis, Isis was subsequently required to perform magic to get pregnant with Horus, the break or the fall was complete, and all subsequent children of Egypt were now considered to be children of sin.

The Biblical story is exactly the same; Adam and Eve living in paradise as divine creators themselves needed to be kicked out of the Garden of Eden before they could create their own children. The divine parents of the Bible had to be touched by sin before they could receive their sullied inheritance; children of sin. It is essential for the founders of religion to break the connection of the original gods of earth and their divine, godly children. It is an essential prerequisite of faith and religion to have ‘a fall'.

The idea lies deep in our sub-conscious; it lies deep within our long strands of programmed cell memory, our DNA. These beliefs are reinforced by our cultural and religious institutions; that continue to remind us of our individual fallibility as humans and our need to be saved from sin, both the original and recurring variety. But our DNA can change and as new age as it may sound, all we have to do is believe in our own divine existence and inheritance.

As people start to believe in their own original divinity, replacing their old concepts of original sin, their children will automatically start to believe in their own divine inheritance; their own children. Nothing more is required of us than to reject any philosophy or religion that preaches sin, whether it is as subtle as karma or as dramatic as hell, their foundations are exactly the same. In order to receive our true inheritance as gods of earth...all that we are required to give back is something that we never needed. 

Is the prophet Elijah changing nappies now?

For over a year now I have been carefully pushing a very unique idea, the idea is certainly not popular with the old school, but interestingly it doesn't seem too popular with the new school either. It's the idea of returning to a matriarchal society. The old school's position speaks for itself but it is the new school's screams for balance that I find the most challenging.

‘Balance'; through consultation and consideration the planet will strike a magical union of leadership, legally afforded rights to all. It's not going to happen, but not for the reason that you may think. The reason it's not going to happen is because men need to be humbled, not just today's man, but tomorrow's man...man's DNA needs to be re-programmed over many generations.

Hundreds of generations of patriarchal rule; their banners of war, empire and banking have led to a world wide game of monopoly on steroids. Men take and take and then take some more and then when there is nothing left...they change position, change their name and then they start taking again. I have a sneaking suspicion that the lesson will be long, real long...a thousand years in fact.

When a young male child is born his DNA tells him he is a superior being to the girl in the opposite cot, the reason, because no matter how noble a child's education may be, a child will always mimic the actions of their parents. In order for a male child to start changing his DNA, he simply needs to (in no particular order) humble himself to his mother, his sister, his female co-workers, his wife and if he is lucky...his daughter.

I live in Australia where women are treated nicely, they have a nice paltry representation in parliament, they enjoy the same basic human rights as male Australians, they even enjoy some rights that men don't have, their wages are comparable but not the same, all reports suggest that they are relatively happy with their position in Australian society. Seems nice enough, everyone is pretty happy, on the road to equality...Wrong!

The fact that we have laws like affirmative action to correct the patent imbalance between women and men in the workforce is offensive. Whenever we enact laws to protect or increase women's rights...it is merely another slap in the face of a much more significant law, the law of nature. Contrary to millennia full of religious and political doctrine...natural law does not distinguish between men and women.

When we look at history we are generally able to establish a solid basis of male dominance in the modern Europeans world, however recent spiritually driven investigations are threatening to re-write much of what we know about other significant civilized parts of the world. China's matriarchal history is well established but could it be very shortly joined by another great civilization...Egypt.

When Egypt was first discovered and conquered by the Greeks, they recorded volumes of historical fact outlining the now widely accepted concepts of Pharaoh Lineage. The Greeks looked at the Egyptian hieroglyphics with the eyes of men...what they saw staring back at them was not something that they were prepared for and regrettably what was actually recorded by the original Greek historians has been accepted ever since.

However, it is a fact that the mythical character Isis' is hieroglyphically represented by the symbol of a throne. When combined by the recently discovered teachings of Egyptian elders, the tradition still alive today, it becomes clear that Osiris' authority was only that which was vested from Isis' throne, curiously also known as a footstool. It is now possible that Pharaoh lineage may have in fact rested with the woman.

It will be some time before the above developments are readily accepted by traditional Egyptian archeologists and historians, but as they say...the writing is certainly on the wall. So if there is a chance that matriarchal societies thrived back in Africa, the next natural question is...where did the break occur? When did the matriarchal system get replaced by today's traditional religious and political male dominated systems?

A clue may come from the mythical history that we find in the first book of the Bible; Genesis. One particular story suggests that Abram travelled to Egypt with his wife Sarai; Abram was very wealthy, had lots of slaves and as the story goes, Sarai was a very fine woman indeed. When Abram arrives, he makes the most peculiar offer to the Egyptian Pharaoh; his wife as a concubine for Pharaoh's house.

When Abram declared to Pharaoh that Sarai was actually his sister instead of his wife Abram is saved from persecution and as a successful man he is able to enjoy the many blessings as a guest of Pharaoh. The story continues that it was entirely Pharaoh's fault that Abram's wife found herself in his care and Abram, before he leaves with more than what he arrived with, gives Pharaoh a few plagues for his troubles.

This particularly juicy account of Canaanites and Egyptian mythical history provides a deep insight into the attitudes of the Abrahamic faith towards women. For some reason it was satisfactory to treat Canaanite women as second class citizens. From the original of original sins to distrustful women leading great men astray; Old Testament women are rarely recorded as being citizens let alone equals.

Which leads us to a very important point; the unnatural insult against women has nothing to do with the Hebrews. Many people would know that the Hebrew's cherish their women, so much so that their ultimate spiritual enlightenment; Shekhinah is indeed attributed to the feminine. Shekhinah is the most beautiful of all ideas and many would argue that it is the same concept as the ancient Chinese feminine philosophy of Tao.

If you are a white descendant of the United Kingdom, including the United States you are more than likely a descendant of Abraham. If you are a circumcised male, theoretically you are considered to be a child of Abraham. The laws, morals and ethics of most Western countries are governed by principles underpinned by both the Old Testament and New Testament.

This means that the Abrahamic philosophy towards women is deeply entrenched into much of what we consider to be the modern world. The modern world ironically prides itself on a combination of human and property rights afforded usually to both women and men. What I suggest though, is that the rights legally afforded to females have actually had a negative impact on women achieving their original natural entitlement; equality.  

So what can man expect in the next thousand years, while we learn how to be human again, how can it be done? Rest assured that the reform will be nothing short of astonishing. Recently I have learnt about a man called Elijah, he is quite popular at the moment because his character resonates very strongly with ‘end times' prophecy. But the line that I found interesting has not much to do with the popular ones.

While Elijah is known for overseeing the slitting of people's throats and the burning of people in the name of some heavenly justice, a small pleasant passage suggests that far removed from the fire and brimstone,...Elijah shall turn men towards their children. Could it be that the new Elijah is going to usher in a new age by getting men to pick up their children and look into their hearts in the hope that they may find their own?

So men, what are you like at ‘washing up'? Changing nappies? Feeding and bathing the children? Some men are already finding out. My wife works full-time while I stay at home with our daughter and I'm not the only one. For every ten women that I see at ‘Swing Park' (not to be confused with ‘New Park' or ‘Old Park'), I see one bloke with his nappy bag hanging from his shoulder.

Now if I can evolve into a human being; and a blood thirsty Elijah has become a modern day inspirant for men to embrace the great feminine, who's to say that Abraham hasn't evolved as well? Some will tell you that that is exactly who Jesus and Hillel represented; an evolved Abraham. For me it is the question of all questions, perhaps time will tell, but for now...it's time for a quick ride to Old Park and then it's time to get dinner ready.

 

To unearth the original foundations of the word Empire, like everything else that matters in this world, we must first travel back to at least the time of ancient Egypt. The Egyptian myth, instead of the true story of Isis and Osiris from Egypt is not only responsible for ideas like resurrection, blessed virgin and good and evil; it is also responsible for the idea of human enslavement or Empire.

The myth that Osiris was killed by Set; whom represents the distinction between good and evil, meant that Osiris was venerated as a dead spirit instead of the green colored living child of Ra that he originally was. As a dead spirit he was worshipped with the name Banebdjed or Ba, which means spirit god, and it followed that Osiris was then mistakenly worshiped as a god of power or inherited authority.

What this meant for Egypt was that regal authority was now worshipped as a power received from the gods themselves. Banebdjed, symbolised hieroglyphically with a Ram's head, meant that Osiris automatically became a symbol of the Ram. Combined with his original symbols of a crook and flail; as in a shepherd leading a flock; god given authority over people was born and the term Empire soon followed.

Empire can be achieved by using three tools, one is war, two is religion and three is by tribute or enslavement with money. All empires are the same, whether you look at Greece, United Kingdom or the United States. All empires have slaves, whether they are willing or unwilling; the common people at some point lose their liberty and freedom when they are told what they can and cannot do.

Right or wrong, the story of Egypt suggest that they became a grand old empire; with slaves, predetermined employment for citizens and a successful system of authority. The great escape from the Egyptian Empire by a group believed to be God's chosen people provides the basis of much of what is written in the Bible. The people became what is known as the twelve tribes of Israel, but are also described as the twelve stars of Israel.

All empires appear to wane or result in a catastrophic collapse; the reasons are multifarious but regularly include a decaying army or a failed monetary system. Even today we are witnessing the collapse of an Empire. Today it is the United States Empire, with its aging and tiring armed forces and a depreciating paper fiat currency that was unconstitutionally decoupled from gold back in 1971.

There is one Empire though that seems to have stood the test of time; its roots can be traced all the way back to Alexander the Great. There appears to be a clear lineage of succession lasting well over two thousand years all the way up to the present day. Which Empire is it? The Greek Empire is the one Empire that can establish a line of success all the way to the present day.

The period of Alexander the Great is also known as the Hellenistic period, during this time the Greek Empire expanded through Mesopotamia and Persia. Mesopotamia is Greek for between the two rivers and includes modern day countries such as Iraq and Persia, now known as Iran. The two areas; Mesopotamia and Persia play as much of a role in Empire today as they did during the Hellenistic period.

But what happened to the Greek Empire and how on earth can they have a lineage to the present day? Historically the Greek Empire was succeeded by the Roman Empire after the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC. But the Roman Empire had much respect for Greece; both philosophical and political debates were always spoken in Greek, failure to speak Greek was seen as a failure to know power.

The Roman Empire was eventually established in Byzantium, which was later known as Constantinople after the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantinople was known as the seat of the Roman Empire until its demise in 1453, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire. More recently Constantinople was renamed Istanbul after the fall of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War.

But something quite remarkable happened when the Byzantine Roman Empire fell in 1453; Russia put their hand up and said; all that is under Byzantine is now Russia. And they were deadly serious, to understand how serious their announcement was, one only needs to take a look at the old Byzantine coat of arms and Russia's current coat of arms; they are exactly the same except for one astonishing detail.

In addition to the two headed eagle, right in the middle is a blue and white man upon a horse taking to the heart of a Dragon with a long spear. Of course blue and white are the colors of Greece and we will get to the impaled Dragon later. Now Biblically Greece has always been known as the Goat. And as suggested from ancient Egyptian history, Empire has for a very long time been known as the Ram.

There is a very interesting story that has been around for centuries that involves a Ram and a Goat. The original story suggests that the Goat will defeat a Ram which includes the two Empires, Media and Persia. Now this story rings true for Greece' success in taking Mesopotamia and Persia during the Hellenistic period of Alexander's reign, but are we about to witness the very same cycle in human history all over again?

When the United States took Iraq in 2003, they may have started this age old story all over again. With the United States building the biggest embassy in the world within Iraq and with talk about a one hundred year occupation, the parallels are crystallizing at an uncomfortable rate. With the United States, the United Kingdom et al all pushing for further sanctions against Iran, it seems likely that a conflict is inevitable.

At this point we should look at which major superpower is not pushing for further sanctions; and that of course is Russia. If the United States and the United Kingdom do invade and defeat Iran without Russia's consent, I'm afraid the consequences may be catastrophic. Because not only is Russia not consenting, they are in fact helping build the nuclear reactors in Iran that are the very reason behind the current sanctions.

If the United States ends up taking possession of both Iraq and Iran, the whole area will be powerless to stop it. With Israel's nuclear weapons and the United States vast army situated all around the Middle East and Europe, America will think they are safely within the seat of power. And from the United Kingdom's track record, I also suspect that they will be right behind the United States in support.

Russia will be left with two choices; they can either watch the United States pull themselves out of another bankruptcy (the first being in 1971) by pillaging the world's major oil and water reserves of Iraq and Iran or they can strike. If the age old story involving Greece, Media and Persia is correct, then I expect Russia to strike both occupied Iran and Iraq; totally decimating the US army which will be concentrated within the two areas.

The Russian coat of arms provides a startling account of how long ago this great battle started and makes me think how closely the United Kingdom is associated with the United States. And it makes me think about the United States' coat of arms, which has an eagle and thirteen stars on it, and it makes me think how long Israel, the original twelve star state will last if the thirteenth star is destroyed by Russia in Iraq and Iran.

And all this is going to happen because they got the myth wrong when they tried to account the great story of Osiris, Isis and Horus; a story of greatness; when God created a representative on earth in Horus. A story polluted and ruined by people that saw an opportunity to seize power with war, religion and money. A claim of regal authority and power over the people that still remains today, called Empire.

You have two choices...
You can either search for happiness, or
Accept peace.

Happiness should not be confused with peace.
Peace will prepare you for happiness,
Peace will prepare you for sorrow.

Avoiding sorrow is as foolish as avoiding happiness,
With Peace we can experience all that earth has to offer,
Never letting either end of the experience get the better of us.

It's taken me a very long time to realise this, but it's true...I'm free, I'm totally free to live my life in any way that I wish. I can degrade myself in any way I see fit, I can train myself in any way I desire, I can create rules for myself, I can break the rules I create, I can feel good about my life, I can feel bad about my life...but consistent with free choice...goddamit I'm free.

As a child of religion it took me many years to realise that I was free from sin; both original and the recurring variety, yet the legacy of religion seems to have left an ‘overseeing God'; a God that watches over me; guiding, even giggling but always keeping a watchful eye over my experience. But this is not true, you cannot have free choice with a giggle on the side...we are genuinely free...God is not watching.

God has given us this great gift of experience called earth, God has given us an entire world to do whatever we desire. If we do not like where we live...we can get up and start walking somewhere else. If we do not like our occupation or our friends or even our family...we can stand on our feet and start walking away...we are absolutely free to do whatever we want with our time on earth.

If you let your mind in on this proposition you will start to consider restrictions; barriers in our lives that stop us from doing exactly what we want, but of course the restrictions are ours, they are not in fact barriers, but mere mind-made consequences. You may end up in divorce court, you may end up on the street, you may end up penniless, but rest assured at the end of the day, you are free.

So why do we end up where we are, with whom we love and care about, why am I right here, right now? The answer...our heart, our heart or soul is our most valuable guidepost we possess for this grand experience called earth. Unlike your brain or mind...your heart never forgets the experiences that you have had in past lives. Your heart will tell you exactly where you want to be and who you want to be doing it with.

Your mind may tell you that you should be doing something else or doing it with someone else, but your heart has put you exactly where you are meant to be right now. It's not to say that you will never change your circumstances, but right now, right here, you are perfectly positioned in your life. Nobody in the world, including you can convince me that you are anywhere else in this world than being perfectly situated.

So how does it feel, to not only be free from sin, religion and doctrine...but to also finally be free from the all seeing and all knowing eye in the sky, God? The answer is GREAT and that's because that's the way God wanted it to be. Now I can tell you what I think God may or may not be, and you may or may not agree with me, but what we can both agree on is exactly what we are...and that is nature.  

Throughout the ages both men and women have concluded that nature is something attributed to the feminine. Whether it's as simple as using the term ‘mother nature' or delving deep into the mystical spiritualism of the ‘sacred feminine or divine goddess', when it comes to nature...the world is satisfied that the creative gift of God is the female essence.

The pentacle is a pre-Christian symbol that relates to Nature worship.

The ancients envisioned their world in two halves - masculine and feminine.

Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power.

Yin and yang.

When male and female were balanced, there was harmony in the world.

This pentacle is representative of the female half of all things -

A concept religious historians call the ‘sacred feminine' or the ‘divine goddess'

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Many imaginative men and women have written about the grand feminine, words written on the idea seem to flow gracefully through our consciousness, barely leaving a mark on the reader, yet at the same time conveying a crystal clear understanding of the subject. Yet words at times seem superfluous when of course nature surrounds us each day, perhaps Lao Tzu knew this as he tried to leave the world without writing a single note.

It's amazing that from one side of the world in China, men and women were characterizing exactly the same thing that the Hebrew's were exploring on the other. And I at times wonder why this intrinsic world link isn't more evident upon its surface. I wonder why things seem so hard sometimes, why we have so much war, famine, injustice; imbalance.

Recently I have discovered that although there may be a myriad of emotions that we can experience as human beings, they can all easily be described as having only two foundations; love and fear. It now seems clear to me that when we love, there is no room for fear and when we feel truly free we have nothing but love in our hearts. And then I wonder why are we all not free?

The answer is that for most of us, being free scares the hell out of us. Not having someone or something to tell us what we can or cannot do is akin to individual anarchy. Not having a sin or a devil to blame for a human failing can be as scary as it is liberating. And this is why much of the world's population finds sanctuary in religion; institutions heavily laden in sin, guilt, devils or...fear.

Two very interesting facts come from our two neighbour planets Venus and Mars. When female Venus, representing love and beauty makes its way around the ecliptic it forms a perfect pentagram. The warring planet Mars representing male energy has two moons, they are named Phobos and Deimos and translate respectfully to the English words fear and terror.

When the world was forcibly converted to religion, there were only two ways to effectively convince the people, that were living and thriving in nature (on the land) that they needed anything more than the sun to rise in the morning and the night to fall in the evening; they used fear and terror. They were as subtle as introducing the fear of hell and as terrifying as burning the unconverted alive in front of their own.

A newly emerging power will take over existing symbols and degrade them over time in an attempt to erase their meaning.

 The wise crone's pointed hat became the symbol of a witch, and Venus's pentacle became a sign of the devil.

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

 

For two thousand years religion has dominated the world's landscape, the days of religious terror may be over for now but the fear is as strong as ever. The world's churches still warn their members against witches and pentagrams, still suggesting that they will be exposing themselves to nothing less than the devil himself. I regularly wonder how the Church has managed to maintain this grand charade in this day and age.

While people continue to choose fear over love the religious institutions of the world will still have their place in our society. And for that very same reason the world will continue to be dominated by the two fabled moons of Mars...Phobos and Deimos. But is there a change on the horizon? Not so much a change but a return to what we have always known, always cherished...are we returning to balance through the sacred feminine?

Then I saw heaven open, and there was a white horse.

It's rider is called Faithful and True;

it is with justice that he judges and fights his battles.

Revelation 19.11

 

As well as forming the perfect pentacle, Venus' ecliptic transit takes it on another very interesting path, in 2009 Venus will sit right on top of a fabled flying horse known as the constellation Pegasus. For those familiar with astrology you will know that Venus rules the astrological symbol Libra, a sign represented by the scales of Justice. Libra is also well associated with female attributes.

Could it be possible that as a last final insult to the sacred feminine, Venus' triumphant return to earth has been characterised as the male Messiah known as Jesus Christ? Are the men that wrote the defining book of religion, dogma and doctrine attempting to pull off the biggest switch in history? I suspect they are, and for some reason we have been left with a ‘Da Vinci Code' type clue for the spiritually observant.

In the final chapter of the final book of the Bible, there is a clear astronomical reference to the second coming of Jesus Christ. As much undeniable as the female participant sitting next to Jesus in Da Vinci's Last Supper...the final testament of the patriarchal monolith that is Christianity makes a striking ‘Christ Comparison' with the bright morning star, the morning star is of course none other than the divine planet Venus.

I am descended from the family of David;

I am the bright morning star.

The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!"

Revelation 22.16-17

 

If any of the above is true, you can be certain that we are in for an interesting transition from one way of thinking to another. It is not difficult for the men in charge of this world to keep women safely in the background; they simple deny their own feminine elements. When they realise what they have done, they will fight, preferring to eclipse the earth with the moons of Phobos and Deimos than let this imbalanced world slip from their grip. 

The creativeness of our hearts fools our minds into thinking that we are all on a stage, that we are all actors in a great big screen play, all waiting for that big scene; with the big bangs and an eternal line/quote that will ensure our own celluloid/historical relevance. But we couldn't be further from the truth, the writings of one man, mythical or historical it doesn't matter, ensured that I can never look for my Bruce Willis moment.

Lao Tzu is great for being so simple; his greatness is in his ordinary existence; respecting nature, surrendering to nature. Knowing Lao Tzu means that I reconcile everything I dream with the reality that I will never be happier than if I was sitting alone on a rock watching a slow moving stream. Dreaming to be something or someone bigger will invariably mean that I am auditioning for just another fictitious ‘Hollywood' part.

Why is this so? Because in smallness we become great, in anonymity will become known, by staying at the rear we are forced to the front. There are two speeds that we endure as human beings on this earth...one is the world's; where everything seems connected and the second is the earth's speed; nature, where we as individuals connect to the earth itself. They can be summarized as Hollywood and the stream.

...

Therefore, the Sage wants to remain behind,

But finds himself at the head of others;

...

Lao Tzu (TTC 7)

At this point it is easy to see the dual illusion that our mind will start to play, for example, "I am being humble, so it is time to move to the front.' And this is where thinking takes over from acting, not Hollywood acting, but the living type. In fact I suggest that all thoughts are nothing more than pictures that we keep in a photo album; we've been there, we were living, and for some reason we need a picture to prove it.

Could it be true? Could our actions actually be our true reality and our thoughts be mere photographs that we take in our mind to assure ourselves that we are in control? Could it be that no matter what we think, plan or devise for ourselves, it is irrelevant to our ever-developing reality and that no matter what I tell someone that I may want or need, there is always a chance that I will do or become the exact opposite?

What would happen if we stopped all this thinking and got down to just doing? For starters I believe the Hollywood auditions would instantly stop; whether you are auditioning for the role of successful, loving, sober father/husband of two perfect sporting/academic children or if you are auditioning to save the world either scientifically or philosophically with the next ‘big Oprah moment', they would all stop.

We are taught from a very young age that it is essential that we think our way through our day-to-day problems; that we devise solutions to the big and small issues that we face each day. Whether it is our parents dramatically pointing a finger at their head the first time we put a ball through a window or the dread of receiving our first big fat math text at school, the message is the same...it is now time to think.

Now's the time to think, think, think, think

When you have a problem...you must think

Look at all the clues...like the super sleuths' do

And just think, think, think!

My Friends Tigger and Pooh (Disney)

 

Ironically the same thing that causes us to start thinking in the first place may be the same thing that prevents us from stopping...fear. The fear of being ‘caught out' by our peers or even family members is enough to paralyse the most capable individual. It may surprise a lot of people but the most powerful learning statement that I know of, whether you are five or fifty years old...is ‘I don't know'.

Much like the climbing of the greatest mountain starts at the bottom, we must first acknowledge that we know nothing before we can start to attain anything. Thoughts, synonymous with anticipation and planning stop us from discovering new things about ourselves and others. Some people call them walls or barriers, but in reality we play a game with our peers that attempts to have us on the front foot of all our interactions.

The fact is that nothing beats experience/living, whether you are about to make your first coffee for a customer in a busy café or you're about to represents your first client after six years of law school; the feeling is always the same...you're scared out of your skin. I imagine that at the end of a life...we feel the same as we did after three months at the new job; ‘what was I so worried about?'

If we stopped thinking and stopped acting in roles that we think our peers want to see us in, I believe that we would quite simply astound ourselves. When we stop trying to impress, stop trying to have the right answer instead of our answer...we expose ourselves to something much more powerful than embarrassment...we are indeed learning. How we feel, although not as powerful or pleasant, may just be what really matters.

It's not a case of doing whats right,

It's just the way I feel that matters.

...

It's not a case of telling the truth,

Some lines just fit the situation.

Play for Today (The Cure)

Regularly we remind each other that at the end of our term we will not want to talk about how many hours we worked, how much money we had or how many cars we had...we are left with the simple desire to be close to the ones that we love. If we stopped thinking about this grand revelation and started living it each day, I am certain that we would realise that life is certainly not an audition, not even a dress rehearsal, it is simply...now.

With one small key in my hand I have opened the biggest door that I know of...with this small piece of information in my hand I was finally able to understand the why and how of so many things...including the eternal question of humanity...the meaning of life on earth. I know for a fact that this small piece of information is shared by thousands of people around the world. It is not something that can be taught, nor can it be gifted to another...but once learnt it forms the basis of a person's human reality. The secret is simple...You are a Star.

You are a star, a sun in fact; you along with everyone else that you know on earth share this universal truth. When you look outside into the night sky there is a very good chance that you are in fact standing in your cosmic presence. Do not be confused...this is not symbolism, metaphor or allusion...inside you, in that place that we call a person's soul, is the essence of your Sun. Needless to say...you are powerful beyond human measure, you are as bright as the morning dawn, you create life like midday light and you are as peaceful as evening dusk.

What a day today.

There are two Suns rising!

What a day,

Not like any other day.

Look!

The Light is shinning in your heart,

The wheel of life has stopped.

Oh you who can see into your own heart,

What a day, This is your day.

-Rumi

The next natural question is...what on earth am I doing here? Just as simple as the first proposition...you are of course growing. Much like a child chooses their parents, you chose to be here and much like a child chooses when he or she will be born, you arrived exactly when you wished. As a star, your essence has arrived at this planet for two purposes...one is to grow or evolve and two is quite simply to get off. As much fun as it is enjoying the vast wonders of this fascinating world...it's guaranteed that one day, your spirit will indeed want to get off.

Anyone that has had the opportunity to delve into Eastern Philosophy may be aware of something known as the Wheel of Life and Death. Within the concept of the wheel lies two concepts; evolution of the soul and entrapment during the experience. Simply, the Masters of the Eastern cultures realised that salvation was within the grasp of each individual's soul and that the spirit world is where we come from and where we return. The proponents of this idea are certain that an individual is restricted from reaching the spirit world until they understand the spirit world link while on earth.

Naturally another question may now be posed...who is this Sun? For lack of a better word...he is God. The earth and the experience is the result of the Sun's grand manifestation, he or she owns the dice, the pieces and the rules. Although the Sun may own the pieces; human beings...he does not own the souls that give the pieces life. In fact the Sun exercises no dominion over the souls of the inhabitants...a concept known as free choice. Every now and then the owner of the game occasionally calls for a new deck and this clearing of the board is what I personally feel the need to explore further.

The term God expressed here is relevant only to the extent that the Sun is God over his or her dominion, in this case...everything that moves around the closest star, the Sun. With respect to the rest of the universe, I adopt a well-held and respected position, one shared with the Chinese Master Lao Tzu...I have no interest in exploring the Eternal God/Tao while here on earth...I see no reason to attempt to make sense of an idea that must far exceed my human intelligence. I experience the eternal through what is known simply as Tao or Sophia, and this peace guides me to ask no more here on earth at this point.

Tao can be talked about, but not the Eternal Tao

Names can be named, but not the Eternal Name.

 

As the origin of heaven-and-earth, it is nameless:

As "the Mother" of all things, it is nameable.

...

Lao Tzu