Brand New Article

[Michael Hawkins]

...called "Sling-Shot Into the Multiverse."

...in which I reflect on what remains of Mars retrograde in Leo, the three-months of Mars direct in Leo before heading into Virgo, and the Pisces stellium coming into place.

Bottom line: patience, patience, patience... then hold on for your life!

Here's the link....

[roamer]

Thought inspiring article Micheal,
Rapid inner change and even revelation describes my life as of late. I feel like I have jumped on the express train to inner transformation, though I've not really found anybody who seems in synch with my ride. Maybe though this is because, as you say, that the period we are in is one of inner change due to mars retrograde.

I find the advice to be patient most fitting. I've tried executing some inner plans and find them very out of synch with reality. At the same time I am picking up on new little opportunities left and right that grab my attention so its challenging to wait. I'm learning to sit back and trust my deepest intuition on when the timing is right for action.

[jhananda]

I agree with, Hawk SR., your description of Mars retrograde in Leo, Michael, does indeed sound like Lent, which is the traditional time of renunciation, fasting, solitude and surrender. This is a good time for contemplatives and mystics to go deeper within and manifest depth in their contemplative communion with the sacred. Not surprising, a spring fast is often evident in early, pre-Christian, societies. And, this might be a time for those, like Roamer, who do not live in supportive communities, to meditate deeply and solo.

Your description of the expansive period after the retrograde, suggests not only personal expansion, but possibly an expansion of the Ecstatic Meditation Movement. Perhaps at that time those who live in communities that are not inclined to the ecstatic, will find an ecstatic and charismatic community to associate with. So, I look forward to whatever the future brings to the mystics of this age.

Latukikopama Sutta, MN 66
"...he enters and abides in the fourth absorption (jhana): which is purity of equanimity and mindfulness, with neither pleasure nor pain. This is called renunciation-pleasure, seclusion-pleasure, calm-pleasure, self-awakening-pleasure. And of this pleasure I say that it is to be cultivated, to be developed, to be pursued, it is not to be feared."

Love to all, Jhananda

[Michael Hawkins]

Hi Nick,

Yes, it's certainly a "hurry up and wait" period that we're in. Not to say that things aren't getting done, because they are... but there's a feeling that things are not moving quickly or forcefully enough, and that events are moving beyond us at a rapid pace -- as though we are losing the race, so to speak. It's an energetic thing, reminding us that everything happens in its own time, despite our efforts to control the events of life.

Blessings,
Michael