yin & yang

The Seven Hermetic Principles

/ Tunnel Vision 8

Currently, I am working with the seven hermetic principles or truths. Most of these principles I knew intuitively. However, I wish I had been taught these truths as a child.

The first principle is the principle of mentalism. The truth is the Universe is mental. No one told me this! The mind is universal. That means that humans are mental creatures. The mind is everything!

Also, humans are psychic. So why does our world downplay the fact that we are psychic? I remember when I was nine or ten years old, walking around the playground with my two fingers at my temples. I told everyone that I could read their minds.

Knowing this information solidifies my understanding of the power of the mind. What can be imagined can be truth. Oh my! That means we are infinite beings too.

I am going down the rabbit hole, and life just keeps getting better!

The Seven Hermetic Principles (dates back to Egyptian times)

  1. The Principle of Mentalism – “THE ALL IS MIND; the universe is mental.”
  2. The Principle of Vibration – “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”
  3. The Principle of Correspondence – “As above, so below, so above. As within, so without, as without, so within.”
  4. The Principle of Polarity – “Everything is Dual and has poles or opposites; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree.”
  5. The Principle of Rhythm – “Everything flows, out and in; everything has tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum swing.”
  6. The Principle of Cause and Effect – “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its cause; everything happens according to Law.”
  7. The Principle of Gender – “Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles.”

Namaste.

Note: I will be in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from January 21 to February 5.

I Am Changing

/ Tunnel Vision 8

A few nights ago, during a dream, I looked into the mirror and said, “I am changing.” I can feel that I am changing on the inside and out.

I am changing on the outside. I am keenly aware that I am getting older. Part of me needs to grieve that my youth is gone and I am entering a new phase in my life. I am working on feeling secure inside and value my accumulated talents and abilities.

I am thinking about going gray. I’ve earned my gray hair. I realize that if I let my hair go gray, I might look older. Most of my friends and family tell me to color my hair. I realize society pushes women to look younger.

I read that most women feel powerful when they go gray. Interestingly, people say men look distinguished when they go gray. Society says it’s okay for men to feel distinguished and powerful, but women should only strive to be young and beautiful.

Right now, we live in a patriarchal society (false yang) – a society where men are making the rules. I think most women want to have natural hair. It is time for women to take their power back and live in a society where we can be ourselves.

Remember, according to Taoism, the twin forces (yin and yang) are in combat seeking to overcome each other – it’s out of balance. However, if we want to transcend into a balanced society, we must value and respect each other.

Together these two forces are locked in perpetual combat seeking to overcome each other. But this is impossible, for each carries the seed of the other within it. – The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity, by Martin Palmer

I’m not sure, yet, if I will go gray or not. I’m going to let it grow out and see what I think. I am tired of dying my hair, and the chemicals are not good for my health or for the environment

Namaste.

Cup of Life

/ Tunnel Vision 8
Cup of Life – Pencil drawing by GG

I think the world should ask the woman what she wants with her reproduction. Why? Because she holds the chalice. She decides when to drink from the cup of life.

The womb is sacred. It sits deep into the pelvic girdle – where the sacral and root chakra spin.

All life is a gift from God, and all humans are divine. But God gifted the chalice to women.

Female issues have been on my mind lately. And I think it’s because of the collective energy surrounding Roe v. Wade. I had so much energy that I needed to draw (and I usually don’t draw anything).

Now I understand that there’s an awakening happening with the female body. For so many years, we didn’t question the female reproductive system.

New revelations are coming out about our true Origin. It is time for women to take back their personal and collective power. However, this time women and men will find balance.

We can move toward Heaven on Earth – this is our destiny. Twin forces that come together!

Each child born to a woman who says yes to life has the greatest gift of all – a chance to live in a new awareness and new love.

We must love each other. It is the only way.

Yin, Yang, and the Gateway – Pencil drawing by GG
The Holy Grail – The Chalice

Namaste.

Healing Yin & Yang

/ Tunnel Vision 8
Sacred Geometry: Interlocked rings and the Chakras

Today during my meditation practice, I received a message about yin, yang, and the chakras. I saw an image, and I knew the meaning right away (see the picture above). We can heal our yin (feminine energy) and yang (masculine energy) by working with the chakras.

The two interlocked rings symbolize unity. The hole in the center of the ring is a gateway or a door. The left side (yin) is earth, and the right side (yang) is heaven.

According to Wikipedia, the vesica piscis is a mathematical shape formed by the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting at the center of each disk lies on the perimeter of the other.

The vesica piscis (intersecting disks) create the Flower of Life – which holds the most significant and sacred patterns of the Universe. It depicts how all life comes from one singular source (the Origin/Shakti).

The Flower of Life

There’s a lot of symbolism, but I want to focus on the chakras. Here are the healing chakras (energy systems):

1st Chakra (Red/Root) – Heal your tribal beliefs (family, culture, society, etc.). What are your unconscious drivers? Reconnect with your family. Heal your deep roots, and work with your fears.

2nd Chakra (Orange/Sacral) – Heal your relationship with your significant other or partner. Relationships are like a garden. What do you want to plant and tend to?

3rd Chakra (Yellow/Solar Plexus) – Heal yourself. Be secure inside. Know your personal power. How do you nurture yourself?

4th Chakra (Green/Heart) – Heal the love in your heart. Give and receive love. If you spell “LOVE” backward, it spells “EVOL” – like EVOLVE. We must evolve to our true nature which is a compassionate being. True compassion is manifested through the heart.

5th Chakra (Blue/Throat) – Heal your power. You are a manifesting machine. Be a person of conscious power.

6th Chakra (Violet/Third Eye) – Heal your beliefs about yourself and the world. Beliefs create reality. How do you see the world? Change unconscious beliefs to conscious choices.

7th Chakra (Purple/Crown) – Heal your connection to the Divine/spirit world. See the world in energetic terms. Live mindfully.

The Flower of Life with the Seven Chakras

May all living beings be well, happy, skillful, and peaceful. Namaste.