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[ The Devil & The Tower ]
& [ What is Sacred Space? ]
Well Winter is here and
we are now in the deep cold when the snow crunches and squeaks as you walk on
it. This time of year is wonderful for the catching up on reading, writing and
looking inward. This season is a time to think of giving to those deserving
charities in the world.
In This Issue...
1. Sponsor's Ad
2. Cindy's Feature Article: The Devil & The Tower
3. Classifieds
4. Dave's Feature Article: What is Sacred
Space?
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Cindy's Feature Article:
The Devil & The Tower
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The Devil
Who would guess that The Lovers and the Devil Tarot card are closely
related? In the Lovers, you have a relationship between your conscious mind and
your intuitive, higher self which leaves you with powerful discernment ability.
In the Devil card, your conscious mind has lost connection with the Intuitive,
higher self which leaves you ignorant and in the dark.
I tease people sometimes and say that the Devil Card can simply mean you are
constipated, a little bound up. Well, in reality, that is quite a good
definition. When your conscious mind and higher mind aren't talking, you aren't
in the flow. You feel like you are walking blindly through molasses!
The Hebrew letter associated with the Devil Card is Ayin, which translates to
Eye. Richard Seidman, author of the
Oracle of Kabbalah, says Ayin is telling us
?Open your Eyes!? That is what the Devil is trying to remind us to do. When we
feel lost, blind or unclear, Open your Inner Eye! Reconnect to your intuitive
self. There is more to the world that what you can see or touch and there is
more to life than fulfilling physical desires. When you are using both your
common sense and your intuitive side, life goes with the flow and you can once
again see the synchronicities that are there to help you along your
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The Tower
The Tower is often seen as the card that represents tragedies, chaos and
acts of aggression. I wrote an article shortly after 9-11 about the Tower. You
can read it under the Spiritual Simplicity Fall 2001.
http://www.psychicsupport.com/01fall.htm#cindy Some say the Tower
represents the Tower of Babble found in the Bible. The story goes that, men, in
their arrogance, were obsessed with building a tower high enough to reach the
gods. God sent lightning to strike the tower and the men down. It destroyed the
tower and all the men started to speak different languages so that they could
not understand each other to rebuild the tower. They could then go back to their
life and focus on what was really important instead of focusing on arrogance.
There is a deeper meaning here. We are all one. We all speak the same soul
language. Our hopes and dream are the same. We all want happiness and don?t want
suffering. It is how we act on getting our desires met that makes us see
ourselves as different. Our priorities, our ideas of what happiness is and what
suffering is, seem to differ and we loose our compassion. We don't speak the same
language anymore!
It is said that the top of the Tower is the cap of materialism and the
lightening bolt is blowing that cap off. The burning people falling out of the
tower are not really people, but our egos that are burning away. The Tower is
telling us that we need to revisit what our concept of happiness is and readjust
our priorities to what our soul sees as important, not what our egos think we
need. We don't need to experience a tragedy or loss to do this. We can look at
our lives everyday and find an example of getting something that we thought
would make us happy that didn't. When you ask someone what their happiest
moments in life were, it usually relates to love.
Once the tower (what we our egos are obsessed with) is stuck down, our
priorities can then be reevaluated. Getting our focus back on what is really
important, we can then start to rebuild on a new, clear, stronger foundation.
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Dave's Feature
Article:
What is Sacred Space?
I look at Sacred Space in a couple of ways. I was taught when at a young age
that sacred space is the place you go inside yourself, when you are in a
meditative state. Like when you are on a vision quest, or are experiencing a
sweat lodge. In that place you can receive insights and the wonders of life can
be revealed. The other way I think of Sacred Space is, a physical place where
we can get in touch with that which is larger than us. It is the second place I
want to talk about because that is the area most people want to learn how to
make in their home or on their property.
A Sacred Space can be a place that is known to be sacred, or it can be a place
you make sacred. They can be outdoors or in your home. One thing they all do
is help us to focus our spiritual sight, by releasing that spiritual energy
inside each of us so we can touch the divine. Throughout the history of mankind,
altars and shrines have been made. Sometimes they are made to be elaborate and
sometimes they are kept simple. It is up to the individual that is creating the
sacred space. Building an altar or shrine is a step toward awareness.
The very act of creating an altar makes us spiritually receptive to the
sacredness it represents. It requires intent on your part to collect a grouping
of objects that have a spiritual meaningfulness to you and/or your family. Then
arrange them in such a way as to have meaning in, or touch your heart.
Take your time to feel what areas in your home or property make you feel
comfortable and more in touch with yourself and others. It can be in your
garden or where you are doing something that makes you mindful. My wife likes
to be mindful when she washes dishes. So why not have an area on a window ledge
above the sink, to help create the quiet focus needed for her to be mindful. We
have many areas in and around our house where we can feel the energy of spirit.
We have tried to develop this atmosphere throughout the home in which we dwell.
In our library we have pictures of angels, statues of Tara, Bodhisattvas and
Kwan Yin, stones and a snakeskin that were collected on trips and retreats,
Mandalas, and scarves that were blessed. In one area there are just feminine
goddesses. We use the library to gather energy and knowledge needed to live
happy lives. The items have been collected over many years. It is a place in
our home where you can sit and meditate or quietly read or study.
In my office I have my personal Altar with a picture of HH the Dali Lama and a
picture St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Padre Pio gave me the blessing of hope when I
was fighting cancer. We were on a retreat with the Dali Lama for three days
where we learned the ways of the bodhisattva and took our vows. In the altar is
a statue of the Buddha surrounded by my collection of crystal and stone balls.
I hang my prayer beads on the altar shelf when I am not wearing them. When I am
meditating I will energize and activate the altar by lighting candles and
incense to help create a relaxing, spiritual space.
We have a healing altar in the house with a Medicine Buddha, Candles incense and
an urn for ashes. We put the names of people we know or hear about that need
prayers on that altar, because they are suffering from an Illness or may be near
death. If they pass over to the other side, then we burn the paper with their
name in the urn, and burn sandalwood to help their soul on its way. We burn
sandalwood on a regular basis to represent our prayers for those people.
We are in the process of creating a garden sanctuary in the backyard. A place
to experience nature?s wonder and connection with Spirit through air, earth,
water, and fire as well as the four directions.
So you see Altars and Sacred Space can have many intentions and goals. It can
be public, private, have a general purpose, or a single focus. Create them for
your needs and comfort. Build them to help you focus and clarify your thoughts
and intentions. Use them to gather up your life force and strengthen your
spirituality. They can represent peacefulness, calm, strength, energy,
direction, or meaning. What ever you see as your need in this life can be a
focus for your Sacred Space. It soon becomes clear that making an altar is not
decorating.
Begin simply by placing a cloth on a cabinet or table to define the area you
intend to use. The cloth can be one of significance or of a specific color that
has meaning to you. Or you can use all of one shelf to define the space.
Everything about the space is ultimately personal, though there are philosophies
and systems of thought for guidance (Feng Shui or the Native American medicine
wheel, for example). There are symbols such as the cross for Christianity or for
the Egyptians, the ankh sign represented life. There is no right or wrong, if
you want a Tibetan altar, they have specific guidelines. Your Sacred Space can
be eclectic with deities and goddesses from many cultures along with personal
objects.
Personal Altars and Sacred Space are not churches, temples, or ashrams. The
latter are places that are refuge set apart from the pressures and pleasures of
daily life. Domestic altars are deliberately set into the everyday, as a way of
infusing the ordinary with the sacred. Native American culture believed there
was no distinction between the sacred and the day to day life. They believed
there were supernatural forces and spirit interconnected and in harmony with all
life. They say it is our responsibility to work with and stay in balance with
the universe, the supernatural, and spiritual forces at all times.
But it can also just BE. It has its own energy to sanctify your entire home. As
you pass by your altar every day, you will be blessed by that radiating energy.
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