Sacred fire 3w3/10/2023 The hardest things that I dealt with was carrying around feelings of anxiety, loneliness and self-contempt It would not be until much later more than ten years in fact, and after my divorce was final, that I would pick up my quest again. I didn’t know at the time, but my life was going to move quickly from being a full-time student to being a full-time employee, husband and father in a few short years. Afterward, I felt no need to argue about the existence of God or a Spiritual realm. What changed for me was that I found something I believed to be real in their experiences, and that was it. But something subtle and slow took place from the inside of my awareness and understanding. Ring’s interest in studying these people and the changes in their lives, after surviving a clinical death. It wasn’t very scientific, and it probably had little to do with Mr. What I did not know is that the live testimonials in the room, with the professor who had made his life studying this phenomenon, would change my life. If I could just get a little glimpse of the other side of this life, then maybe, who knows? It was Kenneth Ring’s course on the Near-Death Experience. In my second of several returns to college, I signed up for a small ‘cult’ class at UCONN that students took for reasons I didn’t know-maybe it was an easy A for a certain elective strand. I wanted to live my spirituality from my Heart! I didn’t think my connection or practice would arise from church on Sundays. I had also started to develop a keen interest in Eastern religious writings as well as Native American teachings. I just didn’t have the experience or connection to understand the ground I was standing on. I think my frustration with others during these debates arose, not because I thought their arguments were poor, but because I had begun to suspect a Spiritual nature did exist. I didn’t really care, I just had to know what I could touch, or would never touch, but could count on with my whole being!īy high school and college, I would get into heated philosophical arguments with other students, and looked to the classic American and Greek writers to help me figure this thing out. I probably had no idea how the paper would start or where it would end. At that point I was peppering my father about God, Jesus and how far away were the stars? By high school, if I had an open topic paper to write, why not keep it simple and write a philosophical argument about the existence of God. The deepest questioning I had, a longing really, emerged by middle school. My parents teased me about my talking and incessant questions, as I would often walk up to total strangers, especially older people, and start very lively conversations. Unlike the previous Ox year, individual actions are paramount in a Tiger year.Īs a young person I was very curious about the world. So, in situations that require waiting for more coordination from others, it can see opportunities and manifest success. Tiger can confront very strong difficulties and succeed. Even though Tiger is more solitary than some other animals, it accomplishes a lot. It’s intelligent in the way of hunting and discovering opportunities. Tiger, with its ambition and its power, accomplishes a great deal. The combination of all those elements is like a tall tree growing. This year is tied to the Mountain because of the complex relationship between the elements-Yang, Water and the natural wood of Tiger. Tiger has a natural relationship with the element Wood, which has a push to it. When you combine the flavor of Yang and Water, it has to do with water in movement, like a river or the movement of water in clouds. As Water interacts with Wood and Earth, it brings forth possibilities. But its creativity and its possibility are unquestioned. It has the flavor of the emotion of concern that sometimes becomes fear. For example, water can come through your roof through the smallest opening. Water permeates and looks for opportunities. Where Yin is feminine, still, wet and dark, Yang is the essence of masculine, heat, dry, and adventure. Yang is only Yang because of its dynamic opposition to Yin. To move and to face strong challenges will be successful.” -Grandfather Fire, February 2022 But this is not the year energy that favors that. “There are always times for quiet reflection or quiet contemplation and to imagine plans. Now that we are half-way into the Year of the Tiger, we can see how the energy of the Tiger has been working in our lives and use this guidance to make the most of the rest of the year. In this audience, he teaches on the flavor of the coming year and how to engage it in the most beneficial way. Grandfather Fire gives an annual audience in Tepoztlán, Mexico at the time of the Tibetan New Year. The Year of the Yang Water Tiger, which began February 4, 2022 Grandfather Fire’s Guidance on the Tibetan New Year
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