Today’s Oracle takes us to the Aquarius weekly for May 28, 1999
I am always amused — well, at least these days — at how so many New Age teachings cut apart the “lower feelings” (anger, passion and desire) from the “higher” ones (so-called spirituality, wisdom and purity). Notice how this chops us in half, and fuels the seemingly endless war against the self, which may be the only war there is. Why can’t desire, anger and passion be expressions of the eternal soul, and why can’t we revolt (or even notice) when “spirituality” is made of denial, hatred, and pointless greed? These, my Aquarian cousins, are the questions of the week, at least as I see things.
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I love this Eric. I watched a lecture by Joseph Campbell a long time ago about Kundalini and the psyches level of awareness at each centre. How he described the energy of the 3 lower chakras being connected to the 3 higher, and the turning point at the heart, was great for me as he also linked back to so much western mythology at the same time. This was really helpful for me in understanding my energy as a young monk living outside the walls of a monastery. Because I refused to believe that by becoming watered down, diluted or purged, simply because I felt desire, anger or passion, I would find peace. Who’s “peace” exactly would I find? If I masturbated between practice, sometimes I would just get tired – but sometimes things would become alive and transparent. I could enter into things and feel connected to everything around me, because I connected to my own energy. But the Heart Centre is the turning point.