Soul mates

My Aunty and I, live in different states and had little physical involvement in each others lives but we have had so many parralels in our lives, it's hard to deny that we are tied together. It's like we are twins! My Aunty who is 20years my senior had many interests and careers that I unknowingly did also!
Aunty was into Complementary medecine,so was I!
Aunty was into gardening, so was I!
Aunty was into spirituality and shamanism, so was I!
Aunty did OH&S in her workplace, so did I!
The list of uncanny similarities between our lives goes on but I won't bore you! One thing that I will say is that because of our different generations,I had so much more opportunity to excel in my spirituality. I didn't have the rigid expectations of society,church and family, holding back my evolution to enlightenment.

Baltic Tree of Life

ROMOVE

ROMUVA-TREE OF LIFE:

This is the emblem of the Romuva religion, a revival of the indigenous Pagan religion of Lithuania. The symbol of Romuva is a stylized oak tree, representing the axis mundi, or “world tree,” known in local mythology as Austras Koks, ” tree of dawn,” or most popularly known as the tree of life. The three tiers represent the three worlds: the world of the living or present-day, the world of the dead or passed time, and the world to come, the future. The runic inscription here reads, “Romuve,” or sanctuary, the root from which the word Romuva is derived.

I love this! I haven't seen this interpretation before,It's beautiful! brings me to tears but not quite and I get butterflies when I look at this picture! The Tree of life has a really special place in my Body Soul, Mind and Spirit!

Counting 4 parts to my Beeing!........... I just had a revelation!

A Lithuanian folk belief in magical numbers repeatedly brings up Trys keturiose=3x4. 3 levels of existence times by the 4 parts of my Beeing equals 12! A magical number that also reduces to 3(1+2) and 2(1x2). This to me means harmony of triplicity and the balance of 2. Understanding and Wisdom.

I've been meditating on this picture for some time now and I realised that the 8 spheres around the Tree represent the 8 main sventes,and very appropriately placed in the picture! Starting from the top of the Tree: Rasa(Summer Solstice),then Rugiu svente(harvest),Dagutuves(Autumn Equinox),Velines(Festival of the dead),Kucios(Winter Solstice),Uzgavenes(Shrovetide),Sventes of Pavarsio lyge(Spring Equinox), and finally Jore(Festival of Spring flourishing), then back to Rasa. A full year in the Baltic Lithuanian ethno agricultural calendar! Journey from life to death and back again! :)

Notice the skeleton on the right where Autumn Equinox and the Stag amongst crops on the left! :) Also the Sun Goddess and the Moon God at the top of the picture and the Moon appears again in the Underworld! :) Falcons children at the summit of the Tree and the eternal Fire of the Gods! 

Laima (Goddess of Fate),the Cuckoo, is on the branch to the left at the Springtime festival of flourishing, Jore! :)

It's a great picture and really represents many aspects of Baltic Pagan Faith which really isn't that different to ALL Pagan Faiths. We do all generally believe in the cycles of the nature,the Underworld and Ancestors,afterlife and reincarnation.

Wisdom of Reincarnation and science

 I will only speak for myself and the wisdom that I have found in my short life.

This is my truth and understanding.

I have always have a love and amazement for nature since I was a boy. I always returned to a special place in Kangaroo Valley, a pocket of Rainforest,a meeting of 2 rivers on flat rock.Before I started my HSC exams and when I finished,before the start of a new career and at the end of one,when I have relationship issues and need clarity and at the ending of a relationship or friendship. What I' trying to saying a long winded way is that nature has always been my guide and comforter at many junctions of my life and continues to be so.
 

Through nurturing nature through agriculture and many other ways, I have learnt many things and the concept of cyclic regeneration of the souls of nature has become intrinsic to my worldfeeling and worldview that reincarnation has become a given. 

To me,being Pagan leads to a belief in reincarnation into other worlds,under and upper worlds. It's a funny sort of question to me really,no offense, but it's like a Christian asking if they can be a Christian even if they don't believe in heaven and hell! 

I just want to share my theory on the whole soul count thing as I have also wondered where all the souls came from in our population explosion? I tend to believe in sciences 3 laws of thermodynamics which boils down to the 3 theories being: 

1.that everything is made of energy

2.energy is never created or destroyed

3. energy simply changes form

A piece of paper is energy from a purely scientific point of view.(Electrons perpetually orbiting a nucleus of protons). If the paper is burned,the energy is transformed into heat, light and finally carbon ash. The paper hasn't been destroyed but simply changed form.

So here's my theory for human population explosion: When Trees are cut down,forests destroyed and animals hunted to extinction,we are left with more than just organic waste. The energy of these Beeings had to go somewhere and that's my theory on our extra human souls overpopulating Earth.

I don't really feel the need to prove my theory to skeptics because some things just have to be accepted on faith, just like we can see air but we know we need it for our survival. Everyone needs to find a truth that feels right for them. :)

Intuition versus Instinct

In Brahma Kumaris they teach that there are 5 types of thoughts:

-Wasteful/unnecessary thoughts (=worry thoughts about what happened last week and what might happen next week)
-Necessary thoughts =planning/constructive thoughts
-Positive and negative thoughts need no explanation,
and finally the inspirational thoughts from the Guides and higher Self. Those times when you get the urge to do something and don't know why, like when you have the urge to call a friend who happens to be in need or crisis.

Theses are the 5 types of thoughts as taught by BK and I believe that the 5th kind of thought is where much of our Intuition comes from and Instinct is a primal ability with which, many people have lost touch. but can be relearned through meditation and becoming in touch with spirit.

Instinct is in born in all beings on earth stored in the genetic make up.Instinct causes all animals to find food when hungry and drink when thirsty. Instinct makes all animals sleep during the day, if they're nocturnal and sleep at night when dayturnal. When an animal gets stressed, they instinctively react to either ,fight or flight but many humans tolerate stress over a long time which can negatively affect mental and physical health. The ability to react in the "now" which is instinct for all beings in the plant and animal kingdoms,except modern man.

Ten commandments

These are my commandments that I live by and they have led me to a place of harmony with the world around me, my Ancestors, My Gods and my community. These commandments keep me connected with the here and now and I have found the wisdom of the ancients within me. 

My Ten commandments 

(Photo of the Home alka, sanctuary of Romuva) 

1. Waste not the gifts of the Earth lest you go hungry.

Every crumb is a sacred gift.

 Every scrap of food can be either composted or fed to the birds and other animals.

2. Do not kill,all life is sacred.

Trees,animals,human, Rock,Waters and Earth.

The earth's nature and it's creatures is sacred,

it is from where we began and where we shall end.

3. Honour the Ancestors and deceased loved ones.

They gave their everything for you to be here today with so many liberties and blessings.

4. Honour the Elders,their wisdom is beyond value.

They hold the memory of times and values gone by.

5. In all things, nurture nature as the seasons turn. Grow an edible garden,plant trees and flowering plants for the Bees 

6. Recycle,Re use,Reduce! and do not litter!

 The Earth's resources are limited. 

7. Honour the Gods and Goddess of nature and Earth. With their blessings,you may increase your share.

Celebrate the passing seasons and their Deities of time and space.

8. Visit the sacred places at special times for direct contact, guidance and solace from the Gods,Guides and Totems.

9. Create community where ever you are. Hive of humanity can learn from lessons of the past and our ancestors.We will find a new way forward through the strife on Earth at present.

10. Watch for signs and wonders and just let the Universe and ancestors, guide you and yo won't go astray. 

Trust,let go,let the Gods.    

Meaning of life

Torquay 2012

The meaning of "my" life is to:

*constantly strive for harmony in all aspects of my life and the life around me.

*I believe my mantle is to be steward,caretaker of the Earth and all life who she sustains.I am called to be moral in all my dealings with human and non human,animate and inanimate.

*Scholarship of Baltic Faith is my life goal. I have found the "kulgrinda!" (The secret pathway under the water) and it is my responsibility to share the potential joy connectedness and oneness that people can "live" with knowing these ancient wisdom of the Balts. Alas I don't feel that many people will "catch it"(so to say),in this generation,so I must write a book to add to the wealth of spiritual type teachings that will live on in literature to be found by Seekers.

This is the meaning of my life! I cannot speak on the infinite meanings of life for every beeing in the Universe because to each Star, a different amount is allotted and a different amount is required. We all have a different porpoise for existing on the planet!

What I do to nourish my Spiriit

What makes me whole

These are the things that I do to nurture my own Spirit. I totally believe that through "Connectedness",we can achieve Spiritual enlightenment. This of course is not the only way but the way that has brought me to my own understandings.
*gardening is nuturing nature,
*harvesting and having gratitude for many blessings in the garden and my own life,
*reading, meditating and praying to my Gods,Goddesses,Souls of y Ancestors.
*habitual ritual,
*seasonal ritual,
*being kind to all life when I am given the opportunity,helping a fellow being,whether human plant animal even Rock and Waters. Being an activist when I can,even if it is only in my own home is my responsibility which I don't take lightly.

All these things on their own are physical and mental practices which connect me with the worlds around me, in me, above and below me,on spiritual, mental and emotional levels, everyday.And every day ,I notice that magical things happen without even having to perform ceremony!

Prayer by Thunder

Might sound loopy to some,but a good storm really connects me with the Thunderer. I've had many experiences when through prayer and meditation,I received many a revelation and comfort from the peels of thunder. :)

Light and Dark, Good and Evil?

Balance of Light and Dark,black or white,you choose! White is not good in all traditions. It IS necessary, while striving for harmony,to experience both sides at times to achieve harmony,even for a fleeting moment. As the Japanese would say,"like a Moonbeam hitting a mossy rock in the forest".I believe that judgement of good and evil is a Christian construct so I prefer "light and dark"
I recognise my own dark side, but I prefer to stay in the light and only venture into the darkness when required. I love to retreat to my dark cave when I'm down on the world. I hide in my bedroom and don't socialise with anyone at times like this,and sometimes I've retreated to my cave for months at a time! If my Mum hasn't heard from me for a while,she'll just phone me and ask,"so what's wrong Steve?".Mum has helped me out of a few dark holes!