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 INSIDE … here are more articles featured in the Jul/Aug 10 Pathfinder, cont. 
pg 5, The Aquarian Cross, Pt 2pg 5, Life is a Battlefield pg 11, Lucy's Georgia Adventure pg 11, Guidance from our Animal Friends pg 12, Don't Touch that Channel! For other featured stories in the Jul/Aug 2010 issue |
Humanity's chance to advance spiritually at this time may depend upon mounting The Aquarian Cross, Pt. 2 by Sri K. Parvathi Kumar Material condensed by Catherine Cogorno with author's permission; in several parts. Catherine's comments:. . .The following excerpts come from Master Parvathi Kumar's book "The Aquarian Cross." Editor's comments: Please note that when Dr. Kumar mentions the Rays during his discussion of the Fixed (Aquarian) Cross, editor has opted to put off until another issue and another day, when the Rays can be more fully discussed.  I ) TAURUS –Light of the Aspirant The Taurus energy carries the aspirational energies. Its symbol, the bull, represents its brutal power. Though not yet wise, he is full of WILL. The Vulcan center represents the will, and is just below the Throat Center. Until and unless this center is invoked and evoked, there cannot be the transformation of the bull. It is the power of heat that transforms the gross material into subtle material, which in turn enables permeation of Light. To achieve its own ends the bull has all the motives and DESIRES which are used for personal fulfillment. When we seek for ourselves, we are pulled back, and when we seek for others we are pushed ahead, and those who push others ahead and remain behind are the greatest of the servers (the good shepherd walking behind the sheep). The best bull on the planet, the king among the bulls is Gautama Buddha, who was also born in the month of the bull (May). Even while he was offered entry into supra-planetary ashrams, he said: "No, I shall stay here and I will make sure that everyone of my brothers walk up to me and even ahead of me, before I walk into Your ashram." The Sacred Bull is Nandi, which we find depicted as the vehicle of Lord Siva. So, Taurus is the Light of the Aspirant, and every aspirant represents Taurus. As he enters into the esoteric kingdom, the first thing he brings is working for himself. Thus, he looks for his personal illumination and stays where he is until he understands that he does not gain initiation unless he works for others. Purity is the scale with which the service is measured, but it is not measured through quantity but through quality. The bull is set on the path, functioning in the right direction, and the turnout is very high. Slowly he transforms himself in terms of the understanding of others. When there is some regularity in conducting the duties set on the path (being yoked), the Aspirant is said to have mounted on the Fixed Cross: the Aquarian Cross of Discipleship. Fixed cross means that the aspirant is now fixed to the Path of Light. But, assuming responsibilities not his own, picking up work not entrusted to him should be averted. Likewise, over-enthusiasm and serving for recognition are pitfalls to avoid. . . . The Aspirant is full of desires, the desire to gain, but on the Path there is no gaining or desiring. [And] when the senses converge, the mind is gathered together. So, as the Aspirant functions more and more with responsibility, with devotion towards his duty [there is a shift away from self and towards] order and sacrifice. As Master Djwhal Khul said: "The bull of desire slowly becomes the bull divine." The bull of desire sees beauty in the form, while the bull of the divine sees beauty without the form. A transformation occurs in the Throat Center through expression, not only of speech but also of work. In both ways the expression becomes more pure. [T]the voice of the Initiate arises from Higher Centers, equivalent in Christian theology to the "appearance of the tongues of fire." At [this] point on the Path, the Aspirant is initiated into the sacred word. As he expresses himself purely, this expression causes purity in the lower vehicles and he then becomes the Moon in Taurus rather than the Sun in Taurus. His voice becomes a channel to express not emotions and viewpoints; and when it is put to . . . sacred expression, both in terms and speech and actions, it draws the attention of a Master, ie, Jupiter. When the attachment to the form weakens, it is said that gold is replaced by golden light. The craving for personality progress ceases, and the inner attraction causes outer detachment. Top |
2) SCORPIO –Light of the Disciple The energies are comprised of the zodiacal signs Taurus and Scorpio on one axis and Leo and Aquarius forming the other. In the Aquarian Age this is the Cross we have to mount upon; therefore, we shall have to function with these energies. The Aspirant [embarks] on the second arm of the cross, saying "I will rise and go back to my Father," and becomes the Disciple. This next step is about sacrificing attachment to the personality. It is . . . reversing the wheel. While sacrifice and relinquishment are demonstrated in daily life, there is no feeling relating to those acts –it has become natural. The preparation is within the cave or within the egg. It happens secretly in silence and in simplicity. He no more does things for his self [only]; there is no gaining objectively or subjectively: It is to die and to be reborn again; ie, a death necessary before the birth of the soul. The Soul in Scorpio is to be 'face to face with oneself', and with our karma. The self as Soul and the self as personality enter into the field of war and the fight is on. It is called "the fight between the Sons of Light and the sons of mine" [Ed's or Darkness –arising out of the selfishness desires of the personality]. We meet our own deficiencies or emotions. We are cornered to re-think our reasoning. In everyday life one must sustain himself to live in troubled situations, and frequently the personality life of a Disciple is in shambles. Continuously the personality is put to revolution. Something or the other keeps burning in the personality; it can be about one's own family, vocation or health. This process of dying has three steps, the three tests of Scorpio, each which include three triangles. These are called the Nine Ruffians, . . . which block the consciousness, so they must be destroyed on the way to clearing the path. The first triangle of ruffians concerns the physical body and they are: comfort, money and sex. The second pertains to the emotional body ruffians: ambition, hatred and fear. In the third triangle we meet the ruffians of pre-judice, cruelty and pride. . . . [W]hen we have worked out the ruffians –from the outside in –the petals of the Heart open, and in the end, the last petals of Light, Love and Power have a possibility to open. ~ Burning the ruffians within oneself is an internal war; it is working with oneself all the time with unwavering will. However, there is an easier way, which is burning three ruffians at a time. By invoking in us the Fire of Consciousness –the I AM CONSCIOUSNESS –it is possible to burn three times, and so eliminate the Nine Ruffians. "I AM THAT I AM." I AM THE WAY, so it is said by the Initiates. Instead of fighting the 9 ruffians, we invoke light into us continuously. It is recommended to recollect the I AM in every walk of life in all the tree planes, especially when any of the ruffians seeks a place within us. . . . . . [W]ith Taurus, we have put objectivity in order, and in Scorpio it is subjectivity. The more we sacrifice, the more we are liberated from personality. This is the path of Scorpio. Even the individual viewpoints and reasoning are sacrificed at the mental plane at the altar of wisdom. When we reach the next step in Leo, we have not only sacrificed all that we have, but ourselves. This enables the realization of the Soul. Saturn is the Master planet which guides us in matters of [yoking Scorpio to the Cross]. Saturn helps overcome our limitations [by] offering through time many events which we dislike. Then comes Mars to conduct the war within, with its fiery will. The will breaks the limitations. Saturn. . . Mars and Vulcan* (the igniter) function when we are on the path of Discipleship, and all this occurs within the Temple, until man becomes self-supporting. Then comes a better comprehension of wisdom (Mercury) and a better experience in the world of beings of Light (Venus). Afterwards, the disciple works with Mercury and Venus who lead him towards Jupiter, who opens the doors for Self -Realization. *Vulcan is said to be an inner-Mercurial planet, or a "veiled" planet. Sighted at one time, but hasn't actually been seen since 19th c. Now considered an "ethereal" planet. [The Aquarian Cross, Pt 3 appears in the Sep/Oct 10 Pathfinder.] About the author – Dr. Kumar has dedicated his life to socio-spiritual activities, and works actively in the economic, social and cultural fields, with spirituality as the basis. . . . His work is devoted to the spiritual synthesis of East and West, in service to over 100 groups in 24 countries, and has given over 150 lectures and seminars, in which he teaches correspondences between Vedic scriptures, theosophical books of H.P. Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, and Christian doctrine. Currently, Master Kumar is the International President of The World Teacher Trust. The Theosophical Society of St. Louis offers classes Weds. (see Recurring Calendar), including Ancient Wisdom texts, Theophical classics & the Esoteric School, and more. Classes are free, but donations are welcome. 8045 Big Bend Blvd, 108 LL (lower level), Webster Groves, Mo 63119, 314-918-0380 . Visit their new website, www.ts-stl.org. top |
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Not Flinching when Action is called for. . . "Life is a Battlefield" © 2009 I AM University. All rights reserved. Material received from www.IAMUniversity.org. Excerpt reprinted as "fair use." "Life is a battlefield!" –Paramahansa Yogananda top Initially, the Spiritual path is a battlefield. [This] initial phase of the Spiritual battle is to establish Spiritual mastery over one's thoughts, feelings, energy, physical body and Earthly life. This is because every person goes through this phase of needing to fully claim their 100 percent personal power and establish mastery over their mental, emotional and physical bodies, subconscious mind, inner child, negative ego, fear-based, separative, dualistic, illusionary, selfish, lower-self, materialistic thought and feeling system, lower-self desire, carnal self, limited lenses, glamour, etc. So there is a kind of battle that goes on in the early stages [of the spiritual quest] until the conscious mind takes full control in service of the Mighty I AM Presence and /or Monad. This is why in the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna said to Arjuna on the battle field when he (Arjuna) lost his will to continue: "Get up and give up your unmanliness –and get up and fight. This self-pity and self-indulgence is unbecoming of the great Soul that you are!" So get up and fight the good fight for the light. . . ! < > I AM University, Postfach 13, Unterach am Attersee, n/a 4866. Visit IAMUniversity.org for material on angels, ascended masters, ancient teachings. |
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Another Adventure with Lucy. . . Atlanta and Cumberland Island, Georgia top ©2010 by Lucy Moorman Reprinted excerpt with author's permission. All photos appearing with this story were taken by Lucy.  It was time for a new adventure. Airfares were a mere $150 from St. Louis to Atlanta, so off I went to visit my oldest friend whom I've known for over 40 years. The flight on Delta was calm and uneventful. I was feeling spacey as I deplaned only to be surrounded by throngs of moving bodies at fast speeds. Atlanta has a very busy airport and claims to be the busiest in the world. I was swept up in the sea of motion to try to find the MARTA train. So it was down long escalators and onto busy crowded trams that zoom down the corridors, belching out the people, then up more long escalators, riding the rapids of human beings until I was finally dumped out to see signs that said MARTA. I was there! But how to get the ticket that lets you in. A nice man stepped in to help me. . . and flirted with me too! What? They sure are friendly in the South. Arriving safely at the correct stop, my friend picked me up. The next day we decided to climb a mountain – Stone Mountain – 1.3 miles up a large granite mountain famous for a huge carving (3 acres) on the side of three confederate heroes of the Civil War. There are great views from the top but there was so much pollen in the air, we couldn't see very far. Due to my sore muscles, we opted for the tram ride on the way down. . . [but] it was a loooong walk back to the parking lot. A nice Epsom Salt bath eased my sore muscles that night. The next day we headed out for Cumberland Island. A six hour drive through scenic small towns and good conversation made the trip pass quickly. . .  After arriving in St. Mary's, Georgia, we made our way to Cumberland Inn & Suites – an average but fairly economical place to stay. If you like being looked after, a better but more expensive choice [would be] Spencer House Inn (www.spencerhouseinn.com), located in the heart of the historic district. They gave us a dose of southern hospitality and invited us to breakfast – a light egg souffle with many fresh breads, fruits and yogurts – yum! St. Mary's is a scenic little town on the St. Mary's River that closes up shop by 3 pm on Friday, which is when we were there. We did get a tour of Orange Hall Museum – a grand old southern mansion and wandered around Oak Grove Cemetery – a beautiful historic graveyard with large oaks draped in Spanish moss. That night, we had an average seafood dinner at Langs Marina Restaurant nicely located on the waterfront. The next day, a 45 minute ferry boat ride took us to Cumberland Island, a barrier island accessible only by boat. The island is a nature preserve of salt-water marshes, a forest, a beach and the old ruins of a Carnegie mansion. Wild horses now graze the grounds that used to be polo fields. The island is 17.5 miles long and rich with natural resources like ancient sea turtles, wild turkeys, wild horses, armadillos, and sand dunes. It has a history of Indians, pirates and steel magnates (Carnegies). |
After a too long tour of the history by a park ranger, we wandered off to explore the grounds. We headed to the picnic area to enjoy our sack lunches. As I was about to put my legs under the picnic table, I noticed a baby deer curled up in the shadow of the table. The mother was not around but we chose to honor nature and leave it alone. Most of the other people respectfully left it alone probably hoping, as we were, that the mother would return for it until one (busybody) lady tried to pick it up. The baby deer ran off as the lady pursued it and then held it so all the children could pet it. We were appalled by this behavior. Nature is to be honored, appreciated and left alone, not as a cuddly toy for one's grandchildren. Fortunately, a park ranger came by. He took the baby deer in his car and we heard later that he would return it to the picnic area in the hopes the mother would come looking for it. It was an interesting observation of how different our reactions were. The woman who picked up the baby deer probably thought she was protecting it from harm rather than interfering. Anyway, off we headed across boardwalks over marsh water and then over sand dunes. The 4 mile hike soon lead us to the ocean. We waded in the water for about a mile along the shore. Every so often, beautiful crown conch shells would wash up. We would pick them up, admire their beauty, turn them over to find creatures living in them and toss them back to the ocean. Some of the flat shells revealed groups of lovely tiny, pink living starfish.  After the walk on the beach, the trail brings you to huge oak trees with branches draped with swaying Spanish moss. The forest looks like something out of the Hobbit, otherworldly. It was becoming time to head back to meet the ferry. Somehow we had missed seeing any of the 120 or so wild horses that live on the island. A friendly park ranger informed us that they were back at Dungeness (the ruined Mansion). There, we saw a stallion with 7 mares and a new foal. They looked a little scrawny to me. There is some controversy over whether the wild horses are overgrazing the island. Again, this is an issue of letting nature take its course without interference or help from humans. I was thrilled we got to see the wild horses and a bonus of several armadillos on our way to the catch the ferry. It was a very pleasant day for exploring Cumberland Island.  The next day, we headed back towards Atlanta by way of visiting Jekyll Island, another very pretty island with old southern mansions and a hospital for rehabilitating sick or injured sea turtles .Then on to see Savannah, Ga. where we had lunch. Savannah is beautiful city with old southern charm. A four hour drive on the highway was a little dull due to the tall pine trees on each side of the freeway. It's like driving in a long corridor. My last day in Atlanta, we toured CNN headquarters. It's located in a huge arena with giant video screens and flags from all over the world. The tallest escalator in the world takes you to view the newsrooms (quietly from above). It takes six flights of stairs to get you back down to ground level. After that, we wandered around the grounds of Coke headquarters and surrounding fountains and sculptures. Heading back home and confused again by the MARTA ticket machine, a nice woman quickly came to my rescue and showed me how to buy a ticket. I braved the wild Atlanta airport once more to arrive back in St. Louis 25 minutes early. How did that happen? Upon reflecting on my trip, the weather was perfect every day, the azaleas were in bountiful blooms and the people were all warm and helpful. Southern hospitality is still alive in this part of the South.< > Lucy Moorman is a writer, photographer and Energy Therapist living in St. Louis. Visit her at www.lucymoorman.com. Call 314-308-6440 to schedule a session or for more info. top |
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Open yourself up to receive. . . 2 Guidance from our Animal Friends top ©2010 by Jennifer Scalia Excerpt reprinted with author's permission. Modified for brevity. 
One of the most difficult lessons I am still learning is letting go of the feeling of regret, seeing all situations as learning opportunities, and then taking the paths of least resistance to acceptance and compassion. Staying in my heart when life appears to be working against me isn't always easy, and I have felt a lot of emotional upheaval lately making itself known for healing. So along with trying to find balance with the equalities of acceptance and compassion, I am seeing more and more that Unconditional Love for ourselves is the cure all. It seems that we need to fall down enough times, while learning to transcend, so the addition of good humor is also helpful when it all becomes too darn serious. This is where my "work" is such a blessing. I have daily invitations to watch my somewhat stubborn thought patterns as I take walks with my dog partners, and have the gift of observing the simplicity of a pet's life and the teachings they provide. I can't tell you how many times I went to pick up my beagle friend, Sunshine, for our leisurely walk to the park, and she greeted me at the front door with a pair of underwear or dirty socks in her mouth. As much as I love my clients, the idea of pulling these things out of my four legged friend's mouth is far from appealing, but I manage to do this "prop and drop" method – prop the mouth open, and then she drops the "treasure." During the process, I can't stop laughing. Her tail is wagging, she knows that there are plenty more goodies ahead, with no lack of abundance in her surroundings. . . Then we move forward onto our plan of exercise and fresh air. Before seeing Sunshine, on many occasions, my thoughts were not in a joyful place, yet with one interaction, she broke the spell. This is the freedom, the humor. . . This is being in the moment; and this is a dog's life. top |
As for unconditional Love, when the perfection of creation seems far from the way I would like it to be, a loss of faith can occur. But new fears can easily be intercepted with a teaching and guidance from a wise animal, in this case a cat. The other day, I was trying to be kind to myself for any so-called mistakes, and as I picked up a dear cat brother named Doophie ( yes that is really his name) and held him directly in front of me; he literally pressed his head against mine and just held it there. I wasn't feeling my true nature that day, yet within that moment, Doophie had the wisdom. If there was a transfer of information from this cat being it was "I love you, all of you, just as you are." The past was the past, it didn't matter in that moment; it was just pure light, and loving and I broke into tears. A part of me was tearful because I felt an emanating Love from this cat and I realized I wasn't being fair to myself again, while another part was being taken aback by the positive emotion I was feeling just by "being." And as the attraction law goes, I felt it bounce from him and back to me and back again so my friend Doophie helped me to find balance and my true nature without any words spoken. I am sure you can relate to being with someone special in your life, a friend, a teacher, a co-worker, just someone like-minded, and during your meeting of the minds, you could say that you feel no judgement with these people. You can be yourself and feel honored to be in their presence. Sure, sometimes there are moments where you may get triggered into an automatic response – that is inescapable with human beings. But there is a realness about what matters, the freedom and lightness of energy that motors back and forth. . . It is really beyond our human vocabulary to describe and maybe that is why animal companions can help teach us our true nature – where spoken words are not even needed, just a knowing of all-that-really-matters. I can see a simplicity that we can choose to accept life's punches at times with laughter and find compassion for our learning curves, with Unconditional Love for ourselves and for others. And I practice this approach daily, as my true self finds its way – in the flow of a wagging dog's tail like Sunshine, or within the loving purr of a cat friend like Doophie. And so it is! Jennifer Scalia offers holistic pet care services as well as energy healing for pets. Contact her at Elemental Pet Care, 314-239-4878, jenzpets@yahoo.com, www.elementalpetcare.com. top  |
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Linda Humphries – channel, clairvoyant, medium, and guide Don't Touch that Channel! top by Linda Chambers, channel and psychic Modified for clarity and brevity. Excerpt reprinted with author's permission. Hello out there! I am Linda Humphries, third generation reader, teacher, medium, channeler, and healer. . . Let me describe some of the readings I've given: "Hey Lady! Hey Lady! You're talking to my daughter! Can you give her a message for me?? Or, "Lady, you're talking to my wife! Can you tell her to start dating and ignore my daughters? I want her to go out and have some fun. I don't want her pining away. She's only 56 and I know she'll always love me, but I am gone now 13 years and she's still alone, and it makes me sad." These are some of the things I hear from people "behind" the people I read for as a psychic. Once I had two grandfathers come into the same reading in New York City, and the only way the young girl could tell the difference in my descriptions of the two men was the jingling of change in one grandpa's pocket (it showed up on her tape as back ground noises)! Channel vs Medium My most important role as a channel is the "telephone operator job" for those on the other side. . . My favorite role during a reading for a client who has a relative or friend who has passed on, is when they "come in" to talk with the living member or friend. As I once said, I am the lucky person who gets to help the passed-over soul get to tell the person on earth many things: I miss you; do you know I was the one who shuts lights on and off; do you know I make the toys go? Do you know I am the one who shuts the TV on and off? I am the one who touched your hair when you were crying, and so on; that they miss them, that they are proud of them. . . They also frequently show me where they live on the Other Side and even give me tours of their homes! One young man whose sister always got plants from him whenever he came to see her in St Louis, even though she usually killed them. During her last cancer surgery, the young man gave his sister a silk rosebush and told her to try to kill it. When she talked to him through me she wanted him (and me) to see her green house and the she is making a really big success of it in heaven. I described all the different plants and brushes she had for sale and he teared up – it was better that doing a reading about a new job. One lady's sister kept talking to her about being with their mother and father, but the woman didn't believe that I was in touch with her sister, even though I told her about her mother living in a home, described a pantry with canned peaches, pickles, and jelly, etc. But, still she did not believe. However, when the sister "behind the veil" picked a hat off the rack and tossed it across the room – that made the woman a believer. I just laughed. When they want to touch you, they "walk" through my body. That's how they feel your body – as those on the other side do not feel density or physicality like the living do, though the soul senses emotions and spiritual thoughts. . . And they watch over us with signs in the sky that look like stars – silver, red, green, gold. . . top |
Medium Then there is the Medium – allowing the soul of the dead to enter his/er body to talk to a relative or friend. To me, it is the most physically tiring job, yet it's still very rewarding. . . How about this example: Therese is 79 years old and she was thrilled when I talked to her whole family from the other side. Her on father was short, 5 feet; the other near 7 feet. . . She says when they stand to hug her, she feels that my body (which 5'6") grows with the one father "using" it, and shrinks with the other one. The other weekend Chariolet, another friend, was there during one of my sessions and sat in on Therese's request and said my body got taller looking, my hair changed, and eye color, too. With the father with the hunched-over back, I looked hunched-over and short. Therese also had her daughter explain about life on the other side: that they get married! Have children, work jobs. . . They find each other even if it is years apart when they die. The most heart-felt and hardest readings are those with someone who has taken their own life because of pain and abuse. When I see them, if God has not made clear to them that they are forgiven, they are missing parts of their bodies from the suicide. They usually want me to explain why they did what they did. I tell them they are "not going to hell"; they are forgiven by God – if they took their lives because of disease or abuse. . . Always remember, God is forgiving. I let people who want to communicate with those on the other side know the reasons that a loved one took his/er life; why things happened as they did. I feel it is my duty to communicate with the soul who passed on and try to let them hear God tell them it's okay, He understands; they are forgiven. It's also important for me to tell the person in front of me that they did not fail the person. Then, tears of release. . . Being able to talk to a person's loved one is the medium's greatest gift they can give to their client. Both the person who has passed over and client gain so much. And the medium, too! Linda Humphries, linspirit@prodigy.net. If you want the "telephone operator" or channel, her talents as a clairvoyant or medium, call 618-277-1368. Check her website, www.lindahumphries.com for free lessons and a schedule of classes and lectures. top  |
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