Everyone has their own voice

The first was that on this Facebook page he wrote personally as “I” not “we”. He did not try to speak for others – he spoke only for himself – even though he believed that many others would feel as he did. As he expressed it: “Everyone has a voice. I was very keen to be part of the mainstream – I did not want to be a leader.” When I heard this I thought Turquoise. His choice honours the Aquarian ideal of democracy – that everyone has a voice (Facebook and the internet is also like this). This can be compared with revolutions of the previous time when revolutionary leaders such as Lenin etc spoke for the collective.

How to bring a virtual movement into the real world?

Wael said that this was the big question for the people visiting the Facebook page. “Would the virtual world become active in the real world?” This mention of two worlds put me in mind of a Tarot card image – that of B86 the Return Journey of Justice in the original Aura-Soma Tarot.

B86 – Justice Return Journey – Aura-Soma Tarot

As you can see there is a lady within a kite shape between two pillars. She holds a sword that points down to what appears to be the water of a lake. In the water appears the reflection of the sword. This image shows something about the Tree of Life – the kite shape within which the lady appears is the inner world – the world of potential. The water of the lake represents the outer world. The world of physical action. The internet discussion “how can the virtual world have an effect on the physical world” is represented in this image which shows that movement – an impulse from above to below or from within to without.

Egypt and a Turning Point.

As I write I notice an unexpected synchronicity – Wael Ghonim created the Facebook page on 8th June. That is 8/6 (UK style), these two numbers brought together make 86 – the number of the bottle that relates to the previous Tarot image! Moreover we could say that within 86 – 6 is an energy of turning point for 8. B8 is named Anubis – a very Egyptian resonance. And what is more B8 is the Outward Journey of the Path of Justice for which B86 is the Return!

Part 1. Introduction : Making a Collage

One of the things I really appreciate in a collage is when the central image seems to fit perfectly in its new context.

A clearly cut out collage image

I have come to realize the key to this is in the cutting out of the image. It is always good to completely release the image you want from its background. The more carefully and accurately the image is cut out – the more easily it can be inserted into, onto and over any other image.

I realized this while watching a student struggle to find a place for an image of a woman she wanted to include in her collage. The problem was that the woman had not been removed from her background – she was still in her own box. Consequently she could not be merged easily into the new picture – the straight line of her box always seemed to cut across something. The image ended up in the bottom corner of the collage – one of many images in her collage that created a rather fragmented effect.

Images with backgrounds are hard to fit

Serapis Bey

As this insight of the importance of removing the background appeared the B54 Equilibrium bottle, Serapis Bey, came to my mind. This is the Clear/Clear combination. One association for the Clear, particularly when it appears in the base fraction, is with nomadic people. This collage idea had given me an insight into this association.

B54 Serapis Bey Clear/Clear

I understood that the less background one carries (and therefore the more clear one is) the better one can integrate into a new situation. For example, I write this today in a Russian city during wintertime. I know that when I step outside tonight my gold coat and orange scarf will immediately tell the locals I am not from here. No man here wears such colours. To fit in here I would have to let go of my english clothes. In so doing I would become more clear and, in this example, we could also say I would be travelling light that is without a heavy suitcase.

Dominic looking English in Russia

Our background is not just physical

However the background I carry is not just in my suitcase. It is in my mind, in my aura. It includes my outlook on life, my beliefs, my values, my experiences from the past etc.  All these invisible things can also create some disturbance with any new environment.

To help us understand the power of our unconscious background lets consider the example of a family moving to a foreign country. Imagine there is a young baby in the family. It will be the least affected by the move, it will hardly notice the change. Being so young the baby has very little background yet. Its conscious mind – like the clear fractions in the top half of the New Aeon Child Set bottles. – is still fairly empty.

Aura-Soma's New Aeon Child Set

Older children may find the new situation difficult initially, but as they make friends they too will be integrated into the new environment. Ultimately it will be the grown ups who will find it hardest to fully become part of the new culture as it is they who are carrying the most background with them.

The absence of a background helps us more easily integrate into new environments. But there is more. A well cut out central image in a collage does not only fit in, it also stands out. Read Part 2 to find out why …

Part 2. Deeper Thoughts

There is a film called Life in a Day assembled from personal videos filmed and uploaded to YouTube on a single day of 2010. One of the characters is a Korean man, Okhwan Yoon, who is cycling around the world. He had already been on the road for many years and it was while I watched him walking through a crowded city street with his bicycle late in the evening that I experienced a moment of deep respect for him. How can he be willing to find a new place to sleep every night, a new place to eat every day – it would be so stressful for me. He must be continuously open to the new. He can carry so little background with him even from just last week or yesterday.

Okhwan Yoon. Travelling Light.

And then another thought struck me. Carrying so little as he does, is he not vulnerable to being filled up by the things around him? If I were him I imagine I could easily get lost in everything I meet. It is usually our background that provides a buffer between ourselves and the immensity of life. But he carries no background! It is just him: without headphones, a busy schedule, etc. – just him and the world which he has to engage with every day. How does he keep a clear sense of himself? How does he keep focused? I imagine the example of water – water is clear in itself but it is easily clouded by whatever it comes in to contact with. How does he keep clear?

There must be some protective quality that keeps him in his own integrity and focus while his outside world is in constant swirl and flux. This protection is is not in the barrier of his possessions or his physical background, it must be in his aura, in his presence, some kind of diamond-like quality that keeps him sharp and concentrated. I had thought of clear as being vulnerable in its transparency but I see now that clear can also be as hard as a diamond.

Conclusion

Most people carry their background with them all the time. This carrying is however unconscious since their background causes no discomfort with the community within which they live. Their clothes, their attitudes, their social connections, are all supported by those around them.

When we move to a different community however we will begin to become aware of our unconscious background as it fails to fit in smoothly with the new environment. Both we, and the members of the new community into which we have moved, will notice that we do not belong. If we are fit in to our new environment some adjustment in our existing background will have to take place.

But there is a third possibility – a possibility which is connected to my original insight about what makes a strong central image in a collage. It is the person who carries no background. In this world this will be a rare being.

Clear, the Moon and the Hermit

Much of the background we carry is deeply unconscious. Astrologically speaking our unconscious habits and conditioning are indicated by the Moon – which in Aura-Soma is also associated with the Clear and B54!

The part of us that wishes to become conscious of and free of this conditioning is represented by the Hermit in the Tarot. It is he who closes his eyes to the world, whether familiar or unfamiliar, in order to engage directly with the process of dissolving his unconscious ties with his own background. The Who am I? question being the tool to remove many layers of false identity.

What remains at the end of this process is the essence. Simply being, present, and looking out. This type, like the images I cut out to place in my collage, may be placed anywhere and not be lost in its surroundings.

I realize now though that my original thought – that an image with its background carefully removed can “fit in” with any environment – is not entirely true. While such an image does not conflict with the new environment, nor does it merge in. Rather the opposite – it is clearly defined, in sharp relief to everything around it, it stands out. The fact is that with no background of its own an image appears strongly as itself no matter where it is placed.

When I am in Russia I stand out because of the background (clothes, etc) I carry with me. An image with no background will stand out because of its pure essence. Okhwan Yoon can be such a person I believe. Spiritual teachers living in the present would be another.

How can I be clear enough to be anywhere and yet belong nowhere?

So here finally is the question. How can I be present, conscious, in a way that does not create disturbance with the environment, and yet in a way that I keep my own integrity and awareness? How can I be clear enough to be anywhere and yet belong nowhere?

What are we waiting for?

On this year’s Winter Solstice, 21st December 2012, the Sun will be directly between Earth and Galactic Centre – the place at the centre of our galaxy. For the Maya civilization Galactic Centre was, and is, the source of both creation and destruction, it is the heart whose pulse triggers the unfolding of events throughout the immensity of the entire galaxy. The Milky Way with its concentration of stars is the central area of this galaxy. Galactic Centre may be located specifically by finding the shadowy strip which runs lengthwise down the centre of the Milky Way. Today this area is called the Great Cleft. The Maya knew it as the Black Road and they considered it to be a passage-way to the Underworld. As Planet Earth rotates into the winter solstice day, and as the sun appears over our eastern horizon, behind the sun will be the direction of the Galactic centre, and at the moment of 11.11 exactly, they say the overlaying of the sun on the centre will be precise and absolute. This alignment of Solstice Sun to Galactic Centre happens only once every 25,800 years – a rare event indeed and one which the Maya consider of great importance.

Yellow laser beam points to Galactic Centre

End of the world?

End of the planet ? Surely not – it has happened many times before in Earth’s 5 billion year history. End of our civilization or species. I guess not either, though if this alignment coincides with huge solar activity (there have been crop circles that seem to represent that – though with no indication of date), then that could have quite an impact on our modern world of telecommunications etc. The completion of a great cosmic cycle does not mean that everything must stop. A better analogy would be the milometer on a car reaching the absolute maximum distance it can record – 99,999.9 miles. In the next moment all dials return to 00000.0 and continue … 00000.1 etc. Nothing has stopped but something new has started.

Ending of a cycle.

Life: cyclical or linear?

It strikes me that the expectation of disaster accompanying this reset may arise out of our thinking. In Eastern cultures, India, China etc. life is seen as cyclical. Seasons make their round, years pass, birth, death and reincarnation are all accepted. That which rises must also fall. Creation and destruction are equally part of the natural cycle. In the west however our view of life is based on the idea of progress: as if there is a line of evolution which ascends from the past to the future. Every day, every year, everything gets better and better. I believe it is our commitment / addiction to progress that makes this possibility of zero / reset both threatening and fascinating.

A global initiation

From reading and thinking the idea of some kind of energetic initiation for global consciousness certainly seems possible. Here is a little thought experiment you can try. Imagine you are the Earth travelling around the Sun. Imagine turning as Earth is always doing towards the Sun on the eastern horizon. If you wish … close your eyes… try it now ….

Maybe you will experience it as I did … it created some tension in me. I felt a tension between my forward direction and my constant turning, as if I were a horse having its head constantly pulled to the left while it tries to go forward. Light and dark, an alchemical process This tension then became connected with a heat / light experience. Turning to face the sun was like, and words are hard to find for this, was like receiving some intensity. I imagined the sun were reading me the way a scanner looks at barcodes at the supermarket checkout, or as if I had a wound that was being cauterized by a laser to prevent infection. Imagining receiving the sun’s rays felt like undergoing some process.

Light burst

I also found that as I continued the turn in my mind and the sun dropped away behind the western horizon I felt relief and, also, a feeling of expansion and release. I was reminded of the images of the solar wind flowing to and around the Earth. A wave of energy builds up on the sun side of the Earth, just like the wave at the front of a travelling ship. Behind the Earth however a big space is created as the particles which are flowing past take time to converge again. In this shadow of the Earth I was able to expand and relax, just as in sleep my and dreams my psyche releases the pressure of my daytime experience.

Solar Wind impacting and bypassing Earth

Extra added … ?

It seems that the winter solstice sun 2012 will be based on this familiar daily process of receiving an impulse from the sun. However since it is aligned with Galactic centre it will carry an extra added something – an impulse from the centre of the universe. See the next post for further ideas …

B79 - Orange / Violet

7 represents a return to the Source. For example, traditionally,  the 7th day is the time for people to let go of their worldly activity and return to Church to realign themselves with the Source – God – who is the greater One.

7 is the return to the 1 and 79 is the last step in that journey of return. It is the last page in the 7th chapter of the Equilibrium story (next comes B80 and that is the start of a new chapter – the 8th chapter). This idea that B79 is the completion of the return to the 1 is amazingly confirmed when we remember that B79 has a unique and special connection to B1 through the Tarot / Tree of Life. B79 is placed on the path of the Magician – in Aura-Soma it is described as the Return Journey of The Magician. The Magician is the number 1 card in the Tarot and corresponds to B1 in Equilibrium.

B1 - The blue of the Creator

B79 is named the Ostrich bottle, and, at the 79th step of the Equilibrium Journey, finally, we are ready to lift our head (violet) out of the sand (orange) and look at life directly, facing life as it is. We are no longer dependent (orange) on anything else as the spiritual dimension (violet) is now centred within us. As the return of the Magician –the part of us that created the script (B1) is now connected to the part of us which stands and looks out into this world (B79).

On this happy moment we stopped for the afternoon tea break and I turned my attention to the writing of the student certificates. I needed a pen and as I found a set of the Aura-Soma colouring pens an idea came to my mind. I would sign and date all the certificates but leave the student name space empty. The students on their return form tea break would then be able to write their own name onto the certificate. The fact that they could also choose the colour for their name made the process even more empowering and alive.

Students authoring their own name.

There is a natural authority in the Magician (1) which gives power to his spells. With the return of the Magician (79) the students spelled their own names and became the author (ity) of their own certificates. Very fitting and very beautiful I felt.

Equilibrium Journey Ufa 2012. Many Magicians.

Students and Dominic

Our concept of time has grown out of these cycles with which they were so intimate. The moon’s month, her four quarters – our weeks, while the sun defines our year. And that most basic of all units – the day is the rotation of our home planet on her axis as sunrise follows sunset, each day a completeness of one unit of our life. Nowadays of course the day is lost, fragmented into so many hours of busy-ness, of precious minutes and fleeting seconds.

The transit of time.

It is when we begin to look at star cycles that the units of time begin to dwarf the human imagination. The 2000 years of each Zodiacal Age; the 26,000 year cycle of the Precession of the Equinoxes; the 22 million years it takes for our sun to make a complete rotation around Galactic Centre. The “Great Event” of 2012 awaited by the Mayan calendar is one such moment of a cosmic scale.

Earthrise

I wonder when it first dawned on our ancestors that it may not be the heavens wheeling over us, but perhaps rather the Earth herself that was tumbling through space. For we who live in modern times, they say the famous picture of “Earthrise” – a photo of Planet Earth rising above the moon’s horizon – has had a subtle but profound impact on our consciousness. Earthrise shows, simply and directly, the relativity of our planet; that it is just a rock, one of many, rootless, floating in space. That picture makes it so much easier to say yes to idea that it is the Earth moving through the heavens.

Earthrise. The picture that changed our view of planet Earth.

Experience it for yourself

Here is a wonderful exercise for which you will need a clear night, a good line of definition to the horizon – such as a garden hedge, a roof terrace wall, the sea’s horizon or a mountain range, a blanket, warm clothes and patience. Lie down on your back with your head pointing to the East. Feel yourself as one with the earth (for this reason I do recommend being in Nature as far as possible rather than on concrete or on the top of a building). Open your eyes and look up to the stars above you. Just take your time, notice them, and with patience, with time, you will begin to realize that the stars you have been watching are no longer where they were – they have moved – they are falling away towards your feet. If you lift  your eyes now, above your head, you will begin to be watching in the direction where new stars are gradually appearing over the horizon. And as you watch remember your oneness with the Earth on which you are lying, that it is actually a big rock spinning in space. The stars that you see appearing are the measure of the spin of the Earth, and that there is nothing between you and this immensity of the universe. That you and the Earth upon which you lie are moving together within it, as a fish swims through water, totally immersed and not separate in any way.

Stars rise as Earth tumbles though space.

A wisdom born of experience

Our prehistoric ancestors would have been so much more in this way of thinking than modern man. They lived outdoors, the night sky was their light, their guide and  their object of contemplation. They absolutely needed to be in harmony with nature, with the seasons, and over tens of thousands of years, this cosmic round gave our ancestors a sense of place in the fabric of life. The experience of the universe they gained was not a knowledge of the detail of scientific probing but a feeling experience of connectedness, a sense of the rhythm, of place, and of the significance of things. It is upon these ages of experience that calendars such as the Mayan one draw.  More to come …

Approach

I travelled with a good friend Christine Mathis, quiet and sensitive she has spent many years in Latin America and was an excellent companion. On the way to Guatavita we talked about time. Colombia has many sporty people and as we passed one elderly cyclist ascending a hill it struck me that no matter whether people are fit or not, there remains a general life expectancy for a human being … somewhere between 60 and 80 years old. I find it interesting that different forms of life each have their own built in life/time cycle. I also found myself talking about my father who has now left this world. This theme of the soul’s presence on earth was to return later at the lake.

At the gate

As we entered the reception area of the site I noticed the first information boards from the local people. There was one for each element. Unfortunately I did not make notes, but Air for example said something like “active and flowing – how will you meet the people along your path today?” The message for Earth was something like “our body is given us by the earth – how will you look after yours today?” They were definitely statements I felt at home with and I was impressed by the depth of these messages – so different from the usual tourist blurb. There were more messages along the path as we wound our way through the trees and until finally we reached the “crater” ridge (though Guatvita is not and never was a volcano) and the lake of El Dorado appeared for the first time.

Arriving at lake Guatavita

A meeting of worlds

Emerging at the first viewing area to see the lake below peaceful and protected in the circle of this green tree lined circle was breathtaking. For some time I simply sat and watched quietly.

Gradually my eyes were drawn to the activity of the wind. From my position high above the lake I could see movement on the face of the water. Flurries of wavelets would appear from time to time, dancing across the face of the lake. Starting here and there, they would swirl and travel a while across the face of the lake before they disappeared again.

What made this all the more captivating was that these waves would catch and reflect the sunlight in a way that gave these movements the appearance of dances of light rather than just the movements of the breeze. Eruptions of luminescence which shimmered here and there in their wayward fashion before resolving back into the face of the lake.

And then the words of the information boards down at the start returned to my mind. This drama that was unfolding in silence beneath me, and which was so captivating to my senses, was indeed a meeting of the four elements. The air of the wind etching the light of fire onto this peaceful body of water, all surrounded by a protective circle of earth.

Rituals of the past

The few sentences I had read about the lake the previous day mentioned boats travelling onto the lake and golden objects being ceremoniously offered into the waters. I asked Christine if she knew about the purpose of these ceremonies and she offered “Fertility.” It came to me that this lake was a place where the gold of the sun is drawn into the (water and the) earth.

Dropping the seed

As we continued I began to pay even closer attention to the message boards. The next talked about fertility. It said something like “The earth is ready to receive the seed. She will give it the energy to grow. Through our heart we can hear her messages and these messages will guide us to act in the world to build something helpful together.” It finished by asking, “When will you drop the seed?”

A picture was beginning to form in my mind. The seed that was being talked of was the soul, a spiritual consciousness, (previously another board had mentioned that “the world is created by thought”). In order to come to Earth the soul must be dropped into the body. Once present in the body this consciousness, may then, be influenced by the Earth herself. The body she provides becomes a vehicle for consciousness to interact with her. Openess and receptivity in the heart to her impulses is the way to connect to and act in harmony with her. The goal is to create a healthy environment for the whole community of Earth, human beings, animals, plants and the earth herself.

The ceremony of this lake may then have two layers of significance. On the surface it invites sunlight to nourish the earth, but at a deeper level it could be a ceremony to confirm the relationship between soul and earth, a project of harmony and opportunity to co create a healthy community on Earth.

B31 Green Gold and the Tree of Life

There is a sequence of Equilibrium bottles which appears when they are placed in the Tree of Life. The sequence is B31 Green Gold, B28 Green Red and B27 Red Green. These bottles appear in the lower three central spheres of the Tree in the fire world – equivalent to the 6, 9 and 10 of Wands respectively in the Tarot. The colour message of each seems to perfectly match the process that Gutavita – El Dorado – suggests.

Equilibrium B31, B28 and B27 in Tree of Life

Green/Gold (B31) is in the sphere of Tiphareth – the soul centre. Here is the gold of the soul consciousness – not yet grounded in red, but, like a Fountain, it is ready to emerge into the green of time and space, whereupon it may seek a home.

Red/Green (B27) appears at the very bottom of the Tree in the sphere of Malkuth. This is the sphere of physical action. Indeed it is the whole of the physical world. The red in the top fraction denotes physical activity just as the classic image from the Rider Waite tarot of a man shouldering ten sticks indicates it is time to act in the world. This action will be an expression of the heart.

B27 and Ten of Wands

Green/Red (B28)appears between these two Equilibrium bottles in the sphere of Yesod. This sphere is the point of connection between two separate worlds. Above, that of the pure soul (Tiphareth) and below, that of the pure physical (Malkuth). Yesod is truly part of the soul yet it is the part closest to, and most connected to the material world. In this colour combination we find the fulfillment of the local peoples’ recommendation. “Through your (green) heart listen to (red) Mother Earth.”

These three colour combinations in these three positions seem to express perfectly the words and philosophy of the indigenous people of Guatavita.

Full circle

And so back I find myself back with the thoughts that arose while driving to Guatavita. The life cycle of the soul in physical form. The soul (gold) steps in to time (green) as well as a body (red). Life is a journey of experience, an opportunity to share something with this world in harmony with Mother Earth who has given us this body. The sequence of Equilibrium B31, B28 and B27 through the Fire World in the Tree of Life present this theme very clearly. At the tree-lined lake of El Dorado the magic and the invitation to make this journey may be felt.

Dominic at Guatavita - a magical day

Dominic and Christine Mathis at Guatavita

11.11.11 Star of David made with Equilibrium bottles

Ordinarily I call this process Equilibrium Journey and normally it involves choosing a bottle for each of the 6 points of the star and then finishing by reviewing the sequence. Today’s process was slightly different from a normal Equilibrium Journey in that I drew one further card at the very time of 11.11.11/11.11.11 to see which energy wishes to be born at the centre of the Star in the doorway of this special moment. Why this process? Because i realised that 11.11.11 is not just 11th day, 11th month and 11th year but is also 11 hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds. In this way there are six 11s in total and that makes the six pointed Star of David – perfect for this process.

I decided to begin from the outermost 11 and work towards the moment of the 11th second. and so the first bottle i chose was for the 11th year.

11th year: B23 Rose Pink/Pink.
As I held it reminded me of B11 – the Conception bottle – except here was extra rosy pink in place of the clear. As if whatever were coming had the support of a total love.

11th month B42 Yellow/Yellow
Ah. Is it a self approaching? Yellow is full of self. Is this a journey of self in to the here and now?

11th day B10 Green/Green
And here is a space. The Wheel of Fortune in the Tarot. A space for something to appear. In itself green is neutral. It does not fill the space, rather it offers the doorway.

Transition : Macrocosm to Microcosm

With B10 the first part of the journey is complete. And now we step across the centre to start to create the second triangle in the Star. That of the inner space – the microcosm.

11th hour B64 Emerald Green/Clear
I immediately liked this. Following the space of Green Green here too was a space. An inner space, an empty, spacious mind. We are in truth windows for consciousness to view the outer universe.

11th minute B1 Blue/Deep Magenta
I liked this too. The Magician in the Tarot. The power of intention. As if whatever would ultimately appear in the final step were being willed from a place of focus and one pointedness. Undistracted.

11th second B94 Pale Blue Pale Yellow
I choose bottles using Tarot cards – this was the Tower. In that first moment I was a little shocked – something breaking down in the very last second? But when I checked for which aspect B16 or B94 I knew it would be B94 and it was.  Archangel Michael is also one pointed – his sword brings focus – it indicates here is where we have to say yes. B94 was continuing and intensifying the theme of B1.

Centrepiece

So what would the final bottle be? The one to indicate the very opportunity of the 11.11.11 / 11.11.11?

We had begun with a rosy pink, full of love, enthroned within the spiritual realm (B23 = King of Wands). A yellow followed; a shining Self, on its way somewhere? And then Green Green. A doorway, a space; the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year. This space at the end of the outer journey was echoed by a spaciousness at the start of the inner journey, B64 a window for consciousness empty of self. And behind that an intent and purpose represented by B1 the Magician, and even more subtly behind that B94 Archangel Michael, a focus and a yes – saying here is what is important from a spiritual perspective. The final card was …

B32 qppears in the middle

B32 Royal Blue/Gold

My true aura bottle! What could I say? This whole journey to discover what quality wished to be born in the 11.11 moment led to the bottle that represents my own deeper nature, my Self!

And so, according to my process, this 11.11.11 offers the opportunity to rediscover, to reconnect with, our deeper self. A star gate for the star within to be rediscovered and shine.

Inside out

As I read this throughnow before posting it strikes me the sequence could now be read in reverse. It starts with the true aura self, B94 and B1 and B64 open the door from within to allow the true aura to step through the doorway of B10 as a yellow self to shine love and light to the world.

Dominic in 11.11.11 mandala

Timothy arrives to what Daddy has been doing. Game over?

Earthquake brings Japan together

Not one but three!

And then it struck me that this is not the only earthquake we have had this year.
There have been three!

2010 has also been the year of a political earthquake. It started in Tunisia and rapidly spread through the Arab world where it continues to this day. The effect however has spread beyond the Arab world and popular protests, both violent and peaceful, have been a feature in many countries this year. Greece is the most visible, along with Spain and India, while, at a lower level , there continues a wave of protest against capitalism from Wall Street to Jerusalem. In London the protest camp at St Paul’s Cathedral continues to make national news.

A political earthquake in the Arab world.

And then there is the financial earthquake. Centred in the Eurozone, the impact has been most visible in Greece. However  the truth is the whole of Europe is shaking and today it is Italy that is taking centre stage. The fault lines however stretch around the planet.

Protestors in Greece

A colour for these events

Three earthquakes – physical, political, financial. Shaking the ground underneath our feet. Shaking our social structures. Shaking our future expectations. It came to me that there is a colour which resonates with all these shocks. This colour is very active in Aura-Soma at the moment. Pale coral. Have you noticed that the base fraction of B87 is turning rose pink? This is happening around the world at this time. If you would like to know more about this I am writing a special article on this subject which will appear in my newsletter – Colour Matters. If you would like to read more about the pale coral and these times then sign up to Colour Club today and you will receive the newsletter soon.

B87 - the pale coral in base is more pink now

Autumn leaves at Dev Aura

Moving on

The letting go is especially appropriate this year as we shall be selling Jordans this winter. I have lived here since 1994. It is hard to believe i have stayed in this one house so long – since the birth of Archangel Michael in fact! And while i have not worked for Aura-Soma for more than ten years now, still it will be a wrench to leave this location right opposite the Aura-Soma offices and factory where i can see staff arrive and leave each day.

View from Jordans - Aura-Soma staff going home at the end of the day

Into the Unknown

We do not yet have a new house so it is stepping into the unknown. A bit like The Fool in the Tarot!

The Fool steps out. 2010 was the year for this course.

Dev Aura in Autumn

I leave you today with some more images from Tetford and Dev Aura.

Autumn berries in Dev Aura garden

Dominic in Dev Aura garden 2011

Dev Aura garden 2011

Autumn rose at Jordans

My thinking is that these rainbows appear as an expression of the consciousness that is present within the space of this course. It was an inspired three days and I learned, as ever, some new things myself; but in particular some really exciting significant steps towards reaching the integrated understanding of the circle of the Masters in the Colour Rose which I have been working towards for many, many years. They will be the subject of a future book when the jigsaw puzzle is complete.

Meanwhile I will remind you that there are two further Rainbow Evolution courses this year. One in Tokyo in October and one in Italy in November. They offer a wonderful opportunity to go deeper into the mysteries and wonder of colour consciousness which is I believe the true gift of Aura-Soma.

Rainbow Evolution is about more though than the Masters. As wonderful as they are, in this course their role is to provide a key – a key which turns the lock to open the door to something greater – a new rainbow. It is a rainbow of tertiary colours, connected to a new set of chakras which is now awakening in humanity. The appearance of B109 with its magenta olive fractions makes this Rainbow Evolution course especially timely in this moment. As you will discover if you attend the course this magenta olive axis in the Colour Rose is the key for the new time we are entering.

Tokyo happens very soon and there are still a few places left. For Italy I particularly invite Europeans to take the chance to come to Italy. I have an English speaker who wishes to attend if there will be other English speakers with whom she can share whilst she is there.

With rainbow wishes

Dominic