Make choices with your heart;
Make decisions with your head.
You know that you are. Don’t burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
you cannot control
the things life throws at you
but by being in tune
you can make wonderful music
when those things hit you
My Solstice
Today, I:
- Met up with my nomadic yogi friend and walked 27,000 steps in NYC
- Fed the homeless
- Meditated in Washington Square Park
- Fed some wild animals
- Watched the sun set
- Found the full moon hiding behind some buildings in Union Square
Mindfulness informs.
Soulfulness transforms.
Consciousness IS.
Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath
Summer Solstice Full Moon
Today is a special day. Two wonderful astronomical events are occurring.
The first is that today is the longest day of the year. After today, the hours of daylight will start to get shorter again. This is known as the summer solstice.
The summer solstice, due to its naturally occurring role in nature’s flow of seasons, is part of many spiritual and religious traditions. Pagan spiritualities in particular viscerally tap into the natural energy of the holiday.
- Today is the Light’s pinnacle crescendo.
- What does the sun and daylight mean to you?
- What does this time of year mean to you?
- Take some time to contemplate a bit about your relationship with the circle of time and the yearly seasons.
- How would you like to celebrate and to pay tribute to this day?
The second cool astronomical event is that it will be a full moon! The full moon hasn’t fallen on the solstice in nearly 70 years. As such, this is literally a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
The full moon adds a live-wire energy to this day. It’s funny how the NYC subway can often be a gauge for the energies in the environment. On full moons, all the weirdos come out in full force.
Some additional suggestions for celebrating the solstice:
- Go outside! Play, hike, walk amongst nature.
- Do some divination.
- Tarot, runes, cloud-gazing, whatever you like.
- Bonfire! If that’s doable. Especially on a hilltop.
- Meditation, prayer, contemplation.
- Commune with your deity.
- If you have a specific deity with whom you have a relationship, enjoin them to take part in the celebration too.
- Give offerings, do some art, and play until you feel the deity’s presence too.
- Feed some wild animals.
- Build an altar if you don’t have one.
- Music. Dancing.
- Write poetry.
- Watch the sun set.
Whatever you do, enjoy it! Today can be a fun day and you can make use of that.
Namaste
What we commonly call “the world” is a narrow range of perceptual frequencies programmed through localized cultural conditioning and broadcasted media/entertainment.
The prison has only ever been your own perception.
Endeavor to free yourself from poisonous negativity and desperate positivity.
Wake Up and Roar.
Be affected by your own magic.
Finally NYC can meet all my needs 💯 (at Soho, New York Fashion District)
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99breathing in, breathing out
if someone were to ask me
who you were
and who I was
I would reply
“us”
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