A New Set of Programming

Energy, or the direction of the motion of the universe follows consciousness, and EVERYTHING that you spend time around and pay attention to programs you and entrains your consciousness. So if you’re spending much of your time on a computer, or a tv, your consciousness is entraining subconsciously to those programs and patterns and they will become the basis of the way that you relate to the world.

Don’t let that freak you out though, there are ways to counteract this programming. The best method that I currently know is to entrain to patterns that are readily available in nature. Connecting with plants and animals and authentic heart centered human connections can help you to entrain to better programs and patterns. Connecting to sacred geometry and mandala art is another way to entrain to a higher order, but today I’d like to speak of another method of entrainment. Observing your own inner state through the cycles of the Moon, Sun and the planets through the zodiac is for one good entertainment(and entrainment) in itself, and what’s more, this method has the potential to connect you to a force that far transcends anything that man has ever created. I’m not just blowing smoke up astrology’s ass either. Physically all the bodies in our solar system pull on us and influence us. This is quite easily recognized with the sun as our seasons change and with the moon as it moves the tides of our oceans. The Sun gives us more light and heat in the summer and less in the winter which results in drastic changes in our experience. The moon also affects the water in our bodies which tends to result in emotional changes in those humans that pay attention to these aspects of ourselves. More subtle though are the influences from the other planets in our solar system, yet physically if those planets were not there, our Earth’s orbit would be completely different, and likewise they exude a very real influence on us all on many levels as they journey through our skies.

There’s something very real to the old saying, “as above so below”.

By tuning in to the processes that are taking place in our skies, you are actually simultaneously tuning in to the processes that are taking place within your body, mind and spirit. So I’ll say this again more clearly… When you tune into what’s happening in the skies, you are entraining to YOUR own natural rhythms, and what’s more is that these natural rhythms are actually shared by every living creature on the planet, so by becoming aware of these patterns, you are becoming aware of a very real connection that you have to all life.

How to tap in to this oh so sweet cosmic connection…

Though it is highly beneficial and invigorating to go out and observe the stars every night, it’s not even necessary. The part of this that is really meaningful is your inner experience. The stars are really just there as a map. As long as you are aware of where the planets are in the sky, you can begin to document how YOU feel as they pass through the stars and deeply tap into what all of these influences mean to you and eventually this can help you greatly in navigating your experience as you begin to pick out your own patterns in relation to these cycles. There are a variety of astrological models available to work within when looking at the skies. There’s Chinese Astrology, Vedic Astrology, the Western Hermetic Tradition of astrology and I’m sure many others. They are all equally great. Keep in mind these are simply just languages or maps to describe the terrain. Whichever one you feel drawn to will be fine for you. If you’re doing this work with a group, it’s best to synchronize with one language/system – it just makes communication easier.

Like I said, you can create any sort of creative approach to tracking the activities in the sky you like. You can tune into a website like Astro Grrl and keep up to date on things newscast style, you can purchase one of those little handy almanac books that should give you the forecast for the year. There are plenty of sources to help you tune in to the skies. For best results though you may want also to go deeper and consciously invite the archetypal energies of the planets into your experience.

For myself I do this by creating an alter each day for one of the planets(as well as the zodiac sign they are currently occupying) with the intention of deeply experiencing its influence – harnessing the positive aspects and letting go of the negative aspects. While creating the alter with objects that help me connect to what the planet of the day means to me, inside I am programming myself to allow the influence of the planet of the day to guide me through my day.

I use the 7 days of the week to guide me on which planet to choose for the day. For example:

Sunday – The Sun
Monday – The Moon
Tuesday – Mars (tuesday in french is MARDI)
Wednesday – Mercury (wednesday in french is MECREDI)
Thursday – Jupiter (thursday resonates Thor’s day – which is the Norse equivilent to Zeus/Jupiter)
Friday – Venus (friday resonates Freya day – which is the Norse correspondent of Aphrodite/Venus)
Saturday – Saturn

This way I get a balanced conscious intake of each of these influences.

Today is Thursday, so I’ve created an alter to honour Jupiter on its journey through the constellation Pisces. Jupiter to me is about growth and manifestation. Pisces to me is about dreaming and the spiritual dimension. So today I am taking this cue and making manifest and growing my connection to the spiritual dimension by making this information available to the more of myself(the public) through this article. Some days the cues are less obvious – this is usually an indication that I need to take a deeper look at that aspect of myself.

This activity of tracking the skies not only helps to fight against being passively programmed by the forces of the military industrial complex, but it more importantly very quickly becomes a really entertaining game of self-exploration and personal transformation if you choose to embrace it in that way.

Stay tuned as we go deeper.

With UberLove and Cosmic Hugs,