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Age Of Aquarius lyrics
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind’s true liberation Aquarius! Aquarius!
When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars
Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in The sun shine in
Those who follow my blog and my Facebook page know that my husband and I have been in a tough place for the past four months. He’s been unemployed and we were living on our savings and my social security. When we felt like we were going down for the third time he received a phone call that led to a job. He went back to work on Thursday and we are extremely grateful for the job.
It’s been a deep valley experience. It wasn’t the first and I doubt it will be the last. Since the beginning of 2012 I have felt heavy rumbling under my feet, but for the past two months I felt like I was being shaken to the core. Try as I might to find solid ground, I couldn’t. Being reduced to a state of disillusionment and despair, I knew I could not move quickly or try to fix things. All that was required of me was to sit still and let the shaking do what needed to be done.
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Things I have always held dear have fallen by the wayside. I’m filled with uncertainty and I have no answers. My life seems purposeless. While sitting in the middle of this experience, I have come to believe my purpose now is to embrace my lack of purpose and my uncertainty. To not question it or make it wrong; rather to let it be and to walk through it.
Life is changing before my eyes. Relationships are falling away, those things which once had great importance in my life do not matter, spiritual platitudes no longer serve me, and ideas and beliefs which I have held close to my heart and thought I couldn’t do without are slipping through my fingers. I’m letting it all go.
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So what am I left with? I’m left with the dawning of a new age. I’m learning to accept and embrace light and shadow, to keep drilling down to my core no matter what, and to appreciate the little things which I might have missed at another time in life. There is a quietness within that is soothing and comforting. I hear a word being whispered on the wind and echoing in my being. WAIT. I sense it is imperative I stay still and let the shaking subside and the storms move on.
I have received many messages from people all over the world who are experiencing this same shuddering and vulnerability in their life. It can be fearful to have life shaken to the point where we don’t know which end is up. Our natural reaction is to run from it but now is the time to be still. Let the experience shake everything that can be shaken so we are left with that which serves the planet and all its inhabitants. Everything that is not of love must fall away.
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My life is changing drastically even as I sit at this computer and type this message. I can sense the great shift in the atmosphere and on this planet. My vision is changing, many of my long-held fears are disappearing, and I have a fresh hope in my heart.
The age of Aquarius is upon us. Lies and deceit are coming to the light and greed is being exposed. Harmony and understanding is following. It is there for all who have eyes to see.
I wonder how many of my readers are experiencing these big changes happening on the planet. I’d like to hear your story
for as long as I remember I have always had trust in Goddess, no doubts where She was leading me
and no fear,….
when I let someone in close a couple years ago, the foundation cracked when he left without a word to join the world of shallow beauty in the jet setting lifestyle he always said he was never to be a part of, it was against hat he stood for….
hitting the rocks down the rabbit hole, I quit, I surrendered…let go….what will be will be
and yesterday I started a job with a company I have been trying for two years to get
that stillness of just doing nothing opened the door ..
I have such faith in you Brenda…you will be what you need to be, need to do..
a wise olde soul is in your heart showing you the way..listen to her, she is you…
Take Care
(a very good post!)
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maryrose
Dear maryrose,
How interesting that you use the term “rabbit hole”. I told Paul a couple of weeks ago I felt like I’d fallen down the rabbit hole and couldn’t see daylight.
Surrender and quiet is the key, isn’t it? Just learning to sit still and let things be and feel all the shit we need to feel.
It’s like an unraveling, a peeling of layers, a feeling of pulling back the covers and seeing what’s underneath. What an exquisite journey to be on! We are very priveleged and blessed to be on the path of wholeness.
Congratulations on your job. It looks like more of an unfolding for us with Paul’s job. When the dust settles on what’s happening here I’ll post about it, but I can say that it looks like he is going to be able to do something he’s wanted to do, carreer wise. We’re watching and waiting.
I appreciate your beautiful words. Thank you. Big hugs to you.
Brenda,
You project great strength and insight. Acceptance is more powerful than pointless thrashing about. When you maintain that calm waiting way in the midst of your great difficulties, you inspire each of us in our own struggles.
This is a powerful and eloquent piece of writing.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Tom
Hi Tom,
Yes, acceptance is very powerful though not always easy. I remember the times when I was so quick to pick up my sword and fight against the darkness. I understand the saying, “when we know better, we do better.”
We are each on our own journey and I honor you and the path you are on also. I’m grateful for all my fellow travellers. Namaste and thank you for following my blog and leaving such supportive comments. Brenda
Yep. It’s been a wild ride over here, too.
I finally touched into that place of peace and stillness a few weeks ago, and while I still have little doubts and fears creep in at moments, for the most part I’m hanging out in a place of trusting that it will all be okay and that I’m heading in the right direction. I love your comment “Everything that is not of love must fall away.” One of my favorite quotes in recent years is by Marianne Williamson (and she might be quoting A Course in Miracles): “Everything that is not love is a call to love.”
Hi Viki,
I wonder if I will ever reach the place where doubt and fear are totally laid to rest. I too have those moments and like you I’m just hanging out with it all. Sometimes I feel trusting and sometimes I have nothing.
I love the quote “everything that is not love is a call to love.” So true. These are interesting and wonderful times and I feel so blessed to be a part of it.
Thank you for following my blog and for leaving a comment. Hugs, Brenda
Life in parallel across the big pond it seems….have been talking about exactly the same in my blog, as you know. And the last few weeks have shaken me too. No more than now have I had to believe in the phrase patience is a virtue! All we can do is be still and learn. Thank you for this post.
The world really is a small place when it comes to humanity and what we’re experiencing right now. I do follow and enjoy your blog so I know you’re in transition also. I honor your path and the beautiful changes that are happening in your life. And I’m grateful that you’re writing about it.
Thank you for following my blog and for your insightful comment.
Blessings on your stillness and patience, shaking and shimmying. Transition times…very unsettling. My community at present is in the midst of smoke and winds, and fire creeping across the hillsides, threatening. Two friends are on high alert with their belongings packed. Tough times for many. I am so thrilled you have found that stillness and allowed shifts to happen. <3<3<3
Thak you, Shannon The times are very unsettling and can make us feel like the earth has been ripped out from under us. Yet, in the midst of it all we know on a deep level that our beloved has entered the house and is sweeping it clean.
I trust you and your community will be safe. How unnerving to have to sit with bags packed and wait to see if you’re going to have to walk away from what is yours and go into the unknown. Blessings to you also, dear friend.
You hit it on the head, Brenda! We are all being see-sawed, whipsawed, gee-gawed up one side and down the other. Projects that seem to be secure just fall away. All that is left for us to do is zilch. I am amazed at how peaceful Duane and I sit in the center of the storm, observers but not players. What a dance! Looking forward to the next round of square dances…
Yes, Rosie. It’s a new day. The old is falling away and love, light, peace, and compassion are shining forth. I wonder how many times Paul and I have said to each other,” we’re observers. We see it all, we feel it because we are part of humanity, but we don’t take part in it” It feels like all that’s being required is to hold a space of light and love. Thanks for your comment.