Aura-Soma keep bees on their land. Last week 50,000 bees left the Aura-Soma hive and flew onto a nearby tree. It means that it is time for a new bee colony to be formed. I was told this by Paul Dicker, the excited and very happy General Manager at Aura-Soma Products. He had helped bring the bees off the tree and into their new home, a second hive on the land.  It means there will now be two bee colonies on Shire Farm.

Paul was clearly excited I asked him what this event meant to him. He said this event made his day-to-day problems seem very small. This move was a miracle of life. Especially so since in recent years bee colonies have been disappearing at alarming rates. This disappearance is called Colony Collapse Disorder and you can read about it on the web.

So it is great news that on Shire Farm bees are moving in the right direction.

A month since my last post! That’s what a new baby can do for your life. Timothy is well, but feeds a lot so Elena is pretty tired. Thank you to all those who wished us well on the birth.

Meanwhile since the birth I have taught two courses at Dev Aura, the second being a Teacher Level 1. I so enjoy teaching teachers. All week I was singing to myself as I walked around Dev Aura. We had 9 students, plus a translator for the two Italians, so including myself we were 11 in the room … more on that in a minute.

Growing as teachers

What I love about Teachers courses is getting the students to think as teachers. Being a teacher is so much more than simply knowing the content. Being an artful teacher also includes  considering the sequence and flow of information, how to engage students in the learning process, and when and how to change the pace or focus of the class. Most importantly when giving a Teachers course I want to get the students to “own” the course. That means that they come to have an overview of the course structure. They know the key elements within it, how these elements fit together, how they can use presentations to build on, reinforce and revise what came earlier. In sum as teachers they understand the goals, content and structure of the Level 1 course. For this course I have created a whole series of exercises to develop this thinking and I believe the students really grew in this way through the 6 days.

Initiation

A highlight from the course came at the end of day 4. Each student got to be the teacher for 10 – 15 minutes during the course, selecting and presenting a topic from the Level 1 material. The last session on Day 4 was on the Quintessences and Masters. The teacher placed the Master bottles, quintessneces and New Aeon Tarot images in a circle in the centre of the room and spoke. A peaceful and powerful energy was created, so much so that when it was time for me to end the class for the day, it was clear the students wished to remain in the circle. So I left them there with my good wishes.

I arrived the next morning to find students very excited because during their sitting after I left there had been the sound of a crack and they discovered that B81 - Pink/Pink - had burst on the display. I was very pleased too because I consider a vital part of the teacher level 1 course is for the students to receive some kind of initiation. It is not something that comes from me, but from the system itself. This pink bottle with its energy of fire, spirit and unconditional love releasing its energy as it did seemed a perfect initiation. It was noticeable that the final two student presentations on the morning of Day 5 were full of love.

11 A gateway for Love and Light

And so back to the theme of 11 for a moment. There were 11 of us in the circle, and there were also two B11 bottles in the circle. This was because on day 1 I had asked each student to choose one bottle (in addition to their 4 bottle selection) which represented their potential for growing as a teacher through the week. Both myself and Monai – one of the students chose B11. As I sat on the left of the display and he sat on the right, these B11s created a kind of gateway between the Equilibrium bottles and the teachers. B11 is not only a gateway – simply by the number itself, it is also I believe one of the key bottles in the system, love and light, pink and clear, the energy (pink) that supports consciousness (clear) to grow. It all made sense in the final session. When it was Monai’s time to say his final words he announced he had a present for each person – a pink pomander. This was the perfect balance to my final idea which was for each student to apply some of the contents of the exploded B81 - now placed in a bowl in the centre of the room.

So it was that in finishing the course the students – now teachers - received pink on their body and also a pink for their aura as they stepped back out into the world as teachers.  It was a perfect ending.

Our baby is due to be born any day now.

The other night Elena had a dream. In it a girl was standing at our gate. Waiting. As the dream had affected Elena I thought to explore further the meaning and message of the dream. “What was the girl wearing?” “A red coat and a magenta hat,” she replied.

The closest Equilibrium combination would be B89 Red / Deep Magenta. And it struck me “How interesting!” That is the return journey of B11 the Clear / Pink which is the energy vital at the start of the pregnancy. Now as the pregnancy period is coming to a close and the baby is, literally, about to come to earth we find the B89.

This red and B89 also precipitated a process for Elena and I. After sharing a pink pomander we drew a picture together to represent the space or energy that the baby is stepping into. It needs to be welcomed by us and invited in so that it can take its place. This is also part of the red. The energy to step into a family, to find ones place in the family and on the earth. It seems that while green is the colour we first think of for space, red which is the colour opposite to green also plays a vital role in taking one’s place. See my previous post on Red : Finding your place for more.

A few days ago Elena told me “Today is a public holiday in Russia.” My impression is that Russia has quite a few national holidays so I asked what this holiday was for. She told me it was Dyen Zashitnika Otechestva - translated as “Defender of the Motherland” - basically for all those who are or have been in the armed forces. This sparked something inside me. It reminded me of the way the Russians like to make toasts, everything is honoured, everything is celebrated, everything has its place. In Russia it is as if there is a day for everyone. This strikes me as a very red aspect of Russia. Red is to do with blood, the family and the tribe, in which everyone has their place.

I remember watching a TV documentary a few years ago about children who, for one reason or another, had been neglected by their parents to the extent that these children started living with dogs rather than human beings. Yes incredible but true. (If you want know more, or even understand exactly what i am saying here, follow the link at the end of this post).

Though the subject was sensationalist the documentary itself was made with sensitively. One of the strongest impressions for me came towards the end of the programme. One of the girls they had been following – now back in human society was staying in a small farm community. She had a job. Her job was to collect the milk each morning. As she told the camera this fact, she smiled. It was a real smile. This simple fact that she had a place seemed the most healing of all, she belonged. It seemed as important as any psychological therapy looking back at the past.

Perhaps orange and coral are the feeling of togetherness, but red is even more basic. In red we have our place.

If you would like to see the girl in question here is a link

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/the-girl-who-ran-with-the-pack/2006/07/18/1153166383022.html

Appearing only in one bottle, B23, Rose Pink is a unique colour. How does it differ from the regular pink? Is it a touch of yellow or a spot of blue that has been added to the pink? Neither! Rose Pink has neither blue nor yellow added - what it has is extra pink! Rose Pink is a more active pink. Perfect timing for Valentine’ Day and the New Moon born tonight with a very special  energy.

First the colour. My best understanding for this colour came while teaching a course at Dev Aura some years ago. As always I was working to create an atmosphere of love and acceptance in the class, an atmosphere to support the learning growing process that Aura-Soma offers. On this rare occasion however one of the students was creating a barrier to this loving energy, remaining hostile towards me and my efforts at inclusion. In the face of her rejection I noticed a reaction in me. I wanted to reject her too. Now pushing away, rejecting, is a red energy, and in that moment I understood the truth that it takes a stronger love to remain open and loving when the other person remains rejecting and hostile to you.

I also knew in this moment that this truth was the gift of the Rose Pink. With its extra added pink it has the energy to continue loving, even when the object of love is resisting and pushing away. Rose pink is an active love.

Though softer than the red of passion and less overwhelming than the desire that flows towards another, it remains stronger than the regular and pale pinks which offer unconditional love but do not attempt to overcome barriers.

Rose Pink is pink enough to approach the unconditional, but red enough to be active and outgoing. It is a unique colour perfectly suited to its corresponding Tarot card - the King of Wands - which represents the highest development of the fire energy – the mastery of love.

New Moon of Spiritual Love

Valentine’s Day (Eve) New Moon.
13th February 2010  at 9 minutes before midnight GMT

This New Moon is very special because it is born right next to Chiron joining Neptune in the sky for an exact kiss. Just one tenth of a degree between Chiron and Neptune, and both less than a degree away from the New Moon itself. It is a conjunction to access the eternal flowering of cosmic consciousness in the heart and in the mind of humanity.

Neptune with Chiron speaks to the healing capacity we all have hidden away deep inside us. It expands to become infinitely potent when we face our inner world with courage. If  we can overcome hesitation then we can fully connect with our spiritual wisdom just a step away – a step we have to be willing to make.

So this is a very exceptional Valentine’s Day weekend. We are encouraged to reach deep inside ourselves and simultaneously out to others in both romance and friendship. This weekend is all about heart-strength in a softer and more healing mode than our culture normally allows for. If you give in to the magic and let the love inside you flow out to family, friends and loved ones, you will paradoxically find yourself blessed with riches returning to you.

Equilibrium Journey continues to deepen my understanding of individual bottles while also offering fascinating insights in to the system as a whole. Here is one example that has arisen in a recent course.

41 42 and 43

When we look at the 40’s as a sequence we have to think about B4. The 40’s develop the theme of the 4. In Equilibrium 4 is the Yellow / Gold. This combination also connects with the Tarot card of the Emperor - the one who rules this world. For a long time I had a question about B4.

Why does B4 contain two colours not one?

B2 is Blue / Blue and B6 is Red / Red. So why should B4 be Yellow and Gold rather than simply Yellow / Yellow? In time I came to realise that the two colours here was perfect. The clue was in the Tarot card of the Emperor where he is wearing armour on his legs. Despite all his power he remains afraid. This is the consequence of the ego ruling the conscious mind while the soul remains buried in the unconscious. Yellow over Gold.

An echo in the 40s

Imagine then how immensely I was when I finally realised how amazing it is that this Yellow / Gold theme returns so strongly at the start of the 40s sequence. 41 is Gold / Gold and 42 is Yellow / Yellow. The very two colours of B4 appearing again! But even more fascinating is that this time the relationship between these two colours is changed: here it is not Yellow over Gold but now Gold preceding Yellow. When we consider the meaning of number this change is very significant because it says that gold - as the 1 - is more important than the yellow which now follows as the 2.

Healing the Emperor

This change in relationship between Gold and Yellow is in fact the solution to the predicament of the Emperor. While yellow relates to our sense of self, but a self that is limited to this space and time; gold is something more - it relates to a deeper level of consciousness - the soul level. The understanding is that while the yellow self is something we experience in this life, the soul is something that journeys from life to life. If the Emperor within us can bow to the soul within then his fears of this life will diminish as this life becomes a learning experience for the soul more than a challenge for worldly success alone. From an Aura-Soma point of view it is entirely fitting that the gold should lead the yellow. And this change in relationship between ego and soul makes possible the next step. The 43.

Turquoise and Individuation

What then of the 43 Turquoise / Turquoise?  For 1, 2, 3 we can think “Ready, Steady, Go.” 3 is the flow that follows from 1 and 2. So here we have 41, 42, 43. Gold is now the main actor, the ego is following the main action, and 43 then becomes the process the flow that arises from this.

From a soul point of view however we don’t come to earth to be right or powerful, we come here to (amongst other things) evolve as a soul. This is the individuation process that Carl Jung first indentified and which is now an important idea in Aura-Soma too.
And the key is that this process relates to the soul not the ego. The soul is the 1, the ego follows as the 2. So the soul is the main subject of the turquoise individuation process. Amazing these three colours should follow each other in this way with these numbers!

41, 42, 43.
Soul, ego, individuation.
Gold Yellow Turquoise.
It is a perfect fit of Aura-Soma colour, number and life!

And 44?

Well with its pale colours it is almost the exact opposite of what you would expect from a double Emperor. Yet the perfection of Aura-Soma continues. As the emperor bows his ego to his soul and surrenders to the teaching evolving energy of turquoise he is transmuted through trust. The very thing that caused the Emperor to wear his armour - his fear - is now dissolving. The Emperor bows to above. And in so doing he is opening the door for the Master sequence that begins at 50.

Final Thoughts

The deeper I go with Aura-Soma the more it amazes me. The perfection of the sequence is a revelation to me. As I say when introducing the Equilibrium Journey concept, it is the Equilibrium sequence itself which is the greatest teacher, and the sequence itself is Aura-Soma’s most treasured book. The Equilibrium courses are the chance to read and learn from this most amazing book. Courses are in Japan February 4 – 7 and in Holland in September.

Opalescent Turquoise / Deep Magenta

In my previous post on B107 I wrote about the silence, the mystery and the unfamiliar in Tzaphkiel.

Also on Tzaphkiel’s role as the intelligence in Binah that enables spirit to create and enter matter.

Here are some further ideas on the times in which B107 has been born.

Synchronicities

What is the big world event this week other than birth of B107? Well yes the Copenhagen Climate Conference but, putting that aside for a moment, it is the release of 2009’s most awaited film:

Avatar

The most expensive film of the year - if not the decade, the release of this film has been postponed time and again. It is finally released tonight, the very first Friday following the birth of B107. Its central premise, the reason for the name of the film itself, fits absolutely with the theme of Tzaphkiel: the possibiilty of light / consciousness to enter form. (the word avatar derives from the ancient indian language of sanskrit and signifies the appearance of a god in this world, its deeper root meaning to “descend” or “cross over” ) So tonight the gift of Tzaphkiel will be shown to the world even if those who see it have never heard of Archangels, Kabballah, Aura-Soma or B107.

In case you do not yet know about the film - it is the story of a human being who enters a specially created body, the Avatar. This new body with its sparkling blue skin (the film company’s exact words! ) enables the man to enter and live in another world. From the colour of the Avatar being almost exactly the same as the top fraction of B107, to the strange, other-worldliness of the Avatar’s appearance resonating with the unfamiliar energies behind B107, these are amazing coincidences.

From this basic premise Avatar develops into an action movie, a love story, with themes of finding the courage to do the right thing, choosing harmony with Nature, and fighting the commercial / industrial powers that see the world purely as a commodity without respect for life.

All this of course leads us to …

The Copenhagen Climate Summit

The other big world event this week – and even as I write this world leaders are frantically searching for a wording that all countries can sign to. The possibility of stepping in to our light potential is very acute just now. The Climate Summit is the test of whether we are willing to work towards a better future together. Will there be an agreement to co-operate or not? Is it possible there could be a deal that is fair to both rich and poor, to both industrialised and developing nations?

Gretel and Hansel

Questions like this bring to my mind Gretel and Hansel, B92 and B93. The coral for co-operation between male (turquoise) and female (olive). We have the rich northern hemisphere (male) and the underdeveloped southern (female) hemisphere. The main divide in this Summit has been between rich and poor nations. For once the poor nations operating in a more democratic voting system of one country / one vote have found more voice and power. We have to learn to honour not only the Earth on which we live but also each other. The northern hemisphere has taken the most in the Piscean Age, will it now be able to allow a redress of balance?

What have B92 and B93 to do with B107? Well the fact that B107 contains turquoise creates a significant echo to B92 and B93. Why? Because if we look at the three most recent bottles B105 Coral / Coral, B106 Pale Olive / Pale Violet and now B107 Opalescent Turquoise / Deep Magenta, we find a repeat of the coral - olive - turquoise sequence! These three colours in B92 and B93 opened the door to B94 and the Archangel sequence in Equilibrium. Now we come to, what in theory at least, could be the completion of the Archangel sequence (with Zaphkiel there is finally an Archangel bottle for each sphere of the Tree) and, with this possible completion, we see in Copenhagen a possible turning point for humanity to step up to collective challenge and opportunity.

Planetary Consciousness and the Turquoise Ray

The Aura-Soma New Aeon Tarot image for the Turquoise Master - Maha Chohan - shows a being that is dreaming this world. (I say this because you can see that planet Earth sits in Maha Chohan’s 8th chakra.) As delegates sit in Copenhagen it strikes me that to truly care for the Earth we have to not only respect each other (B92 and B93) but it will also be really helpful to enter into resonance with the planetary consciousness itself. This Tarot image shows that it is the Turquoise Ray which is the key to planetary consciousness and, now with the birth of B107, we have been given the rescue energy for this Turquoise Ray.

I just found this quote on the internet from Pablo Solon, the Bolivian ambassador at the United Nations in New York. He said “…we must begin to change our relationship to nature in this new century. The main way to do that is to recognize that not only we humans have rights, but also that our Mother Earth, our nature has rights, rights that we must respect.” He went on to say, though not in these words, … it is not a question of trading numbers such as carbon credits between rich and poor, but a change in our hearts about our relationship to the earth itself.
This is the best of planetary consciousness in a turquoise week!

This leads us back to Avatar! A man entered another body and consequently changed his consciousness, his priorities and, ultimately, his choice of actions.

Finally

So it is beautiful that this turquoise rescue appears as a support for the light within us
The part that can say “Yes we can.” Of course we don’t know what is really important here, a “Yes” or a “No”. Perhaps a disappointing “No” from Copenhagen will fuel the pressure for a stronger “Yes” at the end of B107’s time.

So we come to more of Mike’s words on the themes of B107: “Where we have become over-identified and fatigued by circumstance — losing sight of our bigger purpose — the rescue aspect of the Turquoise of B107 invites us into the grace of unfoldment and the wonder of allowing ourselves to simply step into the flow of our fulfilment..”

This is the key.

(more…)

A new Equilibrium bottle was born 14th December 2009

It is a new and mysterious colour – this opalescent turquoise. Like sunlight shining through the sea … like foam … like bubbles in the frothing wave. Yet when the bottle is turned on its side and viewed from above then this opalescence becomes like a field of stars strewn across the universe.

Something unfamiliar

I was lucky to be shown the bottle by Mike even before it was released. He told me then this long birthing period from 19 November to 14 December had been helpful because the energy behind this bottle is very unfamiliar for us on Earth. And now this bottle is born I still find this so. Mostly I find myself silent in the face of it. Ideas and thoughts seem irrelevant with this combination. Silence is more powerful. Silence, it seems, speaks volumes.

Silence in the face of wonder

Speaking of which … on the night of the bottles birth, by chance I saw an episode of a TV series called Defying Gravity. I had not seen the previous episodes, but the one i saw Episode 9 (titled Eve ate the Apple) is the point in the story when the main characters - the astronauts on a space mission to travel the solar system - discover they are carrying a mysterious life form in their ship. It is connected to life forms on other planets and communicates through an ethereal kind of singing. As this lifeform is revealed to the astronauts, all they can do is stare upon it in silence and wonder. It has a form, yet its form is always changing, like water flowing, always turning in on itself. It is something, mysterious, enchanting and incomprehensible. This image brought back to mind Mike’s words to me about the unfamiliarity behind this latest bottle.

Energy becomes Form

This may seem a random association to the new bottle but there is further connection. Mike made several mentions in the oficial announcement of the new bottle that the Tzaphkiel energy is supporting the light-being dimension of ourselves. For example he said “Each of us is a gossamer light-being, fragile within the density of our physicality.” In some way this lifeform in the space ship brought together energy and form into one image – it made more explicit the meeting between these two worlds.

Tzaphkiel, Binah and the Mother

What is really interesting is that Tzaphkiel is the Archangel associated with the sphere of Binah in the Tree of Life. And it is Binah that provides the bridge between spirit and matter, energy and form. Binah is part of the top triangle of the Tree of Life. This triangle is one of pure spirit, and yet within this triangle Binah is also home to the principle of Universal Mother. It is this principle of Mother in spirit which makes it possible for energy to take on form. Just as a human mother provides the growing space in her womb for new life to take form, so Binah provides the energetic field for matter to be created. This is the Mother behind all mothers.

Tzaphkiel is the intelligence or being within this sphere and the one that holds this possibility. Tzaphkiel and Binah provide the field which allows the light to create and enter into the material world. In Mike’s words, “Tzaphkiel as the Divine Mother comes in compassion to help us birth the light body from within the chemistry of our physical bodies.”

In the next post connections between B107 and world events this week …

In a recent class a student asked “What can I say to customers who say “Give me another of those bottles - without them my life gets so bad.” Is there a danger of dependency with Aura-Soma?” This question prompted the following thoughts for me.

Look within the sequence of Equilibrium. The first Master is El Morya – Pale Blue. Blue is the opposite colour to orange. It is in orange that dependency issues lie. The first Master is opposite to dependency issues. El Morya shines the light into the blue grasping tendency. It inspires the realisation “I need nothing to be at peace”.

Equally, B1, the first bottle (after the 0 which is the nothing before the something) is also a blue energy – Blue / Deep Magenta. It is a rescue for the blue. This is the Magician in the Tarot. It carries the message “Come to realise that what you say becomes true”. Knowing this you will no longer depend on anything outside. The power to create derives from the magenta that lies within. It is enough to say “I will be happy” or “I will be at peace.” No more dependency on external circumstances, no product or drug we need.

In both these significant places in Equilibrium we find a message that is the opposite of dependency. The Aura-Soma energies nourish the being within; the soul consciousness, which is our greater power. Just as a child growing up on earth needs support before it is ready to stand by itself, the growing of our soul consciousness within this physical world also benefits from nourishment in its first steps. As time passes then, whether with or without the support of the Aura-Soma products, we attain the consciousness of the colours and the strength of the light. The Aura-Soma way is a bridge to this state of freedom.

I am proud to introduce my newest 3 day course. It has just been accredited by ASIACT as part of the Aura-Soma Continuing Education Programme. The first presentation will be in Holland at the end of August 2009. Contact myself or Brigitte Sutmuller at lightbow@planet.nl for details. Here is the description.

The Colour Rose is one of the central teaching tools of the Aura-Soma system. It contains many gifts and some secrets too. Its colour pattern provides a key to understand colour language and colour relationships. Yet the Colour Rose goes deeper, it is an expression of sacred geometry and its structure is intimately linked to further symbols such as the Vesica Pisces, the Star of David and the Tree of Life.

Each day the course addresses both these levels of the Colour Rose. With regard to colour, the first part of the course explores the pairs of contrasting complementary colours. Each colour axis of the Colour Rose is carefully considered in turn. Fascinating hidden connections are revealed as we go. For example, the green theme of direction requires the red association of footsteps to be complete. Once the six colour axes of the Rose have been explored they act like a key that is inserted into the Colour Rose. The key is turned and we experience the circular flow of colour around the Rose. Hidden colours, evolution of colour themes - all are illuminated in the second part of the course.

Yet the course goes deeper. Parallel to the daily development of the colour understanding runs the thread of a deeper research into the structure of the Colour Rose. Each day includes a presentation on an aspect of the Colour Rose’s structure in which its deeper secrets are hidden. These sessions explore the hidden geometric features of the Rose such as the Star of David and the Vesica Pisces. Symbols which in turn illuminate subjects such as the relationship between the Ascended Masters and The Cosmic Master Beings.

Like to learn more? Come and be part of this adventure of discovery.