We raise the hue and cry when we hear of female circumcision in Africa. By what glitch of the imagination do we approve the barbaric practice of circumcising baby boys?
From a clairaudient standpoint, I am 120% certain that this practice is the cause of severe Soul wounding. Wounding that stays with the child throughout his lifetime, influencing his sexual behavior toward sadomasochism. Wounding that he carries with him from incarnation to incarnation.
Of this I am certain, the sexual organs of children ought to be treated with the utmost dignity, love, and respect.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Link: “Circumcision – History and Recent Trends,” by CircInfo.net Professor Brian J. Morris … http://www.circinfo.net/history_and_recent_trends.html .. Note that Hinduism and Sikhism ban circumcision. I read that Buddhists also do not circumcise, nor do the modern Japanese, although the Ainu, the primitive original inhabitants of Japan did so.
Link: “The Effect of Male Circumcision on Sexuality,” by Kim D and Pang MG, BJU Int. 2007 Mar;99(3):619-22. Epub 2006 Nov 28 … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17155977 … The conclusion was that adult male circumcision led to a decrease in joy during sex.
ALICE’S VISION DURING A LONG MEDITATION: MEN AS CHILDREN OF GOD
MEN AND DESIRE
NONDUALITY
I AM THAT ETERNAL FLAME, A POEM BY ALICE B. CLAGETT
FOOTNOTES
Dear Ones,
THE FUTURE ROLE OF MEN
I see it can be very hard for men in these days of the great change. In aeons past, they have been the great Protectors, the Wise Shepherds of this World.
I had an interesting experience the night before last. My EMF (electromagnetic field) was huge, gigantic really. Joined to me in an etheric act of sex was a man.
Though he felt he was the only man, I sensed many men there too, each with a different woman.
Though each man felt he was the man performing this act, and each woman felt she was the woman performing this act, yet I sensed each was my own Soul, performing this act with my own physical body.
In one sense, we cause the act of sexual delight, each with another partner.
In another sense, we are the Cause, and we are the Partner.
In another sense, there is no Cause and no Partner, and yet, there is that Experience of Supreme Joy.
I had a vision once, in the early 2000’s. I was meditating in an Indian-style temple. It was during a long evening meditations, interspersed with some beautiful kirtan.
There was a courtyard outside. Both day and night it sparkled with blue white light, not just down near the ground, where people walked, but high up into the sky.
In my vision, Lord Krishna sat in the courtyard. His etheric essence filled the courtyard, shimmering out into the temple and the parking lot, and higher still. He held his hand out in front of him, at heart level, cupped.
In his hand sat a person playing kirtan, completely immersed in Divine love. The picture above reminds me a little of my vision.
MEN AND DESIRE
The fire of desire may seem uncontrollable. But Divine Masculine is its master!
The Shift occurs on realizing that the object of desire lies not outside us, but within us.
Desire begins to be felt, not by our body toward another person, but by our Soul toward our Human Form.
So Desire becomes manifestation of the Divine in this physical form. Fulfilled ceaselessly, in Highest Joy, as an act of creation, in the Now. (2)
NONDUALITY
Image: “Candle Flame,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 April 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Candle Flame,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 April 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0
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I AM THAT ETERNAL FLAME
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett 27 January 2015
I am that Eternal Flame.
I am the Light and the Life.
I am the Way and the One who has found it.
I am the Dark that shapes this Light.
I am the All.
I am that within the All,
nurtured and nurturing.
Always the flame.
Ever changing.
. . . . .
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written and published on 27 January 2015; revised on 19 August 2023
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FOOTNOTES
(1) I feel it is a mistake to imagine these are two separate people.
Rather, to me it seems this is a picture of the One God, at one with His Creation.
So then, as a man identifying with Godness, how can he look down on woman, who is one with him?
Is it not true that a woman bore us?
Who then is higher? Who lower?
If we are That, is She not the Source of That?
Guru Nanak wrote a beautiful prayer about this. See Link: “Raag Aasaa Mehala 1,” by Guru Nanak, Page 473 … http://www.srigurugranth.org/0473.html … Search the term: From woman … and then read the following text.
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Composite Image: “City Dome,” by Alice B. Clagett, 20 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
In a recent youtube video (recent as of January 2015), Bill Ballard mentioned a Dome over Hopi lands that he and other elders helped remove through Ceremony some years ago. This Dome had prevented the Hopi from accessing the energy of Earth’s electromagnetic grid. He remembered a past lifetime in which the Hopi and the Anunnaki put these Domes in place, to help the people of Earth experience the duality experiment. Part of the work Bill Ballard does right now is to create energy vortices that will allow Earth to clear the old energies through the new Light Grid of Earth.
i also have noticed an Energy Dome over Los Angeles, where I am right now. All last year, the eastern edge of this Dome was Barstow, California. When I left California in the Spring of 2014, the eastern edge of the Dome was literally sizzling with demonic energy, which was pinging down from the sky (where the Dome curved down to Earth) and zinging into electronic equipment in Barstow. When I returned in November 2014, the Dome was still in place; the eastern edge was still Barstow, but the drama of the situation was greatly relieved. The intensity of the demonic energy …. what I call ‘demons per square inch’ … was, I would say, ten times less than previously. Although still quite annoying, from my perspective, at least it felt no longer so very scary.
My feeling is, there are City Energy Domes over all the big cities on Earth right now. These domes are a natural effect of the feeling-thought forms of the people in the big cities, who live, more desperately than they know, lives of fear, anger, and the desire to escape their wretchedness through drugs. We humans living in large cities are out of sync with the happier state of those living in the countryside. The Earth we tread is also denser, darker, than the bright, crystalline Light of Earth in the countryside.
The City Domes, which have been noticed and reinforced by the Dark Forces, have a double effect during the Ascension process. They allow the Dark to continue to operate there, at least for a while, which is quite naturally perceived by the Dark as being to its benefit.
Then on the side of Light and Love (since in 3D, the two forces must always be in balance), the City Domes allow the rest of Earth to quite naturally rise in resonance, in harmony with the Incoming Light. So, because of the City Energy Domes, much of Earth … physical Earth … has been quite beautifully healed and uplifted.
I once thought: Gosh, too bad for those living in the large cities! They must continue to suffer a little longer than those of us living in the country.
But Now I think: What brave Souls are the city dwellers, who have, on entering human form, agreed to bear the burden of Duality a little longer than most, so that Earth may be uplifted with ease and grace.
Had they not offered up this selfless service, there would, without doubt, have been more geostressor events in recent years.
For those of us Lightworkers living in the big cities right now, there is the work of pillaring, through our own pranic column energy; of creating energy conduits through which the Dark in the Domed Earth realms can find its way, little by little, through pinpoints of Light in the surface of the Domes, to the energy of the new Light Grid of Earth.
The Dark is very cautious in nature. It hopes to keep all as is, status quo being quite the thing. You might say, it represents the conservative force of nature.
Image: “Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva seated on lotuses with their consorts, Saraswati, Lakshmi and Paravati respectively. ca 1770. Guler, India.” “The three greatest Hindu deities are shown here together with their consorts. They are sometimes regarded as a trinity, who together represent aspects of the supreme godhead. The four-headed Brahma, holding copies of the oldest Indian sacred scriptures, the Vedas, together with his consort Saraswati, symbolises the power of creation. Next to him the blue Vishnu, with his consort Lakshmi, represents the energy that upholds and preserves creation. To their right Shiva, with his wife Parvati, embodies the power of destruction. All three divine couples sit on lotus flowers, which are one of the most ancient Indian symbols of purity and spiritual power. This painting may have been made for the enjoyment of a local nobleman or ruler and was probably the work of local artists in north-west India.” … from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brahma,_Vishnu_and_Shiva_seated_on_lotuses_with_their_consorts,_ca1770.jpg … public domain
Image: “Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva seated on lotuses with their consorts, Saraswati, Lakshmi and Paravati respectively. ca 1770. Guler, India.” “The three greatest Hindu deities are shown here together with their consorts. They are sometimes regarded as a trinity, who together represent aspects of the supreme godhead. The four-headed Brahma, holding copies of the oldest Indian sacred scriptures, the Vedas, together with his consort Saraswati, symbolises the power of creation. Next to him the blue Vishnu, with his consort Lakshmi, represents the energy that upholds and preserves creation. To their right Shiva, with his wife Parvati, embodies the power of destruction. All three divine couples sit on lotus flowers, which are one of the most ancient Indian symbols of purity and spiritual power. This painting may have been made for the enjoyment of a local nobleman or ruler and was probably the work of local artists in north-west India.” … from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brahma,_Vishnu_and_Shiva_seated_on_lotuses_with_their_consorts,_ca1770.jpg … public domain
This reminds me of the ‘Trimurti’. a Hindu concept that personifies the cosmic energies of creation, maintenance and destruction. Three Gods make up this Triad: Brahma is the Creator. Vishnu is the Maintainer or Preserver. and Shiva (aka Maheshwara) is the Destroyer or Transformer.
These three forces are interacting here on Earth, right now, as the Incoming Light (Brahma, the Creator), ‘the Dark’ (Vishnu, the Preservers … aka ‘the Controllers’), and the Lightworkers who are anchoring the Incoming Light (Shiva or Maheshwara, the Destroyer … aka the transformers or alchemists).
And this is pretty funny: These three forces are always playing together, creating the Lila, the Divine Play of Duality. Yet the ‘Controllers’ perceive the ‘Transformers’ as pretty radical, dangerous beings. And vice versa. Yet all must bow to the Incoming Light!
Filmed and published on 11 January 2015; revised
Previously titled: Offering Up Demons
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Gesture of Warding: Offering Demons Up to God
Postlude: Music of Chris Zabriskie and Images: Sunset in the Santa Susanna Mountains
Dear Ones,
Why do we sometimes see demons and devils? How can we send them off to God? Here is a video by me, followed by an edited Summary of the video. The Postlude features the music of Chris Zabriskie and images of sunset.
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice.
I have a gesture that you can use, in case you feel that you’re seeing or sensing or hearing demons. You know, the Buddhists are very conversant with the Demon World, and they spent a lot of time, in the sacred texts, writing about the state of mind that we need in order to avoid demons.
And the problem with demons is, that they cause leaks in our energy field, so that the true magnificence of our Souls cannot shine forth as well as it is intended to do. So, as we proceed on the path of enlightenment and self-realization and awareness, what frequently … in fact, probably most of the time … happens is that our LIght … the Light of our Souls … becomes much brighter than the Light of people around us.
And in the fourth dimension, it attracts the attention of Demons. Not that they are not all around, everywhere, anyway … but when you really start practicing, the Demons really start noticing.
So that is why the sacred texts of many religions explain what to do; because people on the Spiritual Path need to know this thing.
This includes Christian texts, and the power of Prayer, and Selfless Service, and Recollection, and Contemplation, and Meditation, for instance, in the Christian way.
And in the Hindu way, it includes the power of devotional singing and chanting, the way of bhakti … and other ways, too. They have a whole science about it. Bhakti is a very pleasant way to avoid demons, because that Sound … that Sacred Sound … is always going in the back of our heads.
Then in the Buddhist texts, I was reading, the other day, about the way that we can cultivate our minds, so as to have a mind that is so clear … so devoid of snags and hooks and attachments and desires, and all that, that demons cannot get a toehold.
So there are all these teachings out there to help us: Prayer … prayer is immensely important. And lifting ourselves up to the notion of the Divine, because where the Divine is … where Christ is, where Buddha is, where the notion of Brahma becomes a true thing in our lives, where we walk the path of the Dharma, where we feel the presence of Lord Krishna … Those are not spaces, in any Dimension, where any Demon can be.
But nobody is perfect. And, on the Spiritual Path, people do run into Demons, Devils, stuff like that, every once in a while. So I was very pleased to find out about this very eloquent and very simple gesture that a person can do.
Gesture of Warding: Offering Demons Up to God
The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
I think it is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. So I will just step back and show it to you. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God …
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 1,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the beginning of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are cupped, palms up, hands near each other in front of the body at the level of the navel point … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 1,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the beginning of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are cupped, palms up, hands near each other in front of the body at the level of the navel point …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 2,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the second part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms forward, arms spread out from the sides at the level of the heart … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 2,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the second part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms forward, arms spread out from the sides at the level of the heart …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 3,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the third part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms spread out from the sides of the head at the level of the crown chakra … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 3,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the third part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms spread out from the sides of the head at the level of the crown chakra …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 4,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the fourth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms raised up above the head and shoulders’ width apart, about a foot above the head, close to the level of the ninth chakra … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 4,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the fourth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms raised up above the head and shoulders’ width apart, about a foot above the head, close to the level of the ninth chakra …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 5,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the fifth part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is beginning to move forward. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, little fingers touching, about three inches above the head, at the level of the eighth chakra … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 5,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the fifth part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is beginning to move forward. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, little fingers touching, about three inches above the head, at the level of the eighth chakra …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 6,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the sixth part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is placed forward, and some weight is upon it. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, little fingers touching, with the wrists touching the top of the forehead. The person places the right foot forward and bows the head … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 6,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the sixth part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is placed forward, and some weight is upon it. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, little fingers touching, with the wrists touching the top of the forehead. The person places the right foot forward and bows the head …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 7,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the seventh part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is moved back and placed next to the left foot. Hands are relaxedly cupped, near the level of the crown chakra, forearms up, elbows bent and out at the sides at the level of the heart chakra … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 7,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the seventh part of the gesture, the person is standing. The right foot is moved back and placed next to the left foot. Hands are relaxedly cupped, near the level of the crown chakra, forearms up, elbows bent and out at the sides at the level of the heart chakra …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 8,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the eighth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms extended outward at the sides at the level of the high heart, elbows relaxed … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 8,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the eighth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms extended outward at the sides at the level of the high heart, elbows relaxed …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 9,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the ninth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms extended outward at the sides at the level of the navel point, elbows relaxed … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 9,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the ninth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Hands are relaxedly cupped, palms up, arms extended outward at the sides at the level of the navel point, elbows relaxed …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 10,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: In this, the tenth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Arms are relaxed down by the sides, fingers pointed down … COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Image: Offering Demons Up to God 10,” self-portrait by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com …
DESCRIPTION: In this, the tenth part of the gesture, the person is standing, feet shoulders’ width apart. Arms are relaxed down by the sides, fingers pointed down …
COMMENT: I think this is a Buddhist gesture to offer the energy of the Demons and of the Demon world, up to God. The complete gesture of warding is this: The person is standing up. The hands are cupped, palms up, in front of the body at the level of the navel point. Then the arms are slowly and gracefully spread wide in a sweeping arc, and find their way together above the bowed head, with the cupped hands raised like a chalice just over the bowed forehead, as the right foot is placed forward and some weight is placed on the right foot. You will notice that the hands are cupped, as if you are holding water in your hands. But what is really happening there is that you take the demon energy and you offer it up to God. Then the right foot is placed back near the left foot as the hands once more arc wide away from the body, and are lowered to a resting position by the sides.
Postlude: Music of Chris Zabriskie and Images: Sunset in the Santa Susanna Mountains
[Then follows “Prelude No. 2” from the album “Preludes” by Chris Zabriskie, CC BY 4.0.]
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 4,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 4,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 5,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 5,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 6,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Sunset in the Santa Susana Mountains 6,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 January 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
See also: Link: “Our Demon Armies, the Power of Discrimination, and the Experience of Non-Duality,” by Alice B. Clagett, published on 9 January 2015 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6hi ..
Matt Kahn is so great! His message here reminded me of a teleseminar with Peggy Black the other day (1), where she said something like: Instead of judging yourself when your heart feels closed, just notice how safe it makes you feel. Then when your heart is open, notice how THAT feels. (2)
BUDDHIST TEXT ON DISCRIMINATION
Reminds me of a Buddhist text on the mental faculty of Discrimination, the full text of which is at the bottom of this page:
Link: “The Dharma Essentials for Cultivating Stopping and Contemplation” [by the Swei Dynasty Shramana Chih-i of T’ien-t’ai Mountain’s Dhyana Cultivation Monastery, translated into English by Dharmamitra (Taisho Tripitaka 1915)] by Haein, 24 July 2016 … http://www.buddhism.org/the-dharma-essentials-for-cultivating-stopping-and-contemplation/ … the section starting “If one engages …”
Also see footnote (3).
To paraphrase this short section, if we cast the searchlight of discrimination on our recollections, then this is the ‘demon net’ … but sitting still, and ceasing to discriminate, is the mark of the Dharma [what the Sikhs define as ‘the path of righteousness’].
ASTRAL STORIES AND UNCONSCIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Amongst the astral stories now circulating in the clair realm, the ‘searchlight of discrimination’ might also refer to the recurring video clips circulating through the Unconscious Thought Cloud of the World. Terms like “You are a homosexual,” “You floor me,” “You have no personality,” “Love on the internet is not for me,” “We have no relationship,” and with regard to all the world religions and their beliefs, the strident assertion that the next guy’s religious beliefs are not true.
ON USING THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION
The thing about all these worldwide samskaras or ‘malspeak’ is that they unconsciously perpetuate the notion that I and other are two separate things. That anything different from my beliefs is false … when we all know, in our hearts, that beliefs are a mere mental sketch of the underlying Reality of All that Is. This underlying Reality is but One, not dual. There is One fabric of our Universe, One Truth, One experience of supreme joy, unconditional love, universal peace. All is One.
In our realization of this Oneness, the power of Discrimination can help or hinder. Swami Jnaneshvara (‘Swamij’) has an explanation from the writings of Patanjali; see …
Link: “Yoga Sutras 1.5-1.11: Un-Coloring Your Thoughts,” by Swami Jnaneshvara … https://swamij.com/yoga-sutras-10511.htm… the section labeled “Five kinds of interfering thoughts”
Here is a paraphrase of this short section: There are five kinds of thought: knowing (whether our knowledge be correct or incorrect), imagining, the deep state of sleep, and memory. Each of these prevents us from realizing the Self. The neutral witness is not attached to these thoughts. Recognizing each, he cultivates only this one: correct knowing.
So, using the power of Discrimination to cultivate correct knowing is A-Ok, from the perspective of Advaita.
See the section on defilement of noble qualities … search term: (vii) What is their defilement (sa”nkilesa)?
See also the section on cleansing of noble qualities … search the term: (viii) What is their cleansing (vodaana)?
So, on the way to purity of beingness, there are many sorts of discrimination that must be set aside so as to move into the realm of Right Thinking.
HOW TO OVERCOME OUR DEMON ARMIES
Buddhist texts speak of our ‘Demon Armies.’ This is not just a colorful descriptive term; in fact, it’s an obnoxious reality in the lower planes of the dreamtime realm (the fourth dimension).
Image: “Mara failing to tempt Buddha from attaining Enlightenment and also failing to capture the Golden Throne as well. From a wall painting at a monastery in Penang, Malaysia,” by Hintha, 20 December 2010 … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mara_demon_nat_and_Buddha.JPG ..
What with the Awakening and the incredible quality of the new Incoming Light, these days more and more folks are awakening to the wibbly-wobbly reality of the dreamtime realm, while they are still anchored in physical form here on Earth.
So it is good to consider the causes of our association with the Demon Armies, and to learn how we can disengage from them.
RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF DEMONS
Please see … Link: “The Dharma Essentials for Cultivating Stopping and Contemplation” [by the Swei Dynasty Shramana Chih-i of T’ien-t’ai Mountain’s Dhyana Cultivation Monastery, translated into English by Dharmamitra (Taisho Tripitaka 1915)] by Haein, 24 July 2016 … http://www.buddhism.org/the-dharma-essentials-for-cultivating-stopping-and-contemplation/ … Search: Chapter 8 …. especially the section beginning: “Desire is the foremost …” and the following three sections, ending “… two [different] suchnesses.”
Also see footnote (3).
THE NON-DUAL STATE: MASTERY OF THE DISCRIMINATIVE FACULTY
The non-dual state (5) arrived at when we master the Discriminative Faculty is beautifully expressed in the Mul Mantra of the Sikhs. This state of beingness is not merely the domain of the Ascended Masters, but the birthright of all humankind. In this video, Snatam Kaur chants the Mul Mantra …
Which reminds me of what Mooji said in his video on Christ Consciousness; to paraphrase: Christ is not a person, and not a man. Rather, his is a energy that is me, and is you. Here is the video …
(2) About that, Gerardo Zamora wrote me on Facebook recently:
“I have been paying attention to how my heart opens and closes, open and closes…I find it so interesting when is open I feel so free, when it closes I feel I am protected…but of what? thx”
To which I responded (best guess): “Hi, Gerardo, Thanks for this interesting question, it really made me think! I’ve been paying attention the same way, and have been getting the same feeling…. When you ask that question, did you mean protected from what? Like, what causes it to close? I think maybe it’s that, either in this lifetime or in past lifetimes, we’ve learned to identify certain stimuli …. be they physical sensations or clair sensations … as dangerous.
“For instance, maybe our heart reacted to a certain stimulus by closing tight at a moment of great danger … say, when a sabre-toothed tiger attacked. Or when we met a fierce opponent in a war. Or in this lifetime, when something very threatening happened. Or like that.
“So now we’re carrying what they call ‘Soul wounding’ there. Which means, the same or similar stimuli will automatically cause our heart chakra to close. So for me, my practice right now is, as you said, to watch my heart opening and closing. And then to become aware of the stimuli that cause it to close. The theory being, that the awareness itself will break the chain of automatic reactions, and after a while, my heart will be more often open.”
(5) “Nondualism, also called non-duality, means ‘not two’ or ‘one undivided without a second’ … It is a term and concept used to define various strands of religious and spiritual thought …. It is found in a variety of Asian religious traditions … and modern western spirituality, but with a variety of meanings and uses …”
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