Aquarian Creations: 10/01/2009

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Sacred Sight -- A Canuck Gives Thanks

The driving force behind the work at "AQ" is the freedom to be.

Lady Louise 1111 - Aug 03/2009

Every single life form, from the smallest nano-something to infinity has the right to life -- no matter the strangeness. For example; I had an encounter this morning with a tiny "scor-der" or "spid-ian"(?). The minute bug, was on the far wall in my shower.

I was washing my hair and saw a speck on the wall rotate -- hmmm... wierd. I leaned in for a closer look. It was turning counter clockwise, stopped when I got closer and just hung out. No big deal. It was almost too small to see, but had long front arms with pinchers on the end...

Scorpions are rare in our neck of the prairies...some poisonous creatures live in the southern grasslands and coulees, like the rattlesnake or black widow. Did this little thing hitch a ride back from Writing on Stone a few weeks ago? I kept my distance in case.

"Shower Scor-Dian?" - Oct 11/2009

I left it alone to scrub up. As I contemplated the creature, life felt very random. Scorpions are a sign of solitude and protection. I do like to my alone-time to recharge and I was thinking of more protective service I can do...

What IS my purpose?

David Wilcock offers a product to help people ascertain this very thing. His site is a goldmine for seekers. Check it out here:

http://divinecosmos.com/index.php/online-store/what-is-my-purpose

As my purpose clarifies, I reassess regularly. I find ways to incorporate love and beauty with a call to action. Do I have courage and energy for all that needs to be done? Are the ideas aligned with the necessary skills? Which is the hill I'm going to live on?

Is this how Barack Obama feels? I wonder how he's doing? His recent Nobel nod was an interesting move. In my opinion, changes we all hope for must be acted on individually. Obama represents change, but can not be expected to do the work on his own. I hope he doesn't feel alone.

Obama's humble Nobel response was succinct and real -- children are grounding and help us maintain perspective:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28132.html

Is it possible to define a defining moment in the now? Is this how William Wilberforce felt? His work with slave abolitionists, was one of the first grassroots human rights movements. Did he know he would change the worldview? I believe so.

Did he really have a theme song? One of my favorite get -off-the-couch-and-do-something movies is "Amazing Grace"...it is also the tune I use to sing the Oonahnahmae Uni-Verse poem. You can read our poem here:

http://www.aquarian-creations.ca/gratitude_inspiration/

What happens when a purpose fills you, guides you to unlikely places and there is no How-To handbook? Maria sang it best..."I have Confidence in Confidence alone..."

Sometimes, when I wish I'd created a more status quo life, I sing "How do you solve a problem like Rebecca?" I laugh my way out of thinking I'm a martyr...uncover more bad "habits" I can shed, then clear the way to "Climb Every Mountain"!

Attitude of Gratitude:

Today is the mother of all Grat days (in Canada). I am thank-full, for everything..."Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..."

Fall Foliage - Oct 2008

I have a great family, a cozy home, 5 minute commute, equipment to build my craft... and high-speed access to the world-wide-web...Good ole' WWW -- what would life be like without it? It informs and entertains, educates and enlightens.

Death of a Species?:

Somewhere between Sound of Music showtunes and rinsing hair, my shower visitor fell off the wall and drowned in a drop of water.

"Every scor-der dies, not every scor-der truly lives..." Did that critter live to its fullest? It impacted me. I don't know what else it did...Perhaps the first in a species? Did it manage to reproduce...? Who knows?

On Righting Humanity:

Like the premise in Braveheart, I am most grateful for Freedom. Freedom of mind, body and spirit. It is what I live for -- and then to use what I am to pay it forward...

"Barbie Cone" - Charlottetown, P.E.I. - July 2009

There are many ways we can become fully awake and aware in this life. One of the fundamental tools I used in the early stages of leaving "The Program" (to free myself), was the UN Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

If we don't acheive these rights and freedoms in our lives and homes, is it any wonder society has work to do? With so many spouses/parents controlling each other and/or their children, is it any wonder we stagnate as a populace?

The Oonahnahmae Pro-Ject:

Further to the UN Human Rights mentioned above, Aquarian Creations supports those of children as well (due to some specific needs). Adults can choose their lives, despite poor decision making. Children can not.

Any use of other life forms to gain power, indicates primitive society (to me). Any "Developed" nations who bargain shop here, while children work in factories (rather than in school), have inner work to do.

And we all know factories are only the beginning of our response-ability to children...

While concern for others is noble, it becomes a cover-up. A way to keep our selves busy. We must clean up personal viewpoints, our family activities, community belief systems...go up and out from there. Like they say...point one finger out, three are back at you.

Economics are a challenge. An empowering place to begin, is by considering whether or not your current employment is value-adding work?

If it isn't, how do you change your job to make it so? Leaving a company or town isn't the answer. We can stop passing the buck as of now. Current positions can be changed via intent, immediately.

What would the world be like:

If one generation was able to grow up nurtured and nourished, educated and free-thinking?

If one generation was able to walk upon an illuminated path, with only their shadow selves to balance...?

Beautiful!

"A Light Unto my Path" - Johnston Canyon Trail, Banff Ntnl. Pk, AB - Summer 2003

November 20th is National Child Day in Canada.

Are you doing all you can in your community to increase the standard of living for your children. It takes a village...

"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi

For more information:

Canada's November 20th - National Child Day.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncd-jne/index-eng.php

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children

http://rightsofchildren.ca/news

Monday, October 5, 2009

Sacred Sights: "It is Pictured..."(Writing on Stone Hoodoos - Alberta)

Writing about the pictures and hoodoos at Writing on Stone, is in a word, ironic. I have been trained to show, not tell. We decided to visit Southern Alberta late last week. It was still hot outside (45 degrees Celcius in the coulees) and a blizzard could arrive any time.

I was amazed by the immediate sense of serenity as we walked the ridge to the visitor centre. Writing on Stone is one of numerous Alberta sacred sites. Many nations have converged for centuries, on the banks of the gently winding Milk River.

Limestone rocks provide shelter. The river feeds a valley oasis and provides alternative transportation. Portions of the area were also used as burial grounds. One of the most intriguing practices, to me and Jen, was that burial rights included placing the dead in high ledges amongst the cliffs, or in the tops of trees.

While Writing on Stone facilitated life and death transitions, it also became an ancient library of said rights and passages (including vision quests). It was humbling to see images older than accepted history, still telling tales. I wondered a few times, if my work would last 100 years with current data storage issues...never mind up to 100 centuries!

In a few skillful strokes, ancient peoples communicated clear lifestyle information we can study to present day. The Petroglyph (below), was located much higher on the cliff face, than other scenes. Thus indicating higher water levels (at one time) and erosion in the Milk River valley...or the use of a rope and harness to repel down the cliff to create.

As we toured the ancient petroglyph sites, our guide made great arguments for the import of visual communication. She discussed defacement of the stone art. "Modern" etching is considered grafitti, rather than a contribution to human history, because it is pointless to future study. Or is it? We don't know what future scholars (if there are any) will value.

She did however highlight inefficiencies of initial carving, where many lines are required to scribble "So-and-So wuz here, 1974". Aside from being a crude attempt at immortality...if English is a living language in five to ten thousand years (doubtful), our guide stated, initials tell us nothing about S0-and-So.

We'll never know what his/her shelter, food, tools, transportation, dress or behaviour was like. But, I ask, could this be the point? So-and-So may have had nothing good to say about a possible uprooted and disenchanting life. Or he/she may have been uneducated as to the value of ancient communication or very academic, with the thought rock art was passe.

Michelangelo (and many others) would disagree. We will never know actual motivation behind people's actions, many times they don't even know. To an artist, initial could amount to the equivalent of carved baby-talk, but charming as a ditty from a lover on a moonlit solstice evening... Merit is determined by cultural/personal values at any given time.

I admit a preference for stylized prairie scenes, to messy chicken scratch. Foresight, which would have helped preserve some of the stone work, is something elders pass on. Pioneer generations did not have access to such wisdom. Their elders remained in Europe. Settlers relocated based on false advertising and youthful zest, without the means to return home or birth control.

Sacred sites and liminal zones, provide rich opportunities for increased understanding. I saw a symbolic culture clash, recorded in timeless media. One side not being respected, the other not respecting themselves...How can you give something, you don't have?

As people go within to work and reflect, healing of great magnitude is occuring. None are to blame for ignorance and all have a divine light within. When you know better, do better.

The beautiful petroglyphs we saw depicted; fighting or birthing techniques, clothing changes, representations of historical boundary loss (between Alberta and Montana) and the clear value of horses in this valley.

Writing on Stone is an english name, and perhaps clumsy translation, taken from the aboriginal Aisinai'pi, meaning "It is Pictured/Written". You can get more information at - http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1935/ as well as many sites through your friendly search engines.

Without further ado (er' scribbles of my own):