Hockey or Afghanistan????? Social Media and Pride over Destruction in Vancouver

Comments from various blogs on the Internet


"These aren't 'fans', they're idiots and they don't represent Vancouver Canucks fans. The fans inside Rogers arena are true fans with class, they cheered on the Canucks after the game ended, then they applauded the Bruins and stayed to watch them in their glory. True hockey fans, not the very few immature idiots on the street."


"Hey, i admit this is pretty sad and they need to grow up but these people are just drunk/high idiots that wanna cause trouble. But you must know that us other canadians and canucks fans are just sitting at home mad at them too because the truth is that this is not what vancouver or canada is about. Their sore losers but dont let it reflect on who we are as a city or a country :) "


"It's pretty sad that the people downtown have resorted to a riot. GROW UP! At least the fans in the arena were mature and respectable, they cheered the Bruins and gave a few standing ovations. Vancouver Canucks gave us a good run! It's been a long time since they made it past even round 2. Be thankful they made it all the way to a Stanley Cup Game 7."


"Do you really think that people take a hockey loss so seriously that they would do damage to their own city? NO... these are just drunk sh*t disturbers that are using the loss as an excuse to cause havoc... shame on them, although I'd like to see the VPD taking stronger measures asap, zero tolerance!"


"As a Canadian, I am embarassed that anyone is doing this. I am not a huge hockey fan but I was cheering for the Canucks. HOWEVER, Boston played hard and deserved to win, congrats! Please don't let the behavior of these idiots reflect on the rest of Canada. We are not the only ones to have started riots during sporting events, and sadly, won't be the last. It is a sporting event, yes tempers do flare but seriously, grow up! I try to teach my kids who play other sports that you play fair and someone has to win, someone has to loose. No one likes to loose but Boston deserved to win. Again, deep apologies for these idiots ruining this. It seemed planned from the start. And remember, most of us are adults and know how to act!"


"Sad thing is...16 of the 22 Bruins ARE CANADIANS!! Only 3 Americans played that game...such a sad day in Canadian history.I don't care who started it,they should be held accountable for all the senseless damage & destruction!! I feel bad that our children hafta see this kind of unsportsmanlike behaviour!!"
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110615/bc_stanley_cup_riot_110615/20110615/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=926588&page=4

I saw this guy. People around him started gathering around him and getting on cell phones.

There were people there not interested in the hockey game. Holding 2011 Riot signs and gas masks -- not interested in the hockey at all.
I'm riding the train back home and I get to hear a group of 20-somethings brag about the damage they caused and talk about picking up their car at a station, then driving back across the border to Washington.

I'm shocked. Vancouver had viewing parties for 3 games before this, and then some *******s come to crash our party.


Our economies are about to go bankrupt, corruption is at an all time high, wars all over the world....but we riot only after a *ucking hockey game! !!!!


MyGreekSpirit *Rolls her eyes*

Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse

A partially eclipsed full moon hangs in the evening sky over Belgrade, Serbia, on Wednesday during the start of a total lunar eclipse. The sight heralded thelongest and deepest total lunar eclipse seen in more than a decade.

"The path that the moon is taking through Earth's shadow is almost directly through [the shadow's] center, making for the longest possible path and so the longest duration," said Ben Burress, staff astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California.

Earth's shadow started to darken the moon around 18:22 universal time, or UT (2:22 p.m. eastern time). The period when the moon is completely engulfed in Earth's shadow—known as totality—began at 19:22 UT and lasted for almost two hours.

"The last eclipse that was as long as this one was in 2000, while the next won't be until 2018, so this makes it a somewhat rare event."

(Submit your June 15 lunar eclipse pictures and we may run them on National Geographic News. Be sure to use the word "eclipse.")

—With reporting by Andrew Fazekas
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/pictures/110615-total-lunar-eclipse-solar-space-science-june-2011-google-totality/

The energy for tomorrow’s lunar eclipse is starting to build, and it’s likely to have a profound effect on many of us. The eclipse will peak at the moment of the Full Moon at 4:14 pm Eastern.

This is a Full Moon in Sagittarius, the sign that represents our search for meaning. Sagittarius describes the Truth that we create for ourselves, and the urge for expansion and adventure that drives us in search for that Truth. The Gemini Sun opposes the Sagittarius Moon, urging us to integrate the Gemini/Sagittarius polarity of knowledge and learning. In Gemini we learn with an open mind; in Sagittarius we seek understanding and discrimination between that which is true and that which is not true. Gemini opens us to new experiences but lacks discrimination; Sagittarius creates more rigid ideology but learns discernment. Neither is better than the other, but the two require balance.

A conjunction of Mercury, Gemini’s ruler, to the Gemini Sun will weigh the balance heavily in Gemini’s favor, activating the mind to be curious and wide awake, processing our life’s experiences through the realm of thoughts and ideas.  This can take us away from the emotional heart where wisdom can settle and become integrated into our life, and a conjunction of Chiron to Neptune in the eclipse chart suggests that there is still soul work to be done.

This eclipse is a powerful one as the Sun and Moon are only one degree from a conjunction to the nodes of the Moon.  The lunar nodes are not planetary bodies but are points in the sky where the Moon crosses the apparent path of the Sun from our earthly perspective.  The nodes are connected with our evolutionary progress and eclipses are said to occur when a lunation (Full or New Moon) occurs in proximity to the nodes.  Because this alignment is so tight, within one degree, this is a total eclipse and it contains greater astrological meaning.

Saturn has just changed direction to travel forward after a retrograde period, and it is still virtually stationary as it begins to pick up speed for its journey in direct motion.  As the planet of structure and responsibility, Saturn requires that we build a container in our lives for the transitions that are to come.  Saturn is traveling freely now, unencumbered by aspects to other planets which can create stress as we struggle with the process of how to apply focus in our lives.

In the eclipse chart Uranus and Pluto are lining up in a powerful aspect that is likely to create intense ripples of transformational energy through all of the political systems as well as our personal lives.  The square of Uranus and Pluto will be closer in July than any time this year before beginning their actual dance next year, but the pieces are falling into place.

This eclipse is an opportunity for us to examine our belief systems (Sagittarius) and keep an open mind to new ideas (Gemini) that will help us to create new structures (Saturn) for the change and transformation that is to come (Uranus/Pluto).  Yet the heart must remain open, because the work of the soul (Chiron/Neptune) is not yet complete.

So enter into the journey of this eclipse free from fear, and with a spirit of adventure and curiosity and all will be well!

http://astrodynamics.net/blog/2011/06/14/sagittarius-lunar-eclipse-and-full-moon-june-15-2011/

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar-eclipse-june-15-2011.html

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Asclepius, the god of healing

In ancient Greece, over 2,600 years ago, medical centers dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing, blended the best aspects of physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual healing arts. At these sanctuaries, healers offered their compassion and skills to all who came for help. Now, in another day and time, the Asclepeion Center for Body Mind Therapy shares this mission, intense desire, and journey.

In Greek mythology, Asclepius was the originator of medicine and healing. Ancient depictions of Asclepius show a moving visage of infinite compassion, combined with a vigorous, athletic body. His staff, the caduceus, a rod entwined with two serpents, remains the symbol of medicine today.

According to legend, Asclepius was the son of Apollo, the Greek sun god, and a beautiful mortal woman, Coronis. While pregnant, however, Coronis fell in love and took a mortal lover, paying for her infidelity with her life. Yet, when it came to the unborn child, Apollo relented. He beseeched his brother Hermes, the guide of dead souls to the underworld, to pluck the still-living child from his mother’s womb.

Apollo named his son Asclepius and carried him to a remote cave in Crete, where he entrusted him to the care of the centaur Chiron—half horse, half man. Chiron was a wise, gentle, compassionate immortal—who also was thought to have taught Achilles, Jason, and other ancient Greek heroes.

Chiron acted as a mentor to Asclepius, instructing him in the boy’s own passion: the healing arts. Asclepius became skilled in surgery and in the use of drugs. As a young man, he left the cave of Chiron to serve humanity.

Temples dedicated to Asclepius by grateful patients became the first hospitals. Such a shrine was called an Asclepeion. The main center dedicated to Asclepius was the great theater and sanctuary at Epidaurus, located at a sacred spring that bubbled out of a hillside near the thriving city of Corinth.

Epidaurus became a celebrated place of retreat and renewal—a great cultural and healing center that used spiritual, psychological, and physical approaches to healing. Treatments included diet, exercise, rest, medicine, hands-on healing sessions, healing herbs, prayer, assigned study, drama, chanting, dream analysis, clearing the soul of painful memories, and sometimes visitation from the gods during sleep. Asclepius was believed to appear in dreams in various forms, including that of a snake, to give healing guidance to those who sought it.

Legend further tells us that Asclepius had seven children, who all became physicians and nurses. His son Machaon was a skilled surgeon, while Poaleirios was an expert on internal diseases. One of his daughters was Hygieia, goddess of health and cleanliness; another was Panaceia, or “all-healing.” Machaon and Poaleirios appear as characters in Homer’s Iliad, the ancient Greek saga of the Trojan War, as commanders and military physicians of the Thessalian army.
Athena, goddess of wisdom, gave Asclepius a powerful gift: the blood of the snake-headed Medusa, which contained the power to kill or to heal, even from death itself. But when, as legend tells us, Asclepius began to use it to revive mortals from the dead, Zeus, the king of the gods, was affronted by the prospect of humans sharing immortality with the gods. Hurling one of his thunderbolts, he killed Asclepius. But the great healer became a constellation among the stars, and the healing arts that he had brought to humanity continued on.

The Ancient Greeks revered Asclepius, rather than the historical figure of Hippocrates, as the founder of medicine. Many see the Hippocratic tradition—with its emphasis on documenting and defining specific diseases—as directly opposed to spirituality and healing rituals such as those used in the Asclepeion temples. Yet, the famous Hippocratic oath, to which medical physicians still swear today, begins with an invocation “To Apollo, the physician, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panaceia… 


“ http://www.asclepeion.com/pages/about/ourname.htm

To Nisi apo tin arhi - The Island Episodes from the beginning

The island of Spinalonga (Greek: Σπιναλόγκα), officially known as Kalydon (Καλυδών), is located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, in Lasithi prefecture, next to the town of Elounda. The official Greek name of the island today is Kalydon. Originally, Spinalonga was not an island, it was part of the island of Crete. During Venetian occupation the island was carved out of the coast for defense purposes and a fort was built there. A popular name for the island since Venetian rule is Spinalonga. During Venetian rule, salt was harvested from salt pans around the island. The island has also been used as aleper colony. Spinalonga has appeared in novels, television series, and a short film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinalonga

http://spinalonga.com/spinalonga-island/the-island/

Elounda hotel at Plaka
opposite to Spinalonga and very close to Elounda and Agios Nikolaos

The apartments have fully equipped kitchen with refridgerator  , if you like to cook meal
for you or for your children.

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Secret Garden Meditation

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 After a simple relaxation exercise,you follow a story were you relax in a hammock in your very own secret garden. Lying in the shade you contemplate an issue of your choosing while enjoying the clarity of the meditative state of mind.

Valcano In Chile Delays Flights around the world

http://www.volcanoes.com/

Flights in South America were resuming late on Tuesday, after being disrupted by clouds of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile, BBC News reported.

Argentina's main airport in Buenos Aires had reopened, though some smaller airportsremained closed. Ash blowing across Argentina after the Puyehue volcano began erupting on Friday had grounded most air travel to and from the country for much of the day, the Associated Press reported:

Since airborne ash can severely damage jet engines, Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral, the country's state-owned international and domestic airlines, canceled all flights within Argentina as well as to and from other countries. At least six international carriers also suspended flights between Buenos Aires and cities in the United States, Europe and South America, and flights from Chile over Argentine territory also were suspended.

This was the first serious eruption of the Puyehue volcano since 1960, when the area was hit by a massive earthquake. The volcano is about 500 miles south of Santiago in the Andes mountains. The eruption prompted Chilean authorities to order the relocation of at least 3,500 people as it sent a huge ash cloud into the sky, according to the Wall Street Journal. Many people have refused to evacuate despite living below the volcano, according to the Associated Press. Michael Dobbs, a volcano expert at the University of Santiago, said that could be fatal, explaining that the "eruptive column," more than 6 miles high, could collapse, suddenly releasing molten lava, toxic gases and other material measuring on communities below.

On Tuesday, Argentine officials were monitoring the spread of the ash, which had been blown across the Andes, and they were expressing concern that some volcanic pollution could reach Buenos Aires province and the capital, BBC News reported.

Ski slopes in the Argentine resort of Bariloche, about 60 miles east of the volcano, were blanketed in ash. Shifting winds have pushed the ash cloud back and forth across southern Argentina and Chile.

UPDATE: QANTAS have grounded all flights in and out of Melbourne Airport from 6pm as ash from a volcano causes havoc.

Already air travel to New Zealand and Tasmania is in turmoil with an estimated 5000 passengers already affected by the monster ash cloud from a Chilean volcano, which has begun to drift over Victoria, with the worst of the plume set to hit by 10pm.


And worse is possible as the Puyehue volcano in Chile spews tonnes more ash into the atmosphere causing problems worldwide.


Late this afternoon, Qantas said it was making the dramatic decision for safety reasons, in a move expected to cause chaos for holiday makers.


Soon after Jetstar and Tiger Airways also confirmed the cancellations.

Tonight, Virgin Australia has joined Qantas in suspending all domestic and international flights in and out of Melbourne as a plume of volcanic ash drifts across from South America.


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/chile-ash-cloud-hits-tassie-nz-flights/story-e6freuy9-1226073795786

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Virgin's Sean Donohue said 34 domestic flights and one international service would be suspended from 7pm (AEST).

"We have been closely monitoring the situation all day," he said in a statement.

Reiki

Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.

Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body.

The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy also as in spiritual healing. There is a difference though. In spiritual healing, a person with a strong energy field places his or her hands above a particular part of the recipient's body in order to release energy into it. So, here the healer is the one who is sending out the energy. In Reiki, however, the healer places the hands above the recipient; however, it is the recipient that draws the energy as needed. Thus, in this case, the individual being healed takes an active part in the healing process as opposed to having a passive part in spiritual healing. The individual takes responsibility for his or her healing. The recipient identifies the needs and cater to them by drawing energy as needed.

Although there are a few positions in which the practitioner is in contact with the patient (such as cradling the head), most Reiki treatments do not involve actual touching. The practitioner holds his or her hands a few inches or farther away from the patient's body and manipulates the energy field from there.

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Just for today, I will not worry.
Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings.
Just for today, I will do my work honestly.
Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing"

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Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop lololol

Kisses for Lapierre - Whistle your way to the cup !!!

Max Lapierre makes the funniest faces and is very entertaining to watch. The canucks in gereral are a very annoying team to play and like to get under the skin of the opposition. Burrows and kesler try hard to play whistle to whistle but sometimes the urge to talk smack is too great and they give in. Most people dont know this but the sedins love to annoy and troll the other team too. How many time have you seen Henrik give the opposing goalie a snow shower lol.

Burrows, kesler the sedins where all taught how to troll from the great jarrko ruttu. I dont understand y the media and people get so upset about the canucks antics. I personally think its funny and very entertaining. But, the un-original bruins turned the finger taunt into a side show. If they did it first it be cool but there not as witty as max Lapierre and had to copy him.

So the moral of the story is Max Lapierre shouldn't have too play whistle to whistle and I really hope AV or anyone else in the canucks organization isn't telling lappy to play whistle to whistle. He gets under the skin of the Bruins advantage Canucks. Just let the boys play no1 should be telling them how to play its all up to them now.


http://forum.canucks.com/topic/306198-max-lapierre/

June 2011 Eclipse

Astrological Trends for JUNE 2011

The Hub of Activity

By Dipali Desai
The month of June blasts off with a turbo-charged Solar Eclipse in Gemini at 11 degrees on June 1st, 2011. Quick zip fly by of communications happening. Share your ideas, exchange information and networking highlighted. The influence of a Solar Eclipse is felt for over a twelve month phase if you have set a clear intention. On June 14th/15th a Total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius at 24 degrees will be felt on an emotional level. This influence of the Lunar Eclipse is noticeable waves for up to six months from the day of. We must examine which limiting beliefs keep emotional wounds festering.
Drifting into daydreams, shying away from mundane details we feel the energy shift of Neptune (June 3rd/4th) and Chiron (June 8th/9th) in Pisces both move into Retrograde phase. Our energy in relation to those themes becomes introspective. We may feel a bit disoriented or spacey as well as sensitivities increase. It is wise not to over-indulge in alcohol or mind-altering substances such a drugs as there may be unusual reactions. Take your time to ground your energy before venturing out into the world.
Other big news on the astrological front is Saturn in Libra at 10 degrees going Direct / energy moving outward in expression again. Wherever Saturn in Libra is planted for now, a seriousness or concentrated energy may be felt in tangible ways. We will begin to address relationships of all types again and make concrete changes to establish harmony. Jupiter enters Taurus until 2012 and activates a “Trine” aspect to Pluto in Capricorn retrograde.
Upside down, right side up, unleashing creative energy, theTides of Change moving things all around and washing away what is no longer serving us. Some food for thought: The Solstice gateway at 0 degrees Cancer, (considered to be a power point), is a connector from the Total Lunar Eclipse on June 15th to the third Solar Eclipse in Cancer on July 1st while keeping the Uranus Pluto Square buzzing with energy! The month ends with rockin' and rolling energies towards incredible new beginnings and turn of events helping us to get our appetite for Life going. Stay tuned...

http://celestialspace.wordpress.com/monthly-astrology-article/

Cobram Estate - Oil from the Gods

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The business is the leading producer and marketer of premium Australian extra virgin olive oil and owns Australia's number one home-grown olive oil brand. It is also a manufacturer of olive harvesters, owners of Australia's largest olive tree nursery and olive oil bottling, storage and laboratory facility.

Cobram Estate's Fresh & Fruity Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Champion Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil of Show and Champion Commercial Extra Virgin Olive Oil at the Spring 2010 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show.

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Cobram Estate is proud to have been the first local olive oil producer certified as ‘Extra Virgin’ under the Australian Extra Virgin Code of Practice. Since our earliest beginnings we have also voluntarily adhered to the highest Australian and international standards for Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Our difference is that we are vertically integrated, giving us absolute control and full traceability over all stages of production.

From tree to table, our in-house experts such as agricultural engineer Leandro Ravetti and olive specialist Pablo Canamasas ensure we produce only the best range of olive oils. Following our strict and exacting standards, Cobram Estate produces award-winning oils in 2 ranges,the Premium and Everyday Range. The Premium Range is our boutique range, showcasing the best oils selected from the year’s crop. These contain single origin oils with purity of flavour and a full manifestation of varietal characteristics. The Everyday Range is our range of freshly pressed and blended oils, crafted by our expert tasters and blenders to suit a variety of palettes and dishes.
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Charlie Chaplin's Smile

                                              

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

Charlie Chaplin

One of the few true entertainers. 

He truly believed in the power of communication - and he didn't needed words for that.

His work is always a reminder of the simple most powerful things - love, smile, kindness. He created a world in which word are obsolete and deceiving. Emotions through body movement is the main attraction and the true expression of the soul.

He dedicated his life to entertaining. He was an innovator. He was a person always looking to better himself as a professional and a person.

And he believed in his art fully. 

After the premiere of "City Lights" released in 1931, two years after the sound films took conquered Hollywood, in the enthusiastic applause of the public he allegedly whispered to himself "I won".

It was the triumph of a spirit that would change the world with a smile.

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!”

Charlie Chaplin 

http://its-all-for-love.blogspot.com/2010/04/charlie-chaplin-16-april-1889-25.html

Pathos mou Lathos mou - Nomikou

Turkish Lullaby

Spoty spoty, little baby with beauty spots
Baby with pretty pretty hands with henna
His/her mother father loves him/her very much
Sleeps and grows (my) coddled/petty baby

Spotty spotty sporden,
Calves walked into vegetable garden
Gardener, go get them out
Don't let them eat the cabbage

Spotty spotty spotter,
A moon is born from mother
Whom God bestowed with all beauties
May God save him/her from evil eyes

Chronos - Saturn

Saturn’s Greek name is Chronos, meaning time. Saturn gets a bad rap for causing delays, heartache, pain, and frustrations, until we submit our will and do what is demanded by the world in which we live. The planet Saturn represents the limitations, of our bodies, the consequences of our actions, and the laws that govern them, in the world that we live in. Karma, keeping the records, and noting all your actions is what Saturn does. It is the last planet of our universe that we can actually see with our naked eye, it is our limit. The planets that come after, like Uranus, Neptune and Pluto we can’t see with the naked eye. They are spiritual and influence us on a spiritual level. While we are on Earth, we have to bow to the ways of this world. We don’t have to agree we just have to be humble and humble our wills. We are ruled by time, our bodies succumb to time, and it is time that ultimately takes us. What are delays but time interrupted, standing still or seemingly in reverse? Denied that which we want, until we do what is appropriate, called for and demanded of us. Saturn doesn’t ask you to agree, just submit. When you were a child your father didn’t ask you for your opinion, he said do it or else. Once you did what your father wanted you to do, father gave his approval. So does Saturn. It rules hard work, very hard work. As we grow older your physical father cannot make you do things, Saturn does. By doling out the consequences of this world, he is your father. Once you can govern yourself though, you don’t need your physical father or Saturn to discipline and guide you. Once you can discipline yourself, guide yourself, and then are you ready to go beyond Saturn to the outer realms of Uranus, Neptune and to the planet Pluto. Then you can move confidently and safely into the spiritual realms. 
Saturn demands that we submit our wills to the realistic, material plane, and bend in humility to something bigger than ourselves. Saturn rules the knees, knees bend and bow down. Saturn is also exalted in Libra the sign of marriage and relationships and no where else are we tested more and required to submit ourselves to another. Sometimes, we as humans like to dive right into thing things we are not ready or prepared for, and run away when it gets too tough. The very things we desire most are held back, and denied under Saturn’s influence. We haven’t learned enough about it, we may be going about obtaining it the wrong way, or we lack the experience, we may have been unwilling to subjugate ourselves or bend, bow and act humbly enough. We might not deserve that which we desire so much. So Saturn delays the activity. Delays make us think more about what we want or feel we lost. They humble us. Saturn answers the question, “Why?” Saturn’s lessons are not in vain though and after the tears and the struggles, we bend, and submit to the world and Saturn gives back three fold, it’s up to us to decide that if after all that time we still need or want that which Saturn delayed. Saturn is the gateway to the spirit world, towards greater spirituality and truly being a spiritual being. Saturn is the door to what is beyond it; beyond Saturn and our world. This defines one of the differences between Vedic, or Eastern astrology which doesn't’t acknowledge or use the planets past Saturn. Eastern or Vedic astrology, is concerned with marriages, and succeeding in this world and fulfilling material ambitions. It is concerned with the visible or the world in which we see. Western astrology is concerned with the invisible would as much as the visible world. Western astrology goes beyond, the planet Saturn and deals with the invisible influences of all the planets past Saturn. The world we don’t see, beginning with Uranus. You cannot succeed in the spiritual world without hard work, succeeding in the material world, on the earthly plane, in the visible. You have to prove yourself worthy before you are allowed past the gate keeper Saturn, to the outer realms and the invisible. How can you succeed on the spiritual plane if you cannot bend to this world? You don’t and you can't.
We are in a pivotal time in our collective incarnations that demand we submit our wills to the material world that we live in, and then move on the outer realms of our spiritual destinies. It's no coincidence that we are experiencing a financial meltdown of sorts. We have to stop and fix the things of this world before we can call ourselves spiritual beings. It's no coincidence then that Saturn is opposing Uranus, standing at the threshold of our spirituality and saying "focus on what's wrong with the Earth first". Don't ignore the financial problems or the corruption or the filth that's around you. Work hard, clean it up, fix it and then and only then can you get your freedom, to go beyond, into the spiritual realms.
http://www.terrynazon.com/saturninvirgo.html

Oli andres lene ta idia - Sakellariou - all men say the same things

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Cup of Enlightenment

Hyakuten says:


A cup of tea …
a cup of enlightenment!"
A cup of tea can make us rise above the duality. In an act of having a cup of tea there is no good/no bad, no gain/no loss, no success/no failure, nothing but the absolute equality. While we enjoy a cup of tea we are in time and space of calm and peacefulness beyond the duality, and that is a state of Satori or enlightenment.

Komyo Reiki Kai® Purpose -As we believe that the basis of genuine happiness is good health, we strive to improve the mind and body, and maintain optimal health by means of daily Reiki Ryoho practice. Through Reiki practice, we continue to cultivate and uplift our spirituality in order to attain the ultimate objective of Reiki Ryoho, which is “Satori” (individual enlightened understanding). Komyo Reiki® is a gateway to this spiritual awakening as well as to "Anshin Ritsumei" (absolute inner peace).