It’s hard to know where to start today as so much is going on. There is tension in the air and unexpected erratic behaviors that you will have to negotiate. On a mental level there is a desire to understand deeply what is happening, but don’t obsess. Today’s saving grace is a nice flow of creative energy which will serve the artist-within well. There is nothing fancy in flirting with danger. Why can’t people find the thrill by turning within? If you don’t experience this, you’ll be missing a spectrum of life that really does exist.~Prem Rawat
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 8.34 pm EST USA until 10.45 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
With the planet of communication and thought, Mercury, right next to the planet of transformation, Pluto, it’s an opportunity to dive deeply into matters that need close attention and investigation. As Plato says, Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. It also means communication can be more loaded than usual. Yet there is a lighter side as the moon is in social Gemini interacting with expansive Jupiter and engaging Venus making conversations and social engagements enjoyable.
For the next four days there is lots of emphasis on restructuring old psychological patterns, renewing one’s purpose and clarifying communications through effort. A theme for the day is working in partnership to ensure security. Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a Dog, It’s too dark to read.~Groucho Marx
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 3.35 pm EDST USA until 8.01 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
After a torrid day yesterday you will want to put your feet up. With the Moon in Taurus creature comforts are favored. It’s also a time where you can attend to finer details. You may enjoy detailed work like cross-stitch or cabinet making. For the coming week spirits are up and celebrations are called for. Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.~James Herriot
Today you’ll be pulled away from your sense of purpose and direction in a way that is very emotionally challenging and disruptive. What you choose to do with that tension is vital. You will feel stressed and have to choose between two sides of your personality. Again, physical activity combined with time for reflection can be an outlet. You only live twice; once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.~James Bond
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 10.57am EDST USA until 1.32pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
Jetsunma Ahkham Lhamo was an emanation in human form of Arya Tara, the holy mother of all the Buddhas. She was born in the province of Do Kham, in Ah Chog Drolhey village in the Bubor Mountains of the Palyul region of Tibet. This place has all ten positive auspicious signs present. Her father, Dorje, came from the highly revered family heritage of Mutshaga, and her mother was a wisdom Dakini named Gurutso. She was born around the later part of the eleventh Rabjung (according to the Tibetan Calendar), which corresponds to the later half of the seventeenth Century A.D. She was the youngest sister of Rigzin Kunzang Sherab.
She started her education with reading and writing at an early age, and she learned without much effort. Together with Rigzin Kunzang Sherab, she received many teachings from Terton Migyur Dorje and Khedrup Karma Chagmed, who was the emanation of (Lotsawa) Chogro Lhuyi Gyaltsen, as well as teachings from many other scholars and accomplished masters. With them, she perfected her study and practice of both Sutras and Tantras beyond any doubt. She entered with perseverance into single-pointed practice at various undisclosed places, and many meditational deities appeared to her and gave instructions to her. Through her practice she purified all illusory phenomena into primordial non-conceptual pure awareness, and became a ruler of the realm of Kuntuzangpo.
She lived on the mountain ridge towards the east of Palyul Namgyal Changchub Chöling (Palyul Monastery) and unceasingly turned the wheel of Dharma to a large community of Ani disciples, gradually turning that place into an expansive Ani Gonpa. Thus the location was called JOGONGDONG (nunnery on the ridge) and because of the huge numbers of nuns with red robes, that whole area has been called DRONGMAR TENG (red knoll village) ever since that time. In short, through turning both wheels of Dharma – both teaching and practicing – Jetsunma trained numerous students, not only as Buddhist scholars but many of them became highly realized practitioners.
The “AH” on the skull relic
When she saw that her activities to benefit the doctrine and her students had reached the limits of this lifetime, she passed into the peaceful Dharmata. While her holy body was being cremated, her skull flew over and landed on top of the throne of Rigzin Kunzang Sherab in the place where he used to give Dharma teachings. Since that time, that place has been used as a sacred cemetery and to this day, all the revered Lamas of Palyul Monastery have been cremated there.
Additionally, her skull has been used as THOEYAB during all major accomplishment ceremonies in Palyul Monastery to invoke the blessings even up to the present day. I heard there is an awakened reincarnation of her who has been born in America.
Ven. Gyaltrul Rinpoche carries the Kapala
Excerpted from Palyul Namgyal Changchub Chöling Ge Denrap, a history of the Palyul Lineage, written by Mupo, a contemporary Tibetan scholar and historian. Originally published in China, May 19, 2002, Seventeenth Rabjung Iron Horse Year. Reprinted in Taiwan. [Ed note: The first Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo has sometimes been referred to as Genyenma Ahkön Lhamo]
For the next several days it’s a time of reflection about where you’ve been and where you wish to go. It’s a time to look at the psychological barriers that prevent you from moving forward. There is an opportunity today to move in an unfamiliar but beneficial direction. There is a stronger tendency towards activism for the next several days and expect some disruption to plans. Conquer anger with non-anger; conquer wickedness with goodness; conquer stinginess with giving, and a liar with truth.~Dhammapada
Better to get on the soccer field than chew someone out today! There is lots of emotional energy that can be profitably channeled into physical activity especially if you find yourself feeling irritable and in a fighting mood. There is an offset. If you’re prepared to be authentically charming relationships will be more harmonious. There’s no better feeling than stepping out on the field and stunning them all by doing what none of them thought you could do.~Ashlyn Harris
