Ode to Rochelle

As AmeriKKKa Celebrates Their Christian Holly Daze...,
Remember Their True History...,

It Has Come Around Again...!
(Fr Facebook)


 

In the painting School of Athens by Rafaello Sanzio 
there is a figure in white looking out at the viewer.

The figure represents Hypatia of Alexandria, noted 
for her beauty and her brains, a celibate lady who 
was done to death in a dreadful way by Christians. 
However, R had to change her face to that of a man 
because of Church objections…  

When I first looked closely at this painting years ago 
I thought – “That’s me; I know that’s me!” 
     ~ Rochelle~ 

There is a definite newness and lightness in the air -
2016 is easy to write and has a flow to it.... let's see
how it unfolds.

 

White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)

"Magic Dogwood" - Cornus Florida
 
Ballerina Orchid
  
Anguloa Uniflora
  
Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)
  
Dracula benedictii
  
Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora)
 
(Whisk) Spider Flower

Carnivorous

Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)
 
Monkey Face Orchid
 
Hooker’s Lips (Psychotria Elata)
 
Abrus precatorius

Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora)

 
Antirrhinum
 
Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis)
 
Bee balm (Monarda)
  
Skeleton Flower - Diphylleia Grayi 
 
Strongylodon macrobotrys 'Jade Vine'
  
Fiddlehead fern
  
Coral Plant and its turquoise seeds
 





 

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Take care of oneself before others; only then is one able to serve appropriately...

Hmmm ... well put ...

more for the colour blends ... :0

Heaven & Hell; profound...

A big burly samurai comes to the wise man and says, “Tell me the nature of heaven and hell.” And the roshi looks him in the face and says: “Why should I tell a scruffy, disgusting, miserable slob like you?” The samurai starts to get purple in the face, his hair starts to stand up, but the roshi won’t stop, he keeps saying, “A miserable worm like you, do you think I should tell you anything?” Consumed by rage, the samurai draws his sword, and he’s just about to cut off the head of the roshi. Then the roshi says, “That’s hell.” The samurai, who is in fact a sensitive person, instantly gets it, that he just created his own hell; he was deep in hell. It was black and hot, filled with hatred, self-protection, anger, and resentment, so much so that he was going to kill this man. Tears fill his eyes and he starts to cry and he puts his palms together and the roshi says, “That’s heaven.”

No matter ...

No matter how much I say I am all that I am NOW
I still feel the panicky urge to go join another esoteric
school etc. I still base what I think I am on what has
been told to me...
I just want to bask in me and just flow with life;
listening to just me but somehow from time to time
I feel that I have to join, accomplish, be part of a
bigger group. All this in the name of group work is
fine. But I first have to have a base - a strong base
of a grounded sense of who I am before I become
part of a greater group. I have been part of a greater
group but because I did not touch base with myself
first I keep identifying with others (groups, teachers)
or things (knowledge predominantly) and getting my
identity through who I am in these groups. I want to
get that sense of identity by just being ME first - then
I want to be part of a whole.
Almost as R said, BE; then ACT. 
There is a tendency to just sink into the "bask in me
and just flow with life" drifting aimlessly but the trick
is to connect within and work at developing within;
work at developing a relationship with the outer world
without the interference of others' views and judgements
colouring who and what I am. Just using one guiding
guru (whoever that may be) who points out the way and
then charting my own course of experiential living and
development.
There is a tendency to get lost in groups especially if I
identify totally with the group and have no sense of
personal identity. Mass consciousness.
So I haven't had a sense of individual consciousness yet.
Ego individuality is there but from that point to find the
ego-soul connection which is personal and a journey of
discovery.
When this has been accomplished then group
conciousness may be developed without losing one's own
identity. One is able to contribute to world service without
the confusion and sense of overwhelm that happens when
the ground work of who I am has been firmly established.
So the spiritual journey I am on is a personal journey.
I am a leo - I am on a quest to discover my soul. This is
a personal journey and needing single pointed concentration
which is a cave experience. For now. Group work just
becomes scattering my energies around and not being
able to apply myself to the task at hand.
Much has been given me; shown me.
See if I can make something of it all.
Enough knowledge! Now it is time to apply it in my life
And let it bear fruit.

Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself. ~ Rumi

As R said, "First BE; then ACT".

Yes I think so too ... we are busy pursuing something we should
become that we forget we already are - therefore just BE ...