Shravana is about GOALS
The full moon is about receiving. The cosmos constantly gives us signs that we are on track or we are not on track. This full moon is about celebrating where you are on track.Maybe you don’t feel you have gained much because your goals are so massive they will take years to attain. Maybe you don’t feel you are on track because you are actually unclear about your goals. Where ever you are on your own personal journey, now is a good time to honor your progress.
Shravana is represented by the arrow held with firm intention, set in motion with unified purpose , flies through the air in a process of letting go and in trust of co creation. It either hits the target very quickly and seemlying effortlessness, with pure and complete concentration, vision and trust or it hits the target more slowly with repeated mistakes, determination, persistance and devoted effort.
GOALS
Does this word scare you?
Do you feel too much pressure because the goals of those all around you are speaking too loudly and you can’t hear your own ‘goal voice’.
Setting goals for yourself is big biz. This is one, maybe the most important mental emotional excersizes of your life.Thing is if you are normal, you will have to revisit your goals over and over again in life.
You may as well get into learning how to formulate goals, how to develop persistence and discipline to reach goals, how to be accountable to someone and yourself, how to be gentle with yourself, how to be strict with yourself, how to take a rest, how to keep going, how to celebrate your little successes, how to really enjoy each and every step along your journey…
ARE YOUR GOALS CLEAR?
Divide your life goals into
-physical
-emotional
-intellectual
-spiritual
WHAT DO YOU VALUE?
Do you value your time?
Do you value your effort?
Do you value your space?
Do you value your SELF?
What are your top ten life values?
What are the top ten things you value about yourself?
Do you value your own well being , healthy, beauty, peace of mind above all?
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE?
Why are you here?
What value to you add to this planet?
Don’t make the mistake of putting a money value on everything. This is a sickness of the current economic capitalist model.
What passions have you identified that are worth spending countless hours and years doing so that you that you can eventually have others call you , Master?
WHAT IS YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTiCE?
If you do not have a connection on the spiritual plane you will find life empty because you will not feel connected to source. There are ancient practices that are given to us.
Jyotisha belongs to the body of wisdom called the Vedas. Within this source of ancient mystical lineage is tools and keys for helping us with the meaning of life.
When you are going deeply into your goal process take a moment to reflect on one areas of this vedic wisdom called Ashtanga.
THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA- ASH TANGA
-YAMAS : five abstentions
-Ahimsa: nonviolence in thought, word and deed
-Satya: truth in word and thought
-Asteya: non-covetousness, not to desire something that is not yours
-Brahmacharya: sexual discipline, keep sex sacred
-Aparigraha: non-possesiveness
NIYAMAS-five observances
-Shaucha: cleanliness in body and mind
-Santosha: satisfaction, being satisfied with what one has
-Svadhayaya: study of vedas to have greater awareness to know God
-Ishvarapranidhana: worship, prayer
ASANAS-Discipline of the body and postures to keep the body free of disease
PRANAYAMA- control of breath so as to control your own body system
PRATYAHARA- withdrawal of the senses to focus inward, contemplation
DHARANA- concentration , staring at a candle for example, strengthens the mind
SAMADHI-merging with source energy aka God into bliss once the preceding disciplines have been reached.
This is ancient vedic wisdom given to us to help you make sense of this life and give you a direction with which to align your goals.
GOAL OF LIFE IS JIVA MUKTI
To be liberated while alive!
SHRAVANA FULL MOON
This full moon is powerful. The Sun is in Cancer and the Moon is in Capricorn.
Knowing where this energy falls within your own chart will help you know how this cosmic energy filters through your own special unique prism.
PAY ATTENTION
Are you on track?
Is it time to revisit goals?
Is it time to line up with your integrity?
Where ever you are along your own process take time to honor your successes.
NOURISH YOURSELF
Feed your body.
Feed your mind.
Feed your soul
This full moon is for celebrating your success before taking it to the next level.
Love Only,
Paddi
