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Sri Varahi resides in Ajna chakra. She controls time and its flow. Even though she is considered ugra devata and needs ugra shanti, when used to control and eliminate diseases, or eliminating ari-shadvargs like kama, krodha, etc. she is mild and can be used safely by one and all. Indiscriminate use can be harmful.

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A Wolf And The Ovvum Of Shakti

I am going through some very, very interesting days. I feel such a connection with the Divine One and with the forces of nature in and around me. Some of the things that I experienced yesterday evening were intense. And I say that in a good way. I had been reading in the Tantrik glossary that I had found. I had read about Mica being the ovvum of Shakti. It just so happens I have a nice piece of mica on my Earth table. I went to my Sacred Space and moved it into a more prominent place. I moved on to other subjects and forgot about the mica. Later in the evening I started winding down and I began my evening prayers. I take my time with my evening prayers, doing it in gradual small steps and incorporating my prayers into wrapping my daily activities up for the night. I was standing in the circle facing North and my Earth table and was gently swaying as I meditated and prayed. Suddenly the image of a wolf popped into my head. I immediately thought of the Earth element and looked over at my table. The last of the evening light combined with the light from the candle flame was causing the mica to reflect an aurora of color. I gazed at that and felt myself surrounded by an incredible hardwood forest. I was excited to see the wolf's full-size image there in front of me in my mind. I was only able to enjoy it for a moment because I guess from my excitement (I had trouble just "being" with the wolf...I tried...but my mind within my mind was skipping around too much) the wolf ran off. It was super nice while it lasted. I continued to enjoy the play of colors on the mica and went on with my evening prayers.

This morning has had a more direct approach about coming into being than yesterday's morning. I think I have read about a Hindu Goddess or Deity associated with the Dawn before. I'll have to put that on my list of things to get into today....I just had a thought about last night. What if I had sort of tapped into the energy of Shakti through my Mica and Shiva manifested as a Wolf in my mind to see what was up. Interesting...

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Dream Dakini

In Tibetan Buddhism a Dakini or Khandroma is a type of female spirit. The name translates as 'she who traverses the sky' or 'she who moves in space' or, more poetically, as 'sky walker' or 'sky dancer'. The Dakini are generally of volatile or wrathful temperament, and act somewhat as a spiritual muse, or inspirational thought form for spiritual practice. Dakinis are energetic beings in female form, evocative of the movement of energy in space. In this context, the sky or space indicates shunyata the insubstantiality of all phenomena, which is, at the same time, the pure potentiality for all possible manifestations. There are four types of Dakini. The secret nature is The Dakini of Voidness or The Empty Nature of Reality called Prajnaparamita. The inner nature is The Dakini of the Mandala a Meditational Dakini. The outer nature is the physical form and is attained through The Completion Stage Tantra practices such as The Six Yogas of Naropa. The outer-outer nature is the human form. Dakini is also a kind of wisdom queen that is hugged by a male deity in Yab-Yum.

In medieval Hindu legend Dakini is a female imp in the train of Kali who feeds on human flesh. They are comparable to malevolent or vengeful female spirits, deities, imps or fairies in other cultures, such as the Persian peri. The chief deity who has control over such malevolent spirits is Hanuman. There are many Hanuman mantras to win over a Dakini. The most famous ones being, Panchamukhi Hanuman Kavacham, and Saptamukhi Hanuman Kavacham. Dakinis have come to be seen as "guardians of the deeper mysteries of the self", and it is through them that the secrets of inner transformation are opened.

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Today's Gift From The Cards: Five Of Wands

This card represents some sort of struggle, either with ourselves or with someone or something in the external world. If you are under this card's influence today, it will seem like everything is against you and that everything is going to go wrong. It could also indicate an inner struggle where we think we want or need something but it might not be what we truly want or need. We have to get our priorities straight if this is the case. We have to find an agreement within ourselves or between ourselves and another in order to work with this card. We have to work toward finding harmony in our lives.

As always, these daily Tarot card offerings are based on Sarah Bartlett's interpretation of the cards.

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Today's Gift From The Cards: Three Of Wands

The two key words for this card are preparation and foresight. We should explore future possibilities and prepare for the possibility we see best for our life. It is time for us to use our knowledge and show others that we know the way forward. We must keep in mind the obstacles we will face along the way and make the best plans we can to be able to overcome them. Wow....that went quickly....It was pretty straightforward today! Let me post the picture and then we'll talk about other things for a minute.

Just an update on the Chakra series...I have gotten the material ready to do my first post on the Root Chakra or Muladhara, and I have also gotten together all my material on Swadhisthana, but I started struggling with my Manipura material. I intuitively knew that it meant I needed to spend a little more time on Swadhisthana before I moved on to Manipura. So...this series may take a while to unfold....sorry guys...we all progress at different rates. The sad part is that I've been working at my Chakras for years just to get to where I am. Anything, or any goal you want is worth going the distance for though, right?

There's a light rain falling where I live this morning and it's quite nice. Call me nutty, but I really love rainy days. They have always seemed like days of growth and renewal, a day for planning and drawing maps. Look out over the landscape and see what you can see today....okay?

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