my stroke of insight

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard's neuroscientist, talks about her experience of consciousness expansion during a stroke in 1996. I found it absolutely touching - and not because of the somewhat "preacheresque" tone of the lecture. It's great to see somebody with scientific knowledge experiencing something we've known for so long, and bringing it to the light out of the mystical/esoteric spheres. Highly recommend. Subtitles in Portuguese.


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into the fog

I am not an astrology freak. You know the type: the ones that don't put their feet out of bed in the morning without consulting the stars. I am more likely to let life flow and don't really check my transits except when I am about to take some important step. Or when I begin to observe patterns in my daily life, and then I have no choice but take a look at the sky and see what's going on.

Since a couple weeks ago I found out I was getting clumsier than usual. I also began to lose and forget things - I've been forgetting essential items in my grocery list since 3 weeks ago! My energy levels also have been decreasing. My body fights to stay in bed in the morning, and my legs and feet are often heavy and hurt. I like to have one or another beer once in a while, and also a couple weeks ago I was feeling like drinking almost everyday. Last weekend, getting ready to leave the house, I could not find an outfit that could help me not to feel "sloppy". I've been also approached by people in need of help that ask me to "take a little look" in their charts or read the tarot.

Yes, you've guessed. Neptune is here. Yesterday I checked out my transits and found out that it is exactly 120 degrees from my Sun. A perfect and neat trine. And since trines are not always the agents of heaven's grace, as many believe, it's good I start to use my friend's energy to something constructive or I'll end up getting sick - the Sun is the physical body. My experience tells me that when we are naturally attunned to the energy of a planet, its transits don't use to be really devastating because we know how to deal with that force. I don't really tend to get lost in the neptunian fog because I've been dealing with it all my life and I know the shortcuts. In my case, Neptune is one of these planets. So, I am now pondering how I can restart a yoga program (interrupted since I was 8 months pregnant), give more attention to my social art projects or simply wipe the dust off my drawing table - have not been working since almost a month, occupied with other not-so-fun professional activities. Anyway, I am expecting nothing less than a sea of inspiration in this interesting phase.

under a little construction...

Stars with Tea now is Artessence. Because is maybe a better name to accommodate all my musings on the soul languages.

Just a bit more time before changing the url and links.