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Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology Newsletter
April 4, 2007
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"When Jesus said 'I and the Father are one,' he meant that he was
connected to the raw data feed of pure experience."
-Tim Boucher, http://www.timboucher.com/journal/
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The "SACRED UPROAR" revival ritual at The Marsh in San Francisco on
March 28 was deeply pleasurable--one of the high moments of my life.
Thank you to everyone who came and joined in downloading the raw feed
from the Divine Wow.
I hope to do more SACRED UPROARs in the future. Stay tuned.
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My book
"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
is available for sale at http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
To read news and features from the book, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/2uhvjl
Here's an excerpt from the book:
EVIL IS BORING
When an old tree in the rain forest dies and topples over, it takes a long
time to decompose. As it does, it becomes host to new saplings that use
the decaying log for nourishment.
Picture yourself sitting in the forest gazing upon this scene. How do you
describe it? Would you dwell on the putrefaction of the fallen tree while
ignoring the fresh life sprouting out of it? If you did, you'd be imitating
the perspective of many modern storytellers, especially the journalists
and novelists and filmmakers and producers of TV dramas.
They devoutly believe that tales of affliction and mayhem and corruption
and tragedy are inherently more interesting than tales of triumph and
liberation and pleasure and ingenuity. Using the machinery of the media
and entertainment industries, they relentlessly propagate this covert
dogma. It's not sufficiently profound or well thought out to be called
nihilism. Pop nihilism is a more accurate term. The mass audience is the
victim of this inane ugliness, brainwashed by a multibillion-dollar
propaganda machine that in comparison makes Himmler's vaunted soul-
stealing apparatus look like a child's backyard puppet show.
At the Beauty and Truth Laboratory, we believe that stories about the rot
are not inherently more captivating than stories about the splendor. On
the contrary, given how predictable and omnipresent the former have
become, they are actually quite dull. Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing
fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing in despair is a bad habit. Indulging in
cynicism is akin to committing a copycat crime.
Most modern storytellers go even further in their devotion to the rot,
implying that breakdown is not only more interesting but far more
common than breakthrough. We reject this assumption as well. We don't
believe that entropy dominates the human experience. Even factoring in
the prevailing misery in the Middle East and Africa, we doubt that the
Global Bad Nasty Ratio ever exceeds 50 percent. And here in the West,
where most of you reading this live, the proportion is lower.
Still, we're willing to let the news media fill up half their pages and
airwaves and bandwidths with poker-faced accounts of decline and
degeneration. We can tolerate a reasonable proportion of movies and
novels and TV dramas that revel in pathology. But we also demand EQUAL
TIME for stories about integrity and joy and beauty and bliss and renewal
and harmony and love. That's all we ask: a mere 50 percent . . . .
For the rest of "EVIL IS BORING," excerpted from
*PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia,*
go here:
http://tinyurl.com/2crfdf
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To read other news and features from my book, go here:
http://snipurl.com/l9o3
You can buy the book here:
AMAZON
http://snipurl.com/krjj
BARNES & NOBLE
http://snipurl.com/krjn
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OTHER PRONOIA RESOURCES:
LIFETIME PRONOIA HALL OF FAME AWARD: Byron Katie, author and
teacher
All the references below concern Byron Katie's work:
VIDEOS
Click on one of the 5-minute snippets under "The Work in Action"
http://www.thework.com/
BOOKS
*Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life*
http://tinyurl.com/27ejy9
*A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are*
http://tinyurl.com/24bevm
*I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval,
and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead*
http://tinyurl.com/2d67ow
BLOG
http://www.byronkatie.com/
"An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says, 'Get
honest; inquire.'"
INSTRUCTION
How to do The Work
http://tinyurl.com/2ya52x
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They're not advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning April 5
Copyright 2007 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On April 1, 1976, British astronomer Patrick
Moore told his radio listeners that a rare configuration of Jupiter and Pluto
was occurring. So dramatically would it affect Earth's gravity, he said,
that they might feel lighter than usual, and perhaps even be able to float
up into the air. I'm wondering if we can expect a similar phenomena this
week. There's a rare grand trine in fire signs, with Jupiter in Sagittarius,
Saturn in Leo, and the sun in Aries. Especially for you, the buoyancy
factor will be in full play, and levels of levity will be at a maximum. If you
can't actually fly, you'll probably get higher than you've been in a long
time.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "It is by going down into the abyss that you
recover the treasures of life," wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell.
"Where you stumble, there lies your treasure." Keep those thoughts
uppermost in mind, Taurus. You've dared to crawl down into the abyss,
and that's admirable. But now comes the most important part: your
stumble. Be alert for every detail about it. It's the key to your future
treasure.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is the universe inherently friendly to human
beings? The answer's got to either be yes or no. It can't be in between.
Whatever you might be inclined to believe, you've got to agree that
there's no way to know which is true with absolute certainty. So then
isn't it stupid and self-destructive to live your life as if the universe is
unfriendly? Doing so tends to cast a pall over everything. But if on the
other hand you proceed on the hypothesis that the universe is friendly,
you're inclined to interpret everything that occurs as a gift, however
challenging it may be to figure out its purpose at first. Your assignment
this week, should you choose to accept it, is to live as if the latter theory
were true.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Depending on which surveys you choose to
believe, the job satisfaction rate is either abysmally low or surprisingly
high. Sirota Consulting, an attitude research company, found that 76
percent of all workers like their jobs. But the Conference Board, a
management advisory group, put the figure at less than 50 percent.
Wherever the truth may lie, you Cancerians have a great chance to skew
the data upward during all of 2007. And you're now in a phase that offers
the best possible opportunities for getting that prospect in full swing. I
suggest you concentrate on upgrading your relationship to work in every
way you can imagine.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This week features a spectacularly beneficent
cosmic portent. Jupiiter, Saturn, and the sun are forming a grand trine in
the fire signs. The last time this happened was 80 years ago. While many
uncanny redemptions will germinate during this electric grace period, not
all will become immediately visible; some may even take years to reveal
themselves. But there's one phenomenon that I suspect will show up
vividly in the lives of many Leos: a vision of how to restructure your life
so as to express your unique individuality in the most creatively satisfying
ways. Pay close attention.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Dalai Lama, one of the planet's
superheroes, was born during a rare grand trine of Jupiter, Saturn, and
sun in the water signs. This week those same planets will conduct an
equally extraordinary grand trine in the fire signs. At the very least, I
expect the birth of a sublime being whose benevolence will one day match
the Dalai Lama's. I also suspect that millions of other wonders will hatch, a
disproportionate amount of which will be engendered by you Virgos. Your
fertility is at a peak, as is your knack for creating interesting goodness
and cathartic beauty.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Dear Rob: I'm wondering if you have any
information about spirit husbands, especially about how to meet them and
release them. Someone once told me that before you can find your
actual husband, you must first meet and release your spirit husband. I'd
appreciate any info, as I think I had a close encounter with my spirit
husband last night, but scared him away. -Lovesick Libra." Dear Lovesick:
I confess I've never heard of "spirit husbands" before. But I do know this:
You Libras are in an astrological phase when you'll have great success if
you try to exorcise ghosts, fantasies, and projections that might be
interfering with you having actual relationships with real soul friends and
soul mates.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "I am fragile, delicate, and sensitive. That is
my strength." The Indian spiritual teacher Osho said that, and I hope you
will now make a similar vow. The power that you'll have available to you in
the coming weeks will be very different from the power that conventional
wisdom admires. It will be a moral force that stems from your courage to
be joyfully awake in the face of chaos . . . a luxurious gravitas that's
rooted in your lucid vulnerability . . . a resilient authority that grows from
your determination to meet every challenge with humble innocence.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One of my readers, Native American
Ruth McLeod, reports that she has never mentioned the Easter Bunny to
her young kids. Instead, she tells them about the Easter Coyote, the fun-
loving, mischief-making spirit of spring whose job it is to hide goodies and
play tricks, thereby lightening people's moods and getting them to take
themselves less seriously. I expect that you'll soon be getting multiple
visits from the Easter Coyote, Sagittarius. Prepare to shed the heaviness
left over from March as you welcome amusing interruptions that will
tweak your perspective in ways that make you smarter.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "When you argue with reality, you lose
100 percent of the time," says teacher Byron Katie. So how do you cure
yourself of the bad habit of arguing with reality? Love what is, she
advises. Gladly and gracefully accept who you are and the life you've been
given. But more than that: Ask yourself whether the beliefs you have
about who you are and the life you've been given are actually true. Let's
say, for example, you've been infected with the belief that you'll never
get the love you want. Is that an objective, rock-solid fact about reality,
or is it a fearful fantasy? If it's the latter, then you don't even have to
argue with it. Just drop it.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Saturn and Neptune have been in opposition
since August, and will continue to be until late June. This omen tells us
that it's prime time to dissolve rigid, outworn structures in both our
personal lives and in society. Meanwhile, a grand trine in the fire signs is
now upon us, featuring Jupiter, Saturn, and the sun. To celebrate this
auspicious portent, you should think hard about how you can
communicate better. Make new connections and alliances that will serve
your long-term happiness. Scheme about how to get your good ideas
heard by people who can help you manifest them. And for extra credit,
Aquarius, meditate on how to coordinate the opportunities afforded you
by the fire trine with the creatively destructive possibilities offered by the
Saturn-Neptune dance.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Paul Revere was a hero in the Revolutionary
War, renowned for the midnight horse ride he risked to warn American
militias of an imminent British attack. After it was over, he sent a bill for
his work to the local rebel organization, the Committee of Safety. Four
months later he was finally paid, although with a sum lower than the one
he invoiced. Let's compare these details to your imminent future, Pisces.
First, I think that like Revere, you should ask forcefully to be rewarded for
your idealistic efforts. But second, don't be crushed if in response you're
treated as he was--paid late and in a smaller amount than you wanted.
Third, there's a good chance you'll receive additional compensation from
unexpected sources--maybe not exactly like Revere's lasting fame, but
something of value to you.
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