The Burning Ground
Here in the Land of Oz we are well acquainted with the phenomena of fire and how it regenerates many plant forms that do not seed unless they are burned. The gumnut blossoms pictured here are beautiful and their flower petals are soft and delicate to touch. Yet they flower on the hardy gums which survive in the harsh Australian summer. It is an appropriate vision on which to ponder.
The Grand Trine in Fire that is holding form in our solar village at present is a reminder of the healing properties of the fiery spirit which is expressing itself in our world. In the esoteric writings of the Tibetan Master DK, he speaks of ‘the burning ground’.* It describes a stage of initiation that is a required and necessary prelude to a great release. It is apt to focus on this now as the Grand Trine links Jupiter in Sagittarius, Saturn in Leo and Venus in Aries. These 3 planets link to Neptune forming a Kite – which is the release of new impulses of spirit from deep within the human species.
Hidden away in Pisces are three foci quietly moving into a major conjunction. They are Mercury, our humans cognitive minds; the Karmic North Node; and Uranus, the enlightener. Not many people can handle lightning through their bodies, but we hear the stories of people who do. Such is the power of Uranus for it is one of those ‘outer’ planets – a transpersonal one that influences entire generational soul groups. It has an interesting link to Sirius, the bright blue star we see at night. According to scientists, it takes 8.6 years for the Light from Sirius to reach our planet. Uranus has an approximately 8 year cycle. 8 is also the cosmic lemniscate depicting infinity and is often referred to as the number of the Christ. This all links together because what is hidden there in Pisces, is our Christing.
The Sojourn with ShaVrill (our original team from Shamballa), was held on Saturday just prior to the Full Moon Eclipse. We were advised to indulge in the ritual of washing our feet. We were instructed to literally scrub away the residue of the Path we have trodden until now and anoint our feet to find the Way through to the next Stage of The Path which is new, unknown and to be created as we go. Many of us did this and are wondering if this was the meaning behind the ritual recorded at the time of the Christ’s incarnation. It is a wonderfully releasing and nurturing physical, emotional, mental and spiritual experience. This Grand trine in fire links directly to the Full Moon in Aries, the Easter Full Moon, the time of the releasing of the Christ seed and the resurrecting of our divinity within our planetary world. It may take a while to settle, to gestate, to surface and flower, but it eventually does.These two March Eclipses are like pillars that border a corridor between now and the September Eclipses in the same signs. The Virgo chrysalis holds deep within it the Pisces Christ seed.It may seem twee to remind ourselves to have Faith in the Will-To-Good that IS emerging within our human species. I feel intuitively that this Grand Trine now will burn the ground that will release the seeds at Easter. Much is hidden and much is to be revealed. Some, we may not like, but it is always good when Truth emerges for it stands on its own, unchallenged. It is easier to ‘cope’ when we KNOW we are dealing with reality. On a personal level, many will agree, that deception, and not knowing, is harder to process than the Truth.We do not always know how this Christing emerges – sometimes it is fiery, sometimes breezy, or perhaps gentle and kind. It is always wise, loving and brings miraculous healing. The gospels and writings we have as records of the Christ may be embellished, but his teachings are more important than any phenomena associated with the life of that Avatar. We tend to glamorise great beings and wise Teachers, and hold onto the often fabricated stories. We create religions around these events and people and in that, we may well be missing the essential Truth of their teachings.
Regardless of our mental capabilities, our beliefs or our cultural heritage, the Christing of humanity is well and truly seeded and its flourishing depends upon our own readiness and willingness to integrate the energies. He demonstrated the Solar Ray of Love – Wisdom and since that time, humanity has been opening from the solar plexus to the heart chakra, and from our secular planetary world, to the greater Solar Village.
I suggest you keep a copy of this posting printed out to read with the next memo – which shall be my last until Easter itself. I shall be in transit across the planet shortly and the Easter message will be written within the blessed energies of Hawaii and the mainland of USA.
For now, Venus is a fiery Goddess – and every culture has a name for her! It is interesting to see the Women’s collective movement rising in fury at the inequality of pay and opportunities in our still very patriarchal (Saturn in Leo) world. That is more obvious in some cultures than in others, but the hidden is indeed more difficult to tag.
Ponder upon the pottery vase, the vessel holding the precious water which nurtures the flowering branches. Beautiful Venus will be in earthy Taurus at the time of the Easter Full Moon.
We continue then to know and renew ourselves deep within, for the Truth will release our true beauty through faith, hope and Love.
Blessings.
* Reference: Esoteric Astrology – Vol 3, A Treatise on the Seven Rays. Page 357. Master DK through Alice A Bailey. Lucis Trust. 1979 Twelfth Edition.
** The edited version of the Annual Shamballa lecture, October 2006 is now available. See Consultancy Page. ***Chapter Five of Pendulum will be posted later tonight. It has been a great challenge for me personally and is much revised. It is superb timing. See Pendulum Page.