“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”
In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature.
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito’s regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother’s abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor—all of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story—a twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe—a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.
Marina’s story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
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The latest James Bond movie “No time to die” was initially scheduled to be released in April 2020. But March 2020 happened, cinemas closed, and the movie was withdrawn from release.
On September 30th, 2021 the ultimate action hero is back – and even if I am not a big action movies fan, I definitely see this as a good omen.
Does the astrology of the month reflect this? Yes it does. Mars is the star planet of the month – not only does it play the lead role in both lunations (New Moon and Full Moon) but it ALSO starts its next 2-year cycle around the Sun.
When the Sun meets Mars for a new hero’s journey, there is a recalibration of spirit (Sun) with the principle of action (Mars).
Sun is the divine purpose and Mars is how we operate this purpose in the 3rd world, how we make things happen. Something new is lit inside of us. Since Mars is burned by the Sun, our renewed intentions may not be very clear just yet, however rest assured that the seed is being planted.
In October we ALSO have a record of 4 planets resuming direct motion. Mercury is still retrograde in the first half of the month, but the good news is that Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter all go direct this month.Things will become clearer as we move through the month, and a veil is lifted when Mercury goes direct on October 18th, bringing a sense of clarity and relief.
Retrogrades are important, because they are our opportunities to recalibrate… but there comes a time when analyzing and introspecting have run their course, meaning it is now time for ACTION.
Let’s take a look at the most important transits of the month:
October 1st-October 3rd, 2021 – Sun And Mars Opposite Chiron
From October 1st to October 3rd, 2021 Sun and Mars in Libra oppose Chiron (at 10° Aries). Hard aspects between the Sun, Mars and Chiron trigger our feelings of inadequacy, and may challenge the expression of our yang energy.
We may feel unworthy, crippled and exposed – as if there is something wrong about who we are (Sun), what drives us and what we want (Mars).
Of course, like with any Chiron transit, this is also our opportunity to transcend these wounds. Who we are matters, since we can only be here for a reason. What we want matters, otherwise the seed wouldn’t be planted.
But we have to come to terms with the possible rejection that may result from putting ourselves out there, and being vulnerable.
October 6th, 2021 – New Moon In Libra
On October 6th, 2021 we have a New Moon at 13° Libra. The New Moon is conjunct Mars.
This is a very intentional New Moon, and even if Mars in Libra is still interested in a win-win outcome, Mars will spend less time thinking things through and he will just go for it – “it” being whatever you want to manifest.
This can be something connected to the area of your life (house) where the New Moon happens in your chart. Make sure you take advantage of this very potent, manifesting energy.
October 6th, 2021 – Pluto Goes Direct
On October 6th, 2021 Pluto goes direct at 24° Capricorn. If in the last 5 months Pluto retrograde gave us the opportunity to work in the shadow of our subconscious, when Pluto goes direct we want to bring this awareness of our inner transformation into the outer realm as well.
October 7th, 2021 – Venus Enters Sagittarius
On October 7th, 2021 Venus leaves Scorpio and enters Sagittarius. This transition from Scorpio to Venus is the transition from digging a whole in the ground, to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
Venus in Scorpio has been an excellent opportunity to work with our feelings at a more subconscious level and do some uncomfortable, but necessary, shadow work.
But as much as there is great value in understanding what’s in the empty part of the glass, acknowledging that the glass is never really empty comes to give a whole new meaning to our existence – Venus in Sagittarius will propel us to hope, dream big, and get us out there into the wild wild world.
October 9th, 2021 – Sun Conjunct Mercury Conjunct Mars
On October 9th, the Sun is conjunct Mercury and Mars at 16° Libra, so we have a triple Sun-Mercury-Mars conjunction. While it is not that rare to have 3 personal planets in the same sign, to have them all meet at the same degree is indeed significant.
This is a very important alignment that not only marks the beginning of the upcoming 116 day Mercury-Sun cycle and 2-year Sun-Mars cycle, but the beginning of a special alignment between the Sun, Mercury, and Mars.
When these Sun cycles begin (Sun conjunct a 2nd planet, e.g. Sun conjunct Mercury) we get the opportunity to work with 1 area of our psyche – for example our thinking (Mercury), feelings (Venus), actions (Mars) etc.
But when our thoughts (Mercury) also align with our actions (Mars) a very potent manifesting energy is put into motion. We become intentional about what we want to create. We walk the talk.
October 10th, 2021 – Saturn Goes Direct
On October 10th, 2021 Saturn goes direct at 6° Aquarius. Now that we have understood what is no longer working in our life, Saturn’s direct motion is our opportunity to make the necessary adjustments.
The change in motion itself is very catarchic, and will help us get unstuck in the areas of our life ruled by Saturn – that’s the houses where we have Capricorn and Aquarius on the cusp.
October 18th, 2021 – Jupiter Goes Direct
Good news! On October 18th, 2021 Jupiter goes direct at 22° Aquarius. Jupiter will be spending a few more months in Aquarius, before moving (for good) into Pisces. This is our chance to “get it right” and find the driving purpose behind the area of our life (house) where Aquarius sits in our chart.
October 18th, 2021 – Mercury Goes Direct
… and the really good news, Mercury goes direct as well on October 18th, at 10° Libra.
Both Mercury and Jupiter rule our thinking processes – both Mercury and Jupiter turning direct on the same day is quite something – so you can definitely expect clarity and answers. A veil will be lifted and it will become clear where you stand.
October 20th, 2021 – Full Moon In Aries
Continuing the theme of action initiated by the New Moon in Libra, our October Full Moon at 27° Aries is as fiery and as cardinal as it can be. The Full Moon in Aries is opposite Mars and square Pluto, so it’s an explosive one for sure.
Whatever has been brewing in the first 2 weeks of the lunar cycle will reach a climax. This Full Moon will shake us to the core – and (especially if you have planets in the last decan of cardinal signs) you want to be very mindful of what you do with what emerges from this.
October 23th, 2021 – Sun Enters Scorpio
Welcome to the Scorpio season! The Scorpio season is our yearly opportunity to get in touch with the powerful Scorpionic energy of renewal and transformation.
We all have areas of life that need pruning or reinventing – and when the Sun is in Scorpio we can become intentional about what we want to change in our lives – and then take the necessary action.
October 30th, 2021 – Mars In Scorpio
Speaking about taking the necessary action. October saved us the best for last. On October 30th, Mars enters its domicile sign, Scorpio. Mars is the planet of action, and Scorpio gives it the depth and drive to conduct this Martian impulse to achieve whatever we set our sights on.
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A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castle describes the seven stages of union with God. Using everyday language to explain difficult theological concepts, Teresa of Avila compares the contemplative life to a castle with seven chambers. Tracing the passage of the soul through each successive chamber, she draws a powerful picture of the path toward spiritual perfection. It is the most sublime and mature of Teresa’s works, offering profound and inspiring reflections on such subjects as self-knowledge, humility, detachment, and suffering.
One of the most celebrated works on mystical theology in existence, as timely today as when St. Teresa of Avila wrote it centuries ago, this is a treasury of unforgettable maxims on self-knowledge and fulfillment.
The cannabis industry has flowered into a billion-dollar industry in the last decade. Now, cannabis is easier than ever to legally access for medical and recreational use in the majority of U.S. states. But does legalization mean that cannabis is actually safe to use?After all, cannabis is still federally classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a substance with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” (Though the Senate’s Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act proposes to end cannabis’s federal prohibition.) But even under current restrictions, some researchers have interrogated assumptions about the addictive potential of cannabinoids, the chemical compounds of the cannabis plant, and investigated their therapeutic properties.
With the help of leading cannabis researchers, NOVA Now host Dr. Alok Patel explores current studies to find out what science can tell us about the therapeutic potential, risks, and long-term effects of cannabis on your body and brain.
Matthew Stelzner In this video I discuss a number of things. We are currently experiencing a Sun-Mars conjunction (through early November), and Mercury retrograde (until October 18th). The way this is lining up is that as Mercury continues retrograde it moves towards a tight triple conjunction with the Sun and Mars that lasts on and off into November. Mercury is also currently square to Pluto and trine to Jupiter, so these are both super potent Mercury times and super potent Mars times as well. It is also worth noting that the Moon comes into a rare quadruple conjunction on 10/5 -10/7 when these energies are likely to be even stronger. So what does it mean? Well, I hope you’ll watch the video, but let me summarize some of the main themes that I explore in it. On the one hand this is a very strong time for Mars, and I think it is an important time for finding your courage and feeling encouraged. I discuss how this is time to remember that Mars has your back, Mars is in your corner, and they are encouraging you and reminding you of all your skills. It’s a time to find that strong inner coach that brings out your best abilities and self-confidence. With Mercury conjunct Mars for at least 36 days over the next couple of months, this is a very important time for developing strong mind states that are able to get strong results. It’s a time of potent thought forms with the potential to hit the target and manifest with vivid results. It’s a time to find your words and speak your mind, but also a time to watch the potential for angry loud words that attack rather than assert. If you can correct for that (and it helps that these alignments are happening in the sign Libra), then this can be a great time for finding encouraging self-talk that leads to strong results as you build up your strength everyday and keep that mind razor sharp. One more thing I touch on in the video is the fact that in 2022 we have a very special conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune which only happens every 13 years. It represents a time when it is easier to tune into a hopeful vision for the future, to tune into the happier timelines that are available to you, and dream your big dreams into being. It will be a chance to catch a big positive wave that carries you to a positive destiny. The transits that I have discussed here in this video are excellent for positioning yourself well to catch that wave as it arrives in the first months of next year. If you use the strong energies of the coming weeks well, you will be able to paddle out to the right place in the lineup to catch that perfect wave. To check out more of my work, see my blog, and get information about my intuitive readings, visit my website at: http://stelz.biz/ I have an equinox promotion with discounts on my readings available through this Friday the 1st. In order to be eligible for the promotion you will need to be on my email list. Link below. Sign up for my mailing list here: http://stelz.biz/register-for-my-emai… If you sign up for my mailing list you will also receive my newsletter and special promotions. Check me out on Instagram where you will find unique content that is not shared here: @tarot_and_lola
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought)[1] is a spiritual movement which coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was preceded by “ancient thought”, accumulated wisdom and philosophy from a variety of origins, such as Ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Chinese, Taoist, Vedic, Hindu, and Buddhist cultures and their related belief systems, primarily regarding the interaction between thought, belief, consciousness in the human mind, and the effects of these within and beyond the human mind.
New Thought holds that Infinite Intelligence, or God, is everywhere, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and “right thinking” has a healing effect.[5][6] Although New Thought is neither monolithic nor doctrinaire, in general, modern-day adherents of New Thought share some core beliefs:
God or Infinite Intelligence is “supreme, universal, and everlasting”;
divinity dwells within each person, that all people are spiritual beings;
“the highest spiritual principle [is] loving one another unconditionally… and teaching and healing one another”; and
“our mental states are carried forward into manifestation and become our experience in daily living”.[5][6]
William James used the term “New Thought” as synonymous with the “Mind cure movement”, in which he included many sects with diverse origins, such as idealism and Hinduism.[7]
…for the sake of having a brief designation, I will give the title of the “Mind-cure movement.” There are various sects of this “New Thought,” to use another of the names by which it calls itself; but their agreements are so profound that their differences may be neglected for my present purpose, and I will treat the movement, without apology, as if it were a simple thing.
It is an optimistic scheme of life, with both a speculative and a practical side. In its gradual development during the last quarter of a century, it has taken up into itself a number of contributory elements, and it must now be reckoned with as a genuine religious power. It has reached the stage, for example, when the demand for its literature is great enough for insincere stuff, mechanically produced for the market, to be to a certain extent supplied by publishers – a phenomenon never observed, I imagine, until a religion has got well past its earliest insecure beginnings.
One of the doctrinal sources of Mind-cure is the four Gospels; another is Emersonianism or New England transcendentalism; another is Berkeleyan idealism; another is spiritism, with its messages of “law” and “progress” and “development”; another the optimistic popular science evolutionism of which I have recently spoken; and, finally, Hinduism has contributed a strain. But the most characteristic feature of the mind-cure movement is an inspiration much more direct. The leaders in this faith have had an intuitive belief in the all-saving power of healthy-minded attitudes as such, in the conquering efficacy of courage, hope, and trust, and a correlative contempt for doubt, fear, worry, and all nervously precautionary states of mind. Their belief has in a general way been corroborated by the practical experience of their disciples; and this experience forms to-day a mass imposing in amount.[8]
The New Thought movement was based on the teachings of Phineas Quimby (1802–1866), an American mesmerist and healer. Quimby had developed a belief system that included the tenet that illness originated in the mind as a consequence of erroneous beliefs and that a mind open to God’s wisdom could overcome any illness.[9] His basic premise was:
The trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in […] Therefore, if your mind had been deceived by some invisible enemy into a belief, you have put it into the form of a disease, with or without your knowledge. By my theory or truth, I come in contact with your enemy, and restore you to health and happiness. This I do partly mentally, and partly by talking till I correct the wrong impression and establish the Truth, and the Truth is the cure.[10][11]
During the late 19th century, the metaphysical healing practices of Quimby mingled with the “Mental Science” of Warren Felt Evans, a Swedenborgian minister.[citation needed]Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, has sometimes been cited as having used Quimby as inspiration for theology. Eddy was a patient of Quimby’s and shared his view that disease is rooted in a mental cause. Because of its theism, Christian Science differs from the teachings of Quimby.[12]
In the late 19th century, New Thought was propelled by a number of spiritual thinkers and philosophers and emerged through a variety of religious denominations and churches, particularly the Unity Church and Church of Divine Science (established in 1889 and 1888, respectively), followed by Religious Science (established in 1927).[13] Many of its early teachers and students were women; notable among the founders of the movement were Emma Curtis Hopkins, known as the “teacher of teachers”, Myrtle Fillmore, Malinda Cramer, and Nona L. Brooks;[13] with many of its churches and community centers led by women, from the 1880s to today.[14][15]
It is believed that James Allen spearheaded the new thought movement in the UK from the 1890’s onwards until his death in 1912.
New Thought is also largely a movement of the printed word.[16]
Prentice Mulford, through writing Your Forces and How to Use Them,[17] a series of essays published during 1886–1892, was pivotal in the development of New Thought thinking, including the Law of Attraction.
In 1906, William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932) wrote and published Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World.[18] Atkinson was the editor of New Thought magazine and the author of more than 100 books on an assortment of religious, spiritual, and occult topics.[19] The following year, Elizabeth Towne, the editor of The Nautilus, published Bruce MacLelland’s book Prosperity Through Thought Force, in which he summarized the “Law of Attraction” as a New Thought principle, stating “You are what you think, not what you think you are.”[20]
These magazines were used to reach a large audience then, as others are now. Nautilus magazine, for example, had 45,000 subscribers and a total circulation of 150,000.[16] One Unity Church magazine, Wee Wisdom, was the longest-lived children’s magazine in the United States, published from 1893 until 1991.[21] Today, New Thought magazines include Daily Word, published by Unity and the Religious Science magazine; and Science of Mind, published by the Centers for Spiritual Living.
Major gatherings
The 1915 International New Thought Alliance (INTA) conference – held in conjunction with the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, a world’s fair that took place in San Francisco – featured New Thought speakers from far and wide. The PPIE organizers were so favorably impressed by the INTA convention that they declared a special “New Thought Day” at the fair and struck a commemorative bronze medal for the occasion, which was presented to the INTA delegates, led by Annie Rix Militz.[22] By 1916, the International New Thought Alliance had encompassed many smaller groups around the world, adopting a creed known as the “Declaration of Principles”.[13] The Alliance is held together by one central teaching: that people, through the constructive use of their minds, can attain freedom, power, health, prosperity, and all good, molding their bodies as well as the circumstances of their lives. The declaration was revised in 1957, with all references to Christianity removed, and a new statement based on the “inseparable oneness of God and Man”.[13]
Infinite Intelligence or God is omnipotent and omnipresent.
Spirit is the ultimate reality.
True human self-hood is divine.
Divinely attuned thought is a positive force for good.
All disease is mental in origin.
Right thinking has a healing effect.
Evolution of thought
Adherents also generally believe that as humankind gains greater understanding of the world, New Thought itself will evolve to assimilate new knowledge. Alan Anderson and Deb Whitehouse have described New Thought as a “process” in which each individual and even the New Thought Movement itself is “new every moment”. Thomas McFaul has claimed “continuous revelation”, with new insights being received by individuals continuously over time. Jean Houston has spoken of the “possible human”, or what we are capable of becoming.[24]
Divine Science, Unity Church, and Religious Science are organizations that developed from the New Thought movement. Each teaches that Infinite Intelligence, or God, is the sole reality. New Thought adherents believe that sickness is the result of the failure to realize this truth. In this line of thinking, healing is accomplished by the affirmation of oneness with the Infinite Intelligence or God.[citation needed]
John Bovee Dods (1795–1862), an early practitioner of New Thought, wrote several books on the idea that disease originates in the electrical impulses of the nervous system and is therefore curable by a change of belief.[citation needed] Later New Thought teachers, such as the early-20th-century author, editor, and publisher William Walker Atkinson, accepted this premise. He connected his idea of mental states of being with his understanding of the new scientific discoveries in electromagnetism and neural processes.[27]
Criticism
While the beliefs that are held by practitioners of the New Thought movement are similar to many mainstream religious doctrines, there have been concerns raised among scholars and scientists about some of the views surrounding health and wellness that are perpetuated by the New Thought movement. Most pressing is the New Thought movement’s rejection of empirically supported scientific theories of the causes of diseases. In scientific medicine, diseases can have a wide range of physical causes, from abnormalities in genes and in cell growth that cause cancer, to viruses, bacteria, and fungi that cause infections, to environmental toxins that can damage entire organ systems, human physical diseases are caused by physical issues.[28][29][30] While it has been empirically supported that the psychological and social health of a person can influence their susceptibility to disease (e.g., stress can suppress immune function, which increases risk of infection),[31] critics allege that mental states are not the cause of human disease, as is claimed by the New Thought movement.[citation needed]
Equally concerning, critics argue, is the New Thought movement’s emphasis on using faith and mental states as treatments for all human disease. While it has been supported that the use of relaxation therapy and other forms of alternative health practices are beneficial in improving the overall well-being of patients suffering from a wide variety of mental and physical health conditions (e.g., cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder), these practices are not effective in treating human disease alone, and should be undertaken in conjunction with modern medical therapies that have empirical support.[32] This rejection of scientifically supported theories of disease and disease treatment is worsened by the New Thought movement’s assertion that mental states, attitudes, and faith in New Thought are the sole determinants of health.
The New Thought movement has received criticism akin to that levied against the holistic health movement that in claiming that sickness is caused by a person’s attitudes, mental states, and faith, it is easy to place blame on patients for not adopting a correct attitude, thought processes, and/or lifestyle.[33] Blame can have powerful psychological effects – with stress and isolation seen in victim blaming being the largest issues that arise and the most concerning in terms of effect on patients’ health.[34] Further, holding beliefs that health and disease is controlled by faith in a higher power can create an external locus of control (i.e., believers may feel as though they themselves cannot prevent disease, and that any illness or disorder that they encounter is an act of the higher power’s will). This external locus of control can create learned helplessness in believers that has been shown to exacerbate mental and physical health conditions via several mechanisms – including reduced incidence of help-seeking behaviour.[35] Overall, the New Thought movement’s position on the etiology and treatment of disease is not empirically supported.
Thomas Troward (1847-1916) authored many books that are considered classics in the New Thought Movement, Mind Sciences, and Mystic Christianity. Influences on his writings include the teachings of Christ, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhism Teachings and more. Troward was the author of several successful books including: The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (1909) and The Dore Lectures on Mental Science (1909). His writings on what was then called “Mental Science” influenced early New Thought leaders and writers. His contributions to the development of the New Thought Movement, human potential research, and Religious Science remain valuable. Amongst his other works are The Creative Process in the Individual (1910), Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning (1913), The Law and the Word (1917) and The Hidden Power and Other Papers on Mental Science (1921).
This classic work is a monumental, integrated view of man’s search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind. In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiatrist and author demonstrates the long chain of development—through the exorcists, magnetists, and hypnotists—that led to the fruition of dynamic psychiatry in the psychological systems of Janet, Freud, Adler, and Jung.
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