I love the ideas presented in the Bodhisattvas Vow and thought that I would like to share it with you. The Vow is taken by those Buddhists who are enlightened as a vow to stay on earth and to continue to incarnate until all people have been released from the cycle of birth and death and suffering these bring to the unenlightened. These are lofty Ideals that many may say are unachievable but like everything else if you do your best to live up to even a portion of this vow then you are doing great things for the world and the people around you.

Bodhisattvas vow

May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,
A guide for those who journey on the road;
For those who wish to go across the water,
May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

May I be an isle for those who yearn for landfall,
And a lamp for those who long for light;
For those who need a resting place, a bed,
For all who need a servant, may I be a slave.

May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of plenty,
A word of power, and the supreme remedy.
May I be the trees of miracles,
And for every being, the abundant cow.

Like the great earth and the other elements,
Enduring as the sky itself endures,
For the boundless multitude of living beings,
May I be the ground and vessel of their life.

Thus, for every single thing that lives,
In number like the boundless reaches of the sky,
May I be their sustenance and nourishment
Until they pass beyond the bounds of suffering

I have been working with hemimorphite. I find this stone to be gentle and powerful at the same time. Gently blending life into one joyous flow filled with purpose, compassion, and freedom. Hemimophite is quite powerful stone working to connect the emotional, physical, and subtle bodies.  Hemimorphite is a stone that helps raise our vibrational level and to help ground and hold this new higher vibrational level.

Hemimorphite is a stone of joy. Joy is not an emotion that excludes other emotional experiences. Joy is an experience of all of lifes emotions with out judgment, seeing the Sweet with the sour so to speak. Allowing us to view even painful emotions in a light of growth and acceptance. This acceptance allows us to view our emotions from a calm centered space. It is through this wholistic view of our emotional experience that  we develop the ability to grow emotionally.There is a blended unrestricted flow of emotions that helps become Empathic and compassionate to the joys and suffering of others.  Hemimorphite encourages emotional honesty and helps with the communication of our emotions to others in an open and honest way. This honest communication builds personal relationships and group dynamics. This stone is very useful for those working as healers and counselors. Affording a strong emotional connection that is empathic not pitying. Using hemimorphite during healing and counseling will help your clients express the emotional core beliefs that are holding them back or affecting the dis-ease of there bodies, minds, or spirits.

Hemimorphite is a stone of spiritual Ascension and Spiritual Purpose. This powerful stone connects us with our highest spiritual self  forcing us to take personal responsibility for our lives past and present as well as our health and Dis-ease. Hemimrophite raises the light of energetic vibrations in our auric field bring us closer to the state of ascension. Hemimorphite has powerful protective and cleansing properties that cleanse dark spots and negative energies form the aura and  protecting us from the negative energies of others allowing us to rise above those energies. This protection is a very powerful protector from the manipulations of others both conscious and unconscious keeping us free from unconsciously following the herd so to speak. With this clarity and connection to our highest spiritual self  we gain the ability to use our intuition to guide us to our highest purpose. All of this the raising of vibration, development of empathic compassion, the personal responsibility, cleansing, and connection to our higher self  leading to our soul purpose are essential and key to the way of Ascension.

In the Crystal Bible 2 Judy Hall says Hemimorphite helps bring a general sense of well being as well as supports regaining health on all levels. Used especially to support weight loss, pain relief, blood disorders, the heart, cellular memory and structures; helps with genital herpes, warts,and ulcerative disorders, hormonal inbalances,burns and restless legs

In the The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach Richard Simmons and Naisha Ahsian list the keywords of Hemimorphite as: Light Activation, aura balancing, emotional healing and communication, empathy, joy, channeling and mediumship. Richard Simmons says the emotional communication leads to the healing of  dysfunctional relationships as well as the inner growth and empathy necessary to communicate with those who have moved on to other realms of existence.

Here is some mineralogical information from Wikipedia. Hemimorphite, is a sorosilicate mineral which has been mined from days of old from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores, chiefly associated with smithsonite. It was often assumed to be the same mineral and both were classed under the same name of calamine. In the second half of the 18th century it was discovered that there were two different minerals under the heading of calamine – a zinc carbonate and a zinc silicate, which often closely resembled each other.

Oneness

There are a lot of people and things out there. Some of them we find enjoyable and others we wish to avoid.
So how is it that we are one with all of these things how is it that we are one with people such as murders,
and sex offenders. You might say that it is impossible that you share any similarities with any of these people.
You would be mistaken if  you truly believed that.

How can I make such claims? Well first of all it is a matter of science and the Law of Conservation.
The Law of Conservation states that you cannot create or destroy matter. Matter can only be changed
from one form to another. As it is changed, matter releases energy as it releases bits of the more
complex form becoming simpler in form ; or it requires energy to add bits as it goes from simple to
complex. This Law of the natural world shows that there is a finite amount of the stuff called matter.
Matter is what makes up our physical forms. It is also what the foods we eat, the water we drink, the air
we breathe, the planet we live on, and the stars in the sky are all built from.

So we are all built from the same stuff called matter; Matter that has been recycled through every physical
form that can be found on this planet. You are air, water, fire, earth, dog, cat, bird, and people.
On the physical level we are the same. You might say, but that is not the same as being one with something else.
Just because our bodies might have the same bits making them work does not mean that I Am the same as they are.
That is on a physical level, I don`t think like they do, I have too much compassion to harm another, I have a
different soul than they do. You are correct this is not the same as being one with something or someone else.
I think differently than other people. I feel differently than other people. My perspective is unique because
of my experiences. These are arguments that many will make meaning that because of our thoughts and experiences
we are separate beings with no connection. For all of our similarities in our atomic and molecular make up, each
of us is unique in our specific physical design.

There is another level we are seldom aware of. It is the level of Universal Consciousness.
This Level of being has been talked about in every major belief system that exists on the Earth at this
Time. This is the realm of Mystery. The realm Where we as humans lose the ability to understand with our
human minds. This is the Tao that Taoist say can Not be known. This is the Chi that Flows in Chinese
medicine. In Hermetic teachings this is the Mind of the Unknowable all. The essence of these thoughts when they
are boiled down is that we are all part of and inseparable from the Universal Consciousness. It can be
said that Creator and Creation are one and the same.

The ALL could be viewed as an ocean and we are the waves. We are water, Inseparable from the ocean until
suddenly we find that we have form,we have consciousness,we have physical characteristics. We soon learn to
Identify with our form and differentiate between our form and others. We begin to say” I am taller than
that wave.” or “I am faster than The other Wave.” We become so engrossed in the world of form that we
forget that we all started as water. We are all still water. and as we rush towards the shore and we see
the other waves disappearing we begin to worry about what will happen to us when we get to the shore.
Being so Identified with forms that we now have forgot our origins as water and part of the ALL. Finally
we hit the beach and our form dissolves and we return back to the water and settle into the peace of being
simply the ocean, the ALL once more.

It is this Identification with the world of forms that causes us to forget our origins as part of the
Universal Consciousness. This Identification brings us so much suffering as we attach ourselves to the
world of forms all the while forgetting that we Will eventually return to the peace of the source.

We are truly One we are the waves on the ocean who have forgotten that we do not exist separate form the
ocean. When we are still and our minds are quiet we begin to sense our true being as part of the Divine
Whole.

The mind emphasizes these differences. In fact the Mind creates all of these differences.

Charoite is the stone of soul purpose. Charoite is a stone of very profound emotional and spiritual influence. As I explored the depths of this stone I found that it was a stone that brought about a deep feeling of peace, confidence and acceptance of the present moment as perfect. From this place of centered calm judgments about the present seemed to dissolve along with the anxieties of life. This is probably how Charoite has earned it`s reputation as a stone of courage. Courage is standing strong in the face of fear, Charoite does more than give you the ability to face your fears. Charoite dissolves the thought forms that feed our fears by allowing us to see the present moment without judgment. Judgment is the true beginning of fear and anxiety, the emotions that wreak such havoc on our physical an subtle energy systems. It is when we forget that there are no good or bad events in our lives, only it events, that we start to bring in fear and anxiety. Charoite allows us to stay open to the changing winds of life in a calm centered way.

Charoite is also a stone of compassion and unconditional love. Charoite connects the heart chakra to the crown chakra bringing a compassionate view to our spiritual endeavors. This heart centered awareness allows us to see that we are all spiritual beings connected by our being a part of the same Divine Creation. This environment of unconditional love is the beginning of a deeper understanding of our spiritual path. The first step is letting go of judgments that we have placed on ourselves and others facilitating, personal healing and forgiveness. This process of healing further grounds us in the present moment bringing in the higher spiritual vibrations to our physical world. With out our judgments our Insights and intuitions about our spiritual growth and path become clearer. With our judgments dissolved we then can begin to think about the world in a compassionate manner. Love is the emotion, Compassion is the new way that we view our world. Compassion is truly hindered by fears and prejudices. These two create the illusory divisions that lead to our feelings of separateness. This stone draws downs the higher vibrational energies and grounds them in our everyday life. Increasing the work of spirit in our lives guiding us, Not always gently, To our higher spiritual purpose.

Charoite helps one to acclimate to higher energy vibrations and is especially useful for energy workers, channels, and anyone that works with higher vibrational energies. For those that are working to raise their energy vibrations Charoite reminds you to bring the higher-vibrational energy  down to the earth plane. Charoite helps overcome spiritual escapism, encouraging one to to assume responsibility for bring spiritual energies where they are needed and grounding them here on earth.

In The Book of Stones: Who They Are & What They Teach Richard Simmons Say that Because of it`s Emanation of the purple ray it is a powerful tool for the cleansing of the ethereal body,Cleansing dis harmonies and in dispelling negativity. It can protect one from psychic attack and dispel the tendency to have bad dreams. It can help release internalized negativity and fear to help bring healing for maladies that spring from these.  Charoite can increase synchronicity in your life. Learning to understand the messages in these can guiding one as if by a golden thread down the “pathless path of ones highest potential.”

Judy hall in the The Crystal Bible Says Charoite regulates blood pressure, treats eyes, heart, liver, and pancreas. It reverses liver damage due to alcohol, alleviates cramps,aches, and pains. Charoite bestows deep sleep with powerful dreams, overcomes, insomnia, and give children calm sleep. Charoite heals autism and bipolar disorder.It is helpful with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system where the heart is involved.

Mineralogical information for Charoite from Wikipedia

Charoite (K(Ca;Na)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH;F)·H₂O) is a rare mineral, named for the Chara River (though this etymology is disputed by some), and found only in the Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia. It is found where a syenite massif has intruded into and altered limestone deposits.^[4]

Charoite is a strong, translucent lavender to purple in color, reminding some of a granite or marble with its pearly, swirling luster. However, it is a discrete mineral rather than a rock. Charoite is strictly massive in nature, and fractures are conchoidal. It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance, sometimes chatoyant, and that, along with its intense color, sometimes of a “grape” nature, can lead many to believe at first that it is synthetic or enhanced artificially.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoite

The Formless

Well I have been Thinking  a lot lately about Mystery. I have always considered myself a bit of a mystic or student of the mystery school. In the process of researching Ascension for my up coming class I came across a lot of material that reinforced that feeling.

Mystery is the unknown formless aspect of the Universe. In many of the major Spiritual belief systems in the world Mystery is accepted as part of the way that the Divine works within our lives.  I like to take this a step further (as does Eckhart Tolle ) and say that not only is this part of the way the divine works in our lives but is truly the purpose of our lives moving to reconnect with the formless or the mysterious.

Many people believe that a mystery is something that needs to be solved, analyzed, and explained away. It is through this process of Intelectualization that we move not closer to understanding but further from experiencing the true mystery.

The Tao De ching says the Tao that can be Spoken about is not the Tao. This means that it is not the formlessness that lies behind all of creation. The formless conscience that is the creative force that is the true essence of form.

How is it that understanding a mystery moves further from the true understanding? It is that the formless can not be understood by our mind and put into words. When we begin to try and say that the formless or mystery is this or that; or that it behaves this way or that way in our lives we are no longer speaking about the formless we are speaking about mental forms that are created by our mind. For example when we say that god is a jealous god we are speaking about the mental construct that we have created about god. In it`s very essence God is beyond the comprehesion of our human minds and our ability to descibe it.

When we build mental Contructs and forms and try to intelectualize the mysterious we actual begin to limit the ways that we allow the formless to act in our lives. we begin to believe that the formless is seperate from us and be haves only in predetermined ways. This Idea of seperateness is another form created by the mind. It says that we are seperate from creation and creator. The formless is the Creator and is a part of all. It is truly our purpose in this life to return to the consciousness of the formless. To disolve the The identification with forms(Physical, mental, social, emotional) and live our live in the present moment.

Now this probably is leaving many of you saying to yourselves…”Um what?” Thats alright this little article is not meant to tell you exactly how to go about doing that it is just meant to bring you to a state of mindfulness about our beliefs and the Systems that we incorporate in our spirituality. Are our beliefs moving us closer to our purpose or further away?

As I have been developing the Dream Path I recieved a message about what it should be. The mesage was that it needs to be “Simple, Organic, and Grounded in the present Moment” .  This means that if the system is to complicated it is a mental construct and does not truly bring you closer to the Divine. It should be Organic Meaning that it can change and grow as our present situation changes. And finaly it needs to be grounded in the present moment meaning that it can not be overly concerned about the past or what will happen when. We can truly only act in the present moment. this is where we are and where we connect with the formless. Not in some future where we have evolved past our need for Bodies or have Moved to another Dimension of existance.