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08/26/2026

Karmic Relationships
Karmic relationships are where two individuals are drawn together for the balancing of mutual karma. The karmic tie may be the tightest of all and begin with the strongest attraction. This is because the soul has a deep yearning to be free, and has an inner knowing that this connection is a key to resolution through balancing karma that is often harsh, such as violence, hatred, abandonment or even murder.

From time to time, there is a feeling of emptiness, a loneliness that reveals the inadequacy of a relationship based solely on karma. Yet though they are frequently difficult, these relationships are important in achieving self-mastery on the spiritual path.

08/16/2026

/ Zoroaster / 👇
"Do not to others what ye do not wish done to yourself."
"Zoroaster (Avestan: Zarathustra), the founder of one of humanity’s oldest prophetic traditions, lived in ancient northeastern Iran sometime between 1500 and 1000 BCE, though exact dates remain debated. His life stands at the threshold between mythic antiquity and recorded religious history, and the luminous clarity of his teachings shaped not only Zoroastrianism but also later Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, and Islamic thought.
Born into a pastoral, Indo‑Iranian culture, Zoroaster was raised within the polytheistic ritual world of early Iranian religion. Yet from a young age he displayed a contemplative temperament, questioning the moral value of sacrifice, violence, and the capriciousness of the old gods. Tradition describes him as a priest, healer, and seeker who withdrew often into solitude, searching for a principle of cosmic order that could unify the world’s contradictions.
At age thirty, Zoroaster experienced a transformative vision beside a river. He encountered Vohu Manah (“Good Mind”), a radiant being who led him before Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord. In this revelation, Zoroaster perceived the universe as a moral battleground between two primordial principles: Asha (Truth, Order, Radiance) and Druj (Lie, Chaos, Darkness). Human beings, endowed with free will, participate in this cosmic drama through their thoughts, words, and deeds.
His message was revolutionary. He rejected blood sacrifice, elevated ethical purity over ritual, and taught that the divine is encountered through the cultivation of the Good Mind. Salvation, he proclaimed, is not granted by priests or intermediaries but earned through the triad of Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds. He envisioned a future renewal of the world, where Truth would triumph and creation would be restored to its original perfection.
Zoroaster’s early preaching met resistance from entrenched priestly elites, but he eventually gained the support of King Vishtaspa, whose patronage allowed the new faith to flourish. The hymns Zoroaster composed — the Gathas — remain the core of Zoroastrian scripture, remarkable for their philosophical depth, poetic austerity, and mystical intensity.
Zoroaster died in his seventies, according to tradition, during an attack on a fire temple. Yet his legacy endured for millennia. His vision of moral dualism, ethical monotheism, and cosmic renewal influenced later religious imaginations across continents. Today, Zoroaster stands as one of the earliest voices to insist that the universe is fundamentally moral — and that human consciousness participates in its unfolding."
Ahunuvaiti Gatha, Yasna 28.1

08/15/2026

Mother Mary's Ascension Day - The Feast of the Assumption
Mary’s Ascension Day is celebrated on the 15th of August.

In the Catholic tradition, Mother Mary’s ascension was considered her assumption, believing that Mary did not go up to Heaven by her own power as Jesus did, and therefore, because God lifted her body and soul into heaven, she was assumed into Heaven. In the Christian tradition, August 15 is called the Feast of the Assumption.

Mary made her transition from the Holy City about the year 48, where she had spent the last years of her life, which was Jerusalem. Saint John of Damascus describes how at the close of Mary’s magnificent embodiment of service and initiation, she ascended from a tomb in which the apostles had placed her body after her passing. Upon opening the tomb three days later, they found only twelve white lilies.

According to local tradition, John of Damascus had taken Mary to Ephesus for a time to escape persecution in Jerusalem. She visited various areas of the world accompanied by John the Beloved and five others. They went first to the retreat at Luxor, Egypt, and then on a voyage by boat to the Island of Crete across the Mediterranean Sea, through the Straits of Gibraltar, stopping at Fátima in Portugal, Lourdes in Southern France, Glastonbury in the British Isles, and Ireland.

Since her ascension, Mother Mary has appeared throughout the world, producing many miracles of healing. She was made representative of the World Mother, with a title of Queen of Heaven. Although all ascended lady masters keep the flame for the World Mother as her representative, we think of Mary as the archetype of Motherhood, the Mother of mothers.

On Mother Mary’s ascension day, you may wish to give the New Age Scriptural Rosaries in her honor. These rosaries were dictated by her to Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

The Scriptural Rosaries
When Mother Mary came to Elizabeth Clare Prophet and told her of her desire to have devotees throughout the world give a Scriptural Rosary for the New Age, she first announced the seven mysteries for the seven rays, together with the prayer format that was to be used. These mysteries are:
• The First Ray: The Joyful Mysteries, which amplify the will of God
• The Second Ray: The Teaching Mysteries, which extol the wisdom of God
• The Third Ray: The Love Mysteries, which magnetize the love of God
• The Fourth Ray: The Glorious Mysteries, which show forth the purity of God
• The Fifth Ray: The Healing Mysteries, which demonstrate the truth and the science of God
• The Sixth Ray: The Initiatic Mysteries, which exemplify the ministration and service of God
• The Seventh Ray: The Miracle Mysteries, which bear witness to the transmutation, the freedom and the forgiveness of God
When these rosaries were completed under her direction, the Blessed Mother released The Masterful Mysteries for the eighth ray, which focalize the majesty and the mastery of God. In her third appearance, the Holy Virgin presented the mysteries and the prayer format for the five secret rays, which she said were to be given at eventide Monday through Friday. This set of rosaries are:
• The First Secret Ray: The Inspiration Mysteries
• The Second Secret Ray: The Action Mysteries
• The Third Secret Ray: The Revelation Mysteries
• The Fourth Secret Ray: The Declaration Mysteries
• The Fifth Secret Ray: The Exhortation Mysteries

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08/15/2026

Tomorrow we transit from the Fast to the Feast of the Dormition, our solemn observance of her passage from death to eternal life. Our cessation from fasting is more than an occasion for feasting. Our embrace of the Virgin’s crossing over into the infinite Kingdom of God is an acknowledgment of our own destiny. She traverses perfectly the Way, the Truth, and the Life, pointing us in the direction of eternity. She is the model for every one of us, for within her holy womb, she bore the Lord Incarnate, and in our lives, we are also called to bring forth the Lord Christ through our thoughts, our intentions, and our actions. May our celebrations of her Holy Dormition be a renewal of our own journey heavenward, with the Panagia as our guide, our protector, and our most loving Mother.

Χρόνια Πολλά!

(Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Mosaic in Chora Monastery)

08/13/2026

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08/07/2026

"Crane with Nestlings in a Pine Tree" a cira 1930s woodblock pritn in a vertical ōban (ōban tate-e) format, by Ohara Koson (小原 古邨; 1877-1945), a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th century from the Kanazawa (金沢市), the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), who was part of the Shin-hanga (新版画, New prints) movement

Ohara Koson was best known as a master of kachō-e (bird and flower) designs, most commonly - but not only - published, like this picture, by Watanabe Shōzaburō, the pre-eminent Shin-hanga publisher of his age,

Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles - Ohara Hōson (小原豊邨), Ohara Shōson (小原祥邨) and Ohara Koson (小原 古邨).

J in 日本

07/31/2026

Repentance (1917) is a Symbolist cityscape by Nicholas Roerich, painted in the year of the Russian Revolution. It shows a snow-covered town or monastery with heavy, dark architecture and a small, solitary figure near the steps, creating a mood of somber reflection and spiritual turning.
 
The painting is often grouped with other wartime/revolutionary works like The Holy Island (1917), reflecting Roerich’s desire to distance himself from worldly turmoil and seek a higher, spiritual perspective .

 In 1917, as the Bolshevik Revolution unfolded, Roerich was already turning inward toward spiritual movements, Theosophy, and later Buddhism; this inner shift is visible in the painting’s mood of quiet, almost penitential stillness.

In Roerich’s view, “peace is not simply an absence of conflict but a state of unity in which spiritual balance is attained”

In his essays Roerich repeatedly stresses:
“The path to enlightenment, spiritual ascent, the sacred signs of Satyum, Shivam, Sundaram (Peace, Beauty, Truth) – these are the symbolic themes …”

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