from Gururattan K. Khalsa Ph.D.
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Dear Friends,

I hope you enjoy reading about Pisces as much as I enjoyed writing about the
Fish. Remember everyone has every sign in their astrogical make up. Please
share this with your friends so we can understand and enjoy ourselves and
each other better.

May you wake up in the Sea of Love,

Rattana

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NEW MILLENNIUM BEING

Newsletter No. 13, February 21, 2000

By Gururattan Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D. "Rattana"


PISCES-WAKE UP AND STAY AWAKE


The Sun shines in the Pisces sky from February 19th through March 18th.
Everyone is held in the loving arms of Pisces during this time. It is the
opportune time to cultivate our connection with the Divine. This year our
inner journey is facilitated by the fact that Mercury is in retrograde from
February 21st through March 14th. The grip of the mind looses up during
this three-week period, which occurs three times a year. Coinciding with
the Sun in Pisces, we are given extra help in releasing our mind trips and
moving into our heart. It is a great time to observe our mind games and see
them for what they are. Against the backdrop of the cosmic silence, we
realize that the stories, rationalizations, schemes and desires of the mind
are petty and even absurd. Use this time to recognize your mental schemes
and gently release them into the cosmic void.

The Pisces' New Moon is March 5th is an optimal day to merge with the
Beloved and surrender to the Loving Universe.


GETTING TO KNOW PISCES


A fourteen-year-old Piscean boy told me, "I live where most people spend
their entire life trying to get to. My challenge this lifetime is to get
down to Planet Earth."

Pisces has a direct line to the Home Office. Pisces can pull in answers and
information out of the ethers. You better be good (and willing to lose) if
you play Pisces at Chess, Bridge or computer games. Pisces has a built in
advantage when it comes to figuring things out, finding solutions and
knowing the next strategic move. Don't ask Pisces how she figured it out.
She didn't figure it out. She simply knows. Pisces does not live in the
rational mind. Pisces dwells in the Universal Mind.

The life lesson for Pisces is to become consciously connected to the Divine
within. Pisces must become aware of her Divine identity. Without this
connection, Pisces has nothing to hold on to. She becomes a floundering
fish in the sea of life. She lives her life as a rudderless ship lost in
the ocean of a vast sea of unstable emotions. Of course, one cannot hold on
to the Divine. Pisces teaches us that one does not have to. Her secret is
attention and awareness, not control.

"Being here now" is being present to the cosmic reality of what IS. Bliss
is achieved when we consciously live in the reality of what IS. Pisces
loves to lounge on the cosmic pillow of bliss. Why not? It is a great
place to BE. If the Fish can hold the space, she might even be able to
take you with her. It is tempting. But be aware. Although Pisces is very
loving and huggable, don't get attached. She can swim away as softly as she
swam by. The good news is that she loves to give and receive affection. So
if your attention is uncontrolling and unattached, she may keep swimming
back.

Pisces knows how to let things blow over. Pisces lives in the clouds where
the events, traumas and desires of the mind do blow over. So why get
attached to what is impermanent? Pisces can indulge in real detachment
because she is tuned into something far more interesting and rewarding than
physical problems and emotional dramas.

Pisces specializes in burning off the astral fog so we can connect with the
Source. It is only when we become a master on the inner planes of
consciousness that the irresistible Universal force is unleashed within us.

The journey for Pisces is guided by the fact that we cannot embrace what we
do not consciously know. All knowledge is based on experience. Pisces'
inner journey is to consciously wake up and stay awake to deeper dimensions
of cosmic reality.


SYMBOLOGY

Every sign or archetype of the zodiac embodies an inherent duality. The
spiritual journey of each archetype is the path that will lead it to the
resolution of the duality of the mind and unity of the personality with the
Soul.

The Piscean symbol is two fish that seem to be chasing each other's tails.
The two fish are connected by a silvery cord. The Piscean astrological
glyph is two partial circles connected by a straight line. Both the fish and
the glyph reflect Pisces' inherent duality. Both the line and the silver
thread represent consciousness. For Pisces the resolution of duality is
found in God consciousness. The string is the cord of the unstruck sound of
the heart that links the personality and the Soul, the darkness and the
Light. It is through the breath and the sound of the breath that this
Rainbow Bridge is often crossed. With the conscious connection of the
breath one can traverse the various planes of consciousness and not lose
one's way. (1)


PISCES' PATH TO LIBERATION

The struggle to merge the personality and the Soul is the principal theme of
all the signs of the zodiac. The resolution of this basic duality for the
Fish has several basic themes. (2) Although the themes discussed below
roughly correspond to the three stages of Soul evolution (asleep, waking up
and awake), they also manifest in various forms at each stage.

BONDAGE AND CAPTIVITY

The Soul is imprisoned in the human body and as a result is not free to
totally experience its basic free nature in the limited physical dimension
of existence. Entering a human body is a sacrifice for the Soul. The theme
of sacrifice is encoded into the Piscean mentality. The urge to sacrifice
and "to make holy and whole" is thus is a motivating drive that is at the
root of Pisces' tendency toward personal martyrdom.

Asleep Pisces will suffer some form of emotional and probably physical
bondage, which is often provoked by her need to sacrifice. As Pisces
awakens the magnetic presence of her Soul, she experiences more and more
relief. She starts to realize that what she is supposed to sacrifice is not
her personal well-being, but her ego-based desires that only make her more
miserable. Once Pisces figures out that the goal of sacrificing her limited
identity is to make her happier and freer, she has much less resistance to
making the leap of faith. Only when the awakened Pisces merges her
consciousness with Universal Love, will the Fish find emotional balance and
joy-filled harmony. (3)

RENUNCIATION AND DETACHMENT

During the Piscean Age the cloistered life of a monk or nun was often the
chosen way to move closer to the mystical qualities of the Soul and to
become a vehicle for Universal Love. The self-inflicted pain and even
mortification of the flesh were deemed part of the necessary self-discipline
required to earn Divine Grace.

Unawaken Pisceans "are often victims of self-induced acts of personal
sabotage. They frequently create those sets of circumstances which give
rise to the need for detachment, renunciation and a turning away" from
active life. (4) They attempt to escape the burdens of physical life
through the use of drugs and other addictive substances and personal habits.

Each sign of the zodiac has a complementary sign which helps it achieve
wholeness. Pisces needs the grounding energy of Virgo and its powers of
discrimination and objectivity to transform the lower self into the higher
Self in a healthy, balanced manner.

The Pisces archetype demonstrates how the embodied Soul, acting as the link
between Spirit and matter, temporarily sacrifices itself by moving from the
dimension of God's total Love to the Earth plane, where it acts as a way
station and a way-shower for Universal connection. The human embodiment is
the bridge for both the descent of Spirit into matter and for the ascent of
matter into Spirit. (5) The Soul allows all matter to know itself as a
unique expression of the Divine and to connect to its Divine origins and
purpose.

The blessing of Love is experienced both through the descent and through the
ascent. Pisces must achieve both. She must get here before she leaves. And
she must leave before she gets here. The challenge for Pisces is to figure
out just where she is and not muddle midstream.

Pisces' service to humankind is to show us the way to unite our Souls in One
Consciousness. Pisces symbolizes "the dark night of the soul," which we all
experience at some point in our spiritual journey. The devastating feelings
of separation and alienation when we have hit bottom lead us to ask in
desperation, "Father, Father, why hast thou abandoned me?" The real
question is why have we abandoned our Selves through denial, drugs, alcohol,
sexual abuse, intolerance and other destructive choices. The climb back up
begins in the darkest cavern when we are willing to turn to our Souls for
the Light that will end the darkness.

SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEATH

Pisces teaches us that when the lower self is sacrificed, even through
physical death, that the undying Soul still lives. The tests and trials of
Pisces invariably lead her to the direct experience of her immortality and
universal identity. The peace and joy that Pisces craves is found only when
she experiences the Grace of knowing her own Divinity. Pisces' life purpose
is to cross the Rainbow Bridge of consciousness and to help others do so as
well.

Pisces learns and then teaches us that we must give up all desires that
create duality in the mind and worldly suffering to maintain the direct
experience with the Divine. The illusions, glamour, self-righteous
attitudes, exclusivity of belief (indeed all dogmas) of tempting Neptune
must be given up in order to immerse oneself in Neptune's Sea of Love.


THE PISCEAN AND THE AQUARIAN AGES

In the Piscean Age liberation came through crucifixion. In this most
painful way the lower ego sacrificed itself (and sometimes its body!) for
the Higher Self. Unfortunately (or not) one had to leave this physical
plane of existence to achieve a mystical union with the Universal Source.
If crucifixion is interpreted symbolically, then resurrection, resurgence
and rebirth in the consciousness of Divine Love resulted in this lifetime.

In the Aquarian Age, liberation comes through the merging of individual
consciousness with a transcendental group consciousness. The initiation
takes place consciously and results in a fully individualized Self whose
open heart allows him or her to be a vehicle for individual, group and
collective enlightenment. (6) It is through the human expression of the
Soul and the ensuing availability of universal power that liberation is
embodied and dedicated to the common good.

The basic difference is that in the Piscean Age, the route was up and out.
In the Aquarian Age the route is down and in.


WATER SIGNS

The emotions and the motivations that swim below the surface of
consciousness are the territory of the water signs--Cancer, Scorpio and
Pisces. This liquid territory is elusive at best. The asleep Fish is
unaware of the unconscious emotional frustration that lies below her
actions. It is the realization that she is isolated and emotionally
vulnerable that begins the awakening process. It is the anguish and pain at
the feeling level that prods the Fish to seek a counselor, a therapist, a
teacher and a spiritual path that will help her make sense of her own
feeling nature. (7)

The Water trilogy teaches us how to master our emotions. Cancer teaches us
how to contain our emotional energy and create a safe inner home. Cancer is
always our save personal sanctuary. Scorpio teaches us to confront our
hidden demons and to befriend our emotional body. Scorpio and Pluto are
always available for consultation whether we request one or not.

The last water sign, Pisces teaches us how to fulfill our emotional desires
by finding unity within ourselves. It is the merging with life itself, not
with another person that finally sets us free. The mystical marriage with
the Beloved is achieved through acquiescence, surrender and devotion.


ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS

Pisces embodies the last phase in the human journey. Both the end and the
beginning of the initiation come from within. The end is the dissolution of
the consciously constructed personality as a separate identity. The
beginning is the rebirth into universal consciousness. To make this
transition from personal to universal identity, Pisces must become aware of
the emotional programming that blocks its return to its Source. Pisces will
be drawn to situations and forced to learn lessons that oblige her to lose
her personal identity. Her initiation requires that she die to be reborn in
group and universal consciousness.

Wise from the lessons of individual consciousness, Pisces must return to the
sea of undifferentiated identity. To achieve universal consciousness,
Pisces must go it alone and totally surrender to the vast, infinite,
universal unknown.

Pisces is not a mundane character. Her territory is non-material reality
and her journey is to bring herself into a deep relationship with the unseen
and the unknown. The Fish is subject not to the earthly energies of outer,
physical reality but to the ethereal energies that dissolve and bring one
inward and upward into non-physical realities. Pisces journey is hidden
from view. It happens in secret. It is her internal expression that is
changed and transformed.


THE INNER WORLD

Earthly defense strategies for self-protection are ineffectual for the Fish.
Normal outer tactics will only make Pisces feel more helpless an
ineffectual. Pisces must learn to submit to a force larger and greater
than herself.

Indefinable guilt and fear pervade the psyche of the unconscious Fish. She
does not know why she feels guilty and she does not know what she is trying
to protect herself against. Feeling powerless in the face of these
overwhelming emotions, Pisces often creates her own illness and tries to
alleviate her psychic pain with drugs and alcohol. She may also simply
choose to isolate herself. She may overcompensate for her feelings of
powerlessness and try to prove that she is master of her own life. She may
get lost in the fantasies of her mind or be uncontrollably attached to her
illusions. Whatever the escape route, the feeling of separation from
humanity, herself and the Divine persists. And so does her undeniable
attraction to the inner realms.

Whatever forms of personal power and defense mechanisms Pisces chooses to
indulge in, they all end up compounding her sense of powerlessness. Pisces
is obliged to take down the outer scaffolding and learn to rely upon and
trust the unknown. It is through inner contemplation that she will open the
door to freedom. Sooner or later Pisces realizes that she has no choice but
to confront her inner demons, and risk losing her identity and individuality
by surrendering her own will to God's will. When she consciously lets go,
the worst chaos that she feared will reveal the pattern of the universe and
the Divine Plan.


THE SPIRITUAL QUEST

Pisces teaches us that beyond physical survival, the most compelling
instinct of the human psyche is the spiritual quest to return to a conscious
connection with our Source. The sacrifice of the limited ego and the
personality identity is hardly a sacrifice in the negative sense. For what
one gains is freedom, inner peace, a connection with one's Soul and the
possibility of total self-expression. (If you don't experience one or all of
the above, it is not the type of sacrifice we are taking about.)

Pisces often experiences profound emotional suffering because the group
consciousness that she needs to experience has not been available up to this
time. What has been available is the Collective Unconscious, which is
pervaded with fear, anguish and anger. When Pisces automatically plugs into
the anxieties and the suffering of the human race as expressed in the
Collective Unconscious, she experiences confusion and pain instead of the
transcendental Oneness she is here to embody.

Addictions are often Pisces attempted escape route. In the absence of
techniques to handle her emotions and a relevant spiritual path to channel
her energy and to point her in the right direction, Pisces chooses routes
that lead to trouble and self-destruction.

Pisces' potential for inner peace, joy and wisdom are as great as the
despair that has consumed her inner world. Pisces motto might be-"Go
inward. The journey is not as long as you thought. You are already here.
Everything you are looking for is inside you. Come sit in the lap of Love"

Pisces journey is innately spiritual. Her territory is the Soul and the
Divine. Pisces goal is to have a direct experience of God. Nothing short
of falling in love with her Beloved will do.

The worldly gold that Pisces offers is the power to truly serve. Not to do
good for selfish reasons, but to give of oneself with detached love because
one experiences oneness with humanity and all life.


TIPS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH PISCES

Never try to control a Pisces. Pisces can't control themselves. Pisces are
not about control. Pisces are about surrender. The good news is that the
reality of surrender is infinitely vital, rich and rewarding. It is through
surrender that we attain the peace and the joy that we crave and spend our
whole life searching for.

Take advantage of the presence of Pisces to tune into what IS. What IS is
the only thing that is real anyway. So why waste your time on anything
else.

If you find Pisces enigmatic, you are not alone. She does too. Asleep
Pisces is vague and elusive even to herself. For Pisces has no identity
other than her cosmic Self. When she is asleep she cannot know herself.
How can anyone else know her?

Pisces changes moods and identities like a chameleon. And even she does not
know why. So don't ask her. She just does. As a water sign, the Fish
instinctually fluctuates, adapts and absorbs. It is her nature to
shift-shape. Accept her and get used to it, or move on. Calculating your
defenses and strategy with a Pisces is like trying to grab on to two fish
swimming in water at the same time. Don't provoke your own inner
frustration. Enjoy the dance. Jump into the water and enjoy the swim.

Pisces is one of the most magnetic signs. She attracts everything and
everyone into her auric field. She gathers and unifies all energies. These
attributes can be very endearing in relationships. They can also cause a lot
of problems. Pisces comforting and universal waters may be too inclusive
for those who do not wish to be included or for those who desire more
exclusive personal relationships. The above can happen energetically
without even consciously making those choices. This is why Pisces must
cultivate her boundaries.

Pisces can be a loyal, devoted and loving partner. If her first loyalty is
the Divine, a relationship with her can be absolutely sublime.

Hugging a Pisces can put you into a deep trance that you will not want to
come out of.


THE ASLEEP FISH

Asleep Pisces allows mental and emotional trash to accumulate in her psyche
through denial and fantasies. The problem is that when the quiet
unidentified power of the unconscious is not acknowledged, it subversively
undermines our conscious intentions. In our confusion and delusion we blame
outside forces for our problems and circumstances.

Pisces is sensitive to everybody and everything. Asleep Pisces is often a
victim of her own sensitivity because she is unable to discriminate between
herself and the energies in her environment. Her solar plexus is open and
undisciplined, which leads her to be vulnerable to the energies of the
astral plane and to her own subconscious. She is psychically impressionable
and does not have the tools yet to deal with the high level of connection
that she experiences with others, her surroundings and other dimensions of
reality. She does not possess the personal boundaries that allow her to
separate herself from others.

Pisces instinctual urge is expressed through her emotions. The sleeping
Fishes connection with the world of the senses is unstructured and
illogical. Her need to expand her repertoire of experiences is not
practically grounded. Her altruistic sentiments lead her to throw herself
away. Her urge to merge is so compelling that she disappears in the
blending with another and her environment. This form of self-sacrifice is
unconscious and unhealthy.

The expansive nature of watery Pisces can also lead her to dominate her
environment and relationships by indiscriminately extending her waters
(emotions and desires) to everyone and everything. "Water merges with
everything, blending and obscuring sharp lines of focus, clouding all
separations and structural patterns. Thus in her effort to extend herself,
Pisces on the personality level has the tendency to take over and, through
subtle "seepage," sometimes manages to control her surroundings to an
amazing degree." (8)

The dreamy idealism of Pisces, inspired by urge to merge with the other
worlds of her mentor Neptune, leads her to abuse alcohol, drugs and other
substances and to indulge in escapist behaviors. Asleep Pisces is attracted
to religious groups that demand total obedience and emphasize emotionalism
and self-sacrifice for the group (or group leader). Asleep Pisces will
chose spiritual glamour over the mental discipline that can remove the veil
of ignorance.

The sleeping Fish drowns herself in a self-created sea of undesirable and
indescribable emotions. She flows both upstream and downstream and is
unable to discriminate which stream will lead her to her destination.

Isolation and submission are the unconscious expressions of what at a more
awake consciousness will be aloneness and surrender. Unconscious drives are
often denied normal expression. Yet they do not go away. In fact our
unconscious drives, desires and motivations create our reality. They are
often the source of our undoing. The asleep Fish attracts internal and
external conditions of helplessness, bondage, isolation and incarceration.

Asleep, Pisces suffers from a vague fear that something or someone is trying
to control or destroy her. This fearful state of mind, which can become
paranoia, may cause her to try to isolate herself and cut herself off from
interactions with others, especially intimate relationships. But isolation
only exacerbates her feelings of loneliness and sense of personal
powerlessness.

Asleep, Pisces may sacrifice her own development and material ambitions for
others out of a sense of guilt, obligation or an instinctual urge to pay off
a debt or karma. Asleep Pisces misinterprets self-sacrifice, which is often
used as an excuse to hide her fear of confronting life. Behind the apparent


sacrifice lies a feeling of impotence and an inability to handle practical
day to day affairs. (9) At its worst, misdirected sacrifice can become
self-destruction and self-annihilation.

Attention deficit disorder is related to Pisces energy. This person does
not know where to focus his or her energy and attention. For Pisces the
only answer is the amorphous and omnipotent power of God, which must be
experiences within herself.


THE WAKING UP FISH

Awakening Pisces realizes that she must repair her damaged inner world,
which is haunted by fear of abandonment and a sense of alienation.
Self-forgiveness is one of the key factors on her spiritual quest for peace
and wholeness. Personal soul-searching and the healing of inner wounds are
required before Pisces can devote her life to her dream of merging the many
into the One. To answer the universal call she must cultivate an inner
sense of security and safety. Pisces must quit resisting and surrender to
the intriguing adventure into the inner world of the Soul. Self -reflection
and a deeper knowledge of her spiritual Self will allow her to be alone
without feeling lonely or deserted by others.

The wake up call for Pisces comes in the form of loss of personal power,
trips to the hospital, or time in literal and symbolic prisons. Through the
experience of her own powerlessness, the Fish realizes that she is nothing
without a link to the rest of life. She must sooner or later sacrifice her
limited ego in order to become part of a greater whole and offer her energy
and wisdom in service to the collective good. (10)

It is through a path of service and the surrendering of individual will to
Divine Will that the Fish finds the security and connection that she seeks.

The Fish must learn to swim in the cosmic ocean without getting lost.
Awakening Pisces begins to orient herself with the currents that serve her
best interests. She begins to find a sense of direction within her
universal potential. She acquires a more conscious rhythm to her fluidity
which helps her achieve a balance between her high and low tides.

At high tide, she taps into the Divine Plan and is thus able to bring
cohesive understanding into collective endeavors. Her connection to Source
gives her a seemingly unlimited support of inner and outer resources upon
which to draw. As Pisces integrates the practical and focused energy of
Virgo, she is able to give expression to her enormous potential.

At low tide, Pisces needs to withdraw, to pull herself together. She must
wring out the sponge of all the energies that she has absorbed during her
high tide. Pisces always needs this time to spiritually recharge. (11)

Awakening Pisces attunes herself to higher values and spiritual realities.
She learns to blend the real and the ideal, the sacred and the profane and
the instinctive and the intuitive. As she begins to discriminate, she
becomes more grounded in her sensitivity to herself, others and her
environment.

The Fish must learn to create boundaries without being defensive. For
boundaries created by withdrawal from the world or artificially constructed
barriers to situations and other human beings only serve to create barriers
between the Fish and the Source and will never make her feel secure. Two
goals of boundaries are to create a feeling of safety and a sense of
identity. This is tricky business for Pisces. By its watery nature it
merges with everyone and everything. The Fish has only one option. She
must identify herself with the Source and attain her safety by merging with
Source. Anything short of identifying with and merging with Divine Light
and Love won't work because it is not authentic enough for Pisces.

Pisces often learns its lessons through near death experiences. The
ultimate human fear is death. The fear of death is at the root of all
fears. When you realize that your body might go, but that you as a
consciousness lives, fear fizzles because it simply is not real. Fear as an
emotion that communicates warnings and information to us is always there.
But the gripping fear that is used to hold on in order to have an identity
lets go. It is no longer needed. Pisces shows us that once you have met
death and experience that you are still alive, life becomes more relaxed and
loving.


THE AWAKE FISH

Awake Pisces has figured out that there is no other recourse but to
surrender to God consciousness. The other signs have human issues to deal
with that can distract them from God. Pisces has none. The alternative of
letting her subconscious fears control her life is no longer an option.
Awake Pisces cannot hide anymore. The good news is that she doesn't want
to. The Fish feels safe and secure in God. She has met her Beloved. Being
in love is now a way of life.

Awake Pisces has moved from the "follow" urges of asleep Pisces through the
"lead" impulses of the awakening Pisces to the natural "flow" of the true
servant of God. The unknown that was once a threat to the asleep Fish is
now consoling relief to the awakened Fish.

Through her true intuition, awake Pisces knows the Divine Plan. She is now
able to consciously and appropriately choose self-sacrifice and devote her
life to universal service without getting lost, abused or hurt in the
process. Like the tremendous energy of the ocean waves, the spiritual
strength of awakened Pisces knows no barriers and is an irresistible force.

Pisces teaches us that there are greater powers at work than our complicated
scenarios and intrigues of the mind. Pisces teaches us that we have to be
detached from results if we wish to be a clear channel for Divine knowledge
and Love. When we are a clear channel, our confidence that we are being lead
in the right direction is real. It is through connection with the Source
that our blind faith becomes willing trust. Pisces teaches us to attune and
be ready and then to relax and go with the flow. Pisces alerts us to listen
for the knock, but not to sit around and try to influence when the knock
will come. Divine Timing is in charge. We can't determine Grace, but we
can be ready to recognize and receive it.

Awake Pisces is the portal to the Divine dimension of reality. Once she has
comfortably merged with Divine Love, she can help others do so as well.
Pisces hears the silent sound of the universe. Pisces answers the silent
call of the Light. Pisces' tool is the fairy wand, not the billy club. All
Pisces has to do is say "booooo!" and the walls of Maya come tumbling down.
Pisces tells us the party has already started. Come celebrate the eternal
Truth that always was, is at this moment and always will be. Pisces lets us
know that we are already home. We just have to wake up to realize this
fact.

Awake Pisces is the willing instrument of the Grace of God, a self-conscious
light that emits the Light of Divine consciousness. Awake Pisces bows to no
dogma or belief system. (They don't even exist where Pisces resides.)
Pisces simply indulges in the pure experience of what IS.

Floating on her celestial cloud, awake Pisces reminds us "How sublime it is
to do nothing and to rest afterwards."

Awake Pisces helps us understand how to access solutions to every challenge.
Our mind is part of the Universal Mind, which extends through the totality
of the universe. When we open our conscious mind to the Universal Mind, the
synchronization opens pathways and guides us through every problem. Through
the Universal Mind we experience the entire universe as bountiful, beautiful
and nothing but an act of Love.


PISCES COSMIC THERAPY

I think Pisces might hold the key to therapy. Why not start out with the
solution? Connect with who we really are, align with the Source and then
work back through the emotional rubble from there. I see several compelling
advantages to Pisces' Cosmic Therapy.

1. We might as well start out with the ultimate goal of our Earthly tour.
The sooner we get connected to our identity with our Source, the more we can
enjoy ourselves before we leave our bodies.

2. We start out with what we are looking for-connection to our true identity
and a place to go where we feel secure and at peace.

3. We go to a place where we can identify the activities of our mind and see
them for what they are-activities of the mind.

4. What is bogus, useless and unreal becomes very apparent.

5. We can choose to stop playing mind games that are destructive and unreal.

6. We can identify the emotional wounds that remain and need attention and
healing.

7. We can identify the characteristics of this cosmic space and in our true
identity--totally non-judgmental, totally accepting, totally at peace,
totally without an agenda, totally loving.

8. We can identify ourselves with this energy and these characteristics.

9. As that loving, totally accepting Being, we can allow this loving energy
to penetrate our physical and emotional bodies.

10. We can indulge in the experience of release as our physical body relaxes
into this dimension of self-love and our emotional body enjoys total
acceptance.

11. We can use this method of self-healing anywhere, any time and it is
free. And we will be free if we use it.

12. I personally have found no other satisfactory solutions to the human
condition. And I know I am not the only one. Nothing else has given me
peace of mind, emotional stability or physical and financial security. How
about you?


YOGA AND MEDITATION

Pisces is the end of the human journey. The end of the journey is actually
the beginning of embracing life from a more profound and richer level of
existence. Yoga and meditation are tools that help us experience for
ourselves another level of awareness and being. The goal is to experience
the stillness, silence and peace that exist at all times, everywhere. When
we can escape the prison of our rational mind and rest in the stillness of
the cosmic mind, our physical body can begin to relax. The stranglehold of
our emotions can let go and we can experience true peace.

This experience is not available in the rational mind. I repeat, this
experience is not available in the rational mind. This is why
visualizations and other forms of mind control will not get you there.
Observe for yourself the state of your body when you are in your mind. It
still holds on. There is still a level of stress and tension. When the
mind holds on, the body holds on.

The mind has one important function. It must tune into, be aware of, and
focus its attention on universal stillness. The mind actually wants to do
this. For in this space of cosmic Truth, the mind can relax. The human
mind then becomes an instrument of the Universal Mind.


MEDITATION FOR SURRENDER

The most important meditation to achieve the Pisces consciousness is perhaps
no meditation or true silent, still meditation. The goal is to consciously
experience the universal energy that IS, WAS and ALWAYS WILL BE. There are
many ways to do this. The most important guideline is to be AWARE.

After you have prepared your body, balanced your emotions and calmed down
your mind by practicing yoga, chanting any divine mantra or done Pranayama,
sit quietly and do any of the following

1. Listen for the silent sound of the universe within.

2. See the vast unencumbered space within.

3. Observe what is still there beyond your thoughts and your feelings.

Once you connect with the presence that simply is there, identify yourself
with it. Realize that you are IT.

This may seem like a very simple formula. IT IS.

Once you have peeked through the veil, go deeper and deeper into the cosmic
void. The infinite ocean is as deep as you are able to go. Experience
yourself as a microcosm of the macrocosm.


FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES

Soul-Centered Astrology, Alan Oken, The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA, 1990,
pp. 239-248.

Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil, Liz Green, Samuel Weiser, Inc, York
Beach, Maine, 1976, pp.29-33.

Alive and Well with Pluto, Bil Tierney, Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul,
MN, 1999, pp. 275-282.

1. Oken, p. 243
2. Oken, pp. 241-246
3. Oken, p. 241
4. Oken, p. 241
5. Oken, p. 242
6. Oken, p. 240
7. Green, p. 17
8. Oken, p. 246
9. Green, p. 31
10. Green, p. 30
11. Oken, p. 247


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