Clarity 101

  Mount Kailash, Tibet Corresponding Crystal - Tibetan Quartz Sacred Pilgrimage Soul Purification Mount Kailash  Sits in the center of six mountain ranges that create a sacred lotus.  Mount Kailash is a natural shape of a pyramid, its four sides face the cardinal points of a compass.  The head waters of four major rivers flow off the mountain, dividing the surrounding area into quarters. The rivers flow from archetypal animals Narazara - snow lion  - east Gyim Shang - peacock - west Pakshi  - Horse - north Sindhi  - elephant - south  Mount Kailash is the ‘Abode of the Gods’ for Jain, Hindu, Buddhist and Bon spiritual beliefs.  Pilgrimage is a single arduous walking trek around the mountain, which purifies the soul of defilement and brings good fortune. The trek makes a loop starting and ending with Buddhist monasteries, it is approximately 32 miles. The trek starts at Darchen at around 15,000 feet. If you decide to take this walk, make sure you are ready for the high altit

 2+0+2+3  = 7 - Intuition/ Spirituality Seven is the number for Spirituality and Intuition. Connecting or learning to connect to your higher self, using discernment with your intuition all the fun stuff! It is cool we are starting the year with Mercury Retrograde, so we can make sure all the residual goo & cooties are removed from our beings by the end of January. We can get our schedules all organized and have our resolutions listed out so we can put them where we can see them every day! While making your new years resolutions, remember you have to believe them if they are going to come to fruition.  So the first thing you need to think about is what do you believe about yourself?  Are you the type of person that is going to stick to and fulfill your resolutions, what you believe about yourself? How much do you value yourself?  Some Peeps say oh I do what you say Auriel, everyday I say my intentions I follow my _______  -nothing is happening! Do you believe it? Do you bel

The title 'Buddha', which literally means 'awakened', is conferred on an individual who discovers the path to nirvana, the cessation of suffering, and propagates that discovery so that others may also achieve nirvana. Siddhartha Gautama circa 563BCE- 480 BCE  Lumbini Shakya Republic - Buddhist tradition Died 483-400 BCE - Kushinagar, Malla Republic Successor Maitreya  Siddhartha lived in a very controlled environment by his father Soddhodana. Siddhartha was a prince, a prophecy was given on his birthday that Siddhartha would either be a great king or a great Holy Man.  His father wanting Siddhartha to be a great king, kept his son within the palace they lived in, always busy learning kingship or being entertained. However, Siddhartha, not knowing about suffering, death or even much change in his life, had brief experiences outside of the palace. After questioning his servants about why or how people suffered, he thought about his own mortality, his own life. Af