Whenever we speak of the unseen parts of ourselves, we mention the mind, soul, spirit and “heart” when we are referring to our heart-of-hearts – our inner nature or soul personality. It is through the metaphysical heart first, then the physical heart, that our Vital Life Force flows and enters our being.

This week I was drawn to once again visit the Marian Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland. On the 13th of every month, the fathers, brothers and sisters of the Pauline Monastery carry a statue of Mary from the Black Madonna Chapel in a procession through the valley, down to the Grotto of Our Lady of Fatima. I joined this procession, after the mass and rosary, to partake in the Benediction and Novena.

I am not entirely sure why I am being drawn back to these traditions lately. No doubt it is partly because the world is going through a time of crisis; but, more than that, there are mysteries of religion that I feel I did not adequately understand when I was younger, particularly concerning the images of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. They are both depicted as being the source of a Flame. I now think we all have such a heart within us or, at least, we can have such a heart. I call it the Solar Heart.

The realization of our true heart goes hand in hand with attainment of our higher consciousness. It is this ascended consciousness – the awareness of the “I Am” within us - that will survive after death, not the lower sense of self that is trapped inside the mortal brain.

Mary herself stands as a symbol of peace, and the Marian Valley is indeed very peaceful.
I will, no doubt, visit again when I am called to do so.

On my bookshelf I have an old book which I just picked up again after many years. It is titled Breathing Alive and the author is Reshad Feild. The following is part of a chapter titled, The Sun Behind the Sun – A Visualization. It begins with all the usual preparations for meditation, including correct breathing and playing some appropriate music. Please note that it is a visualization and does not require you to actually look at the Sun, although I suggest it is probably best performed if you are sitting in the Light of the Sun at the time.
 
“Slowly, still awake to the breathing, sense the golden rays of the sun permeating every cell of your being. Bring the sun into the centre of your chest and let its rays of living gold pour out into the world. Now you are the centre of your own universe! No more are you breathing; you are being breathed.
“Be very still.
“There is a light from a greater sun giving light to your own sun. Open yourself to this light. Let it pour through the crown at the top of your head. This is the ‘Light of Pure Intelligence,’ a light without colour as we know it. It is pure, unadulterated light, unfathomable to the normal human imagination, but always there, ready to illuminate us. Through this light we can see the world as a world of patterns, continuously unfolding from the one still moment of creation.
“Now we can be in the world and yet not of the world. We are like a chalice made of the gold of the sun, able to receive the Spirit from the Breath of His Compassion.”

Have you ever had the experience of reading or watching TV when suddenly, from the corner of your eye, you see what appears to be a dark, shadowy figure moving in the room, even if it is a very brief glimpse? When such figures are humanoid, they are known as Shadow People, and to the many people who have studied them or experienced them firsthand, they are very real.

According to Wikipedia: A shadow person is the perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, and, interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.

I admit that, since I began Sun-gazing about 6 years ago, I have experienced a greatly increased number of these sightings. I believe the reason is that Sun-gazing enhances periphery vision, enabling you to see things you would otherwise miss. In my case, the figures are not always humanoid, but often they are winged creatures darting by in an instant.

This week I re-watched an episode of the 1985 Twilight Zone series titled "The Shadow Man," which dealt with a teenage boy who had a Shadow Person living in his bedroom. The episode portrayed the Shadow Man as fitting the "Hat Man" appearance often ascribed to shadow people.

According to Natalia Kuna, a psychic medium, "Shadow People are said to be conscious, intelligent, inter-dimensional beings that can shapeshift into various forms and figurations, and move back and forth between dimensions." In 2001, Heidi Hollis published her first book on the topic of Shadow People. She describes Shadow People as dark silhouettes with human shapes and profiles that flicker in and out of peripheral vision. She believes the figures to be negative, alien beings and suggests repelling them by invoking the Name of Jesus.

Personally, I have never had any reason to fear them, although I sometime wonder if there is a message I am supposed to be picking up, but miss. If you are seeing Shadow people and they bother you, start by having a talk to a reputable psychic to determine what the cause might be.

The Importance of being able to instantly access to your Sanctum Within.

One of the best resources you can have at your disposal to centre yourself in this brave new world is your own private, safe, inner space that you can access quickly, whenever and wherever you need to. Some disciplines teach this practice as a way to calm yourself in times of panic; others use it as a meditative technique. Once created, your sanctuary within will serve these purposes and more. It may be entered for prayer, contemplation and connection to the higher realms.

No matter what our day-to-day activities demand of us, we can build a ‘virtual backroom’ to which we may retreat when necessary, retiring into our own soul. Long before the pressures of high-tech living, the coronavirus pandemic and economic recessions, and the toll they take on our mental and emotional wellbeing, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius spoke of such a sanctuary and called it an Inner Citadel. I also like to use this term.

A note for those who intend to use their inner sanctum as a place to contact guides, angels and beings on the higher planes: Yes, this is a good platform for doing just that and, it is important to note, you are in control here, and no being, person or thing can be present in this place without your express invitation and approval. Always let this be so.

Here is a quote from Shakti Gawain (in her book, Meditations) “In this deep, quiet, restful place within yourself you are in contact with your own deepest wisdom, your own natural inner knowingness, the part of you that’s very wise and knows everything that you need and is able to give you guidance in your life, moment by moment.”

The above is an extract from a longer blog that appears at https://southernsunlightcom.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/your-inner-citadel/

There are invisible, non-material spheres surrounding the Earth, where beings of a higher vibrational frequency dwell. Our world is embedded within a larger rotating sphere – concentric with the Earth - that is made of an aethereal, transparent fifth element (quintessence), like a jewel set in an orb.  The spheres above us go by different names, such as the Noosphere, and the outermost one is called The Empyrean.

I know the invisible layer that immediately surrounds us as the Celestial plane or sphere. We can access this level consciously by connecting with our Overselves. If you are among the increasing number of people who expect that a change of frequency will affect our world on 21st December this year, my suggestion is that you would be best to establish this (re-)connection with your Overself in advance.  

There are those who believe that yet another sphere has been intelligently and artificially placed around our planet, to prevent human consciousness from reaching the next step and becoming self-aware on this plane of existence. Some have referred to this dark force as a “matrix grid”.

The best defence against darkness is Light. If you ensure that your Inner Light is activated and shining, you will not succumb to the darkness that will try to prevent the coming ascension.

In the past two days I have come across the following quotes. It is easy to blame some outside source for our Fall. We were given Free Will, and this is what we chose. A lot of truth in that song by INXS: Devil Inside!

From Michael Roads: A great irony of life is that unwittingly, humanity is the opposition to God.  By maintaining ignorance and believing in separation, we create and maintain nothing but opposition to the holistic Truth of God. […] Every war, every deliberate lie, all our anger, our negativity, adverse criticism, self-righteousness, Self-denial, on and on, all this constitutes our unrealised opposition to God.

From Aurelio Peccei, co-founder of the infamous Club of Rome: For the first time since the first millennium was approached in Christendom, large masses of people are really in suspense about the impending advent of something unknown which could change their collective fate entirely.... Man does not know how to be a truly modern man.... Man invented the story of the Bad Dragon, but if ever there was a bad dragon, IT IS MAN HIMSELF.... Here we have the human paradox: man trapped by his extraordinary capacity and achievements, as in a quick- sand - the more he uses his power the more he needs it. […] Since man has opened Pandora's Box of new technologies, he has suffered uncontrolled human proliferation, the mania for growth, energy crises, actual or potential resource scarcities, degradation of environment, nuclear folly and a host of related afflictions.

In the story of the Fall, Angels – or the sons of God - came down and intermingled with daughters of Man. We are the descendants. We act like passive victims of Fate, rather than acknowledge the base qualities of Human Nature.

Three years ago, this video clip was widely viewed, then put aside and forgotten. It has been revived by You Tube host “UFOvni2012.” Late in this video, about the 4-minute mark, you will see the massive sphere detach from the Sun and pull back quickly. Where did it go, where is it now and what can we expect from it in future? Perhaps it will re-emerge as the much-anticipated Planet X.

There is more on this issue posted on You Tube by “UFOvni2012.” For example, see this 6-minute clip from last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLsDCuy_7Q

Also see our previous Blog from April about a huge sphere parked near the Sun.

Recently I completed an online course with Sue Morter, who is one of the most dynamic and inspiring teachers I have had he pleasure to learn from. Since I studied the Secret of the Golden Flower last year – and its influence ignited a spark within me – I have come to automatically compare everything else I encounter with it. I found great compatibility with Dr Sue’s work and the Golden Flower.

From the outset, Dr Sue was using a word I was unfamiliar with: Mulabandha. I now know that it represents a “locking” of the root of our energy at the base of the spine. It clicks with my last post about the Light Shaft. The idea is to concentrate on four points: the Mulabandha, the solar plexus, the throat and the pineal, while breathing energy in from above us and moving it down the spine, then right through to the Earth below; with alternate breaths, we then breath energy up from the Earth, through the spinal energy shaft and on upward into the sky (I call these extremes, our Earth Spirit and our Soul Star).

‘Bandha’ is a yogic system that allows subtle energy to flow. Mulabandha is introduced with the contraction of the pelvic floor muscles. I, like many others, was already familiar with this process, because I do daily pelvic floor muscle exercises. Imagine that you urgently need the toilet, but have to hold it, or that you start to urinate and have to stop. If you have ever exercised these muscles, you are already using Mulabandha. The location of the point you are concentrating on is called the perineum.

The next point up is the Uddiyana Bandha at the solar plexus: - gently draw the stomach inwards on inhalation. Uddiyana Bandha is linked to inhalation; Mulabandha is linked to exhalation – expand the stomach outwards on exhalation.

The third point is called Jalandhara Bandha, at the throat. The head is tilted back and the tongue rolled back and up against the palate while smiling slightly. Jalandhara Bandha redirects the ascending energy in the spinal column up towards the fourth point, which yogis call the Ajna Chakra in the middle of the head. Dr Sue suggests rolling the eyes back – not painfully, but just enough so that you can feel that forth high point.

Performing such a breathing exercise facilitates the movement of Light energy up and down through your system, removing any blockages in the way.
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I often write about spheres and note that, while they constitute the most common naturally-occurring geometry in Nature and the Cosmos, straight lines are primarily a contrivance of human beings; we draw or imagine lines to connect the dots - but sometimes there are blockages along the line.

The Ancients built obelisks and similar monoliths around the globe. Some think they were once used as part of an electrically powered grid; while others see them as representations as the rays of light that emanate from the Sun. Human beings are a microcosm of the universe and once again we find a correspondence with the macrocosm: As Above, So Below.

Just as some of our ancient ancestors knew about the Axis Mundi, those in the Orient also understood that we humans have an important energetic column running vertically through our being, connecting the major force centres. When we learn to control this line of energy by breathwork and intonation, we can remove the blockages that have formed in our psychic body, to allow the intended operation of this Light Shaft as a connector between our Soul Star above and Earth Spirit below.

This week I visited the Marian Valley near Tamborine Mountain, in the Gold Coast Hinterland of South-East Queensland. Marian Valley is recognized as a sacred place and the visitor gains an impression of it being what is sometimes called a ‘thin place.’ It is spread over several acres of well-maintained gardens, with about 50 shrines dedicated to a diversity of nations.

I chose to visit on the 13th of the month, as each month on that date they hold a procession from the Black Madonna Chapel down to the Grotto of Our Lady of Fatima. Various nationalities were represented among the attendees and parts of the rosary and chanting were conducted in Maltese and Filipino (Tagalog). 

The phenomenon of ‘apparitions’ features repeatedly at these chapels. Events claimed as miracles often involve Mary in conjunction with the Sun. While the most famous historical cases are those of Fatima and Lourdes, both the reported appearances of Mary and the incidences of Black Madonnas occur worldwide. The Byzantine-style icon in the Black Madonna Chapel is a focal point at Marian Valley.

The most well-known Miracle of the Sun occurred on Sunday 13th October 1917, witnessed by a large crowd, numbered in the tens of thousands, gathered near Fátima, Portugal. One of the very many vivid accounts was recorded by Father John De Marchi,:
“As if like a bolt from the blue, the clouds were wrenched apart, and the Sun at its zenith appeared in all its splendour. It began to revolve vertiginously on its axis, like the most magnificent firewheel that could be imagined, taking on all the colours of the rainbow and sending forth multicoloured flashes of light, producing the most astounding effect. This sublime and incomparable spectacle, which was repeated three distinct times, lasted for about ten minutes.”

Medjugorje is a town located in the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, close to the border of Croatia. On the 24th June 1981 the town experienced something akin to Fatima, with the Sun dancing in the sky and six children claiming to have received a message delivered from the Virgin Mary.

There is another case of similar occurrences in the town of Conyers, Georgia, USA, where, at noon on the thirteenth day of every month, thousands of worshipers gather to pray and sing, hoping to record the flickering of the Sun or perhaps the “opening of the door to heaven.” It began with Nancy Fowler, who claims to communicate with the Virgin Mary. Devotees report that the Sun becomes pure white light and that a smaller white disc sometimes circles it.  The solar disc also ‘blinks.’

The Divine Mercy Shrine, which is located in Divine Mercy Hills, Misamis Oriental, Philippines is yet another prominent location where this occurs. At the initial gathering on what has become known as Divine Mercy Sunday, in April 2001, a rainbow first appeared over the head of statue of Jesus and along with an inexplicable solar event that was witnessed by 10,000 attendees - and continues to occur on subsequent Feast Days of the Divine Mercy. It is seen with the naked eye; the Sun changes form and colour and is said to look like an opaque disk that is ‘spinning like a pinwheel in the sky.’