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Millennials are turned off sex, study suggests, with one in eight still virgins at 26 share A study found that more young people are waiting longer to have sex. File picture Callum Adams 6 MAY 2018 • 1:04 PM Millennials are waiting longer to have sex, with one in eight still virgins at 26 years old, new research has found. The sharp rise in the number of young people waiting longer to have sex may be because of a "fear of intimacy" and the pressure of social media, according to analysts. The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14. The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age. Susanna Abse, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Balint Consultancy, told the Sunday Times: "Millenials have been brought up in a culture of hypersexuality which has bred a fear of intimacy. The 'fear of exposure' on social media has been suggested as a possible reason why young people are waiting longer to have sex CREDIT: DOMINIC LIPINKSI/PA "The women are always up for it with beautiful hard bodies and the men have permanent erections. That is daunting to young people. "The fear for young men is of being humiliated that they can't live up to that, plus the fear of exposure in your Facebook group." If those who refused to answer the question were also virgins, the figure rises to one in six , according to Steve McKay, professor in social research at Lincoln University. The research also found that as young people get older they are less likely to have sexual partners, with more than 90% of those who had lost their virginity having done so before 19-years-old. The Next Steps project began in 2004 and monitored pupils attending state and independent schools across England. The UCL Institute of Education, part of University College London, took over the study in 2013. Stephen Mason Ph.D. Look At It This Way Why Does God Hate Sex? Feeling Very Good Is Very Bad Posted May 16, 2010 People will ask why I write about sex? Because it's what people want to read. If this column were about Giving Blood At the Orphanage...would you be here? Personally, I've had a great deal of experience in this area. As a result, I suffer none of the frustration and fixation shared by most Americans. Just consider the latest flap-doodle involving half a dozen little girls doing a sexy dance in sexy outfits as part of some sort of competition. The video is shown again and again and the refrain is always the same: Aint it awful...tsk-tsk-tsk. I don't think it's awful. I don't think it's anything but a way of boosting ratings with a sexually immature audience. article continues after advertisement Sex is funny in that you can live without it...but not without paying a mental/physical price. It's a simple pleasure that grows all out of proportion when it's denied. If Mother Nature were allowed to have her way, this would be a far better place. And who's behind all the brouhaha - God? Actually, it's religion. In order to run a successful religion, you need to follow just one rule: Have more members coming in than going out. One way to achieve this is by gaining control of their sex lives. Try to think of a religion that doesn't have anything to say about sex. Get a grip on that one single, chemically driven aspect of life and you will have a stranglehold on your flock. The more they try to avoid it the more they're going to be drawn to it and the more they're going to feel like sinners and the more they're going to need you to save them. Tell people sucking lemons is evil and they won't suck lemons and they won't need you. Tell people sex is evil and you'll have them stuck in a revolving door. Now here's the rub and the real reason I get so provoked by people who have been bamboozled into believing that copulation without at least fifty strings attached is anything but normal human behavior. The truth is, violence tends to be inversely proportional to the availability of sex. Remember generations of coaches who told the team to avoid love so they'd be full of hate for the big game? Look at riots in the street and what do you see? Mostly young, testosterone filled males throwing bricks. Look at guys flying planes into buildings. Would they do it if it weren't for the 79 virgins? And why do you suppose there's such a premium on virgins? The male's lack of experience leads to a lack of confidence and that, in turn, leads to a raging fury against experience and confidence...so let's find someone with neither. The weird part is that so many terrorists truly believe America is swimming in sex. If they only knew that it gets so much attention only because there's so little action. Eddie Izzard does a very funny and very insightful routine that involves God laying down the laws of mating. The dogs are told to do it doggie style. The dogs go away happy. The cats are also to do it doggie style. The cats aren't really happy about that but when are cats really happy about anything? The salmon are told about swimming up stream, struggling over dams and crashing into rocks only to die at the end. Bummer. And finally, the humans are told they can do it pretty much anyway they like...as long as they feel guilty. So I get comments from obviously guilty readers telling me how scary sex really is and providing laundry lists of things that can go wrong whilst rolling in the hay. That God ever invented sex in the first place was clearly a mistake so they create caveats that will at least make it as unpleasant as possible. However, if anything, it's a lack of sex that can be deadly. The British Medical Journal reported on a long-term study of nearly a thousand men between the ages of 45 and 59. In our culture of scary sex it's perhaps not too surprising that the findings have not received the attention they deserve. You see, the data showed that the amount of sexual activity enjoyed by a man is directly proportional to both his health and longevity. Men who reported twice as much sex were half as likely to die prematurely. As for all the stories you've heard regarding the dangers of the pill, in a study that followed 46,000 women for almost 40 years, taking the pill resulted in their being less likely to die prematurely from all causes including cancer and heart disease. And finally, there's always the threat of unwanted pregnancy. This is typically thrown up by the same folks who want to ban sex education, readily available contraceptives and abortion. The point here is that certain women will continue to make babies because they don't have much else to do and/or because they view it as a kind of cottage industry. Clearly, Abstinence Only and Just Say No approaches don't work. So if you really want to get serious, consider the Chinese model. If not, then just keep doing what you're doing and getting what you're getting. We live in an era of increasingly relaxed attitudes towards sex and sexuality. The advent of dating apps has made meeting a potential partner as easy as swiping a finger. So why are people having less sex? The Facts The British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles in 2013 showed the frequency of sex among 16 to 44-year-olds fell by 20% compared to 2000. Similarly, a 2017 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour found that Americans are having sex nine fewer times per year than in the 1990s. The trend of a declining interest in sex is not just a western phenomenon. One in three Singaporeans polled in 2014 said they had sex less than once a month. The Japan Family Planning Association reported that 46% of women and more than 25% of men between the ages of 16 and 24 “were not interested in or despised sexual contact”. While nearly 50% of married respondents reported being in a “sexless” marriage. A Work-Related Hazard One possible cause for this trend is our work lives. It seems the more hours we work, the more tired and stressed we become, negatively impacting our sex lives. Research backs this up. According to a Swiss study, “higher self-reported stress in daily life was associated with lower levels of sexual activity and satisfaction, and a decrease in relationship satisfaction.” In Japan, the most common reason for being uninterested in sex given by married men is being “too tired from work”. The average American in full-time employment worked 47 hours a week in 2015. Closer to home, the average Singaporean worked 45.1 hours per week in 2017. Higher than South Korea and Japan, countries well known for their intense work cultures. Netflix and Chill We have a plethora of choices when it comes to entertainment these days. An abundance of on-demand streaming services, alongside social media and video games have made us increasingly attached to our smartphones, tablets and PCs. Related Post Instant gratification in various forms is always at our fingertips, perhaps having an adverse effect on our romantic relationships. This interference by technology, dubbed “Technoference”, was researched at Brigham Young University. The result: 70% of women said their partner’s use of smartphones interfered with their love life. Professor Kaye Wellings, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, states, “ iPads and computers have all breached the boundary between the home and the bedroom.” Depression’s Dark Cloud The Western world and Asia have both struggled to deal with a growing depression epidemic. More than 20% of Americans will experience an episode of clinical depression. In the UK, 10% of 25- to 64-year-olds admit to having depression. The World Health Organisation’s 2015 estimates gave Singapore the highest rate of depression in Asia. Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health reported a 20% increase in major depressive cases between 2014 and 2016. Studies show that depression is one of the most common causes of sexual dysfunction as well as loss of interest in sex. Symptoms of Modern Life There is no single answer we can point to as the root cause for this trend towards sexual disinterest. Several factors may have a cumulative effect, although much depends on an individual’s circumstances and lifestyle. Modern life in a developed country, however, does appear to be the main culprit.

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A huge misunderstanding. You describe strong as a rock to mean something that is devoid of emotion and care. Strong and stoic means to be able to endure a lot and still survive because only the weak perish. It does not mean being unempathetic and unemotional and uncaring. No person can be happy with a person who lacks basic emotion and understanding. Because lack of emotion and care can be very narcissistic and selfish. Love is selfless. Strong men do not feel the need to flaunt or assert that they are strong. They know well that they are strong and they are not insecure. Insecure men engage in displays of excessive false power to assert themselves as strong because of the cognitive dissonance they have. They feel to overcompensate themselves. Strength is a very important quality and it means resistance and resilience and perisistence and the ability to rise up again despite the enormousness of the setbacks and it is not being like a stone with no heart or emotion. That's called psychopathy and apathy not strength. A woman looks for emotional strength and support in a man. If he is not emotional, he will end up being too harsh to her, thus being counter-productive to her health and well being and she might give up at some point. Such a man is no good to her and she is better off without him. A man looks for love and care and nurturing in a woman. Women are emotional. They do not prefer harshness in a man. At the same time they don't want a man to fall apart. They want a man who can have empathy and understanding for them but also remain strong in situations and not break down. These are two different things and two different qualities very admirable in a man. A man who is too cold and harsh and devoid of emotion or feeling will soon tire out a woman leaving her emotionally drained and fending for herself. Imo, a strong man would be like this

Organized religion is a problem. Religion has influence on important aspects of existence and society like birth, marriage, death or burial, politics, medicine or health, law or crime and punishment. This is a problem. This gives full control to religion over the state. Separation of state and religion is important. Once you remove religion from all the aspects, you break the chains of dependency and you get freedom. In that case religion becomes redundant and can be let go easily. pg

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S - SPIRIT AND AIR G - GOD F - FIRE E - EARTH W - WATER C - CROSS B - BALANCE

Positive and negative energy. There is a lot of negative energy in the environment. Whenever there is sabotage and chaos and disorder both on the microcosm level and the cosmological level there is a lot of negative energy that is causing it. Naturally there is a lot of negative energy present. Positive energy is rare. It only comes upon invoking. Negative energy is like stones and pebbles, you find them everywhere. Positive energy is like gems like diamonds you don't find it scattered everywhere. There are found somewhere and only rarely. It's very easy for the body and the mind to attract negative energy all the time. But to attract positive energy will need to invoke it as much as you can. When things are running smoothly it means either the absence of negative energy or the presence of strong positive energies. Invoking and cleansing. You should keep invoking positive energy and keep banishing or cleansing negative energy all the time. Keep invoking till all the negative energy has left and there is no more chaos or chasm or sabotage left. Wherever there is drama, there is negative energy.

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Cauldron for burning incense or herbs. During relaxation and when letting the mind off something. Letting go and also for spreading aroma as in aromatherapy.

Cauldron Shopping By now, we all know my paradoxical position on cauldrons. There’s no strong reason to have them, but I adore the ones I have and will cart them all over the world if that’s what it takes to keep them with me. It doesn’t make sense, but it is what it is. Recognizing that there is a desire (or need) out there for cauldrons, I suppose the smart thing to do would be to set forth some sort of shopping guide. Cauldrons aren’t exactly cheap, so you’ll want to get it right the first time around. First thing’s first: the practical matters. For example, what metal do you choose? You can usually find something to use as a cauldron in only two metals: iron and brass. My preference here is far and away the iron. In the first place, it will always be made much thicker than brass, for cast iron is a brittle metal and cannot be thinly pounded. As such, it will never warp, even if you’re putting it directly into a fire or building a fire in it. In the second place, cast iron pieces are poured rather than shaped, so any handles or legs on the piece are part of the pot itself, not smaller things welded on later in the process. This means that the cast iron pot is integrally stronger than an assembled pot. Thirdly, cast iron seasons to a black color, which means scorch marks and other surface damage will be hardly noticeable. Moreover, if damage does occur, it can be scoured off and reseasoned very easily. Unfortunately, I have found brass pieces to be very thin, and that opens them up to more damage. My poor little brass pot, for example, as a great ding in one side from where it got knocked against a rock in the dark. The few alcohol fires I’ve burnt in it have warped it and loosened the joins between the pot and the legs, which makes me question its safety in future burnings. In fact, the pot is so thin that it’s scorched through in one point near the base, weakening the metal to where there will certainly be a hole in that point sometime in the future. The pot has also permanently discolored in some places where the heat was too intense for it. Worse still, many manufacturers treat brass with a type of coating to prevent it from tarnishing. My brass cauldron must have had such a coating, and the heat has utterly destroyed it. Now the pot’s surface is peppered with all manner of black splotches and stains. All in all, I cannot recommend the use of brass cauldrons at all unless it is the only option for your tradition (some that deal largely with fairy folk avoid the use of iron in all magical tools). Another important consideration is how narrow the narrowest part of the pot is. In short, you do not want a piece you can’t fit your hand into. Cauldrons take a lot of abuse, and they require a good scouring when they get dirty. It is practically impossible to scour something when you’ve got to get at it with a narrow brush. Additionally, if the cauldron is to be used to burn something, you’re going to want as much oxygen as possible getting to the bottom of the pot. As carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen, it can get trapped in a narrow-mouthed pot and the flame will snuff itself out. You’ll also want to consider how you’ll actually use the pot. If, for example, you would cook something in it, you’d probably want a flat-bottomed pot so that you can use it on a stove top. If you want to brew potions with potentially poisonous ingredients, you’ll want a pot that can be very thoroughly cleaned, which precludes seasoned cast iron as the material. If you want to use it as a burning vessel (or have an intense desire to build fires every time you want to whip up a potion), a pot with three legs will be best, since it will keep the hottest parts of the pot from touching a large surface, which could burn it or potentially even start a fire. A burning vessel should also definitely have a tight-fitting lid, which can be used to smother the fire in an emergency. Intended use will also influence the optimal size of your cauldron. If, for instance, you want to use it as an incense censer, you need only something the size of a fruit bowl. If you want it to prepare food or potions, you’d probably want something with a capacity between 3 and 7 quarts, three being the size of a large saucepan and 7 being something you could make a coven’s worth of stew in. If you’d like to burn fire in it, I’d strongly recommend going no smaller than about 5 quarts. With these guidelines in place, then, where do you look to obtain your cauldron? Well, there’s always have the option of patronizing a Pagan store. This is always an admirable thing to do, since brick-and-mortar Pagan stores are on the decline and I’d even suspect that smaller online stores are becoming out-competed by larger ones. Unfortunately, I’ve only ever seen one large-ish cauldron at these places, and it’s still too small to be very practical. Pagan stores typically offer tiny cauldrons, which are largely more decorative than functional pieces. They often look just like the one pictured on the left, which is a tiny little fellow: just 3 inches tall, 2 inches deep, and 2.75 inches across. It will really only be useful as an incense burner, and it will probably cost you at least $20. If this is a route you’d choose, I’d recommend that you try to find a piece without a symbol put upon it. In this case, there’s a goddess symbol on the cauldron. That might prove counterproductive to a god-focused ritual. Moreover, air and fire–both elements involved in the censer–are masculine elements, so it wouldn’t make sense to have a highly feminine symbol on a tool involved with them. Symbols just complicate matters unduly. If you do want a cauldron for an incense burner, though, you don’t have to resort to the Pagan shops. Lodge Cast iron offers a little 8 oz serving kettle (3.5 inches across, 2 inches deep) that makes a perfect censer as well as a slightly larger 1 pint country kettle (5 inches across, 2.5 inches deep). The little one is just $10.95 and the larger is $15.95. Lodge also has a large range of seasoned cast iron flat-bottomed dutch ovens that would make for a great stove top cauldron. Five-quart pots tend to be around $55 and 7-quart pots about $85. Lodge also has a large range of seasoned cast iron camp ovens, which are essentially dutch ovens with little feet. Their 4-quart one runs about $66 and their 6-quart about $89. I’ve seen their standard dutch ovens for sale in kitchen stores, in Wal-marts, and in hardware stores, and I’ve seen the camp ovens in the outdoor sections of Wal-marts and in camping stores. If something more stereotypically cauldron like–the pot belly–is more what you had in mind, the potjie (pronounced poi-key) pots are a good option. These are essentially Dutch ovens but are designed with a narrower opening to discourage a lot of evaporation. Potjies today come in the traditional legged variety as well as flat bottoms for cooking in modern kitchens. The no. 2 size, which is a 5 quart capacity pot, runs about $80 for both legged and flat styles. The 8-quart no. 3 runs about $100. I may be biased as I have a potjie for my cauldron, but I think they’re superior for cauldron purposes. Aesthetically, they’re certainly more “cauldron-y”, and if you want to burn fires in them, they’re a little safer. Their legs are much longer than the standard dutch oven, which means there’s very little risk of the floor scorching. I would certainly emphasize using some sort of trivet if you attempt to burn indoors, though. For the “cook up a potion” crowd, there’s also an obvious option moving away from the stereotypical look of a cauldron, and that’s dedicating a special regular pot or pan for cauldron use. In this avenue, I have to admit I’m influenced by what the fictional TV wizard Harry Dresden chose: enameled cast iron. It’s got all the heat-retaining qualities of cast iron, but it’s a little easier to clean up. Plus, the porcelain enamel means that micro bits of your potions are less likely to cling to the pot as they would in seasoned cast iron. This definitely makes enameled cast iron a lot more ‘potion friendly’ as you would be able to work with poisonous plants with more safety. Enameled cast iron is, unfortunately, not very cheap. Retail price for a new 5.5 quart Le Creuset dutch oven is $265, or about $200 more than a seasoned cast iron piece of the same size. I prefer to look for good vintage pieces on eBay if I want enameled cast iron, and have been able to find lots of casseroles and such for dirt cheap prices. If enameled cast iron seems more your speed and you desire a more traditional cauldron shape, I’d recommend trying to find a vintage bean pot, such as this one from Descoware. It’s not a piece currently manufactured by any enameled cast iron company today, but they do pop up somewhat frequently on eBay. Auctions often close anywhere between $20-$90. I believe I spent about $60 on my bean pot…which has about a 2 quart capacity and which I use for simmering beans and grains. A saucepan such as Harry Dresden’s will often be between 1 and 2 quarts and will auction for between $10 and $30. For fairy-friendly pagan folk who might desire to potion without iron, I would suggest investing in a good copper sauce pan. This is not going to be a cheap option, even with eBay. Unfortunately, I would actually discourage anyone from the eBay route unless he or she has the aid of someone who knows a lot about vintage cookware, both for health and wallet safety. In modern cookware, it’s exceedingly difficult to find copper cookware that doesn’t also include stainless steel, even amongst the old copper pot companies. However, the French company Mauviel does still make one all copper pot: their sugar saucepan. Their 3.78 quart pan runs about $198. Their smallest, a .9 quart pan, is about $100. There are three sizes in between with prices increasing as the capacity increases. Compulsory items Earth - crystals and salt, mud pot. Water - chalice with water Fire - candle and cauldron Spirit and air - incense sticks and Chakra, for spirit wand, Athame, and the broom.

Directions for elements. North towards the right - water North towards the left - spirit including air. South towards the left - Fire, opposite pole of water. South towards the right - Earth Symbol of God is to the north facing all symbols. To the center of all symbols is balance between masculine and feminine, between high and low, between high energy and low energy and between good and evil. Fire is a source of high energy. Needs calming with water. Water is a source of intelligence. Thought, emotion, higher planes and calming or taming of negative and high energy. Spirit is a source of higher spiritual plane. Air is a source of knowledge and imagination or visualizations. Earth is a source of balance and remaining grounded or attached to something, of substratum or a foundation to base things on and also of being grounded in reality and being realistic or practical. Invoking and banishing Banishing means taming. Invoking different elements. Water. Invoking the element of water By acquiring more knowledge, connecting to your emotions, intuition and having higher consciousness. Being wise in decisions and sharpening intelligence. Being in harmony with nature, universal laws and understanding the universe. Trying to get united with the spirit and being in blue low energy level consciousness. Banishing this element If you have to create something or start you need more energy it means you will need to stop being calm and increase focus and motivate yourself into restlessness to get the work done. Fire. Invoking the element of fire This is the energy of creation. The energy needed to start something. The fuel. It's very connected to the spirit and very deeply attached to the spirit. In certain cultures the spirit is represented by a flame. You have to be careful with it. Fire can be used for cooking or can it be used to destroy something. Therefore this energy is very volatile. If not directed properly can cause massive problems like war, destruction and evil. Used properly and wisely and it can be used for self defense and protection the way fire protects from cold. A weapon can be good or bad depending on the use. You can create something good or create something dangerous. You are invoking it every day as you work towards your goals. Fire is also like passion. Too little passion will cause passivity. Too much passion can lead to obsession and destruction. Banishing this element This element needs careful control. Since it is needed it can be used only as much is needed. When you are too excited or full of rage or getting too emotional, you need to calm down or else you will make illogical decisions. Air and spirit Invoking the element of air and spirit This needs connection to a higher spirit. Through prayer. Experience the spiritual realm. It can be on both cosmological and microcosm level. Spiritual planes are different than physical reality. This is the connecting bridge between the physical and the spiritual world on a cosmological level and a bridge between the spirit and the body on a microcosm or individual level. Banishing this element If you think you have lost touch with reality and you need to focus on the flesh or the earth, start by reducing your spiritual impulses and try to have more focus on the physical world. Earth Invoking the element of earth Being very grounded. Having a set routine or schedule every day. Making practical decisions and choices. Taking good care of the body, the temple. Cutting down excessive day dreaming and grand delusions. Connecting with crystals and connecting with nature like gardening or saving the environment. Having a firm basis or foundation in life to follow. A set path. Knowing the direction or trajectory of your life. Having a base and a sense of direction and purpose. Not doing things just because others do but knowing why you are doing it. Using a template or set mental map to guide you through life. Creating such a guidance map or structure. Being rational and logical in your thinking and decisions. Banishing this element If you feel you have always been too hard wired and grounded and very practical and you need a break, you also want to dream and fantasize and have a splendid vision. Then cut down your limited thinking. Banish this element for that amount of time and become more positive instead of critical and Visualize and have a vision. Even things that look impossible or difficult right now can be possible some day. Be positive and patient. Keep yourself open minded to different possibilities. Engage in prayer. Do brainstorming. Do not hold back yiur inner feelings or desires. Start to dream the possibility of something. Make your dreams come true. Use the power of imagination. Invoking an element - - > light the candle Banishing an element - - > put out the candle

Chapter 4 Representation of 5 elements Fire - lamp or candle flame. Water - chalice with water. Earth - a jar of mud with crystals on top. Spirit or Ether - wand or Athame and the broom and incense releasing smoke. Athame, wand and broom and incense necessary. Air is not included. Here the air element is already combined with the Ether or spirit element that is they are fused

Chapter 3 Facing of the different elements. North side Earth represented by a cup of salt. West is represented by a water represented by a chalice filled with water. East is Air represented by a lit incense stick releasing smoke. South is Fire. Represented by a lit candle. Usually this way.

Chapter 2 The Five Element Symbols: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit Catherine Beyer Updated June 01, 2018 The Greeks proposed the existence of five basic elements. Of these, four were the physical elements – fire, air, water, and earth – of which the entire world is composed. Alchemists eventually associated four triangular symbols to represent these elements. The fifth element, which goes by a variety of names, is more rarefied than the four physical elements. Some simply call it Spirit. Others call it Aether or Quintessence (literally "the fifth element" in Latin). In traditional Western occult theory, the elements are hierarchical: Spirit, fire, air, water, and earth – with the first elements being more spiritual and perfect and the last elements being more material and base. Some modern systems, such as Wicca, view the elements as equal. Before we examine the elements themselves, it is important to understand the qualities, orientations, and correspondences that are associated with the elements. Each element is connected with aspects in each of these and it helps correlate their relationship to one another. In classical elemental systems, each element has two qualities, and it shares each quality with one other element. Warm/Cold Each element is either warm or cold, and this corresponds with a male or female gender. This is a strongly dichotomous system, where male qualities are things like light, warmth, and activity, and female qualities are dark, cold, passive, and receptive. The orientation of the triangle is determined by warmth or coldness, male or female. Male, warm elements point upward, ascending toward the spiritual realm. Female, cold elements point downward, descending into the earth. Moist/Dry The second pair of qualities is moistness or dryness. Unlike the warm and cold qualities, moist and dry qualities do not immediately correspond to other concepts. Opposing Elements Because each element shares one of its qualities with one other element, that leaves one element completely unrelated. For example, air is moist like water and warm like fire, but it has nothing in common with earth. These opposing elements are on opposite sides of the diagram and are distinguished by the presence or absence of the crossbar within the triangle: Air and earth are opposites and have the crossbar Water and fire are also opposites and lack the crossbar. Hierarchy of Elements There is traditionally a hierarchy of elements, although some modern schools of thought have abandoned this system. The lower elements in the hierarchy are more material and physical, with the higher elements becoming more spiritual, more rarefied, and less physical. That hierarchy can be traced through this diagram. Earth is the lowest, most material element. Circling clockwise from earth you get water, air and then fire, the least material of the elements. The pentagram has represented many diverse meanings over the centuries. Since at least the Renaissance, one of its associations is with the five elements. Arrangement Traditionally, there is a hierarchy among the elements ranging from the most spiritual and rarefied to the least spiritual and most material. This hierarchy determines the placement of elements around the pentagram. Starting with spirit, the highest element, we descend to fire, then follow the lines of the pentagram over to air, across to water, and down to earth, the lowest and most material of the elements. The final line between earth and spirit completes the geometric shape. Orientation The issue of a pentagram being point-up or point-down only gained relevance in the 19th-century and has everything to do with the arrangement of elements. A point-up pentagram came to symbolize spirit ruling over the four physical elements, while a point-down pentagram symbolized spirit being subsumed by matter or descending into matter. Since then, some have simplified those associations to simply represent good and evil. This is generally not the position of those who commonly work with point-down pentagrams, and is often not the position of those associating themselves with point-up pentagrams either. Colors The colors used here are those associated with each element by the Golden Dawn. These associations are commonly borrowed by other groups as well. Ceremonial occult systems traditionally depend on systems of correspondences: collections of items that are all associated in some way with the desired goal. While the types of correspondences are nearly endless, associations between elements, seasons, time of day, elements, moon phases, and directions have become fairly standardized in the West. These are frequently the basis for additional correspondences. The Golden Dawn's Elemental/Directional Correspondences The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn codified some of these correspondences in the 19th-century. Most notable here are the cardinal directions. The Golden Dawn originated in England, and the directional/elemental correspondences reflect a European perspective. To the south are the warmer climates, and thus is associated with fire. The Atlantic ocean lies to the west. The north is cold and formidable, a land of earth but sometimes not a lot else. Occultists practicing in America or elsewhere sometimes do not find these correspondences to work. Daily, Monthly, and Yearly Cycles Cycles are important facets of many occult systems. Looking at daily, monthly, and yearly natural cycles, we find periods of growth and dying, of fullness and barrenness. Fire is the element of fullness and life, and it is closely associated with the Sun. Therefore, it's unsurprising that noon and summer would be associated with fire. By that same logic, the full moon should also be in the same category. Earth is in the opposite direction as fire and therefore corresponds with midnight, winter, and the new moon. While these things might represent barrenness, more often they are representative of potential and transformation; the point where the old gives way to the new; the empty fertility readies to feed new creations. Air is the element of new beginnings, youth, increase, and creativity. As such, it is associated with spring, the waxing moon, and sunrise. Things are growing warmer and brighter, while plants and animals give birth to a new generation. Water is the element of emotion and wisdom, particularly the wisdom of age. It represents a time past the peak of livelihood, moving toward the end of the cycle. Fire is associated with strength, activity, blood, and life-force. It is also seen as highly purifying and protective, consuming impurities and driving back the darkness. Fire is traditionally seen as the most rarefied and spiritual of the physical elements because of its masculine properties (which were superior to female properties). It also lacks physical existence, produces light, and has a transformative power when it comes in contact with a more physical material. Qualities: Warm, Dry Gender: Masculine (active) Elemental: Salamander (Here referring to a mythological lizard creature which could burst into flames) Golden Dawn Direction: South Golden Dawn Color: Red Magical Tool: Sword, athame, dagger, sometimes wand Planets: Sol (Sun), Mars Zodiac signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Season: Summer Time of Day: Noon Air is the element of intelligence, creativity, and beginnings. Largely intangible and without permanent form, air is an active, masculine element, superior to the more material elements of water and earth. Qualities: Warm, Moist Gender: Masculine (active) Elemental: Sylphs (Invisible beings) Golden Dawn Direction: East Golden Dawn Color: Yellow Magical Tool: Wand, sometimes sword, dagger or athame Planets: Jupiter Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Season: Spring Time of Day: Morning, Sunrise Water is the element of emotion and the unconscious, as opposed to the conscious intellectualism of air. Water is one of two elements that have a physical existence that can interact with all of the physical senses. Water is still considered less material (and thus superior) to earth because it possesses more motion and activity than earth. Qualities: Cold, Moist Gender: Feminine (passive) Elemental: Undines (water-based nymphs) Golden Dawn Direction: West Golden Dawn Color: Blue Magical Tool: Cup Planets: Moon, Venus Zodiac Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Season: Fall Time of Day: Sunset Earth is the element of stability, groundedness, fertility, materiality, potential, and stillness. Earth can also be an element of beginnings and endings, or death and rebirth, as life comes from the ground and then decomposes back into earth after death. Qualities: Cold, Dry Gender: Feminine (passive) Elemental: Gnomes Golden Dawn Direction: North Golden Dawn Color: Green Magical Tool: Pentacle Planets: Saturn Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Season: Winter Time of Day: Midnight The element of spirit does not have the same arrangements of correspondences as the physical elements since spirit is not physical. Various different systems may associate planets, tools, and so-forth to it, but such correspondences are far less standardized than those of the other four elements. The element of spirit goes by several names. The most common are spirit, ether or aether, and quintessence, which is Latin for "fifth element." There is also no standard symbol for spirit, although circles are common. Eight-spoked wheels and spirals are also sometimes used to represent spirit. Spirit is a bridge between the physical and the spiritual. In cosmological models, spirit is the transitory material between the physical and celestial realms. Within the microcosm, spirit is the bridge between body and soul. Golden Dawn Direction: Above, Below, Within Golden Dawn Color: Violet, Orange, White

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Discussion of five elements. Five elements are earth, fire, water, spirit and air. Spirit is also called ether

Part 3 Anything negative carries more energy than anything positive. Hence positive is less likely. Negative attracts immediate attention because of the fear factor or survival - protection factor associated with it. Therefore negative forces are stronger than positive. Hence we are more motivated by emotions than thoughts. Because emotions have higher energy than thoughts. But high energy is always associated with something negative because low passive energy is associated with positive and high turbulent violent energy is red energy. Therefore any practice that causes high increase in energy will tend to attract demons or negative forces. Therefore we are most motivated by negative emotions because their energy is higher than the energy of positive emotions. Although it should have been opposite but this an anomaly that needs to be accepted. Therefore when we see in the world and we find that evil people are highly motivated and they are motivated for evil reasons. This does not mean that evil is better, it simply means that something very strong is needed to beat it.

Part 2 There are Eco and non Eco elements. All the processes, actions, features, concepts, ways of existence and growth belong to the Eco-structure. The Eco-life is a life that flourishes in the Eco structure and is designed to be in sync with it. The Eco life grows within this Eco structure and thrives. All elements that define this structure and life are Eco elements and those that do not are the opposite ones or toxic and are non Eco elements. The Eco life has all sorts of supports supporting the life and rejuvenating and growing and caring it. No part or element is redundant. There is perfect harmony. All elements were designed for a good Eco life. They were meant to be, so nothing is outdated or irrelevant. It's all designed to work together to create a good Eco life. The design of the elements and the Eco structure is such that it automatically shuts out all toxic and non Eco elements or at least tries to. Together the Eco life, Eco structure and Eco elements create a smooth flow or system. No error, less problems and least chaos. Hence. The chaos is a sign of an erroneous system because it means a perturbed flow rather than a smooth one. If you have light, you will dispel the darkness. Which indirectly implies that darkness is the natural state. If you have God, devil can't trap you. You will be protected which again implies that disorderliness or conflict, sabotage or chaos are the natural states or the state created by the devil or the dark force. And god keeps you protected from the dark forces and resolves the chaos. Let god be your savior.

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Mind conditioning is a part of consciousness work. Chakra traps Focus on - Chakra balancing Blue Consciousness Omega consciousness 6 formats Consciousness precursor complex Awareness. Increasing awareness Chakra traps Consciousness traps Other practices that help with increasing awareness Fluid consciousness or ocean consciousness Focus on emotional intelligence Oneness consciousness Maslows hierarchy of needs Improve your paradigm consciousness Development of a healthy ego Reptilian brain and cognitive mind Not complete dissociation but less attachment to body consciousness Control your desires. Do not let them control you. Spirituality without giving up desires.

Good one. There is a body consciousness and a Supreme consciousness. When you are experiencing body consciousness yiur desires and mind control you. Outside of it, nothing exists. Sin means to miss the mark. There is nothing like good and evil, only being on the path or away from the path. Jesus says that you can either serve the body or serve the mind depending where your consciousness is placed. You are sinning when you act upon the desires of the mind. (edited) When Awakening begins, you start to tap into the Self that awakens to itself. ENLIGHTEMENT IS LIBERATIONI SAMADHI - NIRVIKALPA - KNOWTYSELF The moment you think l am aware, that's athought, not Awareness. When you have become Awareness - and there is no more 'you' being aware (which is a thought) -then you are no longer here in the body. You have entered into states of SAMADHl in which your Awareness is somewhere else and in those somewhere else's lies realms and realms of realms of Equally Vali reality to this reality. It's a Realm Of Awareness where all i is ONE. In that Oneness, you feel as if you are one with every flower, with every tree with every stone and with every human being. The essence is pure at the basis of all. After a while you can sense the soil of your plants, you will feel the Volume of Space between you and the wall, you will be more sensory. ll D 20% 1:31 AM Space between you and the wall, you will be more sensory. When you reach that point, we can say that - you are INFINITE. You are on 'no man's land'. It will become extremely difficult to stay because you are experiencing INFINITE but you are still in a world of FINITE. You are not really going 'up, nor 'down'. You are never overly excited and never overly sad. The thoughts of sorrow and happiness no longer exist. You are 'steady', no-thing and every-thing at once- more like a 'wave. Here, Joy is not constant, therefore it will make less and less sense to stay. There will be no point. You will have to make Conscious Choice to "cling" to (or hold focus upon if you wish) something that belongs to the body in order to stay in the body. Your life is slowly becoming being the Fragrance of the flower, rather than the flower itself. STELL [Ram Dass, Sadhguru, Daniel Schmidt: Inner Worlds Outer Worlds] ll D 20% 1:31 AM Conscious Choice to "cling" to (or hold focus upon if you wish) something that belongs to the body in order to stay in the body. Your life is slowly becoming being the Fragrance of the flower, rather than the flower itself. STELL [Ram Dass, Sadhguru, Daniel Schmidt: Inner Worlds Outer Worlds] "We are not born into the world. We are born into something that we make into the world." - Michael Talbot, Mysticism and the New Physics "Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take the world out of the man. - Manly P. Hall "A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities. -J.R.R. Tolkin "Absolutely everything is happening in your mind, which means that your mind is not in your body. Your body is in your mind"- COurse in miracles n "Absolutely everything is happening in your mind, which means that your mind is not in your body. Your body is in your mind."- COurse in miracles Outstanding work, my compliments. xx.. 2 _______________________________ Chakras 1 Root physical needs basic, basic health Sacral desires and passions 3 Solar plexus productivity and work and energy 4 Heart emotions and spirit, ego, self identity, self esteem, prams or life force, identification with the self image, liberation, detachment, oneness consciousness, morality, duality of existence and body consciousness, universe or oneness consciousness and body consciousness, detachment for spiritual relief 5 Throat words and language and media, influence, senses Third eye ~ gut instincts, intuition, feeling, perception, study, research, knowledge, insight work, shadow work. Differentiation between cognitive and reptilian brain. Transcending of the mind. Transcending to suppress senses and avoid getting fooled and have realistic understanding of environment 7 Crown thoughts and consciousness work intentions, attention, focus, awareness, intelligence, wit, sharpness, karma actions. Chakra healing means balancing these various points in life because they govern life. It's close replica of the Maslow hierarchy of needs Based on the object, system, observer concept. Chakra traps Sleeping without schedule, allowing bad thoughts, Paradigm consciousness - the consciousness associated with your current body, self identification, ego and current condition. It's more or less fixed and is very susceptible to the changes in the environment and very fickle, at the mercy of the conditions. It's only blissful as long conditions are constant and pleasant. Fluid consciousness. This is moldable with the use of your cognition and imagination powers. You can feel happy or sad depending on how you feed your mind and control your responses. The one thing that holds you back from experiencing the fullest extent of this consciousness is the paradigm and body consciousness. Body consciousness is nothing but body identification. When both paradigm and body identification are strong, they inhibit the stretching of the fluid consciousness to the extreme level or fullest extent. It's like a wall or a bottle that separates. Oneness consciousness is universal consciousness or consciousness of one creation. As move along the chakra and evolve spiritually, we move from the lower red consciousness towards the upper blue Consciousness. Our consciousness is a mix of red, orange, yellow and green, blue. Even the blue Consciousness has shades. This is the field of the fluid consciousness. In the beginning we experience lighter shades of blue and specs of dark blue scattered throughout. This is because we only experience glimpses of the God consciousness or great bliss. There is nothing eternal about it. The consciousness itself is eternal but You only experience it for as long as you allow it and remain in that state. Once you come back, you are again in the yellowed parts or just the lighter shades of blue with the usual specs. The further end of this blue spectrum is the dense deep blue which represents God consciousness. Again. In your human form you will only experience glimpses of this, the effect will be more or less permanent, or at least long lasting and you will feel better but this is not an eternal experience or a life long permanent one, it's only as long as you get to feel it. So embrace and cherish it while you experience it. Omega consciousness spectral. Moving from red towards blue. From red towards blue as you work on your chakras, consciousness and consciousness precursor complex elements. This is moving from the fluid consciousness towards the deeper end of it, closer to God consciousness. It's more than enough if you are towards the middle of the spectrum with the slightly deeper shades. You already experience bliss and mental stability and peace here. Further exploration towards the deepest end might lead to dissociation from reality and discomfort when you return back to your yellow blue zone. Paradigm consciousness can also be improved but the effect is conditional and dependent on the external conditions and therefore fluctuating. It can be improved by improving outer conditions of existence. It does create happiness, not deep bliss, just everyday feeling of euphoria and happiness, the kind that you get when you win a video game, it's temporary and fragile, it's what society usually defines as happiness derived from material pleasures of money, wealth, success, pleasures, entertainment, excitement, romance, beauty, achievement, attention, adulation. Most people only strive to achieve this and usually get dejected and give up spiritual pursuits assuming that life is only limited to reality and material /physical world. They forget to explore further. Those who experience this happiness feel this is adequate leading to dissatisfaction when things don't work out anymore the way they once did. They get blinded and everything appears to be a blur as long as they are enjoying things. For others who have a deeper perception, they break out of the social conditioning and feel inadequate despite having everything that defines success, these people then look for different spiritual paths to fill the void and seek bliss. The void is because of not experiencing blue consciousness. Those who experience it no longer feel the void and are fulfilled. Most people are just unaware of the void because they fill up their time and attention with other distractions and pleasures. Throughout your journey towards a fluid consciousness and deep bliss, the universal laws remain the same, so even if someone thought to manipulate the world through evil doings, they are just pushing themselves further away from the divine truth and towards the red consciousness, they are only causing damage to themselves. They will find it even more difficult to seek peace and more struggle to reach the blue zones. It's in the red consciousness that karma meets. So they have to face consequences of their own misdeeds and problems. Those in the blue zones are enjoying fruits of their hard labor and those in the red are getting ready to face the effects of their bad karma. Karma exists everywhere because it only represents cause and effect, work and fruit. But it's strongest in the red zones because the conflict between action and consequence is highest there. It's like the energy of a stable ocean is lower than the energy of a destructivr hurricane. There's a lot of energy in the red zone, hence red like fire[since fire is like a concentration of energy], this is the energy of chaos and conflict and destruction. In the blue, the energy is stable and passive and steady, not frenzied or violent. So if someone thought they are being smart by manipulating the world, they are only deceiving themselves and living in delusion. Therefore they are foolish. There's nothing to come from evil actions other than chaos and misery and turbulent flow of energy. There will be so much dysfunction that it will be impossible to bring a stable state. Such people are just doing more harm not only to others but more to themselves. They will never experience peace or lasting happiness. They will suffer in the dungeons of their own hell they created. They are creating a prison planet trapped in the envelope of their wicked desires and harmful passions. They are creating a huge wound that will need much inner work to heal. They are not necessarily evil but their actions are harmful. Body is the shelter for the consciousness. Body identification ends at death. Satan, lucifer, devil, demon are all metaphors. There is no devil and there is no evil, only good and destructive. Body consciousness is the hell and the ego component is the devil. Consciousness precursor complex elements are associated with different chakra and their associated energies. Thought - crown ( mental energy ) Word - throat Chakra (energy of chant or sound ) Emotion - heart or spirit (spiritual and emotional energy, the highest ) what the heart feels. Intention - third eye (mental energy ) Attention - third eye (mental energy ) Visualization - crown and third eye (mental energy ) Quality - lower Chakra or solar plexus (physical energy ) action - crown Chakra (physical energy ) Desire and passion - sacral chakra. [spiritual energy] Body consciousness arises from the reptilian brain and God consciousness or fluid consciousness arises from the cognitive[human brain] and spiritual brain. The spiritual brain is the spirit or the heart. Spirit is merely energy. Heart is the director of this energy. It's like spirit is like a negative film and the heart is the image on it. How the heart feels will determine the image and the strength of this image. If the feeling is strong, this image is sharper otherwise faded. The physical nature of things or reality or the physical dimension is limited in its problem, resources and solutions. It's good and bad at the same time. If the physical was infinite then we would have been immortal, in that case it also means eternal suffering and if the physical dimension was infinite it means that our suffering will have no boundary. We would suffer terrible hell and it can go to any length, it can manifest in horror, because now there is no end to what can happen to the body during such suffering. Because the physical dimension is limited, our physical suffering is also limited. The worst that can happen is death. Therfore we need not worry. The suffering will or can never be greater than death. Also if someone is prep evil like a evil dictator he cacnot go on doing evil things forever because someday he is going to die. So the physical limitations do not provide a ground for evil to reign eternal. There is no permanent physical hell which is good news. The bad news is that it's like a double edged sword. So even the solutions are limited. The happiness is limited. You eat a cake and you feel happy but you start craving again. Also if there is suffering like a disease you may not have a cure for it. This is because the physical world has boundaries and there are things for which there is just no solution at all other than acceptance and endurance. But still even the acceptance and endurance is only till death. But the spiritual world is infinite.. There anything can happen. You can dream, imagine absolutely anything and nobody can stop you. It's a virtual world where anything is possible and every disease has a cure and every desire has a place.. This again is like a double edged sword. Because it gives you the freedom to limitless imagination and thought and desire. You can create a heaven in your thoughts but you can also create a hell if that's what you chose. And these desires can then start bugging you. When these desires are not fulfilled in real life, they can create massive conflict. However the good news is that even though you felt tortured and in pain because of your condition, you can choose to not feel the pain or at least reduce the severity of a feeling by imagining good things and taking your mind off the bad things and choosing to focus only on the good. You can choose to feel miserable about being by bullied someone or feel good and imagine something nice and forget or ignore what that person said. The possibilities are limitless of what can be created in the mind. In order to experience the fluid consciousness, you do not have to give up paradigm consciousness [just have to control it enough] or you do not have to give up desires of the physical world or pleasures of the senses. You don't have to be free of your physical dimension. You don't have to forget body identification. Although desires to some extent are manipulations of the mind or mind tricks, they are essential for life to move on. Like the desire for romance is essential for procreation. So not all desires are worthless or redundant. But some desires are just not important enough and they are an undue source of misery. It's a misunderstanding to think that somehow in order to experience spiritual bliss you have to give up material pursuits and desires and be devoid of desires. This is ridiculous. Because it means you have to lead a very bland life, a very mundane existence. Most religions both in the east and the west focus on giving up everything for spiritual pursuits. Excessive suppression of desires is not healthy, can lead to perversions, depression, isolation from the social world and tendency to do things in a secretive manner that is behind closed doors. It is also very encouraging of hypocrisy. In fact it's very difficult to control desires and may lead to intense frustration and conflict. Such a things appears unnatural. There seems to be a stigma of sin associated with desires in most religions. This is unnecessary. Also this causes more people to not take religion and spirituality seriously because they don't find it feasible or practice to avoid all desires. It may not be healthy or normal. It's a age old paradigm that has been passed down through generations without dissent or question. It appears totally ridiculous to completely avoid desires. How are desires harmful. Desires are harmful only when they cause harm to the self or others. Or when they totally control the mind so much that it leads to obsession and addiction. But otherwise having a harmless desire and fulfilling it is completely normal and healthy too. We are given desires by nature, not to forget that, hence its natural to feel the way we feel.. It's unnatural only when it goes overboard. People without desires may get depressed. This may not be healthy, also such person might become uninteresting, morose, robotic and devoid of feeling. You can always follow the path of consciousness even while you have your desires without the desires creating any conflict on your spiritual path If the desire is creating conflict and obsession and or addiction and interrupting the spiritual work on consciousness and it might be necessary to either get rid of such desire or control it so it doesn't control you. In such a case, where you feel like only your desires are running your world, and tricking and controlling your mind then this is when and where you need to get rid of desires and body identification so that you can freely focus on your spiritual dimension and do consciousness work and break the glass bottle to experience the fluid consciousness. This is where your paradigm consciousness is causing some trouble to your overall growth and it's time to drop it for a while to take a dip in the consciousness ocean. This never means that you have to cpmplety give up paradigm consciousness. It only means learning how to manage and balance and control it.