Mita

Tonight is the Dark Moon. Tomorrow is the New Moon.  You can start the Goddess Cycle again tomorrow night with Kameshvari.  

For tonight, the Moon Phase Goddess is named Mita.  She is the Nitya of Fearlessness.

Her message is:

“Let go of fear, blockages, anger, and personal obstructions. Practice fearlessness by protecting yourself and other sentient beings. Being fearless will enable you to live the life of your dreams according to your true path!”

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Jai Maa!

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Matra

Let’s follow the Moon.  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Matra. She is the Nitya of Self -Knowledge.

Her message is:

“Cut through unwanted habits and conditionings to free the mind for spiritual transformation. Investigate the instincts and imagery that lie slumbering in the subconscious. Accept what comes up without judgment.”

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Jai Maa!

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Balaka

 

Follow the Moon with me.  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Balaka.  She is the Nitya of Self-Indulgence.

Her message is:

“You are responsible for your own happiness. Stop putting everyone and everything ahead of your hopes and dreams. Think about what you need and want. Take time for rest and renewal!”

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Ghana

 

Are you following the Moon Phases? We have been moving through the Waning Lunar Cycle together.  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Ghana.  She is the Nitya of Destruction.  She asks us to cut away things that are extraneous to fulfilling our life purpose. She advises us to transform or destroy anything that gets in our way. In order to create something new, old habits and ideas must be eradicated

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Dipa aka Deepa

I hope you are enjoying following the Moon Phase Goddesses.  Tonight’s Goddess is named Dipa.  She is the Nitya of Illumination.

Her message is to:

“Acknowledge your inner light and use it to discover what parts of yourself could use more Divine connection. Listen to your inner voice and intuition. Find time for solitude, self-reflection, and introspection.”

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Jai Maa!

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Ugraprabha

Are you following the Moon with me?  It brings me so much joy to look at the night sky and feel the Goddess.  

Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Ugraprabha.  She is the Nitya of Introspection. When you look at up her tonight hear her words:

“Give yourself permission to inwardly explore the darker side of your tendencies and impulses. Accept all parts of yourself, even those that maybe considered negative or ugly. Remember, our shadow side is the seat of passion, energy, and deep creativity. If we can accept ourselves in our entirety, we can be creatively fulfilled and at ease with who we are.”

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Jai Maa!

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Ugra

Follow the Moon with me!  Tonight’s Moon Goddess is named Ugra.  She is the Goddess of Fierceness.

Being fierce means standing up for what you believe in and embracing adversity and change. Stop waiting for others to follow; it’s time for you to lead. You are capable, confident, and strong!

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Vipracitta

Follow the Moon with me!  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Vipracitta.  She is the Goddess of the Subconscious.

She teaches us to trust instinctive feeling over conscious reasoning. She asks us to sharpen our intuition and strengthen spiritual connections. Her message is to be receptive to any messages we receive in our dreams or our waking lives.

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Nilapataka - Goddess of Celestial Power

Follow the moon with me.  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Nilapataka. She is the Nitya of Celestial Power.

Have you examined the stars in the night sky lately? The celestial realm is place of immense power and self-recognition. The most intimate parts of our human nature that we long to reconnect with are found in distant stars, dust clouds, and nebulae. They contain the chemical elements that formed the Earth and our bodies. Remember that you are made of star-stuff, and you are created in the image of the Divine.  It’s time to start looking up to the heavens for answers.

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Nitya - Goddess of Eternal Presence

Follow the Moon with me this Lunar Month.  Tonight’s Moon Phase Goddess is named Nitya. She is the Goddess of Eternal Presence.

Everything is always changing. Change is the nature of life. Because no single moment can last, it is important to live your life fully and with complete awareness. 

The promise of eternity is achieved by the knowledge that we are a part of the universe and the universe is part of us. We have and always will be here now!

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Kulasundari

 

Follow the Moon with me!

Tonight’s Moon Goddess is named Kulasundari. She is the Nitya of Inner-Knowing.

Inner-knowing is the recognition that the universe outside of us and the universe inside of us are the same. With this knowledge, we can trust that our lives are not arbitrary, and instead, we are cosmically guided.

It’s time for you to follow your intuition, feelings, and dreams. 

Believe that your inner-knowing is more powerful than your conscious mind. 

Your steps have been Divinely ordered. 

Be receptive!

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Gayatris

 Rudra Gayatri I

Om tatpurushaya vidmahe

Mahadevaya Dheemahi

Tanno Rudrah Prachodyat

Surya Gayatri

Om Adityaya Vidmahe

Sarasrakiranya Dheemahi

Tanno Bhanuh Prachodyat

Sarasvati Gayatri

Om Vagdevyai Cha Vidmahe

Kamapradayi Dheemahi

Tanno Devi Prachodyat

Sakti Gayatri

Om Sarvasammohinyai Vidmahe

Visvajananyai Dheemahi

Tanno Saktih Prachodyat

Kalika Gayatri

Om Kalikayai Vidmahe

Smasanavasinyai Dheemahi

Tanno Aghora Prachodyat

Other Mantras

Om Sri Kalikayai Namaha

Om Sri Tripura-Sundaryai Namaha

Yoga Darshana Quotes - pp 52-3

 As Asana is help in Pranayama, so is Pranayama a help in Pratyahara.

As the rider on a horse would control its movements by operating the reins which he hold in his hands. the yogi controls the senses by the practice of Pratyahara.

Only when we wake from a dream we learn what happened to us in the dream, and now when we are in the dream.

Pratyahara may be said to constitute the frontiers of Yoga. When one practices Pratyahara one is almost on the border line of the infinite, and here one has super physical sensations.

The Moon Deity's Prayer for Protection

The Moon Deity's Prayer for Protection  from the Canda Partita  

Thus have I heard:

On one occasion the Blessed One was living near Savatthi, at Jetavana at Anathpindika's monastery. At that time Candima, the moon deity, was seized by Rahu, lord of Asura. Thereupon calling to mind the Blessed One, Candima, the moon deity, recited this stanza:

i. "O Buddha, the Hero, thou art wholly free from all evil. My adoration to thee. I have fallen into distress. Be thou my refuge."

Thereupon the Blessed One addressed a stanza to Rahu, Lord of Asuras, on behalf of Candima, thus:

ii. "O Rahu, Candima has gone for refuge to the Tathagata, the Consummate One. Release Candima. The Buddhas radiate compassion on the world (of beings)."

Thereupon Rahu, Lord of Asuras, released Candima, the deity, and immediately came to the presence of Vepacitta, Lord of Asuras, and stood beside him trembling with fear and with hair standing on end. Then Vepacitta addressed Rahu in this stanza.

iii. "Rahu. Why did you suddenly release Candima? Why have you come trembling, and why are you standing here terrified?"

iv. "I have been spoken to by the Buddha in a stanza (requesting me to release Candima). If I had not released Candima my head would have split into seven pieces. While yet I live, I should have had no happiness. (Therefore I released Candima)."

Note

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S. i. 50.

School Butterflies in the DR

 

These lovely girls made butterflies for my elementary school set. 

Random Sketches - 2021

 Going through some old sketchbooks

Preliminary Sketches for Tara Cards

One day I'm going to do something with the colors of Tara.  I don't know when. But someday.

Nila Sarasvato

Kurukulla

Vajra Yogini

Ekajati

 

6 Paintings with Limited Palette

These are limited palette watercolor and white gouache landscape paintings in my kraft paper sketchbook.  I did this around LA County.

Huntington Gardens - Chinese Garden

Chinatown Los Angeles

Kenneth Hahn Meadow - Baldwin Hills

Getty Villa - Malibu

Getty Villa - Malibu

Getty Villa - Malibu

 

Nitya Shakti Deck - Pre Vis

I found this previsualization in a sketchbook I am going to get rid of so I wanted to scan it.

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Painting Sculpture - Zoom Class - The Farnese Collection

I took a Zoom watercolor class today on Painting Sculpture from the Farnese Collection with Soho Gallery in London.  Even though I was sitting in my living room in Los Angeles.  It was a fun class.

Afrodite Callipige

Hercules

                                                                            Dirce

 

Our Lady of Angels

 

Inktober: Day 1/Mercedes - Our Lady of Mercy - Madonna della Misercordia

 

Value Studies

Can't claim that I know how to paint.  Just doing this Nathan Fowkes assignment.

 

Value Studies - Master Copies

 I've had Schoolism for a long time but haven't done much.  I'm not working right now and I am starting to do some stuff.  These are Master Copies.