Day 19 - A Year to Clear - Change It Up

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Lesson 19: Change It Up

Today’s lesson has me picking out something that will make me feel really good and in effect make everyone else feel good.  Today I wore an Alphonse Mucha printed dress by Black Milk Clothing. It’s a hot day of 42 degrees (107.6 in Fahrenheit) and I am wearing this bright blue dress because it’s summery. It’s vibrant, it’s artwork and it’s fun. I have been complemented on this dress in the past and it fits well with the hot day. Although I’m feeling tired, I think my dress expresses some level of high energy and spirit. I took a pic of me in the lift at work and provided a stock pic from Black Milk’s website for more detail.

What was good is that I never really noticed the print on this dress. There is a zodiac wheel surrounding this crystal queen. This was widely printed in 1896, except I feel like the lady, is very much futuristic from that time period. I wish I could walk around with the head dress all the time but that wouldn’t be practical. This lesson has taught me to be more observant because I’ve had this dress for years and never noticed the finer details and in turn I appreciate this dress more.

Day 19 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Romantic Love

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Lesson 19: Romantic love is one of the greatest delights...

“Lesson 19: Romantic love is one of the greatest delights of this lifetime. Those who experience the tantra of Divine union with another know God in this act; each becomes God at a level of transcendence, and the union also becomes God.”

— Sara Wiseman

First off, I do not believe in God so I can only put this lesson in the context of what I believe, that being the Universe, the Universe being Divine, the Universe encompassing us all. I have had one major romantic love in my life, in which, I cannot say that I have experienced the tantra of the Divine. I hope that you aren’t reading this, thinking tantric sex as this Divine union, although that act can be a part of it. I understand tantra to be the ultimate enlightenment involving collective consciousness, spiritual transcendence, inner peace, soul vibration as well as all that intersects and binds us together. It’s a level of spirituality that seeks from within, to expand one’s self through the connection to the Divine, to the point that you too, can become the Divine. Everyone has their own interpretation and definition so really, I think if you get the gist of what tantra is trying to teach, it evolves your definition.

I cannot say that I experienced anything close to the Divine in this romantic union that I’ve had. I am still learning on my spiritual path, so for me, I feel like I will reach that level of transcendence when I fully achieve tantra. I can see how any sort of romantic relationship/union can transcend physical and emotional connection, though I feel like I haven’t reached this stage. The only relationship that I feel may transcend time and space is that I have with my mother. I have not had the pleasure of reaching any sort of level with another individual person, who would be my partner, to transcend in this way. I hadn’t even really thought about it in this way until this exercise. Quite interesting and makes you think more about you as an individual, what you want out of life, but also the type of connection you want to have with the person you want to spend the rest of your days with.