Say
hello to Orphan number 13, this little lady is just a few days old.
Torie and Dave just picked her up from the vet in Hoedspruit after
allegedly being hit by a car. She has a pretty big gash on her back
that’s been stitched but she’s in good spirits and will be spending her
first night with baby mom Joanna.
“Take a good look at yourself. If you are not feeling lovable, then you are suffering. Look into your suffering and see how much you would like that suffering to stop. That feeling of wanting suffering to stop is compassion. When you feel compassion for yourself you are loving yourself.”
Oh spirits that guide a man through the dark halls at death, guide me safely in life, past sorrow and depression, steer me from fear and anger and hopelessness. Let me always know the reason for my becoming. Let me hear what gods hear, see what gods see. When the sun is blotted from the sky, let even a small light shine to steer a man’s feet. Let me stand in light, bathe in light, clothe myself in light. Let me sit in the lap of gods and hear words of comfort. Oh offerers of cake and bearers of beer, let me not also starve for love, thirst for wisdom. Let my spirit be stronger today than it was yesterday, my heart more peaceful, my mind more fertile, my hands more gentle. Let gods touch my face. Let me go forth shining. Let my feet know the way. Let me walk and pass through fire. Let wild beasts and thieves by the roadside go on sleeping pleasant dreams. Let me pass undeterred into heaven.
Normandi Ellis. Awakening Osiris: A New Translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Correctly translated as the Book of Coming into the Light
The more I read this version of the Egyptian Book of the Dead” aka the Book of Coming into the Light, is the more I realize that it really has nothing to do with death as we tend to think of it. It is about overcoming in this life and walking in light in this life and being filled by the forces/energy of the universe in this life. Even the passage above is an extraordinarily powerful prayer/intention which applies to everyone.
Emancipation (Kaivalya) is obtained when one realizes the oneness of his Self with the Universal Self, the Supreme Reality
Sannyasi or Christ the anointed Savior. When all the developments of ignorance are withdrawn, the heart, being perfectly clear and purified, no longer merely reflects Spiritual Light but actively manifest the same, and thus being consecrated and anointed, man becomes Sannyasi, free, or Christ the Savior.
