As individuals, each of us differs from one another in our ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to our environment, to learn from experience and to engage in various forms of reasoning through the application of active intelligence. These differences are never entirely consistent, as your intellectual capabilities will vary on different occasions and in different aspects of your life.

It is a rare and amazing opportunity to be able to see all five of these bright planets in the sky simultaneously. They will also be in the correct order outward from the Sun, starting with Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and ending with Saturn. The event last occurred in December 2004, but it was only visible in certain tropical areas.

You can see the Northern Sky as viewed at 5 am in London or you can see the Southern Sky as viewed at 7 am in Brisbane and zoom in to see the locations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they align in the true astronomical locations for the Zodiac.

The display will be visible until early July, so unless you experience an unbelievable string of bad weather, you should be able to view the amazing display. Light pollution is a potential, although likely minor issue. The best conditions are clear, dark skies but luckily, these are all bright, naked-eye objects so you should be able to see the line-up even from the city.

If you have a pair of binoculars or a telescope, point them at the planets and moon (but never the sun). With even a small telescope, or binoculars on a tripod, you can see Jupiter’s largest 4 moons and Saturn’s rings. If you are in a dark enough location with a small telescope, you might also be able to see the atmospheric bands in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Illumement, like other practices such as meditation, has many different connotations depending upon the reason for undertaking them. Illumement can be simply stated as being at one with your true self. Through learning to bring quietness to your mind and silencing the endless noise of your thoughts, emotions and feelings, gradually the essence of your true self, the Life Force, begins to emerge. Illumement, in its simple and purest form, is all-encompassing harmlessness to be at one with yourself.

Throughout the ages, adepts of every time and place have achieved higher levels of an awakening of their Life Force through the understanding of colour and sound as a fundamental key to the energies of life. Hidden within many aspects of the Kabbalah are the keys to accessing such energies through the combination of sound, colour, number and vibration. Such knowledge provides a means of understanding how colour and sound interplay providing keys to the energies of life.

It is important that you must learn to master your thoughts and emotions and not just try to suppress or bury them. In the process of mastering your thoughts and emotions, it is important to observe or be aware of that aspect within you. As soon as you acknowledge or observe their presence, then you should strive to remove those unwanted aspects from within or around you. Get rid of any detrimental thought or emotion – do not feed it by dwelling on the matter. This should be your motto to help you master your thoughts.

Our posts and information focus on the work relating to you as an individual, rather than to become enthralled in aspects of ontology. This allows you as the student, to comprehend how you function as an energy being and the steps which can be taken, as an individual, to progress and awaken your Life Force.

In the simplest form, meditation can be stated as being at one. Through learning to bring quietness to your mind and silencing the endless noise of your thoughts, emotions and feelings, gradually the essence of your true self, the Life Force, begins to emerge. The light of your Life Force, the true self within all people, is hidden behind barriers of material thoughts, emotions and feelings which have been built up by your mind and persona. Through an open, peaceful and quiet mind, this light of your Life Force can be awakened through various Life Force meditation techniques.

Many of you may have systematically made use of mindfulness techniques to stop, pause, to become aware of what is transpiring in the moment. Alternatively, you may have leveraged meditation as a respite from your emotions and from your thought and feelings.

However, what is it that makes you act, respond, think, believe and feel in the manner in which you do? Realise that absolutely nothing within the cosmos is by accident, all follows well-prescribed patterns and flows of energy which form the basis of all matter, thoughts and our reality. So consider for a moment how these unseen or unrecognised energies could influence you daily and trigger emotions or feelings hidden deep with your psyche.

Life Force Cognition can play an important role in helping you to change your state of mind and your state of being. Within an unemotional and less fluctuating state of mind, the energies of your Life Force can rejuvenate, regenerate and revitalise all parts of you. Learning to enter into a state of Life Force Cognition, will help you to bring mastery to your states of mind and to “switch off” from the world whenever you need to.

To fully realise the complexities of the mind, you must change your preconceptions about it. The mind is composed of many different energy levels and sub-levels through which your persona is manifest as one complete unit. The level of mind you use and communicate through, is equal to the thought patterns you allow to manifest within your mind at any given time. Realise that your mind fluctuates and uses many sub mental levels and mental levels throughout any given day.

I wish you could witness your own true nature. Beyond the bounds of memory and the confines of ego, there is a profusion of awareness and empathy. Past the perceptions, assumptions and stereotypes, there is a vista of openness and veritableness.

When you find yourself in an unpleasant mood, consider that you cannot be open to new ideas, regardless of just how fantastic they are.  Without some joy in your heart, life can seem slow and often uninteresting. On the other hand, when you are happy, joyful or in a positive frame of mind, your heart, as well as your mind, are open to brand-new things.  Even thing which may have seemed normal holds a greater significance as you enjoy every moment that life had to offer.

It can seem uncomfortably awkward or even alien when you start meditation, especially if you lead a busy life, or there are lots of things which typically occur around you. This can be a completely natural sensation as your mind is used to the normal hustle and bustle of everyday life. The change of pace when meditating can trigger feelings of anxiety or nervousness, as if something is missing or even a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out).

 

If you do feel uneasy when practising meditation, then be aware it is your own mind which is generating these sensations, as it strives to maintain its control over your life and your way of thinking. Several techniques which can aid you to become more comfortable while meditating include: basic breathing techniques, such as Breathe with Purpose, to elements of mindfulness. When you first start to practise meditation, another effective way to help you feel less anxious, is to simply lower your gaze to a spot on the floor or ground before you, rather than closing your eyes.

Many successful people can vouch for the power of visualisation, the ability to use their brains to create an image of what they want to achieve. It may take practice and patience, but believing something will happen can be a huge step towards making it happen. Knowing how powerful your mind is, every person has the ability to essentially create their own placebo effect.

As life becomes busier, it is often easy to lose track of what you did from one week to the next. Moving through life on autopilot may seem like an effective way to get things done, but often you are just carrying out daily tasks. Take a moment to disengage the autopilot and pause at least once a day, to experience the moment and wonder of life. Then you will find that life can become more meaningful and you will experience the simple everyday moments that make life beautiful.