Chapter 7: The Seven Wonders of Compassion

THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE WORLD - A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL EVENT - AND A PIVOTAL CHAPTER OF THE SEVEN WONDERS - JOINING ME ON THE VIDEO FOR THIS CHAPTER, IS MY DEAR FRIEND, AND ASTROLOGER, LINDA BYRD - TO GIVE US ASTROLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MOMENT IN TIME, ALONG WITH SPECIAL INSIGHT FOR CHAPTER 7: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF COMPASSION.

Originally launched December 21, 2020

updated February 25, 2021

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HEY EVERYONE, DANIEL HERE, AND WELCOME TO THE AGE OF AQUARIUS! THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE WORLD - A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL EVENT - AND A PIVOTAL CHAPTER OF THE SEVEN WONDERS - JOINING ME ON THE VIDEO FOR THIS CHAPTER, IS MY DEAR FRIEND, AND ASTROLOGER, LINDA BYRD - TO GIVE US ASTROLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MOMENT IN TIME, ALONG WITH SPECIAL INSIGHT FOR CHAPTER 7: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF COMPASSION.

AND WE COME TO COMPASSION FROM OUR INTEGRITY, WHICH WAS OUR FOCUS IN LAST WEEK’S CHAPTER.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE AN INNATE UNDERSTANDING OF AQUARIAN CHARACTER TRAITS AND ENERGIES, SINCE AQUARIUS IS, INDEED, MY SIGN. THE HIGHER ASPECTS OF AQUARIUS ARE QUALITIES I ASPIRE TO CULTIVATE IN MYSELF - THESE QUALITIES HAVE SERVED AS MY OWN PERSONAL MORAL COMPASS ALL MY LIFE - WHICH IS WHY I FOCUSED ON THE MYTH OF AQUARIUS IN CHAPTER 2: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF MYTHOLOGY.

THE AGE OF AQUARIUS PROMISES THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. AS MANY OF US KNOW, THE TEACHING OF BUDDHA TELL US THAT ENLIGHTENMENT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH COMPASSION. SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION RESIDE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AS WELL. THESE SACRED TEXTS HAVE BEEN WITH US, LONG BEFORE MANY OF THE KNOWN STARS TODAY EVEN HAD NAMES.

JUST AS SCIENCE ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE & THEORIES, THE AGE OF AQUARIUS TELLS US THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND DOGMA. SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED SO FAST IN EVERY FIELD - FROM QUANTUM PHYSICS TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE UNIVERSE. THE LATEST, CUTTING-EDGE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUPPORTS EVIDENCE THAT THE UNIVERSE IS INDEED, INFINITE. AND SCIENTISTS HATE THAT WORD. BECAUSE IT MEANS ANYTHING - AND, IN FACT, EVERYTHING - IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, BUT PROBABLE. IN SHORT, IT'S TIME SCIENCE ACCEPT THAT INDIGENOUS WISDOM HAS BEEN RIGHT, ALL ALONG. IT’S THE AGE OF THE SECRET, MEETS STAR TREK.

I’D LIKE TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH THE PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT ARE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AN AQUARIAN TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENERGIES OF THIS NEW AGE…LET’S LOOK AT FAMOUS AQUARIANS IN THE PAST AND PRESENT.

THE AGE OF OPRAH

AQUARIANS ARE OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS EXTREMELY PROGRESSIVE VISIONARIES, WITH A STRONG SENSE OF JUSTICE AND COMPASSION. BASICALLY…THINK “THE AGE OF OPRAH!” (I GET BRAGGING RIGHT’S HERE, BECAUSE I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH OPRAH. JILL THINK’S I NEED TO PUT THAT ON MY RESUME!)

OPRAH EMBODIES COMPASSION, IN MANY WAYS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER PUBLIC FIGURE ALIVE TODAY - BUT SHE ALSO DOES NOT/WILL NOT - SUFFER FOOLS.

THE AGE OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM & EQUALITY

MODERN CULTURE HAS GIVEN US PRINCESS DIANA FROM THEMYSCIRA. WONDER WOMAN IS THE EMBODIMENT OF FEMALE AQUARIAN ENERGY. A BEAUTIFUL BALANCE OF LOVE FOR HUMANITY…WITH THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF COMPASSION…FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND EQUALITY FOR ALL. SHE SPEAKS ALL LANGUAGES. SHE COMPELS TRUTH. SHE UNDERSTANDS, THAT IGNORANCE AND WANT ARE NOT PERMANENT…NOR IS SHE NAIVE TO THE EVIL IGNORANCE AND WANT REPRESENT.

AQUARIANS ARE KNOWN TO BE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS, AND ARE ULTIMATE HUMANITARIANS. HOW ABOUT THE “AGE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN?” (YES, HE WAS AN AQUARIAN.)

AQUARIANS ARE ORIGINAL THINKERS WHO ARE PROUD TO BE LABELED ECCENTRIC - BASICALLY, THEY DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHAT OTHER’S THINK OF THEM. MANY AQUARIANS ARE DEVOUTLY ARTISTIC - AND CREATIVE LEADERS IN INNOVATION, WHO ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR PRINCIPLES, IN SACRIFICE FOR ADVANCEMENTS AND CHANGE THAT WILL BETTER THE WORLD…SO WELCOME TO “THE AGE OF GALILEO!” (GALILEO, ALSO AQUARIAN)

CHAPTER 7 LESSON: THE AGE OF AQUARIUS - COMPASSION FOR THE COMPASSIONATE, FIRST AND FOREMOST

ALL OF US - TODAY - HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WITNESS COMPASSION IN PRACTICE. I SEE COMPASSION IN PRACTICE EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GAS STATION OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE. GOOD HEARTED, NORMAL, EVERYDAY PEOPLE, WHOSE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SECURING THEIR JOBS INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO COUNT CHANGE, STOCK AND BAG MERCHANDISE. THEY USUALLY POSSESS BASIC PEOPLE SKILLS AND COMMON COURTESY. HOWEVER, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW FORCED INTO CONFRONTING LINES OF MASKED AND UNMASKED RAGERS…SOMETHING MORE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH A DOCTORATE IN PSYCHIATRY, OR A DEGREE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. THEY HAVE BEEN BURDENED WITH ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES, WE NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH RED CROSS AND FEMA WORKERS. AND FRANKLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT.

JUST AS THE COVID VACCINE IS NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED, COMPASSIONATELY AND APPROPRIATELY, TO OUR FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS - WE TOO, MUST ORGANIZE OUR ENERGY, AND DIRECT THE MEDICINE OF OUR PRECIOUS COMPASSION TO THOSE ENDURING THE RAGE FALLOUT. ALL FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ANSWERING AN ALARMING RATE OF SUICIDE CALLS, AS SUICIDE HAS RISEN IN EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS, FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

WE ASPIRE TO COME FROM LIGHT…BUT LIGHT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY INSTILL, OR SUGGEST ENLIGHTENMENT - AS A CRUDE EXAMPLE - STANDING OUT ON A FIELD, ON THE HOTTEST, BRIGHTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER, WHILE STARING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN THE ENTIRE TIME IS NOT ENLIGHTENMENT - IT’S STUPIDITY. AN ENLIGHTENED PERSON OBSERVES THE BEAUTY OF SUMMER FROM A COOLER SPOT OF SHADE…WITH PLENTY OF WATER, AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK, AN OCCASIONAL, WELCOMED, BREEZE OF COOL AIR.

HINT: AQUARIUS SEASON IS THE HEART OF WINTER…WINTER, BY NATURE, COOLS THINGS DOWN, AND PROMISES THE GRADUAL RETURN OF LIGHT. AQUARIUS IS NOT A WATER SIGN- BUT STATIONED AS THE “WATER BEARER” - “BRINGER OF THE WATERS OF ENLIGHTENMENT” - ULTIMATELY, AQUARIUS IS THE MASTER AIR SIGN, AND EQUALLY COMPATIBLE WITH ALL SIGNS...WHICH IS PROMISING, ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR ALL OF US!

THIS IS WHY I HAVE BEEN INTRODUCING SHADOW WORK, INTO THE PRACTICE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS…OUR SHADOWS KNOW THE VALUE OF BOTH LIGHT, AND DARK - BECAUSE THEY RELATE TO, LEARN FROM, BENEFIT AND BALANCE ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE WITHOUT TRULY KNOWING OUR OWN SOURCE OF DARKNESS, WE CAN NEVER ATTAIN COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL LOST, IN THEIR OWN SHADES OF DARKNESS. NEVERTHELESS, WE SHOULD BE AWARE... OUR COMPASSION CAN BE ABUSED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. OUR WORK THUS FAR HAS PREPARED US FOR THIS REALITY, SO THAT WE CAN INVEST OUR COMPASSION WISELY.

WHEN WE ARE IN SHADOW, WE BECOME A BALANCED COMPASS...WE KNOW THE TRUE DIRECTION OF LIGHT...WE ARE ENLIGHTENED...”THE DARKSIDE’S LIGHT…” WE ALL CAN AND DO LEARN, FROM OUR MISTAKES.

THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS NOT ABOUT “US AND THEM” - IT’S ABOUT SENSING, KNOWING AND HONORING THE BASICS OF RIGHT AND WRONG. KINDNESS, AND THOUGHTFULNESS, TO THOSE IN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, IS BEAUTIFUL, EVERYDAY MAGICK THAT WORKS TO MANIFEST COMPASSION ON A GLOBAL LEVEL. IF WE START SMALL, AND COMMIT TO SMALL, DOABLE ACTS OF COMPASSION EVERYDAY...WE WILL BEGIN TO SENSE A SHIFT IN OUR WORLD...EVEN IN THESE SEEMINGLY, DARKEST OF TIMES. (HINT: EXPLORE ALTERING YOUR DEFINITION OF THE APOCALYPSE - INSTEAD OF "END OF TIMES”, THINK “CHANGE OF THE AGES.” THE CIRCLE OF LIFE...DEATH OF OLD IDEAS, AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW PARADIGM)

BIRTH SUGGESTS A BABY...AND BABIES TAKE BABY STEPS. JUST AS ANGER TENDS TO HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT, FROM ONE HUMAN TO HUMAN ANOTHER...SO DOES A SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS. EVEN IF IT’S ONLY A SMILE. (WHAT’S MORE INSPIRING AND HOPEFUL THAN A SMILE FROM A BABY’S FACE?)

THIS WEEK'S TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS & SPELL WORK:

BYRD’S EYE VIEW: AGE OF AQUARIUS, DOMINO MAGICK: COMPASSION FIRST TO FIRST RESPONDERS, OM MANI PADME HUM, THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT

BYRD'S EYE VIEW: AGE OF AQUARIUS

WHILE I AM AQUARIAN, I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL ASTROLOGER. WHICH IS WHY I FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO BRING IN AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD - BECAUSE THE SHIFT INTO THE AGE OF AQUARIUS IS NOT SOME ESOTERIC, NEW AGE MOVEMENT THAT HAILS FROM THE WOO-WOO GUARD…THIS IS ANCIENT WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE, CONTAINING THE COMPLEX AND DIVERSE PROPERTIES THE STARS GIVE US…THE STARS ARE A COMPLICATED, MULTI-PURPOSE CALENDAR, MAP AND SET OF METRICS THAT HAVE HELPED ANCIENT ARCHITECTS, AND ADVANCED THE FIELDS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY.

WE MUST OPEN OUR MINDS ENOUGH TO CONSIDER THAT PEOPLE BORN IN CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, SAY WINTER, ARE NATURALLY MORE ADAPTED FOR THE ENERGIES THAT EXIST DURING THAT TIME. EACH SEASON HAS A UNIQUE SET OF CHARACTERISTICS, WHICH EACH OF US LEARN AS WE CYCLE THROUGH THE SEASONS EACH YEAR. AQUARIUS IS AT THE HEART OF WINTER, AND WINTER IS THE BEGINNING OF THE RETURN OF LIGHT. WE SEE MORE OF THE SUN EVERY DAY. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE NOW...A NEW BEGINNING. THE SUNLIGHT WILL LAST A LITTLE LONGER, WITH EACH PASSING DAY. “MORE WILL BE REVEALED…”

LINDA BYRD IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF CONSCIOUS AWAKENING, BASED IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, AND ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED ASTROLOGERS ON THE WEST COAST. I FIRST MET LINDA IN 1998, WHEN WE BOTH LIVED IN AUSTIN. IT WAS LINDA, IN FACT, WHO FIRST TOLD ME OF THE ARTIST’S WAY…AND IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SEVEN WONDERS, YOU MAY RECALL, MY FIRST SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE WAS WITH A BIRD…AND BIRDS HAVE PLAYED AN INTIMATE ROLE IN MY DAILY SPIRITUAL LIFE EVER SINCE…SO IT’S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT I BRING SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY HAS A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY…PLEASE WATCH THE CONVERSATION WITH LINDA BYRD, IN THE CHAPTER 7 VIDEO.

COURSE OF MIRACLES PRAYER & MANTRAS (recommended by Linda Byrd)

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I SEE.

I CHOOSE THE FEELINGS I EXPERIENCE.

I ASK FOR AND RECEIVE, AS I HAVE ASKED.

OVERVIEW

WHILE THE PLANETS JUPITER AND SATURN DO ALIGN IN VARIOUS CONSTELLATIONS EVERY 200 YEARS, THIS CONJUNCTION HAS NOT HAPPENED ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE, SINCE THE TIME WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AS "THE TIME OF CHRIST" - WHICH IS WHY MANY REFER TO THIS AS "THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM." THE CONJUNCTION HAPPENED IN PIECES...A WATER SIGN, REPRESENTED BY THE FISH. BY "COINCIDENCE," THE FISH IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF THE CHRIST.

THIS LONG TERM CYCLE MARKS A CHANGE OF THE AGES, FROM PIECE, INTO AQUARIUS.

DOMINO MAGIC: COMPASSION FIRST TO FIRST RESPONDERS

ALL OF US, NATURALLY, TREAT A ROUTINE TRIP TO THE CORNER GAS STATION OR GROCERY STORE AS, WELL, ROUTINE. THE CLERKS BEHIND THE COUNTER, ARE ALSO PART OF THAT ROUTINE. MEANING, THERE ARE OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT ROUTINELY SHOW UP IN OUR DAILY LIVES, THAT MOST OF US DON’T EVEN KNOW BY NAME. (EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THEM, WEAR NAME TAGS).

TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR ROUTINE TRIPS TO THE GROCERY STORE, COFFEE HOUSE AND GAS STATION…DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTING YOU? OR ARE YOU ON THE PHONE, WITH A “MORE IMPORTANT PERSON,” NOT EVEN MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HANDLING YOUR CASH TRANSACTION?

HAVE THE PANDEMIC, AND QUARANTINE FATIGUE, ESCALATED TENDENCIES FOR RAGE TO THE POINT WHERE RAGE NOW RIDES SIDE SADDLE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO, TOUCHING EVERYONE YOU SEE?

THIS WEEK, MAKE A POINT TO LEARN THE NAME OF THE CLERK AT YOUR GAS STATION, AND GROCERY STORE, IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY. COMPLY WITH THE STORES SAFETY PROTOCOLS, WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TOLD AND REMINDED. JUST BE KIND.

BE CONSIDERATE. DON’T BE ON YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU’RE CHECKING OUT AT A STORE. INSTEAD, CHECK IN WITH YOUR CASHIER. ACKNOWLEDGE THESE PEOPLE BY NAME…ASK THEM HOW THEY ARE DOING. THANK THEM FOR COMING TO WORK TODAY. SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES, IS JUST ONE WORD OF KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION, TO TURN AROUND AN OTHERWISE NIGHTMARISH DAY FOR THESE PEOPLE.

EXTEND THE FIRST AID OF A SIMPLE ACT OF COMPASSION, TO ALL RETAIL PERSONNEL. VISUALIZE YOUR ACT AS A DOMINO EFFECT, SO THAT KINDNESS AND COMPASSION SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD, FROM YOUR SMALL ACTION.

OM MANI PADME HUM - “PRAISE TO THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS”

THIS IS AN ANCIENT TIBETAN CHANT, THAT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY TO OPEN AND CLEAR YOUR HEART SPACE.

THESE DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF US NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP OPENING UP OUR HEART SPACE FOR COMPASSION.

AND WE MAY VERY WELL HAVE GOOD REASON TO KEEP OUR HEARTS ON GUARD… BUT IF WE DON’T USE OUR “HEART MUSCLE”...WE MAY LOSE ALL HEART.

TRY ADDING THIS CHANT TO YOUR MORNING MEDITATION FOR 7 DAYS - REPEAT:

"OM MANI PADME HUM"

FOR AT LEAST 5 MINUTES PER SESSION.

THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT (This task was specific to December 21, 2020. The conjunction is no longer visible.)

DO NOT MISS OPPORTUNITY OF THE AGES, BY VIEWING THE 2020 GRAND CONJUNCTION TONIGHT- OR AS MANY ARE CALLING IT, “THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.”

IF IT’S NOT TOO COLD TONIGHT, MAYBE BUILD A BONFIRE, SIT DOWN AND DRINK IN THE WATER’S OF ENLIGHTENMENT.

I CHOOSE TO CALL THIS EVENT THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT, BECAUSE AS THE OLD PIECES CYCLE DIES, AQUARIUS IS BORN...BRINGING ALL THE WATERS OF ENLIGHTENMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS AGES WITH IT.

THIS IS THE BEST NIGHT, AND MOMENT TO BEGIN THE

OM MANI PADME HUM CHANT...BECAUSE THE MAGICKAL TONES CARRY ALL THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA WRAPPED IN IT.

FOR BEST VIEWING, WATCH THE SOUTHWEST SKIES, JUST AFTER SUNSET. THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT WILL BE VISIBLE FOR UP TO TWO HOURS, BEFORE IT SETS.

STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT PLAYLIST, ON SPOTIFY

ENHANCE THIS RITUAL, BY ADDING THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT PLAYLIST (BELOW) AFTER YOUR MEDITATION CHANT. LITERALLY INTUITED FROM MY DISCUSSION WITH LINDA, THIS COLLECTION OF SONGS DELIVERS THE POINTS AND MESSAGES WE SHARED THROUGH OUT. I PRE-CHARGED AND BLESSED THIS SET LIST, TO ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE, UNDER THE STAR OF ENLIGHTENMENT.

Setlist:

AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN by The 5th Dimension

THANK YOU by Alanis Morissette

MAYBE ANGLES by Sheryl Crow

THE GREAT BEYOND by REM

COLOR OF RAIN by Daniel Link

WAIT by Austin Plaine

INTO THE WEST by Annie Lennox

LISTEN NOW

(YOU MUST HAVE A SPOTIFY ACCOUNT TO ACCESS. THE PLAYLIST IS FREE TO ENJOY)

THAT WRAPS CHAPTER 7: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF COMPASSION. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MY VERY SPECIAL GUEST, LINDA BYRD FOR JOINING US AT THIS VERY SPECIAL TIME, AND INVITE ALL OF YOU TO CONNECT WITH LINDA AT https://consciousawakeningcoach.com/

IN ADDITION TO THE TASKS AND SPELL WORK OF THIS WEEK, DON’T FORGET TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR SHADOW WORK. THE BASIC TOOLS ARE DAILY SHADOW PAGES, 1 SHADOW DANCE A WEEK, PLUS YOUR WEEKLY VISION QUEST.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND BONUS MATERIAL, ADDITIONAL VIDEO CONTENT AND VISION QUEST IDEAS IN THE “DIGITAL WITCHBOX” SECTION OF THE SEVEN WONDERS BLOG, BELOW.

JOIN ME NEXT WEEK FOR

CHAPTER 8: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF CONNECTION.

UNTIL THEN, BE KIND TO YOURSELF AND I’LL SEE YOU AT THE RAINBOW’S EDGE!