Transiting Jupiter and the NN of Neptune

[cat777]

Hi Rad,


Transiting Jupiter Rx is conjunct the North Node of Neptune in Leo and opposition the SN of Neptune at this time. At the same time transiting Jupiter and the NN of Neptune are aspecting all of the other planets except Venus and it's higher octave, Neptune at this time. I, along with a few friends, have been looking at this and discussing it in relation to what is happening in the world today. I was curious about what you would have to say about this. What message do you think we should be paying attention to at this time?


Thanks for your time and your thoughts,

cat

[Rad]

Hi Cat,

The core message is to honestly, objectively, examine the very nature of the beliefs that we all hold and assume to be true. Within this examination to determine exactly how those beliefs create the reality for each and every one of us. Beliefs are very different than what is actually true. Truth does not require any sort of belief system at all simply because truth is in fact true. Truth correlates to knowledge whereas beliefs correlate to illusions and delusions of all kinds. This includes the very root of what is causing humanity at large, the collective nature of consciousness, Neptune, to continue in it's massive struggle with itself: RELIGION.

Religion and the beliefs attendant to them correlate with Neptune/ Jupiter of course. Thus there very nature of the concocted 'beliefs' of what God is and is not is at the very heart of this ongoing struggle of humanity against itself where one religion attempts to dominate another, where the killing and maiming of peoples is justified in 'the name of god'. Within this of course is each individual is believes in the various constructions, concepts, of God as defined in all the variations that it is in such a way as to make those beliefs the core of their own consciousness in which all the rest of life is then interpreted: Jupiter.

For most individual Souls to even question the core of their concocted beliefs/ construction of 'God' is simply not possible. It is not possible because the very essence of psychological/ emotional security is defined by the need to be self consistent: Moon/ Cancer, the 4th House. To even question that which then create the very essence of security for most would then equal absolute disillusionment, a total loss of life having any meaning whatsoever, and thus no reason for even living let alone not knowing how to live in such a psychological state within the Soul: individually and collectively.

So most Souls, individually and collectively, cling on to their beliefs and religions at all costs. As a result, how many Soul, individually and collectively, are living in a state of total illusion and delusion  where the very essence of those delusions and illusions are in fact considered to be 'real', to be, in fact, true ? The objective, S.Node of Neptune in Aquarius, answer to that is simply staggering to consider. And yet the phenomenal reality being created for the collective consciousness, regionally, universally, is rooted is these delusions and illusions starting with the various concoctions of what we call God.

It is exactly because of this that the mounting individual and collective traumas, Aquarius, will continue to magnify in increasing horror's of all kinds whose intent is to SHOCK the individual and collective consciousness to wake up to ACTUAL REALITY.

The question then becomes what is that actual reality, the truth, for each Soul, all Souls.

God Bless, Rad

[cat777]

Hi rad,

Thank you for taking the time to comment on this important transit. I was just looking at the chart again and thinking about all of this and another question came to mind. Transiting Jupiter and the NN of Neptune are bi-quintile Chiron in Pisces. Chiron correlates with wounds and healing. Would this signify that a collective wound is in the process of being healed on some level at this time?

Thank you again,

cat

[Rad]

Hi Cat,

In some ways of course because there are always some human beings who understand what needs to be healed and why: the causes. Simple example would be all the folks that are working to 'heal' all kinds of environmental issues linked to the health of the planet itself: Gaia. This occurs because of other humans, the majority, who are so utterly defined by self interest at every level of their Souls, including economic, that they destroy our environment.

Yet, beyond these 'healing skirmishes' as I like to call them, the majority still prevails, and that majority is still defined by the underlying issue causing this sort of insanity: their projected cosmologies, definitions of 'god', using their gods as the rationalizations for the insanity itself.   

God Bless, Rad

[cat777]

Thanks once again, Rad

One more question, in relation to the SN of Neptune, would you say this may correlate to Atlantis? It seems like we are going down the same path.

Thanks again,
cat

[Rad]

Hi Cat,

Atlantis was blown to bits by a massive volcano long ago. There is very little that is actually known about the collective/ individual reality of that place in time other than some notes about it found in the writings of Plato. In essence, all who write about it, talk about it, as if they actually KNOW what happened then and there are dealing within what we are talking about now: BELIEFS. Projected beliefs.

God Bless, Rad

[Rad]

Hi Cat,

I found this article today on an American website that reflects exactly what we have been talking about. I have posted the chart of this guy's as well so we can see the archetypes involved. And, just so we can also see how past life dynamics come forwards into another life, consider this guy was Joe McCarthy in his very last life.

God Bless, Rad

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Ted Cruz isn't an idiot, he's delusional - and that's far more dangerous

Sophia A. McClennen, AlterNet
07 Apr 2015 at 01:01 ET                  

Since Ted Cruz first announced his candidacy, much has been made of his chances of winning, his arrogance and his extreme conservative views. But most of the controversy over his candidacy centers on his lying.

It is no surprise to any of us that politicians lie. We generally assume they stretch the truth to get elected, to denigrate their political foes, and to bolster their images. But Cruz may just represent one of the biggest liars in recent history. In fact, he may be a whole new form of political liar.

The Daily Beast reports that, "Cruz's Politifact track record for publicly asserted falsehoods is the second-highest among front-runners, totaling 56 percent of all statements they've looked at." And Matthew Rozsa tell us that "Googling "˜Ted Cruz lies' pulls back an astonishing 7,890,000 results, and on Twitter, the two phrases are basically synonymous."

The trouble with this angle on Cruz's misstatements is that it presumes that Cruz is, in fact, lying. But lying depends on the liar knowing that what he is saying is false. Cruz shows no signs of such awareness. As Ann Marie Cox points out in her survey of Cruz's lies, there's more going on here than just a politician's twisting of the truth or a partisan spin on data. She wonders whether it is time to take seriously the idea that he really believes what he is saying. "There are objective falsehoods that show Cruz could just be looking at a different set of data. Other, more telling whoppers show that Cruz isn't just looking at different data, he's living in a different universe."

That different universe is Cruz's world of misinformation. He doesn't lie because lying would require that he actually know the truth. And that is what makes Cruz an even greater threat to the health of our democracy than all of his lies put together. Cruz represents a turn in GOP politics where political beliefs operate more like religious fervor than reasoned inference.

Researchers have long worried about the connections between democracy and public knowledge. For obvious reasons, an informed electorate is a key part of a strong and effective democracy. Voters need to have relevant facts in order to make good choices at the polls. But research by Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler explains that there is a vast difference between an uninformed public and a misinformed one. An uninformed public is ignorant, but a misinformed one is delusional-and that's far more dangerous.

This distinction is essential. An uninformed voter can have contact with the truth and learn from it, but a misinformed one already believes an idea that's wrong. Think of Cruz's delusional comments about climate change, the number of IRS agents, and crime rates rising in areas with stricter gun control laws. Each of these examples indicates a whole new level of political "lying," since each represents fiercely held beliefs with no basis in fact. This is not a case of simple stupidity. It's a case of deeply believing something that's just wrong.

If you care about truth and think it should influence political decisions, this is highly disturbing. But it gets worse. Nyhan and Reifler further suggest that those who hold misinformed beliefs are even less likely to learn from correcting information than those who have no clue.

That means that for those who think like Cruz, there is virtually no amount of data, reality checks or facts that can persuade the deluded citizen to give up their false ideas. This is the mindset of the Tea Party, the Koch brothers, and many on the far right. Nyhan and Reifler refer to this as "motivated reasoning." What they find is that people who are attached to falsehoods perceive any correcting information as partisan and flawed. So conservatives don't perceive science as information. To them, it's just a liberal agenda. In other words, they don't believe the truth.

And there's more. Not only do those with false beliefs practice "motivated reasoning," we also now know that any challenge to their beliefs is likely to "backfire." Nyhan and Reifler found that when conservatives who thought there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were exposed to news stories correcting that view, "the correction backfired." That is, "conservatives who received a correction telling them that Iraq did not have WMDs were more likely to believe that Iraq had WMD than those in the control condition."

This means that exposure to the truth not only failed to adjust their views to reality, it actually made them believe in their false ideas even more strongly. This is why Cruz's candidacy is really scary. This is not a case of a politician strategically using lies to advance a career; his whole career is dedicated to advancing a political platform built on a delusional view of the world. The catch is that to those who think like Cruz it isn't delusional, it makes perfect sense.

Cruz's misbeliefs are part of a longer story of how the GOP has come to be redefined by a vocal, aggressive, highly visible faction that has decided that any facts that contradict their worldview are merely liberal bias. This is what Stephen Colbert called "truthiness." Think back to the lies of Paul Ryan at the 2012 RNC or to Anderson Cooper's confrontation with Michelle Bachmann over her penchant for lying. Recall also the research showing that viewers of Fox News actually know less about the world than people who watch no news of any kind.

But really if we want to peg the rise of a misinformed GOP on a politician we would have to start with the George W. Bush administration.

Back in 2008, we learned the Bush administration made 935 false statements in the lead-up to the Iraq war. Yet today, despite multiple bipartisan reports confirming no WMDs were found, a significant faction of the U.S. public still cling tenaciously to the idea that the war there was just. A recent poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University found that 40 percent of US citizens still think there were WMDs in Iraq.

But falsehoods are only the tip of the iceberg. The bigger problem is the emotional attachment to the falsehoods. The new GOP is increasingly connected to a sense of constant threat and a persistent worry that the nation and its values are under attack. When we combine a great distortion of reality with a party politics based on fear and extremism, we threaten the viability of a functional political system. That, of course, was exactly what Cruz did when he led the government shutdown of 2013.

Democrats, too, hold dear to their beliefs. It's part of human nature to want to resist information that contradicts with the way we see the world. Psychologists call the practice confirmation bias, and define it as the tendency to interpret information in ways that support our preconceptions. And yet, we don't all resist correction of our false beliefs to the same degree.

Indeed, there is research that suggests there is a vast difference between a liberal's ability to accept a new take on the world than a conservative's. To put it simply, part of what it means to be liberal is to be open-minded. That means liberals are open to information that might change a perception. In contrast, conservatives are defined as resisting change and as emotionally attaching more strongly to their beliefs. What we find with Tea Party politics, though, is a far more extremist version of Republican beliefs than we have ever seen before. Michael Grunwald of Time calls the new GOP an example of "reality-defying extremism and chronic obstructionism and borderline surrealism."

The poster boy for this extremist, reality-bending faction of the party is Ted Cruz. As the Washington Post reports, "Cruz isn't just running for president-he's running to be the leader of a new GOP." And that's no lie.

[ari moshe]

Wow, fascinating! Thanks for sharing this Rad. I feel such an incredibly clear resonance between McCarthy and Cruz. I appreciate this opportunity to tune into the basic EA dynamics their charts and understand the basic desire nature of this soul.

Wiki on McCarthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

Wiki on Cruz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

Some videos to get a sense of Ted Cruz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Kww5yjYBI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6nDrqUKKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5-NebaMAI
At 3 minutes Cruz blames Obama for the God shut down. This whole video is a must watch for really witnessing the total compulsiveness towards lying.

McCarthy claims communist infiltration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maLIXQLxvvA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1eA5bUzVjA

[cat777]

Just looking at McCarthy's Wikipedia page, I can't get over the physical resemblence. Wow!

[Rad]

Ted Cruz Says Factchecking Him Is The 'Yellow Journalism' Of 'Politi-fact'

By John Amato
CrooksAndLiars
4/10/2015

Sen. Ted Cruz spoke to John Harwood of CNBC and answered ten questions with very interesting results. I chose one such Q&A, but there's more there to mock.

He not only lied about the amount of IRS workers in a speech and the job-killing nature of Obamacare, but when caught in his lies, he deflects answering the question by saying fact checking politicians is now - yellow journalism.

    Harwood: You've said a few things that don't necessarily comport with the facts, like, "125,000 I.R.S. agents, send 'em to the border." They've only got 25,000 agents or something like. You've talked about the job-killing nature of Obamacare. We're adding jobs at a very healthy clip right now. Why shouldn't somebody listen to you and say, "The guy'll just say anything - doesn't have to be true"?

    Cruz: There is a game that is played by left-wing editorial writers. It's this new species of yellow journalism called politi-fact. Colloquially I was referring to all the employees as agents.

    That particular stat is in a joke I used. So, they're literally fact-checking a joke. I say that explicitly tongue in cheek.

Everything he said that is categorically wrong was a joke. My, bad..

Tina Nguyen debunks his joke claim very nicely.

[Rad]

Fear the dark art of yoga! Why conservative Christians are freaking out after yoga "˜miracle'

Valerie Tarico, AlterNet
18 May 2015 at 08:27 ET 

If yoga helps a Christian man to walk for the first time in thirty-three years, does his newfound strength come from God or the Devil? That is the question tearing apart an Evangelical church in Las Vegas.

In the New Testament gospel of Mark, Jesus tells a paralytic man to take up his bed and walk, and he does. In the Acts of the Apostles, Peter calls on the name of Jesus and does the same for a man who has been lame since birth:

Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk." And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. (Acts 3:6-8NRSV)

So, when John Taylor prayed earnestly that a similar miracle might befall his fellow church member, Mike Persi, he prayed in faith, believing, and then waited. Mike had been wheelchair bound for over three decades, ever since an accident at age 27 left him unable to walk or to speak without stuttering.

The odds were long against Mike getting back on his feet. But one week later, an acquaintance who didn't know about the prayer sent John's wife a video in which a man with similar injuries regained his ability to walk through intensive yoga therapy. John took it as a sign. So did Mike. So did born-again Christian yoga instructor, Mitch Menik, who even offered to take Mike into his own home during a course of intensive treatment.

Miracle or Dark Magic?

When Mike took his first wobbly but unassisted steps, all involved were thrilled and thanked God for a miracle that to their minds was modeled on the ministry of Jesus. But not everyone in Mike and John's Abundant Living Las Vegas congregation felt the same. When friends set up a GoFundMe page to help Mitch cover income lost during the time he was working with Mike, most parishioners refused to contribute. And when Abundant Living's pastor blessed the therapy, members (and money) poured out of the church.

Many biblical literalists, and charismatic or Pentecostal Christians in particular, are deeply suspicious of yoga, which they see less as a healing or wellness practice and more as a seductive point of entry into the Hindu religion. Open, inquiring forms of Christianity may teach that "all truth is God's truth," or even that there are many paths to God, and even Evangelicals who take a narrower view of Christianity may see yoga as beneficial. But a more common posture among conservative biblical literalists is wariness and suspicion, or outright condemnation. One Christian website, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, quotes from Yoga Journal and then adds their own commentary:

"'Your body will most likely become much more flexible by doing yoga, and so will your mind [Yoga Journal].' As one can see, Yoga is more than just a physical exercise. We as Christians do not want to make our mind more flexible. We do not want to leave our mind open to false teaching."

Why the Fear?

According to Pentecostal and related theologies, all around us invisible supernatural powers are waging a cosmic war between good and evil, with the literal forces of Satan aligned against the host of God. As this battle plays out, each of us is on one side or the other, and only great vigilance can prevent Christians from being seduced by false prophets or demonic powers.

In this view, the Hindu gods are literally demons, which makes spiritual pluralism dangerous and bad. In India, Hindu villagers have voiced outrage when children come home from missionary schools-sometimes the only schools around with books and paper-frightened because teachers have said that their parents and aunts and uncles worship evil demons. As divisive and harmful as this might be to parent-child relationships, the missionaries genuinely believe they are doing the right thing.

In the words of Pat Robertson, ""Hinduism and many of the occult activities that come out of the Orient are inspired by demons and demon worship"¦There's this concept that all religions are the same and all are good. That is not true. The worship of the Devil is not good." Yoga, like séances and Ouija boards, can create small cracks in your spiritual defenses through with a demon can take possession of your soul.

This is the kind of fear-based Christianity that boycotted Harry Potter movies and seeks to keep fantasy books out of children's libraries. That is because this worldview takes the idea of sorcery quite seriously. Human development consultant Marlene Winell who coined the term Religious Trauma Syndrome to describe the experience of many who have been wounded by authoritarian, fear-based forms of faith. Winell was raised by Pentecostal Assemblies of God missionaries, and lays out the Pentecostal worldview succinctly, along with psychological harms it can cause.

Dark Arts and Hard Work

This month, Mike Shreve ministries, an outspoken opponents of yoga will host a faith healing conference in Tennessee featuring "seasoned minister of the Gospel" Richard Madison who "was literally "˜raised from the dead,' confirmed by a medical technician." In rural Africa, far from modern medical science, unaccountable American missionaries from Pentecostal denominations host faith healing rallies and frequently claim miraculous cures that include raising the dead.

In a world filled with magic and peopled with unseen powers, not unlike the Iron Age context of the Bible writers, it only makes sense to be wary of miracle cures from suspect sources (who may be viewed as competitors as well as practitioners of the dark arts).

From where Mitch Menik sits, there's nothing demonic about the fact that Mike can now walk across a room unassisted, although he too gives thanks to God for the miracle. The accomplishment has been attained through a rigorous course of exercise that taps inner strength to build outer strength. The regime draws on not only Yoga but Tai Chi, Ki Gong, and a diet of nutrient rich home-cooked meals provided by Mitch's partner, Than. Mike has come this far not only by the grace of God but by setting small, incremental goals and then working to beat each milestone. As of Monday, May 11, his record was 274 steps total, including 65 in a row without assistance.

Don't Take No for an Answer

The pastor of Abundant Living Las Vegas, Bob Perry, holds a literalist view of the Bible. But he believes that God works through many channels, and he sees the hand of God in Mitch and Than's generosity. When Mike first approached him with questions about yoga, Bob advised him "to pray, to hear from God, and to be led by peace." And as painful as the rifts within the church may be, he has stood by Mike. He appears to hold no rancor toward those who have left the church over his support for Mike, saying simply that "They are well-meaning people who have listened to myths and wrong teachings of the Bible."

As for himself, Perry says, "I'm not going to stand in the way or limit how God speaks to people. In the Bible, God speaks through a donkey!"

"Some people wanted me to condemn Mike's yoga. But I'm not the one to judge," he adds. "My job is to teach people how to search for God, not to step in and be God for them.  I think it would really help if people tried to have a relationship with God rather than trying to be God. If Mike is at peace, then I am with him."

On Mother's Day, Perry preached about Matthew's story in which a gentile mother comes to Jesus seeking healing for her daughter. At first, Jesus turns her away, saying that his ministry is to the house of Israel. But she keeps asking, and he relents. Perry interprets the story for his congregation: "The real message of this story is the tenacity of this mother's faith. Don't take no for an answer even if the no comes from Jesus. . . . Faith stays after it, even in the face of adversity." Is Perry's sermon an affirmation of Mike and Mitch's remarkable feat or an exhortation to himself and the remaining members of his congregation? Perhaps both.

As Mike moves forward, one step, one day at a time, his legs are building muscle. They now look like the legs of a man who walks, not one who has been in atrophy for three decades. Whether one attributes that to the hand of God or the miracle of human kindness and generosity, it is a source of wonder, delight, and gratitude to all who have kept the faith. "Mitch is an angel," Mike says. "I can't believe it's happening."

I asked him-did he cry when he took those first wobbly steps? "No," he responded. "I didn't cry. But there were tears running out of my eyes and down my cheeks."

On May 24, Mike hopes to walk into church on his own two legs, with his friends at his side, for the first time in thirty years. He is so proud and grateful that he's hoping the whole Las Vegas news community turns out to record the event.

[cat777]

Hi Rad and All,

I was just reading an article which brought this thread to mind. It took me awhile to find the thread as searching for Ted Cruz doesn't seem to work very well. maybe its Mercury RX :-)  Anyway, I was reading about Donald Trump and read "...Trump has taken that role, the antithesis of the idealist politicians enshrined by Frank Capra and Aaron Sorkin, and run with it. He bestrides our current political landscape like the reincarnation not of Joe McCarthy (that would be Ted Cruz) but of Jay Billington Bulworth."

As soon as I read that last line I remembered our conversation above about Ted Cruz having been Joe McCarthy in the past. I thought it interesting that the author of this article seems to think so too :-)

Heres a link to the full article:  http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frank-rich-in-praise-of-donald-trump.html#

[Rad]

Christian group says the world will be permanently "˜annihilated' on Wednesday

Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian
06 Oct 2015 at 10:15 ET                   

While our planet may have survived September's "blood moon", it will be permanently destroyed on Wednesday, 7 October, a Christian organization has warned.

The eBible Fellowship, an online affiliation headquartered near Philadelphia, has based its prediction of an October obliteration on a previous claim that the world would end on 21 May 2011. While that claim proved to be false, the organization is confident it has the correct date this time.

"According to what the Bible is presenting it does appear that 7 October will be the day that God has spoken of: in which, the world will pass away," said Chris McCann, the leader and founder of the fellowship, an online gathering of Christians headquartered in Philadelphia.

"It'll be gone forever. Annihilated."

McCann said that, according to his interpretation of the Bible, the world will be obliterated "with fire".

The blood moon - a lunar eclipse combined with a "super moon" - occurred without event on 27 September. This was despite some predictions that it would herald the beginning of the apocalypse. Certain religious leaders had said the blood moon would trigger a chain of events that could see our planet destroyed in as little as seven years time.

According to this new prediction, however, there will be no stay of execution. On the day of 7 October, the world will end.

"God destroyed the first earth with water, by a flood, in the days of Noah. And he says he'll not do that again, not by water. But he does say in 2nd Peter 3 that he'll destroy it by fire," McCann said.

The expectation of the world ending this fall stems from an earlier prediction by Harold Camping , a Christian radio host who was based in California. In 2011 Camping used his radio station, Family Radio, to notify people that the world would end on 21 May of that year. When that turned out to be incorrect, Camping revised his prediction to October 2011. That also turned out to be incorrect, and Camping retired from public life soon after. He died in 2013, at age 93.

McCann believes that Camping's 21 May 2011 prediction did have some truth, however. That day was declared to be "judgment day" because it was actually the day God stopped the process of selecting which churchgoers will survive Wednesday's massacre, McCann said.

Following 21 May 2011, God turned his attention to deciding which non-churchgoers to save, according to McCann. The eBible Fellowship believes that God said he would devote 1,600 days to this task - bringing us to 7 October 2015.

"There's a strong likelihood that this will happen," McCann said, although he did leave some room for error: "Which means there's an unlikely possibility that it will not."

The eBible Fellowship, which McCann was at pains to point out is not a church, is a predominantly online organization. The group does hold meetings once a month, however.

Scientists have several theories about when earth will be destroyed, although none of the data points to this Wednesday. The most widely accepted theory is that the sun, which is already gradually increasing in temperature, will expand and swallow up the planet. Some scientists believe this could happen as soon as 7.6bn years time.

Whether the planet is destroyed next week or several thousand million years in the future, McCann's plans for the coming week will remain the same. He and his wife, a fellow believer in Wednesday's end date, had three birthdays in the family before then, which they planned to celebrate.