~ Thy Kingdom Come ~

In most of our cultural narratives, there are myths and stories about a mysterious kingdom, hidden deep within valleys and mountains.. Soria Moria in Norwegian folk tradition, Shambala in Tibetan Buddhism, Valhalla in norse mythology, Shangri-La, Olmolungring, Belovoyde, Aryavartha, Hsi Wang Mu.. Where all your fears are shed and you can live in eternal happiness.. Now, what if this kingdom of a thousand names is right - here - and open to all who dares to enter..? Buried under layers, behind walls, doors, veils of perception and conditioning..? What if...

We are living in special times indeed. Humanity is waking up, making active choices in the word - the name - and the service of love. Intuitively creating enabling environments for nurturing the soul and ’learning to speak sky with an earth tongue’. Blending wisdom from the depths of the soil and roots of the mountains with teachings from the heavens. Unearthing ritual, celebration, intimacy. Using our subtle senses to discern and reason, at-tuning the instruments that make up the human experience.. Purifying. Our minds, our words, our homes, our environment. As above, so below, as within, so without. Pure landscapes. Realising the queendom of heaven rests in a sacred equilibrium between our inner and outer Nature. Outside gender, duality, separation. And the path is simple, there are no secrets left to tell. Follow the way of the heart.

The Gods, sages and spirits of the past can inspire you and hold your hand when crossing the thundering rivers.. It takes courage, I know. Some of you will stand at the shores, longing for the golden light in the distance. Others will step their trembling, naked feet into the ethereal streams, and spend lifetimes questioning the mere possibility of the great liberation. Building ever more knots of resistance. But do not worry, human child. You are already here. Answer the call. Honour the internal voice that surfaces when your layers are in balance. Learn to distinguish between the needs of your lower and higher self. There are parallel systems of governance forming, growing, all over the world ~ walking in the ancient footprints and treading new paths in the universal forests.

Heaven is a state of mind. Samadhi is a bio-logical re-action. And we will keep reminding you, watching from a distance, as the beautiful petals of your flower bends to reveal its inner core. Clutch your hand around your stick, keep firm, oh wanderers and warriors of the dawning age, walking each other home. We will sing you there, we will dance you there, we will feed you and keep the fire burning so the flames of curiosity and imagination will always be kindled around you - until the last drop of soul again is united with its source.

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~ D I T T R I K E K O M M E ~

I mange av verdens kulturelle narrativ, finner myter og historier om et mystisk kongedømme, gjemt 'bakenfor sol og østenfor måne'. Soria Moria i norske folketradisjoner, Shambala i tibetansk buddhisme, Valhalla i norrøn mytologi, Shangri-La, Olmolungring, Belovoyde, Aryavartha, Hsi Wang Mu.. Hvor alle frykter opphører og du kan leve i evig lykke. Nå, hva om dette kongedømme med tusen navn eksisterer - her - og er åpent for alle som tør å tre inn i dets høye haller? Begravet under lag, bak vegger, dører og slør av persepsjon.. Hva om..

Vi lever i en unik tidsalder. Menneskeheten er i en oppvåkningsfase hvor vi én etter én begynner å ta aktive valg - i kjærligheten og tjenestens navn. Gjennom intuitiv samskapning legger vi grunnsteiene i miljøer som vil nære sjelen. Vi lærer å 'snakke himmel med jordens tunge'. Vi blander visdom fra jordens dype favn og fjellenes røtter med himmelens lære. Vi vekker til live ritualer, feiring, intimitet med naturen. Vi åpner de mest subtile sansene våre, og i-stemmer instrumentet som utgjør den menneskelige erfaring. Renser. Sinn, ord, hjem, natur. Som på jorden så i himmelen. Som innenfor, så utenfor. Rene landskap. Vi våkner til sannheten om at Hennes rike hviler i en hellig balanse mellom vår indre og ytre Natur. Utenfor kjønn, dualitet, separasjon. Og veien er enkel å tre inn på, det finnes ikke lenger hemmeligheter. Veien er i hjertet.

Fortidens guder, seere og ånder kan inspirere og holde deg i hånden når du velger å krysse de tordnende elvene.. Det krever mot, jeg vet. Noen av dere vil forbli på i elveleiet, tilsynelatende forlatt i en dyp lengsel etter det gyldne lyset i horisonten. Andre vil kun sette en skjelvende, naken fot inn i de eteriske strømmene, og for resten av livet stille seg spørrende til den ultimate frigjøringens eksistens. Foldes inn i enda fler knuter av motstand. Men fortvil ikke menneskebarn, du er allerede her. Svar på kallet. Ta den indre stemmen på alvor, stemmen som vokser i deg når lagene dine er i balanse. Lær å skille mellom de høyere og lavere behovene i selvet. Parallelle styresett smeltes sammen over hele verden ~ vi trer inn i de urgamle fotavtrykk og går opp nye stier i de universelle skoger.  

Soria Morias rike er en sinnsstemning. Sinns-stemming. Opplysning er en bio-logisk re-aksjon. Og vi vil fortsette å minne deg på dette. Vi følger med fra den andre siden av bredden. Vi smiler når de skimrende kronbladene i blomsten som utgjør deg bøyer seg sakte bakover og åpner for den innerste kjernen. Ta et godt tak i vandringsstaven, å pilegrimer og krigere av lys - dere som følger hverandre hjem. Vi skal synge dere dit, vi skal danse dere dit, vi skal mate dere med næring og kunnskap og visdom, og holde bålet levende så nysgjerrigheten og fantasiens flammer for alltid vil skinne i mørket - til den siste sjeledråpe igjen er forent med sin kilde.

Sound: Ollli - Rest in Natural Peace ~ https://soundcloud.com/ollli/rest-in-great-natural-peace

Art: Digitalized ink on Theodor Kittelsens painting of Soria Moria - 'Langt langt borte saa han noget lyse og glitre' (1900).. 

Sacred Footpaths of Kathmandu

We are walking through the narrow alleyways of Patan, twisting and turning like a maze, revealing hidden backyards and goddess temples.. Intuitive steps, asking to be led..

In the north-east corner of the Newari Golden Temple / Hiraëyavarëa Mahävihära is a staircase, leading up to the monastery in the second floor.. A peace reigns here, a safety below the paintings of the goddess Tara and the soft light touching the dust particles floating down from the ornamented wooden ceilings. As I sit down to meditate, I catch the eye of the caretaker - also sitting in a lotus posture.. A sudden recognition, our heads bow gently, as to confirm that we are participating in a sacred understanding and practice.. And when I open my eyes, I am still there - in this body - in this life..

In meditation, I can be away for what seems to be eternities.. As my bodies are moving, I am still part of the lower vibrations, the outer experience of resistance.. Again, reminded of the importance to shed light on the stagnating force in all layers of my being, for to ease the stream of the divine rivers.

We move to Pashupatinath / पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर, on of the holy abodes of Shiva / Mahesvara. The vibration changes, Shivas presence is more intense and fiery. The spirit of death is present here, reflected in the bodies burning on the altars on the riverbank, layering the temple in thick smoke.. This is the refuge of sadhus /holy men. On the surface, mastering the art of tourist entraption - but if you stare deep into their eyes you are bound to lose yourself in the depths of their sacred search.

The musicians are getting ready to perform their rbhajans (devotional songs), prayers, and a hawan, a purifying and sacred ritual that takes place around a fire, with the offerings made to Agni, the fire god. We sit next to the infirmary, and two bodies are carried out to be washed in the holy water of the Bagmati. An old woman, and what seems to be a younger child, covered in cloth.

While two beings depart from life, another woman is dancing by herself on the riverbank. She is lost in movement, and pays no attention to the crowds of people. Her two children are leaning against the brick wall, watching their young mother perform the Nataraj, an embodiment of Shiva as the cosmic ecstatic dancer.

For those fleeting moment, I am deeply in love with her - the sheer, raw, elegance in the determined, forceful alignments of her annamaya kosha to the akashic backdrop. Her whole body flowering into a full expression of the ananda of becoming one with Shiva. Then, she snaps out of it - and makes her way towards us with a face fluctuating with tears and deep sorrow, from desperation to soft smiles, collecting rupees for her needing family.

The Sun has set, night is descending upon us. We are sailing away from the full blue blood moon.. Remaining humbled and grateful for the teachings, my vessel feels more steady that ever, and the lighthouse in the distance beams with a strong ray of universal light, glimmering on the waters of my mind.

We are the children from Nangijala, Shambala and the lunar mansions of the Nakshastras, practicing an emerging governance of light from the other side of Sophie's mirror. And our weapon is sound, amplifier of loving vibrations. We are going to create a universal language, nourish our communities, speak the words of loving compassion, sing the songs of hope and celebration, tell the new stories and manifest the new archetypes. Until there is not a single word of suffering left in the shadows.

201∞ ~ Service to Source Energy // I Urkraftens Tjeneste

201∞ ~ Service to Source Energy 

I think we all spend time thinking about how to make the world a better place, and how we can contribute to progress and sustainable, deep-rooted peace. At least, I hope we do. As we are moving into 201∞ (two-thousand-and-eternity if you flip the eight over) I want you to think of this year as setting the root-note for your remaining journey on this Earthship. I want you to reflect on the vibration and health of your relationships. To your friends and family, your community and system, but more importantly, to the Source Energy of Nature. 

We come into this world as pure and unique reservoirs of energy, and are slowly channelled into the mainstream. Most of us forget who we are in the process. In meditation, you begin recognising the protective layers you have constructed around your soul-seed from the time of birth. Treading new pathways, and venturing deeper into the inner forests of Self. Opening gates in the fences of perceived identity - until you finally enter the innermost clearing - and reach your hands out to touch the the very first code of your individual Nature. 

We are the continuous evolution of light, in an eternal process of multidimensional blossoming - becoming fragrant flowers of ‘being’. Alternating states of earth, wind, water, fire and life-force. Entering 201-and-eternity, I ask again. How is the health of your relationships with your surroundings? How is your soil? What waters and nourishes you? How far are your winds reaching, how is your breath? And most importantly, what is your current Energy-Return-on-Investment (EROI)? Where is your love - your most invaluable asset and life-force, flowing? 

When you enter into a dialogue with your own Nature, you become more and more sensitive to her needs. You will first hear her whispers.. And then hear her crying. Feel her pain. She brought me to Himalaya. Not long ago, I was sitting on the highest peaks in the world, looking out over her vast, interlaced landscapes and hydrological systems. I could feel the melting of the age-old glaciers underneath me, forming the white river snakes, running freely through the Himalayan wilderness with the ecstacy and joy of bringing crystal clear water to the beings of the world. Only to me met by a wall of pollution, choking in chemicals, drowning in plastic. I asked Mother Nature where it hurts. She said everywhere. 

I closed my eyes. Asked her what I could do to be of service. Imagining washing her feet using the finest of oils, flowers and herbs. Gently massaging her skin with open palms, easing the pain on her edges and ridges. Realising that we are one and the same. Whispering - I will do my best to take care of you. When I take care of Her, I also take care of myself. Let me ease your pain, so that we may heal - together. When we are cleaning pollutants from the earth, oceans, and air - we are also detoxing our bodies, minds and soul - cleaning the very fabric that holds us all together. When we remove the waste products from our inner and outer surroundings, we ease the flow of life-energy - in source, soul, seed, soil, society. 

So in 201-and-eternity, let us move together. Let us speak with a united voice, let us share our minds together, and step into a common vision. We are all part of an interconnected, sophisticated system of roots and seeds. Branch out. Humanity is on the verge of great breakthroughs which will spin us faster into ever-brighter futures. Share your visions and ideas with the world, and most importantly - act on them. Engage in the work that reconnects, so that energy can flow freely and we can unravel ever greater energetic potential. Nourish your community so that we can create a deep-rooted culture of thriving and fertile communication between our internal and external ecologies. 

For 201-and eternity, I will honour the source seed. I will make a commitment to serve my inner and outer Nature as deeply as I can. As guardian, navigator, gardener, co-creator. Towards eco-logical peacebuilding, resilient communities, decentralisation of power, and circular flow of resources. Let’s flip the eight over and pierce through its’ center with the sword of truth and discernment - to raise the vibration in our ever-evolving relationship to Nature/Source Energy. And with every loving breath, sacred footstep, and passing moment - asking to be of service. 

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201∞ ~ I Urkraftens Tjeneste

Jeg tror at alle stiller spørsmålet om hvordan gjøre verden til et bedre sted, og hvordan vi best kan bidra til fremskritt og en bærekraftig, dyptgående fred. Jeg håper vi gjør det. Og når vi nå beveger oss inn i året 201∞ (to-tusen-og-uendelig hvis du legger åttetallet ned), vil jeg at du tenker på dette året som året da du sette ned tonen for hvordan du vil at resten av reisen din på Verdensskipet skal resonnere. Jeg vil at du tenker på kvaliteten, vibrasjonen og helsen i forholdene dine. Til venner og familie, fellesskapet og systemene du bidrar til, men viktigst av alt - til Naturens Urkraft. 

Vi kommer inn i denne verden som rene og unike kilder av energi, og blir sakte men sikkert kanalisert inn i hovedstrømmen. Mange glemmer hvem vi egentlig er i denne prosessen. Gjennom meditasjon og indre livskunst, åpner vi for å gjenkjenne de beskyttende lagene vi har bygget opp rundt sjelefrøet fra øyeblikket vi trakk vårt første pust. Vi går opp nye stier i sinnet og jobber oss dypere inn i Selvets indre skoger. Vi åpner grinden i rekkene av gjerder som utgjør vår ansette identitet - og trer inn i den innerste lysningen. Her kan vi rekke hånden til henne vi var, til den innerste kilden i vår individuelle Natur. 

For hva er vi vel mer - enn en kontinuerlig evolusjon av lys, i en evig prosess av flerdimensjonal blomstring - mot å bli velduftende blomster av ‘væren’. En dans av elementene jord, vind, vann, ild og livskraft. På vei inn i 201-uendelig, spør jeg igjen - hvordan er kvaliteten i ditt forhold til indre og ytre omgivelser? Jorden du er plantet i, vannet og næringen du tar inn? Hvor langt når vindene dine, hvordan er pusten din? Og viktigst av alt - hva er ditt netto energioverskudd? Hvor mye energi får du tilbake fra energien du legger inn av kjærlighet og livskraft? 

Når du åpner for en høyere dialog med din egen Natur, blir du i økende grad sensitiv til hennes behov. Først hører du en hvisken.. Så hører du gråten.. Og så kjenner du smerten på din egen kropp. Hun brakte meg til Himalaya, til et øyeblikk hvor jeg befant meg mellom verdens høyeste tinder, skuende utover sammenvevd, langstrakte sletter og hydrologiske systemer.  Jeg følte urkraften i bakken under meg, breene som smeltet og dannet de hvite, skummende elvene som bruste nedover dalførene i Himalayas villmark - en uskyldig, krystallklar ekstase med intensjonen om å bringe rent vann til verden. For bli mottatt med en vegg av forurensning, kvalt i kjemikalier, druknet i plast. Jeg spurte Naturen hvor hun har vondt. Hun svarte - overalt.  

Jeg lukket øynene. Spurte henne hva jeg kan gjøre for å tjene hennes behov. Så for meg at jeg vasket føttene hennes med de fineste oljer, blomster og urter. Masserte huden hennes med åpne håndflater, lettet trykket i urkraften som suser under landskapet. Følte at vi er ett og samme vesen. Når jeg tar vare på deg, tar jeg også vare på meg selv. Hvisket - la meg lette smerten din så vi kan heles sammen. Når vi begynner arbeidet med å fjerne avfallsstoffer fra naturen, renser vi samtidig vår egen kropp, sinn og sjel - renser materien som holder oss sammen. Når fjerner avfallsstoffer fra våre indre og ytre omgivelser, åpner vi for en elegant strøm av energi. Livsenergi. Urkraft - fra kilde, sjel, frø, jord og samfunn. 

Så. I 20-uendelig, la oss bevege oss sammen. La oss begynne å snakke med samme stemme og la oss tre inn i en felles visjon. Vi er alle en del av et sammenhengende, sofistikert system av røtter og grener. Spre deg utover. Menneskeheten danser på kanten av store gjennombrudd som kommer til å spinne oss fortere inn i en lysere fremtid. Del ideene dine med verden - men viktigst av alt - gjennomfør dem. Ta del i arbeidet med å knytte mennesket nærmere naturen, så energien kan flyte fritt og vi kan realisere enda større energetisk potensiale. Inspirere felleskapet og nærings-livet, så vi kan inspirere en dyptgående, levende kultur for hvordan vi kommuniserer med indre og ytre økologi. 

I 20-og-uendelig skal jeg ære det første frøet. Jeg skal tjene urkraften i min indre og ytre Natur. Som beskytter, navigatør, landskapsarkitekt og sam-skaper. Mot økologisk fredsbygging, motstandsdyktige fellesskap, desentralisering av makt, og sirkulær flyt av ressurser. La oss legge åttetallet på siden og sette ned sverdet i dets senter - for-enes om å løfte vibrasjonen i vårt evige-utfoldende forhold til Urkraften. Og med hvert kjærlig pust, hellig skritt og flyktig øyeblikk - be om å få tjene. 

Photo: Winter in Finland // Juuso Hämäläinen

Sat Chit Ananda - सच्चिदानन- द

When you enter into a sacred relationship with Nature and decide to begin the process of rewilding and re-connecting your body and mind, She will open up Her realms of unlimited wisdom and immediate understanding.. Share Her teachings of the cycles, sustainability and energy elegance. The power of love. This is the path of Yoga, this is the way of the Dao, this is the roadmap of Science. The sages and seers of the East have known about these nature-al technologies for thousands of years, and the dawn is just rising upon the east-west integration. By going deeper into the layers of Self, we can explore the Nature of pure creation - and contribute to the bodhisattvic expansion of our multi-faceted intelligence/imagination. सच्चिदानन- द.. 

Illustration: Unknown

Listening to Colour

As a diplomat, you often get asked how many languages you speak.. And something inside me dies every time I understand that they mean the languages confined to perceived physiological borders.. Open your mind and shuffle the letters of the continents with me.. Can we talk about language of trees, mycelium, crystals, the atmosphere or the oceans, uniting ecologies in vibrations of evolving conversation? The languages of movement ~ body, hips, hands and fingertips, higher dimensions and dawning ages? Have you ever listened to colour? Or the language of community, of lovers, and of pure stillness? And what about the languages that defy the linear threads of time itself.. Have you spoken their words? Are you already fluent? Now, ask me again. How many languages have you mastered, and which are you planning to learn...

Gardening the Mind - The Permacultural Play of the Opposites

The more aware you become of your actions, the more you realise the effect of their consequences ~ to the point where you can predict the karmic/samskaric patterns of your daily existence. From yearly cycles to days, hours, seconds, moments. Fragments. Only when you learn to discern the positive thoughtseeds from the negative, can you begin the process of gardening the mind. The practice of uprooting destructive neural connections and laying down nurturing conditions for the creative and life-giving. The permacultural play of the opposites.. Watered with devotion. Navigated with meditation. Dig a little deeper… We are moving from reaction to reflection. Closer and closer... ✨

Hjertets Åpenbaringer // Revelations of the Heart

Når du omsider åpner for å oppleve din egen eksistens som ett lys, én kraft, én kjærlighet.

Utvides opplevelsen og sinnets gjemte egenskaper våkner i lekent samspill.

Når du begynner å reflektere over hvem og hva du egentlig er, i kjernen av det å være menneske, vibrerer hverdagen med en dypere tone. 

Du kjenner den igjen, den er din.

Elementenes sang strømmer gjennom sanseapparatet som cinematiske gjenspeilinger, bundet i vår begrensende anerkjennelse av tid og rom.. 

Som Shiva og Shakti i Liilas drømmedans, spinnes sub-atomiske partikler om hverandre i en evig feiring av skaperverket.

Omsider kan de se tryllekunstneren i øynene. Synkronisere det søkende Selvet med den Uendelige Bevissthet. 

Kan nøkkelen til den dypeste mestring ligge der de indre og ytre universer møtes? 

Der de bevitnende fragmentene kommer sammen i en ekstatisk åpenbaring av sin egen Enhet? 

En sammenvevet livsstrøm i kontinuerlig hyllest til Hennes pulserende rytme. 

Og dermed hvile i en ytterst hellig følelse av endelig å være holdt. 

Holdt i det eneste rommet av total fullkommenhet - øyeblikket.

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When you start seeing everything around you moving as the One light, the One force

Your existence expands and hidden faculties of the mind come out to join in the dance..

When you start reflecting on who you really are, at the core of your existence, the vibration of reality breathes with a deeper tone..

You recognise it, it is yours. 

The song of the elements flow through the sensory apparatus, coming together in prolonged cinematic impressions..

Dancing like Shiva/Shakti in Nataraj, dancing and spinning like sub-atomic particles..

Can the key to true mastery be found in the space where your inner and outer universes meet..?

Where the witnessing fragments come together in ecstatic realization that they are One and finally looking into the eye of the Source Magician. 

The continuous celebration of the Great Mystery that is the light..

Synchronizing your individual mind with the One mind..

Living life in reverence to the flow of the natural elements..

Feeling Her rhythm pulsating through your everyday mmm-movements..

And rest assured that you are held. Held in the sensuality of the present moment..

Photo: Joey D