Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Seeing Swirling Commas of Light in the Sky

Sometimes when we look at a blue sky we can see swirling, dancing commas of light. This is a common phenomenon known to ophthalmologists and is called the blue field entropic phenomenon. We are seeing the white blood cells in the retina. Everything in the physical body has a spiritual significance, and the white blood cells represent what are called in Sanskrit the ganas, or protective beings who defend the body from disease. So in a sense, I guess you could say you are seeing angels. From Wikipedia: In Hinduism, the Gaṇas are attendants of Shiva and live on Mount Kailash. Ganesha was chosen as their leader by Shiva, hence Ganesha's title gaṇeśa or gaṇapati, "lord or leader of the ganas".

Monday, October 04, 2021

Hildegard von Bingen's Vision of the Divine Feminine

She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at Her face or Her garments for the splendour with which She shines. For She is terrible with the terror of the avenging lightning, and gentle with the goodness of the bright sun; and both Her terror and Her gentleness are incomprehensible to humans . . . . But She is with everyone and in everyone, and so beautiful is Her secret that no person can know the sweetness with which She sustains people, and spares them in inscrutable mercy.


- Hildegard von Bingen’s vision of the Feminine Divine, from Scivias, III, 4.15, translated by Mother Columba Hart, O.S.B. and Jane Bishop