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Earth Medicine Guide - 1Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterDIRECTIONAL INFLUENCE1. Direction: CenterThere is a fifth direction that is the Center of your being. The Center of your being isconscious awareness. Simply the awareness of being. Knowing that you are. The realization that"I am" consciousness.The center of your being is not your brain, because the brain is your bio-computer, aholographic storage system, a piece of equipment you carry around in your physical body - inthis case, your head. The center of your being is not your mind because the mind is a faculty youuse in order to think. Using your mind, you "draw from" the essence of all that is, or UniversalMind. Even as this is so, the mind is not you, the user. The center of your being is not yourspirit. The spirit is the individuated organized Life Force which requires intelligence to direct it.Intelligence requires consciousness in order to be aware of events, and that consciousness needsto be educated (brought forth) so that it might know what required action is to be taken.Some have proposed that consciousness arises out of matter. They theorize that somehowmatter appeared in an evolutionary process and at some stage in its development thatevolutionary process produced conscious life. This is far from the truth. Self consciousness is aprimal cause and not an effect.Consciousness is not your thoughts because thoughts are a response to the stimulireceived through consciousness. Consciousness does not think. It just is. The "i" seeks expressionand understanding of itself and all life. Consciousness is not life itself. Self is the "I am" whichenables us to be aware that we are alive. It is just an awareness that you are. You think with themind as expressed through the brain. Memory is "stored" in the brain, and each cell in your bodyhas a memory as well. Consciousness is a state of awareness which emanates from within theself. It is the "I" being aware that "I" am. This is "Self" consciousness. It extends to others and tomatter when it gains awareness of itself and experiences that awareness outside itself.In the Center, you actually take charge of your own power, thus enabling you toconsciously take charge of, accept responsibility for your life. The Center of Your Being isconscious awareness. Simply the awareness of being. Knowing that you are. The realization that"I am." Consciousness. The awareness that you are. Consciousness is a state of awareness whichemanates from within the self. It is the "I" being aware that "I" am. This is "self" consciousness.It extends to others and to matter when it gains awareness of itself and experiences thatawareness outside itself.The "I" seeks expression and understanding of itself and all life. Consciousness is not lifeitself. Self- consciousness is the "I am" which enables us to be aware that we are alive. It is anawareness of ourselves, of our individual separateness and identity, and yet one with, relating to,being part of the "I am" that is expressing Itself as and in all life as Divine Love. It is also anawareness of ourselves and of what is happening around us. It exists not just on one level or inone plane of existence, but on all levels of being. Everything - even a humble stone- has an "I",an individuality.Going to your Center is what you do to come in touch with your essential Self, that whichseeks awareness of itself through you. It is where your consciousness may be expanded andextended into other levels. It is where to contact your own Higher Self, the Universal Mind, and

Earth Medicine Guide - 2Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centerwhat has also been called the Collective Unconscious. It is where to touch the Presence of theGreat Everything - Wakan-Tanka. It is where to contact the divinity within you.In the Center you come to love your Self because of a recognition of what the real Self is.Through that realization you come to love others too because of what they are. For love isgenerated by love. Love comes from love just as life comes from life. Those who despisethemselves despise others also. Respect yourself and you will have respect for others. Value yourSelf and you will have regard for the value of others.You get to know yourself by spending time with yourself by spending time with yourself.Time alone. Time on your own. Where you can examine and look at aspects of yourself that -your behavior - that speak to how well you are relating to, as well as allowing, the Higher Self ofyou to have its way in your life, as your life.As you spend time with yourself you can get to know your Higher Self by analyzing youractions and determine their role in your realizing and utilizing your true power. When you get toknow your Self, you can begin to be yourself and no longer need to "conform" to the wants,needs, and pressures of others. It is not necessary to be "like anyone/ everyone else". You have aright to be different. You have a right to be you. To be as you are. At the Center you can get toknow you. And there come to love you. The Center is your Place of Harmonious Being.At the center of You burns your eternal flame. Your point of personal power. Visualizethis, for within it is the very Source of your being. Imagine yourself at the center of your owncircle. This circle is parallel with the floor, and the center point of the center of your circle is justabove your naval. Now imagine a vertical shaft, like a spindle, rising from this center, up throughthe top of your head and continuing above you. Now visualize it going down from the centerthrough your legs and continuing down beneath your feet.Now physically align yourself with the four directions, facing North. South is at yourback. West is left. East is right. Notice that you cannot explore any of the four directions aroundyou without shifting your position from the center. You can, however, move up or down thespindle and examine the "Above" and "below" and still remain centered in that central shaft, ifyou will.This is the focal for any "journeying" you wish to do. You can go to the center of yourown being and from here explore the "above" and "below" while retaining full consciousawareness and also remain under full control of the Will.Now imagine, if you will, a sphere that is divided into three horizontal section, eachportion corresponding to the Circle of Power you visualized a moment ago. The middle portionrepresents your world of ordinary consciousness, your everyday, objective reality andcorresponds to the four directions portion of your Circle of Power. The lower section is theunder-world, the realm of your subconscious reality, and corresponds to the below portion ofyour Circle of Power. The upper section is the higher real of your superconscious reality.The realms of lower and higher and not to be referred to as "Supernatural." They are not.The supernatural, along with superstitions and other fantasies, belongs to the belief system,mostly of those people who are afraid to acknowledge and explore these states of being that infact, and in truth, exist within themselves. Like the Middle World of the Here and Now withwhich you are familiar, the worlds of "Above" and "Below" are perfectly natural and like therealm with which you are familiar through your physical senses, they operate in accordance withnatural, cosmic, and sacred laws.

Earth Medicine Guide - 3Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterYour Circle of Power is representative of the Tree Of Life, the evergreen, whose rootsjoin the underworld, whose branches reach into the heavenly realm and whose trunk is theMiddle World of "ordinary" reality in the Here and Now.2. Season: The YearA year is the whole period of "Time" it takes for the Earth to complete a single revolutionaround the Sun and embraces all four seasons. So in the Center we are situated in every season,every month, every day, every hour, every minute, every moment. The ear is a cycle - a cycle ofthe dynamics of Life and a cycle of manifestation. It experiences ebb and flow, growth anddevelopment, rest, and renewal, and incorporates within it our own physical, psychological,sexual, emotional development and spiritual evolution. It is the Wheel. Everything comes roundagain and again. At the Center we are enabled to perceive wholeness. The emphasis is not on apart or a point in the cycle but on its entirety. The Center is concerned with the entirety of ourbeing.3. Quality: Life/Law; Light/LoveImagine a field which represents a Void. The soil of that imaginary field has seed - whichis LIFE - planted in it. The seed receives LIGHT and water and LOVING nurturing. The size towhich the crop grows and the manner of growth will depend on the LAW of its being. That Lawwas determined by the One that formed the seed (Life) in the first place. LIFE and LAW comedirectly from the Source, from the Great Spirit which is all things, yet no-thing. It is that fromwhich all things come.The Great Spirit also expresses Itself as Grandfather Sun and Mother Earth. Grandfathermay be considered as our Sun Source of Light and Mother and our Earth Source of Love. ThusLIGHT and LOVE became participants in Creation of the Cosmos with LIFE and LAW. TheseFour Great Primary Forces (LIFE, LAW, LIGHT, LOVE) brought all that is into being and dosustain it.Love is the binding, unifying nurturing Force - the power that holds all things together. Itis the power that gives entirely of itself for it is a force that seeks not to control and overpower,but to merge, unify and harmonize. Without love, life cannot be sustained. Without Love there isa falling apart. Without Love there is barrenness. Loveenlightens and Love is also lightening. Love is uplifting. Love puts purpose into any action andlightens any burden. Love is the power that sustains the Universe and binds ittogether.LIGHT is the power that gives movement to the Universe and provides it with its energy.LIFE is conscious awareness of being - it is evolution, trial and error, learning anddeveloping. All life is the expression of thought in the Mind of the Great Spirit "in this form, inthis place, and at this time." Life is the act of being and it is essential essence of what is being.LAW is the geometry of relationships, linking all things. It is the force-form, harmonicbalance, the plan, the structured behavior system, universal throughout the

Earth Medicine Guide - 4Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterCosmos. Know the Law and you can approach some understanding of the Mind of the GreatSpirit.It is important that we each live our lives in accordance with spiritual principles and laws.These are of Cosmic origin, for they are universally applicable and known. They are set apartfrom all other laws and provide guidelines under which everything operates within the limitationsof time and space. Although these principals and laws never change, they allow all things -tangible and intangible - to develop in harmony in an infinite number of patterns.According to the teachings of The Medicine Wheel, there are Eight FundamentalPrinciples of ancient wisdom and the Twelve Sacred Laws.The Eight Fundamental Principles are:1. The Principal of MentalismAll is mind. The universe is mental. Everything you see around you is solidified thought. Everyman-made object is the result of thought. Matter and energy are differentexpression of thought - one manifest, the other unmanifest.2. The Principle of SimilaritiesMind - whether manifest or unmanifest - is constructed of, circles within spiraling circles andparallel spheres. So what is Within is mirrored Without. If one sequence is known on oneCircle, another sequence of a similar type in a parallel sphere bears a proportional resemblance toit. In some philosophical schools of thought this is known as the Law Of Correspondences.3. The Principle of Rhythm and VibrationEverything vibrates. Everything flows in and out and pulsates. The pendulum swing manifestsin everything - the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left, andrhythm compensates. The atom is vibration. Thought is vibration. Change your mood or mentalstate and you change your personal vibration.4. The Principle of PolarityEverything is dual. Everything has polarity, and its pair of opposites. Opposites are identical innature, but different in degree. Everything is yang or yin and has its masculine or feminineprinciple. Gender manifests on all planes. Conflicts are clashes of opposites. They can beresolved by bringing the opposites together to form a harmony. Otherwise, one opposite isrepressed by the other and this dominance adds to the conflict5. The Principle of ConnectionsEverything in existence is an energy-system within a greater energy-system and compriseswhirling and dancing groups of interpenetrating energy forms. Individual manifestations,

Earth Medicine Guide - 5Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centerwhether human, animal, vegetable, mineral, or celestial are thus connected like the strands of aspider's web.6. The Principle of Cause and EffectEvery cause has an effect. Every effect has its cause. There are many planes of causation, andeverything happens according to Law. Chance is the name of a law not yet recognized.7. The Principle of FrequenciesEvery individual is a set of personal frequencies. Everyone and every thing has a personalvibratory pattern that is unique. Each pattern is different from others, just asfingerprints are not matched by any other person.8. The Principle of Self-RealizationYou are not your body. You only use your body during Earth life because it is the most suitablevehicle for the Earth environment and for this lifetime. You are not your mind. Your mind isused to think and to feel and to evaluate impressions reached through the physical senses and todiscern physical reality. You are the one who does the thinking. You are the one who chooseswhat to think. You are the Watcher Within. You can think, and with your thoughts you cancreate. You create through the power of the mind. You are not matter at all, but spirit which iseternal and does not suffer death, only transformation.In addition to these Eight Fundamental Principles, there are also in being TwelveSacred Laws which are universally applicable. They are sacred because they are the Laws of thevery Being of the Great Spirit Itself and an expression of the will and the mind of the One whocreated all with love and ensouled the Universe with life.The Twelve Sacred Laws are:- Everything is an inseparable part of the one Whole.- The universe is the sacred expression of the Will and the Mind of the Source and has beencreated with Love and ensouled with Life.- Everything is characterized energy and is inter-changeable to anything else. Somind/matter/spirit are but different levels of the same energy.- All energy in motion follows the Law of Harmonics: it will achieve maximum efficiency withminimum effort, and returns ultimately to its source.- All things in the universe have life, but they experience it in different ways. Nothing is truly"dead" because there is no such thing as no-motion.

Earth Medicine Guide - 6Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Center- Everything is made up of the same primary elements and receives the same energies, butindividual "beings" organize themselves differently for they each seek to express an idea in themind of the Great Spirit in a special way. Everything thus evolves within the law of its ownbeing.- Everything evolves by continually seeking harmony and balance with everything else.- The only constant in the universe is change.- Everything is completely and intimately linked to everything else, and all are subject to thesacred laws.- Everything is born of woman. Everything comes into existence through the feminine principle.- Nothing must be done to harm the children, for eternal life is through the children.- Circular motion is the law of everything. Lineation is an illusion. Absolute beginnings andendings do not exist because there are no true beginnings.Our perspective is that which determines our ability to relate to and to practice theseprinciples and laws. Keeping the following points in heart and in mind, will assist you in theprocess of living by, and in relationship to. the principles and laws that have just been presented.These principles are:. Divinity, the Great Spirit, "God", or whatever name we choose to give to the Ultimate Source,and the Cosmos - which is everything that exists and has existed, or will exist -are one and thesame. Energy and matter are one.. Everything in existence is connected to everything else. This is not quite the same as a belief inthe one-ness of everything interconnects in a great universal web ofenergy, and it is this understanding that makes linking with, journeying through, and knowledgeof all things possible.. Everything is alive. Everything vibrates: animals, trees, plants - even rocks. Each is part of thelives of one another, and each has its own life or way of expressing the idea in the mind of theGreat Spirit, the Supreme Intelligence which brought it into existence. Each is organizeddifferently from human life, serving a specific purpose for which it was designed. And each hasan awareness very different from that of humans, but it is an "awareness" all the same. Thisprinciple, once recognized, changes one's attitude to the Earth and its environment.. There are inner zones of reality which affect and regulate what we experience outwardly. Andwithin these inner realms are helpers, guides and teachers with power toeffect change in the outer world.

Earth Medicine Guide - 7Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Center. Man is not alone but interrelated with all forms with which the Earth environment is shared.. Nothing in being exists in isolation, everything is connected.. There is a Supreme Intelligence behind all things in existence - which is the Great Spirit, and itis not only outside but also inside Creation.. Creation is part of the Mind of the Great Spirit, and we as human beings are expressing athought within the Mind of the Great Spirit.. The Great Spirit limited its expression, within Sacred Law, and therefore limited Him/HerItself/ All thus evolved within the Law of its own being.. All power comes from within.4. Directional Totem: Smoke-BreathThe totem of the Center is not an animal or bird, plant or tree, or even a mineral, butsomething as elusive as smoke and breath. To the Indian, both had great power. Indeed, thewords "smoke-breath" themselves are "words of power." Each has connections with the SacredPipe.Smoke is visible beneath, and breath is the life force, Breath is invisible like life itself. Itcannot be seen. We can only be aware of its existence. The Great Breath is the Great Spirit.Smoke, then, is the breath of life made visible.When an Indian smoked the Sacred Pipe he saw his words, his thoughts, his prayers,being carried to the Great Spirit. The bowl of the pipe is female and represents GreatGrandmother (Love); the stem is male and represents Great Grandfather (Light). Tobacco, theliving plant, represents Life. The ritual way in which it is smoked represents Law. So by using itthe Four Great Primary Forces are invoked and harmonized with.Smoke from the pipe is produced by fire (spiritual illumination) consuming the tobaccoand herbs (material manifestation) which is aetherialized and liberated from form by fire to thattheir spirits are free to go to their highest vibrational realm. Smoking the Pipe was regarded as asharing of the breath (the life and spirit) of the Four Great Powers of the Universe.Inhaling and exhaling the smoke from the Sacred Pipe represented the ebb and flow oflife - from invisibility to visibility and back to invisibility again. Inhaling brought the smoke intothe body and was a reminder of what was being accepted and nourished through all the activitiesof physical being. Puffs of smoke in the exhaling represented what was being released and whatmust be transcended. Inhaling was of the Sky above. Exhaling was of the Earth beneath.Together it was the marriage of Sky and Earth.The Indian never smoked the Pipe for personal pleasure of as an act of self-indulgenceand certainly not out of addiction. Smoking the Pipe was a sacred act which had symbolicmeaning and specific intention - a power for good.

Earth Medicine Guide - 9Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centerto reunite. It is a function of the initial individualization of the Being, and continued separateexistence would be impossible without it since life would die out.In Christian fundamentalism, which has played a prominent part in the shaping ofCaucasian attitudes to sex over the last thousand or more years, sex has been regarded as aninherent part of the "original sin" in the story of the Fall, as a lack of control, and as the means ofcreating more beings with original sin. This influence has caused sexual attitudes within Westernsocieties to be largely repressive, with an overriding guilt complex. In more recent times arelaxation of control over sexual attitudes has resulted in the so-called "Permissive Society".Christian thought held that only unmanifest Spirit was pure. It begs the question, of course, sincewe would not be here to discuss it without the parental sex act responsible for each of us.Repressive and guilt-ridden attitudes are contrary to what can be observed all around us inNature. Sex is the means by which all forms of life reproduce themselves. No living thing cancome into manifestation without an indulgence in the sex act. The flowers that adorn many analtar and bring such joy through their beauty and fragrance are, in fact, the sex organs of Plants!How, then, can sex be fundamentally evil? Did God make a mistake by inventing it in the firstplace? Hardly, since everything seeks its polar opposite/complimentary aspect for completeness.The problem about sex is not sex, but what we think about sex. Our thoughts are largelyconditioned by the kind of society in which we live. Part of the problem today is the impact themedia and especially the use of imagery which orchestrates expectations which are rarelyfulfilled. The individual is thus left with a feeling of inadequacy and frustration.It is interesting how many of the so called "Schools of Thought" proclaim that the heightof achievement is to move beyond your sexuality. Be aware of ideas that steer you away from theexperience of the total essence of your being. These ideas and concepts sound lofty however theytake you away from the essence, earthiness, and richness of your physical form. You sexuality isa gift that is to be explored with dignity, grace, reverence, and respect, through a committed,bonded relationship.Make a commitment to accept every area of your body and to draw a partner to yourselfwho will honor every area of your body. Know that your partner will be wanting and willing topioneer this glorious part of your god/goddess/divine force. Honor your body, honor the body ofyour partner, and have sex coupled with love. That is the key. The sexual energy in your body isyour life force. It holds the secret of secrets. It is the creative force.Sex is not about performance; it is about the most intimate bonding and sharing that canpossibly be. It is about intimacy, about fusing with another as you maintain your ownsovereignty. It is about being supported and supporting, because it is going to be essential as youmaintain your own sovereignty and rediscover what pleasure and joy are. Your body will begin toremember. Intimacy and honesty and commitment are the essential parts of having good sexualexperiences. You must be able to be vulnerable and open in each other's eyes; then sexualactivity holds a higher vibration.Sexuality aligns your body into a state of healing, and opens gateway to other dimensionsof reality. Have ease in your sexual energy; honor and accept that vital force that flows throughyou. Use sexual expression to regenerate yourself rather than degenerate yourself. Sexuality isone of the most exciting gifts you have been given. The sexual parts of the body are avenues topleasure that create frequencies that heal and stimulate the body and potentially lead it to itshigher spiritual self. Sexuality invokes a spirituality that is free and that looks at itself as a

Earth Medicine Guide - 10Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centercreator. The ability to discover who you are is through the sexual experience. Sexuality is anopportunity for human beings to regain their memory, or to connect with their spiritual selves andspiritual creator, or to find an avenue to the spiritual realm. It is a frequency.The discovery of the highest frequency of sexuality arises from the love experience. It hasnothing to do with relationships being either homosexual or heterosexual. It has to do with twohuman beings bringing pleasure to one another in a way that opens frequencies of consciousness.You will evolve and grow, provided that you have a partner who is willing to take the same routeand to be that open.Sex is an exchange of energy between two flowing energy-systems. Sex is an exchangeof power - a giving of oneself and a receiving into oneself. Sexuality is an expression of thatmoving sexual force that permeates and absorbs, that thrusts and receives, that merges andseparates. It is a process of bonding, of becoming one with another. In the Center you are bothmerging at all levels and becoming one with your own Higher Self and that of your partner in thehighest expression of the sex act. At its lowest expression it is merely physical relief. Sex shouldlink physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies together in oneness. Through sexualityconnection is thus made with the deep forces of feeling within us, with the Great Spirit Itselfwithin each of us.It enables you to see your invisible Self in the eyes of another. Falling in love is thus amirroring. It is the recognition of one's own other Self, one's idealized opposite, in anotherperson. What is seen is a vision. It is a man seeing in his loved one a reflection of his innerwoman, his feminine twin within, and a woman seeing in her lover her inner man, her masculinetwin. We are talking about two humans coming together by physically joining themselves inwhatever ways are appropriate for them to join and create love, because they are sharing love.When integrity and love are missing from a joining of human bodies, that is when human beingsdo not think well of their experience. This can create all kinds of damaging results within thephysical body. Partnerships suffer and traumas break up the closeness of that union when thatfirst exciting intensity is dispersed and replaced by mundane ordinariness. What was oncetreasured is taken for granted. What was given freely becomes demanded as of right, and whatwas once ecstatic, degenerates into unexciting habit.The Center stresses the importance of taking pleasure in the doing rather than in thesatisfaction of the result. Sexuality teaches that it is the continuance of the doing that brings joy,not the climax of the result. Love is ongoing - the joy of continuity. Lust is concentration on aclimax and is the opposite of Love which concentrates on the union with the partner and withgiving pleasure.Human sexuality and human relationships are practically synonymous, in that humansexuality is not to be found in the sexual act itself, but is a continuous energy with each and everyindividual. The purpose of human sexuality is to draw persons into levels of intimacy. It was notintended as a barrier which would create self-consciousness; it was designed to bring individualsinto human relationships. For human relationship is where you have negotiated levels ofintimacy, and negotiated and open intimacy are the very cornerstones of your interactivity withone another, which is the essence and expression of life itself.When you work one-on-one intimately, you develop trust. You can learn about trust in arelationship because a relationship acts as a mirror for you, showing you what you cannot seefrom your own viewpoint. It shows you yourself outside of yourself when you have open

Earth Medicine Guide - 12Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centernature. The stimulation of each partner based upon the pleasure principle itself stimulates theblood flows to the varying portions of the physical body, particularly during orgasm.In exploring their partner's physical body, individuals find certain areas of sensitivity -erogenous zones. If studied carefully, these areas of sensitivity, particularly those of a highlyconcentrated nature, would show a pattern along the meridian flows of the physical body. Ifcarefully mapped, a knowledgeable individual would find that stimulation of blood flows tothose areas, or stimulation of those meridians by the erogenous act, would begin to create ablueprint of the consciousness in the individual; that by the mapping of the arogneous zones onthe physical body and comparing meridian points, a blueprint of the personality of the individualis obtained. This is because the stimulation of the erogenous areas on the physical body sends thenecessary blood flows to those seats of consciousness, activating them in the personality.Thus the sexual act is not only the release of tensions; in even the most simple manners offoreplay, which is a tantric act in itself, there are actually alternations in the personality. If thisprinciple is knowledgeably applied, those who share the intimacies of the sexual act advance,enhance, and spiritualize the personality by increasing the life force through the flow ofmeridians and allowing the blood flows greater ease when there are stresses released from thephysical body after orgasm.The orgasm has been distorted from its original purpose. Your body has forgotten thecosmic orgasm of which it is capable because society has taught you for thousands and thousandsof years that sexuality is bad. It is a cosmic event that has been interpreted to be localized so thatyou would miss the point. It is an ongoing pulsation of godhood and goddesshood - of pleasureand of connecting to the pulse of existence. So it can occur anywhere. If you were really tunedinto your sexuality, taking a bite of a delicious food could send an orgasm through you if youwere that free. It is the height of appreciating the divinity in all things. Sex is a sacred offering ofthe body, something private and sensual. It helps you understand this force within you that bringsyou pleasure. It is not the be-all/end-all. This process, this experience, assists one in moving intoa place of understanding and experiencing one's own Divinity.You were left with the frequency of the orgasmic experience in sexuality so that youcould remember your higher identity. When this energy or history of yourself is revealed and youdiscover who you are, you will unite many bodies of your personal multidimensional identity inyour physical form. As the electrical current in your body is raised higher and higher, there aregreater heights of orgasmic experience that the human being can receive because the nervoussystem is able to handle the higher ecstatic frequencies. The orgasmic experience brings about ahealing and realignment of the physical body.The opening of the kundalini is the merger of the meridians, the neurological tissues, theblood flows, the muscular tissues, the skeletal structure, and all the other functions of mind,body, and spirit into a single focus of consciousness. This allows the individual to be in acontinuous state of awareness.The kundalini is the awakening of the spiritual forces within the self. Sexuality is oftenone of the more powerful seats of centers to open the kundalini and the seats of consciousnesstherein. It is wise to open the kundalini in the natural and intimate sharing of the sexual act,perhaps through the suggested means of foreplay, and then entering into sexual intimacy. Theorgasm itself can cause all the chakras and seats of consciousness to open if, after the sexual act,meditation ensues to hold the energy within the physical body. This energy, which is closed

Earth Medicine Guide - 14Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterHumankind comprises the fourth "kingdom" which, in evolutionary terms, is anintermediary between those "below" and those "above." "Below" are the "Animal, Plant andMineral kingdoms." Above is a fifth kingdom which, for simplicity, let us call it the Celestial.A human being is both mortal and divine, the "Divine-Mortal" (Hu-man) possessing thatwhich is eternal (the individuated Spirit) within that which is mortal (the physical body) and thewherewithal to be consciously aware of this.The Celestial kingdom contains eternal beings who are limited neither by time nor space.The human being is evolving spiritually towards this "Higher" state.Soul is the "Vehicle" through which the individuated Life Force or Spirit essence lives inconscious awareness and finds expression. It might be likened to a communications modulewhose function is to filter and sort out the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and sexualexperiences being undertaken by the entity. Spirit is the individuated essence, the driving lifeforce of the individual. Soul is the vehicle through which it has expression and form and inwhich the record of experiences and lessons is stored.The Individuality without the Soul is noumenal, it is incapable of separate phenomenalexistence. The Individuality within the Soul is manifest - that is, it comes into light. The GreatSpirit unmanifested is unimaginable. The Great Spirit - Life Force - Breath in manifestation iseverything that is. The words, Soul and Spirit are thus not interchangeable and mean differentthings.The Spirit is the Life Force. Your Spirit is your individuality - your individualized LifeForce. The Soul goes nowhere but where the Individuality wills it to be. Your Soul is yourvehicle of expression and experience. It goes nowhere but where you are. It is your completecurriculum vitae (record of your life and past lives.)8. Heavenly Body: The CosmosThe Cosmos can be considered as an organized system which contains the Earth, Moon,and Planets, the Sun, and the Stars. it is the organized intelligence of our Universe. Cosmos is aword which also describes the whole of Creation operating in accordance with natural and sacredlaws. The Cosmos is thus law-abiding, but it is also the Law itself. It is the organizer, theorganization as well as that which is organized. It is the Great Spirit. It functions in accordancewith the laws that govern its own existence and expression and it evolves within the Law of itsown Being as does everything within it.According to the ancient wisdom, Cosmos was created out of Chaos (which might bedefined as the unorganized state of Void) where random laws condition existence. When theCosmos came into being, the Great Spirit limited Itself in its expression in Cosmos and theselimitations are the Laws of the being of the Cosmos. Part of this must be seen as being necessaryfor the Cosmos to achieve the purpose of itscreation and at the same time, to set the boundaries to completely random expression. Onlythrough particularized, directed existence could individual consciousness - Great Spirit - beaware of its own evolution.The ancient teaching was that about 20% of Chaos remained within the boundaries of theCosmos; there is also about 20% of Cosmos within the remaining Chaos. Everything - you

Earth Medicine Guide - 15Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - Centerincluded - contains a Chaos element. When you get sick you could say that Chaos hasstrengthened within you. If you become too chaotic your body may no longer be able to sustainits organized life expression and you "die". Its law breaks down.In effect, there is Chaos within the Cosmos which is endeavoring to get out, and Cosmosoutside in the Chaos which is endeavoring to get in. So the whole structure is under stress and indynamic balance.9. Period of Time: TimelessnessTimelessness is stillness. It is lack of movement. In the Center, we find stillness, for theCenter is the point of perfect balance. It can be likened to that instant in the swing of a pendulumwhich pauses for a brief moment as it reaches the peak of its excursion before it swings back theother way. It is infinity. It is the point of no-movement as with the stationary axle of a wheelwhich itself is turning against the thrust block of the axle. Without resistance or friction there isno movement. It is where being dissolves into non-being and are both at one. At the Center thereis no time - eternity.10. Number: FiveNumerically, Five symbolizes the eternal, pulsating rhythm that moves between Creationand Destruction, between Collection and Dispersal. Anciently, it was regarded as the number ofsexual vibration, of potentialities and of regenerative power.It is the number of the primary matrix structure of Creation - that is, a center and fourcardinal directions (the Medicine Wheel). It indicates the union of Four Primary Elements ofAir, Fire, Water and Earth, with Aether.Five is the number of commonly-known physical senses - sight hearing, touch, taste, andsmell - which comprise the human being's sensory equipment for knowing the physical world.Five is thus concerned with the Tonal realm of ordinary, physical, everyday reality.Five is formed by a union of the two forms of number - odd and even. The male, add 1(Unity) with the female even 2 (Duality) duplicated: 1 + 2 + 2. Significantly, Five is at the Centerof the body of numbers: All add to 15 which is the number of bodies the human being has. SoFive also represents the Human.Five indicates a change of quality. So, though it symbolizes sensory stimulation itrepresents the means of expanding the senses and attaining greater awareness. Since there is afive-fold pattern in Nature. It is the apex of a pyramid, the Self-center, the Mediator at thesymbolic point where the physical and the non-physical, the Conscious and the Unconsciousmeet. Five is associated with inner communication and with light (meaning the "inner" light, orenergy of the individuality), so it is the number of Expression. It is concerned with creative effortand physical motion, so is the number of Sexuality. It is also the number of the Soul Urge - theneed of the Soul to express itself through physical actions and to learn.The characteristic of Five is change, adaptability and progress.

Earth Medicine Guide - 16Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterOn the 20 Count, Five is assigned the South Center where it represents all sacred humans.It is a key to inner communication - that is, to knowledge that can be obtained shamanistically, bysearching or journeying within one's own being.11. Manifestation: SpiritualityContrary to popular opinion, spirituality does not mean following an organized religionand being pious. One can be "religious" and yet not be even spiritually awake. Spirituality is notbeing the robot of someone or something else but being guided in one's actions by the Spirit - byyour own Spirit - by the Spirit Self that is within you. Only then can your actions be determinedby the Spirit and in accord with the freedom of the Will, rather than by the mind or emotions orby the urgings of the physical body.True Spirituality cannot exist without free will. The Will is the power to determine - tomake choices and decisions. Free will is the liberty to choose. It is a primary and fundamentalliberty that is essential to your own well-being, to your own spiritual growth, development andevolution, and that of others. That is why you must not deprive others of their free will,otherwise your efforts will rebound to ultimately impair your own free will. If you chain othersto yourself you chain yourself to them. The will is not free if it is restricted by rules, laws andinterpretations that limits its movement and fetter it to a system. There is a simple law: IF ITHARMS NO ONE AND DOES NOT HURT YOU, THEN DO IT IF YOU WISH TO.Remember, we are not responsible for hurt feelings in others when it is their pride and prejudicewhich is offended. There are many who seek to live our lives for us, or to live their lives throughus. Do not let them. Compulsion and coercion are harmful whether done by us or to us. Theymay be considered necessary for the State to use to protect the weak from the strong and from"evil". Motive, as always is everything. Evil is that which opposes spiritual evolution. Evil istheabuse of power and being harmful to others or yourself.Spirituality means being guided by principles rather than by regulations and man-madeconcepts. Of course the seeker has a need for guidance or advice from a spiritual teacher or onewho has trodden the Path they find inviting. However, all too often the seeker is directed into abelief system or an organization which instead of freeing the Spirit and helping it to evolve,actually immobilizes the Spirit and makes the seeker dependent on the system and on its leader.So instead of finding freedom, the seeker is led to give up freedom and to turn their power,energies and wealth over to the system and its leaders. It is the reverse of what should happen.The system or spiritual leader should impart power to the individual.There are, thankfully, spiritual teachers who do allow the seeker to develop the inherentspirituality that is within and who will lead them to find the Teacher who is true for everyone -the eternal being that dwells within. Not "up" there. Not "out" there. Not back there in historyor beyond the now in a future that never comes even if it is called Eternity. But the Teacher whois in "here" - in you - now, and who seeks nothing in return.Look, then, for the spiritual teacher who has the power to lead you to find the Teacher onyour inner planes - your own High Self who is part of your eternal being. Then you will acquiretrue spirituality.

Earth Medicine Guide - 17Birth Date Influences Chart: Directional Influence - CenterYour Medicine Way journey has been a process of change and transformation. You arechanging from being controlled by circumstances and by others and therefore not trulyresponsible for what happens to you, to becoming a "creator" and assuming responsibility foryour own life.Such a concept may be misunderstood. But assuming responsibility is a stage of spiritualevolution. Assuming responsibility means accepting responsibility for your own choices anddecisions rather than putting the responsibilityonto someone else, on conditions and circumstances, or by blaming others, or "Fate" even "God".You go to the Center to spiral out of what you have been and spiral into what it is youwant to become. You go to the Center to take over the controls of your own life. You to theCenter to make contact with your own High Self, the Spiritual Self, the Permanent Self that isyour true reality.At the Center you touch the Cosmic Mind, the Mind of the Great Everything, that knowsonly abundance. Anything and everything you can ever want or need is already within the GreatEverything, Wakan-Tanka... and it is within you.At the Center you are the cause of your world. The place that you are in. The place whereyou will be. You are responsible for your world right now. If you want to change your world andyour perception of it, you must change your thinking. As your thoughts change, your perceptionchanges. As your perception changes, your world changes. You determine what shall change.You cause what shall be.If you were to cut an apple in two across its equator, you would find in the center, a fivepointedstart, and in the star you would find absolutely nothing - just emptiness. At the source ofthe apple there is nothing. Just invisibility. The center of your being is like that.The Source of you - where your "I" came from - is similarly unmanifest. Why? Becauseit is the part of you that is part of the Creator. It might be likened to a bottlefull of water which is constantly being fed from behind with water under pressure by the GreatSpirit. Eventually drops fall out of the bottle, forced past the cork. Each "I" can be thought of asone of those drops. We have been given individuality. Now we must obtain all the experience wecan and learn all the lessons we can before we return to the Source, wiser, experienced and stillretaining our individuality. First the "I" became conscious of itself- consciousness. The "I am"then in sought to relate to all around it and learn and develop awareness. That which is "I Am" isseeking expression through, as you, in this very moment.