The Golden Buddha Hidden within all of us

At one end of Bangkok Chinatown, in the temple of Wat Traimit, is hidden the world's largest solid gold Buddha image. Weighing in at five and a half tons, the 15-foot tall seated image is uncountable worth.The Golden Buddha was cast with solid gold sometime in the 13th century and is an excellent example of the gracious Sukhothai style that is still very much in favor to this day. At some point, it was covered in plaster, most likely in an attempt to hide the valuable icon from thieves or looters.The disguise was so good that everyone apparently forgot about what was hidden beneath for more than five centuries. King Rama III had the statue moved to Bangkok and installed in a temple that later fell into disuse and was completely abandoned around 1931.The true nature of the Golden Buddha wasn't discovered until it was moved to its present location at Wat Traimit in 1955. When the image was being prepared for its move, some of the plaster was chipped off, revealing the gold underneath. The statue sits in a plain building just barely big enough to hold it within the temple compound. On the terrace outside of the room housing the Golden Buddha are some interesting fortune-telling machines.By the end of this year the Buddha image will be relocate to a newly built grand hall nearby which all people will never get to this close.

Nail Salon Zen Master

My Shaman Teacher always taught her shaman apprentices, the great god/goddess is reflected in each person that you meet. Every moment in time is sacred. Honor time, each person, and each experience that presents itself to you as a sacred mirror. Of course, many of us are looking for the famous guru, shaman healer, educated teacher, best selling author when the greatest Zen masters may be quietly sitting in a nail salon in the bedroom community of La Quinta cove.

It is 105 degrees today in La Quinta California, just east of Palm Springs, when I drove into Old Town La Quinta. All is quiet, hot, air not too heavy, I walk into the nail salon looking for my weekly beauty treatments. "Do you need eyebrow wax?" said the young woman awaiting my entry. I said "Yes!, A bikini wax too." She cheerfully took me into the backroom and I hopped up on the table happy to endure the pain to be more beautiful. As she was applying wax to my eyebrows she said, "My husband died three months ago of a heart attack." I was prepared for the tears, the sadness of what she must be experiencing and she went on cheerfully to say. "That is in the past, I do not have to be sad. My parents said I must wear black and be sad. I do not want to be sad. Life is too short. I want to be happy. I love my husband it was good, but I live in the moment and I move on and will be happy. She further explained she must be strong for her children who get upset when they see her grieving. She has to drive 4 hours per day plus work 8 hours. She must stay positive! My parents said ' I am too American.'" I asked where she is from and she said she is from the country of Vietnam. She said her parents are Catholic. I asked her if she read Echart Tolle "The Power of Now." She had never heard of him.

I asked her if she understand the Buddhist priniciples of being in the moment. She seemed to have a glimmer of understanding about Buddhism.

I explained to Kathy, she was already a Zen master and a great student of Buddhism and that her parents were more American than her or me for that matter. That she already had embraced the principles of Echart Tolle, David Deida (he talks about being in the now as well)

and the Buddhist Monks of Vietnam.

Today, I had the sacred honor of having a Zen Master wash my feet and give me a waxing She was not wearing orange robes, no books to sell, no websites, she just is. Watch for the powerful people in all aspects of life.

The Moral of the story, there may be a golden Buddha in your own backyard. See the next blog about the Golden Buddha.

Do you have a black aura?

What is an Aura?

Auras are energy radiations of colors, sounds, shapes, smells, blackness, symbols, past lives, guides, family that are the tell all of who we are. We can no longer hide behind the mask of the face and body. (Although that will break down in time) As we become more piezoelectric in nature, more evolved, our brains will see and feel these frequency wave patterns that are around every living and non living object. An aura is a representation or reflection of our soul. It is an composed of hundreds perhaps thousands of radio frequency bands that may up our energy self. Each one of these radio frequency bands contains an aspect of our personality, soul, family, friends, past lives, struggles, beauty, talents, fears every tone resonates in our aura.

The questions is what is the color of your aura? Many people have some black or brown colored spots in their aura if they are working through some challenging events or inner blocks that need to be cleared. This is very common to see as most people are going through some frustrations, anger, overload as a result of living in a modern nonpeaceful culture.

Some of the deeper, darker auras that I have seen appear to be "evil" whatever that means. I feel the soul has a choice to make change to move towards the light. If the soul does not make that choice then it becomes darker and darker until, one day, it is no longer recognizable. Why does this occur? Free will, choice, victimhood, anger unhealed, fear, lack of insight, abuse on and on.

Having the gift of sight, one day I saw a man enter the center with three gargoyle looking creatures on his back. Afraid they might piggyback onto me I took a big step back. He asked me if he could make a hypnosis appointment. Perhaps he would relax, but I wasn't sure if the three other creatures would do the same. Maybe they would be further activated while he was asleep. I had no idea. Of course my schedule was extemely booked conveniently for about six months!

I have seen many beautiful and scarey looking auras. I will share them all with you in this very interesting blog site.