Frown or Smile?

Sonia had to choose between a smile and a frown...

The smile in all its golden glory, slightly appealed to her, but it didn't appeal to her as much as the frown repulsed her. She became aware that she really disliked the frown, infact it enraged her, but it never occurred to her, that she could seek out the smile to be free of it. The smile was okay, but it wasn't enough to attract her.

Instead she vowed to wage war on the frown, she wanted to tear it to pieces - spit, scream, and stomp on it. She cursed it day and night. She felt compelled to destroy it, to blight it out of all existence, but of course she did not have the power to do so.

Instead of choosing the smile, which would of been the easiest way to be free of the frown, she chose to hate the frown, and become its enemy... only, she did not realise that the only way to truly defeat the frown, was to choose the smile...perhaps if she did, things would of turned out differently.

As it is, Sonia stayed locked in a pointless battle, and every little moment she was worn more and more away... she was blind to the source of the frown, and so continued to chase it's shadow, the shadow was her shadow - for she was the frown's instrument, and she would continue to be until she could choose the smile.

For trying to fight a frown, without a smile, turns one into a frown...

Will

I have discovered that making vows in relation to the planets is the best way to ensure not straying from an intent.

Thinking about it in a way, its like monkey (representing the mind) wearing the head band, and Tripitaka has the power to say the chant that will make the headband tighten and cause monkey (mind) pain if he tries to go astray.

If you take vows with beings that mean business then it increases the gravity of the situation, and less likely to stray from it.

What's brewing in the Cauldron?

The date of my birth and the flower associated with it is "Belladonna".

This is amusing in the sense that I tend be drawn to crone archetypes, and this one seems to signify it.

Atropa Belladonna:

"The generic name of the plant, Atropa, is derived from the Greek Atropos, one of the Fates who held the shears to cut the thread of human life - a reference to its deadly, poisonous nature."

"its juice was used by the Italian ladies to give their eyes
greater brilliancy, the smallest quantity having the effect of dilating the pupils of the eye."


Interesting also seeing my pupils are naturally widely dilated.