Hi all! From the news today (Rueters):

Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope allowed astronomers to detect the ring of dark matter, which was created by the collision of two galaxy clusters five billion light-years from Earth. Scientists came across the evidence while studying the distribution of dark matter within a galaxy cluster designated as Cl 0024+17.

An earlier post talked about the collapse of a star that was the most intense yet recorded. Nick, you noted that it was tied to "fear" Algol and how the May 16 lunar cylce could see intensification of fear on the planet but also opportunity to literally explode our fears to smitherines!

This Dark Matter discovery and its timing feels like an opening to discover and reconcile with our own internal "dark matter", sometimes called the "shadow self" in modern psychology, or maybe just the good ole' devil in ancient terms.

What do you all think?

I like your analogy of "dark matter in space" to the "dark matter within" (the shadow side of self).

First I do want to point out the difference between what cosmologist call "dark matter" verses "dark energy."

Quintessence, coined by Aristotle to describe the eather, is the term used by modern physicists to describe the quantum field of "dark energy" permeating space. This was in an effort to fit into cosmological theory Hubble space telescope's observation that the universe is expanding, and that its rate of expansion is increasing, despite the coagulation of energy into denser matter--the galaxies and stars we do see. Classically, Quintessence refers to the fifth unseen element. Note also that "5" is the number of human, making possible the ascension from the lower quaternary world or platform up which we participate made up of Earth Air Fire and Water. A fundamental concept in astrology is that our passage around the Zodiak (or karmic wheel of life), our participation in the four elements, is our means of soul growth and ascension / graduation from the wheel of incarnate life. Note too that within the circle forms the square (the Holy Cross) or timepiece governing this process--our evolutionary cycle of the soul. See the Holy Cross web page.



Just as all stars and deep space objects we observe and discuss astrologically, recognizing them to be a multitude of facets of our greater consciousness, of Divine Intelligence, so too is Quintessence (dark energy) a part of our consciousness--the unseen unified field in which the many visible specs or aspects of self float--as well as the "dark matter." Considering Quintessence is far vaster than that which we do see, this is a statement that there is far more of what we do not see about ourselves than that which we are aware of--affirming we are fathomless beings. To transcend (surrender) our descriptions (judgments) of self and of the world (that which we do see) through meditation is one way to delve into and ride upon this ever-expanding quintessential force--to discover the unimaginable, the unlimited vastness and potential within; even to embrace our "dark matter."

Regarding "dark matter": The term "matter," of course, refers to materialization, and subsequently is that which we place importance upon, that which matters. Paradoxically, what does not "matter" may be of more importance. In this light affirming that relinquishing self-importance (placing importance on that which matters), is an important step in getting to that which transcends matter and really matters--Quintessence, the underlying Force that can really make change if we learn to use it and navigate upon its currents.

But back to "dark matter." Does "dark matter" matter. In the context of your original association of dark matter in space to the dark matter within, it must have equal validity, equal to "light matter" (that which we do see / are OK with)--so we need to embrace both. An "active" meditation technique is to visualize bringing light into the body, starting from the head down. In the process, slowly allowing it to fill every area of the body, every nook and cranny, every cell. When finding a place (of dark matter) where the light does not seem to want to go, focus upon that place and allow the light to shine on the darkness, embracing it, permeating it. In doing so we start to see and feel things within self that we have been holding in darkness / denial--suppressed areas of our stored experience that we did not want to look at (and feel) for one reason (judgment) or another--this being an important step (from a quintessential perspective) in our growth / illumination.

Perhaps our astronomical recognition of dark matter is a statement of humanity being faced with the "need to look" at that which we do not see (or do not want to look at) to make the transition from bio-logical beings that merely describe that which we do not know, to bio-illumined beings that super-conduct consciousness and epistemologically realize the unlimited beings we truly are, and graduate into unified field awareness / cosmic consciousness.

Thanks so much for the commentary on the differences between dark matter and dark energy~ It was very helpful!! It occured to me the other day while watching tv documentary about Macchu Picchu that what we naively see as "sun worship" on the part of the ancients was actually their recognition and effort to resonate and serve as conductors of superconsciousness. It seems to me that the star and constellations and cosmic phenomena are aspects of that consciousness that we can attune to or ignore.

I was really freaked out on night when some friends and I were sitting in a herb garben staring into the moonless deep night sky in the mountains of California when on guy (in his 40's from New York city) asked "what's that white streak in the sky?" We finally realized he was talking about the milky way. He had never seen the Milky Way! It made me cry to think that we're creating a world where whole generations of folks may never see the Milky Way or even the brightest stars. We will truly then be walking in a desperate kind of darkness.

Thank you Nick for this post, it was quite interesting and informative. You've given me some food for thought.