transactions
I finished watching Extrapolations.
In the final episode, Nicholas Bilton (the ego-centric capitalist who believes he can create the world in his order) has dinner with his newest executive, Martha Russel (the only woman and person with a conscience who cares for the planet and its inhabitants).
During their dinner of meat (not produced in a lab) and wine (the last bottle before the vineyard was destroyed by forest fires), Nick says that he is one of the few people living a ‘real’ life.
People prefer fantasy and facsimile, he says.
When Martha asks how he can justify his lifestyle, Nick tells her that life is a transaction.
Comfort is our greatest illusion; conveniences, control, and contentment come with a high price, and he (Nick Bilton) is one of the few willing to pay.
I watch a lot of beauty bloggers on TikTok.
I’m mystified, intrigued, and disgusted by what I see, yet I tune in every day with the same women to watch them adjust their faces with chemicals and creams.
One woman whose energy I LOVE (she is unabashed, clear, and funny) gets Botox, fillers, laser facials, and skin peels regularly.
Her reason? It keeps the skin plump, smooth, hydrated, oxygenated, and blemish-free.
There is a natural way to encourage a similar complexion, though perhaps with less drastic results. It’s called Yoga.
Yoga makes me more aware of how little control I have: It is not comforting or convenient to show up for practice every day. It is work, and it never stops.
I want people to accept themselves (as they physically shape-shift) and understand that our organs, glands, nerves, cells, and synapses have the power to aid physical, emotional, and energetic transformation.
If life is a transaction, I want every occurrence to stem from the sacred.
And so, the practice begins!
Sending you love and light,
Seraphina
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Excerpt from Poem 2. ) on love
She plays the piano late at night, softly, so only I can hear through the wall we share.
It doesn’t occur when you think it will; the first time is foreplay.
Falling in love at a second glance.
The keys stick, and I ask her to water my plants while I’m gone.
I prefer silence, though I hate being alone.
— Seraphina Dawn
CURRENTLY
What I’m reading:
◇ Energetic Anatomy by Cyndi Dale.
What I’m listening to:
What I’m practicing:
◇ Feeling the shape of my spine in each yoga posture.
Quote of the Week:
Hatred is the thing that divides, the force which discriminates.
It is so when two people fall in love; they are at first almost identical. There is a great deal of participation mystique, so they need hatred in order to separate themselves.
After a while the whole thing turns into a wild hatred; they get resistances against one another in order to force each other off—otherwise they remain in a common unconsciousness which they simply cannot stand.
Carl Jung
1 question to brew on:
What transactions do you engage in, and why? What is the energy or intention you bring to each exchange?