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We recently found some very fine pieces of iolite in the market, not something that happens very often. That's because it's rare to find iolite in larger sizes (over 1 carat) and with good clarity. High quality iolite is a strikingly beautiful stone when cut well so we wanted to know more about this unusual gem. Many of the lesser known colored gems are lesser known because they are relatively soft. This is true of gem varieties like fluorite, apatite, sphene and diopside. But iolite is actually quite a hard stone, with a rating of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale, making it as hard as tourmaline and harder than tanzanite, peridot and all the quartz varieties. Iolite is not well known simply because it is so difficult to find. If iolite were commonly available in larger sizes it might be as popular (and expensive) as tanzanite.
Fine iolite is typically a soft violet blue color with unusual pleochroic properties, meaning that it displays different colors when viewed from different angles. Iolite will display a light blue and yellow gray in addition to its dominant hue of violet blue. Gem cutters have to be careful to orient the material correctly so that it will display the violet blue tone when viewed through the top or table of the stone. Iolite's pleochroic properties were known to mariners who found practical applications for it. The Vikings reportedly used iolite as a polarizing lens, using it to see through the haze and determine the exact location of the sun on overcast days to aid in navigation.
From the gemological perspective iolite is a complex magnesium aluminum silicate with traces of ferric/ferrous iron and manganese. The magnesium is partially replaced by ferrous iron and manganese and the aluminum is partially replaced by ferric iron. Iolite is also known by the mineral name cordierite, after Pierre Louis Cordier, the French mineralogist who first described it in 1809. The name iolite comes from the Greek ios meaning violet.
The value of iolite depends on the violet blue coloration. The richer the blue, the better. Iolite is always untreated; in fact there are no known treatments to enhance the color or clarity of iolite. Iolite deposits are found in India, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Finland, Madagascar, Mozambique, Burma, Norway, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, the USA, and Zimbabwe. Most of the fine material we have been seeing recently is from mines in Madagascar.
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Projection: It's All in the Filter
The unconscious, although resistant to exposure, needs to express and make itself known. Through projections the unconscious stays hidden while indirectly declaring itself by attaching its contents to others. Most of us are oblivious to the considerable amount of unconscious projections in our relationships. With today's accelerated evolution, it's imperative that we own our shadow by releasing projections in order to integrate all aspects of ourselves.
Is it even possible to withdraw projections that spring from such a deeply inaccessible internal place? Also, it's hard to forfeit the satisfaction derived from disowning our shadow and watching it played out through others. But our relationships become so distorted with projection that we don't ever get to know the truth of people. We inadvertently block and obstruct the flow of their nature through these cement fortresses of perception. To fulfill the new paradigm's mandate to mutually enlighten each other, we must be able to hold a clear, projection-free space for everyone we know.
Relationships can be profound sources of insight provided we restrain the impulse to lay our thoughts, judgments, evaluations, fears onto the other person. When casting our illusions, we miss the opportunity to look in the mirror others hold for us. Because smug assumptions, based on projections, convince us that we know the other person, we rarely actually check in with him/her. Without a reality check we're lost in presumptions about how others think and feel—usually because we're afraid to face any discrepancies between the picture we paint of them and their actual truth.
To truly know someone we must hold a blank screen on which to clearly perceive both the dark and light aspects of that person. Often we project pretty pictures of others in an effort to block their unsavory shadow parts. Or we may deny their positive areas if we're invested in seeing them negatively. This gets exhausting as we open up psychically. Then more denial energy through projection is required to ward off our intuitive knowings of the person. We become cleaved to our version.
When fixated on negative projections, we cling to judgments rather than open our eyes to the person's soul shining through. Our positive projections supposedly prevent us from crashing to the earth when the person's shadow pierces our bubble. We expect others to stay within our version of them and become very disappointed when their nature, light or dark, emerges beyond the thick veil of our projections. This forces us to adapt to their truth which always mirrors denied parts of ourselves. Heated arguments with beloveds ensue as we hurl projections back and forth.
It's so tempting to abdicate responsibility for our shadow by hiring others to carry it for us. But we become frustrated with their inability to change "their shadow" which is really ours. They can't transmute a shadow that isn't theirs. Disempowered, it becomes clear that we're the only ones who can integrate/heal our own unconscious.
What's the difference between projection and discernment? We're heavily invested in our projections (which are loaded with judgments). Projections, messengers from the unconscious with the divine purpose to show our hidden self, carry intense psychic weight to which we react with adamant denial. Like trying to flick off a festering leech, we flip them over to the other person in an onslaught of justifications. Discernment, often a gut feeling, carries a persistent sense of the truth long retained after we have reclaimed our projections.
When our reality stems strictly from projections, we live in a self-created free-floating bubble of separation. Projections, a pervasive web that locks our channels of perception in a prison of distortion, cause us to act/react on false premises. As this fortress of aberration increases in density our sensitivity level dulls. Unable to pick up on people's nuances, we forget to open to unadulterated receptivity and instead bully others into being our rendering of them. Unwilling to see the truth, our world becomes enshrouded in illusion.
In childhood our parents often dump projections on us. Much of our adult life is spent trying to live up to or shake off their assumptions. Emphatic parental projections cause us to doubt the truth of who we really are. This carries into our adult relationships as we "hire" people to carry on our parents' views. We try to wear their projections and shape ourselves accordingly, eager to see ourselves through their eyes in order to sustain the connection. It seems more important to be loved/accepted than to be true to ourselves. Why risk the disharmony of making others uncomfortable by asking them to own their projections! Ironically, others' projections cause us to lose true contact with them. We feel misperceived, lonely, stifled, confused and defensive—reliving our childhood experience of the onslaught of parental projections.
We can only know and love others when we accept the responsibility to explore/acknowledge all of our projections. It can be scary to withdraw projections and honestly observe the other. Glorified projections create glamour that keeps the relationship on a magic carpet until it drops to the earth. Then the real relationship begins. Otherwise we spend years tangled in projections—helplessly flailing about in a hotbed of frustration trying to get a purchase on the reality of the other while denying the truth of ourselves. If the relationship crumbles under the weight of this struggle, we bundle up our projections and continue to search for someone who will wear them (and carry our unconscious). Then we're safe from the internal pressure to face ourselves at the deepest level.
If inclined to cling to diminished versions of ourselves, we project greatness onto others and relinquish our treasure chest of wealth. Cocooned in inferiority, we don't have to take responsibility for our gifts. We pressure others to live up to our expectations—play out our magnitude—a setup for disappointment.
When we claim projections and bring compassion to the disowned parts of self, we can integrate these missing puzzle pieces to create a lucid self-image. Through this deep connection to ourselves relationships unfold to hold the vivid truth of both individuals. To become soul-based humans, all projections must be lifted to insure true soul connections with each other. We need to ask ourselves why we are denying these positive or negative parts of ourselves. What judgments are lurking there? To suspend projections for even a moment opens us to a blank slate of perception where we can view others from a new perspective.
Once we accept the human impulse to project we can explore our filter, with its unique perceptual grid that holds our biases, orientation, childhood conditioning, wounds and past life patterns. We need to adjust for this filter and ask what we objectively know about the other person. This allows us to embrace ourselves while holding a neutral canvas on which people can reveal themselves. We're free to discover the truth of others while integrating our unconscious. This fosters rich, clear, fulfilling relationships. No longer needing to live up to the projections of others or disown and dump our shadow on them, we become independent, whole, clear-sighted and truly loving.
The Tibetan arrives to return my projections of greatness so that I can embody my own magnitude. He teaches:
"Humankind projects every aspect of its nature onto Source. Yet Source's Divine Love is neutral. This provides a terrific playing field for students to create and project versions of divinity as they gather experiences that bring them closer to Source's pure empty Beingness. All projections eventually fall away to reveal the true nature of the soul.
"Embrace the process of projection as an opportunity to witness self's creative journey into enlightenment. Hold the projections lightly as vignettes of the moment that paint a vivid picture from which to explore self's conjectures about others and Source. Students learn by momentarily believing and feeling these "movies" as true. Accept the projections from others as an opportunity to track and claim any inherent truth therein as well as enhance self-definition by rejecting the irrelevant projections.
"Rigid adherence to any perception indicates a fear-based projection. Long standing projections, entrenched in false beliefs, retard the learning curve because self is not receiving true feedback from others. Today's accelerated energies are quickly washing away chronic projections and leaving the student baffled about what perceptions to believe. Refrain from criticizing self for the unconscious impulse to project onto others or for being baited by the other's projection of self. This is an opportunity to experience the purification benefit of disillusionment—peeling away layers of distortion that block enlightenment.
"Rather than judge the projection process, remember that ultimately, after mastering the human condition, everyone is then called to create on a grander scale and will need to potently project intention/invocation. Students will have already run the gamut of trying on and discarding obsolete projections. These experiences will pave the way for humankind to refine the art of projecting force fields for creative purposes. Without the need to surmise a projected sea of judgments, evaluations and impressions, students will investigate, engage and savor the empty Cosmic Screen. Then this screen will display grand creations evoked from the rich soil of human nature—transforming from moment to moment—as this splendid out-picturing metamorphoses into exquisite displays of Source's becoming process unfolding within the New Human Being."
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Founder of the School of the Golden Discs, Moriah has been a channel for Djwhal Khul since 1986. As a soul mentor, Moriah includes astrology, dream analysis and past life integration in the intuitive work as a mid-wife to the soul alignment process. Moriah has a private practice in Shelburne Falls, MA and specializes in phone sessions. Click here to visit her site! http://transformationaltimes.com
Mans best friend (film) i know max is a tibetan mastiff but why does he look a rottweiler so much?
i thought he was a rare rottweiler when i was little just with longer fur and fluffy curl tail.
The similarities: floppy drop ears, large size and similar coat pattern. Beyond that, if you look carefully, you can see quite a few differences:
- The Tibetan Mastiff can outweigh a Rottie by about 100 pounds. (Rottweilers: 80-130 pounds. Tibetan Mastiffs: 140-180 pounds.) So they're both big, but they can be quite different in size.
- The Tibetan Mastiff *never* has a docked tail.
- A Rottie's tail might curve sometimes, but it's never as dramatic as a TM's. A TM's tail is supposed to curl over the backside completely and totally, and a purebred Rottie's never will.
- Well-bred TMs often have snouts that are slightly more narrow and long than a Rottie's.
- A TM's body is generally a little longer and more of a proper square than a Rottie's, which tends to slope down in the rear.
- TMs and Rotties have completely different coat textures. It isn't like TMs are just fluffy. They have very thick double coats with a sort of mane around the neck and lots of feathering. A Rottie's coat is short, thick, shiny and coarse.
- TMs come in a great variety of colors! The one you saw might have had the standard Rottie coat (black with brown points), but they're available in all sorts of grays, blues, blacks, browns and tans with miscellaneous markings. I mean, would you confuse with TM with a Rottie?:
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images10/TibetanMastiffIpoMount%20Lemmon.jpg
Or this one?:
http://news.puggal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/w020080117379512176175.jpg
The black coat with brown points is a commonly shared coat. Some other breeds that can have this coat include Dachshunds:
http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/thumbnails/dachshund336x_1190779212500.jpg
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels:
http://www.puppyfind.com/breed/cavalier_king_charles_spaniel/l_659022.jpg
Miniature Pinschers:
http://www.dogsindepth.com/toy_dog_breeds/images/miniature_pinscher_h03.jpg
And Doberman Pinschers:
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WWF: 10-feet-long catfish threatened by dams
Four of the world's largest freshwater fish species — including a catfish 10 feet long — face extinction if dams are built on the Mekong River, the WWF warned Tuesday. Fish - Mekong - Species - World Wide Fund for Nature - Mekong River
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