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Welcome
Feature from Milton, West Virginia
Dreams of Movement
Why the Navel?
Film and Book Recommendations
Movement in the News?
Who’s Who in Movement
The Child's Garden
Poetry

From the Editors

This month we are featuring Movement, number 29 of the Descending Principles (numbered 20-29).  Movement is on the ‘cusp’ so to speak, as the principles cycle around again beginning with Placement.  That sense of being on the edge is often characteristic of people contracted with Movement. Sometimes the Movement/Placement edge is expressed in being part of two worlds; people who start new “movements” often have a foot in two cultures or significantly different groups.  Sometimes there’s a physical urge to “move” or be in rhythmic motion.  Sometimes there’s a great sensitivity to vibration moving within the body.  In any of its variations, Movement expresses the architecture of divine energy coming into being.

--Tamar Frankiel, Editor

Thanks to Cammie Doty and Judie Allen for their help with this issue of the newsletter!

Feature from Milton, West Virginia

This month's principle is Movement. Here is a teaching from one of our dream sisters:

“Movement is the force that keeps one going forward.  It keeps one evolving.  It constantly pulls one into potential and possibility…it is the aspect of form that magnetizes one toward the realization of highest potential... it is choreographed by spirit.  It is the force that animates the cosmos, and drives every form toward its destiny”.  (From Connie Kaplan’s book, The Invisible Garment, available at www.generosityincorporated.com)

During a recent spiritual parenting course, taught by Generosity Incorporated’s Drs. Connie Kaplan & Tamar Frankiel, I had an opportunity to review how Movement has expressed itself through me, because I have Sun and Ascendant in Movement.  As a child I was very active, especially in sports, games, and playing with neighborhood kids, but also with animals, trees or dirt.  If you ever did find me in my house, you might see my stuffed animals or even Barbie doing amazing stunts.  I might saddle up the back of an overstuffed chair with my bear and ride off into the wilderness together.  Back in the olden days of Lawrence Welk, the moment the tap dancers came on, I would run to get my tap shoes from the closet and join in the fun.  (Speaking of toys, another perfect metaphor is the “Slinky” toy.  It contains or demonstrates the “whole” of Movement and Placement as it moves down a stairway.)

During a school field trip to a radio station, I was interviewed on the air. Someone had told the announcer about my athletic abilities, so he turned to me and said, “I understand that you can walk on your hands?”  “Yes,” I replied. “I'm sure that I could walk from here to that wall over there.”  Everyone started laughing, and I didn’t know why.  I wasn't thinking about being in ‘radio land’ where no one could see where I was pointing.   Then there was the time I was chosen to be Sleeping Beauty in the third grade play. I was so nervous I couldn't keep my eyes closed – it was “eye movement” time.

I’ve always loved the flow of things. I jumped into the flow when I could see an opportunity to serve, whether on student council or as captain or spiritual leader of our sports teams. However, I especially loved inspired Movement.  I still remember an animation project in art club.  It was a wonderful metaphor about life living itself, moving things into being.

I continue to support or “Move” others to awaken and experience the profound joy and gifts of their being.  Today Movement expresses through me in various means professionally: serving as Generosity Incorporated’s CEO, doing healing and mind/body education, and being a golf professional.  All serve as a vehicle for inspired Movement.

--Judie Allen

Dreams of Movement

We can learn about the principles by examining our dreams. Here are two dreams of Movement:

I see Mom dancing with S. and a couple of other women. I am surprised by how active a dance it is and that Mom is dancing this way, given her body issues. Then she and S. whirl in circles with their partners and their heads collide. With a very loud CRACK, both women fall to the ground, reeling from the impact. I go over to see how mom is and she asks if her face is broken again; it feels as if it is. She’s holding the right side of her face. I look but can’t see any swelling or disfiguration. Mom says she wants to go to the hospital as she is sure her face is broken.  I immediately begin to prepare to get her to the hospital but her two friends seem to think they are the ones who will be taking her. I don’t think so! I look to Mom to see who she wants to go with, and she seems oblivious. Finally a choice is made - I will take her.

Now the two of us are getting into a bus; I’m the driver. This vehicle is odd, and sways in the direction of any movement on it, making it hard to stay balanced. An important piece of paper drops from Mom’s hands and flies out of the bus door. I have to go get it, watching my balance, for the vehicle sways again as I get off and back on the bus.

Dreams of Movement often involve dancing; in this dream the movement involves also “reeling,” then shifts to the “swaying” of the bus.  The dreamer has to watch her balance -- an interesting phrase we use colloquially, but it’s a good description of the Avatar aspect of Movement.  The Avatar is an observer whose care in “watching” or guarding (as the dreamer is also doing for the Mother) actually keeps the world in balance.  The “breaking” of the face suggests how Movement breaks through our facades.

At an event with young men and women, I meet a handsome, tall dark curly-haired guy named David Spalding (no one from daily life). We have nice conversations then we each leave. I send him a present, a child’s picture book, very colorful but thicker than most children’s books. I think the pictures in it will remind him of things we talked about.  My son emails me asking about Spalding; I guess he’s trying to figure out if I sent the package. I play dumb; Spalding is the name of a street around here, I say in my return email.  

Then I’m in the basement of a school, doing a walking meditation with eyes half-closed, staying close to the wall on the left. I turn left into a gym locker room, realize I’m walking too fast, and try to slow down while passing a short row of lockers. Before I get to the corner where the lockers turn right, my daughter comes running in. She gives me a small flat, nicely wrapped present, about the size of an envelope, with a ribbon. The paper is gold and brown. I put it on top of a locker to open later, and smile at her.

Suddenly I remember – there’s another David, tall & similar in build, but fair skinned with close-cropped hair. . . . I have an “oops!” feeling that quickly goes away.

I begin dancing to the song that’s playing, ‘I Could Have Danced All Night.” I’m ecstatic. Every time the music or phrase takes a turn, there’s something that fits – a few steps to run up, or I take a leap. I’m able to jump really high and am amazed at the springy quality of my tennis shoes. I see a little girl in a gold dress and begin dancing with her, also just fitting the music at the right time. Her mother comes and looks worried that a stranger has her arm around her daughter, but I smile and release her and she relaxes. I continue dancing and leaping.

The dreamer here meets an avatar. We don’t know that right away, but when it turns out that there’s another “David” we realize there’s something odd about these figures. The dream then brings us numerous kinds of movements – walking, running, dancing, jumping, leaping, going to a gym; and we can recall that “Spalding” is a manufacturer of various kinds of sports balls (golf, volley, foot).

The dreamer sends the avatar a picture book to “remind him of things we talked about,” and receives a beautifully wrapped present in return.  This encapsulates the meaning of life: the things we think, say and do are presented to our higher Soul (represented by ‘David’ or the avatar), who returns them to us as a treasure “on the locker” – safely preserved until needed.

To find Movement in your dreams look for dancing or unusual motion, the navel or torso, figures of unusual power or presence that might represent avatar energy …and to the colors violet or magenta.

Why the Navel?

The navel is the image of centeredness, like a still point around which everything turns. It marks the spot where life connected to life, for the fetus connected by the umbilical cord to its mother, and now becomes the center of gravity in the standing human’s torso.  The navel is often used as an image for the most important place, as in the expression “the navel of the earth,” or – even when used pejoratively – “navel-gazing,” which implies connecting with one’s inner center.

Film and Book Recommendations

Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, a film by Thomas Riedelsheimer
A beautiful rendition of the interweaving of art and nature created by British artist Andy Goldsworthy, who speaks often of the sense of Movement he seeks to embody in his work.  You’ll also see evidence of Memory – Goldsworthy’s Sun & Jupiter principles – in his amazing stone walls, and his fascination with the color Red may reflect his Mars in Dreaming.

Here Comes Everybody: the Power of Organizing Without Organization by Clay Shirky.
New technology has the social power to organize everything from a campaign to retrieve stolen property to major international movements.  Shirky, a graduate professor in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, argues that the shift away from centralized media to consumer-controlled communication will revolutionize our world.

Movement in the News

Movement appears in the news in virtually every field, from to weight loss to war,  from therapy to interplanetary exploration. It is a ubiquitous word, perhaps appropriately since it alludes to energy itself.  In addition, with earthquakes in China and Iceland, cyclones and tornadoes in Myanmar and the USA, we have plenty of movement in the physical world right now.

The word “avatar,” too, has been co-opted by the computer world to mean a self-representation in a video game or a virtual world, the profound meaning of that word is being obscured. In short, it's very difficult to find any news about movement that touches on the spiritual meanng of these words.

So we’ll just mention a couple of positive “movements:

• Headline: Gasoline and food prices have a 'Miracle-Gro' effect on backyard garden movement
  Tri-State Observer, May 29, 2008  “Think of it as a modern-day Victory Garden.” Vegetable gardens are sprouting up all over, fueled by food price increases as well as desire for more organic foods.
  http://www.tristateobserver.com/modules10075
  
  
• Headline: Monkeys Think, Move Artificial Arm as Own
  Benedict Carey, New York Times, May 29, 2008: This new experiment goes a step further than previous research, where humans could mentally control a cursor on a computer screen or primates could move a robotic arm. This time, the monkeys’ brains seem to have adopted the mechanical appendage as their own, refining its movement as it interacted with real objects in real time.  This demonstration will accelerate interest in human testing, especially given the need to treat head and spinal injuries in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/science/29brain.htm
  

You Make News Too!

Think about the movements you're part of, and the way creative energy flows in your life. Write us about how you see the energy of Movement as a spiritual principle.

And, next month's principle is Flowering. If you or one of your children is contracted with Flowering, you might want to write us about that sometime in the next week or two. ck@generosityincorporated.com or tf@generosityincorporated.com.

6. Who's Who in Movement

Famous people with Sun in Movement are quite a mixture, suggesting that Movement sets more of an energy wave than a direction. There are a good number of performers and political leaders, but those careers tend to show up in most lists of famous people:

• Nicole Kidman, 1967-
  Highly successful Australian-American actress, known for such films as The Hours and Moulin Rouge. Supporter of many charitable causes, she was honored as “Citizen of the World” by the United Nations.

• Queen Noor of Jordan, 1951-
  American-born wife of the late King Hussein of Jordan, she is President of the United World Colleges movement, a group of 12 colleges around the world designed to promote international understanding.

• Cher, 1946-
  American singer-songwriter and actress, first famous in 1965 as part of “Sonny & Cher” with Sonny Bono, then later in her own right, including moving into film and winning an Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck.
  
  
• Billie Jean King, 1943-
  Movement in motion with this American tennis star, winner of dozens of titles. She battled against sexism in sports and is remembered for defeating Bobby Riggs, a former Wimbledon men’s champion, in 1973.
  
  
• Jane Fonda, 1937-
  A successful actress for more than thirty years, also known for her outspoken political views.  She was in the media spotlight during the anti-war movement of the ‘60s and 70s, the physical fitness movement of the 1980s and 90s, and in 2001 turned to Christianity. Fonda has been something of a barometer for her times.
  
  
• Ray Bradbury, 1920-
  One of the most widely admired fantasy and sci-fi writers of the 20th century, known for Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles among dozens of works.
  
  
• Fred Rogers, 1928-2003
  A pillar of children’s television from 1968 to 2001, he created “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” with his own distinctive signature.
  
  
• Johnny Carson, 1925-2005
  One of the USA’s most famous TV talk-show hosts, taking the helm of The Tonight Show in 1962 and making it an all-time hit until his retirement in 1992.
  
  
• Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980
  French philosopher, best known as a leader of the Existentialism, but also a political and cultural philosopher.  The title of his magnum opus, Being and Nothingness,perhaps expresses the idea of Movement – the essence of existence and at the same time “nothing” to put one’s finger on.
  
  
• Alexander Calder, 1898-1976
  American sculptor, most famous for creating the mobile; he created numerous kinetic and ‘stabile’ sculptures.
  
  
• Giacomo Puccini, 1828-1924
  Italian composer of operas; best known for Madame Butterfly and La Bohème
  
  
• Louis XVI, 1754-1793
  King of France during the first phases of revolution (1774-1792); when the monarchy was abolished, he became a symbol of the Ancien Regime and was executed for treason.
  

7. The Child's Garden

The spiritual parenting of our children – through studying their principles – teaches us as well as them.  We at Generosity Incorporated believe that bringing this work to the next generation can be one of the most powerful forces to heal humanity. 

If your child has Movement prominently in his or her contract, you may have some surprises in store.  The child may seem to flow pretty easily with whatever is going on.  But the energy of Movement may appear just when you think everything is settled.

My son has Moon in Movement.  That might already bode some surprises, because the Moon principle is often hidden in childhood, and begins to manifest more after the child’s ego (constructed around the 4 “personal pillars”) is fairly well developed, and the Sun principle has begun to come to the fore.  (That’s because the Moon begins to shine when it can reflect the Sun’s light!).

In this case, though, I began to see the unpredictability of Movement earlier.  We moved (:>)) our household when our son was 8 years old.  He seemed to settle in quite well to the new environment – shy at first, as expected, but gradually working his way into the social framework.  Then, at age 13, he announced he didn’t want to be with this group of friends and wanted to go to a completely different school from them.  As he himself says, he’s been ‘on the move’ ever since.  He thought he had finally settled, after getting married 3 years ago and buying a home, but now he suddenly has a job offer in another country.  Will he move? I won’t be surprised.

Lightness of Movement was also reinforced, in his life, by the moon’s position in the air-sign Aquarius and a Gemini sun and Mercury, which made for a light, quick mind and an ease of communication, so it seems natural to him to be on the move physically and intellectually. He’s been a great personality in our home – I just wish I had taken some spiritual Akido lessons! 

--Tamar Frankiel

8. Poetry

The following is from the writings of Ismaili (Shi’a) Muslim poet Nasir-I Khuraw, one of the foremost poets in the Persian language:http://www.amaana.org/ISWEB/ismpoet2.htm

The Momentum of Time
by Nasir-I Khusraw (1004-1072 CE), translated by Faquir M. Hunzai

0 you who have been 
sleeping at night! 
If you have rested, 
do not think that time 
too has been resting. 

Consider that your 
personality is always 
on the move - do not 
think it eats or sleeps 
even for a moment! 

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