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Ninth Moon

Happiness of the Ten Moons
 

Pathways: Person As Maker

Humans are the eternal maker & re-maker of reality.Without constant activity, life stagnates. Happiness is a life of physical action, adventure, solving realistic problems, and discovering techniques for  controlling the world. Our future depends not on what we feel or think, but on what we do. New problems constantly arise and future progress depends  on constant improvements and continual activity to overcome forces that threaten us. You are interested in technology and scientific advances as means to increase control over the world around you. Don't become complacent but strive to improve and advance. Your motto might be, "In the beginning was the Deed." Your ancestor was Prometheus, the Titan who stole fire from the Gods and ushered in the age of technology.

 

Pathways: Simple & Refined Pleasures

Enjoyment of simple and easily attainable pleasures is the key to happiness. You seek rest, relaxation, tasty food, talking with friends, pleasant surroundings, even the joy of just existing. Happiness is a comfortable and cozy home with soft easy-chairs, a well stocked kitchen, and places to enjoy the company of friends. You try to keep your body at ease and  move in a slow, relaxed manner. Driving ambition and fanaticism should be avoided. Your motto might be, "Keep it simple," or "Home, sweet home," and you are an Epicurean.

 

Pathways: Quiet Receptivity

Wait in quiet receptivity and good things will come of their own accord. You cannot find the good life through resolute action, indulging sensual desires, involvement in social life, helping others or intellectual problem solving. Instead, cease making demands and passively open yourself to the powers of nature that nourish the self. Happiness is to sit alone under the stars, calmly receptive to the voice of nature, letting the wisdom that surrounds us all enter within. Your motto would be "Take the path of least resistance" or "Be at one with nature." You follow Taoism, which in Chinese means "Path."

 

The Invitation

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from Divine presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have, I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.

It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand in the center of the Fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.

I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

 

Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Indian Elder

 

The Ninth Cycle of The Moon!

(From ‘Wokini’ by Billy Mills)

LEARN TO LAUGH AT LIFE

The Ninth Stick Needed to Fuel the Fire of Happiness

I will be happy because I have learned to laugh at life.

Only people can laugh. No animals have this precious gift. Animals can cry in pain, growl in fear, and feel pangs of hunger. They can grow tired, they can reproduce and hunt. Many can smell and hear better than man. They do not, however, laugh. Laughter is unique to mankind. It is a gift from Api-Stoh-To-Ki—a gift so special He has given it to only one creature in this world. It must be very important for Him to have been so selective with this gift. From now on, I will lead my life with appreciation of this special gift.

I will learn to laugh at life.

I will smile when problems confront me, I will laugh when things get me down. I know that by doing these things, I will improve my life. My physical health will improve my mental health will improve, and my emotional health will improve. Laughter will limit negative feelings in my life, laughter will make me live longer, laughter will give me a life worth living. Knowing the power of laughter is one of the world's great secrets, and now it is mine.

I will also laugh at myself and the things I do. I will not take everything I do so seriously, because I know I am most comical when I do. Although I am the most special thing ever created, do I really believe the things I do today will have a profound effect on the world? Am I really that important? No, I know I'm not. What happens to me today will seem insignificant centuries from now. Why then should I take life so seriously? It is mine to enjoy, not to fret. Laughing at life will make me happy.

I will learn to laugh at life.

I must learn to laugh when things go wrong. I must learn to smile when there are problems. How will I do this? I must know that in time, the problems I face today will fade like a shadow as the sun sets. With laughter, I control my problems, my problems do not control me. Today then, I will laugh more than I ever have. If I am angered, I must know that years from now, I will not remember it. If I am saddened by a friend, I must know that time will make the pain fade to distant memory. I must learn to think this way because it makes me more able to laugh and smile. If I laugh and smile, I have a power that changes my life.

What is this special power? It is simply this—laughter makes me happy. When I laugh, I become happy—no matter what is happening in my life! Why is this true? Because it is the way I am, it is the way I have been raised. When I was a child, I laughed when I was happy. When I grew older I continued to laugh when I was happy. In time, laughter and happiness became one and now there cannot be one without the other. If I laugh, I am happy. How do I know this is true? Because I have experienced it in my life. How often have I been angry when someone makes me smile and with it my anger fades? How many times have I laughed at the problems facing me because they were so overwhelming and suddenly they seemed to be less important? It is true. To be happy, I simply must laugh.

I will learn to laugh at life.

From now on, I will laugh more often. Because it makes me happy, I will wake each morning with a smile and joyous shouts of laughter. Laughter will make all my problems seem less important. I will laugh at my failures and they will fade to nothing; in their place will be new hopes and understandings. I will laugh at my successes and realize how unimportant they are in the realm of time. Each day, I will smile and laugh because I know it makes me happy and I truly want to be happy.

As long as I laugh, I will be happy. I will never be poor because I will feel happiness and love in my heart. I will never be uneducated because I know the greatest truth in the world. I will never be alone because happiness allows Api-Stoh-To-Ki to speak to my soul. I will never feel sadness because I am too busy laughing to let it take root in my life.

I will laugh now. I will laugh again in a few minutes. I will laugh at every opportunity because it makes me happy. Api-Stoh-To-Ki has given me this power to help me and I will use it. I will be happy. I will honor Api-Stoh-To-Ki with happiness.

--WOKINI –Billy Mills

Thank you, Api-Sto-To-Ki, for showing me this!!!

 

 

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