Lunar Eclipse and Kuan Lin
Well, I just came in from watching the lunar eclipse with my children. Definitely strange. Mind you, I have seen lunar eclipses before but none so...so...interesting. Generally, it will turn red but not only did it do this but it would phase out to black and then, at a snap back, to red. I called my dad who lives up north and he said he saw the same thing and he thought it was rather odd. It did the phase out to black three times that I saw. My dad agreed with me.
On another note...
Most folks that follow the goddess path tend to pick a particular deity to follow. For years, I have only known of the goddess and have had no true name for her. Now, I do. I have always been drawn to a particular statue as a representative of the goddess and now I know why. Here is a tad bit about her:
Kuan Yin
Kuan Yin - also know as Quan Shi Yin and Kwan Yin - Quan means to inquire or look deeply into, Shi means the world of people, or generations, Yin means cries. The Boddhisatva of Compassion was inquiring into the suffering (cries) that has come down the generations.
In the pantheon of deities and divinities, Kuan Yin is unique: an enlightened being, “as free as a buddha from pride or vengefulness,” who nonetheless is deeply engaged in the day-to-day struggles of ordinary people and sensitive to their most pressing needs. (In China, her name means “she who hearkens to the cries of the world.”)
On another note...
Most folks that follow the goddess path tend to pick a particular deity to follow. For years, I have only known of the goddess and have had no true name for her. Now, I do. I have always been drawn to a particular statue as a representative of the goddess and now I know why. Here is a tad bit about her:
Kuan Yin
Kuan Yin - also know as Quan Shi Yin and Kwan Yin - Quan means to inquire or look deeply into, Shi means the world of people, or generations, Yin means cries. The Boddhisatva of Compassion was inquiring into the suffering (cries) that has come down the generations.
In the pantheon of deities and divinities, Kuan Yin is unique: an enlightened being, “as free as a buddha from pride or vengefulness,” who nonetheless is deeply engaged in the day-to-day struggles of ordinary people and sensitive to their most pressing needs. (In China, her name means “she who hearkens to the cries of the world.”)