Saraswati
masks & timelines
How’s your apocalypse going? The Greek roots of the word apocalypse mean to uncover, reveal and it definitely seems like things are being revealed.
I have one appointment left this week, Friday 9/3 at 11:15, dm me for that one, and still lots of options for next week.
Masks are still optional but I have been choosing to wear them more with my son starting in person High School and to protect vulnerable folks in my community. Quite a jump for Palmer moving from learning in his room to one of the largest high schools in Denver, but seems like he’s adjusting.
I will be having a new offering soon, Timeline Jumping. I recently took a class with Pea the Feary. More on that soon and if you’re interested reach out!
SARASWATI
You may have noticed I have a tapestry & a print of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati. I’ll be honest with you until fairly recently I didn’t even know who it was. I’m learning! I had tried to googling to find out who she was but hadn’t figured it out until my friend said, “You’re really into Saraswati, huh?” So I dedicated to learning more about her this year.
Goddess Saraswati is one of the female trinity of Hinduism that includes Kali and Lakshmi.
Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and nature, represents the free flow of wisdom and consciousness. She is the embodiment of the perennial flow of knowledge. She is the patron of music and is frequently prayed to by musicians before concerts and, as a goddess of intellectual pursuits, by students before exams.
It is believed that goddess Saraswati endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom, and learning. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego.
In her hands are a mala, a book and a veela. The crystal mala represents the power of meditation, inner reflection, and spirituality. The book she holds symbolizes the Vedas representing the universal, divine, eternal, and true knowledge as well as all forms of learning. The veena, a stringed instrument representing the tuning of one's mind and body into harmony and also all creative arts and sciences, and her holding it symbolizes expressing knowledge that creates harmony.
In some interpretations, "Sara" is translated as "Essence", and "Sva" is translated to "Self". Thus, the name Saraswati would translate to "She who helps realize the essence of self" or "She who reconciles the essence with one's self”
Makes sense that I have her in my green room!