A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned on Instagram that I was building a capsule wardrobe. That one post generated many curious questions from fellow Instagramers. Today I plan to answer your questions. We're going to step away from smoothies and homemade fabric softener for the day and talk about clothes.
Before we talk about this capsule wardrobe concept, I would like to point out that I'm not a fashion blogger. In fact, I don't consider myself much of a fashionista at all. Talking about my wardrobe in public (hey, internet!) is a bit of a sensitive topic for me since I've always loved shopping but haven't ever considered myself an example of style or fashion. I care about the way I look, but I'm not one to obsess over the latest styles or trends.
So why am I writing a post about clothes?
My goal for Live Simply is to help you (and me, because I'm right here with you on this journey) simplify real food and natural living. While most of the time we talk about crock-pot burrito bowls, granola bars, and homemade hand soap, I believe it would be a disservice to dismiss the daily tasks that can make preparing real food or mixing together a bottle of hand soap a huge challenge. The tasks that can consume so much valuable time, like doing laundry or picking out clothes.
If you're spending most of your morning trying to figure out what to wear or your weekend shopping for clothes, it's hard to think about spending extra time making healthy food. A capsule wardrobe is my new solution to help simplify what I wear, the time I think about clothing, and the amount of time I spend shopping.
Most capsule wardrobe bloggers recommend choosing a set number of clothes you'd like to include in a wardrobe. The items should be chosen according to season, and only worn for that particular season, before transitioning to a new capsule. The clothing items chosen should include tops, bottoms, dresses, outerwear, and shoes. This number doesn't include a fancy dress for weddings or that extra special holiday party, or the lounge clothes you love to wear while enjoying your favorite Netflix show.
Now I get it, a very limited number of clothes and shoes sounds very restrictive! I totally felt that way, but then my mindset changed.
Over the summer, I read a very popular book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I've prided myself for years on being an organized and simple person, until I read that book and realized we owned way too much stuff. Marie's advice for decluttering is to ask yourself, "Does this _____ spark joy?" If an item doesn't spark joy, it should go! After using this joy concept to declutter our home, I donated over 45 garbage bags of stuff. Seriously, 45!
One of the first areas of our house to experience the KonMari Method was my closet. After spending a Saturday afternoon removing every single item and asking myself, "Does this spark joy?", I realized how much I owned and never wore. That day I went from a packed closet and feeling overwhelmed by clothes, to a closet filled with empty hangers and just a few items. The realization that I didn't need hundreds of different pieces of clothing, and that I was wasting so much time thinking about what to wear each day, led me to the capsule wardrobe concept.
Instead of focusing on buying as many clothes or shoes as possible, my new focus is on purchasing what I need, when I need it, and only quality items that will endure the test of time.
The concept of a capsule wardrobe is to only include quality items that will work together in multiple ways, creating multiple different looks with just a few basic essentials.
After going through my closet the first time using the KonMari Method, I went back and determined what would work for the fall/winter season in multiple ways. Since I work from home, I need clothes that fit my relaxed job and also function well to drive Piper to school or spend an afternoon at the park with the kids. Any clothes that didn't fit the season or work together, but I still loved, went into a Rubbermaid bin. Anything I was missing from my fall/winter capsule that I felt was important (like a white shirt or black jeans), I purchased. Yes, this meant I spent money initially, but these items were purposefully purchased so they will continue into future capsule wardrobe selections.
I decided to combine fall and winter into one long season (October-February). In February, around the time when our weather starts getting really hot again, I'll create my next capsule wardrobe based on the clothes I stored away in the Rubbermaid container.
We don't have seasons in Florida, just hot and hotter, so creating a wardrobe around four different seasons doesn't work for me. I decided to include more pieces in my capsule than suggested (around 37 according to most experts) and stretch these items out over our fall/winter season.
This is a huge time-saver! Now that I have my fall/winter essentials, I'm not allowed to shop again until the next season: spring (February). At that time, I'll put my fall/winter clothes away for storage, assess what I own from the Rubbermaid container, and purposefully purchase any items needed.
Most of the capsule wardrobe blogs I read recommend sticking with colors that work together. I think this is very important to make a capsule wardrobe work. For me, this meant making sure the clothes I chose work together according to style and color. Also, accessories (scarves and jewelry) aren't included in my set number, so I'm able to "spice" things up in the color department with these extras.
With my rules in mind, here's what I chose for my fall/winter capsule. These items are actually from my closet laid out on my living room carpet…#reallife! I wanted to provide you with actual photos versus stock images from random websites.
This is a high number for a capsule wardrobe. Since I'm extending my wardrobe over two "seasons" (hey, Florida!), I'm sticking with the higher number. Next fall I may reduce this number. If you're creating a capsule for just one season, which is recommended, you won't need 19 tops.
Here's an example of how I'm using the same pieces to work together and create different looks. Remember, I'm not a fashionista; I'm a mom and blogger looking to simplify.
Total Number of Clothes: 43!
I have a feeling this number will be tweaked in the future as I fine-tune my capsule to work for my lifestyle. Remember, this is my test-run season.
1. Go through your closet.
Take everything out! Ask yourself, "Does this spark joy? Do I actually wear this? Do I love this now?" You want to edit your clothes down to what you actually love. Donate anything and everything that doesn't work for you.
Maybe you're going for 30, 37, or 45 items. That number will include your pants/shorts, shirts, outerwear (cardigans, sweaters, etc.), dresses, skirts, and shoes. This number doesn't include Netflix or painting clothes, exercise clothes, or pajamas.
3. Now that you've determined what you love, choose the items to keep in your closet for the appropriate season at hand.
Right now most of us are planning for fall or winter, so choose items that will work for this season based on where you live. For me, Florida is still pretty warm (like 90 degrees!), soon it will be cold so I need both shorts and jeans that will work with my tops.
Items that you love but don't work for the current season need to be stored until later.
4. Determine what you're missing from your capsule.
Need a cardigan? Jean jacket? A pair of black jeans? Great, now it's time to purposefully shop for these items. Remember, these items should withstand the test of time (nothing super trendy that will go out of season next year) and work with your other pieces. While you're shopping think about quality: Will this fabric wash well? Will it fade? Does it itch? In the end, you'll be saving money!
Note: Don't go in debt over a capsule wardrobe! If there are essential pieces you feel like you're missing, but they aren't in the budget right now, add them to a capsule wish list and purposely save for next fall (or another season). You don't need everything at once, this is an evolving lifestyle choice. Embrace what you have and go from there. It's better to go without than go in debt or buy something you really don't need/like.
Now it's time to embrace this simpler lifestyle and enjoy your closet.
Un-Fancy: Caroline's site is a must-read for anyone looking to create a capsule wardrobe. She offers tips, real-life examples, and so much more! She even offers a free wardrobe planner to help you get started. This podcast interview is a great place to get started before visiting her site.
Today Show: If you're more of a video person, this segment from the Today Show will you exactly what a capsule wardrobe looks like and how the pieces work together.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Even if a capsule wardrobe isn't your thing, I highly recommend this book. One word: life-changing!
I just love your blog I check it everyday! Thank you for all you do. This is just icing on the cake, I've been following un-fancy and did my own capsule as well. Now I have less clothes than my husband lol ?
Thank you, LeeAnne! Lol, I totally relate to owning less clothes than Dustin now…he's pretty shocked!!
I'm so glad you're doing this, Kristin! I love having a capsule wardrobe– it simplifies my mornings and I have time and emotional energy for other, more important things.
Thank you, Daisy! So far I'm loving it! I need to check out your site for more ideas–I recently noticed you share wardrobe inspiration.
I love your regular (nonfashionista) girl's guide to the capsule wardrobe! I also planned for Fall/Winter as one season because… Texas.
Thank you, Anna! Lol, good ol' FLorida and Texas ;).
I've been following your blog for a while and absolutely LOVE it! 😀 My favorite thing are your printables. They are adorable and readable – the perfect combination of cute clip art and perfect fonts. 😉 Are you considering doing a Printable for capsule wardrobing???
Thank you so much. I didn't think about a printable for the capsule wardrobe, but I love the idea. Hmmm…maybe we will work on this soon. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
#2 Not a fashionista?! Those pictures are so pretty!!!
And #3 – I started reading about KonMari last week and was really curious about it. Totally want to try this to organize my clothestastrophe.
You're so sweet, Cate, thank you :). I just love those shoes–best shoes ever!!
I think you'll love the KonMari Method. The end of the book is a bit odd, at least for the western culture, but the rest of the book is completely worth the read. Her method for figuring out what to keep and toss, along with her tip for how to fold clothes, are life-changing.
I love your website – thank you for all that you do. I struggle with constant anxiety in regards to random lifestyle every day choices that many people brush off (meal prepping & an organized closet to name a few). I'm concentrating on baby steps, but this is a lot of help to become more relaxed so I can enjoy life more! Thanks again.
Hey Casey, Thank you so much! It's so great to hear you're loving the blog. I'm so glad the posts about simplifying and organizing have been so helpful…we are all in this together :).
You're welcome, Charlotte! Thank you for the inspiration!
It's so funny, because when I did the 'imagine your life' part of the KonMari method, for me it basically boiled down to 'I want to live simply'. Not that I wanted to live an austere life, or a boring one, or a restrictive one, but just a simple, rich, and full of things that matter. Then I was googling about natural cleaners and found your website! What a happenstance to find someone so on your wavelength. So glad I found your blog.
That's awesome, Sue! Welcome to Live Simply!


One of the most loved polysynths of all time, the Syntronik J-8 recreates the Roland Jupiter-8 along with sounds from the Jupiter-6 and Jupiter-4. Manufactured from 1981-1985, the Jupiter-8 was Roland's top-of-line polysynth intended to compete with the American giants like the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and Oberheim OB-series.
It's 2-oscillator per voice design uses discrete circuitry for a noticeably fat and warm sound, and the oscillators go into the classic Roland IR3109 IC filter chips to provide the 4-pole low pass filter along with a non-sweepable high pass filter. Like the Oberheim OB-series and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, the Jupiter has a Unison mode where all voices are stacked for a thicker result. A basic arpeggiator is also provided, easy to use and effective for classic repeating patterns. The Jupiters are loved for their efficient and intuitive front panel interface in addition to their distinctive analog sound.
The Jupiter-8 has been used by Tangerine Dream, Duran Duran, Jean Michel Jarre, Roxy Music, Depeche Mode, Rush, Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, The Cars, Prince, Jan Hammer, Elvis Costello, Tears for Fears, Huey Lewis and the News, Journey, Toto, Yes, George Duke, Simple Minds.


"Lee Daniels' The Butler" was #1 for the third time once all of the receipts were counted across the four-day weekend. "This Is Us" opened on Thursday night and collected an estimated $18 million through Labor Day, while "The Butler" grabbed another $20 million for a $79.3 million total. "Getaway" and "Closed Circuit" both flopped while the Spanish-language "Instructions Not Included" did better than expected. The box-office haul of "This Is Us" was certainly still a victory for Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis and Harry. While the Directioners who flocked to see the 3-D documentary (65 percent of whom were under 17 and 85 percent of whom were female) didn't outnumber the Beliebers who gave "Never Say Never" a nearly $30 million debut, "This Is Us" managed to beat the recent documentaries from Katy Perry and the Jonas Brothers. Considering the fact that audiences who saw "This Is Us" gave it a CinemaScore of "A" and that it contributed to the biggest overall Labor Day weekend gross in history, it's safe to say Sony Pictures' TriStar brand was happy with the fruits of "Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock's labor especially given that $10 million budget. "We're the Millers" came in third with $14.9 million across the four-day weekend, putting the new comedy from "Horrible Bosses" co-stars Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston at $112.9 million. Disney's "Cars" spinoff "Planes" was #4 with $10.6 million in its fourth week for a domestic total of $73.6 million. "Instructions Not Included" managed to crack the top five with a $10 million debut despite playing at less than 350 locations; by comparison, "The Butler" was in 3330. The Los Angeles Times called it a "sweet, funny and poignant comedy." One of the worst-reviewed films of the year, "Getaway," was in over 2100 theaters and made a lousy $5.5 million. "Closed Circuit" has made $3 million since opening on Wednesday in 870 theaters.
Unlike last summer, which yielded both The Dark Knight Rises (56.3m) and Avengers Assemble (51.6m), no film this year has cracked 50m. Top picture is Despicable Me 2, currently at 44.8m. To identify which films have over- and underperformed, it's helpful to compare UK results with the US and by rule of thumb you might expect the UK gross, in pounds, to be one-tenth of the US dollar amount. By that logic, Despicable Me 2 has done even better in the UK than it did in the US, where its gross has reached $351m. Over there, top film is Iron Man 3, with $409m, meaning that the UK result of 37m is slightly behind the pace but of course differences in audience taste in the two key English-speaking markets can account for these variations. The biggest overperformer in the UK is perhaps surprisingly The Hangover Part III, with 19.3m, as against $112m in the US. Overall, sequels and films based on existing characters (such as Man of Steel ) or established material ( The Great Gatsby , World War Z ) overwhelmingly dominate this summer's box-office see the chart below. Top film not based on familiar elements is Now You See Me , with 11.0m, although you could argue that the animation Epic (13.6m) didn't rely for its audience on familiarity with the William Johnson source material, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. Animation is a field where new stories have been shown to flourish, supported by the marketability of powerful brands such as Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks and Fox's Blue Sky Studios. The Conjuring is another non-sequel winner, with 9.9m to date. Notable disappointments include Disney's famously expensive The Lone Ranger (4.4m), Sony's Will Smith/Jaden Smith team-up After Earth (6.3m) and Warners' Guillermo Del Toro genre-melder Pacific Rim (8.4m, although Asian success has boosted the worldwide cume to a healthy $404m). Fox may be disappointed with The Wolverine 's 13.6m tally, behind the total of the fan-underwhelming X-Men Origins: Wolverine (16.4m) as well as the lowest-grossing X-Men film so far in the UK.
The film follows the lives of Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik during their world tour. It also dives into the boys rise to global fame from their humble, working-class background to their time on UKs The X Factor through their redemption and success spurred on by their fans as well as uncertainty with how long this phenomena will last and where their collaboration will end. Humorous, quick British quips and scenes of countless screaming girl fans is very much a nod to the Beatles in A Hard Days Night, but that is where the similarities end as this is a documentary that carries more of an adult element. The themes of struggle, success, isolation, exhaustion and uncertainty creep through the movie, educating the groups teenage fans that life is not one big glamorous show. In one scene one of the parents of the boys say, I havent seen him in months. Spurlock balances the grit and unspectacular life on the road with the fun and energy when you land in the public eye. The concert footage is extremely entertaining thanks in part to the backstage antics of Harry and Nials . A number of critics have panned the film and accused director Spurlock of making a sanitary promo for the boys, because the film fails to deliver on its promise of all-access pass to the group by not showing any typical teenage bad behavior, i.e. smoking, partying or romance (I mean Harry Styles was seen drinking a beer at the VMAS and was known to be dating pop star Taylor Swift months ago). Spurlock defended his choice to not show the boys romantic lives saying they are young guys who break up and make up, and I didnt want to have a hole in my story. What the critics have forgotten is that showing the typical crazy adolescent behavior may be a bit unsavory and would likely alienate its core target audience (young girls bringing their parents). To be honest, a documentary that shows poor conduct, whether or not the boys engage in Lindsey Lohan behavior, would be for an adult audience and not suitable for the films target.
What we dont want to do is edit ourselves while were shooting lets just go for it! I asked them what they personally wanted out of this film and they said that they want the fans to understand how we work and all that goes into it. We want fans to see us for who we are. You see their humble beginnings and their supportive families. How the guys compare to Justin Bieber: In the process, the five of them have become a family. They count on each other to bring one another back to earth and keep them real. I think one of the reasons these guys havent had a Bieber-episode is because they have each other. [Its not security guards] Justin has security but that doesnt stop him. Was Simon Cowell involved? Simon Cowell was very involved! He and I first talked about my vision for the film, and he added things that he thought were important. He wanted people to know that if it wasn't for all the fans pushing for this band, nobody would know who they are. The fans really do own the success of this band. That was one of his big pushes from the start.
Andy is a close friend of the singer and was last seen with pop star Liam celebrating his birthday last week. TWITTER Andy's girlfriend Daisie Smith updated fans on his condition on Twitter – it is understood he is still recovering in hospital. Thank you so much for all of your lovely messages & prayers. On behalf of Andys family & I wed like you to know he is in a stable condition Thousands of fans were tweeting virals of Andy and Liam together, with many praising Liam for his valiant efforts. A source close to Liam said: His friend went to fill up the gas for a heating lamp, there was some sort of accident and the whole balcony went up in flames. The fire destroyed 80% of Liams balcony and it took 35 firefighters to put it out as they used breathing equipment to battle through the thick smoke. Crews said 30 people were forced to flee the building. Another man and a woman are said to have suffered superficial burns to their hands. Firefighters tweeted details of the incident as six engines from East London raced to the scene at about 9.45pm on Monday. Station Manager Laurie Kenny, who was at the scene said: Firefighters worked quickly and professionally to get the fire under control as quickly as possible. About 30 people left the building before we arrived and were not injured. Two of the occupants had superficial burns to their hands and the third had burns to his hands and face. All three have been taken to hospital. None of the other members of 1D were at the flat at the time although it is thought Liams new girlfriend Sophia Smith, 19, may have been with him.
With poster-filled walls and her very own pillow, light and jersey, the little lady who sleeps in this hot-pink number obviously has One Direction dreams. Neutral love Image source: Iminlovewithliampayne via Tumblr Organized with perfectly square posters, you can hardly see any wall space in this neutral-hued One Direction room. And if the photos weren't enough, this tween added a Polaroid comforter to cozy up to as she dreams of Liam Payne. Neon obsessed Image source: lhzlnofficial via Instagram This is perhaps the least crazy of the roundup, but it's a One Direction-obsessed space nonetheless. This tween can have her One Direction dreams under a neon-colored duvet that features each band member's name. Black, white and fur all over Image source: directionerlandxoxox via Instagram For those tweens who want to be both fashionable and have a little bit of One Direction, we suggest a large black and white poster of the band's faces. Equipped with a fur comforter and chic accessories, this fan's room can still be stylish while she's listening to what makes her beautiful. Pretty in One Direction pink Image source: Daffhne_1D via We heart it Keep your One Direction-loving tween's room simple with this oversized black-and-white decal. In a room accented with light pink, black and white accessories, your One Directioner can still show her obsession in a chic style. Mellow yellow direction Image source: hisemeraldorbs via Tumblr Stay mellow and yellow with this One Direction-adoring tween's room. With a wall featuring posters of all her favorite guys, this One Directioner keeps the decor in the rest of her space simple.


Black Hairstyles With Bangs – When it comes to Black Hairstyles With Bangs, many folks fall into one of 2 groups. The I know just how I want my hair to look team, or the OMFG what am I going to do with my hair group. And you know, I must be ideal at this. As a hairstylist who works weddings, I've spent hundreds of hours around brides doing hair. But I found myself actually cutting my hair in the bathroom in my wedding day. Yeah, true story.
So in the interest of not being like me (seriously, do not attempt this at home ), we are here to save you some heartache by walking through how to discover the best Black Hairstyles With Bangs for you (and your hair!) , and how to locate a stylist to make this happen. If you're considering going the DIY hair route, we have you also check our posts here and here.
Trying to determine that Black Hairstyles With Bangs will work best for you can initially be a little tricky. As we all know, Pinterest and also the Interwebs are chock full of gorgeous images, but a lot of these are of hair models sporting lots of extensions, together with a stylist, killer light, and a buff. When you find some graphics you prefer ask yourself this, does this look like my hair could do what's in that film? If you are sporting a pixie, a super Rapunzel curled look is most likely not going to happen. Or say, trying to receive your tight natural curls into a super sleek chignon. On your wedding day, you should aim to seem like a slightly fancier version of your self. Do not make this day you are trying out some completely new style for the first time.
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We have written at length about ways to make Black Hairstyles With Bangs. Many stylists expect a trial in order to reserve your marriage. While initially this may totally look like one of those moments and enjoy something you do not want, it absolutely is a must. This is as much for you as it's for your stylist. Once it gives them an opportunity get a sense of your hair, it gives you a chance to get to know somebody who is going to be with you in a possibly stressful time. You need someone who you feel comfortable with, and will have the ability to stay calm and professional.
At your trial, bring your stylist several options of things you like, and think about why you enjoy those looks. Can it be the curls, the colors, the accessories? Remember that the neckline of your dress and any jewelry you anticipate wearing, along with veil or other headpieces. Even the best stylists can't replicate a fashion exactly: the hair isn't the same as the person in the picture. Your stylist will make a style that works for you and your hair, which in the end is going to be a far more successful fashion than a lousy copy of Pinterest.
To assist you in your search for Black Hairstyles With Bangs that are going to work for you, now we have piled up my favorite hairstyles for short, medium so long, and curly hair, for all kinds of textures and thicknesses. If you're searching for even more specific hair types, take a look at our favorite Black Hairstyles With Bangs for dark hair, unique hairstyles, short hair, and curled hair.
Calling all undercuts, pixies, bobs, and lobs! Short does not mean boring, not for one moment. When it can feel as though it will be hard to make it feel different from your daily hair, keep in mind you are going to be all spiffed up sporting a killer outfit–this isn't a normal day. Pro tip: Adding an attachment is the best-kept key in bridal hair. It helps the style feel elevated and finished. Or go with a bold lip or eye to bring your look up several notches. Check out our article on Black Hairstyles With Bangs accessories to your hair.


Everyone has heard the popular phrase stating that religion is the opiate of the masses, but few are aware that religion is but one aspect of mass delusion. The notion that either one single, or even several beings existed distinct from manifested creation, and established universal law, then created the entire universe from galaxies to solar systems, and finally all biological forms, including all physiological and neurological processes, and did this from nothing, is simply ridiculous.
It is true that I wrote a chapter in "Escaping Hell", entitled "Creation", where I discussed the fact that the source of all creation is the "All", and that this could be called "God". However, I also made the fact clear that the "All" is not a conscious entity as we consider living beings to be. I discussed an expansive thought which became everything, and I described it in terms of quantum physics. Scientists have made the mistake of viewing life as having come into existence due to an accidental "big bang", which is just as ludicrous as the creation theory of religionists.
There certainly was a creation, and it certainly did issue forth from a source of intelligent thought; but to relate to that intelligent thought in terms of human anatomy, or even of human consciousness, demonstrates an immature and uninformed state of human consciousness. The reason for our inability to fully conceptualize this source of intelligent thought, has to do with the fact that existence as we know it is merely a microcosm of a much greater macrocosm. In other words, we exist much the same as the smaller existences we recognize through our microscopes.
The need some people feel to believe in a loving and nurturing humanoid being of great power that we can call God, is an emotional weakness born of the confusion, conflict and ignorance created by those claiming to be our creator gods, and their servants who keep us trapped and ignorant through religion. Certainly, there are direct manifestations of the Sound and Light with whom we can identify, and who are responsible for many phenomena of a universal nature; but they are available to assist us, not to rule us and exact vengeance against us.
Odin and Omin are direct manifestations of the Sound and Light respectively, but they also gave manifested existence to the one who eventually claimed his throne as the god of this world. I am speaking of Dominion here. He is of both the Sound and the Light. He gained control over our galaxy, backed by other negative forces, and threatened the existence of 4th dimensional earth called Tara. I've written of this occurrence elsewhere, so allow me to state just briefly, that the split between those loyal to Tara and those loyal to Dominion resulted in our arrival here on 3rd dimensional earth. We were loyal to Tara, so Dominion attacked us. This in a nutshell, constitutes the basis for the mythological story of the "war in heaven".
By taking our magnetic time loop which provided the experience of the moment of being, or the here and now, and pulling light quanta into it, Dominion established an electromagnetic time loop which changes octaves constantly. This provides us with the illusion of linear time, and also causes us to reincarnate over and over again, with increasingly shorter life-spans. This act of adding light to the magnetic time loop, won Dominion the nickname of Lucifer, which means "Light Bearer".
Lucifer, as we know, is the god of this world; therefore, it should not be surprising to realize that in this realm, we are wandering through a matrix wherein people seem to be individual members of various groups and races, but who are nevertheless, increasingly dominated by a ruling elite through the subconscious mind, via the collective unconscious. People are not aware of their condition because at the conscious level, it appears that they possess individual, rational thought; which, for the most part they do. However, we live in a holographic existence consisting of tonal vibrations, and everything is basically subject to a scenario being played out like a video on a computer. This is our illusion in a nutshell.
Our individual, rational thought encounters a problem where the collective impacts our psychic faculty. Those who are yet unpurified and who take their freedom of thought and expression too far, are often induced psychically to abandon any politically incorrect belief systems, even if it's only for a moment. For some reason, certain people are untouched by the psychic attack, and that probably has to do with the nature of their Avalokita. The majority, however, remain vulnerable.
Such people may have anti-social, anti-orthodox, anti-religious, anti-government, and/or anti-conformist views; but being totally unaware of the programming of their subconscious minds, they will spontaneously support the institutions (federal government, NAACP, news media, Southern Poverty Law Center, etc.) that they consciously understand to be detrimental to free agency, financial sovereignty, and to the survival of the sovereign races in the world. I refer to this as the "Vampire's Matrix".
Although many have not fallen prey to the controls being established, the number of people who have done so already is alarming; and the number continues to grow daily. The most alarming aspect to all this, is that these people do not believe that they are betraying what they consciously stand for. Their conscious and unconscious minds are misaligned, and they are totally oblivious to their condition.
For example, one who knows for a fact that our news media tells lies, printing only what the government tells it to print, and knows this from personal experience, will believe something outrageous printed about someone he knows personally as a friend, simply because it was printed in a newspaper article. I have witnessed this for myself, on numerous occasions.
People who know that the U.S. Federal Justice system serves international industrialist agendas, will suddenly argue that we can make the system work for us if we just use it properly – that wrongs committed, are eventually rectified in the end. They forget completely, the financial motivations, and the social agenda, while arguing that those who are oppressing us aren't really so sinister after all.
In George Orwell's book, 1984, the people were largely controlled through what was called "Double Think", and "Double Speak". It was amazing how people could believe one set of facts, then by the simple use of double speak, turn around and believe just the opposite. The book never did describe any psychological, biological or neurological mechanism by which people became so susceptible to double speak; nor did it indicate why the controls failed to work on some people. However, these controls can be identified clearly today.
I have written elsewhere, regarding the effects of VHF waves from F.M. radio, as well as the cycles of light from television and movie screens. In this way, the subconscious minds of all viewers are opened in a state referred to by scientists, as an open-eye trance state. In this way, the subconscious is turned into Swiss cheese by both overt and subliminal programming.
Astral tags, as well as viruses carrying powerful entities, also serve as control mechanisms. The government's remote viewers have been serving as the "thought police" for many years now; and of course, informants are everywhere.
Dominion is a modification of the Latin, dominium, fr. Dominus. (1) Domain (2) supreme authority: sovereignty (3) pl. an order of angels – see celestial hierarchy.
Celestial Hierarchy n. (1768) a traditional hierarchy of angels ranked from lowest to highest into the following nine orders: angels, archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.
This is a traditional Christian prayer, still used in the Catholic Church today. The Vampire's Matrix, indeed; and Dominion/Lucifer is the vampire.
Lucifer is not the Satan of Christian mythology, nor is he the mythological "devil" existing in hell, which tempts us. That role belongs to the ego. Actually, he is the god of this world, and he is the god of the Old Testament who said: "Let there be light". Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike, pray to him without even realizing who he really is. When people I talk to come to realize these facts, those who cannot give up their prayers, try to tell me that they are sending their prayers out to the real god who created this earth.
People need to realize that we exist within the domain of Dominion. This is his turf, and he has given us a process by which we can send him and his hierarchy all our energy for their collective empowerment over us. This process is the process of prayer. It doesn't matter who we think we may be praying to; if we pray, those prayers are intercepted by the custodians of this world; Dominion and his hierarchy. This is why the one referred to as Christ turned his disciples inward to find the Kingdom of God. The Higher Self/Avalokita, being indigenous to the true spiritual planes, is our only conduit past Dominion. We talk to the Avalokita (not pray), and receive our spiritual guidance from that source – from within.
When the masses that claim to follow a spiritual leader who tells them that the Kingdom of God is within, can be duped into seeking outside themselves for that Kingdom, they are most certainly deluded; thus, the delusion of the masses. For the most part, they haven't even figured out that their religious hierarchies are occultists, worshiping Lucifer as the "good god".
Since Dominion was the creation of Odin and Omin, he is their responsibility, then. The Spiritual Law of Ego Sovereignty forbids higher dimensional beings from interfering in the affairs of those existing in the lower realms, so Odin and Omin had to take physical embodiment here in this 3rd dimensional realm, in order to deal with Dominion. The Norse myths were created as a veiled record of that which occurred in this regard back in very ancient times.
The creation myth begins with a description of fire and ice, which are metaphors for expansion and contraction. These, of course, describe light and sound quanta, as light is emitted from the sun on its expansion cycles, while sound quanta is expelled like water from a sponge, on its contraction cycles.
As the mythological account progresses, however, it no longer describes creation in this aspect. Rather, it describes the creation of our path back to the home we had before Dominion attacked us, in the 4th dimensional realm. The Frost Giants and Fire Giants constituted the Niflungar (Nefilim) and Reptilian Anunnaki, respectively. These enemies of our people kept the knowledge of our origins, and the way to escape this realm from us. Thus, the mythological accounts of Odin's antics describe his process of deceiving the enemy, and gaining an awareness of: a) the illusion of which we've been kept ignorant; b) our origins; c) how to correct our situation; and d) the Runes, which constitute access to, and use of the forces of the universe, as direct extensions of the "All".
While the forces of Dominion (referred to as the Giants) attempted to keep vital information away from us, Dominion himself maintained several aspects of the illusion. A quantum computer maintains our electromagnetic time loop, causing us to age with increasing rapidity, as the cycles of time become shorter and shorter, forming a foundation for the belief in time as a movement from the dead past, through the present, and on to the future.
This quantum computer also maintains an unnatural stratum in our atmosphere, consisting of highly charged electrons called ions. This is our ionosphere which, with its abundance of electrons, refracts the natural light emanating from the sun, preventing us from perceiving psychic and subatomic phenomena, and instead providing us with the illusion of a vast spatial field of unmonumental insubstantiability. This relegates us to the five senses for the most part, and makes scientific achievements very difficult. It also allows the forces of Dominion to function as magicians, and to convince us that they are "Angels of God".
Our departure from the 4th to this 3rd dimensional realm resulted in our development of an unnatural collective unconscious (called the Akasha), which keeps us trapped in this realm by our belief in the reality of our illusion. The delusion of the masses involves the maintenance of Dominion's established illusions, constant deceit on the part of his minions through religion, suppression of the truth regarding our origins, suppression of the knowledge of universal/runic forces, and humanity's inability to think outside the box that was established for us.
To obtain our freedom, we must cast aside the emotional need for a savior, and gain the knowledge required to save ourselves. A belief in the so-called "Grace of God" will gain us nothing but eternal slavery; but dispelling the illusion will allow us to reestablish personal and collective sovereignty. By turning within as all the saints and sages throughout history have told us to do, we can transcend the delusion of the masses.


Where is Lydia? – "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."
Barranquilla, a city on the Northern coast of Colombia, has the second largest celebration of Carnival in the world, after Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Carnival is a celebration that began in the 1700s in European Roman Catholic countries as a way for people to get all the devious deeds and vices out of their systems before the start of Lent. Today, it is a worldwide celebration that consists of three days of parades, intense partying, costumes, and lots and lots of alcohol. We have our own version of it in the United States, called Mardi Gras. I have always wanted to go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro but I wouldn't be traveling to Brazil on this trip. I decided to go with the next best destination of Barranquilla, Colombia.
While traveling in Mexico, prior to Colombia, I met a woman from Austria named Hedi. She was interested in joining me for Carnival in Colombia. Also, I had recently reconnected with a friend from high school, Evan. We hadn't seen each other in over 10 years. We met up at our 10-year high school reunion. I told him my plan to head to Carnival in Barranquilla and he decided he would join me, along with his friend Ben, who had already been to Colombia many times. So, now as a group of four, we joyously coordinated our plans to meet in Barranquilla for Carnival.
My family's Christmases are usually filled with family and friends but this year it would just be the four of us. We planned several things to make it special.
The night before Christmas Eve, we visited Temperance Café and Bar, a new speakeasy-themed restaurant with Prohibition-era inspired food and drinks. It's located in the Chinese Room of the Smith Tower. When it was built in 1914, the Smith Tower was the tallest building in Seattle until 1962 when the Space Needle, built for the World's Fair, surpassed it. The Smith Tower is still a Seattle icon located in the downtown neighborhood of Pioneer Square. The Chinese Room has a beautifully hand carved teak ceiling as well as an old Chinese teak chair called the Wishing Chair. Legend has it that any unmarried person who sits in that chair will be married within a year. The bar also has an observation deck with a beautiful 360-degree view of Seattle.
Deciding to fly home for Christmas was a hard decision. I had said I was going to travel for six months and I really wanted to stick with it. On the other hand, I was homesick and I wanted to spend Christmas with my family. I also knew my grandmother was nearing the end of her life and this might be my last chance to see her.
My last day in Tulum (and Mexico) was spent riding bikes, swimming, eating delicious food, and lying in the hot sun. I wondered how I could leave all that for the cold of Seattle. I even called the airline to see how much it would cost to change my ticket, but it was too expensive. In the end, I flew home for Christmas and it was the right decision.


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K PATTABHI JOIS. . .
K PATTABHI JOIS THE GURU OF WORKOUT YOGA
By Kajal Basu
One intrepid yoga master salvaged what he claims to be the oldest, generic and exceptionally energetic form of yoga called ashtanga vinyasa yoga. And Mysore-based Pattabhi Jois is aggrieved about the fact that he has taken the the West by storm yet remains a nonentity in his motherland
Pattabhi Jois suggests that you should begin with the gentle surya namaskar before adding more postures to your regimen. One day add paschimotanasana before adding more postures to your regimen. One day add paschimotanasana (head-to-knee pose, supine, hands grasping toes) on the next, include padahastasana (hands to feet pose, standing up, legs, apart, spine curved like a sliver of a crescent moon) the day after, include trikonasana (triangle pose, erect, legs spread, spine bent sideways, palm on foot). With expertise comes confidence. Gradually, slot in postures from the primary series. If all goes well you don't tear a tendon, hinges don't lock and so on the third week might be generous enough to allow you to begin practicing sitting postures.A few words of caution: don't gallop, you could end up unseated and kissing the turf. The slower the learning process, the more the chances of imbibing permanently. Fortunately, this is easy to do, in one of Pattabhi Jois' favorite harangues in fractured English, '…You have time enough to practice, practice, practice'. It is far better than learning with the help of daylight from the often warped and dusty windowpanes of libraries, far better than gasping in the rarefied musty, preservative atmosphere of books and pictures.
Be dogmatic about only one thing never practice without a teacher—or you run the risk of tempting disaster. If you decide you want to be virtually wed to yoga, to practice yoga with fealty and without letting your romantic resolve weaken then consider scaling all mountains, swimming all seas. Flying around the world in the insecure company of migratory birds with suspect loyalty. And at the beginning, middle and end of it all—find a guru. Find a guru who is not a charlatan, a guru unafraid of your years long head-banging frustration and almost psychotic impatience. Find a guru fast.
Indian city of Mysore is a chaotic temple town gripped in the financial fever of turning into a Sotheby's for the soul, a halfway auction house between tried-and-tested Indian tradition and postmodern methods of flogging this tradition to the West and to the 21st century.
At 81, yoga master KJ. Pattabhi Jois—known as Guruji and widely acknowledged as one of Mysore's prize treasurers—spends a fair portion of his day allotting time to this and that— 'this', he confesses, being the temptation to slip into a state of well deserved rest; and 'that' being the excited reconstruction of the day in the early 30's when he and his mentor, the late Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, salvaged ashtanga vinyasa yoga (eight limited yoga) codified anywhere between 500 and 1,500 AD, from an archival tomb in Calcutta University. Today, Krishnamachary's mantle has gone to his son, T.K.V. Desikachar, based in Chennai, India.
Jois and Desikachar are peers, but it is Jois who chose to carry on with ashtanga vinyasa yoga where Krishnamacharya had left off. And Jois has taken insurance against ashtanga yoga going extinct; he has groomed his grandson, Sharath, who at 23 is the youngest adept, but in his demeanor, older by far. It took Jois years to fine comb the crumbly palm leaves of the Yoga Korunta and its hundreds of sutras describing in nitpicking detail yogic postures and ways of transiting smoothly from one to another.
Jois started formally teaching ashtanga yoga in 1937, but to casual Indians whose lack of discipline, he says invariably got the better of their will to improve themselves. And that's still happen, he says in a verbal shorthand that is his calling card. Used in conjunction with an unselfconscious body language, it returns him and his wards to the days of the gurukul, the ancient Indian system of education, and to the heydays of the inscrutable, taciturn patriarch.
Jois had to wait a half-century before aerobics conquered gyms in the West. Fame arrived belatedly after body and soul fitness freaks found that ashtanga yoga wasn't so alien and esoteric after all; it was hyperkinetic and gave them both the familiar rhythmic workout of the dance floor and some sense of spiritual well-being that went way beyond endorphins. More than any other form, ashtanga vinyasa yoga is about power—both in the crude physical sense and the subtle flexing of the mind but Jois detests the world and its suggestion of what he calls, in convoluted Kannada, a South Indian language, 'ethical corruption'. The only time I saw his brow darken was when I asked him why the West insists on calling ashtanga vinyasa yoga 'power yoga'.
He blames the misnomer on some American 'student ladies' of his who have set up yoga pathshalas (schools) of their own and did 'power yoga advertise' and 'book writing', meaning Beryl Bender Birch, author of Power Yoga. 'Some people call it also 'mini yoga' but it is nonsense.'
Jois gets angry sometimes at the 'evil, bad use', by those who purport to teach power yoga and brandish his name for validating what he mutters is 'half learning'. After a spate of advertisement disclaimers in newspapers and magazines in the US, paid for by more straitlaced students, 'an article in Yoga Journal came out' and brought him some peace after what he feels is betrayal by some disciples. It's been done before—the 'pupil killed the master syndrome' beloved of psychoanalysts, or like, says Jois: 'The puppet killed the puppeteer.'
Disturbing. The point is that you can't but marvel at the appropriateness of the puppet-puppeteer simile and how adroitly it bites back at the casehardened world of teacher and taught: the first thing that will catch you between the eyes when you enter Jois classroom (apart from the acrid stink of sweat squirting out by the gallon) is the sight of contorted human bodies—most barely recognizable as such in a physical regimen where elbow and bum, nape and calf, nose and heel are in the kind of proximity that God couldn't have intended in his most perverse moments.
And the room throbs with heat. One of the primary principles of ashtanga yoga is tapas, or heat, the more scorching the better, and southern India's tropical climate makes it perspiration paradise. Among temperature's many functions: detoxifying the body through the sweat pores as a natural lubricant that makes it easier for the body to slither from one contortion to another much on the lines of lock proof freestyle wrestlers. 'And', says Jois, 'water and fire both have cleaning property.'
Karl Jurgens, a writer who returned to Hanover in Germany five years ago after a yearlong on-off, love-hate discipleship with Jois, says that ashtanga yoga is a 'sort of speeded up tai chi chuan designed by a chiropractor.' He was being ironic. Practitioners with a bit more reverence call it yogaerobics, and there is no doubt that it is as potent a method of kinesitherapy (therapy through movement) as a dervish dancer or a frenetic arati.
It was in a movement of humor and humility that Jois himself coined the system's slogan. 'Ashtanga yoga is 99 per cent practice and one per cent theory' That one per cent theory designed to hardsell the therapeutic efficacy of continuous mobility, adapted ashtanga vinyasa yoga to the breakneck mayhem of the fin de siecle-years which celebrate motion for its own sake and which link growth to velocity. You can, if you want to be turn to the times, call ashtanga yoga a victim of the West's postmodern retro craze, where a demand for novelty in the marketplace as well as in spiritual disciplines marries content and form into a seeming oxymoron, 'contemporary tradition'.
Contemporary is what I am, tradition is what Jois is, and the interface between the two of us is pretty basic, his willingness to hold the wisdom of the past up to light and my willingness to take off my goggles.
It works. And how. Mention 'contemporary tradition' to Jois and he breaks the ice with a grin: 'Yes, this I teach.'
There are a few ways to come upon K. Pattabhi Jois; the most direct is through his address in an unpretentious middle class locality in Mysore, India—three tiny steps literally punching out of the curb of a dusty road, double through a tiny doorway into a tiny room and lower your seat tentatively on doll's house furniture built on a scale of 1:4 of the world outside and guaranteed to have your keens flapping about your ears.
But make no mistake: you are walking into a minefield. The first chance he gets, Pattabhi Jois will bluntly tell you that to learn the basics of ashtanga vinyasa yoga, you need nerves of steel. Don't even idly think of what kind of nerve it takes to be adept at it.
The discomfiting once-over that Jois gives you before accepting or rejecting you is thorough, even if his criteria aren't quite as transparent as you think teaching one of the dialects of soulspeak ought to be. One of the perks of guruhood is the carte blanche to holy ruthlessness: Jois makes no concessions even for those who plead that they have come to him halfway round the world in search of sublimation.
Watching one of his legendary classes from the sidelines could make a nervous wreck out of you. It's a small room, too small to comfortably contain 12 white aspirants to yogihood, all with suspect structural flexibility and innocent of the tribulations in the months ahead. Each of Guruji's student is in a different, impossible pose, some that would give Salvador Dali a run for his money. Guruji—teacher and invigilator rolled into one—walks irascibly around these sculptures of living flesh, admonishing, nagging, nudging them into 'correct poses'. If he didn't smile so often and with such innocence, you would call him a tinpot god, with a holy disregard for the limitations of the human anatomy. The range of reactions to Jois' third degree adjusting of poses ranges from the Wimp's Wince to Woebegone Resignation to Masochistic Bliss.
Sheer physical strength and the capacity to endure protracted punishment distinguishes ashtanga yoga from its more lenient cousins—which is why, says Jois, only a handful of people—among the hundreds of thousands who are doing yoga at any given moment—go from student to practitioner and practitioner to teacher. One after a quarter hour of observing closely do you begin to acknowledge evidence that a state of grace among Jois' students is almost always in direct proportion to the degree of contortion.
All yoga, says Jois, is ashtanga yoga. And ashtanga yoga is all yoga. That confessed, the only thing that distinguishes ashtanga vinyasa yoga from the generic yoga is its insistence on asanas first keeping the moral dos and don'ts yama and niyama—on temporary hold. Once the asanas are perfected, the internal spring-cleaning process begins and everything follows, including the support system of the asanas, pranayama or breathing practice.
Ashtanga means, simply, eight limed, nothing more than a variation on the eightfold system of practice designed by Patanjali in the 2nd century AD. The limbs include moral strictures, exercises, breath control and meditation. Jois' ashtanga vinyasa yoga is riding a peak: in essence, it is another extreme sport which taxes the muscles, reduces pain and discomfort to a tertiary function in the dynamics of the human anatomy. And one skeptic said, turns you into an adrenaline and endorphins addict. Its one departure from classical yoga is that the wildly conflicting asanas in ashtanga yoga are linked by bridges of breath, pranayama between postures. The qualifier vinyasa was added by enthusiasts of ashtanga yoga dreaming of breaking away to adulthood and autonomy.
Krishnamachary's successors—Pattabhi Jois, T.K.V. Desikachar, B.K.S. Iyengar and Indra Devi claim that ashtanga yoga is the original hatha yoga, the quasi-divinematrix of all yoga systems in use today. The core practice includes six increasingly demanding series of postures, with duration of between an hour and half and three hours. Only a small set of practitioners are proficient in all six. As with most martial arts, students tend to liberate themselves from the confines of pitiless discipline by series three and head for the comforts of home.
A goodly part of the fascination surrounding the ashtanga vinyasa yoga is the enigma of its genesis. The Yoga Korunta has never been translated into English and no yogi has ever seen a copy even in Sanskrit (some wandering extracts have been printed but no one knows their bona fides). Fortunately, like pop Buddhist tracts such as those of Lobsang Rampa or Carlos Castaneda's profundities on the prairie they are internally coherent and show no trickery.
In fact, each series is like a targeted medication, forcing open specific aspects of body and mind. The first series, yoga chikitsa (therapeutic yoga), a preparatory, repair mechanism, realigns and detoxifies the physique and pumps up strength minus the steroids. The ostensible paradox is that this strength is used in its nonuse, it comes into play during the four advanced series called sthira bhaga (divine stillness). The buffer zone between the two series is nadi shodhana, which tones up the nervous system and gets rid of information gridlock that can bring the seven chakras to a standstill.
All this is pretty daunting stuff; you could be excused for thinking that the ultimate goal of ashtanga yoga is gymnastic proficiency, not samadhi or a state of bliss beyond words. Jois says that samadhi will happen when it has to, and all we can do is cover the potholes on the road through practice, practice, practice and be practical, practical, practical.
However, Jois doesn't guarantee bliss—that, he implies, is a matter of individual predisposition and is between the student, God and nobody else—but if he is pushed, he does hold out the promise of a lifestyle makeover through one of the simplest, cleanest and most unambiguous verbs created in recent memory: 'truthing'.
Truthing is the remorseless application of truth in everything you do, in the process of flowering into a better sentient being—among other onerous things. It is not a possession of ashtanga vinyasa yoga, but it certainly levels the road to transcendence, it is the moral camber of the road to wherever it is you want to go.


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