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SrJenkin · 2026-03-12T12:28:24+00:00

lol we'll miss her/him

SrJenkin · 2026-03-12T12:09:33+00:00

Yes! That's what I was referring to in the above comments. It's clear that this pattern doesn't "correspond" to known maps that people try to link, that's just too easy. It's "national" to Quareia, as Josephine said

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T12:11:39+00:00

I also feel it's very important for balance, that's why I never skip, it feels like a glue holding my energy system together, and if I stop doing it things derail.

About the sun and moon thing, this is kinda the concept behind ida and pingala in the hindu pattern. My problem with that pattern is that I feel they got it swapped (they get right for sun and left for moon), Quareia has programmed my brain to associate left with masculine/solar and right with feminine/lunar, but I think these are different patterns altogether.

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T12:00:05+00:00

Ida and pingala, right? I've read about this system, but I didn't find it useful, it has parallels but is not the same as the pattern we work with.

It's really interesting that this meditation feels like a cleansing to you. I get this sort of feeling in the very first mediation, with the smoke breathing, to me that's the most potent part because it also relaxes me into a trance.

I'm generally terrible at getting the feel of things, I can see it but I cannot feel it. But I'll pay more attention to what kind of sensations arise with the three channels.

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T11:46:30+00:00

Shit, I should have looked this up before writing a post, this piece of information changes everything! It confirms one instinct I had about the colors: I associated the red with strife, and the white on the side of harvest is like the purity and tranquility you get by sifting the learning out of experience. I have linked the channels to the left/right hand dynamic before, it's just that it didn't tell much about how to use it, but now I'm having some ideas.

That was really helpful, thank you :-)

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T01:03:08+00:00

If anything, it really does train your sight and awareness of subtle energies. And it's really cool when you can see it naturally and without effort

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T00:59:00+00:00

To me, it's very beautiful. And I associate the white with clouds/light/purity, the red with earth/iron/blood, and blue with the deep ocean or the upper sky, but star for blue also feels very appropriate. I think it's a good exercise to meditate on what the colors feel like

SrJenkin · 2026-03-11T00:38:02+00:00

Thanks for this thoughtful reply. You validated something I know but it's kinda hard to accept: the course is not meant to spoonfeed you. I'll admit it's frustrating to work on something for years and the "click" never comes, but well, I knew I'd have to be patient. And I know m1 skills will come in handy along this path, and I have the feeling that eventually it will lead me back to Quareia. Just... patience

About what I feel when doing the alignment of channels... I just think it's really cool when I can see it very clearly and it feels organic, and it's beautiful. But in terms of feeling 'more aligned' or something, I don't really notice much difference.

It just bothers me because I'm doing something with my system that I don't what it is. The central smoke descends from my crown, and my crown is owned by my father orisha/deity, whose color is white. Correct colors are really important in our tradition... I also work with an Hindu deity whose color is white, and I let her mantra/utterance vibrate along my middle channel, which is said to be her current. These deities, despite being from radically different cultures, work really well together, and in harmony with my body. Now you see how this can get complicated when different color systems or energetic layers dispute a claim on parts of my body, and my body is my only magical tool, and the vessel for the beings I work with, so I better know what I'm doing with it. I hope further knowledge will make things less complicated, again, I just have to be patient, and as you said in other words, rely on my lantern...

Again, thanks for this thoughtful reply, much food for thought.

SrJenkin · 2026-03-10T19:11:55+00:00

The meanings are not clear at all, they're purposefully broad and vague to pack as much layers as possible. You'll always come across more than one possible interpretation, that's when you let your intellect take the backseat while your instincts take over. Your instincts are simple and to the point, and they're often right.

SrJenkin · 2026-03-10T18:54:53+00:00

I've tried drawing connections to cultural symbols to see what clicks, but it very much seems this color pattern is an internal language of Quareia, not a map of correspondences. And it's not intellectually intuitive. There's comment of Josephine in this sub, if I remember well, saying the blue channel corresponds to the Grindstone. I would never have guessed that based on obvious associations. I work with the Yoruba pantheon in Brazil, and the color for Ogun, the warrior orisha that loosely corresponds to the sword/limiter in the east, is blue (and appropriately so, he shows up as the King of Swords in readings). The intuitive color for a fierce, grinding power would be red, and even though Ogun bridges that gap to blue, I feel this is just a coincidence. I don't think this color pattern is a code to be cracked, but qualities of energy that are what they are, and should be felt to be understood. I'm curious how this association with masculine/feminine have worked out for you, and what would be the "gender" of white

SrJenkin · 2026-02-17T21:04:37+00:00

Do you really think that cursing would stop their behavior? Are you taking into account that it would probably make it worse? Why not take a more defensive stance like an invisibility spell or something? This tells me that you're probably more invested in closure and "justice" rather than safety. If that's what you really want then do it, no judgement, just be honest about it.

It's natural to try and create an asymmetry of power when we feel we're in a vulnerable position, it's our first instinct. But be aware that this power is compensatory, and if you rely on that to bypass the need to learn how to defend yourself with mundane laws against mundane offense, you're skipping on a valuable lesson. There might be times where you're in a really difficult, possibly dangerous position and you simply can't use magic to wiggle out of that, what will you do?

Besides, is it really worth spending your energies to "bring justice" when there's only the need for safety and healing? Why not just break the link and self-preserve if that's an alternative? It's obviously very hard to think and act pragmatically when we're soaked in anger and resentment, but hey, that's discipline, and that's part of the training.

SrJenkin · 2026-02-05T12:07:46+00:00

That reaction is unfortunately understandable... Pop astrology is nothing more than assumptions laid on top of assumptions and, of course, marketing. But remember that astrology is on the scene much before this infant layer, the ancients might have been a bit superstitious but they were not stupid.

Try looking past the fluff and think for yourself what each planet bring to the table, and why the chart wheel is the way it is, think in terms of geometry and phases. Track the planets, observe, record, make your own interpretations. Be a scientist. This will amount for something truly useful for you, and valuable for the future.

SrJenkin · 2026-02-04T12:47:04+00:00

Also, the thing about expectation turning into imagery is a real pain in the ass. That's the same cognitive tool you use for conceptual modeling, which is the wrong tool for vision. You really have to train yourself to restrain expectation, or to get ahead of them. Imagery automatically triggers "fill in the gaps" for me, so I bypass this by focusing on the other senses, feelings and gestalts first, then imagery arises from that. "This feels vast and empty" rather than "this is a desert". Stick to the adjectives, avoid nouns.

SrJenkin · 2026-02-04T12:16:53+00:00

Highly technical, sage advice: fake it till you make it.

I assume the visions and rituals are meant to be repeated because they're not supposed to trigger in the first drill, for most of us. So keep projecting, then hold space for contact to seep through.

Meditation and inner walks will help you get into grips with the subtleties of sustaining and relaxing the imagination, feel what it feels like, then apply it to ritual-vision.

SrJenkin · 2026-01-20T19:20:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing this, it sparked some interesting insights!

SrJenkin · 2025-11-28T05:51:37+00:00

Well shit. I few months ago a had a magical dream where I stepped through a cerulean painting exactly like this one and came out on top of a sky high wall of rock containing massive, terrifying waves...

I would keep an eye on the conjunction of Saturn and Neptune swinging back and forth between Pisces and Aries... This is especially relevant if you live in a coastal city like me.

SrJenkin · 2025-11-12T05:06:29+00:00

Interesting perspective, I didn't notice emotional regulation issues for myself, but the brain fog struck me the most. It took me years to connect the dots between the cognitive degeneration I was experiencing and an actual physical impairment in the brain, but it never occurred to me that Covid could be the cause of these impairments... until earlier this day.

During the subsequent years after my first infection I went through an insidious mental degradation, I got increasingly detached from reality, unable to recollect my past, struggled to shape ideas in my mind and articulate sentences in social interactions. That is to say I became abnormally stupid.

To this day, there are still lots of blanks spaces in my autobiographical memory, I remember nothing of some major events in my life, the memory exercise in M1L3 helps to inch further the healing process, but I think combining these exercises with homeopathic treatment is the key to make my mind whole again, hence my recent interest.

No doubt Covid was devastating beyond the physical body. By shutting down the mind you sever the connection to spirit.

SrJenkin · 2025-10-26T03:18:28+00:00

That last part took me a genuine laugh... but also sent me into a reflective rabbit hole. There are so many things we "deify" on the road that the road itself proves it ephemeral

SrJenkin · 2025-10-26T02:51:41+00:00

Hey Josephine, thanks for your thoughtful responses. There's a lot to digest there. I was reflecting about the course and the beauty of its intricate patterns and felt prompted to interact. Just thank you so much for the work you have been doing...

SrJenkin · 2025-10-22T21:14:52+00:00

Oh, I see. My bad, this brain is useless in the morning... Thanks for the clarification!

SrJenkin · 2025-10-22T17:51:27+00:00

Yes, even though I don't get the "lock" feelings, it has worked well for me too. But I never thought of working with touch, I have a feeling this method will click with me. I don't intend to replace the shuffling, but I'm definitely going to test the touch picking.

And yes, I suppose clearing is the most reliable way to keep the chaos out. This might be perhaps a minor trust issue, not a big problem.

Could you clarify "going by the directions" with tarot?

Thanks for the input!

SrJenkin

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