The StarWheel Sutras speak a language of metaphors, inner intuition and archetypal symbols. They express the perennial spiritual wisdom from many traditions. They launch many possible interpretations but let you pick your own.
[This description of the StarWheel Sutras is intentionally repeated on every Sutra page.]
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SW 013 — Xan-A-Door
Exploration
The Exploration of Xan,
the surprise land of the beyond.
Leaving the dusty shoes outside,
one opens the door:
the next iris-mandala is revealed.
Blinking the eye three times, one keeps jumping.
How much are you willing to surrender to emptiness?
When the eyes are closed, the vision is inside;
when the eyes are open, one can see oneself in others.
When one turns the eyes to heaven, the great water is crossed.
Holding on to the background, the action is missed;
staying in the foreground, one is agitated.
When you are dancing the universe,
the audience bursts into applause.
Life happens inside an ongoing doorway.
SW 014 — Hunab Ku
Nourishment
The eye-lotus
seeing the sweep-beam from Galactic Center.
An umbilical cord to our cosmic parent.
One draws Nourishment from the Source:
the more you draw, the better the flow.
No hurry to Be.
End of thirst.
Sunlight and night in a single great year:
the grids of perception spiral to unveil higher realms.
We are safely embraced by loving guiding arms.
Creation comes and goes.
You the Source stay.
Are you ready for the whirlpool galaxy of your ecstasy?
Source pouring into Source.
A sweet surrender.
SW 015 — Puja Mandir
Implosion
Implosion vortex calling you to center.
What happens after the jump?
Looking into the past to retrieve hidden treasures,
looking into the future to gather carrying waves.
At center now, spontaneous singing
and contagious bubbly dancing.
It is auspicious to create oneself as a vibrational temple:
a sacred altar of perfect convergence
to redistribute the spirit life force.
Breathing the universe in,
we are outpouring merry love to all.
As the inner lovers hold hands together,
a larger being appears above the body.
Cascade of harmonics.
Unison.
SW 016 — Hyper Bloom
Transfer
1987
A Frequency Flower whose fragrance ascends to Source.
A navigation diaphragm expanding
& contracting in organic pulses.
A sky ladder unfolding archetypal steps
sequenced as blossoming polygons.
The interplay of petals are the seasons of life
leading to timely blooming: supra-dimensional Transfer.
Ratios between orbits speak of the Golden Number.
Powers of two & three alternate the polarities of energy.
At 12:00, a tiara-headed being.
The tiara head-dress is a royal crown - a power antenna.
You are invited to display & explore
your own crown chakra
and its many regal gates to infinity.
SW 017 — Blossom Flower
Bliss
In perfect timing,
the beautiful bud of teenage blossoms & turns into a flower.
The flower collects light and gives off fragrance
while nurturing its fruit.
In turn, the new seed sprouts... Nature is fullfilled.
Between the petals, one can always see the sky.
Between the facets of life, there are entire universes.
Receiving light like a flower, one expands into bearing fruit.
The flower is the adult age, an enticing time of outward power.
Bliss is the fruit of your full flowering,
when the age of wisdom brings the bounty of inner harvest.
An overwhelming burst of Spirit Light, at the center of Being...
Fulfillment in Self.
In Bliss, the seed is the flower is the fruit.
In Being, the Beauty is the Power is the Wisdom.
SW 018 — Torus Beam
Spinning
The Cosmic Dance between line & curve, form & wave,
position & motion, rock & river, spirit & body.
Oftentimes we slow down reality to a near stop:
we freeze-perceive life as objects or people as fixed features.
This is the beautiful play of physical interaction:
this is how we are taught to survive and recognize our friends.
Yet there is a complementary and vaster way of perceiving:
speeding up reality
to see the energy swirling in & around forms.
Seeing a larger range of frequencies: a more complete vision.
This StarWheel offers a practice in perception-yoga:
place your slow-motion thoughts & beliefs in the center cup -
then bring them to a faster vibration
by Spinning the spiral arms.
The jewels of form are re-placed
within their spirit matrix.
SW 019 — Hexa-Gate
Meta-Morphosis
The crystalline geometries of the hexa-gram
are as simple as a snow flake,
yet as potent as a star-gate.
In the baby park,
one plays at first with the guardians of destiny:
the four masks in the corners are the empty shells left behind.
As you cycle through the 48 rounds of your Sacred Journey,
the doors to the six inner pyramids open up
to let you explore
your unique way to a higher matrix of light:
the translucent web swirling to center.
Standing within the Light Spiral
you are merging with a new self,
carrying in your soul memory the full knowledge
of the six worlds of incarnation and the six bardos of transition.
Meta-Morphosis
SW 020 — Quad-Ra-Dance
Accomplishment
You are standing on the ground floor of a tall circular tower.
Now,
gently let yourself float up to explore your surroundings.
It is a Spirit Dance of completion:
in a swift inner glance, you review all your life stories:
actions & intentions, emotions & decisions,
colors, sounds & scents...
The grass grew up, the grain matured & got harvested.
Now, the bread is shared and, in turn, the new seeds are set aside.
It is an Accomplishment to have done it all
and yet to remain in Source, through all the tribulations.
In the four directions, the ageless guardians dispense their wisdom.
The quadratic Grid of Light waveguides the next Temple of Life.
When it is all over, Who is left?
SW 021 — Padma Terra
Convergence
The four races are the four directions of projected creation.
Emerging from the evolutionary cross-currents
of mass incarnation,
spirited pioneers herald starry skies of planetary oneness.
New generations spring forth,
a seed crystal within their hearts.
The old linear crux of Babel confusion is discarded
and the karmic curvature of Being is revealed anew.
Enter this mandala with a spherical perception:
the four colors of planetary consciousness
are arching back into Center.
Each being becomes a full source-parent,
unifying all soul lineages.
Humankind is now resurrected into a higher rainbow dance:
serving the whole Circle-Hoop of Cosmic Terra.
Convergence
SW 022 — Octa-Gate
Vision
The ancient systems of knowledge are breaking open,
revealing forgotten glimpses of layered realities.
Secret chambers within the cube and the pyramid
unfold inside out.
Opaque walls turn into windows and projection screens.
Through curved lenses of rainbow light,
a new omni-directional Vision is revealed:
we are primordial Spheres of Being.
The eight directions extend into galactic high-ways.
The eight-fold path reaches escape velocity.
The geomantic Pa Kua is cubing the planetary sphere.
Each new vista is a fractal self-portrait.
We have re-entered the omni-gate holo-verse.
We are the keepers of Love
Blessing the star-avenues of creation.
SW 023 — Yellow Castle
Glory
In the primal garden of the Yellow Castle,
where the flowing river meets the Magic Lake,
there lives the Golden Flower.
Do you still remember?
If you blow three times very gently
and make the flower blossom
for three seasons in an instant,
the light of noon will fill the thousand nights,
the sparkle in your eye will reveal the radiance of your heart
and shining will be your new breathing.
This is the flower of your full Glory.
You are inside - heart of joy,
outside is you again - made of sky.
Now the boat of life sails silently
on the magic lake of the Yellow Castle.
SW 024 — Pagoda Heaven
Happiness
1988
A display of heavenly fire-works. It is festivity time.
The central burst of Light becomes the many tongues
speaking of new worlds, endlessly.
A spark of Spirit is dropped into the Ocean of Milk:
myriad splashes are born creating their own droplets.
One is Many.
The Sourcing Hostess is welcoming countless guests.
Over the horizon, earthling pagodas point up to alignment
with their lacy celestial counterparts.
Pagodas are evolutionary vortical star-streams:
they live for an instant on the wings of a drop of light,
bridging universes & connecting galaxies.
The living fingers of creation lovingly reach out from the Holy Hand.
Each pagoda whirls like a prayer wheel to sound forth
a unique modulation on the basic mantra of life:
Joyous Happiness: Many is One.