Sheba Remy Kharbanda

Creatrix | Visionary | Alchemist

Metaphysics Practice

13 Moons Project

Director

Installation - Five Rivers: A Portrait of Partition

Oral History - Vilayati Tarti/Foreign Land Project

Video

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Words

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Forthcoming

Meditations on Power I
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Moon phase: waxing crescent
Illumination: 20%
Constellation: Sagittarius (my natal Moon!)
Rulership: Jupiter, currently transiting the depths of Scorpio
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We are well into the festival of Sharad Navratri ('Nav' meaning nine and 'Ratri' meaning night), celebrating the 9 forms of the Goddess Durga, *the* symbol of divine feminine power.
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“O Lord! By creating Durga, Thou hast caused the destruction of demons.” - Guru Gobind Singh
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Underlying one of the foundational stories of Navratri (and Durga Puja) is Goddess Durga’s battle (internal and external) with the buffalo demon ( a symbol of forces of ignorance and chaos hidden by outer appearances) in order restore Dharma, or divine cosmic order.
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‘if you use the power of your muscle, your work has a certain lifespan. If you use the power of your mind, your work has a much larger lifespan. If you use the power of your innermost core, your work is eternal...So the most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.’ - Isha Sadhguru
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As we struggle through these paradigm shifts, we are confronted by what are very limited notions of power. Presently, our culture views power through the lens of dominion, domination, and applies it in extractive and exploitative ways. Even in our reactions to this reality we tend to reify this level of consciousness because, to quote Augusto Boal, we are “using the master’s tools.” Our hierarchical constructs have taught us to undervalue our personal power and we have as a collective colluded in diminishing and even erasing that of others. Before any outward reality can deliver us from this, we are called to shift our personal relationship to these dynamics.
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“As in consciousness, so on Earth.”

Family/familie/familia. A whistle stop pitstop in MTL post-BMC. Full hearts and even fuller bellies 💙🦋

More precious BMC memories. These courtesy my adopted brother 🙏🏾💙🍄

Gratitude in abundance 🙏🏾🦋💙
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