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Michael Caruso
Design For Holistic Living
"One of the stranger characteristics of our western civilization has been its refusal to think and feel in terms of cyclic processes. Our civilization has always emphasized, often with tragic results, man's capacity for transcending his natural biopsychic state-the state which dominates all instinctual and tribal forms of social organization, and to effect such a transcending through the use of intellectual analyses and mental abstractions. This requires separation of the mind and its organizer, the ego, from natural instincts and, in a sense, from all natural processes. It impels the ego mind to glorify itself in opposition to biological demands and to imagine itself supreme ruler of life functions and their cyclic rhythms."
Dane Rudhyar
The Circle Squared is a design and consulting service which addresses the separation of "The Ego Mind" (our individual identity) from natural processes, and offers ways to re-integrate them. It is our understanding that this separation from, and opposition to, the natural order of the life is at the root of most modern dis-ease, stress and disorientation.
Various metaphors can be used to describe this current condition of human dysfunction. It could be said that, individually and collectively, we are not in harmony with the larger natural universe that has given us birth and sustains us; or, that we are a cacophony to nature's symphony; or, that we are out of alignment with the web of life. Mentally we go through our days dissociated from the matrix of our being, and sooner or later our physical bodies and circumstances follow. Many of us are lost and the maps we have been using to return home are only leading us further astray.
We need guidance. But where is the authority on these matters? That guidance no longer seems to be in the rational mind, in books or in any human institution. TCS believes that guidance is inherent within us and in our relationship with nature. However, we must learn to look and listen in a new way; or perhaps in an old way which our dissociated minds have forgotten, but our heart, feelings and bodies remember. We need a fresh re-entrainment in our daily lives to help us once again become an integral part of the healthy web of life, part of the symphony that is our natural birthright.
The Circle Squared is a service that offers a way to understand and integrate with both our own natures and the larger nature of which we are part. Using disciplines born in a time before the human identity abstracted and separated itself from the organic matrix of life, TCS is both interpretation and design.
The astrological map - one's individual horoscope - is a mandala of the basic components of the solar system as perceived from the earth at the place and time one was born. It reflects the "archetypal disposition" of the universe that each of us uniquely embodies. It reveals our natural intent. With the help of this ancient and timeless tool we can begin to re-familiarize ourselves with our more true and essential selves and come to the realization that we are a unique facet of the greater intent of creation. Thus we can be, as intended, co-creators.
With that beginning we can re-design our daily lives in such a way that the outer environment we create is in accord with the inner, while both are in ecological harmony with earth and sky. This design process involves another perspective given to us from pre-patriarchal times, namely, geomancy. Although most dictionaries define geomancy as "earth divination", we use it here in the sense of human ecology: the whole body relationship of humans to their environment.
During these transformative times, with their great uncertainty and equally great promise, these new paradigms can offer a guidance and understanding that is based on the patterns, rhythms, cycles and harmonies of life itself, the only real securities that can be trusted. They offer experiential proof of the integrity of body and soul and the unity of all life.
The Circle Squared holds that its perspective, in the words of the late John Michell, is "one that is rooted in nature and reflects no particular theory or ideology".
Initial astrological consultations:
Recorded 2-hour sessions (approx.) by phone or in person. $150/session
Subsequent consultations: $75/hour
Re-alignment series: An in-depth exploration of your personal unfoldment and integration.
6, 1 hour sessions. $375/series
Holistic environment and lifestyle consultation and/or design: $75/hour
Lectures and workshops: Fees and locations by arrangement
Appointments can be made by phone or email
520-818-4242
E-mail: <thecirclesquared.mc@gmail.com>
Bio
Michael Caruso has over 25 years of experience as an architectural designer, astrologer, and holistic living consultant. He shares his knowledge with groups around the country and offers personal guidance sessions for individuals. Michael is originally from the New York area, has lived throughout the southwest, and has recently relocated to Virginia.
