I can experience the actual dumbbell in a dark green suede fabric. I could feel myself holding the cones and a need to press them flat. I 'woke up' today and was holding the peach satin pillow sham I sewed for my bed, more specifically flattening the outside pleats of the sham.

Pleats link with According Pleats and Zoroaster, Z.

This pattern was depicted in a 1999 Crop Circle

Also ... Spiraling Cones of Creation, 12 around 1 to form grids of experience

The dumbbell or barbell motif, like the spirals of consciousness, can be found in the art work and symbology of many ancient cultures, each one representing something specific, yet in all cultures meaning communications between, or merging of, 2 realms.

When above and below merge at Zero Point balance is restored

A dumbbell is also a weight. We 'wait' for the merge.

Tuesday I found the 2 articles below for Ezine, and suddenly metaphors became magic through alchemy, and all made sense ... Everything in my life now speaks of Creation ...

Researchers Say Microscope Can See Atoms AP , "Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of silicon in a crystal."

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AUTUMN IN NY 2001- AFTER 9/11