Body Mind Spirit Guide 2022 09

BODY MIND SPIRIT GUIDE

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John Ashbrook

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Penny Golden

Roxanne Kuchciak

Miche Lame’

Ellen Livingston

Aluna Michaels

Laura Moody

Melody Simmons

Phil Rosenbaum

Barbra White

Raelyn Williams PhD

Nikki Wisniewski

Eve Wilson

Chef Valerie Wilson

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My Journey with Human Design

By Melody Simmons

On New Year’s Eve of 2020, I had scheduled a reading with a psychic medium TeeJay, aka the Half-Assed Witch. This reading would become one of the most important readings I would ever have. It set me on the path that I am living today. At the time, I was living with my fiancé and our dog. We lived on site of the apartments homes I worked at, a job that brought me down mentally and emotionally. I was unhappy, but my fiancé was content with me doing this job. He was always concerned that I didn’t have a traditional career; this caused tension in the 6-year relationship. I just wanted to be happy, and he just wanted to make money.

The reading I had with TeeJay, whom I found through Instagram, was lifechanging. Since the subject of career was such a contentious spot in my relationship, I needed help getting clarity on what I should be doing with my life. When I asked what my career path is, she asked her guides, and she replied, “Oh, you must love numbers.”. I was taken aback; me, loving numbers?! That didn’t seem correct, as I’m terrible with math. I told her this, and she replied, “Well, I don’t know what to say to you, but you’re going to go into Human Design.

I had never heard of Human Design before, and I was nervous to investigate it because of the numbers, but I would come to find out that Human Design is not really about numbers. I put the idea of Human Design aside as I had some cleaning house to do. During that reading, they informed me that my ancestors and his ancestors were in a turf war, and because I work with my ancestors, my team was “winning.” After the reading, I decided that the relationship with my fiancé was not a

relationship I wanted to continue. In the end, there were no “winners,” just broken hearts and a displaced Melody. I decided to leave my apartment and let my former partner have it; I then moved in with a friend.

The following six months were me trying to get back on my feet. I was still at the job that I didn’t like, but I got a promotion and was able to stop working with the coworker that was making me miserable. It turns out. Still, I was not too fond of the job, and having more responsibility in a job that stressed me out made me like it even less. I intuitively knew for months that I didn’t belong there. At the end of June, I decided it was time to investigate Human Design; what I discovered was life-changing, both mentally and spiritually.

The Human Design System comprises five different practices: Quantum Physics, Eastern and Western Astrology, The Hindu Chakra System, The Kabbalah Tree of Life, and the Ancient Chinese I’ Ching. To calculate your Human Design, all you need is your birth date, time, and location. Once I put my birth information into a Human Design generator, my Human Design body graph was calculated, and the first thing I noticed was my Aura Type – Projector.

There are five aura types: Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector, Manifestor, and Reflector. Each aura type has its separate strategy. The strategy tells us the best way to navigate our lives. Being a Projector, I learned that I must wait for the invitation. This information blew my mind. I was conditioned to “go out there and just get it done.” This type of thinking can work for certain aura types such as a Generator, Manifesting Generator, or a Manifestor, but learning my Human Design aura type told me that wasn’t the way a Projector should go about life. When it comes to life’s important decisions, such as career, relationships, and where you live, I must

be invited to it. To know if the invitation is right for me, I rely on my Authority, my spleen.

My Spleen?! I was so lost; what does that mean? I had so many questions that I had to answer. I was pulled to learn everything I could on Human Design. Simultaneously, I felt another spiritual awakening within me. I became manic, needing to know everything I could about Human Design and the Human Design of those around me. I began obsessively researching online and listened to podcasts with a guest who could read the Human Design body graph. I finally found and purchased Human Design books and got down to business. I knew I had to share what I learned with the world; I quit that job and began my career as a Human Design Reader.

With all this new knowledge, I began my experiment; I would wait for the invitation, which made all the difference. I had been learning and reading the Human Design bodygraph for about a year when I felt compelled to check out the Enlightened Soul Center & Shop in Ann Arbor. I drove past it quite a bit but was never able to make it in. Until I had a break in my day and decided it was time to go inside. I walked in, and the first person I met was Amy Garber, the owner of the ESC. We talked, and I told her I read Human Design charts. Surprisingly, she knew about Human Design and invited me to read at her shop. So now, every Thursday, you can find me professionally reading charts from 1-5 PM. I was also invited to join in on their Psychic Fairs that run on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month.

If you are interested in knowing why you are the way you are or need guidance on how to properly navigate your life, feel free to make an appointment with me or walk in on Thursdays into the Enlightened Soul Center and ask for Melody.

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Feeling Groovy

By Laura Moody

When I was growing up I remember a song on the radio. “ Slow down you move to fast, you got to make the morning last”. The song’s lyrics were about feeling “groovy”, or in today’s English, “feeling good”. I believe it is everyone’s desire to “feel good”, emotionally and physically. We all want to be happy.

So how do we attain that happiness when life throws us lemons? How do we push past the physical and emotional pain? I am not sure I have the answer to this question, but I do have some thoughts that I would like to share with you. It’s about slowing down our thoughts and learning how to be present in the now. Many of us find ourselves either stuck in the past or worried about the future, and often miss what is being presented right in front of us. The universe is always working for “our good” and is always trying to help us reach a place of balance. We just need to remember who we really are. I believe we are spiritual beings living in a physical existence. I believe we are all here on this earth currently to evolve and grow. I believe we are here to experience joy and happiness. Focus on enjoying each moment. Even if the moment is unpleasant, try to find something good out of it. If you are sick, work on changing your thoughts to “I am getting better each day”. If you are sad, focus on a happy time and change your moment.

I find when I run too much, I lose my balance. I lose my joy. Focus on slowing down and just breathe. If you are dissatisfied with your situation, focus on things and ideas that make you happy. See yourself as centered and whole. Jesus said, the “kingdom is within”, the Buddha said, ““Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”. Guard your thoughts, fill them with positive and pleasant ideas. Raise your frequency by meditation. These are just a few suggestions of slowing down to stay in the moment.

There is power in the Now. Elkhart Tolle author and speaker said ““Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.” “You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” You are unique, magical and perfect. It’s time to slow down and breathe. I encourage each one of you to take a few minutes each day and just breathe. Focus on a chalkboard, see it blank with the chalk on the easel. Draw a picture or a word. Let’s start with the word “Joy”. See yourself as “joy”. “Joy” is coming out of every cell in your body. See yourself as feeling “groovy”. Now we see the word “love”. See yourself as “love”. Love is coming out of every cell in your body. Now we go to the word “health”. See yourself as “health”. Every cell in your body is “healthy”. And add any words to the chalk board you want to create. Stay in the now moment with this exercise. You will all experience a shift in your energy.

Laura Moody is a psychic medium who offers confidential readings by phone. For more on Laura go to: www.readingsbylaura.net

Autumn Leaves

Thoughts are like leaves on a tree, they create a space to live and be...

From spring till fall they grow

and grow

When Autumn comes we let them go...

Each thought had it’s day in the sun, We loved and hated them one by one...

Now we watch them gently fall away, creating natures beautiful display...

And as they go our burdens leave too, balance and harmony naturally ensue…

Penny Golden

Why Do I Feel Anxious Lately?

By Eve Wilson

People are more inclined to feel anxiety since the COVID pandemic. There is a good reason for this which has to do with the transformation we are undergoing called ascension. COVID is an ascension virus, helping people to raise our vibration into unity with our Higher Selves. It has helped us release genetic blocks to that unity, letting us ascend to our greater potential.

Since pandemic restrictions lifted, many people have been surprised to feel anxious about work and social interactions; wanting to isolate more than expected. That isn’t because they are psychologically malfunctioning! We have changed in good and essential ways and can’t return to who we were before. We need to understand who we are now and learn to respond to life in new ways.

Who we were before was built on the old world platform of separation between human consciousness and spiritual reality. That separation was a temporary phase of evolution designed to create individual beings out of the great, spiritual Oneness of Everything. All the challenges of life up until now have been helping us to evolve our individual selves until they are strong enough to carry our own unique Higher Self within the created world. In our current phase of evolution, we are leaving that “old world workout gym” to ascend back into spiritual unity. We are reclaiming that beautiful spiritual reality we were born from, but now we return as many sovereign individuals. This is the journey of ascension into the new world. The COVID virus was a significant tool to free us from the lower energies of separation so we can raise our vibration into unity and wholeness.

Why people feel anxious is because they are re-entering life as new individuals. Mentally, they expect to be who they were in the past.

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defined us, by having to stay home, we began to experience a more intuitively and spiritually directed reality. The virus transformed us genetically, and the social isolation allowed us to form the deeper relationship with ourselves that we needed.

Upon entering the outer world again, we need to hold onto this deeper relationship with ourselves.

It is part of the new world experience to each live guided by unity with Higher Self instead of being pulled in every direction by outside influences. Upon encountering outer influences, anxiety may be felt if we let our vibrations drop lower again. That happens when we respond in habitual ways, not empowered and true to ourselves. The anxious feeling may be telling us to hold onto ourselves, to stay centered, to enjoy the moment and the relationships but not give our power away or lose ourselves as in the past. This new reality requires us to discover how to be true to ourselves and be part of the world too. It will take practice to learn who we are and how we interface with others now that we are ascending.

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Protein in Plant-Based Food

By Val Wilson

Where is the protein in a plant-based vegan or vegetarian diet? I have been asked that question many times over the years of teaching cooking classes. My answer is simple and explains that there is plenty of protein in a plant-based, vegan or vegetarian diet. All foods that grow out of mother earth have protein. Even fruit has a small amount of protein. You get plenty of protein when you eat a diet consisting of whole plants from mother earth. The only situation you would have to be concerned you were not getting enough protein is if you are relying on packages, processed or refined vegan or vegetarian foods as your primary food source.

Determining how much protein you need per day can be confusing. There are factors to consider: age, weight, and activity level. The nutritional guidelines offer some help. However, I believe they recommend more protein than we need (that is a discussion for another time). An average would be 10 to 25 % of your daily intake or 20 to 30 g. per meal. That is very easy to achieve when eating whole, Plantbased, vegan or vegetarian food.

I will break down the following recipe to illustrate the amount of protein in this recipe. Tempeh - 45 g. Quinoa - 4 g. Mushrooms - 1.7 g. Peas - 4 g. Broccoli - 6 g. Carrots - 5.5 g. Arugula - .3 g. Sunflower Seeds - 6.18 g. Total protein - 72.68 g.

Quinoa Tempeh Broccoli Salad with Sunflower Seeds

Put the tempeh in a food processor and puree to crumble the tempeh.

Put the tempeh, mushrooms, 1 T. olive oil, and 2 T. tamari in a sauté pan. On medium heat, brown the tempeh.

Turn off the heat and add 1/4 tsp. Paprika.

Put the tempeh in a large mixing bowl to cool.

To cook the quinoa, put in a pot the 1/2 cup quinoa and 1 cup water, bring to a boil, reduce to the lowest possible temperature, cover and simmer for 15 minutes until all the water has been absorbed.

Turn off the heat and let sit for 5 minutes.

1 (8 oz.) package of tempeh

1/2 cup mushrooms (chopped small)

1 T. olive oil

2 T. tamari

1/4 tsp. paprika

1/2 cup quinoa

1 cup water

1/2 cup frozen peas

2 cups broccoli (cut up)

1/2 cup grated carrots

1/2 cup arugula (cut up)

1/4 cup toasted sunflower seeds

1 tsp. dulse flakes

1 tsp. olive oil

1/2 tsp. sea salt

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Add the hot quinoa to the mixing bowl.

While the quinoa is still hot, mix in the frozen peas. The heat will lightly steam the peas. Steam the broccoli until fork tender (approx. 5 minutes) and add to the bowl. Let the ingredients in the bowl cool to room temperature before adding the ingredients: carrots, arugula, sunflower seeds, dulse flakes, olive oil, and sea salt. Mix everything, serve at room temperature or refrigerate and serve cold.

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Spiritual Parenting

By John Ashbrook

At no time in history has there been more emphasis on the importance of being an effective parent. The critical aspect of helping children to grow up and become productive, responsible, mature adults with the skills to deal with the everyday trials of life on earth is of prime importance to more and more parents in society. Parenting today is much more than providing love, security, and material things for children. It is about teaching children to recognize and deal with their fears, insecurities, and personal problems. Every parent wants their child to grow up and have the most fulfilling life possible. The parents want for their children better health, greater prosperity, and deeper, more satisfying personal relationships, but at the same time, they wonder how they can really help their children to make these things possible.

It is important to realize and fully grasp this truth: your children pick you as their parents. They do this for some very good reasons. Earth is a school, and for a soul who is preparing to incarnate here, it is critical to their education to choose the right teachers. Every child born is here to learn very specific spiritual lessons which, if mastered, will aid them in the purification of their soul. These lessons vary from child to child, so it is critically important for each child to end up in the right situation with the right parents (teachers) in order to further their spiritual development. An effort is made in the spirit world prior to birth to help each soul being incarnated to choose parents that have a similar psychological disposition to their own. The idea being that the parents have the same fears and spiritual

problems as the child being born to them, and since they have experience with these problems, they are at least somewhat capable of teaching their child how to deal with these negative traits. Understand that the parents and the child also have similar positive traits, and the parents can also aid the child in manifesting these aspects as well. This process of choosing one’s parents is much more complex than is being illustrated here, but the goal of the right child for the right parents is always

similar to you, so it is highly likely that where you have problems with life, so do they, and at the same time, where you have talents, they also have similar talents. If you are perfectionistic, they may also be perfectionistic. If you are impatient, they may also be impatient. If you have creative talent and you express that to the world, they probably also have creative talent and will learn to express their beauty by observing how you do it. If you spill milk in the kitchen and get angry and stressed over it, and your little child is sitting on the kitchen floor watching you, then you can bet that they will react in a similar fashion when they spill milk. The point is, the child is reflective of your own immaturity. Your spiritual maturity and your child’s spiritual maturity are equal. You are responsible for setting a mature example for your children, and in order to do that, you must recognize, face and dissolve your problems in full view of them. The simplicity and beauty of spiritual parenting is a win/win situation. You deal with your shortcomings in front of a child, and you automatically teach and help them to deal with theirs.

achieved, even if it may not look that way to the casual earthly observer. The child’s plan of life is the result of numerous factors, including karma, The Law of Attraction, and the accumulated effects of past incarnations.

Armed with the aforementioned information, it is possible to achieve a higher, more profound level of spiritual parenting. From the time your child is born, they are watching you, observing what you do and how you deal with life. After all, you are their chosen teacher. Remember, they are psychologically

Your observed behavior either verifies or begins to re-program your child’s unconscious psychological tendencies so that when they, at some point in their life, are faced with similar situations, they will deal with them according to what they saw you do. Remember, it’s not what you tell them; it is what they see you do that makes the difference. The more responsible you are in dealing with your life, the more responsible they will be with theirs. It is also important to realize that your children will be observing your behavior until you leave the planet, so it is never too late for you to help them change and have a more fulfilling life. Of course, the

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earlier in life you make changes, the earlier in life your children benefit from what they observe you doing, from your spiritual growth.

This is the time in history where humankind can really begin to progress by leaps and bounds. Spiritual parenting is a critical element in the creation of a more enlightened, highly evolved, and spiritual population. The grand goal of this level of parenting is that each generation will learn its lessons and progress spiritually at an earlier age until we reach the point where spiritually mature parents will be capable of affecting real change in the spiritual development of their offspring while they are still young children! When this happens, we will have the best of both worlds – a population with the maturity, wisdom, confidence, and security that comes with age and at the same time the adventurous, creative, joyful free-flowing exuberance of eternal youth.

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Is Your Critical Inner Voice Causing You Distress?

By Phil Rosenbalm

Do you ever catch yourself saying negative things to yourself? Have you ever considered taking a reasonable risk and thinking it’s not going to work? For example, you might contemplate asking for a raise at work and think, “I’ll never get that raise.” Or perhaps you want to ask a person out, but you discard the idea because you’re convinced they won’t be interested. Or maybe it’s starting a business or writing a book and thinking it’s never going to happen. Or perhaps something as familiar as “I’ll never be able to quit smoking or lose weight.”

We all have a critical inner voice. The question is, does it control you, or do you control it? Sometimes the critical inner voice says things like, “you’re not smart enough,” “you’re not good-looking enough,” or “you’re not good enough.” Thoughts like this can be devastating. This critical inner voice decreases your self-esteem, makes you feel guilty and ashamed, and limits your ability to have a fulfilling life.

Sometimes you are aware of these thoughts, and other times they’re at a subconscious level. These thoughts, which usually begin in your childhood, will still be with you as an adult. Do you tend to berate yourself when you make a mistake? Do you yell at yourself when you make a mistake in a sport? If so, does it improve your game? More than likely, it does not. This negativity is your critical inner voice at work.

Many of these messages come from your parents, teachers, siblings, caregivers, classmates, or even “friends.” In a study conducted several years ago where the researchers followed parents and children around in different stores and recorded the remarks the parents said to their children. The vast majority of the statements were negative or critical. Well,

under half were positive. Is it any wonder so many people have a lot of negative beliefs about themselves? How can you possibly have a fulfilling life when continually telling yourself these negative messages? As mentioned earlier, all of these negative beliefs are going to reduce your self-esteem.

Jack Canfield, Harvard psychologist and author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, discusses his “poker chip” theory regarding self-esteem. He believes self-esteem can be likened to having poker chips. If you have high self-esteem, it’s like having a lot of poker chips; low self-esteem is like having only a few poker chips. The more poker chips you have, the more you are willing to take chances. Similarly, with low self-esteem, you will not take too many risks. You “can’t afford” to lose. This critical inner voice causes you to have fewer “poker chips.”

Low self-esteem will cause you to believe you won’t be able to handle rejection or that you won’t achieve your goal. Fear of not being able to deal with failure can cause a great deal of anxiety, resulting in being unwilling to try new things or take risks that could benefit you. If you want a happy and fulfilling life, getting this critical inner voice under control is essential.

One way to accomplish this is with the use of hypnotherapy. A certified hypnotherapist can help you find where these critical negative messages are coming from and then help you eliminate them and replace them with healthier messages. Hypnosis deals with the subconscious part of the mind and can determine how you came to accept these unhealthy beliefs. You will then realize that you no longer have to hold on to these beliefs.

If you want to learn more about hypnotherapy, please call Phillip Rosenbaum at 248-688-6469. My office is in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Don’t let this critical inner voice stop you from having a happy and fulfilling life.

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A. If your negative self-image began in a “Past Life,” hypnosis will help by going to that “time-space coordinate” where the pattern began, releasing and clearing it at that point, and then reframing it from a Higher Perspective. If the cause of the problem began in “This Lifetime,” and we guide you to a “Past Life,” you may have missed the boat, so to speak, and it isn’t being addressed as best it should. Instead, we would ask your Higher Self to guide your subconscious mind to go to the cause of that problem, wherever it began in time and space, to release and clear it. Remember, the subconscious knows exactly when and where the problem began and can be guided to take you to that time-space coordinate where it is best to resolve it. Sometimes we may go to a lesser experience when needed to gently begin to release it. A Certified Hypnotherapist should be helpful to guide you in a safe and productive way for your highest good and truth and light and healing. This may take up to 3 sessions. Some people do well with less, and some may need a few more. Each person is unique, as is the problem that they choose to resolve. Look at our directory to find a hypnotherapist in your area.

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Did you ever ask: “Why is my neck so tight!” Did you know our emotions and energy affect our bodies directly? This is, of course, the mind-body connection. When we have discomfort in our body, it’s our body’s way of asking for compassionate selfawareness and love.

We physically restrict parts of our body’s energy and health…. as a form of protection. The neck and throat are our places of self-expression. Maybe this is why neck pain is so common. We don’t feel safe to be ourselves? Humans are the only animal that literally unconsciously kills themselves --as a form of protection.

Humans that have been marginalized, systemically disempowered, or have a trauma history will suffer this ‘selfprotective’ shutdown the most (women, people of color). However, forcing ourselves to express ourselves is also not the answer. Radical self-love is embracing these parts of ourselves that need to be loved and held. (Especially the parts trying to protect us) Trying to push through them or force your expression out aggressively will only retraumatize YOU.

Growing and unfolding slowly, gently….like a flower actually leads to richer and more powerful expressions. It’s the opposite of our industrial growth, chronic individualism, hyper masculinespirituality b.s. teaches us. Real healing takes time. Healing at the pace of nature and the nervous system will not disempower someone….it will lead to enjoying everyday life AND healing.

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You are NOT your ego or your personality!

By Miche Lame

We are, ultimately, made of love and light. Only our egos keep us stuck and in the dark, feeding the dark and letting it grow stronger, taking more control over our lives. We have the ability to take control back and stop feeding the ego. The first step is acknowledging that limited, childish ego that no longer serves us. And this is easier to do when we also acknowledge gratitude for that ego that had helped us survive our youth. Also, knowing the negative ego is inherited in our D.N.A., as shown by science, can be helpful as this makes the identification of the ego objective rather than personal.

Our ego is, in essence, our personality, which we have developed through genetics and environment to keep us apparently safe in this physical world.

Since our ego is in our very D.N.A., inherited and fed by our experiences as children, it takes energy and effort along with an open and accepting mind to identify this ego that we have accidentally identified with our very self. We have forgotten who we are. This ego is just a role we have at one point chosen to play as it makes us feel safe at the time, and if it works once, we use it over and over till we think it’s the real us. We forget the unlimited love and light, the greatness, the divinity we are. We make ourselves small and safe by becoming this limited ego. The ego is just our personality and is temporary. Our egos and personality are not our spirit, our true selves. Our spirit is eternal and is of love and light, nothing else. No negativity is within that love and light.

What is this ego that we are talking about? It is composed of any negative, limiting beliefs we have adopted and act on. Even the belief that we have to be perfect to ascend or go to heaven can be limiting us in our greatness of love and light from the heart, Source. Look within and see how that could be.

So if we are love and light, how can we get back to the greatness we already are? We must lovingly start delving into the layer of mud covering our divine self. I see our spirits like a diamond that we have covered with a layer of mud so

we can fit in or have the illusion of being strong and powerful - both are applicable to seemingly survive the jungle of our physical world, which is based on our perception through the eyes of our ego.

What if we allowed ourselves to feel vulnerable and experience seeing the world through the eyes of love and light? Feel love for our Self? Have compassion for those who have lost their way off the path of love and light? Including patience and compassion for ourselves when we find ourselves off that path.

Having total love and acceptance begins with ourselves. If we are unable to love and accept ourselves, we are unable to truly love and accept others from the Source. And loving and accepting ourselves begins with our relationship with Source, God. As our relationship on our end with Source grows more thickly connected, and we allow ourselves to let the Creator’s love and light in, we heal that relationship. We can choose which path to follow because we have free will to let ourselves connect to our Creator and let that energy in and the wise guidance we get from our Higher Self. We also have the free will to follow our ego’s path, the path of non-enlightenment.

We experience and create our own problems by cutting off our connection with the Creator and stop seeing our lives through the eyes of love and light. When we connect through our hearts with our Creator, we experience a life of love, abundance, and ease. We can see like the angels from an objective, compassionate, loving view. The stories and excuses, the rationals and limiting beliefs disappear, and we experience the flow of the divine right here, right now, in the present moment.

When we live from the ego, the personality, we forget who we are and experience life as a mess with lots of drama. How about we start allowing ourselves to connect with our Source and go along with the flow of love and light, being our true selves, our divine greatness, the love and light that we are everywhere we go, spreading that love and light, helping transforming our world into the heaven it was always meant to be.

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Unleash Your Quantum Healing Power with Fruit

By Ellen Livingston

It amazes me that fruit has been humbled to the status of a snack, a side dish, a drink, a small dessert, or a colorful garnish….. when in reality, fruit is the one food on this planet most suited for humans. It truly reigns supreme – fruit is our divine superfood! And it serves us best when celebrated as the main dish... our primary natural source of fuel and nutrition. When I decoded this for myself 20 years ago, my life was forever changed. I love it when the truth is beautifully simple.

My love story with fruit has evolved, as all love stories do. I have enjoyed fruit all my life, but now I understand the depth of our symbiotic relationship. Now I see mother nature’s true intentions. And the more I live in the flow of nature’s laws, the better my life feels. I am an idealist, and I like to imagine how fruit could save the whole world! If that sounds radical to you… give me a moment to explain.

Fruit trees, bushes, and vines provide animal and insect habitat, shade, soil enhancement, and clean air to breathe, in addition to an abundance of highly nutritious food for many different beings. Fruit comes in thousands of delicious varieties and provides more vitamins for humans than any other natural food and lots of minerals too. Fruit can even supply our fat and protein needs. It hydrates us with naturally structured water, contains plenty of gentle soluble fiber to absorb our internal toxins, safely sweeps our intestines clean every day, and requires less energy to digest than any other food. Fruit oxygenates our cells and alkalizes our bodies.

Fruit outperforms every other food in helping us create a clean and balanced inner terrain resistant to all diseases. The natural sugars in fruit deliver our needed carbohydrate fuel in the most efficient and nutritious form. An acre of perennial fruit forest supplies vastly more usable food (at a fraction of the cost and energy input) than an acre of grain, an acre of greens and vegetables, or an acre of livestock. Fruit doesn’t require cooking fuel to deliver its abundant nutrients. Can you begin to imagine with me how fruit could save the world?

World peace begins with inner peace. A fruit-based diet and the more natural lifestyle this way of eating has drawn me into is a powerful catalyst for me on my journey toward Selfactualization and inner peace. An endless cycle of vaccinations and medications is not the way to an empowered, healthy community of humans living in peace on this beautiful planet Earth. We all know there is a better solution. Though it is a simpler way, each of us must muster the willingness to take personal responsibility and rise above the information chaos and disempowered group-think of the current collective. In time, the rewards that come with knowing our sovereignty, simultaneously with our beautiful, natural symbiotic connections, are well worth the struggles of the learning curve.

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The Silver Thread: Three Types of Meditation

By Michael Abramsky

There are three basic types of medication

1.) Single Point. In single-point meditation, we focus on one thing and give it our complete attention. The object is to tune out everything else, so the mind does not wander but stays fixed on one “object .” There are a variety of objects we can fixate upon.

The Breath. The most common form of Buddhist meditation is to focus on the breath. The meditator observes their breath as it enters through the nose on the inhale and travels down through the body. When the lungs are full, there is a brief pause, and the exhale begins. Commonly, the mind will wander, and when it does, the meditator notices the movement of the mind and then gently returns to the breath. It is often the case that the meditator may label the wandering, for example, “thinking .” This effectively stops the wandering and facilitates a return to the breath.

Mantra Meditation. In Mantra meditations, the meditator repeatedly repasts a sound, phrase, or word, excluding extraneous thoughts. The exact sound generally has meaning within that system of practice. In Transcendental Meditation, a word is given to the meditator with a special significance that captures his essence. In Tantric tradition, the sound, a biga, activates and balances a particular Chakra or energy center. In Jewish traditions, meditators may focus on the multiple names of God, to Cleve to God (devekut).

Pranayama. Prana is the life force in Hindu culture. The breath is the igniting force of the deity. (In the Judeo-Christian tradition, God breaths into the earth to create man, signifying that man is of the earth and the spirit) As a practice, it is associated with breath—formal practice in the various Hindu traditions generally supersets Pranayama from formal meditation.

2.) Mindfulness Meditation.

Mindfulness Meditation is thought to be Buddhism’s contribution to meditation. Rather than focusing on a single object in Mindfulness Meditation, we take the role of an observer and watch the flow of our thoughts, feelings, and sensation which emanate. The writer Jack Kornfield has used the analogy of a screen door, meaning that everything passes through, but nothing sticks. Rather than stop the flow of the mind, we just observe it.

The Enemy in mindfulness meditation is attachment or fixation. A thought comes to mind, and we cannot “let it go” We either fixate on it or let I lead to other thoughts in a free association or memories or future predictions. In mindfulness, we stay in the “here and now. Another version of mindfulness is “the observational mind,” meaning that we observe rather than judge or categorize.

Imagine your mind like a blank screen. Everything that passes through internal and external -crosses that screen without interruption by other mental farces like judging, categorization, or affective response.

Mindfulness meditation keeps us in the here and now. It eschews judgment, attachments, and aversions, which create pain. To the extent that we stay in the present, there is no pain or joy; there is pure being and the calmness or equanimity.

In interpersonal communication, the suspension of all judgment leads to complete openness to our partner’s communication. By simple observing and removing reactive barriers, we experience the Atman or soul of the other.

Mindfulness develops the observational mind, which leads to openness to self and others. The affective or bodily state is one of equanimity or peacefulness.

3.) Goal-Directed Meditations. Goal-directed meditations are those where the purpose of the meditation is to achieve a specific psychological state. Two of the most popular are:

Archetypal meditation. Archetypes are universal forms. They are the qualities-humility, achievement, patience- which are embodied in figures. For example, in Judaism, Abraham is an archetype of compassion, the Buddha an archetype of awakening, and Athena is the Greek archetype of a warrior.

In these meditations, the Mediator focuses on a picture or -image, usually with the intent of capturing the essence of that

picture or the person represented in the picture. Christian meditation may focus on Christ or a saint, “absorbing” the desired quality manifested by that figure. In some Buddhist traditions, various cards with images of deities, or archetypal qualities, like compassion, love, and transcendence, are viewed. In Jewish Kabala, Moses is seen as an archetype of persistence, Isaac of justice In Hindu traditions. Hindu deities represent qualities like wisdom, compassion, and sexuality.

Loving-kindness meditation. In loving kindness meditations (metta) phrases, which engage the heart, are repeated. The meditator sends warmth, kindness, and love by repleting a mantra such as “May I be well, may I be happy, may I be peaceful. “While doing so, the meditator places their hand over their heart, and repeats the phrase with sincerity, and feels it. You may also direct loving sentiment to lovers, friends, the community, and the world. With regular practice, we deepen our ability to feel love and kindness and direct it.

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Beautiful, Magical, and Powerful Crystal Grids

By Nikki Wisniewski

Crystals and rocks of all types fascinate us. They are truly beautiful and magical pieces of nature that draw us in, capture our gaze, and entice us to touch, hold, and collect them. It is difficult to wander through any crystal store without ‘adopting’ at least one piece to bring home. As a gardener who loves having my hands in the earth, finding a special stone or crystal out in nature is especially thrilling! And no walk along a shore is complete with adding a rock to my pocket.

Many of us are drawn to collecting crystals. I am often asked, “Now that I have all these crystals, what am I actually supposed to do with them?” There are many ways we can work with and use crystals! From adding them to our potted plants to

displaying them, putting them in our pockets, or even under our pillows, having crystals around is comforting, empowering, and reassuring.

One of my favorite ways to use crystals is to make a crystal grid. These beautiful displays are wonderful products of creativity that power up our intentions and manifesting! How? Like a vision board, they are visual anchors that help us focus our energy and actions toward our intentions and affirmations. The crystals and other elements we choose also provide energies that support our specific goals and purpose. For example, if I am working on the topic of wealth, I may incorporate pyrite and aventurine into my grid design. If I am trying to release negativity and increase positivity, I may choose from black tourmaline, selenite, obsidian, amethyst, and citrine.

While creating a crystal grid is foundationally a personal project – like art, you really can’t do it wrong – there are some steps to consider to maximize its potential. One crucial element is in planning and developing your intention. Crystal grids empower our focus and practice. If we vacillate on what we are attempting to create or accomplish, or we only give focused attention when first creating the grid, then await ‘magic,’ we will likely end up disappointed. So, setting an intention is important. Don’t stress too much; keep it simple, positive, present tense, and active. Focus on the essence of what you’d like to experience. Avoid terms like ‘wish’ or ‘want,’ as these will support creating the experience of wishing or wanting for something versus having it.

Once you have your intention, you can design and gather your ingredients! You may choose a base – a crystal grid board, a plate or tray, a cloth, a piece of paper (with or without your personalized drawings or words) – or display it on a shelf or even on the ground. Select crystals with properties that support your intention and the type of experience you are manifesting. They can be tumbles, roughs, points, spheres, or other shapes. You can go deep into the rabbit hole on properties and shapes and how each contributes to the process, but I suggest keeping it simple and working with whatever shapes or finishes you find pleasing.

You can also add elements like herbs, salts, coins, or anything that calls to you or has relevant personal meaning. I also like to always include clear quartz in my designs as it has amplifying and focusing power.

Once you’ve gathered your items, determine your location, and create! Set it up, activate it, and be sure to visit and view it daily. Feel the energy; spend time reflecting on your intention and how you are experiencing its energy growing in your life. You can leave your grid up for a few days or up to a few weeks. You can even work with moon cycles in determining your timing. You can always reset your grid anytime you need more focus or renewal of energy in that area of life. When you are complete with a grid, express gratitude and reflect on the process and connected experiences, the disassemble the grid, and cleanse the elements. Be sure to look up the best cleansing processes for your elements. Water, moonlight, sunlight, sage, or palo santo are all methods – but some may damage your crystals or other items. Store your crystals (or display them!) for future use.

There is much more to learn about crystal grids and how to design and use them! If you’d like to learn more –including how to write powerful intentions and design, build, and activate your grid – consider attending my upcoming class: “The Power & Purpose of Crystal Grids” at Enlightened Soul Center and Shop on Friday, September 16th at 6:30 pm. You can learn more and register at www. EnlightenedSoulCenter.com.

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The Voice in the Oatmeal

By: Barbara Colbert-Brooks

One day, while rushing to a certain destination, I was thinking about the lost art of “listening.” There was even a time when conversations were reciprocal and designed to reach a conclusion, understanding, or establish a rapport between the participants. However, in today’s world of rapid everything, even the practice of conversing has digressed into an exercise in futility. We tend to miss the point of really listening, not only to one another but even to what is whispered into our spiritual subconscious. I even included myself, ignoring the Voice that woke me up that morning two hours before I chose to listen. So what brought all this on?

A few weeks ago, my husband, a legend in his own time, said to me that he had experienced a rough yet profound morning. Even though he didn’t say, I knew it was safe to assume that the “rough” morning was more than likely a continuation of a restless night. He said he’d had an issue that needed to be dealt with, but instead, he’d unsuccessfully tried to ignore it for the last several weeks. Then, while preparing his daily bowl of oatmeal, and because he was mentally distracted by this little issue that was nagging at his conscience when he put the oatmeal in the microwave, he turned the heat way up higher than it should have been. Then, all the while the oatmeal was dangerously boiling in the microwave, he was wrestling with the small Voice, trying to compel a “cease and desist” that just wasn’t yielding nor submitting. He admitted to me that the Voice was instructing him to do something that he flat out did not want to do, even though he knew he would have

to do it sooner rather than later, whether he liked it or not. Engrossed in these mental gymnastics, he forgot about the oatmeal and engaged in a full-fledged wrestling match with the Voice.

Finally, at the “ding!” of the microwave, absent pot holder or towel, he reached in to retrieve the bowl. Understandably so, it was blistering hot, and upon picking it up, he instantly dropped it. In a crazy attempt to “catch” the bowl with his leg, it bounced off his thigh and crashed to the floor, splattering most of his body and bathing the entire kitchen with a hot mess of steaming slimy oatmeal. The Shitszu, who had perched just a few feet away intently watching this event, delightfully took advantage of the oatmeal fiasco and started lapping up the creamy lumps, apparently undeterred by the fact that they were still smoking hot. (At this point of the story, I felt it noteworthy to interject that at least the dog had a healthy breakfast, which also went ignored by my husband as he proceeded with his story). He then provided a graphic description of the festering oatmeal singe on his leg, still contemplating, though hours later, whether or not he should go to local Urgent Care. Finally, much to my relief, he concluded his story by assuring me that he had sufficiently cleaned up the Quaker Oats catastrophe. Then while nursing his stinging thigh, he’d come to a profound spiritual revelation.

The Voice had been quiet, gentle, yet provocative and familiar. It had been speaking to him for weeks. He sorely

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My spirit smiles when I recall my husband’s experience. I would venture to say that if God is trying to tell us something, we’d better not just go about doing our own business and pooh-pooh His Voice. History tells us that God has spoken through a burning bush, the winds and the waves, and even the jawbone of an ass. God can do whatever he chooses, and when it comes to getting our attention, the tangible and the intangible are all at His divine disposal. Even something as mundanely ordinary as a bowl of oatmeal.

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Happy birthday Virgo! Venus is in your sign, so celebrate with self-compassion and praise! Take a break from self-criticism, which you often call “self-improvement”. This month’s Full Moon wants you to indulge your artistic and dreamy side. Mercury retrograde also helps loosen your routines and urges you to play and even goof-off! Investments to which you haven’t given much thought can pan out generously. Relationships can have unexpected breakthroughs as well.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) — As Mercury retrogrades in your sign, meditate on what you want in relationships, and also on what you don’t want. It’s important to cultivate your personal power and be able to set limits. You often have strong convictions, but have challenges maintaining them when involved with someone. Feel your worth and stand your ground lovingly, yet strongly, even when the other person takes the opposite side. This can pay off with work interactions too, not just in romance.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) —

Mercury moves retrograde this month, increasing the depth of your dreams and meditations, as well as strengthening intuition. It can also help you forgive issues that have been eating you up inside. Keep healthy limits, but it’s vital to release the inner poison that’s harming you. Work situations can almost magically resolve themselves, and your health will vastly improve.

Spiritual Horoscopes

By Aluna Michaels, M.A.

This month’s Full Moon reawakens your creativity. It can also bring a new relationship or enhance a current one.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) — Meditate on ideals you had as a child or young adult. It’s important to connect with your authentic, passionate core! This month’s Full Moon along with Mercury retrograde helps you taps back into your original vitality. You might want to play certain sports again, or reconnect with art, music or dance. These activities are spiritual since they reveal you unique, divine gifts. You inspire others when you’re in that space! Positive career changes are also on the horizon.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) —

Mercury retrograde can bring confusion about work. Meditate on your passions as child or young adult. You can tap back into meaningfulness and you’ll be amazed at opportunities that spring up! Take vacation or a day trip to a place that has spiritual significance to further strengthen your connection with the Universe and your soul. Even setting up a sacred space in your home and spending reflective time there each day will re-awaken your heart and optimism.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) — With Mercury retrograde, re-commit to your meditation or spiritual practices. If things seem stale, switch things up so you feel newly inspired. If you’ve fallen out of habits entirely, rediscover rituals your enjoyed in the past. The Full Moon can bring a sexual reawakening,

either with a current partner, or a new person with whom you might even feel a past life bond! Finances flow again, and you’ll also feel a renewed trust in the Universe.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) – This month’s Full Moon opens up relationship opportunities. Stay true to your values, standards and desires. Don’t shrink back from truths that get exposed. You can also experience more depth in sexuality and your capacity to be emotionally intimate. In addition, take your fear of finances by the horns. There’ll be new solutions to increase prosperity and reduce debt. You can also break limited money beliefs inherited from family or society!

Aries (March 21 – April 19) —

Mercury retrograde illuminates issues within your current relationship and even patterns in past ones. Meditate and allow these memories to bubble up and resist judging yourself or others. Let insights form out of the observations. Early October brings time for action, so don’t make rash decisions now. Also, pay attention to dreams about physical and mental health. Return to styles of self-care that benefited you in the past. Be honest about addictive tendencies as well.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) — You can start an amazing new relationship that feels magical and perfect! Even though it’s very positive, be careful not to over-idealize. The Full Moon can make things murky. Allow for awesomeness that’s tinged with some imperfections! Mercury retrograde calls you back to your meditation practice. Even simply sitting with coffee and gazing at flowers or creatures in the yard creates connection with your soul!

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) — Keep

using Law of Attraction when it comes to career! The Full Moon can bring options that you’ve held in your mind and dreams for awhile. With Mercury retrograde, however, be sure to question anything that seems iffy! You might even wait until early October to finalize things. If single, you can meet someone from reconnecting with old friends or revisiting actives you love. If partnered, do those fun things together to invigorate your connection!

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) — Meditate on releasing old hurts from childhood. Healing is cyclical and during this Mercury retrograde you can skim off some of the junk that’s floated up from the depths of your consciousness. You’ll feel more emotionally available to others and more spiritually open to life! Also, take action on daring ideas that your intuition keeps “nagging” you about. Get out of your comfort zone!

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) — Be careful about finances this month. Look honestly at spending, debt and investments. If you feel things are murky, don’t proceed with unnecessary risks! Get clear guidance if you’re having issues in a relationship, as well. Unfortunately, suspicions could be well founded. So don’t leap into something new until a person is “well vetted”. If partnered, wait until next month to have a talk about whether you still share the same future goals. You deserve the best, not partial fulfillment!

Aluna Michaels is a second-generation astrologer. She also holds a Masters in Spiritual Counseling and has been teaching and consulting for more than three decades. Her book “Spiritual Gifts of the 12 Astrological Signs” is now on Amazon in Kindle version and as an E-book on her website. Aluna is available for appointments in her home, by phone or Zoom. Call or text (248) 5831663 or visit www.alunamichaels.com

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“Together we will unveil your Life Plan and Soul’s Purpose.”

Over 30 years of counseling experience. www.alunamichaels.com

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What Beliefs are Driving Your Life?

By Susan deCaussin

Your belief system drives everything – it’s the way you think about others, yourself, and the world. I remember hearing Dr. Wayne Dyer say, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” What lens are you seeing the world through? Is it jaded by your preconceived ideas of what’s possible? Is your perspective a result of the beliefs imposed upon you during your childhood? Do you conform to the views of the media and community groups out of a desire to belong? Perhaps it’s a combination of these different influences that have made your world appear the way it does.

Life isn’t meant to be a piece of cake - it’s a time for learning - a time for soul growth - a time to move from the limitless reality that your soul has come from to where time and space reside—a place that limits you to a physical body and five

senses. But while you’re here, in this giant classroom, you can alter your experience by shifting your perspective of everything and everyone in a way that will either increase or decrease the vibration of your energy. Raising your vibration takes you to a happier, more joyful, and healthier experience. While reducing has the opposite effect.

Thoughts that are repeated become beliefs. While conscious thoughts can be shifted by being mindful of outside influences and thought patterns, many thoughts are deeply ingrained into the subconscious mind. Many of these are far beyond conscious memory, causing us to act and react to situations in particular ways without understanding exactly why. This can present as emotional triggers beyond explanation or unwanted habitual behavior (including thought patterns). Positive changes are possible regardless of where those beliefs reside, which are driving unwanted thoughts and behaviors (in the conscious mind or subconscious mind). Are you able to: easily focus on what’s good in all situations; draw healthy boundaries between yourself and others; feel confident in your skills and abilities; comfortably pursue a career that ignites passion within you? If you answered no to any of these questions and you’d like to create some changes in your life, Hypnotherapy is one way to get there. A simple shift in how you frame your life experiences can completely alter your view of the world, putting you in control of your happiness, security, and future.

I truly believe that anything and everything is possible. And the only things stopping you in life are the self-imposed barriers you hold in your mind. If you’re ready to move beyond those barriers, it’s time to take back your life! Start by purposely releasing the programming that has trained us to expect the worst, look for what’s wrong, and not feel good enough. Then, if you’d like an even bigger boost, let Hypnotherapy help to rewrite and redesign the beliefs held in your subconscious mind. When you shift your perspective, you’ll transform your life into a happier and healthier way of being.

Susan deCaussin CHt

Susan deCaussin CHt, Healing Methods LLC, 248759-6486, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master/ Teacher, Siwa Murti (Balinese Healing) Practitioner/ Teacher, Spiritual Advisor, www.HealingMethods.org

Tthe Waves of Ascension

By Raelyn Williams PhD

The process of moving up in consciousness and enlightenment is not linear. A person goes through stages. These stages involve an oscillation similar to a sine curve, moving up and down again, each time reaching greater peaks. As the person ascends further in consciousness, it becomes necessary to shed old layers of the self. This is particularly true regarding past pain, trauma, and negative emotions or thought processes. Emotionally this can take a toll and cause feelings of going backward or slipping. Each time a person purges unnecessary aspects holding them back, rising higher becomes possible. Some practices can help ease the process.

One thing that can help lessen feelings of going backward is consistently evaluating the personal environment. As a person ascends, situations, people, and even work situations no longer match the stage they’re in. Some people will naturally see themselves out of the way. However, evaluating regularly those people and situations can save heartbreak later. Be honest about whether these elements are harmful or supportive of the current growth. Depending on the particular situation,

goodbyes may not be temporary. However, certain things or people can only return if there is growth. By letting go, lessons are learned and no longer repeated. This also allows new people and situations to have an opening.

Healing is one of the most important practices to lessen the downward curves. Past pain and emotional struggles slow down the ascension. Some pain is easy to identify; some are more apparent in thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Pay attention to negative and destructive patterns. Dig in and find where it comes from when a pattern is recognized. Often, these patterns have roots in the past. For example, the tendency to feel inadequate often comes from someone who triggered these feelings in one form or another. Identifying the culprit provides an opportunity to address these roots. Then, the process involves correcting the negative patterns each time they occur. Also, healing requires feeling. Locking emotions away keeps them around, causing havoc.

The final practice is maintaining spiritual health. This can be done in multiple ways. Meditation is always important. Taking a few moments to take

in deep breaths, counting to two with the in-breath and two with the out-breath, provides a physical and psychological reset. Another important technique is grounding. Go out and walk with shoes off in the grass, seeing negative emotions running back into the earth. This helps cleanse your energy. The last spiritual maintenance technique is seeking help from someone on the journey longer. They may have suggestions on how to move blocks in the journey.

By taking an active approach in pursuing the practices, the dips in the ascension curves will lessen. These aspects happen naturally. However, by taking the active approach, it is possible to mitigate large dips that can feel very destructive. The process of shedding past selves can be rough, but healing, evaluating the environment, and attending to your spiritual health can make a drastic difference.

Raelyn Williams PhD

been reading tarot/oracle cards for over 20 years. Also, she is a certified reiki master, meditation instructor, spiritual life coach, and certified hypnotherapist. Her gifts help her help others overcome obstacles, including trauma, and head down the path of ascension.