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EDEN MAGAZINE
September 2012 Volume 2 Issue 9
spreading compassion to all sentient beings and Living in healing and peaceful world Editor
Maryam Morrison
Front Cover by Maryam Morrison Eden Magazine is an independent monthly online magazine. Our aim is to create a better environment where we live among other living being in peace and harmony. We support artists that their work match our criteria. If you would like to submit your artwork, article or/and your Photography For our future issues please contact Maryam Morrison at; edenmagazine@hotmail.com or www.theedenmagazine.com 2 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Mother Moon Arts
4 Katerina Kostaki
6 My Mini Miricale By: Michele Rabbitt Billman
10 Combincism Art
A Bump in my...
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By; Debra J. White
16 The contexual... By Ellen Heller
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C O N T E N T S
Music & Sound Healing
By Daniel Koblaika
22 Creating empowering love.. By; Heather Auria Gaines
26 Earth you home By Elliot Eli Jackson
28 Zanziber SuniB
32 The best way to Detox your body
By Sue Graumann
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Mother Moon Arts Mother Moon Arts swirls within the Fantasy Realm and the space in between the real and illusionary. Crafty, artistic Dreamstress; Sewing/crafting by day, fighting divas by night.
“Sugey is a native of El Salvador and showed interest in art as young as 8 years old. She grew up in several places in the San Fernando valley and during High School her family moved to the West Los Angeles while she began her real art education. She attended Otis School of Art and Design’s summer program on Scholarship after high school. The passions for art, community and teaching art were fueled when attending Santa Monica College where she attained an AA degree in Art. Sugey has shown art in Venice, downtown Los Angeles and San Francisco. She also has taken part in musical endeavors with the experimental Orchestra, Killsonic’s Women’s Choir in the past few years. She has taught Art in different schools and non-profits from Santa Monica to Compton. Currently, Sugey makes and sells fashion accessories in LA and, creates and shows art while working for community non-profits.” http://mothermoonarts.blogspot.com 4 THEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
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There is a certain indescribable beauty in contradictions. With the every drive and necessity to categorize, the spectrum of multiplicity’s becomes faded. When two forces, ideologies, races, any opposite entities collide two possible effects take place, the clash, the explosion. It’s destructive and harmful, which is what we, as we tend to do. The other, which is the blending and coexistence and meshing at an attempt to maintain balance. In a physical manifestation this causes a swirl, spiral shape, the yin-yang, the tornado, whirlwind. This visual effect is the glorious dance of the opposite force attempting to regain balance, the coexistence on the same plane. The spiral is used an axis of most of my work. It’s the mesh of the many--it’s chaos and peace, inward and outward, expression and introversion, dominant and submissive, Latina and American, the contemporary and traditional fighting it out on the same contextual plane. It serves as the symbol another possible society where women of color can play multiple roles and be successful. 5 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
When Love met
Happiness....
By Katerina Kostaki
Sketch by Katerina Kostaki 1986 6 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
The story presented on my article is more or less familiar to all of us. A few of its elements come up shyly in our lives, although the majority of humans only understand of a small part of its significance.
2012? Unfortunately, we do not possess any impartial “Happiness” measurements, nor hold valid, secret (and incited too…) polls for Happiness is clearly a personal issue.
Perhaps, some reject it entirely, or just Each one specifies his own story, his own take a peek, covering its unambiguous Happiness according to his own criteria. existence with the veil of hypocrisy. When someone embarks on his research, Only a few people prompt to hark care- if he ever makes it, (there is, in addition, fully events and accept its secret course, a contingency that he/she will never emwhich sweep generations over the centu- bark on it…), then he sails on a journey, a course that incubates various events. ries, in all directions on this planet. It’s like opening a precious gift that hides This story owes a name, and this is: “The myriads of secrets. Nobody acknowledges its content unless he attempts to inPursuit of Happiness “. spect it. Is this familiar to you? The story has gone a long distance to Happiness is not always dominated by reach man’s hands and has joined battles heavenly chances, blue and green seaof glory in order to be kept pure and in- shores of euphoria and pink clouds of sevariant, hence, to reside in human souls. renity. Happiness does not dwell in luxurious mansions and expensive cars neither Happiness can not be immortal. Man is in glamorous appearances. determined to strive and worry in order to feel the delicious taste of Happiness over Many times Unhappiness and loneliness lurk behind the ledges of luxury and surhis heart’s strings. face brightness. Essentially, has anyone ever wondered whether a secret regarding the search for There are so many examples around us, in newspapers, magazines, television and Happiness exists? radio of people who are plunged in uncer“Happiness is the absence of the striv- tainty, grief and insecurity. ing for Happiness.” I wonder why this is. Chuang-Tzu (350 B.C.) It’s strange that people themselves created this substructure concerning a total Wise words…. What is the difference of this wise quote lack of Happiness and continue desperto reaching its reality? How many modern ately to preserve it at all costs. people are in a happy position, in the year 7 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Stowed in large cities, named Megalopolis, imprisoned in small apartments, in spaces without latitude, away from Divine Nature and pruned from Inner Light, it seems as though they have decided to bind themselves with tights of powerless living conditions, filled with depressed and pernicious effects.
The Pursuit of Happiness turns out to be an expensive sport that it might just be ineffective. Look around at human faces and you will see only a few people who are happy, content, with a smile over their lips …..
Count the smiles which are met in your In addition, the thousands of thoughts that way and moreover those who are real. are cultivated in the human mind by majority are negative. And they create the so What is missing from our lives so that we called “ thought forms.” can be happy and content? These cities are controlled by the contin- First of all, let Happiness approach you… uous spreading of negative emotions that Do not go after her. As long as you go after have affiliated the form of an epidemic. her she flees away. Keep pace with life’s rhythm, let yourself float with the river of Of course, this does not mean that people life and watch events through another who live in mansions have captured the perspective. Seek for Happiness in differmeaning of Happiness and that they go ent, subtle, every day matters, in creativaround in joy. ity and offerings. It’s very simple…. Happiness is created within us. It flourishes in emotions, the very important human emotions. Happiness is cultivated in our Soul, when each person builds bridges with his inner light. Happiness does not coincide with material goods; she does not retain its value in superficial, vacuous existence and opulence.
Have we forgotten something among all these quotations? Happiness arrives when it’s called upon by a unique, imperishable virtue that no law is able to abolish. This value is named “Love” and if we need to underline her, then we should name her “Unconditional Love”.
When Love meets Happiness the strongest amalgam is created, confuting every Vanity is her worst enemy. She looks with negative action or attack. despising glances over Happiness’s limpid beauty, because she is jealous of her “Love is the fundamental stone of the unblemished existence. Universe. Universal Energy, the perfect vacuum, is the emanation of CosThe phrase “Pursuit of Happiness” alone mic Love that constitutes the essence constitutes an illusion, an utopia. of the Divine”. 8 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Love is Soul’s mantle. Love arms and embraces us with her protective cloaks of healing Intelligence. This is the greatest Power in the Universe and the cause hidden behind every action of creativity every negativity. Love and Happiness are two meanings that cannot be separated. Happiness can not exist without Love. Above all, both of them are within us. Loving ourselves means that we love the entire world. We see people with eyes full of love. When more and more people cultivate the inner lovely sentiments of Love, they spread this healing energy of Love everywhere. Healing veils of Love spread worldwide and vanish such negative sentiments like wrath, bitterness, hate, revenge, fear and desperation. Hold the sceptre of Love in your hands and go on fearless….. Copyright Katerina Kostaki Spirtual and visionary author, poetess and mentor Owner of Academy of Inner Light –Network Author of Cosmic Light (Spiritual-metaphysical poetry book) www.academyofinnerlight.net http://www.facebook.com/authorkaterinakostaki Twitter:@katerinakostaki e-mail: katerina.kostaki@gmail.com
Katerina Kostaki is a visionary artist, spiritual author, poetess, freelance article writer ,mentor and video creator. She was born in 1966 in Athens , Greece. She was awarded as Mentor for participating to the European Union Program entitled “Implement” (MayOctober 2006) in contribution with two International Universities: Institut Technik Undbildung and Deis-Cork Institute of Technology. She attended lessons on Counselling on 2007. She took a distant learning course on “ALCHEMY OF TRANSFORMATION ” by Classic Insight Org. (former Online Humanities Org.) on 2010. Her work related to spirituality, spiritual coaching/ counselling, mythology, esoteric research, self esteem, relationships, self improvement, historical reviews, Nature protection, New Age, mystery and metaphysics has appeared in several publications (trade –union, local and cultural) both in print and online. She writes and translates her books/articles /poems/newsletters from Greek to English language herself.
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My Mini
Miracle By Michele Rabbitt Billman
After feeling slightly depressed while photographing mundane things around my yard, an extraordinary thing happened to me that made me believe in miracles again.
In the winter of 2005 my mom had a mild stroke that left her weak on one side of her body. After much soul searching, my family sold our house and moved into her home to help take care of her. By spring she was still unable to walk around our uneven lawn with her walker. She was frustrated that she was missing the beautiful blooms of the new season. Feeling overwhelmed and depressed by mom’s lack of mobility, I dutifully took my camera outside to take photos of the flower garden to help ease
her mind of missing the growing season. At least it gave me a chance to get out of the house and into warm sunshine to help cheer up my mood. As I was studying the flowers in the garden I said a small quick prayer to myself. I desperately wanted to know if the Universe knows my sorrow of taking care of my elderly mother. It’s was an incredibly lonely and frustrating job at times, especially when she ignored the
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doctor’s orders. I guess I wanted to know them in up close and personal. I had to if I made the right decision of putting off admit they looked pretty decent for being my career plans of becoming a fine art flower photos. photographer in order to take care of her. My mom wanted me to use those flowI started taking photos of the best blooms er photos to decorate our walls to help in our flower garden when my intuition brighten up the house and brighten up her kept encouraging me to take photos of mood. I already had black and white phothe ugly misshapened ones. I didn’t have tos of old barns and old structures ready the will to fight with anyone or anything to hang up from an old art show. Now, at this point, I surrendered control of my those old photos will have to wait under feelings. I just went with the flow and my bed for awhile longer. I was never a let my mind drift away. I took the time to big fan of colored photos let alone boring enjoy the fresh air on my skin and allowed flower photos. During my college years, the sun to shine light into my soul. I made I discovered how beautiful black and white a slide show for my mom so she could photography was while taking a photograsee the blooms unfolding before her eyes. phy class to enhance my graphic design Her eyes shone brightly as each photo major. I never looked back and never conrevealed the blossoms gleaming in the sidered having color photos hung in my sunshine. My mom was impressed with house. I guess I was being a photo snob the progress of our perennial flower gar- and was resistant to change since I had den. She said, “those flower photos were rearranged everything else in my life to just as pretty as the ones they sell in the help out my mom. This was the only thing stores.” I reviewed the slide show again I had control over in my life and now I to really see the final results, I was so had to change my style of photography caught up in the moment of taking the to accommodate my mom’s taste in decophotos that I never took time to really see rating. 11 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
To ensure my mom’s safety I usually only left the house while my mom took her afternoon nap. With such a small window of opportunity to take photos I surrendered my dreams of being a visual artist since my mom needed me more. On a day I had no errands to run while my mom took her nap, I decided to take time to pick out some flower photos to output when the next time I go to the store. My mom was anxious to see her flowers emblazoned all over the walls. I had to admit I was feeling sorry for myself about being solely responsible for my mom. As I was choosing the perfect flowers for printing, I noticed the imperfect flowers with half opened blooms and missing leaves kept beckoning me for a second look. I chuckled to my myself that those ugly flowers reflected the same way I felt at that moment, half developed and pieces missing. To get myself in a better frame of mind in doing my mom’s flower project, I decided to meditate to clear my mind of any negative thoughts. I realized I had almost forgotten how to relax and let down my guard, it felt good to let go and allow the energy of the Universe to surround my body. My skin tingled in anticipation of receiving a warm cosmic hug, I could feel the blood rushing through my hands and feet, my heart beat slowed down. I opened my eyes after a few minutes of just Being, my stress of being a caretaker started to melt away.
and ugly. It occurred to me that I could take the interesting bits of the flower and digitally chop off the rest of the photo. I mirrored the revised image to create a balanced composition which made a whole new flower! I prayed for balance in my life, I decided to create that reality through my art, hoping this would open a door to a new world of possibilities for me. Creating perfect new worlds out of imperfect flowers gave my spirit a boost that I was craving. With my energy flowing and clearing my mind, I wasn’t letting my bias feelings about flowers get in the way of the creative process. I felt like a kid again, having no expectations of the outcome and giving myself permission to make mistakes. Often times my hand felt like it had a mind of it’s own, I could think about other things while my hand explored the different photo software buttons that I never used. My mouse clicked on an obscure special effect button by accident an angel showed up right in the middle of my finished image. It took my breath away having an angel staring back at me! Thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me, I popped off my computer chair to look at the whole image from a distance. I could still see the angel staring right at me, plus four more angels flying and praying! My heart soared knowing the Universe heard my frustrations and concerns.
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Those imperfect flowers sent me the perfect message that I wasn’t alone in my endeavors of my life. I felt like I received a mini miracle that day. It came at a time I really needed to know if anyone in heaven was listening to me. These angels were giving me a sign that all would be well with my mom and my art would be progressing in a whole new Light. I called this new piece of artwork “Garden Angels”, it was still just black and white but it was the beginning of my “Magickal Garden” series. By surrendering my control during the creative process it makes the whole experience enjoyable and stress-free. I still look forward to these art sessions as a positive way to deal with the everyday grind of being a caretaker. Now I know I am on the right path of taking care of my mom and creating art. The balance I first created in my artwork has now come full circle in my own reality. Taking care of my mom has become less stressful since I learned how to take time out and some fun through my art. Balancing time for me and time for others in my busy family has become an art form in itself. Having angels show up expectantly in my artwork never gets old. I have had other “mini miracles” since that first piece of artwork, all in living bright bold colors. Each time I review my “Magickal Garden” series it reminds me that angels are always present around us, we have to take the time to look for them or they will remain invisible until we are ready to seek them.
Michele is a Reiki Master Teacher, writer of children short stories, intuitive artist and photographer. Reiki healing energy has enriched her personal and professional life. Michele allows her Reiki energy to be an inspirational tool for all her creative activities. By entrusting the Reiki energy during the creative process she has produced stunning images with her trusty digital camera. Trees and flowers are Michele’s main focus of her digital manipulated artwork. June of 2011, she debuted her “Magical Flower Garden” series in Chicago at the historic Fine Arts Building located on Michigan Avenue. Those same images of her flowers will be published soon in a coffee table book featuring unique flower art. Michele is currently working on a new series showcasing her beloved trees, it’s called “Enchanted Trees”. To see her unique fine art of nature, go to her website: she can be reached by email: seekscapes@hotmail.com
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Combine A new style a
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Moheb Yonas
Moheb Yonas is an Egyptian Visual Artist, Designer and a textile printingEngineer. He innovated and created a New kind of Art School, it exists for the first time in the history of Art, when two great International Artists from different countries first Eng. Designer Artist Moheb Yonas from (Egypt) and second the famous Miami Modern Master Artist L. Darvas from (U.S.A) Co-operated to generate and produce one unique New Art category “COMBINEISM ART” which is equal to the (Fine Applied Arts).
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eism Art and creation
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and direct mail
Maxine
By Debra J. White www.debrajwhite.com
In the spring of 1991, only a few offers trickled in for my scrappy dog Maxine. Physician’s Mutual Insurance Company of Omaha offered her a Hospital Plus Protection Plan. It didn’t say if it applied to animal hospitals. The Award Claim Center from Redlands, CA mailed an urgent notice confirming that my dog would receive a cash prize. It said, you are CONFIRMED. That sounded impressive. The Craftmatic Adjustable Bed Company of Trevose, PA said Maxine was eligible for their free catalogue simply by call-
ing their toll-free number. That might be hard considering she had ten toes. ICS, International Correspondence Schools, sent information about training for a better job, one that paid more money. Great, now she could pay for her own dog bones and vet bills. The Ford Motor Company offered Maxine a guide to Car and Truck buying. She’d have a hard time reaching the brakes. The US Olympic Committee cordially invited her to make Olympic history. As what, a canine archery contestant?
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A sweepstakes notified Maxine that she won a contest. Wow, lucky Maxine. To receive her award, she had to send $12.75. I asked if they’d take $12.75 in dog bones. No one responded. Ok, I had enough. I wrote back to each and every company, explaining that Maxine D. (did D stand for dog?) White was my dog, including a copy of her photo. I told the Ford Motor company that if and when her driving ability improved, she might contact them. I asked the Craftmatic Adjustable Bed Company if they made canine beds. I was sure Maxine would love one. Could she use her paw to adjust it? A few months after Maxine’s mail started I moved to Boulder and her junk mail went west too. Dozens of new offers flooded my mail box. Some days Maxine had more mail than I did. Lot of companies vied for Maxine as a customer. The Encyclopedia Britannica wanted to sell her a complete set. Nothing but the best for my dog. After all, I rescued her from the gritty streets of the South Bronx. Magazine subscriptions came from Time Life, Women’s Day, Prevention and Hooked on Crochet. I explained to the editor of Hooked on Crochet that it’d be hard for Maxine to crochet with so four legs. The offer from I Love Cats tickled me. Maxine however, liked cats but not enough to read about the assorted brands of no clump litter on the market. The American Running and Fitness Association wanted to send a free gift. That made sense since we jogged every day. Maybe they could send her a canine heart monitor? I worried sometimes that
I overworked her. But the clincher came when dunning notices threatened to sue Maxine for a past due subscription to Runner’s World. The Security Control Service from Newport, DE was retained to collect Maxine’s unpaid balance. I called and spoke to a collection agent. Maxine D. White ordered a subscription to Runner’s World over the phone and didn’t pay for it. I cracked up. Maxine White couldn’t have ordered a subscription on the phone. He insisted she had. Go ahead and sue me. I refused to pay for a magazine I didn’t receive and that Maxine couldn’t possibly read. The dunning notices became more threatening. In the spring of 1992 I called a television reporter I met at a shelter discussion several months earlier at the University of Colorado. She cracked up when I told her about Maxine’s dilemma. The Denver station offered to represent Maxine in court if the collection agency sued her for the balance. A camera crew arrived at my Boulder apartment and filmed a segment about Maxine’s mail. Guess what? The junk mail mysteriously stopped. All these years later, I have no idea how Maxine’s name ended up on a telemarketer’s list. Too bad Maxine didn’t get her day in court. I wonder how my dog would’ve been sworn in? Holding her paw on the Bible? Maxine left this world in 2001. I’ve adopted lots of dogs since then from the shelter where I volunteer. None ever received mail. Maxine was special in more ways than one.
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The CONTEXTUAL FIELD of REALITY By Ellen Heller
bad people’ is that the good want things also going well for others, as well as themselves. The ‘sleeping souls,’ are only interested in their own life experience. In other words, a microcosm of separation (asleep), rather than Unity (enlightened). We come into the world innocent, and the environment is either hostile, loving, or We all walk along, throughout our lives, somewhere in between. Seemingly, it all and live our days hoping that ‘all goes appears to depend on how we ‘act.’ If we well.’ behave ‘well,’ ‘compliant,’ ‘obedient,’ etc., usually, but not always, we are not repriWe stress about life experiences that do manded, or at the worst, abused. not seem pleasant, and focus on how bad things are, or the possibility of them get- But what about those times that we ‘do ting worse, and then, we manipulate all we nothing wrong,’ and are punished, somecan to do our best to ‘solve’ the problem. times severely. The child who is beaten because his or her alcoholic or drug It doesn’t matter if you consider yourself a addicted parent had a bad day, and trans‘bad guy or a good guy’ (no gender differ- fers all onto that child. Or the child or ences intended here!).... we all do this. spouse who innocently does something that they really don’t realize would upset Remember, “bad people” do not know their parent or spouse, and is cruelly reprithey are bad....they are asleep, and also manded, either emotionally, physically, or wish to have things going ‘good’ for them. both. The difference between the ‘good and the 18 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
We walk along throughout our lives, trying our best to stay away from loss, pain and humiliation, and yet time and time again, we often have it come right into our reality. We usually get frightened, feel anger, or sadly just adjust to it, waiting for it to return, as part of our ‘normal life.’
noted and heard of many times, is “being in the world, but not of it.”
How do we do this? How do we let hard challenges just not touch us? One way is by reminding ourselves until it becomes ‘second nature,’ (actually IT IS our ‘nature’) to be Love; to know our freedom as Reflections of God/Spirits having a huHowever, the Truth is this.....there is man experience/dream. only Love. Anything other than that is an illusion. The fear that creeps in, the error Once again.....it’s all about Gratitude, of peoples’ ways, the abuse, etc., are all and if you cannot do this for someone, just ‘points of reference,’ to help us create whatever you wish for, cause another to the OPPOSITE in this ‘reality.’ have it, and it will also be yours. Why? Because we are All One. What you do It is what is known as “The Contextual for another, you do for you. As long as the Field.” intention is pure, which means that you really wish another to prosper, you will The more advanced a society is/a Soul is, also be given that gift you are giving. the more the point of reference or ‘contextual field,’ will be further away in our And yes, there are children whom are life experiences. In other words, it is there abused. You may ask what could they somewhere, but not in our reality, called have done to deserve this? This is not our LIFE. about right or wrong, or judging in any way, but about understanding. ExpandHow do we do this? How do we keep that ing ones’ perception to remember that, point of reference out of our way, so to as The Christ demonstrated, every little speak? Soul, comes into this world to Be something, in order to evolve and help others It’s all about perception of everything, to evolve. In other words, Love enhances. every life experience, and everyone. It’s all And it may just be that a child or an inabout then, how you are FEELING. And, nocent person whom has done nothing finally it’s all about what your thoughts wrong but suffers, has decided before appear as, based on your feelings, and birth to Be a victim to someone, in order finally, what you decide to BE about it for that ‘perpetrator’ to grow, to wake up, all (and possibly what you ‘do’). to evolve. Therefore, that child may be a Master, whom has come, just to ‘save’ That is why all great Masters and Mes- that Soul; to allow that person the experisengers of the world are always telling us ence of being the perpetrator, so that they to ‘Be Love.’ This will keep the ‘point of will realize what they will never wish to be reference’ far away from us. Another term again. 19 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
For as stated in many books....no Soul can do anything to another Soul without their permission. Of course, this is on a metaphysical level, and many do not remember the ‘agreement’ before birth, but each Soul is on it’s own journey, and this is truly between them and God/One Mind/Love, involving their own Spiritual evolution. As stated , and asked, ‘Why didn’t Jesus heal the whole world, as he could have?’ Why? Because they didn’t ask. Jesus, as a Master, knew that every Soul has it’s own ‘agenda’ so to speak, and understood to not intrude, but rather allowed that Soul to develop and grow according to it’s own choices (free will). The contextual field exists, as simply a point of reference, so that we may have the experience of choosing, in relation to something else. For one cannot experience hot, unless knowing cold; up unless knowing down, and Love unless knowing fear. There is only Love. The rest is an illusion in which to create yourself in your Grandest and Greatest Vision and Version you have ever had about yourself. Therefore, it’s important never to dwell on what is NOT happening, on what you do not have, nor any negative thought, for you bring about to yourself, what you focus on. (Energy Flows Where Attention Goes!) Instead, focus on the Truth of whom you Really Are; a Spirit having a human experience; a Magnificent Sacred Design of the Universe/One Mind/The Great I AM, and allow the reference point of error to be only existing as a tool to create the opposite of it. Blessings! 20 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September
2012
Ellen Heller received a B.A. in Education in 1978; four major fields of study: English, Art, Social Studies, and Psychology. Received her M.S. in Clinical Psychology in 1997. Has treated patients in a locked psych ward, held a two office private practice, and currently is starting a private practice in Arizona. Taught Psychology classes at a University in the Chicago area, and has just completed a children’s book. She is currently writing another book for young adults and the general public. Her company was honored in Entrepreneur Magazine, March, 2003, for her business, Mother Earth Coffee Company, Inc., for cause related Marketing. 10% net profit was pledged to a different charity each month to give back to our community/Planet. She currently resides in Arizona, and is in the process of placing Mother Earth Coffee Company locations in the state of Arizona. She presently writes a successful blog called “Spirit-Minded; from the Inside---Out.” You can find her blog website located at: www.spirit-minded.com You can also contact her through her email: spiritmindedblog@gmail.com
Ask Ellen Heller
Q&A
Spirit-Minded (Advice Column)
Kind Guidance for Creating and Accepting Spiritual Health “All questions can be sent to:
spiritmindedblog@gmail.com Question: Dear Spirit-Minded: My health problems come and go. I am in a situation in which I often feel ‘trapped’ in my life by people whom I feel love and obligation at the same time. What can I do to return to my wellness and state of balance among the turmoil I feel each day? Signed, Need Help Answer: Dear Need Help: Thoughts and feelings become life experiences. Perception is the beginning of our thoughts and feelings either becoming negative or positive life situations, including our health issues, whether bad health or good health. We are the ones who must be honest with our awareness and our perception of ‘Our World,’ meaning our personal perceptions. What have you been told while growing up about you? About health? What is your personal view/perception of ill health? Of good health? Looking at your situation in
which you feel trapped, is ill health also a perception of feeling trapped in your perception? Does good health mean freedom? If so, you may be manifesting ill health because your ‘life situation of health problems’ must in your own thoughts, match your life situation of feeling trapped. The answer/solution to this is to realize that all is an opportunity to BE something in relation to this. You may think you do not wish to be ill, but could very well be creating this illness to match your perception of your life experience. In truth, you are never ‘trapped;’ everything is temporary, and deciding to BE LOVE in relation to whatever or whomever you feel ‘trapped’ about, will release you, bringing back the experience of good health. Remember, people and situations need Love, ESPECIALLY when they do not deserve it! Blessings!
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Music & Sound Healing 22 THEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Music and sound healing is not a new concept. Cultures throughout the world have used music to empower, energize, heal and soothe the body, mind and spirit since time immemorial. It is no accident that Apollo, the Greek god who is credited as being the father of medicine, is also the father of music and the inventor of the lyre.
Years back, Leonard Bernstein invited me to perform as concertmaster in the world premiere his production of Mass. While there, he invited me along to speak with management and producers in the recording industry. I learned from them, to my surprise, that the violin, the instrument that I consider the most beautiful and evocative of any, was not considered by the recording industry to be a marketable sound - that people would not buy recordings that featured the violin.
Music and healing are part of each other, and current research is pointing to that more and more. Recent studies have shown that music can slow down and help balance brain waves, reduce tension and stress by affecting endorphin levels, reduce physical tension by changing the That piece of news amazed me. To me, vibrational frequency of cells, and even the violin is the most beautiful, evocative evoke feelings of love and inner peace. and versatile instrument ever created. In the hands of a skilled musician, the vioOf course, if music can slow down your lin can gloat, laugh, exult or cry. It can body’s rhythms and effect soothing, peace express nearly any emotion that humans and healing, it can also have the opposite can feel in their hearts and souls. I chaleffect. A well-chosen set of music can help lenged myself then to produce works of energize you and prepare you to work music that presented the violin as I know hard and be creative. Studies have also it - the evocative and expressive voice of shown that athletes working out and prac- the soul. ticing to music use more energy, stretch themselves further and burn more calories That was the beginning of my own music than those who work without music. label and catalog, Li-Sem Enterprises. As it grew, I began to hear from those There’s a great deal of information avail- who work in the fields of healing, both the able now about music and healing. Sound traditional hospitals and doctors’ offices, healing, music therapy, and the power of and those working in CAM (complemensound to effect changes in the mind, body tary and alternative medicine), telling me and spirit are becoming more and more that they were using my music in their accepted. It’s sometimes difficult to tell practices, to enhance meditation, focus how much is true and how much is mar- awareness and evoke emotions. keting hype. Perhaps the most potent, powerful story I became interested in the healing power that I heard was that of a teenage boy of music as a by-product of trying to pro- diagnosed with schizophrenia who did not duce the most beautiful music possible. speak at all, but who, while listening to 23 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
my CD Fragrance of a Dream, looked up body and your mind to renew itself. and said, “This music is so beautiful it breaks your heart.” 3. Sound is one of the best tools for inspiring the meditative state in which your body Those stories and touches from others is receptive to healing and renewal - but led me to begin exploring the world of it is important to choose your music carehealing with sound and music, and what fully. Some music - classical music in parI find both amazes me and confirms ticular - seems to go there instinctively, but my own belief that music is one of the most music was not designed to relax you. most potent healing tools the world has ever possessed. I am still very much a We are barely beginning to understand student, a pilgrim on a quest to learn all the ways that music affects us and effects that I can about the ways that different healing in us. The research is exciting and tones, vibrations and sounds can affect ongoing, and I spend a great deal of time the body and attune with the emotions and working with different bodies of healers in the spiritual. various fields to aid this research in all the ways that I can. It is a wonderful journey, and one that I intend to share with as many people as I incorporate what I have learned into the I can. As a beginning of that sharing, production of the titles and arrangements here are some things that I have learned, chosen for every new Li-Sem Catalog and that I believe about how music release in the hopes that this wonderful helps to heal and regenerate the body. gift that I was given, the gift of making music, can become a gift to others - one that 1. Your body will heal itself if you give it helps heal and refresh and renew, and in the right tools. I believe that some music the process becomes part of a positive can help your body to heal by helping it to change in the world. realign its balance. At the same time, it is far too early in the research for anyone to tell you which musical selections will heal a specific medical condition. I would be Daniel Kobialka irresponsible if I recommended that music replace other more traditional forms World-renowned violinist Daniel Kobialka embraces of healing and therapy. Music is a comple- both the classic and the mentary way to give your body the tools avant-garde in his search that it needs to help itself heal. to create sounds that enliven 2. One of the most important and effective things that you can do for your body is to help it relax into a meditative state. There is a great deal of research to support that a state of meditative calm inspires your
and heal. Dr. Bernie Siegel states, “I found years ago that music creates a healing environment… I find Kobialka’s to be the best available.” Visit Kobialka’s website for more articles and healing music.
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Safe Harbor By Gail Cullen
Holding Space- Holding... Anchoring Divine Light into the Earth, Now As we Sense the Swirling Energies Around us at this time Breathe and AnchorThere are many who will ‘’Be the Harbor’’ for Others...lapping upon the shore.. Opening the Arms ‘’To Hold, To Love’’ ... There is a ‘’Safe Harbor’’ Now being developed for Many.. I believe this is First found within Self...find the Safe Harbor within...Be...Ground.. I am Seeing Arms...Holding Others that come upon the ShoreThe Lighthouse is Lite- Others are Seeing in the Dark NightThey Hear the HornThe Water Rushes upon the Heart for there is an OpeningThere is a Cry... let out for the Anguish that is within ALL--it is Witnessed and Released. The Sage Smoke is burned as well...and the Drum Beat heard in the distance... The Four Leggeds are releasing and the Oceans Beings as well...ALL.... A Waterfall appears in the background All that needs Cleansing is PurifiedThe Divine Song is Heard ... There is a Knowing that there is a Safe Harbor The Heart is Pumping Loudly The Eyes are closed The Mouth is relaxed The Spirit is Held in Divine Grace Allow the Safe Harbor of your Spirit to Touch You, Embrace You, Sing to you the Chords of the Spheres25 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
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6. Most importantly it starts with YOU and it is up to YOU to Create Positive Change! • It all goes back to how you see yourself and how you treat yourself. • Be aware of what you want for yourself and what you want from each relationship. • Take Accountability. You must realize that you are responsible for what happens to you and how you live and respond to life. It is all in how you see the world and respond to the world that will shape your world. • It is all about learning to trust, from trusting yourself to trusting the universe. Listen to your gut to keep you safe and happy. And trust that the universe can and will provide to you a life of happiness.
take the past as a Gift to; LEARN WHAT YOU DO WANT! • Simply stated, choose believe in you. Surround yourself with uplifting music, reading, art and experiences that support you in your highest! • Happiness is a choice and it comes from within you. It can only be created by your intention and initiative to feel it. • Be aware that you have the “Power of Choice”. You can choose who to spend your time with, how to spend it and how to live your life. You can choose love, peace and a life that feels safe, nurturing and compassionate. • Express clearly to yourself and others what your needs are. • Realize that others have needs to and they may not be able to meet all of your needs.
• Learn to let go of the past. The only moment you have to change your life and • Some of these needs will have to be take charge is this very moment. See if met by others or even yourself. you can forgive yourself and others and 26 THEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
nd Loving Relationships
art Three
By: Heather Auria Gaines
•It’s a two way street and it is essential to saw really how much love I did have all see your half in co-creating. Be mindful of around me, from my friends to my family, what you are creating with others! and even to strangers. The work is well worth it. I now have all happy and healthy • Be willing to negotiate and compromise relationships that are constantly bloomand look for the win-win situations. ing. For the first time I am able to fully receive with all of my heart and not be • Try to see things from the other’s point afraid to close up or worried I am going to of view. This doesn’t mean that you must get hurt. And when I meet situations with agree, but rather that both of you can the similar patterns of the past challengunderstand and respect everyone has es of unhealthy energies I just reaffirm differences, points of view, and separate myself in my new life. I thank the experineeds. ence in my heart, expressing how I have move forward and am able to be strong When it comes down to it, it can only in myself and be at peace and walk away happen if you desire and want it enough. from the situation with compassion in my We all have choices in our lives and heart. sometimes we forget that we can live it differently. We have images blasted to These 6 steps that I explained in three us all the time from society, media and parts, will help you create and maintain people we meet. In the past I was in an healthy boundaries. Building boundaries unhealthy relationship. I had to choose is like any muscle or practice—the more to wake up and see it for what it was and you work with it, the better it serves you! choose to let go of it. It was a process but it helped me become aware of how I was with all of my relationships. It took www.PlayItForwardYoga.com time to forgive, let go and move forward. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=372958092 I found when I fully surrendered is when 765002&set=a.140295172697963.27048.1402934093 I opened up fully to loves grace. I then 64806&type=1#!/awakenlovenow?sk=info 27 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Monthly Message from Source By Elliott Eli Jackson
EARTH,
YOUR HOME, YOUR PLANET
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WE speak to you now of your home, your planet, your earth. This wonderful domain has been provided for you by US and by you. Love her/him as she/he loves you. Care for him/her as she/he lovingly cares for you. Prune her/him, plant and till the soil, grow your food without fear. However, it is important for you to adjust with her/him as she/he makes changes to deal with the coming tides of the future. Consider revamping the placements of your cities on the water’s edge. If you build them, build them high enough to withstand the wind and the water waves that are coming; fore, yes, coming they are. You can do it, all of you can make the proper changes necessary to live and enjoy your earth as she/he withstands the physical effects that are occurring due to the alignment of the stars in your heavens as you call them. WE believe in you. Plan for colder winters, fore, come they will. Prepare for hot, hot summers, they are already upon your door. If you listen to her/him (Mother/Father earth), all will
be well. The question is, will you listen to the whistling of the wind? Know that you really do not have anything to fear. LISTEN! Remember, WE love you.
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The following poem is an excerpt from The Sapiential Discourses Universal Wisdom by Elliott Eli Jackson – Light Technology Publishing, 2012. Get Your Copy Today! Also available on NOOK and Kindle.
EARTH TO YOU YOU THINK I CANNOT CRY. YOU THINK I CANNOT DIE. BUT I CRY TEARS, TEARS OF OIL AND PLASTIC BOTTLES YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME. I WIPE THE BLOOD OF WHALES AND BABY SEALS THAT HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED OFF ME, ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF YOU! BECAUSE OF YOU, MY FRIEND, CONTAMINATION HAS BECOME MY CONSTANT TREPIDATION. YOU ARE RUINING MY FIVE-STAR REPUTATION. YET YOUR MOTHER LOVES YOU! I WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH FOOD, COVERING AND PROTECTION. EVEN IN THE FACE OF YOUR OBVIOUS DISREGARD, EVEN IN THE FACE OF YOUR OBVIOUS DISAFFECTION. I WILL CARE FOR YOU! DESPITE YOU PLACING ME WITHOUT ANY HESITATION OR CONSIDERATION, INTO A CONSTANT STATE OF MANMADE MEDIEVAL BIOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL. DESPITE ME BEING IN A CONSTANT STATE OF ECOLOGICAL TURMOIL, CONFUSION AND VOLCANIC DISCOMBOBULATION. IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PART IN HARMING ME! YES, YOU CAUSED THIS NEAR ECO-CATASTROPHE TO BE! IT WILL TAKE TIME TO FIX! FOR YOU TO REMOVE THE MIRE, FOR YOU TO PUT OUT THE MANMADE FIRES, FOR YOU TO PLANT MORE TREES AND LET THEM BE! 30 THEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September
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IT WILL TAKE TIME TO FIX! FOR YOU TO REMOVE THE MIRE, FOR YOU TO PUT OUT THE MANMADE FIRES, FOR YOU TO PLANT MORE TREES AND LET THEM BE! I AM WAITING! I AM ANTICIPATING! FOR YOU TO STEP FORTH AND GIVE THE SOLUTIONS, THAT FIX MY EARTHLY CONSTITUTION, AND REVERSE ALL THIS DAMM POLLUTION. YES, I ANTICIPATE. THE DAY YOU WILL CEASE SEDUCING AND REDUCING ME! THE DAY THAT YOU BEGIN TO ENSURE AND ENDEAVOR, THAT MY WATERS DO NOT TO TURN GREEN FROM OIL, SLUDGE AND NEGLECT. I WAIT FOR SOME RESPECT. I WAIT FOR NO MORE NEGLECT. I WAIT FOR THE WATERS IN THE SEA THAT FLOW FROM ME TO BE LEFT ALONE. I WAIT FOR YOU TO QUIT TRYING TO BE SO CLEVER AND JUST IMPROVE YOUR ECO-ENDEAVORS.
Elliott Eli Jackson is an inspirational speaker, Reiki Master, and author of The Sapiential Discourses which is to be released this year. He has also authored the best-selling nonfiction book From God to You: Absolute Truth, and Cacophony, a collection of poetry about life, love, and spirit. Elliott channels All there is, was, and ever shall be. Elliott and his wife Diane tour America presenting workshops in which Source speaks through Elliott to the audience, answering questions as well as giving spiritual guidance. www.elliottelijackson.com 31 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Zanzibar Suni http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?gr=&view=c&ID=1&sp=437
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The Zanzibar suni a subspecies of the suni, an antelope species found on the island of Zanzibar in Africa. It is a very small antelope and is also sometimes called the dwarf antelope. Adults only reach between 13 and 15 inches high at the shoulder and weigh only 10 to 12 lbs. They are reddish brown in color with a darker back, sides and legs. The belly and chin are white, and there are black rings that appear around the eyes and the hooves. They also have white spots on their coats which provide camouflage against predators. Males have horns that grow between three and five inches long. Females do not have horns. Suni prefer thick, dry underbrush for their habitat either in montane forests above 9000 feet or in riparian reed scrub. They are very shy and secretive and are active only in the evenings or at night. Much of the day is spent sleeping in sheltered and shaded areas, and they are known to freeze in order to blend in with their surroundings when attempting to avoid detection by predators. Diet consists of leaves, fungi, fruits, and flowers. Although suni prefer to live near a water source, they can survive long periods of time without water. Males are territorial and mark their space with dung piles and secretions from their preorbital glands. They usually allow one mate and other females to share their territory. Females give birth to one calf after a gestation period of six months. This species is threatened mainly by habitat destruction and excessive hunting by humans. To preserve the species, conservationists are working to manage its remaining habitat, and the suni hunting season is limited to only six months per year.
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The Best Ways To
Detox Your Body By Sue Graumann
Natural detoxification is the safest way to clean your bowels,. The task may not sound important, but it is crucial to undergo detoxification to be healthy. Do you know that the root of all disease is cause by constipation? Up to 50% of Americans have Polyps in their colon. A Polyp is just another name for a tumor. Most Polyps eventually mutate into malignant cancer tumors!
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You do not have to starve to death to detox your body. Make sure that any cleansing body detox program you begin is one you can follow. One that is too difficult will not be successful. Detoxing on a regular basis will help you have more energy, burn more fat, and lose weight.
gent and all products used on a day to day basis should be natural as well. There is no reason to use chemical filled products, as there are natural products, for example have you tried to clean with hydrogen peroxide? Why Not? It is safe and very effective. I use hydrogen peroxide for cleaning everything. I also use it as detergent mixed with a green product called Miracle 2 soap. This solution works extremely well. It is also very cost effective.
If you are constipated and have been for awhile then, there are many herbs and natural cleansing products that work very well to clean the colon, many have Exercise Is Important To Detox lost 20 or more pounds from a single cleanse. It is important to make exercise part of your daily routine when you in the middle The Skin’s Role In Detoxification of a colon detox cleansing session. You don’t have to be out running marathons Your skin plays a big role in your nat- but you want to keep your body moving ural body detox progress, and your do simple things like walk around the basic health. Its first purpose, of course, neighborhood, go dancing or bike ridis to keep toxins and infections from ing the important thing is to keep your getting into your body, but you’ll find that body moving which will help your body the skin, also has the responsibility for cleanse it self naturally. the elimination of toxins. Saunas are great ways to eliminate toxins through Water Importance the skin. If you do not have one I would highly recommend you get one. Portable Water is the main superstar among the saunas are an alternative to the higher liquids. Eight to ten glasses of purified priced walk in fir saunas. They work water is recommended daily. A lemon remarkably well to eliminate excess juice drink is likewise beneficial and fluid, toxins and fat from the body. should be taken an hour before breakfast. Other equally nutritious beverages Chemical Free Personal Care and include herbal tea, vegetable juice, and Cleaning Products diluted fruit juice. Ensure your water consumption is sufIt is important to use natural chemical ficient or else, you may become confree skin care products. This is some- stipated. Avoid bread, fat, pastries, thing many mortals do not even think caffeine, sugar, sweeteners, fried and about as they go about their daily rou- refined foods like the plague. tines. Cleaners, disinfectants, deter35 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
Symptoms Of Toxicity If you aren’t sure whether you need a detox, some symptoms of toxicity include, headaches, fatigue, skin problems, frequent colds, aching joints, cravings, digestive problems, allergies, and sensitivity to smells or chemicals. There was a time when detoxing your body wasn’t necessary, but our modern way of life brings with it, an overload of toxins. A detox diet will give you more energy, better digestion, and more resistance to sickness.
clings to the intestinal walls and eliminates this waste build-up, which is what causes you to lose weight. many may have up to 20 pounds stored in the intestines because the network is quite lengthy. Natural body detox methods are the cheapest and safest way of cleaning your body thoroughly.
Conclusion We have a natural body detox system that removes whatever harmful chemicals that are present in the body. Usually, our bodies do a excellent job of removing them. The obstacle is that poor diet and unhealthy environmental conditions will jeopardize that process and cause poor health. Lack of sleep, worry, and taking unwarranted amounts of medication contribute to the build up of toxins in the body along with chemicals in refined foods and the environment. Fruits and vegetables help to detox and cleanse the body of these substances.
No matter which detox cleanse you use, the principle is the same. Even if you use natural body detox cleansing such as the lemonade diet, cabbage soup diet or other similar detox cleansing, the principle is that the acids break up the residue that 36 THEDENMAGAZINE.COM • September 2012
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