April 2015 issue 45 by Nourish Publication

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The egg symbolizes fertility and new growth. It reminds us of the circle of life. Color some eggs for Easter and enjoy them as they nourish your body and remind you that life is flourishing!

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Musings from the Editor Spring has arrived where I reside, and with it I see new birth everywhere. I love watching the bare branches of a tree slowly transform over a couple of weeks to bear new foliage. During March while watching this amazing transformation break through, I started to look for the “new” within my life. Do you do that? With the arrival of spring and rebirth happening all around us, it can call us to action. If you are like me, you might not know what “new” you can birth. Life seems perfect just the way it is, for me anyway. Yet I still hunger or ache for a new something, and it is not to be found in something material. It is deeper than that, it is a shout out from my soul. After watching “Eat, Pray, Love” for the second time, I was sitting quietly reflecting on the statement, Elizabeth Gilbert makes regarding God – “God dwells within you, as you yourself, exactly the way you are.” I had felt this for some time, but it hit home and was like a personal message just for me at that moment. It came to me that I was being given a gift by seeing all the “new” happen. If God dwells within me, then when I am being shown how the earth is coming alive, I too am birthing something new. Bingo! The new was emerging even if it was there all along, it was sprouting, and taking me on a journey. A journey to know myself better, to know what I really enjoyed in life. It was obviously a time to slow down as my time away from work was more quiet and slow. I kept hearing the Serena Ryder song “Stompa”, the lyrics, haunting and true… “Slow down, nothing’s going to disappear.” In fact slowing down opened me up to see more around me and be aware of the subtle energies. There was no chaos, and in fact the universe brought more blessings. As the earth reveals her beauty, sit with the beauty of yourself. See how wonderful you are, how perfect you are just the way you are. Know without a doubt that all those buds, flowers, leaves and baby animals are not reflecting how they could improve – no they are reaching for the sky. They seem to have an inherent realization that all things in good time, and all they have to do is keep being exactly what they are. Namaste

Marlene

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Putting My Whole Self In

10 The Metatron Light School 16 What is This all About 20 Spiritual Emergency & the Call to Awaken 22 Finding Grace 26 The Larger Perspective of Love 28 Healing 30 Awaken to the Consciousness of Love

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When was the last time you put your whole self in? I fondly remember the Hokey Pokey, the giggles that would ensue in gym class while preforming this in a circle with 28 or so of my peers. You learned quickly who to stand next to, after a few rounds of putting in your left or right leg. Not everyone is able to balance on one leg and shake the other without toppling into their neighbor.

move, I was just going with the flow. The Hokey Pokey starts off with putting a hand in, and then taking it out. As you work your way through the song, you flow from one stanza to the next. Soon the song is done and you go onto the next one. It is not the Chicken Dance where you keep doing the same actions over and over going faster and faster each time. Trying to see if you can shave off minutes so you can move onto the next task. Has your life become the chicken dance? Each day the same, hurrying to get through one task so you can go onto the next that you have been thinking about, while completing the current task.

I wondered if I could do the Hokey Pokey now, and so I gave it a go. OH, not in a group of peers, but quietly behind a closed door on my own. Amazingly I can still balance on one leg and shake the other. Of equal amazement is the smile it brought to my face. For a few brief moments I was transported from the daily grind of what needed to be done and allowed myself to be immersed in pure playful fun of “putting my whole self in!”

Take a few days in the upcoming week and observe how your life flows. Is it the Chicken Dance or, the Hokey Pokey? Do you feel satisfied with your life? Being satisfied is about feeling content. Give yourself permission to put your whole self in, no matter what you are doing. Be totally focused on that event. Notice how you feel while you are participating in it. It can be as simple as brushing your teeth in the morning and totally focusing on getting all nooks and crannies whisked with your brush. It can be the drive to work, what might you notice if you are totally focused on your commute. Time spent with friends, or your exercise routine. Time spent cleaning your home or preparing your meals. Put your whole self in to each moment of your day, focus on the task at hand, no thinking about the next task. By putting your whole self into each moment of your day, you start to understand yourself better as a person. It will allow you to see where you are truly just going through the motions and have disconnected. If you are like me, you might discover that you are just doing the task because it is part of your routine, and you don’t actually enjoy it all that much or really need to continue doing it.

As children that is what we did, we got wrapped up in the moment so much so that often we did not want to go in when our parents called us home. We put our whole self into whatever we were doing. We wanted that moment to go on forever. By the same token, we did not want or need to have that moment replay the next day. Even if we thought we did, and tried to recreate it, somehow it was not the same, did not satisfy us like it had during the moment and we soon went onto other more exciting things. Ideally that is what should happen, going from one experience to another putting our whole selves into each experience It seems to me that somewhere between childhood and adulthood we change up the “game” and all too often it seems like we are only putting half of ourselves, or less into any given moment. For some reason we decided we should be multi-tasking individuals and attempt to conquer many tasks at once. But are we satisfied? My thoughts then turned to how everything seems to be a regurgitation of what has been, we adopt the “Chicken Dance” as our norm. We have routines, out of necessity, and we follow them without much thought to the process. I believe we become disconnected. At least that is how I felt, disconnected.

The chicken dance will still be part of our lives in certain moments. It is unavoidable, unless your time is truly your own to do as you please. We will always have responsibilities that must be taken care of whether we enjoy them or not, but by being present in those times, we grow stronger. It means we are not going on auto pilot, we are attending to matters with our whole selves. This to me is what being “in the now” is all about. The good, the bad, and the ugly are all part of life. We cannot avoid any of them, so we might as well enjoy them, and if not enjoy them, at least be present and focused so as to ease the chaos and walk through it as soon as possible.

My mind view gave me a giggle as I envisioned a circle of adults stuck and staring off in space with an arm or leg in or out, much like a toy robot whose batteries had run down. I decided at that point to start paying attention to when I pulled part of me out. An amazing thing happened, routines changed, I noticed that when I pulled myself out, it was because I was finished with that task. I felt more relaxed. I did not stress about what needed to be done, I started to fully enjoy whatever task I was performing. The task took less time, it was done properly, and dare I say, better when I was focused. I had more energy. I actually felt empowered! I had time to attend to what really mattered to me, what I found important, and when I chose to put my whole self in.

Now … put your right hand in, put your right hand out, put your right hand in and shake it all about… you do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself about… and that’s what it’s all about!

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What does the Golden New Age mean for us?

World Council, the galactic Confederation and the Light Council of Ain Soph through you as key portals, into the field of consciousness of humanity, into the consciousness continuum.

The Golden New Age was already described in the Bible as the thousand year reign of peace. It is the age of the Holy Spirit and the return of the Goddesses. We have all experienced golden ages here on the planet. The time has now come where the Goddess Gaia, the Earth Goddess, has decided to leave the dark ages of consciousness behind.

This can only work through you as a key portal, as this is directly related to your free will which is holy to us and is to remain intact. It requires your consent as incarnated beings. Therefore each one of you is a key portal of light, allowing the higher light consciousness to stream in ever more powerfully.

In the year 2012, mighty light portals were opened throughout the entire Earth. This occurred through meditation, invocation, illuminated rituals and the prayers of millions and millions of active people on the planet, together with the divine hierarchy who, through their entire love and their entire being, dedicate themselves to the ascension of the Earth and to humanity. This working together hand in hand, this interweaving from heart to heart, has created a golden divine matrix for all of humanity and the planet. The new light grid is superseding the old consciousness of humanity step by step. The Golden Age is here now. The golden Christ Matrix has been installed.

The Metatron Light School is a unique Light School. It differentiates itself in that it was channelled over many years directly from higher light dimensions. Goddesses, Ascended Masters, Archangels, Seraphims, the Elohim, and other loving Beings of Light are all equally your direct teachers. The initiators and patrons are Lightlord Metatron, High Priest Melchizedek and Lord Sananda. The content is conceived to allow you to easily and clearly implement and integrate it into your daily life. The Metatron Light School offers different modules which you can select individually, eg. the Diamond Light Priest Training as an intensive Module. Other modules include Metatron Merkaba Activation, Channelling Training, Goddess Seminar, Manifestation with Metatron, etc

The angels explain it to us like this: the birth of the Golden New Age is comparable to the birth of a child and in this case the birth of the golden Christ child. The child is born. It requires time on the Earth to grow, until all can see what a wonderful being it has turned into, when all of its extraordinary talents and abilities of this child have unfolded. This is how the Golden New Age has been born in your heart.

Welcome Channelling from Metatron during the Diamond Light Priest Training Beloved ones, this is Metatron the Radiant One. Together with the Ascended and Enlightened Ones throughout all time and dimensions, the Choir of Angels, and countless illuminated beings from your personal light family, I enter this time and space to initiate the Light Priest Training. We enter into the here and now in this Light Temple that we have erected for the next days. The light of this Light Temple should continue to accompany you into your golden future.

The Christ Consciousness activates itself in you and on Earth. You can merge with the energy of the new Golden New Age and welcome it with your heart. The golden Christ Light can be grounded and manifested through your YES. Through your consciousness, you can anchor the Golden Age in all chakras in the here and now, meaning a golden divine matrix is activated in your aura. When you choose to do so, you will activate and live not only your spiritual intelligence but also the brilliance of your Higher Self, as a result of this consciousness process. You will recognize and resolve all manipulation, programs and karmic energy within you bit by bit. Your entire radiance will unfold. In every situation, you will be anchored in your centre, in your heart. Your divine life plan activates itself and you will live out of the golden abundance of the universe. Metatron speaks about the Light School of the Golden New Age Beloved Ones, this is Metatron the Radiant One and with great joy in my heart I welcome you to the dimensions of absolute Light of the greater divine Light Spheres in which we exist and work.

At the beginning of this training I wish to pose the following question: What does it mean to be a Light Priest? It means: To be an ambassador on Earth for the highest light, an authorized representative appointed with divine powers of authority in order to act here on this earth, to open portals, undertake blessings, liberate humanity, release the old and the things of the past that you no longer need, to step forward and pave the way for humanity here on Earth.

When only one of you is able to connect yourself with the Primordial Source, then you connect the entire system with the Primordial Source. This is why you are the key portals of the Ascension on this Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lively, evolving key portals that allow us to directly intervene, to download and stream in the higher resolutions of the

These powers of authority, liberations and portal openings occur initially within you yourself. Out of the great love in our hearts, we transfer to you powerful clearings and empowerments. We can then see these in your auras. Illuminated beings throughout the 11

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universe perceive this, are able to see this. So we are once again One – as it was in days of old, so it is now and always will be. We awaken the radiant presence of your true divine identity, your true divine essence within you. That which you truly are should once again shine, should awaken. We elevate you: "Rise out of the dust of the millennium. Stand up, align yourself upwards. Be a sincere, authentic being of light of the New Age that points out the way for the Earth!"

These are the words out of our hearts, spoken with great love, given back as a gift to you and once again reactivated in your here and now in this lifetime, in all that you are. And here great blessings from the Divine Heart are given out of the almighty Love of God. And so it is beloved ones. It is an honour and a great joy, the highest joy of our hearts, to see the souls awaken and blossom, to be able to witness and help as they reclaim their radiating power. From our hearts you are welcome into our midst, from you to you, from light to light, from heart to heart, from truth to truth. Amen. So it is.

For everything that happens within you, happens simultaneously on a higher, multidimensional plane. Everything is connected with everything. This is the divine reality. I carry the key to divine reality, the divine matrix within me and I, Metatron, ignite it in you and place it in your hearts. Just as it was at the beginning of your being, so it is once again: the lost key returns. It is the divine matrix, the primordial light connection, the All-One-Consciousness. And so it shall be in your golden future.

What results will you achieve in the Diamond Light Priest Training? How can you implement that which you have learnt and use it in your life? The Diamond Light Priest Training has a practical orientation with many exercises to anchor the content being taught. When you return home, you can immediately use it in your daily life. You will be given a crystal clear technique – the Intuitive Light Body Reading – which will help you to evaluate the state of the chakras and the energy bodies intuitively and be able to harmonize them. In this way, your Crystalline Light Body will be built up stepby-step. The training additionally includes the harmonization and energization of living and working spaces. You will learn to ascertain who or what is blocking you up to now and is hindering you to go into your own power. Once you are freed and independent of old manipulations, then advancements in your life become quickly visible. Angels and Ascended Masters work directly in your Light Bodies and accompany you. This reactivates and expands your talents and abilities. The direct heart contact to your personal spiritual guidance will be established. This heart contact is a connection via your aura which, like the redial button on your phone, can be activated whenever you wish it to be. Then your own divine life plan will become more apparent both in the outer world as well as in the innermost part of your soul. It will make you rejoiceful and will fulfil you to use the newly acquired knowledge and light gifts in your aura in your daily life. During this training, you will meet your earthly as well as your heavenly light family. Metatron himself says about his Light School: "It is the Light School of the Golden New Age".

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Are you ready for the Diamond Light Priest Training?

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If an honest self-reflection and look into your heart shows you that there is still room for movement forward in your life, that old issues from past lives as well as from this one still effect you, even if you have been actively on the spiritual path for years or even decades, if you experience that much is still not resolved, if you ask for help from the deepest part of your heart and ask for actual redemption not just on the surface for you yourself but that truly everything in your environment is included and can also experience a lightful redemption, if you can say: "I wish to experience the deepest part of my soul, my true being, here on Earth", then you are ready for the Diamond Light Priest Training.

Light" within all and I restore all light structures, the sacred geometry in the Light Bodies. I raise your light vibration on all levels and activate the evolutionary and quantum leap within you. The channellings are given through Angel Medium Antje "Kyria Deva" Eisele, who, together with her husband Edwin Eisele, manifests the Litios Light Crystals. Peter and Ursula represent Litios Light Crystals in Canada and offer the Metatron Diamond Light Priest Training in Canada.

You will learn to work effectively, structured and down into the depths of the soul. This also means covering thousands of years, beyond time and space. The training will serve you to move forward truthfully and clearly in the light, in order to manifest the light in your current lifetime. You will experience powerful, immediate changes both internally as well as externally. Above and below will become One, for the light of heaven will enter your life.

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Who is Lightlord Metatron, after which the Metatron Light School has been named? Metatron is the initiator of the Metatron Light School and introduces himself in a channelling: I am the Lightlord of the source. I am the first angel that stands before the Throne. Coming out of the primordial light, I connect all beings again with the source. I ignite the "I AM Light from true 13

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Never Give UP!! Don’t ask for lighter rain. Instead pray for a better umbrella… or ditch the umbrella and dance in the rain mcobb

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Everywhere I turn these past few weeks, I have been reading about the energies that are affecting planet earth and the beings upon her. Everywhere you turn you might be observing and experiencing the effects of it .

very gentle with you as we convey our message and not because it is a terrible message but because we want you to feel the love behind it. Your planet has been on a trajectory towards something quite magnificent. There is no question about that. But in order for that to be revealed, there needs to be a change about and in you. Humans have the most influence and as such your physical being is changing to reflect more the essence of the other beings upon your planet.

On March 11 the sun released a class X 2.2 flare, X being the highest-class flare and 2.2 indicating that it is two times stronger than a one. It has been called a monster flare and it was aimed directly at our planet. These kinds of flares interfere with radio and television signals. Now if these affect radio and television signals with their magnetic influence, then I believe that they affect us too. After all we are energetic beings.

Let us explain. They are far ahead of you in their ability to connect with all that is. They are tuned in to the energies and as such they are more able to navigate them. They are not stuck in any stories about what always worked and how it has always been. They are more willing to adapt.

To add to the mix we will have experienced a total solar eclipse on March 20th and hot the heels of that is a lunar eclipse on April 4th.

You are adapting to the new energies and if you are staying stuck in your old stories of things that are wrong, things that have been done wrong, how you have been done wrong and so on and so on (we are sure you are getting our drift here) then it will be more difficult for your physical body to adapt.

Wowsers! My personal experience has been fatigue and chilled to the bone with a few aches and pains thrown in for good measure! I have found myself slipping quickly into deep sleeps when I lay down to read a few pages of a book. These sleeps have also included vivid dreams, some of which I remember and some that I don’t. None of them are horrible but the unfolding of the dreams has me curious. What is this all about?

Whenever you are in resistant to change in any way it will reflect in your body and in your life. But, conversely, if you embrace change and even dare we say have a part in the creating of change then your body and your being will feel a whole lot lighter!

Some days when I am out and about in my world I begin to feel irritable and anger sits waiting to erupt in me. What is this? Is it mine?

I am wondering if this is just the” stuff” that is in this life or is it from other lives? There is much that is at play in this revealing. We call it a revealing because there is already an outcome-God’s outcome. The details on how it plays out are not set in stone. However, the outcome is not in question at this point. It had been but it isn’t anymore.

It turns out it isn’t mine. With my questioning, it feels lighter and that is my clue that I am tapped in to someone else or multiple someone else’s feelings. Have you been feeling irritable? Is your body feeling less than well? Are you observing emotional eruptions in others or in yourself? Are you drawn into this or have you been able to just observe it?

And no it isn’t in what you consider this life. Time isn’t not what you think it is. It is far more malleable than that. For instance; do some days fly and other days crawl along? That is a very simple way of explaining some of it to you. However, time is happening all in one moment and there are many variables within that. Not all of it is available for your attention now because you wanted it that way. There are those that are more aware of it and they have been labeled insane. They are not.

I am not a sky watcher nor an astrologist but this curious mind wonders why there is so much intense activity in such a short period of time. As I said there has been a lot written about it and I have read some of it and now I kind of wish I hadn’t. It isn’t that I don’t want to know. I do. I just would like to hear The Group comments about this with an unbiased mind. It may be a little late for that. (smile)

But, we digress and but in that digression show you some of the rabbit hole. Timelines are not static and they can merge. How and when and if they merge, is determined by your choices. Some choices will change everything in an instant but there will still be enough that is familiar in order to make it easier on you.

However, I am going to ask them some questions! They have been waiting for a few days now for me to do exactly this! What is this all about?

Every possible choice and all that choice embraces is there already. Did you hear that? Every possible choice made with all

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that it holds is already there-not on your current timeline but certainly available to you. What do you choose and what are you willing to believe?

These planetary energies are asking and supporting your energy systems to change into something that will be more. The more will include an increased ability to heal yourself, an increased ability to be tuned in to your planet and an increased ability to be tuned in or out to the universe.

Most often the choices are not so different than ones already chosen and the timeline remains familiar territory. But, sometimes, and it has happened to many of you-you have a moment of knowing that something is different-you cannot quite put your finger on it but you feel as if you are living in a different time. It happens more than you know. What do you do with that?

You are being asked to step out of old realities and into something that is far more joyous. Out with the old and in with the new is the theme. Sometimes that new includes some very old information from other times and places. You didn’t always handle it all so well. This is your time to handle it better and you will. You will.

We have seen Linda pause and feel as if she has landed back into her life from somewhere else but in truth she has merged with another timeline that was available from her choices.

There is no going back now. However, there can be a point where some will say enough for now-I am out of here! There can be a point where some will say-I will remove myself from society and be alone. There can be a point where some will say this is as far as I am willing to go-no further!

We are laughing because we know that Linda’s mind is in a bit of a tizzy over this. I am! I can barely form another question! Okay guys, how about this-I remember when I was younger and had a thought that perhaps this was all just one big experiment-is it?

You have free will upon your planet. You had it before you landed and you have it now. You get to choose what you will do next. It is all in your hands.

We hesitate to say that conclusively because in some minds it means that you are being experimented upon and with. But yes it is an experiment and what we want you to know is that it is an experiment that you have been a part of and in on from the very beginning of time.

If you choose to not go with the flow you might find that you are left behind (NO not like that!) from the infinite possibilities that are awaiting your attention. What do you choose? Not what someone else thinks is a good idea but what do you choose?

This is not your first go around on this planet. You have been part of it from the beginning of time. We all have been and not all of us have been willing or wanting to experience the ride with you-not because it isn’t a most wonderful ride but because we have done a similar ride on other planets-in other times and places.

There are enough of you that are wanting to go with the flow, who remember however little that may be and who have a spark that illuminates an idea that shows that magic is possible. You will not believe anything less and you are also willing to believe that is available for everyone. You will be the ones who will lead others into that through your belief that it is possible.

Sure-leave us alone in all of this!

You are the ones who the young people will need on their side to encourage them into their infinite possibilities. It is happening now. You are doing it now.

But you are not alone. You never have been and you never will be. You have each other and those that are in your life are there by agreement to help you along the way, most especially when you think that they aren’t! And dear ones, you have so much being gifted to you from other places-from where we are and beyond.

This is how your planet is changing and if you only look at the face value of what you see without wondering and being curious as to how it is and how it can be, you will find yourself in a less than joyful place.

It is more complex than you can imagine and yet when you make your transition to join us it will seem so very simple and are you ready for this? You will want to do it again!

And if you choose to look for the good in its many, many forms on your planet-you will find it. And if you choose to make those things your primary focus you will anchor in the goodness-the things that contain greater possibilities and are wrapped up in joy-however small it is.

But how are the solar flares and eclipses helping us? You have been beings with a certain biology and energy system that has been rather stable for with not too much change occurring within it. All that is changing. You knew it would but you have forgotten.

That is a choice that we heartily recommend. It just makes is all so much easier on everyone! So you are telling me that everything is going along just fine? 18

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We are. Despite outward appearances it is all going quite well. Better than you could have imagined. Despite the unrest in parts of your world and despite the planet being impinged upon and despite the individual acting outs-despite all that, which is part of the process, given where you have been and where you are headed, it is all going along quite nicely. Each of you carries an essence that is very familiar to us because we are part of that essence too. We are that essence more fully than you and it is in you too. That is why we are so confident in your abilities to move forward in a more kind and joyous way. In the end you cannot help but do that. It is who you are too. Do you think that so many souls would want to be on your planet if it were not so? Do you think that perhaps they have things to offer? Do you think that you will embrace their beings and their knowings? You will because it will call up in you a remembrance of what you have always known. And what is it that we have always known? That you are, each of you, magnificent beings of light and love who are capable of far more than you have given yourselves credit for and who were delighted to on planet earth in this time, space and reality. So now, dear ones, the question for you is this. Will you step into more of that? Will you acknowledge that you are magnificent creators who have within in your hot little hands, (smile) the soulutions to everything that you ask about? You do and you can choose it again and again. Along the way, if you choose you will know yourself as we do. We you will experience the fullness of yourselves, as creators who are playing on planet earth and having far more fun than you thought possible. We promise you that is how you had wanted it to be. Go For Your Joy Linda and The Group

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Nada Rose

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Although the awakening process brings ecstatic experience, it often evokes ordeal too; an awakening of such extraordinary proportions that the person undergoing it feels engulfed in an encounter both foreign to their previous nature yet fascinating in its ability to inform that same person that true consciousness is far greater than the singular ‘I’ of personality and that this is beautiful and sublime. Even though that new land resides within oneself, its appearance shatters the known world and all that that one has believed to be true. The self we call ‘I’ is rocked to the core.

washing through me almost continuously, but I was deeply distraught over the fragility of my personal sense of self…the identity I had always been and now was not. Who or what had I become? Where would I find the answers? The interesting thing is, is that the answers do eventually reveal themselves within the experience of Kundalini itself. It is because I was affected by such difficulty at the onset of this awakening journey and understand that there have been and will be others with a similar story that I write this article. In my practice as an energy healer, a client, a young woman of twenty-five or so arrived for her session with me. She had spontaneously ‘awakened’ and was awash with fright since she was unable to stem the tide of energy rushing through her. She needed assistance desperately. We talked together about her understanding of the experience as well as about her medical history in which I recommended she visit her allopathic physician to eliminate or put at ease any worry for her about a potential dis-ease process. The hands-on session commenced after which, she felt clear and at ease. We booked a followup session for the next week which she subsequently canceled the day before the booking. Concerned, I contacted her because I understood the strain and complexity associated with a full-blown awakening. What had transpired for her when these experiences returned a few days after our work together, was that she had approached her boyfriend and family for help. Her family, convinced there was something seriously wrong, brought her to a psychiatrist who recommended medication to suppress her symptoms. The question is, was her experience psychosis or Kundalini awakening or something else? Of course, it would need exploration to determine which was happening for her, but the issue here is that she really didn’t have an opportunity to completely investigate the possibility that this might be a spiritual awakening that would consequently affect her choice of ‘treatment’. It is understandable that a person engulfed by these internal movements in awareness may only want to return to ‘normal’ and to forget the opening into this other realm, because the content is profoundly overwhelming to the psyche and, generally speaking, our society does not have the protocols and supports in place to deal with these transformations appropriately anyway.

This is called Kundalini and is known as an indwelling spiritual energy existing within all human beings that can awaken and purify one so that a state of awakened consciousness occurs which is non-dual and infinite. It is the advent of the mystical state that declares ‘I am’ as it becomes known and experienced. The evolution of kundalini’s path moves in ever-increasing depth as it circles and expands from within, gradually creating integration within a person through time although, initially, the original event often creates deep crisis within the ego. A person may labour intensively to conceal this; however, struggling to function within consensual reality and appearing ‘normal’ despite the inpouring of spiritual content may be in those early months and years, swept away within a millisecond by those powerful inner waves of energy and knowledge literally surging through one’s body, mind and emotions and that are triggered by anything remotely esoteric, by a simple focussed thought or for no apparent reason at all. For myself and during this very fragile time, I practiced keeping my attention fixed upon the mundane by reading newspapers, washing the dishes, chatting with folks and doing those activities that would not evoke an experience of the infinite within me. I pushed back and ignored its constant pressure by persistently anchoring myself in the performance of simple tasks, although that practice was akin to the story of the Dutch boy thrusting his finger into a hole in the dike to stem the flow of the water threatening to burst through its walls. My sense of personal identity continuously remained a breath away from being overwhelmed by these powerful inner forces and often I would be inundated with archetypal wisdom, esoteric knowledge, visions, understandings and an expansion of consciousness that exploded into the eternal. I was twenty-one.

We all long for that sublime cascade that takes us into expanded consciousness. It is, though, important to understand that with it comes purification which may include a barrage of symptoms that are difficult to hold, to understand and to feel. When it occurs that way, it is called spiritual emergency, however when the same process occurs within the context of being supported by others as well as understood as an evolution in consciousness and a process to be welcomed, it becomes Spiritual Emergence, a far more healing journey to walk.

Because no one existed within my small world to educate or instruct me in this unfolding, the path was fraught with many difficulties in the beginning particularly in the first eighteen to twenty-four months or so. What was so difficult to comprehend was why this experience had chosen me when prior to its appearance, I had not an inkling that something such as this was even possible. It had never entered my mind. This meant then, that my personal ignorance about the topic was complete and I had no reference points for such an awakening; did not know it was possible; did not have a name for it; knew no one who had had a similar experience; and did not know the duration of its movement or whether it might eventually decrease in intensity or finally do me in. I was both ecstatic in this flood of consciousness expansion and profound love for humanity

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Becoming Open to Grace is a path I am currently on; this for me means I am trying to live my life with an open heart and mind and not go into judgment and criticism. This is not as easy as I first thought it would be. I find that my subconscious mind can be extremely critical and judgmental â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both on the actions of others and also on my own behaviors or lack of depending on the situation. I truly do try to be a positive person BUT like many of us human beings I do have my moments of woe is me and the negative thought patterns can be hard to let go of. For me being open to grace is a life long journey and requires me to become patient with myself, to accept my faults and impatience's and to stop thinking that I need to be PERFECT. Really the concept of perfection is so based on what your thought's and feelings are, and everyone will have a different definition, so trying to live up to this concept is setting you up to fail. I find that I have to be hyper aware of both my conscious and subconscious thoughts and to be ready to have self compassion on hand to free my mind from any negative thought or judgment. I have over time found that the word 'Cancel' works really well for me. When a negative or judgmental thought enters into my consciousness I simply say or think ' Cancel that ' and then I place a new positive thought into my mind. I find that keeping the K.I.S.S. Principle ( keep it simple silly ) works the best for me. I also know that often my own ego will test me and that I have to let go of thinking I am winning or loosing, as along the journey of finding 'Grace' I will be doing both many times, I just have to be open to each and every day and do my best at the time and to learn to forgive myself when I do not. Having grace means being as compassionate to my own foibles as I hope to be to others. I would like to be part of changing this planet we live on, to help stop the destruction of the earth and the cruelty of people who try to control others. BUT I have come to the conclusion I only have control over myself and how I think and behave. It is my hope that by being loving and positive and by reaching out to others with the same energies that we can through meditation and other self practices help buffer the negatives that we are subjective to daily and that through 'Grace' create a healthy planet and human society. For now I will continue my own journey and I send Love and healing blended with laughter and joy to all of you to take on your own journeys.

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Have you found your ultimate love yet? Do you dream of the perfect partner, or sometimes fear losing the one you have? While romantic love is powerful, and the enduring love of a committed partner comforting, this is still love on a small scale, for it depends on the presence of someone else. It is only a small piece of the love available to us.

When we align with soul, and experience our intimate connection with all that is, then we are perpetually in love. We are in a state of love. The heart is open, the mind is clear, and we see the beauty and perfection in all that is unfolding. If you have ever seen northern lights, you understand the feeling of awe that comes in simply watching the dance. We accept that the lights have a dance of their own, over which we have no control. We can only watch and marvel. Life is like that too, if we view it from the perspective of soul.

I think of my cat, stretched out on the carpet under the rectangular patch of sunlight that shines through the skylight. She basks in it, warmed and comforted, and looks as though, in her mind at least, she is in heaven. She does not really understand the source of this loving warmth, but she savors it. This is her little patch of sunlight, and she takes what she gets.

Ego, on the other hand, chases after the uncatchable, the unholdable, clutching and grasping. This is like chasing after a rainbow. Just when you think you could reach out and grasp it, there’s nothing there, and you are empty handed. Well, it is there, but not in the way ego thinks. Similarly, love is always there, but not always in the way ego would like it to be.

I, on the other hand, have a larger perspective. If I want more sun, I can go outside, or travel to the tropics. Still, I am limited, because every twelve hours I still must endure darkness.

When the Sufis write passionate love poems, with deep reverence for the Beloved, they are writing to God, or the divine source. For them, that relationship is first and foremost, bringing, peace, contentment and all the fulfillment any heart could desire. If we allow ourselves to experience our own souls, and their connection to the soulfulness of the whole, however we conceive that, then we are perpetually fulfilled, satisfied, and in a state of love and grace. The love that we then share with a human partner is a portion of the greater love in which we dwell. We are both sharing the love which powers our essence, as opposed to filling each other’s voids. There is a freedom and sense of gifting with this kind of love. It is not controlling, manipulating, analyzing, quantifying, or questioning. It is pure, humble, selfless and undemanding. It does not barter, for it wants nothing in return.

The love we share with another is like the little patch of light on the carpet. It is connected to a powerful source, but is a distant reflection. When it is not there, we feel like it has gone away. We could sit there and watch the spot for another twenty-four hours, and if there are no clouds, it will be back. If we think of love only in relation to other people, and as something we get from them, we are limiting ourselves like the cat, who must wait, and basks in the sun only when it shows up in her space. Imagine how different it would be if we thought of love in the same way we think about the air we breathe. If we think of love as a powerful energy that binds and permeates our Universe, then it is everywhere. If it is the life force, emanating from the primordial fireball, it resonates within every cell of our bodies, as it does in every atom in every star. It is the energy of our soul. When we access soul consciousness, we align and merge with the very source of our being. This is like a baby being embraced in the loving arms of the mother, drawing sustenance from her warm breast. In this moment there is no separation, only the love that exists between the two. This feels like home.

When we recognize that our heart is full of love, and when we open it, we open ourselves to an endless supply, then we will never again be out of love. Stepping into soul, we bring to an end ego’s illusion of separation. Then we are free to enter the dance of life with the fullness of our being. Many special souls will cross paths with ours, and we may dance with them for a day or a lifetime. We can share the joy that is in our hearts, and see where it takes us. As long as we remember we are reflecting back to one another that higher source of love, and never lose touch with it, nor try to own or control it, we allow for the experience of bliss. It doesn’t get too much better than that.

With the development of ego, we forget our connection with source, for ego is only concerned with self. It is like it builds a little house for itself, then lives inside and sees that inner world as the totality of what is. Having lost connection with the vast endless love out there, ego seeks to find someone who will fill self with love. This one becomes the center of ego’s universe, and is responsible for continually shining the light of love upon ego. If it starts to grow dim, or to disappear, ego feels as though its very life force is dying. It experiences feelings of loss, sadness, anger, loneliness, rage, victimization, bitterness, rejection, and even loss of self-worth. Ego grieves, and then begins the search for another source of love.

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Thank you for allowing us to write in your column. I will endeavour to share the healings we have helped people to do over the many years I have been blessed to be a part of.

level, she has been asthma free for 5 years, and her fear of strangers has departed to the point, where has met and married a beautiful soul, a native no less. I have lost contact with her, as she moved out west, but the last message I received was she was going to train and run a marathon, to try out her new lungs.

I have decided that I will share the condensed version of a healing, and in doing so, enlighten your readers as to the problem area in a life force, and the process to heal it. Because we use so many modalities, and often combine them in this work, we will not go into the full spectrum of the tasks, rather concentrate on the outcomes and the ties to it.

As many readers know, past life events can hold a strong effect on this life. I have found about 50 percent of healings are past life, and 50 percent are triggered in this life. Though we set ourselves up for the healing to occur from our triggers, past or present, it is a process that enlightens and allows our vibration to rise to meet the new challenges ahead.

To start, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recount the healing of a severe asthmatic. The student had this condition since she could remember. We talked about life history, slowly directing the thought pattern to an event or trigger point in her life. But after some small event healings, and some mindLESS meditating exercises, it was thought that her condition stemmed from a past life. I like to use mindless over mindful, as it better allows new students access to their events, and whatever the higher self needs to say.

I feel it is in my, our , best interest to heal all who seek it, but it must be they who seek it, for the healing that is forced, will not take, as the ego needs to be put in its place for the time of the healing. We as healers see things from a different plane, as we have all done the work, or at least striving to get there. Universe applauds us all that do the work, whether it be self-work, or healing work. In the end, the healing is done by the student, by forgiving her/him/them, then replacing all the emotions tied to it with love.

Using the Cannon (Delores Cannon http:// www.dolorescannon.com/about) technique, we discovered a past life, where she was a native Indian woman, a chiefs daughter, and through progression, she told the tale of deceit and lies, wherein a group of settlers befriended the Indian village, only to set it ablaze with all the people inside.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take the quantum out of healing, and simplify it to LOVE healing, which is the only way to heal anybody, or any soul anyway.

The telling of the tale opened her subconscious mind to change the history. We often go back and relive the account, but change the outcome to a better circumstance, in doing so, you change the event, therefore changing the perceived issues of this life path. So having changed and relived her life at that time, the smoke never filled her lungs, and had her condemn herself for not listening to her father warn her of the bad intent of the settlers, which by the way, caused a trust issue of strangers in her life.

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After doing some remodelling of her subconscious, we were able to remove the emotion held there, and in doing so, removed her asthmatic condition. Ten minutes of teaching her how to breathe again on the conscious

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Michelle Hayes

Dear Ones, Now is the time for consciousness. Your awareness is growing in exponential bounds. There are no limits to the potential of consciousness for its very essence is unfathomable. So, dear ones, you yourselves are boundless and full of unlimited potential. You are unfathomable in your depths. The depths of who you really are, are full of love at its very core and this love cannot be described in words or thoughts. You see, dear ones awakening to the consciousness of love is of the utmost importance for the whole universe and the potential of “All that Is” and “All that Ever Was”, lies in your hearts, if you would but know. Dear ones drop into your place of knowing beyond all thoughts, words and knowledge. That place deep within that recognizes all things, and is all things at the same time. In this place your consciousness awakens to the love you are, the love that the whole universe is. That love is the universe within you and all around you, for love is all there is. With unfathomable love

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2) What does it feel like?

The first step to changing something is to acknowledge it exists. This is referred to as shadow work...it’s the stuff that feels more comfortable to keep hidden. Though hidden in our subconscious, these patterns create dissonance and incoherence within our energy field so that when we try to create the things that we consciously WOULD LIKE to experience, we usually end up getting mixed results which often leaves us feeling confused and disheartened.

3) What are the physical sensations in my body? 4) What is my response to the emotion/what is the default thought/behaviour I experience after I sense this emotion? (your default response is your pattern) 5) When did this pattern begin/when did I first experience this pattern? (you can ask for this lifetime or a previous one)

The willingness to acknowledge our shadow aspect is like taking the time to clean out our old closets before we move into a brand new home. Closets that we haven’t entered into for some time because it’s so dark and scary in there! When we care enough to do this, we are essentially calling into the light the aspects of ourselves that we have abandoned and disowned. We are thus reclaiming the pieces of ourselves that we have previously left behind in order to find peace or comfort in a painful or traumatic situation/experience.

6) Where does this pattern come from? (lineage, collective, gender, cultural, maternal/paternal side) 7) How has it shown up in my life up to this point? Transformation occurs when we can bring our awareness, acknowledgement, allowance, acceptance, forgiveness, Love & Gratitude to a situation.

We are, by nature, extraordinarily adept at finding ways to cope with uncomfortable or frightening circumstances in order to survive – mentally, emotionally and physically. Much of this results in a fragmentation of our consciousness. When we have the courage to face our shadow side we are choosing to look at our disassociated pain and sit with it – just like a mother would sit and hold a scared child. In this way we are giving ourselves two of the greatest gifts – acknowledgment and validation. We can hold our inner child close and tell them that it is okay that we felt that way when we felt it. We can say that no matter what, we have our own back now and we will give ourselves whatever is necessary so that we don’t need to feel that way again. We sit in Love and allowance and complete acceptance of that forgotten space within us, acknowledging and understanding our need for disassociation at the time.

We can then look for the presence of a new pattern. In my case, my fear of losing a deep connection was overridden by bringing my attention to the present moment where my friend was standing by, guiding me with Love through my fear. Through that process, she was able to show me that although I expected a certain outcome, another one was presenting itself to me. This allowed me to change a pathway and create a new one! This step in the process of re-patterning is called finding a ‘reference’ to a new belief. By bringing our awareness to a new and desired belief and looking for ways in which that is already true, we begin to shift into that new pathway. We will notice that we begin to respond differently now when or if a similar experience presents itself. If you’re interested in knowing where this pattern began I’d be happy to share...it’s likely a deeply held collective pattern that most are unconsciously participating in. Please email me at Emily@ignitespirit.ca to find out more!

I recently underwent a very intense transformation, of which, one of my deepest patterns was brought into the light. This pattern, when looking back, has affected every single relationship in my life. It was one of those light bulb moments!

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I was feeling immense pain around the disconnection and possible loss of my most cherished friendship, a person I trust, love and appreciate so deeply. This pain activated my previous coping mechanism - which I noticed was to withdrawal, remain alone and remove myself from all significant relationships since they ‘always seem to cause me pain.’ I became aware of my Self talk and how hurt I was by this sense of disconnection.

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As always, bearing witness to my emotional turmoil I notice my deeper self begin to ask questions (when the pain is great there is an amazing opportunity for transformation to occur). After I allowed myself to truly and deeply feel the emotion, noticing where it landed in my body, I asked my Self these things:

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What does wellness mean to you? For me, wellness has been a holy grail. First it was learning how to help people heal when I was in nursing school. Then it was surviving cancer and getting well from that terrifying experience. Then it was finding out that wellness meant more than not being sick. Then it was championing the cause of wellness and sharing the message, which became my career for most of my working life. What is wellness and how far up the ladder does wellness go? Like Alice, I fell into a strange new world when I began to explore wellness. And then wellness swallowed me and I was tricked and kicked into the realization that this reality isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really very well at all. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when wellness turned into my grail quest. So I wandered in the wellness wilderness and eventually emerged with some amazing and exciting ideas about the 37

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breadth of wellness. And why wellness is so important to humans at this time in our life cycle as a species.

The more people in the same vicinity, the bumpier and more chaotic the ride can be as each one of us brings our own ‘baggage and/or blossoms with us.

Don't be fooled into thinking that wellness is the opposite of sickness. Wellness is much more. Wellness involves the whole individual; not just in the physical sense, but also our emotions, our mind and thoughts and our spiritual connection. But wellness doesn't stop there. It extends to our partners, family, community and ripples out into our own cultures and across the globe. Who knows, it probably causes ripples right across the Milky Way.

We are like balls in the children’s ballroom, bouncing off of each other, our energy rubbing off on each other in bits and fragments. The result is our early morning high can be ruined by the time we have had our first coffee at the office. Or the reverse, we can be feeling our life is going down the tubes and someone calls us or comes to the door and by the time they leave, we are feeling hopeful and whistling the theme song from the Bonanza.

There are two critical parts in wellness. The first is us as a person. Each one of us is like a mini-corporation within our own bodies. We are a conglomerate of energy made up of our biology, our emotions, our mental beliefs and our spiritual awareness. That all gets packaged up into one amazing physical body surrounded with rings of higher and higher vibrating energy, and it’s all ours. (or is it?) Hold that thought.

Shift has happened and wellness is the key that opens the doorway Somewhere along the line maybe it was thousands of years ago, we stopped being well and started on a downward spiral in our energy. We forgot what it feels like to be well. We were told we were sinners, we were bad, or we bought into the idea that life is what you do while you are waiting to die. Working, struggling, being a victim began to be what we came to think was our life’s meaning. I want to jump over this part quickly because we know all about this…we have been or are currently living in this struggle for survival. Some of us don’t even know what being joyful feels like, let alone live there in that space on a daily or even monthly basis. And dare I say it, women, especially, see to have lost the memory of being happy and playing. Play has nearly been lost to western humanity in lieu of the great god WORK.

Here comes the second part of wellness. Each one of us exists in an environment: home, business, the bus, a field, walking on the boardwalk, watching the ocean. These are all environments that we experience every day. And our environment is also a filled with energy…some ecstatic, some good, some bad, and some horrid. And on any day each of us might wander thru many different environments. The thing is, these environments are charged with energy and they affect our own energy too. So we are feeling in the high 80% of our energy and we feel awesome this morning. The sky is blue, birds are singing and wow, life is grand. We AND our environment are working together and we are in sync and yep, we are feeling blissed out.

But then ‘shift’ happened. We got our energy collectively high enough on the planet where we qualified for the next stage of humanity, the next level of evolution, if you please. Now everything that was is changed and different. Or at least filled with the potential for us to make it different. Instead of identifying ourselves by our work, we are being called to be happy, live our joy and passion. Even the conglomerate of business gurus are singing the “Don’t worry, be happy” song to us. And offering coaching in how to do it.

Now let’s look at some energy jumping around, add some chaos. Imagine the environment of rush hour traffic! Or Monday morning in the office; Friday afternoon heading out to dinner with friends! Each environment is charged with energy and that energy affects us. Now here is the trick. Every one of us has our own energy field. But when two or more are gathered together, we start to interfere in each other’s energy fields. We are still whistling when we get into the office until our energy field meets up with Oscar the office kermudgeon who walks by us with his coffee cup in hand complaining about his commute in. Suddenly we are starting to feel less cheerful. Our boss hands us an assignment and time line that feels impossible. And along with the assignment are her worries about a possible divorce. Suddenly for no apparent reason we are feeling tense or discouraged. What I’m getting at here is other people affect our energy and our wellness…if we let them or we don’t know any better.

Why is wellness the key? Let’s define wellness as being the best we can possibly be at any time in any situation with all of our energy aligned. Wellness can also be defined as operating at our maximum energy level, and caretaking our energy level at all times. That means that if we dip (when the drip in the office coffee room kermudgeons away at his or her tough weekend, for example) and we feel our 80 percent slide down the scale, we note it and instantly rebalance ourselves. We operate ourselves at our maximum capacity. 38

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So graphically let’s say that wellness is juggling all the balls of our energy and keeping them in the air as much as possible. Yeah, one or more can drop or get punched out of our hands, but we can see it, feel it, and get that ball back in the air and soaring again almost instantly. Or the whole bunch can flop on the floor, but we just pick ‘em up and start getting them back in the air again.

(Just watch your energy while you listen to the news, if you don’t believe me.) The key to entering the new shift is seeing what’s right and being in the flow of wellness. That naturally leads us to being grateful for the things that are going right in our lives. Being grateful leads us to increase our energy and we are sliding back up that scale of wellness.

Everyone on a spiritual path remembers how the drama and stories took forever to work themselves out and become neutralized until rather than weeks, we learned to flip a traumatic or dramatic scenario around in a matter of minutes, or hours. And really biggies that might have taken half a year…well we can sleep on them, and awaken the next morning and feel ourselves over the emotional drama and ready to take creative constructive action. That’s wellness in action.

Neat, huh!

When I work with people the question they ask is HOW do I return my energy to my maximum operating efficiency….ok, they don’t say it just like that, but you know what I mean.

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The answer is easy, but it can be a real challenge. The answer is look at what’s right in any given situation.

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Yep…find out what’s right with the situation you are in. Stop! Do not go forward into the ‘what’s wrong’ line. THAT will not help. The ‘what’s right’ scenario is the key to flipping us out of feeling the victim of life circumstances, feeling powerless and in feeling powerless allowing that feeling to further drain your energies. Try reading Power vs. Force by David Hawkins if you need ammunition to believe what I am saying. (http:// www.amazon.ca/Power-vs-Force-Determinations-Behaviour/ dp/1561709336 ) But the reason we are looking for what is right is the shift. When we do this, we literally shift your energy up several pegs, and we do something else too. Looking at what’s right within the scenario shifts our energy back into the flow of wellness and out of the victim energy downward spiral. When our energy goes up, we see things from a broader perspective and can solve our problems, we don’t feel helpless, and we become creators of our lives. While that’s all it takes, shifting to seeing the situation from what’s right and not what’s wrong…well, it’s a real challenge because we live in a society that bases itself on problem finding, problem defining and problem solving. We are conditioned to look at things from what is wrong. It’s endemic in our systems and epidemic in our politics, not to mention our nightly news.

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Have you ever tried to quit smoking? Were you successful? If the answer is no, then chances are you didn’t deal with all of the issues with your addiction. Smoking is not only addictive but habit forming. You can try using the patch or chew nicotine gum or even have gone cold turkey but they won’t work unless you have identified and healed your emotional issues that smoking temporarily alleviates. I know of several people who gave up smoking, one addiction, and replaced it with another one like eating and of course, they gained weight. Excessive eating is just another message your unconscious mind is trying to signal to you that you need to heal your emotional issues.

about you they will understand and respect your need for being in a smoke free environment. The aroma of a cigarette burning alone can send a chain smoker into a craving frenzy! For many smokers nicotine calms the nerves so tune into yourself and ask yourself why you’re feeling unnerved. If you’re worried about that job interview tomorrow, or the exam you have to take, or whatever the issue is, try to put it in perspective. Will your nervousness be an issue in a week from now, a month from now? How about 5 years from now? If you answered no, then breathe deeply and try to relax. Find something else to do that will calm your nerves like having a nice cup of tea, going for a walk in nature, having a hot bath in Epsom salt, reading a good book, listening to relaxing music. There are many things that can bring you to a state of peace that are much better for you than smoking. Chances are is that you never took the time to think of other creative things to do.

So how do we identify and heal the emotional issues connected with smoking? Through life coaching, I can help you do the deep exploration required to find out why you began smoking in the first place. We then create a plan together to help you heal those emotional issues that you will be in the right frame of mind to eventually quit smoking.

Focus on replacing your attachments to smoking with something else. Every time you want a cigarette, journal why that is. How are you feeling? What’s happening for you right now? How about chewing some gum? Take baby steps though and be compassionate with yourself. You may not be the kind of person who can go cold turkey but can you commit to a plan for reducing the amount you smoke each week? Make it a goal to smoke less and less each week until you’re down to 1 cigarette a week. When you’re ready, give up that last one and then invite friends and family to celebrate your success. Treat yourself with a night out, a spa treatment or buy that special something you’ve been wanting but haven’t because smoking cost you too much money and you didn’t really have the savings for it. Smoking is a very expensive habit and by quitting you’ve now increased your financial abundance and can use that money towards other needs and desires you have been putting off.

Health is a huge motivational reason for wanting to quit smoking but for a lot of chain smokers it’s not enough. Chain smokers intellectually understand that smoking is bad for their health and could give them cancer and eventually kill them but the addictive nature of nicotine makes it very difficult to convince the conscious mind that it’s time to make better lifestyle choices. I recommend my clients to start journaling their experiences when they are craving a cigarette. What is happening for you right now that you want a cigarette? How are you feeling? I then take my clients through emotional brain training, which is a practical technique to get you from stress or anxiousness to peace. When you deny yourself a cigarette you may be feeling anxious so emotional brain training is a very effective technique. Another thing you can do is to keep yourself busy. Find something to do with your hands. Don’t keep cigarettes in your house or at work. Call a friend. Do whatever you need to do to distract yourself. Eventually the feelings/cravings will pass. What you don’t want to do is to replace what the cigarette gives you with something else. They key is to figure out why you want to smoke and then resolve that issue within you.

Love & Light,

Lisa

Some people like to smoke in concert with others so it becomes a social thing. In order to quit smoking you need to reframe your thinking and make changes to your life such as finding something else you can do to relate to those folks you hang out with besides smoking with them. If it’s too difficult to hang around with your smoking friends then start hanging around with non-smokers. You can still have your smoking friends but don’t be around them when they do smoke. Tell your friends and even co-workers that you’re trying to quit and if they care

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This month we are looking at the second Aett, known as Hagal's Aett.

stacles. It is often inscribed on weapons and armor to aid in their power and to protect the wearer.

We start with, appropriately, Hagalaz. Its meaning in magick is very different from its meaning in divination. Here it shows frustrating, but not stagnating, delays. This is a rune of evolution, much like the tortoise and the hare analogy, slow and steady. It is this attribute that promotes security and keeps negative energy from invading your space.

Perthro, in magick, is the rune of time and change. It rules over secrets and things hidden and is also allied with karmic energies.

We would use Hagalaz for protection. Where luck is needed. To encourage a positive result within a fixed framework.

Naudhiz has two aspects to it and one would be advised to remember both when formulating a runescript. It represents need and distress BUT also a release from that distress. By force of will, one can change Fate via knowledge and wisdom. This rune is a very powerful rune in Icelandic love magick and represents the primal needs and desires that drive one to seek a lover.

We would use Perthro when evolving your magickal ideas. When dealing with investments or speculation. To find lost items. To promote good mental health in healing. Another rune often carved into weapons and armor is Algiz and would be part of a bindrune with Eihwaz and possibly Tiwaz or Sowilo for victory and protection. When we look at the shape of Algiz we see that it is the position we would stand in when invoking the gods or drawing energy from the cosmos. It is also seen as the connecting bridge between gods and men. This rune, therefore, is used as a protection from one's enemies, a protection from evil, to promote friendships, and also to strengthen luck and life force. Sowilo is the rune of the will. It is the spiritual energy which guides all true seekers. A rune of success. Also used for healing and when strength and self-confidence are needed.

Its uses are, overcoming distress, achievement of your goals, and protection. We also would use Naudhiz in love magick - to find a lover and also as an impetus to get a relationship moving forward. Isa rules the forces of inertia and entropy and is also the symbol of ego. We would use this rune when we wanted to "freeze" a situation as it is, as a development of will, or in order to halt unwanted forces.

This brings us to the end of the second Aett. You should be able to see correlations between the eight runes in each set. Hopefully this helps you in determining what runes to use for each situation. Next month we will look at the final Aett, but until then, Sk책l Phil

Jera is the symbol of harvest, of rewards arriving at their proper time. This rune also governs legalities of all sorts and is useful in all legal matters. We would use Jera, therefore, when a tangible result is expected for an outlay of money, time or effort. To help bring events to pass. To help with legal matters. For fertility. Eihwaz represents the yew tree and is a powerful rune of protection and banishment. It is also useful for removing ob-

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Sunday Sun-Day

Monday Moon-day

Tuesday Mars-day

Wednesday Mercury-Day 1 Get your mercury on … be a great trickster today … All Fools Day It’s all in the details

5 Voc until Noon

6 Don’t give or commit to more than you really can … but be passionate about you are giving

7 Afternoon VOC

Watch your selftalk … appreciate your individuality

13 Unexpected surprises … Keep your anger in check … and your wallet in your pocket

19 VOC from

20 VOC continues

Great day to meet a friend for a coffee and tell them how you feel about your plan of action

Sun moves into Taurus

26 If you feel yourself getting all worked up – direct that energy toward making change … start with the one you know

27 all day VOC

Schedule your family get together after lunch

12 VOC until 10:44am

4:06pm

all day until 4:28pm

Step up to the challenge and meet the day head-on!

Another day to really watch that self-talk … if you don’t really mean it … don’t say it!

Thursday Jupiter-Day 2 VOC All day Don’t let your day run Amuck … center often

8 Jupiter is standing still getting ready to move forward

9 VOC from

14 Short VOC at

15 VOC from

Mercury moves to Taurus – slow and purposeful thinking

Excellent meditation day

22 All day VOC

Check your boundaries today, otherwise a very uplifting beautiful day

Earth day

16 Pluto is Standing still ready to move into an inner spiral … what do you want to transform in your life? 23 Another great meditation day

Plant a Tree and visualize a healthy happy planet

Go for a walking meditation in the park finish off by hugging a tree

28 If you are struggling with your meditation today turn it into an opportunity to simply breathe…

29 No matter how you feel today … embrace your life, keep your list of all the great things you love about it.

30 Mercury moves into Gemini J

No impulse buying

noon then your are good to go

2:30pm

10:42am

Great day to check on what is going on inside

Friday Venus-Day 3 Keep your inside voice … invoice Think before you speak

10 Continue your work from yesterday … take a minute to check on how you feel 17 Take care that your actions do not get out of control

Saturday Saturn-day 4 VOC 8:58am all day

Full Moon – Lunar Eclipse at 5:05am Expect the unexpected 11 Venus moves to Gemini Change your hair colour, clothing or style Be – fun and frivolous 18 Short VOC

from Noon until 2:30

New Moon at 11:57am

Expect the unexpected 24 VOC at 10:04am

Talk it out!

25 Find an outdoor activity – work in your garden or volunteer at a local community garden – great day to get rid of the ‘weeds’

Get your journal out

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Planetary ‘Action’ at a Glance Double Whammy Days for the Month – 13, 14, 19… take care – with short meditative breaks throughout the day – remember to breathe.

Jupiter… Our planet of growth, wisdom, opportunities and excess. Jupiter is very slow moving which allows us to settle in and grasp what opportunities are presenting themselves in your life. Jupiter moves direct on the 8th of April – get ready to grab onto any opportunity that comes your way.

Lots of great favorite Meditation or relaxed days for the Month – 2, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 30… Experiment with different types of meditation, breathing Jupiter Squares and Oppositions with the Moon for the Month – 6, 13, 19 … Don’t lose sight of your - moving (chi gong) or walking - silent or music/ budget, over-indulging or over-committing, watch guided. that others do not take advantage of your generosity. Mercury, our planet of communication in all Saturn… Our planet of boundaries, restrictions, forms from old fashioned verbal & written – to and possibly fear. Just at the end of communication that travels on air waves. Mercu- limitations th 2014 (25 ) Saturn moved into Sagittarius, and will ry has moved into Aries so don’t let yourself get all travel through this fiery optimistic energy for the next hot and bothered. By the middle of April he will have couple of years. Saturn in Sagittarius will help you moved into Taurus – so get ready to so down your infuse flexibility and passion into what you are manicommunication and get into doer mode. festing, focus on healthy boundaries. This month Mercury squares and oppositions with the Moon Saturn continues his long retrograde (inner spiral), for the Month – 3, 12, 27 …Think before you speak, he makes it all the way back to 28 degrees Scorpio CHOOSE YOUR WORDS WISELY! for a final a hurrah – don’t let your fears get the best of you. If you have any planets between 28 and 3 Venus … our planet of Love, Security (which often degrees focus on creating healthy boundaries. shows up as monetary wants) and what we like to surround ourselves with (art, greenery, food, music, colour, Saturn conjunctions, squares and oppositions sparkly things … ) with a very individual flare and ex- with the Moon for the Month – 8, 14, 20, 28 …You pression. Venus continues to move through may feel that life is hard work. STEP UP and MEET Taurus where we have been smelling spring flowers THE CHALLENGE! embracing new growth. She will then move into Uranus … Unleash your Genius, this is our planGemini on the 11th where you may find friends (or et of sudden ideas and change. Uranus is slowly yourself) a little more chatty and happy go lucky. Watch out for people reading or texting while walking moving through Aries – creating impulsive moments in our lives … be a rebel with a cause. Focus this J energy on new and innovative ideas that make your Venus squares and oppositions with the Moon life the best it can be! for the Month – 7, 14, 29 … Heartache/domestic Neptune … Our planet that dissolves boundaries and security challenges. LOVE and EMBRACE LIFE and limitations. Neptune continues through Pianyway! sces so take care with experimentation of drugs and Mars … Our planet of action, passion and anger. alcohol and Be MindFul of what you are creating. It is important for you to connect to and work Pluto … Our planet of transformation, control with your Martian energy – utilizing healthy ex(ego) and power. Pluto slowly plods along movpressions of action. At the Beginning of the ing through Capricorn – Pluto continues to push for month Mars moves into Taurus – take care not to suppress anger – instead take this energy and use it change to our old and outworn patterns of dictatorship and inflexible leadership (although you will conto finish projects started last month. tinue to feel the resistance). He turns retrograde Mars, watch squares, conjunctions and opposi- (inner spiral) on the 16th of April – looking for change tions with the Moon for the Month – 5, 13, 19, 26 … use this opportunity to do some deep soul search…Use Caution! Be careful of temper tantrums and ing … accidents! RED LIGHT 50

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Sun moves into Taurus on the 20th … Hap-

with slow and steady action which will embrace and enhance unexpected opportunities. Evoke deep and passionate emotions that will truly let your light shine out. Are you willing to do what it takes to make change?

py Solar Return (Birthday) to all you Taurean’s out there. Allow the Sun to infuse you with health and vitality.

Solar cycles … New and Full Moons – it is

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important to step outdoors and connect to the early evening sky, and again in the early morning just before the Sun peaks out from the horizon, consciously wake from one dream and step into another. The lunar cycle is a monthly marker giving us a time line in which to complete old tasks, then birth the new. When we do this we inherently connect to our genetic/ collective habits and patterns of our multidimensional bodies. As above So below.

Cartesian Co-ordinates … incorporate these questions as you work with your monthly goals: What will happen if I do achieve this goal? … What will happen if I don’t achieve this goal? What won’t happen if I do achieve this goal? What won’t happen if I don’t achieve this goal? This month we have our first Lunar Eclipse of the year. This will set an emotional overtone that works on an inner - emotional level for the next 6 months, we use these charts for mundane applications such as looking at the effects on our countries well-being. When your natal chart is lit up you will feel great personal impact peaking within 3 months of the eclipse. This provides an added layer of information combined with your Solar Return, Transits and Progressions to provide direction over the course of your personal year.

The Full Moon/ Lunar Eclipse – April 4th 5:05am at 14 Libra 24’ The Full moon is the opposition of the Sun and Moon –shining light into every dark corner. The Lunar Eclipse is an indicator of the emotional response that will surface over the next 6 months.

Contemplate using the Cartesian Co-ordinates and write out your intentions and thoughts for the month. Incorporate your individual messages (below) by combining your

Put your ego and fear aside, steady your aim to create a balance that will be authentically true, Be you. Opportunity to accomplish or finish a long standing project that you have been working on for months or years. In doing so you may find innate unforeseen talents begin to surface, creating new patterns and opportunities. Get rid of old dead wood (emotions, patterns and habits) by letting go of that which no longer serves you. Focus on starting a new chapter in your Story and allow the fresh new seedlings (new goals set during the Solar Eclipse) to reach up into the sunshine, and blossom.

Sun sign (ego/identity/core), Moon sign (emotions/Patterns/ Habits) and Ascendant sign (projecting your identity) turning them into one fabulous guide for the month.

The New Moon – April 18th 11:57am at 28 degrees Aries 25’ The New Moon is when the Sun and Moon are sitting together blending their energies, creating anticipation toward something new. Now is not the time to fool around- pull your socks up and get serious, continue the work of the Solar/Lunar Eclipses and put some new eggs in your basket. Create movement forward

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Let go of fears from past home environments, your DNA – from where you have come from or where you have been.

What old dead wood do you need to get rid of in order to allow your fresh new seedlings to reach up to receive the sunshine.

You may be asked to move forward into relationships that will challenge you to evolve. The past is gone and the future is not here yet, all you have is this moment … jump in with both feet.

Aries (March 20-April 19) Let go of your fear regarding career potential or lack thereof.

Scorpio Horoscope (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Let go of your fear of manifesting what you need when you need it.

This month you may feel a little bit frustrated as you might find yourself a little slow to react. Sometimes – slow and steady wins the race – or the job.

Connect and balance your immediate environment using the magnetic forces available (push vs pull … get vs receive). At first you may find it difficult to get others on board and passionate about what you are doing, slowly but surely you may find them accepting your abilities.

Taurus Horoscope (April 20-May 20) You may find fears surfacing related to feelings of inadequacy. Physical/intellectual/spiritual Journaling and fact gathering about self-sabotage will help you dig deep. What really makes you feel good about who you are and what you are contributing?

Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov. 22-Dec. 20) Is it time to let go of any fears that you will not have enough …

Gemini Horoscope (May 21-June 20) Let go of any fear/worries about long term investments, taxes, accounting.

Children, creativity, risk taking and Fun Fun Fun … What’s in your wallet? You have an innate ability to bounce back – you always find the right approach.

In order to achieve your hopes and dreams it may be time to focus on a lighter less worried you… lighter body, lighter thinking, lighter spirit … project it and you will BEcome it.

Capricorn Horoscope (Dec. 21-Jan. 20) Let go of any fears related to your physical body, you don’t want to be your worst enemy with self-limiting talk.

Cancer Horoscope (June 21-July 21) Have you been holding onto old fears or painful issues from past relationships (business and personal).

Look back in order to move forward and BE the best you. Journal/focus on your greatest assets. You may have an ahha moment that will suddenly propel your forward. Remember a flexible spine is a flexible mind.

Unexpected Career opportunities with long term advantages may come to the forefront that tie into these old relationship fears. Move forward with confidence.

Aquarius Horoscope (Jan. 21-Feb. 18) Are you struggling with a deep fear of confinement, or that someone is trying to limit your progress? Let it go.

Leo Horoscope (July 22-Aug. 22) Let go of any old painful health issues, or general fear of future health concerns based on current habits.

Communicate your concerns with your closest friends and you may be surprised at the outpouring of support and solutions you receive.

Allow yourself to grow and really move forward, take your health education into your own hands, look at off the beaten path health plans, take a course or just get informed.

Pisces Horoscope (Feb. 18-March 20) It may be time to let go of old acquaintances or groups that no longer fit who you have become.

Virgo Horoscope (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Have you been holding yourself back feeling like you are not seeing the whole picture? This may be about children, a committed relationship or any other risk taking venture that comes to the surface.

This may open you up to finding like-minded folks from where you least expect them. It could end up providing opportunities for extra income. Embrace the change.

Make a list of pros and cons share it with a friend or loved one in order to conclusively move forward on any long term investments that are highlighted above. Libra Horoscope (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) 53

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A crystal reading for April

Who is this reading for? Who asks for information, who is looking for direction? Will everything that is said here pertain to you? Perhaps. And perhaps not. Read all of it, taking out the gems that resonate with you. Listen to your heart – these readings are for guidance only, to give clues and direction for questors. Are you a questor? Namaste, my friend…you are seen….

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Week 1: April 1 to 4 – Lava Rock: The fires of passion are cooling, yet there are many potentials to be explored. Some of the pathways connect, some lead to what appear to be dead ends. The choice is yours – which path beckons to you, calls to you? This beautiful lava rock whispers a message that only you can hear. Meditate this week, taking the picture into your mind’s eye. Explore the nooks and crannies of your neighbourhood. There are surprises around the next corner. Will you find them? Week 1 Lava

Week 2: April 5 to 11 – Labradorite: Glimmers of inner fire – now seen, now hidden from view. This week find your resolution. You have been calling for strength, dear one. You have it in abundance. You have been busy hiding - the time is now to come out and let the fire begin to play. You see life’s prizes dangling before you. If this is what you truly desire, seize this moment. You will be guided in, step by step. Only make sure that you are aware of the shadow side. Knowing this is strength. Week 2 Labradorite

Week 3: April 12 to 18 – Agate: You may feel like faltering this week. Guard against flu and stomach upsets of any kind. If you are prone to gout or abdominal issues take precautions to avoid flare-ups. Diligence now will pay off in reduced stress on your body. Your home base needs organizing. Take some time to look around you: what rituals have been falling to the wayside? Being grounded in our core is one of the best tools we have for managing stress – and when we manage our stress we easily avoid ailments. Carry agate with you this week for help in grounding. Week 3 Agate

Week 4: April 19 to 25 – Vogel Crystal Point: Begin this week with a meditation. You may be prone to wandering into a space where you feel zoned or floaty. Observe what is happening, journal to keep tabs on what is going on. You will be very effective at accomplishing whatever you direct your attention to. Everything you do benefits from the smallest amount of attention. Your challenge this week will be to go with the flow without overflowing. Week 4 Vogel

Week 5: April 26 to 30 – Cluster: Everything may seem topsy-turvy this week – you won’t know which end is up. Paths you have started down will appear to be closed off, small details will feel as though they have turned into mountains. At the heart of it all is the solid structure you have been creating all month, structure created by focusing on following your inner guidance. Keep on keeping on – you will be so happy that you did! Week 5 Cluster 55

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April 2015’s Full Moon falls on the 4th. This full moon is known as the Pink Moon, it was called such because it heralded the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox—one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon.

Full Moon

This Full Moon is especially potent, as there will be a total Lunar Eclipse, expect the unexpected and be open to whatever comes, for the energy is helping to dispel the old in favor of the new. The energy might bring with it the realization that something needs to change. If you have a sense leading up to this moon, during the height of the full moon or in the 3 days following the full moon that you need to do something… quietly connect with your angels and ask for clear direction on what needs to shift. This is to diffuse the chaos that could be associated with the Full Moon. If you are open to using the energy instead of pushing against it there will be no chaos. Essentially, you are accepting what needs to happen and are willing to work to see it to fruition. I am excited about this moon, this year has really been about releasing the old patterns and adopting new ways to look at things, or do things. I feel this is the push we need to see huge strides to clearing this up, and I also suspect it could be (if you chose) the last push needed!

April 4

In preparation for this moon on the 3rd set aside a good 30 minutes of uninterrupted time and allow yourself to go into a meditation with your angels. Nothing fancy is required, just the request “angels sit with me and guide me on this meditation. I would like to be shown, with grace and ease, what needs to be released that which no longer serves me. If there is a better way to bring my dreams and goals to light please show me clear the path I must take.” If nothing comes do not stress about it, nor think that everything is exactly as it should be for this will close down any insight that might come. On the 4th, ensure you connect with your angels and ask that all chaos turn to blessings of peace. Go about your day paying attention to anything that comes up for you. This is a great day to change up your old patterns, one small change can have a lasting impact for you, instead of being afraid of change, take charge and challenge yourself to at least be open to new ideas and ways.

The New Moon arrives on April 18th and this full moon tells us to “go boldly where we have never gone before!”

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After the potential upheaval the Full Moon could bring, this will be the rainbow after the storm. The energy will be softer, more yielding and open to having us relax a bit, find a good book and spend some time rejuvenating our physical bodies, minds and souls. It will bring some stability back into our lives and is the perfect time to take a time out to reassess, rethink, and recuperate from the endless transformational energy that has seemed to be the trademark of the year. With this in mind find yourself a bowl. Any bowl will do it can be a favorite bowl or a plain cereal bowl in a color you love. Next, grab a piece of paper, and something to write with. Rip or cut the paper into three pieces. This month we are going to manifest (bring) three things into our life. On one piece of paper, write down something you would like for your physical self, on another something you would like for your spiritual self, and lastly something personal. You might argue that all the manifests could be personal, however, I would request you keep the personal to something you truly would like. It could be the time and money to enjoy a spa treatment, or a book you have been wanting to read. Remember – “go boldly where you want to go!” When you have written your requests out, place them in the bowl. Place the bowl in a prominent place in your home and over the month ahead if something comes to you place either a note or symbol to represent it in the bowl. Relax and enjoy the calmer energies! Don’t look for the other shoe to drop because this is the turning point and all systems are go!!

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Essential Oils

(commonly known as Lemon Balm)

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MELISSA OFFICINALIS ESSENTIAL OIL (commonly known as Lemon Balm)

Enjoy exploring this essential oil, and please – always remember to use only 3rd party certified therapeutic grade essential oils.

It is early spring in my part of the world. Daffodils are blooming, tulips and hyacinths are beginning to bloom. Fruit trees are beginning their season with delicate blossoms – some fragrant, some not. In the pots in front of my home there is one plant that has already pushed its delightful green leaves above the ground, creating a comforting, soft, inviting cushion. That plant is commonly known as lemon balm, less commonly as Melissa. The essential oil, made from the leaves, is always sold as “Melissa.”

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Melissa is a very effective anti-depressant. Its uplifting, soothing scent helps to bring balance to a person who is experiencing anxiety as a result of stress. Use a drop on a tissue or diffuse in the home. Put a small amount on a cotton ball and keep it at your desk. The occasional whiff of the oil will bring delight and joy to your workspace. A huge plus is that anyone who is walking past, or stops to talk, will also receive the benefits!

This oil is helpful as a tonic for the digestive system. A drop in a gel cap, or diluted in a carrier oil and rubbed directly on the stomach/ abdomen can help to relieve mild gastric distress. It also has been shown to be effective in lowering blood pressure, relieving headaches, assisting in lowering fevers and helpful in treating cold sores, especially in the early stages.

Make the most of Melissa by diluting it in an organic carrier oil. That also ensures that anyone with sensitive skin will not experience any uncomfortable side effects. If you have any doubt about using it directly on the skin, put the oil on the feet, using either VitaFlex or reflexology points as your guide.

It blends well with geranium and lavender, as well as other citrus oils. It is a middle note, so you want to make your blend with 5080% Melissa and the balance other oils. The blend classification is enhancer, equalizer and modifier. The oil is uplifting spiritually, and is beneficial for the heart and solar plexus chakras.

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Instead of just pulling one rune, I have decided to draw three runes. Actually, I had someone draw them for me. The first rune is the problem or question rune and it is raidho reversed. The second rune drawn is what course you should take and is dagaz. The last rune is the probable result if you follow that course and it is eihwaz.

cates that you have set your sights on a reasonable goal and should show positive results as long as you do not try to force results. You have to allow them to happen in their time. All in all a very positive reading. Although patience is advised, letting things unfold as they will, without trying to push and manipulate the issue, shows you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Breaking it down, raidho reversed shows a journey or endeavor to be undertaken, but as it is reversed, it shows that it isn't time at present and one would be well advised to be patient.

I hope this gives you a better understanding of rune reading and you enjoyed the experience. I would love to hear what you think of this new column, so message me through the magazine or our Facebook page.

The second rune is dagaz and shows the course of action one should take. This is a very positive rune which alleviates the first negative rune. Dagaz represents the dawn of a new day, and indicates that it is the right time to begin your journey, endeavor, or what ever you have planned. Whatever was holding you back has now been dealt with and your patience is being rewarded.

Until next month, Sk책l

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The last rune is the result rune and is eihwaz, another very positive sign. It represents the yew tree, which was used for making bows and also the great tree, Yggdrasil, around which forms the nine worlds. This is a rune of protection and also indi-

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Power Animal

It is a creative time for you, let your natural curiosity guide you to places not yet known

This month I asked what the animal of the month is and hedgehog came lumbering in. So the message that hedgehog has for us this month is: “Be adventurous in your consciousness. Follow those hits of intuition, synchronicities and gut instincts. Follow the lead of your heart. Be bold and fearless in your creative pursuits, for in that boldness of heart your passion is set afire. Being adventurous in your consciousness will lead you to places you never dreamed of going but is exactly where you need to travel. The creativity of heart and mind is important. This is a fertile and creative time for you so take some time to retreat from the usual things you would do in your day to refresh your body and spirit and in doing so your natural curiosity will guide you to places within you not yet known.” You’re in the exploration of those places within you not yet known

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Message from the Angels April 2015

Hello dear,

then look at it from the other side looking back at you. An example might be the love affair each of you seems to have around currency, if you feel there is a lack that could be something you are not willing to let go of, what does the other side of that look like, what is currency’s thoughts? This might seem silly, but go with it and see what comes out, again do not edit. Once you have both sides written, leave them for three days, and then read them. What might be hidden in any of your issues that can be brought to light and give you an ah-ha moment? Do not second guess yourself, whatever you see or determine from this exercise is accurate. Trust your feelings, then assume a leadership role and take care of the root of the issue. See it turn around to become what you desire and want, by placing your energy in the correct direction. You will save so much time if you can work through your struggles and let them go. The results will be so positive that you will wonder why you took so long to do it. Through all of this we will be with you, call upon us and we will help you to “heal” the struggle so that with ease you can “let it go” and find true peace.

We come to you with what will seem like an old message, especially for our channel who feels that nothing is new and everything is a regurgitation right now. Collectively each of you needs to “Let it go!” It seems a simple concept, however it is one that so many of you struggle with. You hold on, keep pushing, or forcing things to go the way you want and end up being frustrated. Why? That is what we ask of you, why? Why do you keep placing so much of your energy on things that are not working? Are you expecting a miracle by continuing to push harder, or holding on tighter? If you are having a hard time of letting something, anything, go – write about it. Pour yourself out onto a piece of paper, leave nothing out. The whole experience, don’t edit your thoughts, allow them to flow. Pour out all your feelings, pour out why you keep trying to make it work, and pour out why you are not ready to let it go. Once you have exhausted your very thoughts, turn them to the other people involved. What do you perceive their thoughts to be on the matter? It might not be another person at all that is involved, perhaps it is an object, or the lack of an object. Whatever you are struggling with, whatever you just cannot let go of, see it from your side first, after all it is your experience,

With our love and support the Power of three. Mcobb 66

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