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ARTICLES
Zen Habits by Leo Barbuta
"Slow Down... To Enjoy Life" I don’t usually read forwarded email, but I received one today that caught my attention. It was written by someone who works at Volvo in Sweden, and he mentions how any project in the company “takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It’s a rule.” Apparently the fast-paced global corporate world, focused on immediate results, “contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results.” He relates the following story: The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn’t say anything, either the second or third. One morning I asked, “Do you have a fixed parking space? I’ve noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot.” To which he replied, “Since we’re here early we’ll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a place closer to the door. Don’t you think? Imagine my face. He goes on to talk about a movement in Europe named Slow Food, which “establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the Page | 39
spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle.” I love this idea. It is what is at the heart of the simplicity movement, as well as those who are trying to live frugal lives. It’s not just a matter of reducing clutter or saving money … it’s a matter of slowing down to enjoy life more, of savoring life’s simple pleasures, of rejecting on some level the materialistic culture we are all caught up in and embracing fellow humans instead. It is about changing our values and priorities. He goes on: Basically, the movement questions the sense of “hurry” and “craziness” generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of “having in quantity” (life status) versus “having with quality”, “life quality” or the “quality of being”. French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has brought forth the US’s attention, pupils of the fast and the “do it now!” This no-rush attitude doesn’t represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the “now”, present and concrete, versus the “global”, undefined and anonymous. It means taking humans’ essential values, the simplicity of living. It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do. It’s time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence of spirit. Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. I found a cool site called Slow Down Now that offers some tips for slowing down, including: Have a cup of tea, put your feet up and stare out of the window. Warning: don’t try this while driving. Spend some quality time in the bathtub. Write down these words and place them where you can see them, “Multitasking is a Moral Weakness.” Try to do only one thing at a time.
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About Leo: I am is a regular guy, a father of six kids, a husband, a writer from Guam (moved to San Francisco in 2010, now living in Davis, California). But I have accomplished a lot over the last couple of years (and failed a lot) and along the way, I have learned a lot. Leo's website - https://zenhabits.net
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"The Songs of Great Monuments and Places"
By Jill Mattson Goethe created the famous quote: architecture is ”frozen music.” But exactly how is architecture correlated to sound? The size of the sound wave varies depending on the pitch. Sound waves bounce off the walls and can combine so that the high points or crests of the waves hit each other, combining their sizes. Other waves combine so that the high and low points cancel each other out. Sounds waves create different patterns after they bounce off different sized rooms. Due to the shape of rooms some musical notes combine so that they increase a pitch and decrease another pitch. All this “sciency” talk, what does it mean in plain English? Different rooms amplify certain frequencies. The amplification is a subtle, small difference in the sound, but subtle sounds influence more than we are conscious of. In a soft way, spaces around us speak. Yet there are more ways that architecture connects to sounds. Any interval (two notes played at the same time) creates a pleasant or dissonant sound. Way back before Christ, Pythagoras discovered that special ratios of musical strings create pleasant sounds. Simple ratios create easy-to- listen-to sounds and complex ratios form negative feeling sounds. Likewise in architecture, the ratio of width and height of a room forms ratios. Once again we find the same building blocks in music and architecture. Simple rations that produce pleasing sounds also create a structure that we find beautiful. Further, Cymatics studies show that the Platonic solids emerge from the perfect sound frequencies of the diatonic musical scale. Again spaces and music are linked and relinked! Given the connections between sound/music and architecture, including designs of spaces, there has been surprisingly little emphasis on “sound spaces.” This was not true in ancient times; they were more conscious of subtle influences on people’s consciousness and perceptions. Ancient monuments and famous buildings were built as if the designers were “musically playing the building.” In Egypt, the King’s chamber‘s dimensions correspond to musical notes! The coffer inside the King’s chamber resonates or amplifies the frequency of A (440 Hz), which the Western world tunes to. Four other resonant frequencies in the King’s chamber correspond with the musical notes F#, A, C# and D#, which happen to be the “F sharp melodic minor scale.” Indian shamans tuned their ceremonial flutes to F sharp to attune to Earth. The ancient Chinese also believed F# was the sound of Mother Earth. The resonance frequencies of the King’s chamber correspond with the resonance frequencies found in the 4 nucleotides of the DNA molecule. DNA has four basic building blocks: adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine. A pair of them is sequenced to a DNA string. The complete DNA is a spiraling helix of three billion such pairs. But what does DNA sound like? According to Dr. Horowitz, “three Nobel Laureates in Page | 42
medicine advanced research revealed that the primary function of DNA is in the realm of bioacoustic and bioelectric signaling.” Is DNA like a musical keyboard? It does vibrates as all energy does? Vibrations create sounds. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry David W. Deamer of the University of California used infrared light to measure the resonance frequencies of the four bases of DNA. Each base resonated to an average of 15 frequencies, 60 frequencies in total. The pitches were not perfect musical notes, but were centered around four musical notes – which are the same resonance frequencies of the King’s chamber in the Great Pyramid! Now this discovery lends credibility to Edgar Cayce’s claims that the Great Pyramid was used for healing, given that the resonance frequencies that were used in the King’s chamber correspond with the resonance frequencies of the DNA bases. With further exploration and understanding of the power of subtle vibrations, we will again reclaim the usage of special buildings and spaces to uplift our populations! About Jill: She is a prolific Artist, Musician and Author. Jill is widely recognized expert and composer in the field of Sound Healing! She has produced nine CDs with intriguing, magical tracks using ancient & modern techniques, & special healing frequencies to achieve profound benefits. Jill is a four - time author. (The Lost Waves of Time – Best Book of 2016 and Best Alternative Science book of 2016, Deep Wave Body Healing CD– Best Sound Healing CD of 2016, Contacting Angels & Masters CD – Best CD of 2015 and Deep Wave Beauty CD – Best New Age CD – Silver Award). She offers an online Sound Healing School. Jill presents new ways of approaching health and everyday issues using the benefits of sound! Jill's website - http://www.jillswingsoflight.com
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFl8vOBBF0&list=PLtWBCyAjBVZU9qbfrczpc4wpy8Mz0CffW
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"Loving All Life Free"
By Patricia Cota-Robles I AM my I AM Presence and I AM One with the I AM Presence of every person on Earth. As One Unified Heart, we invoke our Father-Mother God and the entire Company of Heaven to help us raise every person on Earth from a consciousness of separation and duality into a consciousness of Oneness and Reverence for ALL Life. This is being accomplished by every person’s I AM Presence in perfect alignment with his or her Divine Plan and the highest good for all concerned. Beloved Father-Mother God, we ask that you now expand your Divine Love which is pulsating within the Divinity of every person’s newly recalibrated Heart Flame. Allow your Love to flow through each person’s 5th-Dimensional Heart Chakra until it envelops the entire Planet Earth greatly intensifying our Planetary Grid of Transfiguring Divine Love. As this unfathomable influx of Light bathes the Earth, every facet of Life is lifted into a Higher Order of Being. Each person’s I AM Presence now creates a sacred space in which they are able to open their 5th-Dimensional Crown Chakra of Enlightenment to full breadth. This allows each person to Ascend ever higher into the awakened state of Christ Consciousness. As this occurs, multidimensional and multifaceted 5th-Dimensional Crystalline Solar Light expands from the Heart of our Father-Mother God into every cell of Humanity’s Earthly Bodies allowing the I AM Presence of every person to take full dominion of their physical, etheric, mental and emotional bodies. Now, all is in readiness. Through their I AM Presence, every person on Earth is participating at both inner and outer levels in this activity of Light, which is raising the consciousness of the masses of Humanity and assisting every person to shift from the illusion of separation and duality into the Reality of Oneness and Reverence for ALL Life. I now reach up into the Infinity of my own Divine Consciousness. As I AM lifted up, all of Humanity is lifted up with me. In this frequency of Divine Consciousness, I see that Humanity’s free will is becoming One with God’s Will. The I AM Presence of each person affirms, “I AM ready to Love ALL Life FREE!” Instantaneously, I see the Truth of every person on Earth. I see ALL of my Sisters and Brothers in the Family of Humanity, even the most recalcitrant souls, as precious Sons and Daughters of God, no matter how far their behavior patterns or their life experiences may be from reflecting that Truth. I perceive all of the painful human miscreations associated with my Sisters and Brothers as innocent primordial energy entering my awareness now to be transmuted back into Light and Loved FREE. Page | 45
I happily greet all of these Children of God and all of their misqualified energy the same way my Father-Mother God would greet them. I greet them with Love from within the embrace of Eternal Peace, Detachment, God Confidence, and Supreme Authority. Within an Invincible Force field of God’s Infinite Love I take my Sisters and Brothers into the Kingdom of Heaven within my Heart Flame, and I hold them in my arms of Light as I would an injured child. They cannot overwhelm me or control me in any way, nor do I need to fear them or shun them. I simply hold them and Love them until they surrender to the Love of God, desiring on their own to enter the Kingdom of Heaven within the Divinity of their own Heart Flame. Now rather than feeling rejected and thus perpetuating their negative behavior patterns, my Sisters and Brothers feel accepted and Loved as the innate Sons and Daughters of God they are. They voluntarily release themselves into the Light, and they begin to KNOW that they are ONE with ALL Life. I rejoice that every person and their unascended energies are at long last finding their way Home and I release myself into the Peace of KNOWING: “My I AM Presence is handling ALL imperfection perfectly. As these precious Ones surrender to the Light, they remember that they are Beloved Sons and Daughters of God. With this sacred knowledge, they once again find their proper place in the Family of Humanity. In perfect Divine Order, they are set FREE to live and cocreate the patterns of Love, Oneness and Reverence for ALL Life on the New Earth. And so it is. About Patricia: Patricia is co-founder and president of the nonprofit, educational organization New Age Study of Humanity’s Purpose, which sponsors the Annual World Congress On Illumination. Patricia was a marriage and family counselor for 20 years. She now spends her time freely sharing the information she is receiving from the Beings of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth. Patricia is an internationally known teacher and author who has taught workshops in 20 countries, and offered FREE Seminars in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona and throughout the USA for the past 33 years. She has written 11 books and produced CDs, DVD's, webinars, teleconferences, a weekly radio program, a free monthly email newsletter, global meditations, and YouTube presentations, all of which are designed to help Humanity add to the Light of the world. Patricia's website - https://eraofpeace.org/
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkYGIMLLg8
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"The Elephant in the Room" by Christine Ogasawara
You are loved far more than you know. It’s funny, as I sat down to write today I asked my guides what is my topic? I told them I’d like something fun and uplifting. They said “Death”. O.K. I guess death is a topic rarely talked about or even thought about. Lately I have been thinking more about death. Not just the process of the body dying and the soul leaving the body (sign me up for a conscious death please) but the effect death can have on life. Knowing I have a finite and limited amount of days to be incarnated as this personality has been motivating me to make the most of the time I have here. I don’t mean that suddenly I am inspired to be disciplined in all the ways I have not been up to this point. It goes more to a basic premise that whatever I am experiencing can be used to awaken to a truer sense of reality of my natural being with less distortion. If, for example, I don’t like the fact that xyz is happening, I can ask myself how can I use xyz as a catalyst for my greater good? I can acknowledge that I don’t like it and I can’t control it but what can I do? Well, I can breathe it into my heart and exhale all the uncomfortable feelings around it down into a vortex that goes deep into Gaia mother earth for her to transform. I can feel the open heart relaxing my nervous system as I slowly breathe. I remind myself I only have a certain number of days where I can be in this body and trust and rely on energy to help me. Once I’m beyond the veil I imagine trust is a given. Right now, trust feels like a choice. I’m sure I’ll be doing more work on myself from the other side but this moment such as it is will never be presented to me again. I often receive upliftment in the dream state or just after waking. I meditate just before sleeping almost every night and my intention is for healing myself and everyone. Sometimes I pick one person to work on and let them represent everyone. Sometimes it is myself representing everyone. A few nights ago, I had a lucid dream that a young boy child was holding the hand of Jesus. I remembered the feeling of being little and totally trusting that I was safe with my parents. Jesus offered this feeling to my heart, but I had to choose if I wanted to trust or if I wanted to continue to try to control things and suffer. I told him I remembered that feeling of trust and I wanted to receive it into my heart again. So, he gave it to me and as he did I let myself represent all the children who were frightened by separation. It was a good day to be alive and incarnated into this body. I am starting to wake up to the potential in every moment. No matter what it looks like or feels like, any moment can be the point of a miracle. Any experience can be received as a gift of the much greater awakening towards revelation of truth. Why would I place a stick in my path? Page | 48
Do I need to pick it up or hate it or try to throw it away? Perhaps I am just meant to observe it neutrally or love it and join with the stick in my mind. In loving the stick will it be transformed into a magic wand? Was the whole point of the obstruction in my path to give me an opportunity to watch something transform through love? They say an elephant never forgets. As humans, we have forgotten a lot. The remembering, however, is at hand. Death speaks to me softly and like a gentle holding of life. Death as a true friend can encourage us to make the most of our time here. Death’s goal and my goal are one-to love, and to awaken. All Is Well! About Christine: Hypnotherapist, International Association of Counselors and Therapists, Reconnective Energy Healer, Past Life Regression, Body Wisdom, Shamanic Healing. Christine's website - https://insightschristineandomed.wordpress.com/
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"Her Name is Lola" By Tammy Colvin We just adopted a beautiful, sweet dog. Her name is Lola. Just her name alone makes me want to sing. Lola comes from a troubled past where she was seriously mistreated and neglected. Thankfully, two of her pups were brought to a rescue group, and by a lucky twist of fate, Lola was later surrendered to the group who took her in gladly. Six months with a foster family have helped her open to the world and adjust, and now she is here in my home, with my family, adjusting to everything. I can only begin to imagine how she may feel now. Finally she found some security and comfort and love, and now she needs to adjust and learn to trust all over again. As I write this, she is sleeping at my feet, curled up on her favorite blanket on our back porch on a cool rainy summer day. The best things for her now are space, ample rest and as much time as she needs. And then more sleep. Interesting how the very things that I know will help Lola heal and make her feel grounded and whole and secure are the same things I am needing now too. It didn’t seem so obvious at first, but the irony is thick!. So as I help Lola, I help myself. The more she sleeps, the deeper she sleeps. The deeper she sleeps, the more she heals. The more she heals, the more deeply she can relax. Venture out a little and get some fresh air and see a little of the world. I’m a good girl? Sleep some more. Stretch your body and take a walk in the sunshine. What, a hummingbird? Get a snack and rest. I’m a good girl! Sniff something new, see and be seen, then relax. Life has its own cycles. Ups and downs and backs and forths. We may move through a set of feelings and then find later we need to revisit some of these similar issues in a new and different way. Sometimes energy rises and we can coast upon a steady source of inspiration that keeps us moving, joyous and in the flow. Other times we are on a different part of the spiral and we need to move through uncomfortable changes in space or time, wade through heavy emotions and revitalize our systems. I have found 2 things that are most powerful to help with the more resistant parts of the spiral. One is the power of prayer to help find the answers I seek. The other is rest. Lots and lots of rest. Gently, gently follow your own rhythm. Feeling the pressure to feel “up” all the time may compel us to push forward, but may not be what we truly need. We may pressure ourselves to move before we are fully ready to do so. We often push and push and push as if life itself is a race and the farther along we are the more successful we become. We may try and try to please the un-pleasable. But there is no finish line and no winner. It is not about some imaginary place we arrive, but instead is about each moment of the journey in getting there. I no longer seek success outside of myself, but measure my success in how I feel. Will this choice make me feel better – or worse? Then I consciously make my choices based upon feeling. What would make me feel better right now? Page | 50
The gift of helping Lola at her pace takes me into a different space where I am giving of myself to comfort her with some of the very things I need. In turn she helps me heal. Helping her helps me. Reminds me to take my time. To honor how I feel. To be gentle and patient. Easy peasy. As I go through my own stages of working through uncomfortable feelings, mourning, grieving, healing from painful relationships, losses and changes, so does she. I am a witness to a deep healing taking place, in both Lola and myself. I am privileged to hold space for a fellow creature that only wants love and comfort. I was just checking on dinner (beans and greens with parmesan and warm rolls with rosemary and olive oil if you were curious) and Lola was waiting for me, curious but not wanting to be in the way. I began to sing to her, “You don’t have to do anything — but just be you!” And you can take all the time you need. About Tammy: Tammy is a Manifesting & Self-Love Coach who helps others feel their way to a joyous life. She lives in Upstate New York and is mom to one incredible human teenager and a handful of delightful furry people as well. he has been a spiritual seeker for a lifetime and has been studying and practicing the Law of Attraction for over 10 years, finding it an empowering & liberating tool for self-growth and self-actualization. Tammy's Website - http://goodfeelingsmatter.wordpress.com
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"Rumi - A State of Mind" By Dr. Seema Khaneja For the past three months or so, I seem to be drawing to me all sort of literature and films that are connected in some way to Rumi. Books. Novels. Documentary films. Poetry. Last week even the Bollywood movie I shared had a song set in a mosque in Turkey – with Sufi mystics dancing in the tradition of the whirling dervishes of Rumi’s time. With all of these synchronicities, I have to pay attention. What is the message being shared? What is the lesson that is coming for me? Who is Rumi? As most of you are aware, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207- 73) or Rumi, as he is most popularly known, was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic. Rumi’s influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions and his poems have been widely translated into many languages. He has been described as the most popular poet in the United States. Coleman Barks,* widely considered the foremost scholar and translator of Rumi’s poetry, writes that Rumi’s friendship with Shams of Tabriz, another Sufi mystic, whom he met in 1244- would completely transform him. Barks writes that this friendship “galvanized him into becoming perhaps the planet’s greatest mystical poet.” Whereas Rumi enjoyed great respect, prestige, status and wealth in his hometown of Konya, Turkey, Shams was often doing physical labor, working as a mason and weaving baskets. The two fell into a deep friendship and often spent months together in spiritual retreat which took Rumi away from his family and other students. They distrusted Shams and his influence on Rumi. It seems that some of Rumi’s students killed Shams and hid the body. In his profound grief and sorrow, Rumi began to spontaneously utter words of poetry while circling around a pole in his garden. That circular motion has become the characteristic twirling moving meditation dance of the whirling dervishes. The poetry is regarded as “the most intimate record we have of the search for divine companionship.” The flow of poetry What is beautiful is that from such profound grief arose such profound, heart-stirring poetry, which was not planned, or forced, or ‘made to happen.’ It was simply allowed. It seems that the loss of his friend broke Rum’s heart wide open. He was not trying to become famous or win readers of his poetry. The words flowed out from a state of Loverepresented in the friendship between Rumi and Shams- that was beyond distinctions of Page | 52
gender, age, romance, teacher or student. So, what is the learning for me? I feel that these days I am drawn to write from that space of the heart – where the writing writes itself. Rumi inspires me to think less, and be more- to plan less, and instead love and trust more. I am feeling more like the scribe who listens, follows and writes what is Given. I feel this is a huge shift from me- from all my years of medical training and scientific writing where I would always worry about ‘getting it right’ and making sure I documented everything correctly. Most importantly, and even beyond writing, Rumi inspires me to allow Life to lead me, instead of me ‘trying’ or ‘forcing’ Life to happen. It is a new space for me. I feel like a little child just learning to walk. Yet at the same time, I feel this sense of utter freedom like a little girl who can simply sing, dance and play! Let Rumi inspire you See the poem below that I absolutely love. Enjoy, and as always, do write with any feedback or comments *Barks, Coleman. The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems About Seema: Coaching for Inner Peace (CFIP) is a non-profit educational organization created to offer a systematic way to experience consistent inner peace. The organization is led by a physician, Seema Khaneja, MD who combines the wisdom of world spiritual traditions with scientific research, to guide people to holistic healing. As the founder, Seema Khaneja MD has an extensive background in traditional Western medicine as well as complementary/alternative medicine. She was born in India, where she spent her early childhood years and was drawn to a spiritual path from a young age. She studied with spiritual teachers from the Hindu and Buddhist tradition and is also a student of A Course in Miracles. Ever since Dr. Khaneja entered medical school, she was on a quest to understand the connection between mind, body, emotions and healing. Coaching for Inner Peace is a vehicle to share what she learned- based on her professional and personal experience- so others may be relieved of suffering and rediscover a sense of wholeness
Seema's website - https://coachingforinnerpeace.org/
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The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, Who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out For some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, And invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
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"August Message Of Light" by Christia Cummings Release
Openness
Freedom
Dear Beloved Children of the Light, We come forth this day to beam our love right into your heart of hearts. Dear One, we ask that you begin to release any preconceived notions of how things should be in your world and OPEN to the unlimited possibilities that you truly are! We ask that you open to the frequency of Freedom! True Freedom to be who you truly want to be in your heart of hearts. Do you know who you want to be? Are you living a life you truly love? Now is the time to shift into more of what you want! Now at this time there are planetary alignments supporting you to shift into more of your authentic selves. Release the coulds, shoulds, and expectations of others that are placed on you from day one of being a 3D human at this time on your planet Earth. We ask that you begin to ask for assistance from your own Soul, because your Soul knows you! Open up to our help as well, we love you unconditionally, and have walked with you hand in hand before, we love you and our Star Soul Family of Light. About Christia: I was born an artist, empath, clairvoyant, and a channel of Spirit. My grandmother said I could draw and play cards before I could walk. I have always drawn upon Nature as my inspiration for healing and my art. In 1995, I had a spiritual awakening with a chorus of Angels-- a momentous event in my life – which caused me to open myself up to Spirit and the magical, inspirational multi-dimensional Universe. I teach practical tools on how to open to a dialogue with your angels and spirit guides during my healing sessions and classes. The Angel Light energy comes through my artwork into your home and environment. Everything I do, say, or touch has Angelic Energy. It has been my prayer for over 20 years that I be a pure channel of the Highest Love and Light, and that I am of service to the Light. Guided by The Arch Angels, I began working with clients from all over the world.The Angels have told me that I AM a bridge from the Angelic Realm to this 3D Human Realm. They have asked me to call myself an Angel Medium. I AM A Certified Angelic Life Coach, an Ordained Minister, Usui Reiki Master/Teacher, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in painting. Christia's website - http://www.christiacummings.com
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"On Finding Myself Middle Aged With No Role Model I could Relate To Because I'm Not a Crone" By Mama Donna Henes For millenna, the three faces of the Triple Goddess have, in fact, accurately reflected the stages of women's lives. Although I have been passionately devoted to the Many Splendored Goddess in her complex multiplicity for more than thirty years now, I am not a believer in the Triple Goddess paradigm. It has never resonated with me because it belies what I believe to be the true nature of nature. The Triple Goddess in her tripartite phases is widely understood to represent the complete cyclical wholeness of life. She Who is Three is likened to the moon, the tides, and the seasons, whose mutability She mirrors. And therein, lies the rub. I am sorry, but thirty years of researching, teaching, and writing about Celestially Auspicious Occasions — the cycles of the cosmos and the earthly seasons, and the multicultural ritual expressions that they inspire — I can state unequivocally that the moon has four quarters, not three, and that there are, as well, four seasons in the year. For millennia, the three faces of the Triple Goddess have, in fact, accurately reflected the stages of women’s lives — the developing youth, the nurturing mother and the wise old woman. She still corresponds with the real life expectancy and experience of most women in the world even today who live pretty much as they always have. The reality of their existence dictates that they grow quickly through girlhood into early and prolonged maternity then, if they are lucky enough to survive multiple childbirths and general poverty, they pass through menopause directly into old age. Photographs of my own grandmother when she was younger than I am now, picture a matronly looking lady with the Old Worldly stately countenance of a grandmother, a bubby, an abuela — a full decade before I was born. Part of her elderly appearance is purely the style of the period, the rest a reflection of her hard life and times. While certainly there is still much to learn from these models, the old triple-header construct is no longer all-inclusive. It doesn’t include a description of my life or the lives of other contemporary women in their middle years living in modern developed countries. It does not address our issues and needs, nor does it embrace our unique and unprecedented position in society. It does not even recognize our existence. The old stereotypes simply do not apply to us. Page | 57
We have outgrown our tenure as Maidens and as Mothers, yet old age no longer follows immediately after menopause, which is why so many midlife women don’t see ourselves (yet) as Crones. Where is the authentic archetype for us? There are now, for the first time in herstory and history combined, entire multi-national generations of women for whom the Triple Goddess paradigm no longer resonates. For us — nearly 60 million climacteric women in the United States alone — the tri-level ideal is flawed. Folk tales and historical documents featuring positive depictions of powerful middle age female figures are few and far between. There is no codified body of literature to which we can turn for affirmative examples of profound and potent midlife. Real life role models are sparse, as well, although there certainly have always been, in every society, notable and remarkable exceptions — powerful middle aged women who were rulers, adventurers, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, spiritual leaders — mature, glamorous, and courageous sheroes of all stripes. The popular media has typically portrayed menopausal women as over-the-hill, overwrought, flakes or furies, completely undesirable in either case. So who are we supposed to be? And who can teach us how? We occupy a truly unique position, poised on the brink of uncharted waters. This extended and vigorous midlife period which we are now beginning to experience is largely unaccounted for in myth and archetype for the simple reason that such longevity has never before occurred for the great masses of women as a whole. We desperately need a new body of role models, examples, and teachers to encourage us as we explore the unfamiliar terrain of our changing lives and create new and joyful ways of being in charge of our own destiny. Clearly it is time for a change of paradigm. Which is as it should be. Life is about nothing if not change, which is, after all, the greatest teaching of the cyclical Goddess. Her power and inspiration lies in Her infinite flexibility, Her adept adaptability, Her unbounded ability to always, always, always change. The Great Goddess, supreme mistress of the art of tranceformation will surely respond to the changes in our lives and times by enlarging the vision of Her Self to include Her fourth dimension — and ours. The Great Goodess is, even now, beginning to expand to include us in Her archetypal embrace. In the absence of a traditional mythic example to spur me on and sustain me through my midlife changes, I perceived the need to invent one. So I formulated a fourth stage of development that would place me after the Mother and before the Crone in a newly defined continuum of Womanhood, thus providing me and other women of my generation with a recognizable role model for our middle years: The Four Fold Goddess: The Maiden, the Mother, The Queen and the Crone. My construct of the four stages of a woman’s life is a much more accurate description of the current Way of Womanhood. Her four periods of growth and transformation resonate deeply with contemporary women. And they seem so natural, somehow. They are in Page | 58
complete metaphoric alignment with the pervasive way that peoples have always ordered existence into Four Quarters. The Four Quarters of the Moon, the Four Seasons of the Year, the Four Solstices and Equinoxes, the Four Elements, the Four Cardinal Directions of the Earth, the Four Periods of the Day. Is this hubris? Who am I to challenge an archetype that has been so powerful for so many for so long? Well, I am in fact, a proud member of the pioneering Sixties Generation, and consequently, I have a certain modest amount of experience in rebelling against the status quo of old archetypes and striving to replace them with new, more inclusive and relevant ones. Our generation has demonstrated time and again that it is possible to create our own characters, compose our own scripts, and author the sagas of our own lives. We are our own role models. Bereft of affirming depictions of our lives, today’s women-of-a-certainage are more than ready, willing, and perfectly capable of creating our own. The mythic model that I envision is recognizably like me, like us. Not yet old, yet no longer young, she stands in her proper place — after the Mother and before the Crone — in No Woman’s Land. She plants her flag and claims her space in this previously uncharted midlife territory. Still active and sexy, vital with the enthusiasm and energy of youth, she is tempered with the hard earned experience and leavening attitudes of age. She has been forced to face and overcome obstacles and hard lessons including her own shadow, and in so doing, has outgrown the boundaries of her old self. Agitated with the unessential and restless for authenticity, She sheds all attachment to the opinions of others and accepts complete responsibility and control for her own care, feeding, and fulfillment. She is the Queen of Her Self, the mature monarch, the sole sovereign of Her own life and destiny. Here, finally, is an archetype that fits. The Queen paradigm promotes a new understanding of what it might mean to be a middle-aged woman today who accepts complete responsibility for and to her self, and it celebrates the physical, emotional, and spiritual rewards of doing so. Becoming a Queen is not automatic, nor is it instantaneous. As Simone de Beauvoir said, “One is not born a woman, one becomes one.” The Queen bursts forth from adversity and previous constraints, actual or imagined, to become a proficient player in the game plan of Her choice. The Queen does not invite hard times and trouble, but She chooses to use them well. Actualized, organized, efficient, selfsufficient, competent, ethical, and fair, the Queen has struggled for and earned Her authority and respect. Determined and firmly centered on Her own two feet, She dares to climb, step after step, with nascent surety into the heady realm of Her own highest majesty. Once on her throne and crowned, the Queen glows golden with confidence, competence, and grace. She is fully aroused and takes great pleasure in the feelings of freedom, elation Page | 59
and well-being that come from personal empowerment. This thrilling post-menopausal period of vitality, renewed energy, enhanced self-esteem, optimism, and enthusiasm comes to us in direct proportion to the intensity of our own conscious, conscientious engagement in the process and consequences of transformation. Another gift of self-enfranchisement is the potent and extremely liberating sexuality of the Queen. Shining from the inside out, Her attractiveness and attraction is rooted deeply in Her self-actualization, self-worth, and inner strength. She exudes a primal excitement, Her power palpable in her very presence. Her desire reaches the boiling point and her inhibitions melt in the heat of Her renewed passion for life. It was through my own process of coming of age that I conceived of the Queen as the missing link in the chain of life for modern women in the here-to-fore incomplete Triple Goddess archetype. Through my own intentions and concerted efforts, by constantly questioning and reconfiguring, by struggling to mourn and then release what was irrevocably lost, I was trying to recover my own misplaced vitality, interest, and energy after the long hard painful years of my disconcerting midlife changes. Finally completely self-realized, I was ready and able, and for the first time in my life, I was actually willing to reign; to accept the responsibility for the truth and complete consequences of my own dreams, decisions, and actions. I was a maturing monarch prepared to regulate all of the inner and outer realms of my own domain. By the time I reached 53 or so, I knew myself to be the uncontested mistress of my own fate. Miraculously, it seemed, I had succeeded in turning my midlife crisis into my diamondencrusted crowning achievement. Surely I was a Queen, and not a Crone. I was the Queen of My Self. When I first began conceptualizing the Queen, I dreamt of a ceremonial crowning. My dreamtime punster made herself proud as she at once confirmed my passage as through the birth canal into a new life, and acknowledged my newly earned sovereign station — both in a single, concise, and vivid image. In this Crowning Ceremony, I ascended the throne of my passion and power and pledged myself to my Self. Always aware of the promise of that dramatic nocturnal ordination, I have worn my crown of self-confidence ever since. The more I think about the Queen, the more I become her. And the more Queenly I become, the more I desire to be in the company of other Queens. xxMama Donna * Unofficial Commissioner of Public Spirit of NYC. - The New Yorker * For 35 years Ms. Henes has been putting city folk in touch with Mother Earth. - New York Times * Part performance artist, part witch, part social director for planet earth. - The Village Voice * A-List exorcist!" - NY Post Page | 60
* The Original crystal-packing mama. - NY Press About Mama Donna: Donna Henes is an internationally renowned urban shaman, contemporary ceremonialist, spiritual teacher, award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop leader whose joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to millions of people in more than 100 cities since 1972. She has published four books, a CD, an acclaimed Ezine and writes for The Huffington Post, Beliefnet and UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum. A noted ritual expert, she serves as a ritual consultant for the television and film industry. Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, maintains a ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and consultancy in Exotic Brooklyn, NY where she offers intuitive tarot readings, spiritual counseling and works with individuals, groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.
Watch her videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/MamaDonnaHenes Read her on the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-henes Connect with her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MamaDonnaHenes Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/queenmamadonna Email: CityShaman@aol.com Sites Page | 61
http://www.DonnaHenes.net http://www.TheQueenOfMySelf.com http://www.mamadonnasspiritshop.com http://www.treeoflifefunerals.com
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MBO's by Tom T. Moore
This Blog is for people who wish to learn how to use a very simple, yet powerful and effective spiritual tool every day the rest of your life. It will lessen the stress and fear of life in general, and will make your life easier. It’s so simple a lot of people say “It can’t be this easy,” but it is, because IT WORKS! This reconnects you with your Guardian Angel, or higher power, or whatever your belief is. You simply say, “I request a Most Benevolent Outcome for… thank you!” When you read the stories below, sent from all over the world, we use the acronyms MBO for Most Benevolent Outcomes, GA for Guardian Angel, and BP for Benevolent Prayers (what you ask for other people). Be sure to participate when I ask you to say a Benevolent Prayer out loud, but are you also saying the Daily BP each morning as I do? Theo says this is one of the most important things you could do for yourself not only for this life, but all the others you have lived or will live on earth, as they are all happening at the same time. Print it out and put it on your bathroom mirror to remind you. Here is the link: http://www.thegentlewaybook.com/signs.htm. Here is an example of a BP for everyone to say today: “I ask any and all beings to intervene in the most benevolent way to stop any terrorist attacks before they happen anywhere in the world, to respect other religions, and for there to be peace in the world, thank you!” Welcome to the Benevolent Outcomes Blog, and welcome to everyone who subscribed in the past week. MBO FOR DRIVE HOME IN THUNDERSTORM Lee writes: When I left work the other day it was raining quite heavily with thunder and some serious lightning. My car was parked in the lot under a tree and I was carrying an umbrella! I said an MBO for safe passage and despite the heavy rain and almost continuous lightning I made it safely to my car and home. The storm continued for over an hour but I was safe and dry at home. Thank you Angels for watching over me. MBO/ BP for work meeting & smooth communication with colleague Yesterday I have said an MBO and BP to prepare a work meeting with another executive with whom I had a big disagreement in the past. Thanks to regular MBO and BP practice, my relationship with this colleague is fine, but I was still worried that our opinions would differ strongly again. “I request an MBO for staying calm during the meeting and that this meeting and all its participants to be blessed with white light, and that everything goes even better than I could hope for or imagine, thank you” I have also said, “I ask any and all beings to help the team and I to co-create a successful and productive meeting and to be all guided and surrounded by white light thank you.”
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The meeting went fine and my communication with this colleague was very gentle and efficient thank you. MBOs PROTECT HER WHILE ASLEEP Linda writes: I have had a few experiences with negative energy in my cabin. It is on an old estate established in 1749 and the cabin was a barn built in the 1800s. I have tried a number of things to clear the energy, but there seems to be one time or another when I have experience of a dark energy lurking about. I typically feel it on my first night there which is Friday night and typically have nightmares on the first night there unless I say an MBO for peaceful sleep. I have asked for a BP to clear the energies, but I think my angels are active in chasing off the energy. I do realize that MBOs are ingrained in my life because now I’m saying them in my sleep. It was 10:30 pm on Saturday 7-7-18 in Halfmoon, NY when I was asleep and felt a dark energy, and I struggled in my sleep and said MBO, MBO, MBO out loud. My dogs even barked and then the energy seemed to take off. I am not sure what it was but MBOs are the only thing that keeps my sleep from being interrupted. Thanks for all you do. About Tom T. Moore: He is an author and speaker. His books include THE GENTLE WAY series, plus FIRST CONTACT: Conversations with an ET and ATLANTIS & LEMURIA: The Lost Continents Revealed. He was voted "Best Self-Help Author" for the past three years by the readers of a health magazine. He is a telepath and answers questions sent to him from all over the world in his weekly newsletter, which can be subscribed to at www.thegentlewaybook.com. His series THE TELEPATHIC WORLD OF TOM T. MOORE is on YouTube. My new book, “ATLANTIS & LEMURIA—The Lost Continents Revealed!” has so much information that has NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED in any other book on the subject! Read the REAL history of two societies that existed for over 50,000 years each.. Tom's website - http://www.thegentlewaybook.com/blog/
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"The Eclipse Season - July and August"
By Joelle O'Toole aka Waxy The total lunar eclipse on 27th July 2018 marks the beginning of a rollercoaster of change and intensity. Since 27th June this year we have been in a Mars Retrograde period which has forced us all to slow down, look within and deal with unresolved issues from the past. Whereas a Mercury retrograde period will affect technology, communication, transport (and traffic) and force to revise our thoughts and ideas, Mars is quite different. During Mars retrograde we have to look at the make up of our egos. In a sense you could bring it down to the basics by saying love vs fear. We all need our ego to remind us to have boundaries and a sense of self in the modern world, but when the ego takes control in any area of the personality it often loses touch with the true soul purpose. We can always get back to our inner truths by focusing on being love centred and working on our self love, but this requires regular mindfulness and meditation. In reality most of us start to attach with certain elements of fear/ego driven behaviours and focal points through habit and influence. The lunar eclipse on 27th July 2018 marks the almost exact midpoint of the Mars retrograde period (which completes on 28th August at 28 Capricorn) and it also falls within one degree of Mars which will be at 4 Aquarius at this point. Those of you born between 21st and 27th January will feel this eclipse very personally, along with those of you who have a birthday around this time (meaning your Leo Sun is affected personally also). As this Moon-Mars opposite Sun configuration is also very close to an exact square from Uranus in Taurus there could be some very surprise events occur at this point. Whenever Uranus comes into the mix we have to allow for the unexpected as it rules; revolution, rebellion, change and the unexpected. There is always a spark of genius and humour with Uranus though, this doesn't bring foreboding change, rather changes which uplift. It's those who follow routine and order who are upset by Uranus, but on a higher level it naturally brings about its own sense of order. For those of you who have worked with Cosmic ordering, you will be aware that Uranus is the ignition that you can use to help you bring about big changes in focal areas of manifestation. So, whilst this eclipse may bring about change that appears to be unwarranted, it can also be used as an impetus to help create what you really want in your lives. Mars retrograde has being showing us where our egos have been holding us back, tripping us up and clouding our inspiration. Meditating on this full moon can help hone this energy to clear out old behavioural patterns, fears and other blockages in a ~conscious~ manner, to begin to prepare for a very exciting and productive Autumn. Page | 65
Mercury will turn retrograde the day before this eclipse, so looking inward will continue to be the theme for the coming weeks. Introspection is key, try not to have too many distinct plans at this time, they will fall through. With the Uranus aspect to this full moon and both Mercury and Mars retrograde, going with the flow and learning to surrender control will definitely make life a lot easier. Trying to control anything (or anyone!) at this time will create arguments, anger, conflict and further delays. Anyone with planets around 2 degrees of any of the signs will feel the complications in early August. With Chiron at 2 Aries, Saturn moving back from 3 to 2 Capricorn, Mars passing 2 Aquarius and Uranus at 2 Taurus, and stationing retrograde here for almost 3 months, there is a lot of activity. This is personal, there are big changes to any planets at this position, all will be in the crossfire of complicated and supportive aspects. Do you have any planets at 2 degrees of the signs? Would you like me to take a look at how the current planetary positions can be used for growth, rather than angst? Contact me at: waxlobster@hotmail.com. The next Eclipse is a solar eclipse and will take place on 11th August 2018 at 18'41 Leo, so this will affect those with a birthday around this time and also those born from around 4th to 8th February, 9th to 13th November and 7th to 12th May the most. Mercury is in on the act here, and sat close to the new Moon (conjunction of Sun and Moon) Eclipse point, as if to reiterate the reminder that Mars made during the previous eclipse. Mercury isn't quite at the middle point of its retrograde cycle, but it seems to want to affirm the messenger's messages to us by highlighting its journey backwards through Leo. An edgy aspect to Pluto shows again that trying to rise above controlling behaviour is one of this Summer's underlying growth points. Whether we are looking at the hierarchical societal structures which trap and confine us, or the oppressive hand to mouth existence of living in debt that so many find ourselves in; these kinds of themes may loom over us oppressively at this point. Or perhaps we are being shown our own fear-based behaviours which cause us to stay stuck in patterns which do not suit us, or interactions with others which have gotten into loops of control drama and stagnation. All of these themes will be poignantly exposed during the middle of August. Where the eclipse falls in your own personal chart will show more about how/what and where. The chances are you will already have a fairly good idea of what makes you feel suppressed and confined in your life at the moment. Things only reach a head when we have out grown them, or have ignored their negative influence for long enough for intervention to become necessary. It's important to try to look at these times as growth periods, rather that resisting and fighting the patterns of nature, it is better to yield and allow change. Often the difficult times are where we clear out all the blockages so that the magic and joy can follow.
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The heaviness of these themes does indicate some political and social flux too, things will seems unsettled overall during August. The weak spot at 2 degrees of the signs will impact wherever it falls. I'm not an astrologer who works with the charts of countries but if I was I would mention that the great instability of the UK at the moment is due to Pluto being opposite the Moon of the UK chart and having recently crossed the Sun in the chart also chart! {For details: http://www.astro.com/nat/natuk2_e.htm} By the end of August things will look very different for us all. This is going to be a complicated month, but it is also an adventure, a learning curve and a great opportunity to grow. Those who have had ideas and projects that have been neglected recently may well suddenly find the time to go back to these. The great thing about retrograde periods, is that it's excellent for study, revising previous projects and completing them properly and it's also an opportunity to have a rest and really catch up on leisure time. It may be a complex period emotionally, but it will also be one that can be regenerative and restorative. For some this will be a very healing experience, others will need to go through and unblock a fair few areas in order to allow the healing, but it's worth doing so. September will feel like a new year, enjoy the hot Summer of growth in the meantime. About Joelle/Waxy: JoÍlle O’Toole aka waxlobster is an innovative UK based astrologer who was initially influenced by Jonathan Cainer (RIP) who she became friends with. She has been working with astrological charts now since 1999 and has focused a lot of her attention onto the healing potentials of astrology; working to unravel the subconscious drives which hold many of us back in life. Her specialism is in synestry, the art of relationships and she can advise her clients on the differences between companion soulmates, karmic soulmates and twin flames from personal experience. This article about Chiron delves into the deep vulnerabilities we have as humans which block us from reaching our true potential on our life paths and in our love lives. JoÍlle is available for personal astrological readings, relationship readings, long-term forecasts and psychic tarot readings also. She is a reiki master, can read auras and also works very closely with nature and the animal kingdom. Joelle O'Toole's site - https://www.waxlobster.blogspot.co.uk
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Book Review:
Bless This House Creating Sacred Space Where You Live, Work & Travel By Mama Donna Henes In this comprehensive guide to crafting your own spiritual intentions, rituals, and blessings, urban shaman Mama Donna draws upon a variety of world cultures to show how to transform your environment into a sanctified haven. Spiritual blessings of our surroundings can help enhance our daily lives, from processing emotions and releasing negative energy to setting the stage for our fondest dreams to come true. Your immediate surroundings are the psychic as well as physical spaces that you occupy in the world — they house not just your body but your energy, your thoughts, your demeanor, your spirit, your deeds, and your legacy. Shouldn't the energetic atmosphere within your walls support you emotionally and spiritually as well? A personalized blessing ceremony engenders an aura of hope and the possibility of positive new beginnings, creating a safe milieu conducive to regeneration. Times of celebration and transition — receiving dinner guests, hosting a family get-together, traveling to a new locale, moving offices or homes — also deserve to be sanctified. This book is your guide to creating a warm home and blessing your space for any occasion. Page | 68
"The way an architect and a builder understand a house, Donna Henes understands a home. She can minister to a dwelling like a chaplain, tap its inner workings like a good therapist, and polish its energy to a spotless shine. I know: she's done it for mine. And in this enchanting book, you get to access the prowess of Mama Donna in your home, even if oceans separate you from her legendary Brooklyn digs. What she knows — and what she senses — inhabit these pages so accessibly, it's as if this shaman of spaces is whispering in your ear." — Victoria Moran, author of Creating a Charmed Life and Shelter for the Spirit. "Get out your highlighter! Mama Donna's book Bless this House is immensely readable, practical, and filled with modern and ancient wisdom. After using her methods, your home will shimmer and sparkle with healing, radiant energy. Highly recommended!" — Denise Linn, award-winning author of Sacred Space: Clearing and Enhancing the Energy of Your Home and Feng Shui for the Soul. "The original crystal-packing mama." — New York Press "Bless This House is a beautiful embrace of a book; erudite and inspiring, wise and kind. If you want to feel 'at home' in your life, let Mama Donna show you the way. She is, without question, the high priestess of sacred space." — Jane Alexander, author of the bestselling Spirit of the Home series. "Donna Henes, familiarly known as 'Mama Donna,' is a national treasure. Among the many delights of this beautifully designed and carefully organized book are the numerous interspersed meditations on the meanings of home." — Feminism and Religion.com. "Demystifying the blessing process, the book details everything you need to know to 'claim and consecrate' your own house with 'authority and aplomb.'" — Smart News Information
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Spirit Science
Created by Jordan David Pearce Duchnycz Here is a great You Tube with many videos on all types of metaphysical and spiritual topics. Since our mission to enlighten and inform, we will be posting at least one a month to be sure you have a great background in many aspects of metaphysics and spirituality. You can make a difference in the world. Tap into the truth of who and what you are and reclaim your power www.gaia.com/spiritscience. This episode continues the saga of exploring our chakras as we move into our higher chakras, being our Heart, Throat, Third Eye and Crown. In the higher chakras, your expanding vision is very wide. Your telepathic and mental ability is much more open. When faced with a problem, if we immediately get upset and stressed about it, we are being reminded of our need to ground our lower chakras. If we take the time to look at the bigger picture and perhaps meditate on issues within our life, we will strengthen ourselves back into our higher chakras.
Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtB2YGKP6Y4
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"The Power of the 2nd Thought"
By Connie Wake & Susan Fiandach We were recently invited to participate at a corporate event to talk about customer service through a different perspective of understanding our selves and our thoughts. In the discussion, we touched on intuition and the 6th sense, but not from a “psychic power” point of view but from an awareness point of view. This may be the best light to shine regarding the 6th sense because it does not require any special understanding of metaphysics, or the metaphysics of a special understanding! In other words, it’s everyday stuff. Dr. Joe Dispenza writes: “It is estimated that your brain actually processes 400 billion bits of information per second, but you are only aware of about 2,000 of them.” It seems, then, that the mind has a lot more going on than we allow ourselves to “know” at any particular moment. But the great news is, once we tell ourselves that a thing is possible or true, what we “know” grows. Intuition is something we can know, and it is something we can grow once it is understood. Our psychic sense, the 6th sense, or extra sensory perception, is “reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind.” (Wikipedia) While the mind processes signals from the five physical senses (seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and touching) and their associated organs (eyes, ears, tongue, nose, skin), we can also include interpretations from signals sensed directly, or through this extra sensory perception our minds have. The caveat is we have been fooled into thinking “it is only our imagination” or “it is not real” and this programming discounts a significant aspect of our selves…our intuition. We’ve learned how to go with our first thought…from instinctual reaction or through programming filters that develop from our social, cultural, religious and life experiences. We grow accustomed and comfortable with what that first thought says and what we do as a response, and “pay no mind” to any other thought. We end up following the “if you always think what you always thought…” or thinking the same thing but calling it a different name, then life is the same reactionary experience, and creation/growth is limited. Let’s step out of the box and explore those 398,000 bits of information and what that information may mean in our everyday lives. We’ve all had intuitive thoughts…that small voice…that gut feeling. We know it’s there, but we don’t believe it. It becomes our second thought but because we choose not to be aware of it and trust to act accordingly, it is discounted. Our first thought…our programmed life-on-autopilot thought…takes Page | 71
over. Intuition is sensory perception from the other billion bits of information we receive. We can tune into this signal, re-route it passed our programming, and look at the “intel” received. These include feelings, imagery, “just knowing” thoughts, and sounds and smells without their direct source being present. When we listen that small voice, and it facilitates a better outcome, we now know it and trust it again. The second thought now becomes valid. Our intuition is now free to allow for a new experience of our environment and the people in it. This awareness fosters understanding and tolerance because we can step out of our fears of survival, self-doubts, and robotic responses to the past. The power of the second thought becomes the power of our selves, our higher consciousness and evolution of humanity. It’s everyday stuff! About Connie and Sue: Susan Fiandach and Connie Wake are professional psychicmediums, teachers of psychic-medium studies and co-authors of “Everyday Conversations: The Key to the Contemporary Medium – Unlocking the Myths” and “The Student Guide to the Daily Medium – Unlocking Your 6th Sense.” They can be contacted through The Purple Door, 3259 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY. 585-4278110. Connie & Sue's website - http://www.PurpleDoorSoulSource.com
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The Thoughtful Psychic by Iris Waters
The time has come to say goodbye to outmoded ideas and behaviors that no longer serve their purpose. The test for this is to ask yourself “Why am I doing this? “or “How does it serve my needs? “ In doing so, if you feel that a behavior or thought is detrimental to your being, then discard it for something better, more positive. It is like a snake shedding its skin, a form of regeneration and renewal. Much discussion has been held on this topic, however each individual must find their own form of expression and their own identity. How will you know when it is right? You will just feel it, all the way down to your bones. If that sounds funny, it is true. Never mind what others tell you to do. It is your path, your journey that you must be concerned with, you and only you. Your identity is at stake here, not theirs! About Iris: Iris Waters has been a student of the metaphysical her entire life. She is an aspiring psychic medium who enjoys creative writing and inspirational writing through spirit. Iris on Facebook - Facebook@thoughtfulpsychic.53
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Sound Healing We would like you to have a sound break and listen to the video. Sound healing offers a lot of positive health options. Some benefits of Sound Therapy are: Changes our old patterns of behavior, habits and way of thinking that no longer serve us and are harmful to our health. Soothes, purify and harmonize your emotions and feelings. Helps to recover after illness, traumas and invasive medical treatments. Increases vital energy flow, creativity, intuition and motivation. Makes positive changes to our whole being. Removes blockages and toxins. Self-regeneration. Stimulates circulation. Stimulates endocrine glands and regulates hormonal functioning. Affects all cells in your body. Balances both hemispheres of the brain. Cleanses negative energy and emotions. Connecting with your higher self. Helps to cope with life's challenges. Improves sleep. Strengthens immune system. Stress reduction. Deep relaxation. Listen to this video, just click on the arrow.
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Mystic Musings by Tobie Hewitt Welcome to Mystic Musings with Tobie Hewitt. I’m Tobie Hewitt and I’m your guide through time and space and all points in between. Mystic Musings will give you insight into who you are, why you are here, how to live an authentic life, and where you fit into the universe around you. Join me on this path of mystical exploration. About Tobie Hewitt: She is a Mystic/Writer/Intuitive Consultant, has been giving intuitive readings for almost 40 years. In that time she has both helped people to contact their loved ones on the other side of the veil and guided them to living a more fulfilling and actualized life. Tobie's website - http://www.mysticmusings.com Welcome to episode 54 of Mystic Musings with Tobie Hewitt. This week we will consider Blessings, Awareness, and Change as we continue our mystic journey.
Link:https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU6jxg8JSyw Welcome to episode 53 of Mystic Musings with Tobie Hewitt. This week we will consider synchronicity, passion, and enlightenment as we continue our mystic journey.
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Dianne Robbins
A Message from the Crystal World We Give You A Vibrational Lift We are the People from the Crystal World, here to speak to you of Love, the love we have for humanity and the love we have for all other life forms. Even though we are encased in hard stone and live in the darkest of realms, we are pure light, and it is soft and dreamy as it flows out from us to all of you. We dream dreams too, and our dreams are about the reuniting of all life forms on and under the surface. We are ready to have a direct encounter with you, or as you say on the surface, ‘a first contact’ encounter. You think we are inanimate matter, and yet we vibrate at the highest level of vibration, much higher than most humans have attained. When you wear us around your necks, or hold us in your hand, your electrons then start to raise their vibration to match ours, and you are given a vibrational lift moving you closer to the 5th dimension vibration of unconditional love. So hold us close, and love us, as we love you. All is shifting now on your world, and with the November 2008 elections all is in change, even now as we speak, although the results are not yet obvious to your eyes. But we have 5th dimensional eyes, and we can see into the future, and we see the immense and drastic changes about to take place. It is all about consciousness. We are here to boost your consciousness level and help you see and hear the world around you. For up until now you have been deaf to our calls, and to the calls from the Trees and the myriad of other life forms calling to you to ‘wake up’ and be part of the intricate matrix of life on Earth. For up until now you have always been separate, seeing yourselves as the overlords of the world, when in actuality your purpose was to work with all other life forms, not to destroy them in your quest for money. It is sad that you had lost your way, but the tide is turning, and you will soon see the unseen, and know the unknowing, and then you will find yourselves and realize how much more there is to life then just making money. For as your saying from the past went, “make love not money’ you will see how ‘love’ will create all the wealth you have been seeking. What a twist in thinking, isn’t it? You can lay greed and struggle to rest, and accomplish all you desire through your love. It is much easier, and feels so much better. In the Crystal World, we accomplish all we desire through our great outpouring of love. We don’t have to go anywhere or do anything, we just emit our love rays and everything is accomplished. It is these rays that you will discover and learn to project from your brow that will bring you your desires. But your hearts and intentions must be pure in order to create from your light rays. This is what we are here to teach you, if you follow Page | 76
our ways and join with us in consciousness. As you follow our way, your rays will ignite until you are as clear and bright as we are. Then together we will light up the Earth, and a great re-union will occur. It is this reunion of all life forms on Earth that will catapult you all into the 5th dimension. Divine alignment is the key. So align with your divinity and as you do, you will find us all aligned with you. We bid you good day. About Dianne: Dianne Robbins continues her connection to the civilizations of Inner Earth, the Elementals and Nature Kingdoms for over 25 years. Her transmissions connect our hearts to the hearts of Beings in advanced civilizations, Whales, Dolphins, the Tree People, the Crystal Nation and Earth’s Elemental Kingdoms. In service to Earth, Dianne continues to provide her channelings to keep people informed of the vital link between our surface world and other realms of existence who share our planet with us. As we merge our consciousness with these other realms, our perceptual range expands and our inner sight opens. Dianne's website: https://www.diannerobbins.com
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"Higher Dimensional Temple of Enlightment" By Jayne Chilkes Temple of Enlightenment – Excerpt Lord Maitreya and Melchizedek as one speaking to you and through you. We are watching over you very closely as you take the Ascension process. Keep your 44 wings open now and then they become a great big pair of wings setting you free to fly through every dimension of your own being. We wish for you to fly to meet us at the 44th dimension and higher. Please come now to where we reside. You will see much Light here, many gatherings, of many Angels about us, our own teams of helpers about us. We wish for you to step into our Light now! We wish for you to step into our Peace now! We wish for you to hold this Light and Peace in your wings and draw and filter this Light and Peace to your physical body now. And as the Light and Peace enters every cell of your body, watch your body light up now! There is not one area that is not lit up, every area, every space, every organ, every cell, all parts of your skin light up now! And the peace enters your heart. We wish for you now to bring your body to us, fly upwards again, and remain here with us all day long. This is the regeneration of cells. As your cells your lit in turn it will bring enlightenment. As you stand with us we enter the Temple of Enlightenment and as you stand in this temple you may ask a question and receive Enlightenment. Please ask now. We wish for you to return here in all your meditations. For it is time for you to consciously reside here with us each and every day. Hold the beauty of the temple in your hearts when it is time to return to what you call the third dimension remembering it is only a dream and it is only as real as you make it. God bless you. About Jayne: Jayne is a healer and soul channel for the masters, DNA and akashic record practitioner, teach and author of four spiritual books. THE CALL OF AN ANGEL, TWELVE STEPS TO HEAVEN, THE NEW DNA, A SECRET PATH TO FREEDOM. She has over 35 years experience and presently shares new information, activations, healings and channelings from the masters for a new earth, peace, harmony, love and light to all. Remember the universe always loves you! Jayne's website - https://thenewdnablog.wordpress.com/
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"Being Awake" By Michelle Howe What does “being awake” mean? In very simple terms, being awake refers to the individual who embraces an inner knowing that there is more to life than what the traditional world sees, understands or supports as reality. It means that this individual has experienced, learned, remembered or is finally convinced that there is more at play than what is accepted as normal. The bottom line is that this person is sparked and open to new concepts. Inevitably they learn that their life is a unique journey to self-healing and transformation. There is a time and a place for each of us to awaken to this special journey. It is all such a fun trip without ever any sign of boredom. The journey is full of excitement, confusion and joy. Once we are sparked, we do not stop!! We make a commitment because we know intuitively this is our plan and path to truth. We walk our journey day by day. We learn and trust that we are guided every step of the way. Are all Empaths awake? Most likely, if you are reading this blog – you are awake! Some readers may just be curious too and just now learning the concept of “Being An Empath.” Because you are reading this, you are open to new knowledge and need to hang tight to see what new comes your way that motivates and guides you forward. A few better questions would be: How open are you to metaphysical concepts and new knowledge? How much fire resides in you to learn and embrace this path? I share this because I run into Empaths all the time. And, I am writing today because I hope to help you see your Self more fully so you can direct your life more consciously. Here is what I see out in the world: Some Empaths don’t have a clue about how energy affects them and seem to be operating just fine without this awareness. They could be naturally strong or simply put, it is not their time to wake up! They are asleep and YES, they are Empaths who are also being guided. Their role as lightworker is not so evidently seen because they operate in traditional roles without the higher-levels of awareness or sensitivity. We need to honor and trust that they are following their own plan. Some other Empaths, also without a clue about how energy affects them, are not operating so well in life. They traditionally have big hearts and seem to function okay to the outside world. Ironically, inside they struggling with moods, anxiety, overwhelm or depression. These individuals will struggle until they inevitably feel enough pain to awaken. The next stage is the Empath that is looking for answers and ready for new knowledge. They often come into Facebook groups happy to have finally found answers and connect with others with similar experiences. These individuals are often relieved to find guidance, like-minded people and information that puts a name to the way they Page | 80
function in life. Usually, this starts them on a journey to managing their gifts, developing awareness and gaining new knowledge. Lastly, there are Empaths that know without a doubt they are different and on a journey. They believe in energy and practice to develop their gifts and are following guidance to learn more on a daily basis. These people are fully awake to this path. These people embrace a new awareness of who they are and their gifts. These individuals are a blessing to the world because they see the world very clearly. These individuals are being groomed to actively help others. They have embraced their journey of self-healing and transformation. The last great question is: What drives or guides an individual to awaken to being an Empath? There are a variety of reasons why an individual awakens. In all situations, it was their time to wake up! Most Empaths wake up when they go through an experience that was not logical. Typically, they awaken because a traumatic event, situation or person challenges them on a deeper level. Other times, a professional psychic or fellow Empath will share that word with them. And finally, there are Empaths who just put it together through experience and their own knowing. About Michelle: My role today is to serve as an evolutionary guide - as a healer and spiritual teacher to those ready to embrace a path to true confidence and success in the world. I am here to bring new knowledge, tools and perspective that allow you move beyond emotional struggles. My work is with feelers with giving hearts who see the best in others and are deeply impacted by the negativity in the world. If you connect with my words, please know - it's your time - your time to shine bright in the world. Michelle's website - https://www.empathevolution.com
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What's going on in August 2018
With all the postings on Facebook about the full moon at the end of July I wanted to continue information about the moon for August. The moon, being the closest astronomical body to Earth, has a profound effect on us. It represents the feminine, emotional, creative and nurturing aspects of our lives. We have a new moon and an eclipse in August, plus a full moon on 8/26. According to a lot of articles energy is shifting with these planetary events. There are rituals you can do based on a new moon or full moon. New moon can be a time to ask for new and exciting beginnings. Full moon is a time to release what you don’t need any more. There's loads of info on the web and many books about rituals with the moon. · New Moon: A new cycle. An energy of new possibilities. Time to set your intentions for what you want to bring into your life. · Waxing Moon: New growth, continued action, results will come about · Full Moon: High tide of power, amplifying and creative. It is a time to release that which no longer serves you, what you no longer need in your life or an aspect of yourself that you have outgrown. Page | 82
· Waning Moon: Withdrawing, a sucking and pulling impact · Dark Moon: A time to go within. Solitude. A powerful psychic time where revelations from deep within can emerge. It’s important to make space for the unfolding of spirit at this time in preparation for the new cycle and beginning. August 11 - New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 09:58 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere. August 11 - Partial Solar Eclipse. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon covers only a part of the Sun, sometimes resembling a bite taken out of a cookie. A partial solar eclipse can only be safely observed with a special solar filter or by looking at the Sun's reflection. The partial eclipse will be visible in parts of northeast Canada, Greenland, extreme northern Europe, and northern and eastern Asia. It will be best seen in northern Russia with 68% coverage. (NASA Map and Eclipse Information) August 12, 13 - Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by comet Swift-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1862. The Perseids are famous for producing a large number of bright meteors. The shower runs annually from July 17 to August 24. It peaks this year on the night of August 12 and the morning of August 13. The thin crescent moon will set early in the evening leaving dark skies for what should be an excellent show. Best viewing will be from a dark location after midnight. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Perseus, but can appear anywhere in the sky. August 17 - Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation. The planet Venus reaches greatest eastern elongation of 45.9 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Venus since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky. Look for the bright planet in the western sky after sunset. August 26 - Full Moon. The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 11:57 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Full Sturgeon Moon because the large sturgeon fish of the Great Lakes and other major lakes were more easily caught at this time of year. This moon has also been known as the Green Corn Moon and the Grain Moon. August 26 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest western elongation of 18.3 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in the eastern sky just before sunrise.
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August Featured Writer
"FRIEND OF A FRIEND" BY DEAN FRASER https://deanfrasercentral.com/ Louisa told me that her best friend Robbie was seriously ill, tragically he had not been given any real hope by the medical experts and she asked “can you help?” I told her “although I can make no promises I will certainly do a healing and see what I see. Please tell me more about Robbie as it might help me to help him” Louisa explained “he’s been off his food, sleeping a lot and by the way, you do know that Robbie is a horse?”… I had known Louisa for over ten years having met her through a friend of mine she was dating. As occasionally happens we had clicked straight away as good friends and although we didn’t see each other perhaps more than once a year, we kept in touch often via email. Louisa and I realised we did share many common threads in our lives, and although she and my friend had in fact split-up shortly after my meeting her, it had always been about the psychic connection and the easy friendship between the two of us and never anything remotely romantic. And so it was if she ever felt herself in the need of my particular kind of help she felt free to contact me to ask. Such a time was when she told me about Robbie, her best friend. His body was wearing out it would seem. He slept a lot and had precious little appetite. She had already called in all the experts and unfortunately they had proclaimed his condition untreatable, telling her it would be only a matter of a short time before he passed. This is just about where I came in… Louisa emailed, and subsequently we spoke. She told me everything about his condition and quite wrongly I assumed Robbie must be an old school friend or perhaps a relative, such was the level of affection she clearly possessed for him and the way she described her broken emotional state at the thought of losing him. I must confess to being a little shocked upon finally being informed I was to treat a horse! Reassuring Louisa, and as usual making no promises as to any level of success I might achieve, I resolved to do a series of distant psychic healings for Robbie. At this point in my development I had never actually treated any kind of animal before, this was to be an entirely new experience and I sincerely had no idea what possible results (if indeed any) I might be able to achieve.
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I told Louisa we would talk a week from our last conversation, leaving me do my stuff in the meantime and then she would be able to bring me up to date about the situation with Robbie. Putting myself into my usual half meditative state, for the very first time I attempted making a psychic connection with a horse for a healing session. And found I was quite able to. Truth be told it wasn’t significantly different to psychic healing for a human…for the next six days my daily routine became at the same time to psychically connect to Robbie and gently work on easing his suffering. After the week had passed the phone call came from Louisa. I waited with bated breath for news of my equine friend of a friend. She told me he seemed considerably more himself, he had started eating a little and to her delight she had been able to take him for a short walk in the paddock where he was stabled. She was under no illusions he was still in the twilight of his years, all she truly wished for was Robbie got to live out his final days without pain. Louisa got her wish. Robbie perked up considerably, as he was now able to eat properly, some of his former strength returned. Louisa was able to take him for a walk two or three times a week. They absolutely were the indeed best of friends; he would stroll beside her along bridleways and nuzzle her with his head. Robbie and Louisa had all of that summer to share precious time together. He finally passed in late October of the same year; quietly he went in his sleep. Louisa told me she will always treasure that summer… About Dean: “What do you want to do when you leave school?” This time the question came from a careers advisor at high school. Having less than eighteen months left to reside in the education system, I suppose it seemed an obvious question to ask. My reply stated I saw myself doing something creative, perhaps graphic design. And for sure, I did. I indeed became a graphic designer for a little while. You will notice at no time here did I suggest (even secretly to myself) that I wanted to be a paranormal investigator or indeed an intuitive healer! It seems the Universe had other plans for me - you might call it my calling. I can say in all honesty I categorically never consciously set out to delve into the arcane, deliberately encounter the unseen; and yet throughout all my early life the experiences given to me made what I ended up doing almost inevitable. Oh, for sure I resisted my destiny. For nearly a decade I did my best to live the conventional life, I never particularly managed to achieve this, but I certainly did my level best! Those in need of healing still wound their inevitable way in my direction, no matter how much I attempted to pretend not to notice. I have always trusted we each have a calling in life, it seems my destiny found me, even if I did everything possible to avoid it for a little while! In the end I took the pathway Page | 85
before me into my destiny‌whatever or wherever it took me, I trusted in my own ability to deal with anything, however bizarre, which came my way. And for sure some of it turned out to be seriously bizarre‌
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Tarot Topics by Jenna
Opening A New Deck Next month we will talk about how to start reading Tarot cards. This month’s column applies to both beginners and experienced Tarot readers. You get the box home. Sometimes you need to cut open the cellophane package housing the cards. Of course, you do this very carefully so as not to scratch the cards. If you have an athame, perhaps you want to use that in a more ritualistic way. Any ritual you use to cleanse and consecrate other tools can be used for your deck. This is what I do: I always use salt water for the female elements of water and earth and lit sage for the male elements of fire and air. I might put the water on the box or outer cellophane, as I don’t really want to get the cards wet. You can use whatever ritual you usually use to consecrate a tool. I always cast out any unharmonious energies putting a circle of the water counterclockwise around the deck. Then I set the same intention, moving the lit sage around the deck counterclockwise. Now your deck is cleared. I then use the same elements and make a clockwise circle around the deck….once with the salt water and once with the lit sage. At this time, I set the intention that the cards be used only for the highest good in all the worlds. You can use any words you like to set your intention. The cards are usually in order. I like to very slowly go through them, studying the images and making friends with the cards. You can do this in one sitting, or over a few Page | 87
days. In the future, if you ever feel like your cards are not “working” properly, I recommend returning them to their original order, then cleansing as you did when they were new. The further question is how to get them OUT of order. I am frankly not much of a shuffler. I like to make about eight piles on the table and randomly put cards, one by one, in the different piles. You don’t want your first reading to be the 8, 9, and 10 of swords, or any other consecutive cards. The random drawing of cards for a reading is one of the most magical parts, and it is ruined if the cards are stuck in order. Pick a card, any card. Enjoy. You may send questions to Jenna at thewick2009@aol.com About: Jenna Bernardi is deeply immersed in the Western Magical Tradition, including Tarot and Qabalah. Her Bachelor of Music degree supports her lifelong work with magic and music. Her Master’s Degree is in spiritual psychology. She is co-foundress of The Wick, a Rochester based Wiccan coven. A member of First Unitarian Church, she facilitates a Tarot Journey group for spiritual exploration. She reads Tarot at Mythic Treasures where she also leads a monthly Qabalah Tree of Life meditation. If you have questions you can email her at JBern929@aol.com.
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Fading From Life it’s always august’s end september’s beginning that bothers me the most i feel that brush of cool air press against me like a kiss on dead lips the trees are now painted a sunset’s reflection but all i see is red in summer’s end the leaves dance gracefully beneath the winds one last time Page | 90
before they fall the trees will soon stand blank of life like you and you and you and my mind as i remember each ending as i watched them fall from life amongst summer’s end By Sandra Adam www.poetrysoup.com
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"How
To Deal With Agressive People" by Dr. Judith Orloff
Passive aggression is a form of anger, except the anger is expressed with a smile instead of the typical expressions. Passive aggressive people are experts at sugar coating hostility. They often use procrastination, bumbling inefficiency, and the exasperating excuse of “I forgot” to avoid commitments or let you down. They appear eager to please, but know exactly how to make you mad. They can be infuriating because of their seductive or innocent veneers. Here are some examples: Your spouse brings home yet another gallon of ice cream after you’ve specifically asked him or her not to do this because you are trying to lose weight. A friend keeps arriving an hour late for a dinner date leaving you waiting over and over again. A co-worker keeps promising to help with a project but never comes through. Passive aggressive behavior ranges from simply irritating to manipulative and punishing. This is different from occasionally being absent-minded, lazy, or busy. Passive aggression is repetitive and has a covert angry edge to it. Passive aggressive people promise anything, then do exactly as they please. They hide anger beneath a compliant exterior. They don’t give straight answers and have vague responses such as “I’ll get back to you.” Then they don’t follow through so you must keep reminding them. Sometimes their remarks can be hurtful, especially so because they come at you sideways–you don’t know what hit you. Why do people become passive aggressive? They’re typically raised in families where it’s not safe to express anger–they’re never taught to communicate it in a healthy manner. They adapt by channeling these feelings into other less obvious behaviors; this gives them a sense of power and control. They’re masters at shirking responsibility by hurting you in ways that appear unintentional or unavoidable. Passive aggressive people operate by stuffing anger, being accommodating, and then indirectly sticking it to you. When confronted, they’ll drive you crazy with a variety of “the dog ate my homework” excuses, blaming others, or yessing you to death without changing. Since many are unaware of their anger, they feel misunderstood or that you’re holding them to unfair standards. Here are tips on how to communicate with passive aggressive people from my book The Power of Surrender. To learn about other types of draining people read my article The Emotional Vampire Survival Guide. Learning to Communicate With Passive Aggressive People Page | 97
1. Trust Your Gut Reactions With these types you may question yourself since their anger is so masked. It’s important to recognize the pattern. Their mixed messages will test your patience. So when you doubt yourself, take a breath and try to let the doubt go. Tell yourself, “I deserve to be treated more lovingly. I will trust my gut reaction when I feel jabbed.” This affirmation helps you release doubt so you’d don’t convince yourself you’re imagining things. Then move forward to improve communication. You must surrender the idea that these people will change without you speaking up. They aren’t motivated to change unless someone calls them on their behavior. When it’s not appropriate to be direct, such as with a boss who might retaliate or fire you, keep letting the zingers go by accepting your powerlessness to change him. 2. Address the behavior Focus on one issue at a time so people don’t feel attacked or overwhelmed. Let’s say a friend is always late. In a calm, firm tone say to her, “I would greatly appreciate it if you can be on time when we go out to dinner. I feel uncomfortable waiting in a restaurant alone.” Then notice her reaction. She might say, “You’re right. I’m always running behind. I’ll try to be more organized.” Then see if the lateness improves. If she is evasive or makes excuses, request clarification about how to solve the problem. If you can’t get a straight answer, confront that too. Being specific pins down passive aggressive people. If nothing changes, keep setting limits or stop making dinner plans. With a close friend who continues to be late, it’s always an option to accept and acclimate to his or her shortcoming when the pros of the relationship outweigh the cons. As a psychiatrist, I teach my patients to address passive aggressive behavior directly as the person may not be aware of the impact on you since they are short on empathy. Hopefully you won’t have many passive aggressive people in your life, but if you do, clear communication is a form of empowerment. About Judith: Judith Orloff, MD is author of The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People, upon which her articles are based. Dr. Orloff is a psychiatrist, an empath, and is on the UCLA Psychiatric Clinical Faculty. She synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality. Dr. Orloff also specializes in treating empaths and highly sensitive people in her private practice. To learn more about empaths and her free empath support newsletter as well as Dr. Orloff's books and workshop schedule, visit www.drjudithorloff.com her website. Dr. Judith Orloff's website - http://www.drjudithorloff.com
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In The Flow Experiences and Reflections from the World of Energy Healing By Kathy Manikowski Your Healing Rainbow Everything that exists is a form of energy and has vibration which can be measured. Color is also pure energy – energy from the sun flowing through space as electromagnetic waves that we see as light. When the light waves bounce off of things we see color – different wave lengths of light produce different colors. A single ray of sunshine contains all the colors of the spectrum. Each color vibrates at a different frequency. The different frequencies of light – the colors – can have an affect on different areas and systems of the body. Colors with higher frequencies will have a greater affect on the brain’s higher frequencies. Colors with lower frequencies can have an affect on body systems that operate at slower rates. Color affects us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We respond to, and interact with, color energy like the vibrations of tuning forks. Colors can be used in healing to depress, stimulate, increase, decrease, and balance any area of the body, mind and spirit. Not only do we absorb the vibrations of the colors that we wear, we are made up of elements that vibrate to color frequencies: Oxygen – Blue, Hydrogen - Red, Carbon – Yellow, Calcium – Orange, Nitrogen – Green, Phosphorus – Lemon, Potassium Magenta. Colors tend to either energize or calm us. These effects can have a big impact in our environment. Factories with bright colors like light oranges and yellows tend to have fewer accidents and better morale than grey interiors. Warm colored rooms feel physically warmer, cool toned rooms induce feelings of calm and peace. Football coaches are famous for painting visiting team locker rooms in dull, dark tones and home team locker rooms in bright, exciting colors. Think about the colors you choose to live in - walls, floors, decor. The main colors in your wardrobe might be similar or completely different. All of these colors affect how we feel. You can deliberately bring more color use into your life.
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Visualization: visualize the needed color being inhaled, flowing through and around the body. Solarized Light: Allow sunlight to filter through stained glass, colored eyeglasses, even colored cellophane hung in a window. Colored Light: Place colored light bulbs in lamps and sit in the energy. Colored Candle Gazing: place candles in colored glass holders so that the flame is seen through the glass. Cloth Swatches: place colored cloth swatches on the chakras, or on a place that needs specific healing, larger clothes can be draped over or around you. Day to Day Clothing: be mindful of what you purchase and wear - choose colors that support your mood and health. Colors in your space: decide the feeling tone you want in your home and choose colors for their supportive qualities. Here are some quick color attributes White: Stabilizes & boosts energy system. Cleansing, purifying, strengthening, amplifies other colors. Black: Offers protection, grounding, balancing, good with white and other colors. Red: Stimulating, vitalizing, warming, Earth connection, digestive tract support, circulatory system balance. Orange: Supports self-confidence, enthusiasm, creativity, emotional health, mental balance. Revitalizes physical body, strengthens elimination system, helps bone growth, stimulates appetite. Good tonic after illness, revitalizes the whole physical body. Yellow: Supports the intellect, emotions, study & learning, self control & drive. Stimulates nervous system, energy flow, balances liver, gall bladder, pancreas, adrenals. Green: Supports peace, hope, growth, healing, balance of body-mind-spirit, compassion, forgiveness. Helps fever, high blood pressure, heart disease, circulation, tumors, disinfectant. Blue: Very beneficial in all ways. Supports spiritual choices, faith, intuition, communication, peace, harmony. Helps fevers, inflammation, bleeding, itching, cooling, calming, bruises, thyroid, throat area, balances sleep patterns. Indigo: Supports spiritual seeking, intuition, clairvoyance. Eases suffering, soothing, sedative, astringent, release fears and frustration. Strengthens immune system, lymph system, detox. Violet: HIghest vibration of visible light. Very powerful. Supports humility, imagination, inspiration, connecting to higher self. Helps with depression, endocrine system, skeletal & nervous systems, assimilation of nutrients, detox. Balances physical and spiritual energies. Explore your color options, see if you feel different when you wear different colors or spend time in boldly colored spaces. Experiment with colored light bulbs as mood changers - do yellow and orange bulbs charge you up? Do blue and green lights calm you down? See if there is a color you might want to bring more of into your life! Don’t Page | 101
just eat the rainbow - live in it!! About Kathy: Kathy has been working with healing energy since 1998. She is a Reiki Master Teacher trained in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. Kathy is an NSAC Certified Spiritual Healer and has pursued extended training in Integrated Energy Therapy, Sound Healing, Crystal Therapy, Color Healing, Zero Point Regeneration Healing, Intention Healing, Meditation, Mediumship, Essential Oils, and Herbology. It is with great love and compassion that she intuitively brings these healing tools together for the benefit of others. Kathy's website: https://www.kathymanikowski.com
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Periodically I have kept journals throughout my life. When I was moving I found quite a few of them. As I am ready to throw them out I looked and found I had written a lot of spirit messages. Some were about my situations in life but most were not about me. Various things I encounter they would give me the messages about, so I always wrote them down. I would also meet people or see them in my practice and they would send me information for them.
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They are not grammatically correct, but I have not altered them except to delete the person’s name. I believe I was to write them exactly as they gave them to me. I have also been told that they will help others. They were a gift from spirit to me to help myself and others. We do not walk this journey alone no matter what is in our life. We need to always move forward and become a better person with each step. I hope they will assist you on your journey as they did me. About Sage: She is a retired county nurse, is a Master IET Instructor, Spirit Guide Communicator and ordained minister. She has an office at the ONE Wellness Center at 2349 Monroe Avenue Rochester NY. She offers classes and private sessions. You can contact her at 585-317-4374
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"Our Solar System And Why It Exists" By Sean McCleary Many people have often wondered why we have eight other planets in our solar system. There is a reason for everything especially where the universe is concerned. The universe is almost 14 billion years old and compared to chronological time as far as infinity is concerned this is actually quite young. Planets were formed by the universe for the purpose of intelligent design. Life is not just some random event that is happening, universal consciousness has a plan for everything. Life form on planet Earth was introduced by the Holy Spirit and God a long time ago. The Holy Trinity assists with the evolutionary development of life on Earth because the Holy Trinity are the three most powerful beings in existence, and living organisms transfer into the Whirlpool galaxy when the phenomenon of death occurs here. Earth is a living organism and has a consciousness because Earth sustains life and consciousness here. Earth is in the process of evolving and the Higgs field which is universal consciousness is getting more powerful here. There have been a lot of predictions about the apocalypse which means a disclosure of knowledge. There has also been a lot of publicity about the shift in consciousness, which is the primary focus of my work. Human beings will be seeing remarkable changes occurring with life here probably within the next 2 years. A wonderful development is in place for the human race and all other living organisms which will be revealed soon. There is a phrase in the Lord's prayer that states; "thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven". What this means is eternal life will be introduced into the human race and all other life form here. Universal consciousness and the Holy Trinity's consciousness is evolving here to facilitate this process and the human race will advance spiritually, psychologically, intellectually and physically just like people in God's home. This means that life form here will no longer have to go through the experience of death in order to evolve. Death is the evolution of consciousness, this is what happens when living organisms experience death here is they transfer into the Whirlpool galaxy and Page | 105
evolve into a much more advanced state of existence. Because the aspect of death will be eliminated here there needs to be more room for life to expand. Birth will continue through reproduction and will actually get more powerful globally because of the advancement of the human race. When people reach a stage here where they are mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically more sound reproduction will increase in a very powerful way. Everything will advance here including technology. There has already been preparation being generated by scientists for the exploration of Mars. Earth cannot just start filling up with people, it would become over populated with the aspect of death being eliminated. Over a period of time what will occur is the evolution of the entire solar system will take place. The Higgs field is universal consciousness and is attached to the other 7 planets in our solar system. The Higgs field will know what to do with those planets as far as the changes in their environments which need to take place on a molecular level in order to make them habitable for life. Eventually colonization will take place and it will have to because the human race and all other life form here will continue to evolve, accelerate and expand. The other 7 planets were designed into our solar system to accommodate more life in the 3rd dimension of existence. The 5th dimension is in the Whirlpool galaxy where God's home is located. The 4th dimension is space and time that's in between here and God's home. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and is very similar in size and weight. There is a reason for the similarities also. Colonization will eventually migrate into this galaxy as well. Room had to be available in space to accommodate all the changes which are approaching. All of this is not some far fetched theory. As stated in the book of John the Holy Spirit will make his appearance here soon, then Jesus will follow as mentioned in Revelations. The Holy Trinity are the three most powerful beings in existence and things are going to get very powerful in the 3rd, 4th and 5th dimensions in the very near future. About Sean: I've been writing extensively in Metaphysics for about six years now. The primary reason that started me on this literary endeavor was when I heard about the shift in consciousness. I have always sought out and tried to incorporate spirituality in my life to enhance my experience here. I guess you could say I've been an explorer of divinity. In 2010 I saw the photograph taken by NASA of the cross in the core of the Whirlpool galaxy. In 2012 I heard about the discovery of the Higgs boson. I knew there was a correlation between the two and the shift in consciousness that I had been researching and writing about. Since that time I've have utilized different aspects of subject matter pertaining to science and divinity to formulate important and powerful conclusions on what philosopher Thomas Kuhn referred to as the Paradigm shift. I have just finished a book called "Earth's Miracle through the Paradigm shift" which I am seeking publication now. I feel as though my unique approach in writing have defined the shift in consciousness in a very spectacular way, that can appeal to a broad range of audiences considering the diversity of the subject matter I include in my conclusions. Sean's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sean.mccleary.9?ref=br_rs
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Channeling Channeling is a natural form of communication between humans and ascended masters, angelic beings, nature spirits, or non-physical entities. A channeler is very similar to a language translator or interpreter. They allow themselves to sense the nonverbal communication from another being and then translate it into human words. Channeling is often defined as the act of allowing a spiritual entity (e.g., angel, archangel, ascended master, guide, deceased loved one) to merge, join, or enter your body and use your vocal cords to communicate directly with those on the Earth plane or provide knowledge and the channeler can write down the shared information. For some people who channel, the entity will also move the channeler’s body (e.g., open your eyes, move your arms/legs, have you walk around). Channeling can be done in two different ways: Conscious channeling is done while being fully aware of what is happening, including being able to stop the experience at any time. The channeler can remember what was said to varying degrees. Often conscious channels will say that they hear themselves speaking as if they were at a distance . . . as if they were listening from another room. When told about what was said, they often feel as if they are remembering a dream. There are many people currently alive on the Earth plane who consciously channel. For example, Esther Hicks brings through the group of entities that refer to themselves as Abraham (no relation to the Old Testament). They speak about the Law of Attraction. Trance channeling is channeling done while in a deep trance state. Arguably one of the most famous trance channelers was Edgar Cayce. He was referred to as “The Sleeping Page | 107
Prophet� because he only channeled when he was in a deep trance state. This meant that he lost all muscle tone and had to be lying down. He was also unable to remember what he said, which meant that his secretary had to be present to take dictation and then transcribe the notes from the channeling session. Our channelers are providing their information to help us on our path.
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