January 2018 ROC Metaphysical Is Online

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SETTING YOUR INTENTION FOR 2018 The beginning of the new year is a prime opportunity to reflect on what you've learned about yourself and how you'd like to grow in 2018. Instead of setting resolutions that can easily come and go, try setting intentions that will help you live as the best version of yourself every single day. The act of setting intentions helps to focus your mind, prioritize what's most important and start making transformations from within.

What is intention? According to the dictionary - an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result, the end or object intended purpose, purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct, the act or fact of intending. According to Napoleon Hill of Think and Grow Rich – “Thoughts are Things.” What can we do simply with our thoughts?

What can you do: Sit and reflect on what elements of your life are most important to you. What brings you the greatest joy? What fuels your fire? What fills you with a sense of purpose? Make a list of your intentions and desires. Share it with someone close to you who will be supportive and help keep you focused on realizing those intentions. Create a short mantra that will serve as your daily reminder. Let go and trust yourself and the universe. You can't force the outcome, just plant the seeds and watch your intentions bloom when the time is right.

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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

The mind is everything. What we think we become." —Buddha

"You are what your deep driving desire is; As your deep driving desire is, so is your will; As your will is so is your deed; As your deed is so is your destiny." —The Upanishads

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The benefits of smiling are many. Smiling has brought lots of good stuff to my life. Today I’m sharing my personal experience with smiling and why it’s part of my daily routine. I also share what stops us from smiling, how we’re affected by it, and why it’s so important.

There are many reasons to smile. It can ease stress in your body on a cellular level and make your body feel more relaxed and calm. Any tension you may be feeling can be lessened just by smiling! By moving the muscles in and around your mouth, endorphins are released. These neurotransmitters actually combat stress.

Benefits of Smiling in Relationships with Others Another great benefit is relationship. We are social beings longing for connection. Smiling can initiate these relationships or even help to sustain them. Think of this… when you’re just walking down the street- probably in your own head thinking the same old thoughts- and

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someone smiles at you, it’s like an acceptance of your very being. It can change your day.

Calm from Anxiety When you smile at someone else you are beginning a relationship with that person. You are telling them they are worthy and they are special. It starts a connection. Maybe it is just a simple hello, but it could also develop into something more. Smiling at someone often makes them smile back. We have those mirror neurons that make us mimic what we see. That’s one of the huge benefits of smiling…it’s spreading joy!

Watch this video to find out the benefits of smiling.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJq9N736MXw

Many of us are carrying around a lot of fear and self-conscious feelings that may prevent us from reaching out to others. Take the risk of feeling good and making a connection. Smile at someone today!

Check out my book, You 1, Anxiety 0, for this one. This book has everything you need to cure yourself from anxiety.

Has someone’s smile changed your day?

About Jodi: Jodi is licensed clinical social worker and former anxiety sufferer. She is a counselor, mother, healer, lover, teacher, author and friend. She has been counseling children and adults since 1994, working with folks online and in her office. An author and international teacher on topics including non-dual spirituality, narrative psychology, shamanism and living with respect to the earth, Aman is a full-time counselor at the Heal Here Counseling in Rochester, New York. Combining many modalities into her healing practice, Aman is also a certified yoga teacher, mindfulness practitioner, and hands-on energy healer. She has a master’s degree from Columbia University and a post-graduate diploma in Narrative Therapy from Dulwich Centre in Adelaide, Australia, where she also served as a faculty member.

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This is for those of you who view your sensitivity as a curse. What a torturous sensation it can be, when you feel so deeply and seem to be alone in this, those around you questioning your sanity and even your level of maturity. Somewhere in your life, someone has invalidated your depth of feeling or made you feel “wrong” for expressing it, even if your way of expressing it was not damaging and you were simply stating facts or being authentic. There are many tactics that emotionally abusive people can use, and it is important to know that they do this because they are unable to process their own pain. Often, they are not intending to be or are unaware that they are being emotionally abusive, and they make you feel “wrong” because that is their way of self-soothing.

Perhaps you have allowed your difficult emotions to build until they exploded out of you, felt humiliated, and this created a trauma. However you got to a point where you learned it was wrong to express your sensitive and sweet nature, it does not matter, but it does matter that it has created trauma within your being. It does matter if you are considering closing your heart.

It matters if you are finding external ways to numb what you feel, such as alcohol, overeating, too much television, or spending exorbitant amounts of money. I have been guilty of all the above. Read on for a deeper understanding…

Sensitive Soul, for too long, you have given far too much power to the ones who have invalidated you by saying that your feelings do not make sense. You have allowed them to dictate what is okay for you to feel and what is not, based on what they are comfortable with you feeling. This is manifesting itself for you as a blockage in the heart and throat chakras, and possibly root chakra. Root chakra applies if any of the situations have connected with your sense of survival and feeling safe. If you feel that your job is in danger because you cannot emotionally handle it at times, for instance, this will affect you at the root.

I do not want to focus so much on them, but it is important for you to know that they did what they did because they have unprocessed emotion as well. They have their own traumas, and if they are reflecting yours back to you or telling you that what you feel is incorrect, then it is likely that they are not deep into their healing process yet. I can guarantee you that they are not achieving any lasting satisfaction from hurting you. In fact, it can make them feel worse, even if they do not consciously perceive this. Forgiveness is important, because it prevents you from carrying something that is unnecessary. However, I have realized (for me, at least) forgiveness is not a switch I can simply turn on and off. I grew upset with someone yesterday, stewed in it, and did not speak to anyone of it for a while. Then I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, “I am forgiving him now. I am letting this go.” It was not long before I was back

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in the thought loop of: “How could he say that? This really hurts.” When you push yourself to forgive too quickly, this can hurt as well. Allow yourself the time you need to stew in your anger and sadness. Do not be afraid to feel.

You can send the intention to forgive out into the universe and watch how it unfolds. Perhaps it will send you a healer or a book to help you through the process, or you may receive guidance from your Higher Self. Let it come, and know that it will come. Make sure that your forgiveness is not forced out of denying yourself your feelings. Remember: hurt people hurt people.

Now, back to you. At the heart of your “negative” emotion is a good intention. If you are not used to exploring what you fear, you need a willingness, an open mind, to search for this. If you feel overwhelmed at work, then you have a desire and intention to do something well, but you feel at a loss as to how to do that. If you feel jealous, then it is because you know, on some level, that you deserve something good. Go deep within; if you cannot see the good, then you are only looking at the surface.

If you are attempting to numb yourself, please understand that the feelings are not going to go away. They will come knocking again, stronger than before, because they are trying to get your attention for a reason. They will keep knocking until you let them in and allow them to show you what you need to know. If you are sensitive, you feel all things more deeply than one who is not gifted with sensitivity. Think of this as having a stronger intuitive signal that something needs your attention and love; you know sooner than the average person that something is wrong, and you can adjust your course as needed. You actually have the ability to shift more quickly!

There is no need to defend yourself or your feelings to those who do not understand or appreciate you. The truth does not need to be defended. People will always understand from their level of awareness and perception, so there is no way to “make” them understand you.

You can try, but ultimately, this is not what is important. Sometimes, the only one in the room who understands you will be you. You cannot allow others to tell you what your truth is based on what is convenient and comfortable for them. Perhaps you are attracting those who reject your feelings because you are rejecting your feelings. Everyone serves as a mirror, although it may not always be obvious.

Though it may seem you are alone, you are not. We are all the universe expressing itself through different levels of awareness and perception. In essence, we are all one, but many have not yet realized this, which is why the world is in so much pain right now. Healing is occurring.

If you are struggling with blockages in your chakras, try this guided meditation to open and balance them. Or you can choose a crystal that calls to you to work with the chakra(s) of your choice. If you do not know which crystals to use, try searching online or check out The Crystal Bible. I will soon be offering healing sessions, if you feel drawn to work with me.

I will say it again – you are not alone.

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In Love, Always, Holley About Holley: She is a freelance writer and consultant in Rochester, NY. She has been published in several literary journals and online magazines, including Rebelle Society and The Urban Howl. She was a finalist in the Adelaide Literary Awards 2017 with her essay about healing, which is entitled “Nonlinear.” She also does energy healing and readings and can be found at http://holleyhyler.com.

I have always had an ambivalent relationship with anger.

Let me explain.

When I was a young girl, I felt that child’s sense of utter freedom and abandon to be myself.

And anger was just one emotion in the spectrum of feelings. Even as a teenager, I still felt safe to express my anger- at times by raising my voice, and even slamming doors. It was part of my adolescence rebellion.

Yet as I grew older, I realized that my Indian culture did not do well with the expression of anger- especially in females.

So, slowly and steadily, I learned how to manage my anger. Which basically meant I kept my feelings of irritation, frustration and anger to myself. Hidden. Concealed. So, on the surface there was the appearance of peace- what I call a psuedopeace- yet deep within there was a volcano brewing. Every now and then, there would be minor explosions. An angry outburst. A walking away from a conversation with hot tears of anger stinging in my eyes.

Now, by this time, in my mid20s, I was proficient at managing my anger, so even these sort of outbursts never happened at work or even among my close friends. No, I only felt safe to do this with my parents, or my younger brother or my close extended family members.

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was true for me. Yes, I was angry less, but I still was not at peace. I was still not happy.

Instead, I would assume a ‘passive-aggressive’ stance; if I was upset with someone, I would become withdrawn, sullen and retreat into myself.

The thing is that I simply did not have the tools to heal my anger. And the defense mechanisms I was using did not really work. They simply kept the feelings at bay or buried them deeperand true peace of mind and contentment seemed elusive and far away.

The blessing was that I was always looking for ways to heal my mind and emotions.

Meditation. Yoga. Self-help books. Exercise such as jogging. Spiritual readings. Journaling.

Homeopathy and so many other alternative healing modalities.

Everything helped somewhat, and I am grateful for all of the teachers and tools that came my way.

But deeper healing did not come to me until I found the teachings of radical forgiveness as taught in A Course in Miracles and my parents’ spiritual tradition (Dada Bhagwan).

Here are some insights I have received over the past several years as I have practiced these teachings: Anger is part of our shadow- the hidden, subconscious emotions and beliefs we hold deep within. Keeping this at bay often means we can project this outside ourselves onto others. Our parents. Our significant other. Even our co-workers or bosses.

Just today I met with a client who shared that she felt triggered by a co-worker who was constantly angry. As we gently explored the beliefs and ideas she had about anger, she shared that her relationship with anger was what she described as ‘minimal.’ She tended to be introverted, and would separate herself and become withdrawn rather than overtly express her anger. We realized that this co-worker could actually be coming into her awareness because she was ready to look at anger and heal from not pushing emotions away, or suppressing but allowing into awareness for healing.

Anger can actually be buried under A LOT of fear.

Recently, I saw a powerful video where an experienced Course in Miracles teacher was helping a student process her anger. They were seated together in the dining room. The woman was very angry and hitting the table with her fist. The teacher simply continued to eat his lunch.

The other senior students did the same and the other participants in the retreat held a safe space where the woman could simply express. What was amazing is no one tried to fix or change or suppress her anger. There was no judgment. Just a space of allowing what was buried to come to the surface. The woman shared how she had been medicated for her symptoms of anxiety and this was perhaps the first time that she felt safe to express the anger underneath. As she continued to express, without any interference from anyone, she got in touch with buried sadness as well.

Anger can actually feel better than fear or sadness. (at least initially) When we are in fear, we can often feel scattered. In sadness, we can feel perhaps a numbnesswhich often feels like we are powerless. With anger, we can actually feel a sense of energylike we are stepping out of a self-imposed exile. Anger can even give us a sense of power as we

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step out of a feeling of helplessness often associated with fear or sadness.

Sometimes, something said in anger can be hurtful, but can express an underlying truth about a situation.

Recently, I shared about a Bollywood movie where a family’s appearance of outward success and harmony unravels aboard a family cruise. An angry outburst by the son triggers the parents to look more deeply into the status of their marriage- which is riddled with deceit, lies and falsehood.

Anger can be like a piercing sword that allows us to penetrate through our accumulated experiences and determine what we really want when we are facing contrast.

The ‘feeling better’ state of anger is often short-lived.

Chronic anger can lead to many disease states including heart disease, hypertension, stroke, ulcer and many other illnesses.

I recall studying medical Qigong with a Western trained MD who was also an acupuncturist. As I lay on the exam table, he picked up some heat energy in the liver/gall bladder area. He asked if I had recently had an argument- which I had with my younger brother. I was amazed at the connection he helped me understand- between the emotions of anger and how they could show up in the body in such a tangible way.

The Buddha described anger like a hot coal- that you pick up intending to throw at someone else. And, guess what, the first person that is burned is yourself.

Anger does feel like a burning- an internal churning and burning- which at first gives us a sense of power but eventually we feel worn down. The stress response that is activated with anger at first gives us a lot of energy as the stress hormones stimulate the release of adrenalin into the bloodstream. But chronic anger wears us down and we can actually feel powerless again – over our anger and our reactivity. And being triggered by the same external stimulus again and again.

But what is the key that can heal our anger? What are some practices that can help us?

I will share more in part two.

Meanwhile, here are some questions for self-reflection.

What is your relationship to anger?

Are you trying to ‘manage’ anger?

What are situations that trigger anger in you?

Are you able to see these situations as triggers, or do you find yourself blaming others or external circumstances for anger?

Where in your body do you feel anger?

Are you feeling willing to see anger as a teacher? Do you feel willing to allow an authentic healing and true peace of mind?

If you feel inspired, feel free to share any feedback. You can email me here (seema@coachingforinnerpeace.org) or post on the Coaching for Inner Peace Facebook page.

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

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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.

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One Across Time and Space, The Illusion with its mist and haze, Swam I through the Heart’s ways, To meet each of my Selves in their days.

Each of them were of a form, Each, of a different eye and charm, I stopped, and to each said: ‘ Thou art not by body and mind limited, Thou art not from anyone omitted, So to the path of Love alone stay committed ‘ And so along the Heart’s ways, I met myself who started this journey, And to him said, ‘Thou art not by body and mind limited, Thou art not from anyone omitted, So to the path of Love alone stay committed ‘ After all, what started, and what ended?

By Prasad K https://www.poetseers.org/submissions/dropofeternity/one/index.html

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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.

Welcome to Episode 12 of Mystic Musings with Tobie Hewitt. This week we will discuss the interdependent nature of trees as we continue our mystic journey.

Welcome to Episode 20 of Mystic Musings with Tobie Hewitt. This week we will look at the difference between prayer and meditation as we continue our mystic journey.

About Tobie: Tobie Hewitt has nine books listed on Amazon.com, including Simple Gifts: Living a Spirited Life, which shares what it is like to be a spiritual girl in a physical world. She has dedicated her life to helping others realize that they are spirits, embodied on this earth to learn from the experience, and that they do not need to fear the transition known as death. By spreading this awareness, she hopes to contribute to a more peaceful and cohesive world. You can contact her through her contact page on her website - www.tobiehewitt.com.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaV24v6sSlc Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIdY4sTG6hE

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For aeons of time, prophets, seers, religions and holy books have foretold of a coming Age when Heaven would manifest on Earth. The prophesies revealed that during that auspicious moment Humanity would awaken from our long exile in darkness, and we would remember who we are and why we are here. We would develop our latent powers within, and we would discover that we are not the fragmented, fear-based human egos we have erroneously accepted as our reality. On the contrary, we would realize that we are Beloved Sons and Daughters of God. And we would know, all that our Father-Mother God has is ours.

We were told by the ancient prophets that this would be an Age when our physical transformation would occur at an atomic, cellular level, and that our four Earthly Bodies— physical, etheric, mental and emotional—would be Transfigured into expressions of vibrant health, eternal youth and infinite physical perfection.

We have probably all contemplated this lofty vision at one time or another, but I do not think we ever imagined it would occur in our lifetime. As long as we thought of this physical transformation taking place in some distant time and place it seemed like a remote possibility, but right here and right now? That was beyond our comprehension.

Well guess what? This is the moment for which we have all been waiting. It is the dawning of the Age long foretold by the ancients when Heaven will manifest on Earth. The Age when Humanity will be Transfigured into the infinite perfection of our Solar Light Bodies.

The day of domination and control by Humanity’s fear-based human egos has passed. Through miracles that have taken place over the past several decades, a critical mass of the energy, vibration and consciousness for every evolving soul on Earth has reached the threshold of the 5th Dimension.

Our I AM Presence, our true God Self, now has direct access to our Earthly Bodies. Every man, woman and child’s I AM Presence is standing in readiness awaiting the opportunity to take full dominion of that soul’s thoughts, words, actions and feelings.

This is a moment we have all been preparing for since we fell from Grace aeons ago. The Heavens are rejoicing, and the elation pouring forth from the Company of Heaven is boundless.

Now we each have the responsibility of listening to our I AM Presence to see how we can assist with the tangible process of our physical transformation. In order to attain our Victory in the Light, we need only to lift up in consciousness and step through the open door into our Eternal Freedom. This is the dawning Age of Enlightenment and Wisdom—the Age of Spiritual Freedom—when our humanly created, self-inflicted separation from God will be permanently healed, and the Truth of our own Divinity will be accepted by every Child of God.

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Awakening is taking place within every Heart Flame, and change is being experienced by every Lifestream. Physical transformation is occurring subtly and deeply at an atomic, cellular level.

The power of God is penetrating into every electron of precious Life energy evolving on Earth.

This process of transformation has been a dormant seed in our consciousness and is now being activated by the tremendous influx of God’s Light.

The seed of transformation is growing and expanding, filling our entire Beings with Light and lifting us up to touch the 5th-Dimensional Realms of Illumined Truth. This is empowering us to integrate the infinite perfection of our 5th-Dimensional Physical, Etheric, Mental and Emotional Solar Light Bodies. It is creating the sacred space for Humanity to become the perfection of our I AM Presence in the world of form, here and now.

People everywhere are feeling these incredible changes in a multitude of ways. Our Earthly Bodies have never been under such stress or experienced such an acceleration of vibration.

This is causing all kinds of physical problems and sensations. People are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed beyond their normal stress levels. They are experiencing all kinds of aches and pains, memory loss, scattered thinking, frustration, emotional turmoil, anger, fear, flu-like symptoms, confusion and all sorts of other physical maladies.

This is occurring because our I AM Presence is raising the energy, vibration and consciousness within our Earthly Bodies the maximum we can withstand in every 24-hour period. This acceleration is not intended to cause pain and suffering. The Divine Intent is to move us through this Ascension process quickly, so that we can experience the infinite perfection of our 5th Dimensional Solar Light Bodies as soon as possible.

In Ages past, through the often inadvertent misuse of our Gift of Life, we created the maladies that are manifesting in our Earthly Bodies. Through our free-will choice, we must now accept responsibility for transforming these vehicles back into their original perfection. We will accomplish this mighty feat by deliberately choosing to utilize the life-transforming tools that are being given to Humanity at this time from the Beings of Light in the Realms of Truth.

The exercises being given to Humanity from On High are designed to quicken the Core of Purity in every electron of Life, thus casting off the cloak of darkness and revealing the perfection within. The dense negativity that has been interpenetrating the cells, atoms and molecules of our bodies will then be cast into the Violet Flame and permanently transmuted into Light.

In order to assist Humanity during this unprecedented Ascension process, our Father-Mother God have granted a Cosmic Dispensation to the 5th-Dimensional Solar Elohim—the Mighty Builders of Form—and the Directors of the Elements. This dispensation will allow these selfless Beings of Light to assist Humanity and to intervene in our physical transformation process in ways that have never before been allowed. Through this Divine Intervention, Humanity will be able to lift out of the frequencies of aging, decay, disease and degeneration and into the embrace and control of our I AM Presence and our Solar Light Bodies of eternal youth, vibrant health and infinite perfection.

Humanity’s physical transformation is a necessary step in manifesting Heaven on Earth.

Embodied Lightworkers are being called to action by our God Parents and the Company of Heaven. We are being asked to put forth the effort necessary to transform our Earthly Bodies into the infinite perfection of our 5th-Dimensional Solar Light Bodies. This is being requested of us so that people will have a living, breathing example of this seeming miracle to encourage

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and inspire them in their own transformational process.

Regardless of how hard we may have tried in the past to accomplish this illustrious goal, this time it will be different. The time is short. Never have we received the degree of assistance we are now receiving to help us with the transformation of our Earthly Bodies. Because of this Truth, more than at any other time in our human evolution, our victory is assured. The assistance being given to Humanity is pouring through every open door. All we have to do is reach up in consciousness and tap into the Realms of Truth.

The Company of Heaven have asked if we at the New Age Study of Humanity’s Purpose, Inc. would be willing to transcribe the information, the visualizations and the invocations from the Elohim and the Directors of the Elements onto a set of CDs. That request was made, so that these powerful tools will be readily available for anyone who is interested in the unprecedented assistance now being given to Humanity to help us with our physical transformation.

The Beings of Light said that the advantage of using CDs such as these to help us with our physical transformation, is that even if we are working alone in our homes we can join in consciousness with people all over the world who are using the same CDs. When we are doing the same invocations, meditations and visualizations as are thousands of people all over the world, our efforts are amplified a thousand times a thousandfold. This collective consciousness of Lightworkers creates a building momentum of Light that the Elohim and the Directors of the Elements will use to infinitely enhance the assistance they are now allowed to give to each and every one of us.

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.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZKTmMHJRA

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As a psychiatrist and an empath, I am fascinated by how the phenomenon of empathy works. I feel passionately that empathy is the medicine the world needs right now.

Empathy is when we reach our hearts out to others and put ourselves in their shoes. However, being an empath goes even farther. Like many of my patients and myself, empaths are people who’re high on the empathic spectrum and actually feel what is happening in others in their own bodies. As a result, empaths can have incredible compassion for people–but they often get exhausted from feeling “too much” unless they develop strategies to safeguard their sensitivities and develop healthy boundaries.

In my book, “The Empath’s Survival Guide” I discuss the following intriguing scientific explanations of empathy and empaths. These will help us more deeply understand the power of empathy so we can utilize and honor it in our lives.

1. The Mirror Neuron System Researchers have discovered a specialized group of brain cells that are responsible for compassion. These cells enable everyone to mirror emotions, to share another person’s pain, fear, or joy. Because empaths are thought to have hyper-responsive mirror neurons, we deeply resonate with other people’s feelings. How does this occur? Mirror neurons are triggered by outside events. For example, our spouse gets hurt, we feel hurt too. Our child is crying; we feel sad too. Our friend is happy; we feel happy too. In contrast, psychopaths, sociopaths, and narcissists are thought to have what science calls “empathy deficient disorders.” This means they lack the ability to feel empathy like other people do, which may be caused by an underactive mirror neuron system. We must beware of these people because they are incapable of unconditional love.

2. Electromagnetic Fields The second finding is based on the fact that both the brain and the heart generate electromagnetic fields. According to the HeartMath Institute, these fields transmit information about people’s thoughts and emotions. Empaths may be particularly sensitive to this input and tend to become overwhelmed by it. Similarly, we often have stronger physical and emotional responses to changes in the electromagnetic fields of the earth and sun. Empaths know well that what happens to the earth and sun affects our state of mind and energy. Similarly, we often have stronger physical and emotional responses to changes in the electromagnetic fields of the earth and sun. Empaths know well that what happens to the earth and sun affects our state of mind and energy.

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emotional contagion. Research has shown that many people pick up the emotions of those around them. For instance, one crying infant will set off a wave of crying in a hospital ward. Or one person loudly expressing anxiety in the workplace can spread it to other workers. People commonly catch other people’s feelings in groups. A recent New York Times article stated that this ability to synchronize moods with others is crucial for good relationships. What is the lesson for empaths? To choose positive people in our lives so we’re not brought down by negativity. Or, if, say a friend is going through a hard time, take special precautions to ground and center yourself. These are important strategies you’ll learn in this book.

4. Increased Dopamine Sensitivity The fourth finding involves dopamine, a neurotransmitter that increases the activity of neurons and is associated with the pleasure response. Research has shown that introverted empaths tend to have a higher sensitivity to dopamine than extroverts. Basically, they need less dopamine to feel happy. That could explain why they are more content with alone time, reading, and meditation and need less external stimulation from parties and other large social gatherings. In contrast, extroverts crave the dopamine rush from lively events. In fact, they can’t get enough of it.

5. Synesthesia The fifth finding, which I find particularly compelling, is the extraordinary state called “mirrortouch synesthesia.” Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which two different senses are paired in the brain. For instance, you see colors when you hear a piece of music or you taste words. Famous synesthetics include Isaac Newton, Billy Joel, and violinist Itzhak Perlman.

However, with mirror-touch synesthesia, people can actually feel the emotions and sensations of others in their own bodies as if these were their own. This is a wonderful neurological explanation of an empath’s experience.

The Dali Lama says, “Empathy is the most precious human quality.” During these stressful times, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Even so, empathy is the quality that will get us through. It will enable us to respect one another, even if we disagree. Empathy doesn’t make you a sentimental softy without discernment. It allows you to keep your heart open to foster tolerance and understanding. It might not always be effective in getting through to people and creating peace but I think it’s the best chance we have.

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.

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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyap0KBouP0

Aingeal Rose & Ahonu asked the Akashic Records, "Is Evil on its way out?" Here are the questions asked in this session: Is evil on its way out?

Is there a way to share information to bring about Heaven on Earth?

How do we merge realities?

How do we affect each other and how do master teachers of the past affect us now?

Listen to find out if evil is on its way out. Find out about what to do to bring Heaven to Earth.

We learn how to merge realities and how past masters affect us in the here and now.

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About Aingeal Rose and Ahonu: They are a Twin Flame couple who devote their lives to helping you grow in spiritual awareness in an awakening world. Through their amazing online Akashic Record group sessions, podcasts, workshops, retreats and private/business consulting; they have empowered thousands of people worldwide. Drawing on over 60 years of combined experience and expertise in self-mastery and personal empowerment, they bring practical spirituality into a fast changing world so you can find it easier to live, love and grow. Aingeal Rose and Ahonu are ordained ministers in the non-denominational Alliance of Divine Love Ministry and bring that devotion into everything they do.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9W9-JJ8kPg

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In My Soul In my soul there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church where I kneel.

Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.

Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is illumined nothing, where ecstasy gets poured into itself and becomes lost, where the wing is fully alive but has no mind or body?

In my soul there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church that dissolve, that dissolve in God. From ‘Love Poems From God‘ by Daniel Ladinsky. https://www.poetseers.org/spiritual-and-devotional-poets/contemp/daniel-ladinsky/rab/inmy-soul/index.html

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There comes a point of time in our lives when we know that one road has ended and another has begun. I am at one of those points of change. I have no concrete proof. I cannot say how I know it but I do. So I am calling it a point of change or a turning point.

I was working on my lesson for the course I had been taking to work toward ordination. As I neared the completion of that lesson, I felt an ending. Yes I was definitely ending that particular lesson but I also felt another ending. Sometimes it is hard to accept those premonitions. Sometimes we just don’t want something that we have felt apart of or felt was a part of us to end. But I didn’t resist this time. I packed all of those lessons and materials up and stored them away.

When I made the decision to release myself from all of my duties at my church, it took a couple of months to finally say okay and embrace that change. Once that decision was made I accepted that turning point. Once I did, my peace returned to me.

It is not always easy accepting a point of change. It is just not easy sometimes accepting change. But change is good and change is growth. It is also a given in life. I once heard someone say, “The only thing that is permanent is change.” When we overlook this truth, we can get caught in the wrong relationship, wrong business deal, wrong church, wrong job, wrong place and space of being. We must accept and follow our point of change.

Shift Happens Shifts are points of changes. When shifts happen, to us, for us and with us, we must shift also. Sometimes we see it, feel it and even know it is coming, but fail to go and flow with it. We miss the bend in the road. We get caught up into what we look like, what we feel like, what we are doing, who we think we are and where we think we are. We like the familiarity of where and what and who we are. Many times this comfort is a soft warning that we are headed to a point of change or that a shift is about to happen.

I ignored my signs. I saw them. I’ve always been able to read them for others yet I missed my own. I heard the warning; it did not register. I was so set on my own vision and purpose. I was certain of my destiny and call as some would say.

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The wonderful thing about purpose and calling and destiny is that you almost can’t get it wrong because even if you miss the turn, you can always get back on track. You may run off the road, or end up in the ditch or find yourself on the wrong road. But the key is finding you, or waking up and/or making the adjustment to get back on track. The same road that you take off track leads right back to it unless pride and guilt puts up a roadblock.

“Frenemies” Sometimes you have to have a little help from your “frenemies.” These are the people who help you negotiate your point of change to keep you on track or help you get back to your path of purpose. We all need them and have them to help us. We may assume their intentions are there to harm us, but what they do brings us to and helps us through many points of change. I have come to appreciate them and am grateful for them. They have come into my life for a great purpose.

Part of the Journey There are many things that can happen in our lives to mark turning points and points of change. Sometimes these things can seem catastrophic; sometimes they feel minor and subtle. Every change can indicate a turn in some aspect of our lives. If it causes a shift and forces an adjustment, it is a point of change. Sickness, job change, retirement, marriage, divorce, death, birth, the list goes on and on. These points of change force us to shift our feelings, our thoughts, location, how we live, who we love, how we love, what we know or don’t know. It is a natural part of the journey.

I am good with my turning points. I am at the moment, trying to keep my eyes open and ears attuned to new changes and turning point signs and warnings. It is not always easy because we get comfortable.

Stepping down from the Pastoral Committee at church was a major turning point in 2016 for me. But I realize now that my path shifted months ago. I didn’t heed the signs. However, it is so peaceful and freeing when you come to your true awareness that the road turned for you and that you need to get on a different path. It is a peaceful change when you realize you have come to the end of one purpose and plan and new ventures lie ahead.

So this is my glance back to say goodbye to what once was and hello to what is to come. I started this journey to self-discovery when I realized the road had turned for me and a shift had happened. I am trying to keep my focus forward now. I believe greater things are before me than what was left behind me. I do realize, however, that without traveling that road, I would not have gotten to this road. So I am grateful for all the experiences along that road that helped me prepare for this one. I now move toward the mark or goal of a greater calling and purpose, one that has been there all along. I just needed to negotiate my point of change.

Love, Rebecca About Rebecca: I am Rebecca Washington. I have not always appreciated myself, my gifts, talents, intellect, internal or external beauty that I possess. The lack of appreciation and acknowledgement has been reflected in how I think the world sees me. But the world can only see what I show it and allow it to see. Casting all of that behind me, I believe you must bring your whole self to the table if you want to thrive in today’s crazy world; your personality, your

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sense of humor, and most importantly, your heart. All of these elements brought me to this: "Love, Rebecca."

It’s Orbvious!

I attended a very stimulating discussion at Light Works recently about Non-Duality. It got me thinking. I happened to be in a contracted state since my computer died which brought up all kinds of fear around decision making and the unknown. I am a computer EEK! I was also feeling very judgmental about anything I could occupy my mind with. Everything seemed unattractive to me. The meeting about Non-Duality and Oneness highlighted how separate my experience was at this moment in comparison to that ideal. The one thing helpful I did was to not beat myself up about it. I experienced my vibration as interesting albeit uncomfortable and accepted it as such.

Then, as eventually happens, my contracted bubble burst. I am visited in early morning hours with healings and insight which often shifts my outlook. I feel it is generated by angels and my higher self. It is always a relief and very welcome. I was clearly shown how surrender to nonjudgment and surrender to non-fear brought about a state of love. My computer problem was still active but my reaction to it had died. In its place my vibration was elevated. I declared to the Universe my surrender and felt I was placed inside an orb.

This orb transported me around the United States and I witnessed much suffering and distress. The curious thing was I remained unaffected by what I was seeing. My feelings remained in a state of unconditional love. I felt very open and grateful to be having this experience. The world was not there to challenge or hurt me. I had no lessons to learn and no problems to solve. This was presented to me as a choice I had made. It did not represent a lack of caring. It represented a transcendence that uplifted humanity at the same time I was being uplifted.

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My intention for 2018 is to remain in this orb, orbiting the globe and sharing healing and transformation all along the way. I wish us all PEACE and many blessings in 2018!

All Is Well!

About Christine: Hypnotherapist, International Association of Counselors and Therapists, Reconnective Energy Healer, Past Life Regression, Body Wisdom, Shamanic Healing

As I study and practice the Law of Attraction, my understanding goes deeper and is different from week to week, month to month. I imagine that has something to do with the last writing I posted about feeling, vibration and perspective. Things I used to call coincidence happen to me on a regular basis, but I no longer believe there are coincidences. They are clear signs from Source that we are heard and are not alone. They are attracted by us and are intended to grab our attention and guide us, each of us, in a way meaningful to us as individuals, and in response to what we are vibrating.

Often, these meaningful occurrences happen to me (and I do mean often) in nature and with animals – birds in particular. They will show up to punctuate different thoughts and questions that run through my mind. Just the other day as I was walking on a trail, wondering about this very process of writing, coaching, putting myself out there, all of it, wondering if I was on the right path. I sighed and thought well I guess I will just put all I know in my heart to be true to the test with this, with my own life too. At that moment, a sizeable branch crashed down from a tree I was walking next to. And the words “put it to the test” looped around and around in my mind. A few steps later, I heard rustling in a tree and then another sign made very personal to me last year appeared. Three vultures that had been visible from my drive there suddenly began soaring in circles overhead. Vultures do not hunt or kill. They use the air to coast upon for hours, using minimal effort. They have a broad view of the terrain and they in many ways have all they need. They are resourceful, and use all their senses to create opportunities that have already presented themselves. I have interpreted that as meaning I already have all I

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need to work with, and that was a huge affirmation, in a string of signs, that helped to guide me on my path.

That experience leads me to something for me profound that happened today. I recently remembered reading about what Aboriginals call the Dreamtime. As I understand it, Dreamtime was a time long long ago when our world was created though dream into being by the Ancestors. The Dreaming is something done presently which continues the creation forward and Aboriginal people continue to dream their world into being; that life is created anew through collective song, prayer, vision and ritual. I understand that to mean we continue to dream our world into creation. And that sounds incredibly resonant with the law of attraction. I asked Source to help guide me towards learning more about the connection between the two beliefs. It feels like an incredible – coincidence – they inherently seem so similar.

As I added Aboriginal Art to my Pinterest list as a place to begin appreciating and learning about the artwork, I came across more than one photo of paintings in the process of creation.

My jaw dropped when more than one of these paintings resembled paintings I had done after my son was first born. I had a visceral response, almost like a flashback. It felt as if my creating them then connected me deliberately and purposefully to seeing this man creating artwork now on the other side of the world. It was again a clear affirmation that I am headed in the right direction and am guided by Source who has an incredible sense of humor, by the way.

The more I open, each little tiny bit, and the more I trust, each little bit more, the more incredibly amazed I am by the guidance that surrounds me and loves me. What used to seem like chance, or wishful thinking or even my active imagination I know now is a much deeper and more meaningful communication between myself and Source. The messages are very personal. They do not need to make sense or seem like “a sign” to any other human on the planet. What matters is that whoosh of wow! that you feel when something happens and you KNOW what you saw or heard and it is deeply important to YOUR understanding, even if you don’t know if anyone would believe you if you told them. You and the Universe both know it was real. You need not explain it to anyone else.

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.

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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVSD66ZkF4g

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.

This episode focuses on: This episode covers the importance of incorporating meditation into your life and how it affects you physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally. Meditation can look like many different things, but among all of the forms of meditation there is generally one very common practice that connects them all, and this is mindfulness of breath. In our fast paced world, it is important that we take the time to tap into ourselves. For those who want to explore beyond this physical realm, meditation and the breath is the key to exploring altered states like lucid dreaming and astral projection.

Vicki Snyder-Young co-owner of the store Spirit & Crystal Connections in Rochester has started a healing group to assist with personal requests. Every Monday the group gathers to focus the healing energy to the list of names that Vicki has collected. If you know of someone (humans and animals) who would like to be included on the list or need further details please email spiritcrystalconnections@gmail.com

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We Realize not everyone has the time to study herbs to make oils or even process their own teas. It is our goal to provide quality materials for any magical and spiritual practice so that those with little time can get the most out of their practices and time.

However, nothing beats a personal visit to Earthbound Metaphysical Shoppe. You can enjoy a cup of tea and browse our shelves for just the right item to enhance your personal and spiritual growth. We change our inventory regularly so be sure to visit. You never know what surprises await you here at our beautiful store!

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* 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 * The Original crystal-packing mama. - NY Press 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 E-zine 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.

The Queen’s Chronicles: EVERY DAY IS A HOLY DAY Throughout human existence, people have marked the passing of time. The ability to correctly track the annual return of the cycles of nature gave the distinct advantage of being able to effectively plan and prepare for the future.

Knowing with some certainty when the birds and herds migrated and when they could be expected back, when the fruits ripened and the grasses grew, when the nuts were ready for gathering, when the river rose and flooded, when the rains came, when it was likely to get cold again, simply meant survival.

From the earliest ice ages there are examples of crude calendrical reckonings, bone and stone renderings of the regularly occurring astronomical cycles: the phases of the moon, the

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ascendance and changing position of certain stars and constellations, as well as the daily and annual disappearance and reappearance of the sun. Incised, chipped, carved and painted, these symbols attest to the astute observation skills of our ancestors.

The special days that announce the advance and retreat of the sun, moon and stars were not merely noted, they were celebrated — marked by ceremony as well as graven in stone. The recurrence of these Celestially Auspicious Occasions served as significant milestones with which people were able to measure the cycle of the seasons and the seasons of their lives.

Ultimately, people kept track of time in order to live in tune with it.

Though few people in today’s crowded cacophonous urban world live anymore in such focused alignment with the earth, the holidays we celebrate are the living legacy of these oldest seasonal observances. In some cases, the days are still holy, the original intentions and primal power of the occasion still manifest. In most cases, however, the shell of the celebration has been maintained, while its soul has been modernized, sanitized, secularized and commercialized beyond recognition, their original function forgotten.

It is the indigenous peoples of the world, who, clinging tenaciously to the sanity and wisdom which they have inherited, persist in their perception of a passionate and participatory universe — a universe in which everything is intricately and inextricably interconnected. This sanctified collaboration with the cosmos creates a consciousness of a sacred reality, which endures in many tribal communities throughout the world even today. During the course of my research for my books and articles, I came to speak with Doris Leedercharge at the Lakota Sinte Glesko College on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. I told her that I wanted to include as many Native American holy days as possible, and she replied, “According to our religion, every day is holy!”

It is this transcendent recognition of the sacred, this transformation of vision, which allows the inherent, hidden divinity in all things to become apparent. We, alas, as a culture, have lost the ability, the facility, the talent for such crystal insight. It is our challenge as hectic, driven people to charge our common dailiness with that same transcendent clarity. Our reward is to see the ordinary as special and the special extraordinary. And to know that every day is most certainly holy.

XO MAMA DONNA 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 www.DonnaHenes.net pg. 38

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Hope Hope is with you when you believe The earth is not a dream but living flesh, that sight, touch, and hearing do not lie, That all thing you have ever seen here Are like a garden looked at from a gate.

You cannot enter. But you’re sure it’s there.

Could we but look more clearly and wisely We might discover somewhere in the garden A strange new flower and an unnamed star.

Some people say that we should not trust our eyes, That there is nothing, just a seeming, There are the ones who have no hope.

They think the moment we turn away, The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist, As if snatched up by the hand of thieves.

By: Czeslaw Milosz https://www.poetseers.org/nobel-prize-for-literature/czeslaw-milosz/czelaw-miloszpoems/hope/index.html

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We spend our formative years in school, developing our rational minds, but our emotions receive no formal attention. High divorce rates, job loss, employment stress, accidents, deaths, personal struggles, changing hormones, financial problems and health issues challenge everyone’s emotional health. Yet, as a society we stubbornly treat the development of our emotions as a low priority. Perhaps since emotions are invisible, they are treated as if they don’t exist. Meanwhile, emotions affect the bottom line of our health, happiness and wellbeing.

Developing the mind is important, but so is improving our emotional strength. Think about a world in which many people display emotional mastery and harmony! Emotional development is crucial for personal growth, but the cumulative affect from many impacts our entire society.

Sharry Edwards, a true genius of out time and a pioneer in sound healing, developed a system to monitor emotions, even the subconscious ones! Sharry’s signature system, BioAcoustics, maps and balances frequencies in our body, resulting in astonishing health improvements.

Sharry has also now gifted us with a frequency based personality profiler, the nanoVoice. Hold on to your hats… it is free! (Download at www.NanoVoice.org) Personality programs identify our natural talents, strengthens and capabilities, encouraging us to better utilize them. Simultaneously personality profilers identify our weaknesses, allowing us to turn them into strengths.

Sages throughout history report how difficult it is to “know thyself,” but these wise sages did not have access to Edward’s multifaceted nanoVoice. Today we shall investigate its ability to reveal subconscious emotions.

Many of our behaviors and moods are hidden beneath layers of pain. We do not eliminate negative feelings by ignoring them. By identifying and addressing they are released.

We experience complex thoughts, feelings and behaviors, but are only fully conscious of one element at a time. We subjugate feelings and thoughts when we are occupied with other things. This underground emotional energy influences our health and creates emotional habits.

Since our minds process only one action at a time, thoughts and feelings are regularly processed below our conscious mind. It is not only unpleasant feelings that we deny, but also deep levels of thinking and feeling that we experience all day long.

The nanoVoice graphs our emotions, whether or not we are conscious of them. Our feelings go underground far more than we suspect: People unknowingly project their subliminal feelings onto others. For example, a person

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withdraws, not allowing anyone to get close, while he perceives that others have abandoned him.

We clothe dark feelings in an acceptable light. Anger is often disguised as a righteous reaction.

Subconscious expectations set up interpersonal difficulties. For example, we do not voice our expectations, yet we are wounded when they are not met.

Unconscious feelings can trigger other people’s behavior. For example, Bob believes that he is “no good” and radiates this feeling. Those nearby feel this energy, subconsciously pick up on it and act accordingly. Subtly Bob conditioned others to treat him with low regard A person is rarely aware when his ego directs situations. When we are not conscious of it, our ego is extraordinarily hard to manage.

Usually we are clueless about subconscious feelings, illustrating that it is difficult to know ourselves from the inside out.

Negative emotions spread to those in close proximity. Just like second-hand smoke inflicts damage, so do our toxic emotions. Yet, we steadfastly believe that we can hide our feelings without any impact on others.

Edwards created the nanoVoice,” giving us inner knowledge so we can better navigate emotional challenges. The nanoVoice allows us to view our underlying emotions and access buried feelings. This unveils confusion, sheds light on indecision, and depicts ego issues. These revelations enable us to acknowledge, resolve and release negative emotional habits. Hats off to Sharry Edwards for this incredible gift!

Jill Mattson 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! Free music & School of Sound Healing at www.jillswingsoflight.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7nMwPDZHPs

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As we welcome in a New Year full of New Beginnings I offer you a gentle reminder and a blessing!

Where intention goes, energy flows, healing grows.

For 2018 determine to set your intentions, claim your energy, and partner in your own healing!

Soul Wise — A Blessing For The Journey When days rush past in a blur, may you pause to receive the simple gifts that life generously offers.

When you are overwhelmed, may you rest in the gentleness of your own heart.

When you are feeling hopeless, may your imagination hold a torch to unseen possibilities.

When your mind is drowning in details, may spaciousness arise, connecting you to the sacred mystery that you are.

When you are exhausted, may you be refreshed by vibrant life forces always present within and around you.

When you are overcome with grief, may precious tears bathe your heart with buoyancy and comfort.

When the world brushes you with harshness, may you realize that we are all works in progress, and life itself is a learning curve.

When nothing seems to be going your way, may you make room for the unknown, finding patience with your unfolding life.

When you are disheartened by the suffering in the world, may you find the courage and strength to stand for what you know is good.

When you believe that you are not good enough, may you discover your inherent value and place in the family of all things.

May you receive Earth’s bounty to nourish your body, kindness to nourish your heart; wisdom to nourish your mind, and wonder to nourish your soul. ~ Leslie Davenport

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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.

I know Shad Diamond as a metaphysical teacher in the central, western NY area. He brought new information to our study group, to me was beyond anything I had ever heard. He's also a musician and makes CD's that are unique. I have copied info from his website which can better explain his talents and musical gifts --Superquantum Tones™ is a development of Shad Diamond, a music composer and scientist, who has developed through research many unique techniques and tools to 'extract' the different frequencies of Earth's many Crystals. During a special process Shad merges those Superquantum Tones™ and his own unique sounds and thus creates the most affective and therapeutic music known. Shad has been in this area of researching, exploring and developing for the last 14 years and has composed already 18 different tracks. The effectiveness of each of his CD's on mind, body and soul is of such quality, that his development of the Superquantum Tones™ and music can only be God given!

Now another gift from Shad, he's offering his classes on line. It's free educational material on many metaphysical & spiritual topics that many people have asked questions about over and over again. As you know, I've been teaching classes for years and I've noticed what the most popular subjects are, so that's the main focus. Some of it is really deep, some of it is more surface, and there are many, many hours of content. The website will also have my quantum healing CDs available ~ but the classes are free to the world (no purchase necessary).

I have been encouraged to do webinars on line and charge for them, but that's not where my heart is. So over the past several months I've been recording these classes to share with the world. I want it available to as many people as possible, then they can choose if they're interested or not.

I expect the site to go live sometime in January. So I'm letting people I know now that it's on

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the way. And anyone who enters their email will be notified as soon as it is launched.

Here are the topics he's offering: Birth of the Universe - 5 part series Souls - 11 part series Crystals - 3 part series The Akashic Records Basic Quantum Prosperity - 10 part series Advanced Quantum Prosperity - 11 part series Healing with Your Mind - 7 part series About Love About Worthiness About Spirit Communication About Dimensions About Blame Astral Projection - 5 part series EGO - 3 part series Communication with the Dead QSE Technology Health and Disease - 12 part series Relationships - 15 part series Soul Development - 7 part series Being Heard Getting What You Want - 16 part series Finding Your Life Purpose Getting to the 5th Dimension Mind Games - 7 part series Other topics being prepared: Aura, Chakras, Dimensions Psychology of Healing Afterlife Brainwaves and Subconscious

Self Hypnosis Spiritual First Aid Sound and Vibration Spiritual Evolution

Thanks Shad for sharing and helping us grow our inner knowledge.

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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 Kate writes: I had done a general MBO and also one for improved finances. I had to go to an internet cafe since my old laptop is on its last legs. I was not keen on paying about $6.50 per hour to do so and was trying to decide to do a half hour or an hour since I had a lot of work to accomplish. As soon as I sat down, a woman came up to me and said, “Go ahead take that computer, I just have to sign off, I am done, but I didn’t use all the time so here is $3 for an extra half hour since they have a minimum.”

MBO FOR DRIVE HOME IN SNOW Ron writes: I have really enjoyed using the MBO’s this past year and will continue to use them through this year too. They have really been a big help. Like the other night here in on the East Coast we got some snow that really messed up traffic I made my MBO for a safe trip home and got home safe, and while lots of others were having problems, my little car worked through the traffic even though it took me 41/2 hours to get home. I made it home safe and sound thanks to my guardian angel Thank you Tom for all that you do.

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Anne writes: Here is my wonderful MBO for you.

Yesterday, Feb 24, I had to go 35 miles to have an outpatient procedure. My niece drove me and we left in the start of the blizzard. Since I live in central Illinois the land is agricultural and flat so we had many open areas to drive in. We were about 15 minutes late due to the weather conditions (was supposed to be there 45 minutes beforehand) , but the procedure was done in a timely fashion.

When we left we were in the heart of the storm and we headed out of the city to whiteout conditions in the open. I called upon my angels to get us home safely with a Most Benevolent Outcome, and I made sure I said, “thank you.” We passed cars and trucks in the ditches (I prayed they would get help quickly), went through snow drifts across the road, and since I was more familiar with the road I gave my niece heads up as to when we would encounter curves. (I could not drive because of having been sedated for the procedure). About three times she got too close to my side of the road edge and when I would feel the soft shoulder underneath I would caution her to get back onto the road.

One time we were blocked from proceeding by the fire department 9 miles from my house due to a downed broken electrical wire. The fireman told her she would have to turn around and go another route to which we protested we were so close to my home. Bless them after he discussed it with the other firefighters we were allowed to go around them (Opposite side of the downed wire) and arrived at my home. It took approximately twice as long as normal but to drive in virtually continuous white out conditions I was amazed to be home at all.

Tom, I do not think we would of made it had it not been for the angels. When we made it home and I got on line I read that the route she had wanted to initially drive had been closed and the route we did choose was also closed to traffic. I know the angels were watching after us and made it possible for our safe arrival.

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.

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JAYNE CHILKES’ BLOG HTTP://THENEWDNABLOG.WORDPRESS.COM Your Karma and Manifestation Dear Children For all that you desire and all that you want, there are still some karmic laws in place that allow some of your manifestation but not all at the same time. You have agreed for certain specific lessons to take place and thus manifesting all that you ask is not always wise. Saying that, you will receive all that you ask in some form and certainly will be protected in certain circumstances that call for it. In other words once the lesson is in motion you have free will to learn it or repeat similar situations until you learn it. Until the lesson is truly learnt you will not fully manifest certain dreams. Nevertheless when most lessons are complete you will receive many more gifts and fulfill many of your dreams completely.

You may think you can jump a few steps to enlightenment but that is definitely not the case!

For those who endure pain for long periods, there will be some relief. For those who are lost there will be doorways to be found. For those who are unwise in decision making, there will a few teachers along the way.

Your stories maybe varied yet you are all ultimately reaching for the same goals – to find Joy and connection to Love. Thus fulfillment will come and so much else, when you are determined to stay your chosen course and overcome the obstacles one at a time.

Many blessings. *************** Your Next Step Dear Children Much is to be discovered about your full potential as a human being. Even if you have been on a spiritual path you have only touched an nth of who you really are.

There is so much more to investigate. There are a myriad of talents that are to be harnessed in the New Earth energies that you thought were never possible. Firstly, your manifestation skills will be much more advanced. Your physical desires will appear almost immediately. Secondly your telepathy will be instantaneous and fully developed.

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This is about to appear in your lifetime as the New Earth takes hold, and the first wave of conscious beings hold the Love energies. You will see this and you will applaud humanity for taking that giant leap.

Many Blessings 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!

As we usher in 2018, many will be contemplating and formulating their resolutions for the New Year. How many of you have made resolutions and were unable to attain them? How many of you have used affirmations and stopped using them because they just were not working? Did you ever wonder why they do not work? There is an explanation and in the world of Energy Psychology (EP) an easy way to correct the situation.

Many times, when we state the resolution or the affirmation there is what we call a “Ya But” or a “Tail Ender” that, unfortunately, negates whatever is said before it. Most of the time we do not hear them, we just see the result; frustration and lack of success. One has to be aware that these blocks are there to start listening for them. Try it for yourself. State an affirmation

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and then quietly listen in your mind, observing what you feel or hear. Is there a quiet little voice there stating why you cannot attain what you desire? If so, you have identified the Ya But” or “Tail Ender”. If you cannot hear them, we can also detect these obstacles with Energy Testing/Kinesiology/Muscle testing.

This quote by Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, says it very well: “If you think you are right, you are correct. If you think you are wrong, you are also correct.”

To be more accurate from a psychology standpoint, the statement should say, “If you BELIEVE you are right, you are correct. If you BELIEVE you are wrong, you are also correct.” The reason is this: thoughts/thinking rarely have emotions connected to them. They just seem to be passing by. However, beliefs are typically emotionally charged and therefore have more power than thoughts or thinking. Because of the emotions, one has an investment in not changing the belief, even if it is in some way a detrimental belief.

In EP, we call these roadblocks to success Psychological or Psycho Energetic Reversals (PR). They impede the ability of the affirmation or resolution to come to fruition. These reversals are very prevalent with addictions, degenerative disease, depression, and abundance.

Other examples of PR revolve around safety, (it’s not safe to….), deserving/worthiness (I don’t deserve….), resistance (I’m not going to/you can’t make me…) and identity, meaning that if I give up something or change I lose my identity, the sense of who I am.

I always have fun with smokers when they come in. They say they want to quit smoking, so I introduce them to Energy Testing (ET). When I test them on “I want to quit smoking” typically the ET is weak meaning the answer is NO they do not want to quit smoking. I then test them on “I want to keep smoking” and typically, the ET is strong, meaning the answer is YES, they want to keep smoking. This is the struggle between the intellect and the emotions, thoughts and beliefs, and, unfortunately, the belief wins.

Fortunately, EFT has the ability to overcome these reversals. Obviously, the first step is to identify them, and then to dissolve them with EFT. In the smoking example above, I have the smoker tap on the karate chop point using the set up phrase “Even though I don’t want to quit smoking, I deeply and completely accept myself” 3 times. For demonstration purposes that is actually enough to correct the PR, and it may only be a temporary correction. In an actual session, I would have the client tap on “I don’t want to quit smoking” on each of the other acupoints to anchor the change and make it more permanent. I may even have them fill in the blank with their spontaneous reason why they do not want to quit smoking. This starts to uncover and resolve other aspects or benefits of not quitting. This is just a start with smokers as addictions are a complex situation. However, I use the same process for any PR. Some are simpler resolve than others.

So, be assured that if you cannot achieve you goal or resolution or your affirmation is not working, there is one or more PRs in the way, even if you do not know what they are. EFT and ET can help.

About Tom: I am the founder and sole Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) at Life Script Mental Health Counseling Services. As an EFT Therapist or EFT Practitioner using EFT Counseling Techniques, my goal is to provide a unique and different approach to Mental Health

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Counseling by incorporating holistic approaches to healing that quickly provide you relief from distressing life issues by using highly effective EFT Therapy Techniques. EFT is one of several Energy Psychology Techniques employed by me.

WHERE DO WE GO

Where do we go when we go to a place That simply is no place at all?

When we step out of time to become nothing more Than a memory few can recall?

How can we be when we no longer are?

Or, earlier, not yet have been?

A bit of eternity sits in our souls Though we live in the house of the wind.

Consciousness comes like a stranger to call, Both us and yet something quite more.

Where it may come from and where it may go Is a wonder behind a locked door.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon https://www.poemsforfree.com/whered.html

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This month I am continuing to write about music and culture that influences millions of people, young and old alike. What does this have to do with Shamanism, you ask?

The beat of the drum, the call of the flute, the pounding of sticks in the forest are media our ancestors used to communicate speech that warns and alerts, relays emotion, celebrates and initiates. We had different media in our ‘jungle’ of New York City. Music taught us to love peoples from many homelands, introduced various ideas, told the stories of civilizations far away from our shores. " “Jamaica Farewell" is a Jamaican-style folk song (mento[1]) about the beauties of the West Indian Islands. The song first appeared on Harry Belafonte's phenomenally successful album Calypso. It reached number fourteen on the Billboard Popchart in 1957. This song haunted me as an eight-year-old in Queens, New York, a Caribbean rhythm with some of calypso from Guayana region of Venezuela coming from the Trinidad and Tobago Islands.

Songwriters: Irving Burgie Jamaica Fairwell lyrics © Reservoir Media Management Inc, BMG Rights Management US, LLC Artist: Harry Belafonte I ‘m sharing the clues from my childhood culture and influences that helped form my positive attitude and world view. Some say I’m Polyannaish; that was another movie I loved like Heidi and The Sound of Music. All through my formative years, all the day long, were teachings of positivity, sunny attitudes and people sporting good-natured kindnesses as a way of life. I include here a beloved childhood ‘teaching’ of sorts from the Disney movie, “Song Of The South”.

The hit song from from Walt Disney's "Song of the South" released in 1946 was "Zip-a-DeeDoo-Dah", which won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Song and is frequently used as part of Disney's montage themes, and which has become widely used in popular culture. The film inspired the Disney theme park attraction Splash Mountain. The film was a combination of live action and animation. Disney hired vaudeville and radio actor James Baskett to portray Uncle Remus.

“Accentuate The Positive” This song is a motto of my life, a Bing Crosby jewel which later was performed by Paul Mc Cartney.

Bring gloom down to the minimum, (then) Otherwise, (otherwise) Pandemonium liable to walk upon the scene "Accentuate the Positive” (feat. Bing Crosby)" by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters pg. 51

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Paul McCartney iTunes Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYo2LrnCOAM Music in the 1940’s and 50’s brought us a huge spectrum of cultures from Italy, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, South America, and Asia. The “King and I” won the hearts of children and their parents; everyone learned new vocabulary from the land of Siam. We were taught “Getting To Know You”, “Shall We Dance”, “Whistle A Happy Tune”, “We Are Siamese If You Please”, “Hello Young Lovers (wherever you are)”. That last song in particular instilled a generous heart and loving attitude: “Hello Young Lovers” sung by Bobby Darin Songwriters: Oscar Hammerstein Ii / Richard Rodgers Hello Young Lovers lyrics © Imagem Music Inc Every week of our lives we were enriched by colorful and exciting singers and musicians from all around the globe. Italian foods came to the forefront as well as the lyrical melodies from that enchanting nation “Mambo Italiano” by Bob Merrill As sung by Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin How to mambo italiano Mambo Italiano lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc “Al- Di- La” sung by Jerry Vale 1954 HITS ARCHIVE: “That's Amore” - Dean Martin We were also taught to love other languages, as in the French song: “Frère Jacques” (Are You Sleeping?)

Much of our education outside of school in the 1950’s came from Pop songs on the radio. When I was born there was no TV; I lived in Radioland. Radio is a teacher; different from school teachers. Radio taught us to love music and culture, the lyrics told stories from around the world. Music taught us how to love large and vast and varied. We always had Jewish friends, even in our families, Italians, Irish, Germans/Austrians, Polish to name just a few; I used to regret that no African-American were included in our neighborhoods- I made up for that later in life. My Puerto Rican classmate stole our hearts in our third-grade play as he sang “The Indian Love Song” with a pure crystal, heartfelt voice. We girls were all in love with him, as we would be in the sixties with “West Side Story” and the lovesong “Maria”, a world classic.

We were taught new vocabulary from The Banana Boat song, Latin-American words like Cucaracha, mambo, samba, rumba, Bossa Nova-words with lots of vowels and curious sounds; they became everyday language. We loved learning language from immigrants coming to America-Yiddish from our Jewish friends, Italian from Italy, Spanish from Mexicans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans, South Americans…

The Banana Boat song taught us about hard working people in other countries, and “Jamaica Farewell” offered compassion and empathy in its sad feelings and a view into another culture.

“Jumpin The Line-Shake, Shake Senora” sung by Harry Belafonte (if this doesn't make you want to get up and dance you do not have a soul) Jump in… Full lyrics on Google Play Music We were taught to love peoples of color-Harry, Nat, Uncle Remus, Ella, Marian Anderson,

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Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Poitier… folks from other ethnicities were fascinating to us, striking us with the beauty of their ways of speaking, singing, accents, cooking, clothing, all arrays of color and sound, textures and forms; I was being taught the elements of art and principles of design through peoples of the world- World Culture. As kids we wanted to ‘get in the act’-be a part of what we heard on the radio, saw in the movie theatres, admired on TV. We wanted to belong to the diversities of Creation in all its shapes and appearances from nations worldwide.

In New York City we learned from around the world without discrimination, loving music and foods and customs from the infinite buffet of World Culture.

“Bella Notte” is a lovesong from the movie “Lady and The Tramp”: Lady and The Tramp,-the cartoon hero and heroine pups, were eating spaghetti in this romantic scene from the movie. We loved spaghetti as kids, still do, maybe our favorite food!

Cooking, cuisine itself is a world of delights as we now enjoy spices and flavors worldwide in today’s society.

Music, the arts, languages, customs and traditions teach us, heal us, open our eyes, ears and mind, our hearts, to the wonders of creativity and Life. Gratefully I thank all the artists who taught me to love Life in all its variations, to regard all peoples without prejudice, to honor the heritages of many lands. We are so fortunate to grow up in such a rich culture that gave us the world.

Perhaps if folks would dip back into the Big Band era, R&B, pop hits from the 50’s and 60’s musicals, they would soften their hearts and embrace all people from our vast treasure chest of creativity and history. This is why we bless America and the lineage of people from all over the earth who brought us their roots for all to share!

About Maryanna: I have been practicing Shamanism for the past ten years, known as The Backyard ShaWoman, I integrates the works of Jim Pathfinder Ewing, Sandra Ingerman, Peruvian Shamanism (Villoldo), and Stephen Farmer. I teach classes in Shamanic Reiki Certification, Shamanism, and visual arts. For me Shamanism has become a mode of living; it can quickly clear genetic blueprints that traditional Western modalities may not and teaches us to live in harmony with all; All is Sacred.

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We are the TREES Greeting you on New Year’s Eve Our foliage is thick Our bark is strong And we are here To sing our Song Of love to the Earth Of love to you Letting you know We’ll see you through Earth’s Ascension There is no question That you’re moving into The 5th dimension The Creator’s Note Keeps you afloat As you travel home To your no-time zone Moving with hyper-speed Becoming all that you can be Through the star-gate of Arcturus Where all are curious To know How did you do it?

After losing your way?

And you can reply We did it God’s Way December 31, 2009 pg. 54

We are the Trees Waving good-bye We leave you with Our lullaby If you can hear it On the wind You are sure to feel it If you go within 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.

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There is a lot of information on the internet and Facebook regarding being empathic—or being sensitive to—energies of others. For Trekkies, you may remember The U.S.S. Enterprise Ship’s Counselor Dianna Troi was a Bedazoid empath who would share her feelings of information to the captain and crew. For us on Earth, being empathic is becoming just as “natural.”

It’s a popular subject area, especially in the realm of the psychic sense. For many people, empathy is one of the first, and/or the strongest, 6th sense that is experienced. There are a variety of ways this empathic 6th sense shows itself…it ranges from noticing emotions to feeling emotions to an all-out take down, where people walk out of a mall, cannot go into hospitals, get physically sick based and become overwhelmed by the energies.

In a lot of cases, people mistakenly call being empathic a gift or a curse. But when you look at from the perspective of “just another sense” or way the mind-body reacts to stimuli (aka energy signals), being empathic is neither. In fact, expanding awareness and knowledge of what is going on arms the person with the ability to manage the incoming energies and subdue chaotic side-effects.

Just like other senses, the mind picks up a signal through a sensory organ (ear, nose, eye, tongue, skin) and sends that signal to the brain to be interpreted. The brain then links to life experiences to create the reality portrayed. For example, touching a hot burner not only provides the feeling of “hot” but also the experience of “don’t touch that again without an oven mitt!” With regards to the empathic signal, the brain is picking up the energy of emotion from people, places and things, and turns that into an experience. Past experiences can then dictate how to handle future sensations…from awareness to debilitating…from manager (being in control of) to managed (being out of control, a victim) of the experience.

Many people don’t like to hear that last part. They are certain that the energy is beyond them, stronger than they are, and uncontrollable. Many believe a form of protection is required, either through items, rituals, prayers or the evil eye. But don’t put more power in the thing than the person holding it! Managing empathic sensory information goes hand-in-hand with this 6th sense.

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Now is the time to let go of the drama, dogma and old group-think of ignorant, judgmental times. We now have in our power the ability to recognize the impact of each of us to others…our actions and our feelings of those next to us. This awareness then demands an evolved response…one of respect, consideration, tolerance and understanding.

New age razzmatazz fools us into thinking that empathy is the ugly side of being psychic, that it’s a curse and one needs to go to great lengths to protect themselves “from others.” The great lengths would be best used to strengthen the self and involve the higher mind to discern the best course of action…to “Be the Change…”

It is important for everyone, the psychic-medium included, that empathic energies and interpretations can be honed to be helpful, empowering information instead of an overwhelming experience. Knowledge is power and learning what the mind is doing, versus what Facebook or someone’s personal experience is stating, is the best way to develop an empathic sense. Awareness in knowing that the mind can either dictate fear and judgement, or acceptance and compassion. We can then master our own energy through power of mind, by thinking past the initial instinctual cues and involve…and evolve…the next, higher mind response: Kindness, Compassion, Understanding.

What a great ability the empathic 6th sense is!

About the authors: Susan Fiandach and Connie Wake are professional psychic-mediums, 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. 585-427-8110. PurpleDoorSoulSource.com

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What if every day you could encounter the divine? What if you could regularly know the blessing of deep peace and abiding joy? What if you could talk to angels? Great news—you can!

365 Days of Angel Prayers is a multi-author anthology of daily readings written to inspire and guide you to experience a rich and continuous communion with the angelic realm. Whether you choose to read that day’s entry or take a more spirit-led approach, these prayers, blessings, invocations, and essays will help you learn how to communicate with angels. And as you allow the words to wash over your mind and heart, receiving the healing inherent within them, you will begin to see that there is no one way to pray for divine blessing or assistance. Soon, you may even find your own unique words pouring out—embrace them. Remember, this book is a collaboration, one you are warmly invited to join.

Soak in the deep peace, love, and joy of the angels. Through your daily connection, you will begin to shine their heavenly light and share their divine love with everyone you encounter.

This revamped second edition features a 148 angel messengers from across the globe! And one of the authors is our own local Vicki Snyder Young, co-owner of Spirit and Crystal Connections. Her contribution can be found in August. Who is Vicki - Rev. Vicki SnyderYoung is certified as a Medium, Angel Card Reader, Realm Reader and Spiritual Healer. She teaches classes in healing, mediumship, and Angel Card Reading and facilitates monthly angel card reading practice groups. Receive her free weekly angel messages on her Facebook page, Divine Angel Messages. www.vickisnyder.webs.com.

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THOUGHTS ON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS BY CBS SUNDAY MORNING I thought I would wrap up the New Year's edition with one of my favorite shows - CBS Sunday Morning and Faith's video on New Year's resolutions. I hope you enjoy it. - - It's that time of year to consider time, and "Sunday Morning" Contributor Faith Salie offers her take on the value of repentance, regrets, and resolutions.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulj2MgZ0z0

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