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THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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UCNOVNE SI LCI INOGU SO UE RV SOELLUVTEI SO N

Lean Toward the Vibration of

Joy!

was captivated with the creativity expressed by a cast of school children during a recent performance of “The King and I.” While enjoying the musical, I was certain that professionals had been hired to augment the students' performance. Later, I was surprised to find that the more than excellent showmanship came from first to twelfth graders alone. What happiness there was among those young ones standing attentively in line to meet the audience, one by one. We certainly are creating a new world–one activity, one expression, one thought at a time–and what could be better than feeling the elevated vibrations of children expressing their talents with flourish.

One Thought at a Time BY LOUANNE HEADRICK

Knowing that life is expressed from within outward and never from without inward we come to realize that we are the center of power in our individual lives. As such, we see what it is we most desire from within the silence of the soul. When we speak of it with authority and assurance, it is done unto us through the Law of Activity, the Word of the Great Creative Mind of the Universe.

How wonderfully creative persons would be who learn the Universal Laws and Principles that govern expression, creativity, and success. These Laws and Principles give creative advantage to those who learn to use them and they are working for us 24/7 to help us evolve to a higher level since, in fact, we are continuously adapting and evolving individuals. The atmosphere created around true, expressive lovers of the human race is so magnetic that even though there may be shortcomings, the world responds with love--the highest of all vibrations. We are creating a new world with each and every thought for thoughts affect the world more than things. What are our vibrations but bank accounts of the thoughts we think? The balance in the account goes up and down depending upon the quality of our thoughts. Those who have hefty accounts do grow richer day by day and are those thinkers who live in a state of high vibration. They don’t just think abundance, they know the Truth about abundance. They believe abundance. They think love, kindness, generosity, helpfulness, and cheerfulness. They do not dwell on lack, limitation, depression, or the negative. They have joy and they wish to share it. They influence others to be creative expressions, too, and soon the community has moved up a notch in creative thinking and happiness. We do change the world one thought at a time, so let’s make sure our thoughts are similar to those of the children--creative, positive expressions which lean toward the vibration of Joy.

Louanne Headrick is a Registered Nurse, past Hospice Nurse and past Staff Development Director, now retired. She is a Signature Member of the Florida Watercolor Society and one of its former teachers, a member of the Golden Triangle Center for Spiritual Living and a longtime student of the work of Ernest Holmes, the founder of Centers for Spiritual Living. She is pursuing her final year as student of Practitioner Studies of Religious Science.

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FROM THE EDITOR: WHY? BECAUSE IT NO LONGER WORKS... DIRECTORY AND CLASSIFIED ADS

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THE ENERGY SCIENCE OF PRANIC HEALING 24 PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES

GOOD NEWS ABOUT FOOD ALLERGIES AND TRIGGERS 50 GOT ALLERGIES? IT COULD BE A LEARNED EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

LIKE OWNER, LIKE PET18

TRANSCENDING EGO

MANIFEST THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS 33 A BRIGHT INHERITANCE FOR THE EARTH 334

HU: A SPECIAL WORD TO HELP YOU SEE THE MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE 47

FRAZIER CERAMIC SHOP, GAINESVILLE

LEAN TOWARD THE VIBRATION OF JOY

NO MATTER THE WEATHER... 32

CONSCIOUS COMMUNIT Y MAHAMANDALESHWAR SWAMI NITYANANDA COMES TO DAYTONA BEACH

U N V E I L I N G O U R S E LV E S

SPREADING JOY

HEART DISEASE AND THE GREAT CHOLESTEROL HOAX 66

A N I M A L G AT E WAY RETURNING TO A SIMPLER LIFE

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TIME FOR A REVOLUTION IN THE WAY WE BIRTH OUR BABIES 48

CUTTING EDGE IN HEALTH

READY TO CONCEIVE?

A B S O LU T E V I TA L I T Y

WHAT YOU DO?

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SELFLESS MOTHERING

GETTING SELF-SUFFICIENT 12

FEELING FATIGUED NO MATTER

EVENTS

MOON ASTROLOGY: MAY/JUNE

CONVERGION REALIT Y 2012

PAIN CAUSED BY BULGING, HERNIATED DISC 11

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ALL BECAUSE OF PLUTO

DIVERSITY IN ONENESS

AWAKENING CREATIVE CHANGE

C O N S C I O U S T R A N S F O R M AT I O N CREATING A LEGACY

CHAOS: THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE 13

THE PROCESS OF CO-CREATION: WHY WE DO NOT ALWAYS ACHIEVE OUR DESIRED OUTCOMES 27 DREAM A NEW DREAM: LET'S MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL! 30

JUST BE: OPENING OURSELVES TO GREATER REALITIES

IMAGINE ALL THE WORLD LIVING LIFE IN PEACE 59 CREATE YOUR LIFE THROUGH CONSCIOUSNESS EVERYONE NEEDS PEACE WHAT IF?

LO V E O U R M OT H E R , LO V E O U R S E LV E S LOOKING BACKWARD FOR A GREATER FUTURE 15

CREATE THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN, QUITE LITERALLY 36

NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER

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WE CANNOT CHANGE THE WIND, BUT WE CAN ADJUST OUR SAILS

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contributing editors

Purusha K. Radha PUBLISHER-EDITOR

Elijah Nagendra ASSISTANT EDITOR

Julie Norris

CONTRIBUTING COMMUNITY EDITOR

Michelle Thatcher CONTRIBUTING GREEN EDITOR

1 Contributing Community Editor Julie Norris is manager and co-proprietor of Dandelion Communitea Café, founding board director of the Progressive Local Alliance for Community Enrichment (PLACE) and serves on the boards of Slow Food and Mills Fifty Mainstreet. She’s an avid supporter of the local art, music and food culture, and showcases the diverse people and happenings in ‘Ourlando’ on her weekly radio program, Front Porch Radio. Her passion for community, delicious fair food, the environment and culture are the driving forces behind all her endeavors. More on her ventures: http://www.dandelioncommunitea.com http://www.frontporchradio.wordpress.com and http://www.ourlando.com.

Ramah Wagner, DC CONTRIBUTING HEALTH EDITOR

Debbie Paulk CONTRIBUTING SUCCESS EDITOR

Albert Nuñez, DVM, CVA CONTRIBUTING SPIRITUAL LIFE EDITOR

2 Contributing Green Editor

Michelle Thatcher served as Executive Director of the Association of Florida Conservation Districts, a non-profit organization for the state’s 63 Soil and Water Districts, from 2006-2010. Earlier, she served as Executive Director of Seminole Soil and Water District for four years. She was President of the Friends of Natural Lands and Trails, President Elect of the Florida Conservation District Employee Association, and was an appointed member of the Seminole County Natural Lands committee. Michelle graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in Visual Communications and has worked with several independent film companies and television stations nationwide. Michelle serves as a board member of Keep Seminole Beautiful, Inc. and the Global Climate Change Committee for the Florida League of Women Voters. She is also a co-founder of the U.S. Green Chamber, Inc. Visit: http://usgcc.com.

3 Contributing Health Editor Ramah Wagner, D.C. is a third generation chiropractor with degrees from the University of Iowa and of South Dakota. She received her graduate degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic (the founding college of chiropractic). Watch for Dr. Ramah Wagner’s new book, “The Health of Business - How to Balance Your Life for Greater Return.” Dr. Ramah is available for speaking events and intensives. Visit http://www.DoctorRamah.com or call: 352-589-5443. http://www.HealthOfBusiness.com.

4 Contributing Success Editor Debbie Paulk is founder of Live Your Passion Life Coaching, a certified life coach, clinical hypnotist, NLP master practitioner, Reiki master and workshop facilitator. For more information about services provided or upcoming workshops, visit her website: www.LiveYourPassion.us or contact Debbie at (407)923-0738.

5 Contributing Spiritual Life Editor

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Albert J. Nuñez, DVM, CVA is a lifelong mystic and student of spirituality. He has studied and applied many of the profound practices and tenets of Catholicism, Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Zen, Kabbalah, Paganism, Mysticism, Hinduism, Tantra, energy and sound healing, “Shadow Work,” Kundalini Yoga, many forms of meditation, and Qi Gong. A spiritual and cultural musician and recording artist, his first CD is entitled “Earth School Now.” He is an environmental advocate and educator, nature lover, happy hippy tree-hugger, and rescuer of many baby squirrels. He has been practicing fully integrated and wholistic veterinary medicine for almost 20 years, with two Animal Hospitals in the greater Orlando area. Dr. Al is committed to awakening human beings to their highest self. velo cContact it y him ReadVelocity.com • Raising Consciousness • High Vibrational Living • Since 1998 at 407-897-8555 or visit: myspace.com/animalhospitaloflakemary

FROM THE EDITOR

PURUSHA K. RADHA

Why? Because It No Longer Works and Must Be Changed! Why isn't our money system working

only survive but we thrive by embrac-

something is very wrong with our food,

alistic young Indigo adults of today,

whether it's here in the U. S. or abroad

ing the consciousness of "we" and "us"

our approach to health, and our en-

those who will be our future centurions

in Greece, Spain or Europe, in gener-

rather than "I," "me," and "my."

vironment. It's a wake-up call but the

on planet earth. There are too many

al? Why is the middle class on its way

alarm has been sounding for a long

people with selfish interests to think

out by many observations? Why is the

Maybe it's time for the dogma propa-

time now and we haven't turned it

that our current system can be fixed

Catholic church plagued with scan-

gandized in many ways by established

off. Instead, modern allopathic medi-

or modified enough to get us back on

dal? Why do churches who profess

churches to be disintegrated. Is not

cine keeps using drugs and submit-

track again. Young Indigo adults do

to be led by a loving God shun their

and should not our "church" and our

ting to surgery to treat cancer which

have the answers within them and I

brothers and sisters who are "born

"religion" reside within the holy of holies

they know will in most cases will not

intuitively feel that they will ultimately

this way?" Why is cancer epidemic?

of our very

even cure.

lead us to a beautiful system of gov-

Why is the incidence of autism on an

selves,

Strangely,

ernment where we are not governed

alarming rise? Why are our political

not just on

they

are

but self-govern because we respect

parties at a perpetual impasse and

Sunday or

the

only

ourselves and all life in whatever form

hard-pressed to accomplish anything

Saturday,

ones

al-

for the common good? Why are our

but every

l ow e d

crops riddled with pesticidal chemicals

moment

use

It might have to take a major event to

and genetically spliced with fish and

every

the word

bring about the transformation we all

other animal genes? Why is the U. S.

single day

'cure!' Isn't

feels must occur. On some level we

the most obese country on earth? Why

and be re-

it time to

might be creating that to happen any

do nations lay claim to their natural re-

flected by

return

time now. We all know big changes

sources and erect fences to try to keep

our every

the health-

need to happen. That thought car-

others out?

action? Why do some categorically

care of ancient times where doctors

ried by masses of people will manifest,

refuse to try on the shoes of those we

were paid only if they helped keep us

somehow. It has to.

Have we stopped to think that all of

shun and call them sick and pervert-

well and not for treating sickness?

this is what is supposed to happen at

ed? Is it because we are not thinking

this precise point in time. The money

for ourselves? Is it because we just

Why does one corporation have

us? Because they're supposed to. Be-

system isn't working because it has

blindly take on dogmas preached to

control of almost all our food? When

cause the present way isn't working.

run its course. Maybe there should be

us by certain people in "power?" Even

you control the food, you control the

Because we have written to rebuild,

no such thing as class, the haves and

if we are raised from birth steeped in

people. Isn't it time that we slow down

refashion, and transform it. Certain

the have-nots, exceedingly financially

a certain belief system, when we be-

our lives, let go of the materialism, live

animal species don't live forever. It's

wealthy and those on government as-

come old enough we can and should

as real communities and families, grow

because life is ever-evolving and

sistance. Maybe we should all be one

question our beliefs to see if they truly

crops in our backyards and pick the

changing on all levels. Like animal spe-

family all on the same playing field,

hold up for us. I was raised believ-

unadulterated pure food and eat it

cies, the economic, socio-political and

equal to each other in every way. We

ing in allopathic medicine, but when I

right from the vine? Perhaps it is time

healthcare systems must evolve to

say "all men are created equal." Why

became older and began to question

for the packaged and fast foods to

something higher, some expression of

don't we live by it? Perhaps sharing

many beliefs implanted in me I almost

become unavailable so that everyone

themselves that is in alignment with the

equanimously with each other where

shocked myself when I emphatically

can learn and enjoy the value of true

higher velociities to which we are aris-

neither gold, money nor any kind of

chose to birth my son naturally and at

nutrition. How can these foods speak

ing in this moment. As we go forward,

currency other than fair trade is in-

home.

"vitality?" There's just no way they can.

understand that it is a natural ascend-

it takes.

Why are all these challenges facing

volved in that sharing back and forth.

ing evolution and be unattached to the

Perhaps there truly is only once class

The cancer epidemic should be a sig-

Our political system is proving out to

old ways and material things. In this

of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;the human race made up of

nal to us that something is very wrong

be more a tug of war than a coopera-

way, wee will not only sur-

loving, caring, sharing, compassionate

with our psyches as individuals and as

tive labor of love and service. Maybe

vive, but thrive.

people who understand that we not

a mass consciousness, that perhaps

it is time for it to be rebuilt by the ide-

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◊ LEGACY◊ B Y M I C H E L L E T H AT C H E R N AT I O N A L D I R E C T O R U.S. GREEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTRIBUTING GREEN EDITOR FOR VELOCIT Y MAGAZINE Creating a legacy used to seem like an overly lofty goal--one that only the Ghandis, the Martin Luther Kings, and our presidents could achieve, however after meeting and working with one "ordinary" man named Mike Barr I see things much differently. Mike taught me how to really make a difference in this very large world. Have a Clear Vision When I first met Mike Barr ten years ago, he made it very clear he wanted to make a difference. He truly wanted to leave a legacy and his focus was on the natural environment. His vision was very clear. Take Action Before I ever met Mike, he had volunteered for numerous conservation non-profit organizations and lobbied for causes both in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. In 2002, Mike was elected to the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District (SSWCD), a governmental subdivision of the state of Florida, where he led the creation of over 25 programs focusing on education and conservation of our natural resources. Mike took the SSWCD from a "no name," obscure organization to being one of the leading conservation organizations in the state. As their Executive Director, I had the honor of working with Mike and saw him put in numerous hours and resources in making it a success. Mike was elected as Area Vice President of the Association of Florida Conservation Districts where he helped grow the state organization as well. Mike founded “Keep Seminole Beautiful, Inc." (KSB), a 501c3 non-profit educational organization dedicated to encouraging individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their local communities’ built and natural environments. Mike was one who would get the job done. He took action toward his end goal. Lead by Example As KSB’s Executive Director, Mike was known for his integrity and commitment to serving the public. He was one who led by example, working endlessly on educational conservation programs, road and river clean-ups, conferences, and beautification

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projects around the county. Mike was a huge influence on my own career and the direction I chose. As Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” and Mike led by example. Love What You Do Mike Barr would always share with me how incredibly lucky he was to be able to work his passion. He had fun with every aspect of working toward his end goal. Give Appreciation Mike set the example as he constantly shared others’ success stories, and gave appreciation to those who accomplished the smallest and largest of tasks, crediting all who helped. He always called his completely supportive wife a saint. Gratitude is what delineates the good from the great. This past February, Mike Barr passed away leaving a legacy for present and future generations. He lives on through the organizations he created and the thousands who were touched by his actions, his passion, and his appreciation. Our environmental world will forever benefit because of Mike Barr’s desire to make a difference. Each of us can do the same. It all starts with having a vision.

Michelle Thatcher graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in Visual Communications and has worked with several independent film companies and television stations nationwide. She is currently working with Equinox Documentaries, Inc. as director, producer, and co-writer for a nature/environmental film about her solo kayak journey down the St. Johns River. Michelle serves as a board member of Keep Seminole Beautiful, Inc. and the Global Climate Change Committee for the Florida League of Women Voters. She is also a co-founder of the U.S. Green Chamber, Inc. Visit: http://usgcc.com. Please see ad page 4.

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Getting Self-Sufficient B Y L E K O M A A K AT E

With today’s economy and difficulty obtaining healthy food and water, pollution in the soil, water, air, and the energy around us, many are looking for ways to be more self-sufficient. After leaving a stressful job, I got more heavily into gardening. Gardening was something I enjoyed but had only done on a small scale in recent years. With more time available, I dove in head first. As it turned out, it was not only a great therapeutic tool for emotional and physical relaxation, but it became a great source of food that made it easier to live with my decreased income. Eventually, almost all the vegetables I was eating were those I could grow in that season. It is not only more healthy, but it decreased my carbon footprint tremendously. My grocery bills went down, and the food was still alive when I ate it, fresh from the yard. The food scraps went into the compost pile which was later put back into the garden for boosting nutrition and microorganisms. Saving seeds to start my own plants and dividing plants made it self-supporting. Before moving to Florida, I had a source for excellent water from a well but not so here. After doing the research, Berkey water purifiers won. They can clean the dirtiest water from any lake, mud hole or swamp, even municipal water! They are the best value for the money, require no electricity, no plumbing, and are easily transported. The bonus of taking out the chemicals, parasites, heavy metals, pathogens, fluoride, arsenic, etc. and leaving in the minerals the body needs is great tasting water. The purification elements for a basic unit for a house that uses one gallon of water per day for drinking, cooking, etc. will last over 16 years and the arsenic/ fluoride elements will last over 2.7 years. This is a bargain and a must for emergency situations. If a storm knocks out utilities, we can adjust to no air conditioning, but we can’t live very long without clean water. For basic transportation, a bicycle is optimal. You can even get a tricycle or a four wheeled, four-seater with windshields and roofs. If you want to go further, solar powered, motorized bicycles and carts are available. Battery powered devices, lights, radio, TV, fans, etc. are also accessible. Some have hand crank generators and others include solar power. Keep a supply of rechargeable batteries with a solar powered battery charger. Even solar powered landscape lights can be used for indoor lighting. You can also get solar power for your whole house. With a little creativity and research, you may be surprised at how self-sufficient you can be. Lekoma Akate has a Master of Science from Louisiana State University and a Master of Education from the University of New Orleans. He has studied health and nutrition for over 30 years and is owner of SowingLite. com. He is a Berkey water purifier distributor. Please see ad this page.

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and shift that energy into something positive and productive.

“You cannot change the world, but you can present the world with one improved person: yourself.” [Alberto Casing]

Unfortunately, it often takes chaos or disaster for us to finally wake up and make When thinking some changes in about the new world life. Why wait until we are creating, too then? Stop living in many negative things fear and learn to emcome to mind–geBY DR. STEPHANIE IRZYK, DOM brace change. Know netically modified that you are capable opportunity for change.” It is through food, electromagnetof achieving anything with the right atic fields, pollution, chemicals, prescrip- the chaotic times in our life that we are titude. Write a list of goals you would signaled to create change so that we may tion medications–and the list goes on. like to achieve, whether big or small, and While we can’t hide from everything, we survive. meditate on them. You will be amazed at can learn to make small changes that will how many of those goals you will be able With so much negativity in the world make our world and our lives better. to check off in the future. today, it is easy to fall into the trap of In the negative and chaotic world we negative thinking. For instance, the maMany of us tend to get stuck in the past live in, we must learn how to shift this jority of news stories today are centered and dwell on the things that cannot be around violence, hate, crime, prejudice, energy into something great. As one of changed in life instead of focusing on the my teachers always said, “Chaos is the political arguments, and more negativity. here and now, taking one day at a time. It We are often influtakes much more energy to be frustrated enced by the peoand angry than to be peaceful and happy. ple we surround We must make the effort to challenge ourselves with: ourselves daily and remind ourselves: too many Eeyores (“Thanks for notic“IF YOU WANT TO BE SAD, ing me…”), gosLIVE IN THE PAST. sipers, and Debbie IF YOU WANT TO BE ANXIOUS, Downers. In order to become successLIVE IN THE FUTURE. ful in anything we IF YOU WANT TO BE PEACEFUL, do in life, we must LIVE IN THE NOW.” learn to tune out the noise and think Stephanie Irzyk, DOM, AP (NCCAOM) gradpositively. Some- uated Summa Cum Laude with a Masters of times we need to Science in Oriental Medicine and Bachelor of Science in Professional Health Studies from the put our blinders on Florida College of Integrative Medicine. She has and shut out the completed advanced certifications and extensive world around us study in Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis that doesn’t want and Contemporary Oriental Medicine®. Stephaus to be happy and nie focuses on incorporating the knowledge of successful. Hap- Classical Chinese Medicine with a contemporary approach to cater to the needs of our induspiness and success trialized society. She also utilizes her knowledge come with much adversity, how- of Classical Chinese Herbology to prescribe the most powerful herbal formulas individualized ever we must learn to each patient’s unique condition. Please see ad to shut out those this page. negative influences

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Looking Backward for a Greater Future B Y D AW N G AT E S A lot of things are happening right now. The earth as a planet and as a spiritual vehicle are moving fast towards a great awakening. Part of this great awakening is to actually look to our past and remember what worked and what didn’t. In this new world we will be led towards enlightenment in all facets of our lives whether we believe in spiritual matters or not. The teachers in this new world are already leading. They are opening organic co-ops, teaching natural healing classes, leading spiritual circles, instructing at the local yoga studio or recycling and shopping for organic foods. What is it that you desire to see in this new world? A place filled with world peace? A place where organic food is the norm? A place where you feel unafraid to walk outside at night? All of these things are possible. All it takes are a few leaders and teachers to create change. You may be one of them. One of my online herbal students in Minot, North Dakota, who has a hard time getting organic produce or herbal medicines in her little town has become a leader and teacher. She has created a half-acre organic medicinal herb and vegetable community garden. She grows the food and herbs during the summer and in the fall and winter she teaches classes on how to use them and create herbal medicine. I have a co-worker from India who recently shared all about the Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera) and how it can be used for food and medicine. I have wanted to grow one for several years for food but after hearing all the ways in which it has been used for medicinal healing in my friend's family I want one even more. Six of us listened to our co-worker tell stories of the ways in which the Moringa tree can be used and though she might not have thought herself a teacher, my friend certainly was. Part of moving forward is looking backward to see what has worked and what hasn't. I am finding a large number of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and other medical professionals are coming to my herbal school realizing that we shouldn’t have to risk coma, cancer, or death just so we can open a jar of pickles. They are being drawn back to older, natural healing modalities that don’t have fatal side-effects. The integration of natural and modern allopathic healing is beginning to become the normal. These professionals will be some of our teachers and leaders as we enter this new world. I encourage you to find what your inner strength is, whether it be to teach about recycling or to lead people towards world peace. Once you've identified it, then DO IT and help lead our world into a better place. Since 1994, Dawn Gates, Master Herbalist, aromatherapist, flower essence and gemstone elixir practitioner, has studied natural healing. She has herb and aromatherapy consulting offices in Paisley, Deland, and Orlando, Florida. Her school, The Live Oak School of Natural Healing, offers herbalist certification courses both in classroom and online. Visit: http://dawnsenchantedgarden. com or call for a consult. In Lake County, call 352-669-1963 and in the Orlando region, call 407967-6042. Please see Dawn’s ad this page. Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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Returning to a Simpler Life BY COLLEEN GORDON

We are creating a new world. What exactly does that mean? It used to mean that we worked hard, acted responsibly, and improved the world for the next generation. To do so we showed perseverance, reliance on ourselves, stopped expecting handouts, and educated our children so that they had a brighter future, but the way things are going right now, we could end up in as dismal a state as Europe. As the world changes so dramatically from the way it was when I grew up, we must adapt to those changes in every aspect of life. Exactly how do we do that? Draw back, circle the wagons, and protect your own. I have become very introspective in the last decade and have come up with some ideas and suggestions for how we can still make a difference in the small microcosm made up of our family, our friends and our local community.

*We recommend that all health issues be discussed with your veterinarian, and that your pet has a thorough examination by a qualified veterinarian.

Colleen Gordon has been helping pets and owners with behavior and health issues since 2000. If you have questions or just want to listen to other pet owners’ concerns, check out Colleen’s radio show on Sundays from 1-2 p.m. on Leesburg’s AM790. Call in to 352-787-9523 and Colleen Gordon of All Paws Pet Talk will answer your questions. Colleen is a pet communicator, pet Reiki/massage therapist and herbalist. She is president and founder of Healing For Pets and is committed to improving the health and the lives of pets and their owners. Visit http:// www.healingforpets.com or email healing forpets@ yahoo.com. Call 407-446-4315 and please see ad this page.

* Spend more time with family, friends, and pets. * Learn to live on less of everything, including money. * Keep your resources in your local community. * Let go of grudges and old resentments. * Mend bridges and forgive hurt feelings. * Make more home-cooked meals. * Walk more, and enjoy nature. * Draw, paint, write, sing, dance, and create! * Take your pets on day trips to the beach. * Plant herbs in the garden--especially catnip, says my kitten! * Make room in your heart and your life for new friends and new pets. * Cuddle more with your pets and enjoy every precious moment. * Volunteer more at your local hospice, nursing home, or pet shelter. * Sponsor game night at your home and invite friends. * Learn from your pets how to love more and forgive more.

Perhaps we can learn from the older generations who had less material possessions but seemed to have more generosity of spirit. Maybe it is time to turn back the hands of time and live a simple life, filled with love, warmth, compassion, abundance of heart, and a nurturing soul. ©2012 Healing For Pets, LLC. All rights reserved. Content may be reproduced in whole by special permission of author.

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Like Owner g Like Pet BY JO MALDONADO It creeps up on you, day by day, minute by minute. Bills have to be paid. The family tugs for attention. Housework has to be done. Work is piling up. People relationships are gnawing at you. Health challenges arise. Before you know it, you’re running at least five different compartments in your brain at the same time: What to do now, what to do in a few minutes, what to do today, what to do this week, what to do this month, and then there’s what you should have done yesterday, and what happens if what I do in the future doesn’t pan out the way I think it will? Before you know it, you march in through the door, throw down your keys and start barking orders. You wonder, why is your family snapping at YOU? You didn’t say anything to them, right? You cast a glance in the corner of the room and see your dog who appears to be hiding. Your cat is nowhere to be found. All of a sudden it hits you: You’ve created and perfected STRESS. Your animals are just responding to how you deal with stress.

calm. I have adapted the technique of hypnosis to help animal owners get into the proper state of mind necessary to make the shift to calm. The technique helps one to arrive at an altered state thereby open-

There many ways to control your stress level: meditating, listening to calming music, reading, painting, pursuing hobbies. All will be helpful if coupled with a plan of behavioral and mental changes. I have seen miraculous changes in both people and animals as a result of this shifting. Both pet and owner win!

A pet owner in a state of stress results in problematic behavior and health of their animals. In some cases it can exacerbate a sooner death of their animal. On the other hand, I have witnessed “miracles” of health, wellness, recovery, and transformed behaviors and attitudes of animals after a quick session with their owners who had “shifted” and become more

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ing the mind to changing its perspective. Conscious as well as deeply rooted subconscious perspectives have to change to make this shift possible. For example, picture the horrific scene of a dog fight where your dog is the target of other dogs. You step in to defuse the fight and ultimately save your dog, but then your dog’s behavior changes. He becomes aggressive towards and fearful of other dogs. Whenever you take out the leash, his behavior changes, becoming a larger scale problem. Getting a dog trainer to rework the dog’s behavior is only one part of the solution. Consider that your dog can read your stress level based on your behavior, body language, tone of voice, body mechanics, and thoughts. YOU play a significant role in his behavior. Your dog reflects and responds to YOU! To change your dog's behavior, you must change your own perspective.

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Create the World You Live In, Quite Literally BY JULIE NORRIS, CONTRIBUTING COMMUNITY EDITOR I made that little girl and the vintage dress she's wearing. Greywolf made Maya's baby bling and a little girl crocheted the hat.

Human beings are a creative species. We

are immensely powerful in our ability to put our talents to use and the world is beginning to wake up to understanding the tremendous impact we have with where we focus our efforts. Many creative acts such as growing and preparing our own food, making medicine and constructing shelter have been externalized by industrialization, along with crafting household items like furniture, clothes, and even entertainment. This outsourcing has replaced the ultimate creative acts of conception, birth, and feeding our young with the advent of test-tube babies, surrogate mothers, elective C-sections, and formula now replacing mother's breast milk for a majority of babies.

and went through several weeks of near panic at the realization that I had no idea what to do with myself. Alarmed that I apparently had nothing in my life I was passionate about, I was more determined than ever to break out of a numb existence.

ing and I get crafty on a regular basis. This year, I am determined to learn how to play a musical instrument and find my voice so that I can make sweet music, too. I take much better care of the things I make myself, save tons of money, and live a life custom crafted by me, for me. We are all artists, each and every one of us. It's up to each of us to create the world we live in, quite literally. Julie Norris, consultant, writer, adventurer and ecopreneur is co-proprietor of Dandelion Communitea Café, co-founder of the Progressive Local Alliance for Community Enrichment (PLACE) and serves on the board of Slow Food Orlando. She’s the host of Front Porch Radio and blogs about natural parenting. More on her ventures at http://dandelioncommunitea.com, http://julienorris.wordpress.com, http://ourlando. org, http://frontporchradio.com and http://gaiamama.net. See ad this page.

For many, the most creative act available to them is their ability to purchase something. I put money here and, voila! Food! Shoes! Movies! The act of spending gives a fleeting sense of accomplishment, but it is often without long-term satisfaction. Coming from a shopaholic household, I've discovered that when I have an impulse to pop into T. J. Maxx for a hot minute, I force myself to go home and make something with my own hands instead, and the trick is to do it artfully. Simply making a meal for myself doesn't satisfy like dining by candlelight with beautifully presented food.

Reading and listening to cd's was one of the first things I tried which was nice, but I found it was still just a distraction. I was being entertained instead of being an active participant in sharing my gifts with the world. Fumbling in my bag of tricks, I reconnected with the art of cooking and entertaining friends. Dinner parties I knew how to do. Gardening was a natural exeat tension of this for local me and ignited a sense of empowerorganic ment and excitehomemade ment that gave me something to look eco-friendly forward to every day--from building vegetarian the garden beds healthy to choosing the plant arrangement and mix, watching seeds sprout, grooming them into maturity, and picking cucumbers, and tomatoes, and basil off the vine, and making them into a feast for my friends. 618 n thornton ave

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“We want to spread joy and happiness all around the world!” What a beautiful and meaningful declaration.

cessors have supported us with what we need. What should we be leaving for the generations to come?

Our hope is that those Many people busy themwith influence in society selves building houses for can transform culture, Habitat for Humanity. morals, kindness, and Their kind deeds provide beauty into seeds of joy homes for others, spreadand spread them around ing joy in the world. the world. We also hope There are those who give the general public can congenerously to the needy. vert their goals, diligence, In helping others they, and skills into seeds of too, are spreading happihappiness and pass them BY VENERABLE MASTER HSING YUN ness in the world. There on to future generations to are ordinary people who follow. We hope that those are honest and hardworkwho are passionate about the Dharma. Had it not been for these ing at their jobs, and also people who hold past sages and saints spreading joy and teaching others contribute to education, high ideals and are passionate in contrib- happiness, we would not be able to enjoy those who are charitable spread compasuting to society. They are all spreading joy the spiritual shelter they have all provided sion, those who are generous share their around the world. Our community relies us with to live happy and secure lives to- advantages, and those who are energetic on people like them to provide warmth day. As the saying goes, “The predeces- devote their efforts to helping others. and support. They set an example for all sors plant the trees, and those coming of us. Furthermore, like seeds planted in after enjoy the cool shade.” Our prede- The qualities we were born with always soil that grow, blossom, and serve a purpose in life. We bear fruit, words of praise should not harm any sentient also can spread joy for many, beings. We should not damage enhancing the beauty of the the environment, or depart world. from good causes that help protect the earth. Instead, we We should leave kind words should spread joy and happiin the world! ness around the world, which We should leave good deeds is our prime responsibilin the world! ity toward humanity as world We should leave ethics in the citizens. Even a small flower world! spreads joy with its fragrance, We should leave merit and and a little bird brings happiaccomplishments in the ness with its singing. Condiworld! ments add flavor to food and oil lubricates an engine. As The compassionate Avaloksupreme living beings, how itesvara Bodhisattva spread can we not spread joy in the compassion and lovingworld? kindness in the world. KsitiAdditional writings garbha Bodhisattva went to and publications by the midst of hell to free those Venerable Master Hssuffering there. Confucius ing Yun may be obtraveled around the differtained through Fo ent regions of China to teach Guang Shan Guang Ming Temple, 6555 Hoffner Ave., and spread the seeds of eduOrlando, FL 32822, or through cation. The Buddha traversed Buddha’s Light Publishing at http:// the five regions of ancient Inblpusa.com. Please see ad this page. dia to spread the wisdom of

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feeling fatigued no matter what you do? BY DONIA MITCHELL

Are you feeling fatigued no matter what you do? You may be suffering from a syndrome commonly known as adrenal fatigue. Our lives are filled with stress that never seems to let up. The different stressors we experience are handled by our adrenal glands, two small walnutsized glands that sit atop the kidneys and provide cortisol to the body stimulating the fight or flight response we experience during heightened periods of stress. Everyday stress created by our response to our careers, family lives, and illness can wreak havoc on this fight or flight response, lowering our ability to cope with stress and causing our adrenal glands to become fatigued. Adrenal fatigue usually goes undiagnosed because the symptoms are so varied they could easily be attributed to a wide variety of illnesses. Adrenal fatigue results from a lower cortisol production caused by overworked adrenal glands and is thereby harder to pinpoint in a diagnosis. Symptoms of adrenal fatigue include mood shifts, overwhelming fatigue, difficulty sleeping, inability to cope with stress, recurrent infections, fuzzy thinking, low sex drive, marked irritability, craving sugary and salty foods, caffeine dependency, and weight gain. But don’t feel discouraged. There are ways to change your diet and lifestyle to support a healthier adrenal function that

can make you feel normal again. Here is a list of herbs and plants that can easily be incorporated into your lifestyle supplement and nourish exhausted adrenals. Astragalus:

helps to combat fatigue by nourishing the adrenal glands. Reishi mushroom: supports healthy adrenal function and relieves chronic fatigue syndrome. Licorice: stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce larger amounts of cortisone and aldosterone. It is also nourishing to the adrenal glands.

and feel more energized again. Including foods like kelp, parsley and rosehips in your diet can also help to relieve adrenal weakness. All of these supplements can be taken ei-

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Relaxing exercises like yoga and Qi Qong are great ways to help your body cope with stress. Try to find ways to relax and get away from stressful situations like going for a walk or taking a hot bath with lavender oil. With just a few minor changes in your diet and lifestyle you can support your body’s ability to handle stress Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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ecoming pregnant can be an emotional roller coaster for many women. Reducing stress is vital, especially for those utilizing medically assisted technologies, yet it is rarely addressed. Stress can tell the body, “WRONG time to become pregnant.” Honestly Evaluate Present Life Conditions An exhausted body and a mind consumed with worry or frustration because of situations like long work hours, strained relationships, miscarriage, financial difficulties, etc. rob a woman’s body of the very energy needed for conception. Address the Origins of Stress The most important step in stress reduction is to identify and process emotional issues that are generating stress in day-to-day life and creating blocks in our lives, including fertility. The majority of stress comes from our unprocessed issues, past and present. Our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs have a direct impact on the biology within our bodies. For some, this can result in unexplained infertility. For example, my hypnofertility client discovered a part of her was blocking conception due to childhood sexual abuse. She had done counseling work to resolve the trauma, but there were remnants remaining. One block within her was the fear of leaving her children in the care of others while she worked, potentially exposing them to sexual abuse. She subconsciously made a decision within herself to protect her children by simply NOT allowing herself to conceive.

Reduce Stress. Here's How BY MICHELLE SMITH do together, provides a relaxation tool to use during medical procedures, and elicits the relaxation response. This response counteracts the body’s physical and emotional response to stress, allowing it to return to a calm, relaxed state. It causes a measurable decrease in heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, muscle tension, and stress hormone levels and it paves the way for immune and hormonal systems to return to normal. Focus on a Nutritious Diet Create the proper environment before conception. Diet plays a key role in fertility. Begin by eliminating tobacco and alcohol as well as coffee, caffeine, soft drinks, and artificial sweeteners. These are all things best avoided during pregnancy. Excellent resources are The Fertility Diet by Chavarro and Willet and http://beebabywise.com

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Exercise with Fertility in Mind Yoga is excellent. Walking, swimming, and moderate bike riding are also good activities. Excessive exercise causes the body to produce adrenaline which it cannot distinguish from the stress of a lifethreatening situation. It moves the body into flight or fight and out of conception mode. Work with an Acupuncturist Acupuncture elicits the relaxation response and focuses on correcting imbalances and energy disruptions in the body that can be interfering with conception. Receive a Maya Uterine Massage When the uterus is out of alignment it can interfere with conception. For example, a tilted uterus can cause a twist in the fallopian tube. For more information visit: http://fertilitymassageorlando.com. Michelle A. Smith, CHt, HBCE, CHCI, HBFC, CCA is a practicing staff member of the Hypnotic Research Society, Inc., and the founder/director of Birth Ease and The Birth Ease Method. Since 2001, Michelle has been assisting women, babies, and families through a sub-specialization in childbirth and fertility hypnosis. Her clinical expertise is enhanced in her years of experience as a midwifery birth assistant, doula, and as a childbirth, lactation, and parent educator. Please see ad previous page and this page, right.

Practice Self-Hypnosis/ Meditation I find that when one of my clients practices self-hypnosis and meditation on a daily basis it reinforces the work we

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The Energy Science of Pranic Healing BY CO N N I E W I L L I A M S, M.E D.

What kind of vehicle do you drive? Maybe it is a large, fuel devouring SUV. It gets a big job done yet runs out of gas all too soon. Is it a speedy, sporty model that moves super fast yet also needs frequent refueling? Or is it a hybrid vehicle which is able to go a long distance with minimal investment? Have you realized that our body is a vehicle, too? In yoga, we sometimes refer to our mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical bodies as vehicles. They are all interconnected through the energy

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body and chakra system. The chakra system was discovered by the yogis of India well over 2000 years ago. These energy masters realized that the body and the brain need to be constantly charged and refueled. They cleansed and recharged through the breath, yoga asanas or poses, and meditation. Proper diet and rest were valued to a high degree. How do we cleanse and fuel our lives? Maybe it is time to upgrade the fuel consciousness of our personal world. First, we can be mindful that the energy of our thoughts,

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our emotions, and our physical bodies all function as one interconnected unit. This is the premise underlying Energy Science. This vital life force energy is also known as chi, prana, and ki. It is the fuel in our lives--the fuel for our energy body. We cannot separate the physical body from the energy body. We can no longer ignore or devalue this concept in medicine, education, relationships, and personal well-being.

Chakras function like organs, cleansing and energizing the system. Each of the 11 major chakras is responsible for a particular area or areas of the physical body. The chakras also correlate with the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual.

Looking at the beautiful complexity that is us, we need to invest in several kinds of fuel, not just one. To better understand, we need to be aware that we live in an energy body which has anatomical structures. This energy body is composed of meridians, chakras, and health rays. The meridians carry energy throughout the body much like the veins and arteries.

Take the basic chakra, for example. This chakra or energy center is located at the base of the spine. It is responsible for cleansing, energizing, and maintaining the health of the entire musculoskeletal system. A star athlete will have a strong basic chakra filled with vital energy. The basic chakra is also related to survival-physically and financially. Bill Gates is an example of a

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person with a highly energized basic chakra. As people grow older, the basic chakra tends to become depleted and smaller. As a result, the bioplasmic energy body becomes depleted and the physical body can only follow. For healthy aging and the maintenance of optimal health throughout life the entire energy system needs constant refueling Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s explore the fuels we need for a fully charged tank.

Rest We need to provide the body with regular rest that is both deeply relaxing and rejuvenating. If our energy body is cleansed and ready for sleep after a long day of work the body will awake refreshed and highly charged. The brain will be alert and flowing with creative ideas. The heart will be filled with peace and the day will be perceived as full of promise. In the Energy Science of Pranic Healing, we disconnect from draining energy connections and take baths with salt and lavender oil in the evening. Lavender oil, popularly used as an aid to relaxation, is also energetically cleansing by nature.

Diet This is very simple. Eat fresh, whole, living food as often as possible. Avoid processed and overly cooked foods which provide very little prana or fuel for the body and brain. Be aware that each food has its own vibration and color of prana. Each color in the spectrum has properties associated

with it such as heating, cooling, cleansing, expelling, etc. If you still enjoy eating meat, then make a conscious choice to avoid pork, catfish and eel. These have been found to be energetically heavy and sticky.

school students. Promising benefits are being found in persons with autism. For more information on Superbrain Yoga, please see http://learnsuperbrainyoga.com.

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Taking time to meditate is so easy yet so challenging for many of us. With a wide variety of meditation techniques to choose from we can find one that we enjoy. Documented benefits of meditation include but are not limited to decreases in chronic pain, blood pressure, depression, anxiety, anger, post-operative complications and increases in fertility, self-esteem, sleep, vision, inner peace and so on. The Meditation on Twin Hearts is a 20-minute guided meditation by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui.2 The meditation is a synthesis of several ancient meditation techniques. Research has shown increases in both serotonin and melatonin levels. As a result of regular practice, the chakras are cleansed and energized thereby fueling the entire system with fresh energy. Regular practitioners report increased joy, happiness, inner peace, spirituality, and health.

Exercise regularly and choose a method that makes the body happy. While exercise such as running and weightlifting are very good, they only partially cleanse the stress and stagnant energy from the system. Practices such as yoga, qigong and tai chi target both the physical body and energy body. Modified Tibetan exercises and modified Mentalphysics1 exercises are easy to do and are highly energizing. A program that incorporates an exercise for the energy body with an exercise that encourages perspiration would be ideal. Sweat, by the way, has orange prana which is expelling in nature. Physical toxins and energetic toxins are expelled from the body when we perspire.

Brain Fuel We also need to exercise and fuel the brain. One of the simplest ways is Superbrain Yoga. Research has found the daily practice of Superbrain Yoga to increase alpha brain waves as well as to highly energize and balance both hemispheres of the brain. There is documentation of increased attention and focus, increased memory, and improved standardized test scores in middle 1 The teachings of Mentalphysics (http://mentalphysics.net) combine ancient universal truths, breathing exercises, diet control, recognizing and working with one's individual chemistry, exercises, and meditation.

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Pranic Fuel for the Energy Body The bioplasmic, or energy body and chakras can exhibit three conditions: balance, energetic depletion, or energetic congestion. A state of balance is what we strive for. Energetic depletion is not enough prana or energy to sustain the system resulting in fatigue, depression, and physical ail2 See http://pranichealing.org

ments. Energetic congestion is caused by blockages or stagnation in the system. Stress contributes hugely to energetic congestion. Anger, irritability, and anxiety are all energies of emotional congestion. We can learn how to scan these conditions, then cleanse and energize the aura and chakras with prana from the air, sun, ground, and other spiritual sources. The Energy Science of Pranic Healing is a highly practical and effective system used all over the globe by medical practitioners and laypersons with great success. Techniques and knowledge that are easily learned and incorporated into a busy lifestyle will forever change our personal world. Connie Williams, M.Ed., is a Senior Certified Pranic Healing Instructor based in Pensacola, Florida. She studied directly with the founder of Pranic Healing and Arhatic Yoga, Grand Master Choa Kok Sui. Connie is also a Speech and Language Pathologist and a Sivananda Certified Yoga Instructor. Connie works with children, including those on the autism spectrum and is engaged in research combining traditional treatment modalities with energy modalities. She is involved in the evolution of current educational systems, presenting nationally and internationally on education and therapeutic energy interventions for students, teachers, and parents. She has coauthored a guide designed to assist parents and teachers in expanding energy awareness into educational systems and several childrens' books on energy and meditation. She is a Continuing Education Service Provider for nurses, social workers, massage therapists and acupuncture physicians. She teaches Pranic Healing courses regularly in Orlando. Please see ad previous page.

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Transcending Ego A Meditation for an Interconnected World BY DAV I D B OTS F O R D

In a seated position, breathe deeply, in and out from the abdomen to center. Direct attention to the root chakra at the base of the spine for two minutes. Next, start to let your focus of attention roam through the body, while at the same time keeping a little awareness on the root chakra. If the attention drifts from the root chakra, bring it back to both the root chakra and the body. Continue doing this for three minutes. Now tune in to the sounds in the room. Focus on the most prominent sound for a few seconds. On becoming aware of that sound, say, ‘Rising.’ Continue for two minutes. Now release that sound and be aware of whatever sound next enters awareness most strongly. Again, say, ‘Rising.’ Next, shift your attention to the moment any sound vanishes completely. When that happens, say, ‘Disappeared.’ Repeat for two minutes. The aim is to be aware of all audible sounds as a unity. Next, bring the root chakra, the roaming body awareness, and sound together into your consciousness. At any moment, one may be more prominent in awareness than others, but eventually the moment will arise when sound, the root chakra, and the roaming body awareness merge into a single flow of activity in consciousness.

ne of the best-selling spiritual books of the twenty-first century is Eckhart Tolle’s, A New Earth. Tolle explains the false role of the ego and calls for a ‘new earth’ involving expanded consciousness: "'A new heaven' is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness, and 'a new earth' is its reflection in the physical realm.... The new earth arises as more and more people discover that their main purpose in life is to bring the light of consciousness into this world and so use whatever they do as a vehicle for consciousness."1 It took me some years–even after beginning work as a hypnotist--to really take on board the concept of a transformed consciousness which transcends the limits of ego. If I transcend my ego, won’t other people take advantage of me? And if we’re all living in maya, the great illusion, does that mean the pile of past-due bills is also an illusion? Does that mean the sign at the gas station showing gas at nearly $4 a gallon is an illusion? Gradually, it becomes clear that it is precisely this shift in consciousness which enables the individual to act more effectively in the world. Here is a meditation intended, through regular practice, to enable the dissolving of our limited sense of self and open the door to expanded consciousness.

1 Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, Plume/Penguin, New York, 2005, pp. 23, 299-300.

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By repetition, an awareness of the underlying unity of all things will be cultivated. David Botsford is a hypnotist and intuitive/psychic reader in the Four Corners area of central Florida and author of Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation. His websites are http://4cornershypnosis.com, http://4cornersintuitive.com and http://selfhypnosiscd.com. David can be reached at 863-420-3634. Please see ad this page.

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y initial efforts in attempting to manifest my desires (creating relationships, money, and health, for example) all met with failure, and I am not alone in this. Private conversations with fellow lightworkers disclosed their often disappointing results. A professional colleague once stated that about every other week a person came in to her spiritual counseling practice having experienced failure, often ruined by their unsuccessful attempts to use the principles of “The Secret” (i.e. Law of Attraction). Have we not all wondered why our earth is engulfed in darkness, chaos, materialism, and negativity in general, in spite of both individual and group efforts by lightworkers to bring in more light, love, and spiritual values to our beautiful planet? Why is this so?

from the soul level for the good of all. The Master Djwahl Kuhl cautioned would-be practitioners of white magic of the temptations to “create, control, and acquire” for selfish aims. True co-creation or white magic means aligning our personal will with spiritual or Divine Will, and using visualization and coherent thought-forms to manifest here on earth the light, love, goodwill, right human relations, sharing (of wealth and resources), social justice, equality, tolerance, and universality in the NEW WORLD WE ARE NOW CREATING.

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Also, and most importantly, intelligent ACTION must follow our mental intentions and plans. Rendering effective SERVICE on the To begin, we must first achieve physical plane is vital and B Y R E V. A N D R E W C E K U N personality integration. For essential in the process example, a person becoming of co-creation. Mental aware of the connection that activity (no matter how energy follows thought finds that their mental intentions never noble the vision) was never intended to replace hard work, efbecome manifested. This is because their emotional natures are fort, and striving. This kind of mastery is one of the purposes of interfering with their plans formed on the mental level. They incarnating in a physical body. are not yet functioning at the level they affirm so readily. Our ultimate purpose is to co-create together, in united effort, Next, we must examine our motives. Are abundance and pros- a new world and a new earth, eventually eradicating from the perity consciousness merely buzzwords for materialism? We globe all ignorance, suffering, and sorrow, and spiritually civilizmust use caution in using spiritual principles to fulfill our in- ing the earth and making of it a heaven–a sacred planet. dividual desires, or for personal gain. Perhaps sufficiency will replace abundance as the more selfless goal of spiritual seekers The Rev. Andrew Cekun is an esoteric Astrologer and Teacher. A student of the Ageless Wisdom teachings for 30 years, he educates about the Path of in the future. In the Ageless Wisdom teachings the technique of co-creation is referred to as white magic where the practitioner creates thought-forms

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Accelerated Spiritual Evolution, and the Planetary Initiation of 2012. His astrological specialty is to identify one’s soul purpose, and to recognize and utilize periods of spiritual challenge and opportunity.

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Dream a New Dream Let's Make It Beautiful!

I think I want to sing!–A new song, a new dream, a new world because the present world I’ve created could be improved. We’ve spent so much time and energy preparing for 2012. What a pump up! I don’t know about you, but since I can remember people

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have been talking about the end of the world. Maybe it’s time to stop putting so much energy and belief into the old dark dreams written down in ancient books so long ago. Is Armageddon right here, right now? All this preparation for end, for fear…

enough? Will there be famine? Hunger? Long-

one will fix it. They’ll share. They'll be fair. They’ll

for fear of the end, apocalypse. The Mayans said

ing? Disease? A scream! Hide? Wait? Maybe

stop the war. They’ll end injustice. They’ll stop the

so. Ain’t it so? Should I quit my job? Retire? End the

tomorrow?

It’s coming. RED ALERT…unsustain-

heartlessness. Maybe a miracle will happen.

pain? Run away? Build a bunker? Stockpile? Is there

able… Maybe one day, they’ll play nice. Some-

Maybe they’ll get their moral compass back.

W H AT I F T H E R E I S N O ' T H E Y ? ' M AY B E ' T H E Y ' A R E M E !

What if the end and the beginning are now? Maybe the power, my power,

the world is that it gives us a contrast for the kind of world we would like to

is not that powerless! The old dream is half the way gone, ending anytime

dream into existence.

now. Get ready–apocalypse now? Is this the year? How do I explain a Mayan nightmare, oligarchy, pollution, unfairness, and selfishness to my babies?

Be the one that awakes in the middle of the dream and makes it beautiful. When my children have an unpleasant dream I wake them up… "Hey little mijo

If it’s true that all reality is a dream, if it's true that we collectively create then

y mija, my little ones, it’s just a bad dream… a mantra… watch it float away…

when is it not the time to start to collectively live the new dream? What if it

here, let’s paint it, let’s make it beautiful, sustainable… share."

was as easy as acknowledging what we would like to change in the world we’ve created and then collectively move towards those improvements? So

Be here now. Help the others. They’re you! Build, dream, plant, create, end

much mental energy has been spent waiting for some terrible event that

the ugly story, create a new pretty dream that's grateful, real beautiful, full of

would end it all and help us cop out of having to improve the place where we

peace, radiant, abundant, smart, green, cooperative, open, friendly. You’re

all coexist. It’s so easy to blame 'them' for everything that’s gone sour in the

real. Get up should you fall again. Ugly dream is over, baby! No excuses. Be

world, but it is the realization that 'they' are 'we the people' that is liberating!

your potential, your hero!

In order for this collective dream to improve “I” must awaken in all of us. We are 'they.' Wake up! To the degree that we stop blaming 'them' for everything that goes wrong with the world and begin to accept the current reality as a condensation of our collective old dream, then we can begin to change the quality of the old dream into something more pleasant and more beautiful. Halfway through 2012, I wonder: Do I tell my children not to live and thrive because some old book says the end is near or do I empower them by teaching them that the dreams they hold in their minds and the emotions they feel in their hearts shape their reality? If we focus on beauty and gratitude that is what the world becomes. The power and beauty of what we don’t like in

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Give the nightmare a powerless face and dream a new dream.

Dr. Al Nuñez is a lifelong mystic and student of spirituality. He has studied and applied many of the profound practices and tenets of Catholicism, shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Zen, Kabbalah, paganism, mysticism, Hinduism, tantra, energy and sound healing, “Shadow Work,” kundalini yoga, many forms of meditation, and Qi Gong. Dr. Al is committed to awakening human beings to their highest selves. Albert J. Nuñez, DVM, CVA has owned Animal Hospital of Baldwin Park and of Lake Mary since 1995 where he has practiced integrative veterinary medicine combining cutting edge surgery, internal medicine, endoscopy and laser ultrasound with acupuncture, herbal and energy medicine and nutrition for dogs, cats and exotics. He is a graduate of St. Thomas and Ross Universities and the Chi Institute of Veterinary Medicine. See ad for Animal Hospital next page.

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No Matter the Weather ... There Is Peace

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BY CHARLOT TE SPICER

the 1970s, I was a young girl growing up in Philadelphia. The summers were oppressive. The winters were harsh. The world seemed unfair and the weather managed to make life even harder. Everything held some level of threat including the climate inside our home. My dad would seethe about events on the news as though they were personal attacks on him. I was subjected to daily paranoid schizophrenic rants as he demanded of me, a ten-year-old, explanations for why the world was the way it was. The result was a withdrawn teen struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts in a world where I could find no peace.

ment. When tragedy strikes, more than ever, we respond with open hearts and outreached hands to victims of natural disasters, bullying, and hate crimes, and compatriots in tall buildings who are unaware that planes piloted by hatred swiftly approach. These events shed light on lack of awareness, and I believe they’ve served as a wake-up call to bear arms against unconsciousness. They have united and inspired us to change the world…but change begins internally. Right now we are experiencing accelerated growth spurts. For instance, the recent full moon of May 5 triggered awareness on parental levels for many of us. Perceptions of our parents and/or our own parenting methods, to varying degrees, have risen to the forefront of our thoughts to be forgiven. Why now?

In the summer of 1985, I discovered how to release my fear of the world. I forgave it. I realized that things happen to cause us to sit up and pay attention--not so much to the event itself which, in an illusory world, cannot hold much meaning— but to the impact it has on the consciousness of those who witness or experience it. I learned that taking the weather personally, for example, was an impediment to seeing the big picture. Life events are a reflection of consciousness.

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Through forgiveness, we consciously create a world of harmony. No matter the weather, there is peace. Charlotte is a clairvoyant Medium and teacher of A Course in Miracles in Orlando. For information on classes, please visit http://MyYogaFocus.com (The Yoga Center or Orlando's website) or write to charspicer@embarqmail.com. Please see ad for The Yoga Center this page.

2012 is the year of the Ascension. In each of us a higher level of awareness is evolving. How do we facilitate this? We forgive. When seeking clarity, don’t ask, “Why did this happen?” or “Why didn’t they love me?” God cannot answer this as asking

Challenging times, changing economic landscapes and shifting levels of awareness have ushered in a new era, one where selfishness takes a back seat to compassion. Tolerance replaces judg-

‘why’ denotes deserving, and fairness is a childish demand of the ego. To ask then, “What is this for?” is the proper question. To inquire how the purpose of an event, personal or worldly, impacts our level of awareness will bring more results in the form of answers than anything else.

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As the vibration of our planet Mother Earth continues shifting, our ability to bring that which we desire into our lives is rapidly evolving as well. Many of us are awakening to the reality that we are co-creators of our world, while some of us are still questioning the power we have to manifest the abundance, joy, health, and peace we deserve. It is time that we collectively begin to wrap our minds around the fact that we are working together with a universal energy (some call God, others call it Buddha, Krishna, Universe, Nature, Love, no matter the name, it’s all the same), to bring that which we desire into being. Too often we allow ourselves to focus on what we don’t have or don’t want and then we are surprised when we get the opposite of what we are seeking. When we align ourselves with the energy of that which we seek to see, feel, and experience in our lives, we create the space for it to arrive. For exBY K E R I N O L A , L M H C ample, instead of constantly affirming “My life is chaotic,” we can consider saying, “I love peace in my life” or instead of “I have all this debt,” consider a mantra of “I love being debt-free!” Consider sitting down to make a “don’t want” list. Use that list to bring clarity on what is desired and then allow this list to create the language used to bring your desires to fruition.

Manifest the World of Your Dreams

When working on mindful manifestation, keep in mind that if we are not seeing or experiencing the shifts we want, it doesn’t mean manifestation doesn’t work, rather that we may have to dig deeper to find a belief that is keeping us stuck. The fact that most people don’t discuss when talking about the practice of manifestation is the way that our unconscious beliefs of unworthiness can keep us from connecting with that which we desire. When at some level of our consciousness we do not believe we deserve abundant health, wealth, love, and joy, then we unconsciously sabotage those experiences from being a part of our reality. It is when we clear our beliefs of unworthiness and reconnect with our birthrights of love, peace, abundance, and joy, that we can tap into an unfathomable well of potential! For now, may we remember our divine spiritual nature that makes us capable of designing the life of our dreams and give ourselves permission to start building today! Keri Nola, MA, LMHC, holds a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Central Florida and is licensed by the Florida Department of Health (MH9466) to provide psychotherapy services. She is a Neurofeedback Trainer, a Certified Crisis Responder (CCR), an EMDR Institute trained clinician and has significant training in Clinical Sex Therapy. Keri is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Holistic Theology from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. Please see Keri's ad this page.

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A Br ight Inhe r itance for t he Earth B Y R AY N A TA M A R I N A N G E L E R I G A R C I A “I believe the children are our future; Teach them well and let them lead the way” [ from the song The Greatest Love of All, written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed; popularized by Whitney Houston ]

We’re phasing between two worlds. New generations brave the leading edge assisting the process. The children are our future. The New Children of the twenty-first century who chose to be ‘here and now’ during this time of change are, in fact, working fulltime for the shift of this world. The tipping point has been reached for the Real-people and Real-world to release old un-Real agendas and ideas that were not part of Original Creation. This is a ‘weeding-of-theGarden’ where everyone is asked to self-evaluate and choose to become Real or fall into illusion. What is the “new age?” It’s the celestial seasonal progression into the sun’s spring equinox. What happens when something springs up? It rises from the ground level. Because we’ve been spiritually erect before (in the beginning) with all chakras aligned, this is a resurrection of the sun. (Sound familiar?) In springtime we come out of our caves to view the sun, metaphorically, lifting the veils. As the sun moves through the final months of his winter season we exit the cold, slower vibrating, dark age. On December 21, 2012, spring will have sprung—ushering in the dawn of the Golden Age. What’s being referenced to as ‘end times’ is the sun’s season of winter ending—the passing of an era. The New Children born for this springtime are the Children of the Sun or ‘Star Children.' Our Sun is our central star so the name 'Star Children' reflects their purpose. These are Children of the ‘Son,’ Christ-ed Children who are also known as Crystal Children. The Crystal Children came with 6-13-15D (dimensional)

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consciousness. They apply 6D Christ consciousness and the shamanic level of light consciousness (the level at which God said, “Let there be Light”) to 3D earth. This once again fills Mother Earth with the Light of Christ uplifting her vibration to reveal the Holy (whole) Love of God, Heaven on Earth. Preceding them are the Indigo Children of 4-5-13-15D consciousness who apply 5D unconditional love and the shamanic level of crystal consciousness. Through this application the crystalline grid structures were repaired and activated dissolving old programs in order to open channels for the crystal children to come forth. The Indigos and Crystals arrive highly equipped to alter this world through this shifting season of change. In the springtime the Rainbow Children bring forth the full spectrum of the Eighth Ray of Integration. They and the Golden Children inherit the earth in the Golden Age to endure many years into the future, along with the Indigo Children (the Platinum Children) until the next shift. Through this Divine Order, lightworkers and the New Children have applied spiritual creation care so that a bright Inheritance, a re-newed earth, will emerge from the shadows. Rayna Tamarin Angeleri Garcia, is a Starseed Indigo Child transitioning to Crystal. Known from her blog as the “Modern Muse," she’s an ordained minister, spiritual pop music artist, author, artist, actress, intuitive and healer. She owns The Crystal Closet in Sanford with her husband Jorge. Please see ad page 34.

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Opening Ourselves to Greater Realities B Y D E B B I E PA U L K CONTRIBUTING SUCCESS EDITOR Over the past several years many of my beliefs about myself and the world have changed quite significantly. Just when I thought I had life all figured out everything I had come to believe had once again changed. Because of this change, I feel a new world is beginning to emerge. I awoke to the shocking realization that after all my years devoted to meditating, reading, and studying spiritual and personal development material the conclusion I was left with was that I knew nothing. At first, coming to this discovery made me feel empty and lost. I shared this new insight with my best friend who quoted the Greek philosopher Socrates' well-known saying, "I only know that I know nothing." We shared a laugh that in that moment lightened the mood. The next few weeks were challenging for me. I felt like my reality was shifting and changing in a huge way at an accelerated pace. I began to question everything in my life. I no longer had the comforts of my firmly held beliefs that I had created to help keep me feeling safe. I didn't realize it at the time but what was happening to me was an incredible growing experience. It allowed me to expand beyond my limited perception and open myself up to an even greater new reality. The direction of my life had changed from a daily routine of "doing" to a new sense of "being." When I allowed myself to just "be" who I am, I felt good. Being true to oneself is the greatest expression of love one can give both to oneself and the world. In honoring the true essence of who we are, we honor the love and light from which we all were created. I have spoken with many people lately who are experiencing similar kinds of insights and whose beliefs are being challenged. In a sense we are creating a new world–a world of beings expressing their love and uniqueness with one another in their own special way.

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I would like to talk about Pluto and the effect it has when it goes over a sun sign as it relates to us personally and worldwide. Pluto affects a sign anywhere from ten to fifteen years. It can be positive and eye opening or devastating and crushing, but the end result is change.

All Because of Pluto Attention Capricorns!

Personally, when Pluto went over Sagittarius my life turned upside down until I realized what was happening. Pluto made me focus on me. It helped me to see the baggage I no longer needed in my life so that I could discard it. At the time, I perceived it as negative, but when someone showed me how to work with this planetary movement and stop fighting everything, my life became peaceful and enjoyable. I learned how to manifest positive thought all because of Pluto.

BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON

Worldwide, when Pluto was over Sagittarius we saw the effect it had on churches and their leadership, religion, and travel. Peoples' interest in travel increased. Church leaders were falling from grace. We saw the fall of communism in many countries as people began fighting for freedom.

Now that Pluto has entered Capricorn, we are seeing changes in the financial status of world markets, economies, leaderships and governments. This can be a very positive change for the world depending on how we come together to manifest these changes. The creation of new governments and restructuring of world markets could be a win-win for everyone involved if people can accept that change is inevitable and if they will focus on the positive. Personally, for Capricorns, as long as they play by the rules of Pluto and keep positive they can manifest great things in their lives with promotions, advancements through education, and strong structure in their homes. They have the ability to become great leaders. If they set out with greed and try to take for themselves, they’re not serving the higher good and will consequently experience struggles and obstacles in their lives. This is a time to get rid of emotional weights and a great time to see a counselor to help them clear out issues, find direction, and start with a clean slate. I have been watching the Capricorns in my life. Some are struggling with employment issues and others with education or their home lives. The more they fight the changes coming, the stronger the changes adversely affect them. When they finally start to understand and work with the changes presented to them, the easier it is for them to adjust and stay positive. With these changes, as long as people can stay positive and send out that creative energy, the changes that manifest will be beneficial for all. Stay focused, stay positive and manifest with the highest good of all in mind. Michael Richardson has used his intuitive gifts to help people as a law enforcement officer for 30 years. He started doing readings for friends and family in 1986. In 2005, he began working as a psychic on weekends in Cassadaga. Now retired from law enforcement he works full-time from his office in Altamonte Springs. For more information on Michael go to http://ReadingsByMichael.com. Please see ad this page.

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Each who shall be our teachers and what our lessons should be. If each of us will

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and every one of us is considered a free agent and each one should judge

begin this very moment to exercise our own judgment as to who and what shall be our lessons and teachers, we must commence with the elements of justice in our own souls. All nature is characterized by diversity. No two grains of sand upon the seashore or no two pebbles on the road can be found to be exactly alike. No two leaves on the same tree can be found without some difference, and yet not one of these quarrels with the other because it is not like itself. Each fulfilling the objects of our own being revolves in the Universe without questioning the objects of another’s existence.

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Our Decisions Affect More Than Ourselves B Y R E V. E . A N N OT Z E L B E R G E R No two souls are made to perform the same part upon the earth, else why is humanity? It is not for us to judge each other with our own opinion in education or life for if we judge we are not acting highly and purely. As we make our choices in our lives we make our paths in this world and in the next place we will inhabit. We can change our lives and make things as we want them or we can decide that we have no choice and must take what is delivered to us. Many people believe they are very reasonable and that every decision they make is made for their own good. It seems strange that these people are the same people who say, “I just do not know why bad things always happen to me. I am a very positive person, but everywhere I turn, bad things happen to me.” What do you think in your mind when you make a decision? Do you ever stop to think not only about how your decisions will impact your life, but how they may impact the people around you? Even the people you do not know can be impacted by your decisions. What is really important in this life is how you decide what is best for you and what you feel is necessary. Portions of this article were in answer to an article by Cora L. V. Richmond in 1857. Cora was only about 11 (around 1851) when she began speaking in trance to large groups of people. Cora L. V. Richmond Reverend E. Ann Otzelberger is the founding pastor of New Vision Spiritualist Center. She is an NSAC Ordained Minister, a Commissioned Spiritualist Healer, a certified medium and National Spiritualist Teacher. Reverend Otzelberger is a Trustee on the Board of Directors of the NSAC. Reverend Ann also serves the Morris Pratt Institute as Vice President of their Board of Directors and is on their Education Committee. Please see ad this page. Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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Nature Deficit Disorder BY DINAH KING

A good question to ask ourselves as parents is, “What kind of world are we creating for our children?” I grew up climbing trees and swimming in lakes and oceans. Do we need more technology to distract our natural way of living? iPhones, smartphones, computers, internet, and media seem to be the culprit. Recently, I was at the store and started a conversation with a grandmother who was very proud of her twoyear-old granddaughter and rightfully so. The grandmother said, “Our granddaughter is so smart! She can work an iPhone and help us on the computer getting in and out of the screens.” At that point, I’m thinking that is pretty intelligent for a twoyear-old child, but later I realized something and asked myself, “What about enjoying and being just a kid and playing in the sandbox?” Today, there exists a disorder called, “nature deficit disorder.” The term was coined by Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods," published in 2005. Louv believes that over the last few decades, we have seen a marked decline in young children enjoying the simple things in life and being part of nature in favor of spending every waking moment busy and consumed with technology. Americans are facing dangerously rising statistics of serious diseases and conditions like obesity and diabetes. Perhaps this is, in part, due to our forgetting to just go outside and have fun, play, and build fond memories, our forgetting that nature and natural are best. Let's make sure our children are outside playing and enjoying themselves and reduce our carbon footprint in the process! Dinah King is owner of http://www.my-ecobaby.com. She is dedicated to promoting a green and healthy lifestyle for all. Please see ad below.

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You're lying in the street trying to determine which parts of your body still work. The traffic noises seem quieter and the reassuring rumble of your own motorcycle is conspicuously absent. A deep, penetrating pain radiates somewhere below your waist and attempts to move your legs only magnify the pain. You are concentrating so acutely on damage control and assessment that you don’t hear the ambulance arrive. Hushed voices of bystanders recalling the moment the Toyota pulled out into your path seem irrelevant, but the voice of the lead paramedic asking questions and assessing is reassuring. You expect the movement onto the spineboard, but when it comes that expectation makes it no less painful and the ride to the hospital is quite uncomfortable. Bantering with the EMT helps take your mind off your injuries and you’re relieved to recognize that, at least, your sense of humor is intact. Lying in the hospital bed you are told that your pelvis is broken in two places. Fortunately, your spine is okay, but wrapped tightly in a corset-like pelvis immobilizer, seven days pass in a blur of IV’s, catheters, hospital food, physical therapists, and gradual decreases in discomfort. You are released to a lesser care facility and nursing home to finish mending your broken bones, but your orthopedic doctor has indicated he would write physical therapy orders

after he saw you in his office in two weeks. The physical therapist, a nice enough fellow, apologizes that he cannot do therapy without orders. The nurse manager for the rehab center is also apologetic but insists you must sign the paperwork accepting personal

friend–a caring massage therapist and his wife, a registered nurse, who operate another facility in peaceful Lake County where food is mostly gardenfresh and a bed is available. Do you sign those forms under duress or do you follow “doctor’s orders” (or lack of them)

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liability for the rehab center’s charges. Your dilemma is: Do I sign and accept responsibility so I’ll have a place to stay until I can see the doctor, hoping I can recoup those funds from the driver who hit me, and knowing that, without orders for two weeks, there will be no rehab or physical therapy? Serendipitously, you have a

and sheepishly stay where you are without treatment? Or do you thank God you have an alternative and smile politely as the “rehab center” dis-

charges you? My days at TLC Family Care Home with Linda and Will Gifford proved that kicking me out of the rehab center was the best thing that could have happened to me. The Giffords' professionalism, the facility's excellent food, comfortable bed well designed for therapy, and the calm and quiet of the setting all speeded my healing. As a Physician Assistant, I was more capable to rehabilitate myself with a friend’s help than another might be, but I am also more able to recognize the quality of care I received. What happened to me re-emphasizes the need for us to be active in our decision-making concerning health and rehabilitative care. I strongly encourage you to consider TLC Family Care Home in Leesburg for your or your loved one's needs. The hospital and attorneys took all the available insurance money from my accident. Fortunately, I didn’t spend more at the rehab center and chose to go exactly where healing TOUCH, LOVE, and COMFORT are.

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Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda Comes to Daytona Beach Born in Mumbai, India in 1962, Swami Nityananda was raised from birth in an environment of yoga and meditation and comes from a lineage of traditional spiritual teachers in India. His parents were devotées of the famous ascetic avadhut Bhagavan Nityananda, and then became disciples of his successor, the renowned Shaktipat Guru, Baba Muktananda. Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He was initiated into the Saraswati order of monks in 1980 at 18 years of age and was given the name Swami Nityananda by Baba Muktananda. In 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work and subsequently established three ashrams. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, spends his time between the Shanti Mandir ashrams in Gujarat, India and New York, sharing spiritual practices and the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. In 1995, at the age of 32, at a traditional ceremony in Haridwar, India, the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition installed him as a Mahamandaleshwar1 of the Mahanirvani Akhara. He is the youngest recipient since this spiritual title was established by Adi Shankaracharya in the eighth century. On Friday, July 20, from 7:00 to 9:00pm, Swami Nityananda will be at Daytona Books and Metaphysics, located at 125 International Speedway in Daytona Beach where he will share the ancient teachings and lead the group in devotional chanting. Several additional programs are being offered throughout the weekend at a private residence in Port Orange. For more information about his upcoming local programs, call 845-649-1394. For more information on Swami Nityananda visit his website: http://shantimandir.com. Please see ad page 5. 1 Mahamandaleshwar (or Maha Mandaleshwar) is a title used by some Hindu monks of the Dashnami order of renunciates (swamis) founded by Shankaracharya. A person called Mahamandaleshwar has been elevated by his peers to the highest level of traditional, Hindu spiritual guardianship. Today, India has 80 Mahamandaleshwars who carry on the work begun by Adi Shankaracharya 1200 years ago.

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To learn more about HU, visit http://hearHU.org or watch the video at http://miraclesinyourlife.org You are invited to join several hundred people in a very special Community HU Song, Sunday, July 8, 11:00 a.m., part of a spiritual seminar sponsored by Eckankar. Learn more at http://eck-florida.org. Singing HU can expand your awareness, help you experience divine love, heal a broken heart, offer solace in times of grief, and bring peace and calm. The 2012 Eckankar Florida Regional Seminar. The Road to Spiritual Freedom, will be held Friday, July 6, from 2 to 9 p. m., Saturday, July 7 from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and Sunday, July 8 from 9:30 a. m. to noon at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, 1501 International Parkway, Lake Mary. The seminar is FREE TO THE PUBLIC and features workshops, roundtable discussions, creative arts, and more. Special features include the evening programs, a workshop entitled “Soul Travel to the Temples of Golden Wisdom” on Saturday from 1 to 3 p. m. and the Sunday morning Community HU Song. Learn more at http://eck-florida.org or call 407-494-3144. Please see ad page 5.

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Time for a Revolution in the Way We Birth Our Babies C-Section and Common Birth Practices BY AREE PEARLMAN The United States ranks last (that means worst) in the world’s top thirty developed countries in infant and mother mortality. Infant and mother mortality rates are directly correlated to the rate of incidence of C-sections. Florida has the highest C-section rate within the United States with one hospital in South Florida having a 74% C-section rate and the majority of central Florida area OBGYNs insisting on induction by 39 weeks. According to the CIA, the infant mortality rate is “often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country (https:// www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ rankorder/2091rank.html).”

is no drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter remedy, which has been proven safe for the unborn child.

When over 98% of all births in the U.S. are in the hospital with some form of intervention, Ina May Gaskin suggests an alternate path to childbirth. Known now as the mother of modern midwifery, Gaskin began helping parents have babies in the back of a gutted out bus in the 1960s when the common hospital practice was the “knock ‘em out (moms), drag ‘em (babies) out” method and many citizens of the U. S. were questioning the formal establishments around them.

I pose the questions here: Have things really changed in birth practices since the 1960s? Perhaps it is time for another revolution in the way we look at birthing. Respect for moms, babies, families, and our future has been compromised. For further information on this topic, I recommend the recent DVD, Business of Being Born (from Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein), and to speak with a natural childbirth professional. Also, here are two of my favorite links online to begin your own journey: http://www.mothering.com and http://www.drmomma. org.

Following Ina May and the natural childbirth movement, The Alliance for Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS), a trusted and respected source for pregnancy and birth information, created the Pregnant Patient’s Bill of Rights. It states that, “American parents are becoming increasingly aware that well-intentioned health professionals do not always have scientific data to support common American obstetrical practices, and that many of these practices are carried out primarily because they are part of medical and hospital tradition (http:// www.aimsusa.org/ppbr.htm).” Paralleling this warning, Dr. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia, former President of the World Congress of Obstetricians-Gynecologists, cautioned, "Many artificial practices have been introduced which have changed childbirth from a physiological event to a very complicated medical procedure in which all kinds of drugs are used and procedures carried out, sometimes unnecessarily, and many of them potentially damaging for the baby and even for the mother (http:// www.aimsusa.org/ppbr.htm).” The American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Drugs has stated that there

Aree Pearlman is a Bradley Method Natural Childbirth instructor and birth doula (labor support professional). She has home-birthed two beautiful children and is an advocate of parents’ rights and responsibilities. Look for more information about birthing the Bradley Way in upcoming Velocity issues. Contact Aree at 704-200-0183 or bay7180@gmail.com for class information. Also, find her on the web at http://bradleybirth. com. Please see Aree's ad below.

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Good News About Food Allergies and Triggers B Y R A M A H WA G N E R , D C , C O N T R I B U T I N G H E A LT H E D I T O R

Over the years, many readers have learned about my background in natural health. I was so very fortunate to be the granddaughter of a wellknown chiropractic healer.

ties that cause something more pesky than an emergency response.

“Doc Cole” was what his patients called him. He was an old-time doctor who made house calls and was always available with remedies and good solid advice, night or day.

Over a decade or more, I have done research and used clinical skills to identify food allergens. They can be in the air we breathe, liquids we drink, or the foods we eat. When we eat an allergen it doesn’t always have to be that we start sneezing and our eyes get itchy. More than likely, we feel our digestion is “off.” It can show up as constipation because the food shuts down digestion. It can also show up as diarrhea or loose stools because the body is trying to expel it. Sometimes we may not notice digestive problems but we present skin rashes and irritations. We may see skin blemishes, breakouts, roseacea, or hives. I, for example, sometimes get fever blisters on my lips or in my nose from eating nuts, especially peanuts.

One of my grandfather's great successes as a natural healer even in the 1950s was his knowledge of food allergies. We will use the term 'food allergies' as synonomous with food triggers or food sensitivi-

Just like my grandfather wrote in his notebooks and advised his patients, “Food allergies stay in your body up to three days and cause many adverse conditions.” He noted that usually our energy will drop

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when we have consumed a food allergen. I often observe that it “blows out a segment in your upper neck.” This can cause low-grade headaches and feeling energetically compromised. Certain common foods like garlic, peanuts, shrimp, citrus fruits, soy products, glutinous foods, etc. are often the cause of underlying issues which become precursors to even more serious illness. Many times we eat something the body has marked as an allergen and we take in another food at the same time. I have been allergic to garlic since I was 27. Garlic is a wonderful anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral food. It is powerful for many other reasons, however I had a bug in my stomach having just returned from a trip to India and I wanted to use garlic to kill it. I enjoyed bread slathered with garlic butter and pasta sauce with basil at an Italian restaurant. I immediately developed a low-grade headache, gas pains, and bloating. I could even smell the fumes coming off my breath which no one loves and the smell came out of my pores for the next several days. This is a sign your body may not be able to tolerate so much garlic. Most people can process some but not in the quantities they actually consume. When the garlic had killed off the bug my body became over-

whelmed with the detox effect of the garlic bread. It marked not just the bug with an immune reaction but also the garlic and the basil. There are techniques to clear out slight food allergies, however if you have an allergy like I did, one compounds another. If a sauce has garlic, oregano, and basil you may end up like me with an allergy to all three. You may not have access to testing and specialty bloodwork as I do to know exactly, however the above reactions are often tell-tale signs. The best approach we can take is to eliminate some of the major food allergens for many weeks from our diet and then add one per week to see how our body responds. If we do notice low-grade changes, we may have a food trigger. The good news is it can often be changed by retraining our body to allow the trigger without having an allergic response. Some, unfortunately, are too strong to be effectively cleared, but many are just a treatment or two away from thoroughly enjoying dining without reaction! Ramah Wagner, D. C. is a third generation alternative health doctor. She graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College in Iowa where chiropractic was first discovered in 1895. Her clinic is located outside Orlando, Florida, where she works with cutting-edge technology in the alternative healing arts, including chiropractic, specific nutrition, detoxification of heavy metals, and acupuncture. Visit http://doctorramah.com. Please see ad next page.

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by Raven Moondance

The Universe is indeed perfection! While we are given opportunities to garner insight, make choices, and move forward, we are also given times on a very regular basis to rest, re-group, re-evaluate, and contemplate so that we may assimilate and download the quickly changing energies we are experiencing every day. The motion of the planets gives us regular periods of downtime that can be consciously utilized to our advantage. The planets periodically go into Retrograde motion—when a planet gives the illusion of moving backwards from our perspective here on Earth. When in Retrograde, the planet goes back over what has recently occurred, giving us a chance to re-examine, re-work and perhaps see situations from a different perspective. When the planet then goes into Direct motion, we again go over the same “stuff” perhaps finally working through, completing or cleaning up projects or situations. During a Retrograde, we are asked to examine more closely and carefully whatever that particular planet governs. We are most familiar with Mercury Retro which usually elicits moans about how it will muck up the works. Mercury goes into Retro three times a year and governs all types of communication and mechanical devices. The Retrograde periods for Mercury in 2012 are March 12 to April 4; July 15-August 8; and November 7-27. It is helpful to be aware in order to consciously work with the energies being offered. It a break from outward communication and an opportunity to bring our focus to what is occurring within our mind, emotions, and heart. Yes, we still have to work and take care of business, but detach a bit, do your best and trust that all will work out as it is meant to--no need to worry, just flow with it. Venus was in Retro (May 15-June 27) asking us to examine what we love, are attracted to, and what makes our heart sing. What clarity has come to you recently regarding your passion especially with regards to your life path, work, or service? Venus goes into Retro every 20 months for about 40 days. Pluto in Retro (April 10-Sept. 18) asks us to transform and during Retro we are given opportunities to integrate any new and expanded ways of being, living and believing that have come into our lives over the prior six months or so. When Pluto moves into Direct motion, structures and beliefs are challenged and broken down and then during Retro, we integrate the new ideas and ways of living. The energy has been building over the past months towards a very significant planetary aspect—Pluto SQUARE Uranus during June and July. “Uranus-Pluto is all about transformation, the breaking of the status quo and the emergence of a new way of being. We haven't had as significant an astrological aspect since the turbulent 1960's,

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and we have been seeing growing tension and unrest for a while.” (from Astrological Forecast by Armand Diaz in Wisdom Magazine, Nov./Dec.2011, http://wisdom-magazine.com) How do you see this powerful planetary aspect affecting your life, our nation, and our world? Awareness of the cycles of nature assists us in aligning more deeply and fully with the energies of the Universe and with the spirit within us. Check out where Grandmother Moon is today in her monthly cycle and tap into what she has to offer. Around the Cancer/Capricorn Full Moon of July 3 open your mind and heart to receive guidance, insight and inspiration during this time of increased Light. As we approach the New Moon on July 19, clean out to prepare for a new cycle. The Leo/Aquarius Full Moon on August 1 asks us to celebrate the beautiful light within ourselves and everyone. With the New Moon in Leo on August 17, let go of old beliefs and limiting thinking about yourself and step forward radiating love and joy everywhere you go! The Virgo/Pisces Full Moon on August 31 is a Blue Moon because it is the second full moon within one month. What is being revealed to you about your health and well-being? About your connection to the Earth and to the cycles of Nature? Listen...... Utilize these affirmations as another tool to assist you in aligning with the energies of the Universe.

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(March 19-April 19) Are you breathing? Use your tools--yoga, meditation, a walk in nature--whatever assists you to release excess mental and physical energy and brings you back to your center. Remember the magic in life! Let go of the need to fit everything into a neat box. AFFIRMATION: My breath brings me back to my center. Life magically unfolds when I exhale.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Take a deep breath in... and then release it as you take your next step. Be in a place of trust. You may feel that you are taking some big risks, but KNOW and trust that you are supported in all that you do. Feel the support of the earth beneath your feet and fly. AFFIRMATION: Change is a wonderful part of life. I easily flow with each breath, totally trusting that I AM supported and guided from deep within my being.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) As you move deeper into this new year initiated by your birthday, take time to examine your beliefs, ideas, situations, and interactions with others. Who and/or what is no longer serving you? Notice your stresses and challenges. They will point the way. Let go, clean house. It is time to move forward! AFFIRMATION: I joyfully release what no longer serves me. I step forward in love and joy for myself and our world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) It is time to clean out and prepare to begin anew with your birthday. Examine your fears, your hopes, and whatever you may be resisting. What is stopping you from manifesting your dreams, from being who you want to be? Pay attention to your dreams, both waking and sleeping. They will help guide you. AFFIRMATION: My dreams provide insight into my true desires. I allow my imagination to open the door to new ideas and creations. I am blessed.

LEO (July 23-Aug.22) As you prepare to move into a new year with your

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VIRGO

(Aug.23-Sept.22) Allow your personal integrity to shine forth. Open your heart and without judgment, resolve to do your very best at all times. Allow compassion and self-forgiveness to nurture your spirit and strengthen your integrity. AFFIRMATION: I step forward in grace, love, and dignity as I share the essence of my being with the world.

LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.22) Look for the hidden reasons behind a situation, the underlying truth beneath what is occurring around you and/or in some area of your life. Use your keen powers of observation and your intuition to discern what is really happening, what is needed, and how you can best be of service to shine the light of truth on the matter. AFFIRMATION: I fully open to the guidance, insights, and inspiration that emanates from deep within me. I am fully open to serve from my heart.

SCORPIO (Oct.23-Nov.21) Delve deeper to discover more about your true essence. Much has surfaced over the past few months to be worked through and assimilated. One day at a time, take care of the details and deal with the issues allowing your spirit to expand unfettered by the baggage of the past. AFFIRMATION: I dive deep within to uncover my inner light. I allow the past to heal as I step into the opportunity and joy of each moment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec.21) Transformation is bubbling up from deep within you. Flow with the shifts that are occurring. Imagine yourself as a butterfly, emerging from a cocoon preparing to see life from a very different vantage point. Expect breakthroughs in your awareness, understanding, and inspiration. Enjoy the journey! AFFIRMATION: With every breath, I allow opportunity and inspiration to ripple through all aspects of my life. It is a joy to be alive!

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Let your intuition be your guide. If something feels right, go for it! If not, wait until there is a shift or something else reveals itself. Allow your logical mind to take a back seat. Trust your inner knowingness. AFFIRMATION: My intuition guides me from deep within my being. I feel connected to the flow of the Universe and to the Earth beneath my feet. I am truly blessed.

AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.18) If you are feeling somewhat vulnerable, take extra good care of yourself, be gentle with yourself and seek the support and company of like-minded people. Observe and notice what situations, experiences, and people validate and nurture you and also those that don't. Let your choices be guided by your keen observations. AFFIRMATION: I consciously create a safe space for nurturance, support, and healthy change. I feel a sense of mutual support and love for the people I choose to have in my life.

PISCES (Feb.19-March 19) Take time to enjoy and appreciate the many gifts you receive each day--the smell of a fragrant flower, a beautiful sunset, an unexpected smile. In turn, give of yourself with a joyful heart. AFFIRMATION: I open my heart and allow love and joy to flow to all that I do and to all those I encounter. I am grateful for the blessings in my life. Raven Moondance (aka Shenna Benarte) writes the newsletter, MOON ASTROLOGY UPDATE six times a year and a monthly column on working with the moon in MOMA BEAR, a magazine for Gainesville, Florida moms. For a complete Moon Astrology reading or to attend a monthly Moon Astrology Class, call Raven at (352)372-8594, email: moondance_raven@hotmail.com and please see ad this page.

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Awakening seems to be the topic in many of my circles right now. “There are so many people sleepwalking through life. I just want to shake them all and wake them up," one man passionately proclaimed. My heart shrank back from his words, and I asked a question: W h at i s y o u r fav o r i t e w ay t o w ak e u p i n t h e mo r ning ?

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Being violently shaken wasn’t on the list. Personally, I love to wake up slowly, stretch gently, savor a big yawn, and enjoy my sweetheart and our cats by my side. I love to wake up feeling love. I believe that awakening awareness, creativity, and change is best accomplished through love and acceptance. "We must become the change we wish to see in the world." [ - -Mahatma Gandhi]

I can only create change in me; I’m the only one I have any control over. If B Y J O A N N A D A V I S I want someone to awaken, I must focus on my own awakening. If I want someone to stop being negative, I must shift to a positive state. If I want others to create a life of love, my first duty is to create my own life of love. When I do these things for me, I see changes in others. W h at can y o u r e l e as e ?

Several years ago, I had the experience of being immersed in positive focus for a full week. When I went home, the negativity was overwhelming! People and events around me were exactly the same as before, but my experience had changed me. I was resonating at a different vibration, and we were all aware of discord. I made a choice to be the change I wanted to see and continued the positive vibration. I lost most of those who were in my life. We were no longer a vibrational match and we moved away from each other. Some chose to try on the new vibration; those relationships thrived and grew. New friendships formed with people I would have never attracted in a negative vibration. I had to let go of what I had to get what I wanted. Wha t are you i n th e p roce s s of cre a ti ng ?

Positively vibrating people know what they want to create and can clearly articulate it in positive statements, knowing that focus determines what they create in life. “Don’t think of a yellow school bus,” immediately brings an image of a yellow bus to mind. If I don’t want to think of a yellow bus, I must decide what I do want, with one caveat. When I say, “I want,” the energy is one of wanting, not achieving. That is a HUGE difference. Therefore, my statements begin, “I am in the process of…” I am in the process of creating a life of love, acceptance, understanding, and infinite joy. Care to join me? Joanna Davis, CLC received her certification as a life coach through Coach for Life, the original spirit-based, accredited coach training. Her work in the healing arts began in the 80s in massage therapy and continues with certifications in reflexology and hypnosis. She is also experienced in energy healing, tarot and other mystic practices. Visit http://JoannaDavis.com or call 407-280-1636. Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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have recently been showered with numerous emails inviting me to participate in online classes geared to prepare me spiritually for the changes that visionaries believe will take place soon on planet Earth. As I browse through bookstores I notice that there is also a vast collection of books on the market explaining this current phenomenon. The classes, workshops, and books inform us that we will become enlightened by reading or following their guidelines. They explain that we must prepare ourselves now for the upcoming challenges that will soon plague our world. I believe that a shift is happening upon the planet right now. Sometimes I wonder whether I am spiritually prepared for the changes that are predicted, however when I take time to still myself by practicing meditation I realize that I have within me already all that I need to handle any coming changes. In those quiet moments I am reminded of Unity’s Five Basic Principles. Focusing upon these Principles and believing in them can bring a sense of peace.

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THE FIRST PRINCIPLE states that there is One Presence and One Power in the Universe and that is God the Good. That One Presence and One Power is everywhere present. Knowing that good and only good is always coming forth we can begin to lay aside all doubts, worry, and fears about any conditions that may potentially show up on Mother Earth.

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THE SECOND PRINCIPLE says that there is a spark of divinity within each one of us. With that spark of divinity within everyone we know that each of us has the potential to be a force for good in the world.

action. The actions we take will determine the new world that we are creating. As a human collective many are realizing these Truths and are putting them into action.

THE THIRD PRINCIPLE is most important for people to understand. Our thoughts create our reality. When humanity wakes up to this Truth then as a collective we can create a world that works for all.

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THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE states that the way to connect with God Mind is through prayer and meditation. Practicing prayer and meditation leads us to peace. Affirmative prayer lets us realize that all good is already ours from an infinite field of vast possibilities. THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE: Finally, it is not enough that we know these first four principles but we must put them all into

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creates opportunities for us to re-examine ourselves and take responsibility for our lives. Real change is possible but only the individual can make it. Each of us can make that change if we understand that the world around us is actually a mirror reflecting the problems we create within ourselves.

Consciousness will show us how to get out of our own way. How do we live consciously? By taking responsibility to move beyond the limitations we have created in our lives through our pre-programmed past conditioning of reality. We are only able to resolve our perceived problems when we give up reacting to reality.

We create everything twice. All we perceive “out there” externally was first created internally. We live unconsciously when we live with fear, hate, shame, guilt, jealousy, and competition. These negative feelings and thoughts begin within ourselves, then expand into our relationships. It is the nature of unconsciousness to blind us as to how we contribute to the problems around us. We remain unaware that our perceptions of reality are distorted by our own expectations, fears, desires, and anxieties.

Again and again, life triggers habitual reactions. Every reaction is an opportunity to experience in that moment what we did not fully live through in the past. Live consciously when you recognize you are in reaction. Become aware of feeling or tightness in the body, the fastness or shallowness of your breath. Feel all the changes triggered by your emotional state; then relax and breathe deeply. Distance yourself by not reliving or embellishing the situation, not making it right or wrong. Simply observe it in a detached way. This is called witnessing. Only through witnessing can we begin to experience freedom from the sense of being controlled by others and circumstances.

Fear is natural and healthy when it protects us from a life threatening situation, but when I identify with a false self, then everything that I attach “I” and “my” to must be protected. My desire for happiness, freedom, possessions, opinions, status–everything I create and identify with must be guarded. Since this is a false self, my fears are also false and I feel I must depend on others or on outside resources for happiness. As a result, we try to control and manipulate what we want and avoid what we don’t want. Either we try to control our surroundings, people we work with, the person we are in love with or we try to control our emotions, fears, and compulsions. We do not realize we have the inborn power to create our own happiness. We have a choice. We can live consciously or unconsciously.

Living consciously is self-empowering. We begin to experience greater internal harmony and emotional balance. As consciousness penetrates to deeper and subtler levels of our being, integration increases. When we take responsibility for our lives, we choose to face and dissolve fears that have created our suffering. It is then we begin to experience the reality of our own divine nature. Yogi Amrit Desai is the founder of the Amrit Yoga Institute in Salt Springs, Florida. Amrit Yoga Institute offers a wide variety of programs for health and transformation. Visit: http://www.AmritYoga.org and please see ad previous page.

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I am no different than anyone else. I need peace. Fortunately, I have found a practical way to access the peace that already is in my own heart. At 22, I discovered Prem Rawa, also known worldwide as Maharaji. Maharaji travels the world spreading his message of peace and making the process available, free of charge, to anyone “who comes with the heart of a child.” (To learn more, go to http://wopg.org.)

Maharaji said: “Everyone needs peace—that is the law. People worry and worry and become old worrying. They worry about everything: ‘What will happen to me? What will happen tomorrow?’ There should only be one worry for a human being— that in their life, they can experience peace, not just for one day, but every day. That’s why it has been said that if you really want to worry, then worry about how to fulfill this life." “Understand the need of your heart and fulfill your life any way you can. All the riches we are looking for are within. The true wealth that will never end is within. And within is the one who can recognize it. Within, the music is playing, the fountain is overflowing. This is your introduction to you. This is who you are. There is a part of you that can be destroyed, but there is also a part of you that cannot be destroyed. This is the ‘you’ that you have been searching for since you were very young. “Your truth is within you. Your true beauty is within you. Look for it. When you find it, accept it and fulfill your life. And if you don’t find it, then come to me. I can help.” “Words of Peace” airs in Gainesville on Sundays at 7 p.m., Thursdays and Sundays 1:30 a.m., and Saturdays at 1 a.m., (in Ocala on Sundays 7 p.m., and Thursdays 1:30 a.m.). Recorded information about Gainesville and Ocala’s local broadcast of “Words of Peace” is available at 352-373-5578. For information about Maharaji and his addresses, visit http://wopg.org.

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‘What if ’ today was the very first day any of us existed here in our world? ‘What if ’ we came into our world knowing all we do today? ‘What if ’ we knew everything we did not know now?

Einstein thought it was important to describe to us what is relative (space, time, mass, and speed); Copernicus was focused on whether or not our earth was flat. ‘What if ’ we did not really need an explanation for ‘everything?’ How much more do we really need to know until we think we know everything? Science and technology continues to research many things we think we do not know already. It is ‘discovering’ that there really is a sixth sense and exploring whether or not the Universe is endless, or even if there really is such a thing as other worlds. Can't we figure these things out for ourselves? Of course we can!

if ’ you could tap into the Universe and receive all there was? Find your own answers to any question you have and live a creative, loving and happy life. To do this, I can provide you with only one answer–“You can, and I hope you do often!” If you do not, do not expect science, your creator, or your friends to make you more spiritual. In spirituality there really is no ‘What if,’ there is only ‘What is!’ Reverend Timothy resides in Homosassa, Florida. He is the CoFounder of New Age Thinkers, a community group of over 300 positive followers. A Vietnam vet and a 30-year business owner, he holds a B. S. degree from Pepperdine University and was formerly a corporate trainer in sales, marketing, and management. He specializes in writing, teaching positive thinking, and meditation techniques. Contact Tim at timy@newagethinkersshop.com, by calling 954-464-4406 or visiting http://www.NewAgeThinkersShop.com. See ad below.

‘What if ’ you had your very own personal thoughts and beliefs about your own spirituality? ‘What if ’ you could know the future is all about you and you alone? ‘What if ’ everything you believed in was–true! Then again, 'what if' you believed in everything and were proved to be absolutely wrong about everything? ‘What if ’ you are alive for a purpose and our New Age world enhanced your spirituality so much that you were completely open to the real facts of the Universe? ‘What if ’ these facts did not do you any good at all in your life? Our New Age is as old as our world itself. We know nothing more about things we think really matter to us all than when we first walked upon the earth. The real ‘what if ’ in our lives is only as valuable as we make it to ourselves. As humans we find searching for life’s answers compelling. We also can find our questions answered with what the Universe already presents us with–in spirituality. These answers come from within each of us, not from any science experiment or theory. We learn our own answers through our own intellect and experiences. We are, indeed, individual. Our Universe tells us everything we need to know every minute of our lives, answers any of our questions and exists because we exist. ‘What if ’ this was all you really needed to know? ‘What Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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my thirty-one plus years in clinical practice, I am totally dismayed and shocked about how the American consumer has been led by the nose to slaughter by the allopathic (medical) professional on the witch hunt to reduce cholesterol. The readers of this article must first know that cholesterol is NOT the bad guy which is causing heart disease, strokes, and the like. On the contrary, cholesterol is absolutely necessary for proper BY DR. MICHAEL BADANEK human function. We in D C, B S, C N S, DA C B N, D C B C N, D M ( P) the “civilized” world of the U. S. have totally lost sight of the real causes of these dreaded diseases, and physicians today do not even read the peer reviewed literature and countless books today which state the same facts--that cholesterol is absolutely necessary for proper function of the body and when drugged with or tampered by medications, disastrous outcomes occur such as cancer, immuno-compromise, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychoses. I make this point loud and clear that the American public is being systematically poisoned by pharmaceutical medications in the reduction of cholesterol levels.

Heart Disease and “The Great Cholesterol Hoax”

Anyone with an open mind will soon discover that the emperor is naked, but the sad conclusion is that many editors of medical journals have little interest in the pursuit of this debate. Besides, the inaccuracies, misinterpretations, exaggerations, and misleading quotations, not to mention the fraudulent manipulations of the data in this research area are so numerous that the consumer of today must look outside the box to find the real truth about this controversy. Much has happened since drastic changes in laboratory diagnostic values occurred in 1999-2000. Many more studies have appeared that contradict the current views. What is particularly interesting and surprising is that a steadily increasing number of studies have found that high cholesterol is beneficial, probably because it protects against cancer and infectious diseases. The anti-infectious effect of cholesterol is particularly challenging because a host of observations has documented a strong link between infections and cardiovascular diseases. Today, at least a hundred scientific reviews on this subject have been published, but so far no one has been able to explain how the infections interact with the processes that lead to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. The main obstacle is most likely that for almost half a century we have been effectively brainwashed to believe that cholesterol is the bad guy. How can high cholesterol be bad and at the same time protect us against factors that are harmful to our vessels? The cholesterol campaign has done immense harm, not to mention the epidemics of obesity and diabetes, all three being the most serious health problems in the Western world today. Another problem is the widespread medicalization of mankind. Today, millions of healthy people are converted to patients taking cholesterol lowering drugs, and if the official guidelines should consequently be followed in the future, most adult people and even many children should take them for the rest of their lives. Only a very small minority gain benefit from these drugs. Worse is that their side-effects, many of which are seriously debilitating and even fatal, are grossly under-reported. There are countless tens of thousands of cases of secondary side-effects of lousy memory, weak muscles, sexual dysfunction, bad temper and most distressing of all, heart failure, just to name a few. As a matter of fact, heart failure is now climbing ranks in the statistics because of increased prescriptions of statin drugs. Isn’t it funny that the medication that is supposed to reduce heart disease actually precipitates it?

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that cholesterol is not a deadly poison but a substance vital to all the cells of all mammals? that your body produces three to four times more cholesterol than what you eat? that cholesterol production increases when you eat only small amounts of cholesterol and decreases when you eat large amounts? that heart patients haven’t eaten more saturated fat than other people that stroke patients have eaten less? that people with low cholesterol become just as atherosclerotic as people with high cholesterol? that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for women? that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for people above the age of 65 although by far most heart attacks occur after that age? that the effect on cholesterol of the low fat diet is trivial at most? that most of the cholesterol lowering drugs are dangerous to your health and may (will) shorten your life? that the new cholesterol lowering drugs–statins–do lower heart disease mortality, but this is because of effects other than cholesterol lowering? Unfortunately, they may also destroy your muscles and your mind, make you impotent, and produce cancer. that most of these facts have been presented in scientific journals and books for decades but the proponents of the diet--heart hypothesis never share these facts with the public? that the cholesterol campaign creates immense prosperity for researchers, doctors, medical journals, drug producers and the food industry?

I guess that your answers to these questions are a 'no,' and you are not alone. According to a Gallup poll in the taken in the U. S. many years ago, half of all Americans worried about fat and cholesterol and most of them had guilt feelings when they ate food they liked. Apart from the fact that worrying about your health is bad for your heart, all this stress and anxiety is unnecessary. The cholesterol campaign is medical quackery of the first order. In fact, the eminent American physician and scientist George Mann called it “the greatest scientific deception of this century, perhaps of any century.” So if you or someone you know is having serious issues with health challenges taking these types of prescribed medications please do your due diligence and read and research to find the answers to your questions. You may be surprised at the end results of your research and have a totally changed opinion which in all probability can help restore vitality back to your health and even save your life. Dr. Michael Badanek has been serving the Central Florida and Marion County regions since 1981 in active clinical practice. Dr. Badanek is a licensed Chiropractic Physician with extensive post-graduate clinical training and education in Alternative Complementary Medicine including Clinical Nutrition, Applied Kinesiology, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Functional and Traditional (Allopathic) Medicine and Electro-Dermal Screening and Treatment. Dr. Badanek has four board certifications in the areas of Clinical Nutrition and Homeopathy. His real love and zeal in healthcare is treating patients with all types of conditions with alternative/functional medicine, especially people with a problem or ailment which has not responded favorably to traditional or alternative treatments of the past. Dr. Badanek’s website is http://alternativewholistichealth.com. For a consultation, please call 352-622-1151 and please see ad this page.

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Free instruction abounds at FCS where the careful firing of all your ceramic art pieces is their specialty. Expert and budding ceramic artists can work right in the shop and feel free to use the ceramic and pottery tools on hand or take their items home to work on. Either way, it's a relaxing, fun hobby. Ceramic artistry is fun and affordable for people from five to 105. Pottery and ceramic gifts to craft include lamps, ashtrays, dishes, candle holders, soap dishes, and countless other items. Even if you think you aren't artistic, Frazier Ceramic Shop's selection of stunning crystal glazes can make your item look like it was done by an art genius!

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“We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” [Author Unknown]

BY SUNEMAURA O'BRIEN Not many would argue that we are living in a time of great change, however we don’t all see that we can affect the change. I am told, “With every utterance, with every breath, you affect the world and all of her creatures.” Am I breathing love out into the world? Or am I breathing road rage, criticism, or fear? Am I speaking of rebirth? Or is my talk filled with judgment, polarity, fear? Am I living and breathing in gratitude? Am I intentionally finding the aspects of joy and beauty that are in every part of our existence? It is the attitude that we send out into the world that will help create a new world. The old story says that what we feed–grows. In feeding attitudes of love and gratitude within me, I feed this energy in the world. In putting my attention on positive change rather than polarity and anger, I make space for that change to occur. The internal changes are the core of the work of creating a new world. From the internal changes come external actions. Taking our power back from agribusiness and choosing to shop with local farmers or grow our own food is one example. Another example is deciding to live gently on the earth with the products we use, how we use them, and how we discard them. Adjusting our ideas about our needs and desires–which is which–and shopping accordingly, is yet another example. There is a saying, “We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” These times call for adjustment–in our thinking, in our speaking, in our being. We can create positive change in the world. We are not helpless or hopeless. If we can see it, if we can speak it, if we can breathe it, if we can be it, then we can create it. Rev. Sunemaura O'Brien is a spiritual healer and teacher dedicated to supporting individuals in opening doors to authenticity and joy. She is an ordained minister and teacher with the Sacred Earth Ministry. She is co-facilitator and co-founder of the Sacred Earth Center, an interfaith chapel and healing center in Gainesville, Florida. She can be reached by emailing sacredearthcenter@yahoo.com, calling 352-275-8537 or visiting http:// sacredearthcenter.org. Please see ads for Sacred Earth Center and also for Sunemaura O'Brien previous and this page. Velocity Magazine THE NEW WORLD WE ARE CREATING | July • August 2012

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