Voice of Choices Magazine

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Celebrating Life!

July 2011 Features

Monthly VOICE OF CHOICES Magazine Publisher: Kathy ‘Whyte Wynde’ Lowden VoiceOfChoicesNews@yahoo.com 206-715-2824 9011 Corbin Dr #B Everett, WA 98204 www.VoiceOfChoices.com Whether you define ‘spirit’ as enthusiasm or spirituality, Voice of Choices supports you in exploring the many options for creating and enjoying your life! We feature articles on alternative healing, personal development, spirituality and a wide range of topics focused on spirited living.

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Thank you for all your good work.

Blessings in all your choices.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

4 Seeing What We Believe Kathy ‘Whyte Wynde Lowden 5 Drumming - Making it s Way to Mainstrea Paul Timo 6 Finding Balance in Our Process - Message from Divine Mother Raven Many Voices 7 It’s NOT Weird Anymore Linda Legere 8 Baby Formula - Choose Healthy Kasara D’Elene, MS, LMHCA 9 Exploring Archetypes: Wise Warrior Athena Karen Hanse, PhD 10 July Astrological Influences Carol Barbeau 11 Defining the Elements of Chinese Astrology Ko Hashiguchi 12 Discovering the Depths of Human Energy an Interview with Jeff Primack 13 Rock Talk - Strawberry Quartz Cecilia Ray 15 Transcending ‘Fear’ Everything is Love Jamie K Lewis

Cover Art - ‘In Focus’ - The details surrounding ‘our story’ become blurred as we focus on what we believe.

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Seeing What You Believe Hello and Welcome! Gratitude for summer’s appearance and the beauty of this great Pacific North West. Though you are reading this ‘now’ - I AM typing it on the day after Summer Solstice. The longest day of the year and at a time when sunshine lights our path with the warmth and grace of nature’s blessings.

I’m feeling like it’s time to remind ourselves of the absolute perfection life presents - in every moment. Gifted with life-changing opportunities these last few months I have ‘gone’ where few dare to tread. Opening to experiences that make little sense in the logic of others, the learning and heart growth has been amazing.

Much of what I’ve discovered illustrates the inspiration of many wise teachers. Remembering that ‘experiencing’ the manifestation of concepts can assist in anchoring ‘truth’ in our physical reality, I have been truly blessed.

We already know that we can see best what we believe. This includes

what we believe to be possible and is often supported by what we comprehend as ‘reality’. When we open to listening as other people share ‘their story’ clarity becomes a vivid ‘given’ - and there is no longer room for doubt.

A few days ago I journeyed to one of my personal favorite places. As always, fully ‘armed’ with expectations and beliefs - I took in the details of what I ‘saw’. Intending for my early evening to include a specific set of circumstances, my awareness continued to create a ‘story’ to support each step of my journey. As I captured the beauty of the sunset on my camera, I discovered I also captured the illusionary interpretations of what I thought I saw... in my mind.

The waning of daylight and coming of that dusky time of shadows proved to bring light to my perceptions. Once again my mind had lovingly, and with brilliant creativity, entertained me with it’s ramblings. When dark came - the tale I had woven unraveled - allowing me once again to bless my imagination - and celebrate the moment for what was real.

How often do we act or react to life’s experiences by reaching for ‘a file folder’ of information that. though still taking up space in our head, has little if anything to do with the events of the ‘now’? If you answer ‘occasionally’.... maybe you could reconsider and open to the possibility that everything you see, feel and perceive has found a resonance with something already within you. If there was nothing to connect to - there woul be little reaction, if any.

Have you ever been completely surprised as you share your perceptions with others and realize each of our realities is completely unique? On a first date years ago, the gentleman suggested I could call his ex-wife and she would fill me in on everythng I ‘wanted’ to know about him.

My response amazed even me - “what could she tell me about my interaction with you?” As you can guess there was never a second date. And the idea behind my statement has stuck with me for a very long time.

As we explore life, and attempt to take off the ‘glasses of whatever color’ that have tinted our memories with varied emotion, can be a bit challenging.

As our chronological age increases - the stack of ‘file folders’ holding our conditioned response and memories might benefit from a bit of reorganization.

I trust this month’s Voice of Choices will offer some inspiring words and helpful tools you can choose to experiment with as you chart your new path with each breath of clear and present intention.

Allowing what has completed it’s service to your highest and greatest good to gently and easily slip away - with gratitude for what it shared - may be the only way to fully open the exploration into what can be.

And by the way..... the new Voice of Choices website is up and growing. You’re invited to explore throughout the month at VoiceOfChoices.com

Blessings in all your Choices Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and Mahalo Kathy Lowden

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DRUMMING Making its Way To Mainstream

Paul Timo My sister recently reminded me that I’d been drumming my whole life. I’d forgotten about the finger drumming, and the drumming with whatever else was available. My parents weren’t interested in having a drum set in our household so I received a set of bongos.

I remember memorizing the four minute drum solo of Iron Butterfly’s “Innagadadavida”, and also playing the solo, “Wipeout”, by the Surfaris, incessantly.

I bought my first Native American drum in 1990 at a Bear Tribe (from the Spokane, WA area) gathering at Fort Warden, near Port Townsend, WA. The weekend was transformative for me.

It was the following year that I studied with a shaman. That was a major influence on my life, particularly on my values and beliefs. It gave me a foundation that I continue to embrace, wholeheartedly.

It wasn’t until many years later, when introduced to some spiritual concepts, that I got out of a rut in which I’d been stuck. I realized that there were influences in my life keeping me from being able to get quiet, to go within to find my “answers”. I hadn’t yet found what my “gifts” were, nor had I been experiencing much joy. I feel that we each have our own unique gifts that we are meant to share with the world.

When my schedule changed such that I had no work lined up at the end of 2009, I decided to make some adjustments to some of my other commitments and relationships. With the creation of that huge space in my life, something happened. All of a sudden I began drumming for over two hours at a time on a daily basis.

When I’d share the drumming with others, many people would go places in their imagination. For example, two different people on two separate occasions envisioned Kokopelli dancing to the rhythm of the drumming. A CPA, after just ten minutes, saw himself soaring like an eagle over a cluster of teepees. My mother, while listening with her eyes open, told me that it kept reminding her of mountains. She received it in thought form, as she is not one who visualizes. It was the first time she’d ever listened to my CD, “Listen to Spirit”, and it was the most meaningful and wondrous thing she’s ever shared with me.

When I researched drumming, I found that it’s been used as a healing tool for about 30,000 years.

Drumming might be the oldest known method for deliberately affecting the mind, body, spirit and emotions.

There’s a significant amount of medical research documenting many conditions of the body that drumming has improved and even healed. It’s been shown to enhance the action of the immune system. Drmming causes theta brain wave activity and brain wave synchronization which can induce relaxation and may assist in releasing emotional trauma and the reintegration of self. Facilitating meditative states, it helps to open right-brain function. It was has been a valuable treatment for stress, anxiety, fatigue, headaches, hypertension, chronic pain, and asthma.

Studies have documented effects related to focusing, calming, as well as healing, for Alzheimer’s patients, prison and homeless populations, disturbed teens, trauma patients, substance abusers, and autistic children. According to the research, drumming can play a major role in addressing addiction.

I had no idea of the benefits of the sound until I experienced it first- hand. I believe that drumming and even listening to the sound of it, can be very helpful for many different purposes.

Paul Timo’s program on the benefits of drumming, includes twenty-five minutes of live drumming. His “therapeutic” twenty-two minute long song/CD, “Listen to Spirit”, is melodic, unlike regular drumming, and motivating. For more information contact Paul at pvtimo@gmail.com, 425-224-3209, chanceatrance.com

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We process through the Mind when we: Positive: Make lists / plan projects / daydream / fantasize / use a strategy to win / visualizations / meditations / think Negative: Over-think and obsess about something / fantasies overwrite reality / judgments / self criticisms / doubts and fears

Message from The Divine Mother

We process through the Emotions when we: Positive: Express our emotions (cry - sad, shout – anger, giggle – happiness, sigh – contentment) / allow emotions to flow around us / feel compassion for self and others / daily occurrences are connected to your emotions / moods change often as you process / feel the Earth’s emotions Negative: overly sensitive about everything / your emotions are overwhelming / life feels out of control / become an emotional sponge around others / boundaries difficult to keep / use emotions to control situations

Raven Many Voices My Dear Children today I’d like to discuss how we process life. Each of us experience and process life a little different. We may all have the same components but we have different strengths, weaknesses, and timing as to how long, and in what way, we will complete a lesson of life. This processing is unique to each of us, but can be overwhelming and confusing at times.

When we know what part of the processing we are present in it can allow us to learn, release and gain wisdom faster with more ease and grace. And grace is something all of you are requesting from Divine with all the global changes.

To understand how we process we must look at the 4 main parts of the self (or soul if you like). These parts include; mind, heart, bodyand emotions. We process life, events and lessons through these parts to fully understand life. This is how you understand the ‘why am I here, or why am I doing this’ question you like to ask us. These 4 parts make the whole you, and when they flow and work together we see large movement, miracles and exciting growth in our lives. When these parts are not in alignment we have resistance, pain and suffering in our lives. So understanding and communicating with these parts are very important to help stay healthy and help you co-create life with Divine.

Within each part we can use the processing in a positive way or a negative way. We try to keep a good balance of all parts, but each of you will favor one or more over the rest. At certain times in life we may need more physical processing to get the lessons life are trying to teach us. As a baby the world is all new and the emotions help you express and process this new world. As a child you fell more so you could understand your limits and stretch your physical boundaries.

As adults we process more mentally as we understand our self and our place in the community of life. And finally as an elder you return to the body to understand new boundaries of life and process with all other parts to gain wisdom.

Just Grillin’ Better BBQ Ideas It’s BBQ season! Unfortunately, grilling isn’t always the safest cooking method—carcinogens can be released during cooking and certain products can also harm the environment.

Try marinating your meats, wrap them in cedar paper to protect from carcinogens that can be released when food is charred.

Choose ceramic cookware. It won’t leach metals or chemicals and won’t scratch!

Try using your regular plates and cutlery.. Who says dining outside can’t call for the regular china? AND You’ll keep those paper products out of the landfills!

Happy Summer!

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We process through the Physical/Body when we: Positive: Go for a walk to clear our thinking / exercise to find answers / sleep / eat to connect with Earth / take a bath / rest / body aches and pains occur with emotions / digestion when thinking a lot / Negative: Eat to feel better about life / injuries and accidents to slow you down / illness after breakthrough of consciousness / abuse body through food-drugs-alcohol to numb out life We process through the Spirit/Heart when we: Positive: Awareness of truth in what we are learning /feel a connection to all life / soul listening to higher self and spirit guides / combining all other parts but remaining detached through process / life flows easily and effortlessly from one moment to the next / life feels like a miracle Negative: Although spiritual processing has no negative we can become too detached from our other parts of self resulting in no emotions, limited thinking and loss of physical form. Our spirit/heart process is always connected to higher self and Divine, which naturally connects all parts together. We need all parts to ‘BE’ in this moment.

All these processes can be used in a balanced loving way, or if we choose, we can overdo our energies causing problems. For example if you process physically but eat every time life feels out of control you can gain too much weight. Or if you are processing too many emotions every change can cause overwhelming tears and confusion. Our circular thinking can trap us in fear and anxiety until we collapse. No one way is better than another. You can see they all work together and often add to the process. Finding how you are processing currently allows you to accept the way things are happening in life right now.

If we understand we are a physical processor and have been thinking way too much, than getting sick is the way your body is telling you to take a break. When we can become balanced we can recognize when we are heading toward problems and bring ourselves back to balance before the illness.

Each year can bring more mind/body/emotions/spirit energy to aid in your process. For 2011 we are in a physical/body energy year meaning each of you will have more changes with your health, body image and how you interact with life. For those that process more through the body than other areas this can mean more in-tenseness with your processing. For those that are out-of-balance with their body a physical year can bring though large body lessons, sudden illness, and surprise injuries. Even if you are balanced you may still gain a bump or two because this is how you process life. And remember life includes not just lessons and events, but also new energy coming onto Mother Earth. You have no control over these new energies integrating onto your planet, and if you are a physical processor then a car accident or flu bug might be just how your body needs to change.

Be gentle with yourselves! Processing is natural and part of life. It’s when we get overly zealous in our processing we can cause problems.

Remember my loves balance is always best. So go process in your unique way and appreciate the tears or to-do lists of someone else.

Namaste’ Divine Mother Raven Many Voices ~ Guide to the Spirits channels loving messages from Mother Mary and your Spirit Guides.

Visit www.RavenMedium.com for more messages.

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Exploring Archetypes

continue to be sensitive and caring. Female power integrated with vulnerability. We have to remember to be like Athena and draw the lines that delineate our personal space and help us to set boundaries between self and other. What we disown becomes the big disruptor in our lives, but once recognized and tamed, it becomes a source of strength and power.

Karen Hansen, PhD

(Names have been changed and the particulars of the story altered to ensure confidentiality.)

Wise Warrior Athena

The many characters of our inner world, often named archetypes, I’ve called Feminine Faces™. Let’s look this time at the ‘Mother’ of Wisdom and Female Authority, Athena.

She is a wise warrior.

AFFIRMATION

Linda was having a hard time at work dealing with a coworker. She felt intimidated by this women’s critical feedback of her work.

“She is always pointing out my mistakes and makes me feel like I do it all wrong.” Whenever this woman came near her desk, she felt tightness in her stomach and tongue tied.

These invasions of her workspace left her feeling victimized. She was puzzled because this woman was not in a position of authority over her. Yet she took her feedback and criticism personally. Linda could trace the fear of judgment and shame back to her critical mother who would slap her face when she came home with poor grades in school. Linda needed help setting boundaries and standing up for herself. Not easy when the past had become the present, old unresolved energy redirected toward a new subject, her coworker.

MEDITATION

Athena, one of the great goddesses of antiquity, showed up for her in meditation. Athena’s symbols are spear and shield: shields have the ability to protect one in battle. She looks straight ahead, not down or to the side. She is in her power. Her wise owl is at her side and stretches his head all around in a 360 degree circle on the lookout for Athena, protecting her space and boundaries. “She tells me to draw my spear and draw my lines marking my personal space, setting my limits with others”.

I have the right to set boundaries in my workspace I have a need and right to stand up for myself I choose to take care of and protect myself and work Surround yourself with a white light and make an inner connection with a spiritual being. Just below the breastbone is the third chakra, the root of our personal power and where we can begin to set boundaries. It is associated with the color yellow and the element of fire. Just imagine a yellow ball of sunlight spinning here. Now imagine a movie screen a few inches out from your third eye, the space between your eyebrows. On the screen see an image of Athena or a famous women past or present who evokes the qualities of strength and power for you. Hold her sword and see her drawing lines that delineate your boundaries between self and other while continuing to breathe into your third chakra until you feel a shift of strength and power within.

FLOWER ESSENCE REMEDY An excellent flower essence remedy for strength and personal power in the workplace is: mountain pride, angelica, california wild rose, corn and golden yarrow www.transpersonaltherapy.com Karen Hansen, PhD, LMHC (425) 3613908

With the power of visualization Linda could use Athena’s sword and shield to create boundaries the way she would like. I asked her to name the qualities she would need to handle this invasive coworker. The traits, strength and power came to her. She imagined using Athena’s spear bringing her strength and drawing boundaries between her and her coworker.

The shield helped to protect the vulnerable inner child who feared her mother’s judgment. I then asked her to think of a present day woman who embodies for her those qualities. She went inside herself and came up with Xena. We continued to work with visualization paying special attention to how she felt in her body and her third chakra until she had a well-established feeling of strength and power using ancient and modern archetypes like Athena.

We see how a recent event, like the nosy coworker, can help us locate a long unnoticed issue from our past. Her coworker’s behavior was for Linda reminiscent of her critical mother back in her schooldays though she had fairly good grades. Some of her anger about the present circumstance is the grief about what she missed out on long ago, feeling valued and loved for just being. By integrating energies of strength with better boundaries into her unconscious, she was able to complete unfinished ‘business’ within herself and at her workplace. The reflection of her days from upbringing dissolved and she became empowered at work. She was able to say, “If were going to have a good working relationship I need you to keep your hands off my work.”

Modern day Athena keeps a list of ways to say no in her head and into the phone. When someone called Linda from administration asking, if she could help with planning the holiday party, she checked in with herself.

She said, “I think it is a great idea to involve staff. I will get back to you.”

She spent some time contemplating and looked over her schedule to find out if volunteering was where her sense of purpose, her joy and aliveness were. She listened to the gut response she had on the phone, when she heard the request. She decided to tell her “next time maybe”.

Linda found that she could assert herself at work and at the same time

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Many people agree that breast milk is best, but what if you are unable to breast feed, or have adopted a baby?

Baby Formula

Choosing Healthy Kasara D’Elene, M.S., LMHCA The public is becoming more aware that the “food” we are being sold at the typical grocery store is not as nutritious as it could be and because of this many people are choosing to make healthier choices for themselves and their families by switching to healthier food forms such as organic, homemade, raw foods, and grass-fed meats. One area that people sometimes overlook is what we feed our babies. Many people agree that breast milk is best, but what if you are unable to breast feed, or have adopted a baby.

So, you may ask, what is wrong with baby formula? Many people don’t realize that breast milk, in addition to have essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, medium chain fatty acids, and enzymes, is also alkaline. This is a good thing because our lives are very stressful which is the highest acid producer in our bodies and unfortunately most food sold to us is also acidic, which makes our bodies acidic and acid bodies create environments that are beneficial to harmful organisms and create dis-ease in the body.

Unfortunately, the majority of baby formulas fall into this category as well. They contain dairy, sugar/corn syrup, artificial ingredients, and genetically modified soybeans are added via DHA. DHA is an essential fatty acid that is good for feeding our brains and nervous systems. However with much mixed research on soy products in general, (fermented soy being a preferred option), this may be not helping as much as would be hoped. There are several recent studies that show that breastfeeding is known to be associated with healthier weight gain - setting up healthier eating patterns for children as they grow – it is then inferred that infant formula increases the production of fat cells, fueling weight gain throughout childhood.

Other Options:

There are women who sell breast milk, but this can be expensive, inconvenient and something you might be uncomfortable with.

Another option is to give your baby goats milk. Some people choose raw goats milk (it is sold in several states by local farms and some health food stores), or powered goats milk. Many regular grocery stores also sell pasteurized goats milk. Goat milk is a good choice as it is alkaline like breast milk, is much easier to digest and assimilate into the blood stream. Goat milk fat globules are one fifth the size of cow milk globules, making it much easier to digest. Goat milk digests in 20 minutes, whereas cow milk takes from two to three hours to digest.

Goat milk is also high in natural sodium (which is helpful to sensitive stomachs) and fluorine which helps to build healthy teeth. Three fifths of the world today lives on goat milk. Goat milk is also high in potassium and calcium. Dr. William Lee Secor M.D. of Kerrville Texas, (a recipient of the Hare Gold Medal in Therapeutics) stated “I am a surgeon, but since discovering the value of goat milk in the treatment of stomach and intestinal ulcers, I have not operated on a single ulcer case in over 12 years.”

In addition the Journal of American Medical Association lists under the heading Dietetics and Hygiene, “The goat is the healthiest domestic animal known. Goat milk is superior in every way to cow’s milk. Goat is the ideal food for babies, convalescents and invalids, especially those with weakened digestive powers. Goat milk is the purest, most healthful and most complete food known.”

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Once I stopped breast feeding I gave goat milk to my son and I have recommended goat milk for my customers for many years for their babies, animals, and people who are trying to recover from illness.

My customers have seen amazing results from using goat milk. Goat milk works wonders through its cleansing and rebuilding abilities. It has similarity to breast milk that is unmatched in cow’s milk, which may be at the root of goat milk’s healing properties.

One reason goat milk is so beneficial is that fluorine is a chemical element that is often missing in our system. Fluorine is volatile; it is very unstable, heat destroys it. Pasteurized milk causes tooth decay for this reason. Fluorine is the chemical element that keeps teeth from decaying. Goat milk has ten times the fluorine content of cow’s milk, in a form that our bodies can utilize. Pasteurized milk is constipating and calves that are fed pasteurized or homogenized milk have been known to die within 30 days. It is important that babies’ bodies have enzymes that they normally would be getting from breast milk.

Raw goat milk has enzymes. If you feel uncomfortable using raw milk products you can always give pasteurized goat milk and add enzymes.

In addition to enzymes there are other nutrients that you might want to add to your homemade baby formula. If your baby needs iron, you can add blackstrap molasses as it is high in iron. Coconut oil is another beneficial item to add to your babies’ diet. Coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid. Ask any nurse that works with premature babies what they feed preemies and they will tell you it that they give them MCT oil, which stands for medium chain triglycerides. These MCT’s come from coconut/palm oils. Coconut oil is high in these medium chain fatty acids which are already present in breast milk. Coconut oil is also high in caprylic acid which prevents fungus (thrush is a type of fungus) from growing, and it is high in lauric acid for the immune system which breast milk is also high in.

There are many homemade baby formulas on the web you can choose from. I usually recommend less is better. Be careful adding too many sweeteners or ingredients that may be too hard for your baby to digest, like garlic. Probiotics can be a good idea if your baby had intestinal issues. Lecithan is another beneficial essential fatty acid, but make sure it is from sunflower instead of eggs or soy as eggs and soy are on the top 7 allergies for people. Colostrum is another beneficial nutrient you could add which is the first milk mothers product for their babies which is high in natural antibiotics and nutrients to prevent infection and build the immune system. There is goat milk colostrums available on the market. If you purchase cow milk colostrum, make sure it is made from cows that have not been fed hormones. Be careful of adding too many vitamins, such as vitamin C as it is a laxative and can move their bowels too much if you give them too much, but it can be helpful for those that are constipated.

Of course it is always best to check with your health professional that you trust to get the best food for your baby. Muscle testing as to which nutrients would be best is optimal, and this will of course change as your baby grows and their nutritional needs change.

Kasara D’Elene owns TruHealth, a health food store in the MiCreek/Bothell area. She has helped empower and educate thousands of people to optimum health. You can reach her at 425-415-8410 www.truhealth.com

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Laura Legere

“It’s Not Weird Anymore”

Julie was in front of me as she guided my way on her scooter while I followed close behind on mine. The hot Mexican weather with the crystal blue ocean and its breeze felt perfect on our exposed skin while the cruise ship waited for our return to sail back to the states from Cozumel. The road had turned rough and we decided to turn around and get back to a smooth surface and feel safe again.

As we sped our way on new asphalt, I followed Julie around a long, slow curve to the left and instead of following the curve I kept going straight, all the while thinking, Why would I do this, it makes no sense, this can’t be good.

My scooter crashed into the rocks and I flew over the handlebars and landed face first into a coral rock. I immediately pulled my face off the rock and felt the bones in my upper jaw floating around and a large gap where I thought my front teeth should be. My first thought was, I am going to start bleeding and have a hell of a headache. The bleeding started as I stood up and began to climb out of the shallow, solid rock ditch. Julie had turned around as she witnessed my mistake in her rearview mirror and waited across the street for traffic to clear.

“Are you okay?” she asked. “No,” I said.

Just then a man walked up to me and said, “I’m a doctor.”

I thought, Well, that’s good ’cause I could sure use one right now.

He sat me down, instructed me to open my eyes, and checked them while he asked a few questions that I could easily answer. With Julie by my side she asked him what could she do? He requested something to soak the blood and she pulled out two large beach towels from my backpack that we brought from the cruise ship. He told me I would be all right and he handed me over to the ambulance that happened to be close by.

to me and I giggled to myself. As the ambulance cruised toward the Cozumel Medical Center Hospital I mentioned to Julie what I thought happened in my mouth. “I think I lost my front teeth and shoved the rest of them up into the roof of my mouth.”

Julie told me later that she did not want to hear that since she was holding my nose on at that point. We both got quiet and began to chant devotional T Tibetan ibetan silently to ourselves to shift the energy. I chanted, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Julie confessed later that she chanted, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, Bleep! Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, Bleep!

It was discovered that the accident was a ‘planned event’ with clues along the way and a skilled Mexican surgeon that placed 7 steel plates and 34 screws in Laura’s face. The healing methods and mental attitude used resulted in no pain, not even a headache, undetectable scaring and spiritual work to perform at the Mayan ruins.

Seattleites’ are very fortunate to have so many skilled health and healing professionals at our doorstep. ““It’s It’s Not Weird Anymore” introduces 34 alternative methods for a smooth and gentle recovery. Enjoy reading a wild ride and discover what Seattle has to offer.

“It’s Not Weird Anymore: An Extraordinary True Tale” is an entertaining, educational, adventurous self-help resource guide to spiritual and health wisdom, conspiracy, sacred sex, a Match dot com relationship and much more.

Laura is a massage therapist and teacher of natural healing in essential oils.

Visit her at www.LauraLegere.com. Attend her FREE book reading at EastWest Bookshop Wed, July 20th at 7pm.

My right eye was beginning to swell shut and the image imprinted in my mind while my left eye began to close was a small Mexican EMT looking over my head to Julie, whispering, “Don’t worry.”

Everything went dark as I stayed awake and felt the small Mexican EMTs move my body onto the stretcher. I could hear them say,“Uno, dos, tres, huh.”

My 5’ 9’’ muscular body was a giant to them. This was humorous

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in the outer world.

Fire colors are Orange, Red, Yellow, Gold and brilliant tones Fire and Water can make the most powerful energy, Steam and we must get used to this energy because it will not be going away anytime soon.

Fire is the element of magic and using scents like clove, frankincense, peppermint, rosemary will bring us closer to our own personal earth & Fire magic. Harness this Magic to have fire, (Passion in our lives) and We open July 2011 With A cardinal CROSS of energy asks us to bal- use the stone Kyanite to Raise Consciousness, Peridot, which allows ance intuition with an easier flow of information from higher self, and Iolite, which clears Passion and action with feelings negativity and they work equally well with Fire and water energy..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer and Leo Sun Signs and for all of us Further pushing us into the watery (intuitive) realm is the planet of welcome to a very different July as we begin with the very rare 3rd intuition and imagination Neptune moving retrograde through Pisces eclipse of the season in the sign of Cancer. June brought us Gemini, until November 9th . Expect emotions to become stronger only in Sagittarius eclipses as one might expect with the lunar nodes in these order to act as guideposts for you. AND for those blockages in your signs and NOW: we have a VERY rare, 3rd out of sign eclipse indi- plans to begin to disappear if you are truly paying attention to your cating a very different next 6 months for us. (Yes, eclipses reverberate feelings. for 6 months) The eclipse 7/1 is a powerful indicator of the next 6 months and that July is always a pretty Hot and passionate Astrological month for us we shall need to be working on the inside of our lives and our minds and this year it is even more so. With Mercury, how we think and much more strongly. We begin a new seed planting energy with this Uranus (change) as well as the North node, what we need to do all in eclipse about HEALTHY SELF CARE which is what the sign of CanFIRE: On the 22nd as the sun moves from Cancer to Leo the desire cer is about. How can we nurture others without this we are asked as for action and to move towards our desires grows much stronger. we move forward into an ever increasingly busy world But we begin the month with Water, water, water, Emotions, intuition, On July 14th we have a we have a FULL moon, and, this full moon feelings and Stronger connections with source. The Sun in Cancer is with the Sun (the light) in Cancer, watery and safety conscious, brings us a new moon solar eclipse at 9 degrees of Cancer on the 1st and the moon in Capricorn which is practical and down to earth. We Just as Mercury (how we process and think) moves into Fiery Leo. are asked by this full moon to let go of all that is not authentically us The only way to navigate this month is a powerful desire to KNOW for the next 2 weeks until the New moon on the 30th of July in Fiery We are safe, to move ever towards what makes our souls sing and Leo. recognize that true safety and security lie only within our minds to July 28th and 29th and 30th until 11:40am PDT when we have the create that sense within self.

Leo New moon are balsamic moon days and great days to make wishWe begin the month with the Sun, Neptune, and Chiron all in Wa- es, plans, meditate and begin to create the space for that New moon ter. Asking us to connecting with intuition to heal and to help us on July 30th. New Moons are seeding times when things grow and move past the fear and discomfort of our world outside of ourselves increase and normally a great time for new projects. And, with the and create a sense of Self connection within. July sun and Moon in Leo for this new 3r Venus the planet of Love moves to Cancer and moon we are called FORWARD again we are asked to explore our sensitive natures July 28th and 29th and 30th until into NEW action and urged to have in order to be open to receive as well as give love. 11:40am PDT when we have the Leo fun, get passion into our lives, and to get going creating something, How do we do that? Colors which work well with New moon are balsamic moon days anything, just get going‌ but‌ intuition and peace and calming are blues, greens, sil- and great days to make wishes, plans, ver, soft and healing shades of the blue greens. How meditate and begin to create the space Chiron Moving backwards in the sign of Pisces until it again moves to move within? Well, meditation, prayer, nature, and for that New moon on July 30th. direct on November 10th, as well staying away from people who are gloom bringers will as Neptune retrograde asks that work well. Pearls, Rose Quartz and soft and gentle we move within and find connecstones will assist as well as Obsidian, Smoky Quartz, tions to our wise and ancient soul voice. So, I will ask of you to run and Amethyst to help clear negative energy . your actions and decisions through your inner voice, and you are goOn the 9th Uranus the planet of change moves Retrograde in the ing to have the most outstanding July in your life. I was once told we FIERY sign of Aries asking us to again, begin to create the passion always pay, we pay attention or we pay.. If you do not listen to your within ourselves in order when this planet moves direct on Decem- inner self, expect to get the lessons. NOTHING is more powerful ber 9th. But, know that many of these changes will begin to Bloom than inner connection and the gift of this new time upon this planet for within you before this date, do the inner work and watch what hap- us all is ABOUT inner knowing which will create a totally new world pens with this magical water and fire energy going on inside of us and if we just allow it to happen.

Eclipses ask that we eclipse something in our lives and with the Nodes in Gemini (ideas) and Sagittarius (our truth) and the eclipse in Cancer (healthy self care) and planets moving into Leo (the desire to create) how can we not have a great month?

Recognize July 2011 is the 7th month in a number 4 year making this an 11 month of Master Spiritual relationships. So, first create that master spiritual relationship within self and then allow it to move out through you into the world. You are creator by your thoughts, and feelings , leading to what you do, or your actions, is the message of July 2011 Carol Barbeau is an astrologer, radio personality, and teacher living in the Seattle Washington area. You may contact her or visit her website at http:// www.carolbarbeau.com for free articles on these events and much more.

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Defi ning the Elements: Chinese Astrology Ko Hashiguchi One of the more confusing parts of Western astrology versus Chinese astrology concerns the Elements. Some of the same names have been used for the Western elements as the Chinese, but the MEANINGS of those same-named elements are quite different.

In the West, we have four elements. They are Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. In the East, we have five elements. They are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal.

Though we in the astrological West have dealt with the four elements all of our lives, I believe the Western elements are less-well understood than the Eastern! That is because the MODERN Western definition of “element” and the CLASSICAL definition of an element are vastly different. A modern person might say: “Those ancient Greek guys sure were stupid...How could they talk about only FOUR elements when we know that there are 118 of them?”

We have to understand what a Greek meant by an “element.”

According to Aristotle, before you have the elements you have the four primary qualities; which are Hot, Cold, Wet, and Dry. These terms did not mean to Aristotle what WE think they mean. Aristotle said that the Qualities are the first distinctions made from the formless, primordial “stuff” of the universe.

“Hot” is not the rapid motion of molecules which, when applied to paper, causes it to burst into flames and reduce to ash. Heat is the quality that REFINES impurities out of a substance, leaving openings or pores, which permit free-passage.

“Cold” is not the slowing down of the motion of molecules which, when applied to water, causes it to turn to solid. Cold is the quality that coalesces things that are unlike.

“Wet” is not the presence of H20. Wet is the quality of having no internal boundaries or limits so that a substance that is wet will have no shape of its own, but assume the shape of its container.

“Dry” is not the absense of H20. Dry is the quality of having inherent internal boundaries and limits so that it has its own distinct shape, but will not conform to the shape of that which tries to contain it.

Hot and Cold were thought of as active qualities. Wet and Dry were thought of as passive qualities.

As Aristotle saw it, each of the “elements” was composed of one of the active qualities, and one of the passive ones: Hot and Dry combine to make Fire. Dry and Cold combine to make Earth. Cold and Wet combine to make Water. Wet and Hot combine to make Air. However, when we look at the elements of the signs of the zodiac, the sequence as described by Aristotle breaks down and does not work! The sequence is supposed to be: Fire, Earth, Air, Water.

And this is how the signs work:Aries/Fire, Taurus/Earth, Gemini/Air, Cancer/Water, Leo/Fire, Virgo/Earth, Libra/Air, Scorpio/Water, Sagittarius/Fire, Capricorn/Earth Aquarius/Air, Pisces/Water.

But if you track the elements as they are constructed from the qualities Aristotle sets up, the system breaks down: Aries Hot + Dry = Fire Taurus Dry + Cold = Earth Gemini HOT + WET = Air????

Cancer Wet + Cold = Water Between Taurus and Gemini two qualities are changing at once, which means that the generation of elements between Taurus and Gemini breaks down. The same breakdown happens between Virgo and Libra.

HOWEVER, competing with Aristotle, we had the school of the Stoics, who assigned only ONE quality per element. For them, Fire is only Hot, Earth is only Dry, Air is only Cold, and Water is only Wet, which works perfectly well with the signs of the zodiac: Aries/Hot/FIRE, Taurus/Dry/EARTH, Gemini/Cold/AIR, Cancer/ Wet/WATER, etc.

The qualities of Hot, Cold, Wet, and Dry STILL have relevance to today! Let us start with a substance that has no H20 in it, but starts as Dry and becomes increasingly wet: A chunk of stone is Dry. It’s dry by Classical standards and Modern. If you try to package it up, it keeps its own boundaries and limits. What happens if you crush the stone into smaller chunks? It can be more easily bounded by whatever container you put it into; it becomes more Wet. Do you doubt me? What if you pound those chunks of stone into gravel, and then into sand? Because the mass of mineral has less internal boundaries and structure of its own, it becomes more Wet as the particles become smaller. If you grind the stone until it’s as fine-grained as talcum powder, it will behave quite like a liquid, although there is still not a speck of H20 in it!

Even shape will affect the Wetness or Dryness of a stone! Take two stones of the same weight, but one is jagged and the other is smooth.

The jagged stone is Dryer than the smooth stone because it retains its limits and resists the hand that tries to stroke it. The smooth stone readily allows that same hand to stroke it. The smooth stone is more Wet. I will give you one more example that does not come from geology: what is the difference between DRY humor and wet humor? “Wet” humor is humor that makes you laugh on your own terms: it tries to be universally funny. “Dry” humor is humor that makes you laugh on ITS terms: you have to meet the humor half-way, or you don’t laugh.

Don’t be deceived that the classical elements or the qualities are obsolete! We might as well say that Classical French cooking is obsolete because it’s not fast, inexpensive, or easily eaten “on-the-go,” with cell phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other. Classical French cooking may fit very poorly into “modern” society, but it uses natural ingredients, tastes delicious, and has a much harder time giving you cancer.

The Classical Four Elements from the Greeks are not obsolete because ASTROLOGY IS NOT OBSOLETE. If you want to understand Western astrology properly, you have to understand the Elements the way the Greeks did. Aries is not Fire because an Aries Sun Sign person has flames coming out of their mouth: they are Fire because Refining Impurities and Leaving Openings in a substance or situation GIVES YOU FREE PASSAGE. The Greek word for Free Passage ALSO was a synonym for Success. And THAT’S why Aries is Fire!

I will compare the Western Elements to the Taoist Chinese Elements, starting with the next issue.

Ko has studied the Four Pillars Chinese astrology since 1986. Ko has lectured at the UAC in 2002, the NORWAC and the AFA conferences in 2003.

He can be reached at his web site, AsianAstro.com, and by phone at 253486-7742

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Discovering the Depths of Human Energy an Interview with Qigong Practitioner Jeff Primack Most people need six hours of sleep, thus indicating our limited energy situation. Qi can be replenished by using breathing techniques, meditation, fasting, prayer, sun bathing etc.

It is the same spirit or qi that moves through each person.

Unity and oneness movements will take place all over the world and they will be based around Qi. It is all the same force in different amounts.

Interview by Michelene Bell, publisher of “In Light Times Magazine”. Jeff Primack is a Qigong teacher that has studied with many Qigong masters from all over the world and has taught over 25,000 people in live seminars.

MB: What benefits does Qi provide and HOW does it accomplish healing?

JP: Say you’re a battery… and the Qi is the life force that keeps the battery going. When the juice inside is used up… the battery is lifeless. Qi is related to your lifespan. If people squander energy on arguing and negative pattern behavior than how can anyone increase energy? Qigong understands where people lose their energy and how to get it back.

Yet, Qi has profoundly physical effects that unlock our potential.

5000 Years Ago Chinese Medicine said, “Qi Moves the Blood.”

Standing still relaxed in a Qigong posture a person can circulate as much blood as they could running for 3 miles!! Jogging releases a flood of Cortisol and negative stress hormones that close off small capillaries, but Qigong does not. There is no stress response from Qigong (it actually reduces Cortisol in studies) and the level of full body circulation is even greater. Qigong noticeably improves blood circulation, digestion etc. A pleasant heat builds in the navel center bringing a quiet confidence and power within.

MB: Is this life force or Qi different in each person?

JP: The Qi is one unified force. Some people have more than others.

On an extreme example, say a person has enough energy that they don’t need to sleep anymore. This is a very high level of Qigong.

MB: Can a person have too much Qi coursing in their body?

JP: Qigong theory states the “Ocean of Qi” in the navel can never be filled. It has a vast reservoir allowing a lifetime of Qi to be stored. Only if it is blocked can there be too much energy. When spine and nervous system are out of alignment it is important to open meridians and do stretching routines. One cannot have too much qi, but it can be blocked and qigong exercises will help to open up the channels.

People with abundant Qi have a grace and power about them that attracts people. New students frequently find their skin clears up and their eyes whiten. Blood circulates better helping more toxins leave the system. The benefits to having more Qi are the same as having better blood circulation. The PULSE of your heartbeat is the foundation of life, but Chinese medicine has a dozen different pulses that Western medicine has not yet discovered.

When people do Qigong for the first time they are often surprised to see their fingers pulsate and fill up with blood. The warmth people feel in the navel is also from the increased blood flow.

MB: You speak about euphoric “highs” that can be attained from breathing techniques. What is the value of this in practical real world terms?

JP: Everyone wants to feel good. Alcohol transforms our mental state, but also destroys the liver. Qi has no side effect except making you feel full of vitality. Its highs are beyond words. Sometimes the Qi will vibrate throughout our body in such a blissful way as to feel we are being touched by God. All without chemicals or man made products that cost money. The Qi being free, abundant, right under our nose, makes it the ultimate ally to rise above life’s obstacles.

Once you get the hang of the breathing techniques there comes the ability to have a natural high anytime. Sometimes euphoria is so profound that it can erase negative emotional patterns presently going on. The ability to drop bad Qi quickly trains the student to be without heavy emotional vibrations.

ILT: Jeff, give us a brief overview of the Qi Revolution seminar.

JP: People generate energy in graceful qigong routines. The entire audience feels a profound electro-magnetic QI energy in their hands.

In addition to movements, Spine-tingling breathing techniques are employed, yoga, food-healing principles from naturopathic medicine and an extraordinary healing-breath-prayer circle. The seminar gives the ultimate “activation” to one’s internal energy. Once the candle has been lit (metaphor for overflowing the Dan Tien), it is easy to maintain its radiance. Simply practice Qigong. All ages and fitness levels can participate.

Qi Revolution comes to Tacoma Convention Center August 13th-16th. Jeff Primack and 35 instructors will teach 4 days of Qigong Training for $99. www.QiRevolution.com for details.

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What happens when you mix the power of quartz with the grounding of hematite?

Surprisingly, it creates a heart stone called Strawberry Quartz. True Strawberry Quartz has tiny needles or lines of hematite that appear pinkish-red when they are included in clear or cloudy quartz. So, we have a crown chakra stone with root chakra inclusions that becomes a heart chakra stone.

Strawberry Quartz is somewhat rare in the true form. Many of the prized pieces come from Africa. Chemically, it is a combination of Silicon Dioxide and hematite with a hardness of 7. Its more common form is mass though there are some crystal shapes available. Be careful if you are purchasing it to be sure it is true Strawberry Quartz and not a man-made version like Cherry Quartz. Some of the higher quality pieces will have small rutiles (needles) of red running through them, others will appear more like veins of strawberry juice in them.

Strawberry Quartz As a heart stone, Strawberry Quartz opens the heart center, stimulating it and causing feelings of love. It has a universal quality that Melody, in Love is in the Earth, describes as causing one to “travel to the center of the universe of life” where one feels euphoria in a loving environment, makes connections with information concerning the reasons for life, and can connect to other life forms. She talks of it being used in Atlantis and Lemuria in healing ceremonies and for recall.

Another quality that I found connected with Strawberry was its ability to help with the quality and remembering of dreams. Perhaps this is because it is known as a stone for keeping one attached to one’s body when astral traveling. It is a good stone for people who want to know more about their past lives as well. The strong energy it holds is presented in a gentle way so one moves through experiences, sometimes without awareness until after the experience. Make no mistake, this cuddly-looking stone holds a lot of power if you are ready to work with it.

Personally, I find it much like a strawberry sundae on a warm afternoon. It is soothing, good feeling, and pleasurable to the senses, but without the calories. When I held it and

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allowed my mind to listen, I heard “Remember, remember.” When I went deeper and asked, “Remember what?” the answer was “Who you are, what you are.”

If you are looking for this loving stone to give you a push, you have made a good choice with Strawberry Quartz. It is available in massage tools, spheres, jewelry and tumbled stones. You may not see it a first because it seems to wait until a person is ready to work with it. When the time is right, it will be there waiting.

Cecilia Ray, owner of World of Gaia, a rock business on www.WorldofGaia.net and Ebay, reads stone energies. She also owns Mystical Winds, a company coordinating Psychic Fair and Events.

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Transcending ‘Fear’

Everything IS Love If I may speak to my experience: I don’t count fear as an emotion. Why? Beacuse true fear is not a choosing thing, it is a biological response. It just happens, and I am always grateful after the fact, when I can actually comprehend what has just happened. Ever slammed on your brakes, coming just shy of rear-ending someone, before you even knew you were doing it?

Ever fall to the ground when someone you aren’t even consciously aware of pulls a gun out and starts shooting? That is what I am talking about when I say fear.

Any time I am aware of a fear response OUTSIDE of a life-threatening situation, the reason that fear causes an anxiety within me is because I am not IN a life threatening situation. It is an inappropriate biological response in that moment. The emotion is the anxiety... and this is also a blessing. It tells me, “Hey, your fear response is acting up. This is inappropriate.” And unlike fear, it doesn’t let up. It keeps coming back to me, like an angel, telling me something is amiss.

Once I acknowledge this, I can then take the intuitive action to allow my body to have a response that is appropriate for my situation... the fear and my emotions and my thoughts can have a chance to get unentangled.

With practice, the fear response I have in inappropriate situations goes away. Certain stimuli stop pushing all my fight or flight buttons. I no longer think or behave from a fearful place in

I would encourage anyone to establish a daily meditation practice. There is no longer any need to become a hermit on a mountain or in a cave to reach enlightenment – the planet’s energy at this time supports the process to happen with joy, grace, and ease for all who intend to experience it in this way, and much faster than ever has been available in the past. For 20 minutes a day simply BE with yourself, ALL of you, in whatever way is exciting to you (breathing exercises, guided visualization, walking slowly, qi gong, yoga).

Intention is EVERYTHING, so intend for it to be a joyous practice that yields fantastic results in no time at all, with no disruption or trauma! It may not seem like anything significant is happening at first but you will experience tremendous shifts within yourself over time, and these changes will happen more and more rapidly as you become more comfortable with them. I would also encourage anyone to spend as much time as possible with other people on this path just enjoying one another’s company and having as much fun as possible!

situations where it is unwarranted, which is ANY situation in which life or limb is not in imminent danger.

This is why I state that IN MY EXPERIENCE, fear IS Love (with a capital L). Everything my body does naturally is Love.

When I deny that, I create suffering for myself. When I love every part of my Love, I create joy. ♥ When I was 24 I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. I finally went to a doctor after my panic attacks got so bad that I would just leave work [in the middle of my shift]. I was going to get fired unless I received immediate medical attention. The psychiatrist told me that because of my personal and family history I would be on medication for the rest of my life to control my anxiety. I made the decision right then and there to not accept that as truth. Why? Because I simply didn’t want to.

I did not have any conscious understanding of any of this at that time, but 6 years later here I am. I haven’t taken medication for anxiety in 4 years now. (2 years to a lifetime? Epic win, point Sovreign Being.)

I do not have panic attacks. I very rarely feel a fear response in my life. Not because I avoid the inappropriate things that cause the response (in fact, I relish any opportunity to transmute it), but because I have not allowed my fear/anxiety knots to rule me in any way shape or form. I am Master here, not any corrupt programming. I am not that programming, I am the One who notices it.

And I take advantage of the opportunities presented to me. Every fear/anxiety knot is just one of many opportunities to allow Love/God to rewrite my programming, correcting it to Divine Truth.

Jamie Lewis shares her insights on life, healing and happiness. You can read more of her writing online and find her on Facebook. Jamie K Lewis

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