WaterFalls' Paranormal Life

Unique Dream Catchers

2012-01-09T13:50:00.002-05:00

Unique Dream Catchers

Peace of Mind Wellness Center Clifford Preston BCH:

2011-10-31T20:56:00.000-04:00

Peace of Mind Wellness Center Clifford Preston BCH:

Basic Hypnotherapist Practitioner Certification Training

2011-10-12T20:43:00.000-04:00

Become a Certified Hypnotherapist!

Canadian Professional Board of

Hypnotherapy

Basic Practitioner Certification Training

Learn how to help others:

Stop smoking, Control weight, Release fear, Control pain, Build self-esteem, Improve study habits, Remove limiting beliefs, Public speaking, and much more, through Hypnotherapy.

All texts, reference and script books are supplied.

Graduate as a Certified Hypnotherapist

with the

Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy ( PBH )

Next Course begins November 4, 2011

3 Complete Weekends

Cost................. $1800-

** $100- non-returnable deposit is required on or before Oct. 28, 2011 **

Instructor: Cliff Preston, is a Bachelor of Clinical Hypnotherapy, a qualified Hypnosis Instructor for the PBH , and practicing Hypnotherapist since 1993

Call for Information and Registration.

Cliff Preston BCH, CHI, cpreston@becon.org 905-894-8873

Professional Board of Hypnotherapy reastman@shaw.ca 1-888-686-6163

http://www.excelcenter.com/therapistdetails.asp

Clinical Hypnotherapist

79 Burleigh Rd.Ridgeway Ontario L0S 1N0
Phone: 905-894-8873
Email: cpreston@becon.org
Memberships:
PBH, ABH.
Services:
Stop Smoking,Weight Control, Fears,Phobias,Stress Control

College: Excel Center College
University: American Pacific University
Others:
Additional Degrees: Bachelor of Clinical Hypnotherapy
Additional Courses: Certified Hypnosis Instructor
Additional Notes:
Notes:
Clifford Preston is a Certified Hypnotherapy instructor associated with the Excel Center Hypnotherapy Training College located in Red Deer Alberta Canada

The Keys Seminar, Ridgeway, Ontario...Ongoing classes

2011-10-12T20:41:00.000-04:00

The Keys Seminar

Taught by

Cliff Preston, BCH

The Keys Seminar is an experiential weekend seminar that can help you to change your life in a highly positive manner. You will leave at the completion of the weekend a different person, a more positive, decisive person who looks forward eagerly to new life experiences.

You will learn a new method of Dynamic Meditation that you will be able to use anywhere and at anytime to remove stress and tension from your life.

Your own Limiting Belief Systems will be re-evaluated and perhaps even set aside so that you become limitless in your efforts and endeavors.

Negative experiences from the past will no longer restrict you in your present.

You will gain the tools to control your own life as you see fit.

You will prove your own Psychic Abilities beyond any doubt and will be able to use those Psychic talents to enhance your life for the rest of your life.

Friday Jan,13, 2012 7:30 p.m. to 11: p.m.

Saturday Jan.14, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 5: p.m.

Sunday Jan.15, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 5: p.m.

Location .............79 Burleigh Rd., Ridgeway, Ont.

$500. per student $850 per family couple

( $ 100. Non-returnable deposit required with registration. On or before Jan. 6, 2012)

Cliff Preston, BCH.

Tel. (905)-894-8873 cpreston@becon.org

I love you - I am sorry - Forgive me - Thank you

2011-10-12T19:54:00.000-04:00

A Dear Friend Shared This Teaching with Me and I Want to Share it With You.

On Being Grateful

These words (in blue) are not mine, as in possession, but are my responsibility as I want to put them forward for others to know.

I am filled with gratitude each and everyday because of all the gifts bestowed upon the people I meet through my daily act of living; the people in my home and those who have chosen me to be in their circles.

I present this: if we are all able to share our responsibility for all that happens in the Universe, we can all be grateful for everything. We are the designers of our world and as so we, each of us, is responsible for what it gives to each of us.

In so feeling I say to the Universe, of which you are a part;

I love you

I am sorry

Forgive me

Thank you

* these teachings come from a very old (ancient) form of teaching from Hawai’i which is said to be part of the Original Teachings ALL original nations of this world received and worked with prior to our interfering with each other. The Indigenous people of Hawai’i remained unmolested with their original teachings until 1850 and so are still familiar with, and use, them. The portion mentioned here is described as part of what is known as Ho’oponopono. It speaks of everyone’s involvement in everything that happens. There is no blame, there is no credit, there just is and for all of that I am very grateful.

Kuei-kuei, Tanishpanin, Migise Bimise napeau; Innu napeau; Ushat, Utshimassit Nitassinan doonjibaa;

Mukaday Mskwa dodem; niaut, iame.

Transformational Experiences

2011-07-30T01:13:00.000-04:00

I'd like to share a dear friends experiences with you at this time of deep inner changes. I feel many of you will be able to relate to what he has experienced...

http://timidwolf.blogspot.com/p/about-me-self-reflection-healing.html

LEARN TO BECOME A CHANNELER !

2011-05-17T23:26:00.002-04:00

Learn to Become a Channeller

Unique Opportunity

LEARN TO BECOME A CHANNELER !

CHANNELING WORKSHOP

WITH

CLIFF PRESTON

AND

THE ECHO

All tools and skills to become a Channeller will be taught, following Cliff's 35 years of Channelling The ECHO.

Professional Channeler of The Echo, Cliff Preston, will share his more than 35 years of experience with you.

This workshop will teach you the step-by-step skills and tools needed to enter and return from a Deep Trance State. You will learn to develop the ability to access the Deep Trance State at will.
It is necessary for the student to continue to practice even after the completion of the course in order to fully develop the trance state.
Working with a chosen partner is preferred but is not mandatory for this program. All materials are supplied.
Next Course begins Feb. 9, 2012
( $100 non-returnable deposit with registration on or before Feb. 3, 2012)

79 Burleigh Rd. Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. LOS INO

cpreston@becon.org 905-894-8873

Events that I'm involved with 2011

2011-04-26T20:53:00.001-04:00

http://channeledessence.blogspot.com/p/events.html

Notes from a Deep Trance Director: What Happens During a Channeled Reading?

2011-04-26T20:49:00.001-04:00

Many times, during a first time reading, clients have told me that they feel a little apprehensive or nervous because they don't know what to expect. Many people haven't heard of channeling before so they are curious to see what it is all about.

The high energy that Liane, The Essence and I generate, which is a natural process from doing spiritual work, can also make you feel a little shaky or 'heady' as we bring your energy up to match with ours. This can sometimes feel like a nervous response.

I remind the client that it's a two way conversation and to communicate with The Essence as if it were a person also. This is why channeled spiritual groups use a persona. Sometimes one spirit is chosen to be the lead spirit and all information is streamed through a past life persona of that being.
Other times the persona is a conglomeration of the spirit group and they work in mesh with one and other. It helps we, as humans, to feel more at ease talking with them.
Other than a giant voice out of nowhere! lol

The Essence is an ever growing spirit group that is Channeled through Liane. These spiritual energies have insight into Akashic records, can communicate with our own guides, helpers and angelic Beings, they are at a higher resonance and so have access to areas that we haven't even imagined yet. This grouping is Liane's unique connection to spirit. Others may channel but each grouping is unique to the channeler.

On first contact The Essence (a spiritual resonance) is aware that a bond of trust needs to be established so that the client understands the profound realizations and understandings that they can bring to them. The Essence will talk about issues in their personal life, mention the names of loved ones that have passed or that are important in the clients life. Things that prove to the client that they are indeed in contact and in awareness of them personally.

Once this bond has been established, clients usually are amazed that this process can actually take place and are more comfortable to ask questions about their life. The interesting thing that I find is how The Essence can weave a pattern through the clients questions, to bring a focus on what really matters in the clients life.
Many times we ask in what may feel like totally unrelated areas or problems in our life. Then the Essence brings us, to come to the understanding, that they all deal with an aspect of ourselves that we don't feel comfortable with, don't like about ourselves or something that we are doing to hurt ourselves. These issues then are projected out as issues in our lives that we're having trouble dealing with.

Common threads that we all have that The Essence brings to light are:

Negative treatment in our childhoods that are impacting our lives today.
Past life issues (can be negative or positive) being played out again and again in consecutive lifetimes with or without the same participants following us through time.
Issues of self love
Negative thought patterns
Not standing up for oneself
Negative value of self
How we treat our bodies - suggestions of what we can change to feel better
Sometimes warnings of people, places and things

The really comforting thing for me is that The Essence will always bring up issues for us to work on for a better life. They will never leave you without a way to heal from these issues or a way to work with your energy and mind to change yourself so that you will be able to live a happier, successful, loving and rewarding life. They even give us ways to help others that we care about, that is if our loved ones will listen.

I can see and read energy, auras and I've always noticed that clients come to us with a cloud of gray energy around them. Then just after being in the energy of Liane, the Essence and myself, they could just be asking one or two questions, they end up leaving with a beautiful bright and clean aura. Glowing in the energies that they are meant to have without the interference of the negative interfering. I can see the change in people.

This shows the hard work, dedication and development that Liane has worked on and continually progresses through, on her own personal level and with her Channeling prowness.To connect with The Essence and keep that connection going during doorbells ringing, animals, phones, loud music and people talking/laughing at the events that we go to etc. Liane continually emphasizes that she just wants to help people in any way she can. I can say that she is succeeding as I see people being helped profoundly every day.

Through the years of working with channelers I've learned that cars can break down because of our own negative thought patterns about them. Have you expressed your love to your favorite mechanical devices lately? They will work better and last longer if you do it!
and if our thoughts can do this to mechanical things then what are we doing to our bodies with those same destructive thoughts?
Just think about it...

Meditation is the key to all. Including ourselves because with each of us is all of our answers just waiting to be accessed.

James Gilliland ECETI Update November 4 2010

2010-11-05T17:17:00.000-04:00

Earth Travels

2010-09-06T15:03:00.000-04:00

My inner work lately has been on self esteem, acceptance of self... in whatever way or however we find ourselves to 'BE' at this point in our journey. Lumps, bumps and warts:) So much teaching now is based on overcoming 'perceived' personal negatives, fighting how our body looks, changing... push, pushing ahead, the beliefs of drawing abundance, wanting more-getting more.When do we sit back and let ourselves (((BE))) who we are and settle into ourselves. Who am I now? instead of fighting against the natural changes of time. Happy changes can be made by simply finding positives in the 'perceived' negatives, SELF ACCEPTANCE.

Didn't we bring those difficulties into our lives to learn lessons from? Fighting against them is not always the way to learn. Sometimes we need to ease into the pain to understand it fully. Ride out an emotionally painful event and let it heal with time instead of facing it 'head on'... really learn it, feel it. If you can't get out of it then learn it fully. Something interesting happens when you let pain fully engulf you... it becomes smaller, you can go beyond it, go in to get out of it.

Saying this is enough to material gains - I have enough things! I am not defined by my own possessions or how well my children are accepted in society or how my body is accepted by society... these are all exterior things. They do not define the equivalent spirit that is all of us. Equal, no less, no more, in time, experience, lifetimes of journeys .. the spirit is who we truly are. The spirit that is driving the body/vehicle that we are housed in on this earth.

This is not the ultimate fight to be who we are not... but the ultimate fight to be the spirit body that we are.

This is what I've been experiencing, pondering... lately... :)

6 Sept 201

Echo on Atlantis and Lemuria

2010-06-23T16:41:00.005-04:00

In the wake of a recent Earthquake and the explanations of how the earths crust actually floats on the core of magma in the center of the the earth. It reminded me of an interesting Echo session with Cliff and Linda Preston, where the Echo made a statement about the ancient land of Atlantis and a common thought that it was an island.

The Echo explained that Lemuria and Atlantis could be viewed as an island but it was at the time when all land on the earth was in a giant mass formation. I found this corresponding article on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea that explains how the earths' land mass would have broken up and drifted with water entering in between the moving land masses. In Alfred Wegener's theory he called the initial landmass

Pangaea.

The Echo explained that Lemuria and Atlantis were civilizations that occurred on 'Pangaea'. Where you could literally travel from one end to the other, in all four directions, by land. Scott and I were told of lives that we had lived in these times. They had told me of my own Atlantean and Lemurian lives before but hadn't gone into the conditions of the world at that time.

I'm fascinated how the Earth Mother still changes and grows. I think we all get lulled into the concept of being in control of our little worlds until she wakes up and gives us a nudge. She lets us know who's in charge by rocking and rolling us once in awhile to remind us all who's in charge of the environment.

Nancy

2010-02-18T21:21:00.001-05:00

I guess there are some rumors going around as to why I am no longer working with Sayge and Zoltach. I hadn't made a public statement about because I didn't want to stir up any 'drama' for myself or Sayge.

We simply had some philosophical disagreements and I chose to leave.

People following a spiritual lifestyle strive for a positive life path and so if you hear of negativity or gossip from others, please look at the source of the rumor and understand that true spirituality follows the path of love.

namaste Nancy

2009-11-11T23:00:00.000-05:00

In Loving Memory of My Father and my Uncles who stood up for what they believed in, who fought for our future and our right to be free.

Also for their brave spouses who waited patiently at home for them never knowing if they would see their husbands coming home to them again.

Adele and Harold Eckert my Parents

My Father Brothers who were also in the war and returned home safely Shirl, Eugene and Raymond Eckert all of whom have all since passed over.

My Mother and her family especially, missed dearly her little brother John who was killed in Italy at the age of 23 and in his memory I end my words today.

In memory of

Private JOHN ALFRED DOREY

who died on January 1, 1944

Service Number: B/42244
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Regiment

Only Son of John and Mary Dorey, of Ontario

PEACE

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2204283

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books

Paranormal Log & Diary

2009-07-08T17:53:00.003-04:00

8 July 2009

I have had phenomena happening constantly in my life. I have noticed that some people who live in 'haunted' houses sometimes keep a log and so I thought I would start keeping my own log.

Are the experiences connected to me or the condo? I'm not sure...

I have just moved in this year and right away I was surrounded with odd happenings. Many people have lived in this home and many live around me. So it might just be interesting to share what happens.

I have to say that the most interesting things that have happened to date is the touch lamp at my bedside will turn itself on and off very quickly. Also the large doors on my closet BANG! One friend witnessed it and jumped exclaiming.. 'What the heck was that!' lol

I'm pretty used to it now:)

At first it was just a loud bang but now it seems to produce multiple quick raps with occasional big bangs.

Remember Heaven In a Friend

2009-05-14T11:46:00.007-04:00

Are you listening?

Do you complete the sentences spoken, delivered into your mind, before the story teller has had a chance to formulate the words, the thoughts, the phrasing in their own mind?

Do you blurt out your replacement word, proud that you knew what they were thinking, not understanding that in essence you are confusing their mind and bringing the focus back to you?

Egos a friend.

Are you listening?

Are you savoring the flavor of anothers thoughts, the integrity of their words, the passion they are trying to express to you in such a limited way through voice, hands, feet shuffling, excited words popping out of an enlightened face?

Or are you searching, racing your brain about your rhetorical answer, examining in your own mind what you can say next, letting your ego play with answers that will better their world, preoccupied with wandering thoughts that distract or even not communicating at all and focusing on visions of your own?

Can you hear me?

Are you watching the story tellers body language, looking deep into their eyes to see subtle reflections of loss, grief, suffering that no one but they can express about their own lifes hurts and pain?

How much are you listening?

Can you feel their striving, do you try and enter their world, walk in their soul shoes, try on their lives like a favorite jacket and truly learn from their experiences?

It's just like Heaven.

Learning from a personal story teller's experiences. I've been to heaven. Heaven, the other side, nirvana no matter what a name. Where we intimately share each others souls. We meld with each other, we become each other and fully share, grasp, without encumbrances, fully expressively, beyond honestly... to BE each other and apart. That is how we learn.

The act of listening and fully embracing anothers experiences is god like. Learning from another, taking in their essence of trust is a closer step to heaven. Heaven on earth, a taste, the knowing. Unfettered by intrusions of our own thoughts, quietness of mind. Just soaking in anothers spirit.

That is what the art of listening is. Not simply waiting for your friend to pause, breathe in deep thought, so carefully, truthfully choosing their limited words...
... for you to jump in and blurt out your views or shockingly more so change the subject.

Stop and breathe with them. Drink in who they are. Remember why they are your friend. Remember Heaven.

WaterFall

Do you understand the reality of Negative Energy Attachments?

2009-04-22T12:35:00.006-04:00

I guess this is kind of unusual but I have to share one experience while working as a facilitator. While a deep trance channell in removing negative energy attachments. (I hadn't even thought about what might happen if I ever had one myself.) I am a very bright lightbody, I know this and very strong, as I've done this work in the astral during meditation and dreamwork for many years. I've gathered a lot of strength, experience and education from Angels, Arch Angels, Christ Consciousness, Source and any of those in the hierarchy of heaven who wish to participate. When we first started preforming removals it struck a chord in myself that...Hey I've already done this... the similarity gave me one of those crashing feelings of when two worlds collide physical to spiritual and how reality is meshed together.

During a removal the protection of our client is the utmost issue on our minds. I actually will physically sit in between the negative energy being voiced and the client. I won't let the energy even look at the client. So that all of the energy will be directed at me and I can filter/deflect it for the client.

I haven't had an attachment yet of this kind. I know that I have battled negatives in the astral for a reason and fought them off. So this weekend when I was made known that I had an attachment right on my chest/heart chakra I was a little shocked and my first reaction was... get this thing off of me!! ahh! :) All sorts of feelings and attitudes ran through my mind and I wondered how it had influenced me in my life. At least it had not been there for a long time. I apologized in advance if I was mean to anyone! :)

I asked to remove it . Now I thought that the channell would bring it through and then release it silently for me but the next thing I knew. The channell was voicing my own attachment! So I went after it and the battle began. This one actually gave the name of a Demon which was a first. My job is to do anything I can to get the energy upset to the point of extreem emotions. That way the channell can remove it at it's highest point and this means that he will get all of it out. Yes, it got personal. Some obtrusive ideas and poltergeist activity that had been happening in my home was explained by the negative mimicking these feelings and events.

So now how do I feel? I immediately felt lighter. I hadn't realized that there was pressure on my chest until it was gone! I can breathe easier, I feel happier, have a sense of comfort like being in my favorite jammies watching a movie on the couch, love feels deeper, my personal energies are easier to access and they feel more balanced, I can sleep easier, laughing comes easier... (Oh dear I giggle about everything anyway!)... I just feel more connected. I used to feel left out, different, that I didn't fit in. Now I feel like I fit in with myself and everything else doesn't matter that much. A sense of personal peace.
I AM ness. and if you don't understand the I AM statement..please look it up! *grin*

namaste
Nancy

Future dreams

2009-04-21T18:13:00.004-04:00

I dreamed last night that I was at an institution of learning. It was very technological. Many computers to use. It even looked like in other areas of the many buildings, they were researching for the military. Big and small jets would take off now and then making a lot of noise. The buildings were really tall and you had to use the elevators to get to where you needed to go. Everything looked so impressive to me.
After a time though as I looked around everything wasn't so up to date things were getting dirty. I understood that technological advancement wasn't going to help the human race...although most of the humans thought it would in my dream.
My friend needed a computer and so we went to a little shop in town. As we drove in there were boxes and boxes of the computers that we use today set aside as junk. I asked the store owner what was wrong with them and he said very old technology! these are dinosaurs as he picked up pieces out of boxes and dropped them back in.
I was asking him what ran computers now... didn't you need a motherboard, ram etc? He just started laughing and said no! everything is all in one... a complete unit. He picked up a cube like box but the sides were rounded off. It looked translucent and was a neon green/yellow colour. He handed it to me and said that's all you need. It was very light and there were no cords. Interesting I thought.
The next thing I knew I was back at my apartment looking out a window or off of a balcony. I heard a loud roar and then a continuing rumble. I thought it was another jet but then I noticed water coming towards me. It was only about two stories down from where I was. I could see the water making it's way around the buildings in the distance. It shined and glistened as the evening sun reflected on it. Then the buildings once engulfed started to slide sideways. Like layers in a cake with frosting in between... breaking apart sliding sideways and down.
My last memory is standing in shock as the water stopped moving towards me and watching as these buildings crumbled. There wasn't anything I could do...

My View on Interaction of the Soul

2009-04-14T13:30:00.000-04:00

We are spirit, spirit beings having a human experience. We are all connected to each other and in communication with each other weaving this world of probabilities constantly. Many of our
greatest efforts are put forth in the dreamtime when we meet in groups to discuss and work out problems.
No one is not manifesting spirit, that would mean were are separate from ourselves or as some Christians say 'have turned our backs on God'.... but that is an impossibility because we *are* spirit.
We each have our paths to follow, lessons to learn. Depending on where we grew up and what social constraints were put on us, our paths, although fine to us may not seem or look 'good' to others observing. Some of us are here to learn what we might believe to be 'negative' lessons, but they are life's path lessons all the same.

Through a collective agreement we have the world in which we live. I can't see changing it any other way than one person at a time, waking up to their own inner connection to love which is in essence spirit.
For many, the time is not at hand and they are playing out scenarios that are, what me might think as destructive to self, but necessary in their own development of soul. I don't feel that one savior is coming to help us in any form, dimensional Beings, religious figures etc... but look around at all of the spiritually developed, love based people that are starting to really shine in this world. They have moved away from religion, dogma and constraints and are exploring their own inner light. Their energy, thoughts and creative intent are binding together and creating a force.
I talk a lot with younger people (15-25) you would not believe the numbers coming in that are fully awakened. They call themselves star seeds and resonate to that label. They literally blow my mind from what they know, having brought it in at birth, knowledge of past lives, remembering their prebirth existence (many from different planets, star systems). They know things naturally that have taken me 25 years of study and meditation. I have them explain things to me on a regular basis lol:)

The other point is that we are not alone in the universe. There are so many other beings living in other dimensions, realities and some interacting with us and our governments now. (some making sure we don't blow ourselves and them up with us:) Many of us have our souls origins not being from earth but brought in to bring balance. Such as other races, cultures from off Earth civilizations some are on similar levels of development as this planet is and others on different levels. Also active in learning different elements of interacting as a group. Even as Jesus said, (uh oh, now I'm quoting Jesus:), There will always be the poor among us. There will always be the life's scenario to live a poor life. I have memories of many past lives in where I starved to death, as I'm sure many of you have also. We can try to help others in need, it's our path to help those among us but we will never be able to make everything 'good' for everyone.

How can you learn life's lessons in a place were everyone is ecstatically happy all the time and not wanting? There would be nothing to compare to, nothing to achieve. How would we learn our lessons? What purpose would our lives have? Yes bad things happen to good people. Most lessons have to be repeated, especially the significant ones. Courageous souls seem to choose the hardest lessons, the hardest lives. Be courageous in your own life. Live it to the fullest and enjoy every day that you are here. It's your own life plan after all. Who knows you better than yourself! :)

Nancy Eckert
WaterFall
2006

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Meltdown in the Arctic is speeding up

2008-09-29T14:06:00.002-04:00

Scientists warn that the North Pole could be free of ice in just five years' time instead of 60

Robin McKie, science editor
The Observer,
Sunday August 10 2008

Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2013.

Satellite images show that ice caps started to disintegrate dramatically several days ago as storms over Alaska's Beaufort Sea began sucking streams of warm air into the Arctic.

As a result, scientists say that the disappearance of sea ice at the North Pole could exceed last year's record loss. More than a million square kilometres melted over the summer of 2007 as global warming tightened its grip on the Arctic. But such destruction could now be matched, or even topped, this year.

'It is a neck-and-neck race between 2007 and this year over the issue of ice loss,' said Mark Serreze, of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. 'We thought Arctic ice cover might recover after last year's unprecedented melting - and indeed the picture didn't look too bad last month. Cover was significantly below normal, but at least it was up on last year.

'But the Beaufort Sea storms triggered steep ice losses and it now looks as if it will be a very close call indeed whether 2007 or 2008 is the worst year on record for ice cover over the Arctic. We will only find out when the cover reaches its minimum in mid-September.'

This startling loss of Arctic sea ice has major meteorological, environmental and ecological implications. The region acts like a giant refrigerator that has a strong effect on the northern hemisphere's meteorology. Without its cooling influence, weather patterns will be badly disrupted, including storms set to sweep over Britain.

At the same time, creatures such as polar bears and seals - which use sea ice for hunting and resting - face major threats. Similarly, coastlines will no longer be insulated by ice from wave damage and will suffer erosion, as is already happening in Alaska.

Other environmental changes are likely to follow. Without sea ice to bolster them, land ice - including glaciers - could topple into the ocean and raise global sea levels, threatening many low-lying areas, including Bangladesh and scores of Pacific islands. In addition, the disappearance of reflective ice over the Arctic means that solar radiation would no longer be bounced back into space, thus heating the planet even further.

On top of these issues, there are fears that water released by the melting caps will disrupt the Gulf Stream, while an ice-free Arctic in summer offers new opportunities for oil and gas drilling there - and for political disputes over territorial rights.

What really unsettles scientists, however, is their inability to forecast precisely what is happening in the Arctic, the part of the world most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. 'When we did the first climate change computer models, we thought the Arctic's summer ice cover would last until around 2070,' said Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University. 'It is now clear we did not understand how thin the ice cap had already become - for Arctic ice cover has since been disappearing at ever increasing rates. Every few years we have to revise our estimates downwards. Now the most detailed computer models suggest the Arctic's summer ice is going to last for only a few more years - and given what we have seen happen last week, I think they are probably correct.'

The most important of these computer studies of ice cover was carried out a few months ago by Professor Wieslaw Maslowski of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Using US navy supercomputers, his team produced a forecast which indicated that by 2013 there will be no ice in the Arctic - other than a few outcrops on islands near Greenland and Canada - between mid-July and mid-September.

'It does not really matter whether 2007 or 2008 is the worst year on record for Arctic ice,' Maslowski said. 'The crucial point is that ice is clearly not building up enough over winter to restore cover and that when you combine current estimates of ice thickness with the extent of the ice cap, you get a very clear indication that the Arctic is going to be ice-free in summer in five years. And when that happens, there will be consequences.'

This point was backed by Serreze. 'The trouble is that sea ice is now disappearing from the Arctic faster than our ability to develop new computer models and to understand what is happening there. We always knew it would be the first region on Earth to feel the impact of climate change, but not at anything like this speed. What is happening now indicates that global warming is occurring far earlier than any of us expected.'

2008-09-27T18:41:00.001-04:00

2008-09-27T18:40:00.001-04:00

I have always valued the wisdom and teaching of the Quero Nation right back from when they journeyed down from their mountain top to speak to modern man. Prompted by observing the tops of their trees dying off. It was a prophesied sign to them that the times were changing.
I remember their message was covered on a TV show back then and my family all sat, watched and listened as they spoke their truths. This is the latest teaching from them that I'd like to share with you... it struck me because I thought it sounded very much like what Zoltach says the Eden point will be like...although not in the same 'timeframe'.

namaste
Sophia

Some indigenous elders interpret the prophecies of the Inka, Hopi, and Mayans to mean we are facing an era when many souls may be lost, absorbed into the void. This may be a time of a great culling of humanity through war, pestilence, famine, and drought. But others are very optimistic that we’ll be able to create a world of peace and that our technology will allow us to thrive despite the challenges we’ll face. All agree that we’ll need to make dramatic changes if we’re to have any hope of continuing our species.

The "fifth night" of the Mayan Calendar ends on November 5, 2008, which marks the start of the "sixth day", and a time of flowering and growing the seeds we have germinated through the long winter of the 5th night. Now is a time of going within, of upheaval, and turning of the earth to prepare for the planting…a time of economic and political chaos.

In this month's call, Alberto will explain the intricacies and details of the Inka Prophecy, and how it relates to a tear in the fabric of time itself. He will share how to prepare for the coming dawn, and the return to the dark on November of 2010.

The Inka Prophecies

My mentor, an old Indian who made his great and final journey a few years ago, used to tell me,
"Alberto, we have a pending dinner engagement with the Great Spirit." He explained that as we were being kicked out of the Garden of Eden, a voice said "For you have eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and now, less you also eat of the fruit of life everlasting and become as one of US, out!" (Genesis 3:22).
We must to go back to eat of the fruit of that second tree, he would say.

The first great awakening of the shaman happens when he looks at his reflection in a clear pool,and realizes his own mortality. Until then, he is like a child, who realizes that death happens, butbelieves that it will never happen to him. The presence and awareness of his death, of his temporal nature, becomes the shaman's greatest teacher. The next great awakening for the shaman happens with the awareness of his trans-temporal nature, when he steps outside of time. For the medicine person this awareness is not an intellectual understanding. It isn't some tired cliché that we are eternal beings. It is first an experience, and next a skill that allows one
to journey to our destiny.

The Inkas are very practical people. They believe that if you cannot grow corn with it, its another cliché. And they differentiate between information and knowledge. Information is knowing that water is H2O. Knowledge is being able to make it rain. To the Inka the prophecies are useless without the keys, the rites of passage to get you there. The word Inka in the Qechua language means a child of the Sun, our local star. The processes at the heart of the Inka prophecies are the Star Rites, the Mosok Karpay, the Rites of the Time to Come.

I asked don Humberto Sonco, the leader of the Q’ero Nation, to explain to me what these processes were. We were hiking to our base camp at the base of the Holy Mountain, Mt. Ausangate, this past summer. "Our prophecies are written in stone," he said. "We have no written language, like you do. We have only our weavings and our stones. If you understand Machu Picchu, and the stones at that ancient city," he went on, "you understand Cuzco. Machu Picchu is a miniature of Cuzco. If you understand Cuzco, you understand the entire Inka empire." At that point he paused, and I seized the opportunity to lean against a large boulder to catch my breath. We were within one mile of our base camp at the Blue Lagoon. All around us were apachetas, piles of prayer stones brought by pilgrims who undertook the same journey
we had embarked upon. The stones had been carefully laid one upon the other, making towers three to four feet high. Don Mariano squatted down next to me an opened his mesa, the collection of stones and power objects that every shaman, or altomesayoq, carries. "If you understand the mesa," he said as he carefully opened up his medicine bundle to reveal the rocks inside it, "you understand Machu Picchu and the prophecies."

Machu Picchu was built by Pachacutek, the ninth Inka. His name means the 'transformer of the Earth.' He was the architect of cities in the clouds like Machu Picchu, and the builder of an empire the size of the United States. His name and his person embody the essence of the prophecies. The word Pacha in the language of the Inkas means Earth, or Time. Cutti means to turn upside down, or to set things right. The prophecies of the return of Pachacuti herald the end of time. The last Pachacuti happened five hundred years ago with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors. Throughout the Americas, the world of the Indian was turned upside down. Kings and chiefs were subjugated and turned into slaves, and barbarians became rulers. Medicine people were tortured in the mines and fields, and rapists began preaching the word of a white god. Order in the Americas was overturned, and replaced with chaos. And with the coming of the European religions, the children of the earth were cast out of the garden.

The next Pachacuti, according to the Inkas, has already begun, and the upheaval and chaos characteristic of this period will last another four years. During this time the world will be turned right side up again. The paradigm of European civilization will continue to collapse, and the ways of the Earth peoples will return. The Conquistador will perish by his own hand and his
own blade.

For the last of the Inkas this next Pachacuti means the possible end of the world as we know it. But it also promises the emergence of a new human at the end of this period of turmoil. It announces the beginning of a millennium of gold in the Earth. Even more important, for the medicine people the prophecies speak about a tear in the fabric of time itself. This presents an opportunity for us to begin defining ourselves not only in terms of who we have been in the past, by our personal and collective history, but who we will become ten thousand years from
now.

Like the Hopi, the Q'ero were given signs that would announce the coming of the Pachacuti. These signs included the drying of the high mountain lagoons, the near extinction of the condor, and the wrath of our father the sun (the Q'ero live at 17,000 feet right below the tear in the ozone layer.) It is these signs that led them to first come down from their mountain tops to reveal the rites of passage for stepping outside of time.

Shamanism is not a religion, yet it is the basis of all religions. The Andean shamans, the pacos, will explain that they have no Christ, no Buddha, no Mosses that says "follow my footsteps." The pacos say "follow your own footsteps. Learn from the rivers, the trees and the rocks. Honor the Christ, the Buddha, and your brothers and sisters. Honor the Pachamama (the Earth) and the Great Spirit. Honor yourself and all of creation." None the less, the theme of stepping beyond time that the Inkas speak of can be found in every religious tradition. In Judaism, the Messiah will come at the end of time. When Christ came, time ended and a new time began
(Before Christ and After Christ.) What is unique among the Inkas is that stepping outside of time has not been institutionalized. It remains an act of personal power that can be attempted by anyone with the daring and courage to step through the doorways of time, escape the grip of death, and become who we are becoming ten thousand years from today. The Q’ero elders will be performing the Mosok Karpay during their upcoming visit to the United States during the months of September and October. Please see the “Meet the Q’ero” section for more information and dates.

© The Four Winds Society 2008

http://www.thefourwinds.com/newsletter02/call.html

Wiltshire Crop Circle identified as....

2008-09-14T13:56:00.002-04:00

From June 18, 2008

Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi

Stay.... At the Beach

2008-09-12T16:38:00.001-04:00

Stay.... At the Beach

2008-09-12T15:14:00.001-04:00

Stay.... At the Beach

2008-09-12T15:13:00.001-04:00

Stroll Along Victoria Ave

2008-09-12T15:10:00.001-04:00

Have you heard of CERN? a lay (wo)mans' look...

2008-09-09T16:54:00.001-04:00

It might be a good idea if you did right now.
Tomorrow Sept. 10, 2008 the day that the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC at CERN is coming online. For those anticipating the new LHC it's a fantastic day that has been worked toward since 1999 when they first started building it in tunnel 27. The difference with this Accelerator is that this one is the world's most powerful one yet.
I mean really, how can 10,000 scientists who have worked on creating this technology over 20 years be wrong?
....and yes that was with a sarcastic tone:)

"Geneva, 7 August 2008. CERN has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September."

From the CERN site:
The LHC uses powerful electric fields to give energy to beams of particles, and magnetic fields to guide the beams through the machines. Detectors record what happens when the particles collide. The energetic collisions produce many new particles, as energy turns into matter in accordance with Einstein’s equation, E=mc2, where E stands for energy, m for mass and c is the speed of light. The different layers of a detector measure different properties of the particles produced in collisions.

"CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's leading laboratory for particle physics. It has its headquarters in Geneva."

I remember watching a show about it on TV a couple of years ago and it sounded absolutely fantastic! with all of the new experiments they could run. The hopefulness of new discoveries and beginning to uncover the understandings of how the Universe actually works and exists. They made it sound so wonderfully fantastic that I thought it would be a great place to visit when in Switzerland.

I hadn't heard about it again until lately... with the rumblings, misgivings and discontent about CERN and that they may make Black Holes created in the high-energy proton collisions. Apparently Hawking Radiation would dissolve these mini black holes which are compared to the size of a mosquito...but again Hawkings Radiation has not been experimentally verified so far.

There are theories that the Earth may possibly be destroyed by strangelets, magnetic monopoles or instabilities of the vacuum as a by product of the experiments.

It was interesting when I was reading this blog and Heidi said that:

When its switch is pulled on September 10, this atom-smasher will become a virtual time machine, revealing what happened when the universe came into existence 14 billion years ago.

New particles of matter are expected to be discovered, new dimensions found beyond the four known, as scientists re-create conditions in the first BILLIONTHS of a second after the Big Bang.

In the experiment, atomic particles will be fired in opposite directions along the 17-mile long underground ring. They will travel so fast that they make 11,245 trips around the tunnel every SECOND.

Apparently everyone seems to agree that we don't and will not have the technology to make a bomb from the antimatter that the particle collisions make for 1,000's of years.. to quote the scientists...but it was interesting to read that one scientist made a comment about time travel... did I read that right? Time travel, for me, is much more dangerous then a bomb! Wait a minute... maybe that's why we have so many Deja Vue's? lol Have we done this before?:)

Ah well. I truly don't think the world will end at 9:30 tomorrow Geneva time. As Zoltach would say that's fear mongering or fear of the uncertainty - of the unknown. My intuitive impressions are that it may cause more problems for the world in relation to energies, possibly time and how we relate to it, magnetic pulls..tides etc. and other relative energy areas that we are not yet aware of, but will come into view during and after the use of this machine.

At the writing of this post the current time in Swiss Confederation which Geneva is in was 10:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Toronto Ontario is 6 hours behind switzerland. It was 4:02 pm here.

The time for the test is:

Geneva (Switzerland)	Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 9:30:00 AM	UTC+2 hours CEST
Toronto (Canada - Ontario)	Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 3:30:00 AM	UTC-4 hours EDT

Update: CERN put out this bulletin today:

CERN reiterates safety of LHC on eve of first beam

Visitors inside the LHC tunnel.

Geneva, 5 September 2008. A report published today in the peer reviewed Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics¹ provides comprehensive evidence that safety fears about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are unfounded. The LHC is CERN’s² new flagship research facility. As the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, it is poised to provide new insights into the mysteries of our universe.

“The LHC will enable us to study in detail what nature is doing all around us,” said CERN Director General Robert Aymar. “The LHC is safe, and any suggestion that it might present a risk is pure fiction.”

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR07.08E.html

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This is the appendix from LHC Facts
For some chilling bedtime reading...

Appendix:

Seven Reasons for Demanding an LHC Safety Conference

1) Black holes cannot evaporate because their horizon is effectively infinitely far away in spacetime according to a new theorem in the Schwarzschild metric (“Â-theorem“) [1].

2) Black holes are effectively uncharged because of the Â-theorem [1]. Therefore, charged elementary particles cannot at the same time be black holes (or point-shaped). Hence nonpointshaped mini-objects exist already. This makes mini black holes much more likely.

3) Mini black holes grow exponentially rather than linearly inside the earth: “miniquasar principle“ [2]. Hence the time needed by a resident mini black hole to eat the earth is maximally shortened – perhaps down to “50 months.“ This contrasts with the “50 million years“ obtained assuming linear growth by BBC-Horizon [3] and CERN’s analogous “5 billion years“ [4].

4) CERN [4,5] counters that if the hoped-for mini black holes are stable as claimed [1], equal stable particles must arise naturally by ultra-fast cosmic-ray protons colliding with planetbound protons. This is correct. However, there remains a fundamental difference: only the man-made ones are “symmetrically generated“ and hence dangerous. For they alone are slow enough with respect to the earth that one of them (at less than 11 km/sec) can take residence – in contrast to the almost-luminal speeds of their natural cousins.

5) CERN‘s counterargument could still hold true for more compact celestial bodies than the earth – such that their lifetimes would be drastically reduced in defiance of observation if mini black holes exist. A quantitative bound can be derived from this argument: Take white dwarfs first. They are 105 times denser than earth while being the same size. Hence their cross-section for a mini black hole passing-through is by a factor of 105 greater than earth‘s. They remain safe if no more than 104 eating-type collisions with a quark await a fast natural mini black hole entering them (so it can pass through). Why? Because the energy of 14.000 GeV pumped into two colliding protons at CERN is 14.000 times the rest mass of a proton (1 GeV). Therefore a mini black hole born of two quarks (one from each proton) likewise has about 14,000 times the rest mass of a quark. Hence by momentum conservation, only about 14,000 (104) collisions with a resident quark can be survived by a fast natural mini black hole of the LHC energy without losing its almost-luminal speed. If this bound applies to white dwarfs, no more than about 0.1 collisions must await a CERN mini black hole on its first passage through the earth. This estimate appears plausible.

6) The just-obtained number presupposes that the nonlinear growth process of point (3) is inapplicable if very dense matter is passed through at almost-luminal speeds. The by very many orders of magnitude shorter collision intervals let this prediction appear justified.

7) Finally, neutron stars have a by another factor of 109 greater density than white dwarfs. Since they are a thousand times smaller, they are a million times more susceptible. But they are protected by quantum coherence effects of the superfluidity type: so mini black holes can pass without friction. The superfluidity extends to the “inner crust“ [6].

In order to exclude that man-made mini black holes endanger the earth, it will be necessary to falsify the first of the 7 points, or if this is not possible the second, and so forth. Until this task has been solved, no one can shoulder the responsibility to give the “green light“ to the LHC‘s crossing the 2.000 GeV barrier, as this is currently planned to do within a few weeks. It thus appears that only an immediate safety conference can save the LHC experiment.

Hypnotherapy Certification Course

2008-08-25T15:09:00.002-04:00

BASIC HYPNOTHERAPY TRAINING SCHEDULE

There is still time to register for the Hypnotherapy Certification Course that begins on Sept.5, 2008

Deadline for registration is Friday, August 29, 2008

This professional training program will consist of three complete weekends.

It is a certification program under the Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy

All texts, reference and script books are supplied.

Weekend #1 Sept.5, 6, 7, Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300.

Weekend #2 Sept.19,20,21 Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300.

Weekend #3 Oct. 3, 4, 5 Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300

A written and practicum will follow

Total fee to graduate as a Certified Hypnotherapist

With the

Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy $900.

Note: a $100 non-returnable deposit is required on or before August 29, 2008

Instructor: Cliff Preston, BCH, CHI, has been a practicing Hypnotherapist since 1993, obtaining his basic training with the Manitoba Hypnotist’s Association. Wishing to learn more, Cliff enrolled in the PhD. Program with American Pacific University.

In 2005, Cliff received his Bachelor of Clinical Hypnotherapy Degree.

Cliff is continuing to work toward his PhD in hypnotherapy.

Cliff is also qualified as a Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor and Master Hypnotist with the Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy

Course Beginning 7:p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Call for information and registration.

Next course will begin in November, 2008

Cliff Preston BCH, CHI cpreston@becon.org 905-894-8873

Professional Board of Hypnotherapy reastman1@shaw,ca 1-888-686-6173

Basic Hypnotherapy Training Schedule

2008-08-25T15:06:00.002-04:00

BASIC HYPNOTHERAPY TRAINING SCHEDULE

This professional training program will consist of three complete weekends.

It is a certification program under the Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy

All texts, reference and script books are supplied.

Weekend #1 Sept.5, 6, 7, Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300.

Weekend #2 Sept.19,20,21 Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300.

Weekend #3 Oct. 3, 4, 5 Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday $300

A written and practicum will follow

Total fee to graduate as a Certified Hypnotherapist

With the

Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy $900.

Note: a $100 non-returnable deposit is required on or before August 29, 2008

In 2005, Cliff received his Bachelor of Clinical Hypnotherapy Degree.

Cliff is continuing to work toward his PhD in hypnotherapy.

Cliff is also qualified as a Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor and Master Hypnotist with the Canadian Professional Board of Hypnotherapy

Course Beginning 7:p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Call for information and registration.

Next course will begin in November, 2008

Cliff Preston BCH, CHI cpreston@becon.org 905-894-8873

Professional Board of Hypnotherapy reastman1@shaw.ca 1-888-686-6173

The story the Government doesn't want you to believe.

2008-08-23T12:45:00.002-04:00

The story the Government doesn't want you to believe.

The true story of the Alien Visitor to the Planet in the 50's

they called Val Thor, by the woman that named him.

The true love story of a shape shifter from another planet

with the powers of a Spoce God and the heart of a very human man.

Homepage of the Author and

writings of Val Thor
http://www.star-visitor.netfirms.com/

http://www.journey-to-the-stars.com/

http://www.val-thor.com/

Quote from Patti's page:

"The world is not in need of a new religion,
nor is the world in need of a new philosophy.
What the world needs is healing and regeneration.
The World needs people who, through devotion to
God, are so filled with the Spirit that they can be
instruments through which healing takes place."
- Joel S. Goldsmith

Be the Change pt 2

2008-08-16T00:05:00.003-04:00

Be the Change Pt 1

2008-08-16T00:05:00.001-04:00

Dave McMahon teaching on Clifton Hill

2008-08-16T00:01:00.001-04:00

My new friend Dave McMahon with his human and canine students training on Clifton Hill in the middle of tourist season!
Dave is such a good teacher!

In My Language

2008-04-05T17:32:00.001-04:00

Wonderful! :)

Past Life Workshop

2008-03-11T17:05:00.000-04:00

ALL ABOUT PAST LIVES

Still time to register for this fun day !

Cliff and Linda Preston, with the assistance of "The Echo",present a one day experiential workshop "All About Past Lives".

Join us in this workshop and learn how to:

* Open yourself to your own Past Lives

* Investigate your own possible Past Lives.

* Why do some places seem so familiar? Even when you have never been there before?

* Why do you gain instant like or dislike of some persons, from the first moment you meet them?

* Why you sometimes experience "deja Vu"? The sense of having seen this, or done this before?

* Why you seem to have fleeting memories of another time, another place.

The day will end with an Echo Channeling session performed by Cliff with Linda directing.

Each participant will have the opportunity to ask two (2) questions about experiences of the day, or perhaps other questions of importance to them.

Saturday March 15 2008 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

$80 Per person

Cliff & Linda Preston 79 Burleigh Rd. N. Ridgeway, Ont.

905-894-8873 cpreston@becon.org

Home

2008-02-26T11:26:00.002-05:00

I've always felt a need and a want to go home.

That no matter where I was, I wasn't at 'Home'.

Sometimes I thought I had found Home for a time but then the yearnings of Home came about again.

I've searched and searched but I never could quench that overwhelming feeling.

To be in a place where I was accepted, embraced and loved for who I truly am.

For this is my true feeling of Home.

I now know that as long as I am in physical form I will never be free from these yearnings.

My Home is being free on the other side, where my soul will rely to rest.

So when these yearnings of loss I feel, overwhelm me again.

I will look to the source and connect through my heart and know that one day when I have commanded.

I will return to my real Home and feel at one, at peace, fully integrated again.

channeled by N. Eckert 26 Feb 2008

Buddha Amitabha Song

2008-01-13T19:43:00.003-05:00

The Heart Sutra Song

2008-01-13T19:43:00.001-05:00

The Heart Sutra by George Boeree, Ph.D.

2008-01-13T14:39:00.000-05:00

The Heart Sutra

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, meditating deeply on Perfection of Wisdom, saw clearly that the five aspects of human existence are empty*, and so released himself from suffering. Answering the monk Sariputra, he said this:

Body is nothing more than emptiness,
emptiness is nothing more than body.
The body is exactly empty,
and emptiness is exactly body.
The other four aspects of human existence --
feeling, thought, will, and consciousness --
are likewise nothing more than emptiness,
and emptiness nothing more than they.
All things are empty:
Nothing is born, nothing dies,
nothing is pure, nothing is stained,
nothing increases and nothing decreases.
So, in emptiness, there is no body,
no feeling, no thought,
no will, no consciousness.
There are no eyes, no ears,
no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind.
There is no seeing, no hearing,
no smelling, no tasting,
no touching, no imagining.
There is nothing seen, nor heard,
nor smelled, nor tasted,
nor touched, nor imagined.
There is no ignorance,
and no end to ignorance.
There is no old age and death,
and no end to old age and death.
There is no suffering, no cause of suffering,
no end to suffering, no path to follow.
There is no attainment of wisdom,
and no wisdom to attain.
The Bodhisattvas rely on the Perfection of Wisdom,
and so with no delusions,
they feel no fear,
and have Nirvana here and now.
All the Buddhas,
past, present, and future,
rely on the Perfection of Wisdom,
and live in full enlightenment.
The Perfection of Wisdom is the greatest mantra.
It is the clearest mantra,
the highest mantra,
the mantra that removes all suffering.
This is truth that cannot be doubted.
Say it so:
Gaté,
gaté,
paragaté,
parasamgaté.
Bodhi!
Svaha!

Which means...

Gone,
gone,
gone over,
gone fully over.
Awakened!
So be it!

* Emptiness is the usual translation for the Buddhist term Sunyata (or Shunyata). It refers to the fact that no thing -- including human existence -- has ultimate substantiality, which in turn means that no thing is permanent and no thing is totally independent of everything else. In other words, everything in this world is interconnected and in constant flux. A deep appreciation of this idea of emptiness thus saves us from the suffering caused by our egos, our attachments, and our resistance to change and loss.
Note: Perfection of Wisdom is a translation of Prajnaparamita. The full title of this sutra is The Heart of Prajnaparamita Sutra.
[This is an interpretation based on many others. All errors are mine alone.]

WaterFalls Thoughts and Experiences

2007-12-28T11:00:00.000-05:00

Golden Feather by Robbie Robertson

2007-11-26T15:38:00.000-05:00

Robertson Robbie - Golden Feather Lyrics
I think I'm going back to Shenandoah
she said that she'd meet me by the fork in the road
I jump start my old Ford
I'm heading for the pow-wow
follow red path that leads to you.

I gave my love a golden feather
I gave my love a heart of stone
and when you find a golden feather
it means you'll never lose your way back home.

Should I paint my face
should I pierce my skin
does this make me a pagan
sweating out my sins
we ate the sacred mushroom
and waded in the water
howling like coyotes
at the naked moon.

I gave my love a golden feather
I gave my love a heart of stone
and when you find a golden feather
it means you'll never lose your way back home.

In the autumn night
when there's no wind blowin'
I could hear the stars falling in the dark
when you find what's worth keeping
with a breath of kindness
blow the rest away.

I gave my love a golden feather
I gave my love a heart of stone
and when you find a golden feather
it means you'll never lose your way back home.

Broken Arrow

2007-11-26T15:36:00.001-05:00

Robertson Robbie - Broken Arrow Lyrics

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
world around

Do you feel what I feel
Can we make that so it's part of the deal
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Lay your heart on the line ... this time
I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot
summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign, this time

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
world around

Can you see what I see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind

I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if I have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We've got mountains to climb

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
world around

Golden Feather

2007-11-26T15:19:00.001-05:00

It's time to move through past life memories, again :)

I Am Pagan by Selena Fox

2007-11-03T13:26:00.000-04:00

I really am finding this helpful to help define myself and get some ideas on what celebrations that I would like to honour in my life. I see a lot of myself reflected in this poem/statement by Selena Fox.
I've been looking for some ideas to help integrate my Yule into the Christmas celebrations...and there are some good ideas here.
If you have any traditions that you'd like to share.. please leave a comment. I'm looking for ideas! :)
WaterFall

I am Pagan.

I am a part of the whole of Nature.
The Rocks, the Animals, the Plants, the Elements, and Stars are my relatives. Other humans are my sisters and brothers, whatever their races, colors, genders, sexual
orientations, ages, nationalities, religions, lifestyles.
Planet Earth is my home. I am a part of this large family of Nature, not the master of it. I have my own special part to play and I seek to discover and play that part to the best of my ability. I seek to live in harmony with others in the family of Nature, treating others with respect.

I am Pagan.
I celebrate the changing seasons, the turning of the Wheel of the Year. I celebrate with singing, dancing, feasting, rituals, and in other ways. I celebrate each turn of the Wheel with personal spiritual practices and by taking part in community festivals.
Samhain, commonly known as Halloween, is a time for gazing into the future and for paying homage to my Ancestors and other loved ones in the Spirit world. I work magic for greater religious freedom for Pagan peoples and humankind as a whole. Icelebrate the Wiccan and Celtic spiritual New Year.
Yule, the Winter Solstice, is a festival of peace and a celebration of waxing solar light. I honor the new Sun child by burning a oaken Yule log in a sacred fire. I honor the Great Goddess in her many Great Mother aspects, and the Father God as Santa in his Old Sky God, Father Time, and Holly King forms. I decorate my home with lights and with holly, ivy, mistletoe, evergreens and other herbs sacred to this season. I ring in the new Solar year with bells.
At the beginning of February, I celebrate Candlemas, known to ancient Celts as Imbolc and to contemporary Americans as Groundhog's Day. I focus on spiritual purification and clearing away blockages to prepare for the coming of Spring and new growth. During this festival, I light candles to honor Brigid and I invite her to inspire my artistic works and guide my healing practice. I give offerings of seeds to wild birds.
At the time of the Spring Equinox, I welcome the renewal of Spring and celebrate the greening of the Earth by dressing in green myself. I honor the Teutonic Goddess Ostara and the spirit of the Rabbit, Her consort. I color eggs with friends and divine choices for new growth.
Beltane at the beginning of May is a festival of fertility and pleasure. I dress in bright colors and wear a garland of flowers in my hair. I dance the Maypole to bless gardens and creative projects. I leap the Beltane bonfire for good luck. I place flowers at the Bast Sacred Cat Shrine and other sacred sites.
Summer Solstice time, also known as Midsummer and Litha, is a grand gathering time when I greet old friends and meet new ones. I dance with them around a sacred bonfire to the magic rhythms of drums. I honor my spiritual community and tribe. I celebrate Pagan culture. I add stones to the sacred Stone Circle on Circle Sanctuary land with prayers for planetary harmony and well-being.
As August arrives, I celebrate Lammas, also known as Lughnassad. At this festival, I honor the height of Summer and prosperity. I not only give thanks for wild and cultivated plants and for blessings that are starting to come to fruition, but I also pray for continued abundance. I break and eat bread with others in ritual and I give bread and herb offerings to the Goddesses and Gods of agriculture.
Fall Equinox, which some call Mabon, is the time of thanksgiving for all the harvests I've reaped during the growing time. I give thanks for food I have received from the gardens and fields and for other blessings which have come into my life. I return to the Mother Earth offerings that come from the best of the fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and other food stuffs I've gathered.
And at Samhain, this Wheel of the Year starts again.

I am Pagan.
I also honor the seasons of life within my life's journey --beginnings, growth, fruition, harvest, endings, rest, and beginnings again. Life is a Circle with many cycles. With every Ending comes a new Beginning. Within Death there is the promise of Rebirth.

I am Pagan.
I see circles of change and renewal not only within my own life's journey, but in my heritage. I see my life as a circle that connects with the life circles of my ancestors. They are part of me and my life. The ancient wisdom of Nature's Renewal and Recycling is embodied in the crests of two of my Ancestral clans. From my German ancestors of my mother's mother's lineage is the totem of the heron, a family emblem signifying perseverance and renewal after difficulties.
From my Celtic ancestors of my father's father's lineage is the crest bearing the symbol of a hewn oak tree sprouting new branches and leaves from its stump, enclosed in a circle with the motto, Iterum Viriscit, which means It grows Green again. These symbols and motto remind me not only of my own renewal and the renewal of Nature, but also the renewal of Pagan philosophy on this planet that is part of my life's work as a Pagan priestess.

I am Pagan.
Intentional consciousness change, Magic, is part of my spirituality. For every problem there is at least one workable solution as well as opportunity for growth. I create my own reality with my thoughts, feelings, and actions. Whatever I send out always returns. I seek to abide by the Wiccan Rede: "And It Harm None, Do What You Will." When I do magic in rituals, before I raise and direct energy, I seek always to look at the larger picture of which my needs are just a part.
I endeavor to work for the best for all as well as to help myself. When problems come my way, I seek to understand their cause and messages as part of my finding a solution. In doing healing work, I seek to address the underlying spiritual causes of disease, rather than only focusing onmrelief of its symptoms.

I am Pagan.
I work magic by the Moon to help and to heal others, myself, and the Planet. The Triple Goddess of the Moon guides me. I activate beginnings in the Waxing, energize manifestations at the Full, and clear away obstructions with the Waning and Dark. I take part in rituals at the New and Full Moons, and I know that my Circles are part of a great web of Circles that meet at these times around Planet Earth.

I am Pagan.
I embrace Pantheism, acknowledging that the Divine is everywhere and in everything. I honor the Divine that is within the oak trees in the forest, in the herbs in the garden, in the wild birds singing in the trees, in the rock outcroppings on the hillside, in myself, and yes, even in "things" such as my car, cameras, and computers. I understand that everything with a physical body has a spiritual body, too. The physical and spiritual are deeply intertwined, not separate, in this world of form. I honor the interconnectedness of Creator and Creation.

I am Pagan.
I know that Divinity has many facets and I experience this through a variety of Goddesses, Gods, and other spiritual forms. I also honor Divine Oneness, the Unity of All. My personal encounters with Pagan Goddesses, Gods, and other Divine forms have transformed and enriched my life. Hecate appeared at a Death to teach me of release and rebirth. As a young child, Artemis flowed through me and helped me ward off a would-be rapist. Selena of the Full Moon brings me visions and my name. Sacred Sun energizes me. Yemaya of the Ocean cleanses and renews me. I have heard Pan play his pipes in the woods. Dionysius awakens within me the joys of spontaneity and ecstatic bliss and teaches me the mysteries of androgyny. I have experienced the union of Goddess and God while making love with my mate in the garden. Bast has helped me deepen my connections with my Cat friends. Cernunnos has appeared to me in the forest as a Stag. Isis has spoken to me inbursts of radiance in the deep of the Night and in flows of energy through my hands in doing healings. Saturn has given me lessons about discipline, time, and organic agriculture. Lady Liberty protects me as I work for religious freedom for Wiccans and other Pagans. Mother Earth guides my work on behalf of this Planet. I also experience the Divine as totem animals, plant allies, and as other forms in my dreams, in guided inner journeys, and while questing for vision alone in the wilderness.

I am Pagan.
My spiritual practices include self-acceptance and understanding, instead of self-rejection. I share my views with others when I sense it is right, but I do not proselytize, claiming my way is the only true right way for everyone. There are many paths up the mountain of spiritual understanding, not just one path.

I am Pagan.
My worship takes the form of Divine communion with Nature. As part of my worship, I founded and care take a sacred Nature preserve, Circle Sanctuary. I do rituals at special places there, such as in the Stone Circle atop a sacred mound; on Spirit Rock high above the valleys; in the Magic Circle garden; by outdoor shrines; in the indoor Temple room; and in the ancient sandstone rock shelters that housed the ancient ones that lived on this land thousands of years ago. I also do rituals elsewhere on the land and at other places, outdoors and indoors. My worship and rituals can be anywhere since my sacred circle is portable.
Wherever I am, I can set up a circle around a sacred sphere with seven invocations: to the four compass point directions, to the Cosmos above, to the Planet below, and to Spiritual Integration in the center.

I am Pagan.
I journey to the Otherworld in my dreams, meditations, and rituals. I use sacred tools to aid me in my journeys and my magic making. These include cauldrons, crystals, candles, censors of incense, chalices of water, pentacles of salt, dishes of soil, feathers, bells, brooms, rattles, drums, wands, staffs, blades, mirrors, and a variety of divination tools, including Tarot cards, I Ching yarrow stalks, and Rune stones. I fly with my consciousness through time and space. I explore other dimensions and then I return with insights, knowledge, and power.
I go between the worlds for healing, growth and transformation.
Intuitive, psychic perception is a natural, not supernatural, part of my daily life.

I am Pagan.
I attune myself to the four elements of Nature -- Earth, Air, Fire, Water -- and to the fifth element, Spirit, which is the spiritual force that connects all. I see these Elements in Nature -- the Earth in the soil and rocks; the Air in the winds and atmosphere; the Fire as the lightning, fires, and electricity; the Water in the springs, rivers, oceans, rain, and other waters on the planet; and the Spirit as Divine Unity. I also see these Elements as aspects of Self -- my physical body and physiology is my Earth; my intellect and thoughts my Air; my will and actions my Fire; my emotions and feelings my Water; and my Inner Self, my Soul, is my Spirit. I endeavor to keep myself healthy and in balance in all these parts of Self. I work toward a restoring of balance of the Elements in the environment.

I am Pagan.
I hear the cries of Mother Earth who is upset with the harm being done to the environment by humankind. I am dismayed by the pollution of the air, the soil, and the waters, and by the domination games being played by nations with the fire of nuclear missiles and other weapons of mass destruction. I also am concerned about spiritual pollution on the Planet -- selfishness, hatred, greed for money and power, addiction, violence, despair. Yet as I perceive these problems, I also perceive cleansing and healing happening on Planet Earth at this time. I know that I can help in at least a small way to bring the Planet into greater balance by seeking balance in my own life, by being a catalyst for restoring balance in the lives of others, and by working
for a better environment. I know that my attitudes and my way of living can make a difference. I endeavor to be a channel for healing and balance. I make the practice of environmental responsibility a personal part of my daily life. I endeavor to live in harmony with the other members of the family of Nature.

I am Pagan.
Nature Spirituality is my religion and my life's foundation. Nature is my spiritual teacher and holy book. I am part of Nature and Nature is part of me. My understanding of Nature's inner mysteries grows as I journey on this spiritual path.

This was written by Selena Fox

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Excellent Channeler and Friend

2007-10-31T15:04:00.000-04:00

Gord Ellison

Please check out his site:

http://www.theangelswithin.com/

Commercial Television

2007-10-20T08:50:00.000-04:00

I found this little video on Dr. Mercola's site. This is what he had to say:

Dr. Mercola's Comments:
Regular newsletter readers know that I am no fan of television, but I am obviously in the minority here in the United States. The average American watches nearly FIVE HOURS of TV a day. This is more than the amount of time I spend in front of a TV in a month, and more than 90 percent of my TV time is spent watching health videos I need to review.

Imagine what you could do if you cut out TV and suddenly had five extra hours in your day to do something productive, good for yourself (exercise!), creative... or maybe simply to relax!

Beyond the time it takes up, though, is the very real impact it has on your brain. As the video alludes, TV is one of the most powerful brainwashing devices there is.

Every year between the food industry and drug companies well over $50 billion is spent on marketing messages to U.S. consumers to influence their food and medication choices. The majority (75 percent) of commercial network television time is paid for by the 100 largest corporations in North America. Some of these companies even have budgets in the billions, and not surprisingly these budgets have the power to influence TV producers to create television that suits their agendas.

And, frequently, these agendas are not aligned with your best interests.

If you do choose to watch TV, even the network news, you must constantly ask yourself who is trying to “sell” you something. But be warned, these corporations are spending large amounts of money to seduce you, so even the most conscious person may not be immune to the messages.

TV itself is not intrinsically evil, and there clearly are many great shows out there, but the KEY is to NEVER watch the commercials. So if you have a TiVO or only watch DVDs you will radically reduce the media’s influence over you. I have been doing this for the last 15 years, and it is one of the reasons why I have been able to get so much done.

I simply do not waste time in front of the TV. As I said earlier, I probably watch less than five hours of non-commercial TV or DVDs per MONTH; typically an hour once a week provides enough passive entertainment for me.

If Not for Yourself, Turn Off Your TV for Your Kids

As an adult, it’s up to you to decide how much time you want to spend in front of your TV (if any), but if you have kids I suggest you set a good example and dramatically limit it.

A growing number of experts agree that allowing children under the age of three to watch television can impair their linguistic and social development, and also put them at risk of health problems including attention-deficit disorder, autism, and obesity.

Older kids are also at risk from watching TV. Too much time in front of the tube may:

* Change your child's views and food choices
* Make your kids fat
* Make your kids more materialistic
* Cause your children to go into more debt as adults
* Cause your children to be more aggressive
* Lead to smoking
* Increase your child's risk of becoming seriously injured

The good news is that one study found a great majority of parents -- 72 percent -- are worried about their kids' exposure to the media.

However, only 23 percent actually took the step of restricting their kids’ TV and video game time.

Although giving up or limiting TV may seem like a drastic step, I suspect that once you do it you will be thrilled by the new activities you and your family will begin to take part in… and I doubt you will ever look back!

I can remember being very much addicted to TV when I was a kid. Now I don't have the patience for it unless I'm watching a movie that doesn't have commercials in it. If I do sit down to watch it's for a certain show or information that I am wanting/interested in.

In the past, when I was unwell, I did find comfort in being able to watch TV while I was needing to be in bed, resting... but if I had a laptop I would have been much happier lol

The computer, still being the same type of medium, lets you interact and gives your brain a workout. When I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in my early 30's I lost the ability to concentrate, comprehend and had memory problems. I believe that learning to use my first computer, an Amiga 500, got me back on track and stopped the downward trend that I was creating for myself.

I still believe in balance of everything. Doing too much of any one thing, in my opinion does not serve me well. In this reality of such diversity.

namaste
Nancy

Rumi: Say I Am You (Sufi poem)

2007-10-19T18:54:00.001-04:00

For Fun

2007-10-16T11:08:00.000-04:00

Welcome inside, where old Witches hide,
Watch your feet, for where spiders meet,
Say Trick or Treat, and get something sweet :)

Care2 Halloween E-Cards!

I'm Tidying Up! :)

2007-09-26T23:54:00.000-04:00

My blog has been getting really cluttered and I feel, hard to navigate.
I feel confused when I look at it! lol
So if you see some odd looking posts.
It's just me cleaning things up and dusting the cobwebs out of the corners :)
I'm trying out some new colors too that I hope are more reflective of the energy in the messages.

namaste
Nancy
WaterFall

Dream Weaving & Meditational Visions

2007-09-26T23:01:00.000-04:00

Musings: Automatic writing & Light Trance Messages

2007-09-26T21:30:00.000-04:00

Haunted House Dreams

2007-09-25T14:04:00.001-04:00

In the tradition of Titania at http://ridingtheastralplane.blogspot.com/ I thought I'd share a reoccurring dream that I keep having. The scenes are different but the content and outcome are the same. It feels very blatantly obvious to me but some underlying currents are a bit hidden to me right now. Maybe you can see what I mean.

It always starts out with a lovely old house with many rooms. It's always three stories tall the top story being the attic. The attic is renovated one time it was a Granny suite. Where an older female relative had been living and recently moved out of. She had it all beautifully decorated with pink and gold trimmings but there were places where it wasn't finished. It was very cold in the winter and the fireplace that she had built was falling apart... now dangerous to use. I felt quite fortunate to be able to live there.

I'm always surrounded by spiritual, open minded people who also live in the house. It's very friendly and happy. These people that I'm living with though feel the attic a scary place to be and believe it's haunted. I don't have a problem with ghosts and so I always seem to benefit by living in or with the ghosts in the attic. The people that I live with feel happy because I usually keep the ghosts happy and out of their way.

In this last version of the dream, the house was historical, full of wooden filigree and beautiful carvings. A wonderfully warm home and again full of friends living in the different areas of the house.
The attic was haunted again and no one wanted to live near it. There were two rooms adjacent to the stairs going up. Fairly regularly the spirit of a child would roll a white ball down the stairs and it would roll out into the one sitting room, disappear and then roll down again. People seeing this would jump up in fear and run away.
The second room was connected and the doorway went out to another stairway down to the main floor. I thought it was pretty clever of me to be able to rent the two rooms at a discount price because of everyone else's fear. The spirit child just wanted someone to play with and was being quite friendly.

I found out that on the third floor there was the spirit of an elderly woman who had lived in the house previously and used this third floor as a rooming house. She loved having visitors and would really cater to people who tried to sleep up there by keeping it clean, making beds, putting out soap and towels etc. The only problem is that she did it while the guests were in the rooms, they not being able to see her. All they did see were towels floating around, beds being made by themselves. Once in awhile if she especially liked someone she'd try to communicate by appearing to them as herself dressed totally in black with bonnet. 'After all she was a widow.' This was a little unnerving for ordinary 3D folks :) I can remember seeing people running and screaming down the stairs. Swearing never to come again to the house. With our sweet little spirit woman very upset because no one seemed to like her anymore:)

I explained to her, that it's not her, that the people were afraid of. It was just they didn't see her doing her housekeeping tasks. They just saw the tasks being done on their own. She thought that was very funny and agreed to not do any tasks in front of people or try to communicate with them. Unless they were like myself and some of the other spiritual people in the house. After that the house owners were very happy and our black lady was happy because there was a steady flow of guests on the third floor. They were amazed at how immaculate the "owners" kept that floor of the house.

Also in this dream people kept giving me things, a chair, bookcase with ancient paranormal instruction books etc. from people who had passed away. I was told that other people were afraid because they might hold energies from the former owner. All that they asked was that when I use these items I think fondly of the person who gave it to me. I would do this naturally, even every time I looked at the item. It wasn't just in the using of the item.

I guess I'm relaying this dream because when I think about it I feel a fondness for the 'ghosts' Spirit people.
It's a happy dream for me.

What do you think?

Dance Magic Dance Lyrics

2007-09-23T17:42:00.000-04:00

You remind me of the babe
(What babe?)
Babe with the power
(What power?)
Power of voodoo
(Who do?)
You do
(Do what?)
Remind me of the babe

I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry
What could I do?
My baby's love had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew

What kind of magic spell to use
Slime and snails
Or puppy dog tails
Thunder or lightning
Then baby said......
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Put that baby spell on me
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby, make him free

I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try
What could I do?
My baby's fun had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew

What kind of magic spell to use
Slime and snails
Puppy dog's tails
Thunder or lightning
Then baby said....

Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Put that baby spell on me

Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby, make him free

Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that baby spell on me (ooh)

You remind me of the babe
(What babe?)
The babe with the power
(What power?)
Power of voodoo
(Who do?)
You do
(Do what?)
Remind me of the babe

Dance magic, dance, ooh ooh ooh
Dance magic, dance magic, ooh ooh ooh
Dance magic

What kind of magic spell to use
Slime and snails
Or puppy dog tails
Thunder or lightning
Something frightening

Dance magic, dance
Dance magic, dance
Put that baby spell on me

Jump magic, jump
Jump magic, jump
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby make him free

Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby

Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic
Slap that baby make him free
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
D

David Bowie

2007-09-23T17:41:00.001-04:00

The power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!
and babe said,
Dance Magic Dance...

Enjoy the clip from the movie :)

The Comrade by Edith Wharton (1910)

2007-09-20T10:43:00.000-04:00

"The Comrade." Atlantic Monthly 106 (Dec. 1910): 785-87.

WILD winged thing, O brought I know not whence
To beat your life out in my life's low cage;
You strange familiar, nearer than my flesh
Yet distant as a star, that were at first
A child with me a child, yet elfin-far,
And visibly of some unearthly breed;
Mirth fullest mate of all my mortal games,
Yet shedding on them some evasive gleam
Of Latmian loneliness -- O seven then
Expert to lift the latch of our low door
And profit by the hours when, dusked about
By human misintelligence, our first
Weak fledgling flights were safeliest essayed;
Divine accomplice of those perilous-sweet
Low moth-flights of the unadventured soul
Above the world's dim garden! -- now we sit,
After what stretch of years, what stretch of wings,
In the same cage together -- still as near
And still as strange!
Only I know at last
That we are fellows till the last night falls,
And that I shall not miss your comrade hands
Till they have closed my lids, and by them set
A taper that -- who knows! -- may yet shine through.

Sister, my comrade, I have ached for you,
Sometimes, to see you curb your pace to mine,
And bow your Maenad crest to the dull forms
Of human usage; I have loosed your hand
And whispered: 'Go! Since I am tethered here;'
And you have turned, and breathing for reply,
'I too am pinioned, as you too are free,'
Have caught me to such undreamed distances
As the last planets see, when they look forth,

To the sentinel pacings of the outmost stars --
Nor these alone,
Comrade, my sister, were your gifts. More oft
Has your impalpable wing-brush bared for me
The heart of wonder in familiar things,
Unroofed dull rooms, and hung above my head
The cloudy glimpses of a vernal moon,
Or all the autumn heaven ripe with stars.

And you have made a secret pact with Sleep,
And when she comes not, or her feet delay,
Toiled in low meadows of gray asphodel
Under a pale sky where no shadows fall,
Then, hooded like her, to my side you steal,
And the night grows like a great rumouring sea,
And you a boat, and I your passenger,
And the tide lifts us with an indrawn breath
Out, out upon the murmurs and the scents,
Through spray of splintered star-beams, or white rage
Of desperate moon-drawn waters -- on and on
To some blue ocean immersible
That ever like a slow-swung mirror rocks
The balanced breasts of sea-birds motionless.

Yet other nights, my sister, you have been
The storm, and I the leaf that fled on it
Terrifically down voids that never knew
The pity of creation -- or have felt
The immitigable anguish of a soul
Left last in a long-ruined world alone;
And then your touch has drawn me back to earth,
As in the night, upon an unknown road,
A scent of lilac breathing from the hedge
Bespeaks the hidden farm, the bedded cows,
And safety, and the sense of human kind . . .

And I have climbed with you by hidden ways
To meet the dews of morning, and have seen
The shy gods like retreating shadows fade,
Or on the thymy reaches have surprised
Old Chiron sleeping, and have waked him not . . .

Yet farther have I fared with you, and known
Love and his sacred tremors, and the rites
Of his most inward temple; and beyond
His temple lights, have seen the long gray waste
Where lonely thoughts, like creatures of the night,
Listen and wander where a city stood.
And creeping down by waterless defiles
Under an iron midnight, have I kept
My vigil in the waste till dawn began
To move among the ruins, and I saw
A sapling rooted in a fissured plinth,
And a wren's nest in the thunder-threatening hand
Of some old god of granite in the dust . . .

Edith Jones 1862-1937
Edward Harrison May (1824-1887)
Oil on canvas, 1881
The American Academy of Arts and Letters,
New York City;
gift of Edith Wharton, 1930

A Fat Rant.

2007-09-14T13:37:00.001-04:00

I love this rant by this beautiful woman...for us + size women.
Water

You Make Me Smile Award :)

2007-09-05T14:14:00.000-04:00

It's not everyday that I get an award for making someone smile.

Thank You Don at Don's Loft :)

What a wonderful idea for an award!

From Don's Blog:
The “You Make Me Smile Award” was created by tegdirb92. Thank you tegdirb92 for making this wonderful award that is touching many People and bringing Smiles across the Blogosphere!This award is passed on to 10 people who make you Smile and Lift you up! Here are 10 people who will also Make U Smile. ( If you have already received this award, may this add another Smile to your life! )

Hey Don you made ME, smile! :)

My Energy Shift

2007-09-03T23:02:00.000-04:00

Very recently I’ve had a major enlightening shift in energies. This hasn’t happened to me, too many times before in my life, so it’s a big deal for me. *smile*

My connection to spirit used to be through the solar plexus but now it’s centered in my chest area. You can find yours if you open your crown Chakra and then notice where the energy ‘pools’ before it disperses itself to the rest of your Being. I feel it as a heating up of the area.

I think that some of what I chose to experience, concerning the lower energy centers… As in my Kundalini opening many years ago and then the exposure to Tantric type teaching... really ‘cemented’ my bringing the energy to the Solar Plexus and below as we were taught. This technique was very helpful in being more grounded to the Earth and in the physical, at that time. In that time I also was initiated into learning about the Goddess Kali when she came to me in a dream surrounding this instruction period. This learning is still all with me.

I believe that I’m finished exploring those concepts and now am moving onward and upward lol When the Thymus area started to open and develop I felt such a warmth and strong loving feeling whenever I consciously brought energy in. I would see an image of the Sun burning in my chest. Then this feeling just mellowed and now is constantly with me. As it happens with me when new experiences happen, they always seem to be so strong until I get used to them and then they tone down somewhat.

I’m wondering if it might be the ‘new’ chakra people were talking about a couple of years ago. The idea was that new chakras or energy centers would be forming in us to assist us with the ascension process. One of these is what I have heard many call the 8th Chakra in the heart/chest and Thymus area.

How I am working with this new discovery is when I start feeling bad about myself, low or grumpy. I just connect to the Creator-God-universe by thinking about the energy and bringing it in. It quite naturally goes to my Thymus area and I feel like I’m in love with myself (which I don’t feel when I’m low and grumpy *grin*). This feeling spills over to those that I meet.
(As I re-read above getting ready to publish, I smile to myself because I really don’t ‘get down’ on myself like I used to. I can stop the thoughts fluttering over to my brain. I can recognize the feeling as it comes over me and then I am just automatically re-centering and I forget.)

I’m learning that I can be in love with everyone that I meet. It’s doesn’t mean that I have to marry everyone *grin* I can just love everyone freely and then I don’t feel alone or separate from the world. I don’t have to tell anyone what I’m doing, I just smile and am happy.

I’ve noticed that people really respond well around me and to me when I’m experiencing energy in this way. I feel this go out to men that are good to me and they don’t react in a sexual or forceful way back. Men who I already know become more nurturing then I can remember them being in the past. I feel it’s more then just, how I am perceiving them. It’s very nice and I feel that I need to be less ‘guarded’ then I used to. Feeling freer to speak up and communicate with others.

I’m beginning to recognize now when someone is trying to literally ‘pull me down’ to their level. I can feel the energy being pulled into the lower chakras. Then I can just simply get away from them until they are feeling more positive.

It feels like I’ve had a walk out of an old battered, sad and worn out spirit and now I’m just ME again! :) The one that was born happy, as my Mother used to say. She said I was the only baby that she’d seen always to wake up smiling and laughing.

Vision June 2007

2007-08-30T19:45:00.001-04:00

This is an image I saw in a vision two months ago. It was in motion and all of the petals came back to the flowers and the flowers were whole.
It was very nice and encouraging to me. Just wanted to share with all of you.
namaste

America Got Talent Final 4 - Julienne Irwin

2007-08-21T16:19:00.001-04:00

ella fitzgerald someone to watch over me

2007-08-21T16:11:00.001-04:00

..another one from my childhood. The single was from my Dad's collection and I used to play it so much that I think I wore it out lol

Judy Garland - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

2007-08-21T15:57:00.001-04:00

I loved this movie and this song ever since I was a little girl.

Found a Fun Website

2007-08-11T19:17:00.000-04:00

I'm so sorry but I found the I Can Has Cheezburger site and *I* like it *grin*
Yes I'm a Cat person...
...now to torture you with funny Cat pics lol

Interesting Dreams

2007-08-08T16:41:00.000-04:00

I normally don’t blog about my dreams because dreams, I believe are personal, when you understand your imagery and symbolism then you are the best one to interpret them for yourself. Although recently, I have had a few really encouraging and fun ones that I’d like to share.

Lately I have been getting so much traveling imagery in my dreams. Sometimes a train or many trains and other times ships. I even saw a Double Decker train and thought of my friends Sue and Matt who’s dream it is to rescue a Double Decker Bus and make it their family Pet. lol
In the dream I was so excited and thought to myself I have to remember this because it’s important to them. Maybe it means that their dreams are on the track and rolling towards them:) Lets hope so :)

Anyway back to dreaming. Normally I don’t have dreams of grandeur. They are very ordinary and very ‘serious’ in nature. This time I was a Queen and my friend who has been a great support was the King. Our land was a tropical paradise. We were loved by the people in our country and everyone was pretty happy and felt that we were fair to them.
Then there was a war with a very large dark army. We didn’t have the people to defend ourselves and so they took us over. They took our country away and treated everyone in it really badly. My beautiful brightly lit, energy country became dark and tumultuous. This army booted us out and all the people that still supported us, put us on a boat, sending us out to sea. They sent us to a nearby island that was cold and frozen but with perseverance and everyone working together. Every citizen supported the other and we all worked to make this frozen island a comfortable place to live. We discovered and made power sources. With time the island changed into a tropical paradise and living there was much easier because of the work we all had put in at the first. Co-operation, helping others, happiness even though life was difficult, seemed to be the themes of this dream.

It then went into the future of the Island and modern people were uncovering historical artifacts. There was a bust of me that was in a hidden/encased in a covered in window of the museum. Legend had it that if you found the bust and chipped off the outer coating you would find sacred symbols and jewels hidden underneath. It was called ‘The Legend of the Sacred Symbols’. When they took the outer crust off the bust there were no symbols to be found or jewels but they did find the window it was sitting in. They took the bust out of the window and opened the window fully. That made the museum much brighter and happier.

The reason that there were no symbols is that the King had foreseen what the people of the future would do with the sacred symbols and priceless jewels. So he already had removed them so that we could use them back in the days that we lived. We understood that modern people would not know how to use them properly or they might be used for ill gain.

The other one… and the dreams are fading from my memory now. It was about this house that I keep dreaming about. The house changes a bit here and there but it’s really recognizable to me, like ‘oh great this house again’ lol
This time in the side yard I had different types of pets in houses. (I get this often and it represents my spiritual abilities) This time the pets were all in a really great outdoor enclosure. That’s very good, for this reference. All were healthy, safe and happy. As I went to feed them I noticed that a Hawk had landed by the pen and started to peck at the food I was feeding the pets. I was elated because I love birds and to have a bird such as this fly into my backyard was such an honour. He had a yellow beak and the main part of his body was a mixture of grays and browns. He had beautiful iridescent blue feathers on his body and gold feathers on his tail. As I watched him he noticed me, he came up to me and wasn’t afraid. So I was able to spend time with this awesome bird and had a really good experience in the dream.

I wonder what it means having a wild hawk being friendly to you so much that you can spend time interacting with it? I’ll have to look it up and try to see if I can find the type of hawk it is on internet. Maybe Titania will have some ideas about my dreams as I like to respond to her interesting dreams too.

World - Five for Fighting

2007-08-06T12:30:00.000-04:00

This is one of my Spiritual Theme Songs:
sometimes you have to go back and bring some things forth again :)

I just really love it! and the messages it brings...

WORLD

Got a package full of Wishes
A Time machine, a Magic Wand
A Globe made out of Gold

No Instructions or Commandments
Laws of Gravity or
Indecisions to uphold

Printed on the box I see
A.C.M.E.'s Build-a-World-to-be
Take a chance - Grab a piece
Help me to believe it

What kind of world do you want?
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now...

Should there be people or peoples
Money, Funny pedestals for Fools who never pay
Raise your Army – Choose your Steeple
Don't be shy, the satellites can look the other way

Lose the Earthquakes – Keep the Faults
Fill the oceans without the salt
Let every Man own his own Hand

What kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now...

Sunlight's on the Bridge
Sunlight's on the Way
Tomorrow's Calling

There's more to this than Love

What Kind of world do you want
What Kind of world do you want

What Kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece

History Starts Now

Be careful what you wish for
Start Now

...namaste Wounded Crow for helping me understand how special the song is...

superman-five for fighting

2007-08-06T11:24:00.001-04:00

The Wave of Love

2007-08-05T17:45:00.001-04:00

Jane's Fact & Fiction: Lunar Eclipse August 28th

2007-08-04T16:50:00.000-04:00

Jane's Fact & Fiction: Lunar Eclipse August 28th

People

2007-08-04T15:58:00.001-04:00

I remember reading some Seth material and Jane Roberts was saying that she seemed to have different channels of information flowing or accessible to her all at once. Being a deep trance channel she then asked her director what information he wanted her to 'tune' into for that current session.
I find that I'm getting more of this sort of experience happening for myself as well. I have the main flow of information and then I'll get a different tone, vibration or you might say it sounds like a different 'voice' adding information or adding explanations to the main bulk of material for clarification purposes. That's why I'm putting a '-' in front of the words to show it was from a different source.

People come and people go in your life.
People come to change.
Within thine own hands become true to thought of kind.

-Men and Women

Trust thoughts of expression formed through these bonds of matrimony.
Discourse is beholden to trust forms of lies within oneself. Utterly thoughtlessness in true form of gender is thine own brush of farce and enlightenment.
True to self be thine own hand in writing discourses such as these. Thine own hand is thought of as a writing tool to be known by all that dare to read and reflect on such abominations of nature. *spirit grinning because they made a 'funny' :)*

3 things I Trust of Thee:

2007-08-04T14:56:00.000-04:00

3 Things I trust of thee:

to persevere
to trust
to gain wisdom

In all of these I give you all of that you need to see me. Small wonders inside self to be found through introspection. Relevant to the known world of upbringing and tangent bearing in mind that thoughts do not wander too much.

Inside all of us is a new heart. A new soul that against all odds, through much toil and rampart, knowing that thine eyes will shine a new day.

It doesn't seem to matter that the strong knows unto itself clarity and wisdom. The just tide (of) forthwith will be known unto the seeker. For that is the cause and the makeup of the strong at heart. The gladness within thine own, bearing such strength and glad tidings of greatness within.

Temperance, benign thoughtlessness is an resounding reassurance that totality can be assumed in tidings of consciousness throughout time.

Verily I say unto you that thine own hand shall scribe my dictations and you shall grow immensely in thin own discourse of self to others.

karlanthony.com

2007-08-02T13:59:00.001-04:00

Love this video :)

Early Morning Musings: Remember This (channeled messages)

2007-07-22T16:47:00.001-04:00

The green keeps coming back, you know,

Our Freedom

but the sun shines down to make it grow,

The rocks and wind are a part of me.

I fell down and hid in a corner

The voices proudly presented me with a dilemma.

I sat up listening with great intent,

for the stories of my life, they told me,

I could not invent.

A life of mercy - Swiftness

Change me

Into the man - currents re-arrange me

Can I standup, can I walk without indecision, pursuant?

Never a point in his fire

Never a crease in his desire

To know the one he comes to trust

Decisions made within his lust for life and creatures unknown.

Consider this:

Laugh until you cry

He's just another guy, puking his brains out

Heaven no matter what it says - Venus

There are people who wander the streets at night

just to know how it feels to grow

into a land where people are born free.

Trust and guidance I've needed to sow

I help myself, Diva mine

She brings to meet me

- sureness of rhyme

Rhythm intent, introspection complete

Kindle, inspire, creations unknown

to them that falter

Margaret and John will already lament

Christy and Mark into flowers grow.

To ....... is a course already known

She seeks this place in which we call home

but of a time this course inlaid

will garnish her a life of shade

beneath a tree blossoms so rare

A tree of growth with leaves to share

of presences,

too many to bear fruit of course

Decisions made in high school

her decisions were made with pride

Wonder lust now, will translate her gains and losses

Courage transforms thought into action

human thought is the main attraction

To open doors once shut behind her

Once caught in a trap

she needed to know

How flowers contract

-willingness to grow

The leaf beneath supports the cause

- Oppression lost.

Oh Nancy write this in your heart

Although they cross, they do not depart

Pleasures of the heart and gain

As long as you keep within this frame/plane of reason

- Remember this.

Please let me know if you 'get' anything from this. If anything resonates with you or if you may even be the people spirit mentioned. This is the first time I've shared my Early morning channels. Many times I hear them as music. These words I have not 'thought' about but have come to me from spirit and I wanted to share, to see what others might think of them and if it's worth sharing more. :)

namaste Nancy

Rede Of The Wiccae

2007-07-19T12:47:00.000-04:00

I hadn't been aware of the entire Rede before and so when I found this it was quite interesting to me. I like the information on the winds and the moon. I bet my Mother didn't realize that her favorite berry, the Elder Berry was mentioned in the Rede. :)
Elder be ye Lady's tree.

Rede Of The Wiccae

Being known as the counsel of the Wise Ones:

Bide the Wiccan Laws ye must In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.
Live an' let live - Fairly take an' fairly give.
Cast the Circle thrice about To keep all evil spirits out.
To bind the spell every time - Let the spell be spake in rhyme.
Soft of eye an' light of touch - Speak little, listen much.
Deosil go by the waxing Moon - Sing and dance the Wiccan rune.
Widdershins go when the Moon doth wane, An' the Werewolf howls by the dread Wolfsbane.
When the Lady's Moon is new, Kiss thy hand to Her times two.
When the Moon rides at Her peak Then your heart's desire seek.
Heed the Northwind's mighty gale - Lock the door and drop the sail.
When the wind comes from the South, Love will kiss thee on the mouth.
When the wind blows from the East, Expect the new and set the feast.
When the West wind blows o'er thee, Departed spirits restless be.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go - Burn them quick an' burn them slow.
Elder be ye Lady's tree - Burn it not or cursed ye'll be.
When the Wheel begins to turn - Let the Beltane fires burn.
When the Wheel has turned a Yule, Light the Log an' let Pan rule.
Heed ye flower bush an' tree - By the Lady Blessèd Be.
Where the rippling waters go Cast a stone an' truth ye'll know.
When ye have need, Hearken not to others greed.
With the fool no season spend Or be counted as his friend.
Merry meet an' merry part - Bright the cheeks an' warm the heart.
Mind the Threefold Law ye should - Three times bad an' three times good.
When misfortune is enow, Wear the Blue Star on thy brow.
True in love ever be Unless thy lover's false to thee.
Eight words ye Wiccan Rede fulfill - An' it harm none, Do what ye will.

Response to Mystical Monkey's Contemplations

2007-07-13T19:15:00.000-04:00

This is in response to Mystical Monkey’s very interesting Contemplations:

Pleiadian existence and influence: I am convinced of the existence of off world Beings, their connectivity, influence and assistance to us in our Spiritual, Light Body progression through the ages. Also of other Star People that might have us under a microscope, sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see if we annihilate ourselves, maybe even circumventing the probabilities and helping us come to more peaceful solutions, in the process.
I associate Pleiadians with a beautiful Blue energy mainly, with white light intermixed. Their energy is very healing and balancing. I feel anyone who is able to have contact with them through dreams, out of body or Meditational is really fortunate. I can see energy and auras in people and I have met a few people who have this energy about them and can use it to heal others. It’s very amazing :)

The last comments heard from Earth.
“It worked!”
Lol One of my favorites.

The human Evolution to Light and the effect on body, mind, spirit:
I feel as Individuals as we evolve into a more balanced, spiritually based being by following our own inner paths. We align ourselves with the Light and become greater vessels to hold the Light/energy and able to project it more.
I have noticed with my own progression through the years that light energies can have effects on us that touch our physical worlds. The greater energy I hold the more it effects things that use electricity:) Can be funny at times:)
It never ceases to amaze me at how my life changes and how positive life experiences happen when I keep myself aligned with the Light. It’s not always an easy thing to do when so many negative things are happening in the world and to our friends and family. Sometimes you have to ‘go through the turmoil’s of life’ before you understand that the opportunity to overcome them has always been there but you were not looking in the right places or accepting the processes to get there. With my own life I’ve understand that the capacity to be ‘Happy’ for instance, was related to how the depth of sadness that I have felt at times in my life. Without the experiences of deep sadness I wouldn’t have a concept of how really happy I was on the other end of things.
I often dream about a world where everyone is psychically connected to each other. Where individuals who assist and give help would automatically ‘know’ when another was needing or wanting. Feeling the others needs, wants or lack of, we would be propelled to help each other quite naturally to bring back a balance to the ‘whole’.

Specifics of my Path and my role in the evolution of humanity, & of the world: I think if we all follow our inner paths as individuals. ‘Do what makes us happy and brings joy into our lives’. Then we will quite naturally bring those to us that want our light and connection. Also others that feel a connection to how we are living our lives. Much like I find your posts synchronistic with my path and life. It’s all so very interesting!

The meanings of dreams, the symbolism held within them, and what they tell me about my Path. Specifically dreams about travel, light, (and traveling lightly), change, of visits. Dreams involving Eagles, as well as Eagle feathers in an upright arrangement of six, with the fourth feather missing from the grouping:
Very interesting. I’ve gone on so many adventures and learned so much about myself from following the symbolism in my dreams. Each one is like a small part of my puzzle that eventually fits into a larger picture that shows me the way. Sometimes I also get pieces for other people too and I enjoy telling them about their pieces and watching their faces when they wrinkle their brows and wonder how I ‘know’. But they always end up smiling about it in the end.
As you probably know, North American Indians, Eagles and Eagle feathers have been a constant thread through my Spiritual life. I remember the first time that I had a vision like this, during meditation in 1995 and it was of an Indian Dancing in traditional buckskin and he had one Eagles Feather in his hair. I scoured the library for information about where he came from, what the one Eagle feather meant in his hair. I’ll never forget it because those visions and dreams have lead me to where I am today. It’s part of path working and the Creator, Spirits, Guides communication with us.
I am getting for you that each feather represents a person, possibly even a spirit person (guide) that either had lost it’s way or you haven’t met yet. Once that last feather is added to the six you will feel complete. It could even be those choices about your path that you were talking about. Doing six things such as healing, teacing yoga.. etc. and you have one more thing to add or discover yet.

namaste
Nancy
Waterfall in spirit

Mission Ignition by Raphiem

2007-07-08T12:47:00.000-04:00

From Mission Ignition by Raphiem

A request has been made by Grandfather Martin to please send a prayer to the
Hopi people and to Mother Earth this July 7th, 2007.

The Hopi live in a sacred region of North America called Four Corners, and
within the boundaries of the Four Corners lies Black Mesa. The Hopi and
many other wisdom keepers view Black Mesa as a feminine energy center of
central importance to the balance of life around the world. There are
others, however, who view Black Mesa merely as a commodity to be exploited
for material gain.

Peabody Coal Company has been strip-mining Black Mesa for coal for decades,
and consequently, has reduced the water table and polluted it with displaced
uranium. Billions upon billions of gallons of water have been taken from
Black Mesa along with vast quantities of coal to a plant in Nevada, so that
the heart of Black Mesa is used to power the Las Vegas strip. As a result
of this, many family wells on Black Mesa have dried up, as have the springs,
and many thousands of stock ponds. Livestock, flora and fauna are perishing
from lack of water, and many people must now travel up to 50 miles for their
drinking water.

Peabody Coal Company is planning to expand their operations by opening a new
mine.

The traditional Hopi Elders tell us that everything depends upon the proper
balance being maintained. They teach that if technology becomes a mindless
god that forsakes the heart of Mother Earth, that not only will the Hopi
perish, but all will disintegrate to nothing.

Black Mesa elders remain devoted to their ancestral home, and they are
requesting support now from all who have ears to hear to assist them in
protecting this sacred land.

Please offer a heartfelt prayer to the Hopi and to our loving Mother Earth
this July 7, 2007.

Kwakha (thank you),
Bridgid
http://people.tribe.net/alcyone

__________________

Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma is one of the last remaining traditional
elders of the Hopi tribe, located on the third mesa in northern Arizona. He
remains steadfast in maintaining the traditional spiritual ways of his
people, as assigned by Massau'u at the beginning of this current world.

We are now nearing the end of the great cycle, as foretold in the Hopi
prophecy. The purpose of this page is to respectfully establish a link for
interested seekers to reach out and connect with Grandfather Martin. Because
Grandfather Martin deliberately lives in humble simplicity, without
electricity or running water, he has no access to - or need for - a
computer. Therefore, any messages sent to this site will be hardcopied and
sent to Grandfather Martin directly.

There is abundant information available online that discusses the specifics
of the Hopi prophecy, including the implications for the world as a whole if
the Hopi are forced off their traditional lands by business interests that
include (but are not limited to) the Peabody Coal and Mining Company. If you
wish to help the Hopi, please begin by offering prayer. kwakha (thank you).

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Harmonic Shift-July7th 2007, Brenda McCann

2007-07-08T12:35:00.000-04:00

Harmonic Shift - July 7th 2007
8 Jun 2007 @ 18:56, by Brenda McCann

Harmonic Shift - July 7th 2007

You are on the edge of a grand planetary awakening, propelled by your own inner transformations. As you open your hearts to the love that birthed you, you will shift into the frequency of N O W -ness where the All of life resides. Time will shift into an eternal now, where peace and stillness are at the centre of your hearts. All life will be in peace and balance; harmony and cooperation, working toward realizing their true empowerment and full potential. It will be a new era of self and universal discovery unparalleled with anything seen in your previous eras. You will all live and embrace the human dream.

The spheres of transformation coming into alignment, centering at the midpoint on your July 7th, 2007, will bring a resonating harmonic shift into your perceptual fields of awareness. We ask that you join us in this celebration of human spirit to issue forth and lay down a new foundation; a new program. All you need is *to choose to shift your focus from fear to love*, from war to peace, hatred to harmony, greed to sharing. This will reset the planetary grids and morpho-genetic-force fields and ignite your souls/cells.

As Earth's biological circuitry is adjusted and re-calibrated in readiness and healing for the new expanded awareness and consciousness entering now, so too is the circuitry of your biological embodiment. While the shifts and adjustments occur, you may at times find yourself disorientated and your energy levels surging and then fluctuating before coming into balance and resonance. As the tectonic plates shift into harmonic alignment, so do your blood platelets shift into crystal resonance and alignment. The electrons of your atoms do not move about an orbit as you have been taught. The movement perceived is an illusion, for there is no movement but only vibration, pulsing in and out of matter; in and out of the seen and unseen. When you come to understand this, you will realize how powerful you truly are. For all that is required is *a shift in thought and focus powered by pure love and intent*, and what you now define as miracles will come to be the norm and mainstream. You will be the crystal-in-chryst.

You will come to access new forms of limitless energy and pure anti-gravity when your Earth's bio-crystal core has been re-calibrated and re-aligned with the universal streams of light and love which you are now coming into resonance with *as it was before*. Then your pyramids of crystal design will be unearthed, re-discovered and re-activated, for they were designed and placed upon your Earth prior the fall and the forgetting. The dark night of the soul is now coming into the daylight of spirit. When the alignment is complete, you will begin to access new codes of higher density and new technological advances will come into fruition which are aligned with love and spirit.

The All-That-Is flows and expresses through you. This is the purpose of the human design and creation. Please understand: you are not the consciousness of spirit contained therein and residing in a biological spacesuit, rather your biological spacesuit exists within the spirit of consciousness--the All-That-Is. You do not flow and express into the All-That-Is, rather the All-That-Is flows into and through you to express all that is. As the allowance of the expression of love comes into alignment and spirit reaches critical mass--igniting the neural-net grid of a new Earth consciousness--the spirit of your eternal awareness will *re-enter completely into the soul family called humanity*.

You know it's going to happen. You can feel it getting near, and soon you will be returning to the centre: the source of your being. Your coming crop circle season will magnificently, like no other ever before, reflect this new program, new message; new harmony. This will be your marker, your message of confirmation to yourselves.

The leaf or flower will be the symbol of 777. It will resemble the letting go and the release of your burdens. It will resemble the flowing tears from your hearts, with the flood gates opening and allowing pure unconditional love to pour and surge through every fiber of your being. We ask that you, for one hour in your time, be next to a tree. Hug a tree and release your heart and burdens unto us. For those unable to hug a tree, we ask that you take one leaf from a tree or take a flower, and as you do, give love and gratitude to mother Earth. Wear this leaf or flower over your heart or in your shirt pocket, or simply hold it in your hand--whichever you are most comfortable with.

You can choose to be an instrument of love, peace and harmony, and you will know no limits and no lack of abundance, as you will be fulfilled. You can choose to focus and be centered in your heart with a clear vision. With love, *you embrace and bridge* all polarities. Nothing is to be ignored or repressed, but instead openly embraced; to be touched with the flames of your love to be welcomed and accepted--all your words, all your actions, all your thoughts, all your feelings and emotions. Release your burdens; your fears. Release your worries and concerns. Release your anger and hatred. By releasing, you will allow the All-That-Is to flow unrestricted, thereby *allowing all potentials* to be expressed. Let go without expectation of outcomes.

You whom are reading this message in this "now" are here for a reason and purpose *to help others make this transition*. As the waves of transformation reach the shores of your mother Earth, the spirits of human lightworkers have been and are now ever more beginning to line up, coming together to sing as one global voice. Share this message far and wide in preparation for this moment of ignition. Become a beacon unto humanity for those who are looking for the light for the way and guidance. All we ask is that you, as co-creators join us, meet us half-way, for the Harmonic Shift 777.

*When you speak the unspoken, speak with hope and promise. *When you embrace the unembraced, embrace it with love. *When you hear the unheard, listen with an open heart. *When you move the unmoved, move with and in joy, for joy marks the path of least resistance. Here and now is where love flows unimpeded. Here and now is the key to transformation.

The choice has been and is always yours!

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On Love and Health

2007-07-06T14:00:00.000-04:00

Sometimes I start a post and then I don't know where I want to go with my ideas so I just save it to work on later. I was looking through these older 'messages' to self today as they have turned out to be and found this one....below.

I had been wondering when I actually started all of the positive changes in myself, that I am being rewarded with, at this moment in life and this post from 17 March '07 answered my question today:

As I started my own internal process I started to remember other channelers that also had given me similar messages at other crossing points in my life, Bashar and Seth. I went back to websites that I knew I could find free audio clips because they are working so well with me now in that I can lay down, rest and listen quietly. then repeat the information over and over again until it really sinks into my mind and I can understand it fully.

Now feeling as if I've had a 'walk-in' or possibly that I've had a 'walk-out' of old negative attitudes that were no longer of usefulness to me. I actually had a vision of my old negative attitudes standing outside of myself fearful and crying to get back in.

Spirit told me to integrate and find balance.

I had a communication with these old worn out ways. They told me that they were, literally worn out and they just needed to rest. I could accept that they could rest and that they were no longer needed to lead my way.

After that when I found myself stating, negative self statements. Those quiet thoughts that breeze through your mind as your thinking about things in life, while doing other tasks. Any negative statements... such as 'I'm stupid', 'I'm hopeless' etc. were voiced in a soft, distant voice that I could immediately recognise and change with a positive self statement. Such as, I'm intelligent, I'm brilliant! and just being able to be at this point. the recognizing. The building of me....again, brought laughter and Joy to my day.

And I may add now days :)

I have more energy, less pain. My emotional pain that I have expressed through the physical has depreciated greatly. I feel I have achieved this through a combination of understandings and ideas. One of which that I was doing this to myself and I have the ability to change it.

I am still healing but the difference being that, I AM healing.

I believe the very basic fundamental of my progression was acceptance of Love of Self and then being able to accept Love and caring from others. Trust in the process and pushing myself, with determination to take charge of my 'conditions' or state in life and make the necessary changes.

I'm going to the local beach today to get some Sun:) and commune with the Water.
I don't 'feel like going really' but I'm taking myself there because I know it will be good for me:)

and so the process continues...

namaste
Nancy
WaterFall in Spirit

Feeling a Little Empathic? by David M. Burgess

2007-07-05T14:03:00.001-04:00

Feeling a little Empathic

Part 1 – What’s an empath?

Empathic ability is perhaps the most common and possibly least understood psychic gift available to humanity. So what is an empath? Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary defines empathy as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner”. In lay terms, being an empath means being able to feel what another person is feeling, either emotionally, physically, or both. Advanced empaths also sometimes have the ability to ‘draw out’ physical or emotional pain from another person and take it into their own body, with the intention of then releasing or expelling that pain and curing the subject.

How do you know if you are an empath? Well, because of their sensitivity, empaths tend to have certain tell-tale characteristics or qualities. For example, they sometimes tense up or feel uncomfortable when they enter a room where an argument recently took place, even if the disagreeing parties are no longer present or have made peace. If the argument was particularly bad, or the empath is particularly sensitive, they may actually become irritated themselves, and start snapping at those around them for no reason.

Empaths tend to avoid heavily crowded areas or events, since the energy built up by having many people in one place can become quite overwhelming. You may notice an empath wince or flinch a bit when entering a crowded room or a party, for example. Walking into a room full of people can sometimes feel like being punched in the stomach, depending on the number of people and the frame of mind of those present.

Many empaths have a tendency to be ‘pushovers’ or ‘doormats’, for several reasons. First of all, they are highly sensitive to energy, which can make it very hard for them to say “no” to anyone who is experiencing pain or need of any kind. Second, most empaths don’t know how to shield themselves properly, so when confronted by any kind of intense emotion they have a hard time thinking clearly. An angry finger pointed in their face can cause actual physical pain. Empaths are not just sensitive to negative emotions, however. A highly sexually aroused individual will quickly inspire a similar state of excitement in an unsuspecting empath, who may have an extremely hard time fending off advances, not only because of the arousal but because of their previously-mentioned inability to say no to someone in need. ‘Pity sex’ was a term most likely coined by an empath.

An empath is often highly aware of the health and state of mind of their loved ones, no mater how physically near or far away the individuals may be. It is not uncommon for an empath to ‘freak out’ for no reason, only to discover later that a friend or family member went through some sort of trauma at that exact moment. This is particularly noticeable in twins or other empaths who spend a great deal of time together, as they will often physically experience the same traumas as their loved ones. For example, one girl suddenly experienced a severe asthma attack and nearly died in the middle of a supermarket, only to find out later that her twin sister had accidentally inhaled battery acid and was being treated at a nearby hospital. The accident and the asthma attack happened almost simultaneously, in different parts of the city. Similarly, many empaths experience a constant barrage of unexplainable aches, pains, and mood swings, not realizing that they are experiencing the physical and emotional states of their friends and loved ones. Sadly, many are misdiagnosed as suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, bi-polar or other mood/personality disorders, schizophrenia, or even hypochondria.

In the past, unidentified empaths often became alcoholics in order to numb the intensity of their experiences. Currently, the trend runs more towards pharmaceutical addiction, with mood stabilizers such as Prozac being the most prevalent. While such drugs can be highly beneficial in some instances, they are best used as a short-term tool, necessary only until the empath is sufficiently trained to no longer need the drug.

Another characteristic common among empaths is that of being overweight. When the mental and emotional bodies become overwhelmed with too much input, the physical body responds by building up layers of protection (AKA fat cells). This can happen slowly, such as when an empath finds themselves in a long-term relationship with an emotionally intense person; or it can happen very quickly if the empath is suddenly thrust into a high-intensity environment, such as a move from a rural area to an urban center, a new school, or a new job.

Empaths are almost always known as ‘good listeners’ by those around them. People intuitively feel that the empath will understand them, empathize with their point of view, and give them moral or emotional support. It is not uncommon for an empath to be approached by a stranger on the street and told intimate, personal details about that person’s life. Unfortunately, it is also an almost daily occurrence for most empaths to get a call from an ‘energy vampire’, someone who feeds off the emotional and etheric energy of others (usually unconsciously, of course). The empath may be in a wonderful mood, or at least a relatively stable mood, when suddenly they get The Call. The ‘vampire’ is usually a friend who is constantly undergoing one emotional crisis after another, and is in constant need of support and reassurance. They talk and vent and cry on the empath’s shoulders, sometimes for hours, until they have absorbed enough positive energy to keep them going for a while. Meanwhile, the empath becomes emotionally and mentally drained, often to the point of physical exhaustion. At that point, the ‘vampire’ hangs up and happily bounces on their way, feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. The empath usually goes and takes a long nap.

Degrees of empathic ability range widely from person to person. In general, women seem to make up the majority of known empaths, since women tend to be more in touch with their emotional nature. This means they are naturally more comfortable trusting their intuition, and are more sensitive to emotional changes, both within themselves and within others. Of course there are many exceptions to this generalization; both sexes are equally capable of using empathic abilities. Western culture, however, has trained men to be as emotionless as possible, making it much more difficult for them to recognize and distinguish subtle energies and emotional shifts. It’s pretty tough to sense what someone else is feeling when you don’t even understand your own emotions.

If you’re reading this, chances are good that you’ve either realized or been told you’re an empath. “Now wait,” you may ask; “Why would anyone need to be told they are an empath? Shouldn’t it be pretty obvious?”

Unfortunately, Western society tends to be pretty-close-minded when it comes to psychic abilities, and despite the recent surge of movies and television programs that showcase psychics, most people are alarmingly ill-educated on the subject. As such, many empaths believe (or have been told) they are just “overly sensitive,” or “too emotional”, or they think that the way they perceive the world is normal and assume that everyone has the abilities they do. This causes most empaths a great deal of pain and confusion in their childhood and teen years.

Since an empath can feel others’ pain, they tend to be very polite and considerate of the feelings of others. After all, hurting someone else is just another way of hurting themselves, and why would anyone want to hurt themselves? Not knowing that others don’t perceive things the way they do, empaths tend to assume that everyone else will be equally considerate. The confusion sets in when they go to school and realize that there are some very rude and inconsiderate people in the world, who have no problem inflicting pain on their peers. More confusion arises as they get a little older, and society’s rules of social behavior come into play. Since an empath senses what a person is actually feeling, and not what the person is pretending to feel, they will often act or respond in ways that seem socially inappropriate, which often causes embarrassment and rejection. What empath can’t remember a time they tried to reach out to someone who was suffering, only to be angrily rebuffed because the person was embarrassed by what they perceived to be a ‘weakness’ that they had hoped no one had noticed?

The young empath generally doesn’t know how to handle the intensity of emotion that suddenly surrounds them, and will usually respond by either retreating into a shell (often gaining weight and becoming extremely introverted in the process), exhibiting escapist tendencies (many empaths are proud bookworms or film fanatics), or more rarely by becoming a ‘champion of the underdog’ as it were, always sticking up for the weaker ones around them and going to great lengths to protect anyone they feel is being treated unfairly. This also presents itself as ‘White Knight Syndrome’, where the empath feels the need to ‘rescue’ every needy or abused or emotionally disturbed person they meet, often resulting in a cycle of co-dependent relationships throughout their lives.

The positive side to all of this is that once you’ve achieved a state of balance in your life, you will make a wonderful counselor, therapist, and healer. Since empaths are usually exquisitely sensitive to the flow of energy as well as both physical and emotional states in others, many are drawn to healing arts such as Reiki, touch therapy, massage, and so on. Even if you don’t choose healing as a profession, your presence alone will serve as a calming, grounding force for everyone around you.

Part 2 – Out of the Blues

I would like to address one of the most common negative side effects of being an empath: depression. It is an unfortunate fact that a large number of empaths suffer from bouts of depression ranging from mild to deep and chronic. Before one can reach a state of balance and happiness, one must confront the cause of the depression, which can be a very tricky thing to do.

Obviously, chemical imbalance and emotional/mental trauma can be root causes, and need to be addressed first. The only problem there is that most people who are depressed are not chemically imbalanced until somebody pumps them full of anti-depressants. Then they become imbalanced, and things get even worse. I tell you this as someone who was on and off more anti-depressants than I can remember, ever since I was 13 years old.

My best advice is to find a competent, open-minded hypnotherapist. Make sure that all the sessions are recorded so you can go over the tapes later. This should hopefully reveal the root cause of the depression, allowing you to proceed from there.

If the root cause is not a naturally-occurring chemical imbalance, and does not stem from significant mental/emotional trauma, then you've got a couple of other major possibilities. The first is what I call ‘Situational Depression’ (which I will continue to call it until someone educates me on the actual technical term for this).

There are points in your life where something needs to change in order for you continue your growth and development. Most times it is something internal; something about the way we think, or act, or feel, or react, or perceive our reality or our selves. Occasionally, though, you may find yourself in a situation that is no longer conducive to your growth and development, and it's time to move on. For example, I was a third generation Jehovah's Witness, on both sides of the family. My entire family, most of my friends, and just about everyone I ever knew or spent time with growing up were all “JW's”. When I began to grow beyond the boundaries of that particular faith, I became very unhappy, feeling stifled and trapped. Obviously there was very little I could do about that, except leave, which I did a few days after graduating from high school.

Of course, walking away is usually a last resort. One does not want to fall into the pattern of running away from one's problems. Usually, the only thing that needs to change in the situation is ourselves, whether it’s an attachment, a fear, a negative perspective, or a mind-set. Nevertheless, some of us will eventually come to a point where we realize that the situation or person or place or issue we're dealing with is no longer good for us, and that removing ourselves from the situation is the only option that will fix anything. In other words, change the situation, and the depression naturally lifts as we become balanced and positive again.

The second root cause I'd like to quickly address is what I call ‘Empathic Depression’. This is when an empath is getting too drained and not recharging properly, or when an empath is spending a lot of time around someone else who's depressed and absorbing their emotions. Headaches are often a common side effect of this. Either way, grounding properly, setting shields, and recharging regularly are all vital. This brings us to the next section.

Part 3 - Survival guide

“Ok, so I’m an empath. Now what? How do I deal with this?”

With great difficulty, if you’re like most of us. It’s not an easy thing to be hyper-sensitive in a world that’s getting louder, brighter, faster, flashier, and more intense with each passing day. People are getting more and more disconnected from their emotions, which turns the average citizen into a big walking ball of nasty emotional crud, just waiting to explode all over you. Fun!

Crutches

The very first thing I encourage all newly-awakened or newly-identified empaths to do is to find the nearest jewelry store, New Age/Wiccan store, or lapidary (AKA a rock shop). Get some obsidian. Obsidian is a kind of semi-translucent volcanic glass, sometimes used to make arrowheads by the Native American Indians. It doesn’t matter how big the stone is; even a small pocket-sized polished rock will do the trick. The best place to keep the obsidian is on a string around your neck, preferably hanging down to the little hollow beneath your sternum, near your solar plexus. Obsidian creates a natural energy barrier, or shield, within the outer layers of your aura. Having the obsidian close to your physical solar plexus will anchor that shield into both your solar plexus chakra, which determines how we view ourselves in relation to the world around us, and your heart chakra, which is all about how we give and receive love (more info about chakras later). This is a good thing, since most empaths have a very low sense of self esteem and are usually easily affected by the opinions and attitudes of others. It’s hard not to take everything personally when you feel everyone else’s emotions as your own.

If you don’t have access to a rock shop, or you don’t have the money to spend, the second best option is to find a small round stone that has been worn smooth by water. If you don’t have a river, lake or stream handy, check out the nearest railway tracks or graveled parking lot. Stones are a natural grounding tool, and the ones that have been polished by water are particularly good at grounding out negative emotional energy. Find one that you can hold comfortably in your hand, or if possible one with a shallow groove or hollow that you can rub with your thumb. Keep it in your pocket, and whenever you start to feel overwhelmed, take it out and start rubbing the stone. If possible, imagine that all the tension, all the negative energy, and all the extra intensity coming at you is channeled directly into the stone.

After a month or so of use, your stone or crystal may begin to lose its effect. This happens when the stone becomes saturated with negative energy and cannot hold any more. When this happens, you need to either replace or cleanse the stone. There are several methods to cleanse your crystals. The easiest way is to leave it outside or on a window ledge overnight under the full moon, or during a rainstorm. In emergencies, running the stone under cold water for about ten minutes does the trick. You can also let the stones sit in a mixture of water and sea salt for an hour or two, then rinse them off under cool water.

Eventually you will decide to replace the stone, or you will have an intuitive sense that the crystal is ‘burned out’ and will no longer work. At that point, it is best to thank the stone for the help it has given you, take it outside, and bury it in the soil. This allows it to re-align itself with the earth’s energies and ground out all the emotional crud it absorbed. An interesting side note: if you don’t cleanse your crystals often enough, or don’t put them back in the ground when they’re burned out, they will often shatter for no discernable reason or mysteriously disappear. Strange but true!

Using crystals or stones to create an auric shield to help you stay grounded is what I call a ‘crutch technique’. Just like a pair of crutches, you use the technique until you are strong enough to get along without it. As always, be careful not to grow too dependent on any single tool or technique; eventually it may become a hindrance rather than a help.

Cleaning House

The next step is to reduce the number of negative influences in your life. This can be pretty difficult, since most of the negative influences in our lives tend to be people, and one of the hardest things for an empath to do is to hurt someone’s feelings. Nevertheless, this is a necessary step. I compare it to taking out a sliver… it may be painful to dig the sliver out, but not nearly as painful as it will be if the sliver stays in there and gets infected. Negative influences are the same... the longer you are exposed to them, the deeper they become embedded, and the harder they are to get rid of in the end.

The best way I have found to set this process in motion is to set boundaries. Start small, and work your way up to the big stuff. For example, set aside a half an hour each day for you to recharge, relax, or do something creative to rejuvenate yourself. Turn off the phone. Don’t schedule activities that will infringe on that time. If someone ‘needs’ you to talk to them, tell them to call back afterwards. If someone is trying to keep you engaged, tell them you have a previous commitment. You do – with yourself. This is sacred time, untouchable. If you don’t take care of yourself, how can you take care of anyone else? You’ll burn out, get depressed, and become physically ill, and then you’ll have even more to worry about.

Some people may get angry at you for this, or try to ‘guilt-trip’ you, saying you’re being insensitive or selfish. Think about this for a minute: what kind of friend would ever want to stop you from doing something that will make your life better, easier, or happier? What kind of friend can they be if they’re demanding that you set their needs over your own? Is that a loving attitude?

Next, make a list of the three people in your life that demand the most from you, whether physically, mentally, or emotionally. Ask yourself: is this an equal energy exchange? Are these people willing to give as much as they take, or do you tend to feel drained and tired after contact with them? If they see that you are in need, do they offer to help? Would you be comfortable asking from them what they feel comfortable asking from you?

In some cases, you may find that the other person does give as much as they take. This is good; that means you probably have a healthy, mutually beneficial relationship. However, it’s time to start thinking about what to do about those people in your life that do not reciprocate the time and energy you give to them.

It’s not always necessary (or sometimes even realistic) to cut these people out of your life entirely. However, you can reduce or even minimize the amount of time and energy you spend on them. Do it slowly; you’re basically weaning them off of an addictive drug, energetically speaking. How does one accomplish this?

Obviously every situation is different, so there is no easy answer to this. I would definitely suggest finding some good books on emotional co-dependency, to get you started. What it boils down to, though, is this: get in touch with your own needs, and stop putting everyone else in the world before your self. Tune into your body. Start getting to know the signals your body sends you when you’re putting out too much energy, and then act accordingly when you notice those signals. If you’re feeling tired or run down and the phone rings, don’t pick up the phone. If someone asks you to do them a favor and you don’t have the energy, tell them you would like to, but you already have plans. When that ‘energy vampire’ friend calls and starts going into their routine, be polite, but end the conversation within a reasonable time limit. What’s reasonable? Well, therapy sessions usually last an hour. Anyone who spends more than an hour a day venting their problems to you should probably be seeking professional help, rather than dumping all their emotional problems on their friends.

It may sound harsh, or selfish. It may even feel selfish, in the beginning. Many who begin this process actually feel guilty for taking the time to take care of themselves, at first. This will pass once you start realizing how much clearer your perspective on things have become, how much more energy you have, and how much more efficient you are at really helping people, rather than just absorbing all their emotional baggage.

Now that you've started the process, you need to amp it up a notch. How? Find yourself a hobby. Seriously! Find something - ANYTHING - that gets you in 'the Zone'... that magical state of mind where you are so absorbed in what you are doing that everything else disappears. Writing or journaling, sports, energy-focused physical activity (yoga, tai chi, aikido, etc), art, music, photography, dancing, sculpting, gardening... it doesn't matter what you do. Just find something that absorbs you and give it everything you have. I guarantee you that the more you do this, the happier you will be. you will find yourself thinking more clearly, enjoying life more, smiling for no reason. As an added bonus, you will gradually find yourself surrounded by others who feel the same way.

The final step is to learn a basic grounding technique, a basic shielding technique, and a not-so basic cord-pinching technique. If you have no idea what that sentence meant, don’t worry, everything will be explained shortly.

Grounding and Shielding

The importance of grounding out excess and negative energies, and creating permanent psychic shields, cannot be explained by words alone. One has to experience the difference to truly understand how necessary it is.

In modern electrical systems, there is always a ground wire in place to protect the internal system components from damage caused by surges of excessive electricity. The human body, and its internal energy system, is not much different. The only difference is that most people don’t know how to connect the ground wire, so to speak, to bleed off the excess energy. So what happens? As with any electrical system, the internal components become damaged.

In practical terms, this means you get headaches, sleep disorders, constant muscle and joint pain (also known as feeling ‘fried’ – literally feels like you have been electrocuted, except it doesn’t go away), weight gain, lowered immune response, and usually severe depression. Why?

Well first of all, as an empath you’re basically like a big antenna, picking up every frequency of energy in the vicinity. The more energy you channel without being properly grounded, the more insulation your body needs to protect itself. Water and fat make for pretty good resistance, so the body creates layers of protection. This explains the constant water retention and weight fluctuation many empaths experience. Once you’ve learned to ground out the excess energy and shield yourself properly, the weight begins to disperse naturally, as the body no longer needs the added layers of protection.

Second, every time you start picking up on someone else’s aches and pains, your body responds as if there was something wrong with you. This creates a lot of stress on your immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Eventually your immune system get worn down from fighting phantom symptoms, and this leaves you wide open to every second flu or cold bug that’s passing through your neighborhood. Once you’ve learned to shield yourself, you’ll no longer be as easily affected by everyone else’s symptoms, allowing your body the time it needs to regenerate itself and get your health back to some semblance of normality.

Third, being constantly bombarded with other people’s emotions is enough to give anyone a headache, but it’s worse because most of the time you don’t even know where it’s coming from, which adds an element of confusion to the mix. Since most people tend to be worried and fearful most of the time, you’re absorbing a lot of worry and fear each day. Add the fact that empaths are everybody’s favorite counselor, which means that you probably spend several hours a day listening to someone else’s problems, and it’s not long before you start feeling like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Now factor in the fact that most empaths feel very alienated because no one seems to understand the way they view the world, and you have the beginnings of some serious mood and personality disorders.

This can be a very serious problem. Some empaths who are surrounded by extreme negativity, or who don’t understand the nature of their gifts, become ‘cutters’, either physically or otherwise. This means that the emotional pain becomes so unbearable, and the need for release so intense, that the empath resorts to hurting themselves to find relief. Some do this by physically cutting or otherwise hurting themselves (usually wrists, legs, inner thighs, or anywhere they can hide it), while others will resort to destructive and self-damaging behavior such as extreme promiscuity, heavy drinking and drug use, or eating disorders. Anything that can provide a sense of release, externalize the pain, or take their mind off it even just for a while, is considered fair game for these unfortunate souls. If the situation is bad enough, even suicide starts to look like a realistic and reasonable option. Fortunately, once the empath learns to ground out the negative energy and put up a psychic shield, the pain and feeling of being overwhelmed subsides to a more manageable level, and eventually disappears.

Pinching the Cords – the concept

In order to explain this concept, we must first explain how empathic ability, and in fact all psychic ability, works.

From the ancient mystics and shamans of thousands of years ago, to the modern priests of quantum physics and string theory, humanity comes up against the same fundamental truth: we are all One. All entities, all beings, all Life, all forms of physical matter and energy – everything is connected on a quantum particle level. It is inescapable. Every moment of every day, you are affecting all of existence.

Most of the time, our connections to the outside universe are so subtle as to be undetectable. However, just as the synaptic connections in our brain related to a specific memory become stronger each time we access that specific memory, so to the connection between people grows stronger with each conversation, each meeting, and every touch. It is through this connection, or cord, that an empath receives information. Most mystics throughout history have agreed that these ‘cords’ usually enter and exit the physical body around the navel area (with various exceptions, of course). This sheds some light on the term ‘gut instinct’, and the idea of having a ‘gut reaction’ to someone or something. Do you remember the last time you met someone who made you feel extremely uncomfortable? You may have noticed a tightening of the muscles in your stomach and abdomen, which is a common fear response. Once you become more sensitive and in tune with your body, however, you may begin to notice that your stomach tightens up before you have any conscious reason to be afraid or uncomfortable. This is because the energy of the person or situation that is approaching is being picked up through the cords and interpreted as a threat by your subconscious mind, which then sends your body the signal to activate the fight-or-flight response – fear.

The energy flowing through the cords does not just flow one way. We are all both sending and receiving at all times. The more contact we have with a specific individual, the stronger the connection with them gets. Simply put, the cord gets bigger, allowing more energy to flow between the two of you. This is wonderful as long as the person has a positive impact on your life. But what happens when the person is really negative? And worse, what happens when the negative person is someone we must deal with every day, such as a parent, spouse, boss, or schoolmate, or co-worker?

In the case of someone who’s constantly angry and lashing out, the empath becomes a sort of psychic punching bag, absorbing each wave of negativity that the angry person sends out. Being exposed to a high amount of intensely negative energy like that on a daily basis feels much like being physically beat up. Your body has certain response mechanisms in place to protect you while it’s actually happening (like going into shock, spacing out, etc), but the after-effects can be devastating.

If, in the other hand, you are surrounded by one or more of the previously mentioned energy vampires, you probably feel like the life is literally being sucked right out of you, which is pretty close to what’s actually happening. As the person is yakking on and on about how terrible their life is and how difficult their situation is to deal with and so on (and on, and on, and on), the negative emotional baggage inside of them is being transferred through the cord into you. Simultaneously, positive life force energy is flowing out of you, through the cord, and into them. This is why empaths make such good therapists; you don’t really even have to say much, since just venting to you and being in your presence automatically makes the person feel better. Of course, unless you know what to do about the energy drain, it doesn’t help your state of mind much.

So what to do about all this energy flowing in and out of you, uncontrolled? Well, you learn how to control it. The simplest way to do that is to ‘pinch’ the energy connection between you and the other individual, until only a consciously decided amount of energy is allowed to flow in or out. That way, nothing gets into your energy system that you haven’t allowed there, and nothing gets taken out of your energy system unless you give conscious permission. This is much easier said than done, of course, but don’t worry, you can do it. Part 4 will present some basic techniques that will work for pretty much anyone.

Part 4 – Basic Techniques

Before we begin, I would like to make it clear that these techniques come from a variety of spiritual paths, and have been floating around in some form or other for hundreds, if not thousands of years. A quick Internet search will probably reveal many versions of each of the techniques presented here. I encourage you to try out whichever version of whatever technique works best for you. This is not about ‘doing it the way it’s always been done’, or holding up one particular way of doing things over another, or glorifying any particular tradition or belief system. This is about doing it the way that will work best for you. The only way to know what works best, of course, is to practice, to try things out for yourself and see what clicks for you. I chose these specific techniques because they were simple and easy to follow, and because I have had extensive personal experience and success using them.

In the beginning, you may find it difficult to remember all the steps without breaking concentration to read what you’re supposed to do next, especially with the longer techniques, so it can be helpful to have someone read this to you the first few times. Another option is to use a computer or tape recorder with microphone to record your own voice reading the instructions to play back for yourself later.

I have found that doing the grounding and shielding exercises each morning gives me a boost of energy and stability that can last all day. They are also highly beneficial if you find yourself in a difficult situation at any point throughout the day. Finally, I have found that by grounding and shielding myself before going to bed, I sleep better and feel more rested in the morning. Try it out for yourself!

Grounding

Short Version

This is to be used if you are in a hurry, or are in a public place where you’d rather not draw much attention to yourself.

Take a moment to get as comfortable as possible. If you can, close your eyes and take a few gentle, cleansing breaths while touching the tips of your pointer fingers and thumbs together, letting your arms hang naturally by your sides. When you’re ready:

Draw in three deep breaths. As you do this, clench your fists and imagine that all the stress, all the excess or negative energy, all the frustration and intensity that have built up in your body is surging into two tiny burning-hot marbles of energy, one in each of your clenched fists. On the last inhale, hold your breath for three seconds, summon all your willpower, and with one quick exhale open your hands, palms towards the ground, and fire the two glowing balls of energy deep into the earth below. As you breathe in again, imagine a cool current of air gently swirling through your whole body, gathering up any last remnants of negativity or stress, then calmly flowing down your legs and out through your feet into the floor, leaving your body filled with a warm, golden glow.

Take a few gentle breaths to center yourself, smile, and continue on with your day.

Long Version

Get as comfortable as you can. If possible, find somewhere to sit with your spine erect, either cross-legged or with both feet firmly planted on the floor. Place your right hand under your belly-button, palm in, then place your left hand over top of the right and touch the tips of your thumbs together

Now focus your breath on the space inside you beneath your palms. Imagine that with each breath, a ball of warm soothing light grows a little larger in that space, until it reaches the approximate size of a softball or a small melon. It doesn’t matter what color this ball is; just let the visualization flow naturally.

Once you’ve got this ball of light clearly pictured, take one more deep breath in, hold it for three seconds, and then exhale slowly and deliberately. As you exhale, imagine that the ball of light shoots gentle tendrils or vines of light down and out of your body, deep into the earth below.

As you reach the end of your exhale, imagine these vines or tendrils turning into deep, sturdy roots, like the roots of a mighty oak tree, reaching deep into the earth and anchoring you there. As you inhale again, imagine the roots growing larger, stronger, more powerful; on the next exhale, imagine them pushing even further into the ground, deeper and deeper, until you feel as if there is more of you below ground than there is above. Finally, imagine that you have reached all the way down through the bedrock and deep into the earth’s molten core. Now take a moment to center yourself and take a few gentle breaths. Feel your connection to the earth. Notice if you can feel the spin of the planet on its axis. You may notice that already with each breath you begin to feel stronger, more physically and emotionally stable.

Now begin to notice all the stress, all the nervous energy, all the negativity that you may have accumulated in your body throughout the day. Wherever you find tension or pain, imagine that it is like a dark viscous liquid, like crude oil. Imagine that with each breath you are drawing all of that pain, all of that negative energy, out of the various points in your body and into the ball of light in your center. As you draw the pain out of each area, make an effort to consciously let that part of your body relax into its natural state. As the dark liquid is drawn out, imagine that it is immediately replaced by a warm, golden healing light that sinks into your muscles and bones, giving an immediate feeling of relief and peace.

Build up the negative energy inside the ball of light within you until you can’t fit any more in there, or there is no negativity left in your body. Now take one more deep breath in, summon all your will-power, and with one strong exhale, push all the dark nasty stuff down and out of your body, deep into the earth. If you don’t get it all out in one shot, don’t worry; keep pushing it out with each exhale until you feel that you have cleansed it all out. Let the earth swallow it all up, knowing that this energy will be recycled and turned into something positive by the wonderful forces of nature.

Once you feel that you have flushed all the negative energy out of your body, take a few more gentle breaths to center yourself. When you’re ready, imagine that with your roots you are reaching down one last time, deep into the earth’s molten core, and gathering up as much of that strong, grounding energy as you need. Draw the energy up out of the ground, up through your body, up through the ball of light and into the rest of your body, filling your entire being with a strong, stable glow of deep earth energy. As you breathe out, imagine that you are locking this energy into place, that it now fills every atom, every molecule of your body.

Now, take a moment to anchor this state to a physical trigger of some kind. In other words, you want to think of some small physical movement you can do that will instantly bring this feeling, this state, back to you in any situation. For example, tap the thumb and middle finger of your right hand together three times. Do this each time you reach this point in the exercise. Eventually, that action will be anchored to this state, which means that you can trigger this state any where, anytime just by tapping your fingers together.

Finally, take a few more gentle breaths to center yourself again. Once you’re ready, smile… and open your eyes.

Quicker Techniques

There are a myriad ways to ground and cleanse unwanted energy from your physical, emotional, and etheric bodies. Which one you should use depends entirely on you, the situation, the environment, the issue, and how much time you have, so pick one that seems like it might work for you and try it out. If the previous techniques didn’t work for you, or the situation demands a different approach, here are a few more suggestions.

Ritual Shower - Water is a powerful tool. Obviously we use it to cleanse ourselves physically, but it is equally useful in cleansing ourselves energetically. There are several versions of this technique, but here is a simplified one:

While in the shower, stand under the flowing water and let it wash over you as completely as possible. Take a few gentle breaths to center yourself, then slowly turn a full 360 degrees three times, each time affirming "I cleanse my Self".

On the first spin, imagine that the water is flowing through the top of your skull, down through your neck and throughout the rest of your body. Envision all negative energies and impurities, all disease, all pain, all strain and tension being rinsed away from your physical body.

On the second spin, envision all thoughts and pre-occupations, all worries and fears and other negativity as being dark stains on the screen of your mind. Imagine these being washed gently away, finally dissipating like mist on a warm sunny day.

On the third spin, imagine that all problems, all challenges, all the potholes in your life's path are like a grey mist that surrounds you. Reach outwards with your awareness and imagine that the shower is not just a shower, but a warm gentle rainstorm that expands outwards over a 500-foot radius around you, clearing away the mists and then gently dissipating into golden sunshine.

If possible, do this at the very end of your shower. When you've completed the visualization, slowly turn off the hot water, bit by bit, until the water is as cool as you can stand it. Let the cold wash over you for about 30 seconds or so, then shut off the water.

Crystals - Every psychic, New-Ager, Wiccan, and metaphysical book out there will give you a different explanation of the properties of each kind of crystal. This is because every crystal will react to your personal energy field in a unique way (just as colognes smell differently on one person than another, depending on their unique body chemistry) I've included a few here that I have found useful, and how they work for me. As with everything, you'll need to experiment and see what works best for you in your situation.

Normally I recommend Obsidian to empaths, as it works well for shielding without creating so heavy a barrier that it cuts you off from things altogether. However, if you're extremely sensitive, or going into a very difficult situation where you need extra protection, try Jet or Black Onyx. Personally I feel that Jet is really good at dispersing negative energy, letting you "ghost" right through it, while Onyx creates a solid, impenetrable shield. Onyx is a power stone... be careful as you will usually attract attention while wearing it.

Hematite is also good for both grounding and shielding, but this one comes with a warning: Just as the polished stone can have a mirror-like appearance, so it so you may find it brings up many mirrors for you regarding your deepest emotional issues. Be prepared, and don't use it unless you have the strength and energy to handle a few emotional challenges.

Tiger's Eye can be very useful as well. It works well when worn, of course, but I've also found it to be very useful for protecting my living space. A small piece over every opening to the space (doors, windows, etc) will create a natural circle of protection for your home.

Petrified Wood, I have found, seems to create a deep connection to the earth and nature. As such, it is naturally grounding, and will automatically tap you into deeper wells of energy to project into your psychic shields.

Nature - There is nothing as grounding as, well, the ground. Lay on your stomach with your face to your left. Let yourself sink into the terrain... imagine your whole body taking root and becoming one with the plant life around you. Take deep breaths, breathing in the life-force deep within the earth and blow out into the wind all the negativity and fear within you. Imagine that every particle, every molecule, every atom in your body has rejoined the womb of the earth, and been replaced by one that is fresh and clean and new. Draw the power of the earth into yourself. Now, turn and face the sun. Let it shine into you, melting away your stress and frustration. Imagine the light seeping into your pores, cleansing your physical body as well as your aura. Soak up the energy and the warmth until you feel ready to move again. Take a few gentle breaths to center yourself, and smile!

Shielding

Once you’ve grounded out the negative and recharged yourself with positive energy, it is time to put some safeguards in place to make sure your system doesn’t get all clogged up again. Again, there are hundreds of ways to accomplish this, and I suggest trying out several techniques to see what works best for you. Meanwhile, here are a couple of simple techniques that will get you started.

Short version

Close your eyes for a moment and take a few gentle breaths to calm and center yourself. If possible, touch the tips of your pointer fingers and thumbs together, letting your arms hang naturally by your sides. Now, take a deep breath in, and visualize a brilliant white tube of light flashing down from above you, completely surrounding you. Take a moment to breathe this light in, and imagine it filling every cell in your body. Imagine that the tube of light around you becomes an invisible force-field or shield that automatically repels any negative energy and returns it directly to the sender. Know that the more intense the incoming energy gets, the thicker the shield will be, and the calmer you will become.

If you are being menaced or feel threatened by a specific individual, visualize the tube of light coming down around the person who is making your uncomfortable. Visualize their anger or negativity as a dark mass within their heart. Watch as the light penetrates their body and infuses their every cell with a golden glow, which melts away the dark mass within them until it is gone. Stay calm, remember to breathe deeply and deliberately, and begin projecting love towards them. If possible, visualize a beam of warm golden light streaming from your heart to theirs, warming them up from the inside, melting their anger and frustration away.

Finally, take a few gentle cleansing breaths to center yourself, and of course don’t forget to smile… it’ll confuse the heck out of anyone who’s trying to stay negative!

Long version

This version starts out using the same technique as the shorter one, but expands on it and gives you an anchor so you can summon the shield at will, later on. As with the grounding technique, the more times you do it, the stronger the shield becomes and the better the anchor will work in emergency situations.

Close your eyes for a moment and take a few gentle breaths to calm and center yourself. If possible, touch the tips of your pointer fingers and thumbs together, letting your arms hang naturally by your sides. Now, take a deep breath in, and visualize a brilliant white tube of light flashing down from above you, completely surrounding you. Take a moment to breathe this light in, and imagine it filling every cell in your body. Imagine that the tube of light around you becomes an invisible force-field or shield that automatically repels any negative energy and returns it directly to the sender. Know that the more intense the incoming energy gets, the thicker the shield will be, and the calmer you will become.

Now take a moment and imagine some sort of clothing that symbolizes protection and power to you. It could be a suit of armor, a black ‘Cat-woman’ or ‘Batman’ type suit, a magical cloak, a business suit, or so on. It doesn’t matter what you use, as long as the image holds power for you. Now, in your mind’s eye, see this armor as clearly and as detailed as possible. Visualize it surrounded by two layers of light: first, a silvery white light, first, that sinks into the armor and makes it completely invincible. Second, a golden white light that surrounds the armor at all times and transmutes any incoming energy into positive energy that will strengthen you. Now put the armor on. Feel the power in it, the grounding energy that flows through you when you wear it.

As before, think of a physical action that you can anchor as a trigger to this state (it helps if this is similar to the anchor you picked for the grounding technique). Perhaps you choose to snap your fingers twice. Imagine that by performing the action, the trigger, you are activating your armor and calling down a tube of light simultaneously. Practice a few times… imagine yourself without the armor, then snap your fingers twice and see how the armor instantly wraps around your body, while a brilliant white light surrounds you and creates in invisible energy barrier. Every time you perform the trigger action, the suit and the light manifest more quickly, and grow more powerful. Keep practicing until this becomes like second nature, and you feel completely comfortable. You now have instant protection at the snap of your fingers.

Finally, think of an individual or a situation that you find challenging, or that makes you feel afraid or uncomfortable. Activate your armor and your energy barrier. Imagine a brilliant beam of golden white light flowing outwards from your heart, bathing the person or situation in warmth and love. If it is a person, infuse them with love and light until the anger or negativity falls away, and they stand naked before you. See them as they truly are; a spirit in a human body who has forgotten who they really are, and are lost in a cycle of anger and negativity. Try to feel compassion for them, rather than anger or fear. If compassion is too difficult, at least try to become completely indifferent to them, not caring what they say or think or do in any way.

To complete this technique, take a few more gentle breaths to cleanse and center yourself. Smile, and open your eyes.

Pinching, Plucking, or Cutting the Cord

Earlier in the chapter we explored the idea of energetic cords that connect us to other people. It is time now to take that concept one step further. When we become emotionally involved in or attached to something, be it a person, a place, a situation, a relationship, or so on, we create an energetic bond with it. Just as the bond can be created, so it can also be destroyed. In a way, these energetic cords are very similar to garden hoses; they can be pinched, they can be disconnected (or ‘plucked’), and they can be cut. You must choose which is the most appropriate based on your situation.

Pinching the cord is most useful in a situation involving someone who is a regular part of your life. Perhaps a spouse or co-worker is highly stressed and is affecting your energy levels, or maybe one of your friends is being an energy vampire and you’re finding it difficult to cope with. You don’t want to remove the person entirely from your life, but you know you need things to change. In a situation like this, one needs to consciously govern the energy flow between yourself and the other party. Pinching the cord is a good way to accomplish this.

Plucking the cord is for the more difficult situations, such as a break-up, divorce, or releasing attachments to someone who is no longer in your life. In this case, you want to completely disconnect the energy cord between you and them, to make letting go and moving on a little easier. Plucking the cord accomplishes what the name implies; you find the cord, pull it out, and remove it from your energy field entirely.

Cutting the cord is for severe instances, where neither pinching nor plucking has been effective. For example, if you need to separate yourself from an entire group of people at once, or you wish to disassociate yourself from a situation completely; if you’ve plucked a cord repeatedly but have allowed it to reconnect each time; or perhaps you’re trying to let go of a desire that doesn’t serve you anymore (such as an addiction). In these kinds of situations, cutting the cord is your best option.

There is no short version of this technique. Find somewhere you can sit or stand comfortably with your spine erect. Your surroundings should preferably be quiet and dimly lit, as this allows for easier concentration. For those who have difficulty sensing the energy, make sure the air in the room is as still as possible, with no noticeable drafts or airflows. Try to make sure that you will not be interrupted, as it is very important to complete the technique in its entirety for it to be fully effective. The instructions will be written as if you are working with a cord connected to another person; however, the process is the same when working with a connection to a place, situation, desire, etc.

Let us begin!

Start with a few gentle breaths to cleanse and center yourself. When you are ready, close your eyes. Visualize a brilliant white tube of light flashing down from above you, completely surrounding you. Take a moment to breathe this light in, and imagine it filling every cell in your body. Imagine that the tube of light around you becomes an invisible force-field or shield that automatically repels any negative energy. Take a few more deliberate breaths, until you are ready to proceed.

First, become aware of your hands. Notice the temperature of the air, the texture of whatever they are resting against. Wiggle your fingers, stretch them, and shake them out. Take a few more gentle breaths.

Now, take your dominant hand and hold it up, palm towards you, about two inches away from your forehead, close enough to feel the body heat reflected from your hands and your head. Become familiar with this feeling, and then move your hand away. Shake out your hands, blow on them, and take a few more gentle breaths.

Next, move your hand back up to your forehead, but this time, hold your palm approximately 4-6 inches away from your forehead, just above the level of your eyes. Gently move your hand back and forth until you feel a sensation that is different from the body heat you felt earlier. Everyone describes this sensation differently; some feel a magnetic push or pull, some describe a ‘tingly’ sensation, and others feel either a ‘hotspot’ or a sort of cool breeze that seems to flow from that point on your body. However it feels to you is fine. Find the sensation, and move your hand around a little to get acquainted with the feeling. How far away from your body can you sense it? Play with the energy a little, get used to the feeling. This is the energy of your Third Eye Chakra.

When you are ready, form an image in your mind of the person you wish to be disconnected from. Think about them. Picture them in the setting in which you were in contact with them most often. Imagine their mannerisms, their scent, their tone of voice. Notice how the energy feels while you are doing this.

As you hold the image of them in your mind, begin to move your hand down the center axis of your body, keeping it at the same distance from your body as it was from your forehead. You may feel a strong sensation when you pass your heart area; ignore this and continue moving your hand downwards until you reach the level of your stomach. With the image of the person still strongly in mind, move your hand around until you feel the same sensation as you felt at your forehead.

Once you have found the sensation, notice how large it is in diameter. Is it the size of a pencil? A nickel? A garden hose, perhaps? Larger? See if you can encircle this area with your thumb and pointer finger. Can you touch the tips of your thumb and finger together, or is the cord even larger than that? Find the edges, get a general feel for the size of the cord.

(*Note: from here the procedure changes slightly depending on whether you’re pinching, plucking, or cutting. Jump to the appropriate section below, complete the instructions, then move on to the final instructions.)

Pinching – Once you’ve got a good feel for the cord, wrap your dominant hand around it and get a good grip. Now, simultaneously squeeze the cord and turn it a quarter turn counter-clockwise. Did you feel it get slightly smaller? How about a tightening in your stomach muscles? Take a few deep breaths, re-focus, and continue squeezing and rotating the cord counter-clockwise until it reaches the size you want. Most healthy cords are usually anywhere between the size of a pencil to the size of a quarter. A strong cord between you and a loved one may be larger than that though, so use your intuition to determine the proper size for you. Once you’ve reached the right size, take a deep breath in and then exhale sharply while visualizing a rush of white light and love energy shooting out from your belly, fully flushing out and cleansing the connection between you and the other person. As soon as you’ve completed your exhalation, firmly pinch the cord between your left thumb and forefinger. Move your right hand up to your forehead again, and imagine that a glowing white ball of light the same diameter as the cord comes out of your forehead and into your hand. This is a white-light filter, or screen. Bring the ball of light down to your belly and place it inside the cord, just outside your body. Now slowly unclench your left hand and allow the energy flow naturally. The screen will now automatically filter out any negative energy flowing towards you. (Proceed to final instructions)

Plucking – Once you’ve got a good feel for the cord, wrap your dominant hand around it and get a good grip. Slowly move your hand away from your body, as if pulling the cord outwards, until you feel you stomach muscles clench a bit, or until you feel a bit of a tugging sensation. Now, take three deep breaths. On the third breath, breathe in as deeply as you can and hold it for a few seconds, imagine the air rushing around the point on your body where to cord connects, loosening it. Now with one quick motion, jerk the cord out of your body with a quick, sharp exhale. Simultaneously, clamp your left hand down on your body at the place where the cord came out and apply some pressure, as if it were a physical wound. With your dominant hand still holding the cord tightly and your other hand maintaining pressure on the spot where the cord was plucked from, say the words “I release you” with firm conviction. Bring the cord up to your mouth, take a deep breath in, the blow into the cord as hard as you can, simultaneously opening your hand wide. Watch the cord wither up, incinerating itself and crumbling away into dust. Take a few gentle breaths to ground and center yourself. Now reach up to your chest area and imagine that a glowing ball of light, the size of the old cord, comes out of your heart and into your hand. This is the equivalent of a psychic bandage. Move the ball of light down to where the cord was and flow it into your body, patching the hole and filling it with the light. Rub the spot on your body where the cord was and envision a gentle glow coming from your hands, sealing and healing that spot. (Proceed to final instructions)

Cutting - Once you’ve got a good feel for the cord, wrap your non-dominant hand around it and get a good grip. Slowly pull your hand away from your body, as if pulling the cord outwards, until you feel you stomach muscles clench a bit, or until you feel a bit of a tugging sensation. Now, hold out your dominant hand and make your fingers rigid, as if you were going to do a “karate chop”. Take three deep breaths, and with each breath, visualize a piercing white light running in a ridge-line from the tip of your middle finger, down along the outside contour of your hand, along the underside of your arm reaching about halfway to your elbow. Imagine that this piercing white light has turned the bottom edge of your hand and arm into a razor-sharp sword of light, capable of effortlessly slicing through absolutely anything. Now, take three more breaths. On the third breath, breathe in as deeply as you can and hold it for a few seconds while seeing the air rushing around the point on your body where to cord connects, loosening it. Raise your knife-hand, and with a sharp exhalation, slash downwards between your left hand and your body, cutting easily and cleanly through the cord. Simultaneously, let go of the cord with your non-dominant hand and clamp down on your body at the place where the cord came out of you. Apply some pressure, as if it were a physical wound. Take a deep breath in, say the words “I banish you!” in a firm tone, and with your dominant hand make a slashing motion in front of you, releasing the white light blade into the cord as it withers up, incinerating itself and crumbling away into dust. Take a few gentle breaths to ground and center yourself. Now reach up to your chest area and imagine that a ball of light, the same size of the old cord, comes out of your forehead and into your hand. This is the equivalent of a psychic bandage. Move the ball of light down to where the cord was and gently flow it into your body, patching the hole and filling it with the light. Rub the spot on your body where the cord was and envision a gentle glow coming from your hands, sealing and healing that spot.

Final instructions – Now that you have finished, it is important to balance your energy, both physically and psychically. Visualize a brilliant white tube of light flashing down from above you, completely surrounding you. Take a moment to breathe this light in, and imagine it filling every cell in your body. Affirm to yourself that every cell in your body is perfectly healthy and balanced. See the light swirl around you in a clockwise direction, charging you up and energizing you. Take a few minutes to breathe gently and enjoy the sensations in your body. When you are ready, take three deep breaths, smile, and open your eyes.

If you cut or plucked the cord, and did not spend enough time filling your body with light afterwards, you may feel some pain or aching in your heart or stomach. If this is the case, hold your hand over that spot on your body and visualize a glowing white light surrounding your hand, expanding into your body and filling the place where the ache is. Hold it there until you feel more comfortable.

After-care – The next three days may be a little strange. You may feel some weird tingles or rushes of energy in various parts of your body, as your energy system recalibrates itself and comes back into balance. You will probably find that you have more energy in general, and you will definitely find more clarity regarding the person or situation that you were having difficulty with.

On the emotional front, you may find yourself experiencing unexpected emotional releases, which can manifest as mood swings, crying for no reason, etc. This is the body’s way of cleansing the ‘emotional baggage’ out of your system. Don’t try to stop it, unless absolutely necessary; if you are in a situation where protocol dictates control, then make sure to take some time at your earliest convenience to have a good cry, engage in primal scream therapy, create whatever form of art appeals to you most and allows you to express yourself freely, or even beat the heck out of a pillow. Anything that helps you release those pent-up emotions is good.

One major word of warning though: when you cut or pluck a cord, the other person will know that something has happened. They may not know it consciously, but they will definitely know on it a subconscious level, since suddenly they are not receiving the energy from you that they are used to. Consciously, they may just feel oddly troubled or frustrated, like there’s something wrong. Obviously, they will want to re-connect as soon as possible to make up for the energy loss; they may call you out of the blue or suddenly make some sort of unexpected contact. Even if you don’t hear from them in person, you may find that their cords start to ‘ping’ you for a few days, in an attempt to reconnect. You will know this is happening if you suddenly find yourself thinking about them out of the blue, dreaming or daydreaming about them, etc. Anytime this happens, repeat: “I release you” and imagine that you are literally plucking the thought of them out of your head and tossing it away to your left. Keep doing this until you don’t find yourself thinking of them any more, or when you do think of them, there is no accompanying emotion other than compassion. Success!

*Author's Note: This is an excerpt from the upcoming book "Welcome to Your New Reality" by David M. Burgess (AKA David the Catalyst). The author can be contacted through email (catalystdave@gmail.com) or through the site this work is currently published on (http://www.myspace.com/fearless/). The author retains all copyrights, but gladly encourages all who found the information useful to pass it on to others who may enjoy it as well, on condition that:

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2) this footnote is included verbatim, and
3) the information is not sold, included in a commercially published work, or otherwise used for profit without the author's written permission.

7 Random Facts meme

2007-07-02T11:06:00.000-04:00

I have been tagged my One Mystical Monkey who has such an excellent Mystical Pathworking blog at http://onemysticalmonkey.com/ to do a 7 Random Facts about Yourself meme.

Well I've been putting it off, feeling rather uninspired to do this meme. Seems that I've become far too accustomed to only writing about subjects with, so called, deep meaning lol
Way too much navel gazing!! :)
So seven random facts about myself felt like such an 'odd duck' to try and locate in my brain
...but I've finally done it!

Like all meme's here's the rules:
Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog post with their 7 things as well as these rules. You need to tag 7 others and list their names on your blog. Remember to leave a comment for them letting them know they have been tagged and to read your blog.

I’ve lost 52 lbs. in the last 7 months and feel so much better for it!
I love animals and have always had a feline companion living with me. My favorite friend was a Chocolate Sealpoint Siamese that my ex husband gave to me as a birthday present. She was so small she fit into his hand. We called her 'Bear' because every morning she came down the hallway walking on her hind legs only :)
I have never coloured my hair. Felt it was false and an insult to Mother nature to change what she had intended…. Now that the grey is coming in I’m reconsidering! :)
I hate housework, although I enjoy cleaning other people’s homes and had a business with a dear friend cleaning homes and bed & breakfasts.
Even as a child I would clean peoples houses but not our own. Used to drive my Mother nuts… maybe that was the point lol
When I was little I would only wear dresses and was quoted as saying, ‘Real ladies don’t wear pants!’
Love cooking, baking and can make a wicked Cheesecake!
I know how to sew and could make an entire wardrobe if I wanted to but at this point in my life I find it kind of boring. So I make a quilt every now and then.

Now for the fun part! :):)

*I* get to tag 7 people... to do this meme. It's kinda fun to find out 'ordinary' facts about extra ordinary people. So in light of this and tagging those who haven't been tagged yet:

The Ordinary Mystic

Matt at One Old Green Bus, sorry Matt. (Not really) *grin*

Surjit at gurushabad

Lansy at The Debris Field

Tatiana Starlight

Bombay Today

Finally the mystical Frozen Truth will he answer the call of, the meme? :)

namaste

Waterfall

Grand Unified Field Theory: Nassim Haramein Pt.2

2007-07-01T18:00:00.001-04:00

Crossing the Event Horizon

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