KEEPING LIFE SIMPLE ~ WAKE UP!
March 3, 2010 by Lorraine
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Over the past several months I have met many people who inherently know there is a path other than the one they have been walking for most of their lives which is calling for their attention.
It’s the path of peace that is calling and that which is available to all of us when we consciously make a decision to wake up and stop living our life in a story about who we think we are or what our life should or shouldn’t look like. It’s waking up to realize life is living you – you are not living life. When you come to this realization you witness that life becomes the driver of life itself ~ the mind along with its endless thoughts about who you are, what you should or should not be doing is now taking a back seat.
I feel very blessed to have come to this realization and although life challenges continue to come in this direction they just appear to move through this body in whatever way and in whatever time frame is required. Once we are caught by the flame of consciousness and honor the calling to wake up and be mindful of what is occurring in our life in any given moment and do so without resistance, we begin to witness that there is an ease to living our life when we remain open. Open to what is showing up in our life, open to the experience, open to how long it wants to remain in the body and open to the feelings and emotions that arise. All that is required is to simply say YES – yes to what is, as it is.
Make a conscious decision over the next 30 days to wake up each day and be mindful of how life is moving through yourSELF. Notice when you are not open, notice when your heart feels closed and your body tense. Notice if you can relax into the feeling without putting a label on the experience. Become the observer of life moving through you and let it move, or let it sit ~ just let it be, and then see what is true or not. Don’t forget to share your insights with us.
Honour your spirit and walk towards the journey your heart desires.
In love, Lorraine
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About Lorraine:
Lorraine Wilson has been on a journey of self discovery for many years. She openly shares her experience with others and offers hope, inspiration and an invitation to “Keep Life Simple” through self inquiry. She lives on the West Coast with her children. Lorraine has been influenced and is incredibly grateful for the teachings of Gangaji, Adyashanti, Eckart Tolle, Pamela Wilson, Muni and His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.
She has worked in the field of communications and broadcasting for over 30 years and utilizes her communication skills as a program facilitator and provides one on one support to others who desire to investigate their life journey. Stayed tuned for ‘Keeping Life Simple’ on VividLife Radio. The program will be an opportunity for everyone in the community to come together to discuss and be supported in the never ending discovery of who we truly are.
Meah: My story of child loss and my journey through healing.
March 3, 2010 by Tina Klonaris-Robinson
Filed under Growth, Spirit, • Headline
On March 6th 2006, my world as I knew it would change forever! I could never go back to what was, for what used to be would feel like a distant memory… It would feel like something that was so far from reach, like another time… another place. That chapter of my life would close forever. A new one would begin.
My beautiful daughter came into this life with great purpose. Her name is Meah, (Mia) meaning ‘one’ in Greek. While pregnant with her, I spoke to her, I asked her questions and listened. We spoke with silence and we understood each other with emotion and feeling. I asked her often, ‘for what purpose are you coming?’ The answer I felt was that she was coming to teach. She was coming to show me a new way of living, of seeing and of experiencing this world.
Meah never made it into this life. I was induced with a drug called Cytotec. My uterus hyper stimulated and tore in two places and Meah was deprived of oxygen and died before ever taking a breath in this life. I felt the excruciating pain of a violent labor and of my womb ripping. I felt a painful heaviness on my chest and shortly after, I felt as though the life in me was leaving. I was told that I almost bled to death.
I cannot even describe with words what it felt like to hear that my daughter had died. There is nothing that could ever prepare you for such a feeling. The pediatrician walked over to my husband and I with tears in his eyes and said,
‘I’m so sorry, your daughter didn’t make it, I tried… but there was no heart beat!’
Those words were more painful than my imagination could have ever imagined. I held her lifeless little body in my weak arms. She was beautiful. Her little fingers, her tiny toes… all 8 pounds of her was pure perfection. I had for so long imagined the moment her eyes would look into mine. I had imagined the first time I’d hold her in my arms and feel her little heart beating against my own. But now, there was no life in her. It felt as though a knife had stabbed me in my heart and as time passed, it remained there, endlessly turning and turning. The days, weeks and months often felt like a living hell. I tried to find my way through it all… desiring comfort and peace but having no idea how I might reach it. I wanted to feel joy again, to live with inspiration but there was too much sadness, too much grief that I couldn’t even get a sense of what joy or inspiration could feel like. I could not help but experience on a daily basis, intense anger at the doctor and hatred for the fact that in my heart, I felt she had caused the death of my daughter. I was angered by her carelessness. I felt hatred that she would use a drug on me that I felt clearly should never have been used. I wondered why I had been induced? Why on that day when she would not be there for me, would she use such a dangerous drug? Where did half of my records disappear to? Everyday my mind was plagued by questions I had no answers to. There were many days that I blamed myself for not listening to my body, for not knowing more than I did. Some days I even hated myself. I thought over and over of all the different possibilities… had I done this… or not done that… she might have still been with us.
I knew that if I were going to survive this and still be the mother my living son deserved, the wife and friend my husband needed and the person I wanted to be in this life, I had to do something. I decided I needed to become active in my journey of healing.
I knew that if there were to be a significant change, I would have to become conscious of my thoughts, words and actions. I would have to begin to change the ways in which I was seeing my experience and try to look at it differently. I would have to bring gratitude, love, kindness and compassion to myself and to others. I would need to forgive! Perhaps it was this need that led me to Immaculee Ilibagiza and to Rwanda.
I had first heard Immaculee’s story of her experience of the Rwandan genocide when I was pregnant with Meah. Later, after her death, I would travel to Orlando to the ‘I Can Do It’ conference for her workshop on forgiveness. Immaculee had lost almost all of her family members during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Over one million people died in a period of 3 months. Immaculee survived by hiding in a tiny bathroom with 7 other women. When the genocide was finally over and it was safe for her to come out of hiding, she learned the traumatic and brutal reality… almost everyone that she knew and loved had been slaughtered to death. What amazed me most about Immaculee was her ability to find compassion for the very people who killed her family and find forgiveness in the midst of her pain.
Simply hearing Immaculee’s story changed me. It gave me strength and motivation to move forward… to grow from my pain and to become something new. I traveled to Rwanda with Immaculee in June of 2007 and then again with a friend in June of 2008.
What I can express about Rwanda is that it touched my heart in a very special way and I shall never be the same again. From the moment I arrived, from the voices of little children and from the eyes and the hearts of the people, nothing in my life could ever be what it was. Genocide destroyed family, destroyed lives, people and it destroyed a country. I wondered how the human spirit could live on, how could it heal and how could it forgive?
In the beginning, the effects of the genocide were through my eyes everywhere, perhaps because it was so deep in my mind that nothing I saw could exist as separate from that. Where there were smiles, I felt pain, where there was laughter, I felt the cries, where there was beauty I asked why? As strong emotions and feelings became a part of my experience there, new heart, new wisdom, new life was born in me. I found that I was being given many gifts, many blessings and I can only say that I am still in awe as to how such pain and suffering could lead to what I believe to be the most precious, most honorable and most sacred acts, the act of forgiveness and reconciliation. There is pain but there is also so much love. There is anger but also compassion. There was evil but I still saw goodness everywhere.
Perhaps the best way for me to express the greatest part of my healing while in Rwanda, would be to end with a letter I wrote while I was there, for I believe in so many ways, it is a true testament that even in pain and hurt, anger and hatred, there can be love, compassion, hope and forgiveness.
Dear Friends,
…Who would have imagined that two years ago that this is where the death of my daughter Meah would lead me. Her name means ‘One’ and indeed, she has led me to a whole new world… one that reminds me that indeed, we are so very connected and that in this world of so much difference, we are still one. If we look deeply we can find ourselves in each other …and we are all a part of the one!!!
Pastor Deo is a tall thin man and he works with the prisoners and the victims. In a room of over 50 people, killers and victims, he asked them to face each other and to look into each others eyes… ‘look deeply’ he said ‘…and tell me what you see!’
I noticed one women look into the eyes of her family’s killer…
He then asked the question, what do you see?
The answer was that she saw a reflection of herself… then he asked the man what he saw… he too replied that he saw his own reflection. Immediately my heart filled with love and compassion…. I understood in that very moment that in order to have compassion… in order to forgive… to feel love for ones self and for another is to see yourself in everyone and everyone in yourself.
He then asked… if you could see yourself in another person… could you hurt that person? To kill another is to kill your self. When you kill someone, you have killed a part of yourself!!!
I sat with tears flowing, knowing that indeed, my daughter had led me to this very moment!
My mind is constantly expanding with all that I see and experience. I never imagined that I’d be in a prison somewhere in the middle of Rwanda, walking with no protection through a passage way made by 4,000 genocide killers. I walked through and I felt no fear. I made eye contact and felt the presence of God so big here. Maybe that sounds strange to many, but there is something far greater happening than I could even begin to express.
…Yesterday, I bought a peace basket that was made by the hands of a victim as well as the one who killed her family. Together, they weaved the fibers of love, compassion and forgiveness and what became was a beautiful basket of peace.
I spent the day yesterday with street kids and women who were survivors of the Genocide, rape victims who now live with HIV and Aids. We sang, we danced and they told me that even with their pain, they must sing and dance for it raises the energy and brings life back into their soul.
I taught them how to make jewelry and I have never seen people more eager to learn. They were so proud of their works of art… my heart is still full of emotion for what I experienced.
As it got late into the evening, the kids left to find there place on the street for the night. This broke my heart. They left together making their way back into the city, back to the harsh cruel reality with which they are living…
Blessings and Love,
Tina
My daughter never made it into this life, but while death came through me, new life was born in me. She showed me that even in darkness, there is light… that even when anger and pain, hatred and hopelessness make the world seem ugly, without a doubt, there is beauty everywhere.
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I am a mother, entrepreneur, inspirational writer and speaker, mentor andteacher. After the tragic loss of my second child Meah, in 2006, my journey through healing was one of intense spiritual transformation. I traveled twice to Rwanda, spending time with survivors and perpetrators of the genocide. This experience would change the very course of my life forever. I began to see with new eyes, feel with new heart and experience life with new soul. I am passionate about story telling and I believe in the power of stories to transform the lives of individuals, communities and our planet.
Let Go and Become All You Might Be!
March 3, 2010 by Janice Chrysler
Filed under Spirit, • Feature
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” Lao-Tzu
“When I let go of what I am”…..not an easy step for most of us to take is it? In order to let go, first we have to have a relationship with ourselves. Does our belief in who we are rely on our name, where we live, our job title or what others think of us? If so, what happens to us when these things are taken away from us or truths are uncovered that we would rather have been kept secret? In order to really discover our true identity we need to go within on a very personal journey of self discovery. This is a trip we need to do alone for only we hold the key to unlock our purpose and we alone make the choices along our path. Too often we hide behind the fear of change forgetting that it was through our inquisitive nature as a child that we learned new things. Had we not followed our inner voice of pure innocence, curiosity and longing to learn we would not be where and who we are today. When we were children, we had not yet taken on the burdens of preconceived ideas, fears and limitations. We knew only that we were here to learn, grow and to expand our awareness of all things. Being one with the Universe, we were and still are filled with endless potentiality. The limits we have in our lives are ones we have placed upon ourselves.
When we refuse to move ahead in our life, whether it is taking a different job, meeting new people, reading a different book, learning anything new so that we can expand our mind and spirit, we lock ourselves in the past. To continually repeat things we know is to stay in the past. After all, that is what knowing is…. things you have already learned. Why do we choose to stop learning and trying new things? Have we decided that this is it for us, there is no more that we need to do or can do in this lifetime? Do we hold fast to the false hope that things will change yet take no action to make it happen? Clinging to the fears from yesterday and refusing to venture into unknown territory only robs us of any joy we could be experiencing today.
Letting go of the past is a huge step forward but we are not through yet. Holding onto yesterday often goes hand in hand with worrying about the future as we huddle where we “know” what will happen next. This worry will stifle our desires and growth from manifesting in our lives. Precious “now” time is spent worrying about things we have no control over. Is this negative energy what we want to manifest in our future? Remember we become what we think! Allowing negative energies today to be part of our being will develop into the worry of the future and once there, not having lived our dreams will become the regrets and remorse of yesterday.
Each of us has the power within ourselves to call upon the Universe and the Divine to create a life of learning, growing and contentment through the expansion of self-love. We need to spend time with ourselves and recover that innocence we once had for life and self. By believing that we can manifest whatever it is we desire in our lives, with the intent for the higher good, we put forth positive energy and love to the world as well. There are no limits to what we can achieve if only we take that first step and believe. How else will we ever know what we could be?
Do you want to be at the end of your life wondering, “what if, should have, could have, why didn’t I”? The one thing worse than failure is never having tried and being filled with regrets. Life is full of lessons just waiting for us to experience. The sooner we realize we have the control within ourselves to break the chains of the past we open the doorway to endless possibilites. The only limits we have in this life are the ones we put upon ourselves. We need to take this precious moment, this time of “now” and live it to its fullest potential. By taking the following steps, we can be well on our way to becoming all we might be!
- Upon rising each day and before going to sleep each night give thanks for your many blessings.
- Take time to meditate if only for ten minutes twice a day (thirty minutes is better). This takes you inward to discover who you really are, your desires and your purpose. You feel calmer and connected to the Divine.
- Think about what really makes you happy, what you enjoy doing then bring that into your life. By bringing joy into your life you will find happiness and through happiness success. This positive energy will attract more of the same into your life.
- Watch those thoughts! Are you always putting a negative spin on things? Rethink in a positive way otherwise you will attract more negativity to you.
- Be aware of the magnificence of Mother Earth. Take time each day to be in nature and truly breathe in its beauty and feel your connection to its energy.
- Know that you are endless potentiality. What is it you desire? Put it out there through your meditations, vision boards, write it in your journal then be prepared for the Universe to provide – not always the way you expect though!
- Let go of grievances, remorse, regrets, anger and hate. There is no room for both sorrow and joy in your heart. These things are past, learn from them and move on. It is not always easy but the benefits are life changing.
- Do not worry about the future. Put your desires out to the Universe with the faith that it will sort out the details for you. Watch for the signs and opportunities when they arise, accept the challenge when it comes and give thanks when things are manifested in your life.
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but that we aim too low and reach it.” – Michelangelo
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Janice Chrysler: Through Hypnosis, I assist others in bringing a sense of control back into their lives and then they are able to make changes necessary for their personal growth. Past Life Regression has helped many people, including myself, to understand our fears, habits, and life lessons we need to learn. These are things which have brought me to where I am today - practicing Hypnotherapy and Reiki from my Marmora office, providing private and group sessions and workshops along with weekly meditation classes.
Life is a learning field for all of us and we are all on a journey. Through out the trip we cross each other’s path for a reason. I am grateful for all my life’s experiences as I feel it has taught me to become who I am today and I know, the trip is far from over!
Compassion: The Double Edged Sword
The phrase, “Don’t charge hell with a squirt gun,” quickly took on new meaning for me in my beginner days of energy-healing. My lack of experience was quickly exposed, as I eagerly attempted to remove pain and suffering from others.
As a result, I not only got ill, but experienced the most intense drain of my own energy.
How could this be happening? After all, isn’t helping another person favorable in the eyes of the Divine? I was sensitive and compassionate to the suffering of others. I wanted to save the world.
Many well-intended practitioners of Eastern and Western medicine have experienced this drain. My practice is filled with allopathic doctors, nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists that are absorbing energies from their patients and have no idea why. It’s possible to absorb outside energies in any lifestyle without knowing how or why.
Most natural-health practitioners are familiar with the effects of energy on our physical bodies. They, too, can be overwhelmed by outside energies if they don’t take it seriously, upheaval that can be experienced both physically and emotionally.
This is exactly what happened to me until my self-awareness and personal growth reached a level of deeper understanding. In my experience, the drain was intense, nothing like I’d ever experienced.
I started out in holistic medicine studying the chakras and how blocked energy can affect physical health. My eagerness to help others only forced me back to working on myself, which is “lesson one” in energy-healing. My first experience with energy drain was none other than getting too close to the double-edged sword called compassion.
My heart was pulled in every direction, and I felt that it was my duty to save my husband, Howard, who at the time was a new love interest in my life. We had just started dating.
He was suffering with headaches and back pain, and was going through a very difficult family crisis. Emotionally he was suffering from a broken heart.
Suddenly, as I held him, I could feel his emotions passing through me. I felt a strong punch to my chest that took my breath away.
Immediately, Howard was pain-free and color came back to his face.
I was feeling as though a large boulder had hit me. I was literally ill for two weeks. Not everyone will experience energy absorption this way, but it’s important to understand that it’s possible.
To understand this, you need to understand energy, which radiates from all living things. Energy (our thoughts) moves matter (our physical bodies). Our thoughts are energy that becomes our reality if we act on those thoughts.
Dr. Bruce Lipton, a cellular biologist, describes in his book, The Biology of Belief, how energy affects us on a cellular level. His groundbreaking discoveries proved in a petrie dish how our thoughts, emotions, and our environment can affect our health. He exposed cells to negative energy such as anger, aggressive music, etc., and the cells became unhealthy. He then exposed the same cells to positive, healthy energy such as laughter, joy and calm music and the cells responded by reproducing healthy cells.
Scientific research states that health is directly linked to your state of happiness. People that are truly happy are living healthier lives with less illness and disease, while depressed and unhappy people tend to have more physical pain and chronic illness.
This suggests that our environment, positive or negative, will affect our health, and that it’s a personal choice as to how healthy we want to be. Our personal boundaries are important to protect our environment from what we may absorb, such as someone else’s anger or negative energies.
I discovered a spiritual connection to the movement of negative energy. This is where compassion was a double-edged sword for me. I lost perspective on what was mine to process and what was another’s. My boundaries were now compromised. What I thought was compassion for another, was consumption of Howard’s energy. I attempted to live and process his personal journey, and avoided my own.
I had plenty of time to reflect and learn from the experience while recovering from the onset of illness after the transference of energy occurred. Why did I get sick when I was trying to help another?
After several days of prayer and meditation, asking and listening for answers, insight made its way to my heart, in a soul lesson.
This was not about me doing anything. Energy-healing is ignited from within the individual’s soul, where the spark of God lives, and where miracles do happen. It wasn’t intended for me to absorb Howard’s energy, but to be a vessel for Divine healing, connecting this inner spark to the seat of his soul. This was about what he needed at that exact moment and not interfering with the Divine. My heart awakened and I saw that true healing lies in the faith to completely surrender to the Divine for both the healer and recipient.
The events that I experienced were the catalyst to launch me into my work as a healer. The lesson I had to learn was to completely trust and allow God to move through me and release not just Howard, but me, as well from all the energy of pain and suffering. In other words, “To let go, and let God.”
It took several years of learning for me to understand the power of energy-healing and the miracles involved, learn to observe and keep my ego in check, and allow the full surrender to the Divine.
Science is currently researching the effects of energy more than ever. For me, the answer lies in a spiritual faith that cannot be seen, heard, or proven in a lab. To this day, I still learn and grow on my own personal journey as I help others find their way. I’ve learned that to help others, you must always help yourself, first, for you can only give others what you have in your heart.
Your soul will take you to realms you never thought possible, and this is where my experiences prove to me that true healing comes from within the soul, the part of us that is truly where the spark of God resides.
BIO: Dr. Jennette Royster, D.DIV., is an intuitive energy and spiritual healer, teacher and writer. Her focus is healing from within and guiding others to find their true path and happiness in life. She is currently a contributing author for Vividlife.me, maintains a Natural Health and Spirituality Blog, and reviews upcoming books releases for Hay House, Inc. on her blog.
She is the founding owner of The BodyZone Natural Wellness Center in Virginia Beach, VA. and offers her specialties to clients by private appointment in The BodyZone office or by telephone. Jennette’s clients span across the United States from coast to coast. Beginning in Spring 2010, Jennette will be begin offering group tele-classes on energy healing and self care through Motivational Whisperers.
“We are all connected, yet we are unique expressions, with gifts to share with the world.” -Jenn Royster
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ROBIN ARMSTRONG’S ZODIAC PREDICTIONS FOR MARCH 2010:
ROBIN ARMSTRONG’S ZODIAC PREDICTIONS FOR MARCH 2010:
ARIES: MAR. 21 to APR. 20:
In small matters there will be success. Matters of the heart will improve as the month evolves. In big concerns, you will feel weighted down and even held back. The large solutions must wait. Be patient. For this month, it is in your best interest to live in the moment and follow the call of good cheer.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a relatively insignificant one. Control your financial impulses. The Full Moon March 29th will bring contradictory energies to the surface. Hurry up! Take your time! Curb the inclination to be rowdy!
TAURUS: APR. 20: to MAY 21
If you go with the flow, there will be success, but if you rush or force matters, there will be arguments and delays. Your best energy will come in the first half of the month. If you align with good, good will result. Trust your own tastes and principles. Much can be gained by showing appreciation to others.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a positive one. Smile and express yourself! The Full Moon March 29th will be an uneventful one for you. Do what you feel is right!.
GEMINI: MAY 21 to JUNE 21:
Do what you are inclined to do, but do not explain yourself to others. Success will come from putting out energy. Complications and misunderstandings will abound in the first half of the month. You will find more appreciation and listening ears in the last half of the month. A fool and his or her money will soon be parted.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a difficult one. Be wary of the self-righteous! The road to hell is lined with good intentions! The Full Moon March 29th will be a positive one. Stay happy and you will have a good effect on those around you.
CANCER: JUNE 21 to JULY 23:
You will have smooth sailing for the first half of the month, at least socially. Align with those of good understanding. Smile and express yourself. If you put out positive, you receive abundantly. If you obsess on your worries, you will alienate many. Suring the last half of the month you are inclined to be restless and easily irritated.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a very positive one. Go with the flow and trust your instincts. The Full Moon March 29th will be quite stressful. Don’t let little comments get the better of you.
LEO: JULY 23 to AUG. 23:
The Force remains with you. Many obstacles will fall away. You must make an effort to let go of old disagreements and move on! The first half of the month you will have a tendency to go out on tangents and dissipate your energy. The last two weeks of the month will see your charm and charisma shining brightly.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a mild one. There is not likely to be any untoward situations. The Full Moon March 29th will be a positive one. There will be good cheer and good company.
VIRGO: AUG. 23 to SEP. 23:
The best laid plans of mice and men will often go astray. This is a month when you will not feel appreciated. People will get on your nerves. Your ideas and comments will not find much support. Keep busy and avoid the hearsay and opinions of others. You are inclined to exaggerate. There is no need to be hard on yourself, just a little quiet!
The New Moon of March 15th will be a significantly difficult one for most Virgos. Don’t respond immediately! Sleep on it! The Full Moon March 29th will be much easier. No big hassles. The tide is turning in your favour.
LIBRA: SEPT. 23 to OCT. 23:
Be careful about the little things that you say and do. What seems like a simple comment on your part could easily stir up more discord than you intended. Strive to be patient and avoid small talk. Keep your comments to yourself, or you might have to eat your words later. Keep busy but don’t try to explain.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a mild one. Keep your financial concerns to yourself. The Full Moon March 29th will bring contradictory energy your way. Do not trust you impulse to buy things!
SCORPIO: OCT. 23 to NOV. 22:
Don’t push the river, go with the flow! The more you push, the more resistance you will encounter. Trust your feelings and others will open up to you. A little consideration will go a long way in making the right impression. Smile and the world will smile with you! This is an excellent month for networking and expressing yourself.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a positive one. Enjoy the ambience! You will attract sympathetic responses. The Full Moon March 29th will be relatively uneventful and stress free. No big ups and no big downs!
SAGITTARIUS: NOV. 22 to DEC. 22:
During the first half of the month you will be inclined to put your foot in your mouth, or at least eat the words you say; and anything else that comes your way. Your perspective will be distorted until the 17th when Mercury goes into Aries and trines your Sun. There is a very positive build up of charisma and energy in the last half of the month.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a difficult one. Too many options and too many judgments. Don’t make promises. The Full Moon March 29th will be a very positive one. Get out and network. Follow your impulses.
CAPRICORN: DEC. 22 to JAN. 20:
You will be productive for the first half of the month and easily irritated after that. Set your plans in motion early. In the last half you need to avoid any impulse spending. Several opportunities are rising. Choose well and follow through. If someone doesn’t carry their portion, you will have to pick it up.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a positive one. Reach out and make the most of it. The Full Moon March 29th will be a stressful one filled with confrontations and delays. Maintain control as well as you are able to.
AQUARIUS: JAN. 20 to FEB. 19:
You will need to be patient, especially in the first half of the month. Your vision is starting to grow, but it will not be apparent until the last half of the month. Be consistent, especially if others around you are not. Don’t force issues. Wait for the opportunity to come to you before you speak or take action. Try to help others.
The New Moon of March 15th will be a relatively insignificant one. Be courteous. The Full Moon March 29th will be a positive one, good for communications.
PISCES: FEB. 19 to MAR. 20:
Lady luck smiles on you this month. Opportunities surround you. You need to follow some of your ideas and put them in motion. If there is a special person you want to connect with, this will be the month to try. Times of good fortune are auspicious and if you work with them, great and significant things can result.
The New Moon of March 15th will also be the most significant and sensitive one of the year for Pisces. The is a most beneficial lunation. Trust your instincts. Go for it! The Full Moon March 29th will be relatively uneventful. Move away from fools that come your way!
Robin’s predictions are meant for entertainment and insight. Any serious decision made by astrology requires a full personalized horoscope to be calculated and studied.
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Wealth by the Numbers
March 3, 2010 by Sondra
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Numerology can be applied to daily life to increase the flow of abundance. For example: try placing a small piece of paper with a number “8” in your wallet along with a large number “8” on or near the place where you keep your monthly bills. Utilizing the number 8 in this way places the Universe on notice that you are ready for an income boost. It is also advised to get your own numerology chart done, or at the very least get acquainted with your life path number and the challenge numbers to your life path. Then, take a look at the numbers in your life, such as your home address number, that is all the digits added together. It could be that you are living in a home that is a challenge to you and if you work out of your home, this could be directly impacting your abundance in the negative. It is also important to note that each letter of the alphabet represents a number (in the Pythagorean system, among others) and therefore any business name has its own numerology. If you work for a place or own your own business that equals a challenge to you this could also be a constant disappointment in the money department.
If you are unsure of your calculations, it’s quite inexpensive to download a numerology calculator onto your computer or cellular phone. Not only is researching numbers in this manner a fantastic way to explain away the issues in life, but it will also assist in the preparation of successful plans in the future. It is my hope that you explore the numbers in your life and put them to good use, to your advantage!
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Sondra Lockhart Schmid has worked as an active tarot card reader since 1999. In the last two years she has incorporated numerology as part of her readings. Her variety of metaphysical knowledge includes hypnotherapy, astrology, angels, numerology and she practices the Law of Attraction. She and her husband currently own and operate www.foryourchi.com as well as the Global Consciousness website www.higherlight.org.
Contact info: Phone: (478) 227-2580 Email: foryourchi@gmail.com
Rediscovering Spirituality in Religion
March 3, 2010 by admin
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“I’m spiritual, not religious.” If I had a dollar for every time I heard this, I could personally pay off the Canadian and American national debts and have enough left over for a lifetime supply of Chai Tea Lattes (my insanely expensive Starbucks addiction). Hyperbole aside, the revival of interest in “spirituality” in recent years has been accompanied by distrust for and disinterest in “organized religion,” especially among disenchanted Christians. People have discovered the transformative power of spirituality: the power to realize their highest goals and ideals, the power to overcome negativity, and the power to forgive. But what does it mean to be “spiritual, not religious”?
On the one hand, it reflects indifference and discontent with organized religion. People doubt religion’s ability to provide answers to our questions in today’s world. Also, they see how organized religion has contributed to global conflict and local abuses. On the other hand, it reflects a renewed interest in the ancient wisdom of sages from various religious traditions, re-tooled to suit modern sensibilities. But what would it mean to be “spiritual” without being “religious”? Let’s explore some problems and prospects.
Promisingly, interest in spirituality cultivates inner growth and self-realization, often leading to social and personal betterment. It helps us find “true north” on our ethical compass when we’ve lost our moral bearings. Moreover, it recommends openness to many different religious traditions and promotes tolerance. Problematically, however, it disconnects spirituality from its source, resulting in an arbitrary process of combining aspects of spirituality from different religions (or no religion). When we remove spirituality from its religious context, we lose its source of power. Individualistic spirituality, devoid of community, responsibility, and accountability, comes up empty.
We should embrace spirituality and tap into the renewed interest in spiritual awakening. It will enrich our lives and rejuvenate a world longing for deeper meaning. We should realize, however, that spirituality apart from religion will not yield lasting fruit. Once severed from its fountain source, the wells of wisdom will eventually run dry. Vibrant, lasting, and sustainable spirituality is grounded in a particular religious tradition and community. We rediscover spirituality not by turning away from religion, but turning toward it, probing more deeply for fresh theological resources. Christianity, for instance, has a rich and deep reservoir of approaches to spirituality that remain largely unknown and untapped by the modern skeptic and searcher. We would do well to rediscover these, since spirituality devoid of religion makes for shallow ground to cultivate our souls.
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Mark Scott Ph.D (Harvard)
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology
Concordia University
http://theology.concordia.ca/faculty/scott.php
Keeping Life Simple – Accepting reality
How do you consciously meet the reality of your life? Do you tell the truth to yourself about your reality or do you resist it? Are you willing to be open to the reality of your life 100% and notice what it triggers in your being? Each day the landscape of our life changes and we find ourselves in a new place of reality. More often than not we tend to resist the aspects of the realities of life that are unpleasant to deal with, and as a result, we find ourselves in a place of suffering.
So what is reality, really? Let’s keep it simple, if it’s raining, it’s raining, if you car has broken down, the reality is your car isn’t working. Or in this moment, your reality may be somewhat deeper than that, perhaps you have lost your job, you’re sick, you’ve lost a loved one and you’re grieving. These situations are very real, they are here NOW, in this moment in our lives – it is our reality.
So what to do? The truth is, we cannot argue with reality – it’s futile to try to do so, it is what it is. We can’t change the fact that someone we loved has died, we can’t change the fact that perhaps we are suffering with an illness of some kind but what we can do is make a choice of how we will simply be with that reality and loving ourselves in this place. When we become mindful about what is occurring in our life and accept the reality of our situation the suffering created from resisting it appears to subside. If you are not surrendering to your reality it will most probably be causing you suffering of some form. Remember, what you resist persists and what you embrace you erase.
I am not suggesting that any of us like the feeling that loss and pain can bring into our lives but acknowledging that it is present and letting it be is an option. My experience has been that when we speak the truth about our reality it begins to have less power because we have consciously acknowledged what is.
Be mindful to meet your reality as it arises, let go of time frames about when it should change or disappear. Let go of expectations, just let it be, let it have its time with you it will dissipate on its own accord anyway. Keep your life simple ~
Some words of wisdom from Gangaji www.gangaji.org about reality.
“To meet reality is ruthless. To meet it without the mediation of the thought “I can control this,” is to face death. Really to face death, here and now. This is Ramana’s awakening. Papaji said, “Stop.”
If your life is about going, becoming, getting or escaping—stop. The invitation is to let the life that is living this life, live it. When you let life live itself, you are actually surrendering to yourself.”
Honour your spirit and walk towards the journey your heart desires.
In love, Lorraine
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About Lorraine
Lorraine Wilson has been on a journey of self discovery for many years. She openly shares her experience with others and offers hope, inspiration and an invitation to “Keep Life Simple” through self inquiry. She lives on the West Coast with her children.
Lorraine has been influenced and is incredibly grateful for the teachings of Gangaji, Adyashanti, Eckart Tolle, Pamela Wilson, Muni and His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. She has worked in the field of communications and broadcasting for over 30 years and utilizes her communication skills as a program facilitator and provides one on one support to others who desire to investigate their life journey.
Stayed tuned for ‘Keeping Life Simple’ on VividLife Radio. The program will be an opportunity for everyone in the community to come together to discuss and be supported in the never ending discovery of who we truly are.
Feng Shui Your Way to Abundance
February 18, 2010 by Sondra
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Clutter clearing is single most important Feng Shui practice for promoting abundance. Begin by thoroughly cleaning and de-cluttering the furthermost left hand corner of your home (judging from the front entry), as this is the “wealth area” of the house. When finished you may choose to place a small water fountain in that area or a picture of a body of water, as water symbolizes the flow of abundance. Be sure that when you turn on your fountain, or hang up your picture, you hold the intention of “activating prosperity” in your mind.
Check the condition of your mailbox. Increasing its attractiveness will increase the chance that money will want to come to you! The front entry of a home has an impact on the flow of wealth as well. Be sure that the stairs, concrete, porch, door and windows are properly maintained and clean. Spruce up this area by bringing in fresh flowers, plants, wind chimes and/or a new welcome mat. If you wish to go all out, you can place an outdoor fountain in your front entry way, with the water flowing towards the door on the outside. The next tip is particularly great for your office, if your own your own business. Upon entering your front door, place a model ship (make sure you choose a ship with sails at full mast) and position it so that it is entering your home or office.
My sincere hope is that you have fun with this, as you roll up your sleeves to bring prosperity into your life via Feng Shui. If you find that you apply any of these principals and you have amazing success stories and are willing to do so, please send me an email with your story. Abundant Blessings to you and yours forevermore!
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Sondra Lockhart Schmid has worked as an active tarot card reader since 1999. In the last two years she has incorporated numerology as part of her readings. Her variety of metaphysical knowledge includes hypnotherapy, astrology, angels, numerology and she practices the Law of Attraction. She and her husband currently own and operate www.foryourchi.com as well as the Global Consciousness website www.higherlight.org.
Contact info: Phone: (478) 227-2580 Email: foryourchi@gmail.com
The Pinocchio Effect
February 18, 2010 by mary
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I’ve come to realize that, however well intentioned, for the most part human beings are not particularly honest.
People lie for all kinds of reasons. We might BLUFF to win at cards or tell the infamous FISH TALE. Who could it hurt? Some use WHITE LIES to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. I’m guilty! We could tell an EMERGENCY LIE when the guy next door is in a rage about his wife’s affair. I know I don’t want to get involved! There’s the LIE OF OMMISSION, when we don’t tell the whole truth because some things are better left unsaid or when we’ve been asked to keep a secret. BARE-FACED LIES and LYING THROUGH YOUR TEETH are those lies that are so obvious, you walk away shaking your head. Then there is the damaging CONTEXTUAL LIE, which leaves someone with a false impression because the truth is taken out of context. And FABRICATION; in my opinion the most dangerous to both the teller and the listener because it is an outright statement told as truth when we make assumptions or when we have no valid proof.
We’ve all lied at one time or another and we started young! As children we learned from experience that not telling the truth would avoid punishment, so by the time we reached about four and a half years old we were able to tell a convincing lie. Apparently lying isn’t exclusive to humans either. I remember reading a story about an ape who had been taught American Sign language. He pulled a sink from a wall in an angry rage, and when asked who did it he blamed his pet kitten! So what is the message we are sending to those who learn from our example?
A lie is a low-level energy source floating around out there in the cosmos. When told there can only be two outcomes. It could be uncovered or remain undiscovered. In order to keep the original lie neatly buried, more and more negative energy gets piled onto it. With every new lie told this negative force gains size and momentum and eventually, BOOM! It’s out there for the world to see. Just think of all the mighty politicians who’ve gone to great lengths heaping lie on top of lie to avoid falling from lofty perches, only to have the naked truth revealed in shame.
We are highly critical of those great big lies from public figures, but have we stopped to examine how the lies in our own lives are affecting the energy around us? I’ve recently witnessed a close friend in turmoil over discovering his partner has been a high functioning, undercover alcoholic for most of their thirty years together. This lie has made him question if anything in their relationship has ever really been true. Then there is my business associate who is experiencing financial hardship. She was offered assistance from several people she trusted, only to find out from another source that her integrity is now in question by all of them. Most distraught, she is now questioning all of her relationships, because she no longer knows whom to trust.
As the ultimate believer in the law of attraction ~ not so much in the way the Secret depicts it, but from a Feng Shui perspective in that everything is energy and that we attract situations to us that vibrate at the same high or low rate as we do ~ my first questions are “What secret are you keeping? How honest are you being with yourself and others? What are you doing that attracted this dishonesty to you?” We are all the makers or breakers of our own circumstances so we draw to ourselves every single thing that happens, the good or not so great.
Honesty doesn’t mean telling everyone every thought that runs through our head in a day, however deception of any kind is a different matter. It breaks down confidence and creates distrust. Lies erodes our integrity and our relationships with others. More so, it obscures our relationship to ourselves and our Spirit, as our Divinity is only revealed through love.
So here’s a challenge. Are you up for making a sincere effort to be honest with all your words and actions for one full week? Please let me know how you do!
~ Go with the Flow!
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An award winning Television Producer/Director/Writer for over 30 years, Mary Giuffre sidestepped mainstream media and created SoulWater EnergyWorks to focus on the greater good. An Emotional Empath, Mary has been a student of metaphysics, energy and spirituality since her early teen years. Studies under a Native American Shaman, Energy Healers and many Spiritual Teachers have enhanced her natural ability to tap into the energetic flow of our inner and outer environments and she has been identified as a Master Energy Mover. Now a Motivational Speaker, Workshop Leader, Certified Practitioner and Mentor practicing and promoting Feng Shui For Your Spirit©, Mary’s finely tuned abilities adjust energetic balance to enhance harmony, prosperity and overall well-being, Creating Flow in Your Life!
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