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Sacred Economics B Y C H A R L E S E I S E N S T E I N

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The Codes of Harry Potter:Mystical Messages to Transform HumanityB Y I R L I A N N A S A M S A R A p. 25

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Rev. Dr. Catherine (Cay) Thompson, founding and senior minister of the Golden Triangle Center for Spiritual Living and Director of the Ernest Hol-mes Institute in Eustis, made her sud-den transition to the other side of the veil on August 25, 2011.

A Religious Science Practitioner since 1963, Dr. Cay was a spry, energetic 80-year-old leader, teacher and exem-plar. Velocity readers will remember that for quite some time, this page has been reserved for Dr. Cay who helped to set the tone for each issue of the maga-zine. Her articles profoundly reflected the gentle strong voice of a mother Divine. Her high spiritual words of comfort and reassur-ance have assisted thou-sands of Velocity readers to rise to new levels of self-awareness and spirituality each issue. Every issue, her passion for and graceful commitment to the teach-ings of Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes shined through her writ-ing. Certainly, the mem-bers of her congregation have had the great fortune to benefit from her teach-

ings in an even more direct and powerful way–with her very presence.

Our hearts go out to Dr. Cay's husband of 57 years, Rev. Don Thompson and her daughters, Diane Koenigsaecker of Palm Harbor, Ruth Asulin of Lake Mary and Carol Thompson of Jackson-ville, her grandchildren, Vanessa, Eric, Dana and Alisa, her great-grandchild, Olivia, her nephews, John Youngs of Huntsville, Alabama, Robert Youngs of Miami Springs, George Youngs of Leba-

non, Pennsylvania and her niece, Bonnie Youngs of Huntsville, Alabama.

Our love surrounds the members of the Golden Triangle Center for Spiritual Living

who must feel the loss of the presence of such a great and loving light.

Dr. Cay's husband, Rev. Don Thompson has now assumed the senior ministerial posi-tion at the Center.

Memorial Services were held on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Golden Triangle Center for

IN MEMORIAMA Mother Divine

Rev. Dr. Cay Thompson1931-2011


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GLIDING THROUGH THE HOLIDAY FOOD SPREE 9

THE TRUE WATER OF LIFE IS WATER 32

ENERGY, FREQUENCY, VIBRATION 37

RECONNECTIVE HEALINGSEMINARS IN MIAMI 47

REVERSING CANCER 48

YOGA, AYURVEDA,VEDIC ASTROLOGY 49

SOUND CAN HEAL US 50

FROM MVC TO VITALITY 68

STILL HAVE THYROID SYMPTOMS? 74

CREATING OUR FUTURE IN THE NOW 54

LOVE OUR MOTHER 52

2012: PREPARING FOR CHANGE 58

FROM THE EDITOR 10

DIRECTORY 28

EVENTS 70-73

IN MEMORIAM:A MOTHER DIVINE 6

LAUGHTER YOGA RETURNS TO ORLANDO 12

A B S O L U T E V I T A L I T Y

A N I M A L G A T E W A Y

CHALLENGES OF CHANGE22

UNDERSTANDING OUR JOURNEY 23

A R T S A N D M Y S T I C I S M

THE CODES OF HARRY POTTER 25 THE SPACE IN BETWEEN 51

C O N S C I O U S E V O L U T I O N

MASTER AWARENESS 13

SACRED ECONOMICS 14

WOMEN CALLED TO POWER 16

SELF AWARENESSAND ASSERTIVENESS 30

THE FLOWERING OF SPIRITUALCONSCIOUSNESS 67

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

UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCE OF CONFLICT 18

THE SACRED WELL 19

OUR OWN INNER WISDOM 27

11-11-11:GATEWAY TO VIBRATIONAL

TRANSFORMATION 31

COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS FOREVERYDAY LIFE 33

UNFATHOMABLE NOTHINGNESS 34

EVOLVING ASPIRATIONS 38

GUIDED BY A HIGHER POWER 40

THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME 41

FROM INSPIRATION TO ASPIRATION 43

TEACHING OURSELVES FIRST 44

YOUR GURU IS WAITINGTO LOVE YOU 57

ONE SIMPLE QUESTION 60

GLENDA AND MY RUBY SLIPPERS 61

CAMPGROUND ANGEL 62

THE HOLLOW BONE 72

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contributingeditors

1 Contributing Community EditorJulie Norris is manager and co-proprietor of Dandelion Communitea Café, founding board director of the Progressive Local Alliance for Community Enrichment (PLACE) and serves on the boards of Slow Food and Mills Fifty Mainstreet. She’s an avid supporter of the local art, music and food culture, and showcases the diverse people and happenings in ‘Ourlando’ on her weekly radio program, Front Porch Radio. Her passion for community, delicious fair food, the environment and culture are the driving

forces behind all her endeavors. More on her ventures: http://www.dandelioncommunitea.comhttp://www.frontporchradio.wordpress.com and http://www.ourlando.com.

2 Contributing Green EditorEmily Ruff, herbalist, is director of the Florida School of Holistic Living in Orlando, a 501c3 nonprofit educational institution committed to creating sustainable communities by empowering individuals to

reclaim their radiant well-being through reconnecting with the natural world. Emily has studiedherbalism on three continents over the past decade and consults individuals on holistic nutrition,

herbalism, aromatherapy and flower essences. Contact Emily at FSHL: 407-595-3731. Visit http://www.HolisticLivingSchool.org.

3 Contributing Health EditorRamah Wagner, D.C. is a third generation chiropractor with degrees from the University of Iowa and of

South Dakota. She received her graduate degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic (the foundingcollege of chiropractic). Watch for Dr. Ramah Wagner’s new book, “The Health of Business - How to

Balance Your Life for Greater Return.” Dr. Ramah is available for speaking events and intensives.Visit http://www.DoctorRamah.com or call: 352-589-5443. http://www.HealthOfBusiness.com.

4 Contributing Success EditorDebbie Paulk is founder of Live Your Passion Life Coaching, a certified life coach, clinical hypnotist,

NLP master practitioner, Reiki master and workshop facilitator.For more information about services provided or upcoming workshops, visit her website:

www.LiveYourPassion.usor contact Debbie at (407)923-0738.

5 Contributing Spiritual Life EditorAlbert J. Nuñez, DVM, CVA is a lifelong mystic and student of spirituality. He has studied and applied many of the profound practices and tenets of Catholicism, Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Zen, Kabbalah, Paganism, Mysticism, Hinduism, Tantra, energy and sound healing, “Shadow Work,” Kundalini Yoga, many forms of meditation, and Qi Gong. A spiritual and cultural musician and record-ing artist, his first CD is entitled “Earth School Now.” He is an environmental advocate and educator, nature lover, happy hippy tree-hugger, and rescuer of many baby squirrels. He has been practicing fully integrated and wholistic veterinary medicine for almost 20 years, with two Animal Hospitals in the greater Orlando area. Dr. Al is committed to awakening human beings to their highest self.

Contact him at 407-897-8555 or visit: myspace.com/animalhospitaloflakemary

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Stress less: Make things simpler. We tend to do too much and some of us want to do it all. Make a list of things to do, and then cross off all those things that really aren’t going to make much of a difference.

Move more: If you are exercising regularly, stick with it. If a daily activity is not routine, increase your level of activity. It may simply mean walking for ten minutes each morning. There are websites that can give you informa-tion on how much physical activity is needed to burn calories, giving either an incentive to work out or forego a treat altogether (if you happen to dislike sweating more than you like the piece of candy).

Drink up: Holiday specialties are high in salt, fat and sugar, and we often increase our alcohol consumption. These need to be me-tabolized by our cells which happens most efficiently when we are well hydrated. Water is what you need. Skip the sodas, diet soda included, and juices.

Sleep well: A good night’s sleep can mean better mood and lower levels of the stress hormones which often cause sugar and fat cravings. Stick to a routine. This makes fall-ing asleep easier. A small leisurely walk after a heavy meal can also be helpful. Serve the main meal earlier in the day, giving the body time to digest a good portion of the food so you can sleep better.

Eat smart: Remember this is not your last meal. There will be food tomorrow! Skipping a meal can lead to overeating at another. The body just stores extra calories as fat. Conse-quences of too much food can be digestive upsets, low energy and sleep disruption. Food is information and can change the messages that our brain sends out to the various sys-tems in our bodies. These messages affect our mood, sleep, appetite and behavior. Eating

e x t r a vegetables and fruit will help the digestive tract and provide fiber. If you are hosting an event or contributing a dish, provide veg-etables and yogurt-based dips to replace high fat sour cream. Some dishes do not taste the same if they are altered. Better to enjoy a small piece of calorie-laden food than one that does not wow your senses!

Avoid calorie- and sugar-laden bev-erages or at least limit them. Alcohol can make you hungry especially if consumed on an empty stomach. Blood sugar drops and leads to overeating. Try sparkling water with a dash of fruit juice or better still, flavor it with a slice of fruit. This can help you cut down on the amount of alcohol you consume.

Ginger or peppermint tea can be very helpful for digestive issues; skip the peppermint tea if you have acid reflux or heartburn.

Holidays do in-volve food and eat-ing, but remember, the true purpose of the holidays is a chance to get to-gether with friends and family and en-joy one another’s company. If your eating should get a bit out of control, get back on track as soon as possible.

Happy Healthy Holidays to you!

Rukhsana Shanbhag is a Florida state licensed reg-istered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and a certified clinical nutritionist. She received a Masters of Science degree in nutrition from the New York Medi-cal College’s Department of Health Sciences. She has worked as an in-patient/out-patient dietitian for a community hospital in Massachusetts and as consul-tant for a physician’s practice. More recently, she served as dietitian for a diabetes center in Orlando. Rukhsana has been an integrative and functional medicine based nutritionist since 2001.

Food and eating are a big part of all cultures and the holidays. It starts when we adults raid the kid-

dies' Halloween treats and then we go right on eating our way through the New Year! Many people like me celebrate many cultures' festivals, meaning we eat more treats! Because holi-days represent celebration we allow ourselves to eat away and the consequences can be disastrous.

As a nutritional professional, I often advise individuals to post-pone any dietary intervention until after the holiday season. For some I might advise an office visit to help manage out-of -control eating.

Following are some suggestions that may help you through the food orgy of the holidays. We should be able to indulge without ill effects so these suggestions are not about ab-stinence. Many of these will sound familiar, but it helps to hear them again.


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When you change the way masses of people live, you are a powerful force in this world. When you significantly affect the way most of the people on the planet live, you become an icon who will never be forgotten. Apple's visionary stellar Steve Jobs changed the way I live and probably the way you live, too, whether you realize it or not. The day of Steve Jobs' recent passing was very sad for me. My service to this planet revolves around my beloved, beautiful, trusty Apple computer.

Here is why all Apple products are the rage and why Jobs' brainchild is poised for the stratosphere (even though Jobs in the physical is no longer with us). The products have a symphonic sort of elegance. They make our lives easier and more than that, they make our lives more beautiful. The industry standard for publishing and other creative arts such as music and movies is Ap-ple. Apple embodies beauty and elegance.

Apple is the 'heart' to its competitor's 'head.' Apple embodies 'feeling.' Its competitor embraces 'thinking.' Apple is intuitive. Its competitor is largely bound by the strictures of logic. Apple is a right-brained product. The desktop files are located on the right. The competitor computers are left-brained with the files located on the left. If you want to get yourself into the habit of being more creative, with thought processes as if to fly on wings of light, get yourself an Apple. It takes several less clicks to accomplish the same operation on an Apple computer such is the grace, refinement and sophistication of its programming. The computers rarely crash and they don't get viruses. The price is higher but you'll make back your money in time saved alone in just the first several weeks.

Is this a commercial for Apple products? No. This is my op-portunity to make a point...

We can't get to a place of high vibratory frequency if we're stuck in our logical minds. Jobs' Apple products get us in the habit of using our brains in a different way. Though there is some logic involved, it doesn't bind and confound us in the way that other products do. The mathematical logic inside an Apple computer and its exterior design come from the stars. We have all kinds of other technology in use in various arenas that has literally come from the stars. And though some of the latter technology came our way via Area 51 and other avenues we may not even know about, Apple's may have come to us in a more ethereal way.

In Jan Randolph Price's book The Other Side of Death, she relates her incredible and slightly unusual near death experience. As she journeyed through the celestial realms she encountered beings who were sending impulses of creative concepts to inhabitants of earth. Their intention was to assist earth in its evolution. Famed Mellen-Thomas Benedict shares his outrageous near death ac-count on the internet. I was so enthralled when I read it, I had to connect personally with this man. After many requests to have my call returned, he finally did one day and he told me much, much more than is even recorded in Journey Through the Light and Back. He told me that television shows like Star Trek are suggested to their creators' psyches by celestial beings, this so that the shows get the viewers thinking in a certain direction. He told me that as a result of this, he was given the information by the Divine Itself that the food replicators on Star Trek will one day be invented on earth by our children of today.

The world needs as much beauty and elegance as can be fash-ioned and we need as much creativity as we can muster to march forward through our challenging times ahead. Along with liv-ing from our hearts, if we must use our heads, why not learn to use them from another stellar point of view? And though Jobs appears to be gone, I would strongly suspect he is transmitting those impulses if not outright sending messages with new con-cepts and technologies to those he left in charge.

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Awareness is the fundamental foundation stone to living a happy and ful-filled life. From Awareness comes Clarity which provides Power that leads to Focus, Action, Results, Success and ultimately, Fulfillment. Let me give you an example.

Suppose you telephone a major airline company and say, "Hey. I want to get to New York." What’s the first question they are going to ask you? Cor-rect! Where are you coming from? Why do they ask that? Well, to get to wherever you want to go, you need to know where you’re coming from. That’s a very powerful sentence. Let me repeat that: TO GET TO WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU’RE COMING FROM.

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As the 99% fill Wall Street and cities across the nation, let us stand in soli-darity with the people uniting peace-

fully, with love in our hearts for one another to take down this Wall. There is a more beautiful way to co-create an abundant economy that connects hearts together. What follows is an excerpt (reprinted with permission) from the in-troduction of Sacred Economics by Charles Eisen-stein. The full text of the book is offered as a gift to you online at: http://charleseisenstein.com.

[Contributed by Julie Norris, consultant, writer, ad-venturer, ecopreneur, and co-proprietor of Dandelion Communitea Café;http://julienorris.wordpress.com]

S A C R E D E C O N O M I C S :I N T R O D U C T I O NThe purpose of this book is to make money and human economy as sacred as everything else in the universe.

Today we associate money with the pro-fane, and for good reason. If anything is sacred in this world, it is surely not money. Money seems to be the enemy of our better instincts, as is clear every time the thought "I can't afford to" blocks an impulse toward kindness or generosity. Money seems to be the enemy of beauty, as the disparaging term "a sellout" dem-onstrates. Money seems to be the enemy of every worthy social and political re-form, as corporate power steers legisla-tion toward the aggrandizement of its own profits. Money seems to be destroy-ing the earth, as we pillage the oceans, the forests, the soil, and every species to feed a greed that knows no end.

From at least the time that Jesus threw the money changers from the temple, we have sensed that there is something unholy about money. When politicians seek money instead of the public good, we call them corrupt. Adjectives like "dirty" and "filthy" naturally describe money. Monks are supposed to have little to do with it: "You cannot serve God and Mammon."

At the same time, no one can deny that money has a mysterious, magical quality as well, the power to alter human behavior and coordinate human activity. From ancient times thinkers have marveled at the ability of a mere mark to confer this power upon a disk of metal or slip of paper. Unfortunately, looking at the world around us, it is hard to avoid concluding that the magic of money is an evil magic.

Obviously, if we are to make money into some-

thing sacred, nothing less than a wholesale revo-lution in money will suffice, a transformation of its essential nature. It is not merely our attitudes about money that must change, as some self-help gurus would have us believe; rather, we will create new kinds of money that embody and re-inforce changed attitudes. Sacred Economics de-scribes this new money and the new economy that will coalesce around it. It also explores the metamorphosis in human identity that is both a cause and a result of the transformation of money. The changed attitudes of which I speak go all the way to the core of what it is to be hu-

man: they include our understanding of the purpose of life, humanity's role on the planet, the relationship of the individual to the human and natural community; even what it is to be an individual, a self.

After all, we experience money (and property) as an extension of our selves; hence the pos-sessive pronoun "mine" to describe it, the same pronoun we use to identify our arms and heads. My money, my car, my hand, my liver. Consider as well the sense of violation we feel when we are robbed or "ripped off," as if part of our very selves had been taken.

A transformation from profanity to sacredness in money-something so deep a part of our iden-tity, something so central to the workings of the world-would have profound effects indeed. But what does it mean for money, or anything else for that matter, to be sacred? It is in a crucial sense the opposite of what sacred has come to mean. For several thousand years, the concepts of sacred, holy, and divine have referred increas-ingly to something separate from nature, the world, and the flesh. Three or four thousand years ago the gods began a migration from the lakes, forests, rivers, and mountains into the sky,

becoming the imperial overlords of na-ture rather than its essence. As divinity separated from nature, so also it became unholy to involve oneself too deeply in the affairs of the world. The human be-ing changed from a living embodied soul into its profane envelope, a mere receptacle of spirit, culminating in the Cartesian mote of consciousness observ-ing the world but not participating in it, and the Newtonian watchmaker-God doing the same. To be divine was to be supernatural, nonmaterial. If God partici-pated in the world at all, it was through miracles-divine intercessions violating or superseding nature's laws.

Paradoxically, this separate, abstract thing called spirit is supposed to be what animates the world. Ask the religious person what changes when a person dies, and she will say the soul has left the body. Ask her who makes the rain fall and the wind blow, and she will say it is God. To be sure, Galileo and Newton appeared to have removed God from these everyday workings of the world, explaining it instead as the clockwork of a vast machine of impersonal force and mass, but even they still needed the Clockmaker to wind it up in the begin-ning, to imbue the universe with the po-tential energy that has run it ever since. This conception is still with us today as the Big Bang, a primordial event that is

the source of the "negative entropy" that allows movement and life. In any case, our culture's no-tion of spirit is that of something separate and nonworldly, that yet can miraculously intervene in material affairs, and that even animates and directs them in some mysterious way.

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sex and gender we express as humans, and each plays such an important role in the bal-ance of our hu-man expression . . . but today, sweet Woman, I am speaking to you.

I am speaking to you because the earth is speak-ing to us wom-en . . . calling to us, shouting to us, imploring us to rise up in our power . . . our power as in our instinct, our gut-knowing, our deep truth. Our planet and humanity face indescribable decay, disease, and destruction as we look outside. Women are being called to rise up in our power and strength so we can nurture the earth through its transformation.

Women have been taught for generations in our society that our power is in a superhuman ability to juggle making dinner and finishing the laundry while tutoring the kids through their homework and shuttling them to soc-cer practice . . . but oh ladies, it is so much more than this. Our power is our mystery of femininity and our primal strength. It is our patience with ourselves and our patience with each other. As Alisa Starkweather shares, being in our power is “to be in our bodies, to know our ecstasy, to share our gifts, and to be present with life as life is occurring . . . to make new choices, to come out of denial, to recommit to our visions, our lives through loving our bodies and who we are in this world, and to give loving attention to our hearts, bellies, wombs and lives as women.”

In the midst of family and social pressures, we have often made decisions standing outside of our power. Today is the day the earth calls us to return to our power, embrace our unique journey as a woman, and to cultivate and embrace the powerful guiding wisdom that is our own intuition.

* Let us honor the cycles of nature and our bodiesWise women know that the simple ritual of honoring the cycles of the

moon is a profoundly powerful way to shed what no longer serves us, create ourselves in the image we aspire to, and tap into the deep knowing of our wombs. Following the new and full moon on a calendar, sharing in celebra-tion with the community at a Moon Circle (http://holisticlivingschool.org), or creating special personal ceremony like seed planting or tincture har-vesting on new or full moons weaves us closer to the cycles of nature that empower us. Even further, honoring our body's personal cycles empowers us to be more clear in our own instinct and stronger in our ability to follow it. Simple rituals like wearing a red bracelet on the days of our Moontime, lighting a special candle, or communing with our Crone sisters in ceremony at the seasons after we stop bleeding, give us space to honor the cycle of womanhood and restore power to this journey.

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* Express through our voicesAs we express the poetry of our soul through voice or sound, we ampli-

fy its power. The resonance of the sound vibrations we let loose from our lips flows in waves out into the atmosphere, knocking and bouncing all sorts of atoms along the way. As our voice ping-pongs through the energy around us, it carries forth our intention, our emotion, and our expression of power. As Venus Zephyr Free, spoken word artist, describes, when we give power to our voice–in spoken word, in prayer, and yes even song-in-the-shower–“its sound brings us soaring into our deepest selves.” Locally, visit a spoken word venue, kirtan, or vocal resonance class.

* Explore movement and danceMovement originates deep in the seat of our power. When we dance,

we move that power inside of us. Connecting movement with intention and emotion, as in the expression of dance, we bring our consciousness into our bodies, accessing the creative potential that resides in our wombs. The balance of movement in stillness, and it is also in dancing with our wombs that we can find that place of stillness to bring ourselves back to our cen-ter, opening ourselves to the potential of reflection, intuition, and our own power.

Locally, visit a Moon Circle at the Florida School of Holistic Living to find your movement around the fire. Visit a dance class like Keiya Mavita's Healing Belly Dance at Shine On Yoga to connect your womb in movement, or visit any movement class from dancer and yoga instructor Janice Rous (http://bodydialogue.com).

* Enter the stillness and meditation breathThe balance of movement is stillness, and sometimes, the best medi-

cine to remind me of my power is to sit quietly by myself, in my garden or at my altar and remind myself of the power of silence. Wonderful meditation practices taught by Byron Katie, Hari Kaur Khalsa, and Marianne Williamson offer great guidance and inspiration.

Perhaps my most important tool, I bring my awareness back to my inhala-tion and exhalation any time I am feeling flustered, frustrated, or out of my power. I believe the most important form of meditation is my daily medi-tation, being mindful of each footstep as I kiss the earth with the soles of my feet, giving gratitude to the earth with each step. Bringing myself to my breath in each moment allows me to fully experience the present and in that to step into my power in all my waking moments.

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if they are kept inside too long. Releasing our physical tensions allows us open space to express and release trapped emotions. When our emotions are stuffed inside, our power cannot find its way out to expression, either. Using physical techniques like massage and yoga can help us release the stored emotions that are keeping us from expressing our truth.

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by Ina Redd Denton

While we are engaged in two wars and have just experienced the tenth anniver-sary of the Twin Towers collapse in New York, we often hear the call to pray for peace. What we fail to consider is that peace will not be realized among nations unless we accept that world peace begins within the self and between each and ev-ery person, without exception. Peace and contentment are possible, but it takes diligence on each of our parts. In the past three years, I have found that Buddhist teachings give a clear path to understand-ing how we get into life's predicaments, and more importantly, how to get out of them. The Buddha teaches us about kar-ma. It is defined as "intentional thought, work, action or deeds." What we reap we

have truly sown. This is true of individu-als and of nations. The karmic result of our behaviors can be experienced instantly or not for many years or lifetimes, but it will return eventually to visit upon us, individually or collectively. Karma is not luck nor is it something that happens to us. It is of our own creation.

Another core principle of Buddhism is the concept of dependent origination—that phenomena (things, events, karma) do not come into existence independently. Rath-er, they are the result of causes and condi-tions, referred to as The Law of Cause and Effect, therefore no phenomenon stands alone. No phenomenon has an indepen-dent self-nature. Everything, absolutely everything is interdependent. Plants. Pets. People. Political entities.

And since there is no independent self, how will our prayer for peace come to be? We find the an-swer in the writings of the Venerable Master Hsing Yun, a Chinese Buddhist monk and founder of Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Tai-wan and Buddha's Light International Association with over one million members world-wide. He encour-ages us to use self-lessness to work for peace. Even though most of human-ity advocates world peace these days, we still tend to put the "I" on a very high pedestal and become attached to our own ego. Ev-erything we do

focuses on "I think," "I suppose," or "I believe." The concept of "I" can never lead to peace for any-one. The Lotus Sutra points out, "People with too deep a perspec-tive of the self are like hungry ghosts [those who are obsessed with greed, desire and crav-ings]." "I" is the source of conflict while being self-less can achieve justice for all. With justice there will be peace. Hence, if we are looking for world peace, we must first cultivate self-lessness as it provides the best foundation for lasting peace.

Our country was built on a strong sense of indi-vidualism. (The rugged Marlboro Man comes to mind.) Often, as individu-als and as a nation, we are quick to proclaim that we are "the best." We are also quick to become offend-ed by a perceived slight or injustice and are too ready with a quick angry retort. If we understand the realities of karma and dependent origination, we will hold our tongue and put down our weapons, for what we do will revisit us–karma. What we do to others we are doing to our-selves–dependent origina-tion. Peace begins in the heart of each of us. In one heart–our collective heart.

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When I was a little girl, I asked my grand-mother where God was. She told me her grandfather taught her that everything was sacred and, therefore, everything was a part of God. I then asked the question, “So are you a part of God?” She thought for a second and said, “Well, I guess I am,” and then she turned to me, pointed at my chest and said, “So are you.”

This conversation has stuck with me to this day. I see so many people that don’t understand that they are sacred. I see them running around looking for God in whatever external source they encounter. The problem is that if you can’t see your own sacredness, you will have a hard time finding it around you. It is also hard in our mundane world to remember that we are a part of God itself (whether it be God/Goddess). I sometimes forget, too. I recently was stressed, worried about how I was going to pay all my bills. I had worked hard and done all the mundane things I could do to make money but I didn’t have enough. I then remembered that I had forgotten to ask the Universe for help. When I asked, I got a clear message to let go and let the divine part of me connect with the Universe and that I would be taken care of. This part of God/Goddess that I carry with me I call the Inner Divine.

The Inner Divine is a special part of us. You can say that it is the soul or the spirit, but to me, it is that part of us that is connected to the highest energies in the Universe. This inner divinity is God/Goddess. It is the highest good. It is the brightest light. It is the purest form of God energy there is and we all have it inside us just waiting to manifest.

When you tap into this sacred well of universal energies, you will be able to create any-thing you desire, whether that be love, hope, or wealth. It sounds complicated, but it is easy to tap into because it is already inside of you. That divine part of you wants your every need fulfilled so that you become one with the God/Goddess in all things. The Inner Divine wants you to wake up and remember that all things are sacred. Imagine what would happen if the Inner Divine in each of us did wake up and remember what who we are and what we are capable of. It's time to wake up! Then there will be no more hunger, sorrow, or pain. Love, peace and happiness will reign and once again the Earth and the Universe will align in perfect harmony.

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It happens really fast. Doubt creeps in. You begin to second guess yourself. Fear. Uncertainty. Insecurity. I’m talking about reactions to changes in your life but with options for a better outcome.

I’m an animal reader and I telepathical-ly, energetically and behaviorally trans-late information from animals to their human partners. My background of over 30 years has been in the public re-lations and marketing industry–clearly a left-brain world. It took a lot for me to become aware and to openly admit that I, the wife of a well-known commu-nity leader could “read” animals. I was afraid of what people would think.

So, how do we overcome fear? With trust.

We are presented with opportuni-ties to respond to change our lives on a daily basis. I have found on my journey that if I just let go of the self-imposed dialogue of fear, that all will, has, and always does come out even better than I could imag-ine. Trust that there is a higher plan for you that you may not see but will manifest if you just let go.

A short while ago, I seemed to keep running into Jane Goodall’s name. Suddenly, the animal behaviorist known worldwide for her work with apes was in television programs, movie theaters, and in publications. I had to look her up in Wikipedia to find out if she was still alive. (Yes, she is alive.) Was I supposed to meet her? “The path of Jane” as I call it, was more than just coincidence, of course. In the middle of two moves, the closing of our school in Longwood and moving my family to Deland, my husband surprised me by purchasing two tickets to an ape sanctuary. I had stacks of box-es around me, had no clue where my personal items were, let alone clothes, but I knew that this trip was a gift. So I left what seemed like over 100 boxes of our life and excitedly went. That trip resulted in a pro-found change in my life.

At the sanctuary, I communicated with a chimp who had been taught sign lan-guage. Within seconds, I found myself sending mental images and associat-ing them with hand gestures. At first this chimp was dumbfounded that I was in dialogue with her. She excit-edly motioned to a nearby human caretaker, “Do you know sign?” she asked. Rather than going into specifics of what I was doing, I just nodded. Too hard to explain. Another orangutan I was communicating with had severe stomach cramps which were so painful for him he could not move away from the group of visitors with cameras. I conveyed this to our guide. These mes-sages were sent over to the founder of the sanctuary.

I received an email a few days later with an open invitation, and I am now looking forward to future visits at the

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sanctuary. A change in my work is inevitable, BUT had I held back the information because I was afraid of what people would think, I would not be returning and working with this magnificent species. P.S. As I was leaving the sanctuary, there was Jane’s photo with one of the apes on the wall!

I was recently asked to present my animal communication seminars at Animalia, a pet expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center. There were hundreds of people pres-ent. I did great because I trusted. I set aside what I thought was my personal agenda and shifted into change.

We are presented with gifts of change every day. Trust that if you can just let go of what you think you have to do, a higher and better outcome than you can even imag-ine–holding your heart's desire–is paved and waiting for you. Happy changing!

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There are times that I will take in the present mo-ment from a larger perspective. Times of great loss or celebration to small per-sonal victories or solitude will suddenly remind me to look again from a greater view, God's perspective. As I step back and observe the instant as a snapshot of time, it is then that I can clearly see myself and others as a soul sharing that moment. Through this view, I can capture the greater sense of where I am in my life and how I am progressing though my journey as God may see it.

Our lives are much like a classroom. We learn lessons, make dear friends, take care of others, and benefit from every experience, good or bad. Often our lives seem to be woven together endlessly as we help each other, assisted by our own special talents that the God's Infinite Light has given us. And every choice that we make ripples outward to affect many in ways that we cannot fully under-stand.

In my professional field, I often speak to people that are experiencing a loss of a pet, friend or family member. One of the most difficult lessons for each of us to learn is to accept the passing of someone we love. When we are ready, it helps to understand that they have graduated to another timeless dimension that is our true home with God. Many of us are beginning to understand that our pets are particularly special to us. They are God's earthly reminder of how we should be–a source of non-judgmental unconditional love.

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As we begin to understand that all souls, even our animal friends, are still very much alive and living in another dimension, we can move forward with our personal journey here on earth. Those of us that are still here have more work to be done. We are here for a reason. Each of us must continue to learn, grow, and help others until we can also graduate into the Light.

Every soul in our lives, animal and human, plays an impor-tant role in furthering our development to become closer to Him. Our ultimate lesson is a simple one. Aspire to become as forgiving, kind and patient as our Heavenly Father, the Infinite Light. When our journey ends, we will see how each struggle has helped us, that very friend is a blessing and that all moments in time have furthered us along the path to learn how to love as God loves us all.

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Did you know that un-der the surface of the Harry Potter books lies

a huge body of hid-den codes and mes-sages for humanity? One particularly im-portant set of codes shows up in the very

first book.

Letter-carrying owls have been bombarding the Dursley house, home to Harry and his mean Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. The letters announce Harry’s acceptance into Hogwarts, the wizarding school. Harry’s mean Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley are trying to keep Harry from finding out he’s a wizard. So they take Harry and escape to a tiny house on an rocky outcropping far at sea. But fate in-tervenes in the form of Hagrid, a wizard giant who comes to rescue Harry. This ‘hut scene’ is the perfect metaphor for our movement into higher consciousness evo-lution and the forces which keep it from occurring.

The Dursleys have lied to Harry his whole life. But now Hagrid is about to set the record straight, much to the fury of his aunt and uncle. It’s very akin to when we get on a conscious spiritual path. The construct or matrix creates a smokescreen of smear campaigns and disinformation designed to keep us from the truth -- even taking up armed resistance to defend its point of view. Uncle Vernon buys a gun before heading to the hut!

When Hagrid discovers Harry doesn’t know about Hogwarts because he doesn’t know his wizard heritage, it’s cause for fury. The ego (Uncle Vernon) in a last-gasp attempt to prevent the truth from coming out screams in protest as the

beans are about to be spilled.

Hagrid ignores this, of course, and tells Harry about his parents’ death at the hands of the evil wizard Voldemort. The truth of Harry’s divine (wizard) heritage unfolds. But the ego does not go quietly. It fights for its life in the moment of its demise (which is typically the biggest fight ever). And it’s nasty. Uncle Vernon even goes so far as to write off Harry’s parents as “weirdos” and considers the world better off without them!

The Dursley’s last stand is actually a good lesson for all of us. They are what our ego looks like when it’s backed into a corner (a hut at sea) knowing that life as we know it is about to end.

One telltale sign of ego is judgment, which is basically the baseline of life with the Dursleys. Another telltale sign is that it always speaks loudest just when a big break-through is about to happen, i.e. Hagrid’s arrival and the revelation of Harry’s true identity. The death of the ego’s (Dursleys’) controlled world is at hand, just as it is when a huge breakthrough (Hagrid) shows up in our life.

Now let’s look at Harry’s re-action to the revelation of his true identity—he’s incredu-lous. He even tries to tell Hagrid that there must be some mistake!

This reaction reveals what is probably Harry’s greatest asset: humility. Thomas Merton, a

Trappist monk, said, “Pride makes us ar-tificial and humility makes us real.” It is Harry’s authenticity and humility that ex-alts him in his community and ultimately ensures his victory. The Hut Scene is one of a plethora of codes in the Potter books waiting to be discovered when we move into mystical velocity!

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I had a client who came to see me for weight loss. She had strug-gled with her weight since adolescence, in large part because her mother projected her own extreme obsession with dieting upon her. As an adult, when she would lose weight she felt better and she would gain her mother's approval as well as the approval

of friends and coworkers, yet her grandmother and other fam-ily members would tell her that they liked her better when she was fat. Her husband would say that he liked having a woman with some meat on her bones. Out in the world, she struggled with the negative attention her heavier weight would cause and the positive attention her thinner weight would bring. During our session, she created a sacred place in which she met with Jesus. When she was able to see herself as Jesus does, made in the image and likeness of God, and when she was able to feel his unconditional love, she wept profoundly. She wept as all of the lies she had been told (that she was less than) and all the expecta-tions others had placed upon her fell away. She returned to who she really is and her healing began.

Hypnosis and self-hypnosis can be used to become still and con-nect with our inner wisdom. So often we question what to do in a particular situation, and the answer is there within us. All the answers are within us. Our own inner wisdom knows better than any outside source because the kingdom of God is with-in. Consider how different our world would be if we modeled to our children connecting with and trusting in the God of our understanding for as stated so beautifully by a client during an incredible past-life regression while he was between lives:

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Consider a time when, because of fear, you expressed yourself with less than full honesty or didn’t express yourself at all. Also bring to mind a time when you did communicate your anger but in an un-healthy way, perhaps with belligerence or hostility so much so that you felt bad about it afterwards. Such interpersonal situations point to the value of assertive communication.

A Life of IntegrityAssertive communication entails realizing who we are apart from the roles we play and the masks we wear. Assertiveness, as a balanced way of being, is not just a skill; it’s intrinsic to a life of integrity. If we’re living life in fear, too scared to express our truth, we’re withholding our authentic contribution and not fulfilling our high-est destiny. Similarly, if we aggressively make our points with self-absorbed an-tagonism, we’re also not participating in life and relationships in the most sublime way.

Assertiveness =Courage + ConsiderationWith assertive communication we convey our perspective powerfully, boldly, and also with consideration. Assertive com-munication supports us in courageously sharing our viewpoint, in a life-enriching way, with respect and without intending to damage or hurt.

Self-Realization and AssertiveCommunicationTo the extent that we’re self-realized, we’ll be effective in communicating our experience so that others understand us. Transformative communication, in es-sence, is not merely a set of skills; it is a communication-based approach to self-realization. Through creating safe and sacred space with conscious communication, we es-tablish an environment within ourselves, and our relationships for courageous

introspection and realization of what is authentic. Cultivation of principles and practices of transformative communica-tion is a potent means for demonstrating commitment to relationship, to support-ing and challenging each other towards ever-increasing self-awareness. With such awareness we connect with and radiate internal qualities that until now have been less than fully alive. In this process of self-awareness we’re inspired and clear about what precisely we want to assert.

What Happened . . . ReallyA key for effective communication is the capacity to differentiate between what actually happened and our interpretation of or reaction to what happened. For ex-ample, I might think that what happened is, “You are always so inconsiderate and irresponsible, leaving your dishes in the sink.” Actually, though, that’s not an objective statement of what happened. A precise “what happened” statement might sound like,“During the past five days I found unwashed dishes in the sink, used by you, three times, more than 12 hours after you used them.”

As Marshall Rosenberg poetically ex-pressed:

I can handle your telling mewhat I did or didn’t do

And I can handle your interpretationsbut please don’t mix the two.

If you want to confuse any issue,

I can tell you how to do it;Mix together what I do

with how you react to it.

Tell me that you’re disappointedwith the unfinished chores you see,

But calling me “irresponsible”is no way to motivate me…

Own Your CommunicationAnother crucial element of assertiveness is to own our communication. For ex-

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Within every person lives a vision–a flame of limitless possibility that burns deep within. What keeps us from accessing this vision and ultimately, our destiny, is fear, lack and separation. These emotions are held in place by their energetic

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After oxygen, water is the body’s most important nutrient. Water is key to the basic functioning of our bodies on a cellular level. The internet has a lot of information about the body’s water needs and the importance of clean water for our health. You can also find the report from your local water company detailing the analysis of your water. It is up to you to take control of your

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PurityThe water you drink should be clean, free from toxic materials, but contain minerals your body requires. Distilled and de-ionized water is not optimal. If you put gold fish in these waters they die. Reverse osmosis and alkalinizing systems break up the water molecule. Whole house systems do not take out fluoride effectively. Even if your water supplier does not add fluoride, it is in most ground water in Florida, along with numerous pharmaceuticals, agricultural and industrial chemicals and more. Water purification systems like the Berkey Water Purifiers eliminate or significantly reduce toxins, para-sites, biological contaminates and more, while leaving the minerals the body requires.

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The psychiatrist Dr. Maurice Bucke

coined the term, "cosmic conscious-

ness" in 1901. Bucke argued that

consciousness evolved from the

"simple consciousness" of animals,

through the "self-consciousness" of humans with

their capacity for abstract thought, to the "cos-

mic consciousness" attained, so far, only by a few

particularly advanced individuals, but which, he

believed, will eventually be shared by most of

humanity as evolution progresses. Bucke wrote

that cosmic consciousness shows the cosmos "as

entirely immaterial, entirely spiritual and entirely

alive; it shows that death is an absurdity, that ev-

eryone and everything has eternal life; it shows

that the universe is God and God is the universe;

and that no evil ever did or ever will enter into it."1

My first experience of what seemed to be cosmic

consciousness happened after being hypnotized

in a stage show by the late Ormond McGill. Al-

though walking after dark, my surroundings

seemed to be illuminated and my movements

were without conscious effort. This was accom-

panied by sensations of elevation, joy, connec-

tion and infinite optimism. McGill taught numer-

ous techniques to enable mastery

over one's subjective experience

and the development of cosmic

consciousness.2

It is vital to develop the skill of

directing one's thoughts and ac-

tions. An Eastern proverb describes

the mind as a "jumpy monkey:" the

more you try and control it, the

jumpier it gets. Instead, become a

witness to one's thoughts. A tech-

nique to change emotional habits

is to imagine oneself on the left

with a negative emotion such as

impatience, and notice what can

1 R.M. Bucke, Cosmic Consciousness, Innes& Sons, Philadelphia, 1901, p. 14.

2 Ormond McGill and Shelley Stockwell,The Search for Cosmic Consciousness,Creativity Unlimited, Rancho Palos Verdes,2001.

CosmicConsciousness

for Everyday LifeB Y D A V I D B O T S F O R D

THE COSMOS

"...entirely immaterial, entirely

spiritual and entirely alive; it shows

that death is an absurdity, that every-

one and everything has eternal life; it

shows that the universe is God and God

is the universe; and that no evil ever

did or ever will enter into it."

[Dr. Maurice Bucke]


be seen and heard. Then visualize oneself on

the right being patient and closely observe the

details of what that is like. Do the same with

emotions such as happy/unhappy, mean/kind,

stupid/brilliant, and so on. Become familiar

with all the versions of oneself on the left and

right. Let those on the left fade and become

one with those on the right. This will transform

habitual emotions to those of tranquility.

Practice a mindful meditation in which you be-

come conscious of every experience. Breathe in

deeply and consciously note the breath hit the

nostrils and enter the lungs. Feel it as complete-

ly as possible. At the point just before exhaling,

where there is no breath, observe the moment

closely. Then consciously exhale and notice

the breathless point just before inhaling again.

These moments between the breaths connect

us with our immortal self and are the pathway

to cosmic consciousness.

In order to achieve cosmic consciousness itself,

go outside on a cloudless night, look at the

stars and imagine becoming one with them.

Play spiritual music such as Sri Swamiji's CD,

Celestial Message. Cup hands over ears, press

in gently and chant the God-sound

"OM" six times, breathing deeply in

and out. Still gazing at the sky, low-

er the hands, go silent and listen.

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us![Ralph Waldo Emerson]

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As we plumb deeper and deeper into the center of ourselves to answer these questions, waves of thought ever dissolve into vast nothingness. Here the very concept of a higher power dissolves again into the nothingness. Realistic versions and visions of everything: dark, light, good, bad, time, timeless-ness. All of these cancel themselves in an energetic dream-like play of consciousness full of drama, fear, and delight–ever epic, full of life's stories–then dissolution, ever-changing into nothing, ever-lasting.

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create with your light matrix. The Universe is a holographic model of light and we are a manifestation of its force. The energy that creates our physical body is light, gravitationally forced into form. That light is comprised of our spectrum. We live in a co-creative process superimposing cosmic consciousness over nature. We embody this energy to create our physical. The hu-man being is a color harmonic energy-based sys-tem within the light matrix, evolving rhyth-mically through movement and balance.

It's very possible to enhance health and well-being with light and sound frequencies. There is no reason for the body to deteriorate on any level. A natural system of lights exists within our bod-ies. These lights are generated within the DNA of each cell and are amplified and broadcast as a way to communicate with other cells.

It has been demonstrated that focused light frequencies, applied to the body and directed at different point zones of the body, have a charge and an electromagnetic effect on the bio-energy system. Light can reduce pain caused by certain types of imbalances as well as reduce the impact of physical and emotional stress. Let's take jet lag, for example. Air travel and X-rays create a disturbance that is often underestimated. These rays are not found in nature nor are they found in our energy matrix systems. There are invisible rays of energy that impact us at the cellular level and disturb normal bonding and equilibrium within our atomic structures. They inter-rupt the flow of information to the meridian channel and when light and sound are combined with the perfect and adequate geo-metric form it will re-balance the complete body. During flights,

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Raised on a small chicken farm by former Mennonite parents, I witnessed clever solutions to everyday problems on a regular basis. With vise-grip pliers, some hay bailing wire and a screw-driver, my father could fix anything. Moreover, he built new contraptions that made his work easier and more efficient. For instance, by mounting a wooden tub and an old motor on a two by twelve board, then connecting them with an old tractor belt, he made what was probably the first electric ice cream maker. I aspired to be like him partly because I admired his resourceful-ness, but mostly to gain his approval and love.

My mother was equally clever, making dresses from feed sacks and stretching food to feed a family of eight with meager re-sources. Quick to laugh, even in difficult times, and always steadfast in her religious beliefs, I thought she was an amazing person. What I wanted to emulate most though, was her kind-ness. She treated friends and strangers with genuine respect and care. Of course, being like her guaranteed her approval as well.

I strived to be like some of my uncles and aunts for a different reason. When times were hard for us, they let my mother and me fill our jugs with milk from their dairy farm tanks, gather eggs from the hen house, and help ourselves to outgrown clothes and toys. Their charity was beautifully gracious and seemed to give them great satisfaction. Knowing how their generosity made me feel, I wanted to give that gift to others.

I was told as a child that I should also aspire to be like God. That challenge brought mixed feelings since the description I was given of Him as a jealous, often angry, and always judgmen-tal tyrant made it hard for me to like the Guy, much less aspire to be like Him.

Reflecting on these childhood memories caused me to notice I was always aspiring to something outside myself. A small won-der since I was constantly reminded I was a lowly sinner in need of constant forgiveness and redemption. With that self-image, why would I aspire to be like me?

What a relief to learn a different story! To see that only my per-ception of God and myself was flawed. Though changing life-long held beliefs requires daily practice, the results are amazing. The peacefulness, gratitude, and joy that come with the knowl-

edge that life is happening for me, not to me, has transformed every aspect of my being.

I aspire now, not to an outside power, but simply to see more clearly each day that I am that Power. I am perfection. I am the physical manifestation of a Divine Loving Creator. I am—and that's always enough.

Born in Marshallville Ohio, Oral now resides in Winter Springs, Florida. His hobbies of writing and art complement his never-ending quest for spiritual growth. He is co-leader of a local writ-ers group, and organizer of a monthly spiritual discussion group. He has been published in the Dream Flight newsletter in London England, Deaf Digest, and Velocity Magazine. He won first place and tied for third place in the Poetry Ensemble of Orlando’s annual poetry contest. Please see both of Oral’s ads, one below and one next page.


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Not long ago, I traveled to the beautiful West coast of Florida to enjoy the powdery white beaches and began to

film an upcoming episode of my show Live Your Passion ... On Location. I like to make a point of combining both work and play as often as possible.

While on my trip I was reminded of how keeping myself completely open and con-nected to God, Source, a Higher Power is the only way for my life to unfold easily and purposefully. While I agree that a certain amount of planning is necessary when traveling to a different city, I also like to remain open and flexible to explore the infinite possibilities that life has in store for me.

After filming some of the city area, it was now late afternoon and time soon to head back home to Winter Park. Then a series of synchronistic events unfolded that made this trip even more enjoyable and exciting than it already had been.

Before leaving the West coast, we stopped at the Tourist Information and Visitors Cen-ter to pick up some literature about the city. I asked a woman at the Visitors Center if she could recommend any off the beaten path kind of areas that would be worth exploring for our next trip back. She recommended I explore a small Creative Arts Community in the downtown area and named a delightful garden café and gallery she thought I might enjoy. She even pulled out a map and showed me how to get there.

After leaving the Visitors Center with the intention of driving home, I began to feel extremely curious about the café the woman mentioned in the Artist Community. We

decided to drive by the area before getting on the in-terstate just to briefly get an idea of where it was lo-cated before head-ing home. I imme-diately saw the café and it looked to be closed. We drove past it and con-tinued down the street. Something told me to go back. We circled around the block and de-cided to go inside. To our surprise it was still open.


Guided by a Higher PowerI encourage you to ask

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enjoy sharing with the world in your own unique way.

Remain open-minded andexpect an answer to be

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I was greeted by a warm and inviting smile from Kathryn, the owner. I immediately knew why I was guided to this café. Kath-ryn has a beautiful peaceful energy you can immediately feel. Her business has an ambience of charm, tranquility and cozi-ness. Kathryn and I instantly connected and she shared her inspiring story of how she came to open her successful business. It became clear to me while sipping tea and feeling Kathryn's genuine enthusiasm that there couldn't be a more perfect guest to interview for my upcoming episode. Kathryn is a true testimony of someone living their passion in life.

On the drive home I reflected on how just a couple weeks prior I had set the inten-tion of finding a truly inspiring guest on Florida's West coast to interview. I realized how important it is to stay open and al-low ourselves to be guided by God or, if you prefer, a Higher Power. When we have an intention and allow the flow of events to unfold naturally we can stumble across an experience or opportunity that is even more wonderful than we had imagined.

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Natural Law never changes. It remains constant and in rhythm no matter where and who we are, no matter what we do. I believe these Natural Laws apply to us if we are in this plane of vibration or in any other plane of vibration. That is, these laws exist if we are living here or if we no longer use this flesh but are living in another plane of vibration.

The Law of Rhythm is what keeps our earth in the sequence it needs to be for our different stages or cycles of being. The Natural Law of Cycles of Periodicity is al-ways in effect to determine the frequency of all events of nature. Natural law never changes and is used the same on all planes that we know about, but in different de-grees. Every individual lives under the si-lent direction of Natural Law.

The more closely we follow Natural Law and its dictates and live in cooperation with it, the more natural and successful we become. Thought, as a manifesta-tion in the mind of people, is the main incentive to continue and go forward in our lives. The mind expands and grows or deteriorates constant to the habitual or predominant ideals and desires.

Rhythm helps us to figure out what needs to be done; we also need to understand when to make our moves or decisions. A few years ago, I decided to start a small group program at our church here in Or-lando. It was the right thing to do, but

it failed. Why? The timing was wrong. I had not recognized that we had devel-oped too few lead-ers to support the launch. Years later, when we tried again, the program was very successful. It was all a matter of timing, a mater of The Universal Law of Rhythm. (To lead yourself, use

your head; to lead others, use your heart.) When we do the right things at the right times, we almost always have success. We are in rhythm with the laws of the uni-verse and all things seem to take place, or fall into place, as they should be for our success.

I read the following poem about Natural Laws and thought it was worth repeating:

Natural LawIt is beyond the powers of finite man,

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It is the power that keeps the worlds in orderly course,

It is limitless space, omnipresence,omnipotence, and omniscience,

It is Infinite Intelligence.

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Many of us go through life searching endlessly for our purpose–our

reason for waking up each morning that moti-vates us to achieve our goals. Some of us em-bark on a mission in search of our calling. Some hope to discover that way in which we can make an impact or lasting impression upon this earth. Sometimes in life, we run into that one person who in-spires us to follow our calling; the one person that serves as our mo-tivation and captures our desire to excel. The people we meet that inspire us serve as living proof of what is possible to achieve in life. That is when inspiration turns to aspiration.

While in school, I spent my final semester immersed in indepen-dent study in Classical and Con-temporary Chinese Medicine and the works of many influential writers. Frustrated with Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which has become very watered down, simplistic and Westernized, I sought out to learn what was missing in my education. TCM, taught in most schools today, lacks the original theories taught in the Classics and only scratches the surface. I knew there was more to the medicine than met the eye. Fortunately, I was one of the few students lucky enough to have the chance to study with Dr. Leon Hammer, psychologist and founder of Contemporary Chi-


nese Medicine and Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis.

In walks a diminutive elderly gentle-man, clad in a flannel shirt, cardigan and

corduroy pants. He reminds me of Mr. Rog-ers. The minute you look into his eyes you

feel the kindness in his heart, the compassion in his smile, and the genuineness in his words. Here is a man who was given an amazing gift and is truly inspired. He teaches through stories, the traditional way of teaching Chinese Medicine, passed down to him through the Menghe-Ding lineage. His passion is nothing short of conta-gious.

As Dr. Hammer sits down in front of each patient, you notice that he is honing in on not what the patient is telling him, but what is their unspoken cry for help. The sensations he feels in each pa-tient’s pulse tell him a deeper story in which he connects symptoms and conditions to the their life from past to present. He teaches both stu-dents and practitioners how to look at the big-ger picture–not to focus on the patient’s disease but the process that created it. He challenges his students to investigate which life events, trau-mas, toxins or emotions created the patient’s vulnerability that ultimately led to illness. Dr. Hammer taught us how to become sensitive and compassionate healers, to focus on prevention of disease, and learn to read between the lines.

Dr. Hammer continues to inspire students and practitioners all around the world and teaches them how to find that missing piece. His inspiration has led to my aspiration to pursue my pas-sion of healing. Through him, I found my reason for choosing this profession. I now aspire to help as many patients as I can, utilizing the knowledge that has been passed down to me. I hope that one day I may be an inspiration to future generations so I may give back and teach students what has been pas-sionately taught to me.

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Inspiration: The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something.Aspiration: A hope or ambition of achieving something.

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R eaching to a higher quality of life for the individual and for all is vi-

tal at this time in the history of our existence. For all who are willing, it is imperative for each individual to expand to a greater quality of life in all areas of mind, body and spirit. It is equally important to reach the highest standard one can imagine in all physical realm aspects of daily life. This includes work life, relationship with oneself, relationships with other people and things, money, physical health, re-ligious limitations and world view. This growth is designed for the individual and the sum. Each one of us individually co-creates our own positive outcome.

While many talk of the changes, few have spoken about what they are personally doing to go with this flow and en-sure their own positive outcome. From the Indigo perspec-tive, which some think can be similar to ADD, I am able to juggle being a student of existence and to perform my ever-evolving blueprint that is my individual life mission. What I have done is to first educate myself with knowledge both through discernment and through directly receiving wisdom, which comes forth through spiritual channels. This version of self-schooling has provided me with a perfect class setting for my soul's continuing and eternal growth. This 're-membering' period within my own wheel of existence has proven to be a perfectly custom designed personal cur-riculum. My inner lessons become a stream of conscious-ness. As I re-awaken, the pressure to understand melts away and a knowing sinks in ever deeper, in each moment. The time frame ever expands, until I realize it is eternal. It is Divine Time Management.

This type of growth is highly personal and is the most in-dividualized learning method. Quality of life is the happy side-effect. Reaching to higher qualities of one's life can be summed up as creating joy in each moment through know-ing that the lessons are real, that this is all based on a learn-ing curve, and that the most positive results are guaranteed for everyone who is willing to absolutely participate whole-heartedly.

Since it is each our own responsibility to reach our highest quality of life, we must learn to teach each of ourselves first.

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Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can be a fright-ening experience, especially if it is an advanced form of cancer, however such a diagnosis is not a death sentence, nor does it mean one cannot

reverse it completely. On its deepest level, it is an opportunity to change negative elements in our lives which are not life-giving to the body.

There are many aspects in our lifestyle of today which can cause and/or feed cancer, and one of the main culprits is toxicity. We hear through the news media that we live in a very toxic environment, but do we give serious thought to how toxic it really is, how this affects us physically, and what we can do to eliminate many of these toxins?

To begin, when it comes to our food we must ask, it is unprocessed, is it natural, is it alive, is it raw, and is it organic?

When one examines the standard American diet, it almost never meets any of the above criteria. The majority of food consumed in this country is pro-cessed and filled with additives and chemicals–in other words, toxins. Rather than support the life of the body, they take from the life of the body by slowly diminishing the effectiveness of the immune system, filling the body with toxins, and thus, we have the array of diseases we have today, including the escalating diagnosis of cancer.

Red meat, poultry, fish and dairy products are filled with steroids, antibiotics and chemicals. Fresh fruits and vegetables, which are not organic, contain pes-ticides and many are GMO (Genetically Modified Organism). “Foods” from a box, bag, can or jar usu-ally contain a list of ingredients (additives) and so we have to ask, where is the life-giving, living nutri-tion? When we add sugar and artificial sweeteners to all this, this is all toxic to the body. All the above have a cumulative effect in the body and over time,


these toxins affect the cellular level of our bod-ies altering the DNA structure, and here begins the compromising of the immune system and therefore, the genesis of disease.

Then we have to look at bodycare products: toothpaste, soaps, shampoo, cosmetics, etc. It is important to read the labels. They reveal the truth. Are we aware that on most tooth-paste products it says not to give to children under six years of age? What is the message here, and what is being put in these products that we cannot even give them to our young children? The chemicals in toothpaste or from other bodycare products are absorbed into the body through the mucous lining of the mouth or through the skin and these chemicals go di-rectly to the liver.

The liver is so over-taxed that it cannot remove all the toxins from the body if we continually feed it more. And this does not begin to cover the external environment with its many levels of toxicity. To begin to reverse this toxic over-load, as well as cancer, it is important to change the way we eat. Moving to an organic, living, raw, plant-based diet is key. It is in eating this way that the body receives the many levels of nutrients and micro-nutrients that are critical for reversing cancer and other diseases.

Yes, this requires an enormous lifestyle change–a gradual process, yet it can be done. One has to consciously shop for and eat organ-ic foods and also buy body are products that are natural and not infused with chemicals.

It is also important to seek the advice and as-sistance of competent and knowledgeable healthcare providers who support this ap-proach to reversing cancer and disease. As mentioned in part one of this article (Septem-ber/October issue of Velocity Magazine, page 12; visit http://ReadVelocity,com), few M.D.s are educated in this arena. Consider a doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. They are educated and trained in natural and holistic approaches to reversing disease.1

Personally, I know three people who reversed advanced stages of cancer all naturally and through eating an organic, raw diet. One man was dying in the hospital with stage four cancer. He left the hospital and began a plant-based diet and other holistic therapies and now is 100% cured. That was in 1984. It can be done.

If considering the medical approach to treating cancer, we have to know well the full and extensive effects che-motherapy and radiation have on the body. Both significantly compromise the

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immune system which is already under stress from the cancer and a toxic body, and both frequently effect one or more major organs. In addition, each can have debilitating effects on other body systems as a side-effect of the che-motherapy, and how long will the chemo be effective. six months, one year or completely?

If considering a natural and holistic approach, realize there are few to no side-effects as with the medical model. There are holistic health centers around the world that reverse cancer through natural approaches only and are hav-ing far greater success, even with people who have advanced cancer.

In the end, we must follow our heart and our truth, however I would add, let us not think that there is only one model available to treat-ing cancer. There are others, and a natural and holistic approach is one powerful and proven model. B’jaia’s nursing career traverses more than 40 years touching upon many aspects of healthcare. Soon after graduation, he went to Bolivia and worked among the indig-enous peoples for four years. Moving to Boston upon his return, he worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burn Institute for Children. While pursuing further studies, he worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. For the past ten years, he has worked at Leesburg Regional Medical Center. He holds a certificate in Holistic Nursing and pur-sues this aspect of his career with a passion. If you would like to get in touch with him, please email him at: RNHolisticNurse@e m b a r q m a i l .com.

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We all share a common desire to attain success in our endeavors, but more than anything we all

seek peace, we all seek happiness and we all seek love. Without these how do we even begin to search, then find, our true spiritual natures? The spiritual wisdom of the three “Sister Sciences” of the Ve-das of India–Yoga, Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology–reveal the keys for attaining these goals. Everything is possible when we connect with that Supreme energy that lives within each one of our hearts. The Creator is within us, as well as con-trols the entire creation from without. Vedic astrology unlocks the destiny of the soul, letting us understand our past and present, as well as the probable course of our future. It is the window into the karma that we brought with us into this life, allowing us to explore the movement of our souls from the previous to present incarnations. Most importantly, it helps us to learn how to shape our destiny by acting in ways that suit each one of us as individuals. Thus it reveals our true purpose in life, and what road we need to take in life to feel fulfilled. Whatever the question, career, financial stability, health, relationships or our true purpose in this lifetime, Ve-dic Astrology has the answer.

Ayurveda is now emerging as one of the most important mind, body, and spirit healing systems in today’s mod-ern world. This ancient pre-Hindu sci-ence, said to be well over 5,000 years old, is considered to be the Mother of all Medicines. Ayur or ayus translates from the Sanskrit term meaning life. Veda is knowledge or science and comes from the same ancient tradition as Yoga and Ve-dic Astrology. It is as complex and thor-ough as the traditional Chinese medical system. Ayurveda is considered to be a component of universal law and, there-fore, a timeless wisdom. Ayurveda uses the building blocks of existence ether, air, fire, water and earth elements–and studies their unique qualities. The five elements are manifest in the body as three basic principles known as the tri-dosha or Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Doshas are present in every living cell. When we

are healthy, they are in balance. Through everyday stresses of life, imbalances oc-cur and we get ill. These energies affect us on a physical, mental and emotional level and influence all that we are and do. Both Vedic Astrology and Ayurveda use specific herbs, gems and mantras to help one speed up the healing process and teach how to maintain one’s health.

Yoga, the third sister science, survives today not only as the oldest and most holistic mind-body health system, but it is, by far, one of the most popular meth-ods to reduce stress. Literally translated from the Sanskrit language, it means union, and it aims to unite physical, mental and spiritual well-being. It natu-rally induces spiritual awareness, deep relaxation, mental tranquility, concen-

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All three sister sciences recognize that we do not all tread the same path, but we all need higher knowledge and a life road map to attain peace and harmony, which in the end is what we all really desire.

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"Sound can heal us." That statement grabbed my attention 12 years ago as I wandered by a crowded booth displaying brightly colored tuning forks at the Dallas International New Age Tradeshow.

"Huh?" I uttered. ("Huh" is probably not one of the sounds that can heal us, but we're still learning.)

Rather than responding verbally to my less than eloquent question, two gold colored tuning forks were held up to my ears. The sound was stunning, vibrant, gentle, earthy, ALIVE.

I'm sure I did then what now I've seen thousands of others do. I sighed, "Oh!" I closed my eyes, became completely still and effortlessly focused all my attention on the sound, silently wishing it would never end. When I found myself again, my eyes were rolled back, forehead tilted toward the heavens and I was completely relaxed and peaceful.

"Wow, what is this?" I asked. (I've devel-oped a personal theory that these vibra-tions initially cause us to revert to a second grade vocabulary, but that's for another time.) The sparkly shen-filled women holding the forks smiled knowingly and played them again for my hungry ears.

"This is 'Ohm‚'" she cooed. "All these forks are tuned to the Music of the Spheres. This is Harmonic Medicine and its called Acutonics.® Do you want to hear more?"

"Yes, please," my eight-year-old self begged.

That 45-second experience was to be the start of my new career and a most satisfy-ing and happy shift in my life path.

During the next two years, I enrolled and participated in many Acutonics classes. I studied, read and practiced on my fam-ily and friends. My first patient‚ was my three-year-old autistic son (I am ex-cited to share his healing journey through Acutonics in the next Velocity publica-tion). I witnessed changes and healings unexplainable in just one treatment, yet patients always wanted more, scheduling in advance and acquiring gift certificates for loved ones. As I continued to study, I became an Acutonics® Certified Practi-tioner and Teacher and in 2006 was asked to join the advisory council of the Kairos Institute, the developers of Acutonics Sys-tem of Sound Healing. Shortly thereafter, I began teaching the entire certification program.

My days were filled giving Acutonics at-tunements and traveling all over the United States, introducing and teaching this extraordinary healing modality. The majority of my students are massage ther-apists and acupuncturists, all who receive national continuing education credits for the course work. It was my acupunctur-ist students who enticed me to also go to acupuncture school, and for their exam-ple, I am eternally grateful.

Acutonics is a blend of Eastern medicine and Western science. The word itself conveys this: "Acu" for acupuncture and "tonics" for tone or sound. In a nut-shell, an Acutonics attunement consists of

precision calibrated tuning forks being applied to acupuncture points to access the body's meridian and chakra energy systems. The tones are derived through mathematical calculations of the hertz or the speed of each planet's orbit and are accurate to 1/100th of a hertz. This is the Music of the Spheres which Py-thagoras postulated is always humming in the heavens. I believe the Music of the Spheres is a primary generator of heavenly qi, the same qi that is harvested into the body in practices such as Qi Gong. By feeding this natural qi vibration directly into meridian systems, resetting and re-formatting back to the genesis occurs and healing manifests. The experience is com-pletely relaxing and enjoyable, it is non-invasive and patients remain completely clothed throughout the session.

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I did not realize how becoming a dancer could transform me until I stumbled upon a picture taken of me before I began my healing journey. Although I was smiling in the

picture, my soul was hurting. I could clearly see there was an essence missing. That light that once resided in me had been covered by imbalance. I could not believe the transformation that occurred through dance. Healing can be viewed as an inner journey toward awareness and growth that encourages the person to view challenges and circumstances differently. Through dance, I connected to the sacred source within.

Connecting to the source within is part of the rhythm of na-ture. There is a space between our minds and our hearts. The space is our sacred space, our source. It is also within this space that we heal, transform, and become. We can get to this space through all forms of expression. For me, I get to this sacred source through dance.

Dance is a form of expression that provides my body with per-mission to release, explore, gain knowledge and connect to the wisdom of my ancestors. Dance provides my sacred space to facilitate healing. Through the beat of the music, I connect to the pulse of Mother Earth and begin my inner journey toward awareness and growth. I begin my shamanic journey as I dance in spirit, as I dance in divine essence and beauty. The sacred energy spirals through my hands up through my heart, where I connect to the oldest rhythm–my heartbeat. I begin to dance with my ancestors. It is here where the truest essence of heal-ing is present. I can see it, feel it, and honor it.

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With life shifting and changing dramatically from one week to the next, even from one day to the next, what can we hold onto? What is our anchor? The earth beneath? And what if that begins

to shake and quake? Can we hold onto anyone? Anything? All there truly is is ourselves–not the roles we have or our jobs, but the inner essence of who we really are, that which is a part of all there is, that which is connected to the essence of everyone and everything--our Divine spirit. The aspiration to connect with that Divine aspect, to that higher part of ourselves, is our quest here on the earth plane. Think about it. In all that we do, we are searching to align with something that is in effect greater than the individual ego or mind with which we identify as who we are. I recall a prayer I learned from my dear yoga teacher Wanda: Not the body, not the mind, immortal self I am.

Think of the awe that is inspired within you by the beauty and magnificence of nature--flowers, mountains, trees, the ocean, the awesome creatures, humankind. How can one doubt that there is a force greater than ourselves, a force or energy that is in everything and everyone? The more we see and feel that sense of oneness and connection, the more calm, peaceful and centered we begin to feel. No matter what is occurring around you, take a breath, and look for that common essence. Feel it in your heart and in your bones. As the earth rocks and reels under the powerful planetary and cosmic influences that are creating unprecedented shifts in our world, that omnipresent essence is truly the only thing we can hold onto.

If we examine what has been occurring in our nation and our world over the past year, we can see how the 4 energy of 2011 (2+0+1+1=4) has been playing out. In numerology, a "4" year is a time to implement needed changes in order to create a stable foundation in all areas of our life and our world. "Four is the number of matter. Quartets tend to be extremely solid and stable and concerned with immutable constructions such as the 4 seasons, the 4 elements, and the 4 main points of the compass. The cube, with its 4-sided base, top and sides, represents both stability and rigidity in magical geometry and architecture." (from Numerology by David V. Barrett, p.19). In Simple Numerology, Damian Sharp asserts that the challenge of number 4 is "to overcome laziness, inflexibility, lack of imagination and fear of change. It cautions against imposing too many restrictions upon both ourselves and others. It is also a challenge to find the means to lay a solid foundation and find stability and security in life...." (p.113) Connecting with the spark of the Divine within ourselves and within everyone and everything creates inner security as opposed to relying on outer circumstances.

Again, examining the past year, in our nation we see a desire to create stability, but fear, stubbornness and resistance to change seems to be blocking any real change, but on a smaller scale, grass roots movements are creating new structures in areas many have become disillusioned with such as food production and alternative healthcare. In parts of the world, we see revolution as rigid systems are cracking open because the stability has been too rigid and oppressive. How does the "4" energy apply to what has been occurring in your life? Take time to review this past year as we prepare to step into a "5" year with 2012 bringing freedom, change, excitement, progressive thinking, and inner awareness. Let us see how this will play out in these amazing times ahead! Utilize the affirmations for your

Sun sign and Moon sign to assist you in negotiating these times!

ARIES (March 19-April 19) I bet you feel like you have been taking a crash course on deepening your self-awareness over the past few months. Although you have encountered some very real challenges to the status quo of what you have been used to, you have continued to move forward increasing your sense of self-empowerment one step at a time. It may not be easy or comfortable, but you are gradually making the changes that have been needed for a while. Feel good about your progress and your accomplishments. Take some time to be quiet each day to attune more fully to your inner self in gratitude and in a place of greater awareness of who you truly are. AFFIRMATION: I trust the process of life. All is well in my world. I am relaxed and peaceful.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) If you are feeling somewhat scattered and fragmented, do whatever you need to do in order to ground and center yourself in this moment. When we feel pressure from the numerous demands of life and find ourselves in a constant state of tension, it is time to slow down. Consciously ground yourself by planting your feet on the earth. Now take some long deep breaths to align with the the Earth's grounding energy and to attune to the internal rhythms of your body, your breath, your heartbeat. Then, with clear intention, tackle the next thing that needs to be done. AFFIRMATION: I feel a solid connection to the Earth beneath my feet. My mind is calm and focused. One day at a time, my life flows with ease.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Ah yes! It is the holiday season, but make it your priority to take time for yourself. Take a little time each day to be still and connect to your inner self. Yes, you are very busy, but devoting a few moments each day to go within will help you cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace and strengthen your connection to your inner spirit. Think of the time spent as energy money in the bank! Your efforts now will create a foundation for the months ahead. AFFIRMATION: I trust that all is in Divine order. I allow myself to relax completely knowing that the highest aspect of myself is being expressed in all that I think, say and do.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) This is your power time, Cancer. Finally, you say! Yes, so use it well! It is okay to stand out and be noticed. You are the one who is usually hard at work behind the scenes, but now it is time to express more of who you are to the world. After a long period of deep inner work, feel good about your diligence, your progress and who you are! Let your beautiful, loving light shine for all the world to see! AFFIRMATION: Everyone loves, accepts and appreciates me for all that I am and all that I do. I love, accept and appreciate the wondrous light being that I am. LEO (July 23-Aug.22) We are all doing the very best we can in any given moment so don't be so hard on yourself or on others. Sometimes it is important to accept a person for who they are, warts and all! And it is essential that we work on accepting ourselves even if our lives don't seem to measure up to our own or someone else's standards or expectations. We are each already perfect in our own individual way. There is no need to strive to be perfect or to lead the perfect life. Acceptance of what is is the key. All is exactly as it should be. Enjoy it and strive to be the most magnificent aspect of who you are in each and every moment! AFFIRMATION: I rejoice

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"This too shall pass." AFFIRMATION: I have the power, strength and resources to handle everything life brings to me. Harmony surrounds me and confidence fills me as I step forward each moment.

AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.18) Remember that the people in your life love you and are very happy to support you. Do not hesitate to ask for the assistance you need and then allow yourself to receive it! You have been there for so many over the years, now it is your turn to be on the receiving end. Disappointments or hurts from the past may be surfacing to be healed. This is a new day and you deserve the love and support of those who are more than willing to give to you. Allow yourself to receive with an open, loving heart. AFFIRMATION: My heart is open to all that life has to offer me–loving friends, joyous experiences and release from the past.

PISCES (Feb.19-March 19) Take time to tune into the inner guidance you are receiving. Your intuitive channels are especially open and clear right now. Listen for the guidance, insights and validation that your inner knowingness wishes to offer. Listen to your heart. Listen to your gut feelings and you cannot go wrong. Take some time each day to tune into your breath. Rhythmic breathing can help you access your intuition by calming and centering your mind. AFFIRMATION: I breathe freely and fully allowing my mind and heart to receive messages, insights and inspiration from the very depths of my being.

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in who I am. I am a beautiful expression of life, flowing perfectly at all times.

VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) Feel good about your progress,

accomplishments and who you are. Maintain your center and your dignity no matter what and you will be treated with the respect you deserve.

Stand tall, not from a place of false pride, but instead as a

physical expression of your inner strength and your beautiful inner

light. Notice how your mood and confidence changes to become more

congruent with your posture and demeanor. You are a powerful God/Goddess. Allow your inner light to radiate from your heart and from your whole being! AFFIRMATION: I love and approve of myself. I recognize my own true worth and respect who I am. I am blessed and I am wonderful!

LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.22) Balance is your thing, Libra. Check to see where you seem to be out of balance. What area(s) of your life need to be brought back into equilibrium? Take some time as you begin this new year initiated by your birthday to assess the various areas of your life, both what is going on around you and in your thoughts. When we focus on a spiritual path, or any path for that matter, we cannot do so to the exclusion or neglect of everything else in our life. Strive towards balancing your attention to your physical body (including diet and physical activity), mind (your thoughts, obsessions, emotional health) and your spiritual pursuits. AFFIRMATION: I am deeply centered and peaceful in life. I am alive and joyous in everything that I do. All parts of my life integrate with ease.

SCORPIO (Oct.23-Nov.21) As you complete your personal year and begin anew with your birthday, observe what is happening within and around you. See others in your life as mirrors reflecting what you need to examine about yourself or your life. Also be aware of those who are reflecting your inner beauty. Dig deep. What is your inner knowingness telling you? Trust your gut feelings. Step forward into YOUR truth. If others disapprove or judge you (or if you think they do), they may be reflecting your own doubts or self-judgement. Examine your motives, your worries, and your wishes. Make the shifts and changes necessary to step forward empowered into your new year. AFFIRMATION: I easily assimilate all that I need to know and understand about myself. I feel my connection to the spirit within and to the Divine in all those in my life. I am blessed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec.21) Use your creativity and imagination to prepare for the year ahead. Your birthday initiates a whole new cycle. As you approach it, clean out the closets, take care of whatever pressing matters arise and begin to envision what you wish to see manifesting over the coming year. Your creative energy is particularly strong right now so use it to imagine what you desire to see unfold. Perhaps write about what you envision or use your creativity to make a vision board or journal. Allow your inspiration to guide you, expressing yourself in whatever medium feels right for you. AFFIRMATION: I allow the full power of my creativity to flow with ease and joy as I envision the life I desire. May it unfold effortlessly in line with the highest good of all.

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Take a deep breath, Capricorn! You are doing great! Even though you are dealing with some turmoil and events that have taken a different turn than expected, you are handling things quite well. It may not be what you want to do, but you are doing it! You are indeed a lot tougher, stronger and more resourceful than you think! One day at a time, take care of business. Remember,

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There are days I believe if I opened a vein, I would bleed pure love.

It truly is a spectacular feeling. It feels as though I am completely infused with the most delicious substance in the Uni-verse–so light, free, rich, magnificent, joyous, and much, much more. I want to give the whole, wide world a great, big hug!

I'm laughing as I write, be-cause I have come so far in just this one lifetime. How is it that a lonely, miserable misfit became so joy-filled? When did that hurt, rejected soul become a tower of Love, Light, and Laughter?

It all started when I met my guru.

My guru is so positively amazing! When I first met my guru, I had extremely low self-esteem. I was ac-customed to people treating me badly. It's sad, but I had come to expect it.

The very first thing my guru did was take the time to tell me all the good things about me, and not just once, either. Over and over, until I could really hear them, and many more times until I could ac-tually see them in me.

Can you imagine anything so wonderful? To have someone reach inside you, past all the messy stuff, to find all your goodness. Just imagine the experience. Then, to have someone tell you again and again how wonderful you re-ally are–can you imagine how

magical that is? It's a gift, and it's one of the reasons I love my guru so much.

My guru didn't stop there. My guru found all

of my hurt places and began helping me to heal them. The process has taken a while, but I fi-nally realized that's okay. Everything

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h a p -pen overnight, although some-times it does. My guru made sure I got the les-son out of every hurt.

My guru doesn't use a stick to drive lessons in, either. My guru is very gentle. If I am scared, my guru com-forts me. If I am resistant, my guru un-derstands that I need something before I can pro-ceed. My guru champions me when I am run-ning full-speed ahead, sitting quietly to listen, and everywhere in between. My guru has made it perfectly clear that I cannot do this thing called life. Wrong. It's an

experience, therefore what-ever experience I'm having is the right one right now.

No wonder I feel so much love! My guru

has helped me find the best in me and in life. I am so very blessed. I love my guru and know that my guru loves me.

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Perhaps you've guessed that I'm talking about my Inner Guru. Yes, the wonderful, loving, understanding, ap-preciative guru was here the whole time. I just needed a little help to find it. If you felt a twinge of envy while reading this, it just means your Inner Guru is waiting to love you even more.

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Survival after December 2012 is a matter of choice! It requires facing hard truths and making difficult choices. For most of us, physical survival will necessitate re-location to safe areas of the Earth, leaving behind what is known, familiar, and comfortable–including possessions and at-tachments (in the form of people, places, or things). This is the nature of the choice to be made.

Time is running out for those who do not have an active relocation and survival plan in place. This article will provide some im-portant facts to consider.

We all must decide what our position is in the matter or living or dying. The Spiritual Hierarchy estimated in 2006 that no more than 0.07% of all the world’s population would make the choices and the arrange-ments that would ensure their survival post-2012 (that is 7 out of every 10,000 people). The Master Kuthumi stated bluntly “…there is no place in the events of 2012 for mass survival strategies that will keep alive frightened, negative people who will then succumb to disease. They are better to die.”

Kuthumi recommended that people form groups that would together relocate to the safe areas of the planet (North of 65 degrees latitude, and parts of Australia or New Zealand). Survival chances improve with groups that share resources and skills.

The nature of the Earth Changes is a shift in the planet’s axis (pole shift) that will result in displacement of the oceans and cause massive coastal flooding and perma-nent submersion of parts of the Earth. This means locating far from the coastal areas, large bodies of water, and river basins. Rising sea levels will cause water to flow inland following rivers that empty into the

oceans, and their tributary rivers. Areas of higher el-

evation, well above sea level, will be safer.

It is important to avoid cities, large towns, or densely populated areas. Gro-

cery and store shelves will empty practically

overnight. Shortages of food and everything else

will occur immediately. It is best to locate in rural areas

with plenty of land for growing food. Knowledge of horticulture, agriculture, and farming will prove useful.

Consider locations where a variety of farms already exist, growing a variety of edible crops. (Avoid single crop areas, such as corn or wheat farms). In any case, it is vitally im-portant to be living in areas where farms and gardens can flourish.

Realize you may need to survive (immedi-ately or later) without the electrical grid. You will have to accumulate supplies of food, water, and other provisions. I am hearing those who sell survival supplies already have popular items on back order.

You may consider searching out via the In-ternet those who are inviting others to join their survival groups. Intentional commu-nities can be sought at http://ic.org. If you wish to be considered for the KORUNA com-munity planned for Lapland (Finland), you must travel to Nellim for an interview with the Administrator by the mid-November 2011 deadline. Strict vegetarianism is man-datory. You must be able to pay your own travel expenses in 2012, if accepted.

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Diane is author of The Gathering, a book of poems ad-dressing life’s addictions, co-dependencies and obsessions. Her workbook on anger management, Shut the Duck Up, has been used with great success at Anthony House, a homeless shelter formerly housed in Zellwood, Florida. Please see ad this page.

I am the sun. I am the moon, the stars and all galaxies be-yond. I am the joy. I am the pain. I am the illness and the wellness. I am the peace and war within. I am the problem and the solution. All you need do is look and believe in me and I will provide you all your answers. You see they are not that far away. They are in the mirror you call your soul. Often you fail to see them because they are masked by guilt and blame. You judge me, then you crucify me for the truth you fail to claim.

You accuse me of desertion in your greatest time of need, but in truth it is YOUR ship you've abandoned. And it is I who is on my knees. Know that I will love you no mat-ter what you do. This world is just a classroom that you will learn from and grow through. Some lessons may seem harsh as some are easy to, but all are meant as blessings. The gifts of life I have given to you.

It is your choice as to how you perceive them. The reality is the illusion, a game, a masquerade. It is your decision to disprove them or embrace them in my name. Again I will always love you no matter what you do. For you are all my children –red, yellow, black or white. It is love that will create the rainbow to bridge us through this strife. So gather ye together in a circle hand in hand and stretch your thoughts and consciousness as though you were a rubber band. Feel your hearts are growing beyond that personal touch, and know that when together you can accomplish Oh, so much!

Stop the pollution of my water, my air and earth that's good. Preserve this land of plenty and join in a brotherhood. Free-will is my ultimate gift and I have given it to all of you. So unite in an acceptance of each and every point of view. Learn that co-existence is to be a celebrated lesson. To agree to disagree will be your greatest lesson.

Now I have a simple question I'm going to pose to you. If you feel that you don't know me, here's all you have to do: look into the bathroom mirror. And you will see that I AM YOU.

Our lives seem to be spinning out of con-trol. Our economies are crumbling. Our leaders are indecisive on coming to any agreements on what is best for all con-cerned. Our churches are at odds using their God or their understanding of God as the best solution. So I decided to ask God, "WHO ARE YOU? "

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Long ago I was a teacher in a high school setting. The editor of the school newspaper asked the teachers a ques-tion. The question was this: What type of Hal-loween costume would you wear to represent your teaching style? It didn't take me long to re-ply that I would dress as Glenda, the good witch of the East, from the Wizard of Oz. I sure didn't want to be known by the students as the wicked witch of the West!

Glenda, as you may remember, came to the people of Munchkin Land in a ball of light. She materialized and placed the ruby slippers upon Dorothy's feet. She then left as she ar-rived–in a ball of light.

Looking back I have come to realize why I chose Glenda. She represented to me my Higher Self or Higher Power. In my job as a teacher, I sometimes needed a representation of good to magically appear bringing in the light so that I could re-main loving in the midst of turmoil.

Today, I realize that I can call upon my Higher Power when-ever I need a helping hand. Our Higher Power is that part of us that is always connected to Spirit. Other names for this Higher Power are God, Divine Goddess, Pure Being, and Allah, to name a few. In fact, there are over 1000 names for God!

At some point, I'm sure that we all have felt like a big boulder was directly in front of us blocking our path to our good. It seems as if there is no way around this giant obstacle, and we begin to bemoan our plight. When we find ourselves in such a position, it is not pleasant for us., however the more we go on and on about our challenge, negative emotions will begin to generate and multiply. By being so immersed in our emotions we allow our reactive mind to control us and the boulder remains squarely in our path.

Whenever we find ourselves with a challenge it is impor-tant to turn within and ask our Higher Power to come for-ward. We begin to turn the situation around by surrender-ing. We surrender our raw emotions of resentment, anger and frustration surrounding the situation. Then we call

upon our Higher Power and begin to pray, meditate and visual-ize. By turning to prayer and meditation we begin trusting that our Higher Power will give us an answer to the situation that is causing us such sorrow.

Today I know that I can call upon my Higher Power expressed as my Christ Self, however whenever I feel whimsical I can visualize Glen-da. She places the ruby slippers upon my feet. I can click my ruby slippers three times and know that an answer to my challenge will be provided. It may come in a flash or days later, but I am assured the answer will come. Thank you God! Thank you Glenda! Thank you Higher Power!

Rev. Mary Blocher grew up in Huntington, Indiana and graduat-ed from Indiana University with a Master’s Degree in Education. In 2005, she was ordained by the Association of Unity Churches International. She was one of the ministers at Fellowship of Spirit in Farmington, New Mexico which is associated with the Interna-tional New Thought Alliance. In February, 2007, she became the minister at Unity Leesburg. Please see ad this page.


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What experience or person do you recall that helped you aspire to living a better, more fulfill-ing life? I could write about some of my role models while growing up as a child or later in my life. One came unexpectedly. I wear many hats: educator, licensed massage therapist, minister, energy healer, wife and sister. An-other important one is Life Teacher. Through-out my life, I learned many lessons which I share in my classes and with my clients. Here is a short and powerful teaching that I learned from an experience that happened many years ago. It gave me a new insight in daily living.

"It's just one of those days."

Eugene and I were camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is a beautiful area. On our last day, we awoke from a restless night of sleep. It rained the whole night. The heavy rain pounded on our tent all night. There were water puddles inside the tent and everything on the outside had sand on it. I am not at my best camping in the rain.

I was washing some pots and utensils at a water-spout. Seeing a woman standing in the rain without an umbrella or raincoat, I rushed through my water rins-ing. As I hurriedly gathered my things, some dropped in the sand again. I let the woman go ahead of me so she could fill up her water jug. "It's just one of those days," I commented. The woman was silent, but smiled. I had a sense she was our new neighbor at the campsite across from ours. I had briefly sworn when I awoke to a flooded, muddy mess. It was not one of my best days. It was not starting well and I needed to vent my disappointment and some free-floating anger.

After I rinsed my pots again, I walked back to my camp-site and I felt a light bulb go on inside my head. "It's just one of those days." What a comment. I realized what I had just done. I had set up my whole day with just one

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simple thought: "It's just one of those days."

That statement alone was preparing me to expect more of the same later in the rainy day. "Wait a minute," I thought. "I don't need to carry this particular energy and experience throughout my whole day. Let me replace that thinking with a higher thought. 'It is just one of those mo-ments.' That's better." "It is just one of those moments," vs. "It is just one of those days," . . . "It's just one of those lifetimes." I had had a bad moment. So what? It is better than setting myself up for a whole day of bad moments by saying, "It's just one of those days."

The woman at the water well did not feed and carry the

negative energy by agreeing with me. Many of the other campers would have carried my thought. At least twenty camp-sites were becoming empty from campers discouraged by the tor-rential rains.

This woman was an angel in dis-guise, I had guessed. Yes, she was our new neighbor across the way. Later while Eugene and I had breakfast under a tarp, I saw the woman once more. She looked over at me and smiled as she got in her car and rode away.

"No," I thought. "It's not one of those days. It was just one of those moments and it has passed." The rest of the day was wonderful.

©1991, 2011 excerpted from Dancing into Consciousness (Unpublished.)

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Yoga training is not focused totally on the body. Even the practice of hatha yoga that appears

to be body-oriented uses the body as an opening to access the boundaries and limitations that exist on the level of the mind.

Our bodies are directly tuned in to the natural laws. The invol-untary functions and instinctive activities of the body provide us the direct way to connect with our primal unity. The willful functions that we are capable of carrying out make part of our body be-long to the mind, carrying out our sus-tenance and survival in the external world while the in-voluntary func-tions carry out life-giving func-tions internally. Together they complete the one holistic sys-tem.

The polarity through which the body has come into exis-tence manifests through bodily functions and is maintained by inborn instinct which functions within the confines of pre-pro-grammed behavior patterns among various species of the animal kingdom. With the human body is born not just the instincts but the mind and a sense of separate ego–the individual self. This presents a whole new dimension in the unfolding of an evolving consciousness.

Your body can only be locally conscious–limited and confined to the universal, natural laws. The body has no facility to con-trol or direct the mind in the same way as the mind has control over the body, but what happens in the body, or what is made to happen in the body by the mind, does have a definite impact on the mind.

This is why I have chosen to use hatha yoga postures which deal with the body but use body postures only as an opening to a self-discovery that transcends the acquired limitations and boundar-ies in the ego-mind as well as those deposited in the body.

The spiritual unity that exists as the core of our being is the source from where the body-mind receives the spark of life, but the mind is the prime mover of external activities through its control

of the body. Will-ful actions can be in alignment with the natural laws or go against them. With the con-scious use of our physical and men-tal facilities and capacities we can transcend natural laws. That is our inherent potential for self-discovery.

We want to learn how to use the body and instincts to consciously return to primal unity conscious-ness, to live in tune with natural laws, regain our health and also grow conscious to tran-scend the limita-tions of the body, instincts, and the

ego-mind's separative consciousness that causes fear and human suffering.

In order to ascend to the pinnacle of the spiritual unfolding, we must first learn to descend down to the roots of primal unity. We must learn to trust our bodies totally and acquaint ourselves with the wisdom of the body and live in our body fully. This al-lows the hidden wisdom and the mystery of the primal wisdom to play the most fundamental role in the development of our spiritual potential.

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Motor Vehicle Crashes (MVCs) are a common consequence

of modern living. No matter how conscious we are when we are in an MVC, our lives are temporarily altered.

My own background of driving came from a family of boys in the Midwest. My father and three broth-ers were all race car drivers. They had racing in their blood. We were all taught to be independent young-sters and had our own vehicle as soon as we turned sixteen. Before I was eighteen years old, I had already been in three auto accidents. These were due to others' negligence, snow and sleet. Each time I was hit, I pre-sented to my father's Chiropractic office to get checked to see if I was okay. When he checked me it meant I was examined for whiplash and back injury by an orthopedic and neurological exam. I often needed X-rays to see if I was really hurt. Then I would get a light adjustment and therapies that eased my red hot aching muscles in my back. Back then, I took for granted that I had a doctor for a father who was highly trained in whiplash correction. I never felt much beyond a couple weeks after an accident.

Many years have since passed. I have always carried a very responsible attitude towards being on the road and by the grace of God and many many dangerous road conditions across Iowa and down I-75 I came to Florida. On a major road that runs through Lake County I ended up in a crash. After I asked the other person if she was okay and made sure everyone was off

the roadway, I felt something horrible in my own neck. It tight-ened and tightened. "Oh no, I have whiplash!" As always, I knew to get checked which revealed both neck and low back injuries. It seemed like a minor fender bender to this kid from a racing family, but my Honda's front-end told the tale.

Reports show that over 80% of people don't use head restraints properly. They are usually set too low and it is easy to have

flexion/extension injuries without proper head piece placement. Some nights, months after the MVC, I began waking up with numbness in my hands and arms. I also noticed that for the first time I had low back pain. The change that deeply affected me the most was that the lower neck has nerves that run into the arms and also the thyroid. I had the tingling and numbness in my arm but I didn't know that those same nerves were diminished to my thyroid. The thyroid gland is a powerful gland which governs energy and metabolism. Studies show many people suffer hypo-thyroidism, sluggish metabolism and feeling low energy after an MVC. I had blood work done and was surprised to see the ter-rible effects of a small collision.

Every year the National Automotive Sampling System reports an average three million MVCs. Of those crashes in the U.S. alone, over half of those people will have long-term symptoms. Of those that suffer long-term injury, around 10% or 300,000 will have permanent injury. What surprises me the most as I ded-icated myself to post-graduate studies in MVCs and whiplash is that these accidents could be at lower speeds and seem minor. I also was shocked to find many people have suffered concussions and were not even aware. The American Academy of Neurology states, "You don't have to have a loss of consciousness to have a concussion." Many suffer in these MVCs what is termed Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Several years passed and this year I was hit again on the same roadway. This time I was travelling closer to 50 miles per hour and although I slowed to 30 because the car in front of me was slowing, a driver hit me hard from the rear. Although my car contained wonderful safety features and seemed to have only slight damage I was significantly hurt. I was also just four weeks pregnant and thought I may lose the baby. Again, I got out and checked the car behind me. I made sure she was okay and saw her little girl in the backseat. They were both very dazed. I called 911 and suggested she get to a hospital. I felt okay to drive and my car looked drivable. Little did I know that over the next six to eight months I would not at all be the keen doctor I had once been.

When we get hit hard enough to sustain a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, the effects are hard to put your finger on. It takes a studied person in neurology and tests for the head and brain. The effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury are even more difficult in chil-dren. Often children in an MVC sustain these injuries because they simply have not been fitted into proper car seats. Studies show booster seats without a back-piece are not very successful in protecting the child from impact. Booster seats with backs are far more effective, according to the research, but even if the child was well restrained, kids have a hard time vocalizing pain and injury. The main clue to a child having an impact from an MVC is personality changes such as heightened aggressiveness, anger, frustration, or withdrawal. As a parent, you mayjust feel something is different.

Fortunately for me, although it was not my father, I have a won-derful associate doctor in my practice who checked me and found I did sustain a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. This helped me to have a specific treatment plan for quicker recovery. Some things got better fast like the neck pain. Others took a long time like the low grade headaches and tracking of my eyes, but around seven months later I feel like myself again and have a healthy pregnancy.

If you have been in an MVC, even if it has been awhile, remem-ber that you should get checked by a trained Chiropractor. We al-ways take care of our automobiles, often more than our own bod-ies. Don't delay possible treatment just because you feel alright. Long-term effects may not show up immediately after an MVC.

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Center, Lady Lake; 352-379-9110; Fee6 PM Transition to Vibrant Health; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-427-5440; Love Offering12/04/20119 AM Beginner Gentle Yoga; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-426-1328; Fee2 PM Youthful Aging Seminar; Tree of Life Cen-ter, Lady Lake; 352-426-1328; Fee 7 PM The Rise and Fall of the Dark Forces of Earth; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-362-5417; Fee12/07/201111 AM Holiday Stress Buster; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-365-4325; Fee7:30 PM Chinese Calligraphy; Guang Ming Tem-ple, Orlando; 407-281-848212/08/2011Noon Reiki Master Part One; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-502-3898; Fee12/08 to 12/10/201112:30 PM Ayurveda Cooking Workshop; Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs; 352-685-3001; Fee12/10/201110 AM Reiki Circle; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-561-4099; Love Offering12/11/20119 AM Access BARS Class; Holistic Healing Center, Altamonte Springs; 407-421-2165; FeeNoon Mini Readings and Potluck Dinner; Spiri-tualist Church of Awareness, Orlando; 407-678-3688; Fee3:30 PM Quantum Theory Seminar; New Vision Spiritualist Church, 1700 Edgewater Dr., Orlando; 407-826-0807; Love Offering12/12/20114:30 PM Oneness Deeksha Blessing; Sacred Earth Center, Gainesville; 352-275-8537; Love Offering12/13/20114 PM Numerology Part One; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-561-4099; Fee4:30 PM Numerology Part Two; Tree of Life Cen-ter, Lady Lake; 352-561-4099; Fee7 PM Talk on Channeling with Janet Claire Moore; Sacred Earth Center, Gainesville; 352-275-8537; Fee12/14/20111 PM Pendulum Workshop; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-628-3253; Fee3 PM Private Pendulum Readings; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-628-3253; Fee

7 PM Candlelight Service; Spiritualist Church of Awareness, Orlando; 407-678-3688; Love Of-fering12/17/2011Noon Reiki I Part Two; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-561-4099; Fee12/18/20111:30 PM Holiday Candlelight Service; New Vi-sion Spiritualist Church, 1700 Edgewater Dr., Or-lando; 407-826-0807; Love Offering2 PM Preventing and Reversing Diabetes; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-426-1328; Fee12/20/20111 PM Low Level Laser Therapy; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-459-9917; Love Offering 12/21/20117:30 PM Chinese Calligraphy; Guang Ming Tem-ple, Orlando; 407-281-848212/26 to 12/28/2011 10 AM ThetaHealing Basic DNA; Presented by Michelle Orwick at Florida School of Holistic Liv-ing, Orlando; 407-729-2011; Fee12/31/20117 PM New Year's Eve Crystal Bowl Meditation; Holistic Healing Center, Altamonte Springs; 407-421-2165; Love Offering12/29 to 12/31/2011 10 AM Advanced ThetaHealing DNA 2; Present-ed by Michelle Orwick at Florida School of Holis-tic Living, Orlando; 407-729-2011; FeeMONDAYS9:30 AM Was'SUP?! Evening Paddleboard Tour for Beginners; Presented by Wave of Wellness at R. D. Keene Park, Windermere; 407-982-9810; Fee11:30 AM Laughter Yoga with PositiveLY Pat Conklin; Mayor William Beardall Senior Center, 800 Delaney Avenue, Orlando; 407-616-5381; Love Offering3 PM Emergence of the God Self; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-363-5417; Fee3:30 PM Chair Massage; Sacred Earth Center, Gainesville; 352-222-1475; $105:30 PM Self-Healing Yoga; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-617-3094; Fee6:30 PM Laughter Yoga with PositiveLY Pat Conklin; Orange Tree Recreation Center, 7201 Woodgreen Dr., Orlando; 407-616-5381; Love Offering7:30 PM Meditation; CommUNITY Center 729, Orlando; 407-463-2248; Love Offering

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS6:30 AM Honoring Spirit, Self Meditation, Sound Healing Group; Sacred Earth Center, Gainesville; 352-222-1475; $5TUESDAYS10:30 AM Restorative Yoga; Shine On Yoga, Or-lando; 407-900-8348; Fee1 PM Healing Yoga; Unity of Ocala; 352-687-2113; Fee6 PM Centering Yoga for Stress Reduction and Relaxation; Soul Essentials of Ocala; 352-236-7000; Fee7 PM Tai Chi; Guang Ming Temple, Orlando; 407-281-84827 PM Pranic Healing Workshop; CommUNITY Center 729, Orlando; 407-463-2248; Fee7 PM A Course In Miracles; Unity of Ocala; 352-687-2113; Love OfferingFIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS1 PM Low Level Laser Therapy; Tree of Life Cen-ter, Lady Lake; 352-459-9917; Love OfferingSECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS4 PM Basic Numerology Part One; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-617-3094; Fee4:30 PM Numerology Part Two; Tree of Life Cen-ter, Lady Lake; 352-617-3094; Fee7:30 PM Qi Gong; Sacred Earth Center, Gaines-ville; 352-275-8537; FeeSECOND AND LAST TUESDAYS1 PM Low Level Laser Therapy; Tree of Life Cen-ter, Lady Lake; 352-561-4099; Love OfferingTHIRD AND FIFTH TUESDAYS6 PM Nutrition Support; Tree of Life Center, Lady Lake; 352-617-3094; FeeWEDNESDAYS4 PM Yoga for Digestive Health; Sacred Earth Center, Gainesville; 352-275-8537; Fee5:45 PM Yoga; CommUNITY Center 729, Orlan-do; 407-463-2248; Love Offering6 PM Qi Gong; CommUNITY Center 729, Orlan-do; 407-463-2248; Love Offering6 PM Seven Chakra Crystal Bowl Meditation; CommUNITY Center 729, Orlando; 407-810-7337; Fee6 PM Yoga; Guang Ming Temple, Orlando; 407-281-84826:15 PM Was'SUP?! Evening Paddleboard Tour for Beginners; Presented by Wave of Wellness at R. D. Keene Park, Windermere; 407-900-8348; Fee

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In May of 1997, my life was in total dis-array. No need to go into details, but not much was working in a way that made me happy or comfortable. One day, as I lay half-awake in a hospital emergency room, I felt a presence. The presence came from within me as well as around me. I felt, rather than heard, a voice. The voice asked me if I want-ed to get well. It challenged me, telling me that if I wanted to heal my life, I needed to get busy and do it. If not, I could leave the planet. I felt this presence would be with me in whatever choice I made. I chose to stay and, from there, I was indeed able to heal my body, my life, and especially, my Spirit.

I consider this presence to be the Divine, the presence of Love which is the core and the reality of every one of us. Over the next few years, I learned how to tune into this grace through the Twelve Steps, Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, A Course in Miracles, and, eventually, through Shamanic practice. And I found Reiki. Reiki taught me to unleash the presence of Love–the presence of the Divine within me, into my life and into the world.

For me, Reiki is not just a healing modal-ity. It is a way of being in the world. It is a way of being the "Hollow Bone," a term that native cultures use to describe the pro-cess of connecting to Spirit. A Hollow Bone

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is an open channel or conduit of healing Love between heaven and earth. I imagine a tube running through me, connecting at the bottom with Earth and at the top with the Heavens. The energy of both runs freely through it. With this open channel, it is impossible to hold disharmonious en-ergy. With this open channel, I am able to bring transformative energy wherever I go. By becoming the Hollow Bone, I be-come an Earth Healer.

Rev. Sunemaura O'Brien is a spiritual healer and teacher dedicated to sup-porting individuals in opening doors to authenticity and joy. She is an or-dained minister and teacher with the

Sacred Earth Ministry. She is co-facilitator and co-founder of the Sacred Earth Center, an inter-faith chapel and healing center in Gainesville, Florida. She can be reached by emailing: [email protected], calling 352-275-8537 or visiting http://sacredearthcenter.org. Please see ad below.


Incidence of ThyroidDisorders in the U.S.

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Hypothyroidism1.75 million

Hyperthyroidism275,000

Goiter: 22 million

Thyroid Cancer: 15,000

Deaths Due to Thyroid Cancer: 2,000

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Disorders for thyroid function are very prevalent in the U. S. and continue to increase every year. At any given time, there are between 50-60 million Ameri-cans suffering from thyroid conditions. Thyroid hormones (especially Synthroid) have been on the top ten most prescribed medications for decades. Many are prone to thyroid disorders and nodules as we get older. Most thyroid conditions are not diagnosed in the early stages and lead to loss of function, resources and qual-ity of life. Hypothyroidism is the most common cause of thyroid dysfunction followed by hyperthyroidism goiter and thyroid cancer.

Every cell in the body has receptor sites for thyroid hormones. Thyroid hor-mones are responsible for the most ba-sic and fundamental aspect of physiol-ogy, the basal metabolic rate. Lack of ideal thyroid hormone leads to global decline in cellular function of all bodily systems. The thyroid is the central gear in the complex web of metabolism. It is extremely sensitive to minor imbalances in other areas of physiology. Astute clini-cians should always ask what else is going wrong, as a result and cause, when they identify a thyroid imbalance

Thyroid physiology is very sensitive to imbalances in physiological systems. The thyroid gland is the most common site for autoimmune attack and oftentimes the first sign of the development of an autoimmune disease. Hashimoto’s dis-ease is considered the most prevalent au-toimmune disorder in the United States. Hashimoto’s disease has found to be the mechanism for hypothyroidism in 90% of the cases in the U.S. One study has found that up to 7-8% of the U. S. population

has antibodies against their thyroid. Thy-roid antibodies have indeed been found to be a marker for future thyroid disease. Sadly, these individuals slowly have their thyroid destroyed year by year until final-ly, they have lost enough of their thyroid tissue to be classified as hypothyroid. As they progressively lose thyroid tissue, they also decline in their basal metabolic rate and start having a gradual decline in their energy, mental function, gastrointestinal motility, mood and more. Even more dis-heartening, when they finally become di-agnosed, their treatment is limited solely to thyroid hormone replacement. Noth-ing is done for their autoimmune disease and they progressively decline or feel no improvement with management.

Your Immune System and Thyroid FunctionThe thyroid gland is vulnerable to more than autoimmune disease. Many chroni-cally immune-challenged patients suffer from chronic immune activation (hepa-titis C, Lyme disease, unknown virus, inflammatory bowel disease, autoim-mune disease, etc.) that leads to elevated cytokines (TNF, IFN, IL-6, etc.) and disruption of healthy thyroid physiol-ogy. Therefore, thyroid disorders are simply, at times, a warning light for im-mune dysfunction. Clinical management directed at restoring immune activity has the greatest promise in supporting these thyroid consequences.

Hormonal Effects Directed to the Thy-roidMany times, endocrine imbalances are the culprit in thyroid imbalances and re-storing these imbalances has the greatest promise in supporting thyroid metabo-lism dysfunction.

Environmental Factors Dis-rupting the ThyroidThe thyroid gland is very vulnerable to environmen-tal disruptors, some known and many unknown. Many of the known environmental disruptors act as goitrogens and compete with iodine up-take. These include mercury, arsenic, nitrates, pesticides, plastic compounds and ions such as thiocyanates. These compounds may promote goi-ter activity and disrupt normal thyroid hormone synthesis. Environmental insults in com-bination with iodine deficien-cy, selenium deficiency, under-lying immune genotypes, and phenotypes have the greatest potential for thyroid demise.


Medication and Adverse Thyroid ReactionsThyroid physiology is very vulnerable to cross-reactions with medications. Unfortu-nately, the medications that can disrupt thyroid health are commonly prescribed. They include anti-inflammatory agents, antibiotics, anti-depressants, diabetic medications, hypertensive medications, pain medication, antacids, and cholesterol lowering medica-tions. Many of these medications may disrupt thyroid hormone physiology, but never be identified because they may not cause changes in the serum TSH.

When all of this is taken into clinical context, the astute clinician must consider these variables and consider the fact that the thyroid, due to is vulnerability, may have its demise promoted form other mechanisms such as autoimmune, immune activated cy-tokines, hormones, environmental compounds and/or medications. These variables in conjunction with the necessary steps for thyroid hormone function can promote physiological thyroid imbalances not always strict hypothyroidism

Thyroid Management TodayThe thyroid disorder population is grossly under-served in both the conventional and alternative healthcare system in the U.S. today. The conventional healthcare system can be summarized to simply measuring TSH and providing synthetic hormones if it is normal. If any other symptoms persist after a normalization of their TSH, each exist-ing symptom is then medicated. The question of asking why the patient has become hypothyroid is rarely asked. Furthermore, the question of why the patient may have persistent thyroid symptoms after normalizing TSH is also rarely asked. This leads to millions of thyroid sufferers who continue to suffer. This takes place partly for two reasons. First, the conventional healthcare system has established a standard of care guidelines that are the expected policy of hospitals and insurance plans. Second, deviation from the standard of care guidelines decreases peer acceptance and increases liability for the hospital or practicing physician.

The alternative healthcare approach to thyroid disorders is also grossly under-serving the thyroid population. Many alternative healthcare providers have simplified thyroid management to such things as iodine deficiency, tyrosine deficiency, or heavy metal toxicity. Additionally, many alternative healthcare providers do not conduct laboratory testing and use unreliable testing procedures such as auxiliary temperature testing or iodine skin absorption. Many alternative healthcare providers cannot see a world that exists for supporting the thyroid beyond iodine, tyrosine and thyroid glandular, nor do they objectively measure change.

If you or a loved one is experiencing chronic, long-term conditions with little or no relief, consider being evaluated for these underlying chronic thyroid symptoms. Going to a trained, skilled, licensed healthcare provider is critical in the evaluation, diagnosis and care of these unknown underlying problems which are directly related to many of the long-term conditions patients experience.

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