AWAKENINGS FROM THE SOUL...

Divine LOVE~What Can It Do For You?

2012-02-15T03:33:00.007-08:00

When two people fall in love, They feel a deep union and perfect blend in their state of bliss, but when romance can sometimes fade, their belief and confidence can fade with it. This is because it takes a commitment to love beyond the initial expression to connect to and keep alive those first impressions of a fulfillment that really lies beyond each other and your feelings.

This love I am talking about is Divine Love. When you commit to the path of divine love, you must also surrender to it. Every day try to ask, “What can love do? Show me. I am ready.” The answers will surprise you.

Love can solve problems, heal wounds, settle disputes, and bring unexpected blessings and answers. Here, I'm not just talking about personal love as a feeling or expression, but true divine love. Beyond the expression, it is a connection to, and a deep knowing and understanding/compassion of everything, and everyone. When you give yourself over to it, relationship concerns, and problems will fall into place.

This unseen power harmonizes opposites, beats to its own vibration and creates harmony of its own accord. To experience such a state, you cannot work for it or try to control it. You must allow yourself to be in a state of oneness and openness. You must instead be witness to what is going on, observe; you let go; you listen and obey when the right intuitions/feelings takes hold. This is how life is lived in ease and in flow.

Remember whatever happens next is always the right thing. :) Whatever you need at the deepest level is being taken care of. "It is truly possible to exist in such a state. In fact, it is actually the most natural way to live." But if you judge yourself, if you hold on to being right, if you insist on setting boundaries and expectations, then you will easily miss the mark.

Let go, Let Love and Surrender to Love. Truly TRUST. In the face of ups and downs, challenges and hurdles, your path will always goes forward, and every step will and can be a step of love. Ultimately that is the reason for relationships, to be able to look into someone else’s soul see yourself and share that divine sacred love, knowledge, being and presence. Truly having that knowing/commitment that you are walking the path of Divine Love together is the most beautiful gift and blessing you can give yourself and eachother!!

In love,
by Melissa Lawrence
Inspired by the teachings of Deepak Chopra

What is Today's Lesson I Asked my Higher Self.....

2012-02-14T07:51:00.003-08:00

LOVE is Freedom, and the ultimate Essence of you.

Love is the expression of the most joyous part of who you are,

and the knowing that you are ONE with everything and everyone.

It is the greatest thought, feeling, emotion and expression there is!

Breathe in the LOVE that YOU ARE!

Love is All and then so much more.

~Higher Self MAL

Thank you Divine Love for Loving me without fear

Trusting me without question

Needing me without demand

Wanting me without restrictions

Accepting me without change

and Desiring me without inhibitions

In Love,

Happy Valentines Day

Melissa Lawrence

Sacred Geometry

2012-02-13T08:53:00.004-08:00

The beauty and grace of nature's pure geometric forms are absolutely mesmerizing.

Did you know there is a sacred science to all of nature? Well there is...

The strands of our DNA, the cornea of our eye, flower pedals, pine cones, snow flakes, the galaxy we live in, the air that we breathe and all of life as we know it emerges out of geometric codes. The ancients knew that the physical/visual/spiritual experience of sacred geometry was essential for the advancement of the soul. The proof was in their use of these sacred codes in the design of their churches, temples and many important pieces of architecture.

The golden ratio, geometric ratios, and geometric figures, even mandalas and yantras, were all used to design 'sacred spiritual experiences' in 3D form to further the human understanding of the universal mind. It is known and studied that in understanding and using the science of numbers(numerology/codes) and sacred geometry(geometric codes) further, that we can and will work, live and be more in flow and in harmony with our divine universe (source consciousness). It is my hope that we as sacred spiritual beings/society, like the ancients will continue this study and further use and follow to the teachings and science of mother nature and begin to use/experience more sacred design in all areas of our lives.

An amazing way to start further incorporating the power of these sacred geometric codes in our lives is in meditation. The act of creating sacred space for yourself (in your body)and with others (meditating and praying in the same place/group,) creates an energy vortex, "spinning energy" which is a golden mean spiral and is sacred geometry in action. "The Golden Mean is the doorway to this place known as "no time and space," where we can interact with Creation. It is the sacred doorway to the intuitive, the space to where we once again are Love in action" Thomas Morton. Within this vortex you are experiencing unseen sacred geometry and when you meditate and create sacred space you are 'spinning' opening/connecting with your chakras which creates a doorway into the source field (the field of no-time and space). How amazing is that!! :)

Here is a great video for you to visually connect and meditate with some Sacred Geometry.

Stay tuned for more.

Enjoy! In Love,

~Melissa Lawrence

CREATE: For It Is In Creation That You Exist.

2012-02-06T04:34:00.003-08:00

verb (used with object)


— vb
	1.( tr ) to cause to come into existence

Create...

For it is in creation that you exist.

Create thoughts, create feelings, create action,

create change, create a difference,

create movement,

create art.

Create Create Create.

Create flow, create movement, create life, create joy,

and most of all create LOVE.
~Melissa Lawrence

Two Wolves

2012-02-03T03:33:00.007-08:00

A good friend and fellow spiritual warrior once sent me this tale...
I know not whether it is actually a Cherokee tale, but nonetheless it's wisdom is true and timeless.

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said: 'My son, the battle is between 'two wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,
false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.'

The grandson thought about it for a minute, and then asked his grandfather: 'Which wolf wins?'

The old Cherokee simply replied: 'The one you feed.'

~ Blessings
Cliff

The Power of Vulnerability

2012-02-01T08:31:00.001-08:00

Brene Brown studies the human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share forsure.

What is Today's Lesson? I Asked My Higher Self...

2012-01-31T21:17:00.002-08:00

The Truth, although difficult at times,

is essential to express for your evolution, well being and growth.

Seek your Truth. Speak your Truth. Be your Truth.

YOU ARE WORTH IT.

~Higher Self MAL

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Speak your truth.

2012-01-31T21:00:00.001-08:00

When Assessing The Value Of Any Relationship

"Encounters with others while in the physical can impact both parties deeply. The exchange of energy needs to be balanced enough to create opportunity of growth for all. It is through a harmonious exchange of energy that most lessons are learned.

By harmonious we do not always mean pleasant. Some energies come into our lives to participate in lessons that may be extremely uncomfortable for all. It is always important to look at the end result when assessing the value of any relationship. Creating balance energetically is important in that everyone involved gets what they desired from the relationship. Often what one desires spiritually can be different from what one expects physically.

So how does one effectively create harmonious relationships? One where everyone expands and grows from participation within it?

First and foremost it is important to speak your truth. no matter what the circumstance. It is important to know yourself well enough to present whatever it is that resonates within your soul.

In many relationships one will hold back who they truly are to create what they perceive to be an easier relationship.

Those who do this often create great turmoil for themselves by extending what should have been a participation of short duration into a life long one. There can also be inner confusion within the one who has held their truth within for so long.

Decide to start being yourself. See what it creates in your life. Those around you will be affected by your choice as you will be.

An honest exchange might be just what is needed to create the harmonious relationship that you are in or want to create.

Be you.

You are incredible. That is the truth."

-VERONICA via April Crawford.
www.AprilCrawford.com

Be Kind, For Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Great Battle...

2012-01-26T00:53:00.000-08:00

I can't remember exactly where I first saw this quote (attributed to the father of Greek philosophy - Philo). It may have been in one of Lama Surya Das' books....In any event it had a profound effect on me. How often the most simple of words ring the most true...

We are so quick to judge and vilify those whose actions we see as negative, as annoying, or as 'wrong'.
...and we are also just as quick to forget the times that perhaps we have been in that same situation.

I'm sure most of us, most of the time, try our very best to live a good life of warmth and charity. But we all slip up from time to time.
We can never know exactly what another person is going through, what hardships they are facing, and what hardships they have already faced - but we can be empathetic to their plight and do one simple thing - 'be kind'.

Being kind does not mean that we simply excuse those that act poorly. After all, as I said in Choosing You! "There are reasons for the way people act...not excuses".
Seeing the reasons why people sometimes act rashly, or negatively, but in doing so also not necessarily excusing them (and thereby allowing them to 'walk all over us') we are in fact being kind. We can also treat them with gentleness, openness and love. These things are the basis of compassion.

This simple quote wells into my mind when I am reactively disgusted by someone, by the way they act or look and it immediately disarms these negative thoughts - and as simply as they arose they fade away to be replaced by feelings of love and compassion for my fellow man.

Words can hold so much power.
They say that 'God is in the word'. For me this means that there is power and there is truth in words. What we say becomes reality, and what is said to us, and affects us profoundly also becomes reality.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle...

Simply be kind.

Blessings

~ Cliff Harvey ND
www.cliffharvey.com

[Revised from an original postpost on www.cliffdog.com]

The Universal Truth of Love

2012-01-24T00:11:00.000-08:00

I remember watching Rev. Dr Art Cribbs eloquently voicing his opposition to the banning of gay marriage in his home state of California.
His rationale was voiced so eloquently and succinctly in his impassioned speech when he said "God is love"...and his belief that the bill, therefore was an attack on love...

Rev. Cribbs extolling the universality of love reminded me of the way my Mum practiced her faith. You see my Mum was a Christian in the truest and best sense of the world.
Her god was one of love and of truth. Not about derision and divisiveness. Her love for her God was based in the knowledge that God, Truth and Love are all inseperable. They are facets of the same great universal bond that holds us all together.

She saw that fundamentally, at the heart of religion and ALL the faiths of the world was man's attempt to reconcile what he can see around him with the intuition that there is more than that. And she saw that goodness, truth, virtue, honesty and most importantly LOVE were the things that defined people. Not what faith they chose.
My Mum no matter how devout in her Christian faith, and in her belief that Jesus Christ was her lord and saviour, could not, and would not, deride anyone else for their faith, especially as she could see that at their most fundamental level they are all striving towards the same goals of truth, love and oneness (even if some adherents can't see the forest for the trees...)

Even though a strict Christian, Mum introduced me to Hinduism and to Buddhism and was happy for me to research and investigate these as a child, teenager and young man, and make my own mind up as to whether I would take up a religion or faith.

At the time, and through my years in a Christian school, I rebelled against what I saw as the tyrannical, bigoted christian orthodoxy - even though I could see, day to day in the eyes of my Ma and feel in the warmth of her daily hugs that the wrongdoings of people in ANY faith are the result of their own human failings of greed, narcisism and materialism and not the faith itself.

I guess as youngsters we are prone to being firebrands, and in the cocoon of the protection that childhood affords we can afford to be so.
Pragmatism is a virtue we gain with the wisdom of age.

The cocoon of childhood was shattered for me on the day that my Mum passed away in my arms in Dec 1998. I struggled for years with guilt, remorse and loneliness. I think that a Mother is synonymous with 'home'. And I know, and I have seen in others who have been through the same, that when you lose your mother, particularly at a young age, you feel as if you don't have a home anymore.
I certainly felt like I had been launched into the world and subsequently have spent at times years wandering, trying to find my own place again to call home.

I've always been a seeker. Even as a little child I wondered 'why?', 'what is the purpose of life?' 'Is there something more?' 'Why are people so unhappy?' 'How can I make the world a better place?'...
There are people who wonder about life, about the world, about why things are the way they are, and there are people amongst these who find some answers, no matter how small, and through these epiphanical moments find ways to help others.

I am blessed to have been given a grounding in the most important lessons in life by my Mum - a true spiritual warrior, and to have had her in my life for 19 years, and of course she is still in my heart and thoughts every day.

Most importantly I have become content. I have made my peace with God, whatsoever we each conceive him to be and perhaps this peace is the greatest lesson my Mum left with me...

The dedication in my first book "Choosing You!" reads: "This, my first book, is dedicated to the memory of my Mum; Janet Harvey who taught me that knowledge holds power, and that knowledge when tempered with honesty, humility and love, becomes wisdom, true and timeless..."

~ Cliff Harvey ND
www.cliffharvey.com

[Revised from an original postpost on www.cliffdog.com]

On Life and Letting Go

2012-01-13T16:10:00.042-08:00

On Life and Letting Go

So much of what we learn and how we grow and evolve in life comes from our ability to let go...so, so much more than holding on, which almost inevitably is self limiting.

Growth and maturity can perhaps be completely encapsulated in letting go. As we grow and learn we let go of our preconceptions of what we are, who we are and what we will become and instead focus on what we do. (As I've said many times: Talk is cheap, dreams are free...we are defined by our actions and judged by our intentions.)

We (hopefully!) become more mindful and more aware of what drives us to do what we do reactively (conditioning), and the situations that have, and are, creating the person we currently are, and we can more easily see whether that person is in fact the one we want to be!

By extension of course we don't cling either to our idea of what we could be, but instead use it is a guiding beacon, one that provides us a goal by which to set a course.

This course becomes our beautiful life path of purpose and passion. A path that we live, enjoy and savour, step by sweet and timeless step...

~Cliff Harvey ND

http://www.cliffharvey.com/

The Warrior's Prayer

2012-01-12T18:09:00.000-08:00

The Warrior’s Prayer:

I am what I am.
In having faith in the beauty within me, I develop trust.
In softness I have strength.
In silence I walk the higher realms.
In peace I understand myself and the world.
In conflict I stay calm, cool, collected
In detachment I am free.
In respecting all living things, I respect myself.
In dedication I honor the courage within me.
In eternity I have compassion for the nature of all things.
In love I unconditionally accept the evolution of others.
In freedom I have power.
In my individuality, I express the God-Force within me.
In service I give of what I have become.
I am what I am:
Eternal, immortal, universal, and infinite.

~Anonymous for now (If anyone knows the beautiful author, pls let us know)

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2012-01-08T17:49:00.000-08:00

You do not need to seek freedom, love, healing or

adventure in some distant land, for it exists within your

own being in this present moment.

Open your heart to the world within.

~Higher Self MAL

Welcome Cliff Harvey ND, Mind-Body Therapist

2012-01-07T03:00:00.004-08:00

Welcome Cliff Harvey ND, Mind-Body Therapist

Happiness Rich, Shoes always optional.

I am very excited to welcome an amazing friend and extremely knowledgeable ND and Author of 2 books 'Choosing you' and 'Time Rich Cash Optional' to our Awakening Source Family.

You can now check out Cliff’s posts and articles on Awakening Source as he will continue to take us all (his readers, clients and you) on a real, raw and witty approach through life and lessons he’s learnt and continues to learn along his life path, and how to be happy during it all. Known as the barefoot wanderer, this mind body medicine speaker, philosopher, Naturopath, world athlete and everyday warrior is someone you will love connecting with, reading about and learning from.

Cliff is a young handsome, trailblazer who travels the world making a difference globally, by affecting people personally! It doesn’t get better than that. He is also the CEO and founder of Katoa Health Publishing, and runs a mind body medicine clinic is Auckland NZ as well. You can find Cliff anywhere from his clinic, to the beach in Auckland, Nz to Kitsilano Vancouver. BC and everywhere in between.

We are so beyond happy to have Cliff a part of the Awakening Source Community and look forward to what other amazing things he will help us all awaken to together. J

in Oneness.

Love, Grace and Gratitude

~Melissa Lawrence

and everyone at Awakening Source

Cliff Harvey ND, Dip.Fit, HbT, Reiki lll, CN:

Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist and Mind-Body Therapist

Melissa and I first met at (of all places!) a gym. She assumed I was some jock, I assumed she was a simple fashionista…but after just a few moments of chatting we both realized that there was much (much) more than meets the eye. From that moment we became soul buddies. Taking courses and workshops together, chatting away many a night and helping one another through some of the tough times in life over succeeding years we became lifelong friends.

I am blessed to know Melissa and honoured to be part of the Awakening Source crew.

I realized early on in my clinical practice that anyone who has a true and heart centered passion and purpose for what they do is a conduit for happiness. Whether I am helping someone to improve their physical health through nutrition and lifestyle, or guiding someone through the more spiritual fields of health; at the end of the day it is all about building greater levels of individual and collective joy. I guess that’s why my colleagues and clients starting calling me the ‘happiness coach’ and why the byline of my second book Time Rich Cash Optional is: an unconventional guide to happiness.

I believe that we can be part of a beautiful shift in human consciousness away from the material to one of the experiential.

It’s all about happiness baby!

Through Awakening Source I would like to reach, inspire and enchant new networks of people and challenge them to live healthier, happier lives and to change the world in doing so.

I’m excited about this partnership and hope that you enjoy my thoughts and work.

~Blessings

Cliff

Contact Cliff:

Blog: cliffdog.com
Web: cliffharvey.com
Twitter: twitter.com/choosingyou
Facebook: facebook.com/cliffharveyauthor

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2012-01-06T19:52:00.002-08:00

Stop and just be with another, in whatever state they are in.

Being truly present and heart centered is enough to turn

suffering into acceptance and joy.

~Higher Self MAL

Weekly Thoughts and Findings; Year of Power, Year of YOU ~2012

2012-01-03T20:49:00.003-08:00

Find the Power of your Heart, the Power of your Voice, the Power of your Spirit and use these in the Power of your actions, this is how we will Create a New Human consciousness.

Begin it. Become it. Do it.

Reconnection Affirmation

I am here. I am present. I am alive. I am passionate. I am free.

These experiences are mine to remember and experience.

I am everything and through living fully as myself, I will remember this connection, daily.

This world is mine to connect to as I choose.

This world is mine to experience.

This world is mine to love.

Nature is a force, and I invite myself to join with and receive of its power.

Nature is a force and I invite myself to love it and see it as my parent, in that it daily gives me life.

I breathe with nature, I breathe with humanity, I breathe with myself.

Never truly alone, never only human, honouring the spirit breath of life I am a part of.

I can be peace for myself and for this world.

I am growing in peace.

I am growing in love.

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© 2012 Lee Harris Energy All Rights Reserved

2012 is Upon US :)

2012-01-01T00:00:00.003-08:00

Happy 2012 ~a Year of Change, Choice and Personal Power.

Let's choose to believe that 2012 is the opportunity for a new golden age. It's up to us. This can be an era of peace, hope, change and spiritual fulfillment for everyone on this plant. An opportunity to get back in touch with nature, our roots and back in touch with our own spirituality. Let us accept ourselves and each other for where we are each at on our life journey and step into our personal power, speak our truths and choose LOVE always.

Love is our true destiny.

We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone, we find it together :) 2012 will be a year about community now more than ever.
Happy New Year Awakening Source community. Thank you for your love and support this past year. May we all continue on our paths of growth, togetherness, healing and awakening together as one!

Love, Grace and Gratitude.
Melissa Amber

Personal Numerology for 2012

2011-12-31T03:33:00.001-08:00

Personal Numerology for 2012

Your personal number for 2012 is obtained by adding 5 to your month and day of birth. 2012 adds up to 5. So, if you were born on May 31, add 5+3+1+5 = 14. Keep adding until you reach a single digit. 1+4=5. In this example, your yearly number for 2012 would be 5. You keep this number for the entire year. It is the number you use to read your yearly, monthly and weekly forecasts.

I always tell my clients and students. forearmed is forewarned.

The personal year shows you how to avoid trouble, how to direct your personal affairs, and how to get the best from the experiences scheduled to be lived through during the twelve months of the year. It is possible to know in advance what to expect, what is likely to occur, and especially how to prepare for the experiences and obligations to come. We share the personal year vibration with others who are going through that same personal year, and thus we have compatibilities with all others who arc in the same personal year as ourselves. What I am going to share with you is a “capsule summary” of each of the nine personal years.

‘Independence’ does not really mean

being strictly non-dependent on the ideas

and companionship of others; rather, it

means coming from your own viewpoint and

seeing the viewpoints of others clearly.

Eric Francis

After last year’s journey of endings, drama, and deep feelings, you now need to find your bearings and accept not only whatever your present reality happens to be, but also the way it is making you feel. This is not the best time to push matters ahead. It will take more time for you to understand the nature of this new era of your life. During this ‘waiting’ month, try to be patient, observant, and considerate of the needs of others. Explain to them that you intend to make a fresh start this year, and that something – or everything – must change.

Communicate your intentions clearly and diplomatically, even if you are not yet sure ofwhat you want to change. Let others express their feelings too, and keep in mind that you may need each other’s support throughout the year. In terms of how you get along with someone else, January offers the first positive new beginning of the year.

This is a time to both give and seek cooperation, to find some common ground and create a spirit of partnership and teamwork. This cycle of connectedness is pointing out that when an action is taken in one area, it creates ripples of energy that effect all areas. Cause and effect are always at work and, this month, the degree to which you relate to and cooperate with others will be returned to you later in the year, and possibly by people other than those with whom you must cooperate now.

This is an opportunity to create ‘good’ karma, on the understanding that karma is just another word for cause and effect. For instance, imagine being in a crowd situation in which you are being pushed by the person behind you or next to you. The tendency is to blame this person instead of the one at the back who made the original push and created a domino effect. Fear of being crushed then develops into hostility between you and the ones closest to you. Always look for the real cause of any discomfort you are feeling.

This year holds many lessons in the appreciation of individuality and humanity’s amazing diversity. Your understanding of life comes from your experience of it, and your feelings are how you experience life. However, your feelings and your thoughts are not the same thing, and it is necessary to know the difference between them and allow them to come together in loving alignment. Knowing what you think and feel is the only way to be free, otherwise you will forever be in a state of confusion as your controlling masculine mind tells you one thing, while your freedom-loving feminine feelings long for something else.

Focus on personal relationships so that a mutual acceptance can be reached; so that peace is in the air and there is a relaxed feeling between all concerned; so that love can flourish – or be found. Make this a gentle month. Force nothing.

Pay attention to those time-consuming details. Look for important connections and clues in all that is happening within and around you. The circumstances of someone else can provide great insight. Take a back seat. Quietly observe. Get a sense of what is reallygoing on inside the complexity of your own reality. From what may seem an unlikely source, you will find a missing link – a connection – between something that appears to have little to do with you, and the course you will be taking for several years. January invites you to find the link between your past and your future which, of course, can only be understood in the present.

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The world is full of magical things patiently

waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Bertrand Russell

You are not responsible for other people’s problems, and they are not responsible for yours. However, the people in your life this month are here to connect you to specific realities and questions which need attention. The answers lie within you, not them.

Slow down. Relax. Instead of judging by appearances or making assumptions, allow yourself to feel what is going on. Go deeply into the situation and notice how your dependencies and insecurities (fears) influence your mood, behavior, and your tendency to believe one thing over another.

January is a social cycle. If you receive an invitation, accept it. Or perhaps you are in a position to issue an invitation. Remember that others cannot read your mind. They cannot know what you need or where you stand unless you tell them. Solutions can be found through open communication and you will need to both express yourself and listen

It pays to be diplomatic this month. In fact, if you do not choose your words carefully, you may wish you had not opened your mouth at all. If you do find yourself “blurting” something out, treat it as an important lesson. We all have some ignorance in us – we are all quite capable of ignoring the reality of something or someone.

This is a time to count your blessings, but guilt may tell you that it’s wrong to feel in any way gratified while others are suffering. This shows that guilt serves no constructive purpose and appears to want to bring everyone down. Feel all your feelings as they arise, including the ones that feel good

This cycle responds to lightheartedness, optimism, creativity, friendliness, and the warmth shared between individuals who, at least, have the desire and intent for peace. Don’t neglect important duties, but try to lighten the load. Stop yourself from getting into a ‘rut’; before you’re actually in it.

This year, regardless of what is going on in the world, you will be patiently seeking a way to do what you want in life, where and when you want to do it, in your own style, and on your own terms; to be responsible for solving your own problems and to decline responsibilities that are not yours. In other words, you are seeking ways to rescue and heal your own free will. In order to succeed, you will have to stop pre-judging yourself – and others. This level of Free Will is the key to PEACE – and that is something else you’ll be learning a lot about this year.

For now, see yourself as equal to everyone else – a fellow traveler on the road of life. This will help you to realize just how much you allow other people’s judgments to stop you thinking and acting for yourself. There is no need for confrontation. Remember that life is a blend of mental, emotional, and physical energies. A balance among them must be reached in your heart.

If you are intellectually inclined, or if you spend too much time alone thinking and worrying, go out and experience physical and social activity. If you do not like to be alone, or give little thought to the deeper meaning of life, it is time to slow down and take a month-long inner journey which, by the way, you will not regret at all.

January offers a deeper understanding of the one magnificent connected organism that life is – and of which WE are all individual parts. Accepting reality moment-by-moment, no matter how it feels, and whether it changes or stands still, is the key to successfully navigating your way through this slow, sensitive, stay-in-the-background, low-energy year.

The longest absence is less perilous to love

than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Ouida

Personal happiness and fulfillment are this year’s themes. And yet now, here you are, face to face with a major source of unhappiness – a situation that is far from fulfilling. Last year taught you the value of patience and, this month, you can ease a lot of frustration by incorporating it as far as your long-term goals are concerned! You may find yourself working very hard, physically, mentally, or emotionally, as you encounter a barrier to your happiness that can no longer be ignored or tolerated

Your limits have been reached and it is very clear that things cannot stay as they are. No matter how angry, hurt, or afraid you feel, aggression cannot help matters, but that does not mean you should not make your feelings known. It is possible to be both assertive and diplomatic. No matter what the situation, approach others in a peaceful way and try to create an atmosphere in which everyone involved can express themselves with ease.

This cycle urges you to start simplifying your life – making it easier – not more complicated – and this means facing realities that you’ve been avoiding. It also means being practical, getting organized, and using existing resources to get what you need. Be inventive. For instance: selling unwanted items may help bring order to your finances. Combining your efforts with someone else can accomplish a task that neither of you could accomplish alone. If you need to rest, REST! Take some time off – without guilt – and don’t take it too personally if a certain responsibility is taken off your hands.

Frustration (anger) is building because so much emphasis was placed on others last year that your basic needs and desires were neglected. But it is not a matter of changing other people. A change must take place within you to which others will have to adapt. This includes changing the way you react to other people. Despite the fact that certain people and situations were constantly grinding on your nerves last year, you had to be very patient – to the extent that many of your feelings were ignored and shoved back down inside you.

Acceptance of these buried feelings can help you develop an optimistic frame of mind and the courage to take charge of your own life – even if the people closest to you seem to be undermining you right now. The real problem is that you want to please these people and your not pleasing them is making you feel guilty. Guilt turns love into resentment, and then into hatred. It prevents you from experiencing anything that feels good. Guilt tells you that feeling good is wrong. Then it contradicts itself by telling you that you were foolish for not doing what you wanted to do in the first place

There is no such thing as healthy guilt. If your intention is to be loving, and this includes being loving to yourself, then guilt must not be allowed a place in your life. Guilt’s theme song is “I’m damned if I do, and I’m damned if I don’t”, and it’s not a pretty tune.

Self-acceptance is the only antidote to guilt, and that means accepting your right to exist as you are – which is the ultimate lesson of the 3 year cycle. The potential for happiness is all around you and you must get out of the box you think you’re trapped in and reach out for it. Ask yourself: “What will make me happy? What do I want?”

Certain plans and ideas can now be put into action. January’s emphasis on hard work represents the very foundation of this year’s journey away from the chains of guilt and toward the joys of your own innocence. Get organized. Start building the foundation for – actually start to create – something you want.

We are never prepared for what we expect.

James A. Michener

Your journey has shifted from the light, fast and open 3 year into the slow down-to-earth energy of the 4 year. The circumstances of last year enabled you to move closer to fulfilling a goal. The circumstances of this year will reveal the determination and hard work it takes to bring a goal to fruition. January in the 4 year often brings restlessness, confusion and an ominous feeling that much is expected of you. Your freedom to move back and forth or communicate, may be compromised. Hastiness or aggression will not make things move any faster. Effort and attention to detail are needed as you encounter delays, obstacles and unusual or ‘different’ situations.

No matter how prepared you believed you were, you now realize that the effort involved is either greater than you thought or different than you imagined. You are in the complex process of building the life you want – and it is now becoming apparent (and perhaps shockingly so), that you will have to reassess and redesign your current reality. Don’t be discouraged by all the work involved. If you keep the big picture in mind, you will know exactly what has to be done. With continued effort and belief in yourself, you can turn this month’s frustration into a springboard for future success.

January is a month of change and this brings opportunity, which may be disguised as something else. Look beyond what is immediately apparent and see the differentpotential on offer. Take it slowly and calmly. Pay attention to the details and, despite some confusing distractions, try to focus on one thing at a time.

This month’s unpredictable vibrations are likely to send you a new experience or set of circumstances through which to expand your horizons. You may find yourself in a situation that is new to you, or you may have to take care of issues you never had to deal with before. Do not be too intimidated by your apparent lack of experience becausegaining experience is what this is all about.

One change leads to another, and you will need to make some changes of your own so that you can successfully turn this important learning curve in your journey. This is a time of facing the facts and understanding the implications involved with each of your options and, perhaps, discovering an entirely new option. Do not jump at the first opportunity that appears to offer a way forward unless it feels right for you, or at least takes you in the direction you want to go. This is a time of trying new things, careful forethought and steady maneuvering.

Perhaps an old comfortable situation has changed or become counterproductive. Do not succumb to denial of the facts, one of which is that the time has come to let go of the old and welcome the new. A comforting sense of grace will emerge from this acceptance.

Another fact is that you need freedom: not freedom from your responsibilities but, rather, the freedom to take care of your responsibilities with more ease. This will occur when you start to participate in the situation instead of trying to control it.

Make moderation a rule this month so that nothing can block (or blur) your vision. This new segment of your journey may not feel like the smoothest or friendliest of roads right now. But here you are anyway. Keep your eyes on that road. Keep your wits about you. Assume nothing. Be courteous to everyone. Above all, keep your desires and goals safely in your heart and know that, through a down-to-Earth and practical frame of mind, you will have the opportunity to bring them to fruition this year.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to

Be continually fearing that you will make one.

Elbert Hubbard

The restrictive 4 year is over and you are in very different territory now. No matter how things seem, you are free which, I hasten to add, is a major responsibility in itself. Of course, you are still carrying some old 4-year baggage that you simply don’t have to struggle with any more, and it’s time to look for ways to lighten your load. Guilt is causing most of the excess weight here. Simply recognizing that fact will be helpful to you and whoever else is involved.

Don’t rush. Relax. Think. Weigh up your situation. Here you are, newly arrived in ‘Freedom-land’, and you’re not sure what that means or what your next move should be. There are just so many different scenarios and options to consider.

As this month proceeds, don’t be afraid to make mistakes because that is how you’ll find out what will work and what will not. January emphasizes the mistakes you have always made regarding responsibility, and the extremes you sometimes go to when it comes to fulfilling – or avoiding – certain commitments. Others have responsibilities too, and these are the ones that need to leave your shoulders now.

Of course, even in a state of freedom, life will always be full of challenges, mysteries and problems. This year, you will be learning how to deal with them more constructively. This month, you will need to focus on the space in which you live and the people with whom your space is shared. Your life is going to change this year and what affects you will affect them too. Recognize the restrictions that exist in your personal/domestic life.

This month emphasizes love, family, pets, financial and physical security, material belongings, and location. The more restricted you feel, the more obviously a change is needed.

You may feel restless about where you want to be, and with whom. However, blaming someone else for your situation is pointless because we are each responsible for our own happiness. Know the difference between helping and interfering.

Don’t worry – as this year proceeds, you will find ways to free yourself. The important thing is that you have started to love yourself again and take your own needs more seriously.

Controlling the situation is not important now. Finding ways to change it to your liking is what matters. January provides a new direction through which your creative talents can flow and expand. Use this new perspective to further your ambitions. Be honest with yourself when you consider the mistakes you have made in the areas of family and duty. You may have to change some outdated beliefs.

Give those you love a sense of inclusion in your life. Do something unusual and exciting with them. Bring fun and laughter into your relationships and loosen that rigid attitude which belongs in the past. Love is in the air. Get into it — or — consider how you can best get out of a situation where love does not exist.

Regret is an opportunity to do things differently

when they pop up in your life again – and

important lessons always do.

Holiday Mathis

January is a time of analysis, introspection and planning. This combination may create an initial fear of not knowing how to deal with a certain situation, but there is no need to think the worst. There is something you need to clarify within before you can make further judgments or moves. Be present, pay attention, and be prepared to learn new things.

Before your new direction can be seen, you may have to recognize a misunderstanding that you are holding on to, particularly concerning people to whom you feel you have some kind of obligation. Seriously analyze your situation, as it is now. The door of opportunity is knocking, but how can you hear it if you reject the possibility that an alternative exists?

Know what your responsibilities actually are. There is a lot of sorting out to do. Be patient. Trust yourself. Spend time alone with no distractions. Minimize your activities. You need time for yourself. Listen to the questions you ask yourself, and hear the responses you give. Listen to how you argue with yourself when alternatives appear. Notice your resistance to change. Feel yourself fighting off your own changing reality and, consequently, your potential for greater satisfaction. Be aware of this inner battle and you will also realize that everything starts from within. Forgive yourself for whatever you are regretting. That will enable the healing process to begin.

Once you have accurately assessed your position, consider your own needs and desires. How do you want things to turn out? What do you actually desire in your life? Then consider the reality of the outside world; this changing, evolving, dangerous world in which dependence is an unwise option. Then ask yourself if you are free, or are you trapped in stagnation because you have outgrown the norm? Perhaps what you want – in the way you want it – is no longer possible. Examining all the details can lead you in a new and more satisfying direction. Notice where your old familiar ways of doing things are no longer appropriate or desirable.

Take charge of your life as you travel through these confusing evolutionary times. Broaden your outlook. Accept what cannot be done and focus on what can. Work on restoring the LOVE which your anxiety now threatens to harm in some way.

Guilt holds you responsible for everything that does not feel good. Never forget that guilt is the great deceiver. It may be twisting the word “responsibility” in a way that makes you feel responsible for someone else’s problem, or using its deflecting nature to blind you to certain matters that you really do need to know about. Life is now urging you to accept a responsibility lovingly and, at the same time, find a way to balance it with your own needs.

It’s never too late to be what you might have been.

George Eliot

January emphasizes material assets, finances, status, and career, and you are likely to experience a loss of enthusiasm for a particular ambition or situation. January’s vibrations show you that certain circumstances have served their purpose but are now revealing their imperfections and limited long-term potential.

January is not a time for rash decisions or impulsive moves. Being aware of the dullness that surrounds you is sufficient for now because the solution to this is not immediately apparent. In fact, this entire year will be an exercise in self awareness and looking for thetruth, rather than assuming that you already know it. You will soon understand the necessity of this 12-month cycle of deep thought and meticulous planning. Any changes that occur this month, or this year, are for the purpose of positioning you closer to your true direction – your heart’s desire.

You may not like where you are at the present time, but if you cannot see any other possibilities, stay there for now. On the other hand, if you believe that where you are is perfect, you may not yet have felt the greater potential stirring inside you. Give yourself time. You will feel it. This year of self-discovery has only just begun. Approach this month in an efficient and businesslike manner and be willing to learn new things, especially where career and finances are concerned. Be aware of everything that is going on around you, not only in your immediate vicinity but in the big world of economics and politics, too. Be aware of the instability of power and money, regardless of how vehemently others may deny there is a problem. Stay clear of ideas and schemes that have outlived their effectiveness to produce an income. Be aware.

As more jobs and entire industries become obsolete, and those that remain offer less and less long-term security, it is necessary to face new truths about making a living. Throughout the 7 year cycle, you will be exposed to your own unique talents – gifts from life that you may not know how to use productively – or may not even know you possess. Do not discount them. They are the key to finding both the security and the satisfaction you crave.

As humanity continues to evolve towards free will, regardless of how the journey appearsto be going, we are not on this abundant Earth to labor under the control of some industry or other. We are here, in this evolving creation, to evolve and create. We have been programmed to believe that our gift is actually our curse, but when your gift becomes fully accepted into the everyday fabric of your life, your “living” cannot be far behind. But don’t rush. It may take this entire year to figure out HOW to make that happen.

This month, you will be exposed to new and unexpected realities. It is up to you to follow your own Will and find your own truth. The answers are unlikely to leap out at you, but your awareness of new potential can evolve into solid ambition later in the year. For now, keep your everyday life going, and spend as much time as you can contemplating newpossibilities.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and

over and expecting a different result.

Albert Einstein

A situation which has prevented you from living the life you want to live, is coming to an end. If you are still stuck in last year’s introspective frame of mind, it is time to wake up and face the reality of your present situation.

Your emotions, and the emotions of those around you, may be running high. Observe and sense what is really going on. Your feelings are telling you what you really want by pointing out what is no longer available or desirable. Once you accept that something must end, alternatives will start to appear. And remember: although getting what you really want is what the 8 year offers, this must start with correct understanding of your current reality. Without that, you will not know how to proceed, or even why you want what you say you want.

At least one major goal can be accomplished this year, probably more. For now, however, unfinished business needs to be completed so that there are no loose ends to trip you up as the year unfolds.

January takes you back – so that you can define the things that are preventing you from moving forward. Recognize all the attitudes, beliefs, and situations that have kept you from feeling fulfilled. Consider those unproductive aspects which have been slowing you down; that consistent set of circumstances which always seem to end in disappointment, no matter how much effort you put into it.

Your Will is waking up and is expressing itself through those intense feelings you’re having, especially the rich feelings of self appreciation you had forgotten you were able to feel. Once you have made a decision which is not derived from guilt or blame, your self-esteem will rise to the level needed to fulfill your needs, and others will support you.

Endings must now be made in a way that will allow you to walk away from a certain situation without regret. Be patient, tolerant, open minded, forgiving, compassionate, and optimistic. Above all, accept and enjoy the feeling that is urging you to believe in yourself as your feminine Will starts to feel freer. Situations may arise which test your patience and tolerance. Their purpose is to show you that you do have a choice: you can remain dependent on others for your fulfillment, or you can take full responsibility for your life by developing a strong intent to fulfill a specific goal. If you choose the latter, you will have to focus on whatever your goal happens to be

This cycle will also teach you a lot about giving – and that giving and receiving are equal parts of the same process, as one cannot be achieved without the other. There are so many ways to give: your time; support; money; service; understanding; sympathy; creativity; etc. But giving out is not the only way to give. Sometimes giving involves giving in, giving way, or even giving up.

You will give something, this month. Just remember that in order to give, you must firstlet go. Finally, it is important to be aware that the transition from the wispy, dreamy planes of the spiritual 7 year into the much colder and harsher material energy of the 8 year can be confusing and stressful. Allow for this in the first 3 months or so.

I don’t believe people are looking for the

meaning of life as much as they are looking

for the experience of being alive.

Joseph Campbell

It is difficult to live successfully and independently when so many aspects of your life are dependent on so many outside factors. This cycle urges you to ‘be yourself’, and then asks: “How can you be yourself when such a large part of you is lost somewhere in the past?” It emphasizes the pleasures of material attainment – yet makes it clear that materiality alone cannot bring happiness. It says “Hold on” one minute and “Let go” the next. Ultimately, this cycle is urging you to stop blindly pushing yourself forward and go back into the past instead, where you will be able to understand where your previous actions and beliefs have LED you.

Here you are, standing alone in the world to face your own reality, make your own decisions, and do whatever needs to be done not only to survive, but also to create a reality that you truly desire. You know that something has to end, but you’re afraid to know what the outcome will be. First, an important change must take place in your understanding of both independence and the power of the individual.

January represents the beginning of a year of endings. The new evolves out of the old but, by refusing to accept the emotional reality of your past, the old has no choice but to repeat itself – and you don’t want that. Your feelings must be allowed to move in all directions; forward, backward, to and fro, so that you can recognize the old unexpressed emotions that are still trapped inside you.

Visualize your life with a past, a present, and a future. Notice how your past has created your present and how the future you desire can only be created out of your present circumstances. You know you are entering a new phase of your life and yet you may experience great frustration, and fear of failure, while this transitory and temporary period plays itself out.

If you feel as if you’re waiting in the wings and are afraid you’ve missed your cue, realize that you are living in both the “letting go” cycle of your past, and the “learning the ropes” cycle of your future. You have no idea what to expect from the people involved in either cycle and they, too, have no idea what to expect from you. Be as gracious and patient as possible and don’t blame yourself or others for this month’s changes and delays, many of which are due to events taking place elsewhere. You are dealing with the realities of the world – and your own life – and there is a lot of ground to cover. No matter how many different circumstances arise for you this year, they are all connected to the experience of releasing yourself from the past.

Of course, life will go on, and you will be moving forward each time you let a piece of the past go. Be determined – but allow things to unfold naturally – as you GO BACK to claim your future.

by CHRISTINE DELOREY
http://creativenumerology.wordpress.com/

Weekly Thoughts and Findings; Conscious Effective Listening

2011-12-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

Conscious Effective Listening

"We were given two ears but only one mouth, because listening is twice as hard as talking."

Brief Theory of Communication

Expressing our wants, feelings, thoughts and opinions clearly and effectively is only half of the communication process needed for interpersonal effectiveness. The other half is listening and understanding what others communicate to us. When a person decides to communicate with another person, he/she does so to fulfill a need. The person wants something, feels discomfort, and/or has feelings or thoughts about something. In deciding to communicate, the person selects the method or code which he/she believes will effectively deliver the message to the other person. The code used to send the message can be either verbal or nonverbal. When the other person receives the coded message, they go through the process of decoding or interpreting it into understanding and meaning. Effective communication exists between two people when the receiver interprets and understands the sender’s message in the same way the sender intended it.

Sources of Difficulty by the Speaker

	Voice volume too low to be heard.
	Making the message too complex, either by including too many unnecessary details or too many issues.
	Getting lost, forgetting your point or the purpose of the interaction.
	Body language or nonverbal elements contradicting or interfering with the verbal message, such as smiling when anger or hurt is being expressed.
	Paying too much attention to how the other person is taking the message, or how the person might react.
	Using a very unique code or unconventional method for delivering the message.

Sources of Difficulty by the Listener

	Being preoccupied and not listening.
	Being so interested in what you have to say that you listen mainly to find an opening to get the floor.
	Formulating and listening to your own rebuttal to what the speaker is saying.
	Listening to your own personal beliefs about what is being said.
	Evaluating and making judgments about the speaker or the message.
	Not asking for clarification when you know that you do not understand.

The Three Basic Listening Modes

Competitive or Combative Listening happens when we are more interested in promoting our own point of view than in understanding or exploring someone else’s view. We either listen for openings to take the floor, or for flaws or weak points we can attack. As we pretend to pay attention we are impatiently waiting for an opening, or internally formulating our rebuttal and planning our devastating comeback that will destroy their argument and make us the victor.
In Passive or Attentive Listening we are genuinely interested in hearing and understanding the other person’s point of view. We are attentive and passively listen. We assume that we heard and understand correctly. but stay passive and do not verify it.
Active or Reflective Listening is the single most useful and important listening skill. In active listening we are also genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking, feeling, wanting or what the message means, and we are active in checking out our understanding before we respond with our own new message. We restate or paraphrase our understanding of their message and reflect it back to the sender for verification. This verification or feedback process is what distinguishes active listening and makes it effective.

Levels of Communication

Listening effectively is difficult because people vary in their communication skills and in how clearly they express themselves, and often have different needs, wants and purposes for interacting. The different types of interaction or levels of communication also adds to the difficulty. The four different types or levels are.

Clichés.
Facts.
Thoughts and beliefs.
Feelings and emotions.

As a listener we attend to the level that we think is most important. Failing to recognize the level most relevant and important to the speaker can lead to a kind of crossed wires where the two people are not on the same wavelength. The purpose of the contact and the nature of our relationship with the person will usually determine what level or levels are appropriate and important for the particular interaction. Note the different requirements in the following situations:

	You’re lost, and you ask a stranger for directions.
	Your child comes to you crying.
	You are in trouble and someone offers to help.
	Your spouse is being affectionate and playful.
	Opposing council is cross-examining you in court.

If we don’t address the appropriate elements we will not be very effective, and can actually make the situation worse. For example: If your wife is telling you about her hurt feelings and you focus on the facts of the situation and don’t acknowledge her feelings, she will likely become even more upset.

There is a real distinction between merely hearing the words and reallylistening for the message. When we listen effectively we understand what the person is thinking and/or feeling from the other person’s own perspective. It is as if we were standing in the other person’s shoes, seeing through his/her eyes and listening through the person's ears. Our own viewpoint may be different and we may not necessarily agree with the person, but as we listen, we understand from the other's perspective. To listen effectively, we must be actively involved in the communication process, and not just listening passively.

We all act and respond on the basis of our understanding, and too often there is a misunderstanding that neither of us is aware of. With active listening, if a misunderstanding has occurred, it will be known immediately, and the communication can be clarified before any further misunderstanding occurs.

Several other possible benefits occur with active listening:

	Sometimes a person just needs to be heard and acknowledged before the person is willing to consider an alternative or soften his /her position.
	It is often easier for a person to listen to and consider the other’s position when that person knows the other is listening and considering his/her position.
	It helps people to spot the flaws in their reasoning when they hear it played back without criticism.
	It also helps identify areas of agreement so the areas of disagreement are put in perspective and are diminished rather than magnified.
	Reflecting back what we hear each other say helps give each a chance to become aware of the different levels that are going on below the surface. This helps to bring things into the open where they can be more readily resolved.
	If we accurately understand the other person’s view, we can be more effective in helping the person see the flaws in his/her position.
	If we listen so we can accurately understand the other’s view, we can also be more effective in discovering the flaws in our own position.

Listening Tips

	Usually it is important to paraphrase and use your own words in verbalizing your understanding of the message. Parroting back the words verbatim is annoying and does not ensure accurate understanding of the message.
	Depending on the purpose of the interaction and your understanding of what is relevant, you could reflect back the other persons: Account of the facts. Thoughts and beliefs. Feelings and emotions. Wants, needs or motivation. Hopes and expectations.
	Don’t respond to just the meaning of the words, look for the feelings or intent beyond the words. The dictionary or surface meaning of the words or code used by the sender is not the message.
	Inhibit your impulse to immediately answer questions. The code may be in the form of a question. Sometimes people ask questions when they really want to express themselves and are not open to hearing an answer.
	Know when to quit using active listening. Once you accurately understand the sender’s message, it may be appropriate to respond with your own message. Don’t use active listening to hide and avoid revealing your own position.
	If you are confused and know you do not understand, either tell the person you don’t understand and ask him/her to say it another way, or use your best guess. If you are incorrect, the person will realize it and will likely attempt to correct your misunderstanding.
	Active listening is a very effective first response when the other person is angry, hurt or expressing difficult feelings toward you, especially in relationships that are important to you.
	Use eye contact and listening body language. Avoid looking at your watch or at other people or activities around the room. Face and lean toward the speaker and nod your head, as it is appropriate. Be careful about crossing your arms and appearing closed or critical.
	Be empathic and nonjudgmental. You can be accepting and respectful of the person and their feelings and beliefs without invalidating or giving up your own position, or without agreeing with the accuracy and validity of their view.

Become a more effective listener. Practice the active listening technique and make it one of your communication skills.

By Larry Alan Nadig PhD

http://www.drnadig.com/listening.htm

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2011-12-28T20:20:00.002-08:00

Listen.

Honor yourself and honor another by truly listening.

It can take a lot for another to speak their truth.

Listen.

You will learn a lot about yourself and they will feel

respected and honored you were present and truly heard them.

~Higher Self MAL

Happy Holidays

2011-12-24T09:03:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS <3

Family and friends are precious gifts during the Holidays and always.

♥ HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS from all of us at Awakening Source♥

Let us give one another the gift to just be, to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity; Give each other love and understanding so that we can all give and receive such beautiful gifts as unconditional love, ideas, openness, awakening, respect, healing, and sooo much Peace and Joy. Wishing you all a very merry holiday filled with love and many heart hugs! ♥

~Melissa Amber Lawrence

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Change

2011-12-22T14:28:00.000-08:00

Those who don't feel this Love

pulling them like a river,

those who don't drink dawn

like a cup of spring water

or take in sunset like supper,

those who don't want to change,

let them sleep.

~Rumi

BUT....

How Energy Healing Happens (Even Over the Phone!)

2011-12-12T16:32:00.001-08:00

Photo: JoreJj Z. Elprehzleinn / Flickr

Over the years I’ve been to a number of energy therapists who’ve used methods ranging from their hands to acupuncture needles to tuning forks to cure whatever’s ailed me (and it usually did). But the last time, when an odd pain kept me from traveling to a practitioner’s office, the ache was vanquished over the phone.

That was more woo-woo than even I could handle (even though I’ve written about various forms of energy healing for years), which got me wondering, how is it that a therapist — using nothing more than thoughts and energy — can help someone improve their health?

So I put in a call to Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., author of the books “The Biology of Belief” and “Spontaneous Evolution.” Lipton is no flighty New-Ager; earlier in his career he worked as a cell biologist and professor at the National Institutes of Health, Stanford and the University of Wisconsin, among others. It was actually the experience of scientifically cloning cells that convinced Lipton that the way we view healing is wrong. When he separated genetically identical stem cells into three Petri dishes, he says, the cells in each dish grew to be totally different than those in the other dishes — even though all were genetically the same. That set Lipton on his lifelong quest to uncover the role the environment and other factors play in cell restoration and growth.

Here are excerpts from our fascinating conversation.

Q: Is it possible to scientifically explain energy healing?

Bruce Lipton: Absolutely. There’s a concept in quantum physics called “entanglement,” which is when one energy source entangles with another so that they interfere with each other. This interference can be positive and harmonious, as with energy healing, or it can be negative.

Physicist Amit Goswami published an article in a physics journal showing that entanglement affects people. He had two people meditate together and then separated them into two chambers where they couldn’t see or hear one another. When one person had a light strobed by his eye, it caused the firing of a certain frequency in the brain. Remarkably, at the same moment, the other person’s brain also fired, even though he never saw the light. This proves what we intuitively knew, that the energies of people can affect one another.

Q: Are there examples of entanglement in other things?

Bruce Lipton: Sure. If you have pendulum clocks on the wall and start them all at different times, after a while the pendulums will all swing in synchronicity. The same thing happens with heart cells in a Petri dish: They start beating in rhythm even when they’re not touching one another.

Q: What exactly happens in an energy healing session, then?

Bruce Lipton: What Goswami’s study demonstrated is that when two people become entangled, one person will conform to the energy of the other person. When one of them is a healer whose cells are vibrating at a higher level, the client’s cells become entangled, and their energy is lifted. That’s why that old saying, “physician heal thyself,” is so important, even though most don’t understand it: If the physician’s energy is going to influence or, in scientific terms, “entrain” the patient’s, the doctor’s must be higher.

Q: What causes a person’s energy to be lower in the first place?

Bruce Lipton: This is where environment comes in. And by that I mean of course diet, exercise and stress, but also your sense — or lack — of optimism. Each of our cells is a living entity, and the main thing that influences them is our blood. If I open my eyes in the morning and my beautiful partner is in front of me, my perception causes a release of oxytocin, dopamine, growth hormones — all of which encourage the growth and health of my cells. But if I see a saber tooth tiger, I’m going to release stress hormones — cortisol, histamine, norepinephrine. Those chemicals change the cells to a protection mode. I don’t even have to see these things: If I’m worried or afraid, my blood will fill with the same harmful chemicals. People need to realize that their thoughts are more primary than their genes, because the environment, which is influenced by our thoughts, controls the genes.

Q: So you have to change the environment — including your thoughts — if you want healing to be sustained?

Bruce Lipton: Yes. If your environment keeps draining your energy, it’s like having a leaky bank account, where any money you’re putting into the bank, such as by seeing an energy healer, keeps slipping out. You have to change your environment, including any harmful beliefs, before the energy can stay high.

Q: Does a person’s expectation about a healer play a role in whether they improve?

Bruce Lipton: Absolutely. Your cells don’t see the environment directly; they take as their truth what the brain tells them. That’s why the placebo effect is so powerful for every type of healing. If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, which facilitates that. And the opposite is equally true and equally powerful: When the brain expects that a therapy will not work, it doesn’t. It’s called the “nocebo” effect.

I once developed Bell’s palsy, which is a paralysis of the face. One morning I put a coffee cup to my lips, and the coffee started running down my shirt. The standard treatment is medication, but I was determined to be over it without drugs in one week. I went to an acupuncturist and chiropractor, both of which are forms of energy healers. Seven days later it was gone. I know it could have resolved even faster if I hadn’t chosen a week as my goal.

Q: What about healing over a long distance? That’s a hard concept for people — including me — to wrap our heads around.

Bruce Lipton: It’s freaky, but it works, because energy isn’t limited to a set spatial distance.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-energy-healing-happens-even-over-the-phone.html#ixzz1gMziolgu

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2011-12-10T08:24:00.001-08:00

Fear is your friend. By loving and nurturing fear and befriending fear,

you take its power away and it swings the pendulum back to love.

Believe that fear is an honest authentic friend and you will

learn from it everyday. Fear is your greatest teacher.

Love fear wholeheartedly and

be grateful for its messages and teachings!

~Higher Self MAL

Blessed and Grateful for Pain?

2011-12-09T12:47:00.003-08:00

On my own life journey many times like many of you, I have looked deeply into my pain and suffering, asking why, sometimes screaming why I was experiencing what I was. On one level feeling that life was unfair and awful and on another understanding I was learning about life, my body, my journey and existence through the pain. Even as a child having these extreme experiences as hard on the soul as they were I knew that there had to be a reason for what I was experiencing, something deeper more than my conscious mind could understand. With that, I have continued my search deeper into myself and my shadow asking for answers and questioning. Now as an adult going through a life of intense pain and suffering I have learnt many lessons. One being to listen and another to let go and I realized that in those many moments of contemplation in the darkest of dark moments as unbearable and awful as they were and can be, they were exactly where I gained the most insight about who I am, what am I doing here and what is my purpose.

I have become grateful (over time) and thankful for my shadow, as these dark times have lead me to awakenings, knowings, situations and amazing relationships on my path for what I am beyond blessed for!! Each experience adding a piece to my journey and life puzzle and laying out the web of coincidental connection that I love seeing and feeling everyday I’m here.

What I wanted to share is my realization from these 20+ years of learning and experiences and that is that I have found true awakening/being/living is for me all about the experience in its self. As souls down in the 3D these experiences through our 6 senses is what we are truly here for. To experience Love/Fear, Peace/Pain, Joy/Suffering…ect to learn how to balance the pendulum swinging in the duality of consciousness. Also to see that it is more about how we 'choose' to react to a situation or experience or thought or feeling more than the experience its self.

Through all the duality that we came here to experience the question that comes up for me was/is... Can I choose to be grateful and put a smile on my face no matter what end of the duality spectrum I’m experiencing... ??

Can I step back and smile and maybe lighten up and laugh and say Wow what an experience(as ugly as it may be)! I am blessed and grateful for this moment. I am blessed and grateful for this pain...

I was encouraged by an amazing friend to do just this not long ago through an extremely tough moment and I have to be honest it was beyond difficult to do at first. We as a culture and society have been taught that pain is bad and we must do everything we can to rid ourselves of it and mask it, hide it and hate it. We are fearful of pain even beyond our conscious understanding.

In my moment of pain trying to speak words of gratitude, I completely lost my voice... I tried to speak and couldn't at first… nothing would come out. I sat silent for a moment, while my friend repeated the words "I am blessed and grateful for this moment and this pain, I am blessed and grateful for this moment and this pain.." After a few mins of them repeating it over and over demanding that I do the same, out loud, Finally with huge resistance..(and wanting them to be quiet..hehe) I was able to speak the words. " I am grateful for this moment and this pain. I am grateful for this moment and this pain, I am grateful for this moment and this pain.”

WOW.... what I realized after 10 mins of repetition of those words, was that my whole body was starting to relax and letting go. I was experiencing less pain.. what i realized was that those words were taking away the power the pain was having over me!! Taking away the fear of the pain, (which can be worse than the pain its self.) What a huge insight....

So can I smile in the midst of love or pain, suffering or happiness???

YES I can..

Was it easy.. heck no!!

Was it worth it??... Beyond Yes!

and I wonder if you can do it too...? :)

I would love to know your experiences and if you can when in pain (mental, emotional or physical) take a moment and for 10 mins repeat the words "I am blessed and grateful for this moment and this pain" Try to feel the energy of gratitude in your body and notice what takes place for you... observe the power of the pain to let its grip lose and take note of the small shifts in your body and being. Maybe it's easier to breathe, maybe the pain eases up a notch.. maybe you can go from crying to laughing feeling silly for talking out loud to yourself and doing something against the grain for a change.

I know it will be good.

"Realization, acceptance and letting go is the medicine given to the dis-ease of pain and suffering!!" ~higher self MAL

I love this quote I channeled and do agree with it, but I also believe on top of that, we are each others medicine and through unconditional love and support of one another we will learn, grow and awaken together and will/can better balance the pendulum of duality in this life journey/expereince.

~Melissa Lawrence

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2011-12-05T03:54:00.002-08:00

I can and I will make a difference!

If not for you, for me and that is everything this world needs!

~Higher Self MAL

Weekly Thoughts and Findings

2011-12-04T07:51:00.000-08:00

There are two things in life that we can never change:

The Past

Other People

Instead when you focus on change as a personal journey/

transformation, life around you will change as well.

Shine your light and the light will do the rest

~Inspiration

You Matter

2011-11-27T03:33:00.004-08:00

You matter, more than you'll ever realize. You are unique and no one will do or think or be the same way you will. Someone always loves you even in times when u don't feel it. Your contribution by being alive is part of the whole and every part is as important as the next, there is no ocean without the beautiful unique drops of water. Smile because somewhere you know this is true and frown because maybe you don't want to hear it, but know that whatever you do labeled right or wrong or how you feel is not what defines you. You are a divine being full of light and YOU MATTER ~Melissa Lawrence

You Matter

What you do makes a difference.

What you do matters

no matter how trivial it is to you.

Your smiles matter.

Your silence matters.

Your intentions matter.

Your playfulness matters.

Your attitude matters.

Your stories matter.

Your words

even though few in number, matter.

Your helping hand matters

even if was only stretched out

for two seconds.

You make a difference.

You matter.

by Shervin Hojat

Gratitude

2011-11-25T01:00:00.000-08:00

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~Melody Beattie

Love, Gratitude and Thank you

Give love to everyone and everything that you do.

Be grateful for the people, relationships and the small things in life.

Give thanks for the love you receive and give out daily.

Look at the ways you give appreciation, friendship, energy and time.

Be happy knowing that you are doing this to the best of your ability.

I am love

I am grateful

and I give thanks

~Melissa Amber

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2011-11-23T06:10:00.003-08:00

If you’ve lost your sense of humor, you’ve lost everything.

Laugh in your darkest moments and
realize you have everything to live for.

~Higher Self MAL

Power Living

2011-11-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

“Power Living is being spiritually connected, mentally focused, physically energized, emotionally engaged, and environmentally supported. It is a way of being that allows life to flow. It is committing your energy to what you care about on a day-to-day basis.”

This practice of Power Living is guided by Five Principles, each of which represents the five dimensions, which are all inter-related:

1. Live on Purpose (spiritual)

2. Tune your Mind to the Positive (mental)

3. Honor Your Body (physical)

4. Be a Humble Warrior (emotional)

5. Sanctify your Surroundings (environmental)

TAKE THE POWER LIVING PLEDGE WITH AWAKENING SOURCE!!!

The Power Living Pledge

I live on Purpose every day;

I look to my Source to show me the way.

I choose thoughts that nurture my mind;

I eliminate views that are negative and unkind.

I honor my body as the temple of my soul;

I choose foods that are nourishing and whole.

I serve my Self, and others with Love; showing gratitude to my Source.

I seek order, simplicity and peace, creating space for my blessings to increase.

I choose wisely in all I do, prioritizing my energy to live authentically and true.

I pursue every task with conviction;

I view unconscious inaction as an affliction.

I am fully Present, living as if, this is the last day for me to enjoy my Gift.

I take time to Pause and Play, giving balance and joy no delay.

I live these Power-Filled principles every day;

I do my best to get out of the way!

Purposeful and Powerful, indeed! :-)
~Anonymous
(this was sent to me without an author.. if anyone knows where this "power living pledge' came from pls let us know to give this beautiful soul credit, for what has come through him/her!)

I was blessed and grateful to have received this universal message and I take the Power Living Pledge!! Who wants to take it with me??
~Melissa

Guidance For the week of Nov 20th 2011

2011-11-20T01:16:00.009-08:00

Guidance for the week by Dr. Dharm:
The time of Conscious Creation is at hand.
The seed of your deepest desire is ready to be planted.
Nourish this desire with Faith, and only visualize that which you wish to see at the end of this growth.
Then, bless the journey and the time that it will take for this seed to come to fruition.

Dr. Dharm, Naturopathic Doctor & Medical Intuitive
Dr. Dharm Sidhu is Naturopathic Doctor and a medical intuitive who believes that good health and well-being is natural to us all; she utilizes a unique blend of holistic healing modalities, while aiming to treat the core causes of illness.
1 604.761.0485
www.dharmintuitive.com

7 Important Personal Development Skills

2011-11-19T06:33:00.001-08:00

7 Important Personal Development Skills
Personal development skills are about conscious change of self. Change happens to all of us and most of it happens unconsciously. However if you are a bit like me you would like to be in charge of your own life and how it develops, would you not?

Personal development skills need to be performed with mindfulness and presence in order to make this happen. It was not until I did specific things in a certain way that I succeeded in making real change happen.

1: Resolution

After working with myself for more than 30 years having solved my most critical problems is a reasonable expectation. Well, as disappointing as it was I had not.

It was first when my frustration reached its critical mass so to speak, that I managed to make a decision so strong it pervaded me into the core of my essence. This constituted a major shift in my awareness and signified that the old way of how I saw myself finally had reached a point of chaos that was ready to reorganize at a higher level.

My point is this: You need to be ready for the change in order to make it happen. You need a core decision, a resolution to go through with your intention. If making a solid resolution to follow through with your conscious change process is not among your repertoire of personal development skills, you will back off long before any success will be at sight.

2: Taking responsibility

Real change did not start for me until I took full responsibility of my own thinking and behavioral patterns and realized that it was my way of viewing reality that did not serve me the way I wanted. It was my way of viewing life that created my problems rather than the other way around. Placing the responsibility upon my parents and other people and situations had prevented me from creating the progress I had sought for my whole adult life. Among all the personal development skills this is crucial.

3: Growing awareness

I started to observe my thoughts, feelings and behavior in situations I perceived as difficult. I noticed when I felt discomfort, unrest, confused and other symptoms of not handling things as well as I would like to. I discovered something interesting: Being my worst enemy became more and more impossible as my awareness of how I practiced my mind power increased.

Today I have realized that it is not possible to continue doing something that goes against my intentions when I’m totally aware. Have in mind that the opposite is also true: You are only able to act in harmful ways when you lack awareness of something.

4: Identification

I also discovered that the acceptance of what I noticed was vitally important for making any progress at all. The progress started first when I managed to get myself out of denial of the actual fact.

As I developed I noticed the progress increased with my ability to notice my feelings, listen carefully to my thoughts and identify more properly with what was actually happening inside me.

I realized that explaining unwanted results with what other people did, only disconnected me from the real reason and the ownership of my results and as such my possibility to change anything at all. Being able to identify fully with what is happening both inside of you and in your outer life need to be among your personal development skills.

5: Self-talk

I created a new way of talking to myself. Instead of saying “I am depressed” I said “Now I have had one or more thoughts depressing me”. And when I felt some kind of upheaval I shifted from “This is too difficult for me” to “This is part of the change process and I choose to go through with it because I have decided to create a better life for myself.”

I also changed my self-talk from defining myself in all kinds of negative ways to ask myself questions. I.e.: “What do I necessarily believe in order to think this way – or experience this?” “What thoughts can possibly have produced these feelings – or these experiences?”

You need to switch your inner self-talk from criticizing yourself to be your own most loyal partner.

6: Attitude

During my process it became more and more obvious to me that my intention for change needed to come from a positive attitude. As long as my intention was to get away from something, the change that I wanted did not occur. As a matter of fact it was rather the opposite that happened.

I needed to shift my focus to something positive. Positive attitude also influenced my ability to let whatever was happening to me being okay. This was important because it was only then I got the power to do what needed to be done.

Changing from an overall negative thinking pattern to a positive way of thinking can be a real challenge. Early in my process I stumbled upon the most useful tool I have ever used in enhancing my personal development skills; brain entrainment. I recommend it highly as it really helps you act from a relaxed state which is important for the results you get.

7: Focus

When you focus you push aside all kinds of distractions to your conscious intention. When I was able to fill my mind totally with my conscious intention AND align my thoughts, feelings and actions with that intention, AND do this with clarity and strength… Then things really started to progress and change happened fast.

I believe this to be the most magical of all personal development skills as the results you want seems to happen in magical ways when you manage this.

Based upon my own experience with failure and success in my own change process, I believe these seven elements to be the most important personal development skills you could acquire.

By: Aase Koppergaard

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

2011-11-16T16:58:00.001-08:00

An ending doesn't have to be sad, upsetting, ugly or depressing.

It is the only way to begin ANEW, and that feels Amazing!

Rejoice!!

~Higher Self MAL

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Seeds of Joy

2011-11-16T03:33:00.003-08:00

Rediscover Your Abilities ~Seeds of Joy~

"Often in physical reality it is easy to slip into an unawarness of who you are.

Dramatics have a way of dulling the senses. It can lead to a disconnect with your joyful soul partipation.

Whenever possible, participate in a moment of happieness. Attempt to bring it into your day by whatever means possible.

Joy is like filling your automobile for a journey. It creates a sense of well being on the journey through this life.

Each day remind yourself of one reason for being in this life. Assign a happy thought to it. Nuture this small seed of joy until it has an effect upon your daily dramas.

The good thing about joy is that it can blossom internally no matter what is occuring in the daily drama.

Create the thought of joy and then sit in it. Be there as you move through the day. It will change the dramatics. It may take some days to accumulate enough to oppose the sadness, but eventually will make a difference.

Be patient.

No matter how small of a sliver, joy may be in your life. It is an abundant seed.

Plant it.

Water it.

Wait for the miracle of its blossoming.

You can achieve it.

Be joyful and plant the seeds.

You can achieve it."

~VERONICA via April Crawford

www.AprilCrawford.com

I AM

2011-11-15T09:45:00.005-08:00

I AM

I am neither but at the same time both.

I am all that there ever will be, but more.

I am the strength that no man knows and the defeat that all man knows.

I am all and I am none.

I am nothing and in nothing am the ALL.

I am a thousand cries of the deepest pain and the beauty of pure silence.

I am loss, and in that loss have found,

I am neither but at the same time both.

By Melissa Amber Lawrence

The Energy of Death

2011-11-14T08:12:00.000-08:00

Death, rebirth and transformation, these three words have played a prominent role in my life. Not only as a Scorpio in western astrology, where those words are a part of our theme, but also as a guide for many lessons I have encountered. My vedic astrologer once told me that as per my karmic code I would make an excellent grief counselor, a death guide and or medium. I'll share more about this journey in the future.

Death has always been a difficult idea for humans to come to terms with. We fear it, we avoid it, and when we see it we often don't know how to cope with it. However, we all know that one day we will face it, one day it will greet us with open arms to take us on our next journey. What is that journey you may ask? - That all depends on your beliefs, and those beliefs are the vital thing that can change your relationship with the omnipotent energy of death.

My own beliefs around death have changed over the years through experience, interaction and research. I can clearly say now that I no longer see death as an end, nor as horrific, scary, or uncomfortable. Those fear based feelings come before death, as death is the release and the potential to see life and your soul for what it truly is.

Author Michael Newton PH.D and his books Journey of Souls as well as Destiny of Souls, gave me the understanding about the afterlife I had been looking for. I had always trusted my intuition and felt that the knowledge shared in these books existed, but reading the words of Dr.Newton's hypnotized patients made everything clear. Dr. Newton started as a hypnotist, basing his practice on science and having no belief in regression, or the potential of regressing a patient into a life between lives. However, after his patients continued to regress he realized this was something he had to investigate. Now he has worked with thousands of patients compiling information of lives between lives, the afterlife and our soul's journey. The exciting thing about this information is that the facts Dr.Newton compiled came from the words of so many different souls, all speaking the same thing, giving truth to his investigative practice.

What I, like Dr.Newton and so many others, have come to realize is that death is not an end. Death is merely the moving on from this life to the afterlife, and potentially another reincarnation where your soul can continue to grow, learn and progress. Obviously the process is more complicated, and you can learn many more details by reading his books, but once we start to realize this then death becomes less scary. We realize that we chose this life, the experiences, and the people, in order to grow. We have the potential to take a step back and thank every trial we encounter knowing that it is in fact a gift.

Take a moment to think about the struggles you have overcome in your life, how have they changed you for the better? Know that although we may not see the blessing in a hard situation at first, there is one there, it could take time for us to discover it, it may not even become clear until we leave this plane, however it IS there. Take a step back and you will see, this life is truly a gift, embrace it for all that it is.

If you would like to know more about the afterlife, and my own experiences/interactions with it, feel free to comment with questions or thoughts. I will also post more about this journey in the future, so keep in touch.

In love and light,

Heather

11:11:11 Awakenings

2011-11-11T01:11:00.001-08:00

To many 11.11.11 marks the beginning of a new cycle in humanity, with increased spiritual leanings and compassion. To others 11.11.11 is a Master Number and signifies a serge of incredible energy out there available to us today for transformation. Or for some it is a new step up and forward in consciousness, with more awakening for human consciousness. And perhaps the most powerful lesson inherent in the number 11 for some, is ‘that there is one, and next to it there is one. I am another yourself, and you are another myself. Each is one. ALL ARE ONE.’ Bruce Fenton

Whatever today’s date and energy means to you today, let us all take a moment to thank and honor the past, by being present and turning inward in the moment and lets celebrate your moment as ‎"No matter what you have been through in your life, where you are in life right now, how old your are, or who you think you are or aren't or should be... Every moment is anew and it is NEVER too late to be who you TRULY ARE and meant to be!"
~ Melissa Lawrence

LOVE is all around you. Be wide open to give and receive love during this magical day.

Thrive : What on Earth Will it Take

2011-11-10T01:11:00.002-08:00

SYNOPSIS

THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
INTERVIEWS in THRIVE

Duane Elgin, Nassim Haramein, Steven Greer, Jack Kasher, Daniel Sheehan, Adam Trombly, Brian O’Leary, Vandana Shiva, John Gatto, John Robbins, Deepak Chopra, David Icke, Catherine Austin Fitts, G. Edward Griffin, Bill Still, John Perkins, Paul Hawken, Aqeela Sherrills, Evon Peter, Angel Kyodo Williams, Elisabet Sahtouris, Amy Goodman, and Barbara Marx Hubbard.

http://thrivemovement.com/

A Thought...

2011-11-08T18:30:00.000-08:00

A Thought...

In life, there appear to be those who do not know and those who do not know that they do not know. ~They are as children. Nurture them.

Then there appear to be those who do not know and who know that they do not know.
~ They are willing. Teach them.

Then there appear to be those who do not know, but who think that they know.
~ They are dangerous. Avoid them.

Then there appear to be those who know, but who do not know they know.
~They are asleep. Wake them.

Then there appear to be those who know, but who pretend that they do not know.
~ They are actors. Enjoy them.

Then there appear to be those who know, and who know that they know. Do not follow them. For if they know that they know, they would not have you follow them. Yet listen very carefully to what they have to say, for they will remind you of what you know. Indeed that is why they have been sent to you. That is why you have called them to you.

~ Neale Donarld Walsch "Friendship with God"

A Wise Woman

2011-11-07T03:33:00.000-08:00

‎"A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.

But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. "I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

Author Unknown

HOME

2011-11-05T10:00:00.002-07:00

Click on link below to watch :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU&feature=player_embedded

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Challenges

2011-11-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

Many people believe that a challenge-free life is a happy life.

However, life with its challenges stimulates our
growth and development. Such challenging experiences,
which are sometimes painful, hold the possibility of being
catapulted from the small mind to the
big mind. Challenges are our spiritual liberators.
~Michael Bernard Beckwith

AWAKENINGS FROM THE SOUL...

Divine LOVE~What Can It Do For You?

What is Today's Lesson I Asked my Higher Self.....

Sacred Geometry

CREATE: For It Is In Creation That You Exist.

Cre·ate

Two Wolves

The Power of Vulnerability

What is Today's Lesson? I Asked My Higher Self...

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Speak your truth.

Be Kind, For Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Great Battle...

The Universal Truth of Love

On Life and Letting Go

The Warrior's Prayer

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Welcome Cliff Harvey ND, Mind-Body Therapist

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Weekly Thoughts and Findings; Year of Power, Year of YOU ~2012

2012 is Upon US :)

Personal Numerology for 2012

Personal Numerology for 2012

Weekly Thoughts and Findings; Conscious Effective Listening

Conscious Effective Listening

Brief Theory of Communication

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Happy Holidays

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Change

How Energy Healing Happens (Even Over the Phone!)

How Energy Healing Happens (Even Over the Phone!)

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Blessed and Grateful for Pain?

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Weekly Thoughts and Findings

You Matter

Gratitude

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Power Living

Guidance For the week of Nov 20th 2011

7 Important Personal Development Skills

What is Today's lesson? I asked my higher self...

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Seeds of Joy

I AM

The Energy of Death

11:11:11 Awakenings

Thrive : What on Earth Will it Take

A Thought...

A Wise Woman

HOME

Weekly Thoughts and Findings: Challenges