SEED THOUGHTS

Happy New Year!

2008-01-06T19:58:00.000-06:00

Christmas Gift of Giving

2007-12-18T11:53:00.000-06:00

Christmas Happiness and Psychological Health Through Giving

By Bernadette Dimitrov Christmas is a time for giving and giving is the act of generosity. It nourishes love in our relationships and builds the human spirit. Research shows that people who give without expectation and who do not feel diminished by the act of giving are the most psychologically healthy in our society today. Here are seven benefits of giving:

1. Builds Relationships - giving reinforces appreciations and acknowledgement of each other and thus is an important ingredient for building relationships.

2. Deepens Relationships - by sharing past and future thoughts we give of our selves in an intimate way. It can be a wonderful ritual such as at Christmas to come together and openly give and share feelings, experiences and wishes for the coming year. This deepens relationships as we share and express more of who we are.

3. Expresses Feelings - giving is a way to express and show feelings especially if you are not comfortable expressing feelings through words. Giving is an opportunity to express a whole range of feelings such as gratitude, appreciations and thanks.

4. Creates Memories - through giving we have many ways to create and leave lasting memories. Our willingness to care, show interest, give time, loyalty, honesty and by going out of our way to do something extra for someone else such as preparing a special meal, writing a special verse on why we love and cherish someone or making a special gift as a symbol of our love, are some of the ways we can give and create lasting memories.

5. Creates Predictability - we all love predictability; especially children as it gives them a sense of security. Through the predictable act of giving especially at birthdays and Christmas celebrations, the expectation of appreciations, acknowledgement, love and being made to feel extra special is created by the ritual of giving.

6. De-stressor - giving is all about looking outside of ourselves with no expectation of anything in return. It is putting others first for concentrated moments in time. The ritual of giving takes the focus off ourselves and our stresses in life are handled with a more balanced focus.

7. Creates Miracles - connecting into the community by giving has huge benefits. It reinforces love in all our lives. It creates leverage which creates miracles when together we give for the greater good.

Giving is an expression of our love. We give in many ways with our supportive words, our listening, attention and giving of our time and of course through material giving too. Giving materially, emotionally and physically is the glue that holds people together and is a way to renew our love for one another, create lasting cherished memories, deepen relationships and create psychological health and happiness for ourselves!

Creating the Life You Love - Step One

2007-11-29T01:35:00.001-06:00

How many of you have spent hours looking for something that you need and can't find it. Then when you least expect, it appears right where it was supposed to be all along. Did you feel silly having wasted all the time looking when it was right there under your nose. If you're like me, this has happened to you many times throughout your life. Well, finding the life you love is really not much different.

As a child, I remember going to Church and being told about that still small voice within each of us that guides us if we let it. Back then, it was given the name of conscience. In the early 70's when I began meditating, it was called going within. In order to go within, we had to learn first to LET GO. We were learning to connect with that spiritual force within each of us and to let it come forth and fill our bodies with its light, power and guidance.

This light, this Divine Spark within each of us is a beacon to guides us through our life. It is pure spirit, joy and love. It is at once all knowing, all understanding, all giving, all glowing, all healing, all protecting. Living in a material world, we are well aware of our material bodies, but we often forget that we have this other spiritual body within us. This spiritual body functions much like a genie and is always on call. All we have to do is LET GO and let it guide us.

This spirit side of us knows better than the material side of us what is in our best interests, what will make us happy, and what is our correct choice of path in every given situation. But, in order to unite with this portion of our being, we have to first LET GO.

Being a professional psychic counselor was never what my material self wanted for me. I was a conservative who believed I had to have a professional conservative career. I did for many years and actually loved what I did. But, did it make me happy? Not really. It did, however, provide for me, stress me out, take a toll on my physical health and body, and put me in a brain fog so great, it began to be hard to function. I was physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted. How many of you have ever felt the same?

After a number of situations that took a toll on my physical health, I knew that something had to change. I'd been doing affirmations on and off since the early 70's and knew how powerful they were. So, I did a lot of praying for guidance and came up with a great one and started using it multiple times a day. Then I asked for a sign to tell me what to do as I was at a major crossroads. Then I LET GO and waited.

The wait wasn't very long at all. Spirit started talking to me and telling me which way to go. They were baby steps at first. It was a path I had been on for years but only part time. I had rejected for years what I had been consistently told I was to do because it wasn't what I thought I should be doing. It seemed a little too out there, too unconventional, not mainstream enough, and too off the wall. It didn't fit my image of how my life was supposed to be. How was anybody going to take me seriously if that is what I did for a living? But, now I was ready. I had tried it my way and had been left physically broken. This time I was desperate, I was ready to listen to that Divine Spark within. I was ready to LET GO.

Little by little, I took baby steps to get back on the path Spirit was telling me to go in. Each day, I continued my affirmations. Each day, I received guidance and nudges pushing me along my path. Then one day, to my surprise, a dear client called me and lectured me. She and another client had gotten together and, according to her, had decided that if I spent the same amount of time on the spiritual work that I did on the conservative work/job that I wouldn't need the job anymore. This special lady functioned as an Angel that day. She was dying of cancer. She spent the last months of her life doing what she could to make sure those she cared about were on their path and doing what they were supposed to be doing. I was one of many. I am so grateful today for that phone call and the words she spoke that day. It marked a major turning point in my life's journey.

For the first time, I really looked at what I had been doing versus what I had been being told to do for years. I realized that she was absolutely right and that this was the sign I had been asking for. This dear client had never called me on my cell nor ever called me at the office before so that in itself was a shock and completely out of character. And, the lecture was out of character as well. I knew that it could have only come as a result of Divine Guidance and as a result of the affirmations I had been doing. A few days later I quit my unbearably stressful job. With nothing to fall back on except faith, I took a huge risk to follow the voice of inner spirit within. I LET GO.

Do you know what happened? I was hired by a company where I could do my spiritual work at home on my own schedule. I could work when I wanted and as little or as much as I wanted. I could set my own hours according to my health limitations. I could rest when I needed to. For the first time in years, I could visit with friends, family, take a trip, have company, take a long lunch, walk on the beach, read a book, go to a matinee, or anything else I wanted to without having to get permission from a boss who thought they owned my life. I am virtually stress free. My bills are paid every month.

How did this happen? It started with one big step! I allowed the Spirit within me to start guiding my direction instead of thinking I could do it all by myself! Each day I do my affirmations and if I get nervous about not being in the drivers seat, I do more affirmations. I allowed that big Genie inside of me to guide me. I LET GO!

Affirmation: I am always protected. I am released from all the negatives that are holding me back. I am always guided. I make only correct choices and decisions followed by Divine right action. Only Good exists in my life now! I am grateful for all the blessings in my life.

Why Are We Here?

2007-11-18T05:26:00.000-06:00

Recently, I did readings for a couple of starseed individuals. Like all starseed, they feel they have a mission to perform and that their lives are not truly their own. Up until now, I had kept quiet about the channelings that came to me from time to time talking about other star systems, the people who came from the stars, and their purpose. But after these new readings, I realized the time had come to begin sharing this information with others.

Channeling November 4, 2007

Q. Michael, are you here?

A. Yes, we are here to assist and to guide you so that you may know what you would know.

Q. Why are we here? What is our purpose for incarnating here at this time in history?

A. The starseed are here to bring enlightenmet and further evolutionary evolvement to earth. They are to influence and demonstrate through wisdom, gentleness, and strength that all can evolve and work together as ONE unit. Their purpose is to free the earth and the world beyond from the ties that entangle the earth like ropes which are inprisoning and preventing its birth into its natural, free and evolving state.

These fetters must be removed in order to free the earth and to shake off its masters of control to be the free, breathing, energetic being and life force it is meant to be. Just as a human, when freed of the ties that bind and hold him back, breathes freely again, so it is with the earth. Just as a man struggles against his bondage, becoming ever more violent until he frees himself, so will the earth. A man being freely untied, struggles not.

We are here to assist in releasing the earth from its bondage and defilement. If we do not each of us work to free the desecration of our Mother Earth, without force, then Earth will use its full power and force to break free from our constraints so that it may continue to live.

Introduction to Michael

2007-11-17T05:01:00.000-06:00

In 1994, for the first time, I was awakened out of a deep sleep with the sound of someone dictating to me. The information being given was so fascinating that I had to write it down. That began a series of channelings which were dictated to me while I typed away. Each time, I would write/type until I was too tired to continue.

Channeling: July 26, 1996

Q. Who is here with me? Identify yourself.

A. My name is Michael, the Archangel. I have been temporarily assigned to you to help you get more comfortable with your channeling skills. Once you have become more disciplined about keeping to a schedule, your other guides will more easily be able to contact you with spiritual guidance. I am a more practical sort and as such have been chosen to help you momentarily. You must set a time to begin your channeling exercises. There is much to be channeled by you, but you are fighting your destiny in this area. There is nothing to fear. You need only accept and follow through. All will be given to you freely.

You will be channeling and will work in the realm of the future rather than in the realm of the past. People need guidance into the future as most of the multitudes are lost at present. You will forewarn them and help them to complete their chosen paths. Living today, there are too many avenues to choose from and, with so many choices, people are getting confused.
You will be able to show many their future path. Some through channeling yourself, others through guiding them to see their own destination. Seeing it is halfway to being there.

Q. Is this my higher self talking?

A. Yes and no. Your higher self is allowing you to reach a higher level of communication with your helpers and your guides.

Q. Is Mary still there for me?

A. Yes, but we have been assigned to you as her assistants. She has much work to do now in the world and many more appearances to make. She will come from time to time and always hears and answers your prayers. But often, we will serve as her messengers and in her place.

Q. How many of you are there?

A. At least sixteen always and often more. Aren't you lucky! We cover all facets of your life. Three of us are helping with your children. Two more have been assigned to help you with Jerry. Five and sometimes six have been assigned to help you with your writing. Three are there always to help with your readings and three more assist you when needing help for others.

The rest of us are specifically for you to help you heal, grow spiritually, and heal physically. We are all here for you whenever you call on us. Two of us are musically inclined and three are experienced in journalism. Your Indian friend is still with you, too. You will become more involved in reminding others that we must take care of mother earth if we are to have a future. Iron Feather is with you in this and also Tall One Running. Yellow cloud is with you, too, as is White Deer. They have given you powerful medicine to work with. They have given you answers before and will give you more in the future. They will help you to understand this portion of your heritage.

Trust and go within. The answers are always there. For confirmation read:

Isaiah 2:4 My name is Yahweh! I will not yield my glory to another, nor my honor to idols. See how former predictions have come true. Fresh things I now foretell. Before they appear, I tell you of them.

Proverbs 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father's instructions.

Affirmation for the Day: I am always protected. I am in perfect alignment with my true purpose and destiny. I am focused on my Divine Path and only Good is attracted to me.

Face to Face With the Goddess

2007-11-17T04:50:00.000-06:00

Not long after my NDE, I was home alone one night. It was a very cold winter night. My two children were in their rooms sound asleep as was I. Suddenly, I awakened with a start and quicky froze, terrified. Someone was in my room and standing near the dressing room alcove. Their profile was very clear.

Lying motionless, I began saying the 23rd Psalm over and over in my mind. Gradually, as the entity moved closer to the bed and my eyes became accustomed to the faint light in the room, I realized that this was not a living person but a spirit entity. I prayed even harder. I didn't know whether to be less scared or more scared.

As the entity moved closer, I began to see more clearly and she became clearly visible to me as she lit up the room. Still in shock, I began to relax a little as the fear subsided and I just listened as she spoke comfortingly to me. Since the NDE, I had been going through a lot emotionally, feeling a lot of confusion, and knew I had to make changes in my life. I did not, however, know how I was going to go about it. She was there to help me and let me know that she would always be there to assist me and guide me in what I needed to do.

The entity was Our Lady, the same as the one in the Icon I had been given recently of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Among other things, she advised me to remember to pray to her and that she would always be there to help me no matter what. She said she was always there for me to call on for help, advice, or whatever. Before she left, she commanded me to get the Icon I had been given of her and put it where I could see it when I slept and know she would always be that close and available to me. She told me not to fear and that she was protecting me. Then she faded into mist and was gone.

For a few moments, I couldn't move. Shocked and stunned, my mind was still reeling from the magnitude of what had just happened. I grew up as a protestant and not a catholic. I had been taught that you didn't pray to Mary or the Saints. So, why was Mary appearing to me? At last, I pulled myself together as I had to find the Icon. It wasn't a request. It was a command! The problem was, I had hidden it away where the two wild toddlers couldn't get their hands on it. For the life of me, I couldn't remember where it was. I put on my robe and slippers, but was still shivering from the cold. I couldn't find it anywhere!

An hour later, freezing, I had moved on to the garage and was going through boxes there - desperate to obey the command I had been given. My husband came home and couldn't believe I was in the garage digging through boxes in the cold at that time of night. He finally convinced me to go back to bed and sleep and finish my search in the morning. Cold, exhausted, and still a bit in shock, I reluctantly agreed.

Sure enough, upon waking the next morning, I went straight to where I had hidden the Icon. It was in the house, up high on a shelf. I took it back to my room and put it on the nightstand. To this day, that Icon stays beside my bed as I was commanded. It goes with me when I travel. It has become my most prized possession.

It took some time for me to accept this experience. Our Lady has been appearing all over the world to all kinds of people. She is constantly making her presence known. Now, I realize that in our Patriarchial society, we have lost touch with the Divine Feminine. We must all get back in touch with this lost side of our humanity and Godhead. We must get balance back into both our physical and spiritual lives. We can not become whole human beings or souls until we balance the two sides of our nature. Our Western society has denied the reality of the feminine side for centuries.

Now, particularly as we move into the age of Aquarius, these two aspects of male and female must be brought back into alignment. We have been out of balance far too long. The key is to have balance between the two - not a favoring of one energy over the other.
Affirmation for the Day: Just as the Godhead is balance between the Father Mother God, so is my own nature and energy perfectly balanced between the male and female energies. I am in perfect alignment physically and spiritually.

Touched by Beyond!

2007-11-17T04:42:00.000-06:00

Starting out on this psychic journey, for me at least, wasn't easy. I grew up as a child and young adult knowing things others didn't. It didn't seem unusual or magical to me. It just seemed like common sense. I would make comments from time to time and people would give me weird looks. Sometimes they were even visibly uncomfortable. It took me until I was about 21 or 22 years of age, to realize that everyone didn't do what I did.

Being very empathic, I learned to stay away from funerals and hospitals. These were places to be avoided at all costs. The intensity of emotions in these places would make me physically ill. People's illnesses, emotions, anger, and pains would transfer onto me. So, you see, this was very distressing and uncomfortable for me. Seeking to protect myself, I found myself withdrawing from emotionally charged situations. Reading was preferred to being in social situations. It took years for me to learn to come to terms with what I knew and saw and felt and figure out what I was supposed to do with these unwanted gifts.

In 1972, I had an NDE - a near death experience. I won't go into that here as that is a whole story in itself. But, this marked a new level of experience for me. All at once, I became bombarded everywhere I went with other people's lives. Having a strong sense of privacy, this was hard to accept. I could understand someone coming to you as a client and being open to what you received for them. I was upset at being buried in their information when they didn't ask for it. This was more than uncomfortable, it was scary. I felt like my life and thoughts were going completely out of control. This was an invasion of privacy, both mine and theirs, and I had to find a way to turn it off.

In those days, there was very little information publicly available about NDE's or about psychic experiences. I had never met a psychic and never read about one. Most of all, I didn't want to know these things. I was pretty much a very conservative minded Christian who went to church every week and had nearly every week my entire life. No one I knew could help me with what I was going through. This was frightenng to say the least and I seriously questioned my own sanity.

But, as they say, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. One of my husband's aunts called one day to tell me of a psychic who had just come to town. She was holding meditation classes in her home and would I like to go? Yes, at this point, I was willing to try anything if it would help me understand what was happening to me. I had succeeded in slowing down the flood of information coming at me, but not in stopping it. Maybe this would help!
A psychic convention was also being held about that time in El Paso. This same aunt invited me to go with her there as well. Next she took me to a Spiritualist Church (two), and another channeler. To my dismay, upon meeting these various groups of people, I was singled out of the crowd and given a lecture about why I wasn't doing what they were doing. Now as a very conservative licensed real estate agent with a strong religious background, I could not fathom myself doing what they were doing. To be honest, at that time, I thought they were pretty quirky and odd. The idea of doing what they were doing did not appeal to me at all. I just wanted my life back the way it was.

It was not to be. The first psychic medium channeler I met who was giving meditation classes, took me under her wing and explained to me what I was going through, She insisted I stop fighting it and just accept it and not fear it. She explained these were the gifts I had been told about during my NDE. During the meditation groups, I began getting a series of visions which turned out to be very accurate predictions about my future in great detail. My entire life was laid out in front of me like a roadmap. At the time, there was much I didn't understand, but I understood enough to know my life would be very different in the future than I had previously expected.

Something had happened that had drastically altered the course of my life. I was not the same person I was before the NDE. My values were different. My priorities had changed. I had always been religious, but now, I moved beyond that and began my spiritual journey. Somehow, I had to find a way to adjust. I made a lot of mistakes, I felt lost and out of control. The life I had had was slipping away from me and I had no real idea that made sense about where I was heading. Talk about sink or swim, I had to quickly learn how to flow with the flow. The old rules that governed my life weren't working anymore and I didn't know what the new ones were.

I read a book once called, "The Reluctant Prophet." This was exactly the feeling I had and it is probably common to many of us who are on this spiritual journey. We are reluctant for many years, but something keeps us on the path until we finally (kicking and screaming and protesting all the way) slow down and accept our destiny. It took me a great many years of resisting, living two lives, and lots of learning to finally slow down and accept my path.

To those of you just starting on your path, I hope by sharing my own feelings and experiences, it will help you to accept your own path. Many people are now in the process of waking up to their spiritual path and destiny. May you align yourselves with your path easier than I did mine. As I finally came to realize, we have to stop resisting and just align ourselves with it trusting it will work out the way it is supposed to. A simple task really, but not so easy to do in the world of distraction we live in.

21 st Century Mind

2007-10-26T00:52:00.000-06:00

Just prior to the beginning of the 20th century, we once again became aware of the higher consciousness planets of Pluto, Uranus and Neptune. These discoveries marked our entry into the present Aquarian Age. As most of you realize, Aquarius is a mental sign and is associated with the Brotherhood of all Mankind. So with the advent of the Aquarian Age, we begin to use different parts of our brain, we are able to make unprecedented technological advances, and we learn new ways of communication.

As we move into the 21st century, we are seeing the ideals that first started forming in the previous century and embraced by an enlightened few are now becoming mainstream. Astrology, which used to be reserved only for the ruling class or countries, is now practiced for individuals. What person doesn't know what astrological sign they are these days? Meditation is being embraced equally by medical doctors and corporate America as a stress reliever. Mainstream America is now becoming concerned with alternative forms of energy, construction, and utilization of waste materials in an ecologically friendly manner.

This is just the beginning of a wave of consciousness going through the minds of humanity all over the planet. Our consciousness is starting to rise to an awareness that we are all inter-connected and that everything we do, think, and believe has consequences in the world around us. This awareness gives us unprecedented power to create, manifest, and achieve but also carries with it great responsibility to be sure this power is used for a higher purpose and is of benefit to all creation.

Ghostly Haunts

2007-10-25T20:24:00.000-06:00

Living in Galveston, TX, you get acquainted with a lot of ghosts. Especially in the historic neighborhood where I live with all the wonderful old Victorian homes and the Historic Strand Business District. This is what is left of the Galveston that existed pre-1900 Great Storm.

Take a walking tour around the downtown section of this beautiful island and you're bound to encounter a ghost or two somewhere along your route. It is rumored that the entire island is a graveyard. Prior to moving here, I had been in a few old homes that had ghosts but had never actually lived in one. It really isn't so bad once you get used to.

The home I live in is one of the oldest on the island. It actually stayed in the original German builder's family until the 70's. Then the previous owner to me bought the place, redid it 70's style and then used it as a rent house until I bought it in 1999. Unfortunately, he did a lot of things that hurt the home, so, I've been busy trying to undo some of what he did.
Upon moving in, I used to have the ghost of an older lady glaring at me every night while I slept. When my grandson moved in for a little while, he used to tell me there were monsters in the house. He was only two and didn't yet know what a ghost was. Scooby Doo taught him about ghosts. After about a year of working on the home, the old lady came a few nights and smiled at me. It appears that she approved of what I was doing as she was gone soon after and hasn't returned. She can now rest in peace knowing her beloved home is in good hands.

A friend of mine opened a restaurant in the Historic Strand neighborhood a few years back. His building is rumored to be the most haunted building in Galveston. People taking pictures in the restaurant come away with photos filled with spirit lights/globes. Many people like to dine there just to see if they can feel a ghost or not. The building had many previous uses. They used it as a temporary infirmary duing the Civil War and then again after the 1900 Storm. Many people living in the lofts across the street report seeing soldiers through the windows at night. I also see ghosts of Indians, the original inhabitants, who were massacred by John Lafitte's pirates and other European settlers who settled on the island. If you're ever in Galveston, be sure to check it out. The restaurant is called, Le Croy's Bistro, and is located right on The Strand. Owner's are Tommy Le Croy and Barbara Davis. Ask about the photo's of spirits currently on display an enjoy the genuine New Orleans style cuisine.

One night another psychic and I spent the evening in the most haunted area of the building. I brought along my laptop and did automatic writing. I can remember much of what was said, but only about half of it actually showed up on the computer. Now, there was a mystery! What did spirit do with the extra verbage?

Now that Halloween is getting close, look for ghost tours both here on the island and in your neighborhood towns where there are old homes for viewing. A guided tour is the best as the guide can give you lots of info on the type of hauntings, who the ghost is/was, and what kind of appearances it usually makes. Contact Dash at Ghost Tours of Galveston for a truly informative and fascinating tour of the most haunted district in America! hauntedislandtours@yahoo.com
Have a happy haunting month as ghosts come out to start their new year this month - the Celtic New Year!

Becoming Aware

2007-10-25T20:07:00.000-06:00

It seems with all of our advanced technologies, the days and time are speeding up. With all our daily responsibilities and bustling around, we forget to take the time to be aware of the wonders around us. Life seems to busy to take time for the little things.

A few years ago, I enrolled in a creative writing class at the local college. Our first assignment was to write a three page story starting with a rock. At first thought, this seemed completely impossible to me. But, then I focused on this small little rock, a piece of gravel from the side of the road. It wasn't long until I was able to spin a beautiful tale from this small beginning. My new professor, like so many before, encouraged me to continue the tale into a book.

Another day, the professor took us outside to a patio area and told us to write about what we observed, the sounds we heard, the wind on our faces, etc. I was starting to get the idea now. I was now starting to become aware of small things around me that were completely unnoticed before. I was starting to use an extra piece of my hearing, my sight, my feeling to expand the world around me back down to an elemental stage. This was more basic but more expansive and fulfilling at the same time.

These two exercises were teaching us to be totally aware of every small thing around us. How many of us really take the time to do this on a daily basis. All these small and wondrous observations are usually taken for granted. Yet, these are often what we remember the longest. The feel of someone's touch, the sound of their voice, a momentary glance. How many of these treasures do we just pass by without being aware because we are too busy going about life's business to take a moment to live.

Remember these two little exercises and incorporate them into just a moment or two of each day and watch how they can create miracles in your outlook and thinking, and approach toward others and even the environment around you.

Soul Mates - What's the Big Deal

2007-10-12T00:39:00.001-06:00

Recently, I've been seeing a lot of soul mate connections for my clients and have implemented a renewal of communication to my soul mate. Having this on my mind, I thought perhaps other people might also be interested in the subject of soul mates.

First of all, we connect with other people on many different levels spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, purpose, and life path. Not every soul mate will connect on all of these levels. Some will connect on just one level. You will feel a very strong bond with this person but only on that one level. The term soul mate, as it is generally perceived, usually indicates that you connect on four or five of these levels with the same person. A relationship with someone where you are connecting on this many levels is rare and can be pretty overwhelming as well as unforgettable.

A soul mate connecting on multiple levels of four or more is someone who can literally "knock your socks off." This person will alter your life in previously unconsidered ways. This is the person that you would follow through hell and high water to be with. This is what is referred to as a "twin" soul. This person can know you better than you know yourself and vice-versa. This is the person that romance novels, movies, and songs are written about. Once, you have connected with a twin soul, you lose interest in forming others. The others pale in comparison. The intensity is so much deeper in a twin soul relationship, that often the participants initially try to fight it. This is particularly true if they have a history of disappointments in love. But, regardless of how hard they try to fight it, the feelings remain ever strong and they keep coming back together until they learn to accept and enjoy the ride. If one or both of the participants decides to continue to deny and fight the strength of these connections, it can actually have disastrous effects on their health and happiness. However, if they take the chance and embrace the connection, the opposite is true. It gives increased joy, energy, and vitality to each.

It is possible to have more than one relationship of this intensity, but the bonds are usually in different areas. For instance with a favorite parent or best friend, you could be bound in all ways except the physical or romantic.

Not everyone meets their twin soul during their lifetime. Even some who do, it doesn't come early - it comes later in life. Of course, some people meet them earlier but deny it because of other commitments. Frequently, they are able to get together later when the commitments and responsibilities to others are dissolved. There are a lucky few who actually meet their soulmate early in life, recognize them and live a life full of happiness together.

It is estimated that 25% of marriages that take place are twin soul relationships. These are the lucky ones. After 50 years of marriage, they are as much in love as they were when they first met. They go through the trials and tribulations in life and are still very much in love. But, for this to happen, both people have to accept the intensity of the love and commit to it and embrace it as the rare gift that it is.

Some people are afraid of this intensity and deny these relationships because a connection that is less strong also makes them less vulnerable and they feel more in control. And, they are, but they also have less joy. If they have met and denied that soulmate, their health usually suffers as they feel stress more intensely and they can literally develop heart problems or fade away energetically because of a "broken heart."

So, there are some who don't want to meet their soul mate. They want to play it safe and maintain control over their lives. They don't want to give up a part of themselves to another person and so they keep themselves distant. They think they will be happier this way. They think they won't be divided. But, are they? What do you think? In being separate from the one you know to be your soul mate, you feel a very deep sense of sadness, emptiness, and incompleteness that nags at you.

When you are with your soul mate, you feel energized by their presence. It is as if a light comes on when they are around. You feel you can accomplish all you need to do. You feel joy and happiness toward all those around you. You are happy so you want everyone else to be so also. You want your soul mate to be happy, too, so you do whatever it takes to make that so. You sacrifice for that person's welfare, you can't imagine a life without them in it. You know that love can conquer all. And, it can conquer some pretty huge obstacles. Through it all the love and the connection remains. Years can go by and the connection is still there ever strong. It transcends separation, distance and death.

Now, in the current period of longer lives, busier and more eventful lives, and much spiritual work to do and karma to complete before the major changes that are coming, many people are incarnated without their soul mates. This is because they have much work to do while they are here. In these instances, the soul mates are on the other side helping them from the spirit realm.

So, if you are lucky enough to be one of the 25% of people who are actually able to connect with a twin soul, please cherish them. Don't deny the connections but embrace them and see them as a gift from spirit to help you through life's ups and downs. Take the chance to be truly deeply happy.

Affirmation for Day: I am released from all the negatives that are keeping us apart. I am now united with my perfect soulmate in perfect communication, love, harmony, peace, understanding and commitment. Only GOOD exists between us now. I am grateful for this blessing in my life.

Everyday Guidance

2007-09-27T05:32:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with a client. She, too, has built a successful real estate career by using her intuition which is highly developed. (It's been my experience that most successful people in this or other sales fields are highly intuitive and use it in their work.) Most, however, just do it and don't really understand how or what they are doing.

This is where learning to be aware of the intuitive gifts that we all have can help you in everyday life. Have you ever noticed that if you go to the mall needing a particular item and you can't find a close up parking place that more than likely you are not going to find what you are looking for either? Did you notice that other days, you drive to the mall, park right by the main door of the store you are going to. Then, not only does the store have just the perfect item you are looking for, but it is also marked down to an incredibly low sales price and the one that is left is just your size and color!

Have you ever tried to go in a certain direction or course of life and hit one obstacle after another, on and on? Often by sheer determination and force of will we overcome these obstacles but is it what we should be doing? Could this be God/Universe/Higher Power telling us we are going in the wrong direction?

On the other hand, you have also probably experienced switching gears and changing your course and Voila! All of sudden, everything is falling into place effortlessly. Offers of help come out of nowhere, you get cooperation from everyone involved, the answers just present themselves easily. This is God/Universe/Higher Power telling you that you are this time going in the right direction.

Some of you may not believe in psychics or astrology, but these are just tools like many others to give you a type of roadmap through life. It is not meant to be an answer for all things, but just to give extra insight so that you have a full picture in making your decisions. Many people in the world believe that their world is what they make it. They believe they have power over how their life turns out. This is true, they do to a point.

However, the greatest power in life comes from letting go of power and aligning yourself with the higher power that governs all of life and allowing it to work through you and guide you to where you need to be. It always will, if you but allow. This is the lesson that Christ was trying to teach in his Sermon on the Mount. The greatest power and success in life comes from giving up your power and allowing God to take over. When you do this, you will reach your greatest potential and your greatest joy and fulfillment. Afterall, who knows better than we do what is best for us? Do we? Or does God?

When we let go of our ego and our own will, life becomes so much less worrisome. We don't have to worry anymore, we don't have to stress. Because when we let go, we KNOW that we are taken care of, that like a loving Father, God guides our every step, every move. Is this a choice you can make? Can you let go and allow God to guide you?

AFFIRMATION FOR THE DAY: I let go and KNOW that I am always protected and always guided. I make only correct choices and decisions followed by Divine Right Action. Only GOOD exists in my life! Love surrounds me. I am grateful for all my blessings.

2007-09-21T22:35:00.001-06:00

I am blessed to have the great fortune to be living my dream on a quaint, historic, gulf coast island. For most of my life, I lived in the hustle bustle world of big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Now I have the best of both worlds. Houston is an hour away for all those big city conveniences. But, most days, I am here working and living the peaceful island life.

Dress is casual most everywhere you go. The natives are peaceful and friendly. What they call rush hour here is about like Dallas or Los Angeles in the middle of the night. When I first moved here, I was a bit scared I wouldn't like it. After all, I'd spent nearly all but my preschool years in major cities.

In those cities, people thought nothing of going all the way across the metroplex to a favorite store, theatre, or restaurant. If I would mention to natives here that if you couldn't get it here, Houston was close by. They would look at me like I was nuts and simply reply, "If I can't get it on the island, then I don't need it.

Initally, I couldn't understand the mentality of the natives being that way. But, a few short months after moving here, I found myself doing the same thing. You practically have to force me to leave the Island. I do without whatever I might be needing so as not to leave the Island. Usually, I go to the Mainland only when going out of town to another city - I'm just passing through.

Jobs and shopping on the Island are scarce so the internet has become a valuable lifeline for me. I work online, correspond online, and shop online. This affords me the luxury of being able to be at home instead of spending 4 hours a day or more fighting traffic like I did for years in the city.
When I do go out, I step out my front door and feel as if I have somehow stepped back in time. A short walk down my street, is like a walk into another life. My quiet street is lined with beautiful Victorians in various stages of rehabilitation. Some have been returned to their previous glory and others, like mine, are in the process. Neighbors watch out for each other like they did when I was a child.

Then when I go out for a walk along the Seawall or on the Beach or decide to dine at Gulfview restaurant, I feel like I've been transported away to an exotic vacation. Many friends have decided to join me here for visits. Something magical happens to your ability to relax, breathe, and feel better the minute your car starts over the Causeway to the Island. The air changes, you feel different, more invigorated and more at peace.

Even though the Island is a small community, the tourism allows it to offer more amenities than other cities of its size. There are many great restaurants and there's always something to do and somewhere to go. A trip to Walmart is like a reunion with friends. In the summer, I frequently run into old friends there down for the weekend from some other city in Texas.

Last week, a tropical storm came up quickly and with no warning and hit the island at a category one strength. Not bad for me. I live in one of the safer areas behind the Seawall. My towering avocado tree (two years old from seed) is now bent over my front steps from the wind and rain. So, this weekend, it'll be gettng cut shorter so the trunk can get thicker before it gains anymore height. Good news, its new location over the porch entrance enabled me to pick my very first home-grown avocado. What a treat - avocados and citrus growing in your front yard!

Affirmation for the Day: I love my home, my job, and my life. All I need is provided to me with joy and abundance.

12 Steps to a Great Reading

2007-09-11T22:29:00.000-06:00

When you need help, you need it now! When you want answers, you want them now! When you want details, you want them now!

"Whenever you want me, I'll be there! Whenever you need me, I'll be there. I'll be around."

Although I have been a practising Metaphysician, psychic counselor and astrologer for over 35 years, being on the internet is a whole new scene for me. It is a new medium for you as clients as well. The internet is full of awesome possibilities for every type of business and service and a unparalleled learning experience. For all the good it brings, it also has a few drawbacks.

Prior to the internet when someone decided to see a psychic/astrologer/reader, it was because a friend referred them. Now, people are able to log on to their home and work computers and surf the net for any kind of information they can dream of. Among these are your psychic internet sites. More and more people are quickly, easily, and anonymously able to contact a psychic without an appointment at any time of the day or nite. This is a WIN WIN situation, right? Most of the time it is.

Unfortunately, some people, because of lack of experience, do not really understand how a psychic works and receives their information. Consulting a psychic or astrologer online is very different than seeing one in person. In person, you have the time to exchange greetings and take a moment to get comfortable with one another.

It was a very new experience for me after 35 years of regular repeat and satisfied customers to have people calling me in this manner. So, I decided to write this article to remind those new to this field that psychics are people who are using their paranormal gifts to help you and not computer programs. This posting is not meant as a criticism but as a guideline to hopefully help those of you that are new to readings to understand how it works so that you do not have unrealistic expectations. It is also meant to give you techniques you can employ that will help you to get the best reading possible from whichever psychic you choose to call. After all, if you do not prepare yourself for the reading, you may be subconsciously blocking them.

Psychics have an obligation to do the best reading they can do for you and treat you with the respect, nurturing and caring they are known for. You, as a client, owe the psychic the same courtesy of showing them respect and allowing them to do what they do best!

You can receive a good reading from nearly any psychic if you abide by the following rules of etiquette. There are hundreds of reputable psychics more than willing and capable of helping you with life changing insight and techniques who are all respectful of the time and money you are spending to seek them out. Help them to do the best job possible by doing your part below.

1. Prepare yourself: I can't stress enough how following the suggestions below will help to increase the accuracy and satisfaction of your reading. Take a moment to relax, take a deep breath, and get in a comfortable position with notepad and pen for notes.

2. Before you make the call, make a list of the questions you would like to have answers to.

3. Do this affirmation several times before making the call. Say, "I will receive all the answers I need."

4. Keep your mind as open and as positive as possible in order to give the psychic a clear channel to receive from.

5. Make the call and be sure after exchanging names to allow the psychic to do the reading. A good psychic usually prefers to have as little information as possible. Occasionally, they may ask a question to get clarification on what they are picking up but that is all.

6. It is OK to give them feedback that they are hitting on target. With complete silence from you, it makes them feel they are stumbling around in the dark and to wonder if you are understanding and relating to what they are telling you.

7. Accept what they are telling you and wait and see what happens. Sometimes, it takes a little bit of time for things to materialize. Because each of us has free will, sometimes we or someone else makes a decision that changes everything. We all have that choice. The future is not an absolute. It is written in probabilities. Sometimes it can be changed - other times not. What we see on that day is accurate that day, but it could change a few weeks or months down the line because of the actions and decisions of yourself or others.

8. Please don't interrupt, argue and take a combative stance with the psychic and tell them they are totally wrong and you know better how things are going to turn out. If you already know all the answers better than the psychic, then why are you calling? No psychic can give you a satisfactory reading if you take this position and attitude with them. You have blasted them with negativity that they have to take care to shield themselves from. This is the opposite of what you want them to do. You want to be open to them so they can pick up an accurate assessment of what is going on. If you are being overly negative, it will color your reading to be more negative and perhaps hinder it all together.

9. Give them the benefit of the doubt that they do know what they are doing. Most psychics are "called" to this line of work by spirit and would never have chosen it otherwise. They are here to help you and not to hurt you.

10. Just because you can't see them and they are an unseen voice on the other end of the phone, they are not here for you to take out your frustrations and anger on. They are people dedicating their lives to helping you and others. They are not inanimate objects like your computer.

11. If you work with the psychic as your friend, confidante, and trusted advisor, they will be there to help you through the difficult times with their support, compassion, love, and wisdom.

12. Don't judge them negatively if you approached the reading while you were in a negative state of mind. Don't judge them negatively because they are not seeing what you want them to see. You have asked them what they see and they are telling you. This does not warrant giving them a negative rating. Doing so only hurts them and their ability to help others who appreciate their help. Be fair. Remember the GOLDEN RULE and the LAW OF ATTRACTION!

I hope all of you will consider these thoughts in the helpful spirit they are intended and use the suggestions to enable you to get the best reading possible next time you need one.

Affirmation for the Day: I am Divinely guided at all times. My mind is clear and receptive to the information and guidance I need to hear. I exist wih peace and harmony toward all.

Peace - One Thought at a Time

2007-09-10T20:54:00.000-06:00

Getting a lot of response to my earlier Blog entry about Changing the World - One Thought At a Time, I thought I would take that one step further - specifically regarding Peace. Begin to thnk of the earth as one living breathing entity, a greater expression of the smaller Universe contained within each of us.

Today, our medical establishment has spent years and millions of dollars investigating the causes and possible cures for Cancer. It strikes me that Cancer in our personal physical body is a great allegory for War in the Global Body. Just as Cancer cells multiply and attack and kill other cells within the physical body, so does the action of war on a global stage. If you relate one human being as symbolic of one cell of the World Body, the action of a human can be compared to be similar to that of a solitary cancer cell in the human body. When these cancer cells grow and form clusters and webs, then they start to become more aggressive and attack and destroy the other healthy life sustaining cells in the body. As these diseased cells multiply and take over, the body begins to die. This is true whether we are talking about cancer cells or as it is demonstrated on a global scale, the mentalty of war. The activity of war by a group of human beings - attacks another part of the world body of physical earth and humankind and destroys it. Just as re-occurences of out of control cancer cells in a human being eventually destroys that living body, so does the state of perpetual war eventually destroy the global body.

For every action, there is another reverse reaction so says the Law Of Karma also known as the Law of Cause and Effect. Like attracts more of the same says the Law of Attraction. As we continue to fight aggression with more aggression, we are getting close to the Point of No Return. At the present time in history, we have a state of technological advancement that, just like cancer in a human body, has the capability of destroying the entire body of the earth if it continues unchecked. It could conceivably even be set off accidentally causing a chain reaction around the world that could be unstoppable. We will continue to have war, aggression, greed, and a lack of responsibility to the welfare of the world and its people until society learns to start solving problems by going to the root of the problem - belief and thought patterns of society as a whole.

One of the breakthrough discoveries that scientists have found can cure cancer in many cases is the aligning of the emotions, beliefs, and thought patterns of the cancer patient toward enabling the body to heal itself. Thousands of people have been able to do this with miraculous results. There are two simple yet very effective methods. One is to do affirmations (active form of prayer) relating to the body healing itself and ridding itself of the diseased cancer cells. The second is the employment of visualization exercises designed to do the same. These exercises are repeated as a regular routine throughout each day and week until the body is healed and then should be maintained less stringently in order to maintain the physical health.

If we considered that those people, organizations, and governments promoting the continuation of conflict and war are much like these out of control cancer cells in our cancer patients, what could this mean for the healing of the world? Have you considered what would happen if enough people took an extra moment or two, while regularly practicing prayers, visualizations and affirmations to improve their own lives, extended these techniques beyond their personal physical body and life onto the world plane? Could it perhaps mean that we could actually and quickly attain that thousand year period of peace and tranquility in the world that has been long predicted? Could it mean that we could at last get a handle on and solve the problems facing humanity and civilization today?

For this to happen, we just need a large number of us to apply these techniques first to our own personal bodies, lives, and relationships and then to extend the energy outward into the Universe toward everyone we meet, and then extend even further to the world toward the major issues facing us today. It may be hard to see how each of us, individually, can make a difference on a global scale, but we can make an immediate and noticeable difference on a personal scale. Then our personal improvement, combined with others of like mind, is able to affect the global situation. So, as we are working to improve our immediate circle of contact and relationships, the energy gradually extends outward to embrace the world.

We are all interconnected in a great WEB of life. Now like never before in history, the average person has the ability through the WEB to extend and touch the lives of an enormous number of people in a way that was previously possible only to a privileged few. If enough of us take advantage of the opportunity to do this, we can achieve the 100th monkey effect, the point of critical mass, which will then ultimately envelop all of humanity and uplift the energy of the entire planet to one of brotherhood to all. We can begin to heal our planet at the same time that we are healing ourselves. Most importantly, we can do it from the quiet spot in our own homes where we do our regular meditations. We can bring Peace, change, and a better quality of life to all with just a few quiet thoughts and moments in private each day. With our combined energy with can bring miraculous changes to ourselves and others.

I hope each of you reading this today will consider these thoughts and do your small part to bring Peace and Understanding back into your own personal world which will ultimately extend into the global arena as your energy joins with other like-minded individuals, each doing their small part.

Affirmation for Today: Today my world is filled with Peace and tolerance for all of the diversity and wonder which exists in the world. All that is created has the Hand of God in it and is unfolding according to Divine Plan. Only Good exists for all.

Change Begins With Choice!

2007-06-15T22:05:00.000-06:00

"The last of human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes." by Victor Frankl

Do you look around at your life and wish things were different? If you do, you are not alone. But, do you fully realize that if this is the case, all you have to do is make a choice to change? Are you choosing to perpetuate the past? Or, are you choosing to manifest change and make the choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into your daily life and to those around you? We may not be able to change our circumstances instantly, but we do have the all important power to change our attitudes and how we deal with our circumstances.

Human beings are alone in their ability to affect the future possibilities in their life. All you have to do is make that choice to change. Establish that intent that things will now be different and that you will now be different. If it takes a little time, that's OK. If you slip back into old patterns, that's OK too.! The point is that you keep making that choice for better things, better actions, better decisions, better choices. So, keep re-establishing that intent each day and each evening.

The only thing that is truly consistent in life is change! You can be assured that your life will change. Make it a positive change by choosing that and by establishing your intent for a positive change. Before you can change the world around you, you have to change yourself. Then as if by magic, the world around you changes too. It begins with a thought, then a choice, and then it manifests! Before you know it, you will have the life you desire. It truly is magic how making the choice to change will manifest into a new and better life.

AFFIRMATION FOR TODAY: I am released from the old patterns that are holding me back from my true happiness. Only GOOD exists in my life now!

May You Be Blessed

2007-06-13T20:39:00.000-06:00

"Imagine a world where everyone is blessed by the presence of everyone else...Just imagine how beautiful such a world could be!" says Kate Nowak.

Living in a world as complex as the one we live in today, it is easy to lose track and forget how truly blessed we really are. But when we are able to hold onto those beliefs that we are always blessed and remember to always look for the silver lining in the darkest clouds, our inner light shines forth like a beacon to help guide those around us. Often our greatest troubles and challenges can also lead to our greatest blessings.

Help Kate reach a billion people in a thousand days. Kate invites you to join her in spirit every day at 12 noon Greenwich Standard Time in a worldwide Circle of Blessing where we can come together, joining hearts, minds and spirits to bless our world while meditating on and envisioning a whole and healed planet where love and peace abide. Enjoy her beautiful presentations at the links below and may you be blessed.

http://www.expressedblessings.com/movie2.html

http://www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com/

Changing the World - One Thought At A Time

2007-05-29T00:55:00.000-06:00

ONE MINUTE A DAY: All that is being asked of you by the Intention Project is to spend one minute each day visualizing a world of peace where everyone is fed and healthy and has ample opportunity to fully realize their dreams.You can do this in the morning when you wake up or in the evening before you go to bed. You can even take a moment while driving in your car.

DO USE AFFIRMATIONS:

I send love out to the world. The world is full of peace and love. The nations of the world are at peace. Everyone on the planet is fed and healthy. Economic opportunity exists for all. Clean water and air exists everywhere. Sustainability is easily achievable. Our world leaders are peace-loving, wise, capable, and effective. Life is good for everyone.

NOW, THE QUESTION YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF IS:

Is this a waste of time? Let's say that group intention really doesn't have any power. What would be the point then? Even if intention does not work on a mystical level, participating in this project will still have impact. Why? Because the more people focus on solving world problems, the more action will be taken. Perspectives will change and more minds will open. Eyes will open. And that, in and of itself, would make a huge difference.

Compliments of www.TheIntentionProject.com

World Wide Meditation

2007-05-29T00:30:00.001-06:00

This meditative format is for use in a world wide meditation effort. The purpose is to help bring in and embody in the fabric of human thought and action the Laws and Principles that are generating the new cultures and civilization of the unfolding Aquarian Age. The format is simple and follows the traditional path of mind/Soul meditation. It is suggested as a tool to help guide you toward the Bright Center of all. Please feel free to use as it is, modify it for your particular use and to share it with others.

I. Alignment (brisk yet unhurried pace)

Relax and release from the physical body. Sound the sacred OM. Calm and release from the emotional body. Sound the sacred OM. Quiet the mind and hold a steady mental focus. Sound the sacred OM. Fuse this integrated personality with the Soul. Sound the sacred OM.

II. Create the Group Chalice (2-minute visualization)

Visualize the brothers and sisters of the World. See an integrated field of light and loving co-relations. Picture this Group as a receptacle into which the results of our joint labor over the next several decades will flow, for we are the One Soul doing the One Work.

III. Cross the Bridge (2-minute recognition)

As One Group. see us cross the Bridge and take a stand on the Higher Spiritual Plane, the place of Love and Wisdom. We recognize and accept our place and assert our identification with the Hierarchy. Connecting with the Christ, the World Teacher, we stand within His field of Love and peaceful silent will. The Christ energy radiates outward. By an act of will, extend your spiritual consciousness through the Christ toward the Center where the Will of God is known, the Bright Center lying far in the distance.

IV. Meditation/Contemplation (10-20 minutes of silence)

Holding this point of focused intent, ponder on the Principle or Law and the Seed Thought(s).

V. Reception (3 minutes)

Hold the mind steady at the point of reception. Open yourselves to illumination from Principled Lives into the poised, waiting Group Mind. Carefully observe any impressions you perceive entering into the this Group Mind.

VI. Impression (3 minutes)

Gently allow these impressions to move into your own lower mind. Begin to assimilate them into useful and practical thoughts for sharing and distribution in your chosen field of service.

VII. Great Invocation

Release the energy of Group meditation work into the very fabric of human thought and effort. See the energies of the Christ Consciousness flowing outward to all life on Earth.

OM.. OM.. OM.....

Planting Seeds

2007-04-13T15:32:00.000-06:00

Recently, my mom sent me the really neat web address link shown below. With each click of your mouse on the page, visualize a goal in your mind. Focus on this thought while following your cursor across the page.

See this as the first planting of each of your seed thoughts. Enjoy the results.

Copyright Photo by Jerry Cordoba
Taken at Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid 03-07

http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf

12 Steps Toward Realizing Your Seed Thoughts

2007-04-12T19:18:00.000-06:00

1. Preparation: Each evening before retiring, allow 20 to 30 minutes to be entirely alone and eliminate all possible noise and distraction except perhaps some peaceful inspiring music such as your favorite classical composer, a CD by my personal favorite, the Japanese composer, Kitaro, or some easy listening piano or guitar selections.

2. Relax: Loosen your clothing so that it is free flowing and not binding in any way. Sit down in a favorite comfortable chair or recliner. Ready youself for a position of quiet reflection, rest, and complete relaxation. Close your eyes and feel yourself letting go.

3. Embrace Your Spiritual Self: Close your mind from any sense of physical reality. For this short time period, forget that you have a physical body. Get in touch with that spiritual essense that is the real you. Feel that sense of freedom, weightlessness and unlimited awareness that comes when you access the spiritual realm and merge with your higher spiritual self.

4. Release: Eliminate and erase from your consciousness all the stress of the day, every thought about what you should or should not have done in the day's events that have passed. Release all thoughts of the past and present. Feel your self floating above and free of the physical life's mundane affairs.

5. Form Intent: Form a mental image of something you most desire above all else. What one thing is of most importance for you to manifest into your life? Imagine taking the first small step towards the achievement of this goal. Remember, most things do not happen with one giant step, but rather with many small steps all leading toward that goal. In your imagination, see yourself taking this first small step - one that can literally be achieved tomorrow.

6. Take First Step: In your mind's eye, see yourself taking this first step and finding the way and the means to achieving your goal and sailing right through and around any obstacles in your path. See yourself exhibiting the personal qualities and actions needed to carry you through to your goal. Do this with every bit of energy and determination you have and see yourself receiving the tools and assistance to get you there. See yourself assisting others crossing your path and helping them to reach their goals as well. Visualize and recognize as many details as you can.

7. Visualize the Progress: Visualize yourself making steady progress step by step, wisely and consistently, until you reach your goal. See yourself winning. See yourself solving the problem, overcoming every obstacle, and holding fast to your goal all the way to its completion. Advance step by step, logically, wisely, consistently, to the culmination. See yourself winning out in every situation along your path.

8. Feel the Accomplishment: Really feel yourself living the life of your goal and make it as pleasant as possible. Let your heart be filled with gratitude for your accomplishment and the success of your dream. Feel this enjoyment and gratitude with every fiber of your spiritual body until its reality becomes embedded into your spiritual self and identity. Continue doing this until it becomes a reality in your consciousness. Keep yourself in this mode of dream reality for at least fifteen minutes. The emotional tie with your desire that you create through this exercise will bring forth associations and inspirations that will help manifest your dream into physical reality. Feel the victory and the sense of accomplishment.

9. Release the Dream and Then Revisit It: Come out of your waking dream state slowly, make your preparations for the night and then, upon retiring, close your eyes once more and let your mind revisit your goal and dwell on it another five or ten minutes until you drift off to sleep. Let your focus on your goals and desires for the next day be the last thing on your mind before you fall asleep.

10. Reinforce: If you awake during the night, consciously revisit your mental pictures or vision again. Know that this alternating action of practice and repetition will reinforce in your subconscious the knowledge and qualities needed to accomplish your goal. Continue to let the idea and reality of your dream be the first thing on our mind each time you awake and each time you relax, nap, or go to sleep.

11. Repeat: Upon awakening in the morning, take fifteen minutes and practice this exercise once more before getting up. Go with your spiritual self and go forward with it through your imagined path and activities throughout the day. See yourself, safe, happy, and surrounded by pleasant exchanges. See yourself accomplishing the goals you set for yourself. See yourself completing each step toward attaining your goal as you trace the steps you will take each day. See yourself heading out for the day, going through the days activities and returning home again. See yourself safe, happy, and accomplishing all you set out to do.

12. Practice and Revise: Whenever you find you have a few minutes to spare, repeat this exercise again and again. As you complete each step, revise your mental picture to continually be progressing toward the next step on the path. The more you are able to complete this exercise, the more quickly you will be able to manifest and actualize your goals and dreams. By repeating the details of your journey over and over, every detail will become more and more embedded into your subconscious so as to eliminate unconscious thoughts and patterns that work against you. Each day you will become more and more focused and motivated and less distracted. You will begin getting inspirations and signs that what you are focusing on is manifesting into your physical reality. These inspirations and signs will further motivate you to continue on. You have planted the seeds, now you are watching them start to come to life. Be grateful and thankful for all that comes your way. Remember even life's obstacles are seeds full of promise.

Seed Thoughts

2007-04-12T18:52:00.000-06:00

The heart is a garden where..
Thought flowers grow,
The thoughts that we think..
Are the seeds that we sow;
Each kind loving thought..
Bears a kind loving deed,
While a thought that is selfish..
Is just like a weed.
We must watch what we think..
All the livelong day,
And pull out the weed thoughts..
And throw them away;
And plant loving seed thoughts..
So thick in a row,
That there will be no room
For weed thoughts to grow.

Author Unknown To Me.

Imagine - John Lennon

2007-02-24T00:34:00.001-06:00

Photo below is a water crystal exposed to
John Lennon's song, Imagine. Photo is
from Dr. Emoto's book, Messages in Water.

Imagine there is no Heaven - It's easy if you try!
No hell below us - Above us only sky!
Imagine all the people living for today.
Imagine there's no countries - It isn't hard to do!
Nothing to kill or die for.. and no religion, too.
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
Imagine no possessions - I wonder if you can?
No need for greed or hunger - A brotherhood of man!
Imagine all the people.. sharing all the world.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join me
And the world will be as one!

Messages in Water

2007-02-24T00:00:00.000-06:00

In June 1999, Dr. Massaru Emoto published a small little book of poems that has rippled throughout the world with its shocking revelations and created a tidal wave in its impact on our consciousness and realities. He treated little bottles of water samples with spoken words, music, different languages and even printed words or pictures taped to the bottles. He then froze the water samples and took photos of the frozen water crystals. To say a picture is word a thousand words is an understatement when applied to these photo results.

To the left, note the symetry in the photo of the water crystal exposed to the word Peace and the destroyed symetry in the photo of the water crystal exposed to the word War. Does this suggest a lack of balance in the smallest and most vital element of our being when it exists in a world with a war mentality? Do they suggest that perhaps we need to promote PEACE throughout the world in our every thought in order to create HARMONY in both the global universe and the universe within our bodies? Is there perhaps a better way to deal with conflict and differences than fighting, power plays, and perpetual war?

Since water covers the largest portion of our planet and comprises the largest percentage of our physical bodies (over 70%), these pictures demonstrate just how huge an impact our thoughts and feelings play in the way our environments are created, both globally and personally. Examine these photos, let them speak to you. What revelations do they embody for you? Does this discovery suggest that it is time to embrace a new thought pattern to usher in the Mental Sign of the Age of Aquarius? What possibilities does it suggest for advances in healing both the soul and body of humanity and that of the physical earth? Decide for yourself. Do the implications found in these studies demonstrate physically and visibly what the basics of every religion and advanced spiritual thought have been teaching from the beginning of time? Check out www.hado.net to see more photos and learn how to create your own messages in water or to purchase Dr. Emoto's books.

The Two Wolves

2007-02-21T19:22:00.000-06:00

A friend shared this story with me today. After reading, I thought it was a perfect addition to my blog as it demonstrates in a different way how important our choices of "seed thoughts" are and which ones we choose to "feed."

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about the debate that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves that are 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 smiled and replied, "The one you feed."

Beyond The Secret

2007-02-09T15:38:00.000-06:00

Today there is much talk about affirmative thoughts and how they can work miracles in our lives. I have been experimenting with affirmations and subliminal tapes since the late 1970's. They absolutely do work miracles in your lives. However, what I see as the biggest danger is that they are so effective and manifest so quickly that often the users are not really prepared. They haven't always thought through very carefully what they are asking for. We have the power to manifest whatever we ask for, however, we don't always know what it is that we really want and don't always know what is in our best interests. I have learned through trial and error to be extremely careful how I ask for things and what I ask for. My experiments have found the following system works the best:

The following affirmations will give you an idea of what you can include and how to say them. They always need to be in the present tense and stated as if it is already true. Once you have stated your intent, they will begin to manifest fairly quickly. As you experience the manifestations, any specific areas that you have addressed will need to be updated regularly.

1. STEP ONE: ALWAYS PROTECT YOURSELF

I am always protected. Only good exists in my life. I am always guided. I make only correct choices and decisions followed with Divine Right Action. Only good things happen to me.

2. STEP TWO: RELEASE THE NEGATIVES

I release all the negatives in my life that are holding me back from my true potentials.

3. STEP THREE: REPLACE WITH WHAT YOU WANT

Only good exists in my life. I love and am loved. Money flows to me freely and easily. I am healthy and full of energy and vitality. I crave only what brings me good.

I live my life in complete abundance in all things good. My family is happy and successful in all ways. They are always protected and united in love.

I know and have all that I need to express and experience the fullest life possible in all things and have plenty to share.

I attract all to me that I need in abundance with plenty to share. My customers are happy and come back over and over again and bring their friends. My business is growing more and more successful and profitable every day.

My employees understand what is required to do the best job possible and attract happy customers and repeat business in abundance. My employees are my greatest asset and together we succeed everyday in unlimited abundance.

My business is successful and my success is rewarded with more than enough to share. My employees understand and take the actions needed to ensure our business success. They love their job.

I love my work and it rewards me with an abundant life in all ways. I attract more and more financial success everyday in all that I do. I succeed in all I do. Money comes to me in abundance and without effort with every breath I take. Everything I desire comes to me easily and effortlessly.

STEP 4: EXPRESS GRATITUDE IN ADVANCE

I am grateful for all the good that exists in my life. I thank God in advance for all the miracles He brings to me. Miracles manifest every day and I am grateful for all that I have.

Seed Poems

2007-02-09T00:00:00.000-06:00

Below, on this first posting, I decided to share with
you some poems/songs I wrote some time back
that express these ideas. I hope you enjoy.

Valley of Wisdom

Beyond the River of Time
Lies a valley that all men know
The home that all men search for
The land where milk & honey flow.

Only to the wisest of the wise men
Came the secret knowledge
That this valley is here and now
If we but seek to cross the bridge

That separates us from the wisdom
Through the ignorance of man.

By Sharon Michelle 11/1972
Copyright 1996

Happiness

Happiness is something
You create in your mind,
Not something you search for
But can't seem to find.

It's not something you
Purchase with silver or gold.
It's not something that force
Can ever capture or hold.

It's just waking up and
Beginning each day
By counting your blessings
And folding hands to pray.

It's giving up thoughts
That breed discontent
And accepting what comes
As a gift that Heaven sent.

It's giving up wishing
For things you have not
And making the most of
Whatever you've got.

By Sharon Michelle 11/1972
Copyright 1996

Heaven's Waiting

Everybody's lookin'
For a little bit of Heaven
Thinking it's somewhere
Out there
But all the while we're lookin'
For our share of love and livin'
Heaven's been there all the time.
Heaven's been waiting for us inside.

We search the whole world over
Thinking everything is better
On the other side.
We're jealous of our neighbor
Thinkin' his life is greener
On the other side.

So busy lookin' for the future
Tryin' to find a sequel
Forgettin' about today.
We're planning for tomorrow
And how to beat the sorrows
Forgettin' about today.

And all the time we're lookin'
For a little bit of Heaven
Thinkin' its somewhere
Out there
Yeah, all the time we're lookin'
For our share of love and livin'
Heaven's been waiting for us inside.

After all the wasted years
Following the path of tears
Heaven's been waitin' for us inside
To discover in our own mind
That Heaven was there all the time
Heaven's been waitin' for us inside.

All the time we spent lookin'
For a little bit of Heaven
Thinkin' it was somewhere
Out there
Yeah, all the time we were lookin'
For our share of love and livin'
Heaven was there all the time
Heaven was waiting for us inside.

By Sharon Michelle 11/10/1996
Copyright 1996

Every Smile You Give

Even though you're feelin' pain
Wonderin' how to stop that train
That's runnin' down your heart again,
You got to keep on tryin'
Cause cryin' won't get you nowhere
No, cryin' ain't goin' anywhere.

Now, smiling,
That's the way to go.
For every smile you give,
Has a life that lives
Deep down in your soul
Forever in your heart.

Yeah, smiling,
That's the way to go
For every smile you see
Plants a little seed
Deep down in your soul
Forever in your heart.

No, cryin' won't get you nowhere
Smiling is the only way to go.
For every smile you give
Has a life that lives
And every smile you see
Plants a little seed
Deep down in your soul
Forever in your heart.

By Sharon Michelle 11/10/1996
Copyright 1996

Blow Away the Snow

Hey, you,
I see you sitting there
Eyes cryin' behind your smile.
Just remember now,
That somewhere in this crowd
Is a heart that knows
No matter how cold the wind that blows,
Springtime comes to melt the snow.

Just keep on smiling
You're not really dying.
The wind will blow away the snow.
The wind will blow away the snow.

Hey, You,
Now you're sitting there
Eyes shining behind your smile.
You remembered how
To find the way somehow
To that heart that knows
No matter how cold the wind that blows
Springtime comes to melt the snow.

So, all you broken hearts
Out there now,
I can show you how
Just let the wind blow away the snow.
No matter how cold the wind that blows,
Springtime will come to melt the snow
Just let the wind blow away the snow.
Blow away, blow away the snow.

By Sharon Michelle 11/10/1996
Copyright 1996