New Years Resolution, Live in Joy

2008 is coming to a close. I have decided this year that I am going to make a resolution. You see, I've always thought New Years Resolutions were silly, why not start them at any time of the year instead of waiting until January 1st? I guess I do still feel that way, but it just so happens that I've decided to change my life, now...and it happens to be the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009.

My resolution is to simply live my life in Joy! What a concept! I will miss my pity sessions and I will certainly miss my "who is me's." Many that know me, do not know that my childhood was very difficult. Those that do know, marvel at how I made it through it. That childhood was filled with sexual abuse, a torn apart family and a little child living in survival mode, trying to make everyone, everywhere happy..that is until I hit adolescence and then I was focused on only myself..searching for happiness in all the wrong places. I've been beat, I've been abandoned, stranded, alone, poor and in the throes of depression. The roads I have chosen have always been the difficult roads to travel. But you know what? I've also learned this:

• Just how strong I am. I've learned that I can look fear in the face and laugh, I can say, "Is that all you got?"
• I've learned to steal the moments of happiness and savor them like a fine bit of chocolate melting on a tongue.
• I've learned to try new things in my life with delicious abandon so to speak. I do not stop and worry if I'll fail..I just trudge ahead full speed. What is the worst that can happen? I've been through the depths of hell and survived so now I am not afraid to...try!
• I've learned that most things in life work it's self out in the long run for the higher good. I look back at the saddest of times, and realize that something did come out of it later that improved my life in some way or fashion.
• I've learned that prayer works. Yes, I am psychic, and yes I am Christian and believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I know prayer works, because I've prayed so much in my life and was sustained by that act of faith.
• I've witnessed miracles, many miracles that have no other explanation. I've had a child born circumsized after prayer, money materialize it thin air...blowing in the breeze and many many other "coincidences."
• I've learned to love myself. No matter my size, no matter what is going on in my life, I love myself. I have had 8 surgeries of various nature, my body has a tendency of breaking down, needing tune ups. I live in pain from spinal degeneration and a birth defect in my hip joints... but I love my body..it slows me down and reminds me to sit and smell the flowers.

The first step in joy, is to release the past by loving it! I got this from my favorite book by Sanaya Roman...Living In Joy. This book will tell you that when you have a bad memory, stop and think hard..what did you learn from this? You see, the Universe, or even your parents working on behalf of the Universe puts obstacles in your way. These obstacles develop your strength and your inner will. What a concept! Just as a body builder uses the counterforce of weights to build muscles, we use the unpleasant times of our life to strengthen our character. I must really be strong!

So for now, instead of looking at the single happenings in your life that bring you tears, look at the big picture! Dry the tears, gather your strength and instead of crying, of cursing those who are making your life difficult...thank the Universe, thank God and bless that person. Spreak Joy so that an abundance of Joy comes back to you!

I remember, one time when I was very small. I was at my father's and my stepmother's home. I always heard stories of how my brother would run away. He would go to his grandmothers up the road, drink a cup of coffee. They could always find him there. I guess he was 6 at the time. But the point is, the stories always were in laughter, of how cute that memory was. Well, one day...I thought I just couldn't take it anymore. I probably was simply told "no" and that infuriated me. I had a whole set of children's luggage. (I went back and forth for visitation, my parents were divorced). One morning, bright and early, I packed my bags. I packed everything I thought I would need to get me through in life. All my favorite toys, my dolls and their clothing. My goodness, I didn't think about clothing for myself, food or money! I slipped out and began to walk down our lonely country road, dragging these suitcases behind me. Well, would you just know that my brother spotted me and ran to tell on me? I heard hooping and hollering and my stepmother coming down the road with a switch!! I'd been had....I was in big trouble! I got a switching, it really stung my legs.

I was very angry for the longest time, not because I got a switching, but because I didn't get those laughing, loving stories of how I run away. For many years I focused in on the differences between my brother and I. How silly! Because now I know that that day taught me the most valuable lesson of my life... No matter how hard life gets, no matter what is thrown on you, and how hard you want to give up. YOU DO NOT RUN AWAY! I haven't run away since. Oh, and I also learned that there are more important things than my toys!

Free Pain Reliever!

A great pain reliever is reflexology! I decided to put up the hand charts for you today because you can do the massages on yourself anywhere without bringing too much attention to yourself.

There are 2500 nerve endings in the hand and 7200 nerve endings in the foot. Yes, the foot gives you far better results, but it is frowned upon to pull off your stinky sneakers at the local restaurant when you need a little emergency treatment! Not that I've done that... (t.he people next to you start unexplainably gagging, whimps!)

When you stimulate your hands, over these points, your brain will respond by producing endorphins, natures pain relievers! Your blood and nerve suppy are improved, muscle spasms are relaxed, your body will release toxins and impurities that cause disease.

In China, reflexology is used on diabetics to reduce insulin levels, to improve blood supply levels to legs and feet and improve circulation.

In Denmark reflexology is used on asthma patients to improve breathing and to relax the body during asthma attacks.

Australia ans South Africa uses reflexology to reduce urination in bedwetters.

Switzerland uses reflexology in terminal cancer patients for relaxation and pain control.

This may be a no cost solution for you, give it a try!

My Third Eye On You!

Just as a bodybuilder will continue to exercise and continue to improve his physique, a psychic continues to exercise the mind. Precisely we exercise our third eye. The third eye is located in the middle of the forehead. When we activate our third eye, we begin to get visual information, like movies, like flashes, it is varied according to the person. You see, psychic readings do not stop at the momentary reading. There is a psychic delay and additional information continues to come throughout the evening especially when the third eye is activated.

One of the best gemstones for a psychic to use is Magnesite. Magnesite is frequently white, but comes also in shades of gray, yellow or brown. This is the most powerful stone to activate the third eye, the crystalline stone is far more powerful as pictured above.

During meditation, place this stone over the middle of your forehead. In psychics, waking dreams, and little movies will begin. You will receive the "knowing", information that appears that burns itself in your soul. Magnesite also connects you to the Akashic records and the information contained in your soul group. This will assist you in healing of others from residual past life actios.

For those people that are stuck in grief, or stuck in negativity of the past, meditate with this on your forehead as well. The cloud of inaccuracy will be lifted, the stress will be reduced and your mind will begin to "hear" your heart.

Activating your third eye can be done this way. Before sleep, when you are restful and calm, with your eyes shut, raise your eyes to look up to the middle of the forehead. (with your eyes shut remember) You will begin to see colors, lights. Just relax and be a spectator of those lights and colors and eventually you will see people or scenes. What you see is information, memories of lives past or guides. If you do see someone, ask who this person is. You will know if this is a guide, and if it is deemed important for you, a name will be given. When a new guide comes in for me, I will see the name written in stone. Because I had had many different guides, it is imperative that I have a name to tell them apart and their function. Guides only stay as long as their task requires. New guides come in for different phases in your life. I have one gatekeeper guide that stays with me, one guardian angel and now I have another guide that helps me with validations. You also receive guides when you become a Reiki practitioner. It isn't necessary to know the names of your Reiki guides. They come in and help you with hand placement.

Joy

Living with Joy, this is a book by Sanaya Roman that I continue to read and learn from. One of the great chapters says that "Giving thanks and appreciation opens many doors into the higher levels of the Universe." I'm all for opening those doors!

It's not easy in this day and age to keep your joy. Everywhere you turn, you here bad news, those around you focus on what is uncomfortable in their lives and to stay in your joy bubble is a mighty feat. How do we keep joy? We keep joy by thanking our cells for the good job that they do, even when we are sick. We keep joy by thanking the Universe for that ray of sunshine that you saw today, or the birds that are on your lawn looking for that perfect little wormy. By giving thanks, by expressing our gratitude, the Universe responds by giving us additional blessings, joy and focus toward our higher good.

We stop relying on others around us to lead us to success, we begin by trusting our soul, by calling on our guides to show us where we will do the earth the greatest good, thereby bringing joy. What is it that you love to do? If you didn't have to work, and could live the rest of your days doing something you love, what would that be? Chances are you can find those lessons in your hobbies, in the interest that keep you consumed so deeply that you do not realize that hours have passed. You can pass joy to others in those lessons.

The trick is, when you call on the knowledge of the Universe and ask for something great to come into your life, you must remember to not think in your limited ways. You shouldn't ask for "so and so" to love you more, you shouldn't ask to make big money at your job that you have went to for years. The requests that should be made is for the Universe to bring you joy and abundant love, bountiful resources to bring joy into your life and the life of others. Miraculous wonders begin to appear. Now, the more that you thank the Universe for your miracles, the more miracles that you receive.

With that, I've decided to begin to air my gratitude in simple ways. Today Universe, thank you for showing me abundant and unconditional love. I decided to go outside to get some air, literally...asthma..get some air. You must understand that we live deep in the woods, surrounded by beautiful trees. The air was cool, there was a slight breeze blowing, bringing me such fresh, fresh lovely air! I stood up and took a deep breathe of that life giving force when I felt something pressing against my legs. It was my husbands outside dog, Baily. Baily looked up at me with those big brown eyes, and I heard her say I love you. All she wanted was for me to pat her head and say a few words. She didn't care that I didn't have a bit of make up on, that I had an old lady pair of black shorts on and a puke green shirt. All she wanted to do was to give me love. Thank you Universe.

Later we went into town to get a movie. The owner of the store just turned 59 years old and has been married for 39 years. I know this because my husband had announced that we have been together for 34 years and that sparked a conversation. She began to talk of when her husband and her met in high school, how they would sneak off and park and lived dangerously in their day for the sake of love. I looked over at my husband and remembered the times we risked everything just to see each other. Thank you Universe for reminding me of that flutter in my stomach when he drove up to my home.

Our realities are exactly what we choose them to be. We can choose to cry over our lack of money, the state of politics, the unpaid bills and family woes and then risk more of the same to be attracted to us. I'd rather choose to notice that little bird struggling with that worm, flying off to it's nest chirping all the way, leaving me one of it's precious feathers in flight to remind me that we can soar as high as we aspire to, if we look for joy.

A Beautiful Day to Be Alive

I've been sick for the last 3 weeks. On September 29th, which happens to be my anniversary (34 years illegally and 26 yearls legally) I spent my day in town waiting to be fitted into my busy doctor's schedule.

It was going to be 3 hours until I could get in, I had another appointment that morning, and it is an hour drive home..so I decided to spend my time in town. Not an easy feat considering I was so ill with asthma and bronchitis. I decided to go to the library.

It was here that I had settled in a light and airy corner of the library right underneath a series of huge windows. The view was the various campus shops and students milling about. This particular day, I was pretty down spiritually. You see, I've always had issues with my lungs, and fears of drowning, fears of not being able to breathe. I understand of course that this course is a karmic one, something to work out from a previous life of drounding. Easier said than done!

I've just completed my third level of Reiki, very excited to begin my journey in the future of teaching, but before that can happen, I have some issues to deal with, namely the karmic issue. I will be working on sending the Reiki back to access the Akashic records, to heal this left over annoyance of my existence. That Saturday I had attended our monthly Reiki Share, receiving energy as well as giving it. My Reiki before the class prevented any coughing or breathing issues for that two hours. So this is where the issue comes in. Why wasn't the Reiki taking this issue from me? It should be gone. This was going to be a bumpy road to access the solutions.

So sitting there, looking out the window, feeling sorry for myself and pondering what I am to do next in this big show called life, my attention was drawn to this man that was sitting next to me.

This gentleman was clearly homeless, dissheveled, not clean, and a few bags with his contents beside him. In his arms were books on religion, blessings and other uplifting titles. He clearly was a Baptist or curious about subject according to the first book in his lap. I wondered about his life, what brought him to his predicament. I wondered if he had family, if he had any contact with those who loves him. I wondered how many people were disdainful of him, condescending and thoughtless. I wondered what I could say to him to make his day brighter.

At that moment, his eyes met mine as he stood up and looked out of the window. He had such a smile come over his face as he looked at me and said hello. I said hello.

"Isn't it a wonderful day to be alive?" As our eyes met for a second time, I then understood. Yes it was a wonderful day to be alive, what else is there? You find angels in curious places, your messages in life come to you when you least expect it.

My Soul

I’m coming out of a transition period. You can recognize a spiritual rise to a new level by the subtle or not so subtle feelings of unrest. It is said that this is the time when your guides are re-arranging your furniture.

What I have been working on lately spiritually is “Soul Work,” getting to know my soul, trying to display the unconditional love our soul possesses, and accepting the paths that was contracted by my soul when it chose my body vessel.

A extraordinary book, “Soul Love by Sanaya Roman” is loaded with beautiful prose, and exercises to get in touch with your soul, to merge with your soul and access that information. You might wonder about the merging statement, because you think that you are your soul. We have our bodies and we have our souls, two different things. Our souls hold the key to our life paths and the lessons that we are to learn.

During a visualization technique I was able to see a temple and there were forms coming into the temple. The forms were dark and this distressed me at first, as I was expecting to see golden light surrounding souls. The next night as I went into meditation, I specifically asked my soul about the dark forms. I was given that these souls were returning from their lives on earth. Living a life on earth is hard, it expends the soul energy. The return home requires a regeneration process in the temple after reuniting with others in their soul group. I found this fascinating.

My Wake Up Call

I have scoured the internet looking for others that had a NDE (near death experience) that resembled mine and couldn’t find one. I didn’t see a tunnel with a light at the end, I didn’t have family with outstretched arms, and I was immediately in a meeting.

One year, our family was overrun with tragedy. It seemed as if every other month there was someone that would fall ill and pass on. My father had lost his wife, mother in law, sister, brother, in addition I had lost two uncles and a nephew on my husband’s side. It was an incredible year of emotion and questioning.

My psychic gifts had presented itself from a small child, but during my early 40’s, I had consciously decided to push that information into the background and live my life differently. Little did I know that I was not being true to my destiny I was shown in a big way.

How That Frightened Me!

Shortly after I had decided that I would take an alternative road, I had gone on a religious retreat. We would be in prayer with “prayer warriors” every day, multiple times, and on this last day, I would be holding hands in a prayer circle with the warrior. After the “Amen”, she turned to me and said, “You are a healer.” I was so perplexed at that point, however it was explained to me that my hands were so very hot, and that showed her that I was to be a healer. Oh, I can not tell you how that frightened me, as I look back on this day; I chuckle because I wasn’t concerned if this meant I would be called to do the seemingly impossible. I was worried about having to pray out loud. Oh my goodness, what a little thing to worry. Consequently this statement was pushed from my mind as I stubbornly looked the other way. That was the beginning of our losses.

Fast forward, my family and I had made it through the losses and now I was to go through a minor outpatient procedure to lesson back pain. During this procedure I was given an epidural, which was to infuse steroids into my spinal canal. The pain was great, as the person doing the procedure must have inserted it too close to a nerve. That was the last thing that I remembered.

In Between Life and Death

I was in a meeting. The table was round and appeared to be dark like wood. The walls were dark as well and there were people around me. I can not describe the people, but my impression was that one person was formed as a male for my earthly benefit. I do know that the people in that room was not happy with me and I had to go back.

I awoke to a flurry; the attendants exclaimed that it took two shots to get my heart rate up from a rate of 25 and dropping. All I said was, “I was in a meeting.” It sounded like a group sing song, because different voices were chiming in with questions on what kind of meeting this was.

My Guides Intervened

This is when my guides began to intervene into my life and steering me back to my roots. I had many lessons to learn. Number one was to make peace with my clairvoyance and empathic nature for my job was to heal through words. I was shown that as a child, not understanding that my secret could be used to help others, I wanted to be a psychologist as I was fascinated by the emotions of others. I wanted to be inside their heads to help them see another way. I understand that need now. Another karmic lesson that I was to be working on was to be stronger, resisting control and regaining my freedom. I was holding on to my previous life as a nun. That life consisted of denying my needs and being a martyr. My early years of my marriage were exactly that, giving all of myself to the extent that I lost myself. I wasn’t taking chances, I had lost my spontaneity and that was the mirror image of my previous life, thus I wasn’t advancing as a soul. I was to help others and regain myself in the process.

So, here I am.

Picture Reading

Can you tell the personality of someone by looking at a picture? What about the circumstances surrounding their lives? You can, anyone can learn to learn Personology, is a study of examining facial features to analyze and predict character traits and behavior. Those of us who are intuitive and empathic naturally pick up on these traits and information is expanded. Information can be expanded through other means such as oracle cards to extract a deeper understanding.

Examples of Mainstream Face Reading Focal Points

EYEBROWS

Eyebrows, take a look at the thickness. People that have an overall thickness of the eyebrow tend to have a deeper, powerful thinking personality. This can be good, this can be bad, it depends on the amount of negativity in the individual. If the brow is thicker at the beginning, this person is a great starter, and interestingly enough, thicker brows at the end shows the person finishes their projects, they have great follow through.

NOSTRILS

The nose,...knows. Take a look at the nostrils. I know this isn't always the most pleasant site, but you can learn alot about a person, important information from the nose! If money is a concern, pay close attention to the size, small means the person is a tightwad, large means that this person is a spender. If you cannot decide whether the nostrils are large or small, then you are in business! That person would be very balanced when it comes to money.

The wides part of the nose is called the root, if the root is wider, you will be pleased to know that family is important to this person. If the root is not wide enough, it shows that this person is detached from people, a loner, basically..not fun.

If you are looking for a creative person, look for a hump in the nose. You didn't see that coming, did you?

Intuitive/Empathic Picture Reading

Pay close attention to your feelings when you are reading a picture. Put yourself in that picture and ask yourself, how am I feeling now. Walk around that person, how is that haircut, what about the teeth, are they taken care of? If the answer is no, and you feel a little down, you know that this person has a lack of body image and confidence. Why do they not feel good about themselves? Check out the smile, is the smile broad or is it smaller? A smaller smile shows that this person is holding back, most likely has had others shoot down the dreams and make him/her not feel like their dreams could be reached.

How does this person dress, bold or unassuming? How do they hold their arms, close to the body or outstretched? These are all clues on how the person is feeling that day. Look into the eyes, is there a twinkle or a far away look? Ask yourself these questions, the first answer that comes into your mind will be your answer.

I always like to go further, since I am a card reader. I build on the intuitive/empathic answers that I have gotten and ask further questions to my higher self. The cards that are turned will trigger the answers within (I do not go by their published meanings) My card questions are always a why question or what must they know?

Learning more about Face Reading

If you want to learn more about Personology and study on the basic outline of the whole face, I would suggest reading the pages at The Brainchanger Institute

Dreaming

Dreams Explained

There are 5 stages of sleep and three waves associated in sleep patterns. The theta waves, the delta waves and the alpha waves. When we enter sleep, and travel through the theta waves we sink deeper in the sleep state until we reach the delta state which is the deepest stage of sleep. It is here that our bodies regenerate itself. This is the period in which we do not dream. Our bodies is solely focused on regeneration. It normally takes almost three hours to even get to the deepest state of sleeping. The lightest stage is the alpha stage and this is the stage where we dream. This is also the stage in which our blood pressure,breathing,brainwaves, and heart rate rises and we enter in sleep paralysis. Dreaming is also vital for our health, this is where we work out the stresses in our lives and release tension. This is also where our prophetic dreams come from.

Prophetic Dreams

If you are a prophetic visual person you can not prevent this from happening, you can enhance, but you can not prevent. We are designed to dream from birth. Leonardo Divinci designed the first airplane and sumarine from his dreams, and Julias Verne worked out the distance between the earth and the moon and also had predictions come to pass from dreams. I myself as a child predicted an untimely death through the alpha state.

Meditation Before Sleep

By meditating before sleep, we bring in more oxygen to our bodies, enter a deeper state of relaxation by calming the mind and can enter that restoritive Delta stage of sleep at a faster pace and also stay there for a longer stretch. (Delta only lasts up to 30 minutes. Thank goodness we cycle through the stages.) Meditation before bed is recommended by doctors, psychologist and the spiritual community. As pertains to the guides, it is a good quiet moment to make your intention known. Our guides have only our best interests in mind and will not interfere with our health or needed sleep. If you do happen to awaken in the middle of the night to your guide, your sleep stage was more than likely in the alpha state and your body in the process of awakening naturally for example for a night time trip to get a drink of water ect. By no means will anyone be doing nighttime psychic work because of a guide.

Spirit Through Writing

Automatic Writing or Inspired Writing?

The difference between Automatic Writing and Inspired Writing is the method of delivery. True Automatic Writing is allowing the spirit temporarily possess your writing. The writing is entirely directed by spirit in such a way that you actually do not know what is being written.

If you are writing words that come are heard or "known" in your mind, then that is Inspired Writing. Inspired Writing is spirit led, but communicated to you before it is written.

I personally use the Inspired Method in my readings. When I am doing a reading, I use Oracle Tarot by Lucy Cavendish, Saints and Angels Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue and Little Reminders: Love and Relationship Oracle cards in a 36 card spread. I use these cards as only a focus.

My reading technique is as follows

• I lay my hands on the three decks and Reiki Charge them, asking for healing words for the soul.
• I shuffle the decks, keeping the questions asked in mind.
• Trancework begins as I shuffle. This is when I drown out all noises of my mind, begin to open the lines of communication to my gatekeeper. I instruct her to not let anyone in at this point, that I prefer to work with her, as she is all knowing. I ask her to connect me with my higher self. The higher self is beyond linear time, knowing the life path contract and the players that are to come into my life. We all work together to then connect with the guide of the person I am reading.
• As the cards are laid out, the words begin to flow into my mind. I trust everything that is given and write without analyzing. It will come together like a story that spans past, present, future for the initial readings. Subsequent readings involves the sitter and also the emotions/underlying feelings of a third party if they are connected through their life path.

After concluding the Inspirational Writing, it is impossible to remember all that is written for the words were only relayed to you as you type/write. Each time I do another reading for the client, I must go back in my records to see what I did write before in order to not repeat situations that are still in development.

If you are not a reader, you can still do Inspirational Writing. Ask your higher self questions and type whatever comes to mind quickly. Do not take time to think or second guess. Trust what you write and understand that you are connecting with your true self. Many people do not trust in their selves and find themselves unable to make decisions and always needing the opinion of others. This is a good way to get your confidence and decision making skills mastered. This is your empowerment.

The Pictures That You Create

Did you know that when you are speaking to another person, you are creating a visual image? What is the visual image that you are creating? Is it a positive image, does that person leave remembering you as a fun, loving person or do they leave thinking you are a Debbie Downer?

We are in a constant state of telepathic distribution. The words that we speak, the tone of our conversation and the posturing that we have, will create a mental picture of us that is sent out to others. This is a task that every one of us needs to work on. Because of the law of attraction, if we are creating a negative impression, we become that magnet for other negative impressions. This is how we get in a never ending circle of frustration. Creating a negative picture of yourself also affects if others want to be around you. Do you find others make an excuse to cut their conversation off short? If so, examine your words in that conversation.

I’ve recently come to the conclusion, that I have this area to work on with certain people. I found that certain people that I came in contact with would unexplainably prompt me to create a negative picture of myself. I asked myself, why did I do this with only one group of people? The answer was given to me as this;

At one time in my life, I had experienced great loss, many family deaths in one year. These deaths created much stress in my immediate family, many sicknesses appeared and a general emotion of doom. My husband has multiple health issues, my daughter presented with Type 1 Diabetes, I had multiple surgeries. Thus, the people around me at that time was concerned and from that day forward would inquire about my family when we would meet in a public place. This is what I didn’t realize. They have that negative image stored and would broadcast that image to me as they began to speak. Thus, even if I had been in the most uplifting positive mood, I would immediately begin thinking of the health issues our family would be experiencing and relay that back to them in response to their well meaning inquiries. Now I know that when in this situation, I should stop, take a breath, immediately think of myself and family as a happy, healthy picture and then respond with the statement that we are all doing great!

Remember, as I said in an earlier article. Our subconscious does not know that difference between pretend and reality. By broadcasting a healthy, happy picture, our subconscious will dissolve the negative energy and start releasing the happy endorphins, we begin to attract the positive energies from the universe and the cycle breaks.

Eliminate the negative statements in your life, even if you are going through the toughest time of your existence, be thankful and only concentrate on your blessings. Isn’t this what we were taught when we were small tots, count our blessings? Counting our blessings is the first step in attracting abundance of love and life!

My Journey Through Awareness 1

I'm in the process of reading a fabulous book, "Personal Power through Awareness" by Sanaya Roman.

There is a statement that is so true, right off the bat: "You are constantly being sent signs from the universe about what path to take."

How many times have we fretted over what to do in our life situations, asked opinions or consulted "readers" like me to give enlightenment? We already have the knowledge within us, we only need to pay attention to our bodies and our moods to understand what to do. We receive information much like a radio antenna, the information of life flows through our environment at every seconds at speeds that can not be measured. One only needs to practice at feeling. We are constantly being taught to disregard our feelings, fill our lives with noise and stimulous so that we cannot feel the emotions of life. Now is the time to get back to our intuition, our clairvoyance, our "knowing' given by our higher power.

Take a little time to yourself to simply sit and relax. Turn off the television, the radios, and/or the fan and listen to the sounds around you. Now breathe in deeply and feel the sensation of the air going through your nostrils and down into your lungs. Notice how cold the sensation is? Breathe in deeper, and feel your chest rise and fall. This is life entering your being. You are breathing in emotions, sensations and the sound waves of anyone that was around before you arrived as well as the sounds that are in your presence now.

The next time you are in public and having a conversation, silently take stock of your emotions before the conversations, during the conversation and after the conversation. Has your mood changed? Perhaps you walked in happy and hopeful and now you are feeling a little nervous or apprehensive. You notice that shift and can not explain it. What you are feeling is the other person's emotion. As you listen further, you will begin to hear little bits of information hinting at a bad week or a difficult situation. The more you pay attention to these mood shifts and the events surrounding you, it will become clear that you are being sent signs. These signs were meant for our survival, before civilized times, human beings had to rely on their intuition, their senses to keep themselves from harm. Human beings were pray to the larger animals, and thus had to use each of their senses and especially their "gut" to keep safe. We still posess that trait, it is hidden under the noise of today's life.

Today, start listening to the world, start identifying your feelings to receive clues.

Wampus Cat

It’s just a campfire pit. It’s just a space to cook out weiners. It’s just a pile of rocks to throw twigs and firewood into, nothing to get excited about.

No, it’s much more. I can still smell the smoke floating through the night sky, “Smoke follows beauty!” my father would say as I coughed and scrunched up my nose at the intrusion. Our small tent would be set up nearby with the sleeping backs all nestled together. Some nights I’d lay in the tent listening to my father and mother talking around the camp fire about nature, about summer plans and dreams. Before long, I’d crawl out of that sleeping bag and sit between them both with my cup of hot chocolate staring into the fire, hoping to see a glimpse of my fate within those flames. There I learned how to make toast on a metal clothes hanger, how to make coffee on the embers and I learned that my father would always be my protector.

One particular evening that I shall never forget, my father was telling me the story of the “Wampus Cat.” This mythical creature lived deep in the woods and would only come out at night pouncing on unsuspecting campfire dwellers. With each word, I could feel myself tense, I pulled my sleeping back around my shoulders like a long cape in case I was in need of sudden flight. My father, sitting directly opposite me, held his steaming cup of coffee in his hands, and even in the night sky his eyes still showed a glimmer of mischievousness. “Dad, I’m too old to believe in Wampus Cats!” I would chant nervously. With that declaration, I began to inch closer to my daddy, trailing the sleeping bag dragging the ground. Each step I took, the rustle beneath me grew louder, until I was sure that old Wampus Cat was sneaking up behind me! I flew across the rustling leaves in a panic and landed in my fathers arm, spilled coffee and all. For I new that if I could only make it to his arms, I would be forever safe.

Funny, now that I am grown, I’ve found my strength and safety in myself and my higher power, but oh how I miss that magical feeling of my fathers protection. That believe, that this unconditional protection, the magical arms of security didn’t live in my logical state, it lived in my soul essence preparing me for the journey. It was the faith that would move mountains.

Do you believe in a faith that can move a mountain? If you do not, then the universe will set hurdles in front of you until you haven’t the energy for faith. If you are laying in your beds, without sheets to make you feel at home, looking out the window with clouds of confusion and winds of numbness, sitting by in suspense waiting on life to happen, understand that tis only your inner guidance that can set you free. If you do not understand how to get started recognizing your own inner guidance know this. It only takes intention to begin your process, pretend that you can hear the guidance and it will come. Ask yourself the questions that you need to know and write down the words that first come to mind, not questioning yourself if it is from you or your inner guidance. It will be true and will guide you to where you need to be. Ask your questions to your higher self, only of the light, the voice that will never harm you or ask you to harm yourself.

Begin to forgive yourself, transform yourself from the person that others has labeled you as, and emerge the person that you WANT to be!

Sit at your campfire, listen to the sounds around you and wait for your sign. You will see a small little animal peering from within the woods, it is your promise.

Taking Chances

There was a time, long ago, where I was terrified to take chances. There was one place in particular that intrigued me but also terrified me, and it still stands.

The old swinging bridge. Every Monday my grandmother would take the grandchildren on a fishing trip. We had an ecentric aunt that lived across the creek and she always accompanied us. So we would all take the long trek across the fields and across that bridge that swung high above the creek waters to walk up to her home about a mile into the woods. Everytime I would have to cross that creek, I'd hold my breathe when I reached the middle. I was so sure that I would slip and fall in.

Are you afraid of falling in the creek or are you a chance taker? This is what the cards are telling me about you now.

I'm seeing that in the past you have done things on the moments notice, so spontaneous, using your intuition, taking chances, you've started toward that bridge with your eyes closed because you knew, you just knew that the answers had to be waiting for you on the other side. And if you make it, you can just imagine the celebration that would be waiting on you. The Experiencer...No Fear here

Even though there was someone in your life that was there to nurture you, love you and hold you dearly..you continued to seek out the new. There was a duality surrounding you. One day you were laughing and the other day you searched and searched for a reason to rejoice.

The Saints and Angels would whisper in your ear to believe and look deep within yourself, but alas you moved on searching, searching for something that you dreamt of one cold night. The dream was fleeting, however you would recognise it if you found it.

Now in the present, you still gaze on the horizon for answers, but on the whole you are learning from those experiences. You have learned to follow your dreams and work toward your goals with courage. There is good fortune at your door. It comes quickly and you have plans for those coins written on a pad of paper for you are a planner incognito

I'm seeing romance, but you should remember to take your love the way it is, not be tempted to change it, or mold it to your likings. Remember to forgive, as you have had to be forgiven a time or two as you were deciding what was important to your future. Your reputation was based on tunnel vision warriors, but underneath is void of this outward mask. Underneath is someone hoping for tenderness when the night chill arrives.

I'm also being told that you are in the process of healing. You've been hurt and that has caused you to stop and review your life and make some decisions that you weren't sure of. I'm being told to assure you that the decisions that were made were wise ones.

Your future is holding some surprising changes. Be ready and be strong. You will be the one to take over some family affairs as you look back and remember how it was long ago, the realization of how fleeting our lives are will sink in like an anchor.

There will be stories told around a circle, some bringing tears of laughter and some bringing tears of joy. The past will be joining the future. It will take some tactifulness in this situation because family politics will be your obstacle.

There is someone on the otherside that wants you to know that this departure that is coming should be looked on like travel among the music. Asleep and then traveling to a place where a baby waits to greet her.

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