In Living Spirit: Mindful Somatics

Optimal Health

2012-01-30T12:39:00.000-08:00

Hi, This video by Dr. Terry Wahls is one of the most important and powerful talks I've seen on how to attain and maintain optimal health. It is about 17 minutes long so watch it when you have time. Her journey from sickness to health is an incredible one and very inspiring.

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

Adam & I have been juicing organic fresh fruits and vegetables everyday for about a month, and we both have noticed significant boosts to our health. If you like this talk you also may enjoy a documentary titled, "Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead," it's available on netflixs as an instant watch under new releases. Really great documentary! After watching that film Adam & I began juicing daily for our health.

Love you all, Megan

Creating Health when exposed to radiation and other environmental hazards

2011-03-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

We all know how everything and everyone is inter-connected, and with the radiation exposures happening in Japan and in the minor level exposures that happen daily in our lives from other sources we thought it best to look into supporting our health. Adam and I talked this morning about researching ways to support our health in case of emergency radiation exposure or other environmental hazards. This afternoon this article came to me, it was written by a man who spent many years researching this subject matter. The first 14 pages are very lengthy and deal mainly with severe radiation protocols, but from page 14 onward, the information is very helpful.

He writes about having potassium iodide tablets(KI) on hand because in an emergency they are difficult to find. He explains why KI is useful. There's huge research for the use of spirulina (pg 35), chlorella, and other sea vegetables to support immune systems and overall health. He documented cases where Spirulina and other sea vegetables dramatically reduced radiation levels in people that had major exposures. The benefits of sea veggies are so significant they should be included in our diets everyday for health. There was also other super sea vegetables with extraordinary medicinal properties that I plan to buy tomorrow at the health food store; I already use spirulina regularly. Epson salt baths were recommended to detoxify from radiation too. The articles goes on to discuss many other supplements and homeopathic remedies, but these seemed most important to me and thought you might also be interested.

Here's the article:

http://meditationexpert.com/RadiationDetoxDraft.pdf

BIG love,
Megan

Cultivating & Creating Beauty Project

2009-01-22T09:12:00.000-08:00

Calling all helping hands to join our Cultivating & Creating Beauty Project!

I feel more than ever that this is a New Year to get completely involved in the creation of our dreams & do our part everyday to create and move steadily towards those dreams and our visions of creating a Heaven on Earth. I recently was very inspired by an article I read that mentioned an interview on CNN with Ted Turner. Mr. Turner in this interview spoke of one simple act that he does everyday & that we each could do that would help clean up the environment. The simple act is picking up one piece of trash from our streets each day. I have been moved to beautify my life and streets and thought you'd like to also join me too in a Cultivating & Creating Beauty Project, but I increased the ante since we have two hands.

This is an invitation and opportunity for all of us to help increase the world's beauty with a simple act steadily done each day. The daily commitment is twofold, the first part is to find beauty in the world everyday, see it, appreciate it, sing its praises, call it beauty, & bless the beauty you see in your life in all its magnificent God forms. The second part is to help foster and nourish beauty in the world by picking up two pieces of garbage each day, one piece of "garbage creating beauty" for each hand, and then dispose it appropriately knowing you made the world more beautiful today. I recommend that you choose a beautiful item that will remind of your sacred commitment each day to relish in beauty and pick up two items destined for recycling.

Please let me know if you can commit to participating with us each day. I will keep track of our growing numbers. Please share stories of how beauty is growing in your life & any other related gifts that will inspire and nourish the Cultivating & Creating Beauty Project. Send to: inlivingspirit@yahoo.com

This is a sweet creating beauty affirmation to pray and then meditate upon:

"Dearest Spirit, I am grateful for this beauty I see and feel in my life, thank you. May beauty increase!"

Beyond the Mind

2008-06-28T15:19:00.000-07:00

Beyond the Mind

What is it like to be a pure, open vessel for Consciousness to flow through us, as us? What is it like to go beyond the attraction power of our thoughts to the field of awareness where all creation issues forth? To willingly surrender to something greater than the mind. Life is bigger than what our minds can conceive with its limited software. Life is love. Life is sweet. There is no place for suffering except in the world of the mind. Let's transcend the mind. Surrender our addiction to thought to the greater Consciousness. The invitation is to make an offering of our thoughts to Consciousness, Creator, Source, or God, as much as we can each day. Refuse to live only in the world of our thoughts and form, to live in heaven as well. Feel your thoughts dissolve into the energy they are. Allow them to release and be recycled back into the will of Consciousness. After you release a thought, it is helpful to inhale from the crown of your head deep into your now empty mind, and exhale out the crown of your head feeling your mind cleansed and opened. We are consciously transferring the power we have given to our minds back to God.

The Power of Belief

2008-06-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

The Power of Belief

Our beliefs made from a network of thoughts we hold true create our reality. Many of our thoughts and beliefs we hold as true are out dated and no longer serve the consciousness that wants to evolve in our lives. This is an opportunity to visit your heart, and discover a desire that wants to manifest. I invite you to practice for five minutes everyday creating the thoughts that bring you to the place where your desire has already manifested. Feel for the place within where you are in perfect harmony with your desire. Be true to that place from here forward. Do not let sabotaging thoughts interfere with your heart's creation. Do you believe this desire will come true? If not, create the thoughts that will help you believe it's possible and ask the universal consciousness for assistance. If your heart can dream it, it is possible, it can happen if you believe with your whole being. If you believe in your desire, marry those thoughts that bring you to the desired outcome. Whenever you think of your desire the positive thoughts and outcome will naturally follow together. Refuse to follow the thoughts that connect to old patterns of limited thinking, doubt, and resistances. Be true to your inner world. The outer world is only a reflection of what's within us, do not be fooled into giving power away to that mirror. Keep changing and working with your inner beliefs until the desired outcome is reflected in the outer world. Acknowledge with gratitude when you begin to see your desire manifesting and encourage it to keep growing with your positive thoughts. Our hearts will never lead us astray, follow your heart, cultivate a space where your heart's treasures can unfold in the most beautiful, magical, and loving of ways. Be true to your heart, and choose to create beliefs that are life nourishing and love filled.

I Love You

2008-06-18T13:00:00.000-07:00

I Love You
Think about something that brings love and joy to your heart center. Feel that love and joy grow and blossom in your chest, radiating out from your heart to all of life. This is an opportunity to say "I love you" to all the people in our lives from the pure source of our hearts. Imagine the spirit of a person in front of you, look them in their spirit eyes, and say "I love you". Experience the power of the love connection that is made when you say those words from your heart. I invite you to begin this "I Love You" meditation with the great teachers in your life and then the rest of the people in your life. The great teachers are the ones who challenge us to grow the most, the ones who we owe the most gratitude to, but who usually end up receiving the brunt of our anger, fear, and other resistances. Forgive, and release all grievances, and say "I love you" to each person that comes to your mind for the next ten minutes. Greet them with your liberated heart, and love freely and unabashedly. May the spirit of your heart live in every interaction, and "I Love You" flow easily from your lips.

All The World Is A Stage

2008-06-11T11:59:00.000-07:00

All The World Is A Stage

We are consciousness masquerading as the many and varied roles that we play. This is a meditation to drop temporarily all the roles we play, to let them die, in order to experience the consciousness, the life, that we are beyond the roles, and to realize we have a choice to play a role or not. What is it like to consciously pick up the mask of friend, play that role for the moments it's required, and when the role has finished, retire the mask of friend? Instead many of us become completely identified with the roles we play, and we forget we are playing roles.
When our "show" or the moment ends where that role is necessary, we continue fully costumed playing a role forgetting who we really are, the consciousness animating that role. The invitation is to take stock of all the roles you play and to let each one die. Die in the sense that you detach yourself even if it's just for a few moments from each of the roles. While you're detached examine each of your roles as a non-judgemental observer and then put them aside. Know that you can pick up the mask and play a role whenever you need to, but that you can also take that mask off and just Be. Feel the presence of who you are when you have dropped all roles. Feel the lightness of your being, the alert consciousness you are. The roles we play become more effective when we are truly a conscious presence behind the masks, the scenes, and on the stage.

The Big Kahuna

2008-06-10T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Big Kahuna

Yep, you are The Big Kahuna in a body. This is an opportunity to experience and embody that you and The Big Kahuna are really one. Write down five supreme attributes of The Big Kahuna that you aspire to and admire. Know that you in essence are those divine qualities and that you can allow them to be expressed. Begin by acknowledging that you are each of those five supreme attributes. For example, if one of your supreme Kahuna attributes is joy, then say "I am joy. " Explore saying those words, "I am joy", until you discover the joy within you, that you really are joy. Embody that joy, be that joy. Feel the joy. Proceed in this way with the rest of the supreme attributes you have chosen. Then apply the attributes of The Big Kahuna, a.k.a. You, to all the areas of your life, especially the challenging zones. The invitation is to remember to be the attributes of the Big Kahuna as you journey through consciousness, and may all the forces of the Big Kahuna be with you.

Joyful Acceptance

2008-06-09T06:16:00.000-07:00

Joyful Acceptance

Imagine your life projected out of you on to a screen. See all the inner aspects and situations of your life that fill the screen. See how some aspects are just colors, feelings, or black and white, thoughts, and are still emerging. Notice that the picture of you is in a constant state of flux and transformation, and then of course there is the big you observing this picture of your life. Many of us fight with the screen that displays the picture of our lives. You can see what a tiring and fruitless endeavor that can be (might even destroy the screen or the earth over that one). When we argue with a screen, we also distort the picture flowing from our projector. Then we rebel against the distortions of the picture. This is an invitation to notice areas in your life where you argue with aspects of your life, and see if you can accept your picture no matter what it looks like currently. Remember life is always changing, enjoy the unknown and the perfection of your movie as it is right now. We are either allowing the change or resisting it. The more we resist the more distorted our picture becomes. Allow your true picture free of resistance to express itself in all it's glory. Observe, accept, enjoy your picture, and it will soon show itself to be a masterpiece of life bigger than anything you could have conceived as the small you arguing with a screen or the picture on the screen. Joyful acceptance a tool that keeps the projector running smoothly.

Fresh Perspectives

2008-06-08T13:53:00.000-07:00

Fresh Perspectives

Many of us are plagued by chronic inner thought patterns that cause us suffering. This is an opportunity to become aware of when our pernicious thought patterns are activated, to observe them, and track those thoughts all the way home to inner solace and peace. One way to do this is when you notice your mind beginning to suffer, spread your wings, take inner flight around the thoughts as a detached observer. Find fresh perspectives or other ways of perceiving that allow you to be the peaceful and loving being that you really are beyond that troubling thought or situation. You are peace. You are love. You are whole. You are complete. See if you can experience challenging thoughts as a passing cloud on this larger spaciousness of you. The invitation is to find three alternative ways of looking at the situation that do not cause suffering, and to choose one of those fresh perspectives instead of attention on the troubling thoughts.

Cloud Nine

2008-06-06T19:18:00.000-07:00

Cloud Nine

This is an opportunity to meditate under the clouds of a beautiful day. Next time your outdoors, and there's individual fluffy white clouds in the sky, find a spot to lie down so you can comfortably gaze upwards. We are going to track clouds and find ones that have messages for us. Find a cloud you are drawn to, and watch the cloud move, form images, and transform across the sky. Give the cloud a 100% of your attention. Watch to see if an image emerges, a message for you from the cloud. The invitation is to receive three images from the clouds above, and meditate upon the messages they are delivering to you.

Walking Tree

2008-06-04T09:33:00.000-07:00

Walking Tree

This is a walking meditation best done outside in the presence of Nature. We will grow into giant walking trees. Imagine your body lengthening up into the sky and expanding energetically in all directions. Your head and mind fill with the spaciousness of the sky & clouds. Your thoughts are still. The trunk of your body is open and being thoroughly cleansed by the colors and elements of nature with each step you take. Your feet have invisible love roots that travel down to the core of the Earth. Each gentle step is a powerful touch of love and beauty on the Earth as you walk. The invitation is to feel the love and connection of the Earth beneath you, to feel the healing powers of Nature all around you, and to feel the new perspectives, spaciousness, and peace the sky can share with us.

Segments of Breath

2008-06-02T07:14:00.000-07:00

Segments of Breathing

Placing our attention on our breathing is an easy way to quiet a very active mind. When our attention is focused on our breath, our thoughts stop, and our consciousness, who we really are beyond the workings of our mind, can flood our beings. The invitation is to consciously breathe three times each day. This an opportunity first thing as you awaken in the morning, then in the afternoon, and then in the evening perhaps before you go to bed, to have segments of conscious breathing. Begin by exhaling and gently filling the lower, middle, and upper areas of your lungs and your body with breath. When those areas are full with breath, hold for a moment, and then slowly release your breath. Then follow your breathing, keeping all of your attention on inhaling through the nose, holding a few moments, and then exhaling slowly through the mouth. Practice ten conscious breaths in this way. If your attention wavers from your breath, start again by returning to the breath, until ten fully conscious breaths have been experienced. After the tenth conscious breath, take another full breath filling all of the areas of your lungs, hold, and release. You have completed one segment of conscious breathing. Find a space and time during your day to practice the other two segments of this breathing invitation.

Shine A Light

2008-06-01T16:35:00.000-07:00

Shine A Light

Our outer world is a reflection of our inner world. This is an opportunity to shine a light on areas of our inner psyches where there are cycles of self loathing, violence, stress, suffering, and pain. Our homework is to clean up our minds and thus our world by bringing the light of awareness to these inner challenge areas of our lives. We are not our thoughts or our beautiful and monstrous minds, they are only an aspect of us. We are the light, the consciousness beyond words that surrounds, envelops, and powers our thoughts, our minds. We can see our minds from new vantage points and illumine our thoughts so they no longer control us. We are the ones, the heros, the light that can bring peace, stillness, and love to all areas of our minds and the world. The invitation is to shine your light on your thoughts and your mind, release thoughts that no longer serve you, they are not you, and experience the peace of who you really are this instant.

To Be

2008-05-31T17:50:00.000-07:00

To Be

This is an invitation to practice being what you would like to see in your world. If you'd like more love in your life, be love, love more regardless if others love you back. Love will return to you. If you'd like better health, practice being healthy in body, mind, heart & spirit. Health will be yours. If you'd like peace, be peace, practice choosing peace in all situations, especially with your thoughts, instead of negativity. Peace will reign. If you'd like more friends in your life, be a better friend. Friendships will blossom. It is only our attachments and expectations that keeps us from Being all that we are inside, our authentic selves, and the change we want to see in our lives. It is a fun, simple, and empowering practice to choose to release as quickly as possible the mental burdens of our attachments and expectations in all situations, and just skip to the joy of Being who we really are. This is an opportunity to press skip in your life, transcend all your mental sufferings, and embody and BE the change.

Space For Consciousness

2008-05-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

Space For Consciousness

This is an invitation to create space for Consciousness to be present in our bodies, in our inner mental and emotional lives, in our relationships, and in all of our interactions with the world and cosmos. Allow who you really are, God-Consciousness, or Consciousness to shine light into all areas of your being. Create a space for Consciousness to be present with you, especially in areas where you chronically get stuck in mental or emotional challenges. See if you can allow Consciousness to be and slowly flow into those areas. Imagine Consciousness as your special guest of honor in this lifetime. Make space in all the segments of your day for this divine guest, Consciousness, to be with you. Share all the wonderful gifts and experiences of your life, the seemingly good and the seemingly bad, with your Guest. This is an opportunity to allow a space for Consciousness, divine intelligence, who we really are to inform and transform our lives in the most beautiful and perfect of ways.

The Waters of Life

2008-05-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

The Waters of Life

Water is one of the foundational elements of life on Earth. It flows and transforms inside our bodies and all around us in Nature. This is an invitation to experience the element of water both on inner and outer levels, and to allow the waters in your life to be a tool, a meditation, and reminder to become more present. Feel the intelligence behind the sacred water and blood in your body. Experience and appreciate the sensations of the element of water when you take a shower, wash your hands, drink, go to the bathroom. Gratefully use these opportunities with water to call yourself from dream lands of the past or future into the here and now. Feel and listen to the element of water in the composition of trees, plants, and in creation, know life is a continual opportunity to awaken to even more majesty, mystery, magic, and beauty.

A New Transition

2008-05-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

A New Transition

There are hundreds of activities we do through out our day. Every time we transition from one activity to another we can use the change of activity to remind us to awaken, experience this new moment, and be more present. The invitation is to become more conscious as we transit from one activity to another. Before beginning or while immersed in a segment of activity become present. Become aware of the feelings and sensations of your body, listen to your heart beat. Take a few deep breaths and fill the lungs completely with air, consciously inhaling and exhaling. Become aware with all your senses and presence of the moment and of the new activity you're feeling and experiencing. Use every transition as a reminder and practice to become more present. Consciousness and who we really are beyond the limiting concepts of the mind can then stream easily through us, our lives, and blossom as us. Soon we'll be present and awake for all our segments of reality. A transition, awaken!

Conscious Listening

2008-05-27T10:59:00.000-07:00

Conscious Listening

A great opportunity to stay present through out the day as we interact with other people and beings is to consciously listen. What is like to be a 100% present for someone as they speak. Our minds still. Our thoughts are not trailing off into the abyss or waiting to speak or planning the future or stuck in a past event, but just listening with our whole being with all of our attention on the other person in the moment. O, and how nice it is to be heard even if you're not heard. What a nice foundation it establishes for all of our relationships. The invitation is to focus on consciously listening and being present as we proceed through the moments and stepping stones of life.

"STOP" In The Name Of Love

2008-05-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

"STOP" In The Name Of Love

For most of us our minds are incessantly active, and eventually most of our thoughts cause us a great deal of stress and suffering. They go on and on from one beautiful or monstrous thought to the next, creating mental and emotional havoc in their wake. The mind will chase its own tail around situations and events for lifetimes if we allow it or until we awaken to the consciousness we are right this very moment. Sometimes the momentum of our conditioned thoughts, especially ones that we are very identified with, can seem like a force of it's own that is unstoppable in its desire to see our stories and life from every angle. The invitation is to command the mind to "STOP". You're the master of your mind, it is not the other way around, although our minds have had quite a run of the manor for a while. That's it, "STOP MIND", and then experience who you really are beyond your mind.

This inspiration to say "stop" to the mind was gifted to humanity in the book A Diamond In Your Pocket by Gangaji.

All Is Perfect

2008-05-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

All is Perfect
When the mind is in a state of suffering, chaos, or turmoil, this is a grand opportunity to take a few moments to experience your true nature. Feel yourself as the whole and complete being that you are. All is perfect as it is right now, it is just the way it’s suppose to be. Trust yourself and life to unfold in the most original, perfect, and beautiful ways that are best for you. What is it like to not need or want things to be any different than they are right this very moment? Take a few, full deep breaths and experience your wholeness, accept the moment as it is, and know all is perfect right now.

Loving The Moment of NOW More Than Your Stories of the Past and Future.

2008-05-16T12:12:00.000-07:00

Loving The Moment of NOW More Than Your Stories of the Past and Future.
All of your power is located in the present moment of NOW. If you give your energy to feeding your past stories or to your fantasies of a better or more fearful future moment, you miss a golden opportunity to come into your power, your true life service, and who you really are. The invitation is to open to, nurture, and foster your power inherent in the present moment through out your day. When you notice your mind traveling to past stories or fantasies about a future, lovingly invite your mind to return to the present moment, and begin to experience the inner peace and stillness that is at the heart of your NOW.

What Are You Aware Of Right NOW?

2008-05-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

What Are You Aware Of Right NOW?
This is an opportunity to come fully into the present moment, to expand your awareness, & to experience your sense perceptions interacting in the present moment with the world around you. "What are you aware of right now?" is an exercise and question that can be practiced and posed anytime as a tool to awaken to the ever present and sacred NOW. It also is a way to experience the Presence that is you observing this life of yours as it plays out its stories upon you. What are you aware of now?

The Union

2008-05-02T12:33:00.000-07:00

The Union
The invitation is to experience yourself as Pure Source Energy. Begin to slowly blend into your surroundings until you’re on the cusp of dissolving completely. Your body vanishes into the air around you. Your mind focuses on blending, merging, and becoming One with the energy behind all matter and form. You become One with your surroundings. As you practice becoming One with the energy around you, experience the vastness of who you are beyond your form and personal stories manufactured by your mind. Your body is gone and your mind is still with the attention of experiencing the Oneness and Connection with all of life . Practice and enjoy Being this Presence, Stillness, and Space.

These meditations are a part of a series I'm writing on transcending our beautiful and monstrous minds.

Segments of Consciousness

2008-04-18T18:24:00.000-07:00

The invitation is to use the transitions of our lives to awaken. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of major and minor transitions that happen each day that are excellent starting places to practice our awakening. Let's begin with the major transitions and then we can be more conscious of the minor transitions. Every time we transition from one major segment of activity to another, is an opportunity to remind ourselves to come more fully into the present moment. As we notice we are transitioning, we bring our attention to that new segment. We say "hello" to it, shake hands with it, and we become friendly with the moment. Gradually we make room for our true authentic power, the divine consciousness that's noticing the moment, to begin to brilliantly shine in our lives. Every transition can be a "new hello" to our life from a really present, awake, authentic, conscious position.

Our power is in the now. If you're like me over the years you have given a lot of your power away to illusions and self created vampires of the past and the future. If you're like me then you know it's time to take our power, our energy, our health, our consciousness back. When we are present in the moment, we have all our power and resources available to us (which is infinite), and it feels really good to be in the moment. There are no weights or baggage in the moment, all is always well in the moment. The moment we start dwelling on the past, getting lost in reactions and emotions, or led astray in the confines, conflicts, and endless dramas of the ego, our power steadily drains. The exercise above is a wonderful way to take our power back and to remind ourselves to return to the present moment where our power center is located.

We take our power back by choosing to be present, even if it's just for a moment, in each segment of our day. It is then easier in that segment and subsequent segments to be aware of our thoughts, and where our energy and thoughts are traveling. If we notice our thoughts going to places that no longer serve us or to negative thinking and emotions, we can immediately reign our energy our power back into the present moment.

To give you an idea of some basic segments in a day, awakening in the morning is a segment, making breakfast is a segment, going outside for a walk is a segment, entering or exiting the house is a new segment, getting in the shower is a segment, getting dressed is a segment, going outside to get on your bike is a segment, on your bike is a segment, arriving at a destination is a segment, going to the bathroom is a segment, etc. Every time you notice your transitioning to a new activity, the invitation is to become aware, to draw your power into the present moment, experience and feel from a conscious state the moment. See how many segments you can become present in during the day. Be gentle with yourself, love yourself, and have fun awakening as much as you can for each new segment. Soon our lives will be full with the joy of living from the state of NOW. NOW is the moment where Great Spirit plays. Will you come play?

Divine Creators

2008-04-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

Is there something that chronically takes you out of the present moment? Is there something that worries you or causes you stress? Is there something that you would like to manifest in the world?

The invitation is to take that "something" and bring it to a greater level of your being so that it can be blessed, healed, and manifested. We are immersed in four levels of reality. The first level of reality is the physical level. The second level of reality, the mind and emotions, surrounds and envelops the physical reality. The mind and emotions govern our physical reality. Surrounding and enveloping the mind and emotions is the Soul world reality. Our Soul world governs our mind and emotions & physical worlds. Surrounding and enveloping each one of us and all of reality is Pure Source Energy, Creator Energy, Great Spirit Energy, The One who is known by so many names but who is really unnameable. Source Energy surrounds, creates, and envelops Everything. Take a moment to tap into that spring of Well-Being, that Unconditional Love, that Perfection that is you and that surrounds you all the time...

Now bring your "something" to the level of that Pure Source Energy, where everything flows into Oneness, and release it. Release it to the Source, that surrounds your whole being, and then know it's there. You have given your "something" away to the divine workings of the Cosmic Intelligence who is behind Everything. The next step is to truly release it. Every time that "something" appears in your mind. You remind your mind that you have given that to the Source of All of Life. That the Source of All of Life is now handling the details of that "something". Period. End of Story. The Universe has your "something" and you can know it will be worked out for the Highest Good. It will manifest if you can let go of it with the mind. Your "something" will be transformed into something so wonderfully perfect for you, trust the workings of the Universe, the Source, and let go of it.

The next step after you have reminded your mind that the "something" is being handled by the best team player you could have, the Ace in the hole, The Source, is to use that opportunity where the mind is quiet, it's not worrying about anything or concerned, to take a deep breath and to come more fully into this present moment. For if you have realized that you are speaking to your mind, you know that your are not your mind, and therefore you must be observing your mind from a greater reality. You have awakened for that moment, and you're bringing your Soul & Great Spirit into the world.

Each time we choose to be fully present in the moment, we create an opportunity for the divine to work through us and be us. We like birds can nest on the bountiful and beautiful Earth but our Spirits can soar and discover gifts and higher perspectives that we can bring here. If the mind is full with endless "somethings" it is difficult for the gifts to come in, it's difficult to fly. By giving our "somethings" to the Source, we can allow our "something" to unfold naturally and perfectly, and we can at the same instance become a vessel for the divine to enter into the denser realities of our minds & bodies. We become divine Creators and One with the Intelligence that has created Everything. We bring the worlds of Spirit and Heaven to Earth. We also experience and know for ourselves the Goodness, Abundance, and Pure love inherent in the Source, especially as our "something" leads us to a something even greater.

THE STEPS

1.) Give your "something" to pure Source Energy.

2.) Everytime that "something" surfaces in your mind, remind your mind that you have given that to Source Energy to masterly manage in the most perfect way.

3.)Then the next moment allow yourself to come more deeply and fully into the present moment. The "something" begins to also be a tool to remind you to come into the present moment, your place of power.

I gratefully acknowledge Eckhart Tolle, Alberto Villoldo, and my community of Teachers for the dawning of these inspirations.

"Shake hands with the NOW"

2008-04-10T18:59:00.000-07:00

The invitation is to begin to love the present moment more than anything else your egoic mind can create. To choose to reside in the present moment means to begin the end of suffering. It may seem like an effort at first to re-train the egoic mind to stay in the now, but our minds learn fast, and soon the present state of being becomes natural.

When we are in tune with the now anything can happen, but one thing is certain if we tune in enough to the present moment we will become joyful and we will awaken. We will end the suffering that ensues from living reality from the point of the egoic mind. When we reside in the present moment we're living reality from the point of Soul & Spirit. Every time we check into the present moment we create a sacred space of oneness for the divine to be here, and we help facilitate the great shift of consciousness that is occurring. It is a blessing and honor to assist our divinity in this way, enjoy all the gifts from being in the moment that are bestowed.

The world is magical and everything in life is manageable from the present moment, everything. There is no stress in the present moment because we're now referring from a new level of reality, one of Soul & Spirit. On those levels all is perfect as it is right this very moment, and we are perfect and complete right this very moment. Take a breath, awaken to this moment, release the past and the future, and dwell now. Find the magic. Find the divinity. Find the well being. Find the inner happiness. Find your Soul. Find the Source of it all. It's available to us every moment, right now, all the tools are within us. Every moment, every breath, every feeling, is an opportunity to shift our consciousness from the confines of the egoic mind to the worlds of the Soul & Spirit. What is keeping us from being awake and luminous beings? If we get tired of the spinning wheels of the ego, we can always say "hello" and shake hands with the ever present, omniscient, and loving NOW. Another invitation is to birth who we really are as a Soul & Spirit, and to BE the change we've wanted to see here. Be love. Be peace. Be oneness. Or Be whatever wonderful and unique gifts that are in your Soul to Be expressed in this perfect NOW.

I must say I'm greatly inspired and grateful for the living presence and works of Eckhart Tolle. He's a shining example of the new consciousness being born here on Earth. Some of his books and DVD's include: The Power of Now, Flowering of Human Consciousness (DVD), and A New Earth.

Gift of Spirit

2008-04-04T18:41:00.000-07:00

Here is one way to bring more of your Soul and Source energy into the world:

Consciously intend to bring a Gift from your Spirit to everyone you meet today and to all your interactions.

Begin to refer to your Soul and Source to find the perfect gift. It can be a smile. It can be holding a positive thought about a person as you pass them on the street. It can be being fully present in the moment with someone. It can be consciously listening to someone. It can be sharing your gifts and talents with the world. The pure act of bringing your Soul into any exchange or interaction is enough and a great gift.

We are always giving something with everyone we meet. This is an invitation to become more conscious of what we are giving. To give good thoughts. To give love. To give joy. To give gifts of Spirit.

This is a spiritual exercise where there is infinite room to continue to grow. Be gentle and loving with yourself as you practice. At the end of your day feel the amount of Spirit you nourished, channeled, and expressed into the world today. Acknowledge how you can joyfully improve the exercise of Giving tomorrow, and appreciate with a heart full of gratitude all the Gifts of Spirit that have been given to you this day.

Namaste.

I was inspired to this exercise by a talk Deepak Chopra gave on the 7 Spiritual Laws of Success. I highly recommend any of Deepak Chopra's books, they are always great Gifts of Spirit.

The Divine Message

2008-03-31T07:30:00.000-07:00

The invitation is to become your eternal nature on Earth. To birth your Soul and the gifts of your unique Soul into the world. To birth your own God-consciousness into the world. Allow all the conditions of your life to point you in specific directions inward that would be best for your Soul's journey at this time. Our life conditions are gifts, messages, that lead us to accomplishing this feat of being a vessel for Heaven on Earth.

Begin by experiencing who you are as a Soul and as pure Source energy. Experience your Unconditional aspects such as Unconditional Love, Joy, Peace, Happiness ,Oneness, etc. For example, What is it like to be Unconditional Love? Feel it & experience it, become Unconditional Love. If there is a condition in your life, a message, where you feel there is a lack of love, let Unconditional Love flow into that situation. The Love or lack of Love in your life comes from within, from allowing or disallowing the divine stream of Unconditional Love to flow . If you want more Love in your life, open your inner channels of Love, and direct Unconditional Love to yourself and to any area in your life where it feels absent. Be Unconditional Love. Practice opening your channels and embodying Unconditional aspects of yourself such as Love, Joy, Peace, Happiness, Oneness more and more through out your day, and in different situations that call for those aspects, fill yourself, complete yourself.

Let's be responsible for our inner conditions. The outside conditions are signs and gifts from the Universe to point us in the right direction inward. We have a tendency to blame, to analyse the messenger when really the message and the receiving of the message, and thus the ensuing positive change that happens from responding to the message, is really all that is important. Messages point us in the direction that would best serve us and our Soul's growth. Practice receiving the messages around you. Anything that elicits a heavy emotion or limits you in any way is a message and gift from your Soul, explore it. In the past we have followed emotions outward, and all the energy of the powerful message was lost outward or dissipated in an emotional reaction response or sometimes we've suppressed the emotion inward until it exploded recklessly and was lost. Luckily, the messages keep coming louder and louder until they're heard.

You have a message! You have identified an emotion or thought that is negative or heavy or that makes you feel bad. Follow that emotion or thought and find out what is really going on. It is not about the person or condition that elicited your emotion or thought, it's about you, and making a discovery about yourself, and it's something that's important for you to know right now. It's fun! We're about to go on a treasure hunt and find a gift for our Soul. You're invited to take that attitude every time you experience any heavy emotion like fear, anger, lack of love, worry, greed, guilt, negative thoughts, etc. Let's clear them now, heal them now, and make room within for Heaven now. So we have a negative emotion or thought, we follow it inside, get at the root of the emotion, hear the message, and by doing so we allow it to release. When we hear the message inside, our Soul sends the Unconditional salves that are perfect for us to heal that wound. It then becomes easier to hold the vibrations of who we really are, we've accepted the message, and eliminated a cause of what might have led in the past to a great suffering. We then experience the gift, the divine treasure of the message.

We are perfect as we are. Feel that and experience it now. We are Unconditional Love, it is our Nature. We are Joy incarnate. We are Peace. We are Happiness. We are in Harmony with all of life. We are, we become, the Ones who we've been waiting for. We become the change we've wanted to see. Heaven then lives on Earth through us and as us. We have come as Soul's from all over the Universes to experience this Great Transformation from the illusion of darkness into beings of Light. Now is the time to Lighten, Clear, and Heal ourselves. To awaken. To tune into our Messages. To begin to transform into Luminous Beings of Soul & Spirit. To bring the gifts of your Soul & Heaven to Earth. We have all the tools and support within to do so. Now is the time to be the miraculous and inspiring and uplifting journey of the Caterpillar into the Butterfly.

Soul Power! Spirit Power!

2008-03-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Recently, I was taking a class and our teacher invited us to explore and apply the word non-suffering to our lives. Non-suffering. It's huge. How many times do we allow ourselves to suffer through out the day? And an even bigger question, why? Perhaps we have forgotten we have choice moment to moment. Suffering takes many shapes and forms. It can be a thought that plagues us, an emotion, it can live in our inner or outer body. Becoming super aware of when we start to pick up the weights and heavy energy of suffering, and instead placing those weights of suffering aside, and choosing a more empowering direction is liberating. Knowing we can do so is liberating. In essence, suffering is a choice each of us makes. Becoming conscious of when we are choosing to suffer is the turning point of the tide. Suffering limits and constricts us, and is a tool that keeps us engaged in a mind dominated world of affairs.

However and luckily, we are beings of Soul and Spirit and have a myriad of other options, really infinite options, available to us. Realizing we are more than the suffering of our minds is a first step. Experiencing who we really are as Soul & Spirit will help us navigate through any challenge the mind could ever present. The invitation is to align with your Soul, with your God-Consciousness: Unconditional Love, Joy, and Happiness. What is keeping you from Unconditional Love, Joy and Happiness, and is it worth it? There will always be a choice, to suffer or not, which will you choose? If you decide to suffer, who benefits? Your ego may benefit for you get to complain to the world, poor me, look how much I suffer, but if it's love and attention you seek, why not go to the Source of love and attention and fill yourself?

We are surrounded by Pure Love, Joy, and Happiness. The more we choose to feel this stream of Love that pervades and is one with all there is, the less likely we are to choose ways of being that no longer serve us. The next time the cloak of suffering begins to wrap its coils of darkness around you, what if you say, "that's ok", but I think I'm going to experience being Unconditionally Happy this time, dawn this garment for a while? What's it like to be Unconditionally Happy? To Love yourself and others Unconditionally? Non-suffering lightens our being, and allows us to experience higher vibrations of who we really are, and to express the gifts of our Souls on Earth. Now that you should see! Our mind power is impressive, but Soul Power stretches universes of wisdom and beyond, touching wing to wing with the Creator of it all. Suffering is an opportunity to choose the power and gifts of your Soul & Spirit.

Soul Power! Spirit Power!

All Is Perfect

2008-03-21T18:11:00.000-07:00

This is an invitation to shift into the field of awareness that all is perfect as it is right this very moment. Let go, even if it's just for a few moments, all your worldly concerns and dramas of the mind, no matter how engaging. Allow this state of ultimate perfection to fill and nourish your being. Allow your mind and emotions to rest in the perfection of this moment. Allow your body to bask in this healthy energy field. All is well and you can reside more and more in this field of awareness anytime you wish by choosing and setting your intention to do so. In this field of perfection you can experience who you are as a Soul, as a perfect divine being connected to the Creator of it all. Practice this exercise when you're stressed, when your emotions are running wild, or when you want to rejuvenate your being to its natural harmony. Practice living in this state of perfection.

You're one with the Source that creates, sustains, and moves in perfect harmony all the energy of the Cosmos and more. Settle into this awareness. Open your doors to this perfection. Open your doors to this field of Unconditional Love and Oneness. Open your doors to this Cosmic Intelligence that is beyond the description of words. We have access to so many gifts beyond the comprehension of our physical minds. However, if we are not at peace with the perfection of this present moment there will be no one home to accept the divine gifts that pervade around us and that are instrumental for our Soul's growth. Our minds will be too engaged with worldly things that we can never take with us on our Soul's Journey & a great opportunity will be missed. Who are you beyond this existence? What is your Soul purpose on Earth? Where will you go when your body dies and when your small mind that is filled with all this culture and earthly information dies? It is really nice to be able to touch base with the Soul now, and it is easy and possible to do when the mind rests in the perfect order of all things.

Taking moments to breathe, to realize the beauty, diversity, and perfection that are within and surrounding us every moment with such Great Love, are ways to enjoy the divine treasures that our Soul came to Earth to witness and experience. Take a deep breath and experience the Perfection.

I'd like to acknowledge my friend Linda Campbell and the teachings of Eckhart Tolle on the Flowering of Human Consciousness for igniting my Soul to new experiences and wisdom that inspired me to write these words above.

The Visioning Process

2008-03-04T21:55:00.000-08:00

Tonight I listened to a tele-conference with Dr. Zhi Gang Sha and his guest Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith who spoke about the visioning process of our Soul. They each delivered powerful teachings, and some of what was given tonight I thought that you might enjoy too.

Rev. Michael spoke about the shift from visualizing to visioning. Visualizing is the beginning of understanding the laws of the universe and manifestation. Where we place our energies is what we are manifesting in our lives. When we visualize and harmonize our vibrations to what we want that visualization manifests.

He invited us to step to another level into visioning. Visioning is with the Soul and Source energy. Visioning is unprecedented, it's nothing you can imagine on your own, it's being dreamed on the leading edge of creation. He talked about the importance of the questions we are asking in our lives. To be visioning with the Soul ask the right questions. The Universe will answer every question. He cautioned that if you're asking the Universe, "Why does this keep happening to me, I'm always left out (or whatever complaint or victim iding it is)?" Then the universe by law will answer your question by giving you more of being left out, so that you can understand why it keeps happening to you, thus answering your question.

Dr. Sha suggests relaxing our emotions and our minds and step into the soul. Rev. Michael invites surrounding ourselves in the All there is unconditional love of the Universe, and asking the Universe from the Soul level these empowering questions:

1.) What am I seeking as a Soul to emerge in my life?

2.) What is it I must become to manifest this vision in my life?

3.) What must I let go of?

4.) What gifts and talents do I have that I can use to manifest this vision?

He stressed the importance of the sacred yes to the vision, the willingness to become your vision, and have immense gratitude to the Universe for everything in our lives is a gift.

He felt there are four levels of operating reality: 1.) Victim reality (Id'ing ourselves as victims 2.) Manifest reality (beginning to wake up and understand the nature & laws of the universe) 3.) Through Us reality ( that's the visioning process channeled through us) 4.) As Us Reality (We are God or Source). Responding to a question how to shift from Victim to Manifest reality, Rev. Michael said they are three keys to doing that: 1.) Give up blaming yourself and others 2.)Unconditional forgiveness of yourself and others 3.) Ask empowering questions

The invitation is to ask empowering questions to your Soul & to the Universe. They will be answered. Who are you as a Soul? What are your Soul gifts? How can your Soul grow? Relax the mind and ask the vision of your Soul to manifest...........

Smiles & Blessings.

Dr. Rev. Michael has a 6 or 8 cd collection that he has just released on the visioning process. It can be bought at his web address below or on amazon .com

I also want to clarify that above is just my casual interpretation and translation of what I heard at the tele-conference, and I suggest for a more accurate, elaborate, and detailed picture and understanding of the visioning process to go to Dr. Rev. Michaels materials directly.

Website links:
Dr. Zhi Gang Sha http://www.drsha.com/
Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith: http://www.agapelive.com/

The Rainbow Chakras

2008-02-22T18:15:00.000-08:00

This is the Rainbow Chakra Meditation to open, cleanse, and heal the major chakras of the body, inviting more light into our lives, and assisting us in becoming luminous beings. This meditation is an excerpt from a book of guided meditations I'm writing titled, Body Electra: The Codes to a Luminous Being. If you'd like to be the publisher of this gem of a treasure house, please contact me :)

Rainbow Chakra Meditation

The chakras are energy centers within our body that connect us to the whole of the universe. When we become overly focused in the physical body or in the traps of the mind that thinks it's the Master, we close our connections to the energies that sustain us. It is our Soul and Pure Source Energy that create the body and mind. It is only natural to open to the worlds of energy that are all around us and to discover who we really are as Souls and as Divine Beings of energy, light, and vibration. We are beings of light having a physical experience. The invitation is to play, to find ways to express the gifts of our soul through our body and into the world. This meditation will provide tools so that you may channel more of who you are into the world. There are seven major chakras associated with the body, the 8th chakra is considered the Soul, and there are energy levels within our Bodies and Soul that connect directly to Pure Source Energy. We will activate and cleanse each of the chakras to enable us to experience our deep connection to the Earth as well as to Soul and Source. Then we will explore ways of using this rainbow of energy and star light within us to manifest our heart's desires.

Create sacred space for yourself where you can lie down. Begin by filling your whole body with breath, inhaling and exhaling slowly. Then bring your attention and breath to your spine. Feel your tail bone and your sacrum at the base of the spine, and then travel up your spine through the lower, middle, and upper backs, to your neck, and up through the brain to the crown of your head. This is the pathway to the major chakras of the body that we will be exploring in this meditation.

Imagine your tail bone extending down, down to the magnanimous and pulsating heart of the golden rose-red core of the Mother Earth. Bring the Mother Earth's love and light up through the crusts of the Earth and up through your spine to the crown of your head, and release the vibrant love from the Earth into the aura of energy that surrounds you in your energy field... Take a few moments to experience channeling the love of the Earth up your body and spine to the energy field and bubble around you...

The Earth Chakras

The first three chakras we will be exploring relate to the Mother Earth and our relationship to her. The first major chakra in the body is located around the sacrum area. It is our connection to the Earth and reveals our relationship to love, abundance, healthy exuberance, our home, roots, diversity, and foundational strengths. Imagine a star glowing a little above and at the center of your sacrum. From the front of your body, going in a counter clockwise direction, spiral down with your mind to this star at the base of your first chakra. Feel the light of this star fill your first chakra... Now with your mind, begin to weave upward in a clockwise direction through your chakra a red healing energy emitting from this star light. Cleansing and healing as you spiral upward through the chakra. As you spiral outside your body, the red light becomes a red orb that rests right above the chakra and your body. Feel the light of the star activate the red orb charging it with bright red energy and love. When the first chakra feels healthy and strong, send a little thank you to the Mother Earth. Bring a little of the energy from this inner star light to the heart core of the Earth as gratitude for the healing and new connections. Feel the Mother Earth respond with a great love back to you... If your star in the first chakra feels low on energy bring the light of the Earth into this chakra and feel it charged.

The second chakra is located a couple inches beneath our navel. The second chakra integrates the energies of the first and third chakras. The second chakra reveals our physical relationship to love in the world through our emotions and sexuality and beyond to peace. There is a star that shines just above the spine in the area of this second chakra. Spiral counter clockwise down to this star like you did with the first chakra. Feel the light of this star, and let it shine up through your second chakra. Then slowly begin to weave in a clockwise direction an orange healing light from this star up your second chakra. Cleansing the chakra with this orange light as you spiral up and out of the body. Imagine the light forming an orange orb that rests right above the red orb of the first chakra. Connect the star light to this orange orb and feel your second chakra cleansed and healed. I invite you to begin to exchange star light between the chakras and the Earth. You can bring light from this second chakra star to the star of the first chakra and down to the heart of the Earth. If the star energy of this second chakra is low bring light from the Earth to the star, or if the first chakra is strong bring a little of the star light from the first chakra to the second. Begin to balance these star light energies within you in this way.

The third chakra is located in the abdominal space above your navel and beneath the front center of your rib cage. This chakra reveals the state of your relationship to well being, goodness, and the sweetness of love in the world. This chakra's color is yellow. I invite you to travel into this chakra in a counter clockwise way, activate the star light of the chakra by feeling its energy, and then weave the golden yellow light up the chakra until it forms a yellow orb above and aligned with the orbs of the first and second chakras. Connect the yellow orb to the star light and feel the chakra pulse a beautiful golden yellow, your inner sun. Now placing your attention on the third chakra star, feel the energy of the star, and begin balancing and exchanging the energies between the first three charka stars until they all feel equally bright and in harmony. You can always draw support from the love energy at the core of the Earth for the strengthening of the chakras or gift the Earth with heartful gratitude some of your star light for this divine balancing of the chakras too.

The Heart Chakra

Our heart chakra located deep to our physical heart and in front of our spine, integrates and expresses the energies and gifts of the Earth and Spirit through our hearts into the world. It reveals how well we are honoring our heart and all of who we are in the world. The color of the heart chakra is green. I invite you to activate this chakra like you did with the first three chakras. Travel into the chakra counter clockwise, feel the star of the chakra, weave a healing green light clockwise up and through the chakra until it forms a green orb outside the body, above the heart, and aligned with the first 3 chakra orbs... Connect the energy of the star to the green orb and feel the green orb vibrate a wonderful and healthy color. Then balance the energies of all four chakra stars. If the heart star is strong it is nice to gift the Mother Earth with some of our heart star light too.

The Spirit Chakras

The next three and last of the seven major chakras of the body relate to our relationship to the spirit world. We will activate them in the same way we have with the first four chakras, and then begin balancing all the star lights of the seven chakras.

The fifth chakra is located in front of the spine in the throat region. It reveals how well we are expressing the gifts of our soul into the world. The color of the chakra is a rich blue found in the sky. Connect with this chakra star, weave the healing blue light up the chakra and to the outside of your body forming a healthy blue colored orb above the throat and aligned with the other orbs.... Then balance this chakra's star light with the other 4 chakras stars we've activated.

The sixth chakra is a star in the center of the brain where the pineal gland is located and proceeds out the screen of our pitutiary gland. This is the third eye chakra. This chakra reveals how well we integrate into a singular vision the physical and the spiritual world. The color of this chakra is baby blue or indigo color. Activate this chakra star in the center of the brain, feel it glow, weave the healing and cleansing indigo light up through your pitutiary gland, third eye, and outside your body to form an indigo colored orb that is aligned with the other chakras... Transfer and balance this chakra's star light with the other 5 chakra stars.

The seventh chakra is a star at the crown of our heads. It reveals how open we are to the world of Spirit, our Soul, and pure Source energy. The color of the seventh chakra is violet. I like to imagine that this star forms a beautiful white and violet flower at the top of our heads. When this flower opens it gives and receives information to and from the world of spirit. Connect to the star light at the top of your head, and as you activate this star with your intention, imagine weaving a beautiful white and violet light up and through the petals of a beautiful flower that grows from and out the crown of your head. In India some of the Gods and Goddesses have 1,ooo petaled lotus flowers on their crowns, representing their rich communication with the Great Spirit. As you weave this violet and white light all sediment and heavier energies clear from the petals of your flower. Spiral this light energy up and out your flower to form a multi-directional violet orb above your head. Charge this orb with the light from this chakra star, feel the orb glow a healthy violet color. Balance the seventh chakra star with the other six chakra stars...The seventh chakra connects to the 8th chakra your Soul and to Pure Source Energy. I invite you through the star light of your seventh chakra to connect to the light of your Soul and to the heart light of pure Source energy. Then bring the light from the Soul and Source to the other chakras and Earth, harmonizing and bridging your being in whole new energetic ways to the Earth and Spirit.

The Magic of Rainbows

Once the bridge of light has been activated within you, it is fun to play with the different vibrations of rainbow colors we emit. A friend of mine, Gemma Lockhart, taught me how rainbows are doorways, openings. This is a meditation to charge our chakras with rainbow light, and to use the magic of rainbows to heal, activate, and create openings in our lives for magic and spirit to enter for the highest good of all.

Imagine a cleansing rain has just washed and healed your body. The sun is now peaking out from the empty white clouds urging you to engage again. To highlight the enchantment of play and love between the waters and the sun, the healing and the light, a beautiful and brightly painted rainbow blesses the sky above you. The rainbow has a gift for you. Travel up to this rainbow, align your back to the rainbow, and become one with the rainbow. Feel the the colors of the rainbow pass through, charging, and healing your corresponding chakras and orbs of the same color within you. You are a rainbow. You are magic. You are an opening for the gifts of your Soul and the gifts of the Great Spirit to enter into the world. Listen to your heart as the rainbow communicates to you in area in your life where you can bring a rainbow...Thank the living energy of this rainbow for this spiritual experience. When you have returned to your newly activated rainbow body, I invite you to use your rainbow chakra orbs of light to direct a rainbow to the area of your life that was revealed in the meditation. Imagine the rainbow in the area and know that Spirit now weaves its healing magic into the situation. You may experience the shift right away or in a couple days. I invite you also to charge areas of your body, your aura, and your energy bubble with rainbow light. You are rainbow energy now and may use this energy to bless all areas of your body, life, and world...

A Rainbow Soul Cleanse for the Past

This is a cleanse to heal our pasts. Align your chakras from the front with the beloved energy of the Rainbow. Allow the energy of the Rainbow to flow from the front of your body into your back and into your past. Ask the beloved energy of the Rainbow to heal, cleanse, and transform all the heavier energies of your Life and Soul. Feel this healing happenning now... You may invite the magic healing powers of the Rainbow to travel all the way back to the birth of your Soul. Allow your Soul to enlighten and transform as the Rainbow Light travels through your past and places blessings and seeds of colored magic in all areas of your Soul. When you have received this Divine Rainbow Healing of your past, thank and give love to the beloved energy of the Rainbow for this very special healing gift.

Daily Chakra Star Activations

It is wise to cleanse, heal, and communicate with your chakras on a daily basis. You might not have time on a daily basis to do the full cleanse with the colors we did above, so here is a quick chakra check-in. Connect to the heart of the Earth, connect with each of the chakra stars up the bridge of your body, connect with your 8th chakra: your Soul, and connect with the heart of the Source of all of Life. Feel each of your seven major body chakra stars and balance them with each other, draw on the Earth, your Soul, and Source if you need extra support and light in a chakra star. When each of the chakra stars are balanced and shining equally bright so are you, a nice way to begin a moment or a day or a lifetime of harmony.

Another quick and easy, daily re-charge for the chakras is to imagine aligning with a rainbow and letting the magical rainbow colors pass through your chakras from back to front activating and healing them with its light. This is great when you need a rainbow boost in your life.

Mantra for the Rainbow Chakras: Colors of the beloved Rainbow please heal, cleanse, and magically transform all areas of my Life & Soul.

****I want to gratefully acknowledge that this chakra meditation has been inspired by a whole community of beings, but especially the works of Alberto Villoldo, Doreen Virtue, and Dr. Zhi Gang Sha.****

Upcoming Events of the Spiritual Nature

2008-02-19T19:46:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends,

Spring must be close, there is definately a quickening of energy, lights, and ideas in my life, and I hope in yours too. There are two new events that I will be offering to help facilitate our transitions into Luminous beings. The first will be a monthly energy series beginning March 18th and the second is a Reiki class called "Opening the Doorways".

March 18th, 7-9 pm: First you will receive an energy rite to activate your hands to healing energy. This first series is on the chakras, the wheels of light in our body that connect us to life. We will cleanse them and heal them which will allow us to bring more rainbow light, magic, and harmony to our whole beings. For those of you going to Peru with me, I highly recommend that you come to these events to help prepare for our spiritual journey. Please RSVP if you would like to attend. Love donations will be accepted.

April 12th, 10am to 5pm, $85: I will be teaching a Reiki workshop called Opening the Doorways. You will be initiated into the energy rites of Reiki I and II. We will learn ways to channel the healing energies of Reiki into all aspects of our lives. On April 21 from 7-9 pm we will have a follow up group Reiki session to share our experiences and to practice our Reiki gifts. If you'd like to participate in this class please RSVP by March 3rd.

A reminder of upcoming events:

March 8th, 10am-3pm, $150: Sacred Geometries class with Lani Flemming of the Mystery School. Please RSVP as soon as possible for this class. It is being held at Caritas Spiritist Center.

March 8th, 7pm - 9pm: A talk by Lani about activating our DNA to the full 22 strands. The event will be held at the Caritas Spiritist Center, $10 suggested donations. Lani will be available for healings and DNA activations, sessions are $85

March 9th, 10am-2pm, $50: Lani will be giving an introduction to the teachings of the Rocky Mt. Mystery School. This will be a beginning step to becoming initiated into the practices of the mystery school. I would like to have Lani back in the Summer to initiate and teach DNA activations, so if you're interested in taking upcoming classes to give DNA activations this class will start us on our way. Please RSVP for this class as soon as possible. It is being held at the Caritas Spiritist Center.

Shamanic Journey to Peru June 16 -26, $1500: This is a journey guided by the spirits of the Inka to birth our Souls and interact in whole new ways with the living energy of the world. Come fly with us to the Condor land of the heart, the home of Inkas, shamans, and Q'ero. Visit http://www.sacredspiritualtravel.blogspot.com/ for the exciting details of this spiritual journey.

Thank you everyone for your support and inspiration. I hope we'll see each other soon at these events.

Rainbows, hearts, blessings, and LOVE,

Megan

The Waters of Our Blood

2008-02-06T10:56:00.000-08:00

This a journey to cleanse, heal, and activate our blood to the energies of love and light.

The Waters of Our Blood: A Meditation

Begin by bringing your attention to the water element that is in your body. Feel the water in the cellular lakes of your body.... Feel the movement of the water, the inner rivers, flowing throughout your body, nourishing those cellular bodies that make up the physical you.... Feel the ocean of your heart as it inhales and exhales the life force and blood like a rushing waterfall to your whole body....

Imagine being one of the cells of your blood, and visualize being in the heart area of your body. It is a very active place, but you feel this calming, blue light energy fill the blood cell that is really you. You notice that this blue light energy connects you to the water all over the Earth.... You travel as this cell of fluid through waterfalls, lakes, rivers, to the mighty womb of creation, the ocean. In the ocean the strength of the blue light energy increases. You follow towards the source of this blue light. This blue light feels like a combination of the vibrations of love and light. You discover that the blue light is coming from the dolphins and whales of the ocean. They emit this love and light to the world. You are attracted to the blue light and the vibrations of love streaming out the eyes of one of the whales. The light shows you that the eyes of the whales are really doorways. Guided by the energy of the blue light surrounding you, you enter the eye of the whale, and find that you are flowing quickly through the element of water into other dimensions. ..

You are approaching another planet.... Your inner guide tells you this is where dolphins and whales come from.... You notice a blue light field around this planet, a planet that appears to be almost all water. To enter you align your vibrations with the blue light field around the planet. You become one with this healing blue light, and pass through. The pure vibrations of this planet nourish your whole being. There is a feeling of only positive love and light here.... A vision of water goes on for as far as the eye can see in any direction and is interrupted only by a few giant white crystals the size of castles that protrude from the waters. You are drawn to one of the crystals that seems very activated and alive.

You rest on the crystal and begin connecting your heart to the heart of the crystal. You send love to the crystal and you feel the crystal respond to you. You are transported inside to the depths of the crystal. You find yourself in a red crystal chamber. Again you connect your heart to the heart of the red crystals, and you feel a joyful exchange of energies. You are told this planet is the guardian of the element of water. It is a place that honors the sacred waters of life. The dolphins and whales are the angels of the waters and anchor love and light here in their beings, as they do for the Planet Earth too. You are told the waters here are charged with the healing powers of the crystals and the pure energies of the dolphins and whales. You are in a room that is especially created to heal the waters of the body, the blood.

You are guided to allow all your blood cells to flow from your body into the cells of this crystal room.... Even though your blood is out of your body, you feel it being charged and activated by the crystals with positive energies.... You're asked to pray out loud for the cleansing and the healing of your blood....The energies in the room and the cells of your blood mingle and begin to swirl around you.... The songs of dolphins and whales can be heard echoing in the chamber and touching your whole being with love... You exhale, and on the next inhale, your blood enters your body through your skin, all of your blood cells return and you're complete. You take a few moments and feel the health of the cleansed blood course through your body.... When you open your eyes, the crystal has become transparent revealing that you're beneath the water, and you see that a group of whales and smiling dolphins have supported this healing and surround you on the outside of the crystal. You open your heart and connect and commune with them. You express your thanks to this whole planet for the healing experience you have received....

One of the whales begins to speak through your heart to you. Bubbles of beautiful blue light energy are placed in your heart. You're asked as you travel back home through the waters to your body, "to share this blue light energy by simply keeping it in your heart. It will radiate from your heart blessing the waters of your planet and your blood on a continous basis. You can charge and magnify this inner blue light energy by connecting with us through your heart and thoughts, and by connecting to vibrations of love and light the whales and dolphins in the waters of Earth hold. It is a great honor to have this experience of heart and healing with you. When you're ready my eye is a portal that will bring you back to the ocean of the Earth. Remember, dear one, to shine the lights of your heart wherever you go, all darkness will be dispelled." With a heart of gratitude for this very special place, you pass through the crystal and enter as spirit through the eye of the whale, and quickly like going down a very slippery water slide through space and time, you're back in the depths of the ocean of Earth.

Whales and dolphins surround you here too. You radiate your blue light to them and they magnify it back to you. With a happy heart you begin your journey back to your body blessing the earth waters as you go with new love and light. Soon you're back in your body. Take a few moments to feel the blue lights in your heart and the healthy blood circulating to and nourishing each of you cells....When you're ready go get a glass of water, and connect the water with the pure, blue light energy in your heart, feel the water being charged with this healing energy. When you drink the water imagine the healing energy and blue light going to your whole being, supporting the healing proccess and the cleansing of your blood that has occured today.

Mantra of the Blood: My blood is healthy, energized, and flowing in loving oneness with all the waters of life.

Soles of the Feet

2008-01-13T05:52:00.000-08:00

The Feet: The subterranean feelers of our being. Our roots. Vehicles of giving and receiving. Energy wheels of light dancing the movement of our hearts. Feet with Cosmic Earth SOLE vibrating through them.

Soles of the Feet: A Meditation

Begin by creating sacred space to meditate, a place that is peaceful and comfortable for you. Bring your attention to your breath and body. Take a few deep breaths into your whole body. Feeling your breath in your toes, your fingers, your head....When you're ready imagine moving breath from your feet, up the back side of your body, to the crown of your head on the inhale, and then exhaling that breath from the crown of your head, down the front of your body, to your feet. Practice that circular movement of breath through your body for a few moments...

We will be going on our journey now to the Tree of Life to activate and awaken our feet. Your body becomes very heavy and rests itself into the Mother Earth. You lift off from your body and travel in the direction your feet want to go. Soon you approach a gigantic Tree, larger than any earthly one you have ever seen. A Tree whose crown reaches far up into the sky, through the atmosphere, and beyond into the cosmos. The Tree's branches are full with birds of all kinds, animals, and other magical beings. Nature is very alive here. You see vibrant colored butterflies & fairies that sparkle. They fly together and touch down from bright flower to flower. The flowers are so fragrant that it is quite easy to become enchanted by their beautiful smells. A gnome and an owl can be spotted side by side together high up in the Tree. You marvel at the sheer majesty and tangible love that radiates from this Tree and fills this sacred land with a special magic all of its own.

Almost out of thin air, an elf appears near you. She is very unique looking and kind hearted. She introduces herself to you and welcomes you to the Tree of Life. Her name is Shiad-na, and she tells you her name means "the green one" and that she was born inside the Tree. Indeed her eyes and clothing are verdant and similar to the colors of green found in the leaves of the Tree. Shiad-na will be your guide on this journey into the the Tree of Life to awaken your feet and body to the powers of love. Shiad-na spreads a hand woven tapestry on the ground in a warm area beneath the Tree, and invites you to make yourself comfortable and lie on the Mother Earth. Feel the roots of the Tree beneath you, the Earth, and magic of this land, begin to relax and release with deep breaths all that you no longer need in your body to the Earth...Shiad-na removes ointments and salves from a bag around her shoulders to wash your feet, massage them, and give healing to them. Absorb the place, the massage, and healing into your whole being....

Shiad-na explains that you will be going inside to a meditation room in the massive trunk of the Tree of Life for the teachings. Shiad-na speaks in what sounds to you like an ancient language, a door appears in the Tree, and you both enter. In the center of this circular room there are two footprints carved into the flooring. Each of the footprints have elaborate designs and symbols inside them. You're invited to stand on the footprints to begin the meditation. You close your eyes and Shiad-na speaks to you in your mind. She lets you know that there's great love for you for even making this journey, that you're safe, and that she'll be with you the entire time.

You feel your feet growing down and becoming one with the roots of the Tree of Life. Your feet past down, down through the many layers, crusts, and stones of the Earth's body... As your feet continue to drop and reach down towards the center of the Earth, you soon feel the warmth of the rose-red heart crystal of the Mother Earth's love radiating up to you. You absorb her love and energy into your feet.... Feel your feet become activated and charged with the rose-red crystals of the Earth.... Feel the love and the crystals in your feet....Draw this love up your legs and the roots of your body that are now one with the Tree of Life.... Your torso and heart are the trunk of the tree. Your arms, head, and strands of your hair have become branches of the Tree and extend into the cosmos and universe touching our Sun and other Stars. Your body becomes a bridge for the love between the Earth and the energies of the Sun & Cosmos. You feel the Tree bring the love from the Earth up from the roots of your body, through the trunk of your body, to the branches of your body, and give the love from the Earth to the Sun of our galaxy through the crown of your head.... Then the light energy of the Sun is absorbed in the branches of your body, brought down the trunk of your body, down the roots of your body and given to the Earth... You become one with the rhythms and flow of the Tree and practice being this bridge of divine love, moving the energies up your body and down with your breath, communing with the love of the Mother Earth & the light energy of the Sun....These energies of love and golden light bring health to your body. You direct these energies to areas of your body that need nourishment and healing....The Tree of Life assists you in the healing by supporting your deep connection to the love and light around you, and to your connection to your natural blueprint of health and well being. Feel that you are one with the Tree and let your body be completely cleansed and healed....

Soon you hear Shiad-na's whisper to you that it is time to return. On your next inhale she invites you to draw the energies of the Earth's love and the Sun's light at the same time into your heart, make a wish to the universe, and exhale that wish along with love and gratitude for these teachings into the body of the Tree of Life, and return to the meditation room where you started.... When you return and open your eyes, Shiad-na is there, and smiles knowingly at you. With the same ancient language Shiad-na creates a door that leads to outside. Shiad-na lets you know that you're welcome to return anytime for more teachings. You thank her from your heart for the healing and experience. You express gratitude for the beauty and magic of this special place and especially to the Tree of Life. When you part from Shiad-na, you let your feet slowly guide you back to your body.

When you've returned to your body take a few moments to experience the new energies coursing through your body and in your feet. Feel the crystals of love in your feet. The invitation is to strengthen these connections that you have with the Earth & the Sun everyday. To practice drawing love from the Mother Earth through your newly activated feet to nourish specific areas of your body and your life. To practice becoming a tree of life, a sacred bridge to the divine energies, that gives and receives only love and light. May each step you take be a seed that grows more and more joy in your life.

Mantra of the feet: I connect my feet to the love in the world.

Hands of Powerful Wisdom

2007-12-29T05:48:00.000-08:00

Our hands are powerful tools and connections to creating the world of our dreams. They are an extension of our hearts, and a way we can touch our life and world with love. This is a meditation ceremony to activate our hands and lives with more love, consciousness, and to discover our divine mission through the vessel of our hands.

The Hands: A Meditation

Find a peaceful place where you can meditate and travel within. Begin by taking a few deep full body breaths. Breathing into your feet, your hands, and your head. Breathing to your whole body.... Next imagine pulling breath up from your feet and down through your head to your heart, holding your breath there in your heart a few moments, and then exhaling that breath out your hands and finger tips. Practice breathing in this way.... Soon your heart and hands should be warm with more energy and life force, and you will be ready for this spiritual journey.

Your body begins to sink into the earth, and you lift off from your body, and travel upward. You're soon greeted by your spirit. Your spirit points out a beautiful meadow that stretches out beneath you both. You notice in this meadow of rainbow colors that two circles, one within the other, has been carved into the land. Your spirit guides you to the smaller inner circle, and gives you seven flowers of different colors that will be used in this ceremony. You place the flowers in the inner circle with you. The circles and the place are filled with beauty, warmth, and magic, and you feel very peaceful and loved here. Your spirit explains the ceremony that will take place. The spirits of each of the directions, the earth & the sun, and the source of all of life are honoring you today with gifts and blessings for your hands. Each is so pleased that you have made this journey of heart and spirit, and that you want to connect with yourself through your hands more deeply.

Your spirit guides you to pick up the white flower and face in the direction of the north. As you look north, a gossamer of snowy white delicateness extends slowly and envelops the whole area in a glistening wonderland. A couple radiating gentle kindness, more of the spirit than the physical world, emerges from the billows of white majesty being born from the north. They are the spirits of the north. In their beings a sense of the north and all that it holds can be felt. Within them is where dreams are conceived. It is a place of stillness, meditation, and wisdom. They represent the breath, air, and the winds of change, and a part of the whole cycle of things, winter. They arrive and take their northern place in the outer circle, and you offer your white flower to them in honor of their journey to you. The flower is accepted with great love and dissolves instantly into both of their hearts. They open your hands, and you prepare for their blessing by closing your eyes. Your body fills with the sounds of the most beautiful and angelic music being sung by the couple of the north, carried on the lips of the air, and bringing bliss and great peace to your being....As you listen to this divine music, a white light floods your body and hands with healing energy.... Enjoy this lightness of being and healing.... When your body is healed and cleared of negative energies, the couple of the north inlay with beautiful artistry the palms of your hands with white crystals, these crystals become a part of your hands, one with your bones. When your hands are complete with the crystals, the couple of the north whisper a blessing over your hands and to you. A way you can use these crystals in your life... With your hands in a prayer position in front of your heart, you return to the inner circle to meditate on their blessing, their gift, and to feel the power of the crystals in your hands.... In a flash, the couple of the north and the whiteness over the land vanishes into the horizon of the north. A single white blossoming flower remains in the spot where they had stood in the outer circle.

When you're ready, pick up a yellow flower, and face in the direction of the east. As you look east, a golden yellow glow glitters across the land. Out of this warm, fiery womb of creativity and inspiration that can be felt pulsing through the atmosphere, the couple of the direction of the east appear on the distant horizon, and head towards you and the sacred circles. They reach the outer circle and smile benevolently at you, kind fires glow in their eyes, and you offer the yellow flower to them for the journey they have made to you. The couple hold the flower in their hands, the flower becomes a beautiful flame, and disappears as they place the flame over their hearts where it becomes one with them. The couple greets you lovingly and asks to see your hands. You feel very safe, warm, and loved in their presence. They hold your hands open in theirs, and soon a fiery sensation is felt in the palms of your hands. They speak to you together, "This fire in your palms is of the east, of spring, and new beginnings. It brings warmth, love, and renewed life to everything it touches." The couple of the east fold your palms together, and whisper a blessing to you, how you can use this sacred fire in your life.... When you have received the blessing, with gratitude for the gifts and teachings of the east, you return to the sacred inner circle and meditate on the fire activated in your hands... When you open your eyes again, notice the yellow flower that now blossoms in the outer circle where once the couple of the east stood.

When you're ready, your spirit guides you to face south, and gives you a red flower to hold in your hands. As you look south, the land begins to take on shades of the colors of red. A feeling of calmness and natural flow exudes through you. The couple of the south emerge from the sparkling horizon of richness, their presence is a soothing elixir to your being. The couple of the south are beings of the heart, healing waters, and the flow of all of life. Their season is summer. In their eyes you see ripeness, joy, beauty, and love as they approach the outer circle. You offer them the red flower, which perks up in their presence, becomes a liquid in their hands, which they playfully drop like the rain into each others hearts. They both giggle whole heartily, pleased with your gift and that you are here with them. They invite you to open your hands to them. Closing your eyes, you feel your hands and palms become containers that harness the power of water.... It is like you could make rain drops fall from your finger tips... You also experience that your palms can take on the temperatures of water too, becoming cool and hot, and other temperatures.... Your hands feel like they could heal many things with their gentle magic.... The couple of the south enjoy the discoveries you're making having water flow in your hands and palms. They whisper blessings to you about ways you can use the water in your hands to enrich your life....When they have finished, you thank them for their gift, and return to the inner circle to meditate on this experience... When you open your eyes, the couple of the south have vanished, but the red flower now grows in the spot they stood.

You're spirit guides you to face west and hands you a flower the color of deep black. As you look west, a cover of darkness slowly seeps over the land. It is the retreat of fall into the earth. It is the healing darkness found in the cave of the heart. It is the miracle darkness found in the womb of the mother. It is the restorative power of darkness and night. The couple of the west soon appear on the horizon, and it feels like things have come full circle. There is a feeling of release, holding of space for you and all you dream, and well being all captured in the presence of the couple of the west. You feel very safe and grateful for this turning inward that the couple of the west inspires in you. The release of all that is no longer needed. The couple of the west are very serene and an inner light and love shines deeply within them. You offer to them the gift of the black flower, they are very appreciative, and they place the flower in their hearts. At their request, you show them your hands. You watch as they sprinkle grains of earth sand that manifests right from their finger tips to your palms. This earth dissolves right into your hands, and you can feel it tingling in your palms and fingers... The couple of the west speak, "The earth in your hands is to remind you of the cycles of nature. To remind you to release your burdens to us when the season's call to do so. To remind you to come find the new dreams that await you, that are found in the dark, rich soil of life." The couple of the west then whisper to you ways that you can use the earth in your hands..... Grateful for their wisdom and gifts, you return to the inner circle, and meditate on the meanings of this gift for you....When you open your eyes, a black flower of great beauty blooms where the couple of the west once stood.

Your spirit gives you two flowers, one green flower and one golden with purple. Your spirit explains the green flower will be a gift for the spirit of mother earth and the golden flower with purple is a gift for the spirit of the father sun. Both will visit you together. As you stand in the inner circle, light plays of green, gold, and purple begin interacting in the space between the circles. The weaving of colors and light is magical to behold. There is a dynamic love of creativity, inspiration, and upliftment at play. Two beings can be seen dancing together in this enchantment of color. Their relationship to each other is mesmerizing. It feels ideal, infused with so much love, and timelessness. You feel honored to be witness to this love and connected to this love. The couple feel your love towards them and respond. The mother earth appears on your right side, and you offer her the green flower. She smiles with the joy of the universe in her eyes and places the flower in her heart. The father sun is on your left side, and you give him the golden flower with purple, he with kind spirit places it in his heart. The couple extend their hands to you. As you hold hands, very different pulls begin to happen in your body. One pull towards the earth, and one towards the sun. You hear the voices of the couple in your head. They ask you to practice pulling up energy from the earth with your hands and releasing them to the sun. Then to practice drawing energy from the sun and giving it to the earth. You begin to feel how your hands can become a conscious conduit for the energy between the earth and the sun.... How their romance can flow through you and heal you and others....How you can give or release energy with your hands.... The couple soon release your hands, and you continue to practice the flow of this divine romance through your hands and body....When you have finished practicing, you open your eyes, and see the green, gold and purple flowers growing all around the perimeter of the inner circle where the couple once danced. You take a few moments to absorb the beauty of the flowers, meditate on the energies flowing through your hands, and the experience you just had with the spirits of the earth and sun...

The last flower of the ceremony is the color of rose. It is the color to symbolize the love of the universe and the source of all that animates life. Your spirit invites you to pick up the rose flower and experience the source of life. A great love fills the land as you hold this flower. Every good feeling that you have ever had or imagined comes to the surface. A feeling of happiness and well being pervade the rose lit air. A great light is seen in the distance above. You close your eyes and extend the rose flower to the presence that is beyond the capacities of words to describe. Your flower offering is taken from your hands in the gentlest, kindest, loving manner imaginable, and your hands are parted to expose your palms. Living stars are placed in each hand, and your palms are closed back together in prayer position... You hear the words, "All the power, magic, beauty, and creativity of the universe is now activated in your hands. Create, create with love." The presence holds your hands cupped in theirs, and a great rose light infuses your hands in divine love. You hear a message about how you can use these stars of love and great light in your life.... With a heart full of gratitude you meditate on this gift that has just been given....Your spirit gently calls your name and you open your eyes. It is time to return to your body. You face each of the directions, your own spirit, and the life of it all and give thanks. As you're leaving the ceremonial site, you take one last look down at the circles and flowers. A great rose flower now grows where you once stood. You radiate love as you, your spirit, and new hands return back to your body.

Take some time to return to your body, to meditate on all your experiences in the ceremony, and to play with the gifts that now live in your hands and body.

Mantra of the hands: How can my hands be an extension of my heart today?

This is part of a meditation series I'm writing called Body Electra: Guided Meditations to Awaken More Love In Our Bodies & Life.

The High Road

2007-12-18T11:22:00.000-08:00

On one chaotic stormy day I found myself trying to find peace of mind. Fear and doubt were creeping in to my mind in a steady stream of forces. I was pulling out all of my life tools to find a way out of the muck. I was praying for help and guidance. I was diligently monitoring every thought and transforming negative thoughts to positive ones. I was doing everything I could to make myself feel better, but my energy level was so depleted that day, it was a challenge just to maintain status quo or much less dream about things that bring me joy. However, I was committed to getting out of the clutches of this self made and energy draining vortex.

When a friend mentioned going to Rocky National Park with another friend, I said lets go. I knew that being outside in nature and with friends on their own soul journey could only alleviate my mood and uplift me. Our goal was the top of one of the mountain peaks. We got as high as we could on that winter of a day. On the air, and as clear as a bell, on the side of that mountain, with a raven flying high above, I heard, "Dedicate yourself to taking the high road." Simple words that alter the course and direction of life. We took the high road back home. A road full of hope, miracles, magic, creativity, beauty, love, joy, inspiration, and all things good. The whole universe conspires to make you feel better on this road. What helped me most that day when I decided to dedicate myself to the high road was that the internal struggle ended. The path was clear, were taking the high route, there's no energy for other life draining lessons. A light appeared, and a way out of the darkness. It is true the high road travels in all directions, but on the high road you can trust even when you're covered in soot and the future looks bleak, that relief is coming, that your life will only get better and better, because you're committed to making your self feel better. You're on the high road, alive, conscious, and making choices, moment to moment, that enrich and uplift you.

What does it mean to be dedicated to the high road? First, you must trust with all your heart that every situation is going to work out for the best. It will work out for the best because when you're dedicated to taking the high road you are always choosing the best solution. You are choosing positively all the time. Choices that are going to make you feel better. Second, you must go in the direction the high road flows. The high road is our divine path. Everything that we want or dream of is nourishment for our heart & soul and can be found on the path of the high road. Look for what you want to see happen. Then find miracles. Find love. Find inspiration. Find happiness. Find hope. Find beauty. Find joy. Find yourself on the high road smiling, through the tears, or no matter what is temporarily happening in this life that is always changing. Know that the change happening is going to be good and for your betterment. Remember the high road is expansive, and only gets better and better. Lastly, and most importantly, is to follow the wisdom of your heart. The high road is nourished by the heart & always leads back to new levels of heart, healing, and discovery. Trust the wants and desires of your heart, follow them until you find a solution that tickles your heart and makes it happy. Know that your heart's desire is on its way to you right now. Be open to the magic of the high road.

On the high road there's no room for doubt. You must believe in yourself. You must love yourself. You must trust yourself. You must want to create the world of your heart, your dreams, and your soul, but be flexible and adaptable enough to know that dreams are always changing and new desires are always being born. You must dedicate yourself to being happy. See you on the high roads!

“When I drink tea it’s very pleasant to be aware I am drinking cloud.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Awakening the Nose: A Meditation

2007-12-03T12:09:00.000-08:00

The nose. Our sense of smell. A filter. A way to breathe. A way to touch & understand. A way to raise our vibrations and activate more love in our bodies & our life.

Awakening the Nose: A Meditation

Create a comfortable space for yourself to meditate. Begin to take a few deep, full body breaths. Bring your attention to your nose and imagine a smell that is pleasing to you. Let that smell fill your nose and whole body with goodness and love. Take a few more deep breaths down into your feet. With each deep breath, feel your body begin to sink into the earth, as you lift off from your body, and head toward the north.

As you travel north over all kinds of terrain, you soon spot a white wolf waiting in the distance on a snowy precipice for your arrival. White Wolf by her presence communicates to you that she is your teacher and friend, and will guide you on your journey into this wilderness. A journey to awaken your sense of smell, and to bring more love into your body and life. You follow White Wolf as she turns and trots north into the forest. After a while you smell the hints of a fire. Soon there is a clearing, and a small, round cabin can be seen nestled into the natural winter environment.

A grandmother with hair as white as White Wolf's stands joyfully on her porch, exuding love and wisdom, and greets you both. Grandmother is honored and pleased that you have made this spiritual journey. You're welcomed to this very special place and invited inside Grandmother's home. White Wolf quickly settles herself happily outside preferring the brisk outdoor air, but you know that she will continue to be with you inside and throughout this journey.

Grandmother's home smells sweet and of the earth. It feels warm, safe, and nurturing on many deep levels. You notice that Grandmother has herbs drying from her ceiling, and many containers filled with earth medicines of all kinds. You sit in one of the chairs that Grandmother offers. It is a chair for taking medicine journeys; It feels very comfortable and relaxing. Grandmother begins mixing some herbs and liquids that will awaken your nose and sense of smell. Soon the medicine is ready and she brings it over to you.

Grandmother explains that you will be going on a spirit journey to awaken your sense of smell. You will always be safe and White Wolf will be there too. Grandmother encourages you to play, learn, and have fun on the journey. You will know it's time to return when you hear her call you back with her flute. On your next breath, you inhale the aromas of the medicine Grandmother has prepared. Breathe the medicines as deeply as you can into your nose and whole body.

One of the first things you notice is that you have become the body of a wolf. You are running with a pack of wolves and White Wolf is by your side. The second thing you notice is that your sense of smell is exceptional. You can smell and appreciate the subtlest of things in the air. The earth smells so good. You take deep breaths and inhale these earth scents into your nose and body... Your body opens to these scents... The scents heal your body on essential levels and your whole being feels uplifted. You play with the wolf pack... Smelling deeply their scents... After a while, White Wolf moves to the edge of the pack and motions for you to follow. White Wolf speaks to you with her mind. She invites you to feel how these good smells activate your body with life force. You take several deep breaths until you feel a white tingle of love in your nose... That white tingle trickles to your whole body... You enjoy the feelings in your nose and body... You take a mental picture of this moment: You and White Wolf, your new sense of smell, the healing, the wolves, the land, and your feelings presently. It is a magical day and moment. Ever so gently, the sound of flute is heard floating on the air, you remember Grandmother, and the next moment you find yourself back in her home, smiling.

The smells of Grandmother's home are even richer and more beautiful than before. You express your gratitude to her for the medicines and the journey. Before you leave, Grandmother asks you to continue to awaken your body and life with the power of scents. She asks you to remember to smell the earth with your new wolf nose, and to allow the smells to bring you to new levels of awareness and consciousness. You are asked to practice smelling the goodness of life's scents throughout your day. Grandmother is very pleased how positively you have activated your sense of smell. As you prepare to leave, Grandmother whispers a gift into your ear, a piece of guidance and wisdom only for you... You give her a big hug before stepping outside. White wolf greets you with a new twinkle of magic in her eyes and guides you back to the precipice where you first met. White Wolf also has a gift for you. You close your eyes and link minds with her like you did when you were a wolf. She says, " I am White Wolf and your friend, call on me when ever you like, I will be by your side. When you let the scents of the world fill you with love and well being, I'll know you are well, on the right path, and that is one of the greatest gifts you can give me. We are friends, dear One, forever." With a heart full of gratitude for White Wolf, Grandmother, and this spiritual journey and awakening of your sense of smell, begin to head back to your body. Take a few breaths back in your body... Wiggle your toes and fingers. Smell with your new nose.

A few invitations of ways to use scents to awaken:

Each day breathe deeply and find smells in the natural world that please you. Remember the ways that smells and scents can heal you. Use them to keep yourself uplifted and happy. The nose is one of many tools to bring healing and higher vibrations into our life. When we are healthy, happy, joyful, and uplifted we foster more of the same continuously in our lives.

Use essential oils or scents that bring you pleasure and joy. Keep them with you or near-by. When you're feeling down or want a pick me up, place a few drops of the scent on your hands, rub them together, and then inhale the beautiful scent to your whole body. Feel your cells, your mind, your thoughts, lift.

Practice consciously smelling a few times a day. Really smell your meals, outside, inside, your favorite scents. Invite the smells and the love into your nose, your body, and your life.

The mantra of the nose: I'm going to smell and appreciate the scents of the world. I'm going to allow them to heal and uplift me.

Awakening the Ears: A Meditation

2007-11-12T15:38:00.000-08:00

This is a meditation to activate our ears, hearing, and listening with love, and to also bring more love into our lives.

Create a sacred space where you can meditate and feel comfortable. Begin to take a few deep and full whole body breaths. Breathing into your feet, hands, and head. When you're ready imagine breathing up your left leg, up the left side of your body, up from your left arm, up your left neck to the crown of your head, all with one inhale. Then exhaling down from the crown of your head, down the right side of the body, exhaling some breath out the right arm, and the rest down the right side of the body, and out the right leg. Practice this up and down breath a few times....

Now bring your attention and breath to your ears. What would it be like to nourish your ears with love? What sounds, words, and music would make your ears happy? What would it be like to listen to yourself and to others with love? What would it be like to find love for your ears each day in the words you speak and in the music of life? As you journey today on this meditation of the ears, begin to imagine ways you can with your sense of hearing bring more love into your body, your life, and world.

The Ears: A Meditation

Imagine your body becoming very heavy and dropping into the earth, as you become very light, lifting off from your body, and traveling out the crown of your head. When you are above your body, feel the presence of your spirit greet you, and surround you in beautiful love and light. Your spirit wants to take you on a journey to a place in the clouds where you can receive a sound healing for your ears and other blessings. Holding hands with your spirit you both glide upwards towards the sky. Soon you see a large bulbous and fluffy white cloud in the distance that sparkles with rainbow colors. Your spirit guides you in that direction. As you approach the cloud your spirit sings with an angelic voice a verse that parts the clouds and reveals an entrance way. The entrance way leads to a healing room in the center of the cloud. You notice that everything in this room seems to be made of clouds. Even the table you're invited to lie on is really a cloud in the shape of a table. You take a few moments to enjoy the feeling and healing of lying on this cloud.... Your spirit sits at the head of the table, holding your head gently as this healing cloud begins to play music that fills your ears, your mind, and your whole body with a great love. Take a few moments to listen to this ethereal music that is meant to cleanse and fill your ears, your sense of hearing, and your body with seeds of love.... As the music comes to a close, you're invited to set an intention for a way you can use your ears to listen even more with love.... When you have set your intention express gratitude for the healing you have received from this cloud. As you rise from the table, your spirit is there, and begins to guide you out of the cloud and back down towards earth. Your spirit brings you to this very verdant hill, perhaps somewhere in Ireland. There is an ancient oak tree on top of this hill, and you go and sit underneath its canopy of leaves. The air twinkles with magic and electricity. You're told by your spirit that there are two birds in the tree above that have messages for you from your healing session in the clouds. You close your eyes and listen for them. In your left ear you soon hear a bird singing a song for you. In that song there is a message about a way to bring more creativity, joy, and happiness to your life. Take a few moments to listen to the message from this bird.... Soon you hear the song of another bird travel into your right ear. In this bird's song there is a message about an action you can take to bring you closer to one of your dreams. Take a few moments to listen to the message from this bird....It's now time to return to your body, you thank the birds and this magical place for your messages, and holding hands with your spirit you begin heading back. As you arrive near your body, your spirit gives you a gift to remind you of today.... You accept this beautiful spirit gift and embrace your spirit in a warm hug that expresses your deepest gratitude.... You promise to stay connected and guided by your spirit as you return to your body. Now that you're back in your body take a few breaths and remember the places you visited, the healing, the messages, and the gift you received.... The invitation is to awaken your ears and life with new seeds of love and passion that grow and can be found every where and in every moment.

The mantra for the ears: I will speak and listen with love.

Awakening the Breath: A Meditation

2007-11-05T14:25:00.000-08:00

This is a part of a meditation series to awaken more love in our body and life.

Awakening the Breath: A Meditation

One of Webster's International Dictionary definitions of BREATH: "SPIRIT, ANIMATION, VITALITY, LIFE."

You have the right to breathe. Not only do you have the right to breathe, you have the right to breathe deeply, fully, and freely. Your breath is your connection to who you are and to your world. The invitation of this meditation is to awaken your breath and to breathe love into your body and life.

Create a sacred space where you can meditate and travel inward. Begin to notice your breath in your body. Are you breathing deeply and fully? Take a few breaths and see how deeply you can breathe.... How deep can you feel your breath? Can you breathe into your abdominal region and the organs there, into the bones of your pelvis/hip region, into your legs, into your feet, and out your toes down into the earth? Just breathing freely, noticing your breath, and feeling your breath as deep as you can into your lower body.... Now bring your attention and breath to your rib cage region. Begin to breathe into your ribs.... Imagine your whole ribcage with each inhale expanding outward and almost touching the sides of the room or if you're outside then reaching surrounding perimeters. Take a few breaths into the back of your ribs, really feeling those ribs with your breath, imagine the ribcage expanding back there.... Breathing into your side ribs, feeling them, expanding them.... Breathing into your front ribs, feeling them, expanding your ribs and chest. Then taking a full breath into the whole rib cage region, your heart and other organs protected by your ribs, holding your breath there a moment, letting your breath flow down your arms and out your hands and fingers with the exhale.... Bringing your attention and breath to your upper chest. Taking a few breaths into the upper chest region, exploring that region with your breath...When you're ready taking a breath into the upper chest region, holding it there a moment, letting your breath flow up into your neck, your brain, your eyes, and out the crown of your head with the exhale.

Now taking a few moments to breathe naturally and fully, noticing any changes in your breath and body.... Soon we will be traveling to one of the most ancient and pristine rain forests on this planet, and breathing some of the purest air in the world. The air in this magical rain forest facilitates health and well being on all levels. Your spirit will be there too, providing the perfect medicines for your whole being.

Imagine your body becoming very heavy, and sinking into the earth. At the same time you, the essence of you, becomes very light, and begins to float from your body. You travel South. South to the land of the heart. Ahead you see a stone archway, and you pass through there to find yourself in a new land. A very beautiful and vibrant place, a rain forest. You inhale deeply the richness of the air here. Birds are singing the most enchanting songs, the vegetation is very lush and alive, wild orchids grow in loveliness around you, and in the distance the sounds of a rushing brook can be heard. You feel very calm here and peaceful. Magically the trees and plants retreat to reveal in opening for you to sit. In the center of this clearing there is a stone chair with symbols carved into its body. You sit down on the stone chair, and immediately feel a sense of warmth, healing energy, and support travel up your body and out the crown of your head. You spend a few moments enjoying the healing powers of this most ancient stone.... Your spirit responds to the lightness of your being, and envelops you in beautiful golden and white lights. You're invited to charge the enchanted air and lights that surround you with your own intentions for health, love, and well being. You hear your spirit chant to the air, to the lights around you, and to the rain forest. The air becomes potent and light with the perfect medicines for you. You're invited to inhale this air of light and perfect medicines as deep as you can into your lower regions, to hold your breath there a moment, and to exhale your breath and the healing energies even deeper into your body and into the earth. Take a few moments to breathe in this way and to feel the lights of love and healing flow to your lower body....Next inhale this healing breath into your rib cage area, hold it there a moment, feel the golden and white lights and the air mingle with the cells of your lungs, your heart, other organs, the bones of your ribs, and when you're ready exhaling the healing energies down your arms, and out your hands and fingers. Take a few moments to breathe in this way and to feel the lights of love and healing flow to your middle region....Again inhaling the potent healing light energies, this time to your upper chest, all the way to the top of your ribs, holding your breath there a moment, letting the healing energies mingle in your body, and exhaling the golden and white lights up to your neck, to your brain, your eyes, and out the crown of your head to the skies. Take a few moments to breathe in this way and to feel the lights of love and healing flow to your upper body and the skies above you.... Your body feels cleansed, vibrant, and full of light. You breathe in the air of this very special and magical place, and with your exhale you express gratitude to your spirit and to this magical rain forest for the healing you have received. It is time to go back to your resting body. Before you depart you are to make a wish and to hold it in your minds eye as you travel back to your body. On your next breath, inhale deeply the medicines of the air and this rain forest, then holding your breath and your wish travel back, back to your body, and when you've returned, exhale out your wish and this magic breath of golden and white lights of love to your life and world.

May you breathe the magic of life and love into your body, your intentions, your wishes, your world everyday. May each breath bring more sweet love into your life. May each breath bring you closer to your dreams, to happiness, and to well being.

Mantra for the breath: I have the right to breath deeply and fully.

A Message About Love

2007-11-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

It's time to get aggressive about loving yourself. You seem to dilly-dally too long in thoughts and vibrations that keep you far from feeling good and your dreams. I want you to dedicate yourself to loving yourself every moment of the day. I want you to see what happens, what dreams of yours come true when you align yourself with love. When a thought comes that lowers your vibration, that is negative to who you are, I want you to say right away to those thoughts, "I choose to love myself in this moment." Keep choosing thoughts that are more expansive and in harmony with the larger picture of yourself. Refuse to lie in the muck, any muck, and set your focus to higher grounds, and go there immediately. Commune with your higher self more. Your higher self is more expansive and free of the limits of doubt and fear. Your higher self loves you fully and completely just how you are. Loves you unconditionally. Loves your past, loves your present, and loves your dreams of the future. There is absolutely nothing you could do that would make your higher self, your spirit, the universe, your creator, love you less. Your contribution to this world is invaluable, and we are glad you are here. Love yourself, concentrate on the dreams that make your heart happy, and go to those dreams with your mind. Go there with every ounce of energy you have, and let your heart really smile as it creates worlds that could only be dreamed by you. There is no wrong way, no time, no judgement, nothing keeping you from your dreams but you. The universe is constantly expanding, choose expansiveness of spirit, let your heart be the guide, and be gentle with yourself. Love yourself, we do.

Awakening the Mouth: A Meditation

2007-10-24T16:05:00.000-07:00

This is the second meditation of a series to awaken more love and light in our bodies, life, and world.

Awakening the Mouth: A Meditation

I invite you to create a sacred space, a place you can meditate, connect to your source, and feel peaceful. We are going to visit our spirits for the medicines to awaken more love in our bodies and life.

When you are in your sacred space, take a few deep breaths, inhales and full exhales, and by intending to do so connect with your body, your heart, your spirit, and breathe love to those areas and to them...(Pause.)

Feel your whole being responding to the love you send with your breath. You feel connected to your whole body, your heart smiles, and you feel your spirit respond to the love you offer through your breath. Soon you feel the presence of your spirit greet you and surround you in a beautiful warm and white light. You bask in this radiant light for a few moments. Then with a soft voice you hear your spirit speak and invite you to: "Bring your attention to your mouth, and with your breath inhale the white light that now surrounds you with great love into your mouth, and let that gift of love in the form of white light fill your mouth with its medicines.... (Pause.)

When you have drawn the beautiful light energies into your mouth and they feel strong, imagine that the white light transforms into tiny, almost transparent seeds. These seeds mingle their magic and love into your mouth. Take a few moments to imagine what you want to be sown into your life with these seeds. Soon you will be breathing these seeds full with your intentions from your mouth into your body and your life. With care these seeds will multiply and grow in the most beautiful of ways.

When you're ready inhale the light energy that still surrounds you with such a great love, bring that light energy to your mouth and let it mingle there with your seeds, and when your ready exhale your breath along with some of your seeds to your whole body. Seeds which are full with your intentions, your hopes, and your desires. Imagine your whole body getting charged with their energy and your breath. Breathe in this way a few times...(Pause.) Now choose an area of your body that would like to be fed with some extra positive attention, love, and medicine. Inhale the light energy from around you, let it mingle with some of your seeds of love in your mouth, and when you're ready exhale those seeds to that area of the body. Keep breathing in this way until you feel the medicine seeds activate in your body, filling your body with a sense of health and well being... (Pause.) The invitation is to continue to nourish these seeds that have been sown in your body by breathing into them with the blessings of light that now radiate from your mouth, feeding them with loving thoughts, and believing in their medicines.

The next invitation is to scatter and plant these seeds in your life and world like you are Johnny Appleseed. Inhaling the great love energy and white light that surrounds you, bringing that beautiful energy to your mouth, where it mingles with your seeds of light, then exhaling with a great wind your breath and seeds to your life and world. Those seeds of divinity flow to your relationships, your home, to this moment, to your day, to your life, and to everything in your world. Breathe in this way a few times until your life feels full with your seeds and intentions....(Pause.) The invitation is to foster the growth of these seeds in your life. Feed and nourish your seeds by noticing them in your life, give them loving attention, recognizing their growth, and appreciating each day how much joy and fulfilment they bring to you.

Let your mouth the holy temple that it is, and now full with these divine seeds of love and intention, be a reminder of the ceremony of today, the seeds that have been sown in your mouth, your body, and your life. The gift of love now shines in your mouth and radiates out to your whole being and life. "

May the the thoughts and words you speak be blessed with loving kindness to yourself and others. May the foods you eat be blessed and bring the perfect medicines for your whole body. May you chew on foods, thoughts, and ideas with dedicated love. May all that enters and exits from your mouth generate love and great joy.

The mantra for the mouth: I am going to remember the beautiful love that shines brilliantly from my mouth, and nourish the beautiful seeds of light that I sow in my life.

Awakening The Eyes: A Meditation

2007-10-22T14:51:00.000-07:00

This is a part of a meditation series to activate and bring more love into our bodies and lives. The meditations are fulfilling a vision and experience that I had during a spiritual journey. The eye meditations are the first part of the series.

Awakening The Eyes: A Meditation

Find a comfortable position either lying down or sitting up and connect yourself to the ground or the earth by your intention to do so. Begin by doing a few slow circles with your eyes as if they were touching the numbers of a clock, and then a few circles with your eyes in the other direction. Bring all of your attention to your eyes as they begin to warm from these exercises. With your eyes open begin to take a few deep breaths, filling your whole body with breath, and then exhaling fully and completely out through your eyes.

We will now look with our eyes in different directions and gather the energies from the sacred directions and bring them within. Look up to the sky with your eyes, and with your breath inhale the energy of the sky into your body through your eyes and exhale your breath into the earth through your feet or tail bone. Repeat a couple of times......Then looking down with your eyes to the earth inhale the earth energy through your eyes and exhale your breath out your feet or tail bone. Repeat a couple of times..... Looking to the left with both eyes inhale the energy of that direction to your body through your eyes and exhale your breath from your body to the earth. Repeat a couple of times..... Looking to the right with both eyes inhale the energy of that direction to your body through your eyes and exhale to the earth. Repeat a couple of times..... Looking straight ahead inhaling the energy in front of you to your body through your eyes and exhaling out your arms and legs. Repeat a couple of times..... Lastly looking with both eyes towards the tip of the nose and inhaling the inner energy through your eyes to your whole body and exhaling your breath out your hands and feet. Repeat a couple of times..... Close your eyes and feel the life force activated in your eyes from the exercises.

Next, Begin rubbing the palms of your hands together for a few moments until a nice warm heat is generated, then place your warm palms over your eyes, a salve for them, and let the warmth enter your being through your eyes. Then imagine small seeds of light entering from your charged hands into your eyes and extending from the eyes to their connection at the center of the brain. Those little light seeds are seeds of pure love, and they are integrating themselves in your eyes and filling them with light and love. Returning your palms to a comfortable position, take a few moments to imagine those seeds like little stars blessing your eyes, everything you see with them, and your life with lots of love, light, and beauty.....(Pause)

Then the invitation is to draw breath from your whole body, your feet, your hands, your heart, the crown of your head, and bring that breath to your eyes, let the breath mingle with your seeds of light in your eyes, and then exhale that breath of light to your head and then back down to your whole body. Repeat a couple of times....

This time repeat the inhale of drawing breath from your whole body, bring the breath to your eyes and let mingle there with the love and light seeds, and then exhale that breath, beauty, and love out through your eyes to the rest of your day. Repeat a couple of times......

Again repeat the inhale of drawing breath from your whole body, bring the breath to your eyes and let it mingle there with the love and light seeds, and then exhale that breath, beauty, and love out through your eyes to the whole world. Repeat a couple of times......

Your eyes have been activated with love, light, and beauty. The invitation is to see with new eyes today. To look and find love in yourself, your life and world. To look and find the joy and the light inside you, and in your life and the world. To look and find beauty in yourself, your life, and your world.

What is like to look in the mirror and see yourself as beautiful? What is it like to hold only beautiful thoughts about yourself?

What colors do you see around you? What can you see that brings you joy? How many beautiful manifestations can you see today in your life?

Can you see love in action in the world? Can you notice the love today in your body, in your life, and in your world?

What do you want to see today? (Take a few moments to visualize your desires...)

When you're ready bring your attention and breath back to your whole body and to this time and space. Review and appreciate the new insights you have received and your new eyes. With your new eyes send gratitude out to your world and the blessings you have received. The wish is that you may continue to see and find the world of your dreams. Remember a new vision is always within you, every moment, the seeds are there ready to awaken to new sights, inspirations, and ways of being.

The mantra of the eyes: I am going to see and appreciate the beauty, love, and the seeds I've planted in the world.

Autumn Pies

2007-10-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

A few years ago I began self publishing a cookbook that I bring with me when I get invited to do spiritual chefery for workshops and events. The cookbook is always being updated with new recipes and transformed ever so slowly into the cookbook of my most favorite concoctions and dreams. Below are two fall pie recipes, recent additions that are very good, easy to make, and can add a lot of warmth to our inner and outer homes. If you're in the baking mode try them, and let me know what you think, but remember the main ingredient of every recipe is love.

Apple Date Pie

This recipe is an autumn classic. Enjoy!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1 cup of pitted dates
3/4 cup of water
1 organic banana
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of vanilla

Press a cup of dates into a one cup measuring device, place the dates with the water in a pan and bring to a soft boil. When dates are soft, remove from heat. In a food processor, combine the date mixture with the banana, cinnamon, and vanilla until creamy. Then in a separate bowl prepare apples:

7 organic apples, peeled and sliced
The juice of one organic squeezed lemon
1/3 cup of agave syrup
1 tbsp of cinnamon
1 -9 in. Whole grain pie crust

In a bowl toss together the apple slices, with the lemon juice, agave syrup, and cinnamon. Place the apple slices in the pie shell, top with the date mixture, and bake in the oven for an hour. Let the scrumptious pie cool or enjoy chilled with some whipped cream or ice cream. Mmmmm!

Spelt Pumpkin Pie

This recipe is so easy, delicious, and nutritious. Enjoy!

14 ounce pkg of organic firm tofu
1 -16 ounce can of organic pumpkin pie mix
5 -1 gram packs of stevia
1/4 cup of organic molasses

1/4 cup of rice or soy milk

1 tsp of cinnamon

1 tsp of cocoa powder
1 -9 in. Spelt or Whole grain pie crust

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor puree the tofu, pumpkin mix, stevia, molasses, rice milk, cinnamon, and cocoa powder. Place the pumpkin mix into the spelt pie shell and bake for an hour. Let cool, chill pie, and serve. A favorite of mine, and it’s delicious anytime. Love topped with soy whipped cream.

Inner Egypt: The Center of the World

2007-10-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Part II: Sacred Inner Egypt

The Center of the World

When last I wrote, I had journeyed into the spiritual Underworld of Inner Egypt and faced two terrible beasts who represented all that I feared at the time or the darker forces in my life. I faced those fears and began to turn their heads to where I was going. By putting my focus on where I was going and what was important, the fears lost their power over me, and their energy was able to be used to further my goals instead of hindering them in miasmas of self loathing, self dramas, or other mental shackles.

After the terrible beasts transformed with the turning of their heads to a great light energy, and after I experienced the new tools I have to integrate fears, I soon became a falcon flying deeper into the Underworld. I merged with a snake whose interior black tunnels brought me down to the fiery center of the earth, to meet with the winged Egyptian Goddess of balance and truth, Ma'at. It is said that the hearts of all Underworld travelers are weighed against a feather of Ma'at, and that the course of their lives is then seen. The course that would bring the most balance, the most truth, the most heart wisdom is then decreed by Ma'at.

It is the healing from Ma'at that I received that I most want to pass on to you. Ma'at placed iridescent seeds over areas of my body. These seeds opened and spread their light to cover the physical areas of my body that they were placed near. I knew these seeds were covering my body in layers and wraps of love. Love was being integrated into the core of my being, first through my senses, then my appendages, then my organs, then my chakras, and then as a huge bubble that encompassed all of me. That was the easy part of the ceremony that we can all imagine happening to us, being wrapped, nourished, and surrounded in love. The challenge came later, and that was to activate those seeds and let love pour through them. The invitation is to experience our bodies, our hearts, and our minds as vessels of alive love.

The invitation to activate our whole beings with love is extensive, but we can begin by choosing an area of our body and then imagining love flowing in and out of that area. Smiling on that area. Practicing love flowing out from that area to the world. I have listed below the areas that seeds were placed in my body, and I will be leading meditations on activating one by one each of those areas with love and breath. I will post the meditations on my blog if you'd like to join me in the journey to bring more inner love daily into our lives and world. Or if you'd like the meditations emailed to you as they are channeled that is possible too.

I will follow this order with the meditations:
1. Eyes 2. Mouth 3. Breath 4. Ears 5. Nose 6. Hands 7. Feet 8. Our Blood 9. Sexual Organs 10. Breasts 11. Our Organs 12. Our Thoughts 13. The Seven Chakras 14. Our Body 15. Our Cosmic Being

This is the second segment of a three part journey into the sacred inner landscape of the Underworld of Egypt. The third segment, coming soon, Each Day is a New Beginning

My contact information is: Megan Living Stone, inlivingspirit@yahoo.com, http://www.inlivingspirit.com/, 720-284-4986 Wishing you sweet blessings!

Sacred Inner Egypt

2007-10-15T14:23:00.000-07:00

My spirit as a bird, first a raven who then transformed into a swift and graceful falcon, traveled to the Underworld of Inner Egypt and into the heart of its mystery teachings. I journeyed to the center of the earth where I met the Egyptian goddess of truth, Ma'at, and many other gods, goddesses, and teachers along the way. I emerged with the sun to a new awakening. The journey into the Underworld bore many gifts and the birthing of a lighter newer being of myself. It was full with teachings from the world where light and heart matters are fostered. A place where feelings, wisdom, and intuitions guide and heal the soul. The most obvious teaching for me from the journey is that there is always great light to be discovered in all darkness, in all challenges, and in all life.

The journey I undertook was an ancient meditation perhaps 4,ooo years young from the land of sacred Egypt. A spiritual teacher and artist from Boulder has been researching Egypt and its spiritual mysteries. She discovered this meditation into the Egyptian Underworld in a book by Jeremy Naydler called the Temple of the Cosmos. With divine inspiration our teacher of the mysteries expertly guided us on a journey to this Underworld where each person seemed to receive the perfect medicines for them. There were three gifts of insight and wisdom that were imparted to me that I want to share. Gifts that are about becoming lighter and radiating love. This is the first segment called Turning of the Heads.

TURNING OF THE HEADS

Soon after entering the vast underworld territory of Egypt, two beings who represented all the fears and negativity present in my life approached. I faced them and listened to them. Then I was asked to turn their heads in the direction of where I was going on this journey. To turn my enemies or fears into allies. How to do that? I saw a great light in the distance, my near future, and I knew like the light that follows darkness on Earth, that I was a part of the coming dawn that was imminent, the new morning. I focused on that beautiful light in the distance, and knew with all my heart I belonged there and I was on a spiritual journey that was going there. A spiritual journey that could be enjoyed in its entirety, moment to moment, wherever it led, both in its positive and negative aspects, both together create a whole journey towards wherever we want to go. The light that beckoned me in the distance graced my path in the Underworld with its golden light and gave me purpose. My beasts of darkness turned their heads to see what great fire lit my eyes in such passionate ways. In a flash as they turned their heads towards my light, I had the energy to go meet the goddess Ma'at at the center of the earth. The goddess who weighs the heart, who heals, and guides the future of the next new beginning. I also had a new tool that I was very excited by to navigate through the darkest aspects of my being.

The invitation of the turning of the heads is to see the big picture of our journey in the moments that really challenge us the most. The times on the path where its easy to get lost in the drama of living and side tracked from our divine missions as well as our own serenity. However, our divine mission and our own serenity can always be chosen again and refocused on in an instant, that is our power, to feel how we want to, and interestingly the dramas always quiet and transform to our own wishes. To know those "scary" beings are of our own creation. To love ourselves enough to choose to feel good about who we are and where we are headed at all times. To really be empowered and responsible for our own feelings on the path. There is a Native American prayer that kept coming up when I thought about the lessons of the turning of the heads of our fears into our dreams. There is a prayer: "I walk in beauty. Beauty is behind me. Beauty is before me. Beauty is all around me. I walk in beauty." To know that our paths on this Earth are full with beauty is one way to transcend any doubts or fears that may surface as we walk, explore, and dream our lives. Those moments that test us have the ability to drain us of energy or instead sustain us. What are we giving our energy to, is it our dreams, to the things that make us really happy, or do dark beings that are of our own inner creation mysteriously rule and suck our life force. Is it not time to turn the ugly heads of fear into something beautiful. To find the gifts and beauty that are always present in every darkness. The moment my fears were embraced, and I chose to focus on my dreams and where my heart was drawn, my fears became the energy that opened the doors to new travels and to depths of myself that brought me closer to the new me that I wanted to become, to a new lightness of being.

Let's take inventory of where our energies are going, is there a symbolical beast that is draining energy from us, from our souls journey, and to positively redirect that energy by focusing on where we want to go, how we want to feel, our dreams, our joy, our happiness. What makes you know that you are loved internally no matter what happens, and to keep that inner wisdom, that self love, and love connection always open. What helps you know that wherever you've been and wherever your going is beautiful and true. Just for today, what if you loved all of who you are, and what if the path before you was full with things that bring joy to your eyes. What if you looked for the joys that are all around you, and found them everyday. Can you see them? O, look, look.....

As their heads turned to the rising sun, a celebration was felt throughout Ancient Egypt for the new beginning that was given. Everyday the sun blesses the dreams of the new traveler on the eternal path. What dreams and adventures shall we live today?

This is the first segment of a three part journey into the Underworld. Coming soon is Part II, a journey to The Center of the World.

Teachings of the Butterfly

2007-08-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

I have come to the conclusion in my life that it is imperative for me to love myself if I want to go over the rainbow to my dreams, you know where bluebirds fly, and to the undiscovered lands of my own imagination. At first as I began to pay attention to my thoughts and to find ways I could add more self love to my life, I was shocked to listen to the inner stream of negativity that flowed through my mind about myself, toxic waters. For me most of my self loathing centered around my body. I would look in the mirror and locate immediately what is wrong with the picture instead of what is perfect with the picture, beautiful, and right. I tell you I excelled at that, everyday, habitually, I would look in the mirror with disgust about certain areas of my bodily landscape. That had to cease if I wanted to learn the magic of the butterflies, fly with the bluebirds, and go over rainbows. Those thoughts were literally weighing me down in swamps of miasma, negativity, and keeping me from my dreams. As I began to accept my body where it is, and to declare in positive ways how I want my body to be, my body like the journey of the miraculous catapiller began to transform, and it did it in a cocoon that must be woven of only love. That's the magic of the butterfly, the love. Loving ourselves into who we want to be. The catapillar must dream about its wings as it crawls wingless on the earth. In the dark, cocooned, the catapiller must see the butterfly it's to become. The butterfly is free, the journey it has made is incredulous, but we must concede to the magic present in life. By the law of the butterfly nature supports us to transform into anything we want and shows us a way.

The invitation of the catapiller is to notice your thoughts about yourself as you walk this earth. Do you love yourself? Do you think kind thoughts about yourself? Do you see how beautiful you are? Everyday love yourself more and more. Find things to love about you. The universe can give you an infinite list if you need to be reminded of how many ways you're perfect and loved.

The invitation of the cocoon is to rest, imagine, and believe in the world that brings you joy, the dreams of your heart, and become your dreams within your mind. Live them, and one day seemingly like magic to others, but you know the process that everyday in that cocoon you awakened and lived your dream until you were one with it, and became it like a butterfly manifesting. Take time to dream. Take time to believe in your dreams and feed them with love. Take time to see evidence of your dreams in the world everyday, even if at first your dream is dark and shadowed and obscured, keep looking for it everyday, and know that the light will become brighter each day until one day your dreams emerge.

The invitation of the butterfly is to simply be free to be you in all your infinite glory, and to know that you're loved by all the energy there is in the universe, always, and forever more.

From one magical world to another, may the power of love be your guide into the cosmos of nature, butterflies, bluebirds, and over rainbows......

Illustration published by chameleoncards.co.uk

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Stone Soup

2007-07-30T10:45:00.000-07:00

Tomte Tummetot illustration by Harald Wiberg

What is a manifestation or a creation but an idea or thought that has taken form and shape. The form and shapes, although appearing solid and real are actually energy in motion, and are constantly changing, moving, and transforming. I find these realities very comforting when I'm down, to know that the feeling I'm currently experiencing is temporary. Once I realize my states are transitional, and that my thoughts and ideas are the precursors to all that manifests in my life, life gets very interesting. I get to choose how I feel and to think and dream and imagine my world any way I like, and what's more interesting is my world shifts and changes to each of my ideas. In the Abraham teachings, it is said that one of the reasons we are here on the leading edge of thought, is to experience the contrast of the world, and joyfully direct the manifestations of the universe with our thoughts, desires, wants, and ideas. In that way we can continually evolve and grow in ways that are most pleasing to us. However, it is very easy to get caught in the contrast, and forget that we are creators, and co-creators with the universe.

I'm not sure about you but I want to create the world of my dreams. Since I know that every thought, every feeling, every emotion, every desire, every wish of mine are ingredients that create my reality, and that I tend to dream bigger and feel better when I'm happy, happiness therefore becomes my goal no matter where I am in the plethora of feelings found in my world. Happiness becomes my goal because I like to see my dreams manifest, and I know that if I stay a long time in feelings and moods that aren't suited to my dreams, then soon my dreams will take on those shades of ill tended thoughts. The best way I have discovered to refocus when I get too tied to the dramas of my life is to begin with undivided attention to think about what I do want, how I want to feel, things that would make me feel the way I want to feel, and so on. Another awesome tool is to write down everything you want, dream, and desire, so that what we want is easily accessible at all times, and like divine first class passengers on a river we are constantly enjoying the views of our creations, recreating, and moving towards our dreams. If we are not enjoying our creations, simply knowing that everything is constantly changing on this life's river is helpful, and so deliver your request how you'd like life to be because the view does change as your ideas change. Keep imagining beautiful ingredients, the most perfect ingredients, going into the cauldron that is your life, and soon you'll have the best stone soup in the world! For those of you who don't know the stone soup story, here is my rendition:

There once was a man passing through a town very hungry but he had no food or money, so he decided to make some stone soup. He set up a large kettle right in the center of town and got busy. People slowly started gathering around asking him what he was up to, "stone soup" he replied. They had never heard of stone soup before. "How do you make stone soup?" they asked. "Well," said the man, "I'm going to need some carrots for this stone soup." One lady replied, " I have carrots, I'll go get some." Another person asked, "What else is in stone soup?" "Let's see said the man, potatoes, yes, I'll need potatoes." "I have potatoes volunteered one man, I'll be right back." Soon most of the villagers were excitedly gathering every ingredient this man could think of for his stone soup. One person brought beans, one brought broccoli, one brought salt, etc. Whatever the man decided he needed to make stone soup that day it arrived. Not only that, but it was the best soup, stone soup, that he and these villagers had ever tasted.

Any dream is possible, dream big, because life will deliver. What do you want to create while we are here on the brink of the universe? Stone soup is a great recipe for any occasion.

Cuzco: The Land of the Sun

2007-07-09T15:14:00.000-07:00

Our spiritual journey to Peru began in the jungle of the Amazon and flew to the great heights of Cuzco. Cuzco is an amazing city of heart, spirituality, festivities, beautiful intentions, stones, sun, rainbows, hummingbirds, condors, and Incas. My beautiful friend Carrie has been living in Cuzco for a couple of years, and she arranged many of our adventures there. She connected us with her friends, shamans and Q'ero Indians, and together we lived days full with glory, ceremonies, prayer, love, friendship, healing, laughter, joy, art, and so much more. Part of my picture journey in this land is recorded below. A major portion of my time in Cuzco was spent in ceremony, and with the exception of a cermony we did with the shaman Basilo, we were asked to leave our cameras at home and to just experience the journey. Although I'm sad not to be able to upload the photos in my head that I took those days and share them, I am glad that I focused on the ceremonies and my intentions without being sidetracked trying to capture the perfect photos. I hope you enjoy browsing some of my experiences. I would like to make this an annual trip, so please let me know if you'd like to join me for the next time.

The High Andes from the plane
I got to play Inca Queen for a moment near the famous 12 sided stone in the Inca wall in Cuzco.

This is me and the city of Cuzco below. I'm wearing a ceremonial hat, hand crafted by the Q'ero Indians. The Q'ero's live high in the Andes Mountains. They migrated there when the Spanish came back in the 1500's to protect their way of life. They are considered the last of the Incas. Many of the Q'ero have never been down from their high altitude dwellings. About 10% of their population comes down to trade or buy goods or decides to live in the city. My friend Carrie is godmother to many Q'ero's and their families. While we were in Cuzco we were blessed to meet many of her Q'ero friends. They accompanied, guided, and watched over us during our time in Cuzco & during ceremonies. This photo below is of Carrie with one of her godchildren.
Above is a photo of the shaman Cesar at the remains of the Inca palace in Cuzco. He's showing us what the guards use to do some of the time, sleep. Nestled in these rocks is where we had our coco leaf readings. The readings helped clarify and guide our personal intentions for the ceremonies that we would all do together.

Above is a photo of Cesar & Wuira as they prepared coco leaves for our readings. From the way the coco leaves would fall insights would be interpreted about our lives. They were very accurate. Cesar & Wuira were the shamans for many of our ceremonies. Cesar, also known as the "child of light" and Wuira our Condor, are two beautiful souls that I'm glad I got to meet.

The photos above are of our Cuzco gang in a really funky cosmopolitan restaurant/bar in Cuzco. Some of our Q'ero friends are there. This is the day when we all met for the first time. It was the night before our ceremonial journey with San Pedro. San Pedro is a cactus in which a sacred medicine is made that is ingested during ceremony for health. It is cousin to the peyote cactus.

Machu Picchu in the early morning

Another angle of Machu Picchu

Me at the gates of the just recently voted wonder of the world, Machu Picchu. This was taken after climbing that high peak seen in the background, and I did it in flip flops much to the giggles of my friends and passer-bys on the trail.

I'm in love!

This is a despacho ceremony with the Q'ero shaman Basilo. He invited us to his home, and we spent the afternoon with his family. The despacho ceremonies are very beautiful and sweet. The spirits of the mountains, and the land, nature, and the cosmos, and the ancesters are called into guide as we pray for what we want in our world. Then the offering is given to the fire.

Basilo & his family enjoying a cake we brought for him for Father's day.

The prayer soles of Cesar our "nino de luz"

This is "The Lovers" painting I bought from a master spiritual artist from Cuzco, Antoni. We visited his studio one afternoon, and he was just getting ready for a gallery exhibit. Our group ended up buying a major portion of his exhibit. Each of his pieces are exceptional, spiritual, and have so much intention behind them. The painting above captures love in the three worlds. In the painting is love being made in the earthy flower, love being made in the mind of the lovers, and the love shining down from the moon in the cosmos. Antoni also explained why his series of current paintings are done in the shape of the diamond. The diamond shape represents the Star of David. Within the Star of David you have the balance of feminine & masculine energy. The two forces, one energy gravitating to earth and one to the cosmos. Also, within the 6 pointed star shape the seven chakra systems are embodied, as well as their rainbow colors, which are depicted in the painting above. It was so nice to meet an artist who at 21 years young had so much soul pulsing through his art & life. Visiting his studio was a lot of fun, he played music for us, and we danced like wild people.

Antoni the Artist

Sun God Sculpture made for a shamanic event we attended

Our Gang

One of the largest hummingbirds I've ever seen greeted us as the sun began to fade on one of our final days in Cuzco. It is a fitting tribute symbol to carry with us of the wisdom, magic, and soaring beauty that marked every moment of our time in this land.

Sachamama

2007-06-21T14:23:00.000-07:00

Sachamama, an amazon sanctuary of vision and prayer. We began our spiritual journey to Peru in the Amazon city of Iquitos. Iquitos is a sprawling city of at least 300,000 people that rests on & close to the Amazon and other major jungle rivers. A good portion of the city has been built right on the river, and this is called the floating village. People live in these floating raft homes. It is quite interesting too to see they have pets, chickens and dogs walk around the outside edge of the square perimeter of their houses. The massive jungle city can only be reached from outside by boat or plane. We stayed at Sachamama the peaceful jungle home of shaman and artist, Don Franscisco, far enough from the Iquitos center to get a feeling of jungle living.
Us in our Tambo the night of our first Ayuasca ceremony

Don Fran & Rachael

The keeper of the Ayuyuasca brew

At Sachamama Ahayuasca ceremonies are performed twice a week at night in a lodge exposed to the elements of the jungle. Ayayuasca is a sacred medicine of the jungle that produces many visions after being ingested. Ayayuasca is a combination of ingredients, a chopped vine found around many trees in the amazon and the leaves of a certain shrub. The potion is cooked in a cauldron for 2 days along with some other ingredients. After 2 days of cooking an incredibly powerful liquid medicine is left. Only a couple tablespoons can take you on an opened eyed journey that lasts many hours and perhaps a lifetime. Upon arrival to Sachamama we began preparing for our Ayayuasca ceremony by eating a specially prepared diet, we were bathed in flowers and herbs, surrounded by healing songs & smoke, and cleansed with a perfume of Don Franscisco's grandmother.

Lydia blessing me

The ceremony with Ayayuasca has very different effects for each person. One person from our group felt that a light was shone on his unconscious and streams of visions unfolded. A light on the unconscious mind can be wonderful for some people if they're ready for an uncensored vision within their mind or it can be a hellish nightmare for others unprepared. Before our first Ayayuasca ceremony, a man from a country somewhere near Russia showed up late in the day with a very heavy energy, he also missed all the pre-preparation for the ceremony, and he experienced a self described living hell for several hours. Although his journey for us, his travelling ceremonial companions, was hard to hear and watch, the next morning, he looked and felt much better and lighter, a lot was healed and released for him. For me the taste of the Ayayuasca was very difficult to stomach, and the natural vomiting that can happen is sometimes very disconcerting, but my journey on the plant medicine was very insightful, revealing, and full of guidance. For a short period afterwards and sometimes during my journey my physical energy levels felt very low while extrordinary images and life danced alive around me, it was as if my physical body was dying. On Ayayuasca the jungle pulsated with life and became very interactive. It was so interesting and nice to experience the amazon jungle in this way. Don Franscico and his Angels of the Jungle sang wonderful caros (songs) for our entire journey. The jungle seemed very appreciative of these melodies and wrapped us in energetic blankets of warmth and safety while we explored the medicine of Ayayuasca. The next morning after the ceremony we all gathered and discussed our journey and prepared for the next ceremony. We were given a plant, Ajosacha, to drink morning and night to facilitate our healing and cleansing. If we had stayed longer we would have kept exploring the energies of other jungle plants and medicines.
Don Fran's Art Studio & Paintings (below)

Don Francisco is a shaman that has a great heart and kindness, and a love for plant medicines and their guidance. He is also a visionary artist. His Ayayuasca inspired paintings are fascinating and unique. He has a huge gallery for his pieces in the main hall, and a painting studio near-by that is open for all to use if you decide to capture a jungle experience on a banana leaf canvas. Our friend Cherie painted two spiritual paintings after her ceremonies that are very beautiful.

Cherie Painting

Cruising in Iquitos

Cherie, me & Steve with the Amazon River in the background

Our farewell photo

Our journey began in the jungles of Peru, and would head to the high Andes of Cuzco, the spiritual umbilical cord to the world, the land on top of mountains, the land with the rainbow as their flag, the land of great heart. Stay tuned.....

"Our cover photo" by Osmany

Condor

I think I can, I think I can...

2007-05-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

Every year on Memorial Day, Boulder, Co, hosts a 10k (6.2m) run called the Bolder, Boulder. This year over 50,000 people participated, the most ever, and I was one of them. It was an amazing morning full of spectacle, high energy, sweat, love and more. Live bands anchored on many of the corners making each step to the finish a little easier. I saw two groups of belly dancers hypnotizing runners with their sways. Neighbors filled their lawns and cheered us on. Many runners and fans dressed in outrageous costumes. I saw a wolf running the streets, I'll let you guess whether it was a real one or not. One front lawn was covered with a giant hand made water slide that some runners enjoyed splashing on belly down. The end of the race must be the best, the race finishes with a hill and a jog around CU's football stadium, folsom field, with its seats crowded with supporting family & friends.

Earth Day 4k

2007-04-24T12:27:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I ran my first 4k. As some of you know, I'm training & preparing to run a half-marathon with my mother in January 2008. I began my illustrious (!) running career this past January, I started off just running a few minutes, and then walking a few minutes, until I felt ready to steadily jog. Each month I've increased my miles, now I'm running about 5 miles, every other day or so. I wanted to share that this level of fitness was so far from where I was a year ago. The thought of running 5 miles, at 5500 feet above sea level, seemed a dream that was far from my current capabilities, but I made a promise to myself to run and train for this half-marathon, and slowly and surely, like the turtle on its course, I'm doing it & it feels great.

A book recently found its way into my hands called, The Slight Edge, and it talks about how all our dreams and desires are invisible, and the process to get to them is invisible, but that each day, the ones who believe in their dreams, and walk towards them, one day they manifest. And to other people that manifested dream might seem as if it appeared out of nowhere, but in truth there was a long set of progressive thoughts and actions we took daily to get there. In the book, Jeff Olsen, writes how 95% of people give up because they don't see results right away, so they cave in to the gravity of life and give up on their dreams. He talks about how we hear 40,000 "No's" by the time were 10 and only about 5,000 "yes's", and that the person who keeps their head up, focused on their future and what they want, and happiness, and believes, and follows the chains of "yes's" in themselves, finds great success on all levels. One other point he talks about, is that because the results don't appear right away, it's easy to not take the daily steps that lead to our dreams. It's the steps each day taken collectively that either lead us closer to who we are or farther away from who we are.

I have really noticed that chain of yes actions in my 4 months of going from walking to running. To me, that I'm running 5 miles regularly, seems like a quantum leap, but every other day like clockwork, I go out and practice, and soon enough I'm running a lot of miles for me. Every time that I went out to jog, I could have just as easily stayed nestled in my warm bed another half hour instead. That is the slight edge at work that Jeff talks about in his book. Day to day the edge is unmomentous. Whether I go out jogging today or not won't be a big deal, but it could be a very big deal when I go to run the half marathon. The invitation is day to day to take steps that bring us closer to our dreams. Those steps at the time don't appear as big deals, but added up the pot at the end of the rainbow magically appears, except that there's no big magic, only the steady progression towards things that bring us joy, dreams coming true, health, vitality, happiness, and more. I have noticed too that as I become more successful in one area of my life it spreads to all areas. When you feel good no matter from what, it's contagious, and closes the gap between us and our ever growing and evolving dreams, and it happens by just taking those daily steps that require that you believe your dream is out there even though you can't see it at this time.

The Earth day run was fun, and all the proceeds went to a good cause. Here's my 4k results, that I am proud to share, and I promise if I run this race next year, my results will be even better:

Thanks for participating in the Wild Oats Earth Day 4K.

Results for Megan Livingstone:

You placed 276th out of 442 finishers in a time of 24:40 for a pace of 9:56 per mile.

Out of 242 women you finished 118th. The winning time for women was 13:34.

For 30 to 39 year old women you were 33rd out of 66 finishers. The winning time for your age and sex was 15:05.

May all your dreams come true!

Earthship Homes

2007-04-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

My friend Brett & I were talking about wanting to live in green, self sustaining, made of the earth homes. I was telling him I liked the ideas of adobe or cobb homes with a greenhouse attached to clean the air, heat the home, and provide food. Brett shared with me these earthship homes built by architect Michael Reynolds. The homes are built from old tires, bottles, cans , recyclables, and they are completely self sufficient, needing only the sun to shine, wind to blow, and rain & snow. However, there is a lot of controversy about them & the architect has had some challenges maintaining his license. Anyhow, the links below are really cool, and the movie Garbage Warrior about the building of these earthship homes seems very interesting. Check it out! Thanks Brett!

Hi Megs,

Ok, here it is, it looks like the government shut down earthship building because of sewage being routed through the house to water the plants.

There's a new movie coming out about it (Garbage Warrior), link to trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYJ0dsd-x0

More at:http://www.earthship.com

Peace,

-Brett__________________________________________________

The Art of Adam Homan

2007-04-13T18:01:00.000-07:00

Adam Homan is a visionary metal sculptor/artist who just recently moved to the beautiful foothill city of Boulder. I visited his studio, and got to see some of his creative process as he works with steel, and interview him about his art, what a treat! His metal sculpture pieces are imaginative, detailed, and express fine craftsmanship. Adam's art really should be in museums to inspire and be admired by masters and others who appreciate creativity and imagination.

Below you'll find the interview and some pictures that I took that day. Adam will create a piece for you if you have something in mind, or you can view many of his pieces by visiting his website or set up an appointment to visit his studio: www.adamhoman.com , or his email is : adam@adamhoman.com, and his phone # is: 520-886-6957. Now, I invite you to step into a bit of the cosmic world of Adam Homan!

Adam, will you describe your creative process from pre-conception to a completed work of art?

The creative process usually starts with an image I get in my head, usually a character of some sort that inspires me, makes me laugh, or even creeps me out. After I decide that it's something I want to try to make I visualize in my head how it might translate into steel. Sometimes it just won't work, other times there has to be a compromise because of the limitations of steel. I used to sketch things but I've been doing it long enough now that I can usually just start welding. I start off by welding a base and a skeletal frame. I usually make the body first and all other proportions match up from there. Sometimes if I'm not feeling like a piece is coming together, I'll actually do something silly which is stand in the pose myself. I can't tell you how many times I laugh at myself standing there like a dinosaur or a troll, a little crazy. After I feel like I have the basic anatomy down I start welding an armored skin onto the piece until it hopefully looks like my initial idea. Most of the time I feel like the finished piece is different than my original idea, which fuels me to do better the next time. Every once in a while I finish a piece and think that's exactly what I wanted to do, and that's the best feeling of all. And, of course, you hope that someone will buy it.

What would be your ideal creative environment for your art?

Hmm, this is a tough one. I always thought it would be cool to have your workshop/home in a hangar building with a roll back roof and an indoor pool. The workshop could be on one side of the hanger, and then the home would be on the other side, which would be an exact replica of the Millennium Falcon on the outside, but the inside would be an ultra-contemporary style home complete with game room, jacuzzi tub and a THX home theater system. Ooops, sorry, got a little off track.

picture of Millennium Falcon via internet

OK, for me the ideal creative environment is one where you have a lot of space to work, nice views, and maybe some other artists around who inspire you. Ultimately though, I think the creative environment is in your head, if you can calm the mind and be at peace the creativity tends to flow. I spent several years working in a carport in 100 degree weather, yet it was a very creative time for me. But I have to admit, it is nice to have a temperature controlled workshop with a view of the mountains right out my door.

When we visited your studio you mentioned that early on in your process you use to write stories for the characters you created. Would you share with us your favorite story from a character you've created?

When I first started sculpting I'd sketch each piece in pencil, which helped me visualize what it might look like in steel. After each sketch I would write a brief story about the creature just for fun. Well, I received some good responses so I started attaching the stories to the sculptures when I was doing shows or festivals, more for amusement than anything. After a while it just became too much to keep writing these stories for each piece and I got away from it. But several years ago I was looking at some of the sketches and stories and realized that I had enough ideas and characters to develop a childrens book, which I've been working on for some time now. My favorite story was the one for the Cigar-Smoking Gargoyle.

The Cigar-Smoking Gargoyle is the sage and philosopher of the gargoyle clans dispensing wisdom and advice to all who seek him. Unfortunately, due to a nasty hack and cough no one can understand a word he says.

Keep in mind these stories are a lot more fun when attached to the actual sculpture.

Picture of Cigar Smoking Gargoyle from Adam

What are your big picture goals as an artist?

My goals are to continue to evolve as an artist and be more true to what inspires me and others. I'd also like to move to a more passive medium, something not so labor intensive and dangerous as working with steel. It's been 11 years of wearing ear plugs, respirators, gloves, face shields and I'm ready to try something else, most likely clay so I can do some bronze castings.

If you were interviewing yourself about your art, what questions would you ask? (Then Adam will you answer those questions for me)

1. Who inspired your work?
2. How do you get out of a rut when you're not feeling creative?
3. What's the highlight of your career?

Adam answers:
1. I've been primarily inspired by books and film. I just love Dr. Seuss and read his books over and over again when I was a kid. Where the Wild Thing Are--loved it! I think what ultimately spurred my creativity was Star Wars, I know it's corny but it changed my life. I started studying the behind the scenes stuff, the modelers, the concept artists, especially Ralph McQuarrie. I'm also a fan of H.R. Giger, Tim Burton, anyone with a unique perspective.

2. When I'm in a rut I find the best way to get out of it is to make a piece that I've never done before, something simple like an insect that I can get done in an hour. It usually jumpstarts me and gets me back in the groove so I can tackle something more challenging later on.

3. I'd have to say that the best moment was at the Sausalito Arts Festival. Dennis Muren, the special effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, came into my booth and bought several pieces. We've since become friends and I'm just so honored that one of my heroes purchased my work, it blows my mind.

Why Adam did you choose to create with metal as a medium for your art?

I used to go into galleries and see what people were doing in steel and it just made sense to me, I had that "I can do that" feeling. I also like that it's both a rigid medium, yet flexible enough to shape. It's also a very forgiving medium in that if you mess up, you can usually weld it back together, and I make a lot of mistakes so that's good. It's relatively affordable when compared with stainless, aluminum, copper, or bronze.

What inspires you the most?

Creativity inspires me the most. I love it when I see another artist who has the guts to try something completely new. And it's not just fine art either. Sometimes I will get all fired up by a book, a song, or a movie. For example, I just loved V for Vendetta and went right to the workshop after I saw it. Yep, creativity is the thing.

LaStone Therapy

2007-04-08T14:55:00.000-07:00

I'm very excited to offer the sacred dance of LaStone therapy. LaStone therapy is the application of hot and cool stones, the bones of the earth, to the body. This type of ceremonial bodywork is very effective and profound. The invitation is to come lie with the stone people and be touched and massaged to health by them. This and Seraph Abdominal Dream Massage are two of the most empowering and transformative types of modalities I offer. There is a time reserved for you, www.inlivingspirit.com, Megan Living Stone, CMT, 720-284-4986.

'with hope that this assemblage, taken together, would become a shrine or holy place, an ossuary, immovable and sacred, like the stone that marked the path of the sun as it entered the human dawn.' ----from the poem, THE MUSEUM OF STONES by Carolyn Forche

Law of Attraction: Spiritual Brunch

2007-03-28T18:25:00.000-07:00

Our monthly vegan pot-luck spiritual brunch is about to happen again this coming Sunday, April Fools, from 10am to 12pm. The movie I ordered from Jerry & Esther Hicks, Law of Attraction in Action has arrived, so perhaps we can watch some of that & be inspired. Hope to see you there!

Body Balance

2007-03-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

I'm really excited to be offering a product that I feel promotes health and wellness, and it's from a company that I feel is full of integrity and inspiration. My energy level has increased dramatically since I started using Body Balance, and I have only heard endless stories of people who have been blessed with benefits and optimum health by using Body Balance regularly. The company, Life Force, has 14 other health products too. If you'd like to join me in experiencing the beautiful medicine of Body Balance, that is a combination of the inner leaf of the aloa vera plant & 9 sea vegetables pruned from artic sea plants and so much more really, contact me, and we'll get you started.

You can also order the product independently by visiting: www.lifeforce.net/20637658

You can use my lifeforce id #, 20637658, to place the order, my number is also listed on the website address above. Please contact me, Megan Living Stone, inlivingspirit@ yahoo.com, 720-284-4986, if you have questions or if you'd like to become a distributer.

Here's to Health and Wellbeing all the Time.

PS: The most cost effective way to order Body Balance is to buy an 8- pack.

Feldenkrais Classes

2007-03-26T18:04:00.000-07:00

My dear friend Erin Ferguson is a guild certified Feldenkrais practitioner and teacher. She has just moved to Boulder, opened a private practice, and has begun to offer some wonderful upcoming Feldenkrais classes. Her website and flyer information is posted below. Please pass this on to anyone who may benefit, there are very few Feldenkrais practitioners in Boulder so we are blessed to have her.

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Saturday Morning Awareness Through Movement (ATM) Classes in Boulder
Give yourself a break on a Saturday morning.
Feel refreshed and alive, focused and balanced. All are welcome.

Date: Saturdays, April 7, 21, May 5, & June 2
Time: 9:30am & 11:00am
Cost: $15 each or $20 for two
Location: see workshops below

Saturday Afternoon Awareness Through Movement Workshops
Time: 1:00-5:00pm
Cost: $65 each or $100 in advance for two
April 7th : Easing Back Pain With a Flexible Spine
April 21st: Comfortable Hip Joints (especially good for people who meditate or anyone who wants to sit with stability)
May 5th: Highly Sensitive People & the Body
June 2nd: Working With Anxiety

Location for workshops and Saturday drop-in classes: 3990 Broadway at Quince Street in North Boulder next to Lucky’s Supermarket. Climb the stairs above Village Video and enter through door marked "Center for Authentic Movement".
ATM Classes on Mondays and Thursdays
Thursdays: beginning April 26, for six weeks, 6:30-7:30pm
Mondays: beginning May 14, for six weeks, 6:30-7:30pm
Cost: $15 to drop in or $72 in advance for all six
Location: Solstice Institute, 302 Pearl Street @ 3rd, small studio. Enter on 3rd. Class size limited to 9.

Each Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) lesson is an experiential exploration of movement, breath, muscle tone, and skeletal alignment. In Awareness Through Movement you are verbally guided through a series of gentle movements that explore how you move and carry yourself. The aim is to bring awareness to your habitual neuromuscular patterns, increasing your sensitivity and giving you options for new ways of moving. No movement experience necessary. The lessons are designed to be non-judgmental, noncompetitive and self-directed so that you progress at your own pace. Wear loose clothing and bring your curiosity and open awareness.

All lessons taught by Erin Ferguson, guild certified Feldenkrais practitioner. See www.bodywisdomboulder.com for more information about the method and my background.

Call 720.284.4306 or email erin@bodywisdomboulder with any questions or to register.

Private Functional Integration® lessons by appointment.

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The Feldenkrais Method
Erin Ferguson, GCFP
720 284 4306
www.bodywisdomboulder.com

Two Monks & A Woman

2007-03-06T06:21:00.000-08:00

I remembered a story yesterday that I perhaps read a decade ago, and I wanted to share it here. It was interesting that it popped in my head after so long of time. I think I first read the story in a Lama Surya Das book, but it might have been shared with me from another source.

It goes like this, there are two monks traveling on a long walking journey. As monks they have vowed not to have physical contact with women. As they approach a deep and rapidly moving river, a woman comes to them, and asks if one of them could assist her in crossing the river. One monk volunteers immediately, and carries her across the most perilous parts. When they are safe on the other side of the river, the monk and woman part, the woman very grateful for his kindness. The two monks proceed on their journey. A few hours later, the other monk begins questioning the monk who helped the woman, "You broke your vows by carrying the woman across the river, why did you do that?" The other monk responds, "I took a couple minutes and helped a woman cross the river and then left her at the other side, but why have you been carrying her for all these hours?"

I love that story. How often do we continue trains of thought that are no longer useful to us. The story reminds me to shift out of states that do not serve me, why carry negativity for minutes, or hours, or days, or weeks, or months, or years. The first monk broke his vow for a moment to do a greater deed than his vows allowed, and then with ease and effortlessness moved on in happiness and joy to the next segment of his life. However, the other monk stewed in his negative vibrations for hours, and was being critical of the other monk. The lesson for me is to create positive vibrations, moment to moment, to stay in the present, knowing that is where all my power is located. The moment I realize that I'm perhaps carrying the woman past the river, and I'm feeling negativity, the key as my teachers have taught me, is to shift quickly, drop the negative vibrations, and choose a better feeling vibration. The better feeling vibrations will lead to more and more good feeling vibrations, and very soon all will be well, and in its natural state.

The monk that helped the woman across the river reminds me of sayings that I see on bumper stickers, and are the words that I'd want to part with today. One is a saying coined by Joseph Campbell, "Follow Your Bliss", and the other is an invite to do "random acts of kindness."

May you be happy and well every moment.

Some of Eden

2007-03-06T06:01:00.000-08:00

How about a lovely mural for a wall in your home or office? Taylor Kraft the artist behind the mural above is exceptionally talented. What I like most about her besides her upbeat, positive spirit, is her uncanny ability to bring a vision that is in my head, embellish it in the most perfect ways, and present it in a drawing, and in the case above, a mural. This mural is in my diningroom, and brings such beautiful vibrations to my whole home, I feel very blessed when I look at it, and to know it is always there raising the love in my home. If you're considering having an idea that's in your head put to canvas, or on a wall, or other medium, Taylor is the one to meet. She will assist you in bringing your dream to reality. Taylor Kraft can be contacted at, taylortravels@yahoo.com.

Glorious Glorietta

2007-03-01T09:02:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I was in New Mexico to do spiritual chefery for a Lench workshop held at the home of my dear friends Lauren & Mark. Their adobe home situated on top of a mountain in glorious Glorietta that overlooks vistas of heaven is an incredible place to visit and gather together to facilitate health and well being. The day was full with blessings, love, and dreams coming true. Full with inspiration and upliftment. Full with people gathered to love each other, support each other, and nourish each other.

Along those lines, there was a story told by Lench that I want to share with you. It was towards the end of the day, and we were doing a gift exchange. Everyone had brought a wrapped gift, something that they were ready to give away and share with another. We each had chosen our gifts, and we were giving, one by one, the story behind the gift we had given to the person who had chosen our gift. One person gave a carved water buffalo that he had bought when he was doing a tour in Vietnam during the war. He spoke of the inspiration and comfort the water buffalo and pictures he associated with it, had given him over the decades. This giving triggered Lench to share a story of when he served as a tunnel rat in Vietnam during the war. People explained tunnel rats had very short life expectancies, so that Lench surviving to share stories is a great gift and miracle. Lench began his story by telling us how he had meet a family in Vietnam, and he began talking to them and asked them about their version of heaven and hell. One of the boys in the family, said "o, that's easy, in hell there is a big bowl of rice in the center, and there's lots of people, but they all have 4 foot chop sticks. Heaven the boy said is very much set up like hell, there is a big bowl of rice in the center, lots of people, 4 foot chop sticks, but in Heaven everyone feeds each other." I loved that story. How perfect! Let's feed each, nourish each other, support each other, and create heaven.

Another story from that day that I really liked was shared to me by a friend I hadn't seen in a long time, Kathy. Kathy told this story from a tape she listens to often. It goes like this, there's this man being chased by a tiger, the man finds he's running straight towards the edge of a cliff, as he gets to the edge of the cliff, the tiger is close behind him, he spots a vine, he lowers himself down on the vine. As he lowers himself down , he sees there is tiger below waiting for him. There's a tiger above, and below, and he's hanging on a vine between them, when he notices an ant chewing the vine he's hanging from. In that moment he looks in front of him and sees a very big, red strawberry. He reaches out and takes a bite of that strawberry. End of story. My bet is if this story had continued when it was told to me, would be that the man would begin to see and enjoy more strawberries, and by doing so more opportunities would manifest, perhaps a cave could manifest, in the cave could be treasures that this man had been dreaming of, and on and on. I like the story most because there is always a strawberry in our lives no matter what craziness is presenting itself. This story reminds me moment to moment to enjoy the strawberry right in front of my nose.

Spiritual Brunch

2007-02-21T11:13:00.000-08:00

You're cordially invited to our monthly Law of Attraction: Spiritual Brunch. We meet the first Sunday of every month. Just a reminder the next Spiritual Brunch is Sunday, March 4th, from 10-12. The brunch is an opportunity to learn about the Law of Attraction, find support to create the world of your dreams, and enjoy yummy vegan food and company. If you're interested in attending or have questions about the Law of Attraction, let me know. If you're moved, please feel free to bring a vegan brunch dish to share. I hope you can come! Wishing you all joyful creating!

Naples Half -Marathon, My Mother!

2007-01-25T20:10:00.000-08:00

My Mother Who Keeps On Inspiring

2007-01-25T10:34:00.000-08:00

About a year ago, my Mother announced that she was going to run the Naples Half -Marathon for her 60th birthday. She tried to enlist my sister and me in this athletic feat, but we both had too many resistances to shed in time for the race. My sister said "no" outright, and I contemplated my athletic prowess for a while before declining. My mom decided to run solo.

My mom has been running for almost 40 years, but she had never run a race or a half-marathon. She is a slow, consistent, and steady runner. She has run for many years, but mostly 5 miles or less, 20-30 miles a week. A half-marathon is 13.1 miles, and my Mom wanted to finish within the 2h 45 min. time frame. The day of the marathon was so exciting, to watch a dream of my mother's unfold with so much beauty, fun, and inspiration. On January 21, 2007, we all woke in the dark around 5am for the 7am race start. There was about 1,5oo race participants, and my mom was confident and prepared for her day. She was outfitted in a Boulder Running Company get up (my contribution!), camel pack, a year of preparation, and sneakers that would take her the distance.

Roger, my mom's husband, and I followed my mom around the course of gorgeous downtown Naples, cheering her on and supporting her at all the turns we could. My mom was amazing that day; I am so proud of her. She not only finished within the time frame of the race, she came in 12th for her age group.

Something occurred as I was cheering my mom on, and watching all the determined runners and walkers, many shapes, sizes, and ages. I got caught up in the momentum of the race and the awesome accomplishment of completing a 13.1 mile competition. I got inspired by my mom and all the people fulfilling their dreams with such heart, passion, and sweat. I decided next year I would accompany my mom, and run the half-marathon. I have started training, one mile at a time, very slowly, but I've begun. I'm shooting to run the 10k Bolder, Boulder in May if I'm in town. My mom not only inspired me to run, but one of her best friends, Debbie Garrand, is also contemplating joining us next year for the annual Naples half-marathon. My sister is still firm in her "no" decision, but has said she'll bring the coffee and donuts next year!, and cheer us on from the side-lines. Inspiration is contagious, and I hope all people will declare their dreams and enjoy as they manifest them.

If anyone would like to train with me for the Bolder, Boulder, contact me, I would love the company and support.

The invitation is to dream big, and may you find inspiration everywhere, every moment, for everyone of your dreams.

Sharing The Wisdom of the Old Ways

2007-01-15T18:36:00.000-08:00

I have been invited to be the spiritual chef for a one day workshop in beautiful New Mexico on February 25th. The workshop is going to be held at a healing center and home in Glorietta, New Mexico, right outside of Santa Fe. Lench, is a Native American traditional healer who teaches the ancient wisdom ways to personal power and sacred living. The workshop is going to be very special. The invitation is to come! I will be driving down from Boulder on Friday the 23rd, spending the day in Sante Fe, and then preparing our beautiful meal for the workshop. I can promise that the lunch at the worksop will carry sacred medicines,health, and blessings for the body, mind, heart, and spirit of each individual. I would love company for the drive, exploring Santa Fe, and then Sunday will be the day of the workshop. I will probably begin the journey back to Boulder Sunday night or first light on Monday. All the information for the event is pasted below. The flyer is beautiful, but the design and colors didn't transfer at all. However, if you would like I could mail you the attachment for the flyer so you can see and also share with other people. Contact me if you'd like to car pool, inlivingspirit@yahoo.com, and register with Lauren for the workshop, her info is below.

SHARING THE WISDOM OF THE OLD WAYS

Native American Spirituality and Medicine for the Modern World

We are sacred beings. The energy
of these times challenges us to honor
ourselves in ways that nourish the fires
of our spirit. There are specific and
practical methods we can use to renew
our clarity, focus and direction. This
knowledge is very old and powerful. It
is time to revisit this ancient wisdom.

Sensing the Sacred
• CLAIMING PERSONAL POWER • PRACTICING MINDFULNESS •
• THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD • THE VOICE OF SILENCE •
• SACRED LIVING • THE WISDOM OF NATURE AND ANIMALS •
• CLOSING CEREMONY HONORING THE SACRED GIVE-AWAY •

ONE DAY ONLY! JOIN US IN GLORIETA, NEW MEXICO

Sunday, February 25th – $150.00
The workshop is from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and lunch is provided. Space is limited and preregistration with a $50 deposit is
required. You will receive more details and instructions for the Give-Away Ceremony upon registration. Private counseling
sessions are being scheduled through Wednesday. For more information visit us online @ www.windspiritteaching.com.

CALL LAUREN JANSON @ 505.757.8989 OR 505.470.8581 TO REGISTER!

Lench is a Yaqui Indian and traditional native healer from Southern Arizona who has worked with individuals and small groups in the Sonoran Desert
for more than twenty years. He collaborates with numerous medical doctors, health practitioners, therapists, and other traditional healers as a counselor,
consultant, advisor, and spiritual guide. He is featured in the book Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl Madrona, M.D. and Dr. Mehl Madrona
has been referring patients to Lench since 1980. Lench also works with Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Sacred Contracts,
and is a frequent Guest Speaker at the Caroline Myss Institute in Chicago.
His background includes work with numerous Native American nations as well as fifteen years as an advisor for the Department of Defense on Ethnic
and Human Relations. He is a decorated Viet Nam veteran and has lectured at Medical, Military, Educational, Correctional Institutions, and Traditional
Native Gatherings throughout the United States and abroad. In the fall of 2000, Lench represented Native American Peoples before Pope John Paul II
at the World Mission Conference at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Two weeks after September 11, 2001, he was invited to guide and assist Manhattan
residents in a workshop dedicated to the healing of emotional and spiritual trauma, which concluded with a ceremonial healing circle held at Ground Zero.

Awake In The Garden

2007-01-14T04:12:00.000-08:00

This is the introduction to a book I'm writing titled Awake In the Garden: Teachings of my Inner Being. Please write me with questions, ideas, insights, inlivingspirit@yahoo.com. Smiles!

Awake In The Garden
Teachings of my Inner Being

I want to be one with my inner being. I want to be one with my inner being . I want to be one with my inner being.

I want to be unified 100% with my inner being. I want to be in complete harmony with my inner being all the time, and I know that it will happen. I believe in myself 100%.

My inner being is beautiful love and light. Her name is Seraph and she emits 100% positive vibrations. Seraph means angel and that is how I have always known her to be, an angel to me. I was inspired to seek Seraph after reading Esther and Jerry Hicks' books on The Law of Attraction, and listening to Esther's channels of Abraham. It is their teachings that helped me understand the workings and world of my inner being, Seraph. Seraph is my spirit and she abides in the non-physical realm. She is all of me and more. She is keeper to the entire history of me. From her realm she can navigate our course exceptionally well. In unison with Seraph all of my dreams, desires, and any thing I choose to create manifests. As explained in the Abraham teachings, Seraph can guide me so well because in her world there is no time delay between a thought and its subsequent manifestation. So therefore, Seraph has become a master creator and able to utilize and fully enjoy all the rapid manifestations of her thoughts. She has chosen to stay in the non-physical world to guide me as we create and unify with deliberate intention the body, mind, and spirit in the physical realm. This trinity of conscious unity of the body, mind, and heart, along with the wisdom of our inner beings is the gift of our present time, to be awake in the garden, consciously creating is available to everyone, and operates all the time either consciously or by default.

We each have our own personal guide to complete fulfillment inside us. The Law of Attraction teaches that every moment we are evolving in a universe transforming to create our every desire whether positive or negative. These are the teachings of the Law of Attraction presented by Esther and Jerry Hicks, presented in the movie The Secret, and presented in Michael Losier's book The Law of Attraction. As all Law of Attraction teachings explain, truly we are the creators of our reality. The materials of our creations can be whatever we can imagine. The resources are infinite, boundless, and abundant. All we have to do is imagine what we want, be emitting the vibrations that will positively fuel our desire, and allow what we want to happen.

It is our inner being, the Abraham teachings tell us, who will let us know if we are creating a vibration that will bring us our true desire, or if our vibration is negative, and will bring us more of what we don't want. Negative vibrations and thoughts make us feel aweful, message from inner guide is saying shift gears, refocus attention immediately to thoughts that create positive feelings. Positive feelings put us in alignment with our inner being and make us feel good, so that we are able to attract what we truly desire. One final step in the process is to realize that whatever we give our consistent attention to will manifest. If we want to manifest all of our dreams, we must nourish them with only positive care. We must believe in ourselves 100% and trust that our dream is on its way by simply having the thought of wanting it and by having given it our attention. Our loving attention to our dream will give it all the energy, life force, and positive vibrations, it needs to arrive in our garden, blossoming, and ready to be enjoyed.

Abraham teaches, all physical beings have a spirit, an inner being, that resides in the realm of the non-physical. We all are evolving, creating, and playing together with our inner beings in a way that is completely unique to this time. Seraph knows my heart’s desires and she helps me manifest them by aligning myself to her higher frequency. Since she is pure positive vibration, she is the perfect compass to gage what would be the most advantageous thoughts for me to unleash in order to create exactly what I want. If I am holding a thought that does not resonate with Seraph, my inner being, who is positive vibration and light, I will begin to feel disconnected, negative, and unworthy. If those feelings and thoughts arise, I instantly refocus on a thought that is in harmony with my inner being and all of me and all of who I want to be, and produces positive vibrations making me feel good. Seraph and I communicate to create the world of my dreams by feelings and vibrations, by direct dialogue, and light. Positive feelings bring us closer and creating exactly what I want becomes easy. Negative feelings seemingly separate me from my inner guide, directions, and map, and I feel dis empowered. I have chosen to nourish and grow only positive feelings and vibrations in order to be fully aligned in creating what would bring my heart the most joy.

We all can create the world of our dreams. My greatest wish for you is that you manifest all your wants, desires, dreams, and more. I know very soon, you will be awake in the garden and be creating whatever you wish and desire. In this book, I invite you to journey in my garden and to see how all my seeds grow the wildest, most exquisitely beautiful, and most welcomed fruits and flowers of my imagination, heart, and dreams. I invite you to create a garden of your own, it’s easy and simple, and awaken to the joy of being a master creator of your own reality. The leaves whisper in the wind to all beings, "Come, dear ones, play and sing, as nature transforms, bells ring, vibrations zing, ideal fate you create, celebrate!"

I am very grateful for all the Jerry and Esther Hicks books and audio teachings, Abraham: the collection of spirits Esther channels, the movie The Secret, and Michael Losier for all the teachings on the Law of Attraction, for without them, I would still be creating in a dark slumber, and Seraph's guidance would still be second guessed over and over. So thank you!

I am writing this book, Awake In The Garden, because I want to and I'm inspired to do so. I am awakening in a beautiful garden, a garden of my creation, and I wish to describe my experiences, map them for all others who might, one day, because of their desires, seek them out.

Copyrighted 2007

Unifying Poets

2007-01-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

A friend recently asked me, "What would be a good way through a poem for poets to be brought together? I'd like to take your answer with me to the writers' conference in February."

What would be a good way through a poem for poets to be brought together?

A way for you to unite poets through a poem, brace yourself, for it is a very simple answer, it is to set the intention to do so, and to expect for your desire to manifest. I recommend that your desire to unite poets with a poem become a steady mantra of your being, along with all your other dreams and desires. I would begin by saying, " I want to unite poets through a poem." Then imagine creating a 100% positive vibrations around the poem and the mantra. The poem will manifest by giving it love, support, and a 100% positive nourishment. You must believe in yourself a 100% and the power you have to unite poets with a poem. Imagine uniting poets with a poem, and state very clearly and precisely what you want to happen. You may want to expand your mantra of "I want to unite poets through a poem" to "I want _______" , and you fill in all the blanks, everything you will need to manifest the desire to unite poets through a poem.

If I wanted to unite poets through a poem. I would want my poem to be the best poem in the world and the cosmos. I would want love, support, and inspiration from all poets. I would want my poem to inspire poets. I would want my poem to be many other things too. Therefore, I would request to the universe with a, " I want ______" ,and
I would fill in the blank. I would manifest a poem to unite poets. I would fuel my wants with love, attention, excitement, faith, and more, anything that will generate positive vibrations, joy, happiness, around my desire to unite poets with a poem.

The process to manifest your desire to unite poets with a poem is simple and consciously utilizes the most powerful laws in the universe.

First, you must state your desire or desires in a positive way. You must concentrate on what you want to manifest. Avoid the "don't wants" in your vocabulary. Rephrase all desires in a positive way. The universe by law will manifest to you anything you focus your attention on whether it is positive or negative. Focus on what you want to bring to your life. You're consciously or unconsciously manifesting everything that is in your life right now. You can manifest anything you want, dream big, and believe in yourself 100%.

The second step is to make sure you're generating 100% positive vibrations around your desire to unite poets with a poem. A vibration is created by our moods and emotions. When you say "I want to unite poets with a poem" how does your gut feel? Listen closely and feel the vibrations you create when you say, " I want to unite poets with a poem." Then keep asking for what you need to get to the point where you generate 100% positive vibrations around your desire to unite poets with a poem. For example, If I want to manifest one of my dreams, I may need other materials so that I feel and vibrate confidence and can emit 100% positive vibrations, so I ask for what I need by saying, " I want _____" and I fill it in with my desire. If my gut is experiencing vibrations of fear about one of my wants, I may need to ask for self confidence or something else so I'm not sending out conflicting desires to the universe. A conflicting desire would void itself out in the universe. A part of me would be voicing the thought of my desire and if my gut feelings are vibrating no way to my desire, " I can't do that", then the opposing conflict loses its life force to manifest.

The third and final step is to allow your desire to unite poets with a poem to manifest. You allow the desire to manifest by being open and receptive to manifesting it. If your vibrations are aligned with your desire to unite poets with a poem, you will manifest your desire. I allow my desires to manifest by keeping my heart open and allowing the positive vibrations of my intended creation to flood my being with joy.

The invitation is to create the life of your dreams, anything you want, and more.

For more information on the Laws of the Attraction, I recommend the movie The Secret, Esther and Jerry Hicks book on the Law of Attraction, and Michael Losier's book on the same subject. At Esther and Jerry Hicks website you can sign up for daily inspirational messages to guide your journey to creating the life you want to manifest, their site is helpful.

In addition, you may want to come to our Spiritual Brunch. On the first Sunday of every month from 10 to 12pm, I am hosting a "Law of Attraction: Celebrate the manifestation of all our dreams Circle." We will celebrate our manifestations, support and share our wisdom, inspire each other, and celebrate ourselves in a 100% loving, safe, and positive environment. If you are moved, feel free to bring a vegan brunch dish to share.

Energy Medicine Share

2007-01-10T13:18:00.000-08:00

We will be having an energy medicine share, on the 2nd Sunday of every month, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. It is a time to nourish each other with reiki, polarity therapies, and other energy medicine modalites. Each person has a time in the center where the group energy is focused on them, and also times to give and support the healing and health of the rest of the group. If you're interested in joining us on this nourishing and loving health adventure, contact me, Megan, inlivingspirit@yahoo.com. Hope to see you there!

You're It!

2007-01-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

You're It

God

Disguised

As a myriad things and

Playing a game

Of tag

Has kissed you and said,

"You're it--

I mean, you're Really IT"

Now

It does not matter

What you believe or feel

For something wonderful,

Major-league Wonderful

Is someday going

Happen

-Hafiz

Spiritual Brunch

2007-01-10T08:57:00.000-08:00

On the first Sunday of every month from 10 to 12pm, I am hosting a "Law of Attraction: Celebrate the manifestation of all our dreams Circle." We will celebrate our manifestations, support and share our wisdom, inspire each other, and celebrate ourselves in a 100% loving, safe, and positive environment. If you are moved, feel free to bring a vegan brunch dish to share.

If you'd like more information about the Law of Attraction or would like to attend our first spiritual brunch on February 4th, contact me via email or phone, inlivingspirit@yahoo.com or 720.284.4986. I expect our gathering will be wildly successful!

The Invitation

2007-01-09T05:24:00.000-08:00

The invitation is to take at least one, deliberately deep, full breath each day. However, 3 deep, full breaths work like a charm to create whole, new beginnings. Begin with a complete exhale. Fill up your abdomen area with breath, your belly should expand like your pregnant, stretching the diaphragm, feeling the spine, organs, the pelvic floor. With your breath move to your mid-thoracic(rib) region, expand your ribs to the sides of the room, to the ceiling and floor, completely full. Bring your breath to your very upper chest, expanding the upper chest like a bird preparing to sing its song, a robin with its red breast displayed with glorious brilliance. When your breath has filled those three areas, top each area off with breath, and feel your body full with breath. Hold your breath, scan your body with your breath, with your mind travel to your feet, your fingers, your neck and head, and inside the core of your body, feel breath in those areas. Imagine your body full with golden light and the energy of pure love pulsing all over. When you're ready, slowly exhale, in a controlled manner. On the next inhale, lengthen your breath down to your feet, hold, and release. If an area feels uncomfortable, listen, and work with it accordingly, breathe into it until the area feels more comfortable, open and relaxed. The goal is to take the fullest breath you can, begin there with love and gentleness.

Take a couple normal breaths to feel your body. Do you feel how in these moments of breathing deeply, fully, you have created positive change for the rest of the moments in your day and life? It is a powerful exercise. A teacher of mine use to say, "you have the right to breathe." You have the right to take deep, full breaths through out your day. The invitation is to breathe fully and enjoy completely all the benefits and blessings of doing so. May you manifest all of your dreams and desires one deep, full, loving breath at a time.

To All Creative Artists

2007-01-09T05:15:00.000-08:00

The Vintage Man (or Woman)

The
Difference
Between a good artist
And a great one

Is:

The novice
Will often lay down his tool
Or brush

Then pick up an invisible club
On the mind's table

And helplessly smash the easels and
Jade.

Whereas the vintage man
No longer hurts himself or anyone

And keeps on
Sculpting

Light

-Hafiz

This poem inspires me to create 100% positive vibrations, NO MATTER WHAT!!! To sculp beauty, light, love, and more into my day, every day. To be master of my creations. To love my creations with my whole being and frequencies. To create the world of my dreams, and more, every moment of the day with 100% positive vibrations. The Vintage Woman. May all your dreams and desires come true.

Too Wonderful

2007-01-04T09:53:00.000-08:00

No one could ever paint

A too wonderful

Picture

Of my heart

Or

God.

-Hafiz

The Law of Attraction

2007-01-04T07:48:00.000-08:00

The theories and practices of the Law of Attraction have been partially presented to me before in a myriad of teachings and practices. Recently, the principles of the Law of Attraction are clarifying and exploding in a big way on my consciousness. My map and understanding of the laws of our universe has expanded from being exposed to the teachings unfolding from the law of attraction. LOA is a very simple, but profound way for each of us to create ourselves using the highest of our abilities and skills, dreams, and more.

There are several books on the subject of law of attraction, and there is a movie called The Secret on the topic too. I have just ordered a copy of that movie. If you're in Boulder, and would like to see the film, contact me, and we'll set up a viewing.

Michael Losier has written a book on the Law of Attraction and teaches workshops. Below is about a 45 minute audio clip from one of his talks. I was very inspired by his presentation. It is a wonderful introduction to the Law of Attraction, and at his website there are additional articles that help clarify some immediate questions that may arise.

Michael's info is below, and please find the underlined audio link below, it says "click here" and will bring you to the site where you can listen to him. Please let me know if you have any trouble connecting to the link. I hope you enjoy, and may you attract all you've ever wanted each and every moment. Sending beautiful and loving vibrations to all!

Miles of smiles,

Megan

Hello and thank you for subscribing to my monthly Law of Attraction ezine. Each month, you'll find great Law of Attraction articles, products and resources. The Law of Attraction has brought a lot to my life and I am always eager to share my experiences with all of you.

Click here to listen... P.S. Remember, mind your vibrations!
Sincerely, Michael Losier
Michael Losier Enterprises
email: http://us.f367.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=michael@lawofattractionbook.com phone: 877-642-7820 web: http://www.lawofattractionbook.com/

Marvelous Megan: Bringing Health & Beauty to the World

2006-12-16T09:19:00.000-08:00

Marvelous Megan, I like the ring of that! Yes, and I definitely strive to bring more health and beauty into the world, but what I'm actually writing about is one of the best finds in Boulder, MIGUN. Although, I am a find too, but this is a little different. However, our names are pronounced the same. MIGUN, is a far infrared massage bed. On a massage level Migun is no competition for the healing,human touch and massage practice I can provide with so much love and care. Powerful though is the combination of the far infrared, the jade stones, and the mechanical massage on a Migun bed, it creates a unique healing opportunity for the body, that I highly recommend experiencing. The first session I received was nice, I felt very relaxed, but later that night, WOW!, I felt the energy of the far-infrared in my body, and it was very amazing and healing. What's even more amazing is that you can receive free, unlimited Migun sessions at 1909 Broadway, suite 100, that's b'tween Walnut & Pearl. Rebecca Browning is the owner of Migun in Boulder, and their website is www.migunworld.com. You can buy Migun beds and other far-infrared products there or just go in as many times as you like and experience Migun. It's really a wonderful service that Ms. Browning offers the community. She encourages people to come in and enjoy Migun beds as much as they need and want for their health and well being, and to spread the word about the beds and service she provides. Try it out, and let me know what you think about Marvelous Megan's!

Our Appointment

2006-10-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

"If you have come

here to help me,

you are wasting

your time.

If you have come

here because

your liberation is

bound up with

mine,

Then let us work

together."

---Lilla Watson

The Reiki Evolution

2006-09-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

My friend and Reiki teacher, Rev. Trudi Denison, asked me if I'd write about some of my experiences with Reiki and healing. She is going to be a keynote speaker at a Vermont Reiki Association conference and wanted to share some testimonials. I have been meaning to write down some of my thoughts and experiences with Reiki for some time, so this works out well.

About a year before I took my first Reiki class, the healing power and beauty of Reiki began courting me to its mandala. I knew instantly upon seeing and hearing the name Reiki, before ever experiencing a session, that it was something I needed to connect to, that it would be a part of my learning in this lifetime. It took about a year for right timing to occur and for me to choose my first Reiki teacher, Amy Rowland. Amy writes a lot of neat articles for Reiki News now and has just recently published a new book. Amy was a wonderful Reiki I teacher, and continued to guide me with Reiki long after the class ended.

O, my first Reiki class was amazing. My hands lit up and I felt sure mini fires burned beneath my palms. Reiki was like coming home. It felt familiar, intimate, a long lost soul companion returned. Days after being attuned to Reiki and practicing like a maniac on myself and all my surroundings, a beautiful miracle occurred. Looking back the miracle was just a way to tell me I was on the right path and to give me confidence which I needed. What happened was I gave a practice session to a friend of a friend. He had lots of lower back issues and pain. I gave him a full Reiki I session, and the next morning I got a call from him, and he disclosed that he had been previously unable, with out serious difficulties and physical maneuverings, to bend down to put on shoes or tie laces. The morning after his first Reiki session his back pain ceased and he could easily bend down and put on his shoes. I was ecstatic and so happy for him, that this pure energy called Reiki had worked through me and actually helped someone feel better. I was hooked!

Reiki has brought me on a journey that has been so full of what really makes my heart happy, that imagining my life without Reiki is difficult. I soon studied the rest of the Reiki levels with Rev. Trudi Denison. Trudi has been a constant source of inspiration, guidance, and wisdom to this day. I still call her to seek sage advice. Reiki has introduced me to so many wonderful people and teachers that I wouldn't have met otherwise. My studies with Reiki have encouraged me to learn more about the body, leading me to a massage school in Boulder. Upon finishing school, I opened my own office and healing arts practice, which enables me to share Reiki with more people and in diverse, manifold ways. Reiki has essentially been a catalyst for big, life altering, positive change in my life. In my practice, I see the sparkle of Reiki touch and shape many lives. I feel truly blessed to be witness and collaborator with a such a beautiful, universal energy that hardly ever fails to give the gift of a smile to replace our hardships and pains.

Peace

2006-09-26T19:13:00.000-07:00

Peace may sound simple

One beautiful word

But it requires
Everything we have

Every quality
Every strength
Every dream
Every high ideal

----Yehudi Menuhin

"Foundation Of A Happy Life"

2006-09-26T12:06:00.000-07:00

On September 17, 2006, I found myself gathered in Denver's Pepsi Center along with about 15,000 other people to listen to the wise and inspiring words of the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama began by emphasizing that he is only a man, a simple man. A body, a mind, emotions, and spirit like us. He hinted about having psoriasis, or some other skin condition, that was helped when friends and guests noticed he was itching his skin continuously and offered him a salve. "They are the healers," he said. After some more humbling words and actions, the Dalai Lama began speaking about the foundation of a happy life.

Interestingly, he shared that his first and favorite memory of his life was when he was two years old and breast feeding. He recalled being full of joy and blessed by that beautiful gift from his mother. The gift was a selfless compassion and pure love, and he was the direct recipient of that sweetness. Nothing else in his life compared to the pureness of that shared love and compassion offered. He talked about how far we've come away from the essential componets that really bring peace and happiness. I couldn't help thinking about the earth, our mother too, who also provides that selfless giving, but we've traveled far from her in a sense, and lost the connection to our own sustainability and happiness. The unfortunate consequence, when we lose that connection to what sustains us, is we see dis-ease, pollution, toxicity, wars, violence, anger, anxiety, dysfunctional fear and a host of other negative emotions and expressions rise to the fore-front. The Dalai Lama spoke about compassion being one of the key ingredients to cultivating happiness and reducing negative emotions. I think one of the reasons that the Dalai Lama shared that story about his mother is to show us where to find inner compassion. It is in those moments that make the heart smile, and that are selfless in their intention. When we locate those moments within that make us happy, we can cultivate them, nourish them, and share them. Then joy is always growing in us, fostering more and more love, and happiness in us and our world.

Compassion is a gift that nourishes us and that we can give to others. The Dalai Lama invited us to, "consider the other as the base of our own future." He said it is compassion that builds friendships. You want confidence? He suggests treating others with respect. He pointed out that it is no longer relevant to think of there being a separation between us and the other. He told us in the past it was conceivable to win a victory over your enemy. Centuries ago, if your tribe was threatened, an option was going to battle, and if you won, then the Dalai Lama said, you'd be the victor. However, now we live in a new paradigm. We are all inter-connected. He laced his fingers together. There can be no victor in the modern world because what harm is done to one effects all. One cosmos, one globe, one love. The Dalai lama pointed out that seeing the world in a wholistic way will also enable us to get perspectives on our negative emotions. When we have personal or global challenges, being able to see from many angles and perspectives provides us freedom from negativity. The Dalai Lama said that strong negative emotions can easily take root when our minds are narrow and small pointed. He invited us to shift to other perspectives frequently to avoid the traps of negativity and us -vs- other thinking.

One of the last memories that sticks with me from the Dalai Lama's talk is about setting a goal to create healthier-happier human beings. He suggested it be the mission of our educational system and our lives. How can we cultivate positive emotions? How can we make the world safer and happier for all human beings, he asked? He invited us to create true constructiveness, and said it was the basis of hope.

The Dalai Lama helped found in 1987 a Boulder organization called the Mind & Life Institute, that unifies global philosophy, science, and research, and shares its findings and the keys to maintaining a healthy and happy mind. The Mind & Life Institute sponsored the Dalai Lama's lovely talk.

The Healing Arts

2006-08-09T15:16:00.001-07:00

A friend sent me this article about a healer in Hawaii. It is worthy of consideration. Enjoy! -M

Ho 'oponopono
By Joe Vitale

"Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person's illness. As he improved himself, the patient improved.

"When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend. How could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself? How could even the best self-improvement master cure the criminally insane? It didn't make any sense. It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.

"However, I heard it again a year later. I heard that the therapist had used a Hawaiian healing process called ho 'oponopono. I had never heard of it, yet I couldn't let it leave my mind. If the story was at all true, I had to know more. I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that I am responsible for what I think and do. Beyond that, it's out of my hands. I think that most people think of total responsibility that way. We're responsible for what we do, not what anyone else does--but that's wrong.

"The Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill people would teach me an advanced new perspective about total responsibility. His name is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone call. I asked him to tell me the complete story of his work as a therapist.

He explained that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years.

That ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous.

Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The staff called in sick a lot or simply quit. People would walk through that ward with their backs against the wall, afraid of being attacked by patients. It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.

"Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an office and to review their files. While he looked at those files, he would work on himself. As he worked on himself, patients began to heal.

"'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.' I was in awe. 'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work. Absenteeism and turnover disappeared. We ended up with more staff than we needed because patients were being released, and all the staff was showing up to work. Today, that ward is closed.'

"This is where I had to ask the million dollar question: 'What were you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'

"'I was simply healing the part of me that created them," he said. I didn't understand. Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life means that everything in your life -- simply because it is in your life -- is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your creation.

"Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because it is in your life. This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy, or anything you experience and don't like -- is up for you to heal. They don't exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections from inside you. The problem isn't with them it's with you, and to change them you have to change you.

"I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len I began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving yourself.

"If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal you do it by healing you.

"I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself. What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?

"'I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over and over again,' he explained.

"That's it?

"That's it.

"Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, you improve your world.

"Let me give you a quick example of how this works: one day, someone sent me an email that upset me. In the past I would have handled it by working on my emotional hot buttons or by trying to reason with the person who sent the nasty message.

"This time, I decided to try Dr. Len's method. I kept silently saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you,' I didn't say it to anyone in particular. I was simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me what was creating the outer circumstance.

"Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person. He apologized for his previous message. Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action to get that apology. I didn't even write him back. Yet, by saying 'I love you,' I somehow healed within me what was creating him.

"I later attended a ho 'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len. He's now 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive.

He praised my book, The Attractor Factor. He told me that as I improve myself, my book's vibration will raise, and everyone will feel it when they read it. In short, as I improve, my readers will improve.

"'What about the books that are already sold and out there?' I asked.

"'They aren't out there,' he explained, once again blowing my mind with his mystic wisdom. 'They are still in you.' In short, there is no out there. It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique with the depth it deserves.

"Suffice It to say that whenever you want to improve anything in your life, there's only one place to look: inside you. When you look, do it with love."

The peace of God is shining in you now, and from your heart extends around the world. It pauses to caress each living thing, and leaves a blessing with it that remains forever and forever.- Course In Miracles

An Exciting Alternative

2006-07-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

Hi Megs,

Thought you'd enjoy this, I found it in a magazine I read (New
Renaissance),
it's a car that runs on compressed air:
http://www.theaircar.com/

The magazine is very good too, more info at:
http://www.ru.org/

Peace,
-Brett

These cars are sooo cute and green. They're in production now. The estimated costs are about 6-7,ooo Euro's, probably 11-12,000 us dollars on the mini cat car. You can reserve one now on their website. I also heard that Toyota is suppose to be releasing a $11-12,000 hybrid next year. Thanks Brett for sharing with me. -M

We Can Stop Global Warming

2006-07-04T09:06:00.000-07:00

America being the number one contributor to global warming, I feel a special responsibility to be a part of the solution to help stop this most deadly dis-ease to our world. It will take ingenuity and creative problem solving, but people are creating life styles of zero pollution. This green energy living is spreading and becoming an example of a positive way of life that protects and preserves our world for our children and all future generations. When I left the film, An Inconvenient Truth, I imagined how horrible and how quickly the demise of our living conditions on the planet could happen. I imagined my children dying of heat,thirst, pollution, and violence. I imagined my conscience asking me what I did to stop the problem of global warming. Although I might not be able to instrument immediately all the changes I'd like to see in my life to become a zero pollution contributor, there are many steps I can take to reduce my toxicity load to the world. For me riding my bike or walking anytime I can rather than using my gas guzzling suv is a number one priority. Converting my vehicle to a green machine would be next or perhaps buying one of those lovely hybrids. Buying energy efficient light bulbs is an investment I make for our healthy future for all. Reducing, recycling, and reusing becomes a way of life. Encouraging my friends to see the documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, becomes part of my social communications. There's more to do too, and I will learn about them just by getting involved and educating myself more on the problems and solutions. It's on-going. I see a world where we can all work together to find solutions and create a world that we can be proud to bring our children into. A world that strives to create balance, peace, and space for all beings. A world that acknowledges that we are all interconnected and what happens to one of us, happens to us all.

Please see the documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, and lets unite to face and find creative solutions to the pressing challenges and concerns of a planet that is warming at accelerated and off the chart speeds. The film has a website where we can learn more ways to be a part of positive change, www.climatecrisis.org. This film is presented by Al Gore, but this problem of global warming should transcend any political allegiances.

Canyon de Chelly, Chinle

2006-07-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

Spider Rock, Arizona

2006-06-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

Our destination was Canyon de Chelly on the land of the Dine (Navajo) people in Arizona. A girlfriend of mine had arranged the trip to the canyon for her friends that were arriving from Japan to celebrate their honeymoon. A wedding blessing from a Dine medicine man was planned also. The land of the Dine people and the canyon that Ansel Adams took many of his photos of is so beautiful to behold. It's a magical place blessed with hundreds of Anazazi homes created high in the steep, red-colored cliffs. The elder we were with referred to the people as "the ancient ones." Their symbols and ways of communicating with each other decorate the canyon with hints of another time and stimulate the imagination. My heart is still there and I look forward to returning and spending more time in the special place. All trips into the canyon require a Dine guide. There is one hike to the base of the canyon that can be done independently but to explore the canyon you must be accompanied. We were going to spend the night in the canyon, but our plans unexpectedly shifted and we had a beautiful jeep drive instead to spider rock at the base of the canyon. Ideally, it would be nice to camp in the canyon and also see the canyon by horse back. Both are offered. Our last hours were spent in a sweat lodge with a youth group who were celebrating their transition from high school to the adult world. Our friends from Japan also received prayers and blessings from a Dine medicine man, a dream come true for them. Dine is the name the Navajo people call themselves. Dine means "Holy Ones", Navajo means "taker of scalps" and it was name given to them by others.

If you visit the canyon, there is a wonderful campsite, Spider Rock RV Park & Camping Too, owned by a Dine man, Howard Smith. His family practices a Dine medicine tradition. At the campsite there are two hogans, traditional Dine living spaces, one large and small, that can be rented. Howard also guides groups down into the canyon. A relative of his offers jeep tours. Howard is very helpful, caring, and brings an open heart to his interactions. There is a sweat lodge on the premises that can be requested if you'd like a ceremony. Howard would lead the ceremony or his brother. Howard can be reached at 1-877-910-camp or email him: spiderrock@ftitel.net. His website is: www.spiderrockcampground.com. Reservations are a good idea, especially for the hogans.

Sanctuario de Chimayo, New Mexico

2006-06-16T10:30:00.000-07:00

The Sanctuario de Chimayo is about a 40 minute car ride from Sante Fe. The grounds and site of the church are known as a healing place. The care-giver of the church told us the place receives over 300,000 visitors a year, and many attest to experiencing miraculous healings and answered prayers. One section of the church is lined with a sampling of crutches that have been discarded after people have been instantly healed. There is a legend that a saint traveling through the area died on that spot. Years later a crucifex he carried had resurfaced from the ground. The locals had been praying for guidance and light when the metal of the cross caught their eyes as they stood a top one of the many surrounding hills of Chimayo. They felt a strong healing energy being emited from the spot the cross was found and from the cross itself. They brought the cross to the closest church a few neighboring villages away, and gave it to the priest there and told him of the story of its discovery. The priest also moved by the cross decided to hold unto it and keep it in the church. The locals of Chimayo were a bit saddened by the loss of this sacred symbol and its soothing and peaceful energies. It was a great surprise to them when they returned to Chimayo from their journey that the cross with no earthly explanation had returned to the original site it was found. That is when after meditation on the matter the locals decided to build a church, a sanctuario, to honor the miracles that they had witnessed and received. This story was told to me by Joe, one of the care-givers at the church. He said almost everyday someone will come to him sharing a story of healing or a miracle.

While I was there I took some time to pray and light a candle. My grandmother is very ill right now so I prayed that she may receive healing, blessings, and support on her journey for this part of her life. I also prayed that she doesn't have to needlessly suffer in pain or otherwise. I prayed too for myself. Lately I have been working on opening my heart more, feeling more, and actively engaging life from the point of the heart rather than only the head. I lit a candle that I infused with many prayers, and headed into the room where the sacred cross had originally been found. You can see in one of the pictures above there is hole in the ground with sand, that marks the site where the cross was found. When I entered the room I found a rock perfectly shaped into a heart sitting on top of the sand on the site. It was a sweet find. I felt like the universe was supporting and honoring my intention to open my heart. The heart has become a reminder to me of my prayers at the sanctuario.

One other thing happened that I felt was directly related to prayers I made at the sanctuario. I was on a small road trip when I visited the church. As I mentioned earlier my grandmother was very sick, so I was checking in a lot with my family. The last I had heard about my grandmother was that the doctors felt they couldn't do a needed surgery because my grandmother was just too weak and that they felt she wouldn't make it through. Without the surgery there was very little hope of her recovering her strengths. After the sanctuario visit I telephoned my mom, and learned that my family decided to go ahead with the surgery, and that my grandmother was in surgery right then. I was glad to know there was a candle of prayers burning for her in that church. If my grandmother made it through the surgery, the next 4 days would be the most crucial because that's when infections can set in and my grandmother's immune system was almost non-existent. Despite great odds my grandmother made it through all the pivotal junctures and she is now working on recovering from the traumas of surgery. I felt it was a miracle. My family has hope were there was very little previously.

Those were some of my experiences at the sanctuario. If you're ever near that area, I recommend going there whether you believe the stories and miracles or not. It's a beautiful place, very peaceful and healing. The church is very unique and earthy and overflows with local and distant colors. The village lies amid rolling hills, and the locals are very helpful and kind. Joe and Helen are the caregivers of the church, and they both take time to answer questions and share their stories and experiences. It was a lovely morning and a highlight of my journey into New Mexico and Arizona.

Max: The Crystal Skull

2006-05-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

Max is an ancient crystal skull, one of the oldest to be found. The tools that carved Max are not recognizable, and expert gem specialists say that there is no way with modern technology that they could have carved Max without fracturing and splitting the crystal. There is a legend that there are thirteen ancient crystal skulls, many colored, and that when they are brought together again they will sing. Many who have known Max over the years say that the fogs are lifting and the crystal head of Max is becoming clearer and clearer. Perhaps signifying our own awakening and blossoming of self. The human skull is a symbol of our self. Time with Max is time with our self. Max amplifies and expands all our intentions and energies and directs them so they may serve our highest goals. I was able to spend two days with Max. I felt a lot of love coming from him. Some people were given very specific messages and guidance. Some people found healing. Some were shown beautiful visions. I felt Max blessed and activated my hands for healing work. A strong heat was experienced in my palms and forearms. I also felt each of my chakras stimulated and opened. One night, Jonathan Goldman, a sound healer, invited us all to activate the energies of Max with sound. While toning we experienced new dimensions to the healing energy of Max, and then on our second toning we intended world peace and harmony. Both tonations were powerful. That night I felt strong connections and support coming from star systems and other beings. The main message I received was to stay focused on my highest goals, especially when met by my own fierce resistances and shames of being all too human. Loving all of who I am became my mantra and delivered me so that I could be an instrument in creating a world full of peace and light; It is possible. Max is a special being. Feel free to meditate on the picture above, and if you like share your experiences with me.

Max's care-giver, Joann Parks, lives with Max in Texas. Almost every weekend she travels with Max around the country and abroad. If you are ever in Texas, you can make an appointment to see Max, or sponsor a workshop with Max in your area. Joann is an awesome lady whose adventures and history with Max are southernly woven and over flowing with divinely inspired wisdom and blessings. Joann's phone number is 713.991.4545 and her email address is maxandjoann@hotmail.com.

A Book Every Woman Should Read

2006-05-14T07:13:00.000-07:00

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause by Dr. John Lee, Dr. Jesse Hanley & Virginia Hopkins. They also have a book on Menopause too, but I recommend reading this book first because it has more current information and is relevent for menopausal women too. The book was first introduced to me by a woman who survived uterine cancer, an especially fatal form of cancer, by using natural progesterone. This book details the uses and applications of natural progesterone, and explains how to maintain hormonal balance in a world that encourages hormonal chaos. The use of natural progesterone has eliminated my menstrual cramping, and I feel my life is healthier and more balanced from using it. Having read the book I feel empowered on almost all aspects of my feminine health and well-being. I feel I have the knowledge and resources to maintain my health, especially my hormonal balance, throughout my life. I can't recommend this book enough. If you read this book and begin using natural progesterone please share with me your findings and experiences.

"The Happy Poem"

2006-05-07T15:24:00.000-07:00

Here's an untitled poem written recently by my sister, Ashleigh. This is one of her rare and lovely "happy poems". The poem is special and beautiful. I hope you like it too. My sister wrote this in the span of 10 of our minutes.

I do not know what happens
to our days-
I think they're stored
like precious photos
in an album of sun rays

The nights are just too dark
to be there too-
They are locked
inside a vault
at the center of the moon

Sometimes I hope to peer
upon those moments
removed from right
or wrong
and this feeling
of aloneness

just to look
without a judgement
to see
what they all saw

the stars
that wink sometimes
the clouds
that hold the fog

it's a confidential file
it's guarded
with your life
it can't be fooled
it won't be tricked
it can't be bled
with sharpest knife

but when they come
and when they say
"you can look now
you are strong"
you'll want to cry
you'll need to scream
but instead
you'll sing a song

you'll sing
"I'm not sorry
I'm not hurt
I see pain
For what it's worth
I'm just happy
I'm so glad
I needed nothing,
I did not have."

Body Worlds 2

2006-05-01T20:03:00.000-07:00

Body Worlds, an anatomical exhibition with over 200 plastinated real human bodies is awesome to behold if you're at all interested about the inside workings and machinations of our bodies. It is wonderful and until recently rare to be able to see the muscles and organs 3-dimensionally and frozen in various actions that illuminate us internally. Also, to be able to view organs and whole bodies that are in varying states of health and disease. Both health care professionals and lay persons alike seemed to equally enjoy this unique and fascinating glimpse under our skin. Currently, Body Worlds 2 exhibit is at the Denver Museum of Natural History & Science until July. I recommend buying tickets in advance because the showing times fill quickly. The museum website is www.dmns.org and/or visit www.bodyworlds.com.

Reiki Energy Share

2006-03-08T21:45:00.000-08:00

You're invited to a FREE Reiki Energy Share

Sunday, June 11, 2006

4pm to 6pm

Boulder, Co

Space is limited. If you're interested in attending, please contact
Megan Living Stone, (720) 284-4986 or email me: inlivingspirit@yahoo.com.

The group healing session is open to reiki practitioners and other energy modality practitioners.

If you'd like to learn more about reiki or receive a session, call (720)284-4986

Hope to see you there!

Reiki I: Foundational Course

2006-01-15T11:34:00.000-08:00

Reiki I: Foundational Course

Saturday,June 24 , 930am to 5:30pm

Learn level one of the Usui Reiki System of Natural Healing.

· Examine Japanese Kanji For Reiki

· Discuss History and Principles of Reiki

· Receive Reiki I Initiating Attunement

· Discover ways to Integrate Reiki into our lives

· Explore Reiki Healing Energy

Cost of workshop: $125

Early reservation by May 20th: $100

Includes 1 full day of instruction, William Lee Rand's Reiki Manual, and Reiki I Certification.

To reserve a spot email inlivingspirit@yahoo.com or call (720) 284.4986

Megan Living Stone is a Reiki Master and Certified Massage Therapist. She has been practicing the healing arts and energy medicine for eight years. Megan has a private practice in downtown Boulder.

In Living Spirit Makes Our Debut!

2006-01-11T11:32:00.000-08:00

You are cordially invited to visit my new website, and make an appointment for an integrative massage session today. Nourish your whole body, support your health, and love all of who you are. You absolutely deserve it! * www.inlivingspirit.com.*

The Charmed Pot: A Vegetarian Cookbook by Megan Living Stone

2006-01-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

The Charmed Pot is a vegetarian cookbook that was the culmination of three years of study with an Andean Medicine Man, Don Alberto Taxo. The book is a combination of wisdom teachings, writings, and recipes on the healing arts of spiritual "chefery". To order a copy of the unique, fun, and charm filled cookbook, contact inlivingspirit@yahoo.com. The recipes are creative, nourishing, and delicious. The Charmed Pot is available for $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.

"If you are what you eat and you don't know what you're eating, do you know who you are?" --Claude Fischler a sociologist

Chi Nei Tsang Class

2006-01-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

"That was then & this is Tao"

2006-01-02T09:39:00.000-08:00

My final week in Thailand was for the most part spent at the flowering and lush Tao Garden: Health Spa & Resort. A place I could live at for some time if only my pocketbook could support me there. It is a delightful eden of a place founded by Mantak Chia outside of Chaing Mai. I was there first to receive a type of bodywork that is difficult to find in the States, Karsai Nei Tsang. I returned shortly after to participate in a six day workshop being held by a Master teacher there, Jutta, on Chi Nei Tsang.

Chi Nei Tsang is a type of internal organ massage. Its roots go back to Ancient China and are based on the Eastern 5 Element Theory and the study of Nature. Chi Nei Tsang was practiced by monks to detoxify and maintain balanced energy flow of the internal organs, to compliment and achieve the highest levels of spiritual practice. The abdominal region where most of our major organs are housed is considered to be the energy center and "second brain" of our being. Mantak Chia, the Taoist master who introduced Chi Nei Tsang to America 20 years ago, teaches that any blockages in the organs will slowly leak to all of our systems (energy channels, nervous system, cardio-vascular , lymph, reproductive, musculo-skeletal, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and urinary systems), effecting our whole health and life force. Chi Nei Tsang begins to clear the toxins in all of our systems by clearing negative energy, blocks, and knots in the organs with gentle massage and energy medicine. This restores vitality to our organs and life center of our being. Most bodywork practices address the organs remotely but Chi Nei Tsang goes as close to their essence as permits, and invites a transformation to occur that brings greater vitality to our whole being. To experience this type of bodywork, call for an appointment, Megan Living Stone, CMT, (720)284-4986

Besides offering wonderful workshops, the Tao Garden is also a place to go to recover, heal, and just nourish the whole body at their healing spa. They have extensive types of alternative therapies and a medical staff to support your journey in health. The three meals, fresh fruits, and exotic juices and teas served daily are healing, divinely crafted, and so, so delicious. I have rarely tasted so many uniquely prepared and soul satisfying vegetarian dishes in one place. The garden has daily Tao exercise practices and nightly meditations. The interesting juxtaposition of travel from a buddhist temple (at the start of my trip) where the eternal soul is courted without too much regard for the physical comfort of the body, to a Tao resort where finding ways to keep the body energetically full and vital eternally is a main pursuit, kept the trip well rounded and full spectrumed.

For more information about all kinds of Tao Classes taught by Master Mantak Chia or other teachers there or to visit the Tao Garden, contact their website: www.tao-garden.com. Signing up for their newsletter is a good way to stay informed about their upcoming events and specials.

Elephant Nature Park

2005-12-28T12:44:00.000-08:00

The Beautiful Giants: A day with Lek, Animal Planet, and a White Elephant

2005-12-28T12:14:00.000-08:00

"Far Beyond Pearls Is Her Value"

2005-12-28T08:01:00.000-08:00

Sangduan ("Lek") Chailert is an accomplished woman. She is pioneering the movement to end the abuse of elephants, educating people about their plummeting numbers, and finding harmonious ways we can share this earth together with the elephants. I met Lek while visiting the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. This November Lek was honored in Time Magazine(Asian version) as a "Hero of Asia 2005" for her activism for elephants. Lek has created an elephant haven in Thailand, the Elephant Nature Park, the only one of its kind in that country. It is a touch of heaven for elephants, most who have survived a great portion of their lives in extreme hardships, abused and tortured. There is an elephant who has had all her legs broken. There is a blind elephant who has had both of her eyes shot to pieces with a bb gun, horrific abuses. What the elephants now experience is an abundance of love, and miraculously great healing begins to happen. Elephants that were not predicted to survive begin to feel hope. There is hope. The elephants at the park have formed four families and they seem happy and joyed to be there. Each family has a baby or child it has adopted and raises. To great celebration, one baby elephant was recently born at the Elephant Nature Park. That baby will never have to experience the abuse by humans that its parents lived.

The elephants at Lek's Elephant Nature Park have the side of a mountain to jungle around on and be elephants, and a river to bathe and play in. Each elephant has a mahout, an elephant care-giver who watches over them with love, to help the elephant avoid dangerous situations like stumbling into a neighboring banana or other crop field where the elephant could be shot. The mahouts at Lek's place are learning a new way to be with the elephants. Almost every "domesticated", not free in the wild, elephant that is seen in Thailand has been sent through a process called "breaking the spirit" of the elephant. The details of that horrible process is documented in a special Lek did with Discovery Channel. Basically, the elephants are taken from their mothers at a very young age and beaten for weeks on end until they are submissive. Lek's message is that elephants do not need to be beaten but instead loved to win respect. This is a revolutionary premise on a planet where brute force has been a dominating factor. In a place, where elephants will kill their abusive mahouts and by-standers, or commit suicide by inhaling their last breath and then stepping on their trunks, or lie down and refuse to get up even if severely beaten, what is desperately needed are other alternatives and working solutions so that the interaction can be beneficial for elephants and humans.

The elephant trekking business is big money in Thailand. At Lek's I learned the back spine of an elephant is not meant to carry people, only near their necks is strong enough to support comfortably a person. Yet every elephant trek I saw in Thailand features people, usually 2 or 3 riding on an elephants back. It is very popular to go on these treks, but people don't realize the inhumane treatment almost every elephant has suffered, endured, and/or lives in daily. Lek's park proves you can run a successful place with elephants and not have to put the mahouts, the tourists, and elephants at risk or grave danger. The tide is changing within Thailand because of the attention Lek's not-for-profit Elephant Nature Park has received through media and word of mouth. Lek has teamed with an organization that is training elephant mahouts to earn the respect of an elephant by love. She has paired with Monks to preserve the jungle areas so that elephants can have a place to roam and call their home. Lek is continuously educating guests at the park and elephant owners, rescuing elephants, or arranging medical attention for elephants in need in remote locations in Thailand. Her good will is spreading to the care of African elephants too. It is the hope that elephant business owners will realize that it is financially possible to have elephant friendly tourism without the cruelty practices.

Lek's journey has been in uphill climb. Her life has been threatened for exposing the ill treatment of elephants. One of her baby elephants that she rescued, nursed, and nurtured as her own, and was also featured in the Discovery Channel documentary, was given cyanide by someone posing as a guest to the Elephant Nature Park. Killing her might cause too much international attention but killing her baby elephant was an emotional knife wound to her heart. Lek has not been stopped and the good words about the Elephant Nature Park are spreading like wild fire in tourist towns like Chaing Mai in Thailand. I imagine and hope there will be more elephant friendly havens in the near future. It is the leadership and progressive attitude of Lek, Thailand's “elephant whisperer”, other ele lovers, and caring humans that are making an elephant friendly world possible.

Visit, volunteer, and support the magic, the testaments of forgiveness and healing, the grand, intelligent, and family-oriented world of elephants, at the amazing and beautiful Elephant Nature Park, or on-line. Perhaps we can let Lek inspire us to become more conscious of the many cruelty practices that exist in our homelands and by exercising our energy and money wisely, end them. The elephants at the park deeply touched my heart with their stories, compassion, and ability to forgive, and live and love even after terrible trauma. The day I spent with the elephants was my favorite day in Thailand. I only recommend that if you visit the Elephant Nature Park like I did that you stay there more than my one day. I was just getting to know some of the 20+ elephants at the park when the sun began to set and my ride prepared to drive me back to Chaing Mai. For more information on the elephant park visit their website: elephantnaturepark.org.

Lotus Light

2005-12-25T15:16:00.000-08:00