Absolute Joy Now with Debbie Takara Shelor

Life as a Spiritual Journey

2012-05-01T07:30:00.006-04:00

(c) Debbie Takara Shelor

Recently, a friend called crying hysterically. Soon I was hearing a heart-wrenching story from their past. New memories had recently surfaced and they needed some support.

It reminded me so much of 18 years ago when I began to remember an emotionally and physically traumatic experience from my past. You've probably read the story before in one of my articles or books, so there is no need to discuss it further here.

Watching this dear one deal with the emotional pain helped me to see, with much greater clarity, the stages of healing and conscious expansion.

In this article, I'm going to take you through my personal healing journey by having you visit several of my websites. Each of the websites look and feel different, because I was at a different stage in my personal evolution when I created them.

Before we get started, I want to let you know that the intention of this article is NOTto be a commercial. I'm not asking you to go to the various websites to make a purchase. I ask you to look at the images and feel how it feels to be in each location.

We begin with Spirit of Nature. In the beginning, as you awaken from a traumatic moment - whether it's facing cancer right now, or remembering something painful from the past - what you need most are nurturing surroundings and to feel safe. Spirit of Nature was created with that in mind. Even though it has gone through many incarnations as I've changed the graphics and colors, it has always remained a comforting place to be. The soothing colors offer nurturing for those in emotional pain.

After the shock of the emotional trauma begins to fade, the next step is to learn about all the things you don't know. Most dear one's just "waking up," go on a quest for wisdom. Whether they are learning about alternative medicine to heal cancer, or want to know what Chakras are, they begin to pour over articles, books, and attend seminars. I read about 300 books in 2 years. I attended numerous workshops and learned several healing modalities. Spirit of Nature helps to fill that void. The articles archive has hundreds of articles offering hope, insight, and tools to assist you no matter where you are on the healing and enlightenment journey.

Also during these early stages, one learns about spending more time in nature and how to meditate. And, again, Spirit of Nature talks a great deal about spending time in nature.

Once a person feels safe and is beginning to learn new tools and gain new wisdom, it is time to plunge to the depth of self and look at the truth of who you are - your shadows, fears, limiting beliefs, judgments, expectations, how you manipulate and are manipulated by others, how you react under various circumstances because of unhealed issues that remain from your past.

Dolphin Empowerment takes such a plunge. At Dolphin Empowerment, you are literally swimming underwater (the depths of self) with the dolphins. That website, as well as Dancing Dolphin Essences (which uses the same graphics), take you on a deep inward journey to discover, and begin to heal, the things that keep you limited, stuck, and unhappy.

Most of the tools I offer for the journey are available on these 2 sites. Private Energy Healing Sessions and the healing program, Freeway to Freedom, are both accessed from Dolphin Empowerment. Dancing Dolphin Essence are often like a visit to a healer, counselor, or uplifting friend. They offer nurturance and uplifted frequencies to help you get through all the emotional garbage from the past.

Once enough emotional pain has healing, you begin to feel fabulous. You come up out of the water (rising above the chaos and disharmony of the past) and run free. Absolute Joy Now shows a beautiful tropical sea and a woman frolicking on the beach. With her head thrown back, you just know she feels incredible and free.

When you have felt happy, stress free, and in flow with life long enough, higher, wiser aspects of self begin to merge with you. And you get closer and closer to becoming the I Am, being the living embodiment of Divinity, radiating forth love, healing, and upliftment to everything and every one that surrounds you.

Instead of living a life that is compartmentalized, the All flows into all aspects of your life. You are merged, vibrantly alive, and whole within the Godforce. Every moment is sacred. You become a gift to the world. You can begin to say, as Jesus did, "I and my Father are one!" And you know, with absolute certainty, that those words are true.

Jesus also said, "Even greater things than these shall ye do." You are a child of God. You are a gift to this world. You have been given "talents" and it is up to you to heal enough of your emotional pain to step forth and become the Magnificent being you came here to be and to accomplish all that is yours to accomplish.

That sense of Oneness and wholeness is reflected by the merging vibrant colors of my new book cover and newest website, Peering Through the Veil. The site, obviously, isn't finished yet. Only two pages are available. But you can easily get the feeling by visiting. There is vibrancy and joy. There is also tranquility and inner peace. I refer to the presence of both as a feeling of quiet elation. A vast wisdom is also almost palpable.

The spiritual journey is never complete. You are ever evolving. As you grow and expand in consciousness and awareness, new things will periodically come up and you will have to go back to the beginning and repeat the steps. Each time you complete the steps, you will reach a higher plateau within Self. Each new level allows you to feel a greater level of clarity, confidence, joy, flow, conscious manifestation, inner knowing, and freedom than the level before.

You know an issue or personal relationship has been completely resolved when you can talk about it without any emotional reaction. It no longer makes you sad, angry, or afraid when you mention the person's name or discuss the details of the event. You are simply stating facts of something that was done or said long ago. And when you reach that stage, there is no more reason to talk about it anyway.

Much Love to You Dear One,
Takara
Absolute Joy Now with Debbie Takara Shelor

New Dancing Dolphin Essence Sizes

2012-05-01T07:17:00.001-04:00

Practitioners have been asking, so we are delivering. In addition to the 1/3 oz. roll-ons, all Dancing Dolphin Energy Healing Oils are also now available in 1/2 oz. dropper-bottles and 1 oz. dropper-bottles.

In the near future, they will also be available in 2 oz. Those bottles are on back order currently though.

To order Dancing Dolphin in any of those sizes:
1) Visit the website to make your choice (Dancing Dolphin Essences).
2) Use the button below to order. In the box where it says "Dolphin Formula Number", please enter the name of the essence you desire.

Have a deLightful day,

Takara

Absolute Joy Now with Debbie Takara Shelor

Emeralds - Romancing the Stone

2012-04-30T22:54:00.000-04:00

(c) AnnaMariah

There are few stones as romantic and prized as emeralds. They have been sought after, fought and even killed for. Its checkered, sometimes violent path, seems at odds to this beautiful, deep green stone that works to heal and open the heart.

Emeralds have been highly treasured since ancient times. Theosophus, the ancient Greek philosopher, believed that emerald are good for the eyes, and impart visual clarity. Shakespeare wrote, “the deep green emeralds, in whose fresh regard weak sights their sickly radiance do amend.” Personally, I connect more with Emerald’s radiance and how it assists the human and spiritual heart of the wearer.

One thing I really love about writing these articles is that they make me go deeper into what I know and sense about the stones. I could look up a lot of info in the many books I have, but so could you. I don’t want to give you a bunch of regurgitated details that you could find anywhere. The reason Takara asked me to write these articles is that she knows that I have a deep connection to the stones and that combined with my skills as an empathy this gives me a unique perspective into the life and purposes of each stone.

When sit down to write, I ask the stone what is special about it, and then I listen for the reply. Last night I was with a couple of friends who are amazing healers and was telling them about the beautiful emeralds I purchased at the gem show recently. They wanted to know what was special about emeralds. I paused and “tuned in” to the stones I had just purchased. Emeralds, as all green stones, are heart stones, working to help open and heal the heart chakra. Emeralds, though, have an earthier quality, that actually tends to pull in and ground that loving energy in a way that makes it more accessible for both the physical and emotional the bodies. This loving green stone, can help relieve both the physical and emotional heart of old hurts and wounds, allowing it to open to more love and abundance on all levels of being.

Once your heart is freed of the heaviness that tends to settle in from a life of small and large hurts, you can begin to move through your life with more courage both to love and allow yourself to be loved as well. As you move into your life with a new sense of grace, you have more compassion for yourself and those you come in contact with.

Have you been afraid of showing vulnerability? Wearing emeralds will assist you in letting go of this fear and help to remove any underlying trauma that may have come from previous wounds. As your heart heals, your entire spirit can be more open to all the possibilities that the universe has to offer you. You may find yourself feeling grounded, and yet lovingly expanded, almost needing to reach out and streeeettttccchhhh to let it all in. Stretch as needed and feel the love, inspiration and grace of the universe and the people in your life. Breathe deeply and allow in the healing vibrations of emerald and know you are loved, and you are love. Everything is possible when you are in this space of grace.

Although, technically, the gemstone for May is Emeralds, I don't want to forget to include emerald quartz. Emerald Quartz comes in a close second as far as depth of color, and if cut well, can certainly shine beautifully. When working with stones, a great deal of its properties come from the color rather than the mineral composition. Happily this is definitely true when working with emeralds and emerald quartz. Emerald quartz carries much the same heart healing energy as true emeralds. I find, however, that the big difference is that in my perception it doesn’t seem to be as good at grounding the energy into your body. That said, it’s a beautiful alternative to emeralds.

Shown here is an Emerald and gold-filled “beaded chain”. This design is flexible allowing many options. Wear just the beaded chain for a very simple, elegant necklace. Wear it with the gold-filled enhancer and emerald focal piece and feel how the emerald focal piece enhances the energy of the necklace. Finally you can wear it with a BioElectric Shield, the Shield shown here is the 14k Gold TriGem Shield (with emerald, diamond and sapphire). If you are interested in this or any of the EMF protection, energy balancing BioShields Takara would be more than happy to help you. She’s been wearing a Shield since 1996.

I am honored to be able to share some of my love of stones with you.
AnnaMariah

AnnaMariah is a gemstone empath, Reiki Master, and guardian of the stones who listens to the guidance of the stones to create transformational gemstone jewelry. Each stone is reactivated with the original energy of creation and is tasked to assist the wearer or recipient of its energy to awaken to full consciousness of who they are and what is theirs to do. In this way you step out of the darkness and into your full light of being.

Bold Bodacious Jewelry
(http://fun.takaralinks.info/Gems)
annamariahnau@gmail.com
703-763-1655

The Heart Test

2012-04-30T22:51:00.001-04:00

(c) David J. Adams

PENDRAGON MEDITATION CIRCLE 9th April 2012
DJWAHL KHUL THROUGH DAVID J ADAMS

THE “HEART TEST”

Greetings Beloveds, I am Djwahl Khul. I come to speak to you tonight about the “Heart Test”. No, Dear Ones, I do not mean a medical examination to see if your valves are working, I speak of the need to move into your Heart and find the Truth that lies within.

Throughout the ‘millennia of the mind’ you have worshiped at the altar of proof and fact and logic and reason. All of which are important, but all of which can be manipulated to enslave the bulk of humanity, and indeed through those millennia, this has often been the case.

Now it is the time, not to ‘worship’ at the altar, but to ‘embrace’ the “altar of Truth” within your Hearts, for Truth cannot be manipulated, and Truth cannot be used to enslave the human spirit. It is time to let go of that ‘millennia of the mind’ and to begin a new ‘millennia of the Heart’.

It is important to embrace the Truth within your Hearts, and although logic and reason and proof and facts can all be utilised in discovering Truth, it is only within your Heart that you know Truth, and knowing is much more that being convinced.

You may recall Dear Ones, we have said at the beginning of this year that from time to time we would bring again to you “pearls of wisdom” that were gifted to you before. In this instance, I refer to the words of Beloved Ar’Ak – Spirit Brother of this one - when he came to you and said

“Proof is not a measure of reality.

Proof is a measure of the level of one’s own scepticism”.

It may be that you did not understand what that meant at the time, so I ask you again to feed that through your Heart and ask for the Truth of it to be revealed to you. It is saying to you that there is no such thing as proof, for the proof for one person does not convince another, whereas Truth simply IS. It exists. It does not need to be proven. It does not need a range of facts to be aligned in order for you to understand it.

You need to move from the mind into the Heart in order to embrace and understand “Truth”. Facts, hmmm , how many times Dear Ones does something have to be repeated in order for it to be considered “fact”?

It is always wise to think carefully when someone keeps on saying to you that “this is fact”, because if you feed it through your Heart and ask for the truth of it, you will see that what is being put before you is often simply an opinion, a belief, not a “fact” at all.

Logic and reason are important, but they too can be utilised and constructed in different ways, by different Beings, and different meanings can be arrived at from the same “facts”.

Take for example, the subject of “Global Warming”. It is of amazement to us that debate upon your Planet continues about the existence or otherwise of Global Warming, of ‘climate change’.

Dear ones, feed that through your Heart, ask for the Truth of it, and immediately you will know that of course, the climate of the Earth is changing. It is always changing! There is no debate. There is no need for proof and facts of this. It is constantly changing, but it suits the purpose of some to continue the charade of debating the pros and cons of seeking proof that outstrips the proof of others.

Your Heart knows, and your Heart also knows that the Truth will not be heard until the right questions are being asked. You see, it is not a question of whether climate change exists or not. As I say, climate change is constant on your Planet. It has been in a state of change since the beginning of time. It is called Evolution.

The question that ought to addressed at this time Dear Ones, is not whether climate change is real. The question is, “what does each of you do in order to live in harmony with this ever changing Planet?”

Once you accept the Truth within your Heart that climate change is a reality, a constant reality, you do not seek to apportion blame for this change. Change is change Dear One.

Indeed it CAN be added to by activities of Humanity, or it CAN be balanced to a degree by activities of humanity, but these are answers to different questions. The questions of what can each of you do to ‘live in harmony’ with this ever changing world of yours.

This why I say to you tonight Dear Ones, it is time to bring the “Heart Test” into your lives, to feed everything you read, everything you see, everything you hear into your Heart, and ask for the Truth of it for YOU.

The Truth for YOU is what is important. For the Truth for you is what sets out your pathway in the future, for once you embrace the Truth within you, your Light will begin to shine, and you will see more clearly the appropriate pathway for you in this world.

That pathway Dear Ones is about harmony. It is about being in harmony with the Earth.

Truth is within your Heart. Feed everything through your Heart, and ask for the Truth of it for you.

There will still be many on your Planet who are worshiping at the “altar of the mind”. Do not let that concern you unduly, for they will find the Light within themselves in their appropriate time. Focus on yourselves. Focus on the Truth within your Heart.

Your Truth will enable you to ask the right questions. When you ask the right questions, you receive the answers from within your own Heart -the answers of Truth – not of right or wrong, but of Truth.

I ask you to consider this Dear Ones. Embrace the Truth within your Hearts.

I thank you and I bless you.

David J Adams
"Every atom of your Being is a library of wisdom"
http://www.dolphinempowerment.com/MarineMeditation.htm

Four Phases of Personal Growth

2012-04-30T21:40:00.000-04:00

As a result of our cosmic abandonment issues (www.awakener.com Articles) we generally reside at either end of the behavior spectrum. At one end of the spectrum is maintaining control – doing for others but not allowing others to do for you. At the opposite end of the spectrum is co-dependency – doing to be loved; both are reactive behavior patterns.

As you ponder your reactive behavior patterns or those of others, try to keep in mind that we are all going through various phases of personal growth. I visualize human beings moving through four growth phases. Those four phases are:

• Phase 1—We Do Unto Others (Ego). We live a life with no consequences for our actions. We murder, lie, cheat, steal, plunder, pillage, rape, burn, torture, and indulge our wildest fantasies.

• Phase 2—Others Do Unto Us (Ego). Whether we were aware of it or not, we had reciprocal agreements with those we victimized in Phase 1.

In Phase 2, those IOU’s are paid back. We are murdered, lied to, cheated on, stolen from, plundered, pillaged, raped, burned, tortured, or the recipient of indulged fantasies. At this point we can become angry, indignant, and seek revenge. We have three options: return to Phase 1, remain in Phase 2 as a “victim,” or go to Phase 3. If we want to pay back what was done to us, we will return to Phase 1, to again become trapped in a karmic cycle of “doing to and being done to.”

• Phase 3—Acceptance of What Is/Was/Will Be. Phase 3 is about potential; a potential for reunification of the ego and the soul and evolving to Phase 4; or the potential to revert to Phase 1 and to ‘do unto others”. If we accept that we chose the role of victim in Phase 2 to balance out our role as perpetrator in Phase 1, we can break out of the karmic cycle of reactive behaviors and shatter the illusion of cosmic abandonment. We begin to have a sense that there is more to existence than what we are able to perceive with our physical senses. We begin an inner journey of self-discovery, leading us to examine our lives, our decisions, and the consequences of those decisions. We want to know who we are and why are we here. We are ready to go to Phase 4.

• Phase 4—Integrating Our Ego and Our Soul. In this phase we reintegrate our ego and soul.

Until we reach Phase 4 the ego can sabotage the soul’s attempts to remember it chose to be here, rather than being sent here. The ego’s abandonment issues are evident every time we do something out of fear, whether it’s due to codependent actions or actions that give the illusion of being in control. More often than not, the soul tries to ignore the ego and its fear-based decisions. It feels its divineness and wants to reconnect with Source. It believes that the ego holds it back and therefore tries to ignore ego-based feelings and emotions. This attitude drives a wedge between the ego and the soul. The ego, feeling abandoned and ignored by the soul, sabotages the soul’s desire for reconnection with creation.

I can best explain this with a picture. We’ve all seen the cartoon where a dog is enticed to chase another animal and just as it is about to catch it he reaches the end of his leash and is suddenly jerked backward. The same situation applies to us. We may commit ourselves to the spiritual path and pursue it with determination and single-minded focus. Everything seems to fall into place when, all of a sudden, we are jerked backward. Stunned at the sudden change, we question Spirit. We are confused, even angry; haven’t we been doing everything required of us? Yes we have. But, in the process, we have neglected an important aspect of our self—the ego. It was the ego that jerked on the chain to remind the soul that this is a partnership and that the ego will no longer be ignored.

How do we get the soul and ego to work together? Try this exercise:

Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed by others or by the sounds of electrical devices. Sit down and close your eyes. Slowly inhale through your nose for a count of five. Hold this breath for a count of five and then slowly exhale through your lips for a count of five. Repeat this three times. When you feel relaxed, visualize being inside your body.

As a third party (your essence), acknowledge the presence of the ego and then recognize the presence of the soul. Mentally project them out of your head into a space where they can sit across from each other. Speaking to both at the same time, invite them to join you in a dialog about their relationship. Ask the ego to explain its reasons for sabotaging the soul whenever it tries to soar, or ask if it feels the soul gives it enough respect. Ask the ego about its abandonment issues, and if there is anything else it wants to discuss. Thank the ego for expressing its feelings. Then ask the soul why it doesn’t give the ego more respect. Ask the soul what could be more important than working in partnership with its physical aspect that helps ground it to the planet. Thank the soul. Thank them both for agreeing to form a conscious partnership.

Now direct them to speak with each other and reach a solution that will allow them to work as a team. While they are doing this, continue to observe as a third party. Once they reach a solution, thank them for their hard work and ask them to state what they have agreed upon. Thank them again and then invite both back into your mental space where the three of you meld into a single entity. This new self will have the courage to make decisions that will enable it to evolve to its highest potential.

Being aware of these four developmental phases and using the above exercise can enable us to make fewer reactive life choices and more conscious choices.

One final thought,

…This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3

Lovin’ what I’m doin’ and where I’m at . . . .

Michael is the author of Numerology for Healing and Decoding Behavior Patterns with Numerology both by Inner Traditions/Bear & CO. He has also written a textbook Know Your Numbers, Know Your Self: Discovering the Solutions to Your Life’s Challenges that describes his system of Cosmic Numerology. Michael is available for consultations and presentations; he can be reached via email at Michael@awakener.com or on his cell phone 561.866.5479.

May 2012 Astrological Perspectives From the Sky

2012-04-30T20:52:00.000-04:00

(c) Leo Knighton Tallarico

May and June bring us the eclipses and other powerful planetary configurations that promise to shake up the world and our personal lives so we can bring positive transformation and healing to our lives. May starts the change ball rolling, especially the second half of the month. June and the summer of 2012 intensify the energies even more. Some may begin to feel these winds of change after the Full Moon on May 5.

There is a Full Moon in Taurus/Scorpio on May 5 at 11:35 PM EDT. The solid sturdiness of Taurus is confronted with intense Scorpionic emotional upheaval. Is it better to engage emotionally or to keep a cool distance?

The winds of the Eclipse Season are blowing in after the Full Moon. Intensity will be increasing as get closer to that first eclipse. We are two weeks away from the first eclipse, but usually by now some of the issues and themes associated with the eclipse storms are already forming.

On May 15 Venus, the Goddess of heart issues, love and relationship goes retrograde. She will stay retrograde until June 27. During this time relationhips will tend to unwind so you can better view dysfunctional patterns that need to be transformed. There may also be a rewinding of relationships past as you will have memories, dreams, and even visits from people of your past, so you can better understand your current state of relationship.

New people may come into life who also remind you of people or patterns from the past. During this retrograde period you will be given events that assist you in changing your relationships and toxic patterns.

Some relationships will be transformed, and some will end or become more distant. This is not only about romantic relationships, but also about friendships, work relationships and family ties. Since this happens during Eclipse season also, relationship situations could be amplified and intensified.

The first eclipse is on May 20 at 7:47 PM. It is a New Moon Solar Eclipse whose path moves across the western and southwestern USA. It is at 0+ degrees of Gemini. New Moons are times of new beginnings. Solar Eclipses are New Moons that are exponentially stronger than the usual new moon. If you were born May 18-22 you will tend to be most affected. You are ready for needed transformation in your life. If you are a Sun in Gemini person or have other planets in Gemini, you will be most influenced for the next few months.

Issues of learning, information, rapid mental activity, and communication are in the spotlight surrounding this eclipse. Do your best to stay grounded and not get scattered mentally, and be very aware of what you are saying before you say it.

The second eclipse is a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on June 4 at 7:12 AM EDT. It is at 14+ degrees of Gemini/Sagittarius. Full Moons are times of culmination and enlightenment. Lunar Eclipses are exponentially stronger than the usual full moon. If you were born June 2-June 6 you will tend to be most affected. You are ready for needed transformation in your life.

Using information and communication to find meaning, solutions and inspiration is highlighted now. It is best now not to jump too fast to conclusions. Spirits may be flying high and out of control for some.

You would need to know your total natal chart in order to know exactly what planets, and hence what areas of your life are being touched off by these eclipses. Those who have natal planets, like Venus, Mars, etc. that are connected to the degrees of the eclipses will tend to be more affected than others.

In general, however, Gemini is most affected. Sagittarius also tends to have more change now. Pisces and Virgo are the next most influenced.

The Eclipse Season will last generally from May through July. This is when intensity will be the greatest. Events in personal lives and the greater world will be ignited then. Events assosciated with the eclipses may be formed even months after the Eclipse season ends, even after the intensity has subsided.

Eclipses take us out of our usual equilibrium, take us off balance, and thus help us to better move with change.

In the greater world this eclipse season will likely bring important changes that shake up our world. Iran and Syria have become huge concerns to the western world and Israel. The possibility of conflict is high now from May through August. Korea may be another hot spot in the world now.

The economic struggles of Europe could also be affected now, as could the world economy. Other world challenges and natural disasters are also likely.

Please keep in mind that all these world challenges are meant to clear the way for healthier, more unifying energies and patterns to emerge.

Transformation is not usually pretty in process. As many of you know on an individual level, important transformational times often coincide with great challenges in one's life. Losing a job or a relationship breakup or some other difficulty is often the catlayst for healthy changes in life.

The old job was not in the best interest of our deeper soul, authentic self, or true purpose in life. After the job loss we are forced to contemplate our life journey and make deep changes in our psyche and life that open us up to a more fullfilling careeer.

The old relationship was filled with unhealthy and abusive patterns that were reruns of earlier relationships or childhood patterns. The end of the relationship opens us to deep healing and prepares us for healthier relationships in the future.

In the greater world the same premise exists. An old paradigm for living on Earth, attached to a dying Pisces Age of over 2000 years, is ending. A new Aquarian Age is being born, and the birth pains come with major difficulties in the world.

In your personal life, many of you reading this forecast have done much inner work and experienced many transformational and healing periods in your life. These eclipses will help you to continue to release old patterns and energies and open you to evolve more in your consciousness and life.

Others reading this are needing more drastic change in life, so you can lead a more authentic, purposeful, and healthy life. You may or may not know you are ready for deep change in your life. This eclipse period will help you to move out of unhealthy situations and help you to embrace positive change.

Our deeper souls are speaking louder and louder now, and many of us have become very aware that the deeper soul is what is really driving our life vehicle. Our egos make plans based on our “logical” needs for our material lives, but deeper spiritual influences want to take us to the experiences our soul needs.

We are all in the process of evolution from an old paradigm attached to a dying age, and into a paradigm attached to an Aquarian Age or a New Earth as some say.

We are moving into more unity consciousness, knowing all is connected not separate.

The Aquarian Age is about liberation of the individual human heart and soul. It is about each individual taking responsibility for their role in our human community on our sacred Earth home. The Aquarian Age is Diversity in Unity. It is an honoring of the uniqueness and authenticity of each individual, individuals who are part of a greater world community. The dog eat dog survival of the fittest mentality is ending now with an old age, even if temporarily it might look quite fierce for awhile.

And this Eclipse season of the spring of 2012 will continue to show us that this survival of the fittest mentality will eventually destroy us if we do not evolve further. Our current economic system and military invasions are reflections of this mentality which pits us one against another.

True survival now, the next collective step in evolution, is having a consciousness that knows we are all ONE. The nuclear weapons we have built from a contentious enmity toward one another, are symbols of the old mentality that would destroy us. Each of us is responsible for our own consciousness, and that consciousness is preparing to know unity, that all “tribes” are united into ONE family, and that all the “dots” of the Universe and life are in meaningful and sacred connection.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is co-director of Spiritual Renaissance Center with his soul mate Deborah. He has been a full time professional astrologer, counselor, spiritual guide, and writer for 26 years. He specializes in assisting individuals with the transformation of their consciousness and lives during change and crisis. Knowing the big picture of one's life is essential for positive transformation, and is a big part of any consultation with Leo.

For more information about Leo's readings and consultations, contact him at soulus@aol.com or call him at 207-653-7717. He has a weekly forecast blog at www.spiritualtherapy.wordpress.com, and has a website at www.spiritualrenaissance.com.

To “B” or Not to “B”

2012-04-30T20:49:00.000-04:00

(c) By Misty Wright Gregg

The eight B Vitamins are extremely essential to our good health and work well together in a balanced complex form. They are: B12, Biotin, Folic Acid, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Pyridoxine, Riboflavin, and Thiamin. B-Complex is sometimes referred to as “The Happy Vitamin” because it does so many wonderful things for the body. It aids in the health of the digestive tract and the cardiovascular system by helping to maintain elasticity in the heart. I have found it helpful in warding off migraines.

These days many Americans eat a diet full of processed foods from which the B Vitamins have been removed or destroyed. We still need these vitamins in our diet because they convert food into energy for our body. Some of the things that deplete B Vitamins are: sugar, caffeine, alcohol, birth control pills, sleeping pills, sulfa drugs, estrogen, smoking and stress. Wow! What a list? None of us have any of these issues (right?), but if we did, we might think about adding a B Complex Vitamin to our diet.

When selecting a B Complex Vitamin it is important to make sure it has 100% Biotin (300mcg.) Biotin is an expensive ingredient and some companies have very little in their product. The key to a good B-Complex is a formulation is gluten free, with no artificial colors, preservatives and flavors added.

B-Happy!

Misty Wright Gregg is a preventative healthcare consultant and lives with her family in Virginia. As the owner of the “The Sage Soapbox,” she enjoys traveling for speaking engagements and individual consultations. Please contact her @ 540.314.2324 or www.TheSageSoapbox.com If you would like a free sample of a cleaning product I recommend, please send me an email to: Misty@TheSageSoapbox and write “sample” in the subject line. Include your mailing address in the body of the email.

FAQ About Dancing Dolphin Energy Healing Products

2012-04-06T09:49:00.000-04:00

Someone recently asked about how Dancing Dolphin Essence work and how they affect a person. This was my response:

Hello Dear One:

I'm not sure if you are asking about the regular roll-ons, or the new dolphin formulas that I mentioned in the newsletter.

However, I will attempt to address both.

All Dancing Dolphin Essences, roll-ons, and mists vibrationally address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. That is because one of the components that make up their synergy is a flower or gem essence. They contain significantly more than a traditional flower or gem essence though.

Because of my makeup and how I have been fine tuned as an instrument over the years, I am able to connect with and "bring in" numerous energies from the multiverse - that means multiple dimensions and frequencies. In every Dancing Dolphin product there is an underlying energy of loving and nurturing dolphin healing energetics, as well as the Divine Feminine and the energy of Oneness. The frequencies are often significantly higher, more finely tuned, and more nurturing than many other energy healing choices.

As with all energetic healing modalities, each person and each session is unique. Sometimes there is laughter, sometimes tears, sometimes an overwhelming sense of calm, sometimes a flash of knowing about something that had previously been hidden.

Often the dots start connecting and things begin to make sense. You may have wondered why certain people or situations showed up in your life. Suddenly the answer is there.

The overwhelming response to Dancing Dolphin products has always been a feeling of being nurtured, loved, appreciated, accepted, and issues and disharmonies tend to simply release and go without a lot of mayhem.

Occasionally there might be a flash of a memory that is unpleasant or an uncomfortable emotional sensation such as anger or sadness. These typically are very short lived.

When you use the essences, life just seems to unfold differently. You are at a different vibration, so the world around you often is different. Your reaction to circumstances begins to change. Your emotional ups and downs tend to balance out.

I've heard more than one report of a person being asked if they are wearing new makeup or if something else is different because they look fabulous. When you are in balance, you look and feel better and it shows.

The links you are looking for are here:

http://www.dancing-dolphin-essences.com/Roll-On.htm - this is the regular roll-on essence page

http://www.absolutejoynow.com/2012/04/new-dancing-dolphin-formula-now.html - this is the new dolphin formulas page for specific emotionally trying issues.

http://www.dancing-dolphin-essences.com/ - this is the main website. You can read a bit about the essences on the home page.

http://www.dancing-dolphin-essences.com/What-Are-Dancing-Dolphin-Essences.htm - this page goes into more detail about the essences.

The two write-up pages have not been updated in quite a while. I'm in the middle of publishing a book. Anyway, the oil base is now all organic and contains fractionated coconut, red raspberry seed, and jojoba.

The write up pages still mention olive oil and they do not yet talk about the energy of Oneness being part of the base.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Have a deLightful day,
Takara
http://www.absolutejoynow.com

There's Only Plan A . . . Creation

2012-04-05T07:32:00.000-04:00

Michael Brill with Takara

There’s Only Plan A . . . Creation

© Michael Brill

In a previous column, I wrote about having the courage to allow it to happen, to trust it will happen, and then experience it happening. This month, I want to write about the original Plan A . . . Creation.

The reason most of us fail to believe there’s only Plan A, is we haven’t quite resolved our “cosmic and 3D abandonment issues.” (www.awakener.com, articles … abandonment issues). We have difficulty remembering that we are part of the original creation energy. We have occasional lightening bolts of remembrances that illuminate our higher Self for a few brief seconds and then dissolve into the illusion of separateness.

What I would like to write about is how we can all learn to raise our consciousness by developing the courage to participate in creation by doing what we love, not to be loved or to maintain control (both connected with abandonment issues). We all consciously chose who we were going to be, what we were going to do, and how we intended to do it. We’ve encoded this information in many ways (numerology, astrology, palmistry, etc.) knowing that, as we began the process of individuation, we would forget who we are and why we were traveling to this strange place. These choices were selected while in direct “conversations” with the GOD energies.

I see GOD as a Gathering Of Deities. These “deities” are represented by what we call numbers. There are 9 numbers (1 – 9) each with a unique and harmonious frequency. The tenth number is “0” and contains all the energies of the other 9. We can reduce every thing in our universe to a number. That number will reflect the energy being emitted. In unlimited combinations, these numbers generate the patterns and matter of creation.

Imagine standing in a room that is always dark except when the sun shines through a slit high on the wall. Standing in the darkness, you can’t see a thing. NOthing seems to exist. Yet, when the late afternoon light enters through the slit, its beam illuminates thousands of dust particles. This is how creation begins; pure beams of energy (the numbers) blending with each other to initiate the life, death, and transformation of all matter. In time, the individual particles of dust will be attracted to other particles of dust and ultimately form a dust-ball. At first glance, the dust-ball appears to be a uniform grey. However, looked at through a magnifying glass, you’ll see that the dust-ball is composed of many colored particles. The numbers do the same; they combine to form creations. The numeric string for the word creation equals 40. Four is a number for building solid foundations; the 0 represents direct spiritual assistance. The combination implies that with direct spiritual assistance (0) creation (4) begins. This was the original Plan A . . . be a creator. Each time we interact with something else, we are presented with an opportunity to be a co-creator. Encoded in the letters of our name and birthday are our emotional and psychological characteristics, our choices for this lifetime, our reaction patterns, and our soulutions.

Our personal numbers are pebbles of potential dropped into a sea of creation that create ripples of expanding consciousness. Are we going to “hang 10” and allow the wave to carry us towards our destiny or are we going to bail out because we think we can’t do it or don’t deserve success? That’s the difference between allowing Plan A (faith based) to manifest or prematurely switching to Plan B (fear based) because of a perceived lack of support.

Plan A is about creation. When we work in harmony with Spirit; when we learn to surrender our will to the Divine Plan, when we release our agenda’s and embrace our preferences, when we become who we were meant to be, our Plan A’s will be fulfilled. Our lives will become cornucopias from which our Plan A’s will tumble out.

For years I was frustrated that none of my plans were coming to fruition. I always had to go to Plan B. I spent 10 years doing what I thought Spirit wanted me to do when in actuality I had a hidden agenda. It was so hidden, even I couldn’t see it. I wanted to be validated for my knowledge, expertise, and loving nature. If I was validated, I would be welcomed into everyone’s circle. I would not be abandoned or betrayed. Then one day it hit me: I was doing to be loved; I was trying to control the events in my life. I was living in illusion, not divine guidance.

I asked Spirit for guidance and was told to let go of my FEARs (Failures, Excuses, Avoidance, Repetition of old patterns) and embrace FAITH (Fervor for my mission, Acceptance of my divine self, use my Intuition, Trust in divine rightness, see the Humor in life.) I consciously committed to this change in 2003. It was rough at first, trusting that GOD knew more than me, and that everything that occurred in my life was for my highest good and spiritual growth. But I finally reconciled my ego’s (Easing God Out) abandonment anxieties with my higher Self’s determination to fulfill its mission. I’ve learned to balance my ego’s emotional and physical needs with my higher Self’s desire to strengthen its connection with divine will.

How?

…By ordering what I desire from life like I would order from a restaurant’s menu. I state my preferences with no emotional attachment and expect them to arrive – and they do! This is why I see life as a continuous fulfillment of our Plan A where we co-create with Spirit and allow ourselves to be guided by what feels right in our heart.

Globally, this year as well as the next four years will provide many opportunities for people, businesses, and governments to let go of fear based selfishness and begin embracing mutual cooperation by developing Plan A’s that benefit everyone.

The energy of a Universal Year is an underlying influence on the energy of Personal Year’s. Following is a brief interpretation of some possibilities

2013 is a universal six year (2+0+1+3= 6.) Worldwide there could be issues with water, either too much or too little. It is a year when real estate will come to the forefront. It is a time for beginning and/or ending relationships involving people, governments, and businesses as well as a time for strengthening your relationship with Spirit.

2014 is a universal seven (7) year. The influence of the seven will provide opportunities that will require faith, patience, and the realization that the only thing we can control is our decisions. The underlying energy is about learning to make more proactive decisions and fewer reactive decisions. It is a year that can help us move closer to doing what we love rather than to being loved or trying to maintain control. Hopefully, this year will be the catalyst for more emotional and spiritual global clarity and collaboration.

2015 is a universal eight (8) year. The presence of an eight always indicates financial issues or legal proceedings. Globally, there could be serious financial issues. It can also indicate pay-back time for those (people, businesses, or governments) that did not “cooperate” in the universal 2 year, build constructively in their 4 universal year, or be of “service” in their 6 universal year.

2016 is a universal nine (9) year and brings the nine year global cycle, which began in 2008, to its conclusion. (Ring any bells?) Everything that has occurred since 2008 has the potential to repeat itself with more or less intensity. This year calls for releasing old beliefs and behavior patterns so that we can begin new Plan A’s. This year will set a global tone for the new nine year cycle that begins in 2017. Will the world continue following a path of individual, group, and nationalist agenda’s or will have learned that all Plan A’s require cooperation for their success?

Lovin’ what I’m doin’ and where I’m at . . . .

Here's the Real Dirt on Clean

2012-04-04T20:01:00.001-04:00

(c) Misty Gregg

As Earth Day (April 22^nd) approaches I am reminded of the reason I created, “The Sage Soapbox.” I was given a wakeup call in 2003 and I believe it is my responsibility to share the information I have learned since then.

It was late November 2003, just before my 40^th birthday when I heard the dreadful words from my doctor, “You have a brain tumor.” My doctor sent me to a specialist who asked me, “What products do you use to clean your house?” I had a whole list of products I used. They were the same ones my mother and grandmother used. Many of them had scary warning labels and most were heavily scented. I loved those fragrances and in those days, I actually thought when people came to our home they would smell how clean it was! Clean does not have a smell, but I bought into the advertising which would lead me to believe so.

So, fast forward a few weeks…My husband and I interviewed several Neurosurgeons with a list of questions. We decided that a craniotomy would be the best solution, so that I would have the entire tumor removed and have the pathology report. The tumor was benign, YAY! I had thirty-seven stitches in my head and a friend said to me, “You’d better be careful what type of shampoo you use, because what goes on your skin goes in your bloodstream.” I was floored by that statement. It had never occurred to me the products I put on my body would go in my body. This was the beginning of my research.

I found out there were approximately 81,000 new chemicals registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States over the last thirty to fifty years and less than 20% had been tested for toxicity! That leaves over 64,000 chemicals not tested and not knowing if they are safe…what happens if we mix a few of them together? And so, The Sage Soapbox was born. I was always on my soapbox about my findings. I wanted people to ask questions and make informed decisions about the products that were going in them, on them and around them. I began to ask questions about ingredients in personal care products too. Well, what I found out about some personal care products scared me silly, but that is a topic for another time.

We spend substantially more time in our homes than we do outside of them, so it stands to reason we have more extensive exposure to pollutants in our home. Let’s take a look at some of these potentially harmful things found in our homes: carpeting, pressed wood furniture, dry clean clothing and cleaning supplies. It might not be so easy to replace carpet and furniture, but looking for safer cleaning supplies is an easy place to start. You can begin by reading labels on the cleaning products. I was shocked to learn some of my favorite cleaning supplies have several toxic ingredients in them. Here are several ingredients to steer clear of: Formaldehyde, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Hydrochloric Acid, Petroleum Distillates, Ammonia, Sodium Hydroxide, Butyl Cellosolve and Bleach. The EPA website is a wonderful resource to find out about ingredients which are dangerous to human health.

I grew up bleaching everything. When I learned more about the harmful effects of bleach, our daughter said to me, “It’s amazing I am alive; you bought me toys made of PVC and bleached them!” When I knew better, I did better. Interestingly enough there is a direct correlation between us removing all the questionable cleaning products from our home eight years ago and my son, daughter and I no longer have asthma or need inhalers.

Have you ever been in a small space using a couple different of cleaning products together and you get that overwhelming feeling you might pass out? The warning labels say not to inhale these products, yet we use the trigger spray, they become airborne and we breathe them in. Why do most people do not take the warnings seriously? I did not really take them seriously until I had a brain tumor. I guess I thought companies would not sell things that would actually hurt us.

What are safer alternatives? I use products with sustainable ingredients from natural sources, products that are not tested on animals. Check the labels to see if your products are made with biodegradable surfactants and recyclable packaging. When we select products that are healthier for people, they are also healthier for the planet.

If you would like a free sample of a cleaning product I recommend, please send me an email to: Misty@TheSageSoapbox and write “sample” in the subject line. Include your mailing address in the body of the email.

Make Every Day Earth Day!

Bloodstone - The Healing Power of Crystals and Gems

2012-04-04T18:33:00.000-04:00

(c) AnnaMariah

What can be a more perfect gemstone for April and Easter than Bloodstone (aka Heliotrope)? Although it’s not the traditional gemstone for the month (the diamond wins that privilege) bloodstone is the Zodiac birthstone. The legend of the origin of bloodstone says that it was first formed when some drops of Christ's blood fell and stained some dark green jasper at the foot of the cross. It’s also frequently called the martyr stone and can be of great help to those who need additional courage and stamina to overcome adversity.

Are you a “Spiritual Warrior” or in service to mankind in some way. If you are battling obstacles for the world or just in your own life, bloodstone will assist you in finding support and courage during times of adversity, while remaining attuned to what you know in your heart to be correct and true.

I may be opening up a can of worms here I feel there is a difference between martyrdom and noble sacrifice. This is completely my own belief and definition, and perhaps speaks more of a martyr complex, and victim attitude in which it seems that the martyr desires others to see their sacrifice in order to validate something in themselves. Noble sacrifice, to me, is about putting ourselves out there energetically, physically or emotionally to help the growth of mankind, earth, etc, but in a way that still allows us to live a life that is rich and full of meaning, not sacrificing it all to pain and angst.

Martyrdom is something I believe we should strive to leave behind, but that doesn’t mean we turn our backs on being of service. My feeling is that we need to find ways to support and renew ourselves so that we have a reasonable balance between giving and receiving…this allows us to re-energize, and deepen our commitment from a place of strength. Bloodstone can help us by reminding us of what’s in our heart, giving us the strength to persevere when needed, but also the ability to make wise decisions based on our knowledge of what will sustain us in the long-term.

You won’t be easily swayed by discouragement or unbelievers as your sense of what is yours to do is stronger than the negativity coming towards you.

Have you ever felt abandoned by those who don’t share or understand your spiritual quest? Sadly this is the fate of many who step outside the box and seek a new way of being. Bloodstone may assist in healing your heart and by strengthening your connection to the divine. It can also help you to connect to those who do understand your path and can offer support, encouragement and companionship along the way.

Bloodstone speaks of the here and now and helps you dispel sluggishness in the root chakra allowing a stronger life force.

Normally I focus on just one gemstone but April is going to have to be an exception. Diamond is the traditional birthstone for April, and while it has beautiful properties and is loved by almost everyone, it’s not within everyone’s price point, so I thought I’d offer up the Zodiac birthstone of Bloodstone as an alternative

I have loved bloodstone for a long time and there is surprisingly little information about it and what I have looked up is rather diverse and not at all cohesive. The one thing they all seem to agree on is a feeling of grounded courage.

Confidence that life will be good

Produces high prosperity consciousness and willingness for abundance to show up in your life and that it is all right to have what you want. Allows you to move into a space that there will be enough, and out of any fear that there just isn’t enough to go around.

Are you feeling called upon to be a “Spiritual Warrior”

AnnaMariah is a gemstone empath, Reiki Master, and guardian of the stones who listens to the guidance of the stones to create transformational gemstone jewelry. Each stone is reactivated with the original energy of creation and is tasked to assist the wearer or recipient of its energy to awaken to full consciousness of who they are and what is theirs to do. In this way you step out of the darkness and into your full light of being.

http://www.boldbodaciousjewelry.com
annamariahnau@gmail.com
703-763-1655

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It's Not Always Easy to Walk Your Talk

2012-04-04T16:38:00.000-04:00

(c) Debbie Takara Shelor

When you make a commitment to lead a God-centered life, with the aim of become your Higher Self ~ embodying the Divinity that is the real you ~ dramatic changes in beliefs, behavior, and attitude are often required.

Around every corner there are opportunities to "walk your talk."

Achieving enlightenment no longer requires becoming a monk, completely devoting yourself to a particular religion or mystery school, and living apart from regular society. If you pay attention, your everyday life offers ample opportunity to learn, grow, evolve, and completely let go of the past.

Comparing yourself to Jeshua ben Joseph (Jesus), Buddha, the Dalai Lama, or another Avatar, could leave you feeling significantly less than or imperfect.

On the other hand, when you choose to emulate one of these enlightened beings, learning to think as they think and act as they act, radical shifts in consciousness, synchronicity, and joy are the natural result.

Limiting beliefs, fears, judgments, expectations, and attachments to outcomes are pesky things that keep you stuck where you are right now. They simply have to be addressed. And, unfortunately, that's what makes spiritual growth really hard sometimes.

Experiencing expanded awareness and enlightenment is not simply playing around with fabulous frequencies and feeling great while doing it. It's about radical shifts mentally, emotionally, and physically at the cellular, DNA, and adamantine particle levels that leave you permanently in a higher state of consciousness ~ literally closer to God.

Raising your consciousness is a lot like climbing a mountain. In the bible it was described as climbing Jacob's Ladder. The climb is in your personal resonant vibration, your consciousness, and awareness. Along with those, a significantly greater level of compassion, forgiveness, surrender and devotion to the Divine Presence is required.

You can not reach certain levels if you judge others, hold grudges about the "wrongs" you have experienced, harbor fears and prejudices, or have a "holier than thou" attitude towards others. Any one of those can trip you up and keep you firmly stuck at a certain level, unable to even see the next level you could be at if you were only willing to let go of something.

I've been actively climbing for quite some time. And I literally sequestered myself away from society for several years. I lived on a small island in the Northwest. I lived on top of a mountain in the middle of a state park in Southern California for about a year. I lived north of Santa Fe, NM on a dirt road away from everything for over 9 years. At each of these locations, I spent a great deal of time in nature, in meditation, and in inner-reflection.

When situations occurred that got me off center ~ angry, sad, frustrated, fearful, or confused ~ I meditated, dowsed, asked for assistance from the Divine, and sought counsel from the books and wise friends and teachers I drew to myself. I needed to know "why" I felt these things so I could heal the root cause of the disharmonies within me that had caused the disharmony to show up in my life. In deep meditation I was given tools, technologies, and answers to these questions. It is my job to share those with you, so you don't have to take years out of your life and sequester yourself away in nature. There is no longer time for all of that.

I recently began experiencing and radiating a most extraordinary energy. It has taken every single moment, meditation, change in beliefs, and act of faith that I have ever experienced to get me to the level of consciousness and awareness necessary to receive and utilize this exquisite level of frequency. I feel immensely blessed and grateful for all the people and situations that got me here.

In the title of the article I said it is sometimes hard to walk your talk. One of the things I had to do recently to move higher up the mountain of consciousness was forgive a few situations and people I had not yet forgiven. The list included a few that you may not have forgiven either.

This series of forgiveness scenarios began with the oral surgeon who cut out my wisdom teeth when I was in high school. The day of my surgery, I had a raging fever. The surgeon performed the surgery anyway. It was a horribly traumatic experience. Not only did I cry uncontrollably for several hours afterward, but I was left without access to the photographic memory I'd been born with. Even though it happened ages ago, I had never let that go. The blame was buried deep in my subconscious mind until it bubbled to the surface recently. I was still blaming the doctor for not doing the right thing. I was still blaming my parents for taking me in for surgery when I was so very ill. Mine was the first appointment of the day and they just didn't know what to do about that. If you didn't show up for your appointment, you were charged a significant amount of money. They had no idea that when I was taken back to see the doctor that I wouldn't come out until the surgery was over.

Being angry with someone because of something that happened in the past harms only one person - and that's you! It keeps you stuck in the past instead of being fully present in the now. Shame, blame, and victimhood do not serve you.

It's so funny the things we forgive and don't forgive. I forgave the guy who raped me. I forgave my former husband for his infidelity. But I hadn't forgiven the doctor who took away my photographic memory. I guess the reason I forgave the others is that the pain from them was so significant that if I didn't forgive, I literally couldn't go on. The surgery was just a past memory that was hidden from view. My judgment of the situation was still negatively affecting me. I just didn't know that it was.

Next were some historical characters that I never even knew I was expected to forgive. And yet, that is what was required of me.

Night after night I had been reading Return of the Rebel Angels by Timothy Wyllie. In there he talks about how the Urantia Book indicates that the Lucifer Rebellion is over, and that the parties involved have been forgiven. And it hit me like a ton of bricks, I have to personally forgive not only Lucifer and those who rebelled with him, but also characters like Hitler.

Weren't you astonished awhile back when you heard about the man who went into a school of Amish kids and killed the children and then himself, and that the elders of the Amish community went to his family and said that they have forgiven this man who had murdered their children. Do you know the level of love and forgiveness it takes to do such a thing?

I have also been reading aloud to my son my favorite series called The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East. The first 3 books in that series truly are the most remarkable teachings I have ever encountered. In a certain passage Jesus comes forth - in the flesh - and talks to those gathered. He talks to them of forgiveness and he invites in another who has also ascended and has joined him in the band of existence where he now abides. His name is Pilot. You have probably heard of him also. They embrace. Apparently it took Pilot a long time to forgive himself for the way things unfolded and the role he played in all of that. But now, many centuries later, it is as if none of that ever happened.

I'm not saying we need to condone the actions of the past that resulted in pain and death to people and their way of life. Jewish people, black people, native people, women, the poor, and many others including animals and land have been mistreated over the eons of human existence. What I'm saying is that we have to stop being angry about it now. It's done. It's over.

Jesus has already forgiven. God has already forgiven. Now its your turn.

It is beyond our comprehension to know why certain things have occurred. We need to trust that all is in Divine timing and that the past truly is the past. We need to be responsible for our actions now and how they impact others. And we even need to be concerned with how our words and actions could potentially impact the future.

With the release of my anger and judgment over these situations and people from the past, something clicked within me and I was able to make a fairly big leap up the mountain of consciousness. It allowed me to access the new energy which I was never able to access previously.

Finally, with this new energy, I have been able to create the Essence of Oneness - something I've known for ages that I had to do, and yet couldn't until now. It is absolutely the most extraordinary essence formula I have ever developed. Every Dancing Dolphin Roll-On and Mist now contains a single drop of the Essence of Oneness as part of its base frequency. Talk about taking things to an entirely new level! WOW.

When you are stuck at a certain level of the mountain you are climbing in consciousness, unable to ascend any further without help, these tools are there to literally lift you up so you can access and grab hold of the next higher level than where you are now. That is true whether you are a newbie on the path or you have been teaching and assisting others for decades

Have a deLightful day,
Takara

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April 2012 Astrological Perspectives from the Sky

2012-04-04T16:35:00.000-04:00

Copyright (c) Leo Knighton Tallarico. All Rights Reserved.

We enter April, having recently experienced the fresh new air of Spring Equinox and an Aries New Moon. But we are also experiencing the rewind movement of Mercury and Mars retrograde as April begins.

It is like getting mixed messages from the Universe. On the one hand Spring Equinox and an Aries New Moon bring frequencies of new beginnings, fresh starts, and active energies. But it is usually wise to not make any big moves or big decisions until those retrograde planets go direct.

Not too long into April these planets go back direct. And your ideas and life plans can go forward.

Mercury goes back direct on April 4. Mercury rules the “airwaves” of mind and communication. Those airwaves carry much static during Mercury Retrograde. Perception has shifted, decisions are more difficult to make.

After April 4 those airwaves begin to clear up and mental clarity begins to sharpen. Resolution is easier to attain. Answers are easier to find. Yet it may take several days after Mercury goes direct before complete clarity is found and direction is more obvious. We may have to wait for Mars.

Mars goes direct on April 13. While Mars has been retrograde, many have been brought to a place in their life and consciousness where they have been reflecting on what they really want and where they want to go with their lives.

Now after April 13, when both Mercury and Mars are Direct again, people will be more able to know what they really desire for their life, what actions to take, and what direction to move. It is time for moving forward with change.

And next month, when there is the first of two eclipes in a row, a Solar Eclipse New Moon in Gemini on May 20, change and deep transformation in our lives will accelerate greatly. This change will erupt in our lives in May, June and into the summer of 2012. There will be breakdowns and breakthroughs into new phases of our lives.

But first we go through April, a month when we begin to open to change, change which will accelerate greatly in late spring and summer.

On April 6, which is Good Friday, just two days after Mercury goes direct, there is Full Moon in Libra at 3:19 PM EDT. This is a good time to balance your personal needs and your independence with the needs of your relationship. If you have been giving your self away, it is time to empower your self; and if you have been too self involved, it is time to think more about the needs of your partner or friend.

On April 10 Pluto, the planet of deep, intense and powerful transformation changes from direct to retrograde motion. The importance of Pluto retrograde does not rival the importance of Mercury, Mars, and Venus retrograde; nevertheless, the days surrounding a Pluto shift in direction, whether going direct or going retrograde, are intense. Sometimes then we find ourselves in critical situations. These situations can bring a cathartic intensity which results in a clearing and resolution.

In the greater world powerful events often occur in the days surrounding Pluto's shifting direction.

On April 15 the Sun opposes Saturn, which brings a tightening of energies. This aspect can feel like a stop sign, where you are presented with situations that control your movements or bring in unwanted obligations or responsibilities. April 15 being Tax Day fits the Sun/Saturn energetic.

On April 19 the Sun moves into Taurus, and on April 21 the Moon joins the Sun there to make a New Moon in Taurus. Taurus is fixed Earth, and as such takes the forceful fiery energies of Aries new beginnings and grounds them. So what you began last month can now be made more practical and manifested.

Taurus resonates well with security, comfort, and pleasure. It is being in touch with the physical senses. Taurus is solid and calm. It is about physical nurturance and home. Taurus likes to have security and physical resources, and money and real estate are means to those ends. Use this Taurus time of year to get in touch with your physical needs for comfort and security and for making real and pracical your ideas and dreams.

The winds of the Eclipse season may be starting to blow in after this New Moon in Taurus. They will pick up and be stronger winds after the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 5. These winds will get more and more powerful leading up to the first eclipse on May 20.

That first eclipse will be a Solar Eclipse New Moon in Gemini. It will be followed by a Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Sagittarius. These aspects will shake up the status quo and motivate change.

We will discuss these eclipses in much more detail in our forecast for May.

Have a lovely April.

New Dancing Dolphin Formula Now Available

2012-04-03T11:59:00.000-04:00

New Dancing Dolphin Formulas Now Available!

The new formulas address some pretty powerful issues.

I often get emails and phone calls from people who tell me they are facing various scenarios and want to know how Dancing Dolphin Essences can help them. Often, I create a custom blend for that person and any issues they face at the time.

Certain scenarios, however, have shown up often enough that a specific blend was needed to assist anyone facing that issue.

I created the Dancing Dolphin Formulas with that in mind. We gave each one a number so we wouldn't have to put the issue on the bottle. Each Dolphin Formula assists with healing the emotional wounds you experience when you are facing :

#1 - Betrayal

#2 - Abandonment

#3 - Unloveable / Unworthy

#4 - Fear of Death / Mortality

#5 - Rejection

#6 - Broken Heart

#7 - Judged / Judgment

#8 - Shame

#9 - Guilt

#10 - Sexual Abuse

#11 - Victimhood

#12 - Blind Faith

#13 - Self Esteem

#14 - Blame

#15 - Severe Trauma

#16 - Leaving a Bad Relationship

#17 - Relocation

#18 - Post Traumatic Stress

#19 - Addiction

#20 - Birth Trauma

#21 - Miscarriage

#22 - Abortion

#23 - Still Birth

#24 - Grief

#25 - Loss

#26 - Death of a Loved One

#27 - Invaders / Bugs

#28 - Fear

Have a deLightful day,

Takara

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We Are in Awe of the Illumination that is Radiating Forth From the Earth Planet

2012-04-03T11:55:00.001-04:00

PENDRAGON MEDITATION CIRCLE 26th March 2012

HILARION THROUGH DAVID J ADAMS

WE ARE IN AWE OF THE ILLUMINATION THAT IS RADIATING FORTH FROM THE EARTH PLANET

Greetings Beloveds, I am Hilarion.

If you could but see the Illumination that has taken placed within the Ocean Consciousness of your Planet, you would be in awe as we are. The whole of the Earth is vibrating with a frequency of Light never before seen throughout the Cosmos.

The beautiful Beings of Light within the Ocean Consciousness are singing songs of great joy and they become filled with this new Light of Illumination.

As for Humanity, and the Humanity Consciousness, there is just a glimmer of the Awakening of Enlightenment, and as this year progresses in your linear time, this Enlightenment will become more and more obvious throughout the Earth, and as the Humanity Consciousness takes upon itself the energies of Enlightenment, it will begin to meld more deeply with the Illumination of the Ocean Consciousness.

It is the duty of the Oceans at this time, to hold this Light frequency of Illumination and Enlightenment, and to embrace Humanity progressively, allowing them - in the fullness of their time - to become filled with this new and powerful Light of understanding.

As Humanity awakens to the Enlightenment of themselves, they will begin to create the world that has been prophesised - the world of Peace - the world of Love - the world of Harmony.

The many Beings of Light who have moved to other dimensional frequencies of the Earth will once more come into your awareness; will once more communicate their Light, and their Love, adding it to the Illumination of the Ocean Consciousness.

If you look now Dear Ones through your Hearts at the Oceans of your Planet, you will see them vibrate with a different frequency. You will see them in their illumined state, and you will be in awe of what has taken place.

You Dear ones, through your open Hearts have created this change. It is not something that is imposed from above, from outside your Planet - oh yes, there are many Beings of Light surrounding your Planet at this time - waiting, watching, ready to embrace you with their Love.

This will not happen until your Hearts are sufficiently opened to be able to acknowledge and respect their differences, and as the old energies of the third dimensional frequencies fade and dissolve, your Hearts will open more, and you will see more. You will see into other dimensional frequencies, and you will reach out with Love in your Heart - not with the fear of the past - and you will embrace the many Beings of Light throughout the Cosmos that come to you in Love.

For Love is always the key to Awakening. You cannot awaken when you are surrounded by the shadows of fear, when you are wrapped in the energies of anger.

Love creates a Peacefulness, a Joyfulness, and as you look through your Hearts and see the Earth through your Hearts, and see other Beings of Light through your Hearts, the Light frequencies will rise and rise, and you will become one with the illumined Ocean Consciousness.

Dear Hearts, we have worked together for eons of time, and we are coming to the end of one journey and the beginning of another.

Do not be afraid.

Do not be afraid of change.

Embrace it.

Welcome it into your lives.

For as you radiate the Light within your Hearts, you begin to change all that is around you.

It is time to let go of the old ways of focusing on what you do not have, instead of expressing gratitude for what you do have. What is created within your world is created by your thoughts and your feelings.

So focus not on the negatives, focus instead on the gratitude and the Love and the Light that is within your own Hearts, but also surrounds you.

Look for that Light in everyone you meet. Too often in the past you have looked to the shadows in others. It is time Dear Ones to look only for the Light, and to welcome that Light and express your gratitude for that Light, for the sharing, for the harmonising of the frequencies of the Earth.

Take time to spend a little time during your day beside the Ocean. Close your eyes and open your Hearts and see the glow of Illumination, and feel the embrace of the vibration of Harmony, and allow that to empower you, that each step that you take in this year to come may build on the one before, uplifting, creating Light within yourself to share with others.

I say again Dear Ones, we are in awe of what you have achieved.

We are in awe of the Illumination that is radiating forth from the Earth Planet.

Embrace it.

Empower it within yourself, and reach out to all those who share that Light of Love.

I embrace you with the Light of my Love, and I thank you.

David J Adams

"Every atom of your Being is a library of wisdom"

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Precession - a Fabulous Word and Concept from Buckminster Fuller

2012-03-16T14:02:00.000-04:00

Precession. Don't ya just love it?

O.K., I realize you may not know what precession is. Its a Buckminster (I call him Bucky) Fuller word that means things often work at 90 degree angles (almost wrote angels, haha) instead of in a straight line.

Here are two applications that I know of:

First of all is how to use it with kids. This is a GREAT tip I learned from Randolph Craft, who learned it from Bucky himself. Kids, and most people actually, have a hard time accepting a compliment. You say to your son or daughter, "Honey, I'm so amazed at your drawing. You have such talent."

The kid's immediate response is to put up a big mental block or wall that rejects the idea and says, "Yeah mom, sure. You are my mother. You have to say things like that."

And we all behave pretty much like that when it comes to hearing good things about ourselves. Its sad really!

But, if you apply precession, a whole new world opens up.

Instead of looking at your son or daughter, who is right in front of you. You get them at 90% of you (a right angle), just within ear shot, and you tell someone else who is standing right in front of you how fabulous you think your son's drawing is.

When they are not the person in front of you, they put up no defenses. They hear what you say and they take it in without resistance. And, of course, they feel really good inside. And they believe that if you are telling someone else, you must actually mean it.

Another application is how it applies in your business life.

According to Randy, again who learned it from Bucky, most people work straight in front of themselves. They affirm success. And they take actions, do advertising, try to convince the person standing right in front of them to buy their gizmo or hire them for whatever service they do. They are working in a straight line, sending things straight out and expecting the results to come straight back at them.

It often doesn't work that way.

Instead, you can be working over here, putting out ideas and information on one thing and out of the blue someone contacts you about something completely different.

If you are stuck in straight line mode, you will wave them off believing that it has nothing to do with your current interest, project, or whatever. When in fact, it is how precession works. Your focus is straight ahead of you, but according to Bucky, all the best things the Universe brings to you come from a right angle.

So you have to be ever vigilant looking for the opportunities and signs that are not right in front of you, but are there nonetheless.

I'm over here working on my latest book, updating blogs, and the Universe is sending me emails from people I've never heard of, and have no idea how they found me, offering me money for something completely different.

I just LOVE THAT!

Have a deLightful day,
Takara

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Spring Equinox 2012 is Almost Here

2012-03-09T18:05:00.001-05:00

Have you noticed how gorgeous everything outside is becoming as we get closer and closer to Spring Equinox 2012?

The trees are beginning to bud, vines are spreading their green leaves, the daffodils have popped out of the soil to show off their beauty.

Every spring things feel fresh and new.

How about the new things showing up in your world. What have you noticed?

Have a deLightful day,
Takara

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To Everything There is a Season . . . hummm?

2012-03-01T08:29:00.000-05:00

(c) Misty Wright Gregg

At this time of the year (March and April), it is common to hear people say we are going from “Cold and Flu Season” to “Allergy Season.” I would speculate 100 years ago, there were no such “seasons” and I would venture to say we could skip those seasons all together if we make different lifestyle choices.

The way we get colds, flu and those “seasonal allergies” is through our weakened immune system. Instead of treating our symptoms with medication, we could strengthen our immune system so we are not a good host for these illnesses.

How would we do it?

Let’s look at some things that weaken our immune system.

Stress is at the top of the list, then sugar and carbohydrates (such as: cookies, crackers, chips, etc.), alcohol and toxins in the environment, among others.

To build a healthy immune system we need to do the following:

·    drink plenty of purified water

·    eat a diet rich in fresh raw vegetables, fruits, and nuts

·    sleep 6-8 hours each night (more if your body needs it)

·    breathe deeply, meditate

·    take time for yourself each day

When we think about what it takes to maintain a healthy body, I make the analogy of our body being like a car. In order to keep a car to running well, we need to:

give it fuel (food),
change the oil (cleanse),
keep the fluids up (hydrate),
rotate the tires (exercise), and
let it rest (sleep) so it will not overheat.

Say for instance we put syrup in the gas tank of the car, it would not run properly. If our car is running low on something it needs, the check engine light comes on, right? The same thing happens to our body. When we are deficient in some nutrients our body needs, it warns us with symptoms: cough, runny nose, etc.

Our body needs the nutrients found in foods grown in nature in order to perform at its highest level. There are approximately 119 nutrients found in food grown from the earth and we only know what 54 of them do for us. These nutrients are there for a reason and it is important we fuel our body with them.

If we fuel our body with processed foods and chemically based foods, our body does not recognize them as the fuel we need. In fact, these types of foods cause damage to our bodies, just as putting syrup in the fuel tank of a car will make the engine run poorly.
You take your car to the mechanic to fix the problems when the check engine light is on. We can look to nature to fix the symptoms that show up in our body when our immune system is compromised.

When you feel cold and flu symptoms coming on, adding extra garlic to your diet is helpful. Garlic has been used for well over 5000 years as an immune system stimulant. It is a natural antibiotic, an anti-inflammatory, helps with sinus problems, and reduces LDL cholesterol and blood pressure.

For allergies and hay fever symptoms, Alfalfa is wonderful! In Arabic, the definition of alfalfa is, “father of all foods.” It is a natural antihistamine and anti-inflammatory. It also cleanses the liver, blood and kidneys.
So remember, when the check engine light comes on in your car, the mechanic will fix the problem.

When your body gives you warning signals, look at what fuels your body and give it what it needs.

Have a Happy, Healthy Day!

Misty Wright Gregg is a preventative healthcare consultant and lives with her family in Virginia. As the owner of the “The Sage Soapbox,” she enjoys traveling for speaking engagements and individual consultations. www.TheSageSoapbox.com Please contact her @ 540.314.2324 or via email: misty@TheSageSoapbox.com

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Love Simply Is the Energy and the Essence of Source

2012-03-01T08:14:00.002-05:00

(c) David J. Adams

PENDRAGON MEDITATION CIRCLE .. 6th February 2012
SANANDA THROUGH DAVID J ADAMS

LOVE SIMPLY IS THE ENERGY AND THE ESSENCE OF SOURCE

The circle opens with the sounds of the Tibetan bowls and the crystal bowl and chimes

Allow the resonance of those Sound vibrations to loosen any remaining vestiges of shadows within your Being, letting go of all that is of fear, and replacing it with pure Light, that your whole Being may be Enlightened completely.

Greetings Beloveds, I am Sananda, Ambassador of Peace from the Cosmos.

When you came to this place at the beginning of time, you came filled with Divine Light, and with the energy of pure Divine Unconditional Love.

As you created your world of duality, you allowed the energies of Love to subside in your density, and move from the embrace of your Heart Chakra down into the Spleen Chakra, where it became a part of your duality – “love and hate”, “fear and love” - competing for space, and Love became just another commodity to serve your learning in the density and the duality.

Each time you moved from this place, and then returned, you came anew with the Divine Unconditional Love.

As you look into the eyes of a babe, you will see no fear. You will see no hate. You will see only the Divine Unconditional Love energy until, in time, the density that you have created once more snuffs out the Divine Unconditional Love.

Once again it becomes a ‘currency’ in your relationships. It is the game that you have chosen to play for eons of time in each and every life time. You bring with you that gift of Pure Unconditional Love, then you shift it downwards into the density and into your Spleen Chakra.

You may ask “why is it important to speak of this now?” Well as we have been telling you for some time – it is now time to let go of old belief systems, old paradigms, old methodologies that were acceptable in the time of denseness and duality, but are no longer relevant in the new world of Love and Light and Oneness.

It is time to begin the process, if you have not already started that process, of lifting that energy of Love back from your Spleen Chakra, up into your Heart Chakra, where once again it will be pure - almost innocent - but powerful as a guiding force in your lives.

You have been asked by Beloved Germain to look at the World through your Heart. To do that effectively you need to lift the energy of Love back into your Heart, and let it go from your Spleen, for the energy of Love is not an emotional response in the New World as it was in the old. It is not a carrot and a stick, as it was in the old world.

The new Earth will be pure of Love and pure of Light, so it is time to let go of those aspects of your existence that no longer serve YOU in the New Earth energies.

It is time to redefine the word “Love” in your minds.

It is time to let go of the ‘emotion’ that you have called Love previously, and to work with the pure “Energy of Love”.

The energy of Love is not unidirectional as the emotion is. It is not about person to person. It is about a contract between you and all that is - everyone, every Being on this Earth, every creature on this Earth. You are capable of embracing with Love - Pure Unconditional Love.

In the past you have treated Love as a currency, almost like your bank account, and you have carefully monitored the inflow and the outflow to ensure that you are in balance, or better still, in profit. But Love is none of those – Love simply is the energy and the essence of Source.

As you embrace the pure energy of Love within your Hearts, and allow that to shine forth and embrace all those around you, and all those around the Earth - you will release yourselves from the shackles of the past.

You will feel within yourself a new sense of freedom.

The reality Dear Ones, is that you have not been enslaved by others, you have enslaved yourselves ! but that time is over.

It is time to be free, to be free to show your Love for ‘ALL THAT IS.

Take a moment to simply sit within your Heart and feel the purity of the Love Energy, unencumbered by the debts of the past. The shackles fall away, and a new lightness takes possession of your Being, and you look out upon the World in a totally different way.

For when you sit within the Energy of Love - you feel and see yourself in a different way - no longer a slave to the emotional rollercoaster of your life - peaceful, calm, harmonious, enlightened.

Feel how joyful that is, how much your body resonates anew to the sound of Love.

I ask you to focus daily when you arise from your sleep, on the “Energy of Love”, and allow that to flow from you as you move through your daily tasks.

Let your Light shine strongly.

Do not concern yourself unduly with the reactions of others, simply BE the Light and Love that you are, and you will change the World simply by being in the Energy of Love.

I bless and thank you for sharing your special Light with me this evening.

I embrace you with the deepest Love in my Heart.

David J Adams

"Every atom of your Being is a library of wisdom"
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David's message about the Global Cetacean Meditation this Spring Equinox.

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Aquamarine is the Traditional Gemstone for March 2012

2012-03-01T07:53:00.000-05:00

(c) AnnaMariah

Are you a “Packrat” – holding on to old emotions or even physical stuff? You don’t have to have been born in March to benefit from this stone that brings to mind a feeling of coolness and the ocean and an easy sense of flow.

In ancient times aquamarine was believed to be a treasure of mermaids and was used as a talisman to bring good luck, fearlessness and protection to sailors. Some also valued it as a stone of eternal youth and happiness.

It seems fitting that a large part of March is in the water sign of Pisces and that aquamarine should be the traditional birthstone.

Spring starts on March 20th, and brings with it thoughts of cleaning out the clutter, letting go of what no longer serves and moving forward with a more positive outlook.

What in your life no longer serves you? Are there patterns in your life you’d like to change? Have you been holding on to old hurts, grudges, wrongs, beliefs and just plain old stuff that is weighting you down? Are you ready to let them go? Aquamarine can help you by bringing these old emotional patterns to the light so that you may process them and let them go, finally allowing yourself to “go with the flow”. Aquamarine will also help you if you are a physical “packrat” by helping to release to attachment to your things and finally start clearing out the clutter.

Hold or wear aquamarine and imagine yourself as the woman in this picture. Feel the breeze on your face, the air is warm and caressing in a very soothing way. Imagine that with each breath you are letting old hurts go. See them as turning into tiny blue butterflies that fly off into the air over the ocean. As each butterfly leaves, you feel lighter and lighter. The tightness around your chest leaves you. You are breathing more deeply than before, you are feeling calm and strong. Breathe deeply and with each in breath feel a compassionate strength fill your entire body.

Feel the divine feminine awaken within you. Breathe in the resilient vitality of life until all your cells are filled. Your throat and solar plexus chakras are both activated and you are strong in a very gentle way that will allow you to communicate your feelings with clarity and compassion that expresses clearly what you want in alignment with your will. Know that you have reconnected with a powerful part of yourself that can express what you need in a healthy, balanced way.

I don’t have a lot of water in my chart, and while I enjoy aquamarine, it isn’t a stone I connect with very deeply. I was having difficulty relating to aquamarine in order to write this article. So I took a lovely large stone and a strand of beads to bed with me for two nights. I woke up this morning with a vision of amethyst and aquamarine together. When I looked at my birthstone charts, I discovered that amethyst is the birthstone for March according to the astrological listing of birthstone. It seems fitting that they combine in this necklace. The two stones combined are very soothing and heighten the sense of emotional calm and further strengthen the ability to see into the root cause of emotional turmoil and let it go once and for all.

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Harmony - Numerology for March 2012

2012-03-01T07:35:00.007-05:00

Michael Brill with Takara

(c) Michael Brill. All Rights Reserved.

Everything initiated by Spirit is Plan A. Everything initiated by us is Plan B. Plan B takes form when we have doubts, anxieties, and fears that Spirit is not working with us but against us. When our abandonment issues begin surfacing, we begin formulating a Plan B. (Refer to “Abandonment Issues Are The Catalysts for…“, at www.awakener.com.)

In last month’s column, I wrote about the original Plan A . . . Creation. This month, I want to write about harmony.

Numerologically, the letters of harmony convert to 40. The 0 represents Spirit and the 4 symbolizes building foundations. Creation, also a 40, allows Spirit (0) to manifest its energies into physical form, 4. When we combine Harmony and Creation the cosmic plan emerges.

Without harmony there is no creation, only disintegration. Some examples of disharmony, or unbalanced energy, would be: wars, tornados, drought, floods, arguments, co-dependency, un-happy relationships, dissatisfaction with a job or relationship (family, social, professional), a hot sun and an ice cream cone, unrealistic expectations of self and others, a need for control, the need to have the last word, frustration, confrontation, justification, doing anything to excess, doing anything to be loved or to maintain control.

How do we achieve and maintain harmony? We can do it by the numbers. Numbers give form and structure to our universe. Numbers can represent either positive or negative energy.

There are visible numbers like the 40 totals of creation and harmony and there are invisible numbers. Separating the vowels and consonants of harmony and adding their single digit totals provides us with the sum of 13; in this instance an invisible number. The number 13 is a karmic number and can be interpreted primarily as a negative influence with the potential for a positive outcome. The negative influence has the 3 energy generating feelings of inadequacy, boastfulness, exaggeration, moodiness, poor social and communication skills, and a tendency not to complete things. The negative one can bring lack of confidence, timidity, arrogance, passivity, aggressiveness, egocentricity, low self-esteem, fearfulness, or zealotry. When the 1 and 3 are added together they have a sum of 4. The negative 4 can be a procrastinator, a controller, prejudicial, a reactionary, gets lost in minutiae, stubborn, goes by their “book”, confrontational, dull, hides in logic, and can be hateful. These negative influences all originate from abandonment issues. These are not energies that are conducive to harmony.

A positive 13/4 (1+3=4 thus13/4) can become a visionary, a manifester, joyful, optimistic (3) that is capable of initiating, leading, breaking existing paradigms (1) and create new ways of thinking and doing (4).

Earlier I asked “how do we achieve and maintain harmony.” We can achieve harmony with Spirit’s plan for creation by first making the transition (13/4) from either doing to be loved or trying to maintain control. Both patterns are directly related to our abandonment issues and represent negative 9 energy. Next, we must learn to allow (18/9) our Selves to be guided by what feels right in our heart (positive 9 energy). To “allow” we must first accept responsibility for our actions which brings Self-empowerment (8), then we must begin feeling comfortable with whom we are and what we have come here to accomplish (1). This is not an easy thing to do. To do what feels right in your heart will often put you in direct conflict with the needs, wants, and desires of others, some of whom you will love deeply. This is where it gets really hard.

To live in harmony with the cosmic plan, you must be willing to give up what you love the most. This can be a relationship, a career, family, a possession, an idea, a dream, even a twin flame. To be willing to release what you love, you demonstrate your faith that whatever Spirit replaces it with will ultimately bring you more joy, more peace, and more trust that surrendering to the will of the Universe puts you in harmony with the act of creation.

I say this from personal experience. By developing the courage to follow my heart and pursue my life calling, I’ve often had to say goodbye to people, things, and locations I passionately loved. I don’t deny that saying goodbye at times brought sorrow and pain; but each time I let go of what I was holding onto, I was able to embrace new experiences that brought even more joy and happiness.

I now know and believe that Spirit provides whatever I need or desire. Spirit has demonstrated this to me many times. I was tired of being a renter and moving 7 times in 10 years I asked Spirit to help me buy a home, it did. I asked Spirit to bring someone into my life that met specific requirements, it did. I asked Spirit to increase my client base, it has. All of this has come about because I have been able to let go of my wants, my fears of not being supported by the Universe, my ego’s need for recognition and validation, and the illusion of being separated from or ignored by Spirit. I now see life as a restaurant, I order what I desire and expect it to arrive. I feel and believe I am now living in harmony with Creation.

Michael is the author of Numerology for Healing and Decoding Behavior Patterns with Numerology both by Inner Traditions/Bear & CO. He has also written a textbook Know Your Numbers, Know Your Self: Discovering the Solutions to Your Life’s Challenges that describes his system of Cosmic Numerology. Michael is available for consultations and presentations; he can be reached via email at Michael@awakener.com or on his cell phone 561.866.5479. http://www.Awakener.com

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Earth, Elementals, Fearies and More as Anneah, The Mother Speaks

2012-03-01T07:24:00.004-05:00

(c) Millie Stefani

My world is the inner earth, the fairies and the elementals. How they love the earth's blue skies, mountain ranges, trees and waters. My world is gentle -- more forgiving. Every tree, flower and plant have their own essence. And all want to be acknowledged as part of the power that holds humanity in balance, like the glue that holds all the parts together.

Soon the lay lines of the earth will once again resume their humming and recalibrate the magnetics, allowing all of humanity to return to "oneness".

The "little people" sit often with me. They have been my protectors and wish to be acknowledged as they create the wellspring for the advancement of our civilization. They teach the value of listening through the heart. Each bud on the tree, every blade of grass and rock in the river have their own story. It is time for all humans to participate in the restructuring and resurfacing of our beautiful planet. Within the single blade of grass, all of earth's journey has been recorded. We just need to observe and listen.

There is so much that science cannot come close to qualifying. It is right here before us -- nothing needs to be discovered or learned.

It is so easy for me to read the earth body. It is the human mind that causes me panic and confusion. My world is so much simpler - each aspect knows itself and doesn't appear as anything other than what has been its original creation. Each is content and doesn't strive to become something else. Humans take themselves much too seriously. It is often not fun to be mature and intellectual. But, it is quite beautiful to have wisdom. To truly know oneself is also to know heart wisdom, the rhythm of the planet, and the oneness to all of creation.

I have taken many excursions to the stars as an ambassador and advocate for our beautiful planet. Not to set myself apart from others, but merely to state a fact. Convincing other universal systems of our importance to maintain harmonic cooperation within the galaxy has not always been easy -- and I sometimes wonder the outcome. There has been so much pain and despair on our planet and many have seemingly forgotten the true tones and steps of creation. It quickly changes now -- the outcome will be more than we can contemplate, or believe possible.

Walk gently and mindfully upon the earth. Plant your seeds of love, joy, health, companionship and abundance. Be assured of a bountiful harvest.

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March 2012 Astrological Perspectives From the Sky

2012-03-01T07:03:00.000-05:00

Copyright (c) Leo Knighton Tallarico. All Rights Reserved.

March is the transition month from winter to spring. The old saying is that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, and I guess that means it begins with winter, which can bring rough weather and ends in spring, which supposedly brings more pleasant weather.

Well here in the northeast that script does not always play out as weather can be wintry in late March or even April.

And astrologically speaking March comes in like the fishes (Pisces) and out like a ram (Aries). And energetically Pisces is much more gentle than Aries.

The Sun went into Pisces on February 18/19 this year and goes into Aries for the first of spring on March 19/20.

Pisces is generally sensitive and gentle, though can be rather unpredictable. This is because it is so multifaceted as it is the last sign in the zodiac, one which encompasses all the other signs. Pisces can shape-shift and be whatever it needs to be at any given time. This is why sometimes it wrestles with having a solid indentity.

But that lack of solid identity breeds a selflessness and self sacrifice for the betterment of others or a cause. This selflessness, senstivity and gentleness often prompts others to see Pisces as passive or lacking self assertive capabilities.

But in actuality Pisces is not passive at its core; it is more to the point "in the flow". It is a mutable water sign, which shows its changeable behavior. When Pisces is in alignment with the deep inner flow at the source, it will change to positive and active when the need arises.

At Pisces time of year it is important to "live" in the soul or feeling state of consciousness. From that place one is sensitive to the "undertow" of people or situations. One can feel the emotions of others and have true empathy.

At Pisces time of year it is also conducive to enter the inner spiritual realms through meditation or spiritual practices. One is getting ready for more active times in Aries spring time.

At the end of winter, which is Pisces time, one is often seduced into deep feelings like sadness and grief, and into facing "the memories or even ghosts or demons of one's past" before the new beginnings of spring.

And this year it may be more true than usual as two planets will be retrograde for much of March. When a planet goes retrograde, it causes reflection, rewind and return.

Mars is already retrograde as March begins, as it went retrograde on January 23. It will go back direct on April 13. Mars retrograde puts our forward motion on pause, and allows us time to ponder what directions we really want to take and to reflect on what we really desire for our life. As we reflect during Mars retrograde, we often also rewind to previous times and people in our life, either in dreams or memories or actually in the flesh.

Mercury goes retrograde on March 12 and goes back direct on April 4.

Many are quite superstitious about Mercury Retrograde, and are afraid to live their lives as they usually do. There is nothing to fear or be superstitious about.

It is true during Mercury Retrograde, however, that our usual way of perceiving and communicating shifts, sometimes in very subtle ways. Often however, before too long into a Mercury Retrograde, it starts to feel like one is being in a kind of twilight zone. We are mentally taken out of our usual way of thinking and perceiving, and life can feel kind of weird.

That is why many astrologers tell people not to make major decisions or sign contracts during Mercury Retrograde.

In my experience, sometimes during Mercury Retrograde, life naturally presents to us situations where we have to make a big decision or sign some contract. If you can delay the decision or signing do it, as your mind may not be thinking as it usually does.

But if it is not feasible to delay, see the situation as "meant to be" and do your best. That generally means to not be too governed by your left brain logic, and more governed by your intuition and imaginative and creative thought process. That is what works best during Mercury Retrograde.

The usual analytical process is more frustrating. Look for spiritual signs and synchronicity, and that has a better chance to take you to the answers and solutions you need.

People often come back to us during Mercury Retrograde in memories or dreams or in actuality. This is because Mercury Retrograde is a rewind time, time to see how things used to be before we can move forward after Mercury goes back direct.

So Mercury goes back direct on April 4. After that clarity will begin to form.

And Mars goes direct on April 13/14. After that you will have a better sense of direction and of what you want and desire. You will be more ready for action and forward movement in your life.

All of these retrogrades are getting us prepared for a most transformational time period when the eclipses hit during May and June. We will discuss that more next month in the April forecast.

So most of March wil have retrograde movements of Mars and Mercury, as well as the "go with the " soulful energies of Pisces.

So no major activity is in alignment. It is not time for you to move forward yet in March. Process, heal, gain new insights, enjoy your "time off" from your ambitions.

Then on March 19/20 there is the shift into spring 2012. Spring Equinox is on March 20 at 1:14 AM EDT.

This is the moment when light and dark minutes of the day are equal. The same is true of Autumn Equinox.

The difference is that right after Autumn Equinox daylight dwindles and darkness begins to strengthen. Right after Spring Equinox the daylight minutes begin to increase until Summer Solstice when those daylight minutes are the most abundant.

So Aries, the sign that begins at the Spring Equinox, is about new beginnings and the starting of our active engines. Aries is the force of the buds coming through the branches, the yang initiating action.

Aries is a cardinal fire sign, and Mars is its ruling planet. Aries is about action and will and desire. It is also about being straight forward, direct and frank in its communication. Aries people care about being true to themselves and independent, and as such can be challenged in relationship.

And they do love a challenge, and often that challenge is in competition or confrontation like the rams batting horns.

So the Spring Equinox is a good time to feel the hope of new beginnings, but don't move forward yet.

Wait for the Aries New Moon on March 22 and the Sun conjuct Uranus in Aries on March 24 to go forward. And you really should wait further even further if you want to have more clarity and know what you really desire and where you want to go.

That will take you to April 4 when Mercury goes direct and April 13/14 when Mars goes direct.

And before that time we will be back for April's forecast.

Have a most beautiful and meaningful March.

Stop Making Mountains Out of Mole Hills

2012-02-29T23:03:00.000-05:00

Stop wasting your time, attention, and emotions on things that don't matter!

There, I've said it.

Whew, that feels better.

As I periodically read the headlines in the newspaper, or some of the posts on Facebook, I see people exerting so much time, effort, and strong emotion on events and circumstances that seem so completely unimportant to me.

If it doesn't change your life, or its not something so monumental that someone will still be talking about it 50 years from now, stop wasting your time.

It reminds me of that book Don't sweat the small stuff: And its all small stuff. I haven't read the book, but the title is true enough.

My mom was telling me a story recently about some chick making an obscene gesture in the half time show at the Superbowl. O.K. I'm the one saying, "some chick." I'm sure that's not the way my mom would have worded it.

Anyway, I actually saw the half time show. I was in the kitchen when I heard the first two or three beats of the music. I broke into a broad grin as I sprinted into the next room excited to discover that Madonna was about to perform. I got there just in time to view her dramatic entry to the stage. I never saw an obscene gesture.

As mom was telling me about the obscene gesture and that it's all anyone seems to be talking about, she stopped to read to me part of the story from the newspaper. I just looked at her and said, "Mom. Please don't read that to me. I really don't care."

And I thought how truly unimportant it is in the grand scheme of things. Don't the media people have anything better and more meaningful to do than write stories and talk about things that happened in the past and are in no way affecting the future?

Apparently, the answer seems to be, "No."

"My team won last nights game." "That's great. Now what are you going to do?"

"This team and that team are playing in the Superbowl." "Well that's nice. Next."

"Some chick made an obscene gesture." O.K. that one doesn't even deserve a response.

"Can you believe the mean awful thing that guy said to that other guy the other day?" "Well that seems to be something between the two of them. What have you been up to?"

What everyone else is doing doesn't really matter.

Seriously!

Why allow yourself to get stressed and upset about something that doesn't really affect you?

Did you know that when you get upset and angry, you are damaging your health? Stress negatively affects your well being. It compromises your immune system. It leads to poor decision making. It causes constriction and blockages of energy and systems within your body.

Don't you deserve to treat yourself better than that?

For overall good health, it is as important to eliminate things that cause emotional stress as it is to give yourself proper nutrition.

When you seek enlightenment and reunion with the Divine, joy and inner peace are the natural result.

Anything that compromises your joyful tranquil state, you must learn to:

allow,
ignore,
forgive, or
let go of quickly.

Entertainment is wonderful. Just remember that its just entertainment and nothing more.

Sports competitions, the activities of some celebrity, which politician is cheating on his wife, how much a movie made at the box office . . . these are entertaining tid bits, but nothing to do directly with you. And, therefore, nothing worthy of getting angry over and causing damage to your health.

Don't get emotionally involved in someone else's game. Conserve your energy to better deal with your own.

If you are the one competing, then it is about who you are, what you've become, what you are capable of achieving under adverse circumstance. That is noble and worthy of your attention.

Stop being a spectator and get back into the game. What can you achieve? What skills can you hone? What difference can you make in this world?

Stop spending so much time focused on what other people are doing. Start focusing on making your own positive contribution, regardless of how big or small. I know you can!

Have a deLightful day,
Takara

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There is Only Plan A . . . There is No Plan B

2012-02-02T06:32:00.002-05:00

There Is Only Plan A . . . There Is No Plan B

Michael Bill and Takara at INATS 2011

Happy New 2012. As we begin another new year, please take a moment and ask yourself, what was the most important thing you learned in 2011? Have you incorporated what you learned into your life? I have. I learned that there is only “Plan A”. There is no “Plan B”.

One of the most important things I’ve learned is that GOD knows more than me. In that revelation, I realized there was only Plan A. What is Plan A? It’s knowing, believing, and trusting that the guidance you receive, when followed, becomes a joyful reality.

Let me tell you a quick story about how I came to realize there is only Plan A.

Early in 2007 I received guidance that it was time for me to leave NW New Mexico and move to the Santa Fe area. With no job prospects in my future, I turned in my resignation in March and told my landlord I’d be moving out by the end of June. Most people thought I was crazy, moving some place with no job and no place to stay.

I asked Spirit what I was to do. Spirit’s reply was, “Buy a house, get a job, and begin living happily ever after.” Sounded like a great Plan A to me!

In April I began receiving guidance to “move to the Pecos area.” I had no idea where Pecos was. I was led to a realtor that became like a sister to me. I told her what I was looking for and what I could afford. She said the market was tight in that price range, but she’d look.

In May I made arrangements to be in the Sante Fe/Pecos area for the first week of June offering consultations and a workshop. I asked my realtor to see what she could find for me to look at while I was in town. She called back towards the end of May and told me she had found a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, doublewide trailer on 1.4 acres in Pecos, New Mexico. She also told me it was the only house in my price range in a 70-mile radius. I told her I’d look at it on Monday after my workshop.

I began having doubts that I could “buy a house, get a job, and begin living happily ever after” all within the week I planned to be in the area. I started developing “Plan B”. Plan B involved finding a cheap place to rent while I explored the area and decided where to live and work. My biggest concern was using up my deposit money on a rental place.

After wallowing in the ocean of emotional uncertainty for a few days, I said to my Self, “Spirit gave me this information. I’ve been working on surrendering to the will of the Universe for four years. This was like taking a final exam. Could I trust enough to make a leap into the unknown knowing that I would be safe? I had moved seven times in ten years, each time starting over from ground zero. I had asked for a base, a place of my own for the last two years.

My last day at school was Friday June 2. I said goodbye to my friends and co-workers and drove off to begin a new life in Santa Fe.

The first week of June turned out to be the most joyful and fulfilling seven days of my life! On Friday, June 2^nd I resigned my teaching position. Saturday and Sunday I was booked solid with consultations from my workshop. Monday, I looked at the house. It was everything I had asked from Spirit two years earlier. On Tuesday, I made an offer for it. On Wednesday, I signed a contract on it. On Thursday, I got a new job. On Friday, I drove home and started packing. It unfolded exactly as Spirit said it would! It was Plan A. (A more detailed account is at my website www.awakener.com.)

I’ve come to realize there is only Plan A, there is no Plan B. Plan A is faith based and Plan B is fear based. The second you begin to doubt Plan A will happen, you step into fear and immediately start preparing a Plan B. The key to a successful Plan A is to harmonize your frequency and intentions with those of the Universe, i.e., let go of your agenda and accept Spirit’s guidance and gentle nudgings.

If your intention is to have your “Plan A’s” manifest, let go of any attachment to the outcome. Plan B’s are the result of doubting Spirit supports our dreams; that’s why we are seldom satisfied with the outcome of a Plan B. How do you guarantee the success of Plan A, follow your heart and do what you love, not to be loved or to maintain control. Doing what you love, activates your divine energy and allows you to surrender to the will of the Universe. Surrendering and allowing is what we are all being tested on.

2012 is a 5 Universal Year (2+0+1+2=5). Everyone, regardless of the personal year they are in will experience a year of change and opportunities for new beginnings. The most amazing thing about 2012 is that it is a 5 Universal Year with a 1 Universal Solution. Both 5 and 1 deal with new beginnings. Remember to stay focused on yourself this year. (Visit Michael’s previous article http://www.absolutejoynow.com/2011/12/what-will-2012-bring-you-by-michael.html to see what 2012 has in store for you.)

One final thought. Think about something you would like to accomplish. Call it Plan A. Can you feel the excitement as you visualize making this plan a reality? Suppose this plan does not work out the way you expected. Now, say out loud, “I guess I’ll go to Plan B.” Can you sense the difference in the energy between following Plan A and Plan B? Can you hear the defeat in your voice? Why not just create a new Plan A?

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