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The Gift in the Wound

2008-02-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

We will all have an opportunity to heal old wounds as Chiron, the “wounded healer,” aligns with the Sun in a solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 6. During this extra-powerful New Moon eclipse, a time when electromagnetic patterns get short-circuited and rerouted in the heavens, a giant leap in awareness is possible. Whichever house and/or planets in our charts fall at or near 18 degrees of Aquarius are about to be triggered for the purpose of healing and growth. Old wounds reflected by our natal Chiron placement may also be activated. We’re asked to move past our knee-jerk reactions, reflect deeply on the conflicts revealed within our own psyches and find the beauty and healing that lie beneath them.

Simone Butler

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Eileen Caddy has gone home...

2006-12-19T14:38:00.000-08:00

Eileen was a constant source of inspiration to me, and her presence as well as her writings are a powerful teaching of the light.

Eileen Marion Caddy, one of the founders of the Findhorn Foundation community, passed over peacefully on Wednesday evening 13 December. Her health has been gradually fading and she has been cared for at home by family and friends over the past two and a half years.

Our community, locally and globally, are celebrating her life and her release into the light of the Beloved, as Eileen herself has asked us to do rather than to mourn her death.

She has requested that a simple funeral be conducted as soon as possible and that media and public attention be held in abeyance until after her cremation. A memorial service to fully and publicly honour her life and all the gifts she has given to us, will be organised early in the New Year.

In this time of transition we ask that you share in our happiness, knowing (as she would want) that all is very very well . . .

http://www.findhorn.org/content/news/archives/000722.php

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The sun once glimpsed God's true nature

2006-10-01T19:30:00.000-07:00

The sun once glimpsed God's true nature
And has never been the same.

Thus that radiant sphere
Constantly pours its energy
Upon this earth
As does He from behind
The veil.

With a wonderful God like that
Why isn't everyone a screaming drunk?

Hafiz's guess is this:

Any thought that you are better or less
Than another

Quickly
Breaks the wine
Glass.

The GIFT
Poems By HAFIZ
The Great Sufi Master
Translations By Danile Ladinsky

The Golden Apple

2006-09-15T23:30:00.000-07:00

The Golden Apple

Today, from the same folks that call Pluto a dwarf, comes news that they have renamed the planet discovered by Michael Brown in 2003 - which he tentatively named Xena - to Eris, the Greek goddess of discord.

Although the jury is still out on the status of Pluto among astronomers, I will have to say that the International Astronomy Union (IAU), picked an appropriate name for this new body considering the discord in astronomy circles over the reclassification of planets in the solar system.

Not only that, but in a chart drawn-up for the announcement of the renaming of the new body, we see Mercury moving into a conjunction with Mars (see Friday's forecast) - which aptly describes the Greek goddess Eris - the planet of strife, quarrels, bitchiness, discord, contention and rivalry.

For those of you who forgot this chapter in Greek mythology: Eris was the goddess who wasn't invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

Enraged, she crashed the reception long enough to toss a golden apple into the midst of the other goddesses that was inscribed, "To the fairest." This immediately turned into a nasty cat fight over who was the fairest of them all. Getting nowhere, they took the matter to Zeus

(Jupiter) to decide, who knew better than to get involved in THAT dispute. Zeus told them that a mortal would need to decide who the fairest goddess was; so he ordered Hermes (Mercury) to find a mortal male and force him to decide. Who did Hermes pick? Paris, who naturally chose Aphrodite (Venus) which in turn enraged the other goddesses to the point that they tricked Paris into coveting Helen - ultimately leading to the ten-year Trojan War. All because of Eris and her Golden Apple.

As is usually the case with new celestial discoveries and their names, it might take astrologers awhile to observe Eris' symbolism to see if and where to place this new planetoid (I prefer "oids' to "dwarfs") in the context of things. In the meantime, it would appear as though Eris' arrival during the run-up to the 2006 midterm elections is entirely appropriate.

Gary Paul Glynn is a professional astrologer with over 25 years experience in personal birthchart interpretation and is available for consultations by appointment. His bimonthly astrology forecast can be found in the September-October edition of Branches Magazine or at http://www.branches.com.

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Repair

2006-07-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

Deeper than the wisdom to create is the wisdom to repair.

And so, G-d built failure into His world, so that He could give Man His deepest wisdom. To repair.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman

Words from the great soul

2006-07-28T22:54:00.000-07:00

In The Midst Of Darkness

I do dimly perceive that whilst everything around me is ever
changing, ever dying, there is underlying all that change a living
power that is changeless, that holds all together,that creates,
dissolves, and re-creates. That informing power or spirit is God. And
since nothing else that I see merely through the senses can or will
persist, God alone is.

And is this power benevolent or malevolent? I see it as purely
benevolent. for I can see that in the midst of death life persists,
in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of dakness light
persists. Hence I gather that God is Life, Truth, Light. God is Love.
God is the Supreme Good.

Mahatma Gandhi

I've found God Says Genome Scientist

2006-06-24T13:15:00.000-07:00

THE scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God and is convinced that miracles are real.

Francis Collins, the director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, claims there is a rational basis for a creator and that scientific discoveries bring man "closer to God".

His book, The Language of God, to be published in September, will reopen the age-old debate about the relationship between science and faith. "One of the great tragedies of our time is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war," said Collins, 56.

"I don't see that as necessary at all and I think it is deeply disappointing that the shrill voices that occupy the extremes of this spectrum have dominated the stage for the past 20 years."

For Collins, unravelling the human genome did not create a conflict in his mind. Instead, it allowed him to "glimpse at the workings of God".

"When you make a breakthrough it is a moment of scientific exhilaration because you have been on this search and seem to have found it,"he said. "But it is also a moment where I at least feel closeness to the creator in the sense of having now perceived something that no human knew before but God knew all along.

"When you have for the first time in front of you this 3.1 billion-letter instruction book that conveys all kinds of information and all kinds of mystery about humankind, you can"t survey that going through page after page without a sense of awe. I can't help but look at those pages and have a vague sense that this is giving me a glimpse of God's mind."

Collins joins a line of scientists whose research deepened their belief in God. Isaac Newton, whose discovery of the laws of gravity reshaped our understanding of the universe, said: "This most beautiful system could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."

Although Einstein revolutionised our thinking about time, gravity and the conversion of matter to energy, he believed the universe had a creator. "I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details," he said. However Galileo was famously questioned by the inquisition and put on trial in 1633 for the "heresy" of claiming that the earth moved around the sun.

Among Collins's most controversial beliefs is that of "theistic evolution", which claims natural selection is the tool that God chose to create man. In his version of the theory, he argues that man will not evolve further.

"I see God's hand at work through the mechanism of evolution. If God chose to create human beings in his image and decided that the mechanism of evolution was an elegant way to accomplish that goal, who are we to say that is not the way,"he says.

"Scientifically, the forces of evolution by natural selection have been profoundly affected for humankind by the changes in culture and environment and the expansion of the human species to 6 billion members. So what you see is pretty much what you get."

Collins was an atheist until the age of 27, when as a young doctor he was impressed by the strength that faith gave to some of his most critical patients.

"They had terrible diseases from which they were probably not going to escape, and yet instead of railing at God they seemed to lean on their faith as a source of great comfort and reassurance,"he said. "That was interesting, puzzling and unsettling."

He decided to visit a Methodist minister and was given a copy of C S Lewis's Mere Christianity, which argues that God is a rational possibility. The book transformed his life. "It was an argument I was not prepared to hear,” he said. “I was very happy with the idea that God didn't exist, and had no interest in me. And yet at the same time, I could not turn away."

His epiphany came when he went hiking through the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. He said: "It was a beautiful afternoon and suddenly the remarkable beauty of creation around me was so overwhelming, I felt, 'I cannot resist this another moment'."

Collins believes that science cannot be used to refute the existence of God because it is confined to the "natural" world. In this light he believes miracles are a real possibility. "If one is willing to accept the existence of God or some supernatural force outside nature then it is not a logical problem to admit that, occasionally, a supernatural force might stage an invasion,"he says.

Times Online

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Gemini New Moon - Friday May 26th

2006-05-26T19:59:00.000-07:00

The next New Moon forms on Friday, May 26th at 10:26 PM PDT. At 6º Gemini, this New Moon shifts our attention towards gathering information and making new connections. What are we ready to see?

What do we need to say? Gemini, the first air sign, deals with cognition and communication. With the Sun, Moon, and Mercury in Gemini, the cosmic spotlight is also on paying close attention to how our thoughts create reality. What we are thinking, we are broadcasting.

Mercury the Messenger squares Uranus at 15º Pisces on Friday morning, opening the doors of perception and pushing us to think way out of the box.

Uranus, the first planet to be discovered beyond the traditional seven, is often considered the higher octave of the first planet from the Sun. In any aspect to each other, Uranus and Mercury short circuit conventional wisdoms and spark new insights. In mythology, Uranus is the God of Chaos who propagates new realities, bringing surprises and liberation.

Use this New Moon to clarify and empower your intentions. Make a list of what you wish to bring in and strengthen in your life. Keep your antennae out and observe your mind closely. What we think matters as much as what we say and do. ³The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.²--Marilyn Ferguson

Namaste,

Stephanie Austin

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How can I build my immune system and eradicate my Lyme Disease?

2006-05-21T09:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Christopher,

I was diagnosed with lyme disease in October 2004 after having many mysterious & undiagnosed illnesses all my life - I was near death in November 2004. I also have 2 co-infections of Lyme (babesia & bartonella). I spent ten months on antibiotic therapy which I finished sixteen days ago. I was told once a person goes off of antibiotics they will relapse with the lyme after 1-3 months. I am determined not to do so. I want to live a fuilfilling happy life from now on. Can you tell me why you think I got lyme in the first place and what alternative things can I do to build my immune system and eradicate it?

D.G., female, age 48

Answer:

D.G.,

Lyme disease is difficult to treat with antibiotics.
I would recommend trying an herbal extract called "Samento" which is made from a Peruvian vine called "Uncaria tomentosa," also known as "cat's claw," "una de gato," and "Vilcacora. Samento is made from a rare chemotype of U. tomentosa that is rich in pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids (POA) and is guaranteed free of tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOA). It is the TOA-free nature of Samento, combined with its POA potency, that gives Samento its unique effectiveness.

Samento has been shown to have liver-protective, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-ulcer, immunostimulating/modulating and blood sugar-lowering properties.

Samento is extremely nontoxic,it can be safely taken daily for the "long haul" necessary to thoroughly eradicate Bb from an infected body.

Samento: Cautions

Because Samento empowers the immune system, it should not be used by those on immunosuppressive drugs, e.g. to prevent transplant rejection, nor should it be taken by those who are soon to undergo organ or bone marrow transplants.Since Samento has been shown to lower blood pressure and blood sugar, those with severe low blood pressure or hypoglycemia should use Samento very cautiously. Pregnant or nursing mothers, as well as very young children, should not use Samento unless advised by a physician. Anyone taking Samento should start with a low dose (one drop in four ounces of water twice daily) and slowly work up to five drops two or three times daily, taken on an empty stomach. Because Samento enhances immune activity and directly kills germs, it may trigger a Herxheimer reaction, especially if started at too high a dose or with too rapid dose increase.

The Herxheimer reaction may include headache, muscle pain, nausea, diarrhea, or flu-like symptoms. It is thought to be due to toxins released from the mass death of microbes killed through treatment, as well as to the immune system's inflammatory overreaction to the germ toxins. Drinking lots of water and taking fiber and liver support supplements (silymarin, dandelion root extract, lipoic acid) may reduce the risk or severity of a Herxheimer reaction.

Be Well,

Christopher Stewart,
Medical Intuitive

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Disclaimer: Christopher Stewart shares insights derived from intuitive communications. Any diagnosis, root causes of imbalances, herbal remedies, treatment options, etc. that he advises/suggests are not meant to override your personal health providers' recommendations/prescriptions.

How Can I Stop Taking Zoloft Safely?

2006-05-16T09:43:00.000-07:00

From my column at About.com:

Ask A Medical Intuitive:

Full Question: I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and as a consequence was prescribed several drugs to help me cope. However, I chose to see this as a blessing in disguise and have been pursuing a career in natural healing. However, I would like to eliminate Zoloft from my drugs -- how can I do that safely?

D.K., female, age 47

The process to eliminate Zoloft (Sertraline) from your body needs to be done very carefully. I would recommend reducing the dosage of Zoloft by 25mg every 2 weeks. Do this until your dosage is 25mg per day, then reduce it to 12.5 mg every 2 weeks until you are no longer taking it. Please be careful with this. Be sure your doctor knows what you are doing. If you are taking a time release version of Zoloft you will need to get a new prescription at the lower dose. Do not break apart time release tablets.

For your Fibromyalgia and to replace the Zoloft I would recommend using SAMe(S-adenosyl methionine). SAMe is used by your body to make neurotransmitters as well as the pineal hormone melatonin. There are more than 100 published studies on the effectiveness of SAMe for depression.

Start with a dosage of 200mg 2x per day for 2-3 weeks.

You may then increase the dosage if needed. Do not take more than 1600mg per day of SAMe. Take SAMe during daylight hours for the best results.

Malic acid is also very helpful for Fibromyalgia. 2400mg per day is a good dosage.

Be Well,

Christopher Stewart,
Medical Intuitive

http://www.clairvoyantguide.com

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Ask a Medical Intuitive: High Blood Pressure

2006-05-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

Full Question: I need to know how to best handle my high blood pressure and blood sugar related problems in a holistic way. Prefer to use natural and holistic means. Do not want to use prescription medicines. Thank you. V.K., female, age 69

Answer:

High blood pressure and high blood sugar problems are becoming more and more common in the USA. What I would recommend for your high blood pressure is a combination of shark cartilage and the Chinese herb, Cordyceps sinensis. A major study in Canada has shown that a daily supplement of 180mg of shark cartilage extract with 20mg of cordyceps extract had a 75% success rate in obtaining healthy blood pressure rates.There are commercial products that combine both of these. The one used in the study was called "Pressure-FX."

As for your blood sugar, 150mg of Vanadyl Sulfate per day would be helpful. Talk to your doctor about using the prescription drug Metformin, which is very safe, and is one of the best life extensions drugs.

Be Well,

Christopher Stewart
Medical Intuitive
www.clairvoyantguide.com

Ask a Medical Intutive: Depression

2006-05-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

I write a column for About.com entitled
"Ask a Medical Intuitive" where I answer questions from readers about their health and medical concerns.

A male age 34 asked:

Q: How can I combat my depression other than mainstream anti-depressants?

A:

First of all I would recommend the book “I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression” (Paperback) by Terrence Real. It is one of the best books I've seen on depression in males. The author, who is a family therapist, really sees and writes from both sides of the problem.

I would also recommend having a thyroid panel done to check for Hypothyroidism.

In addition increase your intake of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. These are usually found in deep cold water fish. Use a supplement that will give you 800mg per day of DHA (docosapentaenoic acid). Divided doses are best taken with meals.

Caution: Because of Omega-3 Fatty Acids mild blood-thinning effect, high-dose omega-3 supplements should only be combined with anticoagulant drugs under the supervision of a physician. Fish however are fine to eat. Also I would try some Tyrosine or Phenylalanine 1000mg on an empty stomach in the morning or in the early afternoon. These amino acids will help your body build the neurotransmitters, epinephrine and norepinephrine, both of which have been shown to be effective in cases of depression.
Christopher Stewart
Medical Intutive

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A World Becoming

2006-04-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

The times our generation lives in are not ordinary times. We dwell on the interface between two worlds -- a world as it was and a world as it is meant to be.

The story of the cosmos does not go on forever. Just as your own life and the life of everyone you know has a beginning and a conclusion, so too does this entire cosmos. And since its Creator is innately good, so too the conclusion of His creation is the ultimate of good.

We know a world in the process of becoming. Soon will be a world where each thing has arrived. Arrived at the Essence of All Things.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Nissan 20, 5766 * April 18, 2006

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Medical Intuition Delivers Helpful Healing to Body, Mind & Heart

2006-04-10T10:31:00.000-07:00

I am a Medical Intuitive in the San Francisco Bay area. As the name states, Medical Intuition is a science and art, where the practitioner uses a highly developed sense of intuition to "look" into the body and evaluate it on energetic levels.

My work is notjust a job, it is my true passion. It is the Way of the Healer. With my clients and in workshops, I listen and hear both with my rational mind, as well as my intuitive abilities. These abilities allow me to “see” and “hear” a wisdom that is beyond the physical body. This wisdom helps the client to understand the causalities of their health/medical concerns in a whole and complete way.

This knowledge may also take the form of specific recommendations as to treatments, practices and medicines that would be healing for them. I am not a medical doctor; however I do consult with medical doctors, psychiatrists and other medical practitioners.

These intuitive abilities have been with me for as long as I can remember. When I was a young child, I remember seeing what I thought was a spot of paint or something on a relative’s shirt. When I pointed it out to him, he did not see anything on the shirt and laughed. A few months later a tumor was discovered in that same spot. It was on his lung and it eventually killed him.

I was the child in school that felt the emotions of all the children and the adults in the class, as well as “talking” to all the animals who would follow me home. When I was in my early teens, I decided that I needed to learn how I could use the abilities I had. I read every book on psychics, healing, angels, saints, and heretics I could find at my local library.

When I was 20 years old, I experienced a series of energetic and emotional openings that gave me the insight and courage to delve deeper into this realm of healing. During this time, I began to study with Roslyn Bruyere, Olga Worrel Paul Solomon, Brugh Joy and others. Their teachings and insights have helped to form my medical intuition practice.

Many times I am asked “Are you a psychic”? My answer is yes and no. Unfortunately the term psychic has become understood as those late night 1-900 numbers, or characters in films and TV shows that are really ‘out there’. What I do in my medical intuitive work is light years away from this. My clients trust me with their health, sometimes with life threatening illnesses such as cancer or heart disease. I work to provide the best information and insight that is reliable and accurate.

My work as a medical intuitive is different with each client or workshop I teach. However, the initial process remains the same. I scan the client’s energy bodies (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual), to access the information and insight that is stored there.

Usually I begin by looking at a specific area of the body, or area of concern that the client presents. These may be pains, aches, swelling or specific medical conditions. I scan all other areas of the body to look for additional areas of concern. During the session I work as a medical and healing intuitive, more than just an exchange of words and information takes place as energetic currents flow through the client’s energetic bodies. This can sometimes be felt by the client during the session.

With the information I gather from the reading, I prepare a specific, detailed treatment recommendation plan for the client. Many of my clients share these plans with their doctors or other medical/health professionals.

Due to the deep nature of the medical intuitive work, conditions can be detected and preventative work done to deter them from manifesting into outward physical disease or illness.
People say to me, “I’m not sure I believe all this is possible?” Skepticism is common around any human endeavor that appears to exist beyond the five senses. However, medical intuition has proven accurate in countless cases.

The cause of all illnesses and imbalances start at deep levels with human beings. The diagnostic equipment of modern and alternative medicine simply can not penetrate to the causal levels in human beings. A good intuitive can 'get there' and get the answers.

Unfortunately, the use of an intuitive to get healing or medical information is still considered 'far out' even by people within alternative medicine. As you might imagine, in 'modern medicine', a medical intuitive would be laughed out of 99.95% of all hospitals or clinics. Recently however this has been changing and more and more hospitals and other medical facilities are using medical intuitive's and other healers to complement the traditional medical care offered in both the USA and UK.

Don't be scared to try a 'medical' or 'natural healing' intuitive. Most individuals who practice in this field are highly evolved and professional people. A true 'medical' or 'natural healing' intuitive session has nothing to do with the infamous 1-900 psychic hotlines.

For me, this is my true calling. Even when my own heart has experienced hurt, my intuitive abilities have sustained me. Intuition is empowering. It is about listening to your own inner knowing and using that to heal others.

Christopher Stewart
Medical Intuitive Healer
http://www.clairvoyantguide.com

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Laughter is the Best Medicine ~ Carnival of Healing #35

2006-04-01T11:52:00.000-08:00

Laughter: The Best Medicine

(Brought to you by Kundalini Brothers Chakra Decongestant. “Look for the snake on the box!”)

“The short psychic who escaped from prison was a small medium at large”

“The Two things God likes most in the world are change and a good joke”

Isak Dinesen

“Humor is the lubrication on the clitoris of reality”- Jaime Sams- Native American writer ~ Teacher

Use of Humor in Mysticism and Healing

The uses of humor, stories and puzzles are well developed in traditional pagan and shamanistic traditions. The spirit of mischief releases tension and gives one a realization of the solutions to life problems and situations. The archetype of the crazy fool and trickster survives in all cultures and traditions, from Loki in Scandinavia, Coyote in North America, and Elegba in Africa. In the Middle East the character of the Mullah Nasrudin dates back to pre-literate times. The tales of Nasrudin have sometimes been used in various Sufi traditions as teaching stories. These traditions use the stories and jokes to bypass the logical mind and reach into the more intuitive mind to engage, enter and retain.

THEY DON'T WORK

An engineer was fixing a bell outside a house. Mulla Nasrudin came by, stopped and asked:
'What is that thing?'
'Fire alarm'.
'I've seen them before -- they don't work,' said the Mulla.
'What do you mean ?'
'The bell rings all right, but the fire burns just the same.'

From "The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin" by Idries Shah

The Nasrudin stories may be understood in many ways. It is said, there are as many interpretations as stars in the sky.

At the lucidity site each time you refresh the page another of the many tales of Mulla is displayed. It’s a great way to stretch the mind and lighten the soul.

Laughter

What is laughter? What is laughter?
It is God waking up! O it is God waking up!
It is the sun poking its sweet head out
From behind a cloud
You have been carrying too long,
Veiling your eyes and heart.
It is Light breaking ground for a great Structure
That is your Real body - called Truth.
It is happiness applauding itself and then taking flight
To embrace everyone and everything in this world.
Laughter is the polestar
Held in the sky by our Beloved,
Who eternally says,
"Yes, dear ones, come this way,
Come this way towards Me and Love!
Come with your tender mouths moving
And your beautiful tongues conducting songs
And with your movements - your magic movements
Of hands and feet and glands and cells - Dancing!
Know that to God's Eye,
All movement is a Wondrous Language,
And Music - such exquisite, wild Music!"
O what is laughter, Hafiz?
What is this precious love and laughter
Budding in our hearts?
It is the glorious sound
Of a soul waking up!

~ Hafiz ~

(I Heard God Laughing - Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

“Each of us already has all of the answers within. It’s matching them with the corresponding questions, that is the challenge.” -- Swami Beyondananda

Swami Beyondananda's 2006 State of the Universe Address

Swami Calls for an Up-WisingWise Up, Everybody ...The Evolution Has Begun! For years now, we've been hearing "shift happens," and wondering when, where and how. Now finally, it looks as if the shift is about to hit the fan. This is good news for all those shift fans who've been wondering if the new age will arrive before old age does. Of course, if you're looking for signs in the news, you won't find them. At least, not yet. The news might as well be called the "olds," because the world still seems stuck in greedlock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels. But I have been receiving encouraging intelligence reports that say indeed, humans are becoming more intelligent. Yes, people everywhere are wising up. And that's great, because we could sure use an up-wising!

"Dig Infinity!"

Lord Buckley, or Richard Myrle Buckley, (April 5, 1906 - November 12, 1960) was an eccentric, joyous American monologist.

Buckley, an accomplished cultural assimilator, adopted for his hipsemantic persona the lingo of poor black Southerners, jazzy beatniks, and English aristocracy. He dressed exuberantly and sported a mustache in the style of Salvador Dalí.

None of this was an act, because by all accounts he stayed in character off stage, "holding court" at his home (frequently in the nude) and dubbing all his friends and family with noble titles.

His personal philosophy was one of love and respect for his fellow man, consistently reflected in his elaborate references to Christian brotherhood.

Occasionally performing to music and singing, he frequently punctuated his monologues with nonlinguistic vocal sounds.

Most Buckley recordings are solo tours de force on themes of real gravity. His most enduring tracks are his retellings of historical or legendary events, most fictionalized to a certain degree, imbued with his scandalous and high-brow humor.

Notable among these are the stories of Jesus (The Nazz), Gandhi (The Hip Gan), the Marquis de Sade (The Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade, the King of Bad Cats), among others.

He also retold several classic documents such as a (relatively sober) Gettysburg Address and an (appropriately psychedelic) The Raven.

In Marc Antony's Funeral Oration, he recast Shakespeare s "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" as "Hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin' daddies: knock me your lobes".

And so for the words of Lord Buckley himself

George Carlin- A Modern Man:

I'm a modern man,
digital and smoke-free;
a man for the millennium.

A diversified, multi-cultural,
post-modern deconstructionist;
politically, anatomically and ecologically incorrect.
I've been uplinked and downloaded,
I've been inputted and outsourced.
I know the upside of downsizing,
I know the downside of upgrading.

I'm a high-tech low-life.
A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art,
bi-coastal multi-tasker,
and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond.

I'm new-wave, but I'm old-school;
and my inner child is outward-bound.

I'm a hot-wired, heat-seeking,
warm-hearted cool customer;
voice-activated and bio-degradable.

For the full rap click here

Ken Nordine:

You have heard Ken Nordine on countless commercials on TV and radio. His “Word Jazz” recordings are a combination of sound painting, stories, and musical improvisation. Ken Nordine turns incidents of our lives inside out, much like the writers Ray Bradbury or Harlan Ellison would do. If Rod Serling made radio it would sound like this. His programs are like a voice in your head that you try to ignore, and can’t. His weekly radio show is always an inner and aural treat.

Great Song: The Life and Teachings of Joe Miller

"Don't bother just listening to the words, but try to get the feel of what I'm putting out! Realization can't be taught, it can only be caught".

"There are three things one needs for the spiritual path -- common sense, a sense of humor, and more common sense!"

"This isn't something you can go to India and get, or the moon, or South America to get! It's inside you. Just be still and find it and start living from there”.

“The truth IS, nobody can say it. You've got to BE it!"

"You can get more stinkin' from thinkin' than you can from drinkin', but to feel is for real! AND I MEAN REALLY FEEL!"

His advice on meditation was disarmingly simple: "Just take a gentle in-drawn breath into the heart and feel unselfish love flowing out. If you can do that you're cooking on the big burner."

Joe's message was simple but powerful, direct but subtle:

"Just be. But just be who and what you really are, in depth. Not what someone else tells you to be, or what you think you should be. Be. When you first wake-up in the morning, who are you then? When you say "I", you put your hand to your heart, don't you? Well, that's headquarters, not in your head. Your head is just an outpost. You've got to get out of your cotton-picking mind! Go deeper."

Joe was always trying to break-up people's fixed ideas and biases about how to get to the goal: "You've got to do it for you. No one can carry you piggy-back to the Reality. You've all got your own do-it-yourself kits. You don't have to go to anybody else, pay out a lot of loot, do a hundred thousand gyashos, and contemplate your navel till it gets as big as a wash-tub. Just be still, be very still.""

I know I'm NOTHING, no-thing, no-thing, not me, not me. I'm just a wild assed spark of the Infinite functioning in the Finite! This is the magic that each of us has within us."

Joe Miller left his body Aug 19, 1992, but his presence and message live on.

Come Back soon Joe, the planet needs you.

"If you want
special illumination,
look upon a human face:
see deeply,
within laughter,
the essence
of ultimate
truth..."

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Christopher Stewart
Medical Intutive
http://www.clairvoyantguide.com/

Next week the Carnival of Healing will be hosted by Parapsychology Articles & Blog. Last week's Carnival was hosted by Brendan McPhillips.

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Intense Astrology and an Eclipse this week

2006-03-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

The coming days bring several important shifts. Mercury turns direct on Saturday, March 25th after being retrograde since March 2nd. We¹ve been sharpening our intuition and learning that if it sounds good but doesn't feel right, it¹s not right for us. Watch your day and night dreams for insights as to your next step. This is a great day to network and act on things you've been considering for a while. With Uranus only a degree away from Mercury, it's easier to think out of the box, and with Venus yearly rendezvous with Neptune on March 2nd also, easier to connect with like-minded souls.

Early Wednesday morning, at 2:16 AM PST on March 29th, a Solar Eclipse at 8º 35 Aries forms. A New Moon marks the ending of a monthly cycle; a Solar Eclipse marks the closing of a nineteen-year chapter. It's time to move on and move up. With the Sun and Moon close to the North Node in Aries, the message to break out of old ruts and mindsets is unmistakable. On March 29, 1987, there was a Solar Eclipse at 8º 18 of Aries; events and directions begun back then are ready for completion or the next octave of expression.

Aries, as the first sign, is about moving into the future, into the unknown.
It¹s about the development of courage, the willingness to try something new, and fully experience the angst and excitement of discovery. Aries is also about independence and assertion, learning to trust one¹s instincts and act on them. Six months ago, on October 3, 2005, there was a Solar Eclipse at 10º Libra, opposite this eclipse, initiating a cycle in how we form and maintain relationships. Now we feel ready to explore some new territory in other areas of our lives.

Pluto, the archetype of transformation, stations retrograde just a few minutes before the eclipse, very close to the galactic center, helping us see beyond our cultural and religious conditioning to what is really true.

We have all been profoundly programmed--by our families, education, nationality, culture, religion, and the media. Pluto's station near the galactic center, a source of intense cosmic radiation, rekindles our memory of who we really are and what we came to do.

Keep tuning into your inner guidance and remember:

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do, the hard part is doing it."

--General Norman Schwarzkopf.

Namaste,
Stephanie Austin
Stephanie@EcoAstrology.com
www.ecoastrology.com

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Mind and Heart

2006-03-23T08:24:00.000-08:00

The mind and the heart make a good pair. The heart is an extremist: untamed, a single emotion will fill its entire space. The mind finds balance and harmony, even between opposites.

The mind is cold and aloof. To the mind, reality is a curiosity. But the heart lives in a real world where things matter.

When the heart listens to the vision of the mind, it too learns to carry a counterpoint of voices, even the voices of other hearts. When the mind listens to the depths of the heart, then its vision can go out into the world.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Adar 20, 5766 * March 20, 2006

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A Quiet Heart

2006-03-20T11:17:00.000-08:00

A Quiet Heart
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The human heart is beautiful. The human heart can know secrets deeper than any mind could know. The mind cannot contain G-d, but deep inside the heart there is a place that can.

Yet there is nothing more dysfunctional than a brain controlled by emotions. In fact, the finest mind is capable of the most horrid crimes when under the heart's management.

Let the heart be quiet and hear out the mind. In that quiet listening, she will discover her true beauty and her deepest secrets will awaken.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Adar 19, 5766 * March 19, 2006

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The Keys to Happiness, and Why We Don't Use Them

2006-03-01T20:52:00.000-08:00

It requires some effort to achieve a happy outlook on life, and most people don't make it."—Author and researcher Gregg Easterbrook

Psychologists have recently handed the keys to happiness to the public, but many people cling to gloomy ways out of habit, experts say.

Polls show Americans are no happier today than they were 50 years ago despite significant increases in prosperity, decreases in crime, cleaner air, larger living quarters and a better overall quality of life.

So what gives?
Happiness is 50 percent genetic, says University of Minnesota researcher David Lykken. What you do with the other half of the challenge depends largely on determination, psychologists agree. As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

What works, and what doesn't

Happiness does not come via prescription drugs, although 10 percent of women 18 and older and 4 percent of men take antidepressants, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Anti-depressants benefit those with mental illness but are no happiness guarantee, researchers say.

Nor will money or prosperity buy happiness for many of us. Money that lifts people out of poverty increases happiness, but after that, the better paychecks stop paying off sense-of-well-being dividends, research shows.

One route to more happiness is called "flow," an engrossing state that comes during creative or playful activity, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has found. Athletes, musicians, writers, gamers, and religious adherents know the feeling. It comes less from what you're doing than from how you do it.

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060227_happiness_keys.html

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Christopher Stewart
Medical Intutive ~ Spiritual Healing ~ Relationship Counselor
www.clairvoyantguide.com

Exploring Non-Local Consciousness with Remote Viewing

2006-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

Pioneering physicist Russell Targ and spiritual healer Jane Katra explore how our mind’s ability to transcend the limits of space and time is linked to our capacity for healing.

The authors’ fascinating collaboration began when Dr. Katra helped Targ - a leading scientist in the investigation of psychic abilities - cure himself of what was diagnosed as metastatic cancer.

From this beginning, the authors weave together compelling scientific evidence, ancient spiritual teachings, and dramatic personal stories - from witnessing mysterious folk healers in the Philippines to performing psychic experiments between Moscow and San Francisco - while exploring the potential of our "nonlocal" mind.

In the book’s first half, Targ presents the conclusions of his 20 years of remote-viewing experiments for the Stanford Research Institute, and reveals for the first time the results of recently declassified, CIA experiments in psychic spying during the Cold War. He details extraordinary demonstrations of the mind’s psychic abilities, where people were able to describe distant places and activities in precise detail.

In addition, the authors discuss:

What does it mean to look into the future?

Are psychic abilities sacred?

What does psychic spying for the CIA have to do with mesmerism, Therapeutic Touch, and spiritual healing?

What are the laboratory data showing our mind’s ability to affect living systems from a distance?

How can readers learn to do remote viewing and spiritual healing?

What do Buddha, Jesus, Spinoza, William James, Madame Blavatsky, Einstein, Candace Pert, and David Bohm have to say to each other?

Incorporating Eastern philosophy and modern science, Targ and Katra explain how popular methods of alternative healing, from Therapeutic Touch to Chi Gong, make use of nonlocal mind.

The authors combine the perspectives of physicist and mystic to reveal the fascinating possibilities for our mind-to-mind connections in a community-of-spirit. Their conclusions are startling and exciting - for scientists, healers, and general readers alike - with an offer of hope for the future.
The authors say: Whenever any one person demonstrates an ability beyond the ordinary, it is an inspiration to the rest of us, as an indication of an immense and still largely undeveloped human potential.

http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/consciousness/exploring-non-local-consciousness-with-remote-viewing.html

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New Moon in Pisces February 27th

2006-02-22T16:15:00.000-08:00

The next New Moon forms on Monday, February 27th at 4:30 PM PST at 9º Pisces, the sign most concerned with the dissolution of the ego and the realization of our spiritual identity. This New Moon is especially appropriate for remembering our soul intentions. Give yourself some quiet time around this New Moon. Take a walk in nature. Loose yourself in art or music. Watch your dreams for messages from your higher Self. Allow yourself as much meditation or unstructured time as possible. Simply being allows us to work on more subtle levels and be more receptive to our inner guidance.

The potential for important insights is greatly amplified by Uranus¹ close conjunction to the Sun and Moon. Uranus, the archetype of freedom and innovation, is often considered the higher octave of Mercury and as such, access to higher intelligence. With both Uranus and Mercury in Pisces, this New Moon opens the doors of perception, providing a fertile time for inspired creativity, profound meditations, and important revelations. Uranus is also very close to the degree where he stationed retrograde last year.

(10º46 Pisces on June 10, 2005), signaling that we¹ve integrated the cosmic lesson provided last spring and are now ready for the big next step on our spiritual path.

Watch for signs, listen to your heart, and be aware that: ³Everything in this world has hidden meaning...people, animals, trees, stars are all hieroglyphics...we think they are only people, animals, trees, stars. It is only years later that some of us understand.²--Nikos Kazantzakis

Namaste,

Stephanie Austin

Stephanie@EcoAstrology.com

http://www.ecoastrology.com

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How Emotion Creates the Bridge between Mind and Body

2006-02-15T13:10:00.000-08:00

Why do we feel the way we feel?

Until recently, Emotion was virtually impossible to define. The kinds of questions that needed to be answered include: how emotion is manifest, how memory and emotion interact, whether emotion is concrete (real) or conceptual (a construct), if concrete, how emotion acts in the body, and how unexpressed emotion is stored.

How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system?

How Emotion Creates the Bridge between Mind and Body

For Dr. Pert, the mind is not just in the brain - it is also in the body. The vehicle that the mind and body use to communicate with each other is the chemistry of emotion.

The chemicals in question are molecules, short chains of amino acids called peptides and receptors, that she believes to be the "biochemical correlate of emotion." The peptides can be found in your brain, but also in your stomach, your muscles, your glands and all your major organs, sending messages back and forth. After decades of research, Dr. Pert is finally able to make clear how emotion creates the bridge between mind and body.

http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/biocommunication/how-emotion-creates-the-bridge-between-mind-and-body.html

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Carnival of Healing #29 ~ Sacred Mysteries of Relationship

2006-02-11T15:08:00.000-08:00

This week we are all surrounded by hearts and flowers, and chocolates,
all in celebration of Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love and the relationship of love.

The tale of love
Must be heard from love itself
For like a mirror it is both mute and expressive

~ Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273)

Because I love
There is an invisible way across the sky
Birds travel by that way, the sun and the moon
And all the stars travel that path by night

~ Kathleen Raine

Your Emotional Center:
Human beings are transformers of subtle energies, and within all of our bodies are energy centers that reflect the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual harmony of our life.

Every idea, thought, and experience that we have had in our life flows through and is filtered by these energy centers or chakras. Your emotional center is located about 2 inches below your navel, and it is your second or sacral chakra. It is were your physical body connects to your emotional body.

Your sacral chakra is the center of feeling, sexuality, creativity, and finances. All issues of one-on-one relationships are focused in this energy centers. When your sacral chakra is unblocked you will have an easy free flow of creative, emotional, and sensual and energies in your body.

Phylameana lila Desy has written an insightful article on the Sacral Chakra here

Opening and Healing Your Sacral Chakra:
A simple technique for opening and healing this energy center is from Japanese jinn-shin practice, and is excellent to move energies within your body and to open your senses:

Place your thumb and first finger together. Find the soft spot on your hand which is located on the hump formed by joining the 2 fingers. Press it gently with the thumb of your other hand and then breathe easy and comfortably, taking several easy and deep breaths while you press.

This practice will allow you to move blocked emotional and sexual energy, as well as relaxing your body. Do this several times a day for a couple of weeks, and you will notice a real improvement.

Sacred Relationship ~ The Mystery that Heals
The path of sacred relationship, where the relationship between the two partners is part of the experience of growing closer to the divine in all things. We all desire to have a relationship that is a vibrant growing center of love, intimacy, and caring. We all have a desire to have a union with another that expresses passion, pleasure, and playfulness.

All spiritual traditions have taught this, sometimes it is lost upon the way, other times it is just left by the side of the road awaiting rediscovery.

A Jewish perspective of this may be found in the teachings of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi who says about sexuality “Don’t leave God out of it”

In the east there is the tradition of tantra which teaches that all the senses may be used as tools for awakening and transformation. An excellent introduction to this way is contained in the article by Diana Daffner entitled “Tantra: What is Tantra?”

One of the western teachers of the trantric way is Margo Anand who defines tantra as:

“I would say that tantra is a path that opens a person up to the possibility that sexuality can be a door to higher states of consciousness. And another definition I have is that it is a way to weave the many contradictory aspects of your personality into one unified whole for the purpose of the expansion of your consciousness. The beauty of tantra is that it is a spiritual path that teaches about enlightenment, yet it is one of the rare spiritual paths that actually does not leave sexuality out but teaches that sexuality can be a door to personal illumination or waking up. Many, many spiritual traditions, as you know, especially Christianity, have taught that in order to achieve enlightened states, you have to let go of sexuality or you have to consider that it's of the lower realms. You have to just be "above the belt." What is "below the belt" is just not to be dealt with. So that's why I appreciate tantra. It's an approach of the whole person that includes everything.” ~ Margo Anand

How do we look for that sacred relationship? The intuitve counselor Jodie Foster has written a beautiful and insightful piece entitled “Finding your True Partner”

And as the Poet Sings:

In the place my wonder comes from
There I find you
Your face shines in my sky
In your heart where the world comes from
There you will find me
Your eyes dance in my mind

Come with me
We will sail on the wind
We will sway among the yellow grass
When you be beside meI am real

Though my eyes be closed forever
Still I would find you
You shine across my time

Come with me
We will sail on the wind
We will sway among the yellow grass
When you be beside me I am real

In the place my wonder comes from
There I find you.

Wishing you all love, intimacy, joy passion and playfulness in your relationships,

Christopher

Christopher Stewart B.A. M.S. is a medical intuitive, spiritual healer, and relationship counselor. His work is the healing of heart, mind, body and spirit. You may visit Christopher’s website at http://www.clairvoyantguide.com/ for further information and to schedule a private consultation.

Next week the Carnival of Healing will be hosted by Intuitive Innovations. If you would like to submit your blog post for consideration in an upcoming edition of the Carnival, please visit the Carnival home page.

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The Heart Responds to Future Events

2006-02-10T08:42:00.000-08:00

The phone rings and the person calling is an old high school friend who you were just thinking about the day before. You spontaneously decide to take a different route home and later find out that your usual route was closed due to a big rig accident. What a coincidence! Or is it? Were those happenings coincidences or were you, unknowingly, exercising intuition?

Coincidence or Intuition?Intuition has often been thought of as a mysterious sixth sense. However, a new research study conducted by the Institute of Heart Math helps to solve some of the mysteries that surround intuition, revealing the role the heart plays in processing and decoding intuitive information.

We’ve all heard of a mother who feels the need to check on her young son, only to find that he has left the yard and wandered into the street. Many of us have had our own intuitive experiences, yet there has been a longstanding dilemma in the scientific community over whether intuition is based on memory of a past experience, or whether it involves an actual perception of something that lies ahead.

Dr. Rollin McCraty, Director of Research for the Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek, California, directed a recent scientific study that examined physiological indicators of intuitive perception. The study sought to test whether we somehow receive information about a future event before it happens, and, if so, to determine where and when in the brain and body the intuitive information is processed.

The Brain Intuitive Processes InformationHeartMath’s new research is discussed in two parts in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. The first part (published 2/2004; focuses on the surprising role of the heart in intuitive information processing. The second part of the study was released in April 2004, and focuses on where and when in the brain intuitive information is processed, and on how the heart and brain appear to interact in intuitive perception.

HeartMath researchers found that we can actually be aware of an event five to seven seconds before it happens. In the recent study, subjects were shown a series of images. Most of the images were peaceful and calming, such as landscapes, trees and cute animals. Other photos, randomly dispersed in the succession, included violent, disturbing and emotionally stimulating images such as car crash, a bloody knife or a snake about to strike.The subjects were monitored during the viewing for changes in respiration, skin conductance, EEG (brain waves), ECG (electrocardiogram) and heart rate variability. Participants’ physiological indicators registered an emotional response five to seven seconds before an emotionally disturbing image would appear on the viewing screen.

Intuition is a System-Wide ProcessThe main findings show that the heart receives and responds to intuitive information. Significant changes in heart rate variability occurred prior to disturbing and emotionally stimulating images appearing on the screen, compared to calm and serene images appearing. The fact that the heart is involved in the perception of future external events is an astounding result. The classical perspective assigns the brain an exclusive role in information processing. This study opens the door to new understandings about intuition and suggests that intuition is a system-wide process involving at least both the heart and the brain working together to decode intuitive information.

http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/projects/study-proves-that-the-heart-responds-to-future-events.html

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Christopher Stewart
Medical Intutive ~ Spiritual Healing
www.clairvoyantguide.com

Full Moon in Leo

2006-02-08T16:41:00.000-08:00

Three gifted astrologers and writers on this months full moon

FULL MOON IN LEO
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006
8:44 pm PST / 11:44 pm EST
Sun at 24.20 Aquarius
Moon at 24.20 Leo

The Cat and the Computerby April Elliott Kent
The Full Moon in Leo reminds us that all creatures want to feel special and loved, and nothing makes us feel that way more than personal attention from those we care about. Right now, with Mars moving through the last, aching degrees of Taurus, in difficult aspect to the Sun in Aquarius and Moon in Leo, there are plenty of troubles to distract us from life’s inherent joyfulness – worries about money, health problems, stubborn disputes. The Sun in Aquarius naturally tilts our focus skyward for solutions, gazing into the future and into our computer screens, scanning an invisible horizon for lightning bolts of inspiration. When we are gazing at the stars, or into the limitless horizon of the Internet, it’s easy to overlook what’s all around us at ground level....

Intuitive Message for the Full Moonby Julia Bondi
Leo's Moon whispers of the power of being and becoming me, creating my life, being treated with respect by others, and stamping the world with my unique destiny. Yet if we go deeper Leo is the eternal flame of the life force glowing with the pride and beauty of self consciousness – a fullness of self. Are we living our own play fully? Are we exploring and manifesting our creative desires, following our bliss, living joyfully, embracing risk to grow, leading others where we see a purpose and lovingly being? The light of this full Moon emanates from the archetype of Aquarius who eternally pours forth the waters of consciousness upon humanity. Aquarius does not discriminate, instead he calls us all to remember that we are all brothers and sisters, that we are all only a part of humanity. We are our own special piece of that grand design of life....(

3-Minute Full Moon Ritualby Dana Gerhardt
In particular you are tuned to the energies of Leo and Aquarius, signs devoted to individual creativity and collective responsibility. They represent the forces of "me" and "we." When the radiance of me joins hands with the reality of we, our world recognizes its interdependence, how what happens to one of us touches all of us. Imagine what a future we’d create if everyone brought me and we into balance. Out of balance, Leo promotes the toxic worship of celebrity, Aquarius the dangerous rule of technology. When these shadow expressions run amok, we feel like our world is being run by children or mad scientists. Imagine this negativity circles the globe like a dark smoke....

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