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Please join me in this spiritual agreement, from my mentor and friend, Jana Massey:
"Together we agree that everything that we think, that we say and that we do at this time will be of the highest good. And together we ask for truth, the understanding of that truth and the wisdom to use it in our lives."
Thank you.
Some years ago I heard a woman tell a remarkable story about a stallion that she had rescued. This is one of my favorite healing stories and it takes a little time to tell it properly, so hang in here with me because it is so worth it for the significant insight and understanding that it can bring to our lives. The woman who told me this story owned and operated an equine facility that helped people to recover from emotional and physical trauma. This story is about her stallion's wisdom and it has long been my experience that horses can often be our very best teachers. The stallion's name was Merlin. She had acquired him while he was still quite young and after he had been abused at a training facility. Despite her years of gentle care, he never fully recovered from the experiences in his youth and was always a little mean with the other horses. He needed to be approached and handled with caution by everyone, including her and the farm hands. But because of this, he taught her volumes about how to live with and heal from deep and authentic wounds. In the horse business, farm owners often purchase insurance for their animals in case of injury or illness, since medical treatment can quickly become prohibitively expensive. During his long life at her farm, Merlin, always virile and strong, had reached a certain age where the horse health insurance companies cancel their policies. So, Merlin no longer had insurance for his health care. Horses, at any age can experience a very life threatening condition known as colic. This occurs when something causes a blockage in their intestinal tract and the grasses and grains still remaining in the colon begin to ferment and create gas which causes immense abdominal pressure and pain. Without emergency veterinarian care, this often results in a terrible death. With the administration of large amounts of mineral oil given orally through a tube put down into the horse's stomach, the blockage typically will free itself. The oil makes everything soft loose and slippery, allowing whatever is stuck to pass. But if that doesn't work, major surgery is required to prevent the horse's demise. One of the problems with colic is that the pain in the horse's abdomen makes them want to get down and roll. But the rolling can cause those inflated intestines to flip over and kink, thus blocking the passage of their undigested food even more. So, the horse needs to be kept up on it's feet to prevent it from rolling. And this usually means long hours of walking the horse around the farm until the oil takes effect and the horse begins to have bowel movements once more. Though Merlin was cantankerous, he was his owner's favorite. So when he got colic the vet was called, the oil was administered, surgery was discussed, but the high price of the medical bills would have bankrupted the entire farm and shut down her business. Given that there was no health insurance for Merlin, very sadly, surgery was not an option. Merlin's was a particularly bad case of colic; it showed no signs of letting up. Throughout the day, all of the woman's horsey friends and fellow ranch owners were called and enlisted to help with walking him. As the afternoon drug on, the vet was called back and Merlin's owner asked if there was any hope for the stallion at all. The vet said that there was virtually none, explaining there was maybe a one
in a million chance of survival, but most likely his thrashing in the night would entangle the
intestines further and finish him off. As the difficult day drew to a close, everyone was sure that Merlin would die. Most of her dear friends and helpers recommended euthanasia as the only humane choice. But she just couldn't do it. When the sun had set, her friends all extended their heartfelt sympathy and with their condolences, they headed for home. Alone with her beloved horse, the one who had taught her so much, she decided to turn him loose in a large foaling stall. That way she could spend the night with him in order to offer any comfort that she could and she could be with him when his time came. She bedded the stall heavily with nice clean shavings and together, they began the long time of darkness. Once he was free to roll in the stall, Merlin began getting up and down, over and over, sweating profusely and obviously showing signs of continued distress. But, curiously enough, he would stop his thrashing periodically, about once every half hour or so. Then he would head to the stall door, the top half of which was open, and reach his head out and whinny loudly to the other horses who were all in their stalls nearby. He continued his whinnying insistently until each of the other horses on the farm, and there were many of them, had answered his call, including his little foals. Then he would return to his self ministrations. His owner watched this pattern repeat itself again and again, wondering what all the whinnying was about, as that was certainly not a symptom of colic. Sometime deep in the night, she drifted off into sleep. In the morning she awoke to find Merlin sipping water, a very good sign. A short while later he nibbled at some hay. As the days and weeks progressed he regained his strength. Miraculously he had somehow unbound his colon that night and survived the ordeal. Because the owner of the facility offered progressive approaches to rehabilitation for her human clients, her facility typically attracted a variety of alternative practitioners. These sometimes included animal communicators. Just like in any other profession, some animal psychics are good, some are mediocre, and some are extraordinarily gifted. One day, a few years after the colic event, a woman who was an animal communicator came to visit the farm. Her advanced level of skill became immediately evident when she approached Merlin and abruptly stopped several feet away, realizing that she had stepped into his aura. She paused for a moment and then asked his owner, "Who tied his head down?" This had been the abuse that Merlin had suffered long ago at the hands of his former trainer. He had been left for days at a time, in his stall, fighting the tethers that prevented him from raising his head. With this question, Merlin's owner knew that she had an exceptionally accurate psychic beside her and decided to ask her the question that she had been wondering about for years. She told this woman about the long night when Merlin had nearly died from colic, and about the periodic whinnying. She asked her why the stallion had called to the other horses all night long and why he had waited to resume his thrashing until each one of them had replied. The animal communicator took a moment to connect with Merlin and received his response. She then told his owner something quite astonishing. She said that the belief, which all of the humans were holding, about his pending death was so strong that it was inhibiting his ability to heal. Their agreement about his demise, which was entered into consciously together, was a strong bond that was preventing him from healing. When he was trumpeting his calls to the other horses and insisting on their responses, he was proclaiming and affirming with them his aliveness, his virility and his strength. And that repeated act was the avenue that allowed him to navigate his way back into life through all of the intertwined webs of agreement that the humans had made, energetically surrounding him, holding him to an impending death. Our thoughts and worries about others are strong and palpable. They can grip that negative outcome as strongly as a death sentence for a prisoner on death row. Similarly, rumors and gossip about others and our loved ones can seem innocent enough, but from a spiritual perspective, it is good for us to see that they are not. Gossip and worries that we share with others are very like agreements that we enter into. And agreements are binding. They also hold an energetic signature which can affect our collective outcome. When we have an opinion about someone else and then speak with others about that person, gathering support for our opinion, we are enlisting their aid and getting them to agree about the potential negative stories and disaster scenarios that we are holding for that other person. We do this so we can feel more right and sometimes even righteous about our opinions. But really our opinions are only that, just opinions. In the grander scheme we have no idea about what is really right or really wrong for someone else. The Universe is much too vast and variable to hold any one truth. It is just our little human ego that seeks confirmation for our held thoughts and ideas. So as Merlin's story reveals, it is wise for us to review these thoughts, feelings and words that we have shared with others and bring them to our full conscious awareness. And if we have entered into a negative agreement about someone else, it is an extremely good idea to consciously and with intention, un-agree, releasing that energetic pattern. Our world is full of limitless possibilities, miracles happen everyday, spontaneous remissions and epiphanies abound. And this is what happens when we free ourselves in our minds both individually and collectively from the cob-webs of our agreements and preconditioned responses. We can choose instead to heal and release our patterns of gossip, rumor and negative thoughts. We can replace them with images and beliefs associated with the power of the present moment, as Merlin did. So, here's to freedom. And here's to freeing ourselves to new and more positive possibilities. The time has come for us to become aware of and release our old patterns, those which perpetuate the negative and cause us to hold others hostage with our thoughts. We can proclaim what is right and good, right now, letting go of the past and holding open the future. And as we do, we liberate the tremendous potential that this present moment holds.
Please enjoy this short video on how to easily and effectively care for your teeth. Tips are given for fostering enamel, massaging gums along with other natural therapies for tooth and gum support.
As a Clairvoyant Healer, Spiritual Counselor and Intuition Instructor, I share many tips for leading a healthy and fulfilling life. Please be advised that I am not a doctor. Nor am I licensed in any healing modality. However, I have had years of experience in alternative and complementary health and healing. All healing programs, including standard western medical protocols in addition to natural therapies, can cause harm rather than the benefit that you may be searching for. After all some people can have a strong reaction to something as seemingly innocent as peanuts or strawberries. Therefore, anything that I may recommend in these blogs and videos could be dangerous for you to try. So, it is important that you Ask Your Doctor First before trying any natural healing protocol. However, most medical doctors have little experience regarding natural healing programs and herbal medicine. So please understand if your doctor is unfamiliar with these ideas.
Here we
all are at the start of another New Year. And, as always, there is much in
the world that we can not control. But, blessedly, what we can take
hold of and be responsible for is our own happiness and peace of mind. We've all heard that 'Peace begins within.' And this is true,
because when we increase the peace and love within our own hearts and
minds, we increase the total amount of peace and love that is present the world.
New Year's Day is often a time for all of us to begin again, to get back to basics, to check in with ourselves about what really matters. It is a time to tend to self-care. Too often the unsettled state of events in the world around us can unsettle us within. So here in this first week of the New Year, let us remember how to calm ourselves.
We can start by accepting whatever is going on. The resistance alone can cause our bodies to tighten with stress and our minds to spin off on negative scenarios involving a lack of love, not only toward others, but also for ourselves.
It has also been said, 'As within, so without.' Freeing our self, in our minds, frees the world around us. Remembering to breathe, consciously, or getting some exercise can be of great benefit because these activities open us up to the more right brained focus of the present moment and begin to let us sense our commonalities. They help us to let go our left brain's near constant analytical tendencies and bring us closer to accepting the world and to self-acceptance. Our left brain's focus is a beautiful part of ourselves, but it doesn't have to dominate the scene all of the time. We can respect it, be grateful for it and we can also give it a rest. We can let that ever-evaluating, constantly-calculating, past and future-focused inner-critic of both our selves and the world around us take a little time off. When we do, we gain more self-respect for the totality of who we are. Because, we are not just our little separate selves, alone. We are also expansive, energetic beings completely interconnected within the family of consciousness that comprises the entire universe, perfect, whole, beautiful and present, right here and right now. These are some of the ideas and ways, which we can embrace, that help us to love ourselves more fully. As we cultivate self-care with self-acceptance and self-respect we open the doors to greater levels of self-love. With all of this in mind, I'll leave you with three little walking and breathing meditations, which I enjoy regularly. They each help me to calm myself and cultivate more love for myself and for all. They are from three of my favorite spiritual teachers. The first is from Thich Nhat Hanh, the second from Ram Dass, and the third from Peace Pilgrim.
I enjoy reciting these to my self, either silently or aloud while I'm moving through my day. The imagery and the action brings me to the present moment and to a sense of oneness with everything. They are great ways for me to care for myself and they open my heart to respect and allowance for myself and the world, while they shift my being into a state of peace and love. I hope that they serve you as well as they have served me. Blessings to you all, with a Very Happy New Year!
1. ) "Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile."
2.) "May all beings be happy. May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be free."
3.) "Peace, be still, and know that you are God. Peace, be still, and know. Peace, be still. Peace, be. Peace."
P.S. For this New Year, one of the gifts of self-care, self-acceptance, self-respect and self-love that I am giving to myself is a slightly lighter schedule. So, instead of offering my blog weekly as I have done for the last two and a half years, I will now be posting monthly. May you also find a way to give to yourself the blessings of inner peace and calmness in this fresh New Year as well. My love to you all. Enjoy.
Please enjoy this short video on how I healed a cavity in my tooth, naturally, with no drilling, just using a simple and easily available herbal formula.
As a Clairvoyant Healer, Spiritual Counselor and Intuition Instructor, I share many tips for leading a healthy and fulfilling life. Please be advised that I am not a doctor. Nor am I licensed in any healing modality. However, I have had years of experience in alternative and complementary health and healing. All healing programs, including standard western medical protocols in addition to natural therapies, can cause harm rather than the benefit that you may be searching for. After all some people can have a strong reaction to something as seemingly innocent as peanuts or strawberries. Therefore, anything that I may recommend in these blogs and videos could be dangerous for you to try. So, it is important that you Ask Your Doctor First before trying any natural healing protocol. However, most medical doctors have little experience regarding natural healing programs and herbal medicine. So please understand if your doctor is unfamiliar with these ideas.
Throughout much of the modern world, we have historically had three great taboos: sex, death and finances. In recent decades these have been coming up for healing. It is always best if we deny nothing. We can push things away for a time, but in the end they will be made known. Such is the case with taboos.
When I was a girl, back in the
1960’s we collectively faced our sexual taboo. It was so amazing for me to watch as 'The Summer of Love' raised itself up, with it's pinnacle at The Haight, in San Francisco, in my home state of California. As this change swept over our nation, women’s liberation and gay rights were soon free to be born. The
environmental movement and AIM followed suit as the feminine principle
began to rise.
Then in
the 1990’s the taboo of death began to be addressed. My father was
wholly unable to face the reality of his inevitable death and he, like
many others of his generation, could neither speak nor think of his death. Death was
the enemy to be avoided at all costs and the standard western medical
model of healing was the savior.
Then, the need to release that
outmoded ideology began to surface. Culturally, we could no longer deny the reality of death. Exercises addressing the prospect of death and dying began to enter our collective minds. These have grown in acceptance and in popularity as the years have progressed. Now, with the Hospice Movement, death has re-entered the home and our loved ones and their time to go is embraced with dignity and allowance.
But, our third great taboo, financial transparency has still not yet been culturally addressed. We have great disparity of wealth, not only among our friends and family members, in our neighborhoods and nation-wide, but also, and grossly so, around the world. This has resulted in untold amounts of personal suffering along with a separation from the love and oneness that we know we all share. And that is the key here, we only need to learn how to share.
Even among my closest friends, I have little idea about their financial situations. People can get fired from their jobs in this country if they even so much as discuss their income figures with their co-workers. This is still the great and firmly entrenched taboo of the western world. So, the other morning, I found myself up early, before the day was fully awake, sitting in the softest light of the soon-to-be rising sun. I had been asking myself over the last few weeks what this new situation at the pinnacle of our nation’s government was about. Knowing that Divine Creator has a hand in everything, I was hoping for an insight, and then one came. Without a thing on my mind, in that still sleepy morning light, it dropped in to my awareness, and I heard the words, “Financial Transparency.” Instantaneously I knew that this was the answer to my question. The time has come upon us now for this last, final great taboo to rise up for its healing. May we all be blessed in this Holiday Season with equality and love.
In this short five minute video, I give my tips for procuring, storing and creating a healthful and nutritious green juice which will help you to detoxify your body while it boosts your energy and vitality.
As a Clairvoyant Healer, Spiritual Counselor and Intuition Instructor, I share many tips for leading a healthy and fulfilling life. Please be advised that I am not a doctor. Nor am I licensed in any healing modality. However, I have had years of experience in alternative and complementary health and healing. All healing programs, including standard western medical protocols in addition to natural therapies, can cause harm rather than the benefit that you may be searching for. After all some people can have a strong reaction to something as seemingly innocent as peanuts or strawberries. Therefore, anything that I may recommend in these blogs and videos could be dangerous for you to try. So, it is important that you Ask Your Doctor First before trying any natural healing protocol. However, most medical doctors have little experience regarding natural healing programs and herbal medicine. So please understand if your doctor is unfamiliar with these ideas.
We Americans use a lot of the world's resources. I've heard it said that it would take five planet earths if we were to provide all of humanity with the same amount of resources that Americans use. That is a pretty huge footprint. And it reminds me of the gluttonous way that a caterpillar ravages a garden just before it embarks on its transformation. As a little tiny baby caterpillar hatches out from its egg case, it eats progressively more and more plant material. As the days and weeks pass by, it begins to consume many times its own weight per day. This leaves the plants it has been feasting on devastated. And the caterpillar begins to succumb to the need for a deep sleep. It prepares it's bower, camouflaged and hanging down from the boughs of the plants that have sustained its massive appetite. Protected in this dormant state, its outer shell hardens and the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis. Now, this is where things get really interesting. The immune system of the caterpillar begins to be called into play. Rogue cells that have been lying dormant in the body of the caterpillar start arising. These are stem cells and they have an entirely different genetic makeup. The immune system of the caterpillar repeatedly kills these cells, but more and more of them keep arising. Soon the immune system of the caterpillar is overcome. Meanwhile, the stem cells, known as "Imaginal Cells," continue forming. As these imaginal cells proliferate, they begin to create a brand new animal, the butterfly. Slowly but surely the genes of the butterfly, which were there all along, replace those of the caterpillar and the metamorphosis is complete. Those of us who have embarked on a journey of self discovery soon realize that change is the only constant in the Universe. Everything comes and goes. We see similar patterns of transformation throughout nature and the world. Infants become adults, frogs emerge from plump little tadpoles, mountains become hills, lakes become meadows and volcanoes arise from the molten depths of the earth. We learn to accept these changes and to move with them, rather than fight against them. Sometimes we may have to tuck in for a long dark night of the soul, something rather like a chrysalis stage, in between our various metamorphoses. I find it helps to remember that Divine Creator has a hand in everything. We wouldn't want to kill a caterpillar, because then we wouldn't have the butterfly. So, here in the Northern Hemisphere, during the longest nights of the year, it might be worthwhile to ask ourselves, “What have we been overindulging in? What are we resisting? What might we imagine?” Who have we been and who are we changing into? How is this occurring on both a personal level, and a global level? What kind of normal development would we collectively like to see after our embryonic stage is complete? These might be some nice questions for all of us to meditate on. Who knows what beauty might soon begin to arise from the depths of our beings.
