Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Magic of Minerals in Crystal Healing

My dear friend in Australia, Jeanette Stein, has published a wonderful new book, The Magic of Minerals in Crystal Healing.

I have not yet read the book, but am anxiously awaiting the opportunity to do so! Jeanette's book has been published with brilliant photographs to help identify the various different forms of crystals, and contains a great deal of her vast knowledge in the area of healing with the use of crystals.

Jeanette is a gemmologist, naturopathic herbalist, and a registered nurse. This wonderful book has been born of all her research and studies!

From Jeanette's book description:

The Magic of Minerals in Crystal Healing is a reference book designed to help you discover which minerals you need more of and the crystals that contain them, thus enabling you to improve your own health. The book has a mineral reference book at the back to understand mineral nutrition, and a chemical composition list at the front to find your minerals. Each crystal shows a photograph, chemical composition, healing properties and an explanation of how the minerals account for the crystals healing to mind, body and emotions. Using nutrition to research the minerals that make up the crystals and correlating those with crystal healing properties provodes a world wide accepted modality to explain why crystals DO heal. This book is set to bring crystal healing back into mainstream acceptance.

Different Meanings of Some Psychic Terms

There are many different terms used out there in the marketing world for many different kinds of gifts. I am often asked about the various terms and their associations with gifts.

Psychics come in many various forms according to which gifts are strongest, and which ones they utilize in doing readings, psychic investigations, profiling, and the many other avenues of light work pursued by those with psychic gifts.

I will do my best to clarify some of the terms used today and what gifts they are associated with.

When you see the term "psychic" and "medium" put together, as in someone who simply states they are a psychic medium, this basically means that the person can both see past and/or future events through the use of one or multiple gifts, and they can also communicate through some form with the spirit world.

In the term "psychic medium" alone, there are still a great many variables. For instance, one psychic medium may be clairvoyant, empathic, and be able to see and feel ghosts. Another psychic medium may be clairaudient, and clairvoyant, and can both see and hear those who have crossed over as well as ghosts. Still another may be a remote viewer and a spirit medium, meaning he or she is able to "transport" themselves mentally to another time and experience it as if they were there, and that person is also able to communicate with those who have crossed to the other side, as well as those who may be ghosts.

Clairvoyant means clear seeing. A person who is clairvoyant may be able to see past and future events in their mind's eye, or through dreams. They may also be able to see others from the other side when coupled with medium abilities. Someone who is clairvoyant may also see frames of information as if viewing a movie in fast forward.

Clairaudient means clear hearing. A person who is clairaudient may be able to hear past and future events or sounds related to a situation. They may also be able to hear others from the other side when coupled with medium abilities.

A Medium is someone who can communicate in some form with those who have crossed to the other side, those who may be stuck here as ghosts, or both. A Channel Medium is someone who can channel long spells of communication with spirits on the other side, or literally be a "channel" for someone from the other side.

Someone who is an empath, or empathic, literally feels the emotions of others around them or those they focus in on. They may also be able to feel physical pain of others. Empaths are able to transmit energy as well as receive it, and are the creators of our world. Because of their ability to literally "feel" others, they are found as writers, artists, musicians, counselors, psychologists, life coaches, medical intuitives, as well as other creative and healing arts. Empathic ability is always coupled with creative ability to give the empath a natural way to cope, and ground themselves.

A remote viewer is someone who can put themselves mentally in another place and time. They are able to experience the event as if they were present with all use of physical senses. Many remote viewers are found profiling for this reason.

Psychics and Psychic Mediums can have various combinations of many gifts as well as many different career paths in areas where they feel most guided to help others, or areas where others are guided to them. Different paths depend on the person's life themes, personality, combination of gifts, and areas of interest.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Live a Life of Passion

We have all been given gifts and tools to use in this life. There is no one who is without their own set of gifts and tools. We brought our gifts and tools with us in order to create joy and peace within ourselves, and to serve all those around us through the love and passion we create within us. You must know yourself in order to truly live from the heart, and you must use the gifts and tools you have brought with you.

What is it that you have ever done that created a "driving" within you? What have you stayed up late in order to keep enjoying, skipped other things in favor of, or otherwise felt passionate about? What are your strengths? What do you love? What have you always been good at? What gives you peace, and even, where, in your life do you need peace?

These are all questions you need to ask yourself if you are not truly enjoying your life. When we do not use our gifts, we drift farther and farther from any sense of peace within.

If there are negative obstructions in your life keeping you from living your passion, remember, you put those obstructions there. The important thing to ask yourself is why. Fears put us in a pattern of creating obstacles for ourselves in our own lives that prevent us from living our passions. In other words, we do this to ourselves.

Do not let your fears limit your life. Your potential in using your gifts is endless.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Change Can Happen

How many times has a friend said to you about another person, "People don't change!" Of course, what they are talking about are patterns of a person's behaviors, and not, of course, about a person's core personality, right?

While we certainly cannot force change on another, it is important that we realize, behaviors are learned. They are learned from our environments, and what we have allowed to become part of us, and our daily lives.

Many people were born in negative environments and learned negativity early in their lives, thus making the negativity a pattern in their lives. So, if this is all a person knows, then that's the way it is, right? Not so. In fact, so very wrong!

The circumstances of our lives at birth were there for us to learn from, grow from, and awaken from. Once our patterns of thinking change, our patterns of emotion change, and our lives are dramatically changed!

There is always a reason we are attracted to different things and situations in our lives based on what is comfortable and familiar to us, and of course, based on what we have chosen to learn and grow through here. If you want to change your life, and the negativity patterns in your life, you have to change what is familiar to you.

Your thinking must change, and your new thinking must become second nature to you. Over time, you will find, your emotional reactions to things will also start to change.

You must look for, and be grateful for, something positive in every single situation. You must work through emotional issues at the very core. Feelings are the energy that bring forth manifestation. Negative feelings are our cue that there is growth to be achieved through learning to move past issues, as well as make peace with them.

What we think and feel determines what we attract into our lives, and thus forms our world around us. If you want to change your life, put the focus inside you. It is there, where the power lies to create the life you want.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Don't Be Controlled By Guilt

When we allow ourselves to feel guilty, especially about our true feelings, we allow that guilt to control us. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. They are feelings.

The way we feel about a certain situation should be a guide to show us what areas there is need for growth. Feeling guilty about your actions in a past situation, does not change your past actions, nor does it do anything constructive whatsoever, to change any outcomes you are unhappy with.

The challenge is to work through those feelings and be able to turn them into a positive vibration rather than a negative vibration. Patterns of guilt, including allowing another to impose guilt upon you, stifle spiritual growth.

It is important to remember that the feelings of guilt do not come from the person who imposed them upon you. They come from within you, and thus are a signal to work through your feelings, forgive yourself, and come back to now.

We only have now. There is nothing you can do to change the past, but what you are doing right now impacts your future. Start from here.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Another Great Night on Alt-Experience!

I had another opportunity last night to chat with Stone Bryson of Alt-Experience as a guest on his blogtalk radio show. Stone is a very interesting person, and I always enjoy chatting with him.

Stone is a writer, a poet, and a libertarian, who is a fabulous radio host, as well! He has a variety of deep interests, and has some very interesting guests lined up over the next few shows.

Alt-Experience is now airing twice per month for one hour and a half segments. I've accepted an invitation to join him as a regular guest, on the last Tuesday of each month.

If you missed either of the shows I've been involved with, you can listen to the archive at http://blogtalkradio.com/stonebryson.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Share Your Feelings While You Can

Never miss an opportunity to tell someone how special they are to you and how they have enhanced your life.

So, often, the grief of losing a loved one can be so overwhelming simply because we did not take the opportunity to tell them how we felt about them. We grieve deeply for that regret, and that fear that our loved one didn't know just how special they were to us.

Let me assure you. They know. They are still with you and are still very much a part of your life. They love you and they want you to be at peace.

You can still tell them. They can hear you.

It is for our own sakes, that we share our feelings with others while we have the opportunity to do so, as well as for our loved ones.

Truth Rises

Being dishonest is quite literally a waste of your time. Truth is designed to rise to the top, so no matter how many lies you must tell to keep the lie, and how much deeper the situation gets, in the end the truth will shine free on any and every single situation.

Deciding to be honest rather than telling that little white lie can prevent weeks, months, even years of stress to follow in trying to keep the little secret, for only the price of a few minutes discomfort, in most cases, where one might feel compelled to lie.

You can also prevent telling that little white lie, just by simply not answering questions you are asked that you might feel uncomfortable discussing at the moment. For instance, if you are asked a question that you are not sure you want to respond to, how about asking the person why they are asking?

In any case, if truth is inevitable, then dishonesty is unproductive - plain and simple.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Let Go of the Past

There is absolutely nothing you can do about decisions and choices you have made in the past. The past is gone. You must let it go. By dwelling on it, one can border insanity.

Living in the past prevents you from building a future for yourself, and ultimately dooms you to repeat the experiences you have labeled as your mistakes over and over. To break the chain, you must realize your mistakes, learn from them, and set them free.

There is growth in every situation, however, if you continue to relive the past over and over, you are robbing yourself of any growth that can and should occur from the choices you have made. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow, even those you deem as having been negative experiences or regretful to you in some way.

The choices you have made do not necessarily define who you are or even your character, but outline situations your higher self has chosen for you to learn and grow through.

Know you did the very best you could do in the circumstances you were in. Forgive yourself if you must. Realize what you could have done differently, and move on, releasing yourself of any further obligation to the events you are allowing to hold you hostage!

Turn the negative into a positive by being grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow through your choices and emotions, instead of condemning yourself because you feel the choices you made were mistakes.

To everything there is a reason. Even the past.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Alt-Experience with Stone Bryson

I had a most pleasurable experience talking with Stone Bryson last night as a guest on his internet radio talk show, Alt-Experience Radio on Blogtalk Radio.

I have been acquainted with Stone and following his work for a while now, and was very excited to be a guest on his show.

Although, as most who know me, know, I am not a political person by any means, I have great respect for Stone, and his mission. He is a truth sayer, who very observantly sees and hears what others miss in mainstream media, and has an uncanny ability not to be "lead" with the masses.

He is also a wonderfully talented writer and poet with a very healthy interest in the paranormal.

His show is a unique blend of politics, and the paranormal. You can learn more about Stone and his work, as well as read some of his poetry and his blog, by visiting his site, Alt-Experience.

Again 11:11! Did You Notice?

My last post regarding 11:11 was actually posted at 11:11 a.m. Believe it or not, I didn't notice that until late last night when I was doing some editing. The post was published on February 14th. That it actually posted at 11:11 a.m. was not planned.

Last evening I had a great talk with Stone Bryson on his program, Alt-experience on Blogtalk Radio. It was after that talk I noticed the time of the last post.

Again, just another example of the 11:11 phenomenon.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

More on the 11:11 Phenomena





This post was originally planned to start much differently, but it gave new life to itself.

I wrote the title to this blog early in the morning, then was called away by a visitor knocking on my door. It was much later when I had the chance to come back and write the post. When I did, it had automatically saved the title as a draft at 11:11 a.m.

While I'm obviously not a professional photographer, I tried hard to catch this on my digital camera to post here. I took many different pictures on many different settings, with lights on, and lights off, trying to get one that could be seen. I also didn't realize I had a smudge on my screen until I looked at them all. I couldn't seem to get the whole screen in where it could be read, so I've posted the best of each side above. Unfortunately, my computer had to be restarted before I had a chance to experiment more for better photos.

11:11 has become very strong in my life. Most every day my eyes are drawn to at least one digital display at exactly 11:11. A great many days it happens at both a.m. and p.m. even waking me when I am sleeping.

When it happens, it is never because I am interested in the time. I just feel drawn to look in the way of the digital display at that time. I seem to almost never look at the clock these days and see anything other than something :11, or on occasion 3:33 and 4:44. (I went through both of these separately at different times in my life, before 11:11)

The 11 combination also shows up constantly throughout my day, in my mailbox, my email, phone numbers, billboards, street signs, and seemingly everywhere!

It is very hard, even for me, to describe the emotions that I feel when 11:11 (or even 1:11) happens. It brings with a great feeling of urgency to write, and an overwhelming positive energy that I don't have words for.

When I have asked my guide why I am constantly seeing this, I have simply been told, "You are activating." When I ask what I am activating for, I am simply told, "Your purpose." The more questions I ask, the more questions I have, but I have learned to just simply trust I will be shown what I need to be shown.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Growing Up Haunted

The house I grew up in was haunted. It was the house my parents brought me home from the hospital to, so it was the only house I ever lived in until I moved out on my own after high school.

It was haunted by not only one ghost, but two, from different time eras and of both sexes. The whole area including the abondoned house next door was haunted.

It was a very active haunting. Everyone openly admitted within our family that it was, as well as anyone who spent more than a few hours in the house.

I could see them, but no one else in our immediate family who lived in the house could. Of course being able to see them greatly added to the fear factor. I was too afraid to try to communicate, and fled as fast as anyone else every time something happened!

I loved communicating with spirits who had already crossed over, but growing up, ghosts scared me half to death!

From spirits I felt loving energy, and immense warmth. But from ghosts, what I felt was (and still is) a chaotic range of negative emotion from fear to depression, to confusion, to anger, and freezing cold. This is what caused my fear.

I have always had a very healthy curiosity, and even back then, would investigate things I knew I should not, so I did, at times, try to be brave and watch or follow. Quite frankly, though, it never occurred to me to try to get video or photos of the things that happened. I didn't need evidence! Everyone who had spent time in the house, knew that it was haunted, because they experienced it! There was no one I needed to prove it to.

As you came into the back door of the house, there were four steps up and a door that led to the kitchen, and ten steps down that led to the basement.

Our family spent a great deal of time in the kitchen. We would be sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, and hear someone start at the first step from the basement, and walk up all ten stairs to the landing spot, stop for a second or two, then continue the next four steps to the kitchen door and stop. This happened a lot!

There was also often the sound of lots and lots of glass breaking against the concrete floor in what we called "the back of the basement", but when you would go down there, go through the laundry room to the area and look around, there was never any broken glass.

In later years, my parents remodled, and put my and my sister's rooms in the basement. I still remember my sister's shrieks about being moved into the basement with the ghosts!

Honestly, though they were not contained to the basement. Strange things happened all over the house. TVs would move away from the wall, and unplug themselves, rocking chairs would rock, you could see indentions on bed covers that had been made, see things move, and a great deal of other things.

I took piano from age 6, and every time I played certain songs, I would hear the female walk up behind me. I would feel all the little hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, and feel her sadness, but I would never turn around. If I continued to play she would stand there until the end of the song, and go away, but if I stopped, or froze, things in the room would move, and I would jump up and run as fast as I could to the outside!

Thank goodness I've learned to not be so afraid, and have learned to help spirits who are trapped here as ghosts to cross over by working with the other side. There are still ghosts, and negative, evil energies, though, that I steer clear of. I leave those to the special souls who bravely send them back to wince they came.