Paranoia In A Future World, Will It Fit?

 
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Since the beginning of realization that we may be under control, conspiracy theorists have regaled us with horror stories about how our governments are spying into the tiny details of our lives. Certain events over time have spurred even more tightening of security in the public, at airports and government offices. And this creates panic about the erosion of our personal liberties and privacy. A friend and I spend hours on the topic of the Illuminati's desire to control the world. She sits in a world of disquiet over the possibility that our governments or some powerful organization may have the power to scrutinize too closely, our daily activity. She is also fascinated with science fiction and Star Trek. The idea that one day we could be living in a world where we could travel through space, meet other beings from planets way beyond our galaxies is a tantalizing idea. 

Recently, as I was going through security at the airport, it struck me, that in order for us to evolve into the species with the ability to travel the stars, we will have to give up our privacy. On Star Trek, there is no privacy. Everyone's information is stored in a database. The world is a one-nation world and the people on earth are a one family collective where everything about each of us is known - from our health disorders to our lifestyle choices. This is how the replicator can create Siberian vodka or earl grey tea hot. As far as I can gather in this future space world, being open is not such a bad thing, especially from a health perspective. If I fall over in Prague for example, my health records are available to the doctors there who can then make a proper assessment and effect healing.

Of course, our politicians and protectors will need to move beyond paranoia as well. They will need to trust us as we do them.  We the human race are moving toward a future where all our walls will have to be removed for the betterment of the human race and of course ourselves. Maybe we need to make ourselves ready for this space age future that we are so fascinated with. 

"Beam me up Scotty!"

I am Sonia Haynes, that's my view on the subject. www.soniahaynes.com

Navigating the thoroughfare in Social Media

 Talk about patting my head and rubbing my tummy. It is easier for me to do that than to navigate the thoroughfares in the social media world. When you look at the social media phenomenon, do you feel like you have your head stuck in a wasp’s nest? There is an incredible amount of experts, blogs, and advice out there, on how to utilize social media to increase ones business. Building a fan base and trending have become important aspects of marketing. Why? I’ve found that for me social media is one of those fads that seem to be running out of steam, finally! Thank God! No sour grapes here!

Social Media Causeway

Here's what happened to me. After successfully running my business long before the social media craze, I was advised that I needed to have a Facebook page to connect with my clients, so I did. This threw me into Linkedin, I am not really sure how I got into Linkedin. It took me a while to get somewhat of a handle on what Linkedin is all about. I'm still not sure. Then my daughter told me that Pinterest is great for finding inspiring images and connection. Sounds good, but what do I do with the things I pinned? Twitter, now that is a bit of a joke, I had a twitter account for quite a while before I knew how to use it. Get a YouTube channel I was told. Ha! I messed up YouTube so much. I ended up with three YouTube channels and I'm not sure how that happened either. I think I might still have them. I recorded several videos deleting them because they were not perfect before my daughter, the one who told me about Pinterest, told me that I had a video editing programme on my computer. Go figure! The YouTube channels threw me into Google+. What the hell is Google+, anyway?

  

So, I'm on Google+. Google+ snuck up on me. Before I knew it I was registered. I am just on Klout, not sure what that is either. I don’t even go to that one. I have a blog on Blogspot now called Blogger. I wasn't aware of the name change until my daughter brought it to my attention after I tried to logging in, to no avail. Through my daughter's genius I got back on and cleaned up my Blogger page. I was told that I should get a Wordpress blogging page. It was so complicated that I added a few more silver strands to my already graying hair trying to figure out that one. I'm sure I am a bunch more social media sites, I just can't remember which. Oh and I am on Hootsuite and dot Me.

Well, back to Facebook. So, I had a Facebook page for my book, and one for affirmations, plus my facebook home page, Then Facebook added a new page which was a duplicate page, still don’t understand the duplication. I do find it easier to browse the original page. Another 'expert' came along and told me that I needed to amalgamate my Facebook pages. So, I did. This put an abrupt halt to the slow rise in my 'likes'. With all these social media platforms out there, it’s a wonder I have time to do what I'm really good at.

Does social media work? Is it effective? My answer at this point is “I’ll get back to you in say, fifty years”. Unless you have brought your business to a place where you are making money to hire little Tyler down the street to keep your social media motor running smoothly, don't depend on it! It is a waste of time and your twenty dollars. I think the experts need to come up with real social media successes of people who have spent real amounts of time on these platforms. Celebrities can afford the time to tweet and browse. Successful people do not have the time to crawl through the Ethernet. I think it's time we unplug and redefine the uses of social media and spare the rest of my pepper hair from turning to salt. Well that is my rant for the day. I now have a new social media person who seems to be on the ball. I will keep you up to date on my progress.

Sonia Nadina Haynes is an Emotional Healing Practitioner and author. She lives in British Columbia.

Are You Ready For Love?

Conversations with friends and clients about attracting intimate love that makes itself easy for us to fit into, love that is full, cosy and so delicious that it is easy to slide down and wrap around ourselves has been heating up lately. One friend is adamant that I will and must have a love relationship in my life, at the same time she spends her time searching out in the world of men for THE ONE. Another found the possibility of love and allowed the moment to pass while saying that there are no potential relationships out there. I have clients who have met THE ONE but are waiting for the individual to become ready and available for them. They are asking, “Why is he taking so long?”

Languishing in the waiting room of love, most of us came from childhood experiences of loneliness and abandonment. For females attracted to men, when father abandoned the family, whichever for that takes- alcoholism, over work, anger and violence, each child had to deal with the pain caused by the hole created in the moment of loss. When father dies this compounds the abandonment story. Although it may not seem that way, most men are traditional in their outlook. They try to be modern and with it but they still want to be the protector and support for the one they love. When they meet a woman who has abandonment issues, she unconsciously uses her fears to hold the man in place, taking over his role of support and then gets angry when he allows her to lead. It is not that he is weak; he just wants to please. For women going into relationships where the man starts out strong, leave him to the job of being the support system to your life while you nurture and wrap him softly in warmth so that he will feel safe being in your arms. It is a challenge to take that step because it means both sides have to surrender control to become truly happy.  India Arie sings a powerful song about the longing and the pain that that union brings. 

 

Do you need love? Do you have a relationship you want to build on? 

Follow your heart. Listen to the words in the song. “I am ready for love, Why are you hiding from me, I’ll quickly give up my freedom, To be held in your captivity.” Are you ready to truly surrender your fear of abandonment, your fear of betrayal to have the love that encompasses all… that will release us from loneliness? 

The future of our planet, the resolution to wars, climate change and violence depend on us humbly, surrendering all our fears at the feet of love. The answer to my friends who insist that I should be seeking love is that I am aware that there is someone out there and I will not compromise because I know what I want. I can wait until my last breath to surrender to THE ONE and will not regret the time we were apart because when I am in his embrace, it means that I have completely made myself “ready for love”. 

Sonia Nadina Haynes - www.soniahaynes.com

To TV Or Not To TV

 While I was dreaming about a large, black obsidian like object landing on the planet, on top of me, my family and friends, a comet was actually passing by earth. I was sharing my dream with my friend when she mentioned the comet. I did not know about the phenomenon. It occurred to me that there is a lot going on around me that I don't know about. There are many people who seem to be on the pulse of what is going on, who can Schpeel off the events of each day. Sometimes I think that I may be missing out because I am not on the pulse of life's events. But then with all there is to know, how does one keep up? Would I be sleeping away when the big one hits? Even in my family dynamics I have found that most events pass me by. For a long time I lived without television. Too busy to pay attention to TV shows or even the news, I removed myself from the world, until my daughter called me on that fateful morning.

I was living in Ontario in a small out of the way town, on a beautiful piece of land that was overrun with deer, squirrels, foxes, wild birds and fish in several small ponds that meandered through the property, connected by tributaries running under handmade bridges dotted like patches on the long strip of land. Across the road and down the hill, was a lake that would freeze in the winter revealing the wonder of water in solid form and the sparkle of the water on a summer's evening. I was busy writing and the telephone rang. I impatiently answered it. My daughter was at the end of the phone asking me how I felt about what was happening in New York.

I snapped at her, " What are you talking about?"

She said, "Turn on the TV!"

"Why should I turn on the TV?” I asked.

"Turn-on-the-T-V!" she insisted.

I turned on the TV the moment when a second plane was driven into the second tower of the Twin Tower at The World Trade Centre. The rest of my day was spent by the television. Everything was forgotten. I was on the phone calling family and friends who lived in New York. Since then I kept cable TV just in case there is something I might miss. Ironically, I still miss things like the comet passing by us. I am not one of those who claim that I don't watch television, because sometime in the future of my career, I will be dependent on a television audience for my livelihood.

Those of us in the media, writers, musicians, sports people to name a few, are reliant on the wide audience that television brings. We moved to the Internet as if watching shows on the Internet is an upgrade from the "sewer" of television. I am fascinated to see where we are going in the future of media. Will the Internet take the place of television or will television transform to fit the demands of the public. Maybe television is put aside for now because we have to pretend to be polite while the internet afford us the freedom to be as nasty to each other as possible. We have become impatient with ourselves, which we project on each other. The TV shows are old, carrying the same as. We are bored with the formulas. The Harry Potteresk coming of age stories. Vampire for teenagers from books that utilize formulas that publishers have been trying to maintain. The news repeated through the day. Maybe that's good because we won't miss a news headline. 

How do I fit into this? I am choosing to step off the same old, same old. I follow the news, watch television shows that interest me and hope that the good I am giving by supporting entertainers on the TV will follow me when I make my way into the media.

The Pinocchio Syndrome – Avoiding the pitfalls to achieving your dreams

I had an interesting astrology reading the other day. I had a few before but didn't get the full information as I had with this last very amazing astrologer. Turns out I am an artist of the highest degree called a high intuitive but I already know this. What was most interesting to me and answered a troubling issue I encountered many times, is why I kept running into business partnerships that left me playing catch up when the relationships ended.

I spent the better part of my life working to uplift and support all that crossed my path. At my own expense most times. I have traveled vast distances to work with a family or an individual sometimes sponsored by others I met along the way. Of course, I am grateful for the support from both terrestrial and celestial sources. Despite the gifts I have, over the years even before I understand the fullness of my capabilities I would meet individuals and situations where I’d stop my progress to support and assist them in some way; from long coffee breaks where I sat patiently listening to their stories and giving guidance, to telephone conversations where I am seen as a person’s best mate, expected to give guidance for free. For a long time, I thought, “There’s lots more where that came from”. Although that was the case, time was passing me by in a hurry while I tarried in support of in-need “friends”.

I was tired of the cycle I was on but could not see the way off. What I found out in the astrological reading was that despite all the knowing that I have on a high order, I had a fatal flaw, in the work and business area of my chart. It shows I am free to love – but mustn’t mix love with work or both will fail, which it has. I have a strong spiritual connection, but in business and career, destined to be stuck in a loop of growth, then distraction which, pulls me off my progress, standing still, then back to growth like the character, Pinocchio. I never liked the story of Pinocchio, because I felt that Pinocchio was set up from the moment he was created. He would strive for the ability to feel - to be a real boy, but had to always be vigilant, watch out for the things that would derail his progress, except he was not aware that they were there.  Pinocchio had a dream, but something in him attracted time wasters and crafty ones who wanted to make their wealth off his ability, keeping him in his wooden state that of a marionette.

Armed with the vital piece from the astrology reading, I now know that even though I have been aware that the choices I made in the past were not in my best interest, I was drawn to them because of an inner destiny, that until I became aware of what it was could not shift. I now know clearly what to look for, I am aware of the sensation that tells me I am being pulled in a direction which will stall my growth, and that I am not crazy. 

You are not crazy. If you feel yourself on a loop, take a look at recurring themes. If you cannot figure it out, find a good astrologer to show you on paper what challenges you were born with and need extra work.

You can shift the flaw in this lifetime. Knowledge is king! You are not doomed to follow the same rut in the road! Once you know that the wall is a mirage, you can walk right through it. Be brave - find out what your inner challenge is and then shift it.

The Importance Of Words To Heal

Words are delicious or they can be poison. It is up to each of us what words taste like. For example, "You look beautiful." is delicious to the person you are sharing these words with. "You are a good for nothing." is like eating poison the that person has shared. Many of us grew up in environments where the latter statement was use indiscriminately. We were force fed the toxic words that shaped our tender minds, damaging our psyche. To think that we are capable of using words to destroy ourselves or others is outside of the realm of reason. Remember the childhood rhyme, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words can never hurt me?" This rhyme is now obsolete. We are now using words to hurt ourselves or being like a mosquitoes in the ears of others. We have become verbal terrorists. Deliberately using words like bombs and guns to cause destruction in our wake.

One thing I know is that as a child I grew up hearing that I was not as good as my cousins who didn't do as well as I in school, I carried that negative voice with me into my adult life, but used the "Sticks and stones..." rhyme to keep me safe from others negative verbal regurgitation. I lifted myself up by reprogramming my mind, with positive thoughts.

Something happened when I was about thirteen years old. My grandmother was being her usual self, a bully, telling me that I was unclean, because I was having my period. She kept reminding me I was dirty because I was a girl. That I would not amount to anything in her estimation. I was feeling so hurt, and alone in that moment, that I walked away from her and went to a rock that was above the house which had a hollowed out seat and I sat down. I was angry at being trapped in the experience and all of a sudden I felt as if I was growing. I felt myself grow up above the trees and I could see beyond my grandmother's home. I was able to see past the place that was causing me pain. I heard in my mind a voice which said, "You are greater than the experience you are in." I got it! It was really true. My grandmother used sticks and stones that hurt my bones just as she tried to use her words to hurt me, but I was shown that I was more than the pain I was experiencing. And you know something, She suffered a stroke about a year later and my sisters and I cared for her tenderly, we did not allow her own poison to make us like her. She did not change much when she got better, but I grew beyond her toxicity.

If you are under attack at home, in secret or in public, be aware that you are greater than the experience you are in. Nothing can hurt your spirit especially not words. It has no power over you except for the time you take to stop and consider it.

What is The Value of Visiting a Psychic?

Most of us have visited a psychic at one time or another or at least have had a go at reading tarot cards. People have been going to psychics, oracles, intuitives or diviners throughout human history. In times gone by citizens went to the oracle in Greece. The oracle was someone mostly female who spent her life from youth being the mouthpiece of the gods. Great, epic journeys and decisions were embarked upon and made at the advice and guidance of these oracles. In indigenous cultures, the psychic was called by many names including shaman or old one. Even in our modern culture, many people from presidents, kings and shoemakers have gone to psychics and shamans for guidance on important life decisions. Of course the level of guidance one gets is dependent on the level of confidence the spiritual guide has in his or her ability to transmit the information available for you. I heard a woman complain that she had a psychic tell her vital and important information about her life that threw her into a tailspin. She, taking the information to heart and literally, spent six months in agony until the offending information came true for her. Now as the oracle said to Neo in movie The Matrix, when he knocked the vase over, “ would you have knocked the vase over, had I not told you about it?” the question is would she have had the negative events if she had not been told about it? Are psychics giving us the absolute truth or is the guidance given to us like that of the oracles of old that spoke in riddles for us to decipher?

When a person goes to a psychic, he is usually at a crossroad seeking guidance as to which direction to take in his life. The psychic’s purpose is only to divine and clarify for us each way, so that we can make an educated decision with confidence. Because everyone is intuitive, all psychics have the ability to guide us. The challenge is that each individual psychic has his or her own perspective from which she gives guidance. For example if the psychic is dealing with emotional challenges, she will guide us from the place, which will either empower or diminish us. It is good to question the psychic when we get information that needs clarification, hopefully as we would question your doctor’s diagnosis or your psychiatrist’s drug prescription. It is important to become an educated consumer and question what we have been told. Questions lead to answers, which lead to personal empowerment.

Do you feel empowered after leaving the psychic’s office? Do you feel satisfied with the information you have received? Maybe you need to go home and digest the information a bit more before taking action. Being an educated consumer will leave you feeling empowered and because like attracts like, because you are empowering yourself, you will only be drawn to a psychic who will guide you in keeping with and supporting your growth.

Drop by in person or via skype for an intuitive appointment.

The end of life as we know it - LOVE IT!

On December 20, 2012 a client called me in a panic. She was told that if she did not clear the emotional state she was in, she would be stuck in it, after the shift that was to occur on December 21st. Of course, as with Y2K, there was a great deal of fear mongering causing people to spend a lot of money, effort and time getting ready for the end. I viewed the fear filling the planet and saw that even as we lived in fear, the energy on the planet was automatically clearing the darkness caused by our fear. Wonderful isn't it? As we spewed our negativity, there is a force that is automatically healing and removing it, transforming it into light. Everything feels lighter. I see our future spread out far into the distance. The human race is and will continue despite our attempt to scare ourselves into oblivion.

2013 will be the year where we begin to see the fruits of the seeds we have sown. If we have been struggling to establish our foundation, we will find ourselves leaping over the "fiscal cliff" landing on strong financial legs. We will realize the truth of what it means to have it all, knowing that we need not match ourselves with anyone. Each of us will set in place for ourselves our own limits of abundance. I feel the rich will give up some of their wealth and the poor will believe in their deserving to have their basic needs met.

Love will evolve, or the image of love will evolve. We will look at the underlying reasons for ourselves of why we attract the types love we bring into our life. Yes there is change. Big change. We are like the caterpillar being transformed into the butterfly, through the metamorphic process of the chrysalis. I am looking forward to this change. For it is through these fundamental changes which occur at a deep level within us, that we will wake up one day, forgetting our avariciousness, our fearful decisions based upon our sense of feeling invalidated.

Enjoy the ride!

Love the shift!

Love is all you need...

“All you need is love…” a catchy phrase from John Lennon’s song. Pretty cool, we sing it with our arms wrapped around each other. We try to emulate these words. We send love to our friends and loved ones. Love is the only way that healing can occur in our lives. Love is the only way that healing can occur on the planet. Love of others sometimes has come before love of our selves. Many of us have put ourselves aside, trying to show that we are capable of expressing love by giving it to others. We try to forgive while carrying anger towards ourselves because we are angry with ourselves. For many of us, intimate love that causes us to feel connected to another is also elusive. Even when we feel that we have found our soul mate/twin flame, the one who is the complement to us, we find that intimacy is a distant echo, an illusive that try as we might, we cannot catch. We love our children and even they seem to be rebellious, pushing the love we give them away. Each morning we wake up, we search for that connection with our self and everything else. We try to create a feeling that we are ok.

How do you feel about yourself today? Are you contented with your accomplishments? Do you like the person who you are? Do the words of John Lennon’s song reverberate through your spirit, your body and your life? You work hopefully at a job that fills you up, are you happy in it? If not, why? Are you happy and in love with your life? If not, why?

These questions are not meant to challenge you or make you afraid. Rather it is meant to starting you on an internal dialogue. I am sure you have asked yourself these questions. Sometimes the answers are elusive because we tend to judge ourselves harshly as we search. “Years ago, a colleague of mine, while she and I were walking in the hills around Sedona, Arizona, bent and picked up the red rocks that were strewn along the way. She broke each rock in two with her strong hands and then flung the offending rock back to the ground. After about ten minutes of enduring the hollow echo of the offending activity, I asked her what she was doing. She replied that she was looking for a perfect rock to take back home with her. She was looking for the perfect rock and instead of waiting until she found one that spoke to her, she destroyed many, disturbing the peace of the environment trying to find the one she desired.”

This story reminds me of how we seek our inner truth. As long as we spend our time criticizing our self for what we feel we did wrong or did not do, we will not find happiness. We discard much of what we feel and realize about ourselves because we are afraid of seeing our truth. We are so joyfully beating up on ourselves that we forget to love ourselves first in order to be able to see our truth. I would love for you to look at yourself and your life without judgment. To find a way to “see beauty even if it is not pretty every day…” Oriah Mountain Dreamer. Our children are precious. Please teach them to love themselves through our example of loving ourselves. It is not our words that convey the loudest message it is our actions that leave a lasting imprint on our children and our world.

 “All you need is love…” Be love by being in love with yourself. Be joy by being joyful within. Teach truth by finding your own inner truth. Be a lasting example of the greatest human being that ever existed by acknowledging your own divinity. Yes we can all be the greatest that ever lived. We can all cross the finish line at the same time it is called “a tie”. We can all lead it is called cooperation. We can all feel and be special it is called love.

“Love, love, love, All you need is love…” Let this song uplift you today, emulate it in your life so that it can flow from the source of your inner being manifesting in the greatest love fest the world has ever seen.

We are looking for the thing that will leave us feeling great about our self, that will make us fall in love with our self, that will make us more agreeable in our daily lives. We are so much judging our self that we have a hard time finding the elusive love, love, love.

Dealing with the heat.

My last post...such a long time ago, I wrote about the snow or lack thereof in Vancouver, British Columbia. I showed my gratitude for less snow which brings us to spring in Vancouver. Our spring is typical in Vancouver. Very rainy and cold. I have only just taken off the heavy coat of winter for lighter clothing wrapped in plastic rain wear. The past couple of years Vancouverites were complaining about the heat and mugginess. For the first time air conditioners were in great demand at the hardware stores as spring (what spring?) flowed into summer. While I was speaking with customers a rash of perspiration would slowly form on my forehead. As I stood there becoming drenched, acting like I was quite comfortable with being bathed in sweat, I would wonder if the individual with whom I was speaking thought something was wrong with me. They never said a word and neither did I.

I was suffering with the heat not because of the weather so much but because I was in menopause. Menopause shows itself differently for each woman. For many it may start at the back of the legs, from the solar plexus, for my friend just beginning to indulge in this pasttime that few womwen can avoid, her feet gets really hot. For me it began in my heart. In my chest. A wave of heat started to prickle in the centre of my chest and slowly, oh so slowly oozed over my chest, up my neck, into my face and up into my scalp, then down through my stomach. The heat was suffocating. It was debilitating as its intensity grew and rose up and over my body. It was as if someone took wool batting, and attempted to slowly suffocate me with it. I felt like I was being forced out of air with the heat and as I panicked the experience grow and became more intense.

Over my life I found that as I struggled to overcome a situation, it intensified. I learned that relaxing and surrendering to the physical pain and discomfort caused it to diminish. This is how I faced the hot flashes. I emotionally relaxed, which relaxed my body which caused the discomfort to go away quicker. When my mother went into menopause, I am not sure if she was aware of what was happening but she thought everyone was contrary to herself. She could not understand why people were wearing so much clothing when the environment was so hot to her. She did not understand, she would comment, why we did not put on much clothing when it was so cold. My mother's foray into the world of menopause did not last long because it was not her focus and the same with me. I have heard that the experience lasts for many years, mine lasted for only a short time - unless, I just got used to dealing the heat.

I am looking forward to our (hopefully) hot summer. I should not need to sleep with a fan running all night, nor stick my face into the fridge to alleviate the discomfort. So I am excited about dry picnics, outings and sleeps. Unless menopause is stalking me like my kitten Princess stalked my stockinged feet pouncing when I lease expected it and getting tangled up in my stocking with her claws.

The importance of change

In Vancouver, we have been pleasantly treated to a soggy, rainy winter. I believe the farmer's almanac predicted that we would be inundated by snow, this winter. I did not want snow. Snow can be inconvenient, blocking the roads, creating slushy transport not to mention traffic issues. I know that the people in most of the US and the rest of Canada and parts of the world can agree that snow is no picnic. My mother, enjoyed the short vacation of staying at home because the buses and subway where she lives were going no where. So, I relaxed in the divine view that I do not have to shovel rain. Many automobile owners had, in November, bought snow tires in preparation for the deluge expected, only to be let down by the lack of snow.

Imagine my surprise this morning when I woke up to snow. I was a little nervous at the big, fat snow drops that were drifting from the sky. I had become used to the rain. I know, not many people like the wet stuff, but I had become used to rain, to the safety that for me the rain provided, as opposed to the insecurity brought from the snow. Well I did not have to be discomforted because the snow went as quickly as it came. Whew!!!

So what does this have to do with the importance of change. I feel that change shakes us up. Enjoying the same thing on a day to day basic leads to a type of complacency. We become like the log lying in the forest, getting soggy and dried out until moss begins to grow on us. Soon mushrooms join the moss and we become hosts to complacency, the doldrums, fatigue and physical angst. Like the sand dollars in the oceans and the trees in the forest, it is a really good idea to embrace change. Even if it is a tiny change like rolling over, change is a really good thing for us to embrace.

Let's face it everything is changing. Time is changing. Nature is in constant change. We are also shifting and changing energetically, emotionally, physically despite our resistance. So, let us join hands and sing... (kidding). Got you worried didn't I. That is the shake up I experienced this morning which woke me from the little stagnation I was in. Enjoy the changes as they come...you can't avoid it anyway.

Facing fear

“The thing that is hidden within, if you bring it forth will save you. The thing that is hidden within you do not bring it forth will destroy you.” Thomas Aquinas

What is the meaning of these words?

The thing that is hidden is that which has the most power over us. What is it? Many of us feel as if we are in the grasp of an invisible force, which is guiding our path and forcing us into directions that leave us wondering what is going on. We make decisions that cause us to wonder why did I do that? We see our friends and loved ones who, to us seem strong and powerful fall into destructive behavior and relationships and we ask ourselves why?

One of my favorite reads, Yann Martel’s, Man Booker Prize winning, Life of Pi, which is a painfully humorous sometimes, intense novel about a boy named Piscine Molitar Patel. In India, Piscine, tired of his name being mispronounced Pissing took it upon himself to rename himself Pi. Pi was shipwrecked on a lifeboat during a trip with his family and the contents of a zoo, from India to Canada. He found himself accompanied on the lifeboat by some flies, cockroaches, a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. The story played out until Pi found himself alone with Richard Parker. He was faced with his own fear of death, a death that involves being eaten by the Bengal tiger. He was in a desperate place and yet as his need to survive came up strong and activated his fear, he learned to train and use his fear for his survival.

The question that I feel we should ask ourselves is “What am I afraid of?” How do we handle our fear?

Each of us is afraid of something. The spiritual leaders who are trying to manipulate the world into peace, are they afraid of the consequences of war? The political leaders who are afraid to say no! What are you afraid will happen when you exercise that right to be true to yourself? We are looking outside of ourselves at all times trying to effect change in the environment around us. Why? I feel that it is necessary for us to go within and reconcile the struggle with ourselves and our fear.

This is a passage from Yann Martel’s, The Life of Pi, Random House, ISBN 0-676-97377-9. Page 178, Chapter 56.

I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary… it goes to your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind always… fear next turns fully to your body, which is always aware that something terrible is going on… Quickly you make rash decisions. You dismiss your last allies: hope and trust. There you’ve defeated yourself. Fear, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you.

The matter is difficult to put into words. For fear, real fear, such as shakes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal end, nestles in your memory like a gangrene: It seeks to rot everything, even the words with which to speak of it. So you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don’t if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.

At this time in our lives on the planet, everything that we hold dear is under attack. We are not too sure what to do. We desire change, radical change from the status quo of dependency and limitation. We want peace and abundance in our lives but are afraid of the consequences of reaching this state. We can attain this but there is always a price for everything. Within this polarized existence, balance must always be maintained. We are aware that in nature there is always balance. In an old growth forest, in order for new life to exist, fire must burn away the old so that the new life has a chance of survival. This keeps balance in tact in our natural environment.

The new, requires the transformation of the old to exist, otherwise everything perishes. Our world as we know it is falling apart, there is overpopulation, poverty, violence, lack and limitation on the planet. These situations have come about because we have been afraid to fight for our right to be ourselves. We have hidden away from our own nature by trying to live in “love and light”. “Love and light” exists always. This state is what we are. We deny the painful, sad abusive parts of ourselves and this is the part of our nature, which is the fire of destruction in our lives and the planet. I feel that it is time that we go back to basics and look at ourselves by step into the dark aspect of ourselves so that peace, real peace can exist in our lives and on the planet.

Peace cannot exist, without there being peace within. It is not about “self-talk” it is about self-realization and self-expression. It is time that we give voice to the shadow side of our nature, bringing it out into the light so that it can release it’s hold upon us.

Each time I ask what can I do to effect change on the planet? The voice of my inner guidance replies “Find peace within, respect all aspects of yourself and you will see peace on your planet.” I am grateful to my guides and inner teachers for their continuous support and blunt guidance.

Please look within and create peace so that peace can exist on the planet.

Recognize your worth and cashing in on it.

In our world, mankind is of two minds about money. On the one hand, we love money and the freedom it brings. Yet on the other hand we keep money at arms length. Without money we would not eat, have a roof over our heads or the medical needs of our loved ones met. We see money in a negative light, many of us believing that money is not important that it is the love of family that is most important. We forget that we need to support ourselves and how we do this is with money. Money is the form that our modern world uses to value it's products and services. The truth of the matter is that the same view that we have of money is reflected in our views of ourselves. We see ourselves as not worthy, and many of us experience this in a lack of wealth.

How do we recognize that the shift in thinking happens? To become a magnet for financial abundance effectively, requires a shift in your thinking. This could be through mantras, each morning, look in the mirror, into your eyes and say, "today, I attract abundance, with ease". Before bed each night, go over your day, bless things that did not go well for you and let them go. Then use the mantra, "I attract positive abundant in all aspects of my life." This is a good start to get you on the path to changing your thinking about money and become a magnet for all the good stuff you desire.

A sign that shift has happened is a click inside of yourself, an epiphany, you feel a physical jolt within. You recognize your value and find your life purpose.

The Power of Money

In the past, supporting charities was a noble choice. We chose who we wanted to help and our desire to assist our neighbour was a good thing. Today it seems that as soon as we jump to assist one disaster, another one creeps up on us. The businesses on the planets that get the most publicity are charities or ones supporting charities. We ride for cancer, run for AIDS, collect for Haiti, fund raise for Pakistan, there are flooding, landslides, new diseases being found, which require us to put our needs aside and give money. What I find ironic is that in this time of recession and financial hardship, the charities are the organizations that seem to be doing well, at least they seem to have the support behind them.

What I am getting to is that there seems to be an avalanche of disasters requiring our attention and our money. Why is this the case, all of a sudden? Our science has shown us that what we think we create. There are many books on the subject and many spiritual teachers who tell us that our thoughts create our reality, all proving that the unseen, the unconscious mind is a powerful tool for creation. We, most of the time, worry about attracting "bad" not realizing that as we worry, we are creating the thing we are worrying about. Our fear has the greatest power for manifestation. Could it be that as we collectively focus on the poor downtrodden people on the planet, who need our help we inadvertently manifest more disasters in order for us to fulfill the need to save others, including our animals?

In my class THE POWER OF MONEY, I speak about the idea of everyone seeking to support others, always giving, which creates an empty hole needing to be filled with receivers, because even the people who are being supported have a sense of unworthiness within themselves, thus leaving a negative energy within the word charity.

Now that I've gotten the negative off my chest, let's talk about abundance. We all desire abundance - meaning money. We want to be able to live our lives on our terms. We want to know that if something happens to us we can afford to take care of ourselves without turning to handouts. We need to be able to move into attracting abundance mentality, instead of avoiding money mentality. It is within us to be abundant. It is our birthright. When we look at our world, it is abundant. We are abundant with cells. Trees are abundant with leaves. Our desert is abundant with sand. Our world in abundant with money. There is more than enough money to give each human his and her basic needs. In the class I show you how to shift your thoughts and recharge our unconscious mind to make ourselves receptive to abundance.

Having money is good. It allows us to live our lives on our terms. It affords us the opportunity to support whatever and whomever we want without leaving ourselves cash poor. Maybe this will unconsciously reverse the negative trend of disasters that seems to be plaguing our world.

Meet and Greet

On October first, I am facilitating a 'meet and greet'. It is the first such event by me in several years. What is a meet and greet? Well, I usually have something to say, you wouldn't know that by the limited amount of blogs I have put out, but I do. Get me started and I can go on and on and on... well you get the picture. I decided to do some of my speaking to a large gathering of forward thinkers instead of the one-on-one that I have been doing. Don't get me wrong, I will still continue to speak to whomever will listen.

Back to the meet and greet. I love to talk spirit and the shift in the human consciousness. I love to share what I know, for example, the fact that we can follow the progression of the human evolution through the chakras. The step by step journey which shows us, that we will continue after December, 2012. The human species will not be destroyed as many are thinking. It will continue, because we have much more evolving to do.

I love to share that "The thing that is hidden, when you bring it forth will save you, instead of destroy you when you keep it in the dark". The explanation is very clear, when we as amazing beings, human beings, realize that we have what we need to save ourselves and this beautiful planet of ours. Our planet is the macrocosm of our inner world. We will heal the planet when we see the mirrored effect of this symbiotic relationship we have with earth.

This and much more I shall share in the two hours of sitting in the divine energy of universal love, on October first at six-thirty. Meditation, connection and conversation, all a part of inner healing and movement into divine love.

Oops, Sorry!!

This is the time when sorry is fashionable. Sorry that I played around on my life partner, sorry that I drank and killed your loved one, sorry that we did not do what we should, to ensure the gulf of Mexico is safe from the disaster of an oil spill. I have heard so many sorrys, teary eyed and otherwise. It is so easy to do first, say sorry next, then think later. Do the people who say sorry, giggle behind their sleeves as they plan their actions?

"I'll do what I want and say sorry when I am caught, people will buy it." The media certainly like the sorry angle, probably makes them feel powerful, they get the perpetrator to become repentant.

Sorry is now, the latest accessory.

This morning my friend called to talk about something she heard on the Coast to Coast radio show. The discussion on the show makes it appear that the present oil spill in the golf of Mexico is signaling the "end of days", the oil in the water apparently looks like blood, she heard. Basically in Revelation 8 Verse 8, a trumpet is sounded by a second angel and along with a mountain burning with fire and cast into the ocean, a third of the ocean turns to blood. Unless this is the earth's blood which could be seen as the oil deposits, I feel we have much longer to wait before the end times. I don't think we can get away so easily nor should we expect to. We have done a lot to this earth and her creatures and before we "go" we should learn - those of us left on earth - how to correct the damage we have created or we will be back again on another planet - like we now are from Atlantis - to repeat the learning.

Let's look at the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I had an image of the oil spilling so quickly from the earth the it creates an unstable gap in the earth's crust which causes a catastrophic sink hole to occur in and around the Gulf. Like when you remove the blood from an vein and the vein collapses. The expectation was to siphon oil over a period of decades until the oil pocket in the earth is empty. With so much oil spilling, what if this is happening too quickly and the earth is not able to adjust fast enough? Will we see this as an act of God? The oil industry as well as many other industries that go into the earth in search of profits, do not look at the old traditional ways of take only what you need. They take and take, leaving their children to clean up the messes. Or they give most of their money to charity when they get too old to enjoy it. Makes me wonder about their relationships with their children.

The world's economy is in the dumps. I feel that this oil spill will continue to throw us even further into the economic pit, from which only a major exodus of humanity from starvation will correct. We understand that we are all interconnected not just humans but the animals, birds, sea creatures, insects and rocks. What happens to a rock affects a snail which affects a bird, which stops seeds from being carried about, costing us our lumber industry, and our food, taking a toll on us.

In this case I think BP should get on and plug the hole they have created - for real, for real - and go make their profits elsewhere like making money doing cleanup.

Beautiful Vancouver

Oh! The rain is back. The wonderful, miserable juice that keeps Vancouver attractive when it is not showering. But what a beautiful week. I think we have had a week of glorious, gorgeous weather. I believe the snow is beginning to present itself. Either way Vancouver is beautiful, with rain and without.

GO CANADA! CONGRATULATIONS!
Oh and the same to the rest of the world!

Thank you Olympics

I am sitting at my computer with the sun streaming through my window. Warm wonderful sun. I remember last year, Vancouver was socked in by record snowfall. Vancouverites were not ready for it nor did we know how to handle that much snow. People were sliding all over the place. Cars were buried under several feet of snow. The snow packs on the roads did not finally leave until the middle of the spring. Drivers got scared. As soon as the weather cleared, and snow tires went on sale, drivers were putting snow tires on their vehicles. One of my friends even added snow tires with studs or spikes because he could not get up the hill to his home. He has a Toyota Hybrid car which, although is good on gas, is incapable of navigating the streets of Vancouver in the snow. So Vancouverites were prepared for snow. Big snow. This year, Our snow ready drivers are getting around wet streets, my friend having a challenge with his car skidding on the rain soaked streets like a puppy skidding across wooden floors.

Looking forward to the Olympics. This is Vancouver's time to host the Olympics. The Winter Olympics. We had so much snow last year that I think the Olympics organizers thought they had it all in the bag. Then El Nino hit and our snow emigrated to the United States. I am sure the Border guards would have stopped the winter weather from entering their country if they could, but nobody, nobody can stop the great mother when she sets her sights on a certain area in the world. Mother Nature took all the snow that Vancouver was hoping for to make the Olympics run smoothly and dumped it on the southern United States. Surprise all around.

So, I am happy. It is sunny. It is warm. The glorious beauty of Vancouver is being shown off in all it's splendor. What could be better than skiing, snowboarding, lugeing and skating in this beautiful weather nestled in the majestic mountains of Vancouver? I expect that we are getting some criticism about our lack of snow, but if Jamaica can have athletes in a winter sport, we can adjust and make the best of the fine weather.

So, here's to the athletes of the world. You are the wonderful example that we can work together in solidarity, I feel you are one of the great example for peace on earth. I would like to believe that you have all brought the big bright smile from mother nature with an early spring, baby goats and daffodils. Makes me smile.

Living Consciously

As residents of planet earth, we have been individually and collectively seeking answers to the same questions. Why are we here? Is this all there is? We have traveled from lifetime to lifetime seeking the answers to these and many other questions trying to make sense of the reasons why things happen. We are trying to understand why one human being can cause so much pain to another, through some of the most inhumane behavior. We want to know why most of the planet, live in poverty and many of us see ourselves just a small step away from the bread line.

We rush along the road of life to the end, at such a fast rate not stopping to experience the simple things along the way. It is as if we are driving in a beautiful fast car, unconscious of the car, the road it is on or the surrounding countryside. It is like eating our favorite ice cream cone, gobbling it so quickly that we never taste it and we are left with the same hunger because we did not open our senses to experience the event.

Conscious living is the ability to “be” in the experience of being alive, with all senses awake and aware, feeling the “ice cream cone” as well as tasting and smelling it. It is the ability to be present in our life so that we can fully realize what brings us joy. What are our dreams? What makes us happy? If we could be and do anything at all in our life what would it be? Conscious living is the ability to be alive within ourselves, to be so connected with our inner glory that we can easily access our magical ability to bend and stretch time to suit ourselves.

It is possible to apply consciousness to all aspects of our lives. In our work, at play, in loving, eating, cooking we can begin to be aware of each moment of our lives. This makes our lives more exciting. It gives us the chance to appreciate our existence and the existence of everything and everyone around us. In order for us to “walk a mile in another’s shoes” we must be willing to really see and feel life around and in us. In order for us to “do unto other’s as we would want others to do unto us” we must know what makes us tick. Conscious living is about finding out what makes us tick so that we can embrace life on our terms without guilt or fear. This is what we have been seeking, the ability to have control over our world in positive and uplifting ways.

To live consciously – first, decide to live in slow motion. What I mean is; when you get up in the morning, use five minutes to meditate. The five minutes relaxes you so that you are able to see your day clearly. You might find that your ride to work goes more smoothly and you have more time to settle into work thus giving you a fabulous day.

Second, try and see things from both sides of the situation. For example, if a conflict occurs in your life try to see why you are feeling the way you do, and being aware that the other person is thinking and feeling the same as you, turn and see the situation from their perspective. Conflict is easily resolved when we are aware of ourselves because we then become the reflection of the emotions spinning around, seeking understanding.

Life is such an incredible opportunity to use what the sages of old have taught through the different modalities and doctrines. Over the temple of Delphi are the words “Know thyself and you will know the universe” or Christ “Love your neighbor as you love yourself”.

It still comes back to you. It is all about you. Check in with yourself and find that the whole world will make far more sense.

It's been a while since I visited this blog. Writing, for me these days feels slow and congested. I am still writing, but it is mostly in my head. I wake at two in the morning same as before but my days are so filled with living, that I am more worried about being able to make it through my day with enough sleep than I am about spewing out the stories that are filling my head.

I am one of those writers, who dream my stories. I will visualize my characters going about their experiences, having conversations and interacting with my other characters. I used to write on napkins, in notebooks; I actually have many books and scraps of paper that I wrote my ideas on over the past years. It is ironic that ten years ago words would fall out of my head and spill from my mind like the oil from an eighties Jerry Curl. I allowed the race of life to catch up and overtake me creating a distraction that has congested my creativity. Which has not gone away, just gone to sleep.

I wondered what is hindering my writing? You know, I look out in the world and there are so many books being written these days. People's autobiographies, self-help stories, it seems to me that there is so much information crossing the air ways that there is a part of my which is reluctant to add to this. Now I have told many of my clients that each person's story is important. I am aware that mine is as well. Am I worried of rejection when I write my books? Yes, and I can publish my own books, using many of the tools available to me in the publishing industry. I will go back to the many stories that I have started over the past years and complete them. Set my schedule to each project and see how publish worthy my words are.

Soo... my daughter has set up a schedule for my blog. I am supposed to update this every fortnight. I will keep up with this so that I can unplug my creativity and get the flow going again.