A random collection of questions, answers, comments, and links, all related to the world changes.
The time is now and the choice is yours! What reality do you choose to live in? One of drama and chaos or one of joy and abundance...
The New Era Energy Institute
There is a new newsletter out from Satya Centre: http://www.satyacenter.com/august-2009-satya-center-newslet
As always I recommend it if you want to know a bit more than what they tell in the official news channels.
A little while back I was in the process of putting together some beads for a bracelet for a friend. The image suddenly came to me that I was creating a chakra bracelet.
I work with beads and gems but I do not spend much time finding out about their properties. So I had no idea if the beads I was using were connected to the chakras. Instead I sent the information to my colleague, Bradford Tilden of Crystal Music Healing. I was pretty surprised when I got this info back: ""It doesn't seem to treat the individual chakras, but rather exhude a general energy of a very sophisticated nature for the whole chakra system."
I was very surprised to find that I had been the tool for putting this together. It would have seemed more natural to me if it had come through one of my crystal geek friends. But here we are, and the combination is definately powerfull and I have now listed it on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28459833
"What do you mean? Of course Africia is on the internet"
Well, up until now Africa has mainly only been on a very slow version of the internet. You could check mails and do a bit of none too stranious surfing. But now East Africa is being hooked up to an off-shore fiber optics cable.
Apparently the project has been years on the way and it may sound a bit trivial but, believe me, it is not! Try to imagine some of implications...
Millions of new sellers and buyers on eBay. Unlimited access to information. On-line education. On-line medical help to people even in remote villages...
And do you know why the local governments have invested in this? They plan to make East Africa the new Call Centre Hub of the world. Imagine the effects in India.
So it is not just a question of some faster internet. It is the shifting of power.
I really like this latest newsletter from Dick Sutphen, www.dicksutphen.com:
IF YOU’RE NOT, YOU DON’T
If you are not really working to get what you say you want, you don’t really want it. You may think you want it, but not really, or you’d be doing something to manifest it in your life. Obviously, you’re putting other things first and you’re fooling yourself about your priorities.
We’re all extremely busy and there is no possible way we can put everything in the number one, or two, or three priority position. But just for fun, why not list your priorities, by how you spend your free time.
Darcy says she wants to find a husband. She talks about it endlessly. She is ready to settle down and have children. But Darcy spends her time with other women enjoying female athletics. She rarely sees a single man because the events are just for women. I asked her, “If you find a husband, a lot of things are going to change in your life. What are the changes you won’t like?”
She thought for a moment. “Well, I’m not going to give up my sports activities with the girls.”
“But your sports activities take up all your spare time,” I said. “Are you saying if you had a husband, you would not make any time for him?”
She looked at me with a blank expression. The thought had never occurred to her. She was not doing anything to find a husband. She wasn’t even on any of the social or dating websites. Darcy was not clear on her intent.
Morgan examined his priorities by the amount of free time he spent on each one. 1) sex, because he spends a couple of hours a day visiting porn sites. I told him I didn’t think his first priority was sex, or he’d be out chasing women for a couple hours a day. “Your first priority is being a sexual voyeur.” He didn’t like that. When I initially asked him what his first priority was, he said, “Developing my psychic ability.”
Marie listed her priorities as, 1) her boyfriend that she plans to marry, 2) her career, 3) horseback riding. But she spends all her free time at her mother’s house, she does no cooking, and although he wants children, she refuses to even talk about it. She is a hairdresser, but she gripes nonstop about her clients and the work. And she admits that the last time she went horseback riding was at a rental stable eight months ago.
If you’re not working to get what say you want, you don’t really want it.
I have just updated my website, making also the book "Creating your own Reality - A Survival Kit" available as a PDF document for a $3 donation.
You'll find it on the "book" page.
Karen Bishop has relaesed a mini ebook. Please see below:
HEAVEN'S GATE / NAVIGATING THE DIMENSIONAL BORDER
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The very first mini e-book has just been posted on the Emerging Earth
Angels web site and is ready for viewing. Heaven's Gate describes
our current status as earth angels, why many are feeling that
there is nowhere left to go, what we can do about it and why this
is occurring, why many are feeling a need to be "closed" when we
thought we would be "open," specific guidelines for opening and
managing our store-fronts during these unusual times, and much, much
more about how to now run our new energies while navigating in the
old world and lower dimensions.
This e-book is offered to you by donation only. To access Heaven's
Gate, kindly click on the link below or go to the Newest WINGS
page or Home page on the web site, and utilize the link in the
Mini E-Books text box at the right of the page:
http://www.emergingearthangels.com/heavensgate.html
Looking for a new way of doing things? Check out this website on Transition Towns: http://www.transitiontowns.org/
Oh, and Karen Bishop has a new report out as of yesterday...
What if the economy of a country was to colapse completely?
Hmm, that already happened. Iceland went bankrupt.
What if the world economy was to colapse completely? All money disappear? How would we get food? What would be your contribution? What would you barter with?
I seem to be musing a lot along those lines. My passion is to create and teach. Teaching might not get me food for my family but my creations just might. These days I have started creating silk scarves and personalized bracelets made with gem beads.
As I work and as I order new materials I feel like a squirril stocking up for winter. The more scarves I have stored away, the more Lemurian crystals I have sitting in my meditation room without being sold, the safer I feel.
I guess I ought to be sad that what I am passionate about does not have a very high market value right now. I almost wish it would continue to be so. But I can't shake the feeling that I am preparing for winter and will be ever so happy to be able to pull one after the other of my creations and passions out of my drawers, the day when money is no longer available.
Please depend on me getting around to posting a notive every time there is a new energy report from Karen Bishop :-) If you connect with her material I recommend that you sign up for her newsletter or check her website frequently.
But a new report has been published today: http://www.emergingearthangels.com/2009/wings4.3.2009.html
Boy, I am so tired of the energy storm that is raging right now. I think that "storm" is the right word. It seems that few things flow well and last week I managed to puzzle the pieces together. My astrologer friend talked about a quadrant with Mercury (makes little sense to me) that had some adverse effect and that started the Friday before. Hmm, looking at the calender I got my suspicions confirmed. She was talking about Friday 20., the day of the spring exquinox. There was a huge energy influx on that day. A few days later came the new moon (March 24.) with another energy influx.
According to Karen Bishop these energies are designed to let go once again. I am sure that people in need of this kick in the butt is feeling the full effect of the storm but even being "inside and with the windows shut" I can feel the storm. I do hope it will let up soon. I keep having to watch myself to not go into dramas. I am sure that it is good exercise but still... It seems that few things come through at the moment though it does seem to be a benificial time for launching new projects, just as long as one does not expect to see results straight away :-)
From the latest newsletter from Curtis Lang of Satya Center:
March 13, 2009
Welcome to the Decade of Global Transformation and the New American Evolution
by Curtis Lang
Welcome to the March Spring 2009 Global News Flash edition of the Satya Center newsletter and warm greetings from your Editor, Curtis Lang.
As you may know, although Jane and I spend full time running Satya Center, teaching Reiki, giving Reiki sessions, counseling as InterFaith Ministers, and writing about spiritual matters, I have over thirty years experience as a financial writer and editor and investigative journalist at The Village Voice, WORTH Magazine, and Ameritrade, where I was editor of the OnMoney.com financial portal.
I was one of the first to predict the depth and scope of the S&L Crisis in 1987 in The Texas Observer, and wrote many articles investigating the fraud and abuse in that industry.
In this newsletter, using research compiled over the last two years from honest and reliable financial experts, environmentalists, independent journalists and famous astrologers, I will give you a bird’s eye view of the current global financial crisis, provide you with a clear outline of its scope, depth and probable duration, and together we will take a look at the BIG picture – the cultural, political, economic, social and environmental changes set to totally transform human civilization during the next decade.
I maintain a steady focus on the financial, social, environmental, political and astrological factors that are most likely to shape America’s next decade. All point toward a massive awakening, a political confrontation, and a revolutionary change in the entire American way of life.
I recommend some major reforms of the current banking bailout, including a call for financial democracy and for public ownership and public control of the current Federal Reserve System, which is unduly influenced by private banks for their own profit and to the detriment of the public interest.
To read this newsletter online in its entirety, with pictures & links, please click here.
One of my dear friends and colleagues, Bradford Tilden, does music as well as crystal healing.
I always use his pieces when I need music for working with people because the music is enhanced at several levels.
If you are energy sensitive I invite you to listen to this piano piece on YouTube and notice what happens to your flow of energy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwLjLp4zjwA
If you are not energy sensitive you will probably put too much attention to the lyric and the song.
Here is another video with Bradford on YouTube with crystal bowls and chanting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjshFvFas8
I am really excited today! I am off this morning to start writing a new book. I have already written a couple of book manuscripts (neweraenergyinstitute.com/the_angel.html) and none have been published yet. It is not important. It just means that one day I'll have a lot of material ready :-)
Anyway, the other day I was walking down the street and suddenly I knew exactly how to pass on all the knowledge I have gained on how to create your own reality.
Several have suggested that I should put my knowledge and my tools into writing but I have felt that it would not make a very long book because it is really so simple. So - make the book short!
I thought I was going to start painting (another call beckoning me) before I would write more. And I thought that the next book would be my vision for 2098, The Sisterhood. I guess I was wrong because right now I can hardly wait until my favorite café, where I always do my writing, opens at 10 a.m. :-)
I subscribe to the weekly newsletter of Dick Sutphen. He is a hypnotherapist and a regression therapist. His website is: www.dicksutphen.com
I want to share with you the newsletter of Feb. 28, 2009. Hmmm, no explanations - just read it :-)
“Bad Union”
John came to my Westlake Village, CA office. We shook hands and I pointed him to the recliner chair. We chatted for a couple minutes. “What are we going to work on?” I asked, picking up my notebook and taking a pen from my pocket.
“I’m having an affair,” he said. The expression on his face told me he had shocked himself at how bluntly the words rolled out of his mouth. “My wife doesn’t know it, but I’m going to have to tell, because I’m really in love.”
I waited.
He looked down, up, smiled. “Marsha and her husband recently moved into the neighborhood, and my wife invited her into the local women’s group. It was a couple months before we met, but when we did, I became weak in the knees. I mean literally. Marsha felt the same way. No one else noticed, thank God.”
“How soon after this did the affair start?” I asked.
“Two weeks.” He looked sheepish. “I’ve never done anything like that. I just couldn’t help myself.”
I never make judgments. There is no way to know the full story without extended therapy, and that is not what most people come to me for. They’re looking for understanding -- an explanation they hope to find in past-life regression or Spirit-Contact work. And sometimes they are quite surprised at what they find.
I know John was expecting to learn he had met his soulmate, they had shared many past lives, and destiny was pulling them together. I explained how I worked. We would check to see if the two of them had been together in another lifetime. If they had been together in many lives, he would perceive the life most influencing his current life. Then after we’d explored the life, I would move him into Higher-Self, where I would introduce him to his Spirit Guide and maybe others in spirit who could help us find the truth.
I hypnotized and directed him back to a shared past-life in the early 1900s. They shared their same gender roles, but he was responsible for an accident that disfigured her. His last contact with her in that incarnation, was her screaming threats from her hospital bed.
Next, we moved into Higher-Self where John met his Spirit Guide, a grey haired oriental man named Han who was wearing a strange outfit with “ruffles.”
“Han will project words into your mind, and you’ll hear them as if he were talking to you,” I said. “Han, can you speak up and tell John what he needs to know about the relationship he is having with Marsha?”
I waited. John was deep in hypnosis, his head tipped to one side, listening. “Han says, ‘Bad union.’” Han went on to explain that John was highly attracted to Marsha, just as he had been in the previous life. But she had turned very bitter after the accident and lived out the lifetime hating him. Years of hatred focused at John, karmically assured they would come back together again. It would start with Marsha destroying John’s marriage so they could be together.
In a similar case, I worked on a few years ago, it started like this. The woman managed to take my client from his wife. After marrying him, she destroyed him financially, and when he became sick, she left him.
Before awakening John, I directed him through a tearful forgiveness process. He forgave himself for what had happened in the past, but there was little he could do about Marsha in the present, other than send her light and healing.
After awakening John, he sat in the recliner for several minutes, staring at his feet. “What am I going to do?” he said.
“I think you know what to do. The only question is, do you have the strength to do it?” I said.
There is a new Wings from Karen Bishop: http://www.emergingearthangels.com/2009/wings3.5.2009.html
If you feel out of sorts and are wondering why, this posting might shed light on your situation.
Seen on a vinery billboard on the road to Napa:
"Our stimulus package comes in a bottle"
Sorry, I've been falling behind a bit here. I am in San Francisco at the moment and though I certainly have internet access, I guess my mind have been elsewhere :-)
The latest report from Karen Bishop came on February 25: http://www.emergingearthangels.com/latest.html
There is a really informative article in The San Francisco Chronicle today about the economic situation worldwide, recommended:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/22/MNNA161178.DTL&tsp=1
Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It's too high!
COME TO THE EDGE
And they came
And he pushed
And they flew.
Christopher Logue, 1968
If you own a US home and am getting close to foreclosure you might try this: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/17/national/a120919S63.DTL
- Demanding to see the original document...
It probably won't keep you in your house forever but it will pospone losing it and thus other possiblities might show up.
There is a new energy report from Karen Bishop. To wet your appetite I offer this qoute:
The masses need to receive the message that there is no going back. No saving the old, no holding up the old, and no returning to an older reality of security. Thus, any attempts in this regard will need to fail in order to place the masses in a position where it is accepted that a VERY NEW reality needs to arise, in all ways.
http://www.emergingearthangels.com/2009/wings2.14.2009.html
I found an article the other day about a new San Francisco company - TCHO. They make chocolate and I do mean "make" since they are in touch with the whole process including growing the cocoa beans in Peru.
I find it interesting and typical of our time that two big time Yupies turn from big turnover to a business project that is deeply personal.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/14/MN1215MN82.DTL&hw=pier+17&sn=001&sc=1000
What we see happening in our world is not so much the complete downfall of business, more a very significant change in how we work and what we want to spend our money on.
A friend just provided me with a sample of a handmade face lotion. The lotion is made from scratch with only herbs. I swear that when holding it in my hand, comparing with a normal commercial product, this new lotion feels like a "happy" lotion and my old one feels sad. I guess it is a by-product of having become almost overly energy sensitive, but what I can put into words everybody else feels too, only at a non-verbal level.
This is a link to an article by Stuart Wilde: http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/finance/pensions_stock_exchange.html
Though not all that he writes about happened (yet), enough has come about to make me quite impress since this article was written more than two years ago.
The latest channelling from Crimson Circle is available. Go to www.crimsoncircle.com and register for free to have access to the extensive library. To catch the latest choose The Returning Series and go to the end.
Right now the shoud from Saturday is ready as an audiofile. The transcript should be ready in a few days.
I am really looking forward to hearing it since Kuthumi is speaking this time and that has not happened in a long time. It is usually Tobias. The classic shoud from Kuthumi was when he told about this funny joke that they tell on the other side of the veil "On the way to ascention I lost everything."
He was right, you know. Ony when you let things go - release them - loose them - do you see that they are all illusions.
Karen Bishop has posted a new report: In Between But Getting Closer
http://www.emergingearthangels.com/2009/wings2.4.2009.html
There is a truly beautiful project going on in Jerusalem. They call themselves Jerusalem Peacemakers and it is the meeting of Jews, Christians and Muslims. I have chosen to copy their entire newsletter below. I have met the two people behind the project in person. Would that there were more like them!
Hello friends and supporters,
While most news you receive from the Holy Land in the aftermath of the Gaza war is awful, the peacemakers continue their work, invisible to the eyes of the world. This has been a difficult time, the gap of mistrust and anger between the Israelis and Palestinians is as wide as ever. In the face of all of this though, we have deepened our commitment to work for peace. As Elias Jabbour, director of the House of Hope puts it, "its up to us to keep the torch of hope alive, we have no other other choice."
Take the time to read this update about the sacred work of our family of peacebuilders, hope you will be inspired.
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS GATHER FOR SOLIDARITY AND CELEBRATION AT THE DEAD SEA, January 30-31
Eighty Palestinians and Israelis came together for the Gathering of Light and Unity on Metzukei Dragot beach, an oasis of beautiful fresh and saltwater pools on the Dead Sea shore. This area is easily accessible for both Israelis and Palestinians who came from across the West Bank without the need for travel permits. For two days we shared meals, music and dance, prayers and speaking from the heart together. This gathering, organized by Ilana Meallem, brought together many people yearning to connect as a family of human beings in light of all thats happened recently.
HEALING ABRAHAM'S FAMILY PRAYER AND HOSPITAL VISIT, AT TEL HASHOMER HOSPITAL, TEL AVIV, January 26
Forty people came together as Jerusalem Peacemakers joined with Rabbis for Human Rights to organize a prayer gathering at Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel Aviv. This event was advertised in Israeli media: "Muslim, Jewish and Christian Religious Leaders Raise Their Voices Together for: A Cry of Mourning; Affirmation of Responsibility to work for Reconciliation, Human Rights and Peace, a Future of Hope and Healing of the Wounds between our People". We read traditional prayers for mourning of the dead in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions and offered personal prayers followed by a group prayer for peace in Hebrew and Arabic. We then split up, some going to visit a wounded Israeli soldier and many others visiting Izzedin Abuelish and his daughter, the Gaza doctor whose 3 daughters were killed in the Gaza violence, with a fourth daughter being treated in Tel Hashomer hospital. Read more about our event in this LA Times article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/01/israel-interfai.html
JERUSALEM PEACEMAKERS WEST JERUSALEM CENTER HOSTS TALKS AND PEACE GATHERINGS
At our West Jerusalem peace center recently, we hosted study sessions with Rabbi Marc Gopin on 'The Source of Peace' and a text study session with Rabbi Daniel Roth from the Pardes Institiute. On December 22nd we hosted an inter-religious Hannukah peace celebration with over 50 Israelis and Palestinians joining for dialogue, music and prayer.
THIRD WORLD CONGRESS OF IMAMS AND RABBIS FOR PEACE IN PARIS, FRANCE, December 15-17
We joined the Third World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace in Paris, organized by Hommes de Parole. One hundred Imams and Rabbis came from all over the world to bring the voice of Judaism and Islam to build a bridges of dialogue and help solve conflicts motivated by religion in the Middle East, Europe and the world. Leaders included Sheikh Abdallah Nimr Darwish, founder of the Islamic movement in Israel and Rabbi Avraham Yosef, son of Sephardic rabbinic authority Ovadiah Yosef. There were plenary sessions, a visit to a Paris peace monument and a mosque and synagogue. Politics tended to divide us, the evenings of sharing in the music of Andalucia, the mutual Jewish and Islamic heritage, brought us together.
See great pictures from the Tel Aviv prayer event, Hannukah peace celebration and World Congress of Imams and Rabbis at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerusalem_peacemakers/sets/
SHEIKH BUKHARI HELPS FAMILIES IN GAZA REBUILD THEIR LIVES
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari has a wide family and community network in Gaza. His wife is from Gaza, his sister and his daughter are both married and live in Gaza. They are part of the Sufi, Uzbek and wider communities in Gaza that have seen their homes and lives shattered in the recent fighting. Sheikh Bukahri has been collecting donations and sending it directly to families in need in Gaza.
RABBI MENACHEM FROMAN CONTINUES HIS WORK FOR A CEASE FIRE AND DIALOGUE WITH HAMAS
Throughout the Gaza war, Rabbi Menachem Froman was working on efforts to bring about a cease fire between Israel and Hamas. Please read this article about his call for for dialogue with Hamas, and a new chance for peace in the wake of the recent war:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058461.html
Rabbi Froman was also recently featured in the New York Times, calling for Barack Obama to involve Israeli and Palestinian religious leaders in the renewed peace process:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/world/middleeast/06froman.html?_r=1&emI
IBTISAM MAHAMID CONTINUES HER PEACEMAKING WORK
Ibtisam Mahamid is building a new peace center, the Tent of Hagar and Sarah in her town of Faradis in northern Israel. She initiated a project to train and empower Muslim Arab women. These women formed a women's council and got their chosen candidate elected mayor of Faradis. During the Gaza war, Ibtisam spent hours visiting wounded children from Gaza in Israeli hospitals and joined a delegation to visit the Israeli town of Sderot. Ibtisam was chosen to receive an award, "Unsung Heroes of Compassion", by the Dalai Lama in San Francisco in April.
A message from Ibtisam: "We are the children of Abraham, family. Every day I light a candle in my heart-- no anger, no hatred. We want peace, we will take peace by the hands, for the sake of our grandchildren. As a peace activist, I give compassion to myself and to the world... if you dont have inner quiet and peace in your heart, you cant give it to the world."
A MESSAGE FROM IBRAHIM ABUELHAWA
We are asking God to stop the war and fighting especially in the Holy Land between the seeds of Abraham. We have to go back to God, and to study the word of God, which it is that we are all one, and we have to love one another, and especially to love our neighbors as our brothers and ourself. Thats the key for everything between the children of Abraham. Is really been hard and tough time with everyone in this land, and we wish everyone to be healthy and safe in his own home.
We are doing all this work with almost no budget. Please make a contribution, small or large, to support the work of the Jerusalem Peacemakers. We count on your support, in its different forms-- prayer and financial support --to empower us to continue this work in the Holy Land.
In the USA, in order to make a tax-deductible contribution, write a check to:
'Rising Tide International', make a note on the memo line: ‘for Jerusalem Peacemakers' and send it to:
Rising Tide International, 5102 Swiss Road, Sarasota, FL 34231
To make a donation by check in the UK, AND to make a donation by credit card with Paypal from anywhere, click this link of Jerusalem Peacemakers UK. Calculate your donation in its equivalent in British pounds:http://www.spiritofpeace.co.uk/jerusalempeacema.html
To send support directly and to contact us by mail:
Jerusalem Peacemakers, PO Box 31894, Jerusalem, 91316 Israel
For making a direct donation to help the people of Gaza, Sheikh Bukhari is collecting donations. Contact Sheikh Bukhari by email for info of how you can contribute: azizb17@hotmail.com
Shalom, Salaam,
Eliyahu McLean,
Jerusalem Peacemakers, co-director
www.jerusalempeacemakers.org
I am a great fan of Stuart Wilde. Some call him a New Age guru. I call him the funniest and most controversial spiritual author around.
He just started a blog: http://www.stuartwildeblog.com/
One of my all time favorite sources of information beyond the 3 dimensions is that of Crimson Circle (www.crimsoncircle.com).
Once a month Geoffrey Hoppe channels Tobias - an angelic being. To "channel" means that Geoffrey in a trance passes on messages from higher beings, mainly Tobias but also Saint Germain and Kuthumi (highly evolved energies called Ascended Masters).
What is important that the energy channelled comes not really from the high entities but is in fact the sum of knowledge and concerns of all who feel connected to this material.
To introduce you to this material I recommend the document "A Letter to Awakening Humans": http://www.crimsoncircle.com/documents/LettertoAwakeningHumans.pdf
The latest shoud/lesson is always available on their library page: http://www.crimsoncircle.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.crimsoncircle.com/ChannelLibrary.
To read old shouds you need to register. It is for free.
I finally figured out what is meant by the term "A shining beacon of light".
It is when your energy flow becomes to strong, that it is no longer your body containing your light but your light containing your body.
I had so hoped that the purpose of my trip to India would reveal itself as a grand and spectacular neckless for all to see - and for all to understand.
Instead it turned out to be a delicate string of pearls, each beautiful in their own right. But not grand, nor spectacular - just beautiful.
I wonder how long it will take me to truly release my expectations about doing grand and visible work. Because it is really just an ego thing. Only the ego needs to prove it's worth. The soul knows the worth.
If you need to see the changes in US and across the world in a positive light, I think you might enjoy reading this channelling session with Kryon: http://kryon.com/k_channel08_laguna.html
I would like to share with you an experience I had two days ago here in India. I wrote this down on the day it happened:
Today was the running together of oh so many energies here in Chennai. Apart from the full moon, the hindu holiday and the independance day, there was also a partial solar eclipse.
The eclipse started around 3 pm local time and went on for about 45 min. I was determined to be at the banyan tree on the grounds of the headquarter of the Theosophical Society at that time and I made it :-) The banyan tree is actually a very large groove covered by all the "children" of the original banyan tree. The area is fenced off but you can sit on a stone bench and look in. Looking in among the trees there is little doubt that the place is a portal.
Karen, the Danish woman that accidentally turned out to be my neighbour at the B&B, came along because she wanted to see the place, and as we were having a meeting with one of my Indian aquintances and her husband when it was time to leave, Deepa and Loy wanted to come too.
As I sat in front of the large area that the banyan tree covered, the energy was sooooo strong - much stronger than two days ago when I was last in the garden. I was almost dizzy with the impact. At first I focused on the feeling of finally emerging fully from my cocoon, being finally a true butterfly. Then after a while I realized that I was just one of a vast ring of very many souls/spirits. In the middle of the banyan groove a huge and immensely powerfull shaft of white light was coming down, and I was the physical anchor for the circle that focused the energy. That was why I needed to be there. I could sense the presence of several of my close connections but there were so many more - hundreds, I would say.
I am not quite sure what it was all about. The centre of the banyan groove where the energy shaft came down is a portal so we might have brought in the energy from some other Universe. I also know that in two days there'll be a huge event in Chennai for world peace guided by The Art of Living. I sense that maybe this was laying the foundation for that event. And maybe this answers my question about why I am here - hmmm, not a reason that is easy to explain to my parent in-laws...
It was so beautiful! For hours afterwards I felt like I was walking on air. I was wearing an old Indian ring, I had bought, silver, a bit of gold and some stones. I feel it vibrating with the power of todays experience. I feel almost as if I would be able to cast forth a strong ray of light from the sapphire in the middle, should I attempt it. Maybe that was why I was drawn to that particular ring. Now I have the ring too. Now I just need the white beard to be Gandalf :-D
Karen Bishop posted a new WINGS on Jan. 24: http://emergingearthangels.com/latest.html
If you feel connected with her information but am new to the ideas, I strongly suggest that you also read her front page. There is a lot of information but do yourself a favor and read it to the end :-)
I am off to India early tomorrow morning. It is a leap of faith. In october I was in Chennai (formerly Madras) and thus in India for the first time. I visited a friend I had reconnected with through the internet and spent all of my 8 days there teaching.
I felt I should go there again. This time I have no plans, no people to see, nothing that indicates that there might be a good reason for me to go. I guess that a vacation could sound like a good reason but I would rather go to Rome for a vacation. I found Chennai very friendly but also very confusing the first time.
For some ego-based reason it is important to me to have a reason to go to Chennai. I feel I need to justify going there. Right here, the day before leaving, I have absolutely no idea why I am going. It really bugs me and I feel both driven up the wall and like laughing loudly at that part of me.
I have a few very faint pictures of some potentials, some things that might happen, people I might meet. But really, I have no idea. I have armed myself with my computer, a bunch of book and a shopping list including a few gold pieces and some colourful tunics. I am going to vistit the 400 store shopping mall, sit at a café and people watch and go chat with ascended master Babaji on the grounds of the headquarter of the Theosophical Society. That's it - I think...
Arrrgh!!! I want to know why I am going!! Ok, I know. I won't know unless I go - and maybe not even then... It isn't the first time I don't know why I am going somewhere. I usually don't. So why is it bothering me so much this time?
I found this very insteresting analysis of Obama's acceptance speach. The speach has been run through a tool called Word Cloud. Looking at it graphically you will see what words Obama used the most. Obama's speach is compared to the acceptance speach of several other precidents: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tag_clouds_of_obamas_inaugural_speech_compared_to_bushs.php
I also like this blog posting very much:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/help_obama_resore_america_on_internet.php
The head line is "7 Online Things To Do To Help Obama Restore America" because the writer is correct. YOU have to do the work too - and we are not just here to help Obama restore America. We are here to help ourselves restore our world.
Frankly, I didn't dare get involved. I was too afraid that he would die before he reached office. But he is here now, Obama. Who would have believed it? Who can believe the promise that this change holds?
See and here the speach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4. I almost cried...
And here is an interesting analysis of the speach: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/20/MN8T15DPI8.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1
Are you American?
Do you realize that there is a big clock/counter on Times Square, NY, showing the debt of the moment in total and pr. capita?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Debt_Clock
In Oct. 2008 the debt surpassed $10 trillion and ran out of digets.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1850269,00.html
I find Satya Center, www.satyacenter.com, a great source of information. It is run by Curtis Lang who was a financial journalist for about 30 years and now has turned spiritual.
The articles coming from Curtis center are probably left wing compared to American standards but truth is being told ahead of time that is only barely being seen by the regular medias.
Here is a small selection of links. I encourage you to explore further.
The Economy is worse than it appears,
http://www.satyacenter.com/global-economic-crisis-2009
Too big to fail? Bailing out Banks, Automakers and more!
http://www.satyacenter.com/too-big-to-fail
Indexing Humanity, Indian Style,
http://www.satyacenter.com/news-global_visionaries-india-poverty-stock-market
2/08: The Coming Collapse of Globalization
http://www.satyacenter.com/news-alt_news-coming-collapse-of-globalization
Newsletter July 2008,
http://www.satyacenter.com/library-curtis_lang_archive-state-of-the-world-7-2008
October 2008: Financial Meltdown Letter,
http://www.satyacenter.com/financial-meltdown-newsletter
Do you know about www.kiva.org? Or www.myc4.com?
They are websites for microbanking. The "inventors" of microbanking recieved the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. I believe it was well deserved.
Here is some explanation: Microbanking means that individuals in under developed countries can apply for a small loan to help them help themselves. It could be a mother needing a small loan to buy 5 more goats. Or a husband wanting to expand his shop to include two more kinds of rice. Or a wife wanted to add 3 male hair products and 6 new lipstick colours to her beauty shop.
Through a local bank contact a request is made for a small loan, maybe $500, to be payed back over max. 12 months. The request for this loan is then posted on a website like the two above and private people (or businesses) can then invest maybe $25. When enough people have invested in the project, funds have been met, the person applying for the loan gets the money, and pay back starts.
This means that you can personally decide who you want to support, and it is not a hand-out! It is a loan. You don't take away people's pride. You support them being industrious and want to make a better life.
www.kiva.org is the most wellknown site. They have been around for several years and have a very long list of publicity. They have projects running in many countries. The minimum amount you can loan to a project is $25.
www.myc4.org is actually run by a group of Danes, though all is conducted in English. Their contacts are in Africa so they support only projects in Africa at present. What I really like about this site is that you can charge an interest. You actually decide the interest rate yourself and the person applying for the loan can decide whether to accept your contribution or not at the rate you offer. The minimum amount you can loan to a project is €5.
If you don't know what to get your friends for their birthdays you might want to consider a gift certificate. The great thing is that your friends will eventually get their money - if they choose to withdraw them rather than reinvest - but along the way they could learn a lot about what life looks like in other countries and lend a hand at the same time.
