By Joy Heartsong

The time between Thanksgiving and New Years is the most stressful 6 weeks of the year.  Some say it has to do with the lack of sunshine.  I believe it has to do with familial stress and money.

Joy Heartsong is one of my favorite energy workers and energy movers.  Her Seven Steps to Less Stress will teach you how to move the stress out and the love in.

“‘Tis the season to be jolly…” as one popular carol proclaims. Yet, it’s easy to lose the true spirit of the season with the formidable list of all the preparations and “must do’s” looming before us. The good news is…it’s not too late to add spice to your holidays and ease to your life. Yes, there is still time to keep the “jolly” and release the “folly” in the season.
 
Are you one of those over-achiever types who gets so focused on shopping, wrapping, decorating, signing, baking and cleaning that, almost before you know it, you find yourself feeling stressed, resentful, rushed and maybe a little depressed? If so, take a closer look at what you’re doing to yourself and what you can do to shift this pattern. (By the way, this works for other situations and responsibilities too.)

 
Follow the seven easy steps below.

1. Discover: First, convince yourself that it’s okay to take a few minutes to relax. Trust me. You’ll still get the important things done. Now close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. See a picture in your mind of what you really love about this very special holiday. What is it that makes you feel really good, peaceful and joyful? Where are you? Who is with you?

1. Determine: What is really important and what isn’t? (Hint: You already discovered what makes you feel happy and energized in the first step.) What can you do cheerfully within your timeline? Share with family and friends who will be affected by the changes.
2. Delegate: How can you delegate what you are no longer willing to do or have time to do? How can others help or participate? If it’s important to you, hire someone to do some of the work or trade services.
3. Delete: If it’s something that drains your energy or consumes too much time, you may choose to cross it off your to-do list.
4. Delay: Let go of the need to have everything done now. Some things can wait. Cards can be sent out any time during the year or as a new year’s greeting/update. Redecorating? Chances are your guests won’t care either way. Postponing may work better when you aren’t so busy and can give more attention to the details.
5. Devote: Focus your energy on doing what feels good to you. You may find it’s having more quality time for sharing with your family, engaging in spiritual activities or volunteering to help others in need.
6. Develop: Finally, develop an attitude of gratitude for every gift of life (whether it makes you glad or sad), each person and every experience that comes your way. If you really need to do something that you’d rather not do (like going to work), change your thoughts about it. Consider all the reasons you have for feeling grateful for having this job. Then your greater appreciation helps you feel good about going to work. Develop a sense of being at peace with what is.

 
You have the power to create that sense of feeling good inside…the one that feels like love, peace and joy. Feeling good is not determined by what you say and do; it’s how you feel about what you’re saying and doing that affects your energetic vibration. Use the seven steps above, as often as you choose, to help you shift into a place of feeling more peaceful and loving.
 
Now that you have a way to determine and prioritize what’s important to you, what makes you feel good and what brings you more joy, delight in the choices you’ve made that allow you more time to relax and receive the joys of the season.

By Barbara Royal,Spiritual Director
Founder of The Soul Restoration Process

Forty-nine years ago, as a teenager, I felt excluded from my peer group and was seeking ways to be part of the crowd. Everyone I knew smoked. Something inside convinced me smoking was a way I could be accepted. So, thinking smoking was the key to belonging, I lit my first cigarette and continued for 30 plus years. I did not mind that I had to give up sports due to shortness of breath, coughing and congestion. It didn’t bother me that I wreaked of smoke – we all smelled alike and maybe my new perfume was a way for me to fit in. – or so I thought. In later years, I realized that being like others by smoking didn’t make people like or accept me – rather, acceptance of my SELF was the key. But, that is another story.

My smoking habit began before the Surgeon General declared smoking was bad for your health. When that declaration was made, I ignored the cautions, the changing cultural view about smoking, and the seemingly negative comments of my co-workers, friends and family. I stood firm – I was not going to “quit” smoking. However, I was told by an alternative health care practitioner I needed to stop smoking if I wished to accomplish a dental/physical health goal. Wanting to heal my dental/physical situation (but not wanting to “quit” smoking), I began a spiritual process that I had recently learned. In this process, I used intentional prayer and affirmed and felt in my body that my intention for dental/physical health was already accomplished. A SHIFT occurred, and while I had not intended to “quit” smoking, the habit left instantly. This is why I say I never “quit” smoking – I had no cravings for a cigarette or withdrawal symptoms, nor did I have the expenses incurred by most people to reinforce “quitting” – I just became smoke free! That was 17 years ago, and I haven’t smoked since. And the dental/physical health issue was changed as well. By the way, during that period I was also going through a divorce and purchasing my home. No stress there! The universe in its infinite wisdom knew exactly what had to be changed in my mind and body for me to achieve what I needed in my life at that time.

While the method I used has changed, the spiritual principles and the wisdom of nature and the human body have not. They are timeless and always available to us.

I call my updated method The Soul Restoration Process, which has evolved over the past 17 years of personal and spiritual seeking, and formal and informal training. The Soul Restoration Process assigns the same functions to the soul as science assigns to the subconscious mind, in that the soul and the subconscious mind are a creative medium. They retain negative and positive memories put into them from the conscious mind.

Science tells us that 95% to 99% of our life’s experiences are a demonstration of those memories. The Soul Restoration Process is a synthesis of science, intention and spirituality. It is a proven method for changing negative, self-sabotaging memories and beliefs and creating healthy, joyful, abundant living.

The Soul Restoration Process is affordable and easy to learn. All you have to do is be willing to:

•    create a healthy life
•    think outside the box
•    learn, and work in harmony with certain spiritual principles
•    receive and accept your blessings
•    commit to self-treatment to reinforce your intention

View www.barbararoyal.com for more information. You may also contact Barbara for a free consultation at 719-687-6823 or barbara@barbararoyal.com.

Neil E. Rand, Ph.D.
© Copyright 2009

A presentation on the high personal and financial costs of stress – plus effective solutions for the growing problem of stress.

1. The True Nature of Stress – It is necessary to understand what stress really is in order to create ways to effectively combat it

2. When Stress Invades Your Company
• The high personal costs for managers and employees
• The major negative impacts upon the functioning of the organization
• The direct costs to your company – and the hidden costs – which impact your company’s bottom line

3. The Signs and Symptoms of Stress – what to look for in people and in the company

4. Stress Elimination rather than stress “management”

5. Proven Solutions for Reducing and Eliminating Stress – including solutions which can be implemented quickly and easily in any work setting

6. Cost Savings for Your Company – what the research shows about the money companies save when they implement a stress reduction program
 

A question and answer period will follow the presentation.

This presentation can be adapted to fit the current needs or requirements of your company.
For additional information or to schedule a presentation, contact:

Dr. Neil E. Rand
719.231.1443
DrRand@comcast.net

By Amy Porter

Have you ever been at a crossroads and not known where to go? Do you act like Robert Frost and choose the road less traveled? Or do you traverse the beaten path, taking comfort in familiar ground, searching for new meaning along the way?

It’s up to you the path you choose. So, which do you choose? Do you take any of these route?

• Best and highest good – Choosing what is good for you vs what makes you happiest
• Noble virtue –Self-sacrificing at its best
• Validation – Asking your friends, family, co-workers, anyone who will listen or has an opinion
• What’s in it for – Making it all about you
• Prayer, meditation or focusing – Going within to find the answers
• Getting a reading or counseling – Asking someone who specializes in giving advice for a price
• Flip a coin, Ouija board or Eight Ball – Going with a guess
• Gut reaction – Trusting your instinct

It’s up to you. You are at the crossroads to getting healthy. Your choice.

During all through the year, Vitesis will feature experts who will be giving you health information. You can choose whether its:

• Fact or fiction
• Allopathic or alternative
• Exercise or diet
• What’s politically correct
• What’s innovative

And, what you do with the information is – it’s up to you. Your choice! Your crossroads!

Rev. Ahriana Platten
www. Ecospiritual.com

Winter has arrived.  I love this cozy time of year.  I long to snuggle beneath a soft blanket of fluff and read that book I never seem to find time for.  This is the season to rest, reflect on the year gone by, and recharge your batteries so you are ready when spring moves you into action once again.

Rest.  How many of us really know what that feels like?   Many of us believe that rest and sleep are the same thing.  They are not.

Rest is peace-full and aware.  The mind quiets when we rest, yet does not “check out”.   Rest can happen, even in the midst of such activities as eating and sleeping going to work, attending school and doing homework, household chores, and other day-to-day responsibilities.

Here are a few suggestions the create a more rest-full life:

1.  Change your state of mind:  Choose peace. Give yourself permission not to think so much.  We are a society that finds its safety in “knowing the answer” to whatever occurs.  For just a few weeks, allow yourself not to “know.”  Go ahead – try it!  Say “I don’t know.”  Doesn’t that feel good?  Nothing more  for anyone to ask you after that!

2.  Reduce the mental stimulation.  Instead of books that make you work, read what you enjoy.  Take in less electronic media and replace it with an easy walk outside each day.  If its too cold, bake something that makes your whole house smell yummy, or take the time to have a personal cozy-up with your favorite kitty!

3.  Change your environment:  Play soft music at your desk.  Make time for tea with quiet, gentle friends.  Snuggle into your most comfortable clothing and dim the lights a bit.  Candles, incense  or aromatherapy are perfect for creating a nurturing space in which to relax.

4.  Let something go:  Take the time to write down everything on your “to do” list.  Now, using this as an opportunity to really love yourself, cross off three things that can wait until Spring.  Ask yourself if anyone will be forced to”leave the planet” if you slow down the production pace just a little bit.  Cleaning the closet can wait.  Fixing the car may be another story.    Meet your deadlines if you must – and let yourself off the hook if the deadlines are self-imposed.

5.  Make time for stillness:  If you look out the window, you’ll see that nature is resting.  The grass has stopped growing.  The leaves have fallen and the barren branches inform us that it is time for quiet.  To try and grow something now is to push energy against the very will of nature.  Now is not the time of growth, its the time to be still.

6.  Simplify your Holidays:  Invite fewer people.  Go to one less party.  Write meaningful cards for those who touch your heart deeply, and drop acquaintances off  your “obligation” list.  The “Holy-Day” season is a time for sharing our sacred stories and beliefs.  Give the gift they really want – Time with you!

To be completely honest, I am not always very good at resting.  I am, however, committed to taking the simple steps above.  To rest, we must commit ourselves to living differently.  We must also be forgiving in our self- judgement as we learn to do something our culture does not teach us to do, nor necessarily appreciate.

As we travel into this season of rest, I am thankful for your companionship on the journey!

By Janet Marletto

This article was first published on www.Equinaut.net in February 04. Because the information is still timely, we chose to re-run it.

Feng Shui is about the basics of life: air, water, change, health, career, prosperity, family, and relationships of all kinds, wisdom, balance and harmony. Everything sounds so simple until addressed.

In our high tech world, Feng Shui validates low tech approaches: clearing out the clutter of stuff and emotions which can roadblock progress.

The advice on how to attain inner peace has been around for ages, literally:

First healing oneself. Do this by reflecting, meditating, and internal listening. There are many approaches. Here are a few of them:

Centered prayer: Say your favorite prayer very slowly; breathing deeply and evenly. At the end of the prayer, go to the silent place and just be. (This may take about a year or so of daily meditation to get to the silent place without mind clutter. When the chatter happens in your head, just go back to the silent place. The chatter is normal.)

Meditation group: Join a meditation group to reinforce the habit of meditation.

Contact Sharon Schulman 719.533.0707 about the weekly group she coordinates or Roxanne Roberts in Woodland Park 719.290.0275.

Breath technique: Find a comfortable place. Sit upright with feet on the floor (no crossing of legs or ankles). Put a timer on for 8 minutes. Slowly, take three deep breaths. Focus on your breath as you breath in to four counts and hold for four counts and release to eight counts. This makes you conscious of your breath that most of us take for granted. It calms you and allows you to clear your mind. As time progresses, you will be able to do this anywhere any time effortlessly.

Guided meditation: Has its place especially in groups when there is a purpose. If you would like to begin with this method, you can use tapes/CDs which can be purchased, such as those by the Dalai Lama, Caroline Myss to name a few.

Mixed: Use the different techniques and see which works best for you. Remember that silent meditation is the most powerful of all. Why? Because prayer is when we talk to God. Silent meditation is when God talks to us!

Go within to find that peaceful feeling. Sure, right! Where is it? In most of us, that place can be found in our memory bank.

Sit quietly, close your eyes. Go to the time in your life before you went to school.

In other words, the time before you were socialized. When you were alone and playing happily by yourself, what were you doing? This serves as a window into your soul. What truly satisfies you? For example, I played house, princess and school. I went on to become a teacher and then an executive in luxury hotels (modern day castles! Because of the nature of my responsibilities, it was my castle!)

Then go further and identify what produced it? That may take awhile if meditation is a new activity. It is worth the pursuit.

Which of your “play” activities produced the most peaceful, soul satisfying feeling? Is there anything in your adult life, which produces that same feeling for you? For example, I get that same feeling when I am painting or creating a lovely environment or spending time with people who nurture me and vice versa.

If your mother is available, you may wish to ask her what you as a preschooler did for hours on end very peacefully. She may be able to provide another insight.

That may take awhile if meditation is a new activity and/or you have not given this much thought before. It is worth the pursuit.

Inner peace (or the lack of it) manifests in every aspect of a person’s life. It is a gracious quality which makes itself visible in one’s voice, demeanor, facial expressions actions and being. Those rare souls who attain it, radiate it!

How do they do it?

As noted above, they do it step by step by looking at personal issues or hot buttons which can be resolved most quickly and easily.

Whenever possible, it is wise to request support and assistance from close friends who might also desire to embark upon a personal development quest with you. This makes it a mutual healing journey. This camaraderie deepens bonds and speeds the healing process for all concerned.

Approaching issues incrementally allows for periodic celebrations of success and keeps the momentum going. It’s amazing to note the progress made on a quarterly basis.

Peace is the lovely reward and is well worth the effort.

In the words of Mother Teresa’s business card:

The fruit of Silence is Prayer
The fruit of Prayer is Faith
The fruit of Faith is Love
The fruit of Love is Service
The fruit of Service is Peace

About the author: Janet Marletto, a Feng Shui practitioner, published writer and teacher since 1996, uses the traditional Chinese approach to Feng Shui.

Aluna Joy Yaxk’in ~
www.AlunaJoy.com

In Mayan tradition, there is a greeting that many people working with Mayan wisdom know of. It is the law of In Lak’ech Ala K’in, which means I am another yourself (A modern day interpretation). It also means I am you, and you are me (A traditional Mayan interpretation). We have come to understand that this Mayan greeting is an honoring for each other. It is a statement of unity and oneness. In Lak’ech Ala K’in mirrors the same sediment of other beautiful greetings such as Namaste for East India, Wiracocha for the Inca, and Mitakuye Oyasin for the Lakota. It doesn’t matter which culture you come from. But when one of these sacred greetings is given, there is always an action of placing the hands over the heart.

The more I walk the Mayan path, the more I understand the depth that In Lak’ech Ala K’in teaches. This greeting has become more than a simple, honorable Maya greeting. It has evolved into a moral code, and a way to create a positive reality for all life. As we near 2012 with all its doom and gloom prophecies, we have a moral obligation to Spirit to live the code of In Lak’ech Ala K’in.

It is common knowledge these days that every action we take in our lives affects all living things. We understand that if we act negatively, our actions impact all life negatively. When we act positively, we affect all life in a positive manner. When we live the Mayan code of In Lak’ech Ala K’in, we know that every action we take is out of respect for all life, and we are living and giving from our hearts.

We can give our hearts in a positive manner every day by saying In Lak’ech Ala K’in to each other, to the trees, to the sky, to the birds, and to the stars. You can greet each sunrise by saying In Lak’ech Ala K’in. Each and every day we have together is sacred, so acknowledge this day by giving it your heart. Remember when you give in this way, you are also giving to yourself! You are not giving your energy away to something separate from yourself. Y ou are giving to another part of yourself!

I understand the challenges in staying positive in these days where the energy is so compressed that we can hardly breathe, but there is one simple exercise that can turn it all around for us. Each day, simply walk in gratefulness. We can say In Lak’ech Ala K’in to that which gives us life everyday, and that is the heart of the Great Spirit. Instead of solely taking from the Great Spirit by asking for insight and direction, give back your heart, love, and appreciation. You will be amazed at the results. If we open our hearts and send gratitude, it opens all doors that were previously closed to us. Remember you are a part of Great Spirit! When you give to Great Spirit you are giving to yourself.

We can practice In Lak’ech Ala K’in tirelessly, because when and what we give to others is giving energy to ourselves. When we give, we receive. So how do we know if we giving right? It is really simple. When we are energized by our giving, we know we are giving from our hearts and from the code of In Lak’ech Ala K’in. If we feel drained or exhausted, it is possible that we gave out of fear, lack, obligation, ego, or a need to be accepted or liked. The more one practices In Lak’ech Ala K’in, the clearer we will become about our motivations regarding our actions, and the more we will receive. Remember . . . what goes around comes around exactly the way it was sent out. If you don’t like what life is sending to you, look at what you are sending out to life.

When we begin to live and practice In Lak’ech Ala K’in, a lot of our old ways of doing things will no longer work for us. For instance, we cannot act like victims anymore, and we cannot live out of fear either. We find ourselves no longer preparing for disaster; instead we anticipate a glorious future. It is time for us to rewrite the prophecies. They have become obsolete. The past will become just a bad dream, and the future will become a beautiful vision of which we will create right now.

When we practice In Lak’ech Ala K’in, we quit being neutral in our world, because we understand that Spirit works with those that take action. We begin to take action by adding to the positive experience of this dimension. So what kind of world do you want? Don’t just stand there waiting for the world to appear in front of you. Spirit helps those who help themselves. It is up to us.

When we practice the moral code of In Lak’ech Ala K’in, we are producing and sending positive and vital energy that can literally transform our troubled world into Paradise. When we live from In Lak’ech Ala K’in, we are putting to use our natural ability to create our reality. We are affecting the collective consciousness of humanity in a positive way. The Cosmic Maya, also known as the “Star Elders” or “Invisible Council”, understood this natural power to create their reality. Their sacred calendars mapped the natural laws of the universe. Now it is our turn to come to this understanding. It is time for us to walk as the Star Elders did so many years ago. The time has come for us to change the world.

The more humanity begins to live In Lak’ech Ala K’in, the less we will think in terms of our separateness. There can be no competition, jealousy or envy between us, because we are pieces of each other. We can share and help each other with our connections, ideas and resources without fear that there will not be enough to go around. When we live the reality of unity, abundance and wholeness, there will be unity, abundance and wholeness! The more of us that participate in the creation of a better world, the quicker it will arrive. We will have peace, love, harmony and unity, and will finally have arrived home.

Aluna Joy Yaxk’in is an internationally known author, spiritual life coach, sacred site guide, alternative historian, ordained minister and modern mystic who inspires and encourages others to recognize and accept their own authentic divinity and connection to God. Aluna Joy Yaxk’in, PO Box 1988, Sedona AZ 86339 Ph: 928-282-6292 Webpage: www.AlunaJoy.com E-mail: alunajoy@alunajoy.com
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By Jennifer Aguilar

For parents and children alike, September is a month of transition. It is the month where the unstructured, carefree days of summer give way to the structured schedules of school and after school activities. One of the biggest challenges in accommodating this transition is adjusting to sensible sleep schedules and staying focused for a long period of time. This is where aromatherapy can be helpful for parents and children.

A critical step, in making the transition from summer break to school, is getting to sleep at a decent hour so parents and children can be well rested. This is often difficult when parents and children are accustomed retiring at a late hour. Luckily, aromatherapy offers several options. Evening applications of essential oils such as lavender, tangerine, and ylang ylang promote feelings of calm and relaxation.

Fewer things ruin a day more than a rough morning. Unfortunately, waking at an early hour is often challenging for children and stressful for the parents that need to feed them and get them to school. Luckily, aromatherapy can be very helpful in waking up in a positive state of mind. Essential oils of grapefruit, lemon, and coriander not only have invigorating and uplifting properties, but they promote feelings of joy. Thus, children and parents starting their day awakened, and in a positive state of mind, often have more productive and less stressful days. Furthermore, handling unexpected setbacks throughout the day is often easier.

For parents that bring their work home, and their children who have after school activities and homework, aromatherapy is also useful for maintaining mental stamina. Though the essential oils used for awakening are uplifting and refreshing, essential oils such as ginger, nutmeg and peppermint are energizing, and invigorating. Thus, they are perfect for staying focused and in combating mental fatigue.

The uses of essential oils are numerous. They can be used in evening or morning bathing rituals, added to vaporizers, diffusers or mists. They can also be applied, a few drops at a time, directly onto clothing, linens or pajamas. Some can be applied directly to the skin as needed. Another technique is to apply several drops of essential oil to a cotton ball, tissue or handkerchief directly inhaling the item. Regardless of what oils to use and how they are used, it is important use them according to the manufacturers instructions. Many essential oils are very gentle when applied directly to the skin while others require a carrier oil such as jojoba, or almond oil.

There are many aromatherapy products available on the market. To get their benefits, one must be an educated consumer.

• Look for products that are packaged in dark blue or amber containers. Essential oils are unstable and degrade readily when exposed to oxygen and ultraviolet light, thus clear containers cannot be used for any product containing essential oils. If a product is packaged in a clear container, the product’s aroma is likely a synthetic fragrance and not a true essential oil from a plant, thus, you are not going to get the full benefits of aromatherapy.
  Get into the habit of being a label reader. Look for real essential oils on the label and, if you are buying a bath and body product, make sure that the product is botanically based. Avoid products that have ingredients such as synthetic fragrances, petroleum derived ingredients, such as mineral oil, or animal by-products such as collagen, and hydrolyzed animal protein. Not only do these ingredients not benefit the skin, many of these ingredients can clog pores and cause adverse reactions.

For those not inclined to experiment with different essential oils, numerous health food stores and direct distributors offer essential oil blends, mists and bath and body preparations. The Aromassentials line of mists and bath and body products by Arbonne International combine real essential oils in a botanically based, vegan product. Available, are mists, soaking salts, sea salt scrubs, massage oil, shower gel and body lotion in three user friendly aromatic blends: Unwind, for relaxing; Awaken, for starting the day refreshed, happy and ready to go; and Reactivate for rejuvenation. Also, many communities have clubs and organizations that offer advice on aromatherapy for optimal health as well as www.Meetup.com.

Jennifer Aguilar is an Independent Consultant with Arbonne International. She can be reached at NaturalSwissBeauties@myarbonne.com.

by Shelley Yates
www.firethegrid.org

THE STORY
We are now in a time when natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and tidal waves are dramatically affecting our planet, and our lives on it. We now have the power to destroy this beautiful Earth quickly, with atomic power, or more slowly, with pollution and devastation of our resources and overpopulation. I have been guided to tell you that we also have the very real power to save this planet and to make it a loving and healthy place for ourselves and for future generations. Please take a few minutes to read my story. It will hopefully save our Earth.

I have a story to tell you that I know will be hard to believe in parts, but it has happened to me, and I cannot erase or deny any of it, though at times I wish I could. I am a normal woman who grew up in simple yet chaotic times. I am much like you in most every way. I always thought I would be the last one to have a miracle occur in her life, much less two miracles and all that has happened since. Therefore the tale I tell could be of your life, and not mine. But seeing it is mine, I guess I was meant to tell it.

What I want to establish first is the fact that miracles do happen, and they happen to people like you and me. What we need to make these miracles happen is to open ourselves to the communication that is all around us every day—communication not from this world but from the world of our Creator, the Cosmos and the Universe. The message comes from a distance, but you find it by going inside and believing. We can all create miracles within our lives, and that is one of the main points in writing this for you. I have no special tricks. Simply open yourself to the possibility that what I tell you is possible and that it is available to every person.

I will refer to God in many ways throughout this story. This is strange for me to refer to God in any sense, as I believed He had abandoned me a very long time ago. But I will refer to a Prime Creator of the Cosmos and the Universe, along with this Earth that we live on every day. I call God the Prime Creator because I want all those to understand that this story is completely unbiased and unprejudiced to any affiliation with any religion, and the God of my understanding is not only an Earthly God, but a Universal God. I will also refer to God as Mother Earth, Gaia, which I came to learn through this journey is the female piece of God. As in everything that is in our Universe, you must balance darkness with Light, peace with war and recognize the two faces of God, the female and the male. We are all pieces of this Prime Creator. We are a part of God.

Two miracles happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My son and I drowned in a flooded marsh and not only lived to tell the tale, but we are better than ever. I was dead for fifteen minutes. I was told by Beings of Light how to save myself and my small son, and I was given a message on how to heal the Earth.

As you are reading this, I ask you with all my heart to open yourself to the possibility of what I say. I feel it is imperative that we unite this world as one planet with one common goal—to establish peace and prosperity for all, not just the select few who were blessed to be in the right place at the right time. We are entering a new phase of Humanity, and what I will tell you in this website, www.firethegrid.org , will help us as a race to assimilate the changes that the future will bring.

I have not had God in my life for forty years. I did, however, as a child, chase the possibility of God. I felt that those people who had undying faith were the lucky ones, and the fact that I believed in nothing made me the loser. As a child I often spoke to God but never felt heard or connected. It took life throwing me into a flooded marsh and drowning me to open my eyes to the reality of how much we are all connected to the Divine Power.

It is showing up now more than ever. You can go on the Internet and find thousands of hits about the next phase of Humanity, the Era of Enlightenment and the time of change. These stories are in our religions and in the stories of the ancient cultures such as the Mayans, the Egyptians and the Native Americans. We have all been waiting for the moment when things would be different, for surely God will do something to save us from ourselves.

Well, there is something in the works, but God is merely directing it through people like me, and it will take the faith of people like you to create the reality. Once again I am getting ahead of myself, but in the messages I am receiving, I am being given a way for us all to participate in a healing of Mother Earth, and a launching of the human race into a time of health, peace and positive change. But for this to happen, you will need to sit in meditation for just one hour of your life.

I once heard in the Star Trek series, resistance is futile. I did not want to be a messenger for God, but when God wishes our awakening, it will happen. So now I will tell you the Truth of what happened to me after a car accident that occurred in November 2002.

My son and I were traveling to a friend’s house for an afternoon of play when disaster hit. My car was swept into a flooded marsh after hydroplaning. The car landed upside down in this boggy marsh and sank to the bottom. I tried to open the car’s windows, but the power windows failed, and we were trapped inside. I spoke with my tiny son who was four at the time and assured him that Mommy would get him out.

The car was filling up quickly with the cold, murky water, and I held my son’s coat tightly in my hand while I waited to be fully submerged. I hoped that I could open the door after the car equalized with water and we would swim out. My final words to my little boy as the water came over his head were, “Hold your breath, honey; Mommy will have us out soon.” I watched him take a large gulp of the remaining air, and the water took him. When I felt the last air pocket escape the car, I tried the door. It wouldn’t budge! The other door was equally stuck. I struggled with the doors several times, to no avail. We were trapped and going to die.

At this point I took Evan’s little body and pushed it over the seat, hoping beyond hope that he would find air. As I struggled to free us from this coffin on wheels, I realized I had to breathe. As I drank the deep breath of water into my lungs, the fiery feeling added panic to the moment. I wanted my baby back, and I swung my arms feverishly about in an effort to find his body. I couldn’t; and I needed to breathe again.

That is when I heard a voice, a calm majestic voice, directing me to relax. This voice cooed in my ear, reassuring me that all would be well. I was infused with the knowledge that if I fought the water, my rescuers would not be able to revive me when they arrived. The voice said that if I fought the water, I would drown.

The voice continued to give me instructions about what was to happen and that all would be well if I just followed the instructions. I relinquished myself to this voice from beyond and passed quietly into the other side.

While on the other side I saw Beings of Light who once again assured me that my son and I would not only get out of this car, but we would both be fine. They were definite in explaining that I must follow instructions implicitly and not lose faith in their words. I was told to have faith, that I would be Divinely directed, and I was.

It took my rescuers fifteen minutes to pull my lifeless body from that car and another seven minutes of CPR to revive me. As my body bolted upright, I blurted “get my baby out of the car.” Twenty-two minutes had passed. The rescuers jumped back into the freezing bog to retrieve my son, knowing against hope, that he was dead. It took rescuers another five minutes or so to get my boy free from that car. His limp body was transported to the IWK Children’s Hospital, where he was immediately hooked to every machine known to mankind.

The team of emergency doctors and neurologists were waiting for me. They assured me that my sweet little boy was indeed brain dead, and in addition to this, his internal organs were full of blood. He was hemorrhaging throughout his body, and his organs were non-viable. Things were the most bleak I have ever known. That is when the voice came to me again. “Have faith, child.”

The doctors advised me to unplug my baby and let him pass peacefully, for even if a miracle happened and he did live, he would be a vegetable. “No quality of life” is all I remember thinking. Once again I heard the voice, “have faith.” For that moment the doctors agreed to keep Evan on life support, but advised me not to hold out any hope. He had less than one percent chance of living, and then he would continue to be hooked to all these machines for the rest of his life. Remember, I had no God, so I could not even call for guidance.

It was in the quiet of my first moment alone that I was given the instructions. “Follow the instructions implicitly.” Memories of the visions and the voice in the lake flooded back to me. There was someone there with me, I was sure of it, and I decided to listen carefully. I was instructed to rebuild my son’s aura by infusing his little body with the auras of others. Twenty minutes at a time was one of the first rules, for if it was longer, you would drain the aura of the giver.

They instructed me to parade loving people through Evan’s room, each depositing their own energy field into his lifeless body. They were to do this by connecting their flesh to his flesh and allowing their energy to run through his body, and then to give Evan their Gift. If they sang, they were to sing. If they were story tellers, tell a story, and so on. Infuse him with positive energy and your love and your talents, and this will revive him.

I proceeded against hospital protocol to send loving humans into my son’s room every half hour. They then followed the instructions and gave their gift of love. This procession lasted twenty-four hours a day, for three days. Dozens and dozens of people came. They “camped out” every day and every night—loving, trusting souls infusing his lifeless body with fresh energy.

The fact that I was able to convince the hospital to allow this unorthodox behavior to happen was a miracle in itself, but on the third day, after 72 hours of constant vigil, my boy opened his little eyes and recognized me. He was back!!!

The doctors were baffled. They continued to tell me that he would never walk or talk or be a normal child again. However their words this time had no effect on me. The guidance and direction from my spiritual Light Beings had proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would be fine; after all, my “friend” in the lake had told me so.

Within the first week Evan had recovered all his body functions, and by the end of the second week he was running down the halls to the hospital playroom. This was indeed an incredible miracle. What had I done to deserve such reprieve by our Almighty Creator? I didn’t know nor did I care. I wanted to take my son home and be done with the whole nightmare. This is when I realized that I might be done with my Light friends, but they were not done with me.

I continued to hear the voices and be directed with both visions and seeing auras. Needless to say, I was more than a little freaked out. As time passed, I would ask, “What do you want of me?” They would speak of the love for the Universe and how things have gone terribly wrong. Humanity has spiraled out of control and has lost its true connection to God and to this Earth.

They want desperately for me to give the humans of this world a message from “beyond”—that we have inside of us the power to unite this planet as one race with peace and prosperity for all. This power lies inside us all, and when combined with the loving energy of other humans, we can do for this planet what we did for my son. We can revive this Earth and catapult it into healing. With this healing will come a new phase of Humanity. We will have a time of peace and harmony. All it will take is our intention as a united group—and one hour of our time.

So as the voices and visions unraveled, I was given the guidance of how to make this all happen. However it will take many of us on this planet to see to the success of the project. As they told me to rotate the humans through my son’s room, they have told me to unite Humanity from every corner of the globe—not every human, just representatives from every corner. We can do this. We need to unite enough people to fire the Divine Energy System of this planet and jump start it like we did with my boy.

This global project of loving intention is completely possible. Your intention to make it happen can change the outcome of this planet. I will discuss the details of the plan in the next section of this E-mail. I will give you the directions to follow, and you will see how little it will take for you to become an ambassador of Light to our home, Planet Earth. I beseech you to join me when we fire the Earth grid on July 17, 2007, and add your energy to this project.

I promise you, just one hour of your time, and you can help heal this planet and help create peace among all people. My son and I are examples of the power of positive energy and what humans are truly capable of when they unite with the intention of love. Love is the universal language of our world and the world beyond.

Light and Love be with you, and welcome to the next phase of Humanity; be part of the excitement and please join us.

The Light Beings have told me we can stop much of the harmful behavior and destruction on Earth if enough humans decide that they want to become spiritually connected. It is possible to re-form a grid connection between us that will allow us to realign the energy of this planet and with each other.

The Beings of Light have told me that on July 17, 2007, THERE WILL BE A SURGE OF CREATION ENERGY, which will make our reconnection possible. Please read about this in The Plan. There is hope for a miracle!

THE PLAN
For the past two-and-a-half years, Light Beings have been communicating with me frequently. At first, I was very uncomfortable with this, as it was so foreign to what I believed and how I lived. But as time has gone on, I have grown enormously in my faith in our Creator and my belief that there is much more to life than what we generally physically experience. There are other dimensions that are just as real as ours, and there are forces of good that truly want to help us.

The Light Beings have explained to me that we are all connected by Source energy. This connection has a grid-type configuration, so to make things simple, I’m just calling it “the Grid.” There are small grids connected to the large grid. For instance, each species of animal has its own grid. This allows easy communication between animals. I’m sure you’ve wondered how salmon know when to travel upriver to spawn or how monarch butterflies all know to fly to Mexico or geese to fly in perfect formations. Their connection to their grid allows them to know where to go and when to go. In the Asian tsunami, very few animals died. That is because they were informed through their grids that danger was coming.

Human Beings chose many thousands of years ago to disconnect themselves from a collective grid, so that they could have free will. This severance has allowed us to make our own decisions and be independent. But it has also allowed us to make many mistakes, which have adversely affected this planet. And it has made our direct communication with The Source more difficult. We are now at a turning point when our disconnection could mean the end of the Earth, as it now exists.

This Earth is being harmed by us. This is the section I happily present as the plan to help remedy the situation in which we find ourselves. This is the plan which will allow us to more fully connect to the Earth grid and begin the healing of this planet. Together we will reset Mother Earth with a bio-electric “SURGE OF LOVE” from Humanity.

When we do sit in meditation simultaneously and fire the Grid for one hour, we will unite the globe and connect all the regions of the Earth simultaneously. In the process, we will unite our souls in love, peace, harmony and collective cooperation for a better world for our people, today and in the future.

The plan was given to me by the same Light Beings that guided me while I was drowning in the lake. They have been with me since that time and have been delivering to me information about our world and how we, with love and unification, can pour our loving intention of peace and healing into this Earth. They want to set us on the path for a healthy planet, viable and working now and for the generations that follow. They also want to direct us to the way to enlightenment and union with the Divine.

The Light Beings use the term “fire the grid” when they speak of the energizing of Humanity with Divine Power on July 17, 2007. They say firing the grid will accomplish two things. First, it will pulse healing energy into the center of the Earth and regenerate the core or the heart of the planet. Just as we poured our energy into my dying son, we will individually give the gift of our true intention, the gift of our individuality and the gift of our healing energy. As they explained, my son’s energy field was badly deteriorated, as is the Earth’s.

We must pour some of our living energy into the Earth, and the accumulation of our combined energy will regenerate the Earth. They told me humans are like little lightening rods channeling God’s energy to the planet.

Because we have separated ourselves from our complete connection to The Source by not having a fully functioning Human grid, God’s energy has not been able to easily flow into the Earth. If we choose to come together to rebuild our grid, then the natural flow of energy between us and God, God and the Earth and from person to person will be restored. Do you see what a wonderful gift you will give? This energy will live on eternally with the Earth and its inhabitants—the splendor of the Creator’s intention for us realized in the creation of this new energy field for our planet.

How do we do this you ask? The time has been set for July 17, 2007, at 11:11 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time, that is 4:11 a.m. PDT or 7:11 a.m. EDT. I have been given no indication about why this date and time have been chosen, but this date has been told to me over and over again. I have been asked to bring together as many humans as possible throughout the world, from every corner of the globe, to simply sit and pray or meditate for one hour during that time.

Hopefully, with your help, we will amass a union of humans such as the world has never seen. Loving humans having one intention can heal our planet and awaken our souls to our true purpose—to become One with our Source of Light.

This planned sitting of the people of Earth will demonstrate the love and faith we feel for the goodness of our world and her inhabitants. We are the catalyst to the healing of Earth. A true believer has the power of tenfold, so if you only think you may believe, know that the faith of the others will boost your own faith, and the power will be intensified.

That is why we must all sit at the same time. We will feed each other’s power, strengthening the force of delivery and compounding the energy we send into the core of our home planet. Each and every one of us is important alone, but together we are a very powerful source of creative energy. Remember, we are all a piece of God and that energy of creation lives in all of us.

There are three types of humans today that will bring power to this project. First, we have those of you already practicing in an organized religion. I am not asking you to change any of your faiths or Truths, just know that if the God of your understanding is truly omnipotent, then all things are possible—so why not this? What better use of our human energy and prayer than to heal the Earth and unite mankind with God’s Grace and Goodness.

Then we have those who have been searching outside the organized religions to find a different, more individual way in which to believe and live in the Light of our Creator. We each search for a more individual way in which to know God. These people I refer to as the New Age Lightworkers. These Lightworkers will feel the Truth of these words and will simply know deep inside that the plan of which I speak is indeed a Truth, a clear direction in which you can be of assistance to the Earth.

The fence sitters make up the third type. I call you fence sitters because you truly wish you had faith, but the state of the world has beaten any faith out of you. You long for the loving touch of faith, however you feel that God has abandoned us. Two-and-a-half years ago this was me. I had become hardened to the reality of the world and had no faith that God would ever intervene and save us. I was angry at God for letting us down and delivering us such chaos.

However, I have seen that God has only provided us with that which we desired. We believed we were sinners and not worthy of God’s Love. We were lost to the fact that we are a piece of God and therefore able to participate in our lives with the Creator. Now to all of you who were like me, I issue a challenge: Suspend your skepticism for just one hour of your life, and just sit, alone or with others, to think about the beauty of this planet, to appreciate all that you have and all that you are, and to give hope for an improved future for us all.

This plan involves only one hour from each of us. Our combined energies will work to direct energy to the Earth and to each other. I ask you to choose the way in which you deliver your intention. For those of you that pray, then pray for the hour asking for the faith and power to accomplish this tremendous task. Those of you who meditate, meditate and see the intention of your thoughts swirling deep inside our Earth, delivering the love and healing.

Those of you who have no ritual of faith may simply develop one that works for you. You may sit quietly and repeat a phrase of your intention, such as “I offer you my energy to heal this world and its people.” Any positive words of hope, love and desire for change will manifest these thoughts as reality— our new reality.

If possible, gather with others during this hour. I have found that the intensity of my meditation heightens when I am sharing the experience with other people.

As we enter a time of more loving energy, the frequencies of our Earth will heighten. We need only open ourselves to this possibility to feel the gift. You are a part of God entitled to all the wonder and splendor of the Creator’s Earthly gifts.

This project is going to work. Remember this process brought back a dying boy, and I have been promised it will work on a global scale if we can find the humans to participate.

In the Bible, it is said that they could not save Sodom and Gomorrah for want of ten good people. We are being offered the opportunity to save ourselves by offering only an hour of our lives. We can call out to the Universe that Earth has good people here. We can show the Divine Creator that there are enough of us here who truly want to evolve and become what we were intended to be.

I have been told that help is being sent to us. We can help create a miracle. My son is now running out in the yard, delighting in his life. A miracle saved him.

This gift of Divine energy, and our willingness to help make it happen, will save us all. Please join us on July 17, 2007, at 11:11 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time, to bring the power of God’s Love to us all. In choosing to participate, you will be defining your intentions to the Universe and you will also be defined as a Human who desires positive change for this planet.

Be defined and ignite a beacon of Light in your soul, so that we may be recognized by the world, the Universe and each other.

By Pamela Arwine
www.pamelaarwine.com

Have you noticed the common thread which weaves itself throughout all the great religions of the world? You are the very essence of love and you have been incarnated to carry this love into the world. This is true for all souls incarnate on the earth at this time”¦and yet, do you witness this manifesting around you?

Although your essential nature is love, have you been listening to the voice of the egoic mind? It would have you believe you are unloved, unloveable, unloving. It would have you believe you are separate from God. What would happen if you revealed the depth of your capacity to love yourself and others unconditionally? I believe that you are the open door to a world of boundless splendor, a world in which all sentient beings are gently held in the sacred arms of unconditional love. You are the holographic heart of God, born on this earth to be a channel for love. Through every level of your consciousness, love flows like a never-ending waterfall, warming the hearts of everyone with whom you come into contact. You are enveloped in an eternal force field of never-ending love and peace. As this love flows through you, you bathe the earth in the Christ consciousness, healing her. You have the power to instantly transmute every electron of lack, hatred, fear or illness through the limitless power of your love.

As a human being, you are called to love. Above all else, you must master the sacred art of loving all unconditionally in order to evolve into the fullness of your divinity. I invite you to open your heart in serenity and devotion to the consciousness of unconditional love. Every single human being has an aspect of herself which is invisible and yet is very real, more real and lasting, in fact, than the part of yourself which you perceive with your five physical senses. Although your senses tell you your body is solid, do not believe the evidence. Your eyes see because they are interpreting vibration. Your nose smells because it is interpreting vibration. You feel things because your skin and your sensors are interpreting vibration. You hear because your ears are interpreting vibration. Accept the truth of your being. In actuality your body is made of millions and billions of particles which are always in continual motion. What feels like a solid body to you, is actually more than 99% empty space between these moving particles. In our current body of knowledge, these particles are called atoms, molecules, quarks and atomontine particles. These atomontine particles all have intelligence and have created an exquisite dance, an inter-relationship of energy and information. This dance is pure potentiality, unlimited possibility. Your physical body, as it is today, will cease to exist within several years. However, your consciousness will be dancing this graceful dance and will have re-created every cell; all of this is happening beneath, or perhaps I should say above, the level of your conscious mind. Atoms and molecules are continually leaving your body and new ones are entering your body”¦constantly”¦you can reorganize these new molecules in any way that you choose, in any way that you train yourself to reorganize them. There is a constant interplay here. The calcium leaves your body and travels to England to create the White Cliffs of Dover; the atoms and molecules which make up a Japanese Geisha today may be in your body by Sunday. We are continually created new, but energy never dies. The atoms and molecules which once made up the body of Jesus Christ have been, or are today, a part of your body. You could be breathing in the atoms and molecules of Buddha or Gandhi right now. Are the atoms and molecules which once traveled through Mohammed now traveling through you? Now or at one time or another, you have shared the very substance of your being with the substance of all the great men and women in history. There is no difference between you. Surely Walt Whitman recognized this when he wrote: “every atom I own also belongs to you.”

We are one; we are in continual motion; we are continually recreating ourselves according to the expansiveness or limitation of our current consciousness. You are pure love, sweetness, gentleness and light. Every cell in your body is unique and precious. Every cell in your body is created of the essence of God. There are more than six and a half billion people on this awesome earth which you inhabit. And there are trillions of cells within each individual. And yet, each cell is unique; every cell is precious and irreplaceable; you are precious and irreplaceable, the very essence of God. A geneticist could take any cell in your body and recreate the totality of you. For, you see, each cell is a perfect hologram of you. Go into your heart, see and feel the truth of your heart. Your heart is that holographic cell in the body of God; your heart contains the map of the universe, all universes, God. That is who you are, who all human beings are. The miracle of this message is the same for all people.

You have no idea how sacred you are, how deeply connected you are to every other sacred sentient being. You are a unique expression of God, creating a living bridge between heaven and earth. Choose to live as God. You are a perfect soul, created of the love of God, embodied in form. You are here to carry love to the earth. You are here to be love. Choose to live as love. God is in you. God is in all others. Choose to love God in all forms. Choose to love beyond all reason. As God, you have the ability to radiate a love so powerful, so immense, so unconditional, it will lift the entire planet. Like the tidal wave created by the butterfly who flaps her wings on the other side of the world, any small change you make in your consciousness, lifts the entire planet. You have the power to choose to make changes in your life which will create tidal waves of love and light throughout the universe.

You were given another gift that no other creature embodies in quite the same way, your soul. It has the capacity to fill your entire body with love; it has the multi-dimensional grandness to carry this love to all sentient beings. If you allow your soul to soar, you free it to free the world. I believe that this is why you are here. You are here for one purpose above all others. You are the vessel to carry love to all the earth. You are here to give love and find love, greater than all the angels of the heavens. You are here to be a vessel of God’s love which will pour through you like a warm gentle rain nourishing and heartening all the other carriers of love in your world.

Listen to the glorious harmony of the spheres of the angels inviting you to love, inviting you to allow yourself to be loved, inviting you to become love. No matter what the appearances, there has never been a time when you have not been deeply cherished and loved. All else is illusion. Once this is realized and embraced on a deep level, you will magnetize more love into your life. Feel the love of your being transforming all pain into beauty; feel the love of your essence expressing itself with the passionate love of all the highest Light Beings of the Universe. Everything is love and everything has always been love. Surrender deeply into the love. Surrender all that you are into the love.

This message is carried deeply within every cell in your body. Feel into the profound love within you. Surrender everything you are and everything you have into this love. This is God. God is in you and God is in all others. This is the message in your body which gives you the reason to love beyond all reason. It gives you the reason to love in the face of absolutely anything. This knowing gives you the strength to love through situations which you think are pushing you beyond your capacity to love. It gives you the strength to love in the presence of absolutely anything. As you accept that you are the very essence of love, you allow the floodgates of love to emerge through the consciousnesses of all other human beings. As you accept that you are God Essence, carrying love and peace into the world, you become a channel for brining the exquisite love of God into all sentient beings. And the hearts of all beings become as one heart, beating together, one heart, the sacred heart of God.”

Founder of Sound of Light Healing and Lemurian Light Healing, Pamela has 12 years experience as a spiritual healer and counselor and instructor of all levels of Usui Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Clinical Metaphysical Hypnotherapy, Past Life Regressions and Meditation. She brings to this work a remarkable synthesis of an effective blend of alternative modalities which include successful certification in Quantum Quest Advanced Spiritual & Intuitive Counseling and Advanced Holistic Healing, Usui Reiki (Master Teacher Level), Karuna Reiki (Master Teacher Level), Rubenfeld Synergy Method, Akashic Records Reading, Advanced Clinical Metaphysical Hypnotherapy, Thought Field Therapy, Arch Healing, Deeksha and Gestalt Therapy. Pamela has developed an 8-CD Set called “Loving Beyond Reason” which helps you to heighten your consciousness of love. Visit www.pamelaarwine.com for more information. 719.404.4070~pamela@ghvalley.net