Monthly Archives: August 2011
Learn yourself with Astrology
I love this site. You can get a birth and or relationship charts for free and all kinds of astrology readings for free.
You should check it out!!!
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
Your Remote Viewing Ability
One of the ways you can experience the Greater Reality is through remote viewing, a form of psychic ability very common among people. Remote viewers “see” objects and scenes hundreds or thousands of miles away by closing their eyes and focusing on the object or place. Craig, author of this Web site, can do it. You may be able to do it. To test your remote viewing ability, follow the instructions below.
If you would like to see how accurate remote viewers can be, click here to see some results of the Hawaii Remote Viewers Group viewings. Close the window when you are finished to return here.
A Remote Viewing Session
http://www.greaterreality.com/rv/instruct.htm
by an Acknowledged Master
Glenn Wheaton is the founder of the Hawaii Remote Viewers Group. His group is acknowledged as the most accomplished group of remote viewers outside of the military today (and perhaps including the military). Their site is at hrvg.org. As of May 21, 2008, they’re down temporarily as they upgrade it.
Glenn has done a remarkable viewing for a skeptic in which he viewed and sketched the contents of an envelope. To see the account of the viewing, click here. It is in Dick Allgire’s remote viewing newsletter, On Target.
Testing Your Remote Viewing Ability
The only way to test whether you can remote view is to remote view. Follow the instructions below. If you are able to sense, know, or see the targets with some consistency, then you have remote viewing ability.
Step 1: Make Your Mind an Empty Rice Bowl
The first step in this testing process is for you to learn how to make your mind into an empty rice bowl. That means you need to empty your mind of as much of the thoughts, images, and awarenesses that are normally part of your consciousness as you possibly can. Of course, you cannot completely empty your mind. You hear yourself breathing; your boss’s image flits before you; you hear a dog barking. If you practice this over several weeks or months, you will become very good at it. That is a large part of what makes up meditation.
For now, just relax, close your eyes, breathe deeply, and empty your mind. Do so now for five minutes before going on. You will have a black window in your mind into which you can gaze. It is the window to your remote viewing.
Step 2: Learn to Keep Your Imagination Quiet
Your imagination will try to put images into that black window. You’ve been doing that all of your life, when you daydream, solve problems, or plan things. It will be difficult to keep the imagination from showing you images when you make your mind into an empty rice bowl. Imagination wants to fill it with strawberries and cream or imagination soup.
More than anything, be aware of the images the imagination is putting into your mind. If you see an image of your aunt, she likely is not the remote viewing target, so toss her out.
Also, very vivid images are probably imagination, not remote viewing, because remote viewed images are blurred and indistinct, especially at first. If you can identify the image, then it likely is not from remote viewing the target. In remote viewing, you will see indistinct images, shapes, and colors, but they will usually not look like something identifiable. Relax and empty your mind if something clearly identifiable comes into it.
When you do receive remote viewing signals, avoid trying to identify something or letting your imagination fill in the blanks to make something identifiable out of the impressions you have. If you can identify it, then your imagination has created it. When the imagination puts an image into your window, quiet your mind and empty your rice bowl. Make your window black.
Practice that for five minutes now. Relax, close your eyes, and empty your mind. As imagined images come into your mind, quiet your mind and empty the window so it is black.
Step 3: Remote View the Targets
You will be presented the target identifiers one at a time. Each is associated with a photograph that is very distinctive. Close your eyes, relax, empty your mind, and look at the blackboard in your mind. Say the target identifier to yourself or see it writing on the blackboard. Then sit quietly and wait for visual details, color, temperature, touch, texture, and emotional sense.
After you get impressions, open your eyes and sketch the images or write the impressions. Write only the details; don’t try to decide what the target is. Put a line below the impressions when you’re done to separate them from the next set of impressions. Then close your eyes again, relax, make your mind an empty rice bowl, and say the letters of the target identifier in your mind. Wait for more impressions; then open your eyes and record them. You might do that eight or ten times for a single target.
There are ten targets in the test. View at least five of them. You may get correct information from only one or two because you are not trained in remote viewing yet. Don’t give up on the first one.
Now, click on START TEST below to begin the test.
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
How To Know Who You Are In 20 Minutes
Knowing who you are is important in the path of moving forward and becoming the happy person that you want to be. I hope you enjoy today’s site,I felt it has a lot of valuable information.
http://www.abetteryoublog.com/2006/10/19/how-to-know-who-you-are-in-20-minutes/
By patricia
Your choices are based on your identity, yet every choice you make determines who you are. The identity you construct yields decisions, attitudes, and actions that are puzzle pieces of your life, which fit together intricately to create a beautiful mosaic that is you. What will your picture reveal? Will you be proactive in life, or allow others to take you along for the ride? It is easy to figure out who you are: you are who you create yourself to be, who you become, even at this moment. Every decision you make contributes a piece to the art of your existence. Search endlessly to find who you are, and your masterpiece will be filled with longing, existential angst, wandering, and aimlessness. Decide to create a better you, to design yourself around your desires, priorities, beliefs, and giftings, and you will see the masterpiece that is meant to be. Complete the exercise below and you will know who you are so you can decide who you want to be and what your life will say.
By choosing to act in alignment with your core self and follow what path you have chosen, you are already making changes. You may not be who you will become, but you are not who you once were. So who are you becoming today? If you find your identity in others, your self-esteem and sense of worth will be dependent on their choices and leadings. If instead you recognize that you are an original, then act like it.
To construct a masterpiece work of art, there are defining lines and shadows. Without the contrast, the beauty and starkness of the image is lost. Contrast allows for the vivid colors to stand out as beautiful as the designer intended. Dark shadows, like hard times, can color a portion of our journey. Will you allow your dark shadows to define you, or will you rise above and make the statement you were intended to contribute to the world? You have a vivid, brilliant image to create, so do not get stuck filling your canvas with shadows and miss the masterpiece waiting to emerge from them. Decide today to move beyond your circumstances.
The other day my 15-month-old baby was walking and fell by our brick fireplace. She split her lip and it was bleeding. I think her tears hurt me more than her, because I rushed to comfort her and tell her it would be okay. As I held her, I reassured her that it would be “all better” soon. Suddenly she jumped up as if everything was fine, and took off running past the fireplace to play. I remember thinking, why can’t we do that in life? Get comfort, take courage, then try again. Instead, we are often like my in-law’s dog was around pools. Once as a younger puppy she had fallen into the pool during winter, and the cold water scared her (she was immediately rescued). For the rest of her years, she was hesitant around the pool, and refused to even consider getting in again. How do you handle life? Do you structure your identity around hurts or blows, or do you move on despite your past? You are not defined by what happens to you, but by how you respond to the happenings of life.
If your life were an open book, would people care to read it? Does your belief system sway with the wind? Are you manipulated by motivational speeches from fast-talkers with empty, shallow promises that do not deliver (but often cost you money)? Do you think your identity depends solely on your career or other accolades? Does your life’s journey need a compass and a map, or do you know where you are and where you are headed? Are you confident in who you are? Here is how to determine your identity:
This exercise requires you to be honest. If you are answering what others want to hear, you will not be seeing yourself, but a superficial image you project. Be real with yourself as you do this and you will discover the richness of your existence! It is that simple, but it is not easy. It requires the courage to be honest, and recognize you will find areas for change. Get out a paper and writing implement, and be ready to write (a computer will do, but writing by hand can trigger more creativity).
1. Beliefs: What are your beliefs? Begin writing down the first thing that you think about, and continue to write on each of these belief system components until you feel your answer is complete (or force yourself to stop at 5 minutes for this first round, and to address each part with at least a few sentences). Think about what drives your moral compass, brings you strength, what values contribute to your sense of worth and your life philosophy. Here are the three components:
beliefs about God and your spiritual life
beliefs about yourself: what messages you send mentally, physically, and emotionally
beliefs about life: how you fit into the world (your purpose), attitude, outlook, and what character traits you value
2. Personality: What traits are contained in your unique and special personality? Take 5 minutes to find and record descriptive words about yours. I have included a handy way to answer this in less than 5 minutes. God designed us all differently. Can you imagine if everyone wanted to be in charge of little details, and there were no people to see the big picture? What if everyone was a great listener, but nobody could think of anything to say? Your personality is filled with a unique combination of traits that can be used for bettering yourself and others, or for tearing yourself and others down. A person gifted in organization, for example, can choose to be domineering and manipulative, or can choose to better others with encouragement as they see the big picture and help complete projects.
Knowing your personality and giftings can help you understand areas for change, and can help you feel proud of who God made you to be. If you have never taken a personality profile test, they can be fun to try, so why not do one now? Remember, be honest. Here is a link to one I found via a google search. It is free, easy to do, and gives quick results (it took me about two minutes to answer). Give it a try! When you return, I will share my results with you too (and we will get to the most important part of this exercise!). If anyone would like to suggest another test, I am happy to review it and add it to this list (there are also excellent personality profiles tests in print). http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Are you back? What did you find out? Do you see yourself described in the results? You may only identify with part of the description, or you may feel you are more of a combination of two descriptions. If you are puzzled by the results, did you answer the questions honestly, or did you answer as you thought you should (rather than how you really feel)? Select the words that best describe your personality and write them down.
If anyone is curious, I scored as INFJ, and I especially liked the description by Butt and Hess (linked on the results page). It is amazing when you see parts of you described! Now, while some personality-types are eager to analyze and assess their strengths and qualities, there are other personalities that see it as a waste of time, or that hate to be labeled and “put into a box”. I suspect if that is you, you skipped the test and continued to read- am I right? No problem, you have only proven my point. People have different personalities, and this diversity is what makes life interesting.
3. Actions: Take 5 minutes to list how this identity manifests itself in actions by recording your:
priorities, interests, hobbies, talents, and giftings
influence and initiative
coping skills/ how you manage adversity
accomplishments and goals
relationships
The most important finishing touch on your identity will use up the last 5 minutes: now that you have figured out who you are, create who you want to be by making changes immediately. Look at the results. Your beliefs, your personality, and your resulting actions all merge together as pieces of your puzzle. This is how you perceive yourself, which in turn, determines how you portray yourself. Consider what you wrote that is negative. Are your messages about yourself, for example, truly who you are, or are they a product of allowing external circumstances or events to darken your internal perception? One quick way to do this is to mark those you can change with a star (or colored pen), and those you cannot change with a different symbol or color. The ones you can change are often accurate, and the ones you cannot change are often negative messages you have internalized that are not who you truly are. Do not believe lies propagated on you because of trauma or hardship. See who you really want to be, and become that person today.
Now comes the most important step: take the negative messages you can change and re-write them as positive. Instead of writing you are a “victim”, be a “survivor”. Change “miserable alcoholic” to “recovering alcoholic with one day of triumphant sobriety”. Rather than “hot-tempered”, be a “person of strong convictions who no longer takes out anger on others or yourself”. Instead of “a failure in business”, be a “successful entrepreneur, with some failed startups that are teaching you as you improve your business plan”. Change “lonely and alone” to someone “determined to face fear, meet new people, knowing you have a lot to contribute to a relationship” (pick a social group that aligns with your beliefs and get involved today). Instead of “stupid” (a message you tell yourself because of others’ opinion, perhaps?), say “I may not have the best grades, but if they gave out grades I would get an A+ in ____”. Instead of “I’m ugly”, record what is beautiful about you.
This is an initial picture of you. To go deeper, repeat this exercise. Do this process again and again until you feel proud of your big picture. In an instant, with determination to change, you have changed yourself. “As a man thinketh, so is he” Proverbs 23:7. Change your perception and your reality changes. Tell yourself you are hopeless and you feel hopeless. Tell yourself you can do it, and you will. Be optimistic! Phil. 4:8-9. God says to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2, so figure out what messages are in your mind through this exercise, and change the negative thoughts to positive today.
You may leave your results in sentence or list form, rewrite it into a poem, create a collage of words (like a tag cloud of your life) or images to represent you, or even create an audio or video recording as a keepsake for loved ones to cherish. Be proud of who you are, and if you are not, then become who you can be proud of, and do it today.
I am a fighter. I have made it through significant trauma in childhood, I have overcome a life-threatening eating disorder, and I have changed how I perceive the world and myself to live confident in who I am and why I am here. My canvas is covered with beautiful vibrant colors, and an emerging pattern that I can only describe as uniquely me. The shadows and lines give it focus as accents (but do not dominate the image), and I am better for them. I welcome each new stroke whether dark or light, as I face the world from my life philosophy. I know God is my guiding compass, and the Bible is my map. In knowing who I am, I also know what I need to change, and I keep my eye on the prize. I strive to be more like God everyday, helping others when opportunities arise, and staying sure in God’s love for me so I have love to give. What about you? Are you confident in who you are? Get to know yourself again, and find ways to become a better you.
Have a blessed weekend
Love & Light
Karen
Introduction to Energywork and Healing – Tong Ren, Qi Gong, Reiki
Energy work can be very healing and refreshing to your spirit. I love this site, it has a lot of wonderful information. I hope you enjoy it!!!
http://www.yinyanghouse.com/basics/introduction_to_energywork
Submitted by Chad Dupuis
If you are interested in general information about energywork, styles of treatment and reasons for seeing an energyworker, the following information may be helpful.
Why should I see an Energyworker?
What styles of Healing and Energywork are practiced?
What conditions can Energywork treat?
What will my first Energywork treatment be like?
Where can I find Energyworkers and Healers?
Forums and Resources:
Discuss Energy Healing
General Energywork Articles
Energy Healing Resources
Why should I see an Energyworker?
The arts of healing and energy work encompass a broad range of techniques from those based on ancient practices to those derived from modern research. A variety of techniques are also influenced by a particular faith or understanding.
While research is stronger for some areas of energywork and healing as it is for others, what we do know is that energy exists and the power and intent of the mind can be used to heal. People may see an energyworker because they are affilitated with a particular faith, they prefer the chosen technique over other treatments, a/or nothing else has worked.
Many people may use energy work in conjunction with other forms of Complementary and Alternative Medicine such as acupuncture, bodywork and herbal medicine.
What styles of Healing and Energywork are practiced?
This category of Complementary and Alternative Medicine practitioners encompasses a broad range of practices. Below we have highlighted some of the more common forms of healing and energy work that are available.
Qi Gong:
Qi Gong is a broad term used to describe any number of forms of energy healing based on the theories behind Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Within these techniques the practitioner uses his/her intent and energy to stimulate acupuncture points, move energy through the meridians of the body and ultimately to heal disease. This form of healing is popular in China and is gaining acceptance and use around the world.
Reiki:
Reiki is one of the more popular and widely-known forms of energy medicine. There has been research conducted on its effectiveness and you will find it in hospitals and offered by practitioners around the world. It is based on the Chinese concept of Qi (energy) but it differs from Qi Gong in that it is not as focused on specific acupuncture points or meridians. Rather, Reiki is a more spiritually focused practice in that it places a trust in the energy and the body to know how to heal.
Tong Ren Therapy:
Tong Ren Therapy is a technique developed by Master Tom Tam, a prominent Boston area acupuncturist and healer. This form of energy healing is similar to Qi Gong with the addition of the use of the collective unconscious, as defined by Dr. Carl Jung, to heal disease. Tong Ren was originally developed to help people with Cancer, however, it has proven to be helpful in a broad range of conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Parkinson’s, Rheumatoid Arthritis and more.
Vibrational Medicine:
Vibrational medicine is another broad category of energy healing. It is based on the idea that energy vibrates at particular speeds or wavelengths and imbalances exist when this energy is not operating at an efficient level. The practitioner may make use of crystals, sounds, colors, magnets or other devices to correct these energetic imbalances and restore health.
Prayer:
Prayer is quite simply the use of Prayer to heal disease. A person may pray for themselves, or have groups or more spiritually developed people pray for them. Recent research has indicated that a group may pray for specific individuals or even groups of people, with or without their knowledge, and influence their health. A good example of a spiritually developed healer who has had remarkable success is Father McDonough, a Boston area Catholic priest who is well known for his tremendous healing abilities.
Healing:
Healing is in many regards a catch all for any practitioner in the energy work field. We mention it here, however, because many people practice healing and advertise themselves specifically as healers. The act of healing may use any technique, from any distance, for any condition and is simply a testimony to the power of energy and the gifts which certain individuals may have developed.
What conditions can Energywork treat?
As healing and energywork comprise such a broad range of techniques, in essence, there is no condition that cannot be helped with energy. Generally, energywork is helpful for stress related conditions as well as psychological a/or spiritual imbalances. The techniques, however, are safe and non-invasive and can be used with benefit while obtaining other medical treatments for more serious conditions.
What will my first Energywork treatment be like?
This will depend greatly on the form of energywork your practitioner is using. Generally, energywork is an extremely relaxing and comforting experience. Most treatments will begin with a discussion of your current health issues and your goals for the treatment. You may then lay down on a massage table or futon or simply sit in a chair. For Qi Gong based styles you may feel sensations of energy moving within your body a/or warmth or tingling in the area of disease or in other parts of your body. Prayer and healing sessions may involve more consultation or may be as simple as a “laying on of hands.”
Where can I find an Energyworker or Healer?
Our site has an energyworkers directory which contains contact information and practice details for many energyworkers and healers around the world. If there are no energyworkers listed in your area, your local phone book is often helpful.
Related Resources:
There are many resources which discuss energywork and healing at varying levels. Our research section includes a comprehensive list of the main texts and websites related to energywork and other forms of eastern medicine. The following introductory books are suitable for people interested in learning more about some of the energywork styles mentioned above.
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
What is Tantra?
This was a popular subject when I posted it a few days ago so I decided to give you more information on it and a new site to look at. I hope you enjoy!!
http://www.newfrontier.com/nepal/whatis.htm
Interview with Tantric mystic, Virato
What is Tantra?
The spiritual art of love…of connecting spirit with form. It is experiencing love through through the beauty of the earth and all existence. It is about acceptance, rather than deniel. It also embraces compassion…about truth within unconditional love…
What are its elements? Is Tantra a yoga?
Some call it Tantra Yoga. If we see yoga as union, then I agree. Others say Tantra is not a part of Yoga, which most people see as Hatha Yoga anyway, but rather an entire lifestyle. Many in the yoga community consider Tantra “something they would rather not deal with,” so to speak. So, in that sense it is not about yoga as practiced in America, unless that yoga teacher also embraces the openess an sensual nature of Tantra.
Is Tantra a religion, or a movement within religion(s), or is it entirely separate from religion?
Tantra is not a religion. It is a spiritual path. When religion enters, then barriers are drawn. However, some call Tantra a religion, although there is no organized body of thought or practitioners as such. Tantra cannot be encapsulated into a religion or dogma.
What distinguishes Tantra from neo-Tantra?
Historic/cultural Tantra follows many rituals, yantra and mantra. Neo-Tantra is an adaptation by a particular teacher. Few today follow classical/historic/cultural Tantra, which can be read in boring texts. I present authentic Tantra but for the 21st Century based upon Tantra’s essential spiritual nature. However, learning technique, method and practice are the choice of the adapt.I ask my sannyasins (disciples/students/friends) to become unconditional love.
Tantra is essentially a lifestyle…a way to acknowledge our sensual and spiritual selves… To accept all…even the paradox… To open the heart totally.
What is the exact relationship between Tantra and sexuality?
In Tantra, sexuality is total and filled with bliss. However, Tantra is not about sex. Sex practiced or performed in Tantra is what is taught by most teachers of this spiritual lifestyle. In Swami Virato’s experiential events sexual ignition energy is used as a tool to raise the Kundalini, or the participants bioenergy. I simply uses this energy as a tool. At some point Tantrikas experience a bliss-filled state that can be identified as asexuality. Perhaps because of general sexual suppression by cultures and religions, ancient carvings in Nepal and India depicting unbridled sexual sharing create indelible labels. Some Tantrikas do not engage in sex at all.
Practice
Is Tantra an attitude, a belief, or a practice?
No belief. It is an attitude and there are practices, in sex, and many other areas of life that can be used as tools. Many of these include contemporary conscious psychotherapeutic methods, as well as Eastern philosophy and techniques, such as pranyama, yantra, mantra, etc., as well as simply applying expanded consciousness to one’s existence.
Are there common elements in its practice, if it has any? If so, how do these relate to any common attitudes or beliefs? When you say you “practice” Tantra, what do you do exactly?
Tantra is a lifestyle of letting-go, feeling a oneness with everything. If we were to relate Tantra to life in general, we would say there is much more lay-back living, more enjoyment of our sensual nature. However, Tantra is not licentious.
Practicing Tantra is to walk our talk…to visualize others as Divine… to meditate, get and give and receive massages ..and to say YES! more often…to seek for the purest, highest quality of life, yet to accept whatever we have…and to feel our Divine nature…God…Goddess.
Origins/Ideals
Where and when did Tantra start, if it had an origin?
While there are many opinions, there is no real beginning as such. See articles and books, particularly the Hindu vedas, and the spiritual philosophy of Tilopa and Milaropa. However, it is now known that using sexual-heart energy of the Kundalini for transcendence and connecting with God or Divinity was known by many cultures throughout the world. There are references to it in both the new and old testament’s of the Bible, in the Koran, the Bhagavagita and countless other spiritual texts.
Are there certain types of cultures where it arises?
Interesting question. Tantra seems to arise and gain interest when we have gone too far with our material world. More of the lay-back, natural cultures like the Cherokees and Polynesians follow a similar lifestyle. Some pagan traditions also do. Whenever civilization has filled its members with fear, Tantra becomes popular. It is something we all experience at one time or another in our lives. Now, in Russia, Tantra has become very popular.
Are there historical or fictional people associated with its origins?
You can see glimpses of Tantra in Krishna’s playfulness with the dakinis, and Jesus, no doubt, was also a Tantrika based upon his words of love and his association with Mary of Magdalene and Veronica of Nazareth. Tilopa, Naropa and Milaropa also were the so-called original messengers of Classical Tantra. However, even with the writings of Sir Richard Burton (the anthropologist not the actoer), much has been lost to antiquity
Is there an ‘ideal’ Tantra, regardless of how it manifests today? If so, what is this like?
Returning to the Biblical Garden of Eden, or a vision of Nirvana or Heaven. A community of people filled with unconditional love, bliss, a joy of life, tenderness and acceptance of all. Enjoying the good life, so to speak, unaddicted yet experiencing with totality and enlightened, of course [chuckle].
Is there an objective or ideal focus of a Tantrika? If so, what is it?
Not really. Maybe enjoying God’s existence at every moment and allowing enlightenment to occur in the process. Becoming aware…awake. Follow a form of mantra or yantra meditation, eat a proper vegetarian diet, be gentle and find love within you at each moment. The lifestyle itself is the gift and path….
What are the essentials of ‘Tantric philosophy’ if there is such a thing?
Same as above.
How does this relate to other Eastern or Western philosophies?
Most philosophies and religions have a dogmatic point-of-view of existence. Eastern as well as Western philosophies are tied up in dogma. Tantra is about dropping dogma, and simply being in bliss.
This is difficult to talk about since all talk is the beginning of a philosophy. Philo from the Greek language means “life” and “sophy” from sophic represents study. In Tantra life in its totality is beyond study… It is experience.
Sociological/Cultural
Are there certain sects of religious traditions which consider themselves or are considered by others to be ‘Tantric’?
Yes, many. Yogi Bhajan of the 3HO organization (adapted from the Sikh tradition) considers his path “white” Tantra. Pagan traditions call it Tantrik practice, Tibetan Buddhists follow a Tantra path (commonly called yellow Tantra), and aspects of Voodoo and Santamaria use similar practices as in black Tantra, and the worship of Kali, the destroyer. This is only a sampling. There are many texts available on Classical Tantra in new age book shops and select libraries.
Swami Virato follows the path of red Tantra…for the passion of flesh and spirit.
Are there Western forms of Tantra or rough equivalents?
Not really. Perhaps what is being taught by most teachers today could be called Western forms of Tantra, because because so much has been lost over centuries or millennia. Quodoshka was a similar form practiced by Native Americans (Cherokee) and some still study this path. Of course this is not really “western,” and some historians suggest like in Polynesia, it all had the same roots.
Can Tantra be found in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism? If so, in what forms and characters?
Yes. Read the various texts. Some say Tantra predates all of them.
Why do people get excited and mention sex when they hear the word Tantra?
Because sex sells, and most Tantra teachers accent this portion of the Tantric lifestyle in their courses, workshops and seminars. Some also go out of their way to “sanitize” and de-sex their teachings and events. However, Tantra is really not about sex.
What inhibits Tantra, what stimulates it, and what kinds of people are more likely to practice it?
Fear and a closed mind inhibit living the Tantric life, while dance, other movement, meditation and pranyama (various breathing techniques) and taking risks stimulate it. People who are adventurous and open are more likely to connect to a Tantric lifestyle.
Have a blessed week
Love & Light
Karen
Feng Shui Decorating – Use Elements and Colors
How is the energy flow in your house? You can create a happy comfortable environment with Feng Shui. I hope you enjoy today’s site.
By: http://www.feng-shui-products-decorating-tips.com/feng_shui_decorating.htm
Decorating with Feng Shui – Love Your Surroundings
Everyone wants a beautifully decorated home to live in. We spend a lot of time in our homes and in Feng Shui, these homes are a direct reflection of how we think and feel about ourselves. Feng Shui decorating is more involved than just hanging curtains, picking paint colors or moving a decorative loveseat away from a window. Feng shui has quickly evolved from a new age trend to a decorating phenomenon widely practiced by professional decorators and amateurs alike. Decorating and Feng Shui principles work well together. A room does not have to be decorated with flutes and bamboo in order to use Feng Shui. Decorating with Feng Shui principles involves the movement of energy and moving blocked areas so energy moves at a balanced pace around the entire home. Feng Shui practitioners will use all types of tools to move this energy. This could involve decorating with mirrors, water, plants, color, sound, scent, and more.
The influence of color is an important aspect to decorating through Feng Shui eyes. We respond to colors subjectively. In China, decorating with the color red brings good luck. Red is frequently on the front door. Decorating with red is not the only color of good fortune. Yellow and purple are very auspicious to have in the décor. In Feng Shui, yellow has been considered an Imperial color that many Feng Shui masters find it more beneficial than red. Decorating with green is a color of freshness, peace and growth. Darker decorative colors can either be relaxing or depressing, light colors can be uplifting or annoying, and extreme colors can be exhilarating or aggravating. If there is a certain room in the home that an argument always occurs, check out the color and the way it is decorated. Does the room have aggressive decorative objects? Is the color irritating? If you feel good in the home of a friend that is decorated with colors and objects you love, remember that when deciding how to decorating your own home or apartment. For some reason, the decorating scheme works with your sensibilities. Begin to “feel” the room with Feng Shui in mind.
When making decorating decisions, consider Feng Shui and the elements and how they correspond to the bagua. The following colors tied into a decorating scheme work nicely.
Wealth area and Family area are the elements of wood. In Feng Shui, decorate with plants that have broad healthy leaves. Silk plants are allowed, however, do not use dried plants because they symbolize ill health. Blue wallpaper and carpet or soft furnishings are good because this represents water and water allows wood to grow. Decorating with a mixture of blue and green is great. Decorating with fish, in Feng Shui this is very symbolic of wealth.
Fame and Reputation area has fire as the element so decorating with red is a good idea. Decorating with red and fire elements brings luck and recognition. The walls may be painted a warm peach or maroon. Decorative furniture could be green as well because this mixes well with red. The colors can be very toned down, they do not need to be bright. Fire is represented by light so many fixtures, floor lamps, ceiling fans and candles are good choices for decorating.
Health, Relationship and Knowledge areas are earth element in Feng Shui. These areas could be decorated with natural crystals, terracotta and tile. Decorative orange, yellow, and browns are great for this area. In Feng Shui, fire produces earth so bring some red into the mix for extra punch. Harmonize all decorative objects with warm earthy colors.
Children, Creativity area and Helpful People have metal as the element. Decorating with metallic wind chimes calling in the energy or other metals like wrought iron are a nice choice. In Feng Shui, gold and silver bring about good fortune too. The best colors to decorate these areas with would be white or metallic colors. Earth tones are also good matches when mixed with white. Have music playing and a radio or TV on.
The Career area is represented by the element of water. Too much water is like a flooding bank and brings negativity. However, decorating with small amounts of water is excellent. A small water fountain or aquarium is good in this area. Bring in a painting with a water scene. Decorating with black and white is excellent and very popular in contemporary homes.
Some basic Feng Shui ideas for decorating and designing rooms and houses include: avoiding floor plans with small cramped rooms, keep the design free flowing. Avoid long hallways because the energy moves too quickly down the hall. Avoid excessive overhead lighting. Choose warm full spectrum lighting instead. While decorating with Feng Shui, keep sharp corners to a minimum. Place healthy plants in a decorative manner throughout the home. Arrange couches and chairs in a way that allows people to see the door and for easy conversation. Be careful of too many knick-knacks. This can mean decorative clutter and it can quickly get out of control. Decorating through Feng Shui principles is not hard, just feel the space and follow a few good Feng Shui ideas to decorate a home that’s great to live in.
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
Oneness And Duality
Being connected with your center allows you to be connected with another!! I hope you enjoy today’s site!!
By: http://www.twinflameskiss.com/Articles/Article/Oneness-And-Duality
Have you ever stood there wondering what your partner is really thinking? Wondering why you`ve got that feeling, no, you know they aren`t telling you all that`s going on in their head? Or heart? Or with their soul? That`s `Duality`.
I`ve been through serious relationships, where that starts off as the thin end of the wedge. As time goes on, it only gets worse. You find out they`ve told others different to what they’ve told you. You overhear them slating you when they think you`re not around. Stumble into discovering they`ve been telling you lies about something for ages, they want their own space, and so on and so on. You wonder why they seem to have a different agenda to you? Why they`re not on the same wavelength? Why you seem to know less of who they really are as time goes on instead of more? And when you confront it, you are pushed away, or it`s turned back on you, with all the usual excuses of control, privacy, independence, space, etc. That`s duality.
I grew up with the yearning for being with what I used to call `the right woman for me`, and I`m talking here about since my early teenage years. Someone who was genuinely more than just happy (I use happy here generically as there are so many facets to it really…but that`s probably another article!), being with me, and loved me for who I was. Someone who had the same love, passion and lust for me, as I had for them. Someone as Bohemian as me, but also still with as much integrity, honesty and loyalty as I have. Someone with whom we would both just know it would be forever. As time went on, it was appearing to me as though it was becoming more and more of a dream than a possible reality. I gradually grew to make the big mistake of starting to believe relationships, especially successful ones, were more about `making compromises`. That can work, but, if its one-sided, things just get worse. And you aren`t going to have a hot passionate long term relationship if it’s full of compromises. Then before you know it, you`re in the middle of head games, both from their inability to look at themselves and you trying to work out just what is really going on? (…we don`t blame them, they were on their own journey, and being presented with their own opportunities to deal with their own dark shadows… Transforming The Dark Shadow Feminine) I still had that dream, albeit a fading memory, but there comes a point when there are just too many compromises and it`s at that point you`re better off out. There just isn`t any `Oneness`.
It`s taken me 50 years to finally learn that lesson. Duality, just isn`t enough. Duality is simply not loving yourself enough. That`s the time you need to be free and available for something better. When you can reach that point, we believe the chances of meeting your twin are raised immeasurably. In fact, we believe you can`t meet your twin till you have learned that. I remember after my last marriage had failed, driving along one day, returning to that old dream and (literally) `calling forth` all I wanted in a woman. Believe me, at 50, that`s a lot longer list than at 13. But now I`m living with her.
When we connected, it was instant (we wrote about it Astrodienst, Seamed Nylons and 11:11 (how we met)). It was clear right away it wasn`t like any previous relationship. I had to be with her, and she had to be with me, and there was nothing that could have stopped us. That`s what it`s like when you meet your twin…you have to be with them, and will do whatever it takes to make it happen. It was immediate and it was compelling. Now, looking back, coming together was totally devoid of duality, it was pure oneness for the first time for both of us. In fact, we have discovered duality is not an option for us; it is quite the opposite. Any separation for us is very painful, for whatever the reason, and we function better in unison. It has highlighted a major reason lots of relationships fail (Duality).
Oneness is being loved totally for who “You” are. There`s no honeymoon period, as you can just be yourself from day 1, and things don`t change. I put her before me all the time, knowing she`ll put me before her just as easily, and we do all the time. I`d do anything for Claire, and she would do anything for me, and we do all the time. I want to spend all the time we have together, just like she does with me, and we do. Being apart all day to go to work to pay the bills is our biggest challenge, but it`s so wonderful knowing she can`t wait for me to get out of work and be with me each evening and night. But that`s still just the tip of the iceberg. Oneness is about having the same thoughts at the same time, always liking whatever the other may suggest, constantly loving each other, incredible sexual passion and lust and…. never standing there wondering what your partner is really thinking? That`s Oneness.
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
Tantra Yoga and Tantric Sex
I love this site because it explains exactly why sex and intimacy are so very important to the body and soul!!! I hope you enjoy!!!
http://healing.about.com/od/sexualhealing/a/tantricsex.htm
By: Chandi Devi
Sexual Health can be improved naturally through the practices of Tantra Yoga and tantric sex. Besides having a strong body/mind/spirit connection, every loving couple should also enjoy multiple, powerful sexual orgasms, which stimulate and increase the secretion of the pineal and pituitary glands.
Tantric Sex Improves Sexual Health
Tantric sex has a rejuvenating effect, improving men and women’s sexual health. Frequent orgasms, as one of the brain wave stimulations, will alter body chemistry. Depression and stress disappear. Women’s sexual health is greatly improved. Headaches, menstrual cramps, urinary-tract problems, weak immune function, incontinence, etc. virtually become a thing of the past.
In tantric sex, the brain chemistry is affected by empowering the endocrine glands for more hGH, serotonin, DHEA, and testosterone. Scientific and medical studies prove that sexual health improves drastically… stimulating blood circulation, detoxifying the body through the breath, strengthening the cardiovascular, endocrine/immune and nervous functions, leading to improved sexual health, rejuvenation and longevity.
Orgasms Strengthen Immune System
Orgasms that last at least 20 minutes can alleviate depression altogether. Take years off our face as depression is eliminated from our life. Prolong life span, strengthen the immune system and improve overall sexual health by freeing our body and mind through tantric sex.
Men can derive great benefits by increasing sexual quantity and sexual quality in a safe, healthy, natural way through tantric sex. Tantric sex focuses on the benefits of prolonging the sex act for more intimacy and health benefits.
Men are most concerned with:
Having a soft erection
Inability to maintain an erection
Low intensity
Premature ejaculation
Prolonging ejaculation
Performance skills
Self confidence
Satisfying his partner
Male sexual health
While men’s sexual health concerns are more of a physical nature, women’s concerns seem to be a function of their minds.
Women want to enjoy sex, but their main problem usually stems from Western based religions or feelings of guilt and shame.
Women’s problems with sex generally fall in the following categories:
Loss of interest in sex
Loss of sensations
Painful intercourse
Inability to reach orgasm
Having weak or mild orgasms
Weak internal muscles due to childbirth etc.
Sexual health concerns
Sexual guilt and shame
Inhibitions
Fear of intimacy
Need to be in control
Loss of interest can arise from being too busy, overworked, having an insensitive lover who doesn’t know how to make you happy. The guilt and shame factor is deeply imbedded in our Western culture mainly perpetuated through religion and “osmosis” …the Western mind-set. In the East, the body and all its functions are considered beautiful and natural.
Frequent Orgasms and Women’s Health
Frequent orgasms can benefit women’s sexual health tremendously. However, there is a vast difference in having an ordinary orgasm and having a tantric orgasm. Ordinary orgasms, which are the norm, are of short duration, isolated in the sex organs. Tantric sex orgasms involve the full body, mind and spirit, lasting for hours as well.
Benefits of Tantric Orgasm
To obtain the benefits of a tantric orgasm, the shakti, or energy, the rising kundalini, must pierce each of the chakras (vortexes of energy in the subtle body) as it ascends the spinal cord. It must reach the brain’s central nervous system and endocrine command center – the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which commands the changes that benefits our sexual health.
Benefits of Frequent Orgasms
Frequent and powerful orgasms increase the level of the orgasm hormone, oxytocin. The oxytocin level is linked to the personality, passion, social skills and emotional quotient (EQ), all of which affects career, marriage, emotions and social life. Orgasms are very beneficial for sexual health because they empower our pituitary (brain function).
We benefit from tantra practices on the physical, spiritual and emotional levels. Hari Om Tat Sat.
Have a blessed day
Love & Light
Karen
Your Soul is Calling. Are You Ready to Listen?
What is your path? I hope you enjoy this site!!
http://www.liveyoursoulpath.com/
By: Rowynn Gilraine
Many Lightworkers are in a Major Life Transition Right Now
If you are like many lightworkers right now, you are being called into a whole new level of Light in your personal, professional, and spiritual life through a series of intense internal and external challenges. The foundations of your life are breaking apart and falling away and you are in a profound state of transition and uncertainty.
This change is not easy. You are literally in-between lives — your old life is falling apart and your new life has not yet emerged. Initial feelings of sadness, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, disorientation, confusion, excitement, hope, and longing are to be expected as you attempt to discover what your Soul is calling you to do.
Some experiences you may be having right now include:
You need to make a career change
Your old ways of making money are not working
Your primary love relationship is ending
You have chronic health issues
You are moving to a new location and you have to rebuild
You are in a profound personal growth crisis
You are experiencing a spiritual emergency or dark night of the soul
You feel a sense of urgency to fulfill your soul’s path
You heart is longing to find your true soulmate or twin soul
How Do You Know if You Are a Lightworker?
You have been preparing for this transition for quite some time. In fact, you may have already experienced many things that confirm that you are a lightworker and ready to fulfill the next level of your soul’s path.
You are ready to manifest your soul’s path if:
You know that you have an important mission and a higher purpose, even if you don’t remember what it is.
You are deeply committed to healing the planet and the environment. You want to help the planet evolve through the services your offer the world.
You are experiencing a death and rebirth crisis. You are being stripped of your old life and your old sense of self by extreme events and circumstances outside of your control.
You have innate spiritual gifts, psychic abilities, and healing abilities. You are not developing and using these gifts to their full capacity.
You have been contacted by loving, benevolent spirits and light beings who have offered you guidance and healing.
Please click here to discover all 25 signs that confirm you are a lightworker and ready to manifest the next level of your soul mission…
What Is Your Soul Asking of You?
While you are in the middle of a major life transition it can be challenging to not totally succumb to the stress and chaos of it all. It is easy to lose track of the higher purpose behind the collapse of your former life.
It is important to remember that the soul purpose of your challenges is to help you awaken to a more luminous version of yourself and manifest a higher level of your soul’s path. It is time now to wake up more fully to who and what you are and shine your light in the world in your own, unique way.
You are being asked to:
Remember your mission
Grow spiritually
Heal karmic patterns
Deepen loving relationships
Develop your gifts
Serve the planet
As you bring in more of your soul’s light and activate more of your soul’s purpose for this lifetime, everything that is not in alignment with this higher vibrational version of yourself must be cleansed, healed, and transformed. As more light comes in, more darkness gets illuminated and you need to release these denser patterns from your body, mind, and ego structure.
Are You Ready to Manifest a Whole New Life?
Your Soul wants you to move to the next level of Light and experience inner peace and wholeness and external abundance and success. What would it be like to be living your soul’s path right now?
Take a moment to envision a life where all of these things are true for you:
✓ You are doing work that you love to do and are financially prosperous at the same time.
✓ You are deeply in love with a companion soulmate or twin flame and experiencing the bliss and joy that come from true spiritual partnership.
✓ You are living in a home, an area, and a community that you adore and are surrounded by like-minded individuals who understand you and your deeper values in life.
✓ You have a healthy, vibrant, energetic body that is fully capable of manifesting your deeper soul mission.
✓ You feel peaceful and whole inside. You experience the comfort that comes from connecting consistently with your own Soul and higher states of consciousness. You feel the loving presence of your spiritual allies and know that you are guided every step of the way.
✓ You are free from the repetitive, limiting karmic patterns and negative beliefs and emotions that have been with you most of your life. You have healed on a soul level and experience grace and ease.
✓ You are filled with the joy of serving others and helping the planet and know that you are making a difference.
All of this is possible and more.
A major life transition is an opportunity to create more of what your heart longs for. Your Soul wants you to succeed and wants you to fulfill your soul’s path. If this was not possible for you, your Soul would not have initiated such a profound change in your life.
I Can Help You Live Your Soul’s Path
When you are going through something as intense as a life transition, it is important to find a guide who has travelled the path and knows the way. A knowledgeable guide can help you navigate your transition more quickly and with more grace and ease.
I understand how challenging it is to go through the total death and rebirth process that is being asked of you. As a lightworker myself, I have been called to evolve through an ongoing series of intense life transitions, personal growth crisis, and spiritual emergencies.
Most recently, I too have had to surrender to a complete destruction of my former life and the loss of my home, career, finances, intimate relationships, health, and community. I too have had to completely surrender to my Soul and my spirit guides and step into a higher version of myself in order to rebuild all aspects of my life.
I have spent the last 13 years of my private practice helping lightworkers heal their deepest soul wounds and manifest the next level of their soul’s path.
I have extensive post-Master’s training in somatic, transpersonal, shamanic, and expressive arts therapies and offer a unique synthesis of cutting-edge healing modalities. The work that comes through is intuitively guided and often channeled. I always work in close conjunction with my primary angelic guide, Ellaariel La Ra, and the Council of Light.
How Do You Get Started?
Sign up for your Free Gift
If you are ready to make a major change and accelerate the soul healing process that is already happening in your life, please sign up for the free audio meditation on the top right hand corner of this page. This meditation will invite your Soul’s energy and guidance into your life. You will continue to receive free gifts that help you fulfill your soul mission and will be informed of upcoming Soul Path products, virtual events, and special discounts for members only.
Sign up for a Free Initial Consult
Are you ready to commit to your soul’s path and make a huge shift? Individual sessions are available world-wide by phone and live video chat using Skype. There is no risk – the first session is guaranteed.
In your free 30 minute consult, we will discuss where you are in your life right now and where you want to go. We will create an individualized plan to help you complete your life transition and give birth to a new life that you love. You will have an opportunity to ask questions and decide if we are a good fit. Please sign up in the top right hand corner of this page.
Have a blessed week
Love & Light
Karen
7 Timeless Thoughts on Taking Responsibility for Your Life
Taking responsibilty can be a very hard process but in the end well worth it!! I hope that you enjoy today’s blog.
by HENRIK EDBERG.
“It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.”
Sophocles
“A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.”
Denis Waitley
What is one of the most boring and tiresome words ever?
Like discipline, responsibility is one of those words you have probably heard so many times from authority figures that you’ve developed a bit of an allergy to it. Still, it’s one of the most important things to grow and to feel good about your life. Without it as a foundation nothing else here or in any personal development book really works.
So today I’d like to explore personal responsibility with the help from some timeless thoughts on the topic.
1. There is always a price to pay.
“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
Unknown
Not taking responsibility may be less demanding, less painful and mean less time spent in the unknown. It’s more comfortable. You can just take it easy and blame problems in your life on someone else. But there is always a price to pay. When you don’t take responsibility for your life you give away your personal power. Plus more…
2. Build your self-esteem.
“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction.”
Brian Tracy
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”
Joan Didion
Why do people often have self-esteem problems? I’d say that one of the big reasons is that they don’t take responsibility for their lives. Instead someone else is blamed for the bad things that happen and a victim mentality is created and empowered.
This damages many vital parts in your life. Stuff like relationships, ambitions and achievements.
That hurt will not stop until you wise up and take responsibility for your life. There is really no way around it.
And the difference is really remarkable. Just try it out. You feel so much better about yourself even if you only take personal responsibility for your own life for day.
This is also a way to stop relying on external validation like praise from other people to feel good about yourself. Instead you start building a stability within and a sort of inner spring that fuels your life with positive emotions no matter what other people say or do around you. Which brings us to the next reason to take personal responsibility…
3. Give yourself the permission to live the life you want.
“When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.”
George O’Neil
By taking responsibility for our lives we not only gain control of what happens. It also becomes natural to feel like you deserve more in life as your self-esteem builds and as you do the right thing more consistently. You feel better about yourself.
This is critically important.
Because it’s most often you that are standing in your own way and in the way of your success. It’s you that start to self-sabotage or hold yourself back in subtle or not so subtle ways once you are on your way to the success you dream of.
To remove that inner resistance you must feel and think that you actually deserve what you want. You may be able to do a little about that by affirmations and other positive techniques. But the biggest impact by far comes from taking responsibility for yourself and your life. By doing the right thing.
4. Taking action becomes natural.
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is often said that your thoughts become your actions. But without taking responsibility for your life those thoughts often just stay on that mental stage and aren’t translated into action. Taking responsibility for your life is that extra ingredient that makes taking action more of a natural thing. You don’t get stuck in just thinking, thinking and wishing so much. You become proactive instead of passive.
5. Understand the limits of your responsibility.
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
Epictetus
Taking responsibility for your life is great. But that is also all that you have control over. You can’t control the results of your actions. You can’t control how someone reacts to what you say or what you do.
It’s important to know where your limits are. Otherwise you’ll create a lot unnecessary suffering for yourself and waste energy and focus by taking responsibility for what you can’t and never really could control.
6. Don’t forget to take responsibility in everyday life too.
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
Helen Keller
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
Abraham Lincoln
Life consists of each day. Not just the big events sometime in the future. So don’t forget to take responsibility for the little things today too. Don’t postpone it. Taking responsibility for your life can be hard and taxing on you. It’s not something you master over the weekend. So you might as well get started with the it right now.
7. Aim to be your best self.
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you.”
Brian Tracy
This is of course not easy. But it’s a lot of fun and the payoff is massive.
You are not trying to escape from your life anymore. Instead you take control, face what’s going on and so the world and new options open up for you.
You start taking action not just when you feel like it. Improvement isn’t about short spurts once in a while. Consistent action is what really pays off and can help you achieve just about anything.
You build your self-esteem to higher levels. And may discover that many smaller problems you experience regularly such as negative thinking, self-defeating behaviour and troubled relationships with yourself and others start to correct themselves as your self-esteem improves. You gain an inner stability and can create your own positive feelings within without the help of validation from other people.
So how do you take responsibility?
Well, it’s simply choice that you have to make.
Reviewing the reasons above – and now also the awesome quotes – is for me a powerful way to keep myself in line. Though it doesn’t always work. Doing the right thing in every situation is hard to do and also hard to always keep in mind. So don’t aim for perfection. Just try to be as good a person as you can be right now.
When you know those very important reasons above it becomes a lot easier to stick with taking responsibility. And to not rationalize to yourself that you didn’t really have to take responsibility in various situations. That doesn’t mean that I beat myself up endlessly about it. I just observe that I have hurt myself and my life. And that doesn’t feel good. And so I become less prone to repeat the same mistake.
Also, two habits that I think are essential to be able to do the right and often hard thing and take personal responsibility are the ones I wrote about a few weeks ago: increasing your energy levels and learning to be present.
Without the extra energy and the presence it becomes more difficult to take action and to not create extra resistance and negativity within yourself.
Have a blessed weekend
Love & Light
Karen
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