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AUGUST 2003 | CONTENTS
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Journey to
Peru: Remembrance
by
Gloria Davis
In May 2002, I pulled a Mayan Card which stated: "You are being helped in the
disintegration process that moves you from separation to ascension. You must give
up what you seem to be in order to become fully who you are. You have come to the
wall, the edge of what you know yourself to be. Purify yourself for the new energies,
step into the fires of the unknown and be forever changed"
And so it was that I went to Peru, totally unfamiliar with the works of Dr. Alberto
Villoldo or the study of Shamanism. Had I studied this body of work prior to that
adventure, I would have dismissed Shamanism as an archaic belief system. Being thick
of skull and slow to "convert," I would have fought against every "experience
of truth" as related by any other than myself. |
Give yourself
permission
to shine your light brightly
From the Editor | by Tim Miejan
It's been said before in this
column but it cannot be repeated too often: You are a most magnificent being who
has the ability to create, imagine and produce more than you will ever give yourself
permission to believe. It's that simple.
Pretend you are lying on the sand. The ocean tide begins to slide toward your feet.
The moisture slides under your body. Let it continue to wash over your legs and then
gradually envelope your body. Let the truth of your innate power wash over you completely.
Now, rise and move toward the showers. Stand under the warmness and imagine that
each particle of water coming from the showerhead is a magnificent gift from God,
immersing you in the Truth of who you are. |
INSIDE U:
How to Become a Master of Your Own Destiny
by
Grandmaster Byong Yu, with Tom Bleecker
Anyone who works with a computer
knows the importance of routinely deleting files and folders that are no longer useful
to make the machine run more efficiently. If you don't clean, scan, and defragment
the hard drive, it can lock up or even crash.
Women perform a similar cleaning with their purses. Every now and then, they dump
the entire contents on a table, put back in those things that are useful and then
discard the rest. By the same token, if you want to keep your mind running efficiently,
you should occasionally empty it, reorganize it, and then, as with a computer, reboot
it. |
RECLAIMING
OUR POWER | FEATURED
TOPIC in AUGUST
You
are the Power
by
Jill Swanson
Your power is within you always, though you may be shrouded in unconsciousness, unaware
that you even possess it, you do. You are the power.
Dance
in the Power of the Sun
by
Kim Oursler
Several years ago, I drove out to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota for
the Sundance Festival held at Crow Dog's Paradise. I was completely naïve to
what I would experience and remained open to discover what Spirit held for me there.
Personal
Power
by
Jay Bremyer
Do I, or does anyone, actually have personal power? If we had it and lost it, can
we take it back? Can we heal past injuries and express who we truly are? The answers
are relative to the frame of reference.
Know
Thy Self and To Thine Own Self Be True: A Message for Lightworkers
by
Amy Schmelzer
As we live our lives, navigating our way through the various wavelengths available
to us as playgrounds on which to create our realities and have our being, let us
never forget that we are bound by our humanity -- the blessed experience that we
are partaking in that allows us to come to know Who We Are.
Transforming
the Shadow
by Maureen
Higgins
Speaking your truth is essential for inner growth and development. Sometimes it's
difficult to do so, because we're afraid of the other person's response. We're hoping
they'll understand our point of view, give us positive affirmations and a feeling
of resolution, but we hold back, fearing that this won't happen. The result of your
conversation may not be what you had hoped for, but by changing your perspective,
you can turn a painful experience into an enlightening experience. |
Powerful
Beyond Measure
by
Steffany Barton
She sat down across from me,
the table between us. As we exchange greetings, I notice her forced smile and the
weariness behind her eyes. I have seen her dozens of times before. Not this particular
client, but the look, the tenor, the physical presentation of a person who is lost
and feeling powerless. So many people come to me in this state. And I, too, have
been there.
Taking
Charge of a Runaway Horse
by
Margaret Simpson Black
Whoa! Like a runaway horse, doesn't life just seem to run away with us at times?
I think it does. And when it does, we don't have the same control, the same power,
the same ability, or the same centeredness to express ourselves fully.
Special
to Edgenews.com
Re-Claiming
Power
by
Desiree de Angelise
"The Johari Window, an exercise offering awareness and "blind spots"
of oneself and others, shows that through self-revelation and accepting feedback,
we push back our "blind spots," seeing and becoming more aware. We re-claim
our power--power ours by birthright -- in similar ways.
Being
Flat Authentic
by
Michael Maciel
One of the criticisms we find most abhorrent is phoniness. Words like "fake,"
"insincere," "disingenuous" and "shallow" are as painful
to the ego as the words "liar" and "coward." Just as a person
might overreact to the accusation of cowardice by lashing out in anger, so too do
we reach for our most inappropriate emotions when confronted with the label "phony."
This is where "being real" means being cynical, dissatisfied, angry, bored
or just plain hard to get along with. It means cutting through the crap, as though
crap is all there is. It is Hollywood's version of the "true self," which
lies just beyond the edge of our tolerance, waiting to explode. |
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