Archive for February, 2010

by Andrew Gubb

I’m helping to organise a worldwide meetup of indigos and other highly conscious people. There are already meetups in Spain and several countries in South America.

Here’s the event on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=322153054332

And here’s the text if you can’t read it:

Hi guys -

Inspired by Nicholas Chirivino of http://www.indiguismo.blogspot.com, indigos around the world are coming together in reunions in each country on the 6th of March. If you want to hear more about the story, you can read my note here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=321117886862

We already have meetups in Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Paraguay. By total coincidence the well-established indigo network in Indonesia I-Nesia is having a meetup in Bandung at that time too. Now I’m doing my bit to get this into English.

Let’s make this a worldwide thing and take a day to get together, meet new people on our wavelength and send light to our brothers and sisters around the world. Let’s fight the disconnection we’ve gone through until this moment and start organising.

As I said in my note, there may be at a rough guess 40,000 indigos in Spain but we’re only going to have about 50 in the meetup. I think this is a GREAT start though. It’s a symbolic start, but we all know how little snowballs get bigger as they roll down the mountain.

Right now indigos around the world are in a large part alone, confused as to what they are, angry and hurt. As I-Nesia has proved to me, together we are happier, healthier and STRONGER to make a change like we were born to do.

Let’s make this a world of love, joy and light!!

RECIPE FOR FUN

1. Talk with your indigo friends in your country

2. Start a new event on facebook and invite everyone to it

2a. We suggest making it an open meeting, that is anyone who is interested can come. Many indigos don’t know for sure if they are indigos and there are many non-indigos in the world who are interested in helping the cause. Also, it’d be a bit nuts to exclude crystals and rainbows if any want to come along (?!?!!!)

3. Send me a link and I’ll put it up here

4. Love each other!

5. Meditate together send light to all the indigos in the world and visualise to help us connect, organise, share with each other and help each other in our mutual life’s mission. Do this (if you want of course) whether you’re meeting up officially in your country or not. I’d like to suggest a time of 12 noon GMT for all of us to do this; however I understand that this may not be practical, so we can do it otherwise at 12 noon local time, or whatever other time is most convenient for the meetup.

Imagine all the people, living for today.

Now – you may say that I’m a dreamer; but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.

6. SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Post this on online forums you frequent, send emails to your indigo friends, stick up a poster in any spiritual type place you think a few indigos might pass through… do your bit!

7. Group hug!

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Hope you join me in this!

Andrew

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This is one of those “where my thoughts took me…” articles, so hang in there with me!

Friday evening our 14 year old cat was suddenly in pain and had trouble walking. I sat on the floor with her, and had the sensation of harsh pinching in her front leg.

It was after office hours, so my husband brought her to the emergency clinic. A few hours later he returned home with a slightly woozy cat (a small dose of morphine for the pain).

The doctor told him that our cat threw a blood clot (which is very painful) and that her heart rate was 210 beats/minute and they heard a heart murmur. Our cat was sent home with heart medicine (beta-blocker / anti-arhythmic) to slow her heart rate down, to be given three times a day; and we had instructions for low dose aspirin regiment for the blood clot.

Come Saturday, I reluctantly gave her the first dose of heart medicine – everything in me screamed that this was wrong! However, I had never ‘felt’ a blood clot before…maybe the doctor was right.

Sunday morning, I gave her another dose of heart meds and a small dose of aspirin (as per the doctor’s instructions). Again, I couldn’t give her the three times a day heart med dose.

On Monday, I brought our cat to her regular vet. Diagnosis? Heart was fine; no sign of a blood clot.

I explained to the doctor that I had a hard time giving her the meds as prescribed by the emergency vet. She said it was probably a good thing I hadn’t.

She also said that something may have been pinched – or that perhaps she had arthritis and hurt herself when jumping down from the couch earlier, especially since she was overweight – causing more stress on her joints.

Our cat starts her diet tonight and her heart meds were donated for those who really need it and cannot afford it.

This experience led my thoughts to:

I have one leg slightly shorter than the other, so I have orthotic inserts to balance me out.

I have been doing great for over a year, and suddenly couldn’t walk right and had back and hip pain.

The wonderful man who does my orthotics asked me what have I been doing to mess my feet up? I really hadn’t a clue.

He then told me that he has found hormone imbalances can, in essence, reshape the foot.

My jaw dropped. I told him that my thyroid meds have been discontinued and this has messed me up.

That led my thoughts to:

The FDA has recently decided to ram-rod the natural pharmaceuticals. The consequences? My and countless others, meds are no longer available. The FDA has removed them.

My meds are no longer available, compliments of the FDA, and my body is not in good shape.

Why has the FDA interfered with natural pharmaceuticals? Because of the chemical pharmaceuticals. (In a very watered down version) the FDA is owned by the chemical pharmaceuticals.

Instead of making sure that the deadly stuff that did make it through to us (examples: the ‘fillers’ used in baby formulas that killed and/or damaged many infants and the prescriptions meds from China that used lead paint, fillers, etc. and damaged / killed others here in the US, etc) didn’t happen, they are turning on the chemical pharmaceuticals ‘competition’ – the natural pharmaceuticals that were actually wonderful for us and our bodies.

Because of the health-reform approaching, many cannot afford western medicine and are seeking alternative medicine (and this will increase, unless we allow the FDA to completely shut those down!).

I am not saying western medicine practices or all chemical pharmaceuticals are bad; I am saying that each of us is responsible for our bodies and must explore what we each need.

This is America! The land of freedom! What’s happening? Where is our freedom going? Why are we not taking a stand, and responsibility, for our own care?

It is our government! They work for us!

I was fighting listening to “me” about my cat’s medicines; my hesitancy and ‘compromise’ probably saved her life.

I fought the FDA to keep them from sticking their noses in the natural pharmacy’s businesses – but not enough people spoke up.

Where is the line, everyone? When will we take responsibility for our government, and our health-care?

Isn’t it time to stand up and be heard? Or will you wait to see what other rights and freedoms will we give up next?

We have the right:

• To speak up.
• To be healthy.
• To be free.

We have the responsibility:

• To speak up.
• To be healthy.
• To be free.

by Peter Perkins

First I want to start out with the concept that life is a waking dream. I know it may be a term you are familiar with. Some major religions have the same idea that life is but a dream or an illusion. The world around us is like a projection letting us learn lessons and experience things; but to the soul it is but a temporary dream. With this as the basis for how life is then what would it be like to awaken from the dream?

Indeed many religions have spirituality at their core. Sometimes it is hidden under dogma and the more earthly concerns. When one looks beyond the surface, most religions try to reveal that we are beings of spirit, a soul,luminous beings not the creatures of the flesh we think of ourselves as. While this revelation that we are spirits may have at one time been the focus of religions, a shift occurred to more physical matters. Tithes, a tie to governments, control of information and things very much away from the root that reveals we are so much more than our physical bodies. Some religions still focus strongly on the spirit and do not have as many additional trappings as others.

Science has come to a similar realization recently through quantum physics. At the smallest levels everything is not the solid physical matter that we think of it as. Everything, when scaled down to subatomic levels, is energy. So what religion knew for years that we are beings of light not of physical matter, science is now discovering. I believe this is an important turning point since western society has focused so much on science being the truth. This lends the weight of science to spiritual matters. This opens the door to many who would otherwise never think of spirituality.

So then are there indications of what it is like to awaken? Is there anything that can give us a clue as to what it is like to realize we are in a dream? I think there are.

First we have examples of religious figures throughout history who seemed to posses incredible abilities. Healing the sick, the ability to travel instantaneously, the ability to speak with people distantly and many other things we would consider miracles. Second, there is a direct experience we can have that is as close to this experience as possible; lucid dreaming is the experience in which we realize we are in a dream, but wake up. If you have ever had a lucid dream then you know exactly what I am speaking of. If you have not, I want to cover that a bit.

In lucid dreaming we realize at some point within a dream that we are dreaming. This realization often leads us to feeling unlimited. We know in a dream anything is possible and since we are dreaming we can do whatever we desire. In a lucid dream if you want to go somewhere you could just fly off to wherever you wish to go. You could simply teleport from where you are to where you wish to be. Also, if you desire something within the dream you simply have to think of it and it manifests. This isn’t just objects but settings and situations.

If you were having a nightmare and suddenly you become lucid you could change the whole nature of the nightmare in a heartbeat.

As a personal example one of my lucid dreams I realized I was dreaming and found myself in a school-like setting. What a school though! The halls were filled with light and people were walking or floating down the halls. I realized I could float if I wanted to as well and soon I was floating down the hall with the others. After a while I felt like I was to learn something and found myself before a room. I went into the room and it was open to the sky. A beautiful noonday sun shined above me. I looked up and just basked in the light. Suddenly, I concentrated while looking up and the sunset and the moon rose above me. I kept doing this making the days pass within seconds. I knew this was but one of the lessons I could learn here.

So if Ascension is like this; if realizing we are in a dream is like a lucid dream, then how come more people aren’t flying around, or teleporting or performing what we would consider miracles?

In some ways people are doing these things. Stories of energy healing are becoming more common. Going out of body lets us travel to other locations and fly, and manifesting is happening, though it is not instantaneous. I think the reason we don’t see more overt examples of these things is because our higher selves know more about the impact we would have on others. We are still living in a world with others, and inadvertent manifestations, or an errant thought while driving sending us off to our destination would be disastrous to others – our higher self realizes this. I think there are many people awake or awakening. Yet we need to evolve, not only spiritually but mentally.

If we awakened without the mental capacity to understand the impact we would have on others it could lead to many situations where problems arise. Our higher selves know this and though we are not put back to sleep. the abilities come to us as we need them and with that aspect of our higher selves knowing what is best. I know it may seem frustrating to seek out ascension to want to awaken and realize our full unlimited potential but it is good that our higher selves are patiently watching and making sure we utilize our gifts in a way that will not bring harm.After all one could just as easily awaken and realizing it is all a dream wipe out a nation with an errant thought as they could provide food and shelterto many in need.

I think when we are mentally capable of handling these awakened gifts our higher selves will open those floodgates to full awakening and ascension.

Peter

Over the last few months, I have been having some difficulties with a local business that I frequent. I had tried to correct the situation myself, but had no success. Frustrated, I sent a letter of complaint (email) to the upper management. Within minutes (literally – about five minutes after I sent the email), I received a phone call; I spent the next few, unrushed minutes pleasantly surprised at the compassion and caring from the management.

I am pleased with the way management worked to resolve my issues and there was no apathy, hostility, or aggravation from them; major Kudos to them!

This experience led my thoughts to how, for the last two years I have been working locally attempting to bring cohesion to the mind/body/spirit community practitioners.

When I started, many saw me as a competitor and was often (but not always!) met with disdain, hostility or just downright ignored.

I am now beginning to see cohesion beginning to develop. I cannot take credit for this – but it is very exciting nonetheless! And it is happening all over, not just local to me!

We each have an ability and/or skill, and we are each unique individuals. This means we each bring our own touch, technique, and/or energy signature to whatever it is we each do; in a nutshell, there is no competition!

People who resonate with your energy, skill, and/or technique will be drawn to you; again, no competition!

For those of you who know me, you know that I try to get others to write and post metaphysical-related (mind, body, spirit) articles on my blog. I do this because ‘my way’ is not the only way; ‘my messages’ aren’t the only messages. I try to offer other views and/or messages to the public.

I also promote others books, businesses, sites, etc. (within available time) – again to offer you a variety or choice.

Though the two topics – local business issue resolution and metaphysical community cohesion – are not, on the surface, related – they are both about working with others without hostility, apathy, competitiveness, etc.

It is about working with one another; complimenting each other; and about working in harmony and Light in every situation.

I wish you each harmony and Light!

Picture Yourself Capturing Ghosts on Film by Christopher Balzano. © 2010, Course Technology/Cengage Learnings. ISBN 978-1-4354-5483-5.

A paranormal investigator and author, Balzano shares tips, guidance and ideas about taking photos and videos in the course of a paranormal investigation.

Balzano goes a bit into: the workings of cameras; equipment prep before an investigation; the investigation; evidence review and software for digital photos review. He also goes into faked photos and more.

Balzano devotes a chapter to “The Great Orb Debate”, including comments on orbs from Gene Lafferty (another investigator).

The author presents the information in a clear, direct manner – and includes some of his experiences in photo review as well as photo examples throughout his book.

I recommend this book for those interested in paranormal photography.

by Peter Perkins

This past Saturday February the 13th I was able to attend a Forgiveness Work Shop instructed by Linda Aragon. In addition to her teaching at DACC, she also runs a local A.R.E group here in Las Cruces. If you have never heard of A.R.E., you’re like me when I first found out about them. A.R.E. stands for Association for Research and Enlightenment. Now onto the class.

I arrived early as I usually do, for those who know me. I helped set up the tables and chairs and we were fully fleshed out with fifteen students by 9:05 am. Yes it was an early class. I know that I was curious about the class since it was a four hour workshop. My thoughts were on could we fill four hours with talks about forgiveness?

We most certainly could, I would even say we could have easily spent another hour. The first half of the class we all introduced ourselves and then jumped right into the first section of the syllabus, Anger Management. Images of nerf bats and people yelling to vent danced in my head; though this wasn’t part of the class at all. Instead we focused on Anger and how small little things can add up till we boil over. Yet in retrospect viewing the little things that bring anger twenty-four hours later or even an hour later sometimes it is funny that we would let such minor things upset us. I myself am apt to get angry while driving. People sleeping through green lights or parking on the street before pulling into a driveway at a snails pace tend to get to me. Though it is only a temporary thing – angry for the moment and gone the next – as I cruise off to my destination. Still for some they hold onto these minor angers and they build. We learned how to empty our anger drum. A nice little term to describe how much anger we are holding in our bodies. We learned that anger is a secondary emotion the primary usually being fear, hurt or frustration.

We moved on to Communication Skills. This was amazingly simple as it might seem is often skipped over entirely so that we could hold onto our anger and need to be right. After all who wants to actually talk when we could shake fists and hold grudges. Some simple steps for resolving anger by talking things through were discussed, mainly focused on letting the person know why you are upset as well as how you feel about it. The communication skills were great because they keep the power in your hands. Instead of playing victim or the I’m right your wrong game. This section on communication skills focused on self empowerment and resolving anger issues through talking things out and setting resolutions fully based on what we were capable of thus taking the power out of the other persons hands.

We moved onto Listening Skills next. While it would seem to be part of communication skills the two were broken down into speaking what was on our minds and listening to the other person. Perhaps learning the truth behind why someone feels a certain way and creating a better sense of empathy. With good listening skills we can often learn the real reason behind anger. Since anger is a secondary emotion we can often learn is the other person afraid, or perhaps hurt and this makes dealing with the situation much easier.

Then we had a break and returned to focus on Forgiveness directly. Linda went into the traditional methods of forgiveness and restated forgiveness is an act for ourselves not for the other person. It is so true as we are the one’s holding onto things with the other person sometimes being completely unaware. There were some worksheets and more discussions.

Then we went into radical forgiveness. I liked it! This was a new idea based on a more metaphysical view of life. Everything happens for a reason and for our own spiritual good. Hard concept to take for most people and though I am familiar with it and believe it, just a few years ago I would have thrown such a concept in the trash. Yet it was great to see some of the students who had never heard of the concept suddenly click with it. Even had some have “Ah Hah!” moments of realization. I myself must admit I too had an epiphany about my own life.

All in all it was a wonderful class. We all learned something. Hopefully we will all be able to keep these life skills with us.

Peter

Linda Aragon also hosts Las Cruces Spiritual Meetings – you can find out more here: http://www.meetup.com/Las-Cruces-Spiritual-Meetings/calendar/12604542/