By Robert Schwartz

In his groundbreaking first book, Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born, Robert Schwartz brought the idea of pre-birth planning into the mainstream. Now, his brilliant sequel Your Soul’s Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born delves even deeper by exploring the pre-birth planning of spiritual awakening, miscarriage and abortion, caregiving, abusive relationships, sexuality, incest, adoption, poverty, suicide, rape, and mental illness. Working with a team of gifted mediums, Schwartz brings forth great love and wisdom from the other side to explain why such experiences are planned and the deep, soul-level healing they can create.

Through the stories in Your Soul s Gift you can:

• Develop greater self-love as you become aware of the tremendous courage it takes for you to plan a life on Earth and to live the life you planned
• Emerge from victim consciousness to know yourself as the powerful creator of your life
• Forgive those who have hurt you and create a lasting inner peace
• Understand the qualities you came into this lifetime to cultivate and express
• See profound purpose in experiences that once appeared to be meaningless suffering
• Develop a heartfelt knowing of your infinite worth, beauty, magnificence, and sacredness as an eternal soul.

“This book is an incredible guide map to your soul and the various jewels stored inside it. Read this to reconnect with your TRUE SELF”.
~ James Van Praagh, author of Growing Up in Heaven

“Robert Schwartz offers deep wisdom into the nature of our soul and the purpose of our lives. He explains life and karma with clarity and elegance.”
~ Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret

To learn more, or to purchase the book, click on the cover or visit www.yoursoulsplan.com

About the Author

In a personal session with a medium in 2003, author Robert Schwartz was astonished to speak with nonphysical beings who knew everything about him – not just what he had done in life, but also what he had thought and felt. They told him that he had planned many of his most difficult experiences before he was born. Realizing that a knowledge of pre-birth planning would bring great healing to people and allow them to understand the deeper purpose of their life challenges, he decided to devote his life to the study of pre-birth planning. The extraordinary insights that have emerged from his work speak to our heartfelt, universal yearning to know . . . why.

Robert Schwartz is a certified hypnotherapist who offers spiritual guidance and hypnotherapeutic regressions to help people understand their life plan. For more information please visit him online at www.yoursoulsplan.com.

By Asara Lovejoy

Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.
~ A Course in Miracles

There is a power within you to create and master your mind and your money in brand new ways that is your natural birthright. I have had the opportunity to share The One Command process that activates this natural ability with over 200,000 individuals.

I discovered this great ability when I came to a pivotal moment in my life where I faced the cross roads of loss of my home and investments or a life of financial abundance lived with joy and peace.  In many ways the understanding that arrived was more than a miracle, and in others it was one I had prepared for all my life.

I was about to lose my home and there seemed to be no options to keep it as I had refinanced it to the maximum to remodel it for a healing center. I also had no income as I had taken the time off from work to concentrate on this one project only.

In my moment of despair, seeing all my investments of time and money and my dreams seemingly vanish, I fell to my knees and completely surrendered my life circumstances of what I thought I knew.  I surrendered my moment of despair into a new idea of possibilities and lifted my mind into a new dimension of thought.

I lifted my mind by the simple technique of looking up under my closed eyes that immediately changed my brain wave from ordinary duality of thought – our beta mind – into my extraordinary brain wave of theta – our unified mind.

In the moment of surrender, I was given the gift of The One Command process, the 6-Easy Steps to theta and the statement that instantly changes your brain chemistry, that delinks negative fearful thoughts and by the One Command statement asserts what it is you want instead – speaking directly to your subconscious mind – the place of your reality filter system.

There are three essential truths of mind and money that I discovered since my moment of awakened intelligence.

The First Essential Truth

The first truth is that each and every one of us is biologically designed to engage in the quantum field of open potential and in creating a new probable result – one that is what you truly want instead of what you may have settled for. This ability is found in your brain wave activity.

As you have various brain wave frequencies – you have different engagements with levels of consciousness that relate to those frequencies.  Every discipline, spiritual pursuit and practice is for one purpose only – to engage your mind in a field of source intelligence –beyond your ordinary circumstances. The promise of that engagement is deep peace, invisible support and divine companionship. Scientific study of the spiritual mind has shown that the place of greatest peace and illumination occur while in your theta / delta brain state.

There are qualities of thought that are found in your theta / delta brain wave that don’t exist in your beta thinking – ordinary consciousness of limited thought with constant duality of this or that, yes or no, maybe, maybe not, judgment against yourself and others and fearful thoughts and ideas about your limits and losses. In addition, beta mind looks to the past and projects the past into the future – recreating the same thought template again and again with the same limited results.  You cannot solve a problem or create new money or wealth or solve a financial dilemma from the same place in your mind that the problem first developed. Most people try to problem solve in their ordinary beta mind 98% of the time with a 1% return causing ongoing suffering.

However, an unlimited potential of reality exists in the theta/delta frequencies of your thought. Here you mind perceives reality in a unified field of now with no past to draw upon or future to imagine – only unlimited ideas and potentials to create.  Here you think in a state of peace, joy, security, and inventiveness, as solutions arrive in unimaginable ways all within a deeper connection within the heart and mind. For a 1% moment of concentration in theta you get 100% return of your time and energy.

You get that result because as you command a thought in theta you physically and biologically interrupt all the thoughts that derail that truth at the same time you simultaneously create a new DNA blueprint for that thought to appear in physical form. And you are hard-wired with the ability to accomplish this.

It used to be thought that only great spiritual masters or years of study and discipline could place your mind into deeper more universally connected states.  And that used to be true.  But what is true now, is that you have evolved and that in a moment of physically changing your eye focus to look up under your closed eye lids you can mechanically shift your beta mind into theta mind and engage those portions of your intelligence – dormant for ages ready willing and able to be engaged by you at this very moment. What is true now is that you can engage your theta brain wave while completely awake and in that moment create something new and wonderful.

The theta brain wave has some unique and powerful properties.  First, it is the place where you go into deep Rapid-Eye-Movement sleep at least three times a night, REM sleep.  Next, while in REM sleep you discharge negative thoughts and fears from the day and from the past. And you also create what you dream to be realized in making your hopes, wishes and desires come true.

The theta / delta slow brain wave frequencies heal the body, engage directly with the cells of your body, and your DNA and establish neurological pathways for thought – your belief system and your habit of thought. By directly accessing this fantastic powerhouse of reality you can consciously change the direction of your life by choice and you can do all of this in a moment.

The Second Essential Truth

There is a process of change that takes place in many aspects of yourself as you delink your old synaptic pathways of thought, and create new DNA blueprints of reality.  This process of change is a physical, emotional event. Let’s say that you are frustrated with your finances at the moment. Here are the A, B C’s of making a change in your beliefs about your present state.

A.  Identify your fears and thoughts about your financial limits. There are a variety of reasons you can come up with: the economy is poor, I don’t have enough education; my family has always been middle class or poor and I can’t go any higher than them; being rich and successful will make me a bad person, and so forth.

B.  Identify what it is that you want instead. For example: I want to increase my income right now in this economy; I can be rich and a good person; my quality of thought and intelligence is more important than my level of education.  As you see the process is to claim that which you truly want to believe but don’t think you do at this moment.

C.  Now that you know what you truly want, in my system of change you would go through the 6-steps and command a change in your thinking while in your theta brain wave state.

Coherence in your body, mind and emotions now takes place.  As you stop your old idea of limitation by commanding what you want instead while in theta a new blueprint is created in your DNA.  In this new blueprint you have no past and no future.  You only have the now of this event that you created. Faith and trust are required in this moment because even as you have made a change – there is no physical evidence of that change, yet.

Some of the symptoms of change you experience after making a command in theta are feeling relaxed and peaceful about what you want – more income, reduced debt, a better paying job or career – rather than fearful and stressed.  Your body and mind have to come to a new understanding that is relaxed and peaceful rather than fearful and stressed.  This more peaceful state is in fact the natural way of your mind.  But it requires that you accept this new emotional state of peaceful understanding of a new realized potential- rather than engage in the fear of something not happening.

You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can get used to making change in this way, especially when you see the physical manifestation. One woman who was a personal assistant for a high powered boss in a rich company thought it would be great to get a bonus from her boss – even though a bonus for her position had never happened in the life time of the company. She and I had a coaching session identifying her limited fearful thoughts and established what she wanted instead.  We then commanded for her generous bonus. She called with the best news and the most familiar statement I hear, “Asara you won’t believe what happened.”  I reply – yes I will.  She said, “I just got a check for a $10,000 bonus from my boss in recognition of my above the line contribution to him and the business.  Imagine that.”  This was the exact amount she had commanded to appear.

There are a couple of ideas that you want to focus on when beginning this next mastery of your life.  One is that in fact you do have this power to create new realities – all the time for your life.  Next, that you meet yourself exactly where you are with no judgment against what you have done in the past or what you may do while creating new results.  That you give yourself permission to be in the perfection of experience and from experience you define new roads to travel and new paths to climb remembering the formula of telling the truth about your judgments and fears and replacing them with what you want instead.

Eventually the threshold of your new state stabilizes as you develop new habits of thought in all portions of your brain, mind and body from the frontal lobe images and imagination to the chemical activity of firing a thought. Eventually you live the essence of your true self that deploys a greater good and greater service to yourself and in the world.

The Third Essential Truth

One evening while I was in theta speaking to a group about money, thought and matter, a seemingly magical event took place, the Mystery School of Cash showed up with a message. A new energy appeared in my mind and had a message to share with the group. I simply reported the words I was hearing – new words and new ideas I had never thought before, all delivered in a great field of love and a sense of humor.

A Mystery School is a body of knowledge that is formed by the intention and thoughts of those dedicated to a specific idea.  For example, every great religion has a deeper level of teaching known as the mysticism of that faith. Many such as the Kabala for Judaism, Christian mysticism, Sufi mysticism, Hindu mysticism, and Taoist mysticism, Buddhism and energy systems of healing such as Reiki are all mystery schools.  It was a great surprise to me to have the Mystery School of Cash appear.

How can you correlate cash, money and mysticism? The message was clear that over thousands of years many quadrillion of thoughts of hope, desires and wishes for cash, income, money and financial good have been sent in strong emotional waves to God and the universe.  Oh God, I pray, please help me now to save my home, to increase my cash, to pay my bills, or simply to be fed.

Because there is an embodiment of thought in a focused intent that field exists where attention is directed to answer the call for help and to impart knowledge and information on the subject.  The Mystery School of Cash says that invisible help is yours always in creating your financial good and your wealth.  That wealth masters throughout all ages hold an understanding of how, where, and when you can increase your cash, how you can increase your wealth and have a money rich life.  It is only for you to open to the question, to seek the help and to receive the answers.

In summary, I want to leave you with these ideas: you are magnificent, brilliant and biologically wired to access great knowledge and information in creating your life in new ways, easily.  As you do so you will release old patterns and make new configurations in your brain chemistry, biology and emotions to engage your right to a rich life. Over time you will come to identify yourself with that which you are in fact creating in the moment in new ways.  And please know that you have powerful invisible support at any moment to realize every one of your dreams come true. As I often say this becomes the next great adventure of your life – discovering the truth of who you truly are. Enjoy the journey.

Asara Lovejoy is a presenter at the June 2012 Spiritual Awakening Conference, June 8^th-11^th at the West Palm Beach Marriott. For more information and to register, go to www.UniversalLightworkers.com.

by Karen M. Rider

It’s not often you’ll meet a Seer who also has a zip line, trampoline and tire swing in her backyard. Diana Cooper, author of 20 spiritual books for adults as well as a series for children, radiates a rare combination of luminosity, grounded being and exuberance in her well-known teachings on angels, orbs, Atlantis, ascension and worldwide forecasts on the New Golden Age-2032. Her books for youngsters aim to empower and enchant children in the discovery of who they are and their place in an oftentimes confusing “grown-up world.” Perhaps, that is a lesson for people, young and old, living in these emotionally and economically challenging times of 2012. Diana teaches, “2012 offers us the greatest opportunity for the growth of the soul than has ever been in the history of humanity.” Her aim is to help children and adults ready themselves for the cosmic shift to the Golden Age. Diana’s aim and vision is to light the way to enable children, adults and the planet to ascend graciously and happily.

Like many visionaries, this mother of three grown children and five grandchildren came to her life’s purpose through a time of personal crisis. Describing her life path as “long and challenging,” Diana admits that she “her family offered no spiritual or religious background and was, in fact, materially orientated.” Her first angelic encounter occurred while she was in the midst of getting divorced and had been feeling “totally unsupported and desperately scared.” Feeling like she was living the role of “total victim,” she recalls the day she threw herself into a chair and said” ‘If there’s anything out there, show me and you have one hour.’ (She was going out an hour later, hence the deadline!) Diana never expected the experience that came next:

“A beautiful golden angel, about six foot tall stood in front of me and pulled me out of my body. We flew together and I was shown my future as a spiritual teacher standing on a platform talking to huge audiences. The angel brought me back exactly an hour later. I was somewhat in shock. That was my life changing event.”

Since then, Diana has dedicated her life to working through the Spiritual Masters who have taught her about the angelic realms, unicorns, fairies, Atlantis and orbs as well as many other spiritual subjects. Through books, CD’s and card sets, Diana teaches people to access their psychic potential and connects with their own Guides, Guardian Angels and other spiritual entities. She teaches seminars worldwide and is the Principal of The Diana Cooper School, a not for profit organization which offers certificated spiritual teaching courses throughout the world.

Diana took some time from preparing for her U.S. Tour to chat with Om Times about spiritual prediction for the Golden Age, ascension, her personal Guides and spiritual practices, unicorns, and fostering spiritual wisdom in children—and having fun on that zip wire.

Omtimes:  Of all the experiences you have had, which do consider most profound in your work with the many Energies that you have encountered and written about so eloquently?

Diana:  This is a difficult question for I have been blessed with so many experiences.  A recent one was quite awesome.  I was feeling very upset about something most unfair that had been said [to me].  It kept churning in my mind; I knew it was holding my energy down.  So I walked to my local forest and asked the nature kingdom to transmute the painful feelings. Almost at once I felt a fairy on my shoulder and heard her singing my name. I was surrounded by elementals singing ‘Diana’ with great love. Then angels surrounded me and sang my name with them. Finally, I could see a unicorn above pouring light down on me. When they finished I thanked them with my heart warm and brimming with love.  When I left the forest I could not even remember what the pain was about!

Omtimes:  I’ve not read much in the New Age literature about Unicorns, though they have always fascinated me; had a collection of twelve unicorn figurines as a child. My six-year-old daughter has the only one that is left from the collection. Can you share a little bit about your encounter with these creatures and what they have to teach us?

Diana:  I was sitting in my garden one day when I became aware of a high-frequency white energy behind me. I knew it was not an angel. I realised it was a unicorn. Unicorns are the purest of the pure, seventh dimensional beings of the angelic realms. Everyone was connected to his or her unicorn during the Golden Age of Atlantis but they withdrew when Atlantis fell. At last, we have raised our frequency so that they can return to help us.

They work with the desires of our soul whereas angels work with the wishes of our hearts.  As soon as a light goes on above your head to say that you want to serve humanity, your community or something beyond yourself, your unicorn will connect with you.  They give you the dignity, light, joy and power to fulfil your vision. In my book, The Wonder of Unicorns I tell many stories of unicorn encounters and just how they are helping us prepare for the new Golden Age.

Omtimes:  Let’s talk soul desires and heart wishes for a moment. I’m inclined to believe that, energetically, these are actually one in the same. If not, my next inclination would be to associate soul wishes with angelic guides, heart wishes with other guides, like the unicorn.

Diana:  You may have a heartfelt wish that lights you up [inside] when you think of it; you can ask the angels to help you to bring this into your life. However, your soul carries the wisdom and experiences of all your lives and is very high frequency. In order to incarnate at the current time, your soul must be at least seventh dimensional. You then step down into lower frequencies when you incarnate. The unicorns work with the seventh to ninth dimensional frequencies and so try to bring about that which satisfies the highest and purest visions of your soul.

Omtimes:  Do you have a particularly strong connection with one Guide over another?

Diana:  My main Guide is Kumeka.  He is Master of the 8^th Ray and is helping to bring the planet to enlightenment.  He is also my twin flame* and I have a very strong connection with him.  He has never incarnated so he does not know what it is like to have a physical body.

Omtimes:  Let’s clarify what Twin Flame means, because it is very easy to think only of the romantic love “soul mate.”

Diana:  Your twin flame is your original divine spark, your I AM, which divided in two parts. It is your exact divine counterpart and twin flames rarely meet in a lifetime for they are so complete together that there is no [need for] growth. Your soul mate is someone on your soul vibration.

Omtimes:  What are your favorite spiritual or healing practices to keep yourself “in tune”?

Diana:  I like to walk in the forest or on the beach with my dog; I find this very cleansing. While walking, I connect with the elementals, make affirmations and call in angels and higher energies and send them to other places. Whenever possible I stand barefoot in the grass to ground myself and to help me stay in tune.

Every morning and night I ask Archangel Michael for protection. I call in the love, wisdom, healing and protection of the Gold Ray of Christ three times. Next, I ask Sandalphon to place his fifth dimensional bubble around me. I send these energies to others too and spend some time in silence.

I go to a Dru yoga class.

Omtimes:  And, what about those zip lines?

Diana:  Fun is very important. I have five grandchildren and I love to build camps or play games with them. In my garden there is a zip wire, trampoline, tyre on a rope, swings and lots of other fun things for them (and me).

Omtimes:  Speaking of youngsters. During the recent Easter holiday, my daughter, who is six, overheard a boy, just a few years older than her, ask his mother “If Jesus is risen and among us at Easter and all the other days of the year, then why is my Daddy still fighting in Afghanistan?”  The Mother whispered something we could not hear. A moment later, my daughter tugged my sleeve and whispered, “I know the answer to that boy’s question. Those people still fighting aren’t really listening to Jesus’s words. So Jesus can’t be in their hearts if they won’t open their ears.”

Hmmm…. We could substitute the name of “Jesus” with “Spirit/Love/god/dess.” My question to you is this:  What is the best way to respond to these profound questions from the mouths of babes – so wise beyond their years?

Diana:  We have reached the end of a 260,000-year cosmic era and are about to go through a twenty-year transition to the new Golden Age. In preparation for this many wise and pure souls have incarnated.  They may be in children’s bodies but their souls carry much wisdom.

Omtimes:  As a conscious parent, I can appreciate that we need to pay closer attention to the wisdom of our children. I am also very aware that, sometimes, we grown-ups become easily immersed in the daily grind (or drama of the day).

Diana:  Throughout the Tara books and CD’s I embed suggestions that will help parents to listen to their children using empathy, naming exactly what positive things you notice the child has done rather than generalizing, positive feedback and other “good” things. These [activities] all remind adults that their children do have amazing intuition and wisdom. There is an excellent book called How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk by Elaine Mazlich, which I recommend.

Omtimes:  When you write for children, what is the intention for learning that you set for each book or for a series of books? Suggest a few tips for parents who may want to use your books to nurture spiritual understanding in their children?

Diana:  Many children have difficulty grounding and understanding life here on this dense planet.  When I started to write the Tara and her Magical Talking Kitten series I wanted to find a way to make life easier for them and most important, to empower them.

The main character, Tara has difficulty making friends, says the wrong thing, can be rude without intending to be and is very sensitive. She is given a little grey kitten called Ash-ting who can communicate with her. He tells her what to say and do and helps her to understand her parents and other grown ups and children. Then they learn about elementals, what they do and how to work together to help the world. She is introduced to angels, unicorns and mermaids and they find ways to deal with bullying, bring neighbours together, heal the oceans, help animals and many other things.

There are many discussion points in these books.

When parents read the books with their children, it is an opportunity to listen and allow the children to open up about what they see or feel or experience. This may be about the spiritual realms or about bullying or stealing or inappropriate behaviour in adults. Help your child to understand they have a guardian angel that always loves them no matter how good they are or what they do. This helps their confidence and self-worth.

Omtimes:  I noticed on your website in the Angels section that you note “Angels do not have free will. Their will is the Will of the Divine/G_d.” I have read the opposite of this:  Angels are tasked to carry out the Will of the Divine but they do have free choice. After all, it was Lucifer’s choice to turn away from Divine Will and go his own way. Many angels followed him. How do we reconcile these two different philosophies of the free will of angels?

Diana:  As I understand it the desire of angels is to do the Divine Will. Lucifer was asked to support the lower frequencies and agreed to do so, throwing himself into the task.  He got drawn into the lower energies and as the planet moves into the fifth dimension he will find his way back.

Omtimes:  The moment a prediction is made, it empowers the person who reads it or receives it to make choices that may actually alter the prediction— thus rendering it “false.” I realize your latest book on the Transition to the Golden Age of 2032 conveys spiritual forecasts. What would you like readers to understand about these types of predictions? What are some ways a person can test the validity of a prediction for themselves before they act upon it?

Diana:  I say, in the Transition to the Golden Age of 2032, that a prediction is based on the probabilities evident of the current consciousness.  We have the power to change it.  If a prediction excites you and fills you with joy, then you know that this is a possibility that you can empower by energising it. If you dislike a prediction, you can raise your consciousness and attract something better into your life.

Omtimes:  Ascension — is this the same as “enlightenment” or does it hold a different meaning?

Diana:  Enlightenment is a function of the third eye, which expands our understanding of the universe. Ascension is a function of the heart and Stellar Gateway in which we embrace our divinity and become one with All That Is.

Omtimes:  The world has written a very dirty laundry list in recent years. Personally, I avoid the nightly news as often as I can because it is too painful to take in. Like many other seekers, I want to usher in change— movement away from the detritus that afflicts humanity. What is the next step every person can take to encourage the transition to the Golden Age?

Diana:  Whatever we focus on we energise, which is why it is preferable to avoid the evening news full of doom and conflict.  The best thing we can do is focus on the vision of the Golden Age.  Envision people and countries co-operating, picture abundance for all, and see a world at peace. Make a clear decision to be and to live with fifth dimensional energy. At the cosmic moment on 21^st December wondrous energies will become available to help you on your ascension path.  If you are ready, you can move into higher ascension and true happiness. The time is NOW.

Connect with Diana at: www.dianacooper.com

Watch and Listen Online: http://www.dianacooper.com/diana-and-you/watch-listen-diana.php

A religion, a belief system or a way of life will not necessarily suit all those born into it.

For some it will work.  For others it will be damaging. And you’ll feel worse than a “fish out of water” – you’ll feel, or be made to feel, guilty about it.  From personal experience I can only write about my own past and the healing I was able to do with the help of the whole of Yoga, and the emotional healing arts I was so fortunate to have been taught.

The lonely legacy of Catholic guilt is what I call the left-over loneliness that comes from low self-esteem, the pain and hurt from the damage of the catholic way (that’s the family way, schooling community etc.) and also the confusion and conflict from the twisting in the teaching – especially about our origins as humans.  It leaves you lost as to how the world works – and to how people really behave and why.

But nothing stays the same forever, and everything is constantly changing. There’s compensation in everything.  In every ‘wrong’ there is the potential for ‘right’, if you look for it.  And Yoga gave me the way to find the ‘right’ in my life when I was healing from Catholic guilt. Healing the emotions with Yoga and Meditation is an art form, just as control and skill in movement is a martial art form.

Many people have shared with me that my writing of the experience of guilt and the healing from it has helped enormously:  Asian women and men also associate with the family and community stuff, along with Presbyterians and Jehovah’s Witnesses. The need for healing seems to be Universal.

Healing with Yoga is profound, deep and lasting.  It helps, in my experience, with a new stronger outlook, with your identity, values and lifestyle changes.

Here are 3 ways I found to heal guilt with Yoga

Letting Go

Awareness and acceptance of what has happened is the first step. For that you usually need quiet downtime. Releasing the past and letting go takes time and it also takes a certain state of mind . Relaxation in Yoga is one of the most profound ways of reaching a state of deep contemplation for the letting go to happen.

Flushing Out The Sadness

Letting the feelings of sadness or loneliness come up, the emotions to surface and flow and allowing them to wash through are all deeply therapeutic techniques of Yoga. Stillness and breath flow really help.   Simply learning to slow down enough to be still and silent is a powerful thing to give yourself.  Allowing your emotions to do the work for you, allowing the breath to breathe you is an amazing gift to yourself and it’s a gift that you control.

Wipe The Slate Clean

Contemplation is one of the steps on the path to meditation – it allows the mind to settle down into the state of silence necessary for meditation – it allows your thoughts to come up into awareness for your mind, body and emotional system to heal,  for you to make sense of your experiences and put them into some place on your soul’s path.  Then you can wipe the slate clean and face the future.

Contemplation in Yoga is an ancient practice of learning from the teacher’s truths. You may have been told forgiveness is the way to healing?  Well, this is how you start . . .

Try these for free:  Relax, Breath and Forgive from the Help I Need Yoga free downloads in the suzenyoga.com Ashram.

Remember what I said about origins? Well, growing my own understanding about the origins of Yoga, some of the fascinating stories about the ancient Vedic Yogis, gave me a frame in my head to think about how life can be better and vital.  It’s an amazingly powerful legacy of an ancient healing art form – better than guilt any day.

Connect with Susan at http://suzenyoga.com

Why would you want clear chakras? What are the positive results of a chakra clearing? Cleared chakras can bring a variety of benefits including the release of stress or trauma, calming of the emotions, improved physical health, increased spiritual focus and mental clarity.

The reason that the clearing of the chakras can affect so many aspects of life is that the chakra system is in coordinating and functioning control of the entire personal energy system. If the chakra system is brought into balance so does everything else in one’s experience become more balanced and grounded. There is improved self-confidence, peacefulness and a feeling of enjoying great control over the events of one’s life.

A person’s chakras are attached to and dependent upon a central column. That central column needs to be cleared so that it is able to fulfill its role as a channel allowing free interchange of the various energies. After a thorough clearing of the column each individual chakra in turn can be cleared and reenergized to vibrate and revolve at the correct speed.

In this way the coordination of the whole system is engaged and optimized. In other words, each chakra begins to operate in the way it was originally intended thus joining with and energizing the system as a whole. Positive changes begin and are immediately recognizable.

The personal chakra therapy treatments I offer to my clients include the use of 8 special musically tuned forks, color breathing, crystals and positive affirmations. A typical session takes 45 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the needs of the client.

Because chakras do hold karmic returns, there may be certain past life memories that come to the surface. These memories can then be directly recognized and resolved. Releasing past life fears or traumas can have a very positive effect on the quality of life today. Merely the aspect of reaching a more calm state of mind and emotion can allow solutions to current challenges to appear in a seemingly effortless way.

Each chakra clearing, alignment and reenergizing that I perform for someone is different because every client is unique and has unique desires and challenges. As a trained healing channel I am able to feel and see those areas of a person’s energy which require specialized attention. I always expend every effort to give that little extra that brings a session to its highest results.

Connect with Lois at www.Sarasota-Psychic-Medium.com or email RevLois@gmail.com

What’s holding you back? Maybe you’re having trouble finding a job, finding your passion in life, making money or holding on to it, or maybe you’re even having difficulties in your relationship or finding the love of your life. When things go wrong, it’s very easy to blame others. Employers don’t want to hire you because you don’t have enough experience (or you have too much), men (or women) you meet aren’t interested in a serious relationship, or you just have bad luck.

Well, I’m here to tell you that there are easy, tangible ways you can change your luck. People who seem to have good fortune, who have everything go right all the time, and always have enough money in the bank aren’t really any “luckier” than those who don’t. They just know the secrets of success, how to change the energy around them so that the Universe, or the greater power they believe in, assists them in their goals rather than constantly throwing obstacle after obstacle in their way.

1. Transform challenges to opportunities.

Here’s the first change you can make: Stop looking at obstacles as challenges and begin, instead, to view them as opportunities. When something goes wrong, or not exactly as you expected, look for a way to turn it into a benefit, instead. For instance, you’re turned down for a job that you think is your dream. Maybe you discover that, three months later, the company is out of business.

Meanwhile, you’ve pinpointed what you found so appealing about that job, and started your own company, instead. Now, you’re a thriving entrepreneur and the person who was hired instead of you is on the unemployment line. It happens every day. It’s just a matter of looking for, and expecting, opportunities around every corner.
John F. Kennedy is quoted as saying: “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger, but recognize the opportunity.”

Feng Shui, when we use it in our homes, communities and places of business, provides us with ways to mitigate the risks and dangers in our lives while helping us be prepared to take advantage of opportunities. Let’s consider some additional small changes you can make in your home and your mindset to help you recognize opportunity, get unstuck, and begin living the life of your dreams.

2. Look behind open doors.

When I tell you to “look behind open doors,” you might interpret this as a metaphorical phrase about looking for opportunities in places that are easy to reach. It’s true that keeping your eyes open, being present in every conversation you have, and living in the moment, whatever you happen to be doing at the time, will make it easier to spot opportunities. But I’m also speaking literally.

Doors that don’t open a full 90 degrees, whether your front door, or a door to a home office or a master bedroom, block opportunities from entering the home. Often, especially in smaller homes or apartments, people store shoes, jackets or even boxes and packages that are entering or leaving the home against the wall behind a door. Even if this doesn’t make it harder to get in or out of your home by blocking people from entering and exiting comfortably (which it may), you are blocking the chi, which carries opportunities and good fortune, from entering your house or a particular room. Decide if you really need these items and, if you do, find other storage solutions.

If you have packages waiting to be mailed, get them to the post office. Don’t let items build up in that space behind the door. Consider purchasing (or finding through Freecycle or a friend) a coat rack or clearing out a closet to put coats and shoes.

3. Learn how to recognize rushing chi in your home or apartment. – Do you seem to have good success attracting money, luck, and opportunities, but trouble holding on to the spoils? Rushing chi, sometimes caused by a front door and back door that face each other on opposite ends of the home, or a staircase that leads directly to the front door, may cause this common problem. If you find yourself saying, “Money goes out as quickly as it comes in,” or you meet fantastic people only to have them vanish after one date, rushing chi could be the problem.

When the energy flows in to your home or apartment, it carries opportunities. But if it rushes out before you can take advantage, you’ll feel as if life is a struggle.

If you have doors facing each other or a staircase directly in line with your front door, hang a crystal on a red string mid-way between the two doors or at the bottom of the staircase. The crystal should hang high enough that people won’t hit their head on it. You may also hang pictures on the stairwell walls to slow the flow of chi down the stairs.

4. Start thinking of yourself as “lucky.”

“Lucky,” or successful, people do something that others don’t — they think of themselves as fortunate, while always remembering to express gratitude for their success. I know one woman who always wins what she thinks are the best prizes when she plays the raffle at charity events. First, she gives generously by participating in the raffle and buying chances to win. After she won the first few times, she started expecting to win. Now, she takes home the prizes she wants nearly every time.

In any area of life, when you think of yourself as fortunate in that area, you’ll start to notice your luck improving. Now, if someone can be “lucky” in something as small as winning a nice gift certificate or a pretty plant in a raffle, why not begin to think of yourself as fortunate in every way, and just see what kind of prizes life sends your way?

5. Express gratitude for what you receive. 

So much has been said on the topic of gratitude and different ways to express it. These quotes, by Thornton Wilder and Sarah Ban Breathnach, respectively, sum it up well:

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.”

Keeping a written gratitude list, which you add to every morning or every evening, is one way to make sure you stay in a mindset of gratitude. But in this post, I talk about writing a gratitude letter.

There are other ways to remain in a mindset of abundance, fortune and gratitude, too. These include: giving back with time or money by doing volunteer work or making donations, making sure to always say thank you for every kindness, no matter how large or small, and placing gratitude reminders, in the form of photos or mementos, in key places in your home. These “anchoring objects,” when we see them, bring us back to the present moment and remind us to be grateful for the moments that occurred in the past, what we have right now, and what we are about to receive.

This quote from Buddha reminds us: “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

Living in the present is the best way to be aware of, and take advantage of, opportunities. And the more we express gratitude for what we have, the more opportunities we receive to be grateful. Are you ready to open every door to opportunity in order to begin living the life of your dreams?

About Ken – One of America’s premier Feng Shui consultants, Ken Lauher helps thousands of people achieve their goals through Feng Shui. He can help you become a money magnet, attract passionate love, jump-start your career and get unstuck. Visit www.kenlauher.com to get your FREE Feng Shui guide and discover the ancient secrets that can help you unlock your true potential.

It’s Time to Embrace the Gift and Fun of Aging!

Do you sometimes wonder who that older person is looking back at you in the mirror? Ever find yourself thinking, “How did I get all these wrinkles?” Feel like your body has become a science project gone awry?

In today’s youth-focused culture, aging is viewed as something to be fought off as long as possible. Even for the most liberated of us, growing old can feel like a threat to our self-worth, our confidence, and even our very identity. But, it doesn’t have to be that way!

Growing older is an inevitable and—dare I say—beautiful fact of life. From our first breath to our last, we’re here to experience, to grow, and to evolve. With the right mindset, aging can become an incredible gift—one that is full of wisdom, strength, purpose, adventure, and more and more fun.

It’s funny how as children, we can’t wait to grow up. We count the days to our birthdays, daydream about blowing out all those candles, and delight in all the presents. Yet, as we move through our 20s and 30s, and the dreaded 40s, many of us start to cling to the lower numbers and begin to dread each passing year. Unfortunately, this all too common mindset is a recipe for unhappiness, stress, and hopelessness. The more we long for the years gone by, the less we’re able to enjoy the present, which is where all of our power is.

I can still vividly remember the first time I looked in the mirror only to discover that two crevices had suddenly appeared around my mouth. At 32, I’d just started to feel like I’d come into my own and my life had more purpose than ever before. There I was about to meet a friend for dinner and going about my usual routine of getting ready. I went to the mirror to put on a bit of lipstick when I discovered these two seemingly gigantic wrinkles that seemed to have appeared in the midst of only a few hours. Who was this person with these laugh lines? What was going on?

I felt a bit stressed and somewhat worried about this new discovery. Of course, I knew that I wouldn’t have the glowing skin and firm booty of a twenty-something forever, but up to that point in my life, aging seemed like a distant thing. My initial stress and shock wasn’t so much about getting wrinkles as it was about facing the reality of my mortality. In that moment, it hit me–just like everyone else, I was going to get old and my body would eventually die.

We’ve all had moments like this. While difficult, they also empower us to grow and change our perceptions. Yes, our physical bodies are going to die, which is a difficult truth to accept. But, with this acceptance comes greater power and a stronger connection to the Divine.

Life’s magic is everywhere, even in places that seem wrinkled.

When I look back on that moment in the mirror, I can see that it was one of life’s mini wake up calls. Once I embraced those two new lines and the fact that I was indeed getting older, I was finally able to make the shifts I needed and wanted to make in my life. I was able to get clearer about my purpose and finally had the courage to walk that path. Embracing aging inspired me to cultivate a deeper connection with Spirit. And, I also become more dedicated to living fully in each moment and adding more fun to my life.

Now into my 50s, I celebrate each passing year—and each new laugh line—with more enthusiasm than the last. I just turned 53 in July, and had the most fun-filled weekend of riding my Harley motorcycle, holding hands and snuggling up to my gorgeous husband while seeing Harry Potter, and indulging in a little bit of cake and ice cream. I practice moderation and I make a point to consciously love and accept my body flaws and all! I spent too much time berating myself for my weight, cellulite, and wrinkles, ad infinitum. I have learned that loving myself now in all my perfect imperfections is the answer!

OK, you might be thinking, “But, Colette, I just can’t get over the flaws I see in the mirror.” Or, “There’s no way I can embrace my age with all my health problems.” Or, “I’ve made so many mistakes and have so many regrets, happiness and adventure at my age is impossible.”

Here’s the thing: We are all getting older, it’s just a matter of whether we decide to do so with passion and purpose or to do so kicking and screaming!

When you refuse to accept your age or continually loathe yourself upon glancing in the mirror, you end up trapped in the Ghostlands, where there’s no learning or growing because you’re so focused on the past. (To remind you again, there is no power in the past or future—only the present!) As I talk about in my book, The Map: Finding the Magic and Meaning in Your Life, this kind of obsession with the past only prevents you from experiencing joy in the present and planning something better in the future. It just keeps you unhappy and stuck in your mind. The more you dwell, the more time gets away from you; before you know it, you’re sleepwalking through each day, losing the valuable time you do have while you’re fixating on the time gone by.

Ultimately, when you choose to embrace the process of aging, you tap into the incredible power of the present to co-create the purposeful and authentic life you desire. Moreover, with that positive change in mindset, you’re actually bound to look and feel lighter, happier, and even younger.

Get Out of the Ghostlands!

In order to move through the Ghostlands of Aging, it’s crucial to get out of any denial and to ventilate your emotions. I know firsthand that getting older isn’t always an easy process. It’s natural to resist it and to feel angry, confused, regretful, and so on. Rather than keep all of these feelings inside you, it’s important to let them out so you can move on. Either spend some time writing in your journal or write a letter to Spirit about your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs on aging, growing old, and even dying.

Age-Embracing Rx

Gratitude and Humility? No matter what’s going on in your life, you have to honor what you have now in the present and be grateful for it. You have to heal yourself and find beauty in your life today. When you practice gratitude and surrender your fears to Spirit, you gain the power of perception and open yourself up to the magical doors of possibility and even better goodness to come. So, write a letter to Spirit in which you turn over your fears and worries. Then, make a gratitude life. What’s good about your life right now? What do you love about yourself?

Take Out a New Lease on Life!

This is the perfect time for a self-inventory so you can open your eyes to what you want to experience in the years to come!

Looking back on your life so far, what are you most proud of? How have you grown and evolved? What might you have done differently?

What are your dreams for the coming years of your life? Who do you want to be? What would you like to do? What new memories would you like to create? How do you need to grow and evolve to become the person who lives this life?

Connect with Colette at http://ColetteBaronReid.com

by Liane Queiroz

Juan Jose Benitez is one of the most widely read authors of Spain, with a work of great prestige. He has authored over 50 books, among which the saga of the Trojan Horse, a monumental work of research which has sold five million copies.

He has directed the famous television documentary series “Haunted Planet”, an investigative report on the great secrets of the planet that runs into 13 chapters out of 17 countries in which theories reveals the shapes drawn on the mountain “Candelabra “in the Paracas peninsula in Peru, who built the giant stones called Moai in Easter Island, the heart of Mali inhabited by a strange tribe, the Dogon, the” hidden years “of Jesus of Nazareth on a tour Israel and Jordan, the secret history of Christopher Columbus, the famous image of the Shroud and the enigmas of carbon 14, and the controversy over the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant on Mount Sinai.

Juan Jose Benitez describes this series, which allows the viewer to witness the universal mysteries of incomprehensible facts and mysteries with no apparent solution, as “an ambitious project that aims to enrich the spirit and vibrating the imagination …”

A  Brief Background

Writer, researcher, journalist, we may not know how to define a man who has spent half a lifetime to the study of everything that surrounds us. Juan José Benítez was born in Pamplona on 7th September 1946. With only 15 he won his first salary working in a ceramics factory, painting and decorating vases. Degree in Information Science from the University of Navarra in 1965. He began working for the newspaper La Verdad de Murcia in January 1966. After military service performed in Zaragoza where he began working for the newspaper Heraldo de Aragon. He married Rachel, who had four sons: Ivan, Satcha, Lara and Tirma.

Following the submission of their stories to the newspaper, the PPI group and its “Mission RAMA” were known throughout Spain. Subsequently, these experiences Juanjo would be collected in his book “UFOs: SOS to humanity,” although the first book was published it was the second he wrote, entitled “There was another humanity”, and in investigating the “Stones Ica.”   Following the success of this book, in that year could finally see the light of the first: “UFOs: SOS to humanity.”

In the footsteps of Jesus Christ

Twenty-five years have passed since the first “Trojan Horse”, where the author explained a secret experiment that led both drivers to the Jesus, the Galilee. We traveled through time with the Trojan Horses in the footsteps of Jesus.

Editor’s Note: Juan Jose Benitez, author of ‘Trojan Horse’ and many other mind triggering books is an acclaimed investigator of the Supernatural and an expert of Ancient legends and historical occurrences. It is surprising to me that his incredible mind opening books were never available in English: Mr. Benitez is a worldwide respected and recognized author, visionary and scientist. The Trojan horse series tell the story of the Magnificent Master of Our times, Jesus Christ; in his many of his possible real life pilgrimages, and bring the Biblical character to life into a new light, a Man of supernatural powers earthly and divine at the same time.

It has been more than 25 years and over 4,000 pages, since Juan Jose Benitez began the saga of ‘Trojan Horse’. Now, says that 5,000 pages (which will be the estimated total construction) located in nine volumes are sufficient. “It’s much, ‘he said. Also it needed to be finish.”

The Jesus portrayed by JJ. Benitez is seductive in the sense that is friendly, and sympathetic. “It’s the Jesus I found. I was the first surprise, says Benitez, I had an image made as a result of the education I received in the church: A judge Jesus, far, far away in the heights. But here I find a man-God who is very near; One in good spirits who loves fantasy stories.

Omtimes: What were Trojan Horses? Or are they just fiction?

 J.J Benitez.  No, they are not fiction, they are research. I have not much imagination.

Omtimes: So why is the book with a novel label?

J.J Benitez: What can I do? It is sometimes better to simplify things. Some people have beliefs very crystallized. Who am I to hurt anyone?

If what matters is true, has the information of the century. But since the evidence shows, many people may believe it is a fake…

Everyone is free to believe whatever you want; I do not tell anyone what to believe. I have documented with 14,000 sources during twenty years. And I have a very special source, but that I cannot reveal.

Omtimes: Did you follow signs to write?

J.J Benitez Yes, I have seen signs afterwards. In the ‘Horses’ sensed a symbolic reading. There is a section in which the protagonist gets to measure the cave (page 409), says as much in width (6.3 m), this long (14.57 m) and both high (3.2 m). I wrote these measures and sent to three experts in cabal asking if they had any symbolism. The three said they meant, ‘underground home of a God. If you are notified, you know that the numbers and dates are not free, so I invite readers when they see a figure that comes to mind, know that some say. It is a game that I would like to enter.

Omtimes: What do you think that many historians call into question the existence of Jesus Christ to the absolute lack of documents that prove?

J.J Benitez Yes, there are historical records: there are the Annals of Suetonius. Josephus is a bit later, but in their chronicles speaks of a “doer of wonders.” In the Talmud Mock Jesus, call it “lame” but appears.

Omtimes: Who was Jesus, a god or a man or a man-god?

J.J Benitez: The words do not help … There are things beyond our understanding.

Omtimes: You mention in the book avoids the word alien. But across the sky lights in formation, the blue cloud over the head of Jesus looks like a ship …Was Jesus as contact?

J.J Benitez Maybe it was more than that. But yes, the contactees now call prophets. The prophets of antiquity would be the antennae of a superior culture.

People who encountered boundary violations during their childhood struggle with establishing and maintaining good boundaries in their adult lives. When boundaries were crossed, through the experience or witnessing of either emotional, physical or sexual abuse, it becomes very confusing as to where normal boundaries should be set, and what to expect from others around these boundaries.

There are two ways that a child can experience boundary violations: one is when their own boundaries have been crossed, and the other is upon witnessing other people’s boundaries being broken or disrespected. A child can be shouted at, beaten or molested, and all of these experiences violate their boundaries because they damage the child’s emotional, physical or spiritual integrity.

There are more subtle ways for boundaries to be broken, however: when an adult makes a child their confidante and shares with them inappropriate details of their emotional, interpersonal or sexual experiences, it imposes unwanted information onto the child. The child isn’t in a position to refuse to listen; they are being filled with ideas and images against their will and before they are able to make sense of such information. This violates their boundaries and destroys their innocence.

When an adult ogles a child’s body in a sexual way, this is also a boundary violation. To be looked at with sexual longing or intention is confusing and frightening for a child and they have no idea how to respond. Also, the experience of a lustful gaze violates the sanctity of their personal space. The child begins to feel that their body isn’t their own, but rather a commodity available for public consumption.

The witnessing of boundary violations is also traumatizing to the young psyche. When a child sees a parent, sibling, relative or classmate being yelled at, beaten or sexually abused they feel horrified, frightened and powerless. They generalize this experience to a sense of their own vulnerability and come to believe that no-one’s boundaries are safe.

Having experienced one or more boundary violations, the growing child is unsure as to what a real boundary is and how to establish their own. Ideally, it would be to have a sense of personal privacy and personal space; understanding that their body is their own property and that intimate personal information is not to be shared with strangers or other inappropriate individuals.

The experiencing or witnessing of sexual boundary violations makes it confusing as to where boundaries should be placed in the area of sexuality. People with this type of experience tend to reveal details about their sexual history too soon to prospective partners and tend to become sexual at a too-early stage in the relationship.

A confounding factor is that boundary violations during childhood are often accompanied by promises of love and attention. The child is molested and told that they are in a “special relationship” with the perpetrator; the child is beaten and then the remorseful abuser gives the child a new toy. As an adult, the person comes to associate this sort of abuse with normal affection.

More confusion arises when the child witnesses boundary violations. They feel powerless as they observe the abuse but are unable to help the victim, and this feeling remains with them into adulthood. Even if they try to help they inevitably fail, and as a result they develop what’s called “learned helplessness.” They become convinced that nothing they could do would make a difference, so they might as well not try.

In cases where a child attempted to defend their boundaries and was punished for it, refusal to comply becomes associated in adulthood with personal danger. The adult wouldn’t dare stand up for themselves; so convinced are they that it would be worse for them if they did.

So, what are you to do if people walked all over your boundaries when you were growing up? The first thing is to recognize that you have a right to your privacy and personal space. You are entitled to make your own choices about who gets to touch you, and when and how; you’re free to decide what you share about yourself and with whom, and when. You also have a choice about what you let another person share with you. If you feel uncomfortable about what you’re hearing, you can stop listening.

Knowing that your boundaries are yours to protect, you can begin making different choices as an adult. You can see that you don’t need to reveal intimate details about yourself to people until and unless you know them and trust them well. You don’t need to engage in any type of intimate activity with anyone until you have established that they respect you and that you feel safe and comfortable with them.

Understanding your rights around your boundaries means that you take your time getting to know people and making sure that there is a reason and a context for any type of communication or contact that is more than just casual. You also see that there is no justification for any sort of disrespect and that real love is never associated with your having to tolerate hurtfulness or abuse.

Broken boundaries can be healed. It takes time, and it can be somewhat painful; if only because it means facing the fact that your boundaries were violated in the first place. It can also be quite upsetting to realize that you’ve been neglecting your boundaries as an adult. It’s important to understand your reasons and to forgive yourself for this.

If you haven’t been able to set good boundaries in your life, it’s not your fault. It’s because of what you experienced while growing up. Being compassionate toward yourself around your not-so-good boundaries will go a long way in helping you to heal them, and this will allow you to feel safer and more empowered in your adult life.

Connect with Marcia at the Ruthless Compassion Institute http://www.ruthlesscompassioninstitute.com
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