reincarnation: is it real?

As a hypnotist, I've experienced and guided many clients through past lives and future lives. When I was doing radio regularly, reincarnation (and dreams) was always one of the more lively and popular topics. Usually when the topic comes up, one of the first questions asked was:  "Is it real?"


In those days, instead of stirring the hornets nest, I'd say something like "As a hypnotherapist, I don't care whether it's real or not. When I do therapy around whatever the problem whether it's in a past life or not it takes care of the problem."  These days if you asked me that question, I might give you a more forceful answer. :)  These days you'd get something like, "ya know, 99% of the world's population believes in reincarnation." And then if pressed I'd tell them I have indeed experienced past lives and future lives and I do indeed believe they're real. 


In fact, I went deep into hypnosis and hypnotherapy because I was having bleed through from past lives into this life and I needed to see and experience some of those past lives for myself. My very first hypnosis session that was guided by someone other than me was for past life exploration. That past life bleed through would continue for me until a few years ago when some intensive energy work finally cleared the causes and then re-established those natural boundaries that most are born with that block the bleed through. 


It's quite interesting to me to note that reincarnation is validated by the Kabbalah, Reiki and other energy healing modalities, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, Wiccans, Witches, Pagans, and many of the world's religions. 


For years I've been explaining this as simply as possible to interested folks using a hub-and-spoke (wagon wheel) metaphor. In this elegant analogy, the hub (center of the wagon wheel) is the higher self / soul self / soul and each spoke on the wheel leads to a different life. The only place where Time actually exists is on the outer rim of the wheel where each of the lives is taking place; the center where the soul / higher self lives is outside of time. 


Now realize that all of those lives, however many there might be, are going on simultaneously---all at the same time. The reason your subconscious knows about them is that because for it all time is NOW; it doesn't experience past, present, future or linear time. In essence, it is connected to the higher self / soul self like concentric circles---the conscious self is the outer most circle, then the subconscious inside that, then the higher self / soul consciousness (also known as the supra-conscious) self at the core. 


Because all the lives exist at the same time and not in a linear fashion for the higher self / soul self all the work you do here in this life on your spiritual self and raising yourself and your vibration higher----in Kabbalah you change the world by manifesting changes in yourself and helping others to change---also helps raise the vibration and spirituality in your other lives and other versions or aspects of YOU. Interestingly, the Kabbalah also verifies that here in this reality is the only one of the 10 dimensions that experience time and space. The only one.


If you do any type of energy healing, most of you know that you can intentionally "send" distance healing not only to other physical people in your time, but that you can also send healing to all aspects of that person in whatever life they are in, in whatever time (as well as to specific situations or relationships, which can be quite helpful if you have a lot of karma going on with someone) they are in.


What was surprising to me is that Kabbalah teachings also validate reincarnation and that time only exists in this dense physical reality! Well, I mean it did...and it didn't. Because what I've noticed time and time and time again is that the Universal Truths (and I believe reincarnation is one of those) show up in the world's religions and philosophies no matter what tradition you're looking at, which is really kind of cool. The Truth has a way of making itself known. :)


Some traditions say we'll ALL continue to reincarnate until a critical mass of us is enlightened enough to bring the entire population UP at the same time. Some modern channeled entities (Kryon; you can listen to him here:  http://www.kryon.com/k_freeaudio.html) says that critical mass isn't nearly as large as you think:  It's only 1/2 of 1% of the population. That's not a lot. It's entirely do-able in our lifetimes here and now.


I'm going to a live Kryon channeling in the Boulder on Saturday afternoon (Jan 14th) and I'll share info about it after here. 


As for all of you other "old souls" out there (and I know you're reading this and hitting it from around the world (which blew me away when I first saw it!) I *know* there are enough of us to hold the light to do it!  


Interestingly again, the Kabbalah says something like "As always, what is true for a single human soul is also true for all humanity. As long as anyone of us falls short of transformation, we will continue to participate in the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth –as will humanity as a whole, until the critical mass of truly enlightened people comes into being to eradicate pain and death forever."  (Read more here:   http://www.kabbalah.com/wisdom/reincarnation)


It is very similar to the story of Kwan Yin, a goddess closely associated with some advanced Karuna /  Tibetian Reiki. Kwan Yin who was born of a tear from Buddha had achieved enlightenment and was on the verge of entering nirvana when she heard the cries of humanity and its pain. So strong was her empathy and mercy and love of us that she turned away vowing not to enter until we could ALL enter nirvana together. So she returned to us and helps us, like all the other ascended masters and teachers and angels we call on. Like the angels, she comes to anyone who calls on her and she's at your side instantaneously. 


And on that note on this evening of the full wolf moon, I wish you all Light Blessings until next time.  :)

kabbalist thought for the day

What if we're just playing a cosmic game of hide-and-seek w/ the Divine---the Light?


What if we said, "Hey! it's just too easy to bask here in the free gift of Everything. Let us earn it! Let's play a game!" And before you could say "big bang" off we went....the Light hiding while we counted to 10. ;>


That kind of puts an entirely different spin on things, doesn't it? :)

when past lives come calling...and darkness attacks...the Holy Zohar can protect

As you become brighter and hold more and more light, don't be surprised if you attract unwanted attention or if you start bumping into people in your "day job" life that give you the creeps, make you uncomfortable, or just generally freak you out---and you're not sure why.


The first time this happened to me was several years ago. I had a new boss dropped on me in a most disturbing way and his energy just totally FREAKED me out for no logical reason. I'd never met the man before. Didn't run in the same circles and didn't even live in the same time zone. But it got so bad I had to call one of my mentors (the master who taught and trained me for my Usui Reiki Master Teacher & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher certs) for a session to see what was going on.


This mentor of mine did a healing session on me and used her very specific gift to tap into my energy body and see what was going on. And what she picked up was amazing! Apparently this new boss & I had a past life together.... where I ran the entire business and he took the credit...and he also was doing some shady things w/ the money that he let me take the fall for. In that life, I ended up in prison and actually starved to death in there because of this person who was now my boss. 


Having the session and clearing much of the old energy associated with that life helped tremendously. It also gave me a reason for why my gut did not like or trust this person, and a reason to make sure that any verbal/phone instructions where followed up in e-mail. 


This person was not my boss for long and was gone within 6 months... on to a new company. I got to help interview and select my next boss and things were calm and fine for the next ~18 months. Then this boss also quit and moved on to another firm.


In the meantime, another boss (my bosses boss who was a senior VP) appeared, and again my freakometer went off. In a different way. The previous one who freaked me out thought he was smarter than he was. This one was not only slimy but also very smart. That made him extremely dangerous. So my red alert status went to always ON and I bought a digital voice recorder so I could record phone calls if needed because this one also preferred phone calls to e-mail, where I would have an audit trail.


Things went on for a few weeks. And we had a run in over an integrity issue. A few weeks after that, another run in over one of my team (I was again providing basic PM and supervisor functions) who could not afford to float the money for a trip from the East Coast to New Mexico for an emergency trip that was required by the client. (In my mind, employees should not have to float expenses for the company they work for, but it was standard procedure for employees to do that for this company and then get reimbursed w/o the interest they would have to pay to their own credit card companies....grrrrr.)


Well, I got the advance and most of the expenses billed directly to the company, but he still had to float the car rental.  Funny thing was, though, I came down with a migraine that kept me from work for 2 days.


Now don't get me wrong....I've had plenty of migraines before. In my 20s hormones kicked them off monthly. As I grew older, they tended to be kicked off by stress. Now, I'm not going to share my age w/ you (;>) but let's just say my hormones are on the other end of the spectrum now from where they were in my 20s.  And the other thing I noticed was that this migraine didn't follow the same pattern ALL of my previous migraines had followed.  So I made a couple of phone calls, the first to my mentor again who tapped in and said "it's not you....it's coming from outside you. Call" and she named another mentor (in the same center) I'd been doing spiritual training with. 


Now this is where it gets weird (as if this entire entry isn't weird enough already). This mentor is also a gifted clairvoyant. I went in to see her and we settled in and she asked what was going on. Oddly enough, what came from my mouth (because my brain was thinking it was just some empath feeling) was "a couple of weeks ago I had this migraine, but it wasn't like any other migraine I've ever had."  And I described how I felt when this weird migraine was coming on. Then we went from there, tracking down what was different in my life... and what new people had entered my life.


Come to find out, one of HIS past lives was attacking ME! Even this spiritual teacher said that was extremely rare, but that's what it was. 


We didn't really know each other in this past life---but we knew OF each other. He was a very powerful, dark... some would say magician. Others would say sorcerer. Choose your own term---he was practicing dark arts with his talents and controlling people w/ energetic implants. "Mind control" is what those who weren't fully aware were calling it. 


In that life, I had a small group in much the same way I was now the super of this small group and I protected them from him the way I was now trying to protect my team from him.


The strange way the migraine come on was because this past life was attacking my crown & 3rd eye chakras, as well as my 2nd & 3rd. Think about those attack points for a moment. Crown--blocking the higher, divine energies. 3rd eye---blocking my psychic vision so I couldn't "see" what was happening. 2nd & 3rd chakras ---- self esteem, self confidence, and abundance centers. There was also an energetic implant at the base of my skull. 


She cleared the blockages, then tried to clear that past life of his and send it into the light. It refused to go and continued attacking me and trying to set the blockages & implants back in. She gave me some affirmations to say, which helped and finally pulled out her copy of the Holy Zohar and gave it to me to hold.


I'd never heard of this Zohar book, let alone seen one. I'd heard of the Kabbalah, but didn't even realize this little book was from it.  She explained a bit. (Update: she had a pocket-sized Pinchas that contains all the portions of the Zohar concerned with protection and health.)


The Zohar contains parts of the Kabbalah. You don't have to be able to read it to benefit from it. Just hold it. I did...and opened it and saw it was in Hebrew? (Later I'd discover it's in Aramaic. A very special flavor of Aramaic. The language in use in Jerusalem when the Christ walked the Earth. I'd also find out later that the Zohar contains those parts of the Kabbalah that address healing and protection.) 


She went on....it's cleared most of it in the little time you've been holding it. And you're going to need to use all of your spiritual protection tools because it won't go. 


That past life has caused him problems in this life. (Yes, he's still extremely controlling.) And someone in this life also asked for this healing (even though the trouble making life would not leave).  Get a copy of the Zohar. It's not expensive, it's like $10 and keep it in your bag with you. And use everything else you know to protect yourself as well. Use the affirmations ("I am filled with divine light. I am filled with divine truth. The Truth and the Light protect me.") At the time, I told her all I picked up intuitively from this guy was "dark cloud" or "black cloud."  And she nodded. She told me to keep looking and as I got stronger, 'you'll see more and more what he really is." Then she sent me on my way.


I *did* feel better. Lighter. Easier. And as soon as I got home, I went to Amazon and ordered a copy of the Zohar. I also found electronic copies of it and downloaded one at work and one at home. The electronic copy (in Aramaic) doesn't pack near the energetic wallop the print version does, but it helped keep me clear until it arrived. When I felt drained, I'd pop up the PDF version & scroll to a page that felt "right."


Then about a week after my print copy arrived, I was looking for more Zohars because I wanted to place some in various places:  the car, the night tables in the bedroom, etc. and I ran across this site that also had 72 name rings. And I ordered the last protection ring she had. At the time, I didn't know it was the last one. She told that later when I tried to order a second one. :) The protection ring contains 5 of the 72 names of God in Hebrew. The 5 names most associated with the protection of God. (Update: the ring contains the one name most associated with protection 5 times.)


So, that was my introduction to the power of Zohar and the 72 names of God. A pretty powerful introduction. I haven't been troubled since, and in fact my 3rd vision has been getting stronger. I sleep w/ a Zohar and meditate each morning and evening with it. I even try and grab a few minutes at lunchtime with it. I can't read Aramaic, but I hold it and open it and let it rest on my 3rd eye and heart, it's light literally BLASTING into my soul. And my 3rd eye is strong enough now to "see" this man for what he really is. And it's not pretty. In fact, the "eye" that stares back at me when I look his direction during these meditation times contains a vertical pupil. It's reptilian.


If you want to get your own Zohar, here are some resources:  

• http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/the-zohar/download-the-zohar   You can download the electronic version here. Get the Aramaic and the English if you want to actually read it! :)  The little 7 lesson videos (about 10 min each) are also quite well done.
  
• http://www.newthoughtkabbalah.com/index1.htm   This is where I ordered additional copies of the print Zohar and found the 72 name protection ring. Cheryl is easy to deal with and will let you know right away if anything is out of stock. 

It's only in the last 10 years that the Kabbalists have been freely sharing their knowledge. And I for one am eternally grateful that they are.  :)

until next time.... stay in the Truth & the Light :)

Energy & Cooking: make sure the food you're putting in your mouth is made w/ love

I was talking to a friend a FB the other day (she's a school counselor) because she had posted something about offering a therapeutic cooking class. To which I chimed in and pointed out that many believe that you should not be cooking for your family when in a foul, angry, or negative mood because your energy is also infused into the food while you're preparing it and in a very real sense you'll be feeding that dark energy to your family. Better to wait until the foulness has passed and you can ensure that the only energy getting infused into the food you and everyone else is about to eat is filled with love, joy, and happy emotions.


Many cultures apply this rule not only to cooking but also to making crafts, especially when whatever is produced will be used daily and in close contact with you or whoever you're giving the item to. For example, quilts for bedding; afghans & throws whether sewed, crocheted, or knitted; ceremonial clothing; medicine bags; mojo bags; and so forth. 


If you look closely you'll see this in many different spiritual beliefs and many different cultural beliefs. And I believe there's a decent basis for it. Think about it. If most of us would SLOW DOWN enough to prepare a decent meal infused with love, joy, and peaceful energy our digestion would be better and as a nation there would be less acid reflex & indigestion. 


Slowing down enough would also help us all keep our waists a bit smaller. :) It takes the brain 15 to 20 minutes to realize there's food in your stomach after you begin eating. So if you're eating in a rush (like most do for lunch grabbed and eaten at your desk), chances are you're wolfing down more calories and simple carbs than you think before your brain even knows there's something on the way! 


Infusing your food with energy intentionally is something many learn in their first level Reiki energy healing class. Using the Reiki Power Symbol over your food before eating it can help to boost its nutritional value as well as help clear it of some things that might not be very good for us. 


If you grow your own herbs or tomato plants or have a small garden, you can take this a step further by infusing your plants with Reiki or healing energy while they're growing. 


And yes indeed, talking is good for plants. It might be because you're breathing CO2 on them (which they use and then give us O2 for in exchange), it might be because they are Alive and in some studies have shown responses you might not think possible, like recognizing a person who has destroyed one of them. (See The Secret Life of Plants, originally published in the early 70s and still in print! http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Plants-Peter-Tompkins/dp/0060915870/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322205263&sr=8-2) In any case, plants love Reiki and healing energy and they will flourish if you provide this to them on a regular basis. If you don't know Reiki, just talk to them and focus on them and send them positive, healing thoughts and thank them for the job they do. Intention means everything in energy healing work.


A similar work has been done on water in the books by Masaru Emoto (http://www.amazon.com/Masaru-Emoto/e/B001IODMIY/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1). The books contain images showing the crystalline structure of water just normally, after it's been blessed, after words of love and appreciation have been spoken to it, and after words of hate and darkness are spoken. The crystalline structure is most beautiful and strong after we speak to it in love and thank it for sustaining us.


Anyway, there's some food for thought at the end of this Thanksgiving day. :) 

more on the Amityville, NY entities

We talk about entities on the main website and some of the books recommended are about Lorraine Warren and her spouse. They're the ones who worked on the Amityville house (yes, THAT Amityville house) way back when.  Fate magazine has an interview w/ one of the kids who lived there then (of course he's all grown up now) who's provided some additional information into what was actually going on in that house.


Here's the link:  http://www.fatemag.com/news-2/where-is-the-real-story-behind-the-amityville-haunting-2/  

Lemurian Energy & Old Soul quote

This quote struck quite a chord with me. It may with you as well.

THE COSMIC TIMELINE The cosmic timeline reveals a purpose behind why you're here -- a purpose behind spiritual history itself.  Some have called it "the grand five billion year experiment."  Do you know whom I sit in front of?  Again, I will tell you: I sit in front of Lemurians --- almost all of you.  That's what brings you here today, to hear and read this.  This time in history calls to you and brings you here because you're feeling the Lemurian energy again.  That's how long you've been here.  That's who the family is who sits in the room and reads these pages --- old souls each one.  You come and go so fast!  You don't spend much time at home --- my home, your home.  And we see you for a brief moment, where you pick up a stripe of color --- where you have an honoring and a loving --- then from the depths of your wisdom, you return to do it again and again and again.    ~ Kryon, Book VII as channelled by Lee Carroll ~

ghost story #3: The Legend of Silver Heels

This is our third and final ghost story for October, and it's one of my personal favorites. You'll see versions of it on the web, in mountain eatery's, in and around Alma (which is about 18 miles south of Breckenridge) and Alma's grave yard. 

The story comes from Buckskin Joe, which was a small mining camp a couple miles west of present-day Alma. Today, Buckskin Joe is one of many ghost towns in the mountains of Colorado, but back-in-the day it was the County Seat of Park County. (Today, Fairplay - about 6 miles farther south than Buckskin Joe - is the county seat and has a restored 1880s mining town, South Park City.) The picture below is the original courthouse from Buckskin Joe. 

The town of Buckskin Joe started life as a mining camp and grew tremendously during the 1850s during the gold rush. Once the gold was mined out the population dwindled to a handful. 

Silverheels was a dance hall girl. No one remembers her real name, but she was very beautiful and an accomplished dancer when she appeared in Buckskin Joe's during the height of the gold rush. She quickly became a favorite. 

As was the custom in early gold mining camps, fans showed appreciation by tossing  "pokes" (small leather bags) of gold dust on stage at her feet. She accumulated enough from the pokes to build a small cabin across the stream from camp. Legend says she accumulated a small fortune by saving gold from the pokes. One admirer fashioned a pair of solid silver heels for her dancing slippers. The silver heels became her trademark and the source of her nickname, Silverheels.  

Then, in 1861 disaster stuck in the form of a smallpox epidemic. Most of the miners stayed in camp for fear of claim jumpers, while most of the women and children were sent to Fairplay or Denver. Silverheels, however, choose to stay behind in camp.

She transformed herself from dancer to devoted nurse and took care of the sick and comforted the dying. Many men died of the highly contagious and usually fatal disease while cradled in her arms. 

Inevitably, she caught smallpox as well but did survive. Her beautiful face was disfigured by pockmarks. When the epidemic had finally run its course, the "Angel of Mercy" left town but returned often to offer prayers at the graves. 

If you visit Alma today and seek out the area of Buckskin Joe's, you may see a figure moving along in the long abandoned graveyard. She's elegantly dressed in Victorian-era finery. She wears a long, black, silk dress and a black, silk broad-rimmed hat. The hat holds a heavy veil preserving the privacy of her grief, and shielding her face from view. 

The original wooden grave markers have long since rotted away, but you can bet Silverheels knows where each and every one is. She moves slowly from one grave to another, placing a single red rose and offering at prayer at each. She may seem oblivious to the living, but if you try and approach she'll disappear. This is the ghost of Silverheels.

The grateful citizens who survived the epidemic name a nearby peak Mount Silverheels in her honor. A pic of it is shown below. It stands 13,825 feet high.