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UNCOVERING THE MEMORY OF A PLACE

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TANTRIC NUMEROLOGY AND YOUR SOUL PATH

BOOK OF MARK NEPO THE THE SOUL INTERVIEW BY JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS

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RAISING OUR SOUL TRIBE

100 SIGNS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN ASTRAL PROJECTION RELATIONSHIPS

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88 HOW EMOTIONAL INFIDELITY IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN PHYSICAL INFIDELITY WORLD VISION

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An interview with Mark Nepo by Justine Willis Toms, co-founder, and host of New Dimensions Radio Program

Mark Nepo Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time," "a consummate storyteller," and "an eloquent spiritual teacher."

His work is widely accessible and used by many and his books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

What is our true inheritance as part of the human family? How do we have an authentic and wholehearted life, and why is that important? How do we stay connected to the deeper purpose in our life if we rush through our days, and how do we stand above isolation and despair? We explore these and many other questions with Mark Nepo.

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With over a million copies sold, Mark Nepo has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening.

Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher, and a most eloquent storyteller. In 2015 he was given a life achievement award by Age Nation, and in 2016 he was named by Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine as one of the most spiritually influential living people. Mark was part of Oprah Winfrey's The Life You Want tour in 2014 and has appeared several times with Oprah on her Super Soul Sunday program. As a cancer survivor, Mark Nepo devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of the relationship. He's the author of 15 audio learning projects and 22 published books including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life, You Want By Being Present to the Life You Have; The Way Under The Way: The Place of True Meeting; Drinking from the River of Light: The Life of Expression and his new book, The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters.

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In our conversation, Mark and I discuss the challenges of negotiating the oftenconfounding experience of being human in these postmodern times.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: I'm just delighted to be here with you once again. I know that in all your books, including the newest, The Book of Soul, there is this current of working with how to be present in our lives, how to be wholehearted in our life.

I'd like to know what wholehearted means to you.

MARK NEPO: It's wonderful to be with you again. Let me start by affirming that what I offer are notes from living. I offer examples, not instructions. What I offer is the best that I've been able to figure out so far as I keep learning and growing.

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In truth, part of the challenge for every human being, for every generation, and now, in our present incarnation, is that it's our turn to be fully actualized human beings. And this is a living paradox because the being in us is infinite, but the human aspect is very finite and limited. So, we are always like lightning in a bottle.

We're always cracking and falling and getting up, and so we have this constant challenge of how to be wholehearted when the difficulties of life make us halfhearted.

Now, we can't avoid being halfhearted, because we're human. Just like I can't stay awake 24 hours a day—I must sleep. I believe, and I am committed to wholeheartedness, but being human, I'm not going to be able to sustain it. For just as you can't keep your eyes open without blinking, part of our humanness is that we will blink.

Given all this, what does it mean to be wholehearted? Well, my experience here on Earth has been that when I can hold nothing back when I can feel what mine to feel is, and face what mine to face—including joy and tenderness and difficulty and pain is—then I am completely here. And when I'm completely here, however briefly, I become an open conduit.

One of the rewards for being authentic, which to me means being thorough, is that we are given access to a moment of Oneness, of Eternity, of completeness, through which we can touch into all the other times that anyone's ever lived. In this way, when I am caring for you, and I'm truly present, I slip into a moment where I am now in the moment of everyone who ever cared for someone. So, by being completely thorough to what's before me, one act of love allows us to experience all love.

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By one act of compassion, we experience all compassion. If I don't run from my pain or your pain, then I trip into the truth of all pain, which, you can say, is overwhelming. I have enough of my pain. I don't want all the pain. Well, it's not that we carry all pain, it's that just as a net will distribute weight when I can access other people's feelings and the connection—and that's why a relationship is so important—

it doesn't burden us with those feelings. It distributes the intensity of them so that we can receive the meaning in them. Being wholehearted is being integral. Interestingly, the root of the word integrity means "to make whole." Now, we tend to think of integrity as I have a checklist of character traits or virtues that I believe in, and I want to try to live by them, so I do an inventory every week to see if I have lived up to this set of values.

There's nothing wrong with this, but there's a deeper understanding of integrity, which goes beyond being considered a good person. For when I live by the values that I care about, I become integral. That is, I become whole, and the reward for being whole is not just good relationships; it's access to Oneness. I get to experience everything larger than me.

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JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: This reminds me of something that you write and speak about that has to do with what do I stand on, and what do I stand for? Can you speak to that more deeply?

MARK NEPO: There's a chapter in The Book of Soul about standing on and standing for. This is a distinction that I felt I needed to consider deeply.

And again, when I consider something deep enough, it opens something everyone has had to consider. So, it's worth sharing, not because of what I do with it, but the fact that we all have to deal with it. In our humanity, we are so reactive that we're quick to stand for something or against something. But the most important thing I have found is that before I can effectually stand for something, I need to know what I'm standing on.

What is foundational? What is reliable? What are truths that will never go away? I may lose sight of them, especially when I am lost in a cloud of worry or fear or distortion or inflation or deflation, anxiety, despair, or grief. Then, where's my footing? Where do I find what's solid because from what's solid, I can see more clearly what I stand for?

Often, we push against each other as a substitute for knowing where solid ground is. A dear friend in my men's' group, David Addiss, taught me about a Portuguese indigenous tradition practiced in South America. It's an ancient instruction on how to deal with conflict called E dai. In Portuguese, E dai means" and so."

An example of this is that you come to me with a struggle, and you don't know what to do. But you're at a point where you have a real decision to make. In this ritual, I will listen to you and I will ask Edai three times.

The first E dai is in the largest sense. You will share your problem, saying, "I don't know what to do in my life. I don't know whether to stay where I am or move or leave this job or stay in this relationship."'

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And I will listen and say, "E dai?" Then you will explore where you stand in this matter, and what this means in the context of all life, in the context of everything. I won't tell you what to do so that you can surface your wisdom. Then the second E dai is to explore where you're standing, so you can discern where the next spot of solid ground is. This is a diagnostic E dai. Is solid ground over there? Is it across the room? Is it across the state? Is it in being with a friend?

Where is the next position of solid ground?

And the third E dai is very specific. It is, okay, what's your next step? This is a beautiful indigenous ritual, and it offers a compelling way to actualize this notion of what we are standing on before we decide what we are standing for.

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JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: You know, Mark, it's always been my way, for the last forty or fifty years, to look for the biggest truth I can find that is foundational and so I'm constantly looking, researching, or insearching as you would say, for that place. One of the things that you mention in your book is something about the choice we each have to either be present or absent. That's a choice we have to make over and over, which may refer to that deep foundational piece that holds us. We either choose to be present and live with presence or live with absence. I'd love for you to comment on that.

MARK NEPO: Sure. In my experience, we all struggle with this. We all have to choose whether to be visible or invisible. Sometimes we do it unconsciously. Or pain or fear will make us invisible. I think this is very important right now in the times we're living in. We have very little control ultimately over what happens in life, and I think one of the few things we can control is our presence or our absence.

When I can be present, then all other things start to flow because when I'm present, I see differently, I hear differently, I know differently. And that gives me different choices and different tools and different resources. When I'm absent, I'm often absent out of fear. You know, we're at a party, I'm just meeting you, and you turn out to be someone who's very biting and sarcastic. And my first instinct is, "Well, I'm not playing." This happened to me years ago, which helped me make this distinction. I thought that I was removing myself from the situation when I was vanishing.

There's a big difference. Removing yourself from a hurtful situation or a dangerous situation is like moving yourself back beyond the reach of the leash of a vicious dog. This remedy is simple. You are not hiding but taking who you are elsewhere. But there's an important difference between making our self inaccessible to cruelty or harshness or danger and hiding. Because hiding limits us. Hiding leaves, us at an even greater disadvantage.

For when we hide, we are empowering what we are afraid of so much that we cut off our direct connection to the life around us. We eventually need to go back to tie these things together, so we can return to what we stand on. And only when we are clear on what we stand on can, we see what's possible and what's available.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: I'm wondering if a form of retaliation can also be a form of hiding. Like the person you described who was sarcastic and mean-spirited.

Sometimes we withdraw or sometimes we engage. I'm reminded of hearing a man years ago talk at a conference. I remember when someone asked him a question, he severely put that person down.

He just slammed that person about how stupid their question was. Later, he realized that his response was about himself and his inability to share at that moment truly.

MARK NEPO: Oh, absolutely. When we're vulnerable and don't have a sense of foundation, it's easy to become afraid that we won't be accepted for who we are. So, sometimes, we lash out before someone can get to us.

We think I'll get to them first. I'll make a lot of noise. I'll make a storm of distraction. This seems to be how Donald Trump's personality works. And this is why it's so important to find solid ground. For the more that we are standing on what is true, the more we can listen, the more we can care.

There's a great paradox about the self. We all must have a self to be here. For the self is the direct way that I experience life.

Not through you, not through my parents, not through what someone tells me, but how I directly experience life. Yet if all I'm left with is me, oh, brother! Life paradoxically is so much more than just me or you, and this is why we need each other.

One of the purposes of having a strong central sense of self is so that I can receive all that I am not. Because together we are complete, and so there is this paradox that the more I can be who I am, the more I am open to all that I am not.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: You often talk about the inner teacher and say that inner work is not a refuge, rather more like taking time out to see more deeply. You have used whales and dolphins as metaphors for this.

MARK NEPO: Yes, whales and dolphins are great teachers for us. We often take them for granted.

These great mammoth beings are air-breathing creatures that live in water. And because they're so big and mammoth, they can hold their breath for a long time. On the one hand, they have to be in the deep. Their bodies have to literally be immersed in water and depth so that they can stay vital. If they stay out of water too long, they'll die. On the other hand, they can't stay in the deep too long because they have to breach the surface to breathe.

So, the question isn't whether you will spend time in the deep or the world. Like whales and dolphins, we all dive into the deep, and then we rise to be in the world, over and over, again and again. The question is one of personal spiritual knowledge: How do you determine what your rhythm is? Are you spending too much time in the deep or too much time in the world? What do you do to balance your life?

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It's not that things don't need to be tended to in the world, but if we're only living in the circumstances, the tangle of relationships, the practical needs, we won't have the depth to keep us vital. And therefore, our eyes dry out, our tongue dries out, our ears dry out and we no longer have access to all the best choices. So, we have to go back into the deep, whatever that means for each of us. But we can't hide there either. As much as you would want to stay indepth, as much as you might love the depth, you'll drown if you stay because you partake of the deep, you are not deep.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: There's a story in The Book of Soul about a Japanese dog, and when I read it, I just burst into tears.

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Because we are both simplistic and complicated, our complication often keeps us from our true nature, and animals remind us of our true nature. Hachikō was an Akita dog who lived in the 1930s with a professor in Tokyo. Hachikō would come and meet him at the Shibuya rail station every day on his way home. But one day, the professor had a brain hemorrhage, and he died. So, of course, he didn't show up. Yet Hachikō went to the station and waited, every day, for nine years, for the rest of his life. He became the communal dog of Tokyo and everyone around that station would leave food for him.

Finally, one day Hachikō died right on the spot where he always waited for the professor. The people of Tokyo created a statue of Hachikō on that very spot where he waited all those years. Now everyone pets the statue, and there's a patina from where everyone keeps petting Hachikō.

This story is told as an example of great love and affection. I included it in the new book because this is isn't just a moral character that we can check off. Hachikō lived the fullest life possible because he held nothing back— that's why I put it there.

I have an old friend, one of my very first publishers, a Native American elder, Joseph Bruchac, a great storyteller himself. I noticed that so many Native American stories involve animals. When I asked him about this, he said, "Well, it's because the Great Spirit knew the wisdom of animals. And since human beings are the only creatures who forget their original instructions, animals remind us to live a full life by holding nothing back."

The reward for our belief in life—not belief in a doctrine, not in a principle, not in a deity—is to believe in life the way Hachikō believed by holding nothing back because that's what a dog does. Well, that's also what a human does, what a soul in a body on Earth does.

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Unless we cloud ourselves from knowing what we're standing on, from knowing what is true and foundational.

But when we can be thorough and hold nothing back, the reward is that we are as alive as we can possibly be.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: This offers so much optimism in this challenging time when the news manipulates us to be in that fearful place. I believe the Dalai Lama said that as long as we continue to be kind and keep our distance from heartless actions, then we're okay because these dispassionate responses are not part of our true nature. That's kind of what you're saying, isn't it?

MARK NEPO: I feel that through Trumpism and everything that's happening globally, there is this stridency, this return to fear and isolation.

This has happened before in history. I note this, not to minimize what's happening now. It's very painful, and it's very difficult, it's maddening.

But now, it's our turn not to vanish. It's our turn to show up like Hachikō at whatever station we're called to again and again and again. It's our job to save each other from falling in the well. It's our turn to surmount heartlessness, in ourselves and in others.

And the reward isn't just altruism, and the reward is that we get to inhabit the fullest life possible by giving of ourselves. I've come to learn that there's a certain aspect of coming alive that happens when I give, especially when I think I don't have any more to give.

Profoundly and mysteriously, it's incredible that the heart is breakable, and paradoxically it's unbreakable. It will break, but it will always reform. It will break, and it will always get bigger, larger, gentler, more loving, and it will incorporate more before it becomes whole again.

JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS: That's beautiful. Thank you for leaving us with that thought because it's so encouraging in these times.

Thank you so much, Mark, for being with us today.

MARK NEPO: Oh, a joy. A joy.

P. S. from Justine Willis Toms: I wanted to close my time with Mark by asking him to share with us a favorite quote of his and tell us how it inspires him.

MARK NEPO: I love this quote from the great Persian poet Rumi: "Weep and then smile, don't pretend to know something you haven't experienced." I love this because of the sheer authenticity of it that it permits us and encourages us that who we are is more than enough, and that we don't have to pretend to be anything.

Justine Willis Toms, D.H.L., is the Co-founder, Creative Producer, and Host of New Dimensions Radio. She is the co-author of True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do and Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World

Simply Spiritual To perceive reality from a different perspective is to open oneself to the wonders and unlimited wealth of creation. Simply Spiritual offers the opportunity to visit new places, new methods, and different ways to perceive the vast human knowledge of our Universe.

Tantric Numerology and Your Soul Path

By Humanity Healing

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T

he Tantric Numerology is

One of the important aspects that

an ancestral science that

this numerology will reveal to us is the

was recently introduced

state of our “Aura,” which is our spiritual

into the West in its original

layer of protection and also the magnet

form by the Master of Kundalini Yoga

with which we attract good things into

and meditation Yogi Bhajan. Tantric

our lives.

Numerology was an art he learned from Ram Lal Singh of Amritsar, India.

Tantric Numerology is rooted in timeless Tantric practices of ancient Yogis. Its

Numerology is considered an ancestral

primary goals are to help you discover

science that helps us to have more

some of your spiritual and transcendent

extensive knowledge of ourselves. It is

attributes and giving us the tools to

a tool for not only knowing ourselves

reevaluate your life path. Also known as

but, from that, relating to others

Evolutive numerology, this spiritual tool

respectfully and unconditionally. It is

also focuses on a series of postures or

one of the many paths that lead us to

asanas known as Kriyas, which uses as a

self-knowledge

basis the numbers that each person has as their numerological map.

The Esoteric Study, based on Tantric Numerology or Akara Numerology,

Through these postures (Kriyas), each

comes from the North of India and

one can work directly and specifically

carries more than 5000 thousand

on their weak points and strengthen

years of ageless wisdom. The origin

their virtues, therefore connecting more

of Tantric Numerology is confused

deeply with their “SELF.”

with the birth of Yoga itself, and the source of Yoga is timeless. The more

We are aware of the existence of 10

archaeological discoveries that occur,

bodies of the human psyche according

finding traces of ancient civilizations

to the teaching of Tantric Numerology.

in the region that we now call India,

You also become aware of how these

the more the antiquity of Yoga is

10 bodies balance themselves based on

confirmed. Yoga originates in the very

the effects of social activities and our

process from which life arises.

personal behavior.

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THE 10 BODIES OF TANTRIC

The primary purpose of Yoga,

NUMEROLOGY

especially Kundalini Yoga is the complete development of

What we usually call "Bodies"

consciousness, having as its basis the

are energetic structures that

expansion of each of the structures

are very dynamic, and in our

that constitute the totality of our

opinion, constitute our general

Being. Kundalini is the power, the

“consciousness.�

energy of timeless consciousness inherent in every human being.

When these structures are fully

Within the structure of tantric

developed, nurtured, the functions

numerology, each of us has 10 bodies,

of consciousness can happen in their

of which the physical body is the fifth.

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1. The SOUL body, which is the heart

10. The RADIANT body is the light that

of someone's consciousness, is the

incorporates many talents, and

immutable element of us;

spiritual gifts such as courage and determination.

2. The NEGATIVE MENTAL body, which is the element of the mind that

When we put all this knowledge

makes us aware of danger;

together, we find there is an inherent balance among all of them, which

3. The POSITIVE MENTAL body, an

allows us to achieve peace. When the

area that finds solutions to our

different elements of the ten bodies

concerns;

are not operating in harmony, like in an orchestra, we find imbalance,

4. The NEUTRAL body, which has

dissonance, and irritability. A happy

the skills to test and evaluate

life is achieved only when the inner

information;

balance and harmony are achieved.

5. PHYSICAL BODY is the tool by which we can function on earth;

For all of us, the higher our ability to understand the world around us and ourselves, the better the complete

6. RAINBOW BODY, which represents

multidimensional beings will function.

protection against negative energy; HOW IS TANTRIC NUMEROLOGY 7. The AURIC body that represents the

USEFUL?

integration between intelligence The evolutionary or Tantric numerology

thought and action;

can be useful in a situation when a 8. The CONCRETE MIND body

person needs spiritual counseling

represents the ability to

because it gives insights about the

communicate with other Beings and

strengths and weaknesses of their

decode the world around us;

personalities, and the areas in which work may be necessary. Usually,

9. The SUBTLE body is the element

techniques that would help us to

that sees everything beyond normal

emphasize our strengths can be

vision, appearances;

considered beneficial.

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How to Calculate Tantric Numerology?

that a soul brings to be worked out in this lifetime.

A Tantric Numerology Calculator uses NUMBER OF THE DIVINE GIFT

the following numbers:

It is calculated by adding the last SOUL NUMBER

two numbers of the year of birth and

It is calculated solely using your date

represents the spiritual blessings and

of birth and symbolizes our identity

our natural talents, which we have

and the facets of our inner self.

known since we were born.

The evolutionary or Tantric numerology can be useful in a

DESTINY NUMBER

situation when a person needs

É calculated through the addition

spiritual counseling because it gives

of all the numbers from the year of

insights about the strengths and

birth. The reading represents our

weaknesses of their personalities,

past lives and the situations we can

and the areas in which work may

control.

be necessary. Usually, techniques that would help us to emphasize

LIFE NUMBER

our strengths can be considered

It is calculated as a soma of all the

beneficial.

numbers from the date of birth and give us guidance on how to live a full

How to Calculate Tantric Numerology?

life and how to understand the reason for being alive. Soul and the Karma,

A Tantric Numerology Calculator uses

and the sum of what was learned

the following numbers:

positively from the Number of Divine Gifts and the Number of Destiny. It

SOUL NUMBER

is the energetic frequency that we

É calculated solely using your date of

should strive to achieve during this

birth and represented our identity and

life to further our spiritual path.

the facets of our inner self.

In summary, Tantric Numerology is DO KARMA NUMBER

designed to help you discover your

It is calculated based on your month

purpose in life and to enrich your soul

of birth and represents the challenges

path further.

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Uncovering the Memory of a Place

By John Holland

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T

oday, I want to talk to you

to be able to tap into such memories.

about place memory. It’s the

Otherwise, we’d all be walking around

ability to pick up vibrations

looking shocked and miserable every

and detailed information,

time we go near a disaster site. On a

whether it’s seen, felt or heard, of a past

lesser scale, many people may walk

event. The more traumatic the event—

into a room and feel an argument

the stronger the impression.

that just took place or pick up on the atmosphere in a room that doesn’t

The easiest way to describe it, it's is as

feel right. We’ve all experienced this

if someone took a snapshot in time

sometime in our lives.

and etched it in the atmosphere of the actual environment or the fabric of the

In my case, I can go way beyond this

building where the event took place.

feeling. My ability can literally be stretched over the canvas of time. It

Fortunately, most people don’t have

really doesn’t matter if it was yesterday,

such finely tuned psychic antennae

last week, or even hundreds of years

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ago. Scenes play out in my mind as I

page. If you’d like to watch more videos

slip back in time, and often the clarity

about me and my work, you can

and detail are like an old movie that’s

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been digitally restored. I feel as if I’m actually there.

When I watched this video again in preparation for this article, it was

Over the years, I’ve been called to many

almost as if I were doing it all over

locations, and I find the tragedy and

again. The only comfort that I receive

sadness can often be overwhelming.

now is the knowledge that all those

The video you’re about to watch is one

young women who perished at the

of the most emotional cases I’ve ever

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on that

undertaken to use my specialized ability

tragic day in 1911 are now safe and

to place memory.

with their families on the Other-Side.

It’s also good to know that as a result

To give you a little background, I taped

of public outrage of the horror,

this segment with the A&E network for

numerous changes in the factory

a TV special called Mediums: We See

and occupational safety standards

Dead People.

were put in place to ensure the safety of workers today.

As I’m writing this, even though I filmed this segment many years ago,

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I’m reliving the experience again. I actually had to walk away from my computer to take a break and then come back to finish this newsletter.

The experience of that day will stay with me for the rest of my life.

I invite you to watch the 8-minute video clip here.

Editor’s Note: Place Memory or Memory space (French: lieu de mémoire) is a concept related to collective memory, stating that certain places, objects, or events can have special significance related to a group's remembrance.

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Using Rose Quartz To Attract for More Love

By Kartar Diamond

I

n the realm of traditional Feng

In traditional Feng Shui we can relate

Shui, there are several approaches

to a house like a radio, receiving

we use to help garner more love

certain frequencies, depending on

and romance. I have written

which station we are tuned to. The

about it in my e-book Feng Shui Tips

house can attract good energies

for Love and Romance, which is an

when we skillfully use the space

extended excerpt from my book, The

(such as spending more time in the

Feng Shui Matrix.

best parts of the house), as well as in OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

balancing all portions of the house,

includes water is to take a bath with

which is often the more practical

these stones in the tub!

thing to do.

One secret of the ancient masters and We can determine the inherently

dowsers in relation to Feng Shui is to

best portions of the house through

place the healing stone of choice on an

calculations based on when it was

image of the space you want to balance.

built and its compass alignment.

This could even be the drawn floor plan

We can remedy any part of a house,

of a house. Remotely heal the area with

the more practical thing to do, using

the power of the natural crystal. We

natural elements, like water, wood,

live in a parallel universe which you can

metal, earth or fire.

transmit energy through!

Our human affairs are influenced

Other stones which can attract

by the spaces we occupy, but we

love and romance include: unakite,

also have some measure of free will

chrysoprase, pearl, garnet, ruby,

and can use many complementary

moonstone, blue lace agate, lemon

modalities, such as natural crystals

quartz, amethyst, kunzite and green

and gemstones. Natural crystals can

jade. These stones can help balance

be programmable and possess their

our body, mind and spirit towards more

own healing vibrations. Rose quartz

self-love, forgiveness, happiness and

is one of the more popularly known

compassion.

crystals associated with attracting love and enhancing self-love.

At home or at work, you can hardly ever go wrong having these high vibration

Another technique is to hold the rose

stones around you. Ancient civilizations

quartz during meditation or place it

even made underground spaces their

on the body while lying down. Raising

homes and places of worship, with

your own vibration with meditation

countless ways we can honor and invoke

can help switch on the healing power

the energy of Mother Earth, including

of the stone. As well, you can place

in these precious stones and natural

a stone in water and then drink the

crystals.

water for a homeopathic-like influence

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Seven Insights into True Silence

By Guy Finley OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

W

e have within us

1. Just as true emptiness holds

a new, higher

all things, true silence bears all

vantage point — a

things. Whatever is brought into

very special part

this silence, whatever it touches, is

of ourselves within which we may

gradually silenced... not by an act of

be at peace regardless of what goes

domination, but through a peaceful

on around us. This not yet realized

integration of a lesser peace into a

state of ourselves may be called

greater one.

conscious self-awareness. Through its power, instead of being pulled

2. True silence is an interior presence

down into painful identification with

and not an exterior circumstance.

the passing shadows of life, we can

Its peace has no opposite and is not

discover life in the sense of peace far

created, which means nothing can

above the reach of any fear.

act against it or serve to enhance its existence.

True silence may be called upon, but as it is without cause, it always

3. True silence cannot be cultivated, but

appears on its own, remaining

the interior conditions that prohibit its

only as it pleases its purpose.

presence, and our relationship to the

Nevertheless, one may court this

peace within it, may be recognized

stillness through a quiet wish to

and released, allowing us to realize the

understand its life within one's own.

silence we seek.

For this reason, our moment-tomoment meditation becomes a

4. True silence is perfectly empty of

revelation if we open ourselves to

content and completely full of peace,

truth and listen to what it reveals.

without any contradiction between the two.

Study the next "Seven Insights into True Silence" and allow their

5. True silence is without preference,

understanding to reveal the secret

and as it neither rejects nor resists

home of peace within you. Ponder

any condition, it is always at peace.

these truths. Quietly turn them over and over in your mind. Soon you will hear what cannot be told.

6. True silence doesn't have intelligence — it is the intelligence

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of an order, which a divided mind

kingdom of Now that dwells

cannot comprehend. Its peace

within you. Allow your heart to

surpasses all understanding.

remind you what the mind so easily forgets: there is peace.

7. If we wish for the presence and

There is a shelter. There is a

peace of true silence, then the great

timeless place in each of us that

necessity of solitude should be as

no darkness can shatter or dispel.

evident to us as the knowledge

Make it your one intention to

that any seedling must be left

spend your time there. Prefer its

undisturbed if it is ever to break out

ever-present company to that of

of its dark ground and live in the light.

any promise of peace to come and watch how your life grows

I invite you to see that there are

happy and whole in the stillness

a higher world and a peaceable

beyond compare.

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Excerpted From: Let Go and Live in the

program for seekers of higher

Now: Awaken the Peace, Power, and

self-knowledge. He is the best-

Happiness in Your Heart by Guy Finley

selling author of The Secret of Letting Go and 45 other books

Guy Finley is an internationally

and audio programs that have

renowned spiritual teacher and

sold over 2 million copies in 26

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languages worldwide. Guy’s

is the Founder and Director of

latest book Relationship

Life of Learning Foundation, a

Magic: Waking Up Together

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applies decades of spiritual

self-study located in Merlin,

wisdom to practical relationship

Oregon. He also hosts the

challenges, transforming any

Foundation’s Wisdom School

relationship from mundane to

— an on-line self-discovery

magical! www.guyfinley.org

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Relationships The interconnectiveness among all human beings and, consequently, the relationships among us are the focus of this section. The dynamics of the web of connections we make is one of the most prominent aspects of human existence: how we interlace with each other’s existence in a meaningful way.

Soulmates: Redefined & Reloaded

By Jennifer Ott

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A broken soulmate relationship

their soulmate, others pine to find

can spiral a soul into a crisis. It

theirs, and some even sell tools to

starts with the “Forever Fallacy.”

attract them. Regardless, this endless

Understanding life is impermanent

qualification and quantification

f rees us f rom attachments that

of soulmates are, well, damaging

relationships, even good ones,

to our souls. Souls simply can’t,

are not meant to last forever. A

and shouldn’t be defined, but let’s,

soul journey is a sole journey,

however, delve deeper into the

and it’s best not to hold onto too

subject to find out why.

many expectations to those we consider soulmates. The ties of

THE FALLACY OF FOREVER

human connection mean we are all soulmates; everything we do

Many gain comfort in the word

touches another.

forever, but it is a false comfort.

A

Life is impermanent, and the only

woman on social media

guarantee we have in life changes.

wrote about her husband,

We are forever changing, and thus,

the man she thought

so are our relationships and even our

was her soulmate, the

soul relationships. A lover, this lifetime,

relationship she believed would last

can be an enemy next. For this aspect

forever has left her after twenty-five

alone, we can’t cling to “forever.” The

years of marriage. Now her soul is in

gratitude for the present is all we have.

crisis.

This attachment to forever comes She is not alone. How many hearts have

down to our fears. We look to finding

been broken into this notion of soulmate

our soulmate, our “forever one,” so

love? The problem isn’t her soulmate or

we won’t have to take this life journey

whom she thought was her soulmate, it

alone. There is comfort in pairs and

is attachment to the idea of soulmates

security in a partner, not to mention it

and that she was somehow tethered

is something our society recommends

physically to one person forever.

we all should have. Our culture even suggests there is something wrong

Our society, at times, seems obsessed

with us if we haven’t found our

with soulmates. Many boasts of finding

significant soulmate, which leads to

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feelings of loneliness and inadequacy.

SOULMATE EXPECTATIONS

We can see this spiral that keeps spinning into disappointments.

Soulmate relationships are not romantic in nature, despite what

Life is scary. It is chaotic. It is challenging,

our culture tries to sell us – romance

and the idea of facing it by ourselves

movies and novels, cards, and even

leads to all sorts of anxiety. It’s not to say

jewelry. Sure, it feels great in poetry

that we must live alone and not have life

and arts. It makes our hearts flutter

partners and life lovers, but this path we

to believe we found the “one.” We

walk is our own soul journey, regardless

buy into it because it builds our self-

if we have someone by our side.

worth and that we are worthy of this extraordinary love.

OUR SOUL JOURNEY IS A SOLE JOURNEY

These grand expectations can lead to grave disappointments and

According to the Tibetan Book of the

frustrations when our soulmates

Dead, our souls choose our parents and

don’t measure up. Many believe we

a life for which we can achieve wisdom

have done something wrong and

and freedom from past karma. It is

that we have failed. It means we are

for our individual souls to learn these

not enough, which leads to a crisis of

lessons, and then eventually, we die,

the heart and soul. When we manage

and the process begins again with

our expectations, it helps in our soul

different lessons.

progress.

We are beings of light constantly

CONNECTIONS AND CONTRACTS

evolving. Distracted by modern labels, stunts our progress. While we can have

Karmic connections and contracts are

our soulmates, soul brothers and sisters,

what attract us to one another or a

know they have their own journey

situation. We are pulled in such a way

separate from ours. They are here to

because it has to do with our mission

help us as we are to help them. Part of

this lifetime – which could be to love,

this experience is to accept everyone’s

to create or maybe just to heal.

journey, especially when it veers away from ours.

For the woman whose heart was OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

broken after her spouse left her after

for all. It is the modern cultural

twenty-five years of marriage, she

attachments to which we cling, not a

can still consider her ex-husband a

soul relationship.

soulmate, it is just perhaps their soul WE ARE ALL SOUL MATES

contract came to an end.

We are all connected. We all have There is no fault to be had. They have

souls, albeit some have lost touch with

achieved together what they were

theirs, and since we are all connected,

meant to achieve – raised two beautiful

we are all soulmates.

children perhaps, or maybe something

Every one of us.

else entirely, and it is time for her soul’s next lesson.

What I write here today, and the

There is nothing to fret from lessons

reader reads, we have made a soul

learned and time to move on. In fact,

connection. We become soulmates. If

it should be a liberating experience

one takes my words and applies them

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allowing another to merge into traffic.

These connections may not have an in-depth contract, but they reflect upon our karmic journey on how we relate to those not just in our personal circles, but those outside it.

It’s not that we have to surrender the poetry and romance of soulmates, just understand its place and the fluidity of soulmate relationships. We don’t have to feel the dagger of the unloved when a soulmate leaves. We can wish them luck with their new path as we look onward to our new horizon.

Jennifer Ott is the author of many novels – fiction and non-fiction.

Her latest WIP, Arise My Tribe, in their own means of expression,

is the story of a past life ancient

they connect with another. This is the

Celtic healer who weaves her tale

chain of soul connection. We have no

through that of a modern woman

expectation of one another; we merely

going through a crisis of the heart.

pass it on to other souls.

Jennifer’s first entry into the spirituality was the study of Nada

We don’t need romantic interludes

Yoga. Since then, she has studied

or passionate intimacy to claim one

a multitude of meditation styles,

another as soulmates. We don’t even

spiritual philosophies, and multi-

need to know one another personally

cultural shamanic ceremonies.

and physically. We connect through

This holistic practice of spirituality

words on a page, the stroke of a

aided greatly into the journey

paintbrush and the music we make.

of soul discovery to realize the

We connect when we hold space for

burden of past life karmas.

one another in the checkout lines and OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

Ho´oponopono And Relationships The Powerful words that can heal Resentments

By Ascending Hearts OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

T

he Hawaiian Ho´oponopono

field, and opening the energetic circle

technique helps to

for the healing to take place.

harmonize and clear

The effects may be felt immediately

negative emotions related to

or gradually, depending on your

many relationship problems. They are

level of surrender and the severity of

four very simple phrases that will act

the relationship problems you have

as a mantra to cure the pain of difficult

experienced.

relationships.

HO´OPONOPONO CURE DOES IT WORK?

OPEN YOUR MIND AND PRACTICE While practicing this technique, it is

This ancient technique is used for

important to realize and open your

emotional harmonization and healing.

mind to the understanding that: what

It's such a simple technique, it can

is in your life is your responsibility.

even look silly and somewhat ineffective. But the

It is appropriate that you accept your

reality is that it helps many people, it is

responsibility and participation in the

worth trying. It costs nothing, and you

face of the conflicting relationship

don't have to show results to anyone

in question. What aspect of the

but yourself.

relationship needs to improve, what are the adjectives that you have been giving

How I do it?

to that person with whom you relate.

Ho´oponopono's technique works through the intentional repetition of

TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES

four powerful phrases, they are: Look in the mirror and realize your I'm sorry.

responsibility for this conflict in that

Please forgive me.

relationship - and feel sorry. Tell

I love you.

yourself: I'm sorry. Forgive me.

Thank you We know that it is not easy to admit By reciting these phrases over and

guilt, to be sorry, and to ask for

over, they will cleanse your emotional

forgiveness. But it is necessary for

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the healing of emotional hurts. Take

THE POWER OF "I LOVE YOU"

your share of responsibility for this

Let go of your criticisms and admit

disharmony, no matter what it is,

that the other person is human and is

we all carry some responsibility for

made of the same material as you, of

the disharmony of our relationships.

the same essence. Basically, everyone

Nothing to blame yourself too much,

has a special side. Regardless of the

nor do you have the need to wipe

amount of evil or pathologies that the

out all the guilt, just accept the

person may have, deep down, there

responsibilities that are yours.

is a little seed of goodness, that is the

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essence of the human being, and that

The Ho’oponopono technique is very

is what the phrase I Love You is there

rich in tradition and in its reach; other

for, to germinate this inner goodness.

phrases may help in the cleansing

Recognize this, however difficult it may

process of devastating memories, and

sound and practice the I love you.

that may benefit us greatly in finding balance and peace of mind.

BE GRATEFUL Be thankful, sincerely. Be grateful to be able to expand your awareness, to be able to experience an energy of

HO’OPONOPONO’S PHRASES THAT HELP RELEASE PAINFUL MEMORIES

gratitude, generosity, peace, love, and a possibility of transformation in the

You don't necessarily have to say

face of this conflict.

fixed phrases, you can say how your heart inspires you, and your mind

By repeating these 4 phrases

tells you, but you can also use some

with sincerity, and with intention

of the suggestions below to help

throughout your day, they will

guide your thoughts to perform this

cleanse you emotionally, cleanse

cleansing the best way you can.

negative feelings and put your feelings in place, clearing hurts,

The healing process becomes

assuming responsibilities, forgiving,

easier with practice when we begin,

understanding, and being grateful.

through words, and intentions. To

For this experience.

master the Ho’oponopono technique, you have to keep your heart open.

Those who study and practice the Ho’oponopono technique know that

The Ho'oponopono's sentences

the mantra consists of 4 phrases by

below must be combined with a

Ho’oponopono that summarize the

Mantra Technique, so, at the end of

essence of liberating memories:

each sentence, repeat the mantra:

I'm sorry.

Please forgive me.

Divinity, release from me what is

I love you.

in me that is contributing to my

I am grateful.

problem.

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I declare myself at peace with all the people (Sentient Beings) on Earth and with whom I may have outstanding Karmic debts. For that moment and in his time, I declare peace with everyone, everything, at all levels, I release everything in me that doesn’t resonate with peace and contentment.

Divinity clean what is in me that maybe the cause of some conflict or problem on my way to work with others.

Although it is difficult for me to forgive someone, I am the one who asks for forgiveness from that person now, for this moment, at all times, since my beginningless time,

For all that I do not like in my present life,

for everything that I do not find

in my past life, in my work and what is

harmonious in my present life.

around me right now, Divinity, cleanse in me what is contributing to my scarcity.

Divine Creator forgive me and release from me whatever is in me, that is

If my physical body experiences

creating this undesirable situation in

anxiety, worry, guilt, fear, sadness, pain,

my life.

I pronounce it and think: Memories of my heart, I love you! I am grateful for the

For everything that I don't like in my

opportunity to free you and me.

present life, in my past life, since my beginningless beginning in my work,

I declare that for my needs, and to learn

with everyone, and what's around me,

to wait without anxiety, without fear, I

Divinity, clean in me what is no longer

acknowledge my memories of the heart

useful for my peace of mind and spirit.

here at this time.

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HO’OPONOPONO PRAYER

and absolution.

You can also do the original

Let it be cleansed, purified, released,

Ho’oponopono prayer:

anoint all memories, undo the blockages, the energies, and dissonant

“Divine Creator, Mother-Father God

negative vibrations and transmute

I ask your presence at this spiritual

these unwanted energies into pure

aspiration.

light…

If I, my family, my relatives, and

And so, it is done”.

ancestors had offended you, your family, relatives, and ancestors in

I'm sorry.

thoughts, words, deeds and actions

Please forgive me.

from the beginning of our creation to

I love you.

the present, we ask your forgiveness

I am grateful.

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How Emotional Infidelity Is More Dangerous Than Physical Infidelity

By Syliva Smith

I

nfidelity in marriage is difficult,

Some people strongly believe that

whether it's a physical or

emotional infidelity hurts more than

emotional connection. Just

a traditional affair. While a physical

knowing that your partner can

affair is a slap in the face, many

share such close intimacy with

couples can acknowledge that it was

someone outside the marriage is

a physical attraction that went too far.

devastating.

But, when a friendship crosses the OM TIMES | Apr B Edition 2020

line and hearts and emotions become

• What may have started out as

involved, the pain can cut much

an innocent friendship begins

deeper.

to move into an affair, which is marked by denial, secrecy,

It can take years to heal a marriage

deception, sexual chemistry, and

after an indiscretion, and sometimes,

a deep feeling of understanding

a partner's emotional infidelity can

from the party outside the

be harder to get over than a physical

marriage?

connection or a one-night stand. Here are the reasons.

What Creates an Emotional Affair?

Why Emotional Infidelity in Marriage Hurts So Much Physical Affairs Are Easier to Comprehend.

An emotional affair happens when a partner creates a romantic,

A physical affair is a deep betrayal.

emotional connection to someone

A partner sharing such an important

outside of the marriage. They treat

sexual connection with someone

this other person as if they were a

else enhances emotional intimacy,

spouse, sharing personal information,

feelings of love, and the formation

laughing together, and fostering an

of trust with someone outside the

inappropriate connection of trust.

marriage.

Common situations where emotional affairs occur are:

But on some level, physical affairs are easier to comprehend than emotional ones. They are a physical attraction

• Close friendships where an

that crossed a line. A one-night stand could be an alcohol-induced mistake

attraction is present • Online conversations with strangers or acquaintances

or an act of pure selfishness. In many ways, these excuses are easier to understand, though painful.

• Workplace proximity • At a class or gym/In a situation where both parties share a hobby

On the other hand, an emotional

or interest

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about the betrayed partner. It says

to feel safe, loved, and secure in the

that a spouse is not simply looking

relationship. They know their partner

for selfish sexual gratification, but

is reliable, will keep their secrets,

they are looking for a whole new

and has their best interests at heart.

partner altogether.

When trust is broken, it can be nearly

It Can Make You Feel Crazy When emotional infidelity occurs,

impossible to gain it back.

Damaging Your Emotional Connection

the guilty party often denies it - even to themselves. They claim it's just an

One of the reasons why emotional

innocent friendship and that so long

affairs are harder to swallow than

as physical sex hasn't happened,

physical ones is because feelings are

they aren't doing anything wrong.

involved. As previously mentioned, physical affairs can be incredibly

These hurtful defenses can start

damaging to a marriage, but it can

to make the wounded partner feel

be brushed off as a one-time thing.

frustrated, perhaps even doubtful

Emotional affairs involve repeated

of themselves at times. They

decisions to form an intense romantic

start to wonder whether they are

relationship outside of the marriage

overreacting or being jealous and

bond.

unreasonable.

Such betrayal can make a partner After finding out that an emotional

feel unwanted, unloved, and

affair was occurring, such denials

unappreciated. Above all else, it

can make the innocent partner

damages the emotional connection

feel resentful, disrespected, and

once shared in the marriage and

frustrated.

made the innocent partner feel alone.

Breaking the Bonds of Trust

It's Harder to End

Trust is one of the most important

Online infidelity is cited as one of the

qualities in a marriage. Building

most common reasons for divorce

this important bond helps partners

and disharmony in marriage.

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This emotional infidelity can be

that are hard to recover from. Such

harder to stop than a physical affair.

feelings can cause the innocent

After all, to stop a sexual affair, all the

partner to feel like a stranger/

partner has to do is stop meeting

outsider in their own marriage.

that person. But an emotional affair is checking social media.

Setting Up for a Sexual Affair

The deep, intimate connection

Just because a physical affair

formed in an emotional affair can

hasn't happened yet, doesn't

feel more like a friendship or an

mean it won't. Often times an

outlet for what is going wrong in the

emotional affair is a breeding

marriage. This can make it much

ground for physical infidelity. A deep

more difficult to let go of, especially

connection has been created that

if the guilty spouse is still insisting

has fostered physical attraction and

nothing devious is happening in the

lust for one another.

as easy as sending a text message or

friendship.

Given the right opportunity,

A Blow to the Ego

individuals may give into sexual temptation and turn emotional

Aside from breaking trust and being

infidelity into a full-fledged affair.

a hurtful betrayal, emotional infidelity

This can make breaking the affair off

in marriage can also be a tremendous

and healing from the ordeal much

blow to a partner's ego.

harder to bear.

Married partners once viewed each

Emotional infidelity in marriage is a

other as their best friend, confidant,

devastating blow to happiness. This

an object of desire. They appreciated

dangerous bond formed outside

one another and made each other

of your relationship can make you

feel special above anyone else.

feel inadequate, damages trust, and ruins your emotional connection

To have a partner suddenly lavish

to your spouse. By seeking marital

attention and build a romantic

counseling and agreeing to end the

friendship with someone else can

affair for good, couples can get back

create terrible self-esteem issues

on track after infidelity.

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Metaphysics

Raising our Soul Tribe How to Recognize and Engage in our Soul's Path

By Jennifer Ott

As we awaken to more spiritual life, our soul tribe crosses our path, and as they do, it is helpful to recognize who they are and their purpose in our life. It first starts with an understanding of our soul’s mission, engaging in spiritual practices to heighten awareness so we can not only learn from them but offer them our gifts, before ultimately moving forward on our journey.

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hen most refer to

and goes like the wind carrying a

their tribe, they refer

feather, giving us messages for our

to their “earthly”

current journey here on Earth.

tribe – close friends

and family. These are the people we

Our soul’s mission is often different

have a great deal of trust and comfort.

from personal goals and ambitions.

And while it’s important to have an

We may be here today to recover

earthly tribe, our soul brothers and

deep karmic healing, to heal others,

sisters are just that, of the soul, not of

rekindle lost loves, or to awaken

any physicality. In the case of our soul

others to deeper spirituality. Once

tribe, who are these people, how do

we realize our own journey, we meet

we recognize them, and what purpose

others on a similar one. It is where we

does their serve?

meet our soul tribe.

Whether we are conscious of it or not,

Raising Our Tribe

we all have a purpose in this life. The closer we come to recognize our life’s

Our tribe exists. There is nothing

purpose, people will come into our

we need to do except knowing they

lives to teach us lessons and to help

do exist. We need only raise in our

us along our journey, and often, they

awareness through learning more

appear as a blip in time as a spark

about our own soul and this can be

from a match before they burn out. It

done through a myriad of practices

is enough to get out attention.

– whatever process speaks to our

Understand the Mission of our Tribe

individual soul. Deep meditation and shamanic ceremonies illuminate our awareness of what is physically around us, as well as the energetic

Many philosophies and ideologies are

frequencies. We begin to feel others

surrounding the soul and soul tribe.

in a deeper sense.

They are people with whom we have shared lifetimes together, and/or

Recognizing our Tribe

those with whom we share the same cosmic frequency. No matter how we

There is a multitude of ways of

describe them, our soul tribe comes

recognizing our tribe. One is a sense

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we have met them before, although we

when they walk into the room, we

haven’t. We try to remember where we

want to leave. Don’t. Their energy is

have seen them before. Maybe it was

provoking you for a reason.

this lifetime, perhaps it was another.

It is not their physical appearance we

Engaging with our Tribe

remember, but past life memory or their subtle energy we relate to.

This engagement isn’t necessarily a physical hug, or anything of an

Another way of recognizing our tribe

intimate nature (although it could

is through a triggered emotional

be). This engagement is the study of

response – good and bad. Our soul

why they arose and why we arose for

tribe isn’t just the warm and fuzzy

them? What do we need to learn from

hugs that tugs at our heartstrings.

one another? Why are they and we at

Their presence can set us off into an

each other’s crossroads?

inexplicable rage, or we have an illfeeling about them. There can be no

These engaging crossroads are not

reason to dislike someone, other than

one-way streets. Think of it as an

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people entered our life, taught us amazing lessons, pointed us in the right direction and now we have to say goodbye?

Attachment to anything, whether it is an idea, a material item, or even a person, is a detriment to our progress.

When we hold on for too long, it is a sign we are not moving forward. We can be thankful and even blessed for these people, but we have to understand their purpose in our lives. They may be with us for the long haul, or just a second, and yet still offering us tremendous opportunity. offering between friends. They give

It is important to remember; our soul

us something, and we give in return.

tribe has their own path to walk and

These gifts may not even be conscious,

their own karma to shed. Our tribe

but they are truly meaningful. It

crosses our path to help us, and vice

could be the gift of knowledge,

versa. Letting our soul tribe go honors

understanding and forgiveness,

their path and salutes their journey, as it

anything that liberates a burden we

sparks ours.

are carrying. The present can be a joy to lift one another’s spirits, or it can be

Jennifer Ott is an author of several

a bomb thrown at us to upset our life

fiction and non-fiction titles. Her current

and turn us in another direction (That

WIP Arise My Tribe is the story of a past

happens too), painful, yet needed.

life, Celtic Healer who weaves her story

Letting go of our Tribe

through that of a modern-day woman going through an existential crisis.

Jennifer has spent over a generation

This not only feels painful but

studying various meditation techniques

counterproductive. These amazing

and shamanic studies.

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5 Sure Signs You are Experiencing an Astral Projection How to know your soul is really traveling out of your body?

By Humanity Healing

The difference between Astral Traveling and Astral Projection

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Through an astral journey, we managed to improve our wisdom and knowledge about the spiritual plane,

o you really know what an

amplifying our field of Consciousness

astral projection is? It is a

and levels of acceptance. Our mind

natural process, and we

receives energetic incentives and

virtually do it every day

develops itself to a shift to a broader

while we sleep. We call Astral traveling

understanding closer to the absolute

all the astral projection that was

plane.

consciously done. Like the Projection,

practiced.

You Probably have Experienced Some of These Signs

Every human being is composed of

You may have already had some

a physical body and a spiritual body.

experience like these, for example:

astral traveling is a natural process which can be easily learned and

Every time our physical body goes to rest (when we sleep or take a nap, for

Many had had Dreams in which they

instance), our spirit leaves our physical

are flying or others where you have

body and projects itself into the astral

the feeling that you know your entire

plane. This happens unconsciously, it

city from above;

is a natural process of liberation from our dense physical body.

The feeling that you have seen yourself sleeping in your own bed;

Since the most remote antiquity,

Waking up and unable to move;

astral travel has always been much discussed among different mystical

A "knowing" of having Very real

paths and religions. An astral

encounters with people who are

journey is a period of our life where,

distant, or already passed away,

through meditative techniques and

dreams that are so lucid that they

an excellent energetic balance, we

seem to have happened.

come out of our body and visit other spiritual, philosophical and infinite

All of these are symptoms of astral

instances in a conscious manner

journeys, even without meaning to

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do so, we perform a conscious astral

but due to the lack of knowledge of

projection.

the astral projection, but it is not an uncommon occurrence at all.

The conscious astral projection, which sometimes occurs with some people

Eventually, with more information

(and others may never have felt any

and understanding of what

of the above symptoms), can be

happened, it is possible to obtain

induced, carried out using techniques,

benefits from this state, as well as

study, and a lot of practice.

facilitate a more lucid projection.

Astral projection can happen in many

INTRACRANIAL NOISE

ways, but there are some common symptoms among all people. To

As the name implies, intracranial

simplify, this basically happens when

noises happen when loud noises are

your soul leaves your body, and you

heard inside our heads. Add times

are unable to remember the "takeoff"

to loud pop, or confusing sounds

moment. Upon awakening, you are

without, definition or clarity. There are

already going through the projection.

so many noises that the impression

THE FIVE SIGNS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH AN ASTRAL PROJECTION PROJECTIVE CATALEPSY The phenomenon of projective

is that the head is cracking, making it impossible to distinguish what is heard if they are voices or objects.

Sometimes in meditations, people can experience mute sounds from the expansion of their chakras.

VIBRATIONAL STATUS

catalepsy happens when you are in a completely immobile state. He can

In this state, your body feels intense

wake up in the middle of the night,

vibrations, a strong feeling of energy

in the total lucid mode of the brain,

going through each bone, and

with the feeling that he cannot move.

every nerve, thus reaching a state of

A state of total paralysis, in which

maximum activation of the energy

neither speaking, listening nor seeing

body. These conditions of an astral

is possible. It can be desperate at first,

projection are totally conducive to a

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conscious exit, it announces the ideal alignment of the physical chakras.

shaking in our energetic body as one.

BALLOONING

The sensation of vibrational shaking caused by the vibrational state can

The ballooning, or ballonnement,

also be compared when we have

is linked to the brain sensation of

cramped parts of the body or even

swelling. You may feel as if your body

the tingling sensation. Only, instead

is swelling, getting fat, and bigger, and

of feeling it is only one part of the

it doesn't fit anywhere. This sensation

body, it is felt in the body as a whole.

results from an expansion of the aura

All the muscles, bones and organs are

and represents its exit from the body.

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In short, a feeling of being as inflated

It can be of quite a disturbing impact

like a balloon.

for those who experience their astral projection for the first time. This

OSCILLATION OF PSYCHOSOMA {1}

situation may still occur consciously, and it is a result of the disconnection between the physical and astral

Like clockwork, oscillation happens

bodies. Sometimes they are not

when a person has the sensation that

vibrating at the same f requency or

she is rocking from side to side, up

are aligned by the same rhythm.

and down. It is also a feeling that you are inside a windmill.

[1]. the mental and physical organism: mind and body as a functional unit

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When you look at the view of Earth from space, you are immediately in awe of what you do see: the incredible beauty of Creation. It is not until you look closer that you realize what you do not see.

You do not see lines partitioning countries.

You do not see separation between races.

You do not see division between religions.

You do not see the walls people build to isolate themselves from each other.

There is only One Planet. There is only One Humanity.

This section is dedicated to introducing thoughts and ideas to foster a greater understanding of Humanity’s interdependence.

World Vision

BY CATHEDRAL OF THE SOUL

THE TRUTH COMING OUT OF HER WELL Art Of Jean-Léon Gérôme

In a time of universal deceit - telling the Truth is a revolutionary act.v George Orwell The Painting "The Truth Coming Out of Her Well" 1896 is a creation from the French artist, painter, and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme. He was considered one of the most relevant painters from this academic period, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.

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Beginning in the mid-1890s, in the last decade of his life, Gérôme made at least four paintings personifying Truth as a nude woman, either thrown into, at the bottom of or emerging from a well. The imagery was inspired by an aphorism of the philosopher Democritus, "Of truth we know nothing, for truth is in a well."

Truth Coming Out of Her Well, Armed with Her Whip to Chastise Mankind was exhibited in the Salon du Champ de Mars of 1896.

Naked Truth WISDOM TALES

It has been assumed that the painting was a comment on the Dreyfus affair. Still, art historian Bernard Tillier argues that Gérôme's images of Truth and the Well were part of his ongoing diatribe against Impressionism.

Gérôme himself invoked the metaphor of Truth and the Well in a preface he wrote for Émile Bayard's Le Nu Esthétique, published in 1902, to characterize the profound and irreversible influence of photography.

[Wikipedia] It is said to be the portrait Imagery of a contemporary parable. It was a beautiful day, and The Truth and the Lie met by coincidence, and the Lie complimented the Truth and said:

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"What a wonderful day, isn't today a gorgeous day?" asked the Lie The Truth looked around, took a big breath, look at the sky, and realized that it was the Truth; it was, in fact, a very gorgeous day.

Without overthinking, the Truth agreed with Lie about the pleasurable day.

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They started to walk about together, admiring the big clouds and commenting on how the colors around Nature that were so pleasing and vivacious.

They talked until they approached a well.

The Lie put her hand on the water, and told the Truth: "This water is marvelous; how about enjoy this day, even more, bathing together on this lovely day?"

The Truth was suspicious, but she tried the water herself, and in fact, she again realized that Lie was being honest. The pool was very inviting, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

The two "women" took off their clothes and entered the Well, enjoying the sunshine and the refreshing feeling of the clear cold water.

But suddenly, as Truth appreciated her bath, Lie sneaked out the Well and dressed herself in the Truth's clothing and run away.

When Truth realized that Lie was no longer inside the Well with her, she got out of the well furious, and run after Lie to try getting her clothes back.

Truth is at the Bottom of the Well (1895) at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, another work by Gérôme using the metaphors of Truth, her mirror, and the well.

And that she was, the poor Truth was running nude through the streets, opening space between the people that tried to avoid looking at her because the Truth was exposed.

The Truth felt the eyes of recrimination, hatred, and shame.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Ann Landers

Truth at the Bottom of a Well (study for a painting of 1895) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Musée Georges-Garret, Vesoul.

Nec Mergitur (Nor is she submerged) or La Vérité sortant du puits (1898) by Édouard DebatPonsan, Musée de l'Hôtel de Ville, Amboise.

Mendacibus et histrionibus occisa in puteo jacet alma Veritas (The nurturer Truth lies in a well, having been killed by liars and actors, 1895) by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

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