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THE SOVEREIGN SELF

Acharya Shunya is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher, ordained lineage holder, and authoritative scholar of the Vedic Sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta.

Acharya Shunya is a wisdom teacher and a catalyst for empowering health and elevating consciousness worldwide.

She is an award-winning and internationally renowned author, speaker, and scholar of nondual wisdom (Advaita) and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda.The first female head of her 2,000-year-old Indian Vedic spiritual lineage, Acharya Shunya provides a rare opportunity to receive authentic teachings from a genuine Vedic master—one with a distinctly down-toearth, feminine flavor who never lets us forget that our humanity is to be embodied and enjoyed.

Throughout all her teachings and writings Shunya adeptly guides modern seekers through the core concepts and practices, demystifying and contextualizing ancient wisdom for modern suffering. She helps awaken and recognize latent human potential to be healthy, joyful, resourceful, abundant, limitlessly expansive, and ultimately sovereign.

Acharya Shunya is the President of The Awakened Self Foundation with its international headquarters in California and founder of the spiritual and philanthropic non-profit Vedika Global.

"For thousands of years, my family has Shown humanity a joy-filled path to abiding health of body, mind, and soul.

And today, I share my knowledge, most humbly, with you."

- Acharya Shunya

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ACHARYA SHUNYA

ANCIENT YOGIC WISDOM FOR TRYING TIMES OMTimes: It is an honor and pleasure to have you with us today; can you tell us how you started on the Spiritual path.

Was it a specific situation?

Acharya Shunya: Karma ensured that I become the first female lineage holder in a 2,000year-old line of Vedic spiritual teachers from northern India. I was born into a spiritual family in the holy city of Ayodhya.

Outwardly it looked like any other family with a loving dad and mom, kind grandparents, and an extended circle of family and friends.

But as I grew older, I realized we were no ordinary family. My Grandfather and greatgrandfather were renowned Hindu sages of their time, nondual Wisdom, yoga practice, philosophy, and Ayurveda.

My father, too, was a celebrity writer well known and awarded for his contribution to elucidating dharma. For fourteen long years, I was steeped in the Vedas and its scriptures, the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita, along with Yoga and Ayurveda texts under my guru, my Grandfather, Baba, alongside regular schooling.

The 5,000year-old collection of celebrated sacred Wisdom from ancient India, collectively known as the Vedas, has given rise to several world religions. The same Wisdom influenced Western thinkers from Emerson to Ram Dass—and provide humanity with a uniquely accessible, yet universal and useful path to liberation and sovereignty.

All of this sacred Wisdom came to me without my having to search for it outside my home.

My Grandfather paid extra attention to my training and grooming as a spiritual teacher because, for reasons (his soul knew), he chose me over many male candidates to lead our lineage forward as its first female head in the 21st century!

A life circumstance that tuned my consciousness inwards was the death of several loved ones, mother, sister, and the loss of important relationships at the same time. I almost lost all my family to death, except for my aging father, one by one before I turned thirty. After that, Vedic teachings on impermanence and change and discovery of what is eternal and unchanging became my solace, as well as my burning quest.

Just as Darkness is banished when the sun appears, the truth of your real nature arises when you are exposed to enlightening Wisdom. You take the time to internalize it, live it, act from it. Today, I am not only content deep inside me, I feel complete despite losses.

I also impart this same Wisdom through my Awakened Self Foundation, with its headquarters in the San Francisco bay area.

OMTimes: Tell us a little bit about your book.

Acharya Shunya: My newest book is called SOVEREIGN SELF. It embodies awakening teachings from India. With the Book Sovereign Self, I have tried to present a modern-day guide to the ancient Vedas' Wisdom. So that each of us may emancipate ourselves from restrictive belief systems and discover our true nature—that which is always whole, joyful, and free modern life.

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Knowledge about this Self is critical in my onion. In the absence of this Wisdom, we humans have accepted a shackled and diminished existence. It is like the electricity saying, "I am the bulb." It is like the great river saying, "I am the glass of water." No wonder many of us feel our life is simply a jail sentence. We disappoint ourselves. We do not necessarily even like our- selves. We beg for freedom, recognition, and love from others, forgetting that our happiness, acceptance, and worth are up to us, that they are achieved through an inward journey toward the Self, never outward.

I hope that the Sovereign Self will help humanity awaken to recognize its unexplored spiritual potential to be joyful, resourceful, abundant, limitlessly expansive, and sovereign.

We don't recognize the more profound potential of being the ruler of our own lives, in full command of our own experience. My book, which is based upon the ancient Wisdom that helps us reclaim our sovereign Self, will give seekers back the tools to reclaim a sovereign life that they deserve!

OMTimes: What does it mean to have a Sovereign Self?

Acharya Shunya: When any worldly being (like you and me) becomes acquainted with something blazingly bold, deeply authentic, inexhaustibly creative, fiercely truthful deep inside them and yet as if from beyond the mind, then we can conclude, they have connected with their true Self, which is forever sovereign or free and inherently empowered (does not seek power from the world), to be and become what it wants to become! On knowing the Sovereign Self, one becomes inwardly peaceful while exercising full throttle passionate engagement in the world.

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Knowledge about this Self is critical in my opinion. In the absence of this Wisdom, we humans have accepted a shackled and diminished existence. It is like the electricity saying, "I am the bulb." It is like the great river saying, "I am the glass of water." No wonder many of us feel our life is simply a jail sentence. We disappoint ourselves. We do not necessarily even like our- selves.

We beg for freedom, recognition, and love from others, forgetting that our happiness, acceptance, and worth are up to us, that they are achieved through an inward journey toward the Self, never outward. We don't recognize the more profound potential of being the ruler of our own lives, in full command of our own experience.

My book, which is based upon the ancient Wisdom that helps us reclaim our sovereign Self, will give seekers back the tools to reclaim a sovereign life that they deserve!

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OMTimes: What is "Soul memory," and how can disempowering beliefs (as you call them) keep us in shackles?

Acharya Shunya: I introduce the concept of 'samsara' in my new book, which refers to the "subjective inner world" of our own making, unique to the human-animal, not aligned with reality, as it is.

Acharya Shunya: More times than not, our conditioned mind acts like a veil, hiding our spiritual Self from us. It's like looking in a distorting mirror and believing one is distorted. Forgetful of our spiritual nature, we begin to think in the mind's fears and the gossip that goes around in this world. No wonder we undermine ourselves in numerous ways. We don't recognize the truth that we are the ruler of our own lives, in full command of our own experience.

While we enjoy our subjective opinions and perceptions, we can also be biased and blindsighted because of them. Unfortunately, sooner than later (unless we stay spiritually alert and learn to discern between appearance and reality), our Samsara becomes a virtual prison of sorts. Our Samsara can imprison our soul's true potential, creativity, power, inner joy, and peace behind the bars of "shame, compulsion, blame, and obsession." These are conditions arising from our distorted selfperceptions, delusory projections, impaired judgments, and false limiting beliefs about this world's Self and nature.

In fact, I will go so far as to say that all humans (myself included) are prisoners in their respective virtual Samsara, to begin with, until we awaken spiritually through proper instruction and consciously cultivate a 'prison free' or 'delusion free' mind.

Developing this illumined awareness is a matter of choice (most people like to stay distracted).

That is why I alert humanity to the existence of prion-like "samsara' in my new book and invite all sincere seekers who wish to break free, to use the cognitive and meditative tools provided, to shed any unconscious bias and self-limiting conditioning.

Fortunately, there is such a thing as soul memory known as "Atma vasana" in the Vedas. It is lodged deep down within us.

Sooner or later, this memory will show up in our conscious mind or become activated by reading and hearing spiritually activating words. And when that happens, we start "yearning" for our real being. Suddenly, we may prefer quietly sitting in the backyard quietly or meditating over shopping or partying with our best friends, contemplating our teacher's words over watching television or browsing on the internet.

We start searching for not just any spiritual teacher, but our guru. As a last resort, we at least sign up for long-term psychotherapy to figure out the existential muddle! We become students of life, take spiritual workshops and wellness courses, read magazines like this one, take long walks in nature, and rediscover the joy of solitude.

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OMTimes: How we create our own prisons of shame, compulsion, blame, and obsession—and how can you begin to break free?

But soul memory becoming activated is not enough. Sooner or later, we need to follow it up with imbibing mind purifying Self-knowledge – and stay clear of spiritual fads, trends, and cults. Only then will we be able to part the dark clouds in our inner sky and reclaim the joyous light of our inner sun! Soul memory will emerge at different times (in other lifetimes) in all of us.

When it does, we should take advantage of it and expose it to mature, tries and tested awakening wisdom that changes our paradigm, from experiencing bondage to the world and its conditioning to experiencing inner sovereignty.

OMTimes: How can one go about transforming our Jiva (Limited Self) to our infinite and bondless Atman Version? Are there any practices that may facilitate that?

Acharya Shunya: Shadow must recognize that it has no essence, reality, or validity apart from the light. The shadow in your mind, too, has no substance, apart from the true Self. It all depends on how you choose to view yourself: The mind-based self/shadow with limited power or the Self with unlimited soul power. And here is the good news. You were never at any time, the shadow. You are always the magnificent sun. You simply forgot. With the Vedas' right instruction, the kind my book dispenses stepby-step, your spiritual ignorance will end, and with it will end any imagined limitations. It's like you were asleep to your true potential until then. But upon receiving sacred awakening, instruction, you wake up and recognize who you really were all along!

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ACHARYA SHUNYA'S LINEAGE Acharya Shunya hails from a distinguished lineage in India. She studied at her ancestral lineage-based gurukulam, in the holy city of Ayodhya, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Here, her lineage has imparted sacred knowledge by the bank of River Sarayu for countless generations.

As a holder of an eminent lineage, Acharya Shunya has been imparting Vedic wisdom for the last 25 years.

She was nine when her grandfather and spiritual Guru Baba Ayodhya Nath initiated her into the rigorous study. Baba himself was a student of his renowned spiritual father, Paramatman Shanti Prakash.

Now, Acharya Shunya brings the same sacred and whole-person learning opportunity to international seekers at wellness and spirituality conferences and events worldwide.

She has also developed an online wisdom school, where students can access some of her deepest teachings from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

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Then, you will begin operating from your truly expansive nature.

However, this true awakening is not instantaneous nor spontaneous.

Instead, it is earned gradually through assimilation and internalization of Wisdom on the real Self's nature.

Guided Practice: The "I Am Enough" Affirmation "From inner contentment, the highest happiness is attained."

YOGA SUTRAS, 2.42 Meditate on this positive affirmation to help break attachment: I am enough (because my joy, power, wholeness, and love lie inside me).

This affirmation often helps us center in the truth of Self, instead of being tossed about in the waves of our samsara ocean.

I encourage you, too, to make this your primary belief by repeating it to yourself often. It will change your life for the better. Your neediness will end.

You will no longer give away your power in search of morsels of happiness from others. If it is flowing, good, but if it is not, you are still useful because you are enough.

Breaking through the cycle of hypnotic joy-seeking in the world is lifechanging. Think I am enough thoughts, and you will be fulfilled because you become what you believe.

Try it, and it will set you free.

Guided Practice: Page 59, Sovereign Self, Sounds True, 2020

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Guided Practice: The One Truth The Vedas say that you become what you believe.

Therefore, I have provided some thought suggestions to help deconstruct illusion and guide your ego toward constructing an identity closer to your sovereign truth. As you meditate on these words, your mind will become what you believe. The veil of limitations and illusions will begin to thin.

Every time you remember, I am Self, the boundless one, you will experience inner expansiveness. Why? Because expansiveness, not limitation, is your most profound truth.

Meditate on any one of these thoughts to reconnect with your sovereign Self: I am Self, the Ultimate Reality.

I am enough unto myself.

My bliss lies inside me.

I am beautiful as I am.

I am divine.

I am made of sunshine, moonlight, and starlight.

I am enough as I am.

I am sovereign.

Guided Practice: Page 35, Sovereign Self, Sounds True, 2020 OMTimes: What type of Wisdom can bring a clear understanding of the Spirit (Atman) dimension of ourselves?

Acharya Shunya: A burnt rope cannot be used to tie anything, can it? After all, the moment it is touched, it disintegrates into burnt ash particles.

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If we humans expose our mind to Vedic teachings on nature or the true Self, metaphorically speaking, the Wisdom acquired would burn away our fear and smallness and reduces our false beliefs to ashes.

That is why the Vedas are often compared to a fire that burns away our self-ignorance. This fire has light. It illuminates our true Self in that light! Then our minds can no longer tie us up to false beliefs. Then, freed up or liberated, you will continue living in the world, enjoying the world, but as if freed from bondage to this world and free from your identity in it as a struggling, time-bound body.

But wisdom teachings that come out of India nowadays are often offered in a piecemeal manner. They are disjointed, like spiritual band-aids – a mantra here, a yogic breath there, teaching here, and a deity there! This is NOT how awakening happens. It becomes more shackled than sovereign if you ask me.

OMTimes: What attitude or practice makes a Mind Sovereign?

Acharya Shunya: The Sanskrit word atmavaan means "mindfulness," in the sense of staying consciously aware of Self. It entails choosing to remain alert in our life by remembering: I am pure awareness with a body and mind; I am not merely a struggling bodyand mind-based individual ego.

I am Spirit Divine. It entails not getting carried away by external circumstances and not leading an automated, scripted, entirely unexamined life. Let your life be a deliberate one so you can be deliberate in your every goal, not merely a clone of the rest of sleepwalking humanity.

.Only then can your mind, along with speech and actions, be deliberate and genuinely representative of the sovereign you!

OMTimes: You say in such a poetic way: "If you are the light that lights up this universe, do you really need to procure a candle for your security against Darkness?"

Why are we so misguided when we start our pursuit of happiness?

Acharya Shunya: You have pure freedom to define, redefine, or undefine yourself and your life script as you please. Only total freedom allows you to simply be yourself as you are right now or change your mind, despite any goal-driven pressures. The distractions, successes, or failures that conceal your higher truth. You cannot become free by doing or not doing any specific thing, by holding onto some relationships, or by letting go of others. You are open right now. If all paths have led you to this moment, then your freedom is right here inside the good, bad, or ugly circumstances in your life, right here in the challenge facing you right now.

OMTimes: Nowadays, it seems that people are creating systems to Self-Help (the feelgood tools) and Self-Awaken themselves. In your opinion, how important is the role of a Guru in the process of the spiritual awakening of real seekers?

Acharya Shunya: The Sanskrit word "guru" is derived from the root "ghri," which means "to enlighten the mind."

The sound "gu" refers to Darkness. The sound "ru" refers to the light of knowledge that drives away the Darkness.

The guru is the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance of our blinding, suffering mind by igniting a steady lamp of knowledge. According to the Vedas, a real guru's words remind us of our sovereign potential. A true guru won't ask us to worship them, for example, but rather to look for what is worth worshipping within ourselves.

You put it rightly, nowadays, almost anyone and anything can be a guru. Besides, people feel they can help themselves awaken with books and audio teachings. But while the Selfhelp industry imparts paradigm-shifting new ideas, a book, or a blog will not talk back to us.

They cannot engage us in a dialogue to weed out our false assumptions, can they?

That is what a guru does until our metaphysical self-ignorance is entirely shed. The guru says, look within (not toward me) to find the truth, your destination, where you can rest at last, inside you. The only trip that you must now accomplish is to turn toward your own Self.

I am a consultant, a guide, a mentor, a professor of the Vedas, not God. The outer guru assists the emergence of your inner guru.

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OMTimes: You mentioned that a Guru is a dispeller of Darkness and ignorance. One should rely on a reliable teacher to clarify their doubts and release them from limiting beliefs. But isn't a submission to a Human Guru contrary to the Goal of Sovereignty?

Acharya Shunya: I respond to this important the question in this way: To a teacher whom you have accepted after due examination and discernment, submit your self-ignorance, not your self-esteem or your right to selfdetermine your life!

The Vedic tradition is built not on blind trust but rather trust supported by reason. It promotes regular dialogue between the seeker and Master.

Besides, isn't submission something we do all the time? We submit our health to the hands of a doctor; we submit our child to the hands of a trusted babysitter. We even surrender our entire body and life into the hands of our trusted surgeon before going under anesthesia.

But before submitting our ignorance to a guru, what we must ascertain is the guru's worthiness.

Nowhere does the classical Vedic tradition ask for The Vedas ask seekers to examine the guru the student to become a subservient slave. This before taking them on as mentors and teachers. exists in certain cults, but it is a pathology Teachers must screen students. This keeps emanating from false gurus' corrupted minds everyone on their toes. and deluded, sleepwalking disciples. It is not the OMTIMES /JAN 2021 pure and pristine tradition of the Vedas.

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OMTimes: How truthful is the old adage that says that, when the disciple is ready, the Master will appear?

Acharya Shunya: The Vedas say that a guru is indispensable. When a person is truly ready to experience the truth of Self, a knower of Self manifests miraculously and leads the way. Do not panic if you long for a guru and have not found one yet.

When your thirst for spiritual knowledge becomes intense, it is the responsibility of the universe to match you with one!

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8 Holistic Healing Modalities that Can Help Heal Yourself

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A HOLISTIC VISION

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Alternative therapies, or additional therapies, have a holistic view of the patient's problem. In this way, they treat you, looking at your physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological state.

HOMEOPATHY

the organs' specific pathways.

REIKI Reiki is one of the best-known alternative therapies that work to harmonize the being integral. The patient is seen through Reiki as body,

Homeopathy is one of the forms of

mind, and soul, and all of this is taken

alternative therapy. She unites the

care of.

benefits of medicine with the benefits of treatments. She tries to rescue the

The energy of this therapy is brought

patient's Health by stimulating vital

where the patient is most in need.

energy in him to heal himself.

The energy will go where it needs to go.

People have a physiological process

In Reiki, sick cells are worked on. Good

of self-healing and homeopathy in

cells are energized to treat diseased

themselves so that this internal system

cells so that the latter is improved

can find a way to Health.

or exterminated. Reiki provides a recalibration of all the energy centers

ACUPUNCTURE

on the body.

Acupuncture is also among the

This type of alternative therapy is

alternative therapies that are

prescribed for any age and can be

recognized for helping to decrease

done at any time. Reiki is a powerful

the patient's pain. Also, she works on

Japanese technique for reducing

energy issues.

stress, inducing relaxation, and controlling and curing pain and

In acupuncture, the needle stimulates

illness. It is accomplished by laying

several neurotransmitters in the

on hands that transmit the universe's

patient's body, helping the energy to

vital energy through the chakras. The

circulate better in his body. Thus, it will

Reikian (the one who applies Reiki)

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transmits this energy through the hands, usually without touching the patient.

Shiatsu is a Japanese therapy

THERAPY REGRESSION Memory regression is another popular type of alternative therapy. The therapy proposal is for the patient to search his memory for anything that may have caused his illness or disorder. I can help individuals to find the root cause of their problems. It aims to work on the patient's different behavioral disorders, whether they are mental, emotional, or physical problems.

SHIATSU

developed between the end of the 19th century and the 20th century.

It consists of applying pressure with fingers and hands at specific and vital points for our body, called meridians.

With this therapy, it is possible to control many health problems such as constipation, PMS symptoms, relief of muscle pain, and even flu and pneumonia prevention.

AROMATHERAPY Aromatherapy is a branch of herbal

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medicine that uses aromas to treat

through Yoga, such as postural

mainly emotional problems. Using

readjustment, improved sleep quality,

natural plant oils, the technique uses

circulatory issues, memory problems,

the oils' psychological powers to help

and many others.

control stress, emotional imbalances, and local pain.

YOGA

FLORAL MEDICE Essences, remedies, or elixirs, the fact is that the Bach Flowers are

Yoga is a complete practice that

gaining the confidence of even the

generates emotional and physical

most skeptical when it comes to

well-being. The method uses

homeopathy. Made from mature

stretching, fitness, and meditation

flowers, plants, shrubs, or even water

exercises to achieve a better quality of

springs, these essences were created

life and Health.

between 1928 and 1936 by the English homeopath, immunologist, and

Several problems are controlled

bacteriologist Edward Bach. They

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promise to bring healing to the

that, as it is a severe psychological

individual through emotional balance.

condition, under no circumstances is

Divided into seven general emotional

it advisable to use flowers or any other

groups by their creator, the 38 Bach

alternative therapy without informing

flowers are individually related to

a responsible doctor. This is true,

a specific emotional state. To find

especially if you already have ongoing

themselves so well defined in their

treatment.

groups, Bach understood the need to unify diseases' origin into seven human

The floral will not hurt you or influence

defects: greed, cruelty, selfishness,

the treatment offered by this Health

gluttony, ignorance, mental instability,

professional. However, by acting in

hatred, and pride. Such illnesses could

parallel, the floral effects can show

also find balance through seven paths:

false results on the doctor's treatment.

joy, love, certainty, hope, faith, peace,

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and wisdom.

treatment is being successful when, in fact, it is the floral that would be

As you can see, many remedies can

causing the improvement, and vice

be used to combat and mitigate

versa.

the effects of post-traumatic stress.

However, some specific names tend to be among the most recommended.

It is possible to use any one of

NOTICE ON THE USE OF FLORALS WITH OTHER TREATMENTS

them without practically any contraindication. However, the most

The remedies are more intended to be

indicated is looking for a professional

an additional treatment to walk side

specialized in the subject to choose

by side with other methods, and not

the most correct. Even though several

the only option for the patient.

specialists consider the remedies 100% effective, they do not dispense

Many of these alternative treatments

with professional psychological

are complementary to the allopathy

counseling and the possible need for

system of healing.

additional allopathic medications.

your Health -wellness provider before

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adopting any of these suggested

and that cannot be left out is

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from the vibrations we have in each

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personal year.

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Each personal year brings a different

So, 8 will be your personal year in 2021.

need to the forefront of our lives. The

The ideal florals for each personal year

Bach flower remedies can help boost,

of numerology:

correct, soften the processes to live the demands of our personal year

1. It will be a year of new beginnings,

with a more outstanding balance,

progressive projects, and personal

poise, and grace.

and professional achievements.

See the suggestions:

We alert our readers that the

Floral Medicine Hornbeam: To be

indications we make here are generic,

ready for new beginnings.

not individualized. That is why it is

Floral Medicine Chestnut Bud: To

necessary to analyze your personal

use past experiences wisely.

characteristics and your emotional,

Floral Medicine Walnut: To preserve

mental, and physical life context to

your goals without being influenced

use each Floral essence indication.

by others.

Floral Medicine Cherry Plum:

To find out which florals will favor you

To have self-control over your

during this next year, you need to

initiatives.

know your personal year number.

2. Personal year 2 is a year of great Do you know how to calculate? It's

tranquility, calm, and peace. This

straightforward. Just add the digits

year will take patience, diplomacy,

of your birthday and month with the

and tolerance to deal with others to

digits of the personal year you wish

live well. Affective needs must be

to discover. Then you must add the

controlled.

numbers down to a number between 1

Floral Medicine Impatiens: To have a

and 9.

lot of patience and diplomacy.

Floral Medicine Heather: To control

For example, if you were born on May

your emotional need.

25, you will add:

Floral Medicine Beech: To increase

2 + 5 (of the day) + 5 (of the month of

tolerance with people.

May) + 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 (of the personal year you wish to discover) = 2+5+5+2+0+2+1=8

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fulfillment. This year, your good

Floral Medicine Scleranthus: To

mood and optimism will be

have greater decision-making

on the rise and will bring good

power and make the right

friendships. Just be careful that

choices.

your optimism is not exaggerated

Floral Medicine Clematis: To

and prevents you from being

achieve goals.

realistic and carrying out your

Floral Medicine Walnut: To receive

projects with your feet on the

energy protection in your projects

ground.

and opportunities.

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4. Personal year 4 favors a year

Floral Medicine Scleranthus: To

of hard work, practicality, and

know how to choose between

organization. You will need to keep

the various opportunities that will

an eye on your health and have a lot

appear.

of responsibility in the face of the

Floral Medicine Wild Oat: To find

decisions made this year.

your true calling.

Floral Medicine Mimulus: To

Floral Medicine Larch: To have more

have the courage and face the

self-confidence and persistence.

responsibilities.

The energy of number 5 makes

Floral Medicine Clematis: To harness

you want to give up on the first

the energy of making dreams of the

difficulty.

year come true.

Floral Medicine Olive: To take care of

6. Year 6 will be a year of many

health, relieve physical, mental and

responsibilities and household

emotional tiredness.

chores. It will be a year of a lot of

Floral Medicine Elm: To cope well

family dedication, which should

with the excessive responsibilities

soon bear fruit. We must be careful

that year 4 brings.

not to impose on others our way

Floral Medicine Rock Water Not to

of thinking and not judge others'

be such a perfectionist.

thoughts because it is different from yours. Our vision is not always

5. Personal year 5 is exceptionally

the most correct. It allows everyone

favorable for massive changes,

to think the way they prefer without

news, travel, and passions. Care

trying to impose their opinion.

must be taken not to overdo it,

Floral Medicine Red Chestnut: To

spend too much money, or make

control your over-concern with

unwise decisions.

everyone around you

Several opportunities have appeared

Floral Medicines Walnut and

for you, and you will not be able

Pine: Not to feel responsible for

to enjoy them all. You will have to

everything that happens to the

choose, so choose wisely.

people around you.

Floral Medicine Walnut: To deal with

Floral Medicine Vervain: Not to

the changes that have happened

impose your will and your opinion

this year. Walnut

on others.

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Floral Medicine Chicory: To control

Floral Medicine Walnut: To accept

your desire to manipulate others.

the changes imposed by this year's harvest.

7. This year will be primarily dedicated to study and

Floral Medicine Elm: To avoid excess materialism.

intellectualization. You will do well to improve your knowledge;

9. The personal year 9 of

you're learning, and intellectual

numerology, the last of the

and metaphysical development

cycle, is the ideal year to finish

skills. This feeling may bring out

everything pending in these

the shyness and the search for self-

previous 8 years. Your health

improvement. Be careful not to

will deserve special attention,

overdo it:

especially if you are neglecting

Floral Medicine Mimulus: To deal

symptoms. Losses in finances or

with shyness.

friendships can happen. It is a

Floral Medicine Water Violet: To avoid

special year for benevolence and

becoming a loner, avoid loneliness.

philanthropy.

Floral Medicine Walnut: For the

Floral Medicine Honeysuckle

ultimate energy protection.

To resolve what was pending in previous years.

8. In personal year 8, you will reap

Floral Medicine Walnut To be able

the rewards of what was sown

to disconnect from things of the

in previous years. Your rationality

past.

should be stronger than your

Floral Medicine Star of Bethlehem:

emotions and feelings. A practical,

To overcome possible losses that

dynamic year focused on material

arise during the year.

searches. Therefore, it is necessary to

Floral Medicine Chicory: To inspire

be attentive to balance the material

unconditional love and essential

and the spiritual.

benevolence for this year.

Floral Medicine Cherry Plum: Not to

Floral Medicine Willow: To

be afraid of losing control.

overcome old hurts and grudges.

Floral Medicine Holly: To control

Floral Medicine Gentian: To be

strong and destructive feelings that

persistent and not get discouraged

may arise this year.

in the face of obstacles.

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Can Your Food Influence Your Spirituality?

W

5 Food That May Block Mediumship

hen we learn to do

learning to connect better to the spirit

something new for

world and your guides and angels, you

the first time, we

can't forget the things you shouldn't do.

tend to focus only

Or better yet, what not to eat or drink.

on "doing." All things require some practice and exploring and using

When you eat food, you absorb the

your intuition or psychic abilities is no

energies it contains. If your auric field

different. So, if you spend a lot of time

needs this energy, it will help your body

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and contribute to your health. Don't

entities. Negative energies can stay

forget that foods will nourish your cells

around and keep you down for long

and become part of who you are.

periods.

"Heavy foods" or with hefty energetic

Not only will your psychic abilities be

charge can compromise the

virtually non-existent. At the same time,

performance of the Psychic and

you drink, but the next two days are

medium. This is truthful even with

also lost while you recover.

"perispiritual" [1] cleaning, whose function is to remove from the

Excessive use of Alcohol also is known

digestive and circulatory system the

to attract Lower vibrational beings to

heavy energetic vibes that cloud our

our auric field. This can bring an entire

chakras or centers of force.

array of energetic, emotional, and even physical life problems.

A lighter way to nurture yourself, two hours before any spiritual or working

SUGAR

sessions (being that of mediumship, healing, or Psychic work), facilitates

Sugar is one of many substances

the spiritual work and increases the

known to calcify the pineal gland,

meeting's vibrational productivity, and

which has been called the master

can contribute immensely to the care

gland of spirituality, the seat of the soul,

of the sick.

spiritual antennae. The Pineal gland has a considerable effect on the opening

What foods will block mediumship?

and expansion of the third eye.

Let us discuss them. See them below.

A healthy pineal gland is crucial for

Foods and Drinks That May Prevent Clear Mediumship

spiritual vibration and for accessing higher consciousness levels and connecting on another level. Also,

ALCOHOL

beware of chemically altered sugar substitutes and sweeteners. Trust only

Not only does Alcohol have low

on natural alternatives, such as maple

vibration, but it also opens up your

syrup, Agave nectar If you are a Vegan),

energy field to intrusive energies and

or the big old lovely honey.

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CAFFEINE

with cashew, other nuts, and absolutely divine vegan butter.

We believe that caffeine provides

THE OVERUSE OF ANIMAL MEAT

energy, but what it does is it gives us "false" strength. It draws some energy from the adrenal glands. You may experience a small spike in alertness, but what really happened is a change in your adrenal system and an increase in stress hormones. Trying to meditate and connect with the caffeinated "essence" in your system is like trying to herd cats. Caffeine causes negative Pranic energy.

You will discover that by raising your vibration and communicating with the Spirit, you will naturally feel the need to "organically" change your diet. It will be natural not to choose foods that block mediumship and other psychic abilities.

The foods you ate with ease and appetite will no longer appeal to you in the same way. In fact, these are

CHEESES AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

the guides that take you to be open to different options that will help you make better choices. If you still want

Too much cheese and dairy products

to eat meat, choose organic products,

can clog your psychic senses, making

humanely raised animals, and try to

things very dark and unclear. Getting

stay away from fatty meat. Fish and

clear messages is almost impossible in

chicken are a great possibility as they

that state. Ur recommendation would

are lean and a good source of protein.

be to adopt a vegetable alternative of Milk and cheeses. Nowadays, it is not difficult to find Vegan Cheese made

In Spiritism, perispirit is the subtle body used by the Spirit to connect with the brain's feelings. The term is found among the extensive terminology originally devised by Allan Kardec

[1]

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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.

Samskaras, Karma and Plastic Surgery

By Omtimes

N

What is it, and what are its health benefits?

owadays, there is surgery for

tragedy or restoring a problem such as

everything. Some transform

a birth defect.

themselves radically to be able to feel better with their

Some undergo terribly invasive

body and appearance. But we also

procedures, such as cutting off their

have those that resort to plastic surgery

toes to make them smaller or removing

to rebuild their appearances after a

ribs to narrow the waist.

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We are not advocating against Plastic

To talk about plastic surgery, we need

surgeries, just the opposite. Just think

to start by talking about aesthetic

how many lives are transformed by

pressure, especially false images of

restorative, cosmetic surgery. How

perfection perpetuated by Media

many babies are saved through palate

channels and even over Social media

cleft surgery?

networks.

Plastic surgery is significant; however,

Although there was no such name in

the problem is when appearance

the past, women's aesthetic pressure

becomes an obsession and puts your

has always existed. There has always

life at risk. There is no possible defense

been a pattern in which the female

that justifies a search without limits

body and appearance should fit.

for the perfect appearance, which damages the most important thing:

Until recently, a woman's position

our life. Health should always come in

in society was limited to a marriage,

the first place.

and aesthetics were a fundamental part of the success or failure that a

Self-esteem is important, but there

woman could face when it comes to

must have limits. There are spiritual

"getting a husband."

protocols (like energetic blueprints) that guide incarnational programming.

All this pressure only increased with

They cannot have the perfection of

modernity and the internet, causing

the Physical image as the ultimate

the number of women who resort to

objective.

aesthetic procedures (invasive or not) to force themselves to fit in specific

In Search of an Ideal Esthetic

standards.

Standard As its name suggests, aesthetic "We live in a culture of appearance:

pressure is that social pressure

the marriage contract matters more

spread by culture and significantly

than love, the funeral more than the

reinforced by the media, especially

dead, the clothes more than the body

social networks. It can influence a

and the mass more than God."

person in various ways, including

Eduardo Galeano

peer pressure.

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Through the Social media giants, we

looks like a man. If your muscles are not

are bombarded daily by profiles that

showing, you're too fat.

show this perfection, reinforcing even more a certain stereotype, generating

Feeling good about your appearance

an increasing dissatisfaction with the

is important, but are we paying a fair

image and the body.

price for being accepted socially by their fabricated Physical standards?

And this pressure is so intense today that it affects everyone, not only

Some people paid with their lives,

women. So much so that we see many

refusing food and weakening the body

celebrities who, despite the perfect

to the point that it stopped working

image, are harassed and criticized.

injections of toxic substances to

Either you are too thin, or you have

increase the lips, thighs, and butt.

gained weight, and it no longer serves.

The breast is too small, too large, or too

What is the limit? How far should we

flabby. If the belly has a lot of muscle, it

go to meet imposed social standards?

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Is our appearance really so important

that Happiness is a vital energy that

that we risk our lives?

facilitates and ignites the expansion of Consciousness.

What does our appearance stand for in an instant as small as an incarnation,

We can't forget that our physical

assuming that the spirit's journey is

appearance is part of the Samskara

eternal? Can these physical changes

elements of our incarnational

change our incarnational frequency

programming.

and affect us negatively?

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND YOUR SAMSKARAS

SELF-IMAGE, HAPPINESS, AND SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION

Samskara is originally from Sanskrit, Self-Image and self-steam are

well known in Hinduism, which means

important elements of the human

mental impression, residual memories,

equation for Happiness. We all know

and primary and fundamental

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impressions of Consciousness. These

is very radical, this is a serious symptom

impressions and their respective

and probably comes from Samskaras of

influences have been accumulated

other lives.

through different experiences in the recent or remote past. Samskara can

To emphasize the thought, the problem

be influenced by subtle changes in the

with Plastic surgeries is when the person

energetic body. Any changes in the

becomes obsessed with aesthetic

physical body directly affect spiritual

standards and performs many surgeries.

bodies.

Indeed, there are spiritual implications Our physical appearance is also part

in these cases, especially if we think that

of the karmic programming that we

a person who is willing to risk his life to

accepted before we were born. So, it

acquire a standard appearance has an

makes sense to question the extent to

immense emotional void. It is necessary

which plastic surgery interferes with our

to understand why a person can reach

karmic programming.

this point since our entire emotional Universe is linked to the spiritual plane.

We know that the physical appearance we "receive" at birth is also part of this

In such cases, there is a negative

lifetime's incarnation programming.

influence concerning the incarnation

But not only that, because each case is

plan since no one comes into the world

different. An obese person, for example,

to pursue the perfect appearance and

certainly has a metabolism that favors

put their own life at risk.

the accumulation of fat. So, is being fat considered karma? If we think of

It is also worth remembering that, in

it as punishment, of course not. First,

many cases, the acceptance that a spirit

because the Universe does not punish

needs to work is linked to appearance, so

anyone. Especially this way.

changing it completely goes against the original blueprint of the incarnation.

Small interventions to correct certain aspects of appearance are only suitable.

Many plastic surgeries interfere with

None of this determines who you are or

karmic programming. Yes, they can

interferes with on the delicate karmic

bring some subtle but negative

web. But when the appearance posture

consequences.

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Why Should You Build an Angelic Altar?

R

By Cathedral of the Soul

egardless of your belief

protection to follow our daily lives and

system, we all can and should

keep us on the path of goodness.

ask for protection from the Divine. If it is the case that

To reinforce our simple requests and

you believe that there is a superior

ward off negative energies that want to

being who looks and watches over us,

lead us astray, we can make an altar for

whose thoughts give us lucidity and

our angels at home.

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The word Altar, comes from the

1 - Find a calm and serene place in

Latin altare or ara (classical Latin),

your home, with which you identify

a high platform similar to a table

and where you feel good. Prefer airy

consisting of rock, elevation, or other

areas that receive sunlight from the

structure that allows the priest,

side. The lateral lighting would be

leader, or spiritual mentor, to make

preferable to direct sunlight.

offerings to the deity, or deities, in a religious temple or sacred place.

2 - Place a clean white towel on the Altar.

It could be of any material, but natural

Angel's altars are amazingly simple

fibers would be the best.

and easy to do, here is how.

3 - All objects that will be part of this Altar You can set up an altar to God in

must be cleared and energized with

your mind by means of prayer.

coarse salt. Put coarse salt on them for

And so, it is fitting to pray at your

24 hours before setting up your Altar

trade, on a journey, standing

of angels.

at a counter, or sitting at your handicraft.

4 - In the center of your Altar, you must

Saint John Chrysostom

place a blue or transparent star, either

ALTAR DOS ANGELES HOW TO MAKE YOURS?

paper or plastic. It should be big and showy, and lying on top of your Altar, you will put your altar items on it. The star should be the shape you are most

The Altar of angels is a prayer

aligned with, be it of 5, 6.7 points, or

place, which will evoke protection,

even more points stars.

peace, and ward off evil energies from your home. It also serves to

5 - At the top of your star, you should

make requests and thanks to the

put a green quartz. This stone means

angels. Before you start organizing

prosperity, and it has the power to

it, remember that your Altar should

give you the courage to pursue your

have the 4 elements-Water, Earth,

dreams.

Air, and Fire as a sacred space. To make your own Altar, follow the 10 steps below:

6 - At the top right and top (the first following the clockwise direction), you

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should put an image that would

9 - The last tip will be destined for your

represent your guardian angel.

wishes. Write your wish on a piece of

Your Angel will be the one who

paper and place it inside a white silk

will protect the Altar of angels and

bag, tied with a yellow ribbon.

generate protection for you, for your 10 - Make your request and your prayers

home and your loved ones.

before the Altar every day. When 7 - At the next tip, place an incense

your spiritual request is fulfilled,

holder. There you should light an

thank your Angel, and remove the

incense daily that has the power to

request from the bag, throwing the

protect your physical and mental

paper under running water. If you

body - and still leaves a delightful

want to start over with another wish,

smell in the house, from priority to

remember to energize all the items

real Indian incense, or Camphor,

on your Altar of angels before you do

Frankincense, and Myrrh.

it again.

8 - On the next tip, put a Greek eye. It will protect your Altar from all envy and the evil eye.

ASSEMBLE AN ALTAR TO HAVE GOOD VIBRATIONS ON YOUR HOUSE

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House altar can help you attract good

small corner table or even a suspended

energy and always have positive

altar arranged on shelves to organize

events and people around you. Not

everything correctly.

ever, just the force of high-spirited thinking or benevolent attitudes are

Stones: to obtain protection and open

enough to bring peace to our homes

paths with the help of minerals, you can

and our lives. This is true, especially

use Amethyst to prosper, Esmeralda to

when something goes contrary to

protect your health, Agate to protect you

plan and frustration. A heavy aura

and monitor your progress, and the Black

takes over the environment and our

Tourmaline so that nothing bad happens.

hearts.

Pictures: to enhance it with more Given these situations, and as a

personal items, directing the energy

way to maintain good vibrations

specifically for you, also use the image

inside your home or in the work

of your guardian angel and one that

environment, a very valid alternative

represents yourself.

for this purpose is the making of an altar, which will have the help of

Candles: every week, light a white candle

stones, powerful images, candles,

on your Altar.

incense sticks and the influence of

Incense: Every day, light a rosemary

natural forces to grant you peace,

incense to promote spiritual cleansing

prosperity and good luck throughout

and more protection.

your life journey.

Towel: to cover your Altar, put a white

HOW TO MAKE YOUR ALTAR OF GOOD VIBRATIONS

towel so that the color does not hinder any object's flow.

Location: always set up your Altar in an

To start preparing it and attract

airy place, where there is sunlight at

positive energies and prosperity

some time of the day. Avoid places where

to your home, family, and personal

the flow of people is intense.

goals, you will need to have simple

[8]

and powerful materials on your Altar.

These materials should consist of a

Greek eye jewel prevents the evil eye. The Evil eye is a superstitious curse or legend believed to be cast by a malevolent glare, usually given to a person when one is unaware.

OM TIMES | January 2021

The Healing Power of Prayer

By Darshan Goswami

Does prayer have the power to heal? Is anyone up there really listening? Scientists have some surprising answers for you

H

uman beings have prayed

frequently used form of alternative

for thousands of years.

medicine. "Studies have shown prayer

Millions pray every day to

can prevent people from getting sick.

some higher power called

When they do get sick, prayer can help

God. People of all the major religions,

them get better faster," according to

including Christianity, Judaism,

Duke University's Harold G. Koenig, M.D.

Hinduism, and Islam, use prayer to communicate with God and display

Many people know from personal

their belief in prayer's healing power.

experience that prayer is an effective

In many countries, prayer is the most

therapy. Prayer is significantly

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important for human life because

Prayer is simply a conversation with

it makes intimate communication

God, and effective prayer requires

with God possible. Now, more and

having faith in God. Prayer is a way for

more medical research from leading

human beings to become involved and

hospitals and universities across the

develop a relationship with God. Prayer

world have shown a belief in God

provides a method of asking God to

conclusively really is good for you. It

meet our needs or someone else's.

can help to make you healthier and

Prayer offers us a divine opportunity

happier and help you live longer. The

to correct our behavior and embrace

proof of the healing power of prayer

a rightful life. Prayer sanctifies us and

is overwhelming, says researcher and

gives us hope to cope with whatever

writer Tom Knox. The one-time atheist

circumstances we may face. Even if its

became a regular worshipper after

healing powers sometimes seem to be

doing an in-depth study of the medical

in the faith of those who are praying,

benefits of faith. "What I discovered

the truth is, prayer is one of the greatest

astonished me," admits Knox. "Over the

privileges found in every single religion.

past 30 years, a growing and largely unnoticed body of scientific work shows religious belief is medically,

How Does the Healing Power of Prayer Work?

socially, and psychologically beneficial."

We cannot see God, but we are aware Numerous studies show that having

of His presence around us because of

faith and prayer boosts the immune

faith. Through prayer, we open a door

system and reduces the severity and

for God to come into our problems

frequency of a wide range of illnesses

and work on them. Prayer makes us

caused by stress, depression, anxiety;

better able to address the vulnerability,

while helping to lower blood pressure

fear, isolation, and loss of control

and improve cardiovascular function.

that often accompanies pain and

"There is a seven-year difference in life

illness. Prayer makes our relationship

expectancy between those who never

with God stronger, and we believe it

attend church and those who attend

changes us and the world in which we

weekly," says Knox.

live. Our prayers remind us that no

What is Prayer?

matter what scientific advancements we may benefit from, in the end, our OM TIMES | January 2021

lives are in God's hands. The power

heart rate slows, blood pressure goes

of prayer is undeniable. Whether you

down. Our breath becomes calmer

pray for yourself or for others, pray to

and more regular—besides, prayer

heal an illness or for peace in the world,

increases dopamine levels, which is

or simply sit in silence and quiet the

associated with states of well-being

mind — the effects appear to be the

and joy. Science can tell us that

same. The relationship between prayer

people who pray and meditate tend

and health has been the subject of

to be statistically healthier and live

scores of double-blind studies over

longer than those who do not. Using

the past four decades. During prayer,

prayer or meditation for 15 minutes

the body's metabolism decreases, the

a day for eight weeks, neuroimaging

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demonstrated an increase in memory

God helped me find the strength,

and cognitive clarity due to improved

confidence, and courage to continue to

frontal lobes' functioning.

face those adversities. I firmly believe the spirit of God resides within and

"Dr. Larry Dossey, a medical

moves through each of us. Open your

practitioner, provides scientific

heart, pray to that spirit, and it will help

evidence for the efficacy of prayer

to heal and empower you. Keep praying

at healing and affecting biological

because now science is on our side.

systems. His Scientific Research into the Effects of Prayer clearly shows that prayer can permanently cure your emotional and physical pain without the need for medication. In his book, Larry Dossey states that over 300 scientific studies had been performed on the effect of prayer, and over half of them showing statistically significant

Darshan Goswami has more

results. "Experiments with people

than 40 years of experience in

showed that prayer positively affected

the energy field. He worked as a

high blood pressure, wounds, heart

Project Manager for Renewable

attacks, headaches, and anxiety," says

Energy, Micro-grid, and Smart

Dossey."

Grid projects at the United States Department of Energy (DOE)

Conclusion?

in Pittsburgh. Mr. Goswami is a registered professional electrical

Human prayer is so powerful

engineer with a passion and

that its effects should never be

commitment to promote, develop,

underestimated. The presence of God

and deploy renewable energy

in our life gives us hope for the future.

resources and the hydrogen

Study after study backs up the benefits

economy. In dedication to his

of prayer and having faith, especially in

life serving humanity and poor

prolonging life. I know it works because

people, the author supports India

I prayed in some of my darkest, most

Foundation for Children Education

painful and frightening hours, and

and Care, Inc. (www.ifcare.org).

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Bach Florals for Animals: Treatment for your Furbaby Companion

By Ministry Earth OM TIMES | January 2021

A

s well as having a

notice anything different about him

powerful effect on

or any characteristic that would be

humans, Bach Flowers

detrimental to his / her wellbeing?

can also be used

Put yourself in the pet's seat and

on animals. Whether to balance

think about how you would like your

aggressive behavior, free them from

life to achieve total balance.

any fear or something that afflicts them, and even prepare them to

The administration of Bach Flowers

receive a new animal or child at home.

for animals also works very simply.

The Bach Flowers will provide the

Because they are natural essences,

harmony of your Animal Friend in the

there is no possibility of overdosing,

same way that it treats you and your

minimizing the animal's risks.

family.

If unnecessary prescribed floral medicine, it will not be absorbed by

Healing with the clean, pure,

the animal's emotional body.

beautiful agents of nature is surely

However, we recommend it safer

the one method of all which appeals

to dilute the medicines in water

to most of us. Edward Bach

to minimize the alcohol content, especially when using the florals

HOW TO SELECT BACH FLORALS

with small animals, such as birds or

FOR YOUR ANIMALS?

small rodents.

Without many secrets, Dr. Bach's

There are, however, places that sell

flowers can be prescribed for the

alcohol-free flowers, usually aimed

animals (medicated) from an

at treating children, animals, or

observation by the owner himself.

people who prefer to avoid alcohol

Because floral medicines act on the

altogether. The problem is that these

sentient being's emotional bodies, it

places are often difficult to find.

can be prescribed by anyone.

Find out in your region. They may be difficult, but not impossible to find.

What should You be aware of?

Health depends on being in Has anything changed at home or

harmony with our souls.

in the animal's daily routine? Do you

Edward Bach

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BACH FLORALS FOR ANIMAL

Holly: suitable for animals of difficult

EMOTIONAL BALANCE

temper and bad mood, making them more docile and receptive.

As with administration to humans, the Medicine of Dr. Bach flower remedies

Impatiens: for the agitated, hurried,

for animals should only be used to

and impatient animals, this is the

treat emotional imbalances. If any

ideal floral. If your pet is one of those

physical symptom or clinical condition

who get out of control when they

requires attention, be cautious, and

hear the noise of the collar, who

take the animal to a veterinarian.

eat fast and are always restless,

Treating physical symptoms with

Impatiens can solve it.

floral remedies can make the Mimulus: if your pet is shy, fearful,

situation worse.

and is always hiding, this floral Know some emotional symptoms

can make you more loving and

in animals and which floral can be

courageous, more capable of

prescribed for treatment:

enjoying life.

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Rock Rose: also suitable for fearful

Vervain: another possibility to treat

animals, Rock Rose can alleviate fear

hyperactivity. It is indicated for those

related to fireworks, thunder and

hyperactive animals, which do not

going out on the street, or meeting

stop quiet.

other animals.

Walnut: this is the floral of the Rock Water: suitable for territorial

adaptation. Recommended for

animals. Rock Water can alleviate

animals with difficulty adapting to

these symptoms if your companion

a new home or after castration or

animal demarcates the places and

change in routine.

has problems to be trained. Rock rose can work wonders for a jealous

Water Violet: this floral is of great

pet.

help for the most solitary and reserved animals. Transforming them

Scleranthus: this floral is indicated

from aloof to sociable.

for mood changes, nausea, and for animals with balance problems.

White Chestnut: if your pet has an unhealthy habit, such as scratching,

Star of Bethlehem: help your

nibbling, or licking, White Chestnut

companion animal to overcome

may be ideal for him.

trauma. This robust floral is indicated for animals that have suffered some

Rescue Medicine: This compound is

trauma related to mistreatment,

Floral medicine that is a combination

hunger, and physical or emotional

of 6 other Floral essences. It is highly

aggression. It is also recommended

recommended when your animal

for use when pets are rescued from

companion presents one or more of

stressful situations, such as hoarding,

the emotional unbalances described

puppy mills, or regional temporary

above.

animal shelters (animal pounds).

In our experience as rescuers, we have Sweet Chestnut: This floral is

used this floral compound to help our

recommended for those animals

furbaby rid of the terrible nightmares

that, for some reason, change owners

that usually follow situations Pos-

and are refusing to eat.

rescue.

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Space Clearing and Your Animals Space clearing gets stuck energy to move again, boosting body, mind, and spirit.

Here's how to involve your animal family.

S

By Robyn M Fritz

pace clearing is a process

CLEARING ENERGY, CLEARING SPACE

we use to keep the energy flowing in space, often using

The need to clear our spaces is

specific rituals and tools.

universal: nothing stays clear without

We use it to boost ourselves but often

assistance. Life is messy, and as we go

overlook how we can make it benefit

about our busy days, we pick up bits of

our animal families.

outside energy from the people and OM TIMES | January 2021

places around us (even in a pandemic).

animals suddenly avoiding a room or

That's the body, mind, and spirit of life:

a specific place? Are they lethargic or

our physical, emotional, and spiritual

acting up for no discernible reason?

well-being depends on whether energy flows smoothly—or is blocked.

While it's important to always check in with your animals, it's critical to

That is also true for our animal families.

ask them what's up if you notice odd

Here's how to help them benefit from

behavior. Yes, ask your animals to tell

clearing space.

you what's going on with them and with space. While the issue could be

OUR ANIMALS AND CLEARING SPACE

something they're personally worried about, it could be something going

First, let your animals know that a space

on in the space that you don't realize,

clearing is scheduled. And why.

including the so-called "paranormal," which can be identified when a docile

Experts in energy work, especially

or laid-back dog or cat suddenly acts

energy awareness, our animals are more

up in space. If your own observation

naturally aware of how energy flows

doesn't give you enough information,

than we are. They're not better than us.

hire an animal communicator. Once

They're just more aware of what their

you settle that, also ask your animals

souls are up to, which means they can

what their needs and wants are so you

follow energy movement more clearly.

can address them in the clearing—and afterward.

Animals feel tension and uncertainty and get drained like we do, even

Finally, explain what the space clearing

though their worries aren't paychecks or

session will involve. Invite them to

mortgages (although our worries affect

watch the preparations and even to

them). They also know where energy

participate, if possible. The exception? If

is stuck in a space and may react to

you have territorial animals and you're

changes more quickly than we do.

hiring a space clearing professional, remove or contain the animal. Ensure

Pay attention to any physical or

the excluded animals receive a positive

personality changes they exhibit, but

telepathic message and a healthy

also look more profound. Are your

energy dose, including an apology

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for excluding them. They will benefit

Here's a specific story that shows how

from the cleared space when they

animals can be affected by what's in

return (and will be tuning in anyway,

space.

wherever they are). Don't feel guilty if you're doing the clearing yourself and

THE GHOST AND LACEY, THE BRIARD

decide to lock them up, especially if you're burning incense or something

I did an animal communication session

like sweetgrass or sage, because smoke

with Sally and her champion Briard,

is scary.

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refusing to go into their new home's

Once you know what everyone in

main living space. Lacey whined and

the family needs and wants from

paced so much that Sally took her to

the space, including the animals,

their veterinarian. Still, the physical

you can proceed with the clearing

exam and blood tests were normal.

(of course, you'll also want to know the area's needs and wants). When

Lacey the Briard told me what was

it's complete, give everyone the

wrong: there was a woman in the

day off. Celebrate the clearing as a

house. Yes, a ghost. Although the

family, make sure you've spread sea

house was over a hundred years

salt everywhere, have a good meal,

old, the woman had only been in

drink lots of water, and sleep well.

the house for about twenty years,

Monitor the clearing over the next

judging from her clothes (yes, I

several days, replacing the sea salt

could see her). I explained that she

as needed. Watch how your animals

was dead and helped her move to

respond: it will mirror your response.

the afterlife. After quickly clearing the space, I told Sally to put sea salt

Repeated regularly, clearing your

around the room (sea salt helps

space will support the entire

keep energy moving). Within a few

family in body, mind, and spirit,

hours, Lacey strolled into the room

including your animals. Good luck,

she once avoided as if nothing at all

and have fun!

was wrong. Because nothing was— anymore.

Robyn M Fritz MA MBA CHt

Note that the "paranormal" can

consultant and certified past

is an intuitive and spiritual

happen anywhere, and there are many more straightforward explanations for stuck energy, so if an animal's behavior clues you into a problem, do a space clearing. And

life regression specialist. An award-winning author, her next book is "The Afterlife Is a Party: What People and Animals Teach Us About Love,

give that animal a treat!

Reincarnation, and the Other

SPACE CLEARING

com and on Facebook at

WITH YOUR ANIMALS

Side." Find her at RobynFritz.

The Practical Intuitive.

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The Mystical

Spiritual Mission &

of Animals

By Cathedral of the Soul

JANUARY ISSUE / JANUARY 2021

ANIMAL SPIRITUALITY

Spiritually, everything

that

function, or a purpose, like

lives fulfills a

we

like

to

say. All forms of life are conscious, although are

the

variable.

capable of

levels of consciousness No, it's not just

thinking,

us

humans

feeling, and loving.

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And as

world

they

as

exist in

u s,

same

our lives are

interconnected in dimension, and

the

they

beautiful mission

with them.

the

same

have a

w ith u s.

we

And

This relationship

was

not established by chance, and it serves

us

a lot in our

evolutionary journey.

First, let's speak

to

talk

about love. To

an animal is

to

language of love. With learn about

speak

the

them, we

unconditional

love,

joy, loyalty, resilience.

Not only dogs, but cats also save children from a fire.

They even sleep on

the

deceased

owner's grave and die of depression after being abandoned or losing The fact is

that

the

owner.

many animals

perceive our sadness, our suffering, and exchange energy

w ith u s.

They help

"All knowledge, all questions, and answers are contained in the dog."

us to

balance our body,

mind, and spirit. For example, a cat can neutralize a negative and charged environment, helping

Franz Kafka

to

balance our home's energies.

The human being is

Animals are conscious

arrogant

beings

that

when

he

thinks

only he can determine

who

feel and

perceive everything

consciousness based on

around

them.

his own experience. We

how

read emotions and

believe

have

we

are

the

only

intelligent and conscious beings in believe only

the world.

that we

thinking

are

Some

the

beings in

Universe. We are at

top

of

the

thought,

the

pyramid of

but is it?

the

to

their

They know

own spirituality.

For example, dogs and cats have mentors. They have a chakra system.

They are known for having out of body experiences

(astral

projections).

It is possible relationship

that through

w ith

animals,

o ur

we

discover more about ourselves.

They also show how

we

us w ith

great love

can evolve as humanity.

Our relationship

w ith

much more spiritual It is not by chance

animals is

than

that

physical.

o ur

evolutionary paths crossed on Earth.

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.

They are part of

We know now how it

the

secret of our evolution.

An animal can

teach us

some of

the

valuable

qualities, such

as

love,

pure devotion, and

the

of loyalty and

that there

first)

have a

particular breed of cat or dog, for example.

discover

the

and cruel

that

humanely.

sunk in animal

suffering of all kinds.

themselves

bad

are all stuck at

the

need for social distancing,

what it

trapped

cage.

.

we

traps,

provoke and

promote animals' suffering and death.

Another factor consider

to

when

considering adopting is

the

scandalous rate of

the world.

While

countries like Germany

to

number of

common

who

the

the

to

find people

simply put

car, drive

the

to

get an is like

They

dog in

a distant

turned their

the

to

inside of a

backs

and never come back.

Reports of abuse or neglect are also shocking.

This all makes

environments. Now

be

enjoy

poor guy.

always a horror

home because of

the

those

place and abandon

These are almost

idea of

imagine

countries, it still is

might

acceptably and

that we

to

streets, in many other

reproduce animals for

very

Try

animals left on

There are really few

are

u s.

zero the

breeders.

Pet shops

serving as entertainment

and Holland managed

market behind

theater,

entire lives in

animal abandonment in

The problem begins

trade

their

captivity, breeding, or

which

is

wrong (at

with wanting to

places

spend

hunting and spread

human gesture. We

terrible

that

Imagine animals

who

To Adopt is a beautiful

when we

zoo.

spiritual impact of

THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTION

nothing

be confined in an

aquarium or

for

compassion.

know

to

most

unconditional

value

feels

the

shelters

absolutely crowded.

Many dogs, cats, and other animals just

want

a

home, an owner! Even if it

were

only

that ...

how

many are sacrificed

to

make room for others?

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The

We can no longer accept raised as

they

to

animals has

that

change.

puppies are

are. We can no longer

consume brands

that test

UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN ANIMAL, A PART OF ONE'S SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED.

on animals or

benefit from any animal suffering.

We cannot

wear

blood and allow

clothes

the

that

contain

the

farm factoring,

to

the

atrocities

c o m m i t. I n f a c t,

they

c o n t i n u e c o m m i tt i n g

coronavirus only happened due deadly relationship

Our change is

with

u r g e n t, i t

There is no more

ANATOLE FRANCE

f o o d i n d u s t r y, n a m e l y

time.

to

the our

n a tu r e .

is for

y e s t e r d a y.

This is probably

our last chance.

One of

world

the ways we

is

to

have

to

a d o p t. W h e n e v e r

a d o p t. D o n o t b uy. R e v i e w habits and get process of

to the

to

know

what you

awakening of

help

the

you

can,

your

the

eating

m a n u f a c tu r i n g

consume. Welcome

your

h e a r t!

THE ROLE OF ANIMALS AND THE QUARANTINE As pet owners,

we

are already

q u a r a n t i n e , b ut o u r p e t s s e e m now

that they

at any

time

of

tired to

of

the

b e l o v i n g i t,

are never alone and have

the

walks

d a y.

T h e q u a r a n t i n e i s e m p ty i n g c a t a n d d o g shelters around

the world. It

happened in

the

United States, Brazil, and many other countries.

A phenomenon is never seen before!

Whoever has a pet knows animals can do for of

the

us.

the

good

To avoid

quarantine and brighten

c o n f i n e m e n t, p e o p l e d e c i d e d

the

that loneliness

up the

to

adopt

a n i m a l s . I t i s a b e a ut i f u l g e s tu r e . A n d right because

the

they

are

benefits of having a pet at

h o m e a r e a tt e s t e d b y s c i e n c e .

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In

the

physical dimension, our gain is

enormous. In

the

s p i r i tu a l ,

the

gains are

even more remarkable.

Especially for

those who

suffered from a

ty p e

of disorder

l i k e d e p r e s s i o n a n d a n x i e ty, having

the

company of an animal

PETS ARE LIKE REMEDIES FOR US,

makes all

SCIENCE SAYS

They are like medicine!

Science says

the

that

already

animals can reduce

l e v e l o f s t r e s s a n d a n x i e ty a n d

the

difference.

WE CAN STILL EMBRACE! Humans are beings

that

embrace.

p r o v i d e r e l i a b l e e m o t i o n a l s u p p o r t.

It is an almost instinctive,

T h a t, b e f o r e

irresistible need.

the

I m a g i n e n o w,

quarantined

when we

world.

spend a moment

of social isolation, I have never seen

this

It is

who

very

to

rare

find someone

does not like

to

hug.

generation.

S o m e s tu d i e s p r o v e

that

babies

Having a dog or cat right now can mean

need hugs, kisses, physical

the

c o n t a c t. C a r i n g , l o v e , a n d

d i f f e r e n c e b e tw e e n a m e n t a l

warmth

breakdown and emotional balance.

are essential for

It is no coincidence

d e v e l o p m e n t, a s i m p o r t a n t a s

often

used to

help

that

treat

animals are p o s t-t r a u m a t i c

b a b y' s

meeting his basic needs. The hug

stress disorders. They also can assist in

is something

various treatments,

us

such as depression,

the

that

accompanies

since birth.

a n x i e ty, P a r k i n s o n ' s , p a n i c d i s o r d e r , heart problems, loneliness, and grief.

And

Animals heal and are great companions.

stopping? Our pets, our faithful

N a tu r e a n d g e n e r a l h a v e

and

healing s p i r i t.

the

the

keys

to

h u m a n b o d y, m i n d , a n d

Having a pet around during

isolation brings love and fun r o ut i n e , b e s i d e s m a k i n g and more balanced.

us

to the

healthier

who

can

tireless

we

hug

w i t h o ut

companions. In

this

pandemic, cats and dogs manage

to

satisfy

"t o u c h "

the

need for

the

felt by humans in

this

phase of social detachment and planned isolation.

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.

Is Loneliness Driving You to Addiction?

Here are Two Simple Strategies!

By Marcia Sirota, MD

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C

ovid restrictions lead

constructive ways of dealing with our

to addictions:

stress.

Reports have been coming

Phone calls and video chats are better

out lately about the rising rates of

than nothing, but they’re not the same

addiction since the Covid-19 pandemic

as face-to-face meetings. In part, it’s

began, and it’s no surprise. As people

because there’s no possibility of touch,

are struggling with uncertainty and

and touch provides us with a powerful

loss and feeling more and more out of

sense of intimacy and comfort. A warm

control in their lives. Understandably,

hug, a gentle hand on a shoulder, a

they’re turning to comfort food,

soothing caress all of these gestures

alcohol, and drugs to cope.

are missing from our “new normal.”

It’s challenging these days because

People are starved for touch:

along with the fear of becoming ill,

Since the pandemic began, many

the fear of our loved ones becoming

of us have been experiencing touch

ill, or the financial strain, the job

deprivation. We’re missing out on the

stress, and the grief over what – and

emotional and mental health benefits

who – we’ve lost, we’re more lonely

that gentle touch can bring.

and isolated than ever before. A recent Ipsos poll shows that more

But even aside from the lack of touch,

than half the Canadian population

people are lonelier and more isolated

feels lonely and isolated these days.

than ever. According to former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,

Paradoxically, the best way we can

loneliness became a severe problem

cope with stress is by surrounding

even before the pandemic began.

ourselves with people who care.

Now, with the social restrictions, it’s

Within our family, our circle of friends,

become even worse. Virtual contact

and our community, we find the

might help a bit, but it doesn’t put

support that gets us through the

a dent in the profound loneliness

most challenging times. But when

people feel.

the Covid-19 restrictions are depriving us of this healthy way of coping,

We need to be in the presence of

inevitably, we’re turning to less

those who care – and it’s the one thing

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we can’t have. So, given that our most

gratification. They know that they have

important emotional support source is

to make sacrifices today for a pay-off

currently restricted, it’s not surprising

tomorrow.

that we’re defaulting to addiction.

Covid-19 is an unprecedented situation, What do we do, then, when we’re

but for those familiar with deferred

lonely, but we can’t be with our loved

gratification, it’s also an opportunity

ones? We have to find other ways to

to practice this skill. We understand

cope.

that we have to hunker down and give up what we want at the moment to

Here are my two simple strategies for

successfully navigate the pandemic

dealing with loneliness during the

right through to the end.

pandemic:

1. Deferred gratif ication:

With deferred gratification, we can see the big picture and recognize that

Deferred gratification is the ability

there will be other family gatherings,

to put off our pleasure-seeking or

other sports games, other dinner

comfort-seeking behavior for later. It’s

parties down the road. Right now,

the ability to wait for what we want

the most important thing is to keep

rather than indulging ourselves at the

ourselves, our loved ones, and our

moment.

communities safe—this way so our cities can reopen and our economies

Deferred gratification is a high-level

can start up again.

coping strategy that’s used by the most successful people in our society.

Deferred gratification is not the same as

I used it a lot during medical school.

abstinence. Abstinence is about forever

I’d study intensely for an exam, and

giving up the thing we want; deferred

then afterward, I’d reward myself with

gratification is about waiting for the

something nice. That’s how I was able

right time and the right circumstances

to get through those grueling four

to finally have what we want.

years.

2. Successful self-soothing:

Successful CEO’s, professionals, and

My other strategy for coping with the

entrepreneurs understand deferred

loneliness of the Covid-19 restrictions

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is successful self-soothing. Instead

will help you deal head-on with

of numbing ourselves through

the needs and feelings underlying

over-eating, drinking, or using

your cravings so that you can beat

drugs – what I call “unsuccessful self-

the urges and be free of addiction,

soothing” – we can compassionately

once and for all.

recognize our feelings of hurt and loss and give ourselves the real emotional

Instead of letting your loneliness

comfort we need right now.

due to Covid restrictions drive you toward obesity, you can work the

In my book, Emotional Overeating, I

four steps and be free of cravings

go through the four simple steps to

forever. In the book, I walk you

successfully self-soothe to feel better

through each of the four steps so

and break free from overeating or any

that you can get the most out of

other addiction.

the process.

Whether you’ve been fighting off your

The four steps to overcoming

urges or giving in to them, this book

addiction are:

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• Face your needs and feelings head-on

The more we use, the more we crave,

• Grieve your hurts and losses

until we become trapped in the

• Give yourself the love and validation

vicious circle of addiction. That’s one

you deserve

reason why stopping a substance cold

• Silence the negative self-talk

turkey can help overcome addiction.

The false solution for addiction:

But we can’t stop eating, so with

In my years as a psychotherapist,

food addiction, abstinence isn’t

I’ve dealt with innumerable people

the solution. We have to deal with

who’ve struggled with addiction. I’ve

our deeper feelings and needs. To

seen how their habits were the “false

overcome over-eating, we have to

solution” to their unmet emotional

learn how to self-soothe successfully.

needs and unhealed emotional wounds. I’ve taught them how to

Loneliness is detrimental to your

overcome their addictions by giving

mental health:

themselves the love and healing they

Loneliness is painful and bad for your

really needed.

mental health. Deferred gratification and self-soothing are two simple

Overcoming addiction was no longer

strategies to help you get through

a “one-day-at-a-time” battle but

the Covid-19 restrictions without

rather, a simple act of substituting

succumbing to addiction.

the “false solution” of addiction for the real solution found by working the

And if you feel like it’s too much to

four steps.

deal with on your own, please don’t hesitate to reach out to a counselor or

Another thing I discuss in the book is

therapist who can help you develop

how addiction creates a vicious circle

these two strategies for coping

of craving and using: when we over-

successfully with these trying times.

eat, drink to excess, or use illicit drugs, these substances cause the release

— Sign up here for my free bi-weekly

of the brain chemical dopamine.

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Dopamine gives us an instant rush

— And tune in to my ongoing

of euphoria, but it also increases our

YouTube video series on Coping With

cravings.

Covid.

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Metaphysics

Karma and The Golden Rule CAUSE AND EFFECT & THE HARM AND BENEFITS

By Cathedral of the Soul OM TIMES | January 2021

U

sually, when we experience

Karma isn't fate. Nor is it a

drastic changes in our

punishment imposed on us by

personality or in our way of

some external agent. We create

acting or thinking, we may

our own karma. Karma is the result

start to consider the bad things that

of the choices that we make every

happen to us as karma for having hurt,

moment of every day.

deceived someone, being selfish, or

Tulku Thondup

even for thinking badly without any foundation.

In other words, we find ourselves

THE MEANING OF THE WORD KARMA

experiencing a kind of return from all the negative actions that we once

The best way to understand the

practiced.

concept of what is called karma is to realize that everything and everyone

"The first step towards a cure is to

around us has its own energy, just

know what the disease is"

like ourselves.

Latin proverb It means that every time we interact However, it must be borne in mind

with the universe around us, these

that it is not only the negative

actions produce particular energy

attitudes considered on the scales

that can be good or bad.

of balance. Our cheerful, altruistic, charitable, and benevolent actions

The word karma has its literal

also return to positive karma for our

translation precisely under this

lives.

concept of "making and collecting the entire field of physical, verbal,

The association of karma as

and mental actions."

something negative comes from the human being's natural tendency,

This particular web of the energies

which is to remember more of the

generated in each action and

adverse events because being hurt or

every step we take end up creating

hurting others usually marks much

situations. Many times we cannot

more in our memories than pleasant

recognize the real damage we cause

and joyful moments.

when we act unfairly with someone.

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How each one will receive these energies may be different. Therefore,

CAUSE AND EFFECT

the human being tends to react in a

At this point, one can better

much less indifferent way when going

understand what karma and the law

through the same situation.

of cause and effect mean. They are one and the same. They are basically

By experiencing the other side of the

about balance and understanding.

coin, we create greater empathy for

It is about getting feedback from

others' feelings, and we can understand

your actions directly experiencing

their reactions. Only through the

its causes is undoubtedly a very

learning of compassion, we awaken

effective way of understanding your

a compassionate heart. We learn

actions' magnitude.

the spectrum of our actions, and we become aware and responsible for our own attitudes and thoughts.

Karma teaches us the Golden Rule

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However, as mentioned, the concept

The concept of reciprocity (it

also applies to the positive return of

resembles the same blueprint as

energies, or positive karma. Even if

the Karmic Teaching) occurs, in

these do not mark us in the same

some form, in almost all religions

way as more bitter experiences, the

and ethical traditions. It can also be

attitudes that result in goodness

explained from the perspective of

must produce energies rich in positive

psychology, philosophy, sociology,

charges, which will surround us with a

and economics.

magnetism conducive to happy events.

Psychologically, it involves Everything you say, every thought

developing empathy with others.

you entertain, and everything you

Philosophically, it consists of a

do have a direction, which serves as

person perceiving his neighbor as

an advance or a retreat regarding

an "I" as well.

your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has

Sociologically, "love your neighbor

bottom-line consequences; therefore,

as yourself" is applicable between

everything counts - this is the golden

individuals, groups, and individuals.

rule of excellence.

In economics, Richard Swift, about

Gary Ryan

David Graeber's ideas, suggests that "without some kind of

The ethics of reciprocity, also called the

reciprocity, society could no longer

Golden Rule, is an Ethical teaching or

exist."

moral principle that can be expressed as a positive or negative injunction:

This idea of positive or negative return, always in accordance

Each must treat the others as he would

with a magnetic aura that we

like him to be treated (positive or

are responsible for creating,

directive).

demonstrates the personal control over what happens in our lives and

Each should not treat others the way

that we must plan for the future by

he would not like him to be treated

assuming responsibilities without

himself. (negative or prohibitive form, or

placing all the weight of the acts

silver rule).

and destination decisions.

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We grow as individuals as we face challenges and overcome life’s obstacles. This section is dedicated to helping you chart your course

Personal Growth & Development

How to Clear Your Spirit and Seek New Direction After Hardships

E

by Meghan Belnap

ncountering hardship is

can take when you're looking to find a

something that can make

new direction in your life.

your life turbulent, both temporally and spiritually. If

Allow Yourself to Grieve

your goal is to get past your troubles, then you must learn how to clear your

One of the most important ways to

spirit once again. Below are steps you

heal your spirit after a time of great

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hardship is to acknowledge what

a rough time, you must spend some

you've been through. Learning how

time in a place that's as nurturing and

to grieve for what once was and the

supportive as possible. In this case,

opportunities that are now gone

a home may not be your physical

can be emotionally challenging,

home, but that place where you feel

but it is also incredibly healthy.

the most love and safety. Taking

Whether you do this through

some time to rest, recuperate, and

therapy, meditation, or through a

recover is often an excellent way to

more personal process, you need

clear your spirit and to get ready to

to learn how to come to peace with

take on new challenges. Come closer

the fact that your life has changed.

to your support system in your family or friends as part of your re-centering

Sometimes, this will mean taking

so that you are not alone in your

time off work and cutting down on

struggle.

other responsibilities while seeking counseling. While you may feel

Seek out Advice

like doing so is setting yourself backward in life, taking the time

Seeking out spiritual advice is often

to work on yourself, especially with

a distinctive way to figure out your

professional guidance, will help

new direction. Whether this means

you come back stronger from

consulting with a psychic, speaking

hardships. It is better rather than

with a minister, or even having

letting it be yet another weight

your cards read, taking the time

dragging you down. As long as you

to get guidance about your next

plan to get better and are daily

move can help you eliminate some

working toward your goal, you are

of the worries. While professional

not wasting time.

psychologists are extremely helpful and sometimes essential for those

Re-center Yourself at Home

struggling with their mental health, many people find great comfort in seeking spiritual guidance from those

Home isn't just where the heart is.

who share their belief system or who

It's where your soul is at its most

have a unique insight into spiritual

complete. If you've gone through

matters in general.

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Make a Clean Break

new place or cutting contact with

For many, it's not just the late

be as simple as leaving behind a

hardship that holds them back

creative project or throwing out

from healing but rather the

old clothes. Regardless, taking the

ties to that time of their lives. In

time to remove the old reminders of

extreme circumstances, it may

hardship can clear up your ability to

be necessary to make a clean

think of a brighter future. Allowing

break and to start over again. For

the past to hold you back will only

some, this means moving to a

cause greater regrets in the future.

certain people. For others, it may

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Determining a new direction is

Meghan Belnap is a freelance

never as easy as it sounds. You

writer who enjoys spending time

must come to grips with the

with her family. She loves being

changes in your life, allow yourself

in the outdoors and exploring

time to heal, and learn how to

new opportunities whenever they

move forward. It is only after

arise. Meghan finds happiness in

accomplishing these tasks that

researching new topics that help to

you'll be able to make the right

expand her horizons. You can often

decisions about where your life

find her buried in a good book or

should go next.

out looking for an adventure.

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Let Go of the Little Things in Life

By Guy Finley

W

e all know what it is

as trying to take away our anticipated

like to be held captive

desire.

by the little things in life. Those petty

Here is a shortlist of these little

concerns and small desires steal their

troublemakers that often make big

way into how we look at our lives and

trouble for us whenever we mistake

pit us against anyone or anything seen

them for being our friends:

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• Unrealistic expectations that others

we think that we are the only one

should treat us only as we imagine

on earth who suffers emotionally in

they should

the way that we do, and then comes that moment when, in lashing out

• Strong attachments to even the

at someone for being so uncaring

smallest and strangest of our

about our situation, we not only see

possessions

that he or she is suffering as well, but also that we are the cause of it.

• Pressing convictions that no one else sees things as clearly as we do

Or maybe we’re lucky enough to be with someone who has less in life

• Nagging resentments from relationships past and present

than we do, but who is willing and happy to share what little he or she has despite what tomorrow might

• Perfect certainty that no one

bring. In such moments, if we still

is permitted to interrupt our

have a human heart, we realize in

pleasures

humility that we have been blind to the existence of our own greater

How can we say for sure that these

estate.

conditions are little more than big nothings in the scheme of things?

In some moments, we make this shocking but incredible discovery.

We have all been through those telltale moments in our lives when,

We have been lost in a little part

due to a crisis of some kind beyond

of ourselves, unconscious of the

our control, we are momentarily able

influence of our own self-centered

to see where we had lost sight of what

desires, as well as of the cost this

was really worthwhile.

unsuspected selfishness exacts on everyone around us.

Perhaps we are the kind of person who is always complaining about

Even more important than this

some small ache or pain, and then we

initial revelation is the following

suddenly learn that someone we love

one that appears within our new

faces a life-or-death challenge. Maybe,

awareness.

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By the faintest light, we can now

us what we need and where to look

see that we had mistaken ourselves

for it, if we listen closely enough, we

for someone we are not! And in this

can hear what our True Self would

same self-awakening, we are granted

have us know:

that first priceless glimmer of selfknowledge that is sought after by

Whenever we start to feel small, it’s

all who would uncover the truth of

only because we have unconsciously

themselves.

identified ourselves with life’s little things. Learning to let go and to live

We are beginning to see that we have

in the Now is the same as catching

been playing host to an unconscious

ourselves, holding onto what limits

nature that is not only blind to the

us, and then deliberately dropping

world it binds us to, but also that

these self-imposed restrictions.

would have us believe that its little selfdom is the same as the actual

Guy Finley is an internationally

great estate of our True Nature.

renowned spiritual teacher

How can such a deception take place

author. He is the Founder and

in us and go undetected? We would never willingly agree to be the blind agent of that which makes another human being ache, let alone hurt our own chances to grow into a kind and compassionate being. And yet, the evidence reveals that we are indeed living under the sway of selfcompromising influences that are

and bestselling self-help Director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit center for transcendent self-study in Merlin, Oregon. He also hosts the Foundation’s Wisdom School — an on-line selfdiscovery program for seekers of higher self-knowledge. Guy offers 2 talks on GoToWebinar,

invisible to us.

open to the public every week.

The higher, yet still Hidden Self of ours

Question-and-Answer session

Each lecture is followed by a

beckons us to realize and enter into a more extraordinary life. And though its whispered wisdom often gets lost in the din of all the other voices that tell

with the audience. These talks are free to anyone who wants to join in. To register, visit www.guyfinley.org/online

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Books

Renowned spiritual teacher and scholar, Acharya Shunya, welcomes us to unshackle our minds and claim our birthright of freedom, wholeness, and joy through the perennial wisdom of ancient yoga in SOVEREIGN SELF. This book makes the profound teachings of yoga’s most influential texts both accessible and immediately practical for modern spiritual seekers.

There’s a reason that the Vedas, a 5,000year-old collection of celebrated verses from ancient India, have given rise to several world religions and influenced Western thinkers from Emerson to Ram Dass—they provide us with a uniquely accessible and effective path to liberation and sovereignty. With SOVEREIGN SELF, Shunya shares a comprehensive and masterful guide to the wisdom of these classic texts so that each of us may emancipate ourselves from restrictive belief systems and discover our true nature—that which is always whole, joyful, and free.

Filled with hidden insights and engaging guidance, SOVEREIGN SELF will help you awaken and recognize your potential to be joyful, resourceful, abundant, limitlessly expansive, and sovereign.

For more information, or to purchase the cards, click the cover or visit:

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