September A 2018
Cover Story 24
Nick Ortner - My Magic Breath
Health & Wellness 44
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7 Ways to Recover from Emotional Burn Out Healing Through Different Dimensions Late Summer and the Doyo
Spirituality 62
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Do You Know How Powerful You Really Are? Our Soul’s Evolution through the Mind’s Eye
OM Living 72
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Feng Shui, Mini Mountains and Mini Lakes Nurturing the Muse Vastu, The Yoga of Interiors
Relationships 88 94 98
5 Ways to be Emotionally Independent In a Relationship Evolving to a Compassionate Outlook Is Technology Making it Harder to Find Love??
Metaphysics
104 Crystals Associated with Strength 112 Unity Is Our Salvation
Personal Growth 120 How to Access the 3 Parts of Your Core Creativity 124 The Seven Levels of Inspiration
World Vision
130 Are There Animals That Are Not Sentient?
Books
138 My Magic Breath
Interviewing
Nick Ortner OMTimes Sandie Sedgbeer
Nick Ortner is probably best known as the New York Times Best Selling Author of The Tapping Solution series of books, which have helped millions of people across the globe find
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freedom from mental, physical and emotional pain, stress, and challenges. A leading teacher and proponent of the benefits of Meridian Tapping and mindfulness, Nick Ortner is now advocating for teaching tapping and mindful breathing in schools and to preschoolers to help them deal with the escalating stresses of everyday life as well as the trauma and anxiety of specific situations. Sandie Sedgbeer: It’s been said, Nick, that despite all our modern-day advantages, today’s children and youth are facing one of the worst mental health crises in decades. Is this what inspired you to write your latest book on tapping, My Magic Breath, which is designed as an entry level mindfulness tool for preschoolers? Nick Ortner: Yeah, absolutely. You know, those early are so formative and we can be influenced by so much around us. Kids have influences that they’ve never had before. We
tend to forget that cell phones and iPads and all this different media coming at us and social media is really very, very new and certainly nothing that I experienced. If I think back just to my childhood, which, having just turned 40, wasn’t that long ago, none of these things existed. And it provided for, you know, a different life experience. It comes with good and bad, and what we are trying to do with My Magic Breath is to mitigate some of the bad¾i.e., not slowing down enough, not taking the time to breathe, to be present, to just be in the world. Sandie Sedgbeer: I recently hosted an online summit on rethinking education with Daniel Goleman, Daniel Siegel Siegel, and Congressman Tim Ryan, who secured funding in 2009 to teach mindfulness in classrooms in his congressional district. Given what’s happening on the world stage, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised at the news that stress, depression, anxiety and mental health issues are on the rise, not just among adults but also among adolescents and children. But, what surprised me when I Omtimes.com
7 Ways to Recover from Emotional Burned Out By Omtimes Learning to accept our circumstances and letting everything flow around us can be one of the best ways to avoid exhaustion and emotional fatigue.
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Feeling fatigue or emotional tiredness is pervasive no matter who you are or what you do. This fatigue is due to our ability to think and establish our life experiences. Each experience generates a feeling when we pay attention to it, and we become aware of it. If all this brings you negative energy, it is very likely that you have trouble staying healthy and well with life. If you have reached this point, continue reading as we will tell you how to cope with emotional exhaustion to regain your energy. Here we give you ways to deal with this burnout. “The Self Care Formula is simple-NITO(5R). Nutrients In & Toxins Out in the 5 Realms (Mental, Emotional, Physical, Environmental, Spiritual).” –Nina Leavins 1. Make an inventory of your emotions We are all emotional beings, whether we live negative or positive emotions during the day. These can allow you to evolve or stagnate depending on the way you face them.
Ideally, you learn to release them to maintain your wellbeing and balance. To control your emotions, first be aware of them. Learn to breathe deeply and try to understand what you are feeling Those are necessary steps to get a hold of useless waste of energy. When you get used to breathing, grounding, and centering, you will be able to respond to challenges in a more well-adjusted and sensible way. Best of all, your interpersonal relationships will also benefit from this sense of balance 2. Practice radical self-love Another way to combat emotional fatigue is to learn to love yourself. This emotion must be not only sincere but complete. Your uniqueness is a rarity, and the faster you a accept it, sooner you will be able to discover things about yourself. For instance, get to know what is your default attitude when you are practicing Omtimes.com
Healing through Different Dimensions By Jill Mattson
Dimensions - this word implies intellectual stuff that people are far from understanding, but surprising there is much we already know about the
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crazy idea of dimensions. For starters, a dot belongs to the first dimension, whereas a line links to the realm of two dimensions. Width, height and length link to the third dimension. We add the energy of time. We have another dimension. And seriously, would we really think that with all the possibilities that there are no other dimensions? Even science has shown mathematically the existence of theoretical dimensions. So, what do we know? The dot is a small part of a line. Let’s use the lines to draw designs for a paper house that we construct that have a width, height, and depth. If we were the dot, we would make decisions on the information contained with the dot. If we were the line, we would make
decisions based on the “line information,” and so on. But notice that more energy is contained in higher dimensions. In ancient times medicine men and mages used meditative techniques and brain entrainment processes to allow their minds and emotions to go to other dimensions, and retrieve information. Back to our example: surely the dot consciousness would benefit by knowing all of the information that the line knows - the line holding potentially infinite dots. Likewise, throughout the ages man has gone to higher dimensions to retrieve information to make a “bigger picture” decision. Perhaps our future selves reside in another dimension, or other selves live in a parallel dimension or a higher dimension. Today, perhaps we could go
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Do You Know How Powerful You Really Are? By John Holland
I wonder if we all really know just how powerful we really are? The same energy that makes up the heavens, the universe, and every living thing is also the same energy that is part of our soul. As souls - we are all connected. I’ve noticed. Lately, there are Omtimes.com
three popular words I’m seeing everywhere, namely: Intuition, Empathic, and Soul. These are hot topics, and I feel more and more people are seeking wisdom inwards instead of finding the answers in the outside material world. Let me ask you this simple, yet powerful question: “Do you
understand the workings of your own soul?” I’d like to show you how to use and trust your soul’s sense of intuition and appreciate that the power and energy of love are vital to your soul’s wellbeing. A great way to start living as a ‘soul’ is by acknowledging and repeating: “I am a soul.” When you say these words, your soul resonates with what you’re expressing, and your consciousness expands even more. It’s a constant process of reminding yourself that you are more than this physical being. This will bring you back to your soul’s awareness. You will feel the effect as you make that connection. It’s important to remember, that regardless of the image we project outwardly, it’s our inner-self that generates the responses, inspires such tender emotions, and forges lifelong connections. I find it helpful when I have a tough decision or when I feel confused about what direction I’m supposed to take, to pause and ask: “What does my soul want me to do? What does my soul need at this time?”
No matter who you are, where you’ve been, or what you’ve done, you always have the freedom of choice to begin living a spiritual life, to start living from the soul. You may be saying: “But I really wasn’t nice to people,” or “I’ve lived such a bad life.” Whether you’ve lived a life of a tyrant or an angel, you’re still and always will be a soul. When we focus on what lies within, rather than what’s on the outside, then we become more aware of the forces that draw us together—the power of the soul. As a soul, please remember that you have a piece of God, the Divine Source inside you always. It’s a package deal. As you’re human, you have a soul, and as a soul, you have all the power that goes with it. It doesn’t discriminate, exclude, or condemn. No matter how much you may ignore it —or at times abandon it—your soul will never leave you. All it asks is that you turn to it, be open and receptive to its divine wisdom, as it only wants what’s best for you and your highest good. Live a Soul-filled life!
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Our Soul’s Evolution through the Mind’s Eye By Judi Lynch
As our knowledge of science, space and the human mind increases the new energy of thought is being born. So much more is yet to be discovered about what lives
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inside the consciousness of our human brains. There is proof all around us that thoughts create energies which can heal, inspire and yes, harm. Ideas create reality, our continuous exploration and examination have given us new clues and keys to life. If we are the kind of people who like to learn, grown and explore with an open mind, we are changing the workings of our brain and thus the properties of our DNA. Spirituality plays an incredible and necessary role in human evolution. Yes, many humans are in fast forward with the process because of their thoughts, actions, lifestyles, and attitudes. Continually learning and growing but with the empathy, compassion and understanding that humanity depends on. Still, many others are resisting this growth by carrying
on human traditions and practices that they have always known. They also give valuable information which helps humanity by helping others to remember our history and spiritual practices. Constant progression of the mind, body, and spirit will result in longer life and quality of life because we grow wiser all the time on how to keep our bodies in balance. We are learning how to keep the mind and the consciousness healthy as well. Our personalities can be understood, and our reactions can turn into healthy responses. Of course, this is why people go to see mental health professionals. To help evolve their feelings into understanding and healing to live a better life. We seek spiritual validation and connection to help us process the rapid changes in life, to help us deal with losing our loved ones.
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Feng Shui, Mini Mountains and Mini Lakes by Kartar Diamond
By the time we get down to making Feng Shui recommendations for the interiors of a home or business, we are focusing on the details. And yet, this is
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what many consumers think is the grand total of a Feng Shui analysis. Historically, the lay of the land was of premier importance. How a person or a whole town prospered came from the influence of nearby water features, be it the ocean, a river, lake or at least a pond. The “cement” pond, as the Beverly Hillbillies used to refer to their swimming pool, is also a sizable water feature for any property, containing thousands of gallons of water. And yet, by the time we are introducing an interior water fountain holding mere quarts of water, this is a detail. Likewise, large groups of people in towns or cities can be directly influenced by the hills and mountain ranges close by. Are those mountains full of animal life and greenery? (Yang mountains). Or are the mountains dry and seemingly lifeless like a sand dune? (Yin mountains). The quality and energy of a mountain can determine the health and
well-being of the people who live close by. When we get to the miniaturized “virtual” mountain such as a brick pillar mailbox in front of a house, boulders, or the raised flower bed in the backyard, this is a detail too. When Feng Shui started its trendy craze in the 1990’s, people were using the phrase “The Art of Placement” to describe Feng Shui, and yet this was really diminishing the true scope of Feng Shui, to say the least. Feng Shui book sections were mingled with the Interior Design and Organizing sections at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Consumers were given the impression that they could win the lottery by moving a piece of furniture. The natural, and now manmade, the exterior landscape can have just as much, if not more influence on your life as which way your bed is turned, or your desk arranged. But we do what we have control over. Even I, as a consultant, am not going to harp on the fact that some of my clients live
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Nurturing the Muse by Diana Raab
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our daily goings-on that we forget to give ourselves creative nourishment. The term muse comes from the original Muses who were the nine daughters of the Greek God, Zeus. In today’s world, a muse may be thought of as a
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source of creative inspiration. A muse can be either a person, situation or even a fantasy. In Ray Bradbury’s book, The Zen of Writing, he writes: “What is The Subconscious of every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse.” Bradbury believes that they are two names for the same thing. It’s been said that people and situations nourish our subconscious, in fact, some people so favorably tap into our subconscious that they provide us with ongoing creative inspiration. It’s a good idea that we surround ourselves with those who inspire or nurture us—those who exude positive, creative and nourishing energy. Another way to nurture the muse is to spend some time doing some serious people-watching. Writers often make this their past-time. After all, being a writer is a fulltime job. Writers are professional eavesdroppers. We get inspired when we hang out in public places, such as restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, hotel lobbies, shopping malls and doctor’s offices. Fiction writer Honoré de Balzac was known for sitting in
Parisian cafes for hours, writing and watching people. So, we should back up our journals, turn up our hearing aids and head out! When in public places, it’s a good idea to jot down nuggets of conversations as it tunes us into the everyday muses. After performing this task for a while, it becomes a habit. Before long, we notice the utterances and situations which resonate with us. Maybe we choose to write about them. It’s important to be alert and mindful of capturing these gifts from the muses in our environment. As a writer, Bradbury says that there are many different ways to nourish the muse, and one ritual he advocates is reading poetry every day. “Poetry,” he says, “is good because it flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition.” Poetry is the voice of the soul. Poets help us see a slice of the world in a way in which we might not have observed it before. They highlight details to cast a light on a feeling, an image, or an event Poetry also helps offer insight Omtimes.com
Personal insecurities, low self-esteem, and the need for affection lead to emotionally dependence on our partner. Knowing how to identify the symptoms of this problem
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can prevent depression and loneliness which are challenging emotions to overcome. Not being emotionally dependent on the partner is a state that many people have problems reaching. Those who depend emotionally on their partners engage in the relationship to the point where they believe that they are one. What’s worse, when your partner comes to be your only priority. Those who depend emotionally on their partner need their consent to do anything, however simple it the tasks may be. They just sit still for fear of not having enough ideas. In general, there comes a time when emotional dependence is so strong that they lose autonomy over their emotions.
What do you do to not be subject
and emotionally dependent on your partner? 1. Maintain the family bond The family is the primary nucleus of people’s emotional development. Some make the grave mistake of gradually moving away from parents or siblings when they form a couple. Maybe because they do not have a firm bond or perhaps believe that all the time now belongs to their new relationship. 2. Do not turn away from friendships Friends are a precious asset that every person should care for and preserve. There are those who, when starting a relationship, begin to reject invitations that they had previously been looking forward to. They stop making plans with friends because they are already boring or a waste of time. In fact, we tend to turn them away
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Is Technology Making it Harder to Find Love? By Maria Sirota, MD.
You’re too young to remember when people went on dates and actually talked to each other, without the intrusion of technology into their interactions. Maybe you can’t
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remember a time when people just hung out together and connected. I can, and I have to say, I miss those days. It used to be that people could really get to know each other by spending time together. We’d talk about all sorts of things – our hopes, dreams, and fears – until we began to feel that ineffable thing known as a “connection.” Today, technology is ubiquitous. We bring our phones everywhere and look at them dozens, if not hundreds of times a day. We spend more time interacting with our technology than we do with the people in our lives. And all the time we spend with our technology is making it harder for us to connect with other people. Recent studies bear out this notion. I wrote an article in 2016 about how our addiction to technology is making dating even harder than it usually is. An NBC poll from 2015 showed that more than 70% of Americans believe that technology is making our
relationships weaker. A 2016 Time Magazine article by Mandy Oaklander quotes a study published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture, which found that “people who were more dependent on their smartphones reported being less certain about their partnerships,” and that “People who felt that their partners were overly dependent on their devices said they were less satisfied with their relationship.” Everywhere you go, you can see how technology has changed the way people interact. I was out last New Year’s Eve, having dinner in a nice restaurant. Across from us, a young couple sat with their faces buried in their phones. I felt so sad for these youngsters who were missing out on the fun and fulfillment of human connection because their priority was to focus on their phones. These days fed up musicians and venue managers are more often insisting that concertgoers lock up their phones in a Yondr pouch or leave their Omtimes.com
Crystals Associated with Strength The power behind Earth’s minerals can be felt the minute you put a crystal in your hands or near your physical body. Crystals are the treasures of the earth. These stones are filled
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with energy to be used. Any crystal can give you strength as they are all sources of life energy! Some of the best crystals for both inner and out strength include Azurite, Chrysoprase, Citrine, Garnet, Lapis Lazuli, Rhodonite, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Selenite, Smoky Quartz, Tiger Iron, and Green Tourmaline. They can be used for awareness, inner strength, grounding, enlightenment, power, outer strength, better understanding, and transitions. Azurite Flowers: These stones are approximately 3/4 inch each. They activate the brow, and throat Chakra brings more assertive communication and alertness, quite, deep access to the subconscious and other times/places/lives. Psychicness, creativity, decisiveness, deeper insight, seeing the truth, reduce depression, anger, abnormal cell growth. Referred to as the jewel of wisdom. It is said to increase psychic abilities. The deep blue stone helps you release the past and gracefully
anticipate and accept the future simultaneously. Cultivates the ability to reach into the subconscious and examines states of mind. This cleanses the mind and makes one more capable of insight and pure thought. Helps one recognize the resources within themselves. An integral part of many crystals and gemstone-healing layouts. Also enhances meditation. Chrysoprase: This stone allows greater flexibility, wisdom, generosity, and self-confidence. Heal’s depression, excess selffocus, emotions/sexual imbalance. Placed on heart, neck, or on brown for meditation. This stone uplifts the Heart Chakra. It soothes the energy of the heart when you are heart heavy. It, therefore, brings internal peace, harmony, and contentment. This stone symbolizes clarity of thought. It soothes the central nervous system and creates calm. It is a stone that leads its user to new and intellectual
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How to Access the 3 Parts of Your Core Creativity
Whenever we’re challenged to jumpstart our creative process the old technique of brainstorming or collaborating with others who are also struggling to be creative on
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demand, isn’t going to cut it. The world is changing rapidly, and people and workplaces need true innovation ideas. Trying to “figure out” what to do can waste valuable time because, in an ordinary state of consciousness, you end up relying on outdated formulas and patterns. When we’re in this state, it’s as if our mind’s Wi-Fi signal is too weak for the really big ideas to load. That’s when we need the strongest creative force there is, which is what I call core creativity. Core creativity is the creativity that comes from the very center of your being – the unconscious mind. You are accessing this deep, core creativity when the ideas are flowing, and you feel as if they aren’t even coming from you but from a source that is infinitely abundant. When your mind opens the portal, core creativity can download like the ultimate software program for achieving ground-breaking creative ideas. I’ve been coaching clients and executives, treating individual patients in my Los Angeles Institute, and doing workshops
and presentations to the public and organizations for decades. Recently, I was speaking about mindfulness and creativity to a hundred staffers at a tech company, and I asked, “How many of you are here because you want to become more creative?” Almost everyone raised his or her hand. Then I asked, “How many of you are here so you can learn to concentrate and focus your mind?” About half raised their hand. What good are focus and concentration if you don’t know where to aim it—if you have no creative vision? We were taught to think that creativity is only for the chosen few—“creative types” with “an artistic temperament.” Wellmeaning adults in our lives taught us to shut down our imagination and get serious about our futures very early on so we could conform to systems that were created long ago. Now those systems are changing dramatically. We’ve got people micro dosing, taking very small doses of hallucinogenics to jumpstart their creativity at work. The Beatles and Steve Jobs both took LSD, but they stopped Omtimes.com
The Seven Levels of Inspiration by Daniel J. MacIntyre, M.A.
“Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see” – William Newton Clarke We all want inspiration in our daily experience, but how do we create more of it? Feeling inspired is a natural
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desire of most people, and therefore we anticipate it and eagerly await its return. Even though we can’t pinpoint its origin, we can quickly recognize when it captures our emotional state. We feel alerted, excited, creative, and full of zest! Suddenly, we are ready to go for something new, and we’re not even sure quite why. This is the intense spiritual quality of inspiration! Inspiration, unlike its hardworking cousin motivation, is self-propelling and often accomplishes far more significant things with far less effort, because it’s power is greater and therefore can do more with less. It’s like comparing a Boeing 747 to a private jet. The difference in power is felt in any setting, and you can easily distinguish between someone who is struggling to get motivated and someone who is truly inspired. Like every spiritual principle, there are easy steps to transcend to higher levels of inspiration. Here are the seven necessary levels of inspiration and how to exceed each one.
Level 1: Ideas Ideas are the starting point of all inspiration. Creative ideas and insights are the results of searching your mind for something new and different. All healthy people do this. Ironically, a sure sign someone is struggling with depression is their inability to come up with new ideas. As soon as depression subsides, there are new ideas and hope resumes. How to transcend: Solidify your ideas by writing them down. Have an idea journal where you can analyze your personal thoughts and intentions. Keep an ongoing dialogue with yourself about the ideas that interest you. Contemplation leads to revelation! They will ultimately give you the courage to move forward to the next level. Level 2: Expressing Creative Ideas to Others This level requires courage because we are putting our private thoughts and intentions into the minds of others. Sharing your personal insights and new ideas is indeed a big step for many. Many of us are taught from a very young age not to do
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Are there Animals that are not Sentient?
BY CATHEDRAL OF THE SOUL
Sentient animals. Do you know what that means? The human being, in general, tends to disqualify what he does not know because there is a mental weariness in seeking to understand that which is new and, in many ways, different from us. In the same way, many people resist when others raise the flag for the struggle for recognition of animals as sentient beings because this status implies recognizing that these beings have fundamental and essential rights, such as life, freedom, dignity.
We say that a being is sentient when we recognize and accept that he is able to feel, to experience feelings as pain, anguish, loneliness, love, joy, anger and fear.Â
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EVOLUTIONARY LOGIC AND NON-ANIMAL LIVING THINGS The possession of a central nervous system is what allows animals to have feelings and To really grasp the meaning of sentience in animals, we need to define the term. The word Sentient derives from the term SENTIRE from Latin and means to FEELTo recognize that animals are able to experience feelings like pain, anguish, loneliness, love, joy, and anger and that those aren’t just the privilege of the human being, but of all animals is a step towards a more conscious and enlightened society.
experiences, only animals have such systems. No other living being has a nervous system, among all organisms present in our biosphere, no being such as plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, and archaea has such a structure. None of them has a mechanism for transmitting information similar to what is present in animals with central nervous systems. According to Singer's definition (2002), sentience is the capability to suffer, to feel pleasure or happiness. It is the competence to receive and
Beings that do not have a central nervous system are not sentient. This includes bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants and some animals. There is a possibility that some animals with a simplified central nervous system are not sentient either, but this is an open question and still cannot be resolved by modern science.
react to a stimulus consciously. Being aware is synonymous with having experiences, which can be positive or negative for individuals. It may be that beings other than animals possess different physical structures that fulfill the same function as a central nervous system, this is to be decided by scientific research. In this way, we assume that this type of organized system would be equally complicated to present the same result as a sentient organism.Â
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