September B 2018
Cover Story 24
Dr. Cassandra Ohlsen Enlightened Eating: The Eightfold Path to Health
Spirituality 42
46
Is Your Mind Spinning Out of Control? The Best Rejection
OM Living 54
58 66
How to Avoid Creating and Raising a Narcissistic Child Why It's Important To Take A Compliment 6 Invaluable Lessons for Creating an Abundant Business
Relationships 74
80
The Negative Power of Pseudo-Positive People Sustainable and Affordable Ideas to an Unforgettable First Date
Metaphysics 84
88
8 Signs Your Guardian Angel Wants Your Attention Awareness, The Salvation of the World
Personal Growth 96
Facing The Myth of SelfWorth 100 Why Is It So Easy To Be Negative 104 Facing Fears: The Miracle of Courage 108 When Our Fears Make Us Invisible 96 Facing The Myth of SelfWorth
Books 116
The Untethered Soul Card Deck
Dr. Cassandra
Ohlsen: Enlightened Eating Interview by Lisa Berry Would you change your relationship with Food to save your health and our Environment?
Omtimes.com
Lisa Berry: I was gifted and able to read this book called Enlightened Eating, and I’ll tell you, it was a bit of a scary start at first, for usually when we ask for there to be light shed on something, a subject, we don’t always know what that’s gonna be. We don’t know what’s going to be revealed. So, I am so happy to bring on Dr. Cassandra Ohlsen, and she is the author of Enlightened Eating. And the beautiful subtitle to that is The Eightfold Path to Health, and it truly is. I want to share a little bit about Dr. Cassandra Ohlsen with you. She’s an MD, and she’s a diplomat certified in internal medicine. She received her medical degree from Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Ohlsen has practiced medicine for 25+ years and has lived and practiced in the Monterey area for 20. Her dedication to global health led her to Africa and India, where she worked with Mother Teresa at her Home for Dying Destitute and her children’s home in Calcutta. Before Monterey, she had a medical practice in Pasadena, CA and taught “The Art of Being
a Doctor” at USC School of Medicine. Dr. Ohlsen also cared for the medically underserved at a Los Angeles clinic helping to rebuild community health after the Watts riots So, Enlightened Eating is her first book, and I’m just so happy to welcome you, Dr. Ohlsen. Thank you so much for sharing this time with us. Dr. Cassandra Ohlsen: Oh, thank you so much, Lisa. Lisa Berry: Aw. You know, I was--I really--I started the book, and I thought, ooh, I can’t wait, Enlightened Eating, I love plantbased diets and a way of having monk philosophy. But then, you started talking about the reality of food and where it came from and came from. And you really do shed light on a very difficult for so many levels, we have to have that light shed on these things. Dr. Cassandra Ohlsen: Yes, it’s true, it’s true. You know, Enlightened Eating is about changing your health by changing how you eat, and it also changes how you think and acts with regards to Omtimes.com
Is your mind spinning out of control? Do th is ex erc ise. By John Holland
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you beating yourself up because you’re not doing what you said you would do for this year? Are you overloaded at work so much, that you don’t have time for yourself? Omtimes.com
Is your mind running, running, running with negative thoughts, which can so quickly become selfdestructive? If this sounds familiar or resonates with you right now – then ask yourself: “When was the last time I checked in with myself?” I bet it’s been quite a while! STOP right now and read the rest of this newsletter! Firstly, it’s important to realize that your soul has been trying to get your attention – possibly for a long time! As a psychic and a medium, I believe that most of the drama in our lives manifests when we don’t live by our innerguidance. Your soul knows what it wants and what it needs. If you’re not in alignment with it, then your life can easily become offbalanced, and the outside world then manifests what’s happening on the inside. Equally, there will be times in your life when your soul is screaming out to you. You know the times when the thoughts resound loudly in your head: “What am I doing?” or “I really should get a grip on my life!” or “I can’t keep living this way!” When you find yourself asking these questions,
it’s usually during a particularly busy, emotional, or traumatic time in your life. This is a big clue that your soul is trying to reach out to you. I call these moments: Soul Cry Outs. Your soul is yelling at you saying: “Hey! I am here, and you haven’t paid any attention to me at all lately. I can help!” At times like this, it will send clear signals to your psychic and physical senses depositing markers along the way, even in your dreams. Don’t ignore these, please! The power of the soul has no boundaries, and I even believe that meeting a stranger who somehow brings with them hidden messages is not an accident. Your inner-guidance can bring up a thought, an action, or even manifest a situation in your outside life to get you to STOP and think of what’s happening in front of you. Next time this happens, and you’re faced with a decision or choice, try asking yourself: “What would my soul want me to do?” In today’s society, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-today routine, adopting the same schedule every day, over and over, without ever stopping to think of anything else. We pull away Omtimes.com
The Best Rejection
When composer George Gershwin was developing his career, he contacted his esteemed role model Maurice Ravel and asked if Ravel would take him on as a student. Ravel, Omtimes.com
familiar with Gershwin’s work, rejected him, replying, “Why become a second-rate Ravel when you are already a first-rate Gershwin?” A true teacher does not inculcate students to replicate the teacher, but instead inspires students to discover their own greatness and bring it forth. It is said, “A true teacher makes himself progressively more unnecessary.” The word “education” derives from the Latin educare, “to draw forth from within.” In many ways modern education, by contrast, seeks to “pound in from without.” Certainly we can learn facts and glean guidance from experts. What we do with those facts and guidance is an inside job, the results of which create results unique to ourselves in all the universe. A friend of mine was studying with a brilliant Shaman in New Mexico. One
day she asked him, “How can I be more like you?” He replied, “The way to be more like me is to be more like you.” The message was that the shaman’s talents sprang from tapping into his authentic self and letting it shine. The student’s talents would spring from her allowing her authentic self to shine. Emerson said, “Imitation is suicide.” You can follow in someone else’s footsteps, but then you must find and walk your own path. My mentor said, “The student should strive to devour the teacher.” A student should absorb all that the teacher has to offer, and then go beyond the teacher. To simply replicate a teacher’s method or material is an insult to the teacher and the student. I am always excited to hear when one of my students takes what I have taught her, adds to it, and develops her own unique curriculum incorporating
Omtimes.com
How to Avoid Creating a Narcissistic Child 6 steps to guide you how to do it. By Omtimes Finding a narcissist is increasingly common in this age of self-awareness. Here’s how not to create a narcissistic child!
Omtimes.com
You as a mother think that your children are unique, and, in a sense, you are right. But avoid creating a narcissistic child! We know that each and every one of us is unique and singular people. However, continually telling a child that she is special exaggerating her abilities can cause adverse effects. We cannot fail to mention that this problem also has a genetic component and depends on other environmental factors. We want to give some steps on how to avoid creating a narcissistic child. You will see that the key is a balance. 1. Encourage the child’s performance without forgetting to teach about humility It is always good to assist your child make every
effort to do any job and to stay motivated to achieve their dreams and desires. Nothing in life is attained if there is no support or if there is no self-motivation and discipline. The motto, in this case, would be “Be the best you can be.” Encourage your child to feel good about their achievements, but always showing that he is no better than other people. You should help balance this balance between having confidence and at the same time maintaining humility. 2. Beware of privileges The concept of narcissism could be defined in the phrase “I feel that I am the center of the universe.” This is a self-perception about the environment that children develop from the relationship established primarily with parents.
Omtimes.com
Why It’s Important To Take A Compliment by Leigh Burton
Why isn’t a big deal when someone speaks the incredible words “ThankYou.” There is much more to the gift of a compliment or being appreciated than we might think.
Omtimes.com
It feels so good to be shown that we are appreciated. Even a simple look and “Thank-You� that can catch us off guard can make the world of difference in our day. While we most often minimize the value with a response that it is our job or that we felt inspired to give of ourselves, it still feels great to experience recognition for our efforts. Especially if our efforts are merely given because we can. It is easy enough a task to recognize and acknowledge that which we appreciate in others because we are naturally inclined to give from the space that is our heart. A thank-you, a handshake, a hug or a smile is easy enough to do, and it tells a story of how what another has done is observed on a personal level. The effort to express gratitude tells a story of appreciation.
Is there anything more valuable that we can give to another person? When we share our appreciation, it motivates the recipient to acknowledge what is good about who they are. It empowers them to continue with what their strengths are, and use them for the better good. Most importantly, it gives them an opportunity to practice another moment of self-love. While living life with gratitude, and the generosity to share with someone else what makes them unique, special and valued, should we not do the same for ourselves? There are so many things that we can do to practice gratitude for who and what we are for ourselves as well as others, but there are two conditions we can achieve that will take self-love to a
Omtimes.com
6 Invaluable Lessons for Creating an Abundant Business By Jackie Lapin
John E. Fetzer found as much joy in his quest for spiritual enrichment as he did in the wealth he acquired building a financial empire that ultimately made him the sole owner of the Detroit Tigers
Omtimes.com
from 1961 to 1983 and put him on Forbes Magazine’s list of 400 richest Americans. And that may be the most valuable lesson that he offers us today. He maintained that these two were not mutually exclusive and, in fact, his connection to a higher consciousness was integral to his success building wealth from the foundation of his radio and TV stations, to his investment in the burgeoning cable television industry and to his culminating acquisition of the Tigers. As related in the new biography John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age, author Brian C. Wilson shows how Fetzer was a forerunner of the New Age Movement. Brian C. Wilson explores multiple paths to find true “freedom of the spirit” via the insights of emerging spiritual leaders, movements, and approaches - Eastern and Western - including Theosophy, Freemasonry, UFOlogy, parapsychology, and Buddhism, among others.
After reading this revealing book, I believe the conclusions that Fetzer came to during his quest -- and personally lived by -- provide valuable guidance to anyone seeking to accelerate his or her own business growth and wealth. Here are a few tenets that I think can be gleaned from the John E. Fetzer playbook of success: “Money is energy,” he often said. For Fetzer, spirituality was a recognition that all is a spirit, which he conceptualized as eternal, conscious energy that, if one were open to it, would inevitably lead one back to the “great central source.” Everything consists of this energy-even money. And if one understands this connection and taps into it psychically, then wealth and success, he believed, were within one’s grasp. This meant to him that money was to be used in the service of good since business success and wealth could only be spiritually uplifting if used for love and service. Although immensely
Omtimes.com
The Negative Power of Pseudo-Positive People By Marcia Sirota, MD
Tara Parker-Pope just published an interesting article in the New York Times about the health benefits of spending time with positive people. She recommends that if we want to be healthier, we ought to
Omtimes.com
spend less time with negative people and a lot more time hanging out with positive ones. It seems self-evident that there would be benefits to associating with those individuals who are optimistic, supportive, generous and kind. It’s obvious that this would be preferable to being around people who are angry, spiteful, jealous, hostile or undermining. The article got me thinking, though, about people who seem positive but aren’t. What if you’ve been hanging around with some friends who you thought were positive people when in fact, they weren’t? What if they were in fact, pseudo-positive individuals? You’d want to know this, wouldn’t you? Especially in the light of all the research, Ms. Parker-Pope quoted in her article. In fact, I believe that as much as there’s value to spending time with positive people, there’s a detriment to associating with the pseudo-positive ones, and
I’ll explain my reasoning for this in a moment. So who are these seemingly positive people who aren’t so positive after all? They’re the people-pleasers of the world; those unfailingly nice, helpful, generous folks. They constantly do for everyone around them, both personally and professionally. The people-pleasers never say “no,” and they never confront you about anything they don’t like. They never directly express anger at you, and they never ask directly for what they want. They’re always there for you, no matter how inconvenient it might be for them. On the surface, these seem like great people to be around. They’re always helpful, and they never complain about anything; they’re always available, and they never refuse a request. But doesn’t that make you suspicious? Is it possible for a human being to be so genuinely and consistently helpful and never have needs of his or her own?
Omtimes.com
Learn the 8 signs for when a Guardian Angel wants your attention By Humanity Healing
We all have at least one, from the moment we are born, a Guardian Angel who is always by our side and spiritual guides who are with us in the most delicate phases of our life. Learn to identify the signs that
Omtimes.com
your Guardian Angel - or your spiritual guides - are trying to tell you something important. Our Angels and spiritual messengers are always around and are willing to communicate with us in different ways. Usually, they inspire our thoughts, which come to us as “sudden ideas,� as if someone had whispered them in the ear. Sometimes, because we are in an especially important point in our life (often without being aware of it,), The communication should start. It may not be a difficult period nor a crisis, but there is a subtle transformation within us, or being in a period of change, of the which we are aware of only a few months later or because we really need help, our guardians seek more direct contact with us, leaving messages ready to be deciphered by us. Learn to (re) know them and know how to use them for what they are: precious help! 1. The room temperature changes Has it ever happened to you
to be in a room of the house and, suddenly, to feel cold or, on the contrary, sudden access of heat? Unless weather conditions are particularly wobbly on that day, your Guardian Angel, or a friendly spirit, is likely to want to make you feel that you are close to you. This happens especially when we are in a new situation or when we go to a place for the first time, being particularly noticed when it happens in an interior space, where the changes of temperature are improbable. 2. Repetition of number sequences It has certainly happened to you to look at the clock and to mark a repeated sequence, such as 11:11 or 14:14. When that same sequence begins to appear more and more times, signs, written on the walls, etc ... then there is a message that you NEED to receive. 3. Unexpected odors and smells If you are at home and suddenly smell that cake your grandmother used to make, or
Omtimes.com
AWARENESS, THE SALVATION OF THE WORLD By Marguerite Dar Boggia
Awareness of what? It is the awareness of the SOUL. Righteousness is only seen through the nobility of the Soul. It is the awareness of people between right and
Omtimes.com
wrong, justice and injustice, that will change the world. In the past, the World Teachers have urged us to follow the Laws of the Cosmos: to love one another, to turn the other cheek, to forgive, to recognize that we are all brothers of One Family. After every century, awareness of the people can be observed, when the majority reject prejudice, intolerance, injustice, animosity and religious dogmatism. Individually they have no power but when all the benevolent groups are united for a change of our obsolete economic system, then the Disciple: Humanity will be victorious. It will work with the Divine Laws of the Cosmos. In the world, we have leaders who support and work for COMMERCIALIZATION and GLOBAL DOMINATION1, through their banks and multinational corporations, not for the benefit of the people but for their own PROFIT and POWER. If they cannot create a vassal state through
economic blackmail, then it will create an enemy such as (in the past) the JEWS, the BLACKS, the MEXICANS; and in the present, the MOSLEMS, RUSSIA, and ISIS. They give arms and ammunition to those uninformed, emotionally focused fanatics, called ‘ISIS’ to CREATE a fundamentalist religious State. Then our hypocritical, duplicitous leaders will appear as Heros when they seek to crush the so-called ‘terrorists,’ which they created.2 Commercialization and its destructive COMPETITIVENESS are beginning to be seen as a hindrance to the well being of the people. Commercialization includes all projects with ONLY PROFIT in mind. This is now seen by the intelligentsia as the antithesis of progress. The Divine Plan is for the spiritual growth of ALL of humanity and not just for the few. All atoms, whether mineral, human or solar each have a rate of vibration, a color and a sound, a keynote. If we
Omtimes.com
Facing The Myth of Self-Worth by Andrea Mathews Many, if not most of us, are spending our lives seeking the sense of self-worth that we are promised. The time when we finally become “good enough” in whatever way we see “good
Omtimes.com
enough.” From infancy, we’ve been taught that there is a “good enough.” There is someplace, some psychic place, some happy place, some invisible but specific place out there somewhere in the future where we will finally feel that sense of worthiness that generates self-confidence and self-esteem. And we will know that we have arrived because we will see that we are good enough to have that selfconfidence and self-esteem. Until then, however, we are stuck with this sense that no matter how hard we try we can’t ever quite reach “good enough.” It remains out there somewhere. So we bargain with ourselves. “If I can earn a certain amount of money, then I will finally be good enough.” “If I can have that relationship, then I will finally be good enough.” “If I can get that perfect job, with the perfect mission, then I will finally be good enough.” “If I can find my purpose in
life, then I will do it, and I will finally be good enough.” We strive and wait and, wait and strive, but no matter what we do, no matter how much money we earn, regardless if the Universe drops millions of dollars into our laps, we still have this nagging sense that we are just not quite good enough. Often this is accompanied by a feeling that we should not have what others lack. Why do I deserve this house, this car, this relationship, this money when there are so many people on earth who do not have any of those things? That feeling, that question makes us feel all the more unworthy, for to believe we deserve those things, is to be arrogant, right? But all of this, ALL of this is based on the mythology that there is some worthiness that we must earn. And all of that is found in the paradigm of duality. Duality says that we are separate from each other and the divine and that separation is a result of our fundamentally evil natures. That mythology has spread so Omtimes.com
Why Is It So Easy To Be Negative? by Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Scientific research shows we have more positive experiences than negative. Why then do we seem almost to cherish the negative and forget the
Omtimes.com
positive? This article discusses how our brains are actually wired to remember the negative and how in our society today we are exposed to so many negative happenings around the world. How do we begin to embrace the positive and become responsible for our own happiness? By noticing the good happening all around us. Scientific research shows that we have three times more positive experiences than negative!!! And yet we are so attuned to the negative and so blind to the good! Why do we embrace the negative and shun the positive? It is our habitual negative bias. In the midst of so much perceived gloom, the truth is we are bathed in a light more than ever! And as we learn to practice gratitude for what we have instead of worrying about what we don’t have, we find God truly loves us as we are. One reason we cling to
the negative is that we are exposed to so many negative happenings around the world that most of the information we get through our eyes or ears is about what is wrong all around us rather than what is right. Research also shows that we are programmed to retain negative memories more than positive ones as a survival mechanism. If we forget to run when a tiger is approaching, that is life threatening! Taking time to smell the roses was not as important for our survival. Therefore, we are so prone to this negative bias in our programmed brain that takes a conscious effort to retain positive memories. Research again shows that if we are to retain a pleasant memory, we have to hold it in our conscious thoughts for a longer time than a negative memory. Due to this negative feeding from our external environment and our innate internal programming, we
Omtimes.com
What to do, When Our fears make us Invisible By Cathedral of the Soul
In our childhood, we may not have any fears, any shame, and worries. We May have been confident in ourselves and our abilities, and so our light shined bright. But as we grow,
Omtimes.com
our self-confidence tends to be challenged and to diminish, and fears tend to arise that make us invisible. The desire to be invisible comes from all the social and cultural beliefs that we acquired and assimilated through life. Those fears will solidify as we grow older and undergo many experiences. As we know, our opinions and beliefs have a tendency to limit us. For example, if we think we’re going to make a mistake in a presentation and that actually happens, we probably will not want to talk in public at a later date. In fact, we can get quite convinced that we’re bad speakers when that’s not true. Some of the beliefs we have only promote our fears. Fear of being alone, fear that nobody wants us, that no one pays attention. Fear of not having the perfect family, not taking the best grades at school, disappointing others or failing to reach goals. These fears that make us invisible lead us to recognize with specific labels that do not match us. Our greatness scares us
We live in a society that continually throws us down, leading us to compare ourselves with others and to analyze in detail all our faults. Where are our strengths? In the shadow. They are ready for us to look at them, so they can come to light and thus be aware of our potential. Shadow work is essential to our personal development. Where do all these fears that make us invisible begin to take shape? Usually in the family environment, in the context where we spend most of our time, which is almost always our safety and comfort zone. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness that most frightens us. –Marianne Williamson When we are different, and our behavior is not expected, safety disappears, and sometimes we are afraid. For example, in a family where traditional work is valued, if a family member is engaged in art or a programmer, or a freelancer, he Omtimes.com
OMTimes Media, Inc. PO Box 1333 Oil City, PA 16301 (571)-2OM-TIMES ©2009-2018 OMTimes Media
All Rights Reserved MMXVIII
Please review the
OMTimes Reprint Policy Contact our Advertisement Team:
advertise@omtimes.com