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Due to the great success of the last group meditation, I’ve decided to host another.  The moon comes back around to Taurus in the waxing cycle  on 3-18-2010.  I will be hosting a group abundance meditation the evening of Thursday March 18th. Mark your calendars!  Participation is free.  When we work together, we create abundance for all.

More details coming soon.

~ Today, Wednesday (3-10-10) @ 4:59pm EST, the Moon will v/c until 12:42am Thursday morning ~

I rounded out the turn through Capricorn by having a meeting at the school.  I was ambushed.  I was lead to believe there’s be 3 of us.  There was 5.  I had to address my issue with each person in turn, in front of all.  Uncomfortable?  Yep.  But I knew I was doing the right thing.  I knew I was on the side of the just and that I would prevail… and I did.

This evening I need to find peace.  Let go of any anxiety that’s left over from the meeting today.  Time to shake it off and start anew.

~ When She rights her course @ 12:42am EST, She’ll move into Aquarius where She’ll remain, from Thursday early morning until 7:57am EST on Saturday (3-13-10) ~

My almanac says: “Aquarius is a rebellious energy.  Time to break habits and make abrupt change.  Personal freedom and individuality is the focus.”

Aquarius is quite inventive and ingenious!

~ Moon Manifestation Tarot Card ~

*Three of Cups*
This card made me giggle. The three of cups is all about emotional connections to friends, community, family, etc..  It’s about getting out there and making connections and having FUN and enjoying yourselves.  I giggled because it can also represent finding companions.

~ My Plan: Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon ~

Another spot on tarot card for me with that gorgeous moon I adore so much in a perfect house to support my plans and ideas!  I truly adore this amazingly magical life I’ve been given :)

See, about ten days ago, I was feeling sort of lonely and wishing for some new, real live people to be around.  I went to my favorite metaphysical store just looking to at least be in the energy I was seeking, and it was there in that energy that the reason for my being there walked through the door.

I met the most wonderful woman there that day.  We talked in the store and had much in common.  We exchanged business cards and went our separate ways.  Well, the day before yesterday I decided to call her and invite her to lunch.  We have a lunch date on Thursday.

I’m really looking forward to learning about her and chatting about great things over good food.

I will take the advice of the moon and tarot and spend my next few days focusing on my individuality and my individual needs.  I think maybe it’s time to go out with some old and bring in some new.  Ya know?  Just reevaluate my habits and how they are or aren’t serving me.

And the three of cups has me connecting on an emotional level with new friends and old alike.  There is always much to celebrate!

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Today I have an article for you that I’m reprinting.   Anyone who knows me knows that I live my life according to synchronicity.  I wanted to give an example of synchronicity but nothing came immediately to mind, so I decided to use the restroom and wait for Hubby to leave so the house would be quiet and I could think more clearly.  Oddly, I ended up with a synchronicity for an example.   Here’s a short and funny story….

I typed out the first two lines of this post and then went to the restroom.   While in there, I saw a magazine I’ve been meaning to reread.

YESTERDAY, I was getting ready to leave the house and just go out and I picked up my little silver hoop earrings.  Holding them in my left hand, I could see the silver of my earrings and the gold of my wedding rings, and I remembered an article I read somewhere once, quite a long time ago.  It talked about playing up your skin tones by finding out if you have warm or cool tones.   To check, you hold up silver and then gold to your skin.  One of them should look better against your skin than the other.  Gold speaks of warm tones and silver speaks of cool tones.  Easy enough!

So this morning, I saw this magazine under 2 books and a small collection of clothes that’d been tossed up onto the shelf for safe keeping.   I reached up and grabbed it, looked at the cover, then flipped absently through a few pages of ads and landed on a word filled page where I could begin to read/skim through.  As my eyes focused upon the first few words, I found myself looking directly at the article snippet I’d previously read a year ago about the warm and cool skin tones.

Now here I am, recounting my delightful synchronicity to you as an introduction to the one and only Deepak Chopra.  If you’ve never read any of Doctor Chopra’s work, I very highly recommend it.  He’s very synchronicity, God, quantum mechanics, inner = outer reality; esk. LOL

My very very very favorite book of his, which I have, covered in marginal notes and yellow and orange highlighter pen, is The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence.  In my humble opinion, this book is like reading about where God meets and interacts with science.  It made sense of a LOT of things for me.  It took Spirituality and Law of Attraction and defined them scientifically showing how they are the same things and the actual mechanics of how LOA works and why.

Anyway… without further ado, I give you Deepak Chopra on synchronicity.  Enjoy and Happy Tuesday *)

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by Deepak Chopra, M.D., New Age Journal

SynchroDestiny

From time to time, we’ve all experienced coincidences that seem to be
endowed with special significance. Perhaps the phone rings with a call from
a long-lost friend just as you’ve been thinking about that person. Or
you keep hearing a certain word or phrase in your reading and conversation.
Or something that you dreamed suddenly appears in real life. The Swiss
psychologist Carl Jung coned a word to describe these moments of
meaningful coincidence: “synchronicity. ”

A synchronicity is a coming together of seemingly unconnected
events. If you focus your attention, you may recognize that your life is shaped by
those moments of meaningful coincidence. You may even be able to nurture
and participate in those moments in a positive way. Together, this
awareness and intention make up what I call your SynchroDestiny.

In any aspect of life, attention and awareness foster growth.
Whenever you focus your attention on a subject or phenomenon, the object of your
attention will grow stronger. The more you become aware of meaningful
coincidences in your life, the more often you will encounter them.

Moreover, meaningful coincidences are well worth your attention.
According to Vedic tradition, there are two characteristics that define a
person on the path toward enlightenment: First, a sense that worries are
disappearing. Things may go wrong, but they don’t bother you anymore. Second, in
every area of your life, you become aware of a growing number of
synchronicities.

Most people experience at least one coincidence in their lives during
a single day. If you do not, don’t worry. Just cultivate an attitude
of relaxed attention and intention. Nature is built on an infinite
number of coincidences, and their presence in your life will soon become
apparent.

SynchroDestiny and the Conscious Energy Field

Although synchronicities may seem like events that just happen by
themselves, SynchroDestiny is definitely something that must be learned. But
this shouldn’t seem at all intimidating. After all, many things that we
take for granted in our everyday lives are actually learned behaviors and
responses.

Even the nature of the physical world is something that we learn
during early childhood. We are told that the whole truth about things is
available to our senses. Thus, when you look at a table, what you see is exactly
what’s there in space and time. It’s a piece of solid matter composed of smaller
pieces of solid matter all the way down to the level of subatomic
particles. This is a materialist interpretation of reality. It’s the way almost
everyone lives day in and day out.

But there is another philosophy, according to which the world that we
perceive through our senses is only a version of a deeper reality.
The Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato, for example, taught that the world
of our senses is a distortion, a mirage–like a shadow playing across a
wall. Many historians believed that the Greeks were influenced by spiritual
thinkers from India, where the idea of a deeper reality has a very long
history.

In Sanskrit, the word “maya” refers to the illusion that we perceive
the true nature of things through our senses. But we’re really seeing only a
very selective aspect of reality. That’s because beyond the manifest
physical universe, there is a field of energy, information, and intelligence
that orchestrates and governs the material environment. This ground-state
of creation is the conscious energy field.

The conscious energy field does not exist independently of our
perception of it. In other words, reality is a two-way street. We are both
transmitters and receivers of information. We are both the creation and the
creators of the conscious energy field. We are participants in a consciousness-
created universe.

This doesn’t mean that there’s no external reality, or that the
universe takes place inside our heads. What it means is that the physical
universe has no qualities or attributes in the absence of a conscious
observer.

For example, we see color as an attribute of physical reality. When
we look at an American flag, we see red, white, and blue. When we look at
the grass, we see green. But colors are not really inherent to the reality.
Instead, the phenomenon of color is a response made by the human nervous
system to stimuli from the environment.

We experience color as if it’s happening outside us, but we’re
actually projecting it from inside us. Color does not exist in the absence of
our observations. We create the phenomenon of color in the conscious
energy field. And we can create other phenomena as well, including
meaningful coincidences.

The Power of Intention

The power of intention is a critical factor in all areas of life.
Simply by intending to create synchronicity in your life, you can nurture that
result.

In Vedic teaching, there is an important concept relating to
spiritual evolution and the role that cosmic intention plays in our lives.
This is the concept of “dharma,” and understanding what dharma means is essential
to bringing synchronicity into your life.

“Dharma” is a Sanskrit word that refers to the natural path a person
is intended to follow through life. Your dharma is your destiny–but it
is destiny without any hint of compulsion or force. On the contrary,
your dharma is the path of least resistance. It’s the course that is most
right and most nourishing– that brings you the greatest fulfillment and the
most happiness.

Each of us has a gift, a special purpose that we alone can give to
the world. This is our individual dharma. We are meant to discover and share
this unique gift. When we do, we have achieved our true purpose in life.
If you are in harmony with your dharma, you will always remain anchored in a
sense of purpose and meaning.

Exercise: Finding Connections

To begin, just look around at the environment you’re in at this
moment. Pick out a certain detail. It may be from the color of the wallpaper of
the room you’re sitting in. It may be an image on a magazine cover. Keep the
image clearly in the mind for a moment.

Now listen to all the sounds that are in your environment. Is there
a conversation going on in the next room? Is there a radio or
television playing? Is someone using a loud lawnmower outside your window?
Pick a sound and hold it clearly in your mind.

Next, pick out some object that’s nearby and touch it. It can be a
coin, a book, or even a cat or a dog. Whatever it is, touch it with full
awareness, feel its texture, and pay attention to whether it’s hard or soft,
cold or warm.

You’ve had three experiences- -one of sight, one of sound, and one of
touch. Now give each of those experiences a one-word name. If your
experience of sound was of a baby crying, you could call it “baby.”

Over the next 24 hours, pay attention to how those words reappear in
your life–and to the memory of the sensory experiences linked to them. As
you look for those words and sense-memories, you’ll discover a series of
synchronicities associated with them. If you turn those words into
omens through the power of intention, you’ll encounter a series of
meaningful coincidences derived from those omens.
This is truly an exercise in using SynchroDestiny. It can also be a
step toward enlightenment, a step toward a richer understanding of your
destiny and how mysterious and magical your life really is.

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Well, I’m delighted to report that I count last week as a total success!
I didn’t get to one of the things I’d intended to see, but I know I’m resisting it, so I guess I’ll have to figure out the why of it so I can move forward.

Before I get into the moon manifesting portion, I wanted to talk a little about why I’m doing this. Why I’m writing this series of posts every Monday (except the one I missed..shh).

This little weekly publication I’m doing is part of my New Years Resolution & Theme Word. This theme word is a fantastic idea I got from my friend Annie. And while I don’t really believe in new years resolutions, there is a goal I wanted to spend time focusing upon in the coming year.

As soon as I read about Her theme word on her blog, I immediately knew what my theme word was. It’s been the theme surrounding my entire life lately. Becoming. What I’m Becoming. Who I’m Becoming. Thing is, I have been, Becoming, for a long time now. It’s just that I can actually identify what I’ve turned into, so now my Becoming is on a much more conscious level.

Which brings me to the resolution part. I’d set a goal on the winter solstice to more consciously walk this path I’ve chosen and allow myself to Become (there’s that word again) the person whom I feel pulled toward being.

This is where The Moonday Manifestor comes in.

This is real for me. What I write. Here in this little publication and in every other that fills my blog. It’s my life and how I feel and what I think and what moves me to write. Right now, the moon moves me.

So as I talk about which house the moon is in and when and what that means to me and how I’m planning my life to take that into consideration, it’s truth. It’s my real life. It’s something that I’m doing to focus myself upon my path and the Becoming of Myself.

It’s a small thing, but it’s an action. It’s SOMEthing. I’m pointing myself in the direction in which I intend to travel. That’s all we really need to do. Know where the end destination is, and then do SOMEthing that points you in that general direction. Then listen to the Universe speak all around you and allow it to move you with the flow.

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~ The Moonday Manifestor ~

~ Astrologically ~
That beautiful moon entered Sagittarius at the end of last week @ 7:04pm on Saturday and will remain in that house until Tuesday (2-9-10) @ 5:43am when it will enter Capricorn.

My almanac says: Sagittarius encourages flights of imagination and confidence. This moon sign is adventurous, philosophical, and athletic. Favors expansion and growth.

 

~ Personally ~
Here I am, expanding and growing. Right now as I research my celestial love and plan my life around Her energy, I grow. I’ve been having flights of imagination propped up upon some confidence and it’s been feeling wonderfully.

The business I’d spoken briefly of starting last week didn’t manifest the way I thought it would, but that’s life. Full of surprises. It certainly didn’t fail to manifest, it just wasn’t what I had in mind. But it’s all good because this way is even better. I’m going to continue letting Sagittarius encourage my imagination. Each moment spent imagining my outcome is productive.

And speaking of athletic, I’ve decided to start doing yoga again and had my first stretch of it this morning. Pun intended. I’m feeling like a punny girl today :)

 

~ Astrologically ~
The moon comes into the house of Capricorn on Tuesday morning (2-9-10) @ 5:43am and stays through til Thursday morning (2-11-10) @ 7:39am when it goes void of course until 6:24pm.

My almanac says: Capricorn develops strong structure. Focus on traditions, responsibilities, and obligations. A good time to set boundaries and rules.

 

~ Personally ~
Tuesday & Wednesday will assuredly hold responsibilities and obligations for me. I must go to our rental house and spend a good portion of time this week cleaning and painting. These 2 days are looking like the days.

Traditions are also important and being that Wednesday is the day Kris and I get together for brunch and coffee, I’ll be sure to be available for her and plan my obligations around our time together. I have my volunteer time with the second graders @ school Wednesday morning anyway so I guess it’ll be an afternoon of obligation preceded by a morning of giving, kindness, great friends, and good coffee. Sounds like a good day to me!

It’s good to know that these are the things that need my focus most and the Universe not only supports me in what I’m doing, but almost seems to be pushing me in the right direction.

Thursday morning (2-11-10) @ 7:39am the moon goes void of course until 6:24pm. That means chaotic energy and I will be found doing not much of anything. I take it as my resting period. I don’t worry about anything or work toward anything. For all intents and purposes, it is my magical resting period. I allow my life to just Be as it is and enjoy it. Purposefully. Maybe I’ll take the dogs on an outing. With the cold weather of late, we’ve not had many outings.

 

~ Astrologically ~
Thursday evening @ 6:24pm the moon will enter the house of Aquarius where She will remain until Saturday night @ 11:33pm when She will again VC until 7:23am Sunday morning at which time She’ll enter Pisces. Right before She voids Her course Saturday night, we welcome in a New Moon @ 9:51pm.

My almanac says: Aquarius is a rebellious energy. Time to break habits and make abrupt change. Personal freedom and individuality is the focus.

 

~ Personally ~
Thursday evening through bedtime Saturday night is spent in Aquarius. Habit breaking and abrupt change. Personal freedom and individuality. With that new moon coming in @ 9:51pm, when I wake up Sunday morning, the new cycle will have begun. I LOVE this time of the month.

According to Cafe Astrology *In the sign of Aquarius, friendship, brotherhood, group activities, social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, humanitarian efforts, or joining a group will be a strong focus on a personal level. New beginnings*

The “trying something new” and “humanitarian efforts” are the ones jumping out to conk me on the head so they will be my focus from Thursday evening through Saturday. I’ll let you know how that pans out next week!

 

~ Astrologically ~
Sunday morning @ 7:23am the January New Moon will right Her course and enter the house of Pisces where we will pick Her up again next Moonday.
My almanac says: Pisces has a focus on dreaming, nostalgia, intuition, and psychic impressions. A good time for Spiritual or philanthropic activities.

 

~ Personally ~
Sundays are wonderful in my opinion. As a child I was taught to “Remember the Sabbath and to keep it holy” and so I do. Sunday in my home is restful. Enjoyed. I garden and plant and meditate. We might work on our remodel, but that’s still holy. To us at least. It’s not about “out there”. It’s about in here. Us, our family, being together and loving each other and reconnecting to ourselves as much as each other.

Dreaming and nostalgia are naturally on my to-do list for Sundays. My husband and I will sit at the table with coffee talking of days past and manifestations to come. THAT is what I will be doing this Sunday.

We’re also going to be officially initiating a “Family Game Night” for Sunday evenings. We play together a lot, but not as regularly as we used to. I intend to remedy that!

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No, really. Regardless of what you do for a living or what mistakes you’ve made in your past. The fact that you are sitting in your chair, right now, reading this makes you awesome.

Today is Sunday and being raised Christian, I automatically observe Sunday as the day of Spirit. Not a day of rest really, but a day in which I consciously seek connection to Spirit in the things that I do. Sunday is the day I water and/or feed my plants. I enjoy weed pulling and gardening on Sundays too. There’s just something wonderfully grounding (pun intended) about having your hands in the dirt and encouraging the Spirit around you into growth.

I like to spend Sunday playing with my children. The 2 AND 4 legged varieties. It’s the day of relaxation, enjoyment, love, reflection, a counting of one’s blessings.

Sometimes I find myself completely struck speechless by the wonder that is me. And you. Us! We are amazing! Today is one of those times. In the spirit of our collective AWESOMENESS, I’d like to present you with this wonderful video. Deepak Chopra really has a way of expressing the magnitude of our divinity that I love.

Happy Spirit Day to you and yours! May you find a direct line to the Source of all that is good and be in peace.

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My friend K and I went to our local metaphysical store this past Tuesday. We get there and I park in the street so I had to get out and cross the street at a 45 degree angle toward the front of my van to walk up to the front of this store.

K came around the back of the van and I turned back to look at her and saw this big white truck over her shoulder as it was coming across the lift bridge in the harbor. She continued forward and started to cross the street but for some reason, I felt almost stuck in place and I knew, even at the time, that I was looking at that truck and looking for my Hubby.

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♥ Hey Everyone!

In honor of Day Spa Monday, I want to give away some stuff because I CAN!
I’ve gotten quite a collection of ebooks together. Here are eight of them for you.
You can download them from my page by clicking here.

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Take half an hour today…
What? You don’t have an entire, extra half an hour?
Then take 20 minutes… 15, 10.. you get the point.
The AMOUNT of time isn’t half as important as the fact that you’re TAKING it.

Take half an hour today and do something JUST for you. Something that will make you smile. Something that will make you feel good. Something you maybe don’t usually do.

Anything!

I like to soak in a tub and have a facial and polish my nails. It’s my girlie, relaxing, luxurious thing to do. My pampering. It’s wonderful. I deserve it! I work hard, even the weeks that I don’t.

Don’t have that much time? Read a magazine, feed the birds, take a walk, sit on a bench in the sun… ANYTHING that makes you feel good!

The Universe CAN NOT send you what you want if you’re also telling the Universe, at the same time, that you’re not worth it and don’t deserve it. People will always treat you the way you treat yourself. So will God.

Show the Cosmos that YOU think you’re special. That YOU understand how important you are to the organization of the world. That YOU know you deserve anything and everything you desire.

Once you know this for yourself, everyone else will know it too… But once YOU know it… REALLY know it… God will respond in kind.

Manifest the life of your dreams! You CAN do it! The very first key is to KNOW that you deserve to have it. Feel like you deserve it. Accept that it SHOULD be yours…… then you only need to allow it to come.

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~ Related Reading Resources ~

The Manifestation Wheel: A Practical Process for Creating Miracles

The Laws of Manifestation: A Consciousness Classic

Not Manifesting? This Book is for You!

Happy September Everyone!

This is going to be a brief post. I just wanted to share a couple things with you all this morning before I go off to enjoy this beautiful sunshine.

Firstly ~
I found this REALLY awesome website. It’s at ChoreWars.com. This evening when the boys get home from school, I intend to help them create their own characters and we’re going to play this game!

What you do is….
You create your own character in this “role playing” type game and every time you complete a real life chore, you log in and add it to your character and your avatar then gains power. Your family sets up their own characters and you play against each other gaining points and power by DOING CHORES!!!

I thought, WOW…what an awesome idea! So, I’m in!

Secondly ~
This one’s only for the girls! I found some very interesting ideas for relieving PMS and cramps. I’m going to give them ALL a try this month and I will let you know if they work. They sound promising. Check back the week of September 13th and I should have something to say about them by then.

Just for the record, they are… 1) Sleeping only 4 hours the night before you expect PMS. Apparently it corrects out of whack body rhythms and works for 80% of women. – 2) A topical pain reliever of lotion, almond oil, and 1 drop each of lavender, sage and rose oil. Supposedly will cut cramps in half! – 3) Taking 4g of flaxseed oil everyday is said to ease cramps and PMS symptoms by stopping the triggering of sharp uterine contractions.

If anyone has heard of or tried these before, I’d love to hear from you :)

Finally ~
I have been hearing a LOT about swine flu recently. I got this article from Dr. Mercola this morning and I wanted to repost it. I’m against vaccinations in the first place. I wish I’d have known more about them sooner, but alas, only one of my children has not been immunized. Anyway, here’s the article link. I hope you’ll check it out. It’s worth the read.
Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Disease

I’ll be back later on with a post about my chakra of the day.

Have a lovely day!