Tips to Spring Clean your Home: by Christan Hummel

As we enter into Spring, it is a time to clear out the old energies of the past to create a fresh space for the new seeds of our intentions to sprout. The start of Spring presents an opportunity to turn our attention to the new growth, new potentials, and new life beckoning, and clear out the energetic remanants lingering from the past, for a fresh new start. What better place to start than in our own homes.

While feng shui and space clearing have become a multi-billion dollar industry catering to the likes of corporate CEOs as well as Hollywood celebs, there are some simple techniques that any novice use to Spring clean the energies of their home or office to preparing the space energetically for the year ahead. These are simple Spring cleaning tips that will allow you to clear your space of the vibrational imprints of the past. Although these tips are by no means comprehensive, they will provide a quick and easy way to align the energies of your environment with your intentions for the year. These 6 C's of Space Clearing will empower you to sweep out the old and make way for the new growth of Spring in your environment.

1. Clutter: To our subconscious mind, clutter triggers images of stagnation, stuck energy and places where Life doesn't move. It usually represents the things we are resisting and where we don't want to put our attention. Simply put: clean out the clutter. Piles of laundry, papers, boxes, mail...whatever it is, when we see clutter, our mind equates it with chaos and dead energy. So make a point to dive into your clutter like a heat seeking missile. Go straight for it, you know where it lives! Put it away, find a home for it, if you use a pendulum or know dowsing, you can use it to help decisions about it, address it! Once you move that dead energy in your home, you will be surprised at how it moves in your life!

2. Corners: Keep them especially free of clutter as corners are the places where the Life energy or Ch'i of our environment comes to a stop like traffic at a four way stop sign. Co-create with your environment to discover the plants, artwork, or objects in your corners which will move the energy: the running water of a fountain, the flow of air represented by wind chimes, or even the life sustaining energy of a plant can be enough to keep the energy moving and flowing instead of stagnating in your corners. Follow your intuition and allow it to tell you what will make the space feel more harmonious, peaceful and joyful and redirect the dead energies of a corner. These energy transformers for the corners of your home or office will have a powerful effect, as your corners are special energy spots in the house.

3. Closets: Clean them out! They are the bowels of our homes and offices, the storage bins for old, dead energy. If you don't use it, loose it! Keep your closets clean, neat, and free of unwanted, old, unused items. Yes, you looked marvelous in that dress you've been holding onto for the last five years, and one day you'll loose that extra 10 pounds and will fit in it again, but for now, give it to a friend, or family member who can use it. When you loose that weight, you'll owe it to yourself to buy a new dress! Don't allow your closets to become black holes, or they will reflect that energy. Again, use your intuition let you know what you need to keep and what can be ditched to make room for the new.

4. Ceremony: This is sadly lacking in our modern society. Where we do have any kind of ceremony it is usually around a sporting event, food, or commerce. Ceremony is a time when we honor life, the seasons, and those aspects of living beyond the physical. It brings us in touch with the worlds beyond our everyday, and reminds us of a vastness of Life beyond our immediate attention. Make time for ceremony in your life and your home and you will open a doorway into another dimension beyond this one allowing fresh new ideas, inspiration and energies to flow into your home.

Rather than follow text books or receipes about which ceremony is "right" for your space, feel the unique connection you have with your space, and allow yourself to follow whatever ceremony you are guided to use. Look for a ceremonial act that seems to match your energies and the energies of your space to inauguarate the new energies of Spring. It could be a simple ceremony like a ribbon-cutting ceremony to initiate the new energies of your place, or popping of the champagne cork to signify the bringing in of the Spring. Whatever the ceremony, when you do it with intention and awareness that ceremony heralds in the energies of your intention in a much more profound manner than when we simply and perfunctorily go perform the same act. Even the simple ceremony of smudging a new dwelling can be quite profound when done with an awareness of the intention. Burning a candle each night and ceremonially letting the problems and worries of the day burn in the fire, is a simple ceremony and one which keeps the energies of your home clean and clear of the burdens of the day. Ceremonies to acknowledge and honor the ancestors of the past, through music, song or dance, is another way in which ceremony helps to keep the energies of your space clear and clean. Keep ceremonies simple and heartfelt and they will do wonders to keep the energies of your space aligned with higher dimensions and energies.

5. Consciousness: The power of this cannot be overstated in my experience. Where we put our consciousness, we put our life energy. Use this time to find the aspects of your home or office where you have vacated your consciousness, those closets, corners, and dead zones that you pretend are not there, or wish weren't. For some people, it could be a room where their dead parents used to live, or where the kids used to live before they went off to school, or the pile of paper in the office that calls out for help, but we pretend isn't there. Put your consciousness into that space, with intention, and yes, even ceremony, and notice the MAGIC that happens when you do! Energy flows where attention goes!

6. Cycles: There is a rhythm to Life, a time for growth, and a time for death. Cycles are important to observe: moon cycles are often used for planting, cutting hair, beginning new projects. Similarly, observing the cycles of the sun of day and night, being more active during the daylight hours, and winding down in the evening when there is less energy available. As well there are the larger seasonal cycles, solstices, equinoxes, and the times in between them (what the Celts called the cross quarter days.) When we are in tune with and align consciously with these cycles of nature, the rhythm of Life, we find more harmony and balance in our lives.

Spring is a natural time go forward and celebrate the energies which are coming out of the hibernation of Winter. How much more potent a time it is when we greet these new energy and enthusiasm unencumbered by the past. On Feb. 1st (ground hog's day) it was a time between the Winter Equinox and the Spring Equinox, traditionally honored by the Celts as the time to plant the seed of the new idea so that it may sprout in the Spring. Now that Spring has come, we can support those tender little sprouts of Life by clearing out the past and creating a space for them to grow and flourish.

When we follow these cycles, we harness the Life energy of the planet begin to dance to the same beat of Life. So by paying attention to the cycles of Life, we begin to work with them to receive the gift of their energy.

With some small investment on our part, we can dramatically change the energies of our environment making our homes a sanctuary to reflect our highest intentions and dreams.

© Christan Hummel, 2005.
All rights reserved.
Used with Permission.

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The Key to Ending Pain with Others By Barbara Rose

It has taken me 40 years to learn exactly how to free myself from pain with others. After reading the book The Dammapada I sat under a tree to contemplate, and meditate on the wisdom I was soaking in to the depths of my heart, mind and soul.

I remembered crying oceans of tears in my past, trying to "get it right" with relationships, and remembered going through tremendous turmoil as I slowly learned how to be authentic and genuine.

Then, I felt a deep and profound inner transformation as the words "give compassion and understanding" came into my mind.

It was one of the greatest AHA moments that have changed my life.

While sitting under the tree, divine wisdom poured into my mind and I am deeply grateful to be able to pass this wisdom on to you.

When someone does or says something that is upsetting to you, give compassion and understanding for where they are on their path, for where they are coming from, rather than try to "get" them to understand you.

When you are giving compassion and understanding, you are no longer trapped into trying to get the same compassion and understanding from the other person.

If someone you love no longer wants to be in your life, give compassion and understanding, rather than try to get them back.

If someone disagrees with your way of doing things, give compassion and understanding for their views, and then simply continue to do as you prefer.
There is no need to argue or debate. When you are giving, you are authentically awakened and empowered in the most altruistic sense a human being can attain.

If you are in a situation with someone who brings harm to you, remove yourself from that person completely, and give compassion and understanding for the level of growth they had at the time.

You see, when you are giving, you are living in the moment, and fully in charge, alive, vibrant, and are no longer seeking to get or obtain anything from anyone else. When you are trying to get something from another, such as approval, love, validation, permission, or anything else, this undermines the authentic power of your heart, mind, and soul combined. Once you give compassion and understanding you are free to BE who you really are, rather than dance around someone else's tune to "get" his or her approval.

Think about it; by giving compassion and understanding, so many disputes can be settled in harmony. So many things that another did or said can be taken into that place of compassion and understanding within you, which will free you from anger, sadness, pain, and turmoil.

How long have you tried to "get" compassion and understanding from others?
Probably decades! How far have you gotten? Probably not anywhere near where you are about to go.

With compassion and understanding as your guideposts in life, you can weather any storm. You are free to go with the flow of life, rather than try to create a new bend in a river. You are free to allow others their birthright to be who they are, without trying to change them. This in turn will free you.

The key to ending pain with others is to give others the compassion and understanding that you would like to receive from them instead. That is the key!

If others are giving you a difficult time, rather than try to get them to see your view, give compassion and understanding for their view. Then, there is no need for debates, arguments, criticism, or ill actions. Where compassion and understanding dwell, discord is eliminated.

Some of the most profound awakening concepts for humanity are so simple, that we are not taught to take them in and contemplate on them for permanent, lasting and positive change. Most people want the quick fix. And here, I am happy to give it to you: When you give compassion and understanding to others, you are forever free from the ego's trap of trying to get anything from them. You are free to live as you most desire. You are free to forgive when you care about someone who may have made a mistake or did not live up to your expectations. You are free to fulfill your own expectations from the compassion and understanding you give to yourself, and this, I have experienced, will relieve your suffering and pain with others permanently.

About the Author
Born to Inspire. Acclaimed spiritual author and public speaker Barbara Rose discovered an amazing spiritual gift following a tragic loss. Author of: "If God Was Like Man," and "Individual Power: Reclaiming Your Core, Your Truth, and Your Life" receive critical acclaim. She brings through information to create the highest vision of your life, and our world. Her internationally praised seminars, articles, column, and interactive live web casts are highly praised for their transformative impact. Through a Divine spiritual gift, she brings through profound information that has changed the lives of thousands. For enlightening info, contacts, books, articles and resources to help you become your highest self, visit her Website www.borntoinspire.com

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Joy By Carrie Hart & Quado

Today, we continue in our Course in Creation, helping you to create a joyful and fulfilling life for the time you are here. And today, our focus is on joy. Simple joy, pure joy.

This week, your assignment is very simple. You are to learn to feel joy. You are to teach yourself that you are capable of filling yourself with joy no matter what is happening in your life. You are to learn that joy is something you create inside, not something which is imposed from outside by circumstances and other people. This week, learn that you are truly the creator of your life, and learn it by creating joy in every moment.

And at the end of the week, after you have practiced and experienced this, realize the freedom you have just given yourself. Now, there is no reason to chase after another person, thinking that you must have them with you in order to be happy. You can be happy within yourself, full of peace and joy, whether they are with you or not. And you will be free from chasing after money, thinking that it is the path to joy. It is not. All of the money in the world cannot bring you what you can give yourself simply by opening yourself to the flow of joy. And you can be free of the concern about age, worried that you can are no longer attractive, worried that it is too late to achieve whatever you wished to achieve. For you will understand that the only thing worth achieving is ultimately the joy, peace and happiness that you give yourself, and this is available to you at any age, at any time. It is within you always, and you need only learn to open yourself to it.

Every morning, spend a few moments opening yourself to joy. Come to know joy as connection. This is why falling in love has such a joyful component; because you finally feel connected. You can achieve that same connection by yourself, by connecting with your own soul self. You do not need another person to help be that conduit to pure love, joy and peace.

Sit quietly and breathe in deeply several times. If you have been practicing your meditations regularly, you will be able to achieve this state of quiet very quickly. If not, this is a good week to begin daily meditation.

Breathe in deeply and then give yourself a little energy bath. Just picture the particles of gold and silver which are gathering in the sky above you. High up in the heavens, they are gathering, like a gently swirling cyclone of energy. And now, let this cone of energy dip down and cover you. Bring it down slowly, slowly, let it cover your head, then your torso, then the rest of your body. Let it swirl around, gently and lovingly, taking with it all of your worries, your fears, your doubts, all negative feelings, all focus on the past or the future. All of this is being picked up from your mind and body within the swirling cyclone of loving energy.

And then, let it lift off and return to the sky. And as it goes, let it take with it all of the negative. You are now clean and clear and supremely focused into now, this moment, and this moment only.

And now, be aware of your own soul self which is above you. You may think of it as a glowing ball of energy, up above your head. And feel the channel of golden energy which flows down from your soul self, from this ball of loving energy down into the crown of your head. First, just see and feel the channel of energy. Be aware of it. Feel how you are connected to something high, pure and good. Feel how you are connected to the ultimate source of creation, your very own soul, which survives after this physical life is over and was here before it began. Feel this connection.

And now, let the love and energy from your soul self pour down into you. Feel it entering in the crown of your head and pouring down through your entire body. Feel it flowing down, down, down. Know this flowing energy as peace. Then know it as love. And then, finally, know it as joy.

Feel the peace, love and joy, flowing down steadily from your own soul self into you. Let it flow and flow until you cannot help but smile, so strong is the joy which is flooding you. Know that it is endless, this flow. Know that it is there for you at any time. Let it flow and flow, just maintaining this flow for as long as you care to.

And as some point, when you are full up with peace, joy and love, just thank your soul self and ask that this flow of energy be continued all the time, even when you are not consciously aware of it. Give yourself permission to open wide to it. The flow is always there. You are the only one who blocks it. Be aware of this and give yourself permission to stay wide open to this flow.

And then, breathe in deeply, come back to your normal consciousness, with just a hint in the background that this flow of energy is there, ever and always, pouring down into you, and all you have to do is remain open to it.

Do this meditation every day this week without fail. It can be very brief. Add it to your other normal meditations and spiritual practices. Even five minutes will give you a wonderful experience. And if you are pressed for time, then compress your entire morning spiritual practice into this five minute experience. But do it. For it is a wonderful thing to learn, that you are truly capable of opening yourself to this joy.

And now, as you go out into the world and experience outer circumstances, keep yourself grounded in yourself. As something happens, as circumstances are difficult, just return to this joy inside. You may be talking to someone, for example, and the usual tension you feel with this person begins to build inside. And in the back of your mind, now you can bring in joy to counteract the tension. Do a mini-version of what you have practiced in the morning.

First, let a cone of energy quickly dip down and clear you of the negative feeling and thoughts which are building within you. Then open up your channel to your own soul self and let the loving, peaceful and joyful energy flow down into you, filling you up, filling your heart and letting it relax, filling your center and letting you breathe, filling your mind with peace, so that you are not in the middle of those repeating patterns of fear, doubt, anger and worry.

Practice this little mini joy session throughout your day. Let circumstances that used to trigger an anxiety episode now trigger a joy episode. Let your response to all negative circumstances be to open yourself to peace, love and joy.

You can learn to do this. You can teach yourself this. And if it takes some time, both to learn the meditation in the morning and to practice it during the day, that is all right. You have time. This is your life and you have all the time in the world, every day from now until the end of your life, to get to it right.

What you will find, if you will but practice this and then apply it over and over, is that it will begin to color your entire day. You will find that you respond differently to people when you have opened yourself up to love and joy. You will make different decisions. You will listen differently. And the tension level in your life will reduce dramatically.

Also, be more aware of nature whenever you get the chance. Let just a little walk across the parking lot be a meditative and joyful experience. Get out of your car and before you begin walking, look up into the sky. Feel the vastness. Take a moment to observe any clouds which are floating above you, any birds flying by. Know that this sky is full of loving energy, the very energy you used as a bath during your morning exercise. And as you walk across the parking lot, you can either just appreciate the beauty of the sky, or you can give yourself a wonderful energy bath out in the open. As you walk, just feel that cone of energy coming down and clearing you, helping you to enter your coming activities with peace and joy in your heart and mind.

Also, be aware of sounds; in particular, be aware of birds. Hear their joyful song. Pay attention. It is often there and ignored. Notice it. Hear it and let it be a trigger for you to open to joy and freedom. For freedom is achieved only when you come down into now, this moment, setting aside the regrets and anger over the past and the worries and anxiety over tomorrow. Joy is right now, right here. It is within you. It is flowing into you. Let the breeze and the birds remind you, when you are outside or even when you have the opportunity to gaze out the window. Take every possible opportunity to clear yourself and fill yourself with joy.

And toward the end of the week, when you are beginning to feel very powerful and joyful, you may wish to expand your exercises to include others. They will not consciously know it, but they will feel it on another level. This is especially good if you are in a very tense environment, either at work or at home.

Picture the cone of energy and let it be large enough to encompass the entire building in which you are sitting. Let it pull all of the negative energies away, cleaning and purifying the entire building and all of the people who are within it.

And then, picture the soul selves of all of the people who are in the building with you, as bright shining balls above the building. Picture the channels of energy flowing down and blessing and filling the building with joy and love and a deep peace. Just spend a few minutes with this picture and then release it.

Since the other people are not consciously participating, you may not see a dramatic change. But you will sense a slight shifting of the tension and you may observe that the crises settle down a bit, that people are able to interact a bit more calmly. You may even experience that certain major issues seem to resolve themselves. And if this is so, just begin to consciously spend a part of each day in this exercise, calming everyone and helping them to open to the wonder and glory of their own soul selves. You are not imposing anything upon them, just helping them to connect with themselves a bit more easily, the way any healer does.

Yes, you are a healer. And every time you do this exercise, for yourself or anyone else, you are helping everyone heal. For this is what healing is, opening yourself to the joyous energy which is you and letting it flood down and fill you. Joy, love and peace. They are what you are made of at the higher level. Let it be what you are made of here, in this physical level as well.

If you would like to view ALL of Quado's messages from his Course in Creation, visit the website: http://www.quado.com/Course%20in%20Creation/a_course_in_creation.htm

About The Author

Carrie Hart is a spiritual healer and channeler of Quado. Go to http://www.carriehart.com to read more messages from Quado and learn how Carrie became a spiritual healer & what services she is now offering. Carrie Hart is the author of "There is a Garden", the story of her spiritual journey from stressed executive to spiritualist and channeler of Quado. This book, Carrie's CDs of original music, as well as daily messages by Quado are available on www.carriehart.com.

Copyright 2004 - Carrie Hart

Reprinted with Permission

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Spirit Signs - April 2005 Road Blocks: Facing the Red Lion By Robyn Johnston

Dear Friends,

It is with great joy that I send this newsletter to you. The theme is facing our fear and is one of deep personal significance. With this edition, I am officially launching my new spiritual career, the work of my heart and the direction I have longed to follow for many years!

In order for me to go in this new direction, I needed to be able to take responsibility, be clear about my fears, release the thoughts and beliefs that had long held me in a place that was not supportive and replace these thoughts to align with my higher purpose. I resigned from my nine year teaching career in March, yet there was no confirmation that this was the right thing to do, I simply had to trust and follow my inner guidance and the higher realms in the things I could not see, attune my spiritual sight to sense what I felt was there.

Through this experience, I learned there are steps and practices that we can follow to lead us from a place of frustration and fear to one of liberation and joy. We are all called to face our personal obstacles at different times and in different scenarios. Yes, it can be very scary, and unstable. We can create enormous monsters in our own minds and thoughts. We can also learn to dissolve these perceived monsters by coming to the truth within ourselves. I believe that is why I choose to experience my fear in such a way. Perhaps my higher self knew that this is just what I would need if I were to guide others through the jungles of their fears into the luscious green prairies of their personal paradises.

I am delighted to announce that I now have a website; http://www.freewebs.com/9starki/. It details all of the programs I have
been guided to offer as well as a summary of my services. My dear friend and colleague, Dr. Dawn Rothwell, of Reiki Rays Institute has been instrumental in assisting with the technical aspects of the website creation, (a realm I am just now learning about!) It is through such connections that I now see just how blessed and supported that I am. I also want to thank my dear friends and clients who have been so supportive in requesting my services! It brings me such joy to offer my gifts and talents and know that they appreciated and beneficial to those who are guided to me.

As I make my way in this transition, I wish all of you who read this enormous peace in and joy in manifesting what your heart most desires. We are living in a time and energy where you can very quickly create what you most desire. I believe I have stumbled on some important steps to assist others in fully following their hearts. I am ready to help any who are guided to me! I would appreciate your assistance in making those connections! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think might benefit from my experience and services! I can be reached at rjohnst@esu15.org or rainbowcanyonreiki@yahoo.com.

April Spirit Signs by Robyn Johnston
Road Blocks: Facing the Red Lion

One of the inevitable pieces of our journey, as we follow our spirit path is dealing with fear. It seems that this is one of the greatest blocks to impede the flow of spirit and squelch the life-giving energy of love and light from our beings.

Often times the fear is masked behind a variety of emotions and situations. As humans we have had lots of experience in building defense mechanisms to protect ourselves from being hurt or injured. Within our bodies are the fight or flight mechanisms of our genetic lineage, not to mention our cellular DNA patters, and learned behavior through the variety of experiences we have drawn to us during this lifetime.

Through this life time we create cycles and patterns that often repeat until we learn the lesson or release the need for it in our present life. We continue to create these conflicts within our jobs, families, finances and careers. Through these situations there is always learning involved. However, we can get to a point within our consciousness when we are ready to release them and create a new paradigm.

If the fears are deeply ingrained, these cycles may persist for many years. The longer they continue, the harder they can become to surmount. We see and sense this fear and feel the immediate response to run!

Running is one of our defense mechanisms. The Persian folktale, "The Red Lion", tells about a young ruler who must battle the red lion in order to take the throne. Going into the ring with the beast is a tradition in his country and is part of the required initiation to become king. All of his successors had been given the same test and successfully passed it.

Consumed by fear, he retreats to the country. Each time he finds a place he enjoys, he hears about the threat of a lion nearby. The third place he comes to, he meets the girls of his dreams. She is perfect in every way and they fall in love. Wouldn't you know it, he meets another lion! This time though it is the personal pet of the princess. Perizide warns the prince that Boulak is "perfectly harmless. He never attacks unless someone is afraid of him."! Well, finally the Prize Asgid realizes that everywhere he goes he will face the lion. (It only took him three times? It must be a fairy tale).

Although Azgid tries to hid he does not run from the palace. He hears the lion roaring outside the door. "The lion roared a third time. Suddenly Azgid realized the roars were not threats. They were warnings. They were telling him: Three times you have run away. If you run away again -wherever you may go-a lion will be waiting." Inevitably he returns home to fight his own lion, and face his fear. He knows he must do this in order to become king and marry the girls of his dreams.

Ironically, as he stands in the ring to meet his fear head on. As he braces for the clash, the Red Lion of Persia lays on his back and "waves his paws in the air like a happy puppy." Azgid realizes that the lion of Persia is tame! "Every Lion who had ever fought a Prince of Persia had been tame!" He created his own nightmare, feeding it with his fear based thoughts.

It is not a surprise that at one time or another we will come around the corner to meet our own huge, red lion.

We have several options, but like the folk tale, the lion or fear, will continue to surface until we choose to face it. We can keep running, but no matter where we go, there will always be our fear waiting for us!

Often times, we can keep the fear at bay by keeping away from our true calling. We can continue to stay in meaningless jobs, or in unsupportive relationships, simply because we "couldn't afford" to do anything else. Sometimes excuses are enough to keep these ferocious beasts at bay, well....at least for a while anyway.

It is the moment we first identify what are fears are and then we make choices from the soul level that we are ready to take responsibility for our fear. We are then offered the opportunity to meet the obstacle head on.

Human fears have been around for a long time. In fact the Mystery Schools of ancient Egypt offered students physical, first-hand experiences to consciously become aware of and deal with their inner fears.

In "The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, volume 2" Drunvalo Melchizedek writes, "Therefore, what all the ancient races have discovered, and what we are rediscovering now is modern times, is that in order to survive in higher worlds, we must first overcome our fears here on Earth."

Drunvalo shares that various temples were built along the Nile. These were teaching sites created to assist initiates to face their fears. At each of the temples in Egypt, they would create situations to force you to have experiences you would not normally bring on yourself, so that when you had similar experiences you would become stronger and less fearful. You would
be put in extremely fearful situations to overcome your fears."

One example of such trainings involved underground water maze having the student navigate through an underground water test. The students had only one breath. They had no idea what was in the water. They were instructed to get out at a different place that they got in. Once they swam under a narrow wall, they could see light and ....crocodiles! "There was not much the initiate could do at this point except swim upward, squeeze by these fearful life forms and get out."

Students didn't know that the crocs were well fed so they weren't going to attack. Nonetheless, it had to be an extremely frightening experience! Since this was not the correct place to emerge from, students continued their training. When their teachers thought they were ready, they would again go try the test. Through previous experience they knew the crocs were there and that they would have to remain calm, guided and open to finding the correct exit.

Though we may not be facing red lions or crocodiles, fears of our future can cause catastrophic blocks within us. Fear is the single most inhibiting factor that keeps us from becoming who we really are and what we really want to be doing. It is the one element that blocks us from living the life we are truly meant to live. Fear prevents us from receiving the ultimate happiness that our higher selves and God have designed for us.

The question then becomes how do we deal with it? We may arrive at a point when we can no longer move forward, but we've learned far too much to turn back. At this critical mark, we realize the life we wish to have is ours and always has been, it is no up to us to create our own reality.

"The more you expand your level of consciousness, the less fear you will have, because the less fear you will need," writes Nancy SantioPietro, "Feng Shui and Health: The Anatomy of a Home."

"As we understand more of the bigger picture of why we are here, we also gain an understanding of how to transcend and transmute energy. This shift teaches us that fear is just a temporary illusion designed by our intellect to hold us back from moving forward."

How are you being held back from what it is that you feel called to do?

"We have all been taught fear is a necessary part of life that teaches us the all-important lesson of discernment. But actually the only thing that fear teaches us is to be afraid. Discernment can be taught through awareness and through awareness we learn trust. says SantoPietro. Trust in your ability to care for yourself, trust in your relationship with God and trust that you will be okay, especially in times of change, illness and chaos. The very scary things you might be facing have been orchestrated perfectly to bring the exact set of experiences needed to help you process the issue at its core."

Like the story of the Red Lion, once we realize that it is us, not an outside force from whence the fear derives, we also acknowledge that we have the power and ability to overcome our deepest fears. Since we birth the fear, we can also put it to rest. We have the power to turn our personal lions into playful kittens. We can turn those angry alligators into harmless lizards! We can instantly free ourselves from the bondage of fear by coming to terms with situations, thoughts and beliefs we have allowed to plague us for years.

Right now is the best time to address these issues. As many countless authors have written about, we are living in a time when what we focus on has the greatest potential for manifesting. We no longer have to wait a long time to see the results of our thoughts, it can happen almost instantly. This is true for both positive and negative thoughts.

If you are focusing on what most terrifies you, it's a pretty sure bet that your reality will include fear to some degree or another. Please know that it is human nature to fear. Its part of what we came here to learn to transcend. We have choices. Just like the boy in the story, we can continue to run away and hide behind our fears. We can create excuses that allow us to feel justified by staying in old patterns and situations that are not supportive of our highest path. Sooner or later though, we too witness that "there will be a Red Lion everywhere we go."

This Red Lion may appear for you in relationships, career, family issues, health, finances, or other life stations. Watch for patterns and cycles that repeat. Listen for the inner messages. For it is only when you recognize your own Red Lion that you can take steps to conquer it. If you continue to run, it will always be with you. How long do you want to keep running? How long do you want to keep your authentic life from manifesting?

All those who follow their authentic paths, will come to a point where the perceived fear becomes a very large obstacle. This is an exercise that I incorporated while battling my own red lion. We have a choice of listening to our hearts or continue to search for support in the material realm. Always we are better off looking inward and upward, for very often if we seek confirmation from the material world, we simply won't find it.

In meditation, project yourself to place after you've surmounted your perceived fear. Your fear has been turned into triumph. It doesn't matter how, leave that up to your spirit team, simply relish in the good feeling that your fear has been conquered and released. It no longer exists.

Ask for assistance from the higher realms to transform and align your thoughts to give you a clear image of what awaits you. Invite divine intelligence to help you visualize yourself enjoying and learning from this lesson. See yourself as calm, centered and wise as a result of facing this fear. Acknowledge the assistance that you have been given and most of all thank the "lion" for showing you a wider and deeper window of your soul.

We don't have to know the logistics and fine details of how our fears are slain. Often our logical minds get too caught up in the details, which deplete the creative, manifestation energy. Be open and flexible to the answers that come to you.

You too are a student of the Mystery School. You don't have to be in Egypt to experience and bring up your personal fright! We are blessed with a multitude of experiences, relationships and situations to bring fear out of the depths of our psyches to the surface of our conscious minds for a first-hand look.

What lion have you been running from? Are you ready to face it for what it really is? Do you see crocodiles lurking above you as you swim the waters of your emotions?

You might be delighted to know that once the fear is conquered, you'll receive the gift of complete and total liberation. What once seemed an impassable mountain to ascend becomes a stepping stone on the path to reconnecting with your higher self. It is a wonderful experience, but telling about it doesn't make it real, rather, it is something you'll want to experience for yourself. Once you have, you too will be forever changed!

If you would like assistance in facing your fears, please consider scheduling a session with me, I can be reached at rjohnst@esu15.org or rainbowcanyonreiki@yahoo.com. I have first hand experience with "lion-taming"! After all, I couldn't be in the position I am in right now, if I hadn't stopped to tame my own.

We all have lions or crocodiles lurking around. We also have the ability to face them, release them and create the life we've been dreaming of. Making the conscious choice to deal with your fears is the first step in creating your ideal life. I offer a multitude of readings, sessions and classes to assist those who are ready to release fear based thinking and invite in supportive energy to move in the directions they desire.

Happy Trails!

About the Author

Robyn Johnston is a Feng Shui practitioner, Nine Star Ki Consultant and Reiki Master. She is available for residential and business consultations, energetic readings and distance reiki sessions. Robyn also offers personal coaching and intuitive guidance through these tools. If you would like to schedule a consultation, reading or session with Robyn, she can be contacted through email at rainbowcanyonreiki@yahoo.com. Be sure to also check out her website for online Nine Star Ki Readings and Distant Healing! http://www.dekora-lotus.com/mystical-messages/robyn/

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Spirit Signs - April 2005 - Special Edition By Robyn Johnston

Greetings! This is a "special edition" of Spirit Signs. I am being guided to send this out in honor of the energy that we are experiencing at this time. Many are becoming more aware of the changes and chaos happening around them during this month and last. Many are wondering what is going on? In my energetic study and through mediation, there have been several insights given to me. I was asked to share them, which I gladly do. If you need more information or know someone who would benefit from the words, please pass this on. I know many people are hurting at this time. Many are going through intense clearing and cleansing. Sometimes spirits forget that there is more to our suffering and that it is necessary and good. I send this out with love, blessings and a prayer that wherever you are at on your journey that this can be a positive, helpful confirmation, the spiritual sign that you need to continue on your way with strength and empowerment.

Blessings and peace,
Robyn Johnston

Though I don't know much about astrology, I do study and observe energy patterns and cycles through the nine star ki. Although the system I used is not necessarily based on the planets and their alignments, as in western astrology, it is amazingly similar.

I was guided to share a few things as we are moving toward a couple of powerful alignments this month. There are two eclipses happening this month that will assist us as we move forward with conscious change and inner healing. Both are necessary components of helping us get to where we need to be.

If you have experienced lots of frustration, sadness, anxiety, depression, chaos, etc. Please know that this is very normal. I have worked with and been connected to several people in the last month and especially the last couple of weeks that are going through some very tough times. The signs are all around us and not only a couple of people here and there are feeling it, it seems to be that everyone is experiencing change and/or crises on some level or another. We are not going through this energetic portal alone, but it often times it feels like it.

Last month was a seven metal month, this is a six metal. In nine star ki, both of these symbols have certain traits and characteristic. While seven metal is a bit more defined, than six, both signify, clearing, organizing, pruning and details. It can also symbolize conflicts, fights/disputes, polarity of right and wrong, arguments, judgments. What does this mean for us as a collective consciousness? How does it tie in with the energetic gateways beginning to emerge?

While many, especially those in my community, are looking at such changes and being intrusive, and negative, I must remind those who's thoughts are open, to see this time as one that is positive and necessary. The I-Ching says, without the rain, how would be have a rainbow?

I have seen many confirmations around me supporting the change from old energies and standards to new ways of thinking, creating, and being in the world. What we see in the physical form is a lot of chaos, disruption, confusion and frustration. This is not only typical of metal energy, it is also necessary. It is time to release the old ways, to pave the way for the exciting new energy or chi to fill its place.

In my community there is a great clearing and cleansing going within the school. I see people lashing out, pointing fingers, making assumptions, blaming the school board for the financial trouble our school is in. I have counseled friends and clients about inner, personal battles they've been waging in the last month. Its not one or two people going through this, its all of us! We are coming to a place where we are given the choice about our future and what it is that we would like to create. We are being gifted the opportunity to take control of our realities through conscious awareness. This is an exciting and wonderful time, but we must be aware of the important of aligning our thoughts, releasing, judgments and most importantly forgetting everything we thought we knew!

We are called this month, to open our sensitivities, and look deeply within ourselves to contact our inner souls and light. Those who are ready and have been assisted by the higher realms can choose to move forward on their divine paths. All it takes is intention and positive thought, we are so helped and guided on many levels, levels that we do not consciously realize!

Many people are feeling like they have been "dumped on, trashed, betrayed, and run though a ringer," just to name a few emotions I have heard recently! This is what I am here to remind you of! It is necessary and it is good and right! Honor it.

It may sound a little crazy, especially if you are in deep pain, but take advantage of the energy at this time and look to your spiritual hierarchy for insight. It's there. The time of cleansing and renewal is necessary to get us all where we need and WANT to be!

This is the "formula" (for those of you who still appreciate linear learning styles!)

1. Identify the pattern, trait, or habit that is cropping up. It is here at this time to be fully released. Trace the pain back to its route, ask yourself, what is the source? Where does this stem from? Is it genetic? Or does it stem from something or sometime in this life when you've been faced with this and didn't learn the lesson? WHAT IS THIS HERE TO TEACH YOU NOW?

Often times, the situation can be traced to previous cycles. I did my own nine star ki work to help me understand why someone I trusted just when off on me the other day! Once I "ran the numbers" I could see that this came from a time two year ago when the conflict first appeared but had not been resolved. Our egos like to trick us into thinking we're healed and good to go, when this may not always be the case.

2. Six metal is all about clearing and purging, (think metal hedge trimmers) so don't be surprised if hidden conflicts appear from out of no where. They are coming to the surface so you can heal them once and for all. Honor the lesson, situation, pain, conflict and trauma. If you continue to run from it, it will only return at another time when the conditions foster it. If you want to release it completely, you must take the time to be with the pain, to thank it and offer your gratitude for what it is here to teach you. The more you struggle and resist, the more suffocating it will feel. Taking the time to deal with conflicts and painful situations will release it that much quicker.

3. Learn from it. Take the time to integrate the lesson and really put the new lesson into action. Visualize yourself going back in time and "reparing" the situation. The only reality that exists is the one in your mind. Did you know you can change this at any time? Incorporate reiki sessions to go back in time and change the situation to one of being a positive, and healing. See yourself acting and responding in a different way in the current reality. Feel how good it is to be released from this pattern and habit. As you do this, notice that your thoughts and intentions will begin to reflect this.

4. Be in alignment with your higher purpose. You can feel the pain, but you need not act on it. Identify its source, interpret its lesson, offer your gratitude, integrate what it is there to teach, and most of all be joyful! Know that you are moving into a new space, a new reality and new version of your inner and highest creations. It is a flexible energy that will take the shape of the thoughts that you provide. Whatever intention has the strongest energy behind it is what you will experience.

5. Release all your judgments, thoughts, opinions, be open to NEW ways to see these situations. Things are not at all what they seem to be at this time. Now is the time to put forward your positive intentions, the desires, dreams, and hopes you've been contemplating. The universe is opening wide to allow these thoughts to fully manifest. In order for you to do this, the blocks, debris and old garbage must first be released! Those who resist the change will find themselves in a very difficult struggle. Those who accept what comes up, deals with it in the highest "response-ability", honors the lesson and fully integrates it will come through these situations with tremendous liberation and joy!

Next month is a karmic month, everyone will be in their "home stations" or the places that they were in when they incarnated. This is another time to clear, cleanse and project for the future. We have the distinct of seeing our past, present, and future all at once.

More change and forward movement will arrive in June. There is much to do!

Keep watching for the signs, they are there and they are BIG.

About the Author

Robyn Johnston is a Feng Shui practitioner, Nine Star Ki Consultant and Reiki Master. She is available for residential and business consultations, energetic readings and distance reiki sessions. Robyn also offers personal coaching and intuitive guidance through these tools. If you would like to schedule a consultation, reading or session with Robyn, she can be contacted through email at rainbowcanyonreiki@yahoo.com. Be sure to also check out her website for online Nine Star Ki Readings and Distant Healing! http://www.dekora-lotus.com/mystical-messages/robyn/

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1) I am at peace with the world, with myself and everyone in it. 2) I am financially free! My income greatly surpasses my expenses. 3) I love my work and the people love who work with me. 4) I now have only generous authentic loving relationships in my life. 5) I am physically healthy and feel safe, open and loving with all people.

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Healing Circle

This is an area I'd like to offer to our subscribers for distant healing services. If you have a need for distant healing or prayer and energy work, or you know of someone who would like some, please send me an email at dekora@centurytel.net with "newsletter healing request" in the subject and the person's name, location and reason for the need of healing in the main email. This isn't just for healing, it can be also a request for extra energy for another reason (ie. please send energy to help Sandra find a new job), all requests for love and help will be honoured.

Each month I will post the new people who need healing in this area of the newsletter and encourage all members to send distant healing, prayer and energy to the people in the healing circle.

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