Angelia Roseline's Posts - SPIRITUAL MARKET2024-03-28T13:51:42ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimonshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2529847226?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1f5omqwha0hm2&xn_auth=noMerry Christmas and Happy New Yeartag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2014-12-22:2790939:BlogPost:264232014-12-22T20:05:02.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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<p class="SKYUI-Highlight-Node" style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas & Happy New year!</p>A Direct Message from Pure Love: The One and Onlytag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2011-01-11:2790939:BlogPost:49712011-01-11T09:26:16.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102097?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" height="260" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102097?profile=original" width="280"></img></a> Much hope has been present at many levels of Creation for a rejoining of parts that have made Creation possible.</p>
<p><br></br>The One needs to rejoin His unity of purpose and activity.</p>
<p><br></br>He has projected out of His Being many situations and participants which He helps animate so that they create, within their frameworks of operation, realities that He hopes will…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102097?profile=original"><img height="260" width="280" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102097?profile=original" class="align-right"/></a>Much hope has been present at many levels of Creation for a rejoining of parts that have made Creation possible.</p>
<p><br/>The One needs to rejoin His unity of purpose and activity.</p>
<p><br/>He has projected out of His Being many situations and participants which He helps animate so that they create, within their frameworks of operation, realities that He hopes will bring them, and the worlds they inhabit, much joyful events.</p>
<p><br/>He has, as of late, been truly saddened at the level of rejection of Oneness that He encounters as He visits in His Mind all the realms He projected out from the core of His Mind.</p>
<p><br/>The One always realized how difficult it would be for His parts to reunite with their Origin.</p>
<p><br/>He felt that their resistance would eventually abate in the face of their integrating His perspective.</p>
<p><br/>Much preparation has been achieved to affect this reintegration.</p>
<p><br/>He would have wanted it to be a joyful and glorious phase of His Creative processes.</p>
<p><br/>The One must state that the extent of opposing forces to reintegration has reached levels within His Mind which have surprised The One and Only and caused Him intense distress.</p>
<p><br/>Were it not for the intense Love He has for all the parts that make Him, He would have stopped immediately His Creations.</p>
<p><br/>Nothing exists, unless the One and Only wills it so.</p>
<p><br/>Nothing is, unless the One and Only Dreams it within His Mind.</p>
<p><br/>Because of the lack of realization that so many of His children have reached about the nature of who The One really is and what their role within His Being must be, He will need to close His only Eye away from them as the awareness of what they have become hurts Him immensely.</p>
<p><br/>He has tried to reach their inner hearts for so long through so many means of message and found them to be hardened and deaf to the voice of real Love and Divine Reason, so that, as He connects deeply to their inner hearts, there will come a time, a moment, when He will need to make a decision as to whether their individual heart beats can or should continue to beat within the Heart Beat of One.</p>
<p><br/>When this moment comes, much of what He allowed to be and evolve will need to cease to be.</p>
<p><br/>The One and Only stood by silently and secretly for eons of Creative processes watching these unfold within Himself in the hope that, within the great multiplicity that was allowed to happen, a call would arise deep within from the core of each being calling upon reconnection to His Heart of Oneness.</p>
<p><br/>To His consternation, very little of it really happened and, as He felt that He was losing all contact with Creation, there needed to be a stop put to the ever increasing chaos due to disconnection.</p>
<p><br/>In this very Holy process of Revelation of His Presence to all of His children, The One waited patiently within the heart of each of His beings.</p>
<p><br/>Some answered His call.</p>
<p><br/>Sadly, most did but turn away from The One Sourcing their Reality.</p>
<p><br/>Nothing hurts The One more than erasing a part of His Being.</p>
<p><br/>In the very difficult act of Creation, this is the only hardship the One ever faces, for only The One Sourcing Life can or should be One interrupting it.</p>
<p><br/>It is still the sincere hope of The One and Only, that the entities of this mankind and others, and their Creators, will invite within their being the Glorious Presence of their common Source and accept to reunify all with The All.</p>
<p><br/>All boundaries are illusions to be removed in this process.</p>
<p><br/>All belief systems are falsehoods for there is but one Truth: the Truth of One and Oneness of all.</p>
<p><br/>Everything else is but an attempt to interpret a tiny glimpse of the Final and Ultimate Reality and it should be viewed as such.</p>
<p><br/>The coming year in this Creation is important because The One and Only will be carefully watching the inner heart of each of His beings.</p>
<p><br/>Nothing is hidden from His attention for He is Truth and only perceives the truth of each being, embodied or in energy format.</p>
<p><br/>He wishes we had more time to accept His Reality.</p>
<p><br/>Whether you express Oneness towards each other and all Creation within your hearts will be the capital factor in His decision as to whether He can embrace you or not within His Real Being and Presence of One, of Pure Love, of Unity of all.</p>
<p><br/>Go deeply within yourself in order to find Him.</p>
<p><br/>Watch your heart and your inner thoughts.</p>
<p><br/>Become aware of who and what you have become, and act accordingly.</p>
<p><br/>You are all His Children. You are all Beloved.</p>
<p><br/>Time has arrived to bring you back into His dwelling.</p>
<p><br/>Time has arrived for the pain of isolation and exile from Him to end.</p>
<p><br/>He desires all of you, without exception, to come back Home, to Him, to The One.</p>
<p><br/>You are all the children of The IS. Remember who you are.</p>
<p><br/>Stay focused.</p>
<p><br/>Bathe in His Love and you shall be protected.</p>
<p><br/>Go deeply within and you shall find Him and change from who you have become to who you shall Be.</p>
<p><br/>Remember that only Love is Eternal. Nothing else is.</p>
<p><br/>Build bridges across all the divides.</p>
<p><br/>Do not separate nations, cities, groupings.</p>
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<p>Bring everything into unity, not division.</p>
<p><br/>Fear not, for Love shall overcome all.</p>
<p><br/>Be in Peace and become Peace, for Peace is The One.</p>
<p><br/>This is ALL.<br/><br/><em>channeled by Gerald O'Donnell on January 1, 2011</em></p>Prediction for 2011 by Astrologer Elizabeth Jonestag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2011-01-11:2790939:BlogPost:49742011-01-11T09:23:40.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102708?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102708?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"></img></a> 2011 is the year to be authentic...to find our personal unique expression and bring it forward. Astrologer Elizabeth Jones <br></br>can see “the light at the end of the tunnel“.</p>
<p><br></br>We were told that it’s a privilege for us to be here at this time; that we were chosen to come here and help the planet. Past years, had us asking ourselves…</p>
<p>•How am I going to thrive…</p>
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<p><br/>We were told that it’s a privilege for us to be here at this time; that we were chosen to come here and help the planet. Past years, had us asking ourselves…</p>
<p>•How am I going to thrive in these present times?<br/>•Why am I here?<br/>•How can I be of greater service?<br/>•How do I merge the dynamics of higher consciousness and physicality in my life?</p>
<p><br/>And Elizabeth said the merging will take place this year as we become consistent in raising our vibrations to be a vehicle for the Divine. This consistency will stem from the recognition that we have a critical part to play. She said as we say, “Yes!”, we gain spiritual protection from the angelic realms because they become more invested in us. We’re saying yes to being the anchor of the higher energies coming down, and with this spiritual protection comes greater resources and personal energies to accomplish our life paths.</p>
<p><br/>2011 is the year where many of us will shift from “seeking” to “manifesting”, and we’ll grasp new understandings and insights. We’ll experience an increase in our personal intuition and a greater inner knowing, As we open to more guidance, we will become more trusting.</p>
<p><br/>The years leading up to this year had us going through cycles of working on our “inner realms”. We were being primed for what’s to come, and we’re now more open to new ways of receiving. We now have a new awareness that will infiltrate more into our daily lives, and we’ll find that the old patterns no longer fit. It’s now about our conscious choices being in sync with the flow of these new energies, and, again, we need to be consistent with how we bring in these vibrations (i.e. breath work, yoga, meditation, etc.). The result, or rewards, of consciously choosing will be greater and not subtle like before.</p>
<p><strong><br/>There are 4 major aspects coming our way…<br/></strong></p>
<p><br/>•Jupiter-Uranus conjunct in the last degrees of Pisces (it’s the 3rd of 3 meetings and all planets are direct which makes this a very powerful time): This transit won’t happen again in our lifetimes, and the direct station of these planets gives us a forward thrust into the new year. Change will come to us and much light will be added. Time to let go and forgive. Be open to new possibilities. Accomplish what you came here to do. Divine gifts are ready to come forward; resulting in greater expansion.</p>
<p><br/>•Jupiter entering Aries: Brings boldness, courage, excitement, sense of renewal for many. Open to change that brings more vitality/aliveness. Asks, “Where am I willing to change/grow?”, “Am I willing to see what is truly possible for me?”, “Am I willing to expand even if it means really changing?”, “If I’m really feeling bold/confident, what would that look like?”, and “What can I do differently that will bring me joy?”</p>
<p><br/>•Uranus entering Aries: Is the spark/catalyst for things to happen (it’s show time!). Be ready to receive more light. Be open to new experiences, even if they seem quirky. Allow higher frequencies to come through; Lower Will will come into alignment with Higher Will. Ask, “What is different now?”, “What new is coming to me that I haven’t considered?” Trust what you receive in dreams and other ways you receive messages.</p>
<p><br/>•Neptune entering Pisces: Hasn’t happened since 1860s. Very mystical time. Dissolves sense of separation to self and others. Brings greater devotion to God/Source. Greater heart opening. Be willing to surrender to higher will.</p>Meditate for World Peace any time during the days December 31st and January 1sttag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-12-22:2790939:BlogPost:49602010-12-22T05:09:35.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><strong>Celebration of Peace Meditation</strong><br/><strong>Calling the Spirit of Peace</strong><br/>by Orin and DaBen</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>1.About five minutes before midnight, start by adjusting your posture so your body is comfortable and ready to enter into a state of peaceful meditation. Breathe in, imagining you are drawing in light as you do. Fill yourself with light with each breath in. Send light to every part of your body.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>2.Call your soul to you and imagine it surrounding you with light. Your soul always responds to your call to it. The radiant light and loving presence of your soul joins its consciousness with yours, whether or not you are aware of it. Let your heart center expand with love; your mind grow clearer, and your emotions become calmer and more peaceful.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>3.Picture yourself as a radiant sun. You are filled with light, becoming a transparent vessel of limitless light.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>4.Sense the souls of millions of light workers who are meditating with you. Observe your connection to these souls. Notice that all of you are creating a beautiful light that surrounds the world. The world is becoming radiant with the light of all of you joined together as souls.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>5.Notice that the light of the Enlightened Ones, Masters, Guides, Angels, and Teachers on the other side are now linking together to form an interweaving pattern of light that surrounds the world and all light workers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>6.Pay attention to the light that flows from these Enlightened Ones to all the light workers, including yourself. Fill yourself with the light, strength, courage, compassion, and joy that is being transmitted to you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>7.There is a being whose presence has been coming closer to the earth for years, called by all the souls who are seeking peace. This is the Spirit of Peace, a very great being. In our meditation together we will call upon the Spirit of Peace, the great Angel of Peace, to come and bless us with peace. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>8.At midnight, or whenever you can, join with everyone in meditation and call upon the Spirit of Peace, asking this Great Angel to touch the hearts of all humanity with peace. This Spirit is a very real presence whose touch can create great changes. Sound an inner or an outer "aum" (OM) with the certainty that you will be heard and responded to by the Spirit of Peace.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>9.Experience the Spirit of Peace, this great Angel, focusing its awareness upon humanity, having heard the call. Feel the response of this Angel as this Angel touches the hearts of all people. Open to receive this energy into your heart center. Take a deep breath in and let the energy this Angel sends come into every level of your being.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>10.Let this great Angel of Peace touch your life. Reflect on how you could experience and create more peace in your own life, and thus contribute peace to the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>11. Say to yourself, " Let the Spirit of Peace express itself through me. I now bring peace and harmony into my relationships. I spread goodwill and kindness wherever I go. I watch my thoughts; I release judgment and criticism. I say loving things to others. I speak words that spread love and light. I radiate peace. I deserve to live in peace and harmony at all times."</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><br/>12.Picture yourself as a radiant sun. Allow your desire for peace in your own life and for humanity to direct the radiant light that you are outward. Imagine you are becoming a radiating center of peace and goodwill to others. <br/><br/>Picture joining thousands around the world as you radiate peace to:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">•Your friends and family<br/>•To all those who are responsive to your transmission<br/>•To all light workers on the planet<br/>•To all world leaders, so that they may guide their nations into peace<br/>•To all humanity<br/>•To the plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Have no attachment to any results, for there may be none you can measure. You have just made a valuable and important contribution to all life.</p>
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<p><br></br>The full moon in Pisces can lead you to be ultra sensitive to both the world's challenges and to your own plight as well. You may experience a stronger sense of suffering for your own situation or your loved ones. Now is not the time to usher those feelings away. Rather accept them, allow them to flow through you and offer help those who are suffering in any way you can. Be compassionate and helpful to all who need it on this lovely…</p>
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<p><br/>The full moon in Pisces can lead you to be ultra sensitive to both the world's challenges and to your own plight as well. You may experience a stronger sense of suffering for your own situation or your loved ones. Now is not the time to usher those feelings away. Rather accept them, allow them to flow through you and offer help those who are suffering in any way you can. Be compassionate and helpful to all who need it on this lovely night.</p>
<p>It is also a time in which psychic abilities and imagination will flourish. Pay extra attention to your dreams as they may be a source of valuable insight and information. Feel free to embrace your new feelings about health and wellness, spirituality and your ultimate purpose in life as it is time to come to an acceptance of things you may not necessarily have the answers to currently. This acceptance will open your mind and soul to valuable messages that will lead you down the path you need to follow.</p>
<p><br/>This spiritual full moon gives us a excellent opportunity to journal and work on or embark on a new spiritual path. It is a beautiful time to immerse yourself in the stillness and beauty of the night. A truly blissful time to provide a tonglen meditation for your loved ones or for the expanse of the universe. You yourself, may feel a stronger connection with the spirit and therefore may gain added guidance and stronger intuition. It is an ideal time for healing rituals and meditations dedicated to yourself, your loved ones and friends and the global community.</p>
<p><br/>If you are planning any rituals tonight - try using a little sandlewood in an essential oil or incense. Sandlewood is known to open up imagination, and provide a calming environment for meditative purposes.</p>
<p><br/><strong>THE MAGIC OF THE FULL MOON!</strong></p>
<p><br/>The Energy of the Full Moon is a powerful energy. There are many rituals and beliefs in various cultures and religions on the use of moon energy. At Spiritual Market we believe the full moon is a time for healing, a time for recharging your spirit and a time for renewing your enhancers with the vibrant energy of the full moon!</p>
<p><br/><strong>The following is my list of favourite Full Moon Rituals that you can do tonight!<br/></strong></p>
<p>* Fill a pitcher or jug with water and leave it out overnight in the light of the full moon. The next day-use this water to cleanse your crystals and reinvigorate them with the energy of the full moon! Use this re-energized water to not only cleanse your crystals, but to wash your face to leave you feeling renewed from this pure energy blast or wash counters, floors-anything you feel could benefit from the magical moon!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* You recently cleansed or smudged your crystals? Take it one step further and place your crystals on the windowsill for the evening, or put them in a crystal bowl and leave them outside under the light so that they can capture the moon's energy directly!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* Using the Full Moon for Prosperity! It is said that during a full moon you should leave your wallet and checkbook open for it to receive the moons full energy. It may not bring you millions, but it may help to ensure that you have enough for the month to pay the bills!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* Do you enjoy traditional symbolic Feng Shui? Then, I'm sure you've heard about the feng shui money frog or toad. Legend has it that this mythical creature appeared every full moon by or near homes that would receive abundance-whether it be wealth or good news! If you have him-place him in the light of the moon, and in the morning-return him to your wealth area or inside by your front door looking in!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* Looking for love? In a red ceramic or glass bowl-arrange stones or glass beads in the bowl (purple, red , and pink work well). Next, stand up 3 red or pin candles in the bowl. Light the candles on the night of the full moon and focus on the light burning bright against the moon. Ensure your intention is that this light will bring you love-new lover-or deeper love!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* Your own power image! You've read many times that an image of a moon brings renewed energy, focus and concentration. What better image than one you take with your own camera-a full moon you've seen with your own eyes! Print it and place it on your desk or child's desk for increased focus!<br/></p>
<p><br/>* The high potency of the full moon encourages fertility, passion and abundance - Write your wishes for them with a silver pen and then burn them in a candle flame under this full moon!<br/><br/>Moon meditation is extremely powerful as the full moon is a time to draw down the energy of the moon and connect to it.</p>You Are The Teachers, Healers & Leaderstag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-05-03:2790939:BlogPost:43162010-05-03T01:22:19.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543103701?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="FLOAT: left" width="182"></img> You are all the teachers, healers and leaders in the paradigm shift that is taking place. You are doing a lot of work now to gather information, learn what it is you need to know, prepare for the paradigm shift, and make yourself ready. You are doing it now because there are going to be very frantic masses looking for answers when it all starts coming apart at the seams. You are going to be the guides to these people when they are ready to awaken. Never has there been a better time…</p>
<p><img width="182" style="FLOAT: left" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543103701?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>You are all the teachers, healers and leaders in the paradigm shift that is taking place. You are doing a lot of work now to gather information, learn what it is you need to know, prepare for the paradigm shift, and make yourself ready. You are doing it now because there are going to be very frantic masses looking for answers when it all starts coming apart at the seams. You are going to be the guides to these people when they are ready to awaken. Never has there been a better time to be of service to humanity.</p>
<p><br/>A lot of people are completely oblivious to this change. They are still into their cars, their clothes, the latest computer game, the latest rock star. They are still distracted by the material world. Many would have no idea what to do if their hair dryer stopped working or they couldn’t pick their clothes up at the dry cleaner. If their normal routine is broken in any way, or their normal life is disrupted, they would come unglued. Many people are still in the trance induction of the mass hypnosis that has taken place over humanity.</p>
<p><br/>A lot of these people have never asked the big questions in life or delved deeply into their spirituality. Some are even hugely immersed in very automated ways of experiencing religion. Some even see spirituality/religion as a chore they have to do in order to maintain the status quo. Some have no idea who or what God is, and some don’t even believe in God. Some people plan on getting into spirituality when they have time, but for now they have to keep up with their jobs, families or activities.</p>
<p><br/>These are the people who are going to need your help when the going gets tough, when physical reality suddenly changes abruptly. There will be no mor “normal” and a lot of people will simply go mad. Some people will have no idea what to do with themselves if suddenly they don’t have a job to go to anymore, the super market is empty, or electricity suddenly goes off. Some people have no idea how to survive, light a fire, or protect themselves.</p>
<p><br/>You are probably not going to be equipped to help people on the level of physical survival very much, if that were to ever become necessary, especially if it would be something that would put your own situation in jeopardy. That is an undertaking that only a massive level of preparation could take care of. You might be helping your immediate family who finally wizens up and needs food to eat and a place to stay, but you would not be able to assist the masses in that way. On the other hand, you could be in a position to teach people who don’t know how to light a fire, grow a garden, or purify water how to do that. Maybe.</p>
<p><br/>What you are going to be helping people the most with is understanding what is happening, learning how to work with consciousness, and learning how to feel less fear since it is essential that people drop the energy of fear if they are going to be able to turn things around. You can teach them how to work with pre-matter and align with the paradigm shift taking place. You can teach people how to work with one another and come together.</p>Pre-Matter & How It Works, Creation Energytag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-05-03:2790939:BlogPost:43142010-05-03T00:13:19.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543101440?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="FLOAT: right" width="300"></img> Just be aware that you are feeling a build up of energy in the human noosphere (collective self) because a big mass event really is coming. Whatever it is, we don’t really know what it’s going to look like yet so I won’t pretend to know. All we know for sure is that the build up for a big change is coming.</p>
<p><br></br>Sometimes the reason for this inability to know, by anyone, what it is really going to look like and why predictions are never dependable is because it is still…</p>
<p><img width="300" style="FLOAT: right" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543101440?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Just be aware that you are feeling a build up of energy in the human noosphere (collective self) because a big mass event really is coming. Whatever it is, we don’t really know what it’s going to look like yet so I won’t pretend to know. All we know for sure is that the build up for a big change is coming.</p>
<p><br/>Sometimes the reason for this inability to know, by anyone, what it is really going to look like and why predictions are never dependable is because it is still morphing and changing as new energies are introduced, changed or used in the energetic movements underneath physical reality. It depends on what the mass consciousness projects and does with the energy that causes it to take form. This kind of energy takes on a temporary etheric template to test out that idea. Then it changes and takes on another form to see if that is a better version. There is a different twist or addition and it takes yet another form. This is the way it works in pre-matter energy before it actually becomes physical. Only once it becomes physical, crystallizing and becoming solid, literally, is the final version of form decided upon and manifested.</p>
<p><br/>Simply notice the energy moving, building, changing, metamorphosing, and enjoy the fact that you are able to be aware of it before it manifests. You are blessed to be able to perceive this. Not everyone can feel the energy of pre-matter consciously and perceive its movement. You are “tuned in” to what is going on underneath reality. Literally. That really is where this energy is. It is still on the pre-creation platform, the potters turning wheel.</p>
<p><br/>You can feel that energy and know it is there without becoming anxious about it. Yes, time seems to be moving differently. Yes, nothing is staying fixed in position and there is a sense of great instability in everything at this time. Yes, changes are happening fast, maybe a little too fast for comfort. Yes, a quickening and a wildfire is spreading through the mass consciousness like some sort of energy wave. Yes, there is a warping of physical senses and physical reality, a pulling of some sort on the very fabric of time and space. You are noticing it even though you might not be comfortable or ever seem to have enough time to get everything done.</p>
<p><br/>Just relax and enjoy it though. This is a big show, and you are getting to see the pre-show! What a privilege you have! It’s like getting a backstage pass and getting to see the set up before the big famous band comes on. It is like getting to sit in on rehearsals. Don’t be anxious, just do the best you can, and don’t be afraid.</p>
<p>When you feel the rumblings underneath reality, yes, it could feel a little nerve wracking, like an earthquake does or the rumblings before a bigthunderstorm coming in from a distance. However, there is nothing you can do except keep focused on your preparations, even if it is simply preparations in consciousness, and be at ease knowing that everything is in the hands of God. Godself knows what it is doing so you are in good hands. Instead of being worried or frantic, just enjoy the excitement of its implications, the tension and pleasant anticipation present before the big show.</p>
<p><br/>You are safe even though you feel the big rumblings underneath physical reality. Yes, the big one is coming but you will be fine, actually better than fine. Just go where you are led to go, be who you are meant to be, and do what you are led to do.</p>Opening Psychic Channelstag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-04-03:2790939:BlogPost:41662010-04-03T09:01:00.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543101517?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="FLOAT: right" width="300"></img> Learning about psychic abilities is no different from anything else we can learn to do well. By now virtually everyone understands something of a sixth sense exists, but grasping exactly what that means and how we can apply it to our lives is a bit different.</p>
<p><br></br>Many people who are familiar with philosophies of my own, understand what I mean by Creation through opposition. Basically, it is the nature of relation between polar opposites that provides us with movement and…</p>
<p><img width="300" style="FLOAT: right" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543101517?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Learning about psychic abilities is no different from anything else we can learn to do well. By now virtually everyone understands something of a sixth sense exists, but grasping exactly what that means and how we can apply it to our lives is a bit different.</p>
<p><br/>Many people who are familiar with philosophies of my own, understand what I mean by Creation through opposition. Basically, it is the nature of relation between polar opposites that provides us with movement and creativity. Not quite the “Ghost Whisperer” but relevant all the same when it comes to psychic information.</p>
<p><br/>Opening psychic channels requires only three things. The knowledge that we can or belief, perseverance and discernment.</p>
<p><br/>When we experience a tragedy, negativity, loss, etc., we engage in cycles of growth, not the other way around. The latest movement in the economy has provided just that. Where we had seen movement in our physical environment, out of balance, the illusion of that reality weakened and failed to continue as it once had. In this one turn of events, many people have wakened from a deep sleep to an age of there being something more. For many that sleep has had a familiar tune to it; an old friend they once knew but had to let go of to conform or focus on more pertinent things. We became distracted.</p>
<p><br/>Regardless, the ability still resides in each of us. It’s a bit like riding a bicycle, swapping it for a sports car and returning again. Understanding this gives us a place to start for those wanting to get back in touch with their gifts.</p>
<p><br/>By opening the window of possibility, many psychic channels will then become triggered. Think of it as you would the first scents of spring. One breeze can carry various scents of Jasmine, Lilac, freshly cut grass, leaves or even rain. Because we worked openly with those scents, we are able to discern them from one that might be generalized as being sweet.</p>
<p><br/>Any one of us can learn the use of a gift endowed specifically for the benefit, balance and survival of the species it was created.</p>
<p><br/><em>(excerpt from Elleise's material - Psychic Intuitive and Spiritual Counselor)</em></p>18 Things You Need to Know About Vitamin D and Cancertag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-02-03:2790939:BlogPost:37272010-02-03T20:21:46.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102474?profile=original" style="float: right;"></img> Think twice before applying that sunscreen! Did you know vitamin D deficiency kills more than one million people each year? As more and more people slather on the sunscreen (which is most likely filled with harmful and toxic chemicals), they get less and less of nature's "sunshine" vitamin, which is synthesized by the skin when exposed to direct sunlight. On the flip side, the risk of being harmed by the sun is minimal. Sufficient vitamin D levels can decrease a woman's breast cancer…
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543102474?profile=original" alt="" style="float: right;"/>Think twice before applying that sunscreen! Did you know vitamin D deficiency kills more than one million people each year? As more and more people slather on the sunscreen (which is most likely filled with harmful and toxic chemicals), they get less and less of nature's "sunshine" vitamin, which is synthesized by the skin when exposed to direct sunlight. On the flip side, the risk of being harmed by the sun is minimal. Sufficient vitamin D levels can decrease a woman's breast cancer risk by 50 percent, and supress tumor growth in colorectal, breast and prostate cancer.<br />
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Read on to learn more about the overwhelming evidence between cancer risk and vitamin D deficiency - and what you can do about it.<br />
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Author Quotes about Vitamin D and Cancer:<br />
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1/ "Vitamin D suppresses tumor growth and promotes differentiation in colorectal cancer in much the same ways it does in breast and prostate cancer. Normal colon cells have higher vitamin D receptor concentrations than abnormal or cancerous colon cells."<br />
- James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure<br />
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2/ "The combination of vitamin D and vitamin A slows prostate cancer cell growth in the lab. Clinical research on activated vitamin D and vitamin D-like molecules in humans shows promise. We know that activated vitamin D alone often slows the growth of prostate tumors, and the different concentrations of vitamin D receptors on cancer cells versus normal prostate cells can help to separate cancer cells from normal cells by growth rates."<br />
- James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure<br />
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3/ "D deficiency that plagues 80 percent of the American population. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis and almost every other degenerative disorder. 'The elderly, who spend little time in the sun and use sunscreen agents frequently, may be at risk for vitamin d deficiency,' according to a statement made by the Mayo Clinic."<br />
- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's a Survival Mechanism<br />
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4/ "Over 42 percent of Americans suffer from vitamin D deficiency, and 47 percent of pregnant women are severely deficient in this important hormone. Their children tend to have weak bones that break easily, even during their childhood years. Many chronic illnesses are due to vitamin D deficiency, including osteoporosis, cancer, and depression. You cannot stop a vitamin D deficiency by taking supplements. Sunlight is the only real remedy. To make sufficient amounts of vitamin D, dark-skinned people need to spend at least two to three times longer in the sun than do Caucasians."<br />
- Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body<br />
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5/ "Vitamin D may play an anti-cancer role by slowing cell division. Sunshine is the natural source of vitamin D."<br />
- Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified<br />
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6/ "Vitamin D is crucial for the immune system and may play a role in cancer prevention as well."<br />
- Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel<br />
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7/ "In 2007, Doctor Cedrick Garland and colleagues, using pooled analyses of available research, estimated that maintaining a vitamin D blood level of 55ng/ml could annually prevent 250,000 deaths worldwide, including 60,000 in the USA." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health<br />
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8/ "I even learned that your own body freely generates the best anti-cancer medicine in the world - vitamin D - a nutrient that's been proven to slash breast cancer risk by an astonishing 50 percent, but only if you get some exposure to natural sunlight or consume vitamin D through fish oils and nutritional supplements.<br />
- Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions<br />
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9/ "All African Americans have vitamin D deficiency and they consequently have higher rates of cancer. Slathering on sunscreen is not such a good idea. We've gone too far with sunscreen because we're not getting enough vitamin D. This is a 'coming public health disaster in the US.' Everyone should get a half hour of sunshine a day."<br />
- Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry<br />
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10/ "Research shows that vitamin D has a variety of important benefits besides lowering blood sugar. It seems to protect against eighteen different kinds of cancers, has a significant positive impact on the immune system in fighting colds and flus, viruses, and TB, and protects against rickets and osteoporosis."<br />
- Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Live 21-Day+ Program<br />
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11/ "Those not getting sufficient sunshine to meet their vitamin D needs should take a supplement. Vitamin deficiency is epidemic in America, and it contributes not only to the development of osteoporosis but to increased cancer and heart disease as well."<br />
- Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition<br />
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12/ "On the other hand, lack of sun exposure and subsequent vitamin D deficiency kills more than one million people each year. Comparatively, the risk of being harmed by the sun is minimal. The most dangerous of skin cancers, which is melanoma, usually appears in parts of the skin where the sun does not reach at all, or not reach enough. If you have the opportunity, for optimal protection expose your entire body to the sun, including the private parts."<br />
- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease -- It's A Survival Mechanism<br />
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13/ "Now it seems as if every month there is a new study documenting the beneficial effects of sunlight and vitamin D, which, as you know, we get from the sun. For instance, in one of these recent studies, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (a very sunny place), concluded that almost 150,000 cases of cancer - particularly colorectal and breast cancer - could be prevented each year by just ten to fifteen minutes a day of exposure to sunlight."<br />
- Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again<br />
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14/ "Numerous other studies have supported this research, showing that modest unprotected exposure to sunlight helps the body produce the vitamin D it needs to keep bones healthy and protect against cancer, including skin cancer. Yes, you read that right. Of course, repeated sunburns - especially in childhood and in very fair-skinned people - have been linked to melanoma. But there is no credible scientific evidence that moderate sun exposure causes skin cancer."<br />
- Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again<br />
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15/ "A study from Finland also confirmed a connection with a deficiency of vitamin D and prostate cancer. People living in northern hemispheres, where the days are dark most of the winter months, could benefit from taking a vitamin D supplement. Don't forget about also taking a whole food supplement to get all your daily requirements of all the essential nutrients."<br />
- Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer<br />
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16/ "The net result is, that not getting enough sunlight lowers your vitamin D and serotonin levels and thereby increases your risk of cancer and many other illnesses. Also be aware that most cosmetics now contain UV-blocking chemicals. These include face creams, makeup products, moisturizers, lotions and anti-wrinkle creams. If you feel you absolutely need a sunscreen product because you are unable to avoid the direct midday sun, make sure it has mostly natural ingredients in them."<br />
- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease -- It's A Survival Mechanism<br />
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17/ "Doses of 1 micro-gram per day of vitamin D have been shown to reduce blood pressure in hypercalcemic patients. Vitamin D may also be effective against cancer. Results of one nineteen-year long study of 1954 Chicago men which showed that an intake of greater than 3.75 micrograms per day of vitamin D was associated with a 50 percent reduction of colorectal cancer."<br />
- Gary Null, Ph.D., Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti-Aging Program<br />
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18/ "We know that the skin needs vitamin D, which is produced in response to sunshine. We also know that the skin needs vitamin A. But today man's body has become so degenerated, so filled with mucus, acid toxins, and mineral and vitamin deficiencies that he can't spend a great amount of time in the sunshine. There are many people who develop all kinds of skin conditions from exposure to the sun and then falsely put the blame on sunshine. The sun pulls out the impurities below the skin - trying to purify you. Skin cancers spring from toxic cells."<br />
- Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg, The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental & Spiritual Rejuvenation10 Ways to Raise your Vibrations …and make the world a better place :)tag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2010-01-19:2790939:BlogPost:36182010-01-19T05:12:18.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2479905592?profile=original" style="float: right;"></img> <b>1. DON’T</b> give away your power to people. Take responsibility for your life. If things aren‘t going as hoped in your life, re examine your deepest beliefs. Swap limiting beliefs for empowering ones.<br />
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<b>2. DO</b> get a pet! According to Power vs Force (David Hawkin's book), a purring cat vibrates at 500.<br />
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<b>3. DON’T</b> watch movies that drag you down. According to Power vs Force, this is most films. Watch movies that will make you feel good. Listen to music that fills you with…
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2479905592?profile=original" alt="" style="float: right;"/><b>1. DON’T</b> give away your power to people. Take responsibility for your life. If things aren‘t going as hoped in your life, re examine your deepest beliefs. Swap limiting beliefs for empowering ones.<br />
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<b>2. DO</b> get a pet! According to Power vs Force (David Hawkin's book), a purring cat vibrates at 500.<br />
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<b>3. DON’T</b> watch movies that drag you down. According to Power vs Force, this is most films. Watch movies that will make you feel good. Listen to music that fills you with positive emotions. Read books that empower you. (Control the input to your brain, and you‘ll control your output).<br />
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<b>4. DO</b> focus on what you want in your life, not what you don‘t want - remember the law of attraction… You have the power to create the life of your dreams - even if the world around you seems messed up, don‘t lose focus…<br />
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<b>5. DO</b> imagine that what you dream of is in your life now, and feel grateful for it now …and after that think of 10 more things to be grateful for.<br />
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<b>6. DO</b> have fun. Life is about being happy. Don‘t wait until you have this, or that… Don‘t put off happiness. Live now. Enjoy now.<br />
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<b>7. DO</b> seek to discover the truth about the meaning of your life. The answers are there if you look for them. Awareness and peace of mind are high vibrations.<br />
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<b>8. DO</b> use tools and strategies to help you achieve higher levels of consciousness, such as meditation, prayer, yoga etc.<br />
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<b>9. DON’T</b> watch the news on television. It is filled with negativity which lowers your vibrations. (Why is 95% of all news all the time focused on bad news…). If you want to keep abreast of current affairs search the internet for independent, unbiased news. Seek the truth. Trust your intuition. This will also help you give you a much more balanced view of reality. There‘s lots of good news out there if you‘re looking for it…<br />
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<b>10.DO</b> help other people. Forgiveness, compassion and understanding are good vibrations. Join <a href="http://spiritualmarket.ning.com/group/globalcoherence">Spiritual Market's group Global Coherence</a> and become member of <a href="http://www.glcoherence.org" target="_blank">Global Coherence Initiative</a> , join our <a href="http://spiritualmarket.ning.com/group/quantumactivists">Quantum Activists group</a>. Maybe even learn to spread love and heal people from a distance with the power of your mind… check out <a href="http://probablefuture.com/cmd.php?Clk=3180394" target="_blank">The Academy of Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing</a>.The Grace of Gratitudetag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-11-27:2790939:BlogPost:30152009-11-27T09:14:29.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<img alt="" height="212" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543100706?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="250"></img> Gratitude and appreciation will raise your vibration, open your heart, and elevate you from even the darkest of places.<br />
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In appreciating and feeling grateful for something or someone, you essentially 'receive' it (i.e. the very essence you feel grateful for), as well as give to it from your heart, which effectively aligns your vibration to it, and directs your focus, attention and energy towards it.<br />
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Gratitude attunes your heart and mind to that which is positive in your life.<br />
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When…
<img width="250" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543100706?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="250" height="212" style="float: right;"/>Gratitude and appreciation will raise your vibration, open your heart, and elevate you from even the darkest of places.<br />
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In appreciating and feeling grateful for something or someone, you essentially 'receive' it (i.e. the very essence you feel grateful for), as well as give to it from your heart, which effectively aligns your vibration to it, and directs your focus, attention and energy towards it.<br />
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Gratitude attunes your heart and mind to that which is positive in your life.<br />
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When you feel grateful you get to experience the beautiful qualities of that which you feel grateful for. It connects you to what you love and appreciate which enhances your state in a graceful and magical way.<br />
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Gratitude is the sweet song of appreciation. It turns an experience, person or event into a gift that is received, for when you appreciate and feel grateful, you literally let the experience/quality in, and you also give to it. It is a wonderful exchange of positive energies.<br />
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Whatever you focus on grows, so when you appreciate someone, see their value and beauty and feel grateful for it, those qualities will expand and grow in your life.<br />
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When you focus on everything in your life you have to feel grateful for, and all the wonderful things, experiences and people you appreciate, the universe hands you more of the same. It's a fantastic abundance expanding experience.<br />
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You might like to keep a gratitude journal and write down at the end of each day 10 things you feel grateful for over the last 24 hours to assist you in experiencing more of this wondrous, generative, heart-opening energy of gratitude!<br />
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<i>"Gratitude is a powerful tool. If you will allow yourself to feel grateful, your processing and programming can work immeasurably better. ... As you feel grateful for what you have, you start having more things about which to feel that gratitude."<br />
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- Lazaris</i>2012 - What's Really Going To Happen?tag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-11-12:2790939:BlogPost:28622009-11-12T06:51:26.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543100383?profile=original" style="float: right;"></img> Before going into the specifics of the upcoming sixth night, November 8, 2009 – November 2, 2010, of the Galactic Wave Movement (or Underworld) I feel I should clarify some of my basic points of departure for understanding the Mayan calendar, since the various ideas that are currently proposed for this vary significantly. There are for instance those that believe that the end date of the Mayan calendar only marks the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new.<br />
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On my own part I however…
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543100383?profile=original" alt="" style="float: right;"/>Before going into the specifics of the upcoming sixth night, November 8, 2009 – November 2, 2010, of the Galactic Wave Movement (or Underworld) I feel I should clarify some of my basic points of departure for understanding the Mayan calendar, since the various ideas that are currently proposed for this vary significantly. There are for instance those that believe that the end date of the Mayan calendar only marks the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new.<br />
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On my own part I however think that we are approaching something much more profound than just a point in a cycle that again will be repeated. The only Mayan inscription from ancient times, the Tortuguero monument, which describes the end (<a href="http://bit.ly/3Ni2rD">http://bit.ly/3Ni2rD</a>) of their calendar says that nine cosmic forces will then manifest. Empirically, there is also overwhelming evidence from modern research that we are approaching a point in time when nine evolutionary levels (so called Underworlds) of the cosmic plan are simultaneously going to be completed. This would imply that we are approaching not another cycle or another shift, but the end to all shifts, which have been driving evolution since the beginning of the universe. Such an end to all shifts could conceivably provide the basis for a harmonious eternal peace on Earth.<br />
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What is about to transpire now is in other words not something that has ever happened before in the history of the universe. Maybe this impending change, partially unknown, causes the widespread denial that I feel dominate many people at the current moment. Rather than facing a great change in our socioeconomic relationships (since any change in human consciousness also implies a change in our relationships) many prefer to fantasize about some physical or astronomical event, that purportedly is going to happen on December 21, 2012.<br />
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In reality the Mayan calendar is however not about something that will happen on a singular date, but a description of a divine plan for the evolution of humankind where quantum shifts between calendrical energies bring about shifts in consciousness. Thus, human consciousness will continue to be transformed step by step in accordance with this plan until we come to the real end date of the process of creation, October 28, 2011. At this date the highest quantum state of the universe will be attained (13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13 13 Ahau) when the shifts disrupting the harmony will come to an end. Obviously, we are not there yet.<br />
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In this plan for the evolution of consciousness we are now approaching the sixth night of the Galactic Wave Movement, the eighth of the nine levels, which will begin on November 8, 2009. If my understanding of the Mayan calendar is correct we will in this coming night be witnessing the most significant transformation of consciousness ever in the history of mankind. What is exciting about this is that I feel that a relatively clear picture of how a new world is going to be born is now finally becoming evident.<br />
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On the other hand, what is also becoming increasingly clear is that this birth is likely to become very demanding. For this reason it becomes all the more important to understand how some of the difficulties ahead actually serve the delivery of this new world even though it may not always seem that they do so in the moment. If people can gain a realistic understanding of how this new world will be born they may be able to keep a hope for the future, which is based on something more than mere wishful thinking.<br />
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Unfortunately, much confusion reigns about the Mayan calendar and many that present themselves as experts on this deny the ancient Mayan knowledge that there are nine cosmic forces that are about to manifest, and that it is these, and nothing else, that explains why a new world will be born.<br />
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Thus, what will happen in the time ahead cannot be understood from the sixth night of the Galactic Underworld alone. The overlapping of the cycles preparing for the ninth, and highest, level in the cosmic evolution scheme; the Universal Wave Movement (see Figure) with the energy of this sixth night will then also need to be taken into consideration. Because of this overlapping, and the speed-up of time associated especially with the latter Wave Movement, not only do I think that the upcoming period will be unusually intense, but also energetically quite complex.<br />
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At the time of this writing (October 31, 2009, 1 Ben) we are towards the end of the sixth day, the period of flowering in the process from seed to mature fruit in the Galactic Wave Movement, which precedes the sixth night. As I predicted in an earlier article it would now to some economists seem that the “global economic recession” (or the worst of it) is already over. There are however certain things currently going on in the world that belies this and are more in line with the prediction I made in an article in May (<a href="http://bit.ly/qeisX">http://bit.ly/qeisX</a>) of a further economic downturn, especially expressed in a fall in the value of the US dollar, to take place around the time that the sixth night begins (see also: <a href="http://bit.ly/2faPHG">http://bit.ly/2faPHG</a>). While several sources now predict a dollar fall it is important to note that mine was made a relatively long time ago and if it proves to be correct shows that what is happening in the economy is part of a divine plan charted by the Mayan calendar.<br />
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My prediction of a further economic downturn was based on the observation that nights, at least in the second part of an evolutionary Wave Movement, usually mean at the very least a slowdown of economic growth. An indication of such an impending downturn at this upcoming night is for instance that there has been a rush for gold, which for the first time passed the magical limit of USD 1000/troy ounce. Moreover, an index of insider trading shows that people knowledgeable about the actual basis for valuing US stock tend to think of this as highly overvalued.<br />
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Most importantly, increasingly higher voices are now raised in almost all corners of the world for the replacement of the petrodollar system and thus also of the use of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. These various indices thus do not indicate that the “recession” is over, but if anything that an intensification of the economic decline, especially in the indebted West, is imminent. It seems that investors are escaping assets in the form of paper or digit values, which is exactly what we would expect from this late phase of the Galactic Wave Movement, when a shift in consciousness amounting to a shift from abstract to concrete economic values is taking place. Thus, while many will say that the changes are a result of a conspiracy, for instance against the US, the point to realize is that if that were the case they would not have been predictable from the Mayan calendar.<br />
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I believe that what is happening in the world’s economy is something much more profound and fundamental than a temporary recession and is a direct consequence of the particular transformation of consciousness that the Galactic Wave Movement is bringing. As I explain in my new book The Purposeful Universe (<a href="http://bit.ly/yvXjH">http://bit.ly/yvXjH</a>) consciousness is primarily a relationship to the Tree of Life, which exists on many different levels of the cosmos and causes synchronized shifts on these different levels. What this means is that the shifts in consciousness that give new directions to our lives will also directly affect the world and society at large and how we relate to this. A shift in consciousness is hence not something that only happens in our heads, but is simultaneously also expressed in changes in our relationships.<br />
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Our economic relationships are thus also subject to shifts in consciousness and the evolution of this. We should then expect an even further escape from abstract values as the sixth night begins, a shift that may be expected to especially severely hit the western economies of the United States and the United Kingdom, which remain the financial centers of the world and control much of its banking activities. At the present time these nations, and especially the United States, are so indebted that there really is no need to present an explanation as to why there would be another downturn in its economy.<br />
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All that is needed for this is something to trigger what is going to happen anyway one way or another. While many things may trigger such a downturn, and the media will place all the emphasis on this trigger, the deeper reasons for a downturn is best understood from the Mayan calendar. From a Mayan calendar perspective the ongoing decline in economic growth reflects a stepwise adaptation to the end of the economic cycles that will be associated with the Mayan end date (or beginning date of a new world if you like).<br />
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If the downturn of the economy is part of a process creating the conditions for the birth of a new world a relevant question to ask is how deep it is going to be. Even if it seems clear that the value of paper money, and especially the US dollar, will be hit, it is still somewhat of an open question how far-reaching the consequences of this will be. I think this can only be understood from a study of what might be the nature of the new world to be born.<br />
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When it comes to understanding this it seems however that there are actually no ancient Mayan sources to consult. The Mayan sources only say that Nine cosmic forces are going to manifest as the calendar comes to an end, but there is no ancient inscription, which talks about what will follow upon this. Because of this dearth of material I suggest that we turn to sources from the large Abrahamic religions such as the Bible or the Quran, which do say something on the matter. If we combine these with our understanding from the Mayan calendar I feel we may gain some idea of what is to come. I believe everything that has been happening in this time plan has been subordinated to the delivery of this new world.<br />
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Hence, the Quran says this in Surah 82:17-19: “And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is? Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is? (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.” I believe this disappearance of dominance may refer to the Universal Underworld, which brings a consciousness of oneness and transparency to our whole beings and all of our past actions. If we take this seriously it would imply that all chains to people dominating others would need to be broken.<br />
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The last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation 21:4-5 also describes a new world to be born: “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” This would seem to imply that all chains to the past would need to be broken for the new world to be born. Taken together it would seem that as pre-requisites for the birth of a new earth we would need to free ourselves from the chains to the past as well as from chains to other people.<br />
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To some these changes may look so great that it might even be more comfortable to fantasize that the world would come to an end than to go through all of the necessary changes that would more or less turn our world upside down. Certainly, there is also a tremendous amount of people in power, who do not want to see such a transformation towards equality and harmony coming about. These quotes may however give us a hint about where the economic downturn may be leading us and how deep it will be.<br />
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Will money for instance completely disappear? I think the answer to this is that money will disappear to the extent that it no longer chains the world to the past. In practice, this probably means that all thinking about profitable investing etc is somewhat beside the point, since the emerging new world is not likely to be a growth economy based on the drive for accumulation of abstract values. More likely, the new world is going to be one based on sharing and care-taking of all members of society as the unity consciousness of the Universal Wav Movement, presumably after much turmoil, eventually is established.<br />
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The more immediate time period in the sixth night will then be when the practical expressions of this transformation will need to be tested out and implemented. This may from the perspective of the current world seem unthinkable. Yet, there is no such thing as an eternal human nature and our perception of reality, and what we are propelled to create, always varies between the different Wave Movements. The human beings of the Regional, National, Planetary and Galactic Wave Movements are completely different in their approach to life and the universal human being that will be created by the Ninth and Universal Wave Movement will represent the crowning step of the evolution of consciousness. Thus, she is then likely to embody a different perception of the world and different qualities compared to previously. An economy based on sharing is of course fully possible if the unity consciousness carried by the Universal Wave Movement is successfully established. Even if the energy changes will now be happening quickly I should add that it may take some time (in the range of a few years after 2011) until this economy takes its final form.<br />
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So how in practice could such a transition come about from a human being, who essentially looks after herself to one that sees the unity of all and shares the fruits of creation? Such a transformation of our experience of life may now seem as impossible as the fall of the Berlin Wall once seemed. But similarly to how the fall of the Berlin Wall ultimately was a reflection of a transcendence of an east-west polarity in human consciousness the new world to be born is designed to result from a transcendence of the inner and outer walls maintained especially by the western mind. Thus, my suspicion is that during the first half of the sixth night the world’s economy will increasingly slow down as the consumption of the US population will no longer be able to keep the industrial engines of the world going.<br />
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The power of the US in the world would decrease as a result of a dollar fall.* Yet, because of the indirect effects of this downturn, no part of the world can expect to be untouched. In this downturn it will then come a point when it will start to dawn on many people that it will never be possible to resurrect the old growth economy and that there will never be any return to a “business as usual.” At that point very radical socio-economic solutions will need to be explored for people to survive also in a literal physical sense as it becomes obvious that it is the nature of the economic relationships and the chains to the economy of the past that cause the problems. We may for instance ask what will happen if major portions of the population in economically significant countries will not be able to pay their mortgages? Will these people then have to leave their houses in mass so that countless houses owned by banks will sit empty when people are out on the streets? This is the kind of situation that has already appeared in some previously car manufacturing suburbs of Detroit. Hence, this scenario is not hypothetical, but has already to some extent happened on a limited scale.<br />
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What likely will happen then is that demands will be raised for a moratorium on debts, so that people will no longer have to pay to the banks to stay in their homes. Maybe this will be preceded on a larger scale by some nations that see it necessary to push for the cancellations of national debts as a means of stabilizing the world. If such a moratorium on debts is instituted it would however be like cancelling the power of money and the chains to the past as it exists now. This would effectively create a path towards a sustainable economy an economy where it is emphasized that the needs of people are met in the present moment (returning to the theme of cutting the chains of the past).<br />
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This of course would be nothing short of a revolution, and most likely a worldwide such, since the worlds’ economies at the current time are so deeply entangled. Possibly this would spread from the US to much of the rest of the world. Such an enormous transformation of the world’s socio-economic system would then be likely to take place in the time period between July 17, 2010 (the Cosmic Convergence)** and the beginning of the Seventh day of the Galactic Wave Movement (November 3, 2010). Naturally, it would serve to dissolve many of the other systems of dominance that the world has inherited especially from the National, but also the Planetary, Wave Movement. Energetically speaking this time period, July 17- November 3, 2010, is created through the overlap of the pre-Universal Underworld and the Galactic Wave Movement.*** What this revolutionary time period most likely is going to amount to is a corresponding decrease of governmental and national authority (not that of any particular government, but governmental authority as such, something which humanity has inherited from the National Wave Movement and its patriarchal frame of consciousness. Needless to say some would try to take advantage of such a situation).<br />
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It will seriously come into question what we need governments and national borders for “when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another.” My vision for the time period from the Cosmic Convergence until the beginning of the seventh day of the Galactic Wave Movement is thus a total overhaul of human civilization. This then would also be a time to make choices of path individually.<br />
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Why would this particular time period, July 17, 2010 – November 2, 2010, bring such a revolutionary transformation? Well, there are two earlier time periods that are noteworthy as parallels to this upcoming one. One is AD 1498-1617, the Renaissance, which in a broad sense meant the overturning of the feudal system that saw the Vatican as the ultimate source of worldly power and the beginning of the modern era. The other is 1986-1992, which carried a revolutionary wave of democracy (including the fall of the Berlin Wall) resulting in a world whose hemispheres were no longer separated.<br />
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We may also notice that the two corresponding revolutionary time periods gave rise to new expressions of spirituality, in the first case the Reformation and in the second the Harmonic Convergence**** that became somewhat of a starting point for the eclectic New Age movement of our own time. This would indicate that also this time, following the Cosmic Convergence, there will be a new spiritual awakening. Since the Cosmic Convergence would be the first breeze of a unity consciousness this would imply that people would then be divinely inspired to share and recognize the unity of all creation. I believe it will be a spirituality beyond words based on the immediate experience of the divine. Hence, while the Reformation was an awakening emphasizing the written word and the New Age movement originated in esoteric ideas that were sometimes channeled or spoken I believe that the spiritual awakening ahead will not be something that can be formulated in words and will be based on plain knowing.<br />
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I feel it is an open question whether this transformative revolution between July 17 and November 3, 2010 will be peaceful, but the parallel to the time period 1986-1992 indicates that this at least is possible. What seems clear however is that people will be divided as to whether they want to flow with the incoming energies leading towards a new world or if they will resist them and seek to hold on to or go back to the system of the past. It is then no wonder that strong forces will try to present the Mayan calendar as if it is about something that will happen on the date December 21, 2012. (A typical example of this is the upcoming Hollywood movie 2012, a disaster movie, but most New Age gurus have prepared the ground for these nonsense fears by emphasizing this singular date and ignoring that the Mayan calendar is constituted by nine levels of evolution).<br />
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How people will relate to this change will thus also depend on the understanding people have of the Mayan calendar and the cosmic plan, which at the current time only a very small minority is aware of at least in its true form as a manifestation of nine cosmic forces. People at large may in fact never recognize any conscious warning signals for what is to come. Yet, in as much as they understand that the large-scale changes emanate from a divine plan this would mean that a spiritual awakening could take place. If this happens they will not be inclined to look at the changes around them as just meaningless chaotic events as they surely will be presented by the dominating media.<br />
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Considering that this is all about the participation in a process of evolution of consciousness there is a great danger in people believing that the Mayan calendar is about a singular date when some event will take place, whether this is made up to be a “pole shift”, “galactic alignment,” “Planet X,” “end of the world” or “shift in consciousness.” This is an incredibly naïve view of an essentially superstitious nature where a new world is believed to simply fall down upon the human beings from the sky without their active and conscious participation in the processes leading up to a state of unity consciousness.<br />
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In reality, there is overwhelming evidence that the Mayan calendar describes sequential shifts in consciousness, which will begin to be experienced at an even higher frequency after July 17, 2010 and even more markedly so after the beginning of the actual Universal Wave Movement on March 8, 2011. Only at October 28, 2011 will the shifts come to an end and a unity consciousness stabilize that will provide the basis for a millennium of peace. This frequency increase incidentally also explains how such a tremendous overhaul of all systems of dominance could take place in such a short period of time. A recommendation I would like to make, in addition to ethical living and telling the truth, is to learn to flow with the ninth level (<a href="http://bit.ly/WWjiG">http://bit.ly/WWjiG</a>). Stay in the middle of the river with a focus on the manifestation of the new world!<br />
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* The effects of a significant fall in the value of the US dollar on its economy are not uncomplicated. Domestic trading would in principle (this is an oversimplification) be unaffected, while US exports would become more competitive. It would however be certain to decrease the power of the US in the world, since its companies could be bought at a lower cost in other currencies and since for instance oil imports would become much more expensive.Two Minute Radiancetag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-10-28:2790939:BlogPost:27242009-10-28T08:50:40.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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Two minutes a day of pure heart energy amounts to a lot of love from the collective membership and can be very effective through these times. This is a mini project with a small energy investment but a large potential for effectiveness. Similar projects have been done by other groups in times past, yet their usefulness remains ever-current.<br />
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<b>Two Minute Radiance Technique</b><br />
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<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543112501?profile=original" alt="" style="float: left;"/>Radiate pure coherent love to the planetary whole for only two minutes a day for three months!<br />
Two minutes a day of pure heart energy amounts to a lot of love from the collective membership and can be very effective through these times. This is a mini project with a small energy investment but a large potential for effectiveness. Similar projects have been done by other groups in times past, yet their usefulness remains ever-current.<br />
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<b>Two Minute Radiance Technique</b><br />
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Picture breathing through the center of your chest (heart), as this helps to warm up your heart center (feelings). Imagine that your heart is like a high radiance light bulb. See the intensity increase as you focus your breath on the intention to fill your heart with outgoing love and compassion. just radiate the light of your coherent heart to mother earth and humanity as a whole for two minutes a day, without assigning a destination or being attached to an outcome. Ask spirit or universal source to use the love for the highest-best for the planetary whole.<br />
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When you finish the two minutes, if you have more time and want to radiate heart and care for any specific intention, please do so.<br />
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<i>Remember, when you are sending out focused love, appreciation and compassion, this energy processes first through your own system and science has proven that you especially benefit from this experience. (Even though that’s not the motive for sending care, it’s still a healthy add-on.)</i><br />
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Since this is only a two minute technique, we’re asking you to do it each day for three months. The reason for three months is that for most people it’s easier to sustain a commitment for a shorter time than to commit two minutes every day of their life. However, for the ones that could, the planet would significantly benefit.Happy Diwali!tag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-10-17:2790939:BlogPost:26012009-10-17T23:02:32.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543118481?profile=original" style="float: left;"></img> <b>While Diwali is popularly known as the "festival of lights", the most significant spiritual meaning is "the awareness of the inner light".</b><br />
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Central to Hindu philosophy is the assertion that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal, called the Atman. Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of this inner light, in particular the knowing of which outshines all darkness (removes all obstacles…
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543118481?profile=original" alt="" style="float: left;"/><b>While Diwali is popularly known as the "festival of lights", the most significant spiritual meaning is "the awareness of the inner light".</b><br />
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Central to Hindu philosophy is the assertion that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal, called the Atman. Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of this inner light, in particular the knowing of which outshines all darkness (removes all obstacles and dispels all ignorance), awakening the individual to one's true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent reality. With the realization of the Atman comes universal compassion, love, and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge). This brings Ananda (inner joy or peace).<br />
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The gunas are the underlying forces or tendencies which one needs to have unaffected, direct relation with in order to find effectiveness and righteousness in life: they are lines of potential and illuminate thought and action, thus the inner meaning of Diwali being the festival of lights.<br />
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Diwali celebrates this through festive fireworks, lights, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship. While the story behind Diwali varies from region to region, the essence is the same - to rejoice in the inner light (Atman) or the underlying reality of all things (Brahman).<br />
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Diwali or Deepavali is a significant festival in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and an official holiday in India.<br />
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Deepavali is a Sanskrit word - Deepa meaning light and Avali, meaning a row. It means a row of lights and indeed illumination forms its main attraction. It symbolizes that age-old culture of India which teaches us to vanquish ignorance that subdues humanity and to drive away darkness that engulfs the light of knowledge. Deepavali, the festival of lights even to-day in this modern world, projects the rich and glorious past and teaches us to uphold the true values of life.<br />
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<b>Happy Diwali to all of you and your families!</b>Mystery of 2012tag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-10-02:2790939:BlogPost:23402009-10-02T01:30:00.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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<i><b>What is your view of the year 2012 being identified as a time of unprecedented collective change and transformation?<br />
We are already in a time of unprecedented change and transformation!</b></i><br />
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What is significant about 2012 is that it may be the turning point of that transformation—both as a low point in terms of crisis and challenge, where the collapse of many vital environmental and social systems converge, as well as a high…
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<i><b>What is your view of the year 2012 being identified as a time of unprecedented collective change and transformation?<br />
We are already in a time of unprecedented change and transformation!</b></i><br />
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What is significant about 2012 is that it may be the turning point of that transformation—both as a low point in terms of crisis and challenge, where the collapse of many vital environmental and social systems converge, as well as a high point in technological innovation and social breakthroughs. Not that it happens overnight or even in a single year, but more like an alcoholic who’s been heading toward bottom for a long time, finally waking up to reality and beginning the healing process. With this awakening, all things begin to turn around.<br />
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Many phases of culture have risen and fallen as humanity has climbed the evolutionary spiral through time. At the height of each era, there is enough abundance (or problems) for something new to begin—for humanity to start shifting to the next level. The new movement starts on the fringe around the time the previous paradigm crests. The abundance allows enough freedom for this beginning, and the problems of the times generate a counter-movement with a new way of thinking.<br />
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<i><b><u>Here’s how it plays out:</u></b></i><br />
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Hunting and gathering was the main operating system since homo sapiens walked on two feet. With the discovery of farming, this began to wane as agriculture and animal husbandry became the norm. Massive irrigation projects at the end of the Neolithic period produced a plentiful food supply, enabling the start of great empires around 3000 BC, and the use of writing to keep track of supplies. The period of empire has continued to this day, with its height of industrial prosperity in the last century. This abundance and freedom from survival enabled the start of the consciousness revolution or heart-based paradigm we are now entering.<br />
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As the new paradigm increases, the old paradigm wanes. As the new paradigm grows, there comes a point where it reaches critical mass and surpasses the old. Then the decline of the previous paradigm moves more rapidly and the new form becomes mainstream.<br />
2012 is the point in our era where the decline of the old paradigm is evident to everyone, and the new paradigm reaches enough critical mass to move into the mainstream.<br />
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You can also correlate the organizing principles of these paradigms to the chakras. The first one, hunter-gathering, is oriented to survival and very earth oriented (chakra one). The second movement corresponds to procreavity (chakra two) — a massive increase in population made possible by the ability to grow enough food. The Age of Empire was a third chakra modality, created by domination and conquest. The fourth chakra era we are now entering began with a consciousness revolution that included nature, spirituality, feminism, human rights, and the technology for collective networking.<br />
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The Great Awakening of our times is a movement from the Love of Power to the Power of Love — a shift in the central organizing principle for human society across the globe. This is a shift from a chain of command to a web of connection, from an ego system to an ecosystem, from competition to collaboration, markets to networks, stockholders to stakeholders, hierarchy to holarchy, and war to peace, to name just a few of the trends. It is also a rite of passage from cultural adolescence to planetary adulthood.<br />
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<i><b>In your view, what is the best way to respond to these challenging times? What can we do to align with the shift in a way that is most supportive of personal and collective evolution?</b></i><br />
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There’s many things that each of us can do in our own lives to facilitate this process and raise consciousness to the next level, from third chakra to fourth chakra. This occurs by:<br />
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• Evolving our consciousness through spiritual practices<br />
• Healing the wounds of our past<br />
• Going green in every way that we can, including spending more time in nature<br />
• Balancing masculine and feminine in all aspects of life, both in terms of values, and political/social gender equality<br />
• Moving from individual to collective well-being<br />
• Practicing compassion, generosity, forgiveness, and love<br />
• Retooling the economing from greed to green and from military-industrial to eco-social<br />
• This is the beginning of our planetary adulthood, the maturity to clean up after ourselves, take care of our planet, and realize that serving the whole is a greater evolutionary thrust than serving ourselves — and ultimately more rewarding.<br />
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It took billions of years for evolution to advance to enough consciousness that we could become conscious of evolution, and even more for us to get to the point where we can consciously evolve. The future is in our hands. We cannot wait until 2012 to begin this process. Rather 2012 will show the fruits of our efforts at a vitally crucial time. Now is the time to get the future right.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/eeoOQ" target="_blank">Hypnosis</a> is a form of healing and alternative remedy that our society has turned into the art of entertainment instead of using it for its true powers and abilities. Today, more and more people are beginning to learn that <a href="http://bit.ly/eeoOQ" target="_blank">hypnosis</a> is more than a nightly stage show, but something that can quite literally change their lives. <a href="http://bit.ly/eeoOQ" target="_blank">Hypnosis</a> can be done…
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<i>by Steve G. Jones (Steve G. Jones is a graduate of the University of Florida and is certified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist by the National Guild of Hypnotists and the American Board of Hypnotherapy).</i>A Healing Journey Packagetag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-04-07:2790939:BlogPost:7312009-04-07T04:30:20.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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<i>“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.”</i> Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich<br />
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Do you have a <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">millionaire mindset</a>? Ok, maybe you don’t want a million or think that’s too high a goal. That’s ok. The purpose of this article is to get you thinking about the way you…
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<i>“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.”</i> Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich<br />
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Do you have a <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">millionaire mindset</a>? Ok, maybe you don’t want a million or think that’s too high a goal. That’s ok. The purpose of this article is to get you thinking about the way you think about money.<br />
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Here are some facts about millionaires from researcher Thomas Stanley of the Millionaire Next Door and the <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">Millionaire Mind</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/mVWEF" target="_blank">Millionaires</a> say that the foundation of their <a href="http://bit.ly/mVWEF" target="_blank">financial success</a> is to be in integrity –being honest with all people; practicing discipline/self-control; having social skills and the ability to get along with people; hard work –more than most people; and a supportive spouse. Well, you might not have the supportive spouse right now, but don’t worry, you can control the other four factors and reach financial success.<br />
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1/3 of <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">millionaires</a> are business owners or entrepreneurs. They have courage to take financial risk but are not gamblers. The kind of risk they take is related to choices of their occupation or vocation. Being self employed has the risk of no employer backing you up and if you fail to deliver what the market demands, you may be out of business. Just the same, those with millionaire mindsets think it is risky not to be self-employed. And I agree! Being self-employed allows you to be in control of your own destiny. Profits are your own and there is no one stopping you from making as much as you’d like.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">Millionaires</a> focus on success, not failure. They practice believing in themselves and persistent attention to their work. The words of Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich” are still true today. They develop an understanding of their strengths and limitations and hire others to do the things they are not best at. They have an <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">abundance</a> of common sense. And here’s a key point –they choose work that they love.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/mVWEF" target="_blank">Financially independent</a> people have no difficulty focusing on their goals and working at high levels of productivity because they love their work and are excited by it every day. They know their chosen work allows them to fully use their strengths; they get self-esteem from their work and they are absolutely certain that their work will make them financially independent one day. Now, please note that many millionaires had several other jobs before finding their ideal one. And you probably will too. One of my mentors was fired from his first five jobs before finding his passion and fortune in real estate!<br />
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The rich find a great idea, often something they are passionate about, they assemble a great team of people, follow advice and hang out with people who are already where they want to be and they never let anyone steal their dream. Most people will scoff at your desire to be <a href="http://bit.ly/mVWEF" target="_blank">financially free</a> because they don’t believe they can achieve this for themselves. Don’t let them. Don’t even tell them. Just surround yourself with those who are already where you want to be and share your dream with only those who you know will support you and see the vision of your dream with you.<br />
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If being self employed, working from home and being <a href="http://bit.ly/t0tV1" target="_blank">financially free</a> is your dream, stay tuned for the next article on “Great Home Based Businesses.” I’m walking out the door now of Starbucks, where I’ve worked this afternoon, taking my own advice –I’m on my way to a real estate investors club. I’ve built a six figure business and am now ready to generate more passive revenue (more on that topic in a later issue), and I’ve chosen real estate investing as the way to do this. So, I’m on my way to learning new things I have a passion for, putting persistent actions into place, meeting people who are already where I want to be and getting support!<br />
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<i>By Ann Ronan, Ph.D.</i> (An author, speaker, certified career coach and self employment expert, and vision generator)How Much Free Will Do You Really Have in Life?tag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-03-08:2790939:BlogPost:5112009-03-08T08:57:24.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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There is an overwhelming amount of self-help books on the market; hundreds of success seminars exist and still, every year, our society continues to experience more and more problems. This is certainly the case when you look at recent statistics on divorce, health and money related issues, the last one topping the list.<br />
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If you have free will why would you decide to lose your job, undergo a bankruptcy, have an accident or create any other negative…
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There is an overwhelming amount of self-help books on the market; hundreds of success seminars exist and still, every year, our society continues to experience more and more problems. This is certainly the case when you look at recent statistics on divorce, health and money related issues, the last one topping the list.<br />
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If you have free will why would you decide to lose your job, undergo a bankruptcy, have an accident or create any other negative circumstances?<br />
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<b><i>There must be something here that is missing . . .</i></b><br />
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Some people claim that they control everything in their lives by free will. There are others that believe that free will does not exist, as everything is predetermined by God or some form of higher power.<br />
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<b>What Do You Believe?</b><br />
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If you observe how people govern — or fail to govern — their lives, it turns out that we all register on various points along the scale, starting with free will and self-determination on one end and ranging to no free will and ruled by God or some other higher power on the other end.<br />
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Everybody claims to know his or her own place on the free will continuum. This is really interesting as it demonstrates somehow that either most of us simply don't know how much free will we exercise, or that there is simply no basic rule applicable.<br />
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Exercising free will means that your decision is not based on any circumstances or influences from the past or future. Nor is your free will based on moral issues — and absolutely not on personal preferences.<br />
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When you closely examine your decisions you will soon see that they are indeed based mostly on existing facts and personal preferences. So how much free will do you really exercise?<br />
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What if you follow your intuition or go with your gut feeling? Are these based on free will? Where does intuition come from? Where does your gut feeling come from? You can see that the limits of free blur rather quickly when compared to most non-rational processes.<br />
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<i><b>Your level of free will is determined by the state of your consciousness.</b></i><br />
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When you base a decision on intuition, you are really exercising free will because you are giving a certain higher level or your consciousness the power to rule. Intuition is free from any indoctrination brought about by pat forms of beliefs and concepts.<br />
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That's why success in life has a lot to do with your spiritual path. True success is far beyond what most of society focuses on. Don't let yourself be pushed into a box by shortsighted claims that money and beauty are all there are to success. Success in your life is not dependent on how much money you have, where you live or if you are in a relationship.<br />
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<i><b>Success is not feeling happy; it is feeling happy about who you are.</b></i><br />
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<b>Creating Goals Beyond Yourself</b><br />
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Most people start out creating their goals on a physical level — that's fine, we all do. However, to get further into the power of manifesting you want to learn what is beyond what you call 'That's Me'.<br />
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‘That's Me’ is just an assortment of beliefs and experiences that you have collected over time. Compared to who you truly are, it is merely the tip of the iceberg.<br />
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To expand your level of control you need to step aside of your usual cause-and-effect thinking. Pay more attention to coincidences. Allow yourself to make spontaneous decisions. Connect and listen to your heart and follow its guidance when it comes to life decisions. Simplify how you live and reduce stress as much as possible. Stress is the biggest challenge in allowing your being to reach a higher potential of awareness.<br />
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<b>Manifesting with Higher Purpose</b><br />
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When setting up your intentions and dreams, try to get to the point of what you really want, and not what you think you need. Think about what would be the highest purpose you could fulfill in your lifetime. Imagine — beyond anything that you may think is possible!<br />
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<i><b>When you start doing this, magic happens in your life!</b></i><br />
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<i>By Thomas Herold (Dream Manifesto)</i>Scientific Proof of the Existence of Godtag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-02-22:2790939:BlogPost:3692009-02-22T03:30:00.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
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An interview with Amit Goswami<br />
by Craig Hamilton<br />
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<b>Introduction</b><br />
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Before you read any further, stop and close your eyes for a moment. Now consider the following question: for the moment your eyes were closed, did the world still exist even though you weren’t conscious of it? How do you know? If this sounds like the kind of unanswerable brain teaser your Philosophy 101 professor used to employ to stretch your philosophical imagination, you might be surprised to discover…
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An interview with Amit Goswami<br />
by Craig Hamilton<br />
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<b>Introduction</b><br />
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Before you read any further, stop and close your eyes for a moment. Now consider the following question: for the moment your eyes were closed, did the world still exist even though you weren’t conscious of it? How do you know? If this sounds like the kind of unanswerable brain teaser your Philosophy 101 professor used to employ to stretch your philosophical imagination, you might be surprised to discover that there are actually physicists at reputable universities who believe they have answered this question—and their answer, believe it or not, is no.<br />
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Now consider something even more intriguing. Imagine for a moment the entire history of the universe. According to all the data scientists have been able to gather, it exploded into existence some fifteen billion years ago, setting the stage for a cosmic dance of energy and light that continues to this day. Now imagine the history of planet Earth. An amorphous cloud of dust emerging out of that primordial fireball, it slowly coalesced into a solid orb, found its way into gravitational orbit around the sun, and through a complex interaction of light and gases over billions of years, generated an atmosphere and a biosphere capable of not only giving birth to, but sustaining and proliferating, life.<br />
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Now imagine that none of the above ever happened. Consider instead the possibility that the entire story only existed as an abstract potential—a cosmic dream among countless other cosmic dreams—until, in that dream, life somehow evolved to the point that a conscious, sentient being came into existence. At that moment, solely because of the conscious observation of that individual, the entire universe, including all of the history leading up to that point, suddenly came into being. Until that moment, nothing had actually ever happened. In that moment, fifteen billion years happened. If this sounds like nothing more than a complicated backdrop for a science fiction story or a secular version of one of the world’s great creation myths, hold on to your hat. According to physicist Amit Goswami, the above description is a scientifically viable explanation of how the universe came into being.<br />
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Goswami is convinced, along with a number of others who subscribe to the same view, that the universe, in order to exist, requires a conscious sentient being to be aware of it. Without an observer, he claims, it only exists as a possibility. And as they say in the world of science, Goswami has done his math. Marshalling evidence from recent research in cognitive psychology, biology, parapsychology and quantum physics, and leaning heavily on the ancient mystical traditions of the world, Goswami is building a case for a new paradigm that he calls “monistic idealism,” the view that consciousness, not matter, is the foundation of everything that is.<br />
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A professor of physics at the University of Oregon and a member of its Institute of Theoretical Science, Dr. Goswami is part of a growing body of renegade scientists who in recent years have ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt both to interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of their experiments and to validate their intuitions about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life. The culmination of Goswami’s own work is his book The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. Rooted in an interpretation of the experimental data of quantum physics (the physics of elementary particles), the book weaves together a myriad of findings and theories in fields from artificial intelligence to astronomy to Hindu mysticism in an attempt to show that the discoveries of modern science are in perfect accord with the deepest mystical truths.<br />
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Quantum physics, as well as a number of other modern sciences, he feels, is demonstrating that the essential unity underlying all of reality is a fact which can be experimentally verified. Because of the enormous implications he sees in this scientific confirmation of the spiritual, Goswami is ardently devoted to explaining his theory to as many people as possible in order to help bring about what he feels is a much needed paradigm shift. He feels that because science is now capable of validating mysticism, much that before required a leap of faith can now be empirically proven and, hence, the materialist paradigm which has dominated scientific and philosophical thought for over two hundred years can finally be called into question.<br />
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Interviewing Amit Goswami was a mind-bending and concept-challenging experience. Listening to him explain many ideas with which he seemed perfectly at home, required, for me, such a suspension of disbelief that I at times found myself having to stretch far beyond anything I had previously considered. (Goswami is also a great fan of science fiction whose first book, The Cosmic Dancers, was a look at science fiction through the eyes of a physicist.)<br />
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But whether or not one ultimately accepts some of his more esoteric theories, one has to respect the creativity and passion with which he is willing to inquire. Goswami is clearly willing to take risks with his ideas and is fervently dedicated to sharing his investigation with audiences around the world. He speaks widely at conferences and other forums about the exciting discoveries of the new science and their significance, not only for the way science is done, but for society as a whole. In India, the country of his birth, he is actively involved in a growing organized movement to bridge the gap between science and spirituality, through which he is helping to pioneer a graduate institute in “consciousness studies” based on the premise that consciousness is the ground of all being.<br />
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Goswami is considered by some to be a pioneer in his field. By attempting to bring material realism to its knees and to integrate all fields of knowledge in a single unified paradigm, he hopes to pave the way for a new holistic worldview in which spirit is put first. In fact, as far as we know, he is the only new paradigm scientist who is taking a clear stand against the relativism so popular among new age thinkers. At a time when the decay of human values and the erosion of any sense of meaning has reached epidemic scale, it is hard to imagine what could be more important than this.<br />
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And yet, for all the important and valuable work he seems to be doing, in the end we are left with serious reservations as to whether Goswami’s approach will ultimately lead to the kind of transformation he hopes for. Thinkers such as Huston Smith and E. F. Schumacher have pointed to what they feel is an arrogance, or at least, a kind of naiveté, on the part of scientists who believe they can expand the reach of their discipline to somehow include or explain the spiritual dimension of life. Such critics suggest that the very attempt to scientifically validate the spiritual is itself a product of the same materialistic impulses it intends to uproot and, because of this, is ultimately only capable of reducing spirit, God and the transcendent to mere objects of scientific fascination.<br />
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Is science capable of proving the reality of the transcendent dimension of life? Or would science better serve the spiritual potential of the human race by acknowledging the inherent limits of its domain? The following interview confronts us with these questions.<br />
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<b>Interview</b><br />
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<b>WIE</b>: In your book The Self-Aware Universe you speak about the need for a paradigm shift. Could you talk a bit about how you conceive of that shift? From what to what?<br />
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<b>Amit Goswami</b>: The current worldview has it that everything is made of matter, and everything can be reduced to the elementary particles of matter, the basic constituents—building blocks—of matter. And cause arises from the interactions of these basic building blocks or elementary particles; elementary particles make atoms, atoms make molecules, molecules make cells, and cells make brain. But all the way, the ultimate cause is always the interactions between the elementary particles. This is the belief—all cause moves from the elementary particles. This is what we call “upward causation.” So in this view, what human beings—you and I—think of as our free will does not really exist. It is only an epiphenomenon or secondary phenomenon, secondary to the causal power of matter. And any causal power that we seem to be able to exert on matter is just an illusion. This is the current paradigm.<br />
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Now, the opposite view is that everything starts with consciousness. That is, consciousness is the ground of all being. In this view, consciousness imposes “downward causation.” In other words, our free will is real. When we act in the world we really are acting with causal power. This view does not deny that matter also has causal potency—it does not deny that there is causal power from elementary particles upward, so there is upward causation—but in addition it insists that there is also downward causation. It shows up in our creativity and acts of free will, or when we make moral decisions. In those occasions we are actually witnessing downward causation by consciousness.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: In your book you refer to this new paradigm as “monistic idealism.” And you also suggest that science seems to be verifying what a lot of mystics have said throughout history—that science’s current findings seem to be parallel to the essence of the perennial spiritual teaching.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: It is the spiritual teaching. It is not just parallel. The idea that consciousness is the ground of being is the basis of all spiritual traditions, as it is for the philosophy of monistic idealism—although I have given it a somewhat new name. The reason for my choice of the name is that, in the West, there is a philosophy called “idealism” which is opposed to the philosophy of “material realism,” which holds that only matter is real. Idealism says no, consciousness is the only real thing. But in the West that kind of idealism has usually meant something that is really dualism—that is, consciousness and matter are separate. So, by monistic idealism, I made it clear that, no, I don’t mean that dualistic kind of Western idealism, but really a monistic idealism, which has existed in the West, but only in the esoteric spiritual traditions. Whereas in the East this is the mainstream philosophy. In Buddhism, or in Hinduism where it is called Vedanta, or in Taoism, this is the philosophy of everyone. But in the West this is a very esoteric tradition, only known and adhered to by very astute philosophers, the people who have really delved deeply into the nature of reality.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: What you are saying is that modern science, from a completely different angle—not assuming anything about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life—has somehow come back around, and is finding itself in agreement with that view as a result of its own discoveries.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: That’s right. And this is not entirely unexpected. Starting from the beginning of quantum physics, which began in the year 1900 and then became full-fledged in 1925 when the equations of quantum mechanics were discovered, quantum physics has given us indications that the worldview might change. Staunch materialist physicists have loved to compare the classical worldview and the quantum worldview. Of course, they wouldn’t go so far as to abandon the idea that there is only upward causation and that matter is supreme, but the fact remains that they saw in quantum physics some great paradigm changing potential. And then what happened was that, starting in 1982, results started coming in from laboratory experiments in physics. That is the year when, in France, Alain Aspect and his collaborators performed the great experiment that conclusively established the veracity of the spiritual notions, and particularly the notion of transcendence. Should I go into a little bit of detail about Aspect’s experiment?<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: Yes, please do.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: To give a little background, what had been happening was that for many years quantum physics had been giving indications that there are levels of reality other than the material level. How it started happening first was that quantum objects—objects in quantum physics—began to be looked upon as waves of possibility. Now, initially people thought, “Oh, they are just like regular waves.” But very soon it was found out that, no, they are not waves in space and time. They cannot be called waves in space and time at all—they have properties which do not jibe with those of ordinary waves. So they began to be recognized as waves in potential,waves of possibility, and the potential was recognized as transcendent,beyond matter somehow.<br />
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But the fact that there is transcendent potential was not very clear for a long time. Then Aspect’s experiment verified that this is not just theory, there really is transcendent potential, objects really do have connections outside of space and time—outside of space and time! What happens in this experiment is that an atom emits two quanta of light, called photons, going opposite ways, and somehow these photons affect one another’s behavior at a distance, without exchanging any signals through space. Notice that: without exchanging any signals through space but instantly affecting each other. Instantaneously.<br />
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Now Einstein showed long ago that two objects can never affect each other instantly in space and time because everything must travel with a maximum speed limit, and that speed limit is the speed of light. So any influence must travel, if it travels through space, taking a finite time. This is called the idea of “locality.” Every signal is supposed to be local in the sense that it must take a finite time to travel through space. And yet, Aspect’s photons—the photons emitted by the atom in Aspect’s experiment—influence one another, at a distance, without exchanging signals because they are doing it instantaneously—they are doing it faster than the speed of light. And therefore it follows that the influence could not have traveled through space. Instead the influence must belong to a domain of reality that we must recognize as the transcendent domain of reality.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: That’s fascinating. Would most physicists agree with that interpretation of his experiment?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Well, physicists must agree with this interpretation of this experiment. Many times of course, physicists will take the following point of view: they will say, “Well, yeah sure, experiments. But this relationship between particles really isn’t important. We mustn’t look into any of the consequences of this transcendent domain—if it can even be interpreted that way.” In other words, they try to minimize the impact of this and still try to hold on to the idea that matter is supreme.<br />
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But in their heart they know, as is very evidenced. In 1984 or ‘85, at the American Physical Society meeting at which I was present, it is said that one physicist was heard saying to another physicist that, after Aspect’s experiment, anyone who does not believe that something is really strange about the world must have rocks in his head.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: So what you are saying is that from your point of view, which a number of others share, it is somehow obvious that one would have to bring in the idea of a transcendent dimension to really understand this.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Yes, it is. Henry Stapp, who is a physicist at the University of California at Berkeley, says this quite explicitly in one of his papers written in 1977, that things outside of space and time affect things inside space and time. There’s just no question that that happens in the realm of quantum physics when you are dealing with quantum objects. Now of course, the crux of the matter is, the surprising thing is, that we are alwaysdealing with quantum objects because it turns out that quantum physics is the physics of every object. Whether it’s submicroscopic or it’s macroscopic, quantum physics is the only physics we’ve got. So although it’s more apparent for photons, for electrons, for the submicroscopic objects, our belief is that all reality, all manifest reality, all matter, is governed by the same laws. And if that is so, then this experiment is telling us that we should change our worldview because we, too, are quantum objects.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: These are fascinating discoveries which have inspired a lot of people. A number of books have already attempted to make the link between physics and mysticism. Fritjof Capra’s The Tao of Physics and Gary Zukav’sThe Dancing Wu Li Masters have both reached many, many people. In your book, though, you mention that there was something that you felt had not yet been covered which you feel is your unique contribution to all this. Could you say something about what you are doing that is different from what has been done before in this area?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: I’m glad that you asked that question. This should be clarified and I will try to explicate it as clearly as I can. The early work, like The Tao of Physics, has been very important for the history of science. However, these early works, in spite of supporting the spiritual aspect of human beings, all basically held on to the material view of the world nevertheless. In other words, they did not challenge the material realists’ view that everything is made up of matter. That view was never put to any challenge by any of these early books. In fact, my book was the first one which challenged it squarely and which was still based on a rigorous explication in scientific terms. In other words, the idea that consciousness is the ground of being, of course, has existed in psychology, as transpersonal psychology, but outside of transpersonal psychology no tradition of science and no scientist has seen it so clearly.<br />
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It was my good fortune to recognize it within quantum physics, to recognize that all the paradoxes of quantum physics can be solved if we accept consciousness as the ground of being. So that was my unique contribution and, of course, this has paradigm-shifting potential because now we can truly integrate science and spirituality. In other words, with Capra and Zukav—although their books are very good—because they held on to a fundamentally materialist paradigm, the paradigm is not shifting,nor is there any real reconciliation between spirituality and science. Because if everything is ultimately material, all causal efficacy must come from matter. So consciousness is recognized, spirituality is recognized, but only as causal epiphenomena, or secondary phenomena. And an epiphenomenal consciousness is not very good. I mean, it’s not doinganything. So, although these books acknowledge our spirituality, the spirituality is ultimately coming from some sort of material interaction.<br />
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But that’s not the spirituality that Jesus talked about. That’s not the spirituality that Eastern mystics were so ecstatic about. That’s not the spirituality where a mystic recognizes and says, “I now know what reality is like, and this takes away all the unhappiness that one ever had. This is infinite, this is joy, this is consciousness.” This kind of exuberant statement that mystics make could not be made on the basis of epiphenomenal consciousness. It can be made only when one recognizes the ground of being itself, when one cognizes directly that One is All.<br />
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Now, an epiphenomenal human being would not have any such cognition. It would not make any sense to cognize that you are All. So that is what I am saying. So long as science remains on the basis of the materialist worldview, however much you try to accommodate spiritual experiences in terms of parallels or in terms of chemicals in the brain or what have you, you are not really giving up the old paradigm. You are giving up the old paradigm and fully reconciling with spirituality only when you establish science on the basis of the fundamental spiritual notion that consciousness is the ground of all being. That is what I have done in my book, and that is the beginning. But already there are some other books that are recognizing this too.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: So there are people corroborating your ideas?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: There are people who are now coming out and recognizing the same thing, that this view is the correct way to go to explain quantum physics and also to develop science in the future. In other words, the present science has shown not only quantum paradoxes but also has shown real incompetence in explaining paradoxical and anomalous phenomena, such as parapsychology, the paranormal—even creativity. And even traditional subjects, like perception or biological evolution, have much to explain that these materialist theories don’t explain. To give you one example, in biology there is what is called the theory of punctuated equilibrium. What that means is that evolution is not only slow, as Darwin perceived, but there are also rapid epochs of evolution, which are called “punctuation marks.” But traditional biology has no explanation for this.<br />
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However, if we do science on the basis of consciousness, on the primacy of consciousness, then we can see in this phenomenon creativity, real creativity of consciousness. In other words, we can truly see that consciousness is operating creatively even in biology, even in the evolution of species. And so we can now fill up these gaps that conventional biology cannot explain with ideas which are essentially spiritual ideas, such as consciousness as the creator of the world.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: This brings to mind the subtitle of your book, How Consciousness Creates the Material World. This is obviously quite a radical idea. Could you explain a bit more concretely how this actually happens in your opinion?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Actually, it’s the easiest thing to explain, because in quantum physics, as I said earlier, objects are not seen as definite things, as we are used to seeing them. Newton taught us that objects are definite things, they can be seen all the time, moving in definite trajectories. Quantum physics doesn’t depict objects that way at all. In quantum physics, objects are seen as possibilities, possibility waves. Right? So then the question arises, what converts possibility into actuality? Because, when we see, we only see actual events. That’s starting with us. When you see a chair, you see an actual chair, you don’t see a possible chair.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: Right—I hope so.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: We all hope so. Now this is called the “quantum measurement paradox.” It is a paradox because who are we to do this conversion? Because after all, in the materialist paradigm we don’t have any causal efficacy. We are nothing but the brain, which is made up of atoms and elementary particles. So how can a brain which is made up of atoms and elementary particles convert a possibility wave that it itself is? It itself is made up of the possibility waves of atoms and elementary particles, so it cannot convert its own possibility wave into actuality. This is called a paradox. Now in the new view, consciousness is the ground of being. So who converts possibility into actuality? Consciousness does, because consciousness does not obey quantum physics. Consciousness is not made of material. Consciousness is transcendent. Do you see the paradigm-changing view right here—how consciousness can be said to create the material world? The material world of quantum physics is just possibility. It is consciousness, through the conversion of possibility into actuality, that creates what we see manifest. In other words, consciousness creates the manifest world.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: To be honest, when I first saw the subtitle of your book I assumed you were speaking metaphorically. But after reading the book, and speaking with you about it now, I am definitely getting the sense that you mean it much more literally than I had thought. One thing in your book that really stopped me in my tracks was your statement that, according to your interpretation, the entire physical universe only existed in a realm of countless evolving possibilities until at one point, the possibility of a conscious, sentient being arose and that, at that point, instantaneously, the entire known universe came into being, including the fifteen billion years of history leading up to that point. Do you really mean that?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: I mean that literally. This is what quantum physics demands. In fact, in quantum physics this is called “delayed choice.” And I have added to this concept the concept of “self-reference.” Actually the concept of delayed choice is very old. It is due to a very famous physicist named John Wheeler, but Wheeler did not see the entire thing correctly, in my opinion. He left out self-reference. The question always arises, “The universe is supposed to have existed for fifteen billion years, so if it takes consciousness to convert possibility into actuality, then how could the universe be around for so long?” Because there was no consciousness, no sentient being, biological being, carbonbased being, in that primordial fireball which is supposed to have created the universe, the big bang. But this other way of looking at things says that the universe remained in possibility until there was self-referential quantum measurement—so that is the new concept. An observer’s looking is essential in order to manifest possibility into actuality, and so only when the observer looks, only then does the entire thing become manifest—including time. So all of past time, in that respect, becomes manifest right at that moment when the first sentient being looks.<br />
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It turns out that this idea, in a very clever, very subtle way, has been around in cosmology and astronomy under the guise of a principle called the “anthropic principle.” That is, the idea has been growing among astronomers—cosmologists anyway—that the universe has a purpose. It is so fine-tuned, there are so many coincidences, that it seems very likely that the universe is doing something purposive, as if the universe is growing in such a way that a sentient being will arise at some point.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: So you feel there’s a kind of purposiveness to the way the universe is evolving; that, in a sense, it reaches its fruition in us, in human beings?<br />
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AG: Well, human beings may not be the end of it, but certainly they are the first fruition, because here is then the possibility of manifest creativity, creativity in the sentient being itself. The animals are certainly sentient, but they are not creative in the sense that we are. So human beings certainly right now seem to be an epitome, but this may not be the final epitome. I think we have a long way to go and there is a long evolution to occur yet.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: In your book you even go so far as to suggest that the cosmos was created for our sake.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Absolutely. But it means sentient beings, for the sake of all sentient beings. And the universe is us. That’s very clear. The universe is self-aware, but it is self-aware through us. We are the meaning of the universe. We are not the geographical center of the universe—Copernicus was right about that—but we are the meaning center of the universe.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: Through us the universe finds its meaning?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Through sentient beings. And that doesn’t have to be anthropocentric in the sense of only earthlings. There could be beings, sentient beings on other planets, in other stars—in fact I am convinced that there are—and that’s completely consonant with this theory.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: This human-centered—or even sentient-being-centered—stance seems quite radical at a time when so much of modern progressive thought, across disciplines from ecology to feminism to systems theory, is going in the opposite direction. These perspectives point more toward interconnectedness or interrelatedness, in which the significance of any one part of the whole—including one species, such as the human species—is being de-emphasized. Your view seems to hark back to a more traditional, almost biblical kind of idea. How would you respond to proponents of the prevailing “nonhierarchical” paradigm?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: It’s the difference between the perennial philosophy that we are talking about, monistic idealism, and what is called a kind of pantheism. That is, these views—which I call “ecological worldviews” and which Ken Wilber calls the same thing—are actually denigrating God by seeing God as limited to the immanent reality. On the face of it, this sounds good because everything becomes divine—the rocks, the trees, all the way to human beings, and they are all equal and they are all divinity—it sounds fine, but it certainly does not adhere to what the spiritual teachers knew. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says to Arjuna, “All these things are in me, but I am not in them.” What does he mean by that? What he means is that “I am not exclusively in them.”<br />
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So there is evolution, in other words, in the manifest reality. Evolutionhappens. That means that the amoeba is, of course, a manifestation of consciousness, and so is the human being. But they are not in the same stage. Evolutionarily, yes, we are ahead of the amoeba. And these theories, these ecological-worldview people, they don’t see that. They don’t rightly understand what evolution is because they are ignoring the transcendent dimension, they are ignoring the purposiveness of the universe, the creative play. Ken Wilber makes this point very, very well in his book Sex, Ecology, Spirituality.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: So you would say they have part of the picture but that without this other aspect that you are bringing in, their view is very—<br />
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<b>AG</b>: It’s very limited. And that’s why pantheism is very limited. When Westerners started going to India, they thought it was pantheistic because it has many, many gods. Indian philosophy tends to see God in nature, in many things—they worship rocks sometimes, that kind of thing—so they thought it was pantheistic and only somewhat later did they realize that there is a transcendent dimension. In fact, the transcendent dimension is developed extremely well in Indian philosophy, whereas the transcendent dimension in the West is hidden in the cave of a very few esoteric systems such as the Gnostics and a few great masters like Meister Eckhart. In Jesus’ teachings you can see it in the Gospel according to Thomas. But you have to really dig deep to find that thread in the West. In India, in the Upanishads and the Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita, it is very much explicit. Now, pantheism sounds very good. But it’s only part of the story. It’s a good way to worship, it’s a good way to bring spirituality into your daily life, because it is good to acknowledge that there is spirit in everything. But if we just see the diversity, see the God in everything, but don’t see the God which is beyond every particular thing, then we are not realizing our potential. We are not realizing our Self. And so, truly, Self-realization involves seeing this pantheistic aspect of reality, but also seeing the transcendent aspect of reality.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: In addition to being a scientist, you are also a spiritual practitioner. Could you talk a little bit about what brought you to spirituality?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Well, I’m afraid that is a pretty usual, almost classic, case. The ideal classic case, of course, is the famous case of the Buddha, who recognized at the age of twenty-nine that all of his pleasure as a prince was really a waste of time because there is suffering in the world. For me it was not that drastic, but when I was about thirty-seven the world started to fall apart on me. I lost my research grant, I had a divorce and I was very lonely. And the professional pleasure that I used to get by writing physics papers stopped being pleasure.<br />
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I remember one time when I was at a conference and all day I had been going around, beating my own drums and arguing with people. Then in the evening when I was alone, I felt so lonely. And I realized that I had heartburn, and I had already exhausted a full bottle of Tums and still it would not go away. I discovered suffering; I discovered suffering literally. And it is that discovery of suffering that brought me to spirituality, because I couldn’t think of anything else. I couldn’t think of any other way—although I had given up the idea of God entirely and had been a materialist physicist for quite some time. In fact, when my young children asked me one time, “Are you an atheist?” I said something like, “Yeah.” And, “Is there a God?” And I said, “No, I don’t believe in God.” That kind of thing was quite common for me to say. But in that era, around thirty-seven, that particular world—where God didn’t exist and where the meaning of life came just from brain-pursuits of glory in a profession—just did not satisfy me and did not bring happiness. In fact it was full of suffering. So I came to meditation. I wanted to see if there was any way of at least finding some solace, if not happiness. And eventually great joy came out of it, but that took time. And also, I must mention that I got married too, and the challenge of love was a very important one. In other words, I very soon discovered after I got married for the second time that love is very different than what I thought it was. So I discovered with my wife the meaning of love, and that was a big contribution also to my own spirituality.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: It’s interesting that, while you turned to spirituality because you felt that science wasn’t really satisfying your own search for truth, you have nevertheless remained a scientist throughout.<br />
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<b>AG</b>: That’s true. It’s just that my way of doing science changed. What happened to me, the reason that I lost the joy of science, was because I had made it into a professional trip. I lost the ideal way of doing science, which is the spirit of discovery, the curiosity, the spirit of knowing truth. So I was not searching for truth anymore through science, and therefore I had to discover meditation, where I was searching for truth again, truth of reality. What is the nature of reality after all? You see the first tendency was nihilism, nothing exists; I was completely desperate. But meditation very soon told me that no, it’s not that desperate. I had an experience. I had a glimpse that reality really does exist. Whatever it was I didn’t know, but something exists. So that gave me the prerogative to go back to science and see if I could now do science with new energy and new direction and really investigate truth instead of investigating because of professional glory.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: How then did your newly revived interest in truth, this spiritual core to your life, inform your practice of science?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: What happened was that I was not doing science anymore for the purpose of just publishing papers and doing problems which enabled you to publish papers and get grants. Instead, I was doing the really important problems. And the really important problems of today are very paradoxical and very anomalous. Well, I’m not saying that traditional scientists don’t have a few important problems. There are a few important problems there too. But one of the problems I discovered very quickly that would lead me, I just intuited, to questions of reality was the quantum measurement problem.<br />
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You see, the quantum measurement problem is supposed to be a problem which forever derails people from any professional achievement because it’s a very difficult problem. People have tried it for decades and have not been able to solve it. But I thought, “I have nothing to lose and I am going to investigate only truth, so why not see?” Quantum physics was something I knew very well. I had researched quantum physics all my life, so why not do the quantum measurement problem? So that’s how I came to ask this question, “What agency converts possibility into actuality?” And it still took me from 1975 to 1985 until, through a mystical breakthrough, I came to recognize this.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: Could you describe that breakthrough?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Yes, I’d love to. It’s so vivid in my mind. You see, the wisdom was in those days—and this was in every sort of book, The Tao of Physics, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Fred Alan Wolf’s Taking the Quantum Leap, and some other books too—everywhere the wisdom was that consciousness must be an emergent phenomenon of the brain. And despite the fact that some of these people, to their credit, were giving consciousness causal efficacy, no one could explain how it happened. That was the mystery because, after all, if it’s an emergent phenomenon of the brain, then all causal efficacy must ultimately come from the material elementary particles. So this was a puzzle to me. This was a puzzle to everybody. And I just couldn’t find any way to solve it. David Bohm talked about hidden variables, so I toyed with his ideas of an explicate order and an implicate order, that kind of thing—but this wasn’t satisfactory because in Bohm’s theory, again, there is no causal efficacy that is given to consciousness. It is all a realist theory. In other words, it is a theory on which everything can be explained through mathematical equations. There is no freedom of choice, in other words, in reality. So I was just struggling and struggling because I was convinced that there is real freedom of choice.<br />
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So then one time—and this is where the breakthrough happened—my wife and I were in Ventura, California and a mystic friend, Joel Morwood, came down from Los Angeles, and we all went to hear Krishnamurti. And Krishnamurti, of course, is extremely impressive, a very great mystic. So we heard him and then we came back home. We had dinner and we were talking, and I was giving Joel a spiel about my latest ideas of the quantum theory of consciousness and Joel just challenged me. He said, “Can consciousness be explained?” And I tried to wriggle my way through that but he wouldn’t listen. He said, “You are putting on scientific blinders. You don’t realize that consciousness is the ground of all being.” He didn’t use that particular word, but he said something like, “There is nothing but God.” And something flipped inside of me which I cannot quite explain. This is the ultimate cognition, that I had at that very moment. There was a complete about-turn in my psyche and I just realized that consciousness is the ground of all being. I remember staying up that night, looking at the sky and having a real mystical feeling about what the world is, and the complete conviction that this is the way the world is, this is the way that reality is, and one can do science. You see, the prevalent notion—even among people like David Bohm—was, “How can you ever do science without assuming that there is reality and material and all this? How can you do science if you let consciousness do things which are ‘arbitrary’?” But I became completely convinced—there has not been a shred of doubt ever since—that one can do science on this basis. Not only that, one can solve the problems of today’s science. And that is what is turning out. Of course all the problems did not get solved right on that night. That night was the beginning of a new way of doing science.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: That’s interesting. So that night something really did shift for you in your whole approach. And everything was different after that?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Everything was different.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: Did you then find, in working out the details of what it would mean to do science in this context, that you were able to penetrate much more deeply or that your own scientific thinking was transformed in some way by this experience?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Right. Exactly. What happened was very interesting. I was stuck, as I said, I was stuck with this idea before: “How can consciousness have causal efficacy?” And now that I recognized that consciousness was the ground of being, within months all the problems of quantum measurement theory, the measurement paradoxes, just melted away. I wrote my first paper which was published in 1989, but that was just refinement of the ideas and working out details. The net upshot was that the creativity, which got a second wind on that night in 1985, took about another three years before it started fully expressing itself. But ever since I have been just blessed with ideas after ideas, and lots of problems have been solved—the problem of cognition, perception, biological evolution, mind-body healing. My latest book is called Physics of the Soul. This is a theory of reincarnation, all fully worked out. It has been just a wonderful adventure in creativity.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: So it sounds pretty clear that taking an interest in the spiritual, in your case, had a significant effect on your ability to do science. Looking through the opposite end of the lens, how would you say that being a scientist has affected your spiritual evolution?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Well, I stopped seeing them as separate, so this identification, this wholeness, the integration of the spiritual and the scientific, was very important for me. Mystics often warn people, “Look, don’t divide your life into this and that.” For me it came naturally because I discovered the new way of doing science when I discovered spirit. Spirit was the natural basis of my being, so after that, whatever I do, I don’t separate them very much.<br />
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<b>WIE</b>: You mentioned a shift in your motivation for doing science—how what was driving you started to turn at a certain point. That’s one thing that we’ve been thinking about a lot as we’ve been looking into this issue: What is it that really motivates science? And how is that different from what motivates spiritual pursuit? Particularly, there have been some people we have discussed—thinkers like E. F. Schumacher or Huston Smith, for example—who feel that ever since the scientific revolution, when Descartes’s and Newton’s ideas took hold, the whole approach of science has been to try to dominate or control nature or the world. Such critics question whether science could ever be a genuine vehicle for discovering the deepest truths, because they feel that science is rooted in a desire toknow for the wrong reasons. Obviously, in your work you have been very immersed in the scientific world—you know a lot of scientists, you go to conferences, you’re surrounded by all of that and also, perhaps, you struggle with that motivation in yourself. Could you speak a little more about your experience of that?<br />
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<b>AG</b>: Yes, this is a very, very good question; we have to understand it very deeply.<br />
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The problem is that in this pursuit, this particular pursuit of science, including the books that we mentioned earlier, The Tao of Physics and TheDancing Wu Li Masters, even when spirituality is recognized within the materialist worldview, God is seen only in the immanent aspect of divinity. What that means is: you have said that there is only one reality. By saying that there is only one reality—material reality—even when you imbue matter with spirituality, because you are still dealing with only one level, you are ignoring the transcendent level. And therefore you are only looking at half of the pie; you are ignoring the other half. Ken Wilber makes this point very, very well. So what has to be done of course—and that’s when the stigma of science disappears—is to include the other half into science. Now, before my work, I think it was very obscure how this inclusion has to be done. Although people like Teilhard de Chardin, Aurobindo or Madame Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophy movement, recognized that such a science could have come, very few could actually see it.<br />
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So what I have done is to give actual flesh to all these visions that took place early in the century. And when you do that, when you recognize that science can be based on the primacy of consciousness, then this deficiency isn’t there anymore. In other words then, the stigma that science is only separateness goes away. The materialist science is a separatist science. The new science, though, says that the material part of the world does exist, the separative movement is part of reality also, but it is not the onlypart of reality. There is separation, and then there is integration. So in my book The Self-Aware Universe I talk about the hero’s journey for the entire scientific endeavor. I said that, well, four hundred years ago, with Galileo, Copernicus, Newton and others, we started the separatist sail and we went on a separate journey of separateness, but that’s only the first part of the hero’s journey. Then the hero discovers and the hero returns. It is the hero’s return that we are now witnessing through this new paradigm.An Invitation to Quantum Activismtag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-02-21:2790939:BlogPost:3502009-02-21T23:41:05.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
Quantum physics in the form of its famous observer effect (how an observation transforms quantum possibilities into actual experiences in the observer’s consciousness) is forcing us into a paradigm shift from the primacy-of-matter to a new paradigm: the Primacy Of Consciousness.<br />
Quantum Activism is the idea of transforming ourselves and our societies in accordance with the transforming messages of quantum physics and the new paradigm.<br />
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So what are these transforming messages of quantum physics?…
Quantum physics in the form of its famous observer effect (how an observation transforms quantum possibilities into actual experiences in the observer’s consciousness) is forcing us into a paradigm shift from the primacy-of-matter to a new paradigm: the Primacy Of Consciousness.<br />
Quantum Activism is the idea of transforming ourselves and our societies in accordance with the transforming messages of quantum physics and the new paradigm.<br />
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So what are these transforming messages of quantum physics? First, consciousness is the ground of all being, and all objects of our experiences (of sensing, thinking, feeling, and intuition) are quantum possibilities for consciousness to choose from.<br />
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Second, if we choose what is known, what is conditioned in us from prior experiences, we are choosing from our ego-consciousness. But if we choose what is unknown, what is unmanifest in our prior experiences, we are choosing from what traditions call God-consciousness (in scientific language we call it quantum consciousness). Choosing from God-consciousness requires quantum leaps (movement from point A to point B without going through intermediate steps), nonlocality (signalless communication), and tangled hierarchy (causal relationships of circularity).<br />
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God is not dead! The existence of God has been verified by much scientific evidence.<br />
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In the third message of quantum physics, the evolution of consciousness (read my most recent book Creative Evolution) is taking us toward a greater and greater capacity for processing the meaning of our lives and the world around us. The immediate future of evolution is promising to take us from our current preoccupation with the rational mind to an intuitive mind that values the archetypes; such as good, beauty, truth, justice, and love. And gives us the ability to process the meaning of our lives through these archetypes.<br />
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So the goal of the quantum activist is to explore quantum possibilities and manifest these archetypes—good, beauty, truth, justice, and love—in his or her life as far as one can go. The means a quantum activist uses to achieve this goal are threefold—right thinking, right living, and right livelihood.<br />
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Right thinking consists of understanding the paradigm shift from a user’s point of view and helping others in our environment to do so. Right living consists of walking the talk, manifesting our understanding in how we live, becoming guiding examples for others in our environment. As such it takes a lot of quantum leaps, openness to nonlocality, and the desire to change hierarchical relationships into tangled ones. And right livelihood consists of earning our living in a way that is congruent with our modes of thinking and living and helping our entire society to achieve this congruence.<br />
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It is exciting you say, but is that enough to motivate me? I will tell you my fundamental understanding: if you are reading this column you are already motivated. You know what? Consciousness is already pressuring you to join its evolutionary movement.<br />
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One final comment. How did America manage to elect its first African American president this November? Because the evolutionary movement of consciousness demanded it. The most important program that Barack Obama has proposed is the enhancement of the middle class which amounts to the enhancement of meaning processing in America. The last time an American president wanted to do that was John Kennedy. In addition to the middle aged and the old, millions of young people unconsciously felt the evolutionary pressure and acted accordingly.<br />
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So what do we do now? Why, become quantum activists of course!<br />
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<b>You are welcome to Join our Quantum Activists Group</b><br />
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<i>Written by Dr. Amit Goswami Ph.D. (Theoretical Quantum Physicist)</i>Nine Steps to Forgivenesstag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-02-12:2790939:BlogPost:2702009-02-12T09:36:06.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
1. Know exactly how you feel about what happened and be able to articulate what about the situation is not OK. Then, tell a trusted couple of people about your experience.<br />
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2. Make a commitment to yourself to do what you have to do to feel better. Forgiveness is for you and not for anyone else.<br />
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3. Forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation with the person that hurt you, or condoning of their action. What you are after is to find peace. Forgiveness can be defined as the "peace and…
1. Know exactly how you feel about what happened and be able to articulate what about the situation is not OK. Then, tell a trusted couple of people about your experience.<br />
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2. Make a commitment to yourself to do what you have to do to feel better. Forgiveness is for you and not for anyone else.<br />
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3. Forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation with the person that hurt you, or condoning of their action. What you are after is to find peace. Forgiveness can be defined as the "peace and understanding that come from blaming that which has hurt you less, taking the life experience less personally, and changing your grievance story."<br />
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4. Get the right perspective on what is happening. Recognize that your primary distress is coming from the hurt feelings, thoughts and physical upset you are suffering now, not what offended you or hurt you two minutes - or ten years -ago. Forgiveness helps to heal those hurt feelings.<br />
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5. At the moment you feel upset practice a simple stress management technique to soothe your body's flight or fight response.<br />
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6. Give up expecting things from other people, or your life , that they do not choose to give you. Recognize the "unenforceable rules" you have for your health or how you or other people must behave. Remind yourself that you can hope for health, love, peace and prosperity and work hard to get them.<br />
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7. Put your energy into looking for another way to get your positive goals met than through the experience that has hurt you. Instead of mentally replaying your hurt seek out new ways to get what you want.<br />
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8. Remember that a life well lived is your best revenge. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, and thereby giving the person who caused you pain power over you, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Forgiveness is about personal power.<br />
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9. Amend your grievance story to remind you of the heroic choice to forgive.<br />
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<i>The practice of forgiveness has been shown to reduce anger, hurt depression and stress and leads to greater feelings of hope, peace, compassion and self confidence. Practicing forgiveness leads to healthy relationships as well as physical health. It also influences our attitude which opens the heart to kindness, beauty, and love.</i><br />
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<i>Nine Steps to Forgiveness by Frederic Luskin, Ph.D.</i>Angel Messagetag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-02-05:2790939:BlogPost:2102009-02-05T20:56:38.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
"I am the Angel that supports and surrounds your consciousness with a field of loving awareness. I shine this love upon you - upon all aspects of you. I radiate this love throughout all of your being. I help to create the space, the atmosphere and the field of higher loving awareness around you. I invite you to increase your perceptions of love, to increase your awareness of love as the primary purpose of creation in the universe. I invite you to realize that it is love that holds all matter…
"I am the Angel that supports and surrounds your consciousness with a field of loving awareness. I shine this love upon you - upon all aspects of you. I radiate this love throughout all of your being. I help to create the space, the atmosphere and the field of higher loving awareness around you. I invite you to increase your perceptions of love, to increase your awareness of love as the primary purpose of creation in the universe. I invite you to realize that it is love that holds all matter together - that holds atoms in form -that is the very attraction between sub-atomic and atomic particles. The energy of love is like a sea upon which everything floats, within which everything is supported. This unified field of love surrounds and infuses every part of creation. It surrounds and infuses your body, your mind, your spirit and every particle of your being.<br />
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I want to say in the simplest words possible that there is nothing more important than the refinement of your own loving consciousness. Your perceptions, your thoughts, your words and actions may be ever more deeply aligned with your choices of love.<br />
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There is nothing more important for the care of your soul than continuing to develop your loving consciousness. This is much more important than your career, than your material possessions, than even the dearest relationships, the most heartfelt relationships that you have. By putting love first, these relationships are served by the highest order of service that you are capable of.<br />
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Your consciousness is your most prized “possession.” Your soul lives within the space and place of your consciousness. Your soul is the eternal, the indestructible; it is love embodied and embraced and held sacred by Creator. Your soul and its journey into the unity of love is always protected. Your consciousness is determined by your choices. Your choices of love expand and increase your loving consciousness. Your choices of fear diminish, contract, stagnate and fix your consciousness in an immovable and un-evolving position.<br />
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Choices of love are eternal and last forever. The soul carries them forward. Choices of fear cannot be held; they are unsustainable, they are un-evolving. Choices of fear will always call to them the forces of love that will open, heal and transmute them.<br />
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The soul in its wisdom will call to it whatever forces are necessary to remove the obstacles to love and to replace your choices of fear. The soul begins first with gentle reminders, gentle words and gentle opportunities for making more loving choices. Yet the soul is unrelenting in its drive to greater love and unity. If the gentle prodding and reminders are not heeded, then the soul increases the force, the velocity and the power to the degree required to crack the places of fear. It cracks your holding places of fear and gives the energy of fear within you a path to move through and out of you, if you will allow yourself to release it.<br />
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The evolution of your consciousness into greater love is the primary reason you have chosen to incarnate. The very obstacles, the very frictions, the very difficulties in the relationships in your life, are the very things that will serve you in the opening to a more loving consciousness. They are the very doorways and gateways that have so far been locked to your approaches. They are the places where choices of fear predominate and hold sway. If you realize each of these blocked places as an opportunity to open a door to greater consciousness, you will approach them from a very different ground of being. A door that is closed to love will always open to the key made just for its lock. Searching for this key is often called meditation, prayer, intention and invocation. No door is locked to you to which you do not have its companion key already within you.<br />
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The first key to opening all doors is loving acceptance of yourself as you are, exactly as you are. The next key is accepting the relationships around you as they are, and then accepting your life as being in perfect balance to your consciousness - exactly as it is. Finding perfection in the moment illuminates the space around you and allows light to shine upon the key that has remained hidden to you. The key you are searching for is usually within arm's reach. It is usually close at hand because no closed door confronts that you are not able and ready to open.<br />
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Bringing love to whatever situation or circumstance is present with the closed door is an important practice. Love everything that is present. Ask and choose to move into higher awareness and higher consciousness. Have persistence. One small step at a time is to be commended. You are to appreciate and acknowledge every step that you take regardless of its appearance. A small step may actually be a great leap. You often are not aware that that the small step is the great leap and that what appears as a great leap may actually just be a small step. Trust your sure and steady progress.<br />
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Cherish every place of love in your consciousness. Tend every place the way you would tend a fire, and just if as you are lighting it. The care that goes into preparing the tinder, preparing the smaller sticks, and the larger pieces of wood. It is the same process caring for the fire of love within you. Your soul is warmed by this fire; this fire warms everything in your heart, in your mind and everything in your perceptive field. It warms all the relationships around you. With time, care and patience, this loving awareness becomes a hearty, even a roaring, fire within you and around you, warming and illuminating every place, person and circumstance you experience.<br />
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The power of loving awareness can not be overestimated. It has the ability to alter the time-space field around you. It has the ability to alter the perceptions of those around you. It has the ability to allow a deeper communion with grace, with love and with heaven for all who encounter you.<br />
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Your place of consciousness is the evolution of your soul - there is no difference between them. Choosing loving consciousness will make every one of your pursuits easier, more gentle, more loving, and much more rewarding.<br />
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The doors that you unlock within yourself do not then have to manifest as difficulties in the outer world. The inner work that you do, will give you a ten to one return over your same degree of effort in the outer world. Ten to one! This is no exaggeration. Every conflict in consciousness, every belief or thought that you hold within you that is not of love, and is of fear, will manifest itself in the outside world as a problem that will require your attention.<br />
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Your unconscious investments in fear play out in every activity, every communication, every project and relationship you have. This is not news to you. You have experienced this over and over. The rough Zen Stick blow from the outside focuses and points your awareness always to something within you. Is there not a gentler, more loving, more caring way for you yourself to choose to illuminate the choices of fear within you, to find the keys, and to open the doors?<br />
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The Angels offer you every opportunity of grace, every opportunity of ease, every opportunity of gentleness in the progress of the evolution of your loving consciousness. Yet again I remind you that your soul will call, will summon, with its full potency, whatever force is necessary to shake loose the hold of your fear-based choices. Your self-defenses, your personality, your ego, every place of investment in fear will be removed.<br />
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This is true. The ultimate release of fear will be with the coming of your own death. Death is a letting go of everything other than love. Every place, every possession, every person, every experience is released into love. And you are left with the level and degree and the quality of loving awareness with which you have surrounded your soul. I say this not to invoke a fear, quite the contrary. I recommend that you make regular investments, regular deposits into your loving consciousness. For this is the only account that you will carry forward from this life, the only thing that you will take with you.<br />
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Developing your quality of loving awareness, of loving consciousness, is your most important pursuit. It is a loving pursuit, it is a pursuit supported and blessed and assisted by the Angels. It is supported by every being of advanced consciousness. The saints and sages of all time have gone before you on this path. This has been proven from the human perspective. Your ability to choose love is the same as that of the saints and sages that you admire and respect - it is the same choice, the same path.<br />
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It is with the deepest love and respect and regard that I bring this message to you. It is with the greatest love that I convey these truths to you. It is a message to welcome you to come ever more deeply into heaven. It is really as simple as that. Step by step, your choices carry you either more deeply into heaven, or more deeply into your own fear-based version of a living hell.<br />
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The Angels are an aspect of the loving consciousness of Creator. Our only purpose is to serve your evolution into greater love. Call upon us, make ever more intimate relationships with us. We offer you invitation at all times into greater love, into a deeper experience of having love in your life. We are in eternal service to you, we never lose sight of you, we never lose awareness of you. We are with you in the every experience, every expression, every thought, and especially in every choice of love. Our warmest and best regards to, blessings Grace and love to you."<br />
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-The Angel of Loving Consciousness<br />
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(Angel Message chanelled by Christopher Dilts - Spiritual Teacher & Healer)<br />
Click <a href="http://www.askanangel.org">HERE</a> to visit Ask an Angel websiteFive Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networkingtag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-02-01:2790939:BlogPost:722009-02-01T02:34:01.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<b>Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking<br />
</b> <i>By Bob Jenkins</i><br />
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Are you using social networks to build your reputation online? Whether you already are or you are just getting started with sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Ning, building your online reputation is your biggest responsibility.<br />
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Here are five ways to make sure you do it right.<br />
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<b>#1: Be Proud Of Being You</b><br />
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The first thing is, you have to be yourself. You have to be who you are. Because although…
<b>Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking<br />
</b> <i>By Bob Jenkins</i><br />
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Are you using social networks to build your reputation online? Whether you already are or you are just getting started with sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Ning, building your online reputation is your biggest responsibility.<br />
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Here are five ways to make sure you do it right.<br />
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<b>#1: Be Proud Of Being You</b><br />
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The first thing is, you have to be yourself. You have to be who you are. Because although you can get away with being fake for a little while, as soon as one person realizes that you're not who you say you are, your reputation is destroyed almost instantly because of the power of social networking.<br />
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So be yourself. And don't be afraid of being yourself. Realize that you have some gifts and some knowledge that people need to know about, and those that want to learn from you are going to gravitate towards you. Those that don't think you're worth listening to are basically going to ignore you. And it's at their peril, so don't worry about them.<br />
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<b>#2: Transparency - Never Hide From Your Audience</b><br />
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The second thing about your reputation is you should try to be transparent at all times. This means you keep everything real with your audience.<br />
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For example, over the last year, I used social media to show you my move from Maryland to North Carolina, including drama with the movers, picking the house, and getting it set up. I also pulled back the curtain to show what it takes to run a product launch.<br />
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When I did my last product launch, I was Twittering every day what I was doing to get ready for this site. Most of the gurus out there would keep everything under lock and key, and I was being very clear, saying, "This is what I'm doing to get ready for this launch." It actually helped me have a better launch, even though I told everybody exactly what I was going to be doing.<br />
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They didn't think that they had some surprise or whatever like most people teach; they just were excited to be part of it and part of the story. So be transparent. Let people know what you're doing and why you're doing it, and they're going to learn how to trust you.<br />
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<b>#3: Be Positive For Positive Results</b><br />
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The third way to build your reputation is to be positive.<br />
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There are folks out there who generally can do a good job of being negative. I don't know about you, but I don't find that to be a very long-term profitable strategy.<br />
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It may get you some attention at first and spark some controversy, but that's not the way to go. Be looking forward to the optimistic of your industry, of your business and what the results are going to be.<br />
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It would be easy for you to go onto Twitter or onto Facebook and talk about how you're having a bad day or this product sucks or this week sucks or this relationship sucks. But you're not really there for a support network, per se.<br />
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You'll find some of that. If you have something bad happen in your life, sharing it with your followers will be very therapeutic for you and you will get a lot of support back. But when you're just blasting negative things out, you're going to get negative things in return, usually.<br />
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So try to be positive as much as possible and look for the opportunities that are out there and look at them from that positive perspective.<br />
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<b>#4: Build Your Reputation And They Will Come</b><br />
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The fourth thing you must do is to be patient. This is because, initially, your reputation is going to be built only by yourself and the first initial people who get to know you. But as time goes on and you get more followers and you build a larger network of friends and peers, your reputation will solidify to allow your business to grow.<br />
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Once it hits a tipping point, your reputation and business accelerates at a very quick pace.<br />
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So be patient and let it happen. Don't try this stuff out for a week and then come back to me next week and say, "Well, it didn't really work. I didn't really get any results yet." You've got to let social networking play out over a few weeks and then a couple months and so on. A year from now your business is going to be tremendously different compared to where it is right now.<br />
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<b>#5: Contribute To The Conversation – Every Day!</b><br />
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The fifth thing about your reputation is you need to be someone that people look to as a contributor, not as a leech, not as a mooch, as a contributor.<br />
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You have to be willing to be involved in the conversation, and you have to be willing to give as much or even more than what you're going to get in return. The people who do that are growing so fast it makes my head spin.<br />
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I feel that I'm a pretty giving person but I see some other folks out there that just keep on giving, giving, giving and they just build up a huge following and that social capital is a real asset to your business. So you need to make sure that you're contributing as much as possible to the conversation.<br />
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I don't mean that as just go around randomly and try to help people. Within your specific task, your specific industry, the things you know well, you need to be at the forefront of letting people know how to do what you know how to do without charging them money at first.<br />
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They'll come and find your site and your products and they'll pay you for that as time goes on and their needs grow. With social networking you need to be building your reputation up first.<br />
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If somebody has a question, you should be one of the first people who answers and you need to answer without reservation not just, "Oh, I answered that in my eBook; go buy it". They're going to find your eBook if you just talk to them and give them solutions to the problem they are struggling with at that moment.<br />
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Give people your input, your encouragement for them to get better at what they are trying to do.<br />
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Any little quick free advice you can give, give it.<br />
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<b>Actively Build Your Reputation With Social Networking And Reap The Rewards</b><br />
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You've got to be in this for the reason of having fun and really building that relationship. Dollars will come, there's no doubt about that. But first, connect with people and really help them out. Understand that they'll become loyal followers of what you do and see you for who you are.<br />
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Follow these 5 steps to building your reputation online and you'll not only beat your competition, you'll have more fun doing it!<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.askbobtheteacher.com" target="new">Bob Jenkins</a> teaches business owners how to use internet marketing strategies effectively to attract more customers and get more sales without spending a fortune on advertising. Get more <a href="http://discoversocialnetworking.com/profits/?lessons=1308" target="blank">free social networking lessons</a> at <a href="http://discoversocialnetworking.com/profits/?lessons=1308" target="_blank">www.DiscoverSocialNetworking.com</a>.</i>5 Hypnosis Myths Explodedtag:spiritualmarket.ning.com,2009-01-31:2790939:BlogPost:702009-01-31T21:52:15.000ZAngelia Roselinehttp://spiritualmarket.ning.com/profile/SimonaSimons
<p><b>5 Hypnosis Myths Exploded</b></p>
<p>OVER the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the media and superstition. This is a great shame, because in reality, hypnosis is your single most effective tool for change. Hypnosis is your birthright, and you should know how to use it so it doesn't use you. Here we dispel the biggest hypnosis myths.</p>
<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 1)</b> All hypnosis is the same</p>
<p>As with anything, hypnosis can be good, bad…</p>
<p><b>5 Hypnosis Myths Exploded</b></p>
<p>OVER the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the media and superstition. This is a great shame, because in reality, hypnosis is your single most effective tool for change. Hypnosis is your birthright, and you should know how to use it so it doesn't use you. Here we dispel the biggest hypnosis myths.</p>
<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 1)</b> All hypnosis is the same</p>
<p>As with anything, hypnosis can be good, bad or indifferent. The most common is old-style authoritarian hypnosis of the type "You are getting sleepy, you are feeling confident". Unsurprisingly, this sort of hypnosis doesn't work well with many people. Good hypnosis uses subtle psychological principles and advanced communication patterns.</p>
<p>It's like the difference between a football coach who thinks you'll perform best if he yells at you, compared with the more elegant style of a great leader who knows that to get the best from his people, he needs to understand motivation, to cajole, encourage and reward.</p>
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<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 2)</b> Subliminals work</p>
<p>Subliminals are words that you can't hear. Common sense says they shouldn't work, and there's no research proving that they do.</p>
<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 3)</b> Some people can't be hypnotized</p>
<p>The only reason you can't be hypnotized is if you are incapable of paying attention due to extremely low IQ or brain damage. That's not to say that every hypnotist can hypnotize you however. The more flexible the hypnotist, the more effective she will be with the largest number of people.</p>
<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 4)</b> Hypnosis is something weird that other people do to you</p>
<p>If you couldn't go into hypnosis, you wouldn't be able to sleep, to learn, or get nervous through 'negative self hypnosis'. (You know when you imagine things going wrong and it makes you feel anxious? Well that's self hypnosis!)</p>
<p>Hypnosis is simply a deliberate utilization of the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) or dream state. We're not giving people medication here – if it wasn't a natural ability, hypnosis wouldn't work!</p>
<p><b>Hypnosis Myth 5)</b> You lose control in hypnosis</p>
<p>Crazy news stories, stage hypnotists and gossip have created the illusion that you lose control in hypnosis. In fact, when hypnotized, you are relaxed and focused – and able to choose to get up and walk away at any time. You choose to give your attention to the hypnotist, and you can withdraw it at any time.</p>
<p>If you have been scared of hypnosis in the past, this article has hopefully convinced you to at least give it a try. But remember, ensure what you're getting is the real thing. Visit <a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/?1677">www.hypnosisdownloads.com</a></p>
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<p>Article by Mark Tyrrell of <a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/?1677">Hypnosis Downloads.com.</a></p>