Hello and welcome to the July 2008 edition of Horizons Magazine. The last month has been a flurry of activity. Two loved ones unexpectedly passed and there was lots to be done at the last minute when I already had a full schedule. I had to cancel two conferences just to get this July Horizons done on time. Plus the printer requested I hand the magazine in three days early for the first time in 16 years - vibrational match to me feeling there was not enough time to do it all!

But I've learned that I work well under pressure, that if I am super busy and in the flow, it's no big deal to add another few tasks along the way. If I'm in the flow, meaning if I'm being mindful and making conscious and responsible decisions. Working under pressure shows me who I am. It shows me who I can be and what is possible when the chips are down. One thing challenge does is take me out of my routine and fully engages my attention and brings me into the Now. When I am helping a friend through a challenge, it is also a clear reminder that there but for the grace of God go I.

It also helps me recognize how much personal freedom I have in the life I've created for myself. Clearing up the 'personal freedom karma' by not only not binding others, but by making it part of my life's work to help free others from their self imposed personal limitations. Just reminding them who they are and what they are capable of. And helping them make it through the mass of red tape and paperwork that often accompanies challenge.

I was a paralegal for 22 years before doing Horizons, so I am familiar with how to do many of the things that need to be done in official matters. Things like making sure to have a current Last Will, Living Will, Power of Attorney and Designation of Health Care Surrogate. Where to go and how to get deeds and titles transferred, things that can appear to be a maze for someone unfamiliar with the processes, especially at a time they are emotionally upset. Walking them through the “maze” also teaches them how to do it for themselves, and empowers them to feel more organized and in charge of their life. That gives them more freedom. That encourages them to want to help others make their own way also. So if you need a Will, etc., see my ad on page 22. I'm happy to help.

Last month I got a call from a reader asking if I knew anyone who did past life regression. I told her I couldn't think of anyone right offhand, but I must know several. I don't typically talk business with friends in social situations, so frankly there are a lot of people I know that I don't know what they do for a living. Heck, some of them I don't even know their real names. I never ask anyone for an ad; I figure if they need more business, they'll let me know, they know how to find me. That way I never become that person who is always pitching business to my friends. So I sent out an email asking who does past life regression and got lots of response. I returned the call after I got the first response, and left the info on her voice mail. I asked her to send me her email address if she'd like me to forward to her all the responses I got. I never heard back from her. I just assume she got the first name and number I left on her voice mail and was happy with them.

I later wondered who might she have picked had I sent her a list of names and numbers and website addresses? I always like having several choices, to practice my intuition in choosing my vibrational match. A buddy remarked that if everyone who emailed me about that had a $5 listing in the Horizons Phone Directory under Past Life Regression, the caller would have had her list and not had to call me. I told him “good thinking, go make that happen hehehe.” As it is, I simply assume that anyone I know who does not have a listing has as much business as they want already. Which is very cool - mass prosperity! I know that dollars can come to me from all corners of the Universe, so I don't try to sell anyone anything when I'm out and about. If I want to promote business or solicit ads, I will go to a networking meeting. We all have our own way of doing business. And if what someone is doing is working well for them, they don't need to change anything.

I have a pair of friends who got sidetracked from their purpose by $$ signs and began cutting business partners out of their legal due, and now it's turning into a fiasco. All they had to do was honor their commitment, tell the truth about the situation and work together to come to an agreement. Instead of agreeing to sit together and talk it over with the other party, there are threats, lawsuits and restraining orders. All because of changed intentions after a commitment was made. All because when they saw how big the pie might become, they wanted bigger slices. They didn't trust their ability to earn more dollars in other ventures. It was easier to just slide out the partner they were done with; her usefulness had passed anyway. They wanted her for networking and media exposure and she gladly delivered. But instead of saying, “Hey, this is no longer in my best interest, let's agree to what's fair and be done with it,” they chose instead to go unconscious and forget that what goes around, comes around. Now things are snowballing downward for them and they act like they don't know it's related to what they are putting in motion every new day by their actions. And these are 'metaphysical' people. These are people who read every latest book and take lots of workshops. These are people who talk about always doing the right thing. Hmmmm. It's interesting how I judge that.

I always find it interesting when 'enlightened” people complain about their state of affairs and don't take responsibility for what they attract to themselves. I've gotten several calls about a psychic reader who recently moved from California to south Florida who has a high hourly fee. Despite claims on his website that he gives outstanding readings, the feedback is that what he does is less than exceptional and certainly not worth the $375 per hour he charges. We met recently at an event and all he could do was complain to me that “people in Florida are cheap and don't want to pay,” so he plans to return to the west coast. I did not tell him the feedback I'd had about what he does, but my first thought was “well maybe people in Florida just aren't satisfied with what his California clients were pleased with.” He complained that in Florida he was unable to live the high life he lived on the west coast. He was having none of the idea that he had the power to attract to himself exactly whatever business or lifetime experience he received. And all the while he is reminding me of how enlightened he is and about his kundalini raising experiences and how his third eye is opening so fast it's painful, and what spiritual masters and guides he is in contact with. You'd think one of them could let him know how to make a living or at least how to pay his child support on time. He glibly shared that he moves around so much that his ex-wife can't keep up with him and he owes tens of thousands of dollars in back support.

It doesn't matter if you're sitting six hours a day in meditation, and think you're raising kundalini and in contact with famous masters and guides. If you're not receiving guidance on how to live your life responsibility, if you don't realize you attract your life experience to yourself and are able to make changes now to have a better life, don't think you're enlightened. That's why it's called the razor's-edged path. Personal growth is a narrow walk and you can easily cut yourself to ribbons if you're not mindful. And we see the shredded, walking wounded around us every day. Take responsibility for how you perceive life and how you react to it. It makes life easier, I promise.

I acquired a new cat when a loved one passed last month. He's a long haired, black, tiptoe tuxedo with white collar and boots. At first I was worried how New Kitty would fit in with my two cats, my masked bandit YinYang age 6 and Maine Coon Izzy, who is 9-ish. When we got home, I walked him around a bit and we sat outside so he could see where we lived. Then I
shoved him a few times in and out of the cat door so in case he got out, he would know how to get back in and where the food was. When we went inside, YinYang growled and snarled, but New Kitty just stayed halfway across the room and watched her pitch her little fit. Yinny does that when Izzy walks by also, and has done so daily for the 5 years she's lived with him. So it was to New Kitty's credit that she did not daunt him, and within hours all the kitties were stationed at different points throughout the living room, grokking each other.