Roy Eugene Davis

From The Center for Spiritual Awareness website

Dear Friends,
It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our dear teacher, mentor, and spiritual friend, Roy Eugene Davis on Wednesday evening, March 27th. He passed quietly, without suffering, in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Hospital in Gainesville, Georgia. He had been admitted earlier that afternoon for shortness of breath and extreme weakness. He was diagnosed with renal failure and suffered heart failure shortly thereafter. His condition had been slowly deteriorating for the past six weeks.

Retreats and services at Center for Spiritual Awareness will continue into the future as scheduled.

A memorial service will be conducted at Center for Spiritual Awareness on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Meditation Hall. 

We ask that you refrain from calling CSA for more information for the time being. We have much to do at this time of transition. Also, Mr. Davis always encouraged us to remain focused on our personal spiritual awakening path. It can be useful to honor his memory by avoiding gossip and speculation. He is a great light. He has given us all of the tools we need to progress, and the encouragement, inspiration, and motivation to succeed. He is no longer limited to an aging physical form; we can tune into his consciousness, always.

Love and unceasing blessings,
Center for Spiritual Awareness

All are invited to the Friends of the World Gathering to be held in the Pavilion at Yoga Shakti Mission on Sunday March 31, 2019 Noon to 4pm.   Free admission. There will be plenty of Indian and Western food served. Many performers from East and West will entertain you and you will learn many new things from the booths. There will be a variety of cultural dances, music, drama, international food and vendor booths. We hope to provide an atmosphere of openness and genuine appreciation of each other’s special talents and cultural heritage, thereby promoting understanding and friendship of all races and cultures.  International dancers are expected to perform as well as bluegrass and Russian and Irish singers.  Indian and western vegetarian food will be sold and  local entrepreneurs will display their wares.   All welcome. No admission charge. Please spread the word. Yoga Shakti Mission,  3895 Hield Road, NW, Palm Bay, FL 32907.  321-725-4024  http://www.yogashakti.org/ Email yogashaktipalmbay@gmail.com

A friend asked what is the point of all of it? She has always been a seeker, reading everything metaphysical, going to conferences and seminars, attending discussion groups. I can only speak for myself. I think the point of all my metaphysical study throughout the decades and involvement with paranormal activity gave me a greater understanding of the world around me and the importance of things. It taught me how to be at peace with whatever was appearing before me. It taught me that I can direct where my life goes by my focused attention, and that includes dollars.

 It taught me that knowing the mechanics of how to do something is different than maintaining steady discipline to keep the machine in motion. It needs daily attention but not to the point of resistance and sometimes it’s just easier to let yourself be at the mercy of the people and circumstances around you and fall into their game, their movie.

 So what’s the endgame? For me it’s about understanding and peace of mind. Before enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water. But your subjective world, your inner world, is forever expanded.

One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter’s high school class this winter. They’re learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game. “I’m going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you’re a witch or a normal person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it. At the end, any group found to include a witch gets a failing grade.”

The teens dove into grilling each other. One fairly large group formed, but most of the students broke into small, exclusive groups, turning away anyone they thought gave off even a hint of guilt. “Okay,” the teacher said. “You’ve got your groups. Time to find out which ones fail. All witches, please raise your hands.” No one raised a hand.

The kids were confused and told him he’d messed up the game. “Did I? Was anyone in Salem an actual witch? Or did everyone just believe what they’d been told?”

And that is how you teach kids how easy it is to divide a community.  Keep being welcoming, beautiful people. Shunning, scapegoating and dividing destroy far more than they protect. We’re all in this together. Enjoy our offering this month.

A Facebook friend wrote, “I was just assaulted by woman who was drunk / high out of her mind, stumbling, slurring words, chasing me down the streets of Brooklyn. Touching me in unwanted ways, pulling on my umbrella. What the fuck. It was all I could to say very loudly “stop touching me, stop following me.”  This shit really happens and I couldn’t defend myself or do anything to stop it. All I could do was run away and I was in such shock I couldn’t call the police I couldn’t take a photo or video. I shudder to think if the situation had been reversed that the man would have hurt me. No one would believe me & I’m just fighting back tears on the c train. She tried to followed me onto the subway but either didn’t have a metro card or it was empty. I got very lucky. Happy Fucking Valentine’s Day. Jesus Christ. I’m out of sorts. People don’t do this to each other.”

Andrea writes:  I responded. “I see everything as an agency of the soul, helping us be of value, What a holy honor and yes, a vibrational match. The lifeguard always attracts the swimmer in distress. The fireman always finds the fire. Sometimes the flailing grab onto what they see as a ladder out of their chaos, and they are then a vibrational match to the person who wants to be helpful. Sometimes, in their altered state, they just want to touch the hem of the garment of someone they think can somehow help lift them out of their situation. What’s going on in their minds is likely not some high maniac screeching erratically at a stranger. At this point, her soul is hovering a short distance away watching as her body goes on autopilot until it’s over. Bless you for being there for the broken, even tho it breaks your heart to do so.”

I can be slow sometimes, slow to give something sufficient thought to remedy an easily fixable situation. The past year I’ve been sharing space with a pal, which has worked out remarkably well. But I notice I suddenly spend a lot of time in front of the tv. I only vaguely wondered why that was, since half the time I have a show paused while I text or email work stuff.  Today it hit me that in the process of sharing space, I gave up a couple of rooms where I had ongoing projects laid out. A room was set up for sewing and crafting, one had my art studio, half the living room was set up for making hats and painting angel heart rocks. As I wandered around the house after work each day, I’d sit at this station or that and work awhile on whatever was on the table that day.   Continue reading →

Lots of folks are voicing their opinions about Doreen Virtue‘s move from metaphysical thought to born again Christian fanaticism. Some say she’s following the money since “the New Age left her broke.” Others say she squandered a vast fortune. Neither is true, I knew Doreen for many years. Those in the know know that not everyone who writes books and sells products makes a lot of money. With rare exception, authors and speakers pay their own transportation and hotel costs on book tours, hoping to recoup it through the products and services they sell. As anyone in the metaphysical market knows, very few make a lot of money in it. I’ve read the contracts, I know many authors from many publishing houses and I’ve heard their stories thru the years. Being a best selling author does not always equal big bank.
Tip: Get a good agent. Polish your work so the good agents want you. Otherwise, forget the income and be happy to be in it for the outcome.   Continue reading →

H. H. Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati

Retreat with Ma Moksha Priya Shakti exploring meditation based on Ma Yogashakti’s book “Techniques of Meditation to Enhance Mind Power.”  Spend a weekend in the wooded seclusion of Yogashakti Mission, Palm Bay, Florida. This Ashram was created by Ma Yogashakti and is purified and energized by her. Learn meditation; take part in three Hatha Yoga classes; learn deep relaxation. Accommodation is shared or you may prefer to bring a tent, or sleep in the beautiful screened pavilion.

REGISTRATION: In advance before December 1st – $120 per person, families $170. At the door $130 per person or $190 for families

Ma Moksha Priya Shakti

WHEN: 3pm on Dec. 28th until 2pm on Sunday Dec 30th 2018
WHERE: Yogashakti Mission 3895 Hield Road, Palm Bay FL 32907.
MEALS: Delicious and wholesome home-cooked vegetarian meals will be served each day

WHAT TO BRING: Sleeping pad or blankets and sheets, loose comfortable clothes, towel, yoga mat, pen and notebook

CONTACT yogashaktipalmbay@gmail.com to register or call 321-725-4024

Yes, you can meditate to calm and center yourself without attracting a host of guardian angels or whatever popping into your head unwanted.  But for me, the giant reason to meditate is to plug in to my own inner guidance, tap into my Soul so to speak.  When I sit, I first set my intention to relax, release resistance, become receptive to whatever guidance will be helpful for me, and connect. Speaking with a friend last night, I suggested that meditation might help her with her dilemma. She countered that she didn’t think it was possible to meditate yourself out of a situation, otherwise no one would have died in concentration camps, and people around the world wouldn’t be starving.  I told her I wasn’t suggesting she could meditate her way out of trouble. I told her meditation is simply a daily practice to relax and release resistant thought a couple of times a day. Meditation doesn’t replace action, it doesn’t replace anything. Concentration camps and starving communities take a lot of mass consciousness pre-paving to get to that crisis point; it doesn’t happen overnight.  And you don’t meditate anything away.

If you meditate regularly, you’re more likely to have organized thoughts.
When you have organized thoughts, you’re more likely to have less uncertainty.
When you have less uncertainty, you have less fear.
When you have less fear, you have more trust.
When you have more trust, you’ll be directed to true guidance.
When you’re connected to true guidance, you feel empowered.
When you feel empowered, you empower others.

And a community of empowered individuals does not get led to concentration camps and they will find a way to feed themselves.  And it all begins with paying attention to where you are, and to where you want to end up.

RELATED: Andrea’s Meditation Process and Links

My dad returned from WWII a little shell shocked. Many did. He managed his physical pain with 60-80 Tylenol-4 a day, the emotional pain with alcohol. I can’t imagine the pain he was in. We didn’t make it easy for him. We certainly didn’t give him the respect he deserved. He loved long walks but back and hip problems kept him from them. He shot himself at age 62. In a coma in his final weeks. I’d call and the night nurse would tell me, “he’s marching.” I hope he was enjoying his long walks again. Today, I’m honoring all who served. They gave more than we’ll ever know.