I opened a can of soup last night and the expiration date on the top was December 2012.  It was right after I read this: Even the Maya are getting sick of 2012 hype MEXICO CITY – Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly “running out” on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it’s not the end of the world.  Or is it?  “Definitely not,” the Mayan elder insists. “I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff.”   Next month, Hollywood’s “2012” opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House.

Now it makes sense. Last month I had a couple of mainsteam type friends ask what I thought was going to happen in 2012 at the supposed end of the Mayan calendar.  They know I am not into all the end time prophecies and channelings.  They said they’d seen it in the mainstream news and it was being talked about in the media. I’m like Abraham-Hicks: I think it is a non-date for a non-event.  Unless, of course, mass consciousness makes something happen because they are focused upon it.  Now I realize the reason for the big overflow into the mainstream media is because there is a movie!  Of course! Continue reading →

Dikki Jo Mullen

This Sunday 18 October Dikki-Jo Mullen will give a presentation on “The Runes” at Yogashakti Mission from 9;00 – 10:00 AM. The runes are sacred letters from the Northern Mystery tradition. They have been in use since about the year 900 AD and are thought to come to us from Odin (Woden), God of Wisdom. He received them in a sacred trance after hanging upside down in Ygraddisdill, The World Tree, for 9 days and 9 nights. Odin relates to the planet Mercury. The word rune means to whisper in Old Norse, suggesting sacred truths. This Sunshine Lecture will introduce you to the runes both as healing charms and as a method of accurate divination. Yoga Shakti Mission is located at 3895 Hield Rd NW in Palm Bay, FL 32907, phone 321-725 4024  www.yogashakti.org

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — As Arizona authorities on Saturday investigated how two people died and more than a dozen others were overtaken during a ceremony at  James Arthur Ray‘s new age Spiritual Warrior Retreat near Sedona, questions arose about the circumstances surrounding the simulated Native American rite.  A sweat lodge is similar to a sauna. Traditional lodges are usually made of willow branches and covered in canvas or animal skins, and are not meant to be air-tight. The authorities said that the lodge at Angel Valley was covered in plastic and blankets.  Questions have also arisen about the length of time the people were in the lodge — about two hours. A ceremony usually lasts no more than an hour, Joseph Bruchac, an expert on Native American traditions and author of “The Native American Sweat Lodge,” said. Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote at 2 die, 19 sickened at Sweat Lodge in James Arthur Ray’s Sedona Spiritual Warrior Retreat: SEDONA, Ariz. – A sweat lodge became the scene of a police investigation when more than 20 people became ill and two later died.  Self-help author James Arthur Ray (who appeared in The Secret) rented the facility as part of his Spiritual Warrior Retreat.

Today’s news:  Sweat lodge victim’s family says she was in shape.  I notice a few things that seem out of place in the story, but since I wasn’t there, I can only go on what the media reports (uh oh). Continue reading →

Lead us from the unreal to the real
Lead us from darkness to light
Lead us from death to immortality,

Last week I deleted more than 200 old emails from the begining of the year.  These are mostly notes about websites that people want me to look at, or business opportunities friends are trying to rook me in inviting me to, or Paypal receipts waiting to be printed, or emails from publicists about their clients’ latest books and cds, with articles to be considered.  I open the emails when they come in, then I save them as new until I have time later to go through them.  Since the beginning of the year, for the first time I got 300 emails behind. And that’s without making time for a personal life!  My friend Beth has 1,000 emails waiting to be read, and even she makes time for vacation cruises every few months!  I could learn from her, however I don’t want to be 1,000 emails behind. Continue reading →

Knock, Knock is a 2 minute video of Daniel Beaty reciting Knock, Knock: “For the children of fathers who are locked down”:

As a boy, I shared a game with my father.  Played it every morning until I was three.  He would Knock knock on my door and I pretend to be asleep, until he got right next to the bed then  I would get up and  jump into his arms “good morning Poppa”  and my poppa– he would tell me that he loved me.  We shared a game—– “Knock knock”.  Until that day when the knock never came, and  my mom takes me on a ride past corn fields on this never ending highway— until we reached a place of high rusty gates.  A confused little boy I enter the building, carried in my momma arms— “Knock knock” Continue reading →

SEDONA, Ariz. – A sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort meant to provide spiritual cleansing became the scene of a police investigation Friday when more than 20 people became ill during a two-hour session and two later died.  In all, 21 of the 64 people crowded inside the sweat lodge received medical care.  Authorities haven’t determined the cause of the deaths and illnesses; tests for carbon monoxide and other contaminants were negative. Self-help author James Arthur Ray (who appeared in The Secret) rented the facility as part of his Spiritual Warrior Retreat. Sweat lodges, like that held on the final day of the Angel Valley Spiritual Retreat Center, are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for ceremonies and events. Stones are heated outside a lodge, brought inside and placed in a pail-sized hole. The door is closed, and water is poured on the stones, producing heat aimed at releasing toxins. Continue reading →

A girlfriend and I were talking today about my earlier post Praying Parents Get Jail For Child’s Death.  We’ve both had family members who were involved with religious cults, and even had a brush or two ourselves.  I began going to a few websites I know where former devotees of religious cults have discussion forums.  Posted on the site, and on many cult awareness type sites are the words:

WARNING! The Cult Awareness Network (CAN) was bankrupted and bought up by Scientology. We strongly recommend you do not contact them for assistance. Continue reading →

Age discrimination allegations by employees are at a record high the article says.  A recent Supreme Court ruling said it is not enough for employees to show age is a motivating factor in a demotion or layoff. Rather, workers must prove it’s the deciding factor in the case. Which is all well and good, but most cases aren’t about age at all, but rather about attitude and presence.  And attitude and presence are things we have personal control over, regardless of age. Continue reading →