Wednesday June 17, 2009. Yesterday I worked all day long on final layout for the July Horizons. I got myself so wound up that at 2:00am – 21 hours after waking up – I simply made myself put down the proofreading, turn off the lights and lie down. At 5:00am I was back up – ah, menopause! So I am going back to bed for a few hours before I begin my day. In the meantime, I’ll share the goofy posts I made to my Facebook page yesterday. I find I make the most Facebook posts on my busiest days. Usually when I am rebooting the main computer, and I turn to the laptop behind me for a short break. One of those breaks that is more just a quick mental refreshment, since I can’t actually leave the computer for a few minutes right then. So while it looks like I goofed off all day – according to my Facebook posts every few hours – I really had a busy, productive 18 hour workday.
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Back to the daily routine
Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Well, it’s life back to normal after the Universal Lightworkers’ Conference. Back to final layout on the July Horizons Magazine, and back to my flat hair now that I’m home in muggy central Florida. Spending the weekend inside the hotel (no humidity!) for the conference, my hair was big, California hair. Then one trip out to my mailbox yesterday and drooooop go my golden locks….. ah, back to normal. I don’t know why it’s so much more humid just 2 hours north of Fort Lauderdale. At the hotel, I was in room 1123 and had a balcony. I kept the sliding glass door open much of the time since I am used to the fresh air. Even though the sound of the a/c was very loud on the balcony, I liked the fresh air. It was warm, but not very humid. Not on the 11th floor anyway, and there was a breeze. After dark, I could look out the open window and see the city lights lining the horizon, like a jeweled necklace. When I see night scenes like that, I can see why someone would want to live in a highrise in the city. But I’d rather live where I have some land and some trails and woods to walk in, even if it’s just on my little acre. Continue reading
Sunday Recap of The Universal Lightworker’s Conference
Monday, June 15, 2009. Sunday was the final day of the 12th Annual Universal Lightworker’s Conference. The morning began with rousing music by Ron Gosio, Michael Mirdad, Armand and Angelina, Steve and Amy Sciulli, with Steve wailing away on some crazy kind of wild flute. That was followed by an open hearted meditation, co-led by all the presenters. Michelle Whitedove was the opening speaker and she told of her death experience at age 18 and the bargain she made with God when she was in that in-between place, before coming back to Earth to fulfill her mission. She told of how the doctors said she’d have permanent disabilities and never have children. She proved them wrong on all counts. Being a fire sign, she bucks authority and has no qualms about it. She knows what she knows. She encourages people to disregard any pessimistic news they may hear from (well meaning) doctors, and just focus upon wellness and know God can get you there. No matter what someone else tells you. I agree that’s the thing to do. I agree it’s not easy to go against the crowd. Only the brave dare and Michelle is one of the brave. She’s wonderfully delightful to listen to and looks in person just exactly like she did when she won Lifetime TV’s America’s Psychic Challenge. And yes, Michelle Whitedove is that good. She convinced me. Continue reading
Saturday recap of Universal Lightworkers’ Conference
Sunday, June 14, 2009. Saturday morning began early with the vendors open at 8:00am and the music began at 9:00. It was a rousing tribal beat, perfect for waking up. The best part of waking up is NOT Folger’s in your cup 🙂 Don Miguel Ruiz was the opening speaker. He has such a quiet yet powerful way about him, and his words are simple and profound. He told a story of how as a young teen, he once sat with his grandfather and told him all his teenage ideas and philosophies. He began to see a slight smile cross his grandfather’s face after a time, and he thought, “Oops.” But it was too late, It was his grandfather’s turn to speak. His grandfather told him that he had just heard Miguel parrot many ideas that others had told him. He did not hear any ideas that came from Miguel. Don Miguel Ruiz learned from his grandfather that we search for everything we believe we don’t have, not knowing that everything we are looking for is already inside us. We are born with it. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. No one else. Us. We do it. We don’t need to seek outside ourselves for guardian angels. There are 6 billion of us on the planet. Life is a dream and you are not who you think that you are! There are 6 billion Messengers on Earth… Angels who give & receive messages. What kind of messenger are you? Powerful stuff. Continue reading
First day at the Universal Lightworker’s Conference
Saturday, June 13, 2009. I’m in Fort Lauderdale at the Universal Lightworker’s Conference. it began yesterday, from 4:00pm until well into after midnight. At most conferences, you spend the first day being kind of shy, and opening up the second, so by the end of the conference, you feel you have a new family and have bonded with all the other attendees. With the ULC, in their opening ceremony they get everyone up and dancing together. By the end of Friday evening, you are feeling bonded with everyone else. The weekend definitely has a reunion feel to it. A reunion of new friends. Continue reading
Having a houseful of guests
Friday June 12, 2009. I have a great family. We pretty much stay out of each other’s way, and out of each other’s business. I like that. That doesn’t mean we all keep our opinions to ourselves, but our variety of opinions is what makes it colorful when we’re together. I lucked out when 2 cousins agreed to do some interior painting for me, and to do it this weekend while I am at the Universal Lightworker’s Conference in Fort Lauderdale. I kept putting it off because I didn’t want to deal with the paint smell, the moving everything away from the walls, the taping up, the – disorder. As usual, I was making more of it than it really was, and the task began looming very large in my mind. So I jumped at the chance to have it done while I’m gone. Continue reading
Last Minute Dilemma
Okay. I just realized I am going to the Universal Lightworkers Conference tomorrow and am still recovering from the eyebrow debacle. Well, ok, not so much a debacle as it is a temporary new look: eyebrows slimmer and more arched than I’ve ever had in my life. And to highlight this, I’ve been growing my bangs out the past year and wearing my hair back and pinned off my face. Oh, my life is so tough, isn’t it, that these are my problems? So my dilemma is this: do I cut my bangs and hide the eyebrows, or do I just brave it and show my bare face? I have until about 10am tomorrow to decide. I have to remember I am trying to avoid the default Marianne Faithful look, which is what I’ll get the second I cut the bangs…
What to do, what to do…
Herbert Benson’s Relaxation Response is the Transcendental Meditation technique minus the ritual
Did you know that the book by Herbert Benson The Relaxation Response gives the exact technique of Transcendental Meditation, minus the ritual and religious overtones and using the word “One” as the mantra? The Transcendental Meditation, or TM, technique is a form of mantra meditation introduced worldwide in 1957 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and popularized in 1968 by the Beatles, and the Beach Boys.
STEPS TO ELICIT THE RELAXATION RESPONSE
From the book The Relaxation Response pages 162-163
1. Sit quietly in a comfortable position.
2. Close your eyes.
3. Deeply relax all your muscles, beginning at your feet and progressing up to your face. Keep them relaxed. Continue reading
Getting ready for the Universal Lightworker’s Conference
Wednesday, June 10, 2009. I am beginning to pre-pack for the Universal Lightworkers’ Conference this weekend in Fort Lauderdale. I lucked out with having a houseful of guests and repair people scheduled and best of all, I don’t have to be there for it! Even last week I wasn’t sure I’d be able to make the time to go, but I just set the intention that whatever needed to be done in the meantime, would get done. And everything is working out perfectly. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Goethe. So I began prepacking before I knew for sure I was going, because that would focus me in that direction, and help things fall into place quicker. Continue reading
David Carradine’s auto-erotic asphyxiation in Bangkok
On David Carradine‘s accidental death following auto-erotic asphyxiation in Bangkok: To each his own. Don’t judge. Bless him and his family.
My friend Robert Goldberg said it best: The sooner we realize we’re all weird in some way, the sooner all this stops being a big deal. Sounds like a very inadvisable practice to me but it’s just crazy 2nd chakra stuff. Sad he shuffled off, no more to say.