Rita Karpie

Melbourne Beach, FL, Mayor Rita Karpie, passed Wednesday night.  There will be a “Celebration of Life” in her honor Saturday July 23, 2011, at 6:30 pm at the Melbourne Beach Community Center.  Bring pictures, memories and stories.  Rita taught during a 30-year span at Brevard Community College, where she worked full-time as an assistant professor of biology.  She coordinated Indian River Lagoon coastal cleanup campaigns and led students in removing invasive plants from Space Coast parks.   She has always been a dedicated advocate of human rights and environmental issues.  She made positive contributions to the lives of countless students and touched the lives of  the community in meaningful and lasting ways.  She was truly a gift to our community. Rita will be deeply missed. She really did make a difference. Continue reading →

Domino has a reputation for being a ladies man who presents himself to fragile women as a guru of sorts. Note: I have never dated this man. At the time of this writing, his typical m.o. is to approach mutual female friends in a spiritual/social setting, and tell them he can heal them of their childhood trauma with his own brand of energy work.  He won’t disclose who he’s formerly trained with nor what technique he uses. He’s a handsome guy, he’s single, he can be charming and witty.  He schedules private and group sessions and the students end up being pitted against each other from behind the scenes with favoritism and outcasting due to sexual relationships he asks them to keep secret.  I know because through the last dozen years I’ve done readings for people who have been involved with him and his classes (including 2 he was “engaged” to) and heard their experience.  Each thought they were planning a future together. He  comes off like a sexual predator, and that is what he’s known for.  When I mentioned it to him once, he laughed if 0ff as being “their problem and maybe that’s what he’s here to fix.”  It’s not my job to police what anyone else is doing nor determine what their karma with anyone might be.    Their own momentum will catch up with them soon enough. I know how tempting it can be to have a handsome, engaging man in front of you spouting spiritual truths and telling you they can heal you.  The chemistry you feel means there’s a lesson to learn.  Chemistry does not necessarily mean you’re found The One.   The lesson might be: if you knew he was doing this with ten other women at the same time, all behind the scenes, saying the same words, making the same plans as soul mates for a future together, would that impact his value to you as a teacher?  If all the rest was a lie to keep you as a paying student he could have sex with, is the lesson worth the weekly tuition? Just some food for thought.

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My friend Katie Randall wrote on Facebook yesterday, “I was going to complain about how hot it is… then I realized that: 1.) it isn’t 115+ degrees;  2.) I’m not 7,200 miles from home;  3.) I’m not dressed in ACUs and helmet and carrying 70+ lbs.;  and 4.) there is very little chance that anyone will shoot at me or that I might drive over a bomb in the road today!”  Having a husband in the military sure gives you some perspective. Continue reading →

Rev. Marnie Koski

Beloved Rev Marnie Koski served her community for four decades at Christ Universal Church in Merritt Island Florida, 1960’s – 1990’s.    Rev Marnie Koski made her physical transition last evening, July 20, 2011.    She had been living at the Carnegie Nursing Home in  Melbourne. She will be forever loved by all who knew her.  Marnie was truly an ANGEL.  We will miss you greatly, Rev Marnie!

The end of death as we know it
Her perception upon dying

A friend is dying.  She’s ok with it.  She’s in her 90’s, she’s had a full and active and happy life.  She has some chronic pain she’s ready to be free of, and a recent fall — and 100 extra pounds — has limited her mobility.  She says she’s ready to drop her robes and take her final walk, to see what’s on the other side of the veil, to discover what adventures the next chapter holds.  And she’s eager for the next chapter.  So eager that we spend much time talking about it.  She knows that we attract what we focus on, so she wants to put herself in a mental place where she’s happy with where she is and yet eager to drop her body for this Earth walk.   Continue reading →

I stepped outside for a walk at 5:00am after morning meditation and found it was about 70 degrees.  The air felt nice and chilly, a relief from the humid 90 degree days we’ve been having.  l took a walk around the property and then an hour’s nap in the chaise out under the oaks. I love sleeping outside in nature, it really regenerates my body.  Then I raced inside to go to bed for another couple of hours before it became fully daylight. 6:00-8:00am is the best sleep I get. Continue reading →

Last night I slept in my new bed in my new bedroom and, when morning came, it was easy to lie there feeling comfy and do a few moments prepaving how I’d like my day to go.  I do that each morning as soon as I awaken.  I bring to mind whatever is the biggest priority, and I flow a few moments of thought energy toward it.  Today,  since I just finished final layout on the August issue of Horizons Magazine, one priority was to envision a lot of payments coming in.  That’s easy to do since everyone pays on time.  I just bring to mind how good it feels to see the names of friends and clients and advertisers on the checks they send me and how good it feels to have enough money in the bank to pay for everything.  If I don’t have it yet, I remind myself dollars are on the way. On the way from where? Why, from wherever they are right now, of course.

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I have a friend who’s having some health issues but she’s afraid to go to the doctor.  She knows that once an illness is diagnosed, typically that’s when the disease progresses, and that’s because our focus turns more fully to it.  Whatever we focus on grows and expands, period. Below is what Abraham-Hicks has to say on the matter. I suggested she immediately change to a healthy diet and prayer practice, then do as Abraham suggests:  “Choose another thought, and get locked back on to your signal — and all of that will go away.” Continue reading →

Wayne Wirs and I were talking last week about spiritual practice, and he suggested I change my schedule to expand the time I spent at the healing bench, and shorten the time I spent in personal meditation.  “Just try it for 30 days,” he said.  I love new challenges  like that, changing it up.  Today he asked:  “How is that hour long selfless meditation mod working for you?”   Continue reading →