December B 2018
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Metaphysics
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Steven Wise - The NonHuman Rights Project
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Health & Wellness 36 42 46
4 Tips for Good Colon Health Practicing Self-Care with the Help of Your Unconscious Winter Blues and Broken Bones
Spirituality 52
Four Steps to Finding Your Purpose
OM Living 60 64
5 Ways to Know if You Are an Empathetic or a Sympathetic Person Raw Water: Be Smart, Not Scared
Relationships 74
Stop Being A User And Open Your Heart To Others
Using Crystal Grids as Tools for Healing Ask Whitedove
Astrology & Numerology 92
2018 Is An 11 Master Year
Personal Growth 104 Free Yourself to Forgive 108 Embracing Anger as a Path To Peace
World Vision 114 Claiming Our Place in Troubled Times
4 Tips for Good Colon Health
1. Peristalsis: Peristalsis is the natural waves of contractions produced by the digestive tract to move food through the colon. There are many ways to stimulate peristalsis, but the most important way is through hydration.
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2. Hydration is often a cause of constipation. Hydration of the colon is key to making peristalsis happen naturally. It is the age-old story about a boat being stuck in a dry river bed. The captain pushed and pushed yet the boat did not move. That night, the tide came in, and by the next day, the boat simply floated down the river bed. (see Chinese Medicine below) 3. Bulk: The colon requires bulk for it to achieve healthy movement. Optimal intake of fiber is about 25-30 grams per day. The ideal combination of soluble fiber (psyllium husk) and insoluble fiber (flax oil, fiber) helps to absorb water and toxins and adds roughage to bulk up a stool and sweep away built up debris in the intestinal tract. 4. Lubrication is essential for the smooth flow of stool out of the intestines. Essential oils such as flaxseed oil, borage oil, and fish oil are ideal. Nutritional Advice Water and other liquids such as fruit and vegetable juices and clear soups are essential
in any healing process. Liquid helps keep the stool soft and easy to pass, so it’s important to drink enough fluids. 6-8 eight-ounce glasses per day are recommended. Try not to drink liquids that contain caffeine or alcohol. Although a little caffeine works well as a diuretic, excess caffeine, dependency on caffeine for a bowel movement, as well as alcohol tend to dry out your digestive system. Prunes are one of the best natural remedies for constipation! A simple handful of prunes will make all the difference. Today, prunes come in different flavors! You can find them infused with natural cherry, grape and apple essence! Apples contain naturallyoccurring chemical compounds known as phytochemicals, polyphenols, or flavonoids, some of which have been proven to have antioxidant activity that inhibits, or scavenges, the activity of free radicals in the body. Cell damage from free radicals can be a factor in certain cancers, heart disease, strokes, and other conditions such as diabetes and constipation.
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Practicing Self-Care with the Help of Your Unconscious If you are feeling worn out, you might know you should relax, reduce your stressors, and get to bed earlier. So why don’t you do any of that? When you most need restoration, you once again find yourself wasting time with distractions: You mindlessly
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check mobile devices or watch TV. But what if you could replenish yourself and engage in self-care with the help of your unconscious? The key to changing your habits and feeling energized again may be to release emotions and beliefs that are no longer serving you. Letting go of the old can make room to bring in something new that will give you enthusiasm, hope, and motivation. Your energy might shift dramatically and lead to a feeling of revitalization as you begin a transformation process your unconscious is yearning for. When you ignore callings from within, you can start to feel bored, listless, and tired out. Your conscious mind may be ignoring a need to grieve or feel anger, or face the truth about your role in being overworked and too pressured. Not realizing this, you might seek distractions that ultimately leave you feeling even more drained. Self-care activities require time. You must replenish yourself emotionally, releasing what is no longer serving you and bringing in what will make you feel joyful and vitalized.
What if your unconscious could help you transform aspects of your life that are seemingly impossible to change? What if you let go of the denial that is keeping you from accessing the truth about what you need to do differently? You may be avoiding rest because the desire to radically change the story of your life is so intense and unsettling that you are keeping it hidden in your unconscious. You may think your opportunities are limited, but what if you are wrong, and your real problem is your fear of stepping out of your comfort zone? Unleashing the truth may free up energy from the unconscious mind that can restore and revitalize you. The unconscious can speak its wisdom to you and help you break through obstacles to change. When you reduce the intense chatter of the busy conscious mind, and sit alone quietly in meditation, you make space for wisdom and insights to arise. They come through symbols, sensations, and a feeling of knowing that can’t necessarily be explained logically. Your unconscious mind can help you shift energetically, Omtimes.com
Winter Blues and Broken Bones How to Make Sure Your Getting Enough of The Protective Power of Vitamin D3 By Kristin Grayce McGary LAc., MAc., CFMPÂŽ, CSTcert, CLP.
My family and I lived in a suburb of Chicago when I was a child. The weather was often overcast and gloomy. When it was sunny, my parents applied sunscreen. Unfortunately, when I was 10 years old I fell off a jungle gym and fractured my right arm. It
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wasn’t a big fall, I shouldn’t really have broken any bones, but looking back I suspect my vitamin D levels weren’t optimal. Vitamin D is often referred to as the “sunshine vitamin”. It is produced in your skin in response to sunlight and is a vital organic compound supporting the absorption of calcium and protecting bone strength, supporting immune function, and regulating mood. Deficiencies in Vitamin D can lead to weakened bones, autoimmunity and conditions like osteoporosis, and mental illness such as Seasonal Affective Disorder, more commonly known as SAD.
• Autoimmune diseases such as Hoshimotos Thyroiditis, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis • Allergies There are two forms of Vitamin D; ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Of the two, Vitamin D3 is the preferred form for human consumption. Vitamin D3 is Good for Your Brain
• Muscle and bone pain
D3 helps regulate the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin, which is the essential neurotransmitter affecting a variety of cognitive functions including mood, decision-making, social behavior, impulsive behavior, and social decision-making. Many psychological disorders associated with brain chemistry and function, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, show low brain serotonin. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is positively impacted by combining light therapy with Vitamin D3.
• Broken bones
So how can you help your
Vitamin D-eficiency can also lead to: • Type 1 Diabetes • Cardiovascular disease including heart attack • High blood pressure • Cancers of colon, prostate, ovaries, esophagus, and lymphatic system.
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FOUR STEPS IN FINDING YOUR PURPOSE By John Holland
As you go about your daily life, do you have moments where you feel disconnected from your true purpose? Do you sometimes wonder exactly what your purpose in life is all about?
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We’ve all had that nagging sense when you know it’s time to make a change and take a new direction in your life. You may have a vague sense of what your true path might look like, but equally, it’s totally okay if you don’t have any idea at all. Just follow your intuition. As young children, we tend to remain close to our true nature and are easily drawn to what we feel is intrinsically right and true for us. But as we grow, life circumstances and expectations of wellmeaning loved ones and society as a whole steer us to what is considered more practical and acceptable. As we move into adulthood, it’s not uncommon to have a sense of disconnection. It is then that we begin to question our path more often. Your life purpose doesn’t necessarily have to be your regular job or even something you’re paid to do, even though it can be possible. When someone begins to live their life in a way that’s closer to their true path, they’ll start to sense a deeper connection
with others, and as a result, they become more intuitively led to make choices that are more in line with why they’re on this earth. There are ways to begin to reveal your purpose by looking for clues in your life as it is now.
JOHN’S LESSON If you’re feeling prompted to explore what your true purpose might be, I encourage you to take some time this week to do some journaling. Begin by asking yourself a few questions, such as: When you were a child, what did you dream of doing when you grew up? What were you drawn to before you were encouraged to choose a more “practical” route? What do you enjoy doing so much now that you lose all track of time? Think about people who inspire you. Don’t simply look at the title of their job position. Look a little deeper. What do they bring to the world? If you could wake up tomorrow morning with the ability to Omtimes.com
5 Ways to know if you are an Empathetic or Sympathetic person By Cathedral of the Soul
It is very common in everyday life to say that a particular person was sympathetic to us or that he had a lot of empathy as if they both had similar meanings. But are empathy and sympathy even the same? Omtimes.com
By evaluating our attitudes, we can know if we have more sympathy or empathy for the other. We present here, five tips that can help you identify whether you are an empathetic or sympathetic person: “All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.” –Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me Evaluate your perspective on the other person Being nice, sweet or sympathetic is different from being empathetic! Although sympathy and empathy are words that have a vague relation, their meanings they are entirely different. Empathy refers to a connection with the other, where it is possible. It means to understand the emotions of others, to see how the others see and feel. Sympathy refers to having a kind of affection for someone, even
without knowing this person more earnestly. Recognize Your Emotions Knowing what the other person is feeling and recognizing their emotions is an important point to identify if you are being an empathetic or sympathetic person. In empathy, you create a connection with the other person, which enables you to put yourself in the other’s place. In sympathy, you look outside the situation without engaging the feeling or what happens to the other. This is not to say that you feel absolutely nothing about what the other person is feeling, but you tend to have superficial feelings about it. There is, to a certain degree, a disconnect. Know how to respect others’ opinions It is critical to reflect on our ability to understand the other person. When we are empathic, it does not
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RAW WATER CARLY NUDAY, PHD.
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Raw Water: Be Smart, Not Scared "Raw water" has been making a lot of headlines lately. From being touted as a Silicon Valley trend, to being slammed for supposed safety concerns, the reporting on the topic has been biased and inaccurate at best. As an independent researcher of water physics, I wanted to share my perspective with two very basic points.
IFirst, the "raw water" or "off-the-grid" water trend is
And just as farmers have a responsibility to ensure
reflective of a market drive for Spring-to-Cup water,
that their food going from farm-to-table is clean and
in the same way, there has been a drive for Farm-to-
free of bacteria like e.coli or fertilizers unfit for
Table food. People recognize the inherent value of
consumption, so too should raw water users have a
food (and in this case water) that is unprocessed, for
responsibility to test their water to standards of
a variety of reasons - some scientific, some ethical,
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Stop Being A User And Open Your Heart To Others By Marcia Sirota, MD. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of making connections. We all really need them, but it seems that people are more disconnected than they’ve ever been. Recently, I had a conversation with the psychotherapist Megan Bruneau, for my Ruthless Compassion podcast. She’s also noticed how people are more lonely and alienated these days. In her practice, Ms. Bruneau has
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observed how disconnection and isolation lead to problems such as depression, anxiety, even psychosis. She recommended that we make more of an effort to connect with each other on a daily basis. Sadly, our consumerist society has resulted in people increasingly seeing each other as objects to exploit and take advantage of, when all we really need is to connect with one another. More and more, people are being reduced to one basic function: as a source of money, social status, political or career advancement, or sex. In our society, it’s not uncommon that one person befriends another because they believe that this “friend” will benefit them socially, financially or politically. It’s not uncommon for a man to date a woman to make him look good to his associates, or a woman to use a man for financial security or social status. Recent research tells us that it’s only through love and compassion that we find real happiness.
Relationships based more on personal gain than mutual affection have always been part of our world, but it all seems more blatant these days. And, sadly, these types of exploitative arrangements encourage everyone else to keep seeing other people as helpful objects to make use of, rather than as delightful individuals to share and connect with. In his book, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill, Matthieu Ricard, the French writer, a Buddhist monk and “happiest man in the world” talks about why so many people are deeply unhappy today. Ricard says that in part, it’s because they “instrumentalize” one-another. This is another way of saying that people too often see each other as objects to use, instead of opening their hearts to one-another and enjoying being together. Ricard would like us to make more of an effort to access our empathy and compassion for other people. He says that loving and caring about others are the only real ways Omtimes.com
Using Crystal Grids as Tools for Healing By Shakti world Throughout the years, we came to know that the Earth Crystalline Grid is the energetic grid that surrounds our planet, as a protective web of light. This Crystalline Grid reflects and amplifies our ascending levels of consciousness.
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It is a crystalline “light� matrix that was anchored in 1992, five years after the Harmonic Convergence. This Grid is the web that keeps us connected with ourselves and with the consciousness of this planet. You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. –Thich Nhat Hanh The crystal grids and mandalas are geometric patterns of energetically arranged stones with a specific intent, they can be constructed on a personal level and on a universal global scale or more. They are often used to enlarge, concentrate and prolong a treatment with energy work, such as Reiki. Many grids are built with the healing intention in focus, but we can equally say that there are as many uses for Grids as they are Sacred Geometry combination patterns. Some grids are simple circles; others
are based on sacred geometry as the flower of life, the Merkabah, or any other symbol. Without a doubt, a healing grid can magnify the energy transmission and intensify the healing vibrations, mainly when it is associated with the right combination of the stones, geometric pattern, colors and sometimes even use scents to facilitate the healing. The Use of grids for therapeutic healing is not something new in the history of mankind, and we even there to say that it has been a regular practice through diverse schools of wisdom since antiquity. The grids can be massive structures placed on the floor. Examples of this type of grid are Stonehenge, labyrinths and Native American medicine wheels. Grids can also be placed on a person during a healing session. Specific Crystal grids are inherently built to serve as a support system during rites of passage, Initiation and other spiritual, ceremonial events. In Modern days, many new age practitioners develop their grids on their sacred altars.
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Free Yourself to Forgive By Guy Finley
It is impossible to change the relationship we have with the world around us without changing the relationship we have in ourselves, with ourselves. This is the secret teaching of the ages.
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Our task, if we want to be free human beings -- if we want a life in which we no longer carry around with us “what he did,” “what she didn’t do,” “what never worked out” -begins with discovering that there can be no real freedom for us until we understand the nature of the tyranny of the past that still lives within us. And one of the main areas of this unchallenged dictatorship that still holds us captive is our inability to forgive.
-- are unconsciously revisited by a part of us that actually wants that dark visitation. Why? Because this familiar pain confirms, in a very strong fashion, our certainty of who we are by re-creating what once happened to us in life. Something in our own mind actively recollects what it does from our past, regardless of how it wrecks the present moment for us. To be punished by any past presence is to be a prisoner of your own past.
Do you know people -- maybe who aren’t even alive anymore -- that you haven’t been able to forgive? Are there certain events in your life you just can’t release? You should know by now that what you can’t release isn’t the person or the condition that you see as being the source of your pain. What seems to be “stuck” isn’t an old situation you can’t release; it’s a thought.
There is freedom in realizing -- seeing the truth of the fact -- that whatever is holding you captive right now has no right to do so. None! The split second that you see you’re a captive of your own mind, you have the freedom to challenge it because now you are starting to think toward your own negative states instead of thinking from them.
Over and over again, certain negative images -- crammed full of the conflict felt in the moment of their creation
Forgiveness comes with realizing that whenever you start thinking about someone or something from the past, you have literally been
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Embracing Anger as a Path To Peace by Crystal Presence
Abstract: Embracing anger as an ally. How we can use our anger as part of the process of finding peace in ourselves and in the world.
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Anger is rising as we make an enormous shift in human consciousness. If we look outside of ourselves to find the resolution we feel angry that we are not able to control how others think, feel and behave. If we try to hold back the anger we create an internal war within ourselves. It is easy to forget that anger is an ally that alerts us to when we need to make a change, a change that can lead us to a path of peace.
guides us in our aliveness? What if we listened to its signals at “point easy� when our anger is still frustration or annoyance? What if acknowledge when we hold back and turn our anger into resentment and upheaval with ourselves and others? What if we stop festering anger into self-hate and directing it toward others? What if we remember that we can only love and accept others as much we are loving and accepting ourselves?
We know that change starts with each of us. We know we need to change our perspective on to how to communicate and behave with others in the world. The question is how do we use anger in a safe and constructive way? Some say to control the anger and some say express it. Some say learn to forgive, think positive and meditate. Some think that anger leading to violence is an inevitable part of the human experience.
What if we use our anger in the following constructive ways?
What if we embraced our anger as an ally? What if we embraced it as a signal that
(1) Acknowledge the nature of the addictive culture we live in. A culture that promotes work addiction, drugs, movies and violence as a way to avoid and deal with our emotions. An example is the unhealthy ideal of masculinity boys have often been taught to live up to. An ideal tells men that real men should do everything on their own, not cry and express their anger through violence.
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Claiming Our Place in Troubled Times By Robyn M Fritz MA MBA CHt
In these chaotic times, we are electing how we define ourselves: as way-followers, who cling to outdated mindsets and institutions, or as way-showers, who are creating a worldwide community that chooses strength in diversity. We begin by first finding our “true self,� which helps us compassionately engage others.
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Every generation has a defining moment, something they choose that says, “That is how they’ll remember us.” There were the extreme challenges, like the Great Depression and World War II, and the triumphs, like the Renaissance and the Space Age. As we define ourselves, what will we choose: what defeated us or what built us? What Our Chaotic Times Mean In the last few years, community worldwide has been shattered by escalating violence compounded by bewildering divisiveness that mars our daily lives. In our families and social circles, we’ve been shocked when the previously mild-mannered lash out: “If you criticize my president I’m walking out.” Sadly, this theme reverberates worldwide: “They don’t believe what I believe, and I refuse to connect.” What is going on? Of course the age-old quandary, fear versus love: choosing between embracing lack and disharmony or
embracing connection and living full out. Throughout history, that struggle has historically played out in divisiveness. We are human, it’s a given. But this new divisiveness is signaling an epoch change, our defining moment. The fear-full cling to what they believe makes them worthy: an outdated patriarchal worldview and its religious and cultural institutions. As these icons buckle, and world citizenship rises up, fear struggles for relevance, while those who are ready to grow into something new are mystified and unbalanced by the chaos. What do we do? We create new leaders. Choosing Who We Are and Who Leads Us How do we select leadership? Will we continue to defer to a nation-state or will we come home to ourselves? This is a worldwide choice pitting religion, race, politics, and borders—the things that divide us—against common humanity. The struggle can Omtimes.com
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