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Acharya Shunya is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher, ordained lineage holder, and authoritative scholar of the Vedic Sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta. Acharya Shunya is a wisdom teacher and a catalyst for empowering health and elevating consciousness worldwide. She is an award-winning and internationally renowned author, speaker, and scholar of nondual wisdom (Advaita) and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda.The first female head of her 2,000-year-old Indian Vedic spiritual lineage, Acharya Shunya provides a rare opportunity to receive authentic teachings from a genuine Vedic masterâ€”one with a distinctly down-toearth, feminine flavor who never lets us forget that our humanity is to be embodied and enjoyed. Throughout all her teachings and writings Shunya adeptly guides modern seekers through the core concepts and practices, demystifying and contextualizing ancient wisdom for modern suffering. She helps awaken and recognize latent human potential to be healthy, joyful, resourceful, abundant, limitlessly expansive, and ultimately sovereign. Acharya Shunya is the President of The Awakened Self Foundation with its international headquarters in California and founder of the spiritual and philanthropic non-profit Vedika Global.

"For thousands of years, my family has Shown humanity a joy-filled path to abiding health of body, mind, and soul. And today, I share my knowledge, most humbly, with you." - Acharya Shunya

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8 Holistic Healing Modalities that Can Help Heal Yourself By Humanity Healing OM TIMES | January 2021

A HOLISTIC VISION

release micro opioid substances that will work by stimulating or sedating

Alternative therapies, or additional therapies, have a holistic view of the patient's problem. In this way, they treat you, looking at your physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological state.

HOMEOPATHY

the organs' specific pathways.

REIKI Reiki is one of the best-known alternative therapies that work to harmonize the being integral. The patient is seen through Reiki as body,

Homeopathy is one of the forms of

mind, and soul, and all of this is taken

alternative therapy. She unites the

care of.

benefits of medicine with the benefits of treatments. She tries to rescue the

The energy of this therapy is brought

patient's Health by stimulating vital

where the patient is most in need.

energy in him to heal himself.

The energy will go where it needs to go.

People have a physiological process

In Reiki, sick cells are worked on. Good

of self-healing and homeopathy in

cells are energized to treat diseased

themselves so that this internal system

cells so that the latter is improved

can find a way to Health.

or exterminated. Reiki provides a recalibration of all the energy centers

ACUPUNCTURE

on the body.

Acupuncture is also among the

This type of alternative therapy is

alternative therapies that are

prescribed for any age and can be

recognized for helping to decrease

done at any time. Reiki is a powerful

the patient's pain. Also, she works on

Japanese technique for reducing

energy issues.

stress, inducing relaxation, and controlling and curing pain and

In acupuncture, the needle stimulates

illness. It is accomplished by laying

several neurotransmitters in the

on hands that transmit the universe's

patient's body, helping the energy to

vital energy through the chakras. The

circulate better in his body. Thus, it will

Reikian (the one who applies Reiki)

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Dr. Bach Floral Medicine and Numerology How Combining the energies and frequencies of Numbers and Flower Medicine can help you face the challenges of 2021

By Humanity Healing

o you know the power of

Dr. Bach Floral Medicine remedies use

Bach flower remedies?

plants' power to bring physical and emotional well-being into our lives.

See which one of the Floral

The combination of this treatment

essences of Dr. Bach are right for you

with florals and numerology is made

according to your personal year in

from the vibrations we have in each

numerology for 2021

personal year.

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Each personal year brings a different

So, 8 will be your personal year in 2021.

need to the forefront of our lives. The

The ideal florals for each personal year

Bach flower remedies can help boost,

of numerology:

correct, soften the processes to live the demands of our personal year

1. It will be a year of new beginnings,

with a more outstanding balance,

progressive projects, and personal

poise, and grace.

and professional achievements. See the suggestions:

We alert our readers that the

Floral Medicine Hornbeam: To be

indications we make here are generic,

ready for new beginnings.

not individualized. That is why it is

Floral Medicine Chestnut Bud: To

necessary to analyze your personal

use past experiences wisely.

characteristics and your emotional,

Floral Medicine Walnut: To preserve

mental, and physical life context to

your goals without being influenced

use each Floral essence indication.

by others. Floral Medicine Cherry Plum:

To find out which florals will favor you

To have self-control over your

during this next year, you need to

initiatives.

know your personal year number. 2. Personal year 2 is a year of great Do you know how to calculate? It's

tranquility, calm, and peace. This

straightforward. Just add the digits

year will take patience, diplomacy,

of your birthday and month with the

and tolerance to deal with others to

digits of the personal year you wish

live well. Affective needs must be

to discover. Then you must add the

controlled.

numbers down to a number between 1

Floral Medicine Impatiens: To have a

and 9.

lot of patience and diplomacy. Floral Medicine Heather: To control

For example, if you were born on May

your emotional need.

25, you will add:

Floral Medicine Beech: To increase

2 + 5 (of the day) + 5 (of the month of

tolerance with people.

May) + 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 (of the personal year you wish to discover) = 2+5+5+2+0+2+1=8

3. Personal year 3 favors sociability and opportunities for personal OM TIMES | January 2021

Can Your Food Influence Your Spirituality?

5 Food That May Block Mediumship

hen we learn to do

learning to connect better to the spirit

something new for

world and your guides and angels, you

the first time, we

can't forget the things you shouldn't do.

tend to focus only

Or better yet, what not to eat or drink.

on "doing." All things require some practice and exploring and using

When you eat food, you absorb the

your intuition or psychic abilities is no

energies it contains. If your auric field

different. So, if you spend a lot of time

needs this energy, it will help your body

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and contribute to your health. Don't

entities. Negative energies can stay

forget that foods will nourish your cells

around and keep you down for long

and become part of who you are.

periods.

"Heavy foods" or with hefty energetic

Not only will your psychic abilities be

charge can compromise the

virtually non-existent. At the same time,

performance of the Psychic and

you drink, but the next two days are

medium. This is truthful even with

also lost while you recover.

"perispiritual" [1] cleaning, whose function is to remove from the

Excessive use of Alcohol also is known

digestive and circulatory system the

to attract Lower vibrational beings to

heavy energetic vibes that cloud our

our auric field. This can bring an entire

chakras or centers of force.

array of energetic, emotional, and even physical life problems.

A lighter way to nurture yourself, two hours before any spiritual or working

SUGAR

sessions (being that of mediumship, healing, or Psychic work), facilitates

Sugar is one of many substances

the spiritual work and increases the

known to calcify the pineal gland,

meeting's vibrational productivity, and

which has been called the master

can contribute immensely to the care

gland of spirituality, the seat of the soul,

of the sick.

spiritual antennae. The Pineal gland has a considerable effect on the opening

What foods will block mediumship?

and expansion of the third eye.

Let us discuss them. See them below. A healthy pineal gland is crucial for

Foods and Drinks That May Prevent Clear Mediumship

spiritual vibration and for accessing higher consciousness levels and connecting on another level. Also,

ALCOHOL

beware of chemically altered sugar substitutes and sweeteners. Trust only

Not only does Alcohol have low

on natural alternatives, such as maple

vibration, but it also opens up your

syrup, Agave nectar If you are a Vegan),

energy field to intrusive energies and

or the big old lovely honey.

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Samskaras, Karma and Plastic Surgery By Omtimes

What is it, and what are its health benefits?

owadays, there is surgery for

tragedy or restoring a problem such as

everything. Some transform

a birth defect.

themselves radically to be able to feel better with their

Some undergo terribly invasive

body and appearance. But we also

procedures, such as cutting off their

have those that resort to plastic surgery

toes to make them smaller or removing

to rebuild their appearances after a

ribs to narrow the waist.

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We are not advocating against Plastic

To talk about plastic surgery, we need

surgeries, just the opposite. Just think

to start by talking about aesthetic

how many lives are transformed by

pressure, especially false images of

restorative, cosmetic surgery. How

perfection perpetuated by Media

many babies are saved through palate

channels and even over Social media

cleft surgery?

networks.

Plastic surgery is significant; however,

Although there was no such name in

the problem is when appearance

the past, women's aesthetic pressure

becomes an obsession and puts your

has always existed. There has always

life at risk. There is no possible defense

been a pattern in which the female

that justifies a search without limits

body and appearance should fit.

for the perfect appearance, which damages the most important thing:

Until recently, a woman's position

our life. Health should always come in

in society was limited to a marriage,

the first place.

and aesthetics were a fundamental part of the success or failure that a

Self-esteem is important, but there

woman could face when it comes to

must have limits. There are spiritual

"getting a husband."

protocols (like energetic blueprints) that guide incarnational programming.

All this pressure only increased with

They cannot have the perfection of

modernity and the internet, causing

the Physical image as the ultimate

the number of women who resort to

objective.

aesthetic procedures (invasive or not) to force themselves to fit in specific

In Search of an Ideal Esthetic

standards.

Standard As its name suggests, aesthetic "We live in a culture of appearance:

pressure is that social pressure

the marriage contract matters more

spread by culture and significantly

than love, the funeral more than the

reinforced by the media, especially

dead, the clothes more than the body

social networks. It can influence a

and the mass more than God."

person in various ways, including

Eduardo Galeano

peer pressure. OM TIMES | January 2021

Why Should You Build an Angelic Altar?

By Cathedral of the Soul

egardless of your belief

protection to follow our daily lives and

system, we all can and should

keep us on the path of goodness.

ask for protection from the Divine. If it is the case that

To reinforce our simple requests and

you believe that there is a superior

ward off negative energies that want to

being who looks and watches over us,

lead us astray, we can make an altar for

whose thoughts give us lucidity and

our angels at home.

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The word Altar, comes from the

1 - Find a calm and serene place in

Latin altare or ara (classical Latin),

your home, with which you identify

a high platform similar to a table

and where you feel good. Prefer airy

consisting of rock, elevation, or other

areas that receive sunlight from the

structure that allows the priest,

side. The lateral lighting would be

leader, or spiritual mentor, to make

preferable to direct sunlight.

offerings to the deity, or deities, in a religious temple or sacred place.

2 - Place a clean white towel on the Altar. It could be of any material, but natural

Angel's altars are amazingly simple

fibers would be the best.

and easy to do, here is how. 3 - All objects that will be part of this Altar You can set up an altar to God in

must be cleared and energized with

your mind by means of prayer.

coarse salt. Put coarse salt on them for

And so, it is fitting to pray at your

24 hours before setting up your Altar

trade, on a journey, standing

of angels.

at a counter, or sitting at your handicraft.

4 - In the center of your Altar, you must

Saint John Chrysostom

place a blue or transparent star, either

ALTAR DOS ANGELES HOW TO MAKE YOURS?

paper or plastic. It should be big and showy, and lying on top of your Altar, you will put your altar items on it. The star should be the shape you are most

The Altar of angels is a prayer

aligned with, be it of 5, 6.7 points, or

place, which will evoke protection,

even more points stars.

peace, and ward off evil energies from your home. It also serves to

5 - At the top of your star, you should

make requests and thanks to the

put a green quartz. This stone means

angels. Before you start organizing

prosperity, and it has the power to

it, remember that your Altar should

give you the courage to pursue your

have the 4 elements-Water, Earth,

dreams.

Air, and Fire as a sacred space. To make your own Altar, follow the 10 steps below:

6 - At the top right and top (the first following the clockwise direction), you

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Bach Florals for Animals: Treatment for your Furbaby Companion By Ministry Earth OM TIMES | January 2021

s well as having a

notice anything different about him

powerful effect on

or any characteristic that would be

humans, Bach Flowers

detrimental to his / her wellbeing?

can also be used

Put yourself in the pet's seat and

on animals. Whether to balance

think about how you would like your

aggressive behavior, free them from

life to achieve total balance.

any fear or something that afflicts them, and even prepare them to

The administration of Bach Flowers

receive a new animal or child at home.

for animals also works very simply.

The Bach Flowers will provide the

Because they are natural essences,

harmony of your Animal Friend in the

there is no possibility of overdosing,

same way that it treats you and your

minimizing the animal's risks.

family.

If unnecessary prescribed floral medicine, it will not be absorbed by

Healing with the clean, pure,

the animal's emotional body.

beautiful agents of nature is surely

However, we recommend it safer

the one method of all which appeals

to dilute the medicines in water

to most of us. Edward Bach

to minimize the alcohol content, especially when using the florals

HOW TO SELECT BACH FLORALS

with small animals, such as birds or

FOR YOUR ANIMALS?

small rodents.

Without many secrets, Dr. Bach's

There are, however, places that sell

flowers can be prescribed for the

alcohol-free flowers, usually aimed

animals (medicated) from an

at treating children, animals, or

observation by the owner himself.

people who prefer to avoid alcohol

Because floral medicines act on the

altogether. The problem is that these

sentient being's emotional bodies, it

places are often difficult to find.

can be prescribed by anyone.

Find out in your region. They may be difficult, but not impossible to find.

What should You be aware of? Health depends on being in Has anything changed at home or

harmony with our souls.

in the animal's daily routine? Do you

Edward Bach

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The Mystical

Spiritual Mission &

of Animals

By Cathedral of the Soul

JANUARY ISSUE / JANUARY 2021

ANIMAL SPIRITUALITY

Spiritually, everything

that

function, or a purpose, like

lives fulfills a

say. All forms of life are conscious, although are

the

variable.

capable of

levels of consciousness No, it's not just

thinking,

humans

feeling, and loving.

Is Loneliness Driving You to Addiction? Here are Two Simple Strategies! By Marcia Sirota, MD

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ovid restrictions lead

constructive ways of dealing with our

to addictions:

stress.

Reports have been coming

Phone calls and video chats are better

out lately about the rising rates of

than nothing, but they’re not the same

addiction since the Covid-19 pandemic

as face-to-face meetings. In part, it’s

began, and it’s no surprise. As people

because there’s no possibility of touch,

are struggling with uncertainty and

and touch provides us with a powerful

loss and feeling more and more out of

sense of intimacy and comfort. A warm

control in their lives. Understandably,

hug, a gentle hand on a shoulder, a

they’re turning to comfort food,

soothing caress all of these gestures

alcohol, and drugs to cope.

are missing from our “new normal.”

It’s challenging these days because

People are starved for touch:

along with the fear of becoming ill,

Since the pandemic began, many

the fear of our loved ones becoming

of us have been experiencing touch

ill, or the financial strain, the job

deprivation. We’re missing out on the

stress, and the grief over what – and

emotional and mental health benefits

who – we’ve lost, we’re more lonely

that gentle touch can bring.

and isolated than ever before. A recent Ipsos poll shows that more

But even aside from the lack of touch,

than half the Canadian population

people are lonelier and more isolated

feels lonely and isolated these days.

than ever. According to former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,

Paradoxically, the best way we can

loneliness became a severe problem

cope with stress is by surrounding

even before the pandemic began.

ourselves with people who care.

Now, with the social restrictions, it’s

Within our family, our circle of friends,

become even worse. Virtual contact

and our community, we find the

might help a bit, but it doesn’t put

support that gets us through the

a dent in the profound loneliness

most challenging times. But when

people feel.

the Covid-19 restrictions are depriving us of this healthy way of coping,

We need to be in the presence of

inevitably, we’re turning to less

those who care – and it’s the one thing

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Karma and The Golden Rule CAUSE AND EFFECT & THE HARM AND BENEFITS By Cathedral of the Soul OM TIMES | January 2021

sually, when we experience

Karma isn't fate. Nor is it a

drastic changes in our

punishment imposed on us by

personality or in our way of

some external agent. We create

acting or thinking, we may

our own karma. Karma is the result

start to consider the bad things that

of the choices that we make every

happen to us as karma for having hurt,

moment of every day.

deceived someone, being selfish, or

Tulku Thondup

even for thinking badly without any foundation. In other words, we find ourselves

THE MEANING OF THE WORD KARMA

experiencing a kind of return from all the negative actions that we once

The best way to understand the

practiced.

concept of what is called karma is to realize that everything and everyone

"The first step towards a cure is to

around us has its own energy, just

know what the disease is"

like ourselves.

Latin proverb It means that every time we interact However, it must be borne in mind

with the universe around us, these

that it is not only the negative

actions produce particular energy

attitudes considered on the scales

that can be good or bad.

of balance. Our cheerful, altruistic, charitable, and benevolent actions

The word karma has its literal

also return to positive karma for our

translation precisely under this

lives.

concept of "making and collecting the entire field of physical, verbal,

The association of karma as

and mental actions."

something negative comes from the human being's natural tendency,

This particular web of the energies

which is to remember more of the

generated in each action and

adverse events because being hurt or

every step we take end up creating

hurting others usually marks much

situations. Many times we cannot

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