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So you want to be a psychic.....

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In a materialistic culture, it is so easy to be  infected by the bizarre and all pervasive ideas of  self measurement such as popularity, income, recognition. It can sometimes be disorienting to hang onto your Soul Path with little to no reinforcement other than the voices we hear in our head or the messages we receive from Above. How can I be sure I am not crazy, or worse, on an ego trip about having spiritual gifts that help people ? We often swim in the murky waters of feeling the Calling with no evidence of Reality creeping in to confirm or rebuke the experiences.  How I envy those Chosen by a Medicine Person or Taoist Wizard as  a successor, or as  "The One."  Thankfully I remember that Jesus, Buddha, and many others had no such reinforcement regarding their callings. What do I say to the smirky and snarky comments from humans inquiring how my Calling is going in the Real World, especially when I can Read their thoughts which are NOT  filled with compassion ,but rather

Surrender is not depression

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Surrender is such a strange action for Westerners that at first it can feel like the onset of depression. Non-action as an action is not a precedent for success in the "go get it" culture of the modern industrialized nations. We Westerners are not used to the concept of surrender. We can confuse it with giving up, and that is a depressing thought to the Nike generation of "No Fear, Just Do It".  Yet giving up is grand !  We give up smoking, we "give it up" applauding a talent, we give it  up when we stop obsessing about something. Giving up is a clearing out, an opening, an invitation for one thing to leave and creating the room for something else to enter. It is a brave gesture, and act of generosity, and one of faith -- faith that there is something better for us just around the corner. Surrender is the ecstatic stimulation of the heart and crown chakras. Our current energy patterns collapse creating a vacuum, a powerful energetic opening that demands

Perfect imperfection

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I went to see my Teacher (a Spirit entity that comes to us via a  human man). First I have to say I never thought I would be the kind of person to have a "teacher"!! I am so unconventional at times, and inconsistent, and I think I am an extra-terrestrial. My Teacher, a Being,  has had a profound impact on my life and I think I would not have had the courage to do the Spiritual work and Readings I offer, or have had strength to follow the guidance given to me from Spirit without this Teacher "standing" with me. And given what a pain I can be. I  have so much gratitude for the patience, humor and compassion any Teacher needs to have when standing by and for a chela (a spiritual pupil). My Teacher has loved me when I could not love myself, and has believed in me when I have given up on me. And has taught me the reality of the protection and guidance I have from Spirit.  I hope I can be for some, what my Teacher has been for me. So this weekend we heard about weakness

I am Sick of Meditating

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Not really. But there are days. I just give up and want the car, the love of my life, money, FUN. I still have those days of being an addict. It takes a bit to remember that even when I do have all or some of those things, I can be, and often am, miserable.  Those externals are like crack. Smoke 'em and you get off for a while, then go looking for the next high. After a while, every mood starts to get ruled by the acquisition of some external.  Except.....externals, like every thing of earth, die. Only the Eternal is eternal. The culture of earth sells drugs of choice....... cars, trips, lose weight, get your  "dream."  It is not easy to be a non-addict. After all, if you aren't chasing the externals, what do you talk about ?  A friend called me and asked me how my day was and I told her I had spent the day watching the light change, and that a hundred years had passed. She was a fellow meditator and I  assumed she "got" what I was saying. I found out year