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Friendship as a work of art: Being a Helpful Person

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Friends, as opposed to associates, are a rare find.   We are typically a society of users and takers where “networking” has become synonymous with friendship and it really is not synonymous……in fact there is nothing in common with the two.   As children of the industrialized revolution we have become acculturated to disconnection as a norm…. to using each other and calling it friendship when it is mutually beneficial and calling it a variety of unsavory names when it is not mutually beneficial.   Friendship for business and networking is quite different than true friendship. One of the added burdens of success, of any kind, is the strain it can put on friendship. When one is a failure, or struggling, you can be pretty sure about friendship as one has nothing to gain from knowing or associating with you. When one is successful or talented, people gravitate towards you to bask in the sunlight you generate. What makes it more complicated is often people are completel...

On Feeling Lost

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America (and many other industrialized nations ) place a great deal of emphasis on being special, getting noticed (sometimes just for existing such as Paris Hilton, Kardashians etc.). Many citizens would never say they have this desire or need; many do not notice how ingrained this is in the culture of our societies. Yet many people get Readings because they want to be told about their Mission, Purpose or Special Gifts.  Many people I work with have an unbelievable plethora of undefined and persistent physical ailments that disappear when the person gets busy, or starts being of service.  This leads me to wonder if an egocentric existence, (promoted by the media but bought by the consumer) isn't one of our primary ailments-- making many prime targets for grandiosity sometimes offered via the Spiritual/New Age Industry, the Motivational Speaker Industry, and other Feel Good Industries. Don't get me wrong, there are wonderful people/helpers out there.  But just like finding...

I cannot help you

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No one can help anyone, really. We can share our experience strength and hope (as it is said in 12 Step meetings). All the great tools are just that....tools. Tools don't use themselves...... people use tools. Motivational speeches or motivational encouragement can indeed be helpful (and Lord knows it the Motivation Industry is a billion dollar business) however it can become a kind of drug. Motivation ultimately needs to come from a Higher Source and an Internal Source. Otherwise we risk becoming a slave to someone who makes us feel good.  Additionally, motivation is not always the necessary ingredient. Sometimes we simply need  (gasp) self discipline, not a big hit currently in USA society. Self discipline requires delayed gratification, which is the opposite of addiction, and is a hallmark of developmental maturity. Self discipline does not mean we have to go all "boot camp" on our self, only put one foot in front of the other, and persist. Good healers share thei...

Animal Communication

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I was recently watching Cesar Millan (Dog Whisperer) working with an “animal communicator”   who could read her dog, but could not   “talk” to him, at least not in ways the dog understood.   I was struck by behaviors I have seen quite often—we humans want everyone and everything   to understand and accept what we say, from our perspective. In psychology we call this being egocentric, and it is a developmental stage common in a 2 year old (You have to laugh , no ?).      Animal communicators can understand what animals say however do not assume s/he has the skill  to then talk to the animals in ways that have meaning for THEM.   For example, one can do a Reading for someone who only speaks Farsi, but then may not be able to communicate in a meaningful fashion to that person—as:   1) We don’t speak Farsi   and,   2) Without understanding the culture, we are not able to address the priorities that dominate that culture’s ...

Guidance: Not for everyone

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Sometimes people contact me (or the public) to tell me how wrong I am—not for just for them or their one experience —   but in general. I am not sure how they know that I am “wrong” …. Market research? Polling ?   While doing a Reading a few years ago I told the person in front of me that she had Russian military in her ancestry (and that was currently influencing her in this life). I told her this and she vehemently told me I was dead wrong.   Those moments are awkward.   Weeks later, (in a rare occurrence) the person contacted me again to say that in researching her family tree, she discovered there was indeed Russian military in her background. This is not about me being right… or wrong…. It is about how to get a Reading, or assistance from any source.   While we don’t want to simply accept what someone tells us, we do need the ability to keep an open mind.   How else do we hear new information—especially if it threatens our current belief system...