There are three high schools within a half a mile from my house. Redondo Beach High School is west of here, West Torrance High is east of me and Bishop Montgomery is to the south. I can walk to any one of them in a matter of a few minutes.
Friday mornings, in preparation for the big football games, the marching bands are out on their respective fields practing. I can hear the drummers pounding, the horns blarring and the cymbals crashing....at 7 o'clock in the morning. It actually makes me smile. I've always loved the sound of a well practiced marching band. My favorite part of our hometown parades every summer was the music. It vibrated through my body like nothing else I had known.
It's a beautiful day here, in Redondo Beach. The skies are blue, the ocean breeze is gentle and the birds haven't left for winter yet. All of this peace will be broken soon when the day workers arrive with their saws, hammers and electric staple guns. We're having all the old wood removed from the outside of our house and replaced with good, strong, fresh wood. Next Wednesday we are having the building fumigated for termites.....I guess the music hasn't effected their ability to multiply.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Quotes from the Masters
It's what we all wanted when we were children~to be loved and accepted exactly as we were then, not when we got taller or thinner or prettier...and we still want it...but we aren't going to get it from other people until we can get it from ourselves.
~Louise Hay
True healing is found in the memory of wholeness.
~Deepak Chopra
Nothing is worth more than this day.
~Goethe
Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God.
~Teilhard de Chardin
Everything in life is apt to be very interesting when the sacred comes to call.
~Caroline Myers
~Louise Hay
True healing is found in the memory of wholeness.
~Deepak Chopra
Nothing is worth more than this day.
~Goethe
Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God.
~Teilhard de Chardin
Everything in life is apt to be very interesting when the sacred comes to call.
~Caroline Myers
Prayer for Forgiveness
All that we ought to have thought and have not thought,
All that we ought to have said and not said,
All that we ought to have done and have not done,
All that we ought not to have thought and yet have thought,
All that we ought not to have spoken and yet have spoken,
All that we ought not to have done and yet have done,
For thoughts, words and works, pray we, O God, for forgiveness,
And repent with penance.
Amen
~Ascribed to Zoroaster
(c. 628-c. 551 B.C.)
All that we ought to have said and not said,
All that we ought to have done and have not done,
All that we ought not to have thought and yet have thought,
All that we ought not to have spoken and yet have spoken,
All that we ought not to have done and yet have done,
For thoughts, words and works, pray we, O God, for forgiveness,
And repent with penance.
Amen
~Ascribed to Zoroaster
(c. 628-c. 551 B.C.)
Update on my sister, Vicky
Dr. Victoria Luz Estrada. Amazingly determined woman is she. Last year, one week before Thanksgiving, she was diagnosed with cancer. She was scheduled for surgery for the following month. What the doctors discovered was a large growth on her cervix and another kind of cancer in her uterus. Her treatment was very aggressive, as was the cancer. Last January she started her first chemo treatments. For three months she struggled with pain, weakness, nausea and baldness. She then endured three months of daily radiation, which weakened her more. Finally, three more months of chemo, which ended two weeks ago. The final report is in. She is cancer free! She beat it! We are having a party Friday to celebrate her freedom, her renewed health and a bright and beautiful future! Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts. Vicky Estrada is healed!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
For Linda
A question was posed at our panel discussion on Saturday morning. “What is a healing?” My answer to that question was this, “Anything that creates a shift in the vibration of your body, your mind or your spirit, from a lower, dense, negative energy to a higher, lighter vibration is a healing. It can be as seemingly insignificant as a smile or as mind blowing as the disappearance of a tumor or the shift from rage to love. What heals me, heals you. When I am uplifted, you are uplifted. When one person is uplifted, or healed, it counter-balances the negative energy of many, many others. We are each others mirrors.”
Here is a message for your healing.
Kano
This is the Rune of opening, renewed clarity, dispelling the darkness that has been shrouding some part of your life. You are free now to receive, and to know the joy of non-attached giving.
Kano is the Rune for the morning of activities, for seriousness, clear intent and concentration, all of which are essential at the beginning of work. The protection offered by Kano is this: The more Light you have, the better you can see what is trivial and outmoded in your conditioning.
In relationships, there can now be a mutual opening up. You may serve as the trigger, the timekeeper, through your awareness that the Light of understanding is once again available to you both.
Recognize that while on the one hand you are limited and dependent, on the other you exist at the perfect center where the harmonious and beneficent forces of the universe merge and radiate. You are that center.
Simply put, if you have been operating in the dark, there is now enough light to see that the patient on the operating table is yourself.
Here is a message for your healing.
Kano
This is the Rune of opening, renewed clarity, dispelling the darkness that has been shrouding some part of your life. You are free now to receive, and to know the joy of non-attached giving.
Kano is the Rune for the morning of activities, for seriousness, clear intent and concentration, all of which are essential at the beginning of work. The protection offered by Kano is this: The more Light you have, the better you can see what is trivial and outmoded in your conditioning.
In relationships, there can now be a mutual opening up. You may serve as the trigger, the timekeeper, through your awareness that the Light of understanding is once again available to you both.
Recognize that while on the one hand you are limited and dependent, on the other you exist at the perfect center where the harmonious and beneficent forces of the universe merge and radiate. You are that center.
Simply put, if you have been operating in the dark, there is now enough light to see that the patient on the operating table is yourself.
I said it last week.....
..........at the Progressive Healers Network. Something as simple as a smile can be healing. I got this email today. Thank you Kelley.
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."~ Mother Teresa
Researchers have discovered that smiling increases our feelings of happiness and well-being whether we are the benefactor or the recipient, and even whether the smile is genuine or fake. Highly contagious, smiling serves to build a bridge between us and those around us and is the accepted and universal language of love and kindness and peace. So it appears that when you smile, your world really does smile with you. As Mother Teresa said, it truly is "a beautiful thing."
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."~ Mother Teresa
Researchers have discovered that smiling increases our feelings of happiness and well-being whether we are the benefactor or the recipient, and even whether the smile is genuine or fake. Highly contagious, smiling serves to build a bridge between us and those around us and is the accepted and universal language of love and kindness and peace. So it appears that when you smile, your world really does smile with you. As Mother Teresa said, it truly is "a beautiful thing."
Sunday, September 24, 2006
When I was a child....
......a half a century ago....(yikes!) ....my four sisters and I were not allowed to go outside to play on Saturdays until we had finished our chores. The first thing was to remove our linens off of our beds and start a load of laundry. Then we would write down the names of all the rooms in the house, living room, bathrooms, kitchen, bedroom and we would put them in a bowl and each pick one. I always wanted the living room. It's the easiest to clean. I mean, come on. You dust, you vacuum and straighten things and you're out the door. The kitchen and bathrooms were always the worst. Those two rooms required scrubbing, polishing, mopping, washing, and garbage....yuck. As soon as we had our assigned rooms we would put some records on the stereo....yes, records.....vinyl.....black.....round....flat....on the turntable. Our favorites were the soundtrack to The Westside Story, Julie London's Greatest Hits, Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick, and Roger Williams, the pianist, "Falling Leaves" being one of his best, and some Doo Wop tunes. Sometimes we would dance and sing for an hour before beginning the work. That part was the best. I can still see us standing in a line, like The Supremes, singing Baby Love.
Fifty years later, I'm still in the habit of cleaning house and doing laundry before going outside to....play. It's Sunday morning and my linens are in the wash, my bedroom has been vacuumed, dusted and the windows cleaned. I even cleaned the carpet. I just wouldn't feel right if I left the house without at least straightening things. Of course, there have been many times that I have done exactly that. But, when I come home to a dirty house I just don't feel right. I'm listening to Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman. All the windows are open, all the rooms are clean, all my clothes have been folded or hung and now it's time for a walk on the beach.
Life is good.
Fifty years later, I'm still in the habit of cleaning house and doing laundry before going outside to....play. It's Sunday morning and my linens are in the wash, my bedroom has been vacuumed, dusted and the windows cleaned. I even cleaned the carpet. I just wouldn't feel right if I left the house without at least straightening things. Of course, there have been many times that I have done exactly that. But, when I come home to a dirty house I just don't feel right. I'm listening to Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman. All the windows are open, all the rooms are clean, all my clothes have been folded or hung and now it's time for a walk on the beach.
Life is good.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Reflections on Death
When you love, give it everything you've got
And when you have reached your limit~
give it more.
And forget the pain of it,
because as you face your death
it is only the love you have given
and received that will count.
And all the rest~
the accomplishments, the struggles, the fights~
will be forgotten in your reflections.
If you have loved well
then it will have been worth it.
The joy of it will last through the end;
but if you have not,
death will always come too soon.....
~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
And when you have reached your limit~
give it more.
And forget the pain of it,
because as you face your death
it is only the love you have given
and received that will count.
And all the rest~
the accomplishments, the struggles, the fights~
will be forgotten in your reflections.
If you have loved well
then it will have been worth it.
The joy of it will last through the end;
but if you have not,
death will always come too soon.....
~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Evoking the Soul
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no person would have believed would have come their way. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.
~Goethe
All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no person would have believed would have come their way. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.
~Goethe
The Healing Runes
Preface
by Thomas Moore
It is the human condition to be in need of healing, for we are not, not any of us, fully sound, fit and hale in body and soul. So, an essential part of our lives must be dedicated to some kind of "medicine," in the best sense of the word. The trouble in modern times is that we pursue healing piecemeal and incompletely. We separate, each from the other, the sicknesses of body, emotion, meaning and connectedness. We have a tendency to trust both the mind and machinery too much, thinking that if we could only understand the basis of our distress, we might make it right, or if we could find the best expert having the newest technologies, then we might possess the elusive elixir of physical and emotional health.
People who live or have lived outside the bubble of modern sensibilites look upon illness and healing differently. The ancient Greeks would make a sacrifice at the temple of the healing god Aesculapius and spend the night in hope of a cure. Some communities today consult a diviner or a shamanic medicine person who knows herbs and dreams. Modern people sometimes try to borow folk techniques and medicines, but we know that we can't just suddenly go primitive and pretend that modern medicine and therapy never happened. Our challenge is to become aware of sesrious holes in our approach to healing ourselves, learn fromas many sources as possible how we might re-vision or methods and atitudes, and then develop newly animated ways of healing.
We realize that we need insight, especially in distrubances of the soul~addictions, depressions, emotional upheaval, relationship breakdowns, all kinds of acting out~and so we flock to therapists and buy books that tell us what we're doing wrong and how to get back on track. But I suspect that our quest for insight doesn't go nearly deep enough. It isn't sufficient to cling to a new theory or therapy that promises salvation from soul distress. We have to live daily from a deeper place, thereby healing many of the divisions in vision and philosophy that lie at the heart of our wounds.
We need nothing less than a revolution in our ways of knowing and understanding. In modern life we tend to turn everything into a mental issue. In sports we like to discuss statistics, instead of enjoying athletics. In education we stuff the brain with facts, instead of addressing ways of understanding things we cannot quantify. In psychotherapy we look for causes and explanations, instead of seeking ways to heal the individual soul. to ease the anziety and distress of modern times we need to depen our knowledge to a point beyond mere explanation, to a place where the soul is moved and therefore touched and healed.
I used to think that intuition was the answer, and that we could somehow squeeze brilliant ideas from this neglected organ of the mind. Now, I've leaned that intuition is not a mental activity at root but a posture in the world and a method of knowing that offers guidance to the soul, even as it fails to satisfy the mind's longing for clear and unambiguous explanations.
I've learned that real intuition requires skills and attitudes that are more demanding than those of the mind; it demands some concrete object, image or ritual procedure, and it doesn't act in a vacuum. It presents no sure knowledge, but rather offers information that is poetic in nature, and often ambiguous, ambivalent, paradoxical and elusive. Its answers to our problems are neither immediate nor fully conclusive, but rather take time to unfold and may never stand fully revealed.
Because the knowledge that rises out of the intuition ~and out of the oracular ~ is so deep-seated, it appears to belong more in the realm of religion than psychology, and so some people are hesitant to approach it lest they transgress their beliefs and theological convictions. We are all influenced, too, by Western religion's long suspicions about paganism, superstition and magical practices. Study after study has shown that the churches make careful distincitons about oracles. they seem to be most interested in protecting the notion of free will for humans, and divine freedom as well. They resist a kind of magical universe in which certain actions automatically and necessarily produce effects, and they warn against any individual's taking personal advantage of that magic.
Yet, the oracular is an integral part of all religions, from the Greeks consulting the oracle at Delphi, to the Priests of the Old Testament dedicated to reading the signs of nature, to St. Augustine. In his Confessions, Augustine asserts his love of he oracular and tells the moving story of how, in the midst of his agony over the disastrous way his life had gone, he heard a child's voice telling him to read. So he picked up a Bible and read the first words that presented themselves to him. He describes this as a technique~divining the passage that will set a meaningful life course. The words he read advised him against a wasted life, and talking them to heart, he embraced an altogether new direction, becoming a bishop, theologian and saint.
As oracular tools, the Runes provide a way of deepening reflection and stirring the soul where it counts, where meaning coalesces and emotions find their place. This is indeed the edge of religion, but think of what the Runes do in the medieval view of philosophy, as servants to theology. there need be no conflict, but rather, the one can ground the other.
I am convinced that all healing ultimately comes from a shift in deep imagination, and this is what the Runes do when read sensitively, as in this edition: They ground the interpretations of our own lives and anchor our decisions in the very quick of the heart.
If we suffer from any universal disease, it is shallowness of imagination. The Healing Runes offers a remedy for that malady. In so doing, it promises not just relief from anxiety, but profound gifts that signal the presence of soul~intimacy, pleasure , beauty, piety and love.
by Thomas Moore
It is the human condition to be in need of healing, for we are not, not any of us, fully sound, fit and hale in body and soul. So, an essential part of our lives must be dedicated to some kind of "medicine," in the best sense of the word. The trouble in modern times is that we pursue healing piecemeal and incompletely. We separate, each from the other, the sicknesses of body, emotion, meaning and connectedness. We have a tendency to trust both the mind and machinery too much, thinking that if we could only understand the basis of our distress, we might make it right, or if we could find the best expert having the newest technologies, then we might possess the elusive elixir of physical and emotional health.
People who live or have lived outside the bubble of modern sensibilites look upon illness and healing differently. The ancient Greeks would make a sacrifice at the temple of the healing god Aesculapius and spend the night in hope of a cure. Some communities today consult a diviner or a shamanic medicine person who knows herbs and dreams. Modern people sometimes try to borow folk techniques and medicines, but we know that we can't just suddenly go primitive and pretend that modern medicine and therapy never happened. Our challenge is to become aware of sesrious holes in our approach to healing ourselves, learn fromas many sources as possible how we might re-vision or methods and atitudes, and then develop newly animated ways of healing.
We realize that we need insight, especially in distrubances of the soul~addictions, depressions, emotional upheaval, relationship breakdowns, all kinds of acting out~and so we flock to therapists and buy books that tell us what we're doing wrong and how to get back on track. But I suspect that our quest for insight doesn't go nearly deep enough. It isn't sufficient to cling to a new theory or therapy that promises salvation from soul distress. We have to live daily from a deeper place, thereby healing many of the divisions in vision and philosophy that lie at the heart of our wounds.
We need nothing less than a revolution in our ways of knowing and understanding. In modern life we tend to turn everything into a mental issue. In sports we like to discuss statistics, instead of enjoying athletics. In education we stuff the brain with facts, instead of addressing ways of understanding things we cannot quantify. In psychotherapy we look for causes and explanations, instead of seeking ways to heal the individual soul. to ease the anziety and distress of modern times we need to depen our knowledge to a point beyond mere explanation, to a place where the soul is moved and therefore touched and healed.
I used to think that intuition was the answer, and that we could somehow squeeze brilliant ideas from this neglected organ of the mind. Now, I've leaned that intuition is not a mental activity at root but a posture in the world and a method of knowing that offers guidance to the soul, even as it fails to satisfy the mind's longing for clear and unambiguous explanations.
I've learned that real intuition requires skills and attitudes that are more demanding than those of the mind; it demands some concrete object, image or ritual procedure, and it doesn't act in a vacuum. It presents no sure knowledge, but rather offers information that is poetic in nature, and often ambiguous, ambivalent, paradoxical and elusive. Its answers to our problems are neither immediate nor fully conclusive, but rather take time to unfold and may never stand fully revealed.
Because the knowledge that rises out of the intuition ~and out of the oracular ~ is so deep-seated, it appears to belong more in the realm of religion than psychology, and so some people are hesitant to approach it lest they transgress their beliefs and theological convictions. We are all influenced, too, by Western religion's long suspicions about paganism, superstition and magical practices. Study after study has shown that the churches make careful distincitons about oracles. they seem to be most interested in protecting the notion of free will for humans, and divine freedom as well. They resist a kind of magical universe in which certain actions automatically and necessarily produce effects, and they warn against any individual's taking personal advantage of that magic.
Yet, the oracular is an integral part of all religions, from the Greeks consulting the oracle at Delphi, to the Priests of the Old Testament dedicated to reading the signs of nature, to St. Augustine. In his Confessions, Augustine asserts his love of he oracular and tells the moving story of how, in the midst of his agony over the disastrous way his life had gone, he heard a child's voice telling him to read. So he picked up a Bible and read the first words that presented themselves to him. He describes this as a technique~divining the passage that will set a meaningful life course. The words he read advised him against a wasted life, and talking them to heart, he embraced an altogether new direction, becoming a bishop, theologian and saint.
As oracular tools, the Runes provide a way of deepening reflection and stirring the soul where it counts, where meaning coalesces and emotions find their place. This is indeed the edge of religion, but think of what the Runes do in the medieval view of philosophy, as servants to theology. there need be no conflict, but rather, the one can ground the other.
I am convinced that all healing ultimately comes from a shift in deep imagination, and this is what the Runes do when read sensitively, as in this edition: They ground the interpretations of our own lives and anchor our decisions in the very quick of the heart.
If we suffer from any universal disease, it is shallowness of imagination. The Healing Runes offers a remedy for that malady. In so doing, it promises not just relief from anxiety, but profound gifts that signal the presence of soul~intimacy, pleasure , beauty, piety and love.
"So how can anyone really say they're in love with a specific person? They're only in love with the anticipation of the emotions they are addicted to. The same person could fall out of favor the next week by not complying.
My goodness, doesn't that change the landscape of our emotional outlook on personal needs and identities?"
~Ramtha
My goodness, doesn't that change the landscape of our emotional outlook on personal needs and identities?"
~Ramtha
Sin
"How can any man or woman sin against such a greatness of mind? How can any one little carbon unit on Earth, in the backwaters of the Milky Way, indeed, the boondocks, betray God Almighty?
That is impossible."
~Ramtha
That is impossible."
~Ramtha
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Oh My Godness!
The Idyllwild healing weekend was amazing! When I got home last night I was still on fire from all of the incredible energy we created in the center where we worked. There were five of us, a team of healers, joined together for a clear and holy intention to assist and teach. Each of us has our own specialties and they were woven together perfectly. It was magical.
Sept 17th marks the birth of a new movement in Idyllwild. Idyllwild Healing Arts. I guess I'm going to be spending more time in the mountains. That's funny. I saw myself in the mountains for years and thought it would be near the Grand Canyon. Then I thought I was going to be in Denver. Now I know....it's right here in my backyard.
I've been reading the feedback emails from some of the 35 or so participants. All I can say is, I am humbled. We changed lives this weekend. God! I love what I do.
Sept 17th marks the birth of a new movement in Idyllwild. Idyllwild Healing Arts. I guess I'm going to be spending more time in the mountains. That's funny. I saw myself in the mountains for years and thought it would be near the Grand Canyon. Then I thought I was going to be in Denver. Now I know....it's right here in my backyard.
I've been reading the feedback emails from some of the 35 or so participants. All I can say is, I am humbled. We changed lives this weekend. God! I love what I do.
Friday, September 15, 2006
The Law of Attraction
"If you are against a thing, be for its opposite."
If you are against war, be for peace.
If you are against violence, be for kindness.
If you are against lies and deceit, be for honesty and integrity.
Instead of raging about what is wrong with the world, with our country, with your family, be for its opposite.
Instead of participating in an angry anti-war rally, practice a silent peace demonstration.
Instead of being angry about the homeless, jobless dispair of the Katrina survivors, be for the systems that will support their recovery.
The Law of Attraction brings to you that which you put your attention and energy towards. If you see lack around you and focus on it....you will create more lack. If disease and pain have captured you attention....you will create more of the same. See the other possibilities. Feel what it would feel like to be living the other possibilities. Turn your dreams into intentions! Everyday in everyway live as if they have already been created and they will.
If you are against war, be for peace.
If you are against violence, be for kindness.
If you are against lies and deceit, be for honesty and integrity.
Instead of raging about what is wrong with the world, with our country, with your family, be for its opposite.
Instead of participating in an angry anti-war rally, practice a silent peace demonstration.
Instead of being angry about the homeless, jobless dispair of the Katrina survivors, be for the systems that will support their recovery.
The Law of Attraction brings to you that which you put your attention and energy towards. If you see lack around you and focus on it....you will create more lack. If disease and pain have captured you attention....you will create more of the same. See the other possibilities. Feel what it would feel like to be living the other possibilities. Turn your dreams into intentions! Everyday in everyway live as if they have already been created and they will.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Thank you, Michelle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201298.html?referrer=emailarticle
Young Anger Foments Jihad
By David IgnatiusWednesday,
September 13, 2006; Page A17
During Monday's commemorations of the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, I found myself wondering what the world will look like on the 10th anniversary, or the 20th. Will the catastrophe that began five years ago become a permanent feature of life -- a "long war" that won't end for many decades? Or will it gradually wane with time?
President Bush made an emphatic case for the long war in his speech to the nation Monday night. In his account, America is locked not simply in a war but in a meta-conflict, "the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century and the calling of our generation." He described a global enemy of Muslim fanatics that imprisons women in their homes, beats impious men and attacks Americans at will. I admire Bush's toughness, but I disagree with his analysis.
As it happened, I spent the hours before Bush's speech moderating a discussion of the meaning of Sept. 11, which was hosted by the World Affairs Council here. One of the panelists was Marc Sageman, a man who comes to these issues with an unusual background -- he was a CIA case officer in Pakistan and then became a psychiatrist. I found in his comments a similarly unusual clarity.
Sageman argues in his book, "Understanding Terror Networks," that we are facing something closer to a cult network than an organized global adversary. Like many cults through history, the Muslim terrorists thrive by channeling and perverting the idealism of young people. As a forensic psychiatrist, he analyzed data on about 400 jihadists. He found that they weren't poor, desperate sociopaths but restless young men who found identity by joining the terrorist underground. Ninety percent came from intact families; 63 percent had gone to college; 75 percent were professionals or semi-professionals; 73 percent were
married.
What transformed these young Sunni Muslim men was the fellowship of the jihad and the militant role models they found in people such as Osama bin Laden. The terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were a kind of elite finishing school --
Sageman likened it to getting into Harvard. The Sept. 11 hijackers weren't psychotic killers; none of the 19 had criminal records. In terms of their psychological profiles, says Sageman, they were as healthy as the general population.
The implication of Sageman's analysis is that the Sunni jihadism of al-Qaeda and its spinoff groups is a generational phenomenon. Unless new grievances spawn new recruits, it will gradually ebb over time. In other words, this is a fire that will gradually burn itself out unless we keep pumping in more oxygen. Nothing in Sageman's analysis implies that America should be any less aggressive in defending itself against terrorism. But he does argue that we should choose our offensive battles wisely and avoid glamorizing the jihadist network further through our rhetoric or actions.
Sageman's focus on the generational arc of violence got me thinking about my recent trip to Iran. The revolutionary intensity hasn't disappeared there, but it is certainly further down the curve than is the Sunni world. When I attended Friday prayers at Tehran University, I was struck by how old the people shouting "death to America" were. I would guess the average age was well over 40. The generation of the Iranian revolution is getting long in the tooth. The only sure way to ignite revolutionary zealotry in the younger generation would be for America to go to war with Iran -- something I dearly hope we can avoid.
There's another small detail about Iran that strikes me as relevant, now that I'm back home. As I explained in an earlier column, Tehran is a city of crazy drivers who nearly collide at every intersection. But the police are quite strict about requiring seat belts -- something I don't often see in the Muslim world. Even fatalistic taxi drivers buckle up. Another surprise: When I was traveling last week from Tehran to the holy city of Qom, there were actually police on the highway with radar guns, stopping pilgrims who might be tempted to speed. And I'm told the new mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Qalibaf, who succeeded the rabble-rousing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has created a special hotline so people can call and get potholes filled and trash collected.
Now I submit to you: A nation that is wearing seat belts is probably not a mortal enemy of the United States.
This is a week when we remember, with horror, that there are dangerous killers in the Muslim world. But unless we make big mistakes, we should not find ourselves condemned to a permanent war, much less a clash of civilizations.
davidignatius@washpost.com
Young Anger Foments Jihad
By David IgnatiusWednesday,
September 13, 2006; Page A17
During Monday's commemorations of the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, I found myself wondering what the world will look like on the 10th anniversary, or the 20th. Will the catastrophe that began five years ago become a permanent feature of life -- a "long war" that won't end for many decades? Or will it gradually wane with time?
President Bush made an emphatic case for the long war in his speech to the nation Monday night. In his account, America is locked not simply in a war but in a meta-conflict, "the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century and the calling of our generation." He described a global enemy of Muslim fanatics that imprisons women in their homes, beats impious men and attacks Americans at will. I admire Bush's toughness, but I disagree with his analysis.
As it happened, I spent the hours before Bush's speech moderating a discussion of the meaning of Sept. 11, which was hosted by the World Affairs Council here. One of the panelists was Marc Sageman, a man who comes to these issues with an unusual background -- he was a CIA case officer in Pakistan and then became a psychiatrist. I found in his comments a similarly unusual clarity.
Sageman argues in his book, "Understanding Terror Networks," that we are facing something closer to a cult network than an organized global adversary. Like many cults through history, the Muslim terrorists thrive by channeling and perverting the idealism of young people. As a forensic psychiatrist, he analyzed data on about 400 jihadists. He found that they weren't poor, desperate sociopaths but restless young men who found identity by joining the terrorist underground. Ninety percent came from intact families; 63 percent had gone to college; 75 percent were professionals or semi-professionals; 73 percent were
married.
What transformed these young Sunni Muslim men was the fellowship of the jihad and the militant role models they found in people such as Osama bin Laden. The terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were a kind of elite finishing school --
Sageman likened it to getting into Harvard. The Sept. 11 hijackers weren't psychotic killers; none of the 19 had criminal records. In terms of their psychological profiles, says Sageman, they were as healthy as the general population.
The implication of Sageman's analysis is that the Sunni jihadism of al-Qaeda and its spinoff groups is a generational phenomenon. Unless new grievances spawn new recruits, it will gradually ebb over time. In other words, this is a fire that will gradually burn itself out unless we keep pumping in more oxygen. Nothing in Sageman's analysis implies that America should be any less aggressive in defending itself against terrorism. But he does argue that we should choose our offensive battles wisely and avoid glamorizing the jihadist network further through our rhetoric or actions.
Sageman's focus on the generational arc of violence got me thinking about my recent trip to Iran. The revolutionary intensity hasn't disappeared there, but it is certainly further down the curve than is the Sunni world. When I attended Friday prayers at Tehran University, I was struck by how old the people shouting "death to America" were. I would guess the average age was well over 40. The generation of the Iranian revolution is getting long in the tooth. The only sure way to ignite revolutionary zealotry in the younger generation would be for America to go to war with Iran -- something I dearly hope we can avoid.
There's another small detail about Iran that strikes me as relevant, now that I'm back home. As I explained in an earlier column, Tehran is a city of crazy drivers who nearly collide at every intersection. But the police are quite strict about requiring seat belts -- something I don't often see in the Muslim world. Even fatalistic taxi drivers buckle up. Another surprise: When I was traveling last week from Tehran to the holy city of Qom, there were actually police on the highway with radar guns, stopping pilgrims who might be tempted to speed. And I'm told the new mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Qalibaf, who succeeded the rabble-rousing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has created a special hotline so people can call and get potholes filled and trash collected.
Now I submit to you: A nation that is wearing seat belts is probably not a mortal enemy of the United States.
This is a week when we remember, with horror, that there are dangerous killers in the Muslim world. But unless we make big mistakes, we should not find ourselves condemned to a permanent war, much less a clash of civilizations.
davidignatius@washpost.com
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Dreams
Pay attention to your dreams. Messages from your unconscious mind are sent to you while you sleep and they can be quite revealing. They can sometimes be prophetic. Keep a note pad and pen next to your bed and before you open your eyes in the morning, jot down notes that will help you remember. Were you flying? Who was there and what do they represent to you? Where were you and what did you notice about your surroundings? How did it feel?
I had a dream about a year ago. It was during a time of emotional upheaval and I was struggling with my equilibrium, spiritually speaking. I found it difficult to meditate or concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds. I felt like I was in a tiny boat on a giant churing ocean, up and over the giant waves of anger and then thrown down into sorrow and despair. It's that way with emotional trauma. I was fragmented and fragile. And, as with all things, time and determination brought me safely home.
Here's the dream I had during that time. I was in a dark space. It felt dirty and dank. I was standing on some steps that lead down to my garage. I looked down and beside me was a large black dog. I didn't own a dog at the time but in my dream I knew she was mine. I pushed a button on the wall and the large garage door opened and the sunlight came in. I looked back at the dog and knew that she was a guardian, a protector. I knew she would lead me out of my emotional storm and bring balance back into my life.
Months later, as I was still licking my wounds, my daughter said, "Mom, you need a dog." She gave me Maggie. The other day I stepped into my dark garage and reached up to push the button that opens the large garage door and I looked down and there, by my side, was the large black dog from my dream.
Last night, in my dream, I was told to warn a freind not to take a trip. I should call him and tell him not to go. I don't know if he's planning a trip or not. We haven't spoken since June. Is it just a silly dream? or....
Two hours have passed since I wrote that. In that time I spoke to one of our mutual friends. As it turns out there is discussion of a trip to Central America in November. Could that be the trip I was told about? Or is there a shorter weekend trip in the planning stages? Hmmm. We shall see.
I had a dream about a year ago. It was during a time of emotional upheaval and I was struggling with my equilibrium, spiritually speaking. I found it difficult to meditate or concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds. I felt like I was in a tiny boat on a giant churing ocean, up and over the giant waves of anger and then thrown down into sorrow and despair. It's that way with emotional trauma. I was fragmented and fragile. And, as with all things, time and determination brought me safely home.
Here's the dream I had during that time. I was in a dark space. It felt dirty and dank. I was standing on some steps that lead down to my garage. I looked down and beside me was a large black dog. I didn't own a dog at the time but in my dream I knew she was mine. I pushed a button on the wall and the large garage door opened and the sunlight came in. I looked back at the dog and knew that she was a guardian, a protector. I knew she would lead me out of my emotional storm and bring balance back into my life.
Months later, as I was still licking my wounds, my daughter said, "Mom, you need a dog." She gave me Maggie. The other day I stepped into my dark garage and reached up to push the button that opens the large garage door and I looked down and there, by my side, was the large black dog from my dream.
Last night, in my dream, I was told to warn a freind not to take a trip. I should call him and tell him not to go. I don't know if he's planning a trip or not. We haven't spoken since June. Is it just a silly dream? or....
Two hours have passed since I wrote that. In that time I spoke to one of our mutual friends. As it turns out there is discussion of a trip to Central America in November. Could that be the trip I was told about? Or is there a shorter weekend trip in the planning stages? Hmmm. We shall see.
Monday, September 11, 2006
September 11th
Today is the 100th anniversary of Ghandi's non violence movement.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
Ghandi, 1948
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
Ghandi, 1948
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Even ultra-conservative, FOX News had to fess up.
Senate to Issue Iraq Intelligence Report
Thursday, September 07, 2006
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — The Senate intelligence committee on Friday will issue a report, two years in the making, that Democrats on the panel say will prove that misuse of intelligence played a role in the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq.
"Ultimately, I think you will find that administration officials made repeated prewar statements that were not supported by underlying intelligence,"said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., top Democrat on the committee.
The 400-page study to be released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will examine how the intelligence community used information provided by the Iraqi National Congress, an anti-Saddam Hussein group that had financial backing from the United States.
It will also compare prewar assessments of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction program with what was discovered about that program after the war.
The report, expected to reiterate the overestimation of the threat posed by Iraq's WMD program and the questionable reliance of intelligence agencies on INC leader Ahmed Chalabi, comes out in the same week that President Bush is emphasizing the importance of the Iraq campaign to the war on terror.
There's more if you're interested.... THE TRUTH WILL SET US ALL FREE!
Senate to Issue Iraq Intelligence Report
Thursday, September 07, 2006
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — The Senate intelligence committee on Friday will issue a report, two years in the making, that Democrats on the panel say will prove that misuse of intelligence played a role in the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq.
"Ultimately, I think you will find that administration officials made repeated prewar statements that were not supported by underlying intelligence,"said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., top Democrat on the committee.
The 400-page study to be released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will examine how the intelligence community used information provided by the Iraqi National Congress, an anti-Saddam Hussein group that had financial backing from the United States.
It will also compare prewar assessments of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction program with what was discovered about that program after the war.
The report, expected to reiterate the overestimation of the threat posed by Iraq's WMD program and the questionable reliance of intelligence agencies on INC leader Ahmed Chalabi, comes out in the same week that President Bush is emphasizing the importance of the Iraq campaign to the war on terror.
There's more if you're interested.... THE TRUTH WILL SET US ALL FREE!
It's time....
Over the years I've written and posted my opinions about what I believe our country and our leaders have done in their lust for war and profits. I heard them lie on national television about WMD's and 9/11 conspiracy notions. I knew they were lies just like I knew when Bill Clinton lied to us. I'm very sensitive to energies and I'm rarely wrong.
I practically screamed for a better plan, a plan of diplomacy and patience. I wanted more time for the training of our newly enlisted young men and women. I begged for more armor and more oversight. But, I wasn't heard. I'm nobody here in blogland and my letters to President Bush, I'm sure, were tossed aside. The form letters that were returned said as much. I felt so helpless. Nobody seemed to listen back then.
Well, it's a new day, a new year...five years later the truth is finally coming out. I hope everyone is listening. I pray everyone is learning.
It's time to impeach Bush and call for Rumsfelds resignation. I want the world to see what being an American really means. Take back America from the extremists and show the world how Democracy works.
http://www.slate.com/id/2149322
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2003250558_report09.html
I practically screamed for a better plan, a plan of diplomacy and patience. I wanted more time for the training of our newly enlisted young men and women. I begged for more armor and more oversight. But, I wasn't heard. I'm nobody here in blogland and my letters to President Bush, I'm sure, were tossed aside. The form letters that were returned said as much. I felt so helpless. Nobody seemed to listen back then.
Well, it's a new day, a new year...five years later the truth is finally coming out. I hope everyone is listening. I pray everyone is learning.
It's time to impeach Bush and call for Rumsfelds resignation. I want the world to see what being an American really means. Take back America from the extremists and show the world how Democracy works.
http://www.slate.com/id/2149322
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2003250558_report09.html
Email from Idyllwild
To Kill an American
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one.
"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish,Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, orArab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho,Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one.
"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish,Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, orArab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho,Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Photo Album...
Shanon has posted photos from the engagement party, Sea World and other such vacation adventures....
http://www.torresfamilyalbum.photosite.com/
http://www.torresfamilyalbum.photosite.com/
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Postponing Denver Retreat.
Dear Colorado Clients and Friends,
I have to reschedule our Women, Wisdom and Power weekend due to a conflict of projects, as you'll see in the post below. I'll be coming to Denver in October and will be available for private readings. Barbara will have the details in a few days and I'll post more here as it becomes more concete. I know some of you are eager to get going with this and I'm sorry for the change, but as you know, it happens when it is supposed to. It's in the hands of our Higher Selves.
I love you! We're going to have so much fun with this!
I have to reschedule our Women, Wisdom and Power weekend due to a conflict of projects, as you'll see in the post below. I'll be coming to Denver in October and will be available for private readings. Barbara will have the details in a few days and I'll post more here as it becomes more concete. I know some of you are eager to get going with this and I'm sorry for the change, but as you know, it happens when it is supposed to. It's in the hands of our Higher Selves.
I love you! We're going to have so much fun with this!
Anyone Interested?
This email went out to 350 people. It is open to anyone in need of information, or healing of any kind. This is an opportunity to check out alternative healing modalities for a very reasonable cost. Come on up the mountain and Enlighten-Up!
Dear Fellow Idyllwild Green Member:
It is my great pleasure and privilege to bring the Progressive Healers Network to Idyllwild for the benefit of our community on September 16 & 17. It is perfect for you if you are dealing with any type of chronic physical or emotional issue and it is equally perfect for you if you are feeling great and are curious about innovative healing modalities.
For only $25 you can avail yourself of two 20-minute cutting-edge healing sessions, which will be held on Saturday afternoon, September 16 from 12:00 – 5:00. Additionally – and for no extra charge – there will be a panel discussion with the healers on Saturday morning from 9:30 – 11:00 and a follow-up session on Sunday morning, September 17, from 10:00 – 11:00 for any and all questions you may have after your healing sessions. All activities will take place at the Caine Learning Center on Pine Crest Avenue.
The healers are all people with whom I’ve worked before in a very similar situation and I vouch for them personally. As a group, our intention is to facilitate healing for those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to explore “alternative” modalities. (The marketing of our individual practices is a happy by-product.) Collectively, we work with a number of non-physical guides and deities who help to ground us in our intention and who make sure that our interactions with each and every participant serve the highest good.
When you come on Saturday, September 16, you will meet:
SANDRA ACOSTA. Sandra has studied directly with the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. In fact, she is one of the few non-Maori to practice Maori bodywork. The art of the work involves working with pressure points and meridian lines to stimulate the organs and release toxins to energize the body. This technique also involves working with energy to clear up any blocks, whether they are emotional, physical, or spiritual. This work is very transformative and can be intense.
ELIZABETH ALECCIA. Elizabeth has been a clairvoyant for most of her life. She is a strong conduit for valuable information from your non-physical ancestors, friends, spirit guides, angels, teachers, ascended masters, and archangels. With her strength she can juggle and sift through what is sometimes an abundance of information and with her loving manner and clear intention that the information be of value and benefit, just being in her presence will uplift you.
JASMINE DICKENS. Jasmine is a teacher and practitioner of Spiritual Alchemy, the process of shifting low frequency and low vibrations to higher serving frequencies and vibrations (the very definition of healing). The work shifts emotions, patterns of the critical mind, thought processes, cellular memory, blockages, mis-alignments in the chakra system, and bio-energetic fields. Jasmine accomplishes this work using a number of energy modalities (and she just returned from studying in Peru where she undoubtedly picked up a few new tricks)!
STEVEN MORRISON. That’s me. As a spiritual psychotherapist, I work with clients in this setting on understanding the connection between a physical issue and an emotional/spiritual one and how to work with it all in day-to-day life. Healers have sometimes told me they appreciate working on clients energetically and then sending them over to me to help ground the work they just did. Utilizing universally spiritual and non-religious concepts, sessions can also provide clients with “spiritual sight” with regard to current issues and concerns.
STEVE VOREL. When in his twenties, Steve healed himself of chronic fatigue syndrome after traditional medicine failed him. Today he is one of a very small number of Zenith master practitioners in the world that directs a specific set of color wavelengths in sacred geometrics (frequencies-energy) into the body to release energy blocks at the energetic level. He calls this work “your ticket to health and wellness.”
As a group, we recognize that healing is a voluntary act and so we invite you to join us with an intention to heal and to participate in what we know will be an uplifting experience. It is strongly recommended that you make a reservation – with me – right away to assure that you will be able to be seen as our limited spots are filling quickly. You will be asked to arrive on the hour and should plan to stay for about an hour. And, of course, please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
P E A C E,
Steven Morrison
spiritnow@earthlink.net
310.379.9997
Dear Fellow Idyllwild Green Member:
It is my great pleasure and privilege to bring the Progressive Healers Network to Idyllwild for the benefit of our community on September 16 & 17. It is perfect for you if you are dealing with any type of chronic physical or emotional issue and it is equally perfect for you if you are feeling great and are curious about innovative healing modalities.
For only $25 you can avail yourself of two 20-minute cutting-edge healing sessions, which will be held on Saturday afternoon, September 16 from 12:00 – 5:00. Additionally – and for no extra charge – there will be a panel discussion with the healers on Saturday morning from 9:30 – 11:00 and a follow-up session on Sunday morning, September 17, from 10:00 – 11:00 for any and all questions you may have after your healing sessions. All activities will take place at the Caine Learning Center on Pine Crest Avenue.
The healers are all people with whom I’ve worked before in a very similar situation and I vouch for them personally. As a group, our intention is to facilitate healing for those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to explore “alternative” modalities. (The marketing of our individual practices is a happy by-product.) Collectively, we work with a number of non-physical guides and deities who help to ground us in our intention and who make sure that our interactions with each and every participant serve the highest good.
When you come on Saturday, September 16, you will meet:
SANDRA ACOSTA. Sandra has studied directly with the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. In fact, she is one of the few non-Maori to practice Maori bodywork. The art of the work involves working with pressure points and meridian lines to stimulate the organs and release toxins to energize the body. This technique also involves working with energy to clear up any blocks, whether they are emotional, physical, or spiritual. This work is very transformative and can be intense.
ELIZABETH ALECCIA. Elizabeth has been a clairvoyant for most of her life. She is a strong conduit for valuable information from your non-physical ancestors, friends, spirit guides, angels, teachers, ascended masters, and archangels. With her strength she can juggle and sift through what is sometimes an abundance of information and with her loving manner and clear intention that the information be of value and benefit, just being in her presence will uplift you.
JASMINE DICKENS. Jasmine is a teacher and practitioner of Spiritual Alchemy, the process of shifting low frequency and low vibrations to higher serving frequencies and vibrations (the very definition of healing). The work shifts emotions, patterns of the critical mind, thought processes, cellular memory, blockages, mis-alignments in the chakra system, and bio-energetic fields. Jasmine accomplishes this work using a number of energy modalities (and she just returned from studying in Peru where she undoubtedly picked up a few new tricks)!
STEVEN MORRISON. That’s me. As a spiritual psychotherapist, I work with clients in this setting on understanding the connection between a physical issue and an emotional/spiritual one and how to work with it all in day-to-day life. Healers have sometimes told me they appreciate working on clients energetically and then sending them over to me to help ground the work they just did. Utilizing universally spiritual and non-religious concepts, sessions can also provide clients with “spiritual sight” with regard to current issues and concerns.
STEVE VOREL. When in his twenties, Steve healed himself of chronic fatigue syndrome after traditional medicine failed him. Today he is one of a very small number of Zenith master practitioners in the world that directs a specific set of color wavelengths in sacred geometrics (frequencies-energy) into the body to release energy blocks at the energetic level. He calls this work “your ticket to health and wellness.”
As a group, we recognize that healing is a voluntary act and so we invite you to join us with an intention to heal and to participate in what we know will be an uplifting experience. It is strongly recommended that you make a reservation – with me – right away to assure that you will be able to be seen as our limited spots are filling quickly. You will be asked to arrive on the hour and should plan to stay for about an hour. And, of course, please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
P E A C E,
Steven Morrison
spiritnow@earthlink.net
310.379.9997
Sunday, September 03, 2006
By the way....
Maggie Mae is still with me even though I've had a few offers from people who have fallen in love with her. I guess she's mine for good. All 75 pounds! I think she has my eyes.
They kissed me good-bye....
....and pulled out of the driveway. Shanon and Michael have been here for almost two weeks. It's been crazy busy since they got here. I moved my office just before they arrived and there was much to do to finish that job. My nephew's engagement party was this weekend and there was plenty to do before that was to take place, including re-upholstering a couple of chairs and stringing little white lights all over the garden, patio and decks. We had two barbecues with two different sets of family and a birthday party for cousin,Tyler. They took a trip to Sea World where Michael was able to pet a bat ray and a dolphin, and we read half a dozen books, half a dozen times. I've seen Madagascar eight times and Lady and the Tramp at least five times. I slept halfway off the bed with little feet in my back and carried more bags of groceries, toys and baby sister clothes than I've had to do in many moons. >Deep sigh< I miss them already.
I don't know what was the most fun. Shopping at Nordstrom for baby sister things was up there in the top five things we did. There's something about baby girl clothes that's way better than baby boy's. She'll have headbands with roses, ribbons and bows, booties with ruffles, hearts, and kitties. Her pajamas are pink and soft and I can't wait!
We went to Toys R Us and I bought Michael a dinosaur with eyes that light up. He roars and moves his big mouth and teeth. (Big hit) We bought books about being a big brother and we're trying to get him to stop calling her Putus the Buckethead. We don't know where that came from.
I think I need a nap.
I don't know what was the most fun. Shopping at Nordstrom for baby sister things was up there in the top five things we did. There's something about baby girl clothes that's way better than baby boy's. She'll have headbands with roses, ribbons and bows, booties with ruffles, hearts, and kitties. Her pajamas are pink and soft and I can't wait!
We went to Toys R Us and I bought Michael a dinosaur with eyes that light up. He roars and moves his big mouth and teeth. (Big hit) We bought books about being a big brother and we're trying to get him to stop calling her Putus the Buckethead. We don't know where that came from.
I think I need a nap.
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