Thursday, May 30, 2013

Suzanne Lie – Alchemy Of Creation

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Transmution Of Matter – By The Arcturians – 30 May 2013

To transmute your physical form, it is best that you release your attachment to human individuality and think of yourself as a planetary being. For humans to ascend via their physical bodies transmuting into the fifth dimension rather than “dying” as was normal before this great era, you will need the assistance of Earth. At the same time, in order for Earth to ascend without the extinction of Her physical form, She needs human assistance.
Hence dear humans and Galactics/Celestials in human form, you will need to expand your personal consciousness into planetary consciousness. In this manner, there is no sense of personal sacrifice or fear. There is only the great unity of person and planet ascending as ONE Being. Furthermore, we request that those of you who have awakened to your Multidimensional SELF no longer hold back your process. Others have chosen the Mission of working with the beginners.
Those of you who are merged with your Multidimensional SELF are more ready than you may think. Additionally, the higher light is allowing you to expand your consciousness into higher and higher expression of SELF. At the same time, your consciousness is expanding deeper and deeper into your atomic, subatomic and quantum levels of consciousness. In other words, you are not just raising your consciousness. You are expanding your consciousness far beyond physical Earth, as well as deep into the matrix of Earth.
As your consciousness expands, so do your perceptions. Also, when you expand your perceptions, you can change your gene activity. When you choose to believe that your higher perceptions are “real” you increase your perceptual field to the frequencies the fourth and fifth dimensions. This extended perceptual field activates the neural activity of your 97% multidimensional DNA. This multidimensional DNA is linked to your higher expressions of SELF, as well each cell of your body.
Your earth vessel is an intelligent biological earth ship, just as our Starships are biological. The current container for your consciousness is just one of myriad containers on myriad dimensions and parallel and/or alternate realities. You have decided to take command of your current personal earth ship, which becomes a fourth-dimensional etheric ship when you are “sleeping” and can expand into the higher dimensions during meditation.
Your “dominant state of consciousness” is the state of consciousness that directs your daily life and constant perceptions. This state of consciousness is usually somewhere between your highest frequency consciousness achievable during deepest meditation and the frequency of consciousness that is responsible for directing you to react, rather than interact. In other words, it is midway between your highest and lowest states of consciousness.
Once you realize that the act of reaction determines the point of perception that identifies your dominant state of consciousness you will become conscious of that to which you chose to react. In other words, the perception to which you choose to react creates your dominant point of perception within that NOW. You have many different dominant state of consciousness throughout your day depending upon the perceptions to which you react, respond, interact, or ignore.
Just as your chakras are aligned to different frequencies, every state of consciousness has a frequency of perception. These perceptions are the sum-total of the frequency of reality you have chosen by your placing your attention on, reacting, responding or interacting with that specific version/frequency of reality. Every reality has many versions, and each version is different because it resonates to a higher or lower frequency.
There are myriad channels on your “TV of 3D Life.” The channel on which you choose to place your attention determines your state of consciousness within that NOW. We say “that NOW” as to us all reality exists within the HERE of the NOW. There is no coming or going in the HERE NOW. We ARE. We resonate, we fluctuate, and most wonderfully we create.
We Arcturians are here to assist you in our co-creation of the Arcturian Corridor. We have spoken often of this Corridor. However, since you, our ascending ones, are now moving into a higher state of consciousness you can perceive higher frequency components of our message that were once beyond your power of perception. Hence, our (human and Arcturian) Corridor is expanding along with your perceptions. http://www.multidimensions.com/TheVision/books.html
(Journey Through the Arcturian Corridor 1 through 4)
To further assist Gaia we Arcturians are in direct communication with many multidimensional beings presently wearing an earth vessel. When we communicate we speak in Light Language. Light Language resonates beyond time, polarity, limitation separation or fear. Since you must be free of fear in order to receive our messages, some are unable to perceive us. However, the higher light is continually expanding your perceptions and filling you with unconditional love (the antidote for fear). Hence, more and more of those wearing earth vessels are able to receive Light Language messages from the higher dimensions.
You can receive these messages through your fourth dimensional night body, or more consciously via meditations, channeling, or other creative endeavors. You are able to receive these higher dimensional messages because your consciousness is expanding into the consciousness of your higher expressions of SELF, as well as into your cellular consciousness. Through your cellular consciousness you will begin to consciously experience the cellular, atomic and sub-atomic level of your grounded earth vessel.
At this point, you will begin to commune with your molecular self by exploring and healing old issues and situations from your past that tell you that you are NOT the Captain of your earth vessel.  These limiting messages are at the core of third dimensional thinking. When you enter your unconscious to allow your past to heal your present, you confuse your third dimensional thinking.
Third dimensional thinking is also based on the present that appears to be outside of you. Therefore, whenever you go inside to ponder that past, which is hidden deep inside your subconscious, it further confuses your third dimensional thinking. Then, as you give credence to the lessons to be found within your past, a door opens to your past lives. These past lives are introductions to your perceiving yourself from beyond the barrier of time. Hence, your attachment to third dimensional thinking is further loosened.
The first “past lives,” you choose to ponder will likely be those with unfinished business that you brought into this incarnation to finish. Hence, even your human history is beyond time, as it is stored in your unconscious mind. Once you releasetime to heal and complete unfinished lives, you gain the courage and wisdom to remember the past lives in which you completed you’re chosen mission and gained great insight and enlightenment.
The acknowledgement of these lives activates the memory of your Multidimensional SELF. Very often your unconscious mind is the archive for old memories that you could not resolve when they occurred in that timeline. However, with the wisdom, power and love of your Multidimensional SELF you have the ability to bring that experience into its conclusion. We refer to your unconscious mind as the archive for experiences from your past that you are too immature to process.
On the other hand, we refer to your subconscious mind as a composite of everything you have ever perceived, as well as any information your mind collects that cannot be consciously processed or acknowledged. Your conscious mind cannot always absorb all available information, as it would create an information overload. Therefore, the subconscious mind stores this information where it can be retrieved by the conscious mind when it needs to defend itself for survival or for higher cognitive purposes.
However, hidden deep inside your unconscious and subconscious is your Divine Child who carries the “instruction manual” for your current embodiment. These instructions are in Light Language sent only to you. Hence, the process of deciphering this Light Language requires that you first connect with higher expressions of your SELF before you look deep into your unconscious and subconscious to find your Divine Child who remembers everything!
When you look HI UP into your higher SELF while you simultaneously look DEEP DOWN into your unconscious and subconscious mind you can experience unconditional love and human emotion within the NOW. When you can close these polarities of spirit and matter with the power of your multidimensional perception, you enter the NOW of the ONE as you merge your Divine Child with your Higher Expression of SELF.
Experiencing your Alpha, Divine Child and Omega, Higher SELF confuses your 3Dconsciousness enough that you can jump out of time. Then the past of your unconscious and subconscious can no longer interfere with your present on 3D Earth. When you are fully merged with your NOW, you are able to perceive any third-dimensional thought-forms from your past as lessons that have guided you into your present. From this point of perception, you can easily liberate these injuries from your past with the power of unconditional love and by perceiving them as cherished teachers.
We see that all of you, our Multidimensional Masters, are preparing to expand your consciousness into the next frequency of reality. Before this NOW, you did not have that option, as the frequency of your reality was too low and infiltrated with fear. Because of the darkness of that reality and the restrictions that it placed on your consciousness, you could not believe that your higher perceptions were “real.”
Furthermore, you could not perceive your highest and lowest resonance of your Multidimensional SELF, as this process can only occur within the safety of unconditional love, which was rarely present on your reality within the last 2000 years. Thus, unconditional love was forgotten and re-written into a 3D format of conditional love. In this manner, the concept of love lost its true meaning.
However, now with your 97% DNA coming on line you are able to preview you highest self and your super-subconscious at the same time. This expansion of perception is possible because of your expansion of consciousness. Simultaneously, your expansion of consciousness is possible because of your expanded perception. Also, the activation of your multidimensional DNA allows you to believe it is possible to perceive higher dimensions of reality.
It may appear that many humans are still asleep. However, they are beginning to consistently awaken due to the activation of the 97%DNA. This DNA expands your perceptions beyond the confines of time, space, separation and limitation. Simultaneously, as you expand your consciousness beyond the 3D matrix of time, space, polarity, separation and limitation this DNA is activated.
Once your multidimensional DNA is fully activated the process of transmutation of matter advances exponentially. The feedback loop of the higher light having a frequency of matter that can contain it, while multidimensional DNA goes about the process of creating a vessel that can contain even higher frequencies of light, begins a process of transmutations of third dimensional matter into multidimensional matter.
Of course, the multidimensional DNA was always within your earth vessel as a latent reminder of your potential to return to your true multidimensional nature. However, this potential needed to be activated by the higher frequencies such as photons charged with particles of infrared, ultraviolet and gamma rays. These frequencies of light, as well as frequencies still unknown or named to your world, make up the higher light that is streaming into your world.
Humans have been doing some important research about the role of DNA on the evolution of the human species. Below is a short summary of this research:
In 1990, a group of Russian physicists, molecular biologists, biophysicists, geneticists, embryologists and linguists began a study of this “junk” DNA. Dr. Peter Gariaev PhD who is a Biophysicist and Molecular Biologist directed this research project. These scientists irradiated DNA samples with laser light. On screen, a typical wave pattern was formed. When they removed the DNA sample, the wave pattern did not disappear, it remained.
Many controlled experiments showed that the pattern continued to come from the removed sample, whose energy field apparently remained by itself. This effect is now called phantom DNA effect. It is surmised that energy from outside of space and time still flows through the activated wormholes after the DNA was removed.
They determined that this DNA is also a complex, biological, micro-computer chip that communicates with its environment. Dr. Gariaev found that the basic structure of these DNA alkaline pairs is the same as that of human language. Thus, they can be influenced and reprogrammed solely by the thought waves in our environment. Dr. Gariaev and Dr. Poponin also discovered that there is a multidimensional field structure surrounds our DNA chain.
Other studies were done by Dr. Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. who is an internationally recognized Cellular Biologist and a pioneer in a new field called Epigenics. In his book, titled The Biology of Belief, Dr. Lipton writes about his discovery that evolution is, in fact, driven by consciousness.  The caterpillar and the butterfly have the exact same DNA.  They are the exact same organism.  But they are responding to a different frequency.
Dr. Lipton has discovered that it is not genes that control life at the cellular level. It is the mind’s perception of its environment.  He coined the term “Spontaneous Evolution” because he has discovered that our DNA scans our environment for frequencies that are relevant to our existence, changes its structure, and then sends messages to reshape it self accordingly.
As we stated earlier in our message, many of you are ready to be co-creators of “our” Arcturian Corridor. The Corridor is not a place; it is an inter-dimensional corridor in which beings, as they are not all human, on the verge of ascension can gather to connect, learn and remember the process of transmutation.
All of you who are on the cusp of this ascension wave have had at least one experience of ascension. However, in most of these experiences you released your consciousness from your third-dimensional form and soared into higher dimensions. These ascensions were transmutations of consciousness. In this ascension, you are not only transmuting your consciousness, but your physical AND your planetary body as well.
Thus, it is vital that you merge with your planetary consciousness so that you and Gaia can act as a team. Many of you have already gathered within the Arcturian Corridor to learn about inter-dimensional travel. Now, you will be learning about transmutation of your personal and planetary body. As you awaken your cellular consciousness, you will be able to deeply merge with Gaia, as well as assist us to implant our Corridor into the body of ascending Earth.
Your great, Multidimensional SELF is about to make a full appearance in your daily life. As you begin to perceive life from a higher perspective, you will send signals to your DNA that it is “time to enter your cocoon” and begin your transmutation. However, you, the ascending ones on Earth, will not be able to ONLY focus totally on your process of transmutation.
In fact, you will, and are now, called upon to perform your daily tasks while you are in the process of totally restructuring your thoughts, emotions, consciousness, DNA and earth vessel. Fortunately, you will be able to call upon us, as well as your own higher expressions of SELF.
We shall return with more information,
The Arcturians

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Yeshua's Knowledge of Kundalini Fire


Jesus/Yeshua knew about the "Kundalini Fire" (which he called 'Baptism by Holy Spirit and Fire') and the seven major chakras. The technique to activate the Kundalini and the chakras he had practice and later shared/taught to his disciples is extensive prayer.

Here is the seven list to those who successfully awaken their Kundalini and the seven major chakras :

1. To him that conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is the paradise of God. ~ (Revelation 2:7)

2. He that conquers will by no means be harmed by the second death. ~ (Revelation 2: 11)

3. To him that conquers I will give some hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name written which no one knows except the one receiving it. ~ (Revelation 2: 17)

4. And to him that conquers and observes my deeds down to the end I will give authority over the nations, and he shall shepherd the people with an iron rod so that they will be broken to pieces like clay vessels, the same as I received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star. ~ (Revelation 2: 26-28)

5. He that conquers will thus be arrayed in white outer garments; and I will by no means blot out his name from the book of life, but I will make acknowledgement of his name before my Father and before his angels. ~ (Revelation 3: 5)

6. The one that conquers - I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out (from it) anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which descends out of heaven from my God, and that new name of mine. ~ (Revelation 3: 12)

7. To the one that conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, even as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. ~ (Revelation 3: 21)

Jaime T. Licauco: Psychic Surgery as a Spiritual Practice


I believe that any discussion about mystical and paranormal happenings in the Philippines will not be complete without mentioning the most sensational and controversial form of faith healing, which can only be found in the Philippines—namely, bare-handed psychic surgery.

The many reports and books written, especially by foreign visitors and investigators, centered mainly on the sensational aspect of the phenomenon, and not on the mystical and spiritual culture that gave birth to and nurtured it.

The only other country in the world where a similar form of surgery can be found is Brazil. But Brazilian psychic surgeons or spiritual healers use knives, scissors and even a saw to operate on the bodies of patients, whereas Filipino psychic surgeons use only their bare hands to do it.

And this is one reason why many observers and paranormal investigators from the west tend to conclude that Philippine psychic surgery must be completely fraudulent, because they cannot logically explain how our local healers can make an incision on a patient’s body with their bare hands, take out diseased tissues, and then close the incision with hardly a trace of it at all. It just doesn’t make sense from a purely scientific and rational point of view.

But the phenomenon of psychic surgery has been practiced in the Philippines even before the Americans colonized these islands, in 1898, according to the oldest known psychic surgeon discovered by western writers, namely, Eleuterio Terte of San Fabian, Pangasinan.

Before he died at age 79, Terte told me even his grandmother was a psychic surgeon. Terte came to Western attention in the mid-’50s, when two American writers and adventurers included him in a book they wrote, “Into the Strange Unknown.” One of the writers who had a cyst on the elbow had himself treated and cured by Terte.


Undoubtedly, the most well-known, sensational and controversial Filipino healer to emerge in the 1960s to the early ’80s was Antonio “Tony” Agpaoa of Baguio City (but who was originally from Rosales, Pangasinan). He had a flair for the dramatic and the sensational. Only Tony had an organization composed of doctors, nurses and even a lawyer.


Great wealth
Groups of foreigners from the west flocked to his healing centers on Mirador Hill by the busload. He amassed great wealth in the process, and was featured in several international publications, films and magazines. He died in 1982 of a massive stroke and was buried in Baguio City.

What has been lost in almost all discussions on this topic is the fact that psychic surgery is an integral part of the spiritual practices of the Christian spiritists who perform healing completely without charge.

Those who accepted money from patients, especially from foreigners, either left the national spiritual organization or were expelled from it. Each of them established their own independent spiritual group.

Almost all spiritual healers in the country who practice psychic surgery had their training in the Christian spiritist church. Healing, automatic writing, speaking in tongues, going into a trance and other forms of mediumship were all part of the training of a faith healer.

But one does not become a psychic surgeon by choice. According to them, this is a gift of the Holy Spirit, and only the Holy Spirit chooses to whom the gift would be given. And it takes from five to 10 years of attending the spiritist services before anyone receives the gift of psychic surgery, if at all.

The same is true of the Brazilian type of psychic surgery training. They all come from the Christian spiritist groups. But there are some differences between the Philippine and Brazilian types of Spiritism. I would characterize Philippine Spiritism as essentially “Yin” or feminine energy, whereas the Brazilian type is more “Yang” or masculine.

Brazilian spiritists induce trance states by dancing energetically to the sound of drums and percussion instruments, while Filipino spiritists induce the trance state through prayers, soft chanting and reading special passages in the Bible. Brazilian spiritists, including women, also smoke cigars when in a trance. Filipino spiritists do not do this.


It must be emphasized therefore that faith healing, especially in the Philippines, is essentially a spiritual and mystical practice, and not really the way it has been portrayed by most western writers and investigators. Its meaning and significance can only be understood in the context of the spiritual traditions of the Filipino people, perhaps long before the Spaniards came to our shores. For a more detailed discussion about faith healing in the Philippines, please read my book “Magicians of God,” published by Anvil Publishing Inc.


Philippine Daily Inquirer

May 8th, 2012

Source : http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/46843/psychic-surgery-as-a-spiritual-practice

A Prayer of the Pythagoreans for the Tetractys


"Bless us, divine number, thou who generated gods and men! 
O holy, holy Tetractys, 
Thou that containest the root and source of the eternally flowing creation! 
For the divine number begins with the profound, pure unity 
Until it comes to the holy four; 
Then, it begets the mother of all, 
The all-comprising, 
All bounding, 
The first born, 
The never-swerving, 
The never-tiring holy ten, 
The keyholder of all."

Be The Change ...


Start a reciprocity ring, love machine, or test your giving quotient to amp up your giving and help others express their generosity.
Start a reciprocity ring, love machine, or test your giving quotient to amp up your giving and help others express their generosity.

Gloria Wendroff: The Heaven Letters – The Grace By Which You Are To Rule Your World


God said:
Time is not your master. Love is. Love is the grace by which you rule your world. And you do rule it, beloveds. This may seem absurd to you, to you who may feel you are the underdog, yet it is very possible that you have ruled your world with the urgency of time. Very likely.
Caught up in time, urgency fuels you. You lead your life by the setting of a clock. Time does alarm you. It gets you all het up. Time is a galley master and tells you when to row and at what pace. Time runs out.
Love has an even temperament.
Love and time are miles apart. Love is not on a schedule. Love is a sampling of Infinity and its other facet, Eternity. Love doesn’t hurry nor does it slow down. Love is settling. Infatuation is exciting. Infatuation has a timer. Love does not.
Time keeps its eye on the future. Love is immersed in loving in this Infinite moment.
Love is sitting by a beautiful blue stream that splashes your face with its water, and you come alive with all the love of the Universe. You didn’t think that love was something personal just between you and another, did you?
Yes, consider love the water you swim in, cooling, refreshing, warmed by the Sun, cooled by the breeze, love like water so easy to move through. You sit by the banks of love, and your heart is happy. Unless you are happy, then what you like to call love, even great love, is nothing but a tempest in a teapot.
I am speaking of love, not as something you keep to you and order around, but of love as what you are and so it flows naturally from you, asking nothing in return. Love does not ask for itself. Love’s happiness is in giving, not gathering. In what direction does your hand move, taking in or giving out?
Let’s face it, beloved. You are an amateur in love. Certainly you are not an expert. Perhaps in theory, you know something, yet theory isn’t the same as living. To love, really give love from your heart, it relaxes you. It is not tension-building. The attention on time and the occurrence of your heart feeling empty without a loved one is a fantasy play that you direct.
When you give milk to your baby, you don’t ask for a thank you. You give without the necessity of return. The act of giving is pleasure enough. You don’t look for more. You have an opportunity to live in love. You gave the simplicity of love, not complications and add-on’s of love. Your heart is stirred, and yet it stays calm. Nothing is in peril. Certainly not your heart. You give from your heart, and your heart is filled with more love. This is mathematics at its finest. The more you give, the more you have. Those math problems you have in school about how you can give away so many apples and how many apples you wind up with misses the point. The point in giving is giving without counting. So there are no strings of expectation to attach to, give as though you are in the middle of a math problem.
Giving is not a math problem. Giving is a filling up. The more love you give, the more you have. Write that down in your heart fifty times until you live it. The question in life is not: ”What return am I getting?” but rather: “How much am I giving, and giving freely, giving without any idea of return.”
The pleasure of giving is giving. There is no more to it than that.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

"IF"



If
I knew it would be the last time
That
I'd see you fall asleep, I
would tuck you in more tightly and
pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If
I knew it would be the last time that
I see you walk out the door, I
would give you a hug and kiss and
call you back for one more.

If
I knew it would be the last time I'd
hear your voice lifted up in praise, I
would video tape each action and word, so
I could play them back day after day.

If
I knew it would be the last time, I
could spare an extra minute to
stop and say "I love you," instead
of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If
I knew it would be the last time I
would be there to share your day, Well
I'm sure you'll have so many more, so
I can let just this one slip away.

For
surely there's always tomorrow to
make up for an oversight, and
we always get a second chance to
make everything just right.

There
will always be another day to
say "I love you," And
certainly there's another chance to
say our "Anything I can do?"

But
just in case I might be wrong, and
today is all I get, I'd
like to say how much I love you and
I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow
is not promised to anyone, young
or old alike, And
today may be the last chance you
get to hold your loved one tight.

So
if you're waiting for tomorrow, why
not do it today? For
if tomorrow never comes, you'll
surely regret the day

That
you didn't take that extra time for
a smile, a hug, or a kiss and
you were too busy to grant someone, what
turned out to be their one last wish.

So
hold your loved ones close today, and
whisper in their ear, Tell
them how much you love them and
that you'll always hold them dear

Take
time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me,"
"Thank you," or "It's okay." And
if tomorrow never comes, you'll
have no regrets about today.

------

Don't live by "if" ... BE. 

Send this on to show your support in bringing Love into our lives.

Gloria Wendroff: Heavenletter #4567 -- As You Are


Balance. Certainly, you have heard that it is good to be balanced. In terms of the world, it may mean dividing your time between work and play equitably. It may mean you are neither an introvert or an extrovert. It may mean a middle of line approach to life.

I like to say that it is good to be the human person that you are. What gives you joy? If work is your joy, work to the degree that you like to work. Who is it that says you are to apportion percentages of your life in some kind of harness? Who from the outside is to say where your joy lies?
The balance I suggest is that you are on an even keel whatever is going on in your life.
If you are someone who enjoys play more than anything else, I do not suggest that you be irresponsible. Sports figures play games and are working. How wonderful to be doing the work you most like whether it is bookkeeping or design or writing or cleaning house.
A table has to have certain proportions to be sturdy. Legs have to be of equal length. When it comes to people’s lives, there is freedom. A balanced life for you is not the same as a balanced life for another.
One who is an artist takes joy in sculpting or painting. A gardener takes joy in loving plants and taking care of them. Both artists and gardeners create beauty. Architects, engineers, carpenters the same. An accountant creates a certain kind of beauty as well, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick-maker. There is beauty in symmetry and beauty in the asymmetrical as well.
And so in life. Life does not have to be symmetrical to be wonderful, nor does an asymmetry have to be off-balance. Is someone who doesn’t know you supposed to set standards for your life? Do you consider that authors know more than you about your life and where your happiness lies? Do you imagine that anyone is more of an expert on your life than you are?
Enjoy as you enjoy. It is not for you to cut off your feet to fit the bed nor is it for you to alter your joy and direction in life at someone else’s say so.
Of course, at the same time, nor are you to rule out everything that is said. You are free to listen. You are even free to try out something different as you choose. The key words are: As you choose.
One person likes to travel. Another likes to stay home. Is one better than another? Where is it said that it is an error to follow your heart? Whatever you do, there is something you are not doing. Whatever paths you choose, there are paths you don’t choose.
Paths can change. Paths can stay the same.
One artist likes to stand up to paint. Another likes to sit down to paint. One loves pink. Another loves orange. One likes circles. Another prefers squares. One loves straight lines. Another loves wavy lines. One loves big strokes. Another prefers dots. Is there not room in the world for all to follow their hearts? Follow your own heart responsibly, and see where it takes you.
In the world, today, you may be one of the lucky ones who has the freedom to follow your heart. You are not in bondage.
There are those who are also lucky in a different way. They must earn a living this way or that, and their happiness is in doing what is right before them.
One may ask the question: “What do I want to do?” Another may ask the question: “What is before me to do?” One may ask: “What is my dharma?” Another may ask: “How do I serve today?”
One man’s dharma may be to serve. Another’s may be to make music. Music is also serving. Whatever you do, you are giving service. Happiness is yours to take, and happiness is yours to give.

Ann Albers: "Compassion Makes Us The Light of Inspiration"

My dear friends, we love you so very much.

As so many of you watch the recent natural disasters we want to remind you that the greatest way you could ever assist those who are suffering or in pain is to love them. This love can come in many forms. You can pray for the individuals affected. You can, if you are guided, contribute to the organizations and individuals offering relief. You can sit in a chair, and ask God to show you one individual who needs extra love and then imagine wrapping them in the embrace of your own loving soul. You can send letters when efforts to receive that kind of love are available. If you are in the area you can volunteer your time or services. Of if you are not guided to assist in these ways you can simply pour love into your own life, knowing that the greater number of individuals who choose to live in love and peace, the greater the peace on your entire planet.

There are so many ways to love and assist those in need, but the one thing we ask you to strive to avoid is "feeling bad for" those who have been affected, for in truth "feeling bad" or "feeling pity" has never uplifted a single soul on your planet earth. And although it is very human to do so, strive to change these feelings to feelings of compassion, for compassion is love. Pity says, "Poor you! This should not be! I am glad I am not you right now!" Pity is an energy of judgment, although subtle, and rarely intended.

Compassion, on the other hand says, "Although we are at different places in our journey, I trust there is a greater reason for this, even when I do not understand what this is. I am going to love you through your pain. I will offer you a hand up, rather than sinking in the depths of despair with you I will be a beacon of hope and inspiration for you, for we have all known loss. We have all known confusion. We have all known the fear of not knowing how life is going to work. My heart is your heart and I love you." Compassion is an energy of acceptance, trust, and unconditional love. A compassionate heart knows that there is a higher order to all things, even those that seem incomprehensible and hurtful, and can offer comfort to those in need. For out of every natural disaster, the most amazing acts of human love and kindness arise. Communities bond. The world comes together and sets aside greed, borders, barriers, boundaries, religious, cultural, and ethnic differences and realizes you are One human race with the same hearts, the same needs, the same concerns, and in the end, the same Love.

Beautiful hearts, we love you so very much. We know the pain you witness in others tugs and pulls on your hearts. But the sun does not dim to make you comfortable in your struggles. Rather it remains bright, supporting and guiding you, offering the promise of a new day even in the darkness.

Please know that your hearts are only being asked to open more widely, to share from the wealth of love within. And if you are one of those angels affected by the recent events, know that God walks inside and beside you, in the form of so many both in the heavens and on the earth that honor and acknowledge your willingness to uplift the human spirit even in times of your own need.

God bless you. We love you so very much.
-- The Angels

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Message From Ann
Hi Everyone,

I did not find out about the tornadoes in Oklahoma until I was in a chat room during the Braco live streams. A woman mentioned that she was there and the sirens were going off but she was fine. Her heart was peace in the storm and her home and family were mercifully unaffected. You see stories in every disaster of houses being spared by tornadoes in strange ways,and stories of people in hurricanes whose houses wash away, but who are miraculously tossed into safe spaces. I have a friend who long ago was spared almost certain death as waves of a wildfire in California miraculously went around the house where she was trapped and praying. We too can be peace in the storms of life. We too can have the faith that no harm comes to us unless we have something to learn or contribute through the experience. And when our lives are going well and we witness others going through sometimes unthinkable disasters and pain, we can be the angels who offer hope, relief, and compassion.

So how do you know what to give and when? Like many others, when I watched the recent tornadoes from the safety of my own solid home, I felt a mixture of both fascination and awe with the powers of nature, a sense of gratitude for my peaceful life, and huge waves of compassion for those affected. I wanted to reach out and hold some of those people in my arms, but instead I sent my soul and prayed for them to feel the ever loving embrace of God rise up within them. When I am guided I donate money. After one disaster, before I had even paid my own bills I heard the angels giving me a specific large amount to contribute. I wrote the check without thought, knowing my needs would be met as well. After the hurricane back east last year I was guided to connect those with supplies and those in need, even though I was nowhere near the area. Trust, that you will know what to do.

So when you see the tough things going on in the world, quiet your minds. Drop into your hearts. Ask a simple question, "God/Source what do you want me to do here?" You may get nothing. In that case, the answer is, "Nothing." You may get pray, play, contribute, etc. Trust your own heart and your own guidance. It may not seem like "enough" but trust again and always that the power that moves the stars in the heavens can coordinate the gifts of those "who have" with the requirements of those "who need."

I know that by continuing to celebrate my happy life, while at the same time offering immense light, love, compassion, and contributions as guided, this will be the way I can uplift souls. Some are guided to fly in and shelter or feed others. Some are guided to pray. Some are guided to counsel or console. Many are not guided to do a thing in one case or another. Your love in any aspect of your life, whether directly related to the disaster or not, contributes to the greater good of humanity.

So if you are affected, we send you great love and acknowledge you for your strength and for demonstrating the best the human spirit has to offer. And if you are not affected, ask if there is anything you can do to love those who have been affected. Listen to the still small voice of you heart, for this is where we connect with the One Love that binds us all together.

I love you all and hold you in my heart,
Ann

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Be The Change ...


Change your routine by doing something different - like smiling at a stranger, walking instead of taking the subway, or writing down your dreams.


For me, I'm following up on a childhood memory ... the Banyan Tree.

Draw the tree that has been heavy on your heart all morning. Since childhood. For the past few weeks. A big family. A movement of sorts going on beneath the tree. A gathering of many, or just one.

Decide on one person whom you will tell about your tree. Make a coffee date.

Ask yourself: How thick is my tree? How crisp are the leaves? How high are the branches? Can I climb them? Dare I climb them?

And, when you’ve drawn the tree completely, ask the most important question of all: Will it give shade to someone else one day?

If we can transform ourselves, we have the potential to change the world.


Recipe: Raw Chocolate Pistachio Oatmeal Cookies


Ingredients

3/4 cup dates, pitted and chopped
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup oats (I used GF)
1 cup pistachios
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1/8-1/4 teaspoon himalayan salt
1/4 cup water, as needed
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs

Place all ingredients in food processor except for 1/4 cup of the pistachio's, water and chocolate chips. Blend until combined adding the water a little at at time to help with the consistency of the dough, this will depend on your liking. Next, mix in the rest of the pistachio's and chocolate chips, using your hands for this is best. I also added a large pinch of oats for a more chunky feel to my cookies. Roll into 1 inch balls (mine were a bit bigger) and enjoy licking your fingers, and the bowl, when your all done. Makes approx. 12 balls.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Recipe: Classic French Apple Tart




Ingredients:

Tart Dough:
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
• 3 Tbsp vegetable shortening, cubed and chilled
• 5-6 Tbsp cold water


Apricot Glaze:
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves
• 1/2 Tbsp water


Custard:
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup half and half
• 1/2 tsp vanilla


Apples:
• 1 1/2 lbs (3 large) Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored cut into 1/8-inch slices
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter

• Cinnamon Sugar:
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon




Directions:

1. To prepare the tart dough, combine the dry ingredients in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the cubed butter and shortening and pulse to form pea-sized pieces. Add 5 Tbsp cold water and pulse until the dough starts to come together, adding more water as needed. Shape the dough into a long rectangle, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.


2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Gently place onto a cookie sheet. Lift and place the dough onto the sheet, careful not to stretch the dough. Use your fingers to press the dough firmly. Prick the bottom with a fork, then return to the fridge for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.


3. Line the chilled rectangular shell with aluminum foil and fill with pie weights. Bake about 20 minutes until the crust is pale golden brown and the surface looks dry. Remove the foil and pie weights and let cool while you prepare the glaze and filling. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.


4. To make the glaze, combine the apricot preserves and water in a saucepan and heat until melted. Strain through a sieve, then brush over the surface of the cooled tart shell.


5. For the custard, heat the half and half in a small saucepan to a simmer. Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until completely smooth. Once the milk is heated, slowly drizzle into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Set aside.


6. Prepare the apples. Melt the butter and sugar in a large, high sided saute pan over medium heat. Add the apple slices and cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples begin to soften, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool (unless you have tough fingers like me and can handle the hot slices).


7. To assemble the tart, arrange the apple slices over the prepared tart shell. I begin by placing slices along the outer edge of the shell, cut side facing into the center, then repeat with a second layer (this helps prop up the apples once you start arranging the slices, otherwise the inner apples end up much higher than the outer apples). From there, arrange the slices, starting from the outside, overlapping the slices so the cut side of the previous slice is covered by the next slice. Save the smaller slices for the inner space. 


8. Pour the custard over the apples, tilting the pan so it fills in all the gaps, filling to just below the edge of the tart shell. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar. Bake 25-30 minutes, until the custard is set. Let cool before removing from the tart shell. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Recipe: Lobster Sandwiches



#1 -- Without Mayonnaise

Ingredients
4 (1 1/4-to 1 1/2-pounds) live lobsters
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions

1/4 cup finely chopped peeled celery
1/4 cup celery leaves
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
1/2 stick unsalted butter
3 garlic cloves, smashed
6 hot dog buns, preferably top-split 



Directions
Plunge 2 lobsters headfirst into a large pot of salted boiling water and cook, partially covered, over medium-high heat 8 minutes (for 1 1/4-pounds lobsters) to 9 minutes (for 1 1/2-pounds lobsters) from time they enter water. Transfer with tongs to an ice bath and let stand until completely cooled. Return water to a boil and cook and cool remaining 2 lobsters. Remove meat from claws, joints, and tails. Coarsely chop meat.


Whisk together lemon juice, oil, and 1/2 tsp salt in a large bowl. Whisk in scallions, celery, celery leaves, and parsley, then add lobster and gently toss. Season with salt.
Melt butter with garlic in a small saucepan over low heat, mashing garlic with a spoon.
Brush inside of buns with garlic butter. Grill, buttered side down, until golden, about 1 minute.  Fill buns with lobster.



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#2 -- With Mayonnaise
Ingredients:

1 carrot, diced
2 stalks celery
1 shallot, thinly sliced

4-5 sprigs of dill
2 lemons
1 c. white wine
4 c. water
Lobster tails and claws
1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1/2 c. mayonnaise
Salt and pepper
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
French rolls



Directions:
Combine carrot, 1 celery stalk (diced), shallot, and 1 sprig of dill in a large saucepan. Cut 1 lemon in half, squeeze juice into saucepan and add juiced halves to the pot. Add whine, water and Old Bay. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, add lobster tails and return to a boil. Boil lobsters for 1 minute per ounce. Remove from heat and let sit for about 3 minutes. Strain and let cool.


Once lobster has cooled enough to handle, remove meat from the shells. Discard remaining solids. Dice lobster into bite sized pieces. Combine lobster, mayonnaise, and the juice of half a lemon. Finely dice remaining celery stalk and add to the mixture. Mince dill and add about 2 tsp. fresh dill to the mixture. Stir well and season to taste with salt and pepper. 

Refrigerate until ready to serve.


Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a microwave safe dish. Brush the inside of the French rolls with melted butter and broil until toasted to desired color. Spoon about 1/3 c. lobster salad per roll. Serve.

Recipe: Chocolate Truffles



Ingredients

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 pound semisweet chocolate
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa



In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and butter. In a medium sized skillet, bring 1/2 inch of water to a slow simmer. Set the saucepan in the skillet over low heat. Stir mixture just until chocolate has completely melted. Remove from heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into a pie plate. Cool, cover and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours.

Pour the cocoa into a pie plate. Line an airtight container with waxed paper. Dip a melon baller or small spoon into a glass of warm water and quickly scrape across the surface of the chilled truffle mixture to form a rough 1-inch ball. Drop the ball into the cocoa. Repeat with the remaining truffle mixture. Gently shake the pie plate to coat truffles evenly. Transfer truffles to the prepared container, separating layers with additional waxed paper. Cover tightly and refrigerate up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 3 months.

Recipe: Strawberry Pie



Ingredients

1 unbaked pastry shell (9 inches)
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water

1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin
4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
Whipped cream
Fresh mint, optional



Directions

Line pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil.  Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer.  Cool on a wire rack.

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth.
Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes or until slightly cooled.

Meanwhile, arrange strawberries in the crust. Pour gelatin mixture over berries. 
Refrigerate until set. 

Serve with whipped cream.  Garnish with mint, if desired.