My Reiki Attunement

I warn you, this is one of those over the top entries. If you don't like gushing, sentimental, "we are the world" optimism..........let me heal you!

I feel amazing! I have been working with energy healing for 10 years now and have had many, many mountain top experiences but never have I felt anything like this. That sentence is not one to take lightly either--you would be stunned to hear about some of the things I have experienced, things that take your breath away and go to your knees in gratitude.

But this. As I type this, my hands are humming, I am filled with vibration and gratitude and love for all who read this. You may not know this, but I am sending you Reiki healing through this page....(too woo woo? I warned you LOL!)

My Reiki Master, Jan is an amazing woman. Since I do not have her permission to divulge any details about her, you will just have to take my word for it--she is an angel and conduit of God. She held my hands and placed the power of Reiki healing in them and I am forever changed. So cool! It's really not all that woo woo, in fact, it's pretty well respected now, lots of people have had it and lots of scientists are studying and finding out that energy is a real thing and there is nothing to be afraid of, it's as normal as......well, breathing.

So, enough gushing. What is Reiki? Well, it's like the laying on of hands that Jesus did. It's therapeutic touch, healing hands, it's opening yourself up to the universal life energy and allowing your hands to be a conduit of healing. It's not my energy, to simplify--it's God's. It's me sending love through me to you. It's really powerful, I can't wait to share it with everyone/anyone who wants it.

There's a bunch more woo woo stuff I could tell you but maybe baby steps are best.

Peace be with you--love and healing to all.

Ebb & Flow

Boy it sure gets hard to navigate the twists and turns some times. Trying to incorporate all the aspects of ourselves and somehow make it all work together in some kind of sane fashion. I am mother, wife, friend, yoga teacher, spirit guide, director, producer, talent scout, seeker, slacker, planner, computer operator, dog trainer, maid, receptionist, counselor, drill sergeant, writer, decorator, event organizer, and silly goose all in one day. Makes my head spin somedays.

Like today.

The exciting thing is that I get to add a title this weekend. I have been wanting to do this for soooo long--I am finally going to get my Reiki attunement! I cannot tell you how much I have been looking forward to it....."just get through this and then, just finish this and then"......for years and now it's here.

The ebb (or is it flow?) is that I am also trying to put together a variety show at the same time. And just finished the yoga day, which was great but does require a bit of doing. Feel like I'm kinda boing boinging through January....

And then.....don't even ask.

Don't get me wrong. I know how blessed I am to be able to do all these things. I think I just need to learn to spread them out a bit more.

Nah....

Signs

I have been told that New Year's Day is indicative of how your year will be. Ugh. I sure hope not! The kids were in Times Square with a million people trying to get back to the apartment they were staying in with "aunt bunnie" (don't ask)....it took them hours and hours and Rhia's feet were actually bleeding from all the walking and I was, well, let's just say mother bears are never very happy if they are not able to protect their cubs.

After about 3 hours sleep, I then decide to finish my newsletter http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3hvnp/spirit.html and update this web page. If this is indicative of how my year will go, it's been real nice chatting with you but a deadly accident is about to happen to my computer.

The day ended on a positive though. We burned our regrets from 2007, prayed for a fresh peaceful start, smoked the house with incense (I can't find my sage and well, the Pope uses incense, if it's good enough for him.....) banged the drum to scare out the spirits (well, not really, I got a djembe for Christmas and I just like to bang it) and then we all curled up on the couches in the living room and reconnected.

Thank God they are home safely. Thank God for all the many, many blessings we are honored with. And most of all, Thank God for the opportunities we have to be better people. Amen!

Am I Insane?

I turn on the tv this morning and am assaulted with images of a man being hung, people dancing in the street and tales of more bombings and people being killed. I find this appalling. Isn't killing wrong on any level?

My father (the republican marine) would say I am naive'. He would logically explain the necessity of hanging a human. He would use the population explosion to justify many Iraqis and Americans being slaughtered. He would shake his head sadly and say, "well, it is what it is".

I suppose on some level he's right. Being raised American means we accept that sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
What about being raised Christian? How can we justify creating death on any level? What about being raised a human being? Ugh.

I know there are no answers. I do not presume to have any. All the appalling issues: war, abortion, capital punishment, poverty, Darfur, global warming, it just goes on and on and on. The only thing that is clear is that we do not live in a perfect world.
But, I can't help but feel that killing is wrong. On any level. For any reason. And that sometimes there are other ways to approach evil and ugliness.

Course I didn't lose any relatives or friends on Sept. 11th. And I am blessed that my nephew made it home safely from Iraq. And I've never been in a situation where I've had to make a horrible decision regarding life or death.
I guess I am naive'. Thank God.

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me,

Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.

With God as our Father, brothers all are we,

Let me walk with my brother, in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now,

With every step I take, let this be my solemn vow,

To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally.

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me!

Tree Part Three

Ahhh. The time of year where it all starts closing in. And we start wondering, "why on earth would you put a tree IN your house?"

I think the world is divided into 2 types of people. Those who think it's really important to follow ALL the traditions of Christmas whether they have any idea of why they are even tradtions in the first place and then there's me.

Ugh. I feel as if I am the Staypuff Marshmallow woman trying to navigate a hamster's cage.

I need this and I need it now. I just can't decide if it's for me or for the tree......

Calgon take me away!!!!!!!