After reading a book about living a year biblically, a pastor took to the task of living like Jesus for a year.

I’ve warned you that I’m not a “religious” person but a “spiritual” one and this brief story is for everyone no matter what your beliefs may be!

If you need some uplifting, read the full story here:

Spending a Year Living Like Jesus

Perhaps in the near future, I’ll even address some of the comments after the story. But for now, enjoy the goodness!

http://radiantswan.blogspot.com/2009/01/touched-by-angel.html

It seems that Nevada law requires that officiates be registered with a religious organization thereby excluding Atheists from being able to marry people.

I have a problem with this.

The institution of marriage is a secular one. That’s why you need a license from your state when you marry. To require a religious organization to back your ability to officiate at a marriage should also exclude Justices of the Peace or legal judges from officiating also. I am not sure if the Nevada law excludes that, but if not, according to this law, it should!

Marriage was put into the civil system many years ago to keep things straight. Specifically, who had the right to inheritance and other legal considerations.

Religious ceremonies have been included to sanction the union between two people under the belief systems of the faith. Religion or lack thereof, should not be a foundation for sanctioning marriages.

I personally believe the Nevada law crosses the line between the separation of church and state.

Our constitution states that every person is endowed with certain unalienable rights which includes: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If Atheists chose to be married by another non-believer, than that’s their right under their civil liberties and their pursuit of happiness.

To me, if the Nevada law were to hold any water, then civil judges and other secular officiates should be barred from conducting marriages. And if that happens, then secular marriage licenses would need to be abolished also.

You cannot pick and choose which freedoms you want and which you want to exclude. That’s not the way it works! Unfortunately, the price of freedom comes with also having to tolerate another’s way of life because that’s their freedom also – whether you agree with it or not.

We really need to get the lines between religion and secular, civil law back into focus or we will be crossing a very dangerous line that America will not want to cross!

To see the Current TV video regarding this issue: http://current.com/items/89621227/atheists_prohibited_to_officiate_at_weddings.htm

My first thought was, “WOW! Doesn’t that say everything about what this person believes about what they are!”

Then I immediately thought to myself, “Why would you even think of putting that out there even if you did believe it?”

One of the things I learned early on in my spiritual walk is, “Everything you think, do, and say is a reflection of your beliefs.”

When trying to explain this further to others, I explain that when I was growing up, I was not nurtured in an environment that elevated self-esteem. My maiden name is Morano, and throughout my adolescence I was called, Moron with an O by my peers.

As I matured, when asked how to pronounce my name, guess what I used? You got it! Moron with an O! It wasn’t until a few years ago that it finally dawned on me what I was putting out there.

I’m telling you this to illustrate how we let our thoughts and emotions control our image of ourselves, which in turn translates to the image we put forth to the world.

While I have not used my maiden name in over 30 years, guess what I’d call myself when I made a mistake? Moron! When I finally caught myself saying that word aloud one day, I stopped suddenly and asked myself why was I calling myself that? And you probably guessed that I had long forgotten the Moron with an O chants from my youth. But somewhere, I still believed it or it wouldn’t have come out of my mouth – even to myself!

So, if everything you think, do, and say is a reflection of your beliefs, what are you telling others? What are you telling yourself?

And why would you want to let the world know that you think you are ‘unbeautiful’??

Start listening and noticing what beliefs you are putting forth in your world. Because ultimately, life will reflect your beliefs back to you. But that’s a subject for another post!

Some of my friends have given me a hard time because of my optimistic outlook and attitude. I’ve been insultingly referred to as a “Pollyanna” or “Goodie-two-shoes” because of it. My ex-fiancé used to call me Sunshine, which I didn’t think was meant to be an insult but you never know! (GRIN)

But now I can happily go about my merry way because I have proof that there’s a good reason to be happy! And that proof comes from none other then the Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego.

A recently released research study shows that happiness is contagious!

What’s fascinating about this study is that the spread of happiness does not have to be direct, it can spread to people I’ve never met! How awesome is that?

In fact, the researchers go on to say that the more happy friends you have, the happier you are likely to be! So, just reading my blog should make your happiness increase immediately!

Study co-author James H. Fowler, PhD, of the University of California-San Diego goes on to say that “…the findings do not mean you should avoid unhappy people, but that you should make an effort whenever you can to spread happiness.”

So share my blog link and spread the happiness around!

To read more about the study: http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20081204/happiness-is-contagious

For those who haven’t seen the movie, there’s a scene when Shreik (the Ogre) is talking to Donkey and he declares that Ogre’s are like onions, they have layers. He was speaking about his emotions.

In my metaphysical circle of friends, we jokingly refer to this phrase when someone makes the statement, “But I thought I healed that!”

Healing our hearts from past hurts and emotional shutdowns are no different than peeling back the layers of an onion. There are many levels of hurt.

Sometimes, it requires the stripping away of the first level to get at the underlying levels of hurt beneath it. Emotions you may have suppressed or repressed early on in your life.

It is not unusual for people to share with me that they sat and cried for hours or days during a healing. Even though they cannot tell me what it was they were crying about.  They just say that they are overcome with some sort of unknown sadness and cry.

If this happens to you, remember that you are just like Shreik the Ogre and like an onion. The layers of hurt have been piled on since before you became a rational being.

It is said that a child experiences every emotion of the parent before the age of 5. If children don’t become rational beings until the age of 7, how screwed up emotionally do you think you are before you can figure out what to think about it?

EXACTLY!

Remember that our healing takes place on many levels and sometimes we just have to remember Shriek and his onion statement, knowing that we are healing layer-by-layer.

And when those events happen, remember to keep the tissue box nearby!

As this is the first day of the month, I thought I’d do a reality check exercise with you! Doesn’t that sound like fun?

What? Did I hear someone grumble? Oh, come on now! It can’t be all that bad!

Ok, let’s stop right there. How many of you reading this have identified with one person in that last sentence? Did it remind you of someone specific? A family member? A spouse or child? A friend? Someone you work with? Maybe you?

If you didn’t recall a person with that sentence, I want you to think about someone you know who’s constantly complaining. Someone who always has it worse than you do. I know you have to at least one person who you can name – if not more!

The truth is, we all know someone like that. Their reality sucks and sucks big time! And no matter what you are going through in your life, it’s never as bad as they have it. And if you happen to be in a great mood and life is flowing your way, they have to put the brakes on it. Because you know, “that good luck won’t last forever!” Or, “success is fleeting.” I’m sure you get my point.

And you’ve learned that you can try to talk positive to them until you’re literally blue in the face, and it won’t do any good. They have a belief about how their world is and nothing you can say or do will change that.

Now, let’s look at them as a reflection of our own life and here lies our reality check!

Everyone, whether you believe in it or not, is a reflection for you. A mirror for your life and beliefs.

Huh? What? You can’t be serious Debbie! And, yes I am!

Sometimes, the person in your life who’s life always sucks is showing you just how far you’ve spiritually evolved. Their reflection shows you where you’ve been and where you are now.

Other times, the person is reflecting some belief you need to change because you’re beginning to sound a lot like them!

Your reality is created from your beliefs of it.  You will create experiences that will back-up your beliefs so that you can have proof that you’re beliefs are correct.

For example, how many times have you heard someone say, “Why does this always happen to me?”

Well, it happens because you BELIEVE it’s going to happen. When you stop being the victim to yourself and your beliefs, it will stop happening!

Now trust me, that’s far easier said than done! Been there, done that, got the t-shirt!

But the minute you say something has happened “to” you, you’ve surrendered your personal power to someone else. You’ve removed your personal responsibility for the creation of the event and handed it off to another.

The reason I’m dealing with this issue today is because I’ve gone through this much of my life until recently. I’ve always laid blame outside myself. I never accepted responsibility for my part in the co-creation of my life or reality. It is always so much easier to put the blame elsewhere.

I mean, after all, why would I co-create such a horrible situation in my life? I must be some kind of sadistic maniac to do that! But if the truth be told, there was a serious learning and growing lesson in it for me. It was something I learned and grew from incredibly! My souls journey, so to speak.

I’m not expecting you to understand the full depths of what I’m talking about here yet. But look at the person you remembered in the paragraph above and think about their beliefs about themselves and their reality. Can you see how they are bringing the experiences to them that support those beliefs?

If so, what if they chose differently?

For example, I have a friend that is not supported in their marriage but they refuse to get out of it. The reason is they are too old, would never find anyone again, and don’t like to be alone.

There’s the beliefs: too old, no one else out there for them, and they’d be alone.

This person will always create experiences that will support them in their belief. They will meet people that will reinforce those beliefs in their life by sharing experiences with them in conversation. “Yeah, I left my husband thinking it would be great out there on my own, but the guys I meet are losers.” Or, “My wife passed last year and it’s so hard to be alone.”

But what if you choose differently? What if you choose to change your beliefs just once and choose to believe differently? What would your reality be like?

I used to believe that I was stupid.  I was called stupid since my earliest recollections as a child. I was told I was a stupid female and would only get married and have babies and that college would be wasted on me.  So, what do you think I believed?

One day, in my spiritual walk, I chose differently. I chose to accept my intelligence and my reality changed. I suddenly had clients tell me I was a genius. I found myself solving complex problems in my head. I discovered I could actually do math in my head – without a calculator! I also discovered I could learn far more than I ever thought I was capable of!

I now do these little experiments with my reality that I call the ‘butterfly effect’.  I make one, small, change in my choosing or my life to do something differently and then watch the effect. Like a small butterfly flapping its wings and changing the path of a hurricane.

I challenge you today to try the ‘butterfly effect’ experiment in your own reality today. Choose to choose differently in one small thing today.

Perhaps it may be something as simple as choosing to smile to strangers today. Or maybe something as great as investigating a new career path you’ve been considering. Whether great or small, just choose differently and see what kind of effect that has on your reality.

What have you got to lose?

I’ve been working on accelerating my spiritual evolution and one of the components I’ve focused on is the intuitive self.  I learning how much our intuition can be relied on and to what degree.

Well, whenever my roommate drives, he will usually drop me off in front of a store and go park while he waits for me to come out.

Last evening, I had to stop at the bank and Wal-mart before we went on to dinner. So, he dropped me off first in front of the bank and went to park somewhere in this large, very busy (rush hourish) strip mall. When I came out of the bank, I had no clue where he parked. So, I decided to experiment with my intuitive self and said, “Ok, intuition will guide me.”

The minute those words were stated inside my head, I felt a nudge to walk a certain direction. It was so slight that had I not been tuned in to my intuition, I would have never felt it. So I walked in that direction. I reached a certain point and felt the urge to stop and look left. I looked left and there was the car facing me in the isle next to the one I was standing in!

So, I told my friend what just happened, and he’s like, “You could’ve done that long ago. Everyone can.” (Smarty pants!)

We drive down to Wal-mart, and again he lets me off in front. I’m determined to repeat the experiment.

Now the Wal-mart we go to is under construction for expansion. Not only is the parking lot a mess, it’s a huge parking lot!

I step outside the building and I say to myself again, “Ok. Intuitiion will guide me.” I pull to the right.

I start walking to the right. Again, a stop and nudge to the right. I move right which takes me into the next isle and there’s the car on the right side of the parking row! I duplicated the results!

That was so unbelievable to me that I just had to share it!

Anyone else have these kind of experiences? If so, do you use more of your intuition then you have in the past because of it? Feel free to share your stories with me!

Where there is a mention of “I” it is not me that is being mentioned although I’ve gone through many of these symptoms repeatedly in the past 10 years of my journey. The “I” mentioned here is the author “Cat”.

Any additions or notes added by me are in red print.

Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening

Sometimes it is comforting to know that we are not alone, that we are not the only ones experiencing the mysterious energies of this time on the planet, and that we are not crazy. We are evolving as human beings.

As the veils of forgetfulness are dissolving and we stand at the threshold of this magical new millennium, we are all awakening to our true identities as Beings of Light. We are becoming fully conscious, multi-dimensional human angels.

Our physical bodies, merging with all our other subtle bodies, are being adjusted and transmuted; we are shifting energetically and becoming Lighter. Our connection to Source is expanding.

Our higher vibration causes everything within us that is of a lower frequency — whatever does not match our new vibration — to come to the surface to be released. All unhealed parts of us are now emerging and confronting us — with intensity! As we heal and clear each emotionally charged layer of the past, we enjoy periods of clarity and bliss. This is part of the ascension process.

People transmute in different stages. Many are just waking up and starting the process. Some are panicked or confused about the physical and emotional sensations they are experiencing. Others have been undergoing changes for years (I started in 1986). No matter where we are on this path, we are all being affected — consciously or unconsciously — by these new energies. Indeed, all life forms, including Mother Earth, are ascending with us.

Note added by Debbie: Do not ever use this advice as a substitute for medical advice! If you are under a doctor’s care, please consult with him/her before taking any over the counter vitamin, medication, or holistic approach to your healing. I am fortunate that I have a Physician who honors my holistic practice and cooperates in my healing experience when needed. Always consult with your physician first!

1. Changing sleep patterns: restlessness, hot feet, waking up two or three times a night. Feeling tired after you wake up and sleepy off and on during the day.

There is something called the Triad Sleep Pattern that occurs for many: you sleep for about 2-3 hours, wake up, go back to sleep for another couple of hours, wake again, and go back to sleep again.

For others, the sleep requirements have changed. You can get by on less sleep. Another variation of this is what I call “black-hole sleep” — you sleep for 10 hours or more.

Advice: Get used to it. Make peace with it and don’t worry about getting enough sleep (which often causes more insomnia). You will be able to make it through the day if you hold thoughts of getting just what you need. You can also request your Higher Power to give you a break now and then and give you a good, deep night’s sleep. If you can’t go back to sleep right away, use the waking moments to meditate, read poetry, write in your journal or look at the moon. Your body will adjust to the new pattern. And–if you are sleeping a lot, then don’t worry about it. Your body needs the rest.

2. Activity at the crown of the head: Tingling, itching, prickly, crawling sensations along the scalp and/or down the spine. A sense of energy vibrating on top of the head, as if energy is erupting from the head in a shower. Also the sensation of energy pouring in through the crown, described as “sprinkles”. This may also be experienced as pressure on the crown, as if someone is pushing his/her finger into the center of your head.  As I mentioned in #1, I have been experiencing huge downloads of energy through the crown. One man related that his hair stood on end and his body was covered with goose bumps.

Advice: This is nothing to be alarmed about. What you are experiencing is an opening of the crown chakra. The sensations mean that you are opening up to receive divine energy.

3. Sudden waves of emotion: Crying at the drop of a hat. Feeling suddenly angry or sad with little provocation. Or inexplicably depressed. Then very happy. Emotional roller coaster. There is often a pressure or sense of emotions congested in the heart chakra (the middle of the chest). Your heart chakra is opening up! This is not to be confused with the heart, which is located to the left of the heart chakra.

Advice: Accept your feelings as they come up and let them go. Go directly to your heart chakra and feel the emotion. Expand it outward to your all your fields and breathe deeply from the belly all the way up to your upper chest. Just feel the feeling and let it evaporate on its own. Don’t direct the emotions at anyone. You are cleaning out your past. If you want some help with this, say out loud that you intend to release all these old issues and ask your Higher Power to help you. You can also ask Grace Elohim to help you release with ease and gentleness. Be grateful that your body is releasing these emotions and not holding onto them inside where they can do harm. One source suggests that depression is linked to letting go of relationships to people, work, etc. that no longer match us and our frequencies. When we feel guilty about letting go of these relationships, depression helps us medicate that pain.

Note from Debbie: There is also a condition that I’ve experienced since the initial symptoms that is considered the “Death of self” or the death of a part of you that no longer serves you. In this people experience a deep sense of loss as if someone has died but with no death to point it toward. This is usually experienced when you have healed something major in your life and transcended old energies – as in the event described in #4.

4. Old “stuff” seems to be coming up, as described above, and the people with whom you need to work it out (or their clones) appear in your life. Completion issues. Or perhaps you need to work through issues of self-worth, abundance, creativity, addictions, etc. The resources or people you need to help you move through these issues start to appear.

Advice: Same as #3. Additionally, don’t get too involved in analyzing these issues. Examining them too much will simply cycle you back through them over and over again at deeper and deeper levels. Get professional help if you need to and walk through it. Do not try to avoid them or disassociate yourself from them. Embrace whatever comes up and thank it for helping you move ahead. Thank your Higher Power for giving you the opportunity to release these issues. Remember, you don’t want these issues to stay stuck in your body.

5. Changes in weight: The weight gain in the US population is phenomenal. Other people may be losing weight. We often gain weight because many fears we have suppressed are now coming up to the surface to be healed. We react by building up a defense. We also attempt to ground ourselves or provide bulk against increasing frequencies in our bodies.

Advice: Don’t freak out, but just accept it as a symptom of where you are right now. You will release/gain the weight when all your fears have been integrated. Release your anxiety about this. Then you might find it easier to lose/gain the weight eventually. Exercise. Before eating, try this: Sit at the table with an attractive place setting. Light a candle. Enjoy how the food looks. Place your dominant hand over your heart and bless the food. Tell your body that you are going to use the food to richly nourish it, but that you are not going to use the food to fulfill your emotional hungers. Then pass your hand from left to right over the food and bless it. You may notice that the food feels warm to your hand even if the food is cold– I like to think that the food is good for me when it feels warm and nourishing to my hand. I have also noticed that when I practice blessing the food, I don’t eat as much. It is important not to let yourself off the hook when you forget to bless the food before you eat. If I’ve forgotten and I’ve nearly finished eating, I bless the food anyway. That way I don’t slip out of the habit. Another thing you can do is to stay present while eating — don’t watch TV or read. Heartily enjoy what blessings are before you.

6. Changes in eating habits: Strange cravings and odd food choices. Some find they are not as hungry as they used to be. Or hungrier.

Advice: Don’t deny what your body tells you it needs. If you are not sure, you might try muscle-testing before you chose a food to see if it’s what your body wants. Also try blessing the food as described in #5.

7. Food intolerance’s, allergies you never had before: As you grow more spiritual, you are more sensitive to everything around you. Your body will tell you what it can no longer tolerate, as if it, too, is sloughing off what doesn’t serve it anymore. You might be cleansing yourself of toxins. Some people find they often have a white residue in their mouth, much like that of runners at the end of a race.

Advice: An acupuncturist told me that this film can be removed by sloshing 2 tablespoons of cold-pressed olive oil in your mouth for 10-15 minutes (don’t swallow, whatever you do), then spitting it out into the toilet — not the sink, for you just removed toxins from your body and don’t want them in the sink. Brush your teeth and do the same. Then clean your brush. (Sorry this is yucky, but it works.)

Note from Debbie: Many of us lean toward a raw vegetable enhanced diet or vegetarianism after we start awaking!

8. Amplification of the senses: Increased sensitivity.

a. Sight: Sore eyes, blurry vision, shimmering objects, seeing glittery particles, auras around people, plants, animals, and objects. Some report seeing formerly opaque objects as transparent. When you close your eyes, you no longer see darkness, but a redness. You may also see geometric shapes or brilliant colors and pictures when eyes are closed. Colors appear more vivid — the sky might look teal or the grass an amazing green. Often I see grids running across the ground. As you become more sensitive, you may see shapes or outlines in the air, especially when the room is almost dark. Once while I was looking at the ceiling light, its form began to disappear and almost recede into the ceiling. When your eyes are open or closed, you may see white or gold shapes in your peripheral vision (these are your guides). Lately my eyes have felt excessively dry upon awakening; I have had difficulty opening them now and then. Also I have experienced sore eyes. (A sight for sore eyes — does this have new meaning?)

Advice: Your vision is changing in many ways — you are experiencing new ways of seeing. Be patient. Whatever you do, do not be afraid. Hazy vision may be relieved by yawning. Drink lots of water for dryness.

b. Hearing: Increased or decreased hearing. I once thought I would have to pull off the road because of the painfully amplified sound of my tires on the freeway. Other symptoms are hearing white noise in the head, beeps, tones, music or electronic patterns. Some hear water rushing, bees buzzing, whooshing, roaring or ringing. Others have what is called audio dyslexia– you can’t always make out what people are saying, as if you can no longer translate your own language. Some hear strange voices in their dreams, as if someone is hovering near them. You can either ask the presence(s) to leave or ask Archangel Michael to take care of the situation. Again, there is nothing to fear.

Advice: Surrender to it. Let it come through. Listen. Your ears are adjusting to new frequencies. This summer I felt the presence of two souls, who were confused or lost. They hovered around me and called my name. At first, I was frightened, then I realized who they were (my own dear departed ones, both of whom died suddenly by strokes). Believe it or not, in each case, all I had to do was tell them that I loved them and would help them change their circumstances and find a beautiful place to go. Then I guided them to the bright light, reassuring them that I would stay with them until they reached the light. (When they finally see the light, they can’t wait to get there!.) More about this in #29.

c. Enhanced senses of smell, touch, and/or taste. I notice I can now smell and taste chemical additives in some foods in a rather unpleasant manner. Other food may taste absolutely wonderful. For some people, these enhancements are both delightful and distracting. You might even smell the fragrance of flowers now and then. Many of the mystics did. Enjoy it9. Skin eruptions: Rashes, bumps, acne, hives, warts, and shingles. Anger produces outbreaks around the mouth and chin. I had a dermatitis on my extremities for several months that accompanied healing an episode from my past. When I had worked through most of the issue, the condition was released.

Advice: You may be sloughing off toxins and bringing emotions to the surface. When there is an issue to be released and you are trying to repress it, your skin will express the issue for you until you process the emotions. Work through your “stuff”. Try essential oils of geranium, rose, lemon or bergamot on the shingles lesions.

10. Episodes of intense energy which make you want to leap out of bed and into action. One person said her body seems to vibrate wildly. Followed by periods of lethargy and fatigue. The fatigue usually follows great shifts. This is a time of integration, so give into it.

Advice: Roll with the nature of the energy. Don’t fight it. Don’t make it the “wrong” way to feel. Be gentle with yourself. Take naps if you are tired. Write your novel if you are too energized to sleep. Take advantage of the type of energy.

11. Changes in prayer or meditation: Not feeling the same sensations as before. Not having the same experience of being in contact with Spirit. Difficulty in focusing. When I close my eyes to meditate, I have noticed a strange, spacey sensation that makes me feel lighter, less dense, and swirling with energy.

Advice: You may be in more instant and constant communion with Spirit now and the sensation may therefore be altered. You will adapt to this new feeling. You are actually thinking acting in partnership with Spirit most of the time now. You may find your meditation periods shorter.

12. Power surges: All of a sudden you are heated from head to toe. It is a momentary sensation, but uncomfortable. In contrast, some people have felt inexplicably cold. I have experienced both. Even men have reported “heating up”. More recently I experience waves or currents of energy rolling through me. Sometimes the energy seems so intense when it first comes into my body that I feel a little nauseated. But if I think of the energy as divine and let go of fear, I feel wonderful and enjoy the sensation. If you are an energy worker, you may have noticed that the heat running through your hands has increased tremendously. This is good.

Advice: If you are uncomfortable, ask your Higher Power, that if it be for your best and highest good, to turn down/up the temperature a bit.

13. A range of physical manifestations: Intense energy in the hands and/or feet, aches in the bones, headaches, backaches, neck pains, flu-like symptoms (this is called vibrational flu), digestive problems, muscular spasms or cramps, racing heartbeat, chest pains and infections, increased mucous, changes in sexual desire, numbness or pain in the limbs, and involuntary vocalizations or bodily movements. Some of us have even had old conditions from childhood reappear briefly for healing.

Advice: Remember what I said about seeking medical help if you need it! If you have determined that this is not a medical condition, relax in the realization that it is only temporary.

14. Looking younger: Yippee! As you clear emotional issues and release limiting beliefs and heavy baggage from the past, you are actually lighter. Your frequency is higher. You love yourself and life more. You begin to resemble the perfect you that you really are. Some of my friends report that their hair is growing darker (as opposed to gray) or blonder. I notice my face changes from moment to moment.

15. Vivid dreams: Sometimes the dreams are so real that you wake up confused. You may even have lucid dreams in which you are in control. Many dreams may be mystical or carry messages for you. And in some dreams, you just know that you are not “dreaming” — that what is happening is somehow real.

Advice: You will remember what is important for you to remember. Don’t force anything. Above all, stay out of fear.

16. Events that completely alter your life: death, divorce, change in job status, loss of home, illness, and/or other catastrophes — sometimes several at once! Forces that cause you to slow down, simplify, change, re-examine who you are and what your life means to you. Forces that you cannot ignore. Forces that cause you release your attachments. Forces that awaken your sense of love and compassion for all.

17. A desire to break free from restrictive patterns, life-draining jobs, consumptive lifestyles, and toxic people or situations: You feel a compelling need to “find yourself” and your life purpose — now! You want to be creative and free to be who you really are. You might find yourself drawn to the arts and nature. You want to unclutter yourself from things and people that no longer serve you.

Advice: Do it! Don’t be afraid. Your soul is calling to you to do this.

18. Emotional and mental confusion: A feeling that you need to get your life straightened out–it feels like a mess. But at the same time you feel chaotic and unable to focus. See #45.

Advice: Put your ear to your heart and your own discernment will follow.

19. Introspection, solitude and loss of interest in more extraverted activities: This stage has come as a surprise to many extraverts who formerly saw themselves as outgoing and involved. They say, “I don’t know why, but I don’t like to go out as much as before.” 20. Creativity bursts: Receiving images, ideas, music, and other creative inspirations at an often overwhelming rate.

Advice: At least record these inspirations, for Spirit is speaking to you about how you might fulfill your purpose and contribute to the healing of the planet. Recently, I have scheduled days on my calendar just for my creative work. Making a space for something to happen increases the creative flow. Put creativity first in your life!

21. A perception that time is accelerating: It seems that way because you have had so many changes introduced into your life at an unprecedented rate. The number of changes seems to be growing. Sometimes time is collapsing, so you feel like there are big time gaps in your day. Our perception of time-space is being altered.

Advice: Breaking your day up into appointments and time segments increases the sense of acceleration. You can slow time down by relaxing into the present moment and paying attention to what’s at hand, not anticipating what’s ahead. Slow down and tell yourself that you have plenty of time. Ask your Higher Power to help you. Keep your focus on the present. Try to flow from one activity to the next. Stay tuned to your inner guidance. You can also warp time by asking for it. Next time you feel rushed, say, “Time warp, please. I need some more time to —–.” Then relax.

22. A sense of impendingness: There is a feeling that something is about to happen. This can create anxiety.

Advice: There is nothing to worry about. Things are definitely happening, but anxiety only creates more problems for you. All your thoughts — positive or negative– are prayers. There is nothing to fear.

23. Impatience: You know better, but sometimes you can’t help it. You want to get on with what seems to be coming your way. Uncertainty is not comfortable.

Advice: Learn to live with the uncertainty, knowing that nothing comes to you until you are ready. Impatience is really a lack of trust, especially trust in your Higher Power. When you focus on the present, you will experience miracles — yes, even in traffic.

24. A deep yearning for meaning, purpose, spiritual connection, and revelation: Perhaps an interest in the spiritual for the first time in your life. “Constant craving”, as k.d. lang says. The material world cannot fulfill this longing.

Advice: Follow your heart and the way will open up for you.

25. A feeling that you are somehow different: A disquieting sense that everything in your life feels new and altered, that you have left your old self behind. You have. You are much greater than you can possibly imagine. There is more to come.

26. “Teachers” appear everywhere with perfect timing to help you on your spiritual journey: people, books, movies, events, Mother Nature, etc. Teachers may appear to be negative or positive when you are trapped in polarity thinking, but, from a transcendent perspective, they are always perfect. Just what you need to learn from and move on. By the way, we never get more than we are ready to master. Each challenge presents us with an opportunity to show our mastery in passing through it.

27. You find a spiritual track that makes sense to you and “speaks to you” at the most profound levels. Suddenly you are gaining a perspective that you would never have considered before. You hunger to know more. You read, share with others, ask questions, and go inside to discover more about who you are and why you are here.

28. You are moving through learning and personal issues at a rapid pace: You sense that you are “getting it” quite readily.

Advice: Keep remembering that things will come to you when they are ready to be healed. Not sooner. Deal with whatever comes up with courage and you will move through the issues rapidly.

29. Invisible presences: Here is the woo-woo stuff. Some people report feeling surrounded by beings at night or having the sensation of being touched or talked to. Often they will wake with a start. Some also feel their body or bed vibrate. The vibrations are caused by energetic changes after emotional clearing has taken place.

Advice: This is a sensitive topic, but you may feel better blessing your bed and space around it before you sleep. I rest assured that I am surrounded only by the most magnificent spiritual entities and am always safe in God’s care. Sometimes, however, the fear gets to me, and I call in Archangel Michael and/or Archangel Uriel. I don’t beat myself up for being afraid sometimes. I forgive myself for not always sovereign at 3:00 a.m.

30. Portents, visions, “illusions”, numbers, and symbols: Seeing things that have spiritual importance for you. Noticing how numbers appear synchronistically in your awareness. Everything has a message if you take the time to look. I enjoy the experience of “getting the messages.” What fun!

31. Increased integrity: You realize that it is time for you to seek and speak your truth. It suddenly seems important for you to become more authentic, more yourself. You may have to say “no” to people whom you have tried to please in the past. You may find it intolerable to stay in a marriage or job or place that doesn’t support who you are. You may also find there is nowhere to hide, no secrets to keep anymore. Honesty becomes important in all your relationships.

Advice: Listen to your heart. If your guidance tells you not to do something, speak up and take action. Say “no”. Likewise, you must also say “yes” to that which compels you. You must risk displeasing others without guilt in order to attain spiritual sovereignty.

32. Harmony with seasons and cycles: You are becoming more tuned to the seasons, the phases of the moon and natural cycles. More awareness of your place in the natural world. A stronger connection to the earth.

33. Electrical and mechanical malfunctions: When you are around, light bulbs flicker, the computer locks up, or the radio goes haywire.

Advice: Call on your angels, guides, or Grace Elohim to fix it or put up a field of protection of light around the machine. Surround your car with blue light. Laugh.

Note from Debbie: I don’t find this a need for protection. I just put on something plastic on my wrist when I’m at my computer, and will ground myself by calmly centering myself with my feet planted firmly on solid ground, when I’m otherwise affecting electrical items!

34. Increased synchronicity and many small miracles: Look for more of these.

Advice: Synchronistic events tell you if you are heading in the right direction or making the correct choices. Honor these clues and you cannot go astray. Spirit uses synchronicity to communicate to you. That’s when you begin to experience daily miracles. See #30.

Note from Debbie: I will be covering Synchronicity shortly in another post!

35. Increased intuitive abilities and altered states of consciousness: Thinking of someone and immediately hearing from them. More synchronicities. Having sudden insights about patterns or events from the past.

Clairvoyance, out-of-body experiences, and other psychic phenomena. Intensified sensitivity and knowing. Awareness of one’s essence and that of others. Channeling angelic and Christ-consciousness energies.

36. Communication with Spirit: Contact with angels, spirit guides, and other divine entities. Channeling. More and more people seem to be given this opportunity. Feeling inspiration and downloading information that takes form as writing, painting, ideas, communications, dance, etc.

37. A sense of Oneness with all: A direct experience of this Wholeness. Transcendent awareness. Being flooded with compassion and love for all life. Compassionate detachment or unconditional love for all is what lifts us up to higher levels of consciousness and joy.

38. Moments of joy and bliss: A deep abiding sense of peace and knowing that you are never alone.

39. Integration: You become emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually stronger and clearer. You feel as if you are in alignment with your Higher Self.

40. Living your purpose: You know you are finally doing what you came to earth for. New skills and gifts are emerging, especially healing ones. Your life/work experiences are now converging and starting to make sense. You are finally going to use them all.

Advice: Listen to your heart. Your passion leads you to where you must go. Go within and ask your Higher Power, “What is it you would have me do?” Watch for synchronicities. Listen.

41. Feeling closer to animals, rocks, and plants: To some people, animals now seem to be more “human” in their behavior. Wild animals are less afraid. Plants respond to your love and attention more than ever. Some may even have messages for you. Stones and rocks emit energies that you can feel. Many seem to have healing or clearing properties.

42. Seeing beings of other dimensions: The veil between dimensions is thinner, so it is not surprising.

Advice: Just stay in your sovereignty. You are more powerful than you can ever imagine, so do not entertain fear. Ask your guides for help if you slip into fear.

Lately, I have been experiencing the presence of dear ones who have transitioned and, due to the nature of their deaths, were confused as to where they were. I helped them realize they had passed away and assisted them in going towards the Light. It is very simple to do — just tell them you will stay with them until they find it. Once they see the Light and start moving towards it, they can’t wait to get there. Because I use a pendulum to talk to them, I can tell when they reach the Light –the pendulum comes to a dead stop.

43. Seeing a person’s true form or seeing loved ones with a different face – past life or parallel life. Or seeing someone before you actually meet him/her.

44. Physically manifesting thoughts and desires more quickly and efficiently.

Advice: Monitor your thoughts. All thoughts are prayers. Be careful what you ask for.

Debbie Note: See the movies, The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know!?

45. Left -brain fogginess: Your psychic abilities, your intuitive knowing, your feeling and compassion, your ability to experience your body, your visioning, your expressiveness all emanate from the right brain. In order for this side of the brain to develop more fully, the left brain must shut down a little bit. Normally the left-hemisphere’s capacity for order, organization, structure, linear sequencing, analysis, evaluation, precision, focus, problem-solving, and mathematics dominate our often less-valued right brain. What results are memory lapses, placing words in the wrong sequence, inability or no desire to read for very long, inability to focus; forgetting what you are just about to say; impatience with linear forms of communication (audio or written formats); a feeling of spaciness, being scattered; losing interest in research or complex information; feeling bombarded with words and talk and information; and a reluctance to write. Sometimes you feel dull and have no interest in analysis, lively intellectual discussion, or investigation. On the other hand, you might find yourself drawn to the sensate: videos, magazines with photos, beautiful artwork, movies, music, sculpting, painting, being with people, dancing, gardening, walking, and other kinesthetic forms of _expression. You may search for spiritual content, even science fiction.

Advice: You may discover that if you allow your heart and your right brain to lead you, the left will then be activated appropriately to support you. And someday we will be well-balanced, using both hemispheres with mastery.

46. Dizziness: This occurs when you are ungrounded. Perhaps you have just cleared a big emotional issue and your body is adjusting to your “lighter” state.

Advice: Ground yourself by eating protein. Sometimes “comfort food” feels right. Don’t make any food right or wrong for you. Use your guidance to know what you need at any given moment. Take your shoes off and put your feet in the grass for a couple of minutes.

47. Falling, having accidents, breaking bones: Your body is not grounded or perhaps your life is out of balance. Or your body may be telling you to slow down, examine certain aspects of your life, or heal certain issues. There is always a message. When I broke my ankle (twice), I understood that my ankle was taking on what I myself refused to deal with. And that was all of the above.

Advice: Stay grounded by taking your shoes off and putting your feet in the grass; even better, lie down on the grass without a blanket under you. Feel the earth beneath you. Get out in nature. Slow down and pay attention. Be mindful about what you are doing. Feel your feelings when they come up. Stay in the present. Surround yourself with blue light when you are feeling shaky.

48. Heart palpitations: A racing heart usually accompanies a heart opening. It only lasts for a few moments and means that the heart is re-balancing itself after an emotional release. I had one episode that terrified me: I woke up in the middle of the night, my heart pounding. I thought it was going to come right out of my chest. It only happened once and was, I understand, a huge heart-chakra opening. But I did check it out. There is nothing wrong with my heart.

Advice: Remember what I said about getting medical attention when needed. Consult your doctor about any conditions you are not comfortable with.

49. Faster hair and nail growth: More protein is being used in the body. Too bad we can’t tell the body where to grow the hair and where not to grow it. (Or can we? Hmmm.)

50. A desire to find your soulmate or twin flame: More than ever before, the idea that we can have a relationship that matches who we are seems more desirable.

Advice: The truth is, we have to be the kind of person we want to attract. We have to love ourselves and where we are right now before we can attract a more “perfect” mate. The work begins at home. Here is how I think it works: Hold the desire for this person in your heart, but without attachment. Expect that someday you will meet someone who is more suited to you, but let go of any expectations as to who this will be and how it will happen. Focus instead on cleaning up your own life and being the kind of person you want to be. Be happy now. Enjoy your life. Then you may see…..

51. Memories surface: Body memories, suppressed memories, images of past lives and/or parallel lives. We are healing and integrating all our “selves”, so expect to have some of these experiences.

52. Other chakra openings:
a. Third-eye or brow chakra: Muscles or nerves in the forehead twitch, as if the third eye is trying to open up. Tingling feelings. Feeling energy shoot out from the third eye like a ray.

b. Thymus chakra: I get a sharp pain in my thymus, about an inch or so below the V of my collarbone. It is related to the heart’s opening and to the processing of new energies coming into the body. Thumping my finger lightly on the spot often helps.

c. Hand chakras: Increased vibrations, heat, energy surges in the center of the palms.

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If you talk to the animals they will talk with you
and you will know each other.
If you do not talk to them you will not know them,
and what you do not know you will fear.
What one fears one destroys.

Aisv Nv Wa do hi ya do
Walk in Peace

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