tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86389869735190981682024-02-06T23:58:32.819-08:00higher journeys has a new home. point your browsers to higherjourneys.com!Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-40537536410744791262014-08-21T09:00:00.000-07:002014-08-22T22:03:18.715-07:00The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I</span>t's been a long time in the making (and contemplating) but now it's finally here!</div>
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The official online home of Higher Journeys is now up and LIVE and I am so thrilled to share it with you!</div>
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They say we are wired for change and yet often so tethered to our usual routine that we resist making that change!</div>
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Well, I decided - NOW is the time! And so, although the Higher Journeys "brand" that you are all so familiar with by now will stay, the environment has changed, and I must say <i>for the BETTER!</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Still, with his broad spectrum of persona; his convincing and infectious character, both on screen and off, millions upon millions of people came to know, love, admire, and marvel at this brilliant creator, leaving an indelible mark of emotion <i>and</i> connection in the hearts of the many who followed his work and his life.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is this connection that is often intensified when it comes to those individuals well known to the masses. Particularly those like Robin Williams who had the uncanny ability to virtually morph into any character whether comedic or dramatic, spanning the gamut of human experience, thus creating and/or fulfilling the universal archetypes that are said to be embedded in the collective unconscious of all living souls. It is in this connection that a primordial link between individuals, whether personally known or not, can tether our collective psyche and unfold as synchronicity when notable events occur.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The week prior to Williams’ death I had been on vacation with my husband on Martha’s Vineyard, a popular island off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. While there, I had this clear and spontaneous urge of wanting to watch the movie <i>What Dreams May Come</i> starring Cuba Gooding Jr., and Robin Williams. One of my favorites, I’d seen the movie several times years ago and read the original novel by the late Richard Matheson at least as many times as I’d seen the film. Why I had this urge to watch it again, and why now, I did not know - and since we were away from home, the likelihood of my finding it on the island was slim. So I let it go.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A few days later (August 11), I’d been having a late meal with my husband and discussing the recent suicide of a young man several weeks ago whom I only knew of, through another close friend. His suicide, which was carried out by asphyxiation stunned so many in his wide circle of friends, including my dear friend. The full spectrum of his story and all of the multi-dimensions of this short life touched both my husband and me so intensely that we’d spent hours talking about this young man, feeling as if we knew him. Our conversation about him intensified on the evening of August 11th. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Earlier in the day, I’d been visiting my friend who knew this young man quite well. She felt the need to painstakingly describe his character to me: a young, vibrant, talented and <i>extremely</i> funny guy, though morbidly troubled since childhood. She’d shown me several photos of him clowning around with friends, clearly captivating his audience at every turn. A seemed dichotomy of character rolled up into one 21 year old individual. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was this theme that later dominated our dinner discussion on the evening of August 11th - the conflicting personalities that appeared equally present - that of the funny, warm, gentle kid vs. the dark, mischievous, restless soul. Unfortunately as circumstances would have it, the latter won out! He was found by a family member in his home, having hung himself. An unspeakable tragedy to be sure!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Although both my husband and I had been aware of this awful incident for several weeks and had discussed it at some length, something about this day, August 11th, had cast an unusually sympathetic spell on our conversation. First, it was the visit to my friend’s house, where she had felt intent on sharing an important slice of his life with me via the photos that depicted him as a “happy, go-lucky guy.” Then we mused over how such an unfathomable act could be possible, given his oft experienced personality that was anything <i>but</i> dark. I then carried the emotion of his story home with me, feeling the need to discuss it further, trying my best to understand “why?” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Only minutes after wrapping up our meal and our exhaustive analysis of the loss of this young soul, along came the breaking news: <i>”Robin Williams 63, dead, apparently of suicide by asphyxiation…”</i> Needless to say, an absolute chill came over me - initially of the unexpected news of this massive tragedy but also of the preternatural details of what we had been speaking of only moments before! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was psychologist Carl Jung who postulated that each and every individual is somehow connected to what he called, <i>the collective unconscious - </i>a stream of experience encompassing past, present, future, and virtually every expression of the human experience. Although often appearing as arbitrary in its surfacing, this field of awareness is always present, although buried deep in the psyche of man.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In Jung’s seminal volume, <i>Memories, Dreams, Reflections</i>, he recounts a story in which shortly after after delivering a lecture and then spending some time with friends, he retired to bed, although finding himself uneasy and unable to sleep. Once he finally dosed off, he then awakened with a start, feeling as if someone had intruded into his room. Perplexed as to the activity he <i>thought</i> he’d experienced, he then realized that what had awakened him was not an intruder but the sensation of a dull pain in the back of his head. The next day, Jung received news that his patient had committed suicide, shooting himself in the head!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Jung later reasoned about the episode, “This experience was a genuine synchronistic phenomenon such as is quite often observed in connection with an archetypal situation - in this case, death. By means of a relativization of time and space in the unconscious it could well be that I had perceived something which in reality was taking place elsewhere. The collective unconscious is common to all; it is the foundation of what the ancients called the ‘<i>sympathy of all things.’</i> In this case the unconscious had knowledge of my patient’s condition. All that evening, in fact, I had felt curiously restive and nervous, very much in contrast to my usual mood.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Might it have been our pre-occupation with the act of suicide and the loss of such a vibrant soul that linked past with present, unlocking a stream of experience from deep within the unconscious mind?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As I juxtapose Jung’s experience which happened many years ago with the unusually <i>sympathetic</i> and almost obsessive demeanor that both my husband and I exhibited, particularly since we did not know this young man personally, strikes a chord of curiosity. Just like the unconscious had knowledge of Jung’s patient’s condition, the unconscious had knowledge of the death of Williams, which was happening at the same time or shortly before our deep discussion about a young (funny, bright, and conflicted) man who chose to end his life in the same manner that we learned would be Williams’ fate only moments later!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When we speak of archetypes and the collective unconscious, we are acknowledging that there are symbols depicted in people, places, things, and events, both fictional and non-fictional, that on some level carry a measure of familiarity to us all, whether experienced directly or not. In both of the aforementioned cases, the archetype is suicide, but are the implications even greater?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This archetype, though focused on one individual expression (the young man), it would later be mirrored in another (Williams). The sympathy of emotion became the synchronicity that would connect the two seemingly separate events, illuminating the idea that all things are indeed connected at some fundamentally deep level. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Further adding credence to an all but explainable phenomenon of synchronicity, the movie <i>What Dreams May Come</i>, depicts a character <i>played</i> by Robin Williams who tragically dies and spends his post-mortal “time” trying to understand all of the subtle nuances of the afterlife and the ties of love that infinitely bind us all together to transcend the process we call “death.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We are all inextricably linked and capable of glimpsing virtually any expression and at any moment. When we fully realize this, we will understand that the separation of time and space as we know it is the <i>real</i> illusion and that the demarcation of life and death are equally illusory. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Let us all carry on with this knowledge and evolve into the understanding of what <i>connection</i> really means!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The dreamscape has long been considered an elusive and precarious terrain, almost impossible to interpret, or so it would seem. And yet there are many who rely faithfully on their dreams as a source of guidance - much like the many indigenous cultures who have for thousands of years sought out the wisdom of shamans to glean messages from the non-physical realm.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The non-physical it has been said, is a very real though subtle, mysterious dimension. Some call it the <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjxfLuMTYAU&list=UUD6ES6gBqvcXbwVK2rxdpCA" target="_blank">imaginal realm</a></span>, an actual reality, but without the density and perceived separation that we experience with our senses while in the waking state.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Despite its vague signature, many in modern culture find something very tantalizing about the prospect of dreams as an all-wise oracle - beholding profound knowledge and wisdom, about the past, present, and future - that which we experience as our linear time/space framework. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We’ve heard many times, stories of individuals who actively utilized the dreamscape as a tool to solve problems, discover historical breakthroughs, or create complex artistic compositions. In some cases, dreams were even used as a means by which to save lives. I highlight one such story in my book <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1396366590&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Conscious Musings</a></span>, about how African American abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman obtained critical knowledge in the dream state in order to free hundreds of slaves, using methods and training herself to understand the metaphors that were encoded in her dreams!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Despite the impressive anecdotes that have persisted throughout history, many are still at a loss for how the utilization of dreams can be practically used for self improvement and overall well being.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Because of the elusive nature of dreams and its persistent non-conformity to a linear <i>cause and effect</i> process, dreams can be a difficult dragon to slay. But before one can even attempt to distill the meaning of any given dream, one must be able to recall as much of the content of a dream scenario to begin this process.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Some people do have a predisposition for remembering their dreams, while others swear they don’t dream at all. Despite this adamancy of being a <i>non-dreamer</i>, it has been well documented that most people over the age of ten dream an average of four to six times per night. So the question becomes, “Why can’t <i>I</i> remember?”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This is a loaded question to say the least. And there are probably as many answers as there are people who ask the question. One clue may lie in our habit of being tethered to a fixed reality with little wiggle room for any type of departure from our normal waking life. But that’s another story entirely…</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In an attempt to reconcile this persistent quest to reveal a dream’s significance, there have been a multitude of approaches to help people recall their dreams. Among them is the process of dream journaling. But if you can’t recall the dream to begin with, how would this process be of help?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I recently <a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/constructive-dreaming-with-henry-reed/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">interviewed well known dream researcher Henry Reed</span></a> to discuss this and other advice having to do with the dreamscape and how to interpret its messages. During our conversation, he shared a very insightful and yet very easy process that can be used to help trigger recall.</span></div>
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<b style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“Honor the process of dreaming and the dream will serve you well.”</b></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Regardless of what little fragment you remember from your dream, you can incubate your dreams by honoring its legitimacy whereby acknowledging just one tiny piece of recalled information. For instance, if you were to dream something and all you remember is a color that was prominent in the dream, say red - you could wear the color red the following day. Or if your dream included a scene where you were eating chicken, you would <i>honor</i> the dream by preparing chicken for dinner the following evening.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You can take literally <i>any</i> little fragment of the dream that you do remember, no matter how mundane, and commit to acknowledging its reality by playing it out in waking life. Why is this so important? Reed says that by doing this process, you not only trigger a potential stream of recall of the bigger message coming from that particular dream in which you remembered, but you can also prime yourself for a habit of future dream recall.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Imagine, you could take any one tiny fragment of dream memory and acknowledge its presence by playing it out in the waking state and in effect unlock a virtual stream of consciousness!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Several years ago, I <i>recall</i> having a conversation with someone who was having persistent dreams of sea life, particularly of dolphins and whales. In one peculiar interaction, she’d been talking to a whale while swimming in the sea. She recalled that it was a vivid and important conversation, and yet she could not remember the essence of the message that was conveyed to her from her whale companion. I then recommended that she take the time and go out on a whale watch day trip (here in New England whale watches are readily available to the public). I then told her to find a private place on the boat where she could re-connect with this image of the whale, and when she spotted a whale (any whale), simply state out loud, “I see you and I hear you. Now, what is it that you want to tell me?” This simple process of <i>acknowledging</i> and <i>honoring</i> the dream image by taking an action of any kind can indeed trigger greater recall and ultimately lead one down the path of knowledge and resolution. A powerful yet simple concept!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But one need not go out on a day excursion at sea to get the bigger message.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the case of dreaming of a conversation with a whale or dolphin. If you cannot get yourself to the nearest commercial whale watch, you can simply find an image of a whale or dolphin, either in a magazine or on your computer and communicate the same message: <i>“I see you and I hear you. Now, what is it that you want to tell me?”</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Let’s say you dream of a prominent color or simply recall a series of colors in your dream, you can write down the colors by name on a piece of paper or even speak them out loud. This, by the way, you can do with any image that remains in your mind from a dream. As intuitive expert <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByd4XNAKuU&list=PL5txU9kv3t7gRaTdfh-mXFklfLhu-3fUX" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Sonia Choquette</span></a> has said, “When you <i>name</i> it you <i>claim</i> it!” And by acknowledging this process by playing it out in the 3D realm, you are bringing the non-physical closer to the physical where the message can be gleaned and understood!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We must consider that when you commit to acknowledging your dreams, you are making a decision to <i>mirror</i> a very real, though malleable dimension. Although this dimension is less tangible than what you are typically accustomed to in waking life, it still carries consciousness. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">By validating that reality, you are <i>inviting</i> its reality from the dreamscape into your life in a more concrete way. By honoring this process you set up the likelihood of a stream of recall about the particular dream of which you committed to acknowledging, <i>and</i> then you open up a gateway and a means by which to understand the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFVctCb69Qc&list=PL5txU9kv3t7gRaTdfh-mXFklfLhu-3fUX" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">language of the Universe</span></a>. Despite how foreign this language may seem, you become innately connected to it and can then recall how to speak in its “tongue.” And <i>that’s</i> what a little process called dream play out can elicit! Powerful!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">By committing to take every little piece of the remembered dream seriously, no matter how mundane it may seem, and mimicking the scene, whether it’s wearing red, or eating chicken, just the simple act of playing it out, tells the dreamscape (aka, The Universe, God, All That Is, et al) that you see it and thus it will see you and <i>now</i> - that message that you’ve been longing for is primed to manifest!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is important and essential to <i>engage your dreams.</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dreams are a gateway into <i>intuition</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Edgar Cayce said, “Everyone can <i>benefit</i> from working with their dreams.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dreaming is a normal and <i>necessary</i> human ability.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dreams have a <i>purpose</i> - align yourself with the purpose of dreaming and it will align with <i>your</i> purpose!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most of us are habituated into a worldview that dictates that our circumstances are largely in the hands of our external reality - the people, places, and things that surround our physical day-to-day lives and the act of routine - doing the same thing, the same way - day in and day out, certainly makes it seem that <i>what you see is what you get</i>. That is until you have the gumption to switch it up, shift your focus and tune in to the true undercurrent of reality, complete with its vast and endless possibilities. This epiphany is powerful and it is in the conscious linking into this field of awareness, knowledge, and wisdom that can free you from the grip of a marginalized reality. Challenge is often the hand that pushes us toward this realization. When you get to that very point - that bottom point and you make the conscious decision to tap that which we are all connected to - a CONSCIOUS Universe, we can then unchain ourselves from an <i>expected</i> reality and begin to live a truly empowering life! </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you realize that you have EVERYTHING you need to guide you out of challenge and into the life you truly desire, the Universe will see YOU and support you; will work with you, <i>dance</i> with you and take your hand! And how refreshing it is to know that you have a partner and an ally that is infinitely more powerful and wise than any outside “authority” telling you what your life is; what you can or cannot do, and most importantly <i>who</i> you really are!</span></span></div>
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for this nice gesture from my aunt, my first thought was “I’m going to kill
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A night or two later, I had the strangest dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was walking along a street near my
neighborhood (at least it looked somewhat like a familiar street) when all of a
sudden I noticed a gardener in what appeared to be a Mobil gas station,
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healthy these flowers were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
particular variety was a rich pink or fuchsia color with gorgeous waxy
leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were lined around the
entire border of the gas station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
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ordinary property seemed totally out of context for a gas station, so it
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Fast forward to February – My husband and I had traveled
from the east coast out to Los Angeles so I could cover the annual Conscious
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</span>While relishing in the beauty of the hotel and the warmth of the day (a
far cry from the snow storm we gladly left behind on the east coast), I had the
most profound epiphany – while letting out a gasp so pronounced it startled my
husband, I said,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “These</i> are the
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and noticed that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> was the place
I’d been dreaming of – poolside at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I scanned the entire perimeter of the
outside garden pool area, lined with bountiful fuchsia Cyclamen – that variety
which I’d seen exactly in my dream, I felt a shiver of recognition run through
my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is the place,” I said to
my husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t shared the dream with
him prior to this, as I never felt the need to do so since at the time I felt
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It was only months before, roughly in September that my
husband and I suffered greatly due to an abrupt downturn with our business that
brought extreme financial strain – a journey that nearly brought me to a state
of depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lasting for quite some
time, we’d both turned to some unconventional measures to help us through this
turbulent period – utilizing “unique” meditation methods, and other modalities
including dream sharing and visualization to assist us during this crisis.</div>
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Among one of the practices I’d insisted we try was for both
of us to commit a few minutes each day, to visualizing a scenario that we’d
find pleasurable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it wouldn’t be
enough to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just</i> visualize the scene,
we’d have to manage to put ourselves in it<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
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could possibly imagine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both agreed
to concentrate on a scene in which we were sitting at an airport gate, awaiting
our flight off to somewhere warm and beautiful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We maintained our commitment to this little “feeling-visualization,”
despite the dire circumstances we were in, somehow feeling that if we could
imaginarily catapult ourselves out of this crisis, we could pull it’s reality
closer to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I write at great
length about this excursion to the “Imaginal Realm” – and how we used our
dreams, visualizations and synchronicities to shift our reality out of a state
of crisis in my new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396366590&sr=1-1&keywords=conscious+musings" target="_blank">Conscious Musings</a>.</div>
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In the book, I discuss how synchronicities, if committed to
noticing, will show up in the most unlikely of ways and at the most unlikely
times, even if they are not noticed until weeks, months or even years
later!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if we can learn to hone our
gaze and take notice of the little (and sometimes not so little) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">winks and nods</i> that the Universe gives,
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While sitting at the Beverly Wilshire poolside, cocooned by
a bounty of gorgeous fuchsia Cyclamen lining the space, I recalled how merely
months ago, this scenario would seem nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How would we manage an escape to a warm and
sunny place when at the time, making ends meet was top of mind?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then, I realized – it was our sense of
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Upon remembrance of the dream, the picture that I recalled,
the beautifully landscaped garden surrounding a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mobil Gas Station</i>, still puzzled me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How was it that what I was seeing in the
dream was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> hotel – identical to
what my eyes were scanning around me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why was it that this scene included a gas station?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then it dawned on me – I recalled the
familiar “Mobil” sign high above the station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I suddenly knew the significance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s as if the Universe was re-assuring me: “Despite what you think your
fate to be – you will soon be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mobile </i>again
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know the significance of a sign (whether in a dream, waking state, or high atop
a gas station) at the time that it happens, if we can manage to trust in the
brilliance of the Universe, I’ve no doubt that it will meet us half way!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><i>"Most people live life on the
path we set for them, too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while
people like you come along who knock down all the obstacles we put in your way.
People who realize free will is a gift that you'll never know how to use until
you fight for it. I think that's the chairman's real plan. That maybe one day,
we won't write the plan, you will." </i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="apple-style-span">This is a powerful statement –
perhaps the single most enlightening piece of narrative from the 2011 film, The
Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Anthony Mackie (Harry
Mitchell).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know who or what may be pulling the strings of life, sending us on a
predictable path away from free will, perhaps this matters less than how we ascertain
the meaning of free will and moreover, how we ignite it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Media and particularly the art
and science of film-making: telling stories, conveying messages, and shaping
culture, has arguably been the single most influential catalyst in creating our
worldview – our reality, whether positively or negatively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this influence <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in mind</i>, free will is often forfeited for the trap of projected
images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lure of Hollywood film and its spell-binding ability to draw the viewer in, has
culminated in the forza primaria of social engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Alternative researcher Alan
Watt had this to say about the “spell of film” and its massive implications:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Hollywood is the magician's wand which has
been used to cast a spell on the unsuspecting public. Things or ideas which
would otherwise be seen as bizarre, vulgar, undesirable or impossible are
inserted into films in the realm of fantasy. When the viewer watches these
films, his/her mind is left open to suggestion and the conditioning process
begins. These same movies which are designed to program the average person, can
give the discerning viewer a better understanding of the workings and the plan
of the world agenda. Be aware.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/the-shadow-and-light-of-hollywood-film-with-randall-libero/" target="_blank">In a recent interview with producer, film historian, and new media expert Randall Libero</a>, we explored the
idea of both shadow and light in film and how depending on the level of
conscious awareness of the viewer, the impact of what has been watched will be
determined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libero reminds us that it is
each individual’s decision as to whether they will use film as an escape from
their own reality or to view it objectively with a discerning but detached observation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, the message must be seen for what
it is – a story – not yours, but someone else’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And from his perspective, we would do well to
understand the importance of this demarcation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">In my interview with Randall, I
posed the question of the continuum of consciousness – the idea that whatever
we are experiencing, including the movie we are watching is in some way a
continuum of our own consciousness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Wouldn’t
this philosophy of detachment fly in the face of a connected Universe?” I
asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libero points out that although
this may be true – that all things are fundamentally connected, it is
absolutely important to learn the art of being present, to be aware of your
surroundings and not allow the outside world, whether in art, media or the
person you are speaking with, fully draw you in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where we can get lost in a maze of
messages and essentially stumble off the path of free will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says, “When you go to a museum and you
look at a piece of art, you don’t get sucked into the art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re still aware that you’re in a room and
that you’re walking around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your feet
are on the floor or you’re sitting on a bench.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can experience the art and feel what the artist was saying
emotionally, but at the same time you’re not losing yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why can’t it be the same way when you’re
watching a movie?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">This begs a much larger
question – the act of viewing art in a gallery let’s say, which is represented
as a static image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may be far easier
to not get “sucked in” to the visual image than it is when you’re experiencing
a motion picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lure of characters
playing out a story, the emotional pull that is so often skillfully invoked and
in many cases the relate-ability of the viewer with the character(s) on some
level, even if subconsciously, makes for a much stronger draw into the film and
away from the act of being present. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Motion pictures are notoriously
skillful at imploring an emotional resonance with the viewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feelings of sadness, anger, passion, and fear
are depicted by the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
fundamental emotions can all be related to on some level by the viewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you put emotions into a context that
includes powerful sound effects, dramatic music or even hell-raising violence,
the emotional pull is magnified multifold <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i>
potentially more effective!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Nonetheless, when one can
master the act of desensitizing from that which they are viewing, whereby still
getting a full experience of the film, much more can be gleaned from its
message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance, shadow and light
can be experienced from an entirely different perspective – an objective
vision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one can choose which
portions of the message, if any, can serve as a catalyst for greater consciousness
and the rest can be willfully left behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Randall contends that this is a
far more preferable way to go – staying present and conscious throughout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is in this light that we can recognize
and even distill the purpose of shadow and light as represented in many
Hollywood films while not becoming a part of its psychological landscape.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Norris played by Matt Damon is interrogated by the<br />
Adjustment Bureau and ordered to stay on their plan.</td></tr>
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<span class="apple-style-span">In the Adjustment Bureau,
shadow and light both play a starring role.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We watch as orders are carried out from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">chairman</i> to cause accidents, change routes and even mind-wipe unsuspecting
individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are clearly seen as
nefarious and dastardly acts – feats of wizardry not known to the general
populace, are instead invoked to ensure that the individuals being intercepted
stay on a planned life path – a path not determined by the individuals but by
the chairman himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">The idea of free will and what
it truly means has been debated by philosophers, theologians and lay people
alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For it has been said that
“freedom is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> free.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Freedom carries a cost, if nothing more than
the responsibility and courage needed to turn your back on what has been
offered to you (including the film that you’re watching).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather it is more important to glean the
messages for yourself that can be used to enrich, evolve and empower you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also an expression of what it means
to be consciously sovereign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Now let’s revisit the Alan Watt
quote in which he said, </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Hollywood is the
magician's wand which has been used to cast a spell on the unsuspecting public….
When the viewer watches these films, his/her mind is left open to suggestion
and the conditioning process begins.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What is key here is that there is an assumption that the average movie
go-er is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> conscious and not aware
of his/her surroundings but has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">allowed</i>
the movie and its plot to take over their consciousness, thus “casting the
spell.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a choice that one makes
each and every time they decide to view a film, whether at home or in a movie
theatre. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sadly, unconscious viewing is so prevalent
today that it isn’t even recognized by the percipient as such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may
be with this understanding that the average person is pre-disposed to getting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lost</i> in the film, and for a variety of
reasons, that has been so effective in programming the mind to follow a given path,
rather than creating their own (free will).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ironically, it is within the Hollywood film,
The Adjustment Bureau that seems to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spell</i>
out an identical significance – that despite the intentions of “others” to set
the course for you, essentially telling you what is or isn’t possible in life,
it is those who dare to challenge the template and create their own path,
despite the odds, who will finally know what it means to be free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This takes the conscious and aware individual
– one who stays alert to the messages and can determine their own meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i>
the subjective journey!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Paradoxically, it may be plausible that the
aim of the Universe is to put stumbling blocks along ones path – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>disguised as the architects of some Hollywood
films, media and other systematic culture (i.e. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the chairman</i>), to push us toward walking the path of free will and
thus <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">write our own plan!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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realized, what an exhilarating choice it will be!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Spiritual Prompt, Reality Encoder, Personal Oracle. The
meanings are as diverse as </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>YOU!</b><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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As the quest to resolve the mystery of the 11:11 phenomenon
continues, so do the interpretations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why are many seeing this number so frequently but many others are not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why does this master number seem to attach
itself to a range of synchronistic experiences?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there one universal meaning or many, depending on who is experiencing
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I checked in with some of my fellow colleagues –
extraordinary researchers in the areas of metaphysics and consciousness to get
their weigh in on what this ever-present number may signify.</div>
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Diane
Brandon is an<b><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Integrative Intuitive Counselor &
Intuition Teacher and says that she has been getting clients curious about the
11:11 phenomenon since the 90’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span>11:11
and variations thereof may be a subtle, unconscious reminder of things that are
coming and to attend, pay attention, and prepare in some way, while being on
one’s spiritual path.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She goes on to
say, “In general, I feel that it’s a message from the Universe to pay attention
– whether to be on the lookout for an upcoming event, to listen for messages,
or to strengthen one’s spiritual connection. Sometimes it may be a
confirmation of one’s spirituality or spiritual orientation or that one is on
the right path – or a confirmation that these are momentous times spiritually
and to pay attention to events for spiritual import.</div>
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To
me, the beauty of the messages behind the phenomena being individual messages
underscores the need to pay attention to one’s inner voice and how one is
guided, as opposed to looking for a one-size-fits-all meaning.”</div>
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As
Diane so clearly articulates, 11:11 may just be a spiritual wake-up call of
sorts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have definitely heard
different variations of the spiritual significance of this master number in the
past, but then the question arises, if we are all spiritual (at our core), then
why are some recognizing this number as an integral quotient in their lives and
not others?</div>
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Here’s
what she had to say from this perspective: “Perhaps back in the 90’s some of
this phenomenon had to do with confirming to people that they were on a good
spiritual path or had a role to play. With the increase in occurrence in
the past few years, my sense is that it has to do with these times. I
started to feel a couple of years ago that it was even more important for
people who would be facilitators to get on the path. It feels as if this
is a time of clearing, opening of awareness even more, and some sort of
preparation for shifts and changes that may be in the offing. Some people
were saying back in the early 90’s that in the future everyone (meaning
spiritual facilitators) would be needed. There seems to be a consensus
among some people that we’re on the cusp of that time.”</div>
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The
idea that some – maybe even millions have been called to be spiritual
facilitators on this planet is intriguing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It seems evident that we are indeed on the precipice of a global, or even
universal paradigm shift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps these
spiritual catalysts, though previously unaware of their purpose in life and
during these times have been given the signal to come into conscious awareness
of that purpose <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">through</i> the 11:11
signal.</div>
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Throughout
the course of my research on the subject of 11:11, I’ve surveyed a variety of
individuals about their own 11 experiences, and then measured this against some
of their individual characteristics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Clearly those who’ve acknowledged the 11 phenomenon in their own lives
fell into *several different personality categories:</div>
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<li>Tend to be spiritually inclined (not necessarily
religious).</li>
<li>Have a pre-disposition or sensitivity to psychic
(psi) phenomena in their lives.</li>
<li>Fall into a “youth” (12-18) category, both male
and female; could be described as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">crystal,
indigo, or “new” children.</i></li>
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that this does not preclude those witnessing 11:11 who do not fall into any of
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The
latter category is an intriguing subject on its own – the idea of new humans
coming to this planet, often able to demonstrate feats of intellectual, psychic
and even physical prowess well beyond their years or that of their adult
counterparts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea that some, if not
many of these “new children,” a term I prefer to use, are also aligned with the
11:11 phenomenon may give us a clue as to the evolutionary significance of this
number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Interestingly,
those youth that I’ve surveyed who see 11:11 (or variations of 11 like 1:11,
5:11, 9:11 and so on), seem to have a level of ease or a natural affinity to
its presence whereby they are not necessarily questioning the frequency of the
number, but rather accept it as a natural phenomenon or even a sort of celestial
language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, some of the
older individuals (including myself) who synchronistically began seeing the
number in their later years have found themselves a bit more perplexed as to
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">how</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">why</i> these numbers are appearing, although many sense that the
presence of 11 carries some aspect of spiritual or psychic import.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Does 1111 lie beneath “The Matrix?”</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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In
the original Matrix movie, it is suggested that reality experienced physically
is but a construct and that everything that is lived out within the matrix (or
physical 3D reality) is actually a code comprised of numbers arranged in a
particular sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although couched
within a “fictional” framework, the suggestion from this film is that our
brains are sophisticated decoders, able to take complex strings of numbers and
decode them into the experience of five sense reality. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly when we look at binary code, a
numbers system composed of 0’s and 1’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that are used to form images, words, and other
strings of information, you will notice a strong representation of 11 in
various forms: 11,111,1111 with 0’s separating out these sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even more curious is a recent finding by
Professor <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Randall
O'Reilly of the University of Colorado at Boulder who made a discovery that
could bring <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mind-blowing</i> significance
to the 11:11 code.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on his research,
he found very unusual correlations between the binary code of a computer and
how our brains function.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to
his findings, he now contends that the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia part
of the brain operate much like a digital computer system, which is based on
this binary system. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">The following is excerpted from an October 2006
news release from the University of Colorado at Boulder: <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2006/10/05/part-human-brain-functions-digital-computer-according-cu-boulder-professor">Part
Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer, According To CU-Boulder
Professor</a></span> </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Many
researchers who create these models shun the computer metaphor," O'Reilly
said. "My work comes out of a tradition that says people's brains are
nothing like computers, and now all of a sudden as we look at them, in fact, in
a certain respect they are like computers."</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Digital
computers operate by turning electrical signals into binary "on and off
states" and flexibly manipulating these states by using switches. O'Reilly
found the same operating principles in the brain.</span></b></blockquote>
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Could
it be that those who are witnessing a steady string of 11’s are getting a peak
through the veil of what has been termed the matrix – a constructed reality
based on a binary system?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mere idea
that there is a direct correlation in how the brain processes information with
that of a computer, makes for an inquisitive postulate that could lead one down
the proverbial rabbit hole of reality, returning with a whole new perspective
on what our physical reality <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">truly</i>
is!</div>
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This
scenario brings about a much larger question of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similar theories have been proposed in books
like The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea that our physical reality is but a
construct based on a holographic model and that our brains are holographic in
nature, able to decode a mathematical system into experiential reality has been
discussed widely in new science circles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course this can be a difficult concept to grasp, especially if one is
loathed to admit that everything in this physical world at the subatomic level
is not solid but is based on energy vibrating at a very slow rate – only
appearing as if it is solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
everything is energy, numbers are certainly an integral part of the reality
equation!</div>
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Another
somewhat scientific approach to understanding 11:11 in our experiential system
has to do with something called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">orbital
resonance.</i></div>
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Here’s
what quantum researcher and author Cynthia Sue Larson had to say about the
correlation of 11:11 with such a model:</div>
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“<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's
a concept known to astronomers and cosmologists of something called orbital
resonance, such that when larger celestial bodies such as Jupiter and
Saturn are in orbit around our Sun, their orbital resonance is 1:1. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the same ratio as 11:11, and one
could say 1:1 is a more simplified version of resonance... yet a version with
information.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So
what, exactly, is orbital resonance? Here's a great summary from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_resonance"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wikipedia</span></a>.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cynthia
goes on to ask, “And how, exactly, does an orbital resonance of 11:11 have
meaning for us today? You can think of this as a time of ‘great clearing’
in which many of us literally need more ‘space’ because our consciousness is
greatly expanding. This in turn, impacts the nature of our relationships, and
how we ensure we stay in healthy, balanced relationships that accommodate each
of our individual needs to expand and grow, while at the same time respecting
the needs for the growth and expansion of everyone else we are connected with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
significance of this time as being critical for human awakening at a time when
we are learning more about the super-fast expansion at the time of the Big Bang
is not lost, and indeed we can now begin to realize that each and every
one of us were all together As One at the time of the Big Bang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As this big, beautiful multiverse expands, so
does each and every one of us, at a level exponentially greater than at any
other previous time of transition on Earth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whether
it is the binary system undergirding our physical reality that has been exposed
through a thinning of the veil or the integration of orbital resonance like movements
invading our consciousness that is causing this oft seen master digit, it is
clear that the pervasiveness of 11 on this planet cannot be ignored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For its presence could have massive universal
implications in the trajectory of mankind!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">11:11 and Synchronicity</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
many who tend toward using a spiritual compass to steer them in life, the
recognition of synchronicity can play a key role in life changes and new
inspirations, serving as guideposts along the journey of one’s path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Award
winning author of the book Lavender and dream expert Judy Gardiner is one who
recognized the 11’s as central to several discoveries that were featured in her
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>“</span>On 11/11/94 a dream
message that the optic nerve would be a breakthrough for mankind led to years
of scientific dream warnings focused on the Earth. I had no science in my
background.”</div>
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Judy then acknowledges a very personal though cosmological connection - "My mother passed away on 1/11/02. I reconnected with the Earth. I am the child from my mother - the Great Mother Earth. The convergence of the material and the spiritual is what Pierre Teilhard de Chardin called the ultimate reunion at the Omega Point - the maximum level of consciousness - giving direction to the whole evolutionary process. This exemplifies 11/11. On 11/11/09 I discovered convergent vision through a dream; the ability to merge the invisible with the visible - the past with the future - to integrate what we feel and what we sense with what we see."</div>
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Taken together, the optic nerve breakthrough, convergent vision and the interrelationship of micro (mother) with the macro (Mother Earth) as well as other synchronistic puzzle pieces, make for a most extraordinary journey that Judy lays out in her book Lavender - An Entwined Adventure in Science and Spirit. Blending the practical and the imaginal, Judy allowed the 11 symbolism to help her navigate through a maze of metaphors that lead her to some amazing realizations for humanity through what she calls "The Cosmic Dream." </div>
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chose to use the presence of 11’s in her life as an intuitive mapping approach
to discovering her entrepreneurial sweet spot culminating in an organization
called, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Source.</span></i></span></div>
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“On
11-11-11 at 11:11, I was sitting on a bench overlooking a peaceful pond when I
heard the words: <i>Seekers Central</i> – where did they come from? I was
not asking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not seeking. Yet when I heard the
words (from some angelic being no doubt), I came home and grabbed the
domain. </div>
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At
the time, I was in the process of selling one business and perhaps Source had
this idea for a new business. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt
like I was to create a website to introduce seekers to spiritual information
all in one place. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I started the
creative process, Seekers Central looked way too big for me to create on my
own. After some intensive business strategy meetings I was overwhelmed.
Friends suggested I start small, so I reworked the process and started tiny.
Seekers felt solid, real, and like something that might grow and help
people. However, after a year of hard work it did not take off and the
business was not to be. </div>
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What
came out of this 11-11 moment? I believe it was a sounding board for me
to take the next jump and instead of focusing on helping others get their word
out (which I had been doing for over 10 years), it was time for me to start
producing and marketing my words, my voice, my ideas. Thus, Dear Source
was created. I now have a website offering words of wisdom from Source
interpreted by me in my voice and teach and speak about Intuition. I have
published a book, PEARLS – 52 Contemplative Insights and have many projects
ready to go.</div>
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It is a journey, no matter where you start or how you start.
As long as you start, be comfortable changing directions when the energy
dissipates and follow the dots to your idea of Source energy and All That Is.”</div>
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Suzie used a process that I have called “mapping
manifestation.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be done through
the dreamscape, much like Judy’s cosmic dreaming, or through the recognition of
11’s and how they relate to our ideas, inspirations or even voices from the
angelic realm!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The key is to know how to
stay open and not settle on one course of action, even if it seems right at the
time, but rather use the signals as signposts to guide you – unpeeling the
layers, until you’ve reached your desired destination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what Suzie did and I applaud her
practical wisdom while going through this process!</div>
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I too have used 11’s as a sort of guide or signpost to
navigate out of what I called, “A season of crisis.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The details of this synchronistic journey are
featured in my new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396366590&sr=1-1&keywords=conscious+musings">Conscious
Musings – Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential</a>, and
ironically it was in large part the synchronistic promptings that stalled the
release of my book, now a best-seller, until just the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">time</b>!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Whether we will ever unravel the meaning for the
omnipresence of 11’s in our lives remains uncertain, but what seems to be ever
increasing in our collective awareness is that meanings, like synchronicities
are subjective – brilliant spectacles of the universal process that knows each
and every one of us so intimately that it will design scenarios that only we
will recognize, and the 11 may just be one number to show us <i>that</i> spectrum of
purpose, just like the spectrum of humanity that exists on this planet today.</div>
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Although the 11 is considered a master number, perhaps its
message is to remind us that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">we</i> are
the masters of our own life and its mission is to simply help us along the path
of a life creatively, joyfully and fully lived!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Learn more about the
work of the incredible contributors featured in this article:</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Diane Brandon</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Integrative intuitive counselor
& intuition teacher, author, and speaker -- Specializing in personal
path/growth & dream interpretation<o></o><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.dianebrandon.com/">www.dianebrandon.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cynthia Sue Larson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Quantum researcher and best-selling
author of the books, Quantum Jumps and Reality Shifts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.realityshifters.com/">www.realityshifters.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Judy B. Gardiner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dream researcher and author of
the award winning book, Lavender<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.cosmicdreaming.com/">www.cosmicdreaming.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Suzie Daggett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intuitive counselor, author, presenter and speaker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.dearsource.com/">www.dearsource.com</a>
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-39704560552609027932014-05-25T08:56:00.001-07:002014-05-25T08:56:58.176-07:00Inner Technology, Spiritual Sovereignty and the Consciousness of Humanity<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-47453600451488607592014-05-14T08:00:00.000-07:002014-05-19T11:16:59.736-07:00Tethered to Technology - Have We Reached the Point of No Return?<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The following article was originally posted on Conscious Life News by Alexis Brooks in 2013, but necessitates a "re-post" as we experience our technological reality escalate in dominating our lives - perhaps with dangerous consequences!</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One blustery
winter morning while Michael was on his way to work, he received an urgent
text: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“It’s Jim. Just wanted 2 tell u
that my father passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His memorial
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Michael was
extremely shocked and saddened; clearly caught off guard with this sobering message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His friend Jim’s father hadn’t been ill, so
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Michael proceeds
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Several hours
later Michael receives a call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s his
friend Jim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only it isn’t the same Jim
who texted him only a short while ago with the news of his father’s
passing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Jim (we’ll call him Jim
B), another one of Michael’s friends, clearly angry, asks why Michael would
post such a thing on his Facebook?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“My
parents have been getting calls all morning - People calling with condolences
over the death of my father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just
spoke to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">both</i> of my parents and
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confounded, Michael rechecks his text history only to discover that the Jim who
sent the message about his father was Jim his neighbor, not Jim B, his longtime
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Needless to say,
this little innocent act of concern and the technology that made it so convenient
for Michael to alert Jim’s circle prompted a reverberation; the consequences of
which could have led to a real tragedy for Jim B’s father <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and mother</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both parents, an
elderly couple, were said to be quite visibly shaken – acting as if some ominous
foretelling of Jim’s father’s fate had descended upon them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately once the parents were able to
clear their heads and realize that this was just an unfortunate miscommunication,
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This dramatic
anecdote poignantly illustrates a growing trend in our use of technology and
the temptation to replace face to face or even voice to voice communication
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Technology, with
all its bells and whistles and promises for immediate gratification, simplicity
and even friend making has increasingly usurped the authentic personal
relationships that once served as the bedrock of community and union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This appears to be our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">new normal.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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When you look at
the use of technology, you might consider that it is a tool like anything else
we engage with on the physical plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All tools carry an inherent neutral quality; a quality of energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is how the individual enlists the tool
which will determine the effect it will have on a given outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Water has the ability to wash you, quench
your thirst or drown you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fire can cook
your food, warm your home or burn you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s all in how the tools are utilized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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In Barbara
Marciniak’s classic book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bringers of the
Dawn</i>, in which she conveys channeled messages from a civilization of
enlightened beings called the <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pleiadians</span></span>, the issue of
technology is addressed. Although they remind us that there is nothing wrong
with technology per se, there has been a concerted effort to introduce
technology to the masses as a means of containment. They describe modern
technology as a form of “frequency control.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Within this context, they state, “Think of frequency as individual
broadcasting and receiving through which you dial into the station of your
choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the broadcasting of
carrier waves of intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The range
of frequency is unlimited, and the range of intelligent matter transmitted is
unlimited.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They go on to say,
“Frequency control limits the number of stations you can tune into.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They assert that our modern technologies have
certainly placed a finite number of channels on our broadcasting dial, although
giving us the impression that we have more choices than ever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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In a sobering
allegory from a book by Zbigniew Brzezinski called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Between Two Ages – America’s Role in the Technetronic Era</i>
(published in 1970) he states, “In the technetronic society the trend seems to
be toward aggregating the individual support of millions of unorganized
citizens, who are easily within the reach of magnetic and attractive
personalities, and effectively exploiting the latest communication techniques
to manipulate emotions and control reason.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Granted this is
an alarming and seemingly prophetic enunciation and could easily lead one to
feel that the modus operandi of such a sketch was long planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, we know that the advent of technology
and its ability (or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">our</i> ability) to
utilize it as a productive tool for good cannot be stated enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a writer and researcher, I have been
incredibly grateful for the technologies that have allowed me to find
information, connect with wonderful people all over this planet and share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proliferation of social media has served
as a tool for good and at times has even served as an instrument in saving
lives - this cannot be ignored or disregarded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But these results come from the conscious actions
that each individual takes of their own volition and not from the dictates of a
system that would prefer we inhibit our humanity rather than expand it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As much as I acknowledge
an appreciation for the technologies that have afforded so many with more opportunities
than we could have imagined even 10 short years ago, I’ve had to remind myself
that the tool of technology is just that, and one that I should periodically
resolve to live without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact I have
made a conscious choice to go for periods of time <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">without</i> the need to read email, use my cell phone for talking or
texting but rather read a book, paint, garden or just <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">be</i> with myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
interesting that in this age of technological temptation; admittedly the mere
fact that I’ve <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i> to remind myself
to “unplug” speaks volumes to the intractable lure of technology into our
habitual routines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Few of us these days
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A disturbing
statistic emerged recently linking certain narcissistic tendencies with
behavioral patterns on social media, particularly among young people. An
article entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Facebook’s ‘dark side’ –
study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism</i>, highlighted the fact
that certain tendencies inherent in narcissistic personality types seemed to be
further exacerbated or even initiated by constant use of social media sites
like Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Craig states,"Facebook provides a platform for
people to self-promote by changing profile pictures and showing how many
hundreds of friends you have. I know of some who have more than 1,000."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dr. Viv Vignoles, senior lecturer in social<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>psychology<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at Sussex University, said there was
"clear evidence" from studies in America that college students were
becoming increasingly narcissistic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Researchers at Western Illinois University studied the Facebook habits
of 294 students, aged between 18 and 65, and measured two "socially
disruptive" elements of narcissism – grandiose exhibitionism (GE) and
entitlement/exploitativeness (EE).</i></blockquote>
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tendencies" and people who score high on this aspect of narcissism need to
be constantly at the centre of attention. They often say shocking things and
inappropriately self-disclose because they cannot stand to be ignored or waste
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media as an integral part of daily life, these statistics should give one pause
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Interestingly, it was Michael, mentioned in the open of this piece who
first admitted to me that he just couldn’t live without Facebook!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m on this thing all the time – I’m
addicted,” he enthusiastically told me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
newly discovered medium of choice I could see, was swiftly taking center stage
in his life, although at the time he had only recently become familiar with the
social network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His statement concerned
me so much, I had to wonder that if his new medium were suddenly taken away,
would he then go through irrevocable social withdrawal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He ended our conversation by saying,
“Facebook is the only way I can really <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">connect</i>
with my friends these days.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, Sherry
Turkle wrote a lucid volume entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alone
Together – Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>In it she says, “These days, insecure in
our relationships and anxious about intimacy, we look to technology for ways to
be in relationships and protect ourselves from them at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can happen when one is finding one’s way
through a blizzard of text messages; it can happen when interacting with a
robot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel witness…to a turning point
in our expectations of technology and ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bend to the inanimate with new solicitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fear the risks and disappointments of
relationships with our fellow humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
expect more from technology and less from each other.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many ancient cultures have alluded to the process of “inner technology”
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</span>In literature stemming from volumes of mystery school teachings,
accessing knowledge from a grand field of information, often referred to as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Akashic field </i>was at one point
within man’s reach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So many often think
of pre-modern man as a primitive life form and yet, scores of our ancient texts
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In Gregg Braden’s 1993 book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Awakening
to Zero Point – The Collective Initiation</i> he says that the first path, or
the path of modern man was to create external technology as a way of
remembering ourselves <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">outside</i> of
ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then states, “The Second
Path is the path of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">internal technology</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remembered rather than engineered, internal
technology originates from within, as our expression of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This path remembers us as the sacred union
between the atomic expression of “Mother Earth” and the electrical and magnetic
expression of ‘Father Heaven.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ancient
Essene sciences emphasize this idea as the basis of their earliest teachings.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We’ve heard so many references of the inner technology that the
Atlantean civilization possessed and yet ironically it is also said that it was
the access and exploitation of this inner technology that led to the
annihilation of this technologically “astute” culture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here again we come to the act of responsibility and discernment as
stated earlier in this essay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether we
choose to utilize exterior <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or</i>
interior technology, a sense of moral integrity should represent a vital quotient.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The field of metaphysics is replete with viable data around the reality
of ESP or extra sensory perception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ESP
is the ability to garner information beyond or outside of the typical five
sensory framework.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, when
we think of what ESP denotes – an inner sense of perception, perhaps a re-wording
may be in order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ISP (inner sensory
perception) is the true provider of knowledge as opposed to the ISP or Internet
Service Provider that we have relied so heavily upon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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ISP is the innate faculty that we all possess. Conceivably, once an exponential
acknowledgement of this inner knowing becomes more apparent, we will become un-tethered
to the technology that has become so near and dear to us, and return to a
literal wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) or <i>loyalty</i>
to self, and that inner sense perception that is so much of who we are. It is then that we will no longer require an
external connection of any kind.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I discuss more about the state of technology, human behavior and how we can move toward a paradigm of true ISP - Inner Sensory Perception, in hour one of my recent interview on <a href="http://thehundredthmonkeyradio.com/alexis-brooks-conscious-musings.html" target="_blank">The Hundredth Monkey Radio program</a>.<br />
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The re-publishing of this article originally posted on <a href="http://www.consciouslifenews.com/" target="_blank">Conscious Life News</a> in April of 2013 was inspired by a recent article by Jeff Roberts from Collective Evolution entitled, <i><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/05/08/why-are-people-so-mean-has-the-internet-destroyed-empathy-compassion/" target="_blank">Why are people so mean? Has the Internet destroyed empathy and compassion?</a></i></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Why do we tend to deny the very thing that might be key to our most profound transformation - The paranormal?</i></span></b><br />
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More often than I can count, I'm hearing a story from a friend, a family member, a colleague, a stranger about the <i>weird thing that just happened to them. </i> </div>
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One of the most recent of which was a story that was featured in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.com/0991525027" target="_blank">Conscious Musings</a> about a dear friend who personally witnessed the lid of a pot she was preparing to put away, fly in mid-air like a frisbee, probably some twenty feet, aiming and landing right at her foot. Then there was another friend who insisted that a rocking chair in a family friend's home began moving erratically with no one in it - witnessed as well by both her niece and her mother. And then there was another story featured in Conscious Musings about "Lisa," a woman who shared with me an occasion where she heard her deceased father's voice on the phone while in conversation with her sister.</div>
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Now as an investigative journalist - a collector of accounts of the "strange and unusual," you can imagine the stories I get. They range from the classic experiences of ghostly hauntings to the outright bizarre. But many of these anecdotes, told with the most passionate of intentions I feel are quite authentic, especially to the experiencer. Their zeal denotes their belief that these things <i>really</i> happened to them - or at least you would think....</div>
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Interestingly, each of the aforementioned scenarios - the paranormal occurrences witnessed by the individual(s) that conveyed them, have a twist of the skeptical as well. In the case of the "flying lid" account - the individual who told me the story, although <i>she </i>believed what happened to her and moreover that it had some supernatural or nonphysical origin was even more horrified about the backlash she knew she would receive should her husband or daughter find out about it, more horrified in fact than the spookiness of the incident itself! "They'd think I'm crazy," she said. Perhaps this was a self-fulfilling prophecy! In fact, when I finally convinced her to tell them, her surmise was correct. They laughed her out of the room, calling her silly and full of #$%. After that, I sensed a tone of abandonment in her - she was more willing to let the incident go for fear of sustained ridicule, rather than explore it further. In the case of the moving rocking chair, when the witnesses who were house guests at the time informed the homeowner, she said, "Nah, I doubt that happened...you were just imagining it." After that, they decided not to mention it again, never mind investigate it further. And in the case of Lisa who conveyed the story of her "dead" father breaking in on she and her sister's phone conversation, at the end of her admission, she then shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't <i>really</i> believe in these sorts of things."</div>
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So the real question becomes WHY are people so loathed to accept experiences that don't fit perfectly within the nicely behaved Universe they <i>think</i> they inhabit?</div>
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I suspect there are a few explanations for this. First, from the time we land on this little blue planet, we are taught and told what reality is. It's black and white. It's three dimensional. If you can't see it, touch it, feel it or kick it, it doesn't exist. Various belief systems have rules, and if an experience doesn't fit within the given framework you've been taught then it is impossible to have any validity.<br />
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I recall this quote from physicist and philosopher Dana Zohar who commented (about the experience of after-death communication): "People experience things. And that experience is denied because science doesn't have the instruments of the moment to measure it."</div>
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Measurement comes in many forms. Experience not being the least of them. And yet, so many are so quick to deny the experience because it doesn't fit within the 3D reality they've come to know, or the science they've come to trust.</div>
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The late Michael Talbot, researcher and author of the acclaimed book, The Holographic Universe once said:</div>
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And yet, for some reason we are dumbfounded and perplexed by "the weird," and thus quick to dismiss it altogether. We are not keen to investigate and are more apt to shrug the paranormal off, determined to dig for some practical explanation that will keep our nicely behaved reality in check (and our relationships in tact).<br />
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On the other hand, some have chosen to truly explore the world of the unseen and inexplicable- determined to probe the underpinnings, realizing that these experiences may shed light on who we really are, what reality really is and ultimately, our true potential.<br />
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It was Albert Einstein who said, "The only source of knowledge is experience." But he also said, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."<br />
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I agree. In fact, as a child I would have "unusual" experiences, mostly in the form of what we call pre-cognitive dreams. I'd dream of an event, whether mundane or magnificent, and invariably the event would play out in <i>real</i> life! But rather than shrug it off , I made the decision to explore it, delve deeper into the true mechanisms at work in this reality that the Hindus refer to as <i>Maya</i>, roughly defined as <i>illusion.</i><br />
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Speaking of <i>unusual experiences</i>, it would behoove me here to mention this <i>para</i>-normal, extraordinary and life changing experience of a woman named Anita Moorjani. Moorjani had been suffering from a terminal form of cancer and given the edict that she would not live long. After experiencing what is referred to as a near-death experience (NDE), and given the opportunity to evaluate her life and her reality while in this supernatural state, she woke up to the notion that her life was so much more than she surmised. In this state she was healed and subsequently emerged from a coma, despite the doctor's certainty that she would die in just a short time. She was completely healed of her cancer. But what is more profound about this experience is that while having the NDE, she had the epiphany that life and reality is far greater and infinite than we have been accustomed to knowing. Moreover, she realized that the reality that we are mostly acclimated to, is illusory and that we are only glimpsing a tiny portion of the scale of reality.<i></i><br />
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Talbot's holographic universe intimates much of the same - that reality is but a holographic projection emanating from another level of reality that is far from 3D. It's infinite, fluid and malleable. And if this is so then the idea of paranormal experience is far more plausible, making the idea of a sticks and stones reality as the ultimate reality the <i>real</i> illusion!<br />
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But if this is so - If 3D reality is a construct, an illusion of sorts, why do we hold on dearly to the illusion?<br />
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Now <i>that's</i> a loaded question. But let's look at this...<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Does Hollywood influence our perception of reality?</span></b><br />
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Over the years, many have criticized Hollywood's portrayal of extraordinary or paranormal experience. In some cases it's glorified and magnified but ultimately vilified as an inauthentic component of reality. It's just "fantasy" or "fiction." The larger than life possibilities that are portrayed in movies under the auspices of "fiction" are paraded in front of our eyes and our senses, but are relegated to wishful thinking and pure entertainment.<br />
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These days, our "entertainment" is <i>Reality TV</i>. A snapshot of "real" life, complete with the defective and demented behavior of everyday people (or so we would think). No time for paranormal stuff here, and thus, no time to reflect on the extraordinary goings on (the underpinnings of reality). Most importantly, with the media projecting reality to us, we certainly have no time to investigate our own potential, on our own terms. <br />
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To veer our attention away from the real juice of reality is to veer us away from ourselves. Maybe some want it that way! ...But that's another story altogether!<br />
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As you peruse this post, contemplate the vast nature of reality, of the Universe and most importantly of self! When you have an experience that doesn't fit within the average, everyday world you've come to know, you might ask yourself the question, "Am I the average, everyday person that I've been taught to be or am I much more?"<br />
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Recognizing the <i>paranormal</i> in your life might just hold the answer!<br />
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Crisis, challenge, fear, anxiety, <i>madness - </i>words regularly used these days to describe the tumult that threatens humanity, it seems, on a daily basis.<br />
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Turn on the news and it doesn't take long. In fact in no time, the "bleed leads" headlines are in our face. We ingest them, leave home with them, bring them to work, to school - to bed!</div>
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The Ft. Hood shooting, the Pennsylvania school stabbing, the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. The headlines persist and so do our anxieties.</div>
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We'll often go to bed with these and other personal crisis on our minds. Rather than waking up refreshed, we can wake up in a panic. Or maybe we never get to sleep at all! Nightmares may occur that <i>bleed over</i> into our waking reality. The tumult seems to be this virtual feedback loop, both in the sleep and waking state. Therefore they are fed on a regular basis by what <i>appears</i> to be all around us.</div>
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But what's <i>within</i> that madness? As creative beings, with the capacity to see reality through a very personal lens - a subjective one, wouldn't it behoove us to take control of the way we see things? Now more than ever, we need to sit in a mode of reflection rather than reaction to the stimuli so readily available for our digestion. If in fact we are to navigate our way out of the tumult and eventually put it to rest, perhaps nothing less will do!</div>
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In September of 2013, my husband and I found ourselves in the middle of this "madness." Not necessarily obtained by just watching the news (we do so very infrequently), but probably triggered by the external circumstances: the people, places and times as they are, that we are almost forced to interact with on a daily basis. Economic distress, uncooperative and apathetic individuals, the threat of loss of "security" - these are all realities many of the masses are dealing with <i>if</i> they decide to stay in a mode of reaction.</div>
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We didn't - we couldn't. Sure, the madness got us down on occasion, but we made a conscious choice to shift our focus and glean what meaningful messages we could from the madness and crisis we were faced with a few short months ago.</div>
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I share this very personal story in my new book, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/p6lj9cw" target="_blank">Conscious Musings - Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential</a>. I highlight a very difficult financial period, a health "challenge," and a world that appeared to be unraveling at the seams. It was "do or bust" time for us. We chose to shift the focus, stop the reaction and begin the process of reading the messages of the Universe that we felt intuitively to be embedded within the madness. </div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I took the cues of the Universe, metaphorical as they would come, although I knew it would speak to me if I asked. And so the dialogue between [us] began. Some strange things happened during those turbulent, anxiety ridden months....[the messages] came in dreams, in peculiar, beautiful, powerful, and sometimes humorous synchronicities - just enough to keep sane while riding out this storm." - from Conscious Musings, p. 147</span></i></blockquote>
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It is absolutely amazing to me - still - that the Universe will comply with our request - meet us halfway, if we are willing to commit to hearing, seeing and feeling its message. <br />
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I've always felt that shadow and light both have a purpose. I've always sensed that opportunity is often masked in challenge, that diamonds are always underneath the dirt. But we must dig, we must be aware and we must learn the language of the Universe to find these gems.<br />
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Fortunately we did. I don't think that we had much of a choice frankly - nothing else was working - the old ways of attempting to solve problems are disintegrating right in front of our eyes. An <i>opportunity</i> to try something new was in the offing!<br />
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We worked or <i>sensed</i> our way out of the madness. And as much as I wouldn't invite crisis into our lives at any time, or in anyone else's, I'm loathed to not look back and reflect on how this madness was a gift to us both! During our journey down this road - throughout this tumult, we discovered things that probably could have never been discovered had we not traveled down this path. The power of imagination, affirmation, and the art of play all figured prominently in our quest to get ourselves back to equilibrium.<br />
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There's no doubt that the twists and turns of life as we understand it, especially during these times have yet to be smoothed out. Many advise that we should "buckle up," for we are still in for quite the ride as a planet and as a species.<br />
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But if we can harness the power of reflection and action, we might just realize that miracles, magic and joy are cleverly disguised as madness, crisis and fear. And maybe it will take this realization to evolve into the limitless beings that I am convinced we all are!<br />
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The other day I was speaking to a friend about the outrageous costs associated with college these days. She is in the process of college "shopping" with her son, who will graduate from high school this year. He'd been accepted to several schools and has a preference for where he would like to attend. The good news - he got accepted to his school of choice. The BAD news, she may not be able to send him unless she gets some serious financial help!<br />
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During our conversation we reminisced about how when we attended college, the annual tuition was merely a fraction of what it is today, and still our parents complained! If they only knew what they'd be faced with today, we'd probably have to be left to our own devices to figure out how to learn on our own without the luxury of attending college! <br />
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I'd recently learned about yet another price hike in college tuition to attend Harvard - nearly $60,000 per year - up almost 4% from the previous year! Granted, this is an Ivy League learning institution, but I cannot help but wonder if there's another way to obtain a "good education" without breaking the bank.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Enter the Autodidact </span></b><br />
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You might ask, "What on earth is that?" An autodidact is essentially one who obtains knowledge without the benefit of a formal education - essentially a <i>self learner</i>.<br />
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It is interesting to note that we've had many autodidacts in our past who proved to be brilliant thought-leaders, change makers - those who greatly affected the course of history. They include Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglas, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Ernest Hemingway, among many others.<br />
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In our recent history and present day, we are still graced with these self motivated and voracious learners...<br />
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Musician Frank Zappa, TV's Craig Ferguson of the "Late Late Show," musicians David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix and actor Russell Crowe are all part of the list of those who had the proclivity, the motivation and the In-sight to learn (and learn brilliantly) on their own and without the benefit of a formal education.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Enter Intuition</b></span><br />
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Whether or not you will find a full-on biographical sketch about these aforementioned "thinkers" that include an admitted acquiescence to something we call <i>intuition</i>, is questionable, although it is well documented that some, including Abraham Lincoln was quite keen toward this inner-aptitude and used it quite frequently.<br />
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That said, my absolute surmise is that those who have sought fit to pursue a true education by self-learning and reach the pinnacle of their profession, were inspired by something intangible - they were nudged by an inner knowing that the answers to equations, the science of music, the masterpiece expressed through a paintbrush, or the ability to invent and build the first successful airplane were attainable through the inner sense or intuition. Whereby intuition and insight are first tapped to inspire the outer expression (that of the right brain), the left brain, that of logic and reason, was also no doubt in play. These are people that know and knew how to synchronize "left" and "right" and create in ways <i>unimaginable</i> to others.<br />
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In fact, I <a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/the-one-mind-and-our-connection-to-it-a-conversation-with-dr-larry-dossey/" target="_blank">recently interviewed physician and author of "One Mind," Larry Dossey</a> in which we spoke of the possibility that many if not all of these true thought leaders understood that a continuum of consciousness - that which contains <i>all</i> knowledge, whether yet expressed or not, could be tapped. Inspiration that comes from dreams, waking visions and other inspirations stemming from the "invisible world." This is the true reservoir of education, of discovery and of invention!<br />
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It was in fact Buckminster Fuller, renowned scientist, inventor, and philosopher (and also an autodidact) who said, "...we are facing our final <i>evolutionary exam</i>. Is the human species fit to survive? Can we wake up sufficiently so that we can use our prodigious powers for the good of all, and for the many generations to come?"<br />
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It is time that we wake up and begin to use our innate prodigious powers as never before. All knowledge is within. Let us begin by tapping our IN-tuition and leave the tuition bills behind!<br />
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...According to the overwhelming response from the new release of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395614916&sr=1-1&keywords=conscious+musings" target="_blank">Conscious Musings</a>, the answer is <em>YES!</em><br />
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So happy to report that Conscious Musings hit #1 Best-Selling status on Amazon on its debut!<br />
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This is excellent news, not for its coveted status, but for the recognition that many are having about <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60dF2J5x7Q" target="_blank">re-claiming personal power</a></strong> - and creating a transformation <em>for</em> themselves and <em>by</em> themselves!<br />
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These are absolutely challenging times, agreed. But something is nudging us with the message that "challenge" has a greater purpose. It's not just to inflict pain and suffering on one or many, just because it can, but to illuminate opportunity that also exists and is masked <em>within</em> the challenge. <br />
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We've heard it before, there <em>is opportunity</em> in challenge! In fact, I talk about personal "crisis" in Conscious Musings that ultimately guided me toward recognizing my own personal power - something that probably wouldn't have been realized had I <em>not</em> gone through the experience and chosen to look!<br />
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We are on a magnificent journey - each and every one of us. And without a journey, there can be no destination. I've said this before, "Life is not about the destination - it's about the journey." ...Although I suppose we'll all come to our destination at some point. No matter the circumstance; how ugly and un-wanted it may be, there is an important message that lies in every experience. And if we can harness the power of reflection, we will ultimately be presented with the magic that the experience has to offer.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"If you look deep enough, you'll recognize that the magic is embedded in the madness." ~Alexis Brooks</span></div>
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What a journey it has been to write and experience the adventure of Conscious Musings. With all the dips and curves, ebbs and flows, pleasure and pain, and emotional turmoil (the madness), the outcome has been all worthwhile. I've been afforded the opportunity to contemplate my own journey - and ours, and in the process I've realized what transformation is all about. My absolute desire is that you find your way on your own journey - one that is filled with magic, mystery, and magnificence. We've been given the inner- map to navigate the terrain. Just <em>Contemplate</em> the possibilities and realize <em>who</em> you really are!<br />
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<br />Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-11789663951222784042014-03-07T06:50:00.000-08:002014-03-07T06:50:21.595-08:00The ABC's of Spiritual Wisdom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>To be reminded of our spiritual nature - all we have to do is know our </b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>ABC's !</b></i></span></blockquote>
While out in Los Angeles last month at the Conscious Life Expo, I got to reunite with my friend, author, lecturer and publisher of <a href="http://kineticsmag.com/" target="_blank">Kinetics Magazine</a>, Kathryn Brinkley.<br />
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During a talk she gave with her husband, Dannion Brinkley, I had the pleasure of listening to her deliver a wonderful "list" of spiritual <i>to-do's</i>, what she calls "The ABC's of Spiritual Wisdom." I asked her if I could share this with my audience here at Higher Journeys and she happily agreed. So here they are for you...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The ABC's of Spiritual Wisdom</span></b> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A</span></b>ssume nothing</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>reathe deeply</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">C</span></b>ultivate compassion</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">D</span></b>ream big</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">E</span></b>mbrace Joy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">F</span></b>ollow your heart</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">G</span></b>ive generously</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">H</span></b>ug others often</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span></b>nspire by example</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">J</span></b>ournal your thoughts</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>K</b></span>iss passionately</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>L</b></span>ove lavishly</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>M</b></span>editate daily</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>N</b></span>ever blame</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b></span>pen your mind</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>P</b></span>urge the past</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Q</b></span>uest for truth</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>R</b></span>elinquish anger</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b></span>peak gently</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>T</b></span>hink beautiful thoughts</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>U</b></span>tter words of appreciation</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>V</b></span>aliantly uphold righteousness</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>W</b></span>ork with enthusiasm</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>X</b></span>-tend kindness abundantly</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Y</b></span>earn for peace</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Z</b></span>igzag the straight and narrow path</span><br />
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If we can implement even a few of these easy acts of spirit each day, we will see and BE the change we've been so longing to see - It's truly in our hands (and in our hearts)!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Happy Friday!</i></span></div>
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<b>The Consciousness Momentum is <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BUILDING!</span></i></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hile managing to slip out of "snowy Boston" in between two significant snowstorms, I found myself amid somewhat blue skies, much milder temperatures and a whole bunch of friends whom I hadn't seen probably since last year, at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles.</div>
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Despite the frenetic pace, and doing interviews and meetings on the fly, it was absolutely exhilarating to see so many (some estimates say nearly 15 thousand) attend the 12th annual conference which covers the soup to nuts of consciousness, new thought, activism and fringe subjects.</div>
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<a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/geoengineering-and-the-global-assault-a-round-table-discussion-with-dane-wigington-george-barnes-and-dr-doug-levine/" target="_blank">While there, I had the opportunity to interview solar energy expert Dane Wigington, film maker and commercial photographer, George Barnes,and Dr. Doug Levine about the perils of geoengineering and what we can do to stop this horrendous assault.</a></div>
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Then I spent a little bit of private time with The Intention Experiment and The Bond author and prolific speaker, Lynne McTaggart, whom I'll be interviewing in March, as well as crop circle researcher and regression therapist Barbara Lamb, who'll be sharing some of her own profound experiences with the Conscious Inquiry audience in an upcoming episode.</div>
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It was great to also hook up with new age recording artist, Steven Halpern (whom I've worked with previously, but had never met, face-to-face), and reunite with my friend and colleague Howard Martin from HeartMath and dear friends, Dannion and Kathryn Brinkley for dinner out on the town!</div>
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I then met up with Coast to Coast AM's George Noory at an event sponsored by Gaiam TV. Spending a few minutes with him reminded me of the good 'ole days of broadcast media. George's been in <i>the biz</i> for over forty years and I started my career in television and radio nearly 30 years ago - <i>My</i> <i>how time flies!</i></div>
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We've all come a long way - seen a lot of changes. I'm so grateful to say I'm partaking in the media paradigm shift that has been so long in the making!</div>
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When you're in this work of "alternative news," pounding the pavement and trying your best to help awaken people to all of the wonders and odysseys of what we call reality, it can sometimes feel like you're going it alone! When you can occasionally come together, give an embrace or two, share "war stories" AND stories of achievement, it makes it all worthwhile - you are reassured that you're not alone in this mission to bring us all together for true evolution! There are so many who are working so diligently to put important information on the map to the masses - my hats off to all of them for creating change in so many critical areas of our lives!</div>
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To get a preview of my upcoming interviews on Conscious Life News, click <a href="http://consciouslifenews.com/coming-cln-radio-geoengineering-one-mind-bond/1170639/" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-51481179111297185332014-01-27T15:59:00.000-08:002014-03-18T19:18:27.774-07:00Self Help? It May Be Easier Than You Think!<div style="text-align: left;">
Updated: March 2014</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Conscious Musings - Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential</b></span></i></div>
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<i><b>What people are saying about Conscious Musings...</b></i></div>
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<i><b>"A real page turner" - "mind boggling" - "inspirational"</b></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395190960&sr=8-1&keywords=conscious+musings" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21nXb7lvaYwQHjtTPtSVwo-I59Rc6JZ7damSD6AqGNCYkWtKYG_RdxUY9eIv_mBqKYngR0xrKYKX6PLx-fW378Ojb0pXs7ILyLtp9rfu7ze8iuvQmsbLX59YVe_PRLbiZ1HytXee4TXg/s1600/ConsciousMusings_Cover.jpg" height="320" width="205" /></a>What does this post 2012 era have in store for us? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will we have any say in how our lives play
out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can we truly create our own reality
to our own specifications?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can we use
our dreams, intuitions, and synchronicities to trade our current reality for
one we would rather experience?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According
to the new release of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Musings-Contemplations-Transform-Potential/dp/0991525027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395190960&sr=8-1&keywords=conscious+musings" target="_blank">Conscious Musings – Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential</a>, the resounding answer is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YES</i>!</div>
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The act of <i>self help</i> takes on a whole new meaning with Conscious Musings - a powerful anthology of thoughts
covering a broad range of experience and potential of today’s human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From rationalizing reality to spiritual
sovereignty; from dichotomies of consciousness to the emergence of
individualism, death of the ego and behavior modification to transcending the
limits of physical life as we know it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
book delves deep into the big questions, and offers suggestions for achieving
in ways we’ve yet to experience both individually and collectively.</div>
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Will <a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/conscious-inquiry-william-buhlman/" target="_blank">out of body experiences</a> (OBE’s) shed stunning light on our true potential?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will accepting the reality of paranormal
phenomena shift our paradigm to a whole new level?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can we literally design our life from the <a href="http://henrycorbinproject.blogspot.com/2009/06/literalizing-imaginal.html" target="_blank">Imaginal realm?</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to some of the most
widely respected individuals in many areas of transformation and potential who
are mentioned throughout this book, the answer is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YES</i>!</div>
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Hear from OBE expert <a href="http://www.astralinfo.org/" target="_blank">William Buhlman</a> about how incorporating self-initiated OBE’s can literally
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</span>Paranormal researcher and author <a href="http://www.visionaryliving.com/" target="_blank">Rosemary Ellen Guiley</a> talks about
how the thinning of the planetary veil has possibly initiated a more robust
link with the spirit realm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gifted
intuitive and teacher <a href="http://www.penneypeirce.com/" target="_blank">Penney Peirce</a>
shows us how to engage the imaginal realm to begin a joyful journey that is
squarely within our grasp. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near-death
experiencer and researcher <a href="http://pmhatwater.hypermart.net/" target="_blank">PMH Atwater</a> reminds us about the necessity to take stock of our position in
life: Are you a complacent consumer or change-maker?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The late author of the Holographic Universe, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kLKpQjllU" target="_blank">Michael Talbot</a> comments
on how the “weird” is a means to understanding the practical applications of
the paranormal realms and what they have to teach us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dream expert and author <a href="http://www.mossdreams.com/" target="_blank">Robert Moss</a> conveys a riveting and
inspiring story of how abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman used her
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us that the perfect world we are looking for might already be here. With an
emphasis on personal responsibility and the importance of service to others, we
become the change we want to see. This is an intelligently written,
thoughtfully composed collection of essays that examine the human potential. It
is a well-researched book that examines the influence of consciousness on
reality, looking at the act of reflection rather than reaction. I was
particularly intrigued by the idea that a simple change in one’s daily routine
can be a pre-cursor to change in other areas of life. Read this enlightening
work, and as Alexis so clearly states, ‘Embrace the journey’.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> is a marvelous
collection of metaphysical principles designed to both educate and enlighten
the reader. I highly recommend this book.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">-Dr. Bruce Goldberg, author of
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exploring the Fifth Dimension – Parallel Universes,
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> is a celebration of inspiration and a feast for
the soul. Alexis Brooks has a rare talent for combining the most
mind-boggling metaphysical concepts with down-to-Earth practical ideas. She
illuminates some of the great ideas of our time with graceful dexterity and
takes us on a journey to comprehend the nature of reality, asking questions
such as, ‘Is paranormal the new normal?’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious
Musings</i> guides us through the challenges of our times, envisioning a state
of mindful awareness and wonder we can attain by which all problems can be
solved.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-Cynthia Sue Larson, author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reality Shifts – When Consciousness Changes
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“Alexis
Brooks is a great ‘muser!’ She zooms in on poignant topics in the news and
life, and examines them in a spiritual, intuitive light. She connects the
nonphysical and physical realms this way, helping us see through the veil of
confusion and ignorance that surrounds us on a daily basis. It’s fun to contemplate
the ideas along with her. It will help you notice other important things that
want noticing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> is wonderful,
inspirational and motivating!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alexis
Brooks offers insights of great depth and wisdom that she seamlessly brings
together into a perfect wholeness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
book will help you gain a higher perspective on life and how to make it richer
and more rewarding.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from the Afterlife </i>and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“If you are ready to
contemplate the unknown, to expand your awareness, to remember who you are, I
recommend <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> as a
roadmap and Alexis Brooks your muse.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">-Ann Bolinger-McQuade,
author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Everyday Oracles – Decoding the
Divine Messages That Are All Around Us<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“Alexis has provided
all of us with a thoughtful, beautifully written understanding of ourselves,
the times we are living in and the power of love. This book is sure to inspire,
motivate and stimulate our perspectives on life in an uplifting way. It is a
testament to the beauty of all that we are and a beauty we should never, ever
forget.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and co-author<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with Doc Childre of <i>The
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> is a deep,
entertaining and enlightening journey into these times of great crisis and
opportunity. Alexis Brooks effortlessly weaves personal reflections,
cosmic truths, and our collective reality, into a narrative that is both
thoughtful and heartful. This work is a great contribution to an
awakening humanity.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aka Swami Beyondananda, co-author with Bruce Lipton of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spontaneous Evolution – Our Positive Future and A Way to Get There From
Here<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; line-height: 115%;">“Alexis
Brooks’ search for truth has been so diligent that her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conscious Musings</i> is able to offer sophisticated insights
beyond the usual platitudes. The altitude of her worldview allows her to see
beyond seeming dichotomies. She describes how a true ego is necessary to be
both distinct and unified with the cosmos, that responsible individualism is
the core of real connectedness as community and that authentic spirituality
depends on the recognition of our sovereignty of every being. Such grounded
expansiveness is both inspiring and timely when both waking up and clear
manifesting are critical.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Synchronicity,
the ubiquitous "11" and consciousness. Are they all related,
are they indicative of current times and if so, what does it all
mean?</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now that the New Year is here and
2013 is in the rearview mirror, many people are hoping to leave the challenges
far behind as well. In this regard, I suppose there is "bad
news" and "good news." The bad news first: according to
some, including author, researcher and near-death experiencer, PMH
Atwater whose <a href="http://higherjourneys.blogspot.com/2013/12/changing-of-tides-shift-is-here.html"><span style="color: blue;">brief assessment I highlighted in a previous post,</span></a>
2014 falls smack in the middle of a prolonged version of "mercury
retrograde on steroids" - the rollercoaster ride of life is getting
bumpier indeed and by all accounts, it’s not planning on waning anytime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the "good" front, those
on the ride are being given the opportunity to shift gears, change stuff up,
look at things differently, do things differently, and be all the wiser
for it. In fact, the tumult of the times may just be the Universe
offering up a gift - an opportunity, finally for us to put our paradigm
shifting power into motion- achieved <i>only</i> if times get tough enough for
us to put our dukes up and knock the current reality out of view in order to
usher in a new one that suits us better. These times are about evolution
the likes of which humans have never seen before, <i>if</i> we know how to read
the signs and then act on them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/synchronicity-and-the-crack-between-two-worlds-a-conversation-with-trish-and-rob-macgregor/" target="_blank">In Trish and Rob MacGregor's excellent new book, The Synchronicity Highway</a>, they say, "...your guidance
system lies in your awareness, curiosity, feelings, intentions, and
beliefs. It lies <i>within. </i>Once you trust that inner guidance,
synchronicities seem to pop-up everywhere. They are signposts, friends,
allies that guide and direct you, warn you, clarify and confirm your decisions,
laugh at you and with you."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It seems to me that if there were
any time in history where this ally is greatly needed, it is now.
Synchronicity is still one of those less understood and yet persistent
anomalies that we've all encountered at one time or another. We'd have
occasional coincidences - acknowledge them and invariably shrug them off.
They'd just pop into view or earshot and show themselves <i>just enough</i> to
give us a chuckle or a "hmm, interesting." For those who have a
sneaking suspicion that there’s more to synchronicity than meets the (mind’s) eye,
my suggestion is that we consider taking their presence just a bit more
seriously. In fact, why not enter into an agreement with the Universe to
commit to seeing them more often and then utilizing them to navigate this
rollercoaster ride? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The point: We <i>do</i> have a
guidance system, an inner GPS if you will, that if yielded will guide us,
and without the necessary DVD upgrades to boot. It doesn't falter or fail
- it just gives information and I truly sense it has our best interest at
heart. Its only caveat? Pay attention! So even
though the roller coaster of life has managed to build an infrastructure
with increasingly more dips and curves, perhaps the purpose is to get us to
take it on in order to tame it, to ride it through and to change the course
altogether..."hmm, interesting!!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I've always found it intriguing how
the English language tends to have multiple definitions and yet a singular and
fundamental connection. Take the word "current." In
one definition, current denotes a time of now, of present - our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">current</i> situation. But current
also means, flow - something that moves, that is agile and not resistant to
change. What current are you experiencing? Are you flowing with it
or against it? Might the presence of synchronicity (once recognized) be
your compass to navigate the current with more agility? It's something to
contemplate for sure! And once you do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Getting back to the MacGregor's book
in which they beautifully illustrate how synchronicity is key to understanding
the myriad ways the Universe works to communicate with us, let's talk about
11! What is it? Why is it? And more importantly what about its
presence as it relates to the <i>current</i> times?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Synchronicity Highway that might give us a clue:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Carl Jung considered numbers
to be archetypal and believed that when you experience clusters of a particular
number, it has become active within your psyche. It apparently stays
active until you get the message. The message of 11:11 seems to be about
evolution of consciousness, that you're being ushered into a greater reality,
the flow (yes - the current!) of universal energy. It can also act as a
warning and as confirmation."</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It appears that these current times
are critical – monumental in fact. And the thousands, no – <i>millions</i>
who are and have been experiencing the 11's on a regular basis are indicative
of the fact that our current times are nudging us to graduate to a level of
consciousness that will ironically release the lock-hold of finite potential
and open the doors to in-finite reality – a reality that will imbue us with the
realization that we are not mortal (mediocre, average, everyday) humans
but immortal (infinite, extraordinary, creative) spiritual
energy, and once set free ( and recognize this through synchronicity), we
will fly!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Universal consciousness knocking at our door <i>through </i>11:11?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just a minute or so more, because this numerical phenomenon is just too
ubiquitous to write off as an unmeaningful coincidence (the antithesis of
synchronicity).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In December of 2011 I wrote an article
entitled <a href="http://higherjourneys.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-on-this-earth-does-11-mean.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">What on (this) Earth Does
"11" Mean?"</span></i></a><i> </i>In it I posit that its
meaning and significance may carry an array of suggestions, prompts, and its
objectives may be as diverse as those who witness them:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Could the "11 experience" be some covert
mind mapping program to keep the masses in servitude? Could it be a signal from
"beyond" about the current and accelerating shift? Could this shift indicate
a thinning of the dimensional veils and 11 be some sort of a numeric portal?
Could it be the angelic realms making their presence known through the twin
doorways just to give us a wink and a nod? Could it be a complex vibrational
resonance preparing us for 4th density existence? Could it be all of the above?
Perhaps." (From What on THIS Earth Does "11" Mean?)</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since being a witness of
this perplexing phenomenon for over eight years now, believe me, I've
pondered, mused, and psycho-sleuthed its meaning to death. Whereas I am
still at a loss for its ultimate explanation- and unwilling to commit to any
one theory, no matter how plausible that theory may be, I have come to one
general idea and that is its ubiquitous presence somehow seems to lend credence
to the idea that there is one mainframe of consciousness and we are all wired
to it, hence the reason why so many are having the experience at one time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was physicist David Bohm who
postulated that our physical reality is but one giant holographic projection
from another level or layer of reality he called the implicate order (that
which encompasses all things, yet unmanifest and enfolded). Within this
Universal matrix, there is a trigger (perhaps our own collective consciousness)
that will allow a phenomenon (experience) to unfold into the physical
world. Since numbers represent a language of sorts and can be deciphered
as such, this constitutes a new form of communication, and thus a new way of
experiencing the world <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> ourselves is unfolding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps we as humans are being invited
to now expand our ideas of language - to be able to read the signs and symbols
that have always undergirded the three dimensional reality that we've come to
know. Something, it seems is prodding us to stretch – to re-member our
infinite nature and that of the Universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps it is vital that we do so now, if we are to truly navigate and
ultimately end the rollercoaster ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
presence of 11, assuming there is intrinsic value, may somehow be trying to
convey this necessity to broaden our understanding of reality, just as the
intricate geometry of some of our crop circles have also been said to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It feels like we are living inside
one big pot of synchronicity soup, one big collective consciousness shift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a glorious thing in fact – to be alive
at such a time and to choose to participate in the dialogue of the
Universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To enthusiastically respond to
its language by first acknowledging and then acting on its wisdom begets one
big evolutionary step toward the ultimate graduation of humankind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thrilling!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Read more about the ubiquitous "11:11" phenomenon featuring Rob and Trish MacGregor in Alexis' new best-selling book, <a href="http://amzn.com/B00J1OHSO2" target="_blank">Conscious Musings - Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential!</a></i></b></span></div>
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Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-35336893206500135202013-12-18T15:19:00.000-08:002013-12-19T14:18:50.787-08:00Creativity and the Nonlocal Mind<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rtsZJFcRArYV7dk0FUdCJL_IInZVMMCzsOpMbO1Xd-SwgvHMEZ55dV_JeEx37OOGRUZ5as-6v76iXNLPSL7gTPWXZ-zu16rXNWmv11D9rKj9DiVvSdfT3oD25rgFamD9k4QLQEqqTms/s1600/LarryHome2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rtsZJFcRArYV7dk0FUdCJL_IInZVMMCzsOpMbO1Xd-SwgvHMEZ55dV_JeEx37OOGRUZ5as-6v76iXNLPSL7gTPWXZ-zu16rXNWmv11D9rKj9DiVvSdfT3oD25rgFamD9k4QLQEqqTms/s1600/LarryHome2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Esteemed physician, researcher and author Dr. Larry Dossey kindly agreed to allow me to excerpt a portion of his latest piece published in the Huffington Post entitled, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-larry-dossey/creativity_b_4440941.html" target="_blank">Where Does Creativity Come From?</a></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>In it he posits that our creative impulse may be derived from a broader spectrum of information; a field of sorts of which we have an intrinsic connection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had the pleasure of perusing this compelling post just yesterday and was particularly struck by his myriad examples that would lead one to truly contemplate the idea that our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unique</i> creativity may not necessarily originate with ourselves, nor be generated by our brain but rather gleaned from an infinite field of information that some refer to as the quantum field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve often contemplated this notion, wondering whether original creations are instead channeled from an all pervading and omnipresent source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an intriguing concept and one that allows us all to consider the true access we have to information based on the idea that we are innately hard-wired to this field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Before we get into Dr. Dossey’s compelling piece, allow me to quote Intuition expert, </span><a href="http://higherjourneys.blogspot.com/2013/05/personal-evolution-and-our-sixth-sense.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sonia Choquette whom I interviewed earlier this year</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> about how we are indeed connected to this quantum field and how “invention” may not reside solely with the individual personality.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“The heart wisdom of you is an intelligence that actually precedes your brain. It is a profound informing intelligence that works on a number of levels. First, it works on connecting you to information in this realm. So you can actually have telepathic crossovers. This is how two people discovered and argued for quite a time over who discovered the AIDS virus, an American or a Frenchman, because they both did…They were actually telepathically sharing information. We also have souls that have access to far more than our local brain consciously contains and that’s why when all of a sudden you start a new project and you just know how to do it. Get on the ski slopes, I know how to ski. I start renovating a house – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all of a sudden I’m designing stained glass windows. How do I know? I don’t really know. Because we access the quantum field.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">…And now, let’s delve a little deeper in to where creativity comes from with Dr. Larry Dossey:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My online dictionary says that "create" means to bring into existence something that is new, something that did not exist before. We often imagine creators as solitary individuals struggling against great odds, trying mightily to craft new inventions, music, or art that is novel, fresh, unique. We assume that prior training and skills are crucial in the creative process. Someone who doesn't know arithmetic will never be a great mathematician. A tone-deaf person will never compose majestic music. Someone who is not grounded in the classics can never be a great philosopher.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"He spoke in perfect, publishable sentences," Pearce writes, "without pause or haste, and in a flat monotone. He used complex theological terminology and told me, it seemed, everything there was to know. As I listened, astonished, the hair rose on my neck; I felt goose bumps, and, finally, tears streamed down my face. I was in the midst of the uncanny, the inexplicable. My son's ride to kindergarten arrived, horn blowing, and he got up and left. I was unnerved and arrived late to my class. What I had heard was awesome, but too vast and far beyond any concept I had had to that point. The gap was so great I could remember almost no details and little of the broad panorama he had presented ... He wasn't picking up his materials from me. I hadn't acquired anything like what he described and would, in fact, be in my mid-50s and involved in meditation before I did ... My son had no recollection of the event."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Events like this pose deep questions for creativity. Where does the wisdom come from that makes creativity possible?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Baron Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, the renowned German physicist who was a contemporary of legendary physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr, thought deeply about creativity in science. In any great scientific discovery, he said, "We find the often disturbing and happy experience: 'It is not I; I have not done this.' Still, in a certain way it is I -- yet not the ego ... but ... a more comprehensive self." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is this "more comprehensive self"? I propose that it is a domain of consciousness that is nonlocal or infinite in space and time, in which all information resides. Throughout history it has been called many names -- the Source, the Absolute, God, Goddess, Allah, Universe. My favorite term is the One Mind, in which all individual minds come together.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-larry-dossey/creativity_b_4440941.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Continue to read the full post here</span></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://dosseydossey.com/"><span style="color: blue;">The web site of Dr. Larry Dossey</span></a></span></span><br />
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Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-44198795146695694342013-12-05T12:09:00.000-08:002013-12-19T14:21:49.963-08:00Changing of the Tides – The Shift is Here!<br />
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Recently, I received this sobering and yet insightful message from PMH Atwater, author, researcher and visionary, about the current cosmological and evolutionary shift we are experiencing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first glance, I was alarmed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon closer examination, I understood and could relate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ultimately with some unbiased reflection, I acknowledged that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> is what the shift is bringing and if we understand the nuances and signposts, its opportunities for evolution far outweigh the challenges.</div>
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This is a short read but it packs a wallop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PMH has an uncanny ability to convey powerful information in a concise and succinct manner – flowery rhetoric need not apply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a well summarized analysis from the purview of someone who has experienced, felt and seen the Universe with a 360 degree perspective! </div>
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Astrologically we are dealing with powerful squares and T-squares that will not go away any time soon.</div>
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All of 2013, 2014, 2015 - every day - is like Mercury Retrograde on steroids. You start something, everything goes swell, and then suddenly, a crash or a twist as the energy turns on you. Easy to forget things.</div>
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This can be noticed upfront with human/animal dispositions, skin sensitivity and rashes, driving or even walking, a flux of bacteria/viruses that go up and down in spite of medications. One day you're energized; the next day is a wipe-out. Same with politics, finances, banking, jobs. Swing time. The old and the new are clashing with increasingly powerful resistance. Weather is just as confused as people and animals are, so are plants. While our nation (the U.S.) is blessed with fuel from oil sands, our groundwater and deep wells are slowly becoming poisoned with small quakes on the rise. You really can't call "negative"/"positive" anymore. What seems worrisome, actually inspires and uplifts people to take charge and find new ways of doing things that work out better. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"I am a child of God, perfect in every </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">way and nothing and no one can interfere in my life without my permission."</span></b></div>
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I was asked by "New Dawn Magazine" in Australia to write something uplifting for 2014 (predictions for the New Year). I couldn't......at least not per se. All I could do is describe the territory - the good and the not-so-good and then show what people are actually doing about it - turning energy around. As more and more people decide to make substantial changes in their lives, businesses and governments change, too. Not always pretty what happens because of this, but there's no stopping the squeeze play. </div>
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What I've found in my life that makes a difference is using stress relief measures fairly often. When energy starts to spin or dip, I stop what I'm doing and zone in to what's true: "I am a child of God, perfect in every</div>
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way and nothing and no one can interfere in my life without my permission." Sometimes I'll do a little dance, walk up and down stairs, spend time outdoors, or splash some water around. Always some deep breathing and some laughter. Amazing what such a stress break will do for you. </div>
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Remember, the human race as we think it to be, is evolving. It isn't just our world, our universe that is changing. We are, too, and on a fundamental core level. <br />
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For details of this, including datelines, read<br />
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<br />Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-83268948115302377462013-11-30T13:49:00.000-08:002013-12-19T14:22:40.797-08:00Talking Animal Reincarnation on 30 Odd Minutes!I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the paranormal television program 30 Odd Minutes hosted by Jeff Belanger and his crew.<br />
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<b>Let's talk about intuition - what it is and how to utilize it!</b></div>
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Today as I was perusing the Internet - specifically YouTube, to see what type of information has been coming out about utilizing our intuition to help with life's little (or big) hurdles, I came up with just about every message, promise, course, approach you can imagine.</div>
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Clearly, talk about using <a href="http://higherjourneys.blogspot.com/p/there-are-times-in-everyones-life-when.html" target="_blank">intuition</a> is gaining momentum like a fast moving train. But why is this understanding so in demand these days? It appears that more and more people are finally surrendering to the idea that the rational approach used in isolation, is just not cutting the muster anymore - and that's a good thing!</div>
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It seems that trying times - that period which most agree we are in the throws of right now, have a clever habit of pushing people to their limits until they <a href="http://higherjourneys.blogspot.com/p/there-are-times-in-everyones-life-when.html" target="_blank">break through them</a> and realize that there were really no limits to begin with - just our belief in them. But there's got to be some inherent tool that we all possess to bust the limits wide open; that which we've heard subtle whispers of from one time or another that can be identified, harnessed and utilized and it's ALWAYS right. You guessed it - it's our intuition!</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"The only tuition ones need to pay is IN-Tuition. The only thing it asks is that you PAY attention!"</span></i></blockquote>
In this "machine culture" for which we dwell, society dictates that logic, rational thinking, delineation through reason, mechanistic approaches make for a well oiled machine (mind). And of course, the more formal education you are able to acquire, the better the mind will work. This has been the central assumption. But if this is the case, then why are so many "well educated" people still struggling to survive, confused about their trajectory in life and unable to maintain a stream of happiness? Answer - overemphasis on the left brain!<br />
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There's no secret that our society, particularly in the west has placed an inordinate amount of emphasis on the acquisition of information to tackle any challenge or obstacle - the more knowledge you have of a given situation, the more likely you are to solve it. And so for that, streams of information are coming in that the mind is bombarded with it and thus more confused than ever. There's got to be a way to neatly organize, prioritize and distill this information to get to the bottom of a given matter. But not without a conduit and that's where intuition plays an integral role!<br />
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So next question - if we do indeed have this faculty called intuition (and we all do), <i>how</i> do we recognize it? Well, this is different for everyone - everyone! And the first step in engaging this tool is to recognize the channels for which it speaks to us.<br />
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Our senses are indeed channels for how information is transmitted to us, whether it be auditory, visual, kinesthetic (feeling) or otherwise, these all serve as a pathway to deliver information directly to the brain.<br />
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Our intuition will also use these channels to communicate to us. Often feeling - whether a feeling in the stomach/gut area, heart area or just a subtle sense that you get that can't quite be defined as a physical sensation but just a <i>knowing </i>feeling, these are all being conveyed through the kinesthetic channel.<br />
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Again, your channel for receiving might be something other than feeling, like getting a flash in your "mind's eye" or hearing a voice tell you something or even see a sign on the road or hear something that someone might arbitrarily say in conversation that speaks to you in a profound way. This too is intuition - It uses the entire universe to conspire to message you with what it is you need to know.<br />
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So first, identify what <i>your</i> receiving channel is (often the same as your learning style) and then you'll be one step closer to recognizing your intuition.<br />
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Next, practice delineating your intuitive hunches from other information (remember, the left brain is always working over time - that coupled with the information it's taking in, it can be difficult to sort it all out). One clue to recognizing intuition is its subtlety and swiftness. Often, an intuitive hunch will be a very quick <i>flash</i>, so quick in fact that you are apt to miss it! This is not always the case - sometimes it will be a repetitive pattern that just won't go away, but frequently the more subtle and quick the "hit" the more likely it is your intuition. Practice identifying that quick "whooosh" in which ever way it comes in: visual, auditory or feeling and when you get it - you <i>got</i> it!<br />
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Now, <i>ACT</i> on it! This is probably the most challenging for people because we have been so indoctrinated into taking the safe (i.e. practical, rational, logical route) that this will seem foreign. But try it out with some small things. Ask your (other) self - the intuition - some questions. Should I take the highway or side streets? Should I call this person right now or wait until tomorrow? ...etc. Take baby steps at first, just to test your tuning in mechanism and as you do, you will begin to strengthen the intuitive muscle. <br />
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This does take practice, but once you've first convinced yourself that your intuition does exist, second, identify the pathways the intuition will travel to speak to you and third, ACT ON IT, you will be well on your way to making this wonderful tool a part of your arsenal for life!<br />
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It's there - always has been - always will be - <i>NOW</i> is the time to put it to good use!<br />
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<br />Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-70209042423315075922013-11-13T10:48:00.000-08:002013-11-13T10:48:59.428-08:00The Phenomenon of Quantum Jumping<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Is it <i>really</i> possible to jump out of one reality and into another?</b></div>
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My friend and colleague, best selling author Cynthia Sue Larson has been an ardent supporter of the research and recent findings into the exciting phenomenon of this new paradigm of thinking and doing; literally taking conscious control of our lives with the understanding that we <i>do</i> have the ability to shift into a reality that looks and behaves a lot different that what we're currently experiencing (or wish to experience).</div>
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Here's what her new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971934959/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0971934959&linkCode=as2&tag=highejourn-20" target="_blank">Quantum Jumps</a> - An Extraordinary Science of Happiness and Prosperity has to say:</div>
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<i>"Experience a new science of instant transformation, and live the life of your dreams! Quantum Jumps presents a radical new paradigm that we exist in an interconnected holographic multiverse in which we literally jump from one parallel universe into another."</i></blockquote>
The idea of the existence of parallel realities is not new, however the idea that these realities are indeed linked, can converge and present a drastic shift in our external reality is gaining momentum as some in the scientific community are now discovering. <br />
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What used to be viewed as separate or disconnected frames of reality, happening on different levels, yet occupying the same "space," measured within the realm of the very small (subatomic reality) are now being re-examined within a holographic, multidimensional and interconnected stream of reality and are now being demonstrated on a more macrocosmic scale!<br />
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Exciting stuff indeed! But the one common denominator in traversing these realities is consciousness!<br />
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In Cynthia's book she lucidly articulates how we can make a conscious choice to jump from one reality to another using tools such as meditation to facilitate the jump!<br />
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Although some of what you might hear within the context of shifting reality may sound familiar to you (i.e. creative visualization), there are other more unique and specific approaches to achieving this quantum jump in your life and it's all presented beautifully in Quantum Jumps!<br />
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I recently<a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/conscious-quantum-jumping-with-cynthia-sue-larson/" target="_blank"> interviewed Cynthia</a> to discuss the dynamics of Conscious Quantum Jumping. She had plenty to say about the science and practicality of this recent discovery and how these new insights are destined to rock our world in ways we've never been able to imagine - until now!<br />
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Get ready to quantum jump your way into a reality you truly prefer!!<br />
Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-35631347467152807202013-11-05T15:06:00.000-08:002013-11-05T15:19:10.371-08:00Conscious Inquiry - Radio for the Soul!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Is Alternative Media the New "Mainstream?"</b></div>
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As a journalist originating in mainstream broadcast media going back to the 80's and an ardent practitioner and researcher of a more "alternative" sort, it has been so refreshing to see the promulgation of what we call "alternative media" burgeon forth; a necessity it seems for those hungering for coverage from a more holistic perspective - a deep dive into the introspective and objective approaches to news.</div>
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There's so much to talk about these days - The most tempting of which seems to be the<i> in your face</i> tumult rocking the planet on many levels. People are looking for answers, now more than ever before, as to what this world is doing (or moreover, us on it), where we are going and the perennial question of course - <i>who</i> are we and <i>what</i> is this all about? The challenges - the opportunities - the problems - the solutions, all exist in one big stew we call reality and the Internet has offered a source to distill these issues and find answers to the complexity we call life.<br />
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It is said that we live in an "information age." This can have its advantages AND disadvantages. I've quoted on this in some of my previous work - information, knowledge and wisdom are not one-in-the-same. We have plenty of information - can glean some knowledge from it, but to arrive at wisdom, it takes a thoroughly objective, experiential and discerning approach. Still, our external sources have attempted in some cases to guide us on the path to wisdom - if but simply to give us some rudimentary tools! And for this we are eternally grateful to the caring and sharing of <i>alternative media</i>.</div>
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To digress for just a minute - I recall having an invigorating discussion with a former colleague and friend, the late, great comedian and radio show personality, Marcia Masters. I worked with Marcia at WVBF FM in Boston in the early 90's and we became fast friends! In one of the last conversations I had with Marcia she had commented on how great it would be to be able to "break away" from the mainstream of media and create possibly an online show where we could talk about all sorts of things, free and unencumbered from any censorship from the network "brass." This I thought was a novel concept, given that online broadcasts (or podcasts) were at the time, virtually nonexistent (save for a few one-off sources).<br />
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I often think of how Marcia would have been salivating over the opportunity to share her unique brand of philosophy and humor through this new medium - but alas she was not able to partake. Still her ingenuity and ideas were truly ahead of its time and I salute her for that!<br />
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Harkening back to that long ago discussion, I've since had the pleasure of actualizing this idea - taking to the online airwaves, the new medium for which I had suspected would one day take precedence, and now bringing to you, the Global audience and community, the best of what I have to offer to those seeking information that is truly empowering, enriching and inspiring. I call this - <i><a href="http://radio.consciouslifenews.com/shows/conscious-inquiry/" target="_blank">Conscious Inquiry Radio</a>.</i><br />
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<i> </i> <i> </i> Conscious Inquiry is a bi-monthly radio program, exclusively presented by <a href="http://www.consciouslifenews.com/" target="_blank">Conscious Life News</a> in which I host guests from a broad range of disciplines: metaphysics, spirituality, paranormal, health and wellness, cutting edge science, and beyond. <br />
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Conscious Inquiry is not just about delivering the information in a template or "official" format - it's about searching the planet for the best and brightest minds (and courageous souls) who have dedicated themselves to uncovering pertinent information and sharing it with <i>you</i>, the Global community! It is my absolute pleasure and honor to share this information with you each and every month. And it is my sincere desire to see you walk away with just a little more knowledge that you can use to enrich your life in whichever way you feel necessary. This is what we're here for - to share for the betterment of mankind.<br />
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So, let us uphold and embrace our alternative media in this information age and one day "alternative" in this regard might just become a misnomer! Here's to the wisdom of your <i>Soul</i>! My blessings to you!
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Alexis Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227339967440712326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638986973519098168.post-67631671420835612542013-10-17T10:08:00.001-07:002013-10-17T10:08:47.123-07:00Do Animals Exist in the Afterlife and Can they Reincarnate?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life is filled with a plethora of questions. Acknowledging that the Universe is indeed mysterious, we should nonetheless continue to ask questions about its brilliant nature and our place in it - including our animal companions.<br />
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One of the greatest mysteries known to mankind lies in the question about "where" consciousness goes when it leaves the physical body? Does it <i>go</i> anywhere or rather continue on in some other state?<br />
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Given the broad spectrum of data to suggest that consciousness in not produced by the brain, but exists in spite of it, it would be fair to say that even when the physical brain dies, the consciousness does not. This of course would hold true not only for the human species but for our animal companions as well.<br />
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There are so many individuals who've become inextricably linked to their pets - linked by unconditional love for one another that when one loses their animal, companionship is replaced with unimaginable grief<br />
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This is when our animal friends can often show up in the most unlikely of ways (i.e. in dreams), transcending their pure love for us, to assure us that they as well continue and will remain ever present, albeit not in purely physical form. Sometimes, they will even find their way back to us in a new form - a new body, in order to continue the relationship with us - that "continuum of consciousness."<br />
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I chronicled <a href="http://consciouslifenews.com/phenomenon-animal-reincarnation/1144248/" target="_blank">my own amazing experience</a> with my beloved persian cat, "Paws" and his re-appearance in a new body (a new personality) whom we affectionately refer to as "Clover Paws." <br />
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The idea of reincarnation as a natural part of the life cycle is a phenomenon known to man throughout all of recorded human history and through virtually all cultures. If multiple incarnations are possible with human beings, why wouldn't this be so with our animal friends?<br />
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I will be discussing this phenomenon as part of <a href="http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-service/365346" target="_blank">the Conference on Animals in the Afterlife</a>, Sunday, November 3rd in Boxborough, Massachusetts.<br />
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If you're looking to learn more about this fascinating subject and hear from a wonderful line up of experts in this field AND are in the area, please attend. We'd love to see you there!<br />
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...and just when you think you've said a final "goodbye" to your animal friend, think again, they might be on their way back to you - <i>no</i> goodbye's necessary!<br />
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