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"psychic attacks"

Lotusflower — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:15:36 GMT

"Underneath, lies a fundamentally human conflict, deeper than archetypes, that must be resolved on both ends: by the person who is attacked and the person who attacks. From the point of view of this conflict, they are balancing complements, and sort of the same; they have both agreed to play out on the stage of life, some aspect of this clash of incomplete truths, to challenge each other’s fundamental stance, and be transfigured by each other, to learn to see deeper unto each others' souls and learn to love the other, a little bit more, at least a little bit more."

This question was originally posted in another tribe...I agree with this point of view and raised this topic again because a friend came to me who believes she has been "attacked" in her sleep many times by a foe from a former lifetime (so she believes)...She said that she recently woke up one morning w/ bruises on her back that looked as though she had been beaten severely, bruises which took days to heal... I also said to her that she must have some unresolved issues with this individual that she has to work through and release before she can move forward...I recommended that she send love to this person and let go of any anger or hatred she may feel because of past instances between them...She feels that she has done nothing wrong to this person and has tried to send love in the past to no avail. What should she do if she has sought love, but the entity is not ready or willing to reconcile?

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I need Help!

Michy ~ Phoenix of the Flames — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:11:10 GMT

Hello Friends,

For two weeks now I have been suffering from an acute migraine at the back of my head. I went into hospital for tests and a CAT scan which thankfully didn't show up anything sinister (and reassured me that I actually have a brain! LOL).
However, they couldn't do anything about the pain. They gave me 2 different types of painkiller, one of which worsened the problem and had me being sick all day. A friend on Tribe suggested Turmeric, which has lessened the pain, but hasn't got rid of it.

Any tips or suggestions would be helpful, as I can't take much more of this permanent migraine.

Thank you and blessings to you all, Michy

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i feel like my soul is dying

lea — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:47:16 GMT

i need help

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in need of a ceremony facilitator...

StoneFeather — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:26:25 GMT

My daughter's 3rd birthday is coming August 5th and i am looking for someone to help facilitate a ritual or ceremony for the two of us. This is something I could do alone but I want to be in ceremony with her not facilitating. I have not had any special "rite" for her besides giving birth itself. I am in need of rededication to my daughter and to myself as a mother. Perhaps there is a woman in the New England area that can help me. If not then I will know that this is a ceremony I must do on my own. Help would be nice right now though as I am close to burnout with my mothercup.
Goddess Bless,
Jessie and Autumn (my daughter)

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The Return of Desire

psytrancedancer — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:58:21 GMT

I love this book: The Return of Desire - A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion, by Gina Ogden

So much good info. She polled women and men using a poll she calls an ‘ISIS’ poll and then meshed their answers with stories, anecdotes and exercises. An awesome read. It talks about everything from masturbation, polyamory, monogamy, dogma, spirituality, emotional intimacy, communication and sex toys. It's been very healing for me.

http://www.ginaogden.com/promo/

And this is cool—I found the ISIS poll that she used for the book on her website: http://www.ginaogden.com/index.php?p=Isis

Anyone else have good read recommendations??

I took this from the website:

In this book you will discover innovative ways to:

• Open up to the four energies that spark desire
• Create heart-to-heart communication in your sexual partnerships
• Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don´t" messages
• Heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem
• Enjoy sexual pleasure and joy throughout your lifespan— from new love, to parenthood, and even into your golden years, when desire can ripen, like fine wine.

Gina Ogden – a marriage and family therapist and passionate voice in the field of women’s sexuality - invites readers to look beyond sexual performance and offers engaging ways you can say "yes" to pleasure on your own terms. She suggests wise and lively approaches for overcoming roadblocks to intimacy, and encourages you to expand your capacity for love, creativity, compassion, and sacred union.

It’s cheapest right now on Amazon, of course – but the gifts still come with it.
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Desire-Rediscovering-Sexual-Passion/dp/1590303644/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215533917&sr=8-4

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Over 800 missing in Philippine ferry disaster ...no one else on tribe seems to care (see my blog), but surely here ...

Eurynome — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:14:52 GMT

By Manny Mogato
ADVERTISEMENT

CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - More than 800 people were missing on Monday after a Philippine ferry capsized in a typhoon that has killed scores and left a trail of destruction across the archipelago.
Sulpicio Lines, the owner of the MV Princess of Stars, revised up the number of people missing to 845 after discovering an extra 100 passengers on the ship's manifest. Only four people are so far known to have survived the ferry disaster and they said many did not make it off the ship in time.
Crowded life-rafts sank in cold, storm-tossed seas.
"Many of us jumped, the waves were so huge, and the rains were heavy," a survivor identified only as Jesse told local radio.
"There was just one announcement over the megaphone, about 30 minutes before the ship tilted to its side." "Immediately after I jumped, the ship tilted, the older people were left on the ship."
Four people have been confirmed dead. Children's slippers and life jackets have washed ashore.
There were 724 passengers and 121 crew on board, including at least 20 children and 33 infants.
In the central city of Cebu, where Princess of Stars was meant to dock, dozens of relatives maintained a vigil at a small passenger terminal, waiting for news.
"The last time I heard from my son was on Friday evening when the ship left Manila. He texted to say he was coming home," said Celecia Tudtud, a mother of four.
"I really hope he's ok," she said, wiping away tears.
A spokesman for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who flew to the United States on Saturday night, said she would not cut short her eight-day state visit, which includes meeting U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House on Tuesday.
HUGE SWELLS
A coastguard vessel was trawling the waters around the 23,824 gross tonne ferry, which is upside down with only its bow above the waves, trying to confirm reports some passengers had made it to a small island.
"We are hoping more people will have reached the shoreline," Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo, the head of the coastguard, told Reuters.
Princess of Stars ran aground on Saturday but the coastguard was unable to reach it because of huge swells and bad weather caused by Typhoon Fengshen, which crashed into the central Philippines on Friday.
At least two other coastguard vessels were en route to help in rescue efforts and Tamayo said he hoped divers would be able to scour the submerged ship later on Monday.
He said there was no sign fuel was leaking from the ferry but said an oil-spill response team would arrive with one of the two coastguard ships before dawn on Monday.
Princess of Stars sank 3 km (2 miles) from Sibuyan island in the centre of the archipelago.
"WORST DISASTER"
Typhoon Fengshen, with maximum gusts of 195 kph (121 mph), has killed at least 155 people in central and southern Philippines, with the western Visayas region, famed for its sandy beaches and sugar plantations, the worst affected.
In Iloilo province, 101 people were reported dead after flood waters over two meters high engulfed communities, forcing tens of thousands to scramble onto the roofs of their homes.
"Iloilo is like an ocean. This is the worst disaster we have had in our history," Governor Neil Tupaz told local radio.
In neighboring Capiz, more than 2,000 houses were destroyed in the provincial capital and officials were struggling to make contact with communities further afield.
"We got hit real bad this time," said Richard Gordon, the chairman of the Philippines' Red Cross.
After battering Manila on Sunday, Fengshen spun out into the South China Sea on Monday. The storm was en route to Taiwan, where it could make landfall in the next few days, according to storm tracker website www.tropicalstormrisk.com.
More than 30,000 people were being housed in evacuation centers in the centre and south of the archipelago.
An archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines is hit by an average of 20 typhoons a year.
(Writing by Carmel Crimmins; Editing by Ralph Boulton)
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Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

dwellinpossibility — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:32:10 GMT

Has anyone read this book by chance? I am just starting to work my way through it, realizing I still have a whole new layer of integration work to dodeep inside my body and my bones related to past long ago trauma. I know it because some of my fears that I thought had disappeared over the years, particularly around meeting new people/being in new situations, seem to be really strong again in recent months. I'm feeling pretty discouraged today because well, I am sad that the work I have already done, and it's a lot, clearly wasn't enough. I know that our work as human beings is never ever done. I just wish certain aspects of it didn't take so long or take such a curvy road. I somehow want to be able to cross off "work totally through trauma" off my "to do checklist" but it doesn't work that way I know and stuff comes up when it comes up and all we can do is look it straight in the eye as soon as we can. So on that note, my cousin recommended Waking the Tiger to me and it makes a whole lot of beautiful sense. Has anyone else here read it and/or know of groups who might be using this?

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birth petition

Grandma — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:09:05 GMT

Now the AMA wants to legislate where we can birth our babies. Help stop this madness:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/birthathome/

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Lady

Moondancer — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:39:37 GMT

Lady,

Sometimes in the morning

before the break of day

You whisper in my dreams...

At times the whisper is a song---

at times a memory of sadness

swiftly gone---

You whisper in my dreams...

Sometimes in the morning

while the mist lays on the hills

You dance the wild dance...

At times You dance alone and free---

at times Your siren music reaches

out to me---

You dance the wild dance...

Sometimes in the morning

while the day blooms with the sun

You live behind my eyes...

At times You bring exalted grace---

at times an unexpected vision of your face---

You live behind my eyes!

Blessed Be!

The Book Of Hours: Prayers to the Goddess

By Galen Gillotte

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I worry about my relationship with men....

aschleigh — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:26:16 GMT

My father left when I was 4, he was an alcoholic . My mom has all sorts of dysfunctions. She is better now but growing up there was alcohol, workalicism, over eating, depression, etc.. Anyway it was chaotic to say the least. Although we always had money and I went to school and whatnot. I don't want to over dramatize. It was "normal" dysfunction, not the kind you see walking down the street, you'd have to look really close to see it, like most families I imagine.

Anyway, needless to say I have difficulty sustaining healthy relationships. I have had 2 long term relationships and they both were verbally , emotionally, ( one guy was physically abusive a couple of time ) abusive. So, it has happened more than those 2 relationships that I have dated alcoholics, narcissists. I find myself not attracted to nice guys. I don't know what to do about it. I am attracted to who I am attracted to. I go to counseling, ( I will see her next week and ask her this question ). What can I do to become attracted to healthier men?I know that the drama, the dysfunction turns me on, so to speak. I don't want it to. I am aware to the point that if I find someone really attractive, those bells go off in my head, I know it is probably not good. I want to change. I want to be with a man who respects and loves me. But they don't present themselves to me and they don't stick around.
I am in grad school for psychology, I do not invite abuse into my life in any other way. I am not self harming or even drinking too much. It's this one way , I attract jerks who can't respect me. What can I do?

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Cleansing others energies out of my system. Issues with shapeshifting and feeling people from past inside me.

jaya — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:50:54 GMT

Hello all,
Have you ever had the experience of momentary embodiment of other people's energy? i'm empathic, working on more solid boundaries.

I've been noticing over the last few years that i tend to store other people's energy in me. (a feminine trait especially with old intimate partners and friends.) this is especially strong with people who i have shared deep intimacy with, and even sometimes people they have shared deep intimacy with. it's like i'm finally realizing the power of energetic merging of sexual and deep intimate relations. kind of like a family tree of sexual energetic relations.

The way this feels for me is as if I'll drop into someone's character (facial expressions, movements, sounds, and general vibe) it's more intense than just picking up someone's common expressions like when you pick up someone elses laugh or saying. i actually for a very quick moment, actually feel the person in me. kind of a shape-shifting of sorts. it feels similar to when i've jumped into the feeling of what it is like to be a certain animal.

the issue is, it comes uninvited. when i've done it with animals, it's through a concious decision on my part to explore, meditate with, and experience an animal. it's especially spooky when it pops up while i'm having my own sexual expression and some old lover's vibes channel in. eek!

this feels more like stagnant energy. maybe it's good and the energy is moving out of me. sometimes i feel like there's too much old energy from the past stagnating and mucking up the free-flow of my own divine creative energy in my vessel.

any ideas to effeciently usher out these old energies to make room for the full me? boundary strengthning excersizes, clearing excersizes.

i am very familiar with chakra clearing, reiki, and angel assistance. also have done some shamanic trance work. maybe i just need to devote more time to these paths that i know.

if anyone has that special key technique to help with clearing past energies esp. sexual and intimate friends and partner energies, i'd really appreciate you sharing them.

Thanks!

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"In search of the Lost Feminine"

Zorro — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:38:06 GMT

dear friends,
this is a vibrant interview with Craig Barnes, in reverence to Life, to the Feminine
http://www.futureprimitive.org/

I hope you enjoy! ; )
Warm regards
Zorro

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Reclaiming Eros

dwellinpossibility — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:35:13 GMT

This one won't be for everyone and please don't be put off by the subtitle. Its called Reclaiming Eros: Sacred Whores and Healers, edited by Blackburn and Wade. A friend sent it to me, knowing that I am one, a therapist somewhat increasingly disenchanted with the field of traditional psychotherapy and the often conservative views of my field's mainstream and always seeking new reading and resources, but also knowing that on a more personal level, my ways of being and healing from my own history aren't sufficing. After being with and loving the same man for many years, even while I am genuinely in the know that it was the right decision to end things, still he was my wonderful spouse and lover for many years, and my heart feels like it carries behind it a huge sack of bricks sometimes when I think of being with someone new.

Enter this book which is a collection of interviews with a wide variety of healers outside the traditional mainstream, though fortunately, the mainstream is somewhat widening even more so these days, at least in certain parts. It offered new insights into the idea of sacred sexuality, and introduced me to brave souls I had never heard of. It is worth checking out if you feel cut off or shut out from your relationship with your body and heart, if you feel like therapy in whatever form has been helpful but somehow not enough so, and/or you are like me, and know that you have many more miles within to travel in every direction. Just a lot of wisdom and advice that was courageously put out there in this collection. Here's some various quotes, not necessarily my favorites, but just a sampling of many thoughts .

"I do this work because, in the area of sex, we've not been educated. We don't know whats possible. We're educated in all kinds of other areas, but not about our own fire, our own eroticism. I'm doing this work because most people don't know what their options are. I call for zero tolerance for sexual ignorance."
-Joseph Kramer, founder of The Body Electric School

"You can talk to a psychotherapist about sexual abuse for years, but for intervention on the physical plane, we call on a sacred intimate or erotic shaman. It is in the physical world that the trauma took place and that's where the healing most effectively takes place."
(Joseph Kramer)

"If we don't own our own orgasms, we don't own our own bodies, we don't own our own lives....The reason this is still so taboo is because women are still protecting the male ego. Built into most men's definition of how good they are in bed is measuring their success by their partner's orgasm. That's why so many women fake orgasms."
-Betty Dodson

"When an initiate comes to me, I say, "Let's make a new world." I surround them with new sights, new smeils, new sounds, and new sensations. I change their sensory world to create a time and space where they have the potential to create new thoughts, new beliefs, and a new way of being in the world. I deliberately refrain from referring to those who seek healing with me as "clients." Instead all who come to me are honored as initiates. Addressing them otherwise dishonors the sincerity of their seeking and the value of our healing mission together."
- Nut Butterfly

"The collusion of an odd mi of forces such as well-meaning feminists, mental health care providers, and right wing politicians has created an atmosphere which is, in many ways, more phobic about eroticism, much more sex negative than it was decades ago. The results of uncovering and publicizing how much sexual abuse and trauma exists in the culture were and are of tremendous importance. Paradoxically, and unfortunatelt, this has contributed to a dramatic pendulum shift towards hyper-vigilance and caution about the misuses of sexuality and the broad brush repression of anything remotely or even imaginatively sexual."
- Steve Howard

"Love means that you care so much about another that your deepest desire is to see them fully blossom into just who they naturally are."
- Rudy Ballentine

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allowing ...

Eurynome — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:41:33 GMT

... energy to flow directly, ..?

I have a severe neck and shoulder injusry, from 11yrs old ..

im hoping to get some healing )distance reiki anything!) to help heal that shlder!!!

am having regular jap. acapuncture ... (well, have had one so far!! - loved it!), some reiki (he's 2 level), massage and some physio. ..

but i need more ... i hate relying on anti inflamm painkillers! well, exc when NEC!

any advice would be great!!!

L
xox

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WATER WOMAN GATHERING

Renee — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:08:28 GMT

please check out WATER WOMAN GATHERING TRIBE for sharing visions and co-creation of the potential gathering called WATER WOMAN~ or click www.waterwomangathering.blogspot.com

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emotional physical connection

tam — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:52:59 GMT

Hi everyone,
i was just wondering if anyone know of reading material on the connection between emotions and physical problems...
for example, if a woman has chronic BV infections or candida this could mean she has some sort of supressed emotions regarding sexuality...i'm not sure if that's right but it's something i heard about...i would really love to learn more about this as i believe there's a lot of truth to it....

thanks,
Tam

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Please Introduce Yourself!

inkedmagiclady — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:37:39 GMT

Each woman and man who has joined this tribe is a powerful force for healing in this world. Please let us know who you are, where you are, and what (if anything) you are working toward in your life. For instance, right now I have been forced to take time for myself, pull all my energies in, and concentrate on my own healing before I can start to move outward again.
I see so many who have joined this tribe and contribute with amazing offerings in the listings section. I want (and I am sure others want as well) to get to know you personally.

So, let the introductions begin!

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Taking Evening Primrose Oil. Vitex

daphnewoodsprite — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:50:15 GMT

Hi all,
This is my first post...I have been diagnosed with endometrosis and dealing with this pain associated with this disease has been an ongoing battle for me. I recently looked into taking Evening Primrose oil and Vitex/Chaste tree. I asked my doctor about it, and she said to give it a go. I was wondering if anyone else has tried these vitamins and if they seemed to help with anything. I've been taking them for about 2 weeks now, and was just curious to see if anyone else has tried them. They are supposed to be really good for all sorts of women related ailments.

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Exercise

Fairylite — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:27:40 GMT

I'm in recovery after a hysterectomy in late August of last year. I fear the pain & soreness of exercise that I should be doing to help me after. I can't afford to go swimming right now due to money & time of year (winter). I see a counselor for this too, but still fear & feel stuck.

Any thoughts & help would be appreciated.

FL

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cupcake and the reflection of a lost friend

tattooed_kitty — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:01:12 GMT

I am in the process of reading this book called A Piece of Cake by the Author Cupcake Brown it is an autobiography about a woman who's mother died and she was thrown into the foster care system and abused at the hand of the system

This book is honestly hard for me to read its like I am reading parts of my best friend and soul sister Shawnetta's life. Although her ending was not as happy as the one in the book since she killed her self in 1997 right before her 21 birthday. I still miss her!

I look back at everything she went through from her mother being a heroin addict and sex worker to all the abuse her mother put on her when she was 12, Shanwnetta told me she was in playing Barbie and her mom walked in the room with her pimp he looked her up and down and asked Marie ( Shawnetta's mom) when she thought she would be ready and Marie said soon.. Shanwnetta knew what she meant luckily that pimp was sent to prison soon after that. AT age 14 I meet her I had seen her in school she tried talking to me I was 16 she was a freshman and I kind of ignored her but one after noon in Thursday school detention I was doodling and she passed me a not with lyrics from a cure song she put on the note she checked out the cure because she saw me wearing a band shirt and she loved them.. We where instant best friends after that.

One night she called me around 11 pm crying saying she was at a gas station parking lot an that her mother had just tried to stab her because she thought Shanwnetta was sleeping with Alan AKA Booger the only father figure Shanwnetta ever really had, her mom had been up for a week… My mom drove over in her pj's and got Shanwnetta we didn't even talk about what had happened at that point we just hugged her and fed her and made her take a bath.. She lived with us for a little over a month. Her mom found out where she was at and showed up one night when both Shanwnetta and I where not home, Marie pulled a gun on my dad demanding Shanwnetta, my dad told her no and told her off about being an bad mother and how Shanwnetta deserved better and Marie screamed at my Dad that she was going to turn Shanwnetta in as a run away so my parents would get arrested for not giving Shanwnetta back to her.

The next day we didn't go to school my mom took both of us the Child Protective Service Office and tried to some how legally get to keep Shawnetta at our house. They basically told my mom that we where to poor and our house would not pass the test for foster care and since Marie was still alive and not willing to give up custody their was no choice in the matter that Shanwnetta had to return home and Shanwnetta and my mom protested explained about the threats and her drug use and the CPS worker told us just because she was a drug addict didn't make her a bad mom and she had choices to make go home, go to foster care or be a runaway. We went back to our house and that night Marie came and got Shanwnetta the next day she was not in school. 3 days later we go to her house there is no answer at the door and the neighbor tells us that the same night Marie had brought Shawnetta back home Marie had been arrested on drug charges and my soul sister and my best friend was now in foster care..

This was another cycle of abuse starting. She was placed in a home in Jefferson ..:

Oregon I was allowed to see her and she could come stay the night at our house to at first it didn't seem that bad until the Grandfather came to live their also and he started abusing Shawnetta so she ran away. CPS still would not approve my family as a foster care option; booger was not her real dad so he could also not take her. This was the beginning of the cycle of many foster care homes and even at one point with her biological father in Indio CA she was sent back to foster care by him they had no bond and he didn't want to deal with a damaged wild teenager so she finally ending up at Jackie's where then always ended up being sent back to again was abused and ridiculed by this old drunk fat lady that claimed to be born again Christian. Jackie's home was for the troubled runaways and unwanted kids. She didn't allow Shawnetta to come to stay with me she said the devil had my soul. Her pattern was set every chance she got she was a runaway more then once the police would come to our house looking for her luckily we had a few hiding places.

At age 16 Shawnetta's mom was murdered her body decomposed in a ditch for 2 weeks in Gervis Oregon before they found it. She was killed most likely by a trick. The state of Oregon and the police had Shawnetta identify her moms body but offered no follow up counseling. Her Foster monster Jackie revealed in the moment to show the state what a good foster she was throwing Maries funeral and planning the entire thing. I remember going and Jackie wouldn't allow Shawnetta to sit with Booger or my family and our friends. Jackie also threw out some of her mom's belongings that she felt where satanic.

There are to many wonderful and sad stories to type about now plus my brain feels over loaded with emotions that I hadn't thought of in a long time. Its been 11 years since she died and I still miss her with all my heart. I wish she could have had the support and help she needed so she would still be alive so I could call my friend and tell her that I loved her, so when I have kids she could be auntie netta tigger butt.. but the system failed her.

I think this is part of why I became a social worker

Maybe I can be that person that lets a damaged person know that someone cares and lay out choices for a life of change. if I can help someone change in a positive way or just let them know someone cares then its worth it..

So yeah this blog originally was suppose to be about this book..

Very good book the scoop on it is bellow

Cupcake's best-selling memoir, A Piece Of Cake is now at book stores everywhere. The memoir is an inspirational story of a young girl lost in the system and left to fend for herself and forced to survive on her own in any way that she could, which she did through prostitution, drugs, alcohol, gangs, violence, and crime. Ultimately, through the encouragement of those who recognized her abilities and worth, and their continued support until she too began to recognize those qualities herself, she completely turns her life around. A Piece Of Cake is a gut-wrenching story of hopelessness, despair, validation, and ultimate success.

Author Cupcake Brown.

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recurring infections

tam — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:57:56 GMT

Hi,
as this is very embarassing for me i feel the need to reach out and ask
for help from every possible source...i have had recurring Bacterial vaginosis
and yeast infections for years...i've tried everything and nothing is helping to
get rid of it forever...it's all temporary...i welcome any suggestions or help.
Thanks.

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7 years and its over

becky — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:54:53 GMT

I guess im just to proud to talk to my friends about my situation, maybe its because i know i wont make the choice they all want me to make. My boyfriend and i have been together for 7 years lived together for 5 of those its been a long haul and we have been through alot being dirt poor moving out of state together and then back living with his parents and then finally getting a place of our own with a twin bed as a couch. A year ago he had an internet realationship with some girl they never met and its over for sure, it hurt but i was willing to forgive him because everyone told me technically he didnt cheat. We've made it through or so I thought I didnt even know anything was wrong and all of the sudden my whole world came crashing down on me. I got my benifits information in the mail and they are really expensive so i joking said that we should get married so that i could be on his and he said he didnt see that happening and that he wasnt even sure that he wanted to have kids. My dad is on his 5th marriage so i havent ever really pushed the issue. He says he loves me but he thinks that he should love me more than he does. And thats fine but i want to know how you start your life over? The worst part is after 7 years hes my best friend...i know alot of people say that but it really is true. I know i love him enough to let him go and do what he needs to do to be happy i just dont know how im going to get through it. We have this amazing bond how do you leave that behind? but i know neither us will move on if we remain friends.

None of my friends have ever been in long term realationships so they dont have the experience to understand. I dont know if i tell myself that so i think i dont have to talk to them about it or if its me and my pride embaressed because i do feel rejected i just need help right now.

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Have a question

lynn1 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:57:25 GMT

My body has stopped making progesterone. Which, since I have started early menopause, is normal. However, I am allergic to syntheitc hormones. So instead of the 10 milligrams for 10 days a month, we cut it back to 5 mm for 13 days a month. I start on the first. If I reject these hormones, is there any organic alternative to this, until I am done with changing? Otherwise, I have to have a partial hysterectomy, which, really wouldnt bother me,,but still, if I can avoid it...

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anybody in kansas city or thereabouts?

sweetmamadoe — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:22:53 GMT

i would LOVE to start a women's healing circle here in kc.

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I held her....

WonderWoman — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:41:22 GMT

I held her in my hand. Just one hand. He skin so dark, so thin, so broken. I watched her change as she slipped away. No breath of this plane could be seen. Her tiny nose could have been mine had she had one more month. Her tiny cap still so big for her fetal head. I asked them to take her away. I couldn't stand to see the changes. And to an empty hospital room they placed her, baptised her, and sheltered her before they took her down stairs. I layed there in bed, frozen eyes glued to the wall, unseeing. Caught only in the past, looking down at my small hand at her tiny frame. At night as I close my eyes she is still there....Jayme my little baby.

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gossip, healing, and lightworkers

Robin Littlefeather — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:46:09 GMT

Gossip, slander, being a Lightworker…an oxymoron or so one would suppose.

Recently I had several things that were allegedly said by me, but in truth never were said. They were the product of nothing but ugly gossip.

For myself when someone approaches me with an alleged wrong or slur someone said, I always tell them that unless I hear it directly from the person themselves, I refuse to acknowledge the information.

As Lightworkers I think it's important that we do not give place to the insanity of ugly gossip, or he said, she said. I think we not only have to take the stance that such gossip is inappropriate; it is unworthy of a person who calls themselves a Lightworker. It is our duty to stop such talk right in its tracks, and let the person know who is giving the information that such talk is unwelcome and harmful. One also has to question the motive of someone who is willing to spread slander and slurs with malicious glee. What positive outcome could there be if one person managed to allow their tongue to stray against another, and those words were subsequently conveyed to them? How could there be any good, any light, any healing from such an action? Such actions are at best treacherous. They betray a simple trust. The tongue becomes a weapon of destruction rather than an instrument of peace.

The person who is the victim of such gossip is then put in a completely untenable position. They could try to deny the allegations, but such denial simply adds fuel to the fire. They can take the moral high ground and refuse to address the allegations, but then they are often left with the loss of the friends or acquaintances involved in the situation. There is no happy resolution to such a situation.

As Lightworkers we either are going to channel light, healing, wellness, and wholeness, or we will not. The power of this is in our words and intentions. There is simply no room to be a Lightworker and allow this into our lives. The minute we do we have lost the right to call ourselves Lightworkers. We must eschew any form of gossip, evil speech. No matter what we think has been said, we must always believe the best, pray for those who have wronged us, and continue in the path of Light. To do anything less is to bring shame to the name of a Lightworker.

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Starting a local women's healing circle

lori — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:45:53 GMT

I'm considering starting a women's healing circle in my area (Joshua Tree, CA). I've been teaching writing workshops for women for a few years that tend to end up as healing circles, and I really love them. I'm thinking it might be fun to branch out a little and bring women together for mutual healing. Does anyone have experiences with doing this IRL? Do you have any suggestions? Can you steer me around any potential potholes? Are there any good books on the topic?

If you've ever been involved in something like this, what worked for you? What didn't work? In my experience personality conflicts tend to be the downfall of these types of gatherings. How do you avoid or work through them?

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a realy bad time

Bev — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:19:04 GMT

So i had a miscarriage back in Feburary and now it's coming up to the time i'd be due ( i was due in september.) And now i'm sad becuse i know that if i didn't have a miscarriage i'd be having a baby soon. I'm only 20 and i relay want to have a child all my friends have one or more and i feel so hurt becuse i could have had that and i dont know what i did to loss it. the guy who's child is was knows that i had a miscarriage buti never told him it was his but he knows he told his ex that he knew it was his. then my kinda b/fr dosn't under stand how i feel about the miscarriage . i told him about it becuse him and i started dating right befor i had it and you know what he said to me he said " how can you tell me you love me when your carrying someone elses baby" that hurts . now he thinks i'm nuts that i want to have a baby so young . i dont know how to feel about this all. i'm sad cuse i would be having a baby but i had a miscarriage but i also what to have a baby and settal down

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permission to rest

samarasun — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:28:54 GMT

I have been giving myself "permission to rest" lately and wow, what a wonderful thing. I think as women, mothers and wives, generally in the role of "care-taker" , that it is so easy to get overtired, overstressed and sometimes overwelmed. So I invite the women here to join me in a restful week. Indulging in a nap or meditation, even if the laundry needs to be done or bills need to be paid! It will feel great and you'll have more energy to cope with the other stuff later! : )

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Failure

Lisa — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:57:43 GMT

I am thinking alot.
Triggered by a couple of conversations I have had of late.
About failure.

Failure.
Truly the 'f' word -
and it occurs to me, that i have created, for myself and my children, a world without failure; a world where failure is not an option, a world where the word 'failure' just does not exist.

Its an awful word, and i know that i visibly flinch when someone directs it at me.
To imply to yourself or to another that their best efforts have not been good enough- to label someone failure, is to risk scarring another soul for life.

In my life, with my children, there have been times, occasions when attempts at new projects, directions etc have been less than successful.

Is less than successful failure ?
No, no its not.

I ask you to think very carefully before you use the word failure with yourself, your kids or anyone else. Nothing is truly a failure when you look it the big picture. Everything teaches us something, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant. In terms of life lessons and soul progression, it is impossible to have anything other than success because everything will teach you something, even if that something is that you should have done it the other way.

To 'fail' means that there is no longer hope, and in this world, hope is the one thing we are always sure of having.

Many of my friends comment on my children and the apparent ease with which they live their lives. I have been told on many occasions that my children are blessed and in a lot of ways i agree however, they are also two kids who have bought up knowing that their best IS good enough and that if something doesn't work out just the way you wanted it too, it just meant that for now, that something, wasn't meant to happen.

How could anyone brand a child a failure? To do so , is truly child abuse. To brand yourself a failure is soul abuse, beside being very sad.

We have been gifted with free will and with free will, we will always have choice. Choice is part of the gift.
With choice you will always have options but contrary to popular thought, these options are not 'the right way' and 'the wrong way'- they are merely 'one way' or 'another way'.

You can never FAIL by trying- anything you try, you will never fail.
Never.
It may not work out perfect, but it will teach you something for sure.

As humans, we all have our triggers.............that is, we all have those things that make us react rather than act.

I know i do- i can not stand to see an adult yell abuse at a child, i do not use the word failure , i hate seeing spirituality being used as a tool for cruel people:- when someone tells you that 'your energy' is not right for them or their group, they are no better than a school yard bully, in many cases they are worse, because instead of coming out and just saying 'i don't like you' they turn it around and make it your fault that they find you unacceptable..........

hhhmmmmmmmm

One of Joshua's teachers told me once that he was so confident, so sure of himself and his actions, that he stood out amongst other kids his age. I remember telling her that it was because he knew, that basically, he could do no wrong- and i don't mean that to sound egotistical, merely just fact, he, like his sister knew, that no matter what they did, one way or another they would learn something from it.

That was something that was missing with a lot of the kids the same age as my kids- self confidence bought about by fear of failure.

If you take away the failure, a child has nothing to fear.

Words have such power, such longevity.

Please use them wisely.

I am off to make piklets for my witches.

I am housebound, carless, mobilephone less too ( bloody thing !- not a failure just very much less than perfect).
I have a ruptured abcess- yes, another one !!
and a pimple
yet i am talking with my Goddess
and She tells me, that i am all right.

I may not be me or her or she, but I am Lisa, and that is good enough.

Be nice to your children- they are your mirror.

Lisa x

www.raihndrops.blogspot.com
the Blue Star Children Book-now avaialble !!
www.aspectsofshe.weebly.com

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article of interest

Lisa — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:43:33 GMT

http://aspectsofshe.weebly.com/assorted-articles-.html

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PreMenstrualSyndrome

Hope — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:33:42 GMT

I would love to hear some of your experiences, if you would share.
I am having a bear of a time with it. It's inconsistent - sometimes more harsh than other times ... I've overhauled my diet, and increased my exercise... and I'm hoping this will help me.
I'm wondering if you would be kind enough to share your remedies, thoughts, experiences.... rants... gifts....tinctures....

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Help needed with very late period

Magdala — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:39:28 GMT

Greetings Everyone!!!

I am wondering if anyone can help me as I am three months overdue for my period. I came off the pill in November and had normal periods all the way till March and even ovulated (I get the pain in my side when I do). Anyways since March I have had no period. I know it is normal to have irregular periods after quitting the pill but isin't it weird that I had normal ones and now have had not had any! Oh and I have taken several pregnancy tests--through the doctor and from the drugstore and they are all negative. It's very frustrating as my husband and I are trying but it is pretty hard when I have no idea if I am ovulating now or when to really 'try'. I have tried to bring it on with parsley. Why this is happening or when my period is going to come back. I am relatively thin (119 pounds and 5'8) but before I went on the pill I had normal periods. Also I went to see the doctor about it and he tested everything and all my hormone levels came back normal. So how come I'm not bleeding?!!! Does this mean I'm not ovulating

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Helping Him Quit

tserafina — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:11:12 GMT

My husband has smoked tobacco and pot for most of his life. And he has asthma. He has tried to quit smoking several times without success and he needs an inhaler when he smokes too much. I desperately want him to quit because of his asthma, which can kill him when combined with so much smoking.

I am not an addictive personality so its hard for me to relate to his addictions, and hard for me to be supportive without being critical or negative. Its hard for me to hear him cough, wheeze and spit out so much phlegm, only to see him light up another cigarette (or another bowl). He knows that this will wreck his lungs but he can't kick the habit. His father died of lung cancer so there already is a history of respiratory ailments in his family. This is hard for me because I will be the one to look after him if he falls seriously ill, and we have no health insurance. I am losing my patience and getting frustrated.

As a wife, friend and lover, how can I support him in overcoming his addictions without being critical and judgmental?

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fire the grid 7/17/07

sweetmamadoe — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:03:58 GMT

this is a post from my friend, sylver, i am spreading it around. this relates to everyone's healing!!!! blessed be!

have you all heard about this? i heard about it a long time ago and forgot about it and am now being thankfully reminded so i thought i'd pass on the plan to you kind souls....
here in just a few days, and just a few days before FW, on july 17th at 11:11 GMT (which is 6:11am central time and (yikes!) 4:11 west coast time) spiritual people of all walks are going to unite in prayer, meditation, joy, gratitude and whatever other capacity lifts your vibration in order to fire the earth's energy grid. The purpose of which is to usher in a new era of awareness that we are spiritual people having a human experience, to heal the earth mother, and to create a new world for the tribe called Humanity's children. Since it's very early on the west coast you all over there to the left can , before you go to bed, consciously give your soul permission and direction to unite with all others around the world in this firing of the grid. This is a magnificent opportunity for global change! A few years ago, there was assembled a delegation of buddhist monks in washington DC who meditated and prayed for peace for a weekend. During that weekend, the crime rate in DC dropped by something like 50% (forgive my ballpark.., i'm not a details guy..) Imagine what millions and millions of people praying and meditating can accomplish.
here are a few links to learn more..
nl.youtube.com/watch
there are 8 parts to this amazing story of the woman spearheading all this
www.firethegrid.com/eng/home-fr-eng.htm
is the site.
be a part of the solution !
much love and hap-happiness!!

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practical question:south america moontime options

RebeccaRose — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:34:17 GMT

Well I've bought my ticket to spend 5 months in south america. I will be spending time in hostels, backpacking, and possibly living in as little as a tent at some points. I'm super-excited, but I'm wondering if anyone has good advice about how to take care of my moonflow. I currently use the keeper menstrual cup, but the only drawback is that I sometimes need to wash my hands after emptying it, and I hear that many latrines there don't have sinks. I also hear that tampons are hard to come by. what worked best for you ladies? as anyone used the keeper or another menstrual cup in a third-world country? all comments welcome!

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ponderings

Lisa — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:44:02 GMT

Its late and i am awake.
Wide awake and scouring the net in between games of spider solitaire that I just cant seem to win to night.
Tomorrow is huge and as is often the case for me, my concern about tomorrow has rendered me sleepless tonight.
And so I sit
and think about stuff, that probably wouldn't be on my mind if my mind wasn't so over tired and adrenalised that it is searching for stuff to mull over.
I've read some blogs but tonight, the sadness contained in many of them is too much for me and i find myself asking 'why?'- why are so many so unhappy ?
I don't have answers
All i have is faith and for me, faith is enough. Many though don't find faith as easy as I do, and so, i see , that their paths are filled with hardship, pain and misery. From the outside, it is so simple to see, but from the inner depths of anguish, I remember too being unable to see clearly the light ahead.

People ask me about my health, about my speech, about my breakdown and I tell them as honestly as i can about how i have perceived the last 8 months of my life.
The most terrifying time of all for me was the questioning of my faith, was the time when unable to grasp a glimmer of light, I wondered, 'is this all in my head? have I made this all up?'
I spent days trawling through my own spiritual writings trying to find a thread to lead me to an answer that would say 'this is real, this is true' and you know what? even now, to this day, I still have not found that thread, more realistically, my need to find the thread vanished as my faith in the Divine was replenished.

A good friend of mine once told me that 'faith is belief without proof' and in the early days of my darkness, his words were very truly the raft that kept the life of Lisa afloat. When all is shattered and fragmented around you and life makes no sense, although you crave proof, tangible,real proof, substance to your life, more often than not, you are not meant to find it or better still, it is meant to find you and at a time and a place when you least expect it.

I thought that I had lost my faith- for a while there in the deepest, darkest moments of my life, I thought that I had lost my faith. What I didn't know then, was that it wasn't the act of having faith that I had lost, it was the act of accepting without proof; needing to have my world, thoughts, beliefs put into something tangible, that i could touch, hold,reassure myself with became my idea of faith- 'if you are there, PROVE it to me' and because it didn't,couldn't, i stumbled, i doubted .

Reading the blogs tonight, I find my own living in the words of so many others. So many searching for something, anything that proves to them that they are valuable, real, true and i wonder, do they know , that faith requires trust and belief, even when the blackest night falls, faith requires belief without proof.

I remember the fear of feeling 'alone' and that is the only way I can describe my time of doubting faith- 'alone'.
To feel that there is nothing , no where, no reason, no purpose , was the most alone feeling I have ever experienced in my life. Even now, my stomach drops at the memory , and I cant imagine how it must be to live every day of your life like that, looking for something that you cant ever find, until you stop looking and just trust.

There was a reason I got so sick, I'm not still particularly clear about it except to know that it had purpose and reason.
There is a reason I am having issues with my speech, alot of it has to do with shutting up and listening but more so there are changes in my life that could never have come about any other way.

I look back now, at the darkness of illness and i see a Universe that pulled out all the necessary stops to make me stop, look and listen.
I don't question the hows, whys, wheres of it all, I merely accept that what is right for me will be.

There is a peace in that.
There is a peace in knowing that all is exactly how it is meant to be.
There is peace in my mind, in my heart and in my soul.

I believe in me and I believe in my faith, the power of my faith.
I cant prove it, i don't want to.
It just is and because of that, I continue to grow, thrive and live.

Faith is the key.
All else will fall into place.

Lisa x
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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monday stuff

Lisa — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:27:12 GMT

she calls me.........
she touches and unfolds me.......
her light, with mine, is perfect, strong and pure
her light, like mine, connected to source, attached in all ferocity to the powers that be
and so she calls
and I can but answer
her voice, like the breeze telling me
'step up, meet this mark, live this life'
her call
hard, real yet soft and sure
'step up, be the woman, the person, the soul, be my child on earth...........
step up and rejoice in the radiance that is you, and you alone,
allow yourself this challenge, this growth, without doubt, without fear.....
step up my daughter, step up'
She requires no answer, no affirmation of yes or no
the mingled light that is Her, is me, Is our connection alighned in a brightness
too real to be ignored.
the intertwining light, the pulse of life that connects
her to me
me to you
she calls me and I move forward
she calls me and i respond with automatic response......
I am YOU
You are me
We are Her, She that is all
she is all
all
She calls me.........
'step up, step up to the dance'
and so it goes.......
and so it goes.......

Lisa x
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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Herbal Cough Syrup...anyone have any TNT recipes?

Sandra — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:20:16 GMT

I am still miserable after three weeks of coughing. This started as what I thought was my yearly allergic reaction to the trees blooming but seems to have become something more. Most of the time I don't feel like I have a cold per se...just miserable because the tickle in my throat doesn't seem to respond to anything. I have tried over the counter cough syrup, cough drops, honey, tea with honey and lemon, stinging nettle and I know part of the reason I'm not feeling better is lack of sleep. I have sleep apnea so my cpap machine just aggravates the cough at night because of the air blowing through my sinuses non-stop. At first the mentol cough drops helped control the cough at night as long as I kept one in my mouth all night long but they don't seem to be working any longer.

I'm hoping someone out there has a really strong herbal cough syrup that will work on this.

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brokenhearted

puah — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:39:16 GMT

hello wise ones,

i'm brokenhearted today. i've spent the day crying, sleeping, talking to a friend, crying some more. it seems like, as i get older, a broken heart is harder to mend. as if my emotional abilities are less resilient than they used to be.

i thought i had found my mate. but after a year together, he didn't agree. i guess the test-drive didn't go so well.

i'm sad. this year has been hard and i have not been myself. this time last year i moved from tennessee to massachusetts at the beginning of this relationship, sold my home in TN, started a new job, went through much distress getting my son settled in (that's a tale in and of itself) and the place we're living is a rent situation in a two-family old house and the space doesn't suit our needs. i never even unpacked because my (erroneous) assumption was that i would get more hours at work, buy a home for my son and me (or for my now ex-partner and his child and us) and we'd move. i didn't get more hours, i'm not making enough $$ to buy a house so we've lived here all year in boxes which has been difficult and weird. and now the relationship that i had hoped would last many years has ended and i'm feeling like i never had a chance to even be myself fully here or there in any of this. and that breaks my heart. the loss and the feeling like it didn't get the chance it deserved.

anyway. i continue to apply for other jobs to have a better salary/better hours/more pay and there's one i just applied to last night about 1/2 hour north of here. (opening my heart to that possibility) so there's hopefulness even in the sad times.

my little boy saw me crying, which i would undo if i could, but it couldn't be helped at the time, and he made me a note at school today, shaped like a heart, with a picture of he and i and wrote "i love you mom" above it. there's where my gratitude list begins.

but mostly i'm so sad right now. i've cleared out everything that was his in the apartment because every time i saw his things this morning i'd start crying again and i can't get through the days like that. i can still smell him in my room though. i guess i'll sleep in another room tonight.

what do you all do to mend a broken heart? i don't remember how anymore. the advil stopped my head from hurting but it didn't do anything for the sad.

maybe i'll start a garden in the morning. i may as well admit to myself that we're not going anywhere just yet and start digging here.

i just feel lost.

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black

Lisa — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:16:11 GMT

Its black but I am ok
Its black but I can see light

Its black but I am functioning

Its black but I still have my Cottage

Its black but i still have my family

Its black but I still have my faith

Its black but I still have my friends

Its not black.

lisa
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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inside

Lisa — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:28 GMT

She calls to me-
Her name on the wind
I am alone but not,
I am afraid yet feel no fear,
She calls to me
'come take my hand'
I feel her breath near
I know I will go
I ask Her
'who will now teach me?
who can take me to where I must go ?'
She smiles, and sighs like a spring breeze
'where you must go, you dont go alone'
'for I am your mother
I am your goddess
all that lives comes from me
as all that dies returns'
I show you a path now
though winding and steep
your life you must keep
your lessons to learn
I am always beside you
with you, inside you
for you are my child
and You are never alone

blessed be, Lisa
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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expectations

Lisa — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:16:05 GMT

My new guide Stervoh has been busy.

Last night, he spoke with me about expectations and what one person expects from another.

This was part of his lesson on energy exchange, and making sure that what you expect from a person/situation is balanced with what you put into/give to that relationship.

Its an interesting exercise and shows you where there is unbalance, abuse, neglect or even just a very bad habit.

Stervo has suggested I write a 'what do i expect' list and list all the people and places and situations in my life and just what I expect from them.

Then , go back over the list and write honestly, what energy if any you offer these people, situations, places in return.

It makes you think.

Are your own expections realistic ?

Have you outgrown situations?

Do you give alittle and receive alot or vice-versa ?

Into what situations are you pouring valuable energy and getting nothing in return?

Its an interesting exercise and will immediatly show you where energy is being drained or depleted in your life.

Remember, that there must ALWAYS be an energy exchange- in every situation on earth there must always be an energy exchange for it to work and to work in a balanced fashion.

I am working with this today and pin pointing areas in which i give and dont receive or, because this is total honesty time, areas in which i am receiver and I dont give in return.

Interesting.

Lisa xx
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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within

Lisa — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:33:14 GMT

Where to from here?
Tonight is deep and i am looking within.

I am looking at my life and wondering how, why, where and when

I am questioning those things that were certain to me 5 hours ago

I am plumeting
Fast
I know ofcourse that it will pass.
and so it shall

I am thinking about me
about where I am
and where I am going
I dont know that I am going to be able to do what I do for much longer
I cant talk
i am sad
i am sad

I pride myself on my faith
however, now, even this must challenge me
for in truth
how can anything hurt the person
who has complete and utter faith ?

I am questioning this
turning it around, upside down
inside out
I do have faith
I do

I can see the truth of perfect faith
perfect faith is belief without proof
it is understanding without reason
it is there, right before me
and i want it so much

yet, i doubt and I doubt again
I feel fear and ego
when in perfect faith all is perfect
all is as it should be
fear cannot live, nor doubt nor ego

surrendering is my next lesson
this is what I have been told
the guides
they tell me that now is my time to surrender to them
to the Divine plan
now is the time to push past
the fear
ego
doubt
now is the time to be
just me
and to trust that 'just me' is enough

I am being told to surrender
that my faith, while strong
is not pure
cannot be pure
while I focus on the pain
while I continue to block out the light.

and so
its time
i must give up control or at least the illusion I projected
of being in control
I have been handed over
yet i go willingly
my life is no longer mine
for this cycle
surrender is my lesson.

tonight i am looking at my life
I am 44
i am wise
I am here, I am there
I am growing, growing

The next step is surrender
to the fates
the universe
the will of the divine
to the plan
to the moment
surrender
in faith

One who truly has faith, knows that all has a reason
and knowing this
lessens pain
doubt
ego

I am Lisa
I surrender to fate
I place my life in the Hands of the Goddess.

tonight I am looking at my life.

Lisa x

www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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defining moments

Lisa — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:26:27 GMT

Can you feel the energy ?

Are you open enough to let the feeling start, let it build and then let it be released back out to the Universe ?

The energies of now are in truth, dense, but in reality, that is only because our own personal energies are so much higher/lighter than before.

My guide tells me that earth energy is still very much as it has always been, the changes that are occurring within our physical body, our cells and crystaline structure are the changes that are now making us so very aware, so very open and perceptive.

Life is different now.

Anyone who is even remotely open is experiencing the changes that our time upon this planet will bring- the Earth and everyone upon Her are gearing up for massive structural change and for most of us, that results in feeling rather like you are a raft at sea in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Yes, we are being tossed about.
Yes, it is a challenge.

But, what are our options ? Do we have options ?

In truth, being here now is our own option- the life we lead is the one we chose for ourselves so as to provide us with the lessons needed to ascend to the next level. We are here now, because this is where we can do the most good and where the most growth opportunities can be presented to us as souls.

I am also constantly reminded that where I am now, today, this minute, is exactly where i have chosen to be- this world of ours is governed by free will and it is with free will that humanity has struggled to create its own reality.

There are moments in our lives that define us for the following cycle- no one moment in your life can define you and your actions for the rest of your incarnation.
You may think it does, or want it too, but in truth, once you learn what is meant to learn, you move on and the previous defining moment loses its hold on you.

We all have these moments- i like to call them 'car park moments'- those moments where you are presented with two opportunities, two different directions and you need to choose which one, will be the one, that will give you the greatest lesson the fastest.
I dont really believe there is a right or wrong choice, just simply that there is choice and one way is quicker.

In my 44 years of life I have had 3 car park moments, 3 defining choices that I have needed to make.
The first time,I was seven, the second time I was in my early 20's, the third time was 2 years ago, when i was 42.

Ofcourse i have had many moments and descions in life- many wonderful life experiences- but in truth, only the three mentioned, have been what i know to be 'defining'- like with all your guides, sitting in a room watching you and thinking ' oh dash, she chose the wrong one!!'

The first time i chose the long way, the second time I took the easy path, the third, again, the long way.

And yet, I wonder, here I am.

My guides tell me that even if I had chosen differently, today, this minute, I would still be sitting here doing what I love doing.

It comes down to responsibility to self. Everything you do, say, think or feel is going to impact your world in one way or another- no other person in the world can do that to you.

You are the only one who can hurt you and you are the only one who can help you too.

When you look at it like that it can either make you or break you, and that too would be your own choice as well.

Choice.

Defining Moments.

Can you recall defining moments in your life ?
Moments when faced with the crossroads of life you have had to make a choice.
Does that choice still affect you now ?

Moments will define us for a cycle, not a life time. While we have free will, there will always be crossroads. What you do at lifes crossroads is up to you and will set the stage for the next aspect of your life- this may be 5 minutes, 5 months or 5 years, but it wont be forever- growth will not allow it to be.

I have to look at me and think 'what is defining me?'
Then I have to ask "why is that defining me?'

Next I have to ask 'do I have to be defined by an incident or action or sentence or whatever that happened 15 /20/40 years ago?"
Then I have the answer- to release and move on or to stay rooted in the past.

Thats another defining moment, and once again, the ball is in your court.

You can escape a lot of stuff, but not the truth, and the truth is, that we are responsible for our own life, our own growth.

Choice, stay or go, live or die, move forward/stand still.

What will it be ?

Lisa x

www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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the gift of today

Lisa — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:27:42 GMT

Today is full of potential and new opportunities.

It is a day I have dreamt about, when there is so much on offer in this world of ours, that i am spoilt for choice about which direction to take.

Today is special and the energy of today is inviting and warm ' come with me, leave behind doubt, dance ,sing, come with me '

Today is a chance, a new beginning, a fresh start, it is the day after Judgement, the day of birth, rebirth and of waking after a thousand year sleep.

Today is the Fool card, the beginning of a journey, the start. It is packing bags and making plans.

Today is a day of miracles and warm sunshine, of knowing that I am never alone and of feeling love for all around me- today i can feel the Goddess in my cells, I can hear her in my laughter, I can see her in the eyes of those around me.

She calls to me and today, Her voice is clear and pure- I am her destiny, in Me she has placed Her very Being, Her survival.

Today I am strong, and i can carry the weight of my own creations. Today the loads of this world are feathers in my hands.

Today is craft paper, and i can make from it anything I will; It is an unwalked path through a land of possibility, it is the result of my prayers and spellcraft, it is the manifestation of all my intentions, it is my day to shine, and shine I will.

Today is an envelope at the Academy Awards, and the winner is ............ME!

Today is about me, about moving forward, about letting go of the past.

Its about looking truthfully at where i am in life and accepting that I am exactly where i need to be- more than this, its about looking around me, at all i have and all I do and knowing, that good or bad, I am the one who got me to this place.

Today is unique and will never come again.
It moulds me, it moulds tomorrow, it provides a base, a starting point.

Today is result, total, the sum of.

Today is here , presenting in the shape and form that it is, because of the time, effort and thought I have put into my yesterdays.

It is what i have made it, me alone.

Today is Monday but it could be any other day.
It is white, calm and I am blessed.

Today i am loved and i love, today i live in gratitude and awe.

Today i remember, acknowledge and feel humbled by the knowledge that I am the creator of all my days and that here , now, is exactly where I have placed me.

Today.
Share your life, your love, your dreams and power with someone else.

Live in the moment.
Now.
Today.

Blessed Be,

Lisa x
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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spiritually speaking 2/5/07

Lisa — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:09:10 GMT

There is such change occuring on our earth, today, now, as we speak.

Much is moving forward and many are finding that carrying the loads of previous lessons, is an incuberment they no longer require.

Spirit is working with us to make this transition easier, smoother.........to allow us to leave behind the old and to embrace the new, many of us have noticed a 'fading' of the memory aspect- like a photo over time, the past is fading and now, more than ever, ceases to matter, ceases to exist.

Our personal vibration now is high, higher than ever before as the DNA alignment within our physical bodies continues to move ahead.

This is an alignment that will take generations to complete but we are there now, undergoing radical transformation that takes us further away from the restraints of the physical and closer to the lightness of the spiritual realm.

In truth, there is no further seperation between realms- the realms meld into one and we need to rise to this new altered state of being.

Many of us find now the need to 'unload'- memories, toxins, negetivity, old patterns and old beliefs. We are being immersed in a new light, a new energy and we are required to be as close to our Godself as is possible.

This is why, now, so many of us feel the need to change, to improve, to get back to basics- this happens globally and includes all aspects of life.

The Mother, our earth, changes too.
She releases and accepts as is Her way however, She too is cyclic and like us is moving higher in ascention.

Spirit asks me to tell all that as uncomfortable as life may be for many now, the changes this period will bring can be seen as rewards.

You are being asked to utilise the personal symbol in all that you say and do- this symbol, your symbol, once retracted from the corona of your aura, becomes much like a power plug that once used will plug you into the universal intellegance- the Divine conciousness.

Many are given new symbols as well to use in conjunction with the Personal Symbol and many find a pressing need to undergo study or new learning, as the past is drained away and a need for new information is insistant and persisant.

All upon the earth now possess of the Healing energy- to touch is to assist to heal, know this as fact.

As with all change, to resist is what causes hardship and pain. Many souls are to find themselves 'overlighted' in the period to come, to assist them in seeing their divine purpose and remembering their sacred contract.

We are here because we agreed to be here at this time. Every rock, fish, bird, person, every cell is possessed of spirit and has undertaken to be a part of the Earth program during this period.

For many, the next few months hold monumental change and release- do not resist the changes, they are light and divinely inspired.

Most importantly is our need to keep all channels of communication open, between ourselves and the divine.

What ever your calling, be it healing, art, writing, teaching now is the time to immerse yourself and share your gifts with other.

Now is a time of growth, movement, expansion. It may be hard but you are asked to see it as it is.

Red is a colour of now, activity- all reds- movement.

Realise that when you pray to the God/Goddess you are asking of yourself and of your earth community at large, who are all divine, as are you.

God/Goddess lives in your heart and cells- honour this, at all times, honour the gift that you are.

Blessed Be,
Lisa x

www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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NEW TRIBE! Mentoring...have you ever wanted to learn a new skill...would you like to share one?

Sandra — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:23:57 GMT

I have started a mentoring tribe with the hopes that it will provide a place for us to network and find people local to us to share skills and knowledge with.

tribes.tribe.net/mentoring

If you are looking for someone to guide you post a request and make sure to include your location. If you have skills to share please do the same.

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support needed

RebeccaRose — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:41:48 GMT

Hi Ladies, I'd love some empathy at this point..On my 27th birthday last week I was getting into a hotsprings and slipped on the ice & hit my head on the concrete, turns out I have a concussion, whiplash & lots of backpain. My doctor says I'm making progress but at the same time I'm being faced with a huge spiritual crisis, my apartment is a mess, I'm lonely and I'm wanting to travel & change careers this year. I haven't gone in to work for a week & I have friends & family checking in on me. I thought about going through my filing, cleaning out my closet or taking on an art project, but it all seems so overwhelming. I know this is just a temporary thing, but geez Im so confused & in pain. I'd appreciate any loving words of empathy. Thanks. --Rebecca

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whispering

Lisa — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:42:46 GMT

The Goddess is whispering and she is whispering wisdom to all who seek to hear.

The Goddess speaks with love of all- She does not bemoan the state of her Earth, she does not avenge damages done- she whispers to us, only, to try harder, to do more, to nurture the gift we have been given.

Where is this Goddess of which I speak ? and I tell you, in truth, where is She not?
Who is She ? Is she real ? and i tell you, She is you, She is me, She is us and as real as we can be which is more real than what we are.

Within the mind of us comes the cry- within the soul of us comes the yearning- the rememberance that we , as woman, are stronger than this- we as women, carry life within our hands- She is whispering to me and she says- do you dare ? Do you dare to be the woman you are ? Do you dare to take your power ?

Know now, dear Sisters that the time of the Daughter arrives- the time of the growing of all possibility and the return of the Great Mother moves forward.
There is no anger, no pain, these are not the tools with which She works- there is no destruction or punishment for the crimes of this world, She would not know how to weild these.

Her 'tools' are us- her daughters, the women upon this earth to whom She gives Her almighty power, to whom She bestows the love of life and the regeneration of all.

Do you hear Her whisper? In Her soft, muted, cries do you hear Her calling you? " This is your time now, our time............ come, come......................

As women, as woman, you are , I am, we are the tools of the Great Mother- we are Her change, we are Her work, we are Her hope for an Earth filled with love and abundance.

Listen, Listen...................." This is your time now, our time............ come, come......................"

Lisa x
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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Theatre group

Elo Devi — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:55:39 GMT

Mystic Theatre, a women's healing group in Ukiah, this month, April 26th, 6 pm. Contact me for phone and directions. This month we are accessing Magdalene energy. Elo Devi

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School Shooting: Begin the Healing Now.

RebeccaRose — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:42:25 GMT

This is a sacred place for healing. Given the recent shootings at Virginia Tech, much healing is in order. Let's begin now. Please share feelings of greif, sadness, fear, anger, rage, empathy, shock, hope and otherwise raw emotions that might be surging through you as a result of this national tragedy. Please leave political disputes for other tribes but speak as mothers, sisters and daughters to eachother as we pull together to listen to eachothers' thoughts as a prayer that generates hope and recovery for all .

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the call

Lisa — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:23:07 GMT

I feel like writing yet I dont really know about what.

I am trying hard to stay awake, to break the habit of sleeping during the day. Today is day 3 and I am doing fine.........I made up my mind and I am going with it.

Today feels good, the energies of today feel good and so far I kept myself busy and productive.

Yesterday, which is gone and wont come back , was a tad dark and most of the family picked up that I was in another place and time all day.

Today is good and tomorrow will be better. I am aiming for this, am manifesting my own reality.

Like our healing room at the Cottage- the power of women, of sisters, of us- the power to manifest and to create what we want in our lives- its amazing and its real, tangible.

Manifest.
Create.

The Law of Attraction.

Simple.
Profound.
Successful.

I have come so far since the poor shattered wreck of me who faced the new year back in January. I am healing and healing more each day. The world feels white and grey but the blackness is gone. I am hearing my angels although they are standing at a distance. I am getting ready to work again and restarting my readings and classes. I am living again and it feels so good.

The Moon calls me and I respond. My gut responds to a call that is primal and familiar in all women- the call of the Goddess, the pull of the tides, the tears of our sisters who suffered in the past for believing what we now believe and know to be true.

The Goddess calls and all about me the answers can be heard- She calls and I answer with love in my heart and perfect faith and perfect trust.

The message I hear now is to 'move away from the known, outstretch your arms to touch the unknown, then delve into its mystery and to realise that in truth, you and the mysteries are one and one is all and that all is now as it should be'

We are changing, growing, moving, creating and manifesting and it is happening with pace and speed. Many of us struggle to keep up with the flow, we find the change terrifying and real and too seperate to the realities we thought we knew as true.

I am 44. A Woman, A Witch.
My growth in this life ends with my death in this life, my immortal growth knows no end and no beginning, it just is, i simply am, and will continue to be regardless of the form and structure of my physical body.

A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, as is so with the soul that is me, that is you.

We are being challenged now, this much is true.
Lives here upon the earth plane are for many precariously balanced- the spirit whispers of the Divine are there but faded, limiting the amount of 'outside' interference we allow into our life, into our lives. We are on our own during this short path, we are being asked to navigate solo for a while and so they stand back.
It feels hard but in truth, what we have here, before us all, now, is choice.
We are being told to choose the next part, we are being told to choose and to choose well. Yes, we are guided, loved yet we are not being carried at this time- this part of our growth requires US to make the decisions for our future life, for us to grow our own way.

As with all choice, there is no wrong, no right, merely the easy way and the hard way. What ever you choose will supply you with the lessons you require, but some paths are straight, others are twisted and turned.

Acknowledge the beat in your heart, the pull of your solar plexus, the gut knowledge that you are the sum of many and that you too are Divine.

Know this- the Goddess calls and stirs the sleeping into action- She calls her daughters, as is Her due.

Do you hear Her ?
Do you feel that we are approching a time of Truth ?

I know I do.........blessed be, Lisa x
www.raihndrops.blogspot.com

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Indigo Children

Lysetskilde — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:52:02 GMT

We can now help those couples who cant get pregnant, Yesterday I got an insight, a message from the masters or from the council of 12 that advice me with the Triple Breath, they told me why some or many couples have troubles getting pregnant, and it is because, 15-20 years ago the woman was not as old as to day when she got pregnant, it is a know phenomena, but the new information is this. Today the difference between the energy level between the unborn child and the mother and father is too big, so it is almost impossible to align the energy level. So the child choose not be or com into the body, we can force the process to happen artificially by help from the medicine and the doctors.

You can also try another way, the Triple Breath for pregnancy, the Triple Breath for Pregnancy is for both the father and the mother, you shall both drink structured water and look at the Picture that follow the Triple Breath, it will harmonize the energy level in the cells and and in the spiritual light body, so you will get pregnant, I said to Trine is it okay that we don't test it on our self and she said yes. The energy level of the children that are being born are much higher that before and that is why it can be difficult for some women to be pregnant, and it this method is as always with out any side effects.

You can read much more about the Triple Breath and the Channelled Pictures in the Forum.

http://lysetskilde.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=50

LOve and light Torben

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healing request

Lysetskilde — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:24:39 GMT

You can request healing for your self or your family, you can also give healing if you like.

We have a place where you can submit your request, and you maight feel the healing start at once, when you have submitted the request.

You find it here:
http://lysetskilde.com/index.php?option=com_prayerrequests&Itemid=55

Enjoy the healing from Trine and I + alle the others who send you healing.

Love and light Torben

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Positive energy needed

Stephanie — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:04:01 GMT

My daughter is coming home today for the 3 time in 6 weeks from the hospital. I am trying to put positive energy towards this yet I'm not feeling too comfortable with it. We had a visit yesterday that the words seemed to be fine yet I left there with such a head ache that even went to the middle of my back. Please send her and us prayers and anything positive to hopefully have our family get back to what it was. I thank you for your time . Many blessings. Stephanie

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