Zmetaphysician: What are spells? Where do they come from? Are the...

Zmetaphysician: What are spells? Where do they come from? Are the...: meaning wise and the actual history of witchcraft and spell casting is believed to be as old as the rich history of human evolution. The f...

What are spells? Where do they come from? Are they evil, do they work?

meaning wise and the actual history of witchcraft and spell casting is believed to be as old as the rich history of human evolution. The first witches to use spell casting were said to be healthcare providers who discovered medicinal plants and herbs that affect euphoric emotions and the idea progressed thereon Today spells are described as a paranormal or metaphysical act performed in an altered state of consciousness to bring a desired change into our lives. It is a powerful intention and a secret wish that we make within the hope it will steer us in the right direction.

A spell works through concentration and channeling which then moves broader energy currents. It is then through images, visualizations and power thoughts that we are able to bring our intentions to life and live the experience rather than dream it. Our instincts tell us when we need change, we know when something needs shifting and a spell can help us to move things forwards, providing us with the right connections.

Spells tend to have a peculiar way of working however and are in no way harmful. Some light workers describe their spells as prayers or wishes that they pour out to the divine. They then bind each spell which seals it with protection so that no harm can come to anyone. However, throughout history spells have been described as evil and many people believed in early modern Christian Europe that spells were only ever cast by bad witches and were somehow in league with the Devil using their powers to harm people along with their possessions, when in actual fact people were casting spells without realizing it by thinking a powerful thought or by asking for spiritual guidance, wishing to the stars or admiring the moon.

Today all kinds of light workers which are also known as white withes, pagans or wiccans practice magic and spell casting for spiritual growth and to also worship the natural world with the belief that their intentions will create peace and not war. Now if you are wondering whether a spell works then they absolutely do, they are full of fun and flavor and mainly consist of magical rhymes and natural remedies. But they don’t just occur over night they take time and patience and they also require realistic goals. For example, it would be no good wishing for the perfect job when you aren’t networking with people or researching what you want. And it would be no good wishing for “Mr” or “Mrs” Right to come along when all you are doing is sitting inside and not getting out and about.

You must always cast the spell with the intention that you are going to make it happen and then spirit will naturally bring the right ingredients to you. They may also throw you signs so it is always important to be receptive to your surroundings. You can cast a spell or an intention by yourself or you can ask someone else to do it for you. However, spells are said to be more powerful if you infuse it with emotion and feeling – the stronger your intention then the more chance the spell has of working, like with anything, things tend to progress well when energy levels are forceful or extremely high. We can not expect anything to work if there is no energy. Our emotional intentions and desires work in exactly the same way.

Many of us choose to cast spells in different ways, there is no right or wrong way but it does have to feel comfortable for you and it does have to be something that you feel is going to be workable. It may take a while for the spell to manifest depending on how spiritual you are but you should be able to feel the energy of the spell around you after you have cast it, it should lift you and make your feel lighter than what you were before. You can also feel the magic’s energy yourself by rubbing your palms together briskly for ten seconds, then holding them a few inches apart. Try then, to sense the energy passing through them and the warm tingle in your palms – this is said to be the power raised and used in magic, it comes from within and is very natural.

There are many ways in which we can try out spells, and they can be done in the simplest of forms – you don’t even need to decorate your room or light candles to cast your intentions you can simply speak them into nature or send them out to the stars in the sky.

You could also try herbs, symbols, stones, crystals and music to get your thought process flowing.

If you connect with the Moon well then remember that a waxing to full moon is great for spells on growth and prosperity and a waning to dark/new moon is for banishing the things you no longer need.

Magic and spells must never be used to gain power over others and must always be done with love and light. Remember - A spell is a wish that the heart makes, and we must be open and honest with ourselves if we want it to work! Remember, sometimes however it is necessary to stop harm from someone or a bad spell practitioner that has placing a spell of negative intent on you. In my practice I have many people come to me with problems they cannot get rid of. This must be dealt with care, and precise knowledge of who it is coming from. There is no ill intent  just removing the negativity that was sent to you.

Zmetaphysician: Here is a simple explanation of when to perform yo...

Zmetaphysician: Here is a simple explanation of when to perform yo...: Many people have asked me about this and when and how to prepare once they have purchased a 7 Day Hand Crafted Candle from me. Of course...

Here is a simple explanation of when to perform your special intention according to the Moon Cycles

Many people have asked me about this and when and how to prepare once they have purchased a 7 Day Hand Crafted Candle from me. Of course you can prepare a candle on your own as well. So let’s keep it simple. In order for the manifestation you want to occur, or something you want to rid from your life light your candle on the simple lunar cycle below.

New Moon:  Start new projects new love, new jobs, something new

Waxing Crescent:  Brings wanted things into your life, of special intent

Waxing First Quarter: Attracting positive things to you

Waxing Gibbous:  Brings money, prosperity

Full Moon:  A time to contemplate what you wish to achieve as well as being thankful, a good time to cleanse yourself

Waning Gibbous: Expels negative energy from your life

Waning Last Quarter: Clears out unwanted people, feelings and thoughts from your life

Waning Crescent: Cleansing your environment by use of sage, holy water and or sea salt

Zmetaphysician: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRU...

Zmetaphysician: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRU...: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRUE NATURE OF WHAT WE CALL REALITY. IN THE PAST, THE METAPHYSICAL MOV...

Zmetaphysician: Essential Oils: Dilution and How to use them?

Zmetaphysician: Essential Oils: Dilution and How to use them?:       Essential Oils: Dilution and How to use them?   Did you know that pure essential oils are 1000 times more potent...

Zmetaphysician: If there was one thing you could do to heal your r...

Zmetaphysician: If there was one thing you could do to heal your r...: I’ve discovered that there really is one major cause of relationship problems—one issue that if you address and heal, changes everything. ...

If there was one thing you could do to heal your relationships, would you do it?

I’ve discovered that there really is one major cause of relationship problems—one issue that if you address and heal, changes everything.

The one cause: self-abandonment.

When you abandon yourself emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially, relationally and/or organizationally, you automatically make your partner responsible for you. Once you make another person responsible for your feelings of self-worth and well being, then you attempt to manipulate that person into loving you, approving of you and giving you what you want. The controlling behavior that results from self-abandonment creates huge relationship problems.

Let’s look at the various forms of self-abandonment and how they result in relationship conflict and power struggles, or in distance and disconnection.

Emotional self-abandonment.

When we were growing up, many of us experienced much loneliness, heartache, heartbreak and helplessness. These are very big feelings, and unless we had loving parents or caregivers who helped us through these feelings—rather than being the cause of them—we had to find strategies to avoid them.

We learned four major ways of avoiding these core painful feelings of life, and these four ways now create our feelings of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame and anger, as well as relationship problems.

1. We judge ourselves rather than accept ourselves.

Did you learn to judge yourself as a way to try to get yourself to do things “right” so that others would like you? Self-judgment creates much anxiety, depression, guilt, shame and emptiness, and can lead to many addictions in order to avoid these feelings. Self-judgment also leads to needing others’ approval to feel worthy, and your resulting controlling behaviors to gain others’ approval can lead to many relationship problems.

2. We ignore our feelings by staying up in our head rather than being present in our body.

When you have not learned how to manage your feelings, you want to avoid them. Do you find yourself focused in your head rather than in your body, more or less unaware of your feelings?

We emotionally connect with each other from our hearts and souls, not from our heads. When you stay in your head as a way to avoid responsibility for your feelings, you cannot emotionally connect with your partner.

3. We turn to various addictions to numb the anxiety, depression, emptiness, guilt, shame and anger that develops when we judge ourselves and ignore our feelings.

Addictive behavior, such too much alcohol, drugs, food, TV, gambling, overspending, work, sex and so on, can create much conflict and distance in relationships.

4. We make our partner or others responsible for our feelings.

When we emotionally abandon ourselves, we then believe it is someone else’s job to make us feel loved and worthy. Do you try to control your partner with anger, blame, criticism, compliance, resistance or withdrawal to get him or her to give you what you are not giving to yourself? How does your partner respond to this controlling behavior?

Many relationships fall into a dysfunctional system, such as one person getting angry and the other withdrawing or resisting, or both getting angry or both withdrawing. In some systems, one is angry and the other is compliant, which seems to work until the compliant partner becomes resentful. In all of these systems, each person is emotionally abandoning themselves, which is the root cause of the dysfunctional relationship.

Financial self-abandonment.

If you refuse to take care of yourself financially, instead expecting your partner to take financial responsibility for you, this can create problems. This is not a problem if your partner agrees to take financial responsibility for you and you fully accept how he or she handles this responsibility. But if you choose to be financially irresponsible, such as overspending, or you try to control how your partner earns or manages the money, much conflict can occur over your financial self-abandonment.

Organizational self-abandonment.

If you refuse to take responsibility for your own time and space, and instead are consistently late and/or a clutterer, and your partner is an on-time and/or a neat person, this can create huge power struggles and resentment in your relationship.

Physical self-abandonment.

If you refuse to take care of yourself physically by eating badly and not exercising, possibly causing yourself severe health problems, your partner may feel resentful by having to take care of you. Your physical self-abandonment not only has negative consequences for you regarding your health and well being, it also has unwanted consequences for your partner, which can lead to conflict and power struggles.

Relational self-abandonment.

If you refuse to speak up for yourself in your relationship, and instead become complacent or resistant, you are eroding the love in the relationship. When you abandon yourself to another through compliance or resistance, you create a lack of trust that leads to conflict, disconnection and resentment.

Spiritual self-abandonment.

When you make your partner your source of love rather than learning to turn to a spiritual source for your dependable source of love, you place a very unfair burden on your partner. When your intent in the relationship is to get love rather than to share love, then you will unfairly lean on your partner for attention, approval, time or sex. When you do not take responsibility for learning how to connect with a spiritual source of your own for sustenance, your neediness can create relationship problems.

Spiritual self-abandonment is related to emotional self-abandonment, in that you cannot commit to 100% responsibility for yourself without a strong connection with a spiritual source of love and wisdom.

Learn to love yourself rather than abandon yourself.

Learning to love yourself is the key to a loving relationship. When you learn to connect with a personal source of spiritual guidance and access the love and wisdom that is always within you, you learn to fill yourself up with love. While self-abandonment creates an inner emptiness that relies on others to fill you, self-love creates an inner fullness. Self-love fills your heart and soul with overflowing love so that, rather than always trying to get love, you can now share your love with your partner.

Taken From Dr. Margret Paul

Essential Oils: Dilution and How to use them?

 

 

 

Essential Oils: Dilution and How to use them?

 

Did you know that pure essential oils are 1000 times more potent than their leafy counterparts? That’s why diluting them with another substance, such as a carrier oil, lotion or shampoo, is so important.

Since essential oils are so highly concentrated, when they come into direct contact with your skin, they can cause sensitization which generally results in a rash. It’s important to note that once sensitization to a specific essential oil is developed, it can potentially be permanent and could effect your reaction to other essential oils. Occasionally, respiratory problems or anaphylactic shock can occur. Diluting essential oils is the best way to avoid these possible reactions, while still experiencing the vast benefits of using essential oils.

Another perk of dilution is financial. Diluting essential oils gets you more bang for your buck by not having to restock your supply as frequently.

A good number to keep in mind when diluting is 2% (1% for the elderly, pregnant women and children); this means you should add up to 12 drops of essential oil to each fluid oz. of carrier oil, water or cream you use (up to 6 drops for a 1% dilution). Dilutions of 3% or higher should be used seldomly and only for “spot” treatments, which is when they're applied to small areas rather than the entire body.

Since droppers can sometimes vary from oil to oil, some people like to use more finite measurements. In this case, a 2% dilution is approximately 1/8 tsp. essential oil per fluid oz. of carrier. The important thing is to find the method that makes you feel comfortable and safe, because using essential oils should be a worry-free experience.

Below is a my favorit of some of ther commonly used carrier oils.Some oils are better geared to certain skin types and conditions, so take that into consideration when selecting the best one for you!

 

Almond: One of the most useful, practical and widely used oils. Soothes, softens and rehydrates the skin in face and body care lotions and potions.

Zmetaphysician: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRU...

Zmetaphysician: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRU...: THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRUE NATURE OF WHAT WE CALL REALITY. IN THE PAST, THE METAPHYSICAL MOV...

THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRUE NATURE OF WHAT WE CALL REALITY.

THE HISTORY OF METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF THE TRUE NATURE OF WHAT WE CALL REALITY. IN THE PAST, THE METAPHYSICAL MOVEMENT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ONLY "WOO WOO" CARNIVAL STUFF, TAROT CARDS, CRYSTALS, HOCUS POCUS USED TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE BUT HAD NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO REAL LIFE. BEFORE WE HAD SCIENCE STUDYING THE TRUE NATURE OF REALITY, IT WAS A PHILOSOPHICAL ADVENTURE.  MEN AND WOMEN STUDIED AND OBSERVED THE WORLD AROUND THEM.  THEY TOOK NOTE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND WOULD ATTEMPT TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ON THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLACE IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.  THEN THEY WOULD COMMUNICATE THEIR OBSERVATIONS WHICH THEY HAD EXPERIENCED WITH LIKE-MINDED OTHERS. ARISTOTLE, THE FAMOUS GREEK PHILOSOPHER, WROTE MANY BOOKS ON NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY, POSING MANY THEORIES AND PLANTING NEW IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.  HIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY A SECOND GREEK PHILOSOPHER AND IN THIS BOOK, PHYSICAL NATURE AND PHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS,  WERE BUNDLED TOGETHER.  PUT TOGETHER,  THESE PREMISES BECAME WHAT IS KNOWN AS METAPHYSICS. NEXT, SCIENCE TOOK THE LEAD BELIEVING IN ONLY A SOLID PHYSICAL WORLD THAT ONE COULD TOUCH, EXPLAIN, AND SEE AS THE ONLY REAL WORLD.  ANYTHING THAT COULDN'T BE SEEN, TOUCHED, OR MEASURED WAS DISMISSED.  ANY QUESTIONS COULD BE DISMISSED WITH A CLOSE-MINDED SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION.  LATER, SCIENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL REALMS AND THESE BECAME "PSYCHOLOGICAL".  STILL THIS COULD NOT ACCOUNT FOR MANY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT MATTERED:  RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND THE MEANING OF OUR LIVES.  THESE THINGS REMAINED OUTSIDE THE REALM OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND EXPLANATION AND WERE, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED TO BE METAPHYSICAL AND ONCE AGAIN "NOT REAL". "META" TOOK ON A NEW MEANING:  ANYTHING OUTSIDE OR BEYOND THE REALM OF SCIENTIFIC WAS, THEREFORE, NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY, IT WAS STILL CONSIDERED "AIRY-FAIRY".  THEN THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE!  ALONG CAME QUANTUM SCIENCE, QUANTUM THEORY, PHYSICS, AND MECHANICS.  SCIENTISTS OBSERVED AND MEASURED SUBATOMIC SCALES OF PHYSICAL MATTER.  SCIENTISTS FOUND THE SO-CALLED "PHYSICAL WORLD" IS TRULY NOT PHYSICAL!  ALL OF A SUDDEN METAPHYSICS CAME INTO THE CENTER OF THE SCIENTIFIC CIRCUS!  NOW, EVERYTHING IN REALITY IS CONSIDERED NOT PHYSICAL BUT BEYOND PHYSICAL!  THIS NEW "DISCOVERY" HAS DEFINED OUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES AS METAPHYSICAL!! IT IS NOW KNOWN AND ACCEPTED, THAT METAPHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF OUR TRUE NATURE IN REALITY.  WE HAVE FOUND PHYSICAL MATTER IS NOT PHYSICAL!  IT IS MADE UP OF ENERGY AND INFORMATION WHICH IS INTERPRETED AND EXPERIENCED IN THE MIND AS SOLID PHYSICAL REALITY.  THOUGHTS ARE MORE THAN WORDS AND IDEAS FORMED IN OUR HEADS.  "THOUGHTS" MAY BE THE DNA OF THE UNIVERSE GIVING FORM TO EVERYTHING WE EXPERIENCE WITH OUR MIND.  FEELINGS IN THE HEART ARE THE CORE TO OUR CREATIVE ABILITIES GIVING SUBSTANCE TO OUR THOUGHTS AND MEANING TO OUR LIVES IN WHAT WE EXPERIENCE IN OUR MINDS.   THIS KNOWLEDGE IS STAGGERING CHANGING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WHOLE WORLD AND WHO WE ARE AND THE TRUE NATURE OF A PHYSICAL CREATIVE PROCESS.  THIS IS REFERRED TO AS "CAUSE AND EFFECT". THE INTEREST AND APPLICATION IN METAPHYSICS GREW LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND MANY OF US BEGAN TO WAKE UP TO THE TRUE NATURE OF THE WORLD AROUND US AND THE ROLE WE PLAY WITHIN IT.  WE ARE NO LONGER ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, NOT VICTIMS OF PREDETERMINED AND RANDOM THOUGHTS IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE, WE ARE NOW SEEING THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS:  A SYSTEM OF THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND EMOTIONS MANIFESTING AS EXPERIENCES IN OUR MIND.  WE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO REMEMBER WHO WE REALLY ARE:  THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL THAT EACH OF US ARE EXPERIENCING IS ONE MIND TOTALLY UNIQUE AND NOT TO BE REPLICATED EXCEPT AS THE POINT OF VIEW OF ONES' PERCEPTION. METAPHYSICS IS THE NEW SCIENCE OF NOW!  IT'S A SYSTEM OF THOUGHT AND FEELING THAT SEES THE UNIVERSE IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT AND IS THE OCEAN, SPACE, ENERGY, AND INTELLIGENCE THAT REALLY EXISTS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN US AND WITHOUT US. WITH THIS EXPERIENCE, THE UNIVERSE IS US AS WE ARE THE UNIVERSE!  THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT, THERE ARE NO LIMITS EXCEPT THE ONES THAT WE CREATE WHICH ENABLE US TO LIVE IN WHAT WE CALL A PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE.   WHAT BEGAN AS PHILOSOPHY AND WAS PUSHED ASIDE AS USELESS, STRANGE, A BASELESS FANTASY HAS NOW BECOME NEW SCIENCE!  STILL IN ITS INFANCY WITH AN EXCITING LONG WAY TO GO! IF YOU'RE BEGINNING THIS NEW JOURNEY, OR YOU HAVE BEEN WITH IT FOR AWHILE, WELCOME TO A NEW LIFE TO COME!  YOU ARE SURE TO FIND SOMETHING NEW AND OF INFINITE VALUE IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO EXPLORE IT.

Zmetaphysician: WHAT IS A LOST SOUL?

Zmetaphysician: WHAT IS A LOST SOUL?: WHAT IS A LOST SOUL? Lost souls are people who are spiritually adrift. For whatever reason, these individuals have blocked the intuitiv...

WHAT IS A LOST SOUL?

WHAT IS A LOST SOUL?

Lost souls are people who are spiritually adrift. For whatever reason, these individuals have blocked the intuitive guidance coming from their higher selves.  In doing this, they have also cut themselves off from feeling the infinite love of the universe, and this leads to struggle, anger and sadness.  As a result, a lost soul’s life is very challenging.

If you are currently working to raise your vibration and follow your highest path, you probably find it difficult to interact with lost souls.   These individuals can be some of the most frustrating people to deal with because they radiate lower vibrational energy, and the way that they interact with others can be quite off-putting.

However, if we want to help these people we must react with sympathy, rather than anger and hostility.  Lost souls need unconditional love more than the rest of us because they are so starved for it.  Although this may be challenging at times, love and acceptance are really the only things we can give to help others who have lost their way.

So, here are some of the frustrating symptoms of a lost soul, and how best for us to react in order to help them:

1. Defensiveness: a lost soul is someone who is operating from their ego, not from their higher self.  Because they are largely ego-driven, lost souls will often feel the need to defend their positions and assert that they are always right, and always know best.  Even friendly advice that will genuinely help a lost soul is often  immediately discarded with a “Yeah, but…” followed by a list of reasons why they believe the advice won’t work for them.

Your best reaction to this defensiveness? Accept it.  Do not engage in an argument with a lost soul, even if you feel like your advice is exactly what they need.

Remember, lost souls are blocking their inner guidance, so they will very likely block beneficial advice from wherever it is coming from.  The best you can do is lay your ideas on the table, but then back away from the discussion when they push against it.Surprisingly, when I have done this in the past I have noticed that many such individuals will later tell me “I remember when you told me such-and-such, that was really good advice!”  The thing about lost souls is that they do not like to have their egos challenged, so if you do not debate against their rebuttals they are far more likely to listen to your well-intended advice because they didn’t feel threatened by your approach.

2. Closed-mindedness: Many times lost souls will not be interested in accepting different people and different choices.

Again, the higher self is all-loving, and all-accepting.  If someone is blocking the unconditional love from their higher self, they will be unable to radiate unconditional love to others.  As a result, their “love” will only be given out to certain people who are behaving in a way that their ego approves of.

Because of this, you will often see lost souls manifest themselves into people who are intolerant of other religions, bigoted, racist, homophobic or misogynistic.

Your best reaction?  If you feel as if something a lost soul tells you is intolerant or abusive towards others, very kindly tell them that it bothers you when they say things like that and then drop it.

Remember, arguing with a lost soul is always a waste of time.  Speak your mind and then move on.  If you do not challenge a lost soul’s ego, you will have the best shot at being heard.

3. Repeating the same mistakes, over and over again: It may take any of us a few tries to learn a lesson in life, but with a lost soul the pattern endlessly repeats itself.

You may often see a lost soul hopping from one abusive relationship to another, chronically being broke and out of work or even repeatedly being victimized.

To be clear, none of us is perfect, and we’re all making mistakes in some way.  However,  a lost soul’s repeated mistakes are very painful and can cause them a lifetime of personal grief.

Your reaction? Realize, yet again, that a lost soul has severed ties with the love of the universe, therefore they do not understand how to make choices based on self-love.  A lost soul has forgotten how to care for him or herself.

These individuals are not making their life decisions because they are trying to hurt themselves or anyone else, but rather because they have become blind to the guidance of the universe.  In fact, quite often they make poor choices because they are simply trying to distract themselves or numb the pain of the emptiness they feel from being spiritually disconnected.

Please do not judge them, do not chastise them, and do not belittle their struggles.  Accept them where they are, and love them anyways.

This doesn’t mean that you should allow them to pull you into their chaotic storms, but do let them know that you care about them and you want the very best for them.  Loving them from afar still counts!

It can indeed be very frustrating to deal with a lost soul.  The defensiveness, close-mindedness, and continuous self-harm can be very unpleasant to witness and interact with.

That being said, it’s good to remember that we are all on our own paths, and we each have the option of traveling through life in the way that we choose.  Although we may have found a higher calling, the lost souls are choosing to experience life in a limited way-and that’s their choice.

Not a one of us would want to be forced to think or believe something against our will, and if we want the freedom of choice for ourselves we must allow the freedom of choice in others, even when we feel their choices are damaging and hurtful.  We can speak our truths, but we shouldn’t feel the need to take on the job of changing the thoughts, beliefs and actions of others.

At the end of the day, all we can really do for the lost souls of the world is accept and love them as they are while being as happy, healthy and prosperous as we can be.  If we can shine brightly enough, we just might provide enough light to help a lost soul find its way back home.  

Reference

Andrea Shueman

Thank you, Easton Harris for bringing this to my attention.

 

 

CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTAL THE BEGINNERS STONE

CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTAL THE BEGINNERS STONE

Wow, the more I study crystals sometimes I feel I should have a big dump truck deliver every type of crystal there is. Then I would lay down and cover my entire body just to see what would happen. Maybe, I would ascend or vanish from perfection. Ya, right! 

My personal perspective on crystals is they all have unique and special meaning and uses. But, if you want one universally excellent crystal to begin to start working with and save money start with clear quartz.

THE USES

Quartz is a Master Healer stone. It is an excellent all purpose crystal healer stone. It is said to amplify healing energy and is used to perform diagnostic healing. It has been used historically to detect food poison. It is said to draw out pain. Quartz is used in crystal healing to strengthen all body systems. Quartz is particularly effective for chronic fatigue, arthritis, bone injuries, depression, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and intestinal problems. It also improves mental and physical energy, stamina, and physical strength. It enhances spiritual growth, spirituality, wisdom, thought processes and emotions; it increases inspiration and creativity, concentration, retaining/studying, and harmony in romantic relationships.

 THE HISTORY

It is found regularly in passage tomb cemeteries in Europe in a burial context, such as in Ireland.  Ancient Japanese believed quartz formed from the breath of a white dragon, and regarded it as representing perfection. Australian Aborigines used quartz in rain rituals.  Crystal skulls were reportedly made by Atlanteans and are believed by some to be living entities. Clear quartz formed into spheres have been used as crystal balls to predict the future at least since the middle ages. Quartz can be icy clear or have inclusions, veils, bubbles, and various colors. Visual clarity normally isn't important to its energetic quality.

Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information

 

 

Alcoholism/Drug Addiction? Read this!

Since I and many others have battled addiction. I just found a very interesting article about nutrition alcoholism and drug addiction. Audrie Sunnyboy who has been in the alcohol/drug treatment since 1990

Audrie Sunnyboy, who quit drinking and doing drugs at age 40, said she first became interested in nutrition-based recovery after reading Larson's "Seven Weeks to Sobriety." In the book, Larson wrote that her son committed suicide after a short bout of alcoholism, leading to her search for a better treatment method. She hypothesized that every alcoholic fits into one of four categories based largely on their body's composition--most are hypoglycemic--and that dietary changes can improve someone's condition in almost every case. She studied this for many years and found an amazing correlation between nutrition and how it helped with beating this self induced problem.

Audrie says: I was watching people and was realizing that most of the Alaska Native people did not recover from alcoholism," she said. "And as I was going along, I would ask, 'Did you ever go to AA?' Then they would say, 'No, because I didn't want to talk.' This is also the case with other’s searching for an alternative. They will not go to AA.

Sunnyboy said the realization that AA's 12-step program does not work for everyone, especially people who are reluctant to talk about themselves, is what led to her interest in providing an alternative form of treatment. The treatment center is the Sunny Denyaave Center,  59 College Road Suite 213 Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907)455-4611. She  has developed a six week program aimed at repairing alcoholics and drug users quit their habits by repairing their bodies through nutrient replacement and proper diet.  The technique is based on the theory that drugs and alcoholism are treatable physical diseases, not moral flaws.

The way AA looks at it and the way most people look at it is as weak-willed, psychological behavior," "What (Larson) and the other doctors say is that that is not so. An alcoholic or person who is addicted to drugs is not nutritionally sound."

The main culprit for promoting alcoholism is sugar, she said. Sunnyboy explained that sugar and alcohol consumption both result in the pancreas increasing blood sugar and releasing insulin.  Continued sugar consumption, she said, causes the pancreas to become "trigger happy," producing an imbalance that leads to feelings of irritability and cravings for alcohol and drugs.  Sunnyboy acknowledged that she faces many challenges operating a center that is not widely accepted,  

I also found Smart Recovery a non AA based treatment. SMART Recovery founded 1992 is an international non-profit organization which provides assistance to individuals seeking abstinence from addictive behaviors. The approach used is secular and scientifically-based using non-confrontational motivational, behavioral and cognitive methods. Meeting participants learn recovery methods derived from evidence-based addiction treatments. There web site is www.smartrecovery.org