On Setting Boundaries.........

I recently learned, that along with being and staying grounded.....it is also important to have boundaries.......

ummmmm......

Don't we all know that!!!????

Well......I hope so.......but how do we set them?  No one teaches us that............except someone did

 teach me....

And here is how you do it..........are you ready?

After you are grounded...........

Take a deep Breath..........in and out.......

And in a meditative state.......

Think of this..........and say out loud..........

'I accept'..........and fill in the rest.........

What do you accept?..............love, joy, friendship, abundance, good health, healing..........you can add to your list at any time.......

Next.......out loud.........say.......

'I release'..............and say what you release............fear, negativity, pain, anger........and on and on.....and again remember you can add to this list at any time........

then.......

Say out loud.........

'I reject'........and say what you reject..........I reject manipulation, I reject pain, I reject aggression........and again......you can always add to this list...........

And have the image of the things that you reject, simply washing off you as if you have an umbrella on your head.......and these things simply reflect off of that.........

Also remember as you  empty yourself of all the things you want to release............you must fill the void with LOVE.............so imagine your self filling with LOVE as you did with energy.......from the bottoms of your feet into every cell of your body............this is so you do not fill that void with anyone else's negative stuff........

So you become fully protected........the universe now knows what you accept, release and reject........

and I must tell you ..........

this works.

I have learned this, and the grounding technique from an amazing healer.....Diane Vickers.......

Thank you again, Diane......

On Being Grounded...........

Being 'grounded' is particularly useful when you feel you may be overpowered by a situation or individual........such as an encounter with an ex-spouse, a meeting with your attorney, counseling a friend, being with a combative child.....

or if you are particularly sensitive......a trip to the mall or grocery store or a drive on a busy freeway....will require it

Being grounded is important.

Always.

I have learned many techniques for grounding one's Self, but this one has been especially helpful.

And now......

In a quiet meditative state....... take three slow deep breaths......

in

and 

out.

And imagine yourself growing roots from the bottom of your feet.....large roots the size of the bottoms of your feet...........

growing deep into the earth

and on their journey to the center they come upon a stream......

But this is not a stream of water........this is a stream of 

Energy.

And when you reach that stream of energy.....imagine it 'flavored'.....and of course my mind went to vanilla.....but imagine it flavored with what you want to absorb from this stream of energy.......

it could be courage, strength, joy, abundance.......anything you desire.....

now suck up this energy into your roots........

and up into all the cells of your body.......

into the soles of your feet, into your ankles, up into your chins, calves, up into your knees,

into your thighs, into your pelvis, your buttocks, into your core, your stomach, your lungs, 

then into your heart........and feel it there for a moment, filling your heart...

draw it into your chest, and shoulders, and down your arms, into your hands.......but not out of your hands.....

and back up through your arms and into your neck and into your head and each feature of your face, your chin, your mouth, lips, nose, cheeks, eyes, eye brows, third eye, and into your scalp....

  then let it flow out of the top of your head, your crown chakra.... 

and feel it flow back down over your body, your front, your back, your sides.....

and back into the earth.............

Where you again find it and once again fill your body with this energy........

This technique seems to need concentration at first, but once practiced....it is suggested for 30 days...

 you can accomplish this in an instant.

Temple Doors........

THE STORY OF TEMPLE DOORS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST

Hyemeyohsts Storm

Some people have said that a Representative government is what we know to
be a Democracy.  Others say that Freedom is what makes a Democracy.  Others
will insist that Democracy is a balance between State and Church.  There
are also those who say that Democracy is a balance between the rich and the
poor.  And there are those who will claim that Democracy is the balance
between the learned and the unschooled.  The bold say that Democracy is
tolerance and the acceptance of all races and peoples as being equal. 

The woman known as Temple Doors said all this and more about Democracy
many hundreds of years ago.  She said that in actuality the founding
principle of a true Democracy was a Representative government that was
perfectly balanced between female and male, because this Balance is the
Source of all that is Living and Natural.

She never used the words Democracy or Democratic, but she did use the
words Circle of Law.

By the time Temple Doors was born the great Circles of Democracy - the
Circle of Law - had been outlawed and forbidden by the new feudalistic
governing powers.  She is the human responsible for the preservation and
renewal of the Circle of Law throughout the Americas.

It is important to speak of how the Medicine Wheels came to North America
from South and Central America, and were kept by the Zero Chiefs.
According to the records kept by the Flower Soldiers, the weather patterns
of Mother Earth went through incredible changes.  Places that were once
beautiful plains filled with animals and grass changed over a period of a
thousand years to become jungles or deserts.

Five great migrations of people left Central America and settled the
North; these were called the Great Webs or Spider Roads by the record
keepers.  These large migrations occurred between one thousand and three
thousand years ago.

The Spider Woman Keepers are responsible for the information we have of
these migrations.  For simplicity's sake, the name Spider Woman can be
translated as "Guardian Keeper" or "Corn Carrier."  The reason for this is
because the tradition grew up out of the Gardeners.  These women not only
kept the Gardens, they also kept the history.

Temple Doors was the Priestess-General responsible for one of the largest
of the great migrations.  She led her people north, out of Central America,
into what we presently know as our Southwest.  This great migration took
place between two thousand and twenty-five hundred years ago.  During this
journey, half of her people perished from war, disease, and hunger.
It was this woman General who brought the Great Circle of Law and all the
Medicine Wheels to the North.  She also brought corn, squash, beans, and turkeys.
Temple Doors was born to the Butterfly People.  At this time these people
controlled the tribal city-states south of Mexico City.

The hundreds of city-states of the Yucatán had been founded by Tribes of
many diverse groups and languages.  Each city-state had its Great Temple.
The Center Temple, or Great Temple, was everything to its people because it
held the distinction of "possessing the Name of the Divine."  This meant
that the Temple was known by the name of the Goddess and God of the
city-state.  Each Temple was the seat of the law, the university, the place
of records, the treasury, the place of information, the hospital, the war
academy, and the place of prayer.

At the time of the birth of Temple Doors, the Mayan city-states had been
in constant war with each other for nearly three hundred years.  The wars
had started in the aftermath of horrible earthquakes and exploding
volcanoes that had leveled hundreds of cities and Temples.
The Lords of the land were brutal men who would stop at nothing to get
their way.  The sacrifice priests taught these Feudal Lords that people
could be ruled only by fear.

The Lords, in their turn, taught that only the fang and the tooth of
experience were understood by "the common people," who were "incapable of
learning."

However, the Flower Soldiers taught that human sacrifice and slavery were
forbidden, and that every human possessed the natural right to have a Voice
in government.  Democracy-the Circle of Law-had been discovered by the Zero
Chiefs thousands of years before this time and was held to be Sacred by
every Flower Soldier.

By the time Temple Doors became the commander of the Flower Soldiers, she
violently opposed the sacrifice priests of the Temples and Lords who held
their people in perpetual slavery.  A bloody war ensued that lasted five
years.

After yet another bitter struggle and more useless bloodshed, the
courageous Temple Doors decided to lead the Flower Soldiers and any of her
people who wanted to go with them, north into the "Land of the Wild
People."  In the new land, they could find Freedom and rebuild their
civilization based on the balance and teachings of the Medicine Wheels.
Temple Doors led twenty-four thousand people or more, overland, north out
from the Mayan peninsula, through the length of Mexico and into the
Southwest of the present-day United States.  On this great migration, she
fought and won many battles and helped her people survive every kind of
privation and disease.

Temple Doors was a Priestess and a General.  However, her most important
contribution to the world was the reordering and rebuilding of the
Discipline of the Flower Soldiers.

Temple Doors was a very important person in human history.  Volumes could
be written about her by the people of Mexico and we Northerners, and still
there would be more to say.  But time is needed before this will be done.
The Temple known as Desert Flower is the source of our information
concerning the early migrations to the North from the Yucatán.  This Temple
is now known as the ruins of Chaco Canyon.  The woman who began the
building of the Desert Flower was the Zero Chief Temple Doors.

The cities of Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly were built by the people
who took on the name of their Chief, calling themselves the Temple Doors.
The sophisticated network of roads, cisterns, forts, Kivas, buildings,
farms, and pueblos were all built by the people of Temple Doors.

Temple Doors originally settled many of her armies and peoples at Canyon
de Chelly.  They began building immediately.  However, at this same time, a
dedicated group of highly disciplined and skilled Medicine Soldiers, with
their General, Temple Doors, began the construction of their Schools and
Temples at the Desert Flower in Chaco Canyon.  Her dream and the dream of
her apprentices was to build a new civilization based on the teaching of
the Medicine Wheels and the Circle of Law.  The Desert Flower was designed
to be their first main Center of Teaching and Healing.

The General lived for many years.  It is thought that she was over
eighty-three at the time of her death.

Hyemeyohsts Storm is the legendary and world renowned author and teacher who first introduced the knowledge of the Medicine Wheels to the modern world in his best selling classic Seven Arrows, published in 1972, and now in its 46th printing. He is a Northern Cheyenne and German mixed blood, who was born and raised on Indian reservations in Montana. In his latest book Lightningbolt, Storm continues to reveal for the first time new, compelling information of the Legacy of the Zero Chiefs and their Sacred Medicine Wheel Teachings.

The Story of Temple Doors was excerpted from here.

The Photo of Chaco Canyon was excerpted from here.

Day Girl/Night Girl......in pursuit of Clarity

I was recently introduced to the books of Penney Peirce........

and while perusing her website.......this concept popped up.........

Present Moment Practice

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I serve my future self.

Let your "morning self" do something thoughtful for your "evening self" and let your "evening self" do something beneficial for tomorrow's "morning self."

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I saw comedian Jerry Seinfeld on the David Letterman show late one night and he was giving a hilarious rundown about how he sabotages himself. He said that "Night Guy" likes to stay up late, party, drink a bit too much, and eat pizza. Then "Morning Guy" has to get up early to be at work and is exhausted, clogged up, and rushing around making lists and getting organized. Night Guy thinks Morning Guy is a wimp and Morning Guy thinks Night Guy is a jerk!

After Jerry's all-too-true description of our schizophrenic lives, I started to think of myself as Morning Girl and Night Girl, or Now Girl and Future Girl. Morning Girl often forgets to exercise and take the vitamins that Night Girl needs, and Night Girl sometimes forgets to brush her teeth or put her clothes in the hamper, which leaves Morning Girl feeling churlish. So I started pretending that Morning Girl was doing favors for Night Girl; she'd change the bedsheets or take a brisk walk. Night Girl would in turn wash the dishes and leave the sink clean. Morning Girl would make the phone calls and Night Girl would organize the piles by the phone. Now Girl helps Future Girl by always putting the car keys in the outside pocket of my purse or closing drawers after she opens them. When your day and night selves, your present and future selves, work for each other's good, eventually you'll know the real self, or soul, that underlies and fuels both.

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Excerpted from The Present Moment: A Daybook of Clarity and Intuition by Penney Peirce

Sound Healing.......

On Friday I joined some friends and learned a bit about Sound Healing.........

Remember being rocked as a baby by your Grandma or Mum?.......and the sound she 'hummed'?........perhaps not, you....but I do......and I say for sure.....in my memory.......the only one who loved me in my young life was my Grandmother.......I can still feel her vibration......

So back to sounding......

Goodness..........all I can say it it's a 'good' thing......in all my meditations and healing work........this simple gesture took me to a place........I need to be......

I am blessed to know a circle of healing friends.....who make it a joy to venture into another realm.......

And to be exposed to the teachings of Jonathon Goldman.......and Tom Kenyon......

is a new step in my journey......

The Tribe of Many Colors...............

What is contained in this message explains and confirms what I have learned and heard and know to be true............there is a simple remedy to what ails Mother Earth...........please join in our healing.........


בציריך - עם כתוביות בעברית Kiesha from Derech-Lev on Vimeo.

On Line Learning.......

Wow.......it's been awhile since I've reported 'present' here.  Truth is I have fallen victim to this long 'harder than usual' winter.  It thaws and snows and thaws and snows........and since the middle of February I have been drawn to some online summits and seminars that have been all encompassing, and completely engrossing.

I have been so completely captivated, the information coming so hard and fast, that I decided to just surrender to the process.  There were a series of Lectures by so called 'New Age' Masters......so many with theories of breaking through our veils of consciousness (or unconsciousness)........all charging $97 or $197 or $997 for 'more' (I could not bear more) ......There were 'tapping' sites, and various energy healing CD's.......actually I became overwhelmed with the amount of information I was receiving....still persevering the 'self inflicted' onslaught.......certain there was a message I needed to hear in this barrage.

If you can't tell, I am very self reflective.......and I'm at the point in my life that I know something has to change......and still trying to figure out what.  Or perhaps something just has to be revealed. Or recognized.....or remembered.......as a deeper truth......and I'm sure I'm not alone given the numbers of people logged on to these lessons!

So this is what I am drawn to right now........some lessons with a guy who drives home the 'I AM' theory..........He believes, no KNOWS, that we create our reality by our 'being'.....and then our thinking.  So he says we need a really solid list of 'I AM's' to create the wonderful life we are meant to have.  For example..... I AM HAPPY,  I AM WEALTHY,  I AM JOY,  I AM LOVED,  I AM LOVE, I AM BRILLIANT, I AM LUCKY, I AM BLESSED, I AM LIVING ON A TROPICAL ISLAND.......he says to have a list of about 20 to 40 really good and detailed 'I AM's' and to feel them with enthusiasm.....it's a little more involved than that.  This is not new to me....but I can always use a refresher course.........

I am also enrolled in a 7 week seminar with Jean Houston.........

and studying the Enneagram in addition to all of that......

Why this?  Why now?  No idea, just following my nose and...........rolling down the hill.........

The End.............

It is the morning of day 8.......and I'm drinking my morning elixir.............2 level teaspoons of sea salt in a quart of lukewarm water.........down it goes..........for the last time during this phase.

And I'm glad and ready for it to end.

This has not been difficult.  Really.  I have felt really really good.  In fact a friend of mine who has done this exclaimed that she actually feels better on a fast than when eating food.  I'll bet she's right.  The clarity and calm and focus on one's inner self is something I have never experienced before this.

But I am ready not to drink salt water in the morning.  And to look at what goes into my body a little more carefully.  Not to say I am not wondering what a french fry tastes like now.  Back to my obsession with the potato.........

I am hopeful this experienced has shifted me a bit.  Always a shift is good.  A change for the better in one, moves mountains eventually.

Not that the mountains need to move, but change is in the wind, isn't it?

I am on my way out of town for a short bit...........to stand on the edge of the big lake.  And feel it's power frozen.............and I will realize how small I am in the scheme of things............and this fast will pass........

The Day before 8..............

"How's your fast?  You know why they named it that?  Cuz you pray to GOD that is it over fast." ~ email from my Funny Friend

Well this is it.  The day before the last......of this fast..........

And it started earlier than ususal.......with the same tossing and turning.........hopefully what's churning will surface soon......be it emotions, need for action or who knows what........

But still, I woke refreshed and got on with the day with an early start.  As focused and relaxed as ever.

The day was uneventful.

I worked.  I shopped. I pampered myself a bit......

I am getting a little, just a little........tired of the lemon drink........not longing for food, but companionship over a meal...........

Looking forward to day 8 and ending this journey............many folks have reported they would like to continue longer, but for me, for now.......this will be enough.

Day 6.............

"The best of all medicines are rest and fasting" ~ Benjamin Franklin

Today was the best day of all........

It started out a little craggy.......I woke up too early with a toss and a turn.......I took a shower to wash what felt like 'prickly' off of me......might have been salts from my bath.
So I did that and crawled back in bed.....big mistake......as I drifted off for several more hours.....making it a very late start to my day.

But that was no problem really, and I managed to book a 'spur of the moment' lymphatic massage........then visit with a friend, have a wonderful yoga class, and cap it with an energetic session with my meditative writing group.

I got the RA RA OOOOO HA from them for doing this cleanse.......several of them have done it and expressed their support for me. Very nice.  As opposed to most who ask why I'm doing it.

As for food.......well........I would like to have some. But it's no biggie.  I am looking forward to the taste of the soup I intend to prepare this weekend to gently end this fast.  And perhaps some wine?????  Dare I?

So yes......on to day 7.  I will survive.  And I actually thought today that I will do this again. I'm certain I will.

Day 5..............

"I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency." ~ Plato

Yesterday was 'hump' day.  I did not think of it until someone mentioned it to me......and also asked me what day it would end........shall I go through day 8 as the fast is written?  I think so.  I rarely quit early.

I had a troubled sleep again...........but slept sound..........and woke fresh.  It is as though I am dreaming a troublesome or mixed up dream that I can not recall............just enough to make my brow furrow in the morning as I wake.  Tonight I will order up some pleasant dreams.

notes for today:

Food is a distant yet reoccurring memory..........

I had a few hunger pangs while working with friends in the studio today.......and when I peeped "I'm hungry".....I heard a voice from across the room say....."no you're not....drink your juice"......

It's nice to have supportive friends........but who brought the sugar cookies with the large dollop of chocolate on top?

And my electric juicer was not up to the task of juicing what seems like 60 small lemons so far.......it was making a terrible sound.  I returned it for another that will hopefully last for the duration.

On a happy note.......I put my nose to the grindstone and seemed to work with focused rhythm today.......it is not always that way, as in the past I could be easily distracted.

Also......it seems I have lost a pound or two.........surely water.......but it's nice to see movement on the scale......not that it's why I'm doing it!

It really isn't.

Half Way There...........

"When you fast, and anoint your head and wash your face so that you do not appear to others to be fasting, but to your Father, who is in the secret place; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly." ~ Jesus Christ


Last night was different from the rest.  I have been sleeping very sound and cozy for the first nights of my fast.  For some reason it seemed like I was wrestling with some demons........hopefully they are gone now.

It is said that a fast will release toxins from your body.........both physical and emotional.......remains to be seen what this was about........but none the less I woke freshened from my sleep.......still clear here.

Got a few things done........easily.........that I've been putting off for awhile............

And I thought for a moment, I had overdosed on psyllium......I used two rounded teaspoons instead of one in the cleansing potion........but no problem......at all.

And I'm very aware of the extra time I have not thinking about food or preparing it or cleaning up.........

Half way there.........I can see the finish line.

Day Three into Four........

"Your Body is Precious.  It is your vehicle for Awakening.  Treat it with Care.  The sufferings which overtake beings are the fruit of their desires." ~ Gautama Buddha

It is the end of day three......and I'm prepared for day 4.

All is well........I spent the day cleaning my house along with my body and mind........and playing with some little ones........joy snuck back into my life!

I was faced with food today.......straight on dinner......and feeding the little ones and being invited to join....smelling distance from a pickle.......which even looked good to me.

But I drifted past that moment into focusing on the little girls.......and then it was over.

Joy.  Today was calm and joy.  And continued clarity.  All Good. All Good.

Now I will sink into my daily bath..........with Epsom Salts and Apple Cider Vinegar.  Talk about a pickle....

Why do this?.................

"Fasting will bring spiritual rebirth to those of you who cleanse and purify your bodies.  The light of the world will illuminate within you when you fast and purify yourself.  What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

This is the end of day two.....heading to three of my eight day fast.............

And what I'm thinking about is why fasting has been a Spiritual practice.  I know.......silly me........how could I not know the answer to this question?  But I am thinking the answer is really only known to those who DO fast.

And as to my research on this fasting as a Spiritual Practice......it is suggested to spend my time meditating, and reading Spiritual material.........turning off TV.......and eliminating recreation and movies..........and I realized.......

I already do that..........and they are right.........to do those things would seem to defeat the purpose of being quiet with and honoring my body during this time.

So easy peasy!

and as a side note:

I feel GREAT!  Really.......GREAT!  Amazingly good.  My head is clear.  I have energy that I'm surprised to have......and I'm not hungry.......although talk tonight with a friend about spuds got me going!

So I just had another slug of lemonade.........

On to Day Two.........

I am doing a variation of the Master Cleanse.......called The Eight Day Ultimate Fast.  It is outlined in a book titled Prostate health in 90 Days (no I do not have a prostate, nor have I ever had one) by Larry Clapp.

Like some things.........I am sure I am not fully informed as to what I am about to experience.......but feel as guided to do this as I was on my recent trip to OZ.  A resounding 'YES' at the suggestion.......must be an indication to move forward.

So I have........and with my coach to guide me.........

day one is over...............7 to go...........

And these are my impressions..........

The Lemonade drink...........fresh organic lemons, maple syrup and cayenne.......is tasty.

The PC 1-2-3, a parasite tincture.........is also, and to be taken under the tongue .......10 drops, 3X daily.

I was hungry for a bit......a mid-day longing for something crisp to chew on and swallow, but I got over that quickly...

And I see I will need a LOT of Grade B, Dark Maple syrup...........

So I have my drink made for day two............and prepared the salt water to drink in the AM........and can't wait for what's next!!!

Which includes, well, you can imagine........

And then adding some more condiments to the mix.........

I have to say........shortly into this process I began to feel a bit more clear.

Another new Beginning............

And as it's the beginning........ and it is today..........this is what's on my mind...........and what's happening........right now.

Well........to back up a bit..........if some of you have been following my other blog......I have been blue......out of sorts........and losing myself lately........many obvious factors could have been the cause......but I needed to snap out of it.

One of the things I like to do in the morning......after I say my affirmations..........is to meditate and journal.

One of my meditation aids are Oracle Cards.......and several mornings in a row............three mornings in a row...........after shuffling and reshuffling.....

I pulled this card...........3 times..........in a row........in as many days (again after shuffling and shuffling)............


..........from the top of the deck it rose to meet me...........

                 ........3 times in three days...........










Now it is said that 'they' don't let you get by without reminding you again and again what path you must take...........and paying attention is critical here.........

So today.......I have started to cleanse my body..........as they said not to wait a moment before making arrangements to start........

And I am lucky a friend plunked down all the items necessary...........all the necessary potions and powders and mixing implements........so there was no reason this newbe.......could refuse to do it.....

As so many stars lined up to guide me..........