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.........


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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.