Archive | March 2012

Answering eMail From Visitors

Thought For The Day

Gortairian Visitors

When someone comes to you and says they’re from the Planet Gortair and they’re excited to visit your planet. Don’t argue with them. Simply respond: “Greetings and welcome to Earth. As a duly appointed representative from our planet, I would like to invite you to a tour of one of our finer medical facilities.” It beats wrestling them to the ground. – (thanks to Night Court for that approach).

Answering eMail From Visitors
Anyone who has a blog or website that provides a method for receiving communication is opening a door to some wonderful exchanges of ideas and thoughts. But sometimes, the communications aren’t so kind or in some cases are totally off the wall.

One thing that happens when you run a business or educational website is that you get a lot of emails from people who simply aren’t all there. I’m sure it happens to all types of businesses or educational websites. But I know for sure it happens to sites with a spiritual context. I’ve been building websites since the early days of the internet when only a handful of corporations had a web presence. I was fortunate to work at a corporation that was interested in innovation. Being in IT Research and Development in that corporate career, when this web thing came across my desk I jumped at it. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Priestess

Mar12

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Look into your crystal ball today and you will find the answer to your questions. You have the knowledge and insight within you. Stop second guessing what you know is the right choice and trust yourself. If you need more input, don’t look to others; go within and connect to YOUR higher conscious connection to the Divine in your life.

Additional Insight:

Others don’t have your best interest to heart, so be cautious who you confide in and who you take advice from. Instead, trust your own judgement today and look within for the answers. Pull your own tarot card or look in your own crystal ball and trust your instincts to point you in the right direction. After all, who knows you better than you?

What Is A Spiritual Expert – Part VI

Mar11

Intuitive Psychic

Psychic: (greek psychiokos – psyche, soul or that which is mental) to sense, to understand and to interpret for practical purposes, a force that enters in and emanates out of the body, mind and/or spiritual or ethereal realms without use of the 5 physical senses.

Everyone is psychic to some degree. Most people just don’t realize it or they call it by some other name or phrase. It’s easy for someone to say “I have a gut feeling about this”, instead of admitting to themselves that they are listening to one of their senses, or their psychic insights. But every living animal, including humans, have that 6th sense.

“Being” psychic is just a matter of becoming in-tune with that extra sense which can come in various forms. As children we had to learn and understand our other senses for sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. We learned about them as a baby and the more we experienced in life, the more we are able to utilize those senses in our daily life.

Psychic senses are exactly the same. They aren’t a special gift, nor do they make one person more special or powerful than the next. We all have these abilities and we all can learn how to develop them and how to use them. Continue reading →

As Above, So Below

Mar9

The Importance Of Balance

The phrase has come to mean various things to different people, societies and religions. It has evolved on some stages and remained the same on others. But to understand the original concept of As Above, So Below, we need to know where it came from and how it was first used.

Who created the idea and why? How did they implement it and what did it stand for? These questions can help us understand the journey of the concept and perhaps even regain the importance behind the words and how they should still be applied to our lives today.

The History Of Above and Below
In the Pagan and Metaphysical communities, these words are often used and bandied about to show relation between spirit and physical realms. They are reported to have originated from the “Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus”, also know as the tablet of “The Secret of Hermes”. But this is a downsized version of the tablet’s verse. The original phrase stated “That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing”

According to Wikipedia there are several translations of this text, including Arabic, Latin, and even one from Isaac Newton. “The compact and cryptic text was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art, in particular of its Hermetic tradition. Interpreting the layers of meanings of the Emerald Tablet, from individual words to the overall meaning, is fraught with possibilities, but certainly Alchemy’s Magnum opus and the ancient, classical, element system are the basis of any sound explanation, as they provide a key to the ideas of earth, fire, sun, moon, etc., common to all the translations.” This elemental approach strives to show the balance in all things or the circles of existence.

Over the centuries, many Occult organizations have put their own spin on “As above, so below”. But it’s not only in these realms of mysticism that the phrase can be found. It’s been accepted into almost every known religion today and is often associated with that religion’s history. All three non-pagan religions have laid claim to the phrase and put their own spin on its meaning as well. New Age and modern Metaphysics also have their claims on the concept and have given it their own interpretations. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing – Six of Wands

Mar9

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

You win the prize today. It’s been a long race and you’ve had some strong competition. Not everyone played fair, but you kept your integrity intact, focused and worked hard on your mission. And now you can hold your trophy high and reap the greatest rewards. Shower yourself with celebration. You certainly deserve it!

Additional Information:

It isn’t magik or Divine intervention alone that brings success. It’s putting your visions and inspiration into practice. Working hard, staying focused and working WITH Divine Creation that brings your success. Relying too much on your spiritual energy to manifest your desires, may not make it happen. Relying too much on the physical activities and events, may take longer than intended, or fall short of your goals. But when you align your energies, As Above – So Below, you bring forth the perfect balance of spirit and body to bring things into reality. Give yourself a pat on the back for working hard and attaining your goal. It might be a small part of the bigger picture. But it’s a good part none the less!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Moon – Inverted

Mar8

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

You’ll find a strong arm to hold onto and that will help you stand up today. While you’re feeling tattered and torn from a recent cat fight, you’re the one who will come up from the pit and find the support to win the battle. This has been an ongoing fight, it’s understandable that you’re getting tired of it. Use the Grand Mother Moon’s full moon energy to reconnect with the spirit within and you’ll have not only the strength to recover, but the wisdom to put this fight to rest.

Additional Insight:

It can be very tiresome when you have to constantly stand your ground and defend your position from someone else who wants to fight. You didn’t start this battle, but the cat fights are wearing on you. You have overcome a lot because of these situations. You’ve learned a lot about yourself, who you can trust, how to defend your position without compromising your principles. But all the negativity is draining your energy. Take time to reconnect with the Divine force in you and allow Grand Mother moon to replenish the energy you have expended and lost. Go to bed early tonight! Bask in her soft full moon light. You’ll feel much better tomorrow.

Writing Your Thesis Or Dissertation

Mar7

How To Get Started And Organize

Academic Rewards

As a student of higher education, I’m often asked for help in writing a Master’s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation. At the end of March I will be discussing this very topic with students of the University of Metaphysics and the University of Sedona. Being a blogger, getting my thoughts down on paper tends to lead to writing an article here on Reflections. So let me share what I’ve learned and what I tell my students who are facing these projects.

Get Your Requirements:
One of the hardest things about starting a writing project is getting motivated when you don’t know where to start. Sometimes the best thing to do is simply put the steps into motion and get ready. Each University system has its own requirements for the format of your thesis or dissertation. Most provide a template or written instructions. So step one, find out what’s required for your institution.

With your instructions in hand, conduct a search online for completed and approved essays from others in your University system. Seeing how someone else “did it” can be a great example for what you need to do. Now I’m not saying plagiarize their work! All you’re doing is looking for how they formatted their essay and what they put in each required section as an example for what you will need to cover. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The World

Mar7

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

If you can see the beauty in the world, why can’t you see the beauty in you? Don’t focus on the negative. Alter your vision of self and be proud of who you are. Work change what you don’t like and become the best you that you can be. No one else can do it, but you.

Additional Insight:

Dressing ‘down’ in sweats and ratty t-shirt is not going to improve your vision of self. Whether the cloths are your physical appearance or your inner character, you are the one who determines what the world sees. It’s a reflection of how you feel about the image you reflect to the world. Stop putting yourself down, stop complaining about how you look, feel or act and change it. You’re the only one who can. The healing starts today! But you have to want it to begin and accept the process of change.

If you don’t like something about you, then you are the one who can change it. Begin your healing today.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Fool – Inverted

Mar6

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Watch where you’re going today and be careful. You may stumble and scrape your knee. But don’t worry, you won’t drop what’s important. In your rush to success, you still have a little work to do on some past healing issues surrounding insecurity. That close important person in your life, is still there and still wants to help take care of you. Let them, they are good at it.

Additional Insight:

It’s ok, your partner will take care of you. You’re not in this alone and the one you care about is, has been and will be there for you. Stop worrying about made up stuff in your head and focus on where you’re going. If you don’t, you’ll stumble into the pothole you didn’t see and you could be laid up for a little while. Focus on what’s important and get the job done. It will be ok.

Towns Devastated in Tornado Disaster in Indiana

Mar5

Tony Stewart Nascar Champion

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Everyone at Spring’s Haven is sending their prayers and healing energies to everyone hit by the violent tornado’s in last weeks storms. But we felt a connection to those in southern Indiana.

Fans of Tony Stewart can help Tornado Victims in So. Indiana by contacting WTHR13 TV – http://www.wthr.com

Marysville Indiana is about 30-40miles south of Tony’s hometown of Columbus. The entire town was totally wiped out. If you’re a Nascar Fan like we are, you may want to help people in the area around your favorite drivers home.

This is mine and I hope people will reach out and help their neighbors.

"Believe In Yourself, Even When No One Else Does."
~ Harvey McKay ~
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“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith.
Not hope, but faith.
I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
~ Jim Carrey ☆ 2014
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“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”
~ Dalai Lama 2012 ~
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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~ Bruce Lee 1971