2012

The infamous date is upon us. Time for reflection. Reflection of who we are, why we are here, and where we are headed. I thought I would share some of my ideas as we head into the future.

We started this journey many, many years ago. Before we were born, in fact. We've always known we were different. We had an interest from a very young age with the future. We watched the Jetsons on Saturday mornings as children. We enjoyed James Bond and Star Trek. All because we were fascinated  with the future.

In other words, we've been waiting for this time. Whether we knew it or not.

Some of us continued with books. Reading everything we could find. We've felt that something is not quite right. Almost as if information had been lost somehow. We went to school to find it, but was mostly disappointed as the information seemed timeworn, out of date. We felt there were other ways of doing things, of understanding things, of feeling about things. So we read, we watched, and we waited...

Then came the Internet, and the whole world changed. All of a sudden we were able to communicate with people all over the planet. There was a connection that hadn't been there before. Information screaming through wires, changing lives forever. We were no longer totally reliant on a few news agencies - we could read and listen to information from the participants themselves in real time! The opinion of the news anchor suddenly seemed less important. This is a very important step because we are realizing that much of what we have taken for granted coming from the media may not be the truth, or even the whole story, or just plain propaganda. We feel differently about events when we have a personal connection to the people involved. Our judgements change. We are starting to realize that humanity is interdependent in so many ways.

Globalization has taught us one thing - we are in this together. The massive tons of waste that China spits out each day as it manufactures mass quantities of consumable goods for us, as an example, has an effect on not just China - but the whole world. We all breathe the same air, drink the same water, and eat from the same earth. Having all of our stuff manufactured in a country that has few environmental controls is not going to save us. We are responsible regardless of where we live.

Which brings me to what I think 2012 is all about.

• It is not the end of the world. It is the end of a 26,000 year cycle. But it is also the gestation of the human race. We are going through an evolution.
• The tearing of the veil between worlds begins in 2012. We will begin to see things and experience things that have been hidden for millenia. 
• A great change in thinking will start in the United States and will spread throughout the world. This has to do with learning to think not with the brain but with the heart.
• We may go through earth changes that seem catastrophic and will change how we do things.
• We will learn to do many things the old way - growing food, living in groups that share their resources, caring for one another, and not depending on a centralized government to take care of us. 
• We will have an explosion of new ideas, clean energy, and advanced technologies that respect the earth and all of its inhabitants, including the animals, fish, plants, and non-sentient life forms.
• We will share our personal gifts with humanity. We will be cognizant of our life purpose. We will live authentically.
• No more war, no more starvation. We, as a community of souls, will care for each other and our planet.
• Some will choose to leave because they are not ready for these changes in frequency, which is okay. Not everyone is in the same place at the same time. We are, after all, eternal beings.
• We'll learn to use intention and group thought to change our physical environment.

So will all of this happen at once? I highly doubt it. I think we are on a bell-curve in this process, with 2012 being the top of the bell. But the process has begun and there is no turning back. We will not all go at the same pace, and some will not go at all, but the earth has its own cycle and will do what it needs to do.

So have a wonderful winter solstice and holiday season. Love each other and be kind to all that crosses your path. 

Take this moment in time to visualize your perfect world. Light a candle and send this wish out into the Universe. There has never been a time in history where it has been more powerful. 

Love to you all,

Nancy

Some Serious Questions

I think it's time to take a look at what is happening to our children while we've been distracted by 9-11, war, health care, and the economy.

Something is really wrong. This article on Huffington Post is a must read and should be read out loud to the American people by the President himself. We have an explosion of mental health issues that are being swept under the table as we try and use pharmaceuticals and prisons to contain the problem. But what is deeply concerning is what is happening to our children. Bright, very bright, children are turning into disturbed and violent beings. They terrorize their families, their teachers, their friends, and fellow students. They are often mainstreamed into regular classrooms because most of the time they are good, kind children who are struggling to deal with life and learning with both hands tied behind their back.

The Reagan administration gutted the mental health care system and closed the doors to mental health hospitals. He literally sent these poor people to live in the streets or with families ill-equipped to handle their issues. We can thank him for that. In the aftermath of his destructive policies our prisons filled with the mentally ill. We now house our most vulnerable in an environment of violence and fear. They are left to survive on their own. These same prisons are now for-profit institutions. 

We cannot have this discussion without taking a look at vaccinations. When my grandson was born they wanted to literally give him twice the amount of vaccinations that his mother had when she was born. TWICE THE AMOUNT. I ran a travel immunization program for our local hospital at one point, so I know something about vaccinations, and many of them were not needed for a newborn. The Hep B vaccine they wanted to give him was not given to his mother until she was in junior high school. The Hep A vaccine they wanted to give him AS A NEWBORN is not generally used unless you travel outside of the United States. Our daughters had it when we went to Mexico and they were in high school. I told my daughter to tell them no, he would have them later in life. But they still gave him many more vaccines than they should have, in my opinion. I no longer trust those studies that say all vaccines are safe for newborns.

And then we have to look at the burgeoning business of video games. Violence is epidemic in these games that developing brains are playing over and over and over and over. Like anything we do routinely - it becomes habit. But in developing brains this can have effects that are dangerous. I think we are seeing this now as many shooters are young males - the target audience for these violent, blood-soaked, video games that often involve shooting mass amounts of people.

And what about movies? We've made vampires sexy and super heroes dark, dangerous, and deadly. Graphic violence is the norm for theses movies. On top of that they are fiddling with the frames per second - speeding them up. The new Hobbit movie is making people sick.

We have gutted programs that help families and give passes to bankers that ruin our economy. We put assault weapons in the hands of anyone that can buy them and then we cry when one is used to kill a classroom of kindergartners. We overburden our classrooms and teachers and then blame them for not keeping our country number one in the world. We give tax breaks to multi-billionaires and let our infrastructure crumble. We close our mental health facilities and then step over the mentally ill on our way to work.

It's time to get mad. It's time to take our country back. It's time to hold our politicians accountable to We The People. It's time for our tax dollars to go to us, not black budget military projects that enrich the producers of murder and mayhem all over the world.

ADDENDUM: Fellow blogger Jayne Martin sent a link to this article. It is a must-read if you are trying to understand this most-recent mass murder.

Psychic Attack?

Are we under some kind of psychic attack? Are we experiencing the End Times prophesied by the Bible? Are we being controlled through a matrix-type system that could be extraterrestrial in nature?

There are plenty of theories out there. But after ANOTHER school shooting today, I'm convinced evil is having its way with us. SOMETHING is very organized and extremely powerful. There has just been too many stories of family and friends being totally shocked that the person they knew could become a shooter in a mall in Portland, a face-eating monster in Miami, a mass-murdering student in Colorado, an unhinged nanny in New York, etc. They apparently showed no outward signs of this kind of evil. What happened to these people?

I'm convinced that something otherworldly is going on here.

Be very aware of your thoughts, actions, reactions and "mind loops." It is very easy to go into fear, hate, and anger with all that is happening in the world. But what if that is exactly what is hoped for?

Every great spiritual leader preaches love, kindness, empathy. From Mohammad to Buddha to Jesus, love is the answer. Maybe loving thoughts, kind deeds, gratitude, respecting Mother Earth, is the way we combat this terrible energy. We're in a war of good and evil - it's time to pick a side and get to work.

I think I'll work on envisioning a future full of love, respect, compassion, and caring. I'll write down the things I want to see cemented in the world, I'll go to sleep envisioning people sharing resources, helping each other in all the ways we need help. I'll be precise in my imaging. Keeping my mind occupied with  positive thinking is my armament. My way of starving the negative energy. My way of feeding the vortex love and light.

What are you thinking?

A 99 Cent APP

We've been enjoying our family on vacation this week. Our grandson turned five, and we were able to spend our first birthday with him in four years. Most of the time that pleasure is for his other grandparents who live close by.

This year just happened to have several things that came together at the last minute and we were able to spend time together as a family.

We spent part of the time on the big island of Hawaii and went to a special resort so that he could meet and pet dolphins for his actual birthday on December 4th. We think he enjoyed the experience, and we hope he will remember his fifth birthday.

But it wasn't until we were back in Maui that I received a heart-felt thank you, complete with love pat and him telling me how much he loved me. It was right after I downloaded a 99 cent APP on my I-Pad, and he could make and decorate virtual cookies.

Little people are easy to please, and most of their problems are easily solved. A 99 cent APP, a bit of your time, and life is good.

If only it was that easy for the adults in his life. 

Something to Share!

I absolutely loved this and had to share it with you. Who says the world isn't a wonderful place? (Hit the little square in the bottom right of the video to enlarge to full screen.)

Batten down the hatches!

This is proving to be a very active start to the winter - a huge storm heading for the East Coast, a quake off British Columbia, and that's just this weekend. I hope everyone is safe and have been able to find basic provisions. We're reading that water cannot be found in some areas, and store shelves are empty in some places as well.

We finished our bug-out bags for our daughters this weekend, and the man at REI stated that half of his customers for backpacks are for bug-out bags (backpacks packed to survive for 72-hours.) As mentioned in Synchosecrets - the collective consciousness is preparing for something. We all have different issues where we live - for us it is earthquakes and wildfires. For our daughters it is flooding, ice storms, and active volcanoes.

We are all vulnerable to mother nature in one way or the other, so batten down the hatches and stay safe wherever you are!

Haunting

Have you ever watched something on television, or in a movie, read something in a book, or newspaper, that continues to haunt you for days afterward? I have had that experience just recently. I was watching a segment of Nightline regarding the explosion of shootings by gangs in Chicago. This segment went on for two nights and ended with the gangs getting together to try to stem the bloodshed of not only gang members but innocent children, grandmothers, people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The numbers are astounding. Literally, 419 people just this year - more than all the soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined!

But what haunts me is the excerpt from a young man who pleads for America to help him and others like him to have a chance at life. A chance to grow up and have a job, home, children. He doesn't want to be in a gang, he simply feels he has no alternative. It is either be preyed upon or be the prey. As we go into the voting booths in the next few weeks, we need to think about the America we want to pass on to our children. We're at a crossroads. Our choices are going to determine whether we turn our backs on these young people, or we stand together and insist that things change. It's time to make our representatives responsible for We The People, and not multi-national conglomerates that want to up their profits by controlling our Congress and sending our jobs overseas. If we don't start investing in the people of this country, instead of the Military Industrial Complex, Chicago is coming to a town near you.

Please watch this 1.5 minute segment and look at this young man's face. It's haunting, and also, strangely... sweet. He's just a kid. Somebody's little boy. He deserves a chance to live.

No, he deserves a chance to thrive.

Is This Better?

It was suggested by one reader that the black background was hard on the eyes, so I am trying a new color. I have older eyes and anything that makes it easier to read is appreciated. Thanks for the suggestion.

Happiness

Happiness is something that all people strive for. If you ask the average person on the street what is most important to them they will tell you; to be happy. So what constitutes happiness? Is it where we live, what we wear, what we drive?

In doing research for my book, I came across the film 'Happy,' directed by Tom Shadyac - of 'I AM' fame. The film discusses how to be happy, and exactly what goes on in our brain when we are successful.

First and foremost, happiness does not come from more money. After basic needs are met, such as food, shelter, clothing, etc., more of these things do not actually make for more happiness. In fact, at some point the Hedonic Treadmill kicks in and we become used to what we have and then want more. Despite being twice as wealthy as we were 50 years ago, Americans are not any happier.

Researchers have found that people are 50% programmed by genetics. In other words, regardless of outside circumstances we go back to a genetic set range regardless of the good or bad going on in our lives. 10% comes from our current circumstances - job, social status, health, money. The other 40% appears to be intended behavior. We tend to overestimate the good and bad in future events, and how that will affect our overall happiness. In fact, people tend to do well when things are really bad. A key ingredient is how quickly one recovers from adversity.

So what works in the realm of intended behavior? How can we help ourselves be more happy? There are several things that we can do that actually releases dopamine in our brains - a necessary neurotransmitter for happiness. And what's more, it has been found that the brain is somewhat like a muscle - use it or lose it. The more we do to be happy when we are young, the healthier we tend to be as we age.

• Variety is the spice of life. Change that route you are running or walking. The brain likes change.
• Physical activity
• Getting into the zone. I see this as being mindful of whatever you are doing. Get into it!
• Cultivate close and supportive friends and family. Social bonding is how we inhibit our own self interest.
• Cooperate. We are programmed for cooperation and it releases dopamine.
• Count your blessings. Be appreciative of what you have.
• Meditation for kindness and compassion. These meditations have shown to actually light up cortical areas in as little as two weeks time.
• Play
• Do things that are meaningful.
• Do acts of kindness. This works best!

Gratitude, compassion, love, caring, are all spiritual emotions that help you focus on something bigger than yourself. Spending just a tiny amount of time each day focusing on these principals would make the world a better place and would change our brains for the better. Happiness is a SKILL. And while the formula is not the same for everyone, moving towards a more authentic you is a step in the right direction.

A Heavenly Dimension

This doctor's experience with a heavenly realm while in a coma for seven days is remarkable in many ways. Not only was he was under intense medical supervision the entire time he traveled outside his body, he is also a neurosurgeon who didn't believe in the afterlife. One of those physicians that believed all those stories were just a malfunction of the cortex. In his case, not only was his cortex malfunctioning - it was completely off. Not functioning at all!

We live in interesting times.

444

I woke up and looked at the clock - 4:44 a.m. "You will only be allowed to take what you need, not all that you want." That sentence repeating over and over. I thought of the stream of water running behind my home - only taking out a bucket or a cupful - as the water continues on down its path to the lake. I only take what I need and allow the rest to find its way to others downstream.

I rarely remember my dreams, but this morning when I woke up and noticed the time I remembered what I was dreaming about. It had to do with my book, which talks about changing paradigms and what will emerge in the near future. Only being able to take what you need, and not all that you want, may be a part of what is emerging. Our planet is reeling from the notion that one should be able to have all that they could possibly want just because they can pay for it. Maybe what is emerging is the concept that taking more than you need is offensive and detrimental to others. Maybe what is emerging is being happy with enough, so that others can have some too.

Information can emerge from mysterious sources. You just have to open yourself to it.

From Doreen Virtue's Number Sequences From the Angels:

444 - The angels are surrounding you now, reassuring you of their love and help. Don't worry because the angels' help is nearby.

Seriously?

The New York Times has a new article regarding the proliferation of anti psychotic drugs being prescribed by doctors to the tune of over 54 MILLION in 2011. These drugs, Abilify and Seroquel, treat bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, and severe depression. This, despite the fact that the rates of these disorders have been stable in the population for years!

Seriously? We need to spend $18.2 BILLION on disorders that could not possibly be that mainstream?

On a sad note - my neighbor committed suicide yesterday. The police carried garbage-sized bags of medications out of his home. 

Another neighbor that came to tell me about it said the school had recommended his son go on meds for ADHD. A perfectly normal little boy who had a father in Afghanistan for a year.

What is going on here?

Tinkering With Drugs

Dr. Peter Dregen, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist did two hours on Coast to Coast the other night about the doping of our nation by the pharmaceutical companies. His new book, Psychiatric Drug Withdrawl, is a must read for anyone who is currently taking psychotropic drugs and especially for anyone who is considering putting their child on one.

I loved that Dr. Dregen didn't mince words - he totally blasted doctors prescribing these drugs to millions and millions of people and keeping them on them for much too long - sometimes for a lifetime. None of these drugs were designed for long term use. And when the pharmaceutical companies get sued - they just pay it - the money they are paying out is minute compared to the billions being made. In one case, after paying out  three billion in a settlement, the stock actually went up - everyone knew what the impact was going to be and it wasn't that bad - business as usual.

Once on a drug of this type for too long, the next step is another drug to counter the effects of the first drug, and on and on it goes. The drugging of children in foster care is especially grievous. People are not finding solutions to their problems, they are just masking the symptoms of their pain. And in the case of children, we're drugging normal children to make them easier to control. The small percentage of people that actually have a chemistry imbalance in their brain has turned into treating millions that don't have the imbalance, but may have depression that is situational based on past events, or current difficulties. One caller said that he found out his son's school was actually getting kick-backs from the drug companies for children they recommended go on drugs for ADD. (I can't verify that, by the way.) Teachers are not trained psychotherapists - they cannot tell you your child is ADD or ADHD. You need a trained professional to give those types of diagnoses. All too often even trained professionals take the easy way out and suggest mood-altering drugs, especially if the patient is asking for one. So be very careful if a drug is suggested for your child. Get another opinion. Be especially careful if you are on more than one - the long term consequences on your brain could be far reaching. Coming off of these drugs takes time, and should never be done all at once.

This is a bugaboo subject with me, as most of you know. Dr. Dregen believes that people need to feel their pain so they can work through it and go on with their lives, which is exactly what I believe. We feel pain for a reason - to help spur us on to fix whatever it is that needs fixing. Just as we feel pain when we touch something hot - our psyche needs to feel pain if we are doing something, (or someone is doing something to us), that needs to be avoided. Finding life purpose, following our dreams, getting involved in life, are all ways to feel well.  Good nutrition and exercise also play a part in good mental health. A good mental-health practitioner should give you their time and their empathy, which is what Dr. Dregen feels is most important in helping someone get through life's trials and tribulations. We are not machines. A good friend, supportive family, spirituality, finding your passion, all help people deal with life. (And let's not forget blogging!)

So if you have some time, listen to him on Coast to Coast and buy his book if you feel you might need it, or know someone that does. I think this is a very important subject. We are reeling from the impact of these drugs on our society.

Bug Out Bag

As most of you know, last year I started putting a few things away in case of emergency. It was something that I have thought about doing forever! I just never got around to it. But after Katrina, I began to take the thought seriously. No one wants to be part of the problem in an emergency. Over about a year and a half I stocked up on food, water, water filtration, a solar oven, etc. Now it's time for the Bug Out Bag. This bag should keep you for about 72 hours in case of an emergency, and is highly recommended by the Red Cross, FEMA, even NASA.

I kept putting it off because I just didn't know what to put in it. You can buy bags fully loaded, and if you are short of time, that might be the way to go. But for me, I thought I should pack personally for our family. Our daughters are often struggling to makes ends meet, so we took on the task to make sure they have everything they need. We do it mostly for ourselves. Who can relax if they know their children might be in need during a crises?

This bag needs to be extremely light weight because if you can only take one thing, chances are you are walking, so the weight of each item was taken into careful consideration. Some people have one of these bags in their car and one at home.

So after sifting through all the survival websites, all of the blogs, here is the best that I've come up with:

• A comfortable backpack - This is individual for each family member. I haven't bought one yet, but here is the one our daughter picked. It's waterproof as she lives in a rainy climate.
• Keeping warm with a poncho for rain, an emergency sleeping bag, thermal blanket, and tube tent. 
• Water consists of 6 Aqua Blox, and one of these, which you can get for around $24 at Amazon.
• Food starts with (8) self-warming MREs, high calorie granola bars, and jerky. Beef for my husband, salmon for me, and soy for my veggie daughter. You might want knife, fork, and spoon for each person.
• You should have a compass, a whistle, and a map of your area. We have this little survival kit that has everything but the map. It also has fishing line, lures, duck tape, and lots of other things I'll bet you haven't thought of.
• First aid is very important, so we went with a soft-sided kit that has sleeves for each possible injury. I liked that. No hunting around. If someone is bleeding - chances are, I'm flustered!
• Sunscreen protection is important. As is a hat, sunglasses, a change of clothes, light jacket or windbreaker, rugged gloves, socks, and shoes, if possible. Several days of your medications are a must. Just rotate them often.
• Wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet paper. Small bar of soap, toothbrush & small toothpaste. Eye drops.
• Other things that came up in my search is paracord, fire starter, water-proof matches, hand-crank radio and flashlight, survival knife (husband's job to pick), and multi-tool. Glow sticks are also light weight.
• Money. Quarters and ones in case you come across a vending machine.
• Weapon. This came up on every single website. I don't know how I feel about this, so I will leave that up to each of you.

If we are walking, and we need to get through the next 72 hours - we will just grab this bag. If we are driving or walking with someone without a backpack, we will grab another bag that has a small cook stove, dehydrated foods (many of which I made), more water, possibly a bigger water filter, sleeping bags and a tent.

We all have dogs, so they have to pack their own food and water. We are looking at these dog packs. Nothing has been decided, because each dog is different. One of them gets hot spots quite easily, so good packs for the dogs is a must. You may want to add a spare leash, and crushable bowl. We will pack their food in airtight bags, rotating them about every six months or so.

So there you have it. Our 72-hour bug-out bag. Hope this is helpful to anyone thinking about putting one together. 

I feel much better now that I've covered all the bases I could think of without getting crazy. I hope we will never need these things. But if we do, I'll be glad I went to the trouble.

Seth Speaks, Chapter 12

This series begins here, and picks up here.

Chapter Twelve - Reincarnational Relationships

Our reincarnational experiences are designed for us to expand our consciousness, ideas, perceptions and values. The idea is to break away from self-adopted restrictions. This depends entirely upon ourselves. Ideology that is dogmatic and rigid, especially about good and evil, will only keep us tethered to experiences and people with the same concerns. All events work toward creativity, whether we can perceive of this or not. If we hate, then we draw this to ourselves through lifetime after lifetime, engaging others that have the same qualities. Like attracts like.

Consciousness does expand, however, it will create. Therefore, if one does not take advantage of opportunities to learn in this life, then the next lifetime will mirror the very same issues. We are always setting the stage for the next lifetime in this lifetime through our thoughts and emotions. We can tell what kind of person we are by the people we are drawn to and who are drawn to us - through very basic inner similarities.

Families have subconscious purposes and we are born into our families for many reasons. These groups are set up ahead of time and often have various members playing different parts. The inner self is always aware of the plan and people with close emotional ties often stay together through many lifetimes, although not always. (This reminds me of a very lucid dream I had not long after my mother died. I was six years old and I had had a particularly difficult evening that resulted in my crying myself to sleep. I was literally inconsolable and panicked. In the dream, my mother was walking on the opposite side of the street. I ran over to her with a mixture of pure relief and incredible anger that she had left me. She leaned down and said something about a plan, that I was aware of said plan and that it was for a reason. This is all I can remember of what she said, but I woke up much calmer.)

What you love will be a part of your life in this lifetime and others, as will anything that you hate. No one forces you to experience any particular lifetime, it is formed by your own emotions and beliefs. A rigid concept of good and evil can only be avoided by having true compassion, and quite simply, if you believe in the concept of evil then you will find it manifested. Regardless of whether or not you hate life, you have obligations to others that were agreed upon before you were born and many of your current friends were close to you long before you met them in this life. The same goes for towns and villages as groups merge to try new experiments.

We are creating a crises in the ecology of our world in order to learn before we embark on journeys to other physical realities. As a species we have only been concerned with our own survival, without the conception of the great sacredness of all consciousness which includes all of nature. We have lost track of the great truth which is the value of the individual man and its dependence upon other species in the whole framework of reality. There are individuals being reborn at this time to help us understand by forcing the issue, forcing the crises, in order for us to change our ways. We will not be destroying the planet, the birds, the flowers, the grain or the animals - we will simply not be worthy of them, and they will destroy us. The outer is a reflection of the inner.

Abilities cannot be developed without changing sexes. Some prefer several lifetimes of a male before switching to female, and vice versa, but the reincarnational framework must involve both. You learn from being a mother and you learn from being a father. Both are needed for you to evolve. If in one lifetime you hated women - then the next lifetime you will probably be one. When we finally get to the point where we realize we are forming our own day-to-day experiences, we can begin to alter our own psychic and mental patterns. Our entire existence begins to change and there is an acceleration of spiritual growth.

The perfectly happy life may be a wonderful way to rest and relax, but it probably does little to develop the personality. The truly happy existence, however, would include spontaneous wisdom and spiritual joy. Nor does spiritual development always require illness or hardship. In fact, most illness is a result of ignorance and lazy mental habits. You also do not travel through various lives with the same cast of characters. Groups come together for certain purposes, separate, and may not come together again. Deep relationships will find a way to come together, while others will serve their purpose and drift away. Each generation has its own purpose - to perfect inner knowledge and to project it outward as faithfully as possible.

Examining your own life right now in a careful and thoughtful manner will illuminate the challenges you have set for yourself in this lifetime. While not easy, it is within the grasp of each individual. Releasing yourself from hatred, for example, will release yourself from hatred in relationships in the future. Reincarnation is a tool used by personalities, and the laws are adapted by the individual to suit themselves.

Up Next: Reincarnation, Dreams and the Hidden Male and Female Within the Self

Planning a cruise?

You may want to listen to this segment on Binnall of America with Mr. Kendall Carver of International Cruise Victims. Mr Carver had a daughter disappear from a cruise between Seattle and Alaska in 2005. The cruise line would never have even reported her missing if Mr. Carver and his family had not hired outside investigative help to the tune of thousands of dollars. Mr. Carver found that his daughter's things had literally been given away! The cruise line told them that all video was erased, and that they had no idea what happened to his daughter. It was not reported to the police at all! In fact it has been found that this industry does everything in its power to block any legislation of their industry or to keep track and report crimes at sea.

This story is not an isolated case. You can find hundreds of cases of missing people, rapes, murders, and all manner of crime on his website for victims of crimes on the high seas. We went on one, and only one, cruise. Not only did my husband not like cruising on a big ship, we found out they dump their refuse into the oceans, and we are not supporting any industry that adds to that continent-size garbage dump floating around in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The information shared on this program should be of interest to anyone who likes to cruise, however. One thing that stood out is that cruise ships do not have an independent police force despite having thousands of people on board. Many of these people are minimum-wage workers from the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and other countries. These workers are often on these ships for months at a time. Not to mention the thousands of vacationers - from all walks of life. Statistics alone say that not EVERYONE is going to be on the up and up with those numbers, yet there is no independent service to keep track of crime and protect passengers and crew. The cruise lines literally stonewall all attempts to get information, often taking crew members off the ship as soon as they are in port to hinder investigations. They put out a press release stating that the FBI found crime to be less than 1% on cruises, which is a complete fabrication - the FBI said no such thing, but they have recently blocked a bill requiring the cruise industry to report crimes of rape and sexual assaults.

In one case a young woman on Facebook was told that she won a free vacation on a cruise. Naturally, she was very excited and wanted to go. Her mother decided to do a little more research and contacted the cruise line - who informed her to NOT let her daughter take that cruise. Let's remember that Facebook has numerous pictures online, and her daughter was very pretty. Now the question would be - who would pay for a free cruise for this young woman? What is their motive? Not to mention there are women disappearing from these ships in record numbers. Which begs the question - are they possibly disappearing to become part of human trafficking?

This is must-have information if you are planning a cruise.

Afterlife

For those of you that are Coast to Coast members, Rich Martini discusses his research into past-life regressions. It is based on the work of Dr. Michael Newton who regressed over 7,000 people, all of which had similar stories. It was fascinating to learn that much of what he discusses regarding death, reincarnation, and between-life scenarios seem to match the Seth Speaks material. He has a new documentary on the subject if you are interested. You can rent or buy the film on Amazon. Here is the trailer.

The Yangtze Turns Red

Anyone else get the chills looking at this picture? Didn't the Bible mention a time when rivers would run red? Yipes. 

You can read more about it here.

Seth Speaks, Chapter 11

This series begins here.

And picks up here.

Chapter Eleven:

The experiences available to each person after death are unlimited, however, some are more probable than others depending on the individuals development. For the most part there are three roads available. The person can decide to reincarnate and start from scratch with a whole new set of aspirations. Or one can choose the past life as a template, but create variations of past events in order to make corrections. And the last system of probability does not have time as a component.

People who prefer things to go in a linear way usually choose reincarnation with its past, present and future. "Others naively prefer to experience events in an extraordinarily intuitive manner, with the organization being provided by the associative processes." I took this to mean those individuals like flying by the seat of their pants, as it were. Others do not care for the physical system and prefer to move on. They are not allowed to do this until their reincarnational cycle is complete. It is the last choice for those who have developed their abilities as far as they can go in their cycle. Some return as teachers and are recognized in some way as having a higher identity.

Before the time to choose, there is time to self-examine and our full history is presented. Seth states that higher aspects of the self are there to advise and all personalities are available from other lives. We have a meet and greet with people from past lives, as well as, people from the immediate past life. Sometimes we are more interested in people from previous past lives than we are from the one we just left. Explanations are given, if one is disoriented, and this is when one is told they have passed on. This is a time of rest and refreshing one's spirit, and it is during this time some people have those "dreams" and try to return to the physical environment.

When another physical existence is chosen, great care is taken in the planning stage. Council is provided the individual and advice given. Some choose to isolate specific characteristics such as intelligence, or emotional development. Often these are taken as far as they can go to the detriment of other characteristics in that lifetime. (The absent-minded professor?) Some come back too soon against council - often before the necessary planning. Not to worry - even "errors" produce great lessons. It is unusual for anyone to wait over three centuries before the next reincarnation as it makes the tie to earth weak and orientation very difficult. In fact, some return again and again, often living short but intense lives. These are often the entities that help shape history. Many incarnate with groups. These groups could be families, with everyone switching roles, or even larger groups where some come back and others stay behind.

We do not all have the same backgrounds when we enter the reincarnational cycle. In some ways we are all travelers before we even begin, with some having extraordinary talents along specific lines. There will be definite lines of continuity for some, i.e., they are teachers, healers, priests, even though they change occupations along the way. All personalities are not at the same level of development and there are teachers at all levels. 

The in-between time is as important as the personality that is chosen. You can make friends and acquaintances in these rest periods and meet up with them again and again. Sometimes only during the in-between times. The time of choosing is dependent on the condition of the individual following transition from physical life, with some taking longer than others to understand what has just happened. Those believing in heaven and hell may have a hard time understanding that further work may need to be done. If the belief in hell is strong enough, and the individual has done things that they feel warrant it, they may actually encounter such conditions. However, there are always teachers available to help move them along. Their state does not last as long as the heaven state as their need to get out of there opens up the inner doorways of knowledge much quicker. In any case, the individual creates his experience. That is a fundamental fact of all consciousness and existence. There are no special places set apart for punishment. Even in the case of suicide. Problems not faced in this lifetime will have to be faced in another, however. Those that understand that reality is self-created will have the least difficulty in transitioning.

Believing in evils allows one to perceive them. This is an important point - both in life and after, and is perhaps the most detrimental element in what we experience. 

"The experiment that would transform your world would operate upon the basic idea that you create your own reality according to the nature of your beliefs, and all existence was blessed, and that evil did not exist in it. If these ideas were followed individually and collectively, then the evidence of your physical senses would find no contradiction. They would perceive the world and existence as good."

I'll end this chapter here, although I could write much more. Seth leaves you with the thought that this book is meant to release your own intuition and abilities. To use your dreams for added information that relates directly to you.

Up Next: Reincarnational Relationships

Seth Speaks, Chapter 10

This series begins here, and runs consecutively through chapter nine. They can be found in April of this year.

Last post about this series was here.

Chapter ten:

In sleep and dream states we are involved in the same dimensions that exist after we die and this state is a normal part of our lives. In fact, there is a continuity between our daily life and our sleeping life. Seth states that "You are the dreamer it sends on its way. Your daily experiences are the dreams that it dreams, so when you look at your dreaming self or consider it, you do so with a highly prejudiced eye, taking it for granted your "reality" is real, and its reality is illusion. Its reality is far more native to your being, however."

It is natural for us to be more focused in daily life than in our dreams, however. Our daily life is our challenge to grow and develop and to extend the limits of our consciousness. But the reality is that our dreams are also reality. In fact, when we dream we are flying - we are often actually flying.  Many of our experiences in the dream state are the exact ones we meet in death. We visit with family, friends, revisit the past, are met by guides, take instruction, perform meaningful work and solve problems. The difference is in physical life there is a lag between the conception of an idea and its physical construction, and this is not so in dream reality which is closer to what it is like after death. If you want to know more about how it will be after you are dead then pay more attention to your dream state. Seth says in many ways we are a fleshy projection of our dreaming selves. (Maybe that's why I am always thinner in my dreams?)

One of the things we learn in the dream state is how to construct our own physical reality day by day - just as we learn to construct our next incarnation in the death state. We set our goals in sleep, just as after death we set our goals for the next lifetime.

In physical life we see what we want to see. In other words, if you hate people and see evil in everyone then you will be unable to experience the goodness of people. You literally send telepathic messages to make sure that others dislike you, just as you project your dislike onto them. Your experience in this world is a direct result of your expectations. This is also true in the dream state and in after-death experiences. You meet whatever bugaboos that obsess you. You create thought forms. 

There are molecular structures in every inch of empty space but we have taught ourselves not to perceive them, just as there are other voices that we have conditioned ourselves not to hear. We use our inner senses in the dream state and these senses are not deceived by the images that we project into the 3-D world, in other words, our inner reality will not be alien to us when we die. In fact we are, in many ways, dead now. As dead as we will ever be. We will not be focused in the physical but we will retain our memories. After death we may find we want to change some things, tweak a response to something we are not happy with - all of which is possible because we can manipulate time and events. In fact, some choose this rather than reincarnating. Events can be changed and objects are not absolute. "If you want to know what death is like, then become aware of your own consciousness as it is divorced from physical activities."

Ghosts, or apparitions, are often as alert, or unalert to their situation as we are. They often portray the same compulsive-type behavior as someone who constantly washes their hands, returning time and again to the same place. The personality shows signs of being disturbed, or having a nightmare. The only difference is that the whole consciousness is not present, and they are mostly harmless. In fact, ghosts and apparitions are usually not aware of their effect on you - just as you are not aware of your effect on others that you appear to in worlds that would be very strange to you.

"(The combination of) thought, emotion, and desire creates form, possesses energy, (and) is made of energy.)"

We appear in astral form in places that are often more advanced than our own and we can be recognized because of our disorientation. We are not able to manipulate in quite the same way. Seth states that it is a combination of thought and emotion that creates form. Thought forms are all around us and we often dismiss temperature variations and stirrings of air as imagination. Dead friends and relatives do visit us and how long they have been gone has little to do with the visitation, much more important was the intensity of the relationship. We are often guided in the sleep state by strangers through various periods of our lives. The main objective of this chapter is to make the point that we are all very much familiar with the conditions we will meet after death.

Up Next: After-Death Choices And The Mechanics of Transition

Seth & Yale University

I just discovered that the original Seth Material is housed at Yale University and people from all over the world trek there to read the original manuscripts. Tomorrow, I will continue with the Seth Speaks posts for all of those out there that might be interested. I need the information for material that I'm writing, so why not pass along my reductionist version?

As an aside, I was listening to Dr. Courtney Brown on Veritas radio, when he mentioned that there are few channelers that he pays much attention. Mostly because from a scientific point of view they are hard to pin down with controls. However, he does pay attention to a few and the first one out of his mouth was Jane Roberts and the Seth books. He is a university professor that also works in remote viewing. His information on the planetary changes his remote viewers stumbled upon is fascinating and a bit scary for the first part of 2013. He also states that his remote viewers found that the Seth material matches exactly what they have found, despite the fact it was channeled in the early 1970's.

The series begins here, and runs consecutively for several posts.

Blogging with Lies

You may have noticed my absence in these parts, or maybe you've moved on and found blogs that are more interesting and more prolific. I really don't blame you. Blogging has made me feel exposed - and not in a good way. I'm not sure I want to give it up, but having a blogging buddy turn out to be a complete fraud hasn't helped me want to continue. Read the story here.

I don't know why people do the things they do, but I do hope Jeff finds the help he needs. In the meantime, I will work on my book and just lurk around the edges of blog land.

We live in interesting times.

An Obsession

Do you ever have a food that you want to eat to the exclusion of almost anything else? For me, it is watermelon. The watermelons have been wonderful this year. Is there anything better than something icy cold, full of sweet water, dribbling down your hands on a hot day?

My favorite is seedless. I am so happy when I find a good one, and so disappointed when I crack one open and it's not juicy or it has bad texture - over ripe or under ripe. Eating watermelon in the summer reminds me of my father. He used to buy one for 10 cents and we would feast - eating only the middle. I'm not sure how much my last watermelon cost, but I'm sure it wasn't 10 cents.

I'm not sure how I feel about these:

But I'm very willing to try one of these:

Or one of these:

Something to Ponder

In a study to measure our ability to send emotion and to be contagious, Howard Friedman, a psychologist at the University of California at Riverside developed the Affective Communication Test. In short, here was an interesting outcome:

From Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell:

"If a charismatic person started out depressed, and the inexpressive person started out happy, by the end of the two minutes the inexpressive person was depressed as well. But it didn't work the other way - only the charismatic person could infect the other people in the room with his or her emotions."

Whether you are a charismatic person and can influence people in a positive way, or a quieter, more low-key person, we need to accept the fact that we all have an impact with those we come in contact, at least to some extent. We can infect those around us by being positive, happy, uplifting, or we can have the opposite effect.

If you pay attention, you can become aware of your impact on others, whether you are interacting consciously or unconsciously.

How do you answer the phone? How do you treat your waitperson? How do you deal with a distracted sales clerk? How much do you send your food back to the kitchen when dining out? How patient are you with your children, your mother, your significant other?

Do you ever notice the look on people's faces when you are unconsciously talking to them? What are you saying?

How about when you are consciously talking to them? What are you saying? What are you not  saying? What is the difference?

Mindfulness is important whether we are doing something as mundane as cooking, or as important as impacting the world around us.

Are You Feeling Odd?

My husband has been complaining of feeling very tired at odd times lately. He is a very high-energy person, training for a marathon in October, so being really tired is usually out of character for him. It is not all of the time - just at odd times. He has also been having very vivid dreams. I've had similar symptoms. Lee Harris's August Energy Report suggests these symptoms may be part of a larger picture:

Ongoing 2012 symptoms which have been strong in July and will continue through August are:

• Strong Dreams – Dream activity is stronger than normal for most and intense for some – death/destruction featuring strongly, or beautiful visions of the future

• Strong/sudden tiredness – Solar Flare activity and the movement of our planet giving you a kind of spiritual jet-lag experience. Rest and sleep as much as possible.

• Mental conflicts – Mental confusion involving doubting aspects of life/doubting yourself and your decisions. Everything is changing – you couldn't avoid these mental shifts.

• High highs and low lows – New heights of clarity and feeling and/or intense burning off of the old emotional memories within you. The burn is fast if you allow it.

• Fear/anxiety/emotion – working through the body, in response to everything that is changing fast. Breath, re-find your centre and stop 'doing' until you do, let go of a need to control, and surrender the past.

You're Right Where You Need To Be

The realization that I'm right where I need to be has been a very recent discovery. I think we spend an enormous amount of time thinking about where we need to be and lose track of the fact that everything flows in its own time. We learn those things we need to know when we need to know them - and not before. That is how our world is designed.

It's been a challenge for me to relax in that thought. I am only responsible for what I put into the matrix, certainly not responsible for what others feel obliged to offer up. My path is different from yours. You can't prescribe to me what is best for me because you simply have no idea what I need.

Humanity is evolving but in its own way and time. No one needs to feel responsible for anothers awakening or enlightenment because the Universe is designed to create just what is needed for each individual when it is needed.

Synchronicity. Just follow the signs.

For a great talk on this subject go here.

Pole Reversal & New Ice Age

I have listened to many people talk over the last few years about what they think is happening in terms of 2012, weather changes, where we are in the cosmos, etc. With this in mind, I think the two segments  on Veritas with Robert Felix offers a possible winning theory. He believes, after years of research, that we may be entering a new ice age. He bases his assumptions on hard science and thinks that it is part of the pole reversal process that comes around about every 11,500 years and is involved in the precession of the equinoxes. He has graphs that show how temperatures have dropped worldwide, and uses the past freeze in the Baltic countries as an example.

I won't go into all the details he lays out in his talk because it would take too long, but the gist is that in a magnetic pole reversal you find many of the same anomalies that we are currently experiencing. He believes that the earth warming is really the result of some 3,000,000 volcanoes under the sea that may be warming the water. The water temperatures rise, volcano eruption above ground cools the skies with ash, and you have the perfect set up for a new ice age. In the last ice age it was determined that rain dropped to the tune of 1500 inches per year causing glaciers to form over time because of the rain that turned to snow in the winter months. These events happened very quickly. There are mountains in central Oregon and rocks in Nevada that seem to suggest it could happen in less than 30 days. Woolly Mammoth found in glaciers had grass in their throats and mouth as though they had just been having dinner.

However, glaciers did not form everywhere. Seattle, Washington was under 4,000 feet of ice but Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was not under ice at all. It essentially stopped at the Missouri River in a 15-story cliff of ice. Entering an ice age may mean only a change of temperature of seven degrees. Radical but survivable. By moving South one could easily survive an ice age. The climatic changes, coupled with the radiation, soot, buckyballs, and electrical storms are the problem. It's hard to grow food in that climate. Which begs the question -  what can one do to protect their family in the event of a pole reversal?

Mr. Felix lives in Washington State with his family and friends and does not want to move at this time. He does have food and water set aside, however. As well as a place further South that has the same supplies in the event there is time to move. Science suggests that the animals that survived the last ice age were slow moving (lower matabolisms) and were not in the oceans where salt would increase electrical conductivity.  The animals such as the crocodile and the turtle that were in fresh water survived mostly intact. (Although that doesn't explain the shark.) He believes that during a pole reversal carbon and radioactive materials rain down in massive quantity. The have found a band of carbon that literally circles the earth.  Another thing they found on top of dinosaurs covered in carbon were diamonds! One would have to wonder what sort of electrical storm would cause diamonds to rain down...

If you don't have to run out into the holocaust you might have a better chance of survival. Those forced by need to find water and food would be at greater risk.

As an aside, I have heard, from more than one source, that if we are in a situation where it is dark for three days we are supposed to put blankets on the windows, seal the edges with tape, stay inside and not look out no matter how tempted. It is suggested that we play games and sing songs. (Sounds crazy, but file that away somewhere, just in case.) I wonder, after listening to Mr. Felix talk, if that is because of this massive dump of radiation? Could this event have been prophesied? Maybe because it's happened in the past?

In the end we are all in this together. Whether you put some dried foods in a pantry or live in the moment, it's nice to know humanity has survived such an event in the past and will surely survive again. But I'm feeling less and less inclined to pay a Carbon Tax.

Revelations

If anyone is still in doubt that we are in times of Revelations - the revealing - then this radio segment on Red Ice Creations is for you. I was absolutely blown away by the information revealed on this (free) segment. You can follow up with more information on this topic here.

It's time to stand up and be counted. It's time to rip away the masks and curtains.

I applaud all of those brave individuals who are now fighting for what is right and just, especially when it comes to children. Their time has come.

A Wonderful Teacher

My youngest heads out into the world tomorrow morning giving her all to land the job of her dreams. She is now considered HQT -  highly qualified teacher - a designation given to teachers deemed fully qualified to take on one of the most important jobs in America. She will bear the full responsibility to be not only a teacher, but a developmentalist, a social worker, a psychologist, a friend, a family counselor, a front line against abuse, neglect, and so much more. She'll use acting skills, art skills, reading and writing skills, dance skills - all in the sometimes thankless job of educating our Littles.

Her dream job is a home room teacher for middle school. But not just any middle school. A Waldorf-inspired middle school that is also a charter school. The synchronicity here is that Waldorf is the education I have my eye on for my grandson when he starts school next year. A Waldorf education is one that is hand picked by many of the movers and shakers in the Silicon Valley for their children. It doesn't come cheap - the average tuition is $12,800 per year for a middle school student. But this school is special - it's free. At least it's free to the students - it still receives federal funding. 36% of this school has students that qualify for the free lunch program - an indicator of need. When asked in the first round of interviews why she wanted to work in their school, her answer was that it offered a Waldorf education to everyone - even those that could not afford it.

Social justice is very important to her.

So off she goes - I know she will give it her all, just as she did in the Master's program. Graduating with almost a 4.0 will not hurt her chances, but there are many HQTs out there that are just as qualified to land this wonderful position, many with more experience.

My hope is that they will see the heart of my girl. She really loves those children, but more than that - she sees them. Each and every one.

Good luck, Jilly.

What's Working

One of my writing and researching interests at the moment is to seek out what is working in the world. What I would like to do is find the small business ideas, emerging paradigms, changing mores, educational opportunities, that are already here and effective. My personal cosmology is that our intentions and focus create reality. I also believe that when we are doing what we are meant to do, our true purpose for being here, energy organizes and things begin to happen faster and faster. Sychronicities are more apparent, people enter our lives, doors open, life becomes magical.

Enter the newest social constructs to emerge - renting resources. Nightline did a segment on how people are realizing that they do not need to have things all to themselves. They are renting their cars, extra rooms, even clothes. At least two of the people interviewed in the segment, when asked why they would want to rent out such things, answered by saying that people no longer feel they have to be judged by what they own - therefore, ownership has lost some of its cache. They would rather rent a house than buy it - even if they are qualified and able for ownership. It is just not a big deal for them to own things outright. Whole businesses have been created around this concept. One company is estimated to be worth over a billion dollars. Someone recognized an emerging paradigm and ran with it.

Our friends were telling us about an app that allows you to get a ride anywhere in the San Francisco metro area for $8. It works the old fashioned way - trusting people. The drivers are everyday people that have been vetted by the company. The closest one to where you are calling will come pick you up. You are expected to pay $8. The driver rates you to the company - so if you do not pay, then the next time you call everyone will be too busy to pick you up. Pretty simple, really.

These new entrepreneurs are the wayshowers for the rest of us. Follow your passion, your innate abilities, let go of fear, have some fun! Above all, it is time to have some fun. What's working is us - we are working. We are finding ways to make lemonade out of lemons. We're evolving. Hand us a bad economy, and a banking/mega corporate system determined in their greed to own everything, and we will no longer want what they have to sell. Instead, we will follow a more sustainable path - we'll share!

And we'll make a living while we're doing it.