TRY and TRY AGAIN

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.

I’ve lost almost 300 games.

26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.

And THAT is why I succeed.

~ Michael Jordan

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Two years ago I was visiting friends with two young children and was struck by their clarity of purpose around parenting. They had made conscious decisions on what they would need to change in their daily lives in order to have time to nurture their children in body, mind and spirit. “We no longer spend as much time keeping a meticulous house,” he said, “because we want more time for our family. We now take evening walks, play the piano and sing together, and go exploring on the week-ends. We can’t do everything; we have had to make choices.” That was it. End of conversation. It is funny how such a simple statement surrounding this one small issue stuck with me. I thought at the time that it was the practical clarity they had brought to this new reality but now I think it was something much more significant. What I witnessed that day was this: if you are going to take on a new purpose, you have to give something up. And who wants to do that?

This is tough in a world that says we can do it all and have it all. We are conditioned to add one more thing to the list: be it a baby, an academic degree, a bigger house, a spiritual practice, a spouse, a demanding new job, volunteering - you name it. Yet, something has to come off our plate to make room for our new purposes. The challenge is what to discard when we want to keep everything we’ve got.

And to make matters worse, when we give something up there’s an immediate loss, and what we will gain in return isn’t apparent yet. For example, in order to lose weight we need to give up the excess salt, fat and sugars that we have become habituated to and replace them with healthy foods that don’t have the same initial appeal. We simply do it, without having any immediate satisfaction of feeling or looking better.

It’s the same with exercise. If we take the time to exercise, we have to give up something else: an hour of sleep, a TV show, or working overtime. We even have to give up our excuses that we can’t fit it in. Unless we are willing to stick with it during that initial time of delayed satisfaction, we will soon let this purpose slide away. A lot of our well-meaning goals slip away because we never make the difficult choice of giving something up to create space for something new.

One of my favourite stories of “giving up” something to a greater purpose comes from a collection of essays, Mindfulness and Meaningful Work, edited by Claude Whitmyer. It is an inspiring story of a creative solution to making a career change for ethical reasons.

“A group of engineers who worked in the nuclear weapons field had all come to the decision that their work and their spiritual beliefs were out of synch, but because they had families to support they were reluctant to just up and quit their jobs. So they got together and created a group support system. One at a time, the engineers left their jobs; they and their families were supported by the others in the group during the months it took them to find a new job in a more benign field.”

I doubt this was easy for any of the engineers and their families. Each of them had to give up a hefty portion of their wages and thus live on less. Each of them had to give up the security of their career. They gave these things up to regain integrity of purpose, to be true to their own values. To take responsibility for their lives.

Of course there is always a trap. Giving something up to get or do something else can become a bit like event living. Take an Olympic athlete who gives up her social life, makes huge financial sacrifices, and trains for years to get on the podium. When she gives up almost everything else for this event or outcome she sets herself up for failure. On the other hand, the athlete who gives these things up because she wants to be the best she can be for the race has no regrets. Disappointment, maybe, but she has made the sacrifice for the journey, not the outcome, and the experience becomes life changing no matter whether she does or does not get a medal.

Occasionally we hear of someone who complains bitterly that they gave up everything for their children or their spouse or an ill parent. “And now look. It was all in vain.” If we only do something to achieve a certain outcome we are setting up conditions for failure. If we make choices because they are sensible, realistic and purposeful, we will have no regrets later regardless of how it turned out.

Does giving up something when we change our purposes provide balance to our lives? I don’t think so. My life is continually out of balance, but giving up things that don’t need to be done, in favour of things that I consider do need to be done or I want to do assists me in staying healthy in body, mind, and spirit. It gives me a fall back position by asking, “is this the best way to spend my time now?” If the answer isn’t yes, I can self-correct, right then and there. And believe me it is a life’s practice.

Trudy Boyle originally published this article in Thirty Thousand Days, spring 2006 . 1-877-247-2032

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The ancient art of Feng Shui lays out guidelines to help us become aligned and harmoniously balanced with all aspects of nature and the universe. When we are in this flow we are blessed with positive results in our lives. We are all energetic beings and our homes and environments are a reflection of what we experience. We are forever in change and feng shui can be used to harmonize our placement on earth, aligning us with our desires and hindering undesirable influences. Feng Shui came out of the obscurity of China in the 1970’s and rose to sudden popularity in the west during the 1990’s. Magazine articles and books started to appear in bookstores and the mainstream soon developed a keen interest in this study which promised health, wealth and happiness with little more effort than rearranging furniture, hanging some wind chimes, mirrors and crystals and perhaps creating even more good luck by painting the front door red.

A friend was interested in using feng shui to create a healthy and harmonious flow of energy in her new home. She asked for some clarity after visiting her local library where she had intended to check out some books on the subject. She left the library feeling more confused about feng shui than when she arrived. I knew exactly how frustrated she must have felt. When I was first interested in feng shui, I looked through a variety of books before someone recommended one that actually made sense to me and was relevant to my house. Confusion arises because the term “feng shui” includes a number of different schools and methods. Some books seem to combine two schools that use a map, called a bagua. The traditional Compass school aligns the bagua to the directions of the compass. The Black Hat school aligns it to the direction of the front door. While each method can be used in the same site separately, it is very difficult to mix them and maintain any degree of clarity, especially in a “how to” book for novices.

First, let’s look at the development of feng shui also known as kan-yu – the law of heaven and earth. This ancient science is based on both a time and space layout as in“ being in the right place at the right time”. All capital cities of China are laid out following feng shui principles. Dwellings and graves aligned with the star constellations and astronomy for direction and have been found dating from 4,000 BCE. The true magnetic compass was not invented until at least 3,500 years after feng shui was developed and in wide use. The layout alignment of dwellings, cities and graves was practiced by many of the ancient peoples of the world. It is difficult to be certain about its origins but it is believed that feng shui started in Tibet/China and was purely based on energy. Tibetan masters could feel or otherwise sense energy and knew how to influence its flow. The masters were very successful with this. When others without such developed senses wanted to be able to accomplish similar results, “things” and “objects” started being used to help describe energy and its movement and blockages. Since feng shui schools developed over time from a common origin they have many similarities. However, each school has developed different components and approaches. Following is a brief description of the main schools.

The Form School developed in a mountainous area. The effect of natural landscapes such as mountains, valleys, streams, lakes was observed to help or hinder the flow of energy, softening the winds and providing water to their inhabitants. Dragon symbolism is used to describe the perfect configuration. Five animal symbolism is widely used. For example, the turtle would be higher to provide protection and would be located at the back of the property in Black Hat, and the north in Compass. The red bird representing far vision, which should have an uninterrupted view, would be situated in the front of the property by Black Hat, and the south by Compass. Today it is incorporated into other schools that recognize that even flat landscapes can be made to reflect these features by leaving some areas clear and by building fences and planting trees at prescribed heights around a property.

The Compass School also referred to as Classical feng shui uses the eight trigrams of the I Ching (ancient Chinese book of divination), relates them to the eight points of the compass and then uses them to form the eight sided bagua. This is a “map” of auspicious and inauspicious areas of properties, building plans and rooms. The compass school developed in the areas of flat planes where natural forms were not available for siting buildings. It depended on celestial formations to provide directions. Natural angles/geometries appear frequently in molecules and these configurations are duplicated in compass school to create this harmony in our environment and lives. This school relies heavily on Chinese astrology. It provides a complex way of determining the ever-changing flow of energy and offers time tested methods of enhancing the desirable and blocking the undesirable possibilities.

The Black Hat sect of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism was brought to the United States from Taiwan in the 1980’s by Thomas Lin Yun. It takes a shamanic approach bringing in spiritual teachings and cures from Tibet, India and China. It relies on transcendental methods, intuition, mysticism and the power of intention. It makes use of goals, ceremonies and placement of cures to create balance and dynamic life change. This form is especially suited to the west where houses and offices weren’t built according to feng shui principles and often need to be aligned and balanced. A feng shui assessment usually incorporates: yin/yan, bagua, the five elements – water, earth, metal, fire and wood, the five animals, location in space and time, numerology and astrology, harmful and auspicious cycles, health of gardens and wildlife, present occupant’s situation, previous occupant’s health and luck, room placement and usage, symbols, geopathic stress, feel of the place and more. Most practitioners specialize in one school and often concentrate on a particular branch of a school as each branch has its own methods and focus. The study of feng shui is so multi-layered and vast that mastering it all would take a life time.

I use a feng shui method called Geotran. Geotran is a numerical geometric coding process that is used to reprogram incorrect information in the field. I find it particularly suited to feng shui as it is based on body feedback provided by muscle testing. Changes need only be made to correct what is negatively affecting the body. Cures may be a physical placement of things, a ceremony or Geotran coding. Muscle testing will show the best cure for each individual. It is my experience that many traditional “difficulties” have no affect on the person living in the house. In fact, problem areas for someone sharing a house with a friend or spouse often have no affect on the other person. This is explained by the fact that our homes show us what is going on in our lives. On the other hand it is good to live in a space with the best overall flow of energy possible. So you may want to assess your home and make some changes. Don’t be surprised that you may have made feng shui corrections to your home just by intuitively sensing that a space needed something to make you feel more comfortable. Also as a word of advice, go with your intuition. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. Placing a cure where it is not needed may reverse the good luck of that area.

For interest, you may want to check out two further approaches to creating a harmonious environment. One is Egyptian BioGeometry created by Dr. Ibrahim Karim of Cairo. The other is Vastu Shastra, an ancient Hindu tradition that dictates the design and placement of buildings so that they are in harmony with the physical and metaphysical energies of the cosmos.

Terry Winters brings over two decades of education and experience to her intuitive energy healing sessions. She is offering an introductory feng shui course this fall. Call (250) 754-4069 for an appointment or further information.

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It’s back to school time again. A sure sign of this is seeing children trudging to and from school carrying their backpacks. Homework, textbooks and other school supplies quickly fill a child’s bag. It is remarkable to see how many items children squeeze into their backpacks.

Unfortunately, hauling a heavy backpack repeatedly can injure a child’s developing spine. As a result of this strain, symptoms may result varying from headaches to discomfort in the shoulders, neck or back. Studies have indicated that up to 50% of children experience back pain by their teenage years. These statistics are very concerning because these aches and pains are often ignored. When left untreated they can progress to chronic complaints later in life.

Wearing a backpack improperly is also an important issue. For example, using only one strap leads to an uneven distribution of the load being carried. The individual will compensate by tilting their upper body and neck to support the unevenly distributed weight. As a result postural distortions may occur throughout the spine leading to muscle imbalances. Overloaded backpacks are a cause of neck and back complaints in many school-aged children who seek Chiropractic care. It’s important to recognize the correct way to choose, pack and carry a backpack.

Here are some recommendations to follow when fitting your child’s backpack:

1) According to the British Columbia Chiropractic Association children should carry no more than 10% – 15% of their body weight in their backpacks.

2) Choose a backpack with shoulder straps at least two inches wide. They should be adjustable so the backpack can be fitted properly. Encourage your child to use both straps instead of slinging the backpack over one shoulder.

3) Backpacks with a hip strap will keep heavier loads closer to the body and help avoid back strain.

4) Consider a pack with individualized compartments. This will enable you to evenly distribute the weight of the contents.

5) Teach your child to pack the heaviest items closest to the body and odd shaped items on the outside.

6) Discourage your child from carrying a heavy backpack while in-line skating, skateboarding or bicycling.

7) Encourage children to pick up and drop off heavy books at their lockers between classes.

Follow these tips and take a load off your child’s back and your own too.

Dr. Miguel Arbez, B.Sc., D.C. is in private practice in Nanaimo. He lectures extensively on the topic of health and wellness as it relates to spinal hygiene. 250.758.6600

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Gratitude is much more than the simple act of saying thank you. Did you know that there is a spiritual quality to gratitude? A vibration that recognizes we are all connected to each other in a mysterious, miraculous and almost magical way. To celebrate is to experience gratitude – celebration is intensified gratitude. There is so much empowerment within one who truly understands, appreciates and lives with gratitude, that it actually changes their whole outlook on life to one that is incredibly positive, enlightening and happy. In fact, creating a positive attitude begins by developing a sense of appreciation and thanks for all of the things that are a part of our lives. Gratitude helps develop a positive attitude because it turns our focus toward what is good in our lives. Thinking of things we can be grateful for and of things we like about ourselves, serves to develop a higher sense of self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth. This leads to a more positive outlook on life.

Gratitude is the act of intellectually recognizing, willingly acknowledging and emotionally appreciating such things as the kindness of others, gifts bestowed upon us, or the beauty of a grand, majestic mountain. We have all felt the power of these feelings at one time or another in our lives. We do not need to take in the awesome wonderment of the Grand Canyon to experience a feeling of immense peace and calmness; we can grasp that feeling anytime, anywhere, if we train ourselves to think with a gracious attitude. That’s truly all it takes. Gratitude is to feel the beauty of life in everything, from the simple and small things, to the breathtaking beauty of mountainous landscapes and the grandiose accomplishments of human beings. We don’t need to look far. It’s all around us and most importantly, it’s within us.

Discovering the power of gratitude allows us to tap into feelings that are important to us, to understand them, embrace them and act upon them. This begins with our grateful acknowledgement of the world in which we live, the people with whom we share this planet; and of course, acknowledging the importance of our own being. You are important! We are important! The world is grateful to have us!

Dr. Stacey Scott is a Doctor of Chiropractic, co-owner of Woodgrove Pines Clinic in Nanaimo, and president of Banana Moon. She creates unique products of gratitude, inspiration and celebration, visit www.bananamoon.ca

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As children we are full-fledged explorers, delighting in the sounds we make and curiously examining anything that comes across our path, blissfully unaware of time. As we grow, people with the best of intentions at guiding our development discourage us from this exploring and the process of silencing the creative voice within has begun. The inner critic has been born.

In my case, a bad musical education experience as a child kept me from the joy of exploring the creation of my own melodious sounds.

It’s a familiar story! Another common experience happens to many children as they are instructed to color within the lines or to make your purple cow a regular cow color. This too keeps us from actively participating in something that feeds your soul and gives you great joy. Whether it be music, art, movement, building, acting or any other passion, you may have tucked away a dream so far in the back of your heart and soul that you can’t even find it any more. Yet those dreams still whisper to you.

The person who would like to make their own music, instead buys CD’s, and goes to concerts as a spectator muttering ‘the only thing I can play is the radio.’ Others, pumped by great art, go to galleries or support the work of artists’ friends and mutter ‘I can’t even draw a straight line.’ I have heard hundreds of those “I can’t” muttering statements. In fact, in December of 2005, I was a mutterer myself. I would sit on the The Music Is Still Inside You sidelines quietly muttering “in my next lifetime, I will come back as a singer songwriter”. This statement has run through my consciousness for over 47 of my 54 years.

Then I received my first Native American Flute! It has become the key that unlocked the door to that secret corner where I stashed my dream of making music and set that dream free. With this beautiful flute in my hand the awakening had begun. As I tentatively started coaxing sounds out of the flute (some nice and some not so nice) I asked myself, “who is this critic that for 47 years has stopped me from creating my own music? Who says that I have to read music just to play what I feel inside of me?” I began to wonder how I had let the ‘you can’t do it’ messages have so much power over me.

Awareness began creeping into my consciousness, I no longer had to listen to this critic. If I wanted to play, I could! I could just sit with the flute and find the beautiful sounds. In fact, without the ability to read music and without any formal musical instruction I began to create sounds with my flute that were pleasant to me and felt like my own music. I was empowering myself to overcome the limiting beliefs acquired throughout my lifetime. The flute was my teacher and mentor, a voice that was silencing the inner critic and inviting me to listen and participate in my life in a new way.

Noted inspirational speaker Dr. Wayne Dyer has said, “Don’t die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul.” I encourage you to consider freeing the music/passion (whatever form that takes) in your soul. Let yourself listen to those whispers from your soul and your passion will begin to tickle its way through the maze of selflimiting thoughts and make itself known. If you have one of those ‘I have always wanted to’ statements running through your head, don’t wait. Silence the inner critic and JUST BEGIN.

I know from experience that if you let yourself embrace that inner longing and listen to the whisper of your soul, you will find a way to listen to your own music, feel your own art and dance like there is no tomorrow. Admitedly,those tentative and fragile first moments as you begin to explore your passion are both frightening and beautiful. They involve trusting yourself and your inner wisdom to ‘nurture’ your exploration rather than judge it. I have witnessed people burst into tears from the sheer joy of those first few pretty sounds coming through their flute. This is truly a moving experience when a person connects to fulfilling a long hidden dream.

As you take that first step toward the creation of your own music or any other passion, you will find notes that don’t sound right; rhythms that stutter, fingers that just don’t want to move the way you want them to and you may let that stop you from going on. I hope you don’t. Those little experiences are helping you to find your way to the sound and rhythm that is part of you. They are part of the journey, part of the fun of exploring and an important part of the path to freeing the expression of your soul. And sometimes those little ‘less than perfect blips’ teach you more than immediate success does. I have learned to welcome the sour notes as I explore my music and my life, for it means that I am continuing to embrace my dreams instead of sitting on the sidelines. Terry Mack, is a Flute enthusiast and owner of Peaceful Spirit Flutes. www.PeacefulSpiritFlutes.com see ad pg 25

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More and more of us are choosing to recognize our responsibility for our health and wellbeing. This has led to a renewal of natural methods of healing the body. One of these methods, colon hydrotherapy - cleansing the colon (also known as colonics) is as old as man.

What exactly is it and how can we benefit from it? Colon hydrotherapy is a safe, therapeutic treatment used to remove toxins and effectively create optimal health throughout the entire body. Originally, it was accomplished by squatting in a stream and drawing water up into the colon, then expelling it. Later, enema pots and plants (reeds) shaped in the form of tubing were constructed. Sophisticated colonic irrigation equipment was perfected just at the turn of the 20th century. Is it embarrassing to get a colonic? No. You will fully maintain your personal dignity. You will be in a private room with only your therapist, who fully appreciates the sensitivity of the colonic procedure and will help you feel at ease. Your emotions will be acknowledged and honored.

After the gentle insertion of a small speculum into the rectum, you are completely covered. Disposable tubing carries clean water in and waste out. The mess and odour sometimes present during an enema simply does not exist with a colonic.

How can we tell if we have toxic material in the colon? You may be surprised to hear some common signs include headaches, backaches, constipation, fatigue, bad breath, body odor, irritability, confusion, skin blemishes, abdominal gas, bloating, diarrhea, sciatic pain and so on.

These symptoms of intestinal toxicity can become part of many people’s everyday experience. This condition is prevalent in most societies eating a typical Western diet, particularly North America.

Basically, this internal bath helps to reduce gas, bloating and toxic build up in the colon (large intestine). A cleansed colon will not only improve the function of the digestive tract, but also provide enhanced health to other areas of the body. Major areas such as the skin, lungs, liver and kidneys will all benefit from this treatment. The immune system becomes revitalized, creating increased energy levels and enhanced well-being.

Is intestinal toxicity a common condition? Yes it is, but toxicity is not limited to just the colon. Toxic materials are found throughout the body, particularly in fat tissue, joints, arteries, muscles, the liver, etc. Colonics effectively eliminate large quantities of toxic waste, affecting the condition of the entire body.

If it’s so important to keep the colon running efficiently, why not use enemas, suppositories or laxatives instead? Well, everything has its place, but these short-term solutions really aren’t substitutes for colonics. Enemas are useful for emptying the rectum, the lowest 8 to 12 inches of the colon. Usually, one or two quarts of water are used to do that. Suppositories are intended to accomplish the same task. Laxatives, particularly herbal laxatives, are formulated for constipation and/or to build up the tone of the colon muscle etc. Additionally, if constipation or recurring patterns of diarrhea and constipation have continued for many years, none of the aforementioned remedies will dislodge hard, impacted old fecal matter. Without question, colon cleansing is the Rolls Royce of colonic irrigation.

How many treatments should I have? The number of sessions needed will vary depending on the individual. For the average person on a standard diet, a starting series of four to six treatments will provide a thorough cleansing. Follow up treatments can help to maintain results and strengthen colon muscles. Because the treatment is an exercise for your colon you will notice increased efficiency in your elimination as a result.

Symptoms that may respond well to colonics are: fatigue, headaches, acne, menstrual problems, heartburn, attention difficulties, poor circulation, body odor, insomnia, irritability, asthma, difficulty losing weight, depression, bad breath, spastic colon, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, candida. In short, colonics can make a dramatic difference in how you look and feel.

Chantal David operates Arbour Wellness Centre. She can be reached at 250-729-4969

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Many believe the Ancient Wise Ones were simplicity itself - Holy Ones who walked the earth not burdened with the clutter that tends to be a reflection of the modern way.

This morning I smiled, as I elevated myself to a simple sacred state so I could keep my mind on weeding the pathway that leads to the house. I recalled yesterday -- a visit to my friend who keeps the kitchen spotless. I did not see the point of this ritual until she explained, “you never know when Buddha is going to visit.” In her temple of archangelic blue glass objects, she appears to have ‘caught on to something huge’. Spotless - Simple No Clutter!

While I enjoyed the serenity, I contemplated the season rising up before me. Soon the mass marketing would begin. We’re under so much pressure from commercials and guilt from the ads. The hype, the pressure ...the STRESS! of the season of giving and receiving. It’s the time of year when we tend to add more clutter to the cornucopia of our own lives, and likewise ‘graciously’ contribute to the piles of our friends.

“It didn’t used to be this way”, I thought out loud, with a quick glance over my shoulder to see if Buddha was listening. Once upon a time, an orange and a small treat was more than enough, versus the heavily laden trees of today. And that is to say nothing of stacks of bills piling up as each month brings us closer to January. Yikes... January = payback time!

Yes, I observed there was a definite relationship to my feelings of self worth and the looming season. I recalled in more affluent moments of my life, I did not feel the same pressure that I feel today. With that thought, I knew I was onto something.

It was that recurring F word again! It was FEAR of running out, not having enough, not being able to buy later that was a driving force in my purchasing unecessary items now. It was often fear of not being loved or accepted that sent me back to the store for ‘just one more’ ...something /anything to insure my gift would pass the acceptance test. My own ‘lack factor’ obviously huge and running rampant here, was because when I had plenty, I felt confident in my abilities and worth. If I were really resonating the law of attraction, I would not even consider that giving bigger presents reflected my worth. I would not buy now in case I ran out later. Wow - maybe the TV is right..I DO need an instant makeover, but not the kind they are promoting! It was obviously time to take a stand. “Let’s make a difference this year”, I shouted. “No new presents!” ...my friends were shocked!

“How about I make you a nice supper or provide a service for you? I could babysit your kids - take them to the park or a movie. I could do something useful for you (weed, mow, clean up) when you’re tired and just need a break.” Those are very valuable presents and don’t add to clutter or contribute to New Year’s morning depression. I shocked myself by my chattering. I was feeling good in the relaxed freedom of knowing, not any item I can buy you is more valuable than my time.

Or perhaps I could give you something I already own, something we both love, and my joy becomes your joy. Not adding any more new stuff would be an amazing gift for Mother earth. Besides, I don’t want to contribute to any of your worries in the New Year. I prefer the thought of helping you ‘clear the path’. Imagine, people acting consciously in neighbourly ways, exchanging - not using as much raw material from Mother Earth. It has to start somewhere. They cheered! I scurried home as if a 100 pounds had been lifted from my shoulders, thanked Buddha and cleaned the kitchen!

What a relief! No presents to buy this year- no pressure. Time now to watch the drops of water and anticipate Buddha’s arrival. It doesn’t matter that I’m not a Buddhist, I dance with the stars in my mind’s eye with the freedom of my new choices and blessing my friends. I pause a moment, to enjoy my new sparkle within, knowing that the power goes beyond the walls of this house. Knowing I have also left my ‘inner kitchen’ looking ‘as if Buddha was coming to dinner’.

Janit Bianic is a clutter buster, and visionary willing to cocreate a new way of living. Call her at 250-331-3335.

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International Buy Nothing Day always falls on the day after the American Thanksgiving in November, traditionally the first day of Christmas shopping in the U.S. People are encouraged to not make any purchases throughout the entire day. The idea is to increase participants’ awareness of their spending habits and to think about mass consumerism and its effect on the cultural and natural environment of the world.

Kalle Lasn, co-founder of the Adbusters Media Foundation, which was responsible for turning Buy Nothing Day into an international annual event said, “Our headlong plunge into ecological collapse requires a profound shift in the way we see things. Driving hybrid cars and limiting industrial emissions is great, but they are band-aid solutions if we don’t address the core problem: we have to consume less. This is the message of Buy Nothing Day.”

As Lasn suggests, Buy Nothing Day isn’t just about changing your habits for one day. It’s about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste. With six billion people on the planet, the onus is on the most affluent – the upper 20% that consumes 80% of the world’s resources – to begin setting the example.

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‘Tis the season to be Jolly’ is coming up quicker than the blink of a reindeer’s nose. Although there is a new consciousness rising regarding theglobal integrity of buying gifts - the truth is -the habit is not going to disappear overnight. So if you want to buy - we think books and music are a great choice!

eMotive – a Compilation Album Here is a refreshing concept! Non Profit Music is a record company based in Spain that donates all of its profits to humanitarian causes, primarily the international medical emergency relief organization Doctors Without Borders. The recording label’s motto is “Making Music, Saving Lives.” This beautiful relaxing CD contains music from four Spanish musicians – Jorge Grundman, David Caballero, Eduardo Laguillo and Joaquin Taoada utilizing a wide variety of sounds and instrumentation. If you’re looking for a peaceful, gentle CD while contributing to a very worthwhile cause, we encourage you to purchase this album. ISBN 02598107052

Om Deeksha – Maneesh de Moor This relaxing CD is a soothing blend of sacred chants and meditative instrumental music that is a manifestation of divine energy work called deeksha meaning ‘transfer of divine energy’ or ‘oneness blessing’. In true style of acoustic sound healing, this simple healing provides a sacred environment to initiate the journey into higher consciousness- resulting in a true sense of well-being and feelings of compassion, gratitude and love. ISBN 978-1-59179-591-9

Fairy Tales – Jeffrey Fisher This enjoyable modern classic listening experience was specifically created as the score for the ballet “Hans Christian Anderson.” Fairy Tales orchestrates three of Anderson’s classic children’s storybook fantasies – ‘Thumbellina, Red Shoes and The Mermaid’. While capturing the sound of a full orchestra, this recorded version was created, instrument by instrument, layer by layer, on a keyboard synthesizer. ISBN 015882043120

Celtic Passage – Deirdre Ni Chinneide : This captivating CD interweaves traditional and nontraditional Irish music that is a delight to listen to. Deirdre, Ireland’s rising female tenor, debuts her North American album, while embracing the energy of the wholly empowered feminine through the rich soundscape of moving verse, raw emotion and traditional arrangements. Using harp, fiddle, flute, bodhran and more, this mystical journey to the worlds of the Shaman and Spirit is her invitation ‘to remember and retrieve that which we have lost’. ISBN 978-1-59179-547-6

Love T.K.O. – Eddie Gip Noble : If jazz and rhythm’n’blues keep your toes hopping, this debut album by Eddie will likely be for you. Primarily an instrumental CD that will appeal to smooth jazz enthusiasts, its unique style comes from the blending of R&B and funk rhythms with jazz soloing on acoustic and electric pianos. This frisky, funky beat captures that historic jazz-funk fusion sound. ISBN 094922764539

Liquid Geometry – John Consemulder : John has earned a degree in neuropsychology and is an author, composer, songwriter, record producer and live artist. Based on his in-depth research on cymatics (how sound influences and underlies form) he has created an electronic “chill” that prepares your body, mind and soul for awakening. He blends down-tempo groove infusion with sophisticated sonic frequencies that resonate healing vibrations through the body. This eclectic CD has been created to open the heart and alter our consciousness. UPC 600835-115025

Gypsy Moon – Priyo : This intoxicating CD combines the musical roots of the flamenco guitar, while creating a fresh, sultry sound by blending the tribal heartbeat of African drums. This trancedance groove beat mingles traditions of past and present and almost hypnotically brings you to your feet to dance and sway the night away. This unique mix of flamenco guitar and deep, rootsy Afrotrance is an sensuous, enchanting, mesmerizing beat. UPC 600835-113427

The Giveaway – Daniel Moore : This CD is a compilation of 16 of Daniel’s favorites from his 1972-2006 recordings that spans pop, roots rock, folk, Americana and blues genres. “All songs I write for myself, not specifically for someone else,” he says. His compositions have been recorded by multitudes of top rock, pop, country, folk, R&B, jazz and blues artists and he is one of the music industry’s top songwriters for the past three-and-a-half decades. ISBN 632348002028

Float Like A Butterfly – Mike Longo : Jazz pianist, Mike, continues his deep exploration of the possibilities of rhythm based on lessons learned from his two greatest teachers – Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie. Learning the five T’s from Peterson – touch, time, tone, technique and taste, Mike realized he had been playing the piano incorrectly for jazz. Practicing 13 hours a day under Peterson, he learned different ways of harmonizing and how to put together piano arrangements. This album is a culmination of all he has learned and continues to learn and search to explore the subtleties and nuances found in the world of jazz. ISBN 630183100626

John Fluker is giving a special present this Christmas – J IS FOR JOY. The CD celebrates Christmas with unique arrangements of classic carols along with original music. Fluker’s soft-pop/R&B vocals show his influences with traditional tunes arranged like they have never been heard before. “There was no point recording these standards unless I could bring something fresh and different to them,” he explains. “I enjoyed the freedom of embellishing them my own way and using elements of pop, R&B and jazz.” So if you are the traditional Silent Night kind of person - you won’t like this, but if the old songs seem boring to you - then this CD could be the answer to your Christmas prayers. (from Creative Services - our advance copy was without the ISBN)

The Field – The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe – Lynne McTaggart This 2 CD audio gives us a compelling presentation of the theory that there is a measurable ‘life force’ in the universe. Based on interviews with today’s cuttingedge scientists, Lynne takes us on a journey into “Zero-Point Field” that could explain the key to understanding ‘supernatural’ forces, healing energy and the nature of consciousness. Offering a challenging new vision of the future and how this science can immediately affect our own lives, Lynne unveils the mysteries, discoveries and wonder of The Field. ISBN 978-1-59179-562-1

Voice of a Leader – Vocal Awareness to Empower Your Communication in Business and in Life – Arthur Samuel Joseph : This 2 CD audio set is designed to bring clarity, confidence and leadership to your voice. Using the Vocal Awareness System developed over a period of 4 years, this offers proven methods to create a shift in the way you present yourself. It will give you the skills necessary to maximize the power of your voice, increase confidence, and instill consciousness in your communication both in business and in life. ISBN 978-1-59179-563-6

Buddha Is As Buddha Does – Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living – Lama Surya Das: This 4 CD set is a template for living in the world as an “awakener”, a peaceful spiritual warrior serving the highest good. Learn how to practice the ten paramitas (transcendental virtues): generosity, ethics, patience, energetic effort, meditation, wisdom, skillful means, higher aspirations, powers, and pristine awareness. “As long as there is suffering in the world, there is spiritual work to do,” explains Lama Surya Das. ISBN- 978-1-59179-559-9

The Diamond In Your Pocket – Discovering Your True Radiance – Gangaji : This 5 CD set running over 6 hours provides a brilliant series of contemplation and insights that you will want to hold dear and return to again and again. Exploring a breadth of topics from how to let go of your need to control, to the trance of language, to despair’s hidden treasure, these CD’s help you to cultivate the courage to be vulnerable so that you can meet – and deeply merge with - the unknown. Gangaji shows you thought-by-thought how to stop the endless activity of your mind, and experience the brilliance and radiance of who you really are in every present moment. ISBN 978-1-59179-553-7

The Healthy Brain Kit – Clinically Proven Tools to Boost Your Memory, Sharpen Your Mind, and Keep Your Brain Young – Dr. Andrew Weil & Dr. Gary Small : This comprehensive 2 CD, 54-page study guide and 35 cards offer a complete kit of brain-boosting exercises and insights to boost memory, sharpen concentration, enhance creativity and verbal fluency. Full of tricks, tips and teasers, this kit will strengthen your brain fitness anytime or anywhere and keep your brain young in the years ahead. ISBN 978-59179-530-8

Becoming an Intuitive Healer – A Professional Development Course for Health Practitioners – Dr. Judith Orloff : Recorded at a 4-day in-depth training this 6 CD set and 34 page study guide gives you the skills and insights required to use your intuition in conjunction with conventional knowledge. This CD provides you with detailed instruction in every phase of intuitive healing, including how to make a diagnosis, the basics of energy healing, protecting yourself from burnout, working with subtle energy and intuitive empathy. The result: a wholly balanced practice that considers the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects central to your patients’ total well-being. ISBN 978-1-59179-546-9

After 50 It’s Up to Us – Developing the Skills and Agility We’ll Need – George Schofield : This book is a resource for millions of people who want to embrace life and invest in themselves and their futures now. Based on numerous in-depth interviews between the ages of fifty and ninety-seven, Dr. Schofield weaves new frameworks for thinking and provides tools for clear communication into a useful picture. He makes wisdom accessible, revealing rare insights and mind-opening possibilities, offering 10 tips when negotiating through this uncharted territory. ISBN 978-0-9790382-4-2

He’s Not Autistic, But…How We Pulled Our Son From the Mouth of the Abyss – Tenna Merchant : This thought-provoking book is an inspiring story of persistence, courage and love in her efforts to help her small son overcome a serious immune disease when traditional western medicine insisted there was nothing wrong. Constantly searching and seeking answers and never giving up, this is her story of finally finding the doctor who revealed the primary cause of his suffering: aluminum. This book is a must for anyone who is sick or who has a loved one who suffers from illness. This moving story will inspire those who wish to heal. ISBN 978-1-933697-00-0

What is Hinduism? Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith – Editors of Hinduism Today Magazine : This 400 page book is a compilation of 46 of the best “Educational Insight” features, conceived to dispel myths and illumine key aspects of Hindu wisdom, esoteric knowledge, teachings and practices, one at a time. You will appreciate its clear, concise explanations and it’s rich designs and abundance of photos and art. This one volume provides captivating insights into the marvels of this timeless tradition, and gives a brilliant answer to the question, what is Hinduism? ISBN 978-1-934145-00-5

May your joy expand with each new note you hear and your love of the vibration of words continue to make you smile with each crisp page you turn.

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If you knew deep down what your soul was yearning for, what would it be? Are you ready to hear the messages that your soul is giving to you?

The answers to your deepest questions lie within you, waiting to be activated. Soul Coaching is about understanding the present so that you can change the future. It is about removing the blockages that are preventing you from seeing your truth.

Soul Coaching works like a road map for your life’s spiritual journey. Do you want to discover your authentic self, clear clutter and detoxify your whole being? What your soul wants may be totally different from what you think you want. Ask yourself this; are you really happy and fulfilled with your life? Is your inner self aligned with your outer self?

Soul Coaching is not a therapy and is different from Life Coaching. Therapy usually focuses on emotional healing, and traditional Life Coaching usually focuses on the attainment of a goal through motivation and inspiration. Soul Coaching helps you to find a meaning or purpose to your everyday life. It also helps you to face fears and take an honest look at yourself so that you can release old negative patterns. It helps you to step into who you truly are and gives you an opportunity to hear the wisdom from within your being, helping you to discover the answers that you are seeking.

The Soul always knows the Truth! The aim of Soul Coaching is to align your inner spiritual self with your outer physical world to create a more balanced and harmonious life. When you clear away mental and emotional clutter you can then truly connect with your Divine Essence.

This amazing program was designed by Denise Linn, founder of the International Institute of Soul Coaching. She is a world-renowned teacher, healer and author of more than thirteen books. I am very honoured to be a Certified Soul Coach and to have Denise as my teacher. It is so wonderful to be a part of this life-changing program. You can have individual sessions or enjoy the magnified benefits of connecting with a group through the 28-day program. The program is for anyone seeking growth and spiritual transformation and consists of four, oneweek sessions, with daily exercises aligned with the elements of air, water, fire and earth. These elements coincide with mental, spiritual, emotional and physical wellness. It is designed so that you can fit it into your busy schedule. This program is for anyone who is seeking their truth and is ready to step into their future.

Do you know what your life mission is? Are you ready to hear your calling and shape your destiny?

Rosanna Ienco Barned is a Certified Soul Coach, Shamanic Practitioner, Medium & Angel Therapy Practitioner. For Soul Coaching info or to join the 28 day program: (250) 760-0396 go to www.divinesoulawakenings.com

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As many of you are likely aware, the use of sound and music for healing is as old as man, with pre-historic man banging rocks together or banging on logs. In Plato’s time, musicians were held 100% accountable for the impact of their music on others and would be banned from a city if there had been detrimental effects. Alzheimer patients have been known to stir and sing, word-for-word, note for note, a song long lost in their past, only to retreat into a stupor upon its completion.

Doctors believe that the part of the brain that stores those musical memories is somehow untouched by the ravages of the disease. Modern science and medicine are also recognizing the benefits of self-selected music in speeding the recovery of surgical patients. When patients choose the music to be played during their surgery, recovery times are significantly reduced.

Medicine is finally acknowledging the fact that the use of music accelerates healing! I encourage you to explore the possibilities of applying this in your own life. Pay attention to those pieces of music that move you when you hear them, be it moving you to tears or finding yourself whistling or singing along. You are resonating with that piece! Experiment!

A foster mom who routinely plays calm, instrumental background music in her home has noticed a significant change in the behaviours and interactions of her teenage daughters. They have all calmed down! So, try playing some soothing music during that time of the day that tends to be the most hectic. When you see your child’s behaviours escalating, play some quiet music. The opposite is also true, music has been used throughout the centuries to rouse patriotism and courage.

Music can energize - Disney soundtracks, Sousa marches can work magic. Explore the possibilities with your family and create a library. Music is often used to enhance guided visualizations. Music that resonates with you can take you to your inner, peaceful place simply by playing the music; your body and mind will remember the visualization and take you there. Listening to the right music can literally move you out pain, as I have learned from palliative patients who have allowed me to play for them. The mind is distracted and brain waves are actually altered…a powerful tool that directly affects emotions and thoughts.

Remember how you sang or hummed to your children when you rocked them to sleep? They could literally feel that vibration connecting through their body to yours and resonated with it. You can find your own soothing vibration by lying/sitting quietly and toning or humming to yourself. Feel the vibration in your body. You’ll know when you have found the right note and vibration…your whole body will resonate with that tone. There is no right or wrong note – the cells within your body recognize the resonant, healing tone that is perfect for you.

Not only are you vibrating that tone up through your chakras and charging them, but you are also clearing your adrenal glands! If you notice your jaw is clenching, it is acting as the last physical resistance as your sacred voice comes forward to be released into the world. There is no wrong note, your voice is a part of you….divine and perfect…no matter what messages of criticism you may have heard throughout your lifetime. Remember that you yourself are a divine musical instrument, and it can be positively empowering to vocalize.

There is no wrong way to do this, just remember to breathe, and draw your breath from your root chakra, relax your jaw, open your mouth and let your own inner, sacred voice come forth…it is perfect. The entire Universe consists of sound. Sound waves can let us see the unborn child (ultrasound), locate objects (sonar) and even destroy solid objects. There is power in sound…and I encourage you to re-discover the power of your own sound, your sacred inner voice. Experiment, play and enjoy!

Mikeoula is a sound healer and musician, dedicated to assisting the positive transformation of Mother Earth. Contact her at 250-802-3411

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White Crystal Wind is a 3 foot drum, the Baby of the 7ft Grandmother Drum. This beautiful Community Drum was made in Courtenay on Vancouver Island by 11 people under the guidance of White Eagle Medicine Woman and her assistant Tyemoreye from The Whirling Rainbow Foundation in Alaska. A ceremony was held during the 8 hours it took to build her and it was blessed by many loving hands. White Crystal Wind is made of moose hide and is laced with a pattern of 64 holes in the top hide and 64 in the bottom. This Drum is full of Love and you can feel this when you play her. Her tone is amazing and lives on long after the playing stops. These days are so special because people are allowing themselves to honour the pieces within that need love.

Many are becoming more aware of healing through vibration. It is fitting now, that drumming is one way of healing that is being brought back into our lives. When we are drumming we allow ourselves to be present with the vibrations generated by playing it. As we connect with the beat, it connects to Mother Earth and the Heavens, and joy and peace are set free.

White Crystal Wind was birthed with intention to play at ceremonial and community events. She loves people, and in keeping with the clarity of her vision, no drugs or alcohol are allowed near her. We honour and respect this Drum, healings often manifest within the songs when she plays.

If you would like White Crystal Wind to come play for you or an event or would like to contribute to her livelihood, please call Drumkeeper Rita Burrows @ 250-898-1192 or e-mail burrowsr@shaw.ca

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"In ancient times a SAGE was a messenger, delivering profound truths to an individual or a collective group" ... Here is your MesSAGE for the next 3 months ...

IF YOU WERE BORN IN:

JANUARY: Believing in yourself makes a difference in your own life and many others too. Expect many blessings to come your way!

FEBRUARY: It is time where you may choose a simpler way that enables and honours you. Be open; you will be extremely surprised!

MARCH: Let go of things that no longer serve you, aligning to simplicity and flow. Be discerning with your choices to reap rewards!

APRIL: Your energy is heightened and lightened when you are on purpose. Stay connected to your heart; this keeps you in balance!

MAY: Your dreams may be fulfilled with focus and intent. Clear the way by letting go and aligning with energies of support!

JUNE: Now is the time to strengthen your connection to your authenticity. This streamlines your direction, creating fulfillment!

JULY: Thought forms of the past are being erased, clearing way for a stronger connection to source. Expect revelations!

AUGUST: Allow yourself to sink into self. There you will realize you have many choices; say yes only to ones that truly speak to you!

SEPTEMBER: You are ready to be prompted to a new beginning, giving way to the unknown. This appears familiar, stirring passion from within!

OCTOBER: You are being given many opportunities. Be discerning with your choices by honouring your heart. This aligns you on your path for this time!

NOVEMBER: Your desire of seeking truth is being tested. Connect with your heart. Doing so gives you strength to recall what you truly know!

DECEMBER: You have energy to start something new. Open your heart to receive guidance from within. What shows up will be exactly what you are looking for!

Channelled by Maureen Freeman of SAGE. You may contact her at 250-598-5221 or sage@johnsmarvels.com for personal readings by phone, mail or email. A Messenger’s MesSAGE is copyright © 2004 EAGLEye/ONE

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The summer before my son James began pre school, I would find him in various corners of our Hornby Island home, talking to himself. “I’m getting dressed and having breakfast,” he’d chant out loud. “I’m putting my peanut-butter sandwich and juice in my lunch box. I’m walking to the school bus with Mum. I’m taking the bus to pre-school. I’m making lots and lots of friends. I’m having so much fun playing on the slides and swings. Everyone loves me at preschool. I love preschool.” His big brown eyes shone with happy certainty as he repeated this story, with minor variations, all summer. And when he did go to pre-school that September, the story he’d told unfolded just as he’d known it would. He made many good friends, had lots of fun, and everyone loved him.

No one had taught James about creating his own reality—it was something he did naturally. We come into this world knowing how to live a joyfully engaged, fully creative life. Newly incarnated, we know who we are, where we’ve come from, and the infinite treasure of the spiritual gifts we bring. We are born with a storehouse of practical, sacred skills with which to navigate through life.

One of those skills is being able to envision reality with such precision that we shape the future with our vision and intention, as James did that summer he was three. This is one aspect of the sacred skill of clairvoyance, which is simply the ability to see the spiritual reality that underlies and forms the blueprint for our physical world. Like all natural abilities, it can be strengthened through training and practice, or it can atrophy through ridicule, disbelief, or neglect. In our determinedly materialistic culture, children learn to shut down their clairvoyance. Or at least, to hide what they see and know so thoroughly that eventually they grow into adults who are confused about what they truly want, and who don’t know how to get from where they are to where they want to be.

And yet, clairvoyance is an innate and essential ability, one that allows each of us to see and know the truth of any aspect of life for ourselves, without the need to rely on external authority. It also gives us the power to transform ourselves and our environment in ways that are precise, methodical, and highly fluid. This is the basis of clairvoyant healing. By seeing the energetic patterns that have resulted in disharmony, disorder or disease, and by clairvoyantly altering those patterns to bring them into alignment with wholeness and unity, we can transform not only our physical and emotional self, but also our work, our business, our relationships, home, environment, and even the planet itself. We can attune clairvoyantly to the soul level of whatever issue we choose to address, and restore it to its natural state of harmony and flow.

Sacred skills are not “out there”, in the realm of the transpersonal. They spring from the radiance and power of our own incarnation, are anchored in our everyday lives, and draw us toward a greater love for and engagement with our world. Practically speaking, they result in more vibrant health and well-being, and greater clarity, focus and purpose. They bring us into loving relationship with others, enhance our spiritual power and presence, call us to active, creative service to that which we love, and return us to our natural state of abiding joy. Sacred skills are our birthright. Claim them; own them. Make it so.

Hiro Boga lives and works in Lantzville, on Vancouver Island. She can be reached at (250)390-9126 or deepriver@shaw.ca. See her ad pg 21

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Our planet is undergoing a major shift to a higher frequency. Because earth is a living, moving, energy system, all who reside within her energy fields will also experience this realignment. As the planet undergoes her transformation, a term called the ‘Creation of the Lightbody’ has been created. The process of transition into Light is a gradual one. We humans are not physical matter one day and pure Light the next. Our energy fields are infused with and realigned to Light gradually or else we would experience electrical ‘burn out’. Creation of the Lightbody is due to our planet’s current transition process and is not an optional experience or process. The Lightbody is gradually created through the transmutation of our current physical body as it mutates and absorbs more Light. This planetary change of transformation can be classified into levels described below.

FIRST LEVEL: When the body drops density it commonly displays mutational symptoms of flu, headaches, diarrhea, rashes, muscle and joint aches. Most flu epidemics are actually Light epidemics! Brain chemistry changes, right and left brain functions blend and the pituitary and pineal glands begin to change in size. The DNA structure and chemical components begin to change and pick up extra hydrogen atoms and chemicals that the cells need to take undifferentiated higher Light and break it down into useable Light encodements for the DNA.

SECOND LEVEL: As the etheric blueprint floods with light and releases karmic experiences, individuals may feel disoriented. Many question “why am I here”? Light in the etheric blueprint releases 4th dimensional structure and causes spins in the geometries of the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Change is rapid and many feel tired.

THIRD LEVEL: Physical senses become much stronger. Our bodies not only absorb Light for its own evolution, but also act as a transducer-decoder of higher Light energies to the planet as a whole.

FOURTH LEVEL: Changes occur in brain chemistry and the brain. Symptoms are often headaches, blurry vision, and loss of hearing. Vision and hearing are being realigned to function differently. Crystal regulators in the etheric body keep lines of light within the 5th dimensional blueprint from connecting again until we are ready. Individuals get strong unexplainable and undeniable urges to follow spirit without hesitation. We experience flashes of telepathy, clairvoyance and nearly all begin to experience empathy. This is a time of FEELING, of honoring, accepting and validating the emotional body.

FIFTH LEVEL: The mental body feels compelled to tune into spirit. Dreams change and become more ‘lucid’ and we may experience feelings of deja-vu. Thought processes become non-linear and we see the habitual nature of thinking and behavior. We begin de-programming and re-programming ourselves to create the “I” we wish to be, not the “I” we think we should be. Change seems to be constant and we consciously begin to discern from our heart rather than judge from ‘conditioned responses’.

SIXTH LEVEL: We begin to question what is real for us. Our mental process and how we identify and relate with others and ourselves will change rapidly. Re-evaluation may be uncomfortable, but we feel it must be done. We look at our relationships, jobs, home environment, lifestyles and find that it is a time of letting go and of moving on. We change within our being, everything feels to be in a state of flux, yet we feel lighter, vaster, and somehow freer. At this stage the Light quotient in our being is 33%. We begin to feel as though we are opening up to our inner senses. Clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc seem normal and natural to us.

SEVENTH LEVEL: The heart chakra opens more, we become more ‘real’, and we just have to be ourselves! We release old blocks and patterns. It is a time of great emotional clearing and great intensity as we seek to rid ourselves of emotional baggage. We feel more in tune with each moment, feeling very present and flowing with life. Often, old relationships end or change rapidly. We begin to lose emotional attachment to others. Chest pains (angina) are more common as the heart continues to open its energy fields. Fear at this time is released, as the energy fields of all the bodies are realigned through the heart and when aligned, fear drops away. Pressure at the forehead or back of the head is due to the opening of the pituitary and pineal glands as they absorb more light. Some days we feel connected and joyous, others days we get caught up in survival issues. As we learn to follow our joy, we want everyone to follow their joy. ALL are stages of progression and reflect our changing perception.

Dietary wise, you feel like eating less, and enjoy more live food. Many have ceased to eat meat, sugar and alcohol as they ‘feel’ the effects of these substances on the vibrational fields of the body.

EIGHTH LEVEL: The pineal and pituitary glands change shape. The brain is being activated - particularly the cerebrum, the ‘sleeping giant’. Cranial expansion is common; triangular ‘seed crystals’ in the brow and recorder crystals in the right side of the brain are activated along with the 8th, 9th and 10th chakras. We begin to be hooked into the languages of Light.

The pituitary and pineal glands are opened fully and work together to create the ‘Arc of the Covenant’, a rainbow light that arcs over the top of the head to the third eye that is a decoding mechanism for higher dimensional language. We find it difficult to use words to express ourselves as we think in geometries and tones.

We become more aware of the vastness and multi-dimensionality of our nature and we KNOW that we can be anything that we want to be. We cease to operate from obligation and share words from our heart and soul. We operate from a deep level of serenity with heightened sensitivity and awareness, yet feel grounded and transformed.

NINTH LEVEL: Our body may change shape as the energy fields shift. Decoding geometries and toning becomes easier. We release the energy to sustain the ‘game of separation and limitation’ and feel truly free. We feel interconnected to all Beings everywhere, and begin the final surrender to Spirit and truly become the Divine instrument. Here, Spirit determines our income, our work, other beings in our lives, everything. This is the dissolution of the ego-self and while ecstatic, it can be painful. We may go back and forth, clinging to old comfort zones before completely letting go - there is no turning back and all must be released.

The 9th level is surrender and then ecstasy; the letting go of the “I”. From the 7th, 8th and 9th level, the inner light noticeably radiates out and by now we feel unbelievably grounded, connected, centered, filled with purpose and desiring only to serve. For awhile we may slip between the 8th & 9th, from feeling complete ‘at-onement’ to being ‘a limited human being’ again. This settles down by the end of the 9th level. We then continually feel connected and operate from our Christ level and our intention and motivation is always for the highest good. The 9th level is where we begin to hook up to our I AM presence. The last three levels unify all energy fields, all chakras are unified and you become totally connected to your I AM presence.

TENTH LEVEL: We are One with Source consciousness and know all is possible. DNA is no longer 2-strand but 12 strand; teleportation, manifestation etc. are instantaneous. The Lightbody has been built and allows us to pass through space, time and dimensions complete in our totality.

11th LEVEL: All levels of the Lightbody are activated and connected to our physical body via ‘spin points’. These light matrixes lie along the physical acupuncture meridians and are lines of light intersecting in beautiful geometries - a new 5th dimensional circulatory system of Light. Cellular regeneration has been accomplished.

Time is no longer linear but simultaneous - past, present and future co-exist - all exist in parallels. There is no separation and we fully manifest our vision of Heaven on Earth and express the ecstasy of Spirit. In this conscious awareness, many will create new types of Light-based technologies. All have received specialist training and skills to help create and manifest the New World - the ‘Golden Age’.

12th LEVEL: The continuation of the Creation and implementation of the New World systems will hook up with other 12th level initiates who bring into existence new governments, new financial and educational systems, better system of food and resource allocation. Everything will be redefined in the final stages of Earth’s ascension so that all may exist in joy, equality and harmony. The planet and her inhabitants will have been ‘rewoven’ into Light, to shine in their full glory as the final stages of this Divine Plan unfolds. The planet goes to Light, shifts out of this dimension and is brought into a multi-star system where everyone is a Lightbody and follows Spirit. All parallel realities are rewoven and absorbed back to Spirit and all have aligned their will to the Divine.

An excerpt from Gregg Braden - author of “Walking Between the Worlds” printed in 1997 ISBN 978-1889071053 - YES 10 years ago!

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This recipe is in two parts - cake and filling.

Cake:

6 egg whites with
1/4c. white Sugar
6 egg yolks with
1/2c. white Sugar
1/3c. Cocoa
1 1/2tsp Vanilla
Parchment Paper

1. Separate the whites from eggs and place in separate bowls (larger one for the whites).
2. Start beating the whites until they change from clear to white.
3. Add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form, this may be about 10 minutes.
4. Beat yolks, sugar, cocoa, and vanilla in separate bowl.
5. FOLD the fluffy whites into the chocolate yolk mixture. Fold means taking a spatula and gently bringing the bottom batter upto the top in a folding action. Do not mix as you want to keep the air in the mixture to keep it light and fluffy.
6. Put the batter on a baking tray lined with parchment paper in the middle of the oven (350) for 10 minutes. Keep your eye on this so it doesn’t burn.

Frosting : Filling

2c (500 ML). Whip Cream
1/2c. Icing Sugar
1/4c. Cocoa
2 tsp. instant coffee
1 tsp. Vanilla

Filling:

1. Place bowl and egg beater in freezer to chill.
2. Combine whipping cream, cocoa, icing sugar, instant coffee, and vanilla and beat until soft peaks form - don’t over beat or you’ll get butter! Then place bowl in fridge until cake has cooled.

Rolling the Cake...

1. Once cake is removed from oven, transfer the cake with parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
2. Once cool, scoop half of the frosting mixture onto the cake and spread it around evenly.
3. Take one end of the parchment paper and lift slowly while using a knife to peel the cake from the parchment paper. While slowly pulling the cake from the paper, roll and tuck the cake gently until it resembles a roll. Once you’ve removed all the paper - give your self a hug. The hard part is over and now the fun begins.
4. Use the remaining frosting and place all over the outside of the roll. Sprinkle icing sugar over the frosting if you like and any other decorative elements.

Place in the fridge until ready to eat. Enjoy!

From the recipe box of Anna Sousa, Art Therapist and Mother of 5 from Unionville, Ontario.

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My friend Terry brought me a book to look at called Discover Atlantis by Diana Cooper and Shaaron Hutton. It had a page on cats! She said, “OK Sceptre King - I know you already know this, because I see and feel you doing it all the time, but I thought you might like to share this information with your friends.” Terry lives close by and knows I pride myself in energetically helping to look after the neighbourhood. I didn’t read the whole book, but here’s the part about the cats:

“Cats are enlightened and independent beings. They are the one species that came to earth so evolved they had nothing to learn from humans and consequently do not need us. They came from Orion, the great spirit constellation, which is why their energy is so pure. Even today they are highly independent. In the early days all cats were black and very “Egyptian-looking”. Black is, of course, the color of deep mystery and sacred arts. It is the ultimate feminine vibration. A cat went to every home to help maintain a pure energy there. In later days their mission was to try to raise the energy in the house. Felines at this golden time were vegetarian, like all high frequency creatures and allowed themselves to be fed by humans. They did not need claws to catch or kill prey, but they loved to climb trees and had a great affinity with them. At the temples people were employed specifically to look after their needs and they were very much revered. They were used in temples because their psychic ability was so high, so they participated in rituals and ceremonies and added their energies where they were needed.

Healers always had a cat to boost their power. If a crystal arrangement that was being used for healing was slightly out of alignment, the cat would adjust it, making sure the crystals offered the ultimate healing. Cats were always present at deaths. In those days the spirit often needed to be guided, so their cat travelled out of body to accompany them and make sure they did not get lost.

The magi also had cats. Hundreds of years later when the pure ones first had a sense of things going wrong in Atlantis, they sent to Orion for more cats to help hold the light on earth. In pure Atlantis, there were, of course, no entities or dark thought forms, but later in the devolved times cats would watch over their families and protect them from entities. They still do this, trying to guard their owners and the planet.”

You can see why I liked it - especially the crystal part! It’s true! I move the stones all the time in our house. Lucky for me, my mom lets me. A lot of cats get in trouble with their owners for ‘messing things up’ when they are just trying to help! Cats also make great movers and shifters because we can get places you can’t since we are smaller and energetically more agile.

If you consider what the book said, about our energy, then it also makes sense that cats have VERY sensitive feelings. So it’s time again for me to remind you to please not give any kittens as Xmas presents unless you know the person really wants one. There is nothing worse for a cat (or any animal) than being rejected under the Christmas tree. Hey, why not give stones and crystals instead... to your cats too! I Love Stones and Crystals! The top picture is me with the golden healer crystals inside the pyramid. Below I’m reflecting my loving light to you with my starry eyes. This is not a touchedup photo’ it is just me shining my love from the inside - out. If I can do it, so can you. Just try being extra kind and compassionate.

I hope you have really happy days and nights until next issue, and don’t forget I LOVE YOU!

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Greetings Dearly Beloveds

We are the vibration of the 999 and it is our pleasure to assist you at these most outrageous moments of your creation. The energetic activity on your planet in the NOW is beyond your comprehension. You are a ‘showpiece of the Universe’ and much attention is being drawn to this place. Planet Earth used to be the best kept secret and that explains much of the success you experience today. It is always easier to accomplish more when you work and play undisturbed by great numbers. It is the same in your personal lives, better for a few to plan and prepare for the party and have the stage set before you invite the guests and bring in the band. But the secret is spreading like water into a sponge. For this Island is attracting more and more attention and it is your energetic responsibility to continue to stabilize the loving light here. You are better not to give up your truth to others who may think they know better, for many come here to learn what you already know. Some come to try to throw you off course - for if they can, they will be assured that what they are searching for is not here at all. It is time for the loving teacher - for the mother within, to resonate wisdom and integrity to welcome the newcomers and still protect her children.

We say this because the whole universe is hungry energetically right now and suddenly planet earth is starting to showing its colours. IMAGINE how brilliantly your love resonates into the heart of the all. We tell you it is spectacular ever since the first energetic layers of the 555:777:999 were put into place. It is a time when much of the ancient wisdom you carry encoded in your cellular structure and in your crystalline bodies of light is flying forward with great haste. There is an urgency and yet an astounding peace within you - coming from an inner knowing that NOW IS the TIME and YOU have some of the answers.

Indeed, imagine an energetic opportunity so precise there is no room for error - provided the ones who hear the sound of the archangelic trumpets answer the call. It is a vibration the ‘party-planners’ will resonate with first - so the vibrations may be made ready for everyone to enjoy. We are astounded how so many of you have risen up before the great councils - day by day - more and more come forward. Thus it is our intention to serve those councils you are a part of. It is our position in the realms of sound, light and colour vibrations of transformation to ensure on the ‘gateway opportunities’ of the 11:11:11, that the greater good becomes the focus for the changing of the codes. As more of you remember you feel the urgency of ‘loving actions without hesitation’. Such powerful calculations of creation, as the grains of sand come together with the codes of light.

You feel an urgency to do something - to be better - to feel more, because this is a ‘timely’ opportunity not to be repeated. There will, of course, always be opportunities, but this one is a catalyst, and your Little Island of Love is the ‘motivator/instigator’ of acceleration (as it has always been). This place is universally positioned to have the greatest effect as more of you rise up on this physical location, the greater the possibilities. We speak here of rising up in full power and glory - with a strength of purpose unequalled in your lifetime - of an inner small voice ready to unveil itself as a symphony.

We speak to the crystalline one within you that IS the vibration of the crystal skull template . We speak of the part of yourself that does not waver in the winds of truth, resurrection and restoration. We speak of LOVE and CREATION coming together for the first time ‘without compromise’.

We are the vibration of THE 999 and it has always been our position to monitor extreme/ radical changes in the universal laws of creation, to ensure the integrity and timeliness is correct. We are now on energetic alert to serve you in this time of transition - safely, gently, yet strong beyond measure. We are the realms of the highest of the high - we serve the frequencies of transformation at the source. Even your beloved Archangelic Angels dare not enter these vibrations, though watch and protect them with the greatest of intention and love they do. We come from the source from whence you came and it is THAT vibration of truth within you that calls you now to remember. Layers and layers of lifetimes fall away around you as there is no space for excess baggage this time - pure and simple. Some would call this an elite energetic space and opportunity - we would simply say it is open to everyone ready to listen. Throw away your need to be important, to show off before the others. We are calling forth again the finest of the fine and presenting / creating a sacred space for you to safely recreate yourselves during the most powerful gateway celebration ever.

This is more than a progression of what you called your Harmonic Convergence (1987), this is beyond your 11:11 (1992), it is a daring, expansive leap compared to your Harmonic Concordance (2003) and an astounding propulsion of everything occurring since then.

This is the year of your time when the numbers of the 555:777:999 align within and without everywhere. The pattern is set to become reality - the question is shall it be in your lifetime? It merely depends now on HOW MUCH the physical beings of light planted on planet earth (yourselves) decide to grow at this time. How much light they incorporate, how much water is absorbed. Contemplate the light and the water coming together with sound and love as the pyramids expand. There is an unveiling of a piece of the mystery right there of ‘water’ and ‘light’ within! The pyramids are also prepared to energetically serve you at this time, for you are well aware they were created for that purpose and you will be clever to utilize their assistance. The invisible layer of the crystalline skulls of transformation are also set to reactivate another code within you, should you prove yourself capable of loving without question or judgment as a unit. That means, it is a time of outrageous personal power but more important a time to prove your capabilities as a team. Transformation planet earth was not intended to be an individual project - nor were you ever expected to do it alone as many of your human brains have dictated. Unity is the order of the day, and thus preparing to be a team of unique individuals is of the utmost strategy. That is a difficult challenge for many, to trust the others to show up and actually do what they committed to. Understand they also must trust you - are you equally up to the challenge? We say YES - for those of you committed to take your place on planet earth in the evolving days, celebrating the return of honour, beauty and grace, equality and honest service. Greed and corruption are phasing out, which is why there ‘appears’ to be a great battle of survival in the moment. Yet the end of the story is already written. What matters now is - how soon - how easily - how many choose to live their lives and create a new world around them.

We are the voice of your own innermost perfect self here to remind you that these are the times you prepared for eons ago. NOW is the time you have been waiting for. Thus we are here at your service, in the day time, in the night time, in the dream time - as the ancient temple lights rise up to serve you. There is no such thing as too late - the doors are always open to the kingdom within and you are always invited to BE part of the most amazing team the ancient wise ones ever conjured up.

You have the tools - the energetically precise physical position - the inner brilliance to light it all up. Again the question remains, have you the foresight to lay down your cloaks of separation and join together in equality in the most significant moments of possibilities? ‘Gateway’ days capable of quickening the love for the good of ALL. The new way is the way of inclusion. It is never too late to come home - always the time for a fresh start with no questions asked - always the time to remember all the love that ever was or will be. Are you ready to bare the bones of the crystalline one within you? Have you CHOSEN to be ONE of the CHOSEN ONES? These ones are not an elite group, just ones who KNOW there is no exclusion and therefore choose themselves.

If you are waiting to be singled out - waiting for someone else to call your name, you will wait ‘another forever’. The one who calls- the one who listens- the one who rises up out of the ashes of the past is YOU. Bless yourself for having presence of mind to be a physical body on planet earth at this time. Better yet, to BE on this Island of Transformation - the little Island capable of co-creating vibrations first and ready-willing-able to facilitate the recoding and share with the rest of the universe.

We are the vibration of THE 999 from beyond forever - and we are here to remind you that the elestial trumpets are sounding - calling the ancient ones from their sleep - WAKE UP the vibration sings - NOW IS YOUR TIME!

Join The GCL & THE 999 for an 11:11:11 gateway celebration (in person or energetically from wherever you are). Private sessions are ‘occasionally’ available. See more info on page 36.

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Grandfather Dragonfly is an ancient Vancouver Island Chief who shares his love, wisdom and ways of the ‘old ones’ with great joy. His speech is slow - thoughtful and ‘unpolished’ yet always overflowing with love.

L.I.S.T.E.N to the water - it’s singing a Love Song to the people. L.I.S.T.E.N to the whales and dolphins - they understand the rhythm. L.I.S.T.E.N to your heart beating - it’s singing a Love Song too!

Think about a vibration: pure, perfect, shining with love from the heavens to the heart of Mother Earth. A vibration that could rock a sleeping baby or ‘make wind’ for the flying ones – not only the birds, but the two-leggeds who are also ‘trying’ to fly. If you want help flyin - you gotta listen to the water. Dragonfly used to fly - but it was different...it was flyin that came from the power of a BIG love inside. It came from KNOWING the feeling of the quiet spaces between your breathing. There are even empty spaces between the letters of your words when you say them, ‘soundless resonance’ you’d call it now. Dragonfly knows that sounds crazy - but your minds are different than in the old days - they’re kinda cloudy now, from lack of good water.

You know, you could BE STILL and listen. People don’t do that much anymore...but Dragonfly wonders, how can you hear Mother Earth talkin if you are never quiet? How can the whales teach you anything when there is so much noise - their songs cannot be heard? Mother has lots of secrets and she’ll share them when the people are ready to l.i.s.t.e.n. But first, you gotta listen to yourself. Pay some attention to the water inside you - find the ways of understanding everything inside yourself first. The real water comes from all over the universe. Inside you can resonate with her vibrations of Stability, Forgiveness, Love and Harmony. You can match it in your own way.

Water is a Universal Communication System - that’s why there’s so much of it. Water has layers of vibration, and the patterns are different with each layer. The water codes are different again in the ocean, in the rivers, and in the raindrops. Every kind of water has its own resonance, and that also has to do with ‘the colour’ of the water-layers.

The deeper you go the colour changes, the sound changes, the ‘vibrational complexities changes. That’s a big idea... but it is still very simple. All you need to remember now is your body is water, like the ocean in some parts and like the river in others. You’re all about the water. There’s a reason for that...one day you’ll remember. Today you just gotta be kind and honour ALL things, not just the few things you like the best. These are days for livin’ and nights for dreamin’. Times to begin again and remember what you knew a long time ago. The whales remember!

When 555:777:999 started lining up, a good thing happened...the whales said again they wanted to help you and they are sticking to their promise. You can trust a whale, that’s why they’re the record keepers. So one day you are gonna be ONE with the water inside you and the water in/on the planet and you’ll ‘wake up’ your own water pattern. It only makes sense if all the water has unique vibrations that you do too. The whales will help you cause it’s easier for them now, the waves for communicating are opening up. They can teach you alright, but first you gotta be lined up inside yourself. Drinking water can help you do that. The whales can help you quicker when you are loving and kind because your vibration sounds good then. Think about it, if you were a whale ... you’d like to hear YOU singing a love song too! L.I.S.T.E.N. The whales are waiting. One of these days they are going to show you the lightcodes they know about. You can’t buy a ticket to that show, but one day it will just happen, because there’ll BE SO Much Love! So, the water songs are starting to come back. Singing, dancing water. I can tell you that the water is your BIG friend, inside and out.

EVERY day, I LOVE YOU like an old chief loves the soft moss in the forest. That’s why I’m saying this now. It’s ALL about LOVING.

Grandfather Dragonfly has a friend he calls ‘The One Who Hears Crystals Singing’ whom people call Gabriole. Dragonfly is grateful she shares her space, so he can talk to you too. dragonfly@EAGLEyeONE.com

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Have you ever felt a gentle breeze wash over you out of the blue? Have you ever been in a situation and thought: Wow, there must have been a guardian angel watching over me? Perhaps you have had heard stories of Herculean feats by people in near-death or accident situations who later “disappear”, never to be seen again. Or maybe you have noticed with interest how angels have pervaded the media more and more in the last decade, and increasing constantly. If any of these resonate with you, it is extremely likely that you have truly been touched by an angel in some fashion.

Whether you are a believer or a skeptic though, angels do exist, and they believe in you. Various religions and spiritual beliefs have spoken about angels for millennia— giving the idea being that we truly do not walk this planet Earth all by ourselves. Even though we may not see or recognize them all the time, there are invisible companions called angels all around us—they often work their magic through people, animals, situations and synchronicities.

But how do they show themselves?

There are different ways that angels show themselves to us. Have you ever noticed seeing little sparkles of light out of the corner of your eye? A voice whispering something in your ear that you are not sure where it came from? Maybe you woke up from a dream and thought you saw something in your room, which perhaps you sloughed off as your imagination. That is a good indication when your angels are making their presence known to you. Personally, it is fascinating when looking at the clouds and seeing the shape of angel wings. That is often a strong physical clue that angels are nearby.

So how can you start to hear, see, feel and intimately know your angels’ presence in your life?

First, it is important to understand that each one of us has an inherent ability to connect with the angelic realm and assistance that is there for each of us. We already possess the tools we need to communicate and receive information from our “invisible” helpers. This is not something that is reserved for the exclusive few.

Second, you receive messages and guidance from angels whether you are aware of it or not. The trick is to tune in to hear it, just like changing the frequency of a radio station to your favourite station.

Third, angels communicate through visions, thoughts, words, sounds, physical sensations, and emotions. Life is busy, and it’s very easy in our fast-paced world, to ignore and not realize that angels really are trying to communicate. Slowing down and really paying attention to the repetitive patterns is important—a thought which plays itself over and over, seeing the same sign many times, or an inspiration that comes seemingly out of the blue. Angels are here to help you with your hopes and desires. They want to help you to fulfill your dreams.

Communicating with your angels is easy. Anyone can do it. All you need to do is be open, be willing to ask for help, and pay attention to the signs and signals given to you.

So try inviting your angels into your life today— and be prepared for a wonderful experience!

Olena Gill and Rosanna Ienco Barned will be conducting a special Spend a Day with The Angels workshop to help you connect with your angels on Sat, Dec 15, 2007. Contact Olena (250) 954-2204 or Rosanna (250) 760-0396.

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A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty Mayonnaise Jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed it that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the Mayonnaise Jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the Mayonnaise Jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the Mayonnaise Jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes”.

The professor then produced Two Cups of Coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the Mayonnaise Jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now”, said the professor,“I want you to recognize that this Mayonnaise Jar represents your life.”

The ‘golf balls’ are the important things - your God, your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favourite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The ‘pebbles’ are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The ‘sand’ is everything else - The Small Stuff. “If you put the sand into the jar first”, he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another round of golf. There will always be time to clean the house and take out the garbage. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Two Cups of Coffee represented.

The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of Cups of Coffee with a friend.”

This was sent to us on numerous occasions by readers requesting we print it. We found it in 100’s of places credited as anonymous. We had one clue that didn’t reply by press time. So we bless the person who wrote it with such caring. If you already know who it is - share the secret. We’ll pass it on next issue.

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