A Note From The Editor...November 2002

This is a great time of year to make changes in your life.  (Why wait for the January rush?)  This is a great time to take stock of the past 10 months and "harvest" the wisdom found there.  

Take a moment and ask yourself: what is the most important goal I have for the next two months?

Is there one thing you wanted to do in 2002 and didn't accomplish yet?  Hey, you still have two months left -- get moving!  

Start by creating a Vision Statement of how things will be when you accomplish your goal.  Make sure you include how you'll FEEL about it.  Next, write down all the steps you have to take.  This isn't the time to feel overwhelmed by all those steps -- just start with the first one and work through the list one task at a time.  If a task feels too big, break it down into smaller parts.

Use the energy and excitement of the Autumn Air to move you towards your goals!

Peace,

Karyn 

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Upcoming and Chats for November 2002 

Looking For Beauty

by Steve Goodier

As a beauty I am not a great star,
There are others more handsome by far. 
But my face, I don't mind it,
For I am behind it,
It's the people in front who get the jar!

Maybe you are not the most beautiful person in the world. And maybe, as the poem suggests, it doesn't matter. There is hidden beauty in each of us that can be experienced by anybody who cares to explore.

In my birth state, New Mexico, is a natural wonder that is one of the largest and most spectacular of its kind in the world. Carlsbad Caverns is an immense series of limestone caves extending under much of southern New Mexico. Native Americans took refuge in the gaping hole that is the main entrance, but they did not venture far. A hundred years ago settlers in the area were attracted to the opening by the awesome sight of hundreds of thousands of bats swarming from the hole every summer evening. Though a bat guano mining operation was set up, nobody explored much beyond the bat's dwelling places.

Eventually, a cowboy name Jim White explored deeper. He returned with fantastic stories of gigantic subterranean chambers, spectacular cave formations and unbelievably stupendous sights.  Even in 1915, after black and white photographs were taken of the caverns, many did not believe. The government sent skeptic Robert Holley to investigate in 1923. He wrote in his final report, "I am wholly conscious of the feebleness of my efforts to convey in words the deep conflicting emotions, the feeling of fear and awe, and the desire for an inspired understanding of the Divine Creator's work which presents to the human eye such a complex aggregate of natural wonders."

A whole new world -- majestic, wondrous and awe-inspiring – lay hidden from view. Its unimagined beauty can only be experienced by exploring beneath the surface.

And so it is with people. We each possess a unique inner beauty that can be discovered by anyone who cares to explore beneath the surface. You may have even successfully hidden it from yourself, but that does not mean it doesn't exist. And your outward appearance probably has little relation to the magnificent wonders that lay just below.

Happy people habitually explore beyond appearances and are usually rewarded. They learn to see beauty others might have missed. And they become acquainted with a richness within themselves often hidden from view.

Where will you look for beauty today?


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--Win Borden

The Importance of Shielding

by Karyn Greenstreet

Here are several shielding techniques that you might try. All of these techniques follow the same method of creation: simply calm and center yourself as much as possible, then imagine, see or feel the shield forming and coming into being. At first you may need to work on creating your shield through meditation or visualization. In time, it will only take a few seconds for the shield to come into place, simply by thinking about it.

The Egg

The Egg is often used, mostly because it's very effective The idea is to imagine yourself surrounded by an "egg" of energy made of any material you like: silk, tree leaves, wood, etc. (or just plain light). Imagine that every time you breath out, you reinforce the egg. The idea is, instead of YOU creating it and recreating it all day, it is created by the outward breaths you make naturally. Every time you breath out, it reinforces the energy shield. In this way you don't have to "work" at it and you don't have to drain your own energy.

The Wall

Another technique is to build an energy wall again, made out of whichever material feels right to you, that "bounces" the negative energy from the other person. This one, of course, is not a filter, but a protective shield since bouncing precludes any information getting to you.

Waterfall/Lightfall

Another technique is to imagine yourself immersed in a waterfall or a "lightfall" (where light pours from the Sun around your body) and washes away energy that tries to cling to you.

Wall of Silk

Another shield that a friend of mine uses is to imagine constantly moving silk squares all around your body, constantly shifting and flowing, so that energy has to take a longer route to reach the "inner you." This defuser allows the energy to expends itself on trying to get past all the silk fabric moving back and forth, and by the time it gets to you it's a weaker signal.

Meditation of Protection/Room of the Soul

Take a moment now to try this simple shielding exercise. Imagine yourself surrounded by a lovely room with wooden ceilings, floors, walls that glow beautifully. Take a moment to make this room feel real. This is your Room of the Soul. Add a lamp, a bookcase, some crystals, perhaps burn some incense. Whatever makes you feel comfortable and insightful and calm. Imagine, see or feel yourself sitting in this room on the most comfortable chair you've ever sat upon. Imagine that there are windows across one wall, windows that you can open and close, windows with screens on them to filter out the air and energy that enters your room. Know that you are safe and protected in your room, that you can still look out the windows and observe the world, but that the world cannot come inside without your permission.

Guides and Guardian Angels

The final technique is just to imagine that your Guide, or Guardian Angel (or whatever works for you) is holding you in an embrace, and all energy enters him/her/it first so that you only receive the level you can manage that will not harm you.

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--Mildred White Struven

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

--Albert Einstein

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