Went for lunch with a good friend today, which was nice. It’s good that we’re seeing each other more again, there was a while where we just seemed to drift apart but we’re back to the closeness again which is good

Spoke to my dad today, mainly about the job thing. It’s really difficult trying to get the balance between being optimistic and not getting my hopes up. I think I have to accept that I haven’t got any of last week’s jobs, and if it turns out that I have then that’s brilliant, but hopefully it’ll lessen the blow if I end up being right. I just have to keep trying.

Had a friend over tonight for films and pizza (and Count Duckula!), which took an unexpected turn, which I’m not complaining about! I should be seeing him again on Friday it would seem. And apparently I’m beautiful… It’s nice when things happen out of the blue, I’ve fancied him for years! But, once again, not getting my hopes up. I don’t know that I’m really in the right headspace for a relationship, and I don’t know what he’s looking for. But we’ll see.

Oh, and I finished crocheting my dad’s Yule present today and am about 1/4 of the way through my mum’s. Need to carry on crocheting the quilt she wants and make a start on assignment number two tomorrow, fun times!

Here’s an excellent video from Third Age.com on boosting brainpower. We should all try to follow the advice, regardless of whether we have epilepsy or not.

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Yesterday I have written about the observer pattern with a simple example in python. If we are coding in C++, the boost signals library offers a great support. The observer pattern is implemented with the notions of signals and slots. The slots are the observers, the signals distribute the events from the resource to the observers.

Here is our same example in C++ with the boost signal library :

struct MyResource {
 int state;
 boost::signal<void (int x)> sig;

 MyResource() : state(10) {}

 void update(int newstate) {
 this->state = newstate;
 this->sig(this->state);
 }

 void addObserver(const MyObserver& obs) {
 this->sig.connect(obs);
 }

};

struct MyObserver {
 void operator()(int state) const {
 cout << "My observer : " << state << endl;
 }
};

This is just a short preview, the boost library offers much more advanced features, such as connection management, ordering of slots execution, and so on.

Here are Ways #s 4 and 5 from the last post which promised you 5 Ways to Be More Great-full (Boost Your Gratitude Attitude)…

#4: FAMILY (or couple’s) GRATITUDE BOOK
We just spent a very pleasant hour doing this great art & writing interactive project. So simple and yet so meaningful and fun! Quality family time!

We do not watch television, nor do our children. We are dedicated to parenting consciously and strive to support a vibration of love in our household. Yet, given that my husband and I are both entrepreneurs, with seven businesses between the two of us, and given that our children are still quite young, we know how important and sometimes challenging it can be to come up ideas (not to mention time, energy and materials) for positive family experiences.

I myself am about the least craftsy person you will ever meet and can draw a stick figure on a good day! So believe me when I tell you: Yes, you CAN do this project, and probably with what’s already available in your home. It really ranks high on simple, high on fun, high on memorable, and low on expense. (I can NEVER do those Origami things, puuleeeeeazzze, can we talk?)

Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect time to do this Family Gratitude Book…but of course so is any day that ends in “y.” Monday, Tuesday…. Enjoy!

Materials:

All you need is:

Some blank paper (we used printer or copy paper, white)

Construction paper

Ribbon or brass brads to secure the book

Markers, pencils, hole punch and/or scissors

Optional: Stickers, stamps, other art supplies, scrapbook, photos

Definitely: A little bit of time and lots of love!

We started by making a brainstormed list of everything we are grateful for. You can do this any way you like; follow your own creative impulses & inspiration. We have four family members, so I decided to color code what we wrote on this collective page or you could just all write and draw without attributing who said/drew what, or make a chart, have sections of the page, etc. The things my 6-year-old called out first were written in yellow, my 10-year-old chose blue, I picked purple and my husband green. We made a color key on the page and wrote and drew various things we are thankful for: Our dog came first, followed by a lovely torrent such as family and friends, food, a good home, music, the Earth, music, health, God, life and so on.

Then I gave each family member a separate page on which to do whatever they like, the only requirement being that whatever is on the page relates to or represents what they are thankful for. We stuck in some more blank pages, so we can add more later as we are inspired.

The kids each got to pick a color for the front and back covers. The older did the words, the younger did the drawings. We punched holes, added brads, all signed the masterpiece and voila! A Family Gratitude Book.

Not only a wonderful way to spend part of our Thanksgiving Day, but a precious keepsake, and, I trust, a new family tradition as well. We will be sharing this book with family all weekend long and inviting them to add to it as well. And of course, it can be done any day! Every day bears its own gifts if we just open the package.

Today we focused mainly on what we are thankful for in our current lives (now), but we could also include wonderful memories (past) and gratitude for all the blessings on the way! (future)

Alternative for Couples: You can also do this as a Couple’s Gratitude Book or Journal, a beautiful way to show appreciation and deepen connection. So few marriages last or are happy, as we all know, and I am blessed to have a deliriously, deLIGHTfully ecstatic marriage, 12 years strong and better every day. One of the reasons is of course, the selection of the right mate; but in order to do so, we had to do the necessary self-healing and inner preparation to bring whole, healthy individuals to the relationship. Much of this work is presented in my book: The Radical Self-Love Workbook. But it is also essential to nurture even the best of relationships, and my husband and I do so daily in many creative ways such as this.

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Whether you do the Gratitude Book as a homemade book like we did today, like a scrapbook or journal, and whether you do it as a family activity or a couple’s relationship-enhancer, it will help you see your life through the eyes of love and gratitude, and bring you even closer with those you love. Enjoy! And I welcome you to send me a comment or email to share your experience.

#5: Honor the 4 Directions and 4 Sacred Elements:

Earth, Air, Fire, Water

You do not have to be Native American to appreciate one of their traditions, which is to honor the Medicine Wheel, facing each of the four directions, thanking each one for their gifts. This is also a tradition in all indigenous cultures including pre-Christian Europe (a.k.a. Wicca, Druidry, paganism, et al.), Africa, Australia, Hawaii and South America.

In fact, if you scratch the surface beneath contemporary religions on any part of the Earth, you will find an ancient shamanic tradition that honors all the directions and all of nature as sacred.

All things follow this cycle of birth, growth, fruition and quietude, whether we are looking at seasons, a lifespan, a day, or a garden. The beauty of Medicine Wheel ceremony and the paradigm itself is that it can be applied to our lives in so many ways.

So how do you honor the directions and elements, to give thanks for what they give to us so generously? Here are a few ideas:

* Altar: Create an altar to each direction or a Medicine Wheel altar encompassing all the directions/elements. This can be in your home or outside. My husband specializes in creating Medicine Wheels as a sacred practice on the land, and has helped others to do this as well.

* Cherokee Dance of Life – You would need to learn this in person from someone who has learned it, oral tradition. This is an incredible moving meditation to all 4 directions, peoples, and elements which also honors Mother Earth and Father Sky, balances their energies as sacred partners in our hearts, and helps us give away the gifts of Spirit that are our special medicine to share with the world through our right work and service. Occasionally my husband and I share this Dance with our community. If you live near Sacramento, and would like to experience this dance, let us know so we can invite you. Or perhaps Spirit will guide you to another teacher of this beautiful tradition.

* Drum, chant, play flute to each direction

* Give offerings such as cornmeal, tobacco or sage smoke to each direction

* Speak aloud from your heart to each direction and give thanks

* Sweat lodge

* Vision quest

If you do either sweat lodge or vision quest, please do so with the guidance of a Native elder to be sure you do it properly and safely.

* Journal or journey (shamanic meditation) to discover what power animals comprise your personal Medicine Wheel of your own energy field. I love to lead these meditations when I am called to do so. Honoring your own inner Medicine Wheel supports a strong aura and keeps you connected to your spirit guides, if this resonates for you.

Associations with Each Direction

Depending on which culture or even which tribe you consult, there are somewhat different associations with the directions, colors, elements and meanings, the medicine or power that direction helps us receive and embody. The one I am most familiar with follows but this is not dogma, merely a summary of what I have found to be the more universal associations. Follow your own heart and work with any spiritual practice in the way that resonates for your own heart and inner truth.

While I have a small amount of native blood, I was adopted and was not raised in that tradition. I discovered shamanism after my initiation and spiritual awakening 15 years ago. I do not claim to be a tribal elder or teacher of any one tradition. I am an interfaith minister, meditation teacher, hypnotherapist, energy healer and intuitive life coach. I have been on the path of Spirit, studying, practicing and sharing healing and wisdom teachings from many cultures for several decades, so I offer here a simplified summary as a starting point for your discovery journey. You would do well to study more in depth with a local teacher steeped in the particular tradition that calls to your spirit, and of course feel free to research further on the Web, in books, classes, and listen to your own inner guidance. I always say the best way to pray, do ceremony or ritual is the way that feels best to you, with harm to none, of course. But we do need to honor the specific traditions so they are not all diluted through multiculturalism.

From the East we have the yellow people (Asia) and the gift of Air, Brother Wind, clarity of vision, inspiration, the new day, new beginnings, establishment of purpose and intention, and springtime.

From South, we receive the wisdom of the black people (Africa), Fire. The tools, strength, perseverance and energy to follow through and manifest, midday/ noon, summer, also humor and passion, innocence and trust.

The West gives us the culture of the Red people (such as Native Americans), the setting sun, Water, emotions, the fall season, self-evaluation toward completion, looks-within time, peace, rest and healing.

And the North represents the White (European) people and all their cultural gift. The sacred mountain, winter, midnight, time to slow down, go within and be still to receive guidance for what comes next. Completion, what you keep from the past cycle and all that you have accomplished and learned. It is also associated with the Spirit and wisdom.

Note: You can also honor the other 3 directions: Earth (below), Sky (above) and Center (within).

I hope you enjoyed these five creative ways to give thanks and I wish you abundant blessings on your journey!

Finally, in the spirit of Sufi mystic poet Rumi, I invite you to kiss the ground. Blow kisses to the sky. Bow to everything. Everything is sacred.

With Love,

Sage

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“Let the beauty we love be what we do.

There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

- Rumi

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To posses self-esteem is to have self-confidence. Each go hand in hand.  You cannot be confident in yourself if you have low self-esteem. How do you know if you have low self-esteem?

Well, here are some signs:

• Bad body image. Whether you are overweight or thin, your body is not how you want it to look. Or you feel it is not up to the standards of your significant other. You pick out any flaws and over look everything else.
  
• You constantly put yourself down. This is not someone else putting you down, this is about you finding ways to put yourself down about anything.
• Family, friends, or a lover putting you down. If someone tells you that you are not good enough, your ugly or fat, you can never do anything right, this is something that will lead to low self-esteem.
• Doubt. Having doubt that you will ever be successful, find love, that your life will turn around, or that you will be chosen for a job.
  
• You compare yourself to others. It may be based on looks, money, love, family, class, success, luck….something someone else has that is better, you find it. You don’t accept who you are.
  
• Your very shy. Whether you have been that way your whole life or became this way for some reason, you have a fear of being judged or rejected by others.

These are some characteristics of having low self-esteem. It doesn’t necessarily mean you do, if you feel that you are confident in yourself, then most likely you have high self-esteem. If you are reading this it means you are aware of your low self-esteem and you want to take steps to fix that, or at least begin to.  Everyone deserves to feel good about themselves, enjoy their lives to the fullest and not dwell on the little issues of life.

How you can begin rebuilding your self-esteem:

1. Respect yourself. People will only treat you as well as you treat yourself. If they see that you have no self-esteem or respect they will see no reason to treat you any different. They feel as though they can walk all over you and get away with it. Demand more for that for yourself. You deserve it.
2. Respect others. It is very likely that if you treat others well, you will get treated the same in return.  Not always though. You will be seen as a warm caring person and are more likely to be treated warm.
3. Be the best YOU can be. You will never be anyone but yourself. You have to realize that if you try to change who you are or how you look you will never be truly happy. Take action to change things about yourself without changing who you are to make yourself happy and complete. Boost your confidence. Go get your hair done,go shopping,  get a new wardrobe with clothes that accentuate your own body type instead of the body type you want. People will see the difference in your mood and personality and in return see you as a more approachable, fun person.
4. Work out. It’s a proven fact that people who work out are happier. Doing just a half an hour of cardio a day will boost your mood, get your blood pumping and release “happy” endorphins, causing you to be uplifted. In return, you will be healthier and maybe even shed a few pounds.
   
5. Rid yourself of unhealthy affairs. Friends or a boyfriend who always put you down are going to continue to dwindle your self-esteem. The faster you realize that you are worth more, that you are better than them and want to feel better about yourself, the faster it will happen. Either stick up for yourself, or GET THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE.  Don’t let them back in unless they agree to and prove that they will help you with your issues. If they don’t, it’s clear that they don’t care about you, so why would you want them in your life anyway?
6. Alone time. Spend time by your self, doing things you love. Write, read, go fishing, take a road trip, blast music, sing out loud, take your dog for a hike, treat yourself to your favorite desert. Do something that makes you feel happy.
7. Friends. Surround yourself with people who love you, care about you and treat you well.
   
8. Talk. If you feel like you need help becoming a happy, self-confident person you may benefit from talking to someone even if it’s just with a loved one. You will learn that you have support and people who are there for you and care about how you are feeling. That may be all you need to push yourself a little further.

Self esteem is critical in living a happy, healthy life.  I think everyone wants that. If you have people in your life who can help you or know the facts of how to recover yourself then there is hope of having everything you want.

So. Das mußte mal raus.

Nein. Ich leide nicht seit neuestem unter Tourette. Aber inspiriert durch drölfzig Hits am Tag von Leuten, die nach “Endlich! Tierpornos im öffentlich rechtlichen TV!” suchen und hier landen, starte ich jetzt ein kleines Experiment zum Wochenende. Ich möchte wissen, wie sich nach dieser Megaüberschrift die Zugruffszahlen in den nächsten Tagen so entwickeln, ob es quasi wirklich reicht, so einen Scheiß einfach in die Überschrift zu packen. Bei den Tierpornos hat es das nämlich. Effektivst bis zum heutigen Tag. Besser als alles, was mit Games und anderen Dingen, über die ich öfters schreibe zu tun hat.

Und ja, ich hatte mir überlegt, für den letzten Satz ein anderes Subjekt zu verwenden, aber man soll ja nicht schlecht über andere Leute reden, bei Hitler ist das allerdings egal und stimmt ja auch. Wobei – beim Sex bin ich mir nicht so ganz sicher.

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I’m writing this post because so many well-meaning, conscious, spiritual people are missing some significant information and tools when it comes to Law of Attraction and being a conscious cocreator of your life with Spirit.

One of my wonderful Facebook friends recently wrote a post:

“If you examine your history, you cannot help but repeat it! Law of Attraction says it is so:

‘Whatever I am looking at, I am including in my vibration.’ — Abraham”

This sparked a controversy with 19 people weighing in, many fully agreeing and many others, myself included, objecting to this as an oversimplification and stating that, even though it is true that our focus does permeate our vibration and thus create, it is actually NECESSARY to understand and heal our past in order to learn what we need to from it and be able to truly free ourselves from its hold on us and move on into something even better.

We have to put our attention on our intention BUT if we are not aligned strongly and consistently enough with our intention, if we are trying really hard to make it happen but it’s just not working, that’s a sure sign we need to do some inner healing work before we do any more manifesting and attracting and creating. It’s inner, not, outer time, first.

I feel so strongly that so many New Age, metaphysical folks are so hyped up about positive thinking and “just focus on what you want,” they are missing something vital:

For most people, with most long-term issues, simply striving to be positive and focus on their intentions is NOT enough to bring about the desired results. We need to learn from our past, and use that wisdom to create our best future, while living in and enjoying the present.

So here I go on my soap box again.

The Abraham work and all the other good Law of Attraction stuff out there is not intended to be interpreted as “Ladeeda, we can just be positive 100% of the time and only good things will come to us. All that yucky stuff from the past – I’m done with that now and all I have to do is think good thoughts and I will attract all my desires. Abracadabra!”

So allow me to bust that myth and empower you with a much more in-depth and practical approach:

1- Our past is important. Just as our current emotions are indicators of the distance between where we are at and where we want to be, our past is one of our teachers as well. We can – and indeed need to – turn our wounds into wisdom. Some of our life experiences we may label “good” or “positive,” we feel we were successful and these we can apply to continue to utilize and build upon what worked for us, while the so-called “negative” experiences or failures are also useful in several ways.

For one thing, we can clarify more clearly what, exactly we DO want by contrasting it with what we do NOT want anymore. This applies equally well to health and lifestyle choices, work, home, community, as well as relationships.

Secondly, we can learn psychologically and spiritually: What was my lesson in this?

Thirdly,we can discover, with proper reflection, which may include prayer, meditation, journaling, counseling, or even insightful conversations, that there was truly a silver lining, a gift in every experience we have had. Sometimes we don’t see it at the time, it feels horrible, we may even be devastated that that relationship or career didn’t work out, that we had that disability or lost our house, but ultimately, when we see through the eyes of Spirit and Love, we will always find that everything happened for a reason and we can find something to be grateful for, even if it’s just the ability to make a different choice next time.

2- Until we learn our lessons from the past, we are going to UNCONSCIOUSLY repeat them. This is true of humanity when we look at larger societal choices as well as on the personal level. Ignoring our past and zapping it like it didn’t even happen is not the solution. In fact, ignoring our past and stuffing it over there, oh, that’s too messy, I don’t want to deal with that right now, does not free us from it, it actually dooms us to repeat it.

3- The Abraham work says that our DOMINANT thought is the one that runs the show, and I agree with this. The catch is: Our dominant thought is seldom a conscious thought, so we cannot expect to simply push a button and “There, I’m only going to think good thoughts, feel good feelings and make good choices from now on.”

We have to heal all those billions of subconscious beliefs that we are carrying around which arose out – what? Our past experiences and programming, of course.

I do agree that many people spend far too much time simply repeating their “story,” which actually keeps them stuck in it and keeps giving it energy. There is a big difference between looping an old version of a reality we no longer want, whining about it, being a drama king/queen, vs. actually being willing to visit the past (with support if necessary) with the intention of looking in the mirror, releasing what no longer serves, with forgiveness, finding the lesson and gift in it, and moving confidently forward into a better life we are creating for ourselves, from the inside out.

Do we need to look at our past? Absolutely.Do we need to keep telling it over and over? Absolutely not.

4- We need to process stuck emotions. Sometimes we need to move some rage. Shake off some old energy. Sometimes we need to express ourselves to someone, forgive, be forgiven, and it doesn’t matter if they’re alive or dead or whether their human self is willing to hear a word we are saying. We just talk to their Higher Self, soul to soul. We look in the mirror and show them a mirror as well. I have an extensive guided meditation and energy healing journey that I guide people through called the Healing Past Relationships Journey (soon to be available as a CD/MP3 audio) which facilitates this soul-to-soul communication, energy exchange, forgiveness and healing. Or you may be able to do it for yourself, perhaps by writing a letter or through ceremony. We need to visit our past just enough to learn from it and to heal it, not rehash it or keep talking about it for decades.

We also need to forgive ourselves. And forgive God!

The work I do as an energy healer, intuitive, hypnotherapist and life coach focuses on identifying the current condition of your Body, Mind, Heart and Soul and creating a complete, intuitively guided healing program that empowers you to remember who you really are, to love and heal yourself completely, and to clarify your vision and reawaken your passion, power and life purpose — to create the life and love of your dreams. I am a Law of Attraction coach, and people often begin working with me when they realize (see with Real Eyes) that they are working so dang hard on themselves, have been for years, yet something is still stuck. They are willing, finally, to do what it takes to really succeed, so we go places, often in the first session, that completely amazes them.

5- We need to heal core issues and heal on all levels.

For example, some of my recent clients have improved their relationships, found lasting love, launched their heart-centered business, created more harmony in their parenting or other family relationships…..In every case, we needed to do some deep CORE ISSUE healing at the level of the SOUL and the ENERGY FIELD, the kind of healing that is more difficult to do by one’s self when we are emotionally caught up in our “stuff,” scared, frustrated and depleted.

I do sometimes have clients who try to turn the sessions into talk therapy and keep going on and on about their problems. They are stuck in their story. So I ask them, “Do you want to talk about it or do you want to heal it?” If they keep wanting to talk about it, they are not ready for the kind of healing I do. If they want to heal it, I can help them heal themselves but we have to go much deeper than just talking. Deep omnidimensional energy healing at the soul level i.e. soul retrieval, regression, rebirthing, hypnotherapy/NLP, ceremony, forgiveness work, can be extremely helpful, especially if a person is unable to break free of an old belief/energy. We shift the energy & belief at the original cause and core. I channel empowering self-healing techniques they can do on their own to continue the healing and keep building the positive energy.

We don’t ever have to be 100% healed, nor is that even possible so long as we are human. But we need to be healed enough to be free to focus on what we do want, move forward and create from an aligned, clear, positive state of being and love.

6- ALIGN, ATTRACT, ACT.

People so caught up in the Law of Attraction who simply read a few books, go to a few workshops, watch a couple of movies, often fail to understand that trying to get into ACTION mode before you are ALIGNED does not work. Law of Attraction works – once we are aligned with our desires. If some part of our subconscious mind or energy field is still playing the tape of a limiting, negative belief, we are not going to be able to just attract what we want, no matter how many affirmations we say or vision boards we make!

7 – I want to make one more point about the past and this concept of time. We can only live in one time: the present. We need to heal and learn from our past and draw upon its power, we need to envision and align with our best future, and yet we can only live right here, right now. All times exist in this moment of choice: now.

I personally feel we need to spend MOST of our attention right here, where we live. In this body. On this planet. Enjoying this life to the fullest. Mindful. Heartful. Soulful. Bodyful. Beautiful! When we work with the concept of time as fluid and simultaneous and quantum rather than linear, we find that every moment is a portal home.

We can also change our past shamanically, redream it. This helps us create our best future as well. This can be done through shamanic trance healing and/or conscious dreaming.

We each have the power to facilitate miraculous healing and success beyond our wildest imagination. We don’t have to spend years healing the past. We can heal it in an instant, or it may take several months or longer, but if we go deep enough and work at the level of the soul, core beliefs and original causes, the quantum and cosmic fields and on all levels, if we do this work with a vibration of love for ourselves and all beings, we will grow into being who we came here to be.

I love the Abraham work but sometimes a phrase taken by itself does not present the complexities of the spiritual nature of the Universe. True healing and conscious creation of our lives will always involve navigating the territory of our past with loving kindness and forgivness, with an open mind and a willingness to learn and grow so we can create an even better future. And we can do this today.

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This is a snap shot of my Facebook page taken about 5 minutes ago:

Shock! It’s not traditional Facebook blue! (No, I didn’t hack Facebook.)

Rather I tweaked my personal view of Facebook with a really cool Mozilla add-on called Boost. Boost offers a wide variety of theme/skin options for your Facebook viewing pleasure; themes based around your College/University colors, favorite bands, and sports teams. There are even themes titled Hogwarts and Spongebob. Most of the themes combine a color scheme with some logo artwork in order to morph Facebook into anything you want.

Unfortunately, Boost is having a little trouble with skins right now and the logos aren’t showing up, but don’t let that dissuade you from giving Boost a try. You can still have fun with colors. I chose black today because I’ve been staring at the computer all morning/afternoon and it’s vivid and easier to read. Yesterday, it was pink; a testament to my craving for cupcake frosting. While the option to change skins is definitely a fun way to spice up Facebook, don’t underestimate Boost’s other features.

Personally I’m a big fan of it’s Auto-EZPoke feature, especially since I’m now currently winning a FB Poke War with my good friend Lexy. I also love that Boost offers you the ability to hide most of the ads and general junk that clutters up the right hand column of the FB homepage. This is what my right hand column looks like.

Honorable feature mentions also include: Roll-over pictures to enlarge them, auto-refresh the home page (Boost suggests using this + auto poke for fun poke wars, and I can attest to the fact that this is a hilarious and accurate suggestion), auto-log in (though you may already utilize this through your browser) and their FB video downloader (I haven’t used this last on yet but it sounds neat).

Boost isn’t brand new to Mozilla by any means, nor is it the only amazing Mozilla add-on but, in my honest opinion, for someone who spends several hours a day lurking on Facebook it takes my experience to a higher and more playful level.

Do you have a favorite Firefox add-on? Tell us about it in the comments. (And don’t forget a link to where we can get it too!)

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Carl

6 months, 1 week and 3 days ago I realised I was in love. It wasn’t one of those big moments that you read about in Jane Austin books, more of a general note take really. Realising what it feels like, to be, in love. Of course I’d loved things before that moment, my family, my best friends, my dog, but it’s something noticeably different when you are IN love. I don’t know whether my story has a happy ending yet, I’m only young! Life doesn’t have those neat little endings you read about. 

 I’ve come to learn about so many things this year, what it feels like to lose someone, to fall in love, to be jealous, to be bitter, to be a whore, to be a saint. Truth be told, I’m impressed with myself! I know that there are still things to learn. Things to discover about myself, about the world and probably the past but I’m ready for that.

I tell people that I want to go to university…”Really?” “Will you be okay?” “What will your mum do?” “Ooh I didn’t expect that.” Well you know what, screw them. So what if I can’t get in a few shops, or I find hanging towels up to be more of an issue than most, I’ll find ways round that. I’ll buy a towel rack, I’ll tell the shop assistants what I want from the door…I’ll go to McDonalds drive thru a lot.

Right now I just need to get away, challenge myself; detach myself from things I’ve grown glued to because I’m so used to being a bit of a loner or the odd one out amongst my friends that I NEED to be alone and just do it.

So, here’s my promise and if any of you realise I’ve broken this promise you have permission to spam this page as much as you like: I will not give up at the first hurdle. If I want something I’ll keep trying.

You can’t force people to see that there’s a way around things, but you can teach yourself that. I tried changing myself this year, I liked the new me but it wasn’t naturual, it was too premature, following this I accidently became someone else and you know what? I kind of like it, feels natural, feels cool, I wear new clothes and everything, I can now put orange, green, yellow and purple together and still feel good.

2 months ago I suffered a minor ‘heart break’. It was the biggest boost I ever got.

Ali x

Patch 3.2 was a good one for Mutilate Rogues’ and Patch 3.3 looks like it will be too. Recent updates to the Patch notes appeared yesterday.

Deadly Poison: In addition to its existing effects, when a rogue applies Deadly Poison to a target which has already reached the maximum number of applications, this will also trigger the poison which the rogue is using on his or her other weapon.

Improved Poisons: Bonus chance to trigger Deadly Poison from this talent increased.

This means for Mutilate Rogues on a single target you should see more procs of Instant Poison. This should be another great DPS boost for us.

The change with improved poisons should also boost the Mutilate Spec DPS with multiple target boss fights. Although the percentage help is very small, anything to help rebuild stacks of Deadly poison on a target is welcome!

Keep it coming Blizz!

If you say, “I want to be successful in business” then it means that there is a lack of success in your business and this area is not receiving required energy either from body or mind. To make your business a successful one, give it Reiki – the universal energy, on a regular basis.

Giving Reiki to Your Goals and Objectives

How does Reiki work here?

1. I am not successful in one area of life because there is internal resistance – otherwise known as psychological reversal or internal self sabotage mechanism. Reiki heals this internal resistance.
2. Some of our intentions are always fulfilled – say for example eating Dosas or going to Mumbai by flight. Though, there are desires that are not fulfilled. Why? It means the energy of those desires is very low. Let us say we require X degrees of energy to get the work done. We have only X – 30. Then these desires can’t be fulfilled. How to increase their energy level? Give Reiki to those intensions. This will boost the energy level of them. For anything that’s not happening in your life, give it Reiki.
3. Reiki channels are successful because they work on the affirmations with lots of perseverance. When we fail, we form a belief – a self-limiting belief. We have to remove that from the mind. We can remove it through Reiki.

Forming Affirmations – there is a structure behind it

1. Write the goal as if it has already happened (affirmation) and give Reiki to it.
2. Add to all the affirmations, “Reiki heal the intention for the highest good for everybody concerned”. Why should we add this sentence to the affirmation? This is surrendering to Reiki, as only on a surrender things will happen. When we believe that Reiki can do it, it will start working.
3. We need to do different intentions on different paper. If one intention is healed, we don’t have to give Reiki to it. Though you can give Reiki for all the affirmations put together.
4. Or use a Reiki box where you can have multiple affirmations inside it and give Reiki to it. The box will be charged permanently and therefore any papers (stuff) kept inside the box will be energised quickly.
5. Draw all the symbols. Need not be in order, for example you can draw Zonar many times before drawing another symbol. You can use both traditional and Reiki symbols here.
6. Have the hands over the box or the individual affirmation (paper) for a minute or two. It (box or affirmation paper) will be energized with Reiki.
7. Instead of doing nothing while hands are placed, you may chant, “I am sorry, please forgive me, love, thanks, divine”. This will provide additional healing to the affirmation.

Saved from Tsunami – a Case History

If there is a problem in the society that means there is less energy. Reiki can be useful to handle that. I have a friend, who was saved from tsunami, by doing the Violet Flame meditation and giving Reiki to her house. While houses around her house were destroyed, her building remained intact, safe and sound.

Intention and Reiki

All our desires and intentions can be fulfilled with the help of Reiki. Reiki works as per our intention. As you intend, energy flows towards that direction or goal. Though, it might take its own route. Reiki can change anybody’s life. It’s a subtle form of energy, result of which, we may not be able to see immediately.

None of your intentions will go unfulfilled if you use Reiki. I challenge you on this!!!