Numerous mediums have told my mum she’s very psychic, despite the fact she hasn’t begun to develop this gift.  She also used to receive regular treatments, therefore her experiences of Reiki may be more advanced as she’s now very receptive to the energy.

Nevertheless I want to demonstrate the different experiences that people can have with Reiki and my mum is a great example.

Here’s what she said about her first mother daughter Reiki session…

I have had Reiki treatments before but this was the first one with my daughter.  I had been feeling very depressed and anxious due to the loss of my best friend but as the session started I felt a calmness within and around me, soon into the treatment I had visions of colour which were mainly blues, lilacs and purples which seemed to be appearing as clouds that started large and gently faded to make way for the next colour.  As her hands moved over my body towards my legs i had a feeling of tingling heat in my stomach area before suddenly seeing a buddhas head in my mind’s eye, as i focused more I could see that it was just half and not the whole of a buddhas face. During the whole session i felt relaxed and calm and felt as if i were in a dream like state and could have stayed in this place for many hours.  In the days that followed I felt much clearer in my mind about things that have happened and less anxious.

Hallo liebe Leser,

am Samstag geht um 18:30 Uhr das absolute Topspiel in München über die Bühne. Der FC Bayern München empfängt in der Allianz Arena den Meister aus Wolfsburg. Ganz Fußballdeutschland wird morgen nach München schauen und dieses Spiel bewerten, analysieren und lange darüber sprechen.

Seit 43 Jahren sind die Bayern nicht mehr so schlecht in eine Saison gestartet. Mit 2 Punkten aus drei Spielen ist es kein Wunder, dass der Baum in München anfängt zu brennen. Einige Fans wünschen sich sogar Jürgen Klinsmann und seine Buddhas zurück, denn so schlecht wie im Moment waren die Bayern selbst unter ihm nicht. Die Bayern haben 3 Tore geschossen, aber auch 4 Tore bekommen. Das ist zu viel für eine Mannschaft, die die Meisterschaft gewinnen will und vor allem in der Champions League etwas reißen will.

Daher hat man am gestrigen Donnerstag knapp 25 Millionen € ausgegeben und mit einem Blitztransfer den Superstar Arjen Robben von Real Madrid verpflichtet. Robben ist ein sehr schneller und technisch hochwertiger Spieler, der Spiele auch im Alleingang gewinnen kann. Er wird den Bayern helfen und wie es aussieht auch morgen auf dem Platz stehen.

Am Anfang der Saison wurde viel darüber geredet, wie van Gaal wohl ist. Selbst die meisten Journalisten in Deutschland kannten ihn nicht. Nun ist er da und leistet keine schlechte Arbeit in München. Es sieht zwar so aus, aber aus der Ferne würde ich sagen, dass die Spieler noch nicht richtig wissen, was der Trainer von ihnen will. Ich frage mich manchmal, ob die Spiele van Gaal immer verstehen, denn in manchen Interviews habe ich Probleme ihn zu verstehen, da er noch nicht das beste Deutsch spricht. Das System, dass van Gaal spielen will leuchtet ein und ist taktisch sehr professionell. Die Frage ist nur, ob und wann die Spieler dieses System verstehen und ob sie es auch abrufen können.

Eines der größten Probleme in München ist aber der Medienrummel. Wie soll ein Trainer mit seiner Mannschaft in Ruhe arbeiten können, wenn die Presse immer auf der Matte steht. Gerade bei schlechten Spielen, wie am vergangenen Samstag in Mainz kocht die Presse über und man hat kaum Zeit für einen klaren Gedanken. Das bringt Unruhe in die Mannschaft und in das Umfeld. Auch wenn es die Spieler nicht zugeben wollen, aber es stört den Mannschaftsgeist und einige sind vielleicht nicht so bei der Sache, wie es eigentlich sein sollte.

Es fehlt bei den Bayern dennoch einer, der die Spieler wachrüttelt und einfach mal dazwischen haut. Als Beispiele fallen mir Oliver Kahn und Stefan Effenberg ein. Bei den Bayern fehlt es einfach an Typen. Der einzige, der ein wenig an die beiden rankommt ist Mark van Bommel. Aber der ist in meinen Augen einfach kein Vorbild, da er bei jedem Spiel rotgefährdet ist. Er spielt immer volle Kanne und das meist auf Kosten des Gegners. Egal ob Lahm, Schweinsteiger oder Klose, sie haben keinen “Arsch” in der Hose um einfach mal zu sagen, was Sache ist. In diesem Bereich fehlt einfach jemand, der die Courage hat auf den Tisch zu hauen.

Ein Problem sehe ich auch auf der Torwartposition. Ich sehe Rensing nicht als die Ideallösung in München. Ich muss sogar Rudi Assauer Recht geben, denn dieser hat in seinem Videoblog gesagt, dass Rensing einer der schlechtesten Keeper der Liga ist. Von vielen Bayernfans wird er hochgejubelt, aber leider zeigt er nicht die Leistungen, die diesen Jubel bestätigen würden. Nicht zu Unrecht sind mit Manuel Neuer und Rene Adler zwei andere junge Torhüter im Aufgebot der Nationalmannschaft. Jörg Butt ist zwar ein guter zweiter Mann, aber als Nummer 1 bei den Bayern nicht mehr gut genug. Es wäre besser gewesen, wenn man Keeper wie Robert Enke und Manuel Neuer verpflichtet hätte. Die Bayern wollen die Nummer 1 in Deutschland sein, dafür braucht man auch einen Torwart, der eben Top-Leistungen zeigt.

Die Niederlage des VFL Wolfsburg am letzten Sonntag war völlig gerechtfertigt. Der HSV war besser und hat verdient gewonnen. Ich persönlich habe nach dem 2:2 gedacht, dass der VFL das Spiel nach Hause bringt, aber dann kam das 3:2 und somit der verdiente Sieg für den HSV.

Ich gehe davon aus, dass der VFL Wolfsburg morgen in der Allianz Arena gewinnen wird, evtl. sogar eindeutig. Die Bayern sind noch nicht soweit, um mit dem VFL auf einem Niveau zu spielen, auch wenn das die Bayernfans anders sehen. Die einzige Chance für die Bayern wäre ein frühes Tor, vielleicht sogar 2. Ich sehe beim VFL nur eine Schwäche… die Abwehr. Diese konnte bisher nicht überzeugen, gerade bei Freistößen hat diese viele Löcher, auch bei Kontern sah der VFL noch nicht so souverän aus.

Wenn der VFL Wolfsburg aber einmal am rollen ist, dann wird Rensing im Bayerntor überrollt werden. Die Bayernverteidigung ist eh alles andere als gut, fast schon amateurhaft. Die Wölfe spielen taktisch sehr gut und vor allem schnell. Sie kontern schnell und machen ihre Chancen eigentlich immer rein. Der Sturm mit Grafite und Dzeko ist einer der besten in Europa. Mit Misimovic im Mittelfeld ist dieses Dreieck fast unbezwingbar. Mit Obafemi Martins auf der Bank haben sie dann noch einen, der schneller ist als der Schall und der vor allem immer für ein Tor gut ist.

Es ist eine Klasse, die nur der VFL Wolfsburg hat. Gerade in der Schlussphase können sie ein Spiel noch komplett drehen und so ihren Gegner schwindelig spielen. In der letzten Saison, genauer gesagt am 26. Spieltag gab es ein 5:1 in der Volkswagen-Arena.  Tore sind also garantiert. Ich gehe davon aus, dass wir ein Spiel auf hohem Niveau erwarten dürfen das am Ende zugunsten des VFL Wolfsburgs ausgehen wird. Ich räume den Bayern ganz ehrlich keine Chance ein, auch wenn sie zuhause spielen und Arjen Robben seinen ersten Einsatz hat.

Die vermeintlichen Aufstellungen:

FC Bayern:

Rensing – Lahm, van Buyten, Badstuber, Pranjic – Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger – Robben, Ribery – Gomez, Olic

VFL Wolfsburg:

Benaglio – Riether, Madlung, Barzagli, Schäfer – Santana, Dejagah, Gentner – Misimovic – Grafite, Dzeko

Eines ist sicher:

Wenn die Bayern morgen nicht gewinnen, dann wird es langsam eng für van Gaal. Ich persönlich würde ihm noch mehr Zeit geben um seinen Plan, seine Strategie umzusetzen, aber wer München kennt, der weiß, dass es alles andere als ruhig werden würde. Man muss abwarten wie das Präsidium auf eine weitere Niederlage reagieren würde.

Der Gewinner ist auf jeden Fall der Fan. Wir dürfen uns auf ein extrem spannendes und richtungsweisendes Spiel freuen. Mit Arjen Robben und Franck Ribery gegen Misimovic, Grafite und Dzeko. Mehr geht in der Bundesliga eigentlich nicht.

Kleine Randnotiz: Bei dem Spiel morgen werden ganze 22 Kameras eingesetzt. Wir dürfen uns also auch auf eine tolle Übertragung freuen.

Ich wünsche viel Spaß und gute Unterhaltung…^^

Geschrieben von Florian Hellmuth

Logoquellen: FC Bayern und VFL Wolfsburg – Die Logos gehören den Vereinen

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Throughout history, there have been many symbols representing our connection to the earth and respect for nature.  The buddha is one of the most familiar of these.  The idea that the cycles of nature mirror those of our own lives is represented in the buddha, and traditional wood carvings in the form of masks and statues keep these ideas alive day to day.  As we strive towards peace, happiness, good and inner wisdom in our lives, keeping the buddha close can help us to remember and celebrate these values.

Fuck me dead it’s HOT!

Thailand was hot, full fucking stop – if you’re not used to incredibly hot and humid weather, this is not the country for you. The heat in this country is like being stuck in a train with a shit load of fat people. I can withstand a 45degree heat summer in Sydney, because it’s dry heat, whereas the Thai heat makes you feel a bit like you’re suffocating. The country is right at the equator, so you feel the full force of the sun, but I can tell you now I loved it! It was winter in Oz when I left, and I needed heat and sun after 2years of crappy weather in London! On top of all this, the photo above is one of the most amazing pictures I have ever taken ANYWHERE! Gah – it was an awesome country.

Now, Ayutthaya is about an hour or so away from Bangkok so you have a lot of choices to get there. Hotels offer about 2000 baht to have one of their drivers take you around Ayutthaya themselves (don’t let them raise that price up, the Thai are used to bargaining, bring it down to at least 2500). I refused to do this, I experienced all the countries in Europe by myself, I am not taking the easy way out. I took a taxi to the nothern trainstation, and then a bus to Ayutthaya, then I hired a tuk-tuk and all together it cost 1000 baht! (Btw, this is Nong, my tuk-tuk driver). The normal rate for the tuk-tuk is 200baht an hour, but I paid him extra cos he was heaps nice. (the bus single is 80/90baht)

Wat Phra Mahathat

Now, Nong (like most Thai people) cannot speak any English at all, except maybe, “Hello”. Don’t expect the Thai to speak English, cos they can’t. I wasn’t even sure his name was Nong, he was introduced to me as Nong, by another tuktuk driver – it may be a Thai word. But he shall be called Nong for now. He took me to my first temple which was amazing. And like ALL Thai people, he was as nice and polite as ever. In all accounts I have read, and all the people I have met, the same is consistent – it is rare for you to meet a Thai person that is an asshole. They’re all nice.

Now, because of the major language barrier, he figured out a way for us to communicate where we should go (and I suggest you do the same thing). He had a bunch of post-cards of Ayutthaya, and I basically pointed to each thing I wanted to see. Simple as that. First place was the giant reclining Buddha. It was MASSIVE! Compare it to the woman. This was soooo Street Fighter, seriously, Sagat vs Ryu.

Monument of King Naresuan the Great & Wat Phu Khao Thong

I think the Thai have great respect for their Royalty. Nong kept stopping at this giant cocks, calling out, “helloooo” – signalling me to take a photo of them. I was not only mightily impressed by the size of them, but also by the sheer amount of them on the way to the temple.

The temple itself was a bit wonky, I didn’t really get how that managed to happen. It was a magnificent site, and on the way to the temple – there is a scungy little lake filled with hungry cat-fish. Nong was having a break with a fellow tuk tuk driver in the shade, while I was burning my ass walking up those bloody steps.

The view from the top was spectacular, it was much higher up than I thought it was. Inside wasn’t much, it stunk with incense and had a buddha shrine – but I couldn’t stand being in that hole because I am claustrophobic and it was simply too hot. But it was absolutely worth the climb.

Then I realised, crap, it’s a long way down. Btw – this particular temple is not a major tourist attraction, therefore only these tiny stalls. Also (this is was a common experience for me in Thailand) but everyone assumed I was Thai because of my skin colour and eyes. I had to greet people by bowing with my hands together because they would find it rude cos I look brown, but I also had to explain that I was Filipino.

There are things in common with the Philippines however, other than my skin colour. We have many stray dogs like these, that are starved to death, overly inbred and on the verge of death. Filipinos will just eat them.

We also have water buffalo like these, but this one doesn’t look like any one I have seen before. It was smooth, and a yellow colour.

Wat Na Prameru Rachikaram

I didn’t ask Nong to bring me here, but I guess he thought I would like it because I kept pointing at a golden buddha (there was a golden buddha in here). This is apparently one of the few in tact temples left in Ayutthaya that the Burmese didn’t destroy. Also not a tourist hot-spot. I had to take my havies off to get in, I hate the feeling of sweaty tinea.

I pointed out to Nong that I wanted to go here, the post-card was quite misleading and there was a lot of Photoshop done to make this picture look like that. I have no idea what this temple was called, but it was in absolute ruins. It was worth the short visit though, cos there is other crap to do here.

I liked how the ruins were surrounded by these dogs, and sometimes you just have to find things that are unique – because the temples started to all look the same (just like the Churches in France I kept taking photos of two years ago).

Wat Yai Chaya Mongkol

Nong made the assumption that I needed to go to the toilet (have no idea how he knew, but I was drinking so much water this day it was so hot, that I actually didn’t need to go) but I peed anyway. I didn’t intend to go to this temple (some of the tuktuk drivers are paid in gas coupons to take people to temples) but it was still awesome. The reclining Buddha wasn’t as nice as the other one though, but more Tourists were at this one.

Look at what they bloody placed in front of the god. That wierd blue cat – wtf? It would be like putting mickey mouse in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Wat Phananchoeng Worawihan

Now, this was a MAJOR tourist attraction (but for Thai people I think), so much so that there were hardly any parking spaces and there were giant buses filled with tourists (oddly enough, there were hardly any white people). Anyway, there is as massive golden buddha in here (sorry guys, the buddhas will be in the next post). Luckily, Nong found a parking space right in front of the entrance.

I had to take a picture of this, but everywhere you go in Thailand, there are portraits of the Royal Family. All covered in gold leaf, and all of them massive. I don’t really know what to make of it, but I would hate to be staring at Queen Elizabeth all day, every 15minutes.

This was pretty cool, Nong was sort of leading me toward a monk with a microphone and a crap load of people. He pushed me to the front of the line, and made me get a plate with some wax to pour into that blue thing (so basically a shit load of people help to make a giant candle). It must have been something religious, but that felt really welcoming. The monk spoke to me for a bit, but I couldn’t understand him.

Nearby there were a crap load of Markets, but they weren’t for tourists (and by tourists, I mean foreign tourists), cos there was nothing obvious that could be sold to tourists.

Now, coming from the Philippines, I am game to try anything. But this was the first day of my trip, and I wasn’t going to ruin it with giant bouts of diarrhea.

Wat Phra Mahathat

Now it was only fitting that we ended, where we started from. I wanted to see a giant head inside a tree. But this place reminded me strongly of Tomb Raider, but I can tell you what, I was not in the mood for running … period. The heat slows my ass down. It was still a freaken nice temple.

But this made an excellent end to the day. I have never seen anything like it, and to be honest, seeing the gold filled churches of Toledo doesn’t seem to compare to this somehow. I had a really good day thanks to Nong and his Tuk Tuk.

Not many people smoke in Thailand (this is what I saw, hardly anyone did and I hardly saw cigarette butts). Anywho, I was signalling Nong, cos I wanted some. And Nong and his tuk tuk driver friends kept saying “seven, yeah – yeah – yeah, go to Seven” – long story short, Nong suddenly took his tuktuk into town to park outside a 7/11. I only realised then, that they could read the “7″ but not the “Eleven” which was written in English. Managed to buy L&Ms with the most disgusting anti-smoking image … yuck.

Practitioners of the pure Bon “look to a prehistoric Buddha from Tazik (stag-gzig), in Central Asia, as the source of their tradition. The title Tonpa (ston-pa) means ‘teacher’ in the sense of the original founder of a spiritual tradition, who is the source of this revelation. According to Bonpo belief, Tonpa Shenrab was not merely a priest or shaman, but a fully enlightened Buddha (sangs-rgyas)…

The title Shenrab Miwoche means ‘the great human being who is the supreme Shen practioner.’ The ancient word gshen is untranslateble and is sometimes used as a synonym for Bon and Bonpo. Shen was also the name of the clan to which Tonpa Shenrab belonged, that is, dMu-gshen, the celestial Shen. The Shen clan (gshe gdung-rus) continues as one of the principal Bonpo lineages even today. In the early days, transmission of the teachings was often through family lineages.” -Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings.

“Tonpa Shenrab was manifested as Chimed Tsugphud (‘…Immortal [Master] with a Top-knot’) in his previous [incarnation], and Sakyamuni Buddha was a disciple of his called Sangwa Dupa…

After that life, during Tonpa Shenrab’s time, Sakyamuni Buddha was again one of his main disciples, named Lhabu Dampa Tobkarpo… [Sakyamuni Buddha] asked his teacher [Buddha Tonpa Shenrab] what could he do to help sentient beings, and Tonpa Shenrab told him that he should help the people in India, who were following religion with the wrong view. For that purpose Tonpa Shenrab gave Lhabu Dampa Tobkarpo [Sakyamuni Buddha] an initiation so that in [the future] …he would not forget the teachings.

Thus, he was born in India as prince of the Sakya clan and taught following the instructions given previously to him by his teacher, Tonpa Shenrab, benefiting many sentient beings.” (Encyclopedia of Monasticism by William M. Johnston, Claire Renkin)

“In the Tibetan Bon tradition, we also prostrate in front of a Refuge Tree or a merit field.

Both of these are pictures, mental or actual pictures, of Buddhas, Boddhisatvas, Masters, Deities, Teachers, and sentient beings. We visualize the refuge tree or merit field with a good heart and intention, to purify all the negative energies and negative karma. We bless ourselves during prostration and in turn receive all their blessings. ” – Geshe Yong Dong, Sherab Chamma Ling, Tibetan Bon Buddhist Center

According to the Bon tradition, Lord Tonpa Shenrab wasn’t only the founder of the Bon religion but also the first Buddha two appear in this age of degeneration.  Buddha Tonpa is the First Buddha.

This weekends kiln, full of buddhas and bowls. The buddhas will be going into future mosaics.

Humility is her greatest magnetism, courage her inspiration, innocence her strength, surprise is her most beloved tool, wisdom her compassion, humour her love, loyalty her truth, gratitude her power, patience her deliverance and candleflame her companion, for it is a light in the darkness, a pearl amidst the tears. Her purity comes from her love for her creator. For he who finds her breathtakingly beautiful. Her only desire, to please her creator – to be all that she can be in her highest form.

The Goddess holds the Universe within her. Her home the all embracing Andromeda Lotus – the lotus within ones heart. She is the one-in-a-million-chance. The epitome of the anomaly. Herain comes to anyone to teach them to follow their heart. Her energy, all pervading, all encompassing. Thunder is the messenger of the Goddess, water her element, rain dance her ritual, the Leopard her Guardian beast. You will find Herain within everything that exudes feminity. She is in every woman, your mother, your sister, your beloved.

Herain holds the wisdom of Aloneness, and she walks her own path. She caresses the Gods but is subservient to none. Bound by nothing – only existing to love and be loved. She is the gentlest of Gods, like a light drizzle in the midst of spring – the delicate unflowering of lotus. Yet, she holds within her the power of a thunderstorm – always expressed in the most vulnerable and fragile, insightful and intentful, loving and sensuous, nurturing and abundant, expressive and original, surprising and gregarious, wise and wittiest of ways.

Her Magik works in subtlety, and is obvious at the unique moment of truth – where its manifestation can effect the highest teaching – the deepest learning, the most innermost realisations.

She journeys often to the Purelands to learn from the Buddhas. Attaining great satisfaction from the very act of learning about Ultimate Truths and freedom from Illusions. About providence and purpose, the warrior and the monk, the householder and the philosopher, the Ruler and the Ruled. For every being who gave their lives to doing the undone, walking the unwalked, standing apart by pure purpose and not by choice, this is your Goddess.

The secret to life isn’t hidden. It’s the most obvious of the truths. It’s the one that stares you in the face, and because of this, we don’t notice. The Goddess Herain is the embodiment of the miraculous nectar or life. The very same principle that has been the cause for such a thing as romance. To watch chaos locked in a cell of order. The illusion of the silence, the tranquility in the jungle, the divine nature of both birth and death. The experiencing of those inexplicable moments that subtly reveal a greater purpose. These are the origins of the Goddess Herain.

If you wish to be one with the Goddess, walk in the rain, meditate upon the raindrop, for the core of her qualities are inspired by the very purpose of the tears of the sky. She is elemental water and elemental fire – the two working in co-existance.The Goddess manifests through the feminine energies. She takes multiple forms, and visits you through every woman you meet. She is the freedom in ones heart, and when you see the Goddess in others, in yourself, it is a source of immense aspiration, inspiration, and cultivation to be truer to yourself. Be a lamp onto yourself.

Herain is that sensation deep inside of you that whispers about freedom. That sends chills up your spine everytime you break away from your imprisonment. Everytime you make the right choice. She is the spark that teaches you the meaning of liberation, of being complete, being free, self-sustaining.

Herain is the antidote to loneliness. She holds the wisdom of Aloneness. She shows you that you are the entire Universe, that you are immense love itself, that your purpose is simply that – pure purpose.

She most reveals herself in the midst of the free-spirited, of the ever aware, and in those surfacing from the darkness. A lamp to your soul, she is most precious when you are in the darkness, striving effortlessly to rain upon you a plethora of kisses, caresses, embraces, lovebites, sweet surprises, and the wisdom of the Awake.

The essence of the Goddess, and the majesty of her boon, is to show you your own self-sustenance. Your own completeness. In accepting her gift, her healing, you attain liberation from suffering. From Attachment. From Loneliness. She places you in the most fortiduous situation to gather all courage and continue your quest for wisdom.

In every woman, is the mother, the wife, the lover, the sister, the whore, the friend. Each of these qualities is equally precious, and equally to be treasured. When you can see the mark of femininity in this light – when you understand the power of its vulnerability – the profoundness of it – then you will see the Goddess in All things.

 

Spring Sunshine, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Taken yesterday with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.

Despite all my money issues, i went out on a lady-date with one of the girls from work (it was only a dollah covah!)

Sherlocks again <3!  Had a serious blast until who she called the “Alabama Slammah” came over to creep on us.

Some dude from alabama came up here to turn his life around, told us about his wife and her 6 other kids, and how hes an alcoholic.  Neat.  When he started to get racist on us we scooted on out of there.  Nuggs and then home.

I went with a friend today while she got a tattoo.  Kicker is that -I- designed it for her!  It was so incredibly flattering and just unbelievable.  The guy that did all mine did it for her, and it came out awesome. <33333

Ive been thinking about vlogging for a while.  I have a fairly nice camera, and i can edit just fine, but i need a gimmick!

I was thinking last night, as i was reading Catcher in the Rye in the bathtub, how about a bathtub vlog?  I could talk about stuff in the bathtub!  Wearing a bathing suit of course

• bubble baths
• house salad means on the house
• navy ‘husband’ is home for the week!
• Yuengling<3
• lady-dates
• not walking into someones cigarrette
• Tattoos