generally, my weekend went well..

..apart from the row i had with my dad about how closed away i was from my family.. and not counting the constant thoughts about how sick a person could make me.

if you can list 3 reasons for why you shouldn’t like him, don’t like him.

ah.. never mind.

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so, the weekend..

saturday was boring, but on sunday, as i said, i went to this attraction park called tivoli world with maria (my best friend ) and both our families to see my sister dance at this one show. after the show, we had some fun on the rides.

after tivoli world, we all went to mcdonalds! for lunch. i had a cheeseburger, a medium french fries thingy, 3 mcnuggets, a large sprite and a kitkat ice-cream cone. mm.. yum yum.

there was a funny text written on the sprite cup :

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i’ve nearly finished twilight. and i realized one thing.

the book is great. it’s the 5th time i read it and i’m still enjoying it just as much, especially the edward-bella relationship at the start-ish.

but catherine hardwicke fucked up everything. she cut out half the main characters’ relationship and she chose the wrong actors, or at least she gave them the wrong roles and characters to play. bella was too dull to be bella. edward was too human and girly to be edward. jacob was too grown-up-looking and well-built to be jacob.

hopefully, the new director has done all they could to fix things up a little. because new moon was a very enjoyable book and i’m going to re-read it this week before going to the cinema to finally watch the movie. and it better not be fucked up. because i want to get it on dvd later, just like i have twilight.

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i bit off two of my nails on saturday :L

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can’t wait for friday.

i’m going to miramar, the shopping centre, with maria and then i’m gonna watch new moon with her and i’m also planning to buy myself an agenda-diary for 2010 and possibly a folder for some personal stuff.

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man.. just as i was writing, i got a phone call from my dad who went to drop my sister at flamenco lessons that they had had a car crash, a really bad one. O_O i got shit scared then. he told me they were totally fine, though they really did fuck up the car loads, and they crashed with another car (though i don’t YET know whose fault it was.. though probably my dad’s :S) and the police was there..

hopefully everything turns out fine.. :S

well.. although at least they came out unscathed. thank god for that at least.

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do to this week:

• to finish reading twilight
• to read all of new moon
• to go to miramar with maria on friday
• to buy the agenda i really wanted in bookworld españa
• to watch new moon
• to criticise new moon and post my opinion of it on my blog
• to take some cool photos and post them up on photoblog
• to do all of my homework this week

as for now..

byebye

xx

PS.. i’m gonna upload some pics and videos a little later.. have no time atm.

 ”Relaxed”

These small, palm sized tea cups are a part of my personal collection. They spread the warmth of the tea through the palms of your hands and it seeps into your whole body. The heat can loosen tight muscles and the tea can relax the knots in your mind.

Following that idea – this painting is in a very “relaxed” style.

Could you do me a favour? If I ever suggest a series of round-ish objects again where symetry is important SHAKE ME!

The sketches come out beautifully but somewhere in the middle of the painting process one side decides to be unique throwing everything off.  I could only finish this painting after I decided to loosen up. Its not perfect, but the colours are beautiful.

The South African government hopes to combat crime at the 2010 football World Cup by setting up special courts…. From BBC News. Full story

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England star David Beckham says he is proud of LA Galaxy despite their MLS Cup final defeat to Real Salt Lake in a penalty shoot-out…. From BBC News. Full story

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England star David Beckham says he is proud of LA Galaxy despite their MLS Cup final defeat to Real Salt Lake in a penalty shoot-out…. From BBC News. Full story

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Caramelised banana, frozen raspberry, and white chocolate truffle

Food Preparation/Creation

The longest part of the prep is the caramelisation of the banana pieces. After cutting the banana into small pieces, I rolled them on a bowl of caster sugar and use chopstick to pick it up and put it on the open flame to burn the sugar until it caramelised. And I have to do it one by one. I wish I had a butane flame blower to do this – much much quicker. Then I let them cool before I put them into the verrine.

The rest is really easy. A couple of pieces of raspberry and then the white choc truffle. I had this white choc truffle that my wife made as part of her French Pattisserie class (how convenient). Then I top it up it a mini mint leaves from my herb pot.

That all sound easy, but I did have to assemble the verrine twice. If you’ve dealt with frozen raspberry before, you’ll know that it doesn’t stay frozen too long. Adding on top of that, I was shooting on one the hottest day in Sydney that time (the temperature peaks at 41 degree Celcius that day). So what happened was I did my first verrine fine and beautiful with the truffle pop out a little bit higher than the verrine glass. As I prepare the scene and the props, etc the truffle has sunk to half the height of the verrine glass. The raspberry layer just get squashed as the raspberries reach the room temperature and become really soft. I decided to keep going and finalise my props before I make the second version. Gotta be quick with frozen stuff. That’s one of the hard part in shooting food stuff.

The Shooting

As with the props, I choose to put a cup of black coffee on the background along with a relatively sizeable sugar container. I wanted to convey the dinner mood at the dessert time. The sugar container sort of reinforce the “sweetness” of the dessert – at the same time balanced out by a black coffee, giving a bit of that coffee-bitter taste so that the overal scene is not to “sweet”.

I also deliberately choose black coloured coffee cup so it almost “blends” in with the dark background and doesn’t become distracting. With the big sugar container, I wasn’t quite sure about it initially because I thought it could be distracting because it’s going to look like a big bright blob at the background. But it kinda turned out ok I think. Maybe the neutral colour with some blurred writings on it makes it work. It sort of draw your eye away a bit from the verrine so forcing your eyes to explore the entire frame a bit more instead of just fixated on the verrine glass.

Camera is really at low angle this time to accentuate the height of the verrine. Also, with low angle, the layer is more visible as is, ie not “squashed” because of the high angle perspective. I did play a bit with exposure to make sure that the frozen ice layer on the raspberry is correctly exposed.

I covered the surface with black cloth to create the low key shot. Soft light is positioned at the usual 10 o’clock direction. Big reflector from 4 o’clock direction elevated quite high so it doesn’t produce a reflection on the glass. I also choose to use portrait orientation because I thought it goes better with the shape of the verrine.

Camera settings are 100mm at F5.6 1/4 second at ISO100.

Observation

A bit of reflection of coffee cup on the glass – again I left it as is. A spot highlight appears on the bottom right of the glass, casting a bright spotlight on the dark surface. I find it quite interesting. Obviously it comes from the softbox and get refracted that way. I’m still trying to get my feel on the type of the verrine glass that’s suitable for dessert or savoury. Some says tall verrines are good for savoury whereas low wide verrines are good for dessert. I deliberately make it the otherway around this time. What’s your take?

“Love”

The shape of a tea cup can change your whole experience – from giant “bowls” of tea at William’s Coffee Pub which invite you to camp out with your homework and a friend to tiny, handle-less tea cups like this which invite you to sample some exotic brews with another connoisseur. 

The beverage you recieve in a cup like this will have a flavour story you can hold in the palm of your hand.

Die Supporter des FC Zürich machten ja mächtig RADAU. Die Stadiongesellschaft soll doch ENDLICH den Gästesektor in den Familensektor verschieben und das ganze gut EINPACKEN. Direkter ZUGANG vom ZUG zum Stadion und vertig LUSTIG für die CHAOSBRÜDER!!!

FC Basel – FC Zürich 4:2 (1:1)
St.-Jakob-Park. – 17′749 Zuschauer. – SR Laperrière. – Tore: 17. Stocker 1:0. 32. Djuric 1:1. 54. Frei 2:1. 58. Frei 3:1. 77. Streller 4:1. 92. Alphonse 4:2.
FC Basel: Wessels; Inkoom, Cabral (66. Ferati), Cagdas, Safari (76. Gelabert); Huggel; Carlitos, Chipperfield, Stocker; Frei, Streller (84. Zoua Daogari).
FC Zürich: Leoni; Stahel, Barmettler, Tihinen, Rochat; Aegerter, Gajic; Djuric (81. Tico), Margairaz, Alphonse; Mehmedi (84. Schönbächler).

This morning, it being a weekend, and the weather being dry for a change, I visited BHS to have a breakfast in their Restuarant.

I must say, whilst it is not anything fantastic, it is remarkably cheap.  I worked out a while ago (can’t say I’m a regular there, possibly every few months) that they make their money on their drinks.  I had an 8 piece breafast once, with an orange juice and a pot of tea.  The food was something like £2.50 – the drinks £4.20! 

Anyway, so, this morning I had my breakfast, with a pot of tea.  Since I last went (I have worked out it was end of August) they have obviously changed the pots they use for this.  I was most surprised to see something that appeared to have come out of a child’s play set.

I poured myself a cup of tea – well tried!  As can be seen the entire contents of the pot was just enough for one cup.  So, why do they bother with the uselessly small pot?  Must be twice as much cleaning costs, but I suppose they make their money by charging £1.25 for a pot, which sounds better than for a cup!!

“Comfort”

With it’s gentle curves, soft colours and handles made for tiny fingers, perhaps this is what your first coffee mug or tea cup looked like.

This painting is based off of my baby cup. Now I watch my daughter’s tiny fingers curl around the handles and I marvel a little to myself that this simple item is beginning its second of many lives.

I thought it was fitting to begin at the beginning for this series of cups.

Enjoy!

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…taken with a 1.3mp camera phone …

This self-stirring teacup by Florian Dussopt and Julie Girard is designed to help you enjoy the last bit of your tea. You know, when the dregs are there and you need to stir them up. The little ball whips around its little track with a little help from you and stirs everything up.

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Following the draw for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola it has emerged that the host nation will play the openner against Mali on January 10…. From BBC News. Full story

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The biggest threat to world peace since the world wars. France “cheating” in their second leg to beat Ireland, and qualify for the next World Cup.

It was dramatic for the fact that the French captain Thierry Henry handled the ball and then tapped it onto to William Gallas who scored the goal, which knocked Ireland out of the World Cup. What followed was worldwide condemnation of this “dastardly act”.

In honour of Diego Maradona who first achieved this feat, I think that this goal deserves to be called the Hand of Cod goal.

Angry people responded by doing what they do best- by vandalizing Thierry Henry’s wikipedia page.

Courtesy: Wikipedia

Cheers to that….

Angry Ireland called on FIFA Thursday to allow its World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, as a dispute over Thierry Henry’s blatant handball threatened to become a diplomatic row.

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he supported the Football Association of Ireland’s request, and promised to raise the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an EU summit.

Video replays showed Henry used his hand to stop the ball going out of play in extra-time of Wednesday’s match, before he passed to William Gallas to head the goal for a 2-1 aggregate win which sent France to South Africa.

TV grab shows French forward Thierry Henry touching the ball during the World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland

“The blatantly incorrect decision by the referee to award the goal has damaged the integrity of the sport,” the FAI said in a statement.

“We now call on FIFA, as the world governing body for our sport, to organise for this match to be replayed.”

As he arrived in Brussels for the meeting to choose two top EU jobs, Cowen said: “Our minister of sport actually will write to FIFA in support of that complaint and look for a re-match.”

He said he and Sarkozy “will probably have a chat about it away from the table,” but added that he wanted football’s authorities to resolve the row and ensure “that fair play is upheld here.”

But as the fallout intensified, the French prime minister said the Irish government should not get involved in FIFA business.

“Neither the French government nor the Irish government should interfere in the functioning of the international federation,” Francois Fillon said.

FIFA confirmed it had received a letter of complaint from the FAI, but refused to say when any decision would be made.

Ireland’s chances of forcing a replay appear slim.

The match in Paris was one of four playoffs on Wednesday which finalised the 32-nation line-up for South Africa.

The draw for next year’s finals is due to be made in Cape Town on December 4, leaving little time in a calendar already crowded by club matches.

Who’s saying what about Henry handball

The Irish football body pointed to a precedent: a FIFA decision in 2005 to invalidate the result of a World Cup qualifier between Ukbekistan and Bahrain on the basis of “a technical error by the referee of the match”.

But a FIFA spokesman said that was a “very different” case, because the referee in the match “saw the incident in question and simply failed to apply the proper rules”.

FAI chief executive John Delaney said his organisation had also written to the French Football Federation (FFF) asking for the playoff to be replayed, and urged FIFA to take action.

“If FIFA believe in fairplay and integrity… this is their opportunity to step forward,” a clearly agitated Delaney said.

“From the French FA’s point of view, they need to look at themselves and look at this situation.

“Thierry Henry’s their captain, he’s a wonderful footballer, but does he want to be remembered like Maradona was in 1986, does he want his legacy to be this handball?” he asked, referring to Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup.

Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni said he did not believe FIFA would grant a replay.

“It is impossible to repeat the game,” the experienced Italian said.

He urged FIFA to explain how Swedish referee Martin Hansson, who failed to spot the incident, had been chosen for such a high-profile match, saying: “For this important game we needed a stronger referee, an important referee.”

Henry himself admitted handling, but said the responsibility for seeing the incident fell to the match official.

Trapattoni refused to blame the player, saying: “It wasn’t up to Henry to say ‘I touched it with my hand’.”

The Irish press were unanimous in their condemnation.

“We were robbed” said the Irish Star, “Le Cheat” added the Irish Mirror, while the Irish Sun splashed with the “Hand of the Frog”.

A Facebook page entitled “We Irish hate Thierry Henry (the cheat)” also drew hundreds of comments, including a call for an Irish boycott of French goods.

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ZENICA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Nov 18, 2009 (AFP) – A second-half strike by Raul Meireles was enough to break Bosnian hearts and send 2006 semi-finalists Portugal through to the World Cup finals on Wednesday.

The Portuguese, once again without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, had won a hard-fought first leg 1-0 courtesy of a close-range header by Bruno Alves on Saturday and again had to be on their mettle before Meireles’ effort ensured their place at next summer’s showpiece in South Africa.

Portugal’s Pepe (C) and Tiago (R) vies with Bosnia’s Zlatan Muslimovic (L) during their WC2010 play-off football match at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica on November 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO

Despite enjoying the lion’s share of possession in the opening period on a heavy pitch the Boisnians failed to carve out any clear chances as the Portuguese sat back hoping to catch their hosts on the counter in their European zone play-off second leg.

Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, whose team limped through the first half of their qualifying programme prior to a late rally, had insisted his team plays better away than at home.

And ten minutes after the restart Meireles ensured there would be no shredded nerves for the visitors as he took a pass from Manchester United star Nani and slipped a low, precise shot past Kenan Hasagic in the Bosnian goal.

“These marathons are only over after the final whistle and I want to thank my players for showing such spirit,” said a relieved Queiroz afterwards.

Meireles saluted the team’s attitude.

“Our play and our attitude were the most important things out there. The pitch was cutting up badly and it was not always possible to play well – but we won, we are through and we are happy. We always believed in ourselves,” Meireles insisted.

Bosnian dangerman Edin Dzeko, whose goals had been instrumental in taking his country this far, was getting little change out of the Portuguese defence and was chiefly in evidence following the goal for getting himself booked.

Minutes earlier Nani himself had come close to breaking the deadlock at the Bilino Polje Stadium but Hasagic blocked well with his legs.

Zlatan Muslimovic tried valiantly to rouse the Bosnians, who enjoyed a late run to land runners-up spot in Spain’s group, edging out Turkey and Belgium, but his probing runs produced no end product.

Portugal sent Edinho on for Nani with 18 minutes remaining after Meireles had first sent an effort skidding just wide before Vedad Ibisevic appealed in vain for a penalty at the other end after tangling with Paulo Ferreira.

Almost immediately, the hosts then found themselves down to ten men as midfielder Sejad Salihovic was dismissed.

The red card brought fury on the terraces and the match briefly came to a halt with one of the linesmen appearing to have been struck by an object thrown from the crowd.

Veteran coach Miroslav Blazevic, who memorably led neighbouring Croatia to third place in the 1998 finals, urged his men on for a final push, Miralem Pjanic scuffing a final chance, but the Portuguese, who introduced Deco for Simao for the closing 11 minutes, held firm.

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LJUBLJANA, Nov 19, 2009 (AFP) – Minnows Slovenia will leave for the World Cup in South Africa with clean boots after Prime Minister Borut Pahor was forced to eat his words and get polishing following his country’s play-off victory over Russia.

The Slovenians pulled off a 1-0 win over Russia on Wednesday and qualified on the away goals rule after the aggregate score of 2-2, playing an attacking gameplan that had commentators purring.

Slovenia’s team celebrate after their World Cup 2010 qualifying play-off second leg football match between Slovenia and Russia, in Maribor (AFP photo)

“Irrespective of the shortfall in youth and experience the Slovenian national football team very quickly understood the legality of modern football at the highest level, and played aggressive soccer, which attracts viewers,” said Slovenian daily newspaper Dnevnik.

“This is no longer a defensive posture waiting for the counterattack.”

The newspaper’s front page headlined with “To Africa with clean shoes”, in reference to Prime Minister Pahor’s promise to the team that he would polish their boots if they won.

Pahor dutifully carried out his task immediately after the game, the paper reported.

“Superb performance in (the Maribor stadium of) Ljudski vrt. South Africa, here we come,” said Slovenian daily Delo.

Former international Branko Oblak, writing in Delo, said Russian coach Gus Hiddink had made the mistake of continuing to pick the wrong players, such as Arsenal’s Andrei Arshavin.

“The Russians did not attack us at all. They sought to play with technique which they do not have.”

Slovenia’s sole sports daily Ekipa predicted that “next summer would be a Slovenian summer”.

“Watch out Brazil, Spain and Argentina. South Africa, prepare, Slovenia is coming.”

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PARIS, Nov 18, 2009 (AFP) – The qualification picture for next year’s World Cup in South Africa after Wednesday’s European zone matches and ahead of the last qualifer between Uruguay and Costa Rica:

(32 nations will take part in the tournament):

Europe Zone

Netherlands, England, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Serbia, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia, Portugal, France

Asia Zone

Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea

Africa Zone

South Africa (as hosts), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria

South America Zone

Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina

Playoff

Uruguay v Costa Rica (1-0)

North America Zone

Mexico, United States, Honduras

Oceania Zone

New Zealand
 

French national football team coach Raymond Domenech (3dR) speaks with defender William Gallas (2dR) next to Swedish referee Martin Hansson (L) during a extra-time break of the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Republic of Ireland on November 18 (AFP photo)

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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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