A Killer in Hong Kong
It was my first time in Hong Kong. I was alone. And I was looking for a killer.
I didn’t think he’d show up by the time I arrived in this beautiful city. But I was wrong. Dead wrong.
Even now, as you read this article, the killer, remains scot-free and very much active. He leaves a trail of bodies everywhere: in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
In Hong Kong, medical authorities said the killer’s victims had doubled in the past 20 years. The bloody butcher’s pattern was known: he claimed one victim every three hours. But no one could stop him. It was my job to find him.
I didn’t carry any weapons on my mission. Guns were useless against the killer. So I had to rely on my wits. All I brought were my microcassette recorder and camera.
As I stepped down from the plane, the cold wind greeted me like a lost sweetheart. It was a little past nine in the morning when I found myself in Hong Kong. I had barely three days to track down the killer. And time was already running out.
It was a shame I wasn’t here for the sights. There is much to see in Hong Kong. This is the place where East meets West in the most fascinating way. Here, majestic skyscrapers tower above ancient temples. Important business deals are made based on feng-shui or Chinese geomancy. And ritzy neon signs come alive at night together with burnt paper offerings meant to appease the spirits.
And who could forget the shopping delights? Over seven million people visit Hong Kong every year. The main reason for this is shopping and one can easily get lost in the mesmerizing maze of market stalls and commercial complexes that offer everything money can buy. You name it, Hong Kong has it – for the right price.
I figured I wouldn’t have a hard time looking for the killer. Going around Hong Kong is easy and there are many ways to accomplish this.
Back home, transportation was a big problem. But here, it’s fast, efficient and there is little or no pollution.
You can get a taxi or minibus. Better still, catch the light rail transit, underground train, or a peak tram that reaches the mountaintops.
There’s also the old, reliable rickshaw for the less adventurous but it’s now confined in the Central District. (Next: On the trail of a killer.)
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Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi ? 1 Part
Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi – 1 Part
By
Saptarishis Astrology
(To gain more please start reading this during Sukhla Paksha,
Friday with left nostril flowing in the Hora of Venus.)
In Vedic astrology there is only one method of timing events of one’s life which is ‘Dasa in conjunction with Transits’. It is not allowed to use transits in solitude though there are paramparas (traditions) who use only transits and no dasas (Late Ravindra Desai’s Parampara). Astrologer by the end of life admit that Vimshottari dasa is toughest, also the disadvantage of using dasa is it gives generally a very broad range of period in terms of timing events and if one gets the dasa of bigger period planets like Saturn, Jupiter, Venus etc then the antar dasa is sometimes of 3 yrs, what to do when someone wants a date of an event, forget date we are unable to even predict the year of an event. Forget the year; we are unable to even predict with all honesty & 100% accuracy if in a subperiod an event will happen or not. To predict what will happen in a current year we refer to Varshaphal method which savants say is not Vedic. For years we wrote on several Jyotish Internet Forums that timing of events as we practice today is not the original method of the sages but obviously such bold statements discarding what Indian Astrologers have been doing for thousands of years would be considered lunacy of a kid. For years we struggled at how to pinpoint the date of an event and got some success in 2004 but due to no software maker ready to incorporate it we had to shelve it as it involved lot of calculations though our friend Jay Weiss in Sweden developed an excel software for it. Then in 2006 when we had left astrology for nearly 6 months something happened and we got the method which gives us a hint of something very ancient. This method we had gotten few years earlier than 2006 but had forgotten about it completely hence the excitement of a kid when we got it back. Before that we must pay obeisance to those souls who were instrumental behind this methodology which has gone ignored and not yet revealed by anyone. Though the truth is we discovered as late as 27th June 2008, 10.45 pm that Late J N Bhasin had written 4 lines on it. In the course of years we also realized that one or two practitioners use it secretly e.g. Shri P.D.Sharma from Delhi whose guru is Mauni Baba uses it and we realized when after knowing only the Asc and age of person, Mr. Sharma predicted 3 events i.e. without knowing any other planet in the chart Mr. Sharma had predicted 3 events for the concerned year. As we had worked on this method for some years we realized he is using this method only.
Without paying Obeisance it is considered a sin hence Obeisance to 2 events:-
1) In ‘The Last Book of Astrology’ which is the greatest book ever on astrology as per us and which some natives do not want to be published as everyone can gain benefit from it, there is a dialogue between a student and the Yogi whose name is Babaji, whose name is featured in our credits list. Babaji gives a chart to the student and asks him to predict when the marriage will happen and how he will go about deducing it. The student says he would use Vimshottari Dasa & then combine it with transits. The Yogi slapped on back of the students head and said when was Vimshottari Dasa discovered, what about astrology before these dasas. Does not the universe have a system imbibed within the basic natal chart (Rasi chart)? The student said how this is possible no astrologer or sage has written about it. The yogi replied that they have written but it is lost or coded as of now but should you not think on what was the system of timing of events before you guys discovered transits, before the 1st panchangas was written. ParaBrahman (The Lord) obviously is more intelligent to see to it that within his nasargik kundali of an individual (Rasi chart) everything about that individual is contained therein. All these dasas, transits everything was discovered many thousands of years later by you all.
The above made us think for a long time and we thought that what we had done in 2004, obviously there must be something similar & simpler than that.
In 2006 our mentor called up and said you have not being doing astrology for 6 months why don’t you now try to decode the system of predicting significant years of one’s life. He said predicting the significant events of one’s life is the ‘Rishi Way’ (one gets a glimpse of it from nadis too). We said if no one has been able to do it successfully in a repeatable method, then how can we do It.? He said in Chandra Kala Nadi there is this system but it is encoded and you must try to decode it. It was at this time that we had called Shri C.S.Patel and asked him ‘Chandubhai, you have never taught me Dhruv Nadi, pls teach me, you see I love Dhruva a lot and so I must learn the secrets of Dhruv Nadi’. He replied in his strict tone ‘No, concentrate on Chandrakala Nadi, it is the besttt’. We felt dejected and depressed quite a lot but Gurus words never go to waste if one takes it in all its honesty and we thought even mentor has assigned us to work on Chandra Kala Nadi so we shall do it. We spent 2 hrs outside a Trial Theatre (where movies are shown to film stars & distributors much before the release of the film.) a place where movie was going on inside and then it hit us, the method had become decoded, it seemed to work. Next day we called mentor and said with the excitement of a kid ‘we have done it’, he asked preliminaries and liked it and then flew down from Delhi to Mumbai. We sat for 12 hrs at a stretch and he said this is similar to a lost method of Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi, but we did not feel inclined to use the name of Sage Bhrighu as today everything is sold in the name of Bhrighu thanks to scrupulous writers and publishers. Even K.N.Rao has given up on finding the Bhrighu Paddathi (Personal discussion of 3 hours with him in Feb 2006) so we called it Chandra Kala Nadi Progression for 2 years, shared it with few of our friends & today even our good friend Shri Madhav Rao Deshmukh only uses this method for his stunning predictions. But as we were to write for this August issue, mentor lovingly gave us adesh (instructions) to dedicate it to Sage Bhrighu who is indeed very loved by us too. This is the same method as mentioned in Publitorial & similar to Padma Chakra method of Shri Bhavasar except he had 2 generations of experience in it which is noteworthy.
This method is so important that we must stretch this introduction and say that for 2 yrs on over more than 600 charts ‘We have not used Dasa or Transits at all to time events to the year and at times to the day’. The secret behind this method is in the movie Zorro which also contains the best secret for astrologers which is when Anthony Hopkins starts the training of Zorro (Antonio Bendaras’s). Therein he says about the 7 circles (Ring of Saptarishis) and how as we progress to the inner circle the diameter reduces, it’s akin to only one technique (of astrology) left with you for lifetime and you use only ONE technique forever, imagine the mastery that you would achieve out of it. With this method your predictive skills improve so drastically that it is unimaginable but then one should be good in yogas, lordships and basics of astrology otherwise this technique is useless.
Method
1. Take the 1st house of your chart (Ascendant) to be the 1st year of your life.
2. The 2nd house will be the 2nd year of your life and so on and the 12th house will be the 12th year of your life.
3. Then the chakra will rotate and come again to the 1st house which will become the 13th year of your life.
4. Thus the 12th house will be always 12th year, 24th year, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84.
1st House = 1, 13, 25, 37, 49, 61…………. Years of One’s life
2nd House=2, 14, 26, 38, 50, 62………….Years of One’s life
3rd House = 3, 15, 27, 39, 51, 63………….. Years of One’s life
& so on for the rest of the houses.
Practice:
So the moment someone says he is born in May 1963 and right now it is say Feb 2008, you immediately deduct 2008-1963=45th year (he is running). Now, if right not it is Aug 2008, then he has completed 45th year and is in the 46th year which means 46-36=10th house you got to see for how his year is. As to why 36, well always deduct from the last integer of the 12H years i.e. 12H = 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96.
Although, this looks similar to Sage Parasaras Sudarshan Chakra Method but it is not so if as otherwise so many astrologers by now would have been able to predict the year and date of the event. Trust us on this. As we go further you would realize that Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi is far different & is not based on 3 lagnas combination of Sudarshan Chakra Method of BPHS, that also is not used by astrologers in their practice.
Chandra Kala Nadi
Let us test it on few verses of Chandra Kala Nadi (Deva Kerelam hence ref as C.K.N or D.K), also you would find that this matches with 80% of the shlokas contained in Chandra Kala Nadi
D.K: Book: 3 by R. Santhanam, Sagar Publications, New Delhi.
1) Shloka 2053-2061 point (f) Leo Asc
The native will lose his father in his 27th year of age. Even if he escapes death, 32nd year will surely cause his end.
Notes: See 27th year would be 27-24=3H of death and 32nd year would be 32-24=8H of death again, so the shloka here hints some death happening in the family, further on from 9H of father it is 7H of maraca (ref 3H) & also 12H of Exit (ref 8H).
2) Shloka: 2210-2214
In his 27th year in the 3rd dasa he will have a re-marriage.
Notes: 27th year would be 27-24=3rd house which is the house of re-marriage as per most nadis, some nadis take 11H or 9H for 2nd marriage. The houses of remarriage conforms with what the illustrious translator Late R. Santhanam has already written in Chandra Kala Nadi.
3) Shloka: 2373-2377 – Ta Asc
b) His happiness will commence after his 20th year of age
Notes: 20th year is 8H, after 20th year is 21st which is 21-12=9th House of Fortune, hence bhayga commenced in the 21st year.
4) Shloka: 2473-2476- Aries Asc
c) During the 33rd or 27th year of age, in the 3rd dasa, the natives’ father will be endangered. At that time Saturn will be in transit in Aries or in Pisces.
Notes: See chart below, 33rd year will be 9th house of father and Tr Saturn in Aries will be trine to fathers house causing danger or even if Tr Sat is in Pisces then it aspects the 10H aspect to 9H of father causing grief to father. Now see 27th will be (27-24) 3rd house of death and opposite fathers house or you can say 6th from 10th house of father for those who use 10th as father.
5) Shloka 2684-2692 Page 51 – Sg Asc
His marriage will take place in the sub period of the lord of the ascendant during the 2nd dasa. There are divergent views that the marriage will be in the sub period of Rahu or in the 16th year or in the 14th year.
Notes: 14th year would be 14-12=2nd house of family or way to family as it is said which means marriage. 16th year would be 16-12=4th house of Settlement in one’s home life, pls note these two are the most important houses for marriage which has been ignored in the last few decades by astrologers. Can we remember our parents here who always keep on coaxing us to get married and settle down (4H) in life, get stability (4H) in life? When man marries he comes home early to meet his wife everyday at his home (4H). In hindi 4H is called Grahasth means Grashth Jeevan one of the 4 aims of life as per our culture. Hence how can we ignore 4H for marriage?
b) For one born in the 1st half of the subject nadiamsa marriage will be in the 12th year
Note: 12H of sex, when one marries he normally gets bed pleasures so 12H must be activated.
6) Shloka 2721-2723 Pg 53 – Sg Asc
During the 28th year the person will earn wealth from a defeated kingdom……. His 40th year will bring in prosperity
Note: both 28th and 40th year is 4H of Fortune and Throne, so both incidents will happen.
Due to lack of space we ask readers to dig out the shlokas in Deva Kerelam and you would find this working on hundreds of shlokas.
Queries:
1. The most obvious query is 1st to 12th house is the 1st to 12th year of one’s life so what happens in the 13th year, wouldn’t it be the same event that happen in the 1st year of one’s life.
This is where most of our friends whom we shared this method stopped as they used analytical mind. The answer though is obvious but let’s observe that the transits will not be the same as it was in the 1st year, 13th year, 25th year and so on. So combine this method with transits as it is hinted in Shloka No 4 above. But at the same time we must indicate that to Master this Method, for first Six months do not use transits at all. The best way to master any method is to remove as many parameters as possible and make it simple. Let us take some example charts.
2. How to differentiate between what would be the type of event between two years e.g 16th year of 4H and 28th year of 4th house.
This is tricky and the key, so let’s look at it this way, we have 12 houses for which we have combinations (yogas) that describe all the 18000 events that happen in our life so obviously each house has around 1000 plus events embedded in it out of which some will fructify now & some later & some never, we should then use naisargik fructification age, the age of yoga result & Kaal. Suppose you get the 5H as the worst house then in any one or two or all (depending on transits & other factors) the years 5, 17, 29, 41, 53……… will be worst.
Application
This is two parts one year of the event and the next date of the event. Out of 60 techniques only 4-5 are presented here due to space constraints. At later date slowly we promise to reveal all when mentor grants permission.
Chart 1: Barack Obama, time of birth source: birth certificate.
Ketu is in the 2H of family, ketu means ‘Break’ so there should be break of his family in the 2nd year of his life as 2nd house is 2nd year as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi, on Sohamsa public list we asked if there was a dramatic event in his life in the 2nd year as 2H is 2nd year. Someone confirmed & so does Wikipedia that in the 2nd year his parents (family) had a divorce.
Chart 2: Wesley
This chart was posted on the Sohamsa list, see Ketu exalted in the 3H of death, so something exalted and dramatic should happen in the 3rd year of this natives life. He was asked on the list if something dramatic happened in that year.
3rd year:
He was asked on the sohamsa net forum ‘How was your health in the 3rd year of your life or in your 3rd year of your life what happened to some family member’s health’.
His reply “The 3rd year of my life…. I don’t remember. But I think I got into serious fever that year, I was rushed to hospital by my parents (Jupiter exactly in lagna even a bad functional malefic saves lifes). Also around 3-4 year, I have seen some real serious harmful ghosts…as my parents did too. But I was protected somehow, by feng shui items given by grandfather.’
Note, Ketu is spirits in Indian astrology, Saturn lord of the 4th year is with Mars in the 12H of spirits doubly aspecting this Ketu and in the 3rd /4th year this hong-kong native saw ghosts.
24th year:
Jupiter is in chara rasi so it will destroy/spoil the 12th from it which is where two malefics Saturn and Mars are placed in the 12th house of 24th year, people will say Saturn is yogakaraka but Jupiter has destroyed the 12H of sex, pleasures & losses. He writes on the list ‘In conclusion, age of 24-25 was a horrible year I wish I don’t encounter those career loss EVER AGAIN in this life.’
Chart 3: Death at 24 posted on vedic astrology list, message No. 96278
Respected Astrologers
Why this talented young boy died in accident Three weeks back (posted on 11Sep2007).
Astrologically which grahas are behind this.
Sincerely
Veerender Kaushik
24th year:
He posted it on Sept 11th 2007 which means death happened in the 24th year, so we see the 12H, over there exalted Saturn is sitting, the dispositor of which has gone into the 9H (note 9H) with 6L & AscL Mars (accidents & 6H karaka) and again in the 6th from 4H of vehicles (he might not have died by vehicle as Mr Kaushik did not specify exact nature of death) Mars aspects the 24th year (12H). A major upheaval in the 24th year cannot be ruled out, now see karaka of vehicles & his 12L of exit was transiting this 9H right
on the 29th degree exactly around his period of death, right on his natal Venus & Mars degree. Let’s also not forget transit Venus the maraca was retrograde on the degree.
Chart 4: Saint Therese De Lisieux, source astrodata bank.
French Roman Catholic nun canonized in 1925. A model of simplicity, sincerity, patience and devotion, she suffered with TB and died of a pulmonary hemorrhage 9/30/1897, 7:30PM, Lisieux, France at the age of 25. Now, Mercury Ketu confirms TB.
25th year:
25-24=1st house of health & life, here Mars the 8L & 3L of lungs is sitting trine to Rahu & Saturn two malefics. 1H is the house of new beginning and her Atma (Mars is AK) got a new beginning. Another way to see is 8H is of chronic diseases so when 8L comes to lagna remember it as ‘Chronic diseases (8H) coming to Self (1H) or death (8H) coming on self (1H) hence death can happen in 25th year.
Chart 5: Aurness, Jenny Lee, source ADB
When you see a chart like this two things strike you Uranus close to 4 degrees of the Asc degree and concentration of planets in 4/10 axis spoiling Mars and Venus the 5L of love, Ketu in the 4H of heart so it is going to ‘break’ badly, so you note this. American noted family, daughter of actor James Arness. Despondent over a breakup with rocker Gregg Allman a few years earlier, she swallowed a lethal dose of pills on 13th May 1975, Los Angeles, CA. She had been watching a TV show in which Allman appeared with his new love, Cher. She left a long, rambling suicide note in which one line read, “Tell Gregg I love him.”
25th year:
13th May 1975 (DOD) – 23rd May 1950 (DOB) = 25th year which means 1H, the lord of which goes into the 5/11 axis is retrograde means buddhi (Mercury) will get brasht (destroyed) one day.
5H Asc & PK Asc:
Then take 5H of love as Asc, from it the 25th year is 5H the lord of it Venus which is heavily afflicted with rahu, ketu and mars. Mostly importantly you see PK (putrakaraka – children – 5H -love) Jupiter again the Bhrighu Chakra Bindu will come in the 1H of PK where Jupiter is placed, the lord of which is Saturn with Gulika (poison), she swallowed pills (poison) which was poisonous for her system.
A5 Asc
If it does not complicate you then use A5 (5th Arudha – The result giving house of 5H of love), it is situated in 3H, now see 25th year that’s the 1H of the chakra, which means 25th year would be 3H only, the lord of it is Sun which has gone into the 12H of exit, in 3H there is Saturn the 8L in the 3H of death with gulika which means poison again you get hint. On the day of death Saturn, Moon, Ven were on her 1H, Saturn her 8L combined all this energy and aspected the Bhrighu Chakra Bindu i.e. 3H of 25th year giving death. When you see a chart like this the only advice you give instantly is do not ‘fall’ in love ever.
Thus you check it with many possibilities by being guided with what the chart tells you to see.
Chart 6: Death of C S Patel
92nd Year:
This legend died at the age of 92 on 14th Aug 2007, now 2007-1915=92, deduct this from multiples of 12 the nearest to 92 would be 84, thus 92-84=8, so see 8th house of death where Jupiter the 6L is placed, now we know 6L in 8H is a bad yoga for health and dispositor of 8H is Saturn in the 12H of exit. The combination is too bad with linkages of 6,8,12. Now on the day of his death, in the 8H of Bhrighu Chakra Bindu Tr Rahu came there with aspect from 2H where Tr Sat, Ketu, Moon and retro Venus were present thereby ‘Activating the 8H of Death’.
Chart 7: Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi
40th year:
He was born in May 1910 and was hanged on 15th Nov 1949, which means died few months after his birthday of 1949 so deduct 1950-1910=40th year, which means 40-36=4th house of the chart is where Bhrighu Chakra Bindu is placed with Moon (dispositor of Mandi) along with retro Jupiter (blessings will be withdrawn). Retro Mer the lord of the Bhrighu Chakra Bindu goes into the 12H of exit along with rahu (anti social) and sun, rahu being exalted would mean a big watched death. This all happens in the sign of Taurus the sign of the neck and incidentally he was hanged to death due to an anti social act (rahu)
In Part 2 of this Bhrighu Chakra Paddhati which is contained in this same issue we give how to find the date of an event but before that please test it on 50 charts as unless you find the master key yourself in timing the year you would find the Part 2 distracting and thereby would never be able to use this method.
As we feel it is one of the most ancient methods we feel the laws of Jyotish Purusha would be very active for those who use this method. So those who do not feel inclined to follow the laws of Jyotish Purusha it is requested to them not to use this method.
Love With Crystal IV — Select Your Special Lucky Crystal
Having viewed several pieces of beautiful crystal jewelry, aren’t them have made your mouth watering? Do not be anxious, the suited crystal for different person is just diverse, so it’s necessary to pay more attention to select a most proper crystal for you. In Hong Kong, many stars also love crystal jewelry much, who have put up a variety of crystals in one and wearing it according to his or her characters or constellation. If you also believe this, you may take a look at this table and to find the special lucky crystal just belongs to you.
* Aries (March 21-April 19)
Lucky Stone:
Red Hair Crystal: Red hair crystal could enhance one’s personal beliefs, self-confidence and determination, and it’s also a symbol of keeping with a powerful ascendancy, so it’s the right talisman for those people who seemed relative timid, weak and lack self-confidences.
Purple-Yellow Crystal: This type of crystal could not only bring you more chances to earn money, but also be acted as a safeguard for your wealth, it could also draw on more lucks for you, and improve the human relationship and empolder your wisdom too, in other words it’s possess double virtues of the amethyst and citrine crystal.
* Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Lucky Stone:
Ghost Quartz / Garden Crystal: Garden crystal is on behalf of wealth, which indicates wealth in generalized sense moreover, so it’s the best lucky stone for seeking wealth.
Tiger-Eye: Tiger-eye could arouse your confidence, courage and the ability to carry out the tasks, and golden tiger-eye is also a symbol of money, it could help to bring you unexpected money or income.
* The Crab (June 22-July 22)
Lucky Stone:
White Crystal: One of the “Severn Treasures” in Buddhism, white crystal has powerful positive energy and efficacy of deity guarding energy for people with chi-training, Buddha worshipping, avoiding bad fortunes, home guarding and divination, it especially has most powerful efficacy on cleaning up the negative energies around you.
Red Agate: Agate is considered as “the third eye” in gems, it is a symbol of friendly love, and represents hope too.
* Leo (July 23 to August 22)
Lucky Stone:
Hair Crystal / Rutilated Quartz: Hair crystal has a great vibration frequency, it possess considerable efficacy to enhance one’s belief and self-confidences, it even is helpful for you to build a more accurate sense.
Olivine: Olivine is known as “The Emerald in Dusk”, it is the birthstone of people who were born in August, and stands for “A happy marriage”.
* Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Lucky Stone:
Green Hair Crystal:
Green hair crystal is a sort of actinolite, as the name suggests it is helpful for men’s sexual ability, it also can draw on more money for you, and itself is very rare in the nature.
Blue Agate: For those people who are often away from home, blue agate is a good amulet and present as a special gift for one of your families or friends who is outdoor.
* Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Lucky Stone:
Gold Hair Crystal: Gold hair crystal is the real Crystal King in deed. As for promoting one’s wealth fortune, gold hair crystal dominates the economic fate and controls those unexpected money too, it is the most powerful crystal in the crystal family, and endowed with super energy for recruiting honor, dignity, potency and wealth.
Green Agate: One of the “Severn Treasures” in Buddhism, green agate has been regarded as a good talisman and amulet since ancient times, it’s helpful for you on eliminating pressures and fatigues.
* Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 22)
Lucky Stone:
Titanium Crystal: One of gold hair crystal, titanium crystal could help to one’s career, it is also helpful for your economical fate and brings you unexpected money, in addition titanium crystal could improve your fortunes and give you chances to meet with your savior, it also has efficacy on avoiding bad fortunes and meet lucks.
* Sagittarius (Nov. 23 to Dec. 22)
Lucky Stone:
Amethyst: Amethyst crystal also known as “Feng Shui Stone”, Japanese called amethyst crystal as “energy stone”. “Social Stone”, “Guarding Stone for Love” are also its aliases.
* Capricorn (Dec. 23 to Jan. 19)
Lucky Stone:
Smoky Crystal: Smoky crystal is a good amulet and talisman and suitable for wearing along with you. Wearing it on the left hand is helpful for filtrating the foul airs in your body.
Black Agate: Black agate is known as the stone for longevity, it possess the energy of promoting your conditions on well-being and prosperity. It could also bring you good luck, and help you to ease pressures and improve your courage and plucks. It also could cut down one’s bad moods of hostility, jealousy and frustration.
* Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 19)
Lucky Stone:
Lapis Lazuli: The color of which is same with the body color of the pharmacist Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism, wearing it regularly could bring yourself a safeguard for the safety and health, and keeping you be apart from various diseases and disasters.
* Pisces (Feb. 20—March 20)
Lucky Stone:
Pink Crystal: Pink crystal has undoubtedly efficacy on improving your human relationship, love or marriage, as well as good at increasing charms own by you.
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La Quinta is Luxury Oasis in California Desert
The chicken-and-egg question guests often ask at La Quinta Resort & Club is which came first: the city of La Quinta or the resort? The answer is neither. The Spaniards came first when they created a base in La Quinta along their route to the San Gabriel Mission.
Several centuries later, along came big shot Bay-area businessman Walter Morgan, who chose to build La Quinta resort pretty much where the Spaniards had their base. It was much later that the city of La Quinta was named for the resort — one of only two cities in the country to be named this way. The other is Beverly Hills, named after the famous Beverly Hills Resort.
The area Morgan chose for his resort is in the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains near Palm Springs and, today, La Quinta Resort & Club has become a massive 42-acre collection of casitas, golf courses, swimming pools and tennis courts that, for the first-timer, requires a roadmap to navigate. Charming Spanish architecture and abundant vegetation weave a colorful tapestry against the mountain backdrop, making La Quinta Resort & Club one of the prettiest spa resorts you’ll ever see. It’s the perfect choice for a California vacation of any length.
Our trip from San Diego to La Quinta was quick and easy using the back route through the parched landscape near Anza, culminating in a 10-mile winding, downgrade taking vehicles about 5,000 feet down to the desert floor where temperatures were nearly 20 degrees hotter than on top of the grade. Any trip to Palm Springs during the spring and summer requires a little pre-planning to manage the heat. You don’t just show up and stay on the golf course all day in triple-digit temperatures.
The locals in the Palm Springs area have learned to time outdoor activities so that they’re accomplished in the relatively cool mornings. In some cases, afternoon activities will work if you know, for example, your golf course will have shade. One of the La Quinta courses always gets covered in shade from the Santa Rosa Mountains at 3 p.m. each day.
“Managing the weather here is just a matter of keeping hydrated and wearing sunscreen,” explained Sara Harper, La Quinta’s Director of Marketing Communications. “And the nights here are so unbelievably pleasant.”
We hit an unusually hot weekend for spring — it got as high as 108 degrees — but we noticed that the heat really didn’t get uncomfortable until early to mid-afternoon. As they say, it’s a dry heat in the Palm Springs area, and the 90-degree temps in the morning hours felt downright refreshing.
But there is no question that your time at La Quinta Resort & Club — whatever the time of the year — is bound to involve some serious submerging in one of the resort’s 42 swimming pools. No, that’s not a typo — La Quinta not only has 42 pools, but 53 hot tub spas. Many of the resort’s casitas have their own swimming pools, but other casitas are grouped around one or more mid-size pools where there seemed to be plenty of room to swim and ample deck chairs to accommodate anyone who wanted to lay out in the desert sun.
Our “starlight” casita was a spacious upstairs unit in a two-story building overlooking one of the swimming pools. Floor plans at La Quinta offer more than the usual amount of space — 450 square feet or more — and that, along with the high ceilings, gives a feeling of openness. An incredibly comfortable king bed, hide-a-bed, desk and audio/video entertainment area were in the main room; the bath area was equally comfortable with an over-sized bathtub, walk-in shower stall, double vanities and a separate room for the commode.
Casitas each are decorated with a Southwestern flair. Mexican influenced pottery designs, wrought iron mirror frames and bed treatments with browns, reds and yellows created a fiesta of color in our casita’s main room. Outside on the deck were lounge chairs, a table and umbrella to enjoy the outdoors in total privacy.
The casita buildings are connected by a maze of walkways that will keep you reaching for your hotel map. These sidewalks also are a primary thoroughfare for the golf carts and bicycles driven and ridden by resort employees as they spread out all over the vast complex that totals 800 casitas altogether.
Back when Walter Morgan first built the resort in 1926, the resort plan was a bit more modest — only 20 casitas, although he did build the valley’s first golf course. La Quinta Resort was created to lure Hollywood stars to the Coachella Valley where they could get away from the studio and relax in privacy — which of course had something to do with why the Palm Springs area became popular with Hollywood movie stars.
At La Quinta, the list of Hollywood stars was impressive — such lminaries as Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Katherine Hepburn, Eddie Cantor and Shirley Temple were regulars. Greta Garbo had a house on the property, and Frank Capra wrote many of his movie scripts in the same La Quinta casita that today has his typewriter and one of his scripts awaiting the lucky guest renting that particular casita.
Hollywood stars still come to La Quinta today because, like many KSL Resorts properties, this resort is laid out in a campus style that allows a celebrity to avoid entering through a main entrance or elevator — the stars just drive right to their casitas, parking a few steps away and then get lost in the resort during their entire stay. This layout also is beneficial for everyday vacationers who don’t want to be bothered by convention and other group activities; when conventions are held at La Quinta they are held in areas where regular guests aren’t likely to even know they are there.
Sports celebrities, too, are in abundance — especially tennis players. La Quinta tennis pro Mike Casey has relationships with many world-class players who periodically will train at La Quinta. With 23 courts — clay, grass and hard surface — the resort has become popular also for ordinary people who just want to improve their tennis game. Many of the courts are lighted, which means the players can manage the Palm Springs heat by playing at night.
For golfers, La Quinta offers five courses, including three designated as PGA West.
For those of us who just want to relax and enjoy great food, La Quinta — as near as we could tell — fills the bill there, too. We only had time to sample the Adobe Grill — which served scrumptious and authentic Mexican cuisine — but the resort also boasts Morgan’s, a premium steakhouse, Azur by Le Bernadin seafood restaurant and the Spa Bistro, offering spa cuisine to make your stay as healthy as it was fun. Actually, including the golf courses, there are seven restaurants at La Quinta.
The Spa La Quinta is a top attraction at La Quinta — it offers guests many treatments created by the region’s first inhabitants. One of the top spa resorts in Southern California, this resort puts emphasis on outdoor spa treatments under the desert sky to add to the serenity and relaxation of the experience. Inside the spa facility, you’ll also find the Yamaguchi Salon, which is internationally known for cutting and coloring techniques that integrate Asian Feng Shui philosophy into these services. Those who enjoy spa vacations will enjoy La Quinta.
La Quinta Resort & Club has come a long way from the time in the 1500’s when it was the “fifth stop” on the way to San Gabriel Mission. Today it’s the first and only stop for many discriminating guests from around the world.
AT A GLANCE
WHERE: The resort is only about 30 minutes southeast of Palm Springs and a couple-hour drive from L.A. It is one of several fine spa resorts in the Palm Springs area.
WHAT: La Quinta is well known with international vacationers as well as California residents who may visit several times a year. The combination of activities—and the new popularity of spa vacations—makes La Quinta a popular choice.
WHEN: Year-round, but check for special travel deals and vacation packages during certain times of the year. If you have last minute travel plans, be sure to ask for any special rates. The best deals in the Palm Springs area are during summer months.
WHY: So many activities and so much luxury and quality all in one location — a California vacation spot that appeals to the entire family.
HOW: For more information on La Quinta Resort and Club, phone 1-800-598-3828 or visit www.laquintaresort.com.
Cary Ordway is a syndicated travel writer and president of Getaway Media Corp, which publishes websites focused on regional getaway travel. Among the sites currently offered by GMC are http://www.californiaweekend.com , covering California travel destinations, and http://www.northwesttraveladvisor.com , covering Pacific Northwest travel destinations.
10 Christmas Inexpensive Gifts Under $50
When it comes to picking out inexpensive Christmas gifts, you want them to appear thoughtful and not make your recipient think that they’re getting lame, cheap Christmas gifts. The gift you give reflects on you, so you should aim to choose gifts that will make people smile – meaning they sincerely enjoy what they receive.
Here are some good suggestions:
Candle Set – Lots of great choices when it comes to finding discount candle gifts, like aromatherapy candles, Feng Shui candles, holiday candles, baked good shaped candles, and many more unique combinations.
Stationery or Note Cards – every once in a while it’s nice to send someone a handwritten note and a plain piece of paper just won’t do. The holidays are a great time to find cheap stationery. There’s an endless variety of colorful stationery that ranges from traditional flowery to pop culture chic.
Travel Pillow – Most everyone travels from here to there and usually that means sitting for long periods of time in a car, train or plain. A contour travel pillow that can be placed around the neck will make the trip a lot more comfortable.
Personal Scrapbook – Make a special scrapbook that reflects your recipient’s life in some way. Scrapbooks are easy and lots of fun to put together. You’ll find tons of scrapbooking supplies at your local craft supply store. There’s also printable scrapbook paper that you can download easily. Try to find a digital photo of the person that you can incorporate into the pages.
Snazzy Men’s Tie – This is a more traditional gift, but if there’s a man in your life who loves ties, then this is a no-brainer. There are lots of cool looking cheap mens ties in a variety of colors, shades and patterns. You can find a designer tie that is a great look for the office or a silk tie that is more high fashion. Maybe they’ll get a kick out of a novelty tie (make sure before you give).
CD Box Sets – From Beethoven to the Beach Boys, there’s a CD Box set that will please any music fans. You need to know something about your recipient’s taste in music in order to make the best choice. Even if they have a large music collection, nobody has everything. Look for unique sets or compilations.
Yoga Mat and Exercise DVD – For those who enjoy working out at home, yoga is the perfect relaxation and easy-going body strengthening exercise. There are lots of inexpensive DVD that teach yoga movement. Eco friendly yoga mats are a thoughtful way to support the environment.
Sterling Silver Pendant Necklace – A sterling silver pendant necklace is a lovely gift that will be enjoyed for years to come. There are many designs to choose from, like the heart pendant, cross pendant, flower pendant, butterfly pendant, snowflake pendant and gemstone pendant.
Cologne or Perfume – Scentastic scents are always popular during the holidays. If you know your recipient’s favorite scent then give them what they love. If you don’t know, then go with something light. If you’re clueless about what to choose, ask around about what’s popular right now.
Photo Coffee Table Book – A coffee table book is always a conversation piece. There are photo books featuring art, food, celebrities, animals, people of different cultures, moments in history, fashion and more.
Find the best discounts on great holiday gifts at: http://www.beststuffforless.com
Bounce ? Flooring That Mums? Know Best
Mums at flooring company Barefoot Living have put their heads together to bring a new surface to life – with kids in mind.
Bounce is a seamless floor that gives a springy, easy to clean finish, available in a range of bright, bold colours and styles to make each one unique.
Ideal for nurseries and even children’s play areas at home, the floor measures up in four important areas – it’s ‘green,’ safe, durable and creative.
Barefoot Living’s designers, Andrea Hall, a mum of three, and Tamara Fearon, a mum of two – together with office manager Karen Nobes, a mum of twin boys, collaborated on the floor’s design to get the right finish.
Bounce is installed by Barefoot Living’s own expert, highly trained team.
Cheshire-based Barefoot Living is led by entrepreneur Dawn Gibbins MBE, herself a mother of two teenage daughters, who gave the ‘Barefoot mums’ a free rein to come up with the type of floor that could make a difference to youngsters’ home and nursery environments – and put a real spring in their step.
Dawn said: “Our mums wanted something that was safe, sustainable and easy to look after.
“The floor is nice and springy, so it absorbs knocks and bumps, but it is still really hard-wearing and – because it’s seamless and a sealed surface – it’s easy to clean too.
“It is a great surface for children to stretch their little toes and walk barefoot.
“Recycled materials are also used in the floor, so it does its bit for the environment too.
“Bounce looks great. A wide-range of colours and styles can be chosen, so the floor can really make a nursery or playroom bright and inviting.
“It just shows what mums can do when they are able to bounce ideas together.”
Barefoot Living is a new business venture, which creates a range of floors, all designed to encourage people to lose their shoes and enjoy the feeling of freedom underfoot.
It is the brainchild of entrepreneur Dawn Gibbins MBE, a former Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year. Last year, Dawn sold her South Cheshire based global business Flowcrete – which she built up from a start-up in the 1980s to a major international company with offices in 30 countries – for millions of pounds.
Through Barefoot Living, Dawn is now able to combine her love of flooring with her passion for health, wellbeing and Feng Shui.
Based in Bosley, on the outskirts of Congleton in Cheshire, the company is due to open a showroom facility at its offices in the Spring.
‘Grown-up’ floors available include Hot Rocks, a heated marble carpet surface, Smoothies, which are contemporary shiny resin ‘poured’ floors in all colours of the rainbow, and Cool Rocks, stone flooring for driveways and patio areas.
Dawn added: “I’m very excited to be bringing years of flooring expertise, with a new concept that is a revolutionary in the marketplace.”
Find out more at http://www.barefoot.co.uk
Barefoot phone 01260 22 33 07
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Notes to editors
Barefoot Living, based in Bosley on the outskirts of Congleton, provides luxury seamless flooring for homes, spas, healthclubs, therapy centres, gyms – as well as Bounce for nurseries.
Founded by entrepreneur Dawn Gibbins MBE ‘the Barefoot entrepreneur’ the company’s floors are designed to encourage people to lose their shoes and enjoy the feeling of freedom underfoot.
Press release issued by Jane Shepherd, Shepherd PR Limited.
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LED Pond Lighting
Pond lighting extends the enjoyment of water features into all hours of the evening and night. Since landscapers are paying increasing attention to the importance of ponds themselves, it has become increasingly important in turn for those of us in the lighting industry to pay special attention to the proper and efficient lighting of these ponds. Most pond lighting has been traditionally done with a variety of low-voltage halogen lights that can be mounted in concealed locations above the water, near the water, and even under the water. When installed correctly, these pond lights add ambience and reflectivity to the pond, making the water appear like light itself.
At times, however, underwater lights fail, and the magic diminishes accordingly. At best, halogen lights last only for 5,000 lamp hours. When they fail, they have to be fished out of the water, or the pond has to be drained. It is never safe to go into the water to retrieve a burnt out pond light, because even if the fixture is dead, the wire may still be very much alive and capable of shocking a person. Along similar lines, it is unadvisable to leave a failed outdoor garden light in the water for very long, either. Electrified water can shock pets and wildlife, and also presents a safety hazard to children who may be playing near the water. Professionals who service landscape lighting and water feature lighting should be contacted as soon as possible to schedule a replacement of the failed fixture(s). Also, some consideration should be given at this time to the option of upgrading to superior LED technology. In certain outdoor lighting plans, LED underwater lights provide a far more viable and cost effective alternative to halogen. Whereas halogen provides ideal spotlighting on ponds from tree mounted lights, LED underwater fixtures can emanate a literal rainbow of colors from under the surface-making everything from the shoreline to central fountains and sculpted waterfalls glow with any number of color combinations, including white.
LED pond lighting has taken color back to the laws of Nature itself. By simply altering the amount of red, blue, and green in a pond lighting system, designers can now create up to 16 million different color combinations-including white light. In ponds where heavy emphasis is paid to koi and “feng shui” principles of harmony and balance, this unlimited diversity of color options frees the landscape lighting designer from technical constraints and affords exclusive focus on accenting individual features such as rocks, sculptures, carefully sculpted waterfalls, and various levels of the water itself. They can be hidden under rocks to make the rock itself look illuminated by a subterranean source of mystery. They can cause a waterfall to begin with all the colors of the rainbow and converge in a stream of light, or they can cause a fountain to sparkle with an equivalent brilliance that mimics moonlight and starlight dancing on the water.
LED lights are also the most economical fixtures to operate for residential landscape lighting. Once the initial investment is made in the installation of the equipment by a landscape lighting team, the fixtures will last 40,000 lamp hours on the average-which means that they are approximately reliable for a good 20 years. The investment one makes in the cost of an LED pond lighting retrofit is easily recovered in a relatively short period of time. Because these fixtures use only 20% the power of incandescent-based lights, they literally will pay for themselves.
When placed within the context of a larger landscape lighting system carefully planned and installed by Illuminations Lighting and Design, the pond can function as a hub for tranquility, harmony, aesthetics, and a curious, almost mystical blend of expansion and grounded simplicity. Effectively lighting a pond-even with safe and efficient LED technology-is not a job for the do-it-yourselfer. Even though LED fixtures are typically a lot smaller than halogen flood lights and incandescent lamps, they can still be seen underwater if not installed by a trained designer who knows how to mount them in concealed locations. It is also important to consult with such a professional who can properly bury the low-voltage transform that will power the pond lights and ensure that it too remains unseen and undisturbed.
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Marketing Your Alternative Health Private Practice, Part I
Most private practice owners believe that if they are well educated and skilled in their particular field of therapy that clients will automatically flock to their practice when the doors are opened. This is simply not the case. A practitioner may have three doctorate degrees and twenty years of experience, but if that therapist is not successfully marketing his or her services, very few clients will appear. The marketing strategy in this dissertation focuses on two primary areas of private practice: (1) getting new clientele, and (2) training the mind for a successful practice. No matter how well qualified a therapist is, he or she cannot practice without clients. Successful marketing must come before successful practicing. The following strategy is a 100-day challenge, and should be the complete focus of the practitioner during that period.
Market and Niche
The first phase of successful marketing is determining the target market and the specific practitioner niche: in other words, the “who” and “what” focus of your private practice. Marketing alone is useless. Successful marketing must be focused marketing. The second phase of successful marketing is promoting “two-for-one” sessions. This strategy will significantly increase your client base rapidly. “Two-for-one” sessions is not necessarily to be taken literally. This strategy can include many ways to hook a potential client. The variety of ways to use this strategy will be discussed in detail a bit later. The third phase of successful marketing is to stay in action. Do not let one of the one hundred days pass without adhering to your strategy. Each day should bring new opportunities to implement the strategy. The fourth phase of successful marketing is to feel good about your future. The power of the mind plays a large role in how successful you will be. Chanting mantras and doing other focused activities will direct the power of your mind into the realization of a successful private practice.
Phase one in creating a successful private practice marketing strategy is defining your target market and your therapy niche. Your target market is those people who are most likely to already need your services, and are willing to pay for your services. Your therapy niche is the alternative modality you wish to practice the most (i.e. hypnotherapy, reiki, reflexology, etc). In determining these two factors, it is necessary to remember two important points: (1) People care more about their problems than they do about your treatments, and (2) most practitioners are not concrete enough in what modality they offer. It is absolutely imperative to put the client’s needs first and to be able to clearly define what it is you offer to the client. Vague marketing will bring scant results. If you take a look at very successful companies the world over, you will find one defining characteristic tying them together: they all have a crystal clear focus. They know what they offer, and they are clear in their marketing materials about their services and products. In marketing your service to your target audience, remember that passion sells better than expertise. If you love what you do, and others see that you love what you do, they are more likely to purchase whatever you are selling. Passion is contagious.
In deciding what your specific niche will be, you should choose an area based on (1) something you have passion for, (2) something you excel in or are able to learn about, and (3) something people have an existing need for and are willing to buy. Your niche should be as clearly defined as possible. Rather than marketing yourself as a hypnotherapist, a reiki master, and a feng shui expert, choose one and market that specific modality. People want to buy into something they feel certain about. If your prospective customer feels you have stretched yourself too thin, he or she will look elsewhere. Prospective customers are looking for an expert in which they can be confident. As an alternative therapist, your job is not to create a need, but to fill a need. Choose a niche with waiting customers, and market your specific ability to those customers. Finding these customers is easier than most people think. This will be discussed in depth in a later section.
In determining your target market, take into consideration the following three rules: (1) be sure you can discover where your market is; (2) be very specific about who you market to; and (3) be able to get deep into your chosen market. The first thing to do is to decide where your market is. If you are marketing your services to businessmen (such as hypno-coaching), that is a very wide market, and you may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of marketing to every business in your community. However, if you narrow down certain places businessmen gather, such as chambers of commerce or rotary clubs, and reserve speaking engagements to a group of businessmen there, the marketing becomes much easier and more targeted. Go where your prospective clients are, and offer your services to them directly. The second thing to do is to be very specific about what you do. If you address the group of businessmen by introducing your service as a way to help businessmen be better at what they do, that is too vague and not very memorable. However, if you open your presentation by saying, “I specialize in motivating salespeople to exceed their quotas each month”, then that’s something people want to buy into. The first introduction is forgettable; the second is convincing and memorable. The third thing to do is to saturate your market. This will take care of itself if your service is quality, and your marketing is well targeted. For example, if you give a focused, detailed seminar about your service to a group of businesspeople, they will tell other business friends about your service in turn. If you marketing is well planned and targeted, trickle down marketing will occur in your chosen market.
Exercise
Use these questions to define your target market.
1. What is my therapeutic focus?
2. What do people say to themselves if they have a problem I can solve?
3. What kind of person wants/needs my therapeutic help (demographically)?
4. From the above questions, narrow down your target market.
One of the most important things to do before beginning your marketing campaign is to devise a mission statement. A mission statement is a clear and concise answer to the question “what do you do?” When writing this mission statement, focus on the specific problem your therapy addresses, and the results it provides for your clients. The mission statement should be no longer than two or three sentences, and should be detailed rather than vague.
Exercise
Begin working on your mission statement.
Imagine being in different situation with people asking you what you do. Answer.
When writing the mission statement, it is not necessary to make it so stiff that it is unchangeable in various situations. While keeping the basics concrete, tailor the statement to the individual you are speaking to. Also, rather than using a labeled profession in your mission statement, focus on what you actually do in the therapeutic process.
Paul Daniel Payne is the president of the Universal Spirit University, a spiritual distance learning university offering certificates in Reiki and Hypnotherapy, and research degrees from the Associate through the PhD level in spiritual and holistic disciplines.
Spirituality in Real-time [Part 1]
“C.C., you do remember that we are looking at things through our soul’s eyes, ken? Yes?” Moriya asked without pausing. “Then, although these things are here – now, right in front of us, the notion of *eternity* means that everything has existed from time immemorial.
What happens is that when the moment is karmically ripe, we become suddenly aware of the existence of certain things, of certain thoughts and of certain symbols. Some call that a ‘ha-ha’ or a eureka moment, but really, it is not as if these symbolic things have only just now popped up out of nowhere. They have been there, right under our nose, from the moment of our birth.”
Burleigh Heads – April 5 – 2008
The hoop pines on the esplanade, branches turned up like fingers towards the darkened afternoon sky, sway slowly through the sea wind.
The sounds I hear through the open windows of this rented beachfront apartment are those of the rain pelting down; those of the sea roaring in her pewter grey, pre-storm mode and those made by the sluicing of car tyres seven floors below. A butcher bird, feet gripped around the railing of the balcony, is all fluffed up. Beak lifted to the sky, she calls out a vehement and repetitive two-tone high-pitched warble. What is this bird saying? To whom is she calling out?
I do know that because of the black and white of her feathers, this bird is a messenger intended to remind me that, for what remains of this day and beyond – while my darling and I are holidaying in this beach resort – I need to make balance a priority. Beyond this, I will never get to know what else this little butcher bird was calling out.
Well, actually, this is not quite true.
Seven floors above the esplanade = the elevated position of the 7th Chakra – looking from soul’s eyes
A butcher bird = butcher = a person who sells meat – to kill = the need to curb my/our lower *animalistic* desires of the flesh
What is this bird saying? = “overcome your base instincts.”
To whom is she calling out? = to me, of course, as spiritual messages are always intended for the one who perceives them. This message, like all others, will be repeated, albeit differently, more loudly, more painfully until I find a way to act on it.
The bottom line is that while I enjoy our long walks on the beach, a glass of chilled pinot gris at our favorite beach cafe and contemplate the pattern of waves rolling in,
I must also remember the priorities of one on The Path.
Not long ago, I wrote something to Moriya about a sunflower on our patio and how beautiful it was with its large open face fringed by bright yellow petals.
“So much more interesting to me than a rose all curled up on herself, even if her enduring glam status dates back to millions of years B.C.”
“C.C., you have to be aware every minute of every day. Yes, the sunflower is beautiful,” Moriya replied by return mail, “but you forget the symbolism of this flower.
A sunflower is the motif of the sun shining large and round within our mind. It is the symbol of turning to follow the Light. It symbolizes our crown chakra.
You must remember to be aware that all you are attracted to – or repelled by – is a message brought to you by your soul.
Keep observing to catch each of her messages. Don’t fall back into sleep-walking mode. Take your diary with you on the vacation and write your thoughts, your emotions and experiences.
Bring back all that you notice and we will have a look at it together. Be awake.”
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The big deal is that all the messages, signs or symbols we do not see, little blind
mice that we are, amount to so many arrows pointing to the “Yellow Brick Road” we need to be on.
They are the emergency light pinpoints that line the central aisle of an airplane, the ones intended to guide us in the advent of a catastrophe.
The spiritual signs of the sort we are going to explore in this file are as recognizable as the Nazca lines scarred into the Pampa Colorada of Peru. Assumed to be at least 1500 years old, they remain an enigma that can only be deconstructed from the air, which is symbolic of the *elevated* spiritual position our soul aspires for us to reach … one day.
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When we are blind to the world of messages around us, we talk about coincidences, good luck or bad luck, good days and bad days and we scratch our head wondering why and how we have ended up in any one particular situation. Maybe we cry,
maybe we shrug, maybe laugh but, as sure as the moon never sets, we eventually move on and further into something akin to tunnel vision or selective blindness.
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We do not see for looking.
We do not SEE the many flags waved at us and, sure enough, we soon get another opportunity to say, “What the …” for it is only by looking through our soul’s eyes – from an elevated position – that we can create meaning out of our life’s landscape.
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If the choice is between getting some sort of understanding as to why things *happen* to us as they do – even in the absence of total proof – or relying on holy water, crystals and tumble stones, Feng Shui water fountains, reciting of mantras while driving to work or having faith in our favorite talisman, pet rock, neighbourhood healer, hermit or quack – I have made my choice.
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Messages – in the form of signs and symbols, names and thousands of words and images – swirl around each and every one of us, all of the time, in our wakeful moments and in our sleep.
Because these signs are not dramatic signs such as apparitions or strange
manifestations; because we, as a civilization, have lost the ability to recognize them, they remain unnoticed.
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Our brain recognizes spectacular, hi-glam, hi-visibility meaningful moments, but our brain simply does not interpret the mundane and the minute signs embedded in the continuous string of moments that make up our days and our nights – year after year after year – from birth to death. Yet, like rain drops hanging precariously off our clothes line side by side, they are connected to each other; they are tangible and they carry meaning.
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It is unhelpful to imagine a separation between work and play; between night and day; between our private life and our public life; between the many hats that we wear.
As Moriya says, “While we are standing with our physical body on stable ground in the physical world, our thoughts/feelings exist in Astral realm, and at the same time our higher spiritual attributes, specifically unconditional love, exist in much higher realms, from which comes down all the messages.
“We live at the same time in many worlds and the ability to switch between them in order to make good decisions, good deeds, good feelings, good Karma depends on our state of evolution.”
When we are limited to seeing life through physical eyes, we can see only *gross matter*. Thus, the range of our interactions with our fellow human beings generally includes a degree of exploitation, competition, envy and greed. Even our *loved ones* we love mechanically for we seldom accept them – dynamically – as they are. The tender-loving care we give them is often conditional on their good behaviour. And even if we do keep loving the unlovable because we care or because we do not dare sever the link, we make that our cross to bear in this lifetime.
The compensation for our apparent selflessness is the warm display of sympathy and public kudos we get in return from our friends and social services who understand our plight – the next best thing after love.
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We are unable to see others, *them*, as brothers and sisters, which is why inevitably we end up in the familiar game of Us vs Them while Me, I, Mine all come in at number 1.
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We are unable to see strangers or even acquaintances as worthy of the same *good life* as we are – of being a part of our world. That is because we are indeed separate beings, held separate from each other by our skin, while on the higher realms, energetically, we are inseparable – just like the sun’s rays are inseparable, or the gusts and the breeze are inseparable from the air. Just like the waves are not separate. Just like there are no big drops and no little drops to be found inside the sea because there are no drops – all there is, is the sea.
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Every moment, pleasant or not, is simply another stitch in the tapestry of our lives. Even when the thread gets knotted up, it’s only another stitch. And it, too, shall find its place in the weave of the tapestry.
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It is also unhelpful to think that we live in a concrete world where all that matters is material; that all that is abstract is obscure; that all that is invisible to us does not exist.
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Our human brain has been trained to derive meaning from all that comes within our awareness.
Grey clouds in the sky warn us of incoming rain.
A flag stands as pride of a country. At half-mast, it stands for mourning.
Barbed wire symbolizes loss of freedom, while a dove symbolizes love and freedom. We understand the tools represented by each of the icons on our desktop.
We know what a thumbs-up means, just as we understand the symbolism of a fist raised in defiance, which is different from a fist pumping the air in exhilaration.
A baby symbolizes life and softness as well as unconditional love and so does a puppy dog.
Strangely, diamonds evoke enduring love.
Feathers make us think of Native American Indians and the flight of our soul. Typically, a policeperson symbolizes protection.
A yellow rose symbolizes friendship. Interestingly, although a red rose has come to signify true love, red being the color of our lowest chakra – the one from which stem our primitive instincts and our knee-jerks – it is no wonder that true love tends to wither quickly.
The color green represents nature and wellbeing, as well as jealousy, while the little green person inside the traffic light tells us when it is safe for us, pedestrians, to cross the street.
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In reality, everything and everyone who comes directly within our line of vision to connect with us, personally, is a message-carrier that, as clearly as any other semiotic code, has a meaning that is intended for us – personally. Whatever comes to our awareness wants us to be aware of it. If we are not aware, we are asleep at the wheel, and if we are asleep at the wheel, the question worth asking is What, then, is driving us?
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Beyond guiding us towards our potential, symbolic signs and occurrences are sent to us to remind us, to encourage us, to confirm that, spiritually, we are on the right track. They are also sent to us to warn us when we are on the wrong track.
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Before we begin looking specifically at dream deconstruction [intentionally set up as an appendix to this file and titled How We Need To See], it is important to get a general understanding of the symbols that appear in our mindful, wakeful moments. Until we do, we are no more evolved than the toddler roaming from room to room who only becomes aware of the dangers and traps, represented by the myriad of objects around her, once they have caused her pain.
The sooner she learns that the wiggling of her mother’s index finger means, “No”; that the corners of the coffee table symbolize pain, along with buttons popped in her mouth; reaching for the iron cord, and exploring the content of the cabinet under the sink, the sooner she will experience less avoidable pain and more spontaneous rewards.
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As a way to introduce the simple but pervasive nature of symbols in our day-to-day lives, I will recount a moment shared by Jayne, a cyber friend of mine.
Weeks and weeks earlier, I had recommended to this young woman that she find a copy of Elizabeth Haich’s book, “Initiation”. Unable to find a copy locally, she spotted the book’s listing on Amazon.com and, as she said, she could have ordered the book there and then. Because she was in the process of moving and could not be sure of the delivery date, she didn’t.
Then, many weeks later while out to meet with a real estate agent to view what would soon become her new house, Jayne arrived early and whiled the time away in a café. Opposite this café, she spotted an old second-hand bookstore, so she wandered across to have a look with, she said, “Elizabeth Haich’s book specifically in mind”.
As Jayne walked through the door, she found herself in a small room divided down the middle by a bookshelf. She looked at the books nearest her.
“Lo and behold, it was the spiritual section,” she said, “and I scanned the shelves for the white spine of the cover I had seen on Amazon and BAM – literally in under one minute after I had entered the shop, I was pulling a copy of “Initiation” from the shelves.” Perhaps tongue in cheek, Jayne added, “I took that as a sign that we had indeed found the right house in the right area etc.”
This lovely story indicates how Karma works: nothing *timely* can move forward or be cracked open until we are ready to make a time and space for it. We can only do that by being aware of our small and deceptively innocuous moments. If we blank out a second too long, we’ve missed out.
By day, a teacher of Senior English and French in Brisbane, Australia, and, by night, first a writer of novels and now a writer of spiritual material, I am on a quest of sorts – I am searching for a connection to my soul, right here, right now.
Admittedly, I have an ulterior motive – quite a strong one at that: I am trying to edit some karma out of my energy field by altering its properties.
This, from me, who a couple of years ago thought about my soul as often as the molecular composition of my body, which was never.
Landscape designers make your property worthier
No one can be a better landscape designer than the nature. Then, why do we need architects for designing and shaping beautiful houses? Actually, we need to think here in a bit broader way. Our architectures think about only us and our necessities. On the other hand, nature constructs shelters for each and every species in the universe. So, certainly nature is the best architect. Here, we will explore different aspects of landscape transformation New Zealand.
New Zealand already owns wonderful landscape and landscape contractors strive to make it more enticing by adding swimming pool, beautiful garden, playgrounds, etc. The ultimate fact is, “wonderful landscapes enhance overall worth of your property.” So, a many people turned into this profession. The competition is gradually becoming tougher. Now, you can get expert landscape contractors New Zealand in exclusively categorized on different basis. For instance, one can get specific category of landscape contractor for home, office, commercial complex and so on.
Some of the landscape contractors may be into this profession as a hobby or part time job. On the other hand, a many enter into this profession with professional degree. If you are extremely serious about your landscape makeover then always choose well trained professionals. Though, it is quite tough to find but only experts can understand minute specification of complete landscape makeover. Here minute specifications refer to terminologies like, landscape design, landscape construction, grading, loaming, seeding, transplanting and planting, hydro seeding, and commercial maintenance.
Probably, LandScapeTransformations.co.nz is perfectly aware with this fact. Hence, it has prominently marked its expertise in all sorts of landscaping structures. Nowadays, it is known as the synonym of the best garden designer New Zealand and swimming pool landscaping New Zealand.
Landscape makeover may leave adverse impact upon our surrounding ecology system. It may go against certain specific environmental norms as well. So as a prudent person, one should discuss all these issues with the professional contractors. Nowadays, Chinese Feng Shui & Indian Vaastu Shastra are also getting global recognition through architects. If you strongly believe upon astrology then you can discuss these two elements as well with your landscape contracts.
Landscape Transformations carry out entire landscape projects from garden landscaping, pool landscape design, planting, hard and soft landscaping as well as the project managing the entire job and also the garden and landscape maintenance. Our qualified and experienced team of landscape designers will help you all the way.