May-June 2011 - The Journey
Issue 58 | May.June 2011
HEALTH & WELLNESS | YOGA | HOROSCOPES | PERSONAL ENLIGHTENMENT
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JOURNEY
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The Search
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From the Publisher
Life can be interesting. I just finished the final
portion of a yoga teacher training/studies
program I have been facilitating over the last
few months. It coincided with the deadline
for this issue of the magazine. I had written
the Words from the Publisher column and
was happy that the final proof was about set
to go to the printer. The last training session
was ended with a meditation guided by one
of the students. She asked another one of
the students, who is a singer/songwriter, to
sing at the end of the meditation. The words
to this song touched us all deeply and I believe
it captures the essence of our theme:
The Search.
Singing for the Trees
by Corissa Bragg
Let the sunshine wash all over me
I’m in the woods, just singing for the trees
Dreaming of a place, that’s not so far away
I found home, in my own little way
I drove all over this country
Just to find the same old thing
And I’ve found all that I’ve wanted
Right here, with you and me
I can run, but I can’t get away from me
I can move slow or fast, but it’s all the same
ending
Let the sunshine wash all over me
I’m in the woods, just singing for the trees
Dreaming of a place, that’s not so far away
I found home, in my own little way
Places don’t change you, they just sit in
your bones
There’s a time when you’ve got to have
more
You find home in your heart and your soul
Not in empty streets and dirty roads
Let the sunshine wash all over me
I’m in the woods, just singing for the trees
Dreaming of a place, that’s not so far away
I found home, in my own little way
Thank you Corissa, and may we all come
to that knowing that when we go within, we
never go without.
Namaste’ Clyde
The Front Porch | 5-9
Soul Food | 12
By Eva Starr
May.June 2011 | Issue 58
There’s No Place Like Home | 14
By Lauren Duke
4 Techniques for a Fruitful Search | 17
By Carolyn Elliott
I Search for Myself | 20
By Brenda Marroy
Discovering Your Soul: An Ongoing Search for a Better Life | 23
By Tina G. Sacchi
From Flower Power to Fluidity:
The Search for Yoga on American Soil | 26
By wah!
The Yoga Listings | 30
The Search for Spirituality | 31
By Elbert Crary
The Meaning of Dreams | 33
By Wendy Stokes
Horoscopes | Inner Views | 34
By Kimmie Rose Zapf
How to Find Your Guru | 36
By Jenya Dasi
Life is Good, All the Time | 40
By Annette Tabar
Publisher Clyde Chafer
Editor Bob Rosenbaum
Proofreader Katie Krancevic
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Feature Writers
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Jenya Dasi
Lauren Duke
Carolyn Elliott
Brenda Marroy
Tina G. Sacchi
Eva Starr
Annette Tabar
wah!
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The
Front
Porch
Welcome to the Front Porch! This section serves as a welcoming stage for the rest of the magazine. It is a place for community
news and sharing, updates, notables, and much more. We are excited to announce that book and CD reviews will also take place
here on the Front Porch, so please send us any material you’ve written/recorded or anything you are enchanted by. Press releases
for the Front Porch, as well as submissions for the rest of the magazine are encouraged. Please go to the submission guidelines
page at www.thejourneymag.com.
CDs, books and DVDs can be sent to: The Journey • 9557 Tamarin Ct. • Mentor, Ohio 44060
Now, grab a hot drink and settle into a rocking chair—Welcome to our humble abode!
On Wednesday, October 5 Deva Premal & Miten, with special
guest Manose, will lead an evening in the yoga of sacred song and
mantra at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, 25 miles
east of Cleveland.
Deva Premal & Miten are living proof that mantras are as relevant today
as they were thousands of years ago. With over a million recordings
sold worldwide and regular performances across North America,
Asia, Europe and Australia, this couple, in both life and music, have
touched the hearts of millions of seekers throughout the world. They
have received accolades from such luminaries as His Holiness the
Dalai Lama, author Eckhart Tolle, Hollywood icon Cher and motivation
guru Anthony Robbins. Visit www.DevaPremallMiten.com. Tickets
and more details will be available online soon atwww.thejourneymag.
com and in the next issue of The Journey.
On the Cover: The Golden Room
The image depicts a sublime moment, where the inner and outer worlds merge and melt. Does the sacred geometry of the room
create the moment, or her inner light create the room?
The transparency, translucency and interconnectedness of the inner and outer realms.
Photos of architecture: Dhiren Dasu
Model: Angelique Payne.
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Deva Premal & Miten
Coming to Cleveland October 5
Penny Slinger is a Visionary Surrealist artist. At the age of 21 her work was
exhibited in the Institute of Contemporary Art, London. She works in a variety
of media and has published a number of books, including ‘Sexual Secrets,
the Alchemy of Ecstasy’ (1979), and three books of photo collage. She has
released a number of videos, including ‘Visions of the Arawaks’, ‘Dance of the
Cosmos’, Goddess Juice’ and ‘Rainbow Body Awakening’.
Penny’s art was featured in ‘Angels of Anarchy’, Manchester Art Gallery, and
‘The Dark Monarch’ at Tate St Ives, England, in 2009.
Her current project is the ‘64 Dakini Oracle’, a divination system of Divine
Feminine archetypes.
To see more of her work, please go to www.pennyslinger.com.
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Open Yoga Gallery: Urban Revitalization
through Yoga, Community and Art
Open Yoga Gallery is located at 4736 Lorain Avenue, in Cleveland’s
historic Ohio City neighborhood. OYG seeks to provide yoga instruction in
a safe and comfortable environment to any body and every body. There
are community classes every day, by donation, with no one refused due to
lack of funds. The donation jar is private, and the teachers friendly, leaving
nothing to be afraid of in this beginner-friendly setting. Non-judgment is
emphasized and all are brought into the fold. Its intention is to build an
inclusive community, where all are welcome.
Bringing yoga to this urban setting in an authentic way, OYG maintains
a steadfast adherence to its green business practices and progressive,
eco-conscious values. OYG believes in its responsibility to be a ripple that
joins the wave in making this city prosper. Local artists showcase their
work on the walls of this meticulously restored building, and the talents of
local teachers radiate throughout the space. Musicians occasionally accompany
classes, and the monthly Midnight Flow takes place every third
Friday of the month at 10 p.m. amidst the flicker of candlelight. If mellow
is the new power, OYG is the epicenter of a movement towards goodness
and authentic yoga practice. Open Yoga Gallery is committed to the yoga
community, the city’s revitalization, and an optimistic, open-minded approach
to the world.
Please visit Open Yoga Gallery in person at 4736 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland,
or online at www.openyogagallery.com
Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter
the temple of wisdom. When we are in doubt and puzzle out
the truth by our own exertions, we have gained something that
will stay by us and will serve us again. But if to avoid the trouble
of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of
a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not
bought, but borrowed it. ~ C. C. Colton
Strange But True!
• In Bahrain, a male gynecologist can
only examine a woman’s private parts
through a mirror.
• You burn more calories sleeping than
you do watching television.
• In the 1800’s, people believed that gin
could cure stomach problems.
• McDonalds calls frequent buyers of
their food heavy users.
• Americans ate eight million more orders
of french fries and almost six million
more hamburgers this year compared to
last.
• Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the
world’s food supply each year.
• US tops the world in plastic surgery
procedures. Next comes Mexico.
• 22% of American women aged 20 gave
birth while in their teens. In Switzerland
and Japan, only 2% did so.
• Mexican women spend 15.3% of their
life in ill health.
• Most Zambians don’t live to see their
40th birthday.
• Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the
world. It is 10 times more effective than
valium!
• Consuming chocolate was once considered
a sin during the 16th and 17th
century.
• Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine
when it was initially introduced.
• Acorns were used as a coffee substitute
during the American Civil War.
• Chocolate was used as medicine during
the 18th century. It was believed that
chocolate could cure a stomach ache.
• The only “real” food that U.S. Astronauts
are allowed to take into space is
pecan nuts.
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Fellowships of the Spirit
Since 1988, Fellowships of the Spirit has provided dynamic, in-depth
training in Mediumship, the Healing Arts and a broad spectrum of spiritual
studies for both beginner and advanced student. We welcome you
to take a look Fellowships of the Spirit’s new and expanded educational
programs. We offer you both introductory and in depth trainings in multiple
spiritual disciplines.
Fellowships of the Spirit’s Lakeside Learning Center is located at 282
Dale Drive, next to the Lily Dale Assembly, on the shore of beautiful
Cassadaga Lakes. For more information go to www.fellowshipsspirit.org,
or call 716-595-2159.
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“R
emember, life is always
uncertain. Everything
dead is certain, life is always
uncertain. Everything dead is
solid, fixed - its nature cannot
be changed; everything alive
is moving, changing - a flow,
a liquid thing, flexible, able
to move in any direction. The
more you become certain,
the more you will miss life.
And those who know, know
life is God. If you miss life,
you miss God. Act spontaneously.
If there is discomfort
in the beginning allow it to
be there; don’t hide it and
don’t suppress it - and don’t
imitate. Be childlike but don’t
be childish. If you are childlike,
you will become a great
saint; if you are childish, you
will become a great, knowledgeable
person.”
~ Osho
Clean House Inc.: A Sanctuary of
Healing and Self-Empowerment
The stereotypes that come with drug and alcohol abuse often overshadow the humanity of the people who suffer from it.
The fact is, people struggling with drugs and alcohol are everyday people – moms and dads, sisters and brothers, sons and
daughters – who have lost control of their lives through a series of poor decisions and unhealthy habits, often acquired in
very small, almost imperceptible steps taken over a period of years. Most want to regain control of their lives, but lack the
support and know-how needed to do so.
With the development of Clean House, Inc.; we plan to create a safe and sober living environment where good behaviors
can take root. Our facility will be a zero-tolerance sober living residence for anyone looking to live a drug and alcohol free
life. Our overarching goal will be to empower our clients to leave Clean House sober with a strong sense of self-esteem and
personal responsibility,and able to support themselves emotionally, spiritually and financially. 12-step recovery is the foundation
of our program which also includes career development and stress /anger management by the practice of meditation
and martial arts. Please help us make Clean House a reality. You can e-mail Clean House Inc. at : cleanhouse.smeltz0@
gmail.com for more information and to make tax exempt donations.
Clean House Inc. is a non profit organization.
C.L.E.A.N.
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Bon Buddhist Center in Pittsburgh
Facilitates Historic Visit
Olmo Ling is a non-profit, religious organization dedicated to the
preservation and teaching of the ancient Bon Buddhist Tradition in
order to heal, transform and uplift the Pittsburgh and surrounding
communities, especially those most in need, including at risk youth,
adults and the terminally ill.
Founded in 2007 by Tempa Dukte Lama, Olmo Ling offers weekly
meditation sessions, Tibetan Dzochen Yoga Practice bi-weekly,
meditation instruction every first and third Thursday of each month
and monthly retreats and workshops. Continuing education credits
are also offered in partnership with places such as Carnegie Mellon
University and Chatham University.
On Saturday, June 4, 2011 Olmo Ling proudly presents the first, historic
public talk and blessing from His Holiness, the 33rd Menri Trizin,
the spiritual head of the Bon Buddhist Tradition and Abbot of Menri
Monastery, at Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. A benefit reception dinner
will also be held that evening at India Garden in Monroeville, PA to
benefit the orphans, monks and nuns at Menri Monastery. Details are
available at www.olmoling.org.
For the full calendar of events or more information about Olmo Ling,
visit www.olmoling.org or call 412-904-1112 or email at
bon@olmoling.org
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Renaissance Unity
Renaissance Unity is a spiritual community whose
time has come. We offer a positive, practical approach
to spirituality, where each person’s individuality
is a unique expression of God. We are open
and affirming and welcome people from all spiritual
and religious traditions. At Renaissance Unity you
will find joyous and loving people, stimulating messages
and uplifting music. Renaissance Unity is a
member of the Unity movement in spiritual understanding
and consciousness. We honor the universal
truths found in all religions and the teachings
that offer compassion, forgiveness, sacred service
a n d l o v e a s t o u c h s t o n e s t o a u t h e n t i c s p i r i t u a l l i f e .
Our mission is “transforming lives through a conscious
of love”. We model that with a strong local
community outreach program and a solid tithing
program to worthy global organizations. We offer
a variety of programs and study groups that help
to deepen and enrich one’s own personal spiritual
journey. We invite you to attend Sunday services
that are fun and inspirational, with wonderful music
and people and to discover your spiritual home.
Sunday services are at 10:30am with childcare and
a complete children’s program. All ages (infant –
teens) are welcome. Services are held at Mediterranean
Party Center, 25021 Rockside Rd, Bedford
Hts OH. Check out our events, location and other
information at www.renspirit.org
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new
center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different
way to stand. ~ Oprah Winfrey
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Six basic things to know
about how search engines work:
Although the technology behind each search engine varies
slightly, there are some basic things you can learn about how
search engines work that can help you improve your search
skills.
1. When you enter a term into a search engine, you’re not
searching the entire Web. Rather, you’re searching the Web
sites that the search engine has indexed. If the search engine
hasn’t added a Web site to its index, it cannot include it in the
search results.
2. Spiders are powerful but they can travel only through the
hyperlinks that connect Web sites. If a page isn’t linked to any
other pages, spiders can’t find it. Also, search engines work
best with sites that cooperate with search engines by creating
a “site map” that tells a search engine where to spider. Many
sites don’t do this.
3. The part of the World Wide Web that is not linked to other
sites is called the “invisible Web” or the “deep Web.” It may
contain information highly relevant to your search.
4. Search engines don’t know why you want information—
they find information they deem relevant to the words you’ve
entered. These results are not recommendations; search
engines don’t rank their results by the content of each site.
They use mathematical equations algorithms to rank them,
and the formula may have little to do with a site’s credibility or
relevance to your task.
5. Companies have gotten wise to the way that search engines
work. Many Web pages are created and customized
with the goal of appearing near the top of a search engine’s
results list regardless of their credibility or usefulness. This
practice is called “search engine optimization,” and to it’s one
reason that not all of your search results will be relevant or
trustworthy.
6. The “Help,” “About” or “Preferences” sections of a search
engine site have helpful tips for using that particular search
engine to your advantage. For example, if you’re looking for
a definition, Google tells you to add “define:” to the beginning
of your keyword. Thus, a search for “define: search engine”
in Google will give you a list of definitions for “search engine”
from around the Web. Similar tricks are innumerable, and
all search engines have them. Google has a complete list of
“search operators.”
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time
and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the
world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having
or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile.
Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others
without getting a few drops on yourself. ~ Og Mandino
Rock on....
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Krishna Das Announces June 2011
“Samsara By Bus” Tour
“If there’s such a thing as a rock ‘n roll star presiding over
the music category of kirtan — the 500-year-old tradition of
chanting Indian mantras — the honor belongs to Krishna
Das.” (Flavor Pill)
Krishna Das, one of the best-selling chant artists of all
time, returns to the road this June in Seattle, WA following
his hugely successful, sold out tour last spring with Deva
Premal, which the New York Post called “some enchanted
evening….”. This summer’s tour will include Cleveland,
Ohio on June 24 th at the Cleveland State University Student
Center Ballroom, 3 rd floor, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
44115. Tickets for the Cleveland event are available at www.
wolsteincenter.com
Krishna Das has been called the “Chant Master of American
Yoga” by The New York Times and “Pavarotti of Kirtan”
by Yoga Journal and is notable for making yoga and chant
music more accessible to Western listeners. His music layers
traditional kirtan – chanting of the divine names – over
popular arrangements and songs. Last March, Krishna Das
released his latest album Heart As Wide As The World to
critical acclaim. His first studio album in more than 10 years,
the album is a collaboration with David Nichtern (“Midnight
at the Oasis”), who produced and played guitar.
More information: www.allfaithspantry.org
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Soul Food
By Eva Starr
s
I met and agreed to marry a man. I gave up my job,
car, etc. and moved to his state. Once I’d gotten
here, he began to change. Now he’s just a nasty SOB
and I’m totally stuck.
oul Food is dedicated to all my readers, as an offering
to share my metaphysical musings and the lessons I
have learned throughout my journey in this classroom
we call Planet Earth. I encourage your questions and
quandaries as we grow together toward solution and
enlightenment.
Dear Eva:
I’m so frustrated and at my wits end. I’ve made a
huge mistake. I met and agreed to marry a man. I gave
up my job, car, etc. and moved to his state. Once I’d
gotten here, he began to change. Now he’s just a nasty
SOB and I’m totally stuck. It’s a small college town and I
can’t even find a job to work myself out of this situation.
I don’t have a car now and no way to get around. I’m just
stuck in this small apartment. In addition, things seem
so hopeless. I’ve got to get out of here. I’m getting really
depressed. I have no money, no nothing. I don’t know
why I’m writing; I’m just so desperate. –BK
Dear Desperate:
When there seems like absolutely no way out of a
situation, there is only one way – and that is to turn it over
to a higher power. Call it God, the Universe, the Angels,
whatever works for you, the name isn’t important. What
is important is to recognize that there is a power greater
than us, that knows the answers that we can’t see. The
how is up to God.
There is a process called The Golden Key; whenever
you think of the problem, turn your thoughts to God.
Then sit down and, on paper with a pen, write out the
problem as a question: “How can I get myself out of this
situation?”
Then write out 25 answers without stopping. You’ll be
amazed at how fast the pen will move. Then every day
do at least three of the things on that list. Call a prayer
line. There are tons of them; find one you like and keep
the number in your cell phone. Remember, when you are
thinking of the problem and what has gone wrong you are
also praying, but you’re praying for more of the problem,
so Golden Key it each and every time.
Last but not least, silently bless and forgive that so
called SOB. The fastest way to bring the blessings upon
yourself is to see them for the person you are upset with.
You’ll be up and running again in no time. Good Luck!
The fastest way to bring us to
something better and something
we love is to start loving where
we are.
Dear Eva:
I’m in a job that I absolutely hate but I’m afraid to quit
because I know how hard it is to find a job these days. I
also don’t know if I’m good at anything else. The job I’m
at, I’ve had most of my life but it is causing me so much
stress I’m afraid it just might kill me.
When I get home from work, I take out my frustrations
on my family, and I don’t mean to; it’s just that I’m
so angry all the time. It seems like I have nowhere to
turn. Please help. –MR
Dear Stressed:
I know this is going to sound like a paradox but listen
carefully: The first thing I encourage you to do is start
loving your current job. Yes, I said start loving your current
job. The fastest way to bring us to something better
and something we love is to start loving where we are.
Sit down and make a list of all the positive things that job
has brought you since the first day you went to work.
List the building, or the relationship you’ve formed,
or the beautiful drive on the way to work, and the fact
that you were able to provide for your family. I think
you get the picture. From this point forward, just focus
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on the good things about the job; the Universe will take
care of the rest.
Now, let’s address the other issue – that you don’t
know how to do anything else. I’d bet that if I asked a
bunch of your friends and family, they’d be able to come
up with a few things that you’re absolutely great at.
Answer these questions: What do you like to do for fun?
What do you do that you just get lost in and time flies
by? What would you do even if you didn’t get paid? Now
start doing those things – even if it’s just a few minutes
every day. Before you know it, how you look at your job
now will change, and doors will start opening up for you
in other areas.
Nobody says you have to throw the baby out with
the bath water, but stranger things have happened. For
myself, when I’m in a job that I strongly dislike, and I’m
afraid to leave because of the economy or whatever false
premise I’m buying into at the time, I end up getting fired.
Which for me is a relief; then I don’t have to ask myself
whether I made the right decision by quitting.
You’re stronger than you think you are, and remember:
God never gives us anything we can’t handle.
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There’s No Place Like Home
woke up this morning with one
shoe on, make-up smeared
under my eyes and a head-
iam
ache that just won’t quit. I
24 years old but I feel like I
am 90. I walk into the bathroom,
look in the mirror and drop down
to my knees in tears. I put my
face on the cold tile floor and lay
there remembering what I have
just done.
Once again, I drowned myself
in alcohol after my lover failed to
show up for the hundredth time,
the way that I had needed him
to. I put all my eggs in his basket
just like I always did, and he
goes on living his life just like he
always does. But this time I was
angry. Ten shots of tequila angry.
A makeout session with a girl for
attention, and throwing up in the
passenger side of my friend’s
Toyota truck angry. That’s what
got me here. Awesome!
My phone starts ringing and
won’t stop. I finally pick it up and
it’s him. He asks me why the hell
I came to his house last night and
tore his room apart. He is mad.
Not mad like all the times before
when I lost my shit, but mad like
this is the last time kind of mad. He
tells me that I am tragic, a complete
charity case. He tells me that I am
lost and that I need help.
I cuss him out, blame it all on
him. Tell him he is such a jerk and
that all of this is his fault. If he could
just love me like I want him to then
I would be alright. If he could just
distract me all day and all night then I
wouldn’t have to go over to his house
and trash it when he doesn’t pay attention
to me, right? God why can’t
he see what I am seeing?
I hang up on him and think to
myself how disconnected the male
species is. I walk back into the
bathroom, look in the mirror yet
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It takes me a little time
after my moment of
divine intimacy with the
bathroom floor to finally
get up and pursue a
relentless effort to sell
all of my things. I decide
I am going to Costa Rica
where birds sing all day
and my problems are
far, far away.
By Lauren Duke
again, but this time something
has shifted. Instead of seeing a
90-year-old woman, I see this
sad little girl. And I begin crying.
It reminds me of watching
my mother cry in my adolescence
because she put her heart
somewhere far away and when
she wanted to find it again, she
couldn’t quite remember where
she put it.
And in this moment, shadowed
in complete separation, I
feel dead. I remember seeing this
same look in my mom’s eyes,
except for her it is still there. And
for me, well, I want to live. So I
go searching.
It takes me a little time after
my moment of divine intimacy
with the bathroom floor to finally
get up and pursue a relentless
effort to sell all of my things.
I decide I am going to Costa
Rica where birds sing all day and
my problems are far, far away. I
remember seeing a movie once
and the main character said that
if you don’t like your life to simply
run away. It sounds like a plan
to me.
I am on the next plane out of
here and in a couple of days I will
have new life. It’s like the magic
books that my teachers used to read
to me when I was in pre-kindergarten,
about how the frog would turn
into a prince just with the snap of a
finger. I keep snapping my fingers
and I am still sad.
So I get on the plane and fall
asleep secretly hoping that I won’t
wake up and this is really just a
crappy dream. But it’s my life so I
wake up the next morning in Costa
Rica. At least here I don’t have any
reminders, except for my photographic
memory – which I have been
trying to smoke away since I was 12.
It hasn’t worked.
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A year later
Costa Rica was majestic but just an escape. One day I
stood on the beach, early in the morning, long before anyone
woke up and began sobbing uncontrollably. I realized that the
whole time I had been on these beaches with hot Costa Rican
men was just a rich way to take me out of waking up.
One day an internal voice spoke, and it said something
like: “Dude, you have some serious work to do. Go home.”
So I went home. And not just home to the town that I lived in
before. No, I am talking home like the source of all the problems
in the first place. I moved back in with my parents.
And in renunciation I start to feel full
of forgiveness. I forgive my mom, my
dad, my sister. I forgive boyfriends
No. 1, 2 and 3 for not living up to my
expectations. I forgive myself. I start
to feel strong.
And here is where the real search begins. This is where I
learn to be patient. This is where I learn that people are different
and that it’s OK. This is where I learn from other people’s
mistakes and habits and patterns. This is where I learn what
I don’t want to be. I learn how to be better. How to mind my
business. How to respect.
I learn to see all the things beyond what my basic lens
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perceives. I learn to stay open. This is where I learn to love
unconditionally. I learn that every time a conflict comes up,
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I see we all have our luggage (or for some of us cargo
trucks) full of stuff that we carry with us. Things we don’t
want. Things we don’t need but yet we still hold on like it’s
our ticket home. This is where I learn to let go. And in letting
go this is where I find freedom. And in finding freedom this is
where I find a true home.
Three years later
I begin to watch humility come to me just by giving up
on my own thought of what everything should look like. And
in renunciation I start to feel full of forgiveness. I forgive my
mom, my dad, my sister. I forgive boyfriends No. 1, 2 and 3
for not living up to my expectations. I forgive myself. I start
to feel strong.
My container feels primal. I do a lot of yoga. I breathe
deep. I get bigger than any small, puny problem. I tattoo “Love
Thyself” on my wrist as a reminder to never forget where I’ve
come from. And I continue to search, to open and to commit
every single day of my life.
The second we give up the search is the exact moment
that life lives us rather than us living life. So we keep our eyes,
arms and hearts open, in tune and attuned with the search for
something that we already had in us all along: peace.
No regrets; just the knowing that if I had to trash my boyfriend’s
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then so be it. I wouldn’t take any of it back. It’s all part of the
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4 Techniques for a
Fruitful Search
The search for fulfillment and
joy in this life can be tough. It often
feels like groping in treacherous
darkness. Here are some simple
suggestions to help you on your
journey.
1
Spend time each day focused
on what your ideal relationship
with the world would feel
like.
People tend to think they want
specific things. For example, you
may think you want a house in
the country with cathedral ceilings,
a lush garden, and a teacup
poodle. I would argue it’s not really
these things that you want. It’s the
ideal relationship with the world
– which those things represent to
you – that you want. You want a
relationship with the world that’s
rich with beauty and opportunities
to nurture. A relationship that’s
expansive (cathedral ceilings),
alive (lush garden), adorable and
adoring (teacup poodle).
Many teachers of the law of attraction
will suggest that you focus
on imagining having the specific
things that you want. I suggest
this, too, but only as an aid to
imagining and vividly experiencing
the feeling of what it would be like
for you to be in your ideal relationship
with the world.
Because let’s face it: The
things would be meaningless
without the relationship. There are
lots of people who have fabulous
houses and gardens and poodles
who are rotting with misery. Being
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surrounded by wondrous things
only feels good when those things
occur in the context of a rich relationship
with life.
What would it feel like if every
person you encountered knew you
as you wish to be known, honored
you as you wish to be honored,
helped you as you wished to be
helped? And what would it feel
like if all the unseen forces of the
universe were continually showering
you with gifts? Focus on this
feeling every day; discover it and
nurture it.
2Notice what beliefs or selfimages
you hold that argue
against the possibility of this
ideal relationship – and work to
release them.
The ver y act of imagining
yourself within your ideal relationship
with the world has the effect
of turning on the bright lights
within your spirit, so you can see
the shadows more starkly.
As soon as you begin to focus
on the feeling of that relationship,
you’ll notice parts of yourself
objecting – “that’s impossible,”
“that’s not how life works,” “that
could never happen for me.” Those
objections come from the conditioned
beliefs and self-images you
hold about yourself.
The process of releasing longheld
limiting beliefs and self-imag-
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es is ongoing and multi-layered.
Great progress can be made
immediately on some important
layers, and some layers take years
to effectively budge. It’s important,
though, to accomplish this
work, because doing so clears
your perception so you can find
the way toward your best world
relationship.
In my experience, the most
effective way to work with these
doubts and false limitations is
through meditative inquiry, which
can be done alone or with a tutor.
3Discover what it is in your
life that argues against
your enjoying an ideal relationship
with the world, and make
changes accordingly.
Imagining what your best possible
relationship with the world
would feel like not only brings into
view your inner doubts and limiting
beliefs, it also can have the
effect of showing what elements
in your current life are out of tune
with the harmony you envision.
Once you begin focusing on
the ideal world relationship, you
may clearly realize that your
critical friend or your demanding
career don’t fit in with your best
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Nonetheless, your dream relationship with the
world won’t come true until you consciously let go of
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4Follow the path that sings.
As you focus on your ideal world relationship –
and let go of fearful doubts and people, places, and
things that don’t resonate with your vision – you’ll
come upon a path that sings to you.
You’ll find yourself surrounded by people who
know you as you want to be known, in an environment
rich with beauty and love. There will be spiritual
resources and opportunities present for you in this
place. And you’ll be able to recognize it because the
feeling that you get when you’re there will feel like the
wondrous world relationship you’ve been visualizing
in your daily practice.
As it happens, my path includes bhakti yoga,
which – literally – sings. In bhakti yoga practice, we
sing the names of the divine, offering ourselves to it
in unconditional devotional service. The first time I
came to a kirtan (a session of music and chanting
meditation) I immediately knew I was in the right
place for me. The people and the environment there
fully resonated with my heart, which I had carefully
tuned using the above-outlined steps.
Once you find your path, don’t stop dreaming of
that ideal world relationship and release that which
doesn’t align with it. Keep dreaming and dropping
until your life is a radiant pulsing jewel of love.
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can’t remember a time in the first 40 years of my life,
when I wasn’t searching for something. I didn’t know
what I was looking for, however; what I did know was
Ispace
that something was missing. I tried to fill that empty
with religion, food, sports, busy-ness, relationships,
shopping, sex, hobbies and entertainment. Eventually,
I realized that nothing was satisfying that deep hunger I
was carrying within my soul.
One day, in the middle of running to and fro, I experienced
an overwhelming quietness within. At the same
time I felt something inside of me whispering, “Stop
searching outside of yourself. I’m within you.” I wasn’t
sure what that meant, because when this happened I still
had the religious belief that God was somewhere up there
or out there, so obviously it wasn’t God speaking to me.
If not God, then what could possibly be in me that I was
searching so hard for?
I was confused, and having no answers all I could
do was to continue living like it was a matter of life and
death for me to find what was missing. So I kept on trying
everything I could to fill myself. No matter what I did
though, I still had that gaping hole in the middle of my
being.
I don’t remember a specific time or place, or any
special incident that happened that brought me face to
face with my answer. Somehow though, it slowly began
to dawn on me that I was looking for myself. I started
realizing, that in the course of growing up I had been left
behind, and had been replaced with a girl who learned
how to be who she wasn’t. I somehow knew that being
what others wanted me to be would grant me acceptance
and approval. I had taken on the persona of a do-gooder
who wore herself out trying to be OK. I didn’t know how
to stand up for myself, how to say no, who I wanted or
what I wanted.
I felt like a mechanical person who lived on auto-pilot.
Up until then, it had never dawned on me to question
my unhappiness or my lack of peace and contentment,
nor did I know what a “false self” vs. an “authentic self”
meant. I just thought it was my lot in life to be miserable,
depressed, angry and unhappy.
As I began to see how my true self was trapped inside,
my search took on new meaning. I now had a vision of
what I was looking for and a passion for uncovering what
had been buried and locked away. I longed to go back and
recapture the child within me, who had been wounded
and stifled and who found it necessary to go underground
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The Search For Myself
By Brenda Marroy
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in order to survive. Who was I and what had I given up
that needed to be unearthed and reclaimed?
I was fortunate to meet an excellent therapist who
had already done her own excavation, therefore having
the ability to help me unearth my authentic self. Week
by week I met with her and we slowly began to dig into
my childhood. The messages I received from family
and acquaintances were, “Just accept life as it is and
be thankful,” and “The past is over and done, just move
on.” These words sounded good, but what my naysayers
didn’t realize was that my past kept showing up in
my present.
I don’t remember a specific time
or place, or any special incident
that happened that brought me
face to face with my answer.
Somehow though, it slowly began
to dawn on me that I was looking
for myself.
My wounded child was present in my depression,
anxiety, fear, inability to say no, broken relationships,
sadness, and my poor decision making skills. Because I
was emotionally and physically abandoned as a child, I
didn’t know how to have a healthy relationship. In fact, I
didn’t have relationships, I took hostages. I was so afraid of
being left again that I had to have control over everything,
including the other person. What I was unable to see was
that the tighter I held on, the more I lost.
The first hidden parts of me to be unearthed were my
positive and powerful attributes. I saw how much courage
it took for me to survive. I could have given up at any time,
but I kept hammering away and knocking at the door until
someone opened. I also was able to dig up, dust off, and
see clearly my loving, nurturing and kind nature. I’d lost
touch with that part of myself in my quest for love and
acceptance. I saw my intelligence and my quickness to
learn, and my openness to change. As I blossomed and
grew, I began to like myself and know that I deserved to
be loved for who I was.
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Continuing on this journey over the years has brought
me into the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Seeing
the “good” parts of me was enlightening and energizing
and I embraced all of my new born self. Eventually, as I
became more solid in my self-worth, the next phase of
my uncovering started. After ascending to the highest
highs, spirit began to take me to the depths of myself
so I could meet my unacceptable villagers. These were
the parts of me that I didn’t like, but that I needed to see
because they were alive and well inside of me.
I felt like a mechanical person
who lived on auto-pilot. Up until
then, it had never dawned on me
to question my unhappiness or
my lack of peace and contentment…I
just thought it was my lot
in life to be miserable, depressed,
angry and unhappy.
Some of those villagers were: self-righteousness, fear,
shame, resentment, anxiety and sadness. These were
the parts that I denied and refused to look at or call by
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if I acknowledged that these traits lived within me. But,
my need to be authentic and whole trumped my fear of
not looking good. I called upon my courage to assist me
in being brave enough to let these hidden traits up, look
them in the face, acknowledge them and give them a
name. I call this part of my healing, Making Peace With
My Villagers.
After working with my therapist for over a year, she
set me free to continue my journey. I got involved in Healing
the Child Within work; I was introduced to and began
a relationship with goddess energy; and I followed the
work of John Bradshaw, Gerald Jampolsky, and Louise
Hay. I also began attending healing workshops and circles
where I met a few women who were on the same path,
and we developed supportive, nurturing relationships
with each other.
I obviously chose the life I did because I came to
the planet to heal. My search has been both long and
satisfactory. I know that the journey to find and live my
authentic self is nowhere near being finished. In fact, I
believe I’ll be on this path until the moment I leave the
planet. I’m still searching and still hungry for truth and
reality. The difference though, is that I know what I’m
looking for and I know the path to get there.
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Discovering Your Soul:
An Ongoing Search
For a Better Life
ave you ever wondered why
you have instinctive knowledge
about certain subjects, tasks or
activities? How come you are
Hdrawn to certain people, cultures,
beliefs and traditions while some
places, people and things feel off
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lives sounds mysterious and
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Each of us is an unlimited soul
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It is an illusion, because you simply
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You leave your body, but your
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Your spirit is pure energy, and energy
does not disappear; it transforms into
something else. We all chose to be
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Part of the lesson here on Earth
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and then ultimately return to our allknowing
essence. But, why should
you care about your past or future
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blocks, obstacles and barriers
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fullest potential in the here and now,
in the present moment. Through exploration
with a common technique
By Tina G. Sacchi
known as past-life regression, you
get to the root of the problem across
all lifetimes – and you neutralize the
fear of snakes.
It is important to get to the root of
the matter; if you don’t, the problem
keeps coming back. It is like pulling
a weed, but failing to extract the
whole root; eventually the weed will
just grow back stronger and mightier.
If you only focus on the events that
happen to you in this lifetime, you
haven’t dug deep enough. Further,
making changes in your current lifetime
will help you create a future life
that is much more on track with your
spiritual purpose and destiny.
There are many ways in which
past lives affect your current reality.
For example, many people have
taken a vow of poverty in a previous
life. When they incarnate in this lifetime,
they still have not cleared the
vow, so they continue to live by it. You
might struggle to get ahead financially
in this lifetime because there is
a subconscious belief stored in your
soul’s memory that says, “You must
be poor to be close to God.” Clearing
these energy imprints will open the
channels for prosperity in this lifetime
and future lives to come.
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Exploring your lives from any time and space can
help you clear vows, eliminate phobias and fears, deal
with old and rusty emotions, and even address incongruent
relationships. Some people find themselves tied to
destructive people, and they wonder why they can’t let
go. Using past-life regression, future-life progression or
energy healing techniques such as shamanic practices
can shift relationships in this lifetime very rapidly for the
betterment of all involved.
If you’ve experienced a past life in
which you were killed by a snakebite,
you might be terrified of
snakes – but not really understand
in this lifetime why you have such a
strong fear.
It’s important to note that we are not clearing the
memory of a specific lifetime (because a soul’s memories
aren’t erased); rather, we are clearing the “the emotional
charge” associated with the memory. In the example of
the snakebite, you don’t erase the memory of death by
snakebite; you simply let go of the fearful emotions that
have carried over into this life, so that the next time you
look at a snake, you can have a neutral emotional response.
You might even be able to hold a snake because
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you no longer associate it with causing your physical
death in a past-life.
Releasing and clearing past-life emotional charges is
like peeling the layers of an onion. Each time you peel
back a layer, you rediscover more and more of the essence
of your soul. Eventually, you start to see that you
are not your experiences, but rather a soul with unlimited
light and potential. Miracles start to happen in your current
life while setting a foundation for future lives.
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feelings. For example, if you have a feeling of abandonment
and there is no explanation for this feeling to exist in
your current lifetime, then it’s time to see if it is a leftover
feeling from a past-life – or a future lifetime that is ready
to manifest. You are always creating your future. You
move energy to your future through thoughts. Perhaps
the future life feelings were planted many lifetimes ago.
That is how powerful you are.
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which includes Hypnotherapy, Energy Healing (Reiki/
Shamanic), Mysticism, Chakra Balancing, Soul Path
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WAH!: I’m pleased to be talking
with Philip Goldberg, whose book
American Veda takes us on a journey
from the original yogi Vivekananda
coming to America in the 1800s to
the present time – exploring ways
in which yogic culture has weaved
itself into the fabric of American
lives. An incredible exploration and
a must-read for any yoga teacher in
America today.
How did yoga seep into American
culture? Where did it all start?
Philip Goldberg: The basic
groundwork was laid earlier, by
Emerson and Thoreau, who were
powerfully influenced by Vedic
texts. Vivekananda came in 1893
and had an enormous impact in the
three years he spent in the U.S. He
was the first to describe the paths of
karma, bhakti, jnana and raja yoga
in English-language books, and
created The Vedanta Society and a
system for swamis to come and work
in the U.S.
In 1920, Paramahansa Yogananda
arrived. He made America his
home, with Los Angeles as his
headquarters, and he stayed for 32
years until he died in 1952. He was
the second major figure to come
here and have a lasting impact. Yo-
From Flower Power
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gananda made it easy for those who
were searching for a practice to learn
his Kriya Yoga; and SRF, his teaching
organization, offered a Christianfriendly
version of practical Vedanta.
And, of course, his Autobiography
of a Yogi, which was published right
after World War II, remains a classic
that has introduced millions to Indian
teachings.
This wave of Indian gurus was made possible
in part by some significant changes in U.S.
immigration laws in 1965, which opened to
door to Indians to visit, stay and become
U.S. citizens.
By the 60s and 70s, how
many teachers were in the
U.S.?
The ones who had the
biggest impact on U.S. culture
initially were Swami
Satchidananda, Swami Vishnudevananda,
and Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi. They
came in the 50s and gained
enormous popularity by
the late 60s. Sri Chinmoy,
Bhaktivedanta, Muktananda,
Rajneesh, Amrit Desai and
others also established lasting
organizations and trained
teachers to disseminate their
brand of spirituality.
This wave of Indian gurus
was made possible in part by
some significant changes
in U.S. immigration laws in
1965, which opened to door
to Indians to visit, stay, and
become U.S. citizens. When
the Beatles went to India with Maharishi,
the media coverage was
relentless, and this created a huge
demand for the gurus’ services.
There were gurus of different kinds
who appealed to different kinds of
seekers.
How long did these gurus teach
in the U.S?
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Their biggest impact spanned
about 15-20 years, starting in 1967
with the counterculture and lasting
at least to the mid 1980s. During
that period, the teachings went
main stream. The gurus might not
have had a large number of direct
followers, but their teachings made
meditation and yoga widely available
to casual practitioners and devotees
alike. The main source of information
at first was the guru; as time
went on, more and more books were
published, lectures and teachings
were circulated, and Americans were
trained as teachers.
One of the things
India gave us was a
way to be genuinely
spiritual without
having to be conventionally
religious.
Some of the most important
books that influenced American
thinking and receptivity to yogic
philosophy were Autobiography of
a Yogi, Be Here Now, and various
translations of the Gita and Yoga
Sutras. The Vedanta Society Press
published translations and commentaries
that famous authors like
Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood
contributed to.
If you wanted a breathing technique,
a diet, a morning exercise
program, did you need to find a living
guru and join an organization in
order to fulfill your search?
In the early 60s, it wasn’t easy
to find yoga, even in places like
New York. But by the late 60s if you
were living in a major city or a college
town, you could get started in
a practice. SRF, Vishnudevananda,
Satchidananda and others had centers
and had started to train teachers,
and TM centers were opening
up everywhere. If you were a casual
seeker you could find a yoga class
or a meditation teacher. Plus, Lilias
Folan and Richard Hittleman had
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TV shows. But if you were a serious
seeker, yes, you probably joined or
affiliated with a group.
And can you
explain why the
search was done
with such fervor?
There have always
been serious
spiritual seekers
who were not satisfied
by conventional
religion, or
have even been
hostile toward it.
T h e s e p e o p l e ,
spiritual but without
religious affiliation,
had no place
to go to connect
with the divine, to
uncover the nature of the Self. With
the arrival of gurus and mass communication,
all that changed. In the
mid-to-late 60s, young people felt
discontented with life as it was presented,
and many turned to psychedelics
to explore the inner realms. At
the same time, Ravi Shankar popped
into the scene with the sound of
Indian music, and there were brand
new opportunities for travel, along
with more leisure time.
All these factors played a part.
It was a perfect storm of social influence.
But the same key component
remains today – an individual who
wants more out of life, who knows
there is some higher level of connection
to the cosmos, who feels there
is something inside that needs to be
explored and is searching for a way
to do it. I think one of the things India
gave us was a way to be genuinely
spiritual without having to be conventionally
religious. And you can do
it in your own independent way because
India tradition acknowledges
many paths to the divine.
In the present time, how has the
Internet changed the way people
seek and the way people find community?
The initial gurus and teachers
died off at around the same time
the Internet was born. Ashrams
and guru-centered organizations
were replaced by
hundreds of yoga
centers as the focal
point for seekers.
The explosion
of interest in yoga
and yoga-related
activities is unprecedented
in history.
Today’s seeker
is more eclectic,
more open to different
teachers and
paths. Communities
are less exclusive,
less gurucentered
and more
community-centered.
People find
each other through
social networking and the Internet.
Modern seekers
of spirituality take
more responsibility
for their own journeys,
and are less
likely to turn over
their power to a
spiritual authority
figure.
Many of the teachings are available
online, but it doesn’t eliminate
the need for community. It seems
that yoga and meditation are made
to be practiced in a group. The teachings
come alive when you practice
them with others.
Today’s yoga centers tend to
be non-religious, not loyal to any
one particular teacher or yoga
style; and they embody an underlying
universality which translates
to the students. Modern seekers of
spirituality take more responsibility
for their own journeys, and are less
likely to turn over their power to a
spiritual authority figure.
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I also want to point out that not only did the Internet
level the playing field, but the organizations themselves
changed. After the founding gurus died, their mission
was not necessarily turned over to a new guru figure, but
was put in the hands of a more democratic organizational
structure. Many of the guru organizations transformed
into educational institutions run by a board of directors
or trustees. The centers themselves became more universal,
more accessible to the mainstream public. So far,
we haven’t seen large scandals in these organizations;
people have learned from past mistakes.
Yes, and many of those mistakes were a result of innocence,
misinformation and maybe even culture clash. The
first round of gurus were male – charming, charismatic,
capable of attracting lots of students, press and publicity.
The free-love society laid fertile ground for sexual abuse,
mental coercion, and in some cases criminality on the
part of the guru. How many casualties were there in this
revolution?
There’s no way to specify a number, and the range
of woundedness varies from trauma (as in the case of
sexual-abuse victims) to disillusionment and/or mild
disappointment on the part of the followers. Even more
disturbing is the denial of some members that anything
ever happened. I know people to this day, 35 or 40 years
later, who refuse to believe anything their guru has been
accused of. No matter how convincing the evidence is,
they chalk it up to lies and imagination on the part of
the victims.
Most seekers who went through this learned very important
lessons about not giving over their power. We’ve
learned that gurus, no matter how enlightened, are still
human beings.
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The divine feminine is a huge
part of the yogic movement,
of course, and not only in the
form of female gurus...Women
were the driving force behind
yoga’s rise in popularity. This
is a big departure from the
male-dominated hierarchy in
India.
Let’s talk about women. When did the female gurus
come on the scene? Gurumayi, Shree Ma, Karunamayi,
Mother Meera, Amma…
Some of the guru organizations started with a male
figurehead but were handed down to females after the
guru died. Sri Daya Mata ran Yogananda’s Self Realization
Fellowship for more than 50 years, and Gurumayi
has carried on for Muktananda since the early 80s. So
some women became leaders by appointment. Others,
like Shree Ma, Mother Meera and Amma came in their
own right, without a lineage to precede them. Amma
came for the first time to the U.S. in 1987.
The divine feminine is a huge part of the yogic movement,
of course, and not only in the form of female gurus.
Many of the first American yoga teachers were female
– Rama Vernon, Judith Lasater, Beryl Bender Birch,
Patricia Walden – and the students have always been
predominantly female. Women were the driving force
behind yoga’s rise in popularity. This is a big departure
from the male-dominated hierarchy in India.
Some people feel the strong male teachers were
needed in the beginning to break down cultural barriers,
start organizations, get followers and plant seeds
of understanding through their discourses and books.
Then, perhaps feminine energy was invoked to cultivate,
nurture and properly grow the spirituality in a loving manner.
Perhaps the advent of female leaders and spiritual
goddesses in America balanced the American spiritual
experience.
Yogananda was quite a proponent of music. He used
music and changed the way it was used in the American
spiritual scene. Chanting, mantra and music were used
in the Hare Krishna movement and many others. Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar and Amma both use music as one of their
main tools to create and hold sacred space.
Yes, and this is part of the movement towards the
feminine. Most of the male gurus were intellect-oriented;
they gave long lectures and disseminated knowledge.
Today’s teachers are more bhakti, infused with devotion.
I think the sacred feminine and bhakti elements have
brought the heart forward, moving seekers towards balance
and integration.
The seekers of the 60s were social and political
activists. Are the current seekers looking only for bliss,
self-awareness, personal happiness? Andrew Harvey is
one of the few spiritual activists. Has social and political
activism gone to the wayside?
Well, because the gurus held all the information in
their person, they were necessarily in absolute power
and American seekers had to figure out how to get what
they needed within that context. Let me say that today’s
spiritual seeker can feel great about being able to get yogic
teachings and technology without sweeping floors,
performing sexual favors or running the ashram.
No, I think social activism is stronger than ever
among practitioners. Many seekers in the 60s became
frustrated with social activism and turned to personal
transformation instead. Some of those baby boomers
re-directed their idealism and became representatives
of teaching lineages, and in some cases they assumed
leadership positions and even took monastic vows.
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Andrew Harvey was one of the early voices calling
us back from seclusion, saying that meditation and inner
transformation was not enough. We couldn’t just be
removed from the world and think we were superior to
all the upheavals and problems in society. We needed
people to be engaged socially as well as spiritually. I
see a much bigger tendency for today’s spiritual seekers
to be socially engaged, especially with environmental
activism and various forms of seva directed at social
needs.
The modern yoga communities offer us opportunities
to come together and uplift ourselves and others. Do
you feel it naturally leads to service in the community
– free kitchens, off the mat and into the world, charity
fundraising and more?
Yes, and I’ll add that contemporary teachers like
Amma and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are service oriented
in a way that benefits the world community. The old
paradigms were service oriented towards the guru and
his teaching efforts, whereas the new leaders are also
directing that impulse to perform service toward the
world as a whole. Yoga activism is now aimed at poverty,
education, clean water, the environment. I think
social activism is greater and more vital now than it
ever was.
It’s been a great pleasure speaking with you. The
view you have given us through your book, American
Veda, gives us a beautiful understanding of how these
teachings worked through people’s lives, how the organizations
grew, evolved and matured into what we
have today… so that seekers can make intelligent and
informed choices about how to improve themsevles and
the world. Is there anything you’d like to add Philip?
Thank you Wah for your work in the yogic community.
I’ve been a fan of yours for years and it has been
a delight to connect with you tonight.
Philip Goldberg is a spiritual counselor, meditation
teacher and ordained Interfaith Minister. The author or
coauthor of 19 books, he lectures and leads workshops
throughout the country. A novelist and screenwriter
as well, he lives in Los Angeles, where he founded
Spiritual Wellness and Healing Associates (SWAHA).
He is Director of Outreach for SpiritualCitizens.net and
blogs regularly on the Huffington Post and Intent.com.
www.phillipgoldberg.com
Wah! is a musician and spiritual seeker who travels
the world singing and expanding sacred intention. Her
new CD MAA is the celebrated follow-up to the critically
acclaimed Love Holding Love. Her latest book (Dedicating
Your Life to Spirit) documents her teachings on
yoga, chant and meditation. Wah! is personable and
shares the wealth of her experience with humor and
awareness. www.wahmusic.com
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The Search for Spirituality
grew up on a 208-acre farm in Lawrence County,
Ohio. I had three brothers – one my twin – and three
Itized
sisters. Together we worked the farm. We were bapin
the Episcopal Church. But on the farm, we only
had access to the Methodist Church. My mother was the
pianist and we all went to the church with her. We always
used to go to the revivals that were held once or twice
a year.
When we were asked to give our hearts to God, we
would go to the altar and pray that “God would come
into our hearts.” For all those years we had no spiritual
experiences.
As we children talked about our experiences while
working in the fields, we began to question and doubt
the truth of these teachings. We lived next to nature. We
felt and saw her energy and creativity all around us, and
our questioning grew deeper. We all had experiences with
this energy and wondered what it was.
In my 17th year, husking corn in the fall of 1941, I had
a very emotional experience with an energy flow coursing
through my body. I couldn’t understand it; I thought I was
having mental problems. It never occurred to me that I
was having a spiritual experience.
I was taken to the medical doctor who simply demonstrated
his ignorance by telling me to go back and get
busy on the farm. As if I had too much time on my hands
and was imagining things. My parents had no answers.
I’m sure the war, looming on the horizon, caused
emotional tension in me. This energy flow experience
upset me so that I missed several months of school in
my senior year; I finally got back to school in the spring
of 1942. This caused my grades to drop and I missed
being valedictorian at my commencement.
AAfter graduation from high school my twin
brother and I were given deferments from the
draft because we were needed on the farm. We
worked on the farm, living with our emotional problems,
praying for answers. When draft requirements grew for
World War II, I was drafted. In the autumn of 1943, I
entered the army with these great emotional questions,
complicated by what I later realized was homesickness.
I was a young farm boy amidst an army of men dressed
by military order, marching by military order, living by
military order. I had trouble finding my own individuality
and mental balance.
One night, I was coming back from the post church
where I was joining the drum-and-bugle corps. Just un-
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der the full moon was the feared mental hospital with its
dreaded Section Eight. I looked up at that full moon and
decreed that I would never give up. From that night on,
I began to improve in my emotional state.
My strength in myself seemed to grow. I got through
basic training in the spring of 1944 and our unit was
shipped overseas to active duty in the European theater.
We left New York on a transport ship converted to a
troop ship with about 5,000 men aboard. Our bunks were
hammocks, seven layers from floor to ceiling. I was put
on Deck D, the bottom deck of the ship. We went across
the Atlantic in a convoy. Destroyers were circling, dropping
depth charges to discover or destroy any German
submarines in the water around us.
I was taken to the medical doctor
who simply demonstrated his
ignorance by telling me to go back
and get busy on the farm. As if I
had too much time on my hands
and was imagining things. My
parents had no answers.
On one beautiful night, I was sitting on deck with a
row of other G.I.s and we were talking about the war and
our problems. We talked about being in a world made
of atoms and looking out at the blue sky and seeing the
stars–the suns with planets around them, like the nucleus
and circling electrons in cosmic-sized atoms.
We were between the infinitesimally small and the
infinitesimally large. What are we? What is this universe?
Is there a God? When it was time to go down to bunk in
the hammock on Deck D, I said to myself: “God, I don’t
believe you are, but if you are, don’t forget me.”
The next morning I came up on deck to a beautiful
day, the sun was shining, the deck was full of G.I.s,
the ocean was calm. I said to myself: “What is this joy
I feel?”
Despite where I was, I felt in the midst of a blissful
energy that pervaded everything, the whole universe.
Then I said to myself, an intuition, as if a revelation: “Oh,
this is what you are God.”
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as this related to what I had felt flow through me
two years earlier? But this time there was no fear.
Wthroughout
It was pure bliss. This awareness stayed with me
the war. This Life, this Energy was in everything,
everywhere. God is imminent, in everything, everywhere.
When I came back from the army my older brother
came down to Columbus, where I had started college at
The Ohio State University. He wanted to talk about his
experiences with Rishis’ School in Cleveland. I thought it
was about religion.
I told him I didn’t want to talk about religion. I then
realized he wanted to talk about Spirit. At 2 a.m. we were
still talking.
I went on to finish my study at O.S.U. but in the meantime
we began to study at Rishis’ School. It was so important
to us we would drive 150 miles to Cleveland on weekends
to take a class at Rishis’. After I graduated with a degree in
education, we moved to Cleveland to continue our study
at Rishis’ School. During this time I began teaching public
school in a Cleveland suburb.
Raymond Cassidy was the founder of Rishis’ School
and the author of its course of study. It was a study of
self-improvement through spiritual growth based in
Christian teachings that emphasized the harmony of these
teachings with the teachings of all the other major religions.
I began to see that there was one spiritual truth permeating
all religions. This we especially found true in the esoteric
teachings of all the great religions.
All the great teachers taught it. I could see it in the Vidas,
The Baghavad Gita, in the works of Buddha, Lao Tzu,
Mohammed, Jesus Christ and in the Shamanic teachings
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such as those of the native Americans. The book of Aldous
Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy, spoke to this understanding.
All the fundamental truths of the great religions could
be expressed in Jesus’ statement that all of the laws and the
prophets of the Jewish Bible would be fulfilled if mankind
would love God with all his faculties and love his neighbor
as himself.
We went across the Atlantic in a
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dropping depth charges to discover
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The fundamental truths of life are so simple but mankind
has hidden them in their warped religions. As Mohandas
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had been interpreted by weak minds or weak hearts or
misinterpreted all together.”
Our study of spirituality carries us on into a greater
realization of our own spirituality. As Jesus said, “The Spirit
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Most students come to us because they have had some
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to deepen the experience of this energy of spirit that Jesus
called the Life and the Light and this knowledge was the
Truth.
He was finally and completely conscious of being this
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the human, but “the new creature in Christ.”
Christ means only “anointed.” This consciousness is
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The Meaning of Dreams
The dream
I have had a strange dream where I am dancing in circles
with a beautiful little girl with a crown of gold on her head.
It is really weird. Any feedback would be appreciated. – PT
What it means
There is an otherworldly aspect to your dream, which
has a quality of freedom, sensitivity and gentleness and is
rather like a delicate young girl before self-consciousness
or responsibilities have set in.
The crown of gold is a wish to return to a time of
innocence and purity of thought – a time of true caring
and openness; to love and be loved. It must be your goal
to create this sincerity in your life. As adults, we cannot
avoid responsibilities and commitments and must face
up to truth. This is an intelligent adult’s task as it requires
experience of life, courage and maturity. Recognize the
preciousness of youth and the importance of innocence
and grieve for a world that has lost its spiritual path.
The dream
Last night I was troubled by a dream. I tried to speak
but the sentences came out as gibberish. The harder and
louder I tried, the more garbled my words became. –LL
What it means
This dream relates to faulty communication and a
difficulty in explaining yourself when things really matter
to you – especially in relationships – and how difficult it
is for us all to express appropriate feelings, words and
actions in our life.
I would suggest four action steps. The first is to write
down what you would like to say to each important person
in your life. If you could only say one sentence to each,
what would it be?
The second is to have courage and say these words
kindly and calmly.
The third is to write down what you think each important
person would like to say to you – what are their
needs, wants and expectations of you. Next write down
what you would like them to say to you.
These are the people you need to focus on: family
members, friends, work colleagues, social acquaintances.
Give it a try; your life circumstances will improve as
a result of these actions.
The dream
I hope you can help me interpret a recurring
dream; it has some slight variations but the theme
is always the same. Even though we have a stable
home and finances, I dream that we need to relocate.
Instead of “buying up” we’re buying a smaller, older
and less desirable home. In some cases, the house has
no garden; in other cases, the kitchen is very dated
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Dream Column.
with an old refrigerator that has no ice maker, etc.
Prior to this, I have had dreams about members of
my family who are floating down a river. They tell me
they are looking for a new home because their current
one was flooded (or ruined by some other disaster).
I am concerned these dreams are precognitive of an
economic or other disaster. What do you think? –TD
What it means
I think these are anxiety dreams rather than precognitions.
After a period of hardship, perhaps whilst growing
up in a family where there was not much money for
luxuries, you do not fully register your good fortune. Or
perhaps your wealth is not perceived as permanent. Your
concerns for the future cause you to be subconsciously
worried.
Sometimes, a person describes a dream and I have
the feeling that there might be issues arising from past
lives (you might not believe in past lives, but it is a common
belief when explaining inexplicable dreams). This
occurred to me when I read your dream description. The
resolution to past-life issues is similar to recognizing historical
or inherited family patterns that might cause you
to have reduced enjoyment of your present life.
Affirmations are necessary to contradict the injunctions
that are causing the dreams. Try: “In our family... we
recover well from disaster.” “We are strong and quickly
get back on our feet.” “We are resourceful and can manage
to cope with anything.” If you fully appreciate the
pain of the past and the immense difficulties that people
can endure when they have to, you can move on to use
your financial power in a way that is neither wasteful
nor frivolous.
Wendy Stokes is the author of “The Lightworkers
Circle Guide – A Workbook for Spiritual Groups,” which
is available at Amazon.com. Royalties for the sale of this
book are donated to The Durrell Wildlife Conservation
Trust, which protects endangered species from extinction.
For further information visit: www.wendystokes.co.uk
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InnerViews
Aries
May – You may find yourself in stressful situations with
family members because of work. It’s important to balance
your family life and work. When you do this, you will find
that things will be in a better place for you financially too.
June – Light and pleasant interactions can help you
to connect with the right people in business. Make appointments
with people you want to present your ideas
to and watch the manifestation happen. This is a good
period for financial abundance.
Taurus
May – A lingering health issue is causing you to be
tired. Look for ways to improve your health. Incorporate
a better diet with some exercise and plenty of rest.
This is a good month for investments so stay open to
opportunities that come your way.
June – Romance and flirtations are likely now. You
are feeling warm, expressive and lively. Loving feelings
flow between you and the people you meet, especially
those of the opposite sex. Also, your creativity and desire
to make something beautiful is stimulated now.
Gemini
May – New relationships are on the horizon for you.
Stay open to possibilities because there could be more
than a friendship developing. Take time to show your
appreciation to the people in your life instead of seeing
the negatives. Let your kindness rule the day.
June – There may be some tension between you
and your mate or partner this month. You both need to
deal with it in constructive manner. All your exceptional
talents and abilities seem to be working for you and are
influencing the direction of your life.
Cancer
May – People will approach you with new ideas and
projects, but you need to decide whether they fit in your
life or not. If you add too much to your plate right now, it
will put you in a spiral in the next five months. Proceed
with clarity and caution.
June – You may feel some worries and concerns
this month, but fear not because you won’t be loosing
your ability to look out for what is in your best interest.
Some new ideas could be very fruitful with the right
outside resources.
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Leo
May – Relationship issues will present to you some
new ways to communicate with the people in your
life. As you find yourself in a better space of listening,
old issues get resolved as long as everyone’s voice is
heard.
June – You could run headlong into an emotional
landmine that forces you to reconsider your course
of action. You may feel you are at a crossroads, but
it’s more likely that you had different goals from the
beginning. Try to find a middle ground.
Virgo
May – This month you will be finding a way out
of the financial slump you’ve been in lately. This is a
good to find a better balance with how you spend your
money. Set some money aside in a rainy day fund for
a feeling of added security.
June – You need to complete your work before you
can kick back and put your feet up. Focus on what you
must do in the immediate moment; the future will arrive
soon enough. Breathe and flow with the flow.
Libra
May – Pushing issues to the side will cause disruptions
this month. Be conscious of the things that need
attention and the things that require less attention. If
you don’t get organized this month, you’ll find yourself
in messy situations this summer.
June – You are finally ready to clean up your life,
and you feel the need to make massive changes right
away. Such a wind of revolt is likely to cause you
troubles if you don’t think things through. Forward
movement is important but balance is essential.
Scorpio
May – Old wounds are healing, making way for new
friendships, love and even a possible move. This is a
great month to think of cultivating new opportunities
for yourself and then watching them grow over the next
three years.
June – You may find it’s hard this month to please
others because there’s no way to break through the
resistance. If you push too hard, you’ll wish you didn’t.
But if you don’t try at all, you’ll wish you did. Find balance
this month.
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Sagittarius
May – If you want to share something from your
heart, this is a good month to do it. But, it is important
to be clear in the way you communicate with others so
misunderstandings aren’t formulated creating further
issues in the future.
June – It may feel as if more is being asked of
you than you can reasonably deliver. Retreating into
your own private world is not the solution. Sometimes
exploring your feelings and abilities is the first step in
deciding your next destination. Be reflective.
Capricorn
May – Listen to what your own intuition is telling
you this month. This is a great time to look deeper into
your own gifts. You’ve had wonderful guidance from
others. Now, take what you’ve learned and direct it in
positive ways in your life.
June – Sometimes your adult obligations overwhelm
everything else in your life. But when you connect
with your gifts, this is when your genius, originality
and creativity flourish. New opportunities for teaching
will present themselves to you.
Aquarius
May – Ideas have been swirling around in your head
and this month you’re being asked to put them into
action. Make sure that you have your ducks in a row
so that you can follow through with things. Abundance
is sure to follow.
June – Everyone has an idea for what you should
be doing, but no one is asking you what you want to do.
It’s important to follow your heart right now because
you will be more centered when opportunities are presented
to you. This is a great time for growth.
Pisces
May – Old wounds may be triggered as people who
you have not seen in a while reappear in your life. It is
important to make sure that you aren’t avoiding them
and take a deeper look at what each relationship is
presenting to you.
June – This month is about being practical. While
helping with a cause is rewarding, it can unravel you by
taking you into too many directions this month. Wait
until the fall before saying “Yes” to new projects.
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The guru question always bothered me. I felt drawn
to deeply follow one path, but my skepticism arose
around the advice I’d heard about how to identify a
guru, that person whom the Vedic scriptures glorify
as the “eternal spiritual master.” It always seemed a bit
contrived – or to be fair, it was simply too difficult for
me to decipher.
How then do I find myself happily situated in a dynamic
and empowering spiritual discipleship?
It started with me asking a lot of questions from the
people I knew who already had established a meaningful
spiritual path. The answers I received hailed mostly from
the extreme ends of the rationality spectrum though, and
required my own synthesis to figure out.
I noticed two distinct approaches to answering the
question: How do I find my guru?
First, I heard the overly mystical approach from
those preaching the doctrine of “just knowing.” A friend
of mine tells the following story, which I would not call
unusual: “I never saw him but heard a recording of his
voice on a radio broadcast giving a lecture in English.
As soon as he began speaking, I said to myself, ‘This is
the voice of my spiritual master.’”
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Esoteric descriptions of folks
experiencing spiritual union at
long last with their eternally
merciful spiritual master somehow
always left me feeling even
further away from choosing my
own mentor.
I wholeheartedly believed her, because there really
are eureka moments on the spiritual path. I’d experienced
my own slap in the face of the subtle body too many
times to discount the power of realization in making
spiritual decisions. However, my left brain was having
none of it. I’d heard so many stories like this and they
just don’t hit home.
Esoteric descriptions of folks experiencing spiritual
union at long last with their eternally merciful spiritual
master somehow always left me feeling even further away
from choosing my own mentor.
Second, I encountered the overly mechanistic approach
– one perfected by India’s IIT grads – which calculates
the precise formula for optimizing a connection
How to Find
Your Guru
Ma y • Ju n e 2011
By Jenya dasi
of souls. It works something like this:
Meet Guru X + hear X speak + listen to X’s lecture
recordings for Y months + read X’s literature + meet
disciples of X + determine compatibility quotient =
Match (bingo!) or no match (plug in new variables and
repeat).
This is actually incredible advice. I tried it, and it
was a transformative process. But something was still
missing; it doesn’t explain the choice.
The mystical approach understands that there is a
feeling in the heart that comes from contact with a person’s
true guru. This cannot be underestimated.
Still, quantifiable measures should be offered to distinguish
this feeling from feelings you may have about
many other teachers. Also, there should be information
available about how to take proactive steps to reach
the rapturous moment of identifying your guru. The
mechanistic approach makes concrete suggestions that
anyone can follow. Yet it still doesn’t get to the heart of
the decision itself.
Now here’s my synthesis, my own eureka moment:
When I was days away from leaving India guru-less, I was
hit with some serendipitous advice from the gentleman
who helped arrange my train ticket in Calcutta’s dirty
and menacing railway station. His thoughtful remarks
struck my heart and resonated in my brain.
I had plenty of time to reflect on the young man’s
wisdom since I had to spend the night huddled on the
station floor awaiting my 19-hour train ride the following
evening.
“Who’s your guru?” my new friend asked. When I
said I was still looking and asked him for his suggestions,
he said, “Hm, I guess I would say that your guru
is the person from whom you take most of your spiritual
inspiration and instruction.”
This advice really gets to the heart of the matter in
a concrete way. The description of inspiration gives a
word to that mystical feeling of “just knowing.” At the
same time, the advice of my friend in the train station
emphasizes the practical element that one must not
only feel inspired, but also receive practical instruction
from one’s guru.
This synthesis of the mystical and mechanistic approach
is a balance of the rational with the intuitive.
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Such balance is the dynamic tension that must be used
to guide the way on the spiritual search. Otherwise we
risk falling prey to an unhealthy degree of either submission
or skepticism.
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I had plenty of time to reflect
on the young man’s wisdom
since I had to spend the night
huddled on the station floor
awaiting my 19-hour train
ride the following evening.
On the road to the absolute, neither blind faith nor
blind doubt will do. We have to tread the middle path.
We keep our eyes open, but reach out for a helping hand
at the same time.
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practitioner living in Pittsburgh. She teaches yoga at local
universities and keeps busy directing a local non-profit organization
that promotes holistic lifestyle education. A dedicated
practitioner of the spiritual science of bhakti-yoga, she
has traveled the world to study under the tradition’s most
exalted teachers and shares her understanding of spiritual
life through writing and teaching philosophy.
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Life is Good, All the Time
here has got to be something more…what?
That’s the question I asked myself during the grief
of burying my 8-year-old daughter, Theresa, who had
passed after four years of leukemia.
Had I realized that my prayers had been heard and
answered when I asked God to give her to me for one
more year (at the age of 7), I would have asked to have
cured her completely.
I didn’t know that I could ask for a miracle and the
grace of God to intercede. Grief unfolded and I needed
to know more.
My soul absorbed the teachings of
reincarnation and soul attraction,
and I began to thank my daughter’s
soul for leading me to greater
understandings of life.
My church at the time didn’t have answers for me
about more than her body being placed in the ground. I
went on a search to find something more. My first inquiry
at the Rishis Institute of Metaphysics, which held my
focus for 18 plus years of study, was God-sent.
My teachers and fellow inquiring students helped me
step over a threshold of wisdom through ancient metaphysical
teachings. My soul absorbed the teachings of
reincarnation and soul attraction, and I began to thank
my daughter’s soul for leading me to greater understandings
of life. In so many ways, she showed me her faith
and understanding of a greater existence. I would often
say she was my strength and courage to go on.
And go on I did. By 1984 I became a member of the
Unity Church of Westlake, now called the Unity Spiritual
Center of Westlake, and volunteered as a youth education
teacher and kitchen angel.
The presence of God was no longer outside of me
but deep within my own Being. In the early 1990s, I was
drawn to the Theosophical Society, Besant Branch to hear
a talk given by Dr. V. G. Kulkarni. I became an active
member there to support my studies of world religions
and theologies, serving two years as vice-president of
the Besant-Cleveland Branch.
In 1997 I formulated a respite concept – the pause
for peace and renewal for adults with mental health
challenges – and opened the not-for-profit Rose Garden
Respite Center on the west side of Cleveland. Throughout
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By Annette Tabar
the years, visitors have come to enjoy the quiet of this garden
setting and to experience inner peace. Tea and scones
are a treat many have enjoyed while sharing their stories
and experiencing guided imagery, Reiki, aromatherapy
and grace-filled prayer.
Staying in the flow of life, a challenging lesson in our
Rust Belt Blues arena, was another aspect of my life that
I knew “something more” was there for me.
Growing up in Cleveland, I was surrounded by vital
corporations that provided futures for thousands of employees.
And yet, I experienced seven layoffs or reductions
in force. Some of these occurred before Theresa passed
while others – the last being BP of America – dropped me
into an economic swirl for which I wasn’t ready. I returned
to school, using some of my part-time credits from Cuyahoga
Community College to transfer to Baldwin Wallace
for a four-year degree.
Psychology and philosophy were my choices of study,
which lead me to advanced studies at the Mandel School
of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
I became a social worker in the mental health field.
Today, my greatest joy is helping people help themselves
through discovery of personal strengths and a deeper
source of inner power…their own God self.
I have not ever been concerned with my past lives,
yet I know that my talents and strengths have given me
support for the many challenges I have faced in this life.
Balancing and harmonizing my energy is a daily requirement
through silence and meditation.
I know that I am one with all of creation and thus
responsible for what I attract and send out into this universe.
Awakening to the present moment, the perfect
expression of God’s presence in my life is the greatest
gift I can accept.
Pausing to enjoy a flock of bobwhites take nourishment
in the garden or to listen to the call of a cardinal
on a summer’s night are a treasure to me. Taking the
seasons in stride, anticipating winter’s turn to spring,
lights up my soul, knowing a loving cycle continues and
will continue.
My many gifts include longtime friendships. Three
young women who were my daughter’s friends became
my friends. A caring son has given me a spirit-filled granddaughter.
I have had loving parents, grandparents and
siblings to share the family spirit with.
My hair is nearly all white now, yet I laugh deeply
and often for it is God’s pleasure to fill me with the gift of
laughter that others may hear the call of joy.
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It is time to transition to a
world or peace and not war.
This country seems to want
to advance by making war on
everything. Wars on Drugs,
Poverty, Terror, ad infinitum.
We need to realize that war
does not work.
As a child, I took on the name E-How-Wee, which
means laughing maiden. I do admit that has been my
greatest treasure –now knowing that the grace of God
fills and sustains me through this life.
I continue to pray for the renewal of planet Earth and
for the souls who have given me clarity to live in peace
and harmony. I live with gratitude for all my life experiences
and for the ability to search for greater awakenings
to Truth. Life is good, all the time.
Annette Tabar continues to share gifts and talents
through volunteerism at the Center for Integrated Therapies
in Cleveland, and by teaching Laughter Yoga and
other holistic insights at the Besant Branch of the Theosophical
Society. She resides in Cleveland, enthused by
those who visit the Rose Garden Respite Center for peace
and renewal. She can be contacted at atabar@att.net.
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Lily Dale
Lily Dale is a community dedicated to the religion
of Spiritualism. Since 1879, we’ve been offering a
variety of workshops, seminars, special events and
a daily event schedule all found in our tranquil,
lakeside environment to welcome you on your
journey of personal discovery.
Daily Event Schedule 2011
June 24 – September 4, 2011
8:30am ...........Meditation Service, Healing Temple
10:30am .............. Healing Service, Healing Temple
(Sunday at noon)
11:30am ............................. Welcome Video, Library
1:00pm ...........Message Service, Inspiration Stump
2:30pm .............Speaker & Clairvoyant, Auditorium
4:00pm .................Message Service, Forest Temple
(Except Sunday)
5:30pm ...........Message Service, Inspiration Stump
7:00pm ................ Healing Service, Healing Temple
All included in the Gate Fee
On the Lily Dale Grounds
Over 36 Mediums for your Private Consultation
(appointments recommended)
Daily Educational Workshops and Special Events
Activities for All Ages / Museum - Open Daily
Historical Buildings / Lily Dale Beach
Nature Walks in Old Growth Forest
The Picnic Pavilion / Labyrinth / Free Parking
Shopping / Dining / Lodging
Lily Dale Assembly / 5 Melrose Park, Lily Dale, NY 14752 / I-90 Exit 59 - Rte. 60 South - Dale Drive
www.lilydaleassembly.com 716-595-8721
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2011 Program Highlights
Reincarnation & Spirit Contact
Dick Sutphen
April 30 – May 1
Spirituality...Based on Nature’s Revelations
Ed McGaa, J.D.
Sunday, May 8
Spiritual Insight Training Part I
May 13 - 15 or May 20 - 22
Spiritual Insight Training Part II • June 10 - 12
Elaine D. Thomas, Jessie Furst
& Don Scott or Ron Thornton
MARI
Shelly Takei, Ph.D.
May 27 – 30
Healing of Mind, Body, and Spirit
John and Donna Carroll
June 18 -19
Spiritual Teaching and Healing
Dr. Issam Nemeh, M.D.
June 25
Elemental Forces…Our Healing Allies
Rev. Tom Cratsley, B.S.
June 26
Mediumship and the Akashic Records
Rev. Bill Coller from Scotland
July 9 - 10
Fellowships of the Spirit’s
PSYCHIC FUN FEST
July 16
Higher Realms, Higher Powers
Sharon Klingler
July 17
Fellowships of the Spirit
... A place your soul can call home
Elixir Light QiGong Essentials • July 23 - 24
Yi-Jin-Jing - Sinew Transformation Practice • July 30 - 31
Master Robert Peng
The Bengston Energy Healing Method
Dr. William Bengston, Ph.D
August 5 - 7
Pluto In Capricorn & Astrology & the Qabalah
Robert Hand
August 13 - 14
Mediumship & Spirit Communication as Healing
Rev. Elaine D. Thomas, M.S.,
August 20
Mediumship & World Prophecy
Rev. Gregory Kehn
August 21
Intensive Practical Mediumship
Paul and Deborah Reese from Wales, UK
August 27 - 28
A Sacred Garden Healing Retreat
Rev. Penny Donovan, D.D. & Don Gilbert, M.S.W.
September 2 - 4
Harmonize the Power of Your Intent
with CELLpH (Self) Love & The Law of Attraction!
Marcy Newman • September 11
School of Spiritually Based Hypnotherapy
and Past Life Regression
Dick Sutphen • September 27 - October 30
Breath ~ Body ~ Mind Workshop
Dr. Richard P. Brown, M.D. & Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, M.D.
October 22 - 23
The Oracles of the Hebrew…
Three of the Prophets Unveiled
Rocco Errico Ph.D., Th.D.
November 5
Call 716-595-2159 or register online at www.fellowshipsspirit.org
Fellowships of the Spirit Lakeside Learning Center
Ma y • Ju n282 e 2011Dale
Drive, Cassadaga, NY
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