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THEINFINITEFIELDMAGAZINE September 2009 Table of Contents
Feature
SYNOLVE CRAFT! ! !
SCOTT BLUM 46! !
Articles
REV. ALAN ROWBOTHAM
HOW TO PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF GOD 12
SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS
DENNIS MERRITT JONES

THERE IS NO TIME LIKE NOW TO LAY YOUR STORY TO REST 8
THE ART OF BEING
SUSAN MAREK
LETTING GO MEDITATION 25
MEDITATION
LESLIE LOVE
VISIONING 27
34
VISIONING
TERRI LEE-JOHNSON
MEGAN’S WAY 30
THE SPIRITUAL BOOKSHELF
JANICE GIRGENTI
FENG SHUI THOUGHTS FOR THE FALL 32
FENG SHUI
PETER C. ROGERS, D.D., PH.D.

THE ALL IN ALL 34
THE ULTIMATE TRUTH
MILTON CRAFT
MUSIC 15
CREATIVE PROCESS, MUSIC 15
JOHN MADSEN
TOWARDS A NEW SEASON 73
CREATIVE PROCESS, ART
JAN BOWERS
THE FIVE-SENSES APPROACH TO BRINGING GOD
AND NATURE INTO YOUR HOME 20
20
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
TONYA PARKER
AGAINST THE GRAIN 42
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
RHONDA JONES 42
SOMETHING TO PONDER 57
32
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
CARLA GOLDEN, LMT

JUDI ROSSABI, RYT
THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PLAN 69 YOGA FROM THE HEART 61
MAGNIFICENT YOU MAGNIFICENT YOU!
JEN ALY
ADEOLA FEARON
LEARN HOW TO SURF THE WAVES OF
JOURNEY 63
RELATIONSHIPS 60
POETRY
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
LIARA COVERT, PH.D.
38
ROBIN MARVEL
DEVELOPING AN EXPANDING VISION OF YOUR AUTHENIC SELF 36
RAISING CONFIDENT
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
CHILDREN 10
CONSCIOUS PARENTING
LAURIE MARTIN
SPIRITUAL EATING - RAW FOOD DIET WITH THE FAMILY 38
LORI SAITZ
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
DAILY GRATITUDE 18
THE GRATITUDE JOURNEY
JENNIFER HOPPER
LAWS OF LIFE FOR KIDS:
VALERIE LOVE
THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT 16
WHAT TYPE OF FINANCIAL
KIDZ
HARVEST ARE YOU PRODUCING 54
SPIRITUAL FINANCE
ALEXZANDRIA CRAFT
HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT: ONE GREEN BAG AT A TIME 59
RHONDA JONES
59
TEENS
HOLISTIC WAYS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM AND
PROSPEROUS LIVING 64
SPIRITUAL FINANCE
DARNISE C. MARTIN, PH.D.

CALLING IT IN 26
64
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
DOREEN P. SWEETING, MD
BE HERE, NOW PART 1 33
MAGNIFICENT YOU!
z A Note from the Editor z
#$p In% Your Drea"
!rea" !rea"
The most important key to making my dream
come true is me. It's not someone else out there. Forgive. Yes, forgive others. But most importantly
It's not something else "out there." It's me. I need forgive myself and then.....move on.
to be my biggest cheerleader, my biggest coach,
my best team member, and my best team leader. !ream
!rea" I am not alone. The universe really does conspire

with me on my behalf. God really does love me
The second most important key is to Dream Right and wants me to succeed. Mother nature really is
Now! That means I must do it right now. My on my side.
dream is not for "someday" it is for today.
!ream
!rea" If I am open, life will open like a flower to give me
everything I need. When I resist life, life closes up
Change my perspective. This is huge. It's
and resists me. When I am open and trust freely,
important that I regularly challenge my actions,
thoughts, ideas, presumptions, behaviors, beliefs, life trusts me with its greatest and deepest
and habits to see if they continue to "serve" me in treasures.
positive ways. I have to ask myself a couple of
questions: Do these things hinder me or move me !rea"
forward? Are they obstacles or do they propel me
in the direction that I want to go? All I really need is to believe that in everything and
in everyone there is love. There is no situation too
!rea" big, too hard, too difficult, too sad, too unknown
for love not to solve. There is no problem without
Let it go. If it does not serve me, help me, or aid a solution. Love is always here...always with
me in my life's goals, then I must let it go. No me...I am never alone.
discussion. It may be a person, place, thing, idea,
or action. Whatever "it" is, if it is not helping me,
!rea"
then it can not exist in my life.
Happy is a state of mind. I choose my state of
mind. I choose to be happy. It is a choice. It is my
choice.
!rea"
Reach. Dream. Live. Keep reaching for your
dreams. Keep dreaming especially when you're
awake. Keep living even while you're dreaming.
Don't stop living while you're waiting on your
dream. Life is like a relay race. The more you
Synolve
move, the farther you will go.
The Infinite Field Magazine page 6

There Is No Time Like!Now!To Lay Your Story To Rest
“When we drop down below our stories, we are led back to the mystery of here and now.”
Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart
Last Saturday, I had the honor of conducting a day-long Mindfulness and Meditation Retreat at a beautiful farm in
Moorpark, California. The ultimate purpose of my Retreats is to offer tools and techniques to attendees that will assist
them in aligning their minds and their bodies in the present moment, where the mystery and magic of life is waiting
for them to open to Presence (also known as God, Spirit, Life, etc.) I believe that our minds are so obsessed with the
future and the past that the “stories” we tell effectively keep us in both the past or the future and, thus, we totally miss
the power of Presence available only in the present moment. We become so addicted to the story that even when we
are not orally telling our story, the tape still runs incessantly in our mind.
The stories most of us tell that keep us from being in the present moment are generally about something that
happened in the past that generated much drama or pain, or something that may or may not, should or should not
happen in the future. Some of our stories are so old and we have told them so passionately so many times that they
have actually taken on a life of their own, defining who we are, while some may be more recent. However, what they
all have in common is the energy of either resentment, sadness, disappointment, regret, victimhood, judgement or fear
(or all the aforementioned) wrapped around them. This is not to say that some of our stories are not sincerely
legitimate and worthy of telling, once. Well, okay, maybe twice. <smile> The question has to be: “does continuing to
tell the story (to ourselves or others) help us presence ourselves in the moment and find the peace that awaits us
there?”
As a way of assisting those who attended this Retreat in fully “being” present, I created a mindfulness ritual that
allowed them to put their stories to rest. At the beginning of the event I placed a small box in front of the group and
shared a brief guided meditation on release. I then invited attendees to write on a piece of paper whatever story or
issue they may have brought with them that day that would keep them from being fully present at the Retreat. Then,
as a ritual, I invited them to mindfully place the paper in the box, which I referred to as the “Great Box Of Release.”
However, I did not tell them what we would do with the box.
At the end of a full day of mindfulness practices designed to open us all to Presence, I told the attendees that the box
was really a miniature coffin, wherein, I requested they join me at a freshly plowed field in which I had previously
dug a hole. I then performed a brief Memorial Service for all of the stories and affirmations of release placed in the
box, which, by the way, included hundreds of other sheets of paper that had been faithfully entrusted to me by many
wonderful individuals all around the country who had attended my workshops in the past few months. Not wanting to
dig up the grounds of every Church and Center I visited, I promised them all that I would include their intention
sheets in the Memorial Service at the farm this past week.

During the Memorial Service, I
reminded everyone that what they had
each placed in the box was really the
energy of their story and the intention
to let it go, knowing that it was
something that helped bring them to
this moment in their life. Once we
release pent up energy we make space
for some new form of energy to flow
into our experience based on
our current state of consciousness. As I
concluded, I invited the attendees, if
they wished, to take the shovel and help
bury the box both for themselves as
well as everyone else who had
entrusted their papers to me. There
were some tears and some joy in the
process, but mostly, there was a very
strong sense of that sacred peace that
reveals itself so effortlessly when we
surrender to simply being present in the
moment, in the Presence of Life.
How about you? Do you feel a calling to drop down below your stories that no longer serve you in a healthy way,
so you might be led back to the mystery and magic of here and now, where the peace that passes all understanding
patiently awaits your return? If so, all you need is a piece of paper declaring your intention, a small box, a shovel
and a bit of dirt. I say go for it. Claim your peace.
Peace, Dennis
Dennis is a universal speaker who is equally comfortable speaking to an

audience seeking spiritual inspiration or to those seeking a purely secular
motivational message that moves people toward specific goals and fulfillment of
their desires. He has a deep understanding of universal principles and draws on
wisdom from both eastern and western philosophies. Dennis believes that there
is a new consciousness of unity, cooperation and reverence rising in humankind
where the value of all life is sacred. He believes this consciousness of unity,
cooperation and reverence for all life will be one of the most significant spiritual
influences upon society, helping to ground a realistic, spiritually mature
approach to the challenges of 21st century living.
For more information, please contact Diane@DennisMerrittJones.com.

Raising Confident Children!
Robin Marvel
Robin Marvel is an author, Empowerment and life positivity coach and motivational
speaker for children and adults as well as the senior editor for Marvelous Spirit
Press. Using tools from her “Awakening Consciousness” book series she is
expanding creativity and self awareness in beings everywhere.
Robin is Leading Out Loud as the owner of Marvelous Empowerment. Providing a

variety of workshops to encourage empowerment in all ages. More information on
Marvelous Empowerment can be found at www.aurasenseguide.com, a website
designed to strengthen your being while encouraging Universal Awareness.
Check www.aurasenseguide.com for upcoming lectures and workshops.

Showing your confidence sounds simple enough but if you are never taught self love and inner strength then you are
unable to accept the marvelous person you are. You have a remarkable effect on how your children see themselves.
The confidence you display will have an astounding effect on the confidence your children have in themselves. If
you display low self esteem and lack self confidence then it is passed on to your children. You must take the time to
develop your own confidence and self worth as all children learn from example. You are that example shaping their
self image.
"You are amazing." "You are changing the world with each moment of your life." These are confidence building
statements that most people have a problem accepting. How many times have you received a compliment just to
disregard it as truth? From a young age limitations are placed on children's confidence. They are taught that being
confident is the same as arrogance. Being confident does not mean treating people like you are better than they are.
It does not mean always trying to be number one. It means looking within yourself and knowing you hold the
power to be a confident, honest, capable person. A great way to start building your confidence is to find gratitude in
all parts of your body: your eyes, your nose, your ears and hair.
You also need to have confidence within your true inner-being. This is the part of you that really shows who you
are. This is the part of you that is easy to forget because focusing on the outer takes over. Ego based beliefs have a
tendency to fool us into thinking what we have is all we are. Taking the time to build your confidence in who you
are will overpower those ego beliefs. Everybody wants to keep up with the neighbors and be the best at the game,
but all you need to do is be the true you from the inside out. Strengthening your inner being helps you to forget
about all that competitiveness you have been taught and helps you to focus on who you are.
As a parent being confident allows you to guide your children in knowing who they are and, more importantly,
loving who they are. Remember it, accept it and BE CONFIDENT!!
A great exercise to help build your confidence as well as your

children's is to write positive affirmations to encourage you to love
all parts of you. Carry these affirmations in your pocket or tape
them to your bathroom mirror. The more you recite these positive
affirmations the sooner you will start to believe them. Use the
affirmations below to get started, then create your own that will
encourage your confidence.
My hair is____________________________________________
My eyes are__________________________________________
My ears are__________________________________________

How to
Practice the
Presence of God
We often say that life is consciousness, but true
life is much more than that. True life is a real
awareness of the presence of God in our lives. Jesus
said, “I am come that you may have life, and have it
abundantly.” He is not talking about mere existence;
he’s talking about a vibrant, vital life where we have
a sense of awareness of God.
If we don’t have at least some sense, or some
awareness, of God’s presence in our life we are not
Although we may be influenced by all the many
really alive. We need to awaken to the realization of
God’s presence in every part, every event, and every things that we are involved with every day such as
moment of our life. God is ever-present; there is no work, family, etc., we can also realize that God is also
spot where God is not. present. If we realize God’s presence, we can be
influenced in a greater way and turn to the greater
Even though we are inundated with outside
realization of God’s good in our lives. Meditation is
influences we can move toward the realization of the
greater influence of the power of God present in our really important, because it is what connects us to the
lives. realization of God’s presence.
(Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham, a native of England, moved to the United States in 1967. An ordained
Unity minister for over thirty-seven years, he is now retired from full-time church ministry. Rev.
Alan publishes a blog and a free inspirational e-mail newsletter, www.spiritualsolutionsblog.com to
which he invites you to subscribe. Please feel free to share this article in its entirety with a friend.)

We make a direct connection in to share with us at our Unity of We can do it very easily in the
meditation, in stillness, in the Roanoke Valley church and Janie midst of our everyday activities
when we remember God is ever
Silence, and our prayers of course was giving the meditation. She used
present and with us all of the time.
keep us connected to the realization a scripture that has always stuck in Then as we are going about our
of God’s presence in our life. my mind in regard to this need we daily activities we can know that
Taking a moment to sit in the have of keeping and maintaining an we are listening to God and being
silence and concentrate on God's awareness of God’s presence: guided by God at all times.
presence within us or just allowing
2. Remember that God is always
our minds to float freely, gives us a “He who dwells in the shelter of
present by talking to God
simple way to instantly connect the Most High, who abides in the throughout the day. You might start
with God. shadow of the Almighty, will say to first thing in the morning when you
the Lord, ‘My refuge and my wake up. Instead of saying, “Oh
We have the power to fortress, my God in whom I God, it’s morning!” Awake with
the realization, “Oh God . . . it’s
experience the presence of God all trust.’” (Psalms 91:1-2) During the
morning. What are we going to do
of the time. It is important to session, she meditated over and today together, God?” Awakening
understand that we can maintain the over again on the words, "He who with a positive attitude instead of
presence of God in the midst of our dwells in the shelter of the Most dreading the day ahead and seeing
everyday activities. You may find it High." God as your friend helps to make us
conscious of God's presence.
easy to connect with the God within
or to have a realization of God’s As she did this, it brought about 3. Get our families, children,
presence during meditation when a sense of being present all the friends, and the people around us to
there’s nothing disturbing us. In time, and that we dwell in this awe- help us by teaching them to dwell
these times, we feel centered, inspiring presence of God at all in the presence. We can teach our
peaceful, and attuned with God’s times even when we are afraid or children to enjoy the presence of
God, and we can have them join
presence. But then we go out into lonely. God is always present. Most
with us. Make it a fun game where
our everyday world and sometimes of us go in and out of the realization God is present in everything. We
get so caught up in the experiences of God’s presence. But in the can see God in the flowers, in the
of life (i.e. work, family, finances, realization of God as our refuge and birds and animals, in the breeze and
etc.) instead of living and enjoying strength and our trust in God then the sunshine, in the water we drink
and the food we eat, in the old man
life itself which is the life of God we begin to abide in it, we dwell in
on the park bench, in the children
within us, moving through and that consciousness, we dwell in the playing on the swings, in the
underlying every experience. We shadow of the Most High all of the experience we are having right now,
sometimes forget that God is time and not just special moments in the letter we receive from a
present in our lives, and that God’s when we are practicing the friend, in the laughter and in the
tears.
presence is always there. presence.
Doing these steps will help you to

A great animal cry rose up in So how do we abide in that not only feel, but know the
my throat and, so, how do we begin consciousness? presence of God at all times. These
to maintain that awareness of God’s steps can help you and your family
1. It’s a good idea to start with dwell in the presence of the most
presence in the midst of our ourselves, affirming that, “There high.
everyday activities? is only one presence and one
I remember one occasion when power in all the universe, God The Infinite Field Magazine page 13
we had Janie and Sig Paulson come the good, omnipotent.”
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BOOK COMES
ALONG THAT TOUCHES YOUR SOUL.....
"Waiting for Autumn is a warm and revealing book about personal transformation. Its narrative
reveals the honesty of one who has really walked the path of forgiveness and divine connection
and found the rewards of intuition, mission, and synchronistic flow. This book will speak to
everyone."
- James Redfield, the author of The Celestine Prophecy
Coming April 2010

MUSIC
is part of our lives..it is comprised of our thoughts, feelings, emotions, and desires. That feeling of peace,
comfort, inspiration, and joy in the moment of need. That soothing voice or that soothing instrument that brings
prosperity and vision in one's life. Most of us can use music to relate to an experience, to help resolve an issue,
or for just plain relaxing pleasure. So, what is this thing called music?
It is a symphony orchestra performing a Beethoven symphony, Miles Davis and his jazz quartet swinging, Chris
Botti performing a version of No Ordinary Love..a creative expression of one's inner thoughts and ideas
displayed through song or instrumentation. As a musician and a composer, I understand how music helps to
create an atmosphere of peace and joy. The use of music has been proven throughout the years of being a
positive and effective method of helping people to relax and unwind after a long day or a means to clear their
minds so that they can focus clearly on distressful issues or situations in their lives. Music is Therapy and can be
used as a source of Meditation and Creativity which always allows individuals to find a place of serenity, peace
and joy.
Meditation and music go hand in hand. By taking music and connecting it with the powerful energy of positive
thoughts, this creates an awareness of joy, inner peace, and happiness. During this process we seek to achieve a
higher state of consciousness, greater focus, creativity, self-awareness, and a more relaxed and peaceful frame of
mind with the assistance of music and a positive atmosphere. Habitually using music as a
form of meditation allows music to be the accepted or "choice" method of comfort.
Music is a magical art form. The creative expression inside of each of us that comes from
our thoughts, emotions, and desires. We create it by pushing air through our mouths, by
plucking, bowing, blowing, banging, or pressing various instruments (these days,
computers). But once music enters the air, it becomes pure, free sound. Music travels the
world -- without a passport. From Beethoven who calls it Symphony #5 to Miles Davis
who calls it Kind of Blue, to Count Basie who says you must Take the A Train in order to
feel it, it’s available to everyone.
Music has a profound effect on all of us.
The universe gives us the ability to channel our thoughts and emotions into music. Nature
provides a daily venue to receive an inspirational thought for creativity. Buy listening to
the birds, the wind, or the rain, you can use nature to channel your thoughts and emotions
into music. Take the time to just listen to what is going on around you.
Tap into your thoughts, emotions, and desires and create beautiful music.
Milton Craft

Min. Jennifer Hopper's
mission is to promote love,
peace, freedom, and
understanding on the planet.
Currently, she provides
parents, teachers, and
children tools and information
that support them in
understanding themselves
and one another. She has
one daughter who allows her
the blessing of learning more
about Love.
LAWS of LIFE for KIDS
The Law of Cause and Effect

“Hi, mom, I’m home,” Trevon called out, as he walked in the door setting his backpack on the
table. “Hi,” his mom replied, “how was school today?”
“Well, I made a bad choice and had to go sit in the principal’s office during recess,” said Trevon. “Really,
why do you think it was a bad choice?” asked his mother. “Miss Smith told me it was,” he replied.
“Well, I do not believe in good or bad choices, Trevon,” his mother said. “What do you mean,
mom?” He asked. “Sometimes people use the words good or bad to describe things so that they quickly
get our attention. Things including choices are not necessarily good or bad because they give us a chance
to learn. See, I believe that each of us has a very powerful mind. First, we think a thought. Next, we take
action based on that thought. We get a result or a consequence from our action. Then, we get to see how
that result feels for us. The result or consequences either feels good or not so good to us,” continued his
mother. “In other words, we make a choice, see how it turns out, and then see how we feel about the
choice we made and the consequences or results that occur because of our choice. If the result or
consequence from an action turns out in a way that not only feels good but also has,a good result, then the
next time we have the chance we can make the same choice. If it does not turn out in a way that feels
good, then the next time we get the chance, we can make a different choice. Either way, we learn that each
choice begins with a thought and that each choice we make has a result. So, choices are not good or bad,
they are just ways to learn,” mother explained.

“Do you want to tell me what happened, so I can help you to
understand?” she asked. “I guess so,” he said uncertain. “I
picked up my backpack and threw it at Devyn. It hit him in the
head,” explained Trevon. “Why did you throw the backpack”
asked his mother. “I thought he was ignoring me and I wanted
him to listen to me,” Trevon said. “You had a thought that
Devyn was ignoring you. You wanted him to listen to you, so
you thought you could get his attention by throwing the
backpack at him, is that right?” she asked. “Yes,” said Trevon.
“And how did you feel when you saw the result of choosing to
throw the backpack at him?” asked his mother. “It did not feel
THO
good at all. I felt sad that I hurt my friend. I missed the whole
recess and did not get to tell Devyn what I wanted to anyway,”
UGH he sighed.
T “So, next time what would you like to do differently?” Asked
mom.
“Well, I guess I could think about when I might have another

time to talk to him. Maybe I could tell him at recess, when he is
not busy. I could call him when I get home from school,” he
said. “Those are great ideas, Trevon! That thought with one of
those actions may lead to a much better feeling for you!” mother
IO N said, excitedly.
ACT “I understand what you mean, mom,” replied Trevon, “the

choice I made to throw the backpack started with the thought
that I wanted Devyn to listen to me. As a result of throwing the
backpack, I ended up missing out on recess and hurting my
friend. That did not feel good. I learned that next time I would
like to think a different thought, and make a different choice to
do something else!
It was not a bad choice because I learned from it. Now THAT
feels good!
RESULT Thanks, mom,” Trevon said as he hugged his mother.
“You are welcome,” she said giving him a kiss.

DAILY Gratitude
Have you ever struggled with gratitude? I know I have.
As I write about gratitude every month for this magazine, I am on this journey of learning what gratitude is
all about right along with you. Just like you, I know that there are many benefits of being grateful. And I
attempt to be more grateful for all the situations and circumstances in my life. And sometimes, many times,
I see only the challenge, and not the gift in that moment.
There are times when I struggle with gratitude. I am struggling this month; struggling with being grateful
for all the amazingly good things I have in my life. On top of that, I’m beating myself up for not being more
appreciative of them. Intellectually, I look around and see that I live in a beautiful, tropical environment. I
have family and friends who love me so much. I have food to eat, a house to live in and a strong, healthy
body. I have most all of the toys that a “21st century human” could want.

Daily Gratitud!
I’ve been reading a few books (I’m always reading a where the money is coming from to pay your credit
few books!) such as Esther and Jerry Hicks' "Ask and card this month. You’re immersed in the moment,
It Is Given," Marci Shimoff's "Happy For No living in the now, right where all the experts tell us
Reason," and Deborah Norville's "Thank You Power." our power is.
I’m starting to think that one of the reasons I’m not
feeling more grateful right now is because I’m too So if you’re not feeling the gratitude, even though
focused on myself. I used to you know you have plenty to be thankful for, see if
volunteer my time to teach illiterate taking the focus off yourself
adults how to read, a job that is both and putting attention to
very challenging and rewarding. I someone who needs your
also used to lead workshops to teach
Questions support is the remedy. If you
other people to be adult literacy don't already have an outlet for
tutors. Before that I spent time What is wrong with me? doing that, take a look on
every week at a children’s shelter, Why am I not grateful? www.VolunteerMatch.org to
playing with and feeding babies find a volunteer activity that
who had been taken by the state fits your interests. Or check in
from parents who were not able to Have you ever been here? with your local United Way
care for them. organization. There are plenty
If you've struggled like I do from
of people and causes out there
But shortly after I started my own time to time, here are a few tricks that can use your help. You'll
company, I dropped the volunteer that can get you back on track with discover a whole new attitude
activities to devote all my time and gratitude: of gratitude.
energy to the business. The plan
1. !Get out of your own head. Stop Lori Saitz is the Founder and
was to donate a portion of profits to Chief Executive Rabbit of Zen
literacy and other organizations, so I beating myself up for not being Rabbit Baking Company,
more appreciative of the things in which makes the world
would still be giving back. Now six famous Gratitude Cookie™.
years later, I’m thinking I need to your life.! The Gratitude Cookie™ is
get back to some hands-on time for perfect for showing
2. !Focus on the people in your life appreciation for valued
those volunteer activities. relationships, whether
and not on things. business or personal. To sign
When you’re involved in helping up for F.R.E.E. “Gratuities-
3. !Refocus energy on what really Tips on Bringing More Joy to
someone else through his or her
matters. !Get the focus off Your Life” and learn more
challenges, you’re not thinking about The Gratitude
about how frustrated you are yourself. Volunteer or give some of Cookie™, visit
www.GratitudeCookie.com.
because you want a new car. When your "toys" to someone who needs
you’re reading a story to an HIV- them.
positive three year-old who can’t go
home because his mother is a drug
addict, you’re not thinking about

PHOTOS BY JAN BOWERS
THE FIVE-SENSES APPROACH TO BRINGING GOD AND NATURE

INTO YOUR HOME
Have you ever experienced a sun radiates warmth? Have you path. It is fed by glaciers and gray
spiritual revelation in the ever felt compelled to visit from silt, a torrent so fast and so
wilderness? Jesus, Buddha, and Alaska? Every year approximately cold that the slightest mishap can
every indigenous healer have all had 1.5 million people answer “yes” and become tragedy in an instant. The
revelatory experiences while flock to Alaska and other native word for the river is “Ahtna,”
fasting, praying, or meditating under destinations by planes, cruise ships, a name for the native people who
the glorious stars and trees and the occasional Canadian inhabit the delta area.
presented by nature. What the automobile in an effort to reconnect
enamored authors and saints alike with nature. I was among the Three days into the trip, I was
forget to mention, is that at some tourists in 2005, at the request of a clinging to an aluminum boat trying
point we have to leave the peaceful man I had been dating for one to keep my balance against swirling
scenery of nature and go back month who would eventually ask currents, covered in fish blood and
home. These days, our homes are me to marry him but first invited me slime, grimy from days spent on the
likely cluttered, close to neighbors, on an adventure. He knew the soot-filled flats, with heaven only
surrounded by concrete, and perfect place, he said, with the knows what happening to my hair,
wreathed in industrial noises. laughing eyes that would make me when the Copper facilitated my
During a vacation, opening to the say “yes” to both questions – I inaugural conversation with God.
God Spirit is fabulous and exciting. would visit him at his home in A vast, magnificent Spirit told me to
We must remember that it is Alaska and together we would head breathe, loosen my grip on the boat
possible to channel the same to the Copper River to camp on mud before I hurt it, and laugh in wonder
experience into our everyday living flats and fish with dip nets for the at the landscape around me. I did,
at home. river’s world-famous salmon. and that is how the Copper, and
The Copper runs approximately 300 Alaska herself, became my home,
Have you ever wanted to ask miles through southeast Alaska, my church, and my muse.
mountains what it feels like to touch negotiating the Chugach and
heaven, or wondered if the midnight Wrangell mountain ranges in its

It is not unusual for humans to encounter the Great Divine in Nature. Visit a local bookstore and you will find
volume after volume on the subject. If you have spent any amount of time in the great outdoors, it is easy to
understand why - “Nature” is simply the Holy Spirit’s pseudonym. The natural world is the ideal environment to
facilitate divine communication.
The key to continuing the spiritual awakening sparked in Nature is to recreate the environment that facilitated
communication with the Divine. The most logical place is your home, where you begin and end every day. If you
are fortunate enough to inhabit a calm, peaceful space, then you have a wonderful foundation upon which to build.
On the contrary, if your home is a harbor for stress or unwanted belongings, stay tuned for next month’s discussion
of how to bring a natural peace into your home.
To tackle the challenge of creating the environment you need to invite God in, first close your eyes and return in your
mind to the natural place where you feel most alive. For me, this place is on the trail up the cliffs above the Copper
River, where you can perch and look the eagles in the eye. Next, commit to engaging all five of your God-given
senses. Whether you saw or spoke to the Spirit on a mountain, on the water, in a meadow, or somewhere in between,
the Divine probably appeared while you were rested, calm, and excited about the world around you in a place that
aroused your sense of sight, touch, smell, taste, and sound.
• Sound – Is your natural space quiet, or filled with noise? Perhaps

you hear insects, wind, or water. Maybe birds cry or animals
rustle in the trees. In nature, you do not hear a blaring television,
the ring of a cell phone, or the squeal of car tires. So clear out the
electronic clutter from your home, or at least shut it off for a
predetermined amount of time each day. Do you live in an
apartment or town home and can’t get away from the noise? One
thing every Alaskan or naturalist knows is the value of a light-
blocking or using noise-reducing curtains. These curtains are one
of the ways to deal with around-the-clock sun or the sounds of the
urban jungle. Home Depot, Target, or your local fabric store
should offer a variety of both plastic and cloth options starting
from around $12 per curtain.
• Taste – Why does food cooked outside always taste better? No

one knows, but the fresh, clean air and the relaxed state of mind it
induces certainly have something to do with it. The
natural world also offers us a bounty of herbs, fruits, and
plants to add to our daily pleasures. The true beauty of
plants to someone trying to create a more natural space
is that they can be grown inside. Start with herbs such
as basil, cilantro, thyme, marjoram, or oregano on a
windowsill to enhance taste, color, and scent in your
space. Get creative – the most beautiful window display
I have ever seen was formed by the single vine of
cucumbers a man in Soldotna, Alaska, grew in place of
privacy shades inside every window in his living room.
These herbs and veggies can not only add tremendous
taste to your foods, but can also help you to add a little
nature inside your home with a beautiful herb garden.

• Sight – What catches your eye when walking through your
favorite natural spot in the great outdoors? Green is the color
most strongly associated in our psyche with Nature. Channel
that energy into your home. Be bold with your color choices
to stimulate your mind and emotions. Yellow is used to lift the
spirit; blues are soothing; reds are empowering and
revitalizing; and both oranges and purples enhance the psyche.
Don’t want to spend a lot of money on canary yellow
furnishings? Head to your local craft store to buy fabric in
bulk for pillows, slipcovers, table cloths, or drapes, or hit up
the clearance section of World Market, Home goods, and
similar stores to find every color under the sun. Once you add
these, you will be able to look around your home and see the
beauty of nature within.
• Touch – Is the rough bark of a tree or the slippery leaf of a

vine something you can duplicate at home? There are more
textures than the satins and cottons of our modern world
allow, and unfortunately, our computer-dulled fingers no
longer pay attention to the way things feel. Contrast is the key
to infusing your home with textures reminiscent of tree bark,
soft white sand, or even water. Fill bowls or shallow dishes
with rocks or crystals; toss a bamboo or rope rug on the floor
to get your feet into the action; or rest your back against
down-filled pillows on the couch.
• Smell – What does your space smell like? To me, God smells
like fish. Now, this might not be the right smell for you. But if
you are blessed enough to associate Nature with smells that
are a bit more pleasant, try diffusing essential oils like pine,
spruce, or cedar wood to fill your space. Many North
American Indian groups believe that the cypress tree, whose
branches form an umbrella from heavens to earth to shelter
animals and humans underneath, is the best source of the
divine. Cypress oil is readily available at most natural food
stores. Don’t want to mess with oils? Yankee Candle
Company offers aromatic blends like “Summer Breeze” and
“Wooded Forest” that are easily found at Linens and Things or
a local gift store. !
!

This transition can be one of the most joyous things that you will
ever do. Once you let go of your ideas about what a home “should”
look like, and realize that no two people have the same image of
God, nor do they have the same conversations with the Spirit or
think about the same thing while exploring our great natural world.!
If the goal is to make your space a more natural one, there is no
place for concern about matching your table settings to your living
room chairs to your child’s stuffed animals.! Your time is better
spent creating a space that makes the Great Spirit look into your
home and say “well now, that is somewhere I want to be – that
looks like something I made.”
PHOTOS BY MARK AVENELL
Jan Bowers is a naturopathic practitioner, iridologist, nutrition consultant, and

personal trainer who calls Alaska "home." She works with both people and animals,
and currently serves on the board of the International Iridology Practitioners
Association. Jan writes about how to heal your mind, body, and spirit the Alaskan
way. She blogs about Alaska at eaglesanddravens.blogspot.com, and also maintains
the educational website www.JanBowers.com.
www.JanBowers.com

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LETTING GO MEDITATION
WITH SUSAN MAREK
Minute Meditation
It takes only a minute to read and breathe.
This meditation may be used at any time to center and refresh your energy. I encourage
you to first call on your angels and guides to be at hand and to provide a comfortable,
loving presence during your meditation. You may also find it helpful to record these
words in your own voice and play it back during meditation. I recommend you perform
this meditation sitting comfortably on the floor or a chair.
Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath. Inhale through your nose, letting the breath flow easily and effortlessly into your lungs.
Exhale slowly, allowing your breath to gently flow upward and out through your mouth.
Relax deeper into yourself as you take another deep breath, again letting it effortlessly flow in through your nose
and out through your mouth.
Visualize yourself standing on a sandy beach. The ocean is calm and the waves gingerly roll onto the sand. It is
dusk, and you are enjoying a beautiful sunset. Breathe... You take a deep breath and notice how the salt and
moisture refresh your senses. You begin to walk along the beach at a leisurely pace. Ahead, you see an object in
the sand. It is exactly the object you were looking for. You reach down and pick it up. What is it? Notice its
shape, color, and texture.
The object you are now holding is the perfect receptacle for all of your present worries and fears. You hold the
object in both hands and place it against your heart. As you take a deep breath, bring gently to mind all of your
concerns and fears. As you exhale, allow those worries to enter the object. Again, breath deeply and release all
your fears into this perfect receptacle. Breathe...
It is now time to release this object, letting go of everything that is blocking your path. Letting go of everything
that is not in your highest and best good. Letting go...
You walk to where the waves are lapping on the sand and place your object into the water. The ocean carries
your object away and all your fears, worries, and concerns along with it. You watch it float further and further
away from you and the shore, breathing deeply and celebrating your freedom from these blocks.
As the sun finally sinks below the horizon, your object floats out of sight. You breath deeply, grateful to the
ocean and Spirit for clearing away your fears and worries. When you are ready, take a deep breath and feel the
energy flowing through your body as you gently come back into the room and continue with your day, fully
energized and refreshed, knowing you are moving forward free of cares and concerns.
Susan Marek is a life-long intuitive who uses her gifts of claircognizance, clairvoyance, clairaudience, and
clairsentience to be of Divine service. She works with angels, ascended masters, and elementals to provide healing,
guidance, and insight to earthly issues. Trained as Reiki Master and as an Angel Therapy Practitioner® and
medium, certified by Doreen Virtue, PhD, Susan uses her knowledge to be of service to others through readings,
speaking, and writing. She is the author of “A Children’s Guide to Chakras.” For more information on Susan,
please visit www.susanmarek.com.

D id you know that everything you desire is already
available to you right now?
How’s that you ask? If it’s all right here why don’t I see it
or have it?
Calling It In
It is available to you in the energetic realm of spirit in
which everything originates. If you have a desire, but feel
you have no resources to make it happen—call it in. " " By Darnise Martin, Phd
Calling it in means recognizing that you are spirit, all that
appears to be solid matter is actually spirit or energy
congealed into a specific form that someone “called in to
being,” with their own thought process and focus. And
you can too. Whatever you desire, large or small, hold no
judgment about it, just picture it, and see if you can take 1
step toward it in your life. Then, and this is important,
look up, watch for any shifts or opportunities especially if
it looks scary or too difficult to do. Do It! It is the
universe’s response. Do that thing and then another will
be revealed. You will be calling it in by your thought and
movement toward it. You are not the only one who holds
that desire or who has manifested it, so if you can see that
it exists in the world, you know it is available. Now just
call it in for yourself. Remember for every demand there
is abundant supply.
If you want a new relationship or to spice up the one you Dr. Darnise Martin, Phd is an expert Relationship and
have, start visualizing what this would be. Instead of Spirituality mentor, University professor, and author of
Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought
focusing on what you don’t want in a relationship, focus
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on what you do want. Make that proverbial list of your www.drdarnisemartin.com www.drdarnisemartin.com for more
ideal mate or situation. It may sound hoaky, but it is a details.
very powerful tool when you do it with intention. Look at
it daily and allow yourself to think that you are in fact
pulling the relationship to you.
Don’t go trying to figure out a solution by focusing on there with our minds and thoughts. Remember,
the natural, material world. Remember this is a whatever you focus on, grows. If you desire something
supernatural, metaphysical process in an energetic focus on it, move toward it, and watch it grow into
universe – everything begins there. Our common mistake manifestation. One of my mentors says, “The Universe
is that we try to make it happen from this realm. And, Brings Me Opportunities All of The Time. My Job Is
here’s where a lot of teachings leave us hanging; the point To Say Yes. No Matter What.”! Is that scary? You bet
it is. But when we step into our opportunities more of
that they don’t fully cover, leaving many people
them show up. When we withdraw in fear, we only
disappointed with their results. We focus on the
receive more of what we have or even less. To say that
problem as if the solution is going to jump out from it.
you want more than what you have right now, is to
The solution is not in the problem. In specific terms,
agree to step into universal flow. This automatically
worrying about money, will not create more money,
requires growth and change. Be grateful for these
only more lack, because you focus upon the lack by
shifts. It means the universe is responding to your
worrying. The solution exists, but you must look up
request. You are calling it into being.
from the problem long enough to see the possibilities.
Our task is to keep our minds on spirit and create from
As I reflected on these thoughts
and prepared for this month’s sharing,
a vivid memory came forth; memories
of being in the womb. We began this
physical journey possessing all that we
needed: safety, security, protection,
THE COMFORT SPOT
comfort, and nourishment even before

our birth entry. OK, so maybe you
don't remember your birth as vividly,
but you can: Imagine that you are
floating in your mother's womb.
Imagine there in those moments the
simplicity of allowing as you float
gracefully and effortlessly in the
womb and ‘let’ or allowed your every
need be met. Imagine in that sacred
space knowing that all that we desired
manifested in the stillness of ‘BE’ing.
How divine and perfect our existence
was in this space of perfection,the
womb, as we trusted that all we
desired our Creator had already
prepared and we in each perfect
moment received each perfect gift.
!!!!
&isionin'
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Visioning is a gift from the Divine Creator, that
supports, transforms and edifies as we evolve on this
journey of purpose in becoming who we really are.
Visioning is a creative process of bringing forth inner
truths in connection with Inner Spirit to return to love
and oneness. Where they exist is only wholeness,
perfection and the reality that we already have all that
we need. It is only waiting for the divinely right
conditions for physical manifestation. Remember, we
are not here to “get” but to “let”. We are created with
all that we need to manifest all that is. We must
simply trust, release the truth and allow our visioning
to evolve from within and to manifest outwardly.

Throughout time, many wise sages and gurus believe that as
we evolved into this world as a physical beings from the
womb, all desires and needs were met. On the earth plane,
our parents, caretakers instantaneously met our nourishment,
comfort, warmth and security.
If there was any imperfection in our world of daily ‘BE’ing,

a mere cry, cooing, body movement or other bodily
awareness would trigger the immediate response and
resolution to whatever that need may have been. We asked
and received.
Is it possible that this gift of Visioning that each of us has

been gifted with, is such a simple and innate present from
the Creator? One that we have somehow suppressed and
complicated our basic instinctive creative process of I remember that while growing up as a child in Boston, that
receiving all that we need and desire?
day dreaming was one of my favorite past times. Closing my
eyes, sitting in silence in my bedroom as I made mental
wishes of all the things I desired. I would then quickly write
down my wish list: a pink and white two wheel bike, a baby
doll with a bassinet, an easy-bake oven........that was my
process before I was even aware of tools for creative
manifestations. These manifested because of my desire, my
unwavering belief and faith that it would show up, and my
allowing myself to ‘let’ it come forth. I also know that
between the ages of five and fifteen I had not taken any
metaphysical classes, visioning seminars or workshops, yet
still innately, I knew a process of how to manifest what I
desired.
So, this month I would like to offer that we return to

simplicity. Let’s have fun! Let’s return to a state of a
dreaming and envisioning all of our hearts desires. This may
be a familiar tool for some and for others, allow me to
introduce you to Vision Boards. I was first introduced to
vision boards many years ago by a cousin who shared with
me the amazing results and experiences that had manifested
through this tool and process. I was a witness and was excited
to try it for myself. So what is a vision board and how do you
start?
THE VISION BOARD
A vision board is a visual tool that allows your desires, aspirations, and dreams to visually be a focused presence.
Remember the saying, “what you think about you bring about?” As you visually see a thing, you maintain a consistent
energy linkage to your desires. Let's get started!
1. You will need poster board, scissors, reading materials such as magazines, glue sticks or tape.
2. Browse your materials and clip out pictures, statements, affirmations, locations, that you desire to be, do
and have. Let your spirit flow and your imagination be open to creating all that
you desire.
3. Create sections for your finances, dream home,

personal relationships, family, vacations, your health
and any other desire that you have. Be creative, let it
come forth. Then glue or tape to your board.
4. Place your vision board in a location that will be

visible to you consistently throughout the day, especially
as you awaken in the morning and before you go to sleep
at night.
I spend time with my vision board, daily, right after a deep

meditation while I am still in a space of peace. I have had
many manifestations over the past years that have confirmed the “truth” that this process works.
I hold the space for you in the present, knowing and trusting the “truth” of what you desire is already in process, even
in this moment, “It Is” being created. The truth and awareness is simply waiting for the right conditions to manifest,
so that you may see the physical existence of your visioning.
Enjoy the Journey!
Leslie is founder and visionary of “The Comfort Spot” (Personal Chef & Catering Services
providing healthy conscious, comfort food and a prism for Spiritual Consciousness
teachings and ministries). She is a third year Ministerial Student at “Inner Visions
Institute for Spiritual Development” in Silver Spring, MD. (founded by Rev. Dr. Iyanlya
Vanzant. Leslie is a tribal member of the Occaneechi-Band of the Saponi Nation and
honors her rich and diverse ancestral background through her traditional and integrative
teachings and practices.

THE SPIRITUAL bookshelf
MEGAN’S WAY
by Melissa Foster
Melissa Foster's debut novel presents a paranormal mother-

daughter bond and friendships that run deep with love as well
as, potentially, damaging secrets.
Foster's story stems from what was originally a short story and a
personal experience involving her mother. "She had lived the life
she had created--and the life she had loved. As much as she thought
she should feel the need to revisit her decisions, that need was not
there, and something about that lack of wonder made her happy."
The protagonist of Megan's Way, Megan Taylor, is an artist full of

so much. She's seemingly the centerpiece of an intimate group of
friends and has a teenage daughter with whom she has a true
empathic connection. However, her cozy world starts to unravel
when she learns that her cancer is no longer in remission. Longtime
secrets begin to haunt her and her best friend, Holly. Secrets that
could destroy their close-knit foursome of friends. And as Megan
deteriorates, her daughter, Olivia, begins to act out her frustrations.
Melissa Foster's first work of fiction is a lovely effort. She explores

the bond between mother and daughter in such an intense manner. It's the kind of relationship that all
daughters want with their mothers. Megan is surrounded by an amazingly loving and supportive bunch of
friends. Foster has written a set of very realistic characters that are regular people. They each have their
own issues ranging from commitment woes to a haunting sacrifice. Exemplifying the group's bond through
an annual ritual, the author presents ideas of spirituality in a way that's not obnoxious but is unapologetic.
All the while, everything is set against a picturesque Cape Cod. This makes even the toughest moments in
the book a little more palatable than had they occurred anywhere else. It adds to the warm and fuzzy
feeling that much of the book exudes. The author's language and characters are accessible. All of the
imagery is wonderful without being weighty and including a scene that brought a level of discomfort was
very smart. At its core, this is a story that depicts love transcending everything. Megan's Way proves to be a
moving read and a solid debut for Melissa Foster.

A WRITER’S bookshelf
Q The Infinite Field Magazine asks new author, Melissa Foster: What's on your
)
bookshelf and/or what books have led you on your spiritual journey?
"I have just completed The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am currently reading
What The Dead Know, by Laura Lippman, and I have the following on my To Be Read list:
The Wednesday Letters, The Book Thief, Shangai Girls, and The Lace Reader.
My spiritual journey has been one of introspection and experience, more than driven by the books I have
read. However, there have been certain books that have touched my soul in many ways. Mitch Alboms's
Seven People You Meet in Heaven and For One More Day, and Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, have
touched on elements that I believe in. Other books have brought critical areas of life to the forefront,
such as the strength and bonding of women in The Red Tent and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
The path we each choose is unique and often driven by a vast number of different variables and
influences. I try to learn something from each book I read."
Check out my debut novel, Megan's Way, http://megansway.com

Watch the video trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oq6wSElskU
Join me & escape your chaos, The Women's Nest, http://thewomensnest.com
Stay tuned to our blog, www.theinfinitefieldmagazine.wordpress.com, for our giveaway of a copy of

Megan's Way.
Terri Lee-Johnson is Assistant

Editor and book reviewer for
The Infinite Field Magazine. She
also reviews books on her blog,
BrownGirl BookSpeak.

Feng Shui Thoughts for Fall!
" " " " " " " by Janice Schneider Girgenti
Autumn is Harvest Time. The natural energy is the work to gather crops, or that which we have grown from planting in
early spring. We share this abundance and celebrate! After the languid days of summer, the vital life force – or chi
begins its motion again, consolidating its strength in preparation for winter. The direction is west, the element metal
(attraction), and the body part is lung (allergy season?). I envision the vibrant hues of the autumn leaves and white
represents the blending of all these magnificent colors! IT is a season of celebrations, when the work is complete; we
cheer our wealth and growth with harvest festivals, good food and great friends!
Towards the end of autumn, personal shifts pull our thoughts back to that which we have gathered. This prepares us for
the winter months when movement is slow, most consolidated and limited. We begin to start centering our thoughts,
our belongings, and ourselves.
Feng Shui suggests we enjoy the movement of the fall. It’s a great time for organizing interiors, de-cluttering closets
and drawers and see all that you have collected through the past few seasons! Make a scrapbook of these objects, a fun
project to create memories in an orderly fashion. Think of creative ways to showcase all that you have worked toward
this year. Plan a gathering for friends to enjoy the beauty of nature and all that life has provided for you! This is a most
colorful, joyous time of year. Granted, there is work to be done, but once your desks are clear, kick back and enjoy the
cornucopia of energy that surrounds us!
!Many Blessings! The energy source for Feng Shui Studios is Janice Schneider
Girgenti. She invites you to explore your path. She holds
certifications as a Feng Shui consultant and teacher from
Shambhalla Feng Shui Institute, and as an interior decorator
from Philadelphia University. Please visit Janice at
www.fengshuistudios.com.

Be Here, Now
Part 1
by Doreen Sweeting, MD
There is such beauty in the phrase, “the truth will set you free.” The ultimate truth is that you are right here right now.
You can go anywhere from here. Absolutely anywhere. But first, you have to acknowledge where here is, so that you
can move over there.
It is a basic rule of navigation. Find yourself on the map, find your destination and figure out how you want to get
from point A to point B. Do you want the direct or the scenic route. Each has its benefits.
So, where is here? Ask yourself a few questions. Are you in a state of lack? Are you in poor health? Are you in a bad
relationship?
What is it that you don’t like about your present state of being? And exactly where would you like to be.
Notice that I don’t ask you to focus on how you got to where you are. That knowledge is only helpful when used
appropriately. By appropriately, I mean examined briefly to acknowledge your part in the equation so that you
understand that, now, you can do your part to get a move on.
I call it, “ THE HOW.”
This is the story of, “ THE HOW”, you got here. It is everyone’s story. And it requires very little depth of
examination to be useful.
Based on whatever was going on with you when you were there, you took certain actions which brought you here.
Those actions seemed like a good idea at the time, or you wouldn’t have taken them. Period.
No matter how crazy or ill advised they seem now, at the time, they seemed necessary for your survival. No use
beating yourself up about that huge bag of chips you ate last night or about the decision to give your dysfunctional
relationship one more chance.
You did whatever it is that you did to save yourself. And now, here you are, ready, willing and able to do just that.
So, congratulate yourself. The good news is it’s all about you. Your brilliance, your power and your ability to make
things happen brought you to this wonderful state of awareness.
The next step. Conscious manifestation!
Dr. Doreen Sweeting is currently working on her new book Musings of a Medical Mystic. She is the
founder of Psychosomatic Wellness Intuitive Life Coaching. Doreen is a medical doctor with a
specialty in Internal Medicine and Acupuncture. She has studied in the United States, Asia and India.
She is also a medical intuitive and energy healer. Consultations are in person, by
Skype and by telephone. Visit Doreen at www.GOD-AS-ART.COM
The All In All
Dr. Peter C. Rogers, D.D., Ph.D
Matter is defined as the formless substratum of all things which exists only potentially and upon which form acts to
produce realities. Matter is also material substance that occupies space, has mass, and
is composed predominantly of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons,
that constitutes the observable Universe. Knowing that God is pure energy and the
source of all things, it is safe to say that based upon physics, that God is the nucleus
which comprises all things as the All-in-All. Pantheism is a belief system derived
from the Greek: 'pan' = all and ‘theos’ = God, it literally means "God is All" and "All
is God.”
Suffice it to say that everything is everything. Wallace D. Wattles says in The Science of Getting Rich (2005), that
everything we see on earth is made from one original substance, out of which all things proceed. High energy physics
says that if we reduce matter down to its smallest particle regardless of what the thing is, we will find the same basic
substance or subatomic particles. These particles are the basic units of chemistry and biology and the building blocks
out of which we and everything around us are made. These particles are simply balls of pure energy vibrating at a
particular speed or rate.

The All In All
We are all the same thing. Nothing that exists is without these fundamental molecules. The entire Universe is all the
same stuff, mass, which consists of billions upon billions of minute quarks and subatomic particles that are simply
balls of energy. As matter, we each have a unique partnership with all that is. Through our material make up, we
along with everything else in creation are virtually one in the same. We carry within our being both negative and
positive charges that create a balance holding us all together. These charges are electromagnetic pulses which
generate electrical energy.
We are an electromagnetic force which has a definite influence on our surroundings. The ability to consist of both
positive and negative charges in our molecular structure is exemplified in our nature.
We possess both negative and positive qualities that poise us much
like the yin and yang principle of opposites and balance.
Being one with the All-in-All, we are the whole amount of all
that there is: the alpha and the omega of all things. We are the
elusive God particle that physicists the world over have
searched for. In our essence we are everything that is, was, and
forever will be. We are subservient to nothing and all is
subservient to us through the Divine Intelligence that animates
our being, illuminates our consciousness, and lives and moves
and has its being through us. Diamonds, rubies, and pearls are our
kinship and the qualities that we possess are far more precious
than any other form of being. We are the envy of all inferior forms
of existence through our God centered mind and Divine nature. We
are the Absolute: perfectly embodying the nature of all things. We
are the Divine emanation that pulsates through our radiance and all
things are directly affected by our charisma. We leave an everlasting
impression that registers on everything in our wake. Our sheer
existence forces those in our company to raise their energy to meet
that of our frequency. We are the All in everything because all that is
in us is all that ever existed. We are the Absolute and the epitome of all
things. Emphatically, we ‘are’ the All-in-All carrying out existence on
this planet through Creative Intelligence.
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Author/Motivational Speaker/Life Coach
Ultimate Truth: Book I
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sending you valuable messages.! Everything is a meaningful mirror.! As your awareness grows, you become
more honest.! You learn whether you love unconditionally or whether your love comes with strings attached.
Right now, you choose to sense deeper significance in each of your choices.! Deciphering why you love and
when you place limits on it connects fragmented pieces of the psyche.!
What do you fear? Struggle is often expected as part of the human learning curve. By identifying and
exploring possible reasons for your fear, you raise awareness of the root causes. As you discern uncertainty, it
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SPIRITUAL EATING - A RAW FOOD DIET WITH THE FAMILY!
An Interview with Ka Sundance by Laurie Martin
I had the absolute pleasure of www.theinfinitefieldmagazine.word
interviewing Ka Sundance. He is the press.com for more details). And a His friend had multiple sclerosis and
founder of The Raw Food Family 50% discount in raw food coaching! was in a wheel chair relying on
TV show, He and his family currently reside in others to take care of her, after she
www.therawfoodfamily.com/ south west England. changed to a raw food diet, she
home. Ka is a raw food coach, regained usage of her legs, and now
author of an e-zine called "Raw Ka Sundance, his wife Kathi and walks, runs and is fully mobile and
Secrets", and an e-book called, their three beautiful children- Ronja living a healthy life. There are also
“How to Start Your Raw Food age three, Jaro age five and Benny subtle changes that occur for many
Journey,” which he is generously age seven, have been on a raw food people, such as no more: headaches,
offering as our Infinite Field diet for four years. Before that, they acid reflux, indigestion, allergies,
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Jaro, their 2nd child was sick many other positive health
with asthma and was very occurrences including loss in weight.
unhealthy. When Jaro was a year
old, his mom Kathi, while The philosophy of a raw food diet is
visiting her mother, to eat raw foods that are nutrient
coincidentally, of course we all rich dense foods, to get the
know this was divine help, maximum amount of vitamins and
picked up a German book titled, minerals that are easily absorbed and
“If You Want to Be Healthy, used by the body. It’s about eating
Forget About Cooking!” What a smarter!
great name! She and Ka read the
entire book, and decided to A raw food diet consists of raw
begin researching a raw food unprocessed living foods which are:
diet. The book made sense to greens, vegetables, nuts, sprouts,
them and through their fruits, seeds, and wild green edibles.
desperation of healing their son There are other raw foodists who do
Jaro; they began researching a eat raw meat, and raw goat cheese,
raw food diet further. but the most common is the raw
foodist.
After just three days of Jaro
being on a raw food diet, his I’ve researched this topic for a year
asthma went away! Ka has been now, and I’m deeply fascinated by
witness to many other healings the many stories of people healed by
similar to this one. changing their diets and eating raw
organic live foods, juicing, blending
and detoxifying. I use a juicer and
blender daily, but have not yet gone
completely raw. I spent an hour
interviewing Ka asking him a series
of questions to extrapolate the most
beneficial information about a raw

begin with?
Q&+
Laurie: What are the best foods to pressure on yourself. Focus on
adding some raw food items into
*a: “From my experience, it can be your diet with your family, like a
green smoothie with spinach,
hard for people to stop eating the way romaine lettuce or kale, apple,
they have their whole lives. Look for banana, with a little raw honey and
the joy and your pleasures, and start almond breeze or try juicing romaine
*a: “Take it slow, it’s a transition
because of our emotional addictions
to food, and the process will be
different for everyone. If you go
100% raw-- expect some
detoxification symptoms. I feel the
there. Eat what you like in raw form. lettuce, carrots with a little spinach. best when I eat 100% raw foods.”
We begin our day with a green
smoothie. Dark green leaves are the Laurie: Since you have been on a Laurie: Are there people who
best source, which are highly raw food diet for four years, what shouldn’t do a raw food diet?
concentrated with vitamins and were your immediate physical *a: “Not from my experience.
minerals. And, you don’t have to eat benefits?
that much food to get a large amount Unless you just don’t want to do it.
*a: “You don’t have to lose or give
of vitamins and minerals.”
up anything if you go raw! You just Laurie: What about people who
Ka says the best way to begin a raw gain more health, more vibrant skin have food allergies?
food diet is to think about your and more beauty! It’s more of what Ka: “Food allergies comes from an
favorite foods. And, see how you can you leave out of your diet such as incorrect diet and you can heal these
eat them in a raw form or substitute animal meat, white sugar, alcohol,
allergies by eating raw foods.”
them for something enjoyable that is wheat, gluten, pasteurized diary
raw. For example, if you love products, and cigarettes. Now you
Laurie: How did you introduce it
chocolate ice cream, you can eat a will just have a living raw food diet.
to your children?
wonderful raw cacao pudding made You will look younger, feel more
out of raw cacao, avocado, agave emotionally stable, your aura is more *a: “Do the raw diet yourself, and
nectar, dates, almond breeze and vibrant and your mind is more the children will try it, and notice
vanilla. When he serves this to creative. You will gain positive things they feel better.”
people, everyone wants the recipe, by doing the raw food diet. You can
and can’t believe it is made without heal all sorts of diseases when you Ka and his wife Kathi were very
white sugar. eat all living foods. We have never clear on the benefits of eating a raw
been to a doctor during the last 4 diet, and because they were so clear,
There are many gourmet raw food years. We did not need to.” it was not a big deal to introduce this
recipes that are very delicious which way of eating to their young children.
can be found in Raw Food He suggests keeping it fun, without
cookbooks. Ka suggests trying desserts with stress and no pressure. He does admit
these various sweeteners instead of it was easier for him and his wife to
Laurie: How does one succeed on a toxic white refined sugar: agave change the children’s diet because his
raw food diet? syrup, yacon, dates, raw honey, and
eldest was only three. It’s the
figs.
*a: “Substitute the things you like to emotional bonding to cooked food
that a child can hold onto. By
eat with a raw food recipe. The need Laurie: How long does it take for
creating new family meals and family
and craving will slowly fade away.” the body to adjust to changing to a
traditions with raw foods, parents can
raw food diet?
definitely help children to bond to
Ka suggests people take it slow and
new foods and create long-lasting
have fun with it. He says not to put

Laurie: I understand your three teeth became white and
kids are home schooled, but when healthy.
they are around other kids for You and your family can learn
play dates or holidays at other Laurie: Do you use a juicer how to incorporate a nutrient
people’s homes—do they want to and blender too? What are rich raw food diet into your life.
eat other foods? the differences using a To get support or information
*a: “The interesting thing is the juicer vs. a blender? contact:
others kids wanted to eat what my *a: “When we use a Ka Sundance and his family,
children were eating and not the blender, we are getting all of visit his website: http://
other way around. And, the other the plant fiber plus the www.therawfoodfamily.com/
kids asked their parents if they can vitamins and nutrients. The
Please sign up for the free e-
have the raw foods in their lunch plant fiber functions like a
Zine called "Raw secrets" at
box.” broom and cleans out the
www.rawfoodcoach.net
gut.”
Laurie: How do you control what And, when we are using a Email:
your kids eat when they are not juicer- we are getting the contact@therawfoodfamily.com
with you? highly concentrated vitamins,
water and minerals without
*a: “We do not want to control our
the fiber.” they lack Vitamin D, and so they
kids. They are free to eat what they
supplement the three children and
want. They simply do not have the Drinking a green vegetable juice – themselves with Vitamin D in the
need to eat processed food right now. the minerals, water and vitamins are winter time, and Vitamin K2, and
If that would change, we would absorbed into the body in a matter of Vitamin B12 occasionally. Ka is a
allow them to eat differently.” minutes. And a blended green big supporter of super foods such as
smoothie, it can take four to five the ones I mentioned above: goji
Laurie: What secrets have you hours to digest. I switch off between berries, maca, raw cacao and he
learned? the juicer and blender daily. added coconut and hemp. Thank you
*a: “When we first started a raw very much Ka Sundance for sharing
Laurie: Does your family take
diet, we began by focusing on fruits your love and knowledge of raw
vitamin supplements or other
and that was a mistake because my food with us!
super-foods like maca, goji
kids experienced teeth problems.
berry’s, ocean alive or raw cacao?
They did not shine white anymore.
I was very surprised by Ka’s answer
That’s when we added the mineral
to this question, very interesting to
rich raw greens into the family diet,
me! Because they live in London,
and within a few days the children’s
they don’t get a lot of sun , therefore
Laurie Martin is the author of an inspirational published book, Smile

Across Your Heart, The Process of Building Self- Love. She is passionate
about helping people live an empowered life through their heart.
www.smilesacrossyourheart.com contact Laurie Martin, visit,
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What is Spiritus - The Spiritual Marketing Directory?
My name is Shelagh Jones, and I want to tell you a little about how Spiritus - the Spiritual Marketing Directory, came
to be created.
Business Promotion
First, being involved in internet marketing myself, I was a member of several social networking sites, where the prime
intention was to relationship with other people.
But behind this intention was another intention, the intention to attract people to my business. And sometimes this
secondary intention got in the way of the first intention, and I began to think to myself - What if there was a business
directory where people could openly and cleanly promote their business to like-minded people?
Law of Attraction – like is attracted to like
A second place was from my work with small businesses, helping them to build their list of customers.
A common cry was - I wish I could find more customers who are just like me. People who have the same values, who
think like me about how to live a life, how to run a business, how to have business interactions work out to the best
advantage of all involved.
And often I would introduce suppliers to customers and see a business relationship flourish because of the shared
values of the people involved.
Market from Spirit
A third place was meeting people who were operating in industries which have a poor reputation for customer service -
but who were choosing to do things differently, to do what felt right and good to them, not what everyone else was
doing.
I thought - what if there was a place where people looking for a company in that industry could find out about the
values of businesses, about what motivated them, before starting a business relationship with them?
Out of these three ideas, Spiritus - the Spiritual Marketing Directory was born.
www.spiritus-thespiritualmarketingdirectory.com
)gainst ,e GrainBy Tonya Parke-
.
My paternal great-grandfather was a dunseni or pasta. In other words, “the whites” are our comfort
medicine man who used natural herbs to heal foods. These foods are high in the glycemic index,
illnesses, sicknesses and diseases. Eduardo Lopez meaning they are digested and absorbed quickly,
changed his name to Eddie Loper when he came to the releasing glucose quickly into the bloodstream. This
states from somewhere in the West Indies. He is the causes rising and falling of insulin levels, which can
excuse I use when folks give me that “there goes the lead to overeating, weight gain and insulin resistance.
crunchy granola/tree hugger” look. The desire to use
natural herbs and to connect with nature runs in my What would the tree have
blood. The earth and her creatures speak to me: rocks, me eat instead? Well,
trees, animals. No, I’m not Dr. Doolittle. And no, I there are the whole grains,
don’t need medication. As a mental health therapist, I such as dense whole grain
spent years making a living sending folks to bread, basmati and brown
psychiatric hospitals—I know the difference. I am just rice, barley and quinoa.
used to going against the grain. Also good are sweet
potatoes, vegetables and
One day while participating in a shamanic circle, we fruits, beans, legumes and
meditated with the trees. The purpose was to obtain nuts. These are minimally
wisdom from the tree that called out to us. Well there I processed foods that are
sat, under a young tree of some sort (I didn’t say I was digested more slowly than
a botanist). As directed for this phase of the refined carbohydrates, and contain vitamins, minerals,
meditation, I asked the tree, “What must I give away and fiber. They do not typically cause rapid blood
to clarify my mind?” I listened for a few minutes, and sugar spikes and should be the focus of our
I heard in my mind, “the white foods.” So basically, carbohydrate intake. Yes, I still eat white flour bread
my tree friend was validating food plans that had once in a while. I also continue my love affair with
worked extremely well for me in the past for weight pasta. However, when I cook it, I most often use the
release. It also confirmed a psychic reading that brown rice or whole-grain versions, and many
indicated white foods were blocking my developing restaurants now offer whole wheat pasta options.
my full intuitive potential.
Although the optimal nutrition plan is individual for
What are “white foods?” More refined, processed each person, I have done very well by following the
foods such as white sugar and all-purpose flour, tree’s advice. If you tend to seek comfort in carbs, but
including most snack foods and baked goods, would like to make healthier choices, then consider
processed grains, most bread, sweetened dairy going against the grain by trying out whole grains
products, or starchy foods such as potatoes, rice, and with the fun and flavorful recipe below.
Visit Tonya at www.mindbodyandspiritworks.com and

www.facebook.com/NaturalSistah. The Infinite Field Magazine page 42
CURRIED WHOLE-GRAIN SALAD
above, left: Roasted Butternut Squash Farro Salad

above, right: Curried Whole-Grain Salad
INGREDIENTS
1 cup quinoa, millet or whole-wheat couscous, uncooked

1 cup bulgur wheat, uncooked
1 cup barley or brown rice, uncooked
1 bunch spring onions, sliced thinly
2 mangoes, peeled and diced
! cup dried cranberries
! cup golden raisins
! cup pepitas, or pumpkin seeds, toasted
1 jalapeno pepper, minced
1 pt. orange juice
3 TBS curry powder
3 TBS lemon juice
2 TBS honey
! tsp sea salt
DIRECTIONS
Cook each grain separately according to package directions. Drain and
cool.
Stir remaining ingredients into a large bowl to make a dressing.
Add the cooled grains to the dressing and mix thoroughly.
Serve alone, over salad greens, or with your favorite entrée.

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Waiting for
Autumn
An Interview with
Scott Blum
by Synolve Craft
You are on the verge of a spiritual awakening, and I!m

here to help you through it. Thankfully, many people are
on their way, now more than ever. It!s finally time for this
planet to wake up so we can collectively progress to the
next level. ~Waiting for Autumn
It’s time for a great story. If you’ve been looking for a surrounding you and your dreams, then the mind starts to
great story to read, then just let your mind relax and wonder: What’s next? When will my season come?
enjoy, Waiting for Autumn by Scott Blum. Scott Blum When will this happen for me? Maybe your dream is to
weaves a story filled with mysticism and ancient wisdom have wealth, a family or relationship or to find true love.
that is done in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz, The If it is, you might find yourself wondering from time to
Matrix, and Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. If you’re time: When will my dream come true? I know that God
reading this, you have already been awakened or your gave this to me, but when...when do I get the chance to
soul is on the verge of an amazing spiritual journey. In a actually do what I’ve been called to do or to have what I
lucid transmission, Spirit downloads this beautiful story know that I can have...What I know is mine?
and it is my pleasure to share it with you.
Like most of us, at some point and time in our lives, the
As I began searching for a feature for this month, it main character Scott is waiting for his season...for his
occurred to me that after you get “The Tap” (see August time of reaping the harvest time to show up in his life.
Issue for more information) where the Universe shares After reading the first couple of lines in this book, I
with you an amazing gift, talent, plan or opportunity that realized that Scott’s story would help me share the
the next step is to naturally wonder when your ship will process of how we can find our own season the same way
come in. God Spirit gives you this wonderful idea, that Scott finds his Autumn. Although anytime is a great
product, company, organization, or service, and you’re time to read this book, September is an amazing time
excited and full of enthusiasm. But if your dream doesn’t spiritually to focus on Autumn.
happen for you immediately or just a little time elapses
before everything naturally begins to fall into place
Autumn is the time when children Joy. Abundance. Peace.
go back to school, and we begin Goodness. Love. All of this just
packing up our swim suits and waiting for you to go thru the
summer clothes waiting for process and to take on the journey
autumn to appear. Our senses to live.
become acutely aware of the
changes in the air as the cool Waiting for Autumn gave me
morning air becomes brisk and several gifts that I will share with
shallow and the mornings become you. One of the most amazing
dark and full of wonder. As the gifts was to love the journey...the
leaves begin to change colors process.
while nature offers its bounty, we
often become reflective in our Love the Journey
thoughts as the year nears to a
close about our failures and As I near my 40th birthday this
accomplishments. Depression can year, I think about my own
set in if we do not recognize that journey to The Infinite Field. It is
“the process” this natural process easy to think that I could have
of going from one season to gotten here sooner or that I should
another from our summer to our be farther a long in my own
autumn is an important part of our journey. Metaphysically, looking
experience. Those moments that at the 40 year journey of the
may feel like a wilderness Israelites, I know that everything
experience are actually moments happens for a reason. Nothing is
in our growth experience that are an accident. It is all divine. What I
crucial to our learning and know for certain is I am exactly
promotion to the next level. where I am supposed to be and
everything happens in divine
In reading the book, it is evident Order. And so it is in your life as
that Scott had planted plenty of well. The key is that you will not
seeds in lots of different places, move forward until you trust and
but nothing has truly manifested love the journey that you are
into his truest desires that is until experiencing right now.
his Autumn appears. Waiting for
Autumn is all about the process Release & Let Go
that we each must go thru for us
to get to the other side where our There are people, times, and
dream is in full harvest. This seasons that are truly here for
book revels in the process or the your growth and learning. To
journey that will either make us think otherwise is a gross
stronger or make us stronger. The misinterpretation of how the
process gives us no choice. We universe works that will only
either grow or die. That’s the cause you pain. If you hold onto
truth. If you choose to grow, then them, and do not release them,
there is so much waiting for you they will only cause you pain.
on the other side of the process.

I live in a perpetual and constant But I needed to know more. I So after you received this amazing
state of release. I am always needed to hear from the author. I download, what did you do next?
releasing people, places, and needed to learn more about how
things. It is not easy, and learning Scott Blum came to this amazing Scott Blum
to do this has been the hardest story woven in Spirit and guided “I did what most people do when
thing that I have ever had to learn by the awakening of soul. So I set called by Spirit. I tried to ignore
from Spirit. Many times, I wish out to talk with Scott Blum and to it. I’m not a writer perhaps it was
that I could give this lesson away. spend some time with a literary cross-wired and came to me. Until
And because I had such a difficult genius. it was almost physically
time learning it, I was destined to impossible to keep it inside of
repeat this cycle over and over me.”
again. But one day, I woke up and
was able to release. I can now Synolve
say: ‘Spirit if you do not want this This is your first book, although it
in my life, if this is not supposed really feels like you are on your
to be here, then I release it.’ third or fourth novel.
So had you been writing before in
One of the things that the main other areas or is writing something
character in the book, Scott, had to that is totally new for you?
do was to release the death of his
girlfriend before he can move Scott Blum
forward. Once he goes through Writing is new for me. Madisyn is
several heart-wrenching moments, responsible for all of the daily
Scott is finally able to release his content on DailyOm. She is the
girlfriend and can move forward. writer in the family. She had a
This release also allows his book out previously and I am
girlfriend to move into the spirit responsible for all of the
world freely where she belongs. Technology and business side and
What a beautiful lesson because
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when we hold on to something or
How did this book come about for an award-winning author, and
someone for our own selfish
you? there is really no need for another
purposes we are actually keeping writer in the family. Never had a
them from their own spiritual path
Scott Blum desire to write a book. It wasn’t
and spiritual destiny which is
One day after my wife Madisyn something I had the time for or
where they belong...on their own
moved to Ashland, we began really had the desire for. It wasn’t
path and not ours.
working on our house. like I had been wanting to write a
Construction workers were book or had ever thought about it.
I learned much from reading the
book. For example: The character working on our house and I woke
up and the entire book Synolve
Scott, like many of us, has gone
downloaded to me in about 1 1/2 Well, you had to figure out how to
thru pain in his life, and this must
seconds from beginning to end. actually get the words onto the
be dealt with before he can move page. What was your process for
on to the flow of his life. This pain moving Waiting for Autumn from
leads him on a spiritual journey Synolve
a download transmission to actual
where he not only awakens, but Most of us have no idea what to words on a page?
finds a new purpose and reason to do with that kind of powerful
live. transmission from the universe.
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out of me. Not that I really wanted to write a book, but I time to begin telling stories again so that the material can
just needed to get it out of me. So I sat down in front of a resonate with people in different ways.
keyboard and began to write. I wouldn’t read anything
until it was all out of me. First of all it felt good to get it
out of me. Then I finally read it. So I said to myself, Synolve
‘This is very important. I took it as a Spiritual duty and a The characters in this book have some intense spiritual
responsibility to share it with as many people as possible; moments. How do we keep moving forward without
and to do everything I could do to protect the energy getting mired down in the process and intensity of our
transmission that was coming through it...the book. I was own spiritual journey?
very fortunate to work with Hay House which is a
fabulous publisher. Scott Blum
Robert, Dawn, Martika - Each one of them had their own
Synolve path. It’s best to honor what ever experience comes to
How close is this to your own story? you whether it’s cancer, loosing someone very close to
you or to lead a charmed life like Bill Gates. He is doing
Scott Blum some incredible spiritual work. He was in a position in
Many of the experiences in the book especially the more his soul contract to make a lot of money so that he could
intense metaphysical experiences did happen to me. But help other people by setting up these incredible charities.
it took place over a period of 20 years, and I used an
element of fiction to tie it all together.
Synolve
I think this is the genius of what you have done to weave
this download from Spirit into a book using your own life
story as a backdrop. The character Scott has a crucial
wilderness experience in the book. Is it important for us
to go through a wilderness experience in our own
spiritual journey or awakening?
Scott Blum
Everybody’s spiritual awakening is completely different
and we are presented with things that are part of our own
personal destiny that are in alignment with our spiritual
contract that we make before we are born so that certain
things that we need to accomplish we are given different
experiences and tools so that we can accomplish our
contract. Some people, like me, who have more of a
wilderness experience or a more literal journey have
much work to do and great lessons to share. Perhaps, the
reason I had that wilderness experience is because my
destiny was to write books and to become a story teller. I
never thought of myself as a story teller, although it “We all have different paths and so it’s
seems like that is starting to manifest itself in my life. important to not only honor our own journey
Using these journeys that I’ve had, I’m just essentially to honor the journey of others.”
trying to tell my own stories and to relate to people in a
way that is easiest for me. It seems to come across in
more of a storytelling way as opposed to creating a The Infinite Field Magazine page 50
Synolve Most of the time that is going to be much more
One of the huge lessons that I took from the book is important to your overall objective and your end goal
to honor your own journey because conventional of walking an enlightened path than having a happy
wisdom says ‘You don’t want to go into the day.
wilderness,’ and tries to help us stay away from those
painful experiences as much as possible. Synolve
Reading the book did help me to begin Re-thinking
Bliss. Meaning, What is bliss? and How helpful is
Honor your own journey bliss to my own spiritual journey. Another lesson is
trust and surrender. Scott Blum has to do both of
Scott Blum these in the book.
One of the things that’s been misinterpreted in
popular spirituality is -Follow your bliss- That what Scott Blum
you really want to do is to follow the things that Surrender is probably the most difficult thing we
make you happy; and to be happy as much as have to do on our spiritual journey. Surrendering to
possible. And again if that’s your path, then that’s the universe is really one of the most important
fine. But with myself and with many people that I things that we need to do.
know, Spirit often times gives us these difficult
experiences as gifts. It’s not the experience itself thatUntil we trust that there is a plan and that we are here
is the gift, but it’s the wisdom that comes from for a reason, we have a tendency to let our intellect
having that experience that is the gift. try to lead why we are here and what we are
supposed to be doing. Which is ultimately not very
If you don’t have a difficult experience, then you fulfilling because our intellect is really good at
don’t obtain that wisdom. If you don’t obtain that balancing checkbooks or remembering vocabulary
wisdom, then you’re no longer progressing on your words or something like that. But as far as
journey. So there’s nothing wrong with being happy, identifying our spiritual path and finding out what
and if you’re happy most of the time that’s really our personal destiny is and really living life to it’s
good. At the same if you’re having a difficult fullest, that takes many other tools. The key one is
experience, it’s really really good to look at the Intuition and Relying on our intuition is very
experience as a gift that the universe is giving to you. important.
Waiting for Autumn

"Waiting for Autumn is a warm and revealing book about personal transformation. Its
narrative reveals the honesty of one who has really walked the path of forgiveness
and divine connection and found the rewards of intuition, mission, and synchronistic
flow. This book will speak to everyone."
- James Redfield, the author of The Celestine Prophecy
Intuition: Relying on intuition is really important. So ultimately what we want to do is to live every
Once informed by intuition, then what you need to do single moment of every single day as consciously as
is to surrender to the universe knowing that the possible. So instead of having 1 or 2 conscious
guidance that you’re getting might not always follow experiences or goals or paths that we follow, I look at
traditional logic that your brain might recognize or it as having an infinite number of paths as many
understand. One of the most difficult things you can paths as there are moments..because every moment
do is to surrender and Trust that the universe has a should have a unique and distinct opportunity to
plan that really is in line with your own path. express ourselves in a spiritual and conscious way.
So of course it’s going to be many different
That might take the form of a homeless man. It experiences and many many different ways of
might take the turn of turning right when you want to expressing our spirituality because eventually, it will
turn left when you’re looking for a parking space. become a part of your every moment.
There are many different ways that intuition presents
itself. For me, I get signs from the universe and only My time with Scott Blum came to an end much to
about 25% of the time are they logical and that’s just soon just as it did while reading Waiting for Autumn.
random, and so you need to trust the universe so that Waiting for Autumn is such an amazing read, and I
you can live as a fulfilling life as you can. am grateful to Hay House for bringing Scott Blum
and I together for this interview. I am also extremely
Synolve grateful to Scott Blum for listening to his intuition
How can our readers trust and surrender to the that guided him to the creation of this book.
universe more so that they can live a more fulfilling
life as they can as you’ve discussed? If you are as captivated and enthralled as I am by
Scott Blum and the character’s in Waiting for
Scott Blum Autumn, then you’ll be excited to know that Scott
Part of living a conscious lifestyle is to be able to Blum’s new book Summer’s Path will be available
hear those messages from the universe and being led April 2010 and then a third book will follow in 2011.
to where you need to go. Honor the experience and Both are additions to the series Waiting for Autumn.
give it a very important part of your life. You will
find out why, but you may not find out immediately. Scott Blum is the author of Waiting for Autumn and
But trust and know as you honor it, you will come to Co-Founder of Daily Om. To learn more about Scott
the knowledge and when you face the situation again Blum, visit www.Scott Blum.net and to learn more
in a more literal sense that you will know exactly about Waiting for Autumn visit the Hay House
what to do. website at www.hayhouse.com. For your dose of
daily inspiration, visit www.dailyom.com.
Synolve
What is the goal of living a spiritual life? Why
should we even be interested in the process?
Synolve Craft is the Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of
Scott Blum The Infinite Field Magazine.
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What Type of Financial Harvest Are You Producing?
By Valerie Love
In my decades-long study of financial markets and my even longer spiritual practice of studying
the world's spiritual systems, here's a principle from Kabbalah I'd like to share with you:
All thought is a seed.
Your harvest is determined by the condition and nature of your seed.
If the seed is defective, the harvest will suffer.
If your seed is healthy and robust, you will receive a healthy and robust harvest, according to the nature of the seed you planted.
In your life, your thoughts are the seeds you are planting and you will reap a harvest according to the condition and nature of the
seeds you've sown.
You are a farmer.

You are the cause in your life, not the effect. You are a powerful creator—able to plant and reap whatever you
desire. Each day, just as a farmer does, you plant seed. And just as surely as you’ve planted, you're reaping some kind
of harvest. There are two important things to take note of here.
First, most people don’t know that they're creating every aspect of their lives and as a result, may have
inadvertently created financial difficulty. Until now, you may have been tempted to place some (or all) of the burden
for any financial difficulties on other people. By the time you’ve finished reading this article, you will have another
way to view your finances.
Second, most people don’t like what they’ve created with regard to their money—their financial harvest hasn't
turned out as well as they had hoped.
For instance, if you’ve planted seeds of lack, poverty and limitation, you may be living paycheck to paycheck and
are stressed about money because there never seems to be enough. This is the harvest of those who plant seeds of lack.
If you’ve planted seeds of ‘just enough,’ then right now you have just enough, but never anything left over or extra.
This is the harvest of those who plant seeds of ‘just enough.’ Conversely, if you’ve planted seeds of living well and
being financially prosperous, then that’s the harvest you’re now reaping, and you may be well pleased with it.
We plant seed continually with our thoughts. What we think about all day long today is what we become tomorrow. I
am living proof of this fact: any and every thing I consistently pictured in my mind about myself has come to fruition.
Now that I know how to use this vast power that’s right at my fingertips, I’ve learned to create some amazingly good
things in my life, such as:
• Vibrant, radiant, good health

• Spiritual connection
• Relationships that help me grow
• Healthy, happy kids
• Fruitful Money Trees, and more being planted
Fully internalizing the fact that you are the farmer in your life is at once frightening and liberating. It's
frightening because when we look at unfavorable money situations that have developed in our lives, we ask: if I am
responsible for what I create, why did I create something I don’t want? I cannot tell you how many times I asked
myself this question until I discovered the power that was in me all along to create what I really wanted.

The fact that you are responsible is also liberating, for if you created what you have right now, then the power
to create resides within you, which means you can create a new reality—one that aligns with what you really want for
yourself and your kids’ kids: financial freedom through limitless income streams.
The harvest or the tree cannot be different from the seed. Whatever you sow, you reap. Here are the most common
negative financial harvests that are produced by faulty thinking (unhealthy seeds):
• Living paycheck to paycheck

• Being overextended and deep in debt
• Having bad credit
• No 3-6 month cash reserves
• No financial plan
• No disciplined savings plan
• Income from only one source: a job
It is said that 5% of the people in America control 95% of the country’s wealth; while the remaining 95% of
the population controls only 5% of the wealth. Here’s how the numbers break down.
At age 65, out of 100 people:
1 will be financially independent with a net worth of $5 million or higher
4 will be wealthy with a net worth of between $1 million and $5 million
41 will still be working (because they have to)
54 will be broke (dependent on the state or others to help provide for them)
One of the reasons I wrote this is so that if you’re currently in the 95% segment of the population, you can learn how to
change your thinking and your life in order to become financially
independent, or to become a member of the ‘5% Club.
How do you begin to change your thinking, so that your

thoughts create the income streams you desire? There are 4 major ways
to change your thinking:
Let's look again at the four ways to re-shape your pattern of thinking
with regard to money, along with ways to implement these ideas so
you'll have actionable information at your fingertips. Remember, these
steps work, but they need you to work them:
Valerie Love is an Abundant Living Enthusiast who teaches the simple truth that we can truly have
it all, by using a proven 5-step simple system in each of the 7 major areas of life: Faith, Fulfillment,
Family, Friends, Fitness, Finances & Fun. Valerie is an Author, Inspirational Speaker and the
creative voice of the online blog: www.LiveYourDestinyToday.com

1. Empty your mind of all counter-productive 3. State positive affirmations loudly, clearly and
thoughts—which could mean a total brain often. There are 50 Affirmations for Supernatural
dump for some people. A meditation practice is Abundance at my blog
vital here. You may wonder what meditation has to at www.LiveYourDestinyToday.com. Feel free to
do with financial abundance. A lot. Meditating use them fervently and often.
quiets the mind so the truth can be profoundly 4. Infuse your sub-conscious mind with pictures,
known. Meditation reminds us of the greater good images and visuals of what you desire to
that sustains us all. Meditation eliminates sick create. Create a vision board, or a binder of your
patterns of thinking, by making us more aware. ideal financial life. Mentally hold the picture of
Once you are aware of negative patterns of yourself as a financial success. Create an inner
thinking (seeds that will yield an unhealthy mental movie of you doing things that you
harvest) you are empowered to change. imagine financially successful people do.
2. Put your mind on a stringent and healthful Remember, you will never rise above the mental
diet. Turn off the T.V. Do a 30-day diet of no self-image you hold of yourself. Always and
television, radio or outside noise. Your sub- continuously expand and grow the mental image
conscious mind is recording every single thing you hold of yourself.
that's happening in your world, good, bad or ugly. 5. Change your habits, or patterns of behavior.
It doesn't know which is which, and it doesn't ever This is not easy work, but it's critical work for
turn off the recording. And, your sub-conscious anyone who wants to become a financial
mind is always in receptive mode: open to success.
whatever you are feeding it. It has no
discriminating faculty. So, you must be ruthlessly Your goal is to plant seeds that will reap a grove of money
mindful about what you allow to enter your trees, in the form of streams of income. Before you can
consciousness. No news of recessions, or bail- plant a grove of Money Trees, you’ve got to change your
outs, or anything else that is not harmoniously money paradigm.
aligned with Truth: that abundance is your natural
state of being and is everywhere.
Your consistent pattern of thinking is the key to and the origin of any generational riches you
create; in fact, your thinking is the key to and the origin of anything you create, not just riches. Everything
that’s now in existence, and I mean everything, started as a thought, or an idea. It began in the invisible,
unmanifest world, and took shape over time and developed and gained momentum to eventually come to
life in the manifest world.
TO ILLUSTRATE, WHAT YOU CONSISTENTLY THINK #AND FEEL$ ABOUT YOUR MONEY IS BEING
REFLECTED TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN:
Your Bank Accounts Your car
The size of your Your retirement assets

investment portfolio &
what it’s invested in Your net worth
Your credit card Your paycheck
statements
Your house Your business income
You are responsible for, and you are the creator of the condition of each item on this list. They are all just
one big mirror; reflecting back to you your dominant thoughts about money%conscious and subconscious%
and how much of it you think you deserve.
Good fortune!
Valerie Love
SOMETHING TO PONDER
So….I’m out at the park the other day writing my basis. After all, their needs were constantly being met.
confessions to God, so that I can release the anxiety, Instead of going with the!natural flow of life and
caused by my own thoughts, when this lady sits down on allowing God to show up and provide in my life, I had
the bench beside me. I noticed her and then returned to been focusing on and confessing what had not been
my writing. I began to write more confessions of worry, going 'right' instead of focusing on the things that I
fear, shame, and doubt. All of a sudden, I heard a little desired. I was putting the emphasis on the fear of not
boy of about three years old yelling excitedly atop a receiving and thus that is what continued to show up,
bench where he was sitting with his mom. They were lack. By doing this I was blocking the natural flow of
surrounded by about 30 ducks and geese. The little boy life. So I decided instead to focus on the things I desire
appeared very happy to be feeding the birds a loaf of to attract them to myself. One positive thought led to
bread. I watched them for a few moments more, another positive thought which led to the manifestation
smiled, and it was back to writing more confessions. of the money that I needed or the experience I had been
praying for. With a flip in the way that I was thinking I
I began writing about the fear of not having what I was able to attract my desires to me.
needed, mainly the fear of trusting God to provide the
things that He promised. I continued with my fear Where are you blocking your flow?
based confessing until another little boy, about ten years
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told her that he wished that they had brought bread for am I thinking?
the birds because he also wanted to feed the ducks and -Then ask yourself, what am I telling myself to make me
geese. As I watched him admire the three year old, the feel anxious or stressed?
lady stated that next time they would have to bring the
birds something to eat.!! I again watched the three year - Next pivot your thoughts to the opposite of what you
old feed the birds until the food was gone.! When the were previously telling yourself. This brings about a
bread was finished, the birds seemed to understand and shift and puts you back on track to attracting your
left.! They left the area of the boy to do what ducks and desires to yourself.
geese do. Some returned to the water and floated along
carelessly, others remained on land, and some flew to Are you aware of what your thoughts are drawing to
another part of the lake. you?! Just something to ponder.
As I recalled how the birds eagerly came to be fed, filled

themselves, and then went back to lead their lives
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/earn How % Surf ,e Waves of Rela0onship1
Currently, I'm experiencing a really big wave of change. It's like being in the ocean and if you're not on your board,
This major transition affects my lifestyle and work. It's a and the big wave is approaching, you may not be able to
wanted and welcome change, but things are chaotic as I get out of the way or on your board in time.
adjust to the newness of it all and learn how to ride the
wave. During this time my partner, James, has been I was emotionally ‘triggered’ a bit by his burn out. I took
absolutely amazing. In the midst of supporting me on an it personally and made it about me. When I don't feel
almost daily basis, he’s also been doing a lot and is a bit connected to James and we aren't as affectionate as usual,
burned out. Just as he watched me experience a lot of I feel on edge and watch him closely to see if I can figure
discomfort from being overwhelmed, now I get to watch out what is up. It feels like something is wrong between
him withdraw and rest which are all symptoms of stress us. But when I remember to not take things personally and
from being overwhelmed. give him space, or take space for myself, it almost always
shifts.
My inner control freak projects on him that what he really
wants is attention. As a woman who almost always wants When I take "me" time, it makes all the difference in the
loving attention when I feel down, I want to go to him, to world. I feel refreshed and ready to take on new
nurture him, and to do anything but leave him alone. Yet, I challenges. And while I am naturally a raging extrovert,
know what he really wants is to be with there are moments when I can use some alone time. The
himself, so I hold myself back. John Gray has trick for both of us is creating it or asking for it.
2appilyEverNOW™
a name for when men withdraw; he says they

go into ‘the cave.’
In my past relationships when men began to When the waves get rough, what can you do to stay afloat
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wrong? What could I do to make them happy? asking yourself how you can flow through your
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I noticed myself doing that recently with can I support you?"
James, asking him “What’s wrong?” But when I realized Learning to ride the waves of your life and your
that he simply needs space, I was able to back away relationship may not be easy, but it is more than worth it.
without getting defensive. I didn’t make myself wrong for Learning to surf is one thing, but when you are learning to
my recent chaos or blame him for helping me too much. surf…tandem, it is more challenging and
exhilarating. Happy surfing!
Ideally, preventing burn out is the way to go. However, Warmly,
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things that are necessary in our can bring! In working with In my studio in Greensboro, NC, I
lives. As we return to the ‘real hundreds of students in thousands of was blessed to work with a wide
world’, and the lazy days of summer classes over the years, I have variety of yoga students, ranging
recede to a more frantic fall pace, noticed that one’s attitude is the key from every body type you can
returning to the yoga mat can be a factor in learning yoga. Your yoga imagine, every culture, every race
great way to find balance. practice will eventually come from and most importantly every age and
the heart. Some lucky students are many different physical conditions.
Whether you are brand new and able to access yoga from the heart I found that yoga is for every body
have just heard how good yoga can as they walk in the door; others will and every body can do yoga. I
be for you or whether you are more relax and find their heart center as have been honored to work with a
experienced, but have taken a long they learn and explore this ancient ballerina from Connecticut, an
hiatus, your yoga mat can be a art. attorney from the Bahamas, a
welcome place of refuge from the neurologist from Durham, yoga
hectic pace of coming back from As you walk into your class, often students from as far away as
summer. So pour a cup of tea, take fear will come up. Worries may Malaysia and China and most of all,
a deep breath, exhale and learn how surface – am I dressed right, maybe honored to work with the folks from
you can get back to the mat. everyone else will know everything around Greensboro.
and I will stand out.

The following five postures are the ones that are perfect for the beginning or returning yoga student.
1. Breathing in easy seated position. Place one or two folded Mexican blankets on your mat. Gently sit down cross
legged. If your hips are tight, extend the legs a little until you are moderately comfortable. Remember sitting on the
floor is not our customary position in America and this will become more comfortable over time. Sit up very
straight, chin level, and inhale to the count of 4, exhale to the count of 6. Repeat 3 times total. Body Benefits:
Gently stretches inner and outer hip muscles, tones abdominal core and upper back.
2. Rocking side to side in reclining knees bent posture. This simple posture will warm up back muscles, rejuvenate
the muscles around the spine and prepare the hips and shoulders for deeper work. As you gently make your way to
the floor, keep knees bent, place one elbow at a time on the mat, lower your back and then head gently and draw the
knees in to the chest. Hug them in and gently rock side to side five times. Return to center. Body Benefits: Work
muscle groups up and down the spine and hips.
3. Bridge Pose. From rocking side to side, return to the center and gently lower the feet. Place your feet shoulder
width apart and walk the heels close to the buttocks. Arms come down by the side body, palms face the floor. Press
gently through the feet and lift the hips to a comfortable distance. This is a basic bridge. Inhale and exhale
completely 3 rounds, then lower the back body slowly on the exhale one vertebrae at a time. Body Benefits: Helps
tone buttocks and thighs, strengthens neck muscles and builds core strength for more difficult postures.
4. Mountain Pose. From Bridge, return to a comfortable position with the back and hips resting gently on the
ground. Carefully roll to one side and make your way to a standing position. Find a sensation of being grounded,
and place the feet about one inch apart, with the toes closer together than the heels. Bring the awareness from the
soles of the feet up through the body becoming very straight and grounded. Move your body into alignment. Heart
center is open and chin is neutral. Take 3 complete breaths. Body Benefits: The positive benefit to this is learning
to consciously reduce stress reactions in the body. Many people hold stress physically in the body by clenching
the jaw and tightening chest muscles. Mountain pose will help bring awareness to release this reaction to stress.
5. Deep Forward Bend. From Mountain Pose, gently release the sacrum and keeping the knees relaxed, lower the
head and shoulders carefully (like you are touching your toes). Remain at a comfortable place for your back, relax
the neck and let your head hang down. Don’t try to press deeper than your body is comfortable. Take two breaths.
Gently place the hands on the thighs, inhale to a flat back and slowly come back to standing position. Body
Benefits: Deep forward bends stretch hamstrings and provide a fresh flow of blood to the brain, helping with
reduction of stress and depression.
These five postures are simple to learn, and will lay a foundation for your body to begin to develop more strength,
balance and flexibility. Now that your tea is finished, let’s get back to the mat!
In later columns, I will address yoga for special needs. There are times when a person needs to begin their yoga
practice in a sturdy folding chair. This is fine and is a great place to start.
Judi Rossabi, RYT
Born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina, Judi is a graduate of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Judi received her national certification as a yoga teacher from the Yoga Institute of
Houston in 2004 and studied with Lex Gillan and Stan Hafner. She is a Reiki Master Teacher and
studied with Margo Ross and Dale Stacy, 4th Dan. She has a lifelong love of movement and healing.
Relax your mind...tone your body...renew your spirit.
website: www.theyogacafe.biz

Journey
The portals are open
The journey begun
Homage to the Ancestors
Homage to the Divine
Homage to the Guardian Angels
We lay in the garden
Support, solid as a rock
Entering transformation of thought
Mind, body, spirit awaken
We take a golden journey
A while
Embraced by the sunlight
Trees waving and dancing
To our song it is a gift we share
Looking into the horizon
We move, we choose
The birds call our names
To start
The real adventure
To awaken the fire inside
We experience death
Making way for birth
A new tree of beauty stands
Firmly planted and strong
Rooted
Replacing old thoughts and ideas
We now spring from the warm earth
A freshly wiggling reaching creature
We continue observing ourselves
In the Divine Plan
It is time to release, reactivate
reclaim
Recapitulate, if you please
Discover, cooperate
Taking us to new heights
Crossing through Mother
To drink the water of life
Ever pure, a bonsai
In this heart we beat POET - WRITER - ARTIST -
Reclaim our strength ACTRESS - MAKER OF
Reaching new plateaus SACRED GIFTS
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Holistic Ways to Financial Freedom and Prosperous Living
By Rhonda Jones
In my personal search to relieve the financial fear and anxiety that I had allowed into my world, I did not
have to look far. I had previously been given a business card to Obsidian Institute For Financial Literacy.
When I visited their website at ObsidianInstitute.com I was thrilled to see that they offer a Holistic approach
to money. I wasn't sure exactly what that meant, I just knew that I wanted to check it out. What I found
excited me as well as gave me a better perspective of the root cause of financial and life challenges.
Reverends Alicia Hill and Aina-Nia Barkley are the Principals of Obsidian Institute For Financial Literacy.
They have two offices, one located in Baltimore, MD and the other in Toronto, Canada. Reverend Aina-Nia
has spent many years as a successful certified planner and financial educator and brings her expertise to the
institute. After making it through some serious financial challenges of her own, Reverend Alicia decided to
take the knowledge that she gained to help others with their money challenges. They are both recent
graduates of the Ministerial program at Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development, founded by
Reverend Dr. Iyanla Vanzant, located in Silver Spring, MD. With their mix of knowledge, experience, and
Spirituality, they bring a refreshing and in-depth look to what is really going on with their clients finances.
Reverends Aina-Nia and Alicia
Obsidian Institute for Financial Literacy Inc.

www.obsidianinstitute.com
888-223-8101, ext. 705 (Toll Free)
443-927-3585 (Maryland Local)
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HOLISTIC WAYS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM AND PROSPEROUS LIVING
OBSIDIAN INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY
RJ: I noticed on your website that it states that you give, "a holistic approach to your finances and your prosperity."
Tell me what a holistic approach is and how it's different from a non-holistic approach.
Rev. Aina-Nia: Financial educators, [the non-holistic approach], think only of money. They look at financial
security, money, and the physical aspect.
The Holistic approach considers all four levels, Spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional, and works to integrate all
aspects into teaching us to get to our core beliefs [those deep rooted beliefs that keep us from attaining our desires]
first, to get to know what is really going on with the client. There are three levels other than the physical and money
is much more than the physical level.
The Holistic approach is also based in Spiritual Laws. The client understands this first. We work with the energy of
money/prosperity…..not just the physical object.
RJ: Who are your typical clients?
Rev. Aina-Nia: We serve mostly women, from their late 20's to mid 40's. Ninety-eight percent are either
entrepreneurs or are looking for Spiritual enlightenment. We get a lot of clients who are in the New Thought
movement and they come to us because they are ready to experience 'newness' in their lives. We have clients from
all over the world.
RJ: What are the different types of products and services that Obsidian offers?
Rev. Aina-Nia: We offer products that support our clients in releasing debt. We offer weekly webinars that help
with debt release every, Monday and Wednesday at 7:30pm and Saturdays at 11am, all est. We require that you pre-
register on-line and the sessions last approximately one hour.
We offer a Money Merge Account software that allows our clients to release debt in 1/2-1/3 the normal amount of
time. This software works with all types of debt including car and credit card loans as well as mortgages. We are
very passionate about this product. Its results have made grown men cry.
We also offer coaching for a three month period and that can be done virtually. [In the coaching sessions]We
integrate seven Spiritual and financial principles with the main seven chakras for healing.
We support our clients with meditation CD's that can be downloaded or hard copied as well as our E-work-book,
Purpose, Power, and Money.
We also offer a Telecom system that by-passes all borders and boundaries. It's not just a phone. It also has cable and
internet services available. You could be in Peru and call to the US from a US number at no additional charges. It's
being used in over 200 countries and decreases your regular phone bill by 50-95%.

HOLISTIC WAYS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM AND PROSPEROUS LIVING
OBSIDIAN INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY
RJ: It's great to know that Obsidian has such an abundant variety of products and services to help heal its clients. In
conversations with my family and friends, I hear talk of fear surrounding today's economy. What are your thoughts
on the economy and what holistic advice can you offer?
Rev. Alicia: We live in an abundant Universe. We feel based on our thoughts. While healing on an individual basis,
we are also healing collectively. We are re-balancing. We went from one extreme to another. We are [simply] over-
correcting to get back to balance.
Rev. Aina-Nia: Everything is good because everything is God. Even in this environment, it is good. While some
seem to not be doing well, some are. So much greed and overspending took us into a place of un-love. Now, we are
going into self-reflection. Unemployment is a time to self-reflect. One can live simply and abundantly. If we view
it differently, miracles happen. Shift your views. It’s not that businesses are closing but it is happening so that we
can flourish.
It can appear chaotic. But it is just a washing, a clearing.
Rev. Alicia: Money is never lost, it just moves hands. That’s all that’s happened. The same amount of money still
exists, it just has shifted hands. Nothing is lost.
The Universe expands whatever is moving……..it may be time to re-evaluate who you are.
Rev. Aina-Nia: By 2012, we will have shifted completely into an Inspirational Age. Spirituality. Industries are
bringing in more Spiritually inspirational people such as Iyanla Vanzant, [to motivate their employees]. We went
through the Informational Age of technology information. Before that it was the Industrial Age of factories. We are
just experiencing the natural shift into the Inspirational Age.
RJ: I know that Obsidian is a powerful stone with many wonderful attributes. According to, The Crystal Bible,
Obsidian is a stone without boundaries and limitations. As a result, it works extremely fast and with great power. Its
truth-enhancing, reflective qualities are merciless in exposing flaws, weaknesses, and blockages. Nothing can be
hidden from Obsidian. Point out how to ameliorate all destructive and disempowering conditions, Obsidian impels
us to grow and lends solid support while we do so. Are these traits why you chose the name Obsidian?
Rev. Alicia: Obsidian symbolizes the precision of taking away what is not working for you and keeping what you
need. The obsidian stone is what the Aztecs used as surgical objects. It is also what is used by glass cutters because
it is the sharpest cutting object on the planet.
As a reflective quality, we are a reflection to the client. What they see us do, they can do.
Rev. Aina-Nia: Obsidian, cuts into old erroneous beliefs [core beliefs] so that shift can occur.
RJ: Thank you ladies, for sharing your expertise and helping out the masses by giving a fresh new perspective to the
economy, money in general, and helping to shift our thoughts from the negative to the positive. What appears to be
going on in today’s economy reminds me of the saying that what we call chaos, God calls change.

For those of us who could use a deep and precise cut into those beliefs that block our flow to money, then I would
suggest that you check out Obsidian. If you would like to attract prosperity without boundaries and limitations, just as
the stone suggests, then Obsidian is a great place to begin. By becoming more aware of all four levels at work here
and a willingness to live a more prosperous life without debt, Obsidian impels us to grow and lends solid support
while we do so. For more information on the products and services that Obsidian offers, please visit their website at
www.obsidianinstitute.com.
Obsidian Institute for Financial Literacy is a cutting-edge non-traditional financial education school with a clear
mission to teach a holistic approach to money; one which addresses money as an easily accessible tool to create
what you desire by simply focusing on your internal power rather than some external force (society, culture, family,
etc.). So that you can create wealth and build a legacy that heals generations before and empowers generations after
you – FREEDOM.
Obsidian has been supporting people in overcoming limited beliefs, building bigger visions and getting
extraordinary results in their lives. They were interviewed by several USA based radio stations and highlighted
several magazines including Heart & Soul Magazine for their powerful integration of Universal Principles, Reiki,
Yoga, Connective Breathing, Martial Arts and time-tested Financial Principles and tools. Obsidian’s client-base
spans throughout the U.S.A. and Canada.
Reverend Aina-Nia and Reverend Alicia R. Hill, owners of the Obsidian Institute for Financial Literacy are trained
spiritual life Coaches, holistic healing practitioners and ordained ministers of spiritual consciousness. These women
are masters at supporting people to tap into and stand in their vision while implementing the steps necessary to bring
their visions into fruition sooner rather than later.
Read what their clients have to say about their experiences with Obsidian at http://www.obsidianinstitute.com.

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Playing with Life

The Healthy
Lifestyle Plan!
By Carla Golden, LMT
Many of us have a desire to become more conscious of how and where we spend our money, especially
when it comes to FOOD. Although a financial crisis is a perfect time to assess priorities and start voting
with your harder-earned greenbacks on those items you want to see survive the economic downturn,
anytime is a good time to start a plan that will get you and your family on the road to long lasting change
that will help save the planet and the environment.
First, we need to get comfortable with the notion that what we buy now - today - we need to purchase
with the realization and acceptance that in doing so we are helping to create this to become our only
choice tomorrow. We vote with our dollars and the one with the most votes wins. The items that we
buy today create our choice for tomorrow.
What does this mean? If you buy conventional tomatoes shipped from Chile in November, while in the back
of your mind promising that you'll go back to the organic and/or local tomatoes when the economy gets
stronger, you are possibly voting away your choice to have organic or local options in the future. If you don't
support the markets that match your values now, they may very well disappear.
If money isn't your issue, perhaps the state of the environment is. The two are intrinsically intertwined in
their problems and their solutions.
Whenever, we make a major

life change, it's natural to
wonder what the real impact
will be on ourselves, our
wallets, and our planet. To
answer those questions, I
have put together a list of
guidelines The Healthy
Lifestyle Plan below to help
all of us become more
conscious with our food
choices. Let's put our
mouths where our values
are, and create lasting
change!

1. Buy local and regional foods. If not local, then organic. If not local or organic, then the option with the least
packaging.
YOU: Studies have shown that ingesting pesticides, herbicides and fungicides is detrimental to overall health. (Want
more information? Check out: http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/pesticides)
WALLET: Local foods are often less expensive because large transportation costs are eliminated. Also as the
demand for organic foods increase, the prices will decrease, and non-profit farmers markets do not have to charge
sales tax.
PLANET: Less transportation, chemical and waste pollution.
2. Purchase more raw and bulk foods and fewer processed foods + drinks.
YOU: Foods in their most natural states or slightly cooked offer the greatest nutrition. Eating food with their natural
enzymes intact and not destroyed by high cooking temperatures are easier to digest and their nutrients easier to
absorb. Avoiding trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, excessive sugar and salt and artificial sweeteners, colors and
flavorings is crucial to long term health.
WALLET: Packaged and prepared foods as well as boutique drinks are costly. The less packaging, the less the
company is passing that expense on to you.
PLANET: The fewer the ingredients, the less transportation and production pollution.
3. Bring home (or to work or send with my children to school) all my food in reusable bags in reusable or
recyclable containers (preferably not plastic).
YOU: The less contact your food has with plastic, the better, especially when heat is involved. Food warmed or
heated in or on plastic causes some of the toxic plastic chemicals to migrate into the food.
WALLET: Begin using your own reusable bags and make it a healthy habit before more companies follow the new
trend of charging for disposable bags.
PLANET: The less non-biodegradable plastic in landfills, the better for the future of Earth. One plastic bag buried
in a landfill can take on average 500 years to decompose. (http://climate.weather.com/articles/dclandfill2009.html?
page=3)
4. Eat less: smaller portions, fewer meals.
YOU: Possible fat storage loss, increased energy levels and more efficient assimilation of nutrients (not to mention
the decreased chances of lifestyle diseases like Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol)
WALLET: As prices of food go up and your consumption goes down, your bill remains about the same.
PLANET: The fewer resources your mouth demands, the less taxing the resource production and processing on
Sweet Earth.
5. Eat less meat.
YOU: By reducing meat consumption your body remains less burdened by these toxic additives.
WALLET: Meats can be quite costly. Cheap meats should be avoided because the quality is too questionable.
PLANET: A disproportionate amount of land, corn, soy and antibiotics are consumed by the meat production
industry whereby creating an inordinate amount of run-off water pollution and greenhouse gases. Less demand for
meat means less planetary deforestation and pollution, whereby preserving natural resources and re-establishing bio-
cultures.

6. Eat out only in restaurants that serve wholesome, nutritious food.
YOU: The higher quality food, the more nutrition potential. Cheap food is made from substandard ingredients and
mysterious additives.
WALLET: In support of independently owned, local restaurants, chose those which offer vegan, vegetarian, organic,
raw and/or local food options.
PLANET: We vote with our dollars. Each time you choose a healthy restaurant, you are telling companies using
healthy products and NO ADDITIVES is what is important. Your vote will ensure that healthy food choices are
available in every city and every town throughout the world. Now how's that for an impact on the planet? You be the
judge.
7. Breast feed infants until they can comfortably eat what I eat (mashed or diced).
YOU: Greater connection between mother and baby, nature's perfect food for a growing baby complete with
immunity and healthy fats, chemical chain reactions to stave off post-partum depression, aides in maternal weight
loss and hormonal balance.
WALLET: It's free!
PLANET: No harm is done as no man-made disposable products are used.
8. Drink more filtered tap water.
YOU: Less exposure to plastic (exposed to heat in transportation) is crucial to the health of your water. Filter your
tap water to keep it available and relatively clean. If we don't use it, we'll lose it and municipal water should always
be flowing to the citizens. Yes, there is some ICK! in tap water, but do your research and find a great filter - ideally
for the whole home/office/school.
WALLET: Bottled water is so much more expensive than utilizing reusable bottles of tap water.
PLANET: Bottled water has been one the worst paradoxes of recent times: polluting the planet with discarded
plastic in the name of ingesting clean water. Even recycling the plastic (which happens to a very small ratio of plastic
bottles) still requires unnecessary and pollutive plastic production.
9. Explore your emotions (stress, anxiety, fear) rather than turning to food, drink or recreational drugs for
comfort.
YOU: Stable, healthy emotions will get you much further in life than another round of sweets, fats, salts, booze, beer
or smoke. Have fun in moderation by choice, not by dependence.
WALLET: Vices aren't cheap financially as well as emotionally. Your hard-earned money is better spent on the
investment of psychotherapy, journaling, self-help books or a healthy, harmless habit.
PLANET: Discarded toxins and packaging from excessive, non-vital consumption is just polluting the planet as well
as your body. Excess and garbage are not wise choices for little babies or great Mother Earth nor anyone in between.
10. I AM what I eat
YOU: Everything that you put into your mouth becomes a part of you. So choose wisely. Make healthy choices that
are best for your health which is an integral source of your individual wealth and prosperity.
WALLET: You are your wealth and prosperity. Making healthy choices will keep your wallet healthy and your body
happy.
PLANET: R-E-S-P-E-C-T is R-E-S-P-E-C-T! As you honor yourself, you honor the planet.
These items are a start to add some life-changing benefits to our health, our wallets and our planet.
May we all decrease our budgets, increase our energy, maintain a healthy body weight, live happier and with
greater health for ourselves and our planet.
Live Light, xo-C
Carla's individual wellness journey began in 1985 when

she became a full-fledged, malnourished bulimic at the
age of 15. She is now a healthful, whole food vegan and
in hot pursuit of a PhD in Holistic Health and Healing
from the University of Natural Health. In addition to
being a busy wife and mother, Carla is also a practicing
licensed massage therapist specializing in the use of
therapeutic grade essential oils, the author of a wellness
blog OneHealthyGirl.com and the founder of the holistic
directory WellnessDestinationsCentral.com.
Carla Golden, LMT is OneHealthyGirl.com

Towards a New Season
by John Madsen my life, language and its attendant concepts were of no
use to me whatsoever. I had no context. The only
Years ago, when I first sought help with depression, context that made any sense involved a view of the
my therapist gave me a list of suggestions that would universe within which all the attributes by which we
help me start a new season in my life. One suggestion define ourselves as superior to creatures were of little
was "talk to a pet." We have a black lab mix named value. Without computers or architecture or brain-
Gus. He came to us as a young abandoned animal. Per wave mapping, the animal extended compassion. The
his Lab genetics, and his own doggy trauma, he was animal was in the moment - it was me that was at sea.
very high-strung, but intensely eager to please, and As his eyes stayed on mine, I realized I knew less than
took his responsibilities as a guardian seriously. Sadly, I could possibly have imagined.
I used these as fodder for teasing him. When I began
the "talk to a pet" instruction, he was about five, and It's been some years since that moment. I have new
settling down somewhat. I sat on the floor in front of friends; I make very little money - but I make a lot of
him, and thanked him for being such a good dog. I art. We have acquired two other rescue dogs, and I
thanked him for watching over us so carefully, and that will soon have a second grandchild. And I found god
we knew he'd be willing to accept harm to protect us. one day in the soil from which I was pulling weeds;
He sat before me, his eyes locked on mine. I waiting for me with infinite patience and mercy.
apologized for having teased him, and found myself
admitting that I had been less of a friend to him than Gus is an old dog now. He likes to lean against my leg
he had been to me. and have me hug him. He is still an excellent
watchdog, and takes the responsibility to protect us
Through my conversations with Gus, I became aware seriously.
that this inarticulate creature was being supportive of
I am older, too; I have lines in my face and grey in my
me, in the only way he knew how, as I unburdened
hair. I am content to know less than I once thought I
myself to him, acknowledged my flaws of character,
did, but know it with more certainty.
and formed a resolution to change.
It's just that time passes a little more quickly, and I
I wondered then, and wonder now, if he didn't
treasure individual moments. I strive to achieve
understand my pain better than I did. At that point in
compassion. Sometimes I love this season of senses
and skin and creatures, this place of cycles and
renewal and orbits to the point of tears. Gratitude.
Gus's season will close soon; mine will at some point -

and there will be other seasons again. And so it is.
Amen. Namaste, you-all.
John Madsen is a celebrated craftsman artist who

designs and creates the finest original glass enamel
jewelry creations. He has written articles which have
appeared in Art Jewelry Magazine as well as The
Sanctuary Newsletter. John named his company for his
precious grandson Dylan Blue. His website is
www.dylanblue.com.

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CARLA GOLDEN, LMT

DARNISE C. MARTIN, PH.D.

!rea" I am not alone. The universe really does conspire

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Dennis is a universal speaker who is equally comfortable speaking to an

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Robin is Leading Out Loud as the owner of Marvelous Empowerment. Providing a

Check www.aurasenseguide.com for upcoming lectures and workshops.

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A great exercise to help build your confidence as well as your

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Doing these steps will help you to

- James Redfield, the author of The Celestine Prophecy

Coming April 2010

Music has a profound effect on all of us.

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LAWS of LIFE for KIDS

The Law of Cause and Effect

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“Well, I guess I could think about when I might have another

ACT “I understand what you mean, mom,” replied Trevon, “the

RESULT Thanks, mom,” Trevon said as he hugged his mother.

“You are welcome,” she said giving him a kiss.

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Have you ever struggled with gratitude? I know I have.

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THE FIVE-SENSES APPROACH TO BRINGING GOD AND NATURE

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• Sound – Is your natural space quiet, or filled with noise? Perhaps

• Taste – Why does food cooked outside always taste better? No

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• Touch – Is the rough bark of a tree or the slippery leaf of a

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PHOTOS BY MARK AVENELL

Jan Bowers is a naturopathic practitioner, iridologist, nutrition consultant, and

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7 Ego Snags That Block Financial Abundance:

hosted by Valerie Love

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comfort, and nourishment even before

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If there was any imperfection in our world of daily ‘BE’ing,

Is it possible that this gift of Visioning that each of us has

So, this month I would like to offer that we return to

3. Create sections for your finances, dream home,

4. Place your vision board in a location that will be

I spend time with my vision board, daily, right after a deep

Enjoy the Journey!

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Melissa Foster's debut novel presents a paranormal mother-

The protagonist of Megan's Way, Megan Taylor, is an artist full of