Gaia: Altered States-Realities

Re: A book

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:48:27 GMT

Oooh, thanks for the reference. Does sound yummy. I haven't heard of it or read it, but now it's on my list. I myself might groove more on her "future lives" book, but it's all fascinating.

Tell us more about YOUR "comments and insights" from this book!

If you liked this one, you might like Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation, I forget the author, it's a guy. And an oldie but goodie book!

Blessings, Rev. O.M. Bastet

A book

http://ArtistofDesigns.gaia.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:10:40 GMT

I want to share a very intriguing book with you. I'd like to know of your comments/insights of those of you who have read it.

'Across Time and Death' by Jenny Cockell

The author tells of her life as an Irish woman, Mary Sutton, who died in 1932. Mary died worried about her 8 children (2 died at an young age). Mary's husband was an a dark spot in her life. An abusive and an alcholic father, Mary's deep concern for her children transended time and space and incarnated in Jenny Cockell.
This book is about her long and challenging journey in finding her children. She also was able to physically go to Mary's town in Ireland.
This was one of those 'can't put down' books for me.
She also has the sequel, 'Past Lives, Future Lives' out, that explores her future lives. I wasn't as glued to this one like I was with the other.
I am a novice explorer/seeker!

New 2 Gaia

http://ArtistofDesigns.gaia.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:36:30 GMT

Hello Everyone!

My name is Rochelle! I have been interested in everything paranormal for a long time. I have a photo to share that happened to me about 4 or 5 years ago. Look for the paranormal mystery guest! See if you can find him/her/it!
I know we are not alone here on planet earth!
Looking forward to making friends, sharing and learning!

Looking for Zener Cards

http://spiritualdirection.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:43:29 GMT

I know there are plenty of on-line testing sites out there and I use some
of them myself. I'm just curious if anyone has located any
manufacturers or distributors of Zener cards for working with intuitive
development. There are of course places to "print" your own but I was
hoping to find something durable. Any suggestions?

Re: Immediate goal: To be debt free

http://relevancediva.gaia.com — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:09:36 GMT

Thank you! I'd almost forgotten about this! :) Here's why:
1. The universe did conspire - it brought me circumstances that made me quit my job.
2. It brought me people that linked me up to the folks I work with now.
3. It gave me skills to excel at what I really do best... write.
4. It has brought me enough work to keep me happy and busy and earning, yet not enough to overwhelm!
5. It has brought me time to myself
6. It has linked me to another source of income, which is also a 'dream job' for me. Not only that, it has brought me free training and apprenticeship.

Can a girl ask for more? ;)

Thank you for your love and energy... I have a feeling you had a lot to do with it! :)

Re: ...we are All channels...

http://karivalli.gaia.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:21:58 GMT

OMG who is that text factory?

Re: Hello!

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:52:19 GMT

Hello back, Adrianne. Thanks for letting us know about you !! There's a lot of wonderful stuff in this group, happy reading !!

Blessings,
OM Bastet

Hello!

http://adrianne.gaia.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:44:46 GMT

Hi, I am very interested in discusing all aspects of the deeper non-physical reality and it's interaction with physical "reality." I am also an intuitive consultant (Akashic Record readings). My website and blog are at adriannededcotes.com.

Re: ...messages...

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:52:24 GMT

Good question, sandy. Here are some thoughts:

Can you ask the daughter herself for suggestions for ways to pass it on? And remember she might not have a very realistic view of how feasible that is for you, or even whether the person is receptive or would benefit from getting her message. She might still be coming from a very limited perspective, even after passing on.

Does the person have a website with "contact" information, that you could send a letter or email, or call? If the message is one you think the person will be glad to hear, don't hesitate to be bold about trying to contact them.

I wouldn't worry about being perceived as a "crank." Remember, you are just the messenger here. The whole communication has already been "arranged" "up there," that's the way I see these things, so the way has been paved.

And even if you ARE perceived as a crank, so what? You are doing what you are "called" to do, and that's all that counts. If the message doesn't get delivered despite your best efforts, or is discounted, that too is in Divine Order. IMO. One never really knows the effects of what one does, the subtle effects, the long-term effects.

There was a recent movie about messages from dead folks to live folks via a messenger; the movie was called Ghost Town. It might not even be available on DVD yet, and I have no idea whether you can access that or not. It didn't seem too promising to be a good movie, during most of it, but I was glad I didn't walk out, as it ended up great.

Hope any of this was helpful. Let me know.

Blessings,
OM Bastet

Re: ...messages...

http://environsand.gaia.com — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:36:27 GMT

What do you do when you receive a message for someone
else -and you don;t know how to pass it on to them?
Although this thread has not been posted on for awhile,
I am wondering if anyone can help?
The person who came through to me was from the daugther
of someone who is sort of famous and I don't know how to let
them know, without them thinking I am some sort of a crank,
or something!
Yet it is bothering me, as I know I need to pass it on.

My wish

http://cindylu.gaia.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:04:23 GMT

To be fearless about life and death.

altered state through fasting..

http://capreycorn.gaia.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:16:51 GMT

Hello,

my "self" is merely a grounded slow seeker of truth in the jungle of every day life, the internet is a time consuming ocean of information.
while still looking for answers to my OBE experience (profile),......this video somehow just couldn`t be ignored . http://www.smintl.org/
(mahomet,illinois,07/05/08,video:afternoon Cecile duCille Q&A)
http://www.smintl.org/video/Illinois2008/070508Afternoon.wmv

(if you`re like me you`ll want to turn it off .because the video is long, and not appealing,.you may want to play it as "background" . the most interesting part is beginning in the 3rd quarter anyway....pay more attention beginning halfway already )

i wonder if anybody has heard about them /him do you think he is credible? have you had similar visions..maybe further in the past?
what is noteworthy, is that this guy fasted about 40days at his age of 80 years....to achieve this.

cheers.

Re: knowing yourself.

http://friendsofabc.gaia.com — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:04:57 GMT

Still can't remember that important thing I forgot, maybe some other day. As I look back on my previous post I really agree, and I think I did once he posted it, with sentientfire, about getting rid of blame and guilt. (Though I really don't feel guilt) Anyways to what I really want to say here.

Taking responbility is just a small beginning part of knowing yourself. Once you can do that you can more easily see your own actions, consciousness and unconsciousness. Through exploring our actions and the others listed above, I (you, we) can really start to learn about our higher self, the true self, the spirit. (or whatever you wish to call it, I currently favor Ian's coined words and definitions)

Still can't think of that important part, it was really crucial to the previous part, like a sort of opposing view, maybe the posts after it were better than the thought, most likely.

Re: knowing yourself.

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:17:21 GMT

Hey, Kyle, so, did you ever pick up your errant thought??

I'm late to this thread, but it's very valuable. Thanks for directing my attention here, Kyle.

Want to underline what SentientFire just said, responsibility and blame/guilt are entirely different and do not need to go together at all.

Here is my perspective on the reason they are so different:

Taking responsibility is simply a choice, based on nothing but the fact that one exists and as a creation of the Creative Power, one partakes of that Creative Power. It is not a belief one can reason one's way into, there are no "reasons" to take that stand. It is in fact quite UNreasonable !!!!! (Especially given the usual perspectives on life, of VICTIM-perpetrator-rescuer triad.)

Blame and guilt are part of that triad, they are victim perspectives. Guilt is being a victim of yourself !!!!

So if you are in blame/guilt you are not REALLY taking responsibility at all !!!!!!!

It's a journey we all take when we are ready, this taking of responsibility. I have found it helpful to realize that it is most emphatically not my isolated "separate" human self which creates the reality I experience, it's my Larger Self that includes but is more than my human self.

My human self is generally creating "unconsciously" and it takes some self-exploration and self-discovery to unearth the subconscious programming that is doing the creating, but at no time is my Larger Self not in charge; it is even in charge of the subconscious programming being what it is.

How could that be? Because IMO the purpose of the Larger Self was captured by what SentientFire said:

Every experience is an opportunity for greater awareness and the manifestation of our purpose.

The purpose of the Larger Self is not to have a happy carefree always-pleasant life, but to offer us opportunities to expand our awareness. To me, taking responsibility means I USE every experience to expand my awareness, instead of getting into blame or guilt, or rescue.

I am tossing out these ideas seemingly mentally and casually, but you don't see the years of blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into my being able to say these words. And ultimately they are just "my story" and other perspectives are worth considering also.

Thanks to all,
OM Bastet

Re: New to Gaia

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:25:50 GMT

Welcome to Gaia, Kristi. There are Reiki pods /groups on Gaia--you can search from the Groups tab above. You can also find members connected to Reiki if you use the word as a search term in the Friends-Members tab above.

Enjoy Gaia! Many of us do....

New to Gaia

http://drhelvig.gaia.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:58:06 GMT

Hi all - I'm brand new to Gaia but have joined a few discussion groups that seemed interesting. I'm from Denver, CO and also am a Reiki Master so would love to chat w/ other Reiki people as well. :) Kristi

Re: HI

http://karivalli.gaia.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:32:50 GMT

Hi! I need to become my fullest potential first before doing those things. Like two years of constant meditation? Something that would make it? Could you tell how did you fulfill your potential? I've heard that you can actually view your past lives, or call them your potential selves as you're very connected to all of your aspects in both past and future and can choose which of them to become. I don't know how? Meditate and activate the parts of your interdimensional DNA! First calm the thinker, then observe the sensation in the body in serene peace - and find out about the connections between you and the environment & the universe...

HI

http://kinay.gaia.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:43:50 GMT

been on gaia when it was zadaz check me out www.cindykirchubel.com coming into my fullest feminine potential and empowering others to do the same. hey when are we going to another group vision

Re: ...we are All channels...

http://karivalli.gaia.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:14:12 GMT

And should one be somewhere else now? Where would you like to be? Reading about what ajar says about channeling emptiness?

Emptiness has layers. Layers mean that somethings appear as separate, yet immediate, surrounding and secondary, attached to the inner. I meant that it has to be seen as having layers, even if it didn't really have them, because emptiness is a difficult concept to grasp. Is it just emptiness like in a cup? or emptiness like in a space or in a vacuum? or emptiness without space or vacuum? Those could be its layers. Using emptiness means awareness and utilising of how it affects its layers - like how a vacuum inside a (metal) container, which is the utility, affects the container.

Some have strong belief fields that affect the nature of emptiness. I claimed that what is around as is a defintion of what we think. I also claimed that what we think affects those around us, because we're telepathic. We're telepathic, but cannot control and specialise in listening high to the field of interaction around us. Or perhaps some can but don't tell about it. Telepathy is affected by will and belief systems. Belief systems work as value drivers to what we think. The mind processes thoughts and picks up the ones, values up those thougts one agrees with.

Say, I believe in personal transportation - so I don't think about commuting because the belief that cars are better has proven good... so I don't even think about commuting when I'm going to move to a place in the morning. I wouldn't even get a choise to affect my way of transportation that morning because there's no time to mine deep thoughts on that specific part of morning. Beliefs are strong and they affect lives. Change someone's belief and his reality will shift - because belief is there when one thinks about how things really are. So is there even a reality behind our beliefs? I know that I write English! I believe the floor is made flat because the ground is flat. Ground has to be flat. In fact when I go outside I see that ground IS almost as flat as the floor. (btw in real life I do commute a lot :p)

I believe that if you can affect random generators with consciousness, consciousness can also affect the nature or reality of such arbitrary thing as emptiness. If you have a consciousness intact with a belief field it runs energy into the nature of things without you ever knowing it... using the post momentum of your conscious experiences. That means that past stuff do still matter and surface. Let's talk about saving... or managing ego. I'm not sure! It links to this because of the word momentum - when ever I put money on my bank account... the banking system makes that amount of money grow interest because of the different nature of having it on that bank account than having it as cash. So I keep pushing the buttons.
Bank account is good. But the money put there also feeds the banking system and economy as it goes to the flow of it without me keeping it in my pocket any more. And I will soon see that there will be perhaps some equisite things nearby... When I do this with consciousness, pushing the buttons is same as meditation and awareness of the ego. The ego becomes soon an "eco" and wonderful things will come into my life and to those around me.

a person with the configured belief system is the one that believes in emptiness of things and transcends those with energy fields to never-emptiness.
If ! is the current for consciousness, 100 people with 10! have 1000!. If my profound meditation doubles my ! every year it will take 7 years before being as conscious as those 100 people together, if there's no cap limit to ! per person. Speculation for fun: Hmm, it could be like going to a meditation center daily for 7 years, depending on personal effort, level of starting ! and the teaching they give in the center it wouldn't be likely to transcend that much. Going to meditation center daily, retreats in a regular fashion and having a good teacher around every day for 7 years+doing some self observations, it's very likely to be able to easily "buy" the attention of those 100 opposing people that surround you. Even temporarily.
:-)

Re: ...we are All channels...

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:51:19 GMT

Now that you mention it, sandy, I have heard that expression but have no idea what it means. Should probably wikipedia it !!!

I think of the Emptiness aka Field of Infinite Possibilities as all possible possibilities. Pure POTENTIALs, not yet actual. And we "know" it's there because we feel that somethings have to come from somewhere, AND because there is some sense of awe and wonder within us that refers to "something" other than All That Is. So we INFER the Emptiness. That's my impression. And some people experience it, in consciousness, but it's pretty indescribable in language, of course !!!

Have you seen or experienced the "black hole of Calcutta?" What is it?

Namaste, OM Bastet