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Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:28:36 GMT

I see your anonymous live-mischief, synonym for light at the bottom of
PAGE 2 of this feature.

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://synonymforlight.gaia.com — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:39:05 GMT

brilliant. I'm inspired to do some anonymous love-mischief now. hmmmm. :-)

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://astromanna.gaia.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:00:02 GMT

it's very good! make sure you have some jam or jelly for a side to make it even better :D another finnish recipe that i recommend you and your hubby try is nissu. it's a type of bread...it is AMAZING! the nissu i have is covered with cinnamon and sugar...YUM!!

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:41:33 GMT

John -

I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!

I especially ejoyed her 'mantra.' When something is going 'wrong.' She says,

"All is well - everything is working out for my highest good - out of this experience, only good will come - and I am safe."

YES! YES! and YES again! Thank you for posting this.

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Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://satyaseer.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:51:22 GMT

I thought I'd come back in and post this video from Louise Hay on youtube.com. Listen for the reference to the boomerang! What synchronicity, eh?

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http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:45:59 GMT

Suni -

I just read that recipe out loud to my husband (the cook in the family). I have the sneaking suspicion that we'll be having Finnish Pancakes for breakfast in the morning!

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://astromanna.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:39:09 GMT

hey Laurie! how's about some pannukakku? it's sweet and very VERY tasty :D

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:48:12 GMT

John -

Thank you for the Jasmine tea - I love it! Is it from Trader Joe's? It tastes delightful, just like their's that has the jasmine 'pearls' in it.

Namaste' - The Divine in me recognizes and honors the Divine in you. I bow to you, kind sir.

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://satyaseer.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:19:52 GMT

Just stepping back in for refreshment and to offer a cup of Jasmine tea for a Master Teacher, Laurie. Not only do you listen with your heart, but you give life with tremendous energy from your heart! One who is awakened/awakening awakens in others. I feel renewed each time I visit this blog.

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:18:18 GMT

Kathy (KES) -

I wish that each of you was here with me at HolEssence. If you were, I'd gather you round -- like we do for drumming circles -- and pour you each a hot cuppa.

I am free and clear for the rest of the day and evening.

Come, sit down and stay awhile ...

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:53:58 GMT

Mercale -

So you're torturing your sons with cleaning ... My son is grown and married now, but I do remember those days.

I can well imagine that the holistic providers in your area would want to jump on the opportunity to be part of your festival!

Thank you for sharing your 'two cents' regarding 'occasional posters.' I appreciate your perspective, and look forward to getting to know you better.

Listen with your heart

(one of my clients made and gifted me with the word bricks shown in the photo that accompanies this posting)

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http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:29 GMT

Everyone -

I just had a window of opportunity to take a photograph of the lovely vase of flowers that we found waiting for us at our door when we reached HolEssence this morning. There was no note. No clue as to who they are from.

I have them in my office in a place of honor next to Awen, where I can enjoy their beauty and subtle fragrance.

I don't know how one of you managed to pull this off (as this had to have been done extraordinarily early) and I don't think that any of you lives in my geographic area.

So I'm sending out a THANK YOU to The Ripple Effect - Boomerang Style!

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:27:12 GMT

Jeff -
You are more than welcome.

Oh how fun to see Grease!

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:42:58 GMT

Hi Mercale, I know Laurie will want to add to your note but I want to say from me that just from reading. When you post here I feel the gratitude from the work of putting this together and it feels great. You along with our friends above have given this feature legs. I feel like we are still in Laurie's lobby at work drinking teas or in her back yard. What a wonderful way to get to know each other. I feel like sharing quotes that bring me encouragement I felt from you. ~Kathy

“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
~ Bette Davis

“I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see. And pursuing that vision.”
~ Howard Schultz

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://mercale.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:37:15 GMT

Hope you're having an inspiration-filled day at work! :)

Myself, I am directing room/house cleaning (one of the older boys just laughingly told their grandpa I'm "torturing" them, lol, and working on a few things on the web. All this talk of tea sure has me thirsty so I may just be brewing up a quick cup of my favorite tea before embarking on my next "mission". I am also reminded that I need to touch base with a few holistic providers in my area to see if they would like to attend my festival and spread the word about their practice (IMO not enough people are aware of or visit HHPs). "Conventional" medicine is so hard on the body!

On another note, as many here know, I am "in and out" around Gaia these days due to a number of other committments that currently need my time, and the conversation on joining groups and posting left me motivated to share my own "two cents" on "occasional posters".

I belong to a number of excellent groups, but I rarely find time to visit all of them every time I am on Gaia. However, I feel that my energies are always in support of those groups, through the connection we have made even when I am not posting directly. Sometimes I think having more groups than I can comortably be invovled in consistently, helps me to focus more easily on what I feel "called" to participate in and how. Sometimes I add support or direction to a conversation through a post, but just as often I simply stand quietly in support of my fellow Gaians with mindful intent. I think a healthy smattering of each "type" of poster is needed to keep any group healthy and entertaining. Not posting doesn't mean group members are not co-creating and adding their energies "behind the scenes"! I know I am grateful to all the members of my (currently quiet) group and I send them blessings daily! Lol (We're still friends if you don't post - even though I love to "hear your voice"!) I recognize that sometimes our virtual connections are just a "reminder" of our very real energetic connections, and I think part of the beauty of a community such as Gaia, is that for the most part, when you form a friendship here, that "hidden" aspect of connection is often recognized as well.

I hold you in my sphere.

I'm enjoying this feature, and the oppertunity to get to know a new and interesting friend here on Gaia. Thanks so much Laurie for taking the time out of your busy day to share with us :)

Love, Light, and Laughter,
Mercale

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:02:13 GMT

During Laurie's work schedule, I am posting more questions about networking on Gaia that are easy for readers to apply to help enhance your time expanding to new horizons.

4 What would you advise someone who is joining Gaia today? ~Kathy
LAURIE: Don’t be shy. Look around.  Click on “Explore Gaia Community” (upper left-hand side of the screen).  Once there, click on “Members” (under Community).  Once there, find someone who has the same interest as you by typing insomething that you are interested in doing.  For instance, I had my husband type in “pilot” and he was able to find many people with a similar interest.  From there it’s a matter of using the “Invite as Friend” feature.

5 How has being on Gaia changed my off-line life?
LAURIE: I find that I don’t spend as much time reading because I am interacting with my Gaia friends.

6 How does your life off-line impact your presence on Gaia?
LAURIE: Tuesday through Saturday I am with clients during the day so my Gaia time is very early morning and when I return home in the evening.  Sunday and Monday I am able to devote much more time inside the Gaia Community.

7 What do you think has been your main contribution to the Gaia Community?
LAURIE: Reaching out to people who have been in the Gaia Community for a long time, but who have a small number of friends; and reaching out to brand new members in the Gaia Community.

8 What’s the biggest benefit you have received from the Gaia Community?
LAURIE: Interactive, ongoing friendship. I have Gaia friends all over the globe – here in the United States,Canada, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Africa, to give you an idea.  I am genuinely interest in the who, what, when, where, why and how of their lives.  They, in turn, have the same interest in me.

9 What do you believe the Gaia Community could contribute more toward your ideal world?
LAURIE: It’s already contributing a great deal by providing safe space forenvironmentally and spiritually conscious people to interact with eachother.
Have some tea...wear some funny sox & tell us your stories... suggest similar things here or if this thread is too slow we have started page 2 for your answers...

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:34:28 GMT

Friends -
I am shifting gears and heading to HolEssence for a client-filled day. Please know that I will check-in throughout the day as windows of opportunity present themselves.

Listen with your heart

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://jjs1952.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:45:43 GMT

Laurie,

More then I dreamed of receiving as an answer and a guide. Bless you and thank you!
These suggestions and guides are more than one could take in at one sitting... offer us a class...
I read this last night at 11pm Est. after coming home from Philly and the theater with friends, (Grease), and saw the amount of responses that had come in to this site after 4 pm... I sat here and read everyone of them. It created peacefulness, centered me in my soul, and gratefulness for being part of this marvelous community...
Ok all gushing is now done...

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://jjs1952.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:37:03 GMT

Mercale,

I did not know that Queen Ann's Lace was used as a tea either! Thank you for link... I am not a tea drinker but I am drawn to the idea of healing uses of plants...
I have some photos I just recently took of QAL I will post later this morning on

http://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffstroud

Thank you...

Re: Featuring ~ Laurie Buchanan ~ Listen with your heart

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:22:46 GMT

Sandi -

I just went out and read your blog post (What are you unsure of?) and saw Barbara's response to yours. Then I went to my blog post (same topic) and read what Barbara said to me. It's too good not to share - she cracks me up!

Barbara Said
There are some who say the future does not exist and neither does the past; the only thing that is real is the eternal present; meanwhile, I am minding my business while I advise sandi about her business; will stay out of your business because you appear to be doing just fine, and may nudge God along a little about some business matters I need taken care of.