Our beautiful, Tibetan Spaniel, Ruby, had to be “put to sleep,” on Monday. I am heartbroken. We loved her from the moment we set eyes on her when she was four months old, and we grew to love her more and more during the fifteen years that we were blessed with her presence and devotion. We will always love her. Now, there is an emptiness that is Ruby-shaped that moves through the house and the garden. Now, there is a Ruby-shaped hole in my heart.
God Bless you, Ruby. Thank-you, thank-you, for being the most wonderful pet anyone could ever wish for. I have charged the angels with the task of loving you until we may be together again.
Beloved Ruby. 1993 - 2008

Let the Journey be the Destination. By Guy Finley.
A Great Truth about Setting Yourself Free - It is in our wanting “more” than the moment gives us to be that we not only sow the seeds of our own discontent but, for this same self-inflicted darkness, find ourselves blinded to a great truth that can help set us free: everything we need to succeed at being all that the Divine would have us be is already a presence in our soul.
Letting Go into the Flow of Real Life - Occasionally, for all of us, we accidentally enter into the Now. We could be skiing, skating, doing yoga, playing golf, and suddenly we are in something that our activity aligns us with… we are in the flow of that moment. We can even be in the flow of a conversation, and in that moment we are aware of something sustaining us. Physically we enter into the Now because that flow is part of the Now. Emotionally we can enter accidentally into the Now when we look out and see the sun breaking through the clouds or we catch the evening light as it shades trees differently. Intellectually, from time to time, we enter into the Now when we have an insight and an epiphany comes. We’re walking along, and suddenly we have the feeling of understanding that came to us because at that moment everything integrated. Read the rest of this entry »
”Life is a sacred journey within which the soul has a destination. Becoming more fully awake is an active choice. Exercising choices reveals the way to awaken to ever-unfolding enlightenment.” A.J. Mahari. From her website, “Awakening To Enlightenment.”
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Guest Article
Toxic Relationships and The Need to Let Go, by A. J. Mahari
Life is a series of hellos and good-byes. It is about attaching, connecting, and often separating and then detaching, disconnecting and letting go. In toxic relationships all-too-often one or both participants are not skilled when it comes to limits, boundaries, or letting go. Toxic people get addicted and have issues of neediness that cause them to avoid letting go when a healthier person would run the other way from the sheer emotional pain and suffering alone.
Not all connections are healthy ones. Many people get involved in what are known as toxic unhealthy relationships or even friendships. You can identify a toxic unhealthy relational dynamic when you feel that you are losing yourself to the control, wants, temper, or abuse of another, or if you are the one becoming abusive yourself for whatever reason.
Toxic unhealthy relationships often play out the unresolved wounds of our childhoods. Read the rest of this entry »
I came across this extract from Deepok Chopra’s book, “The Seven Laws of Spiritual Success,” the other day and it reminded me of how helpful his books are. It’s a section entitled, The Law of Least Effort and you can find it on:
http://snoedel.punt.nl/index.php?id=402009&r=1&tbl_archief=1
I’ve added another new link today which some of you may find interesting, informative and/or enlightening. I enjoy reading and accessing the information available on this site, and a lot that Daniel Jacob - the site’s author - writes and channels, resonates with me. One of the things I most like about the site is that it challenges 3rd dimensional perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, so it’s excellent for opening the mind and moving us away from conventional thinking and attitudes, particularly concerning children and young people, and what are currently termed, “mental illnesses.”
Anyway, check it out for yourself and see how you feel about it.
I’ve added Karen Bishop’s, “What’s Up on Planet Earth?” to my Links page because she really is a “Must Read” as far as I’m concerned. Her latest Energy Alert (July 9th) entitled, “Laying the New Foundation and the Meaning of our Store-Fronts,” once again uncannily reflects the processes and stages of my own personal journey of Ascension.
See what you thinkfeel about what she’s written. Does it reflect anything that’s happening in your life?
I found this article about a particular relationship drama (the victim - rescuer drama) that I know applies to sooooooo many people. It’s a drama that I personally identify with, although I am now - happily for me - a recovering rescuer! So, if any of you are still dancing the rescuer dance, take a tip from me and hand responsibility back to whoever is looking to you to fix their problems/life. You might lose a friend, partner or relative, when you refuse to continue “playing the game” but you will have gained a brand new - not to mention, freer and more enjoyable - life for yourself. Anyway, as this article suggests, “Stop Being Blamed and Start Creating an Incredible Life.”
The article is entitled,”Take Back Your Personal Power,” and you’ll find it on a blog ( for 7th July 08) entitled “Enlightenment.” The address is:
It’s getting patently obvious that acting on what our rational mind is telling us to do and ignoring our intuition, our feelings, just doesn’t work for us any more. In fact, according to my recent experience, it’s working quite forcibly against us. Let me elucidate: on four or five occasions at least over the last ten days, I’ve allowed myself to be swept along with the current just because there has been no apparent ”reason” why I shouldn’t go with the flow, even though my inner feelings and/or intuition, have been screaming “No! No! No! This isn’t going to work!” Hopefully, after experiencing quite a lot of irritation and frustration when what was planned and intended didn’t work out, as well as wasting time and money - albeit a very small amount - I’ve now learned my lesson.
In retrospect, I think I ignored my intuition because I didn’t want to disappoint people or let them down. Yet, when events didn’t work out as planned and intended, it was because of a variety of reasons, all of which were absolutely beyond my personal control. This all gave me pause for thought and I realized that, Read the rest of this entry »