August 2005, Issue No. 32 ~ Raising Your Vibrations for Healing and Well Being

As we on the East coast go through yet another heat wave this summer, it seems like a fitting time to feature our Water meditation to help cool down and regroup, especially as Mercury comes out of retrograde. (A planet is said to be in retrograde when it appears to be moving backwards through the zodiac. Mercury retrograde can give way to misunderstandings; flawed, disrupted, or delayed communications, negotiations; computer glitches and breakdowns with phones, vehicles, and transportation.)

Also this issue, enjoy the pieces on raising your vibrations using sound and color. Rev. Elizabeth Reed discusses the power and vibration words create, specifically the power of a particular Aramaic word. And Feng Shui instructor Deborah Redfern examines the personality of 'air element types' and vibrational healing effects of color.

We hope you enjoy this issue of tips and articles and that you'll consider enrolling in one of our holistic courses this month.


Blessings for Healing,



June Cook
Self-Healing Expressions (S-HE)

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This Month's Featured Flash Show: Water Meditation

Cool down and regroup as you enjoy this refreshing Water meditation. View here.

As always, if so moved, we invite you to pass this link on and on... Know we are grateful for this small act of kindness.

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The Power of Sound By Elizabeth Reed with Neil Douglas-Klotz It is a tenet of Hebrew mysticism, still alive in Judaism today, that words have power. And, not only do words have power, individual letters have power. Sounds have power. And sound is vibration. The quality of vibration through sounds affects existence. This approach to spiritual teaching would have been a part of Yeshua's (Jesus') approach. The first word of the Aramaic Lord's Prayer, "Abwoon," is the word that... Read on. Elizabeth A. Reed co-created with Neil Douglas-Klotz A Healing Journey with the Aramaic Lord's Prayer: Reclaiming the Mysticism of Jesus through His Native Language.

Feng Shui Elements: Focus on the Element of Air By Deborah Redfern If you resonate with the element of air, you are influenced by an intellectual view of the world more than any other sense. You are guided by logic - black and white, and true or false. The Air element is the only element that is energetically supported by wearing black and white. Air types vision manifests as an ability to see... Read on. Deborah is a certified Practitioner and Master Teacher of Interior Alignment ©. She is the creator and instructor of the Self-Healing Expressions e-course Healing with Feng Shui and Color. Learn how to use feng shui and colors for healing here.

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Try On The "State" of Summer Love. . . Just For Fun! by author Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway In 1984, when I was in my 20's, I led my girlfriends in a declaration that July and August would be a time exclusively reserved for romantic recreation. We all penciled in only one appointment for two hot and breezy months. . . Summer Love. Read on. Rev. Laurie Sue is the creator of course Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: Transforming Your Romantic Destiny with A Romantic Resumé. NEW Flash Show: Summer Love Consciousness For those of you who missed this NEW flash show in the July issue, we invite you to check it out now. 'Mindful' Singles, especially, will appreciate this inspiring show, complete with reggae music and great advice from our own Romance Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway. View show now.

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Understanding Your Nightly Dreams By Laura V. Grace

This Month's Dream Tip: Dreams occur in sequence during the night and "build" upon each other. The first scene of a dream often sets the "stage" for the entire dream. What is the first scene like? Who is in it? Where are you? What are you doing? The last scene of the dream shows "where" and "how" the energy of the dream (and your life) is turning, i.e., where things are "going." What happened in the last scene and how are you feeling? Laura V. Grace is the instructor for the course Dreams for Healing: Using Dreams as a Pathway to the Soul. Learn more and enjoy a short audio message by Laura here.

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Write A Way: If I Were An Alien By Sandra Lee Schubert

I just saw the remake of the movie, War of the Worlds by Stephen Spielberg. In this alien movie, there was no first contact, nor a friendly greeting like we saw in Spielberg's other alien movies. This was an attack on the planet. What was their motivation? What did they really think of us? Why was there no getting to know you moments? Read on. Sandra Schubert is the instructor for the course Writing for Life: Creating a Story of Your Own.

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A Coping Blurb from Art By Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. ~ Therapist and Brain Tumor Survivor

It is a normal response to life-threatening illness to feel fear and pain. However, many disabled or dis-eased people turn those negative feelings into comfort. They refuse to surrender their lives to depression and apathy. Many create lives of happiness; they participate in volunteer activities. Over time, (months, years) they build new lives. The secret to building a comfortable life is to quit blaming circumstances and get on with what you have. Arthur Soissons-Segal is the instructor of the course The Joy Of Coping: Overcoming The Stress of Dis-ease.

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Dear Marty ~ Sibling Loss: Unable to Cry Q & A by Bereavement Counselor Marty Tousley

Question: My only sibling and big brother passed away six months ago, he was 30 years old. I used to be able to cry. I mean I would cry at work when things got stressful, and I would cry after fighting with friends, or cry if I were purely frustrated. My brother passes away and no tears. No tears at the funeral home. No tears at the hospital. No tears at the funeral. And no tears ... six months later. I have gotten teary-eyed but all of a sudden have the ability to shut it off. I just feel numb. I always thought that if someone were to die in my family I would... Read on. Marty Tousley is the instructor of The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey and A Different Grief: Coping with Pet Loss.

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This Month's Holistic Prayers

And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.
And he answered, saying:

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that
which you have always known in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs
rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths
would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge
with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Say not, "I have found the truth"
but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul."
Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet


   

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