The Energy Is Shifting—in You, in Politics, in the Way Life Works

For the past few months, I have been feeling an energy buildup, like water gathering behind a dam. I've been quiet internally as though my body is saturating itself with a new sort of energy or living environment, as if its seeking to fully understand and become something new. This week, quite suddenly, a stirring began, marked by disturbances and snags in the outer environment. Twice the number of people suddenly began calling for appointments, the water heater broke and the guy brought the wrong size, had to come back with the right size, then installed it so the closet door wouldn't close, and had to come back again to do it right. Then, after arranging special times for urgent appointments with clients, they didn't call: "I forgot, I thought it was next week, I thought you were calling me, etc." Then I misplaced a check and still can't find it. Communicating with the people about production of artwork for my new book has been like ships passing in the night; no matter how clear I think I'm being in written communications, there is a misunderstanding. Now, on the fourth try, it's come together. Emails aren't getting through, or coming through with no message. "Could you please send it again?" It feels like a bad case of Mercury retrograde.

Stable friends are now experiencing severe shocks to their reality as they release last remnants of old behavior patterns, like being the hero, caretaker, strong one. As they pull out—even without really realizing they're doing so—the people around them are reacting, attacking them, guilt-tripping them, trying to force them back into caretaking and providing. The subconscious mind is checking: "Are you sure you don't want to keep on doing things the same old way? Are you sure you want to move on into something that's unfamiliar?" 

The same thing is happening in politics. Look at the widening energy frequency gap between McCain and Obama. One is moving on into highly expanded new territory, reconnecting with the vision, while the other is trudging along mouthing hollow put-down statements that have no real energy. One is super-real, one is flat. This is what's happening in our own realities. There's an old reality that's become boring, flat, and restrictive. We're deciding right now to shed it. This is an act of courage. We're deciding right now to step into a brighter reality where we can be our true selves, no matter what "the weather" looks like out there in the world. We've decided to change the "weather" inside our own personal field first, to make ourselves comfortable, and stop any form of self-sacrifice. This is what's up. This is the crucial edge right now. And of course, it makes us feel shaky; we rock into the new, then back to the old, then into the new, then back to the old. Perhaps this is why we feel the snags in the way the world is functioning right now—it's just a symptom of deeper change.

But the energy buildup is releasing. For people stepping into their destiny, things are going to flow with great synchronicity and happiness. For those resisting letting go, it will feel temporarily painful and frustrating, then there will be another, more intense wave that will sweep them up and they'll move into the flow, too. Watch for a greatly increased flow, in all areas, from mid-August onward.

A Quote from Rainer Maria Rilke
My friend Rod McDaniel, in Heidelberg, translated this from the German. It's from a letter Rilke wrote to Witold Hulewicz in November 1925. Rilke was such an amazing mystic and visionary, as well as an astounding poet. . .

"It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again, invisibly, inside us. We are the bees of the invisible. We wildly collect the honey of the visible, to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible."

"Everything transient is plunging into the depths of being. . ."

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We're All Becoming More Sensitive
With the increasing vibration of energy on the planet and in our bodies, we're all beginning to be sensitive to more things and invisible forces than we've ever realized was possible to be sensitive to. Here's an interesting tidbit from The Arlington Institute's Futuredition Newsletter:

Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes in Their Environment
http://www.physorg.com/news132247855.html
A study by Princeton University researchers shows for the first time that bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings — they anticipate and prepare for them. The findings challenge the prevailing notion that only organisms with complex nervous systems have this ability. In addition to shedding light on deep questions in biology, the findings could have many practical implications. They could help scientists understand how bacteria mutate to develop resistance to antibiotics. They also may help in developing specialized bacteria to perform useful tasks such as cleaning up environmental contamination.

I also noticed in Karen Bishop's Energy Alert, she was talking about symptoms of the shift to higher awareness:

"Feeling cold with an inability to get warm is another manifestation of transitioning from one dimension or vibration into another. . .. Weeping for the loss of the old, or the energies of what can no longer exist in a higher vibration, occurred as well. . .. Feeling as if one was having a meltdown is also a frequent occurrence. . .as so much of us begins to open, leave, and come apart during these times. We also . . . come to the higher vibrating awareness that we cannot save another or even save the planet. When we attempt to go where others are, or to a lower vibrating space, we have to drop down ourselves, and this we can only do for certain amounts of time. We need not “drop down” anymore, as it is now time for many to “come up.”

My friend Darryl just called with a tip he saw in a meditation: To picture the trouble on earth — that may be besetting you in any number of ways — as a dark cloud, and poke lots of holes through it so light can shine through. Holding images like this can actually help shift conditions, if enough people do it!

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Magnetic Field Changes, Part 2
I've edited this section from a message from "Hathor" through Tom Kenyon, for clarity and brevity.

Perturbations of your magnetic field are likely to increase over the next several years. Those of you who are sensitive energetically are the ones feeling this most intensely at present, but in the next two to three years most people will be affected in a way they are consciously aware of, even if they do not know why. A couple of suggestions for dealing with the situation:

As an energetic being, you can form a conscious energetic relationship with the core of the earth. This understanding, or orientation, is that you are immersed in and surrounded by, earth’s magnetic field. By going into mental resonance with the core of the earth (the generator of earth’s magnetic field), you become energetically stabilized. By entering into resonance with the core of the earth you become more conscious of the earth as a living conscious being. Through this link, you receive a type of energetic-solidity—even in the midst of earth’s increasing chaos. The odd thing about it, however, is that when you bring yourself to your senses, so to speak, you are less controllable; forming a direct relationship with the earth’s core bypasses many "life-negative technologies." The essential thing is to understand that you are in resonance with the core of the earth simply by knowing it. This will awaken your senses and de-hypnotize you. Consciousness can extend instantaneously anywhere in time and space.

Magnetic Field Changes, Part 1
I'm going to post sections from a message from "Hathor" through Tom Kenyon over the next few days. It matches information I've received. This is a first section, and I've edited it for clarity and brevity. I'm always interested to get to the heart of the energy fluctuations we experience.

The magnetic field of earth is involved in a perturbation or morphing. This is taking place interdimensionally, and the net effect is incremental surges in amplitude or strength of the magnetic field. This morphing of earth’s magnetic field is like a wave that rises and falls very quickly, and the oscillations are minute, but distinct. This is having a strange effect upon human consciousness, specifically your biological experience. Many people are experiencing an increase of exhaustion and weariness. These symptoms are also caused by movements of energies from deep space as they pass through your galaxy and your solar system.

This perturbation is caused by the magnetic field itself, which is responding to the deep energies from space. It is a response of the molten core of your earth; the magnetic field is having a conversation with the cosmos. Now, your science does not view things in this manner, but from our perspective the magnetic field is having a conversation with cosmic visitors, the energies from deep space, which are, by nature, catalysts for spiritual evolution.

(This is affecting) how you hold short term memory—because memory is a function of the magnetics of your own nervous system and that of earth. You can expect an increase in short term memory anomalies. You may find yourself speaking a sentence and suddenly the words do not come or you mix up words from their normal syntax. Escalations in collective short-term memory glitches will lead humanity to a most novel situation.

The opportunity is to see through the mental matrix of your own creation. When your mind is unable to continue its story line, you have an opportunity to glimpse the realities behind the curtain of perception. You have created the curtain to keep yourselves separate from things you do not wish to see or experience, or what others do not wish you to see or experience. We refer here to the unseen manipulators of your collective reality—those who hold the economic and political reins of power. They are invested in continuing their lies through the misappropriation of information in order to control you. Their job is getting more difficult because the perturbation of the magnetic field creates gaps in the creation of mental realities projected by the human mind. They—meaning those who wish to manipulate you—have vast resources at their command, and are employing every one of them. But they cannot control the magnetic field of the earth, and for this, you should give thanks.

The Blue Ribbon Movie
This is a simple thing, but so worthwhile. I encourage you to take a couple minutes to watch it and see how it might shift your attitudes today.
www.BlueRibbon Movie.com

Take Action Exercise: Drop Deeper into Your Body
To expand your sense of the present moment, simply drop your attention out of your “to-do” list, deadline orientation, and the line of running verbal commentary that cycles continuously through your waking brain into one of your senses. Try your sense of smell or touch today. Pretend you’re an animal, knowing the world directly through your nose, or through the nerve endings on your skin, or through hearing as far into the distance as you can. Your senses connect you more directly with your body, which is always in the moment. As you attend to what one of your senses is receiving, your mind will slow down automatically, and your intuition will open. Then you can get the truly important and inspired messages. Focus on: My body is trying to tell me something important. What are your body’s key concerns today? Hint: The body never says “should”!

5 things your soul wants you to know
about dealing with the chaos of the world

The outside world is more chaotic than it's ever been as society clears its collective subconscious mind. Underneath it all, your soul is calm and clear. You can remain a pillar of sanity as others fall apart, and that is a great contribution to the world.

1. Your true, "original tone" is always inside you. You can recenter into that frequency in any moment, and you will immediately be able to discern the answers that are most accurate and appropriate for you, for each situation.

2. While other people are experiencing storms, dramas, and traumas, you need not go into that reality and commiserate with them. You may continue to hold steady with what you know about the soul's true nature, choosing your own preferred vibration and state of awareness. Then if you want to offer help, it will come from truth and will be grounded.

3. Chaos is caused in part by being caught in the polarized, dualistic mind, which stops the natural ebb and flow of awareness. When you take sides and don't acknowledge how the opposite side exists in you, you will be tossed around until you can hold both sides of any polarity without freezing your attention.

4. Chaos is also caused by fear which creates a contraction in your body, emotions, and mind. When you contract, consciousness and energy can't flow. Then you can't feel the soul, don't receive wise guidance, don't feel safe, and are flooded with adrenalin. Higher perception is not clear under these circumstances. Make it a priority to routinely loosen the tension you carry in your muscles and mind.

5. Underneath every screech, wail, and bellow is the sound, "Ahhhhh," the sound of the universe in harmony. Every pained cry will eventually run out of steam and unwind to form the universal sound of existence once again. Listen actively for this underlying sound, imagine striking that tone as you might a tuning fork, feeling/hearing the vibration rising from the depths to help stressful situations unwind more quickly and smoothly.

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

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Animated Map of Religion's Growth in the World

Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds?

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf

On-Demand Publishing Power Grab
I just received this from The Author's Guild: Last week Amazon announced that it would be requiring that all books that it sells that are produced through on-demand means be printed by BookSurge, their in-house on-demand printer/publisher. Amazon pitched this as a customer service matter, a means for more speedily delivering print-on-demand books and allowing for the bundling of shipments with other items purchased at the same time from Amazon. It also put a bit of an environmental spin on the move — claiming less transportation fuel is used (this is unlikely, but that's another story) when all items are shipped directly from Amazon.

We, and many others, think something else is afoot. Ingram Industries' Lightning Source is currently the dominant printer for on-demand titles, and they appear to be quite efficient at their task. They ship on-demand titles shortly after they are ordered through Amazon directly to the customer. It's a nice business for Ingram, since they get a percentage of the sales and a printing fee for every on-demand book they ship. Amazon would be foolish not to covet that business. What's the rub? Once Amazon owns the supply chain, it has effective control of much of the "long tail" of publishing — the enormous number of titles that sell in low volumes but which, in aggregate, make a lot of money for the aggregator. Since Amazon has a firm grip on the retailing of these books (it's uneconomic for physical book stores to stock many of these titles), owning the supply chain would allow it to easily increase its profit margins on these books: it need only insist on buying at a deeper discount — or it can choose to charge more for its printing of the books — to increase its profits. Most publishers could do little but grumble and comply.

We suspect this maneuver by Amazon is far more about profit margin than it is about customer service or fossil fuels. The potential big losers (other than Ingram) if Amazon does impose greater discounts on the industry, are authors — since many are paid for on-demand sales based on the publisher's gross revenues — and publishers. We're reviewing the antitrust and other legal implications of Amazon's bold move. If you have any information on this matter that you think could be helpful to us, please call us at (212) 563-5904 and ask for the legal services department, or send an e-mail to staff@authorsguild.org.

5 questions to ask yourself to find
your latent talents and interests

As the soul takes over your personality, your interests are likely to change, as well as your values, motivations, and actions. You may also find new talents emerging from within, things you may not have suspected you knew how to do.

1. What interests and activities have I been doing, in one form or another, since I was a small child? How might these evolve to the next level?

2. What interests and activities engage me so thoroughly that I lose track of time? How can I integrate more of these into my work? And what other things, that I normally gloss over, could become abiding interests if I gave them the same kind of attention?

3. How much of what I do during any given week focuses primarily on my senses? Make a list of your activities that involve sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Then add at least ten more possible ways to experience each sense. Try doing some of them and see what new ideas they generate.

4. What are my main activities, talents, skills, and interests? If I combined two or more of these at the same time, what might that look like? What new experience might be generated? What activities would provide me with an experience where I can use multiple parts of myself at once?

5. What five new things would I like to study? What five new places would I like visit? What five new books would I like to read? What five new experiences would I like to have? What five new kinds of people would I like to meet? What five new creative projects would I like to undertake? What five new habits in myself would I like to develop?

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

Two Upcoming Dream Conferences
You may be interested in two upcoming dream conferences being promoted by the International Association for the Study of Dreams. First, the 25th Annual Conference, Dreams Without Borders, is being held July 8-12 in Montreal.

Second, a regional conference, Power and Wisdom of Dreams, is in the Los Angeles area April 12 from 9am-5pm. The event will be held at Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes.
http://www.asdreams.org

diamond light takes the room
destroying walls brilliantly
no self importance


sitting on my sofa
hurtling through space
turning into the sun


feels like falling through a cloud
coming out the other side
there’s no more down


angels send me gifts
only gifts
and sometimes, later,
the good sense


Copyright by Penney Peirce 2008

Near Future Financial Prospects
Message from John L. Petersen, The Arlington Institute:
We appear to be on the brink of the systemic financial system change that we have mentioned here in the past. More and more analysts are now talking seriously about the possibility of a fundamental failure of the global financial system. Here are two succinct articles that, in Thomas Homer-Dixon’s case, argue that the complexity of the world’s financial system has moved from our being able to anticipate risk to now being intrinsically uncertain, and Nouriel Roubini’s rapidly becoming famous piece on the Risks of a Systemic Financial Crisis.

FROM RISK TO UNCERTAINTY, by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Toronto Globe and Mail, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 (contact The Arlington Institute for this pdf)

Rising Risk of a Systemic Financial Meltdown: The 12 Steps to Financial Disaster By Nouriel Roubini

5 questions to ask yourself to discover what you've outgrown and can release

As you evolve, you will become bored with ways of being that helped you learn your lessons in the previous phases of your life. When things seem stale, stagnant, or stuck, you've probably outgrown some behaviors and beliefs and need to shed them as a snake sheds its skin.

1. What activities have become second nature to me? What things do I do out of habit? Which of these activities or behaviors still bring something important to my growth and happiness? Is there another, more conscious way I could do this that would suit me better? Which parts of these behaviors could I change or totally dissolve?

2. What thought patterns continually enter my mind that act like wet blankets, suppressing or stalling activities my soul wants to do? Who do these beliefs or ideas really belong to? Did I pick them up and internalize them from a family member or partner? Can I become bored with these ideas now and give them back to their rightful owners?

3. What "shoulds" run my life? How might I act if these edicts were not present? Which ones can I dispose of now?

4. What unconscious "vows" have I taken that begin with "I will always" or "I will never"? Are these vows necessary for me today? Can I consciously complete them and release them, knowing the behaviors I wanted to integrate into myself have been successfully learned?

5. What childhood behavior patterns have I been operating under that keep my self-image juvenile and immature? How do these behavior patterns involve other people who I unconsciously try to make into parental figures? Which of these am I bored with and ready to dissolve entirely?

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

5 ways to stay in touch with soul
while engaged in any creative process

The soul is not just present as you access your vision, it is present in every step of the creativity or manifesting process. By acting, then checking in with the soul, then acting while you're feeling the soul, you will learn to be mindful in everything you do.

1. As you contemplate beginning a creative process, let yourself spend time gestating or ripening like a fruit on the tree. Don't jump in too soon but stay in touch with the soul's provision and abundance a little longer, then a little longer. This way your vision expands, and the information and energy you need for the rest of the manifesting process will be built into the process.

2. As you step forward into a creative process, begin with actions that have the most juice, that fulfill your curiosity, and engage your attention the most thoroughly. Allow yourself to enjoy the vitality and easy flow experience of the rising, cresting wave.

3. As you act, check in often with the soul. Am I maintaining my sense of pleasure? Am I being entertained? Is my attention fully engaged; am I being mindful? Every moment contains soul, not just the final outcome.

4. Once you have achieved a physical result, do you let yourself have time to totally enjoy the magic of having it? This is spirit in matter, the quality of your attention shaped into form. Can you internalize everything that has happened and the experience of the outcome?

5. After the result has manifested, can you let go and return to the "void" consciousness, the experience of spaciousness and wide-openness—and find pleasure in that too? Can you allow yourself to be bored with the old but not yet be certain of the new? Can you return to the experience of being, rather than doing and having? Can you have faith in your period of lying fallow? The mind, which is focused in three-dimensional reality where things occur by cause and effect, must rest before it can be refilled by the soul.

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

Great Simple Idea! Increase Your Vocabulary
While Feeding the World's Hungry
John Breen, from Bloomington, IN, created a free web-based "game" where you guess the meaning of words, and for each one you get right, he donates 20 grains of rice to the U.N. World Food Program. So far he's donated over 20 billion grains of rice, enough to feed a million people for a day. I just love people who think cleverly and solve several problems with one solution! I tried his game and it's quite addictive! You just want to keep going and going as you see the bowl of rice graphic filling up with grains. Plus, I've learned a handful of new words and clarified the meanings of several I used without thinking. If you'd like to play with it and be charitable at the same time, go to www.freerice.com and have at it!!

5 tips for using intuition to
receive your soul's guidance

To receive guidance from the soul level of your own self, it helps to use your imagination to raise the frequency level of your body, thoughts, and feelings.

1. Imagine your soul is standing behind you as a light body. It places its energy hands on your shoulders, bends forward and whispers a message, or some guidance, in your ear. What does the soul say? Write it down and perhaps expand the message by using direct writing.

2. Imagine your soul is standing behind you as a light body. It places its energy hands on your shoulders, then gently steps inside your physical body, permeating every part, every cell, and settling down inside you, matching up part for part. Now your eyes are the soul's eyes, your hands are the soul's hands, your voice is the soul's voice, and so on. Let your soul guide you from within by first taking you for a walk. Where does the soul want to go? What does the soul cause you to notice, and to think? If you meet a person, how does the soul cause you to interact; what does it say? Then, expand this practice to a more complex activity, like going to a party, to work, or to the market.

3. Make a list of your most urgent questions, issues, or preoccupations. Then phrase a question like: What do I need to know about how to _____?, or Help me understand the underlying dynamic that causes me to _____, or How can I effectively change _____? Then use the driect writing process to write as the soul.

4. Listen to the things you say to others for a week. Notice the content when you give advice, explain something or teach, give feedback, or even when you're just talking to a friend and make a surprising point. Write down the things you hear yourself say, the subjects you bring up; these are messages to you from your soul.

5. Listen to the things other people say to you for a week. Notice the content when they give you advice, explain or teach you something, give you feedback, or even when they're just talking to you and make a surprising point. Write down the things you hear them saying, the subjects they bring up; these are messages to you from your soul.

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

Mandala Meditation
You may want to take few minutes to experience the healing mandalas of Sacred Geometry created by Charles Gilchrist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx0Vp9njczs
To see all of Charles' work: http://www.youtube.com/user/Cgimaging

The Future

The latest newsletter from The Arlington Institute, FUTUREdition, is out. It's a great summarization of leading edge ideas, developments, and breakthroughs. No superfluous words!! To subscribe: The Future@arlingtoninstitute.org

5 affirmations to connect with
soul in yourself, others, and life

Affirmations can keep your awareness aligned with universal principles, which will always return you to knowing and living as the soul.

1. I am connected to an unlimited source of supply. I can freely receive all the ideas and knowledge I need, all the financial support I need, all the opportunities I need, all the help I need, all the love I need.

2. I see and greet the soul in you. What comes from your mouth and through your actions is also coming from my higher mind and relates to me somehow.

3. I experience the Presence in my body, in the air, in the walls, in the trees, in the cars, in the dirt, in the rhythms of my day, in the unfolding of current events, in all the people I meet, and in the unseen ones in other dimensions. Just by noticing, I find the soul in everything.

4. I am naturally cheerful, optimistic, innocent, open, creative, playful, celebratory, sincere, humorous, energetic, and wise. It's easier to smile than to frown.

5. I may not know the answer right now, but some part of me already knows and this part will get through to me at just the right moment. I know what I need to know just when I need to know it.

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

5 ways to differentiate between
the soul and the egomind voice

We all talk to ourselves inside our mind during the day. By learning to catch yourself when the egomind is monopolizing your thoughts, you can more easily shift back into the soul's perception.

1. The soul talks about what exists. It says, "I am doing this, I experience this, I perceive this." It cannot embody nonexistent fictitious realities beyond the here and now. The egomind says, "I don't, I can't, I won't," and repeatedly dives into the past or into negative, potential, or future realities that may never come about.

2. The soul allows. It says "This IS what it IS, There is purpose in everything, Everything is just fine and it's fine if it changes." The egomind says, "This isn't OK, I should, I have to, I must control."

3. The soul is a positive force. It says "I like, I enjoy, I am entertained and amused." The egomind often responds negatively, from criticism, judgment, ugliness, pettiness, or meanness.

4. The soul's voice builds understanding, compassion, and empathy. It says "I appreciate, I find value in, I understand, I feel what it's like to be in your shoes." The egomind perpetrates suffering, saying "I am misunderstood, No one sees me, I'm not going to give what I don't get, I hate, I won't tolerate."

5. The soul is full and embodies the experience of abundance. It says "I give freely, I can help, I have time, I have exactly what I need, there is plenty to go around." The egomind is sacrificial, and says "If I give to you I won't have enough, My needs are never met, I feel empty, lonely, abandoned."

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

5 criteria of soul perception

To identify the times you're sourcing your perception from the soul level, it helps to be able to recognize the qualities that characterize that kind of deeper consciousness.

1. The soul is fluid; soul perception always embodies natural flow. It embraces new things without resistance and lets them go just as easily.

2. The soul sees and chooses what's most appropriate. There is one answer, action, or insight that's the perfect fit for each situation. The soul is drawn to this expression neutrally and naturally and doesn't waste time or energy.

3. The soul is growth-oriented. It moves forward and evolves enthusiastically. It says "I'm interested, I'm creating, I'm always learning something." If the soul pauses, it's because this is necessary to fuel the next cycle of expansion.

4. The soul seeks unity in diversity. It naturally sees interconnections and similarities that foster rapport, wisdom, and creativity. At the same time the soul cherishes uniqueness and free will, valuing diversity because the soul itself contains all the possibilities of personality.

5. The soul creates win/win solutions. The soul does not understand the concept of sacrifice. It lives from the truth that, "When your life supports you in being your whole self, that supports me in being my whole self, and vice versa."

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

5 ways to use intuition to feel your soul

It's easy to get lost in the busybody "egomind," and surf across the surface of the world, forgetting what's important to you at the soul level. We have to learn to choose to identify ourselves as our soul, and that takes practice. It means you have to remember to choose the real you often throughout the day and build a new thought habit. To choose to be your soul, you must be able to experience the difference between the soul and the egomind, and clearly know which state you prefer.

1. Bring your awareness fully into the present moment. The soul enters the world, for you, through every particle of your body. These particles of soul force, or points of light, exist only in the present moment. If your mind projects into the past or future, you lose touch with the radiance and cannot experience your soul.

2. Put your attention on and inside your body. Since the soul enters the world through every particle of your body, to know the soul you must merge your conscious mind and your body. Do that by placing attention on the body, then sink in. Let the body come alive with tingling and vibration, and experience how conscious it is. That awareness you encounter in the body is the first level of soul wisdom.

3. Contemplate your core motives. Feel what you want deeply as though you're experiencing it. Then drop down through that by asking "Why do I want this?" Then, "Why does my soul want these things? What experiences do these things bring that my soul wants?" When you find the handful of core motives at the heart of what you do, you will feel what you're all about, and you'll respect and love yourself.

4. Intentionally remember and reexperience times when your heart has been open. When you feel trapped by the egomind, ask yourself to recall times when you have felt grateful, amazed, or moved by heroism or egoless action. Picture wiggly puppies, smiling babies, or the shiny eyes of a lover. As you focus attention into these things, you will return to the state of awareness you were in then. When your heart is open, the resulting experiences are indicative of the soul.

5. Intentionally shift into a state of cheerfulness, pleasure, enthusiasm, innocence, sincerity. Intentionally recall times when you felt generous toward life, were in a good mood, were open-minded and willing to learn, or were willing to be entertained or surprised. That open-minded neutrality and positive expectancy is a quality of the soul.

This material is copyrighted by Penney Peirce, from The Intuitive Way, second edition

DREAM DICTIONARY FOR DUMMIES
Is Finally Available!

My new book was just released in mid-January. You can check it out at amazon. I think you'll find it is jam-packed with pertinent information in a concise package.

Perfect for your bedside or to take along when you travel!

DREAM DICTIONARY FOR DUMMIES
in Wiley's new small 5x7 format,
very cute and handy — and not too expensive!!

This book is unique as dream dictionaries go: each definition is written so you can interpret the dream symbol at the physical, emotional, and mental-spiritual levels. Understanding each symbol becomes a wonderful intuitive process. The book also has chapters that give tips on dream interpretation, is highly useful. If you order from amazon and write a positive, useful review, I'll give you a 20% discount on any intuitive consulting service!

from D H Lawrence, The Rainbow
"...she saw the dun atmosphere over the blackened hills opposite, the dark blotches of houses, slate roofed and amorphous, the old church-tower standing up in hideous obsoleteness above raw new houses on the crest of the hill, the amorphous, brittle, hard edged new houses advancing from Beldover to meet the corrupt new houses from Lethley, the houses of Lethley advancing to mix with the houses of Hainor, a dry, brittle, terrible corruption spreading over the face of the land, and she was sick with nausea so deep that she perished as she sat.

And then, in the blowing clouds, she saw a band of faint iridescence colouring in faint colours a portion of the hill. And forgetting startled, she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself. In one place it gleamed fiercely, and, her heart anguished with hope, she sought the shadow of iris where the bow should be. Steadily the colour gathered, mysteriously, from nowhere, it took presence upon itself, there was a faint, vast rainbow. The arc bended and strengthened itself till it arched indomitable, making great architecture of light and colour and the space of heaven, its pedestals luminous in the corruption of new houses on the low hill, its arch the top of heaven. And the rainbow stood on the earth.

She knew that the sordid people who crept hard-scaled and separate on the face of the world's corruption were living still, that the rainbow was arched in their blood and would quiver to life in their spirit, that they would cast off their horny covering of disintegration, that new, clean, naked bodies would issue to a new germination, to a new growth, rising to the light and the wind and the clean rain of heaven. She saw in the rainbow the earth's new architecture, the old, brittle corruption of houses and factories swept away, the world built up in a living fabric of Truth, fitting to the over-arching heaven."

Great Short Films to Inspire You
A friend recommended this site, monday9am.tv, and now I'd like to pass it on. There are a collection of brief film interviews with interesting people, about Life and the Human Spirit, by filmmaker Nic Askew.

Anyone Interested in Remote Viewing?

One of my intuition colleagues, Lyn Buchanan, is a remote viewing expert and trainer. You might enjoy checking out his site and practicing with the "targets" he posts, to see if this is a skill you might like to develop. Here's what he says:

The targets are pictures prepared for you with full feedback text, some have video and/or audio clips, and those which have specific locations also include dowsing maps for your dowsing practice. All targets also include links to more information, just in case you get something in your viewing which is not covered by the prepared feedback. The targets are selected for suitability for all levels of experience
and/or training.

Instructions on how to use the page are also provided. Once you have finished your session, you can call the page back up and see your feedback in full, and links to more information, if you want it. The targets are there for everyone to use. We do not track your use and do not require any log-in or membership. You can work the targets and only you will know how well or how badly you did. Of course, if you just totally ace the targets, you have full bragging rights to anyone you wish. A new target is posted each week for your convenience. Also, for your convenience, the newest targets are posted to the top of the list, so many people just starting out like to start with the oldest, at the bottom of the list, and work their way up. They are there for you to work in any way or order you like. We now have around 100 targets, with maps, full feedback, and links to more information about each one. The target page is: http://www.crviewer.com/targets.htm

Moonstruck Flock to Arizona Light Collector
by Tim Gaynor

THREE POINTS, Arizona (Reuters) - Financial advisor Jaron Ness stands in the cool desert air waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to rise. As the conditions come into alignment, he steps into the path of a cool blaze of blue-white light bounced off a wall of highly polished parabolic mirrors five stories high. "It feels magnetic," he says, turning his hands slowly in the reflected glow of the light from the almost full moon.

The young professional from Colorado is among a growing number of curious people beating a path to this patch of scrub-strewn land out in the Arizona desert to bask in light from the world's first moonbeam collector. A Tucson-based inventor and businessman Richard Chapin and his wife Monica are behind the giant device, which gathers up and focuses the light of the moon. The effect of the moon's gravitational pull on the Earth's tides and other natural phenomena has been studied for millennia. Less attention has focused on the sunlight reflected from its surface.

The Chapins built the large, one-of-a-kind contraption that stands in the desert some 15 miles west of Tucson, Arizona, in the belief that moonlight might have applications for medicine, industry and agriculture. "So much work has focused on the sun. We have just forgotten about this great object that has been here for billions of years, has affected us in all forms of our evolution," said Chapin, who paid for the project with his own money. "If it could affect plants and animals ... I thought, 'what could the amplification of that light do?"'

BATHING IN MOONLIGHT
Neither of the Chapins are scientists. The couple used income from a popular swap meet they own in Tucson to develop what they call their "Interstellar Light Collector," which has so far cost them $2 million. It consists of a large frame sunk into a 45-foot-deep (14-meter) crater, on private land in sparse desert, in an area known for its dark skies a few miles from the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

The device is five stories tall and weighs 25 tons, and is covered with 84 mirrored panels set on a hydraulic mount that, the Chapins say, can focus the light of the moon with "the precision of a Swiss watch." There is no charge to use the facility, although the couple accept donations of $10 from people who use it to defray some of the operating costs. So far they have had more than 1,000 visitors, with interest from as far a field as Australia, Japan, India and Saudi Arabia from people seeking either a new experience or in the hope of some kind of medical benefit.

Some dress in robes, others strip to their underwear to bask in the moon glow from the glittering bank of mirrors, spending anywhere from three minutes to 15 minutes at a time. Visitors enjoy the experience. Some say it is like swimming underwater, while others say it feels like standing in a warm breeze and leaves them feeling upbeat. "When I got in the moonlight it was an instant and profound sense of euphoria ... it was very peaceful," said Eric Carr, a hypnotherapist from Tucson who has visited several times.

BENEFITS OF LIGHT
Some visitors to the site believe that exposure to the moonlight has helped alleviate some medical conditions. After bathing in the moonbeams, Carr said he noticed an improvement in a long-standing asthma condition. However, no clinical experiments with moonlight have been carried out on people. Scientists say there is no proof that it has any effect whatsoever on medical conditions and diseases, and are skeptical of anecdotal claims.

"I haven't seen any hard scientific evidence that it's not a placebo effect. There hasn't been enough real research on it yet to say that it's doing anything," said Katherine Creath, research professor of optical sciences and medicine at the University of Arizona. "But whether or not it's the placebo effect or the light, I don't think that matters as long as people feel like they are having a positive effect, then it's worth it to them to do it," she added.

The Chapins are eager for researchers to use the site to determine if moonlight does have any demonstrable applications in areas including medicine, plant biology and certain industrial processes. They also welcome visits by skeptics to the site. Meanwhile, visitors continue trek out to the imposing
installation and listen to ambient music as they wait for a break in the clouds to step into the moonlight. For them, it is a very enjoyable experience in itself. "You feel almost like you are in heaven," said Aranka Toniatti, a cancer patient who has driven from Colorado twice to stand in the moonlight. "It's a gorgeous feeling."

Thought for the Week: Parallel Lives
"I have a theory that every time you make an important choice, the part of you left behind continues the other life you could have had. Some people's emanations are very strong, some people create themselves afresh outside their own body. This is not fancy. If a potter has an idea, she makes it into a pot, and it exists beyond her, in its own separate life. She uses a physical substance to display her thoughts. If I use a metaphysical substance to display my thoughts, I might be anywhere at one time, influencing a number of different things, just as the potter and her pottery can exert influence in different places. There's a chance that I'm not here at all, that all the parts of me, running along all the choices I did and didn't make, for a moment brush against each other. . . .Perhaps for a while these. . .selves become confused. I have not gone forward or back in time, but across in time, to something I might have been, playing itself out."

—Jeannette Winterson, from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit