Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

I don't necessarily think of God as a "him," but that particular wording issue aside, this is one of my favorite steps. I believe very strongly, and have for several years before joining Overeaters Anonymous, that there is always guidance available to us from "spirit," our "higher selves," from "God" or "t...
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After two months sans-blogging I had started to feel the craving for a good, keyboard-tapping entry! Not sure what to write about though I consulted the tarot for guidance. Initially I pulled the Lovers card. What should I say about LOVE? I asked, and pulled the 10 of cups and the 6 of Swords for clarification.
The Lovers card is of course about relationship and love. In this reading it is clarified by the 10 of Cups (the happy family card) and the 6 of Swords (the painful healing of relatio...
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    In some ways it would be easier if I did not recognize that my thoughts create my reality. Because then I could continue to live from a victim mentality, from a blame-someone-else mentality, and not have to own up to the world that I have created for myself. I could say, "these are the horrible circumstances that have been laid upon my head, and woe to me, there is nothing I can do about them."

    But the more I awaken, the more I am aware that I do have to own my perceptions ...
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    I've been experiencing an opening up of my foot chakra lately, and if you experience tingling/heat/sparking sensations in your own feet, you may be doing the same! Until recently, I was barely aware that I even had a thing called a foot chakra. This changed a little over two months ago when I took my first Shamballa Multidimensional Healing class. Shamballa is a form of energy healing that is similar in some ways to traditional Usui Reiki and that shares some of the same principles and to...
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        I'm not above using sensationalism to get people to read my blog entries. :) I say PG because this account is far from pornographic, though I do use the word "orgasm" many times, so if that bothers you you may not want to read further.  :)
        In late 2006 I entered a deep depression that changed my life in many ways, one of which was that it dampened my orgasms so that I was not able to experience the catharsis that I had used to feel with them. It was a depression that I feel lik...
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    Many spiritual teachers or healers, even now myself, offer their services to corporations. I, for instance, have just begun offering Reiki Group Healing services to organizations--which theoretically could include corporations. A fairly successful medium whose Intuition Development Circle I attend on Tuesday nights recently told our circle that when he began his Spiritual/Mediumship business he did so with the intention of "making corporations more spiritual." I wonder, though, when peopl...
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        Despite the amazing capabilities of our minds, we humans seem to have an impressive urge to be blind to anything that is overly difficult or incomprehensible. We relegate these things to our subconscious—the attics of our minds. In the past year, our global community has been immensely impacted by disaster to an extent that we had yet to experience, but even the BP Oil Disaster and a nuclear meltdown in Japan can’t seem to hold our attentions. We are continually in a proce...
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    I'm certainly not trying to pass myself off as either an herbalist or a nutritionist here, but I do know that herbs are immensely nutritious and healthy. Pesto is a great way to prepare herbs, and the traditional sauce is made with basil, but basil is difficult to find in bulk and is also a little pricey. Last year I attempted growing some but the plants barely got off the ground. It's a tricky plant to grow, except for my next-door-neighbor, who won't share with me even though his plants...
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    One afternoon at the age of 11, I awoke from unconsciousness in the backseat of my mother's wrecked car.  I remember the waking up itself feeling like being hit with a baseball bat, like being jarred awake.  My glasses had been knocked from my face and so the contents of the car were just a blur of their real selves.  I could hear my sister in the front passenger seat moaning (she had broken ribs) and could vaguely make out the form of my mother in the driver's seat, her still hand presse...
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