July 27th, 2007 §
A few nights ago I decided to take a walk just after sunset, as part of my plan to enjoy more exercise during my physical manifestation overhaul. There was still plenty of light, and I planned on only being gone about half an hour, so I didn’t need a flashlight or anything like that. I also didn’t plan on meditating or trying to contact Spirit in any way at all, so I was completely taken off guard by what happened…
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July 23rd, 2007 §
I’ve written before about the sea change in the world religious scene. Religion is becoming something you have to seek out, instead of something you’re born into.
But it’s an ancient pattern, really. In the oldest times, you generally stuck with the religion of your tribe, simply because you never heard about any other ideas. But as tribes began to interact more, they would often exchange religious beliefs. A popular god could spread from community to community across a continent, each new tribe grafting the deity into their existing mythology. There was usually a priesthood that facilitated contact with the Eternal, but individuals had patron gods or spirits, and each person did their level best to maintain a good relationship with the Otherworld and its denizens. And it was not uncommon to see someone’s altar populated with idols or symbols from a variety of traditions. After all, it was best to be on the safe side.
But then came the Revealed religions, with their sacred texts and strict ideologies. If you were born into one of these, you had your religion handed to you, no questions asked. In some of them, a personal relationship with the Eternal was encouraged, but in many it had to be mediated with religious authority (which was often also government authority, coincidentally enough). And these religions spread so widely, swallowing up surrounding indigenous religions over such broad areas, that soon, for most people, there might as well have been just one religion in the world.
Now that’s changed again, of course. No matter what religion you’ve started out with, sooner or later you start hearing about all the other options out there, and if you’ve got any particle of curiosity in you, you wonder what those other religions are like, and what they offer their believers, and whether the religion you have been given is really the perfect one for you…
Erin Pavlina is a medium who is spiritual, but not religious. She did not have a strong religious upbringing, and never identified herself as Jewish, Christian, pagan, or anything. Yet she’s always had an interest in, and talent for, occult and psychic phenomena — a talent that has blossomed hugely ever since she focused her life on it at the urging of her guides. At her blog, she discusses psychic phenomena and psychology with a gentle, loving, yet down-to-earth and practical style, and her one-on-one Readings are always in high demand. Her connection to Spirit is strong and getting stronger, and that connection has given her a powerful perspective on the spiritual forces molding this planet.
So I’m delighted to present this interview with her, in which she discusses ways in which we all can foster a greater connection with spirit — in ourselves and those we love — and what we’ll discover out there when we do.
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July 15th, 2007 §
Note: This blog has been ended and taken down (for lack of time on my part). The material that was on it is available on the Guided Meditations page and in the post Seven Meditative Vignettes.
A few weeks ago I posted a free downloadable audio guided meditation called Meet a Guide. The response has been enthusiastic — I’ve had some great feedback, and my bandwidth usage has doubled since it went up, so I know many people have downloaded it, and continue to do so.
So I decided to provide more downloadable meditations. In fact, I want to make a great many — one every couple of weeks at first, and maybe once a week eventually. However, I don’t want Druid Journal’s posts to become cluttered with all these meditations. At the same time, I’d like those who are interested in them to be able to subscribe to a feed or email notifications whenever I make a new one available.
So I’ve started a new blog: Druid Journal Meditation. Bop on over and check it out! I’ve added a new meditation already, which is intended to help release fear and unhealthy attachments.
Now, these new meditations will not be free, since it does take considerable time to create them, but I have made them as cheap as I can — $5 each — so that the price should not be a barrier to anyone. In any case, the free sample meditation I’ve offered (the same one I posted on this site in early June) is a general purpose meditation that, with practice, can help you solve any problem, by invoking the guide you need to help you.
Please feel free to leave comments, suggestions, questions, and any other feedback! It is all valuable and dear to me.
Thank you! And enjoy!
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July 14th, 2007 §
Almost everyone is aware by now that honey bees are having a very, very difficult year. Bee colonies are dying all over the United States, imperiling not only the supply of honey, but also crops that depend on the bee for pollination, such as almonds, strawberries, blueberries, apples, watermelons, cranberries, and soybeans. While there are other pollinators out there, the honey bee is the only domesticated pollinator — it is the only pollinator that can be moved from crop to crop as necessary, and the only pollinator that can be depended on to serve crops that are not native to North America. As such it is essential to the large-scale agribusiness of the United States.
The death of a colony is frightful. First, the older adult worker bees begin to disappear, until only the younger ones are left. The workforce grows smaller gradually, becoming too small to care for the bees’ young. The Queen begins appearing outside the hive more frequently than normal. The bees seem reluctant to eat the food provided by the beekeeper.
Within a week or two, all the workers have disappeared entirely. They have gone away, and do not return. There are very few dead bees found near the hive. Food stores are abandoned uneaten. The babies are left growing in their hexagonal chambers, and they quickly die with no adults to feed them.
BUT WHY?
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