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In this column ‘Ask Kala’, intuitive and ancient wisdom teacher Kala Ambrose, invites you to email your probing metaphysical, esoteric and paranormal questions. Due to the volume of email she receives, she won’t be able to answer back individual e-mails. Instead, she’ll choose interesting questions and answer them here on the Examiner. This week’s question is from Dana.

Hi Kala,

My name is Dana and I live in Sonoma, California. My husband is convinced that I throw off energy fields that affect electronics and I am beginning to believe he’s right. I find if I’m particularly stressed with work, I will have computer issues. Today I was turning on the TV for my son and our DVR in our bedroom went dead. We went into his room and the same thing happened. When I walked out of the room it rebooted. I came back in and sat down and it went dead. I left and it rebooted! Also since childhood I have had dreams that come true. Most often they are about something bad or negative that is going to happen, almost a warning. Am I losing my mind or is there some kind of negative energy I’m emitting?

Thanks for reading this, Dana

Hi Dana,

Thanks for writing. You ask, Could your energy affect the electronics in your home? The shortest answer is Yes, it can. Your husband appears to be very perceptive in noticing the correlations between the events and your energy field.

As a psychic, I see the aura around people, which is a flexible field of energy around the body with many layers. The level closest to your body, is described as the etheric body and in a sense, it’s the battery of the body, receiving and emiting electrical impulses in and out from your body. You bring energy in and you release energy, all through the auric body. There are many layers extending outward from the etheric body including the mental layer and the emotional layer, both of which are also energy fields where we store and emit energy and we bring this energy into and down into the physical body from these layers.

With our hectic lifestyles and fast paced life, we often aren’t able to release pent up energy from inside of us and it builds up until in a sense, it erupts outward to release.  For some people, they release this in bursts of anger, others cry when the energy builds up to a certain level, and some people release it with a nervous energy (examples include: hair twirling, fidgety hands, and rocking the legs while sitting). For some people, who also tend to be more connected with the spiritual planes, they release this pent up energy in a wave, I refer to it as an energy blast, which can affect the environment around them.  One way that these people begin to notice this effect, is that they will find when walking or driving by street lights, that the lights will go off or turn on when they pass by. If this has happened to you, you are releasing energy.

In your case, were you and I meeting in the physical, I could read your aura which would tell me about the energy around you and what has been building up inside and what layers are holding the energy build up– in the mental, emotional, physical or higher levels.  Let me also say, that just because energy is building up, it doesn’t mean that it is necessarily negative by the way.  I build up energy all the time to use for creative endeavors in my work and this energy creates great waves that allow me to accomplish a lot at the same time. This energy is a gift and used wisely, can be extremely helpful. It typically requires some instruction though, to learn how to build and cultivate this energy, which is what I teach as as an esoteric wisdom teacher and describe in chapter four of my book 9 Life Altering Lessons –  ‘We are a sea of energy, floating in vibratory fields’.

The current over-abundance of energy that you are emitting, can affect lights and other electronics when released in a quick blast. Think of it as an energy surge.  Typically this indicates that you are not aware of the energy you are releasing and so it comes as a surprise when an electronic device is affected.  For many people, they emit this energy the strongest when they are agitated, stressed or in a high emotional state (positive or negative). The next time this happens, stop right away and ask yourself, how am I feeling, what’s on my mind right now? Also ask your husband what he has noticed each time it happens. Gather this information and you will be able to discern what the triggers are that set off your energy spikes.  You mention that you have noticed that it occurs when you very stressed. The next time that you find the stress building in you while working, take a moment to step away and take a few deep breaths, pulling clear, cool air into your body, down into your lungs and hold it there for a moment. Then release the air fully through your mouth and visualize the stress leaving your body through the air you are expelling. Do this three times and notice how different you feel after just doing this for a minute. It won’t take away the work you have at hand, but physically, you will feel more relaxed and able to tackle the project at hand without the stress building up as high in your body and in your energy fields.

The good news is, you’re a highly intuitive being, who is connecting through the many energetic levels in your auric body. This means you have a healthy working aura and if you choose, you can learn more about how to harness this energy and use it in a creative and loving way. I’m currently writing a book about the aura and energy fields and the effect of these fields on each person. Over the past decade, I have seen the energy fields expanding and I believe we will begin to see greater activity within these fields, which some describe currently as paranormal activity. In the future as we evolve as a species, more of these unsolved mysteries will be commonplace and considered to be a natural sixth sense, rather than a supernatural one.

For  more information, I recently wrote about a similar topic in Ask Kala about- Eruptions in the aura and energy fields. *****************************************************************************************************************
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Join Kala in July 2010 as she teaches at the prestigious
Omega Institute for a weekend workshop entitled:
Energy Anatomy: Exploring and Healing Your Auras and Chakras.

More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and talk show host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, holistic and paranormal topics. Kala’s book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled delves into the mysteries of ancient Egyptian mystery schools and explains their wisdom teachings. Kala’s Guided Meditations CD’s include a sacred site trilogy including Spirit of Hawaii, Egyptian Mystery Temple and Tibetan Mountain Journey. Kala lectures on Wisdom Teachings, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine).

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Welcome to the ‘Quick Five’, where I chat with fascinating authors, artists, teachers and researchers and ask them five questions about their work. Our guest today is Elizabeth Harper, an internationally acclaimed soul therapist, color intuitive, healer, and teacher. Originally from England, she has appeared on British and American radio and television, presents workshops and offers consultations worldwide, and is a faculty member of the renowned Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York. She is the author of Wishing: How to Fulfill Your Heart’s Desires, creator of the Chakra Workout Meditations CD, and designer of the color-coded Sealed With Love jewelry.  Elizabeth’s infectious fun, laughter, love and her obvious embodiment of spiritual truth, touches her work with magic.

Kala: Elizabeth, welcome to the Quick Five. You teach about Color Intuition and how the colors we choose at any given moment reflect messages from a deeper part of our being. How does color reflect our inner self and can we enhance our lives through color?

Elizabeth: Every day you choose color on some level, the clothes you wear, the color of your surroundings, what you choose to eat and drink, even your car color can reflect who you are. If you understand the symbolic meaning of color then all these choices you are making every day can give you clues into what is happening in your life on a physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and prophetic level. You can also use the power of color to invoke certain energies. For example, blue is a color of communication, peace, and creativity. Wearing blue to an interview for instance will help keep you mellow, inspire your thoughts, and encourage the interviewee to view you as a diligent and trustworthy worker. If you are a writer or an artist and need inspiration then blue can help with this too.

Kala: You have a weekly Colorscope video, where people choose the color that they are most attracted to and then you explain the meaning behind the color. In this form of divination, what have people discovered about themselves and the colors they choose?

Elizabeth: People have realized just how intuitive they are! I get some wonderful feedback from this weekly offering. I am always inspired by my guides to use certain colors – different ones each week – and of course they inspire my words so the interpretations are occasionally surprising, but apparently “spot on!” This is a great tool to help people realize the multifaceted symbolism of color, plus it’s colorisciously fun!

Kala: You create Sealed With Love Jewelry, which offers personal designs.  Tell us about your jewelry line…
Elizabeth: In my work as a color intuitive I offer advice and guidance based upon the colors I see in the personal energy field of the person I am working with. I have spent years telling people what colors they need to “eat, drink, meditate with, wear, and surround themselves with” in order to move through obstacles, change consciousness, and to heal their lives. One day it dawned on me that by creating jewelry I could not only offer them the color they needed, but I could also bring healing into their lives through making the jewelry myself. My line of color-coded jewelry reflects the meaning of the colors I see in the aura. For instance, the Open to Receive bracelet is lilac and pink. I see these colors in the energy fields of those who are opening their hearts to receive love and abundance in their lives. When someone wears this bracelet this is exactly what it does. The Shake it Off! Bracelet was completely inspired by my spirit guide Alim. He directed me to create a piece with black, grey, and white specifically for healers to help them release the energy they picked up during the healing session. The colors you are drawn to reveal what you need at this moment so each piece of my jewelry that attracts you also acts as an oracle.

Kala: You and I will be teaching together in July 2010 at the Omega Institute in New York. Our workshop is entitled:  Energy Anatomy: Exploring and Healing Your Aura and Chakras. From your perspective, what will this workshop offer that has not been shared before?

Elizabeth: Many people who educate others on the auras and chakras have never actually seen them, so I feel that we both bring this experience to the table and coming from different perspectives and backgrounds just adds to our work together. I have seen auras and energy fields since I was a child, so my experience and knowledge as a color intuitive plus the unique and profound guidance of my guide Alim can offer students a more personal approach to this subject matter. I like to bring unique and fun exercises to open up the intuitive senses. Because it’s fun it can take the edge off of performance giving people permission to play with the idea of seeing, sensing and healing energies. We also work really well together.

Kala: Your Intuitive Soul Guidance works with Aura Soma Therapy, which some people are not familiar with. Can you explain Aura Soma Therapy and how it works?

Elizabeth: I was introduced to this system in England during the 1980’s when I trained as a Color Therapist. The bottles contain oil and water, one or two colors, aromatherapy oils, crystal essences and herbal essences. There are currently 107 differently colored bottles as well as complementary essences that are used to invite certain energies in. The idea is that the colors you choose reveal your journey through life at this moment. Each bottle you choose has a specific name and meaning. The contents of the bottles can be used on the physical body for healing, but I like to use them as a visual tool for healing and prophetic use. It is a really beautiful system and one that I use together with other techniques.

Kala: Elizabeth, thank you for joining us here on the Quick Five. Looking forward to teaching with you again in July at the Omega Institute. Dear readers, if interested, visit the Omega Institute for information on the workshop and to register.

Elizabeth: Thank you Kala, I look forward to our class in July too. The Omega campus is a really magical place for us to share our work together. The energy is amazing and I know that people who come to our class will have a truly memorable and wonderful weekend.
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Join Kala in July 2010 as she teaches at the Omega Institute for a weekend workshop entitled:
Energy Anatomy: Exploring and Healing Your Auras and Chakras.

More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and talk show host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, holistic and paranormal topics. Kala’s book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled delves into the mysteries of ancient Egyptian mystery schools and explains their wisdom teachings. Kala’s Guided Meditations CD’s include a sacred site trilogy including Spirit of Hawaii, Egyptian Mystery Temple and Tibetan Mountain Journey. Kala lectures on Wisdom Teachings, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine).

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“The tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, The flower you might have sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts tonight” – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

You’ve heard of haunted houses, but what about a house designed by the haunted to keep the ghosts at bay?

In San Jose, California, a house just of this nature exists. It all began back in 1862, when Sarah Pardee married William Wirt Winchester, the manufacturer of the infamous Winchester repeating rifle. Sarah gave birth to a daughter Annie, who soon died from marasmus at only 42 days old. This fact is intriguing, as marasmus is caused by a lack of nutrients, displayed as energy deficiency (wasting away). Could the haunting of Sarah by spirits, already been around her at this time, depleting her energy and resources while pregnant? Her husband William later died from tuberculosis. Alone and grief stricken after losing her only child and husband, Sarah journeyed to Boston to speak with a spiritualist medium, seeking advice on why her life had been filled with such great misfortune.

The spiritualist medium reportedly told Sarah that she was haunted by the spirits of hundreds of ghosts, the spirits of those who had been killed by a Winchester repeating rifle. These spirits included soldiers from the Civil War, native americans and cowboys in the Wild West.

The medium went on to explain that in order to escape the continued hauntings, Sarah would need to move out west and to build a house. The house would not be an normal type of house, rather the construction must never cease. According to the medium, as long as construction was ongoing in the home, it would keep the angry spirits disoriented, while providing a place for the good spirits to commune with Sarah and protect her from further danger. In addition, the architecturial design was meant to be complicated and confusing in order to vex and confuse the angry spirits, which would distract them from finding and further haunting Sarah. Sarah took this advice to heart and moved from Connecticut to San Jose, California and bought over 160 acres of land, where she began and continued construction on a home, which is now referred to as the Winchester Mystery House.

After her husband’s death, Sarah received twenty million dollars along with shares of stock in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. It is reported that the dividends that she received averaged about one thousand dollars a day, along with her millions in the bank. This was in the late 1800′s, into 1900′s, when there was no income tax and the average rate of pay was less than a dollar a day.

With this unlimited amount of cash in hand, Sarah hired the best carpenters available and proceeded with

stained glass doors and windows – Winchester Mystery House
photo: Kala Ambrose

construction 24 hours a day non-stop. The craftsmanship and victorian design are stunning and quite a tribute to the men who built the home. She built a house seven stories tall with stairs leading up to nowhere, doors that opened to a two story drop into a kitchen, windows built into floors, staircases with forty four steps that are only two inches high each, a seance room, secret panels and passageways inside the walls of twisting hallways and the presence of the number 13 in a myriad of examples including windows with 13 panes, 13 bathrooms and 13 hooks in her seance room. As extravagant as it was bizarre, the decor included elaborate tiffany glass windows, gold and silver chandeliers, and rare woods throughout including intricate parquet floors. Her favorite pattern, the spiderweb can be seen in many windows and other designs in the home.

Though beautiful, the house exudes a macabre energy. In some rooms, the sense of fear is palpable, such as the daisy bedroom, which was Sarah’s bedroom until the 1906 earthquake damaged the front thirty rooms of the house. During the earthquake, Sarah was trapped in this bedroom until staff could remove fallen debris and reach her. Once she was pulled from the room, she stated that the spirits had punished her for spending too much time working on the front rooms, so she ordered that these thirty front rooms be bordered up and closed. These rooms remained closed up until her death.

As a psychic paranormal investigator, I visited the Winchester Home in September 2000. I was looking forward to spending some time in the seance room as well as the rest of the home and grounds to see what energy and spirits were around. Walking through the house is a maze at best and provides insight into the mind of Sarah Winchester and the decisions she reflected on each day as she gave new instructions to the workers each morning for the continued construction.

While in the home, I assumed that the seance room would be where I would feel the most intense energy if something was there, but during my time at the house, I experienced no paranormal activity in the seance room. I did however sense the presence of a spirit twice during my time at the Winchester House. The first encounter was while walking through the house. I was focused on the many twists and turns throughout the house and walked to a window to see how high up we had climbed. Looking out the window, I saw a crescent shape hedge on the grounds below. Standing by the hedge was the ghostly figure of a woman who was looking directly back at me. I stepped back to lift my camera to take a photo and by the time I had the camera in place, she was gone. The figure wore a white gown and appeared to be in her late 30′s or early 40′s. She did not appear to me to be Sarah, who was always described as wearing black, including a veil covering her face most of the time, with her hair pulled back in a bun. This women was dressed in white and her hair was free flowing around her.

The second encounter was in the bedroom described on the tour as Sarah Winchester’s bedroom, though

Sarah Winchester’s bedroom – Winchester Mystery House
photo: Kala Ambrose

it is reported that she slept in many different bedrooms throughout the years. In this bedroom, to the right of the bed seen in this photo here, I saw the same figure I had seen at the hedge outside. Could it perhaps be her niece who cared for Sarah?

Paranormal investigators and enthusiasts continue to investigate and tour the Winchester Mystery House for the house itself is as fascinating as the history. The Winchester Mystery House is located at 525 South Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, CA and the website is www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

Consider it to be a must see should you be in the Bay area. During the month of October and on every Friday the 13th (Sarah’s favorite number), the house holds candlelight tours in the evening. Since my last visit, new areas of the house have been opened and are available to tour, including the basement, which is reportedly one of the most active areas for haunted activity, with the presence of a worker in coveralls seen by staff and visitors repeatedly.

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As an intuitive child born in Louisiana, I grew up exposed to a rich variety of cultures. My soul flourished along the running waters of the Mississippi Delta, the Red River and the Gulf Coast, where I spent my childhood with friends who were French, Irish, African, Italian, Scottish and German.

Louisiana is a land known for its food, where a thick roux base mixes with spices, vegetables, seafood, meat and everything else in the kitchen and is thrown into a gumbo pot to the culinary satisfaction of the most discerning soul. This unique, eclectic mixture spills over into the people and their history creating amongst other things, some of the most soulful music the world has ever seen. Home to the Blues and Jazz, which is so powerful that whenever I hear the music playing, I have to stop what I’m doing and dance to the rhythm reaching deep within my soul, connecting me to who I am and to the roots where I come from.

Growing up listening to the stirring sounds of the Blues taught me about hope and about change. The Blues explained that circumstances can wear you down and at times, life can feel so difficult that your only friends appear to be despair and loneliness. While this sounds very sad, the Blues are actually about inner strength, hope and the fact that no matter how challenging things are, nothing remains the same indefinitely, change will always occur. As the talented blues musician Sam Cooke sang… “I know Someday, Change is Gonna Come”.

During this time of my life, change came for me on a daily basis. As my psychic senses began to unfold, my education continued as I studied astrology, tarot and how to read tea leaves like my great-grandmother. My concept of the universe expanded as my experiences with the world and the spirit world grew each day. Through these mystical experiences, I endured great loss, reveled in great love and discovered what anchored me, including my connection with trees to ground my energy and keep me strong and the knowledge that the power of moving water can heal a soul like nothing else I’ve seen.

As I continued my studies, spending half my life in the library reading and the other steeped in the music and culture of this land, I observed how the adults around me viewed life and how some of it differed from the wisdom I had inside my soul. They spoke often about hope; hoping that something would change, hoping a change would come, or a hope for a new tomorrow. While hope is a positive emotion to have, at that tender age, I instinctively knew that hope is just a small step to lead you onto the path of your destiny. Hope for a change, implies that we are powerless to make the change; that instead we must wait for another to bring it forth.

Deep within my soul, I understood a powerful lesson… What we think, we believe and what we believe, we become. I also knew that change is not something that happens outwardly, it begins within, with what we believe is possible.

In this fertile land, surrounded by teachers on this earth plane and the other side, I began my earliest studies of the esoteric teachings and connected with the universal and internal soul wisdom. With the help of my guides, I remembered what I had learned many lifetimes ago, and understood how to access and activate these universal laws, and thus re-discovered that my life would never be the same.

As I have taught in previous lifetimes in the ancient temples of Egypt along the Nile, and connected with again in the rich Louisiana cultural gumbo mix of music, blues, soul food and healing waters, I share here one of the universal laws regarding the power of change, which I speak about in my book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled.

…When We Activate Our Consciousness,
We Become Magical Beings and Can Harness Energy

When we activate our consciousness, it is released outward in a blast of energy. The all seeing eye of the universe senses this energy and looks directly at us! We have broken through a seal and where we once received a daily trickle of water into our system, we are now connected to a mystical endless sea. As we transform and become conscious creators, we become further connected to this ocean of energy and…

In that Moment of Awareness, Everything Changes.

To further explain … Universal energy flows continuously like a waterfall upon the earth plane. As our energy through thoughts, words and actions is released, we interact with this waterfall. Unless we are fully awake, the thoughts and energy we send out only interact for a brief moment with the waterfall, causing an action and reaction and then it dissipates as our attention turns elsewhere. The only way for the energy to expand is to hold on to this thought, continuing to direction our attention to the waterfall, which causes greater action and reaction to happen regarding this particular thought. In our un-awakened state, our lower self sends this energy from our emotional and mental bodies, which drains our energy throughout the day. Basically we send out a lower level desire or impulse and it is reflected back to us and we move from one thought to the next.

However, when we become “Conscious Creators”, we send thoughts from our Higher Selves. We send deliberate, focused energy to this universal waterfall. We are saying, “Now, I See You and You See Me”! “I AM interacting with you and wish to magnify this energy with you to create an outcome”.

As the All Seeing Eye or Universal Energy becomes aware that you are “aware”, its energy quickens and vibrates more excitedly with your energy field and things begin to happen at a faster pace. It has no problem keeping up with you, as quickly as you are willing to progress. At this point, you will just be beginning to see what changes are truly possible in such a magical universe. Indeed as we have said before, the possibilities are endless! However, it must be said, one is better served to first master these  teachings and understand both the concepts and the pitfalls before attempting to work with them. Otherwise consequences can result which are unwanted and the student may not be prepared to handle the resulting outcome. Think of Universal Energy as having the same effect as electricity. Electricity has great power. At first, in its raw unleashed form, it is exhilarating to see, as in a lightening storm. Should this storm approach closer to you and your home, you soon realize that it also has the power to cause great destruction. On the flip side, electricity when properly understood and harnessed can be used in whatever form you wish, including lighting and heating your home, along with many other wonderful forms of focused energy.

Each esoteric teaching contains a series of deeper mysteries to unravel. The path of the esoteric student is to cultivate patience while remaining open to change, and questioning all experiences until discernment is found. Rather than discouraging you from this path, my hope is that it stimulates your mind and stirs your soul, bringing forth long forgotten memories of who you used to be and who you are meant to be again… You have only to ask these questions to the universe, to begin your journey today.

Let me share a teaching regarding conscious creation and the power to change I refer to as, “spinning plates”. Many students and some teachers believe that it takes an extraordinary amount of effort to access this energy. In the beginning, this is true for some people. However, one of the skills students develop over time is how to connect with this energy, creating the outcome (the change) they would like to achieve. Once this connection is established, you need only to check in every so often to make sure it is still vibrating as you desire, recharging it with energy on an occasional basis so that it continues to move. You can see this when you observe a performer twirl plates on sticks. He begins by twirling one plate and then is able to go to the next and the next, until many plates are spinning. He only needs to touch each one gently to keep the momentum going on them. When he tires of the performance and it has lost its appeal, he simply pulls his attention from the plates, and does not give them any further energy, allowing them to come to an ending.

Think about this concept. Where does your energy go and what do you pour your energy into on a daily basis? Are you satisfied with where your energy is going, what plates are spinning over your head right now? Recognize that with each thought, you are making changes, whether you desire to do so or not…

In my work, I meet with many people who tell me of their fear of change. When they tell me this, I know that they have lost their mojo. They are surprised when I remind them that with each thought, word, action and deed, we create a change within ourselves and with each person we interact with. I tell them, the only constant in life is change! Indeed, we are constantly in a flux and sea of change. The goal is to awaken to the fact that we have an active role in what changes come our way. We can awaken to be the Conscious Creators we were always meant to be and by doing so, co-create the changes we wish to see in our lives.

As my co-creation journey unfolds, I continue to tap into what I call my ‘sacred mojo’,
which is the soulful power of water, words and music, begining in my childhood in Louisiana.
As you consider connecting with your mojo to find the power of making changes in your life,
I leave you with this inspirational thought to ponder, from the song, ‘Cool Change’
by the synchronistically named ‘Little River Band’-

…Now that my life is so prearranged, I know that it’s time for a cool change.

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Midsummer (June 23) in New Orleans is celebrated in a festival also known as St. John’s Eve. During Midsummer, it is said that the Goddess manifests as Mother Earth and the God as the Sun King. In Celtic lore, it regarded as the best time to see fairies and in pagan times it was the feast of the Goddess Aine. In later days as Christianity took over the holidays from the pagans, they changed the festivals to feasts for Saints.

Currently in Catholic celebrations, June 23rd is known as St. John’s Eve, with St. John’s Day celebrated on the 24th, as the day of his birth, though it is not confirmed whether this is the actual day of his birth. It is interesting to note that the pagan story commemorated the balance and changing of rule between the Oak King and the Holly King and then in Christianity, it became representations of the birthday of St. John to represent Summer Solstice and the birthday for Christ as Winter Solstice.

This eve culminates the celebration of Summer Solstice. It begins at dusk on the 23rd and continues till sunrise on the 24th. This day is one of several days throughout the year where the veil is thin and communication with the spirit world is strong and easily accessed.

Though the heat of Summer is just beginning, this date actually begins the ‘metaphorical’ decline of the Sun as it embarks on its journey to the Underworld, which will culminate on December 21st, the darkest day of the year. (See my article – Celebrate the ancient lore and ritual of Summer Solstice).

Loaded with symbolism, St. John’s Eve was and is still celebrated throughout Europe, with bonfires, parties and celebrations. Perhaps there is no place on earth where St. John’s Eve is celebrated like it is in New Orleans. The French people brought Catholicism with them as they moved to Louisiana and in New Orleans it mixed in easily with traditional African magic, rituals and rites. This blending of the two cultures found common ground in lighting candles in prayer to ancestral sprits and asking saints to intervene when help was needed, as well as revering divine feminine figures in both religions.

Home to famous Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, St. John’s Eve has been celebrated in New Orleans for hundreds of years and Marie Laveau is undoubtedly the Queen of this celebration, having understood the esoteric rites to connect with spirit and the power of ritual to release the energy, moving all who participated. During these celebrations, bonfires are lit, drums beat and rituals, feasts and dancing are performed at Bayou St. John and other locations throughout the city.

This culmination of MidSummer celebration is a powerful time of transformation and purification through fire with bonfires and candles and by water, ritual baths and jumping into water are important rituals to remove stagnant and negative energy and create a new beginning.

While this ritual is dynamic, rejuvenating and renewing anywhere it is celebrated, it has been said that nowhere on earth is this magic stronger than in New Orleans, due to its unique location at the mouth of the Mississippi River, as the energy pours forth from the River into the Gulf — with New Orleans serving as the crescent bowl gathering and holding the energy. The ceremonies performed in connection with this powerful connection with water are similar to the ones performed in the times of ancient Egypt along the Nile.

Create a ritual of your own for this Eve. For a purification ritual that can be used during this time,
see my article: Celebrate the ancient lore and ritual of Summer Solstice.

If you have the opportunity to be in New Orleans on June 23rd, make plans to attend a traditional celebration. Dress in white, including a white head scarf and experience a purifying ritual head washing.

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As a psychic and empath, I’m particularly sensitive to people, places and things, all of which carry energy imprints and trails. For this reason, I rarely bring home an antique, carefuly consider where I sleep and am rarely found in a mall.

Antiques in particular carry the energy of the people who lived in the home. The longer the antique was held in a family home, the more energy it collects.  Some people are so attached to their material possessions and loved ones, that they don’t leave, even upon their death.  They choose instead to stay in the family home or attached to a piece of jewelry or even a favorite chair.

Paranormal investigators and psychics understand this connection and almost all of them have a story or two to share about a ghost who was attached to a particular home or item.  What has proved most difficult is to catch an image of a ghost on video, so that people without the sixth sense can see what we see.  The wait though may be over, as the footage here caught on tape, may very well be one of the strongest pieces of evidence found to date.

On June 14, 2010, the Habitat for Humanity in Franklin, North Carolina experienced a disturbance at their store, which caused their burglar alarm to go off in the middle of the night. Local police responded to investigate, but nothing was found disturbed at the location and the entrance that tripped the alarm was founded locked tight.  The next morning the office manager reviewed the security video tapes to see if she could find anyone entering or leaving the location.  What she found has surprised everyone, as it appears that the Habitat for Humanity cameras have captured the image of a ghost exiting the building, which tripped the alarm sensors.

View the video here to see for yourself along with the interview from ABC News 13:

http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wlos_vid_2437.shtml

What are your thoughts, is this a ghost captured on video?

Current speculation is that the ghost is attached to an item
that was donated for sale to the Habitat for Humanity.

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Over the years on the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Toltec Wisdom Teacher Don Miguel Ruiz about his work and his books including The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love and The Voice of Knowledge. Don Miguel’s New York Times best-seller, The Four Agreements, continues to inspire millions with its powerful wisdom and empowering concepts.

I’m so pleased to have this opportunity to chat with Don Miguel Ruiz again, this time for a special Father’s Day interview here in my column as the National Metaphysical Spirituality Writer for the Examiner. In this exclusive interview, I speak with Don Miguel about his new book – ‘The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery’, which was co-written by Don Miguel and his son, Don Jose, who is following in his father’s footsteps as a Toltec Wisdom Keeper and Teacher.

Kala: Don Miguel, it’s wonderful to speak with you again, thanks so much for taking the time to come chat with me. Don Jose, I’m so happy we have you here to speak with you about the work and tradition that you are carrying forward into the next generation. Welcome!

Don Miguel: It is really my pleasure.

Don Jose: Thank you very much for having us.

Kala: Don Miguel, ‘The Four Agreements’ book has transformed many lives. In your new book, ‘The Fifth Agreement’, you mention that when writing the previous book, you felt that people were not ready at that time to take on the Fifth Agreement. What has changed in people and in the world, that made you feel that they are now ready for the Fifth Agreement?

Don Miguel: At the end of the last century, my apprentices found it difficult to understand the concept that we live in the reality that we create — that we use the word in order to create the story that we live in. That story is made by everything we know, and that knowledge makes us feel safe, even if what we know is not true. The Fifth Agreement is “Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.” We don’t need to invest all of our faith in every concept, in every symbol, in every opinion that forms the totality of our knowledge. Faith means to believe in something 100% without a doubt, and to doubt our own knowledge can seem like the most frightening thing that can happen to us. But now, ten years later, people are ready to hear this message because society has changed. With all the information being shared via computers, via the internet, it’s easier for people to accept that the opinions that come from everywhere are not necessarily the truth. It’s easier to be skeptical because it’s easier to understand that every human lives in their own world. The dream of life is really an illusion, and everybody lives in the reality he or she creates — a virtual reality that is only true for the one who creates it.

Kala: Don Jose, as a child growing up with the Four Agreements, did you follow these teachings or did you rebel against them, like many children do from their parent’s teachings? What inspired you to embrace the teachings, to the point that you are teaching them today with your father?

Don Jose: Of course I rebelled, and in that rebellion I thought I knew everything. As a kid, I succumbed to peer pressure; I created an image of myself that was not true. But that belief system ended with the death of a close friend. It was then that I reached out for help from my father. It wasn’t the teachings of The Four Agreements exactly, it was just my father’s teachings in general. And because of this, I am grateful to continue my family’s legacy. In this way, I say “thank you” to my family and teachers before me.

Kala: Don Miguel, in The Fifth Agreement, you mention that your son has succeeded in teaching some of the agreements to students that you were unable to reach before. You state that it may have to do with his ‘complete faith in sharing the message’. Can you explain for our readers what you mean by this?

Don Miguel: In February of 2002, I had a massive heart attack, and in my belief that I was close to dying, I took the opportunity to teach my son about death. That lesson increased his faith in such a way that he completely accepted all the changes that life brings us. He learned that only the present exists. From that moment on, Jose began living in the present time, knowing that the future is just a possibility, and without believing all the opinions from the past. He understood that the time for superstition and fanaticism was over, that there are no gurus, guides, or masters that can save us. Each one of us is our own guru, and we can only save ourselves.

Kala: The Fifth Agreement is: ‘Be Skeptical, But Learn to Listen’. Can you both describe the essence of this teaching?

Don Miguel: Be skeptical, but not as a social position, not claiming to be so intelligent that you cannot believe what other people say. It’s not about being right and making everybody else wrong. No, you are skeptical because you know without a doubt that everybody lives in their own story, and in their story they have their own truth. But it’s only truth in their mind, just as your truth is only truth in your mind, and nobody else’s.

The essence of this teaching is “Don’t believe me, don’t believe yourself, and don’t believe anybody else.” Don’t believe me, because what I say is only truth for me. Don’t believe yourself, because most of the time what you tell yourself is only truth for you — especially when you tell yourself that you’re not good enough, you’re not intelligent enough, you’re not beautiful enough — when you reject yourself before anybody else can reject you. And don’t believe anybody else, because what they say is only truth for them. But learn to listen. That is the key. When you practice the fifth agreement, when you listen, you understand where people are coming from, and you respect their story, even if you don’t believe it.

Don Jose: Someone told me that “being skeptical” sounds very negative, and I responded, “It’s only negative if you think negative. But think how positive it can be if you think positively.” With the Fifth Agreement, you also learn to listen to yourself. You create an awareness that lets you know when you are not being impeccable with your word. When you are skeptical, you will not believe your own self-judgments — your own story. Instead, you learn to listen to your heart, to common sense.

For me, the essence of this teaching is all about the message we’re delivering in this world. If you ask yourself “What kind of messenger am I?” you will know what message you are giving — not only to yourself, but to your beloved, to your family, and to your friends. And with this awareness, you can change your world and become a better messenger to yourself and to everyone in your life. In this stage of the Toltec teachings, you resurrect faith in your authentic self, and live in gratitude just to be alive in this world.

Kala: At the end of the book, you ask the reader to ‘Help Me Change the World’. Each day, I receive emails from people who feel so lost at this time and powerless. They talk about the overwhelming feeling of being helpless and out of control with situations like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the downward economic situation, ongoing wars, the crumbling housing market and the recession. Many people feel that they are fighting an uphill battle just to survive right now in the world and have no idea how to help change the world. What do you believe that people can do to help change the world?

Don Miguel: We ask everybody to help us to change the world, but we are not talking about our planet Earth; we are talking about the world that each one of us creates within our mind. We are talking about the story that we create. The only way to change the world is to change the main character of our story — the one we believe that we are. If we change the main character, if we respect ourselves, then just like magic, all the secondary characters will change. We can only give what we have, and if we don’t respect ourselves, how can we respect others? When we respect ourselves, our lives change because the conflict in our mind ends. Then the relationship with our beloved also changes, and there will be peace in our family, in our friendships, in our community, and so on. Just imagine what kind of planet this would be if everybody respected themselves and everybody else?

Don Jose: The best thing that we can do is to change the world in our heads, the world we live in everyday. We cannot confront everything that humans create — all of the dreams, the wars, the greed, the false power and personal importance, the injustice that happens in life. What we can do is not let these things affect us. The best thing we can do is to not become a victim, and to not harbor hatred against someone else. If our country is at war with another country, the best thing we can do is to make peace with ourselves and to live our lives in peace. In this way, we learn to listen to our own heart and enjoy every moment of our lives.

Kala: Don Miguel, one of your students, Cari Cole, was inspired to write her album, ‘Circle of Fire’ after studying the teachings with you. The song ‘Beautiful Life’ from her album, won her a grammy nomination and she has graciously allowed us to use this song as the intro for The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. We are all artists in our own way, creating our lives. How can each person touch into their creativity and best express it?

Don Miguel: Yes, we are creators, just like the one who created us. And we are always expressing our creativity, with or without awareness. The word “Toltec” means artist, and every human is an artist. Our main art is the mastery of the language that we speak and write. As I said before, we use the word in order to create everything we know, everything we believe about ourselves, and everything we perceive. And with knowledge, our creation can go in any direction — from the worst kind of drama, to the most beautiful dream. Then the best way to express our creativity is with love and awareness of what we really are.

Kala: Don Miguel, several years ago when you and I were speaking during an interview, you invited me to join you for an event you were holding at the Pyramids of Teotihuacan during the Spring Equinox. It was my great regret that due to my travel schedule at that time, I was unable to join you. What events are you and Don Jose offering this year in the U.S. and Mexico?

Don Miguel: Because of my heart condition, it’s difficult for me to travel, so my son, Miguel, Jr., has created The Academy of Awareness, which offers our teachings online. He developed this academy for my family and I to teach and share what we know with people all over the world. It’s a way by which I can continue to create and express my art and reach places in the world that I can’t travel to. This year, from August 6 to 10, we will be in Teotihuacan, Mexico for a very special retreat where everybody will have the opportunity to spend time with me and my son, don Jose.

Kala: Don Jose, as your father mentioned,  on the website http://www.miguelruiz.com/ there is the ‘Academy of Awareness’. What does one learn at the academy?

Don Jose: One of the beautiful things about the academy is that you get to learn all kinds of teachings from my father via the internet. The Academy of Awareness is a school without walls. You are your own guide, while at the same time listening to the guidance of other teachers. You can watch videos, do exercises, and of course, listen to don Miguel’s beautiful teachings.

Kala: Is there a Sixth Agreement? Or will we go on to create new agreements for ourselves?

Don Miguel: No, the Fifth Agreement is the end of the self-training that begins with the Four Agreements. The Four Agreements are the initiation of a life based on common sense; they are an initiation of a rebellion against lies. During the rebellion, life becomes easier and easier, depending on your commitment to practice these agreements. The Fifth Agreement is the end of the rebellion and the beginning of inner peace. As I said before, inner peace comes as a result of self-respect and respect for everything in creation.

Don Jose: Every time somebody asks me this question, I say “No, there’s not a sixth agreement,” but at the same time, yes, the sixth agreement could be the one you make with yourself to live impeccably, with integrity. What most people are perceiving is not integrity, but their own assumptions. It is so beautiful when we realize that we are the creators of the world we experience, that we are the spirit of every word we speak.

Kala: Don Jose, what have you most learned from your father? and Don Miguel, what have you most learned from your son? What advice can you offer to fathers and sons who are looking to connect and be closer with each other?

Don Jose: The thing I have most learned from my father is to live in gratitude and to always live in the moment. My father lives with 15% of his heart capacity; he lives in pain all the time, but he doesn’t complain. You see his face and you would think there is no problem. He taught me that there is never an excuse to not fulfill your dreams because the only one who can stop you is you. One of the best gifts from my father is to not believe my own lies, my own stupidity, and to be grateful to all the masters I have learned from. So thank you, father, for giving me the gift of life. Happy Father’s Day!

Don Miguel: What I have most learned from my son is to respect him and to love him unconditionally. I believe that if parents respect their children and educate them with love and justice (and not just with words, but with their own behavior) the relationship with their children will be wonderful. Then parents will always be proud of their children, and children will always be proud of their parents. There will be peace in the family, and the home will be a sanctuary.

Kala: Father’s Day is this Sunday. With the concept of the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine energy, do you feel that the roles of the Divine Father and Divine Mother are shifting with the coming new age?

Don Miguel: From my point of view, humanity is one living being. Male-female — we complement each other in a sacred communion. But once again, respect is the key. Respect is what makes the sacred communion possible.

Don Jose: The divine masculine and feminine energies are just one being expressing what love is. Some people relate to the image of the father, and others relate to the image of the mother. But people forget that it is all one being working in unison. It is all life, it is all love, and it is all God.

Kala: Don Miguel and Don Jose, a pleasure to speak with you both. Wishing you both great joy and love.

Don Miguel: It was my pleasure. You have all my love, and please share it with everybody. God bless you.

Don Jose: The pleasure is all mine, and thank you for your time and for sharing this message.

About the authors:

Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers, and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated that Miguel would embrace their centuries-old legacy of healing and teaching, and carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Instead, distracted by modern life, Miguel chose to attend medical school and become a surgeon. A near-death experience changed his life. Stunned by this experience, he began an intensive practice of self-inquiry. He devoted himself to the mastery of the ancient ancestral wisdom, studying earnestly with his mother, and completing an apprenticeship with a powerful shaman in the Mexican desert.

In the tradition of the Toltec, a nagual guides an individual to personal freedom. Don Miguel is a nagual from the Eagle Knight lineage, and is dedicated to sharing his knowledge of the teachings of the ancient Toltec. He is the author of The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, The Four Agreements Companion Book, The Voice of Knowledge, Prayers, and The Fifth Agreement, published by Amber-Allen Publishing. www.amberallen.com

Don Jose Ruiz was born and raised in Mexico, and at the age of 21, he came to the United States to live and study with his father, don Miguel Ruiz (teacher and bestselling author of The Four Agreements). Don Jose lectures widely across the United States and at sacred sites around the world. For more information, please visit www.miguelruiz.com

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Summer Solstice is a three-day celebration of the apex of the Sun’s journey bringing light to the Earth. Though the heat of Summer is just beginning, this date actually begins the ‘metaphorical’ decline of the Sun as it embarks on its journey to the Underworld, which will culminate on December 21st,( the darkest day of the year).

This cycle also represents the stages of life that each person goes through in the physical, the spring of our youth, the summer peak of our adult years, the reaping of wisdom in our golden years of autumn and the return to spirit world in winter.

Ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Druids marked the passage of time in nature and the spirit world. They used the concepts of the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine principles found on the earth plane and the higher planes to teach about the circle of life. The story of the Oak King and the Holly King in the Druid lore or the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris are both examples of how the seasons and cycles change.

This celebration is also known as Midsummer, the longest day of the year and the first official day of Summer. On this day, it is said that the Goddess manifests as Mother Earth and the God as the Sun King. In Celtic lore, it regarded as the best time to see fairies.

How Summer Solstice Is Celebrated

Summer Solstice is a time to celebrate and revel in the light and lighter side of life. In ancient times, most marriages were held during the month of June and the tradition called the ‘Honey Moon’ is a pagan tradition. The word honeymoon, came from the drinking of mead (made of fermented honey), which was used in wedding ceremonies held during MidSummer.

Ancient Celts lit huge bonfires in clearings and on roads to give strength to the sun and keep evil spirits at bay. People wore amulets made with herbs to protect themselves, while others leaped through bonfires for purification, good health and love.

The evening before, during and after the Summer Solstice is the most important time of the year to pay attention to your dreams. It is reported that during this three day period, that what is dreamed of, will come to fruition. It is also the time that the ‘fae’ (faries) bestow good luck upon the people and is considered to be the best day of the year to see a fairy. This magic was best popularized in Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Legends state that in order to see a fairy on MidSummer’s eve, sit quietly outside with your eyes half open and gaze at a spot under a big tree. Fair warning: if you meet a fairy, don’t eat their food or you’ll have to remain with them for seven years, (which could be a lot of fun, but will seriously wreck any plans you have made).

A Wisdom Teaching Ritual for Summer Solstice:

In my work as a wisdom teacher, I share rituals that were used in the ancient temples, while bringing them into modern day practices. The Summer Solstice is a powerful time to visualize any negative thoughts and energy burning away to nothingness.  Here is a Purification/Cleansing ritual for the Summer Solstice:

The first step is to remove any negative thoughts you are holding on to. Write down your negative feelings on paper and then release them by burning them to ash in a safe container.

The second step is to remove negative energy from the home. In order to do this, bundle rosemary and white sage together with white thread and dip the tips into a bowl of spring water and sprinkle about the house to remove negativity and cleanse and purify.

The third step is to purify and cleanse your body and energy fields. Take a shower and while doing so, visualize the water washing your negative energy away and cleansing you. Here is the ritual to say while the water is on you in the shower. Begin by taking three deep breathes, breathing deeply to inhale and removing any stagnant energy when exhaling.

Then say aloud:

Mother Earth grounds me (earth)
This deep breath restores me (air)
The rays of Father Sun nourish me. (fire)
This pure water renews me. (water)
I am filled with Pure Light as I journey forward. (spirit)

Touch your forehead and say…
Let my mind open to the truth. (divine wisdom)

Touch your lips and say….
Let my lips speak the truth. (divine communication)

Touch your heart area and say:
Let my heart seek the ways of pure love, now and always. (divine love)

Touch each palm and say:
Let my hands be gifted to work in healing ways. (divine touch)

Touch the sole of each foot and say:
Let my feet ever walk upon the sacred path. (divine journey)

Exit the shower, wrap yourself up in a robe and find a comfortable place to sit. Light a candle and drink some spring water. When comfortable, begin a 15 minute meditation, asking for your guides to join you and share with you a message they have for you this night.

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Author Eve Baumohl Neuhaus studied and worked with Shri Mahant Swami Ganeshanand Saraswati Giri (known to students and friends as Ganesh Baba. Ganesh was initiated through the same Kriya Yoga lineage as Paramahansa Yogananda (see one of my all time favorite books – (Autobiography of a Yogi)

In Eve’s book, The Crazy Wisdom of Ganesh Baba: Psychedelic, Sadhana, Kriya Yoga, Kundalini and the Cosmic Energy in Man, she shares the core principles and teachings of Ganesh Baba including the conscious control of prana and breath, and how to expand the consciousness and connect with universal energy.

Ganesh Baba’s teachings are known as Crea Yoga and evolved from several practices including tantric practices from Kriya Yoga and his life experiences with the Naga Babas and their connection with Lord Shiva.

For Yoga aficionado’s, the book is a wonderful addition to your library, filled with pearls of wisdom and reminders of how daily practice of the body and the mind lead to living in spirit, beyond the illusion of time.

A personal favorite in the book for me is on page 89-90, which discusses the third level of Crea, which is defined as… ‘conscious action. This is the heart of practice: using your free will, your attention, consciously, to the greatest benefit of all’.

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More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and talk show host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, holistic and paranormal topics. Kala’s book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled delves into the mysteries of ancient Egyptian mystery schools and explains their wisdom teachings. Kala’s Guided Meditations CD’s include a sacred site trilogy including Spirit of Hawaii, Egyptian Mystery Temple and Tibetan Mountain Journey. Kala lectures on Wisdom Teachings, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine).

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‘If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves’. ~C.G. Jung, Integration of the Personality, 1939

As spiritual beings experiencing a human lifetime, we strive to understand the human condition as the soul explores boundaries, challenges and pleasures of being in the human form and living on the earth plane. As conscious creators, we strive in each moment, thought, action and deed to express our passions, loves and desires. There are as I say on the Explore Your Spirit show, ‘many paths, one destination’ and we have the free will to choose how we live in each lifetime, with the exception of a little destiny and karma thrown into the mix along the way.

For many people, an important part of this expression is the choice to have children. Perhaps there is no quicker way to learn who you are and test the boundaries of your patience, competence, wisdom, compassion and unconditional love, than through raising a child. The act of parenthood is a sacred undertaking and when done with love and care, the parent and child enter into a relationship which endures the test of time, providing tremendous benefit to them both along the way. I have often said that my son has been my greatest teacher, for out of the mouth of babes comes the wisdom of the ages. The goal I have always believed, is not to raise the child in a manner of how we think they should be, but rather in the manner of allowing them the safety and encouragement to explore and discover over time, who they are at the soul level. This in turn, allows them to express fully who they are meant to be in this lifetime, providing encouragement as a parent, rather than directives.

In her book, Soul to Soul Parenting, author Annie Burnside provides a guide to raising a family in a spiritually conscious fashion. A mother of three, Annie encourages parents to become ‘…active participants in their children’s awakening as conscious global citizens’. The book advises parents that a multitude of positive messages can be communicated to children helping them discover and reinforce life-afirming attributes within themselves.

In this forthcoming age of Aquarius, humanity is evolving at a rapid pace and the new souls coming through each day require new techniques and guidance in creating their future. In Soul to Soul Parenting, Burnside shares 22 methods for integrating spirituality into daily family life, encompassing a range of techniques including music, spirit mobiles, connecting with nature and specific tools and applications available to parents.

I recommend the book for parents with children of all ages including teens, as it’s packed full of wonderful ideas to bring families closer together to explore their highest potential.

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