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The Energy Dance of Your Aura

Since childhood, author and wisdom teacher Kala Ambrose has seen the aura around people, animals and nature. As a wisdom teacher, Kala shares her lifetimes of experience and training with her students and in workshops around the country. She teaches others how to see auras and more importantly, how to interact with the layers of the auric fields to clear the energy in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fields of the aura in order to reach their highest and full potential.

Want to know more about your aura and energy bodies? Working with the auric field can potentially release blockages which otherwise may have led to disturbances in the physical body as well as in the mental and emotional fields. This inner transformation marks a historic evolution in our meta-physical bodies, as we are becoming powerful light energy beings who are able to connect with the forces of the earth and with the powers from the higher planes.

Kala’s book, The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body, is being described as the future of energy medicine. In an interview today on Blog Talk Radio, Kala Ambrose, a powerful priestess, wisdom teacher, intuitive and oracle,  shares what she sees in the aura, how it is rapidly evolving and how you can connect with your aura and energy body to expand your awareness and capabilities on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.

Listen to the interview on Blog Talk Radio as Kala shares how the aura is evolving and what’s to come in the future.

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“Today, I see how strong the energy of the wise woman and divine feminine ran in me and I’ve connected with my past lives and understand the parts I’ve played in previous lives and how they have culminated into who I am today.” – Kala Ambrose

Are you feeling the Clarion Call of the Wise Woman? Does your heart race and your senses tingle when you see something that reminds you of the old ways, whether they be Celtic, Egyptian, Greek or others? If so, the Divine Feminine is calling your name.

The time has come for women to explore a journey of self-enlightenment, releasing the goddess energy within, rekindling lost dreams and awakening the ancient spirits and legends of the ones who came before us.

This year I’ll be offering a new course, an inter-active guide of how to connect with the ancient energy from the wisdom of the elders.

It’s time to rediscover the High Priestess living within you. Explore your goddess roots and history on a soul stirring spiritual journey and discover the magic that lives within you.

The Spirit of the Divine Feminine has a wish for you, for a wonder filled life, full of magic and power.  Come dance in the moonlight with your divine sisters and discover who you were born to be!

If you are interested, let me know, facebook me, twitter me or post a comment below here on the blog and let me know if you hear the call. When the course is ready, I’ll send you a message to join me on the path…

In love and service to the Divine,

*~Kala~*

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This week on Explore Your Spirit with Kala Radio, I speak with Donna Read about her film, The Burning Times. My interview with Donna can be heard here on Explore Your Spirit.

You can watch The Burning Times documentary here as presented by the National Film Board of Canada. This documentary takes an in-depth look at the witch hunts that swept Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film questions whether the widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.

This documentary is part two of a series of three films on women and spirituality, which include Goddess Remembered and Full Circle.

You can also watch the documentary on You Tube. Here is Part One and you can follow in order from part one via You Tube.

More About Donna Read:
Donna Read is a producer, director and film editor. She was a member of the National Film Board of Canada’s renowned women’s studio, Studio D, for many years where she directed the Goddess trilogy and many other films before forming Belili productions. More information – http://www.belili.org/donnabio.html

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Welcome to Kala’s Quick Five, where I chat with fascinating authors, artists, teachers and researchers and ask them five questions about their work. My guest today is Heather Mendel, born in South Africa, she now resides in the US, where she teaches classes in Kabbalah with a feminine approach to Judaism. Her book is: Dancing in the Footsteps of Eve: Retrieving the healing gift of the Sacred Feminine for the human family through myth and mysticism.

Kala: Heather, you write about the mystical Four Worlds of Kabbalah— Intuition, Thought, Emotion and Action, accessed by the archetypal Mystic, Student, Dreamer and Humanitarian within. Can you give us a brief explanation about the four words and the archetypes?

Heather: There are many ways we engage and experience reality. We think, we feel and we act— for too many raised in western traditions, we have diminished the riches of the intuitive realm. Mysticism not only reinstates the validity of the intuitive but also acknowledges the interrelationship of intuition, thought, feeling and action as of equal importance. On the stages of our inner worlds, archetypal characters play their parts as we live out our lives. I imagine the interplay of four of them in our inner worlds. The Mystic seeks and integrates images and feelings from the intuitive realm— processing and connecting dreams, hunches, and gut-feelings. She invites us to note the synchronicities and ‘co-incidences’ that, if we attend to them, fill our days. Co-incidence we are told, is God’s way of remaining anonymous:-)

The Student dwells in the realm of language and logic and thrives through learning about the physical world, past and future, that we access through the five senses. The nostalgic and romantic Dreamer remembers times past and longs for a better future. She projects her visualizations of how the world could be. The Humanitarian understands that what we do is more important than what we think or believe. As a sacred activist she knows that alone, she cannot correct all that is wrong in the world. With the input from the Mystic, the Student and the Dreamer, she wisely chooses the areas about which she feels passionate about and tries to make a difference in those spheres by appreciating diversity, celebrating commonalities and practicing an inclusive, non-judgmental love for life that causes harm to none.

Kala: I’ve studied comparative religions my entire life, beginning in my childhood. I’ve always felt/known/believed that the story of Eve is wrong. Many of the Jewish teachings are parables, to teach and explain and not meant to be taken as completely literal. Over the centuries, the story of Eve appears to have been used to cast a shadow over the Divine Feminine, as Patriarchal rule began to arise. That’s my thoughts on the matter. Please share with our readers what your research and writings have uncovered….

Heather: A Buddhist teaching reminds us that the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon— the stories we tell, sacred and secular are all parables that invite us to delve below the surface as we seek the full meaning of the metaphors used. The story of the Garden of Eden is an ancient answer to the perennial questions of who are we and why we are here. Written thousands of years after the patriarchy was established in the Ancient Near East, the literal version of the story that we all know so well describes ‘Eve’ as the disobedient temptress and describes an earlier stage of human development that was hierarchical. God was envisaged as the authoritarian parent who needed obedience above all else. As we evolve out of our spiritual childhood as a human species, we are ready for a new story. Judaism teaches that biblical text was never meant to be read only on a literal level and offers at least four deepening levels of understanding for these ancient tales.

We are co-creators with Divinity. Delving beneath the surface of the literal story of the Garden of Eden, the metaphoric Eve, resident within each of us, emerges as humanity’s hero— the intuitive aspect of all human beings that leads our story forward. At the start, the human journey begins because of Eve’s blessed curiosity and courage. With Eve recognized and reinstated in the present, our human connection to the Sacred Feminine is reaffirmed. We honor our God-given gifts of courage and intuitive curiosity that God intends us to use— when we are ready for all that life in the physical world brings including the pain, suffering and separation as well as the joys, delights and successes that are part of every human experience. As we dance in Eve’s footsteps we reawaken the Divine Feminine whom we welcome back into our midst.

Kala: What about Lilith? Did you look deeper into the story and parables about her life?

Heather: Lilith was not a biblical character but appears in the Talmud— ancient Jewish wisdom literature that interprets biblical text. In the story of feminine energy that predates the patriarchy, she represents ‘the wild woman within.’ The legend of Lilith describes the first ‘wife of Adam’ —women’s potential prior to the patriarchy. She is the archetypal shadow of Eve, feared by men who believe that subjugation of the feminine is necessary for male empowerment. Lilith refused to be dominated and flies away. Adam asks for Divine help to bring her back, to no avail.

As women and men, we all have the power to reinvest Lilith energy into our lives and honor our independence, our intuitive wisdom and our willingness to step forward into life and its challenges with courage and fortitude.

Kala: What do you believe that the Divine Feminine presence is bringing to humanity at this time?

Heather: The feminine face of God offers balance, harmony and healing. Represented by the human capacity for true intimacy and respectful relationship with one another and the natural world, She knows that the unseen aspects of lives need to be honored. Through storytelling and deep listening she offers a pathway to sharing our and intuitive wisdom. She reminds us to laugh and not take ourselves so seriously, to still the busyness of our clock-and-calendar-driven world of past and future (Chronos) and take time to live in the present moment that is Kairos. All of these possibilities bring balance and healing to a fractured existence.

Kala: Many patriarchal religions have eliminated the Goddess/Divine Feminine from their belief systems. Do you feel that there will be a return to understanding and embracing the Goddess?

Heather: During the thousands of years of the patriarchy, She may have been dethroned, demoted and diminished but never destroyed. She is rising from the depths and we feel the transformation in consciousness that is underway. We see it in the breakdown of patriarchal institutions, the breakthrough of the blindness that separated us from nature and the natural setting which the Garden of Eden symbolizes. She is helping us to break away from hierarchical discrimination based on the outdated paradigm. As we move away from the exclusionary rituals of organized religious traditions that separate us, we reclaim the spiritual underpinnings of all faiths in which our commonality lies. In so doing, we are able to reinvest religion with spiritual sanctity. The Divine Feminine will not overpower the Divine Masculine as both are needed for the maximizing the full potential of the human journey of spiritual beings. As She takes back her power, She brings alignment, balance, healing and harmony as our consciousness continues to evolve. In Judaism there is a perfect name and image for God that fits this new evolution in consciousness— neither female nor male, God is intuited as “I shall be that I shall be” – Divinity that is constantly present and continually changing as we evolve and grow into knowing the right questions to ask.

Kala: Heather, thank you for joining me here on Kala’s Quick Five. More about Heather and her book can be found at her website: www.dancinginthefootstepsofeve.com

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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 Ambrose is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. She lectures on the Ancient Wisdom Teachings of Egypt and the Mystery Schools, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom. More information about Kala at: www.ExploreYourSpirit.com and readings and consultations with available at: http://www.exploreyourspirit.com/psychic.html

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They’re back! For many years, I’ve made “Inspiration Bags”, dedicated to Love, Prosperity, Dreams, Passion and Joyful Living! These magical bags are part of my divine heritage and ancestral roots growing up in Louisiana, surrounded by wise women who made gris gris bags filled with powerful magical affirmations. Inspiration Bags are my way of carrying this tradition forward using the magic of the Divine Feminine to spread love and light in each one.

Inspiration Bags by Kala are filled with the blessings and magic of the universe. Inside each bag is a diverse mixture of herbs, crystals, seashells, oils, feathers, plants and nutshells carefully blended to create the energy desired. Each bag has been energized and sealed to stimulate the universal energy created. Place your bag in an area where you can see it at least once a day to attract good energy into your life.

The Divine Feminine has spoken and I’ve answered the call and will be traveling  this Fall, delivering a variety of Inspiration Bags in many cities. My journey begins with the Southern Women’s Show, in Charlotte, NC where I’ll be partnering with Serene Bath & Body. In our booth, I’ll share my magically inspired Inspiration Bags with women who desire to be empowered, inspired and revitalized with the spirit and essence of the Goddess within!

Come visit me at our booth! There with Serene, we’ll be the best smelling and tantalizing booth in the place. Serene Bath & Body offers an all natural metaphysically inspired bath product line to nourish the body, inspire the mind, and soothe the soul. They use all natural essential oils and add charged crystals and gemstones into all of the products.

My first Southern Women’s Show is scheduled for September 16-19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over 30,000 women attend this show and enjoy makeovers, wine tastings, and shopping.
I hope to see you there! The rest of my fall schedule will be posted soon and if you can’t make it to one of the cities that I’ll be in, information on the Explore Your Spirit website will be posted soon as to how you can special order your very own Inspiration Bag.

Much love and joy,

*~Kala~*

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Welcome to Kala’s Quick Five, where I chat with fascinating authors, artists, teachers and researchers and ask them five questions about their work. Our guest today is Dr. Gabriel Constans, author of the novel, Buddha’s Wife. Gabriel Constans has served the community since 1974 as a grief counselor, chaplain, social worker and massage therapist and is certified in Thought Field Therapy (TFT). He is the co-parent to five children in The States and an extended family at ROP Center for Street Children in Rwanda.

Kala: Gabriel, thousands of books, texts and stories have followed Siddhartha’s path to becoming The Buddha (and his teachings), but little has been written about his wife Yasodhara, how she reacted to his leaving her and their newborn child in the middle of the night, and her desire to find compassion and enlightenment for herself and others. What prompted you to write this book?

Gabriel: Until it was pointed out to me a number of years ago by a friend, I had forgotten that The Buddha had even been married (when he was known as Siddhartha). Even though I’d been a Buddhist for 40 years, none of my teachers had spoken about it, let alone told me about his leaving his wife and only child just days after he was born. I wanted to give Yasodhara (pronounced Ya show da rah) a voice, as well as all the other nuns and women followers.

Kala: How does the novel discuss the portrayal of women in literature and religious life, in the past and in the present?

Gabriel: Buddha’s Wife is told from Yasodhara’s perspective, as she is dying. She speaks about her life as a young girl, when married to Siddhartha, her grief and despair when he left, her life later as a nun and when she is older and leaves the order. A number of facts about Buddha’s reluctance to allow women to become nuns and his belief that “women would be the downfall of the order”are all spoken of in the story as they happened. Many of the issues women faced at that time and place (India around 550 BC) are still being perpetuated in present day, in a number of religious contexts (not just Buddhist).

Kala: Were this story to take place today, do you think Siddhartha would handle things differently?

Gabriel: Perhaps, but there have been many well known men who have been involved in large religious or social movements in the last century who also had little time for their own families or much connection with their children. We (Sacred World Productions and I) are presently in pre-production to make a film based on the book, yet set in a contemporary setting. It will be dealing with this question most intimately.

Kala: What does the novel teach about compassion, inspiration and forgiveness?

Gabriel: Even though the grief and loss experienced by Yasodhara, her son and family (when Siddhartha leaves them in the middle of the night) was great, she eventually finds a way to both acknowledge the pain and reality that it caused, while also finding forgiveness and compassion, not only for Siddhartha, but for people in general, even the woman she believes became involved with her husband later on. She doesn’t forget, but uses her life experience to work on herself and find ways to let go of her anger and resentment.

Kala: In the story, Yasodhara shares her belief that Siddhartha was scared of intimacy, emotion and love. Can you explain the thoughts around this idea to our readers?

Gabriel: I believe some people (historically male) find it difficult to share emotional love and intimacy with another. It is too threatening and raw and reveals the truth of who they are, as opposed to how they perceive themselves or wish to be, that they avoid it altogether or never completely commit. Many men (especially well known) are comfortable being superficially involved with thousands of people (in some role or capacity), but shy away from one to one relationships. In Buddha’s Wife, Yasodhara gives examples of why she believes that may be the case with Siddhartha.

Kala: Thanks for your time Gabriel, appreciate your time on Kala’s Quick Five. For more information about Buddha’s Wife and Gabriel Constans work, visit http://www.gogabriel.com or http://www.buddhaswife.com

Gabriel: Thank you for the excellent questions and the opportunity to share a little about the novel Buddha’s Wife.

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More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, business 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. As a business intuitive she brings a wealth of knowledge to corporations, businesses and individuals providing insightful solutions with a competitive edge to achieve their business and personal goals.

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 Ambrose is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. 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). More information about Kala at: www.ExploreYourSpirit.com

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Welcome to Kala’s Quick Five, where I chat with fascinating authors, artists, teachers and researchers and ask them five questions about their work. My guest today is Dorothy Atalla, author of – Conversations with the Goddess: Encounter at Petra, Place of Power.

Kala: Dorothy, you experienced a personal communication with a divine feminine presence. How did these conversations begin?

Dorothy: On a cold January day in 1981 I took an afternoon break by listening to music for relaxation. While I lay on my living room carpet I floated on the waves of sound and lost sense of time. I suddenly saw with photographic clarity an image of a woman who radiated scintillating light. She was richly dressed and wore a diadem in the manner of east Indian royals persons. She turned her head and smiled in my direction. I had never had such an experience, and didn’t know who she might be. At the time I didn’t know this vision was going to be a preface to the conversations which would follow later on.

Kala: During these conversations, the topic of Petra in the country of Jordan was mentioned. Why is ancient Petra important to you?

Dorothy: The site of ancient Petra made a big impression on me. It has a wild and surreal beauty. Of all the sites I visited in Jordan, it’s the one where I felt that something remained from the presence of ancient peoples who had lived there. Also I met up with the Goddess there. I just didn’t realize it until seven years later.

Petra is important to all of us. It is presently the primary cosmic power point on earth which is initiating a new planetary cycle, a cycle of 26,000 years. As a power point Petra has ushered in a new reality. The prediction was this: in this new cycle the Divine Feminine will re-emerge and come into prominence, even in our time. Along with the re-emergence of the Divine Feminine a new birth of consciousness has been occurring, an evolutionary leap for humankind and the planet, in which humankind is shifting from an old way of thinking into a new way of thinking, from an old paradigm for living to a new paradigm for living.

Kala: You talk about being empowered through your conversations with the Goddess. How did the experience change you?

Dorothy: What was empowering about the conversations was this: I came to understand that the disempowering story which our culture has given us about our lives as females can, and will be, transcended. When our misperceptions about ourselves as females are cleared away, we can begin to see the powers which are uniquely ours.

One experience which was a shift for me was my perception of what it meant to live in a female body. I think it isn’t uncommon for us women to have a conflicted view of our bodies. I was born into a culture which didn’t see the human body as spiritual, especially the female body. Spirit was a different entity, separate from body, and more important than body. Woman’s body processes were considered to be only biological processes.

The information about women’s natural transformational mysteries which came up in conversation with the Presence changed that. Why ? Because for the first time in my life I learned that the female body has spiritual power. This information presented a different paradigm for how I thought about myself in relation to my body.

In fact, a substantial part of my book is devoted to dialogues about the natural transformational mysteries of woman’s body and psyche, about how they are inextricably intertwined. Especially important is the part of the dialogue which speaks of how our female bodies’ transformations are fundamentally inseparable from our spiritual development. This counteracted what I had learned at a very early age, i.e. that my body was separate from, and even inferior to my mind and spirit. This split in perception came from the cultural mythology in which I grew up.

Catholic theologian Rosemary Ruether said that there exists in our cultural mythology a fundamental dualism in which woman, body, instinct, and nature are equated with the earthly finite aspects of existence. The other half of this equation is man, mind, spirit, and culture. The pole of man/mind/spirit/culture has been perceived as the more important — and also the dominant — pole. Ruether calls this hierarchical dualism.

Kala: What do you believe that the feminine presence is bringing to humanity at this time?

Dorothy: She is bringing her love for all living things. She is bringing in her power, the power of the Divine Feminine, in a way that we have only now begun to explore. To humanity she offers the possibility of co-creation with her, to design an entirely new way of living together.

What she is bringing through my book, Conversations with the Goddess: Encounter at Petra, Place of Power, is a glimpse into ancient peoples’ reverence for the Goddess. She is also bringing a correction of distortions in perception which accumulated around her over many centuries. Her purpose is to clear away whatever stands between her and humanity right now, so that we will have a closer connection with her than we have had.

Kala: Many patriarchal religions have eliminated the Goddess from their belief systems. Do you feel that there will be a return to understanding and embracing the Goddess?

Dorothy: Since I first saw the Great Goddess in 1981 there has been a rising tide of interest in the Divine Feminine. Many books about the Goddess have come out since then. In addition, there is now much information on, and discussion about, the re-emergence of the Divine Feminine and the Goddess on the Internet. For example, there are three sites I know of which have attracted thousands of women. These sites offer programs for women to develop leadership and collaboration that is in alignment with their feminine power: Feminine Power,  Inspiring Women Summit and BraveHeart Women and there are probably other such virtual gatherings of which I haven’t yet heard.

Also, there is a greater sense of urgency in the air about the welfare of the planet, who is our mother. We have begun to recognize that we must create a new way of life that benefits all life on earth. Life becomes unsustainable unless we change our ways. I prefer to believe that we will return to understanding and embracing the Goddess, although outer signs seem to say otherwise. In crisis lies opportunity.

Kala: Dorothy, thank you for joining me here on Kala’s Quick Five. More about Dorothy and her book can be found at her website: www.conversationswiththegoddess.net

More about Kala Ambrose:Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, business 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. As a business intuitive she brings a wealth of knowledge to corporations, businesses and individuals providing insightful solutions with a competitive edge to achieve their business and personal goals.

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