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As Santa’s and Saturnalia’s little helper, I’m moving on to Day Three of the 12 Gifts of Enlightenment. Today’s magical, mystical and memorable gift for the metaphysician in your life is… Gift Number Three: Connecting Heaven and Earth with the Gift of Prayer

Behold the universal power of prayer, whether you refer to it as prayer, affirmation, manifestation, or direct contact, the results show that it works. What we think, what we focus on, what we speak aloud and shout to the heavens above, all is heard and reflected back down on the earth plane. Scientists are studying the energetic results of prayer, from how it affects healing, when groups of people pray for a person’s return to health, to global consciousness and focused thoughts and their effect on objects and circumstances.

On the Explore Your Spirit show, I interviewed Lynne McTaggart, author of The Intention Experiment and The Field. In Lynne’s investigative research, she worked with a group of frontier scientists who discovered an enormous field of quantum energy called the Zero Point Field. This discovery has spring boarded into research on how cells communicate and how spiritual healing, prayer and psychic abilities work. As Lynne pondered these findings, she asked the question… Can our thoughts heal the world? With this question, she began the world’s largest mind over matter experiments. Lynne’s work is inspiring scientists, scholars, healers and laypeople around the world and her work was mentioned in Dan Brown’s new best selling novel, The Lost Symbol, where Dan writes:“…human consciousness, as Noetic author Lynne McTaggart described it, was a substance outside the confines of the body. A highly ordered energy capable of changing the physical world. Katherine (Solomon) had been fascinated by McTaggart’s book ‘The Intention Experiment’, and her global, Web-based study – theintentionexperiment.com – aimed at discovering how human intention could affect the world”. – Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol (Random House, 2009).

Her latest global experiment (and there’s still time for you to participate) is her Water over Wine Experiment which begins in January 2010 or join in on her Intention of the Week experiment. Now is the time, to be part of the change you wish to see in the world.

In this season of thoughtfulness, selflessness and giving, let us turn our thoughts and prayers to our beautiful home. Author Karen Speerstra has created a lovely book entitled The Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet , (RedWheel/Weiser/Conari) which includes prayers, quotes, essays and poems from Oscar Wilde, St. Francis of Assisi, Rachel Carlson, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dean Koontz, Caitlin and John Matthews and many other inspirational people from around the world. An uplifting and thought provoking read, the book allows us to turn to any page to receive a daily dose of inspiration and guidance and is dedicated to inspire humanity to reverse the man-made environmental destruction of earth.

The Green Devotional connects with the natural elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water and expands outwardly into the energy of Time, Space and Essence. Karen Speerstra weaves a powerful primer, calling forth voices from around the world, past and present, to inspire and remind humanity about the power of prayer and what miracles can occur when readers combine the energy of prayer with positive action. For the metaphysically inspired person on your list, this is an endearing gift which can be enjoyed cover to cover, as well as flipped open to a random page to receive a daily message.

Tune in tomorrow gentle readers, as we explore Enlightenment Gift Number Four. If you’ve missed Gift’s One or Two, click on the links to visit the articles and click on the subscribe button on the top section of this page, where you’ll be notified via email each time a new article by yours truly appears.

In peace, love, laughter and joy,
*~Kala~*

More about Kala Ambrose:
Kala 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 lectures on Esoteric Teachings,  Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine). Kala’s Guided Meditations CD’s include Spirit of Hawaii and Egyptian Mystery Temple and Tibetan Mountain Journey.  More info: www.ExploreYourSpirit.com

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The Medicine Within YOU—Personal and Planetary Healing is the theme for this year’s annual New Year’s Conference held at the international headquarters of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Va. This conference invites participants to rediscover the path of beauty that was once known to all our ancestors. Speakers include Ken “Bear Hawk” Cohen, author of Honoring the Medicine, who shares Native American sacred Earth teachings,  Mark Thurston, PhD, Judith Stevens, Henry Reed, PhD, and Peter Woodbury—all will explore personal and global transformation, living in harmony with the natural world and healing bodies, souls, and the planet.

Kenneth “Bear Hawk” Cohen, a health educator and practitioner of indigenous medicine, has trained with Native American and other indigenous elders for more than thirty years. His work is strongly endorsed by his adoptive Cree Indian family and elders from several nations. He was an apprentice to Rolling Thunder, Keetoowah, and other noted North American Indian medicine people and is a member of several medicine societies. In 2003, Ken won the leading international award in energy medicine, the Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement.

Mark Thurston, PHD, is an educator, psychologist, and author of nineteen books about personal spirituality. He worked with the A.R.E. and Atlantic University from 1973 through 2008, and is a cofounder and course leader for the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute. Mark is now senior fellow at George Mason University’s Center for Consciousness and Transformation, in suburban Washington, D.C., where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on consciousness, meaning, and conflict transformation.

Judith Stevens, a former A.R.E. staff member who served as manager of the worldwide Search for God Study Group Program and originated A.R.E.’s Prison Outreach Program, has studied the Cayce readings for more than forty years and is the author of the forthcoming book Edgar Cayce’s Tools for Abundance. She will lead the New Year’s Eve meditation. Henry Reed, PhD, Director of the Edgar Cayce Institute of Intuitive Studies, is a visionary psychologist who has, for more than forty years, used his dreams and visions to create extraordinary experiences for others. Peter Woodbury, MSW, a Harvard University graduate and psychotherapist who focuses on the use of spirituality and faith as tools for transformation, is a popular A.R.E. tour leader and speaker on the Edgar Cayce perspective.

Ellen Cayce, who served on A.R.E.’s staff for fifteen years, will lead a special morning World Peace Meditation that has been celebrated every New Year’s Eve at A.R.E. for more than twenty years. Patrick Belisle, director of A.R.E.’s Office of Development and a longtime student and teacher of the Cayce material, will help you find your own path through joyful service to others.

Celebrate 2010 with an exciting New Year’s celebration featuring music, dancing, fellowship, food, and fun, followed by a peaceful midnight meditation to usher in the New Year. Special thanks to The Heritage Store for underwriting our New Year’s celebration.

Open to all, The Medicine Within YOU—Personal and Planetary Healing is scheduled for December 28-31, at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E., 215 67th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. Admission is $255, with special pricing for a single day or single presentations. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this conference are approved by IACET and provided by Atlantic University. The conference is approved for up to 15.58 contact hours or 1.56 academic CEUs. For more information or to register, contact the A.R.E. conference registrars at 757-428-3588, ext. 7401, or go to EdgarCayce.org/conferences.

Held concurrently with the adult conference, there is also a youth track for this event. Teens, ages 13 to 17, are invited to attend Where Are YOU in the World? at the special tuition rate of $250 which also includes food and lodging. A residential program entitled The Cayce Principles: Inside and Out is open to young adults between the ages 18 and 25. Tuition of $250 includes food and lodging for four nights. Finally, a special $45 children’s one-day program, Making My Mark in the World, is open to kids ages 5 to 12.

More about the A.R.E…
Edgar Cayce founded the non-profit Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) in 1931, to explore spirituality, holistic health, intuition, dream interpretation, psychic development, reincarnation, and ancient mysteries—all subjects that frequently came up in the more than 14,000 documented psychic readings given by Cayce, who died in 1945. The mission of A.R.E. is simply to help people around the world change their lives for the better through the ideas and information found in the readings. The Virginia Beach headquarters is a popular site for locals and tourists with free daily lectures, a Health Center and Spa, the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massotherapy, an extensive metaphysical library, a meditation garden, a stone labyrinth, and a bookstore and gift shop. Visitors from around the world come to our conferences to hear expert speakers on subjects like ancient mysteries, holistic health, and spiritual development. A.R.E. also maintains an affiliation with Atlantic University. Through its many programs, services, publications, and membership outreach, Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. provides individuals from all walks of life and a variety of religious backgrounds with tools for personal transformation and healing at all levels—body, mind, and spirit. For more information about Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E., please visit EdgarCayce.org.

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It appears that soon seven billion people will be on planet earth. Isn’t that amazing! One aspect all of these people have in common regardless of nationality, religion, geographical location or gender, is relationship. Almost everyone has relationships with other people and everyone has a relationship with life, the earth and themselves. There must be something more to this than just keeping ourselves company as we spend our time here.

I have spent the better part of the last twenty years exploring our potential as human beings. As a shaman I have investigated the mysteries of intention, perception, being, the Divine and healing, all with the intention of becoming more empowered on the physical plane so that I may fulfill the potential of my higher self. With all of the exploring I have done I have found no area in life that brings me more power and purpose than relationship. This realization about personal growth has come to me through experience, and it always fills me with a great amount of hope and gratitude.

One reason relationships are so powerful is they prompt us to go outside of ourselves to learn more about our true nature. When we reach out to another human being, to discuss consciously what is going on with us, we release the energy of our current challenge. This allows us to see our challenge in a new light with the help of another. We realize that this challenge is in our lives so we can grow from it and become empowered. Then we are available to assist others with similar challenges. I have found that releasing the energy surrounding a situation, by speaking to another human being about it, is essential for being able to change our perception. Once we change our perception anything is possible. The only requirement to be available for this shift is to let go completely of the need to be right.

Another way relationships provide so much growth is through the power of mirrors. Every person in our lives is a mirror in which we can see ourselves. The way this works is that people mirror back to you everything that is within you. This includes your divinity and your character defects. The way we identify if someone is mirroring to us, instead of just being who they are, or who they think they are in this world, is if the behavior in question has an emotional charge. When we set our intention to pay attention to how we feel in our relationships, and read the mirrors without blaming anyone, including ourselves, a phenomenal amount of power comes to us. We are able to identify the small things about ourselves so we can move into the strength and purpose of our higher selves.

Most of the different spiritual traditions detail how the One Spirit many refer to as God fashioned its creation out of love so that it might get to know its Self through its creation. Whether we are conscious of it or not we all have a relationship with the Creator and its creation. Every creator has a relationship with its creation. You have a relationship with the creation of your life, which includes all of your relationships. The stories and myths about the beginning of creation tell us that the power of relationship tracks all the way back to the beginning. If you reach out to other people to overcome a challenge in your life and you remember that you are using the same power and intention for creation in the first place, that challenge will become a means for you to know your Self. Soon your entire life will change as well as your challenges. Your life will be a manifestation of beauty and the meaning, purpose and power you have always wanted it to be.

John English will be on The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show this Fall. Check back for the official show date coming soon.

More about John English…

John English is a shamanic healer and award-winning author whose newest book is entitled The Little Book on Relationship.  He conducts private sessions and workshops about destiny and the dreamtime, shamanic healing, journeying and the medicine wheel. He can be contacted through Dreamtime, LLC at www.mydreamtimellc.com or 480-473-8957.

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