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This Summer I visited the Northeast on my Gypsy Wagon Road Trip. Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared my adventures at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and my journey in NYC and filming at the Learning Annex. Here’s the last leg of this adventure…

After leaving Manhattan, I headed through Western New York over to the Village of LilyDale, which is near Niagara Falls. My good friend Elizabeth Harper and I were scheduled to teach about Auras, Chakras and Energy Bodies here at LilyDale and we were excited to be part of LilyDale’s Summer Teaching Program.

Established in 1879, Lily Dale has been the world’s largest center for the practice of the Spiritualist religion. For 132 years, Lily Dale has offered a summer program of lectures, workshops and other activities featuring best-selling authors, leaders in academic and scientific research into psychic phenomena, as well as the world’s most powerful mediums, teachers and healers.

Located in upstate New York, this serene 19th century lakeside community is very charming, surrounded by a towering, old-growth forest and filled with cottages throughout the village.

I enjoyed teaching at LilyDale and we had a wonderful group of people there at the event. As Elizabeth and I were setting up for our workshop, we both commented on how we could feel the spirits in the area present and how they were “waiting”, ready to speak to any medium who wished to communicate with them. I acknowledged their presence but explained that I was here to speak to the workshop participants about their personal auras and not to engage in mediumship at this event.

About 30 minutes into the workshop, I noticed a man in spirit form appear in front of me while I was speaking to the group. As Elizabeth began to speak and share the next segment of information about our workshop, the man continued to stand in front of me, giving me a stern look with his arms folded in front of him. I realized that he wasn’t going to go away until I acknowledged him, so I looked up at him and met his gaze. Once he had my attention, he said, “State your business here” and I understood that he was a guardian of some capacity here at LilyDale. His clothes and hairstyle reflected a time around the 1930′s I would say and the feeling that I had is that he has been here a long time and is involved in the communications between the spirits and the mediums in many events at LilyDale.

After communicating with him at that moment, he disappeared and I went back to teaching the workshop. Once the event was over, we were packing up the Gypsy Wagon to head over to Pittsburgh to teach there the next day.

As I sat in the driver’s seat of the car, preparing to leave LilyDale that evening, a light rain began to fall. Looking up, I noticed a man standing outside my car window. Thinking it was the wonderful gentleman who had helped with all of the arrangements that evening, I lowered my window to thank him again for all that he had done. As I lowered my window, I saw it was not this man, but rather the man in spirit again, who wanted me to know that he was still here and watching over everything in the Village. He was still as stern as ever and took his job very seriously.

I have no doubt that should I return to LilyDale for another event, that he will be there to speak with me again.

During my road trip, I made my first visit to Pittsburgh, PA where I taught about the Seven Healing Techniques used in the Ancient Mystery Schools. I met the most beautiful souls in Pittsburgh, and we had a wonderful time together as we explored the ancient wisdom teachings and worked with a variety of energy healing tools and techniques including spending time in my copper pyramid.

I stayed in downtown Pittsburgh on the river and we were there on July 4th. This gave us a fantastic view of the fireworks display over the river. I really enjoyed seeing the beautiful architecture in Pittsburgh, so much detail was put into every building. It made me ache to see this again in our construction, why don’t we make beautiful architectural buildings like these today?

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Kala working on her new book in her room at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan My view from the window as I was writing at my desk in the Waldorf. The bright peak in the middle here is the Chrysler building. I was in NYC to being filmed for the Learning Annex for two courses, one about seeing ghosts and the other seeing about auras. Somewhere along the middle of seeing the city in my cab ride on the way back from filming at the Learning Annex, the beauty of the city and the energy of it all was life-enhancing! At the studio filming courses on ghosts and auras As I tuned into the energy of the city, I felt the heart of NYC speak and it said – “Opportunity, Opportunity, Everywhere is Opportunity!” Church for Actors and Artists near Broadway, love it! I heartily agree, anything and everything is available here in NYC and I soaked it in everywhere I went. Next week I’ll share the magic of what happened when I visited the Village of LilyDale Assembly This Summer I visited the Northeast on my Gypsy Wagon Road Trip tour. Last week I shared my adventures at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. If you missed, you can read about it here. After teaching at Omega, I headed over to New York City, driving into Manhattan and staying at a place that I’ve had on my bucket list for a while now, which is the historic Waldorf Astoria hotel. Kala at Lobby Clock at Waldorf Astoria The Waldorf was just as I imagined and I took in every gorgeous detail, including the Lobby Clock. This nine foot clock was built for the World’s Fair in 1893. As I waited to check into the hotel, I was greeted by the chimes of the clock, which ring every fifteen minutes with the beautiful tone of Westminster Chimes.  If you look closely you’ll see carvings in the clock of Washington, Grant, Jackson and even Queen Victoria.  The clock is one of the main focal points at the Waldorf and a wonderful reference when looking to meet up with friends at the hotel, as everyone knows how to find it. After filming at the Learning Annex, we celebrated at the Waldorf’s famous Peacock Bar, which has exquisitive art deco decor. Everywhere I went at the Waldorf triggered past life memories for me of having spent a good amount of time at this hotel previously. I knew my way around the hotel and felt completely comfortable like I had returned back home. Kala celebrating at the Peacock bar

I’m so excited about my new book coming out on September 13th - Ghosthunting North Carolina Pre-Order Your Copy of Ghosthunting North Carolina by Kala Ambrose on Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com Each week I’ll share with you an excerpt of what I discovered and uncovered while researching the haunted sites of North Carolina. Journey with me as we explore haunted lighthouses, forts, and shipwrecked areas of East Carolina where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam and then move across the state and visit the most actively haunted capitol in the US, and continue west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the pink lady and her friends await your presence. Explore the Haunted History of North Carolina with Kala. First up, The Legend of The Lost Colony of Roanoke! In 1584, explorers were sent to Roanoke Island (a narrow island situated between the Outer Banks and the mainland of North Carolina) by Sir Walter Raleigh to determine if the area would be well suited to establishing a colony. Upon their return, they delivered a positive report of the location, which included a list of the abundant natural resources surrounding the area and findings that Roanoke was better protected from the elements than the Outer Banks. The island appeared all around to be a good choice for a settlement with live oaks and plenty of other trees to build cabins and a variety of wildlife to hunt for food. Sir Walter Raleigh delivered the information to Queen Elizabeth and she granted Raleigh a charter to all the lands that he could claim in the area. The next year Sir Raleigh sent out a group of one hundred men, mostly soldiers and craftsmen to establish the colony under the guidance of Ralph Lane, a military captain. The group met with poor results from the beginning and departed the area. Sir Raleigh responded to the news of Lane’s departure by gathering a party of one hundred and seventeen men, women and children who were willing to sail from England in order to establish a permanent settlement in the New World.   As the group sailed to the New World, their leader John White included in his party his pregnant daughter Eleanor Dare.  Upon their arrival, the situation was hostile on all fronts and the colonists asked John White to return to England to gather support and supplies. Three years after Eleanor gave birth to her daughter Virginia Dare, her father John White returned to Roanoke Island to find everyone and everything missing. All traces of the settlement had disappeared. There was no sign of struggle nor were there any signs of where the group had gone.  His heart raced with terror, were his daughter and his granddaughter alive? Had someone taken them?  There had been no way to get a direct message to them for the past three years. The colonists had no news source and relied on ships that very infrequently stopped in the area. It’s highly likely that the colonists might not have known about the war that had kept White from traveling back to them. They may have presumed White to be dead or lost at sea. What happened to the lost colonists at Roanoke? Do their ghosts remain behind to tell their tale? Journey with Kala in her new book – Ghosthunting North Carolina to find out what she uncovered during her research and what she felt psychically as she visited each location.

This week on Explore Your Spirit Radio, my guest is Hollister Rand, author of I’m Not Dead, I’m Different, (Harper). Hollister shares her experiences as a medium speaking to children in spirit.  Hollister’s book is touching and reassuring not only for those who have lost children, but for all who wonder what life is like on the other side.

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Hollister was initially puzzled as to why young spirits wanted to speak through her—she had no children of her own and the responsibility of talking with people who had lost theirs seemed too great to bear. But the compelling answers came with time and patience: No one finds death more inexplicable than a grieving parent, thus no spirits are more motivated to make sense of it all for those they’ve left behind than young ones. These spirits clearly want to heal broken hearts and deepen our understanding of life and death, and Rand has the unique ability to help deliver their messages. Some of the stories we discuss during the interview will bring you to tears and others will open your heart and offer new hope and understanding of our many lives.

Hollister Rand is an internationally renowned medium. Known for her extraordinarily detailed work, she provides specific messages from loved ones living in the spirit world with feeling, heart, and grace. Hollister is clairvoyant, clairaudient and clairsentient (meaning that she can see, hear and feel the presence of spirits as well as get a sense of their personalities, emotions and physical attributes). Her unique gifts have provided comfort and closure for people all over the world. More info at: http://www.hollisterrand.com

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About Kala Ambrose…

Noted wisdom teacher, author, intuitive, inspirational speaker, and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, Kala Ambrose’s teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring. Whether she’s speaking with world-renowned experts on the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, writing about empowering lifestyle choices, reporting on new discoveries in the scientific and spiritual arenas or teaching to groups around the country, fans around the world tune in daily for her inspirational musings and lively thought-provoking conversations.

Kala is the author of three books including the award-winning 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled (Reality Press 2007), Ghosthunting North Carolina (Clerisy Press 2011) and The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body (Llewellyn Worldwide 2011) and writes for the Huffington Post and the Examiner. A highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire, Kala presents workshops nationally on the Mind/Body/Spirit connection including Auras and Energy Fields, Developing Business Intuition, and Wisdom Teachings at the Omega Institute, the Learning Annex, LilyDale Assembly, and online in Webinar presentations including John Edward’s InfiniteQuest. and Daily Om. More info at ExploreYourSpirit.com

Fundamentalisman by author Duann Kier

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 Duann Kier, known as the Skeptical Psychic. Duann is an author and a spiritual intuitive whose life path has carried her from Christian fundamentalism to the belief that spiritual revelations are ongoing and can be received by all.

Kala: Duann, you’ve written a book entitled: Fundamentalisman: Resurrecting the Fundamentals of Relationship from the Fundamentalism of Religion. What was your inspiration in writing the book?

Duann: I guess my main inspiration for writing the book was to give hope to fundamentalists who may feel like they are failing in their faith when what they may really be doing is freeing themselves from their fear—fear of hell, fear of not being a good witness, fear of saying or doing the wrong thing, fear of not really being forgiven.  Fear can hold us back from really looking for and listening to our own personal messages from God or from the divine or from what some people refer to as the source.  We will unconsciously and unintentionally limit our relationship with God whenever it doesn’t follow the rules and regulations of our particular belief system. What is so ironic about this is that all religions seem to be based upon a spiritual experience that someone had with the divine that led to their having an ongoing relationship with the divine. But once that encounter became a religious movement, the religion would put limits on what the experience was and what the relationship could be.

Kala: You’re an ordained minister with a Master of Religious Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. How did your journey evolve from a fundamentalist Christian perspective into a more open spiritual/less dogma type belief?

Duann: My journey evolved because of the experiences I was having and the relationship I was developing with the divine.  At first I tried to ignore the experiences, but I had been having them since I was born.  Most of us do.  Then I tried to make them fit into my fundamentalist upbringing, but they kept bursting out of the box.  Finally, believe it or not, it actually came down to a matter of faith and trust.  Did I have enough faith in God to trust his voices and visions rather than what the church or religion was showing me and telling me? Who was more trustworthy?  In whom should I put my faith?  I finally chose to walk the path of Jesus and all the others upon whom religions have been founded.   I chose to walk with God rather than men.  It’s a walk that grows and develops with each step I take.  It is, therefore, dramatically different from my former fundamentalism.  Where I used to seek the right answers to all my questions and hold on to them very tightly, I now seek a growing, active relationship.  This relationship ended up expanding me beyond the answers I thought I once had and even the questions I once asked.

Kala: You are a psychic who conducts readings you describe as “Seer Sessions”. When did you first realize that you were intuitive and how did you make sense of this ability when it conflicted with your religious upbringing?

Duann: For me, it was a rather step-by-step process with all sorts of ups and downs.  As my experiences of the divine deepened my relationship with God, my limiting beliefs just began to fall away.  Finally I gave up on even trying to limit the unlimited.  It has been quite a learning experience for me to realize that fundamentalism can be found anywhere someone believes they know the one true way about something.  It can be found not only in religion, but in science and politics as well. It can even be found in what is termed “New Age” spirituality—my guru is better than your guru or my healing technique is the best for everyone or the way I read Tarot cards is the correct way.  Once we know the one true way about something, we no longer feel the need to be open to additional information and continued growth.

Kala: How has writing this book changed you and even more so, how has changing your spiritual beliefs affected your life?

Duann: Writing this book has changed me in a rather surprising way—I feel like I’ve released a burden.  I’ve known for many years that I would be writing this book, but I finally realized it would be

author Duann Kier

the first book of many more to come.  Completing this first one has released the pressure that has been building inside of me, probably since my birth—and now the ones to follow are already lining up.  Changing my spiritual beliefs has also released a burden.  I no longer carry the burden of having to have all the right answers or to know the one true way.  Rather than choose religion, I choose to be in relationship, and my spiritual beliefs continue to change and grow and develop.

Kala: What would you say to people out there who are fundamentalists and may be thinking about reading your book?

Duann: First of all, this book is not for everyone.  I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything.  I even say in the preface that if you are a Christian fundamentalist and your beliefs are working for you because you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are right and real, this book is probably not for you.  I also say that if you are a Christian fundamentalist and are beginning to question some of the beliefs you’ve been taught along the way, this book may be for you.  But I ultimately state that if you are—or once were—a Christian fundamentalist and your beliefs just aren’t working for you anymore, this book is definitely for you.

Kala: Duann, Thank you for joining me here on Kala’s Quick Five. More about Duann here: theskepticalpsychic.net

Ian Poulter getty images

World champion golfer Ian Poulter had a rough day on Friday, May 27th, 2011 playing the Euro BMW PGA Championship, where his performance shall we say, wasn’t up to his usual par. Perhaps he has other things wearing on his mind. According to Poulter’s Twitter account, he is currently living in a haunted house. Beginning in late April, Ian began to take notice of the paranormal phenomena he was experiencing in a home that he was renting in Hilton Head,South Carolina.  He had this to share on Twitter,  “Check this out, we have a ghost in our house this week & I’m not joking we have had some very strange goings on every night,”

He reported locking and dead bolting doors only to find them thrown open the next morning with no signs of forced entry or damage to the locked doors.  At last count, he had experienced this event seven times.  He’s reached out on Twitter to mull over getting a camera to record the ghostly experiences as they continue in the home.

Supernatural experiences of this nature make it difficult to get a good night’s sleep and to rest peacefully. This may have led to increased stress and sleep deprivation for Poulter during his stay in the home, which could have the effect of throwing him off of his game.

Ghosthunting North Carolina by Kala Ambrose

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 is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. Her new book – Ghost Hunting North Carolina hits the stores in September 2011.

Guy Kawasaki author and former Chief Evangelist of Apple

This week on Explore Your Spirit with Kala Radio I speak with Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment and known as the former Chief Evangelist of Apple. Guy and I sit down and have a few laughs while discussing future trends, technology, life at Apple, his book Enchantment and how we are all connected. This goes down on the records as one of my favorite interviews in my five years here on the show. Guy is genuine, funny and just enjoys life.  Truly a show not to be missed!

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions is Guy’s tenth book. In it, he explains how to influence what people will do while maintaining the highest

Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki

standards of ethics. The book explains when and why enchantment is necessary and then the pillars of enchantment: likability, trustworthiness, and a great cause. The next topics are launching, overcoming resistance, making enchantment endure, and using technology. There are even special chapters dedicated to enchanting your employees and your boss. Finally, because there are times you may want to resist enchantment, there’s even a chapter about how to do this too. If you want to change the world — or even part of the world, this book is for you.

Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, an “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Kawasaki is the author of ten books including Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.

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Author Randy Rogers

This week on Explore Your Spirit with Kala Radio, my guest is Randy Rogers, the president of Telefilm, Inc., a Los Angeles based production company. His career spans four decades of working in the newspaper, television and motion picture business. During that time, he has covered every type of major news event from George McGovern’s 1972 election bid to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989. His company, Telefilm, has handled the promotion of the world’s biggest motion pictures including The Matrix, Harry Potter, Pearl Harbor, Batman, Superman, Shrek, Toy Story, Iron Man and Indiana Jones.

In just about everyone’s life, there comes a time when they may question their reason for existing. For Randy that journey began on a day in June of 1995, shortly after he had moved into his new home. A feeling swept over him that an old friend from grade school, Kathy Lynch, had passed away. He had not seen Kathy since 1973 but now he couldn’t get her, or the feeling that she was gone from this world, out of his mind. His former news background was one of many forces pushing him in an intense search to find what became of her. His investigation quickly turns into an obsession, driven by dreams and a pattern of synchronistic events. Along the way, he’lI find that he, Kathy, and a mysterious author named L.W. Rogers, are somehow all linked together in the past. The pieces of a larger puzzle begin to emerge and prophecies he’s foretold are revealed to be the truth as he uncovers a story about past lives, present circumstances and reincarnation.

Through a series of acupuncture induced regression sessions, his life follows a metaphysical journey along a cryptic path that has him, at times, questioning his own sanity. The emotional ride that develops threatens to tear apart everything he had worked so hard to accomplish. The only thing sustaining him is my undying belief that events will occur to prove he is on the right course.

Book: The Keys of LIfe with Randy Rogers

This is a true story, about who we are, why we are here and how we are all connected. That connection is meticulously documented as you follow his quest for the truth and then proven in an ending, that is really only the beginning, in Randy’s book,  The Key Of Life.

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More about Kala Ambrose and the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show…

Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and host of The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show (radio and TV). 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, lifestyle, and paranormal topics. Kala Ambrose is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. Her new book – The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body (Llewellyn Worldwide) hits the stores on November 11, 2011. Kala lectures and teaches on the Ancient Wisdom Teachings and Healing Temples of Egypt, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, Wise Woman Wisdom and Exploring the Paranormal. More at ExploreYourSpirit.com

Omega's 2011 Course Catalog

Founded in 1977, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is the nation’s most trusted source for wellness and personal growth. As a nonprofit organization, Omega offers diverse and innovative educational experiences that inspire an integrated approach to personal and social change. Located on 195 acres in the beautiful Hudson Valley, Omega welcomes more than 23,000 people to its workshops, conferences, and retreats in Rhinebeck, New York, and at exceptional locations around the world.

In response to the growing number of returning veterans in need of support, Omega Institute is hosting a helpful retreat for the fifth consecutive year. Omega today welcomed veterans and their spouses, who were sponsored to take a 5-day meditation retreat aimed at providing tools for dealing with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The retreat, taught by Zen Buddhist monk, Vietnam veteran, and author Claude Anshin Thomas, is taking place on Omega’s Rhinebeck, New York, campus April 20–24, 2011.

“We believe it is crucial to support our veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress, which is common in the aftermath of returning home. We hope this work can make a meaningful contribution to healing those who have gone to war, and help the larger society find ways to create nonviolent solutions to conflict resolution.” said Carla Goldstein, chief external affairs officer and director of the Women’s Institute at Omega.

The veterans retreat at Omega has grown in enrollment from 12 participants in 2007, to more than 60 this year. Thanks to generous donations Omega received to its scholarship fund, the program has been underwritten since 2008, allowing increased access to veterans of any war, and their family members and friends. Scholarships substantially cover the cost of tuition, accommodations, and meals on campus, and up to $100 in travel expenses. Thomas does not accept payment for his teachings. As a result, Omega Institute is donating a portion of the retreat’s proceeds to the Zaltho Foundation, zaltho.org.

“We who have fought in war know intimately about life and death,” says Claude Anshin Thomas. “We who have been wounded by war—physically, psychologically, and spiritually—need to come together in order to support each other.”

Thomas, a Vietnam veteran, is author of At Hell’s Gate and the founder of Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes peace and nonviolence. Thomas received numerous awards, including the Purple Heart, for his service in the Vietnam War. After struggling with his re-entry into life at home, he studied mindfulness meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh. During the retreat, Thomas will share his inspiring story from combat to Buddhism as a road map for those who might feel trapped in cyclical patterns of response related to a traumatic experience.

Located on 195 acres in the beautiful Hudson Valley, Omega welcomes more than 23,000 people to its workshops, conferences, and retreats in Rhinebeck, New York, and at exceptional locations around the world.

Kala Ambrose will be teaching at the Omega Institute June 24-26th with Elizabeth Harper as they present Energy Anatomy: Exploring and Healing Your Aura and Chakras. The aura and the chakras mirror our mental and emotional states, as well as the physical vitality of our body. When they are in harmony with our other energy bodies, we are able to manifest our full potential. Using a variety of exercises and techniques in individual and group sessions, we explore the keys to reading auras within ourself and others, and learn to cleanse, repair, protect, and strengthen our own aura and chakras.

Becoming Human Again by Suzanne Meier Amazon Kindle Edition

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 Suzanne Meier, author of Becoming Human Again.  Born in Switzerland, Suzanne has since lived in the US, Canada, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, England, and Cuzco, Peru. She writes from a ‘four corners of the world’ perspective. Her locally derived knowledge contributes to a unique cultural insight on how each solitary individual affects the collective whole. After having been caught in an act of war and experiencing a near death experience, Suzanne’s in-depth search for truth, healing and spiritual awakening accelerated greatly. Through discernment, intuition and research, Suzanne learned to connect the dots between perceived human reality and what really is.

Kala: Suzanne, your book is entitled “Becoming Human Again.”  How do you define the concept that we have in a sense, lost our humanity?

Suzanne: Over the past decades, the grip big corporations and an ever-growing government, have on us increased ridiculously. Humans turned into mere robots, driven by the machine, reacting to the infotainment fed to us via the numerous channels. We have allowed the given scripts to infiltrate and rule our minds. Unconsciously, we react to stimuli, instead of acting and listening to our own voice. This own voice, this god within, is neglected or virtually unknown. Yet, it holds the key to happiness and fulfillment.

Who are we? What defines us? It shouldn’t be the political party, the religious organization, or the local quail egg interest group that imprints the label of who we are on the forehead. Who we are should come from the human inside, the self, the consciousness. Why have we given up? Like the geese, stuffed for fois gras, we are saturated with info and entertainment. In essence, it is the apathy, the complacency that keeps us from stillness, nature, love and being human.

Kala: You speak about “humanness” being attacked and corrupted at every level, discussing our food sources, toxic chemicals, longer work hours and a degraded school system. How do you think we created this predicament?

Suzanne: This predicament is profit-driven. Large companies greedy for ever-increasing bottom lines and not much else have degraded ‘the healthy life.’ Go to a food expo and you will find chemicals and processing companies, pitching the latest food additives to increase shelf life, or yet another, even tighter, battery hen cage. Large corporations, backed by the government (they love each other), have eroded free time, increased stress levels, dumbed us down, poisoned us and taken our money, see the latest subprime disaster. At every level, we are stripped to bare bones. When we’re busy, in debt, on medication, or pleasantly stuffed with an abundance of infotainment, we can’t or don’t act. We are reduced to a sitting duck, full of stuff, buzz and fluff, playing the game, instead of switching from ‘screens to greens.’

Kala: You say that  “…Sheeple will need to transform to people.”  Can you elaborate on this thought?

Suzanne: To get rid of the ‘sheeple’ badge, humans may direct increased focus on the within, and in the process, become mindful, aware, responsible and sustainable. Mindless reacting is ‘sheeplish’. Acting from the core is ‘peoplish’.

I call this strategy – conscability – consciousness & sustainability. Such traits are needed in the coming Aquarian age. Conscability means people consume mindfully, know their inner being, potential and care about the world beyond the own backyard. They consult the within before they act. They are informed, but not inundated. They are aware and in touch with their human consciousness.

This is a change from today’s world in which we are solely concerned withego, owning things, amassing money or not looking our age. Away from needing affirmations about how good or how beautiful we are, but knowing and loving ourselves sufficiently to not have to rely on others for ego strokes. Loving ourselves enables loving others.

Kala: What tips can you offer to our readers about how to move as you describe, “from a robot like state, to a conscious, mindful human?”

Suzanne: Tap into the last unexplored frontier – human consciousness. It is the esoteric (within) experience we lack, and not the exoteric (without) obsessions. Of those, we’ve had plenty. Turn off the TV. Unplug your Xbox. Get inside of you. Spend the money for Blahnik shoes on a Vipassana meditation instead. Think about the suffering that went into the hamburger you just devoured. Act as from Earth, not against Earth. We should be with nature, not against nature. Learn to listen to your within. Learn to be, instead of do.

As within, so without. The world within reflects the world out there. By fixing the world inside of us, we change the world out there. It is the ultimate power accessible to humans. Numerous practices are available that help accessing deeper states, to name a few – meditation, Hemi-sync, Ho’onoponopono, Tantra, Buddhism, yoga or Qi Gong. It is said to take 21 days to establish a new routine. Hence, with a bit of dedication and perseverance we can make an impact in our and other’s Earthly experience. But to motivate you for this change, you need to know what’s wrong. Once you know, you may be motivated to make changes in your life and recover from the manipulation step-by-step.

Kala: What personal experiences led you to write this book?

Suzanne: An act of war stopped me in my tracks. I was in the heart of an attack in Sri Lanka, which had many people killed. The explosion of a claymore mine and ensuing gun fire locked me in world of gushing adrenaline, terror, death, but also miracle, for two hours. During the incident, I felt I was hovering above, hearing a voice say ‘This is not your cause, you will not die.’ Over and over, the voice repeated this phrase. Then, the powers above guided me out of the battlefield, through a rain of flying bullets, to a shelter, in form of a nearby house. I knew that I was safe and being saved.

After this incident, I suffered from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), which I was determined to heal the natural way, not with traditional mind-numbing drugs, such as Prozac. My dad passed over the same year. The two tragedies nearly pushed me over the edge. I was a wreck. It took a year to heal be free of grief, anxiety and panic attacks. Nevertheless, there is always a silver lining. A serious spiritual journey started to unfold. I knew I had been saved by the light. I had proof the other side existed. I grew more sensitive, more in tune with myself and the world. Slowly, a new me developed. I finally lived and applied the wisdom I learned in the many spiritual classes I attended prior to Sri Lanka. This is when I decided to write Becoming Human Again, to share my global observations and help Earth and humans in the process.

Kala: Suzanne, thanks for your time and joining me here on Kala’s Quick Five.
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More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and 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 lectures on Wisdom Teachings, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine). Her new book, The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body will be available in November 2011 through Llewellyn Publishing.