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Volume 7  Number 2                       April---May  2004                    Emerald Star Publishing

Greetings!

I apologize for the late newsletter. I was in Australia nearly the whole month of March, and am still playing "catch-up". So, I am skipping March and making this the April--May issue.

Am I the only one in the Upper Hemisphere who is really glad that winter seems over? The California bay area today as I write this is gorgeous---all sun and mellow temps. It makes you glad to be alive and living in a paradise-like weather area.

This past trip to Australia was intensely hot and humid (they were even saying in Queensland how it was worse than normal) I know that the mossies (mosquitoes) and sand flies had a field day on this foreigner's body (60 bites topped my last year's count of 50).

I will be back to Australia in Sept. Dates to be determined. And it will be a mellow spring there...Yeaa!

The contents of this newsletter are:

" Reality Shifting in Australia "  by Alijandra

"Dolphins over a calm sea" (photo)

"Awareness---The Key to Spiritual Growth" by Asoka Selvarajah (article)

"Parrot's Oratory Stuns Scientists" by Alex Kirby (article)

"Water or Coke" by Unknown (article)

"The Dreamcatcher" Crop Circle (photo)

"Healing with the Rainbow Rays" Award to Worthy Sites

About Alijandra

Workshops Available

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

CD Review---"Aura Healing Meditations" by Cynthia Sue Larson

Tarot Deck Review---"The Quest Deck" by Joseph Ernest Martin

Website and Other News

Appreciation

More Fun in Australia and New Zealand

Other Sites Worth Viewing

Books, Tapes and new CD to order

The link is http://www.colorhealing.com/AprMay04newsletter.htm and it is always listed on the home page it you don't have the link.

with blessings,

Alijandra

 

Reality Shifting in Australia

by Alijandra

I had an interesting experience in Australia a few weeks ago. Towards the end of my nearly 3 week trip, I was at the Gold Coast barely post summer (picture expansive beaches and warm water---I was in heaven!) There was only a few hours to spend there the afternoon I arrived before I was to do an evening talk, with personal sessions with clients scheduled the whole next day, then a very early departure back to the States the following day.

Crystena Maxwell (my local facilitator/scheduler, etc) and I had on swimsuits under our clothes to peel off later following  lunch. We parked in one of those  underground parking lots that connects to a mall in Broad Beach--an area of Gold Coast I had never visited.

Getting off of the escalator from the parking garage, we entered an inside mall area with a number of different stores. One grabbed my interest immediately because it was a gelato store (Italian ice cream for those who have been deprived of the pleasure!) It was named Il Gelato and looked like it offered a nice variety of flavors. I started to say to Crystena---"oh, look, there's a gelato shop. We should get some later for desert", but she was up ahead of me, so I didn't say anything. We exited out onto the street where there was a much better choice for delicious restaurants. We picked a great one. While we were eating, I suggested going after swimming to the gelato place I had seen in the mall.

The schedule was getting tight, but we felt we had just enough time to get a gelato and head back to her home before the evening event. Back in the indoor mall area, I couldn't find the gelato place where I had seen it. I did notice two other ice cream stores (one an Australian and the other an American chain store) After wandering around a bit, I asked the Information Desk where the store was, and they said there was one a few blocks away! And she mentioned how delicious it was.

Well, I figured that they were misinformed (after all, I did see it with my own eyes, as plain as day!) Crystena and I looked some more, then asked another person. Same directions. And did I know how delicious it tasted?

We decided to quickly go the few blocks, even with the clock ticking, because I think that by that time we just had to see if a gelato store was even there! This was just too kooky...

We did indeed find the store, named Il Gelato, down the street where we never walked--even to go to the beach. I have never been to Broad Beach before, just Surfer's Paradise. And did I mention how particularly scrumptious the gelato tasted?

I had a realization as I was eating my Chocolate Hazelnut gelato that it was my inner child who had the hankering for the treat and shifted reality for me to see the store as it really looked superimposed on another inside the mall. She had not had her normal allotment of ice cream since leaving the States, and decided to go all out with the best ice cream of all----gelato!

© 2004 Alijandra. May be reproduced in full with credit given.

Dolphins over a calm sea

 

 

Awareness - The Key To Spiritual Growth

by Asoka Selvarajah.

The whole spiritual life, when honestly examined, boils down to Awareness. As you study spiritual traditions the world over, this is the one common factor that occurs over and over again.

A famous dying Zen Master, was besought by her disciples for her final words of wise teaching to them. She replied "Awareness!".

Those were the only words she would reply, despite repeated  attempts to persuade her to say more. That word, awareness, was the summary of her entire teaching.

Hence, it is much easier to cut through all the confusion and contradictions, if you are willing to bear this simple point in mind. Awareness is at the heart of Enlightenment and ultimately leads to it. That is why the Buddha and others stressed the importance of mindfulness practices; being aware of your breathing, of your eating, of your walking, of everything that you do at all times.

We are a mystery unto ourselves. We act, and do not know why we acted as we did. We wish to improve ourselves, and yet cannot understand the seemingly infinite inertia that holds us firmly in our habitual places. The secret to spiritual growth is Awareness - at all times and in all places. It is through the simplest practices of Awareness that you can advance; slowly and imperceptibly at times like an unfolding flower; rapidly and dramatically at others, like a crashing wave washing away seaweed and debris lying on the beachside.

The major problem that most of us face is balancing our urge for inner growth with the practical difficulties of living in modern society with its myriad demands on our time and energy. Here are a few ideas to ease that problem:

(1) Remember that there is no division between spiritual life and mundane existence; that EVERY practical occurrence can be used as an opport*unity for spiritual and personal growth. Take it on yourself to see where the personal growth lessons lie in EVERY daily experience or problem you encounter.

(2) Schedule several brief but regular "time out" sessions in the day, where you can close your eyes, breath slowly and regularly, and just center yourself. If you can find a place of silence and solitude to do so, then so much the better.

(3) Learn to trust yourself and your insights more. Remember that outer teachers and spiritual traditions exist only to point you to the ultimate teacher: the Higher Self within. Cultivate Awareness of your inner prompting and be willing to follow them more.

(4) Keep a journal of your discoveries. This serves as a powerful feedback process. No lesson you learn is ever forgotten, and every lesson feeds back into your awareness.

(5) Remain persistent, determined and encouraged. It is very easy to become discouraged in personal work and feel you are getting nowhere. No work on inner growth is ever wasted. Make no comparisons with others, and have no expectations. Let your growth proceed as it must... at it's own pace. Each person's needs are individual, as is the rate of each person's growth. All that is required is persistence and commitment to heightened awareness.

Remember that you can cultivate Awareness, and incre*ase self-understanding in so many situations. Contemplating the clouds. Watching two work colleagues interact. Inwardly observing your emotions and reactions in situations and interactions. Through meditation. By using your journal.

Let your spiritual growth be light and playful; not heavy and "deep" to the point of being a weight around your neck. You don't need bells and incense. You don't need "channeled" teachings from someone else. And you don't need tons of self-help tapes, books and seminars.

All you need is you, and your willingness to grow and develop. A teacher can help you greatly (and is even necessary at a certain stage), and a spiritual tradition can serve to ground you in established wisdom. However, don't let all this get you down, or make the whole thing worrisome. There is so much you can do with the practice of simple Awareness and inner observation.

By simply doing this, you can make so much advancement on the path to enlightenment and liberation from suffering. Moreover, the good news is that you can remain in this world; centered and at peace in the midst of all circu*mstances, fre*e of fear and inner suffering.

Awareness. Cultivate it - and let it cultivate you.

 

Copyright 2003. Asoka Selvarajah. All Rights Reserved.

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Asoka Selvarajah is a writer on personal growth and spirituality, and the author of "The 7 Golden Secrets To Knowing Your Higher Self". His work helps people achieve their full potential, deepen their understanding of mystical truth, and discover their soul's purpose. Learn more about his work at: http://www.aksworld.com/7GS.htm

 

 

Parrot's Oratory Stuns Scientists

By Alex Kirby
BBC News Online environment correspondent

January 26, 2004
 


The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words,  and shows signs of a sense of humour. He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope -- just as a human child would do.
 
N'kisi's remarkable abilities, which are said to include telepathy, feature in the latest BBC Wildlife Magazine. N'kisi is believed to be one of the most advanced users of human language in the animal world. About 100 words are needed for half of all reading in English, so if N'kisi could read he would be able to cope with a wide range of material.
 
Polished wordsmith

He uses words in context, with past, present and future tenses, and is often inventive. One N'kisi-ism was "flied" for "flew", and another "pretty smell medicine" to describe the aromatherapy oils used by his owner, an artist based in New York.
 
When he first met Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned chimpanzee expert, after seeing her in a picture with apes, N'kisi said: "Got a chimp?"   He appears to fancy himself as a humourist. When another parrot hung upside down from its perch, he commented: "You got to put this bird on the camera."

Dr Goodall says N'kisi's verbal fireworks are an "outstanding example of interspecies communication".

In an experiment, the bird and his owner were put in separate rooms and filmed as the artist opened random envelopes containing picture cards. Analysis showed the parrot had used appropriate keywords three times more often than would be likely by chance. This was despite the researchers discounting responses like "What ya doing on the phone?" when N'kisi saw a card of a man with a telephone, and "Can I give you a hug?" with one of a couple embracing.
 
Professor Donald Broom, of the University of Cambridge's School of Veterinary Medicine, said: "The more we look at the cognitive abilities of animals, the more advanced they appear, and the biggest leap of all has been with parrots."   Alison Hales, of the World Parrot Trust, told BBC News Online: "N'kisi's amazing vocabulary and sense of humour should make everyone who has a pet parrot consider whether they are meeting its needs.

"They may not be able to ask directly, but parrots are long-lived, and a bit of research now could mean an improved quality of life for years."
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3430481.stm

*****


Courtesy of hypatia popol
 

 

 

WATER OR COKE?

by Unknown

 
This is really an eye opener.... Water or Coke? We all know that water is important but I've

never seen it written down like this before.
 
WATER

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
 
And now for the properties of COKE:

1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous China.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.
9. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
 

For Your Info:

1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!


Now the question is, would you like a coke or a glass of water?

 

 

 

The Dreamcatcher Crop Circle

One of the most intricate of the 2002 crop circles, a beautiful hexagram in ripe wheat, appeared overnight on July 17 at the side of Wiltshire's most ancient Neolithic site - known as Wind Mill Hill.  It is about 2 miles from the Avebury Stone Circle and a field where crop circles have appeared several times in the last decade. See www.ChetSnow.com for this and more crop circles.

 

 

"Healing with the Rainbow Rays" Award to Worthy Sites

 

 

If you would like us to consider your site for this award---

Before applying, please check to see if your site qualifies:

 

(1)  Has a spiritual/metaphysical, uplifting, paranormal, or holistic health theme

(2)  Is non-commercial

(3)  Has a minimum of broken links

(4)  Has information freely accessible that provides a higher learning experience

(5)  Is visually appealing and easy to read and navigate

(6) Pop-ups are not encouraged

 

 

About Alijandra

Alijandra is an internationally known author, teacher, healer and channel for Source based in the San Jose, California bay area. Intuitive and empathic her whole life, she originally trained as a registered nurse. She has focused her attention the last 17 years to the development and practice of color energy therapy. She additionally trained in several other healing/bodywork modalities, which she frequently uses. In recent years, her focus has been more on the spiritual, visionary side and how to effectively apply it to the holistic healing process. She is the founder and author of "Healing with the Rainbow Rays", a pioneering work into a little known field. She developed the modality of "Transfigurational Matrix Healing", which continues to yield on-going, cutting-edge new material. Alijandra has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, new-age expos and other conferences. Her articles have appeared in Rainbow News, a New Zealand publication, Insight magazine (Australia), Continuum magazine (US based), Spiritweb and several other on-line ezines. Visit Alijandra's web site at http://www.colorhealing.com/ where you may sign-up for her free bi-monthly ezine. She is working on two new books: one on advanced healing techniques and the other on her personal experiences in the metaphysical world.

 

 

 

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Call or write for future dates as they are set.

If you wish to sponsor a workshop in your area give us a call at 1-800-395-5811 in the States, and 408-986-8550 locally and out of country. New classes being planned for Scotland, Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, Australia, Seattle, WA area, upstate New York, McAllen, TX  (2004) Contact us if interested in participating.

 

 
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ------Abraham Lincoln
 

           

CD Review  

"Aura Healing Meditations" by Cynthia Sue Larson 

www.realityshifters.com

©2003 Cynthia Sue Larson

Wow! is all I can say! I love this CD! I have been using it as a part of my meditations several times a month since receiving it. I have never before used any other tape or CD to this extent. It is so well done by its author and reader, Cynthia Sue Larson, that it automatically brings the listener to a higher octave of receptive openness by the sound of her voice, the words, the inspirational music and the general high level vibration overall.

The three sections are complete in themselves, which means you can listen to any of them without losing anything from not listening to the other two tracks. 

Cynthia---please give us more aura healing meditations!

 

Tarot Deck Review

"The Quest Tarot" by Joseph Ernest Martin

This lovely deck is pure eye candy but it has definite nutritional substance. Visionary Joseph Ernest Martin had created a visual feast of color, astrological signs, I Ching, rune stones, rainbows, animals,  Kabbala, crystals and gemstones, a yes/no feature and much more! At last---a user-friendly tarot deck that is gorgeous, as well.  No wonder it was snatched up like hotcakes in its first printing!

Joseph is an award-winning graphics and fine artist with gifted psychic abilities. Perfect combo for a near perfect tarot deck. The only tarot deck coming close to it in it's appeal to me is the Voyager deck. He has made it easier for the non-Tarot reader to actually be able to read a spread.

My favorite cards are the Multiverse, and the blank card, which I understand are two new cards to be added to any deck.

The more I play with this deck, the closer I get to actually wanting to learn the art of tarot reading. It is a most useful tool for delving into one's life in a multidimensional manner.

 

 

 

Website and Other News

The April 2004 issue of Australian New Age magazine, Insight , re-printed Alijandra's article from last month's newsletter, "Love is the Glue", as a feature article.

 

The  new CD "Dolphin Merging Vol.1 is now available.  It contains two detailed techniques of linking dolphin and human. You may order from www.amazon.com  or through us.

Cynthia Rose: "Spiritus Sanctus Angel Messages"
"Light, love, enlightenment poured through the words, around them, through them...Thank you for your blessing flowing through your heart!"

   

5 out of 5 stars Delightful Dolphin Energies, March 26, 2004

Top 500 Reviewer Reviewer: Cynthia Sue Larson (see more about me) from San Francisco bay area, CA USA

"Alijandra provides clear and helpful guidance through a series of delightful exercises which involve meeting and sharing energy with dolphins. Dolphin Merging is an excellent way to bring dolphin wisdom, creativity and playfulness into your life as you relax and follow Alijandra's soothing voice into a state of deep relaxation. I found these guided meditations to be easy to follow and fabulous for providing immediate results. I loved seeing my dolphin guides come to greet me, and I feel marvelously relaxed and invigorated after spending some quality time with Alijandra and her dolphin friends! "

-- Cynthia Sue Larson
author of "Aura Advantage: How the Colors in Your Aura Can Help You Attain What You Desire and Attract Success"

 

For more information about this CD, go to www.colorhealing.com/reviews/dolphin1reviews.htm 

  

 

 

 

Amazon.com review for "Healing with the Rainbow Rays"

5 out of 5 stars "Your Bright Rainbow Rays on Paper", February 24, 2004

   

Reading "Rainbow Rays" is an eye-opening exuberant experience. There is so much information in these pages that it really should be two volumes instead of one. Packed with procedures and techniques, this book gives you concrete ways to access the ethereal. Alijandra really knows her stuff and offers her years of insight into the energy work of which she is a master. Whether you wish to burst through the blocks in your life or connect to the rainbow light of peace; this book will be an invaluable aid in your photonic journey.

--Joseph Ernest Martin is the author and artist for the best selling Quest Tarot and author of the book: The Compass. Joseph has been doing psychic/spiritual work for over 15 years and is an award winning artist.
 

 

 

Appreciation

 

Additional Comments from the Australian Classes of March 2004:

"Have thoroughly enjoyed the work. Look forward to Master class." ----Fiona White Adv 1 & 2 class; Gladstone

"Was great to be challenged into really tapping into another's energy and having the freedom to go with intuition." ----Pixie Cranny, Adv. 1 & 2; Gladstone

"Very enlightening. Just what I needed to kick start me into my work." ---Sharon, Basic class; Gladstone

 "l live in Zimbabwe in Africa, where we are going through very troubled times politically......a lot of it attracted, I'm sure, by negative thinking. Do you have any advice for what can be done for the nation.......and is there any way of doing some of your workshops over here? There are a lot of  spiritual people here, involved in many alternative healing practices, and it would be wonderful to connect to what is new worldwide. Best wishes, Helen."---Zimbabwe, Africa via email

 

 

 

More Fun in Australia

 

Gladstone, QLD Basic Colour Class in March 04

 

Advanced 1 Colour class in Gladstone, QLD March '04

 

 

Most of the Advanced class in Gladstone, QLD March 04

 

 

Other Sites Worth Viewing

 

http://www.ecologyfund.com

http://rainforest.care2.com

http://www.freedonation.com

www.Movingmessagesmedia.com

Books, Tapes and new CD to Order

To Order

Dolphin Merge---Vol. 1: Transfigurational Matrix Healing   (CD-- 64:01 min) Available for sale now. $16.99 plus US shipping and handling is $5. Foreign rates---please contact.

Dolphin Brain Overlay
Chakra Balancing
Dolphin Pineal Gland Connecting    

                                           

 

Healing with the Rainbow Rays (book)
 

 

 

A Fonte de Cura dos Chakras e das Cores (Portuguese translation of "Healing with the Rainbow Rays") (book) 

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To Order   (Only very few available in the States through us)

 

Connecting to Ley Lines (tape)
Chakra Balancing/Blending Rays
Merging Rays Exercise                                              
Ley Line Tying Technique

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Linking to the Source (tape) 
Grounding Your Higher Self into the Body
Braiding the 13 Rays to the Source/Aspects of the Source
Alignment Technique/Clearing Blocks Exercise
Discover Your Intent

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Advanced Chakra Techniques Vol. 1 (tape)
Chakra Balancing & Combining Chakras
Connecting Your Chakras to the Earth, Sun, & Moon
Infinity Symbol Chakra Balancing
Solar System Chakra Balancing

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Color Energy Visualizations Vol. 1 (tape)
The Basics: Grounding, balancing, protecting & clearing
The Gold and Silver rays to balance your masculine and feminine    
The Rainbow Blood Visualization technique

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Color Energy Visualizations Vol. 2 (tape)
Tuning Into Your Physical Body/Chakra Balancing
How to Relieve Trauma and Stress
The Crystallization Process
Opening to Your Guidance
Transmitting Color to Balance the Chakras

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To Order

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