Greetings,

Wow! I have been lately experiencing a kind of deja vu from 1995, when I was completing my first book. As I finish up this new book "Cosmic Chakras: Advanced Transfigurational Matrix Healing™ Techniques for Reclaiming Your Divine Oneness", I flashback to my "giving birth" to the first book "Healing with the Rainbow Rays" and how HUGE this process is!

I've been gathering new information since approximately 1997, and did not really start this current book with the compiled material until this past July. So, now I am in the thick of it! Those of you who have done this know what I am talking about. Even though I have been through it myself, I still have enormous respect for any writer, especially those who have completed a work.

Oddly enough, the gestation periods for both projects are 7 years. The number 7 is one of my key numerology numbers. I didn't "plan" for it to be this way, but the forces of the Cosmos have a larger say, and sway, in the matter!

I hope to be completed by the end of this year with this project. Any good wishes, positive prayers and loving thoughts sent this way for Cosmic Chakras' "gentle birth"  are humbly and thankfully received.  I will update you in the next newsletter---the December/January issue.

By the way, have a wonderful Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays!    

And in the US, don't forget to exercise your right to vote on Nov. 2, 2004.

In the meantime, here is the latest newsletter.

The contents of this newsletter are:

Building a Rainbow Bridge Between You and Others

 By Alijandra

     As we move through life, most people have issues of conflict or stress with certain others in their lives. This technique will be a good remedy to alleviate the strife between you and another. It is an intense forgiveness process. Remember, too, that nearly everyone you have conflicts with may be very intimately connected to you at a soul level. We usually fight with those we know well! 

·       As always, ground, clear and protect. [If you are new to this, best refer to my book Healing with the Rainbow Rays, or another book which lists how to do the basics}.

·       Move to your heart chakra. Picture the person with whom you have an issue..

·       See if you can contact a higher essence of that person---either higher self, or other       dimensional aspect wherein there is not the same kind of conflict.

·       Build a rainbow bridge by visualizing the bridge as having all the major 13 rainbow rays as its composition.  Remember, your intent will bring this into fruition.

·        Picture the rainbow bridge in front of you, leading to this higher aspect of the other person on the other side.

·       Move your essence across this bridge to the other side where your  “other” is standing, awaiting your arrival.

·       Greet the other in love, light, free will and balance. Ask for resolution with them, whether it be a need to seek forgiveness, or simply to drop the unproductive conflict. Feel the response from him/her. If there is a negative response, drop it and move onto someone else, unless you want to try his/her essence at yet another level.

·       Ask to do a chakra link with them, if it is appropriate to the experience. If so, start at the base, and finish at the black ray chakra. [For a list of the chakras, their colors and positions, see this link in the articles section of the website.  The Twelve Major Chakras ]  Use one ray of  the chakra color plus one ray of silver and one ray of gold (for female and male balance) through the violet crown center. For the etheric chakras (silver, gold, white, clear and black), use just one strand of their individual color to connect. You would braid into the same corresponding chakra as your own, i.e. your solar plexus to their solar plexus.

·       Allow for the healing to take place. Say what you need to say, feel what you need to feel. But uppermost in your intent should be the conflict resolution, not who is right and who is wrong.

·       When complete, unbraid, thank them and move back along the bridge. Clear any  unnecessary energies, and ground again.

© 2002/2004 Emerald Star Publishing and Alijandra. From the upcoming book Cosmic Chakras: Advanced Transfigurational Matrix Healing™ Techniques for Reclaiming Your Divine Oneness. All rights reserved. Permission from the author needed for re-print.

We Can't Separate the Inseparable

by Robert Rabbin
 

I am a spiritual activist, a person who feels that spiritual practice, study, and wisdom are inseparable from the minutiae of day-to-day living. The German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe once said, "God is in the details." This is a wonderful slogan for a spiritual activist. The demonstration of our spiritual work must find expression in our every word, choice, and action. We cannot separate yoga, meditation, and deep spiritual work from living: they are inseparable. We cannot separate the spiritual from the worldly. These are language-based distinctions we use to appreciate various aspects of the great Mystery of existence. It is a tragic conceit to think that yoga, meditation, and spiritual wisdom exist outside daily life. They don't. A flower and its fragrance cannot be separated, because they are innately inseparable.

Along these lines, I'd like to share an excerpt from a recent email I received, and my response.

"I was initially attracted to you and your mailing list because of, for lack of a better word, spirituality -- your clarity and accuracy in issues of the Holy, or God, or the Great Mystery. Recently, however, it seems that everything coming from your direction has been your political and anti-war sentiments.

"While I respect your opinion and your right to speak and email whatever you wish, I would just like to let you know that the more you wander into political territory and away from spirituality, the more you alienate me, and perhaps others, as a 'fan' of your work. The more you speak about politics, the more my respect for you evaporates.

"My point in writing this is primarily to say that I have seen other spiritual figures whom I respect and admire look foolish and lose respect when they wander away from their true area of expertise, and begin to think that they are experts not only in matters of the spirit, but in everything else as well."

As I travel around the country talking with many people, and corresponding with many more, I frequently encounter this point of view. I have been rebuked by some yoga and meditation teachers for circulating "An Open Letter of Conscience and Choice," for "mixing spirituality and political choice." I understand this, because I was at one time a poster-boy for this perspective. Perhaps that is why I was so attracted to this letter: it showed me the distance I have traveled in my life and consciousness, from that first step long ago when my kundalini opened like an exploding sun.

I do not believe in such things as "spiritual" and "political" as though they were shoes and beer-bottles. They are just notions in the mind and have life and force only to the extent we empower them. The naming of things is a feature of the mind: its nature is to name and separate one thing from another. Beyond the mind, in the realm of Silence, all things are expressions of one Consciousness and have the same name.

I have never felt that I had any "expertise in matters of spirit." If anything, 35 years of spiritual practice and study have made me acutely aware of all that I don't know. I must admit, however, that I have encountered the infinite majesty of the Great Mystery and can confirm that it is aptly named. I also confess to knowing that I am a portion of the Great Mystery and to feeling within my blood the murmurs of a universal heart. In this heart I live as a song of Silence. In this song there are no verses of murder and the mayhem of war. I am not an expert in spiritual or political matters; but I constantly hear the murmur of the universal heart within my blood, telling me that I must pour my heart into this world, that I must live in this world as a strong emblem of love and peace.

My Merriam-Webster dictionary defines politics as "the totality of relationships between people living in society, especially involving power, authority, and influence " To say that one should refrain from politics is like saying that one should refrain from breathing. It is not possible. From cradle to grave, we exist in relationship. Our very life comes from others. Our food comes from others. Our clothes come from others. We are affected by others, as they are by us. Think of your life: it is nothing but relationship, and each relationship includes negotiations and transactions of power, authority, and influence.

How are we to live in these relationships? To me, this question is of equal weight and importance to "Who am I?" This latter question is often regarded as spiritual, while the former is termed worldly. Nonsense.

During the last few years in America, we seen the growth and popularization of ancient nondual wisdom traditions like Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism, and Dzogchen. This is good news. However, with popularization comes the danger of distortion. One such distortion lies in thinking that the answer/resolution to the question "Who am I?" represents the summit of Self-Realization. It does not.

"Who am I?" is but half of the true question; the other half is "How shall I live?" The answer/resolution to this true question is the gateway to realized Self-expression.

If one only asks "Who am I?" then one has but one leg, one hand, one eye, and half a heart. I want to be whole, for I am whole. So I also ask, "How shall I live?" Asking this gives me my second leg, second hand, second eye, and whole heart.

"Who am I? How Shall I live?" is really one question, one breath, one path, one realization. Insight and action are one movement; realization and expression are one movement. One cannot separate nondual perception and knowledge from its behavioral corollary. Pure consciousness and the world are not different. Each exists as reflections of the other. Therefore, knowledge and action arise together, just as form and formlessness arise together. The perception of self, other, and world as vibrations of pure consciousness is only the foothills, not the high mountains.

"Who am I?" is the easier part of the koan: I am that which is beyond thought and concept; I am that eternal Silent presence which pervades the entire cosmos and which lives in and as all things.

Okay. Now what? Now comes the hard part: "How shall I live?" Taking up this question with sincerity and commitment is the true beginning of realized Self-expression, the true beginning of spiritual maturity and wisdom. What, in fact, does a life of Oneness look like? How shall I live? From whom and from where shall I receive money? To whom and to what shall I give my money? For whom shall I vote? What car shall I drive? What is my civic responsibility to my community, country, and the world? How much responsibility do I take for the condition of the world, the world of which I am a part?

These are just a few of the questions that one must ask and answer every day. There are many more. What are they? Please spend some time with these questions, let the asking and the listening for answers affect how you live your life. As with "Who am I?" do not be content with first answers. Dig deep. Challenge your beliefs. Challenge what your teachers have told you. Challenge your complacency.

Asking "Who am I?" alone leads only to self-absorption and spiritual narcissism; it does not lead to wisdom or to freedom. In your spiritual practice, if you do not already do so, please begin asking the true and correct question: "Who am I? How shall I live?"
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© 2004/Robert Rabbin/All rights reserved

Robert Rabbin is a writer, speaker, and spiritual activist. He is the author of numerous books and articles, and the creator of TruthForPresident.org, an online spiritual activism resource.  http://www.robrabbin.com.
 

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THE JOY OF LOVING MYSELF 

by Rayna Lumbard, LMFT

     You've heard it all before: unblock your potential, tune into your spiritual guidance, follow that guru, listen to this tape, transform your mind, feel all your feelings, and whatever you do--you must love yourself. 

     With all the self-help books, healing tapes, and enlightening personal growth seminars abounding--many of which almost demand that we be clear, present, and loving--it's no wonder most of us feel overwhelmed! 

     The New Age has a new focus--we know now that self-caring and self-esteem are not the same as "selfish." Loving yourself is a way of life that is essential--for optimal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.  Loving yourself is also at the core of loving others.   

     So why does it seem such an awesome task to take on, especially for women?  It all started from our childhood experiences. The ways our parents and others "loved" us often didn't feel good to us. We learned that others' needs were more important than our own. So how do we learn how to truly love ourselves?  How do we open to the loving nature that is innately ours? 

     There are many ways to approach this essential, life-affirming, transformative process.  One way I learn to love myself is by opening my heart to people who embody unconditional love: skilled counselors, spiritual teachers, caring friends, bodyworkers, and others who are available to support me in breaking through internal barriers.  I ultimately rely on my own inner wisdom and still small voice of love to guide me to experience the depths and heights of my being, where my own answers are.  I am really learning to accept myself being and feeling perfect as I am, whole, complete, and at peace with myself.  As I resonate to my Truth, I am AT ONE with all around me. 

    Now I am clear that my goal is to create my life in ways that will truly fulfill me.  I attract loving and fulfilling relationships with others who are aligned with my energy and purpose. These loving souls complement my talents and playfulness in many ways that help me release negative thoughts from the past.  I happily release beliefs such as, if I am myself, others will reject me, or that being me is undeserving or worthy of love or abundance. I am then free to harmonize with others and together our energies express through music, ceremonies, and other sacred avenues--creating a symphony of love that resonates out into the Universe.  

     I feel a new sense of personal power surging through my veins.  I am truly alive as I awaken to my spiritual transformation.  I have broken out of my safe but restrictive cocoon to fly as freedom calls to me.  Now I trust my own abilities to work and play feeling the joy and passion of connecting from my heart's desire.    

     When I love myself unconditionally, I make friends with my body, no matter what size or condition it is in.  As I become my own nurturer, I find out why my inner child self has "chosen" to be in pain or out of shape.  I keep listening to myself so that I heal the wounds from the past that have kept me stuck in old patterns that no longer serve me.  I send in healing rays of light, sound, my spirit guides, or other energies to complete the process.  I find pleasure in healing myself physically through my emotions and spirit.  Now I do believe that I deserve to be happy, healthy, and loved!  By loving myself, I accept my body's changes and do what feels right to stay energetic and youthful. 

     Humor is another way I love myself.  When I take myself lightly, I tune into the richness that life offers as well as the valuable lessons that help me grow.  I find kindred spirits who laugh and play with me.  I take one day at a time and stay grounded in who I am and what's important to me.  I can be spontaneous as well as mindful and focused, in a balance that works for me.   

     I consciously decide how I choose to spend my time and energy.   I treat life as a special gift that has been giving to me to enjoy.  I am an artist expressing life through acts of lovingkindness similar to a weaver making a beautiful tapestry of rich colors blending together to form a whole picture--a true work of art!  I am honest in how I represent myself as I express those qualities that are most important to me: harmony, creativity, fluidity, love, peace, joy, and sacredness for life.  I accept my humanness, and breathe in a deep sense of knowing that all is in divine order in my universe.   

     The clarity I feel now comes from knowing and trusting that WE ARE ALL LOVE. I am truly committed to sharing love in healthy ways, to assisting others in transforming their lives as well as in transforming our beautiful planet.  My journey through life as a loving channel of healing love energy is intimately involved with finding creative solutions to old personal, social, and planetary challenges. 

     New and meaningful adventures await us all as we live in the new millennium.  We have new challenges as our global family faces the darkness of terrorism head on. It is time to drop our facades and join together in creating everyday miracles that bring healing to ourselves and to others. It is our personal responsibility to generate love not hate, compassion not indifference, and positivity. Only then will the higher energetic vibrations of love and peace heal families, communities, and the nations of the world and ensure that our precious Mother Earth will thrive and support life worthy of Her.  

Rayna Lumbard is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Psychospiritual Healer and Creativity Coach in Saratoga.  She specializes in “InnerSuccess Transformations,” positive pathways to health and wholeness.  She also co-hosts The Awareness Network, a weekly networking meeting promoting personal healing, spiritual, and professional growth in San Jose. Rayna can be reached on her website at www.InnerSuccesss.com and at(408)358-3756.

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• Basic Color Healing---20 hour intensive.   Detroit, Michigan Oct 22, 23, 24, 2004; Brownsville, Texas Oct 29, 30, 31, 2004; Seattle, Washington Feb. 18, 19, 20, 2005
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• Reiki Attunements class-----Level 1, 2 & Master level students. Next class San Jose TBA
• Anchoring Your Multidimensional Self----4 weeks (2 hour class/week. Evening)
• Transfigurational Matrix Healing----11--14 hour modules.  Nov 13, 14, in San Jose. Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia April 2005
• Workshop on sound and color with Sharon Howarth-Russell---Toronto, ONT Nov. 6, 7, 2004
• Aura Awareness Day talk with Cynthia Sue Larson and Alijandra at East West Bookshop in Sacramento, CA Friday eve Nov. 26, 2004 with follow-up workshop at The Learning Exchange;  Saturday Nov. 27, 2004. 10-5
• Radio/Internet show ----"Out of Time" with John Zarr. Oct 10 from 9pm-12am CST,  7-10pm PST or 10pm-1am EST in the States and Canada. Listen live or check out web link at www.outoftimeradio.org Also, "Walking in Spirit" with Monique Chapman on www.healthylife.net  radio on Oct. 12 from 8-9pm PST, 10-11pm CST and 11-12am EST.
• TV show "Journey in the Paranormal"----Sacramento, CA cable access and simulcast on www.live365.com Show 1 airs Nov. 1 at 9pm PST, and repeats Nov. 3 at 5am PST. Show 2 airs Nov. 8 at 9pm PST and repeats Nov. 10 at 5am PST.

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Monique Chapman is a Fremont, CA based intuitive. Having experienced a session with her, I can recommend her highly as a reader. Her web site is Healing Visions or you can call her direct at 1-888-240-6057. She has a new radio show "Walking in Spirit" on www.healthylife.net on Tuesday nights from 8-9pm PST, 10-11pm CST and 11-12am EST in the States and Canada, where you can phone in with your questions.