Nature creates species of things and then lets them develop the way that they need to. Very few things in Nature are identical. The amount of freedom and creativity within Nature is awe inspiring.
Humans however, seem to think that they need to "copy" someone else. They believe that to mimic is to show praise. Instead, it shows absence of originality and creativity. To copy is to minimalize the beauty of the self.
Today, be your original self!
Many blessings,
Judy
A request came in to me asking that I recommend a prayer that is easy to remember and easy to do. I puzzled about this for a bit because, to me, prayer is a very individual practice. However, a friend sent this to me.
A Five Finger Prayer
1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our loved ones is, as C. S. Lewis once said, a 'sweet duty.'
2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They need support and wisdom in pointing others in the right direction. Keep them in your prayers.
3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders. Pray for the president (or prime minister), leaders in business and industry, and administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. They need God's guidance.
4. The fourth finger is our ring finger. Surprising to many is the fact that this is our weakest finger, as any piano teacher will testify. It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. They need your prayers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.
5. And lastly comes our little finger - the smallest finger of all which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. As the Bible says, 'The least shall be the greatest among you.' Your pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. By the time you have prayed for the other four groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be able to pray for yourself more effectively.
Thanks to my friend Gay, who sends me lots of great stuff by email, for sending this lovely way to remember those who need us to pray for them.
May all of you have a wonderful day!
Judy
When something comes up in your life three times or more in several days, one must pay attention. What was coming up for me was Elephant. Someone sent me a link to a story on elephants rescuing their baby from mud. I read an Apple News headline and story about messages from elephants. And then I dreamed about elephants. When an animal shows up several ways or actually comes to see you out in nature, shaman say that this is a spirit animal bringing you messages, either for you or for you to share.
In my dream, Elephant was walking through the deserts, jungles, and over the mountains. She was beating a path for people to follow to find their connection to the Earth. Greed is not unique to humans. However, the scale of greed and the harm to others is definitely unique to the human species on planet Earth. The Elephant talks of suffering at the hands of human poachers whose greed leads them to wound Elephant and to cut off their tusks, leaving them to bleed out.
Wherever there is greed, harm will be done to the Earth and to the animals, as well as to humans. Elephant asks us to stop this sense of entitlement, and to return to being a steward of the Earth.
Many blessings,
Judy
Whenever I am clearing an emotion or an event that has been blocking my growth, I generally get a cold. Most often, when I have cleared the cold, I receive the added present of a cold sore after I have finished coughing, sneezing and blowing my nose. Now, most of the time, I can clear a cold in one day. The cold sore, however was taking a lot longer to heal. And, cold sores are annoying!
I think I have tried every product on the market for cold sores, as well as using energy healing techniques like - throwing cold sores to fire, using Reiki, EFT, BodyTalk, Quantum Touch, Integrative Healing, and prayer. It seemed that all of these things took at least a week to heal the cold sore. My goal is to heal a cold sore in one or two days. Several of my friends get cold sores from too much Sun, or from too much chocolate as well as from other foods that they are sensitive to. They too would like to have a remedy that works within one day.
Then, mid October, I got a one day cold which I cleared by spending forty minutes on the copper board, eating four Vitamin C 500 mg about every 1.5 hours, and gargling with Listerine.
Copper board used by Roger Joyeux in Crystal and Copper Board Layouts (http://www.angelsandancestors.com/crystallayout.html) Picture by S. Roger Joyeux © 2009
The cold started about 3:00am and by the time I got up at 7:30am, was in full swing. By the time I went to bed, at 10:30pm, I felt great. The next morning, when I woke up, I felt that tell tale tingle that a cold sore was starting. I searched for a solution. The list of vitamins and minerals that I found included the following:
As I looked at the list, I was puzzled. I was taking huge amounts of Vitamin C, so that did not seem to work for me – I still got one. I pulled out some liquid Vitamin E, and the stinging endured. I wasn’t about to rush out to buy Yogurt or Zinc. One of my friends suggested using toothpaste, so I tried that for the rest of the day. My cold sore still hurt and was growing. I went to bed feeling a bit frustrated that I could not heal it.
As I drifted off to sleep, I heard that phrase “For every illness that man does know, God has caused a plant to grow.” I got it! I needed to look for a plant.
The next morning, I started my quest, after I watered my plants and did my house work. As I did tasks, my gaze kept being drawn to my Aloe Vera plant. So, I looked up Aloe Vera for treating cold sores. The following advice was on a page about folk remedies.
When the tingling starts, try rubbing juice from an aloe plant on the affected area. If you are traveling, take a bottle of aloe gel with you just in case a sore begins. This remedy is especially effective if used at the first sign of a cold sore, but will also stop it later on, too, and will begin the healing process immediately and keep the sore from "blossoming."
I rushed back down stairs and asked my largest Aloe Vera plant if I could use pinches of its leaf to heal my cold sore. It was happy to help. I started rubbing the Aloe Vera on at about 2:00pm, and by evening, the tingling had decreased significantly. I used it all day, and took a pinch and used it through the night. I continued this and all in all, it took three days to heal the cold sore because I started into the second day of the problem.
Aloe vera plant in the window
At the end of December, however, I was able to heal a cold sore in one day. This was an after effect of a one day cold which I caught going to a public market.
Here’s how I did it. I felt the merest tingle. I pinched off about a nickel sized piece of the plant and then split open the skin to reveal the gel inside. I rubbed the gel, directly from the stalk of the plant, on my cold sore. I also rubbed the gel all around my lips to prevent the cold sore from spreading. I waited for the first application to dry a bit because it dries quite quickly, and then I rubbed the gel on again. I snipped off several pieces and put them in saran wrap in my pocket so that I could apply the gel anytime, and I did apply it about every half to three-quarters of an hour. When I ran out of Aloe Vera pieces, I simply went and got some more. I used it all through the night as well. By morning, I was clear.
I would love for you to try this remedy and then for you to let me know how it works for you.
Many Blessings,
Judy
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When we have self healing to do, and when we are feeling sorry for ourselves, we can get so focused that we forget that there are others out there that also need healing.
Sometimes, the first step to self healing is to look at someone else, and see their pain, or circumstance, and wish for healing for them. Some rules for this… 1) make sure the person has asked for help and 2) make sure that you are sending the healing from a place of love. You can always ask someone if they would like you to send them healing energy. An easy way to start is to exchange energy with a friend.
Here are some suggestions for sending healing energy.
1) Find a quiet place to sit, and ask for angel light to surround you to keep you safe.
2) Visualize yourself surrounded in white light or in purple light, so that you see yourself in a big ball of light.
3) Then invite the person needing healing to step into your healing ball of light. Hold them there for several minutes. Increase this to five minutes after a week. The aim is to be kind and helpful, not to play yourself out.
You may notice that after doing this practice for several weeks, that the other person feels lighter, and that you feel a change in your body.
Remember, this information on healing does not replace healing advice from a medical professional. Do consult your doctor if you are in chronic pain or discomfort.
Many Blessings,
Judy
The part of healing that western medicine seems to ignore is the energetic healing of the body. The beauty of the energy healing practice, like Reiki, is that it heals the physical, the emotional, the spiritual, and the mental (mind). Energy practitioners will tell you that when one of these areas is out of balance, you are not well because you are out of balance.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy." (from http://www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html)
There are many Reiki practitioners and there are several schools of Reiki.. all good. Reiki classes are available to those who wish to work on some self healing.
I love the creed... Just for today:
Several years ago, on a Saturday morning, I was in a bicycle accident when the trail we were riding crumbled beneath me and dropped me and my bike about eight feet down into a creek bed, amongst trees that had been chewed off by beavers. I dislocated my shoulder and had massive bruises and several pulled muscles. Four Reiki sessions over Saturday and Sunday had me mobile and able to go to work on Monday morning.
And, at the end of November 2022, I had some surgery. One of my friends volunteered Reiki sessions to help smooth over the worst of the discomfort. Each time she did a session - I was restricted to no visitors so it was distance healing - I went into a deep sleep and woke up feeling refreshed. It was wonderful!
Remember, the information in this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider for a medical condition.
However, if you are stuck and healing is slow, you may want to try out Reiki.
Many blessings,
Judy
It may seem to readers that have been following this blog for the past couple of days that the theme seems to be about healing and therefore about self care or self love. That is true. However, there are so many aspects to the harm that we do to ourselves that we need many ways of undoing the harm, and many ways to promote healing. One of the most common destructive emotions I see in clients is resentment.
I like this exercise on releasing resentment. It appears in many books and articles. The exercise write up comes from the blog http://indigointentions.com/a-quick-exercise-to-dissolve-resentment.htm.
Dissolving Resentment
Dissolving resentment can be simple, not easy but simple. One of the best exercises I have used in my own life and offered to my clients is an exercise that Louise Hay shares in her book, “You Can Heal Your Life” and she point out that this is an old Emmet Fox exercise that helps to dissolve resentment. Since it helps to dissolve the resentment, it will also help you in forgiving others and in forgiving yourself.
Remember, the information in this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider for a medical condition.
Have a beautiful day!
Judy
This week seems to be about me talking about healing and healing methods. Our friend, Theo, introduced my husband and me to Ho'oponopono when he was visiting us in 2005. He talked about the process as part of the training that he undertook to become a Huna (one who can connect to the highest wisdom within and with the Universe). He talked about how the process changed him over the course of several months.
It is a process that I have adopted as part of my self work. It is a process that I have shared with many. I hope that you find it helpful.
The Hawaiians' have a practice that allows them to clear themselves of issues. The following definition of Ho'oponopono comes from Uplift Connect at http://upliftconnect.com/hawaiian-practice-of-forgiveness/.
What is ho’oponopono?
On the surface level, many people have understood ho’oponopono to be a mantra where one repeats the words ‘I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you’ as a form of mental and spiritual cleaning that could be compared to Buddhist techniques for clearing karma. It has been defined as a forgiveness and reconciliation practice, cleansing of ‘errors of thought’ – the origin of problems and sickness in the physical world, according the the Hawaiian worldview. The literal translation is ‘to put to right; to put in order or shape, correct, revise, adjust, amend, regulate, arrange, rectify, tidy up, make orderly or neat.”
The process that you can use is neatly summarized in the website at http://www.ancienthuna.com/ho-oponopono.htm.
Try the process and see how it works for you.
The Process of Ho'oponopono:
Many blessings,
Judy
Picture of detox drink is from an email that includes the recipe
After Christmas, many of us work to change our eating habits and begin exercising to lose weight and streamline our bodies. I decided to detox. I like detoxes that are simple and do not do any harm.
Health experts and nutritionists tell us to be more conscious of the toxins around us - in our food, in our water, and in the air that we breathe. I started looking for natural ways to cleanse the body. You can find lots of recipes on line, in magazines, and in books.
I like this recipe because it is easy and tastes okay. And it seems to work.
1/2 apple,
1/2 medium cucumber,
2 capfuls organic apple cider vinegar,
1/3 tsp tumeric powder
1/4 tsp pepper (to activate tumeric)
400ml water (1 ¾ cups)
Add lemon and honey if you want to add more flavour
Many Blessings,
Judy
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A Long time ago, there was a son who was extraordinarily respectful to his father. On his deathbed the father said: “My son, you honored me in my life time and now you must honor me after my death. I command you, if you should ever be overcome by anger you should hold back your angry until the next morning.
After his father’s death, the son was forced to embark on a prolonged journey, which took him to distant lands for tens of years. Unbeknownst to him, the wife he left behind was expecting his child.
After his years of absence, the husband returned home unannounced, hoping to joyously surprise his wife. But as he approached his bedchamber he saw his wife embracing a handsome young man, a stranger. The husband became fiercely jealous and reached for his dagger - when he suddenly remembered the pledge he made to his father: He must hold back his rage overnight.
The next day he was shocked to discover that the young man in his wife’s embrace was none other than his own son, the child that his wife had borne during his long absence. The man was thus saved from tragically slaughtering his own family.
Source: “A Letter for the Ages” Mesorah Publications 1989
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. –Seneca
Many Blessings,
Judy
Picture from www.nashvillescene.com
I often dream about animals and many times, the animals talk to me in the dreams. The Shaman believes that all animals speak and that animals bring us messages. These spirit animals may also act as guides or as guardians for us both in the dream world and in this world. As a side note, one of the meanings of the word - Shaman - is to identify the person as one who walks between worlds or walks between the daylight world and the night time world.
My dream the other night was about several things although the prominent figure in the dream was a Rooster. Rooster had a lot to say.
A rooster is a symbol of male domination, not only of the chickens, but of the farmyard. Several sports teams have Rooster as an emblem or totem, on their team sweaters. Roosters have been used in betting circles to stage “cock fights” and to proclaim mastery at fighting.
Rooster, however, is not happy with Man, and Man’s attempt to subvert Rooster’s natural protective tendencies to become a fighter without any other job and therefore be a source of entertainment and profit. Rooster has this to say about life.
How do you find it in your heart to have compassion for someone who has just spouted vile words at you, for no apparent reason? How do you find compassion for the person who sits behind Anonymous and writes bullying words and makes threats? Do we need to find compassion for them?
This was my question for my meditation. I was finding it hard to understand why someone would want to yell at someone else for no reason. Or, if you want to be really mean to someone, why not use your name?
I sat and waited for the knowing. Nothing happened. I waited some more. Nothing happened. I waited and sank into a deeper state. And I had the knowing that frustration and anger at life is a driving emotion that causes Anonymous to post the blogs or for someone you might not even know to shout out at you.
The interesting part of the meditation was that when this situation happens to you or touches you, the Universe (Spirit) is holding up a mirror that shows an aspect of you.
I looked inside for peace. I looked inside for healing. I offered gratitude that I was not writing anonymous angry words or going around shouting at people. The Shaman in the legends talk about the angry, crazy person having some hidden wisdom in the meaningless rambling.
I could not find any words of wisdom. I did find compassion. How horrible it must be to feel that much pain and to take it out on random people. I offer blessings to them.
Many blessings to you,
Judy
Poster is from an email from a friend. It is a great saying!
Each year, starting in November, we are pushed to buy the biggest, the brightest, the most expensive presents for family and friends. We are pushed to consume…. Stuff! We fill our homes and work places and even our places of entertainment and relaxation with stuff.
The poster above says it all. Do not collect stuff that will only serve your ego. Collect friends, good meals together, go on outings, feed homeless or provide some sort of shelter and food for animals. Make what you spend your money on, count for “something” that makes life better for you and for others. Become mindful about how you are spending your time and your coin. Mindfulness will help you see things that are inconsequential to life.
Many blessings,
Judy
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.” ― Mother Teresa
A client said to me the other day that they were wondering what the purpose of life was. The person felt that they were on the correct path…school, university, degree, job, significant other… but that they felt not fulfilled.
My response is that you do not feel fulfilled because you are not yet self actualized. In self actualization, you feed your soul because you are doing the one thing that feels like joy, like you are doing what you are on earth to do, and you know that you are meant to be doing it right at that place and time. For many, self actualization means that they have reached a spiritual level that brings them peace and light and joy. Not everyone finds that actualization on this life journey. And many give up looking for that special thing that makes their heart feel light.
If you want to know more about self actualization, look up Maslow and the Hierarchy of Needs. This helps to explain how one gets to self actualization based on tasks and needs.
Many blessings on your journey,
Judy
I had a conversation with some friends about what makes a person tremble, and in particular, what made each of us in the group tremble.
The words that first came up were:
We moved on to the physical things that make us tremble like:
And then we moved to the intrinsic things that make us tremble.
We had so much fun with this. What I needed to remember was that each of these items seemed to be a force of Nature interacting with us.
What would you add to this list?
Blessings,
Judy
The idea of questing, or of searching, goes back to ancient times. Our Ancestors understood that some people had a need to find out new information and to find new things. Today, when we quest, we often have a map to guide us, or perhaps GPS.
Think about how difficult it must have been to be a man or a woman (think Joan of Arc) to leave what you knew, and to follow the spiritual guidance of your soul to be in service to the Greater Good. Picture yourself being guided by the stars and planets to go someplace that was only a name to you.
Through out time, people have travelled or quested to sacred shrines to ask for healing for themselves or for another. People have quested to see the other side of the mountain or the other side of the ocean. The common theme is the deep hunger to learn something new or to do something different. Now, the quest is to take settlers to the Moon or to Mars.
Today, do you have a quest that is calling you?
Many Blessings,
Judy
