A Little at a Time

I just finished reading a terrific book by Brian Weiss called "Many Lives, Many Masters"
In his psychotherapy practice he uses hypnosis to help people regress back in their present lives and even into past lives to discover the roots of their present day fears and other problems.

I really am excited because the concept of past lives and a place in between where we feel complete bliss, Love, and rest makes the thought of stressing over this life somewhat meaningless. None of this really matters all that much when you look at our existence as eternal.

"I am letting go of fear and anxiety." is my intention today.

We are here to Love.

I have gratitude for all that I am.

A Quick Intention

Yesterday I started a new intention or mantra that I am incorporating into my everyday consciousness.

"Guide me and heal me so that I can be of greater service to others"

I am grateful that this is manifesting for me now.

Messages Recieved

Here is the promised update about my journey.
I have been continuing my Yoga Nidra practice. Among other things, my intention has mainly been to remain open to life direstion and divine purpose. I have been listening and cultivating awareness of the messages sent to about this. Just a couple of weeks ago, I took a Level 1 Reiki class. I have really been enjoying the self treatment and I have been practicing on friends and family with good results.
Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki is the practice of energy healing through the laying on of hands. Reiki translates as Universal Life Force Energy and as you practice you are receiving this energy and transmitting it through your hands into yourself or another. This helps to create energetic balance which can hold the space for healing.
All forms of disease are the result of an imbalance of energy in the mind or body. Therefore Reiki can assist in the healing of a wide range of physical and emotional problems.

I have to say, I am very excited and feel much gratitude for being able to channel Reiki. As my teacher said on the first day of class, "You are not here by accident. You have come here to learn Reiki at this perfect moment in your life and for a perfect reason." When she said this, I was like, "YES! I am here because I took the time each day to quiet all the noise and listen to my intuition."

I am feeling more each day that I will start up my own healing center so that people can come and I can help them. This is so exciting. I THINK I should be patient and keep listening to the Universe so that I can create this in the perfect time and space, but mostly I just FEEL that I should just go for it and let it "evolve" organically, learning more all along the way and increasing my healing skills as I go.

Another interesting thing that happened just last night was my sister in law gave me some books by Brian L. Weiss. He is a psychotherapist who works with hypnosis to facilitate early life and past life regressions. This helps the patient recall the true source of their problem so that they can LET GO. This is interesting because it is the second time recently that I have been told about hypnosis. I do not believe in coincidences so I am paying attention! We will see where this all leads, that is for sure.

Be open to Life, Love, and Divine Purpose. Trust that you have everything you need. Be Grateful!

Peace and Prosperity,
Curtis

Secret Life of Plants

I was just able to see a very profound and enlightenting film called "The Secret Life of Plants"
In the film it is shown scientifically how plants feel and communicate.
It is also beautifully put together with some amazingly beautiful footage of plants and places.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4753736638977368381


Enjoy.

Create Your Reality

Lately I have been struggling with determining my life's work and ultimately my divine purpose. Who hasn't!? In the last year I have gone from a wwoofer in Hawaii (check out www.wwoof.org) to a helper in a raw chocolate business, a produce manager at a Whole Foods, and a deckhand on a schooner in Maine. I have tremendous gratitude for all that these experiences have taught me about myself and for the good times I have had along the way. These adventures though have been my attempt to try something new to see if it fit for me. I have been very discouraged each time I realize that, nope, this is not what I want to do long term, and it is back to square one.
That is where I am right now. Stripped down to the very bone and I have no clue what will happen next.
There is hope I know. I have been practicing a form of Yoga called Yoganidra and I have felt that it is helping.
Yoganidra is a branch of Yoga that uses sensory deprevation along with meditation on an intention. I have been using the advice of Karen Knowler (a well known raw foods coach) who said that first we must surrender to the universe in order to be open to recieve direction. So I have been meditating on surrendering to the universe.
"I surrender to the universe and have gratitude for the clarity of direction that this is bringing me" has been my statement of intent.

It seems that as long as my mind was "trying" to figure it all out I could not recieve direction because my mind was distracting me.
I can already feel a difference in my sense of well being, my increased patience, and lower anxiety.
I do not know yet what I will try next but I am already less worried about it.
I think that my sense of direction will come, but I must be patient because I know that this has to happen in steps for me. First I must come to a place of peace, and then I can be in the flow and receive direction.
Of course I am already recieving direction right! I am writing this post about how much progress I am making so yes I am recieving what I need in this moment.

I have so much gratitude for the reality that I am creating through the infinite life force energy of love.

I will keep up on this blog now and will update about my progress and let you know what tools I am finding helpful.

Making Room

Today I spent some time in the garden thinning my greens. I broadcast the seeds and had good success with alot of them sprouting. I have always precision planted them in the past, but I had many seeds and little space so I just went ahead and scattered them.
This has become a great opportunity to enjoy some mixed baby greens fresh from the garden while giving growing room for the ones left in the ground.
In the foreground of this picture are the lettuces that were already thinned and behind them you can see the dense clusters of greens yet to be harvested.

A lovely closeup of some "fun jen" greens (a type of mustard) that have enjoyed a growth spurt after being thinned about a week ago.



The method is simple and effective. Just use scissors to trim the plants that are crowded together right above ground level. Leaving the roots in the ground does two things; it leaves the roots of the plant you are saving undisturbed, and the old roots of the plants you harvest will decay and feed the remaining plants. I try to thin so as to leave the biggest plants behind and leave enough space between them so that they can grow to maturity.

This is bok choy. When it is young like this it is so tender and the flavor is so mild it is a wonderful addition to a salad!



One of the bok choy babies.




Post harvest. I only went through one little patch about 2 feet by 2 feet and wound up with all this salad mix. Also there are still alot of plants in the ground. Awesome!

Not only did I get the good greens but I also went ahead and nabbed a pepper.
We will be eating well!!!!
Get dirty.
Stay inspired.
Love your plants.

Allow

This is actually an old photo of a hike we did in the Great Smokies National Park.

This tree is an ancient Tulip Poplar.

The reason I posted this was because this area of land we were hiking through was a former homestead. You could see the old stone walls and some very old fallow areas where the crops were grown. Most homesteaders would completely clear their land and therefore most of the eastern forests in the US are only 50-75 years old. This person left huge portions of his land in balance and let the forests be.
Now these trees still stand with dignity and majesty.

It is amazing with a little foresight what can be accomplished with no effort whatsoever.

Allow nature. Allow space.
Be.