Ainslie MacLeod is at the frontier of exploration into the soul and its profound influence on our physical selves. I recommend this book to those who seek greater spiritual well-being and a better understanding of their lifes purpose.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of You: The Owner’s Manual.
About the Book:
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Have you ever sensed that your life has a deeper, more meaningful purpose —but don't know what it is? If so, you're not alone. To help you and the millions like you, psychic Ainslie MacLeod's spirit guides have given him a systematic approach to uncovering who you really are—and the life your soul has planned for. They call it The Instruction.
Now, for the first time, this unique teaching is offered as a step-by-step program for realizing personal fulfillment. The Instruction will take you through 10 "doorways" to unveil the life plan your soul created before you were even born, including:

Your Soul Age: Determining how it shapes your beliefs and behaviors

Your Soul Type: Are you a Hunter? Thinker? Creator? What your Soul Type reveals about your true self

Your Powers: Connecting fully and permanently with your spirit guides to create your destiny

Your Talents: Using your past lives to enhance the present

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Planetary Transits for the Total Solar Eclipse

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on Aug. 1, which will be visible
from a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. (This is the “midnight
Sun” eclipse, as it is visible primarily from regions that experience a
“midnight Sun”.) The path of the eclipse begins in Canada and extends across
northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China, where
it will end at sunset. Only a partial eclipse will be seen in northeastern
North America, and most of Europe and Asia.

The beginning of the general eclipse is 08:04; the beginning of the total
eclipse is 09:11; the greatest eclipse is 10:21; the end of the total
eclipse is 11:21; and the end of the general eclipse is 12:38. All times
are UT, which is 7 hours ahead of PDT; 6 hours ahead of MDT; 5 hours ahead
of CDT; and 4 hours ahead of EDT.

It is generally advised to stay indoors, fast or eat lightly, and to
meditate during an eclipse. Additionally, the total solar eclipse is
followed by a partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 16. Take extra care and patience
during this two-week period.

Sun is in Cancer at 15:33°. Moon is in Cancer at 15:38°. Mars is in Leo at
24:42°. Mercury is in Cancer at 18:27°. Jupiter is in Sagittarius at 20:41°.
Venus is in Leo at 00:10°. Saturn is in Leo, at 13:48°. Rahu is in Capricorn
at 24:32°. Ketu is in Cancer at 24:32°.

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"The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because
that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention
to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.
When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You
get to take yourself oh so very seriously."

- Tom Robbins, *Jitterbug Perfume*

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To love is one thing, to understand is another. He who loves is a devotee, but he who understands is a friend.

It is sometimes asked why, if God is all-pervading, there is need of the special manifestation of a messenger such as Krishna, Buddha, or Jesus. The answer is given in the words of the Bhagavad-Gita where Shri Krishna says, 'When Dharma is hindered, then I am born.' This means that a manifestation, which the people recognize as a savior or messenger, always comes when the necessity arises. ... In all ages and to all peoples the message of God has been sent. And that message has been kept by those who received it in the form of a scripture, and the name of the messenger and his honor have been held high by those who have followed that particular message. No matter at what time in the history of the world the message came, one thing is sure: that it has always penetrated the heart of man and left its impression and its influence, ever multiplying and spreading, proving it to be the message of God. ... Since it is the message of God, whenever it comes it is from the same source.

Jim Goodman | Small Farming Is the Future
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/28/10646/

The day out of time was really so,
I day I will not forget;
For how can I forget the Light,
A Light I never really left;
Perchance I was asleep awhile,
But now a Kiss has come,
To Waken me to a Place so Free,
[Eternity],
A Place where we shall come and dance,
To Live our expanding love and Destiny.
Befriending Eternity ~

Secret Report: Biofuel Caused Food Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/04/10103/

Alien contact covered up, says Apollo veteran Edgar Mitchell | The Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,24069817-5001021,00.html
Be sure and watch the video

Future of the Arctic: From White Ice to Black Gold
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/25/10593/

You can hear Byron Katie talk with Oprah on XM Satellite Radio on these
dates:
Monday, July 28th
Monday, August 4th
Monday, August 11th

Go to: http://www.thework.com/events.asp

Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. A man would not find peace at the tailor's because his coat comes from there; neither can the spirit obtain true happiness from the earth just because his body belongs to earth.
Spirituality is contrary to materiality. One who is conscious of matter alone is material, one who becomes conscious of spirit also is spiritual. He who thinks, 'I am my body', and sees no further, is material. He may as well say, 'I am my coat', and when the coat is worn out he may say, 'I am dead.' The one who is conscious of the spirit, to him his body is a coat, and as by taking off one's coat one does not die, so even by the death of this body the spirit realized soul does not die.

The eclipses will be at:
August 1st, Friday
3:30am (peak)
Total Solar Eclipse
(NEW MOON, Ashlesha)
August 16th, Saturday
1:30pm (peak)
Partial Lunar Eclipse
(FULL MOON, Danishta)

caution, charity and meditation are advised.
Fasting if you can and NO travel!

You have been invited to meet
The Friend
No one can resist a Divine Invitation.
That narrows down all our choices
To just two:
We can come to God
Dressed for Dancing,

Or

Be carried on a stretcher
To God's Ward.

-Hafiz, translation by Daniel Ladinsky, *I Heard God Laughing*

Is this the brightest star in the galaxy? Celestial body blazes with light of 3.2million suns
Last updated at 11:58 AM on 16th July 2008
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1035600/Is-brightest-star-galaxy-Celestial-body-blazes-light-3-2million-suns.html]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1035600/Is-brightest-star-galaxy-Celestial-body-blazes-light-3-2million-suns.html[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1035600/Is-brightest-star-galaxy-Celestial-body-blazes-light-3-2million-suns.html]
Astronomers believe they may have discovered the brightest star in the
Milky Way amid a swirling cloud of colorful stellar dust.
Nicknamed the 'Peony nebula star', the celestial body blazes with the
light of 3.2million suns in the centre of our galaxy.

There is a light within every soul; it only needs the clouds that overshadow it to be broken for it to beam forth.

Every being has an individual ego produced from his own illusion. This limits his view which is led in the direction of his own interest, and he judges of good and bad, high or low, right or wrong in relation to himself and others, through his limited view, which is generally partial and imaginary rather than true. This darkness is caused by the overshadowing of the soul by the external self. Thus a person becomes blind to his own infirmities as well as to the merits of another, and the right action of another becomes wrong in his eyes and the fault of the self seems right. This is the case with mankind in general, until the veil of darkness is lifted from his eyes.
It is the bodily desires, passion, anger, appetite, all the different desires and needs, that make the mind helpless and make man hold on to them. All the worries, anxieties, depressions, and despairs arise from them. There is not a single moment in which the mind is able to stand aloof so as to reflect the light within, the light of the soul, so limited has it been made by the limited existence on earth. In reality this is the whole tragedy of human life.
The one and only thing that hinders man from advancing spiritually, or at least from advancing towards the goal, for which he is destined, and which he is longing to attain, is this: that the mind is so absorbed by the demands and wants of the physical body that it has hardly a moment to give itself entirely to the reflection of the light of the soul.The difference between a scientist and a mystic is that the former analyzes the things he is interested in, studying them by different methods in order to ascertain as much information about them as he can, the ways in which they can be of any benefit, their uses, and their nature, whereas the mystic, though in a way doing the same, first aims at lighting that light within himself by which he can see in this world of darkness and illusion, instead of using some technical instrument or special scientific process. As it is said, ' Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven', so his first task is to light the candle within.
There is a light within every soul. It only needs the clouds, which hide it, to dissolve for it to beam forth. This is the light of revelation. It is like a lantern to us, it lights up every dark corner we wish to examine, and gives an answer to every question we would ask. ... There is a beautiful Indian tale that illustrates the meaning of this light. It is said that there is a certain kind of cobra, which has a diamond in its head. When it goes into the jungle, it takes out the diamond and places it on a tree. By means of its light, it searches all it wants, and when it is finished, it puts the diamond back in its head. The cobra represents the soul, and the diamond the light of inspiration guiding it. The same truth is portrayed in the story of Aladdin and his lamp. The lady he loved represented the ideal of his soul. The lamp he had to find was the light of inner guidance, which when found, would lead him to the attainment of his ideal.

WORLDWIDE HEARTWAVE APPEAL

WORLDWIDEWAVE PRODUCTIONS presents?.
A film about the shift in global awareness
and transformation of consciousness.
We have entered a critical time in the history of humanity
and the clock is ticking...
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"If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his
devotion. And if he sings earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall beset in
front and back and on all sides. Those devotees, who are attached to Me, heart
and soul, will naturally feel happiness, when they hear these stories. Believe
Me that if anybody sings my Leelas (plays), I will give him infinite joy and everlasting
contentment. It is My special characteristic to free any person who surrenders
completely to Me, and who does worship Me faithfully, and who remembers Me, and
meditates on Me constantly. How can they be conscious of worldy objects and sensations,
who utter My name, who worship Me, who think of My stories, and My life and who
thus always remember Me? I shall draw out My devotees from the jaws of Death.
If My stories are listened to, all the diseases will be got rid of. So, hear My
stories with respect; and think and meditate on them, assimilate them. This is
the way of happiness and contentment. The pride and egoism of My devotees will
vanish, the mind of the hearers will be set at rest; and if it has wholehearted
and complete faith, it will be one with Supreme Consciousness. The simple remembrance
of my name as "Sai, Sai" will do away with sins of speech and hearing." - Sai Baba




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July 17 is the full moon known as Guru Purnima, the fullness of devotion and appreciation
to the teacher within us and to the great teachers/gurus who have graced our lives.
Full moons are a special time to set a sankalpa, or sacred intention, for yourself
and the planet. Guru Purnima is the most potent full moon of the year, an intensely
spiritual time to express gratitude for all the blessings in your life, to set your
intentions for yourself and for all beings ----- and to do your spiritual practices.
If you're not regular with sadhana (spiritual practices), begin again on this day
with your meditation, yoga, prayer, and other practices.

OM GURU OM!

Riches and power may vanish because they are outside ourselves; only that which is within can we call our own.

Where is man's wealth? It is in his knowledge. If his wealth is only in the bank and not in his knowledge he does not really possess it. It is in the bank. All desirable and great things, values and titles, position and possession, where are they? Outside? No, because outside is only that which one knows by the knowledge one has within. Therefore the real possession is not without but within. It is the self within, it is the heart which must be developed, the heart which must be in its natural rhythm and at its proper pitch. When it is tuned to its natural rhythm and pitch, then it can accomplish the purpose for which it is made.

www.thesummerchildren.com

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8316692185126189734

It's old but it aligns nearly perfectly with my own psychic insights.
It was so strange to think that there is someone else out there with
similar understanding but acquired in a completely different manner.
Sad to say, I have never been aboard a space ship, but with my kind
of curiosity, you can imagine it would be an experience too
interesting to decline.
More importantly, I feel the need for intergalactic awareness is
imperative because whether we choose to expand our awareness or not,
there simply has to be other life out there . . . and as we develop
the means for moving beyond the limits of Earth, we need to
understand Space as well as the true history of humanity and its
presence on Earth.

Praise cannot exist without blame; it has no existence without its opposite.
Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan:

There is a pair of opposites in all things, and in each there exists the spirit of the opposite: in man the quality of woman, in woman the spirit of man, in the sun the form of the moon, in the moon the light of the sun. The closer one approaches reality, the nearer one arrives at unity.

Back in 1969, 14-year-old Beatles fanatic Jerry Levitan snuck into John
Lennon's hotel room in Toronto. Armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck,
Levitan convinced Lennon to do an interview.
38 years later, director Josh Raskin has created a hauntingly beautiful
animated film using Levitan's original interview recording. Using the
"Yellow Submarine"-inspired pen work of James Braithwaite and digital
illustrations of Alex Kurina, "I Met the Walrus" perfectly encapsulates
Lennon's prescient thoughts on politics and
I Met the Walrus (an animated film with John Lennon)
[http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/90917]
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/90917

A beautiful presentation of Lennon's prescient
thoughts on politics and peace.

Time for the:
Gratitude Dance!!

[http://www.youtube..com/watch?v=7m_jwKwyi8M]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m_jwKwyi8M

Doing a gratitude list in the morning is amazingly effective. The dance,
pure fun!

"Once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart
and gently tending its wounds _will protect you from evil. Building a
fortress and defending yourself behind it will only make you more
vulnerable. Healing your own heart is the single _most powerful thing you
can do to change the world. Your own transformation will enable you to
withdraw _so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one
word, one thought, or one breath."

-Deepak Chopra, *The Deeper Wound Recovering the Soul from Fear and
Suffering*

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Be good anyway.
Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People need help but will attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and the ineffable presence.
It was never between you and them anyway.

~ Mother Teresa

OUR HEARTS ARE THE SHRINE
WHERE GOD SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
OUR GOOD THOUGHTS ARE THE
FLOWERS THAT WORSHIP HIM/HER.

This is a reminder that this Sunday, like every first Sunday of the
month, there is a meditation / recitation of the 1000 names of the
Divine Mother, here at the OMpalace from 2pm to 4pm. We will begin
and end punctually. Kindly call / email to reserve your space. This
gathering is free of charge, yet your prasad, shared with everyone,
in the form of a contribution of finger foods (fruit / nuts /
deserts) are greatly appreciated. Tea from the garden will be
served. Flowers, candles & incense, are also welcomed. This is a
very joyous and cleansing experience and attracts high astral
vibrations due to the repetition of the Sanskrit mantras 1000 x!

No pre-requisites. Chant books will be made available.

JAI MA, MA, MA,

Secret Report: Biofuel Caused Food Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/04/10103/

Give Praise whenever you can.
When you Praise another, you Praise yourSelf.
Seek out opportunities for Praise,
for every uplifting acknowledgment you share with another has immeasurable value;
Praise is a wondrous gift,
priceless,
as a precious ruby that is uncovered deep within one's Sacred Self;
Be ONLY authentic,
for it is the Purity of Authenticity which will unlock the door of the One Heart.

www.germainegaljour.com

FASHION & STYLE | July 3, 2008
It's Not Easy Picking a Path to Enlightenment
By ANDY NEWMAN
Kripalu, a New Age retreat, makes hard choices in finding the courses with the most appeal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/fashion/03kripalu.html?ex=1215835200&en=4fdcb94a5cd857b8&ei=5070&emc=eta1

"What is it that people need today?
These are three things:
A heart pure and white like the moon, speech soft and sweet like butter, a face
that is loving and kind.
Today, on the contrary, people are hardhearted... There is harshness in speech,
and no softness in their hearts.
Fill your hearts with compassion.
Let your speech be sweet and truthful. You will then be truly human."

- Sathya Sai Baba
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Frances Moore Lappe | Just Who's Doing the Hoarding? Food Independence and Real Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/02/10037/

www.prayerrockfoundation.org/news.html

support a refuge of light:

Prayer Rock Foundation Celebrated Its First Anniversary on June 28, 2008
A Hermitage of the Heart Prevails in Times of Shifting Sands-
Our beautiful planet is in trouble and is in need of sources of Light to help us
return to our natural space of balance. In the Heart of Maui, there is such a unique
and precious place, Prayer Rock Sanctuary, where all beings are invited to join
with us in our eternal prayer to send Peace, Compassion, Loving Kindness and Joy
to all peoples of the world. It is a rare jewel. All of you who have experienced
Prayer Rock - into whose hearts its spirit has entered - know this, directly. It
changes one.
As a symbolic beacon of this prayer the temple and stupa lamps of the Prayer Rock
Sanctuary have been kept lit and burning continuously for more than a quarter of
a century now. Our task is to preserve this unwavering presence of the light.
~~~
Send a donation if you can and or email Jeff Munoz, the resident Custodian for more details:
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"This time, like all times, is a very good time, if only we know what to do with it."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

HAPPY CANADA DAY, fellow Canadians, let's celebrate being alive and being able to be good, do good and evolve in consciousness.

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