Archive for May, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill: A Different Point of View
By Ellen Luksch
- Sunday, May 30th, 2010
One of my business partners with Dream Of The Heart – Ana McGroarty’s, reflection of the Gulf Oil Spill:
In June 2000, when “green” was not the talk of the town, my husband, John and I started a business called Synergy Environmental. We developed the market and obtained all the approvals for the use of a product called BioMatrix. This is a product that biodegrades oil, breaking it down to its natural components (H2O, CO2 and fatty acids), none of which are toxic or hazardous to the environment. We have focused a lot of time and energy on educating people, including children in schools on alternative ways to handle oil and chemical spills, by using this product. We started this business because of an awareness that we had of the need to make some changes with the environment. We could have never predicted the crisis in the Gulf with the largest and most harmful oil spill of all time and consequently a situation that BioMatrix could have such a positive impact on.
BioMatrix is created from sphagnum peat moss, found above the 49th parallel of the earth. It is a simple and abundant material found in Mother Earth herself. It can be used to clean up the damage of the oil on the wetlands. But it seems the powers that be still choose to turn a blind eye to the simple solution. How indicative is that of how we lead our lives? Why? Because we are afraid to let go of the old ways: in our lives it is called beliefs, stories, etc. In the world at large it is called polypropylene, surfactants, kitty litter “clay” products, etc. These products represent what doesn’t work. They are manufactured by a chemical process that can result in long term side effects that are harmful to the fragile ocean environs, where as, BioMatrix is an all natural product does not.
I continue to “hold that space” for a solution to the Gulf crisis that best serves Mother Earth. My desire has been to be able to reflect back to Mother Earth the love and joy she reflects to me, from a clean and clear space. This has never been about saving the environment, for she is perfect the way she is. It has been about a partnership, a romance, wherein she has been willing to be that mirror for me to see myself, in so many ways, they are unmentionable at this point.
It will take more than one system, product or solution to control and clean up the damage of this spill. We are confident we have one of solutions in BioMatrix and we look forward to collaborating with others who have the desire and means to clean up this spill. Look at what happened with the Exxon Valdez. Here we are over 21 years later, and we are still being impacted by that spill in so many ways. We cannot afford to not do everything we can. Especially in the fragile state that Mother Earth is now in.
We are at a point where Mother Earth is clearly making a cry for help. I have a strong hearts desire that I can no longer ignore to respond to this cry to help by getting our product out there.
It is time for “CHANGE”. We need new solutions for old problems. The situation in the Gulf calls for new ways of responding – not the same old same old. I don’t have the solution for every aspect of this disaster, but I do have the solution for a piece of it, and I know there is someone out there on this same team committed to “CHANGE” that has another and yet another. It is time for humanity to stand up and be accountable for what is showing up, and DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. That is what this spill is about. No more sitting back and just getting angry, pointing a finger, being a victim. We need to play bigger than that. Mother Earth is willing to be that reflection for us to see that once again Watch what I mean, You Tube Rachel Maddow
John and I have now gone into passionate action with this intention; grounded in a desire to step up, take responsibility for what is showing up in our world. I see that all of it has the potential to mirror what is inside of us. In some ways we created it, maybe not the oversight that caused the disaster to happen but our dependency on oil and our inability to shift our life styles. If we all just stopped, embraced ourselves, stopped pointing a finger, and no longer went into our own corners to hide and protect ourselves but rather sought cooperative ways to work together to solve our environmental problems, miracles could happen.
You can visit our website at http://www.synergy-environmental.com/ and get a better idea of the potential here. You will find we have obtained approval from the EPA and many other government agencies on the use of this product.
More specifically we are looking for an agent or connection to get our product into the market place so it can be used in the clean up of the fragile wetlands, saving the habitats of the creatures that live there. Please contact me if you can help in bringing more attention to this valuable solution.
Living In Earthly Delights
By Grace Sardonicus
- Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Everyday I guide unhealthy individuals to take responsibility for healing & creating a great life … which in turn makes this planet a healthier happier place to live … an Earthly Delight!
Over the past 25 years our national healthcare system has disintegrated. The lack of conscious education in our social structures is insidious. People are dying unnecessarily from diseases, stress and yes, poor diets! For decades we have modeled the USDA Food Pyramid that is based on familiarity and government promotion rather than eating a more plant based diet based on bio-individuality and understanding that what we feed ourselves isn’t just about food but also the relationship with yourself. You can be eating really well yet still poisoning yourself with negative feelings and thoughts. There is a sense of desperation, neglect and fear. I serve others in shifting their perspective from being a victim to re-claiming their birthright of health & vitality.
The Journey of aligning body, mind & spirit begins when you say YES to how you want to live no matter what life challenges arise. Anyone can radically improve their health and wellness by listening to their body and learning what their nutritional needs are rather than emotionally eating or out of a lack of education. Respecting one’s bio-individuality and aligning with your integrity is the doorway to freedom, peace and bliss!
Begin with Presence. Put your attention on the breath and body. Grounding yourself in the moment will open the doorway to hearing what your body wants right now. Not 30 years ago when your Mother fed you meat and potatoes at 7PM even though you didn’t feel hungry for those foods. Through childhood and adolescence most of us learned to disregard our bodies. To neglect our inner voice.
Presence aligns you with your perception, truth & integrity. Presence helps us tap into that “gut feeling” that is our truth. Only then can we transform fear to faith. When we deny our true feelings, we will never be able to move on to clearer vision. This is not to say one should “act” on those feelings … but rather allow them to surface so you can “see” them for what they are … and discover how they got there. We can then make a new choice based on our present truth rather than a story or concept in the mind.
Thoughts are not truth. Thoughts generally arise from distorted beliefs & identities based on self-destructive programs learned from our parents and other authority figures. An example is living with family members who routinely stuffed themselves with junk food when what they really needed was a hug. Someone growing in such a home might unconsciously think that the best thing to do when they feel alone and stressed is to eat chips, sweets or a big bowl of pasta. I remember as a kid my Mom would make spaghetti o’gratin at 10PM as a treat. It was loaded with butter and cheeses. In retrospect, I can see that her treat may very well have been having comfort food to help her wounded heart. And I went along for the ride!
Your body is a vehicle to profound awareness. It reflects a metaphoric story ready to guide the next steps in your life. The pain or pleasure we experience, our eyesight (how we “see” the world or how we are seen), our hearing (how we listen or want to be heard), how our skin feels (the skin is the largest organ than receives and gives touch). How do we feel about being touched? Yes, diet, effects the skin and organs. Computers effect our eyes. Loud music distorts our hearing. But what came first? Our experience as a child not being hugged? Or a painful world that we didn’t want to “see” or “hear”?
Ask yourself, what is really going on in my body? How am I treating my body? Am I trusting what I hear inside me? Do I respect my own feelings? What is my relationship with food? How do I use food? For nutrition, entertainment or as a numbing agent?
Here are a few indicators when you are acting contrary to your integrity:
1. A sense something is not right inside. You feel unhappy & shut down.
2. Tendency to blame others & feel overwhelmed. You feel doubt, guilt, shame & separate.
3. Not living in present time but rather dwelling on past events or future dreams.
So what do you end up doing? Eat that piece of chocolate or scoop of ice cream that’s going bring you instant happiness. Fill that hole in your heart with one more slice of pizza. When will you end this viscous cycle by finally deciding to feed yourself only nutritious yummy meals? And getting support so you can actually follow through?
When we ask these questions, we can find our way home to our true North, our integrity. If we all were eating wonderfully nutritious food but never addressed listening to and feeding our primary needs, no diet would ever really work. A broken heart can surely lead to cancer. Our immune system function is a direct result of our ability to handle the many stresses of life.
Over years I have experimented and created hundreds of yummy recipes. People who have been strict meat-&-potatoes devotees have been pleasantly surprised how amazing healthy food can taste. And juicing … wow what flavors! The earth provides us with the resources to live magnificent lives. When combined with the presence of listening to our bodies’ needs, we can truly live in Earthly Delight!! With abundance & gratitude!
Join me in learning tools to support great health & wellness…. an Earthly Delight, June 18,19 & 20 in Beverly Farms,Ma. Go here for more information. http://www.embodydreamprograms.com/blog.html
Finally! THE Manual for Transforming Your Life
By Meghan McChesney Gilroy
- Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Our students, friends, and family have been hearing about the book that Rita Rivera Fox and I been writing for years. The first question inevitably is, “What’s the title?” To which we have responded with many different possibilities and quite a few head scratches. We still don’t know the final answer, but at least you can have a sneak peek at what this mystery book is about.
Got awareness? Facing internal or external challenges? Wouldn’t you love to have THE Manual for transforming your life? Meghan McChesney Gilroy of Life Mastery Programs reveals how connecting to your heart’s desire and following a step-by-step process can dramatically impact your life and our world. Book co-written by Master Teacher Rita Rivera Fox.
Attracting New Clients
By Kevin Murray
- Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Do You Have Something of Value for Your Clients…..But You Don’t Want to Do Any Sales or Marketing?
Well then, I have some great news!
Here are 3 Powerful Techniques to Attract Perfect Clients -
Especially for Those Who Say:
“I Do Not Want to Do Any
Sales or Marketing”
Would you like your clients to find you
easily and automatically?
Here are the 3 things but also here are 3 links to exercises to learn how to implement these.
- Increase Your Daily Energy! Make yourself more attractive to the Universe! Click here for 3 exercises to see where your energy goes and how to build it up.
- Get very clear about the Impact that you’d like your clients to receive. Here is a link to the web workshop piece on this: Your Business Impact
- Get clear about your Ideal Clients – and yes there is a workshop section on this – follow this link
(you’ll need to register to get all the content and exercises – but I probably already know who you are)
Do you have your Free copy of the book:
“Energize Your Business with The Law of Attraction”
Free TeleClass On These Topics May 12th at Noon for Entrepreneurs -Click This!
Free Book on Facebook offer
By Kevin Murray
- Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
I’m extending the Free book offer on Facebook until May 12th to allow for people to get the book in their hands and refer it along…
Trust Yourself! Trust Life!
By Rita Rivera Fox
- Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Today more than ever, as we feel the shifts that are happening in our lives, it is important to choose to align our awareness with the biggest source of energy there is, life! Life is what we are. Life is what we share with each other. Life is the easiest way to name what it is that created us. You may choose to call it God, Light, the Great Mystery or Spirit. All these descriptors convey this indescribable energy from which we are born and are always connected to.
Life inspires us to birth Love into manifestation. Without each one of us choosing a more loving response, a more trusting response to what we encounter in our daily lives, it doesn’t happen. There are many ways to bring love into manifestation and tap deeper the well of life that is within; and one is choosing to trust.
When we have trust in ourselves, even when we aren’t clear about our direction, or when faced with uncertainty, we create a channel for life energy to flow less impeded. Trusting oneself is really choosing to open our heart to what we don’t know, or to what scares us.
Trusting is not a concept. It is a feeling within the body. It originates in the heart and when we feel it, we move beyond the idea of what trust is and instead actualize it, and live it. This feels expansive, and opens the gate of the heart to flow more freely.
Imagine that right within our heart lives the ability to meet the changes that might challenge us. Rather than collapsing into doubt or cynicism, which is just one way fear disguises itself, we rise to meet it. Notice the difference in the energy of the words: meet vs. collapse. When we meet a challenge with trust we increase our ability to respond to life, and thus open up even more energy to sustain our lives, our expressions and creations. Trusting has the ability to stabilize us when an insecure feeling bubbles up inside of us.
The energy of trust is like a magnet – the more you have, the more you attract. Imagine how it would feel to really be able to stand in trusting your heart and what it feels? Doubt would no longer have a hold over you. You could move forward with more ease. Trust that you already have what it takes to make your dreams reality. Trust that you can transform your life in the ways that your heart and soul calls.
Please take a moment and bring your attention to your heart for a few breaths? Allow yourself to feel that each breath supports the thought, “I trust this heart of mine. I trust that I am connected to Life.” Opening to trust life itself is accessible, right here, in this breath and your next. Watch what happens as you repeat this and connect to the feeling of trust inside each time you feel tense or anxious.
Choosing to trust life creates an energetic stance in the world that touches everything you touch, everything you see, and everyone you meet. Trusting life to bring you what you need changes everything. It fills you with energy to create your beloved projects, relationships, and professions. Even the often encountered conundrum of the process of transforming ourselves into more authentic beings, is fed and gently supported by choosing to trust life. Trust life and feel the difference!
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