Amara Rose's Posts - Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-28T18:52:08ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRosehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2980477303?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2a27ibyae1vbg&xn_auth=noRecess and Reassess!tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-06-29:2227378:BlogPost:1786132010-06-29T22:19:48.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">With our focus on The Shift taking place worldwide, it's easy to forget we have the power to effect change<br></br> at the very local level ~ within our own beings ~…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">With our focus on The Shift taking place worldwide, it's easy to forget we have the power to effect change<br/>
at the very local level ~ within our own beings ~ by altering how we think. Simply shifting our emphasis allows "I feel depressed" to morph into "I feel deep rest".</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">I also realized the root of "recession" is "recess": it's summer, time to take a break and allow ourselves the deep rest and rejuvenation we deliciously deserve in these tumultuous times!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">All the players I've encountered recently say the same, in their own unique ways. Visionary spoken word artist <a href="http://www.dreamingbear.net">DreamingBear</a> Baraka Kanaan, a modern-day Rumi, exhorts us, "Play hooky from your have-to's, Will you marry freedom with me? Let's elope into ecstasy…"</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">Clearly, the keynote of now is, "Ain't it awe-full?" <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m6d26-Recess-and-Reassess">READ THE REST!</a></span></p>
<br/>Summer Solstice: An Opportunity to Become More Wholetag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-06-16:2227378:BlogPost:1759432010-06-16T18:30:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">Summer Solstice celebrates the sun at the peak of its power. Both the sun (male energy) and the moon (female energy) are waxing, or increasing, now. June 21st marks the longest day and shortest night of the year, in the northern hemisphere (Winter Solstice for our southern…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">Summer Solstice celebrates the sun at the peak of its power. Both the sun (male energy) and the moon (female energy) are waxing, or increasing, now. June 21st marks the longest day and shortest night of the year, in the northern hemisphere (Winter Solstice for our southern hemisphere allies). It's a stillpoint. A time to reflect. A potent moment to set your intention, because the manifestation momentum is strong.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">The day goes by many names: All-Couples Day, Feast of Epona, Gathering Day, Midsummer, Litha, Vestalia. In ancient times, June was a popular marriage month, since summer offered a window between the sowing and reaping seasons. The June full moon was considered the best time to harvest honey from the hives, and newlyweds were fed honey during the wedding feast to encourage love and fertility. The tradition lives on in our modern post-nuptial getaway, the honeymoon.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">How might we translate our ancestors' emphasis on love and union at Solstice to our lives today? In other words, how can we best live this light? <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m6d16-Summer-Solstice-an-opportunity-to-become-more-whole">READ THE REST!</a></span></p>
<br/>Becoming Homeopathic: You Are Your Own Medicinetag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-06-12:2227378:BlogPost:1749162010-06-12T00:25:51.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Just as our planet contains all of the resources we need to create and heal — awaiting only our discovery and ingenuity — <i>we</i></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana">contain the ability to self-heal on an intrinsic level. This was brought home to me the other day when, in the midst of a strong (and highly unusual for me) allergy reaction, I was looking at a homeopathic remedy.…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Just as our planet contains all of the resources we need to create and heal — awaiting only our discovery and ingenuity — <i>we</i></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana">contain the ability to self-heal on an intrinsic level. This was brought home to me the other day when, in the midst of a strong (and highly unusual for me) allergy reaction, I was looking at a homeopathic remedy. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">To my great astonishment and amusement, one of the chief ingredients in the remedy I selected was <i>ignatia amara</i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana">. I picked another remedy off the shelf for insomnia, and discovered <i>ignatia amara</i></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana">listed there as well. In fact, when I did an online search of the remedy, it seemed to describe my very nature to a "T": "Women of sensitive nature, mild disposition, quick to perceive, rapid in execution. Rapid change of mental and physical condition, opposite to each other." The website also stated a supreme aversion to coffee — and I can't bear the smell of brewing coffee!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">I smiled in wonder at all this: I am my own antidote. The feeling was immensely empowering. We each, all, contain the answer to whatever "poison" we're currently immersed in, whether physical or psychic, personal or global. We need not use a canon when a kiss will suffice: becoming homeopathic is about recognizing, and choosing to use, the smallest possible "dose" to activate healing. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m6d9-Becoming-homeopathic-You-are-your-own-medicine">READ THE REST!</a></span></p>
<br/>The Gold Standard: True Wealth Means Stepping Fully into the Life Stream!tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-06-08:2227378:BlogPost:1739752010-06-08T03:07:05.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">While many of us realize this pivotal moment we're living heralds a return to unity among all peoples and all life on Earth, visionary author Moira Timms takes the shift a step further, painting a lucid picture of how wealth and wholeness are one. As we remember and reclaim our wholeness/holiness, we elevate the concept of abundance to a "whole" new level.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">In <i>Beyond Prophecies and Predictions: Everyone's Guide to the Coming Changes</i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana">, Timms describes our emerging "true wealth" consciousness this way: "The mind analyzes — the heart synthesizes. The turning point is where the heart is awakening. The United States motto (inscribed on the banner in the beak of the eagle found on the Great Seal, on the back of a one dollar bill), reminds us that America was founded on the principle of 'E Pluribus Unum' — 'Out of the Many, One.'"</span></p>
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<br/>Memorial Day: Releasing the War Within Ustag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-05-25:2227378:BlogPost:1722692010-05-25T22:03:14.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">In our civilized, industrialized, pasteurized, homogenized world, we're frozen into form, ossified in the material — and inured to the whispers of tree leaves, the murmur of brooks, the hissing of summer lawns. Now it takes a rock and roll band pounding 110 decibels directly into our ears, and<br/> still most of us, earbuds securely in place, walk on placidly. It's a false peace, and we know it. The uneasiness stirs in our bones, barely kept at bay by the jackhammer rhythm of life in the 21st century. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m5d25-Memorial-Day-Releasing-the-war-within-us">READ THE REST!</a></span></p>Marketing 101: The Heart of Moneytag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-05-14:2227378:BlogPost:1713372010-05-14T22:07:33.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times">It's been awhile since I last wrote about <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~topic360080-Money?selstate=topcat#breadcrumb" target=" _blank">money</a> — one of my greatest apprenticeships this lifetime. I discovered a fabulous local networking group with the intriguing title, "New Consciousness Entrepreneurs," and knew upon arriving that I was home. The woman who conceived of and facilitates the group, <a href="http://www.stepintoyoursoulsignature.com" target=" _blank">Maggie Ostara</a>, has, in the synchronous way our lives intertwine these days, been on my <a href="http://www.liveyourlight.com/WhatShines.html" target=" _blank">What Shines newsletter</a> mailing list for years.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">April 22<sup>nd</sup> marks the 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Earth Day, an environmental event that, according to founder Senator Gaylord Nelson was "self-organizing" — like the Earth, Herself.…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">April 22<sup>nd</sup> marks the 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Earth Day, an environmental event that, according to founder Senator Gaylord Nelson was "self-organizing" — like the Earth, Herself.</p>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We've come a long way in</span></span> <span style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">consciousness since 1970. We're awakening</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">en masse</span></i></span> <span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in these creational times, when living the NOW places us in sync with the ineffable.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br/></span></div>
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<div>"I love you." No expression of emotion is more powerful, more sought after, more fraught with meaning. But what does "I love you" mean?</div>
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<div>A decade ago, I was in closure with a companion who helped to radically shapeshift my life. One morning, just after midnight, we were driving in his van when he glanced at the car clock and said, almost absent-mindedly, "Good morning, Amara, I love you!" This had been…</div>
<div>"I love you." No expression of emotion is more powerful, more sought after, more fraught with meaning. But what does "I love you" mean?</div>
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<div>A decade ago, I was in closure with a companion who helped to radically shapeshift my life. One morning, just after midnight, we were driving in his van when he glanced at the car clock and said, almost absent-mindedly, "Good morning, Amara, I love you!" This had been a catchphrase for us, arising from his teaching that it's preferable to awaken to a hug, a "good morning" and an "I love you" than to one's typical daily dramas or complaints. <br/> <br/>
This time, however, instead of echoing the sentiment or smiling my love back, I responded, "What does that mean?" <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m4d11-Terms-of-endearment">READ THE REST!</a></div>A Passover Question: Are You Fleeing — or Returning?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-03-29:2227378:BlogPost:1643532010-03-29T22:47:28.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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Charles Hoffacker declares, "The encounter with the Eternal is the essence<br/>
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though the moment disappears, Eternity leaves its impress and we are not as we were before."</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">T.S. Eliot poetically concurs in</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Four Quartets</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: "Quick now, here now, always — A condition of complete simplicity / (Costing not less than everything)." <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d29-A-Passover-question-Are-you-fleeing--or-returning">READ THE REST!</a></span></span>Health, Wealth and Wisdom: Health care reform a step in right directiontag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-03-23:2227378:BlogPost:1631842010-03-23T21:00:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">"The greatest wealth is health," said the Roman poet Virgil. Ben Franklin noted, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man, healthy, wealthy and wise." Both men clearly possessed the wisdom embodied by the 44<sup>th</sup> president of the United States, who is bringing greater health and well being (an older definition of wealth) to more than 30 million uninsured Americans.…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">"The greatest wealth is health," said the Roman poet Virgil. Ben Franklin noted, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man, healthy, wealthy and wise." Both men clearly possessed the wisdom embodied by the 44<sup>th</sup> president of the United States, who is bringing greater health and well being (an older definition of wealth) to more than 30 million uninsured Americans.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana">It's official: the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, fueled by a mysterious substance astronomers call "dark energy". Satellite maps reveal the universe to be just four percent atoms by weight, 23 percent dark matter (presumably elementary particles left over from the Big Bang, say scientists) and 73 percent dark energy.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana">This turns what we used to believe about the composition of the cosmos on its ear. All this time, we thought the universe was mainly atoms, yet this is only the tip of the evolutionary iceberg. We've been looking at ocean froth, thinking it's the ocean.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana">Here on Earth, we're in an era of diving deep, <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Back-to-the-future-remembering-how-to-live-as-one-with-the-All"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #0000ff">mapping a new world</span></a> as a planetary organism. In the midst of our collective birth process, the astronomical course correction suggests a macro-micro view: "as above, so below." <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d20-Atom-and-Eve">READ THE REST!</a></p>"Beware the Ides of March!" Does the Day Signal Danger — or Opportunity?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-03-12:2227378:BlogPost:1608852010-03-12T20:30:25.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#CCEEDD" face="'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Five centuries after the astrologer in Shakespeare's play counseled Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March!" we still shudder at the thought that March 15th might harbor some hidden hazard.<br/></span></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#CCEEDD" face="'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But it's just another day, albeit one that was part of a convoluted calendar. In ancient Rome, each month had an "ides," a mid-month division of the calendar based on phases of the moon; "ides" means, "to divide." In March, May, July and October, the ides fell on the 15th. In the other eight months, the ides fell on the 13th.</span> <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d12-Beware-the-Ides-of-March-Does-the-day-signal-danger--or-opportunity"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">READ THE REST!</span></a></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This coming weekend and throughout the following six weeks, approximately 70 countries worldwide will participate in an annual illusion: saving time. We move the hands of our clocks ahead and think we've harnessed the sun.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Time, like space, is elastic. Athletes know this. When athletes move into "the zone," time slows down. They see every move or play with perfect clarity, and execute the correct maneuvers as if in a dream, sensing the triumphant outcome. Something expands within them that translates into success.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How many people do you know who never seem to have "enough" time? We are each gifted with the same twenty-four hour cycle to use as we choose. People who are time-deprived are exhibiting one aspect of our pervasive scarcity consciousness</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d8-Daylight-savings-and-the-truth-about-time">READ THE REST!</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Been flying off the handle lately? Feeling spacey or ungrounded? Or as though time seems to be speeding up? Relax. It's only ascension.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A lengthy channeling from the Ashtar Command, excerpted below, reminds us that what is happening in the Heavens, on Earth and in our own beings is all cosmic mirroring. Each of us is a Sun, carrying the Light of the Great Central Sun…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A lengthy channeling from the Ashtar Command, excerpted below, reminds us that what is happening in the Heavens, on Earth and in our own beings is all cosmic mirroring. Each of us is a Sun, carrying the Light of the Great Central Sun within us, and "being the bridge of this Light between you and the Earth, just as your solar sun is the bridge between the Central Sun and your solar sun." As above, so below.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ashtar counsels, "As you witness solar sun eruptions and flares, look at the other 'suns' about you and you will see these same flare-ups and eruptions taking place. As you witness this mirror effect, look below you and you will also see all kinds of erratic behavior and eruptions taking place upon the Earth." (Such as our recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile). <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d3-Earth-changes-emotional-eruptions-empathy-its-all-good" target=" _blank">READ THE REST!</a></p>
<br/>Going for the Gold: Is it about prizes, money — or love?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-02-17:2227378:BlogPost:1557222010-02-17T18:00:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
<center><i>"You sit here for days saying, 'This is strange business.'<br></br> You're the strange business. You have the energy of the sun<br></br> in you, but you keep knotting it up at the base of your spine.<br></br> <b>You're</b> some weird kind of gold that wants to stay melted in<br></br>
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The Olympics are all about prowess and prizes. And while it's exhilarating to watch athletes who have trained for years achieve…
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The Olympics are all about prowess and prizes. And while it's exhilarating to watch athletes who have trained for years achieve their dream, there's a deeper dimension to what "gold" represents.<br/>
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I've suggested before that we're "morphing out of materialism". In <i>Beyond Prophecies and Predictions: Everyone's Guide to the Coming Changes</i>, visionary author Moira Timms describes our emerging "true wealth" consciousness this way: "The mind analyzes — the heart synthesizes. The turning point is where the heart is awakening. America's motto, inscribed on the banner in the beak of the eagle of the Great Seal [of the United States], reminds us that America was founded on the principle of 'E Pluribus Unum' — 'Out of the Many, One.'"<br/>
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Further, the inscription beneath the Great Pyramid (the centerpiece of the Great Seal, on the back of a one dollar bill) says, "Novus Ordo Seclorum" — which translates, appropriately, as "A New Order of the Ages.” So, the answer is in money — but it's not about who can become the richest at others' expense. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m2d16-Going-for-the-Gold-Is-it-about-prizes-money--or-love" target=" _blank">READ THE REST!</a>Valentine's Day / Year of the Tiger: It's Time for Powerful Love!tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-02-11:2227378:BlogPost:1544692010-02-11T18:37:34.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">In 2010, the Chinese New Year falls on Valentine's Day (February 14<sup>th</sup>). It's the Year of the Tiger, a fierce, proud feline that denotes mastery: on my CD,…</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">In 2010, the Chinese New Year falls on Valentine's Day (February 14<sup>th</sup>). It's the Year of the Tiger, a fierce, proud feline that denotes mastery: on my CD, <a href="http://www.liveyourlight.com/Products.html" target=" _blank">What You Need to Know Now: A</a> <a href="http://www.liveyourlight.com/Products.html" target=" _blank">Road Map for Personal Transformation</a>, a panther accompanies the quester as she enters the cave to begin her journey; as she emerges, a tiger walks beside her, indicating she has conquered her fears and now stands fully in her power.</span><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif"><br/></font></font></p>
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February 2nd goes by many guises. In the U.S., it's popularly celebrated as Groundhog Day, when a small furry rodent supposedly either sees his shadow or doesn't, and the result determines whether we experience six more weeks of winter. The day has far deeper meanings than this — but yes, it <i>is</i> a potent moment to watch your shadow!<br></br> <br></br>
Celebrated cross-culturally since "time out of mind," the day is both a Christian and Pagan holiday,…
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February 2nd goes by many guises. In the U.S., it's popularly celebrated as Groundhog Day, when a small furry rodent supposedly either sees his shadow or doesn't, and the result determines whether we experience six more weeks of winter. The day has far deeper meanings than this — but yes, it <i>is</i> a potent moment to watch your shadow!<br/> <br/>
Celebrated cross-culturally since "time out of mind," the day is both a Christian and Pagan holiday, known variously as Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day (Bride's Day), and Candlemas. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Beyond-Groundhog-Day-February-2nd-as-Imbolc--Candlemas--St-Brigids-Day" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Spirit in Disguise, or Blessed by the Dress!tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-01-27:2227378:BlogPost:1528132010-01-27T21:30:01.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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Here in mid-winter, I recall one summer Solstice week of little miracles and amazing synchronicities that affirmed the ever-present Power within and around us, regardless of how life appears to be going at the moment:<br></br> <br></br>
While housesitting in another town, I saw a woman in Whole Foods wearing a beautiful sleeveless summer dress, sprinkled with stars, in all my favorite colors. I spontaneously went up to her and said, "I love your dress!"…
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Here in mid-winter, I recall one summer Solstice week of little miracles and amazing synchronicities that affirmed the ever-present Power within and around us, regardless of how life appears to be going at the moment:<br/> <br/>
While housesitting in another town, I saw a woman in Whole Foods wearing a beautiful sleeveless summer dress, sprinkled with stars, in all my favorite colors. I spontaneously went up to her and said, "I love your dress!" Whereupon, to my astonishment, she promptly offered to mail it to me if I gave her my address. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m1d26-Spirit-in-disguise-or-blessed-by-the-dress" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Untying the "Nots"tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-01-24:2227378:BlogPost:1523362010-01-24T23:00:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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This is one of the more memorable lines from the movie classic, <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, writ large across the sky by the Wicked Witch of the West.<br />
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Surrender is also one of the more misunderstood stages of the spiritual journey. It doesn't mean to give up or give in, but to open to something beyond;…
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"Surrender, Dorothy!"<br />
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This is one of the more memorable lines from the movie classic, <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, writ large across the sky by the Wicked Witch of the West.<br />
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Surrender is also one of the more misunderstood stages of the spiritual journey. It doesn't mean to give up or give in, but to open to something beyond; to acknowledge, honor, and allow the energy that moves through us free reign. It's about letting go of what you know, how it "ought" to be, what you think you should do now. Instead of relinquishing your freedom, I envision surrender as more of a "Yield Right of Way" sign. The one you're yielding to is your own higher Self. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m1d24-Untying-the-Nots" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Soulquake: The Deeper Meaning of the Haiti Disastertag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-01-14:2227378:BlogPost:1503882010-01-14T19:07:57.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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When the magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked Indonesia six years ago, the full moon was in Cancer, an intensely emotional water sign. The quake struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean, unleashing a tsunami that obliterated more than 120,000 lives and left more than five million homeless. It also permanently reconfigured southern Asia's geography. The massive quake in Haiti this week is a similar wake-up call in terms of the death and devastation.…<br></br>
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When the magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked Indonesia six years ago, the full moon was in Cancer, an intensely emotional water sign. The quake struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean, unleashing a tsunami that obliterated more than 120,000 lives and left more than five million homeless. It also permanently reconfigured southern Asia's geography. The massive quake in Haiti this week is a similar wake-up call in terms of the death and devastation.<br/> <br/>
The Shift of the Ages is, quite literally, upon us.<br/>
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From a meta-perspective, these cataclysms might be seen as fierce messages from the Mother that we humans are merely playing at being powerful when we play with firepower — and it's time to reimagine our rage, at the elemental level. As with 9-1-1 in the U.S.A., what is happening affects everyone. The Haitian soulquake is the latest call to open ourselves to love, compassion, harmony and healing as never before — and to detach from our drama/trauma. We always do this in an emergency. Can we emerge and see the grander picture? <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m1d14-Soulquake-the-deeper-meaning-of-the-Haiti-disaster" target="_blank">READ THE REST</a>Becoming REALtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-01-10:2227378:BlogPost:1494722010-01-10T04:24:52.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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In recent years many of us have felt like stand-ins in our own lives: understudies playing a role on short notice while we waited for our "real" selves to return. We've been in dress rehearsal for the quickening, and it's been a flume ride of the highest order. <br></br> <br></br>
The good news is that density is transmuting into destiny faster than we can say "anagram". The world stage is welcoming us as the…
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In recent years many of us have felt like stand-ins in our own lives: understudies playing a role on short notice while we waited for our "real" selves to return. We've been in dress rehearsal for the quickening, and it's been a flume ride of the highest order. <br/> <br/>
The good news is that density is transmuting into destiny faster than we can say "anagram". The world stage is welcoming us as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holon_(philosophy)" target="_blank">human holons</a> we are, stepping up to the plate and into our soul missions as never before.<br />
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Holding the both/and has become paradoxically more challenging and much easier than in the past. We've had more than a taste of primordial chaos and pain; some of us are still slogging through the morass. The flip side is primordial joy: what sociologist Emile Durkheim called Collective Effervescence (the idea that ritually induced ecstasy cements social bonds) and anthropologist Victor Turner termed <i>Communitas</i>: the spontaneous love and solidarity that can arise within a community of equals. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m1d9-Becoming-REAL" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>The Heart of the Mattertag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-01-05:2227378:BlogPost:1483912010-01-05T05:13:06.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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We've entered a quantum realm, where mainstream "realities" of force and fear seem more and more illusory, while living in the flow and in the know feels real. The mental, hierarchical structures and strictures are dissolving, although it doesn't always look that way! Embracing the matrix is key. How do we do this?<br></br> <br></br>
In <i>Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World</i>, Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, reminds us that the words…
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We've entered a quantum realm, where mainstream "realities" of force and fear seem more and more illusory, while living in the flow and in the know feels real. The mental, hierarchical structures and strictures are dissolving, although it doesn't always look that way! Embracing the matrix is key. How do we do this?<br/> <br/>
In <i>Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World</i>, Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, reminds us that the words <i>matter</i>, <i>matrix</i> and <i>material</i> all come from the Latin word for womb, "mater," which means mother. She also uses the evocative phrase, "speaking truth to power." <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m1d4-The-heart-of-the-matter" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Once In A Blue Moon: A Potent New Year's Blessingtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-29:2227378:BlogPost:1470832009-12-29T22:30:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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On December 31, 2009, we'll experience a blue moon lunar eclipse. A blue moon typically refers to the second full moon in a given month, which only happens once every few years, making it unusual enough to generate a sense of expectancy. However, the original definition referred to the 13th full moon in a "tropical year", or growing season, traditionally measured from one winter solstice to the next. <br></br> <br></br> So while the full moon and blue moon…
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On December 31, 2009, we'll experience a blue moon lunar eclipse. A blue moon typically refers to the second full moon in a given month, which only happens once every few years, making it unusual enough to generate a sense of expectancy. However, the original definition referred to the 13th full moon in a "tropical year", or growing season, traditionally measured from one winter solstice to the next. <br/> <br/> So while the full moon and blue moon already herald a potent completion to 2009 and entry into 2010, there's even more power inherent in this passage. Gillian Macbeth-Louthan of The Quantum Awakening writes, "This is the most important New Year's Eve we have been gifted in a long time. It asks us to 'flash forward' into the next two years to see what we can see. No matter how much you do not believe prophecy from time and earth, it will still affect your energy field and your choices. ... <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Once-in-a-Blue-Moon-A-potent-New-Years-Eve-blessing" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Mercury Rx: A Healing New Year's Gifttag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-25:2227378:BlogPost:1466992009-12-25T21:27:05.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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On December 26th, the planet Mercury will appear to move backwards in the sky until January 15, 2010 — a dance it typically does three times each year. Because Mercury rules communication, transportation and technology, many people have an instinctive aversion to these retrograde cycles. But as with all shadows, Mercury retrogrades contain hidden gifts.…
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On December 26th, the planet Mercury will appear to move backwards in the sky until January 15, 2010 — a dance it typically does three times each year. Because Mercury rules communication, transportation and technology, many people have an instinctive aversion to these retrograde cycles. But as with all shadows, Mercury retrogrades contain hidden gifts. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d25-Mercury-Rx-A-healing-New-Years-gift" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Season of Storiestag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-17:2227378:BlogPost:1455582009-12-17T22:34:42.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
<center><i>"The universe is made of stories, not atoms."</i> ~ Muriel Rukeyser</center>
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As we enter the year's prime shopping season, stores tend to replace stories as the gift source of choice. I grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, the shopping capital of the known universe, so I understand just how seductive — and soul diminishing — the material mindset can be. <br></br> <br></br>
Emerson said: "Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only…
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As we enter the year's prime shopping season, stores tend to replace stories as the gift source of choice. I grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, the shopping capital of the known universe, so I understand just how seductive — and soul diminishing — the material mindset can be. <br/> <br/>
Emerson said: "Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself." How do we put the "I" back in "stores", supplant material-eyes with empath-eyes? How do we create the new story of Now? <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d17-Season-of-stories" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Reaching Your Boyle-ing Pointtag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-08:2227378:BlogPost:1446272009-12-08T00:30:00.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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At an age when most performers have hit their peak and may already be on a downward spiral, one rising star has captivated the world — not only with her phenomenal voice, but with her story. <a href="http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/" target="_blank">Susan Boyle</a> shot to stardom just before turning 48.<br></br> <br></br>
We generally groom our superstars as youth: usually a new name enters our consciousness when the performer is between 18-22, sometimes…
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At an age when most performers have hit their peak and may already be on a downward spiral, one rising star has captivated the world — not only with her phenomenal voice, but with her story. <a href="http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/" target="_blank">Susan Boyle</a> shot to stardom just before turning 48.<br/> <br/>
We generally groom our superstars as youth: usually a new name enters our consciousness when the performer is between 18-22, sometimes much younger. I love <a href="http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/us/" target="_blank">Leona Lewis</a>, for example, who is divinely talented — and became a household name at 22, less than half Boyle's age.<br />
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The idea that someone could emerge as an overnight sensation in midlife fires the imagination: what might we still be able to achieve, create, become, if a star is born at 48? <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Reaching-your-Boyleing-point" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>December newsletter: From Resistance to Resiliencetag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-12-03:2227378:BlogPost:1437622009-12-03T23:38:37.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
Years ago a popular television commercial featured a maternal manicurist who would soften her customers' hands in Palmolive dishwashing liquid. The theme was both arresting and funny. The patron, upon learning the contents of the cuticle-softening dish, would jerk her hand away and gasp: "Dishwashing liquid?" Madge would calmly pat her hand back down, reassuring, "It's Palmolive!"<br />
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Years ago a popular television commercial featured a maternal manicurist who would soften her customers' hands in Palmolive dishwashing liquid. The theme was both arresting and funny. The patron, upon learning the contents of the cuticle-softening dish, would jerk her hand away and gasp: "Dishwashing liquid?" Madge would calmly pat her hand back down, reassuring, "It's Palmolive!"<br />
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I was ruminating on how such a commercial might play in the metaphysical realm: "<a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Rebooting-your-life" target="_blank">Resistance</a>? You're soaking in it!" And it doesn't soften the journey, but cooks us to a crisp - even when we think we're coming from an enlightened perspective. <a href="http://www.liveyourlight.com/WhatShines.html" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>How to Become a Magnificent Manifestertag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-11-26:2227378:BlogPost:1424592009-11-26T22:06:26.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
<center><i>"Start a huge foolish project, like Noah."</i> ~ Rumi</center>
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What do a purple sweatshirt hanging from a tree branch, a loaf of freshly baked bread, a dead car engine on a stormy night, and a magical forest cabin have in common? They're just a few of the inspiring stories I frequently share about the role of synchronicity in our lives, and how learning to recognize it, embrace it, and nurture it can be the key to changing the way we live.<br />
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What do a purple sweatshirt hanging from a tree branch, a loaf of freshly baked bread, a dead car engine on a stormy night, and a magical forest cabin have in common? They're just a few of the inspiring stories I frequently share about the role of synchronicity in our lives, and how learning to recognize it, embrace it, and nurture it can be the key to changing the way we live.<br />
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Carl Jung described synchronicity as "meaningful coincidence." One teammate defines it as, "Your file is open and on God's desk." It's about transforming the "efforting" in our lives into ease. Synchronicity happens when we're living in flow rather than in force. And its literal manifestation can be quite humorous. Once, when I was deeply into my own spiritual awakening, I had been imploring the universe, "I want to serve, show me how to serve!" Soon afterward, I received a summons for jury duty.<br/> <br/>
As we learn how to listen to the "still, small voice" inside us, wondrous events begin to transpire in our lives. One of my best manifestation stories involves finding a secluded mountain cabin to rent when I lived in New Mexico, by following a tapestry of meaningful messages leading me, literally, to the door. The string of synchronicities was so strong that, had I written the story as fiction, I imagine an editor would have rejected it as "too coincidental for readers to believe." But real life is always more amazing — and amusing — than anything we can invent. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m11d26-How-to-Become-a-Magnificent-Manifester" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Gratitude Guide: Six Simple Ways to Give Thankstag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-11-21:2227378:BlogPost:1417372009-11-21T23:09:06.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
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1. <b>Offer an ear</b>. The greatest need most people have is to be heard. You can listen someone into healing just by being fully present to receive what they want to share. This is mutual gift giving.<br></br> <br></br>
2. <b>Offer a hand</b>. When you spot your elderly neighbor out raking leaves, wander over and ask to assist; suggest you need the exercise. He may be longing for someone to talk to, so you'll be a double dose of gratitude.…
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1. <b>Offer an ear</b>. The greatest need most people have is to be heard. You can listen someone into healing just by being fully present to receive what they want to share. This is mutual gift giving.<br/> <br/>
2. <b>Offer a hand</b>. When you spot your elderly neighbor out raking leaves, wander over and ask to assist; suggest you need the exercise. He may be longing for someone to talk to, so you'll be a double dose of gratitude. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Gratitude-guide-six-simple-ways-to-give-thanks" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>Is Your Life a Banquet?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-11-20:2227378:BlogPost:1414082009-11-20T19:09:30.000ZAmara Rosehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/AmaraRose
Thanksgiving is about food the way Christmas is about presents. In modern life, neither expresses the true spirit of the holiday — although the potential is there. Because at core level, the real issue is always love.<br />
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Is there <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Enough" target="_blank">enough love</a> to go around? The answer is yes, and — we must awaken to this truth on our own. We…
Thanksgiving is about food the way Christmas is about presents. In modern life, neither expresses the true spirit of the holiday — although the potential is there. Because at core level, the real issue is always love.<br />
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Is there <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Enough" target="_blank">enough love</a> to go around? The answer is yes, and — we must awaken to this truth on our own. We become "the Light of the world" first within our own beings; then we're able to shine this radiance outward. It's like any other learning process: we can only serve others from a well that runs full and deep. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21341-North-Bay-Practical-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Feast-on-your-life" target="_blank">READ THE REST!</a>