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I've always maintained that you could see inside my head by peeking into my closets.. and I remember my small apartment and the lack of space leading to confusion and more than a bit of organized chaos, my sympathies, sister! Now you can enjoy the high that comes when the job is done, and well I think my "environment" in the last few years has definitely affected my spirituality: a case could be made that I, too, am stagnating a bit. The manifestation is not a physical one as you describe, but an emotional one - I think the effects are often the same though For me, I think it's that I've lost access to some very important people in my life - some have gone to the other side and some have just gone to the other side of the planet - I have changed, not having them here I definitely think that environment affects one's spirituality (while agreeing that one's spirituality also reflects one's environment) I'm going to work on both of mine, I think..thanks for the inspiration

yes, thank you Ms. Horne, rest easy now

beautiful, a little haunting, but beautiful!

love and healing light to you friend (I know you're probably spent, remember light is more powerful )

blessings and good things to you both! continue to make it better (!)

Holding Baby Christopher in the Light !

incredulous, is what I was two years ago when they said I could perform a marriage ceremony in california (I called the la county clerks office and they concurred) I officiated at a ceremony in Laguna Beach, CA on June 20th, 2007. So far so good! Best to you, mm

I too have been following this post with interest and would love to jump in my first real, eyes open and aware, experience with an alternative form of healing came via a dear friend and co-worker, an OT and a Reiki Master I had cut my palm pretty badly (a freak home improvement accident, everyone knows, chicks with power tools can be very dangerous) the stitches had just been removed, and we just happened to be in the office together within a few moments, having healing offered and accepted, she uncovered my palm and did her thing following, there was no discomfort or pain, and no scarring, no pain meds of any kind needed and despite eleven stitches on the outer layer and six or more subdural, I'd challenge anyone to find an appropriate scar I'll add that though I heal pretty quickly as a rule, this was different I should perhaps mention too, that Sarah, the healer, was already dear to me, and I trusted her implicitly and now I am a humble level one healer - atuned by a master and able to enjoy the gift of having worked with her and the children for more than five years I did say it was magical, and if I didn't, it was I really don't get to use it the way I used to - in Early Intervention Home Based Services - and I miss my little medically fragile heros well, then, lovely all the good you guys are putting out there * and say it ain't so - dumping toxic snow in the harbor!

thank you all - wig shopping was almost fun! she has a deadly sense of humor that one!

and join me in circling her with all the thoughts, prayers, positive light and magic we have here so that she will heal quickly and well and live her beautiful life again we've an ugly road ahead, we're just going to soldier on though..

love and light in a very dark time

rest in peace, lady of peace and courage - miep gies (I always wanted to meet her)!

again, I'm so sorry and I wish you strength, friend I know you've considered this from every angle and have gone to great lengths to change the course of your illness by every means available to you; I read of your experiences with both surgery and drug therapy the only other suggestion that I have is an entirely unprofessional and uninvited one do yoga(use drugs if you have to, to start) focus entirely on the mind/body connection - that is, your own power and accessing it (despite the pain) you've been feeling recently that it's just not worth it- a doctor told me once "how could you be feeling "good"? you're in physical pain, and as long as you are, you can't feel well otherwise.." stay, it's worth it BTW yoga has gotten me through some horrific times, despite my own pain I just wonder, if you found the perfect scenario, if it couldn't help you (that scenario might be part of a treatment plan, depending on your insurance,if you want it to be; alternative therapies are not the bugaboo they once were vis a vis the medical community) or it could be sun salutations and stretching in your living room with mindfulness tomorrow, when I practice, I will remember you, and wish you back to your power and a modicum of pain free days, at least to start!

wow, as I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself because "it's so cold", your post hit home I am so very sorry for the extreme pain and frustration you are experiencing friend, and remember well how very hard it can be to "get out from under" though any real pain that I have experienced has been temporary - with an end in sight - it did not diminish the "moments" where the agony seemed to have no end some people have enjoyed considerable pain relief with accupuncture, reiki and other less than western methods for what it's worth, I wish you love and light and freedom from this somehow

I just thought of something, Qryos and wanted to tell you (since you have that pile of cuties ) that when I read your words, I was immediately reminded of one of my most important books - a mainstay in my classrooms over the years (official, traditional classrooms and itinerant variations all the same) the story was The Whales Song by Dyan Cannon it is as appealing and important to the adult who is reading it as it is to the child cuddled in your lap Lily's grandmother was so wise like you, she heard the message of the "sea', and she received a gift and was able to pass that gift on to her grand-daughter there's no denying magic of sorts if you find it, see if you want to read it to your girls; I don't think you'll be disappointed! (wink)

my only suggestion would be to acknowledge your gift; of the dream and the words that came from it! lovely

I'm thankful most days too but tomorrow I will be slightly more aware of how very thankful I am twenty eight years ago tomorrow, I had a beautiful daughter and I've had the privlege of sharing a table with people I love every year at Thanksgiving (sometimes, in very interesting venues!) we celebrate love and family tomorrow, I'll give thanks for love and family best to You and Your Family - mm

sincerest condolences and blessings

Fin and I visited my Dad's VFW post and then walked down to the War Memorial a few blocks away a quiet moment of gratitude, reflection and affection there thanks to you

Thank you again, Reverend Rainbow, for another window into the world of a soldier I truly enjoy reading your work; insight is an amazing thing, thank you for sharing yours When I read this, I thought of my sweet, complicated father - not so much as a soldier, homicide detective, family man (or golf fanatic) but as that little boy playing on the streets then finding himself at war; and my grandparents, left to wait and worry, not just for him but for his two older brothers simultaneously you have illustrated so eloquently this mother's plea - let all our children be safe, please, let them come home

wow - absolutely amazing I can hear the voices of my father and grandfather, my uncles and cousins your words are a gift tonight, thank you and your experiences have made you a bit of a sage to some of us I wanted to say, too, that anyone who has ever "left me" has never gone far; they have always become a part me somehow; as surely something of her has been a part of you all these years now, right? love and gratitude to you this Veteran's Day, Reverend Rainbow (and all the Veteran's out there!) my birthday! no wonder I have an affinity

there is that of "god" in all of us - that's what we like to say at meeting... hey, how about Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Cathedral"? (that song, and reading a lot led me REALLY far away from organized religion...)

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