Brother Michael Sky

call for Hooka,

I'm sure there are those on this board who figure my mind to be all stretched out of shape.... But i recognize the truth of your words and use the same concept for all I read.... it is a facet of UNDERSTANDING, not necessarily applicable strictly to spiritual texts..... leaps occur at every addition to the mind.... you're stepping all over them words i was talking about.....

not a problem... My inner witness is loud, obnoxious, and has hold of the wheel..... and thank you, Tsukino_Rei, that's pleasant to hear.

Im gonna get some cd's out and refamiliarize myself with them... post a few more for our axe man.... lord, i hope you've not missed this... ( warning: ...... it contains harsh language)or the guitar in this..... put the ladies in a trance.... ( make plenty of eye contact while pounding out THAT rhythm.... )

indeed it is a lot of reading... I have had reason many times to chase down the roots of certain words.... and it sometimes happens that the words used bring connotations that are unwarranted or unwanted, simply by their accepted usage.... I have meditated upon this fact countless times when searching connections between one spiritual teaching and another... It has occurred to me, witness the Energetic Healing thread, that at times a truth must be introduced as a NEW thing for the desired idea to be understood.... at times one must avoid what is familiar to the listener to avoid those well worn thought patterns... those connections that happen when certain words are used, which could focus the listeners attention into a slightly different understanding than that which is intended. For instance : what comes to your mind when i say MEDITATION..... you saw a swami didn't you??? .... thats kinda what i mean... I think i get the idea of using " new " words..... In reality though, I kinda think of em more as recycled....This place is older than science thinks...... which could be another use for specific words.... emalpaiz - perhaps they're underground...waiting for 2012.... mj606 - thanks for the boost... Michael... - hey, thats my pause... JK... I wonder at Madame Blavatsky's ( Helena Petrovna Blavatsky )possible influence on the text.....

Love and Light to Baby Christopher Brackett... May our Creator guide his course, and may the greatest good arise from the situation.... whatever that may be.....

I do like clean guitar..... but I like nearly everything.... this may not be to your taste, but man, This Woman's voice gives me chills.... or or this one I don't care what you say.... by yourself.... doin dishes.... you WILL find yourself thinkin bout this chick..... she's freaky, but there's SOMETHING about her.....

does it bother you, that the fact this was a messianic jewish site, would not be immediately noticed by the christians on this board?? And the fact they probably don't know what that means? how do you feel about Messianic Jews?? only answer if you feel like it RabbiO.... but I am curious.....

I still remember Thanatopsis : So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged by his dungeon; but, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. but man..... Beowulf is gone......" here I sit, broken hearted...."

i try not to look directly at the graffiti fawzo..... some things you just don't want stuck in your head...

I have a pretty good memory, and the second reading will not hold any further surprises... If I let myself I would read it in two days... I find my enjoyment in the oddest places...

ok fellas.... step away from the IRON BUTTERFLY.... I mean it... here listen to this :

i would have trouble explaining how much I am enjoying it.... but I do force myself to put it down so that the reading of it will take longer.... ( I know, goofy... ... but I DO....)

Just got " Legends of the Bible " by Louis Ginzberg it is an abridgement of Legends of the Jews, which took seventeen years to complete. When Louis Ginzberg died in 1953 he was recognized as the world's scholar in the field of Talmudic learning.... he was honored by Harvard University, who referred to him as a " profound scholar of the laws and legends in Talmudic literature." on the honorary degree they gave him.... I'm excited about this book..... and it was reduced at barnes and noble....

must i find it for you Fawzo...? please say no....... just kidding, I misspoke myself.... It is the Essene Gospel of Peace to which i was referring......

In a weirdly similar vein, I frequently wonder what Jesus' contemporaries thought of him.... was he that weird, bearded guy who did really weird things? meditating off by himself, saying controversial, argumentative things when he was in public...... Talking about his father in heaven, talking folks into enemas like the aquarian gospel says..... I wonder at our perspectives when I encounter someone like George Carlin....

ever heard George Carlin's idea of why we are here? George Carlin - plastic *not a video*

Here's another for the rock hound.... A nice, fair sized, base crystal.... hold it under running water for a few minutes ( tap water is fine ) then set it in the sun for a few days.... when you meditate and have reached your spiritual calm, offer energy to your base crystal.... do this on a regular basis and keep the crystal in a good place ( most feel there should be a dedicated spot in your house for meditation and perhaps setting up a small physical representation of a prayer corner ). When you are low on energy or stressed for whatever reason, get your base crystal out and set quietly with it in your lap.... Crystals are batteries, and whatever you put into them is available for retreival.... but like a cell phone battery they have a memory, and the more you use it the more potent it will become.... Running water will cleanse any mineral and sunlight will as well... think of that process like erasing any data on the crystal before you upload your own info.... 8 pounds !?! Gee whiz... prolly the equivalent of a radio telescope....... the one i use is about 8 inches long and 1/2 inch thick... and i use magnetized hematite... its more effective...

In Reiki you are using the " base " energy. The energy which is in everything, even the very ether around us. A Reiki practioner is not taught the usage of other energies.... T'would be redundant, all othere energies are different frequencies of the original source. All can be accomplished with the base energy, and it helps take the desire to direct those energies out of the equation... In Reiki you are just a conduit, taught basic techniques to focus your intention only.. The helpful practitioner does NOT direct the energies, and allows the healing to happen in the manner which aligns the healing with the soul's best and highest good.. Some folks use the natural energy handling abilities of some minerals and other substances to direct certain frequencies ( with a more focussed range of effect )to specific areas for specific effects.... For example, just a quick look at the most beneficial minerals from my experience with healing... Hematite - though I do not use it for the actual healing, it grounds me when I am handling the energies... and helps me channel more energy. Selenite - the exact opposite from Hematite. Acts like an antennae for energy when I am feeling low in energy or fuzzyheaded for whatever reason. I mention these two specifically because most energy workers can immediately feel the effect from both. With hematite in your secondary hand and selenite in your primary hand, begin to channel energies and see what happens.... feels like you are plugged into an outlet.... so fawzo, yes minerals and such are used by energy healers - not necessarily Reiki practitioners... - and they ( with a few exceptions ) act as a filter to achieve a certain frequency of energies... used as most folks use them today - very few effects are realized. One must realize that the Healer is not supposed to be directing the energies to specific effect... There are few indeed who can see enough to do what is in the highest and best interest for the healee.... there just isn't the perspective to know what that is... Energy handlers ( minerals and substances )are best kept to a support role - boosting energy, grounding, increased communication with healers who are assisting from the other side of the veil, etc... it is rarely in one's best interest to simply flood them with very specific frequencies of energy - goes from helping to encouraging all types of peculiar effects.... not to say there is not a use for energy handlers, but generally speaking, for what they do ( read: are used for ) - colored glass would work as well....

I remember the first time I woke to four foot of snow against my sliding door when I lived in Maine... It was surreal and made worse by the arrival of a half dozen friends by way of snowmobile... Didn't slow those folks down a bit...... as a matter of fact, their first instinct was " hey, man lets go snowboarding ! ".... but i had to work....... and was supposed to be on time..... it was the perfect timing to have six friends there tho... they dug me out....

A lil late here, but I'll be assisting at 3:00 PM..... same time zone fawzo...

really nice to see you ... look forward to you joining in !!!

good stuff... things get so detailed in a subject like this that those talking about the same subjects will invariably have completely different ideas that add up to the same thing... there is a basic point here that i didn't successfully make. Not every soul who goes looking for a healer is looking for a physical healing, or even necessarily a mental adjustment... I have had it happen that when an individual lays down on my table - even terribly sick - at times there is no Call or Desire for healing... This individual is in the defining moments of a Karmic experience. Now just because one chooses to call themselves a healer does NOT give them the right to HEAL everyone who walks through the door.... Call them client, subject, soul, or ( illegally ) patient. I believe that using language that is inappropriate will cause an improper response from the one who seeks your services... It is not the healers job to convince a soul that it is the proper time for healing.... or even that they need not follow a prearranged course that leads to physical death.... You say yourself that those who are ready for healing will find you, I say that even those who are NOT ready will find their way to your door. I intend to bring NO judgement to my services. I am very clear that I am simply an instrument. I am the Gas which runs the generator, neither am I the generator nor the current itself. ANY healing which takes place, will take place as a transaction between the divine source and the individual soul. I am the environment which will allow them to make that connection. And what I do is simply a service I provide by being alive, I get no more credit for it than I do for breathing... I was born with the ability to feel and affect energies, I was not given the Omniscience to interfere in anothers path. I KNOW beyond a shadow of doubt when I cross the line.... And without fail, when I am " sure " of what a person needs - I am always amazed afterward at EXACTLY what has happened... as of yet I have never successfully predicted the course of a healing..... I have seen as many ways of healing as I have healers - I have seen impossible things happen ( from my limited human viewpoint ), I have seen Very Strange methods achieve glorious results. I don't know why I feel the need to explain this in detail that can be understood, except that perhaps someone with my understanding may come later to read this, and I could save them years of confusion with a few words... Perhaps this slight difference in our awareness is entirely appropriate... there must be a different flavor for each set of tastes in this world and the variety on this planet is part of it's glory... Rest assured there is no argument or disagreement here.... I always take the opportunity to dig for a little understanding when I speak to others who are called to be an instument of Love in this world... I have difficulty with this path for my own personal reasons.... better answer a few of your questions.... 1: Yes, but that simplifies things too much for my understanding.. Our Creator is our only source, but he gave us the keys..... and the abilitie to create for ourselves... It is our responsibility to make sure the energies we use using are not filtered through our subconscious... a difficult thing that does require HARD work... truly do you think using an ability that has atrophied in the human creature is an effortless thing? Where in our reality does success come with no effort? Being born with a natural ability has given me the ability to spot troublesome areas, time and experience has filled in some of the blanks, but I do not have all the answers... when we make the PERSONAL decision to handle these energies in a visible manner, above and beyond the average, it behooves us to make the extra study and effort to improve our services... actually its a matter that could take a loooong time to work out should we get lazy and let our ego control our healngs... there is a cost for derailing anothers entire incarnation.... Charging money for services - Not sure why so many folks are hung up on this..... is the root of all evil money? or is it the impulses people act upon? What is physical manifestation but the solidification of a divine thought? Physical manifestation is energy.... nothing more, nothing less. Currency is not an evil concept in this world, it is the physical manifestation of an exchange of energy... There MUST be an exchange of some sort in any transaction involving energy... Take money ( physical energy ) out of the situation and the energy must come from somewhere else... ofttimes from unpredictable sources... Not to mention the real issues that folks deal with involving whether or not they DESERVE healing.... as terrible as it sounds, sometimes folks need to feel they " earned " healing by paying for it... and it is not my job to criticize that.... thats where they are, thats where i will meet them.... I did not make up the monetary system, however it is a common arrangement agreed to by all who incarnate.... I do not hold myself outside of societies agreed method of energy exchange... I'd trade pelts for food if that was the accepted method.... and I haven't managed pranic nourishment yet.... For ME, Nesty, there is a fundamental difference between " believing " that someone will be healed, and " wishing for " someones healing. I wish for healing for ALL who want it. I know they can have it.... it's right there with them already. The thing is: this soul is on a trip that covers a LOT of ground and " time ". ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL knows if it is the proper time for healing... My job may be to FAIL at healing an individual... and maybe in dramatic fashion.... But should my will be stronger than the individuals - I could FORCE a healing on them.... of course it will not take, but it could be a MAJOR stumbling block for the individual. It would bring the vibrations of a negative forceful encounter to a healers sanctuary.... an abomination. An outrage. And it happens..... Stand with my vision at the back of a tent where "sinners" are being healed........ What I would like folks to know is that in energy work, as in any other area of endeavor, simply having an ability is NOT enough. Using an ability is NOT enough. It is a starting point. ONLY. It is the glimpse of something greater, not the destination. It is your personal invitation to improve yourself, improve the vibration of the energies we are surrounded with daily. If we don't learn and improve at all times we are going backwards. How do we do this?? By using what we are given, and taking our cue that there is something here to dig into and understand. By turning our attention inside, to find the seat of the power we touch. As a healer, if you are not doing more work on yourself than on others, you are missing the point. The increased vibration of a true Healer will positively effect all souls which come into contact with it... even the guy behind you at the supermarket...... simply because the best Leadership is accomplished by example. The soul sees and hears all. The physical self does not fool the soul. When touched by a soul of higher vibration, the naural result is an increase of vibration... it may be temporary for the individual, but the glimpse is what is important... the simple presence of a person of high vibration will raise the vibration of everyone you meet, the place vibration of anywhere you go, and will act as a beacon for those searching for you ( those who show up at your door by... ahem... synchronicity )... so, in order for those who need healing to BE attracted there must BE an attraction... ( get it? like a magnet... literally... negative to positive.... opposites attract... )