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The Spider and the Serpent

The Spider and the Serpent

The Official Newsletter of Charlotte's Web

Volume 2, No. 4, May 2004

In This Issue

The Magick of Emotions: Toning Your Attunement, Aligning With Your Divine Connection

Book Review: The Beethoven Factor

Perspective: Communicating

Monthly Calendar: Workshops

Small Print: Getting On and Off the List

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The Magick of Emotions

"Toning Your Attunement, Aligning With Your Divine Connection"

 

Tonight the winds blow crisp against my body as I walk upon the damp straw path among old cedar trees and blooming dogwoods. I and my buddy and confidant, Dylan a three-year-old Jack Russell Terrier who keeps his nose keen by inhaling all the many scents along our way are loving our evening walk, tuning into nature and all it's wonder.

I begin to quietly ask the Universe to fill me with a flow of energy and clarity of the impressions that rest lovingly within my heart so that I may be continually blessed as I share this joy with others.

With the feelings of Spring and an ever- blooming inspiration I will do my best to open our hearts just a little bit wider in manifest that we feel our true feelings and emotions more clearly while allowing the change our clarity "gifts" us with. When you are clouded by the illusions of lack it will help you to picture in your minds eye a beautiful emerald green Willow Tree swaying in breezes that gently carry your fears away, yet remains firmly grounded by our Earth. See your fears dissolving through compassionate understanding and by consciously releasing them. We are empowered by the release of fear and the renewal of faith. I, like many others believe that the only two things that exist are Fear and Love. To further connect to your divinity you gradually let go or move through fear and as you illuminate you become Love, which is our source, God. As your heart opens to more love and the fears fade you enter and become more perfectly aligned with energies of both Yin and Yang, You are adept and comfortable in both your spiritual and physical body due to your higher consciousness being present within the "One" pulsating Universal Heart.

The Sun's energy reveals many ancient teachings inscribed within the vibrations of its rays for all to absorb. While the Moon's reflection brings remembrance of you're higher self leading to better choices in our daily lives. The more we sit quietly in meditation and tune into our divine self the better we become at clearly defining our thoughts and feelings leading to more accurate manifestations below, here on Earth and on parallel planes.

We are in a time of receiving a compounded energy, if you will, energies that activate an array of emotions and feelings within each and every one of us. Many are frantic or are becoming frantic from their lack of understanding of how or what to do to use these burst of emotions (energies) in a "higher good" purpose filled way. Still, many fear the change in our whole life that such an influx of awareness can bring. Here are some questions to ask your self. Do you find yourself moving away from old ideas and beliefs you once had? Have you been contemplating a move of residence or just relocated? Maybe you have been reevaluating your relationships with people, jobs and family? Some relationships are becoming enriched to an even deeper level, while others are fading away or changing. How about your diet? Are you experiencing a desire for a different taste in foods and supplements? You also, most likely have been sensing different messages from your body letting you know that this abundance of received energy may require more attention to yourself. Listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs (ex: massage, more or less rest, more or less play, an adjustment, a Reiki treatment, a walk in Nature, a vacation, more time to yourself, etc.) and last, but for most, first, you cannot escape the yearning to get on with defining and living your life's purpose openly, freely and abundantly. All these feelings and emotions are coming due to the fact that you are awakening upon the remembrance of your Divine Self and what you are here for that flows with Universal purpose. You are completely capable of fulfilling your deepest heart felt dreams as fast as you recognize them and allow yourself to remain open to receiving them without judgment.

I would like to share several ideas to assist you in remaining in the flow of this beautiful and powerful energy that will help to make your transformation easier. I am sure these are not all my personal ideas only ones that I have felt led to write today. Please ponder each one as you read them and choose what's "right and perfect" for you.

  1. Place a protective white light completely around you as a shield to allow only positive energy in while preventing negative energy into your energy field.
  2. Meditate consistently and as you do so extend your essence down into our Earth and see roots connecting you to the very core. This will help you to remain grounded while centering with your Divine self. Meditation is sacred and is free from boundaries. Meditation for any amount of time you choose is perfect.
  3. Be aware of the people who are a vexation to your spirit, they may drain your energy without you realizing it. You may choose to lovingly release those who do. Begin to know which people and places give off a positive energy and spend time with those people and in those places.
  4. As Judith Orloff, MD suggests set clear boundaries for yourself as well as others. Limit the time you spend listening to those people and being in places that are draining your energy. She suggests and I agree that taking a breath and shifting your heart will help in these situations. Your attitude remains one of love, you just do not give your own power away to others, nor do you allow them to drain yours.
  5. Physically remove yourself from any person if you sense they are draining your energy by walking away at least twenty feet from a persons energy field, Dr. Orloff also suggests. Places that you feel are draining to you are quickly remedied by leaving them.

There are many ways to welcome and use this wonderful energy we are receiving, the ones above are but a few. One of the most important ways is remaining aware and asking yourself with each emotion that you experience, "Is this feeling coming from fear or love"? The answer is always one of the two. If it is coming from love it is real, anything else is fear and fear is an illusion. Release it, let it go and do not give it any more of your energy, will or intent so that it does not manifest in your life. Open and choose only to accept love and light in your life. Practice gratitude for the gifts you receive in all forms for you have ask for them on some level and so they are yours.

At this time, we are blessed with the gift of rapid manifestation so I will remind you as my teachers have reminded me over and over that Thoughts are Things. Behold your thoughts and intentions, direct them in way that if they manifested instantly that they would only bring love, joy and prosperity. By doing this you will be toning your attunement to your true Divinity moment by moment and using this beautiful energy to the highest and best good for All.

If you would like further insight on this topic please feel free to contact me. I am honored to serve and share my joy with you.

Divine Blessings,

Ann Bastuba

annbastuba@reikidivine.com

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Book Review: The Beethoven Factor by W.V. Steen

The New Positive Psychology of hardiness, happiness, and hope.


Author: Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. 2003

This book provides a detailed description and practical applications for Positive Psychology. It was written for people who wish to thrive in spite of stressful lifestyles or events. It is effective. Positive Psychology is a fairly new discipline and it looks at achieving psychological health from an approach other than pathology. Instead of "fixing" what's wrong, it concentrates on developing the natural strengths we all have. He acknowledges that there are some very serious psychological pathologies which need special attention, but most of us would be better served by developing our innate strengths, rather than trying to fix what's wrong.

Dr. Pearsall explains Positive Psychology through case studies of his patients and well as those of some colleagues, but more importantly (in this writer's opinion) from many of his own experiences which include, among others, his fight with cancer. In addition to his impressive academic and professional resumes, he has learned from his own experiences. He is abundantly qualified to author a book on the subject of Positive Psychology.

Some of his observations fly in the face of convention: A few exerts: "positive psychology has learned that self-love should be conditional. What thrivers learn and what positive psychology has shown really counts for a thriving life, is the development of earned self-regard based on identifying and applying our unique strengths to grow personally through our worst tribulations and overcome our worst fears." (xxxv) "The mind and body are one. To think of them as separate or to refer to the mind being over the body is destructive to our thriving response. It causes us to live our lives in an artificial dichotomy and with the false belief of separateness between our consciousness and our physical bodies sick or suffering body bothers and distracts the mind as much as a bothered and agitated brain disturbs it body. (pg 118)

Here's the answer to why the book has this particular name. "I have used Beethoven as a role model for thriving, not just because he was such an extraordinary talent but also because he thrived as an ordinary flawed and far less than perfect man. He was far from the image of the always joyful and contented person we might think a thriver is. He was an iconoclastic misfit and driven workaholic; he paid little attention to this appearance, and felt constantly nagged and pressured by his feeling that ˜fate was knocking on my door". He ignored most established conventions and frequently lost his temper. Far from being a people person, he once said, ˜I love a tree more than a man." I have to respect a psychologist who's hero is flawed and stays that way.

Pearsall is not trying to turn us into perfect human beings. He gives a fresh and effective perspective on psychology and mental health while basing his ideas on sound principals. This book is a scholarly work with practical points and sage advice. It's definitely worth reading, maybe more than once.

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Perspective

Communicating

This is the age of communication: computers, cell phones, etc. What's happening in Bagdad shows up thirty minutes later on TV. It is amazing. True technological marvels we could only dream about even ten years ago. Sometimes I forget that access to cell phones now extends to everyone. Yet there are still the other levels of communication that await exploration. "Other levels" are in the realm of the metaphysical or paranormal. The methods of this type of communication can include dreams, premonitions, remote viewing or hearing, and so on.

Have you ever thought of someone and they called? (sending) Or maybe you called someone and they said, "I was just thinking of calling you". (receiving) There are also dreams and premonitions. If you have trained yourself to respond to "gut feelings" and instincts, you may have this happening almost every day. Working with instincts and premonitions comes easily for some, but it is difficult for others. The factor that has to be dealt with is TRUST. The more you learn to rely on your premonitions and instincts, the better you become at reacting in the right way. This is the way to build intuitive abilities.


Remembering and using dream information leads to the development of psychic abilities. Often I tell others to get a tape player and keep it beside your bed. As soon as you awake from a dream, record it. If you don't remember anything else, recall a feeling or a color. The more you practice, the better you get at recalling. Sometimes the dream gives you what I call "psychological information". Sometimes the dream gives "predictive information". Every now and then I dream something and have the day unfold just about like the dream. At times those deceased will contact you through a dream.

In the late seventies and early eighties, I used to spend the summer at San Francisco State University--both teaching and learning. Mississippi, where I was living at the time, had limited exposure to alternative health subjects. On one of my visits, a man attempted to force me into a car. Intuitively, I knew this person was evil and I was able to get away. I later learned several women had disappeared in the area, and that there was a serial killer at work. I do not know if the person I encountered was a serial killer; however, I've often counted myself lucky.

A couple of years ago, I dreamed that my Aunt Mae came to me. Mae was a beautiful woman who often wore deep rose colored clothes. In the dream, Aunt Mae was attempting to convince me that I died in San Francisco. That I had been 'snatched'. Aunt Mae told me I was shipped home from San Francisco to be buried in Mississippi. I argued that if I was dead, why did I see my children married and with children. Mae tried to convince me that I was only being allowed to see the future. Aunt Mae was so convincing, I was beginning to believe her. I was eventually able to wake myself out of the dream. I called Mississippi and was told that my aunt had died two months before. Ever since 1968, I have dreamed about family members who passed away. I consider this incident an example of spirits of family trying to contact the living to let them know that everything is alright.

My grandmother told me that if you dream of someone, you know that the person is probably thinking of you. Recently I dreamed about a person whom I had not seen or heard from in several years. In the dream, I was afraid to go into a forest, but someone kept calling me. As I went into a clearing, I saw a man beside a strange structure. Large slabs formed a circle, similar to Stonehenge. When the man turned around, I saw it was my friend, Desire` (a man's name if you are Cajun or French). Desire` left to go to Australia several years ago. I had often wondered what became of him. We talked, then I walked away and subsequently woke up. When I told this dream to Coral, she asked if I thought he might have passed on. Up until that point, I had not thought Desire` may have passed away, but given the content of the dream, it could have happened. There is no way for me to know one way or the other unless Desire` calls or comes to visit. Desire` is a person who over the last 30-40 years has shown up in my Life. I met Desire` when I lived in New Orleans. I met him again in Mississippi, at conventions- I was a nursing instructor and Desire` sold biomedics. When I moved to Atlanta, I ran into him again. Given the tendency to connect, I am hoping the dream just means Desire` will be back in Atlanta for a visit, or to live. The slabs of stone, however, could be saying tombstone, or maybe Desire` is visiting Stonehenge. I guess time will tell.


We are able to send messages. Once in a relaxed state, I have looked into the crystal ball and called a person's name three times, visualized the person, and the person called or came to where I was. My brother Joe had promised to come get me and take me to supper. After waiting several minutes past the appointed time, I started my call on the "air phone". Several minutes later, I heard Joe come into the house. Joe said he had forgotten about dinner and was on his way in another direction when he found himself headed toward the house. I reminded him of his dinner promise, and we went to dinner. Joe had no idea why he turned around. We can also receive messages.


Mercury is going direct soon. The quality of psychic messages will improve. This will be the best time to begin working with psychic messages.

Until next month....May your message world be filled with good messages.

Bright Blessings,

Elizabeth

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Monthly Calendar

For workshop reservations or more information, please contact Coral at coral@charlotteswebstore.com or call Charlotte's Web (770) 516-0571.

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May 2004

Guided Meditation with Ann Bastuba

Meditation Sessions every Friday night
(EXCEPT the first Friday of every month)

This is a great way to unwind from the week and start your weekend. Good fellowship and networking opportunity. Advance reservations recommended.

Location: Charlotte's Web, 3595 Canton Road, A4, Marietta, GA 30066

Time: 7:30p to 8:30p

Directions: From downtown Atlanta/I-285 take I-75N to I-575N. I-575N to the Chastain Rd. exit Make a right on Chastain Rd. Continue on Chastain Rd, cross over Bells Ferry Rd. The next traffic light is Chastain Corners Rd. Make a left onto Chastain Corners Rd. Immediately on your left is the Kroger Shopping Plaza. The store is in the Plaza facing Chastain Corners Rd.

Phone: (770) 516-0571

email:
coral@charlotteswebstore.com

Price/Donation: $5.00

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