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Who Are the 1%?

Written by Kathy on November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by Janice Van Cleve If the Occupy Wall Street movement has accomplished anything so far, it is to underscore the huge income disparity in this country and indeed around the world. Framing the message as a simple, direct contrast between the 1% and the 99% is clever, compelling, and really catching on. By any measure, most of us can identify with the 99%. Did you get a government bailout in the last three years? No? You are in the 99%. Did you receive a ginormus bonus this year? No? You are in the 99%. Has Ben Bernanke (chair of the Federal Reserve) or Timothy Geitner (US Treasury Secretary) cut you any sweetheart deals lately? No? You are in the 99%. Did you recently buy an election or a senator? No? You are in the 99%. Very smartly, the Occupy Wall Street movement has positioned itself as the spearhead of the vast majority of Americans. While we may not be camped out in front of City Hall or marching in the streets, we can hear that [...] Read more »

Categories: Occupy - Tags: 1%

Make Your Holidays Magical

Written by Kathy on November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Dr. Kacie Crisp Have you been hearing year after year about how magical and special the holiday season is supposed to be? How well have you managed to make YOUR holidays measure up to that ideal? What if it were easier than you imagined to turn this season and its unavoidable stresses into something really magical? A great place to start is with taking a look at what real magic is. Dr. Dain Heer of Access Consciousness has quite a different definition from those you may have heard: “Magic is when what you would like to have in your life actually shows up and you are willing to have it.” How do you move from the hamster wheel of trying to make your holiday season have the magic it’s supposed to have to having a life of “those moments when everything fell into place with such ease that it’s like living as magic?” Dr. Heer has a number of tools that can assist you with this. The first step in getting off the hamster [...] Read more »

Categories: Magic, Manifesting Minor Miracles

Thanksgiving Survival Skills

Written by Kathy on November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Going home for the holidays doesn’t have to be fattening, but for thousands of people, “overeating” and “Thanksgiving” are synonymous. It happens every year when Judy, a 38-year-old bank manager from Seattle, arrives at her parents’ Cincinnati home for her annual one-week holiday visit. “I instantly feel like a gangly, know-nothing little girl,” says Judy. “Mom’s always telling me to eat, eat! Dad pressures me to settle down and get married.” By the time Judy returns to Seattle, her self-confidence is usually shaken, and her weight is up by ten pounds. Millions of people “go home again” each holiday season, but most family reunions bear little resemblance to the warm family embraces portrayed in the closing scene of the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. The strong emotions brought on by spending holidays with relatives encourages some people to overeat. Many people associate food with holidays. Childhood memories of feeling loved, safe, and happy intertwine with thoughts of Christmas cookies, Passover treats, or Thanksgiving feasts. As adults we turn to those foods for comfort, especially when [...] Read more »

Categories: book excerpts, Traditions - Tags: eating, family, holidays, Thanksgiving

What Someone Else Thinks of You is None of Your Business

Written by Kathy on November 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This can be very hard to actually live because as soon as someone begins to withdraw their love, communication or attention towards us, we tend to get all fidgety about it as if it DOES have something to do with us. We aren’t getting our energy fix. But let’s look at what really is going on. When someone has a response to you, your thoughts, your behaviors or your actions, what really is going on? Someone else, other than you, is experiencing life. It just happens to be the kind of life you may not want, but who are you to say what and how someone else chooses to experience life? After all, there are truly an infinite number of possible expressions of creation energy available, so it would make sense that sometimes others close to you may choose experiences that don’t please you. Don’t you remember those very accurate lyrics of old~ You can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself? Author of “Loving What Is”, Byron Katie, says there are three kinds [...] Read more »

Categories: conscious creation, Inspiration

November 2011 AstroInfluences

Written by Kathy on November 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Happy Birthday Scorpio and Sagittarius WELCOME TO THE WILD HATTERS RIDE Solar eclipse, Mercury retrograde and planets moving FORWARD calling us to healing and compassionate action WE begin this month using the energy of November’s gemstone which is the Aquamarine or Beryl. Power colors great for us to be using now are those passionate and Deep Reds and oranges of Passion and creativity. November is the 11th month in a number 4 year making the energy this month 15 or 6 which is the number of love, service, compassion and opening to your destiny. Planets are actors and the planets highlighted during this time are Jupiter which as it moves backwards in Taurus until December 25th, seems to be asking us, can we Believe (Jupiter) that our economy and our world will survive and we can still remain spiritual beings interested in the planet and each other? Jupiter will remain in Taurus until next June when it enters Gemini, meanwhile many of your issues you will be dealing with shall be about Materialism, what you [...] Read more »

Categories: Astrological Influences - Tags: 11:11, Astrology

I AM the 99% – Download/Print Materials

Written by Kathy on October 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

IAMvariety Downloadable file – Click for a PDF file you can download and print. One of each of above images. Print one or many – share with your friends! All three images on one page – approximate size 11″ x 3″ each image Please remember – We do this for YOU! Thank you for your donation using the PayPal link below as we all create the change we want to see in our world. Your gift of any amount is much appreciated Donations can also be made by check and mailed to: Voice of Choices 9011 Corbin #B Everett, WA 98204 Read more »

Categories: Affirmations, Occupy - Tags: 99%, awaken, bumber sticker, graphics, occupy

Occupy Seattle – Shining Bright With Non-Violence as Our Voices Are Heard

Written by Kathy on October 14, 2011 · 1 Comment

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by Kathy Lowden October 13th could be hailed as an accomplishment in the ‘Occupy’ Movement. An example to be held up to illustrate what is possible when we realize each of us has a right to voice our opinion AND maintain respect to those whose jobs include keeping the peace and enforcing law. In the wake of less than appropriate actions towards citizens, the Seattle Police Department showed an intelligent, human and even compassionate attitude in their interactions with Occupy Seattle participants at Westlake Park Thursday night. Having spent countless hours following The Occupy Seattle Movement from the comfort of my own computer – thanks to the Livestream reports being hosted by OccupySeattle.org – I continue to watch and listen as the General Assembly meetings included ‘Mic Check’ – the human repetition of a speaker’s words to compensate for not being allowed electronic microphones or bullhorns. Sometimes a seemingly slow and laborious process – it appears that process is indeed accomplishing the very important goals of creating ‘policy’ based on non-violent interaction and intelligent protesting. [...] Read more »

Categories: Occupy - Tags: occupy seattle, westlake

Manifesting in a New World

Written by Kathy on October 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by Aluna Joy Yaxk’in For decades, we have been waking up in stages . . . installments or waves of energy that jar us from our sleep. We remember when we reached “ah-ha” pivotal moments where life changed, never to return to its prior form. We grow through many of these moments. We have also noticed that these installments, or waves, are coming quicker in an increasing rate of speed. From the time we were born, we have worked to wake up. It was an era of self-realization, and an accumulation of an entire age filled with many past lives. We became aware of universal truths and mass global illusions in the collective. We began to understand who we really are; not only as human beings, but as a divine soul and spirit. By the mid-1980’s, we were slam dunked into accelerated energy, making it possible to learn at a hyper rate of speed. People who were born in the 80’s or later have a shortage of life’s emotional lessons and historical time lines. This [...] Read more »

Categories: Earth Changes, Manifesting Minor Miracles, Spirituality in the News - Tags: Aluna Joy, energy, manifest, self-realization, wake up

Reiki and Crystals: An Excellent Combination!

Written by Kathy on October 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Kriss Erickson You’ve probably seen ads from people teaching Crystal Reiki. Crystal Reiki adds the energy of specific stones to Reiki sessions. But why add crystal energy to Reiki? Isn’t Reiki channeled Lifeforce energy from the Universe? And as such, does anything really need to be added to it? Adding crystals to Reiki sessions can be helpful because we are human and as physical human beings, our bodies resonate with other physical aspects of our world. So, adding obsidian, for example to a session where a person feels ungrounded, can give an extra measure of support, communicating to the cells that yes, they are in a safe place, and yes, they can relax to the point where the natural healing processes contained in the cells can activate. What stones can be used in Reiki Sessions? The more I study stones and crystals, the more amazed I become that even the most ordinary stones, like quartz (bits of which also flow through our bloodstream) and granite hold resonant frequencies that communicate healing messages to our [...] Read more »

Categories: Crystals, Healing, Monthly Issues, Reiki

Dying is Hard – Returning to Life… Harder

Written by Kathy on October 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The darkness was emptiness, not good or bad. It was lacking emotion. But I was comfortable, no longer in pain. I was totally alone. By the time I’d reached this rich black void, I had given up any regrets and stopped thinking about my life, dying, and loved ones left behind. I began to sense a connectedness to this void. The fertile blackness seemed infinite. Yet there was something more, something supportive, and I had a knowing that the state I was in was the most natural thing in the world. I started to feel comforting joy and happiness. Although I could not quite grasp the meaning of this perception, I sensed there was more going on around me. I sensed something bigger, larger than myself, more than myself. I felt as if I should be communicating with this darkness. There was an omnipresent intelligence at hand, and somehow I knew I should move on. The feelings of being supported and joyous kept growing. Slowly, ever so slowly, light started to appear within the darkness. [...] Read more »

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