Bellingham Muse Edition 9 (March/April 2015)

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Vol. 2 Edition #3 March/April 2015Inspiring the mind, body and spirit

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Earth Day - Helping in a Big WayBy Galen Herz

Bellingham,

Two stories from my childhood:

In Austin, Texas, on the street where I was raised, there is a ritual I think you Bellingham folk will fi nd interesting. The ritual is this -- when it rains, people go out on their porches or sometimes under the eaves in front of their garages. There is no preordainment of this ritual, no neighborhood emails that go out, saying, “Hey! When it rains, we’re all going to go out on our porches.” People just go out to watch the rain.

Aside from a wave to a neighbor across the street, there is very little communication in the whole affair. That is a falsehood though; the ritual itself is profoundly communicative, one that goes beyond talking and body language. The ritual is an acknowledgement of the value of the rain and the life it brings; a collective understanding that the rain matters.

In my neighborhood in Texas, there was a man who watered his lawn, even in the middle of one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. This guy watered his lawn, even against the law. Due to how bad the drought was, you could only water your lawn on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but you would see this guy hand-watering his lawn every morning. This guy’s lawn was one of those perfectly manicured, super-green, clearly pesticide and

fertilizer-laden, freak of nature lawns. My mom and I would walk past it and joke about destroying it, but at the end she would always say, “Galen, don’t actually do that.”

Well, one night, I grabbed a hand-trowel from our garage and went over to his lawn, and just went at it. I stabbed the hell out of that thing and threw chunks and bits of lawn into the street. I left a furious letter on his doorstep and ran my legs out of there. The next time we saw it, he had transplanted other sections of lawn (probably from his backyard) over the patches, but it was clear something had been done. My mom asked me, “Galen, did you do that? That’s not nice.”

After that, he didn’t water his lawn as much. Direct action gets the goods.

These stories were born out of two of the worst droughts in Texas’s history, one of which is ongoing.

A Thankful Heart

Ground Control to Major Tom

Getting Grounded

The droughts drained reservoirs and aquifers, brought agricultural ruin (for you economists, estimated costs of over 8 billion dollars), higher energy consumption, ecological strain, scorching wildfi res (one that came within a few miles of my home), and acres of a dry and dead landscape that infl ict misery upon the soul. As with all climate-related disasters, the drought impacts poor communities the most as food, energy, and water prices increase.

A state climatologist told the Texas Legislature that high temperatures related to climate change have exacerbated the drought. The state’s average temperature has increased by an average of about 2oF since the 1970s. As of February 2015, 61% of the state is still in drought and nearly 800 communities in Texas still have mandatory water restrictions.

These are my personal stories, experiences that have shaped

me. I do not in any way suggest that I have been dealt a “hard burden” from climate change or other environmental issues. The vast majority of the people who are already living with the most severe consequences of climate change, pollution, and other environmental issues are in the Global South. These people have already been hard-hit by the effects of a global economy that prioritizes profi t over people.

When I came to Bellingham for college, I was consciously

seeking greenery, rain, mountains, and good people. I found these things, and they radicalized me. Since being here, I have learned a few key things while doing my best to live a meaningful life based on respect for fellow humans and the Earth:

• There is a quote from someone wise, “In times of injustice, you have to put your name on the list.” You have to commit to being someone who gives a damn, someone who will put their name out there and live by it. • Individual lifestyle choices will not achieve the shift away from fossil fuels on the scale scientists have called for, which include actions like ensuring 80% of known fossil fuel reserves stay underground. These are changes only institutions and communities can bring about. Lifestyle changes are good, but do not focus on them. Activist and

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Earth Day is coming up in April, so to continue our running theme of covering the four classical elements (versus the periodic table), this edition’s focus moves to Earth. We hope that you enjoy our feature article and are inspired to participate in some of the Earth Day activities hosted by WWU.

As we move out of the darker days of winter and welcome in the new beginnings of spring, change and new opportunities abound. Stay grounded during this time of transition by reading the article, Getting Grounded, on page 10.

We want to thank all of our advertisers. Their support is what enables us to provide our readers with a free publication, so we ask that you take a moment and really look at their ads. They are all from local businesses and we hope to support them in return. Many of them are offering fantastic workshops or discounts on their services, so they are worth a look.

While creating this edition we discovered that most people in our community did not know that the WWU Music Department’s concerts (held in the Performing Arts Center) are open to the public and most of them are FREE. What a great way to try something new next time you are looking for something to do. Please see the calendar on the back page and help us spread the word about this enriching experience they provide to

Alana Simler is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Pilates Instructor. As

well as owning and running a successful massage practice for 19 years, she has

instructed massage therapy at Ashmead School of Massage and Whatcom

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our community.

We hope you enjoy this edition and share it with a friend. We have many volunteer opportunities; don’t hesitate to contact us via our website and be part of the inspiration that is the Bellingham Muse! ~Kerri and Alana

A big heart felt thank you to all our wonderful contributors and volunteers!

Contributing Writers: Mel Damski, Wenty Hill, Eric Johnson, Sarah Murphy-Kangas, Jeni Miller, Pete Johnson, Joel Simler, Alana Simler, Kerri Burnside, Chrism, David Ison, Stacia Zadra, Dan Martin, Bill Cantrell, Galen Herz

Editing: Ashlie Simmons, Joel Simler, Pete Johnson

Contributing Photographers: Jason Matkowski, Lissa Clear, Alana Simler, Sarah Murphy-Kangas, Kerri Burnside

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Awesome Helpers: Leslie Williams, Loni Wiebe, Pete Johnson

Co-Publishers: Kerri Burnside and Alana Simler

Kerri Burnside is a Certifi ed Hypnotherapist, Hypnotherapy

Instructor and Spiritual Life Coach. Her background is in public speaking

and teaching leadership courses in the corporate environment. She now teaches

spiritual classes which focus on centering yourself in the present moment, and

leading an authentically empowered life.

Visit our website at www.bellinghammuse.com to view all of the paper’s articles online. Podcasts including: guided meditations, interviews with authors, and more can all be found on the website. You can also fi nd information on advertising with us here at the Muse.

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Earth Day - Helping in a Big Way

Strangers

*Have You Heard...

Big Coal

*If I Ran the Zoo


Can I Trust Myself?

Getting Grounded

*Optimal You

The Rational Inquirer:

-Sacred Dance

Peace on Earth Begins with Peaceful Birth

Best Oatmeal Recipe Ever... for Dinner

*Sattvic Planet

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Angelic Reiki

A Reliable Butterfly Reality

-A Kundalini Teaching

*Sound Effect

The Chakra System (Part 7 of 7)

*Creating a Joyful Life

A Thankful Heart

The Bellingham Muse is a free independent bi-monthly (every other month) wellness magazine and is locally owned by Kerri Burnside and Alana Simler. All of our articles present different ideas, thoughts and topics that you may or may not know about. We do not wish to tell you what to do or how to think. Instead our goal is to help you fi nd the road to fulfi llment and happiness that is right for you. We do not have preference for any particular way, but instead want to make it easy for our readers to fi nd all the opportunities available in our beautiful community. Not all views expressed in the articles represent the opinions of the Bellingham Muse. All material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without consent from the publishers. We encourage readers to enjoy, take, share and recycle our papers. Back editions are available for $1 per copy. All articles including past editions can be found online at www.bellinghammuse.com. For questions please email [email protected] or call (360) 612-2277.

Visit our website at bellinghammuse.comview all of the paper’s articles online. Podcasts including: guided meditations, interviews with authors, and more can all be found on the website. You can also fi nd information on advertising with us here at the Muse.

The Bellingham Muse is a free independent bi-monthly (every other month) wellness magazine and is locally owned by Kerri Burnside and Alana Simler. All of our articles present different ideas, thoughts and topics that you may or may not know about. We do not wish to tell you what to do or how to think. Instead our goal is to help you fi nd the road to fulfi llment and happiness that is right for you. We do not have preference for any particular way, but instead want to make it easy for our readers to fi nd all the opportunities available in our beautiful community. Not all views expressed in the articles represent the opinions of the Bellingham Muse. All material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without consent from the publishers. We encourage readers to enjoy, take, share and recycle our papers. Back editions are available for $1 per copy. All articles including past editions can be found online at www.bellinghammuse.com. For questions please email support@bellinghammuse.

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What do you do to feel grounded and present?

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“When I need to get grounded I like to work on a project. I

take time to focus on the task I am trying to accomplish and

it quiets my mind.”

What Inspires the Creators of the Bellingham Muse?

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“What I do to stay grounded is to be close to the ground. Lol. I start to lay on my back and look up at the sky and see where I am and where I want to be later using the ground as my start point and the sky as my end point. Sometimes I meditate to get off the ground a little bit so I can fi nd where and what it means to be myself and what I look like inside.

I try and ground myself by looking at other people who are more aware of themselves than I am and use them as inspiration to understand what I need to stay grounded”

Inspiring the Muse

Here at the Muse we believe in showing gratitude and have included more than one article that has touched on the power of giving thanks. We would like to take this opportunity to give a big thank you to our main editor, Ashlie Simmons.

An Inspiring Member of our Staff and Community

She has improved our paper immensely. Granted we may not be a 100% error free paper, but boy have we come a long way! This is due in a big way to her talented and scrutinizing eyes. Besides helping us improve, she is extremely reliable and fast. Plus she keeps us laughing along the way and seems to enjoy her part.

Ashlie embodies the spirit of taking care of the earth and all that lives on it through to her core. We are always impressed with her ingenuity to create or build projects that are typically used to further her goals of being earth-conscious.

As is very fi tting, we would like to dedicate this earth themed edition of the Muse to Ashlie Simmons, editor and human extraordinaire. Thank you Ash, for who you are and all you do!

Kerri and Alana

This is one cool chic, Ashlie Simmons

A rain barrel system she created

A chicken coup built for her treasured chickens

Awesome baggie dryer she designed

Michelle and Moby

“I ground by being in nature and walking my dog Moby

at the park. I quiet my mind through prayer and meditation. I also fi nd that connecting with my friends

and receiving their love, support and wisdom helps me

stay grounded. ”

One of the best kept secrets in town.WWU’s Music Department’s performances are open to the public!

Most of them are free!Go see a concert and spread the good news.

See the calendar on the back page.


Angelic Reiki

spiritually. With Angelic Reiki we achieve the highest level frequency for self-healing and to send healing to other people, places, and situations near and far.Angelic Reiki draws from the Usui and Shamballa lineages and combines these with powerful transmissions channeled by Kevin Core. It is a profound system of energy healing and consciousness expansion, allowing for spiritual development, transformation and Ascension. It is the healing for our time.

The divine energy of Angelic Reiki, by its very nature, creates balance. It searches out anything within our consciousness - physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually - that is out of balance. It therefore goes right to the core of issues and conditions; it also expands consciousness, changing how we see and understand things on many levels. Angelic Reiki workshops and healing treatments facilitate this process.

Benefi ts from receiving treatments

and from learning Angelic Reiki for personal, spiritual and/or professional reasons are amazing. It gifts you with a permanent link to the Angelic Kingdom of Light, enabling you to conduct angelic healing treatments for yourself and others. When learning Angelic Reiki, the indescribably profound, beautiful attunements/initiations, healing treatments and group experiences have an effect that is uniquely appropriate to you - and they encourage relevant healing and change.

Angelic Reiki is taught in a weekend retreat format to provide an environment in which we can integrate healings and attunements. The retreats are gentle, yet profound, life changing, and positive. Angelic Reiki is taught in a Level I/II format and followed by Levels III/IV by Stacia Zadra, RMT. Apprenticeship programs are available to provide ongoing training and support for those interested in teaching. www.AngelicReikiTraining.com

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“The Angelic Kingdom is your guide to being the channels, the tools of the hand of the Divine. Part of this knowledge

which we will give to you is that system which is now known as Angelic Reiki.”

-Archangel Metatron through Kevin Core

As I write this I am tapped into the vibration of Angelic Reiki. More like grace than “energy”, I feel Angelic Reiki changing my life. I am an expression of Angelic Reiki and I am inspired to teach, mentor and empower Seekers, Healers, and Lightworkers.

Angelic Reiki is more than a healing art. It is an aspect of the unifi cation of the body, mind, and spirit that ensures that we will attain new levels of consciousness and creativity to manage our lives in the changing world.

Angelic Reiki expands our consciousness and changes how we see and understand our world on many levels. Angelic Reiki is about change, and when anyone is drawn

to Angelic Reiki it is because on some level they know it is time to embrace change. Learning Angelic Reiki gifts you with a permanent link to the Angelic Kingdom of Light, enabling you to conduct Angelic healing treatments for yourself and others. When learning Angelic Reiki, the profound attunements, healing treatments, and group experiences have an effect that is uniquely appropriate to you, encouraging relevant healing and growth.

Angelic Reiki is the absolute joy of working hand in hand with the Angelic Kingdom of Light, sharing one of the highest forms of healing. Angelic Reiki encourages your creative energy systems - physically, emotionally, and

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Kundalini is an evolutionary energy that is designed for humanity’s next step toward a luminous physical and spiritual expression. The Kundalini is in everyone. It is an untapped resource of divinity within us all that is waiting to be awakened and experienced. Never has the time been so right and crucial for a change of this magnitude to be explored and initiated. And so, let me introduce you to the power within you, right now at this very moment. Your Kundalini.

Often during the Kundalini process the very foundations of reality can be challenged. Up can become down and in can become out with many permutations of your normal reality becoming obscured.

So I have found it best to not distort the waking every day mundane reality by use of drugs or chemical entertainments. The very nature of Kundalini is an introduction into the divine embrace. Easy to write. Not so easy to experience. As we become party to a dual relationship with this physical reality and a much more refi ned reality, the tendency will be to rise through to these higher states. Like cream always rising to the top.

In this rise, the physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual transformations are experienced. Some of the transformation is instantaneous. Most of it is gradual. If it all happened all at once, this usually would allow for an imploding/exploding of the body; like spontaneous human combustion. This is very, very rare. So no worries, just mentioning it to include in your considerations the idea of a gradual transformation just like the butterfl y. A secure space of defi ned reality in order to experience an undefi ned version.

Inside of these transformations, I would suggest that you use the butterfl y analogy again and develop as stable a reality (cocoon) as you can. Keep it close and hold it dear. Be happy for its familiar comfort. As the Kundalini continues its ways, your other experiences may become quite diffi cult to decipher at times. And it’s always nice to have your home base reality near at hand when these times come. It also helps the teachings express clearly when you are clear in the mundane reality.

Much like the “chop wood and

A Reliable Butterfl y Reality

haul water” meditation does to stabilize a reality, so can your own familiar reality become a haven in the sometimes tumultuous Kundalini experiences.

So bless your present state and realize its necessity in your development. Do not try to abandon your reality, thinking Kundalini is the greener pasture. It is green but it might be understood or comprehended as orange if you get my meaning. Soon enough the realities will blend and a new form of understanding will commence. Until that occurs though try to be comfortable with what you have that is a known quality. Do nothing to damage or change your current reality aside from taking the changes as specifi ed in the safeties (the Kundalini Awakening Systems protocols) for Kundalini activation.

©chrismMy name is chrism ....... I teach the Kundalini and activate those who clearly are ready. I radiate Kundalini and it radiates through me. As it moves through me it will move through you as well. What I write is merely another opinion on your path.

Kundalini at the Castle with Chrism is being held in Port Townsend, WA May 9/10, 2015 Contact: Elizabeth Daulton Gonzalez at (360) 732-7076 /[email protected] FB: Kundalini Seminars & Events with Chrism/ www.kundaliniawakeningsystems1.com

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Kundalini Awakening Seminar March/ April 2015

Kundalini Awakening Systems will present Kundalini at the Castle Seminar in Port Townsend, WA. May 9/10, 2015. Kundalini is a powerful, transforming energy located at the base of the spine. It is a natural birthright for all people.During the seminar you will learn how to receive and live with this gift of grace by practicing the Kundalini Awakening Systems’ protocols, “The Safeties” - activities to strengthen the physical, emotional, psychological, mental and spiritual aspects of an individual.Chrism, the seminar leader, came into life with a fully awakened Kundalini energy and speaks from his authentic experience. Through his many years of interaction with the awakened

Kundalini he was guided to live a life of helping and teaching others that they may have a safe, supported and full expression of their own Kundalini energy. The seminar is being held at the Manresa Castle, 651 Cleveland St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (Phone: (360) 385-5750 Call for special rates ) Cost Before March 31-$270 /after March 31- $297. Contact: [email protected] (360) 732- 7076. Chrism, the seminar leader, will be presenting talks at various venues on the many aspects of Kundalini. Each talk is unique so one can attend all for a deeper understanding of the Kundalini. The kirtan band Dharma Sound from the Washington area will be in concert before some of the talks and will give a private concert for the seminar participants Saturday

after the Seminar session. Here is the schedule:Sunday May 3- Vision Quest Bookstore and Wellness Center 3602 Colby Ave. Everett, WA (1-4pm)with Dharma Sound

Monday May 4- Phoenix Rising Bookstore 696 Water Street Port Townsend, WA (7-10pm) with Dharma Sound

Tuesday May 5- Unity Church 4843 Auto Center Way Bremerton, WA (6-9pm)

Wednesday May 6- ESP group with Sarah Nash at Manresa Castle 651 Cleveland Street Port Townsend, WA (6:30-8:30pm)

Thursday May 7-East/West Bookshop 6500 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA (6:15-9pm) with Dharma Sound

Friday May 8-Expansions Yoga 9479 Bayshore Drive Silverdale, WA (6-9pm) with Dharma Sound

Please contact Elizabeth Daulton Gonzalez if you have any questions. (360) 732- 7076.

for the fun (though it will be). I hope you come to learn, to become skilled, to be committed in a fi ght for justice and collectively build our power. Where I’m from, the rain depends on it.

Galen Herz is a student at Western Washington University,

studying Biochemistry and Anthropology. He works

as the Associated Students Environmental Center

Coordinator and is in the fi ght for climate justice.

Earth Day Bike Ride April 22nd

Earth Day Festival April 25th

These events are FREE and OPEN to the public. Bringing

your friends is strongly encouraged.

See the Events (page 19) for more details on these

happenings.

More information on other events happening during the week, the workshops being offered at the festival, and

more details, go to wwu.edu/sustain.

practitioner of civil disobedience, Tim DeChristopher, summed this up well in an interview with YES! Magazine: “A lot of the blame [for climate change] falls on comfortable liberals who changed their light bulbs, bought organic, and sat back and patted themselves on the back.” • A social movement is here: it is called the climate justice movement. • Indigenous peoples have been fi ghting for the environment ever since colonizers came to this land. Today, indigenous peoples lead the fi ght against climate change and destructive resource extraction in many respects. Those of us who have benefi ted from colonization have a responsibility to support indigenous peoples in these fi ghts (think listening, responding to requests of support, avoiding savior complexes). In our region, the Lummi Nation, Familias Unidas, a union of farmworkers in Skagit county demanding fair working conditions, most of who are indigenous peoples displaced from Southern Mexico and the Unist’ot’en Camp have put out

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requests for support for the public. • Western Washington University is a great school. However, the University has chosen the wrong side of history by rejecting overwhelming student support for divestment from the fossil fuel industry. All of this is expected, and it is up to us, students and members of this community, to apply enough pressure until WWU divests. Historical precedent of tobacco/apartheid divestment proves it is an effective tactic to uproot the political infl uence of broken, unethical, and deceitful industries. • The mainstream American environmental movement failed. Its objective was to create a greener version of an unequal and unjust society. The Big Greens spent millions lobbying, negotiating deals with corporations and promoting feel-good advocacy. Newcomers like 350.org are better, but still have problems. For truly grassroots organizations operating on a national scale, check out the Climate Justice Alliance (Bellingham’s superb Community to Community is a member) and

Rising Tide.

I am helping organize this year’s Earth Week at Western Washington University. Circle April 20th-25th on your calendar. Here’s what’s happening.

The fi rst Earth Day was in 1970, the legendary one that brought together 20 million people (even Congress closed that day), and gave birth to the EPA – yes, that one. That Earth Day wasn’t a celebration or festival, it was a teach-in. We are “taking Earth Day back to its roots” and focusing on education instead of entertainment.

We will be having an Earth Ride on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd. We will be giving an educational bicycle tour of Bellingham, refl ecting on the past (think the waterfront) and pointing out how exciting the future is (think community gardens, co-ops, Ragfi nery).

On Saturday, April 25th, the Earth Day Festival will be happening. There will be many workshops to choose from. You are going to be so skilled up, my goodness! I can hear the fossil fuel executives whimpering now.

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Hello My Friends…so nice to see all of you here again! I hope you are getting ready for Spring and are feeling the rising of the creative energy this time of the year always brings. My message today celebrates that rising with a wonderful vision of vibration, harmony, and the Essences of Interconnection and Integration. All of this is made possible through the window of sound and through a practice we might call “String Theory”.

Let me share something amazing with you. Take a moment and get comfortable and visualize this:See a long string of ideas, of notions, of essences appearing stacked on top of each other, forming a long line within your mind, beginning with one of the most powerful essences, the Essence of Creation.Right under Creation, see LIGHT …pure vibration, pure frequency resonating at a very rapid rate, as fast as you can imagine. Rising and falling, rising and falling so fast you only see the light, not the movement itself.

And now, right under that level, see the color RED. See how the light is transforming, transmuting into a color, in this case the color red. See this color as a frequency of light, as being “born” of the light.

Now see and hear a SOUND. This is the sound of the light, of the color red and the sound of creation. Let this sound fi ll your entire body with its music.

And now with a very strong intention, focus on the area at the root of your spine: the seat of creation within your own body. Feel the Essence of Creation vibrating in your body, see the color red, listen to the sound that is present there.And now, here’s the big step:Try and hold ALL of these elements together in your mind at the same time, as a string starting with the Essence of Creation. Then descend in this order: the light and its frequency, the color red, the sound of Creation. Finally, see the Essence of Creation as it manifests itself in your very own body.

When you can see this entire structure, you are looking at a “string.” A string of energy, of frequency, of vibration. This incredible vision is in fact, not just a vision but an actual physical

phenomena. The string exists. There is a direct relationship, a line of descending energy from the function of the Essence of Creation, into light, into color, into sound and fi nally coming into your body. Amazing! We see here how an essence creates light, is light, is color, is sound and becomes part of your body, your mind, and your spirit.

Once you experience this particular string you can go further in this work. These strings are everywhere. You can begin to adjust your vision to “see” reality in terms of strings and stacks of frequency and vibration. This is a game changing perspective and opens the portals to the higher realms of perception, wisdom and practice, leading to the Joy of Integration and the Essence of Interconnection.

String Theory…the Science of Sound and the wisdom of true Creation.

There is great joy here, great freedom. Liberation. Why? Because it is actually true.

There really is the Essence of Creation. That essence really is a frequency and transforms into light. The light of that essence really does transform into a color and then into a sound, and a rate of vibration. A NOTE. And that entire energetic string really and truly does manifest itself in your body. Indeed, we might even say it CREATES your body.

And fi nally, elegantly and powerfully that essence fi lls your body, mind, and spirit with the power of Creation itself, playing the song of regeneration and fi lling your being with its essence:Transforming…generating…healing. Creating…Incarnating…Integrating.

The ancients knew this. Our ancestors held this vision within their consciousness, their bodies, and their minds. Their cultures all resonated with the beauty of the strings of harmony and creative power. Today, sadly, we have lost this vision and we need to get it back. The vision of how things are interconnected through frequency, sound, color and light is a necessary piece of a large practice that needs to once again become part of the fabric of our very being. Our thoughts, our choices and the actions we take all need to be in resonance with the true beauty of this incredible, natural structure. By embracing this vision of reality and its nature, its essence and its function at an individual and then at a collective level, we can begin to heal ourselves and this beautiful planet we call home.

Big stuff, I know. And the work is truly there to do. The knowledge

and the vision is within you.IT’S ALREADY THERE. Please sit with this for a few moments…let the knowledge sink in. And now, let me tell you something: Unity is BIG, very, very BIG. In the end, all of these Essences work together to create a unifi ed whole. Holding the form of unifi cation, integration and interconnection is one of the hardest things that the human consciousness can do.

I promise you this: you can handle it. You really can. Choose to hold the form of Unity, of Interconnection. Happily, lovingly, choose to let this form come forward: Make the choice to rejoice! Rejoice in the experience and fulfi llment of the Creative, Integrative Whole, the presence of YOU…your Essential Self…and revel in your awesome power of creative, enlightened choice. I can…and I do! You know what? You can too…

May you have True Peace my friends…. True Fulfi llment… True Liberation. -d

Sound Eff ect

-David Ison, internationally recognized composer,

contemporary spiritual teacher, author, sound designer and radio host

has released over 40 sound healing programs. His work integrates the

essence of the great wisdom traditions, modern scientifi c understanding, and his own personal path. David’s music

has been extensively researched. In 1999 the National Institutes of Health

published a three year study which clinically demonstrated his music’s

capability to bring about powerful physiological, emotional and spiritually

transformational effects. A master of the ancient arts of proportion, creativity and harmony, David’s

music delivers what he calls the “direct experience” of the sacred proportions

themselves, creating powerful, transcendent and beautiful music that opens the portals to the higher realms and bring listeners into direct contact

with their Essential Selves. www.therasound.com

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Celebrate the fact that life is complex.” -David Ison


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neighborhood is a personal and intimate interview style that is not often replicated. To some, it’s too intimate and seems to break that mental escape many people crave. But for me and others, it causes you to actually feel emotion and contemplate your own life and its effect on the world around you.

A series of installments that really delve right into the personal aspect of Strangers, is the “Love Hurts ” episodes parts 1-5. These episodes are unique in that they are all about Lea Thau and her love life. You get to know her situation and how she became a single mom in LA. I would compare these episodes to a good reality TV show. They suck you in because they are so private and shocking at times. Lea was a serial monogamist, but recently she has not been able to

Have you ever looked at the people around you, strangers presumably, and wondered what their story was? Being human, and empathic creatures, I’m sure you have. We can be certain that Lea Thau has. A transplant to the U.S. from Denmark, Lea is the former creative and executive director for the The Moth storytelling group. Her decade of work there led her to winning a Peabody award. After that transformative experience of bringing that small production to one of the larger podcasts out there, she found herself working on a new podcast, her own, called Strangers.

Lea Thau sums up Strangers concisely in an interview with Allyson McCabe from The Rumpus: “it’s about the places we go, the people we meet, and the people we become.” Strangers was started in 2011 and has found a solid niche in the podcast and radio community, especially in the last year in the starting line-up of Radiotopia’s debut (see 99% Invisible for more info on Radiotopia). By being part of the Radiotopia collective, Strangers has been able to hold down a listenership that only grows as more people hear her show.

Lea fi nds people with stories to tell, interviews them, and allows us, the listener, to learn more about the subject and inspire you to wonder more about the strangers around you. Many shows do this, Snap Judgment, This American Life, The Moth, Radio Diaries, Tobolowski Files… The list is inexhaustible. But, it’s a good thing so many shows exist. What Strangers brings to the

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StrangersBy Joel Simler

and Stephanie Lachman

maintain a relationship and fi nd the “one”. Everyone can relate to this experience and you get to learn about her unique quirks and issues with love. While most episodes of Strangers deal with other “strangers”, these episodes are exceptional because they are all about Lea. If you’re more interested in hearing others’ stories, and maybe the romance aspect doesn’t appeal to you, there are Strangers episodes for you too.

To get a good feel for the show, you may want to start out listening to an episode called “Terry’s Treasure”. This episode really is a gem. It’s the episode that I listened to, and realized that yes, I would like to download every show and lay on my bed for the next 3 hours listening. This is about a fascinating individual, which Lea met on a date (no, not every episode is about her love life), who turns out to have curious ailments which appear to be untreatable by any doctor. Trying to alleviate his symptoms, he tried a multitude of remedies, which he and Lea talk about at length. I have to come clean and let you know that the primary talk of this episode, is poop. Yes ladies and gentleman, there is a sect of modern medicine devoted to studying feces and all of its medical benefi ts. However,

as tempting as it is to tell you how this topic of conversation came up between Lea and her “date”, I must insist that you listen for yourself. Keep in mind, this is a mature conversation about poop, and is not meant as a gross out episode, however I’m sure the young ones would get a kick out of it too (fecal transplants, teehee).

OK, so maybe you aren’t interested in the rambling ons of someone’s love life, nor in the mood to listen to a fascinating man and his medical obsession with feces. Let me point you towards an episode called “The Mind Shaft”. For those of you that have been around someone with Alzheimer’s this episode will really hit home, and for readers who have not, it will bring to light this all too common disease. Greg developed Alzheimer’s in his late 50s despite being athletic and a “thinker” of a man. This episode is appealing because Greg is a writer and he gives listeners a fi rsthand account of what it’s like to live with Alzheimer’s and the struggles he goes through every day. It’s unique because his writing is so expressive that it’s hard to believe he has such a debilitating disease.

Lea Thau is not a journalist, but a story teller and her emotions become yours. When she laughs with the interviewees or becomes choked up by a sad tale, you feel these sentiments with her. As stated before some will not like the emotional approach Lea takes to the show, but for those of you who enjoy that, you will fi nd an impactful podcast .

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It’s hard to get doctors to agree on anything. They are a politically diverse group. And they don’t want to say anything that might alienate half of their patients.

But 130 doctors and health providers in the Bellingham area signed a petition warning of the health consequences if the proposed coal exporting facility at Cherry Point goes through.

As detailed in Anna Ferdinand’s article in the La Conner Weekly News the plans call for forty-eight million metric tons of coal to be transported yearly from Montana to Washington State, nine trainloads daily on a route that goes through Conway and Mt. Vernon and Bow on its way north. It will be loaded onto ships at the Cherry Point terminal and sent to China.

According to the doctors’ petition, that means 500 pounds of coal dust blowing in the wind, causing cardiovascular and respiratory disease, reproductive health issues and malignancy. Much of it will be blowing around the terminal creating an 80 acre pile that will blanket wetlands, infecting spawning herring, and disrupting the near shore ecosystem.

Only some of that will be affecting the Skagit Valley, so perhaps that is why Stuart Welch, a candidate for mayor of La Conner, supports the project, or at least doesn’t oppose it, because it will bring much needed jobs to our area.

And lots of people in the coal business are humming the same mantra: we need jobs.

But are these the jobs we really need? Someone is breathing that coal dust and, whether they live in

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burned in Asia. And there are measurable amounts of toxins in the fi sh we import.

The doctors were also concerned about the impact of 18 trains–the empty trains head back to Montana as soon as they dump their load—tying up traffi c at our railroad crossings. The trains are each over a mile in length and take about 6 to 8 minutes to clear the intersection, which adds up to more than an hour a day during which emergency vehicles can be stalled.

Those long trains have

this county or the next one. Does our concern for others end at the county line?

Coal is dirty energy. China’s economy is growing exponentially, and the Chinese understandably don’t want to hear about environmental constraints from the industrial powers that have been dumping bad stuff into the air and water since the Industrial Revolution.

But do we really want to enable China’s nasty habit? 16 of the 20 cities with the worst air pollution in the world are in China. My sister-in-law just got back from producing a commercial in Shanghai and she said the air pollution was intolerable. She’s a compulsive distance runner, but she had to stay inside to work out because the pollution was so bad. And this from someone who has lived in Los Angeles for the last 30 years!

If you don’t really care what the Chinese breathe, consider the studies that have shown that a signifi cant amount of the mercury in our local drinking water and environment comes from coal

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anywhere from two to fi ve diesel engines pushing them over the mountainous terrain and the air pollution from those engines is even more onerous than the coal dust.

The business owners in downtown Mt. Vernon and Conway won’t be happy when potential customers decide to shop somewhere else because they are tired of waiting for trains emitting diesel fuel particulates to rumble by.

As for jobs, Bellingham has a very young, very well educated population in a beautiful area known for clean water and pristine air. It’s a perfect place for high tech, non-polluting industries to set up shop—imagine Bellevue with no traffi c or smog!

Let’s look ahead and invest in the industries of the future instead of the industries of the past. And let’s hope we can fi nd farsighted public offi cials who can see the Big Picture and avoid making knee jerk decisions.

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The Kitchen Muse

Sarah is a Bellingham local and happens to have a wonderful food blog - In Praise of Leftovers. Her insights in the kitchen are sure to inspire you.

“Snootiness seems to be rampant in the food world and I hope you don’t encounter that here. For me, the kitchen is more about being together than about making the perfect meal. It’s also about making do–seeing what’s around, rescuing ailing vegetables from the brink, taking advantage of simple things like dried beans or grains. And nothing makes me happier than fi nding a way to use all the random bits in my fridge.”

Happy Scrounging!Sarah Murphy-Kangas

By Sarah Murphy-KangasEdamame Arugula Spread

Edamame Arugula Spreadadapted from Epicurious

1 pound (one bag, generally) shelled frozen edamame

1 garlic clove

1/4 c. olive oil plus extra for the top

1/4 c. fi nely grated pecorino or parmesan cheese

1/2 ts. fi nely grated lemon zestjuice of 1/2 lemon

1 c. baby arugula

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Cook edamame in boiling water until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain.

Pulse edamame in food processor until coarsely chopped, then transfer half the mixture to a large bowl. To the other half still in the food processor, add olive oil, garlic, pecorino, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt to taste. Purée until smooth. Add to bowl. Coarsely chop arugula and gently fold into edamame mixture. Drizzle with more olive oil before serving and top with a little more pecorino if you want.

You can make this a day ahead and just leave the arugula out until right before you serve it. Serve with crackers or crostini.

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Getting GroundedBy Alana Simler

Twice in one week recently I had clients ask me the question, “What does it mean to be grounded, and how do I ground myself?” They asked this question with that air of mystery as if getting grounded is a magical journey to conquer in the step toward enlightenment.

I get it though; it brought me back to being in massage therapy school and the instructors would always say to make sure you are grounded before you start working on someone. Back then I kind of felt the same way about that thought as my clients seemed to asking their question. Being young and going with the fl ow, I just muddled my way through hoping that I’d fi gure it out along the way.

Luckily, one of my instructors was unassuming and took the time to run us through some exercises to help explain grounding and how not being grounded can show in your work and your life interactions. To help explain the effects of not being grounded she had us partner up. One of the partners closed their eyes and the instructor wrote a feeling/emotion on the board. Then the partner with their eyes open would massage the hand of their closed eye partner while thinking of this emotion and a time in their life when they felt this emotion. The emotion/feeling was guessed after a brief time and it was quite impressive how accurate the feeling was transmitted without words or even facial cues.

She then guided us through a grounding technique and had us once again massage our partner’s hand with the intent solely to concentrate on their hand. As you might guess, the massage was very focused and deliberate according to the needs of the tissue. This exercise clearly demonstrated the energy transference of where our state of mind is and how that translated across to someone else

without words. It made a mark on me and it is something I still think about to this day while I’m working. I certainly wouldn’t want to transfer any of my crazy wandering mind over to my clients !

What I have come to learn about being grounded versus being ungrounded in my general daily life translates to something like this: • Ungrounded – a wandering mind/daydreaming, fi nding it hard to concentrate or stay focused, being forgetful and not able to listen and retain conversations very well.• Grounded – being fully attentive to the task at hand, feeling in control of my emotions and thoughts, having clarity of mind and intentional actions.

There are many ways to ground yourself and lots of takes on grounding exercises, but I like to scrub away the fl are and get down to the nitty gritty of what I’m trying to accomplish. Being grounded is really about pulling all of your energy and spirit back into your emotional and physical being. To achieve this I follow these steps…

Simple Grounding Exercise: 1. Close your eyes and start taking some deep belly breaths. Feel the air as it enters your lungs and expands your belly and chest. Continue to breathe deeply throughout this exercise.

2. Visualize all your thoughts, energy and parts of yourself as a light that you can see. You might see some of this light off in a random thought, surrounding a project you’re working on, being carried by a loved one or wherever we might leave a bit of ourselves. We seem spread thin with our busy lives.

3. Gather up and call all that light back to your present self. Fill yourself with energy and presence.

4. N o w physically feel your feet on the ground. Feel them planted on the earth and rooting you to something solid. Bring your thoughts to the

task you are about to begin.

5. Open your eyes and feel confi dence and gratitude for the focus that fi lls your being.

This exercise can be done very quickly and as often as you need. It can help you refocus for different parts of your day. In fact, I’m realizing that I could use a little more grounding throughout parts of my day. I defi nitely do a better job and get more accomplished if I take time to ground myself and give full attention to each task instead of constantly thinking about what else I need to get done. Believe me, it is hard not to keep thinking of all the things I need to get done.

We all wear many hats – mom/dad, owner/employee, friend, home remodeler (yep, that’s me right now), athlete and a million other hats we put on throughout the day. In order to get full enjoyment and benefi t from each role, I suggest taking a moment to get grounded and be thankful for the true reason behind each of those tasks. This just might help your life feel truly fulfi lled and genuine.

Alana Simler has been practicing

massage therapy for 19 years. She

truly enjoys educating and

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Optimal You

Recognize these beautiful trees rooting themselves around the rocks to reach the ground? Visit Fragrance Lake trail for an upclose view.

By Wenty Hill

During the month, while waiting for inspiration to hit me on what to write for The Bellingham Muse article next month, a line from David Bowie’s Ground Control to Major Tom song caught my mind; “Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do.”

Hearing this song over and over in my head, realization hit: most people believe that “Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I (they) can do” to help the Earth. People think that there’s nothing they can do to help planet Earth.

I really got it. Though I’ve been into recycling for about 25 years, most people feel hopeless to make a difference with the environmental challenges happening on Earth. So I asked myself, “What can I do to help the Earth?” Then it occurred to me. Though I can do more, I’ve already done one very BIG thing that does make a difference with the Earth but I haven’t talked about it. So, here goes!

My ex-husband, Tim, a wonderful man, and I built a 2,500 foot round straw bale home in Sedona County, AZ. Believe me it was a very big deal. One day Tim came to me and said, “I want us to own our own home.” I said back to him, “I’ve had my own home, it’s a lot of work and takes a lot of money constantly. I don’t wanna!”

Tim, being tenacious, said to me, “I want us to have our own house, how can we do it?” He used the magic words “How CAN we?” and I heard them. Well, after making the commitment to build the house and a huge amount of research, the least expensive way, for us, was to build a straw bale house (that’s straw –it isn’t hay).

We then attended the workshop on “How to Build a Straw Bale House” (at “Out on Bale” in Tucson), read articles, and asked advice from those in the know on straw bale building and on possible features of a sustainable house (these are more challenging to build in the Northwest due to the rain, by the way).

One of my major conditions in building the house was that I don’t care for the “funky” look. I wanted a house that could possibly be in House Beautiful Magazine (a throwback from my prior Boston “looking good” upbringing).

Another condition was that it also had to be charming like a Victorian home. Then, obviously, we were not yet wealthy folk and the house needed to be affordable, to be built as we had the money. On the shape, we decided on a round house that had an inner round atrium open to the sky (it looked like a large donut in an aerial view). It turned out to be the fi rst round straw bale house of its kind in the US.

When we began to plan the building of our home, we both wanted to have it be a type of “barn raising” - a community building event. We are both big on global community on both the micro and macro levels (i.e., think global, act local). On the Bale Raising Day people came to help raise the walls, both the inside circle and the outer circle. Amazingly, people arrived from all over the world, from so many different countries! How did they hear of us? The walls were up in 8 hours!

Let me tell you that on a good day, building a house is tough, but put on top of that the phenomenal amount of uniqueness in building a straw bale house? Oh my goodness! Tim had never been mechanically inclined before and we knew NOTHING about building a house.

Along the way, miraculously, people would arrive at the RV we lived in on our 3 acres of land, with 2 lay lines I’ll have you know, and offered to help us build the house all the time! They came from everywhere, and out of nowhere, but how did they hear of us? (That was our constant question and no answer ever made sense. They kept coming to help…and coming to help…and coming to help.

Three years later we built an elegant 2,500 square foot home for $50,000 that was appraised at $250,000 with no mortgage. It had every sustainable option possible, at that time, using mostly recycled materials. It has also appeared on TV and been written up in a magazine.

The moral of this story is: there is no “ground control” and each and every one of us CAN make a difference in benefi tting Mother Earth. We only need to think outside the box and have a commitment to “Get ‘er Done.” Try it, you’ll like it!

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The Chakra System

(Part 7 of 7)by Kerri Burnside, CHT

As I fi nish with the fi nal article of this series on the chakra system, let’s recap. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning “wheel of light.” Simply put chakras are the energy points that radiate, draw and store energy. There are many of these energy points in the body, but in this series we covered the seven main or more commonly known chakras, which run vertically from the top of your head down your spine. Each one of these chakras governs over a major organ or glad. Having balanced and aligned chakras will help you have balance

“Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.”

-Pythagoras

in your body, resulting in you feeling happier, healthier and more in tune with yourself. Chakras can become out of balance when they are over stimulated, underestimated or blocked. This can be felt on an emotional, mental and physical level. You can go online to read the previous articles in this series and read about chakras 1-6.

7th Chakra (located at top of head)

The “crown” chakra is related to knowingness, wisdom, connection

to universal energy and knowing your own spiritual truths. This chakra interfaces with cosmic energies and pure consciousness. Here, the human being connects with the Universal Divine Energies. Through this chakra you can experience knowledge beyond words or intellect.

In Balance: When the 7th chakra is in balance you are living with the knowledge of Unity. Knowing that the Self refl ects the Divine. You are able to abandon individual ego for the unifi ed self. Personal truths are known through this chakra and ideally this chakra brings us the ability to know what is true for ourselves and to know your life’s purpose.

Out of Balance: When this chakra is out of balance there is an inability to let go of anxiety or fear. It can be diffi cult to imagine Cosmic Unity. A sense of feeling unsatisfi ed or depression may be present. A blockage prevents access to divine energy and can create the sense that others know what is best for you, a sense of being spiritually disconnected and endless searching for spiritual truth.

Affi rmations for brining balance to the 7th Chakra:• I am one with the forces of life.• I am truth, freedom, love and

beauty.

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SAHASRARA7th ChakraPure Being

• I am divinely guided and protected at all times.

• I open myself to experience the depth of my being.

• I release my limited view of myself and attune to the oneness of life.

-Kerri Burnside is the Co-Publisher of the Bellingham Muse. She offers a weekly guided meditation that is open to the public (See events on page 19). You can purchase her Chakra Balancing CD on Amazon.


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CREATING A JOYFUL LIFE

Many times people will have a noble desire to cultivate some positive behavior such as patience or being more giving. However, it is easy to decide to cultivate a trait that we are not really prepared to enact in our lives due to unresolved internal confl icts. It is like saying to ourselves, “I’m resolved to become a fast runner but I know I have a leg injury and can’t even run until I fi rst heal up.” In such a case, we should be focused on healing fi rst and not planning for our daily running exercises. We all do this in regard to goals for personal change and transformation.

The foundation of transforming how we feel and interact with others and situations in life seems to be the attitude of thankfulness. Once we are thankful for what we have (things, health, family,

By Dan Martin

friends, the beauty of the Earth and so on) we can see situations and people in their proper context. Rather than allowing small things to be taken out of context and becoming bigger than they should be, which steals energy away from other areas of our life including our health.

Once we have cultivated a sense of thankfulness then we can begin to soften the most diffi cult part of our ego to overcome, pride. Pride is countered by humility and humility can only come about if we are thankful for what we have. Many people would like to cultivate humility for spiritual reasons, however, it is diffi cult to be humble in a non-self-conscious way if one is trying to be humble. When one is fi rst truly thankful for what they have it is much easier to

be spontaneously humble.

If we are thankful and naturally humble then the virtue of patience comes about naturally. Without patience most of the internal virtues people would like to cultivate are impossible. When we are impatient it is usually due to our pride (“I want it to be this way,” “how dare you impede me,” “I need it to be this way now…”). How do we become more patient? By focusing on what we are thankful for and allowing humility to naturally arise. In a humble mental state we are much more patient, allowing people

and situations to play out as they will. We can simply observe them and learn from what they have to teach us. When we are impatient we can’t see the lessons that we could be learning and we end up allowing valuable life lessons to pass by in order to have life be the way our ego consciousness wants it to be.

If we can master patience in daily life, especially in unexpected daily life situations then we have graduated to the level of compassion. Only with the mindful

A Frozen Winter Heart By Kerriaki

“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing

lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” -Lao Tzu

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A rather stubborn and opinionated friend of mine recently gave me pause to contemplate how much faith I should have in my own cognitive abilities. As per usual he posted a link on Facebook which I would label as anti-science propaganda. I replied with a well substantiated and defi nitive graph demonstrating that his assertion was false, but he still clung to his original assertion .

Generally I pull out of such conversations quickly. The only tangible effect that I have ever experienced is that I get frustrated, and last I checked I have yet to see anybody actually change an opinion while arguing on Facebook. What I did take away was a gut curiosity about taking responsibility for the fallacies I might be clinging to.

The real cosmic mind bender in all this is not just the top layer of fact checking the beliefs that I am aware of; things like global warming is real, patience is a virtue, or I should lose weight. But what about the beliefs I hold that I am

Can I Trust Myself ?By Pete Johnson

not aware of? Food is safety, love is risky, wealth is diffi cult. Being an introspective bugger, I really think that deep down this rabbit hole is the key to why we are the people we are, and how we might change our life experience.

How do we decide to believe something? To get a handle on this we need to look at the brain. We all want to pretend we spend most of our time in the cerebral cortex

examining facts and drawing non-biased conclusions. But information is easy to manipulate and this area of the brain is very susceptible to falsehood. For example, someone may supply links to 24 scientifi c papers which reject the concept of manmade global warming. A person could read all 24 papers and come to the conclusion that we are

not warming the planet. However, there is an egregious information crime being committed here. What was omitted was the fact that the publisher cherry picked those 24 papers from a total study of 13,950, conveniently omitting any reference to the other 13,926 papers. With no knowledge of this other huge number, they will accept 24 as being signifi cant.

We also have lower functions of the brain: the limbic system and what is called the “lizard brain.” This is where the real havoc ensues. Flight, fi ght, food, safety, reproduction, and danger all come from this area of the brain. To build on the above example we can remove any reference to scientifi c papers and simply create an article on a “news” website. Give it an infl ammatory headline “The Great Global Warming Hoax!!” Fill the article with hyperbole about Al Gore being a hypocrite with an astronomical electric bill, and implications that the government merely wants to make you pay carbon taxes. Reading this article will trigger negative responses in these lower brain regions about threat, safety, and trust. Even with no factual backing at all this article would be effective for some people in creating a belief. The lower brain has now paired the idea of global warming with these negative responses. Our fi nal step would be to provide the links to the 24 scientifi c papers. Now it appears to be factually credible and you get the added bonus that the ideas of a hoax, Al Gore is a hypocrite, and tax conspiracy all get to come along for a free ride under the guise of factual.

But that’s all dealing with the outside world. I’m more interested in our beliefs about self and our relationship to the rest of reality. Let’s say for example during the

4th grade, one of your parents suddenly got a really good paying job and you had to move and leave all your friends behind. You moved into a big house, got an awesome new bedroom, and a whole pile of toys. However, you had a hard time making new friends at school. That experience may generate an unconscious belief that it’s better to remain poor otherwise you will have no friends.

I can’t fi nd happiness. There are no good jobs out there. All the good single people are taken. Most of our beliefs we just simply accept as facts. We just “know them to be true,” but they are far from factual or accurate. We all have some degree of trauma in our lives which generates many of these random associations. I guess for now all I can do is remain curious about how many of these conscious and subconscious self-limiting beliefs I have and how I may change them. Of course I’ll continue to read the Bellingham Muse for other interesting articles on this topic .

Pete spent 20 years in corporate America with a great deal of experience in leadership and

management. A fan of eastern philosophy he was able to imbue his leadership style with some of

the more subtle elements of group dynamics and personal growth. Allowing people to express their

authentic self in job scenarios rather than the typical western tendency

to manufacture square pegs for square holes. Being part of the

scouting and hiring process as well as witnessing numerous downsizing events and seeing the trauma arise as people look to re-establish their

careers, it became apparent that the single most useful tool was to have a

consistent and consolidated picture of oneself. This ability to confi dently

understand and present your true character strengths not only helps

create success in the interview process but is also a huge benefi t in many

other areas of daily life.


state of patience can we begin to see people and situations in compassionate ways. Patience helps us to see beyond the surface level of behavior and problematic events, to compassionately engage life. Without compassion there really isn’t real transformation in our lives. This can include compassion for ourselves, others and all living things.

Finally, if we have developed a mental state where compassion can arise we have come to the

state where we can contribute and give. Give not only of our physical possessions but of our time, efforts and talents to a world so much in need. Giving from a truly humble and non-self-conscious heart is a higher order virtue because it requires us to fi rst address all of the other virtues already discussed.

Again, many people want to develop certain virtues before they even have the proper foundation. Let’s review the sequence discussed in this article:

Thankfulness – Humility – Patience – Compassion – Giving

When we begin with thankfulness it is as if we have the foundation of all the other virtues. But we can only fi nd thankfulness when we are mindfully aware throughout the day. Finding reasons to be thankful in any given moment, is a spiritual transformation.

Dan Martin has a masters degree in psychology and runs Afl oat

fl oatation therapy in Bellingham WA: www.afl oattherapy.com He

also writes about consciousness, spirituality and society at:

transitionofheart.wordpress.com

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Television and movies often depict childbirth as a medical emergency with a fl urry of confusion, panic and fear, an ineffective birth partner, and a suffering woman screaming and writhing in pain.

What if birth could be easier, more comfortable, empowering, and blissful instead? Babies are imprinted by their birth experience on a deep subconscious level. How we begin life sets the stage for how we interact with the world. Just imagine what this planet could be like, if more babies started their journey on Earth from a place of calm, peace, comfort, and joy.

Hypnosis training for childbirth is recognized worldwide as one of the most effective ways to achieve a more comfortable, easier, faster and safer birth for both Mom and baby. Hypnosis has been used for birth for hundreds of years. It is safe, 100% natural, and does not have any unpleasant side effects. Research has shown that women who use hypnosis use little or no medication, have fewer complications, and therefore, reduce the need for medical interventions. Babies are calmer, more alert and ready to bond, and have higher Apgar scores. In addition to these documented benefi ts, many of my clients who use hypnosis for birth have little or no pain, report greater confi dence and preparedness, feel empowered, and have an overall sense of satisfaction about their birth experience.

Hypnosis is a deep state of relaxation, where the mind is focused, and the subconscious is accessible. Childbirth is directed by the subconscious mind and is infl uenced through programming

Peace on Earth Begins with Peaceful Birth!

and instincts. Healthcare practitioners often report that laboring women can experience a phenomenon known as the Fear-Tension-Pain (FTP) cycle. Fear causes tension in the body and tense muscles lead to pain, increased

pain leads to more fear, and the cycle continues and escalates. Fear can stall or stop labor too. By using hypnosis, women can break the FTP cycle and more effectively and effi ciently work with the energy of birth.

Hypnosis enables the mother to remain focused and calm, allow her body to move through contractions without resistance, release endorphins and oxytocin—hormones that have euphoric and analgesic effects—into the blood stream, progress more quickly and easily, and stay more in control of the process. Because a baby in the womb cannot differentiate between “Mom and me” and shares the same blood supply with Mom

through the placenta, the baby’s nervous system is impacted by the emotions, hormones and chemicals their mother experiences. If Mom is feeling calm, safe, peaceful and relaxed, her baby is experiencing that too.

While the use of hypnosis does not eliminate the possibility of the use of medication or medical intervention such as cesarean section, women trained in hypnosis tend to need less medication and have the skills to assist their bodies to heal more quickly from surgery. There are many advantages to having and using hypnosis skills post-partum. Moms can speed their recovery, decrease “baby blues,” improve their breast feeding experience, conserve energy, and make up for lost sleep (fi ve minutes of deep hypnotic relaxation provides many of the same benefi ts as an hour of sleep). Also, clients report that by continuing to use their self-hypnosis skills regularly, they are more present with their child(ren) and can parent more effectively.

I recommend birth hypnosis training take place during the third trimester of pregnancy, ideally in the seventh/eighth month to allow

plenty of time to attend the classes and practice the skills so that they become automatic. Birth partners should attend the training with the expectant mother in order to know how to confi dently fi ll that important supportive role. Couples who have attended my classes often tell me that sharing the training together deepens and improves their relationship as well.

Self-hypnosis is easy to learn and can be applied in a variety of ways throughout a lifetime. Creating a peaceful birth is just the beginning.

Jeni Miller is a Medical Support Clinical Hypnotherapist and childbirth hypnosis educator. Her clients achieve radiant, vibrant health through mind, body, Spirit integration. To fi nd out more about Jeni’s Blissborn childbirth hypnosis classes, call her at 360-647-3726. Visit www.BlissfulEasyBirth.com to receive a free Joyful Pregnancy MP3.

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Fear causes tension in the body and tense muscles

lead to pain.

After trying this recipe you will never again consider buying those little packets of oatmeal, but before I share this simple recipe with you, let me explain the dinner reference in the title.

For the past year I have avoided sweet breakfasts and have been preparing savory breakfasts instead. The basic idea behind this change in lifestyle is that we typically eat too much sugar in our daily diets. In addition to the obvious long term problems with sugar such as diabetes and obesity, sugar, in the short term, is a fast burning fuel that can cause your energy level to rise and fall like a roller coaster.

Your body will process a savory breakfast consisting of vegetables, fats, and proteins much more

slowly and the result will be an energy level that should be steady for many hours. This steady energy level will help you perform when you need it most, during those fi rst few hours of work, and it should allow you to last at least until lunchtime without snacking.

Yes I know, there are many proponents of snacking frequently, but fewer and larger meals are preferable. With frequent snacking, one meal is often added on top of the previous meal and the digestive system is never given a break. I give credit for this lifestyle change to my instructor, Todd Caldecott, who writes a detailed explanation of the importance of breakfast on his Food as Medicine website.

I took this savory breakfast concept

one step further and developed my own theory: IF I want to eat sweet foods then it would be better for me to eat them later in the day because maintaining a steady energy level is less important for me as I unwind at the end of the day. The heavy slow burning foods can be eaten in the morning to power me through the day, and the easily digested foods can be eaten in the evening so that I go to bed without feeling full.

In other words, if I’m going to eat eggs, kale, olive oil, and parsnips for breakfast then why not reverse the entire day and have some oatmeal for dinner? The reality is that I only occasionally eat oatmeal for dinner when I am short on time or groceries, but for the past year I have regularly eaten a savory breakfast, and the results have been good.

TRY THIS TONIGHT!½ c oatmeal¾ c water1 small handful of raisins1 spoon of coconut oil1 tsp coriander seed powder

Variations:4 dried apricots cut into quarters1 spoon of ghee1 tsp cardamom powder1 spoon of maple syrup

Simmer the oats and raisins on low, uncovered for 5-10 minutes until the water is absorbed. Some people recommend boiling the water alone fi rst. Add oil and seasoning of your choice to a bowl then mix everything together and enjoy your breakfast for dinner.

Traditionally sweeteners were eaten less often due to their rarity

in nature and the labor involved with producing them. You can imagine the joy in discovering a wild beehive and acquiring the prized honey without suffering too many stings, or the hard work required to process cane sugar without assistance from modern technology. Depending on where you lived, fi nding some tasty sweet fruit in nature would be cause for celebration.

In Ayurveda, raw honey is primarily used in small doses as part of medicinal formulas rather than as a common baking ingredient as we often use it today. Today sweeteners are cheap, abundant and found in nearly every processed food. We eat it to celebrate, when we are having a bad day, and often when we don’t even realize it. The sweet taste is a necessary part of our diet. It brings us great pleasure and quick energy, but it is important to understand the historical context of sweeteners in our lives to fi nd a healthy balance.

If you’re interested go ahead and reverse your diet for a week or two. Skip the toast, oats, bagels, and pastries for breakfast. Instead try some healthy fats, proteins and vegetables for breakfast to get a proper start to your day!

For more information visit: http://www.foodasmedicine.ca/2012/breakfast/

Eric Johnson writes about the connections between agriculture,

environment, food, and health at:sattvicplanet.net

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By Eric JohnsonBest Oatmeal Recipe Ever, for Dinner


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Lately I have been checking out what’s happening around town in the arena of what I am going to call “Sacred Dance”. I use the term “Sacred Dance” to cover any form of dancing that is intended to have a spiritual, therapeutic, or meditative function. There are numerous other moving meditation practices available in town (such as Tai Chi and Qi Gong) but I am limiting this exploration to meditative forms involving dance.

Hippy Freestyle dancing has been around Bellingham since the 70’s, most notably at the long running “Un-Disco” venue at Fairhaven College Auditorium. Later, the Barefoot Boogie was a pretty big scene as a late-night, rave-like freestyle venue, usually held downtown. Richard Sands’ Purple Church is currently carrying the

The Rational Inquirer:

torch for Hippy Freestyle. On their Facebook page they list “weekly ecstatic dance” Fridays 8:30 - 10:00 pm at 1430 N. Garden. They have two guidelines 1) Dance however you wish and 2) No talking on the dance floor. Music played for the dances is presented as an eclectic mix of pop, African and world beat. The scene is very mellow and welcoming. By Donation.

Dances of Universal Peace (sometimes referred to as “sufi dancing”) have been held sporadically at various locations since the early 70‘s. The Center for Spiritual Living in Bellingham and Mount Vernon are hosting the Dances of Universal Peace these days. The simple meditative group dances are accompanied by devotional songs and chants drawn from the word’s spiritual traditions.

The dances were created by the American sufi mystic Ahmed Murad (Sufi Sam) in the 1960‘s. The dances are considered a form of contemplative prayer using movement, voice, rhythm and melody. Sitara (Suzanna) and Lowell (Jelaluddin) Lewis lead the Bellingham Dances on the 3rd Friday of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Center for Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew Street Road. No experience necessary, all abilities welcome. By donation. Dances are also held in Mount Vernon on the 1st Sunday of the month from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Center for Spiritual Living, 1508 N. 18th Street.

The evolution of group freestyle dancing these days seems to be going with Gabielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms® movement. The 5 Rhythms® is a facilitated “conscious dance“ practice based on the concept that everything (including us) is energy and moves in waves, rhythms and patterns. The five rhythms referred to in the title are: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness. The 5 Rhythms® dance session proceeds through those five modes in the form of a wave starting with flowing, building in intensity to peak at chaos and closing with stillness. Roth presents the focus of the Wave as experiencing the body as a fluid entity and the outcome as discovering the feet and stopping holding the breath.

The venue for 5 Rhythms® in Bellingham is Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Avenue. Classes are Tuesdays with Scotty Lewis 7:30 - 9:30 pm, $12 at the door. Thursdays 7:15-9:15 pm with Jenny Macke. Sundays 10:30 am is a 5 Rhythms® based weekly community gathering to connect, practice and celebrate in dance. $10 drop-in. Presence Studio has a big and nice dance floor. Saturday sessions can have as many as 50 people. The dance floor is considered sacred space so no talking please. Jenny Macke also incorporates mindfulness movement as taught by the Open Floor school which is an evolution of Gabrielle’s work by her primary teacher trainers.

The Cherokee Dance of Life: Moving Meditation of the Four Directions is described as a Sacred Cherokee Dance for alignment, balance and prayer. The movement meditation is presented by Joe Asebedo on Tuesday mornings from 7:00 - 7:45 am at the Center for Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew Street Road. The class is held outside in fair weather.

About the Rational Inquirer: Bill Cantrell has a deep respect for all spiritual traditions and likes to explore the local resources relating to body, mind and spirit.


By Bill Cantrell

Sacred Dance

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