Maslow Predicted The Shift - by Owen Waters

Abraham Maslow (1908-70) was a psychologist who became famous for his hierarchy of human needs. When he developed his theory in the 1950s, he predicted the transformation of humanity into a realm of spiritual transcendence, but he had no idea just how soon this would develop into a major movement.

Maslow's hierarchy of human needs shows that basic human needs have to be fulfilled before people can attend to higher needs and values.

First, the basic physiological needs of food and shelter must be catered for in order to ensure survival.

Second, once food and shelter are obtained, safety and security must be achieved.

Third, acceptance by others is sought, in both the social and romantic senses. To fulfill this 'belonging' need, people become part of a group, a tribe, an extended family or a community.

When these deficiency, or outer-directed, needs are satisfied, then the individual works to acquire self-respect.

Recognition by others produces self-esteem.

Once the outer needs are fulfilled, the inner-directed need for self-actualization comes into play. To self-actualize means to become the best you personally can be.

Self-actualized people include those who have achieved material abundance, and also those who, as a decision of personal power, have chosen simplicity over the pursuit of further abundance. At some point, when a person says "That's enough" to the endless pursuit of additional financial security, then they become free to accomplish anything that inspires their inner joy the most.

Self-actualization is achieved after the individual ceases to have deference to hierarchical authority, and instead matures into the ability to make their own rules of personal responsibility. Personal responsibility is always more powerful and effective than any system of imposed rules.

For example, you can threaten to punish someone if they steal and hope that the threat works. But, a self-responsible person simply wouldn't steal because they would feel empathy for the loss that a would-be victim would feel. They simply wouldn't have the heart to do such a thing to another person.

It's a matter of increased maturity. When a person abandons the impositions of external authority and becomes their own, self-directed authority, then they become far more functional in the world. This is, in fact, a higher state of consciousness, one which provides a higher vista of awareness. From this expanded vista, they see clearly how they as an individual can best serve humanity.

In this state of awareness, the person acquires the ability to think and analyze situations independently. As a result, new and creative solutions spring to mind. They have enough self-esteem to be able to clearly see their own needs, skills, strengths and weaknesses, and from that they see where they can best be of service to humanity.

Once basic needs are fulfilled, the next values to require attention relate to being. The first of these being-values is self-actualization, which is the instinctual need of a human to make the most of their unique abilities.

Above that, Maslow placed transcendence, which he considered a spiritual value. Traditional universities typically presume that spiritual matters are beyond the understanding of their students, so they present the Maslow hierarchy of human needs differently. They present it with self-actualization as the ultimate human goal, and omit the transcendence stage beyond that.

The being-values of self-actualization and transcendence are the higher, more beautiful aspects of human consciousness.

They include unconditional love, altruism, inner joy, a love of nature, the development of intuition (in males as well as females), idealism, and a sense of wisdom which springs from within. These skills develop the right-brain functions of creativity and intuition.

In the 1950s, Maslow believed that only 2% of the population had achieved self-actualization. The mid-1960s changed all that when masses of people began the search for the higher values, such as unconditional love and spiritual wisdom.

Today, that core group of progressive society has blossomed from 2% to over 20%, and is climbing every year.

The Shift is not a temporary by-product of the baby boom generation, or any other generation of modern society.

It is not a passing fad. It is not going away. It is a cosmic pressure that is unfolding and relentlessly increasing the frequency of all consciousness upon the planet.

It is a part of the plan of Infinite Being that we progress to the next stage of conscious human achievement. The Shift is, to put it simply, the most wonderful transformation in recorded history. This is where humanity gets to build, literally, Heaven on Earth.

This article was written by Owen Waters, author of "The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness"

Available in hardcover or via immediate download at: http://www.infinitebeing.com/theshift

Look up to the light - Starlink update

At this time a large number of people in Britain are suffering from the effects of flooding, many have lost their homes and are undergoing extremely traumatic experiences.

In sending the Star Light to all these people we can do something positive to help them. If we are experiencing trauma ourselves, staying under the Star can bring us help and healing.

We wanted to send you this Star message from White Eagle to help you to focus your thoughts on the Star at this time.

White Eagle says:

Look up to the light

We see this beautiful shining light which is beyond the clouds, so we bring to you this message of hope… Peace be with you. All will be well. All will be well. Have no fear. Give your trust, that is all. Trust, and have courage. The cloud has a golden lining. We want you to realise that the light that you worship is part of your own soul, and that light shines in you and beautifies all earthy things for you. If you will call upon this when you are weary, you will feel divine strength flowing through you, and all anxiety will fade away. Your vision will be upon the blazing Star and you will be in conscious contact with your higher self, your divine self, your eternal, age old self. This will direct your actions and bring into your life all the blessings of the heavenly life.

(These words come from our new book, ‘Seeking Serenity’ which is out in September)

Affirm:

• I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LIGHT
• I TRUST GOD'S PERFECT PLAN
• I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE STAR

***We send out the star light to all those whose lives are harmed by flooding and extreme weather***

Reclaiming the Power of The Feminine

Journey To the Heart Of the Goddess Reclaiming the Power Of the Feminine B Y C H R I S T A N H U M M E L

OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO, our planet experienced a "pole shift" not a magnetic pole shift, but one which had as powerful an influence on all of life on the planet: a shift in polarity from the Yin based Goddess traditions which had ruled for almost 35,000 years, to a new Yang oriented, patriarchal ascension. Long before our current forms of Judeo-Christian, and Islamic religions prevailed, a more ancient belief swept the globe, known today as the Goddess tradition. In their original forms, even the Patriarchal religions of today had a deep and inextricable connection with the Goddess. In the first Sura of the Islamic Koran, the Fatiha, is a verse recited by millions of Muslims in their daily devotions, God is called Al Rahmin, the merciful and compassionate one. "Rahmin" is derived from the Arabic for "womb" or "matrix", reminding Muslims of the Feminine attributes of God. Ameratsu in Japan; Qwan Yin in China; Tara in Tibet; Shakti in India; The Shekhinah of the Kabbalah, Isis in Egypt, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Black Madonna of Christianity; Gaia in Greece and Rome, Spider Woman the Weaver in North America, all are the many and varied names representing aspects of the Sacred Feminine Goddess. This Goddess tradition was the prevailing belief until the tide began to shift several thousand years ago, and a new energy began to sweep through the planet. A male-dominated religion began to overturn, suppress, and even obliterate the peaceful, earth-honoring Goddess traditions. Throughout the world, each country has its story of how their indigenous and nature-based cultures were replaced by more authority-driven societies as the scales began to tip globally favoring the Patriarchal values and way of life. As it did, the nature-based, communal, non-violent societies throughout the world were replaced by dominance-based patriarchal cultures. Concurrently, we begin to see the ascendancy of the male gods and deities - Zeus, Indra, Yahweh, and Thor deities, and a corresponding demotion or suppression of the Feminine. By the time of the Roman Catholic Church, nature-based worship had become a crime punishable by death. The texts of the world's religions were rewritten demeaning the Feminine, and even editing out references to a female God, in favor of a male God. This shift from the Goddess traditions honoring and revering women, the earth, intuition, saw the rise of new male-oriented deities and traditions honoring which ushered in a new era of power, newly created authority structures which affected all of the planet's religions, politics, economics and walks of life. It also affected our treatment and relationship to the earth (representing the Feminine as Mother). This new power saw the Feminine, and consequently the Earth as "evil" by the new Church, and to be conquered and used to fulfill humanity's goals and ambitions by the ruling colonial governments. Women were treated in equal manner, with one in three being killed at the height of the witch-burning period in Europe. The results of this ascension of Patriarchy upon our planet have been a conquering, and almost virtual extinction of the indigenous people's of the earth, an annihilation of 99% of the species on the planet, and a virtual destruction of the ecosystems that have sustained us for over a million of years. Any examination of our planet reveals that these attitudes are at their zenith at this time in history. Intuitively, these Goddess-oriented traditions predicted this "descent" or hiding of the Goddess. However, ancient prophecies also predicted a time in which the Sacred Feminine would re-emerge and restore our planet to health. From the Hopi to Greeks to Islam, all have foreseen a time when the energies of the Great Mother would flee, but then at a later time return upon the earth. In Japan, Amatarasu, the Feminine Light of the world, is said to descend into hiding until a later time when it was safe for Her to re-emerge to bring Her much needed light to the darkened planet. In the Jewish tradition, the Shekhinah is said to have fled the temple when destroyed and defiled, to return and bring peace and harmony back to the region at a later date. According to Greek mythology, in the winter of the earth's history the goddess Persephone is abducted by Hades, raped and taken into the underworld. She too returns at a later date to save her Mother from ruin. Prophecies predict that at the end of this era, it is the rebirth of the Feminine Principle that is needed to begin to heal the deserts of our planet and to put out the fires kindled by two thousand years of male Logos orientation. We are in the midst of such times. As the Spirit of the Great Mother arises in the Earth, we each hold a piece of Her light and love within our hearts. The re-emergence of this energy of the Sacred Yin, so long suppressed, persecuted and abused, is an energy held deep within our hearts. Its re-emergence presents opportunities for us to heal deep planetary fears and traumas coming to the surface from past abuse and suppression of the Sacred Feminine that is held within the collective matrix of the planet. While this affects both men and women, since women hold a piece of this archetype of the Sacred Feminine, as they heal and release their own issues of this core energy of the Sacred Feminine in Her return, we help to anchor that energy on the planet. Women are the main repositories for this Yin energy for the planet today, and it is in and through women that this Sacred Feminine is coming back into power. Not power as we have been conditioned to know it, power "over" or power to control, but power which comes from the depths of our being, the power of simply BEING who we are in our fullest sense. By igniting the spark of this Yin energy within us, we begin to bloom into the true expression of our Power and Beauty as living embodiments of the Divine Feminine, helping to restore this depleted energy to the planet. © 2007, Christan Hummel "Mother of the World" artwork courtesy of Nicholas Roerich, all rights reserved. IF YOU ENJOYED THIS ARTICLE, why not sample the rest of the great articles, series, columns and monthly featured articles in PLW online magazine? WE NOW OFFER a 1-month, 3-month or 6-month subscription, or, for less than the price of one single cup of coffee per month, you get great metaphysical - spiritual - new thought articles, celestial guidance and news every single month for an ENTIRE YEAR …or even two! The longer you sign up for, the cheaper it gets! 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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Christan Hummel is an internationally known seminar leader, and author of the best-selling DIY Space Clearing Kit. As a pioneer in earth energies, she has presented at feng shui, dowsing and kinesiology conferences around the world. She has been in communication with the realms of nature for over 25 years, and has established co-creative grassroots pollution clearing groups worldwide. For information go to: www.earthtransitions.com.

Conspiracy Theories and Fear : What you focus on, you empower

"Barely a day goes by that I do not encounter someone on the Internet passionately proclaiming that the world is held captive by a conspiracy of evil and that the helpless, hapless human inhabitants of the planet have been enslaved by a small dynasty of calculating, nefarious men (or aliens) and their wicked organizations. What could be more classically duality-matrix themed than that?

However well-meaning those that espouse this are, and however true these notions may possibly be in one view of reality, it is not a view of reality you want to focus on if creating a world of harmony and joy is your desire! Investing any passion in the duality matrix by being outraged about “evil” does exactly the thing that keeps you—and the rest of humanity—at lower frequency: increasing the power of entities in reverse polarity by feeding them with energy. Whenever you focus on or push against something, you empower it. The key is rising above it.

Have you noticed how much fear you tap into when you read, hear, or think about these ideas of being controlled and manipulated? Have you sensed the drop in your frequency and the diminution of joy that is triggered when you immerse yourself in these conspiracy discussions? What does this tell you? If you’re alert to it, you’ll know that you’ve moved into the territory of the part of you that thrives on fear.

What aspect of you is it that gets excited from and feeds off fear? It’s your reptilian brain. While the reptilian brain does handle some important jobs within you, like controlling your autonomic nervous system and making sure you don’t get run over by a bus, it is not the aspect of you that will lead you to freedom and happiness! Heeding the call of the reptilian brain leads you down in frequency and farther from the Paradise reality of ease and joy.

So, why would you lower your frequency by drinking in—and passing on to others—fearful stuff? In addition to the calling of your reptilian brain for more scary input, your reptilian brain is also about status—the smarter you appear, the higher your status. (In the reptilian brain’s world, status is a key to survival.) Your ego, which is the psychological overlay for your reptilian brain, finds gratification in demonstrating that you are one of the few that have waked up and caught on to the machinations of the evil-doers.

The irony is, however, that the more people with which you share the information, and consequently, the fear, the lower the vibrational frequency and corresponding consciousness level of the whole of humanity. And the more determined people become to overcome the evil by pushing against it, the more it is strengthened. So the more energy given to the theoretical conspiracies, the more the conspiracies—or the fear they generate—are empowered, and the further disempowered humanity is!

The lower your frequency/consciousness, the less you can perceive, and the more easily you are manipulated. So if you are worried about human enslavement (or whatever the conspiracy theory du jour is), the least helpful thing you can do is dwell on it and share the fearful stuff with everyone!

The sadly humorous thing about conspiracy theories is they thrive off fear, and knowing about them does not create some sort of important awareness that leads to moral victory and a triumph of “good” over “evil.” You can’t ”overcome evil” by railing against it or even focusing on it. In order to escape the clutches of evil, you have to opt out of the reality where there is such a thing as “good” and “evil.” And the way you do that is by rising in frequency above the duality matrix through choosing joy and unconditional radiance—the way of the spiritual master. This comes as a disappointment to the reptilian-brain-driven ego, that thrives off the notion that fighting is the way to solve problems!

The most powerful thing you can do with your awareness is to choose to focus on and dwell in joy, and to radiate Love instead of fear, thus bringing the whole of humanity up in frequency. That is what will actually set humanity free. True freedom from the tyranny of fear is found simply by raising your frequency out of fear and into joy by choosing to shift your focus from what you don’t want to what you do want.

Human beings only comprehend their true power when they are at a high enough level of consciousness to do so. So if what you want is to empower humanity, focusing on joy, and raising your own vibrational frequency to the level where joy is your experience, raises the consciousness of humanity and offers your fellow human beings the opportunity to comprehend their power. When you know your own power, it is no longer possible to be a powerless victim. So do yourself, and all humanity, the service of keeping your focus aligned with Love and joy."

©2006 Julia Rogers Hamrick

http://www.juliarogershamrick.com

Sacred ancient monument in Sussex, England - desecrated

Dear friends, I don't normally do this, but I feel so strongly, and was there to witness the desecration, that I am imploring you to to consider signing ... Here's the background, quoted from a two page spread in the Argus, our local paper down Sussex way, printed on Monday, July 2nd, 2007.

"Pagans object to Long Man filming" - Members of the Pagan community have been protesting over the use of the Long Man of Wilmington in a TV stunt for a new Trinny and Susannah show. The ancient hill carving, on the Sussex Downs to the north of Eastbourne, is considered "sacred" by the Council of British Druid Orders (CoBDO). A TV crew spent Sunday and Monday at the site, rehearsing and filming for a series about clothing and body shapes.

ITV said it had gained permission from the Sussex Archaeological Society. The stunt to be featured in Trinny and Susannah's new five-part series involved getting women to make a "human sculpture" which would alter the Long Man into the female form. But the CoBDO said it would "dishonour an ancient Pagan site of worship".

Speaking from a protest at the site on Monday, spokesman Greg Draven said: "They've placed breasts and pig tails on the Long Man, and they've thinned his hips. "A lot of people might see it as a bit of light-hearted fun, but we object to a site that we hold sacred being desecrated. "We had to make our objections noted and our presence felt," Mr. Draven added.

ITV said the theme of the Trinny and Susannah programme was to "encourage women to dress for their body shape and not their size"."

I watched the filming take place, 80 or so women in white boiler suits (and a few men thrown in as well!) clamber all over the ancient, sacred site with it's delicate archeology. I failed to see how this might "empower" women, as Trinny and Suzannah had claimed in an earlier interview with some of the protesters. I have been coming to the Long Man for the past 6 years, and I would never, consider climbing the fence to walk on top on the figure, as signs clearly state: "Keep off the Long Man- Soil erosion"... Does this mean that if you are in the business of making vacuous television shows, the rules do not apply? Does this mean that now anyone who likes can ignore the signs and traipse all over the Long Man?

The people observing, and protesting, weren't just Druids and pagans ... I spoke to quite a few local people and tourists who were as bewildered and disgusted as we were to see a a scheduled ancient site treated with such a lack of respect. Aside from the offence to people w ho hold this site sacred (try a stunt like this with a symbol from another religious group and watch the outcry!), I was concerned for the safety of the ancient archeology.

There is a row of iron age burial mounds (tumuli) at the top of the hill over-looking the Long Man, and I have always seen Wilmington as an ancient graveyard, where the Long Man is a guardian standing in the gateway between worlds. What others see as two staffs in his hands, I see as a doorway.

Sussex Archeological Society, gave their permission to use the site, but I don't think they realized the extent of tramping and and poking with sticks (to mark where the boiler suited ladies were going to lay) that would occur over the two days. One of their representatives justified giving permission by saying that cows walk across the site all the time.

Well, I have never seen the local cows form themselves into the shape of breasts and pigtails on top of the Long Man or anywhere else for that matter!

Now that the filming has occurred, the best way forward is the make sure this tripe never reaches the screens. You, the television consumer has the power!

To arm yourself with more information, check out these sites: http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/site.php?site_id=13 For historic information about the Long Man http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news?articleid=2997769&CommentPage=1&CommentPageLength=10#comments For a Sussex Express article with many comments posted. http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRygEvMfuCU For a YouTube video of the event. To have your voice heard GO TO: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Longmanabuse/

This petition is to demand that a sequence filmed by ITV (Trinny & Suzannah Undress) at The Longman of Wilmington on Sunday 1st July and Monday 2nd July showing approximately 100 women changing the shape of the Longman into a woman with pig-tails and breasts be stopped from being broadcast on the grounds of religious offence to the pagan community and promoting anti-social behavior on a scheduled ancient monument.

If this footage is broadcast by the ITV as part of the fashion programme it is believed it would contravene several of the OFCOM guidelines.

LOVE and LIGHT,
Carli @susumama
http://www.susumama.co.uk/

Ready to retire from your space in the old reality?

For those who know me well, and read this latest Energy Alert from What's Up On Planet Earth, they will recognise my dilemma of the past few weeks - and will no doubt find it resonates strongly with them too!

Have faith ...

Mission accomplished. And what a mission it was! Whether you were consciously aware of it or not, we have been busy purging, releasing, and re-aligning for the next platform of reality for the past several weeks, and we are finally done. (If you have been having feelings of insecurity or perhaps an unusual lack of confidence or even a feeling of dis-connect, know that it is only because you have successfully let go of parts of yourself that are not needed in the higher realms. You will be back on track once again in no time!).

This great feat did not need to occur intentionally for us. As we are lightworkers and always and completely connected, we experience for all of the whole. It is a given and will always be so. It can be no other way. (And we need not intentionally activate this grid, as it is always in perfect position … any meddling of this perfection would only serve to create a great disruption and distraction from the perfect connection that we have always had. All is always and will continue to be in divine right order without any intentional meddling ever needed.)

This completion phase can manifest as a strong desire to simply do nothing for awhile, or perhaps take a very needed vacation and just hang out with no responsibilities. If you have been feeling as though you were wading through quicksand trying to get anything accomplished, really dragging, not wanting to have to do anything, feeling a great resistance to your old duties and ways, or even feeling exhausted or crabby, you are most likely experiencing this latest energetic space we are currently in.

The universe would like us to bask for awhile. The universe would like us to pamper ourselves. The universe would like us to take a “day off.” The universe would like us to just be. The world will not fall apart if we take this time for ourselves. It has been rightfully designated. We need now really give to ourselves for a brief time.

These feelings and desires are also in alignment with higher realms reality. In the higher realms, we are basically “retired.” If you have been searching for a way to retire of late, this is why. What does “retired” exactly mean?

Not having to be anywhere at a certain time. Having no agendas. Having all our needs met easily and effortlessly. Having no responsibilities. Having complete and total freedom. Doing what we want each and every moment of each and every day. Living in our passion, while we spend most of our time in creativity and/or in service. Sitting still and enjoying our loved ones, and simply loving each other.

Yes, we are really here now. We have arrived at yet another rung on the higher realms ladder. This new reality of great peace and contentment, along with a new unity of helping each other and connecting through our passions and purpose, is at hand once again.

As lightworkers, we have been so very dedicated. And as mentioned earlier, even though some of us might not be consciously aware of what we are accomplishing, we are accomplishing much. This last phase of the solstice and Mercury retrograde inspired “clearing” and aligning went very deep, and really took a toll on some of us.

But we have cleared the way for another energetic leap, and we will now see great rewards. The see-saw process of ascension is on-going…as it only serves to provide for us better and better feeling spaces.

If you are one who is not feeling top notch right now, or perhaps even experiencing shell shock energy from this shift, or even a bit down, the best thing you can do is to align yourself with the new energies we are now residing in. And this involves really giving to ourselves.

Yes, we can let go for awhile. We can take a break. Doing this places us in alignment, and when we are in alignment, this is when all our needs are magically met. This is what the universe wants us to do. Resisting this current space is what causes the discomfort. Letting go is what will bring us back into the higher realms. And simply being.

We can now really allow the universe to bring us what we need. By being willing to be shown our next step, or perhaps even how to solve a dilemma of how to retire, or any other situations that we seem to have no solutions for, opens the door for the answers to arrive. Be willing. Allow.

This new space of beauty, peace, unity, and ecstasy is actually here. We need only allow ourselves to be in this space. We can tap into it through our intent and by letting go of the illusion of where we think we are. Just focus and look. Look for it. See it. Allow yourself to go there now, as it is here. Leave one world and enter another. Find it in the eyes of your partner, or perhaps in the eyes of your four-legged companion. See it in the eyes of another as you connect as one. See it in the beauty of nature. Hear it in the melody of a beautiful song. Smell it in a flower garden. Feel it with your fingers as you stroke the texture of magnificent creation.

Stop for awhile and rest. Re-connect now to the next rung of our evolutionary ladder. The universe wants you to do this. The universe is telling you that this is the way it was intended. We are being granted this awesome and beautiful experience of basking and being. It is our gift for our incredible service as the light bearers that we are. We are magnificent beings indeed. Yes, we are being appreciated and thanked.

Where will your place in heaven be? Where will you reside? What will your reality look like? What will you allow to come into your space? What will you create?

www.whatsuponplanetearth.com

The Summer of Spiritual Love 2007

by Owen Waters

Forty-year cycles are highly significant in human affairs. It was forty years ago, in 1967, that the Summer of Love erupted in San Francisco and inspired young seekers around the world to realize that there is a better, more loving way to be a human upon this planet.

Forty years later, the world is due for an outpouring of love in the summer of 2007, but it will become much more than it ever was in 1967. This time, it will reflect forty years of the maturing of the original idea. We have transformed from the earlier, seeking idealists to people who are beginning to understand how to focus and direct spiritual energy in order to make a real difference on this planet.

In 1967, young people wanted to change the world for the better. In 2007, we’re still here; but, the difference is, now we know how to achieve it! In fact, today, millions of people are spiritually equipped to perform a mass planetary healing by directing their spiritual love energy through focused intent.

On the 17th of July, 2007, hundreds of thousands of light workers around the world will join together for one hour to focus upon healing the Earth and mankind’s relationship to the planet. This event is called “Fire the Grid,” because its main focus is to heal and strengthen the human grid of consciousness that exists around this planet.

Every species of life on the planet has its own grid of consciousness. Whales and dolphins, being consciously telepathic, are fully aware of their grid. Other animals, such as monkeys, have been observed to enact a “Hundredth Monkey Effect,” where new ideas are communicated telepathically to other monkeys without any physical contact. Humanity’s mind belt, or grid, has been generally ignored by the waking consciousness of humanity for thousands of years. Access to the human grid has been relegated to the subconscious mind so that people could ignore their connectedness and play-act at pretending that they are separate from their brothers and sisters.

Today, with the upcoming, massive “Fire the Grid” celebration, we face a sudden revival of human connectedness. This event, which was inspired by light-beings after one woman’s near-death experience, has been promoted by word of mouth recommendation within spiritual communities around the world for the past two years. Today, the event’s web site, www.FireTheGrid.com, has grown to be available in 14 languages!

“Fire the Grid” is shaping up to become a perfect storm of spiritual revival – something which, when taken together, is far more powerful than the sum of its individual components. The way that “Fire the Grid” is being promoted by today’s spiritual leaders is a sure indication that we are approaching such a perfect storm and the next noticeable shift in human consciousness.

The one-hour “Fire the Grid” event will begin at 11:11 am Greenwich Mean Time on Tuesday, 17th July, 2007. In British Summer Time, using the 24-hour clock, that’s 12:11 hours. For people in New York, it’s 7:11 am. In Sydney, Australia it’s 9:11 pm (or 21:11 hours) on July 17th, and two hours later than that in New Zealand.

For people in California, the perfect cosmic hour starts at 4:11 am. Yes, 4:11 am! This is truly a chance to do something very different at four in the morning. Let’s face it - the atmosphere will be so alive with special energy that morning, you won’t be able to sleep anyway! And, bear in mind that the most creative time of each day is from 3 am to 5 am local time, so 4 am is really the perfect time to get up and heal the world on that day! My wife, Dreama, and I will be in California at the time, setting our alarm clock along with the rest of you on the West Coast.

Become a part of this potent and global transformation. Join in the biggest light party ever! When people around the world join together at the same time and Fire the Grid for one hour, they will be united in their souls, sharing love, peace, and harmony to create a better world for the people of Earth, today and in the future.

The organizers at FireTheGrid.com are asking participants to allow the healing power of the cosmos to flow freely through them and into the center of the Earth. Then, see this energy of healing love come out into the atmosphere around the planet and fire the grid of human consciousness.

This event provides a golden opportunity to become a part of, and to cause, a massive shift in consciousness.

Once, I heard about a man who, in 1969, had the chance to go to the Woodstock festival of peace and music. Instead, he chose to attend a small, weekend spiritual retreat and missed the big, history-making event. Knowing what he knows now about what a pivotal event Woodstock was in the heart and mind of humanity, he sadly regrets not having been a part of that memorable event.

Another pivotal event in the heart and mind of humanity is coming up on July 17th, 2007. You want to be a part of this golden opportunity. Your friends want to be a part of this golden opportunity. Let them know. Share this article with your friends.

This is the Summer of Spiritual Love, and with the focused intention of all of us, July 17th, 2007 is the day that the world transforms into a better place through the healing power of humanity’s awakened conscious connection.

Next week’s article will reveal a powerful technique to help you to create a world filled with spiritual peace, freedom and creativity. When spiritual seekers are looking for effective ways to change the world and they discover this technique, they are astounded at how they are suddenly transformed into beacons of energy for world healing. This technique will be released, in full detail, in time to help you in your “Fire the Grid” celebration.

For more background information, visit Fire The Grid.

This article was written by Owen Waters, author of
"The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness"

Make the Secret work for you ...

Daily Disciplines for Effortless Success:
Six Steps for Activating "The Secret" in Your Life
by Jack Canfield

The first step to using Law of Attraction as presented in the movie The Secret is to clarify exactly what you want.

Remember-determine, write down and talk about what you do want, not what you don't want. Be as specific as possible. Once you have clarified what you want, do the following each and every day.

1. Morning Intention, Visualization and Releasing

As soon as you wake up in the morning, take about 5 minutes to focus your mind on your desires, goals and intentions. Start by sitting in a comfortable position, closing your eyes and visualizing your desires and goals as already being fulfilled. Spend 30 seconds to a minute on each of your core desires and goals. You can also take a few moments to visualize your day going exactly as you would like it to.

When you do this, you will often find negative limiting beliefs that are the result of negative programming from your childhood will come up. You may hear thoughts like "I could never afford that," "there's no way I'll ever get that," or "who am I kidding?" coming up. If you do, use one of the many releasing techniques that are available (see the list below) to release the negative thought. Don't fight or argue with the thought; just release it.

Remember to also spend several moments feeling the feelings you would feel if you had already manifested your desire in your life. The intensity of the feeling is what fuels the intensity of the attraction.

Powerful releasing techniques:

· The Sedona Method

· The Work by Byron Katie

· The Emotional Freedom Technique

2. Use External Images to Keep you Focused on Your Desires and Goals

To keep yourself focused on what you want to manifest surround yourself with visual images of the things and experiences you want to attract into your life. There are many techniques you can use for this.

1.) Cut out pictures of the things you wish to own (like your ideal car or home) and pictures that represent the experiences you want to have (like the perfect relationship, your ideal job, perfect health, being at your ideal weight, more joy, inner peace or balance in your life)to remind yourself of how you want it to be. Tape them up where you will see them every day-on the mirror, the refrigerator, or your bulletin board. You can also scan them into your computer and make them into a screen saver or a continuously running PowerPoint program.

2.) Combine your pictures and words that you cut out into a collage on a large piece of poster board.

3.) Make a Dream Book by putting the pictures into a 3-ring binder pasted onto the pages or slid into plastic page protectors.

When you look at any of these pictures, do what Bob Doyle, who is featured in The Secret teaches- think the thought, "THIS IS MINE NOW! THIS IS WHO I AM!"

3. Think a Better Feeling Thought

Start paying attention to the many times during the day that you have emotional responses (to other people, experiences, or your own thoughts) that are not in alignment with having or producing your desires. Pay special attention to when you feel disappointment, resentment, frustration or anger about your experiences and circumstances.

Remember, it's your feelings (which are created by your thoughts, opinions, and beliefs) that are attracting your current circumstances. You must make a vibrational shift by changing your thoughts to ones that make you feel better (i.e., raise your vibration). Remember that you must become a vibrational match for the things and experiences that you want to attract into your life.

It is especially important to focus your thoughts and behaviors on things that cause you to feel joy. Focus your thoughts on thoughts that bring you joy (your lover, your best friend, your grandchildren, your favorite vacation spot) and your actions on doing the things you love to do (pet your cat, work in your garden, listen to your favorite music).

4. Have an Attitude of Gratitude

It is critical to take time each and every day to focus on what you are grateful for. Some people do this in the morning before or after they visualize their desires; others prefer to do it in the evening. Focus on all of the things in your life (most of which you take for granted) that you are grateful for-your health, your children, your job, the nice weather, electricity, running water, a nice stereo system, your flower garden, your pets, your friends).

No matter what your situation, there are always things to be grateful for. The more you focus on what you are grateful for, the more things and experiences you will attract to be grateful for. You may wish to carry a "gratitude rock" like the one Lee Brower talks about in "The Secret."

5. Take Action

There are two kinds of actions you can take. Obvious actions are things like, if you want a better car, going to test drive all of the models you are interested in and choosing the exact car you want to have, and saving 10% of your income in a "car account." If you want to be a doctor, apply to medical school.

There are also what I call "inspired actions." Once you begin to do the things described above, the universe will start responding by sending people, resources and opportunities you need to manifest your desired result. You are going to find that you have inspired ideas; you must act on them. You must follow those gentle proddings from the universe. Often these intuitive impulses will have no seeming connection to achieving your goal, but if you follow them, they will lead you down a path of wonderful fulfillment.

Here's a quick way to know if the actions you're taking are taking you closer to the fulfillment of your dreams and desires. If you are feeling joy while you are doing them, then you are on the right path. Remember, joy is your internal guidance system, just like the GPS system in a car, telling you are taking the right actions. Follow your joy.

6. Acknowledge That it is Working

If you start to see something change for the better, acknowledge that it is happening. Appreciate it. When you find the perfect parking space, acknowledge it. When you get the table you want in the restaurant, acknowledge it. When you receive unexpected income, acknowledge it. When you meet someone who can help you achieve your goal, acknowledge that Law of Attraction is working. The more you acknowledge that it's working, the more it will work. It's that simple.

If you are attracting things into your life that you don't want, remember the Law of Attraction is still working. Instead of thinking or saying, "It's not working," ask your self, "What am I focusing on, thinking about, talking about, feeling or doing that is attracting this into my life?" If you want to know what you are thinking about, notice the results you are producing in your life. To change those results, you will first have to change your vibration by changing your thoughts and feelings.

While there are many techniques that are variations on these themes that you can apply, there's nothing else you have to do.

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I personally use the Manifestation Acceleration Technique to excellent effect: Holistic Feathers or download an information leaflet.

Trouble in paradise?

With nothing to do in the Maldives except lay in the shade on the beach, listening to the soft waves lapping gently onto the glistening white sand, I had plenty of time to think about life ... I found this Energy Alert from Karen Bishop's excellent site "What's up on Planet Earth" a real revelation and remarkably apt. Thankfully there wasn't trouble in paradise (at my end, at least) but I wonder how many of you also resonate with Friday's alert?FUTILITY, ROADBLOCKS & SELF-EXAMINATION
Friday 6th July '07

Greetings! We are still going through some re-structuring and the last few adjustments are still on-going. On Friday, June 29th, an energy alignment occurred that basically asked us what we wanted to do in regard to relationships. Did we want to move forward? Were we happy where we were? Was it time to part or to commit further? Were we ready to stay with this person for the next phase?

The solstice and Mercury retrograde energies asked us to go deep…to excavate anything and most everything that we had yet to deal with. This caused feelings of darkness and confusion. Next, after some releasing and purging, we were then left at a crossroads regarding much. Where were we now? What did we want? Were we ready to commit to certain relationships? Were we ready to keep certain people in our lives, whether they be spouses or even our hired help?

Next came a period of great self-introspection. What did we need to work on in ourselves? What did we need to balance or process? Where could we improve? How do we hold ourselves back? And once again, where did we really want to go and what do we really want in our lives?

All of this caused a temporary roadblock with many of the endeavors that we were currently involved in. Nothing could then go forward until we were very certain about certain things and people in our lives. A great sense of futility was present as well, because not much was flowing effortlessly as we had recently become used to.

You may have felt like giving up, wondering if things would ever change or get better, and even as though something vast and invisible was deliberately blocking your progress.

The energies are currently “out,” in regard to forward movement. This is a wonderful time for journaling, self-care and self-nurturing, doing absolutely nothing, and just basking. It is a time for getting clear about our future plans and our road ahead. For when the energies resume forward movement, we had best be very certain whom we want on board with us and where we are all going.

Our dreams have not blown up in our faces. Our desires and supports have not left us forever. We are simply re-structuring and readying for the next phase of forward movement. If we were to move forward without having been able to examine and restructure, we could have moved forward into a space that was not in our best interest. This is how the universe always lovingly protects us. This is how we know that we are always watched over and how we know that our souls are beautifully guiding us in all ways.

We have recently been given an opportunity to examine much, to think twice, and to realize what we are grateful for.

What really matters to you? If much in your life was lost or destroyed, what would you really want to be left with? What really matters to you in the end? What would you never want to do without?

When these limbo energies eventually pass, we will be grateful for much. We will be much clearer. We will have processed things that had been left on the back-burner. And then, we will be ready to move forward once again…with much more certainty and commitment.

www.whatsuponplanetearth.com

Wishing you Heaven in your heart, starlight in your soul, and miracles in your life in these miraculous times.

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Starlink Starflash

Recently returned from a relaxing three weeks in Mumbai (and their scary but delicious monsoons) and the Maldives (paradise indeed) I am now gradually wading through the huge amounts of emails that awaited my return.

I wanted to share this particular message with you ...

At this time the media is full of fear and negative thoughts following the attempted terrorist attacks in the UK. It is important that we stay positive and under the STAR every time we feel a fearful or negative thought. We wanted to send you this Star message from White Eagle to help you to focus your thoughts on the Star at this time.

White Eagle says:
‘Be still and look into the heart of that blazing Star. From the centre of this Star the light flows into your heart and your whole being. Let it be like a strong sword, a sword of the spirit which will withstand all negative conditions.

Never allow yourselves to dwell in darkness or fear. Do not allow your thoughts to limit your life, nor the life-force which continually flows into you. You limit this power by negative thoughts, but its flow increases in you and in your life when you attune your thoughts to the Star. Nothing in your life is so important as your God-thought.

Give yourselves times every day to relax your physical activity, to completely relax and attune your consciousness to the enfolding and inflowing light and love of the Great White Spirit. You can do as much for the whole world as vast armies. Love is the solvent, love will cure the world of all its ills.’

(These words come from our new book, ‘Seeking Serenity’ which will be available from September from The White Eagle Lodge)

Affirmations:

• I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LIGHT
• I TRUST GOD'S PERFECT PLAN
• I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE STAR
  

***We send out the star light to all those whose lives are touched by terrorism***
For more about Starlink: http://www.thestarlink.net/
For more about White Eagle: http://www.whiteagle.org/