Hello everyone,
I want to be sure you visit me at my new digs!

My new website is: Powered by Intuition

You can find it here: http://www.poweredbyintuition.com

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Hope to see you there soon!

Angela

I've put out a new blog post at the new website.

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Mystic Musings & Meditations

Hello again,
I have another new post. To read it go to:


www.mysticmusingsandmeditations.com

I'm sorry I've tried every which way to put a link in here - but I cannot seem to get it right.

I apologize for the inconvenience but you'll have to copy and paste the web address into your browser to get to the new blog location.

If you have any difficulties or want to contact me my email is: Ange.Artemis@gmail.com

Hello to All,
I have a new website for the blog. I wasn't completely happy with the current application so I moved it to a freestanding web address.

I'd posted this a few days ago but after the post was published I noticed that the link wasn't working so I'm going to try to re-post it.

Hopefully you should be able to click on the link and it will take you directly to the new site where you'll have to re-enter your email addresses (I'm sorry about that!).

Okay here's the new web address: www.mysticmusingsandmeditations.com

Hi, I have new post titled: The Tunnel.

I also have new website for the blog.

Please go to: http://www.mysticmusingsandmeditations.com/

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You'll have to re-enter your email to continue receiving the posts from the new website.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you,
Angela

I'm studying for an exam to be licensed within my industry, so I wasn't able to write a post. I did find this very interesting interview with one of the scientists from the movie, "What the **Bleep** Do We Know?"

Prof. Bill Tiller speaks about how intentions affect physical reality and the technology within the human body that makes this possible.

It's kind of technical, but worth listening to. Enjoy!

We’re in the midst of a deep freeze in the Northeast with temperatures in the teens at night and only reaching a high around freezing in the daytime. To save on my gas bill I’ve been turning the thermostat way down which has been making it really hard to get up in the morning. After the alarm I stayed in bed to remember my dream (an excuse to remain huddled under two comforters and a fleece blanket a bit longer) but drifted back to sleep instead. When I woke up I’d had a more interesting dream than the one I’d been trying to remember.

In this dream I owned a retail store that was empty. There were rows and rows of glass display cases containing giftware and jewelry. I thought I heard snippets of conversation towards the back and walked over to see if it might be a customer I could help. As I approached I saw that the person speaking was Oprah Winfrey.

Oprah was leaning against one of the counters. She wore a gray wool jumper over a short puffy sleeved blouse with black ribbon woven through the eyelet border. It looked like something a young girl would wear, not a media mogul. Anyway, once I saw her I never noticed who she was speaking to although I knew this person was seated in a chair partially obscured by a tall display shelf. Then she leaned forward toward the person in the chair and began singing.

“Hush little baby don’t you cry Mama’s gonna buy you a mocking bird….”

Then Oprah looked over at me and then turned back to the other person and continued singing - which made me feel very self-conscious about standing there listening to her. I decided I should back away and respect her privacy. As I moved away a hoard of patrons appeared in the store and rushed forward to surround her eager to hear the star singing. I was suddenly the only one not near enough to see or hear her. I felt very disappointed at giving up my ringside seat to this private concert.

The night before I’d asked for a dream to show me if I was on track with my goals. Thinking about the dream, I realized that Oprah was dressed like a girl which made her more approachable. She also didn’t tell me to leave when she was singing to that other person – I made that decision. It also occurred to me that my shop must have had something to offer Oprah or she wouldn't have been there. So, I believe my dream was saying that I won’t be on track until I learn to value what I have to offer, stop second guessing myself, be more gutsy about promoting myself, and open to accepting opportunities that come my way. I think I have a lot of work to do....

     Many people have trouble remembering their dreams - even I do sometimes. When this happens I know have to go back to the basics of dream recall again. I've kept a dream journal since I was a teenager and found many of the insights gleaned from my dreams invaluable over the years. So, when I don't remember my dreams I feel as if something important is missing from my day.
     Some of my dreams are pre-cognitive, some vivid encounters with departed loved ones, others recollections of out of body experiences, but the majority solve problems and answer questions about issues I'm grappling with in my life. While I love the precognitive dreams and interacting with those who've passed on and being out of body I have to say the most rewarding dreams are the problem solvers simply because they are the most practical in everyday life.
     Today was one of those days that my dream evaporated into thin air. And, I know for certain why this happened too; I moved and opened my eyes too soon. Tonight I plan to go back to basics and do the following to ensure that I recall a dream:

1. Make sure I have a pad and pen on my bedside table.
2. Set the alarm for a half hour earlier to have time to mull over my dream.
3. Create the intention to have a dream and recall it. Spend a few minutes before drifting off telling myself that I want to have a dream, that I will have  dream and that I will readily and easily remember it.
4. When I wake up DO NOT OPEN MY EYES right away. After turning off the alarm clock - DO NOT MOVE. Just lay still to allow the dream to stay on the surface of my mind.
5. Do not allow pets to distract me when I awake, or better yet keep them out of the bedroom so they don't wake me up. (Easier said than done!)
6. After grabbing some of the pertinent details - WRITE THEM DOWN before they sink back down to the depths of the subconscious.
7. Do meditate directly after getting out of bed. If you're not a meditator don't turn on the radio or TV or talk right after waking either. After writing down the pertinent details - silence allows further dream fragments to bubble up to the surface of awareness.

     One more thing I have found disruptive to recalling my dreams is getting up at night if I've had too many liquids prior to bedtime. While many times I'll awaken and be in the midst of a dream - the movement of having to get out of bed right away yanks them immediately from my mind, so that for the most part they are lost forever.
     Well, that's it. I'll let you know how I made out. If you try it and are successful - let me know! Good luck my fellow dreamers.

     This morning I was in the midst of an intriguing dream when the feeling of sandpaper exfoliating my face pulled me out of it. Stevie, my 7 year old longhair tabby was furiously licking my cheek reminding me that it was his breakfast time, but I had other ideas. You see, every morning I spend a few moments going over the dream I've had before getting up so that later I can see how it fits into my life. This morning I popped out of my dream too fast and lost most of it. What I was able to remember though I scrambled to write down on the pad I keep on my bedside table.
     From what I could recall I was going to see a townhouse with a realtor but before we even got inside she said, "Let's go. This one's no good." I asked her why and she pointed to a massive pile of rocks along the side of the house. She said the back patio was completely covered in rocks and that there was also a dangerous cliff at the edge - and she turned to go expecting that I'd follow her. I did start to go with her when it dawned on me that I should go see for myself first.
      "Wait," I called as she neared the end of the driveway, "I want to see what you're talking about." I turned and walked around to the side of the house toward the rocks. As I got closer I saw that there was an opening in the rock pile that had been hidden by a bush. I pushed the branches aside and made my way into the patio.
     As I released the branches behind me and looked up I was pleasantly surprised to see a lovely flagstone patio - that wasn't covered in rocks. There was also an enormous mountain range soaring up to the sky beyond the patio. I walked to the cliff at the patio's edge and looked down and saw a palatial mansion with terraced gardens and a patio of its own that had a huge sculptured fountain in a pool. I heard the water from the fountain gently raining into the pool. It was absolutely beautiful and tranquil back there. I was annoyed that I'd almost listened to the agent and left.
     Later, I thought about the dream just before meditating. It occurred to me that lately I'd  allowed the so-called experts on economic issues to negatively impact my thinking rather than following my instincts, and it had been bothering me. I understood what the dream was saying - Listen to your gut and don't make decisions based what an expert says when it feels wrong to you.
     You see, in my "day job" I'm in sales in the real estate industry and this week all kinds of statistics were released indicating that things were not getting better as they'd seemed late last year. Also, it's typically quiet this time of year which added to my feelings of panic. So upon reading this information I'd allowed it to literally shake me to my core and topple me off the balance I usually maintained regarding my future. I'd been feeling constant flutterings of anxiety in the lower abdomen area for a few days now since reading these articles. No amount of meditation seemed to quell this anxiety either - which I hadn't taken the time to explore regarding its source.
     It's easy to allow others with more experience in certain areas to influence you; in fact it seems downright logical, but when the information or decisions negatively impact you it's time to step back, take a deep breath and review. Lucky for me, my dream put me back in touch with the source of my anxiety and I was able to calm down and re-center in meditation today.
     Now I see that I mustn't give up and walk away (not that I had any intentions of doing this), but that I should find a new creative way of getting past the so-called obstacles in this industry because there is a way; and I will find it. And, when I do I too will be pleasantly surprised by what awaits me.
    
Tomorrow's post: How to remember your dreams and put them to work for you.