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Tools For Conscious Awareness
Newsletter For
A Next Step...light center for emotional
healing
Vol. 87 -Addendum- December, 2007
In Truth, Simplicity, Love and Service
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FEATURES:
GENERATE HAPPY BRAIN CHEMISTRY RIGHT THIS INSTANT!
FINDING MY FATHER
CHRIST RETURNS-SPEAKS HIS TRUTH
REMEMBER YOUR COMMITMENT
MATRIX ENERGETICS
COALITION AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINATION
SACRED GEOMETRY IN YOUR LIFE
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CHOOSE TO BE A TONIC OF GOOD CHEER FOR THE WORLD!!!
ITS YOUR CHOICE
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"For my father and I, both expertly trained in the self-defense of hiding our
hearts to cover up our hurt, our current relationship is somewhat of a miracle.
We are both finding out together that love is stronger than steel, and that the
pain of the past can be put behind us. For men in this culture to be more
interested in being close than in being right is indeed something to celebrate!"
-- From essay Finding My Father by Scott Kalechstein
Dear friends,
Below is a moving story of powerful healing between son and father. This
inspiring essay shows how even the thickest walls between people can be
broken down when one person decides to make a sincere effort and take
responsibility for their part in the drama. A big thank you to Scott for
sharing this most beautiful transformation story.
Finding My Father by Scott Kalechstein
"Good work, Scott. Now it's time to find your father."
When I participated in a retreat with my Mom in 1991, those were the last words
the facilitator spoke to me. Find my father? What did he mean by that? Somehow
I knew healing my relationship with Dad was vital, but how to go about it was
another story. At the time the gulf between us seemed insurmountable, and I did
not take the facilitator's words to heart. My feelings of being criticized and
rejected by Dad were my deepest wound.
Before he was 30, my father fought in World War II, became a doctor, and married
my mother. Their first two children were girls, and then I, the final one,
plopped out. I can imagine my father's excitement about having a son, someone
to guide from boyhood to manhood, to continue the family name, someone to be
proud of, perhaps even someone to follow in his footsteps. In my early years
I was the apple of his eye, and he was my knight in shining armor. We played
sports and games, and often went fishing together.
As adolescence approached, however, it became abundantly clear that my feet
were hell bent on following another pathany path but his! In school I was
having behavioral problems. I was feeling all kinds of difficult feelings
about myself and my life, feelings that I needed help sorting out and understanding.
I expressed my inner angst by becoming a class clown and rebel, defying any and
all rules.
To my credit, I was very creative and original in my acting out. I also displayed
signs of brilliance in the subjects I was interested in. But when report card time
rolled around, I was filled with dread. Having my parents read those things was a
very traumatic experience for me. Sometimes I was punished. I got more upset each
time my parents' disapproving magnifying glass was focused on my poor grades and
attention getting schemes. I responded by doing more things that would bring me
disapproval and punishment.
Eventually, I learned that I would be treated less harshly if I punished myself,
so my inner critic was born. My parents saw me being hard on myself, and so eased
up on me. Self-reproach is a great protection plan, and being skilled in guilt and
self-criticism was a large part of the shadow side of our family tradition.
My Dad had no idea how to deal with me. He grew silent and distant, erecting a
wall and pretending that he didn't care. That was even more painful to me than
my mother's voiced disapproval. I hated him for that, and expressed my anger
just as covertly, by also pretending that I didn't want anything to do with him.
We lived under the same roof, but we were a thousand miles away from each other.
I continued to have trouble with school until the time I chose to drop out and
pursue my interests in music and metaphysics. I became totally focused on my
spiritual growth, the quest for enlightenment, and Goda fact that sent shivers
through my father's mind. My father, somewhat of an atheist, had given birth to
a son who was thumbing his nose at intellectual, practical concerns, and doing
the "God" thing. While I don't believe my spiritual searching was simply an
expression of my war with my father, he sure took it that way. There were many
hard feelings between us, feelings that hardened into cement as time went by.
For much of my twenties, I went about my life without much of a relationship with
my dad. We had stopped trying to change each other, but the walls remained, thick
and cold between us. We had both written off the relationship as incapable of
improvement.
Things all began changing four years after that facilitator told me it was time
to deal with Dad. Finally taking the facilitator's advice, I wrote my father the
below letter, and he wrote one back. Two human beings with a history of separateness
began to cross old, outdated borders and to get to know each other.
Dear Dad,
I have been thinking a lot about you these days, and I want you to know my thoughts.
It seems to me that in my pain, confusion and my struggle to define myself as someone
separate from you, I rejected you entirely, along with everything you stood for.
Lately I've been seeing that in my rebellion, I have set aside a part of myself
that has not been allowed to develop and that can make me a more whole person
inside. I have come to regret that rebellious side of my personality and I am
setting out to make changes.
You tried to teach me, by your example, how to be a disciplined, reliable provider
for oneself and for a family. You showed me how to live safely in the world, with
a sense of security and structure. You modeled success in ways that I did my best
not to emulate. And I am feeling very sorry about that. It was as if I turned away
from your most powerful way of showing me that you loved methe way you lived your
life.
Dad, I can sense that my work in the world, my relationships with women and my
sense of self-esteem are all affected by this stance. I am working diligently in
my life to develop within myself the qualities you tried to pass one to me. Ouch!
It's hard for a thirty-two year old with Peter Pan Syndrome to become an adult.
But my life does depend on it.
Dad, you are a part of me, and it's time I stopped resisting that and started
accepting and working with the gifts you have given me. You have passed on to
me a legacy of character traits that are my missing link in my development as a
person.
I love you, Dad. I don't want to wait until you are on your deathbed, or until
you are gone, to feel and to express that. You have given me so much. I want you
to know, as late as it may be, that I am beginning to receive and to learn from
you and your life. Growing up is a scary thing, but I'm getting there!
Your son,
Scott
Sending the letter felt like a huge, but necessary risk. How would he respond
to such a bearing of my soul? I waited for his reply, nervously opening up the
mail each day. Each time the phone rang, I imagined it was him. What would he
say to me? What would I say to him? Would my letter make a difference, or would
I end up regretting that I ever reached out? Ten days after I sent my letter,
I got his response. I opened it up and started crying after the first sentence,
right there in the Postal Annex.
Dear Scott,
Your letter has touched me deeper than I can ever convey to you in words. I cried
like a baby during and after reading it. You have come a long way, farther than
you realize! Scott, don't berate yourself for rejecting me and my values and my
world. It was I who rejected you when you didn't conform to what I wanted for you.
Rejection is something you learned from me! I blame myself. Don't forget, I was
supposedly the adult, and you were the child. I should have handled things wiser
and more maturely.
Scott, listen to me very carefully. Let's not dwell on the past, except if it can
help us understand the present and prevent us from making the same mistakes over
again. As I said before, you have come a long way, and I have reacted to your
changes very positively. You say growing up is scary and difficult. Please remember,
I am still trying to grow up! Let's help each other.
Scott, I love you very much. I always have! I hope any scars are temporary and
reversible.
Always,
Dadio
I read the letter again and again. Who was this wise, tender, approachable man?
Was this my father? I called him up. "Dad, I got your letter." "And I, yours,
Scott." We both fumbled for words, but couldn't find any. Finally, my father said,
"Scott, I'm all choked up right now. I can't seem to talk." "I feel the same,
Dad." Another clumsy, but heart-filled silence. We both managed to say, "I love
you", and then had to get off the phone. The feelings were too rich for words,
but a new beginning was acknowledged.
I visited my family soon after that. My time with my father was sweet and meaningful.
I found myself genuinely interested in him, his past, his dreams, his regrets. I
asked him questions as if I we were just starting out. We had some significant
catching up to do.
We speak on the phone often these days. It's not always easy to talk to him. I
question at times how much to reveal, and what to talk about. Sometimes it flows,
and sometimes it feels awkward. We are profoundly different in our beliefs, our
lifestyles and our frames of reference. But we are two men relating to each other
in the present, not burdened by the past, expressing our caring and support. For
my father and I, both expertly trained in the self-defense of hiding our hearts
to cover up our hurt, our current relationship is somewhat of a miracle. We are
both finding out together that love is stronger than steel, and that the pain
of the past can be put behind us. For men in this culture to be more interested
in being close than in being right is indeed something to celebrate!
The holiest place on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love.
-- A Course in Miracles
Special Note: Scott Kalechstein is an accomplished musician and healer.
This message is available online at:
http://www.WantToKnow.info/070924findinghealingwithfather
See our collection of inspirational resources at:
http://www.WantToKnow.info/inspirational
What if you could hear what Jesus the Christ had to say about everything
that is happening today? Would you be interested in his words? Would you
believe them and understand them more than you have to date?
This is not just another About 'Jesus' Book. CHRIST SAYS: "These Letters
are intended to bring enlightenment to the world generally, to enable humanity
to construct a NEW CONSCIOUSNESS during the next two thousand years. These
LETTERS are the seeds of the future spiritual evolution of humankind.
For I tell you truly, the more time and meditation you devote to these Letters,
the more will it become possible for you to receive higher inspiration and
instruction from me, personally, because with every reading of these Letters,
the more will your own frequencies of consciousness be raised towards my
spiritual consciousness frequencies - and eventually we will be able to
reach a true meeting place of consciousness. Then - abundant will be the
fruitage in your life.
Each level of consciousness frequencies creates and manifests as different
conditions of existence, since the highest and lowest vibrational frequencies
of consciousness are produced by the highest or lowest spiritual/mental/emotional
patterns or forms of consciousness. By high and low patterns, I mean those
which are closest and furthest from Divine Consciousness Intent. The higher
the frequencies of vibration of consciousness, the more beautiful, harmonious,
joyous and fulfilled are the lives of those who reside within those frequencies.
The more spiritually loving and beautiful are their thoughts, their creative
imagination, their ideals and beauty of colour and life forms, and the closer
and closer they are coming to the dimension of UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS where
the frequencies have become so heightened as to level out and enter into
powerful equilibrium-the ALL POWER of UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS-the Source of
All Being... LOVE.
You may access all Christ Letters through:
http://christsway.co.za/
This whole message above is available as a ready-to-print pdf document at:
http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/pdf/NewMessageUS.pdf
(US letter format)
http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/pdf/NewMessageA4.pdf
(A4 Letter format)
It is also available from:
http://christsway.co.za/members/mempage.php
Available soon both as a downloadable e-book and as a paperback book through:
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~47023.aspx
Jean Hudon from earthrainbow.net published this above info in his newsletter.
Kelley sent him the following.
Dear Jean,
Thank you, thank you. for posting these "Letters From Christ" into your
newsletter. Regardless of their source they are felt and acknowledged.
In the last days of grad school this came to me midst the insanity of studying
for finals: "That I may, By All That Is, Be of which I Am."
I was blown away. I had been using a mantra from Ken Keyes: "Love, Joy,
Peace and Gratitude" as I hitch hiked to school for a lot of those years
and would realize that I was running the mantra as I walked without being
conscious that I was doing so.
Then many, many years later having greatly expanded my mantras... especially
into those in Sanskrit, I was told enough times that I took action to look into
Anna Lee Skarin.
Prior to Anna Lee, If some one were to start talking about Jesus, I would have
simply got up and left. I was so fed up with the way Jesus was abused and personal
concepts made "right" through the name Jesus.
Upon reading Anna Lee's books I became a little, tiny bit, enlightened. And now
I can "talk Jesus" or Yeshua.
Through her books I put this together:
"Mother Father God, I thank You for the Desire, the Hope, The Faith the
Willingness and the Experience of Loving You with all my mind, all my heart,
and all my soul, creating perfect Gratitude, perfect Love, and perfect Faith;
filling my heart with Songs Of joy, Waters Of Life and Clothing Of Light,...
I love You, I love You, I love You, Thank You!"
Thank you Anna Lee Skarin...Every time I say or think it... it raises my energy
and my faith in All of God, Goddess... All That Is.
I do not begin to understand where we are going or why...I believe eventually,
we will all arrive at the same place...some sooner and others later...And what
is time when we have eternity?
I consider myself a humble bridge builder, not to be the first across, simply to
help get it built so that it can be crossed... And I know -that bridge is inside
each of us. Not someplace out there. As Heaven, the Kingdom of, is also, not out
there some place, but
within each of us.
We are on an incredible journey with each of us having front row seats to the
greatest show on Earth...We get to be in Awe watching everything on this path
of Heart.
Thank you,
In Truth, Simplicity and Love,
Kelley Elkins
Jeans response to Kelley:
Dearest Kelley
Thank you so much for sharing with me your appreciation for this new Message
from Christ and also your thoughts and feelings about where our "incredible
journey" is leading us all.
We live an amazing life experience indeed!
Light and blessings to you
Jean
The truth is that you took birth in this life to rise above limitation
and lack, and somewhere way down deep inside, you know this to be your
truth. Whereas you might have forgotten somewhere along the line, your
forgetting does not invalidate this truth. You took birth in order to
become a powerful force to heal, to create a world that is stronger, purer,
richer and fuller for all sentient beings. All you have to do now is
remember that commitment, acknowledge the purpose of your life and take
action befitting a bodhisattva, or spiritual master.
(Master Djwhal Khul through Kathlyn Kingdon)
www.vajraflame.org
Hello Beloved Readers,
Kelley and I have returned from our second level 1 and 2 Matrix Energetics
seminar and our first Practitioners Certification Training. We were very jazzed
by the first one in October and this last one has left us nearly speechless.
Reading the book Matrix Energetics will help prepare you before you go. The
book will instruct you on how to begin using this amazing technology.
Reading the book you will be entertained, informed and totally amused. You
will want to begin Two Pointing everything in your life and its undertakings.
Going to the seminars, you will need to be prepared to laugh your head off and
will need to be ready to take a quantum leap in your daily life, lifes process
and joy quotient. You will also be taken to a new level of energy and expertise
with all of the technologies you currently use. And if you do not have one yet,
this is the perfect one to use on yourself and all of Life.
Talking about the seminars and this technology is almost impossible since
it transcends words. I can tell you this
the energy and morphic field of Matrix
Energetics is growing by leaps and bounds. We were awed by the first seminar
and we were taken to new realms this last time. You can feel it in Dr. Richard
Bartlett and all of his staff. You can feel it as you are being taught how to
work with it. You can especially feel it when you practice with each other,
one on one and in groups. The energy of Matrix Energetics is becoming more
and more powerful and it is available to you now. It is a life changing kind
of process that also includes miracles daily.
I left the first seminars feeling more hopeful than ever about my own
bodies limitless capacity to restore itself into wholeness and more hopeful
for Humanity.
Kelley and I are very empathic and I am extra sensitive. Before Matrix, I
had gotten to a place of near paranoia of other peoples energies---feeling
very at the effect of all the fear and pain that people are holding consciously
and unconsciously--because I was picking it up and it was getting stuck in me.
In the past if I was with other people, I would have to take aspirin to be
in their presence
because I would pick up so much from them, I would be unable
to walk or move my body. Before, the Matrix seminars in October, I had a session
with Justice Bartlett, Dr. Richard Bartletts daughter who is also a Master
Matrix Energetics Teacher. Justice is excellent in using this technology. Her
work allowed me to go to the seminars with hundreds of other people and be
there without aspirin. I have also experienced many other shifts in my
body-mind-spirit, heart and will.
We need to know how to open other doorways and windows that are available
to us to be able to transcend the muck we have created and are now subject to
on this sweet Earth. Matrix Energetics can do this. Kelley and I strongly
encourage you to get to a Matrix Energetics seminar as soon as you are able
to do it. You will not be disappointed and every time you do Matrix on yourself
or anyone or on anything, we all benefit.
Go to www.MatrixEnergetics.com
Order the book today on the website or at
Amazon.com
As you may have read, the situation and handling concerning mandatory
vaccinations in the state of Maryland is of real concern to many in the
health freedom community, including AAHF. Parents were told to appear in
Court and subject their children to on-the-spot state-mandated vaccines of
up 17 vaccine doses, or face imprisonment. Parents who ignored the courts
demands could face a $50 fine for every day their child is out of compliance
or up to 10 days in jail.
Dawn Richardson from PROVE (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education) tried
contacting the communications department of the Prince Georges County School
District to ask specific questions about the amount of money the school district
gets paid per child per day. That call was not returned. Fortunately, the
National Center for Education Statistics has some great information about
Prince George s County Public Schools online.
According to this government website, in the 2006-2007 school year, Prince
Georges County Public Schools received $11,325 per student per year. As Dawn
points out, that is more than some parents pay for their childs private school
tuition!
The breakdown was:
7% from federal money or $780
46% from the state or $5,246
47% from local revenue or $5,298
Assuming a typical 180-day school year, that comes out to $63 per child per
day of school attended. Why is this important information? If the Washington
Post article had the numbers correct when they said that 2,300 kids are being
barred from school, all of a sudden $63 per student per day turns into an
astronomical loss of $144,900 PER DAY for the school district. That would
light a fire under someone to stop that hemorrhaging of loss of income, but
it does not justify the way these families are being treated. For more details
of the horror story that parents are facing in the state of Maryland, please
go to: http://sayingnotovaccines.blogspot.com
AAHF is starting a new initiative, The Coalition Against Mandatory Vaccination
headed up by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, AAHF President and well-known authority on
vaccines. This initiative will partner with our state chapters to ensure that
philosophical exemptions are enacted (and protected) in all states. Currently
all states and the District of Columbia offer a medical exemption, all but two
states offer a religious exemption (MI, WV), and only 18 states offer a
philosophical exemption.
AAHF recently learned of a family pediatrician who is now charging a $20 per
child fee (referred to as an aggravation charge to the parent) for refusing
vaccines. This is also being applied to parents who question vaccines, want to
delay or spread the vaccines out. Dr. Tenpenny has been receiving hundreds of
stories about these out of control and bullying physicians!
We know that attacks on the religious and philosophical exemptions to
vaccination in America are on the increase and are being led by vaccine
patent holders like Paul Offit, M.D. and others who want to force vaccination.
They are creating an organization "People For Immunization." The intent is to be
THE scientific voice for "real information" about vaccines. Dr. Tenpenny stated,
Reading public health literature over the last five-eight years, I believe
their hidden agenda will be a campaign to eliminate ALL vaccine exemptions and
to force home schooled children to be vaccinated.
Vaccines mandates and funding by the government increase the cost of healthcare.
Each mandate makes health care insurance less attainable for everyone. In
addition, nearly 32 percent of the annual budget of Centers for Disease Control
($2.1 billion in 2007) is committed to purchase and administration of vaccines.
Vaccination programs are a growing burden on the healthcare system of the States
and Federal budget. Vaccination enforcement measures are becoming increasingly
draconian and must be stopped.
We believe that state enforced vaccination practices are intrusive and are
reaching the point of being mandatory enforced. We believe that the right to
choose what is injected into the body is a health freedom right that needs to
be freely available in all fifty states. AAHF intends to achieve these ambitious
goals by establishing state chapters in all 50 states. The mission of AAHF is
the right of the consumer to choose and the practitioner to practice. The
right to choose vaccination, to be fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated or
unvaccinated- is a primary to health freedom.
The success of our mission depends on you. We need you to:
Participate in our petitioning campaigns to educate the masses about the pros
and cons of vaccination.
Help us recruit more supporters by spreading the word to everyone you know.
Tell-A-Friend Now!
Contribute money so we can advertise and recruit supporters as fast as possible.
Financial contributions will be used to develop and assist AAHF state chapters
and hire state lobbyists to increase pressure on our elected representatives to
pass state laws that allow philosophical exemptions as well as improve our
ability bringing these vital communications to our members through the
internet and direct mail.
We cant do it alone. Please help. Make your contributions now.
Sincerely,
Brenna Hill
Executive Director
American Association for Health Freedom
1.800.230.2762
www.healthfreedom.net
Geometric shapes have been revered since earliest times as gateways to
wisdom and as reservoirs of sacred power. When we tune in to the shape
that holds an attraction for us in the moment, they can also reveal something
deeply meaningful about the challenges we face in our lives.
See which of the following geometric shapes attracts you most today. Then
find out what this says about where you are in your life and what you need to
focus on, here:
Which shape attracts you most?
Circle, Square, Straight Line, Triangle, or Spiral
Now see what this shape reveals about your current challenges:
The CIRCLE is a reminder of wholeness and the round-and-round nature of
life-cycles. You can take a lot of comfort in the way spring always returns
no matter how bleak the winter, or that dawn always follows dark in the endless
round of time.
Think of all the things that are circular. From the symbol for nothing to the
symbol for the powerful life-giving sun, circles cover a lot of territory.
Circles are egalitarian and inclusive; it was for very good reason that King
Arthur placed his knights at a Round Table. Give some thought to all of the
interconnecting circles in your life. How can you invite a more inclusive way
of being into your life?
The SQUARE is your ally when you need to build firm foundations. You can build
a lot of things on a solid, square base: its four sides remind us that four is
a magical number, related to the four elements, an indicator of essential things
relating well in balance and harmony.
Take some time today to face the basic issues of your life squarely. Where do you
need more stability? Do the foundations of your relationships need attention? Make
quality time together a solid priority. Do you feel your finances are built on sand?
Maybe its time to jot down where the money goes and devise a workable budget that
will help you to feel safe and secure.
The STRAIGHT LINE is such a paradoxical and magical shape. Direct and to the point,
with no meandering, the LINE promises the shortest distance between two things. But
it also carries the promise of infinity: theoretically, any straight line could
be extended forever.
Take a moment to think about the power of straight lines in your life. You might
want to picture an unswerving LINE leading directly from your heart to what it is
you most deeply desire. Now imagine using this line as a handrail and guide: holding
on to the line with one hand, take a simple, concrete step today that will bring
you a little closer to your spirits goal.
The TRIANGLE is the physical shape of a deeply sacred number, the number three.
Think of Maiden, Mother, Crone. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Father, Mother, Child.
Body, Mind, and Spirit. Three Fates, three Graces, three primary colors, three
lights in a stoplight--the list of significant threes goes on and on.
Triangles have been used as a symbol for Woman because of the triangular shape
of the female pubic area, and as a symbol for Fire, perhaps because triangles
suggest volcanoes or the teepee-like shape of the hearth fire.
A solid sense of Balance is one of the primary attributes of TRIANGLE; milking
stools were three-legged because three points resting on the ground make it
nearly impossible to knock over. And there is another way to look at Triangle:
when we look head-on at someone sitting in lotus position to meditate or pray,
for example, we can see the shape of the triangle with the persons head as the
upward-facing point, and so the upward point of the Triangle is often thought to
represent the place where matter and consciousness connect with higher realms. We
can think of a triangle as a solid earth-base sending energy upward to a single
point.
Let TRIANGLE be a valuable reminder of your own spiritual base. What are the core
beliefs that sustain you? Where do you sit? You may want to give yourself some time
today to become clearer about your own beliefs and how they support you--or not.
The SPIRAL echoes the inside of a nautilus shell and the swirl of stars in distant
nebulae. It curves both inward and outward, with the potential for continuing on
into infinity. And unlike the circle that goes endlessly round and round, a
spiral approach to life implies progression: we may come near to similar issues
and life-problems, but always from a more spacious perspective.
Walking a spiral path, like the ones we find in a labyrinth, has been a deeply
calming form of meditation for millennia. You might want to reap some of the
benefits of the spiral by simply drawing one on a piece of paper and then tracing
and retracing it with your finger.
Take some time today to be soothed by SPIRAL, and to give some thought to the
repeating patterns in your life, and the progress you are making with them.
In Truth, Simplicity, Love and Service,
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om Peace.
Young Toni Delgado and Young Kelley Elkins
A NEXT STEP.light center for emotional healing
P.O.Box 429
Dona Ana, New Mexico 88032
toni@anextstep.org
www.anextstep.org
575-382-8771
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