August 20, 2010 - In my experience questing for understanding of spiritual aspects of the human community, I have had occasion to encounter some unusual synchronicities. One such event emerged while perusing a lecture by noted Initiate and spiritual scientist, Rudolf Steiner. 
Marcus Aurelius asked “What am I doing with my soul?” He suggests we interrogate ourselves to find out what inhabits our “so-called” mind and what kind of soul we have right now; that of a child, an adolescent, a predator orits prey? 
August – 20, 2010 - Lucid Dreaming is Conscious Dreaming and is the ability of awareness that you are dreaming. In a nutshell, you are aware that all the occurrences you are experiencing are actually within a dream, while you are dreaming. 
August 20. 2010 - I've been getting a lot of emails to join prayer groups for the healing of the oceans, the forests, the earth; and just when it seems to me that people are starting to actually wake up, I get other emails that say 'the gods are angry', 'the earth is angry', 'these catastrophes are happening in areas where people have been evil for too long and god is teaching a lesson'. They reek of judgment, fear, and projection. 
August 19, 2010 - It’s hard to turn away from spirit, and not become egotistic.
August 17, 2010 - For ages, cultures all over the world have worn and used charms, amulets, and talismans as a way to protect them from harm and other unknown forces. A great common example is the crucifix. 
August 16, 2010 - Everyone wants to get the best out of their lives as life is short and you have millions of things to do in your entire lifetime. Therefore, it is said that enjoy as much as possible because no one knows what is going to happen tomorrow. 
August 16, 2010 - Def: respect; to admire, to place in esteem, to regard, to be considerate of
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Superwoman & The A-ha Moment Years ago while attending a Pow Wow, I was privileged to sit in an Aboriginal healing circle. As individuals shared their grief for the benefit of healing, although I revealed nothing from my own life, I wept non-stop for over two-hours. When I asked the Shaman leading this circle the reason for my reaction she explained, “You are a channel. It’s a gift from the Great Spirit. You cry the tears others cannot.” For over twenty years now I’ve gratefully used this gift with pride, spontaneously assisting individuals with the expression of their heartache, so when I opted to write this column, I believed myself to be Spiritually mature, well poised to provide streams of wisdom to the masses and confident in my ability to ride any Spiritual wave with balanced energy fit for stormy seas. Now, you may remember from my last few articles that there have been some very unsettling events swelling up around me. Each incident has left me a bit more off balance, but because of the nature of my gift and even though this most disturbing sinking feeling was never part of the experience before, I allowed myself to believe what was pulling me under was the unintentional channelling other people’s grief. I could see no other possible explanation so I intended to weather the storm. More
Along Came a Spider by Mary Giuffre
“I am a mess of emotions,” she explained. “To know ahead of time that you are leaving and will not be with the people and everything you love so much is so cruel. To know ahead of time that someone you love so much is leaving you is so cruel. People say to me to make the best of the time we have left together but it is so difficult not to just cry all the time.” Feeling the sting of her unbearable sadness and knowing I was at a loss to console her with anything I might say, my day continued with mundane chores and seemingly endless reflection on the frailties of life, until down from the ceiling, dangling on a long silken thread, a delicate little spider lowered herself gracefully into my line of sight. More
Altitude is Everything
You see, in the past three weeks I’ve travelled almost 1500 kilometres visiting family members who are contemplating death through the ailments they’ve chosen and those who have been left behind after a loved decided to succumb to illness and transition to the other side. There have also been endless phone conversations and e-mails with individuals in crisis over chosen behaviours that are causing irreparable damage to relationships and even more news of acquaintances deciding to deal with similar traumas. Many will argue adamantly. “We were given free will, so why on earth would I choose this!? Sometime s**t just happens!”. But it doesn’t. Our Divine Creator has been extremely fair with this gift of free will, so whether we accept it or not, everything that happens to us is our personal choice and we don’t just decide on the good stuff. More
A MANNER OF SPEAKING - by Mary Giuffre Unfortunately considerate social behaviour is on a steady decline because technology helps us neglect the people around us. In our so-called advanced techno-culture, graciousness, courtesy, generosity, respect and many other signs of a well-mannered society appear to be completely ignored. More
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TERMINAL TERMINOLOGY – by Mary Giuffre
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Goal Tenders – by Mary Giuffre
Me: “I really don’t know. I don’t set goals. Never have. I think that’s why I’ve been so successful.” HR Interviewer: Blank Stare Our society is stuck on goals. Too many people I’ve met manage their lives a lot like a sports match. They feel it’s their duty to plot out rigid step-by-step manoeuvres, pinpointing exactly what they want and where they should be on life’s playing field, then mapping exactly how they propose to go about getting there. They feel most unacceptable to themselves if they don’t live up to their own expectations by scoring the winning play and even worse, if they miss the mark, they make themselves sick with worry about what their competitors will think of them. But they still make it their life’s mission to tend their goals! More
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Vision Bored – by Mary Giuffre
With the huge success of the Secret and the heartfelt story one contributor told about his boxes and boxes of vision boards and the tearful revelation to his young daughter that years after putting them together, he unknowingly purchased and they were living in the exact home he had posted on one of those boards eons ago, I was truly impressed and determined that I was going to give it an honest shot! I scoured the internet for exactly the right shots of the home and car I wanted. I decided on a dollar amount I felt comfortable manifesting. I grabbed the most recent bank statement for my ever-growing line of credit and meticulously whited-out the five-digit negative balance and replaced it with a prominent $00.00 value, then proudly placed my masterpiece in my Wealth and Prosperity Corner with a Feng Shui mirror positioned at just the right angle to double the value of everything I wished for and for about a month I sent out the best possible energy, visualizing and meditating on a brighter future. About two months later my manifesting time got a bit looser and by three months into it I was totally vision bored. More
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Spirituality Is Not Religion – by Mary Giuffre
The way I see it, most religions have a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices that carry huge and treacherous personal penalties if individuals fall out of line. Most religious people I know are a devoted, unwavering, meticulous, but fearful lot. They’ve studied a human interpretation of scripture that says “the man upstairs” is this all-powerful angry creator guy who is judge, jury and executioner of everyone and everything. I think it’s pretty reasonable to be afraid of that story! More
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Riding the Spiritual Wave
There is such a gift in traumatic events. (The intimate details of mine are irrelevant. You can insert your own drama here if you must.) And oh yes, suffering can bring you to your knees, but when searing pain breaks you open, you’re left with incredible options. You can decide to retreat back into the discomfort and familiarity of your former life or to invite in the extraordinary. More
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July 15, 2010 - “It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.” This anonymous line from an e-mail packed with insightful gems sums up exactly what I’ve been feeling lately.
