Due to a catastrophic hard drive failure (read “it fried”) there will be no July Issue…

I am really very sorry….I lost everything on the hard drive.  (No backups of anything)  Am I having fun yet?  …. 

Hopefully I will be back up and running very soon….I certainly learned my lesson!

Until next time, keep smilin’, it makes it easier for those of us that don’t feel like smiling to smile. May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand and may you float as a feather upon the Breath of the Creator.

“All Time is Now”

June, 2008

Greetings!

YaY! Spring has finally come to northeastern Wisconsin! 

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This months’ article is not really an article as such, more of an informative tidbit. I hope you find it as fascinating and full of possibilities as I did.

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In this Issue:

In the Sky, Full Moon Dates and Names

In the Sky, Full Moon Names, Dates

June 2008

Mars and Saturn are now evening-only objects. The red planet crosses into Leo in midmonth, fades to below magnitude 1.5, and becomes a medium-bright “star.” Saturn does better at magnitude 0.8, slightly brighter than the star Regulus, next to it. The Moon is close to Mars on the 7th and near Saturn the next night. Mercury and Venus are hidden behind the Sun’s glare, but Jupiter emerges as the summer’s dominant planet. The giant world, shining at a blazing -2.7, rises before 11:00 p.m. and meets the Moon on the 19th. The two will grab the world’s attention that night as they parade together in the midnight sky. Summer begins with the solstice on the 20th, at 7:59 p.m

Full Moon Names and Dates:

Full Moon: June 18

June: The Algonquin tribes knew this Moon as a time to gather ripening strawberries. It is also known as the Rose Moon and the Hot Moon.

July 2008

In the evening sky, dim orange Mars passes near Leo’s blue star Regulus from the 1st to the 3rd. At nightfall on the 4th, Regulus, Mars, and Saturn form a short straight line, with Saturn highest and Mars in the middle. The crescent Moon is below them. Mars is closest to Saturn on the 10th and 11th, somewhat low in the west at nightfall. In the opposite side of the sky, Jupiter is at its brightest of the year at magnitude -2.7. It reaches opposition on the 9th and hovers at its closest to Earth one night later. Mercury, low in the predawn east during the first half of the month, will be brightest at midmonth. Earth reaches aphelion, its position farthest from the Sun in 2008, on the 4th.

Full Moon Names and Dates:

Full Moon: July 1

July: Bucks begin to grow new antlers at this time. This full Moon was also known as the Thunder Moon, because thunderstorms are so frequent during this month.

Special thanks to the Farmers Almanac

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The Magic Bullet - from Pnosis.com 

There is a hypnotic script considered by many professional hypnotists to be almost magical in its effectiveness.

It’s an open secret among professional hypnotists. Now you too know.

 In the third edition of John Hartland’s classic work on hypnosis, Ernest Hilgard singles out this technique in his foreword to Hartland’s Medical & Dental Hypnosis (Waxman, 1989) said,

“one of the initiatives made early by Dr Hartland that has been very influential upon the practices of other Hypnotherapists: what he called the ego-strengthening technique, as contrasting with or supplementing symptom removal. He claimed that he had a 70% success rate with patients in brief hypnotherapy (less than 20 sessions), using ego-strengthening alone, that is, without any attention to symptom removal.”

It is considered by many practitioners virtually a “magic bullet” in producing powerful positive outcomes, irrespective of the presenting condition.

This is a partial excerpt, followed by a link to the full text, from the Hartland script:

You have now become so deeply relaxed… so deeply asleep… that your mind has become so sensitive… so receptive to what I say… that everything that I put into your mind… will sink so deeply into the unconscious part of your mind… and will cause so deep and lasting an impression there… that nothing will eradicate it.

Consequently… these things that I put into your unconscious mind… will begin to exercise a greater and greater influence over the way you think… over the way you feel… over the way you behave.

And… because these things will remain… firmly imbedded in the unconscious part of your mind… after you have left here… when you are no longer with me… they will continue to exercise the same great influence… over your thoughts… your feelings… and your actions… just as strongly… just as surely… just as powerfully… when you are back home… or at work… as when you are with me in this room.

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[Ego-Strengthening Suggestions]

During this deep sleep… you are going to feel physically stronger and fitter in every way. You will feel more alert… more wide awake… more energetic. You will become much less easily tired… much less easily fatigued… much less easily discouraged… much less easily depressed. Every day… you will become so deeply interested in whatever you are doing… in whatever is going on around you… that your mind will become completely distracted away from yourself. You will no longer think nearly so much about yourself… you will no longer dwell nearly so much upon yourself and your difficulties… and you will become much less conscious of yourself… much less preoccupied with yourself… and with your own feelings. Every day… your nerves will become stronger and steadier… your mind calmer and clearer… more composed… more placid… more tranquil. You will become much less easily worried… much less easily agitated… much less easily fearful and apprehensive… much less easily upset.

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Every day… you will feel a greater feeling of personal well-being… A greater feeling of personal safety… and security… than you have felt for a long, long time. And because all these things will begin to happen… exactly as I tell you they will happen… more and more rapidly… powerfully… and completely… with every treatment I give you… you will feel much happier… much more contented… much more optimistic in every way. You will consequently become much more able to rely upon… to depend upon… yourself… your own efforts… your own judgment… your own opinions. You will feel much less need… to have to rely upon… or to depend upon… other people.

The full script may be found at http://www.choosehypnosis.com. Seasoned practitioners urge its use in full, verbatim.

The Harland script is containted in Heartland’s Medical and Dental Hypnosis, Fourth Edition, by Michael Heap, and Kottiyattil Aravind. It is a widely respected as a classic in the field. To order this title, and for more information, click here.

Its publisher says: “This book is an extensively revised edition of a highly successful and comprehensive introductory manual for the use of clinical hypnosis in the treatment of medical and psychological problems and disorders. Written with the interests and needs of the doctor or dentist in mind, its practical and clear approach maintains the tradition of high-quality information and usefulness established in previous editions of this book. After exploring the theoretical and historical background to hypnosis as well as key techniques and approaches, the book looks at specific clinical situations and problems in which hypnosis may have an impact, and offers specific practical management guidelines including possible scripts.”

Is there such a thing as a hypnotic magic bullet? 

If so, this might be it. 

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Links

Manufacturers can no longer hide behind the fine print thanks to MousePrint …http://www.mouseprint.org/

Looks like garbage…literally…until you shine a light on it at just the riiiight angle…

May 2008

Greetings!

Oh my! I don’t know how much longer the trees will be able to wait for warm weather! The buds are just waiting for a warm day…Last Saturday we had strong winds, Sunday a little snow and this week it has been quite cool…

I came across this month’s article and thought it very interesting, I hope you do too!

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In This Issue:

Full Moon and Full Moon Names

Article: Analyzing the Path

Links

Turtle’s Pond-erings

General Information

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Full Moon and their Names:

~May 2008

The best time to see Mercury is on the 6th, at about 35 minutes after sunset, when the charbroiled planet floats next to the crescent Moon, 12 degrees high in the west. Although Mercury remains visible until the 26th, it is only one-tenth as bright by then, at magnitude 2.0, and hidden by the twilight. Mars, halfway up the western sky at nightfall, crosses into Cancer and floats in front of the famous Beehive star cluster from the 22nd to the 24th. This fine sight is best viewed through binoculars. Saturn is highest at nightfall and appears above the Moon on the 12th. Jupiter, at magnitude -2.5, rises by midnight at month’s end. Venus is too close to the Sun to be seen.

May’s full moon name:

Full flower moon: flowers spring forth in abundance this month. Some Algonquin tribes (New England to Lake Superior) knew this full moon as the Corn planting moon or the Milk moon.

~June 2008

Mars and Saturn are now evening-only objects. The red planet crosses into Leo in midmonth, fades to below magnitude 1.5, and becomes a medium-bright “star.” Saturn does better at magnitude 0.8, slightly brighter than the star Regulus, next to it. The Moon is close to Mars on the 7th and near Saturn the next night. Mercury and Venus are hidden behind the Sun’s glare, but Jupiter emerges as the summer’s dominant planet. The giant world, shining at a blazing -2.7, rises before 11:00 p.m. and meets the Moon on the 19th. The two will grab the world’s attention that night as they parade together in the midnight sky. Summer begins with the solstice on the 20th, at 7:59 p.m

Full Moon names for June’s full moon:

Full Strawberry moon; the Algonquin tribes knew this moon as a time to gather ripening strawberries. It is also known as the Rose moon and the Hot moon.

Special Thanks to the Old Farmers’ Almanac.

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Article: Analyzing the Path ~ from Daily Om

 April 23, 2008
Analyzing The Path
Recognizing Happiness

Links

Error 404 -Not Found” Codes entertainingly presented:  http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=270?pic

File Storage: 1 GB per day: Boxstr.com

Office utilities for free! Open Office.org

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Turtle’s Pond-erings

What sense is it to place a meditation online that you have to read? That really never made any sense to me, so I have put up a couple (hopefully more to follow) audio meditations on the website. http://www.turtlezen.com/meditationindex.html

Another new item on the website is that I have updated and reorganized “birds” in the Amazing World section. It is a work in progress.

I have been finding it difficult to really get into Spring…perhaps it is because it has been so cold. My daffodils are up along with the hyacinth’s are up…I still would love to plant some crocus…these are my favorites for springtime. I especially love daffodils, with their sunny yellow faces.

When you are looking up how to spell a word in the dictionary, you have to spell it. Isn’t that a type of oxymoron?

If the pen is mightier than the sword, why do actions speak louder than words? Huh??? Another oxymoron!

Okay, those were just some of the things that have gone through my head…at least the ones’ I have managed to catch and put on paper before they went zipping by.

Until next time, keep smilin’. May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand; may you float as a feather upon the breath of the Creator.

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General Information (legal stuff)

Turtle Time Gazette Copyright 2008, Turtle Zen, except where indicated otherwise.

All rights reserved worldwide. Reprint only with permission from copyright holder(s).

All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All contents provided as is.

Any comments stated in this e-zine are strictly the opinion of the writer and/or publisher.

If you would like to submit an article, or share a website address you may do so by mailing submissions.

For the “Guidelines for Submissions” please go to guidelines.

If you find an error, please let me know and I will place it on the errors page.  

“All Time Is Now”

Greetings!

Spring has finally sprung! Although as I write this issue, it is cold and wet. Rain becoming snow or as I call it - snain. The sandhill cranes have returned. It won’t be long until in the early morning the marsh will be full of their calls.

I found an interesting article for this month. I hope you enjoy it.

In This Issue:

Full Moon Names and Dates - Old Farmer’s Almanac

Article:

Links 

Turtle’s Pond-erings

General Information

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Full Moon Names and Dates:

~April 2008~
Mars, still in Gemini, remains high up at nightfall. It fades this month, but not as dramatically as before, reaching magnitude 1.1 by month’s end. Jupiter brightens to -2.4 as it starts to rise before 2:00 A.M. The Moon dangles just below Jupiter on the 27th. Saturn’s shiny rings turn even more sideways, causing its brightness to dim further to a still-respectable magnitude 0.6 by the end of the month. It’s visible most of the night, but at least a 30x telescope is needed to see the famous rings. Meanwhile, Mercury begins its best evening apparition of the year during the month’s final week, shining low in the west at magnitude -1.4 about 35 minutes after sunset.

Full Moon: April 20  Full Moon Names: Full Pink Moon; Full Sprouting Grass Moon; Full Egg Moon; Full Fish Moon.

~May 2008~

The best time to see Mercury is on the 6th, at about 35 minutes after sunset, when the charbroiled planet floats next to the crescent Moon, 12 degrees high in the west. Although Mercury remains visible until the 26th, it is only one-tenth as bright by then, at magnitude 2.0, and hidden by the twilight. Mars, halfway up the western sky at nightfall, crosses into Cancer and floats in front of the famous Beehive star cluster from the 22nd to the 24th. This fine sight is best viewed through binoculars. Saturn is highest at nightfall and appears above the Moon on the 12th. Jupiter, at magnitude -2.5, rises by midnight at month’s end. Venus is too close to the Sun to be seen.

Full Moon: May 19  Full Moon Names: Full Flower Moon; Full Corn Planting Moon, Full Milk Moon

Special thanks to the Old Farmer’s Almanac

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Shifting Positive Thinking To The Soul Level”

By Carolyn-Gervais

This in no way is to put down the art of positive thinking. Instead you might say it is positive thinking in a broader view that the human aspect often misses, but the soul doesn’t.

To begin with I will say that humans are very good at taking something spiritual and down sizing it to accommodate the human tendency of denial; including positive thinking methods. So much so that denial becomes the lie that is conveniently put into the position of power in a life and called truth.
Many of you naively use positive thinking as an excuse to deny your underlying fears; your beliefs and your emotions in order to avoid personal and non-personal issues in your life. How is this so? It is so because what feels good to the human aspect is judged as good or right, while what feels bad to the human aspect is judged as bad or wrong. When in reality no matter how the human aspect perceives experience, it is just all experience to the soul/higher self. On that higher level of consciousness, there is no judgment of any kind. That is a human belief. Judgment is an aspect of the human world which continually causes a struggle within the individual human. That personal struggle spreads out and engulfs relationships and the world at large, with its version of God’s truth.

Why does this happen? Before you came to earth in your physical forms, you all agreed to pretend you were separate from everything and everyone, including your own soul. To make sure you believed that, you agreed to wear spiritual blinders, which have come to be known as the “veil.” That “veil” hides your true Essence from your human aspect, which of course is the purpose.

The “veil” was put into place so that you would experience the physical world to its fullest extent. This could only be done if you believed it to be the true reality. In this way you took every experience seriously enough to find a way through it and survive another day; another year. And if you hadn’t taken each experience as something you had to find your way through to have the life you want, your awareness would not have expanded to the point where it is now in your personal evolution. Many of you have reached a spiritual awareness that now allows you to believe that you are not separate from each other; that there is a higher power/energy/force that created you and the rest of the Universe. To a large degree that spiritual awareness has not yet been integrated

Your Essence is the real you beyond the physical realm and it is One with all Essence; with the I Am energy that is called God/Allah/Jehovah/Christ and all the other names given to the Source of that Universal energy, which is the One life of all life.

Experience is Essence at work in the world and as the world. Essence works through everyone and everything in some way, in spite of the human labels created from judgments such as negative/ positive/good/bad/beautiful/ugly or indifferent. All judgment labels come from the perception of the human aspect and are merely figments of each personal reality. Though they are all from the same energy source, I will call Universal Energy, everyone uses the Universal Energy through their own beliefs, which creates many variations of personal perception. This is part of the game on earth.

Nonetheless, what each of you draws into your lives as experience, the human aspect is 30% responsible for. The other 70% of your experiences are via your soul/spirit. The experiences via your soul/spirit seemingly manifest into your life more unexpectedly than those from the human aspect. All the information about positive thinking that tends to make people believe in money, power, greed and all the rest of the material world that the human clings to, is not the answer to all of your challenges. It is not your salvation and protection from human struggles or pain. Those that pretend it is will at some point be awakened to the reality of that.

Let me tell you a story that will give you a better picture of what positive thinking looks like to many people.

Tom and Jenna went to a workshop to learn a positive thinking method, guaranteed to manifest all they could ever want in their lives. They went home and practiced it daily the way they were taught.

They believed that if they had lots of money to spend on luxuries, that they would finally be happy and at peace. The money started coming to them gradually at first. They kept practicing their positive thinking exercises and watching the DVD they bought at the seminar, twice daily. The money started coming in faster and more abundantly. As it did so, Tom and Jenna were becoming more and more materialistic.

One evening Tom and Jenna decided to invite all their friends and relatives over for a party to show off their beautiful new home and all of its expensive décor, as you would say. They made sure their new sports car sat out in the drive way so every one would be the envy of them.

Their friends and family were definitely impressed with their obvious material wealth but they noticed Jenna and Tom had changed. They were boastful, aloof and were acting like they were superior to their friends and family. Though Jenna and Tom had taken time to share what they had learned in the positive thinking workshop, they no longer seemed to be the humble, loving people they use to be.

It didn’t matter though that Jenna’s and Tom’s friends and family began to gradually drift away from them.

Jenna and Tom had decided that their friends and family were jealous of their success; they were too negative and they no longer had anything in common with them.

Tom and Jenna didn’t want to be around anyone who had “negative thoughts” and challenges going on in their lives. They couldn’t admit it but they feared that other people’s so called negative energy would somehow attach to them and manifest in their lives, if they didn’t stay clear of them. You might be saying, “Well that’s true, it could attach to them and manifest in their lives.” And I say that if it were to manifest into Tom’s and Jenna’s lives, that they had not truly been practicing positive thinking at all…instead, they had actually been practicing the fear of poverty and lack all along.

Unfortunately a year later, Tom became too sick to work any longer and had to quit his job. His illness created a need for Jenna to stay home and take care of him. Soon their medical insurance ran out and their bills drained their finances. They lost their house and had to sell most of everything in it so they could move into a much smaller place.

The moral of the story is that manifesting material wealth, love, a type of work or anything else, does not erase fear from one’s life. In fact, it may give you more reasons to believe in lack and fear of all kinds, if that underlying fear exists. Why? Because once you have everything you believe you need and want, then you could begin fearing you may lose it somehow, even it you don‘t acknowledge that fear.. Why, you say? It’s because fear doesn’t go away by hiding it. It has to be understood for what it is and why it exists for you.

Fear began long ago from the belief that you are separate from others, separate from the world; from the higher powers that made you and separate from who you really are inside all your physicality. It is the belief in dualities such as good or bad, rich and poor, Godly or un-Godly, worthy or unworthy, that keeps fear alive. And that belief cannot be banished with material wealth, positive thinking or anything else that you use to pretend it doesn‘t exist in your belief system.

When you were a baby or a young child, you didn’t know what fear was until something happened to you that caused trauma or pain to your being. Though as an adult you may have forgotten the particulars of that event on a conscious level, the fear will remain a part of you until it is healed or mastered. To heal or master fear, it must be acknowledged consciously once it surfaces, and not be shoved down into the denial pile again.

Denial serves as a way to survive, but once it has served that purpose, denial becomes like a slow acting poison that eventually causes trauma in some form in a life.

Once the fear is acknowledged consciously and embraced as part of you, then you can begin to unravel its purpose for you and determine if it still helps you as an adult or hinders you. Once that is understood and decided, you are able to take control of the fear. That is when it has no choice but to relinquish its control over you. The fear will now serve you and your needs and not the other way around. Is that not positive thinking at work?

As long as experiences can cause one to fear, and those fears become beliefs, you will be given opportunities of all types that will help you chip away at the fear based perceptions that distort your view of yourself and your life. That is a given. Those experiences however, don’t have to swallow you up and destroy you. For all fear can be healed or mastered once it has served its purpose in your life. You need to be ready to embrace it and understand that you as a soul in human form have an innate ability to heal yourself and your life. Having Faith in the soul/human process makes that easier. Again this is positive thinking at work.

Challenge, fear, joy, love are all gifts of equal value, for each has the potential to teach one about compassion. You never know which of these gifts will finally show you how to let go of controlling life and allow a higher wisdom to pave the way. Any of these, whether it be a challenge, a fear, a feeling of joy or love, can show you how to have Faith in yourself and others; faith in a purpose not yet seen and a knowing that you are never separate from the One life; from the Light inside each of you that connects all. Your Higher Self will determine which gift or gifts will best serve you in each experience.

So let’s talk about Faith with a capital F. The Bible teaches Faith in a Higher Power many call God. But Faith in a Higher Power, can often feel unreachable to you. The reason being is that you cannot usually see what that Higher Power has in store for your life. In that way, Faith is a very intangible expectation that the mind has a difficult time wrapping itself around because it doesn’t know how it is suppose to look or feel. None the less, Faith with a capital F is the most positive form of thinking and believing. It is also the hardest to obtain for many, because it takes faith, with a small f, to trust in Faith with a capital F.

Life is a mass of experiences that you as souls agreed to process through, simply for the gift of knowing what you on deeper levels want to know as souls living in a plane of duality. You have come here to experience experiences and all that entails. To the soul/higher self, experience in all forms is the gift of life. Each experience has a gift inside of it whether you view it as bad, good, negative or positive. Experiences will gradually or quickly, depending on your family imprinting and soul contracts, expand your awareness of who you are and how you connect to the rest of creation.

Because you focus more in your humanness, which is what this physical game is about, you want to avoid anything that doesn’t feel good. You view what you call problems or uncomfortable challenges as something to avoid. “If I only knew what I was learning from this, I would do it.” That is what you humans say a lot. The truth is, even if you knew what you were going to learn before hand, you wouldn’t learn it. Why? It’s because you can only learn through the process of each experience. The learning takes place by not knowing what the experience is going to teach you as you move through it. Through that process you are peeling off layers that reveal new aspects of yourself on other levels of your being. You will not be aware of that during the processing period however. Your mind, your thoughts, your feelings, your beliefs, your knowledge, your experiences, your spirituality, all play a part in the outcome and what you will have learned during the processing period.

This takes Faith in a Higher Power, Faith is positive thinking.

Yes, I know all of you need money to live in a safe and comfortable manner. And whatever tools help you to manifest that, whether they are talents and abilities, ambition and drive, and yes even positive thinking, use them. But the tools you use, and how you use them, must connect with your inner most being of compassion, integrity and love. In other words live from the heart as much as you are capable of in each moment. When you can give all that to yourself first and believe it, you will be ready to give those qualities in the form of abilities, feelings, emotions, knowledge and wisdom to the world, in what ever way you choose. The difference is that they will now be expressed through your heart center.

Until humankind moves into the heart and works more consistently from that center, fear will continue to create suffering for the world at large. Experiences that are negative, painful and challenging on feeling and emotional levels, unfortunate as it seems, move humans much more quickly into their heart centers. That is where the connection to the Higher Self/Soul takes place. It’s also where one can better understand the workings of the Physical Plane experiences, and receive guidance for self.

Hopefully you will now understand that there could be more to your positive thinking method then you may have believed. To get the best results, I suggest that you first take time to look inside your heart and determine what it is you really want at this time in your life. Then take a while to find out ways you can help bring that about. For instance: If you are trying to manifest a type of work, be willing to go out and meet people in that particular field, do research on that type of work, take some classes if needed and whatever else you can do that will move you in the direction you are wanting to go. As you expend your heart and human energy out into the world, allow it to have time to open doors for you without the expectation of how you think it should look or feel.

Know that because you as a human learn through the experiencing of the process…the doors that will open for you, at any given time, will bring the best opportunities that correspond to the page you are presently on in your life.

With each step you take and complete in the process, your ultimate goal will be manifesting at the pace you have set for yourself on inner levels. Let it unfold the way that your Higher Self knows to be the best for you. If you do not, you will feel unhappy about the final outcome, because it will not look like what your human mind imagined.

This, my friends is the soul’s version of positive thinking.

In closing I ask that you listen with your heart and know your Higher Self is guiding you to what is best for you at this time.
Blessings,
Higher Self of Carolyn Gervais
awakeningyou.com

About the Author: 

I have been a student and a teacher of “metaphysical-spirituality” for over 30 years. As a young child my yearning to understand how and why “God” created humanity, was constant. When I looked into the eyes of a person, whether I knew them or not, I would see and feel their anger and sadness and I had to know why. That yearning to understand was such a driving force that I was continuously asking the adults in my life, “How did we get here and why?” I was told that “God” didn’t want us to know the answers to such questions. Some higher part of me knew, even at the young age of eight… that answer was not acceptable for me and I was bound and determined that I would let God know it, by asking Him all my questions until He answered them.

What I found out is that the answers keep expanding as we grow in awareness. With that expansion, the questions become deeper, bigger and more abstract, as do the answers. But that is what stretches our awareness.

I have spent my life in search of those answers and many more. My inquiring mind has taken me into many aspects of study and experimentation… areas that pertain to the deeper meaning and purpose of the body, mind, soul and spirit.

I offer you spiritual and personal help in the following areas:

Soul Charting (this describes what kind of wiring you came in with and how to use that wiring to your benefit)Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (past life regressions and healing)Overlight Spiritual Psychology (life coaching)Empathic-Cognitive Channel (tuning into your higher self) Wholistic Nutritionist (health and body image) Certified Spiritual Counselor (finding and learning how to understand your spiritual self)Many blessing,Carolyn

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Links:

My very favorite thing to do is surf the net. I found a wonderful way to safely do just that! It is called StumbleUpon. It is a community and I really do enjoy it. It’s free to join.

50 Inspirational Quotes that Make You Think

As of today, Psych Tests offer over 114 tests. 

Games for the Brain

I found these to be fascinating. The surreal paintings of  Vladimir Kush

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Turtle’s Pond-erings

I find this difficult to believe, but I really don’t have much to comment on this time! Oh, sure, as soon as I sign off, I will think of loads of things to say! LOL

Let’s see, I have managed to lose all my folders in my email. I have this mental block, (ok, this is one of many!) when it comes to email. I can mess it up so quickly, it makes me dizzy! 

Oh, yes, we have a new member in our family  - Lefty the Cat. Ten years old and truly a sweetie! He is so careful with his claws. He waits for an invitation to jump on your lap and when he jumps down he is careful not to put his claws out too!

I think that’s all for now. Until next time , keep smilin’.

May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand and may you float as a feather upon the breath of the Creator. 

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General Information (legal stuff)

Turtle Time Gazette Copyright 2008, Turtle Zen, except where indicated otherwise.

All rights reserved worldwide. Reprint only with permission from copyright holder(s).

All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All contents provided as is.

Any comments stated in this e-zine are strictly the opinion of the writer and/or publisher.

If you would like to submit an article, or share a website address you may do so by mailing submissions.

For the “Guidelines for Submissions” please go to guidelines.

If you find an error, please let me know and I will place it on the errors page.  

“All Time Is Now”

Greetings!

Did you get to enjoy the lunar eclipse? As I was watching I could understand how ancient people could say that the ‘moon was being eaten/swallowed.”

Wow! Northeastern Wisconsin is working on a snowfall record! Just about 6 more inches of snow and the records will be broken! It is quite possible it will happen, March is known to average about 6 to 8 inches of snow. I am just hoping that the deep cold and ice are gone!

I thought it would be good to hear Kryon’s overview of 2008. Oh and by the way! Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Rat! 

In This Issue:

Full Moon Dates and Names - Old Farmers’ Almanac

Article: 2008 - The New Energy (Channeling) - Kryon

Links

Turtle’s Pond-erings

General Information

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Full Moon Dates and Names
March 2008
Mars, in Gemini, is now high overhead by 7:00 P.M. It hovers near the Moon on the 14th but dims from brilliant to merely bright. Saturn, out all night in Leo, fades slightly as its rings tilt increasingly edgewise. On the 18th, Leo’s brightest star, Regulus, can be seen between the Moon and Saturn. Jupiter, in Sagittarius all year, brightens slightly and starts rising before 4:00 A.M. Venus becomes lower and will be very difficult to see from now until the fall. On the 5th, it bunches up with the Moon, Mercury, and Neptune, but the trio is only 4 degrees high at 6:00 A.M. and difficult to observe. Spring begins with the vernal equinox on the 20th, at 1:48 A.M.

Full Moon: March 21: Names: Full Crow Moon, Full Crust Moon, Full Sugar Moon, Full Sap Moon, Full Worm Moon

April 2008
Mars, still in Gemini, remains high up at nightfall. It fades this month, but not as dramatically as before, reaching magnitude 1.1 by month’s end. Jupiter brightens to -2.4 as it starts to rise before 2:00 A.M. The Moon dangles just below Jupiter on the 27th. Saturn’s shiny rings turn even more sideways, causing its brightness to dim further to a still-respectable magnitude 0.6 by the end of the month. It’s visible most of the night, but at least a 30x telescope is needed to see the famous rings. Meanwhile, Mercury begins its best evening apparition of the year during the month’s final week, shining low in the west at magnitude -1.4 about 35 minutes after sunset.

Full Moon: April 20 Names: Full Pink Moon, Full Sprouting Grass Moon, Full Egg Moon, Full Fish Moon

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Article: 2008 - The New Energy (Channeling) Kryon:

Greetings, dear ones, I am Kryon of Magnetic Service. This is the greeting you have heard for more than 19 years. Before that time, there was no greeting. Before that time, there was no evidence that such a thing could be with the magnetic master [Kryon] coming to this planet to speak to you as I do now. Oh, there were those who channelled Kryon before my partner and they were the forerunners and are greatly blessed. Some of them are now on the other side of the veil, for they knew the energy of the magnetic master and they saw in their wisdom the potential of this day. One of them even introduced me to my partner! [Lee] But none had the potential of the 11:11.For 19 years, this is the voice that has greeted you. And in this time, there has been growth and wisdom and clarity to bring you a message like we bring today. It has always been in the ability of free choice for the Human Being to claim the potential of this day. Oh, we saw the potential, but we didn’t know if you’d accomplish it or not. So this message is given to you at this time to give you an inkling of what has transpired in the transition of energies between 2007 and 2008. You might say it is the follow-up information given in 2008 that we could not give you in 2007. You might say then, it is the new information of what you have created with your free choice.

A Short Review

Let us present a linearity to you. Going back in time, here is a review of what we said recently, given especially for those who are reading and listening. For it was not that long ago we gave you the message that the transition you see right now between 2007 and 2008 is a transition that is numerological from nine to one. For even the simplest of numerology computes 2007 as a nine and 2008 as a one. The nine and the one together, back to back, create a situation that only happens each decade. But this is the first time it has happened in this millennium and it is the last time before 2012.

In the last channel, we told you that this situation should have shouted to you that it might be different, and that perhaps you should have looked for special energy. However, many didn’t. We told you in the last channel that the learning of spiritual attributes is not linear. That is to say, it does not follow the paradigm you might expect. We told you that what you expect is that as learning grows, the “knowledge jar” fills up slowly. But if we told you that there’d come a time when the jar would be empty for a moment or two, and that all of it would be taken away from you in order to refill the jar with something even beyond what you had learned, you’d say, “Well, that doesn’t make sense.” That’s because you don’t understand the non-linear fashion of the way learning takes place spiritually. Is it a puzzle? Yes. So we ask for you to absorb this.

Here are the facts in review: This information is now your past. The last four months have not been pleasant [speaking of September through December 2007]. To some of you, it seems that the very essence of your core spiritual truths have been withdrawn. Things were not going as they should have. Some of the tools you used simply to maintain sanity in a thick energy were withdrawn. Some of the things you really count on, such as a sweet countenance, non-judgmental personality and the wisdom of the ages… gone. Shamanic wisdom was not there when you needed it. We even mentioned it is the fact that your culture celebrates the holidays at this time and that family comes together. This made things worse. I think some of you know what I mean, for relationships with extended family often require wisdom. What a time for your wisdom to be withdrawn! For wisdom creates a situation where you are able to hold your tongue at the right time, and perhaps some of you didn’t? This was a withdrawal, and it was felt by many.

We told you in the last channel that as 2008 progressed, especially into the middle of the month of January, that these things would start to be replaced and enhanced. And so it is this channel that will go into a simplistic explanation of the enhancement of the new energy. Let me tell you what some of them are. I’m going to itemize with great joy some of the things that these Human Beings in this room, listening to this, reading this, have wanted for so long. This is the year for it… 2008, new beginnings.

The New Energy

My partner stood on a stage in Israel many years ago, where I gave him information for those who spoke Hebrew and Arabic in the room. Many had cried out and asked, “When will things change?” I gave my partner the information that he was to state on stage for all to hear: Not until 2008 would Israel and humanity in general start to see a shift. Finally, some of you will understand this and why it was spoken so many years ago. The potential was always here. The transition from nine to one was always there. We foretold this and gave hints of the potentials along the way and some of you caught it and some of you did not. Now, here you sit in the middle of it. There are new tools. There are enhancements, and the beauty of this message is that it is not just for Lightworkers. The earth is shifting, if you’ve noticed.

Understanding the Chaos

Number one: Many of you are now going to start to make sense of what formerly was chaos. That is to say, the very way that Spirit works with Humans on this earth, which has seemed chaotic, which has seemed accidental, is now going to start to make sense. It will make sense in a way that will make you more comfortable as you count on the answers coming as you need them. It is truly a shift of dimensional thinking. You will begin to have an understanding in your mind in a way you cannot justify in 3D of what is taking place. What this means to you is that you’re going to be a lot more comfortable in your skin. Even those of you who call yourselves Lightworkers, those of you who call yourselves metaphysical will start to see the planning. You will start to see the potentials, and will start to see how chaos isn’t chaos.That’s a gift, for up to this point, it has been very tough in a three-dimensional state for you to make any sense at all out of the answers that were coming your way.

Blessed are the Humans who have sat through this learning all of these years and have had such faith! My partner has given you a phrase: 3D shouts and faith whispers. And what he means by that is that your reality, that which you expect, that which you were taught, that which is everything you are, shouts at you. But the ways of Spirit, the seeming chaos in that interdimensional space of non-understanding, whispers. And so what happens is 3D always wins. It drowns out the little voice of the whispering that says, “Listen to the love of God.” So what we’re telling you is this, dear ones, that the shouting of the 3D is going to start being reduced. The concepts are going to become more equal and you’re not going to have quite as much trouble in the transition. That’s number one.

Self-Esteem for LightworkersNumber two is something you probably didn’t expect and something you probably didn’t even know. I will give you an axiom. The ones with the lowest self-esteem on this planet are the Lightworkers. Did you know that? And the ones with the lowest are often the healers! Perhaps you wouldn’t expect that, since these are the ones who are in touch with Spirit. These are the ones who have the gifts. But they often sit in an energy that does not support them, and when a Human Being sits constantly in an energy that is uncomfortable, they are uncomfortable. The 3D-ness of their personality is affected, and self-esteem is part of that.As we have said before, we know who you are. You may carry your head up high, but we also know what you do when you’re alone. We know what you think when you’re alone. We’ve heard your cries, “Why me? Is this ever going to be solved? Will my family ever understand? Will my partner ever understand?” I’m going to tell you something that’s going to happen in the new energy, for it is finally shifting. It’s going to be the great equalizer. It’s slow, dear ones. It’s not going to happen overnight, but this is the beginning of it.

This is much of what you’ve been waiting for, Lightworker. The self-esteem of the Lightworker is going to start to come up to the magnificence of what it represents. That’s because they’re not going to be in an energy anymore that is against them. It’s going to be an energy that supports them.Slowly, many of you will begin to feel it, where Gaia and you are aligned for the same purpose, the potential of peace on Earth. Look for this everywhere, and the first to feel it will be the Lightworkers and healers. I challenge you to celebrate. I challenge you to build a statue somewhere for the energy that is shifting that you are done with! Now, that’s going to be counterintuitive to everything Humans do, for they only build statues when something bad happens. Maybe it’s time to shift that consciousness. Why don’t you make a memorial to what you have accomplished in some way and celebrate it? At least blow up a balloon somewhere! [Laughter] Oh, Lightworker, do you understand what I’m saying? You’ve come of age. 2008 is a one, and this is a new beginning. You’re going to start receiving the support you’ve always wanted and worked for.

Seeing the Bigger PictureNumber three:

You’re going to start seeing the bigger picture, and it’s about time.

Picture this: The attributes of learning and spiritual path walking in the old energy had you clueless and in the dark. Until you reached that place where you needed help, nothing happened. That’s the place at which you were delivered the solution. That is the map that is talked about in that fable called, The Journey Home, channelled for my partner many years ago. Expect that “map” to change. The bigger picture has you seeing beyond the problem. The bigger picture puts you in a situation that is more non-linear, and that is to say that you are less constricted by the timeline from past to future. You will be more comfortable seeing into the now, for the now is an energy that does not honor or respect linearity of time. The solutions that are going to come to you in the future are going to be more expected. They’re going to make more sense to you than what you have seen in the past, because you are seeing a bigger picture. These concepts of which I give you now are advanced and some of you do not understand them and may very well wish to listen or read this again. If I had to summarize it, I’d say that the Lightworker is going to be more comfortable with himself and his relationship to time.Alternate Healing Becomes More Main StreamNumber four: Healer, stand back, because the things that you have are about to be enhanced. Oh, it may take awhile, but I will tell you that the things that are the most spooky to those who do not believe in what you’re doing will become more mainstream. Expect science to be developed behind energy work. Expect those to come to you from places you didn’t expect, because what you have works! When this starts to happen, you can say, “Yes, I see it happening!” And when you do…  blow up a balloon, please! [Laughter] Celebrate it.

Oh, dear ones, I’m telling you that when you celebrate, you acknowledge to Spirit that these things are happening. It’s like you are acknowledging the things you didn’t expect, but knew were there. That’s becoming interdimensional. Faith becomes reality, and healing will be easier.Now, for the non-healer, want to heal yourself? Is that why you’re here? Is that why your eyes are on the page? Is that why your ears are here in the chair? Is that it? Is that why you came? This is the energy for you. It’s not an accident you’re here, for the things you’ve been told that you can do are yours, this moment and this day. I want you to acknowledge them.

Celebrate your healing and know that it is yours. Turn back the DNA to the time before the disease was there, before the problem was there. See it as pristine and pure; understand the non-linearity of healing that is not time dependent. Is it possible to rewind the DNA? Yes. There are those who have been doing it in this room for some time. They know.What I’m saying is that these things are going to be easier. Why? Because the energy of the age is upon you. Because the magnetic grid has been postured since 2002 for this very thing and now it is yours. “Oh, Kryon, when will these things begin to happen?” I’m saying they’re beginning now, but you won’t see all of these things all at once. You’re going to see them as you work them. Let it be known that no Human Being can sit back on his heels and wait for the miracles of God to fall in his lap.

The part of the issue here is that the Lightworker is going to be asked to get up and push on the doors. Find the synchronicity that works the system and claim the new energy that is upon you.Connection to the Higher-SelfNumber five: It’s going to be easier to connect to the Higher-Self. Isn’t it about time? There are many celebrating angels right now, and they’re singing a magnificent song. I wish you could hear it. The choir is amazing, and there is nothing like the interdimensional voices, notes that cannot be heard by the Human ear, light that corresponds with them in frequencies too high to be measured, and sound so high it melds into the colors of light itself. And if you could hear the songs they’re singing! Listen. Listen to the lyrics! Oh, your name is there, and it’s your angelic name, the one you have that is forever and is not your Human one.

What they are celebrating is that you have brought this about, dear Human Being, an age that was not predicted, an age that no prophet told you would occur, and there’s so much evidence that you’re sitting in it.I say again, where is that Armageddon you expected? I say it again, where’s the doom and gloom that all said was going to be upon you? I say it again, where is all of that negativity? Oh, there’ll be challenges, there always are. I will enumerate some of them for you in a moment, but you’ve lifted yourself out of an old energy that you’ve been in for thousands of years and you put upon this earth an energy that no one expected. And the light that you have created has been done so by less than one-half of one percent of the Human race. That’s how powerful it is.

If you’re listening to this message and you have no idea what is taking place, let me tell you this: This is not an elitist message. It’s not just for the esoteric people. There’s no judgment of you and I know who you are, too. You are as loved as any family member. Why don’t you look at this? See if it’s for you. You don’t have to, because it’s free choice, but there has been a beautiful thing happening on this planet, and that’s what I’m talking about today.The Relationship to GodNumber Six: You’re going to feel much, much more comfortable in your Lightworker skin than you’ve ever felt before. A relationship with Spirit is going to seem brotherly, sisterly. It’s no longer going to be God and Human Being if you want it to change. This is going to require that some of you are going to channel. Are you ready? Oh, not out loud perhaps. As I’ve said before, it could be channeling of your Higher-Self, just for you. Don’t be afraid of this. The words my partner uses are a channelling of “you with you.” Don’t be afraid of the love of God in your life. Don’t be afraid of transition in your life. Everyone sees change as so frightening, but what if it’s a solution to your problems? Is that OK with you? Think of massive positive change.

The Challenges of This New Beginning

Now let me bring you an itemization of some of the things that will come with the others, which are perhaps challenging in their own ways and different… even a proclamation of a new energy attribute that will change my partner’s life.Too Much LightThe light that you have you cannot contain any more and this will start to be seen. Just when you thought it was safe! [Laughter] As long as you held that edge, right? You can’t hold it any more. Human Beings will know what you’re into and they’ll know what you’re doing. Remember, we told you of this day. We told you of the battles between the light and the dark; we told you that there would be those who would not accept what you have. Watch for this, for there will be more around you who will not accept what you have, and it just comes with the territory.You can’t have spiritual power and the light that changes lives without it being noticed. No matter how silent or humble you are, you are filled with Spirit and the love of God, and people will notice. And you will be forced to explain it a little more than you are now. “Well, Kryon, what am I going to do? What will I say? Do I tell them I’m a Lightworker?” No. Why don’t you tell them you’ve fallen in love with God? Why don’t you tell them that you’ve seen yourself in a different way and you’re comfortable in your skin. Why don’t you tell them it’s not threatening to their lives or their churches, and it’s just you with you. Let them see God in you and not be frightened.Fear of the LightworkerThe second one is related. Many will be frightened anyway. Light does that. In an earth that has been postured in a dark energy for thousands of years, which suddenly has light in it that it never had before, many will be afraid. If you are used to the dark and suddenly there is a light, you cover your eyes and wonder what it could be. There will be those who wallow in the dark, who enjoy all of the dramas of their life, who are victims and enjoy being victims, who will run from you… run from you!You represent something they don’t understand, and the irony is that what you carry could heal their lives, stop their drama, and lift them up. But they won’t touch you. They’re afraid of being burned with what you have. Powerful, you are! Watch for this attribute, and even if you expect it, you won’t understand it. You will say, “Why is it that they don’t like me? Why is it that suddenly there’s such resentment or betrayal? I’m only carrying light!” It’s fear. Fear of the light and what it represents in a dark world. Will it affect you? Of course.So expect it, and know what to do. You’ll be prepared. When it happens, just love them. You can’t heal the world, dear one, if it doesn’t want to be healed. All you can do is let your light shine.

The ones who see it have free choice just like you do. They can accept it or run away. Do not be judgmental toward those who are not ready for your discovery, for they are as loved by God as you are, and have their own paths to discern as they walk this planet in lesson.Message for Lee CarrollNumber three is a message for my partner [Lee], given for all of you to hear, so that it is known. For this is important, and if I just told him, he might not tell a soul, and keep it to himself. This way, it is public.

For years, I have given him the admonition about media. For years, I have told him it is inappropriate to channel in mass media, especially what you call broadcast. This is in reference to linear broadcast that is not requested, which flies through the air and that you pick up if you randomly choose a station or frequency that you “pop onto it.” Suddenly, here you find Kryon speaking.It’s inappropriate and it still is inappropriate and he does not have permission to put any full, recorded channelling on the air. Oh, there may come a time, but not now. However, he now has permission, from this point on, to do two things that he has never done before.

One: It is now permissible to put designed samples of channelling on the air, which he creates. Snippets, if you would say. Sound bites, if you would say.

Two: He has permission also for the first time to go into channel one-on-one and have interviews with Kryon, answering questions from the interviewer. And he’s not going to like that, since he is not evangelic. It’s part of the new energy, my partner. It is part of a general public becoming ready for acceptance or rejection. And there will be many who see him as the clown. Yet I will tell you, it is the love of God that has postured him for this and it’s the love of God that will get him through it.

Faking it

It’s going to be a whole lot harder to fake this process called channelling, because there’s going to be a lot more people and Human Beings of both genders who are going to see the lights. They’re going to know if it’s real or if it’s not real. Many will be revealed as doing it inappropriately without any sacred energy, only themselves. Get ready, for those who do it inappropriately to gain power or control or notoriety will be seen clearly by both sides… Lightworkers and non-Lightworkers.Look for the integrity of the love of God in every single word. Look for the integrity of the love of God, which will always shout its love for humanity, shout those things that are non-competitive, shout acceptance for every single Human Being who listens, without judgment. That’s the God who you know. That’s the One who you’re in love with. That’s the One who washes your feet today.The energy of Spirit is not compartmentalized or structured into a doctrine.

There would be those who might hear this and say, “It’s got to be the devil.” And there are those who will hear this and say, “This is the love of God.” It is the consciousness between the two that represents the free choice of a Human Being. It represents closed minds and hearts; it represents fear of change.I would like to tell you that this entity called Kryon is in love with humanity and would never bring you a message that is inappropriate or filled with doom… only one that magnifies the magnificence of who is here in the room and those who listen and read, called humanity. Don’t look at this and say it’s inappropriate because it doesn’t follow some earthly doctrine that you have developed from the mythology of the ages. You can’t do that. Do your homework. Feel the love that is here. Then decide for yourself outside of the boxes that you were taught within. Let your heart make the decision.

Watch for those who would wish to take this to a controlling level. Now, my partner, you know why I have given you permission to speak on the media with me… to help combat those who will try to fake what you have practiced for 19 years.The Shift is Upon YouThe final one is this. Prepare for shift. It has been coming, and you’ve had the channellings that said so. It is the great shift, and it begins. It is the beginning of the preparation for what the Mayans told you would happen as the earth shifts into the year 2012.

This magic year, which many fear, is only the signpost that comes by in your timeline that says you are moving into a new energy that was foretold by the angels. There will be no significant spiritual happening in 2012, only the celebration of the signpost that tells you that you have arrived.It’s going to be different. For those of you who don’t like change, it’s going to be fearful. So prepare for it. All these things I bring you are positive, filled with light, even within change.Begin preparation for something we told you long ago is potentially possible, even in your lifetime.

This is what you never expected, and that is the slow development of peace on Earth. Watch for a changing Middle East. Oh, it won’t happen immediately. But the seeds are there. I speak now to those ears that are Hebrew and Arabic, and I’m telling you this: Your time is starting to come. It’s what you’ve asked for and what you’ve prayed for. There is beginning, a consciousness of compromise in a difficult land. It is upon you. Watch for it; pray for it; send light for it; be part of it, for it is yours to claim.Don’t pay attention to your news. They are going to bring you the worst of the worst. They always do, and always will. It is the way of their system.

Your media will look for the worst thing that is possible, the most abhorrent thing that has happened on the planet that day, and they will zero in and they spend all of their resources on it. They won’t tell you about the other things that are going on. Right now in the Middle East, they won’t tell you about those who are trying to build peace outside of the government. They won’t tell you that there are hundreds of thousands of them on both sides of the issue who are coming together right now. Your news has never reported that. It’s just a little too hopeful. [Laughter]

Blessed is the Human Being who hears this message in person in this room, for the challenge is this: Walk out different than you came. Know that your feet have been washed this day. I am Kryon. I would not say these things if they were not so. I’m in love with humanity and always will be, until the day it ceases and we are all one again.And so it is.

KRYON
More channelings are freely available at: http://kryon.org 

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Turtle’s Pond-erings

Last month I shared with you about “Best Friends”. Well, now there is a social network for animal/pet lovers! Here’s the page from Best Friends (http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&mode=entry&entry=392DFC71-19B9-B9D5-9DF504F6821E1714)

AnimalAttraction.com, a social networking site that has been called “MySpace for pet lovers,” is offering current and future members an opportunity to choose Best Friends as the recipient of donations from the website.

When somebody joins AnimalAttraction, they are given the option of four animal welfare organizations to support: Best Friends, the ASPCA, Petfinder and North Shore Animal League America.

The site donates $1 to the chosen group when a member signs up, then a penny each day that person logs on. It also donates $1 for each friend the member refers to the site. There is no cost to join the site.

“AnimalAttraction is dedicated to bringing pet lovers together and helping homeless pets through our fun, safe and free online community,” says founder Dan Cohen. “We’re thrilled to team up with Best Friends to expand our community and make a difference in the lives of pets in need.”

Besides the benefits to Best Friends and the other animal welfare groups, AnimalAttraction provides an array of features, including forums, chat rooms, a video of the day, a photo contest, expert advice and pet care tips, photo galleries, a blog and a “pets in the news” section.

AnimalAttraction members who sign up as Best Friends supporters will be able to search for other Best Friends supporters on the site.

Although the official agreement was only recently signed, AnimalAttraction and Best Friends have history. Last Valentine’s Day, while Cohen was being interviewed on NBC’s Today Show about his then-new website, he gave a shout-out to Best Friends. He also featured Best Friends banner ads on the site that week and donated $1,000.

The goal of the “co-promotional agreement” is to raise money and awareness for Best Friends while driving traffic and free registrations to AnimalAttraction.com.

Other aspects of the agreement include displaying the Best Friends name and logo (with a link back to Best Friends) on profiles of all members referred by Best Friends; 100,000 banner impressions per month (an estimated value of $1,000 per month); and a feature dedicated to animal welfare in each AnimalAttraction newsletter.

Click the link if you would like an invitation to AnimalAttraction.com. http://www.animalattraction.com/InviteFriends/tabid/146/Default.aspx

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I think that is all for this time! Keep smilin’! 

Until next time…

May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand and may you float as a feather upon the breath of the Creator!

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Greetings! Happy New Year!

Can it really be I am coming up on the sixth year of this newsletter? Time does fly sometimes!

January is such a strange month. Here in Northeastern Wisconsin we are feeling the teeth of winter. We haven’t had this much snow for several years. Personally I would be happy to do without this deep freeze cold! Aaagh! In my opinion anything below zero is extraneous! (Same goes with temperatures above 100 degrees.)

I had the occasion to attend a training and honestly I thought I was gonna fall asleep on the after lunch speaker. (C’mon guys! A full tummy and subject matter that sounds like Greek to me and has to do with numbers…that’s a sure recipe to snap my eyes shut!) A couple of times I felt my head going toward the table. Bang! Snore! (Wouldn’t that have been attractive?) Anyway, I had to do something to stay awake so I wrote what became this month’s article. –Now you know the story behind the story.

In This  Month’s Issue:

Full Moon Names and Dates - Old Farmer’s Almanac 

Thankful for the Simple Things - by Lucinda Schersing, Rev. D.D.

Links 

Turtle’s Pond-erings

What is New On the Website?

General Information

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Full Moon Names and Dates:

February 2008 

Venus and Jupiter are close together in the southeast, in Sagittarius, on the 1st. This spectacle is best seen around 6:30 a.m. On the 4th, the crescent Moon hovers below them. Venus gets lower each morning; when it meets Mercury from the 24th to month’s end, the duo is only 5 degrees above the horizon at 6:00 a.m. Throughout the month, Mars is easy to view at nightfall. The planet resumes direct (eastward) motion in Taurus, but loses half its light, as Earth races away at 66,000 mph. Saturn, at its closest point of the year, reaches opposition on the 24th, in Leo, at magnitude 0.2. A total lunar eclipse on the 20th will be visible from North America.

Eclipses:

There are two in February!

February 7: annular eclipse of the Sun. This eclipse will not be visible from North America.

February 20-21: total eclipse of the Moon. The entire eclipse can be seen from eastern and central North America. The Moon enters Earth’s umbral shadow on February 20 at 8:43 P.M. EST, and the eclipse becomes total at 10:01 P.M. EST. Totality ends at 10:52 P.M. EST, and the umbral phase ends at 12:09 A.M. EST on February 21. The penumbral phase (only) will occur over western North America, at the time of moonrise; it will be difficult to see changes in the Moon’s appearance.

 Full Moon Date: February 20

Full Moon Names for February: Full Snow Moon, Full Hunger Moon

Special thanks to the Old Farmers Almanac 

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Thankful for the Simple Things  - Another Day Equals Another Chance-

by Lucinda Schersing, Rev. D.D.

Why are humans so ingrained in thinking they must not only remember the past but hang on so tightly that they become mired in the bad experiences and muck? Often so much so they cannot forget nor move ahead.

Animals - especially dogs, do not remember the ‘bad situations’, they remember the feeling/emotion surrounding a situation. This can be fear which can express itself as aggression, or a timid demeanor from being dominated by those they perceive as the dominate members of the pack.

People have so often been taught (in the Western world) that one must dominate and subjugate; that it is desired to be “top dog”.

Many people are not ruthless enough nor do they have the drive or temperment to be ‘top dog’. Many of us are fearful because of the way we have perceived or interpreted past experiences. It is not that we want to be followers or low- man in the pack. It just isn’t high on our list of priorities to be first the the necessary aggression that is needed is beyond our soul’s level of comfort.

It is however, desirable to learn to look at our past with clear vision, free of emotions like fear or sadness. It was what is was. Move ahead and live in the now. Today. That is all we can influence and be affected by - that which goes on in each moment - each “Now”.

Be like a dog and enjoy today. What happened is but a dream and only has power if we give it power. Look at the past, what did you learn from the experience? Remember not the feelings or emotions, but the lesson.

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Links 

I think this is my favorite section of the newsletter. The only problem is to not innundate you with them! So many! So little space!

Rules of Thumb: (In case you are wondering just what a ‘rule of thumb’ is: I believe it dates back to England when a man could beat his wife with nothing larger than his thumb…hence, it became known as the ‘rule of thumb’.) Anyway! this is one cool site: http://rulesofthumb.org/

Think those glasses in your hotel room are safe to drink from? You might want to reconsider after watching this! http://www.break.com/index/never-us

iPhone Guitar! Pretty awesome! Now this guitar I wouldn’t mind practicing on…my fingers wouldn’t bleed! http://www.break.com/index/ipod-guitar-hero.html

Montage-ala-Google: http://grant.robinson.name/projects/montage-a-google/

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Turtle’s Pond-erings

Oh Joy! Truly! I am a dog lover that is dog-less at present. I have always had this dream of a place that all animals, domestic and wild, from winged ones to bunnies and in between- that are rescued or found injured could be taken to this place and they could receive the veterinary care, the love, compassion and rehabilitative training they need so they can be placed in loving forever homes. Without the threat of euthanasia - ever. Well, someone, (okay, a bunch of ’someones’) had the same idea and put it together to make it a reality! Isn’t that way cool?! It’s called Best Friends and Dogtown is part of it. 

Dogtown is a new show on National Geographic that is on after the Dog Whisperer - Caesar Milan! You can visit Best Friends online  at http://www.bestfriends.org/  I spend a lot of time on this site. I’m considering taking some vacation time there!

In another puddle of thought…

Why is it that sometimes people will ignore someone that is trying to show a more beneficial and ultimately timesaving way of doing something? So often I feel I have just wasted my breath and time, and would be further ahead just banging my head against a brick wall. Sooner or later the pain will go away…Aarggghhh! Gnashing of teeth!

What is New On the Website?

I will be putting up a couple more widgets that I found on the “favorite widget page”, http://www.turtlezen.com/favoritewidgets.html.

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That’s all for this issue. Keep smilin’. May you float as a feather upon the breath of the Creator.

May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand.

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Greetings!

As the Holiday season is winding down and a new year is about to begin I am taking a moment to not send wishes but affirmations to you.

Your fondest dreams are becoming reality for you have dreamed them. This year have the wisdom to believe them and know that you have the power to co-create them into reality.

I do not know a lot about numerology, however, I happily stumbled into a PalTalk room the other day. It was a recording of Lee Carroll channeling Kryon in Smithfield, Utah. I do not believe in accidents, I know I was there for a reason. For your convenience here is the link. http://www.kryon.com/cartprodimages/downloadsmithfield_07.html (A very fast internet connection is required for this.)

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In this Issue:

Full Moon Dates and Names - Thanks to the Old Farmers’ Almanac

Channeling : The sixth time Lee Carroll and Kryon were invited to the United Nations in twelve years.

Links

Turtle’s Pond-erings

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Outlook for January 2008: Mars, in the evening sky, shines at its brightest of the year at magnitude -1.5. It briefly equals the brilliance of the brightest star, Sirius; both shine gloriously after 8:00 p.m., with ruddy Mars high and blue Sirius much lower. By the end of the month, Mars has lost half its light. Saturn, bright but not dazzling in Leo, rises around 8:30 p.m.
Mercury hovers next to the thin crescent Moon on the 9th and is best seen about 40 minutes after sunset from the 12th to the 28th, about 10 degrees high in the southwest. Venus rules the predawn sky at magnitude -4 and is close to Jupiter at the end of the month. Earth reaches perihelion, its annual position closest to the Sun, on the 2nd.

Full Moon: January 22, 2008  Full Moon Names:  Full Wolf Moon; Full Old Moon

Special Thanks to the Old Farmers’ Alamanc

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Live Channelling - New York, NY
From Lee Carroll
2007
This channelling has been “re-channelled” (channel on top of a channel) by Kryon to enhance the meaning of the words that were given live on March 2, 2007 at the United Nations. The information that has been added is subtle and is intended to make it easier for readers to understand the message, which was more clear to the listeners of the live channelling.

“We seek to inspire, inform, enlighten, and uplift your spirits.” This is a quote from The Society for Enlightenment and Transformation (SEAT), part of the United Nations Staff Recreational Council (UNSRC), a group of clubs sanctioned by the UN for members, guests, employees, and delegates of the organization. Having previously presented to the group in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, and 2006, Lee Carroll was invited again this year for the sixth time in the UN building in Manhattan, New York to share Kryon’s message.
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This is the sixth time in the last 12 years that the Society for Enlightenment and Transformation at the United Nations building in New York City has asked Lee Carroll to bring Kryon for a live channelling. The meetings are often closed to the public, but this one was different, being in the basement of the building for the first time, due to the renovation of the library auditorium that is normally used upstairs in the secure sections of the UN.

Lee again brought the DNA researcher, Dr. Todd Ovokaitys, as a co-presenter. Dr. Ovokaitys is working with South African AIDS groups on plans to bring an end to that disease on the continent of Africa.

Dr. Todd’s website: [www.gematria.com]

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The United Nations - New York City - S.E.A.T.

Greetings, dear ones, I am Kryon of Magnetic Service.

And still there would be those, as there always are, who would say, “Impossible, impossible! God doesn’t work like this.” Let those now, in these few brief moments of this message, be filled with an energy that could not possibly be from themselves. Let them see this as proof that a portal has been opened and the door has swung ajar, and what you have here are simple words from the other side of the veil through a Human Being, the way all scripture has always been delivered on the planet. Humans have written all of it - all of it! Through the divine connection that is built into Human DNA, they have written all of it.

And this is no different, dear ones, for the voice you hear now is no different than the voice that was heard in the prophets of old. The profundity of what is said through me is personal this time, however, and not for the ages. This time it’s for you in the chairs, and the readers, and it’s for those in this building. This is the change and what we call the New Energy on Earth. For it opens the door for all to do this, which often is seen as odd and strange and weird by those who are not in understanding. But I’ll tell you, it’s none of those things. It is a connection - a pipeline to Spirit - what you call God. It represents the love that many of you are missing in your life, and that you could have by pushing on the door of your heart. With that action, in comes the family to sit in your lap, to hold your hand, to tell you that the impossible is doable.

I am Kryon. I am a partner. I am a sister, a brother to all here. I am not some disembodied energy that floats in space. I am inside you, should you choose to look, as well as the very essence of God itself. So there would be those who would say, “Well, if you represent God, would you please explain to us why you haven’t come down here and straightened out this mess?” Let it not be lost on any of you, where we sit at the moment. Let it not be lost on any of you of the resources and the integrity of those who built the concrete that you sit in and stand upon at this moment. For all around you, there is the emphasis and the intent on unity. Put it together, don’t tear it apart. Solution, not division. Peace, not war. And so in this atmosphere, I answer the question: “Where is God at these times?”

Let me present to you what is happening on this planet that you need to know. God does not interfere with the light/dark balance of humanity. Humanity generates the light/dark balance by itself and then God is invited into the light parts. If there are more light parts than dark parts as measured at the quantum level*, you are going to have revelation and illumination, and that’s what’s happening right now. So, within this puzzle, I tell you that God knows who you are, where you’re sitting right now, and what this organization is about. It is no mystery.

There are so many questions about this, and so I have yet another metaphor, one we’ve used before, but which I will elaborate on at this moment. Imagine a lighthouse on the shore, and its job is to shine the light and stay put. When the ships at sea are starting to come into the port, they have the invitation to see the light and steer safely and not onto the rocks, which hide under the waves.

There are three kinds of ships, basically, in that ocean. And the first kind is where the pilothouse has been boarded up and the skipper and all of those responsible for navigation know where they’re going. This is because they’ve been there before and they trust their maps. They trust all of the mythology of the ages to navigate them. These are sailors who went before into the port on their own, they don’t need the lighthouse. In fact, it’s redundant. In fact, they don’t even like it and feel it’s silly. So they make their way with their own devices to the port and some make it and some don’t.

However, what they’ve failed to see is that the waves are always changing and the tides are shifting. Even the weather patterns are moving around, if you’ve noticed. But they stick with the old and they say, “It has worked in the past, and it will work now.” This works, until they find themselves on the rocks.

The second kind of ship is the one who keeps their pilothouse boarded up unless they’re in trouble. The wind comes up and the waves change, then they take the boards off and say, “Now I’m in trouble - where are you, lighthouse?” They see the lighthouse and they’re thankful for the lighthouse. Then as soon as they’re in port, they put the boards back up. “Thank you, lighthouse,” they say. “I only needed you while I was in trouble.” Then they go back to their business, feeling that the lighthouse is a “trouble lighthouse.”

The third kind of ship is the one who never put the boards up on the windows and is always looking for the lighthouse first, because it understands that the waves shift and the tides move, and that it never knows where the shifting rocks are. So this ship looks at the lighthouse for guidance into the safe harbor all the time.

We have just given you the three kinds of humans, basically, that would become enlightened via free choice on this planet in this new energy. It would seem that the third kind would be the ones who are the ones you might think are going to become the true light of the planet. You’re right. But I tell once again that there doesn’t have to be many of those of the third kind. Less than one half of one percent of the earth has to be aware of their own divinity and their own light to send this power through meditation and prayer to the rest of the planet and create peace on Earth. I’ll say that again. Less than one half of one percent.

“Kryon, then what is it all about in the Middle East? Why is there so much turmoil? The troops are there, the war is there, the death, and the killing. . .  the unhappiness, the sorrow. . .  oh, the sorrow! What is that about in a time of light?” I will tell you, dear ones, yet again: When have you seen this before in these areas? And the answer is that you never have. Therefore, could it be that the light on this planet has become so bright that it now exposes the dark areas that were hidden from you before? Could it be that the hatred is now exposed that was always there, but which you could not correctly see? Could it be that these things present a puzzle for you to solve? Could that be? And if you’re one of those ships that has taken the boards down and sees the light, you will say, “That is exactly what it is! I now see things that the light is showing me, which I never would have seen before.”

Indeed, without this new light at this time, shining in those places, exposing the darkness to you, those areas in the Middle East that are now shifting would not have changed for another 200 years. Therefore, all the strife and challenge is something that was always there, but now it has become the issue of your day. Who sees it? Those who wish to look. . .  via free choice.

The United Nations

Let me remind you again about this organization whose basement you sit in at this moment. There are those who would say, “They’re useless and they’re worthless and they’ve done nothing notable for a decade.” I’m Kryon and I know of the souls who come and go on this planet. Let me ask you a question: What would you think of an organization that could save one million lives a year? Would it be worth it? And you would say, “Well, of course.” Then, let me introduce you to the United Nations! What the media shows you in the Grand Assembly with those who pound their chest in disgust and call names is not what this organization is about. No, that is what the media is about. And those who report will tell you that this organization does nothing, and it can do nothing.

Yet I’m telling you that there are a million lives saved every year by this organization! Twenty percent of those are in measles alone. [Those who didn't get measles and die.] Measles! And how many people do you think measles kills in this great land [the USA]? The answer is almost none. It’s the rest of the earth who needs these United Nations. And that’s just one aspect of what they’re doing. That doesn’t even include the past diseases cured, or the smiles on the faces of the children in joy. That’s what this organization is about. I am Kryon; I am telling you that I see it and I know it. Do not shift your light from this place because you don’t feel it suits your needs in a dramatic way. Because I will again say that soon enough you will see the results in the Grand Assembly as well. Be patient. Be patient.

The New Frontier

I would like to tell you about the new frontier. There would be those who would say it is, and must be, China. No. That is not the new frontier. Oh, there’s going to be amazing things that take place in China, representing the new industrial revolution for the planet. But that’s expected, and is not new news. You knew that already.

Spirit does not give generic advice. Spirit gives the revelation of potential futures, and advice within what you are already creating. So let me give you some advice about China, based on what is in the future. The dragon is slow to move and has been here for thousands of years, whereas the country where my partner sits right now is barely 200 years old. China knows what it is doing. It is studying capitalism in its way, and it is not finished. For the Asians do very well in taking things apart and putting them back together, studying how they work and then making them better than the item they originally studied. And China is doing that now with Hong Kong [a model of high finance and international capitalistic know-how, developed under British rule]. Do you think it’s an accident that they inherited Hong Kong after a 99-year lease, and this took place in your lifetime? You think that’s an accident? They are studying, and they are learning, and indeed, they will make many of the same mistakes that your country did along the way to functional Chinese capitalism.

But you would be well advised if this country [the USA] and the West in general would support them in the areas where they’re weak, and give them the knowledge and the wisdom to run the things that they need to run, without at the same time imposing a Western culture onto them. Let them have their Asian-ness, and they will develop an economy that is even stronger than yours and that may surprise you in the process. For it will bring abundance also to the west through investment and expansion. But this is not new news.

“Well then, Kryon, if it’s not China, it’s got to be the Middle East.” And I say to you, it is not that either. The Middle East is a core issue, not a new frontier. You see now a cauldron, a puzzle that needs to be solved and stabilized so that you can move past the 2012 mark into promise and peace. This doesn’t have to happen by 2012, but if it started now, it would be a good thing. It’s about stabilization, not a new frontier. It’s the cradle of civilization.

What part of the earth do you think that I’m going to talk about next? What is the new frontier? I will give you information that only those past your lifespan will be able to verify. But, of course, many of you will be back by then [speaking of those who will rei