The Luna Moth

After a very rough couple of days when I felt like giving up, I was sent a gift, a sign letting me know all would be well. I had never seen a luna moth before in person. I had seen pictures but they really don't show the magic of actually being in the presense of one.

Yesterday ny husband had gone outside and immediately came back to get me and my camera. He wanted to show me something on the front lawn. There is was. Such a mystical sight. I thought to myself, could it be a fairy? The wings were so large and so beautiful. I was so excited but also sad because I could tell this beautiful creature was going to die. His wings were tattered and he couldn't fly anymore. I didn't want to leave him out in the awful windy damp weather so I brought him inside and placed him in a large container with some grass for bedding. I had hoped he would dry up and i could release him tomorrow. Well tomorrow came and he had died over night. I now have him in my special room where others can come and see his beauty. I truly feel this was a gift and it is very meaningful that my husband found it and shared it with me. I hope you enjoy the pictures. From what I have read about Luna Moths it is very rare to find one because they only live a week and are usually out at night. Love and Light Anne

Why Don't Spirits Talk to us all The Time?

This question came up today and I think it is a good one. Here is my answer.
Spirits are on such a high vibrational frequency that it is very difficult to hear them. Also they do not communicate like we do physically so it takes a lot for them to make sound like voices. Spirits even have trouble communicating with mediums at times. The easiest way to communicate is trying to higher your vibration. You can do this in meditation, with certain music, by eating higher vibrational foods and things of that nature. Also in the time when you are just falling asleep or just waking up you are more sensitive to spirit. Pay attention to what you hear during this time. Spirits also visit in dreams. Those dreams are actually After Death Communications or ADC's. I wrote about one I had with my step daughter at in a previous post. It was a very beautiful experience. Spirits do not just hang around us after they pass. They live a spiritual life in Heaven/Otherside. Right after they pass many times there is a time of orienting (not sure if that is a word) themselves to being spirit again. The love they have for us does not die and they do visit us but we must let them live on where they are and not expect them to be constantly attached to us here on earth. Imagine living your physical life constantly looking over someone's shoulder. That wouldn't be much fun. They have done their job here on earth. We should allow them to enjoy where they are now. I know most people say "Rest in Peace" but I think the last thing they want to do is rest. I believe they have a very active and beautiful life where they are. Have a great weekend! Anne

Love Yourself First!

Today, in an email conversation, I had gotten a response to what I wrote yesterday about "Love Thy Neighbor". The rest of that is "As Thyself". I wrote about this a couple of months ago. Seems that the "As Myself" must come first. But then again, I am not happy with everything about myself. I don't think that stops me from loving others. Most people have flaws that they are not happy about. For me right now it is my weight. So I am doing all I can to loose the weight in a healthy way and at the same time trying to search for the emotional reason that I put on weight in the first place so I can make sure it doesn't keep happening. Do I love the me inside? Yes. So maybe that is why I can love others so deeply. I know I am a good spirit and that is the part that I love and it doesn't matter what I look like. I am not perfect and have my bad days when I may not be the most pleasant person to be around but that is my human self coming through and that is ok. We all have bad days.
When I was growing up we were taught not to be conceited but I think we took it too far and thought that if we thought good about ourselves then we were conceited. I remember kids in school talking about students who thought they were the best and how conceited they were. Well when I think back I realize these students just had a real healthy self-esteem and felt good about who they were. I wish I had learned that back then growing up. But I know it now and I try to teach my children and will do my best to teach my grandchildren too.
It isn't easy to change years of certain ways of thinking but when those ways are not helpful to us we need to shut off the tape recorder and start using a cd player. Past is past and only what you are now is important so feel free to Love Who You Are and then you will more easily Love Others. Have a Blessed Day! Anne

Love Thy Neighbor!

An email came today at the ministers forum I belong to from a fellow minister. In this email was the story of the beating of her 17 yr old son who is gay. This young man was beaten and left for dead. He now has a metal rod down the length of his back and metal vertebrae in his neck. He is afraid to go anywhere alone. How can this happen? How can anyone hate another so much. But people do hate and we see hate crimes all the time. Even some who are self proclaimed Christians, who go to church every Sunday, hate others who are different. If you truly love God then you cannot hate. If you are filled with that love there is no room for hate. I have heard all my life "We are only human". Not true, We are Spirit too. If we can find our spiritual self and live in a spiritual way then we become less human but more humane.
Every soul on this earth is meant to be here and every soul on this earth is unique and beautiful. We all carry the Light inside and even though there are times we might have to look deep inside, it is there. I try not to look at the physical as this is only a shell. I try to look for the spiritual which is who we really are. It isn't always easy.
One thing that really bothers me is there are times that the general public will react to seeing animals mistreated ( and they should) but those same people turn away and don't do a thing when a person who is different is being mistreated.
My grandson who is 3 yrs old has a syndrome of some kind but they haven't found which one he has yet, they have put him on the autism spectrum for now and that is good because he gets help. My daughter is so worried about him getting picked on when he gets to regular school. Isn't it sad that we live in a world where we would even have to worry about such things.
What happened to "Love Thy Neighbor"? Does it say Love Thy Neighbor if he/she is straight or Love Thy Neighbor if he/she has the same beliefs as you do or Love Thy Neighbor if they look like you and act like you? No, the bible says "Love Thy Neighbor". Of every rule that was written in the bible I feel this is the most important rule to live by. There is really no need for the other rules because if you truly love your neighbor then you wouldn't want to hurt them in any way.
Some people are easy to love and then there are others who are almost impossible to love, but we have to try to find it within to love them. It is better for us to feel love than hate and anger. Think about how you feel when you are angry. Think about how your body feels physically and emotionally. It feels awful. Imagine feeling like that for any length of time. Then think about how you feel when you love or are happy. I would prefer to be happy and loving. So our job is to share the love. Show people that love is the best way.

Maybe we should learn a lesson from nature. In the picture you see a butterfly and a honey bee. Both are insects but they do not look alike at all. They are totally different yet they share the nectar of this flower. They do not fight over it. The butterfly doesn't beat up the bee because the bee is different. They just peacefully share. Why can't people do this?????

Acceptance and love of others is a goal that we as spiritual beings should be striving for.

People say "What can one person do?" You can be an example to others. Spread love to all. Give a smile to someone you walk by. I bet that person will smile back. Possibly then that person will smile at someone else and so on and son on. The ripple affect starts with one person. Start the ripple. I love you!!!! Anne

Graduation

My daughter graduated from high school tonight. It was so exciting. As some of the speakers came up to the microphone and gave their speeches, I found myself going back to earlier days when my girl was little. She was born a sweet girl and hasn't changed. She has one of the biggest hearts and a great capacity to love. It is almost unreal to me that she is an adult. The time went by so fast but yet not so fast. Eighteen years. Do the years go faster when we are older? Makes me think that I had better really make the most of each day.
All of my children were at the graduation. It has been hard the past few years to get all five in one place at one time but today they were all there to celebrate this joyous day. Five of my 6 grandchildren were there also. I feel blessed to have my kids and their kids.
Thank you Lord for my family and thank you for helping my daughter get through her tough times and get to this day. Many times I was afraid she wouldn't make it but with the help of God and all the prayers we said she did make it. Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just Thinking!

The past few days were so hot here that I had to stay away from the computer. When I can afford it I will have to get an air conditioner in here. I spent most of the time in my livingroom in the air conditioning.

Everytime I took Zeke outside, I would pull some weeds in my garden on the way back in. I couldn't do too much at one time because of the heat. I was amazed at the amount of weeds growing there. For some reason I didn't notice they had grown so thick choking all my plants.

I could compare those weeds to the thoughts in my mind. Those thoughts multiply and before I know it my mind is full of thoughts. Now of course, some of these thoughts are not so healthy. Many are about things I don't really need to worry about but still they show up. Before I know it these thoughts are choking my present moment. I end up with headaches from all this thinking sometimes. Looks like it is time to start my weeding of thoughts. A little bit at a time I just have to let them go. Give them away. It happens in steps for me. I can't just let it all go at once.
I keep the healthy thoughts, my creative thoughts. They are like my plants and flowers about to bloom.
I keep thinking that I will learn to stop this thinking from happening but the thoughts still come just like the weeds in my garden. But....the more I weed the less weeding I will have to do. Taking them up by the roots may keep them from coming back. Some roots are very deep and I have to keep digging and digging until I can finally pull them out. Many of my thoughts are just as stubborn. The key is to not give up. Keep working at it. The reward will be a beautiful garden in the end. Love and Light Emerald/Anne

A Full View of the Labyrinth

About 4 years ago I went to a workshop and learned how to build a labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a path leading to a center and back out again. Priests and monks of ancient times walked the labyrinth to meditate. The reason I built this labyrinth was for healing. Healing of the mind, spirit, physical body and healing for the earth. The labyrinth consists of 7 rings and a center. Each ring represents a chakra in the body. Ring 1- root chakra, ring 2- sacral chakra, ring 3-solar plexus, ring 4-heart chakra, ring 5-throat chakra, ring 6-third eye chakra and ring 7-crown chakra. Walking the labyrinth balances the chakras of the body and it also balances the left brain and right brain. I have had personal healing from walking this labyrinth and many who walk it tell me they feel peace when walking the labyrinth and actually feel this peace for days after walking it.

My Visit With Mary

My step-daughter Mary passed on September 20, 2006 at the age of 27. It was a very difficult time in my life but it brought me to a new spiritual understanding. I miss her and will always love her very much.

One of the first things that happened to me after my step daughter passed happened about a week after. I was dreaming. In this dream my family and I were sitting on the floor in a dimly lit room. We were talking about Mary. There was someone sitting in my lap but she had her back to me and I didn't notice who she was. I was telling my family that I didn't get a large enough lock of Mary's hair to make a braid. The person sitting in my lap then said that I could have a lock of her hair to add to Mary's. She then said "See it matches." That is when I looked at this person and realized it was Mary. She looked the way she did when she was a young girl. Happy and cheerful without the pain she had before she passed. I was so happy to see her and I grabbed her and hugged her. Then a brilliant light came and started to envelope her. I tried to hold on to her but the light grew stronger. It was taking her away. I was so upset that I woke up with my arms outstretched. The light was still there in my room. So bright I could not open my eyes. I felt a warmth heating up my chest. I was so afraid that I pulled away from the light. I lay there in my bed until the room got dark and the warmth was gone. It was then that I could open my eyes and saw that my room was as it should be.
It wouldn't be until a few months later that I would find out what this was. It is called an ADC ( After Death Communication). What I was experiencing was Mary going to the Light. I feel so blessed that Mary shared this experience with me. I only wish I hadn't been afraid at the time. Maybe I am not meant to see the Light yet.

Concerns for the Kids

My concerns for kids now a days is growing. My 15 yr old tends to share things that are going on with the kids around him with me. I am glad he does. People tell me that things aren't as bad now as it used to be when I was a kid. I have to disagree. There seems to be far more depression with the kids now. I don't know if it is because both parents have to work now and possibly they are so worried about how to make ends meet that the kids just don't get the attention they need. Maybe TV and video games have something to do with it. We had some pretty violent cartoons when I was young but the thing was, they were cartoons. Now the movies are extremely violent and everything looks so real. Is this desensitising our children?

A few of us know about the Indigo children but so many people who actually work with our children have no idea and don't know how to treat these highly sensitive children.

I had to tell a girl's family that she was cutting herself yesterday. My son told me about it and he was very upset. I knew I had to make sure this girl was safe so I called her family. I have been through this myslef with a child and it is so important that they get help and stay safe. Thankfully everything worked out in my situation but if I hadn't noticed there was a problem, who knows what it might have escalated to.
There are no groups for these children to go to where they can be themselves. They get picked on terribly in school. they get confused and scared because they just don't understand why they are so different than other kids. We as Lightworkers need to watch out for these special, sensitive children. If one of these children is put in your path help to nurture them. Sometimes even their families don't understand them. Take the initiative and talk to their families if you feel comfortable doing that. Even if it isn't comfortable, sometimes it is necessary as it was for me last night.
I am putting togather a youth group of sorts with a friend of mine. We are starting small with our family and friends but who knows how big it may grow. We are starting with a Reiki I class for them. At least they will have a place to meet and learn the things they don't learn in school.
Love and Light Anne

My Inner Child

I have been thinking about my inner child lately. Sometimes my inner child comes out and I feel awesome and have fun. I play!! I even told my family that I am going to have fun from now on and I don't care if others think I am nuts. If I want to sing to the music in the grocery store I will and if I want to skip down the sidewalk I will. If I want to make a sand castle I will. I think you get the picture. My inner child has been wanting to come out and today ?i received an email about the inner child and I have no idea where it came from but I feel it was validation that what I have been feeling is right. Play!!!!! Love!!!!! Let that inner child come out and experience the joy. I love you!!!! Anne

Leave it to Spirits

Saturday night I couldn't get to sleep so I went to visit some friends in a chat room in Buzzen.com. While I was there I kept seeing a woman. She wouldn't leave so I thought maybe she was here to speak to someone in the chat room. I gave her description to the room but no one connected with her. I was getting tired and decided to leave the chat room. The woman still wouldn't leave so I asked her to show me where to go. I somehow ended up in a chat room I had only visited a couple of times and that was almost a year ago. I asked if I could share this spirit and they said yes. Well, she ended up being the owner of the chat room's mom's friend who had passed. I was so thank ful that she had led me to where I needed to be. I was able to do the reading and the owner was very happy that we showed up.
Isn't it funny how we end up in the right place at the right time if we just listen to what is being told to us. We are not always told by a physical voice but it could be a feeling, a dream, a knowing. We should always follow our intution. Love and Light Anne