Dragon of Light

Surrounded by my closest fiends and family, I stood in a canyon looking up at the high edge of stone and sand.  The night was black with a hit of looming purples and grays. We  were all frozen in terror by the sounds of the dominating dragon stomping our way. He was all that a dominate, aggressive dragon should be and the entire human civilization lived enslaved by the fear he protruded.  As each step came closer our way our energy shrank and spirit hid.  I could see the side of his face and body as he got closer to the edge. The sky rumbled. All his slaves looked up into the night sky which began to fill with the aurora borealis. In all his majesty and ego The dragon growled with wild anger.  A huge comet shot down from the cosmos straight for the dragon, hit him in the solar plexus and continued on it's way , taking him with it , into the cosmos. In shock and relief all human beings went from frozen terror, to frozen disbelief, to frozen joy. Just then a light was heading toward us from the cosmos.  A  yellow, white, orange dragon made of light gently stepped onto earth. As he walked past us all to his dragon lair he said "You are all now Free."  All human jumped for joy and yelled in celebration. 

I turned to my family and friends, "Lets go meet him" , at which,  we began a long adventure filled with travels, cultures, and the elements. When we finally found the dragon's lair we found DJ's playing, people dancing, musicians creating and an amazing rave in this huge cavern. We passed through the edge of the cavern, up the mazes and finally came upon a beautiful buddhist temple where the dragon lay resting. Absent of words, I snuggled up to him and shared his light with my light. 

As I woke from this dream into reality, I caught myself in that space between awake and dreaming, I recalled this dream and mediated on it deeply. Then a hand appeared to me, offering me a ball of light. I took the ball of light and instinctively began to put it into my husbands heart center. Then I stopped. "Wait is this for me?"  I energetically  felt the answer: "Listen to your instincts."   I continued to place the ball of light into my husbands heart center. To the right and behind me was a cloaked character waiting patently. 

It seems in reptiles come to my in vivid dreams during transformative times in my life. They are Wise, Powerful, symbolize the beginning of a new spiritual insight. 

I felt this vision of a dark, ego driven reality being blasted away by the cosmos and replaced with a compassionate, spiritual light being in power is very powerful imagery to visualize as we move into the next stage of civilization and humanity. As we come upon Oct 28, 2011 and into 2012, visualize our reality void of unconscious ego and filled with light beings of freedom. 

The mermaid within is asking for healing.

I write to you today from the mermaid within that is asking for healing. 

I hope you can join us in a ocean mediation, which guides us into the ocean. We will gift the ocean, and all it's living beings, our love imprint. This is a gift to us, to all of our children so that they may share space with dolphins and fish, and to the water itself, to remind it that we have not forgotten it's importances in this realm of earth. 

“Over the centuries, humankind has constantly robbed from the earth, and left it ever more polluted – the history of which is recorded by water. Now, water is beginning to speak to us. Through water crystals, it is telling us what we need to know.”  Dr. Masaru Emoto,  The Hidden Messages in Water (Page 152)

Who: Those interested in being present with the healing power within the human form and open to sharing that with nature.

What: Ocean Meditation 

When: Ever time you find your self at the beach and/or in water. 

Why: Because the human being is a powerful conductor of healing love.
How: Ground your feet into the sand (imagine you are a stone earthed deep into the sand). Take deep breaths from the depth of your belly. Begin to think positive thoughts that heal all that is around you. Rub your hands together and place within them your intention for the ocean. With your intention and imagination spiral that energy into the ocean so that every water crystal will form into healing love crystals and so that every being that comes across that energy field may be forever wrapped in that healing love energy. 

I had a intense talk with the ocean as Saturday night disappeared and Sundays slowly settled in. (7/2-3/11) The conversation was one of simple truth and despair. It has left me feeling very disillusioned by humanity. And I must clarify this now: Humanity has been misinformed. We have always thought that the oceans, rivers, and streams were filters. They are not the worlds filter. We humans are! and instead of filtering love, healing, gratitude, and light, we as a society have been filtering darkness, junk, gloom, disease, grease, oil, smelly shit, forever lasting disposable plastics…We take in all of life and filter out sludge. We have polluted our life force with greed, gluttony and ignorance. Our oceans can not take it any more.This great pollution scale has tipped and we forgot to do our part. We forgot that the flowing energy through our astral bodies, physical bodies, minds, blood and water ( all which flows through our human being) filters so much more than any other thing in this universe. Our bodies are the mega filters. 

Water is our life force and without it we'd be nonexistent. Water is the main source that makes us US , that makes plants, that makes kitties and birds and dolphins, it's all based on water. I might even dare say that our soul is made of water and without it our soul, yes even our soul, will dehydrate.   

Everything eventually ends up in the ocean. And the ocean is now covered in hopeless despair. Can we change it? Can we do anything? Is it toto late? Maybe. Maybe not... In a moment of anxiety  Dr. Masaru Emoto, author of The Hidden Messages in Water, gives me a bit of hope:

"The human body is comprised mostly of water. And it’s common knowledge that much of the water in the world today – including the tap water many people drink on a daily basis – is polluted, tainted, and toxic. Everything in the universe – from the stars to the shoes on your feet – generates its own unique vibratory frequency. Because vibrations create sound, they can be measured by water, a “master listener” (pg. 43). Using this theoretical structure, Dr. Emoto exposed different kinds of water (e.g., tap, filtered, spring) to different sounds, words, and images, and then photographed the crystals that resulted when each water sample was frozen. The results are quite amazing: Purified or spring water presented with beautiful music and kind words created the most delicate, lovely, and shapely crystals; harsh music, words, and images resulted in deformed, distorted or otherwise imperfect crystals. Distilling this information into practical use, Dr. Emoto’s message indicates that purifying the water within us – from which we are made – is the way to achieve health and happiness. Dr. Emoto’s work strongly suggests that encouraging a life of positive emotions – especially love and gratitude – is what is necessary to not only transform the water within us, but the world outside."

He goes on to prove "that tap and polluted water produced malformed, misshapen crystals regardless of the words, pictures or music directed at it."   This I think we can prove to be wrong. We know our power of love as a group. We know our love imprint has been cast and has been acknowledged by the divine universal law. It is powerful together. 

“If we fill our lives with love and gratitude for all, this consciousness will become a wonderful power that will spread throughout the world. And this is what water crystals are trying to tell us.” - Dr. Masaru Emoto,  The Hidden Messages in Water (Page 146)

Love Light Leilainia

http://mymermaids.com

Allow life to blossom into a love light lotus!

1 Giant Leap

Politics continue to  run communities into mind boggling mazes of illusion, depression and imprisonment. They stop the natural progression of evolution by enslaving us into obedient adolescence. In order to live free we need to act out of love and compassion. That's it! When neighbors are kind and helpful to each other we build community and are free from greed.  Freedom is not an individualistic idea. It is a community of open hearted, intelligent beings working together to fill each others souls. I can't even begin to express myself as well as I'd like, so, I'll let "1 Giant Leap"  do it for me.  They continue to inspire!

LISTEN NOW : 1 GIANT LEAP : What I Need Is Something Different 

In what small ways do you heal the world? Please share. 

These clips are also inspiring:

ZEITGEIST  

Barefoot Economics

Red Bear Girl

Modern fear is a delusion. When was the last time you were really scared? Think about it? Wikipedia describes fear as: Fear from the Greek meaning "morbid fear", a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat.  A perceived threat… But it seems as if these days our perceived threats are all over the place. In the airport, at home, in the office, driving. The media pumps us with terrorist threats, the economy creates stress-inducing fears, and the movies paint pictures of horrid murderous threats. (Thanks to “Pshyco” there is the threat of someone breaking into my bathroom while I'm in the shower. Thanks to “Jaws” there’s the threat of man-eating sharks in the ocean.) Think about it for a moment, when was they last time you where really fearful for your life? Not a delusional fear that was preempted by the media or a modern myth, but a real in your face fear? How many of us have actually been in a hostile situation caused by a terrorist, a shark, or a bathroom murderer?

 I bring this up because on June 11, I found real fear for the first time. It was an awe inspiring, beautiful, respectful fear that has forever changed every atom in my being. Upon hiking on our land in Ruidoso, New Mexico, I met a mother bear. I turned a corner and there she was about 7 feet in front of me. She turned her head to look at me and we locked eyes. My core tightened immediately and my center of gravity grounded. I was highly alert.   Thoughts raced: Pick up a stick. Get big. Don’t run. Stand your ground. She’s so beautiful. Wow. Can I get closer? What does she feel like? Why would she harm me? She doesn’t want to harm me. She is a vegetarian mostly… Is her baby is near?   

I had seen the baby bear earlier. At dusk I stepped out of the cabin and the baby nearly walked straight up to me. My friend pulled at my arm and yelled, “Get in the house! Get in the house!” But I was intrigued and not at all frightened. She we so cute and sweet. My friend tugged at me again. Her fear crept into my arm and we ran into the cabin. I was left feeling rude, as if I had cut my conversation with the baby abruptly short because of a mental dilemma of my own. I decided if I were to ever be in this situation again, I would fully feel the moment without distraction and act authentic to the present moment. I would not have True Reality be diluted by delusion of what could be or what was once.

So there I was 7 feet from the momma bear. Our eyes locked. I quieted my mind and listened. As she gave me a calm look over, her eyes said, “Really? Are you really going to follow me?”  My strong shoulders caved in a bit and my body responded “no, no.” I slowly began to walk backwards back to where I came from. She did not move. When she was out of sight, I did pick up a big branch and slowly, and deliberate with each step, walked back to the cabin.  My family at the cabin stared at me from the porch as I neared. They said my steps where like a Jedi, my face held terror, excitement, joy and awe. My father gave me the name Red Bear Girl. I felt so accomplished within my self. In the face of danger, I actually was able to calm, assess, listen, face the present, and respond in a respectable way. This feeling has stayed strong within ever since.  I will forever be protected by the lessons of the bear and her baby.
 

What was intimidating about the moment wasn’t that I felt I would be eaten, or harmed, but it was the powerful wild nature of wilderness, the unknowing of what could be, the energy exchange of consciously creating a moment fully together with another wild being. The Bear said “Really are we going to explore this moment further?” and I responded. “No thank you. This is quite enough for me.”  And we were both on our way. I truly felt a respect for the wild endless possibilities. 

So, when was the last time you were really scared? tell me about it.

Dreams help guide me to peace

I had this sad hurtful dream last night about my sister.

I was standing up for myself by playing the game of seduction. It  was keeping me safe from harm. At this my sister  sneered at me and said "I would have handled that different." Instead of me asking how different, I got pissed and hurt and separated from her. What followed was a life time of pain and sorrow. I even lost an organ, it just fell out of my body and left me in deep pain. This represented a deep vital part of me was missing.  All this happened because I couldn't see the situation from a different perspective. I was so stuck in 'knowing' that i was hurt 'by you' that i forgot to see that it was just a silly difference in perspective. In this dream, I created drama in my life for no reason. 

What does all this mean outside of the dream world?

 This is what i took from it:

In order to be stress/ drama free and live a full life of peace and happiness i must:

- Conitunlly ask questions 

- Don't assume. 

- Don't hold grudges. 

- Check in and make sure my thoughts are surveying me and guiding me to the positive good or me. 

- I must shift perspectives once in a while just to make your sure ego isn't running the show

-My body truly does reflect my internal self. So keep mind and spirit free of stress, worry and drama and body will healthfully thank me for it. 

This holiday Season I ask of you, the reader, to think of these simple things as you reconnect with family.  Don't loose yourself and another loved one over simple perspective differences. See the world through the eyes of nature and realize we all change like the wind. Allow that change to blow through, and hope the refreshing rain, beautiful rainbows, crisp clean snow and delightful sun will follow. 

"I don't want to be in a trance…I want things to change like the shadows and patterns that fall from the sun"- Van Vliet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart

OMG a Vegan’s coming to Dinner!

When my husband at the time came home after a 3-week work vacation, he told me he was going back to eating vegan. (He had been vegan 2 years in collage.)  Instantly I was frozen with the thought “how am I going to cook for us? What are we going to eat?”  For the next few days everything he cooked was amazing but I was still starving! Not because we were not eating enough, but because the word “vegan” created a huge block in my mind.

Let me clear one thing up off the bat:  Just because he was eating vegan didn’t mean he wanted me to eat vegan as well. However, in our home I respect his philosophy. I love cooking and eating together, it’s the greatest moments of our days. So in our home I cook vegan.

So he tells me he is eating vegan and I am freaking out and constantly hungry.

“Well, what are you hungry for?” Gabriel asked.

“Pasta!” I said with excitement.

“We can eat pasta. What else?’ he replied.

“A sandwich.”

“ We can eat a sandwich. What else?”

I thought about this for a minute. Then he replied, “We can eat anything we want. I am choosing not to eat anything that comes from an animal. Most pastas and breads don’t have eggs, milk or butter…”

At that, I got a clear picture of what vegan meant: No Animal Products. That makes sense to me. We had already been eating mostly vegetarian and I am lactose intolerant so I hadn’t been eating dairy. Pretty much I had been eating vegan for a while without even knowing it. Now that it is a conscious decision, we are making the BEST FOOD: vegan chocolate mouse, amazing pastas and sandwiches, chili rellenos, stuffed cabbage, vegan sushi, vegan wraps. All these tasty treats have been shared with friends at potlucks and gatherings (sometimes we don’t even tell them it’s vegan until the end of the night.) They are always amazed with how tasty everything is, in fact most of the time they like it better than the non-vegan dishes.  Plus I have lost 8 pounds not even tying and pigging out on chocolate, mouse, avocados, coconut products, pizza and so much more!

So if you have a vegan coming to dinner don’t freak out. Here are a few tips to guide you to creating healthy and tasty vegan dishes.

If you use: NON-VEGAN	Use this instead: VEGAN
Mayonnaise	Vegenaise or other eggless mayonnaise
Cheese	Daiya   www.daiyafoods.com Daiya is tapioca based: it melts and is super yummy
Chicken/ Beef Broth	Buy Veggie Broth or Make your own Veggie Broth: Simmer veggies in water. Add salt pepper and olive oil. Stain the vegetables out and wha la you have veggie broth. (You can also add a dash of soy sauce or Braggs)
Butter	Non Dairy Spread: I like “Earth Balance Natural Spread”  www.earthbalancenatural.com
Milk	Soy, Almond, Oat, or my favorite Coconut Milk
Hot Dogs	Vegan / Meatless Hot Dogs
Chili or Beans in a can	Vegetarian Chili or Vegetarian Beans in a can
Chocolate	Dark Chocolate
Scrambled Eggs	This one you’ll need to practice a few times to get it right: Tofu, turmeric for color, onions, salt and pepper, mushrooms, tomato, cumin, garlic, jalapeno, oil.
Baked goods that request eggs	egg replacer or chia seeds or apple sauce chia seeds: 3 Tablespoons warm water + 1 teaspoon ground chia seed meal = to 1 egg.
Anything else	Start looking at the labels on the packages. If it has eggs or milk it is not vegan. * Some popular vegetarian items like Morning Star sausages, garden burgers, or some veggie hot dogs may contain cheese and/or eggs.

Are you tying to lose weight?
Cut out soda and dairy for 2 months and see what happens.

Please send me your feedback: Was this helpful? What is it missing?

Here is some useful info from various sources:

What about the protein? (from  - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm#r1) Protein is certainly an essential nutrient which plays many key roles in the way our bodies function, we do not need huge quantities of it. In reality, we need small amounts of protein. Only one calorie out of every ten we take in needs to come from protein.

The RDA recommends that we take in about 0.36 grams of protein per pound that we weigh.  This recommendation includes a generous safety factor for most people. When we make a few adjustments to account for some plant proteins being digested somewhat differently from animal proteins and for the amino acid mix in some plant proteins, we arrive at a level of 0.45 grams of protein per pound that we weigh. If we look at what vegans are eating, we find that between 10-12% of calories come from protein. This contrasts with the protein intake of non-vegetarians, which is close to 14-18% of calories.

Remember, though, with protein, more (than the RDA) is not necessarily better. There do not appear to be health advantages to consuming a high protein diet. Diets that are high in protein may even increase the risk of osteoporosis and kidney disease. 

Quinoa is a great source of protein: (from http://www.quinoa.net/) Quinoa can be substituted for almost any grain in almost any recipe. It looks and tastes great on its own, or in any dish from soup to salad. Quinoa contains more protein than any other grain; an average of 16.2  percent, compared with 7.5 percent for rice, 9.9 percent for millet, and 14 percent for wheat. Some varieties of quinoa are more than 20 percent protein. 

Quinoa's protein is of an unusually high quality. It is a complete protein, with an essential amino acid balance close to the ideal ... similar to milk! 

Quinoa's protein is  high in lysine, methionine and cystine. This makes it an excellent food to  combine with, and boost the protein value of, other grains (which are low in lysine), or soy (which is low in methionine and cystine). 

SCHMUCKS and a smokin' hot tattooed sword swallower

Wednesday, December 8, 2010:
An amazingly hot tattooed sword swallower in a black bustier,  black circus capris and shinny black heals that show toe cleavage stands to the left of me talking to a large man  in a pinstriped suit with an extreme threshold for pain. Both wear a red flower on their lapel. Her's rest sweetly on her colorful tattooed left breast.  She is gathering her swords and placing them in a old violin case. I can only make out a few segments of their conversation. He congratulated her on the show she just completed… She tells him about her life: She is from Reno, moved to LA for a boy, the situation has gone sore so she will shortly be returning home to Reno to make enough money to truly join the circus life of LA.   A photographer from the Associated Press sits in the corner working on his Mac laptop, editing photos form the event. Two entertainment organizers sit at the table chatting, eating salad and sipping wine.

We are in the ballroom of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Adelaide is stretching in full make up and beautiful blue belly dance costume. I am stretching and writing and  observing. " What are you thinking Adelaide?" I ask.
She responds with a sweet smile: "I was thinning about how you told me you have fun with me."  About 1 hour ago we had the ballroom to ourselves. We stretched, rolled around on the floor, created silly choreographies and entertained each other. It's true. Every event is way more fun when we are together! Silly sister energy alive!

We drove from San Diego, left at 3pm. Arrived at 6:30. Hair, makeup and wardrobe until 8pm. Silliness until 8:45. Show time is 9pm. Oh wait 9pm is now…

In the lobby (turned secluded dinning area) the cast and media for "DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS" eat dinner, interview and shmooze. We are here to entertain during dessert for the  DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS DVD & Blu-ray Dinner for Journalists.  Apparently dinner has run late. One of the entertainment organizers leaves the room to get a ETA for our 30 minute dessert performance.   "It's an easy night for you girls," he says as he reenters the room. "You have 3 minutes."

"3 minutes until we go on?" I inquire.

 " No three minutes to perform. The dinner has run late," he explains.  " You'll get paid the same," he smiles.

My sits and I look at each other. We have to cut 30 minutes to 3 minutes! Fast, slow, sword, wings, veils, ….ahhh.  We talk him into 4:54 minutes ( a full song). Dessert is being served as we speak.

We decide to go with fiery veils to enter and transition to sultry swords. Our music starts and we are out the door into the dinning area. Beautiful, sensual, fun. Claps from all around.

10 minutes later we are undressing, jumping in the car, driving to Mel's dinner, then back to SD.  Adelaide and I chat all the way home about show ideas, philosophy, men, relationships, quantum physics and so much more.  I love my sister time! Wow what a fun Wed.

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