- Weekly Astrological Forecast for October 10 through October 16, 2022Continue reading →

October 10 through October 16, 2022
There's a beautiful balance to this week under the Libra Sun, starting with Monday's energizing Aries Moon. This is a great day to get creative and be proactive in resolving any issues that have been holding you back! Things hum along smoothly under a Taurus Moon Tuesday and Wednesday, where we can turn out attention to restoring order in our physical worlds or attending to health and financial issues. Thursday and Friday are all about socializing under the Gemini Moon, and we'll also be able to do some great research and share new ideas with everyone around us. The weekend will reflect the vibes of the Cancer Moon, allowing us to focus on home, family, and relaxation. All in all, we'll find this to be one of the easiest weeks we've experienced in a while, with no major astrological aspects to distract or challenge us.
- Through Space and Time, We Hold the Power to Our Own GreatnessContinue reading →

Through Space and Time, We Hold the Power to Our Own Greatness, by Peter Smith
(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)
We live in a world of distraction, where our mind is occupied most of the time. In the Western world in particular, we have built a lifestyle that embraces both a shortage of time and a focus on doing…rather than being.
All this prevents us from remembering our magnificence. We are remarkable beyond our wildest dreams, beyond our greatest expectations, and in ways that defy imagination. It is difficult in this human form to touch our magnificence, though it is possible. We simply need to do two things. First, we surrender "time" as we know it to be, and then we surrender our idea of "space."
Surrendering Time
In recent years, the practice of mindfulness has received much attention. Mindfulness techniques offer a way to be present in the moment to alleviate the chatter of the mind, reduce stress, and change the thought patterns that trap us in modern life. So often we hold on to things from the past, or worry about the future, and the wonder of the moment at hand is lost. Mindfulness is a wonderful start, though there is more…When we completely surrender to the now, we touch a level of spirituality that echoes the eternal self. You see, our souls are very patient and at that level of our being, time is not seen the same way. We will incarnate countless times into the physical, in order to learn, grow, and evolve our own eternal consciousness and help others do so as well.
When I originally trained as a Hypnotherapist, I was fascinated by time and I found it to be far less restrictive than what I'd thought. Age regression meant I could take a client back in time to discover the source of their distress held from childhood years. Once healed, they were different in the now. I was fascinated by reincarnation and how we could travel to other times and places to explore, heal, and discover ancient wisdoms using the client as a link to other lifetimes.
However, it was the discovery of the work of Dr. Michael Newton that showed me the power of "now time." In the Spiritual Realm between incarnations, where we undertake the journeys that have come to be known as our "Life Between Lives," we can observe the lineage of our soul in one sweeping glance. We can understand our lifetime of purpose and the patterns we have brought into this incarnation. In this state we have completely surrendered time and can feel the presence of the eternal self that is the real us. In this moment we are beyond time and we are in the magnificence of our soul.
So I offer to you, that to pause and remember that… you are a spiritual being having a human experience, feeling that as a "knowing" at the core of your being will center you in love and compassion and link you into your magnificence.
Surrendering Space
Once we surrender our grip on linear time and see ourselves simply as a necessary construct of the human form in this physical reality, there is another powerful step to take: the surrender of physical space as we know it.For decades, Quantum Physics has been challenging our world view, sharing with us that the way sub-atomic particles behave in the miniscule quantum world is totally different from what we observe in the world at large (pun intended).
In that smaller realm, particles can be in multiple places (non-locality), change their shape and form from intention (observer effect) and communicate instantaneously over large distances (entanglement). The confusing aspect of all this for us is that we are completely made up of these particles ourselves. We have proven through science, mathematics, and often both that the physical reality in which we live is more like a single dimension of a multi-dimensional holographic multiverse, full of other versions of ourselves who took separate paths to create alternate realities. Time to reach for an aspirin…
Again, the "knowing" can save us, as it doesn't come from the human intellect or the need to analyze or understand exactly how everything has to work. If something is held in the realm of the metaphysical, then no amount of physical thinking is going to bring peace. If we simply surrender to the knowing, accept that there is more to what is unfolding around us than we can see, then it becomes easier.
For the past twenty years, I have been researching consciousness in its various forms, from best practice consciousness models of human evolution, to expanded states of awareness, to the latest principles of Quantum Physics. What I offer is simply this: we are so much more than we believe ourselves to be. We are amazing, remarkable, multi-dimensional beings that exist quite naturally outside time and space. Again, the evidence is everywhere.
There are thousands upon thousands of documented examples of Near Death Experiences (NDEs). These people have crossed the veil, only to return to tell us snippets of the afterlife they observed, though something even more profound can be found in these survivors. They have a different view of life; they know exactly where they are going when the role of this incarnation is completed. They know what it is like to surrender space as we know it and feel a different plane of existence. They remain forever changed and touch the hearts and minds of the people with whom they are close. To those they love, they offer an eyewitness account that there is so much more to come.
To all these NDEs we add the Life Between Lives clients, another 40,000 cases at last estimate from The Michael Newton Institute, some 800 of which I've had the honor to facilitate personally. Countless past life regression cases from around the world have to be mentioned here as well and there are just too many of those to count.
Finally, at the Institute for Quantum Consciousness, we have 500 cases on record of clients who have travelled to alternate realities, parallel lives, and experienced their interdimensional consciousness as life forms in other dimensions or on physical planets elsewhere.
From this growing experiential research across this and other approaches, we are all coming to the same conclusions. Our physical being in this reality is simply an anchor point for our greater consciousness. In a universe made from an infrastructure of pure energy at the subatomic level, our consciousness is non-local (i.e. everywhere) and we simply need to take our awareness to that other place through our intention (observer effect).
As for the physical body, that is the doorway to all of this. It is made up of certain elements like carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. These elements that can be found in your big toe can also be found throughout the universe, forming star clusters, galaxies, planets, and stars. You are literally walking star dust, held together by an eternal consciousness, here for a sacred, divine purpose to serve humanity in your own unique way.
So, I'll offer this to you…
You are a doorway to your magnificence. Pause and reflect…
Surrender time…and touch your soul, as it is beyond time.
Surrender space and remember…the multidimensional self that you are and all that offers you. Everything you will ever need is held lovingly within.
Allow this to bring you peace, in a world with too many shadows and not enough light. Then you will discover that the light that changes everything… is in fact you.
Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018. All rights reserved.
- Double Vision: Transplants and Cellular MemoryContinue reading →

I've read that when a person has a transplant, they can sometimes take on cellular memories from the organ. Can the same thing happen with blood transfusions? I had one 16 years ago; could I be picking up stuff from the donors? There must have been two donors because there were two bags. It seems like I'm getting memories from way more past lives than I've lived, but maybe I have lived many times. I can't be in two places at the same time though, right? I've done some past life regressions and there seem to be some overlaps. Your thoughts?
- SenSusyn:
You pose an interesting question. Much as been documented on people's experiences when receiving a transplanted organ. In many cases, it seems the recipient started to take on the mannerisms, memories and quirks of the donor.
An excellent illustration of this phenomenon can be found in the 1994 film of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein starring Robert De Niro. Since he is composed of the body parts of criminals and the mind of a brilliant professor, Frankenstein struggles to make sense of his new incarnation and his uncontrollable urge to commit monstrous acts.
We must assume that the same thing could happen via a blood transfusion. If a person receives blood from someone with a disease like hepatitis or AIDS, they may develop that disease. It could be that when bodily fluids are transferred from one person to another, the recipient can take on the subtle energies and even memories of the person those fluids originated from.
We've all lived many lives before. People sometimes do experience overlap when researching their past lives, by which I mean they have memories from more than one life from the same historic period. As not all of these people have had blood transfusions or received transplanted organs, there must be some other reason for this overlap.
Scientists have suggested that we carry the memories of our ancestors in our DNA. Just as we may inherit cellular memories through an organ transplant, we were born with memories from centuries past as handed down from our parents, grandparents, etc. When gathering information about their past lives, some people mix up their own past life memories with those of their ancestors.
Finding out more about the people who donated the blood for your transfusions would be next to impossible, so there is no way to compare notes with them regarding the things you are experiencing. Sadly, the same would be true for most organ transplants. However, the majority of your past life experiences are most likely rooted in your own experiences and those of your ancestors, which would make all of them personal to you.
We are still learning much both scientifically and metaphysically. With each new advance and discovery, even more questions about the true nature of our bodies, minds and spirits seem to arise. At some point, we will hopefully be able to combine scientific and spiritual discoveries and begin to unravel life's endless mysteries.
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Mata:
I read your question with great interest, for I have heard many fascinating stories about people who took on the memories and mannerisms of organ donors, but I've never heard of this happening with blood transfers. However, it makes perfect sense that if this can occur with an organ, it can occur with blood.
Ultimately, everything is energy: if we can contract a disease from a blood donation, we can pick up subtle energies from the donor such as the cellular memories you describe, so your theory about taking on the past life memories of your donors seems viable to me. However, there are other possible explanations for all the memories you've been experiencing.
Regarding the issue of overlap in past lives, you've revealed a big assumption that needs to be questioned: you are viewing time in a linear manner. If you view all lives as taking place simultaneously with time as a dimension much like space, you can see how you could be living one life in France in the year 1801 and another life in China in the same year. So basically, it may be that you actually can be in two or more places at the same time!
I think it's fascinating to ponder that we may be living other lives in other dimensions right now. I am most fascinated by stories from people who report being contacted by a being who turned out to be themselves either from the future or past in this life or from another life altogether. In those encounters, it usually seems to be the case that the other self figured out how to
travel
to this life in order to relay some important message or information.If you can get past viewing time in a linear manner, it will also help you understand how we could have contact with a loved one who has died even though that person many have already reincarnated. When we remember that we are multi-faceted, multi-dimensional beings, all sorts of incredible things become possible.
If you'd like to engage in some deep reflection on the nature of time (and you're not averse to a good cry), watch the movie The Time Traveler's Wife, in which the protagonist spontaneously travels backward and forward in time. The main difference between what happens in the film and what I'm suggesting here is in the film, when the main character traveled to a different time, he disappeared from where he had been for there was just one of him. In the scenario I'm describing, we may have many selves having many different experiences in many different dimensions.
Astrea:
Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.
Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!
While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!
I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!
As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.
I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.
You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!
Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.
A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.
You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.
