Spiritual remedies for the Holiday blues.

Feeling a little out of sync these days? Are you succumbing to the pressure of the season that is supposed to be merry and peaceful? Shopping at a mall or trying to meet all the external and internal demands of this time of year quickly tends to wrap us up in some sort of collective hypnosis. Festive Lights and omnipresent Musak, jingling bells and cash registers, Holiday parties, family gatherings and over-indulgence of foods and spirits – it all adds up to a merry-go-round that can leave us exhausted by the time the new year arrives.
Here are some proven preventions and remedies that help you stay grounded and in balance during intense times.
- Check in with your body. What does your physical self require? More rest, less sugar, more time in nature, fewer activities, more exercise and yoga? Listen, and add some loving care of your body-mind.
- Check in with your emotions. Feeling a little anxious or even depressed? Have changes in your family structure, like the loss of a loved one, impacted you? Are the uncertain economic and political perspectives affecting your personally? FEEL the feelings, allow for down time, bless the challenging family members, use humor to lighten the load!
- Check in with your spirit. Bless the people that push your buttons, forgive where you can, help others, so you transcend the ego mind and feel the reward of unconditional love. Meditate just fifteen minutes per day and allow the mind to calm down. Celebrate the return of the light in meaningful ways. Connect with the true essence of the Masters and know: YOU ARE THE LIGHT!
Happy time of rebirth to you all, and happy Holidays!

A lucid dream this morning still has me in its grip. Since my NDE, lucid dreams have become almost 'normal'. They usually happen in the early morning hours. I often seem to navigate difficult or even dangerous territory, but always with a sense of exploration and vivid awareness of my abilities to fly and pass through solid matter. 

In this lucid dream I encountered a giant wall of codes or pictograms, without perceived dimensional boundaries. I did not recognize the symbols at all, but they seemed to represent some form of language. Since I felt the codes to be some form of communication, I asked, without words, the invisible presence that was somehow behind the codes "who are you?" There was a response by some part of the code lighting up in color, as if my thoughts had touched a circuit and activated something. The codes became enlarged, as if to help me in interpreting them. I mentally communicated that I did not understand this language, if indeed it was a language. The codes changed again, morphing into more recognizable and familiar images. Now they looked more like icons or simple graphics. The unknown presense was trying to make me feel at ease by looking less alien, so it seemed. I still did not understand the message or the purpose for the display. With delight, I asked "are you humanoid?" There was no reply, only a very warm welcoming feeling. Then the channel shut down abruptly, and no further contact was made. I woke up feeling very disoriented, wanting to go back and ask so many more questions.

I feel quite certain that some form of contact and communication was made. The presence understood my questions and responded briefly, in mysterious ways. Maybe I was able to tune into a signal of a life form somewhere else. Whatever it was, we are not alone, of that I am certain!