Spirit Voice, is the bimonthly newsletter through which 1 Spirit members share their stories, insights, and projects. This month we are pleased to welcome back former member, Deborah Sky King, of Zenith-Vibrational Healing. Please visit her site and see what she has to offer you.

The Angels at 7th Heaven Angel Shop wish to remind you to do your holiday shopping with them. New items are always being added. They now have some Angelic Gifts for less than $10.

For years now the energies of the Earth have been accelerating and deliberating us into Transformation. Recently did I get to experience first hand the impact of these changes which is gently, yet impactfully awakening Souls everywhere. I have a close friend who is deeply into her Spiritual Journey of Healing, recently she took her Master Reiki, and it has changed her energetic field considerably. Through her dedication to move forward within herself, her changes have affect all others who are connected to her. Someone asked me the other day if one's personal work affect the whole world? Yes!!!! Each of us accelerates the opening up of possiblities of the human potential with each step or leap we take within ourselves.

As this year comes to a close, reflect upon how your life, friends, and how your world have changed vibrations. This year has been accelerating our journey to a clearer future of our Soul's Coming Home. Please remember to Bless Mother Earth for her support and love this holiday season as you give thanks for All That Is.

As we go along our spiritual path we start opening to our awareness and re-establish our connection to the Divine within us. Many times, when we are going through difficulties and challenges touching different areas in our life, it is due to the fact that, inadvertently, we have disconnected from our own Divinity.

We refer to the TRINITY that we are at all times, mind, body and spirit. If we compare our trinity to a pyramid, the left side would represent the mind, the right side the body and the bottom would represent the UNIVERSE, THE SPIRIT WITHIN US. Spirit is the Creator Force, the spark of the DIVINE THAT WE ARE. What we do, unknowingly to us, is that we disconnect from the Creator Force as we prefer to use only the mind and body forgetting our connection to the Creator Force, the foundation of our pyramid.

Think about how many times in desperation, sadness, feelings of being lost, we finally call upon our Divinity giving up trying to resolve the situation or challenge by our human efforts, and like magic the Forces of the Universe appear, and in no time the problem is resolved and all becomes all right as it should be. Why is this? Just because we let go and made the connection back to Spirit using the three sides of our pyramid.

This pyramid of light is our "TRINITY' - mind, body and spirit. When we work as a trinity, this pyramid of light starts functioning again as "ONE" representing our trinity in planet earth. This is the best solution to solve any dilemma in our life....it takes an instant of our time to join the three elements of our pyramid of light - mind, body and spirit. Please keep fresh in our physical mind the "TRINITY" THAT WE ARE.

The Universe (THE I AM THAT I AM) listens to our every thought, our every desire, and pays attention to our actions, and what effort we invest to achieve our goals to ascend in consciousness. The Universe is aware when we are truly sincere about serving the light, or if we are not serious enough to make the effort to better ourselves.

As time goes by we feel that our own purification becomes easier and easier as we go along finding the gold , the fire in our heart. The gold in our heart becomes the DIVINE LOVE that nourishes our soul. We become more aware of nourishing our soul on a daily basis instead of concentrating our energies in nourishing only our physical body.

I began working co-creatively with nature a few years ago after reading Michaelle Small Wright's "Behaving As If The God In All Life Mattered". I was fascinated by her story of direct contact with nature spirits at Perelandra, the development of her flower essences, and of working and living consciously in two dimensions. It was after reading "Dancing in the Shadows of the Moon" that I signed up for my own adventure.

Life has never been more fun. A whole new world opened up for me. Passion flowers sprang up in my yard where before there had been none. I was shown how to infuse their essence and instructed to spray it around the property. I learned that passion flower essence holds a Christ consciousness energy, one of evolution and love, and I welcomed this into my space.

Healers and teachers arrived and have broadened my perspective and helped me move more quickly through my own obstacles. A guest showed me how to create and plant a crystal mandala that would amplify an energy of healing and love that I believe is constantly at work for those who visit and of course for those who live here.

My life partner was guided to the property and we began our journey together exploring life, love, spirituality and healing, compassion, abundance and all that life has to offer.

The founder of a nonprofit organization supporting children and families came and shortly thereafter an accelerated healing of childhood issues began for myself and my partner.

Are you aware that what you think determines how you live? The quality of your thoughts determines how you feel about yourself and others. What you think will determine what you eat, what you do for a living and how satisfied you are with life. Thoughts are energy. The energy and quality of your thoughts determines how goes the rest of your life. With this in mind, I want to ask you one of the most important questions you need to answer: Who do you want to control your thoughts? I would imagine that you said, "I do!"

Thought control by others happens every day. You will be your own example if you honestly look at the latest things that you bought. How much are your purchases determined by advertising? Advertising is one of the most insidious forms of thought control. You have to exert an act of will to counteract advertising. You have to say: "No, I don't believe that buying that car will make me sexier." "No, I don't believe that I have to have that particular piece of electronic equipment to be happy."

Movies, television and radio are forms of thought control if you allow it. Do you "veg out" when watching or listening to these forms of communication? For most people the answer is, "Yes." When you "veg out" you have an open mind to the subliminal messages contained in the song, movie or television show. They are a form of hypnosis. If you want to have your own thoughts and beliefs you have to think for yourself. You have to ask yourself, "Is this true for me? Do I believe this?" Only by actively engaging your mind can you be free of thought control by advertisers and any person or institution in control of what you see and hear.

If you say "No" to various forms of advertising you will find that you will be happier and content with what you have. Advertising is making a big push for the holiday season. Enjoy your holiday season by determining for yourself what you want to give to others. What do your loved ones need most, a thing or some of your time. How about a "gift certificate" entitling the bearer to a joint activity where you can enjoy each other and exchange time and love energy. That will be remembered long after the DVD player has broken.

Have a happy and blessed holiday season.

Would it surprise you to learn that some people are here on this Earth to learn how to have fun? It's true, this point comes up often in the Life Purpose Readings I do.

I think we can all use a good laugh. That's why I created a new web site which features a wealth of hilarious metaphysical, philosophical and religious jokes. Get your soul tickled at now at TickleMySoul.com.

Just the plane ride to the Amazon was worth the trip. Skimming over the snow topped Andes yet still close enough to Earth to see herds of sheep graze through ancient Inca terraces. From up here the Quechua farm houses of the high Andes seem abundant in a beautiful sea of green grassy pastures. The poverty we see on the ground is not evident from this elevated perspective. Maybe this is how the Quechua see themselves, and it is our materialistic perspectives that sees the poverty.

The 12 seater single prop plane climbed strenuously to overcome the high Andean peaks. The 40 minute flight will put the massive Andean mountain range behind us and drop us smack dab in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. I wondered what was in store for us. I reminded myself that acknowledging that do not know is the best place to be to learn.

As the clouds peel away below, the Andes are replaced with a unending jungle. The forest is sliced in half by a serpentine silver ribbon, shinning brightly over the dark green canopy. Not a road or building was in site for as far as the eye could see. The only visible path is the Amazon river. As we glided over endless green, I could feel the presence of spirit that was strangely familiar. It felt like someone was waiting with a message for us.

And the more souls who resonate together,
the greater the intensity of their love,
and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other.

~~ Dante Alighieri

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Over the 28 years I've been in the counseling profession, I noticed that many people do not improve when just engaged in talk therapy. The work of exploring one's childhood and finding the traumas that are still affecting the psyche does not always yield a positive result. On the contrary, some people begin to see themselves as victims while others have their original trauma brought back for additional rehash and negative energy reinforcement.

Energy management means that you are responsible for your inner world and well-being. By dealing with feelings as energy, you can dissipate anger, sadness, fear, etc., allowing them to become usable energy. Caroline Myss refers to this as calling your spirit back (asking that your energy comes back to you after you feel angry, sad, etc with another person). I think that you are responsible for learning how to operate your psyche and you can recycle any feeling to create a smoother and happier energy.

A simple method to change feelings into energy is: identify the emotion, breath into it and spread the feeling through hands and feet. If this doesn't change it to energy, then visualize the emotion as something being extracted from your body (exhale darkness and inhale light), while appropriate colors of light fill every chakra (red, first chakra at base of spine, orange for second-about four fingers below navel, yellow for third at diaphragm, green for heart, blue for throat, indigo for third eye and purple for the crown).

All relationships, when created through a sense of integrity, are fundamentally enhancing. Relationships are meant to expand and evolve. If our relationships restrict us and cause us to repress our true selves, we need to ask ourselves very quickly what are we still doing in the those relationships? What lessons are we learning from staying in these situations.

If relationships are created from a point of dishonesty -- and it could even be we are dishonest with ourselves, or with the other people about our truth -- then these types of relationships will act as exclusive, disharmonic interactions. If we are able to let go of fear in our relationships, we become compassionately supportive and allowing of the other person so they, in turn, can be true to themselves. It is up to us to set the example first. The negative side of support is manipulation and interdependency and this makes everyone feel icky.

Some of us may have a fear that being a strong individual will cause problems or separation and may eventually push us away from one another. However, this is not true in a healthy relationship. The point is not to lean on anyone, the idea is to support them. In supporting them, we become supported. More importantly, we all need to practice unconditional love, acceptance, and support for ourselves. This is what allows us to trust and know, no matter what changes are made. Know, by divine law, we are never cut off from anything that is truly intended for us.

As the sun rose, two representatives of opposing ant colonies made their way to the top of a huge boulder, so that all might clearly see the ensuing battle that was to take place.

The red ant carried a large stick as his weapon of choice and his colony cheered him on. The black ant, to everyone's dismay, carried a white feather as his chosen instrument.

The red ants laughed at the black ant and his feather and even the black ants seemed rather embarrassed and doubtful. The red ant asked the black ant if he was sure that he did not want to choose some other weapon and the black ant said with much faith that his choice would remain.

A large beetle announced that the battle begin. After several near strikes by the red ant, the black ant seemed doomed. Both colonies cheered and jeered.

With the dawning day, a slight breeze began to stir and with that, the black ant mounted his feather and was born aloft. The red ant tried to strike him down, but with each attempt, the feather with the black ant on board, meerly swooshed the opposite way of the strike and the breeze it created.

At last, the red ant grew weary and dropped the stick, then the feather and black ant floated toward the ground beside the boulder. All of the ants scurried to the ground and surrounded the victor and declared him brave and strong. The black ant motioned to them to quiet, so that he might speak. "It was not physical strength that won the battle. It was faith and allowing. I did not fight back, but rather allowed him to do whatever he chose and my faith "carried me" through.

Power struggles accomplish nothing and serve no one. Now let us all learn to allow for the other and their choices and live in peace." May the upcoming seasons of being thankful and of giving be remembered and carried by all throughout the year.

The Rose has traditionally been associated with Venus, goddess of love and beauty. To the Christian mystics, it was the flower of the Virgin Mary.

There are thousands of different roses. Rose damascena , also known as the Bulgarian or Turkish rose is normally used to produce Rose essential oil. It is almost clear in color and will solidify if placed in a cool place.

The Rosa Centifolia or cabbage rose is another variety which is normally produced in Morocco and Tunisia. Its oil has a reddish orange color.

The rose petals are hand-picked before the dew evaporates. They are then “distilled” to produce the rose essential oil or rose absolute done by “solvent extraction”.

Of all the essential oils, Rose oil has the highest vibration. It radiates out love, whether physical or unconditional. If you experience grief, rose oil will help open the heart chakra again, helping one to recover faster. Rose also strengthens the heart energy and helps radiate unconditional love. It is a gentle aphrodisiac, facilitates creativity, and spiritualizes sexual encounters.

Both rose oils are very costly -- each drop is equivalent to 25 beautiful roses -- but they are regularly adulterated by profit-hungry companies, so be wary and buy only from a reliable aromatherapy source.

If you're anything like me, when I thought of becoming more spiritual, I chose to effort: to be more loving, see God in others, etc. So it has been a revelation for me, of late, to find myself in a much simpler process: I surrender to who I am.

For decades (eons!) now we've been saying the divine is within; it is our essence, our truth. But I have thought of this inner divine, before, as something different from, higher than, somehow apart from myself. "Higher self" and "inner self" seem innocuous phrases, yet I believe they have encouraged us to feel separate from our divinity.

Here are some statements I've been saying and deeply feeling, if you choose to try them.

I surrender to being . . .
fully divine, holy.
unconditional love, for all.
one and equal with all, to feeling this.
infinite givingness and generosity
light which fills the universe.
conscious everywhere.
divinely able to do, be, have, anything needed or desired, easily, quickly and harmoniously. (Here I often envision specific goals as already accomplished.)
completely and eternally happy, fulfilled and in peace.
the divine abundance I Am, including complete monetary abundance of good.
the divine, eternal beauty of my real form, on this plane.
divinely free, all the time.
the partner I am, in divine partnership.

Feeling these qualities, quietly and deeply, is most helpful. Delete or add any statement which is right for you. Every blessing upon your path!

It's THAT month. December brings the darkness into which we dash as one hungry tribe, bearing all the light we can find.

May the light of love banish all disease, bitterness and despair.

May the light friends throw around your shoulders lift loneliness and the fear of loneliness.

May the light of the hearth cast its warm glow on our faces, and let us see that no matter who we are or what path brought us to the door, we are all welcome.

May the light of your life be present for you, if not in your living room than on the phone, and if that is not possible, than singing in your heart.

May the light still radiating from your childhood stream into your moments of doubt.

May the light of your happiness rock terrible memories to sleep.

May the light you offer others shine brightly on your path.

May the light of cooperation direct all your negotiations.

May the light of hope always be visible.

May the light of joy buoy up your burdens.

May the light of clarity brighten our thoughts.

May the light of laughter shatter sadness.

May the light of your good deeds inspire others.

May the light of your accomplishments anchor permanent self-confidence.

May the light of the Divine bless you and show you the way forward.