This is a recent conversation with another friend and client; used with permission.

Hello again Diana,

I hope you remember me from a couple of weeks ago. I just want to let you know that the healing energy session that you did for me worked very well. I don’t feel depressed like I did before you did it, but I do still have concerns and worries. I am glad just to be feeling happier though!

There is another reason for my e-mail, I was wondering if I could get your input on something. It’s something that has bothered me for a while and I’m trying to figure out if there is any meaning to it. It’s about a dream that I have, actually 2 dreams that I have over and over and it really scares me. I have a dream that a wall of water is coming towards me and my family, a huge tidal wave, and in my dream I am just standing there looking at this water coming at me. I had this dream last week and this time it scared me more than it ever has before. This time in my dream I looked out my window and saw this tidal wave, about 1,000 feet tall coming towards my house and I was frantically trying to find my kids’ arm floats that they use for swimming and I told my husband that at least the kids might have a chance if we could get their arm floats on. I couldn’t find them so I called all 3 of my kids to me and told them that if I never saw them again, I wanted them to know that I loved them very much and I was crying. My daughter looked at me and said okay and she was crying. I woke up after that and was sweating and scared to death and I couldn’t go back to sleep after that.

The second dream I have is about a meteor hitting the earth or something like that. All I see in the dream is a fireball shooting through that sky.

Both of these dreams that I have scare me to no end, and I am worried that I have these dreams because it’s really going to happen. I have also seen many things on TV about the year 2012 and the world ending in December of 2012.

Can I get your input about this, if you can give me any input. Is there a reason I have these dreams? Do you have any clue as to what may happen in 2012? I’ve heard too that there is just going to be more of a “Spiritual Awakening” in 2012, not the end of the world. There is nothing else that scares me more than thinking about something happening in 2012 and my kids going through some kind of catastrophe, and me having to see the looks on their faces and there won’t be anything I can do. That goes through my head and I hate it.

I just watched the movie “2012″ and now I can’t sleep and it made me think about the dreams I have. Is there anything that you can tell me, about the dreams or the year 2012? Do I have these dreams because it is my fear?

I’m sorry to be asking you this stuff, but I thought you might be able to help me since you helped me before. This has bothered me for a long time, I’ve had these dreams for a long time now and I never knew who to ask about them. Thank you so much, talking to you before brought me comfort!

Sincerely,
Leslie Canby

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Hello Leslie,

Remember the breathing exercises, Leslie!  The more you study about energy work, the better.  You must find your own truth(s).  My truth is that I don’t know what is coming, but I am comfortable knowing that I am energy and that is never going to go away.  I will move on to be where I am supposed to be.  My children are not small any more (I still panic when the thought of losing them comes to mind), so I don’t have the anxieties you are still going through.  I was just like you, though, fearful that I would not be able to keep them from whatever disaster could befall them.

The wall of water and the meteor collision are out of the movies.  You know that.  You need to fill yourself with beauty and love and keep your mind focused on the present.  If any catastrophe were to come, you would do exactly the right thing because you are a caring and loving mother.  You will know what you should do.

There are so many books to read about what comes after this existence.  There are so many people who have been there and come back.  On my website, I recommend Dannion Brinkley and Ian Stevenson, M.D. (reference on Stevenson) for this information.  Very easy to read both of these men.

I also recommend you read Judith Orloff, M.D. for a sensible and comforting look at life and energy.

I think you are just suffering from young mothers’ anxiety.  You don’t feel safe and you translate that to your children not being safe.  They are; you keep them that way every hour of the day.  I can still recall that tight feeling when horrid thoughts and suppositions would come to mind when my children were babies.  Breathe!

How is anyone to know what is coming, it’s always changing.  I imagine looking down on the earth, or the universe, and seeing it morphing into an infinite number of futures because we each have the free will to make choices.  Only the creator can tell the ends of each of those, not us.  We can look at our present and come up with a few scenarios and worry over them, or we can get to work changing out outlook and our vibration and feel the love.

I read recently that the indigenous people of South America think those who believe the world is ending because of the Mayan calendar are absolutely nutso.  Do your reading and make sure to read both sides of the story.  Then meditate on the information and see how you feel about it.    Here is a site I just stumbled on and will read later…you might like to check it out.

Love,
Diana

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Diana,

Thanks again for your comforting words! I have always been the type of person that wants to know things now, this second, I’ve always had a rough time making decisions because I’m afraid to make the wrong ones, and I have had a fear of dying since I was 7 years old. I had my tonsils when I was 7 and my stitches came out and I hemorrhaged and lost a lot of blood. I remember hearing the doctor tell my parents that if they didn’t give me blood I would die from blood loss. After that my parents had a very tough time with me because I was so scared of dying. I didn’t sleep at night, I didn’t want to be in a dark room and I didn’t want to be by myself at any time. I would cry a lot and ask my mom questions about life and why we’re here. The one question I remember asking her was, “Mom, after you die and are buried, how are people 20 years later supposed to know that you ever existed?” I remember she didn’t know what to say. My grandmother started coming over to my house before bedtime and reading a children’s Bible with me and that helped some. I was raised in a family that believed that God loved you wether you went to church or not so I guess we weren’t the most religous family. Anyway, I still find myself asking the same questions that I used to wonder about when I was a kid. It bugs me that I don’t have the answers. When I have a question, I’m not happy unless I get the answer right then.

The dreams I have scare me because I have them often. I have another dream too, one about aliens, and these 3 dreams I have at least once a month. I guess it scares me because I have them so frequently, so I wondering if they were, well, premonitions I guess.

Well, I’ve rambled on enough and the kids are asking for a snack so I guess I better get off of here.  Thanks again for everything and I’ll look into the information that you gave me.

Sincerely,

Leslie Canby

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Leslie,

I think you are asking questions and then the dreams are coming, not the other way around.  I met a little girl once who was the most dear little thing.  She was shy and quiet and her dad had to sit with her every night because she didn’t want to fall asleep.  She thought she wasn’t going to wake up.  It seems there is no comfort for that.  She loved and trusted her father, but she just couldn’t get past the fear.  I lost track of them and now wish that I could know how it has gone for her.

Please do read Dannion Brinkley.  He has died more than once and has worked with Hospice for many years.  He helps people come to grips with dieing and you may find some answers and solace in what he has to say.  I got his books from the library.

It’s thanks to people like you that we have so many answers in our world today.  While the exact questions you are asking may not get answered, other questions will be and you need to know that questioning minds are necessary for our race to carry on.  Close your eyes, what do you feel?  Is it everything or is it nothing, or does it fluctuate between the two?  I think that is the definition of infinity – immeasurably both.

Lots of love,
Diana

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Diana,

I haven’t had much time to do much of anything the last few days, but I did find a website that was created to debunk the rumors of 2012. It made me feel better. the website is www.2012hoax.org/ if you are interested. So i feel better about the whole 2012 thing.

Leslie

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Thanks for the link, Leslie!  I got right into it and was swept away looking at the links tab.  Great stuff.

d

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One item is something Wolf calls, “The other now.”  I fell in love with that term instantly.  Can you guess what it is?  Where is it we can be present, but not here?  We can use all our senses and even determine what we, as well as others, are doing in this other now.  But, most often, we follow along and then wonder what it was all about later.  Dreaming!  Yep.

Prospero:

“We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.”

The Tempest, Act IV, scene I, William Shakespeare

Dreams, visions, prophecies, does anyone have a corner on that market?  Don’t think so.  I think most people are blessed with the ability to dream.  Not everyone does though.  I just found this great website called The Quantitative Study of Dreams, with some pretty in-depth FAQ’s about dreaming.   They are pretty darn sensible with their answers, even bludgeoning my whimsical ideals of dreaming into submission at some points.  However, I rise undaunted and stick to my guns on my beliefs regarding the positive information we can glean from our dream time.  Who knows from whence our dreams come?  Who knows for sure they are or are not passing on information from a higher source?  It may be that we are talking to ourselves; revealing our innermost thoughts, desires, fears; and encouraging ourselves onward through our lives.   I often wonder if we can control this “now” as much as we can the “other now” of dreams; pay a bit of heed to what we are dreaming and then lead ourselves toward success.

“A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read.”  ~The Talmud

What fun it is to share our latest, wackiest dreams with the first person who will listen.  Perfectly natural.  Dream interpretation drifted in along with human awareness and has gone on since man began to speak, I am quite sure.  What better stories to share around the clan fire?  The clan mage, now known as my friend the psychic healer, would have the final say in interpretation, but we could all hedge our bets as to whether the dream would come true or not.  We may even have based our very survival on the interpretations, believing in the mage’s healing powers and accepting, come what may.

The other now. Isn’t it just the most wonderful term?  I love to sleep and to dream.

Demetrius:

“Are you sure
That we are awake? It seems to me
That yet we sleep, we dream.”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act IV, scene I, William Shakespeare

Hamlet:

“To die, to sleep—
To sleep—perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub!
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.”

Hamlet, Act III, Scene I, William Shakespeare

My, my, wasn’t he taken with sleeping and dreaming?  Here’s another.  John Keats.

WHAT is more gentle than a wind in summer?
What is more soothing than the pretty hummer
That stays one moment in an open flower,
And buzzes cheerily from bower to bower?
What is more tranquil than a musk-rose blowing
In a green island, far from all men’s knowing?
More healthful than the leafiness of dales?
More secret than a nest of nightingales?
More serene than Cordelia’s countenance?
More full of visions than a high romance?
What, but thee Sleep? Soft closer of our eyes!
Low murmurer of tender lullabies!
Light hoverer around our happy pillows!
Wreather of poppy buds, and weeping willows!
Silent entangler of a beauty’s tresses!
Most happy listener! when the morning blesses
Thee for enlivening all the cheerful eyes
That glance so brightly at the new sun-rise.

Sleep and Poetry, John Keats

Absolutely incredible and astounding metaphors; the number of ways he thought of describing the beauty of sleeping!  Maybe it’s my age that has allowed me to know how enticing this nightly ritual really is.  The lack of sufficient rest, the deprivation of dreaming, filtering, creating in our other state of consciousness can be most discombobulating.  I do crave that “Silent entangler”, “The other now”.  Thank you, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Wolf and Michelle Paver, for your thought inducing bibelots.  Now for “the other now”.  Off to slumber land.

You probably haven’t noticed the categories I’ve placed this article under, but they include Currently Minded, Life Modeling, and All Things My Children. Are you keeping all these topics ever present in your mind too?

I am positive that all of us who are engrossed in daily existence are doing what we can to be conscientious – more conscious, more economical in all areas of our lives, perhaps wondering why all that “Secret” stuff on abundance has gone awry.  We are adjusting our aspirations to fit in with our new economical life styling.  We are a bit more aware of our earth and have striven to tackle human awareness with a vengeance.  We can be proud of our efforts!

Isn’t there a little tug, though, that is whispering, “I hope the rough stuff doesn’t last forever?”  There is for me, and yet, even though life has been tough for most of my life, I can assure myself with complete conviction, “I have it good.”  I’ve been reading some of Byron Katie lately.  I can see from her view and have worked hard to do just that in most of my adult life.  Taking the approach that all things are the way they are supposed to be is a giant step toward freedom.

Finding joy is paramount to actualizing that freedom.  If we think that isn’t true, then we need to analyze what part we think should change and see that changing it won’t necessarily bring joy either.  We need to be ever present and find joy in every aspect of our lives.

Doing what we can and finding joy in every action and moment will bring changes.  Find the joy.  We know, for things to change, things must change.

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If you’re like me, routines change.  Our life is in a constant state of morphing.  Kids grow and nothing remains the same, but I’m constantly trying to create new routines, schedules to help keep us on track and organized for my peace of mind.  I can always use little reminders or nudges to push me in a good direction and to help me know that I’m not alone in wanting to keep a thoughtful and considerate feel to the way I respond in this world and how I raise my children. I’ve also found satisfaction in knowing there is a certain freedom that comes with taking responsibility and a definite warmth that comes from nurturing our awareness.

So, you’ve probably already had and done these ideas, but the list may serve to remind you or encourage you to get back into putting some of them to use.  Fill yourself with gratitude for the abundance which exists in your life.
Gather a group of bookworms and swap books back and forth.
Get out!  Discover the great outdoors in your town for little to no cost.
Create a tradition of family game night.
Schedule some downtime.
Enjoy a hobby or pastime you used to love as a kid.
Embrace your creativity and re-purpose everyday household items.
Host a neighborhood potluck for a fun, affordable night in.
The 30-day rule — Before splurging on a big-ticket item, wait 30 days.
Volunteer in your community.  You’ll have a positive impact and make friends in the process.
Hold a clothing swap meet and shop your friends’ closets.
Enjoy the new trend of exchanging services with a neighbor, friend or other small business owner.
Take advantage of your local library and discover faraway places without spending a dime.
Clean out your movie cabinet or bookshelf and sell unwanted items online or at a used book store.
Challenge your kids to help create budget-friendly, family meals.
Stash some snacks in your car to keep your tummy and your wallet from running on empty.
Try alternatives when money is tight, such as movie night in or sandwiches at the park.
Buy in-season fruits and vegetables, they are healthy delicious and often the most affordable.

Conscientious is as Conscientious does, a contemporary slogan we should all get comfortable with.

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Aha! …and so, it came to me…I had written a previous post…Ever heard of good news? In it, I mentioned an article about how Jane McGonigal believes we can create video games that will improve our world.

I was contemplating this, I won’t tell you where, and the sense in it started adding up.

There is a man, who’s name I won’t insert – only because I don’t care for his outlook, who is constantly going on about the negative aspects of the actions of children who play video games.  He is in the public eye quite often, usually exaggerating and making big of what is small; jumping on any and every negative action that might be able to be, and some that can’t be, attributed to video game playing.

I have been seeing multiple news items recently, all of which have to do with young males who have gone way beyond bravery in saving people from immanent, life-threatening dangers.  I want to know if anyone stopped to ask them if they play video games and I want to know if playing video games can encourage the reflexes and quick thinking it takes to actually get off our duff and lend a hand in an emergency.  I want to know if this human awareness, this bravery is a learned something that we should be considering.  I’m  not talking war bravery, a soldier is expected to perform in a certain manner, I’m talking every day people who jump when it seems unlikely they will succeed.

I believe that there is a huge faction of humanity that wants to do “good”; it is part of their nature; and playing video games will not deter them from that – it may even aid them in succeeding.  This is my epiphany, my sudden insight into reality.  Ya never know when one might strike…

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