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

Flickr Creative Commons image credit:  tj.blackwell – Tsunami

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…

Flickr Creative Commons image credit fairtomiddling.

One hot, sunny day a farmer’s donkey fell down a deep, dark well.   For hours on end the poor donkey cried out in pain and distress as the aimless farmer tried to think of a way to get the donkey out.

Eventually he came to the conclusion that the poor donkey was really rather old and not worth saving in the grand scheme of things.  What is more, he also decided to use this sad turn of events to his advantage by covering over the well.  So, he invited all of his neighbors over to help him cover the well and put the aging donkey out of its misery.  Dutifully the other farmers dropped by the well, grabbed a shovel and slowly began to shovel dirt down into the well.

Naturally, the donkey realized what was happening and cried out terribly in panic and despair.  Until, that is, he quickly quieted down much to their amazement looked up at them almost knowingly. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would simply shake it off and take another step upwards.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the clever donkey, he happily continued to shake it off and take another step upwards and onwards. Before too long, the donkey had risen so high that he easily stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off as if nothing had happened.

Life is much like the donkey’s story of survival.  We’re going to get a lot of dirt shoveled over us, but keep in mind the story of that old donkey; simply shake it off and keep on going.  Difficulties and obstacles in life are nothing more than stepping stones. We can get out of the deepest, darkest wells simply by being tenacious and taking one more step.