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Snowbirds?

Omraam’s Teachings on the Inner Life

Raymond Ziemkowski for The Hearts Center®
November – December 2025 • Vol 4, No 19

It’s getting to be that time of year that the snowbirds begin to head south for the winter. Especially in higher and remote mountain retreats, the exodus has begun.

When new to Montana, locals often ask, “How long have you lived here?” If you have lasted three years and not put your house on the market to leave because of the winters, they’re usually ready to accept you as a Montanan… I am not sure how that calculus works for snowbirds though.

A typical conversation at the local hot springs this time of year revolves around what date in October someone is planning to close up the house and head south… Some are drawn to the water, some to the dessert, and some to the larger cities. Even the hummingbirds leave their feeders before the big freeze and go as far as Mexico to winter.

I have always been drawn to the mountains and my wife the ocean beaches. These represent the earth and water elements. Many of my friends go to the desert in winter, which represents the fire element. So, by default, let’s say the big cities represent the air element. Each has their unique lessons, challenges and rewards in different seasons.

A study of these elements (fire, air, water and earth) in our inner life is well presented by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov throughout numerous books published by Prosveta in his Izvor Collection of forty-four small books.

In Man’s Psychic Life: Elements and Structures, Omraam associates the physical body of man’s lower nature with will, the astral/water body with feelings and the mental/air body with thought. In the higher nature of man, the Causal body corresponds to Divine Wisdom, the Buddhic body to Divine love, and the Atmic body to Divine will.

In The Mysteries of Fire and Water, Omraam teaches that fire is associated with Spirit and the masculine principle. Water represents the feminine principle, the original cosmic matter that was penetrated and fertilized by primordial fire, the spirit of God. Omraam’s teachings (1900–1986) were nearly all given orally and compiled from transcribed or recorded sources. They are insightful and full of deep wisdom for individuals on an inner initiatic path of self-discovery.

As we course through our lives, most of humanity will have opportunities to navigate through many different environments and life experiences that help us grow on our spiritual journey. Wherever you may be spending your winter, enjoy the rewards and benefits of the season there. And embrace the lessons and challenges of both the outer and inner/psychic worlds that each environment brings to you.

PS: I never quite figured out how the meadowlark, that migrates south for the winter, gained status as Montana’s state bird. I think the magpie, who endures the long Montana winters here, got slighted!

Happy Winter to North & South!

Visit The Alchemy Exchange, our local bookstore, for Omraam’s books and all sorts of other treasures… If you’re not local, visit the Hearts Center’s Online Store.

Raymond Ziemkowski is a native Montanan. He has been a student of many spiritual teachings since he was a teenager, often experiencing visionary dreams and insights. For most of his adult life, he has sold crystals, gems, and books spanning the esoteric teachings of the world religions. “Over the years,” he says, “I’ve listened deeply to the customers in my store. I consider the highest teaching and path, and the best book for them to be the one that guides them to the next steps on their spiritual path.” Raymond is a long-time member of The Hearts Center Community.

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2025-10-27T10:00:22-06:00The Metaphysical|

Let’s Get Serious About the God Star Sirius

Exploring the Idea of Solar/Planetary Evolutionary Cycles and Soul Evolution of Life Beyond Our Planet

Raymond Ziemkowski for The Hearts Center®
September – October 2025 • Vol 4, No 18

With billions of stars in our galaxy, is it even plausible that sentient life has singularly evolved only on our planet Earth? This article is also an introduction to my Spirit Matters class of July 24, 2025, presented on the Patreon platform with the above title. (See info at end of article to access this replay.)

Background

Sirius is one of our closest stellar neighbors at 8.6 light-years from our Earth, and it is the brightest star in our night sky. Astronomers acknowledge that Earth’s solar system is part of the more evolved system of Sirius, which revolves around the Great Central Sun of our galaxy. It is theorized that the Sirian system may be one of twelve systems that revolve around a Great Central Sun (likely a massive black hole), the same way our precession of the equinoxes takes us through our zodiac. It takes 225 million years for this greater solar system to make a complete clockwise circuit around the Great Central Sun. In Hindu cosmology this is referred to as one year in the life of Brahman.

Modern astronomy has held that Sirius is a binary or double star, generally referred to as Sirius A and Sirius B. Sirius A is a vast low-density star and Sirius B a smaller extremely dense white dwarf. One cubic inch of a white dwarf is estimated to weigh approximately 1.5 million tons! In 1995, astronomers revealed that there is also a third star Sirius C that is not visible to the naked eye.

The Dogon of Africa (some 700 years ago!) and ancient Egyptian cosmology have recorded the importance of Sirius A, B, and C and its relationship to our sun and planet Earth. The Dogon believed that Sirius B is the starting point of all creation and orbits Sirius A. In Egypt, Sirius was called the eye of Ra (creator). It was so important in ancient Egypt that its alignment was central in all of their temples. Sirius A was linked to the chief goddess Isis and Sirius B to their head god Osiris. Similar alignments that highlight a relationship with Sirius are present in Mayan temples and in Machu Picchu, Peru.

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I began my research for this class with what might seem an off-the-wall question to ChatGPT, “What events led mankind to accept that the Earth was round and when?” ChatGPT responded:

The acceptance of a round Earth (spherical in shape) was a gradual process that developed over many centuries. Here’s a timeline of key events and figures that led to widespread acceptance of the Earth’s sphericity. This is a summary of that timeline and key events:

In the Ancient Period (6th–5th Century BCE) • Early Greek philosopher Pythagoras is credited with proposing the Earth was spherical. Also, Parmenides and others began describing the Earth as round in systematic ways. In the 4th Century BCE, Aristotle offered observational evidence. He observed that the Earth casts a round shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse and that travelers going south see southern constellations rise higher above the horizon.

In the Roman Era (1st Century BCE) • Knowledge of a spherical Earth continued, with writers like Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy accepting and elaborating on a spherical Earth.

Middle Ages (5th–15th Century CE) • Contrary to popular belief, educated people in medieval Europe such as Thomas Aquinas, largely accepted that the Earth was round in shape.

Age of Exploration (15th–17th Century) • Christopher Columbus (1492), though he underestimated the Earth’s circumference, he sailed west assuming a round Earth. And Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage (1519-1522) provided empirical proof of Earth’s sphericity by circumnavigating the globe.

Scientific Revolution (17th Century, Onward) • By the 18th Century, the spherical shape of the Earth was fully accepted by both scientists and the educated public, and eventually became foundational in modern science and navigation. n

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It appears that the early mystics and philosophers, such as Pythagoras 2600 years ago, had it right from very early on. The Earth was not flat but spherical/round. The religious and scientific power structures resisted this truth for centuries—until it was so obvious that the Earth was round to the general public, that the religious and scientific powers were forced to accepted it.

Similarly, today the big question is: Is there life on other planets? And also, how did human life originated here on Earth? Again, it appears that the mystics and philosophers of today are way ahead of the religious and mainstream scientific communities, especially the mainstream’s interpretation of ancient archeology and its suppression of evidence that Earth has been visited from outside our solar system.

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With that background laid out, I would like to focus on research that David Wilcock has presented in his book The Source Field Investigations:

The Hidden Science and Lost Civilizations Behind the 2012 Prophecies (published July 31, 2012).

I asked ChatGPT, what David Wilcox wrote about: “DNA information encoded in star light.” I had read this material some years ago and wanted to refresh my memory for this class on this topic. ChatGPT’s summary response was:

David Wilcock explores the concept of DNA information being carried and activated by light—what he refers to as the “DNA phantom effect”—in The Source Field Investigations.

In it, he posits that cosmic energy fields—encoded in star light and frequencies throughout the galaxy—carry blueprints for life, and can trigger evolutionary and spiritual transformations in DNA.

In fact, Wilcock discusses how photons might store and transmit genetic codes, enabling shifts in DNA structure via changes in frequency—what he calls the “DNA phantom effect.”

David Wilcock’s book presents a bold synthesis of alternative science, ancient wisdom, and speculative cosmology. One of his central claims is that DNA is not just a molecular structure shaped by chance evolution, but a conscious pattern encoded in the universe, transmitted and activated by light—especially star light and cosmic energy fields.

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Here is a summary in five parts of David Wilcock’s theory about photon–DNA interaction and its role in cosmic and solar evolution:

The DNA Phantom Effect

Wilcock builds on the work of Dr. Peter Gariaev, a Russian biophysicist who claimed that:

DNA can leave a “phantom” imprint in empty space, measurable by laser light even after the DNA is removed.
This implies that DNA has a field-based or energetic blueprint—a kind of holographic or light-encoded template.

Wilcock interprets this as evidence that light (photons) carries genetic information and possibly intentional structure, beyond what is stored chemically in DNA.

Stars as Information Transmitters

He proposes that stars (including our Sun)

are not just nuclear furnaces, but transmitters of intelligent energy:

Light emitted by stars carries “source field” information that influences evolution, DNA activation, and consciousness.
Solar activity—sunspots, solar flares—may correlate with periods of accelerated evolution, such as the Cambrian Explosion or sudden leaps in human development.

In this view, solar radiation seeds planets with encoded blueprints for life, guiding biological and spiritual evolution.

The Source Field

Wilcock uses the term “source field” to describe a universal energy matrix:

It’s similar to what some traditions call the Akashic field, zero-point energy, or morphic resonance.
He draws on studies in torsion fields, scalar waves, and quantum entanglement to argue that this field connects all matter and consciousness.
DNA, in this field, functions as both a receiver and transmitter of energetic information across time and space.

This ties into the concept of “holographic DNA,” where each strand is part of a larger, universal pattern.

Evolution as a Cosmic Process

Wilcock argues against random Darwinian evolution and instead supports:

Directed panspermia, where genetic material or informational blueprints are seeded across planets.
A cyclical cosmology, where civilizations rise and fall in sync with galactic cycles and energetic influxes.
Evolutionary “leaps” are timed with cosmic alignments or solar activity, not just random mutations.

This connects to 2012 prophecies and his belief in an impending awakening of human consciousness through solar and cosmic triggers.

Consciousness and DNA

DNA is seen not only as physical matter but as a tunable interface with universal intelligence.

Meditation, intention, and spiritual practice may help align human consciousness with the “source field” and facilitate epigenetic or vibrational up-grades.

ChatGPT offered a Note on the Scientific Credibility of David Wilcock’s research:

While Wilcock’s work is imaginative and draws on real scientific terminology and some fringe research, mainstream science does not support most of his conclusions:

The “DNA phantom effect” has not been widely replicated or validated.
Evolutionary biology, astrophysics, and genetics do not recognize star light as carrying encoded DNA information.
His theories are best viewed as speculative metaphysics or consciousness science, not established science.

“Speculative metaphysics or consciousness science…”

That pretty much sums up how mainstream science and religion similarly dismiss the idea of intelligent solar and planetary evolutionary cycles and sentient life beyond our planet!

However, in spite of mainstream denial and censorship of evidence of life beyond our Earth, we will boldly go where the mainstream fears to tread and investigate mystic and author Tanis Helliwell and her book, Decoding Your Destiny.

Again, I prompted ChatGPT to refresh my memory of one my favorite books and topics that I read more than ten years ago. I asked ChatGPT to summarize Earth’s creation story as shared by mystic Tanis Helliwell.

The following outline is ChatGPT’s summarized version of the Earth’s creation story, as described in Decoding Your Destiny, drawing from her spiritually channeled and esoteric cosmology:

Earth’s Creation Story—A Cosmic Collaboration: A Galactic Council’s Decision

Earth was not an accident—it was a planned experiment initiated by a Council of Light Beings (including the Sirian High Council, the Pleiadians, Orions, Arcturians, and others).

The goal: create a planetary school where souls could evolve by experiencing duality—light and shadow, form and spirit.

Seeding of Life

Multiple star races participated in the seeding of Earth’s life:

Sirians brought knowledge, structure, sacred geometry, and spiritual law.

Pleiadians contributed love, creativity, emotional intelligence.

Orions and Arcturians offered wisdom, healing technologies, and timelines.

Earth was encoded with multidimensional DNA—not just physical evolution, but spiritual potential through choice and growth.

Human Beings as Divine Hybrids

Humans are described as “cosmic hybrids”—physical forms infused with divine essence. Our DNA contains light codes from our galactic ancestors, which activate through spiritual evolution.

The Role of Free Will & Duality

Earth’s uniqueness lies in its radical free will and polarity system. Souls incarnate here to learn mastery through contrast—pain and joy, loss and reunion—ultimately returning to unity. Earth became one of the toughest yet most rewarding evolutionary schools in the galaxy.

Fall from Higher Dimensions

Early human civilizations (e.g., Lemuria and Atlantis) once lived in higher vibrational states, guided by divine beings.

Over time, misuse of power and disconnection from source led to a “fall” into denser realities—causing spiritual amnesia.

The current human story is about re-awakening, reactivating our divine origins, and returning Earth to its original purpose.

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That’s quite a creation story! And it is just the tip of the iceberg of what Tanis Helliwell shares in her book on the role of Sirius in Earth’s and mankind’s evolution. Is there life on other planets? And also, how did human life originate here on Earth? Of course, we have no empirical proof of specifics and details such as Tanis Helliwell shares in her creation story. But I believe that we are approaching a tipping point that will answer these questions in a broader sense.

The mystics and visionaries of our time, along with AI (providing to the masses and general public easy access to hidden and suppressed historical and archeological proof of life beyond our planet) are answering these questions. At some point, the greater truth to the general public will be so obvious (like the recognition that the Earth is round and not flat) that the religious and scientific powers will be forced to accept it.

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If Star Trekkies and the Marvel Comics are any indication, it would appear that a greater and wider spectrum of humanity is on the verge of acceptance that our Earth’s humanity is not alone and that life is much more universal and abundant throughout the cosmos than a lonely Earth.

You can access the replay of this Spirit Matters class by becoming a subscriber on the Patreon platform for live, monthly classes from David Christopher Lewis, myself, and other presenters. There are various subscription options from free, to $4, to $11, to $25/month, including replays of past classes. Check us out on Patreon HERE.

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2025-08-27T13:14:48-06:00General Wellbeing, The Metaphysical|

What’s with the Violet Flame

You Have the Power to Make Positive Change

Janet Little, Psychotherapist
July – Aug 2025 • Vol 4, No 17

You may have heard of the violet flame or, maybe not. Either way, soon you and everyone else will know about it. Put very simply, the violet flame is a glorious gift to all humanity to help usher in a golden age—the Age of Aquarius.

Let’s first take a brief look at the Age of Aquarius and then explore the violet flame, which is to play such an important role in that era. Everyone may have their own version of what the Aquarian Age is all about, yet it has been described as a time of peace, of economic stability and prosperity, and a time when the arts will flourish. It will be a time when food shortages and homelessness no longer exist, and everyone will enjoy adequate sunshine, healthy nutrition and clean, affordable housing.

Living under Your Own “Vine and Fig Tree”

Consider these biblical quotes: “They shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest, saith the Lord,” [Jeremiah 31:34]. And “Every man [and woman] shall sit under their own vine and their own fig tree [Micah 4:4].” Remember that Gautama Buddha did just that to reach his enlightenment! The only difference was that his was a bo (bodhi) tree. The Golden Age will be like that for all of us—having our own personal and direct connection to our God Source. Now, take a look at the illustration for Your Buddha Nature and imagine the “Vine” as a crystal chord descending into your four lower bodies, giving you life. And imagine your “Fig Tree” as the brilliant God-Presence overshadowing you and constantly blessing you… While it’s true that these aspects of your higher consciousness are already there, in the Golden Age, we will have a closer, more immediate connection to the Divine.

Alegria! Alegria! Alegria!

The Golden-Crystal Age could be like the enchanting Cirque du Soleil classic, Alegria—everyone vibrant and cheerful, busy working and playing, being themselves and having fun. A mood of buoyancy and optimism pervades every activity, and everyone is dressed in personalized, even eccentric, costumes in shades of violet to purple. In the Golden Age, we will know how to perfectly, practically employ the violet fire for transmuting all that is less than an absolute blessing. It will change darkness into light. It will transform a so-so day into the day that it should have been. It will melt hurts away until all that’s left is love.

Somewhere deep inside, we know that the Golden Age is coming and is even emerging now. It’s like we’re all wired with a homing device that is connecting us to that reality. The cool thing is we can begin moving into that new reality more consciously by practicing to use the violet flame now.

A Bit of History

Students of esoteric knowledge may have encountered the Ascended Master Saint Germain’s teachings on the violet flame through various dispensations, such as the I AM Movement, the Saint Germain Foundation, the I AM Activity, The Bridge to Freedom, The Summit Lighthouse, and The Hearts Center.

Ascended master students have learned that “I AM” is the name of God, and that God lives within each of us, propelling us forward into the journey of Self-discovery, where we are ultimately united in our higher being as a permanent part of the One.

The teachings were delivered first through Guy Ballard (Godfre Ray King), who detailed his encounter with Saint Germain on Mount Shasta in 1930. He and his beloved wife Edna were the leaders of the I AM Activity for decades before they ascended in the Light.

The Bridge to Freedom followed in 1951, begun by Geraldine Innocente. The Summit Lighthouse emerged in 1958, through Mark Prophet, assisted soon after by his wife Elisabeth. Following Mark’s ascension in 1972—he is now known as Lanello—Elisabeth launched Church Universal and Triumphant in 1975. Elisabeth ascended in 2009, as Ascended Lady Master Clare de Lis.

Since the late 1970s, “progressive revelation” for our times is now delivered through one of Clare de Lis’ devoted students, David Christopher Lewis, the co-founder of The Hearts Center, an Essene Aquarian Community based in Livingston, MT, which began in 2005.

Invoke the Violet Flame Now!

Each of these ascended master movements has focused on the perfecting of the soul and the use of the violet flame to balance karma and purify the world around us. Lightworkers worldwide are using the violet flame more widely every day, invoking it through simple mantras such as:

I AM a being of cosmic violet fire.
I AM the holy freedom God desires!

I AM emanating violet fire
To blaze and transmute all desire.
Now I charge the Earth with light,
Living in pure God-delight.

I AM emanating violet light,
Transforming all with mercy bright,
Charging Earth with freedom’s flame
Miracle love in the I AM name!

These affirmations are meant to be spoken aloud, even declared emphatically, any time, either once or in repetition. When giving the mantras, visualize a violet or purple light surrounding you, sent to you from the above, from the beloved Holy Spirit, sent to you by beloved Jesus and your favorite angels or masters. See yourself and any situation you wish to change immersed in that violet light, surrounded by the cooling, healing rays of violet/purple/pink. Allow this violet fire to soothe you, erase worries and ease pains, bringing you freedom, mercy and joy.

Visualize yourself living in an amethyst crystal or in an all-purple, spring flower bed. As you feel this, try radiating that light from your heart out to your family and friends, out to the world, and into all conditions that need to be transmuted into something better and more God-like.

Remember always that you are a Son or a Daughter of God with the right and the ability to make a positive change in the vibration of any situations you see and experience, and even of the planet itself. Become a vortex and a beacon of the violet flame! Pray, sing, dance and meditate with the violet flame, and you will help bring Earth into her Golden Crystal Age!

The two mantras above were released through The Hearts Center. More may be found HERE.

Janet Little is a psychotherapist and editor, currently living in Livingston, MT. She calls herself a Christian Buddhist and is active in The Hearts Center Community. Visit: HeartsCenter.org.

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2025-06-24T17:29:17-06:00The Metaphysical|

Pool of Consciousness

Live, Monthly Classes at Spirit Matters on Patreon

Raymond Ziemkowski
May – June 2025 • Vol 4, No 16

I would like to share an exercise that is an analogy of our spirit coming into incarnation and experiencing life—our thoughts and feelings, and the material world. Imagine that your spirit is a rock or pebble that drops into a body of water, a small pond, or mountain lake, perhaps into a larger ocean-like body. Water is feminine and receptive. We know that water is a medium that receives and holds the subtle vibration of thought and feeling. So, this rock drops into the water and sets into motion waves of concentric circles moving outwards.

Waves are interesting. We have all experienced a beach or lake shore scene where wave after wave appears to be moving towards a shore line until they run out of water and splash on the shore.

When I was about 19 and lived in Seattle, there was a beach on Puget Sound near downtown Seattle, WA, where I enjoyed watching the waves come in. I enjoyed watching the vertical, up-and-down motion of the seaweed in the water maybe 25 yards out. I would pick a single wave oscillation, then two, then three, etc. until the illusion of motion towards the beach took over my perception, and I lost the perception of the seaweed and the water’s vertical, up-and-down movement.

I enjoyed playing with this exercise to be able to hold larger and larger areas until the horizontal movement of the water towards the beach took over my perception.

Back to the body of water and the concentric waves created when we (the rock) dropped in. As these waves begin to reach the diverse topography of the shoreline, some landscapes create beautiful shorelines that you might surf right up onto the sand. Some landscapes might be rough and treacherous, with tide pools or rock faces that pummel the water back upon itself. You might say that some of these waves were pleasant or pleasing to experience and others were much less so.

Let’s add to this picture numerous rocks dropped into the pool or even the image of raindrops, each creating concentric rings and overlapping interference patterns and interactions. Energetically, all of these rings are interacting and sharing information. Often creating dangerous currents or even riptides.

Does this sound a bit like life?

Suppose that, instead of being taken over by the excitement and activity of the surface waves we are experiencing in life, we remember the rock, the part of spirit within us that dropped in and fell into the body of water. Imagine holding and ensouling the entire pond or lake or ocean. Imagine being the observer within, a witnessing presence that is aware of it all happening. What a different experience! From that perspective, we are not the experience—we are an observer of what is happening. This is the Witnessing Presence—our seat of self in spirit.

Just like we can visualize and imagine ensouling the activity of raindrops in a body of water, we can make the same analogy with groups of people, family, and community, nations, and even a planet.

If we choose, we can hold a spiritual balance in this equation of life and amplify the unity, the beauty, and the magic of life instead of identifying with the likes and dislikes and the personal preferences that interfere with each other on the surface.

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This short essay is part of a Spirit Matters class I guest hosted on the Hearts Center’s Patreon platform on Thursday, April 17th titled: How Discovering The “Witness Seat” of Presence Helps Us Resolve and Unwind the Egoic Mind.

I began this class with a quick review of Eckhart Tolle’s teachings on Presence that originated in his two famous books, The Power of Now—A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, and A New Earth—Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. Tolle taught that we experience a deep, transcendental, spiritual state of Presence when we center our being fully in the present moment—the Now.

He taught that we step out of the vertical/centered, higher consciousness states and into what he termed our “pain body”—a horizontal state, when we begin to process our experiences through labels and judgments, based on past experiences. This horizontal, self-created, egoic structure, based on a pain body that originated in the past, works tirelessly to calculate, manipulate and project a future that either shelters us from past pain or brings to us pleasant experiences. Rediscovering the Power of Now and centering in Presence, the Witness Seat, is a profound short cut to self-realization. That’s it—that is the core of Elkhart Tolle’s teachings in a nutshell.

In this class, I explore the teachings of Michael A. Singer based on his two books, Untethered Soul—The Journey Beyond Yourself, and Living Untethered—Beyond the Human Predicament. I consider these books and teachings as equal companions to Elkhart Tolle’s teachings and worthy of our study to complement and go deeper into our spiritual practices.

Like Eckhart Tolle, Michael Singer’s profound and direct experience through meditation and mindfulness anchors a transmission teaching that is transforming millions of lives. Both spiritual teachers explore the nature of mind and offer a way out of suffering.

In Michael Singer’s books, he reveals and helps us unravel the physiology of our mind. He shows us how pure consciousness, the simple awareness of being—The Witness that is inside us experiencing life—is forgotten, which leads to a subsequent cascade of reactions that result in the birth of our personal mind/psyche and separate ego.

In this class, I unfold and outline from Singer’s books just what is going on in our heads that keeps us from experiencing reality and higher states of consciousness—and how to get beyond that.

I invite you to subscribe to Spirit Matters on Patreon for live, monthly classes from David Christopher Lewis, myself, and other presenters. There are various subscription options from Free, to $4, to $11, to $25/month, including replays of past classes. Check us out on Patreon HERE.

Raymond Ziemkowski is a native Montanan. He has been a student of many spiritual teachings since he was a teenager, often experiencing visionary dreams and insights. For most of his adult life, he has sold crystals, gems, and books spanning the esoteric teachings of the world religions. “Over the years,” he says, “I’ve listened deeply to the customers in my store. I consider the highest teaching and path, and the best book for them, to be the one that guides them to the next steps on their spiritual path.” Raymond is a long-time member of HeartsCenter.org.

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2025-06-24T17:29:17-06:00The Metaphysical|

The Hearts Center—

Your Livingston Neighbor

Carol Wells
March – April 2025 • Vol 4, No 15

Explore the Aquarian Essene Community that is The Hearts Center! First, let’s take a look at what we offer locally… then we’ll review your online and worldwide opportunities…

The Alchemy Exchange Bookstore

Did you know that an awesome metaphysical store is right around the corner? Our Alchemy Exchange, located at 130 N. 2nd Street, in the Masonic Building in Livingston, Montana is a great resource for all things spiritual. Every book, piece of artwork, crystal, orgonite, and gift item will assist you in connecting more deeply with your inner divinity and wholeness. Stop by and meet our great staff. They love to chat and will help you find just what your soul is looking for.

Our winter hours are Monday, Thursday and Saturday, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. When our sidewalk sign is on display, we are open. Please call us at 406-333-7172 with any questions you may have.

The store entrance is on the south side of the Masonic Building across from The Murray Hotel. Enter the double doors, ascend the stairs and turn right. We will be looking for you!

Livingston Services at The Sanctuary of the Heart

On most Sundays, 10:00 to 11:30 am, public devotional services are livestreamed worldwide from the Livingston Sanctuary of the Heart in the Masonic Building. These services are often led by David and include prayers, songs, meditations, new-age rosaries, and live HeartStreams.

Our online, worldwide community also provides many opportunities to enhance your spiritual journey. These are…

“Spirit Matters”

“Spirit Matters,” via the Patreon platform, are monthly interactive lessons taught by David Christopher Lewis and other presenters. David is the co-founder of The Hearts Center Community, a global movement whose mission it is to share current ascended master teachings to the world. In addition to teaching, he is a musical composer and the author of 15 books of revelatory teachings for the 21st century and beyond.

During Spirit Matters sessions, you will be able to…

Participate in life-changing group practices
Receive revelatory Aquarian Essene teachings
Unlock new ways to shift your consciousness to higher levels
Receive answers to questions relating to your spiritual path

You can learn about cultivating healthy relationships, communing with angels, how to increase your abundance.

Join discussions on the development of greater discernment, greater ability to forgive self and others. These and many other topics will enlighten your heart and mind, and help you move forward on your spiritual journey.

For a monthly fee of only $11, you will receive live teachings from David and other guest teachers, as well as access to a growing library of past classes. During live classes, there is always opportunity to ask questions. It’s encouraged! Spirit Matters is a perfect way to explore the deeper teachings now being released to the planet.

If you opt for the free version of Spirit Matters, you can access Hearts Center content such as a free eBook, HeartStreams from Saint Germain, and a free guided meditation video: “Meditation on Our New World.”

Join Spirit Matters. It is a joyful and effective way to be more in touch with your Higher Self and deepen your spiritual knowledge. Here is the link: Introducing Spirit Matters.

Meru University

Meru University is a forum for higher learning. It supports the advancement of spiritual aspirants on the path of adeptship, initiation and personal enlightenment through the Teachings of the Ascended Masters. Offering a vast array of online and in-person courses, Meru University inspires, enlightens and empowers students by presenting spiritual topics, including advanced studies on the human aura, sacred alchemy, the solar sciences, divine magic, and accelerated healing. Meru University will assist you in raising your consciousness as rapidly and continuously as you allow. Our courses are meant to feed your soul and your spirit by instructing you in divine wisdom, enlivening you with divine love, and filling you with divine power to co-create a new you. To learn more, visit: MeruUniversity.org.

HeartStreams

HeartStreams are up-to-the-minute messages from the ascended masters through David, anointed spiritual director for our movement. These heavenly messages vibrate with the love and wisdom of the mind of God through ascended masters, archangels, Elohim, and other cosmic beings. They anchor light in the Earth as they are being delivered and even when they are replayed in audio or video format.

HeartStreams teach, exhort, bless, uplift and direct us in specific actions required to facilitate our inner transformation and planetary change. Nearly 7,000 of these inspired messages have been released

by over 200 divine beings since 2004 and to the present. View our HeartStreams Library here: Messages from the Masters.

Livestreaming Devotional Services

Worship with us online! Join us for prayers, songs, rosaries, meditations, teachings from the ascended masters, and sharings from heartfriends Bless the Earth and yourself by connecting with us as often as you can! Services are livestreamed through our website daily from broadcast points around the world. The times of these services can be found on our Homepage Calendar.

More about The Hearts Center and David Christopher Lewis

The Hearts Center has sprouted local groups around the world, offering their unique variety of activities. We gather in person for our quarterly conferences at the equinox and solstice times of the year. Every two years, an international congress is held, hosted by the International Hearts Center Council.

Our spiritual director, David, has been a student of the ascended masters and the world’s major religions for five decades. He began receiving telepathic communications from the ascended masters in 2004, instructing him to launch a new movement. On February 26, 2005, The Hearts Center came into being.

Along with co-founding The Hearts Center Community and Meru University, David assists his wife, Mona, in the work of Paradise Permaculture Institute, where regenerative agriculture is taught and practiced.

Our Mission & Vision

Our Mission—

Within our Hearts Center Community, we realize personal enlightenment through our Higher Self and share the ascended masters’ teachings and our love-wisdom throughout the Earth.

Our Vision—

We live in sustainable Golden-Crystal Age communities in joy and in harmony with Mother Nature, using solar sciences of the Spirit. We radiate light, and we live and love as one.

Visit HeartsCenter.org.

Carol Wells is the Communication & Writing Team Leader for The Hearts Center Community. She hosts introductory Zoom classes monthly on the Teachings of the Ascended Masters, and she has been a student of those teachings for 38 years.

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2025-02-27T06:27:54-07:00The Metaphysical|

Spiritual Intelligence: “What Would Love See Here?”

Wisdom, Compassion and Love in Action

Jennifer Butler for The Hearts Center Community
January – February 2025 • Vol 4, No 14

What would love see here within us and within the world around us? How do we get to that place of seeing with the eyes of love, feeling with a heart of love, and thinking with a mind of love? Have you heard of spiritual intelligence? You may already possess it. One way to define spiritual intelligence is the ability to act with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner peace, regardless of the demanding situation occurring in the moment.

Innate within the soul is a longing to be connected to something larger than ourselves, a connecting to something sacred, divine, and noble. The actualization of this longing can be said to be the attaining of spiritual intelligence.

We are all innately spiritual beings; yet, we may not necessarily have mastered spiritual intelligence, which requires the mastery of certain skills. Just as emotional intelligence evolves in us as we apply a set of skills— such as: becoming aware of our emotions, learning how to manage them, understanding the emotions of others, the ability to give empathy readily—spiritual intelligence takes work. What a wonderful work it is!

Goaded by Example

We have all known examples of individuals who have displayed both emotional and spiritual intelligence for the benefit of everyone around them and for millions they have never met. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, the High Lamas of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal, and Mahatma Gandhi are some. When looking at these exemplars who embody the best of humanity, we can see certain capacities that set them apart. Let’s take a look at some of these traits.

Compassion and wisdom are two qualities that emanate from those who embody spiritual intelligence. These admirable men and women seem to have combined to perfection the heart and the head, resulting in love in action at every turn.

Love in Action

A brief definition of spiritual intelligence might indeed be love in action. And those actions are not just acts of prayer and meditation—they permeate every activity of our daily lives, every relationship, including the most frustrating ones.

Spiritual intelligence can be recognized by the way people we admire relate to those challenging circumstances. They show courage, tenacity, and the capacity to keep going no matter how difficult the way ahead. They are able to reframe what they are seeing or experiencing, transcending negative reactions to maintain an inner peace and harmony. There is a nonattachment, an openness, an ability to see clearly. They watch the drama and do not enter into it.

When we move into com-passionate self-awareness and awareness of others, we are growing in spiritual intelligence. The experience is transcendent, allowing us to become…

Effective agents for global change,
Wise decision-makers,
A calming and healing presence,
Aligned with the ebb and flow of life and of the highest good.

We develop an appreciation for, and no longer fear, the mystery of spiritual growth. Growth and self-mastery are now embraced as innate capacities to be cultivated. We expand our love to include all of life, unconditionally, and all forms of creation. Various perspectives and points of view are received with an open mind and heart. There is no longer the desire to be right.

Reframing

One of the major skills that leads to greater spiritual intelligence is reframing. It is the ability to listen to the stories we tell ourselves from a place of inner peace. When we release inner turmoil, we are free to create a new and different story about our self or a new story about an interaction with another individual or group.

We can watch our interpretation of events, the meaning we attach to a story, and ask if that interpretation is true. Might there be another story we could tell? We can question all our interpretations and ask ourselves, “What would love see here?” When we do this, we are widening our perspective to include compassion and wisdom.

So stories we have told ourselves about ourselves—or our spouses, parents, or colleagues—that once triggered upset and distress appear less and less in our purview. We are creating valid stories that flow from a new depth within us, a depth of forgiveness and love, and a depth of spiritual intelligence.

As we choose to reframe, we gain greater understanding of everyone’s situation, everyone’s feelings and thoughts. Miracle of miracles, we feel an inner spaciousness and so much less reactivity! We are now a part of the healing of any conflict. What a high and worthy, yet absolutely attainable, goal for which we all can strive.

What would love see for you and for our planet in 2025?

Jennifer Butler trained as a Clinical Psychologist in South Africa and works with adults and children. She practices both Christian and Buddhist forms of spirituality and is a teacher of mediation and Iyengar yoga. Jennifer is a long-time member of The Hearts Center Community. To learn more, visit their website or drop by the Alchemy Exchange Bookstore in Livingston.

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2024-12-27T08:26:22-07:00General Wellbeing, The Metaphysical|

End Times Prophecy

Brings a Message of Hope and Resolution for these Apocalyptic Times.

Raymond Ziemkowski
November – December 2024 • Vol 4, No 13

Scholars, preachers and spiritual pundits of all kinds have interpreted apocalyptic end-time prophecy for their times since 1000 AD. Is it possible? Could we be witnessing the ultimate Battle of Armageddon playing out in our world here and now, today?

End-time prophecy in the West is based on Judeo-Christian Biblical scripture, particularly the Book of Revelation. The deep ethos of Judeo-Christian values and teachings embraces a mysticism and tradition that has, more often than not, been obscured by the very institutions and structures of religion that have outwardly championed it. At its foundation is the age-old battle of light versus darkness; a creator God and his creation; a fall from grace; an evil that opposes that creation (man) from returning back into God’s grace; an apocalyptic battle that ends all battles.

The Bible chronicles that within the framework of man’s fall was a covenant of redemption and return. As man chose to live in alignment with that covenant, he was blessed. As he chose to live outside that covenant, he was subject to outside forces that tormented him—evil. Whether our upbringing, our education or life experience views the Biblical record as fiction, metaphor and/or historical truth, it is still the most influential book ever written in the West and deserves our attention.

The Dragon’s Prophecy by Jonathan Cahn, published in 2024, is an epic dive into prophecy and revelation. It bridges and connects our modern world and state of conflict back to the ancient historical Middle East recorded in the Old Testament. We are witnessing today brutalities on the world stage that corroborate prophecy, such as the October 7, 2023 raid at a music festival in Israel and Israel’s unremitting retaliation in Gaza and the West Bank, both attacks beyond comprehension. Jonathan Cahn takes us into the Biblical history and record and offers a profound insight into the “spiritual forces” that span millennia and are behind the hatred and brutality and war-ring in this region.

Let’s be honest with ourselves. We in the West have enjoyed a sheltered world view and been greatly insulated from the struggle and strife in much of the world. What is emerging today in the Middle East requires our attention, our prayers and compassionate understanding. The New Age phrase, “It’s all good,” has its context and place, but we cannot ignore what is happening on the world scene today. Each one of us has a responsibility and a role to play to secure and preserve our individual and collective liberty and freedoms.

The Dragon’s Prophecy gives us insight as to why there has been the rise and fall of oppressive dictators and tyrants throughout our known history and a seemingly unending cycle of hate-driven war and conflict. It also offers a message of hope and resolution.

Apocalyptic end-times prophecy is not a template for the destruction and end of the world but for the end of an epoch of conflict on our planet, its final resolution, and the beginning of a new age. An age of Peace and Prosperity!

Raymond Ziemkowski is a native Montanan. He has been a student of many spiritual teachings since he was a teenager, often experiencing visionary dreams and insights. For most of his adult life, he has sold crystals, gems, and books spanning the esoteric teachings of the world religions. “Over the years,” he says, “I’ve listened deeply to the customers in my store. I consider the highest teaching and path, and the best book for them, to be the one that guides them to the next steps on their spiritual path.” Raymond is a long-time member of https://www.heartscenter.org/

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2024-10-28T14:36:31-06:00Current Events|

Take That, California!

Might Livingston, Montana Displace California as the Breadbasket of America?

Raymond Ziemkowski
September – October 2024 • Vol 4, No 12

Some of you may be familiar with “The Sleeping Clairvoyant,” Edgar Cayce’s readings and prophecies, which stated that, as our planet moves into Aquarius, cataclysmic Earth changes might occur, resulting in a dramatically different landscape of our planet—changes that would result in much of California and the West Coast falling beneath the ocean, and our own Livingston becoming one of the world’s five major food production and distribution centers. Take that, California!

If this idea is new to you, a 1977 article (LINKED HERE) by Owen Jones of the Livingston Enterprise was printed in Helena’s The Independent Record that documents and explores the details of this Cayce prophecy. Jones writes in this article, “If predictions come true, California will fall into the ocean, New York City will be destroyed, and the greater part of Japan will be under water. But Livingston will emerge from it all as the food distribution center of the world.”

Jones interviewed Billings resident Joan Galles, who was a regional representative for the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), which is dedicated to preserving and researching Cayce’s more than 14,000 readings in their library in Virginia Beach, Va.

According to Galles, geologists have studied Cayce’s predictions about Earth changes and found them believable. “Some of the changes could happen if the Earth were to shift on its axis,” she said. Many people believe deeply in the Cayce prophecies and some have moved away from “doomed” locations to areas predicted to be safe, like Livingston.

As to the timing of such an event, Jones quotes Galles, “No one really is sure when the Earth changes that Cayce predicted will come about,” adding that, “Cayce’s research has timed the changes to begin when two famous volcanoes erupt simultaneously. When Mounts Pele and Etna both start erupting, people in California have 90 days to leave or learn to swim. And Livingston had better prepare to be the most important city on Earth!” Okay!

Whether or not an Earth-axis shift triggers Cayce’s scenario of cataclysmic events, there is an “axis shift” occurring on our planet right now in how global food production and distribution is feeding our populations. And like Edgar Cayce’s prophecy, Livingston and surrounding regions are right in the middle of it.

Big, industrial agriculture, based on toxic fertilizers and pesticides, GMOs, mono-crop farming, centralized packing and processing, and inefficient water and soil conservation are all creating a backlash of environmental and health issues around the globe. Our ability to grow and distribute food to feed our populations has never been more vulnerable.

To counter these problems and to return control, security, and food sovereignty back to local communities, new holistic strategies and initiatives are gaining traction. This will return us to smaller, local and regional production, processing, and distribution of our food—not only here in Livingston and Paradise Valley, but also in rural communities around the globe.

New technologies are creating super-rich soils. Accelerated growth and yields are being developed and put into practice. Innovative water-conservation strategies are working with Mother Nature to hold moisture in our soils and landscapes rather than being lost to evaporation and runoff.

Here in Livingston, Paradise Permaculture Institute, a non-profit started in 2014 by Mona Lewis, is right on cue, sponsoring a workshop by Mark Shepard, author of two groundbreaking books, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers, and Water for Any Farm: Applying Restoration Agricultural Water Management Methods on Your Farm. Event dates are September 6th through 8th, 2024.

Mark Shepherd’s New Forest Farm located in Viola, Wisconsin, has evolved from worn-out row-crop fields to a 106- acre showcase, commercial-scale, perennial agriculture operation. This is one of the most famous agroforestry permaculture systems on the planet—plus it’s economically successful!

Mark Shepard heads up Restoration Agriculture Development and Forest Agriculture Nursery, but he’s most widely known as the author of his award-winning books. Restoration Agriculture is based off his experiences at New Forest Farm and represents his belief in the ability of sustainably-grown, perennial food crops to feed us into “our resource-compromised future.”

From his more recent book, Water for Any Farm, (and by taking the workshop), you can learn about his keyline adaptions and ways to optimize water across your property.

This workshop is an opportunity for all gardeners, farmers, ranchers, conservationists, permaculturists, biological researchers, scientists—and anyone who cares about the future of world food production—to experience hands-on methods of moving and saving water on the land that will increase the production of animal and food crops, rebuild soil, and contribute to local food sustainability.

Check out Paradise Permaculture Institute and details of the upcoming workshop with Mark Shepard HERE.

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2024-09-02T08:55:44-06:00Gardening & Herbs|

Aspiring Toward Good Stewardship

Cultivating Your Best Relationship with Money

Raymond Ziemkowski
July – August 2024 • Vol 4, No 11

In 1955, Christian mystic Flower A. Newhouse wrote a short pamphlet titled, “Aspiring Toward Good Stewardship.” This 23-page booklet offers profound instruction on abundance, Providence, supply… all things related to our relationship with money.

Flower shares that “a seriously mistaken concept most persons have is the belief that their security was mainly dependent upon finances.” To that, she firmly writes, “our only security is God.” And that “our outward income depends upon values that are God-given. These values consist of good health, useful knowledge, creative resourcefulness, and good mental and spiritual development.”

She offered four symbols and modes that portray mankind’s general attitude and stewardship towards money. These four are:

The Closed Hand
The Sieve
The Measuring Containers
The Ever-Renewing Pool

In her pamphlet, she writes in the voice of her Christian Mystic Ministry on each of these symbolic representations in the order above. As you might intuit, she teaches that the fourth symbol, the ever-renewing pool, is ideal. And she discusses the limitations and restrictions that are inherent in the preceding three modes and attitudes toward money.

Whether we are responsible for just our personal and family finances, engaged in business pursuits, or on a board of a nonprofit or charitable organization, our relationship with money requires our attention in today’s challenging times. Flower’s voice and message on this topic is as profound today as it was in the 1950s. Enjoy! —Raymond

The Closed Hand

Flower wrote, “The hand has always expressed service and sharing in religious symbolism. A closed hand denotes the repressing or withholding of giving or sharing.

“Those who are afraid to spend money either possess excessive fears in regard to their security, or they are victims of a compulsive neurosis in regard to saving. Neither of these states is good from the standpoint of normal, psychological well-being.

“Persons with a savings complex need to learn to open their hands, their hearts, and their minds where money is concerned. Because their hold upon money’s outgo is so obsessively tight, their income and general attractions from life are consequentially limited. Their lack is the creative result of their wrong attitudes and practices.

“Reminding themselves of what their negative conduct is called in the terse, forthright terms of the world should help such persons to drop these un-wholesome habits. Smallness, meanness, greediness, stinginess, and hoarding are associated with this first type. Their characteristics are the opposite of kindliness, faith, and outgoingness.

“Let those who find it hard to deal trustingly with money devote themselves to a deliberate, sustained cultivation of faith in supply. They should form the new, constructive habit of investing in happiness every day. Smallness can only be mastered by large-heartedness persistently applied.”

The Sieve

Flower wrote, “Those who are inclined to emulate sieves where money is concerned are the very opposite of the first type. Their emotions lead where their minds should be in charge. Here we find desires unchecked and out of control.

“There are two types of extravagant spenders. One kind splurges consistently on anything that delights or benefits him. The second kind is not as lavish on himself as he is with others. An extravagant individual’s trust is fool-hearty, because it is not tempered by discrimination, patience, and wisdom. These spenders think only about the moment at hand and so, will purchase temporary pleasure at the cost of meeting tomorrow’s rent or the monthly bills. They are indeed ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul.’

“There is nothing wrong with this second type’s trust in Divine Provision. To their faith they must add qualities of good stewardship—self-control, accountability, and self-denial—wisely exercised.

“As a means for overcoming imprudent spending, the sieve type should practice the best qualities of the budgeter—the third symbolic type. These good traits are wise self-denial and objective patience.”

The Measuring Containers

Flower wrote, “The symbolic outpicturing of the third type of steward is that of measuring containers, such as pint, quart and gallon jars. The one who lives within his income intelligently, frequently does so because he budgets his earnings to cover his monthly needs and investments.

“A budgeter realizes the value of practicing self-sacrifice in the present moment in order to achieve a reserve, which will ease and benefit his living in future months or years. He is honest and discriminating. He does not buy what he cannot afford at a time when there are not funds. He

purposefully and creatively does without extras now in order to be in a better position to afford them when the time is favorable. Because there is a plan behind his self-denial, the budgeter does not suffer from self-pity or a case of imagined martyrdom. He makes interesting use of the time, materials, and utilities he now enjoys. From an inner viewpoint, we would say that the budgeter is involved in learning how to handle finances capably.

“As admirable as most of the qualities and characteristic of this stage are, a worthier concept or realization is yet to be attained. The third type needs to guard against cultivating negative tendencies during his budgeting stage. Budgeting itself can be-come a rigid habit. If it tends to make one inflexible in his attitude towards money, then there is danger of the budgeter becoming too narrow, circumscribed, and cautious in financial matters.

“A good steward needs the enthusiastic faith of the sieve type, plus the self-control and patience of the budgeter type. Yet he needs even more development before he is worthy to be a trusted steward in the House of his Lord. He must advance to the stage where consciousness is diligently maintained as an ever-flowing, creative pool in the center of Being.”

The Ever-Renewing Pool

Flower wrote, “A pool fed by an everlasting spring symbolizes the fourth type of steward. Man’s pool of consciousness, in order to be clear and pure, requires the continual circulation of spiritual currents, powers and ideas.

Since every person’s Pool of Consciousness is fed by God’s Inexhaustible Spirit, his resources are limitless and are composed of infinitely varied combinations of opportunity. Like a natural pool that both receives from the larger stream and returns to it the overflow of its contents, man needs to share eagerly and willingly of his ever-inherent plenty.

“Most spiritually interested persons tithe regularly. They find it a remarkable experience in ever-deepening awareness of appreciation for God’s countess blessings. The practice enables them to participate in the enriching events of supporting the Work of Christ in the outer world. Few things are so satisfying as to witness the progress of a spiritual movement one has helped with his tithes. The building of a church, the broadcast of truth through the spoken and written word, and the widening arc of Light-radiant lives are benefits that follow the faithful support of sincere spiritual movements.

“One, who has achieved the stage of stewardship designated as the ever-renewed pool, always realizes a generous sufficiency for all his needs, as well as his desires. He has learned the secret of purposeful containment and of giving gladly from his overflow.

“This fourth type possesses no money complexes, fears or compulsions, because his renewal is continually realized. He is not spend-thrifty, since he understands that he is as responsible for maintaining steadfast reserves as he is for the constant circulation of overflow. He is beyond smallness and meanness, just as he is above devious or calculated giving. This symbolic type reveals an ever-widening source of knowledge. His is a productiveness that is stimulating and original. The beauty by which he is surrounded is keyed to purest simplicity and is devoid of artificial sophistication. Few contain such a zest for gracious living or for wholesome enjoyments as this kind of steward.”

Flower A. Newhouse (1909–1994) founded, with her husband Lawrence (1910–1963), the Questhaven Retreat and Christward Ministry in San Marcos, CA in 1940. She is a well-known, twentieth-century Christian mystic who wrote and lectured extensively, reawakening humanity to the reality of the Living Christ, the Inner Worlds and the Angel Kingdom. Today, Questhaven continues to offer visitors a quiet and sacred space for worship, study and renewal as a Christ-Centered Spiritual Retreat and Nature Preserve, located on 655 acres of pristine wilderness nestled among the coastal hills of San Diego County. You can investigate their books and many offerings at Questhaven.org.

In the Hearts Center Community, we are committed to spiritual practices that support and create true alchemical changes in ourselves first and then outside at large in the greater community. Through meditation and the science of the spoken word (prayers, songs, chants and decrees), we draw upon subtle spiritual energies and technologies as we transform ourselves and our planet. We hold the space of Aquarian Love in our hearts and send it out into the world to bless all of life. Visit: The Hearts Center Community.

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2024-06-26T14:08:23-06:00Mental & Emotional Health|

Who Am I Now?

Cultivating Joy, Awe and Gratitude

Janet Little
May – Jun 2024 • Vol 4, No 10

New beginnings of spring—a favorite of mine is crocuses, which are in bold gold and royal purple and warm white—in complete overcoming of snow and ice. They survived the winter—outside!

It’s not always as easy to see the new beginning in ourselves. Oh, we may be walking outdoors more, perhaps celebrating sandal weather early by getting a pedicure, maybe throwing balls with kids. Yet, what is new and different in us? How did we survive the snow—or whatever else happened during the winter? What did we learn? How did we grow? Who are we now?

Who am I now? It’s a question I like to ask clients, just to get them thinking. It prompts further inquiries, like what is important to me now, what are my immediate priorities and my long-term ideas? What makes me happy? What do I believe now? What is still true? Are some of the positions I defend outmoded in my own reality? That is, do I really still believe them or was it because I wanted the kids to grow up a certain way? Would my perspective change if I opened up to new research or evidence?

Dye My Hair Indigo? Why Not!

Blessed are those who have the time—or determine to mindfully take the time—to examine their perspectives, to allow the opportunity to modify the constructs or thought- forms that may have given them structure—or imprisoned them. Anything that is about something we’d like to do but ends with the question, “What would people think?” is probably one of those.

Really, why don’t I dye my hair indigo? Follow that train of thought to see what it has to say about who you are now. You may find it’s less about what would people think and more about not desiring the attention, positive and negative, that would result. And there it is—insight into who you are now.

Why don’t I use the pasta attachment that fits the mixer? You might find it’s not about time, or what I’m going to do someday, and more about I don’t care that much, and I really don’t want to clean up the mess. Or I’m gluten-free now. (And that’s a whole other story!) All of which leads naturally then, to why do I keep it?

Now you’re on your way to de-cluttering. And isn’t it easy how you got somewhere you knew you wanted to go—someday. And that day is now! I’m telling you—someday can be now.

Time to Reinvent Who You Are

Asking “Who am I now?” allows us to reinvent ourselves to fit our lives as they are or can be right now. Letting go of a disdain for landscaping gives way to designing a natural, low-maintenance front yard with native plants that you do like. It be-comes a whole new creative pursuit, and maybe even leads to a new friend in the neighborhood who admires the effort.

“Who am I now?” is a good question to ask after any transition—and maybe even during one, when your old situation is like a burning island and everyone on it takes to the water. Whether in a motorboat or a dingy or swimming with the sharks, everyone must leave the island. You haven’t a clue where you’re going, only that you can’t stay where you were. Even then, ask the question.

I am no longer Jason’s partner. I am no longer mom to Max, the golden retriever. I am not now a teacher. Who am I now? You may even re-member that once upon a time, you always thought you were going to be an artist, or a writer, or fly planes—or fly fish!

Embracing the Wonder of It All

In his book, “Awestruck: How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier and More Connected,” Jonah Paquette PsyD, makes the point that we can cultivate awe, that we can open ourselves to being more awestruck—with nature, at the arts, through social connection, and through habits we can learn and practice.

In Montana, there is no shortage of awe-inspiring scenery, darn-good food, and beautiful works of art. “Who am I now?” makes us ask, “What is my response to the pure magic of this state? Do I revel in the moment and appreciate all that is here? Can I learn to be child-like and open to wonder and awe and the new experiences that God, or the Great Universe, brings to me?”

If the answer is no, then the next question is, “What do I need now?” We may have learned a lot about giving, but have we learned to give to ourselves? The flight attendants are right about the oxygen-mask thing. You know—put yours on first before assisting others. Give yourself the love, the compassion, the smile, and the sleep that you would wish upon another human being.

Once you have given yourself the care you need—and it may take a while—then go find evidences of gratitude. Appreciate the neighborhood cat who somersaults to greet you and to experience the warmth of the sidewalk. Go where you can overhear a tourist exclaiming over a wonder feature of your state, no matter what language they speak. Take responsibility for your own happiness and ask, “Who am I now?”

Visit The Alchemy Exchange store and look up the book, “Happiness,” by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov. Discover the magic of gratitude. Recapture your moments of bliss!

In the Hearts Center Community, we are committed to spiritual practices that support and create true alchemical changes in ourselves first and then outside at large in the greater community. Through meditation and the science of the spoken word (prayers, songs, chants and decrees), we draw upon subtle spiritual energies and technologies as we transform ourselves and our planet. We hold the space of Aquarian Love in our hearts and send it out into the world to bless all of life. Visit: The Hearts Center Community.

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