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After requesting protection, the healing circle conductor then tells the inquirer to speak the name of the soul in question. The inquirer verbalizes the soul’s full name two times and a pet or nickname the third time.

Thought-Energy Communication

Sometimes, the soul hesitates to enter the circle precisely because there are strangers present. If that’s so, the conductor should ask the inquirer to repeat the same name sequence aloud once more. Other times, the soul is so eager to enter it doesn’t wait until the inquirer has finished speaking the first time. Usually, the soul will pass into the circle over the inquirer’s right shoulder, but occasionally the entry point is different. It doesn’t really matter.

Once the soul is in the circle, the conductor’s job is to keep it there by sending additional love straight from the heart. The task of participants other than the conductor or inquirer is to verbalize what is called evidential material or trivia. Most souls realize they need to assure the inquirer of their true identity. They almost immediately begin sending highly personal and sometimes very specific information about themselves. If the soul in question doesn’t know what to do at this point, participants may ask it for evidential material and explain why the inquirer needs this information.

How does the soul send information? How do participants ask it questions? Simple: via thought-energy. The thought-energy of the soul is received as inner visions, vibrations, words, or an awareness by participants’ own four soul or psychic senses. The way to communicate with the so-called dead is through what we label intuition without understanding its full implications or its spiritual potential.

Trusting what they receive through their soul senses is a real issue for most healing circle participants. There is widespread ignorance about the soul senses in this society, which leads to pervasive and deep-rooted lack of trust in the information that the soul senses
convey. This is why there is a need to teach people how to function as healing circle conductors in the first place. Provided the conductor is comfortable and confident with the process, other participants can be less assured and still be very helpful.

It is vitally important that the conductor emphasize to other participants except the inquirer that they are to verbalize every single piece of information they receive. Do not edit. Again, this is where the inability to trust your soul senses can really hamper your efforts. Time after time, healing circle participants have pulled information seemingly “out of thin air” about people or events that only the inquirer or the soul in question could have known. Yet they just as often hesitate to say anything, which can be counterproductive.

During her session, for example, Clara was finally convinced of her mother’s presence when one of the participants talked about seeing a field of red poppies, waving in the wind. Then another person mentioned a cross; Laura immediately said that she saw a skull.

“I knew it was my mother then,” Clara explains. “Red poppies were my mother’s flower. She had them all over the house when I was growing up. The Skull of Adam forms the base of the Russian Orthodox cross. My daughter wouldn’t know that. She was brought up Presbyterian.”

The point? The information the soul is sending is for the inquirer, not the other participants. That is why it often seems strange to participants and they tend to shift into their left brains to analyze it. Don’t do that. Instead, speak up.

The conductor will have informed the inquirer before the session begins to respond to each piece of information verbalized in one of three ways: “Yes,” “No,” or “I don’t know.”

Sometimes the soul in question provides information that the inquirer isn’t sure of or simply doesn’t know but can check out later with family or friends.

The second part of a healing circle consists simply of giving the inquirer and the soul the chance to talk to each other, assisted by the other session participants. This phase is always very emotional, if for no other reason than the inquirer finally has some evidence that a loved one thought dead and lost forever is, in fact, still living and very much found.

Such evidence is provided partly through the trivia, which is necessary to satisfy the left brain. The heart, however, is much more open to messages from the soul. As the second half progresses, inquirers on their own often begin to pick up thoughts and especially feelings from the loved one in the circle.

The joy of such a reunion is impossible to comprehend except through direct experience. Resolution replaces anguish. Tears flow freely from relief, not grief. The healing spreads from the inquirer and the soul to every member of the circle.

Candace (C.L.) Talmadge is the author of the Green Stone of Healing(R) epic fantasy series http://www.greenstoneofhealing.com and a political columnist syndicated by North Star Writers Group http://www.northstarwriters.com.

Funerals are ceremony or procession commonly held for deceased persons. The ceremony may be in the forms of a simple memorial service attended by family and friends while it can also be grand State burial usually for soldiers who died in the battlefield. A funeral consists of an assortment of customs which might be different for people of different religions and culture.

Depending on the wishes of the deceased persons, their religions and the customs of their families, the deceased may be buried or cremated. Burials are a common practice since the pre-historic times, where the body of the deceased is buried into the grave, which has been dug into the ground.

In the modern world, there are no more solitary graves, instead there are cemeteries where many graves share a common ground or area. Cremations are preferred among some culture. Dead body is put into a special furnace called crematory and it will be reduced to ashes, which is collected and handed over to family members for safekeeping. It is also not uncommon in the world for some deceased to be placed in a tomb above ground or be left in the open for the force of nature to disintegrate their bodies.

Most funeral rituals consist of three parts in the following order: visitation, funeral and burial. Before the visitation ceremony begins, the body of the deceased is first embalmed. Embalming involves removal of the dead body’s blood and replacing it with a preservative liquid, usually a mixture of a variety of chemicals and formaldehyde.

Then during visitation, the embalmed body is placed in a coffin for family and friends to view the body. Visitation usually precedes the actual funeral by one or two evenings, attendees are invited to sign a book kept by the deceased’s survivors for memorial. In recent years, it is also not uncommon for the family to display photographs and videos of the deceased during its lifetime at the visitation.

After the visitation ceremony, it is followed by a funeral or memorial service which takes place at church or a funeral home. The funeral service is officiated by a clergyman who will lead the prayers, singing of hymns and words of comfort by the clergy. Some close relatives, friends and spouses will offer to give eulogy regarding the achievements and happy memories of the deceased.

After the attendees view the deceased’s body for the final time, the coffin is closed and the coffin might immediately be brought to the tomb, grave or crematorium for the burial service. Sometimes, a small gathering or meal may be called after the burial service at the deceased’s church, banquet halls or private places.

This is especially evident if the deceased died of old age, family members and close friends gather together for “the celebration of life”, instead of mourning the deceased, they celebrate the life it lived, cherish the memories together with the dead and provide support for each other to get on with their lifes.

A funeral of the loved ones is often one of the most trying time in a person’s life. Young persons who have not experienced death relatives before would have difficulty understanding and accepting the passing away of the loved ones.

Besides, there are many tasks and arrangements which need to be settled following a death. Therefore, it is vital for family members and close friends of the deceased to provide support for each other and help out in whatever way they could before and even after a funeral has ended.

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The number one rule of saving for retirement is to begin saving immediately. Be sure to talk with someone in your company about the pros and cons of borrowing from your retirement funds. Following this simple guideline will hopefully help you reach your retirement goals at a decent age.

Retirement is to be realized some day. With baby boomers reaching retirement age, we may be seeing a larger wave of retirees moving that way. After the official reception was completed we brought the left over cakes, punch, and most of the wedding party to the retirement home.

News: Congress passes a far-reaching retirement savings law. Further, for those born after 1937, Normal Retirement Age is being extended. If you’re dreaming about a secure retirement based on social security and your corporate retirement program, you may be in for a startling awakening.

People are also refinancing their homes at a record pace, eroding the equity that, historically, has been a common source of retirement security. And, as absurd as this may sound until you experience the reality of it all, it is this one and only certainty that makes Mutual Funds in general (and Index Funds in particular) totally unsuitable as investment vehicles for anyone within seven to ten years of retirement. On February 26th, 2004, Peter Costello, Federal Treasurer MP, told ABC Radio that in the future “There’s going to be no such thing as full-time retirement.

Additionally, advancing age is frequently accompanied by loss of key social support systems because of death of spouse or siblings, relocation of residence and/or retirement. A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive revealed that an entirely new paradigm for retirement is emerging. According to a survey in the Robb Report of potential foreign investment/retirement areas, Costa Rica surpasses all countries, including Mexico, Panama, the Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Australia, and Greece.

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If home is where the heart is, so also dwells there a place for healing the grief and anguish of losing a child or any loved one.

All we need do is step inside our heart by means of a heart-centered meditation.

The heart isn’t only a physical organ or merely an intellectual concept. The heart is the very center of our self-awareness–our consciousness as created souls. The heart is where mind, body, feelings, and spirit come together and where issues within self and between self and others can be examined and resolved in a loving manner.

It is also where parent and child may meet again, even if the child is no longer in a physical body. The heart space is accessible to the energy of consciousness of both the living and the so-called dead.

The process is simple.

Step One: Find a quiet, comfortable, secure place where there will not be any disruptions or intrusions. Those accustomed to meditating may already have such a place. Lying on a bed is fine, as is leaning back in a comfortable recliner or lounge chair. Whatever helps put the seeker of resolution at ease will do. Make sure a box of tissues is within reach.

Step Two: Close your eyes to help calm the body and the mind. It may not be possible to empty it of all thought, so don’t try to do so. Don’t try to do anything or not do anything. Simply be still, physically and mentally.

Step Three: Focus on breathing. Breathe in and out. Each time in, hold it a little longer before exhaling. Each time out, hold it a little longer before inhaling. Repeat this until inhaling for as long as it s comfortable and exhaling for as long as it is comfortable. This is n easy and gentle means of lengthening and slowing your breathing rate. Please take it slowly.

Step Four: Imagine standing before the doors to your heart. At this point, if you are familiar with your guides (angels), invite them to come along with you. Then imagine those doors opening and move into your heart space.

Step Five: If your heart space seems dim or confined, ask for more light and clarity. Guides can help with this, although they are not necessary to receive assistance. When the space is lighter and freer, look for a pool or stream of water. There is always water within the heart, even if it is just a trickle. Water is how the soul or spirit energy that anchors within our heart space appears to us in spirit.

Step Six: Sit beside this water. If desired, take a drink of it or even bathe in it. It is your own spiritual energy and is healing and reassuring. Once comfortable beside the water, invite the dead child into your heart as well. Don’t be surprised to find that the child comes eagerly and may even have preceded your invitation into your heart. If the child seems hesitant, send out love and reassurance and ask the child’s guides to encourage the visit.

Step Seven: Once your child is by the water, allow all emotions to flow freely. There will be tears, and they are healing, so do not repress them. Use the tissues close by and continue. Talk with your child. Tell the child about your feelings. Ask the child why s/he left the body. Listen to the answer, which may come as images, thoughts, feelings, or even as distinct words. Embrace each other again, and ask for God’s blessing on both and on all of those affected by the child’s passing. Take your time in this stage. There is no hurry.

Step Eight: Once you have resolved your feelings and gotten answers to your questions, feel free to invite the child’s other parent and siblings, if any, into this heart space. Embrace each other. Talk to each other and listen to what each soul says. Play together. Laugh and cry together. Help your spouse and other children resolve their issues over their loss. Go ahead and ask God again for another blessing for this group.

Step Nine: Say farewell to all souls who have visited your heart, and grant them free passage in and out of this space. Know that it is possible to return to this space at any time and be with the departed child in spirit and feeling.

Step Ten: Open your eyes and sit up. By all means, discuss your experiences and new understandings with those you trust.

A heart-centered meditation permits us to communicate with others at the emotional and spiritual levels, which provides insights not available to the conscious mind. Such insights are one of the keys to attaining resolution for spiritual and emotional wounds. Souls need to understand why as part of the healing process.

Although powerful, heart-centered meditation is not the only spiritual method to help resolve the grief of loss. Future columns will review yet another such approach.

Candace (C.L.) Talmadge is the author of the Green Stone of Healing(R) epic fantasy series http://www.greenstoneofhealing.com and a political columnist syndicated by North Star Writers Group http://www.northstarwriters.com.

This was not a typical get-back-in-touch letter from a business associate who moved out of town some years ago. Instead, a mother wrote about the quiet death of her five-week-old daughter in the child’s car seat. It happened on the way to the home of baby’s grandparents, where the extended family was anticipating the arrival.

What should have been a joyous visit turned to stunned anguish.

Two and a half years later, the woman was just coming to terms with her tragic loss, which has a name: sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). There are all manner of statistics about SIDS, which annually in the United States claims roughly 7,000 babies between one month and one year old. There are several possible scientific theories about the causes of this still unexplained death of seemingly healthy infants.

Numbers and hypotheses, however, do little to assuage the agony of this most profound of losses. No parent should have to bury a child. It is an affront to the natural order of life. It is unjust and cruel. It hurts far worse than the cut of a knife or the impact of a bullet.

After the shock wears off, the nightmare sets in: painful feelings of rage, guilt, blame, recrimination, despair. Although so-called experts reassure the parents and other family members that they did nothing to cause this death, there is always that nagging doubt, always that what-if running in the back of the mind, always that yearning for a good-bye that never was said.

In the midst of such soul-troubling turmoil, words may seem useless or pointless. Even so, it might help, perhaps, to consider this tragedy from a spiritual perspective.

Our foremost consideration: death is never the end. The soul or spirit cannot die, and we need not take this assertion on faith alone. Having demonstrated that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, science backs up this assertion. The soul consists of energy–the energy of our thoughts, our feelings, our beliefs, our emotions. Since energy is indestructible, the spirit does not die even at the demise of the physical body.

All of us, then, are undying soul-energies on a spiritual path that involves taking on numerous physical bodies for multiple interludes on earth. Endowed with free will, we choose our parents and lifetimes, and we do not always choose wisely. Sometimes we have second thoughts about the particular situation in which we find ourselves. We may
decide to withdraw our soul-energy and seek a different path. What was an apparently healthy baby dies as a result.

The death brings profound loss and anguish–not just to the parents or other family members, but also to the spirit that was the embodied child. And there is, rightly, a time and space for this grieving, and it is different for each being. We cannot “just get over it” until we are ready to do so, and we may need weeks, months, years, or even several lifetimes.

It is possible, however, for grieving parties to attain a measure of resolution once they are prepared to move on. The mother above wrote about attending a mind-body spirit retreat and, in a healing meditation, brought her daughter back into her heart. Doing so helped her move out of the denial stage of her grief and toward the resolution she so desperately needs.

Heart-centered mediation is an excellent tool for assuaging the grief from loss, whether of a child or any other loved one. This type of meditation can help both those still in body and those no longer on earth by providing a space and place to meet and converse in spirit.

A future column will outline the simple steps involved in a heart-centered meditation.

Candace (C.L.) Talmadge is the author of the Green Stone of Healing(R) epic fantasy series http://www.greenstoneofhealing.com and a political columnist syndicated by North Star Writers Group http://www.northstarwriters.com.