on a mission from
Goddess

Well, sideways maybe.  Just wanted to let you know that my blog for writers and reiki, appropriately titled reiki4writers has moved to its own domain name.  Don't know why I didn't think of that when I first started it, but it's never too late to make things right.  If you get a chance, please stop by reiki4writers and leave a comment. 

Hello and welcome everyone to the 212th edition of the Carnival of Healing.  It's chock full of tips for healing, empowerment and everyday wisdom.  I thank he host of the last edition (#211) The Conscious Life for the great lead in. 

Let's start with the post from Life Optimizer's---How to Write in a Journal Effectively (in case this Carnival gives you something to write about).

You may know all the reasons why you should keep a journal, but if you’ve never written in a journal before, or have limited experience with it, you may not exactly know how to get started. You’ve got your notebook out, and a blank page staring back at you… now what?

As a professional writer I know how daunting that blank page can be.  You'll find lots of good tips here.

Speaking of writing, Mad Kane urges us to wax poetic (ie limerick and haiku time) about love at first sight.  Here's  the haiku:

I laughed at the thought
Of love at first sight, but our
Love had the last laugh.

Go here for the limerick and some links to how to write one of your own.


From Wisebread we have 7 Cheap and Natural Ways to Fight the Cold and Flu.  Lori Kerrigan begins:

Over-the-counter symptom relief is a normal and common reaction for the millions of people who suffer from the cold and flu each year. However, for my family, limiting how much acidic and unnecessary medicine enters our bodies is top on my priority list. In my research, experience and wisdom gained from others, I have found 7 cheap and natural suggestions for beating the common cold or flu.

The Conscious Life provides a beginner's guide to meditation. In part, the post begins:

I’ve written some posts on meditation in the past, but they are usually focused on the applications of meditation. So in this post, I’ve laid down some basic instructions for people who have little or zero knowledge about meditation, as well as concerns commonly raised by beginners.

Even non-beginners will find some good information here.

If you want to "shuffle" your way to spirituality, try Heal Pain Naturally's Healing Exercise.

Want to connect with like-spirited others for healing?  Join Therapeutic Reiki in Healing the World.

How to release yourself from the tyranny of thought is the subject of Beyond Karma's Innocence.

I think I saw this in a movie—A Jesuit priest in 1800’s goes to the Canadian wilderness to straighten out the brown people, the unfortunate heathens, and the Jesuit tells them of the hell-fire fury they’ll suffer if they don’t get on board, and this one aborigine, trying to follow the faith, asks if he’ll be punished for his sins before the Jesuit shoveled his truth at him, and the Jesuit said with brimming compassion, no no no God does not punish you if you don’t know they are sins, and the native said, logically, then why did you tell me?

 Indeed! A very (um) thought-provoking piece.

Find out how to start and end the day with Jody Fransh's A Life-Changing Procedure. 

Beat the blues with A Personal Look at Depression from Prosper and Be in Health.  The author writes:

I’ve battled depression off and on for the last nine years or more. I say “or more” because I never labeled it until nine years ago. But as early as junior high, and at different times throughout high school and college, I can recall crying for little or no reason, withdrawing from social interaction, or feeling apathetic, but I never talked to anyone about it.

 If this sounds like you or someone you know, this article is a must.

Grace in Gravity has a seasonal take on how to adjust to seasonal mood changes.  The post Heavy Metal asks and answers the question--Why does Autumn feel so sad.  I always thought it was because my birthday's in October.  Go figure.  

Looking to relieve lower back pain?  Try this advice from Natural Healing and Back Care. 

Finally, if you want to know how to make the law of attraction work for you, Lessons from a Recovering Doormat shows how to put the LOA into action by Being Flexible.

That's all folks.  I look forward to joining Therapeutic Reiki on October 31 (my birthday!) for a special Halloween Party edition ( the 213th) of the Carnival.  Please stop on by.  Please also take a moment to visit the Carnival home page to find out what it's all about, see what you've missed and what's coming next. 

And for those who celebrate let me wish you an early Happy Samhain, Happy Halloween, and whatever else folks get together for during this time.  Namaste.

On one of the lists to which I belong, someone posted commentary on pagan worship that both the God and the Goddess should be honored.  The writer was of the opinion that many women, perhaps tired of patriarcal depictions of God or the God were content to worship only the Goddess.

Now, I don't consider myself a pagan.  I don't know what the hell I am anymore.  I've given up on labels since all they serve to do is put you in one sort of box or another.  I have long believed that each of us must formulate our own relationship with the Divine, despite what your church, synagogue, mosque or whatever has to say.  When you shuffle off the mortal coil there won't be anyone there but you to take the walk to the other side.

To be honest, though I could never much get into the faith foisted on me as a kid.  How could it be that nowhere in the trinity of divinity preached in my catholic church was there a strong female presence responsible in some part for creation?  And if men were responsible for creating life why the hell didn't men, not women, give birth?  Makes no sense.  Needless to say I was branded a bit of a heretic in my catholic high school.

However I do believe that both aspects of divinity are important.  In this world of duality in which we live both sides of the opposite pair are important.  What is light if you can't define it by darkness?  However, so much time, attention, devotion, worship has been centered on male energies, I think a little extra attention to the Goddess is in order.  Eventually those energies will balance out, but give it a moment.

October 15 is Blog Action Day. I will be participating for the first time this year. The purpose of the annual event is to unite "the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance." This year the topic is climate change. So far over 6,000 blogs are participating.

Want to know more?  Watch this video then decide for yourself if you'd like to particiopate.  If you would, please let me know and we can link to one another.

I thought I was still dreaming this morning when my daughter woke me to tell me of a surprising thing she just heard on TV--President Obama won the Nobel Prize for Peace.  No sitting president since Woodrow Wilson did ninety years ago for his work with the founding of the United Nations. 

I am constantly amazed by Obama's calm and forebearance, his honesty and his wisdom, which I imagine comes from a very old soul.  I am proud to have him as my president and I send reiki to him whenever I think of it to help support him.  I send reiki to his detractors also, and to all those people who seem intent on keeping our nation divided and in confusion.  Hating never helped anybody and love and light may not be the complete answer, but hopefully it's a start.

I don't know why, but there is something about this song that I really grok.




I also have it on a CD by Trish Whelan set to a backdrop of ocean sounds that I like even better.  It is one of my favorite CDs to put on during reiki treatments.  The  singer is Yungchen Lhamo from Tibet.

Archaeologists have discovered the baby sister to Stonehenge, a circle known as Bluhenge, named for the blue stones that once stood there. According to scientists the stones from Bluehenge were moved to Stonehenge at some point.

Already the pagan community has responded to the news. A group of druids has gathered to bless the site.



Okay, so maybe three guys in robes isn't an awe-inspiring sight.  But I'll be in England next year.  I had planned on visiting Stonehenge, but now I have another destination to add to my list. 

I have been a fan of aromatherapy since the first time mama smeared Vick's Vaporub on my  chest.  Smell has a very profound effect on most of us.  So what did I do?  I, well I should say, we (as in me and my sister Elyse) became distributors for Young Living.  What I like about this company is that their oils are pure enough to be therapeutic grade.  Until I joined up, I had no idea they also sell a variety of nutrition/vitamin/wellness and hygiene products as well.  As my grandmother would say, wonders never cease.

I have no intention of turning this blog into a sales platform, but if you are interested in any Young Living products, you can email me by clicking on the Young Living icon in the sidebar or you can visit our Healing Hands of Reiki website for more info (as soon as I get it up).